Film Quotes by Reginald Owen
20 quotes
Year: 1948
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Serafin:
I believe a condemned man has a right to one last request.
The Viceroy: Oh within reason - a visit from a loved one, a prayer, a beef steak.
The Viceroy: Oh within reason - a visit from a loved one, a prayer, a beef steak.
--
Reginald Owen
in
The Pirate
(1948)
Year: 1946
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Adam Belinski:
But I know Hitler.
Sir Henry Carmel: He has written a book, hasn't he?
Adam Belinski: Yes.
Sir Henry Carmel: Big success?
Adam Belinski: Very big.
Sir Henry Carmel: So what more does he want? Why doesn't he lie down and keep quiet?
Adam Belinski: If you really want to know, Sir Henry, read the book.
Sir Henry Carmel: It's an outdoor book. What is it called? Oh yes, "Mein Camp".
Sir Henry Carmel: He has written a book, hasn't he?
Adam Belinski: Yes.
Sir Henry Carmel: Big success?
Adam Belinski: Very big.
Sir Henry Carmel: So what more does he want? Why doesn't he lie down and keep quiet?
Adam Belinski: If you really want to know, Sir Henry, read the book.
Sir Henry Carmel: It's an outdoor book. What is it called? Oh yes, "Mein Camp".
--
Reginald Owen
(as Sir Henry Carmel)
in
Cluny Brown
(1946)
Year: 1941
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Regina Mason:
Father, why don't you stand up for yourself; are you a man or a mouse?
Reginald Mason: I must be a man; your mother is afraid of mice.
Reginald Mason: I must be a man; your mother is afraid of mice.
--
Reginald Owen
(as Reginald Mason)
in
Blonde Inspiration
(1941)
Year: 1937
Director:
Dorothy Arzner
Director:
Dorothy Arzner
Contessa di Meina:
What interesting knees you have, Admiral. Those are knees, aren't they?
Admiral Monti: They were.
Admiral Monti: They were.
--
Reginald Owen
(as Admiral Monti)
in
The Bride Wore Red
(1937)
Year: 1945
Director:
Rowland V. Lee
Director:
Rowland V. Lee
Capt. William Kidd:
I'm one of nature's gentlemen, but I need polish, my good man. If I'm to improve myself...
Cary Shadwell: A gentleman only employs the term "My good man" when addressing lower servants or his inferiors, sir.
Capt. William Kidd: You see...
[sucks his teeth]
Capt. William Kidd: ...that's why I want you.
[sucks his teeth again]
Capt. William Kidd: With my upbringing...
Cary Shadwell: A gentleman never sucks his teeth, sir. Many a man's social career has been ruined by less, sir.
Cary Shadwell: A gentleman only employs the term "My good man" when addressing lower servants or his inferiors, sir.
Capt. William Kidd: You see...
[sucks his teeth]
Capt. William Kidd: ...that's why I want you.
[sucks his teeth again]
Capt. William Kidd: With my upbringing...
Cary Shadwell: A gentleman never sucks his teeth, sir. Many a man's social career has been ruined by less, sir.
--
Reginald Owen
(as Cary Shadwell)
in
Captain Kidd
(1945)
Year: 1964
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Admiral Boom:
[observing the queue of prospective nannies] Ghastly looking crew, I must say!
--
Reginald Owen
(as Admiral Boom)
in
Mary Poppins
(1964)
Year: 1964
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Admiral Boom:
[seeing the chimney sweeps dancing on the rooftops] We're being attacked by hottentots!
--
Reginald Owen
(as Admiral Boom)
in
Mary Poppins
(1964)
Year: 1937
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Claude Dabney:
Miss Briggs, how many years have you been making what for convenience I call my tea?
Miss Briggs: What's wrong with it this time, Mr. Dabney?
Claude Dabney: Why nothing... except that it tastes absolutely filthy.
Miss Briggs: What's wrong with it this time, Mr. Dabney?
Claude Dabney: Why nothing... except that it tastes absolutely filthy.
--
Reginald Owen
in
Personal Property
(1937)
Year: 1938
Director:
Edwin L. Marin
Director:
Edwin L. Marin
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Please let me stay!
Spirit of Christmas Present: Nonsense! You don't want to stay!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes, I do!
Spirit of Christmas Present: No! You don't like Christmas!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I LOVE Christmas!
Spirit of Christmas Present: Nonsense! You don't want to stay!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes, I do!
Spirit of Christmas Present: No! You don't like Christmas!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I LOVE Christmas!
--
Reginald Owen
(as Ebenezer Scrooge)
in
A Christmas Carol
(1938)
Year: 1935
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Director:
Harry Beaumont
Henry Arbuthnot:
[after explosion] I am convinced that a bath in Italy is somewhere between a public function and an eruption of Vesuvius.
--
Reginald Owen
in
Enchanted April
(1935)