Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Leon Ames: Mr. Alonzo Smith

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• Rose Smith : Money. I hate, loathe, despise and abominate money.

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : You also spend it.

• 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.

• Rose Smith , Esther Smith : [singing]  Meet me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at...

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : For heaven's sake, stop that screeching!

  Rose Smith : We're sorry, Papa.

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : The fair won't open for seven months, and that's all anybody ever sings about or talks about. I wish they would all meet at the fair and leave me alone.

• Esther Smith : Papa, if losing a case depresses you so, why don't you quit practicing law and go into another line of business?

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : That's a good idea. Starting tomorrow, I intend to play first base for the Baltimore Orioles. I'm sorry, Anna, if I was a little bombastic.

  Mrs. Anna Smith : That's all right, dear, you'll feel better once you've had your dinner.

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : I suppose so, but right now I'm going to soak in that cool bathtub for one solid hour.

  Esther Smith : But that's impossible. Dinner's being served in five minutes.

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : It's only five twenty-five, not six twenty-five.

  Mrs. Anna Smith : We've planned on eating an hour early tonight.

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : Well, the plans have just been changed. I'm taking a bath.

  Mrs. Anna Smith : We're eating early for Katie's sake. Family trouble. She wants to go over there as soon as we've finished eating. Her sister's fighting with her husband.

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : I see. And I suppose they'll stop fighting if I don't take a bath?

  Mrs. Anna Smith : Now she's been with us for ten years, and she never asks favors. We don't want to risk losing her.

  Esther Smith : No, nowadays you can't get a maid for less than twelve dollars a month.

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : I don't care if we have to pay a maid fifteen dollars a month! Dinner's at six-thirty, and if Katie wants to hand in her notice, she can reach me in the bathtub!

• 'Tootie' Smith : Hello, Papa, I buried Maude Rockefeller today, and you missed all the fun.

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : Oh, I wouldn't say that. I've had a pretty full day. Tootie, remind me to spank you right after dinner.

  'Tootie' Smith : Yes, Papa.

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : Lord, we thank thee for the bountiful blessing we are about to receive. Amen.

  'Tootie' Smith : Agnes, if I forget to remind Papa, you remind me.

  Agnes Smith : All right.

• Mr. Alonzo Smith : Ah, corn beef and cabbage. Katie, I could smell that cabbage when I got off the trolley.

  Katie (Maid) : Cabbage has a cabbage smell.

• Mr. Alonzo Smith : Anna, I'm curious, just when was I voted out of this family?

• Mr. Alonzo Smith : Either I've lost some soup, or I've found a spoon.

• Katie (Maid) : Anybody want dessert?

  Mr. Alonzo Smith : Dessert? What happened to dinner?

  Katie (Maid) : I didn't think anybody could eat meat on a hot day like this!