Re: “The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison; the phlagon with the dragon is the brew that is true.”
The Court Jester (1955)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049096/
Hawkins: I’ve got it! I’ve got it! The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?
Griselda: Right. But there’s been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!
Hawkins: They *broke* the chalice from the palace?
Griselda: And replaced it with a flagon.
Hawkins: A flagon...?
Griselda: With the figure of a dragon.
Hawkins: Flagon with a dragon.
Griselda: Right.
Hawkins: But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?
Griselda: No! The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!
Hawkins: The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.
Griselda: Just remember that.
YES!!! Yes, I love that one! I’ve got it on old VHS, and played it just last week!
Danny Kaye did brilliant work. I also enjoy the Thin Man series of films because of the fast delivery of wit. Ditto for the various “Road Movies.”