Title: The Adventures of Marco Polo
Year: 1938
Director: Archie Mayo, John Cromwell
Actors: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Binnie Barnes, Ernest Truex, Alan Hale, H.B. Warner, Robert Greig, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Henry Kolker, Lotus Liu, Stanley Fields, Harold Huber, Lana Turner, Richard Alexander, Reginald Barlow, Granville Bates
Genre: Adventure, Biographical, Romance
Country: USA
Why in Database: Turtle appears in this film only in dialogues. First, the titular character asks the gathered women a question about the teeth of a snapping turtle, based on their answers, he suggests which ones the ruler should choose. Later in the dialogue there is a reference to this test.
– What did you say to them?
– I asked each one of them the same question. Which is, ”How many teeth has a snapping turtle?” Now, the girls in this group all gave a definite number. Some said 100 teeth, some said 12. They were all guessing. I should discard them.
– You’re right. I don’t like guesses. Send them home.
– My apologies, girls. Now, this group contains the girls who gave the correct answer, which is a snapping turtle has no teeth at all.
– Then I shall seIect them.
– I should not.
– These girls know too much.
– Group two, dismissed.
– I’m sorry, girls. Now, the remaining girls are recommended to Your Majesty’s attention. In answer to my question, they all replied, ”I don’t know.” Proving they are both honest and reasonable.
– Do you mind if I ask a personal question?
– Is it the one about the snapping turtle?
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