Valley of the Kings (1954)

Robert Taylor: Mark Brandon

Quotes 

• Mark Brandon : You know what they say: Egypt is like a man without a woman.

  Ann Barclay Mercedes : Why do they say that?

  Mark Brandon : Hot by day, cold by night.

• Mark Brandon : [Said to Ann Mercedes]  I've never seen it fail with self-centered people: they always have some sort of noble excuse for themselves.

• Mark Brandon : Every time you dig up something from the past you give more meaning to the present.

• Mark Brandon : We'll make a round of the antique shops. Then we'll have dinner together. I want to explore the possibilities very thoroughly.

  Ann Barclay Mercedes : Wonderful. I'm so anxious to have you talk to my husband.

  Mark Brandon : [Looking crestfallen]  Your husband?

  Ann Barclay Mercedes : Yes, he gets in tonight from Alexandria. We arrived there yesterday from England. He had to stay over to look after some business interests.

  Mark Brandon : Might've mentioned your husband before.

  Ann Barclay Mercedes : Hmmm, I might have. But then, perhaps, you wouldn't have come.

  [pause] 

  Ann Barclay Mercedes : You see, I have heard of your reputation.

• Mark Brandon : [to Philip Mercedes]  May you be the first man in history to give your bride a tomb for a present.