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that’s false sentimentality

December 3rd, 2005 at 16:30 (1930s)

If you want to have a romantic dinner at home then send your butler to bed to be alone with your guest. That is, of course, if you have enough money to afford a butler. Just send him to bed with the words go to bed, little father. Then have a little chitchat and wait for the clock to strike twelve.

Then go ahead with this dialogue (only works if you’re in Paris though):

“Do you hear that?”
“It’s twelve o’clock.”
“It’s midnight. Look at the clock. One hand has met the other hand. They kiss. Isn’t that wonderful?”
“That’s the way a clock works. What’s wonderful about it?”
“It’s midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.”
“You merely feel you must put yourself in a romantic mood to add to your exhilaration.”
“I can’t possibly think of any better reason.”
“That’s false sentimentality.”

So, from which movie is this very romantic extract?

aspic

December 2nd, 2005 at 22:56 (1930s)

This lion made of aspic should be the highlight of a dinner held for some British aristocrats. Not only does this lion get dropped on the ground and is destroyed but the British aristocrats also cancel their appearance. So Millicent, who organizes the dinner at her home, is at the verge of a nervous breakdown and has to cope with a man who smells Oklahoma. Actually her husband has a breakdown due to cardiac insuffiency. The film we’re looking for has an all-star cast but didn’t receive any Academy Award nominations when it was released.