Holiday Inn (1942)

Fred Astaire: Ted Hanover

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Quotes 

• Ted Hanover : It's going to be easy - like peeling a turtle.

• Lila Dixon : [to Ted]  I love you... and Jim.

  Ted Hanover : Well, I love Jim too... but let's not get too chummy.

• Ted Hanover : I like it here... with you and Linda.

  Jim Hardy : And we love having you. When are you leaving?

• Ted Hanover : Then I had a drink.

  Jim Hardy : A drink? Boy you were fractured!

• Ted Hanover : When a fellow is surprised to hear about his own wedding, brother that's when I go to work with a clear conscience.

• Jim Hardy : Lila's back in New York. I got a letter from her yesterday.

  Ted Hanover : What happened to her millionaire?

  Jim Hardy : Slight mistake there. He didn't own millions, he owed them.

  Ted Hanover : Poor girl. Always straying to greener pastures and finding spinach.

• Dance Extra : What is this the daisy chain?

  Ted Hanover : Sorry, we're just looking for the back of a woman we don't know.

• Ted Hanover : A gentle smile often breeds a kick in the pants.

• Lila Dixon : [about Jim]  I know, but he gets a look.

  Ted Hanover : Aw, he's always had that look. It doesn't mean anything emotionally. It has something to do with his... liver.

• Ted Hanover : [reading]  Come out and relax on a farm, music, dancing, home cooking. Open holidays only.

  [skeptical] 

  Ted Hanover : Open holiday's only? Say, how many of them are there?

  Jim Hardy : [excited]  About 15. That gives me 350 days to kick around in!

  Ted Hanover : [laughing]  You would think of that!

• Danny Reed : How'd he get that far in five minutes?

  Ted Hanover : The lady must have been willing.

  Danny Reed : The world can't do this to us!

• [talking about peach preserves] 

  Ted Hanover : Oh boy, do I go for those! Why they're great on... on...

  [pause] 

  Ted Hanover : ... or even plain!

• Danny Reed : Happy New Year!

  Ted Hanover : Oh, don't do that.

• Ted Hanover : [about Jim]  Simply tell him you've made a mistake. You don't want to give up your career and live on a farm.

  Lila Dixon : But he's already bought the farm - and the license - and the ring. b