The Little Colonel (1935)

Geneva Williams: Maria

Quotes 

• Col. Lloyd : Maria, I've got a young lady here whose clothes need drying.

  Maria : Yes, sir?

  Col. Lloyd : Well, take her!

  Maria : But Colonel sir, what can I put her in while her clothes is a-dryin'? I ain't got nothin' for a little girl to wear.

  Col. Lloyd : Uh, Walker, go up into the attic, and you'll find a small trunk. There may be some clothes in there that will fit Miss Lloyd.

  Walker : A small trunk in the attic, sir?

  Col. Lloyd : Yes, you numbskull! Don't you understand English? Attend to it right away.

  [the Colonel leaves] 

  Walker : Do you know whose trunk that is and whose clothes they is?

  Maria : Course I do. You go on now and fetch them things. We don't want no menfolk 'round here.

  Walker : With that face, you don't have to worry!

• Maria : My, my, you is the spittin' image of your mother. You got the same goldy hair and pinky cheeks.

  Miss Lloyd Sherman : Did my mother have a temper, too?

  Maria : Yes, indeed she did.