Hearts Divided (1936)

Dick Powell: Captain Jerome Bonaparte

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• Captain Jerome Bonaparte : We will start with the verbs, Mademoiselle. I will pronounce them in French and you will translate. Je vous aime.

  Betsy Patterson : I, eh, I love you.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Very good. Vous m'aimes.

  Betsy Patterson : You, eh, You love me.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Quite correct. Nous nous aimons.

  Betsy Patterson : We, eh, we love each other.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : That's perfect.

• Captain Jerome Bonaparte : When a calvary officer tells you a woman looks like a horse, he knows what he's talking about.

• Captain Jerome Bonaparte : What would you do if you were Queen?

  Betsy Patterson : And, eh, you were King?

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Yes.

  Betsy Patterson : I'd abdicate.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Remind me to have you beheaded.

• Betsy Patterson : Do you suppose that you could be quite impersonal - if I let you continue as my tutor?

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : mademoiselle, I shall be like ice.

  Betsy Patterson : Very well, like ice - and I shan't tolerate a thaw.

• Betsy Patterson : I believe I admire Napoleon more than any man in the world today.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Well, that's another thing you and Napoleon have in common.

• Captain Jerome Bonaparte : [kisses Betsy, she pushes back]  It's your own fault for being so adorable.

  Betsy Patterson : If I were a man, I'd thrash you.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : If you were a man, it wouldn't have happened.

• Captain Jerome Bonaparte : [singing]  My heart surrenders, A kingdom for a kiss, A kiss from you...

• Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Just picture sitting down to one banquet after another. I get indigestion thinking about it.

  Napoleon Bonaparte : Any man should should be willing to lay down at least one stomach for his country.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : May I suggest that you send someone else's stomach.

• Betsy Patterson : Miss Patterson is still most annoyed. But, Betsy would like to have you stay.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Honest?

  Betsy Patterson : Honest. And, I'm sorry.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Sorry for what?

  Betsy Patterson : Sorry that you're - that you're so very annoying.

• Betsy Patterson : I'm not coaxing you.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Oh, Betsy. Betsy, you don't understand.

  Betsy Patterson : I understand! I've been cheap enough to beg you - and I'm sorry for that. It would have been much more courteous if you'd slapped my face!

• Captain Jerome Bonaparte : As far as I'm concerned, Napoleon can go soak!

• Captain Jerome Bonaparte : [singing]  Two lonely hearts divided, But, someday, those hearts shall beat as one, Two lonely hearts that need one another, As flowers need a sun, Two hearts that long for romance each night, Can't stay apart too long Two lonely hearts divided, Are singing love's own sweet song...

• Betsy Patterson : You've taught me something I never want to forget.

  Captain Jerome Bonaparte : What's that?

  Betsy Patterson : That it takes two people to moon shined up and the stars polished and the wind in tune and the world waltzing. It's too big an undertaking for me alone. They get - dull and flat and limpy.

• Captain Jerome Bonaparte : Oh, darling, would you mind not being a little fool. Whether I splash around in my brother's Navy or teach you to parse verbs you can't remember, has nothing to do with the fact that I love you.