A Night at the Opera (1935)

Sig Ruman: Herman Gottlieb

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Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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!

• 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.