Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Harry Davenport: Grandpa
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Quotes
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Grandpa : You'll all be safe with me; I've got twelve guns in my room!
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Agnes Smith : I can't get hungry till it gets dark.
Katie (Maid) : Dinner's at five-thirty. You can eat blind-folded!
Mrs. Anna Smith : We have to be out of the dining room by six-thirty. Warren Sheffield is telephoning Rose, long distance from New York. And Rose, if I were you, I wouldn't committ myself one way or another. After all...
Rose Smith : Mama, for goodness sakes!
Mrs. Anna Smith : After all, we know very little about him. Why, we haven't even met his folks.
Rose Smith : It seems to me. It seems to me that one little phone call is causing an awful lot of excitement in this family!
Mrs. Anna Smith : Besides, you're entirely too young and I don't think your father will allow it.
Katie (Maid) : Mrs. Smith, if I have to keep lying to your daughters, I'll have to had more money.
Mrs. Anna Smith : Now remember, you two: not a word of this to your papa. You know how he plagues the girls about their beaus.
Agnes Smith : Everybody knows but Papa?
Grandpa : Your papa's not supposed to know. It's enough we're letting him work hard every day to support the whole flock of us. He can't have everything.
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Warren Sheffield : Rose Smith, we can't go on like this any longer. I've positively decided we're going to get married at the earliest opportunity and I don't want to hear any arguments. That's final. I love you. Merry Christmas.
Rose Smith : Merry Christmas
Mr. Alonzo Smith : Anna, who is that boy?
Mrs. Anna Smith : Now Lonny he's a very fine young man. We'll talk about it later.
Grandpa : That young man is so excited he's liable to leave on his honeymoon without Rose.
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Grandpa : Pardon me, young man, but in the great country of China, when a stranger admires one of your possessions, it's common courtesy to offer it to him.
Kid at the ball : That's very interesting...
Grandpa : Yes. Well I spent many years in China, and if you want to make me feel thoroughly at home, you might offer me your partner.
Kid at the ball : Huh?
Grandpa : Spoken like a true gentleman.
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Agnes Smith : Rose, it's six-thirty and Warren hasn't called yet.
'Tootie' Smith : Maybe he found another girl.
Mrs. Anna Smith : Quiet, you two.
Rose Smith : Mama, I assure you that I'm not the slightest bit sensitive about Warren Sheffield.
Grandpa : The queen has spoken.
Lon Smith Jr. : I suppose Warren's too young, too. Every fellow I introduce her to is too young.
Mrs. Anna Smith : Now, listen. Your papa will be down in a minute, and if we all eat quickly, we may still get out of here before the call comes through.
Esther Smith : Warren is twenty-one and I think that's a perfect age.
Rose Smith : He's practically a child.
Mrs. Anna Smith : Your father was twenty when we were married.
Grandpa : We gave him the bachelor dinner the night before. He almost missed the wedding!
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Grandpa : [moaning] Ohhhhhhh.
Katie (Maid) : What was that?
Grandpa : Here are your sacks of flour.
[Hand them to Tootie and Agnes]
Grandpa : You couldn't get me out on a night like this for a million dollars!
Agnes Smith : Did anyone here a noise just now?
Grandpa : Did it sound like this?
[moans again]
Grandpa : Ohhhhhh?
Agnes Smith : Uh-huh.
Grandpa : [Shakes his head] I didn't hear it.
Grandpa : If you wet the flour before you throw it, it makes it harder for the victim to remove it.
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Warren Sheffield : [on the telephone with Rose] Wait, Rose! We still have... 36 more seconds!
Rose Smith : I have an engagement. I think I can hear Joe's voice, now.
Grandpa : [lifts the tablecloth and looks under the table] Good evening, Joe!
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Agnes Smith : [Giggles] Roses are red, John's name is Truett, Esther's in love, We always knew it!
Grandpa : Truett... Knew it... That's good. But I can't think of anything that rhymes with "Colonel" if it isn't "Infernal."
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Grandpa : That doctor must be walking.
Rose Smith : Should I call Papa at the office?
Mrs. Anna Smith : Oh, good heavens no, don't call your father! What could he do? There, there, darling.
'Tootie' Smith : He tried to kill me...
Mrs. Anna Smith : Now, tell mama. What happened?
Esther Smith : It was the streetcar. I think it hit her.
Rose Smith : It must have knocked her onto the sidewalk, didn't it, Tootie?
'Tootie' Smith : No, it wasn't a streetcar. It was John Truett. He tried to kill me.
Esther Smith : John Truett?
Mrs. Anna Smith : John Truett hit you?
'Tootie' Smith : He tried to kill me, and when I screamed, he ran away.
Esther Smith : Tootie Smith, that's a monstrous falsehood. John Truett wouldn't hit a girl, at least of all my sister.