[Ads-l] Quote Origin: I Never Forget a Face, But I=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=99ll_?=Make an Exception in Your Case

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Hollywood_Reporter/CFVCuIBIiPoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22never+forget+a+face%22+%22an+exception%22&dq=%22never+forget+a+face%22+%22an+exception%22&printsec=frontcover

... I'm sure I know you . I never forget a face . " " Neither do I , "
answered Lyons , " but I'm going to make an exception in your
case . Horsefeathers , second reel .

Hollywood Reporter, circa 1935 or 6, usual caveats

Horsefeathers was a Marx Brothers movie, but checking a
transcript it doesn't seem to include the quote.

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Here's another early cite, November 28 1936
Motion Picture Herald

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Motion_Picture_Herald/LVbLJb9z-wcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22never+forget+a+face%22+%22make+an+exception%22&dq=%22never+forget+a+face%22+%22make+an+exception%22&printsec=frontcover




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From "ADSGarson O'Toole" <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 29/01/2025 19:34:46
Subject Quote Origin: I Never Forget a Face, But I’ll Make an Exception 
in Your Case

>Here is a match for the quip in the subject line which appeared in the
>syndicated Hollywood gossip column of Sidney Skolsky:
>
>[ref] 1936 November 18, Daily News, Hollywood by Sidney Skolsky, Quote
>Page 62, Column 1, New York, New York. (ProQuest) [/ref]
>
>[Begin excerpt]
>Groucho Marx, on meeting a prominent actress, said: "I never forget a
>face--but I'm going to make an exception in your case."
>[End excerpt]
>
>This citation occurred a bit before the 1937 citation in "The New Yale
>Books of Quotations". Here is a link to the updated QI article:
>
>https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/26/forget-a-face/
>
>Feedback welcome
>Garson
>
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