Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Herbert Marshall: Gaston Monescu
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Quotes
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Gaston Monescu : Madame Colet, if I were your father, which fortunately I am not, and you made any attempt to handle your own business affairs, I would give you a good spanking - in a business way, of course.
Mariette Colet : What would you do if you were my secretary?
Gaston Monescu : The same thing.
Mariette Colet : You're hired.
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Waiter : Yes, Baron. What should we start with, Baron? Hmm?
Gaston Monescu : Oh yes. That's not so easy. Beginnings are always difficult.
Waiter : Yes, Baron.
Gaston Monescu : If Casanova suddenly turned out to be Romeo having supper with Juliet, who might become Cleopatra, how would you start?
Waiter : I would start with cocktails.
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Gaston Monescu : Do you remember the man who walked into the Bank of Constantinople, and walked out with the Bank of Constantinople?
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Gaston Monescu : Well, what did she want?
Lily Vautier : You. And she's willing to pay as high as 50 francs.
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Gaston Monescu : I came here to rob you, but unfortunately I fell in love with you.
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Gaston Monescu : It must be the most marvelous supper. We may not eat it, but it must be marvelous.
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Lily Vautier : I have a confession to make to you: Baron, you are a crook. You robbed the gentleman in 253, 5, 7 and 9. May I have the salt?
Gaston Monescu : Please!
Lily Vautier : Thank you.
Gaston Monescu : The pepper too?
Lily Vautier : Oh, no, thank you.
Gaston Monescu : You're very welcome. Countess, believe me, before you left this room, I would have told you everything. And let me say this, with love in my heart: Countess, you are a thief. The wallet of the gentleman in 253, 5, 7 and 9 is in your possession. I knew it very well when you took it out of my pocket. In fact, you tickled me. But your embrace was so sweet.
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Gaston Monescu : I love you. I loved you the minute I saw you. I'm mad about you, my little shoplifter... . my sweet little pickpocket... . my darling.
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Lily Vautier : This woman has more than jewelry.
Gaston Monescu : [sighs loudly]
Lily Vautier : Did you ever take a good look at her... ummm...
Gaston Monescu : Certainly.
Lily Vautier : They're alright, aren't they?
Gaston Monescu : Beautiful. What of it? Let me tell you something - as far as I'm concerned her whole sex appeal is in that safe.
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Gaston Monescu : It could have been marvelous.
Mariette Colet : Divine.
Gaston Monescu : Wonderful... . But tomorrow morning, if you should wake out of your dreams and hear a knock, and the door opens, and there, instead of a maid with a breakfast tray, stands a policeman with a warrant, then you'll be glad you are alone.
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The Communist : [excitedly and emotionally] Phooey, phooey, and phooey!
Gaston Monescu : [dryly] His phooey is worse than his bite.
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Mariette Colet : When a lady takes her jewels off in a gentleman's room, where does she put them?
Gaston Monescu : On the - On the night table.
Mariette Colet : But I don't want to be a lady.
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Gaston Monescu : I see. You have to be in the Social Register to keep out of jail. But when a man starts at the bottom and works his way up, a self-made crook, then you say, "Call the police! Put him behind bars! Lock him up!"
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Mariette Colet : What are you going to do with my day tomorrow, Monsieur La Valle?
Gaston Monescu : Well, we'll have breakfast in the garden together.
Mariette Colet : Mm-hmm.
Gaston Monescu : Then horseback riding together.
Mariette Colet : Mm-hmm.
Gaston Monescu : Then lunch in the bois.
Mariette Colet : Together.
Gaston Monescu : Then, I would say, a little nap.
Mariette Colet : To-
[laughs]
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Lily Vautier : You know, when I first saw you, I thought you were an American.
Gaston Monescu : Thank you.
Lily Vautier : Someone from another world, so entirely different. Oh, one gets so tired of one's own class - princes and counts and dukes and kings! Everybody talking shop. Always trying to sell you jewelry. Then I heard your name and found out you were just one of us.
Gaston Monescu : Disappointed?
Lily Vautier : No, proud. Very proud.
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Lily Vautier : Don't you remember the day you took that Chinese vase from the Royal Palace? And you made it into a lamp for my night table.
Gaston Monescu : I remember the lamp, I remember the night table... . and I remember the night.
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Gaston Monescu : It embarrasses you to offer me the 20,000-francs reward?
Mariette Colet : Yes.
Gaston Monescu : Don't be embarrassed. I'll take it. I need the money. I wish I were in a position to ignore the whole matter, but you know, madame, the stock market, a bank crash - to make a long story short, a member of the nouveau poor.
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Gaston Monescu : Venice can't compare with Constantinople. I don't care what you say! In Constantinople at least you have streets, sultans, pashas, turbans...
François Filiba : And harems, hmm?
Gaston Monescu : All kinds.
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Gaston Monescu : Everything will be all right again. Prosperity is just around the corner.
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Mariette Colet : Now, Monsieur La Valle, please.
Gaston Monescu : Frankly, madame, I'm too tired.
Mariette Colet : Don't you want to come down and join the party? Just a little tango? No? Oh, you and your messy old papers and contracts and money, money, money.
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Gaston Monescu : There's more sex appeal coming on the first of the month. It's only ten days - 850,000 francs.
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Gaston Monescu : Good night, madame. And let me tell you again, you dance like a dream.
Mariette Colet : Oh, no. It's the way you lead.
Gaston Monescu : No, madame, it's the way you follow.
Mariette Colet : No, monsieur.
Gaston Monescu : Yes, madame.
Mariette Colet : Well, the evening's still young. Let's go down to the living room and talk it over.
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Gaston Monescu : I know all your tricks.
Mariette Colet : And you're going to fall for them.
Gaston Monescu : So you think you can get me?
Mariette Colet : Any minute I want.
Gaston Monescu : You're conceited.
Mariette Colet : But attractive.
Gaston Monescu : Now let me say...
Mariette Colet : Shut up. Kiss me.
[kiss]
Mariette Colet : Wasting all this marvelous time with arguments.
[long kiss]
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Gaston Monescu : You've got to stay. You can't go now.
Mariette Colet : I must go.
Gaston Monescu : I'm crazy about you.
Mariette Colet : I know it.
Gaston Monescu : I love you.
Mariette Colet : I believe you.
Gaston Monescu : Then why do you want to go?
Mariette Colet : Because I want to make it tough for you.
[kiss]
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Gaston Monescu : It must be the most memorable supper. We may not eat it, but it must be marvelous.
Waiter in Venice : Yes, baron.
Gaston Monescu : And, waiter.
Waiter in Venice : Yes, baron.
Gaston Monescu : You see that moon?
Waiter in Venice : Yes, baron.
Gaston Monescu : I want to see that moon in the champagne.
Waiter in Venice : Yes, baron.
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François Filiba : Have you ever been in Venice?
Gaston Monescu : No
François Filiba : You've never been in Venice?
Gaston Monescu : No. Have you ever been in Vienna?
François Filiba : No.
Gaston Monescu : Amsterdam?
François Filiba : No
Gaston Monescu : Constantinople?
François Filiba : No.
Gaston Monescu : You've never been in Constantinople?
François Filiba : No.
Gaston Monescu : But you have been to Venice?
François Filiba : Yes.
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Lily Vautier : Two more days and we'd have had 750,000 francs more.
Gaston Monescu : We'll have to take what's here. A bird in hand is worth two in jail.
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Mariette Colet : How do you like my new dress?
Gaston Monescu : Beautiful.
Mariette Colet : Hair?
Gaston Monescu : Marvelous.
Mariette Colet : [leans forward] Lipstick?
Gaston Monescu : [leans forward] Crimson.
Mariette Colet : Correct. Good night.
Gaston Monescu : Good night.
Mariette Colet : Good night.
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Mariette Colet : Afraid I'm ruining your reputation, Monsieur La Valle?
Gaston Monescu : No, yours, madame.
Mariette Colet : Monsieur La Valle, I have a confession to make to you. You like me. In fact, you're crazy about me. Otherwise, you wouldn't think about my reputation. Isn't that so? But, incidentally, I don't like you. I don't like you at all. And I wouldn't hesitate one instant to ruin your reputation...
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Gaston Monescu : And, as for you, waiter.
Waiter in Venice : Yes, baron?
Gaston Monescu : I don't want to see you at all.
Waiter in Venice : No, baron.