Beauty and the Boss (1932)
Warren William: Baron Josef von Ullrich
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Quotes
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Is that then a new evening gown?
Susie Sachs : Yes. Do you like it?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Oh, it's very effective. Very! How it changes you. The back of your neck is desirable. So young! And curls are enticing. Your pretty round little arms. Why I never noticed them?
Susie Sachs : They've always been covered up by my cuffs.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Do they feel as smooth as they look.
Susie Sachs : I don't know.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : I wonder? Why yes, they're even smoother!
Susie Sachs : I'm glad you weren't disappointed.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Susie, I want that kiss and I'm going to have it. I'm mad about you. Susie, don't you know you're enough to drive a man out of his senses?
Susie Sachs : That's just woman hunger! And any soft, sweet smelling female could satisfy.
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Susie Sachs : I'm not satisfied to sneak into a man's arms and be kissed just because I happen to be there! That's too easy for him. I want a man to climb mountains to get me. I want him to pass by all the other woman and kick down the door, just to kiss me.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Susie, you're wonderful!
Susie Sachs : When I love a man, he must ache and long and burn for me. He must be hungry and thirsty forever, unless I came along. I, Susie Sachs. No other woman on earth must do. That's the sort of love I want!
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Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Can't you see? I'm hanging over your head like a ripe peach. If you'd only give the tree a little shake.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : You're very charming. Very.
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Am I? Oh, I know I'm nothing much out of the ordinary. A little bit pretty. A little bit wise. A little bit willing. A little bit absentminded.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Are you absentminded tonight?
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Oh, very!
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Olive 'Ollie' Frey : I thought it made men happy at their work to see a pretty woman about?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Men don't come here to be happy. They come tarn their daily bread. Women are for non-working hours. And you're much too pretty and soft and seductive! You distract me!
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Miss Frey, you're much too pretty to be caged in a bank.
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Can I help it if I'm pretty?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : No woman should look pretty who works in a bank. It disturbs the bankers. Takes the eyes of the tellers away from the bills and currency. The clerks become confused with their columns. It's dangerous. Invites disaster.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Well, Ludwig, how do you flying?
Ludwig Pfeffer Jr. : Oh, I don't think it'll ever take the place of the horse and buggy.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : How old are you?
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Twenty-one.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Engaged?
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Not yet.
Count Von Tolheim : A sweetheart?
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Oh, no!
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Poor child. Twenty-one and and no sweetheart? Addicted to "Love at Dawn" perfume. Smartly dressed. Silk stockings over perfect legs. An exquisite pair of shoulders. In short, a very distracting young woman.
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : [giggles] Oh, Baron!
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Miss Frey, you'll please report yourself to the head of the Personnel Department.
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : What for?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : To tell the manager that you are no longer employed here. Your career as a woman - is too promising for me to wreck.
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Count Von Tolheim : Tell me, tell me... Did you meet many beautiful ladies in America, eh?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : No. I didn't speak to a woman while I was gone, unless it was someone's secretary. When I'm on business, I work. When I make love, I keep my mind on it. But both together? Never!
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : [the Baron's phone rings] Hello?
Girl in Bath Tub : Hello, darling. It's Mimi. I just had to call you up. I bet you don't know where I am. I'm in the bathtub. Hear me splash?
[Splashes water in the tub]
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Go splash in the lake!
[hangs up the phone]
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Yes! I see it! But, I've seen better!
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Why, I didn't think you could see my, eh...
Baron Josef von Ullrich : No. Of course not! But, leave your skirts down - during office hours.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Don't squirm! I know you have hips!
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Why do you always repeat after me, Miss Frey?
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Pardon me, Baron. I do that in order to keep up with you. You dictate too rapidly.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : I do everything rapidly!
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Oh, Baron.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : I say, Miss Frey, why do you wear your dress so low?
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Is it low?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Is it low - you know perfectly well it's low!
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Well, I'm sorry if my shoulders annoy you.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : It's not only your shoulders, it's the whole area. You're, eh - I don't like it!
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : You mean, eh...
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Low necks, bare shoulders in bank hours - don't mix! Make a note: all female employees at this establishment must wear long sleeves and high necks.
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Olive 'Ollie' Frey : All women rob men of their time.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Here, Miss Frey, you are not a woman!
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : What am I then?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Just a writing machine and don't forget it again.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Pretty women - should never think!
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Oh, now, you gay old dog, tell me about yourself.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : What are you doing here? Well?
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : I, eh, I thought you might want me to go on with the dictation.
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Olive 'Ollie' Frey : You didn't really mean that I was to go, did you?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : I never say anything I don't mean.
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : It was wonderful taking dictation from you.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : You're a girl for the evening whom I met, unfortunately, only in the daytime. You're a playgirl!
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Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Oh, Baron! You're very dear to me.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : And I suspect, before we're finished, you're going to be dear to me.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Go to the cashiers office. Tell him to give you six months salary. And leave your telephone number with Ludwig. I'll call you when I'm in a proper - or, rather, an improper mood.
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : You're a darling. I'm so happy!
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Susie Sachs : Today's a crisis. Either I get work or else - or else, this afternoon...
Baron Josef von Ullrich : This afternoon? You'll - you'll do something desperate?
Susie Sachs : Yes. Something I've fought against for months.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : What, Susie?
Susie Sachs : I'll go to the movies with our landlord's son.
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Susie Sachs : [on the phone] 1-1-7-5-1 please. The Vienna Market? Mr. Martz, it's Susie Sachs. Will you please send some things up to my mother at once? Five pounds of flour. Two pounds of dog meat. One pound of coffee, the best. And a dozen eggs. And two pounds of butter, no, one pound. I mustn't spend too much.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : [pokes his head around the door] Order what you need. You shall have an advance in salary.
Susie Sachs : And six cans of sardines! And a half a pound of chocolate. And a few frankfurters. The big ones?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Yes! Yes! The largest!
Susie Sachs : Yes! Yes! The largest!
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Well, Ludwig, we'll be there in no time. I tell you, the airplane is the greatest invention of the age!
Ludwig Pfeffer Jr. : Yes, excellency, but I still prefer the bicycle.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Now, Susie.
Susie Sachs : Yes?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : My congratulations. You work like a man - morning, noon and night! Now, you must play! You must enjoy yourself. I want to show my appreciation. What do you need? What do you want?
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : [to Susie] You've only seen the roofs of Paris - from this window. This evening, we'll show you what's under those roofs. Hey, Count? Music. Gaiety. Paris at night.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Tell me, what brings you to Paris?
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : I thought you might like to see me. Remember what you said about a weak moment? Well, you feel weak enough now?
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Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Where will we go?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : We'll have cocktails at The Ritz.
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : And then?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : We'll dine and dance at the Perroquet.
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : Then?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Visit several places in Montmartre.
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : And then, Baron?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : [laughs] Well, you won't need your typewriter.
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Susie Sachs : Baron, will you please accept my apology for the way I acted a little while ago?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Yes, of course. Let's forget about it. I can't expect you to be entirely without temperament. After all, you're a woman.
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Susie Sachs : You don't understand. I'm so ashamed.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Why should you be ashamed? You haven't done anything.
Susie Sachs : Oh, yes I have. It was my fault! I'm the blame for it all.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : All what? You mean my taking you in my arms and making love to you?
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : What would you do if a thief crept into your room? Would you call for help?
Olive 'Ollie' Frey : [laughs] I don't need any help. Why don't you ask me what I'd do if a bank president tiptoed in?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : I'd rather be surprised.
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Olive 'Ollie' Frey : It's dear of you to pretend I have a reputation. Is it good night? Or, shall I see you later?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Little girls shouldn't ask so many questions.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : Where's Susie?
Count Von Tolheim : She ran away.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Ran away?
Count Von Tolheim : Yes. We - we're all so gay and so mad and so young.
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Susie Sachs : Until now, I've only known the hunger of food. The delicatessen window has all I wanted. But, now I'm well fed and I'm still unsatisfied - for I know that I really have nothing.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : What do you want, Susie?
Susie Sachs : Something beautiful! Something I can see though the window of life. At first, I thought I only wanted to look on. But that isn't enough. I want to be in it, of it!
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Go on, little mouse.
Susie Sachs : I want beautiful clothes! Shining automobiles. Love! I want to be filled to the brim with living!
Baron Josef von Ullrich : What's happened to you?
Susie Sachs : I don't know what has happened to me. It's such a mysterious, sweet feeling! It intoxicates me! But, it isn't the champagne, now.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : You're finally awake, Susie. You see ahead of you a new world. A world full of unexpected joys.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : I want to dictate a message. A very important one. Would that be asking too much?
Susie Sachs : I'd be glad to do it.
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Baron Josef von Ullrich : [while in Paris] And Ludwig, I'm feeling in the humor for a little diversion.
[with a knowing look]
Baron Josef von Ullrich : If I'm not here for breakfast in the morning, don't be alarmed.
Ludwig Pfeffer Jr. : If anyone calls, I'll say you're doing some research work.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Yes.
Ludwig Pfeffer Jr. : Anything else, sir?
Baron Josef von Ullrich : Go out and enjoy yourself. Dance, have a good time, and charge it to me.
Ludwig Pfeffer Jr. : Quite so, excellency.
Baron Josef von Ullrich : And what will you do?
Ludwig Pfeffer Jr. : Probably a little research work.