Pillow to Post (1945)
William Prince: Lieutenant Don Mallory
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Quotes
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Jean Howard : Love is a beautiful thing.
Lieut. Don Mallory : I get two hours of it every Saturday night at a movie. That's enough for me.
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Jean Howard : It's so hard to tell if a man is married. Course, a girl always wears a ring on her finger.
Lieut. Don Mallory : Mmm hmm, a man always wears one through his nose.
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Lieut. Don Mallory : You mean, if you can be married and stay single, fine, but...
Jean Howard : Yes.
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Jean Howard : Are you a single lieutenant?
Lieut. Don Mallory : Yes. Just one.
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Lieut. Don Mallory : [Seeing Jean in a skimpy nightgown] Holy mackerel!
Jean Howard : What are you staring at?
Lieut. Don Mallory : Is that a special outfit for brushing your teeth?
Jean Howard : It happens to be the latest thing in night-ware.
Lieut. Don Mallory : Oh... I suppose it gives you more freedom?
Jean Howard : Well, that's what we're fighting for, isn't it?
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Lieut. Don Mallory : Listen, lady, what would you think if you picked up a strange man and he wanted to do what you want to do?
Jean Howard : All I want to do is sleep!
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Lieut. Don Mallory : If my commanding officer ever found it out, he'd...
Jean Howard : Oh, but he doesn't have to find it out. This is just between you and me. And when it's all over, you can forget it.
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Captain Jack Ross : [racing past] I got it! I got it! I got it!
Colonel Michael Otley : Got what?
Lieut. Don Mallory : An avocado, sir.
Colonel Michael Otley : What's so startling about that?
Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter : You know, General, he's the one expecting to become a mother.
Colonel Michael Otley : Oh. That is startling.
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Lieut. Don Mallory : A strange man is picking you up here?
Jean Howard : Oh, there's nothing strange about him. He's a customer.
Lieut. Don Mallory : What am I supposed to do? Stay home and knit?
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Colonel Michael Otley : And, of course, there may be a little Mallory. You must think of him.
Lieut. Don Mallory : Oh, there won't be a little Mallory. Not for quite some time, sir.
Colonel Michael Otley : I said that too and now our little Otley is piloting a Superfortress over Tokyo.
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Colonel Michael Otley : Attack your problem, my boy. Attack it. Mrs. Otley and I had the right idea 30 years ago. We made it a counter-order, no matter what rages in our hearts, to kiss each other. She'll find it pretty hard to shout at you after a kiss.
Lieut. Don Mallory : But, you mean, I...
Jean Howard : Are you suggesting that he kiss me?
Colonel Michael Otley : As his commanding officer, it could be interpreted as an order!
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Jean Howard : A business engagement. I suppose I should have told you before. I sell oil well supplies.
Lieut. Don Mallory : Oil well supplies?
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Jean Howard : You're not jealous, are you?
Lieut. Don Mallory : Jealous? Of you and that long drink of oil? Heh.
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Lieut. Don Mallory : You might have had more respect for me, you know. Look at your face. It's bad enough going out with a strange guy without coming back with your *lipstick* all smeared.
Jean Howard : Oh, dear. I can't imagine how it happened.
Lieut. Don Mallory : It usually comes from necking!
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Lieut. Don Mallory : In this war, women have proved they can do any job a man can do - that is, with certain exceptions.