George Washington Slept Here (1942)

Ann Sheridan: Connie Fuller

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• Bill Fuller : [reading the letter from the old boot]  "Gentlemen, We are facing a time of peril so grave in our brief National history, that there is now only the choice of serving the country a little longer, or having tomorrow no country to serve. Under the favor of Almighty God, we have become a Nation. Let me say to you that I hate war. But if we remain one Nation, one People, that time is not far distant when we may choose war or peace as our national interest guided by justice. In the words of Thom Paine, 'These are the times that try men's souls.' Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. 'Tis dearness alone that gives every thing its value and it would be strange, in deed, if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. George Washington. November 10, 1777."

  Connie Fuller : Bill, this means Washington really slept here.

• Connie Fuller : Darling, are you alright?

  Bill Fuller : Oh, fine. Fine.

  [looks around] 

  Bill Fuller : Well, at least nothing can happen for ANOTHER 17 years.

  [Both Bill and Connie fall into a boarded up well, followed by a big splash] 

  Mr. Kimber : [looking inside]  Mr. and Mrs. Fuller struck water! WHOOPIIIIEEEE!

• Connie Fuller : Bill! Why don't we invite Mr. Kimber? After all, it's HIS cider.

  Bill Fuller : Well, sure!

  [calling out the window] 

  Bill Fuller : HEY, MR. KIIMBEER! MR. HIII-HO KIMBEERRR!

• Connie Fuller : Well, I didn't know about the trees, Mr. Kimber.

  Bill Fuller : Oh, yes, Connie. You see, the measuring worm measures how much money you've got, gets in touch with Mr. Kimber, and pretty soon we're living in a tent with the caterpillars.

  Mr. Kimber : Then there's the Japanese Beetles. They'll be coming along July first.

• Bill Fuller : Look at this place! Just LOOK at it!

  Connie Fuller : But, it was a terrific bargain, Bill. I got it as a terrific bargain.

  Bill Fuller : [in mock disbelief]  MORE than a dollar?

• Connie Fuller : How could a little dog like Rommy ruin $75 worth of rugs?

  Mr. Gibney : How he manages it is no concern of mine, Mrs. Fuller. Maybe he has friends.

• Mr. Kimber : Oh, Mrs. Fuller, this is 1942, you know?

  Connie Fuller : Well, what about it, Mr. Kimber?

  Mr. Kimber : This is the year for the 17- year locusts to arrive.

  Bill Fuller : 17-year locusts? If you ask me, they're coming to see Mr. Kimber. He looks like one.

• Connie Fuller : [responding to Bill's objections to having Raymond stay with them]  And it's just until the divorce is over. The only thing that's holding it up now is custody of Raymond.

  Bill Fuller : You mean neither one of the parents will take him?

• Connie Fuller : [to Bill]  We own every bit of it: those trees, and the brook, and this house. 'Can't you see yourself coming down the road on an Autumn night, the smell of leaves burning?' Or coming in and lighting the fire and maybe it's raining outside. Why, Mr. Kimber, Bill doesn't appreciate those things, does he?

  Mr. Kimber : You're gonna need a cesspool, too, Mrs. Fuller.

• Bill Fuller : Connie, why didn't you tell me about this letter from the bank?

  Connie Fuller : I didn't want to bother you, Bill.

  Bill Fuller : Bother me? It's just a letter about foreclosure, that's all.

• Connie Fuller : It's Saturday afternoon. I'm taking you for a drive in the country.

  Bill Fuller : A drive? What do I want to drive in the country for? It's full of insects.

• Connie Fuller : This must be why people drink, it makes them feel better.

• Bill Fuller : [stomping up the stairs]  Is it safe to walk up this thing in September, or must I install a ski lift?

  Mr. Kimber : Ain't had a good snowstorm in about... three years.

  Connie Fuller : You just wait until you see it a month from now when it's fixed up. We're going to do it all with local labor. Aren't we, Mr. Kimber? Mr. Kimber's going to superintend the whole thing. Can't you just see the possibilities?

  Bill Fuller : Connie, I don't see how you do it... or WHY!

• Connie Fuller : Darling, what's the matter with your head.

  Bill Fuller : There's nothing the matter with MY head, Connie. I'm holding it because it's the only head left in the family.

• Connie Fuller : Look at this house. It was standing when our country started. And the way things are now it's something pretty wonderful to have. That's why I wanted it, Bill. I wanted it for us. Oh, don't be angry. Please say you're not angry.

  Bill Fuller : Angry? I could spit from here to Mount Vernon.

• Connie Fuller : What we need is a house.

  Madge : Tell that to your husband. He's a born cliff dweller.

• Bill Fuller : What's that?

  Connie Fuller : It's an early American music box, Bill. I picked it up in Pennsylvania at an auction.

  Bill Fuller : You mean you had to bid for a thing like that?

  Connie Fuller : I couldn't resist it.

  Bill Fuller : A colonial juke box.

• Connie Fuller : Why, this whole countryside is tied up with American history.

  Bill Fuller : Africa is tied up with African history but I don't feel like driving there.

  Connie Fuller : This road we're on is the Old York road. The Continental Congress used it going to Philadelphia. Washington crossed the Delaware just a little ways from here. Don't you get kind of a thrill?

  Bill Fuller : What's the matter with you, Connie? You knew you were in America.

• Connie Fuller : Isn't it exciting? Two hundred years old.

  Bill Fuller : No! Looks like a motel for buzzards.

• Bill Fuller : Let me get this straight, Connie. You have purchased this out house?

  Connie Fuller : It's all ours.

• Connie Fuller : What's the matter with your head?

  Bill Fuller : There's nothing wrong with my head, Connie. I'm holding it because it's the only head left in the family.

• Mr. Kimber : Well, sir, we drilled down 40 feet and what do you think? We just struck mud.

  Connie Fuller : Mud?

  Bill Fuller : Well that's fine. Let's all go have a glass.

• Connie Fuller : Oh, Mr. Douglas owns that lovely little white house we were admiring.

  Bill Fuller : Who was admiring what little white house?

• Jeff Douglas : Well, I know there's a legend that Washington slept here, but I'm afraid it isn't true, Mrs. Fuller.

  Connie Fuller : You mean he didn't sleep here at all?

  Jeff Douglas : As a matter of fact, we investigated and we discovered that George Washington never slept here. It was Benedict Arnold.

  Connie Fuller : Benedict Arnold? Are you sure, Mr. Douglas?

• Connie Fuller : Look, there's a car. They're stopping here.

  Bill Fuller : Must be Boris Karloff, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh...

• Connie Fuller : Mr. Kimber, must you the grass right now. It seems to me, you're always cutting the grass.

  Mr. Kimber : Well, I gotta cut it some time.

  Connie Fuller : Well, don't do it now, please

  Mr. Kimber : All right, but it'll just keep on growing.

• Connie Fuller : Bill, you know something? Just down this road, there's an old house where George Washington actually slept.

  Bill Fuller : Never mind where George slept. Where are we gonna sleep?

• Connie Fuller : We're moving the first of the month.

  Madge : Again? Say, that trucking company must think we're a band of gypsies.

• Connie Fuller : Isn't it wonderful, Hester? The auctioneer said Benjamin Franklin had it in his parlor. It's a genuine antique.

  Hester : It's old, too, ain't it?

  Connie Fuller : That's what antique means, Hester.

  Hester : Yeah?

• Connie Fuller : Bill, you hate it, don't you?

  Bill Fuller : Hate it? I couldn't warm up to this place if I was burned alive in it.

• Hester : Horses wandering around the kitchen, people dropping through the ceiling...

  Connie Fuller : Well, once that wall's up, Hester, it'll never happen again.

  Hester : No stove, no sink, no ice box. Ain't even got no water. I've towed enough water to float a battleship.

• Connie Fuller : I didn't know they had a summer theater here.

  Rena Leslie : If you can call it a theater. I don't mind an occasional rustic touch, but, when you go into the dressing room and see that a couple of birds have built a nest in your girdle, well..

• Connie Fuller : Thanks, Jeff, you've been swell.

  Jeff Douglas : Not at all. I wish I could do more.

• Connie Fuller : I'm not in love with Jeff Douglas!

  Bill Fuller : Now, what were you doing with him till 12:30?

  Connie Fuller : We were looking at some maps.

  Bill Fuller : Oh, maps, hmm? Well, there's a switch. I remember when they called it etchings.

• Steve Eldridge : Your sister and that ham act are running away together.

  Bill Fuller : Running away?

  Connie Fuller : But Madge was with you.

  Steve Eldridge : Oh, we had a fight. I wasn't gonna tell you but I thought you ought to know because he's a married man and she isn't even 17!

• Connie Fuller : What was all the rumpus?