A Night at the Opera (1935)
Sig Ruman: Herman Gottlieb
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Quotes
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Herbert Gottlieb : [to Mrs. Claypool] All of New York will be under your feet!
Otis B. Driftwood : [lifting the tablecloth] Well, there's plenty of room.
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Fiorello : I give this to Riccardo.
Herbert Gottlieb : [talking offstage with Mrs. Claypool] ... sensation in New York.
[meets Fiorello]
Herbert Gottlieb : Pardon me, could you tell me where Signor Lassparri is?
Fiorello : Sure, there's Lassparri,
Herbert Gottlieb : Lassparri!
Otis B. Driftwood : Lassparri? Then whom did I sign?
Fiorello : You signed Riccardo Baroni, that's-a my man.
Herbert Gottlieb : [Gottlieb wakes up Lassparri, who is unconscious] Signor Lassparri, what happened? Speak to me, it's me, it's Gottlieb! Speak to me, it's me, it's Gottlieb!
Herbert Gottlieb : [Tomasso unties a sandbag, which drops on Lassparri's head and knocks him unconscious] Oh, what is this now?
Otis B. Driftwood : How early the fruit is falling this season.
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Herbert Gottlieb : Mrs. Claypool, you're as charming as you are beautiful.
Mrs. Claypool : I'm afraid you've used that speech before, Mr. Gottlieb.
Otis B. Driftwood : Now, listen here Gottlieb, making love to Mrs. Claypool is my racket. What you're after is $200,000. And you better make is sound plausible; because, incredible as it may seem, Mrs. Claypool isn't as big a sap as she looks. How's that for love making?
Mrs. Claypool : I think the Europeans do it better?
Otis B. Driftwood : Okay, Gottlieb, it's your turn. You take a whack at it - and keep it clean.
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Herbert Gottlieb : If you pardon my saying so, Mrs. Claypool, Mr. Driftwood seems to me hardly the person to handle your business affairs.
Mrs. Claypool : I'm beginning to think the same thing.
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Mrs. Claypool : Mr. Claypool went to his reward three years ago.
Herbert Gottlieb : And left you all alone.
Mrs. Claypool : All alone.
Herbert Gottlieb : With eight million dollars.
Mrs. Claypool : Eight million dollars.
Otis B. Driftwood : Listen, Gottlieb, you're just wasting your time. If Mrs. Claypool wants to marry a fortune hunter, she's always got me.
Herbert Gottlieb : Fortune hunter?
Otis B. Driftwood : As a matter of fact, you can hardly call me a fortune hunter. Because when I first proposed to Mrs. Claypool, I thought she only had seven million. But, the extra million is never interfered with my feelings for her.
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Herbert Gottlieb : [finds Driftwood, Fiorello, Tomasso and Ricardo lounging in his office] What does this mean?
Otis B. Driftwood : Aw, just the man I want to see. Guttlieb, these are the worst cigars I ever smoked.
Fiorello : Yes, and your ice isn't cold enough either.
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Fiorello : Is this the opera house?
Herbert Gottlieb : Arrest those men. And this one too!
[pushes Tomasso toward Fiorello and Driftwood]
Otis B. Driftwood : It's about time!
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Herbert Gottlieb : All right, only quick. Quick, what do you want?
Otis B. Driftwood : First, call off that police dogs.
Henderson : Huh?
Herbert Gottlieb : All right, anything. Anything!
Henderson : Just a minute, these men are in this country under false pretenses and I'm going to to do my duty.
Herbert Gottlieb : I'll be responsible for them. Besides, they came over here with Mr. Driftwood and Mr. Driftwood is an employee of the opera company.