- I'm taking my cat. Lady Babbie goes wherever I go.
- Where are you gonna keep her? Cooped up in a tenement?
— Agnes Smith (Joan Carroll), Katie (Marjorie Main)
6 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:12:42.701 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Now, you all know very well I was talking about the chickens.
- Oh, of course. Never mind what happens to your family. At a time like this, talk about the chickens.
- Now, I guess you're all a little excited. We'll talk this over calmly tomorrow.
- Well, hickory nut cake as only Katie can make it.
- I can't move to New York. I just can't.
- I'm taking my cat. Lady Babbie goes wherever I go.
- Where are you gonna keep her? Cooped up in a tenement?
- For pity's sake, don't they have houses in New York?
- Rich people have houses. People like us live in flats. Hundreds of flats in one building.
- And what about the world's fair?
- Just when St. Louis was going to be the center of attraction of the entire universe.
[...]