The Smiling Lieutenant Quotes

The Smiling Lieutenant is a television program that debuted in 1970 . The Smiling Lieutenant stopped airing in 1970.

It features Ernst Lubitsch as producer, Composer: in charge of musical score, and George Folsey (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

The Smiling Lieutenant is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Smiling Lieutenant is 89 minutes long. The Smiling Lieutenant is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Claudette Colbert as Franzi, Maurice Chevalier as Lieutenant Niki, Charles Ruggles as Max, George Barbier as King Adolf XV, and Miriam Hopkins as Princess Anna.

The Smiling Lieutenant Quotes

Maurice Chevalier as Lieutenant Niki

• (Maurice Chevalier) "Do you know whom she reminds me of? Your wife."
• (Charles Ruggles) "Oh, now wait a minute. This girl is beautiful."
• (Maurice Chevalier) "Just picture your wife fifteen years younger, twenty pounds lighter, her hair dyed, her nose operated on. The same girl."

• (Maurice Chevalier) "Remember what Napoleon said before he went to Elba: "So long.""

• (Maurice Chevalier) "When we like someone, we smile. But when we want to do something about it, we wink."

• (Unnamed) "Lieutenant, I'm here on a very confidential mission. Her highness, the Princess Anna, wanted to talk to you, but before talking to you, naturally she took up the matter with her father, His Majesty, the King. His Majesty, the King, decided that Her Highness, the Princess, should not talk to you first. On the contrary, you should first talk to Her Highness, the Princess. But before talking to the Princess, His Majesty the King wants you to talk to him, so that he can give you permission to talk to the Princess. But then we all got together and had a little talk, and came to the conclusion that, under the royal Flausenthurm etiquette, you, being an ordinary lieutenant, cannot do the talking at all. You understand?"
• (Maurice Chevalier) "Perfectly. May I ask what you are talking about?"
• (Unnamed) "In one word, Lieutenant: Please don't you propose to the Princess."
• (Maurice Chevalier) "But I never intended to. And I never will."
• (Unnamed) "Thank you. Congratulations."

George Barbier as King Adolf XV

• (George Barbier) "Let me tell you, that schnitzel came from an imported Viennese cow."
• (Miriam Hopkins) "Imported especially for you."
• (Maurice Chevalier) "Poor cow. To start life in Vienna and end it in Flausenthurm."

• (George Barbier) "This is unheard of. Flausenthurm without an "h?" Don't they know, in Vienna, how to spell my country?"
• (Miriam Hopkins) "It's a deliberate insult, Papa. They're trying to make us feel, just because we've a little country, we shouldn't have so many letters."

Miriam Hopkins as Princess Anna

• (Miriam Hopkins) "I love him so dearly."
• (Claudette Colbert) "I'm just wild about him."
• (Miriam Hopkins) "Isn't he good-looking?"
• (Claudette Colbert) "Oh, and how."
• (Miriam Hopkins) "That's it exactly. And how. Did you see him in his new uniform?"
• (Claudette Colbert) "At the wedding? Stunning."
• (Miriam Hopkins) "But to tell you the truth, I like him even better in his dinner-coat."
• (Claudette Colbert) "With the straw hat?"
• (Miriam Hopkins) "Yes, with the straw hat."
• (Claudette Colbert) "Oh, that's nothing. Did you ever see him in -- oh, never mind."

• (Miriam Hopkins) "Papa, you may not realize it, but I'm desperate. I'm no longer responsible. I'm capable of anything. If you don't let me have my Lieutenant, do you know what I'm going to do?"
• (George Barbier) "What?"
• (Miriam Hopkins) "I'm going to marry an American."

• (Miriam Hopkins) "I don't know very much about life. I got all my knowledge out of the Royal Encyclopedia. A special edition arranged for Flausenthurm, with all the interesting things left out."

Claudette Colbert as Franzi

• (Claudette Colbert) "Girls who start with breakfast don't usually end up with supper."

• (Claudette Colbert) "Jazz up your lingerie."

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