Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951)
Phyllis Thaxter: Margaret Miller
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Quotes
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Miss Benton : We've read all about you, Mr. Thorpe, and we're very proud of you.
Jim Thorpe : Thank you.
Miss Benton : [holding Jim's athletic sweater letter] I'm sure we can have this sewn on for you. I'll get one of the girls; come with me.
Miss Benton : Uh, Margaret?
Margaret Miller : [from behind a dressmaker's mannequin] Yes, Miss Benton?
Miss Benton : Will you come here a minute, please?
[Margaret walks to Miss Benton and Jim Thorpe]
Miss Benton : Margaret, this is Jim Thorpe. He's won his letter and wants us to sew it on for him. Do you think you can do that?
Margaret Miller : Certainly, Miss Benton.
Margaret Miller : [Margaret holds Jim's unsewn letter near his chest] About here?
Jim Thorpe : Yes, I guess so.
Margaret Miller : Would you take your sweater off, please?
Miss Benton : Yes, please!
[Jim takes his sweater off and hands it to Margaret]
Miss Benton : Won't you sit down?
[Margaret starts sewing Jim's letter to his sweater]
Margaret Miller : Here you are, Mr. Thorpe.
Jim Thorpe : Thank you.
Margaret Miller : There; oh, I'm sorry, a loose thread. Excuse me.
[Margaret starts to fix the loose thread]
Margaret Miller : There, I think that will do it.
Jim Thorpe : Thank you, ma'am.
Miss Benton : [examining Jim's sweater] Oh, that's fine, Margaret.
Jim Thorpe : Thank you very much.
[Jim leaves the room and stumbles into a mannequin on his way out]
Jim Thorpe : Thank you.
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Ed Guyac : See? Captain of the football team: that's how you get the prettiest girls and the biggest letters.
Peter Allendine : [strolls by with Margaret at his side] Hello, Bright Path.
Margaret Miller : Hello.
Ed Guyac : [reading a billboard notice] "All candidates for football squad, please report to coach Glenn S. Warner at 3 p.m."
Wally Denny : [elsewhere on campus] Every time I look at this football schedule, I get dizzy! We can't play teams of this caliber, Glenn: Harvard, Army, Minnesota, Penn...
Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : Very impressive schedule.
Wally Denny : What am I gonna do for material? Half the kids think a pigskin's something to eat for breakfast.
Jim Thorpe : Pop.
Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : Hi, Jim.
Jim Thorpe : I saw your notice on the bulletin board. Kind of thought I might want to look into this game of football.
Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : Forget it, Jim, you're a track man. Those legs of yours are too valuable to be risked in a tough game like football.
Jim Thorpe : But I thought maybe if you needed someone for...
Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : Thanks for trying to help; forget it, Jim.
Ed Guyac : Any chance of using me, Mr. Warner?
Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : What for?
Ed Guyac : Well, some kind of executive job. I've been taking a class in business management, I thought perhaps I could help out...
Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : I've got just the job for you.
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Jim Thorpe : Miss Miller? Miss Miller?
Margaret Miller : Well, hello Mr. Thorpe.
Jim Thorpe : Do you mind if I walk with you?
Margaret Miller : Why no, not at all.
Jim Thorpe : Miss Miller, there's something I'd like to tell you.
Margaret Miller : Yes?
Jim Thorpe : I think I'm in love with you.
Margaret Miller : You're what?
Jim Thorpe : I think I'm in love with you. I can't be sure because I've never been in love before, but... well, I thought you ought to know.
[Jim walks away]
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Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner : [Jim and Pop Warner enter the infirmary] Nurse, will you check this man, please?
Jim Thorpe : Margaret.
Margaret Miller : Hello, Jim.
[Pop Warner leaves]
Margaret Miller : i'm working in the infirmary; Pop got me the job. I've been reading a lot about you in the newspapers.
Jim Thorpe : Why did you do it?
Margaret Miller : I don't know; I was confused and mixed up. For both our sakes, it seemed the best thing to do.
Jim Thorpe : Why didn't you write?
Margaret Miller : There was nothing I could say. You spoke about background and heritage; they seemed to mean so much to you. It's taken me all this time to realize that they aren't really important. What counts is that we're people.
Jim Thorpe : I told you once I loved you. I still love you. Does that answer you?
Margaret Miller : Oh, Jim!
[Jim and Margaret hug each other]
Jim Thorpe : Oh, I've missed you, Margaret; more than I've ever missed anybody in all my life. Will you marry me?
Margaret Miller : That's why I came back to Carlisle.
Jim Thorpe : Are you sure you won't mind being married to a coach?
Margaret Miller : A coach? Jim, where?
Jim Thorpe : Anywhere, whenever they get around to making me an offer.
Margaret Miller : They will; darling, you'll be a wonderful coach!
[Jim and Margaret hug again]