Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Edward Everett Horton: François Filiba

Quotes 

• François Filiba : Nice day, Major.

  The Major : Eh-hmm.

  François Filiba : You're looking fine, Major.

  The Major : Now see here my good man, I've had just about enough of your insulting remarks.

• François Filiba : Tonsils! Positively tonsils!

• Mme. Bouchet : That's that Monsieur La Valle.

  François Filiba : La Valle? Who is Monsieur La Valle?

  Mme. Bouchet : I don't know. She says he's her secretary.

  François Filiba : Oh? So...

  Mme. Bouchet : And he says he's her secretary. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe he is her secretary.

• 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.

• François Filiba : You know, if I like a man, I remember him. And if I don't like him, I never forget him. In a nutshell, madam, it is little things like that that drive me crazy.

• 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.