The Great Lover (1931)
Adolphe Menjou: Jean Paurel
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Quotes
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Paurel : [referring to Diana] What time did she go home, Potter?
Potter : She didn't go, sir. She stayed, putting compresses on your throat for hours. You fell asleep, sir, holding her hand.
Paurel : And you let her watch me sleep, knowing how I snore?
Potter : Oh, it, it doesn't matter if she loves you, sir.
Paurel : It is only after marriage that snores do not matter.
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Paurel : The next act for you is the big one.
Diana : Oh, yes.
Paurel : To wish you good luck-
[unfastens chain with his lucky charm from around his neck]
Paurel : I want you to wear this little calamita. It was a present to me from Tamaniou, the great tenor, when I first sang at La Scala. *Never* have I been without it.
Diana : What's in it?
Paurel : The claw of an owl, a viper's fang, a lock of hair from a suicide, a shred from a beggar's coat, and a leetle bit of a rabbit's tail.
[fastens the chain around her neck]
Diana : Oh, but, you shouldn't give it to *me*.
Paurel : Tonight I want success for you, more than for myself.