Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Allyn Joslyn: Albert Van Cleve

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• Albert Van Cleve : Marriage isn't a series of thrills. Marriage is a peaceful, well-balanced adjustment of two right-thinking people.

  Martha : I'm afraid that's only too true.

• Albert Van Cleve : I assume you're referring to my future father-in-law, who happens to be one of the great meat packers of our time.

  Bertha Van Cleve : Yes, Father Cleve, don't you realize that every piece of beef we eat comes from one of Mr. Strable's many, many plants.

  Hugo Van Cleve : Does that include the steak I fought ten rounds with last night?

  Albert Van Cleve : Grandfather, you don't seem to have any idea of the importance of Mr. Strable. He created the most famous character in American advertising - Mable the Cow.

  Randolph Van Cleve : You've seen her, Father, on billboards.

  Bertha Van Cleve : That big happy cow smiling at you over the fence and saying in big letters, um... uh... How does it go, uh...?

  Albert Van Cleve : "To the world my name is Mabel, which you'll find on every label; I am packed by E. F. Strable for the pleasure of your table."

  Hugo Van Cleve : No cow in its right mind could have said anything like that. Sounds more like Mr. Strable.

  Albert Van Cleve : Grandfather, please, I beg of you. The family understands your humor, but it's a typical kind of New York humor.

  Hugo Van Cleve : In other words it's not for yokels, hm?