Room for One More (1952)

Betsy Drake: Anna Perrott Rose

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Quotes 

• Anna Perrott Rose : What's that supposed to be?

  George 'Poppy' Rose : A woman.

  Anna Perrott Rose : Not a very good likeness...

  George 'Poppy' Rose : I had to draw it from memory.

• Anna Perrott Rose : Sir, are you married?

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Sometimes I wonder.

• Anna Perrott Rose : This child has been through a lot. She's a disturbed adolescent.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : I'm a disturbed adult.

• Anna Perrott Rose : [asked what she's doing as she's spanking Jimmy John]  Something I should've done a long time ago.

  [lets him up] 

  Jimmy : I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE!

  Anna Perrott Rose : Go right ahead.

  Jimmy : I NEVER SHOULD'VE ASKED YOU TO LET ME STAY HERE, I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE AND GOING SOMEWHERE I CAN DO WHAT I WANT.

  Anna Perrott Rose : [stands up]  Go right ahead, but leave behind everything we've EVER given you.

  [to the dog] 

  Anna Perrott Rose : And you get out of the way.

• Anna Perrott Rose : Don't be a goof.

• Anna Perrott Rose : I wouldn't worry if I were you. Jane's a very competent girl.

  Harry Foreman : So was Lucretia Borgia.

• Jane Miller : Nobody wants children.

  Anna Perrott Rose : Oh, Jane.

  Jane Miller : They're just something that happens to a woman when she gets married.

• Anna Perrott Rose : Will you please go to bed. Go on. This is woman's work.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : In this house, woman's work is never done - not even started.

• George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie : [singing]  Row, Row, Row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Life is but a dream

  George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie , Anna Perrott Rose : Row, Row, Row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Life is but a dream

  George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie , Anna Perrott Rose , Jane Miller : Come, Come, Come along, Join us in the boat, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Down the stream we float

  George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie , Anna Perrott Rose , Jane Miller , Tim : Come, Come, Come along, Join us in the boat, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Down the stream we float

  George 'Poppy' Rose , Teenie , Anna Perrott Rose , Jane Miller , Tim , Trot : Fun, Fun, Fun for all, When we sing a song, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, As we row along...

• Anna Perrott Rose : You're a good kid, Poppy.

  [kiss] 

  Anna Perrott Rose : I think I'll adopt you.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Let's keep this on a husband and wife level.

  [squeezes Anna] 

  Anna Perrott Rose : Please, I've got to do the dishes.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Always got to do something. Do the dishes. Feed the cat. Feed the dog. Feed the children. Did it ever occur to you that I might need...

  [Anna sticks the sponge in George's mouth, he removes it] 

  George 'Poppy' Rose : Man does not live by bread alone.

  [kiss] 

  Anna Perrott Rose : Oh! I think I better go and see what the children are doing.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : How did we ever have 'em in the first place?

• George 'Poppy' Rose : There might be something wrong with that what's-his-name? Jimmy-John.

  Anna Perrott Rose : I've got a hunch the boy's all right.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : You had a hunch our old cat was a male.

• George 'Poppy' Rose : That's a pretty dress you've got on.

  Anna Perrott Rose : Oh, shut up.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : That's what I say.

• Anna Perrott Rose : You little brat. Come here!

  [pulls Jimmy-John over her knee and starts to spank him] 

  Jimmy : Ow! Hey, cut it out! Cut it out!

  Jane Miller : Stop it! Mother, what are you doing to him?

  Anna Perrott Rose : Something I should have done long ago.

• Jimmy : Who wants to read?

  Anna Perrott Rose : Don't you want to know as much as the other children in your class?

  Jimmy : They don't know from nuttin'.

  Anna Perrott Rose : Well, believe me, if you don't learn how to read you won't know form nuttin' either.

• Anna Perrott Rose : Why should Jane be hurt?

  Trot : Because it's only the New Year's Prom held on New Year's Eve and it's only formal and you only have to wear an evening gown.

  Teenie : Janie hasn't even got a day gown.

• Anna Perrott Rose : We manage to get by. Of course, sometimes we have to add a little water to our soup; but, we keep our figures that way.

• Anna Perrott Rose : Wasn't it nice of the Roberts to invite the children to spend the night. It will seem so lonely without them. I won't know what to do with myself.

  George 'Poppy' Rose : I will.

• Miss Kenyon : I have one all picked out for you. I've just been praying for someone to make an offer like your's today. Sit down. We really have an emergency.

  Anna Perrott Rose : An emergency?

  Miss Kenyon : A child who was just brought to us. She'll be a lot of trouble. A disturbed adolescent. She tried to commit suicide.

  Anna Perrott Rose : Oh, well now, look, all I want is a sweet little child that plays hopscotch.