- Gee, Mr. Hopper. That's awful nice of ya. A new pair of shoes!
- Elevator shoes. Add an inch to ya. Keep you from hitting under the ball.
8 seconds sound clip from the The Jackie Robinson Story movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:53:15.338 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You better not play tomorrow, get me? Get me?
- We'll just walk to the bus with you.
- Shorty?
- Got a little present for you.
- Yeah, here. Just what you need.
- Gee, Mr. Hopper. That's awful nice of ya. A new pair of shoes!
- Elevator shoes. Add an inch to ya. Keep you from hitting under the ball.
- Say, that's wonderful. That's a great idea. Thanks a lot, Mr. Hopper. Sure hope they'll work.
- Watch that, Shorty. Remember, you're an inch taller now.
- That's the way to go, George. Nice going.
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