Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

John Payne: Ted Scott

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• Ted Scott : Look, I said I'd take a child, I didn't say I'd take a... well, she's too big for her age!

  Customs Officer : Is that your signature?

  Ted Scott : Well, sure, but...

  Customs Officer : She's a refugee like the rest, and right here, you guarantee that you'll take good care of her, and that she'll not become a public charge. She's your responsibility now Mister.

• Nifty Allen : Didn't you tell me you wanted to be a father?

  Ted Scott : Yeah, but I want to do it my way.

• Vivian Dawn : The Persian Room at four?

  Ted Scott : Well, isn't that a little early? We'd be the only ones there.

  Vivian Dawn : Well, what's wrong with that?

• Ted Scott : I didn't know her eyes were blue. I always figured they were kind of hazel.

  Phil Corey : Ah, get her off your mind, will ya. I've been dreamin' about her for days.

  Nifty Allen : She's the kind of girls I've been dreamin' about, but, you see the kind I get.

• Nifty Allen : Figure it out.

  Ted Scott : You figure it out!

• Karen Benson : I've found him.

  Ted Scott : Found who?

  Karen Benson : The man I'm going to marry.

  Ted Scott : Already? Oh, gee, that's wonderful. I'm sure you'll be very happy.

  Karen Benson : Oh, you will be too. You'll make a wonderful husband.

  Ted Scott : Thanks. I'm... What?

  Karen Benson : It's you.

  Ted Scott : Me? Now wait a minute.

  Karen Benson : Oh, I was sure of it when I first saw you, and just now when you played, I knew I was right.

  Ted Scott : Listen, honey, I...

  Karen Benson : I said to myself, "You owe him so much. He's been so wonderful to ya. That's how you can repay him."

  Ted Scott : That's a very nice thought, but you don't have to carry it that far. Maybe in Norway they marry to pay off the mortgage or something, but here its different.

• Ted Scott : How did you get in here?

  Karen Benson : I just told the man at the door that I was living with you; so, he brought me here. That's all. Anything wrong?

• Ted Scott : Ah, you're the swellest girl I ever met.

  Vivian Dawn : That's what I think of me too.

  [winks] 

• Ted Scott : Karen could teach you in no time. She knows all the tricks, even taught me a few.