OneLiner — May 26, 2026
Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring The Princess Bride (1987), Frankenstein (1931), Casablanca (1942).
To the pain, not to the death.
Answer: The Princess Bride ()
Carey Elwes performed this fencing scene with a broken toe sustained on set. Goldman called the 'to the pain' speech his personal favorite piece of writing in the entire script.
It's alive! It's alive!
Answer: Frankenstein ()
Whale directed Colin Clive to deliver this with increasing hysteria. Censors forced Universal to cut Clive's follow-up: 'In the name of God, now I know what it feels like to be God!'
Round up the usual suspects.
Answer: Casablanca ()
Claude Rains improvised the casual shrug preceding this line — one of cinema's most elegant moral pivots. AFI ranks it #32 of all time.