Sam Goldwyn, the very powerful film executive - Paramount and MGM - spoke, well let's just say, convoluted English with an accent thrown in. He was a rich target for wags and raconteurs alike. Still, much of the twisted verbiage came from Goldwyn himself -- and we're glad it did.
***
Sam Goldwyn considered making a picture from Lillian Hellman's 1932 play, The Children's Hour. When he was told by one of his top executives (at the risk of incurring Sam's wrath) the piece was about lesbians, Goldwyn thought for a moment and countered -- "That's all right, we'll make them Americans."
The film was made in 1936 with the title, These Three.
The quintessential Goldwyn line, although probably not his: "Gentlemen,
include me out."
On making a picture that needed some extras: "We can get all the
Indians we need at the reservoir."