Torrent (film)

"My Leonora has a nightingale in her throat!"

"Bah! She has a frog in her throat!"

"I tell you to sing from the diaphragm and you—you sing from the tonsils!"

"Dios mio! Are you a barber or a prima donna?"

"I am an artist! When art calls me, whiskers can wait!"

"Tell the Morenos that old story about the banker wanting his money. They can't blame you then——"

"Wine of Spain! It would make a bullfrog sing tenor!"

"Doña Bernarda has called about the mortgage money."

"That old buzzard!"

"It breaks my heart to bring you sad news—"

"——But the heartless banker who advanced the money demands that you be put out of your home."

"Señora, give us time! Leonora and I can sleep under the hedges, but my wife——"

"I will try to arrange for her to remain. She can scrub for her keep."

"Hush, Pedro! I am sure Doña Bernarda has done all she can for us."

"Trust me, Leonora! When I can win my mother's consent, we will go to the priest."

"Thank God for tragedy! It forces us to go forward."

"We shall somehow get to Paris and Leonora's voice will make our fortunes!"

"A cattle-boat leaves Valencia tonight! You can catch it if you hurry!"

"Will you carry a note to Don Rafael?"

"No answer——you needn't wait."

"You were hanging around that Moreno girl again today."

"Is that why you are sending them away?"

"He got that letter from her!"

"So! She writes to you!"

"Is honorable love a crime?"

"Are you sure it is honorable love?"

"Have you no respect for your mother—when I starve and slave—"

"—To make you a great man—a deputy—like your sainted father!"

"I don't want to be a saint! I want to be myself!"

"Rafael! For your own good—listen!—"

"——She would drag you down!—Ruin your career!——"

"——The disgrace would kill me!——"

"It will keep you from harm."

"The devil loves a beautiful woman—who is poor. My last peseta to keep him from you!"

"Rafael did not come, Cupido."

"Not before the stagehands, Salvatti!"

"They say that after her father died, Salvatti trained her voice for nothing."

"Tenors never do anything for nothing."

"I said a prayer for your election."

"When will your father give his consent to our betrothal?"

"Wait and see if he's elected."

"Next week—surely."

"Don't give in to a man before you marry him—"

"——Or afterward, either."

"They say she was deserted by a young Spaniard—and since then she has had many affairs."

"Why not? You are an artist. This may help you to be a greater one."

"Leonora! You are making yourself conspicuous!"

"He sang of home! Home! The old white house—and orange-blossoms. I am going home, Salvatti!"

"I knew it would keep you from harm!"

"It is your voice! My Leonora—you are the great La Brunna!"

"That old vulture, Doña Bernarda, has succeeded in electing her squab to Congress!"

"—Your honor shall be mine. I will be in deed and in fact the Honorable Don Rafael Brull!"

"Rafael Brull——the honorable!"

"You ask too much—an extra hundred head of hogs in my daughter's dowry!"

"But—consider my son!"

"But——consider my hogs!"

"Look at the twist in that tail!"

"Tell me, Cupido, what did Leonora say when she heard I was deputy?"

"She just laughed."

"Poor girl——she did not look prosperous. What has she done, Cupido?"

"A La Brunna record!"

"You are—La Brunna!"

"La Brunna is my stage name."

"So—you have come in search of me, Rafael?"

"Still carrying my orange blossoms——"

"—But they are dead."

"I will get some orange-blossoms for Remedios."

"Ah! The Honorable Deputy again!"

"I came—to pick some orange-blossoms."

"Think of it, Jocko! He came to pick orange-blossoms!"

"Well——go pick your orange-blossoms!"

"Remedios—will you marry me soon?"

"Let's go to the Brull house—it's safer there!"

"The river is as mad as a wounded bull! Everything is going!"

"Leonora! Is she safe?"

"The dam is leaking! Her house will be in the path of the torrent!"

"I thought you were in danger—the torrent!"

"Why, Rafael, this old house has stood for a hundred years!"

"I'll find you some dry clothes."

"——You are not the same Leonora who went away."

"But you—you are the same careless boy who loved and forgot to keep faith!"

"Still, you tried to save my life and I am grateful."

"Does your mother know you are here?"

"My mother has nothing to do with it. I came—because——"

"You came—because—"

"——You love me!"

"I do love you, Leonora!"

"I believed in love once—and love failed me—"

"You are more beautiful than ever, Leonora!"

"—You like beautiful things?"

"——A Russian Grand Duke gave me this."

"Why not? A great sculptor modeled it. He admired my figure."

"Everything they say about you is true."

"Perhaps—and whose fault is it?"

"See, Rafael, this is the mantilla I shall wear on our wedding night."

"It is very lovely, Remedios."

"It should be—it cost my father many pesetas."

"Will you excuse me, Remedios? I have a headache——"

"Rafael, I love you!"

"Doña Pepa, disgrace has fallen on your house!"

"Your daughter! My son was with her here last night——until dawn!"

"How did she get her fine clothes—her jewels—the things she gives you?"

"You are a good woman, Doña Bernarda—you would not lie to me."

"You must go away—and never come back."

"Don't touch me!"

"They tell me you are leaving Madrid."

"Yes, Your Highness. I am going to America."

"Spain will miss you!"

"Don Rafael is here!"

"Leonora, I can't give you up! We must find a way!"

"The Paris Express leaves at six. Then Cherbourg——and America!"

"Bring me a spray of orange-blossoms. I want to be——like a bride."

"You will need those for your mother's grave if you persist in this madness."

"You cannot stop me now, Don Andrés! I am going on my own way!"

"A fortunate man, this Don Rafael!"

"It will kill your mother as surely as if you drove a dagger into her heart!"

"He is worthy, Your Highness. Help me to make him a great man."

"Dear lady, you have but to ask. His career shall be my personal concern."

"What can this woman do for you—but drag you down?"

"What of the people who made you deputy? They trusted you! And Remedios—you won her love!"

"You would blast your honor for a woman whose amours are the talk of all Europe?"

"It is not too late, Rafael—be a man!"

"Oh, God! Why can't I hate him?"

"You are not—Rafael?"

"You are more beautiful than ever, Leonora! The years have passed you by."

"It is the business of a prima donna to remain young."

"And you——my poor Rafael! What have the years done to you?"

"You married her! The girl your mother chose."

"My wife is a good woman——"

"Children—I suppose?"

"Home—a good wife—money—a career—you have everything to make you happy."

"Everything—but love!"

"Don't be absurd! Would you have me rob a trusting wife of her husband—children of their father?"

"Love comes but once in a lifetime—and it has passed us by."

"Last act!"

"You see, Rafael——the last act! It is all over."

"She must be very happy——she has everything she wants."