The Song of Songs (1933)

Lionel Atwill: Baron von Merzbach

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• Baron von Merzbach : Pretty face, as well as the hidden charms. I'd like to meet the young lady.

• Baron von Merzbach : It would amuse me to devote the rest of my days to - to her. To mold the real Lily, just as you have this statue. To make her my masterpiece - just as I think you've made this yours.

• Richard Waldow : How could I give her to you even if I wanted to? And I don't.

  Baron von Merzbach : All I ask is that you step aside and give me a chance with Lily.

  Richard Waldow : Oh, this is obscene.

  Baron von Merzbach : Obscene? Because I'm not as young as you? Obscene? Because I consider her welfare and you don't? Obscene? Because I'm willing to marry her - and you are not? Yes - stare. That's how I want her! Enough to make her the Baroness von Merzbach. Now, tell me again what I'm asking - is obscene.

• Baron von Merzbach : He's an agriculturalist. Good blood though. His father carried a sword. But, he choose the plow.

• Baron von Merzbach : No supper. No supper. But, a glass of champagne might be acceptable.

  [toast] 

  Baron von Merzbach : To our wedding night. Come, come. Drink up, drink up.

  Lily Czepanek : I'm not used to champagne. It will make me dizzy.

  Baron von Merzbach : All the better. All the better.

• Baron von Merzbach : You've done very well, Lily. I'm very, very proud of you. Next month, I'm going to give you a Grand Ball!

• Baron von Merzbach : Look, here! Why do you follow us about all the time, sticking your nose in at unexpected moments? Are you jealous of my wife?

  Fräulein Von Schwertfeger : I might have been - once.

• Baron von Merzbach : I've done something of a job, if I may say so. Yes. You modeled her in marble, I modeled her in the flesh, so to speak. I'm a bit of an artist myself.

• Baron von Merzbach : You'll play for Waldow after dinner, won't you, my dear?

  Lily Czepanek : If you like it.

  Baron von Merzbach : Ah! There's a wife for me!