Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Vicky Standing: Maybe someday you'll teach me an Indian dance.
Little Chief: Unh.
Susannah Sheldon: Isn't he rude? These Indians certainly are a problem.
Vicky Standing: You don't seem to have much trouble handling Little Chief.
Susannah Sheldon: It took time for me to understand him, though, but it was worth it.
Vicky Standing: Really?
Susannah Sheldon: Yes, because I expect to be here for a long time. But it wouldn't be worthwhile for you to go to all that trouble, because you're going home soon.
Vicky Standing: Am I?
Susannah Sheldon: Aren't you? Mr. Pat said you were, and I expect you wouldn't like it out here anyway, because it's full of ...
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague: Sue, that's enough. Goodnight, now.
Susannah Sheldon: Goodnight.

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Susannah Sheldon: He's in love with her!
Pat O'Hannegan: Aye, me doll, 'tis one of the delightful misfortunes that overtakes the male of the species. 'Tis me that knows.
Susannah Sheldon: I wish she'd go back where she came from!
Pat O'Hannegan: Oh, you're jealous, you are.
Susannah Sheldon: I am not! But she couldn't take care of him the way we do! I'll bet she couldn't even make his bed! And you're not doing it right, either!
Pat O'Hannegan: Oh, I'm not, ain't I?
Susannah Sheldon: You haven't the covers up close enough for around his neck. And you should unfold his nightshirt and have it all laid out for him.
Pat O'Hannegan: What are you trying to do, spoil him? Here, give me that!
Susannah Sheldon: Oh, Mr. Pat, and I taught him how to dance with her!

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Vicky Standing: Dad didn't think I should come, even for a visit.
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague: You must find it rather rugged.
Vicky Standing: I've been wondering...
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague: What?
Vicky Standing: Well, whatever was it that made a man like you take a job like this?
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague: There are times when it's rather hum-drum, but right now you're here.
Vicky Standing: And I'm going to change things. Inspector Montague, we're going to give a dance next Wednesday night. A real one. Dress uniform and frills.
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague: A dance?
Vicky Standing: You do dance, don't you?
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague: Well, I - yes, yes, of course.
Vicky Standing: Splendid. Being the only woman in the vicinity, I'm bound to be popular.

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The Indians used in this picture are from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana.
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