The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression.
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00:00 [Music]
00:00:12 [Music]
00:00:41 [Music]
00:01:10 [Music]
00:01:19 George Thomas Sullivan, I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
00:01:24 [Music]
00:01:32 Francis Henry Sullivan, I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
00:01:37 [Music]
00:01:43 Joseph Eugene Sullivan, I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
00:01:48 [Music]
00:01:51 Madison Abel Sullivan, I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
00:01:57 [Music]
00:02:04 Albert Leo Sullivan, I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
00:02:10 [Indistinct shouting]
00:02:35 Okay, Pop.
00:02:43 A man can't hear himself shaving.
00:02:51 Morning, Pop.
00:02:52 Morning, George.
00:02:54 Why do you always cut yourself?
00:02:55 Oh, don't ask so many questions.
00:03:02 Morning, Pop.
00:03:03 Morning, Frank.
00:03:04 Cut yourself again, huh?
00:03:06 What does it look like?
00:03:07 A bad shave.
00:03:13 Morning, Pop.
00:03:14 Good morning, Joe.
00:03:16 Can't you shave without cutting your face all the time?
00:03:19 Look, mister, this is the first time I've cut my face in a month.
00:03:23 That's what you said last week.
00:03:26 Oh, Philly's won yesterday, Pop.
00:03:28 Who pitched?
00:03:29 Mitchell.
00:03:30 Good pitcher.
00:03:35 Good morning, Pop.
00:03:36 Good morning, Matt.
00:03:38 Yes, I cut myself again.
00:03:42 Have you been in here yet?
00:03:43 No.
00:03:44 Go ahead, go ahead.
00:03:57 Oh, good morning, Pop.
00:03:58 Good morning, Al.
00:04:01 Let me see your new cut.
00:04:03 All right.
00:04:05 There.
00:04:07 Oh, it'll go away in a couple of days.
00:04:12 Thank you, doctor.
00:04:13 What are the charges?
00:04:14 Uh, a nickel.
00:04:16 Hmm.
00:04:19 That's on the count.
00:04:20 A penny.
00:04:21 Don't forget, I've got four pennies coming.
00:04:23 All right, I won't.
00:04:24 Al, Pop, come to breakfast.
00:04:27 And Al, don't slide down the banister.
00:04:32 Oh, boy!
00:04:35 Woo-woo!
00:04:41 Ow!
00:04:43 It's Al.
00:04:44 He slipped down the banister again.
00:04:46 Oh, if you rush to them every time, even when there's no screaming, you wear yourself out, child.
00:04:53 Now, you see what you get for being smart?
00:04:56 Hold that, Alonia.
00:04:57 Hurt yourself?
00:04:58 I didn't hurt myself.
00:04:59 I did it like that on purpose.
00:05:01 Do you need the Yarnica?
00:05:02 Where?
00:05:03 I don't need none.
00:05:04 I'm okay.
00:05:06 How many times has Mother told you not to slide down the banisters?
00:05:10 Now, go on.
00:05:11 Get into breakfast, all of you.
00:05:12 Go on.
00:05:22 Get your nose out of that.
00:05:24 And what do I have to do to keep you off that banister?
00:05:26 Give me a nickel.
00:05:27 Yes, I'll nickel you if you do it again.
00:05:29 Now, you sit up down there.
00:05:30 Put that napkin under your chin.
00:05:32 I'm going to break my back washing out shirts for you to dribble on them.
00:05:35 Does it say anything in the paper ball who's pitching for the Phillies today?
00:05:39 Nope, Frank.
00:05:40 Don't mess that paper before your father sees it.
00:05:42 Don't hide it, Al.
00:05:43 Give me a chance, will ya?
00:05:45 Quiet and eat your breakfast.
00:05:46 If I ever trade with you again, I hope somebody hits me in the eye.
00:05:49 Well, I can do that for you, you see.
00:05:51 Boys, boys, now stop that.
00:05:52 Stop it.
00:05:53 You hear me?
00:05:54 He traded me right and real for a liter and four hooks, and he only gave me two.
00:05:58 When he gives me the other two, I'll give him a real.
00:06:00 That's all I said I'd give him was two.
00:06:02 He's always backing out of something.
00:06:04 He's always making a trade.
00:06:06 Just a minute.
00:06:07 Quiet, please.
00:06:08 Now, let's get this straight.
00:06:09 What did you say you traded?
00:06:10 I said--
00:06:11 Four hooks and a liter.
00:06:12 One at a time, please.
00:06:13 What did you say you traded?
00:06:14 Two hooks and a liter.
00:06:15 He said four hooks, Ma.
00:06:17 Was it two hooks or four hooks?
00:06:19 Now, let's have the truth.
00:06:20 Did you say two hooks or four hooks?
00:06:22 Well, I said--
00:06:25 Four?
00:06:26 Yes, Ma.
00:06:27 Now.
00:06:30 Thanks, son, for telling me the truth.
00:06:32 Now give him the other two hooks.
00:06:36 Mom!
00:06:37 Stand by and pay the water bill, will you?
00:06:39 What, again?
00:06:40 Yeah, again.
00:06:42 Did you forget something, Pa?
00:06:45 No, I did not.
00:06:47 Then I'll throw this away.
00:06:53 You're a good little girl.
00:06:56 [music playing]
00:07:00 Look, look!
00:07:01 I found one bigger than this, Ma!
00:07:05 Where?
00:07:06 There!
00:07:07 There!
00:07:08 There!
00:07:09 There!
00:07:10 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:11 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:12 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:13 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:14 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:15 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:16 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:17 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:18 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:19 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:20 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:21 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:22 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:23 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:24 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:25 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:26 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:27 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:28 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:29 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:30 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:31 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:32 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:33 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:34 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:35 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:36 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:37 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:38 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:39 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:40 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:41 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:42 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:43 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:44 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:45 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:46 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:47 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:48 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:49 Oh, there's a big one!
00:07:50 Hey, wait for me!
00:07:57 Hey, wait for me!
00:08:14 Hey, wait for me!
00:08:38 Hey, wait for me!
00:09:02 Hey, wait for me!
00:09:26 Hey, wait for me!
00:09:50 Hey, wait for me!
00:10:14 Hey, wait for me!
00:10:38 Hey, wait for me!
00:11:07 - No, wait a minute. - Come on, Jimmy.
00:11:08 - No. - No, wait a minute.
00:11:10 Now, you know, you're making your first communion tomorrow,
00:11:14 and you've got to be at confession in an hour.
00:11:16 So, you run on upstairs and get yourself washed,
00:11:18 and I'll be up in a little while and change your clothes, huh?
00:11:20 Could I wear my new suit?
00:11:21 Yes, but you get so much as a speck of dust on it,
00:11:24 and you'll hear from me.
00:11:36 Albert, you go now.
00:11:38 Yes.
00:11:39 [Thud]
00:11:40 [Thud]
00:12:09 Al's about going into confession now.
00:12:11 Poor small change. I bet she's plenty scared.
00:12:14 I sure was.
00:12:15 Once a little squirt like him got to confess, he ain't done nothing.
00:12:18 Not like you, huh, Matty boy?
00:12:20 Ninety-nine years old and full of sins.
00:12:22 Okay, give me a U-miss.
00:12:25 It hit a rock! I get that over!
00:12:27 [Grunts]
00:12:28 - Hi, fellas. - Hi.
00:12:31 What kind of a dog's that?
00:12:33 - A mongrel hound. - A mongrel hound?
00:12:35 There's no such a dog.
00:12:37 That's what you think. He's a full-blooded mongrel hound.
00:12:39 I bet you he's not. I bet you there's no such a dog.
00:12:42 Smart guy.
00:12:43 Just go down and ask the gentleman who lives in the shack on the edge of the dump.
00:12:47 He ought to know. He'd give him to us.
00:12:48 An old flea-bitten mutt.
00:12:50 Ha-ha.
00:12:51 And they got him from the dump.
00:12:53 Hey, Ernie, come here.
00:12:55 Look at the old mutt that Sullivan's got from the dump.
00:12:58 Pee-ew. What a flea bag.
00:13:00 You don't like our dog, huh?
00:13:02 What a hound! You said it.
00:13:04 Why don't your mother cut him up for stew?
00:13:06 I bet you that's all I eat over at Sullivan's.
00:13:08 Dog meat.
00:13:09 Well, boys, here we go.
00:13:11 [dog whining]
00:13:13 [dog whining]
00:13:15 [dog whining]
00:13:17 [whistling]
00:13:19 [footsteps]
00:13:22 [footsteps]
00:13:24 [footsteps]
00:13:26 [footsteps]
00:13:28 [footsteps]
00:13:30 [footsteps]
00:13:33 [door opens]
00:13:34 [whistling]
00:13:36 [whistling]
00:13:39 [whistling]
00:13:41 [whistling]
00:13:43 [whistling]
00:13:45 [whistling]
00:13:47 [whistling]
00:13:50 [whistling]
00:13:52 [whistling]
00:13:54 [whistling]
00:13:56 [whistling]
00:13:58 [whistling]
00:14:01 [whistling]
00:14:03 [whistling]
00:14:05 [whistling]
00:14:07 [dog whining]
00:14:09 [dog whining]
00:14:12 [dog whining]
00:14:14 [dog whining]
00:14:16 [dog whining]
00:14:18 [dog whining]
00:14:20 [dog whining]
00:14:23 Does it hurt, Al?
00:14:24 Does it hurt?
00:14:25 No!
00:14:26 Fighting and on the very eve of your first communion.
00:14:28 And look at your new suit. Ruined.
00:14:31 Now what am I going to do with you?
00:14:33 Let me see that eye.
00:14:35 Oh!
00:14:36 Oh, my poor baby. They hung one on you for fair.
00:14:38 But we won, Ma!
00:14:40 Ouch! Look at what you're doing!
00:14:42 Why are you mad at us, Ma? We won!
00:14:44 That's not the point.
00:14:46 You've got no right to be fighting and brawling in the very shadow of the church.
00:14:49 [music]
00:14:51 That settles it. No first communion for you, Al.
00:14:53 Oh, Ma, but I stayed. Good sister said I was the best in the class.
00:14:58 [music]
00:14:59 Well, all right.
00:15:01 All of you go on down to the priest's house and make a clean breast of the whole affair to Father Francis.
00:15:06 Let him decide if it's beyond me and that's a fact.
00:15:09 Me too.
00:15:10 Oh, wait a minute.
00:15:11 Go down the alley so no one will see you.
00:15:14 I don't want people to think I've raised a lot of hoodlums.
00:15:16 And stop at the butcher's shop and buy a small round steak to put on Al's eye.
00:15:20 Did you hear me?
00:15:21 Yes, yes.
00:15:22 [music]
00:15:25 So George got mean with Adornick, huh?
00:15:28 Yes, Father.
00:15:29 Well, how do you feel about him, George?
00:15:31 The boy who threw the stone.
00:15:33 Well, I feel...
00:15:35 Do you hate him?
00:15:36 No, Father. It was Ernie Smith who threw it.
00:15:38 He's an all right guy.
00:15:40 It was in the fight.
00:15:41 I saw it coming and I forgot to duck.
00:15:43 [chuckles]
00:15:44 And you, Albert.
00:15:46 How do you feel about the boy that presented you with that Italian sunset of an eye?
00:15:50 That's Shiner, as you call it.
00:15:52 You can call it Shaddy, too.
00:15:53 Shiner or Shaddy.
00:15:54 Thank you, Joe.
00:15:56 Well, Albert, next time you see this boy, you gonna start fighting again?
00:16:00 Oh, no, Father. The fight's all over. We won.
00:16:04 All right, then it's over and done with. It's settled for good and for all.
00:16:07 Oh, sure. We won. It's all over.
00:16:09 Now you bear no grudges.
00:16:10 Oh, no, Father.
00:16:12 Well, all right, boys. You go home and tell your mother you can all go to communion tomorrow, right along with the best of them.
00:16:16 Whoopee!
00:16:17 Shut up. Thanks, Father.
00:16:19 Thanks a lot.
00:16:20 Just a moment, boys.
00:16:22 There you are.
00:16:28 Any of you boys like fishing?
00:16:30 Oh, I do. I do.
00:16:32 Well, there's a worm in this one.
00:16:33 Oh, there's a worm in it.
00:16:34 Oh, there's a worm.
00:16:36 Thanks a lot.
00:16:37 Bye, boys.
00:16:38 Bye.
00:17:03 We have a lot to be thankful for.
00:17:05 Yes.
00:17:09 For having such a fine family.
00:17:12 Did I get him before you do?
00:17:19 Yes, yes.
00:17:20 Last one in's a buck-rub.
00:17:22 Hey, fellas. Look what I found.
00:17:24 A bull.
00:17:25 Hey, wait for me.
00:17:27 Gee, we're the bull.
00:17:30 Hey, let's fix it up and sail it.
00:17:33 Sea's full of holes.
00:17:35 We can fix that easy.
00:17:36 How?
00:17:37 How come good with mud?
00:17:39 Mud's no good to keep our water.
00:17:41 It is if you let it get hard, you dog.
00:17:43 Oh.
00:17:44 Oh, boy.
00:17:46 Come on, let's pull her over the river.
00:17:47 Yeah, we'll put a mast on it.
00:17:48 Come on, eave!
00:17:49 Eave!
00:17:50 Eave!
00:17:52 Come on, eave!
00:17:53 Eave!
00:17:54 Eave!
00:17:55 Eave!
00:17:56 Eave!
00:17:57 Well, she's all ready.
00:18:12 Let's push her in.
00:18:14 Yeah, let's push her in.
00:18:15 Here we go.
00:18:17 Wait a minute.
00:18:18 We didn't crescent her yet.
00:18:20 Say, that's right.
00:18:21 You gotta crescent a ship or it's unlucky.
00:18:23 Hey, where's that bottle we...
00:18:24 Oh, here it is.
00:18:26 Okay, here goes.
00:18:27 What do we name her?
00:18:28 Let's call her the Leviathan.
00:18:30 She's the biggest ship there is.
00:18:32 Oh, my name rather somebody else's boat
00:18:34 that's got the name already.
00:18:35 I've got it at the jeepies.
00:18:37 The jeepies.
00:18:38 That's right.
00:18:39 Sure.
00:18:41 Stand back, everybody.
00:18:42 I'm gonna crescent.
00:18:43 I'm gonna crescent.
00:18:44 Give me that bottle.
00:18:45 Yeah, you want another punch in the nose?
00:18:48 Come on and try it.
00:18:49 Break it up.
00:18:51 Stand back, everybody.
00:18:52 I'm gonna crescent her.
00:18:53 Give it to me.
00:18:55 I'm gonna crescent her nose.
00:18:56 Cut it.
00:18:57 Let small change do it.
00:18:59 If you don't hit hard enough, the bottle won't break.
00:19:01 If the bottle don't break,
00:19:03 she'll sink before she launched even.
00:19:05 I'll break her.
00:19:06 Go ahead.
00:19:07 I crescent you the jeep.
00:19:09 Break!
00:19:10 Break!
00:19:11 Come on.
00:19:12 Come on, Shepard.
00:19:14 Break!
00:19:15 Break!
00:19:16 Hey, come on, straighten her out, you guys.
00:19:17 Paddle.
00:19:19 Okay.
00:19:20 That's it.
00:19:21 Come on, you old two on this side.
00:19:22 Okay, here we go.
00:19:24 Say, Skipper, we should button up the hatches
00:19:25 in the coming of the storm.
00:19:26 Button up the hatches?
00:19:28 That's a hot one.
00:19:29 You don't button up the hatches,
00:19:31 you button them down.
00:19:32 You crazy?
00:19:33 How can you button anything down?
00:19:35 Button up your latch.
00:19:37 Hey, Nick, what's your latch?
00:19:41 A bass!
00:19:42 A bass, he lays.
00:19:43 Rocks her back and face.
00:19:45 Pulls through the overhangs
00:19:48 in Minson Murphy's charter.
00:19:51 When low body smoke
00:19:53 is shot all about her,
00:19:56 it's an Irish breakfast crew.
00:19:58 I can make the mix of drool
00:20:01 in the overhangs
00:20:03 in Minson Murphy's charter.
00:20:06 Hey, there's a little in the abut.
00:20:12 Say, I guess she's leaking a little.
00:20:16 She's making plenty.
00:20:17 What do we do?
00:20:18 Pull for sure, Stater.
00:20:20 We only got three yards.
00:20:21 You jerks, it's a build.
00:20:23 We're going to sink.
00:20:25 Oh, no, we are.
00:20:26 Pull for sure, come on.
00:20:28 Yeah, ease.
00:20:29 I'm out.
00:20:30 I'm out.
00:20:31 I'm out.
00:20:32 I'm out.
00:20:34 I'm out.
00:20:35 I'm out.
00:20:36 Oh, bastards.
00:20:37 It's no use.
00:20:38 We'll have to abandon ship.
00:20:40 And you'll sink near me.
00:20:41 Say, what do you think I am, a baby?
00:20:43 OK, abandon ship.
00:20:44 [rushing water]
00:20:47 Help!
00:20:55 Help!
00:20:56 Help!
00:20:57 Help!
00:20:59 Help!
00:21:00 Help!
00:21:01 [splash]
00:21:02 Grab on and chase him!
00:21:03 Help!
00:21:05 Help!
00:21:06 Help!
00:21:07 Help!
00:21:08 Help!
00:21:09 Help!
00:21:11 Help!
00:21:12 Help!
00:21:13 Help!
00:21:14 [splash]
00:21:15 [splash]
00:21:17 [splash]
00:21:18 [splash]
00:21:19 [splash]
00:21:20 [splash]
00:21:21 [splash]
00:21:23 [splash]
00:21:24 [splash]
00:21:25 [splash]
00:21:26 [splash]
00:21:27 [splash]
00:21:29 [splash]
00:21:30 [music playing]
00:21:33 Boys.
00:21:37 Boys, I want you to promise me something.
00:21:39 Now, raise your right hand.
00:21:41 Go on, put them up.
00:21:43 On your sacred word of honor, I want you to promise me
00:21:46 that you'll never set foot in a boat again.
00:21:48 Oh, Mama.
00:21:49 Not until you're grown up.
00:21:50 We promise.
00:21:51 And I'm the one who's to say when you're grown up.
00:21:53 OK, Mama.
00:21:55 [music playing]
00:21:58 [music playing]
00:22:01 [music playing]
00:22:04 [music playing]
00:22:07 [music playing]
00:22:10 [music playing]
00:22:14 [music playing]
00:22:17 [chickens clucking]
00:22:20 Fetch a pail of water and get that garden hose connected.
00:22:22 What's the matter?
00:22:23 The shed's on fire.
00:22:24 [chickens clucking]
00:22:28 Make it come out of your nose.
00:22:30 Take out long puffs.
00:22:31 You don't haul it right.
00:22:32 See, I can do it.
00:22:36 Come on.
00:22:37 Come on over there.
00:22:38 Get out of there.
00:22:39 Hurry up.
00:22:40 Come on.
00:22:42 Don't turn it on.
00:22:46 Come on.
00:22:47 Now, you smoking?
00:22:48 Yes, corn silk.
00:22:49 Mm-hm.
00:22:51 Were you smoking?
00:22:52 Yes, sir.
00:22:53 You smoking?
00:22:54 Yes, sir.
00:22:55 You smoking?
00:22:57 Yes, sir.
00:22:58 Were you smoking?
00:23:02 Answer me.
00:23:03 Cat got your tongue?
00:23:04 Yes, sir.
00:23:06 We was only playing Indians, Pa, smoking a pipe of peas.
00:23:09 All right, come on.
00:23:10 Get in the house, all of you.
00:23:11 They're smoking.
00:23:12 Hurry up.
00:23:13 Tom.
00:23:15 Tom, you're not going to give them a licking so late in the afternoon.
00:23:17 After all, if they were smoking, it's no wonder, with their own father going around all day long
00:23:21 chewing and smoking.
00:23:22 It's only natural.
00:23:23 Old boys have a try at it.
00:23:25 I'm going to do this my own way.
00:23:30 You know, this was your idea.
00:23:34 In the parlor.
00:23:35 Go on, hurry up.
00:23:43 Tom, what are you going to do?
00:23:50 Go on about your work.
00:23:52 I'll take care of this.
00:23:58 Sit down.
00:24:00 Sit down.
00:24:03 Now, I want to tell you something about smoking.
00:24:08 It's not the best thing for boys to smoke.
00:24:11 For the good of your health, I'd hoped you'd put it off till you'd grown up.
00:24:14 But I guess you figure you're men already, and maybe you're right.
00:24:18 But if you're men enough to smoke, fine.
00:24:21 Then smoke like men, not like kids.
00:24:26 Not sneaking a few puffs of corn silk out in a shed.
00:24:31 Oh, no.
00:24:33 Men smoke tobacco.
00:24:36 Open, above board.
00:24:42 Now then.
00:24:45 That's for you.
00:24:47 That's for you.
00:24:48 That's for you.
00:24:50 That's for you.
00:24:52 And that's for you.
00:24:53 Me?
00:24:54 You.
00:24:59 Now light up, George.
00:25:02 That's it.
00:25:04 Now, Frank, puff.
00:25:08 Just as you did with the corn silk.
00:25:10 Only this is tobacco.
00:25:11 This is better than corn silk.
00:25:13 That's the boy.
00:25:15 Now, Matt, puff up.
00:25:17 Puff up more there.
00:25:19 That's the lad.
00:25:21 There we are.
00:25:22 Now pull in first, then puff out.
00:25:28 That's the way.
00:25:31 Now I'll join you.
00:25:37 Gee, Pa, you mean we can smoke whenever we please?
00:25:39 Sure.
00:25:40 Oh, boy.
00:25:41 I bet we're the only fellas our age in this town who can smoke.
00:25:44 I'll bet you are.
00:25:46 Hey, Frank, you're smoking like a girl.
00:25:50 Take a deep drag, way down your lungs.
00:25:53 Look, Pa, I'm more like you.
00:25:56 Well, you certainly are.
00:25:59 Remember, you're men now.
00:26:12 Oh, say, fellas, I forgot.
00:26:15 We need ashtrays.
00:26:19 I got it.
00:26:20 Throw up.
00:26:26 Now, Mrs. Sullivan, your boys are men.
00:26:42 You better go in before they get too sick.
00:26:48 There are no stones.
00:26:56 You can't do nothing.
00:26:57 They're going over to you, packing a lot of wood.
00:26:59 Oh, that's enough.
00:27:00 We'll go in.
00:27:01 OK.
00:27:08 Here's your breakfast, Al.
00:27:09 I'm not hungry.
00:27:11 Can I have some more pancakes?
00:27:12 Eat the pancakes you have on your plate.
00:27:14 Stuff the snow off your feet.
00:27:19 Say, some pancakes for me.
00:27:25 Hang your clothes up, George, Joe, Al.
00:27:28 I'm Frank, Pa.
00:27:29 That's what I said, Frank.
00:27:30 Hang your clothes up.
00:27:31 Jen, you've got the beds to do before school.
00:27:33 Yes, Mama.
00:27:36 Why can't people sleep all winter like bears
00:27:39 so there's only the one bed to make?
00:27:41 Hello, Rhode Island Red.
00:27:43 Better make up a mind.
00:27:44 It's more eggs or the stew pot.
00:27:45 Oh, I'll be baking tomorrow, so see that you
00:27:47 kids bring in plenty of wood.
00:27:49 It's Matt and Al's turn tomorrow.
00:27:51 Who's that maternity is?
00:27:52 Don't go skidding out of this house in the morning
00:27:54 without bringing in a big pile of wood.
00:27:55 OK.
00:27:56 Al, eat your breakfast.
00:27:58 I got a loose tooth.
00:28:01 Loose tooth?
00:28:02 George, get me a piece of string.
00:28:04 OK.
00:28:05 When are you going to get a new stove, Pa?
00:28:07 That money grows on elm trees.
00:28:09 But this year old thing's awful hard to maw.
00:28:12 Only thinking of your maw, huh?
00:28:14 Joe Leppert, he's an engineer on the local.
00:28:17 He built a wood box smack against the kitchen.
00:28:19 Then he cut a door on the inside.
00:28:21 And when the wood box was filled,
00:28:22 he never had to leave the kitchen.
00:28:23 Why don't you build one, Pa?
00:28:25 Oh, that's a job for carpenter.
00:28:29 Come on, Al.
00:28:30 What you going to do?
00:28:31 You'll see.
00:28:34 Sit down.
00:28:36 I'm going to pull your tooth in the simplest
00:28:38 and oldest way known to man.
00:28:40 No, it'll hurt.
00:28:42 Oh, now don't begin to holler before it hurts.
00:28:44 And it won't even hurt.
00:28:46 Here.
00:28:48 Now open your mouth.
00:28:49 No.
00:28:50 Oh, don't be a baby, Al.
00:28:51 It's very simple.
00:28:53 You take the thing like that.
00:28:54 You just take the loop and put it around your tooth.
00:28:59 My gold tooth.
00:29:00 Your gold tooth?
00:29:02 Well, if you wanted it out, too bad
00:29:03 you wouldn't go to a dentist.
00:29:04 [laughter]
00:29:07 First, we'll use that lamp that's
00:29:08 going to get his tail warm.
00:29:09 Come on, you guys.
00:29:22 Hurry up.
00:29:34 I'll get the tools, huh, Frank?
00:29:35 Yeah, a brake and bit and crosscut saw.
00:29:37 And a chisel and a climber.
00:29:40 And a big ruler.
00:29:41 OK.
00:29:42 I still say Pa's going to be sore.
00:29:51 Us getting this stuff on credit.
00:29:53 He's awful short right now.
00:29:55 There's more coal to buy.
00:29:56 Listen, you'll thank us.
00:29:58 Besides, what's two bucks?
00:30:00 $2.80.
00:30:01 Well, what's $2.80 compared to a new wood box?
00:30:03 $2.80 will always be a lot around here.
00:30:06 Think we didn't ought to do it, George?
00:30:07 You've done nothing but crap all day.
00:30:10 He ain't fooling.
00:30:11 Well, make up your mind.
00:30:12 Are you in this or out?
00:30:13 I'm in.
00:30:14 If I let the four of you alone, you'd wreck the place.
00:30:16 Oh, we would, huh?
00:30:17 Well, let me tell you something.
00:30:19 Just because you're the oldest don't make you the president
00:30:21 of the United States.
00:30:22 If this here wood box is--
00:30:23 The wood box is OK.
00:30:24 It's who's building it that worries me.
00:30:26 Oh, it is, is it?
00:30:28 Well, you can quit worrying because I'm
00:30:29 bossing this here job.
00:30:31 OK, boss.
00:30:32 Suit yourself, boss.
00:30:33 Go right ahead, boss.
00:30:35 But don't say I didn't warn you, boss.
00:30:37 Get out of here.
00:30:38 I'm getting boss.
00:30:40 When you're getting a jam, boss, be sure and don't call on me,
00:30:45 boss.
00:30:46 You know it all.
00:30:47 Hurry up with them tools.
00:30:49 Yeah, did you bring the ruler?
00:30:51 No.
00:30:52 Get the ruler.
00:30:53 How can a man saw straight without a ruler?
00:30:55 You going to tell us how to make it, Frank?
00:30:57 You're darn right I am.
00:30:59 First of all, we start marking off
00:31:00 where the hole should be cut.
00:31:02 Here's the ruler.
00:31:08 Hold this.
00:31:09 Should be three by six anyhow.
00:31:14 Gee, that's a big hole.
00:31:16 Yeah.
00:31:17 Sure it'll hold up plenty of wood.
00:31:19 Now give me that there bracing bit.
00:31:22 Joe, you go inside and see where she comes out.
00:31:25 Frank, your tools are not OK.
00:31:30 Am I going to have trouble with you two?
00:31:31 No, I don't think so.
00:31:33 OK, then.
00:31:34 When do you want me to start ripping?
00:31:45 Start tearing the boards off where the bit comes through.
00:31:48 Hand me an axe.
00:31:49 Here, take this.
00:31:51 It's like a piece of cheese, nothing to it.
00:32:19 What happened?
00:32:21 Hit a nail.
00:32:22 How are you doing, boss?
00:32:24 Oh, mind your own business.
00:32:26 We'll get her sharpened up again after.
00:32:28 Boss, I'm a particular boss after a saw.
00:32:31 Listen, let me see what we've done for him all along.
00:32:35 And George is out of it.
00:32:36 We'll leave you some.
00:32:37 Atta boy, Ozzie, you're doing fine.
00:32:45 It's a little dull, but I'll sharpen it up when we're finished.
00:32:57 I'll take over now, kid.
00:32:59 You ain't got the strength.
00:33:00 Gosh, it's tough at that.
00:33:13 This is a beamer, sir.
00:33:15 Now give me that tip of the old jigs and we'll knock out some of this and see what we've got.
00:33:30 Hey, what happened?
00:33:32 Stop, come in here.
00:33:33 I think something happened.
00:33:40 You gotta plug that out.
00:33:41 Give me that chair.
00:33:47 Here, put this over.
00:33:49 You gotta make it plug.
00:33:58 Take that jamb out right now.
00:33:59 Plug it out.
00:34:17 How you doing, boss?
00:34:18 I dry out.
00:34:20 It's you who better dry out.
00:34:22 Who are you?
00:34:32 Holy smokes.
00:34:33 Stop that.
00:34:41 Stop that.
00:34:44 You see what you're doing?
00:34:45 Shut up.
00:34:47 Now take it easy, Pa.
00:34:48 Take it easy, take it easy.
00:34:49 Look what you've done.
00:34:50 Here, you.
00:34:51 Shut up.
00:34:53 You're the oldest, the biggest idiot of the lot.
00:34:55 I worked in slave to buy the winter's call and look what happens.
00:34:58 Five donkeys tear the place up.
00:35:00 Okay, George Sullivan.
00:35:01 But Pa, listen to me.
00:35:02 Will you shut up?
00:35:03 You can listen to what Frank has.
00:35:06 Oh, you're gonna tell me what to do, eh?
00:35:11 All right, you tell me what happened.
00:35:14 Come on, come on.
00:35:15 What's the matter?
00:35:16 Has the cat got your tongue?
00:35:22 Oh, I see.
00:35:24 Well, I guess there comes a time in every boy's life when he thinks he can lick his father.
00:35:32 All right, put him up.
00:35:33 Don't.
00:35:34 You stay out of this.
00:35:36 Put him up.
00:35:38 Go ahead.
00:35:40 I'll give you a first bite.
00:35:56 Tom.
00:36:00 Are you?
00:36:01 Here.
00:36:02 What happened?
00:36:03 Tom Sullivan, you stop right now.
00:36:04 Keep out of this.
00:36:05 I will not keep out of this.
00:36:06 You can't fight your own sons.
00:36:08 Licking them is one thing, but brawling with them is another.
00:36:10 After what they've done, a licking is too good for them.
00:36:12 Who's gonna pay for this?
00:36:14 As far as the money goes, there's $20 nearly from the eggs.
00:36:16 But Mama, you've been saving that for a dining room cent.
00:36:19 Never mind that.
00:36:20 Tom, you won't mend the wall by beating them.
00:36:22 Oh, it isn't enough that I come home and find the whole house destroyed,
00:36:25 but now you're gonna tell me how to raise the kids.
00:36:26 Tom, honey, you can't hit them when you're mad.
00:36:28 Oh, all right, all right, all right, Mrs. Sullivan.
00:36:31 You know so much about handling them.
00:36:32 Go ahead and do it.
00:36:34 Kiss them, bake them a cake, put them to bed.
00:36:36 But don't ask me to stay around and watch it.
00:36:38 Where are you going?
00:36:40 We've gotta live here, don't we?
00:36:41 I'm going out and try to find a plumber, an electrician, a carpenter.
00:36:45 If he'd only let me tell him, Mo, he was trying to build you a wood bar.
00:36:54 That was all, Mama, and it was his idea.
00:36:56 We thought you'd like it, Ma.
00:36:58 And George was never in on it.
00:36:59 We're sorry, Mo. We didn't mean to spoil your kitchen.
00:37:02 We're terrible sorry, Ma. Is he gonna lick us all after a while?
00:37:06 Well, I'll tell him later when he's calmed down some.
00:37:10 Now, come on, help me clean up this mess.
00:37:12 Come on, get a mop and a broom. Go on, hurry up.
00:37:14 Okay, okay, Ma.
00:37:16 Frank, call your brother.
00:37:32 Yes, sir.
00:37:35 George!
00:37:36 Hey, George!
00:37:38 His hat and coat's gone. Guess he must have went out.
00:37:49 He'll be back soon enough.
00:37:54 Sit down.
00:37:56 Frank, I'm sorry.
00:37:58 I'm sorry, Frank.
00:37:59 I'm sorry, Frank.
00:38:02 Sit down.
00:38:03 Well?
00:38:12 Where do you think you're going?
00:38:15 I don't feel good, Pa. I gotta throw up.
00:38:17 Don't think the child would have taken it into his head to run away.
00:38:25 And if he does, so what?
00:38:29 Well, it's such a cold night.
00:38:31 If he tried hopping afraid...
00:38:33 He'll hop no afraid.
00:38:36 If I know George, he's no further than down the street.
00:38:39 Waiting to be coaxed.
00:38:42 Well, I'll tell you this.
00:38:44 He'll wait a long time before I coax him.
00:38:46 Eight o'clock.
00:38:52 We're on time.
00:38:54 I'm all out of plug tobacco.
00:39:00 I'll just run down the corner and get some.
00:39:02 You children clear the table as soon as you're finished.
00:39:10 I've owed Mrs. Cronin a cup of sugar since goodness knows when.
00:39:13 If George should come back, his dinner's in the oven.
00:39:23 His dinner's in the oven.
00:39:25 [door creaks]
00:39:27 [music]
00:39:29 [music]
00:39:32 [music]
00:40:00 [door creaks]
00:40:02 I'll need some more water, Jen.
00:40:09 Oh, that's plenty.
00:40:10 No, you need something rich. I'll go next door.
00:40:12 I'll go with you.
00:40:14 Who's gonna give Matt and me a hand?
00:40:16 All right for you.
00:40:25 I guess I'd like to look for him just as much as you.
00:40:27 I can't find him too, so there.
00:40:29 Madison, Abel, Sullivan, you come back here.
00:40:40 [door creaks]
00:40:44 George. Hey, George.
00:40:48 [music]
00:40:50 Now try something.
00:41:02 He'll come home. By morning, his empty stomach will get the best of his pride.
00:41:06 Here, here. Get upstairs, the lot of you.
00:41:13 Simply because your brother's behaving like a fool
00:41:15 doesn't mean why you should turn night owls. Go on.
00:41:17 Come on, you too. You go to bed.
00:41:23 Good night, boys.
00:41:24 Good night, Mom.
00:41:25 Oh, can I do anything for you, Mom?
00:41:32 Oh, no, dear. Thanks.
00:41:34 But thanks for doing the dishes.
00:41:36 Run on upstairs to bed now.
00:41:37 Good night, Mom.
00:41:38 Good night, darling.
00:41:39 Good night, Pa.
00:41:41 Good night.
00:41:43 Jen.
00:41:44 [music]
00:41:46 [door closes]
00:41:47 [music]
00:41:49 [music]
00:41:51 [music]
00:41:53 [music]
00:41:55 [music]
00:41:57 [music]
00:42:00 [music]
00:42:02 [music]
00:42:04 [music]
00:42:06 [music]
00:42:08 [music]
00:42:11 [music]
00:42:13 [music]
00:42:15 [music]
00:42:17 [music]
00:42:20 [music]
00:42:22 [music]
00:42:24 [music]
00:42:26 [music]
00:42:28 [music]
00:42:30 [music]
00:42:33 [music]
00:42:35 [music]
00:42:37 [music]
00:42:39 [music]
00:42:41 [music]
00:42:44 [music]
00:42:46 [music]
00:42:48 [music]
00:42:50 You're in joy, Pa!
00:42:51 Joy!
00:42:53 Joy!
00:42:54 Joy!
00:42:55 Oh, my darling.
00:42:58 Don't ever do that again.
00:43:00 I ain't staying, Ma.
00:43:01 Oh, yes, you are.
00:43:02 Not after what he done.
00:43:04 The only reason I come home.
00:43:06 Al told me he was crying.
00:43:07 Now, you listen to me, John Sullivan.
00:43:09 He's your father.
00:43:11 He's quick-tempered, but he's a fine man, and he's your father.
00:43:14 And no matter what happens, you're never to raise your hand to him
00:43:18 because that's a sin.
00:43:19 He hit me, and I didn't do one single thing.
00:43:22 That's his right, George.
00:43:23 There's your father.
00:43:26 Go on, sit down.
00:43:27 Now, be a good boy and tell him you're sorry.
00:43:32 But, Ma...
00:43:33 For my sake, George.
00:43:34 [footsteps]
00:43:36 I'm sorry, Pop.
00:43:52 I'm sorry, too.
00:43:56 George, you shouldn't lose your temper.
00:44:04 [laughs]
00:44:05 Every Irishman sees red once in a while.
00:44:07 Now, give this man some breakfast.
00:44:10 A lot of breakfast.
00:44:12 Well...
00:44:25 I guess that ought to learn us Sullivans to stick together.
00:44:30 [music]
00:44:33 [music]
00:44:35 [music]
00:44:47 [music]
00:44:49 [music]
00:44:51 [music]
00:44:53 [music]
00:44:55 [music]
00:44:57 [music]
00:44:59 [music]
00:45:01 [music]
00:45:03 [music]
00:45:05 You boys better step on it if you don't want to be late for work.
00:45:07 Right with you, Ma.
00:45:09 Okay, Ma.
00:45:10 Morning, Ma.
00:45:12 Oh, good morning, George.
00:45:15 You better be careful in that motorcycle race.
00:45:17 I dreamt last night you got hurt.
00:45:19 Oh, Mom, there you go with your dreams again.
00:45:21 Now, don't worry.
00:45:22 Well, anyway, I wish you'd get rid of it.
00:45:24 Well, I'm going to.
00:45:25 Good.
00:45:26 I'm gonna buy a faster one.
00:45:27 Morning, Mom.
00:45:31 Oh, good morning, Frank.
00:45:32 Listen, if you insist upon making those fly hooks,
00:45:35 do it some other place besides the bathroom.
00:45:37 Your father nearly stepped on one in his bare feet.
00:45:39 Okay, Mom.
00:45:41 Yeah, and don't mess that paper up until your father sees it.
00:45:43 All right, Mom.
00:45:45 Morning, Mom.
00:45:46 Good morning, Joe.
00:45:47 I thought you were saving your money to go to the World Series.
00:45:50 Oh, I am.
00:45:51 Good morning, Mom.
00:45:53 Good morning, Matt.
00:45:54 What time did you get in last night?
00:45:56 Oh, I was home at 11.
00:45:58 That's funny. It's the first time in 35 years your father's watch has been wrong.
00:46:01 His said 12.30.
00:46:03 [laughter]
00:46:04 Morning, Mom.
00:46:08 Good morning, Al.
00:46:09 Oh, Mom.
00:46:10 Oh, God.
00:46:12 [whispering]
00:46:13 Well, I'll see.
00:46:15 There goes that touch again.
00:46:16 Have I ever asked you guys for anything?
00:46:19 Yes!
00:46:20 That's what I thought.
00:46:22 Say, where's Jen?
00:46:23 Oh, she was up late. She went to a dance last night.
00:46:25 Who with?
00:46:27 None of your business.
00:46:28 Well, who brought her home?
00:46:29 Ask her.
00:46:30 Where was it?
00:46:31 The Elks' Hall.
00:46:32 Say, she's getting high tone.
00:46:33 Yeah.
00:46:34 Good morning.
00:46:36 Good morning, Milady.
00:46:37 I was just bringing your coffee up to you, Milady.
00:46:40 Can I get the carriage ready, Milady?
00:46:42 Will Milady park it?
00:46:43 Oh, pass the mush to the old battle axe.
00:46:46 [laughter]
00:46:48 Who took you to the dance last night, Jen?
00:46:49 Wouldn't you like to know?
00:46:51 Oh, Jen, pass this, will you?
00:46:52 Okay, Mom.
00:46:54 Good morning, Pop.
00:46:55 Good morning.
00:46:57 Pop, Philly's lost yesterday.
00:47:00 Who pitched?
00:47:02 Kowalski.
00:47:04 There'll never be another Mitchell.
00:47:07 That guy had a hop on his fast one.
00:47:10 [engine noise]
00:47:13 [shouting]
00:47:23 [shouting]
00:47:24 Oh, I can't watch.
00:47:50 Oh, Jen, don't you want to see him win?
00:47:52 [shouting]
00:47:55 [shouting]
00:48:22 He's going towards the old boy, I swear.
00:48:24 Sure look closer for a minute.
00:48:25 I guess I want another cup, eh?
00:48:26 You know, just at the foot of the grade,
00:48:28 I thought she was going to quit on me, sure.
00:48:30 Ah, the old bike's got plenty of dick.
00:48:32 [shouting]
00:48:33 I'm proud of you, George.
00:48:36 I'll ride it home for you, Georgie.
00:48:37 Oh, nobody's going to ride this baby but me.
00:48:39 Okay.
00:48:41 I'm pretty sure the girl that marries George,
00:48:45 she'll always come second to that motorcycle.
00:48:47 There are five brothers.
00:48:50 George is the oldest and Al's the youngest.
00:48:52 George is cute.
00:48:53 Al!
00:49:01 Don't wait for me!
00:49:02 Oh, Gladys.
00:49:04 Hi, Glad, what's cooking?
00:49:06 Hello, Al.
00:49:07 I'm Kathy Mary.
00:49:08 I'd like to introduce Mr. Sullivan.
00:49:09 This is Miss Roof.
00:49:10 Pleased to meet you, Miss Roof.
00:49:12 How do you do, Mr. Sullivan?
00:49:13 Your brother's certainly a wonderful rider.
00:49:15 Well, George, yeah, he's tops.
00:49:18 Well, look, Gladys, you probably have a date or something,
00:49:21 so I'll be seeing you.
00:49:22 Watch your step here, Miss Roof.
00:49:24 It's kind of bumpy.
00:49:26 (GASPS)
00:49:27 Oh, I can fix this easy.
00:49:52 Oh, well, if you want to.
00:49:55 (HORSE GALLOPING)
00:49:56 Don't bother, Mr. Sullivan.
00:50:02 You'll miss the whole dance.
00:50:03 Oh, it's no trouble.
00:50:05 Besides,
00:50:08 it's nice out here.
00:50:10 It's beautiful.
00:50:12 I don't care such a lot about dances
00:50:14 and a lot of people clowning around anyhow.
00:50:16 Sure, I know.
00:50:18 I don't go for that sort of stuff either.
00:50:19 It's funny,
00:50:21 but in the middle of a crowd sometimes,
00:50:23 I feel so alone.
00:50:24 Yeah?
00:50:26 Me too.
00:50:28 Honest? You do?
00:50:30 Sure, I do.
00:50:31 Right in the middle of a crowd,
00:50:33 it's like I was all by myself.
00:50:35 Here, try this for size.
00:50:39 All right.
00:50:41 There.
00:50:44 That's fine. Thanks a lot.
00:50:51 Well, I guess we ought to go back in.
00:50:52 Yeah.
00:50:54 It's kind of warm in there, though, don't you think?
00:50:56 Yeah, kind of.
00:50:58 Well, let's sit out a while, then, huh, Miss Roof?
00:51:00 All right.
00:51:02 I didn't know anybody felt like I
00:51:12 about so many different things.
00:51:14 I do.
00:51:16 And you know what else?
00:51:17 What?
00:51:18 I think you're swell.
00:51:21 You don't know whether I'm swell or drippy.
00:51:22 Don't forget, you only just met me.
00:51:24 Oh, but I knew right off the moment I saw you.
00:51:26 You knew what?
00:51:28 That you're swell.
00:51:30 That you're regular line?
00:51:32 Regular line?
00:51:34 It's no such thing.
00:51:36 I never said that to any girl in my life.
00:51:37 Ask anybody.
00:51:39 I never date girls.
00:51:41 I'm with my brothers all the time.
00:51:43 Hey, listen.
00:51:45 You don't think I'm giving you a line, do you?
00:51:49 I couldn't be anything but sincere with you.
00:51:50 I mean it, Catherine Mary.
00:51:53 I like you a lot, too.
00:51:56 Say, you sure have got a small wrist.
00:52:02 Me?
00:52:04 Uh-huh.
00:52:06 It's just about the smallest wrist I ever saw on a girl.
00:52:08 Real slender.
00:52:10 Here, look at it compared to mine.
00:52:12 Catherine Mary.
00:52:17 Catherine Mary.
00:52:18 I wonder what time it is.
00:52:31 I guess it's pretty late.
00:52:33 Oh, no, it's not late.
00:52:35 What's the matter, honey?
00:52:37 Didn't you want me to kiss you?
00:52:39 Oh, yes, only...
00:52:41 Someone I only just met.
00:52:43 Only an hour.
00:52:46 I guess you think I'm pretty common and cheap.
00:52:48 Oh, how could I?
00:52:50 Kissing someone I only just met?
00:52:52 Will you shut up?
00:52:54 Nothing you could do would make me think that you were anything but sweet and lovely.
00:52:58 I couldn't even respect my own mother more than I do you.
00:53:03 We'll go home now.
00:53:15 But it's going to be plenty tough trying to sleep.
00:53:17 Me, too.
00:53:19 Hey, Jen, hurry with my pants. I've got places to go.
00:53:26 They're practically done.
00:53:28 Jen, where's my pants? I've been waiting for an hour.
00:53:31 They're on the fire. Coming up.
00:53:33 Now, boys, I'm not selling these. Merely demonstrating.
00:53:38 The idea is to get them into the hands of the consumer.
00:53:40 Of course, there will be a slight charge.
00:53:43 - I can't... - Wait a minute!
00:53:44 Quiet!
00:53:46 This house hasn't been quiet in 25 years.
00:53:52 Now, first you've got to kick in with a quarter, see?
00:53:54 I hope you guys appreciate that our big sister,
00:53:57 who has a heavy date on every Saturday night,
00:53:59 takes time out to press our pants.
00:54:01 And not only that, but she wants to get a permanent.
00:54:03 So, come on, kick in with the quarters now.
00:54:05 Give him a quarter for me, George.
00:54:07 - Take care of mine, too, will you? - Pay tomorrow, pal.
00:54:09 Say, what is this? I thought today was pay day.
00:54:12 - I'll be back later. - I'll be back later.
00:54:13 Seems to be a penalty on a fellow being thrifty around here.
00:54:15 I've got to make a payment on my bike, too.
00:54:17 A dollar, George.
00:54:19 - There. - Okay.
00:54:21 Can I see you a minute, George?
00:54:36 Yeah.
00:54:42 Are they hiring any men down at the plant?
00:54:44 Oh, I guess so. Why?
00:54:46 Oh, a kid I know wants a job.
00:54:48 - Who? - Oh, he's just a friend of mine.
00:54:51 Couldn't be one of my brothers, could it?
00:54:53 Now, what gave you that idea?
00:54:55 Now, look, kid, I don't have to have a house fall on me.
00:54:58 You're going to finish school.
00:55:00 We didn't.
00:55:02 You're going to get the breaks,
00:55:04 and I'm going to see to it that you do.
00:55:06 Now, forget that job idea, huh?
00:55:10 Okay, George.
00:55:11 Hey, you know what? I was just thinking.
00:55:29 Al hasn't been running around with us
00:55:31 since the day of the motorcycle race.
00:55:33 Well, where have you been?
00:55:35 He's been running around with a steady girl every night.
00:55:37 Oh, oh.
00:55:39 I got it.
00:55:40 He was just asking me about a job.
00:55:42 The first thing you know,
00:55:44 that little twerp's liable to wind up married.
00:55:46 Well, a lot of people get married.
00:55:48 Some of them even like it.
00:55:50 Yeah, but he's too young yet.
00:55:52 Where's Al?
00:55:54 Just went downstairs.
00:55:56 Hey, fellas, get a load of this.
00:55:58 Just read it.
00:56:00 Must be a copy of a letter he wrote to his girl.
00:56:02 I found it in the wastebasket.
00:56:04 Looking into your eyes
00:56:06 is like looking into a deep blue lake.
00:56:08 Get a load of this line.
00:56:09 I fall asleep at night
00:56:11 thinking of how the sun looks in your head.
00:56:13 Let me see that.
00:56:15 Good night, my beautiful doll, my wife.
00:56:19 Great, son.
00:56:21 Now, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:56:23 We gotta do something about this.
00:56:25 But quick.
00:56:27 Don't, Al.
00:56:30 Here, I'm a good collector.
00:56:32 It's about time they began paying me
00:56:34 for this pressing business.
00:56:37 Must be a dollar and a quarter.
00:56:38 Where's yours?
00:56:40 I'll give it to you next week.
00:56:42 Who's the lucky guy tonight?
00:56:44 That'd be Telly.
00:56:46 Say, how come you never bring your dates home
00:56:48 so as we can look 'em over?
00:56:50 Listen, one look at this crowd is wild mix
00:56:52 and anybody in his right mind would run.
00:56:54 Well, whoever he is,
00:56:56 he's dating the cutest little gal in Waterloo.
00:56:58 How much?
00:57:00 A dollar, huh, Jen?
00:57:02 Oh, gee, I need it in the worst way.
00:57:04 Okay.
00:57:06 Doesn't last week count?
00:57:07 Oh, sure, sure it does.
00:57:09 Thanks a lot, Jen.
00:57:11 Can you keep a secret?
00:57:17 You know what they say about women.
00:57:19 I'll trust you.
00:57:21 Oh, it's beautiful.
00:57:24 Where'd you win it?
00:57:26 Win it?
00:57:28 I'm buying it, I bought it.
00:57:30 Your hand's about the same size as Catherine Mary's.
00:57:32 You mean you're engaged?
00:57:33 Who said anything about being engaged?
00:57:35 Where's Ma?
00:57:37 Out in the yard.
00:57:39 Remember, Al, it's a secret.
00:57:44 Oh, Mom, I was looking for you.
00:57:53 Well, you see me.
00:57:55 Can I ask you something?
00:57:57 Fire ahead, but if it's about money, now I--
00:57:59 Oh, no, I'm not interested in money.
00:58:01 If it's about money, now I--
00:58:02 Oh, no, no, Mom.
00:58:04 Look, could I ask a girl to come here for Sunday dinner?
00:58:06 What girl?
00:58:08 Catherine Mary Roof.
00:58:10 She's a friend of mine, and you'll be crazy about her, Mom.
00:58:12 I'm honest, you will.
00:58:14 So could I?
00:58:16 Well, of course you can, son.
00:58:18 Roof, are they the ones that live in the White House on Elm?
00:58:20 Yeah, that's her.
00:58:22 Mom, could we have something a little different, maybe?
00:58:24 What do you mean, something different?
00:58:27 Oh, you know, something like a turkey.
00:58:30 Turkey?
00:58:31 With Thanksgiving four months off?
00:58:33 How about old Dominic, then?
00:58:35 He'd be tougher than shoe leather.
00:58:37 Oh, the way you'd cook him, he'd melt in your mouth.
00:58:39 Gee, thanks, darling, you're the best.
00:58:41 Yes, you save that soft soap for the girl.
00:58:43 Oh, Mom, do you think he could get Pop not to chew tobacco?
00:58:50 He's been chewing tobacco ever since I met him.
00:58:52 No, I don't mind.
00:58:56 Okay, Mom.
00:58:58 Okay, Mom.
00:58:59 Mom, can I help?
00:59:13 Yeah, take in that basket of clothes.
00:59:15 Okay.
00:59:17 Did you see Al?
00:59:19 Yeah.
00:59:21 Did he show you the ring?
00:59:23 What ring?
00:59:25 Oh, I forgot.
00:59:27 Oh, I forgot.
00:59:28 Tom.
00:59:34 What do you think of your youngest?
00:59:36 Al?
00:59:38 He's got a steady girl.
00:59:40 He'll have a hundred steady girls before he settles down.
00:59:42 No, I don't think so.
00:59:44 He wants to bring her here for dinner tomorrow.
00:59:47 The little roof girl, Catherine May.
00:59:49 Well, when she meets up with this wild gang of hoodlums,
00:59:53 she'll run for home like somebody set fire to her.
00:59:56 Hoodlums?
00:59:57 I like that.
00:59:59 Where could you find a finer house full of children in the whole world?
01:00:02 Let alone Waterloo.
01:00:04 Oh, for heaven's sake, what's eating you?
01:00:08 Oh, come on, Mama, turn off the waterworks.
01:00:12 What's the matter?
01:00:14 Al.
01:00:17 Because he gunned Daffy over some little girl?
01:00:19 Now, what's there to cry about in that?
01:00:21 He wouldn't be a legal sullivan.
01:00:23 He didn't have an eye for the women.
01:00:25 Tommy's just a baby.
01:00:26 If it were George now, or Frank even.
01:00:30 I'm sad she's not good enough for him, a little snip like that.
01:00:34 This roof girl? I didn't know you knew her.
01:00:36 I don't.
01:00:38 Then how come she's a little snip of a girl who isn't good enough for him?
01:00:41 She may be a... a pies winner.
01:00:43 Oh, so she's got you on her side already.
01:00:46 She's not going to take me in with her lip-proofs and her permanent wave.
01:00:50 Well, I'll be a dirty knee.
01:00:53 Dirty knee.
01:00:54 Tom!
01:01:00 I'll not have you spitting tobacco juice over the porch rail.
01:01:02 What do you want me to do, swallow it?
01:01:04 Fine impression this roof will get of the Sullivan family.
01:01:07 She better find out what it was like just from the start.
01:01:10 Anyhow, I thought you didn't like...
01:01:12 That's enough out of you.
01:01:14 This is her now.
01:01:16 That's Mom.
01:01:18 Hi, fellas.
01:01:22 Well, I can't see what else is in her.
01:01:24 That's what folks said to me when you were courting me.
01:01:26 Put your coat on.
01:01:28 Mom, this is Catherine Mary.
01:01:37 How do you do, Miss Ruth?
01:01:39 How do you do, Mrs. Sullivan?
01:01:41 Pardon me.
01:01:43 Hello, Catherine Mary.
01:01:49 I'm Al's old man.
01:01:50 Pleased to meet you, Mr. Sullivan.
01:01:52 Well, Al, introduce your brothers and sisters.
01:01:56 Oh, sure, Pop.
01:01:58 Catherine Mary, this is my sister, Genevieve.
01:02:00 Hello.
01:02:02 Hello, Genevieve.
01:02:04 I almost feel I know you.
01:02:06 I've heard so much about you.
01:02:08 And this is George and Frank and Joe and Matt.
01:02:10 Meet Miss Ruth.
01:02:12 It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
01:02:14 Thank you.
01:02:16 Certainly glad to meet you.
01:02:19 Well, shall we all sit down?
01:02:20 Thank you.
01:02:22 Joe, get out of your father's chair.
01:02:33 Awfully warm, isn't it?
01:02:39 Yes.
01:02:41 Well, one of you boys offer Miss Ruth a cigarette.
01:02:45 Oh.
01:02:47 Here's one.
01:02:48 Thanks, just the same, but I don't smoke.
01:02:50 Well, Tom, you and the boys make our guests feel at home,
01:02:55 and I'll go get the supper on.
01:02:57 Ten, give me a hand like a good girl.
01:02:59 Couldn't I help, Mrs. Sullivan?
01:03:01 I'd be only too glad to.
01:03:03 No, thanks, that isn't necessary.
01:03:05 I guess we don't do things just the way they ought to be done around here,
01:03:07 but we manage.
01:03:09 I suppose at home you have plenty of help.
01:03:11 Just Agnes.
01:03:13 She practically raised me.
01:03:16 I'll go get some more.
01:03:17 He's late.
01:03:30 Here, let me help you to some more turkey.
01:03:32 Yes, have some more, please.
01:03:34 Oh, no, thank you.
01:03:36 I've had a great sufficiency.
01:03:38 Miss Sullivan, the turkey is delicious.
01:03:40 I only wish I could cook half as good as you do.
01:03:42 Well, I've been cooking a good many years.
01:03:45 I'll bet you're a good cook, though.
01:03:46 I'll bet she is, too.
01:03:48 Are you the only child in your family?
01:03:51 Yes, ma'am, my mother passed away when I was real small.
01:03:53 I live with my father.
01:03:55 Oh, I'm sorry.
01:03:57 Have I seen the two of you at church?
01:03:59 I don't recall.
01:04:01 Well, you might have.
01:04:03 We go to St. Cecilia's.
01:04:05 St. Cecilia's?
01:04:07 Oh, well, that's a lovely parish.
01:04:09 Well, I've gone to church there several times.
01:04:11 I have, too.
01:04:14 Well, you better stay in your own parish.
01:04:15 Your Father Francis will crown you.
01:04:17 Al knows another girl that goes to St. Cecilia's, don't you, Al?
01:04:20 Betty, Betty, what's her last name?
01:04:23 You know, Al, the one you used to write letters to.
01:04:25 Betty?
01:04:27 I don't know what you're talking about.
01:04:29 Forget him. Now he don't remember who Betty is.
01:04:31 That's easy, Al. Look in your date book.
01:04:34 Say, what is this, a joke?
01:04:36 Because if it is, I don't...
01:04:38 You better look out for that Romeo.
01:04:40 Yes?
01:04:43 I'm sure you know some line.
01:04:44 Sure, I know it by heart.
01:04:46 I fall asleep at night thinking how the sun looks in your hair.
01:04:49 Not bad.
01:04:51 Say, I can take a rib, but you guys are overdoing it.
01:04:53 Al, did you have the nerve to write some poor girl that much talk?
01:04:57 Kath and Mary, if he hands you that guff,
01:05:01 I'll take it out of him. I will.
01:05:03 Al, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
01:05:06 Oh, yeah, and what was that other one you had?
01:05:10 Looking into your eyes is like looking into a deep blue lake.
01:05:13 For brown-eyed girls, he used to make a brown velvet.
01:05:16 Oh, and the best of all, according to our pint-sized Romeo here, never fails.
01:05:20 Good night, my beautiful doll, my wife.
01:05:24 Oh, and look out for this roof that he doesn't start writing you letters,
01:05:28 because when he starts pulling that...
01:05:30 Excuse me, please.
01:05:33 Kath and Mary!
01:05:34 You're a bunch of low-down, sneaking rats.
01:05:41 I could kill you.
01:05:43 Kath and Mary!
01:05:46 Kath and Mary!
01:05:52 Kath and Mary!
01:05:58 Kath and Mary!
01:05:59 He really was man enough to kill you.
01:06:04 And who'd blame him?
01:06:06 Oh, now, now, Mama, the boys were only poking a little good-natured fun at him,
01:06:09 and if he got off that soft talk, he had it coming to him.
01:06:12 Oh, he did, did he?
01:06:14 Well, to tell you the truth, Al never pulled that line on nobody but her.
01:06:18 We found a copy of a letter he wrote her.
01:06:20 And you read it?
01:06:22 A letter from a fine, clean boy with a heart bursting with love to his girl.
01:06:26 And you use it to torment him.
01:06:27 Oh, Mama!
01:06:29 And you, you side with them against your own son.
01:06:31 Honey, won't you listen to me?
01:06:40 Will you stop annoying me? Do I have to call the police?
01:06:42 Kath and Mary, look at me.
01:06:44 Darling, they were trying to kid me. They didn't mean any harm by it.
01:06:46 They got hold of a copy of my letter that I wrote you.
01:06:48 I wouldn't be surprised if you showed it to them.
01:06:50 I wouldn't be one bit surprised if you passed it around for all of them to read.
01:06:53 I give you my word I didn't do that.
01:06:55 Here's your letter.
01:06:56 And here's your ring.
01:06:58 And I don't care if I never see you again.
01:07:00 Put that in your private pocket.
01:07:02 Kath and Mary!
01:07:05 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
01:07:06 We're a bunch of heels.
01:07:31 Yeah, you can say that again.
01:07:33 But how do we make it up to the kid?
01:07:34 Well, whether he patched it up with Kath and Mary or not,
01:07:38 he'll be back after us before the day's out.
01:07:40 Yeah, and he's got a poke in the nose coming to him.
01:07:43 Him doing the poking, I mean.
01:07:45 Well, it's up to you, Matt.
01:07:47 What's up to me?
01:07:49 To take the licking.
01:07:51 Me? Why? We was all in on it.
01:07:53 Well, figure it out for yourself. He can't lick the four of us.
01:07:55 Sure he can. If we don't fight back, just line up.
01:07:57 Where's the satisfaction in that?
01:07:59 In the way he was feeling, he'd use himself up on the first one.
01:08:02 Now, wait a minute. Small change is plenty rugged.
01:08:03 And mad as he was, he's liable to kill me.
01:08:05 Well, we'll be standing by,
01:08:07 and if the going gets too tough, we'll pull him off you.
01:08:09 Hey, that sounds like him.
01:08:11 Go on out in the hall, Matt, where he can't help but see you. Go on.
01:08:13 No, this is a jib.
01:08:15 Say, Al,
01:08:25 we're sorry about what happened.
01:08:27 If you want to take a sock at me, go ahead.
01:08:29 You've got a right to.
01:08:32 You wouldn't hit me.
01:08:33 Gee, he must be mad.
01:08:35 He was just laying there,
01:08:44 looking up at the ceiling like he was dead or something.
01:08:46 Shut up.
01:08:48 Frank,
01:08:50 call your brother.
01:08:52 Never mind.
01:08:54 I'll call him.
01:08:56 I'll call him.
01:08:58 I'll call him.
01:09:00 Never mind, Frank.
01:09:01 I'll call him.
01:09:03 Al!
01:09:10 Good morning, son.
01:09:17 Good morning, Mom.
01:09:19 I've got something you'll love for breakfast.
01:09:24 Waffles.
01:09:26 Waffles.
01:09:27 Thanks, Mom, but
01:09:36 I'm not hungry.
01:09:38 Will one of you take a poke at me? It was my smart idea.
01:09:51 We've got to do something.
01:09:53 Like what?
01:09:55 The four of you get yourselves clean and decent
01:09:57 and go over and see that girl.
01:09:59 Oh, listen, Mom, we can't do that.
01:10:01 Have a heart, Ma. She'd spit right in our eye.
01:10:03 She's mad at Al. What'll she think of us?
01:10:05 What could we say?
01:10:07 You've got plenty to say.
01:10:09 Tell her the truth that you found her letter.
01:10:11 Tell her how bad things are with Al.
01:10:13 If she's got any sweetness in her at all,
01:10:15 she'll forgive him.
01:10:17 Oh, Mom, it'll be tough to face her.
01:10:19 That's out.
01:10:21 I'd feel like the dope of the world.
01:10:24 Look, Mom, why don't you come along with us?
01:10:25 Me?
01:10:27 Yes. You should go.
01:10:29 Yes. And you're going, too.
01:10:32 And you're going, too.
01:10:33 [footsteps]
01:10:34 [door creaks]
01:10:56 [door creaks]
01:10:57 Do you want to see me?
01:11:08 Look, Mrs. Roof.
01:11:13 Here's what happened, you see.
01:11:15 We...
01:11:17 Do you want to come in?
01:11:19 [footsteps]
01:11:20 [music]
01:11:30 Al!
01:11:38 Al!
01:11:41 Come down, son.
01:11:48 I'll be down later, Mom.
01:11:49 [music]
01:11:52 [footsteps]
01:11:54 [music]
01:11:56 [music]
01:11:57 [footsteps]
01:11:59 [music]
01:12:01 [music]
01:12:03 [music]
01:12:05 [music]
01:12:07 [music]
01:12:09 [music]
01:12:11 [music]
01:12:13 [music]
01:12:15 [music]
01:12:17 [music]
01:12:19 [music]
01:12:21 [music]
01:12:24 [music]
01:12:25 [music]
01:12:27 Al?
01:12:29 [music]
01:12:31 [music]
01:12:33 [music]
01:12:35 [music]
01:12:37 [music]
01:12:39 [music]
01:12:41 Oh, Al, honey, I love you so much.
01:12:43 [music]
01:12:45 [music]
01:12:47 Don't say anything. Don't say anything.
01:12:49 [music]
01:12:52 I join you together in marriage in the name of the Father and of the Son...
01:12:55 and of the Holy Ghost.
01:12:57 Amen.
01:12:59 [music]
01:13:01 [music]
01:13:04 Bless, O Lord, this ring, which we bless in Thy name...
01:13:09 that she who is to wear it, keeping true faith unto her husband...
01:13:13 may abide in Thy peace and obedience to Thy will...
01:13:16 and ever live in mutual love...
01:13:19 through Christ our Lord...
01:13:21 Amen.
01:13:22 [music]
01:13:24 [music]
01:13:26 [music]
01:13:28 With this ring...
01:13:30 With this ring...
01:13:32 I thee wed...
01:13:34 I thee wed...
01:13:36 and I plight unto thee my troth...
01:13:38 and I plight unto thee my troth...
01:13:40 in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.
01:13:44 [music]
01:13:46 What a tenth anniversary, too!
01:13:48 Yeah, that's right.
01:13:50 Ten months today.
01:13:51 [phone ringing]
01:13:53 Oh, here it is.
01:13:55 No, no, no.
01:13:57 All right, all right. Keep your shirt on. I'm coming.
01:14:01 [phone ringing]
01:14:03 Hello?
01:14:05 Yeah, yeah, this is him.
01:14:07 Yeah, well, you see, I had to take my wife down to the doctor and...
01:14:12 Well, look, I tell you what.
01:14:15 I'll come down now and explain the whole thing to you.
01:14:19 I'll come down now and explain the whole thing to you.
01:14:20 Okay, okay, if that's the way you feel about it, that suits me fine.
01:14:25 Goodbye.
01:14:27 Who are you so mad at?
01:14:29 Dumb cluck, just because...
01:14:31 Who was it?
01:14:33 Oh, a guy down at the plant.
01:14:35 Oh, honey, they weren't sorry about you taking the afternoon off, were they?
01:14:37 You sure can't afford to lose your job now.
01:14:39 No, I sure can't.
01:14:41 Listen, sweetheart, why don't you go inside and lie down?
01:14:44 Oh, don't be silly. I'm going to get supper.
01:14:48 What do you hope?
01:14:49 I hope it's a boy.
01:14:51 What do you want, a boy or a girl?
01:14:53 Me? Oh, I don't care, as long as you're okay.
01:14:55 I told the doctor what we'd do would be to send him five dollars a week.
01:14:58 That way we'd be square with him by the time the baby's born.
01:15:01 And then only leave the husband to worry about.
01:15:03 That okay?
01:15:05 Yeah, yeah, sure, that's fine.
01:15:07 What you have to do is work out a schedule and then stick to it, no matter what.
01:15:10 Bath at a certain time...
01:15:12 Al, you're not even listening.
01:15:15 Oh, I'm listening.
01:15:17 Honey, you're glad, aren't you?
01:15:19 Of course I am.
01:15:21 Well, then act like it, for heaven's sake.
01:15:23 Give me a kiss.
01:15:25 You're such a swell girl.
01:15:33 You deserve the best of everything.
01:15:35 Maybe you're too tied up to an old washout like me.
01:15:39 Al Sullivan, how dare you say such a thing?
01:15:41 As if I could have married anybody else in this world.
01:15:45 Maybe you're not a millionaire yet,
01:15:47 but you've got a good steady job and an old baby to work for.
01:15:50 I bet you'll get a raise any day now.
01:15:52 We'll be okay.
01:15:54 I guess that's the family.
01:15:56 I'll drive later, honey.
01:15:58 Hello, gang.
01:16:03 Well, what did the doc say?
01:16:05 What did he say?
01:16:07 Come on, no secrets.
01:16:09 Yeah, tell us.
01:16:11 He said yes.
01:16:14 That's wonderful.
01:16:15 Oh, honey, I'm so glad for you.
01:16:17 We think it's pretty wonderful, don't we, Al?
01:16:19 You bet we do.
01:16:21 Look, honey, you take Jen inside in the bedroom
01:16:23 and show her the stuff we got today, huh?
01:16:25 Okay, Jen, come on.
01:16:27 I'll get some yarn the first thing in the morning.
01:16:29 Yeah, what color?
01:16:31 I think blue.
01:16:33 Come on inside, Phyllis.
01:16:35 What's eating you, small chain?
01:16:39 Shh.
01:16:42 What's the matter, Al?
01:16:43 Catherine Mary's all right, isn't she?
01:16:45 Oh, sure, she's fine.
01:16:47 Doc said everything was perfect.
01:16:49 It's me.
01:16:51 You?
01:16:53 Yeah, I got fired.
01:16:55 You got fired?
01:16:57 Shh.
01:16:59 Well, how do you fix, kid?
01:17:01 Not too good.
01:17:03 We got all the stuff for the house on credit.
01:17:05 Listen, you'll get a job easy.
01:17:07 Oh, sure.
01:17:10 What are you trying to get this one?
01:17:11 I'll talk to Sam Bassett down at the plant.
01:17:13 Shh.
01:17:15 First thing in the morning.
01:17:17 I sure am a ball of fire.
01:17:19 Best wife in the world and now a kid?
01:17:22 Aw, shut up.
01:17:24 This could happen to anybody.
01:17:26 Look, I just got paid.
01:17:28 I got a 20 I can spare you.
01:17:30 Well, what about the new carburetor for the bike?
01:17:32 Oh, sure.
01:17:34 Yeah, and I got some dough I can get you.
01:17:36 Listen, fella, if I had a quarter even,
01:17:39 if it was me, I wouldn't even borrow it from you.
01:17:40 But right now, all I can do is take it and say thanks.
01:17:44 Well, you skip it, small change.
01:17:46 You high-tail it down to the plant first thing in the morning
01:17:48 and I'll have that dough for you.
01:17:50 Well, keep your chin up, Pop.
01:17:52 Good night, Captain Mary.
01:17:56 So long.
01:17:58 Well, what's the hurry? You only just got here.
01:18:00 Well, there's a hat down in Bon Ton's window
01:18:02 that Jen wants to take a look at.
01:18:04 I hope it's not one of those silly flat ones.
01:18:06 Oh, no, I like that kind.
01:18:08 Yeah, good night.
01:18:09 So long, guys.
01:18:11 Bye-bye.
01:18:13 When this one's born, let's have another one right away.
01:18:17 Hey!
01:18:19 Oh, I'd hate to think of a guy growing up without brothers.
01:18:21 So would I.
01:18:23 What time is it now?
01:18:37 Three minutes later than when you asked me the last time.
01:18:39 Mom, should it take this long if everything's all right?
01:18:41 Four hours is nothing for the first one anyway.
01:18:43 It gets easy as you keep on having them.
01:18:45 Keep on?
01:18:47 I'm telling you, I'd rather cut my hair than have a baby.
01:18:49 I'm not going to have a baby.
01:18:52 I'm telling you, I'd rather cut off my right arm
01:18:53 before we're--
01:18:55 Easy, fella, easy.
01:18:57 Don't say anything you'll take back later.
01:18:59 Mr. Sullivan.
01:19:01 Boy or girl?
01:19:03 Which of you is the father?
01:19:05 Me, me, I am. Is my wife all right?
01:19:07 It's a fine seven-pound boy, Mr. Sullivan,
01:19:09 and your wife came through it beautifully.
01:19:11 Oh, gee.
01:19:13 I got to throw up.
01:19:19 Mr. Sullivan, wait!
01:19:21 Oh, he'll be back.
01:19:22 Hey, we're uncles.
01:19:25 Yeah, yeah, we're uncles.
01:19:27 Quiet, quiet, please.
01:19:29 Quiet.
01:19:31 She sounds like Pop.
01:19:34 She sounds like Pop.
01:19:35 It's a boy, Katharine Mary.
01:19:56 It's little Jimmy.
01:19:58 Have you seen him?
01:20:00 Oh, you bet.
01:20:03 Is he all right?
01:20:04 Don't lie to me, Al.
01:20:06 Is he perfect?
01:20:08 Why, honey, he's beautiful.
01:20:10 Wait and you see for yourself.
01:20:12 The nurse is bringing him in.
01:20:14 I'll take him.
01:20:19 No.
01:20:21 You have him back?
01:20:32 I'll take him.
01:20:33 I didn't know they were born with fingernails.
01:20:40 I'm sorry to cry like this.
01:20:44 It's so wonderful.
01:20:46 Yeah?
01:20:48 What do you think I'm doing?
01:20:50 Make him stand still.
01:20:55 You hold him, Katharine Mary.
01:20:57 Oh, don't take a picture of me.
01:20:59 I look like somebody a cat dragged in.
01:21:01 You know, the names, they always tell you how terrible they look.
01:21:03 But let you make one crack and brother look out.
01:21:05 Al.
01:21:07 Stand still, Jimmy.
01:21:09 I'll go back to you and take your picture.
01:21:11 It's a pity you can't think of something better to do
01:21:14 than lolling over the funny papers.
01:21:16 Oh, Mom, have a heart.
01:21:18 It's a day of rest.
01:21:20 A lot of rest you need.
01:21:22 Stick an apple in your mouth and you'd look like
01:21:24 a fine, fat, roasting pig.
01:21:26 Take your feet off the table.
01:21:29 Joe, will you for heaven's sakes
01:21:30 turn off that long drawers music
01:21:32 and get something decent?
01:21:34 I like it.
01:21:36 I don't.
01:21:38 Give me those funnies.
01:21:40 Thanks.
01:21:42 Oh, that's swell.
01:21:51 Now make him hold.
01:21:53 Oh, wait a minute.
01:21:55 I think you'll ruin it.
01:21:58 Okay.
01:21:59 Oh, Al, what did you have to go and move for?
01:22:02 Hey, the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor.
01:22:04 We're in the war.
01:22:06 Come in.
01:22:08 The Japanese planes nearing the island
01:22:10 were first reported by a student
01:22:12 who had asked permission to use the detector.
01:22:14 He reported the presence of a number of aircraft
01:22:16 at 7.10 a.m. Honolulu time.
01:22:18 But this warning was not acted upon.
01:22:20 Exactly how extensive is the damage to our fleet?
01:22:22 How many vessels were at anchor in Pearl Harbor?
01:22:25 Is not yet officially known.
01:22:26 The president is expected to go before the Congress
01:22:28 tonight or early tomorrow
01:22:30 and ask for a declaration of war.
01:22:32 Bill Baskin.
01:22:34 Hey, that's right.
01:22:36 Bill Baskin's on the Arizona.
01:22:38 They're out there.
01:22:40 One hour after the treacherous move
01:22:42 against the American outpost,
01:22:44 Ambassador Nomura and Special Envoy Kurusu
01:22:46 were in Secretary of State Hull's office
01:22:48 handing him the official Japanese response
01:22:50 to President Roosevelt's offer.
01:22:52 No good, dirty, sneaky.
01:22:54 Those guys have been in Washington for a week
01:22:55 handshaking the president.
01:22:57 Pretending all they wanted was peace.
01:22:59 They knew all the time.
01:23:01 Sure, they must have known.
01:23:03 Al.
01:23:05 Those Japs will be sorry they were born.
01:23:08 Listen, we'll wipe them off the map
01:23:10 in a couple of weeks.
01:23:12 Do not kid yourself.
01:23:14 What do you mean? They can not fight.
01:23:16 They close their eyes when they fire off a gun.
01:23:18 Oh, yeah? They've been getting ready for this for years.
01:23:20 We'll lick them, but it will take plenty of time.
01:23:23 Upstairs.
01:23:24 I'll be back, honey.
01:23:27 No use you coming, Al.
01:23:29 Okay, you might as well.
01:23:31 I think I'll call Mrs. Baskin.
01:23:49 She must be half crazy.
01:23:53 Roly boy.
01:23:54 Well, fellas, what's it gonna be?
01:24:01 Army, Navy, or Marines?
01:24:03 Navy.
01:24:05 Well, if it wasn't for Catherine, Mary, and Jimmy, why...
01:24:07 Sure, if it wasn't for them.
01:24:09 But you're married, and you got a kid, and that's that.
01:24:11 Yeah, I know, it's only right, but...
01:24:13 Sure will seem funny.
01:24:15 Up to now, we've been together in everything,
01:24:17 the five of us.
01:24:19 Here the biggest thing of all comes along, and I'm out.
01:24:21 Yeah, it's always been the five of us.
01:24:22 Well, somebody's got to look after Mom and Pop.
01:24:24 Mom and Pop ain't the kind that need looking out for.
01:24:26 So what do we do about them, anyhow?
01:24:28 Do we tell them first, or do we do it and then tell them?
01:24:31 We tell them.
01:24:33 Suppose they put up a squawk?
01:24:35 Well, Mom might.
01:24:37 This war kind of took her by surprise, us being in it, I mean.
01:24:39 Yeah, her and me.
01:24:41 Yeah, but she'll see it's the only thing we can do.
01:24:43 Well, let's get all the crying and the carrying on over with.
01:24:45 We got to be down there when they open up the place in the morning.
01:24:47 Come on.
01:24:50 Well, if you hear anything or...
01:24:51 or there's anything I can do, call me.
01:24:55 Goodbye, dear.
01:24:58 We're praying for you.
01:25:00 Mrs. Bascom's taking it fine.
01:25:14 She's got plenty of courage, I'll say that for her.
01:25:18 I'd be a mad woman.
01:25:19 Mom, we'd like to talk to you and Pop.
01:25:21 Yeah.
01:25:23 I think it'd be nice if the five of you and Jen
01:25:25 paid a little call on Mrs. Bascom.
01:25:27 Later on, huh, Mom?
01:25:29 Pearl Harbor was still a mass of flames,
01:25:31 the damage unknown.
01:25:33 However, it's feared that the loss of life is heavy.
01:25:35 The land garrison and the crews of the ships were asleep,
01:25:37 attending church services or absent from their posts
01:25:40 on weekend leave.
01:25:42 This station will give you the latest bulletins
01:25:44 as soon as they are received.
01:25:47 Pop.
01:25:48 Yeah, I know.
01:25:50 Well, which will it be?
01:25:54 Army or Navy?
01:25:56 Navy, Pop.
01:25:58 Yeah.
01:26:00 That would be for me if I were younger.
01:26:03 Al, not you.
01:26:06 No, no, I can't go, Jen.
01:26:09 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:13 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:16 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:17 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:19 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:21 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:23 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:25 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:27 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:29 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:31 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:33 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:35 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:37 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:39 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:41 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:43 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:46 I'm going to the hospital.
01:26:47 We're on our way down.
01:26:53 To the water to get you out of bed this early?
01:26:55 Or will they take you right off and you get to come home?
01:26:57 Without me, I never worked for Uncle Sam before.
01:26:59 Hi, Captain Mary.
01:27:01 Hi, Vance.
01:27:03 Why don't you boys come in for a cup of coffee?
01:27:05 No, I think we better get down. We'll be late.
01:27:07 Well, listen, give us a call, will you?
01:27:09 And let us know what cooks have this morning.
01:27:11 Yeah, call us.
01:27:14 It's your call now.
01:27:15 Oh, yeah.
01:27:17 Frightened sullivans.
01:27:40 You know, it's funny.
01:27:41 I was always the lightest,
01:27:43 but my right cross was the best of the bunch.
01:27:45 Go on, honey.
01:27:52 You belong with him.
01:27:54 It's always been the five of you.
01:27:56 Hey, wait a minute.
01:27:58 I'm a married man, remember?
01:28:00 I belong here with you and Jimmy.
01:28:02 We'll make out.
01:28:04 Oh, no, sweetheart, it wouldn't be right.
01:28:06 I want you to go, Al.
01:28:09 You're not a 20-year-old man, are you?
01:28:10 I mean it.
01:28:12 Every day the war lasts, you'd be eating your heart out.
01:28:14 I couldn't have that.
01:28:16 But, sweetheart, I...
01:28:18 We'll talk about it later.
01:28:20 Hurry up and catch up with him.
01:28:23 (dramatic music)
01:28:24 Hey, fellas, wait for me!
01:28:40 Well, where do you think you're going?
01:28:49 With you.
01:28:51 But what about Catherine Mary?
01:28:52 And Jimmy?
01:28:53 Yeah, what about 'em?
01:28:54 Well, this is her idea.
01:28:55 Say, that Catherine Mary, you're a sweetheart.
01:28:57 You bet she is.
01:28:59 Inside, please, till we call your number.
01:29:11 Name?
01:29:14 George Sullivan.
01:29:15 Sullivan.
01:29:17 Number 54.
01:29:19 Take this and wait inside till we call your number.
01:29:21 Name?
01:29:22 Sullivan.
01:29:23 Sullivan.
01:29:24 Hey, didn't I just...
01:29:26 Oh, brothers, eh?
01:29:28 Sullivan.
01:29:30 Number 55.
01:29:32 Yeah, I know.
01:29:33 Inside and wait till my number's called.
01:29:34 Yeah, that's right.
01:29:36 Name?
01:29:38 Sullivan.
01:29:39 Now, listen, buddy.
01:29:41 This is no time to be making with the jokes.
01:29:42 That's my name.
01:29:44 What?
01:29:46 Sullivan.
01:29:48 Number 56.
01:29:50 Three of you, eh?
01:29:51 What do you know?
01:29:53 All right, what's your name?
01:29:55 Sullivan.
01:29:56 Su...
01:29:57 Sullivan.
01:30:00 Number 57.
01:30:02 Inside with the rest of the quartet.
01:30:04 Yes, sir.
01:30:06 Now, don't tell me your name is Sullivan.
01:30:10 No, sir.
01:30:12 What is it?
01:30:13 Sullivan.
01:30:14 Su... Sullivan.
01:30:15 Number 58.
01:30:19 Oh, my love.
01:30:20 Sullivan.
01:30:26 Sullivan, number 54.
01:30:27 Come on, we all go in together.
01:30:28 One at a time, Sullivan.
01:30:29 Step aside, buddy.
01:30:30 Listen, you.
01:30:31 Tomorrow you can push us around, sailor boy, but today we're still civilians.
01:30:34 Come on.
01:30:35 You heard what the owman said.
01:30:38 I'll see you men one at a time.
01:30:39 You see, sir, we're the Sullivans.
01:30:41 We're brothers, the five of us.
01:30:43 We've always been together since we was born, you might say, and that's how we want to go into the Navy.
01:30:48 Yeah, it's like this.
01:30:49 We always done our fighting as a kind of team.
01:30:51 We Sullivans stick together.
01:30:52 Well, we'll do what we can.
01:30:54 Do what you can.
01:30:56 Listen, mister, we gotta know.
01:30:57 If we go, we go together.
01:30:59 Look, son, you can't make deals with the Navy.
01:31:02 I told you I'd do what I could.
01:31:04 Besides, it's probably better that you were separated.
01:31:06 If you're all on the same ship, it's...
01:31:08 Sure, sure.
01:31:09 We already talked that over.
01:31:10 That's okay.
01:31:11 We're willing to take our chance.
01:31:12 All right, if that's the way you feel about it.
01:31:13 You mean we consign to serve on the same ship?
01:31:17 The Navy doesn't give any guarantees.
01:31:18 All I can say is I'll do the best I can.
01:31:21 Now, suppose four of you get out of here and let me get the information on Sullivan number 54.
01:31:26 No, sir, I'm sorry.
01:31:28 We just couldn't take a chance on being separated.
01:31:29 If you can't give us a guarantee, we'll have to find somebody who can.
01:31:33 All right, boys, but let me give you a little bit of advice.
01:31:37 Before this war is over, plenty of people are gonna find out that they can't always get what they want.
01:31:42 That they gotta quit worrying about just taking care of themselves.
01:31:46 Like it or not.
01:31:47 Well, maybe you're right, Admiral.
01:31:49 But you can't blame us for trying.
01:31:51 Come on.
01:31:53 Cross the Sullivan names off for me.
01:32:00 [Music]
01:32:24 [Footsteps]
01:32:30 Week 8, Admiral.
01:32:32 Well, well, the five bounding Sullivans.
01:32:34 The boys that want to change the rules and regulations.
01:32:36 Yes, sir.
01:32:38 It's all fixed, sir.
01:32:39 Yeah, go ahead and show them that letter we got, George.
01:32:41 [Paper rustling]
01:32:47 Well, now, I've seen everything.
01:32:51 If it isn't too personal a question, would you mind telling me just how you finagled this?
01:32:54 No, it was easy.
01:32:56 George wrote a letter to the Navy Department telling them how we stick together.
01:32:58 And they wrote back okay.
01:33:00 George wrote a letter to the Navy Department, huh?
01:33:03 They didn't by any chance say that you were to start as full admirals, did they?
01:33:07 Oh, no, sir. We're willing to start at the bottom.
01:33:09 With the rank you got, we'll be perfectly okay.
01:33:12 [Sigh]
01:33:15 Twenty-five...
01:33:20 and forty...
01:33:21 fifteen.
01:33:23 Odd from odd is odd.
01:33:25 Now, I've got to count the whole thing up.
01:33:27 If you owe anybody anything that we haven't got down here, speak up.
01:33:29 I don't want to add extras when I've got the whole thing done.
01:33:32 And what about the married man?
01:33:35 Is this the lot?
01:33:37 Yeah, it's all there, Pop.
01:33:39 But all you're doing enough as it is taking in Catherine, Mary, and Jimmy.
01:33:42 Now, where would they live but here?
01:33:44 This all counts up to $283.
01:33:49 You're a tough white kid around. You know you haven't got $283.
01:33:51 Just let him go, Pop. We'll send some dough back.
01:33:54 Whenever a sailor has dough enough to send home, there's something wrong.
01:33:58 They'll wait till we get back.
01:34:00 No, no. You leave town with a clean slate. I'll take care of it.
01:34:03 But you ain't got it.
01:34:05 Look, there's never been a mortgage on this house yet.
01:34:08 Well, there'll be one now.
01:34:11 Thanks a lot, Pop. We sure appreciate it.
01:34:17 We'll pay it all back to you, Pop, just as soon as the war's over.
01:34:19 You're sure I know.
01:34:21 You boys better get going. It's past 10 o'clock.
01:34:24 Yeah.
01:34:26 On time. First time in a week.
01:34:29 I made you some sandwiches.
01:34:31 What's the matter, Mom? Didn't you think the Navy would feed us?
01:34:33 Good old Mom.
01:34:35 Is Jimmy asleep?
01:34:37 I'm going to say goodbye to him.
01:34:39 Oh, sure. Go ahead, honey.
01:34:41 George, you're the oldest. Promise you'll take care of him.
01:34:43 I'll sing him to sleep every night, Mom.
01:34:46 You promise?
01:34:47 I promise.
01:34:49 Hello, small change.
01:34:55 You be a good boy and look after Mama for me.
01:34:59 Don't forget your old man, will you?
01:35:03 So long, son.
01:35:14 I'll be seeing you.
01:35:15 Bye, Mom.
01:35:22 Hey, George.
01:35:24 Thanks a lot, Mom.
01:35:26 Bye, Pop.
01:35:28 Goodbye, son.
01:35:30 Bye, sis. You've been swell.
01:35:33 See you later, son.
01:35:41 Goodbye, Pop.
01:35:43 Goodbye, Pop.
01:35:44 Goodbye, Mom.
01:36:00 Goodbye, George.
01:36:02 Goodbye, Pop.
01:36:04 If anything goes wrong with her or Jimmy, you let me know.
01:36:07 I will.
01:36:09 So long, Jim.
01:36:12 Well, let's get going.
01:36:13 Goodbye, honey.
01:36:15 Goodbye.
01:36:17 Take things easy now and don't you get too tired.
01:36:21 And write me, see?
01:36:23 Be good to her, Mom.
01:36:28 Sure, I'll speak to your mother.
01:36:30 Don't worry.
01:36:38 Goodbye, Mom.
01:36:41 Everything will be okay.
01:36:42 Goodbye, dear.
01:36:44 Take it easy now.
01:36:46 So long, Pop.
01:36:48 Hey, fellas! Wait for me!
01:36:50 They were fine, weren't you?
01:37:04 You can say that again.
01:37:08 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:10 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:12 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:13 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:14 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:15 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:16 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:18 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:19 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:21 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:23 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:24 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:25 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:27 That's a fightin' walk.
01:37:55 Good morning.
01:37:56 This too, for good measure.
01:37:58 Oh, thank you.
01:37:59 Mary!
01:38:10 Catherine, Mary!
01:38:11 You've got a letter from Al.
01:38:12 Oh, wonderful!
01:38:13 And I've got one from George.
01:38:15 Let's see what your Uncle George has to say, really.
01:38:22 "Dear Mama,
01:38:23 "Everything is going okay.
01:38:24 "The chow is nothing like home, though.
01:38:25 "Your five wandering boys would sure like to tie into one of your pot roasts, Mama.
01:38:26 "Life on the ocean wave is plenty rugged, but the sea is a little rough.
01:38:27 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:28 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:29 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:30 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:31 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:32 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:33 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:34 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:35 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:36 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:37 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:38:56 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:39:20 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:39:46 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:40:15 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:40:41 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:41:10 "I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
01:41:39 Bridge report extent of damage. Torpedo hit at frame 50. Torpedo hit at frame 50, sir. Torpedo hit at frame 50, sir. Blood to magazines when necessary. Blood to magazines when necessary. Stand by to fire torpedoes. Fire one.
01:41:57 Missed fire. There she goes.
01:42:15 Fire approaching the magazine, sir. OK for another five minutes.
01:42:19 Fire approaching the magazine, sir. OK for another five minutes.
01:42:22 Fire approaching the magazine, sir. OK for another five minutes.
01:42:25 Prepare to abandon ship. Pass the word. Prepare to abandon ship.
01:42:38 Prepare to abandon ship. Prepare to abandon ship.
01:43:04 Fire out of control, sir. Magazines will go in another three minutes.
01:43:13 Where's George? He got hit. He's down in sickbay.
01:43:19 Where's George? He's down in sickbay.
01:43:26 Abandon ship. Pass the word. Abandon ship.
01:43:35 Abandon ship. You can't go below. My brother's down there.
01:43:52 Where's George Sullivan? Get out of here. Abandon ship. There he is.
01:43:59 What's the matter with you, Lucks? Get out of here. Oh, come on, Georgie.
01:44:02 We'll carry you. I told Mom and Luke, "Ed, you stick around here and you get your head blown off."
01:44:07 We can't go swimming without you.
01:44:13 Big bite. That's right. I can't get over how he's grown. Wait till Al sees him.
01:44:21 I don't know what's keeping that Navy fellow. I haven't been late...
01:44:25 We know, Papa. In 33 years.
01:44:28 Now, it's nothing to kid about Miss Know-it-all. Anyhow, I'm not going to start being late today.
01:44:33 Did he say what he wanted? Nope. Just said he had something to tell us.
01:44:37 Don't forget your lunch. He's a pal of the boys, I expect.
01:44:41 Maybe he ran into them somewhere out on the seas.
01:44:44 If he's just here, I'll leave. Maybe you can ask him to stay with us.
01:44:47 There's enough room now, goodness knows.
01:44:50 That's probably him now. Jen, go to the door.
01:44:56 I'll come soon as I finish feeding the baby. Sure.
01:45:02 Why, Commander Robinson! Hello, Jen.
01:45:04 Hello, Commander. Hello, Mrs. Sullivan.
01:45:06 Hello, Commander Robinson. I haven't seen you since the boys enlisted.
01:45:09 That's right. May I have your hat and coat?
01:45:11 No, thanks. I can only stay a little while.
01:45:13 Captain Mary, it's Commander Robinson. Sit down.
01:45:16 Have a cup of coffee. You must be frozen. No, thank you, Mrs. Sullivan.
01:45:19 Well, sit right here. Thank you.
01:45:21 Well...
01:45:26 Well, hello, Captain Mary. How are you? Fine, thank you.
01:45:36 Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan, I'm afraid I'm bringing you very bad news.
01:45:39 Did something happen? Quiet!
01:45:43 Quiet, Jen.
01:45:48 You see, the way these things are done ordinarily,
01:45:51 you'd get a telegram right from the Navy Department, but...
01:45:54 Which one? Is it Al?
01:46:02 All five.
01:46:06 All five.
01:46:34 The Navy Department deeply regrets to inform you that your sons,
01:46:37 Albert, Francis, George, Joseph, and Madison Sullivan,
01:46:42 were killed in action in the South Pacific.
01:46:46 Oh, no!
01:46:50 Jimmy!
01:46:52 Jimmy!
01:47:13 Jimmy!
01:47:28 You'll have to excuse me now.
01:47:33 I've been a freight conductor on the Illinois Central for 33 years.
01:47:41 I haven't missed a day in all that time.
01:47:49 Excuse me.
01:48:18 Excuse me.
01:48:40 All five.
01:48:49 On second thought, Mrs. Sullivan, I will have that cup of coffee.
01:48:57 I'll get it for you.
01:49:07 Bye, Pop!
01:49:10 Bye, Pop!
01:49:13 (train whistle)
01:49:28 (train whistle)
01:49:33 (train whistle)
01:49:43 (train whistle)
01:50:10 Today, as we launch the destroyer, USS The Sullivans,
01:50:15 the parents of the five Sullivan boys are here to share in the tribute to their sons,
01:50:21 even as they shared their fighting spirit.
01:50:24 As this ship slides down the ways, it carries with it a special armor all its own,
01:50:31 the flaming and undaunted spirit that is the heritage of its name.
01:50:37 The five Sullivan boys are gone.
01:50:40 The USS The Sullivans carries on.
01:50:45 May God bless and protect this ship.
01:50:48 May her destiny be as glorious as the name she bears.
01:51:03 I present thee, USS The Sullivans.
01:51:26 Tom.
01:51:28 Our boys are afloat again.
01:51:31 (music)
01:52:00 (music)
01:52:10 [BLANK_AUDIO]