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The Courtship of Eddie's Father (film)
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father is a 1963 Metrocolor romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, and stars Glenn Ford as a widowed father and Ron Howard as his caring son.
Dialogue
Elizabeth Marten: [after closing the door behind her] I think he's going to be alright now.
Tom Corbett: A fish is a fish.
Elizabeth Marten: Tom.
Tom Corbett: A fish is a fish and his mother's is his mother!
Elizabeth Marten:: That isn't the point.Tom Corbett: He doesn't even care about those damn fish! I have to tell him to feed half of the time it just takes him about two seconds to give him a little!Elizabeth Marten:' He needed to cry.Tom Corbett: Well then cry according to the size of it!Elizabeth Marten: It doesn't work that way!Tom Corbett: Well I don't agree! Look if you're sad you cry. You don't save up your tears and go to a sad movie do you?Elizabeth Marten: But we do we all do! Were do you think we get the tears we cry at a movie?Tom Corbett: Tears for a mother cannot be the same as tears for a fish!Tom Corbett: Oh Tom can't we talk about this calmly? I want to help so much.Tom Corbett: Thank you very much! And thank you for kind plus and your fudge but we're doing just fine.Tom Corbett:''' I'm very sorry for all of you! Please forgive me! [Elizabeth runs to her apartment bedroom and slams the door behind her.]''
External Links
The Courtship of Eddie's Father at IMDb
Category:American romantic comedy films
Category:1963 films
Category:Films about widowhood
Category:Films directed by Vincente Minnelli