The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
Robert Walker: John Hill
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Quotes
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John Hill : I don't think people should get married unless they're in love. Do you?
Mary Hill : Oh, certainly not.
John Hill : I mean, it might only be an infatuation. Then where would you be?
Mary Hill : That's right.
John Hill : When I get married, I'm going to know everything there is to know about her.
Mary Hill : Me too - about him, I mean. Like, how many lumps of sugar he likes in his coffee.
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John Hill : When a fella and a girl get married quickly like this, they've got to start out right, don't they?
Mary Hill : Yes, John.
John Hill : Well, that's what we're going to do, Mary. Tomorrow you find an apartment, and next weekend we'll have 36 whole hours together.
Mary Hill : For the first time I understand how my mother felt about my father.
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John Hill : You lived here long?
Lisa Borescu : Not long. I'm a refugee from the Nazis.
John Hill : Oh, you must be awfully glad to get away from them?
Lisa Borescu : They are even more glad. For me, the Nazis were no match.
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Lisa Borescu : You were thinking of buying the nightgown in the window for your wife?
John Hill : Oh, no, I - I...
Lisa Borescu : Ohhh, for someone else?
John Hill : Oh, no, not for anyone else. I was just looking at it, that was all.
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Mary Hill : Oh, John, it's only for a few hours, and you could come along with me and wash dishes.
John Hill : You mean mess duty?
Mary Hill : Oh, I guess you wouldn't want to do a thing like that, would you?
John Hill : Well, if I'm going to be a civilian, I might as well be a good one.
Mary Hill : Oh, John, you're so wonderful.
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Freddie Potts : How are you liking the domestic life? Is she a good housekeeper?
John Hill : Best one I've ever had.
Mary Hill : Oh, excuse me.
Freddie Potts : By the way, if this job of yours doesn't come through, perhaps you'd like to come to work for us? You could start at the bottom, of course.
John Hill : Well, I don't happen to have a feeling for pots.
Freddie Potts : Pots are amongst the oldest industries in the world. Civilization began with the pots.
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John Hill : Do you mind if I smoke?
Lisa Borescu : Please do.
John Hill : Would you like one? It'll settle your nerves.
Lisa Borescu : Merci.
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Lisa Borescu : Where did she go?
John Hill : Oh, she's having dinner with Freddie.
Lisa Borescu : Well?
John Hill : Well, how am I going to get somebody to come back to me when they don't want me any more?
Lisa Borescu : What do they teach you to do in the Navy?
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John Hill : You mean I should get Mary back?
Lisa Borescu : That's right.
John Hill : You mean I should punch that guy right in the nose?
Lisa Borescu : Exactly!
John Hill : It'll be a pleasure.
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Lisa Borescu : But I am bringing your wife's nightgown
[presenting a package to John]
Lisa Borescu : .
John Hill : Oh, it's too late, Lisa
[sitting down in a chair]
John Hill : .
Lisa Borescu : Oh, it's never too late for a beautiful nightgown
[setting package on John's lap]
Lisa Borescu : .
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John Hill : Where did she go?
Freddie Potts : How should I know? She's your wife.
John Hill : Oh, he finally came to that conclusion, huh
[grabbing Freddie by the elbow]
John Hill : ?
Freddie Potts : Now, now, now, now, now. Let's remember that we're gentlemen.
John Hill : Since when do gentlemen send other men's wives minks coats?
Freddie Potts : Mink. Mink coat.
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John Hill : If I were in love with another man's wife and I thought it would do me any good, I'd give her a fur coat; if I thought it would do me any good.