Pillow to Post (1945)

Sydney Greenstreet: Colonel Michael Otley

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• Colonel Michael Otley : Lucille, everyone in the Army isn't a general.

  Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter : No, sir, but you'd be surprised how my tips increased after I started calling everyone general.

• Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter : Uh, General, excuse me, sir... I know it ain't none of my business, but Lt. Mallory's right, sir. He DID sleep outside.

  Colonel Michael Otley : What's that?

  Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter : I got it right here in my diary.

  Colonel Michael Otley : You actually saw him?

  Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter : Not only saw him, I almost *sat* on him. Well, you see, me and my girlfriend was out there, lookin' at the moon...

  Colonel Michael Otley : [Interrupting]  Are you SURE it was Lt. Mallory?

  Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter : Oh, yes, sir. I never forget a face - especially when I've sat on it!

• Jean Howard : I'm not going to be talked to that way by you or anybody else - in or out of uniform. Now, who's your commanding officer?

  Colonel Michael Otley : My commanding officer?

  Jean Howard : Yes! I'm going to report you.

  Colonel Michael Otley : Report? Well, oh, if you were only a WAC!

• Captain Jack Ross : [racing past]  I got it! I got it! I got it!

  Colonel Michael Otley : Got what?

  Lieut. Don Mallory : An avocado, sir.

  Colonel Michael Otley : What's so startling about that?

  Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter : You know, General, he's the one expecting to become a mother.

  Colonel Michael Otley : Oh. That is startling.

• Colonel Michael Otley : And, of course, there may be a little Mallory. You must think of him.

  Lieut. Don Mallory : Oh, there won't be a little Mallory. Not for quite some time, sir.

  Colonel Michael Otley : I said that too and now our little Otley is piloting a Superfortress over Tokyo.

• Colonel Michael Otley : Attack your problem, my boy. Attack it. Mrs. Otley and I had the right idea 30 years ago. We made it a counter-order, no matter what rages in our hearts, to kiss each other. She'll find it pretty hard to shout at you after a kiss.

  Lieut. Don Mallory : But, you mean, I...

  Jean Howard : Are you suggesting that he kiss me?

  Colonel Michael Otley : As his commanding officer, it could be interpreted as an order!

• Colonel Michael Otley : See, a kiss. A foolish feminine smokescreen blows away.

• Colonel Michael Otley : Young people have to realize that society has certain moral rules and regulations. If they're broken, well, they have to pay the penalty, that's all.