The Captain Is a Lady (1940)
Billie Burke: Blossy Stort
Quotes
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Blossy Stort : [at the home for retired ladies] Oh oh, it's Samuel with the fish. Yoo-hoo, yoo-hoo- Samuel!
[she runs off]
Mrs. Jane Homans : [to Blossy] Is it necessary to greet the delivery men?
Nancy Crocker : Don't you speak to people you know?
Mrs. Jane Homans : I'd hardly wave at a fish peddler.
Nancy Crocker : Why not, he might toss you a mackerel.
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Samuel Darby : [meeting Blossy on the dock] Hello Blossy, I told ya I'd be...
[feels his bald head and realizes he's forgotten to put on his toupee]
Samuel Darby : Dag burn, I forgot it.
[takes toupee out his pocket]
Blossy Stort : No, Samuel.
[takes the toupee]
Samuel Darby : Huh?
Blossy Stort : Napoleon had a high forehead too.
[tosses the toupee into the sea; they both smile at each other]
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Blossy Stort : How do I use this?
Sarah May Willett : Pretend its a knitting needle. Jab one, purl two.