# Lost in a Harem

Lost in a Harem is a 1944 American film about two bumbling magicians who help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
    Directed by Charles Reisner. Written by John Grant, Harry Ruskin, and Harry Crane.

## The Derelict

* Pokomoko! Slowly I turn, step by step...

## Dialogue

    Harvey Garvey: Have you a reservation here?
    Jailer and clerk: No.
    Harvey Garvey: Then I have to take my business someplace else. [he starts to leave but is restrained by guards] I changed my mind. I'll take the room.
    Jailer and clerk: What's your name?
    Harvey Garvey: Harvey D. Garvey.
    Jailer and clerk: Where born?
    Harvey Garvey: Under a sink.
    Jailer and clerk: How do you know?
    Harvey Garvey: I heard the water runnin'.
    The Derelict: Quiet! People will think you're crazy.
    Harvey Garvey: Oh, and I suppose you're all right?
    The Derelict: Of course!
    Harvey Garvey: Of course?
    The Derelict: I have a brother who is crazy - [screaming] but I'm all right!
    Harvey Garvey: [gasping] Who told you?
    The Derelict: My brother!
    Harvey Garvey: That does it, brother!
    The Derelict: Gentleman... He called me a gentleman! [to Pete] Thank you.
    Peter Johnson: That's all right.
    The Derelict: Those are the first kind words I've heard in years. You see I haven't always been a derelict... [pointing to Harvey] like you!
    Harvey Garvey: Hey, now, don't call me those kind of bad names.
    The Derelict: Would you like to hear my story?
    Harvey Garvey: No.
    The Derelict: Very well, then I'll tell it to you.
    Peter Johnson: We've got to outsmart Uncle Nimativ. You go in and outwit him.
    Harvey Garvey: Why should I go out with him? I'm afraid of that man!
    Peter Johnson: Not to go out with him. Go in and outwit him.
    Harvey Garvey: Why should I go in and go out with him? I mean, he don't appeal to me!
    Peter Johnson: You love her? [laughs] Oh, come on, you wouldn't get to first base with a beautiful girl like that.
    Harvey Garvey: Yes, I would.
    Peter Johnson: Did you ever take a good look in the mirror?
    Harvey Garvey: No.
    Peter Johnson: Why not?
    Harvey Garvey: Why should I hurt my own feelings?
    Peter Johnson: Never mind!
    Harvey Garvey: Do I have to especially go now?
    Peter Johnson: You just split an infinitive!
    Harvey Garvey: Well, I mean that... [feeling his own rear end] Does it show?
    The Derelict: I know a secret passage that will take us out.
    Harvey Garvey: Swell!
    The Derelict: [to Harvey] Shhh!
    Harvey Garvey: [to Pete] Shhh!
    Peter Johnson: [whispering] Go ahead.
    The Derelict: Follow me.
    Peter Johnson: Go ahead - follow him.
    Harvey Garvey: Okay.
    Peter Johnson: [impatiently] Go ahead.
    The Derelict: Where are you taking me?
    Prince Ramo: [from inside his jail cell] Don't worry! I'll get you out!
    Peter Johnson: [being locked up in a nearby cell] Who's gonna get YOU out?

## Taglines

* A Show That Chases the Blues From Start to Finish!
* Were You Ever In a Harem? WOW!
* Music! Maidens! Merriment!
* MEET THE SHEIKS IN NIGHTSHIRTS!
* TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS!
* THEY'RE NUTTIER THAN EVER!

## Cast

* Bud Abbott — Peter Johnson
* Lou Costello — Harvey Garvey
* Marilyn Maxwell — Hazel Moon
* John Conte — Prince Ramo
* Douglass Dumbrille — Nimativ
* Lottie Harrison — Teema
* Lock Martin — Bobo
* Murray Leonard — The Derelict
* Adia Kuznetzoff — Chief Ghamu
* Milton Parsons — Crystal Gazer
* Ralph Sanford — Mr. Ormulu
* Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra — Themselves

## External links

* Lost in a Harem quotes at the Internet Movie Database