Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Robert Hutton: Cpl. Slim Green

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Quotes 

• Barbara Stanwyck : I thought you were hungry, Slim?

  Cpl. Slim Green : I am, ma'am, but, my stomach sort of jumped up into my heart.

• Jane Wyman : Barbara, here's a hungry soldier. Feed him plenty.

  Barbara Stanwyck : Okay.

  Cpl. Slim Green : You're Barbara Stanwyck.

  Barbara Stanwyck : How can you tell?

  Cpl. Slim Green : Because you look like you look only more so than I thought.

  Barbara Stanwyck : Well, I'm sorry I'm such a disappointment.

  Cpl. Slim Green : Disappointment? My gosh, I was more crazy about you than anybody until...

  Barbara Stanwyck : What came between us?

  Cpl. Slim Green : Joan Leslie.

  Barbara Stanwyck : Oh, darn! Well, maybe its for the best. Can I tell my husband its all over between us?

• Cpl. Slim Green : I know you've been right up close to Joan Leslie.

  Jack Carson : Oh, it's that way.

  Cpl. Slim Green : I used to dream about her in New Guinea.

  Jack Carson : Well, I guess she's been dreamed about clear around the world.

• John Garfield : Slim Green it affords me the greatest of pleasure to present tonight's kiss giver outer. The rest is is your hands.

  Joan Leslie : Hello, Slim.

  Cpl. Slim Green : I didn't know you were quite so beautiful.

  Joan Leslie : I don't know what to say. So, I guess you better kiss me.

  [kiss] 

  Joan Leslie : Good luck.

  Cpl. Slim Green : Thanks. I'll never forget.

• Cpl. Slim Green : Holy smoke, you're Mrs. Skeffington, I mean, Bette Davis, aren't you? I saw you on the hospital ship before you were even released on the mainland. I mean, the picture. And that's one of the advantages we have over you civilians. We see the newest pictures before you do.

• S.Z. Sakall : You are looking for somebody.

  Cpl. Slim Green : I sure am.

  S.Z. Sakall : I think you mean what I know. I was in the last War. I remember. A weekend pass. A pretty girl. A little music.

• Cpl. Slim Green : I could have a date with Joan Leslie?

  Bette Davis : What do you say, Joan?

  Joan Leslie : I'm flattered and honored to be chosen, Slim. I'll try to show you a good time.

  Cpl. Slim Green : Golly.

• Jimmy Dorsey : Joanie, how 'bout singing a chorus with the band?

  Joan Leslie : All right, Jimmy.

  [to Slim] 

  Joan Leslie : Do you mind?

  Cpl. Slim Green : I'd love it!

  Joan Leslie : [singing]  Good night, Sweet dreams, Tomorrow's another day, 'Til then, Sweet dreams, Sweetheart, Good night, Sleep tight, I'll see you along the way, In dreams, Sweet dreams, Sweetheart...

• Cpl. Slim Green : It's all right to keep on dreaming about you?

  Joan Leslie : Oh, please. And me too, you.

• Cpl. Slim Green : I happen to be number one million; but, I just represent every fellow who's ever come here. Gosh, I might have been a soldier, a flyer, or a sailor of the British Commonwealth of Nations, or, a Chinese air cadet here to learn to fly. I might have been one of our good friends from Russia or one of our own colored boys. I might have come from the Philippines across the Pacific or from down under from New Zealand or Australia, or maybe been a Free Frenchman. I might have been one of the boys from South America or from our next door neighbor, Mexico. Or, maybe escaped from Norway or the Netherlands or Denmark or Greece or Poland or Czechoslovakia or any of the countries. I might have been wearing kilts like a Scotsman; but, believe me, if I was, you could see my knees shaking right now. So, I was all you fellas rolled up into one when they made this short leave in Hollywood into some kind of a paradise for me. We've seen people we've dreamed of, up close. So, we found them all as real as they are famous. They wait on us. They wash our dishes. They actually come up here every night to make us laugh or - even choke up a little. Whatever they do they make us forget for awhile where we've been - or where we're going. Still, I think we'll remember longest that most of us arrived here lonely. But, after coming to the Canteen we weren't lonely any more.