Svengali (1931 film) Quotes

Svengali (1931 film) is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Svengali ended its run in 1970.

It features David Mendoza in charge of musical score, and Barney McGill as head of cinematography.

Svengali (1931 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Svengali (1931 film) is 81 minutes long. Svengali (1931 film) is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: John Barrymore as Svengali, Marian Marsh as Trilby O'Farrell, Carmel Myers as Madame Honori, Luis Alberni as Gecko, Donald Crisp as The Laird, Bramwell Fletcher as Billee, and Lumsden Hare as Monsieur Taffy.

Svengali (1931 film) Quotes

John Barrymore as Svengali

• (John Barrymore) "There is nothing in your mind -- nothing in your heart -- nothing in your soul -- but Svengali -- Svengali -- Svengali -- ."

• (John Barrymore) "Oh, God, grant me in death -- what you denied me in life -- the woman I love."

• (John Barrymore) "Now -- what did we do last?"
• (Carmel Myers) "Don't you remember?"
• (John Barrymore) "I am speaking about music."

• (John Barrymore) "That might be as well to remember. There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

Marian Marsh as Trilby O'Farrell

• (Marian Marsh) "Svengali, I've tried to love you, but I --"
• (John Barrymore) "Ja, ja, ja, ja -- But you know very well why you can't. It is the magnificent young Englander. The head of the Purity Brigade. Sir Galahad. This stiff-necked little Billie -- What is he, Liebchen? With his silly paints in one hand, and these twiddling brushes of pig's bristles in the other -- What does he amount to, compared to Svengali? Ah, he paints his silly pictures and sends them to London, where they hang up on the wall like -- dead soldiers on parade. And the people pass in a long procession; "ah"; and yawn."
• (John Barrymore) "Svengali will go to London himself, where he will be all alone on the platform. And princesses, and countesses, and serene highnesses will fling him their jewels, and applaud him, and invite him to their palaces. And he will take you with him, Liebchen, and never look at them. Da, we could be so happy."
• (Marian Marsh) "But I -- I don't like palaces."

• (Marian Marsh) "What'd he do?"
• (Lumsden Hare) "He hypnotized you."
• (Donald Crisp) "Yeah, and don't you ever let him do it again. Those fella's can make you do anything and say anything they want. Lie, steal, anything."
• (Bramwell Fletcher) "And then they make you kill yourself when they're done with ya'."
• (Donald Crisp) "Yeah, they do that."
• (Marian Marsh) "But he took my pain away."
• (Bramwell Fletcher) "I'd rather have the pain than have it cured like that."

Lumsden Hare as Monsieur Taffy

• (Lumsden Hare) "Maestro Svengali -- this has been a marvelous change since we saw him last."
• (Donald Crisp) "Yeah, it's been just five years."
• (Lumsden Hare) "Wonderful."
• (Bramwell Fletcher) "They say that his wife is a very beautiful woman."
• (Lumsden Hare) "Didn't you say that she was a Polish woman that he picked up in Russia?"
• (Donald Crisp) "Yeah, that's what I heard."
• (Bramwell Fletcher) "Well, if she's as beautiful as they say she is, he must've hypnotized her into marrying him."
• (Donald Crisp) "I'm not interested in that. What I want to know is who's giving him his baths now?"
• (Lumsden Hare) "Probably she is; in self defense."

• (Lumsden Hare) "And where are you going?"
• (Bramwell Fletcher) "After him."
• (Lumsden Hare) "Svengali's not running away from you."
• (Bramwell Fletcher) "Not from me, Taffy, but from his fear of the day when his spell over Trilby will be broken, as it was for a moment last night."
• (Donald Crisp) "Eh? And what will you do when you catch up with him?"
• (Bramwell Fletcher) "Just wait till the day comes. I'll get her back; - if I have to follow them 'round the world."

Luis Alberni as Gecko

• (Luis Alberni) "Maestro, I don't know what we are going to do. We have borrowed from everyone we know. We cannot go back to Bernard's. He will throw us out."
• (John Barrymore) "Oh, possibly, possibly -- But there are other people -- Our English friends; - they have not enjoyed the fragrance of our society, for a week. We will go there."
• (Luis Alberni) "But Maestro, the last time we were there, Monsieur Taffy, and Monsieur the Laird, and even little Billie -- he's so kind."
• (John Barrymore) "Now listen. Gecko. You know, the trouble with you is you have not sufficient optimism. Little things discourage you. Remember, in the bright lexicon of youth, there is no such word -- as "Fail.""

Bramwell Fletcher as Billee

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