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00:01Have a hard day, darling.
00:03Brutal.
00:04Everything I asked for today, someone else was using.
00:06Slippers!
00:07Here you are, Mr. B.
00:08I needed a correspondence file.
00:10Harry had it in Chicago.
00:11I needed a brief.
00:12Joe had it tied up for a month.
00:14Thank you, darling.
00:15After everyone else, I come first.
00:16Not in this house you don't.
00:19Thank you, Hazel.
00:20Anything else you want, just yell.
00:27Hazel!
00:28Yes?
00:30Yeah, Mr. B?
00:31This newspaper.
00:33Oh, well, Missy wanted that because that was a drapery ad.
00:36And then there was some recipes here.
00:38And these other things, Harold wanted for current events.
00:41And I get what's left.
00:43Oh, no, Mr. B.
00:44You want a whole paper, you get a whole paper.
00:46All you have to do is just put it together.
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03:25George, look at the beautiful prize Hazel won.
03:30Why is everybody whispering?
03:31We're trying to be quiet.
03:33Well, will you cut it out?
03:34It makes me nervous.
03:35Oh, Mr. B, you ain't been yourself ever since last week
03:38when you lost that golf game to Mr. Beasley by one stroke.
03:42It's all over and done with, Mr. B.
03:44You can't sit around brooding.
03:45Oh, I'm not brooding.
03:46I never brood.
03:47You can't win them all, you know.
03:49You win them all, Hazel.
03:51Oh, well, I have my off days.
03:53Did you have your rabbit's foot in your pocket last night?
03:55Oh, sure, and Uncle Wiggly never let me down.
03:59Maybe you could get one for Dad
04:01so he'd have some good luck when he plays Mr. Beasley.
04:04Sure, I got an extra one in my room.
04:06It's kind of tacky looking, but it's still full of luck.
04:09I'll get it for you.
04:10No, Hazel, I don't want it.
04:11And believe me, Harold,
04:12a rabbit's foot is not going to help me outplay Sanford Beasley.
04:15Well, what about a horseshoe?
04:16Jack Ballard carries a little gold one around on his horseshoe.
04:19No, no horseshoes, no four-leaf clovers,
04:21no rabbit's foots, feet, feet,
04:24not for me or not for you, Harold.
04:26Gee, Dad, if it works for Hazel...
04:28It doesn't work for Hazel.
04:30She wins.
04:31She wins only because she bowls a better game
04:33than the other contestants.
04:34If she didn't, she'd lose,
04:36even if she had a pocket full of rabbit's feet.
04:38Don't you believe in luck at all, Mr. B?
04:40Hazel, everyone makes his own luck
04:43by skill and self-reliance,
04:45and that is what I want you to believe, Harold.
04:47You understand?
04:49I guess so.
04:51Here's your prize, Hazel.
04:53Oh, thanks, Mr. B.
04:54I got great plans for this watch.
04:56Oh, uh, Hazel?
04:58Now, I don't mean to criticize you
04:59for carrying your good luck charm around,
05:01but I just don't want Harold relying on such things.
05:04Oh, that's all right, Mr. B.
05:06I can tell you why you lost that game last week.
05:09I happen to know for a fact
05:11that Mr. Beasley carries a rabbit's foot around in his golf bag.
05:15Hey, Missy!
05:17Uh...
05:18Oh, giving Missy a hand, huh, Mr. B?
05:21That's nice.
05:22Oh, I just wanted to tell you the deal is all set.
05:24What deal?
05:25With Rosie.
05:26Oh, you never mentioned a deal with Rosie.
05:28Sure, I'm selling her the watch I won last night.
05:30Oh, Hazel, I'm glad it worked out for you.
05:33Oh, not for me, for us.
05:35I figured with that money,
05:36I could take the whole family to Jefferson
05:38next weekend to watch me bowl.
05:39The whole family?
05:40Oh, Harold's been dying to see me in the tournament.
05:43And if I'm lucky, I mean,
05:45if I bowl better than everybody else and win,
05:48well, then I want to have you all there,
05:50you know, to see me crown.
05:52Well, that's very generous of you, Hazel, but we just...
05:54And another thing, Missy.
05:55A week from Monday is your birthday.
05:57I wanted to kind of be
05:58sort of my birthday present to you.
06:00Oh, Hazel.
06:02It's wonderful of you to think of this, Hazel,
06:04but of course...
06:05Oh, don't you worry, Mr. B.
06:06It's going to be my treat.
06:07I'm going to pay for everything.
06:09The rooms, the meals, the gas, and the oil.
06:11Well, I wasn't thinking of that, but...
06:12The change will be good for you, Mr. B.
06:14Give you a chance to meet new people and see new places
06:16instead of sitting home brooding.
06:18I don't brood.
06:19Besides, I mean...
06:20I'll take care of everything.
06:21All the reservations and everything.
06:22I want to go tell Harold.
06:24He'll probably give a big yell,
06:26I better close the door.
06:28I don't want to upset you.
06:30Dorothy...
06:32Now, George, it means so much to her to have us there,
06:35and think how happy it'll make Harold.
06:37And darling, when someone gives you a birthday present,
06:40you just don't give it back.
06:42Yahoo! What do we start?
06:44All right, all right.
06:46Oh, boy, just the change I need.
06:48A long weekend watching Hazel Bull.
06:50♪♪
06:57I wonder how I ever got in the mailing list
06:59of men's shirts and ties.
07:02H. Burke.
07:04Well, I guess they thought they'd take a 50-50 chance.
07:09Well, did you give your dad his mail?
07:11Yeah.
07:12He said it was half from people who owes money
07:14and half from people who want him to spend some.
07:17Don't spoil your lunch.
07:18Okay.
07:19So what do you know?
07:21A chain letter.
07:22What's a chain letter?
07:24I ain't seen one of these in years.
07:26Do not break fortune's chain.
07:28Join with fate's favorites
07:30and know the blessings of tenfold good luck.
07:33Strengthen the chain
07:35by sending copies of this letter to ten friends.
07:38Your good fortune will be assured.
07:40Haley!
07:42If you break the chain, beware.
07:44Expect financial reverses,
07:47physical mishaps,
07:49grave errors in judgment.
07:51You are at the crossroads of opportunity.
07:54Don't make the wrong turn.
07:56Wow, you better start making copies quick.
07:59Ten friends.
08:00Now, let's see.
08:01Who do I know that could stand a little good luck?
08:03I could send one to Porky Dossett
08:05and hope he broke the chain.
08:07Oh, no sport.
08:08You heard what your dad said at breakfast.
08:10He don't want you having anything to do with this sort of thing.
08:12Aw, gee, Hazel.
08:14Well, no.
08:15You know, I wouldn't want you to do anything that your dad didn't like.
08:18I can watch, can't I?
08:19Well, I guess that wouldn't do any harm.
08:21Oh, say, I got a new box of writing paper
08:24with flowers on it.
08:25Oh.
08:26They look so real you can almost smell them.
08:29Oh.
08:34Harold.
08:35You shouldn't be reading Hazel's mail.
08:37Oh, it's all right.
08:38She just read it to me.
08:40Dad, did you ever get a chain letter?
08:43A chain letter?
08:45Let me see that.
08:47Oh, these flowers really do smell.
08:50They put perfume on the face, but no wonder.
08:53Oh, Mr. Benson, you want me to do something for you?
08:55Yes, Hazel.
08:56I'd like to see you tear up this chain letter.
08:59Aw, Mr. B.
09:00Gee, Dad, she can't do that.
09:02Hazel, you're a smart woman.
09:03Far too smart to get involved in foolishness like this.
09:06But I don't see how it does any harm
09:08when it gives people a little extra help.
09:11No one except the post office has helped.
09:13Well, I already told Harold he couldn't have anything to do with it.
09:17Hazel, telling Harold isn't going to persuade him.
09:19But if he were to see you tear up this letter,
09:21then I'm sure he'd be convinced that such things like this
09:24have no power to help or to hurt us.
09:26You really think it's that important to Harold?
09:29Yes, I do.
09:31Well, well, all right.
09:36Hazel, what about the financial reverses?
09:39And the physical mishaps?
09:41And the errors of judgment?
09:43And the crossroads of opportunity?
09:45Hazel.
09:48Do I have your word you won't try to piece that thing together?
09:51You got it, Mr. B.
09:53Harold, this is a very important lesson.
09:57One that you can't learn too early.
09:59Gee, Hazel, I feel like this is all my fault.
10:03Oh, don't worry, sport.
10:05It's going to be all right.
10:09Baxter residence.
10:11Oh, Rosie, what a shame.
10:14Sure, I understand.
10:17Well, you can go without a fancy wristwatch,
10:20but you can't go without your bifocals.
10:22I wish I could hold until you could afford to pay for it,
10:25but I need that extra money for the weekend.
10:28You know?
10:30Bye.
10:32Well, Rosie ain't going to take the watch.
10:34She broke her glasses, and she's got to get them fixed.
10:37Carly, the bad luck started already.
10:40Financial reverses.
10:45Yeah, I know $65 is a lot of money, Murray,
10:48but this here watch sells for almost twice that.
10:52Well, will you at least take a look at it?
10:55Oh, it's a real doozy, Murray.
10:57It runs so quiet, you'd think it would stop.
10:59And it has, you know, these cute little Roman numerals
11:02instead of ordinary numbers.
11:05Well, could you give me $60 for it?
11:09$55?
11:10I need the money back for something special.
11:14Oh.
11:15Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Murray,
11:18but you got lots of company.
11:22Seems like all of a sudden,
11:24everybody's having financial reverses.
11:27Well, thanks anyway, Murray.
11:30Bye.
11:40Poor Hazel.
11:42What's the matter with Hazel?
11:43Oh, she's been on the phone all day.
11:45Hazel's never happier than when she's got a phone in her hands.
11:48She can't find a buyer for that watch.
11:50She can't?
11:52Now, George, you know she has her heart set
11:55on treating us to that weekend.
11:57Now, look, Dorothy, you know I'd rather take medicine
11:59than spend that kind of a weekend.
12:01But rather than see Hazel disappointed or unhappy,
12:04I'll give her the money.
12:06Oh, George, that's sweet.
12:08She wouldn't accept it.
12:10See, it wouldn't be her treat then.
12:12Now, I'm going to have to think of some other way.
12:23Oh.
12:33Oh, no, I couldn't.
12:35I gave my word.
12:38Hazel?
12:39Yeah?
12:40I hope you haven't found a buyer for that watch yet.
12:43No, all my friends are broke.
12:45Boy, I'm beginning to think tearing up that letter staff
12:47is a national depression.
12:49What do you mean you hope I haven't sold it yet?
12:51Well, I have a buyer for you.
12:53No, you haven't.
12:54Yes, a friend of mine wants to buy it as a surprise present.
12:56Oh, hot dog, ain't that hot?
12:58You said $65?
13:00Uh-huh.
13:01Well, I'll give you my personal check,
13:03and then I'll collect later from the buyer.
13:05Gee, I'm so relieved.
13:06I wouldn't have been able to face Harold if we didn't go.
13:08And then I was dependent on it being my birthday present to you.
13:12But worst of all, I was beginning to think
13:14by tearing up that letter,
13:16it started some sort of a chain of bad luck for everybody.
13:19Here you are.
13:20Oh, here's your watch.
13:21Oh, thanks loads, missy.
13:23And you tell that friend of yours
13:25that if she has any trouble with them Roman numerals,
13:27just to call me.
13:29Oh.
13:32Uncle Wiggly.
13:34I knew you would let me down.
13:44What was that for?
13:45That's for being such a kind, thoughtful, and generous husband.
13:48Oh?
13:49Darling, you couldn't have given me a birthday present I like better.
13:52Oh, good.
13:54Wait a minute.
13:55I haven't got your birthday present yet.
13:57Oh, yes, you haven't.
13:58I just love it.
14:00Hazel's watch.
14:01You bought the watch?
14:02No, darling.
14:03You bought the watch.
14:05Remember?
14:06That's why I kissed you.
14:08Oh, well.
14:10As a very wise person once said,
14:12you can't win them all.
14:19Dad, what's a physical mishap?
14:23A physical mishap?
14:25Well, I guess that would be an accident of some kind
14:27that causes an injury.
14:35Oh, boy.
14:50Harold, if you're still thinking about that ridiculous chain letter...
14:55Hazel!
14:56Oh.
15:07Hazel, what's the matter?
15:09Hazel, what happened?
15:10Well, a suitcase slipped and I twisted my shoulder.
15:13Golly, Hazel, that's your booming arm.
15:15Dorothy, call Dr. Summerfield.
15:17I'll help you to your room, Hazel.
15:18Uh-huh.
15:23Physical mishap.
15:25She's like the chain letter said.
15:30Harold, this has nothing to do with that letter.
15:34And stop looking at me that way.
15:41It's coincidence.
15:43What is?
15:44It has to be coincidence.
15:45I mean, a piece of paper can't cause financial reversals
15:48or physical mishaps.
15:50Well, Hazel's going to be heartbroken
15:51if she can't bowl Saturday.
15:53Dorothy, I did the only sensible thing.
15:55It sure was nice of you to get over so quick, Doc.
15:58Let me get you a cup of coffee and some of my brown Betty, huh?
16:01Now, you just lie back and take it easy, young lady.
16:04I'll have the cake and coffee the next time.
16:06Uh-huh.
16:08Ash, you can come in now.
16:09Hurry, Hazel.
16:10Oh, fine, just fine.
16:12Well, no real trouble with the shoulder.
16:14She'll be as good as ever by tomorrow.
16:16Oh, thank goodness.
16:17I knew there was something to get excited about.
16:19The kind of a thing that happens every day.
16:21It could happen to anybody.
16:23Yeah, but it happened to me.
16:25Well, good luck Saturday, Hazel.
16:27Oh, thanks, Doc.
16:28Hey, wait a minute.
16:30What's the matter?
16:31Has this been bothering you?
16:32No, why?
16:33It looks like a sliver of wood.
16:35Oh, well, I must have got it when I staked up my prize dahlias.
16:38Oh? Redwood?
16:40That's funny.
16:41I never even noticed it.
16:43I thought it wouldn't have been so funny in another day or two.
16:46How?
16:47Redwood's treacherous.
16:49Infects like no other wood.
16:51Oh.
16:52Yeah, now, it's a good thing we got this little baby out of there.
16:56Huh.
16:57I think it would have been twice its size in another 24 hours.
17:00Well, what do you know?
17:01Golly, you could have bought it all.
17:03Lucky you had that little mishap with the suitcase, Hazel, and had to call me.
17:07It's luck.
17:08Pure, unadulterated luck.
17:10Right?
17:14Well, whatever you say.
17:17You're the doctor.
17:24Hey, this is swell.
17:25Shh.
17:26Boy, I bet we're practically the only people awake.
17:29And the neighbors want to keep it that way, so be quiet.
17:33Oh, let's see now.
17:34I got everything.
17:35My bowling ball.
17:36My purse.
17:37Your rabbit's foot?
17:38Where's Mr. B?
17:39The last time I saw Dad, he was just sort of leaning against the dining room wall.
17:44Don't blame him.
17:45I was so nervous last night, I couldn't get to sleep.
17:48Boy, maybe I can get 40 winks in the car.
17:53We better get going.
17:55If I'm late, they'll disqualify me, Missy.
17:57What's holding things up?
17:59Come on, come on, let's get started.
18:01Hey, Dad, why don't we do this every Saturday?
18:03Oh, Cheryl.
18:05I got the map all marked with a pencil.
18:07Which is the shortest way, you know?
18:09I don't need a map.
18:10I've driven this road before.
18:11Oh, well, when we get to Jefferson, it's 118 Monroe Street.
18:15That's where the bowling alley is.
18:17No problem.
18:19118 Monroe Street, Jefferson.
18:28Gee, you were quick.
18:29We sure appreciate it.
18:31We're in kind of a hurry.
18:32People usually are.
18:33Usually are.
18:34In such a rush.
18:35They don't even take time out to see that they have enough gasoline
18:39to get them where they're so anxious to be.
18:41Don't go too far away, Harold.
18:43Okay.
18:44Well, as quick as you were, we're still a half an hour late.
18:49Lady, you'd be surprised how many calls we get every day.
18:52People will not learn to look at their gas gauges.
18:56What you might call an era in judgment.
18:59No doubt.
19:01Well, it's 8.30.
19:03The tournament starts at 10.
19:04If I'm not there...
19:05You'll be there.
19:07Here you are.
19:10Let's go.
19:12Oh, a foolish clover.
19:14I thought you were in such a hurry.
19:16Yeah, just a minute.
19:17Thanks for it.
19:18Now, you get in and settle down so I can get a little shut-eye.
19:21Otherwise, I'll be bowling in my sleep.
20:01Yes.
20:05118 Jefferson Street, Monroe.
20:07Oh, we're in the wrong town, Mr. B.
20:09We want 118 Monroe Street in Jefferson.
20:12How far away is Jefferson from here?
20:1415 or 20 miles.
20:16Oh, well, we'll never make it in time, Mr. B.
20:19Like the letter said, Hazel was at the crossroads of opportunity.
20:23Then I made the wrong turn.
20:25I'm sorry, Hazel.
20:26Oh, that's all right, Mr. B.
20:27We've handled the financial reverses,
20:29the physical mishap, the error in judgment,
20:32but this one has us stymied.
20:34Now, Hazel, wait a minute.
20:35Why don't we find a phone booth
20:37and at least call the bowling alleys in Jefferson?
20:39Yes, maybe they can change your position in the tournament.
20:42Well, they can't hang me for asking.
20:45Jefferson Bowl.
20:46Listen, you're holding the women's regional tournament there today.
20:50Just a second, lady.
20:52We got a little bad luck here.
20:54You too?
20:56The water pipe busted last night, flooded our alleys.
20:59Wonderful!
21:00So you're postponed in the tournament?
21:02No, they're moving it to another spot.
21:04Oh, to another bowling alley in Jefferson?
21:07No, the nearest alleys that were big enough to handle the crowd
21:09are way over in Monroe.
21:11Monroe?
21:13Yippee!
21:16Boy, what a sick sense of humor.
21:19Now, introducing a champion from District 3,
21:22Miss Hazel Burke!
21:48Yeah!
22:18Yeah!
22:49Quickly, don't let me down.
22:53Come on, Hazel!
22:55Come on, Hazel!
22:57Get a strike, Hazel!
23:08Yeah!
23:09Yeah!
23:11Winner and new regional champion,
23:14Miss Hazel Burke!
23:16And new regional champion,
23:18Miss Hazel Burke!
23:39Can I carry it, Hazel?
23:41Well, be careful of it, sport.
23:43That was a wonderful weekend, Hazel.
23:46Oh, I'm so glad you enjoyed yourself, Missy.
23:49Thanks, Mr. B.
23:50Hazel, I know there were a few times over the weekend
23:53when you were tempted to blame what looked like bad luck
23:55on the fact that I asked you to tear up that chain letter.
23:57Oh, yes, I was tempted once or twice, Mr. B.
24:00Aren't you proud now that you did tear up the letter?
24:02I mean, you've proven to Harold and yourself
24:04that you don't need any such mumbo-jumbo to win.
24:06Oh, yes, I'm proud.
24:08I'm real proud.
24:10Fine.
24:11Come on, son, we'll open the house.
24:13You know, it takes a big person to admit she's wrong, Hazel.
24:16Oh, I admit I was wrong,
24:17but I thought I was the one who was going to have the bad luck.
24:19What do you mean?
24:20Well, it was Mr. B. that made me tear up the letter,
24:23so he had all the bad luck.
24:25He did?
24:26Oh, sure, he ended up buying the watch,
24:28paying the doctor's bill,
24:29running out of gas,
24:30taking the wrong turn at the crossroads.
24:33Poor man, he had nothing but bad luck.
24:35With me, I had all the good luck.
24:37All on account of Uncle Wiggly here.
25:07This has been a Screen Gems film production.