Holiday for Lovers (1959)

Carol Lynley: Betsy Dean

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Quotes 

• Betsy Dean : Pop's pretty bugged, isn't he?

  Robert Dean : I certainly am not - pretty bugged - assuming that means what I think it means. Even if it doesn't - I'm not.

• Meg Dean : Eduardo says I have talent.

  Betsy Dean : Talent for what?

• Betsy Dean : Meg snaps her fingers and the rest of us jump. In this family it's always Meg, Meg, Meg.

• Betsy Dean : What's rocking? Roll?

• Betsy Dean : Do you think Meg could really dig a man that age?

• Betsy Dean : Isn't it funny how modern everything is. I never knew it was so modern down here. Well, I always thought it was, you know, twisty streets, a lot of weirdos sitting around. What I'm trying to say is, South America is really very groovy.

• Betsy Dean : Leave here now?

  Mrs. Mary Dean : Yes, go down to the desk and ask if there's any mail. Take all the time you need to do it. Demand some mail.

  Betsy Dean : I wonder what cave people did with younger daughters when there was no mail desk to send them off to.

  Robert Dean : Ate them.

• Betsy Dean : Tomato is out-of-date jive talk for chick or girl.

• Betsy Dean : Hey, there's a gasser going on in there. Really kooky!

• Betsy Dean : You can't go around spanking everybody just because they don't want to get married. Anyway, I do need some more education. Besides, I don't want to give up water skiing yet. We have a water skiing club at home and - it's the only thing I'm really good at in the whole world, frankly.

  Tech Sgt. Paul Gattling : Get over here. Water skiing...

  [grabs Betsy, puts her across his knee, and repeatedly spanks her] 

  Betsy Dean : Oh, stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

  Tech Sgt. Paul Gattling : Water skiing this!

  Betsy Dean : Stop it! Stop it! Let go! Stop it! Oh! Stop it.

  [Robert and Mary rush in] 

  Betsy Dean : He hit me!

  Tech Sgt. Paul Gattling : [shaking his hand]  Oh wee, she's hard!

  Mrs. Mary Dean : Well, I'm glad there's something to show for all those ballet lessons. Would you like some more chocolates?

  Robert Dean : It's bad enough he's trying to marry her. You don't have to reward him for attempted assault!

  Mrs. Mary Dean : Is that bad, trying to marry her?

  Robert Dean : Betsy is a child.

  Tech Sgt. Paul Gattling : She don't neck like no child.

• Betsy Dean : You're getting your strength back?

  Tech Sgt. Paul Gattling : Yeah, and if I get the whole thing back, I may turn you over my knee and spank you.

• Mrs. Mary Dean : When he first saw you, Betsy, he was in good health. Look at him now. Congratulations.

  Betsy Dean : We've really got kind of a hydrogen bomb on the poor squares haven't we?

  Mrs. Mary Dean : Oh, yes, yes. Sure. We're real killers, we are.