White Christmas (1954)
Rosemary Clooney: Betty Haynes
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Quotes
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Bob Wallace : Miss Haynes, if you're ever under a falling building and somebody runs up and offers to pick you up and carry you to safety, don't think, don't pause, don't hesitate for a moment, just spit in his eye.
Betty Haynes : What did that mean?
Bob Wallace : It means we're going to Vermont.
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Phil Davis : We like to take care of our friends.
Betty Haynes : We're practically strangers!
Phil Davis : Well... well, we'd like to take care of that, too.
Judy Haynes : But... but you might get yourself in an awful jam. Why should you? I mean, what's in it for you?
Phil Davis : Forty-five minutes all to myself.
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[Bob leaves to go make a phone call]
Phil Davis : [sighs] I don't know what he's up to, but he's got that Rodgers and Hammerstein look again.
Betty Haynes : Is that bad?
Phil Davis : Not bad, but always expensive.
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Betty Haynes : [finding Judy and Phil embracing] What is this? The best two outta three?
Judy Haynes : I guess I got carried away.
Phil Davis : Yes, she carried me right with her - I don't weigh very much.
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Betty Haynes : Mr. Bones? Mr. Bones? How do you feel, Mr. Bones?
Phil Davis : Rattlin'!
Betty Haynes : Mr. Bones feels rattlin'. Ha ha. That's a good one. Tell a little story, Mr. Bones.
Bob Wallace : A funny little story, Mr. Bones!
Phil Davis : How can you stop an angry dog from biting you on Monday?
Betty Haynes : That joke is old. The answer is to kill the dog on Sunday!
Phil Davis : That's not the way to stop a dog from biting you on Monday!
Betty Haynes : How would you bring the thing about?
Phil Davis : Have the doggy's teeth pulled out!
Betty Haynes : Oh, Mr. Bones, that's terrible!
Phil Davis : Uh-huh.
Betty Haynes , Bob Wallace : Yes, Mr. Bones, that's terrible!
Phil Davis : Uh-huh.
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Betty Haynes : [singing on the train] I wanna wash my hands, my face, my hair with snow.
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Betty Haynes : [singing "Gee I Wish I Was Back In The Army"] The Army was the place to find romance: Soldiers and WACs / The WACs who dressed in slacks / Dancing cheek-to-cheek and pants-to-pants.
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Betty Haynes : Look who's talkin' about guilt!
Bob Wallace : What do you mean by that?
Betty Haynes : I mean you shouldn't mix fairy tales with liverwurst and buttermilk.
Bob Wallace : What d'you have for lunch today?
Betty Haynes : I didn't have lunch.
Bob Wallace : Well, maybe you ought to eat some.
Betty Haynes : Why is everybody suddenly so concerned about my eating habits? Why don't people just leave me alone?
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[last lines]
Phil Davis , Bob Wallace , Betty Haynes , Judy Haynes : [singing] ... And may all your Christmases be white. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
