3rd most-quoted character in Trouble in Paradise (1932): in 6 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Gaston Monescu (5)
Scenes with Lily
6 scenes
Lily [about her appearance in his room]
By tomorrow, it'll be Grand Canal gossip!
Don't stop. Keep right on complaining. It's beautiful.
Lily You know, when I first saw you, I thought you were an American.
Lily Someone from another world - so entirely different. Oh! One gets so tired of one's own class - princes and counts and dukes and kings! Everybody talking shop. Always trying to sell jewelry. Then I heard your name and found out you were just one of us.
Lily No, proud. Very proud.
[He descends to her lips for a kiss]
That's hotel life. In one room, a man loses his wallet, and in another room, a man loses his head.
Lily Please! When I came here, it was for a little adventure, a little game which you play tonight and forget tomorrow. Something's changed me; and it isn't the champagne. Oh, the whole thing's so new to me. I have a confession to make to you. Baron, you are a crook. You robbed the gentleman in 253, 5, 7, and 9. May I have the salt?
[as he passes the salt]
Please.
Lily Thank you.
Lily No thank you.
You're very welcome. Countess, believe me, before you left this room I would have told you everything. And let me say this with love in my heart. Countess, you are a thief. The wallet of the gentleman in 253, 5, 7, and 9 is in your possession. I knew it very well when you took it out of my pocket. In fact, you tickled me. But your embrace was so sweet.
Lily I like you, Baron.
I'm crazy about you. By the way, your pin. [He returns her brooch pin - after appraising it.]
Lily [after suddenly noticing she's missing it]
Thank you, Baron.
Not at all. There's one very good stone in it.
Lily What time is it? [She allows him to search for his pocket watch before looking startled. She hands it to him from her purse - after resetting it.] It was five minutes slow but I regulated it for you. [He pockets the watch with a smile.]
I hope you don't mind if I keep your garter. [She checks her leg, under the table, and then Gaston holds the garter up high and kisses it to prove his expertise.]
Lily Darling! [excitedly, she rises and kisses him, flinging herself into his arms] Oh now, darling. Tell me, tell me all about yourself. Who are you?
You remember the man who walked into the Bank of Constantinople, and walked out with the Bank of Constantinople?
Lily Monescu.
Lily Gaston!
[they begin passionately kissing]
I love you. I loved you the moment I saw you. I'm mad about you. My little shoplifter. My sweet little pickpocket. My darling.
Lily You see, Mother is dead.
MC Mme. Colet
Yes, that's the trouble with Mothers. First you get to like them, and then they die.
You're talking like a child. You know exactly what we're here for and what it's all about.
Lily This woman has more than jewelry.
Lily Did you ever take a good look at her, uhm.
Lily They're all right, aren't they?
Beautiful. What of it? Let me tell you something. As far as I'm concerned, her whole sex appeal is in that safe.
Lily Oh, Gaston. Let's open it right now. Let's get away from here. I don't like this place.
No, no, sweetheart. There's more sex appeal coming on the first of the month. It's only ten days - 850,000 francs.
Lily Darling, remember. You are Gaston Monescu. You are a crook. I want you as a crook. I love you as a crook. I worship you as a crook. Steal, swindle, rob. Oh, but don't become one of those useless, good-for-nothing gigolos.
Lily Goodbye, Gaston darling.
Lily Well, I'll leave you alone with that lady. But if you behave like a gentleman, I'll break your neck.
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