Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Lauritz Melchior: Olstrom

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Quotes 

• Olstrom : [At his dressing table putting on makeup for a performance]  Is she pretty, Ossifish?

  Ossifish : Oh, magnifico!

  Olstrom : Is she pretty as a soprano or is she pretty?

  Ossifish : Very pretty.

  [He kisses his fingers] 

  Ossifish : I try not to look at her.

  Olstrom : Good!

• Olstrom : Mr. Patterson, last night I had to suffer a chorus girl and today, a, a, a hippopotamus.

• Olstrom : Come. Let us go and let the young lady meet me.

• Madame Grenadi : [during rehearsal, Olstrom cannot bring himself to embrace Madame Grenadi, a quarrel ensues]  You dare ridicule me? You, the custodian of a... of a flea?

  [gestures flamboyantly at Olstrom's prostrate dog] 

  Olstrom : [offended]  What flea?

  Madame Grenadi : [approaches the dog]  There! Your friend and admirer!

  Olstrom : Poor little dog! Poor Tristan, he does nothing but sleep!

  Madame Grenadi : Right through my solo!

  Olstrom : [gestures operatically]  Madam, am I to blame if my dog is a critic?