Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

Walter Slezak: Baron Franz Von Luber

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• Baron Franz Von Luber : The masses don't want to think, they want it done for them. Why not let a few great minds do their thinking. It's coming to that very soon. Individual thinking can be very dangerous, especially for the individual. To go a step further, there's one thing more dangerous than individual thinking, and that's talking. Expressing your thoughts.

• Baron Franz Von Luber : [Referring to Katie's objections to pre-marital sex]  My dear, I'm fully aware of the American mania for respectability.

  Baron Franz Von Luber : [He takes two tickets out of his inside pocket]  Separate compartments.

  Katie O'Hara Von Luber, aka Katherine Butt-Smith : Separate compartments?

  Baron Franz Von Luber : Mmm-hmmm.

  Katie O'Hara Von Luber, aka Katherine Butt-Smith : I might insist on separate trains.

  Baron Franz Von Luber : That might be overdoing it.

• Baron Franz Von Luber : [Sitting at adjoining tables in a Paris bistro]  What'll we drink to? I see you've had several.

  Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole : Yes, yes, I'm what is known in America as 'carrying the torch.' In fact, I've swallowed it. Got a little heartburn. Lost my girl.

  Baron Franz Von Luber : Oh, that's too bad. Well, let's drink to your finding her again.

  Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole : That I'll do. You ought to know how I feel, Baron. you lost your wife.

  Baron Franz Von Luber : Yes. But, here's a bit of news for you. I found her again.

• Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole : [Referring to Katie]  Well, then, what makes you so suspicious?

  Baron Franz Von Luber : She asks so many subtle leading questions. She tries to read my mind, and if she can't read my mind, she reads my mail.

• Katie O'Hara Von Luber, aka Katherine Butt-Smith : [to the Baron as the German ambassador and his attache come in]  Darling, I wouldn't trust those two swastikas any farther than you could throw Göring.

  Baron Franz Von Luber : Please, darling, both of these gentlemen speak English.

• Baron Franz Von Luber : Mr. O'Toole, I want you to broadcast to America. Not only will you be extremely well paid, but you will be known as the voice of Europe. You will be famous. You'll probably turn out to be an authority on international affairs, and you might even write a book called "Inside" something."

• Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole : [Rehearsing his broadcast for the Germans]  Hitler has nothing but admiration for America! Toward the nations of the New World, his friendship knows no bounds.

  Baron Franz Von Luber : Huh uh. Huh uh.

  Nazi officer censors : Nein! Nein! Nein!

  Baron Franz Von Luber : I know. I know. Look, bounds - boundaries.

  Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole : Oh, I see. Let's try something else: His friendship will stop at nothing!

  Baron Franz Von Luber : [as Nazi officers go berserk]  No-no-no, you can't say that.

• Baron Franz Von Luber : Can you imagine anything worst than being shot at - on your honeymoon?

• Baron Franz Von Luber : You might drop a little remark about me. Just here and there. When you speak of Hitler and Göring, it's so easy to add Von Luber.

  Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole : Well, now, do you think it right for you to put yourself ahead of Hesse?

  Baron Franz Von Luber : It might be a little premature. But, ahead of Himmler. That'll make the Führer laugh.

• Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole : If I didn't trust a woman, Baron, I'd throw her out.

  Baron Franz Von Luber : Oh, no. Not Katherine. Oh, you don't know her. Oh, she can be so intriguing, so exciting, so very, very desirable.

• Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole : You've said just about enough for me to...

  Baron Franz Von Luber : To do what?

  Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole : For me to turn the matter over to the American Embassy.

  Baron Franz Von Luber : The Brandy must have dulled your wits, Mr. O'Toole. The little girl in question was killed during an air raid in Warsaw. Some stupid American newspaperman established the fact for me. Now, she doesn't exist. She's dead. Only you and I know how very much alive she is.