Adolphe Menjou Quotes

Adolphe Menjou — American Actor born on February 18, 1890, died on October 29, 1963

Adolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charles Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, in which he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931... (wikipedia)

It was my mustache that landed jobs for me. In those silent-film days it was the mark of a villain. When I realized they had me pegged as a foreign nobleman type I began to live the part, too. I bought a pair of white spats, an ascot tie and a walking stick.

I'm a Red-baiter; I'm a witch-hunter if the witches are Communists.

My success has been as full of luck as a crapshooter's dream.

Adolphe Menjou Quotes

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