The More the Merrier Page #2

Synopsis: It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
Genre: Comedy, Romance, War
Director(s): George Stevens
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PASSED
Year:
1943
104 min
485 Views


and I finish dressing.

Then you put on your shoes,

and take off my eggs at 7.16.

At 7.17, you start to shave.

At 7.18, I eat my eggs...

..and at 7.21, I'm in the bathroom

fixing my hair...

At 7.24, you're in the kitchen

putting on your eggs...

At 7.25, you make your bed...

7.26, I make MY bed...

Then, while you're eating your eggs,

I take out the papers and cans...

At 7.29, you're washing the dishes,

and at 7.30, we're all finished.

You see.

It's really very simple.

Do we do all this Railroad Time,

or Eastern War Time?

When you hear my alarm go off,

you'll know it's 7 o'clock.

You're a very systematic girl,

aren't you?

I used to work in the

Office of Facts and Figures.

- OH!

- Goodnight.

Miss Milligan!

By the way...

Why aren't you married,

Miss Milligan?

Well, really!

Some high-type, clean-cut...

nice young fellow.

If you don't mind, Mr Dingle.

Of course, there's not many men about,

nowadays...

But there's always one

if you're out to get one.

Maybe I don't want to get married!

Well, don't you?!

Or maybe you do.

Well...

Come, come, Miss Milligan...

- Make up your mind!

- Make up my mind?!

You know..."Damn the torpedoes...

Full steam ahead!"

That's what Admiral Farragut said.

Of all times, Miss Milligan, this is

no time to be indecisive.

If you expect to get along here,

Mr Dingle...

You have to learn

to mind your own business.

In these days, Miss Milligan, everybody's business

is everybody's business.

War brings people closer together,

you know,

Not you and me, Mr Dingle...

Good night!

Mind your own business!

A man's in his own room,

minding his own business...

And who else gives him a course in...

One more thing...

We'd better not leave

the apartment together...

...in the morning.

You mean, because people might think...

Well...not exactly...

but people are so...

ME!?

Of course.

Thank you, Miss Milligan.

I thank you, indeed!

Good night!

Jimmy Doolittle flew over the seas...

He wants to nip at the Nipponese...

There's a cloud I've looked along...

Said, "By golly, there's Tokyo!"

Jimmy Doolittle...he understood...

He doo-diddle-doody...

And he dooed it good!

Somewhere Jimmy had heard it said...

"Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!"

Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead.

Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead.

Mr Dingle...

Mr Dingle.

Yes, Miss Milligan?

Do you smoke in bed?

No...I sleep in bed.

Do I smell smoke?

Only the smoke of burning memories,

Miss Milligan...

Rising from the smouldering embers

of my romantic youth.

Do you keep a diary, Miss Milligan?

No I don't...of course not.

Why do you ask?

There are 2 kinds of people...

Those who don't do

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