Dear Ruth (1947)
Edward Arnold: Judge Harry Wilkins
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Quotes
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Judge Wilkins : I hope the young fellow that gets my blood doesn't need it too badly, because I have no confidence in it.
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Miriam Wilkins : He was lonely and frightened, and - and he poured his heart out to me.
Judge Wilkins : Who's going to pour it back?
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Judge Wilkins : I'm a traffic judge. Let the Supreme Court give blood!
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Mrs. Edie Wilkins : How'd you sleep dear?
Judge Wilkins : Like a top. Spun all night.
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Miriam Wilkins : Your stomach has to have something to work on, Dad. In the morning, you have an empty 30-feet of small intestine.
Judge Wilkins : Hasn't everybody?
Mrs. Edie Wilkins : I'm in charge of your father's small intestine - all 30 feet of it. And I don't care for such talk at breakfast.
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Mrs. Edie Wilkins : [to Ruth as she leaves the house] Be charming, but dignified.
Judge Wilkins : Charming, but dignified? How can you manage a thing like that? Don't let it get you down.
Ruth Wilkins : He hasn't got me yet.
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Miriam Wilkins : As a judge, I thought you had an additional responsibility to set an example.
Judge Wilkins : I'm a traffic judge. Let the Supreme Court give blood.
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Miriam Wilkins : The game of man and woman maneuvering in pursuit of a mate I consider on the level of a game of checkers.
Ruth Wilkins : What do you know about checkers?
Judge Wilkins : You're ahead, Ruth. It's your turn, Miriam.
Miriam Wilkins : A witticism is no answer for logic.
Judge Wilkins : You lose, Ruth
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Miriam Wilkins : Dad, you went to the blood bank today... was it hard for you?
Judge Wilkins : Oh, there were 20 women in the room. I was the only person put to bed with a blanket over him.
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Mrs. Edie Wilkins : How do you feel, Harry?
Judge Wilkins : Oh, fine, dandy, never felt better.
Mrs. Edie Wilkins : You looked terrible stretched out on that cot.
Judge Wilkins : Were you there too?
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Miriam Wilkins : [after her parents return from donating blood] My contribution to the war effort today was two pints of blood?
Judge Wilkins : [In unison with Mrs. Edie Wilkins] Your contribution?
Miriam Wilkins : Well it was my idea, wasn't it?
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Judge Wilkins : Smoke corn silk behind the barn.
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Judge Wilkins : Well, how is everything in Italy?
Lt. William Seacroft : Oh, Italian.
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Mrs. Edie Wilkins : That isn't a very good picture of her.
Judge Wilkins : It's very good. I took it.
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Lt. William Seacroft : [Looking at a framed picture of Ruth] Be seeing ya', baby. That's what I call her - baby. You might as well know it.
Mrs. Edie Wilkins : I used to call her that.
Judge Wilkins : It's not the same, dear.
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Judge Wilkins : Is Ruth home?
Miriam Wilkins : Dad, the whole world's on fire, and you concern yourself with the humdrum activities of a young woman who's comfortable, secure and very well fed.
Judge Wilkins : Court's adjourned. I'll hear your arguments on Monday.
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Ruth Wilkins : I'm going to be married. Right away. Well, aren't you going to say anything?
Judge Wilkins : We're glad to get rid of you.
Ruth Wilkins : That's what I thought.
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Judge Wilkins : This child is perverted. And you're to blame, Edith. You're the keeper of my home, the molder of my children, and I'm not satisfied with the molding.
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Judge Wilkins : How about a little drink?
Lt. William Seacroft : No thanks.
Judge Wilkins : Well, I'm going to have one.
Lt. William Seacroft : It's not that I don't drink. As a matter of fact, a half an hour ago I walked into a bar, but, it didn't seem right to fortify myself that way. It seemed cowardly. But don't let me stop you.
Judge Wilkins : [Putting the whisky carafe back] You're right! It is cowardly.
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Mrs. Edie Wilkins : Well, I'm only interested in his reaction to the war. I skip the personal things.
Judge Wilkins : How do you know they're personal, if you don't read them?
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Mrs. Edie Wilkins : Harry, I just thought of something... They're not supposed to meet.
Judge Wilkins : Well if they're not supposed to meet, this is the place for it.
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Judge Wilkins : Well, don't you and Bill know where you're going.
Sgt. Chuck Vincent : Just the Pacific. Might be China or India.
Mrs. Edie Wilkins : Well, I think that's very inconsiderate of them, not telling you.
Sgt. Chuck Vincent : Mrs. Wilkins, I think you've hit on the finest definition of war I've ever heard - just one inconsideration after another.
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Sgt. Chuck Vincent : Well you see, everyone wants to name the plane after his girl. So we drew for it. Bill wrote down rules, and... I wrote down rules too. But the rear gunner won it with Helen.
Mrs. Edie Wilkins : That's a pretty name.
Sgt. Chuck Vincent : It didn't stay Helen. After our fifth mission, he got an invitation to her wedding.
Mrs. Edie Wilkins : Oh.
Judge Wilkins : Did you change the name of the plane?
Sgt. Chuck Vincent : He added one word. That's how the plane got to be called Helen Gone.
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Ruth Wilkins : Did you think I'd run off with him?
Judge Wilkins : No, no. Not at all. It was just such big odds, I only bet $2.
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Ruth Wilkins : But you thought I'd marry him? You wanted me to.
Judge Wilkins : I'm a judge. I never take sides.
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Judge Wilkins : I hear them. Hurry out the back way.
Ruth Wilkins : I'll send you a wire where to send my clothes. And tell Albert there's insanity in the family.
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[Last lines]
Harold Klobbermeyer : [Doorbell rings] Hi. Oh, excuse me. Is Miss Ruth Wilkins at home?
Miriam Wilkins : Harold! Harold Klobbermeyer!
Judge Wilkins : No, no!
Mrs. Edie Wilkins : Oh, no!