Louisa (1950)
Spring Byington: Louisa Norton
Quotes
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Henry Hammond : Mrs. Norton, excuse me. I didn't mean to seem so abrupt.
Louisa Norton : Rude!
Henry Hammond : I'm terribly sorry. I don't know what's gotten into my temper these days.
Louisa Norton : I'd try to control it. Particularly, in your business.
Henry Hammond : I do try, Mrs. Norton, but somehow as the years move on I get more and more crotchety.
Louisa Norton : I know. My disposition hasn't been the same since my husband died, some 10 years ago.
Henry Hammond : My wifes
[sic]
Henry Hammond : died, a little over 10 years ago, too.
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Harold 'Hal' Norton : Mother, have you been playing bridge... any of these nights?
Louisa Norton : No, son. I've been seeing a good deal of Mr. Hammond.
Harold 'Hal' Norton : Well, don't you think you might have told us?
Cathy Norton : She's ashamed because he's a grocer.
Meg Norton : Cathy, don't you ever say that again.
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Harold 'Hal' Norton : Mother, Cathy tells me you were at the picture show.
Cathy Norton : Holding hands with Mr. Hammond. I saw it with my own eyes.
Louisa Norton : I didn't think you and Jimmy had a chance to see much of anything.
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Louisa Norton : Good night, children.
Meg Norton : More bridge tonight, mother?
Harold 'Hal' Norton : Don't the ladies ever get tired of playing cards?
Louisa Norton : Oh, you don't ever get tired of anything you really enjoy.
Meg Norton : You look absolutely lovely, mother. The hat's so becoming.
Louisa Norton : Oh, thank you. It's one I've had for years. The milliner said it suggested a touch of class.
Harold 'Hal' Norton : It's a crime to waste it on a lot of women.
Louisa Norton : Now, son, heh heh.
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Henry Hammond : Mrs. Norton, older people don't have to be lonely.
[he takes her hand in his]
Louisa Norton : [looks down at their hands and smiles] Mr. Hammond, I really must be going.
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Louisa Norton : Oh, uh, by the way. I may be a little later than usual tonight.
Meg Norton : That's all right, mother. You're a big girl.
Harold 'Hal' Norton : And we trust you.
Louisa Norton : Eh, heh, heh.
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Harold 'Hal' Norton : Where were you, mother? The movies let out at midnight. It's after one now.
Louisa Norton : We parked, son.
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Louisa Norton : Henry considers himself an adventurer of the senses.
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Louisa Norton : Oh, he used to get into all sorts of mischief; and fight - he came home from school with his nose bloody every day.
Jimmy Blake : Didn't ya ever win a fight?
Harold 'Hal' Norton : I won a great many.
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Louisa Norton : It's more than that with Mr. Hammond. He's an adventurer of the senses.
Abel Burnside : Sort of a poet with pot roast, ah ha, ha, ha.
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Louisa Norton : Louisa, he said to me, I thought I married a lady. David, I said to him, I thought you married me.
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Louisa Norton : Henry, I'm surprised at you. You were very rude.
Henry Hammond : Well, how do you think I felt, watching you lead Mr. Burnside on?
Louisa Norton : Henry!
Henry Hammond : Flirting! Shamelessly, before my very eyes.
Louisa Norton : I was simply being courteous to Hal's employer.
Henry Hammond : Now, don't tell me you didn't enjoy his attentions. Dropping your handkerchief coyly like a schoolgirl. That trick's a bit dated, Louisa.
Louisa Norton : You're being very insulting, Henry.
Henry Hammond : Oh, perhaps it's better that I found out now. I wouldn't care for a wife I'd have to keep a constant watch on.
Louisa Norton : Henry Hammond, you'll do me the favor of never speaking to me again.
[running upstairs]
Louisa Norton : I'm glad I too found out in time.
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Abel Burnside : Tell me, before you met him how long was it before you had a date?
Louisa Norton : Well, about 40 years.
Abel Burnside : Your children were not as offended as they should be?
Louisa Norton : Oh, they have their own lives to lead, I couldn't...
Abel Burnside : You were lonely?
Louisa Norton : Yes.
Abel Burnside : Well, don't you see. It all adds up. You were lonely. You were unhappy. You hadn't had a date in 40 years. You were bound to fall for the first man who came along.
Louisa Norton : But I'm very fond of Mr. Hammond.
Abel Burnside : Only because there was no one else around. Louisa, I'm speaking to you as a friend. I want you to wait for your own sake. Go out with other men. Play the field. And then make up your mind.
Louisa Norton : I didn't quite see it that way.
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Louisa Norton : Hal, you didn't like the idea of my getting married from the beginning. I suppose all children feel the same way about their parents. But I let you grow up and become independent. Don't you think I'm entitled to the same privilege?
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Louisa Norton : Oh, ho. I don't know when I've enjoyed dancing so much.
Abel Burnside : Louisa, I don't believe any woman in the world could be so light on her feet.
Louisa Norton : Oh, Abel.
Bob Stewart : [to Cathy] Where did he get that line?
Cathy Norton : If you ask me, they've both been exhibitionists.
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Abel Burnside : Well, Louisa...
Louisa Norton : You brute! You hurt him.