The Sea Hawk (1940)

Claude Rains: Don José Alvarez de Cordoba

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Quotes 

• Don José Alvarez de Cordoba : It is extremely important that my niece be presented to the Queen before her new maids of honor are chosen.

  Captain Lopez : They say that Elizabeth surrounds herself with beauty in the hope that it may be contagious.

• Queen Elizabeth : [after Maria swoons upon hearing of Capt. Thorpe's capture]  Don Alvarez, it appears your news concerns your niece more than it does me.

  Don José Alvarez de Cordoba : My Grace, I would have spared her had I known.

  Queen Elizabeth : Your arrow hit the wrong mark.

• Dona Maria Alvarez de Cordoba : Oh, Uncle, if we could go to Spain and plead with the king. There's no chance?

  Don José Alvarez de Cordoba : For any other man, perhaps. Not Captain Thorpe.