Other Titles • Meet Me in St. Louis • Die Große Liebe nebenan (1948) • Heimweh nach St. Louis (1980) • Die Törichten Jungfrauen (1948)
Quotes from Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
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Mrs. Anna Smith: Sure, don't mind what happends to your family, at a time like this you think about the chickens.
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Agnes Smith: Katie, where's my cat? Katie the Maid: I don't know... a little while ago, she got in my way and I kicked her down the cellar steps. I could hear her spine hitting on every step. Agnes Smith: Oh, if you killed her, I'll kill you! I'll stab you to death in your sleep, then I'll tie your body to two wild horses until you're pulled apart. Katie the Maid: Oh, won't that be terrible, now? There's your cat.
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[about her doll] 'Tootie' Smith: Poor Margeretha, I've never seen her look so pale. Mr. Neely the Iceman: The sun oughta do her some good. 'Tootie' Smith: I suspect she won't live through the night, she has four fatal diseases. Mr. Neely the Iceman: And it only takes one. 'Tootie' Smith: But she's going to have a beautiful funeral, in a cigar box my Papa gave me, all wrapped up in silver paper. Mr. Neely the Iceman: That's the way to go, if you have to go. 'Tootie' Smith: Oh, she has to go.
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Rose Smith: Money. I hate, loathe, despise and abominate money. Mr. Alonzo Smith: You also spend it.
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Katie the Maid: Personally, I wouldn't marry a man who proposed to me over an invention.
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Mr Alonzo Smith: Anna, I'm curious, just when was I voted out of this family?
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Esther Smith: I'm going to let John Truett kiss me tonight. Rose Smith: Esther Smith. Esther Smith: Well, if we're going to get married, I may as well start it. Rose Smith: Nice girls don't let men kiss them until after they're engaged. Men don't want the bloom rubbed off. Esther Smith: Personally, I think I have too much bloom. Maybe that's the trouble with me.
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'Tootie' Smith: We'll fix him fine. It'll serve him right for poisoning cats... He buys meat and then he buys poison and then he puts them all together. Agnes Smith: And then he burns the cats at midnight in his furnace. You could smell the smoke... 'Tootie' Smith: ...and Mr. Braukoff was beating his wife with a red hot poker... and Mr. Braukoff has empty whiskey bottles in his cellar.
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Esther Smith: John Truett. I've come here to ask you something... What do you mean hitting a five-year-old child?... The next time you want to hit somebody, pick on somebody your own size. If there's anything I hate, loathe, despise, and abominate, it's a bully. [punches and kicks him]
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[John Truett & Esther shakes hands] John Truett: You've got a mighty strong grip for a girl.
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'Tootie' Smith: Here comes the invalid. I have to have two kinds of ice cream. I'm recuperating. Mrs. Anna Smith: If I ever catch you fibbing again like you did about John Truett, I'll give you something to recuperate about.
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[When the family finds out that they are moving to New York City permanently] 'Tootie' Smith: It'll take me at least a week to dig up all my dolls in the cemetery.
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Esther Smith: It's our last dance in St. Louis. I feel like I'm going to cry.
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Esther Smith: [singing] Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Let your heart be light. Next year all our troubles will be out of sight.
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[after John tells Esther he couldn't pick up his tuxedo from the tailor because he was busy playing basketball] John Truett: This is a fine going away present I'm giving you for Christmas. I'll bet you really hate me. Esther Smith: Oh, no, John, I don't hate you! I just hate basketball!
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[about the pronunciation of "St. Louis"] Mr. Neely the Iceman: Well, I got a cousin who spells it the same way, and we call him "Louie". 'Tootie' Smith: He's isn't a city though, is he? Mr. Neely the Iceman: No... 'Tootie' Smith: Is he a saint? Mr. Neely the Iceman: Uh, no. 'Tootie' Smith: Then there's no comparison.
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[after hearing Mr. Smith fall down the stairs] 'Tootie' Smith: Now I remember where I left my other skate!
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Katie the Maid: Anybody want dessert? Mr. Alonzo Smith: Dessert? What happened to dinner? Katie the Maid: I didn't think anybody could eat meat on a hot day like this!
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[talking on the telephone] Warren Sheffield: Isn't this great? Here I am in New York, and there you are in St. Louis, and it's just like you're in the next room! Rose Smith: What was that? Warren Sheffield: [yelling] I said, IT'S JUST LIKE YOU'RE IN THE NEXT ROOM! Rose Smith: Oh.
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Warren Sheffield: [on the telephone with Rose] Wait, Rose! We still have... 36 more seconds! Rose Smith: I have an engagement. I think I can hear Joe's voice, now. Grandpa: [lifts the tablecloth and looks under the table] Good evening, Joe!
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Rose Smith: Agnes Smith, you're nothing less than a murderer. You could have killed dozens of people! Agnes Smith: Oh, Rose, you're so stuck up.
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Johnny Tevis: Tootie, if you don't hit Mr. Braukoff in the face with flour and say "I hate you", the Banshee will haunt you forever!
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Grandpa: [moaning] Ohhhhhhh. Katie the Maid: What was that? Grandpa: Here are your sacks of flour. [Hand them to Tootie and Agnes] Grandpa: You couldn't get me out on a night like this for a million dollars! Agnes Smith: Did anyone here a noise just now? Grandpa: Did it sound like this? [moans again] Grandpa: Ohhhhhh? Agnes Smith: Uh-huh. Grandpa: [Shakes his head] I didn't hear it. Grandpa: If you wet the flour before you throw it, it makes it harder for the victim to remove it.
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Agnes Smith: Rose, what did you get me for Christmas? Rose Smith: You'll find out tomorrow. Agnes Smith: I hope it's a hunting knife!
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John Truett: Wow, that's nice perfume. Esther Smith: Do you like it? It's Essence of Violet. I only take it out on special occasions John Truett: Exactly the kind my grandmother wears.
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Grandpa: You'll all be safe with me; I've got twelve guns in my room!
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Esther Smith: I can't believe it. Right here where we live - right here in St. Louis.
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