He was almost a stranger to me, and yet somehow I always felt drawn to him with a kind of pity, understanding.
13 seconds sound clip from the Phantom of the Opera (1943) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:28:19.571 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- The whole place is ready to crumble.
- The whole place is caving in.
- The shots must've started it.
- He called that his concerto, and yet it's written around the melody of my song. Who was he?
- He came from your district in Provence. Everybody there must have known that old folk song.
- His suffering and madness will be forgotten. His music, his concerto will remain.
- I'm glad he heard it before he... Poor Claudin.
- Oh, mademoiselle. You were magnificent tonight!
- Thank you, Celeste. I was good, wasn't I?
- You were magnificent, Christine. Incomparable, beautiful. A sensation!
- I've just begun. It would take days and years to tell you how superb you were.
[...]