Paradise for Three (1938)

Frank Morgan: Rudolph Tobler

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Quotes 

• Rudolph Tobler : Here, just make a note, Reichenbach. I want every one of those contest judges fired immediately.

• Mrs. Kunkel : Look at your face - it's as read as a beet.

  Rudolph Tobler : Well, what of it. Look at your own.

• Fritz Hagedorn : [to Rudolph Tobler who is incognito as Edward Schultz]  If Mr. Tobler's half as bad as Mr. Kesselhut said he was, I'm glad I didn't meet him.

  Rudolph Tobler : [as Edward Schultz]  Well, would he... .

  [Mumbles as they are joined at the table] 

• William Reichenbach : If you don't mind, Mr. Tobler, I've written a slogan.

  Rudolph Tobler : Well...

  William Reichenbach , Rudolph Tobler : He who washes Tobler's way will live to wash another day.

  Rudolph Tobler : Yeah, and , uh, just make another note. One more slogan out of you and you're fired, too.

• Rudolph Tobler : [Incognito as Edward Schultz to his valet who is impersonating a wealthy industrialist]  Well, Mr. Kesselhut, Mr. Hagedorn here tells me you know Mr. Tobler. What kind of a man is he?

  Johann Kesselhut : Oh, uh, a very fine gentleman.

  Fritz Hagedorn : Oh, that's all right, Mr. Kesselhut. You can trust Mr. Schultz, heh, heh. Go on, tell him about Mr. Tobler being a jackass.

  Rudolph Tobler : [Incognito as Schultz]  Oh, he's a jackass, is he?

  Johann Kesselhut : Oh, well, I wouldn't say that.

  Rudolph Tobler : [as Schultz]  Are you calling Mr. Hagedorn a liar?

• Rudolph Tobler : For once, I want to live out of the lap of luxury. I want to see how other people live. Not by looking down form a penthouse, but on the ground, face to face with them. I wanna have fun, without the restrictions of a position or wealth.

  Johann Kesselhut : I'm beginning to comprehend, sir.

• Rudolph Tobler : I know, I know You've been with me for 30 years, you're only concerned in what is good for me, you've sacrificed your entire life to taking care of me, and... have I omitted anything?

  Mrs. Kunkel : You're not as young as you used to be...

  Rudolph Tobler : [Chiming in]  Yes, therefore you must not over tax your strength. I knew I'd forgotten something.

• William Reichenbach : Sir, that's incorrect. The saying goes, "While there's life, there is hope."

  Rudolph Tobler : Well of course, you dumbhead. That's exactly the point - soap, hope - hope, soap, don't you get it?

  William Reichenbach : No, sir.

• Mrs. Kunkel : And this in case you have another dizzy spell.

  Rudolph Tobler : I haven't had a dizzy spell in three years.

  Mrs. Kunkel : Just about time for another one.

• Mrs. Irene Mallebre : You dance divinely, Edward.

  Rudolph Tobler : [Incognito as Edward Schultz]  Oh, heh, I hope I'm not tiring you, Irene.

  Mrs. Irene Mallebre : [as they bounce around the floor]  With you it doesn't even seem like dancing.

• Sepp : I'm so glad you are a rich man.

  Rudolph Tobler : Why?

  Sepp : Because as a poor man, you could never make a living.

• First Lawyer : The fact remains, you were seen in her room. And if you understand Latin...

  Rudolph Tobler : Well, what's Latin got to du, duh, duh, the whole thing is not.. it .. "

  [Trails off mumbling] 

• Rudolph Tobler : [Incognito, as Edward Schultz]  Well, here's to our vacations. May we all get what we're after.

  Fritz Hagedorn : I can't understand the management giving me these rooms. Kittens, brandy, hot bricks, heh...

  Rudolph Tobler : Yeah, well, perhaps they think that you're a millionaire in disguise.

  [They both laugh] 

• Rudolph Tobler : [On the phone]  Yeah, well what about the Palace Hotel - have you bought it?

  William Reichenbach : [On the phone]  No, sir, but there's a chain of hotels in Romania.

  Rudolph Tobler : What? No, I don't want a chain of hotels in Romania. I don't want any restaurants in Yugoslavia. I want the Palace Hotel. Buy it! Buy it if you have to buy up the whole mountain to get it.

• Rudolph Tobler : A fine manager - trying to get me to buy a hotel I already own.

• Mrs. Irene Mallebre : [At the costume ball dinner table]  My dear Mrs. Kunkel, what an original costume. What do you represent, a wounded soldier?

  Rudolph Tobler : [Incognito as Edward Schultz]  It looks more like a wounded spy to me.

  Mrs. Kunkel : It's not a costume. I was hurt.

  Rudolph Tobler : You're lucky. Spies are usually shot.

  [Everyone laughs] 

  Rudolph Tobler : [Looking at Johann Kesselhut dressed as an admiral]  Yes, and as for admirals, they're very often sunk.

  [Everyone laughs] 

• Rudolph Tobler : You mustn't worry, Hilde. If he really loves you, it won't matter even if you are wealthy. And, after all, he must make some sacrifices.

• Rudolph Tobler , Mrs. Kunkel : You know, you have to thank Kunkel for this. You'd have lost him if she hadn't fainted.

  Mrs. Kunkel : [Opens her eye]  Who said I fainted?

• Rudolph Tobler : Oh, here, give me that brandy. I can't bear to see a woman faint.