The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Bing Crosby: Father Chuck O'Malley
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Quotes
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Father Chuck O'Malley : There's another sense, you know, Sister.
Sister Mary Benedict : Oh, don't tell me.
Father Chuck O'Malley : Yes, sense enough to know when to leave.
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Father Chuck O'Malley : [having just seen the first-graders' Christmas play] Oh, their simplicity is beautiful. I wouldn't change a word of it.
Sister Mary Benedict : Oh, but THEY will.
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Father Chuck O'Malley : [Sister Mary Benedict calls a boy named Luther to recite material] Luther? How'd he get in here?
Sister Mary Benedict : We never knew.
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Father Chuck O'Malley : And if you ever need anything, no matter what it is or wherever you happen to be...
Sister Mary Benedict : Yes, I know. I just dial O for O'Malley.
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Father Chuck O'Malley : Does she know about this.
Dr. McKay : Oh, not yet. It's very important that she doesn't know it. She has a wonderful vitality, a natural optimism, and that's the best medicine anyone can have. If that spirit is dampened, it would... it would have a depressing effect and delay her recovery.
Father Chuck O'Malley : She'll have to know about it. We... we can't just send her away without...
Dr. McKay : Don't you people, uh, more or less, uh, go where you're told without question?
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Father Chuck O'Malley : To be - to be glad you're alive. To be grateful because people are kind to you. To be able to see some of nature's great wonders. The budding of flowers in the spring and the changing of leaves in the autumn. To be able to appreciate beautiful music. To be conscious of the beauty of tasting and feeling and hearing only the things that are good for you. To be aware of why you're here.
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Father Chuck O'Malley : You've been supporting her all this time?
Mary Gallagher : Eh-huh. I suppose you're wondering as to how. So she - she - she's gotten to be a big girl now. She's beginning to think I'm no good. I want to put her in your care before she finds out she's right.
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Sister Michael : You wouldn't guess it, Father, but she was a tomboy, from what I hear. She used to play baseball and football with the boys.
Father Chuck O'Malley : How good were you at the...
[Father O'Malley imitates holding a bat]
Sister Mary Benedict : Oh, I hit over 300.
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Father Chuck O'Malley : Where are you from, Sister?
Sister Mary Benedict : I was born in Sweden; but, I was very small I came to...
Father Chuck O'Malley : [with the last word in a Midwest accent] A-bop-bop, don't tell me. Men-a-sota.
Sister Mary Benedict : That's right, Father.
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Mary Gallagher : I ran away from home when I was very young to get married. Stop me if you've heard this, Father. He left me a long time ago in Syracuse. Thirteen years to be exact.
Father Chuck O'Malley : Did you get married?
Mary Gallagher : Oh, yes. After a little argument. I think he was a little afraid of settling down. He was a piano player. He had a wonderful smile, Father.
Father Chuck O'Malley : I'll bet he had.
Mary Gallagher : Very like yours!
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Father Chuck O'Malley : Who would wake up where - and give you what?
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Father Chuck O'Malley : Naturally, I like to see a lad who can take care of himself. On the outside, it's a man's world.
Sister Mary Benedict : How are they doing, Father?
Father Chuck O'Malley : Not doing too good, but, you know what I mean. There's sometimes a man has to fight his way through.
Sister Mary Benedict : Wouldn't it be better to - to think your way through? That's pure conjecture, of course, from someone on the - *inside*.
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Father Chuck O'Malley : [singing] Every time you're near a rose, Aren't you glad you've got a nose?
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Father Chuck O'Malley : There was quite a fight. That ittle Eddie, there, that is Eddie, isn't it?
Sister Mary Benedict : Oh, yes. Yes, that's Eddie.
Father Chuck O'Malley : That's the little boy in that fight a few weeks back?
Sister Mary Benedict : Yes.
Father Chuck O'Malley : Quite a change. It's incredible. He's an improved man!
Sister Mary Benedict : I wonder. Does it mean anything, Father? Does it prove anything to beat up your fellow man? Somehow don't you think it's what we are in here that matters? I mean - I mean: to be.
Father Chuck O'Malley : You're so right. But, how do you account for such a sudden change in such a short time?
Sister Mary Benedict : Oh, we try to do our best to raise masculine little men - with our limited knowledge of the outside world.
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Sister Mary Benedict : [singing] Strömkarlen spelar, Sorgerna delar, Vakan kring berg och dal...
Sister Mary Benedict : [giggling in seeing Father O'Malley watching her sing] Oh! Father O'Malley!
Father Chuck O'Malley : Well, Sister, that was lovely. What is it called?
Sister Mary Benedict : Oh, it means, oh, "It's Spring."
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Father Chuck O'Malley : Aren't we here to give the children a helping hand or are we here to measure their brains with a yardstick?
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Father Chuck O'Malley : Sing something else.
Sister Mary Benedict : Well, what do we know?
Father Chuck O'Malley : How about - you know "Birmingham Bertha"? How about the school song, then?
Sister Michael : Oh, yes. Sister has a new version of it with effects and everything. She's a bit proud of it.
Father Chuck O'Malley : We'll sing that.
Sister Mary Benedict : Won't you sing the melody, Father?
Father Chuck O'Malley : Sister, you talked me into it.
Sister Michael , Nun , Nun , Nun : [singing] Ding-dong, ding-dong Ding-dong, ding...
Father Chuck O'Malley : Oh, bells of St Mary's, We always will love you, With your inspiration, We never will fail, Your chimes will for ever, Bring sweet memories of you, So proudly ring out, While we sing out, Hail! Hail! Hail!
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Nun : [in Father O'Malley accidentally sitting on a kitten startling it and him in the process] Oh, I'm sorry, Father. Our cat had kittens and they're all over the place.
Father Chuck O'Malley : [jokingly but in a straight tone of voice] The father's a member of the parish, I presume.