Father of the Bride (1950)

Joan Bennett: Ellie Banks

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Quotes 

• Ben Banks : Can't be June. I've got my final. Why not May?

  Ellie Banks : May's too early.

  Tommy Banks : July's out. I'm going to camp.

  Kay Banks : This isn't a kids party. It's my wedding and my friends.

  Stanley T. Banks : Ellie, what did you mean by?

  Kay Banks : No one has to raise a finger. When the time comes, I'll do everything. And I mean everything.

  Ellie Banks : I can imagine that.

  Ben Banks : I'm not going.

  Kay Banks : Listen! I don't care if you come or not!

• Ellie Banks : Oh, Stanley. I don't know how to explain. A wedding. A church wedding. Well it's, it's what every girl dreams of. A bridal dress, the orange blossoms, the music. It's something lovely to remember all the rest of her life. And something for us to remember too.

• Ellie Banks : Stanley! You don't have to shout! Nobody's deaf! It's mortifying with

  [indicates Delilah in the kitchen] 

  Ellie Banks : in there!

• Ellie Banks : If that button gets away, it's going to put out someone's eye!