Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Edward Everett Horton: McTavish
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Quotes
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Dan Christy : Give me another drink I can still hear ya.
McTavish : [as bartender] Uh, yes sir.
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Dan Christy : I remember you. You're the bartender.
McTavish : Wrong tense, sir. I was.
Dan Christy : You mean you gave up your job on account of me?
McTavish : Well, it wasn't a very satisfactory occupation, sir. I'd only been a bartender for two days.
Dan Christy : It's all very clear to me. You took advantage of me while I was in that bar.
McTavish : On the contrary, sir. I was obliged to help you to the airplane. Then you prevailed upon me to accompany you as your companion. You said it was fate.
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Dan Christy : Where am I?
McTavish : Chateau Lake Louise. Heart of the Canadian Rockies. Elevation, 5,670 feet.
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McTavish : Well, it all started with my Aunt Stefanie, sir. That is, it started with her will. It's become quite a burden, really.
Dan Christy : Her will? Don't tell me she died and left you all her big words.
McTavish : Well, it amounts to practically the same thing, sir. You see, when my Aunt Stefanie died, I was a freshman at Harvard and in her will, she stipulated that I was to receive an allowance of $10,000 a year as long as I remained in college.
Dan Christy : Huh?
McTavish : Yes. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I've been going to school now for 20 years. I graduated last month.
Dan Christy : Twenty years in one college?
McTavish : Oh, no sir. No, sir. I have diplomas from five.
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Dan Christy : What are you doing tending bar?
McTavish : Well, sir, I wanted to learn about life... and the present. For 20 years I've been shut up learning about the past.
Dan Christy : McTavish, this begins to sound like a gag. You certainly look like a bartender.
McTavish : [Looking very pleased] Really? Oh... Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you.
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Dan Christy : What's the melting point of magnesium?
McTavish : Three thousand, five hundred degrees Fahrenheit, sir.
Dan Christy : Recite the Turkish alphabet.
McTavish : [recites a few letters] ... is that correct, sir?
Dan Christy : How do I know? It sounds correct. It sounds impossible.
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McTavish : Oh well, sir, my whole life has been impossible. You see, I know everything.
Dan Christy : Well, what's wrong with that?
McTavish : Well, I confess. Though I am a master of romance languages, I'm scarcely a master of romance. Bachelor of Arts, yes, but awfully tired of being a bachelor.
Dan Christy : Well, keep your chin up, McTavish.
McTavish : Yes, sir.
Dan Christy : Both of 'em.
McTavish : Yes, sir.
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Dan Christy : [reads engraving on ring] Together till... this inscription's only half finished.
McTavish : It was just one hour between planes.
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Rosita Murphy : I am your secretary.
Dan Christy : What?
McTavish : That's quite right, Mr. Christy. You hired her in Detroit. She was at the souvenir counter.
Rosita Murphy : You were having some little trouble and I fix for you.
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McTavish : You know, I would suggest your lying down, sir. It'll quiet your mind.
Dan Christy : Who's on the phone?
McTavish : It's the general, sir. The colonel, er that Mr. Commissioner from New York.
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Rosita Murphy : When I first meet you, I think you are a little on the dumb bell side, you know.
McTavish : Not really? You know, I must say definitely, that I felt just the same way about you.
Rosita Murphy : Ha, ha, that's wonderful.
McTavish : What do you mean?
Rosita Murphy : It means we click.
McTavish : Oh, does it?
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Dan Christy : McTavish, any time a woman never wants to see you again, that means she can't live without you. I'm happy to report that everything is progressing according to plan.
McTavish : Really, sir, really? Your scientific approach to a woman's heart - it's just amazing, sir.
Dan Christy : Thank you, McTavish.
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Dan Christy : We're going on our honeymoon. Then were' gonna get married.
McTavish : Aren't you a little mixed, sir?
Dan Christy : Yes, I am a little mixed up. But I love it.