Erich von Stroheim and Rupert Julian, Merry-Go-Round (1923)
“ For days afterwards—when Agnes played the organ—she thought of Franz, the necktie salesman. "Agnes, quick! Your mother! She's dying!" "Smile——smile——!" "I'll wait, Sylvester—I'll wait——" "Merciful Father! Let me see my dear ones——once again——" "And now, my friends, Count Hohenegg will do us the honor to mix the loving-cup!" ”
Erich von Stroheim and Rupert Julian, Merry-Go-Round (1923)
“ Why, the whole world is just make-believe—and we are children, dreaming—" "You talk funny for a necktie salesman—you should have been a Prince." "——and you are the little Princess." "You are beautiful—" "Have you ever loved anyone?" "Yes, of course—my mother and my father." "Not that—I mean the love of a woman for a man—" "Yes—Bartholomew—the little hunchback whom you met!" ”
Erich von Stroheim and Rupert Julian, Merry-Go-Round (1923)
“ Cheat! Liar!" Thus stood our little world of good and evil, of innocence and guilt, of love and hate. Then—in the distant state of Bosnia—a shot was fired which touched off the powder magazine of Europe. WAR! The mobilization of armies—nation rising against nation—anguish of partings— "Horrible, horrible—no sorrow is spared to me!" "Agnes——" "Count Hohenegg—" "I have come again to ask your forgiveness." "I forgive the Count—it was a necktie salesman I loved—" "But it is Count Hohenegg, Agnes, who loves you——" "Count Hohenegg can never be anything to me." ”
