I'll Be Seeing You (1944)

Mary Marshall: You know something?
Zachary Morgan: What?
Mary Marshall: The doctors are gonna be very surprised when they see you. They'll probably send you back to active duty.
Zachary Morgan: That lemonade must have been spiked.
Mary Marshall: No, I really mean it. Do you realize what you did tonight? I bet you couldn't have done that a week ago.
Zachary Morgan: What?
Mary Marshall: Well, I watched you all evening. When you were dancing, you never hesitated for words, and your eyes didn't blink. And then when that dog attacked us, I've never seen anyone quite so fast on their feet.
Zachary Morgan: I didn't even think about what I was doing.
Mary Marshall: That's just it, you were so alert and keen, and your timing was perfect.
Zachary Morgan: I hope you're right. I believe you are. Mary, you told me that in eight days you can do a lot of believing.
Mary Marshall: You see, I'm the fellow that's on the radio that says: Life can be wonderful.
Zachary Morgan: You're wonderful.
Mary Marshall: You're just saying that because you know I've got lots of money.
Zachary Morgan: You're wonderful.
Mary Marshall: Because you know I've got very influential friends.
Zachary Morgan: You're wonderful.
Mary Marshall: Because of my social position.
[he kisses her]
Zachary Morgan: Mary, I know I'm going to get well. I've got plans, too, lots of them. I know I'm going to stay well, too, because you figure in all my plans. You've got to figure in them because, without you, I'm back where I started. I'm sunk.
Mary Marshall: Let's don't talk about it tonight. I'm kind of sleepy.

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Barbara Marshall: [caught staring at Mary] I was just thinking, that's an awfully nice suit you have on, Mary.
Mary Marshall: Oh, thank you, Barbara. You were thinking of something else, too.
Barbara Marshall: As a matter of fact, I was.
Mary Marshall: [taking of her jacket] Where can I put this?
Barbara Marshall: I'll take it.
Mary Marshall: You may as well tell me, so we can both get it off our minds.
Barbara Marshall: Well, I... I just... Well, you see, I hadn't known that they gave these vacations or furloughs to people that...
Mary Marshall: You don't have to be shy about it, Barbara. I didn't know about it either. Till the warden told me that in this state, and a few other states, they give special furloughs to people for good behavior.
Barbara Marshall: Well, I think it's wonderful that they have that confidence in you.
Mary Marshall: Yes. I think so, too.

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Zachary Morgan: [Mrs. Marshall comes in with a flaming plum pudding] I never could figure out why the pudding never gets burned.
Mary Marshall: I've never been able to figure that out either. Must be the alcohol in the brandy.
Zachary Morgan: I think.
Mr. Marshall: Personally, I think it's a shame to burn good brandy. That quart I brought home last week was imported cognac.
Mrs. Marshall: Oh, don't worry, Henry, I didn't burn up the whole quart.
Barbara Marshall: Oh, I wouldn't trust Mom with it, Dad.
Mr. Marshall: Maybe you're right. Remember last year, how Mom got going on just a glass of sherry?
Mrs. Marshall: Now I'm not going to listen to that again!
Barbara Marshall: You may not believe this about your dear Aunt Sarah, but last year she got high as a kite.
Zachary Morgan: If they're trying to drag out a family skeleton, Mrs. Marshall, I won't listen to them.
Mrs. Marshall: Oh, it's just one of those little things that happen, people start exaggerating.
Mr. Marshall: Exaggerate, my eye! It's as true as I sit here. Last year, Mother and I had a glass of sherry to bring in the new year. And then we went to a little gathering, all the way across town, it was. Mother had her skirt on backwards!
Mrs. Marshall: See here, Henry, if you're in such good voice, how about a Christmas carol?

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