Rationing (1944)

Marjorie Main: Iris Tuttle

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Quotes 

• Iris Tuttle : Get that goat outta here! She'll be sleeping on the foot of my bed next!

  Ben Barton : You could do worse!

• Ben Barton : [Dorothy walks in]  Oh, hello Dorothy.

  Dorothy Tuttle : I'm not talking to you, Ben Barton.

  [Dorothy walks past, Ben looks bewildered, follows her] 

  Dorothy Tuttle : Grandmother?

  Iris Tuttle : Hello...

  Ben Barton : [to Dorothy]  Bad temper, huh? Well, you come by it honestly.

  [gestures towards Iris] 

  Iris Tuttle : If that crack's for *me*, I've got a disposition like a cooing *dove*.

  [walks toward office, then turns] 

  Iris Tuttle : And the next time you even hint I got a bad temper I'm gonna hit ya over the head with one of your own HAMS!

• Iris Tuttle : [answering knock at her door, sees it's Ben and tries to bar him from entering]  What do you want this time of night?

  Ben Barton : [holding forms he's been trying to fill out]  Help, mercy and a Philadelphia lawyer.

• Ben Barton : [answering knock at the door]  Come in, come in.

  [in walks Iris] 

  Ben Barton : Well, if it ain't my ooold pal Iris.

  Iris Tuttle : I'm not your pal and I'm not old.

  [puts her hand to her cheek] 

  Iris Tuttle : Nothing short of a tooth that's kickin' up like a bucking bronco could bring me here.

  Ben Barton : I take it you want... a little whiskey?

  Iris Tuttle : Yes, and as little conversation as possible.

  Ben Barton : Now, let's not be hasty, Iris Tuttle. Are you addressing me as, uh, the owner of the general store, or as your *very fine friend* and barterer.

  Iris Tuttle : As a storekeeper.

  Ben Barton : Then you're all outta luck because it's after 8 o'clock and I can't sell you none.

  Iris Tuttle : Well, you'll never get me to call you my fine friend, not even for a *gallon* of whiskey.

  Ben Barton : With a gallon you couldn't say "fine friend."