Monday, June 17, 2013

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington







Pumpkin 27

MOVIE REVIEW OF Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Not Rated
Cast
Director: frank capra Runtime: 2 hrs 9 min ( 129 min)
clarissa sanders ..... jean arthur
jefferson smith ..... james stewart
senator joseph harrison paine ..... claude rains
jim taylor ..... edward arnold
governor hubert hopper ..... guy kibble
diz moore ..... thomas mitchell
chick mcGann ..... eugene pallette
ma smith ..... beulah bondi
senate majority leader agnew ..... h. b. warner
president of the senate henry ..... harry carey
susan paine ..... astrid alwyn
mrs. emma hopper ..... ruth donnelly
senator macPherson ..... grant mitchell
senator martin monroe ..... porter hall
senate minority leader barnes ..... pierre watkin
nosey ..... charles lane
carl griffith ..... william demarest
bill cook ..... dick elliott
peter hopper ..... billy watson
jimmy hopper ..... delmar watson
otis hopper ..... john russell
hopper boy #1 ..... harry watson
hopper boy #2 ..... gary watson
hopper boy #3 ..... baby dumpling (larry simms)
h. v. kaltenborn ..... h. v. kaltenborn - radio announcer
sweeney farrell ..... jack carson
barber ..... gino corrado
reporter ..... dub taylor

WHAT I KNOW

Senator Sam Foley has died, leaving an empty seat in congress. It is the responsibility of Governor Huber Happy Foley (Guy Kibbee) to choose a replacement.

Back west, a guy named Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) is the leader of a Boy Scout-type group of boys called the Boy Rangers.

The governer flips a coin to make his decision. Should he appoint the handpicked stooge of his corrupt political boss Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold), or a reformer named Henry Hill? The coin is no help, as it lands on its edge against the side of a local newspaper. The story on the front page of said newspaper concerns the acomplishments of the aforementioned leader of the Boy Rangers, Jefferson Smith.

Governor Foley sees this as his opportunity to worm his (and his corrupt buddies) way into the midst of congress and continue to bask in the approval of Taylor. Taylor's agenda includes a dam-building scheme to be constructed on the very spot where Smith is advised to propose a bill that would pay for the development of a national boy's camp.

Smith is taken aside by Senator Joseph Paine (Claude Rains), and is advised to propose a bill. Although Paine is the oldest and best friend of Smith's late father, he is nevertheless corrupted by Jim Taylor's political machine. This suggestion to propose a bill is just a scheme to keep Smith out of the way of the dam-building plans. However, since the sites of the to projects are one and the same, this just escalates the tension and the determination of Smith to actually DO something with this newly acquired seat in the government.

Taylor's political machine realizes that their plans are backfiring, and that Smith is not the doormat that Taylor thought he was going to be.

In order to avoid Smith ruining Taylor's plans, he hits below the belt by wiring all the papers to print stories (i.e. twisted and false stories) of Smith's ulterior motive to profit from his proposed boys' camp bill. Fraudulent evidence is fabricated to show that Smith already owns the land on which he is proposing to develop the camp.

Smith tries to enlist the boys back home to spread the good word of his proposal through the Boy Rangers' self-published newspaper. However, Taylor's machine quickly confiscates that publication, and attacks the boys, replacing that with his own fraudulent stories of misconduct and deception by Smith.

Not to be overthrown by this political corruption, Smith enlists the assistance and the confidence of his secretary, Clarissa Saunders (Jean Arthur) to complete his Boys Camp bill. He intends to present the bill to congress regardless of Taylor's political machine and its attempts to kill it. To do this, Saunders enlightens him to the filibuster, and Smith takes full advantage of it.

As I hope you realize by now, I am not a fan of the spoiler. That is the gist of the story. The rest concerns the conflicts that ensue when this one senator from a small town takes on the powerful forces of a corrupt congressional machine in order to do what's right.


WHAT I THINK

It is amazing just how relevant this movie is to current politics. Although it is not specified to which party the corrupt senators in the movie belong, in today's political battlefield, they would have Republican written all over them.

When this movie was made (1939), although there is no doubt that scandal existed in government, it was not usually exposed and broadcast to the public as much as it is today. Therefore, I imagine (I can only speculate, as my existence was still another 36 years away) that this story was much more of a shocker when it was first released. What is rather shocking, though, is that in that time, government (i.e. congress, mostly right-wing conservatists/tea-party extremists) has not only failed to improve, I believe it has actually gotten worse. This contradicts what I would expect to be the normal order of events (kind of like a Starburst® candy). More media coverage and exposure, as we have today, would suggest a decrease in corruption. However, all you have to do is to turn on the news (respectable shows such as The Rachel Maddow Show…NOT Fox News or The O'Reilly Factor) to see that nothing is sacred anymore in politics.

You will probably notice that this review is not quite as in-depth with regards to plot as that to which I normally strive, but I fear that expansion would send me on a rant about current politics, and that would NOT be something you would want to see. (I also apologize… I realize that that last sentence was a grammatical nightmare!) Nevertheless, I will drift your attention to one event in the movie that made me raise my eyebrows, because at the time this movie was made, this was not an issue…the filibuster.

Previously, the filibuster was a rarely used tactic to stall a bill or proposal from a vote, or an insertion to proceedings with that same goal, and to give a congressman as much opportunity to present his case as he can endure. (Yes, in days of yore, it was required that the congressman presenting the filibuster remain standing throughout his presentation. If he sat down, he relinquished the floor.)

In today's lazy and irresponsible congress, one is no longer held to that requirement. In fact, I would not be surprised to learn that it took no more effort than leaving the senate chamber for a burger to enact a filibuster! No surprise as to why very little productivity is seen in congress today. Unless, of course, the issue concerns whether or not the congressmen will be able to catch their flights to go home for vacation…then procedure flies! And there it is…I am now entering into the realm of personal political criticism…back to the movie…

I will leave you to create your own treasure hunt to find connections (intentional and otherwise) to current politics…have fun with that one! 😏

On the filmmaking end of this review, I always find it interesting to watch (and review) the movies of this era (1920s to 1970s). There are, or so it seems, a smaller pool of actors, directors, and other significant names dominating Hollywood. As this movie exhibits, you will see names repeated more often. This extends beyond pretty boy actors with little talent and huge egos.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington sees several familiar names that will probably become household names if you are a regular reader of this blog. To name a few: director Frank Capra (It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It WIth You (1938), Meet John Doe (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), the list goes on…), James Jimmy Stewart (You Can't Take It With You (1938), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), It's A Wonderful Life (1946), Rope (1948), Harvey (1950), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Spirit of St. Louise (1957), Night Passage (1957), Vertigo (1958), Anatomy of a Murder (1959),The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962),Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962), Harvey (1972), The Shootist (1976), again, the list goes on…), Jean Arthur (The Canary Murder Case (1929), The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929), The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930), If You Could Only Cook (1935), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), Shane (1953) ), Claude Rains (The Invisible Man (1933), The Clairvoyant (1935), Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), King's Row (1942), Now, Voyager (1942), Casablanca (1942), Phantom of the Opera (1943), Strange Holiday (1945), Nortorious (1946), Deception (1946), Lawrence of Arabia (1942) ), Edward Arnold (Whistling In The Dark (1933), Duck Soup (1933), Diamond Jim (1935), Remember Last Night (1935), Meet Nero Wolfe (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), Meet John Doe (1941), The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), Three Wise Fools (1946), Annie Get Your Gun (1950) ), Harry Carey (The Last of the Mohicans (1932), Barbary Coast (1935), Beyond Tomorrow (1940),Angel and The Badman (1947) ), Thomas Mitchell (Stagecoach (1939), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Gone With the Wind (1939), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Swiss Family Robinson (1940), Our Town (1940), The Long Voyage Home (1940), Three Wise Fools (1946), It's A Wonderful Life (1946), Pocketful of Miracles (1941), High Noon (1952) ), Guy Kibbee (Flying High (1931), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936),Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938), Our Town (1940), Fort Apache (1948) ), H.B. Warner (Conquest (1928), Charlie Chan's Chance (1932), The Crusader (1932), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), The Garden Murder Case (1936), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939), Topper Returns (1941), It's A Wonderful Life (1946), Sunset Blvd. (1950), The Ten Commandments (1956) ), Charles Lane (Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take it With You (1938), The Invisible Woman (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), It's A Wonderful Life (1946), The Music Man (1962), It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) ), Dub Taylor (You Can't Take It With You (1938), Them! (1954), Dragnet (1954), A Star Is Born (1954), No Time For Sergeants (1958), A Hole in the Head (1959),The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968), The Wild Bunch (1969), Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), Tom Sawyer (1973), 1941 (1979) )…yeah, and that doesn't even approach exhaustive.

As my continuing efforts to expose you to quality and true entertainment and talent moves on, I encourage you to take the suggestions listed, along with any others you might find, and really watch them with interest. And if…I'm sorry…WHEN you find another movie you enjoy that features these people, jot a note, either at the end of the post here, or in an email to me, or in the suggestion question in the weekly survey, suggesting it as a possible subject of review. Don't be discouraged if you don't see your suggestion appear in the survey right away or for quite some time. I keep all suggestions for future consideration…i.e. no expiration datel

Finally, a few examples of these connections to which I made reference that come from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

First, Auld Lang Syne is heard near the beginning of this movie…it is also sung in the final scene of It's A Wonderful Life. Both movies are directed by Frank Capra and feature James Stewart (Jeff Smith/George Bailey), H.B. Warner (Senate Majority Leader Agnew/Mr. Gower), Thomas Mitchell (Diz Moore/Uncle Billy), and Charles Lane (Nosey/Mr. Potter's Real Estate Salesman).

Before I go on, I apologize for the lack of specificity in this next connection, but I thought it too good to completely ignore. There is a point near the end of Mr. Smith… where the Senate President (Harry Carey - yes, an unfortunate name - rather cruel parents if you ask me) is attempting to call order to the Senate chamber by banging his gavel. After a sustained banging for quite some time produces no response, he gives a priceless expression with a smile attached, and gives up, tossing the gavel aside. The connection, (again, I apologize for being vague and seemingly clueless here, but it was too good to ignore) : there is another movie in which this scene is almost duplicated. In this other movie, the setting is a legal courtroom, and different actors and specific situations are involved. I just cannot, for the life of me, remember whiich movie this is! If you know, I would really appreciate a heads-up so I can sleep. Some possibilities include: A Miracle on 34th Street (1947), You Can't Take It With You (1938), or A Smokey Mountain Christmas (1986). See my sneaky ways of getting you to sit on your duff to watch movies instead of engaging in physical activity?…You're welcome!

REMARKABLE DIALOGUE
Finally, a short list of quotes I think are worth repeating. You may recognize some of you've seen the movie, but these are my own picks, not ones that are particularly famous:



  • Mr. Smith : I suppose, Mr. Paine, when a fella bucks up against a big organization like that, one man can't get very far, can he?
    Paine : Nope.
  • Mr. Smith : There was a bus outside, and I just naturally got aboard.
    Saunders :[sarcastically] Most natural thing in the world.
  • Diz : I'll see ya' later, Saunders. I gotta go out and think this over.
  • Paine : Jeff, these bills are put together by legal minds after long study. I can't understand half of them myself, and I used to be a lawyer. Now come on, forget it. When the time comes, I'll advise you how to vote.
    Mr. Smith : Yes, I know you will, sir. But that's just the point. There's no reason for me to be here at all.
  • Paine : At the expense of some of the furniture, Susan, you've made another conquest.
    Susan : Not old Honest Abe?
    Paine : And with Honest Abe's ideals. A rare man these days, Susan.
  • Mr. Smith : Dog-gone-it…you ever have so much to say about something, you just couldn't say it?
    Saunders : Try sitting down.
    Mr.Smith : I did…I got right back up again.
  • Saunders : Father was a doctor. He thought more of ethics than he did of collections. Speaks well for Father, but it wasn't so…now look, we'd better get back to this.
  • Paine : This is a man's world, Jeff, and you've got to check your ideals at the door, like you do your rubbers.
  • Paine : Mr. President, will the senator yield?
    Senate President : Will the senator yield?
    Mr. Smith : No, sir, I'm afraid not. No, sir. I yielded the door once before if you'll remember, and I was pracitically never heard of again. No, sir. And we might as well all get together on this yielding business right off the bat now.
  • Mr. Smith : If I yield for only a question or a point of order or a personal privilege, that I can hold this floor almost until doomsday.
  • Mr. Smith : I call the chair's attention to uh…rule 5 of the standing rules of the Senate, section…section 3…‘If it shall be found that a quorum is not present, a majority of the senators present’…and that looks like me…‘may direct the sergeant at arms to request, and if necessary, compel the attendence of the absent senators,’ Well, Mr. President, I so direct.
  • Diz : This is the most titanic battle of modern times. A David without even a slingshot rises to do battle against the mighty Goliath, the Taylor Machine, allegedly crooked from the inside and out…and for my money, you can cut out the ‘allegedly.’
  • H.V. Kaltenborn : This is H. V. Kaltenborn speaking. Half of official Washington is here to see democracy's finest show, the filibuster, the right to talk your head off, the American privilege of free speech in it's most dramatic form. The least man in that chamber, once he gets and holds that floor, by the rules, can hold it and talk as long as he can stand on his feet…providing always, first: that he does not sit down, second, that he does not leave the chamber or stop talking.
  • [Mr. Smith is talking extensively on the floor of the congress. He pauses, puts his fingers into his mouth, and whistles. Startled, all the senators jump in their seats, and turn to look at Smith.]
    Mr. Smith : Ah, that's alright. I just wanted to find out if you still had faces.
RATING
Here is my personal rating of this movie. This rating is out of ten meows.
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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation






Sugar 24

MOVIE REVIEW OF Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) NOT RATED
Cast
Director: henry koster Runtime: 1 hrs 56 min ( 116 min)
roger hobbs ..... james stewart
peggy hobbs ..... maureen o' hara
joe carmody ..... fabian
katey hobbs ..... laun peters
janie grant ..... lili gentle
byron grant ..... john saxon
martin turner ..... john mcGiver
emily turner ..... marie wilson
reggie mcHugh ..... reginald gardiner
marika carter ..... valerie varda
susan carver ..... natalie trundy
stan carver ..... josh peine
danny hobbs ..... michael burns
brenda ..... minerva urecal
mr. kagle ..... richard collier
girl #1 in dormatory ..... sherry alberoni
girl #2 in dormatory ..... true ellison
boy ..... darm duke
pizza maker ..... ernie gutterrez
driver in bird walk scene ..... bill hickman
bartender ..... colin kenny
freddie ..... tom lowell
carl ..... stephen mines
peter carver ..... peter oliphant
phil ..... michael sean
secretary ..... maida severn
dick ..... dennis whitcomb

WHAT I KNOW

Roger Hobbs (James Stewart) is your average family man. He goes to the office each day, has a house, a car, a wife and a few kids and all that. Arriving at work one day, though, after returning from his family vacation, he calls his secretary (Maida Severn) into his office to take some dictation. He then proceeds to relate the aformentioned vacation (a.k.a. the movie) in the form of a letter to Mrs. Hobbs (Maureen O' Hara).

The family vacation was meant to be a getaway for Mr. Hobbs and his wife, but quite quickly turns into a zoo-type affair with the kids, husbands, and their children. To make matters worse, the beach house they are borrowing from friends looks about 200 years old, and behaves even older!

As they settle in, some things go wrong (i.e. the water pump won't work), some things go right (i.e. Katie (Laun Peters) meets a boy), but everything goes haywire!

Mr. Hobbs meets his neighbor Marika (Valerie Varda), the typical beach blanket blonde, who in turn finds one of Mr. Hobbs's sons-in-law, Byron (John Saxon) quite a catch.

The intention was to reunite the family and to enjoy each others' company for a month. Tension is apparent, however, and it only escalates as they are all forced together in the run-down beach house.

While Byron is occupied with Marika, Mr. Hobbs's other son-in-law Stan (Josh Peine) is out of a job, but a phone call gives the opportunity for that to change. His soon-to-be boss, Mr. Turner (John McGiver), wants to stop by the beach house with his wife (Marie Wilson), so impressions must be made…and boy are they made!

Relationships are challenged, tested, and strengthened. But the family holds together for a happy turnout. The question is…will Mr. Hobbs ever go on a vacation with his family again?!

WHAT I THINK

This is one of my favorite movies; one of those that I bought with the intention of watching it over and over at my leisure…and actually doing so.

It's not one of those movies that is funny because you can relate to the characters and the situations and the dilemmas. It's funny because you are saying to yourself, I'm glad that's him and not me, but thinking, I did come awfully close to that when…

Jimmy Stewart is typical Jimmy Stewart, one of the most reliable actors I know. Whether playing a serious role (e.g. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), or a comedic one such as Mr. Hobbs…, or halfway between (e.g. It's a Wonderful Life; Harvey), it's always Jimmy Stewart under there. (In his case, this is not a bad thing.)

Not far from the spotlight are the co-stars, too. Maureen O' Hara pairs wonderfully with Stewart as his wife, Peggy. She is sensible, trying desperately to make the best of ugly situations, yet all along empathizing with Mr. Hobbs, realizing how hard life is for him.

The kids - at home and away - couldn't be more on-target. Roger's son, Danny (Michael Burns), isn't interested in much other than his cowboys and indians on TV (or so it seems), and his teenage daughter, Katey has new braces and is boy-shy. If that isn't timeless, with perhaps slight deviations in specifics, I don't know what is.

The other daughters, Janie (Lili Gentle) and Susan (Natalie Trundy) are both married (Susan with children) and have problems of their own.

But wait…enter Mr. Turner, prospective employer of Stan, and his wife Emily. Never was such an eccentric couple discovered. Mr. Hobbs tries his best to impress Martin Turner, but is often just left speechless. Emily Turner, despite her claim of not being a drinker, exhibits rather risqué behaviour in the company of Mr. Hobbs after having her little nightcap with her husband. (Well, risqué for 1962.)

Of course, the co-star list for this '60s family film would not be complete without an appearance to make the teenage girls happy. Fabian (born Fabiano Anthony Forte) shows up as Joe, Mr. Hobbs's attempt to scoot Katey into the social scene. Although Fabian's role is well-written into the script, we all know a significant portion of the audience would have been lost without him. This is not so subtle as he and Katey take a break from the movie to sing a duet together at the pizza shop. See lyrics to Cream Puff below.

Finally, a couple of cross-movie references can be spotted if you're a Jimmy Stewart fan as I am…or an annual viewer of It's A Wonderful Life (who isn't?), as both are from that movie.

First, and not at all subtle, when the family arrives at the dilapidated house, Roger, headed up the staircase, grabs on to the bannister, and the top of the bottom pilaster comes off in his hand; as it does in the house he and Mary (Donna Reed) buy in It's A Wonderful Life.

Second, and not quite as obvious (i.e. you have to be very familiar with It's A Wonderful Life to catch this one…bravo if you do before reading this) is when Stan finds a potential job and is talking with Mr. Hobbs on the telephone. Mr. Hobbs encourages him to take the job. He tells Stan, Now you go on to Rochester, or wherever you have to go, and just don't give it another thought. Rochester is mentioned in It's A Wonderful Life when George (James Stewart) is on the phone with Sam (Frank Albertson), talking about the plastics factory Sam wants to build. Sam says he's going to build it in Rochester, to which George replies, Rochester? Why Rochester? Why not right here in Bedford Falls?

REMARKABLE DIALOGUE
Finally, a short list of quotes I think are worth repeating. You may recognize some if you've seen the movie, but these are my own picks, not ones that are particularly famous:



  • Mr. Hobbs : Speaking to you now, from beyond the grave, let me say to you frankly that I'd rather stay on as a go-pher than to be trapped with my family for a whole month in the same house…PARAGRAPH! I also agree heartily with all modern authorities that there is no more sacred obligation in life than a lasting communication between parents and children, but from now on I'm going to see if I can't manage mine by long-distance and the longer the better.
    Secretary : Paragraph?
    Mr. Hobbs : NO PARAGRAPH! It's not that I don't love them, you understand. It's just that the day finally arrives when a man simply hasn't got the strength to handle all the jams his children get themselves into!
  • Mr. Hobbs : I've never loved Katie as much in my life as I have since she enrolled in that school and 900 miles away.
  • Mr. Hobbs : A bulb this weak…you can't even call it a light. It's a dark! You turn that thing on in the middle of the day and the whole room goes black.
  • Mr. Hobbs : Anyone wants to take a bath around here tonight, they can go jump in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Mr. Hobbs : Honey, would you feel better if I went out and gave that butterfly valve a twist now?
  • Mr. Hobbs : I've never sworn at a cook in my life.
    Peggy : Well she said that you did when you came downstairs this morning.
    Mr. Hobbs : This morning? When I came down…I never even spoke to her. I asked the kids how they'd like a little sun on the beach and they…an-an-an-…[they look at each other, realizing the misunderstanding]
  • [Peter is smashing knick-knacks around the parlor. Mr. Hobbs tells him to stop]
    Susan : It's alright, darling. Boom-pa didn't mean it.
    Mr. Hobbs : Yes, Boom-pa did mean it, too. He meant every damn word of it. Now someone's got to straighten this kid out when he gets outta line.
    Susan : If you don't mind, Dad, I hate to say this…it is your house and all that…but we don't believe in saying 'no' to the children. According to all modern psychologists, saying 'no' just leads to neurosis.
    Mr. Hobbs : Well it can also lead to bankruptcy, too, if he breaks up enough stuff!
  • Mr. Hobbs : You'd think that lousy surf would lay off for two or three minutes, wouldn't 'cha?
  • [Katie starts dancing with an odd-looking shy boy]
    Boy : You're…you're too tall for me. [Walks off.]
  • Mr. Hobbs : Joe, what's your father like?
    Joe : Dad? He's okay, I guess.
    Mr. Hobbs : All the time?
    Joe : Well, most of the time. Now and then he's a little kooky, of course.
    Mr. Hobbs : Why don't you go in there and tell her that.
  • Peggy : I can't find them. Didn't you get his last name?
    Mr. Hobbs : Nope.
    Peggy : Well, where did you pick him up?
    Mr. Hobbs : You saw me. I just called the name 'Joe' to a group of boys…and there's always one 'Joe' in a group.
  • Woman in Boat : Ohhh--he's going to hit us!--Don't you hit us!
  • Mr. Hobbs : How far off the point do ya' wanna go?
    Danny : Just so land's not in the way.
  • [Discussing the eclipse]
    Danny : You know, there won't be another one 'til 1999.
    Mr. Hobbs : Waddya say we watch that one together, too?
    Danny : Do ya' think we can?
    Mr. Hobbs : Well we can try.
  • Mr. Hobbs : [VO] The Coast Guard informed Mrs. Hobbs that the only hope now was that the boat had drifted far enough out to sea to be picked up by a passing tramp or tanker.
  • Mr. Hobbs : That ship straightened me out. You see, that ship was northbound. I just corrected the course and…we're alright now. [VO] The captain of a southbound tanker recorded having sighted a small boat shortly after noon on Thursday…He said it was headed for the open sea.
  • Danny : Dad?
    Mr. Hobbs : Yes?
    Danny : Would'ja like to look at TV with me sometime?
    Mr. Hobbs : Well, that's a good idea, son. Thanks.
  • Susan : Dad?
    Mr. Hobbs : Yep?
    Susan : Mom says would you take a look at the pump?
    Mr. Hobbs : Nope.
  • Peggy :[sarcastically] Oh 'Man,' what are you waiting for? Get their bags upstairs.
    Mr. Hobbs :[VO] To his few remaining friends, Mr. Hobbs had been known for some time affectionately as 'redcap.' He was not aware at the time that Mr. Turner was an eccentric who carried concrete in his suitcase.
  • Susan : How about some tennis tomorrow morning?
    Emily : Same thing with tennis. I used to play a little bit, but Martin never cared for it, so…I gave it up.
    Martin : That's the way it is with everything with us. If Emily doesn't care for it, then I don't either…and vice versa.
    Peggy : Well, what I think we ought to do is just stretch out there on the beach and do absolutely nothing.
    Emily : Unfortunately…
    Martin : I'm afraid that's out of the question. You see, Emily has very sensitive skin. If she's out in the sun more than a minute or two, she breaks out in big blisters.
    Emily : It's probably 'cause my body's so white…every square inch of it.
    Mr. Hobbs : Well, how 'bout you, Mr. Turner?
    Martin : Oh, no. I've got splotches all over. Big brown ones. But I never take my clothes off.
  • Mr. Hobbs : I've gotta be up fresh for those straddle-legged coat-hangers.
  • Byron : Didn't you like [Moby Dick]?
    Marika : Well, it's alright, I guess, but…who wants to read a book about a fish?
    Byron : About a fish!!
  • Mr. Hobbs : What're those up in the tree there?
    Martin : Barnswallows.
    Mr. Hobbs : How can you tell?
    Martin : Easy to spot. Barnswallows are the only ones with white spots under their tails.
    Mr. Hobbs : But they're sitting down!
  • Martin : Ever see a Red-Eyed Vireo?
    Mr. Hobbs : No.
    Martin : Halfway up that tree.
    Mr. Hobbs : Well what do ya' know about that?
    Martin : First one I've seen this year.
    Mr. Hobbs : What's that little fella next to it?
    Martin : [annoyed] Barnswallow.
  • Martin : You've never done much walking, have you?
    Mr. Hobbs : Only since I was about two years old.
  • [Emily screams from the bathroom]
    Mr. Hobbs : What the hell's she doing in the sink?
  • Martin : What's the matter? Did you lock yourself in?
    Mr. Hobbs : The knob came off.
    Martin : Who's there?
    Mr. Hobbs : If the knob's not on the door, look on the floor. It may have dropped off.
    Martin : Are both of you in there?
    Mr. Hobbs : Would'ja look on the floor, please?
    Martin : Where's the knob?
    Mr. Hobbs : Will you please look on the floor?
  • Martin : Mrs. Hobbs, I'm going to punch your husband in the nose.
  • Danny : I thought that creep of yours was coming to say goodbye.
    Katie : Oh, turn blue.
    Danny : And look like you?
  • Byron : Aren't you likely to get a hernia carring a load like that?
    Mr. Hobbs : I am.
  • Cream Puff
    ♪♫Cream puff Short cake Sweet stuff Jelly roll Gum drop Milkshake Curl up and be my baby doll♪♫ ♪♫Woe is me my solution isn't solvin' Maybe the answer can't be found Looks like I'm gonna have to keep revolvin' Just goin' round and round 'Cause I simply can't let go It's a terrible confession I'm like a Jonah and the Whale Can't hold on if you'll pardon the expression I've got a tiger by the tail I've got a tiger by the tail♪♫ ♪♫Cream puff Short cake Sweet stuff Jelly roll Gum drop Milkshake Curl up and be my baby doll♪♫
    ~ Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini Take me back to where I was reading
RATING
Here is my personal rating of this movie. This rating is out of ten meows.
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