The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
William Powell: Baron Stephan Wolensky
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Quotes
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : Turn out the lights, turn out the caller, and turn in.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : Where's the best restaurant in town?
Hotel Clerk : This one, sir.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : Are you sure?
Hotel Clerk : Absolutely, sir. It's the only one.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : I wish we had met before.
Countess Olga Mironova : Were you nice looking?
Baron Stephan Wolensky : When?
Countess Olga Mironova : When you were young.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : According to historians, I was not without a certain charm.
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Countess Olga Mironova : I thought you never read newspapers.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : I don't. I listen to what other people read.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : Do allow me to look after your belongings. Those candlesticks, for instance, are more precious than you think.
Countess Olga Mironova : Pardon me. They're more precious than *you* think.
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Mr. Korum - a Conspirator : She's in the Russian Secret Service.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : How do you know that?
Mr. Korum - a Conspirator : We don't. We surmise. But you better be very careful. She may not be traveling through Vienna just by chance.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : Hmm, well still, there are always people traveling between here and Petersburg. That might be one reason they built the railroad.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : What time is it, Albert?
Albert - Stephan's Butler : Half past two, sir.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : Ah, ah, good to get to bed early for a change. That enables me to get up early. Call me at eleven.
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Mr. Korum - a Conspirator : I have some interesting news for you. The Countess Mironova is in Vienna. She leaves for Petersburg tonight.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : Tonight? Well that's interesting. I hear she's very beautiful.
Mr. Korum - a Conspirator : And very dangerous.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : Yeah. The words are synonymous.
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Countess Olga Mironova : You're Baron Wolensky?
Baron Stephan Wolensky : And you're the Countess Mironova. Strange we've never known each other, isn't it?
Countess Olga Mironova : It is, isn't it? You're Polish, are you not?
Baron Stephan Wolensky : Oh, yes indeed, and you're Russian. We're neighbors, so to speak.
Countess Olga Mironova : So to speak.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : Oh, why do you smile?
Countess Olga Mironova : Do I?
Baron Stephan Wolensky : Has anyone ever told you you have a rather relentless smile?
Countess Olga Mironova : No. But I suspect I have.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : Why?
Countess Olga Mironova : I came from a relentless family.
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Countess Olga Mironova : I read my newspaper.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : I never do.
Countess Olga Mironova : Perhaps you're wise.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : I wish I were. The wise are never lonely.
Countess Olga Mironova : Are you lonely?
Baron Stephan Wolensky : Yes... So are you.
Countess Olga Mironova : Why do you say that?
Baron Stephan Wolensky : You are, aren't you?
Countess Olga Mironova : I've never thought of it.
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Mr. Korum - a Conspirator : A letter to the czar.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : A letter to the who?
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Waiter : If the gentleman wish not to be disturbed, I could close the curtain.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : No, no, thank you, you just leave us alone we'll help ourselves.
Waiter : Oh, I see, sir.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : I mean to the liqueurs.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : What it is to be a beautiful woman.
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Countess Olga Mironova : I am - lonely.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : I'm glad.
Countess Olga Mironova : Why?
Baron Stephan Wolensky : It's nice to have something in common.
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Countess Olga Mironova : Philandering is a fine art. Does not necessarily improve the personal appearance.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : As to philandering, I plead not guilty.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : Not taking any further risks?
Countess Olga Mironova : Well, maybe.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : If you don't mind my saying so Countess, this is becoming rather expensive.
Countess Olga Mironova : It is, isn't it? I love to pay lots of money for things.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : I'm rather like that, too.
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Countess Olga Mironova : Baron Wolensky.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : My friends call me Stephan.
Countess Olga Mironova : I am not your friend.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : You see, I, too, have a duty.
Countess Olga Mironova : Oh, that dreadful word. It is with us *always*.
Baron Stephan Wolensky : So it seems.
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Baron Stephan Wolensky : We are enemies. Let us be good enemies.