Did he smoke a pipe, perhaps? Some people prefer that their loved ones have a pipe in their mouths I mean, of course, if they smoked one during life.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Loved One (1965) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:33:27 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- This way, please. Right this way. Please be seated.
- What did your loved one pass on from?
- Was the face much disfigured?
- Now, was there anything especially characteristic of your loved one?
- Then there was a lady who made her leave-taking holding a telephone.
- He did carry an umbrella at times, but I don't suppose...
- Tell me... Do you enjoy this kind of work?
- I regard it as a very, very great privilege.
- Now I think we'd better go and look at the caskets.
- A Mr. Starker will counsel you as to your loved one's additional needs. Counsel Starker?
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