The Great Lover (1931)

Adolphe Menjou: Jean Paurel

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Quotes 

• Diana : I'm sorry if I missed anything in life that would make me a better artist. Oh, I know I need training and help and advice. Well, there's nothing I wouldn't do.

  Paurel : Nothing?

  Diana : Nothing!

• Paurel : Your kisses are divine. Your kisses... Potter?

  Potter : Yes, sir?

  Paurel : Who said that?

  Potter : Why, it, eh, it was the red haired lady who swooned when we kissed her, sir.

  Paurel : Ah, yes! She swooned.

  Potter : Yes, sir, she swooned.

• Paurel : [referring to Diana]  What time did she go home, Potter?

  Potter : She didn't go, sir. She stayed, putting compresses on your throat for hours. You fell asleep, sir, holding her hand.

  Paurel : And you let her watch me sleep, knowing how I snore?

  Potter : Oh, it, it doesn't matter if she loves you, sir.

  Paurel : It is only after marriage that snores do not matter.

• Paurel : The next act for you is the big one.

  Diana : Oh, yes.

  Paurel : To wish you good luck-

  [unfastens chain with his lucky charm from around his neck] 

  Paurel : I want you to wear this little calamita. It was a present to me from Tamaniou, the great tenor, when I first sang at La Scala. *Never* have I been without it.

  Diana : What's in it?

  Paurel : The claw of an owl, a viper's fang, a lock of hair from a suicide, a shred from a beggar's coat, and a leetle bit of a rabbit's tail.

  [fastens the chain around her neck] 

  Diana : Oh, but, you shouldn't give it to *me*.

  Paurel : Tonight I want success for you, more than for myself.