“Don't you see, you'll be a patron of the opera. You'll get into...” – Otis B. Driftwood, Night at the Opera, A ... Movie Quotes Database

[to Mrs. Claypool]

Don't you see, you'll be a patron of the opera. You'll get into society. Then, you can marry me and they'll kick you out of society, and all you've lost is $200,000.

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