The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Reginald Owen: Sampston

Quotes 

• Sampson : This is about talent.

  Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. : Something good and cheap no doubt?

  Sampson : Exactly! It's a young girl named Brice... Fanny... Fanny Brice. She;s working in burlesque.

  Gene Buck : Say, I've seen that girl, Flo!

  Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. : Pretty?

  Gene Buck : Well, yes and no. Shut your eyes and listen - yes! Open 'em and look - no, but a great performer!

  Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. : We shall have a look at her at once - tonight!

• Sampson : They want the cash.

  Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. : Did you mean they're telling me that they sent the costumes for this show COD?

  Sampson : No, sir, not this show. They want some money on the last show.

• Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. : [referring to Fanny Brice, after her audition performance]  She's all right. She's gonna' be great.

  Sampson : And I discovered her!

  Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. : [to Sampson]  That's right, Sam, and you deserve a raise.

  Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. : [to the other men in the room]  And I'd give it to him, but I'm afraid he wouldn't approve of the expense.

• Sampson : The market's been behaving very queerly these last few days.