Alfred Lubitsch:
Answer yes, and I owe you 100 francs. Answer no, and you owe me 100, okay?
Bar Owner:
Okay.
Alfred Lubitsch:
Here's the question: Can you loan me 100 francs?
Prostitute 2:
They're showing Vera Cruz tonight.
Alfred Lubitsch:
Ah, with your friend Burt Lancaster.
[
Alfred turns to the camera and grins]
Angela:
Would you rather have fish or meat for dinner?
[
impatient]
Angela:
Emile!
Émile Récamier:
Fish.
Angela:
What would you have preferred if you were having meat?
Émile Récamier:
I dunno. Veal.
Angela:
And if you were to have beef rather than veal, would you prefer a steak or a roast?
Émile Récamier:
A steak.
Angela:
And had you answered roast, would you prefer it rare or well-done?
Émile Récamier:
Rare.
Angela:
[
jump-cut to Angela returning with the well-done roast] Well, honey, you're out of luck. My roast beef's a little overdone.
Angela:
We should boycott women who don't cry.
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