So Proudly We Hail! (1943)

Paulette Goddard: Lt. Joan O'Doul

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• Lt. Ethel Armstrong : It gets embarrassing being called a heroine all the time. What is a heroine, anyway?

  Lt. Tony Dacelli : I don't know. Somebody whose still alive, I guess.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : If anybody calls me a heroine again, I'm gonna let them have a tomato right in the puss.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : Don't go. I'm just being childish. I sure would like to meet one guy, though, who doesn't make a pass.

  Kansas : Well, when you do, you better begin to worry.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : You're not so dumb.

  Kansas : I just talk dumb.

• Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson : Has she ever opened up? Ever give you a hint of what's wrong?

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : There's nothing wrong. She's just naturally a frozen-faced ghoul!

• Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson : It's our own fault.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Our fault? What did we do?

  Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson : Because we believed we were the world. That the United States of America was the whole world. Those outlandish places: Bataan, Corregidor, and Mindanao. Those aren't American names. No, they're just American graveyards.

• Kansas : You and your wanting to be pals.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : I thought you were just another guy on the make.

  Kansas : I was.

• Col. Mason : Your further orders are to proceed immediately to the hotel, where the Red Cross has warm baths and clean clothes for you. And my further, though unofficial, orders are you are to have your heart's desire, anything you want.

  Maj. Arthur : And what do you want most in the world?

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : A tomato. A nice, big, red, cool, round, juicy tomato.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : Davy, you got to help me. I'm in a terrible jam.

  Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson : What's the matter?

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Two of my fiancés came down to the dock.

  Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson : Two?

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Well, you know how hard it is for me to say no.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : I'm warning you, Kansas. I melt at a very low temperature.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : Officers are not supposed to fraternize with enlisted men.

  Kansas : I don't want to fraternize. I just wanna see you.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : And pass the time of day?

  Kansas : Well, it'd be better than nothing.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Yes.

  [pushes Kansas back] 

  Kansas : Oo! Sunburn.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Well, just stop your maneuvers before you make contact with the main body.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : [voiceover]  I remember we all decided to dress up. I wanted to make an impression on Kansas, and the only snakey thing I had was a black nightgown, which, with a few trimmings, did for me.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : I don't know why I'm so nice.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : He's never seen you out of uniform.

  Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson : Who?

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Who do you think?

  Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson : You mean Lieutenant Summers?

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : It's still formal with you two. Well, you better get informal with him, or other people will. He's a pretty cute guy, you know.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : Say, who do you think you are?

  [Olivia slaps Joan] 

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : You wanna play rough!

  [Joan, wearing her snakey black nightgown, slaps Olivia back and wrestles her down to her bed] 

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : All the rules are off tonight. It's Christmas.

  Kansas : Yeah, a fine Christmas. No mistletoe.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : All right, if it means that much to you, here.

  [kiss] 

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Merry Christmas!

• Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson : Girls, this is Mr. Ling Chee who's going to be with us for the rest of the trip. Now, each one find her own duffel bag.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Heap big war. Him near here, savvy?

  Dr. Harrison : I'm a Chinese, Lieutenant, not an Indian. The war is just beyond the mountains.

• Kansas : Look, I know how short you must be, but have you got anything to eat?

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Yes, I've got some nice southern fried monkey for you.

  Kansas : With ketchup?

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : No, with chili sauce.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : That's the first time in my life I've ever fainted. Before the war, many's the time I could've used a good faint, but the guys I know would've thought it was phony. I wasn't taking any chances.

• Lt. Joan O'Doul : I've got to get some sleep. I'm so bomb-happy, nothing else matters.

• Kansas : I can't believe it. I just can't believe it!

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : What?

  Kansas : The Marines, they have landed! And I've been ordered off.

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : Oh, but it's not permanent. It's not the end of the fight.

  Kansas : Yeah, but imagine it happening to us, Americans!

  Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson : All right, all out, everybody!

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : We've been out on our feet before. Remember Valley Forge? That was no strawberry festival.

• Kansas : What would you like better than anything else in the world?

  Lt. Joan O'Doul : A tomato. I'd give my left knee for a tomato. Tomato and some Flying Fortresses, wouldn't that make a lovely salad?