The Lady Refuses (1931)

Edgar Norton: Dobbs - Sir Gerald's Butler

Quotes 

• Sir Gerald Courtney : Just see to the aperitifs, will you?

  [Dobbs, the butler, walks out of the frame and returns with a tray upon which is a carafe, presumably containing sherry] 

  Sir Gerald Courtney : Dobbs, you're... you're downright Victorian. We must have cocktails, Dobbs, cocktails!

  Dobbs : [horrified]  N-not cocktails, sir!

  Sir Gerald Courtney : Yes. Now don't tell me that it isn't British. You're deplorably behind the times. I drink 'em m'self. What's more, I can mix 'em. Mix is the word.

  Dobbs : They tell me they even put *ice* in them in America.

  Sir Gerald Courtney : Yes, well, I don't think we'll go quite that far.