Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
Walter Slezak: Papa Vittorio Martelli
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Quotes
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Papa Vittorio Martelli : Mr Hunter what kind of joke are you joking - you went out for dinner with Maria and come back with Nina.
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Papa Vittorio Martelli : Nina doesn't know what love is. Four weeks ago she was in love with the delivery boy. Two weeks ago with a Swiss engineer. Last week with a man who come to fix the ice-box - and the ice-box still doesn't work! No, Nina is in love with the idea of being in love. That's all.
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Mike Clark : I want to marry your daughter.
Papa Vittorio Martelli : Sorry I haven't any left.
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Papa Vittorio Martelli : Now that you know that my little song is in American jazz, perhaps you'll practice the piano.
Nina Martelli : Oh, I make more money playing a typewriter anyway. And if Mr. Hunter gives me a raise, which I...
Maria Martelli : Nina! How can you?
Ray Hunter : Oh, I don't mind. I like aggressiveness. You know, Nina, you're going to go a long way. How old are you?
Nina Martelli : Nineteen.
Maria Martelli , Papa Vittorio Martelli : Eighteen!
Ray Hunter : I'll see that you get that raise.
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Nina Martelli : I know exactly what I'm doing!
Papa Vittorio Martelli : Yes. And exactly what you're doing now is going to bed! Avanti su!
[spanks Nina on her behind]
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Papa Vittorio Martelli : There's nothing wrong with a custom, even an old custom, that the youngest should wait her turn. Nina will not get married. This is final. If you really mean what you say, you can afford to wait. Nina will be tender for a long time.
Ray Hunter : Yeah, but I won't.
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Papa Vittorio Martelli : She's only a child.
Countess Alzani : Did you ever hear of Romeo and Juliet?
Papa Vittorio Martelli : Yes, I have. And what happened to them? Both dead.
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[last lines]
Papa Vittorio Martelli : I know Ray. He's the only one that doesn't work for Mr. Hunter.
