Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
John Alexander: 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
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Quotes
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Mortimer Brewster : The name Brewster is code for Roosevelt.
Teddy Brewster : Code for Roosevelt?
Mortimer Brewster : Yes. Don't you see? Take the name Brewster, take away the B, and what have you got?
Teddy Brewster : Rooster!
Mortimer Brewster : Uh-huh. And what does a rooster do?
Teddy Brewster : Crows.
Mortimer Brewster : It crows. And where do you hunt in Africa?
Teddy Brewster : On the veldt!
Mortimer Brewster : There you are: crows - veldt!
Teddy Brewster : Ingenious! My compliments to the boys in the code department.
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Mortimer Brewster : Mr. President, may I have the pleasure of presenting...
Teddy Brewster : Doctor Livingston?
Dr. Gilchrist : Livingstone?
Mortimer Brewster : Uh, well, that's what he presumes.
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Teddy Brewster : [showing Einstein a photo] This is the picture I was telling you about, General. Here we are, both of us. President Roosevelt and General Goethals. That's me, General, and that's you.
Dr. Einstein : My how I've changed.
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Teddy Brewster : Yes, Doctor, I'll run for a third term, but I won't be elected. That will be the last of the Roosevelts in the White House.
Dr. Gilchrist : That's what you think!
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Teddy Brewster : [Mr. Witherspoon has just met Teddy and Teddy pulls Mortimer aside] Is he trying to move into the White House before I've moved out?
Mortimer Brewster : Who?
Teddy Brewster : [points to Mr. Witherspoon] Taft!
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Teddy Brewster : [His first line] I must be catching cold.
Abby Brewster : No, dear, it was Reverend Harper who sneezed.
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Mortimer Brewster : [introducing Teddy to Gilchrist] Oh, uh, Mr. President, may I have the pleasure of introducing...
Teddy Brewster : Dr. Livingstone!
Dr. Gilchrist : Livingstone?
Mortimer Brewster : Yeah, well, that's what he presumes.
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Teddy Brewster : [as Theodore Roosevelt] I'll be in my office vetoing bills.
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Jonathan Brewster : Teddy, I think it's time for you to go to bed.
Teddy Brewster : I beg your pardon. Who are you?
Jonathan Brewster : I'm Woodrow Wilson. Go to bed!
Teddy Brewster : No, you're not Wilson, but you're face is familiar. Let me see. You're not anyone I know now - perhaps later on my hunting trip to Africa. Yes, you look like someone I might meet in the jungle.
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Teddy Brewster : [after charging up the stairs] Charge the blockhouse!
Reverend Harper : Blockhouse?
Aunt Abby : Yes. The stairs are always San Juan Hill.
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Mortimer Brewster : [Stopping Teddy from playing his bugle] No, no, no. Don't do that, Mister President.
Teddy Brewster : But I cannot sign any proclamation without consulting my Cabinet.
Mortimer Brewster : This must be secret.
Teddy Brewster : A secret proclamation? How unusual.
Mortimer Brewster : Yes, it's the only way we can outsmart the other fellow.
Teddy Brewster : Who's the other fellow?
Mortimer Brewster : That's the secret.
Teddy Brewster : Oh, I see! Very clever.
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[repeated line]
Teddy Brewster : Charge!
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Dr. Einstein : Alright, Mr. President, we go to Panama.
Teddy Brewster : Bully, bully! Follow me, General. It's down south, you know.
Dr. Einstein : [hat falling across his eyes] Well, Bon voyage!
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Teddy Brewster : [to Aunt Abby and Aunt Martha] General Goethals was very pleased. He said the canal was just the right size.
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Teddy Brewster : Charge! Charge the blockhouse!
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Teddy Brewster : What news have you brought me?
Mortimer Brewster : Just this, Mr. President, the country is squarely behind you.
Teddy Brewster : Yes, I know.
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Teddy Brewster : Gentlemen, what news have you brought me?
Police Sgt. Brophy : [salutes] Colonel, we have nothing to report.
Officer Patrick O'Hara : Huh?
[Brophy elbows him and he salutes also]
Officer Patrick O'Hara : Oh, no! Absolutely nothing to report!
Teddy Brewster : Splendid. Thank you, gentlemen. At ease.
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Teddy Brewster : A *secret* proclamation? How unusual.
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Teddy Brewster : Yes, Doctor, I'll run for a third term but, I won't be elected. And that will be the last of the Roosevelts in the White House.
Dr. Gilchrist : That's what YOU think!
