A little girl named Star lives with the lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school, but she's rescued by relatives.
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00:03:29 I've got an errand for you in the village.
00:03:55 Have Slocum send me a crate of brass polish.
00:03:58 Aye, aye, Captain.
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00:04:02 My mother was beautiful, wasn't she, Cap?
00:04:06 Mighty pretty star, according to her pictures.
00:04:09 Gee, we were lucky, weren't we?
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00:04:12 Mm-hmm.
00:04:14 I never have known what my mother looked like.
00:04:17 It wasn't for that trunk.
00:04:19 Did you swim with it in your teeth, too?
00:04:22 No, no.
00:04:23 It just washed ashore.
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00:04:29 Lucia de la Mamar.
00:04:34 Do you think they named the song after my mother?
00:04:37 I reckon so.
00:04:39 She must have been an opera singer from the dress she's got on
00:04:41 and the clothes and the trunk.
00:04:44 I wonder, could she sing a sleep in the deep?
00:04:48 Always down?
00:04:50 Pretty deep down in the hatch for a soprani.
00:04:55 Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware.
00:05:02 There.
00:05:03 How can anybody sleep in the deep anyways?
00:05:12 That means a last long sleep, star.
00:05:17 Does everyone have to die?
00:05:20 Sometime.
00:05:21 You and me, too?
00:05:23 When the time comes.
00:05:26 Do you think we'll last till Christmas?
00:05:29 I shouldn't be surprised if we made it.
00:05:31 You better up anchor now and get on your way.
00:05:33 Aye, aye.
00:05:34 My seagoing, Cap.
00:05:43 Seagoing from jib to taffel.
00:05:45 Goodbye.
00:05:46 So long.
00:05:47 Step on a crack, it break your mother's back.
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00:06:04 Here comes star.
00:06:19 Hello, Star.
00:06:20 Come on, star.
00:06:21 We've been waiting for you.
00:06:23 Can't now, Pa.
00:06:24 I'm on government duty.
00:06:26 Get me coming out.
00:06:28 Got a job yet, sailor?
00:06:29 No, but I've been promised one as soon
00:06:31 as the halibuts start running.
00:06:33 I hope they start running soon.
00:06:35 [laughing]
00:06:37 Well, you can't rush a halibut.
00:06:39 Well, don't give up the ship.
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00:06:43 Hello, star.
00:06:44 How are you?
00:06:45 How are you, lassie?
00:06:46 I'm Hardy.
00:06:47 Why, good morning, star.
00:06:50 Good morning, Mrs. Croft.
00:06:52 Is the captain with you?
00:06:54 No, ma'am.
00:06:55 Tell the dear captain I asked after him.
00:06:58 Don't forget.
00:06:59 I will.
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00:07:01 I mean, I won't.
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00:07:06 Better look out, star, or she'll tie a tow rope onto January
00:07:10 and you'll lose him.
00:07:11 Not while I'm in charge of the lighthouse.
00:07:14 We need another case of brass polish.
00:07:16 We need it right away.
00:07:18 And don't forget what we get off for being government.
00:07:21 You know, we always aim to please you, Miss January.
00:07:24 The price is still the same, and we'll make prompt delivery.
00:07:29 Hmm.
00:07:31 Have one on the house, star.
00:07:34 Oh, they're all the same size I measured.
00:07:37 I know.
00:07:38 But the black ones last longer.
00:07:41 Thank you.
00:07:42 You're welcome.
00:07:43 Now, don't forget about our special price.
00:07:46 You know I'm giving you all our trade.
00:07:48 I won't forget.
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00:07:54 There's your music, star.
00:07:55 Let's get going.
00:07:56 Come on, star.
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00:07:59 Don't drop it.
00:08:00 I won't, star.
00:08:01 Up here.
00:08:06 Next Friday night, you're all invited to dance from 8 to 5.
00:08:11 All the fishes still alive are having a ball.
00:08:17 It's summer fair.
00:08:19 They'll all be there from the herring to the whale.
00:08:23 They'll turn out to shake a scale in Neptune's Hall.
00:08:29 Come along and follow me to the bottom of the sea.
00:08:35 We'll join in the jamboree at the codfish ball.
00:08:41 Lobsters dancing in a row, shuffle off to buffalo.
00:08:47 Jellyfish sway to and fro at the codfish ball.
00:08:53 Ben and Hattie lead the eels through an Irish rail.
00:08:58 The catfish is a dancing man, but he can't, can't, can't
00:09:03 like the sardine can't.
00:09:05 Two men strutting left and right, many looching one a night.
00:09:10 There won't be a hook in sight at the codfish ball.
00:09:16 Come along and follow me to the bottom of the sea.
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00:09:49 like the sardine can't.
00:09:51 Two men strutting left and right, many looching one a night.
00:09:57 There won't be a hook in sight at the codfish ball.
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00:12:12 Well, Star, you can sing about being a sailor and you can dance like one.
00:12:17 But you'll never be one till you learn to spit a curve in the wind.
00:12:20 [LAUGHTER]
00:12:22 Do you have to know how to do that?
00:12:24 You sure do. You're just a blooming landlubber to begin.
00:12:27 That's right.
00:12:28 Then I'm going to learn now.
00:12:30 Watch me. Stand back, boys.
00:12:32 Let her go, Cap.
00:12:34 [LAUGHTER]
00:12:38 Now it's your turn.
00:12:40 Go ahead, Star.
00:12:42 [LAUGHTER]
00:12:47 No, no. That ain't it. Now watch me closely.
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00:12:55 Get the idea?
00:12:56 I got it. Now watch.
00:12:58 [LAUGHTER]
00:13:04 Now you got it. Try it again.
00:13:08 [LAUGHTER]
00:13:12 Who is that child?
00:13:14 She's the adopted daughter of Captain January, the lighthouse keeper.
00:13:18 Isn't she a pretty little thing?
00:13:21 Does she go to school?
00:13:22 Well, no.
00:13:24 You see, the former truant officer wasn't very strict and...
00:13:27 Yes, I know. That's why she's the former truant officer.
00:13:30 You schoolteachers will find me strict enough.
00:13:32 [LAUGHTER]
00:13:34 One, two, three...
00:13:38 Little girl! Little girl! Stop that.
00:13:40 Disreputable loafers!
00:13:42 You ought to be ashamed of yourselves, teaching a child to behave this way.
00:13:45 Don't be mad at them. They always have fun with me like this.
00:13:50 Do you know that Captain Joe Raskin spit 15 feet in a 20-mile gale?
00:13:55 [LAUGHTER]
00:13:57 Indeed.
00:13:58 And the skipper, he's the one with the accordion.
00:14:02 Once he killed three Chinamen with a table knife.
00:14:05 [LAUGHTER]
00:14:06 This is dreadful. You should be taken home and spanked.
00:14:09 What kind of man is this Captain January to allow you to run about...
00:14:12 Cap's the finest man in the whole world.
00:14:14 See that lighthouse down there?
00:14:17 Well, Cap owns it. He saved a million ships in his day.
00:14:21 You go right home and tell him I'm coming to have a talk about you.
00:14:24 Yes, ma'am.
00:14:25 I'll bet she can't spit a curve in the wind.
00:14:28 [LAUGHTER]
00:14:30 Don't be impudent, young lady.
00:14:32 I didn't mean to be. Cap always tells me to be polite to old ladies.
00:14:37 [LAUGHTER]
00:14:39 What's her name?
00:14:43 I'll tell you all about her tonight.
00:14:46 Who is she, Paul?
00:14:48 New truant officer they sent over from Salem.
00:14:51 What's a truant officer?
00:14:53 Stormy weather for kids.
00:14:55 Then I guess I'd better a panker.
00:14:58 [LAUGHTER]
00:15:00 What did the woman say then?
00:15:10 She just got mad with me and went away.
00:15:12 Oh, forget about it.
00:15:14 She can't do anything mean to us, can she?
00:15:18 No. Remember, I work for the government.
00:15:21 I am the government here.
00:15:23 Maybe she's government, too.
00:15:26 I heard Captain Jarrock say she was some kind of officer.
00:15:30 Well, don't worry.
00:15:32 Having trouble, Cap?
00:15:36 Can I look now, Cap?
00:15:39 Oh, no, no, no, not yet.
00:15:41 I'll have her in trim in a minute.
00:15:44 Why do I have to work on this?
00:15:47 All nice little girls work on saplers.
00:15:50 Don't seem like nothing I'll need in a seafaring life.
00:15:54 That's where you're wrong, Star.
00:15:56 A good sailor's got to be able to steer a needle.
00:15:59 Can I look now?
00:16:02 Oh, it's Captain Nasro.
00:16:08 Hello, honey.
00:16:09 Blind my eyes. Can't I even give a birthday party around here without you barging in?
00:16:14 Pipe down, you catawampus. I didn't come to see you.
00:16:17 Come on out, honey, and see the present I brought you.
00:16:20 Remember me?
00:16:32 Why should the crane remember you?
00:16:34 Is it a crane?
00:16:38 I thought it was a stork.
00:16:40 No, it's a crane.
00:16:44 Something you always wanted.
00:16:46 Wait. You ain't seen nothing yet, Star.
00:16:49 Watch.
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00:16:55 [Giggling]
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00:17:20 Nice work, Ichabod.
00:17:22 Look at him. Look at him.
00:17:25 If it wasn't for the ribbon, you couldn't tell him apart.
00:17:28 [Giggling]
00:17:29 You're going to invite Captain Nasro to stay for the party, aren't you?
00:17:33 Well, I wasn't counting on it, but as long as he's here...
00:17:35 Goodie, I'll fix a place for you.
00:17:37 Whether you was counting on it or not, I'm here and I'm going to stay for a while.
00:17:44 Oh, you are, are you?
00:17:45 Yes, I are.
00:17:46 It's time I do a little inspecting around this here lighthouse.
00:17:49 You must be daft in Washington, appointing you an inspector.
00:17:52 You don't know the difference between a telescope and a tar barrel.
00:17:55 The way you handle them, I guess there ain't any.
00:17:58 [Humming]
00:18:01 Come and get it, sailors.
00:18:03 Over there, Captain Nasro.
00:18:05 [Humming]
00:18:08 This don't dance around when you play a harmonica.
00:18:21 And it may not be what you always wanted, but I thought maybe you'd like it a little.
00:18:26 Like it, Cap?
00:18:29 It's the most tremendous present I ever got.
00:18:33 Thanks, Cap.
00:18:36 What is that?
00:18:39 What do you think it is?
00:18:41 How many guesses do I get?
00:18:43 It's a cake Cap made himself.
00:18:46 Oh, did he?
00:18:47 Then I guess I'll just eat the candles.
00:18:50 Go on, Star. Make a wish and catch your midships with a spanking breeze.
00:19:00 You can have my wish.
00:19:03 I can? Then I wish.
00:19:05 If you wish what I think you're going to wish, I'll push your face in.
00:19:08 Why, you...
00:19:09 I'm taking my wish back.
00:19:11 I only gave it away because last year I couldn't blow out all the candles anyway.
00:19:15 All right, matey. Blow.
00:19:19 [Blows]
00:19:21 [Laughing]
00:19:24 What you gonna call the doll?
00:19:29 Mother.
00:19:31 But if it was only an ordinary doll, I'd call it Suzy.
00:19:35 Why Suzy?
00:19:37 After the captain's mermaid.
00:19:39 What? Has he got a mermaid?
00:19:42 Show him, Cap. Show him.
00:19:44 Now go on. Eat your ice cream.
00:19:46 Please show him. Please.
00:19:49 Oh, all right.
00:19:51 Make Suzy dance.
00:19:58 Faster. Faster.
00:20:00 Just a minute.
00:20:07 That ain't nothing. Take a look at this.
00:20:10 Can you make him dance? Dance?
00:20:14 Pipe down. You think that's anything?
00:20:19 Stay out until you get something.
00:20:26 Well?
00:20:28 How's that?
00:20:30 It's a pleasure.
00:20:33 [Giggling]
00:20:37 What else you got?
00:20:43 Wait a minute. I'll show you something.
00:20:46 That's Jimmy Withers.
00:20:55 [Door Closes]
00:20:57 Which one of you is Captain January?
00:21:01 I'm Captain January.
00:21:04 I'm Mrs. Morgan, the new truant officer here.
00:21:07 Why isn't this child in school?
00:21:09 I was aiming to send her next year.
00:21:11 What you were aiming to do is of no importance.
00:21:13 There's a compulsory education law in this state.
00:21:16 This child is old enough.
00:21:18 How does she know how old I am when we don't even know ourselves?
00:21:22 From what I have observed, this child has been brought up entirely without control.
00:21:26 She's rude, disrespectful, being raised like an ignorant little heathen.
00:21:30 Look at the kind of clothes she wears. Not even a dress.
00:21:33 Say, what business is that of yours?
00:21:35 Star's mine, and I ain't listening to no--
00:21:37 You'll listen to me, Captain January.
00:21:39 You forget this child is adopted.
00:21:41 It's well within the power of the school authorities to have her taken from you and sent to an institution...
00:21:45 if you fail to raise her properly.
00:21:47 Just a minute, Mrs. Morgan.
00:21:49 I'm not holding on with this mildewed old pirate.
00:21:51 But you're talking through your crow's nest when you say Star's being brought up ignorant.
00:21:54 Why, she can read writing and write down reading better than any six-year-old on this coast.
00:21:58 What do you mean, any six-year-old?
00:22:00 Well, there ain't no eight- or nine-year-old from here to Newfoundland that knows as much as Star.
00:22:04 No, nor any 10- or 11-year-old, as far as that goes.
00:22:07 Or a 13 or a 14.
00:22:09 You talk about neglect.
00:22:11 Well, I've been learning her from the two best books there is, the Bible and Bowditch.
00:22:14 Bowditch, a book on navigation.
00:22:16 Fine reading for a child of six.
00:22:19 Any objections to the Bible?
00:22:21 There ain't better reading in the world than the Bible and Bowditch.
00:22:24 They both learn you to steer a straight course.
00:22:26 I didn't come here to discuss reading matter.
00:22:29 Is she talking about taking me away from you?
00:22:32 Yes, but just talking.
00:22:35 Have her report to the schoolhouse for an examination next Tuesday.
00:22:38 My nephew is also taking his examination.
00:22:41 And we'll determine then and there whether or not she's been neglected.
00:22:44 There seems to be some doubt as to the child's age.
00:22:47 But you say she has the intelligence of a child of eight.
00:22:49 Very well. We'll call her eight.
00:22:51 Baby, I'm only six.
00:22:53 I'll stand on eight.
00:22:55 Now you get out of here.
00:22:56 This is her birthday. An examination or no examination, I've had enough of you.
00:23:00 We'll see about that.
00:23:02 What was that thing she was talking about?
00:23:11 Uh, insti... insti...
00:23:13 Never mind, honey. You'll never be in one.
00:23:16 Now you run outside and play. I want to talk to Nazarov.
00:23:20 I'll visit with Icky by the crane.
00:23:23 All right, matey.
00:23:25 You certainly are a lover, putting your foot in it that way.
00:23:29 What's the idea insisting Starr's as smart as a girl of eight?
00:23:33 Well, she is, ain't she?
00:23:36 Sure, but why make it tough on yourself?
00:23:38 Would have been enough for her to pass the six-year-old examination.
00:23:41 But you have to insist on eight.
00:23:43 I ain't afraid.
00:23:45 After all, Starr doesn't belong to you, you know.
00:23:49 Doesn't belong to me?
00:23:52 That's what I said.
00:23:54 You just took her without saying anything to anybody or asking anybody anything.
00:23:58 You got no legal right to her.
00:24:00 You never even adopted her.
00:24:02 She's more than adopted.
00:24:04 She's part of me.
00:24:05 That's all right.
00:24:07 But it ain't the law.
00:24:08 When you fished her out of the water, you should have turned her over to the authorities...
00:24:11 or tried to find out if she had any folks.
00:24:13 I did try.
00:24:15 Yes, you did.
00:24:16 Well, I tried for a little while.
00:24:19 Couldn't keep on trying forever.
00:24:21 I didn't want to lose her.
00:24:23 I wanted to keep her.
00:24:25 Anyway, she has no folks.
00:24:27 They're all dead.
00:24:29 Are they?
00:24:30 Did you ever look through this album carefully?
00:24:34 Mrs. John Mason, 326 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
00:24:38 They may be relatives, you know.
00:24:40 Just because they didn't answer your letter doesn't mean they're dead.
00:24:43 They may have been away.
00:24:45 Or you might have forgotten to mail the letter.
00:24:48 What business is that of yours?
00:24:50 Starr is mine and there ain't nobody gonna take her from me.
00:24:53 How does this look?
00:25:02 Looks like a flag at half-mast.
00:25:05 Well, I can't quite make up my mind.
00:25:08 That's just the thing for school.
00:25:10 When I was a little girl, I had one just like it.
00:25:14 Are you sure you haven't got one with polka dots?
00:25:18 Let me see.
00:25:20 Polka dots.
00:25:21 Polka dots.
00:25:22 450.
00:25:24 How about this one?
00:25:25 There ain't no dots on that.
00:25:27 It's your astigmatism.
00:25:30 Oh, look!
00:25:32 Oh, I like this one.
00:25:38 Say, that certainly is a beauty.
00:25:41 Oh, I don't think so much of it.
00:25:43 Why don't you try it on, Starr?
00:25:45 Can I try it on?
00:25:46 Why, certainly. Come. I'll help you.
00:25:49 Nazro.
00:25:55 Could you let me have $50 till payday?
00:25:58 What do you do with all your money?
00:26:00 I'm putting it in a trust fund for Starr.
00:26:03 You just caught me a little short of ready cash, January.
00:26:07 But I know where you can get the 50.
00:26:09 Where?
00:26:10 The Wittercroft will let you have it.
00:26:12 The Witter let you have anything.
00:26:15 Nah.
00:26:16 She might start figuring something I don't want her to figure.
00:26:19 Oh, belay that.
00:26:20 No matter what you do, a woman's gonna figure what she wants to figure.
00:26:23 Isn't this pretty?
00:26:25 How do I look?
00:26:27 Beautiful.
00:26:29 I think so, too. Don't you, Cap?
00:26:31 Well, I...
00:26:32 It fits her perfectly.
00:26:34 The whole outfit only amounts to $41.75.
00:26:37 That settles it. You wait here, Starr.
00:26:40 You're gonna see the Witter.
00:26:42 Come on. Come on.
00:26:46 Oh, wait a minute. Don't rush me.
00:26:48 Go on on in.
00:26:50 What you scared of?
00:26:51 She won't bite you.
00:26:52 How do you know she won't?
00:26:56 I'd rather face a 90-mile hurricane than a leaky rowboat.
00:27:00 Say, why do Witters always want to get married again, anyway?
00:27:04 Are you going in and ask her for that $50 or ain't you?
00:27:08 I'll tell you.
00:27:10 Why don't we both go in and borrow $25 apiece, huh?
00:27:14 All right. I'll do it for Starr's sake.
00:27:16 Come on.
00:27:17 Just a minute.
00:27:23 Hello, Nasro.
00:27:25 Why, Captain January, come in. Come in.
00:27:29 Oh, Captain, you should have let me know you were coming.
00:27:32 I look a mess.
00:27:33 Well, I, uh...
00:27:34 Mrs. Croft, Captain January here has something very personal to say to you.
00:27:39 So I'll just shove off and leave you two alone.
00:27:42 Dirty, double-crossing, barnacle-brained, scurvy Judas.
00:27:48 Oh.
00:27:51 Oh.
00:27:52 Why did you come to ask me, Jan?
00:28:06 Well, uh...
00:28:08 It ain't so much for me as for Starr. You see...
00:28:11 Oh, I understand.
00:28:13 The poor little dear needs a mother's care.
00:28:16 There's nothing can take the place of a mother...
00:28:19 except another mother.
00:28:21 Yes, yes, of course. No, no, no. I mean, no.
00:28:24 It ain't so easy for me to ask you.
00:28:27 Oh, why, Jan.
00:28:30 Great big seafaring man like you, scared of little old me.
00:28:35 If you'll only grant me this one little favor, I promise...
00:28:39 Yes, yes, you promise.
00:28:41 Lend me $50.
00:28:45 I've got to get Starr a whole new outfit...
00:28:47 so she'll look nice at her school examination.
00:28:50 Why, certainly, Captain.
00:28:52 There's nothing you could ask I could refuse you.
00:28:56 I'll make out a check for you right now.
00:29:01 There you are.
00:29:12 Oh, thank you, thank you.
00:29:13 You know, I've quite an account in the bank.
00:29:16 More than enough for one person.
00:29:18 Yes, uh, well, goodbye, Eliza.
00:29:22 Goodbye, Jan, dear.
00:29:26 Goodbye.
00:29:29 Don't you talk to me, you lion, crawfish and river rat.
00:29:37 Did you get it, Jan, dear?
00:29:40 That ain't none of your business.
00:29:42 Yes.
00:29:44 I was, you were, he was, we were, you were, they were.
00:29:52 I was, you were.
00:29:58 That don't sound right.
00:30:01 Gosh, I wish I had gone to school instead of running away to sea.
00:30:07 Yeah.
00:30:09 I'm just polishing up a bit.
00:30:18 But you already polished up this morning.
00:30:21 Can't you stop now, Cap, and help me some more for the examination?
00:30:25 Pretty soon, honey.
00:30:26 But ships and lives depend upon this light being just sold.
00:30:29 Suppose that light had been out of order the night you came.
00:30:32 Where would you be now?
00:30:34 I'd sleep in the deep.
00:30:36 Remember the tables I learned you, huh?
00:30:39 Uh-huh.
00:30:41 Well, tell me the two table.
00:30:44 Two times one is two.
00:30:47 Two times two is four.
00:30:49 Two times three is six.
00:30:52 Two times four is eight.
00:30:55 That's right, go on.
00:30:56 Two times five is ten.
00:30:58 Huh? Remember any of the three table?
00:31:00 Sure.
00:31:02 Three times one is three.
00:31:04 Three times two is six.
00:31:07 Three times three is nine.
00:31:10 Three times four is twelve.
00:31:12 Three times five is fifteen.
00:31:15 Three times six is eighteen.
00:31:18 Now we'll do some more geography.
00:31:22 All right.
00:31:24 Captain Nasro said...
00:31:26 Nasro, Nasro, always Nasro.
00:31:28 Did I hear my name mentioned?
00:31:30 What do you want?
00:31:32 Nothing with you, you desiccated old crawfish.
00:31:35 But I thought I'd come and help get Star ready for the examination.
00:31:38 You being so illiterate.
00:31:40 Me illiterate?
00:31:41 I can spell you down, read you down, write you down and figure you down.
00:31:45 I can do it all with my hands tied behind my back.
00:31:47 No, you couldn't.
00:31:48 You'd need your fingers to count with.
00:31:50 Yeah?
00:31:51 Well, I bet you couldn't count over ten without taking your shoes off.
00:31:54 Corling ain't helping Star none with her examination.
00:32:00 But this might.
00:32:02 You see, I thought it might help things along...
00:32:05 if we knew the questions they were going to ask.
00:32:07 Gee, this is great.
00:32:09 Where'd you get 'em?
00:32:11 Paul borrowed the key of the schoolhouse from the schoolteacher...
00:32:14 and him and me paid it a little visit.
00:32:16 Listen, Star.
00:32:19 These are the questions they're going to ask you tomorrow.
00:32:22 Now, here's the first one.
00:32:24 What would be the area of a field 87 rods long...
00:32:27 and 206 1/2 yards wide?
00:32:29 And what would it cost at 22 1/2 cents a square foot?
00:32:33 What's the answer?
00:32:36 How much is a rod? How many phantoms?
00:32:41 I thought you wouldn't know.
00:32:43 I'll figure this out for you later.
00:32:45 Let's see what the next question is.
00:32:47 Name six animals that live in very cold countries.
00:32:50 I know.
00:32:53 Three bears and three seals.
00:32:57 No, Star.
00:32:59 They mean six different kind of animals.
00:33:01 That would be bears and seals and wallaces...
00:33:04 and foxes and polar bears and...
00:33:06 But you've already used bears.
00:33:08 Well, polar bears are different kind of bears, ain't they?
00:33:10 Gonna act like that, you might just as well say...
00:33:13 she bears, he bears and baby bears.
00:33:16 Now, what other kind of animal did I see...
00:33:18 when we were on that Arctic expedition?
00:33:20 Oh, I remember.
00:33:22 A skunk.
00:33:24 Don't look at me, you sea cow.
00:33:26 That's the wrong answer, Star.
00:33:28 What's the next question?
00:33:31 Can you prove that heat expands?
00:33:34 What does "expand" mean?
00:33:37 Gets bigger.
00:33:39 Can you prove that heat makes things bigger?
00:33:41 Of course it makes things bigger.
00:33:44 The days are longer in the summer, aren't they?
00:33:46 I guess that's the answer, all right.
00:33:49 Write down the quality of mercy speech...
00:33:53 from the Merchant of Venice.
00:33:55 Bah!
00:33:57 It's a put-up job with that old hatchet face.
00:33:59 No child of eight or 80 can answer that riddle.
00:34:01 It's a mistake.
00:34:08 I must have picked up the wrong paper.
00:34:12 This is a high school examination.
00:34:14 I just saw the word "examination"...
00:34:17 and thought it was all right.
00:34:19 Bah! You can't even steal proper.
00:34:21 Come on, Star, let's get on with our lessons.
00:34:23 More arithmetic?
00:34:25 No, I guess we finished with arithmetic.
00:34:27 Does she know about fractions?
00:34:29 Sure she does.
00:34:30 How many halves in a whole, Star?
00:34:32 How big a whole, Captain Nasro?
00:34:34 Every whole would have the same number of halves, wouldn't it?
00:34:37 Wouldn't a bigger whole have bigger halves than a little whole?
00:34:41 Sounds reasonable.
00:34:43 How much does four quarters make?
00:34:45 Never mind that.
00:34:46 They're not going to ask Star anything about fractions.
00:34:48 Now let's go on with our geography again.
00:34:50 Tell me what I learned you yesterday.
00:34:53 This is the Atlantic Ocean, this is the Pacific Ocean,
00:34:56 this is the equator, this is the North Pole.
00:34:59 Not so fast, not so fast.
00:35:01 The world goes faster than math, doesn't it?
00:35:04 Oh, might.
00:35:05 Now, what's this I'm pointing to?
00:35:07 China.
00:35:08 What comes from China?
00:35:10 Tea.
00:35:11 What else?
00:35:12 Chinamen.
00:35:13 You're going at this all wrong, January.
00:35:20 Nobody's going to ask a little girl like Star anything about China.
00:35:23 How do you know?
00:35:24 You never passed an eight-year-old test, did you?
00:35:26 I could have passed one.
00:35:28 Maybe when you was full grown.
00:35:30 You know, with me telling that Morgan woman I was teaching Star from the Bible,
00:35:35 they're pretty apt to ask you some questions about the Bible.
00:35:38 Well, there ain't many children who's up in the book as she is.
00:35:41 I know, but what are the four Gospels?
00:35:44 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
00:35:46 Correct.
00:35:47 Now, remember the story I read you last night?
00:35:49 Remember the story I read you last week about the prodigal son?
00:35:52 Mm-hmm.
00:35:53 And the father said, "Bring out the fatted calf and kill it,
00:35:57 and let us eat and be merry."
00:35:59 That's fine.
00:36:01 But everyone wasn't merry, Star.
00:36:03 There was a brother and some neighbors.
00:36:05 Now, who was sorry that the prodigal son came back?
00:36:08 The fatted calf.
00:36:12 [laughing]
00:36:14 Listen, Mary, you can give Star a break if you want to.
00:36:25 It's impossible, Paul.
00:36:27 The examination must be conducted honestly.
00:36:30 You know I love Star as much as you do, but...
00:36:32 Gee, if I was in your place, I'd lean over backwards to see if that kid passed.
00:36:36 I'd like to, but I can't lean either way.
00:36:39 The test has got to be perfectly fair.
00:36:42 Remember when I was in school once?
00:36:44 I missed every question on the examination, but they promoted me anyhow.
00:36:48 I guess they needed your desk.
00:36:51 No, that wasn't it, but I did see the teacher kissing the principal.
00:36:55 Even if Star saw me kissing the principal, I couldn't favor her.
00:36:59 Anyhow, Mrs. Morgan is no woman to trifle with.
00:37:02 She'll be watching me like a hawk.
00:37:04 I know, honey, I know, but...
00:37:06 Gee, I wish you'd give Star a break.
00:37:09 I wish you'd give me a break, Paul.
00:37:14 Well, Mary...
00:37:16 I'll see you tomorrow, Mary.
00:37:22 Here.
00:37:28 Thanks, Cap.
00:37:30 That's for the teacher.
00:37:32 Why?
00:37:33 I think it's a good idea.
00:37:34 Excellent.
00:37:36 Well, lots of luck, honey.
00:37:38 Aren't you coming too?
00:37:40 No, but we'll be around.
00:37:42 Now, listen, dear.
00:37:45 You've just got to pass this examination.
00:37:47 You've just got to.
00:37:48 It may mean that they'll try to take you away from me if you don't.
00:37:51 Now, I don't want to make you nervous or anything.
00:37:53 No, he don't want to make you nervous.
00:37:55 You old fool.
00:37:57 I'll do my best, Cap.
00:37:59 Now, take it easy and don't worry.
00:38:01 I'm not worried.
00:38:04 There ain't nothing to worry about.
00:38:07 No, of course not.
00:38:09 You can't go in there now.
00:38:24 I wish she was stronger on fractions.
00:38:29 Oh, you and your fractions.
00:38:31 Come on. Maybe we can see in the side window.
00:38:34 You clumsy old son of a sea slug.
00:38:48 Why can't I go in now?
00:38:54 Because the teacher's putting the examples on the board.
00:38:57 What's an example?
00:39:00 Oh, you don't know nothing.
00:39:02 I'll bet you don't even know who discovered America.
00:39:05 What, Crusader?
00:39:08 I don't know. I guess so.
00:39:10 Cap did.
00:39:13 He didn't do no such thing.
00:39:15 Christopher Columbus discovered America.
00:39:18 And I know when he discovered it, too.
00:39:21 It was in 1492.
00:39:24 You don't know nothing.
00:39:27 Are you awful smart?
00:39:29 Sure. That's why I'm taking the examination today.
00:39:33 My aunt wants me to jump from the first grade to the third grade.
00:39:37 I can jump from the first step to the third step in the lighthouse.
00:39:41 No, it ain't that kind of jumping.
00:39:44 Come, children.
00:39:46 What's she doing?
00:39:49 Nothing. They ain't started yet.
00:39:51 Quit shaking this barrel.
00:39:53 We're ready to start now, Mrs. Morgan.
00:39:57 That's fine. The sooner the better for me.
00:40:00 I'm sure my nephew is ready.
00:40:02 Cira, you sit there.
00:40:05 And, Star, you sit beside him.
00:40:07 What's this for?
00:40:13 No talking, please.
00:40:15 She's a problem.
00:40:17 We'll begin with arithmetic, children.
00:40:25 What did I tell you? Fractions!
00:40:27 Let me help you.
00:40:29 Here are eight fishing schooners.
00:40:32 Those aren't schooners. They're catchers.
00:40:35 You're quite right, Star, but let's go on.
00:40:38 Here are eight boats.
00:40:40 These five sailed away.
00:40:43 Now, Star, how many boats were left?
00:40:46 Why were they left?
00:40:48 Did they foul their anchors or something?
00:40:52 Is she in trouble?
00:40:54 Yes, and it's your fault.
00:40:56 Who are you waving at?
00:40:58 Children raise their hands when they know the answer.
00:41:04 What is the answer, Cira?
00:41:06 Three.
00:41:07 That's right, Cira.
00:41:09 Of course there were three.
00:41:11 Maybe she's nervous.
00:41:14 Maybe she'll get going good.
00:41:16 I guess Mrs. Morgan was right.
00:41:18 You ain't fit to look after a child.
00:41:20 You ain't fit for nothing.
00:41:22 Star ought to be taken away from you.
00:41:24 Why, you lopsided old swab!
00:41:26 Listen.
00:41:27 Give me your hand. Maybe there's room for both of us.
00:41:31 So the father said, "Who chopped down the cherry tree?"
00:41:38 George replied, "Father, I cannot tell a lie.
00:41:43 I did it with my little hat."
00:41:46 Hat.
00:41:48 Hat.
00:41:49 Hat.
00:41:55 Hat.
00:41:56 Hat.
00:41:57 Shh, not so loud.
00:42:06 You've both read very well.
00:42:09 Now I want you to make up a story about being left alone to take care of a little brother.
00:42:15 You first, Cira.
00:42:17 But I haven't got a little brother.
00:42:19 I know, but make believe that you have one.
00:42:22 And your mother has left you to take care of him.
00:42:25 What happened?
00:42:26 I stayed home with my little brother.
00:42:32 We played games.
00:42:36 We had a good time.
00:42:38 Yes.
00:42:40 That's all.
00:42:41 What can you make up, Star?
00:42:46 One night Cap went away and left me alone in the lighthouse with my little brother.
00:42:50 My little brother's name is Jimmy.
00:42:53 All of a sudden, the biggest wave in the world came along.
00:42:57 Jimmy was scared, but I wasn't.
00:43:00 Maybe I was a little scared, but I held Jimmy's hand and we said our prayers the way Cap taught us.
00:43:06 Well, the lighthouse, with me and Jimmy in it, folded all the way over to China.
00:43:12 China.
00:43:13 Yeah, they'll probably set her down for lying so hard.
00:43:16 There were a lot of little Chinese boys and girls there.
00:43:20 We played games with them.
00:43:22 One of the little girls gave me a nice kimono and Jimmy some pretty toys.
00:43:26 We were very happy until a lot of pirates came off the ship and stole me and Jimmy.
00:43:32 Pretty soon a big storm came up.
00:43:35 So Jimmy and I locked the pirates in the hold.
00:43:38 Then we sailed the boat to darkest Africa.
00:43:42 After that, we were wrecked off the coast of Finland.
00:43:45 But we were picked up by a tramp steamer on the way to Singapore.
00:43:49 There was a boatswain on the boat who scuttled the ship.
00:43:52 That will be enough, Star.
00:43:54 But a whole lot more happened.
00:43:56 I know, but you've told us enough.
00:43:58 But history is hardly a third-grade subject.
00:44:11 I suppose you taught her all you know about history.
00:44:14 She don't know a thing about history.
00:44:16 That's what I mean.
00:44:18 Very well.
00:44:20 Cyril, who discovered America?
00:44:23 Christopher Columbus.
00:44:25 That's correct.
00:44:27 When did he discover America?
00:44:30 In...
00:44:31 Yes, Star?
00:44:38 In 1492.
00:44:41 Very good, Star.
00:44:44 I can do other things.
00:44:45 I can sing and I can dance and I can read a ship's compass and...
00:44:49 Well, not now.
00:44:50 Come here, Cyril.
00:44:52 Go back to your desks and write the answers to these problems.
00:44:55 This will finish the examination.
00:44:57 I don't understand, Cyril.
00:45:01 "Cyril, the Great"
00:45:03 Well, what about my nephew?
00:45:17 Cyril is a very bright child, Mrs. Morgan.
00:45:19 But I don't think it would be advisable for him to skip a grade at this time.
00:45:23 Did I pass the examination?
00:45:26 Yes, you did, Star.
00:45:28 You may enter the third grade.
00:45:30 She passed!
00:45:41 What happened?
00:45:42 You passed, honey. You passed.
00:45:44 This is the most blatant piece of favoritism I've ever seen.
00:45:48 I'm sorry, Mrs. Morgan. I tried to be fair.
00:45:51 You're going to put Star in an institution now.
00:45:54 You better put that dumbbell nephew of yours in one.
00:45:58 Come here.
00:46:00 If they think they're through with me, they're very much mistaken.
00:46:04 Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep,
00:46:08 So beware, beware.
00:46:13 You village people stick together.
00:46:16 But you forget I have my authority from the state board.
00:46:19 And I'll take steps.
00:46:24 Oh, that's too bad.
00:46:26 It's all right.
00:46:28 I'm so sorry.
00:46:30 Have some more cider, Nazarone.
00:46:39 Yes.
00:46:40 Pretty good for a fellow who didn't have much book learning, huh?
00:46:43 What's book learning got to do with cider?
00:46:45 I ain't talking about cider.
00:46:47 I'm talking about my educating Star so good she jumps right into the third grade.
00:46:51 You educating her while you couldn't get into the third grade yourself
00:46:54 was the things I learned her that put her through.
00:46:56 Quit your bragging, Gooseneck, and let's drink to Star.
00:46:59 You don't think I'd drink to you, you blubber-headed blowfish.
00:47:03 To Star! To Star!
00:47:06 Do you think I look as good in this dress as my mother did?
00:47:15 I expect so. It's been quite a job of work cutting it down.
00:47:20 Now, wouldn't you like for me to live here
00:47:24 so I could cut them all down to fit you?
00:47:27 No, I'd rather grow up to fit the dresses.
00:47:31 Oh, you mean you wouldn't like me to live here?
00:47:35 Well, I like you, but you see, I'm the lady of the house,
00:47:39 and we couldn't have two ladies of the house.
00:47:42 Oh, well, now you tell Captain January that I fixed this for you.
00:47:47 I'll remember.
00:47:48 Oh, here we go.
00:47:50 Here we go.
00:47:52 Here we go.
00:47:54 Here we go.
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00:50:14 [laughter]
00:50:20 Gosh, you look pretty in that.
00:50:22 Just like something out of a picture book.
00:50:24 Did you fix that dress over?
00:50:26 Mrs. Clark helped me a little bit.
00:50:29 [laughter]
00:50:31 I've been looking all over for you, Captain.
00:50:38 I thought maybe this telegram might be something important.
00:50:41 Thanks, bud.
00:50:43 [silence]
00:50:45 Bad news?
00:51:12 No, just department routine.
00:51:14 Oh, is that all?
00:51:16 I thought maybe they was getting wise down in Washington
00:51:18 and throwing you out of your job.
00:51:20 No, not exactly.
00:51:23 [laughter]
00:51:25 What would you like me to play, Captain Nazaro?
00:51:37 Oh, uh, nothing, Star.
00:51:40 Not now. I got some work to do.
00:51:42 Good night, dear.
00:51:44 Good night, you old albatross.
00:51:47 Good night, Captain Nazaro.
00:52:08 [phone ringing]
00:52:11 [phone ringing]
00:52:13 [phone ringing]
00:52:15 [phone ringing]
00:52:34 I got seven.
00:52:42 Fifteen-two, fifteen-four, and eights a dozen.
00:52:45 Well, I've been beating you steady now for ten years,
00:52:48 and it looks like I'll beat you for the next ten.
00:52:51 Evening, boy.
00:52:56 Slopin' told me to drop this here on the way home.
00:52:58 Put it on the table over there.
00:53:00 I can't figure out what you're laying all these supplies in for.
00:53:06 You won't need this much for just a week.
00:53:11 Automatic. Automatic.
00:53:13 Pretty soon they'll have a machine to do your eating for you.
00:53:16 And your chewing, too.
00:53:18 Go ahead, January. It's your deal.
00:53:23 What you gabbing about?
00:53:26 What's all this automatic stuff?
00:53:29 Why, that new light they're putting in here.
00:53:37 I couldn't get up the nerve to...
00:53:39 When does it happen?
00:53:41 The 30th.
00:53:43 [crickets chirping]
00:54:12 Now see what you done. You made me swallow my cud.
00:54:15 I'll make you swallow your cud, you lame brain.
00:54:18 Cap. Oh, Cap.
00:54:24 What's the matter, Cap? Something wrong?
00:54:32 No. No, nothing at all, honey.
00:54:35 Nothing at all.
00:54:37 I don't think I could fall asleep unless you read to me.
00:54:42 In you go.
00:54:44 The way you look, I think I'd better read to you.
00:55:07 Here, let me have the book.
00:55:11 I like this one because it tells just how I feel about you.
00:55:15 What makes life the sweetest,
00:55:20 bestest and completest?
00:55:24 Not a big dollhouse or a Mickey Mouse,
00:55:28 but the right somebody to love.
00:55:32 Ice cream, cake and candy,
00:55:37 maybe fine and dandy,
00:55:41 but if you ask me, they're not one, two, three,
00:55:45 with the right somebody to love.
00:55:49 One you really care for
00:55:54 and is yours to have and keep.
00:55:58 One you say a prayer for
00:56:03 and you're now, why, lay me down to sleep.
00:56:09 Though you're not quite seven,
00:56:14 what is most like heaven
00:56:18 is the joy that's found with your arms around
00:56:23 just the right somebody to love.
00:56:30 Just the right somebody to love.
00:56:36 What makes life the sweetest,
00:56:54 bestest and completest?
00:56:58 Not a big dollhouse or a Mickey Mouse,
00:57:02 but the right somebody to love.
00:57:06 Ice cream, cake and candy,
00:57:11 maybe fine and dandy,
00:57:15 but if you ask me, they're not one, two, three,
00:57:19 with the right somebody to love.
00:57:24 One you really care for
00:57:28 and is yours to have and keep.
00:57:32 One you say a prayer for
00:57:37 and you're now, why, lay me down to sleep.
00:57:43 Though you're not quite seven,
00:57:48 what is most like heaven
00:57:52 is the joy that's found with your arms around
00:57:57 just the right somebody to love.
00:58:01 One you really care for
00:58:05 and is yours to have and keep.
00:58:09 One you say a prayer for
00:58:14 and you're now, why, lay me down to sleep.
00:58:21 Though you're not quite seven,
00:58:25 what is most like heaven
00:58:29 is the joy that's found with your arms around me.
00:58:38 I can't understand why I don't get no answer to that letter.
00:58:41 In two days, January will be out of a job,
00:58:43 and that's what old Hatchetface has been waiting for.
00:58:45 No, of course it is.
00:58:47 It's a shame January can't get another job.
00:58:49 He's one of the best navigators on the whole coast.
00:58:52 Jobs ain't to be had for the asking nowadays.
00:58:55 Maybe when the halibut start rolling,
00:58:57 we'll have a chance to get a job.
00:58:59 I'm sure he'll be a good navigator.
00:59:01 I'm sure he'll be a good navigator.
00:59:03 I'm sure he'll be a good navigator.
00:59:05 Maybe when the halibut start running,
00:59:08 or walking or something.
00:59:11 Perhaps your letter was lost.
00:59:13 Why don't you send a telegram?
00:59:15 That's an idea.
00:59:17 Do you think I'm doing right in sending for these people?
00:59:20 Of course you are.
00:59:22 You never did anything right in your life.
00:59:24 I hate to think what January's gonna say when he finds out.
00:59:27 I know, but if someone doesn't come to take Star,
00:59:29 Mrs. Morgan's going to have her way.
00:59:32 The minute she can prove he has no job and no means of support,
00:59:35 she'll get a court order like that.
00:59:37 But I don't know nothing about these Mason people,
00:59:39 except what I read in the album.
00:59:41 Maybe they ain't even related to Star.
00:59:43 Whoever they are, they're better for Star than an institution.
00:59:46 Certainly better than any institution Mrs. Morgan would pick out.
00:59:50 That's right.
00:59:52 And Boston Street's a very tony neighborhood in Boston.
00:59:56 Will you phone the telegram to Salem for me?
00:59:58 Here's the address.
01:00:00 We'll take care of it right away. Come on, Paul.
01:00:03 I wish there weren't any jobs in the whole world.
01:00:13 Why, Star?
01:00:15 You worry about jobs, Cap worries about them.
01:00:18 He feels even worse than you.
01:00:20 He sits in his chair all day just looking and looking.
01:00:25 Hello, Star.
01:00:27 Hello, Paul. Hello, Cap.
01:00:29 Having a good time?
01:00:31 Not really and truly. I'm just pretending to.
01:00:34 Cap's feeling awful bad about having to leave the lighthouse.
01:00:38 Cheer him up.
01:00:40 He looks worried, too.
01:00:46 He was born worried.
01:00:48 What do you want?
01:00:56 Oh, come out of it.
01:00:58 The way you're acting, you'd think I was responsible...
01:01:00 for putting in those newfangled lights.
01:01:02 No, it ain't that.
01:01:04 I'm just plumb worried.
01:01:06 I can't seem to connect with another job.
01:01:09 With all that ruction the Morgan woman's stirring up about Star.
01:01:13 I think everything's gonna be all right with Star.
01:01:17 I've sent for those people.
01:01:21 People? What people?
01:01:24 Those people in that album, the Masons.
01:01:28 I've asked them to come.
01:01:30 You did that?
01:01:33 You?
01:01:36 You and me have a lot of quarrels...
01:01:38 but I always thought deep down you were my friend.
01:01:40 I am your friend.
01:01:42 My friend. You happened to take Star away from me...
01:01:45 and you call yourself my friend.
01:01:47 You dirty double-crosser. I'll bring you out.
01:01:50 For the best, January. Don't you understand?
01:01:53 I understand.
01:01:55 I understand I've been sold out by a man I trusted.
01:01:57 You haven't been sold out, January.
01:01:59 I have been.
01:02:00 You're a rotten crimp helping to steal Star.
01:02:03 I suppose you've been figuring this out for a long time.
01:02:06 Now, now, January. You being without a job...
01:02:08 I remember you telling me at the schoolhouse that Mrs. Morgan was right...
01:02:11 that I wasn't fit to take care of Star.
01:02:13 I didn't think you meant it then.
01:02:15 Oh, January.
01:02:16 But now I know you did mean it.
01:02:18 You've been plotting with them to take Star away from me.
01:02:20 If you ever come near me again, I'll break your lion carcass in two.
01:02:25 I'll...
01:02:26 Did you cheer him up?
01:02:37 Got a check up on that switch box.
01:02:46 All this stuff around here should have been junk years ago.
01:02:49 I guess you don't know how many ships kept safe with this light.
01:02:55 What, that old Chinese lantern?
01:02:57 You could do better with a candle and a box of matches.
01:03:00 Come on, come on, boys. It's getting late.
01:03:02 Yes, Star. It is getting late.
01:03:05 We better be going.
01:03:07 I'm going to get a drink.
01:03:12 Go on.
01:03:13 You get that way sticking around alone in these lighthouses.
01:03:24 Where are we going, Cap?
01:03:29 Mrs. Cross.
01:03:31 She's nice.
01:03:33 You know, Star...
01:03:35 I'm kind of glad we're going.
01:03:37 I ain't so young anymore, and this climbing up and down has been getting to my legs.
01:03:41 Mine too.
01:03:42 And that's why I'm glad we're going to live with Mrs. Cross instead of here.
01:03:46 Eh?
01:03:47 It's nearer the school, and I won't have to walk so far.
01:03:50 Oh, yeah.
01:03:52 Yep. I'm relieved to be getting out of here.
01:04:02 So am I.
01:04:04 I'm tired of looking out here and seeing nothing but the sea.
01:04:11 Nothing but the sea.
01:04:13 Quick! It's happened!
01:04:25 I told you not...
01:04:26 But she's got the paper. She's got the order.
01:04:28 Order? What order?
01:04:29 Order to produce Star in court.
01:04:30 Come on! You've got to beat it.
01:04:32 Mrs. Morgan's on her way here now with a deputy from Salem.
01:04:34 You don't want them to take Star away, do you?
01:04:36 I'm not running away. I'm not afraid to appear in court.
01:04:38 Listen, if they get a hold of Star, you'll lose her as sure as you're standing there.
01:04:41 What are they going to do to me?
01:04:43 Nothing. Don't be stubborn. You can fight later.
01:04:45 In the meantime, take Star and hide out.
01:04:47 Where?
01:04:48 I've got my boat in the cove. Paul's aboard waiting for you.
01:04:50 Run her out a mile or so and stay there. Come on.
01:04:52 Come on, Star.
01:04:54 Send the rest of the things over to Slocum.
01:05:05 I'll come out and bring you some food in a little while.
01:05:07 All right.
01:05:08 Take her, January.
01:05:14 What?
01:05:16 Shove off, Paul.
01:05:18 Now everything's going to work out all right.
01:05:37 You won't let them take me away from you, will you?
01:05:40 Don't you fret, Non. I won't let them touch you.
01:05:43 Now you better lie down for a bit.
01:05:46 It's not nearly as pretty as yours.
01:06:03 It's not nearly as pretty as your light.
01:06:06 Now don't you worry, honey.
01:06:08 You just close your little eyes and rest.
01:06:11 I've brung you the things from Slocum's.
01:06:15 Hey, give me a hand.
01:06:19 Hello, Star.
01:06:28 Hello.
01:06:29 Now, honey, you'd better go back.
01:06:32 (phone buzzing)
01:06:35 There they are.
01:06:40 What's the matter, Cap? What's the matter?
01:06:44 Nothing, honey, nothing.
01:06:46 Time for running away is over.
01:06:54 I'm sorry, Cap. They must have followed me.
01:06:56 Get your mooring lines ready.
01:06:58 Aye, aye, sir.
01:06:59 Take this line on board.
01:07:01 Aye, aye, sir.
01:07:02 Get out your stern line.
01:07:04 Aye, aye, sir.
01:07:05 I'm from the Sheriff's office.
01:07:07 I have an order to produce that child before Judge Thompson at Salem.
01:07:11 All right. When do you want us?
01:07:12 Tomorrow afternoon at three.
01:07:14 We'll be there.
01:07:15 You take that child right now.
01:07:16 Don't you understand that he's trying to sneak her out of the jurisdiction of the court?
01:07:19 He ain't doing nothing of the sort.
01:07:21 No? What's he doing on this boat, then?
01:07:24 Officer, just a minute, please.
01:07:26 You're responsible for the custody of the child.
01:07:28 If he gets beyond the 12-mile zone...
01:07:30 Maybe you're right.
01:07:31 I can't take any chances.
01:07:33 All right. Come on, Bub.
01:07:35 You let me alone. You let me alone.
01:07:38 I won't.
01:07:39 Now, now, quit it.
01:07:40 Cut that out.
01:07:41 Let me alone.
01:07:42 Now, quit that. Cut that out. I tell you, don't keep your hands over her.
01:07:44 Oh!
01:07:45 You can't take her away from me.
01:07:46 You're starting to offend her.
01:07:47 You won't let me...
01:07:48 Now, take her!
01:07:49 Hey, stop that.
01:07:51 Oh, please, Cap. Don't let them take me away.
01:07:54 Why are you waiting? Take her!
01:07:56 Come on, Bub.
01:07:57 Come on, Bub. Let's go.
01:07:58 Cap! Cap!
01:08:00 Are you hurt?
01:08:02 I'll be all right.
01:08:04 Go with Star. Don't let her out of your sight.
01:08:06 Go ahead. I'll take care of him.
01:08:08 You let me go!
01:08:09 Cast off!
01:08:10 Cap! Cap!
01:08:11 Cap!
01:08:14 I don't want to leave! I don't want to!
01:08:17 That's all right, honey.
01:08:19 Don't cry.
01:08:20 You let me alone.
01:08:22 I want to stay with Cap.
01:08:24 I'll be with you soon.
01:08:26 Be a good girl, honey.
01:08:28 Why are they taking me away from you?
01:08:30 What have I done?
01:08:31 Cap! Oh, Cap!
01:08:33 Now, take it easy, Star.
01:08:47 You see, you're just being shanghaied by a lot of pirates.
01:08:50 But we'll get you away.
01:08:52 Well, you'll be back with January before you know it.
01:08:56 Captain Nazaro! They're coming! They're coming!
01:08:59 They're up at the house looking for you.
01:09:01 The Masons! Star's aunts!
01:09:03 So, that's who she is.
01:09:05 Star's aunt.
01:09:06 Yes, they got your telegram and came right away.
01:09:08 Oh, how dare you interfere!
01:09:10 This is some kind of a trick.
01:09:12 It's not a trick.
01:09:13 Those folks are Star's relatives.
01:09:15 Well, they can tell it to the judge.
01:09:17 But according to the paper I've got here, the child has no relatives.
01:09:19 They've just been found.
01:09:21 How providential.
01:09:22 Listen here.
01:09:23 You've got the authority to take Star away from January.
01:09:25 I ain't denying that.
01:09:26 But have you got the authority to take her away from her relatives?
01:09:28 No.
01:09:29 But how do I know they are her relatives?
01:09:30 That's easy.
01:09:31 Suppose you drop in at my quarters and have a talk with them.
01:09:33 It's certainly strange that after four years, relatives suddenly appear.
01:09:37 It isn't strange at all.
01:09:39 I've had a long talk with them.
01:09:40 Mr. Mason is American consul in Morocco and they've just come back from abroad.
01:09:44 They're fine people and they've got all the proof and identification they need.
01:09:48 Well, I don't know.
01:09:49 I suppose you know.
01:09:50 That under section three, paragraph two of the penal code,
01:09:53 you can get into a lot of trouble taking a child away from its kin.
01:09:57 I guess there can't be any harm in talking to those folks.
01:09:59 Let's go see them.
01:10:00 On my left, please.
01:10:06 I don't need that.
01:10:08 I've got to go after Star.
01:10:09 Cap, you take it easy.
01:10:11 You might be hurt worse than you think you are.
01:10:13 I don't care.
01:10:14 I've got to go after Star.
01:10:16 Not now.
01:10:17 Nothing can happen.
01:10:18 Remember, Nazaro is with her.
01:10:20 I know, but she needs me.
01:10:22 You'll feel better tomorrow.
01:10:25 First thing in the morning, we'll run the bullion.
01:10:27 All right.
01:10:28 But the first thing in the morning.
01:10:31 I'm perfectly satisfied, but maybe the judge would like...
01:10:44 We'll appear before him any minute.
01:10:46 He's my card.
01:10:48 Well, goodbye.
01:10:49 Glad to have been of service.
01:10:51 Do you like the doll, Star?
01:10:53 That's a lovely name, Star.
01:10:56 I think I'd call you that.
01:10:58 Your real name is Helen.
01:11:00 She says "Mama" if you squeeze her.
01:11:04 I know, but I like this one better.
01:11:08 She's a wonderful doll.
01:11:10 We're going to try to make you very happy, Star.
01:11:14 I'd rather be with Cap.
01:11:17 Besides, he needs me.
01:11:19 I always take care of him.
01:11:21 Why, he'd be lost without me.
01:11:24 I know.
01:11:25 He must be a very, very fine man.
01:11:27 Are you sure we shouldn't see Captain January before we leave?
01:11:32 Not now, ma'am.
01:11:33 I don't think it would be a good idea.
01:11:35 You see, he feels Star is his.
01:11:37 It might cause a lot of trouble.
01:11:39 Please, I want to see Captain January.
01:11:42 Please, I want to see Captain...
01:11:45 What do you think we should do? The child is in a bad way.
01:11:50 She'll cry and feel bad for a few days, but then she'll be fine.
01:11:53 You know children, they forget quickly.
01:11:56 Yes, but it's going to be hard on Captain January.
01:11:58 No doubt.
01:12:00 But he'll see the light of day when I tell him what kind of people you are.
01:12:03 We'd better get it over with.
01:12:05 [car engine]
01:12:08 Tell Cap.
01:12:23 Tell him that I love him.
01:12:25 Tell him.
01:12:27 [sobbing]
01:12:31 [car engine]
01:12:34 Well, I got her away from that old reprobate anyway.
01:12:41 And as for you, young lady, you can rest assured you'll be dismissed for your part in this.
01:12:45 [screaming]
01:12:46 Oh, I beg your pardon.
01:12:48 Come on, Mary.
01:12:50 [moaning]
01:12:59 [moaning]
01:13:02 [screaming]
01:13:20 [car engine]
01:13:23 Come on, it's time for your nap.
01:13:39 I love you better than all the other things put together.
01:13:44 Because you look like my mother.
01:13:47 The captain made you with his own hands.
01:13:50 ♪ What makes life the sweetest ♪
01:13:57 ♪ Bestest and completest ♪
01:14:00 ♪ Not a big dollhouse or a Mickey Mouse ♪
01:14:04 ♪ But the right somebody to love ♪
01:14:08 ♪ Ice cream, cake, and candy ♪
01:14:13 ♪ May be fine and dandy ♪
01:14:17 ♪ But if you ask me, they're not one, two, three ♪
01:14:21 ♪ With the right somebody to love ♪
01:14:25 ♪ One you really care for ♪
01:14:29 ♪ And is yours to have and keep ♪
01:14:33 ♪ One you say a prayer for ♪
01:14:38 ♪ And you know I lay me down to sleep ♪
01:14:44 ♪ Though you're not quite seven ♪
01:14:48 ♪ What is most like heaven ♪
01:14:52 ♪ Is the joy that's found with your arms around ♪
01:14:57 ♪ Just the right somebody to love ♪
01:15:07 I guess you'd better get Star ready. They're coming for her.
01:15:09 Thank you, dear.
01:15:10 Come on, Star.
01:15:12 Well, Star, are you ready for a nice surprise?
01:15:18 How would you like to take a lovely trip?
01:15:20 Very much, Aunt Mary.
01:15:22 Go on, dear.
01:15:24 I think we found a toy you'll really like.
01:15:26 Besides, we're fixing up a playroom for you.
01:15:35 Thanks, Uncle John.
01:15:37 Would you like to go up on the bridge?
01:15:39 Yes, please. Cap used to tell me about bridges.
01:15:43 Old Captain!
01:15:45 Cap!
01:15:51 Cap! Old Cap!
01:15:54 Cap!
01:15:55 Hello, Star.
01:15:59 I'm first mate.
01:16:05 Hello, Star.
01:16:06 I'm the crew.
01:16:09 Now that you got a job, Paul, you can get married.
01:16:15 Yep, and I don't have to wait for the halibut to start running.
01:16:18 And now, Captain, I've got a surprise for you.
01:16:23 Look.
01:16:24 Jam, dear. I'm the cook.
01:16:29 Oh, you're a funny man.
01:16:31 Come along and follow me
01:16:38 To the bottom of the sea
01:16:41 We'll join in the jamboree
01:16:44 At the Codfish Bowl
01:16:46 [laughing]
01:16:49 [laughing]
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