Film Quotes by Charles Coburn
36 quotes
Year: 1953
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Father Burke:
You'll find the answer in Deuteronomy, Chapter 32, Verse 15.
[the other priests look at one another]
Father Burke: Well, well? Is there a Bible in the house, or do you have to go to a hotel?
[the other priests look at one another]
Father Burke: Well, well? Is there a Bible in the house, or do you have to go to a hotel?
--
Charles Coburn
(as Father Matthew William Burke)
in
Trouble Along the Way
(1953)
Year: 1943
Director:
Norman Krasna
Director:
Norman Krasna
Holman - Maria's Uncle:
His father was one of eleven boys. Remarkable!
--
Charles Coburn
(as Holman)
in
Princess O'Rourke
(1943)
Year: 1944
Director:
Charles Vidor
Director:
Charles Vidor
Jonathan Crandall Sr:
[to Anne] It also seems that you're a big shot in your office and an nonentity at home.
--
Charles Coburn
in
Together Again
(1944)
Year: 1945
Director:
Irving Rapper
Director:
Irving Rapper
Max Dreyfus:
[referring to "Porgy and Bess", which has just opened] You've made opera entertaining.
--
Charles Coburn
(as Max Dreyfus)
in
Rhapsody in Blue
(1945)
Year: 1944
Director:
Henry King
Director:
Henry King
Professor Henry Holmes:
Now I know why the Democratic Party chose a jackass for a mascot.
--
Charles Coburn
(as Professor Henry Holmes)
in
Wilson
(1944)
Year: 1952
Director:
Douglas Sirk
Director:
Douglas Sirk
Samuel Fulton:
You've a lovely family, Millicent. It could have been my family if you hadn't been so darn obstinate!
--
Charles Coburn
(as Samuel Fulton / John Smith)
in
Has Anybody Seen My Gal
(1952)
Year: 1941
Director:
Peter Godfrey
Director:
Peter Godfrey
Seton Mansley aka Alfred Crane:
Suddenly, it had come to me that I was the only one out of 28,000 guys who wasn't allowed to come home every night at six o'clock and smoke his slippers, and read his dinner, and eat his pipe.
--
Charles Coburn
in
Unexpected Uncle
(1941)
Year: 1947
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Joseph, Counsel for the Prosecution:
M'lord, I would like to have an opportunity to consider what bearing this has on the case: I've just been informed that the witness Latour has done away with himself.
--
Charles Coburn
(as Sir Simon Flaquer)
in
The Paradine Case
(1947)
Year: 1947
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Joseph, Counsel for the Prosecution:
She had patience. She could wait. This was, indeed, no ordinary woman.
--
Charles Coburn
(as Sir Simon Flaquer)
in
The Paradine Case
(1947)
Year: 1947
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Simon Flaquer:
[about Mrs. Paradine] I've been of the opinion that she was a woman of very low estate and very easy virtue.
--
Charles Coburn
(as Sir Simon Flaquer)
in
The Paradine Case
(1947)