Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Harry Davenport: Grandpa

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• Grandpa : You'll all be safe with me; I've got twelve guns in my room!

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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!

• 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.

• 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!

• 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."

• 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.