The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

Claudette Colbert: Franzi

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Quotes 

• Franzi : Girls who start with breakfast don't usually stay for supper.

• Princess Anna : I love him so dearly.

  Franzi : I'm just wild about him.

  Princess Anna : I don't blame you. Isn't he good-looking?

  Franzi : Oh, and how!

  Princess Anna : That's it exactly! And how! Did you see him in his new uniform?

  Franzi : At the wedding? Stunning!

  Princess Anna : But to tell you the truth, I like him even better in his dinner-coat.

  Franzi : With the straw hat?

  Princess Anna : Yes, with the straw hat!

  Franzi : Oh, that's nothing. Did you ever see him in... oh, never mind!

• Franzi : [singing]  Jazz up your lingerie!

• Franzi : So, you play the piano?

  Lieutenant Niki : Mm-hmm.

  Franzi : Someday, we may have a - duet.

  Lieutenant Niki : I love chamber music.

• Franzi : Perhaps, tomorrow night we could have dinner together?

  Lieutenant Niki : Oh, don't make me wait 24 hours. I'm so - hungry.

  Franzi : Well, perhaps, then, we could have tea tomorrow afternoon?

  Lieutenant Niki : Why not breakfast tomorrow morning?

  Franzi : No. No. First tea and then dinner - and then - maybe - maybe breakfast.

• Franzi : [singing]  I'm gone - when you invade the marmalade.

  Lieutenant Niki : And, you, put magic in the muffins!

  Lieutenant Niki , Franzi : Breakfast time - it must be love!

  [Next scene, a steam train coming out of a tunnel] 

• Franzi : Tell me, Niki, is the Princess a blonde or a brunette?

  Lieutenant Niki : To tell you the truth, I don't know.

  Franzi : Darling!

• Franzi : Oh, you see Niki, it's not that I'm jealous; but, someday you may meet a girl.

  Lieutenant Niki : Nobody can play the violin like - you!

  Franzi : Oh, darling.

• Franzi : [Pointing to the Princess' dress]  Who bought that for you?

  Princess Anna : Not Niki!

  Franzi : I'm sure he didn't. Niki has taste.

• Franzi : [to the Princess]  Let me see your underwear.

• Franzi : [Lifting her dress to show the Princess her sheer underwear]  That's the kind of music you should play!

• Franzi : Take good care of our Niki.

  Princess Anna : I will.

  Franzi : Be a good girl.

  Princess Anna : I won't!

  [laughter] 

• Franzi : [Franzi's goodbye letter to Niki, with a garter included in the envelope]  Dear Niki, you have one garter to remember me by, here is the other one to forget me. Franzi

  [camera pans down to a postscript] 

  Franzi : P.S. Quite by accident I saw your wife. It may interest you to know that she is a blonde - and very charming.