Louisa (1950)
Piper Laurie: Cathy Norton
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Quotes
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Cathy Norton : Mother! Father! Come down here right away!
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Harold 'Hal' Norton : Mother, have you been playing bridge... any of these nights?
Louisa Norton : No, son. I've been seeing a good deal of Mr. Hammond.
Harold 'Hal' Norton : Well, don't you think you might have told us?
Cathy Norton : She's ashamed because he's a grocer.
Meg Norton : Cathy, don't you ever say that again.
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Harold 'Hal' Norton : Mother, Cathy tells me you were at the picture show.
Cathy Norton : Holding hands with Mr. Hammond. I saw it with my own eyes.
Louisa Norton : I didn't think you and Jimmy had a chance to see much of anything.
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Cathy Norton : Hi, dad. Tell mom Jimmy's staying for dinner.
Harold 'Hal' Norton : Jimmy can't stay for dinner tonight.
Cathy Norton : Not so loud, he'll hear you.
[as Hal goes downstairs, stepping over the dog on one step]
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Cathy Norton : You take grandma's love life very seriously, but nobody pays any attention to mine.
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Cathy Norton : I may not know statistics, but I know grandma.
Chris Norton : Maybe you're on the wrong track. Maybe grandma was kidnapped.
Cathy Norton : Like father, like son.
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Abel Burnside : [on telephone to the police] This is Abel Burnside speaking. Now, you boys had better snap to it or you'll be pounding a beat in the suburbs.
Cathy Norton : This is the suburbs
Abel Burnside : [into the phone] We... well, you'll be in real trouble.
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Cathy Norton : [at Louisa's wedding] Mother, how can you be so sentimental?
Meg Norton : [wiping her tears] Cathy, it's just beautiful at any age.
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Louisa Norton : Oh, ho. I don't know when I've enjoyed dancing so much.
Abel Burnside : Louisa, I don't believe any woman in the world could be so light on her feet.
Louisa Norton : Oh, Abel.
Bob Stewart : [to Cathy] Where did he get that line?
Cathy Norton : If you ask me, they've both been exhibitionists.
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Cathy Norton : Well, I still don't believe grandma would do anything foolish.
Harold 'Hal' Norton : Cathy, you are 17 years of age. You have no idea of the behavior of people in their 60s. There are hundreds of statistics that prove they become despondent and then... well.