Broadway Gondolier (1935)
Adolphe Menjou: Professor de Vinci
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Quotes
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Professor Eduardo de Vinci : Young woman, do you know who I am?
Alice Hughes : No.
Professor Eduardo de Vinci : I'm Eduardo de Vinci!
Alice Hughes : That could be fixed.
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Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli : This radio's a good racket!
Professor Eduardo de Vinci : Radio! Psstttt! Singing for soap, a flea powder, dough biscuits, or a cheese. I will not permit it!
[Walks away, turns around, walks back]
Professor Eduardo de Vinci : Do you think they would be interested?
Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli : You can't tell. Maybe I'll even turn out to be a crooner.
Professor Eduardo de Vinci : In Italian, there is no word for crooner.
Richard 'Dick' Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli : That's okay, Professor, in English, there's no word for spaghetti.
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Professor Eduardo de Vinci : It is like I have always told you, a singer, an artist, can get a nowhere in this country. Animal noises, a jazz band, bad a jokes - that's what they want.
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Professor Eduardo de Vinci : Miss Hughes, I salute you.
Alice Hughes : Go as far as you like.
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Professor Eduardo de Vinci : He says a, for that, he would not even let you have his gondola.
Mrs. Flaggenheim : Oh, well, my lands, Alice, I wouldn't even know how to hold it.