Georgia Garrett Quotes in Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Peter Virgil: There's something I just gotta do, I cant help myself.

Georgia Garrett: Well if you cant help yourself, you can't help yourself.

Peter Virgil: I gotta find the cable-gram.

Dudley: Oh! How do you do, Miss Garrett?

Georgia Garrett: Greetings, chum!

Dudley: My, we haven't seen you, let's see now, since you didn't go to Switzerland.

Georgia Garrett: Yeah, I got a big kick out of planning that trip. What looks good this time of year?

Dudley: How about the Canadian Rockies?

Georgia Garrett: Canadian Rockies? Don't you remember? I already haven't been there!

Georgia Garrett: I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with you.

Georgia Garrett: Its you or no one for me. Baby you're the one for me.

Georgia Garrett: Oscar! Aren't you going to kiss me?

Oscar Farrar: I don't know how. Will you show me?

[she kisses his cheek]

Oscar Farrar: You don't know how either!

Ship's doctor: Let me see your tongue.

[he bends over; we hear hs spine crack and he grabs his back]

Ship's doctor: Ow!

Georgia Garrett: What's the matter?

Ship's doctor: Well, I get dizzy when I bend. I must be coming down with something.

Georgia Garrett: Awww.

Ship's doctor: Thank you very much, yes. May I feel your pulse?

[she offers her wrist; he offers his to her]

Ship's doctor: You might as well feel mine, if you'd be so kind. Thank you.

[pause]

Ship's doctor: Yes, your pulse is normal.

Georgia Garrett: Yours is fast!

Ship's doctor: I was sure of it!

Georgia Garrett: Oscar! How did you get on this boat?

Oscar Farrar: I lied about my age.

Oscar Farrar: Incidentally, I picked up your last two paychecks. It was barely enough to pay for my plane ticket down here. Didn't even leave me enough to buy you a present! I feel like a cad.

Georgia Garrett: You crook. You can go to jail for that.

Oscar Farrar: Marry me and you won't have to testify against me.

Oscar Farrar: I guess I'll just have to bury myself in my work.

[plays piano]

Georgia Garrett: Is that your Brooklyn Rhapsody?

Oscar Farrar: Who said anything about Brooklyn? It's now called the Caribbean Rhapsody. I'm very adaptable.

Georgia Garrett: Have you finished it yet?

Oscar Farrar: I don't want to finish it. People will like it. They'll make a big fuss over me, I'll have no time for myself, I'll be the toast of the town, and then what happens to that sweet boy you and I both love?

Georgia Garrett: Aren't you being modest? I have confidence in you, Oscar.

Oscar Farrar: Everybody has confidence in me. That's my trouble. In high school I was voted the boy most likely to succeed. In college they said I had a brilliant future.

[pause]

Oscar Farrar: I wonder whatever became of me.