Serafin:
I believe a condemned man has a right to one last request.
The Viceroy: Oh within reason - a visit from a loved one, a prayer, a beef steak.
--Reginald Owen (as ) in The Pirate
The Viceroy: Oh within reason - a visit from a loved one, a prayer, a beef steak.
--Reginald Owen (as ) in The Pirate
Adam Belinski:
But I know Hitler.
Sir Henry Carmel: He has written a book, hasn't he?
Adam Belinski: Yes.
Sir Henry Carmel: Big success?
Adam Belinski: Very big.
Sir Henry Carmel: So what more does he want? Why doesn't he lie down and keep quiet?
Adam Belinski: If you really want to know, Sir Henry, read the book.
Sir Henry Carmel: It's an outdoor book. What is it called? Oh yes, "Mein Camp".
--Reginald Owen (as Sir Henry Carmel) in Cluny Brown
Sir Henry Carmel: He has written a book, hasn't he?
Adam Belinski: Yes.
Sir Henry Carmel: Big success?
Adam Belinski: Very big.
Sir Henry Carmel: So what more does he want? Why doesn't he lie down and keep quiet?
Adam Belinski: If you really want to know, Sir Henry, read the book.
Sir Henry Carmel: It's an outdoor book. What is it called? Oh yes, "Mein Camp".
--Reginald Owen (as Sir Henry Carmel) in Cluny Brown
Regina Mason:
Father, why don't you stand up for yourself; are you a man or a mouse?
Reginald Mason: I must be a man; your mother is afraid of mice.
--Reginald Owen (as Reginald Mason) in Blonde Inspiration
Reginald Mason: I must be a man; your mother is afraid of mice.
--Reginald Owen (as Reginald Mason) in Blonde Inspiration
Contessa di Meina:
What interesting knees you have, Admiral. Those are knees, aren't they?
Admiral Monti: They were.
--Reginald Owen (as Admiral Monti) in The Bride Wore Red
Admiral Monti: They were.
--Reginald Owen (as Admiral Monti) in The Bride Wore Red
Capt. William Kidd:
I'm one of nature's gentlemen, but I need polish, my good man. If I'm to improve myself...
Cary Shadwell: A gentleman only employs the term "My good man" when addressing lower servants or his inferiors, sir.
Capt. William Kidd: You see...
[sucks his teeth]
Capt. William Kidd: ...that's why I want you.
[sucks his teeth again]
Capt. William Kidd: With my upbringing...
Cary Shadwell: A gentleman never sucks his teeth, sir. Many a man's social career has been ruined by less, sir.
--Reginald Owen (as Cary Shadwell) in Captain Kidd
Cary Shadwell: A gentleman only employs the term "My good man" when addressing lower servants or his inferiors, sir.
Capt. William Kidd: You see...
[sucks his teeth]
Capt. William Kidd: ...that's why I want you.
[sucks his teeth again]
Capt. William Kidd: With my upbringing...
Cary Shadwell: A gentleman never sucks his teeth, sir. Many a man's social career has been ruined by less, sir.
--Reginald Owen (as Cary Shadwell) in Captain Kidd
Admiral Boom:
[observing the queue of prospective nannies] Ghastly looking crew, I must say!
--Reginald Owen (as Admiral Boom) in Mary Poppins
--Reginald Owen (as Admiral Boom) in Mary Poppins
Admiral Boom:
[seeing the chimney sweeps dancing on the rooftops] We're being attacked by hottentots!
--Reginald Owen (as Admiral Boom) in Mary Poppins
--Reginald Owen (as Admiral Boom) in Mary Poppins
Claude Dabney:
Miss Briggs, how many years have you been making what for convenience I call my tea?
Miss Briggs: What's wrong with it this time, Mr. Dabney?
Claude Dabney: Why nothing... except that it tastes absolutely filthy.
--Reginald Owen (as ) in Personal Property
Miss Briggs: What's wrong with it this time, Mr. Dabney?
Claude Dabney: Why nothing... except that it tastes absolutely filthy.
--Reginald Owen (as ) in Personal Property
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Please let me stay!
Spirit of Christmas Present: Nonsense! You don't want to stay!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes, I do!
Spirit of Christmas Present: No! You don't like Christmas!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I LOVE Christmas!
--Reginald Owen (as Ebenezer Scrooge) in A Christmas Carol
Spirit of Christmas Present: Nonsense! You don't want to stay!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes, I do!
Spirit of Christmas Present: No! You don't like Christmas!
Ebenezer Scrooge: Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I LOVE Christmas!
--Reginald Owen (as Ebenezer Scrooge) in A Christmas Carol
Henry Arbuthnot:
[after explosion] I am convinced that a bath in Italy is somewhere between a public function and an eruption of Vesuvius.
--Reginald Owen (as ) in Enchanted April
--Reginald Owen (as ) in Enchanted April
