"Truth About Youth" (1930) is a compelling pre-Code romantic drama directed by William A. Seiter and based on the 1900 play When We Were Twenty-One by H.V. Esmond. Produced and distributed by First National Pictures (a Warner Bros. company), this early talkie captures the emotional complexity of love, loyalty, and awakening desire in the face of social expectations. The film runs 1 hour and 19 minutes and features rising star Loretta Young in one of her earliest major roles.
❤️ Plot Summary
Sir Richard "Dick" Carewe, a wealthy and sophisticated British gentleman, has raised a young man, Richard Dane, as his ward since the boy's father's death. Carewe has grand plans for Dane—he's to marry Phyllis Ericson, the daughter of Carewe’s good friend. But Dane, now grown and impulsive, has fallen head-over-heels for the seductive and worldly actress Kara, known as "The Firefly".
Unbeknownst to him, Kara is merely toying with him, more interested in her own fun than in serious commitment. Sir Carewe, upon learning of the scandalous affair, attempts to intervene—but things spiral out of control when Dane publicly breaks off his arranged engagement and announces his plans to marry Kara.
In a twist of fate and emotion, Carewe himself confronts Kara, only to realize that her cynicism masks deep vulnerability. Meanwhile, Phyllis’s quiet affection for Dane goes unnoticed until the web of misunderstandings unravels—leaving everyone questioning the true meaning of youth, love, and honesty.
❤️ Plot Summary
Sir Richard "Dick" Carewe, a wealthy and sophisticated British gentleman, has raised a young man, Richard Dane, as his ward since the boy's father's death. Carewe has grand plans for Dane—he's to marry Phyllis Ericson, the daughter of Carewe’s good friend. But Dane, now grown and impulsive, has fallen head-over-heels for the seductive and worldly actress Kara, known as "The Firefly".
Unbeknownst to him, Kara is merely toying with him, more interested in her own fun than in serious commitment. Sir Carewe, upon learning of the scandalous affair, attempts to intervene—but things spiral out of control when Dane publicly breaks off his arranged engagement and announces his plans to marry Kara.
In a twist of fate and emotion, Carewe himself confronts Kara, only to realize that her cynicism masks deep vulnerability. Meanwhile, Phyllis’s quiet affection for Dane goes unnoticed until the web of misunderstandings unravels—leaving everyone questioning the true meaning of youth, love, and honesty.
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00:00:00The End
00:00:30What are you children doing out here in the dark?
00:00:56The End
00:00:58Okay, now sit down, Dick. Sit down, soldier boy.
00:01:01All right, thank you.
00:01:02Thanks.
00:01:03Now you've gone and spoiled it.
00:01:05Spoiled what, Mr. Palmer?
00:01:06Here we were.
00:01:07Colonel Graham, Carew, and I.
00:01:10Back in the days when we were 21.
00:01:12Now in the light with your youth dazzling us, I realized we're just three old men.
00:01:19Three old women?
00:01:20Oh, what's keeping the end?
00:01:22Oh, he's sure to be here on the 735, Dick.
00:01:25There's nothing to worry about.
00:01:26Lucky young devil.
00:01:28Think of being 21.
00:01:30He rates no medals for that.
00:01:32What I do envy him is Phyllis.
00:01:3621.
00:01:38With a prince to guide him.
00:01:40I'm an angel to love him.
00:01:44Lucky scamp.
00:01:47Dick, do you envy him too?
00:01:50But why should I?
00:01:51His good luck is mine.
00:01:54What could make me happier than to see my best boy married to my best girl?
00:01:58Why, from the moment that you and your mother walked into this house and looked after the infant me,
00:02:03I knew that you and he belonged together.
00:02:05One of the first things I knew was that I couldn't bear to disappoint you.
00:02:09Ever.
00:02:11Why?
00:02:12The way you threw us two together right from the start,
00:02:14one would suppose that we were two last scraps of a puzzle that you were trying to solve.
00:02:19Don't you think it's time to set a date for the wedding?
00:02:21Oh, no.
00:02:23Well, you see, I'm going to be married a long time, Dick.
00:02:26Let me enjoy my engagement.
00:02:28All right, dear.
00:02:30Dick.
00:02:31Yes, dear?
00:02:33Suppose...
00:02:35Well, suppose what?
00:02:36Well, suppose we all go in and look over the decorations.
00:02:41All right, child.
00:02:42Don't call me child.
00:02:43Oh, very well.
00:02:44Well, come on.
00:02:49Oh, boy.
00:02:51Oh, boy.
00:02:51God, the best.
00:02:53Bye.
00:02:56Why, beautiful.
00:03:00Magnificent.
00:03:00The work of an artist.
00:03:02Thank you, Captain Serra.
00:03:03But just the work of your housekeeper's daughter.
00:03:06You think the imp's suspected?
00:03:07Oh, no.
00:03:08This will be a complete surprise, sir.
00:03:10Why, look here.
00:03:11Anything wrong?
00:03:13There are only six of us for dinner, and you've set a place for seventh.
00:03:16Who is that for?
00:03:17Well, Charlie.
00:03:19Charlie.
00:03:19Oh, I see.
00:03:22I wonder if he knows.
00:03:23I hope he does.
00:03:26His son is 21.
00:03:28Whatever part of heaven he may be in, he belongs in this earthly corner of it tonight.
00:03:34Just think.
00:03:36You've had the imp's since he was 60 years old.
00:03:39Poor Dick.
00:03:39How could you stand him for 15 long years?
00:03:43Is it that long?
00:03:45Makes me feel old.
00:03:46What a mischievous lad he was, too.
00:03:49So full of trouble.
00:03:50He's all that's left to poor old Charlie.
00:03:53Lord, how often his last words are rung in my ears.
00:03:57I'm helpless, Dick.
00:04:01I'm leaving the kid to you.
00:04:04There's no one else to look after him.
00:04:06Make a man of him.
00:04:08Make him one of our trinity.
00:04:10In my place.
00:04:12He's done it, too.
00:04:13Dick's been a father and a mother to him.
00:04:16Well, yes.
00:04:17But what he needs now is not doting parents, but a Dutch uncle.
00:04:21Dick has made the supreme sacrifice on his account.
00:04:24Remained a bachelor.
00:04:25Oh, shut up, Waddles.
00:04:26It's not a sacrifice.
00:04:28It's a reward.
00:04:30I'm just built that way, like these two here.
00:04:33At that, I might have married.
00:04:35If I could have met a Phyllis when I was young.
00:04:38You are young, Dick.
00:04:40Younger than I.
00:04:41Oh, no, I'm not.
00:04:42I'm an old hen.
00:04:44A one-chick hen at that.
00:04:46But I'll see that chick grow into a swan before I go and tell Charlie how we've raised his boy.
00:04:51Richard Horace John Day.
00:04:53As if that weren't enough, you're adding a missus to it.
00:04:57Oh, pardon me.
00:04:59There's the telephone.
00:05:00I'll be right back.
00:05:05Hello?
00:05:07Yes?
00:05:08Oh, in.
00:05:12No.
00:05:13I've got to stay over for the lecture.
00:05:16My old psychology instructor.
00:05:19Oh, it would break his heart if I didn't attend.
00:05:21Why, uh, uh, Carnegie Hall.
00:05:26What?
00:05:28Now, listen, Mother Erickson.
00:05:29You know I can go home any night.
00:05:31But the...
00:05:31What?
00:05:34You tell him I'll be home right after the lecture.
00:05:36See you at breakfast.
00:05:37Goodbye.
00:05:44He's not coming home till late.
00:05:46A lecture, he says.
00:05:47Oh, but you should have let him know that he...
00:05:49I couldn't give away the surprise, could I?
00:05:52Oh, poor Dick.
00:05:53He'll be heartbroken.
00:06:00Dick, the imp isn't coming.
00:06:02Not coming?
00:06:03What's wrong?
00:06:04He has a lecture at Carnegie Hall.
00:06:07And, of course, he didn't know about all this.
00:06:09A fancy boy being so modest is to forget his own birthday.
00:06:12Well, it's almost worth the disappointment.
00:06:14And now I've prepared such a piece.
00:06:17Bring it on.
00:06:18We won't waste it.
00:06:19I should say not.
00:06:20Of course not.
00:06:21We behave as if he were here.
00:06:23If you have any gifts for him, kindly present them to his ambassador and fiancée,
00:06:28Miss Phyllis Erickson.
00:06:29From the Navy.
00:06:31From the Army.
00:06:32From the Boy Scouts.
00:06:36Dick.
00:06:36What's the matter?
00:06:37Have I overdrawn my account again?
00:06:38Come on.
00:06:39Bring on the wine.
00:06:40Oh, yes.
00:06:41Lots of it.
00:06:42It's very fancy.
00:06:42Who's got a match?
00:06:43Hold it.
00:06:43What are you boys?
00:06:43Give me a match.
00:06:44I'll light his candle.
00:06:45Yeah.
00:06:48Oh, careful.
00:06:49There you are.
00:06:51It's a good thing you sent me this invitation, Joanne.
00:07:13Because if I hadn't been here, you'd have probably been a flop.
00:07:15Well, I'm so glad I did, Mr. Bay.
00:07:17Glad you came here.
00:07:18Come on.
00:07:18Hope you have a blast.
00:07:19Good evening, Mr. Boyd.
00:07:20Good evening.
00:07:21Good evening.
00:09:33Hey, Richard, where are you going?
00:09:35Oh, let him alone.
00:09:36Let the little boy play.
00:09:38What a great guy you are.
00:09:44What's the matter with me?
00:09:46Introducing a sweet kid like Dick to an old war horse like the Firefly.
00:09:51What's the matter?
00:09:51Jealous?
00:09:52No, I'm not jealous.
00:09:54You better watch out.
00:09:55When Kara finds out you lied about the kid's money, but he has less money than you have brains, she'll just crack you.
00:10:03I was afraid he'd be out there.
00:10:07Richard, he is?
00:10:09No, stupid.
00:10:11Jim Green.
00:10:13Green, mademoiselle.
00:10:15Maybe he went back his game.
00:10:17What an optimist.
00:10:18No.
00:10:20If he had any jack, he wouldn't sit there staring at me.
00:10:25He'd be in here crushing the life out of me.
00:10:28Making me like it.
00:10:30Green is the only man you ever give to them for.
00:10:34Why don't you take him back, mademoiselle?
00:10:37What?
00:10:39Me go back to a man after he's lost his dough?
00:10:41Are you crazy?
00:10:43But mademoiselle.
00:10:45How would you expect me to keep myself respectable without money?
00:10:49Of all the...
00:10:50Oh, my gosh.
00:10:51There he is now.
00:10:56Oh, Richard.
00:10:57It's you.
00:10:59Come in, darling.
00:11:00Kara.
00:11:01I had to see you.
00:11:05My costume, Bebeth.
00:11:18Richard.
00:11:21Oh, I'm sorry.
00:11:29You were just wonderful.
00:11:31Like me?
00:11:33Like you?
00:11:34Well, I'm crazy about you.
00:11:37I can't help it.
00:11:38I'm...
00:11:38I'm just wild about you.
00:11:41Did you mean it?
00:11:43What you wrote?
00:11:45Will you marry me?
00:11:49Will you?
00:11:50Marriage is a serious thing, Dick.
00:11:53It's a big step for a young girl to take.
00:11:55I'll have to think it over.
00:11:57Oh, but I'll make you so happy.
00:11:59I adore you.
00:12:01But you don't know anything about me.
00:12:03Well, I know you're good and sweet and beautiful.
00:12:07I know I can't live without you.
00:12:10I'll tell you what, boy.
00:12:12You go back to your table.
00:12:14And after my number, I'll join you there.
00:12:17I'll give you my answer before the night's over.
00:12:19All right.
00:12:28Darling.
00:12:28say him where could a guy get 10 grand in the hurry i got a pretty good tip on the market
00:12:51drink your ride he thinks i'm made of money
00:12:54love me darling carrot you mean it well then come on and say it with your feet baby
00:13:24waiting for a marathon dick
00:13:27where do you suppose he can be raising cane i hope what well were you ever 21
00:13:36personally i'm grateful to the end it's the first chance in 10 years i've had any excuse to stay up
00:13:42all night oh boy i'm enjoying it come on skinny little old skeleton come on get up let's have a
00:13:50song all right let's have it for that one all right come on all right one would be the old apple tree
00:13:59professor fine me me me me me me in the shade of the old apple tree apple tree where the light in your
00:14:08eyes i could see i could see where the voice that i heard like a song of a bird seems wake up phyllis
00:14:16lord get her down what's the night of it without girls remember the night in paris we celebrated
00:14:23your 21st birthday dick plenty of skirts there that night remember the redhead that tried to educate
00:14:29dick oh why bring that up i bet he never did get his diploma oh shut up you fool hey give us that
00:14:36thing you always used to spout with or without encouragement what do you mean when we were 21
00:14:42that's it that's it all right when we were 21 lads and all the world was green and every boy was a king
00:14:50lads and every last a queen it was hay for boots and saddles and we ride the world away
00:14:57well you must have its fling lad and every dog his day and every dog his day
00:15:05well for one i can't go on being 21 all night without another drink of that grand old rejuvenating
00:15:14pre-war stuff of yours dickie how about it boy i'm not sure i've got a bottle left of that real old
00:15:18stuff but i'll see the cell is only one flight down if it's there i'll get it
00:15:23what's that what's what listen
00:15:31take your father
00:15:39great grief
00:15:48holy mackerel
00:15:50give me a hand
00:15:53where have you been
00:15:58where have you been
00:16:02i've been spending the evening
00:16:07which my fire has seen
00:16:09why you're crazy
00:16:10phyllis is here
00:16:11i didn't refer to phyllis
00:16:14phyllis is a sweet girl
00:16:17well my my best girl she's
00:16:21waddle and you keep dick out of here when i get him to bed will you
00:16:23we'd better let him know he's come home
00:16:27yes but not how he's come home
00:16:28oh all right here hurry now
00:16:31i'll come up
00:16:32jerry
00:16:33yes
00:16:35oh
00:16:46hey buggy ride
00:16:55what's the dick
00:17:05open this door
00:17:08what is this a joke
00:17:10you can't come in
00:17:12take your fat little carcass out of the way
00:17:14what's that
00:17:15fat little carcass did you say
00:17:18fat little carcass you fathead
00:17:20open this door before i bring it open
00:17:22you better apologize for what you call me
00:17:24oh very one that i apologize
00:17:26i've broken one of the bottles
00:17:35you see what you've done with your blooming foolishness
00:17:38when we were 21
00:17:4121 months according to your behavior
00:17:44see what you've done
00:17:45i apologize dick
00:17:47i'm sorry
00:17:48oh i didn't really mean it only
00:17:51we won't wait any longer
00:17:52we'll drop in again in the morning
00:17:54we'll be talking along now
00:17:55all right
00:17:56it's the imps
00:18:10he's home
00:18:11well what do you know about that
00:18:15must have been here for hours
00:18:17probably thought we were having a private confab and stole upstairs without a word
00:18:21a little imps
00:18:24well
00:18:25good night dick
00:18:27good morning
00:18:28all right
00:18:28good night
00:18:29good night
00:18:30good night
00:18:51hello
00:19:13hello
00:19:13oh hello
00:19:15happy birthday
00:19:16birthday
00:19:18oh yes it is my birthday isn't it
00:19:20thanks
00:19:21nice of you to remember
00:19:22it's a shame you couldn't have been home last night
00:19:26last night
00:19:27oh
00:19:28you didn't go to any trouble did you
00:19:31oh no none at all
00:19:32dick just invited the rest of your guardians
00:19:34and then
00:19:35then there was mother and myself
00:19:36and a nice birthday cake
00:19:38and some wine
00:19:39and oh just a few everyday things like that
00:19:42oh gee i wish i'd known
00:19:44no never mind darling
00:19:45after we're married i'll remember to remind you of your surprise party
00:19:49and then you can remember to be on hand to be surprised
00:19:52well what's the matter rim
00:19:57did you get a bigger dose of psychology than the little head had room for
00:20:01i couldn't sleep
00:20:03oh that's a shame poor darling
00:20:05you'll feel much better when you get some nice bacon and eggs
00:20:08oh don't mention it
00:20:10oh now listen
00:20:12you run along in and get dressed and come right downstairs
00:20:15but i
00:20:17i
00:20:18oh now listen
00:20:19put that eye in cold storage
00:20:21why don't you say you once in a while
00:20:23you know dick would like to see you downstairs on your birthday and all
00:20:26all right i'll come
00:20:29you know the cook will be delighted
00:20:31i saved you a piece of birthday cake mr richard
00:20:40oh thanks katie
00:20:42and your bacon's getting cold
00:20:44i don't want the greasy stuff
00:20:47richard i've looked all through the paper for an account of your professor's lecture
00:20:51but i can't find it
00:20:52wasn't it interesting
00:20:53fascinating
00:20:55what phase of psychology did you discuss
00:21:00oh why uh
00:21:02oh the psychology of love
00:21:05with or without
00:21:07with or without what
00:21:09oh a wedding ring silly
00:21:11oh
00:21:13oh
00:21:13what's the matter for this
00:21:16well there's a marvelous notice of this cabaret woman of firefly
00:21:19her new club opened last night the world says she's great
00:21:22oh yes
00:21:22what's she like
00:21:23oh you've seen her on the posters down the railroad station
00:21:26that wise voluptuous looking creature with the red hair and the nude hips
00:21:31what can people see in such vulgar displays
00:21:35oh speaking of people everybody was there listen to this
00:21:37john d rickenbacker philip van dyne
00:21:40ethel morgan reginald van devanter
00:21:42james van allen
00:21:44richard uh
00:21:45richard fitzgerald and the mayor
00:21:49anything wrong in
00:21:55oh no i'm
00:21:57i'm just dead tired
00:21:58you see
00:21:59we sat around talking after the lecture and
00:22:01oh it got awfully late
00:22:02well you'll feel better after a day at home
00:22:04oh i can't
00:22:06i've got an appointment in town
00:22:07i've got to go
00:22:09i'll miss that 1017 if i don't hurry
00:22:11excuse me
00:22:12imp
00:22:23everything all right
00:22:29sure
00:22:30no trouble
00:22:31none at all
00:22:32that's a relief
00:22:34i was afraid there was
00:22:35dick i
00:22:37i want to apologize about last night
00:22:40i didn't think you'd remember
00:22:41your 21st birthday
00:22:43is an important occasion to your guardians and to one or two others
00:22:46oh i do appreciate that
00:22:47you've been like a father to me
00:22:49which reminds me
00:22:51could you spare me a hundred
00:22:53i guess so
00:22:56i want it but don't bother to explain why
00:22:58i know you wouldn't ask for it if you didn't have to have it
00:23:01come on inside
00:23:02i'll write you a check
00:23:04i've only got a few minutes to make that 1017
00:23:06well
00:23:13that's not the bad news
00:23:15there's no good making a joke of it
00:23:18you know it's true
00:23:18well say it is
00:23:20i'm living beyond my means
00:23:22no you're not
00:23:23we're living beyond your means
00:23:25look at the money you squander on mother
00:23:27on me and on the imp
00:23:29look at his clothes and look at my clothes
00:23:31then look at your own old thing
00:23:33why it's perfectly disgusting
00:23:35colonel graham told me that you used to go to palm beach winters
00:23:39till three years ago when mother and i came along
00:23:41everything for others and nothing for yourself
00:23:43you're all wrong
00:23:45it's all for myself
00:23:46i'm very fond of your mother
00:23:49i'm sure i couldn't get a better housekeeper
00:23:52i love the imp
00:23:54and i
00:23:56i have the greatest respect for you
00:23:59so when i see those around me that i love
00:24:02that i'm fond of
00:24:03and those that
00:24:04i respect
00:24:05happy
00:24:06i feel so happy myself
00:24:08i wouldn't change places with everybody in the world
00:24:10dick
00:24:12why do you respect me
00:24:14i don't know
00:24:17i wish you wouldn't respect me so much
00:24:19makes me feel awfully lonely
00:24:20like i was a marvelous statue in a park
00:24:22couldn't you respect me a little less
00:24:25just now and then
00:24:26i don't see how i can
00:24:28but i'll try if you like
00:24:30oh good
00:24:30begin now
00:24:32well you see
00:24:34i was never taught how to
00:24:36remove a lady's cloak of respect
00:24:39well
00:24:39suppose i show you how
00:24:41first i put my arm around your shoulder like this
00:24:46then i lean my cheek against your head
00:24:49sympathetically
00:24:50yes
00:24:50but i don't need any sympathy
00:24:52oh you don't know how to play
00:24:54dick
00:24:56what do you wish for most in the world
00:24:58to see
00:25:00oh don't say it
00:25:01i know exactly what you're going to say
00:25:03oh what is it
00:25:04to be the infant me
00:25:05happily married
00:25:06that's right
00:25:07that's right
00:25:07you do want it don't you
00:25:10suppose
00:25:11suppose the infant tire of me
00:25:13impossible
00:25:14is it dick
00:25:16why is it
00:25:17oh i don't know
00:25:19i suppose it's because you're you
00:25:22don't you think that if you were in the imp's place
00:25:25you might tire of me just a little sometimes
00:25:27never
00:25:29well how can you tell
00:25:30you've never pictured yourself in the imp's place
00:25:33oh yes i have
00:25:35often
00:25:37oh you
00:25:38you pictured yourself married to me
00:25:41oh dick was it nice
00:25:42now see here
00:25:44we've chatted enough nonsense for one morning
00:25:47oh wouldn't it be odd
00:25:49what
00:25:49what you're always picturing to yourself
00:25:52you know you're a very trying young woman to make a casual remark to
00:25:56i'm always picturing myself as being married to
00:25:59lots of very nice people
00:26:01i'd even imagine myself being married to your mother
00:26:04oh i'll run and tell her
00:26:06now wait a moment please
00:26:06you know i think i can work much better
00:26:09in my own study
00:26:10take your imagination with you
00:26:11what of all the little imps
00:26:15just one little imp dear
00:26:17and that not for a year after the wedding
00:26:19that not for a year after the wedding
00:26:28i'm beyond that i'massic� pallet
00:26:32and i think it's very interesting
00:26:46I've done something dreadful. What have you done? I found this letter under the chair all crumpled up. I smoothed it out just to see who it belonged to. I read it. By accident, of course. And it gave me such a shock. I read it all. Oh, I don't know what to say or think.
00:27:12Whose letter was it? A woman's letter to Dick. Dick? He's making arrangements to be married and he doesn't want us to know. Making arrangements to be married? What will I do with it? I think I'll put it back when I found it. Give it back to Dick if it's his. Oh, I don't dare to. Give it to me. I will then. I don't think you ought to read it, dear. Some of it's a little... Don't be alarmed. I don't intend to read it.
00:27:42Come on, Mother. Well, to Dick, of course, must return his property.
00:28:10Come in.
00:28:20You dropped this.
00:28:35Where did you find it? Mother found it under the chair in the hall.
00:28:38You read it?
00:28:39Well, I didn't mean to.
00:28:40Of course not.
00:28:41I read it because I chose to.
00:28:43Yes?
00:28:44Well?
00:28:45I wish you every happiness, Mr. Carew.
00:28:47Carew?
00:28:48Oh, let me see that letter again, please.
00:28:50Why?
00:28:51Well, I didn't see any last name on it.
00:28:53The M's name is Richard, too.
00:28:54Perhaps...
00:28:55It was written to me.
00:28:56Well, you needn't be so emphatic about it.
00:28:58Oh, I'm sorry, Dick.
00:29:00Congratulations.
00:29:03Cara, that's a pretty name.
00:29:05I seem to have seen it somewhere.
00:29:07No doubt you have.
00:29:09It's plastered all over the walls and billboards.
00:29:11Of course.
00:29:12The Firefly.
00:29:13That nightclub creature in the paper.
00:29:15Oh, Dick, how could you?
00:29:17Well, I hope you'll both be happy.
00:29:20Well, I expect it to be all right.
00:29:22I dare say she's not as red as she's painted.
00:29:25Does the imp know?
00:29:27Nobody knows but you and your mother.
00:29:29Please don't tell the imp.
00:29:30Not for the present.
00:29:32You may rely on our discretion.
00:29:34Now, I must attend to my household duties
00:29:36before they're transferred to Abrahams than mine.
00:29:38Huh?
00:29:39The future Mrs. Carew.
00:29:41Of course.
00:29:42Oh, no doubt.
00:29:43She will naturally expect to, uh...
00:29:45To, uh...
00:29:46What is it, Dick?
00:29:47Nothing.
00:29:48Nothing.
00:29:49Absolutely nothing.
00:29:50Isn't it beautiful being in love, Dick?
00:29:51Don't you just go all over every time you see that picture on the poster?
00:30:05No, I don't.
00:30:06Oh, how odd.
00:30:07I should love to see a picture of the imp on the poster that size.
00:30:08Would you?
00:30:09Yes.
00:30:10And every time I saw a crowd of ladies looking at it, I'd say,
00:30:12Look, ladies, all that belongs to me.
00:30:14Just how you must feel when you see everyone, even the policeman, looking at your future wife's picture.
00:30:20Do you approve of that costume?
00:30:21There seems to be so little of it.
00:30:22No, I don't.
00:30:23Oh, I'm glad you don't, because I don't either.
00:30:24Will you kindly be quiet?
00:30:25Well, since you've lost your temper, I won't try to be nice to you any longer.
00:30:28I'll tell you the truth now.
00:30:29I think it's disgusting your being in love with that woman.
00:30:31Well, no matter what I'm talking about, I know.
00:30:32I know you're looking at it, I'd say,
00:30:33Look, ladies, all that belongs to me.
00:30:35Just how you must feel when you see everyone, even the policeman, looking at your future wife's picture.
00:30:38Do you approve of that costume?
00:30:40There seems to be so little of it.
00:30:41No, I don't.
00:30:42Oh, I'm glad you don't, because I don't either.
00:30:43Will you kindly be quiet?
00:30:44Well, since you've lost your temper, I won't try to be nice to you any longer.
00:30:53I think it's disgusting your being in love with that kind of a woman. No doubt if there's been anyone. I was really fond of I
00:30:59You mean if it had been the imp? No matter how much I'd love him
00:31:02I'd never speak to him again. Would it break your heart if you never spoke to the imp again?
00:31:05Yeah, that's rather a curious question for you to ask considering our marriage has been almost entirely arranged by you
00:31:12Yes, yes, I know. I
00:31:14Think it's rather mean of you to suggest to me of all people that the imp could do such a thing, but I didn't
00:31:20Dick I didn't mean to be cross with you
00:31:23You love her. It's all right
00:31:25And the imp and I have often felt that the only drawback to our complete happiness is your being left so lonely
00:31:30But of course now it's all right
00:31:32It's splendid
00:31:34But it does hurt to think that you didn't share your secret with me that you didn't trust me in all these years
00:31:39I tried so hard to make you trust me and see how miserably I failed you haven't finished you have
00:31:44Oh dick dick. I didn't mean to be a beast. I I hope you'll be awfully happy. I do I do indeed
00:31:53Yeah, hello phil. I missed the train. I have to wait an hour now
00:32:07Yeah
00:32:08We've engaged long enough, and I'm getting tired of it. Let's get married right away
00:32:11Why a pill whatever don't you want to oh, I don't mean that I mean well
00:32:16I haven't got a job yet or anything or we have enough to start on I'm getting sick of this house
00:32:20I'm getting sick of everything around here. I want to get away
00:32:23I'll set a date for for two weeks from today. What do you say? Well, I don't
00:32:33Dick I've changed my mind. I'm setting the date for the wedding for two weeks from today. Is that all right?
00:32:38I want to see you in well, not right now dick the infant I have some things to settle come on
00:32:53oh
00:33:04Got some news for you dick
00:33:06Here's the imp around. Yes, he's inside with fillet. Let's go someplace where we won't be disturbed. This is important. Yes in my study
00:33:17Where we go on our honeymoon
00:33:19Oh
00:33:21Oh anyplace
00:33:26Yes, that'll be nice
00:33:31Yes, why not
00:33:35It's as good as any I guess
00:33:41So I thought I'd pick up the soldier boy and tell you all about it
00:33:45But this letter complicates things. Do you know who she is?
00:33:49Oh, yes
00:33:51The famous nightclub lady the firefly and very soothing
00:33:57Tell me is she a yes quite one of the most notorious and this chump wants to marry her
00:34:04Does fill us know she read the letter for a girl?
00:34:07What a blow it must have been to her. That's the one bit of luck in this whole miserable business
00:34:12You mean she doesn't care for him?
00:34:14She worships him. Then where's the luck?
00:34:16She thinks this firefly lady is in love with me. What? What?
00:34:20Look
00:34:22Richard darling
00:34:24I'm Richard
00:34:25The imp's Richard too. Although he's never been Richard to us, but always the imp
00:34:29Thanks to that trivial misunderstanding. I am the future husband of the famous firefly lady
00:34:34The famous firefly lady
00:34:37We've got to act it's right quick
00:34:39There is a disapproval of me has had one good effect
00:34:43She said a definite date for the wedding
00:34:45Two weeks from today
00:34:46You're not going to let her marry someone who doesn't love her?
00:34:49But he does love her down deep in his heart and she worships him
00:34:53We've got to cure him of this infatuation
00:34:55Yeah, but how?
00:35:02Oh, you uh, you all look so solemn
00:35:06Talking about me?
00:35:09Yes
00:35:10I uh, I dropped a letter
00:35:12Here it is
00:35:18I've read your letter
00:35:20Yeah, we've all read your letter
00:35:23I hope you all found it very interesting
00:35:27Yeah, but there are one or two things we'd like to uh
00:35:29It's no good, Dick
00:35:31I'm not unappreciative of what you've done for me
00:35:34All three of you
00:35:36But there comes a time in a fella's life when his own judgement is better than other people's
00:35:40This uh, this lady is a good deal older than you, isn't she, old man
00:35:45She's a little older
00:35:47Yes, and I hear she's uh, seen a good deal of the world
00:35:50I believe she's travelled a great deal
00:35:51People say that she's
00:35:53People say, people can say what they please, this is my affair
00:35:59No, no, old man, you're wrong
00:36:02No one can ever say that he stands alone
00:36:05Oh, I don't want to preach, but we've got to trash this thing out
00:36:08You know what your father meant to us
00:36:10What he gave you to our keeping
00:36:13We swore we'd make you worthy of him
00:36:15And we're going to do it
00:36:17Well, is it making me worthy of him to ask me to break my promise to a woman?
00:36:20Which woman?
00:36:22Which promise?
00:36:24You've given two
00:36:26Well, you can't ask me to marry a woman I don't love
00:36:29You became engaged to her
00:36:30Why, no, I was a fool
00:36:32I didn't plan it, I don't believe she did either
00:36:35Everybody expected it and we just drifted into it
00:36:37You insist on marrying this woman?
00:36:38Yes
00:36:40Then you must have put your case before her very clumsily
00:36:42What do you mean?
00:36:43I don't think the lady on the billboard has been approached before with ceremony
00:36:47You coward! No, Dick, don't believe it, it isn't true
00:36:49Let's talk this thing over, quietly
00:36:51Quietly, when I hear the woman I love insulted
00:36:52If I gave you facts concerning the woman's past
00:36:55And gave you my word of honor that they are facts
00:36:57I know there were lies
00:37:00Now that we know where we are, I can hold my tongue
00:37:02You'd better
00:37:03Oh, let's stop this
00:37:04All right, I'll stop it, once and for all
00:37:07I'll go
00:37:08I'll get her to set a date for our wedding right away
00:37:10Wait, Imp, wait!
00:37:13Not yet
00:37:14You can't keep me
00:37:16I'm of age, I'm 21, I'll do as I choose now
00:37:19We're all a little excited
00:37:20When you come back, we'll talk it over
00:37:23I'm not coming back
00:37:26Do you want to go away from us?
00:37:29Oh, I don't want to
00:37:31You leave me no choice
00:37:32You believe what he says, don't you?
00:37:36Yes
00:37:37Then wouldn't you despise me if I stayed?
00:37:39You've been very good to me, Dick
00:37:51I don't want to go like this
00:37:55Won't you wish me luck?
00:37:57I'm thinking of your father
00:37:59If she's worthy of him
00:38:02If she's worthy of him
00:38:05Then good luck to you, Imp
00:38:06You wish him luck, Dick
00:38:07Who knows?
00:38:08He may be right after all
00:38:10He knows the woman, I don't
00:38:11I don't
00:38:12I do
00:38:13She's ruined a half a dozen men, to my own knowledge
00:38:15If the boy wants her, she'll marry him
00:38:17Squander what little money we've saved for him
00:38:20Then he who bids higher will carry her off husband or no husband
00:38:22She's for sale, I tell you, for sale
00:38:23Is she?
00:38:24Then I'll buy her
00:38:26She's mine
00:38:28I'm not sure
00:38:29I'm not sure
00:38:31You wish him luck, Dick
00:38:32Who knows?
00:38:33He may be right after all
00:38:34He knows the woman, I don't
00:38:35I do
00:38:36She's ruined a half a dozen men, to my own knowledge
00:38:38If the boy wants her, she'll marry him
00:38:40Squander what little money we've saved for him
00:38:41Then he who bids higher will carry her off husband or no husband
00:38:44She's for sale, I tell you, for sale
00:38:47Is she?
00:38:49Then I'll buy her
00:38:51She's mine
00:38:53I'm not going to allow her to wreck Phyllis's life and his
00:38:56Of course, if the price is too high, I shall expect you fellas to come through
00:39:00You can count on me, and me to the limit
00:39:23Well, that's that
00:39:24Well, I don't care who knows it, I'm the happiest man that ever came out of that door
00:39:41Not happier than I, darling
00:39:43Sorry I can't join you on your honeymoon
00:39:44But you know my address, Dick
00:39:45I'll expect my commission
00:39:46Nothing less than five grand
00:39:47I don't expect my commission. Nothing less than five grand.
00:40:01Callous.
00:40:03What, Pessie Gooden?
00:40:05We're alone for the first time as man and wife.
00:40:08Precious.
00:40:10I'd always hoped to marry someone like you,
00:40:13raw and sweet and considerate.
00:40:19Oh, my Cara!
00:40:29Excuse me, please.
00:40:31What is it, Babette?
00:40:33Germaine, mademoiselle.
00:40:35I mean, madame.
00:40:37Oh, what a lot.
00:40:39This is the first of the month, monsieur.
00:40:41You know, Bill.
00:40:43What is the matter with you, Babette?
00:40:44Didn't they teach you in France not to disturb newlyweds?
00:40:47Bill's on our wedding day.
00:40:49Sorry, madame.
00:40:50Go away.
00:40:51Where are you taking those bills?
00:40:53On, madame.
00:40:54Well, now that you've brought them,
00:40:55put them over there on the desk with the rest of them.
00:40:57Very well, madame.
00:40:59I'm sorry, darling.
00:41:00The little fool has completely unnerved me.
00:41:02Oh, I'll soon fix that.
00:41:03I want a cigarette.
00:41:04No.
00:41:05Don't like yours.
00:41:06Get me one of my Russian ones over there on the desk.
00:41:08All right, darling.
00:41:09I'm fine, honey.
00:41:10I'm fine.
00:41:11Oh, I'll soon fix that.
00:41:12I want a cigarette.
00:41:16No.
00:41:17Don't like yours.
00:41:18Get me one of my Russian ones over there on the desk.
00:41:21All right, darling.
00:41:53Ah, Bill's a bore.
00:41:59But I won't have to worry about them anymore, will I, dear?
00:42:07Kara, dearest.
00:42:10You've got to know it sooner or later. I might as well tell you now.
00:42:13I'll never be able to pay all those bills you've got there.
00:42:17Not pay your wife's bills?
00:42:18Oh, there's nothing I'd love to do more than pay them all today, but...
00:42:21Well, it would take five years at the rate I'm going now to pay for even half of them.
00:42:27You're not rich?
00:42:29Probably the poorest man you know.
00:42:32Poor in more ways than one.
00:42:34Oh, you're joking, surely.
00:42:37Didn't you tell me that you had an income of $25,000 a year?
00:42:40And a large estate that you would get at $21,000?
00:42:42I had to tell you that.
00:42:45Hal told me that no matter how good you were, or how much you were in love with me, you'd never consent to marry anyone poor.
00:42:50Well, I had to have you. I love you.
00:42:53Love?
00:42:55You may be an amateur as love, but you're certainly a professional liar.
00:42:58That I should fall for an old gag like that.
00:43:02Oh, but listen, Cara, I tell you...
00:43:03I don't want to hear another syllable from you.
00:43:04Where do you get off making a laughingstock of me?
00:43:07Do you think you can make horror the joke of Broadway and get away with this snap by a long shot?
00:43:10I'll make you remember what you've done to me to your last days on earth.
00:43:13I'll make you so sick of yourself you won't care whether you'll live or die.
00:43:16Cara, Cara, listen, I...
00:43:17Take your hands off, you dirty little rat.
00:43:20What is it, madame?
00:43:21Get this staff out of here.
00:43:24Cara, you've got to listen to me.
00:43:25Get out. Get out. Do you hear me?
00:43:27Get out of here before I kill you. Get out. Get out.
00:43:55Come in.
00:44:00Oh, John.
00:44:04There's a gentleman at the club who wishes to see you alone in your dressing room.
00:44:08Who is he?
00:44:09Not that Mr. Imp. I'll see that he doesn't get in.
00:44:12Well, I didn't ask you who wasn't there.
00:44:14This one's a stranger. Never been here before.
00:44:16His car.
00:44:17Well, I'll take a peek at him.
00:44:27You betcha.
00:44:32First table at the ringside.
00:44:37Rather nice looking, isn't he?
00:44:40How much did he give you to bring this car in here?
00:44:42Twenty dollars.
00:44:43Twenty dollars?
00:44:44Well, what are you standing there for? Show him in.
00:44:47Yes, yes. Right away.
00:44:59Give me one chest.
00:45:07Well, here we are.
00:45:09Here we are at last.
00:45:10Awfully nice of you to suggest bringing me here.
00:45:12Suggest. We suggest.
00:45:14Why, you tricked us into it.
00:45:15You're a little hoiden.
00:45:17You've been reading the Nick Victorian Dictionary.
00:45:19Now, don't pretend.
00:45:20I'll bet you spend half your night in places like this.
00:45:23We do not.
00:45:23I should say not.
00:45:25Why? Are you any better than Dick?
00:45:27If it's respectable enough for him, it's respectable enough for you.
00:45:32A ringside table, please.
00:45:33Yes, please.
00:45:35Come on, now.
00:45:36Hurry up.
00:45:38Just be okay that everything's all right.
00:45:39Now, let me get this straight.
00:45:45You say that you'll give me five thousand tonight if I'll make people believe for a month that you're my new daddy.
00:45:52Exactly.
00:45:54And you don't want to become my new daddy, really?
00:45:57No.
00:45:59Are you sane?
00:46:01Perfectly.
00:46:01Well, what are the strings?
00:46:07For you to pretend that you like me.
00:46:10To be seen with me.
00:46:11To dance with me when I ask it.
00:46:14That's all.
00:46:15Well, uh, oh.
00:46:21Oh.
00:46:22I've got it.
00:46:25You want to awaken my curiosity.
00:46:28Arouse my interest in you.
00:46:30No.
00:46:31Oh, yes, you do.
00:46:32It's rather an expensive idea, but I'm not sure that it's a bad one.
00:46:36I suppose you have your little check all made out and everything.
00:46:40Cash.
00:46:41What guarantee have you that I'll keep my end of the bargain?
00:46:47Your sense of honor.
00:46:49Is that meant as a joke?
00:46:51Oh, I'm perfectly serious.
00:46:53Is it a bargain?
00:46:56Well, this is certainly one pip of a day.
00:47:00Now, that's a relief.
00:47:02I was afraid you might be insulted.
00:47:05I am insulted.
00:47:07Most pleasantly.
00:47:08My shoes.
00:47:22Soldier boy, didn't you bring a drink with you?
00:47:26Why, Phyllis, you don't drink.
00:47:29Well, it's about time I began.
00:47:31What chance is a girl nowadays if she doesn't do this and won't do that?
00:47:34When is it going to begin?
00:47:42I'm getting impatient to see her.
00:47:43Oh, it won't be long now.
00:47:46Just think of it.
00:47:48A woman nearly every man wants.
00:47:50And Big gets her.
00:47:51Dumb boy, isn't he?
00:47:53You know, I'm going to bring the imp up here.
00:47:58No, I don't think I'd better.
00:47:59I can't compete with a gorgeous creature like the firefly.
00:48:04I think she's coming now.
00:48:06Don't you think she's a little smaller here than on the poster?
00:48:32What?
00:48:36Where is Dick?
00:48:37I can't see him, can you?
00:48:39Why are you so sure he's here?
00:48:41Of course he is.
00:48:43Well, if I were a man in love with such a girl,
00:48:45you think I'd let her appear before a crowd like this
00:48:47without being on hand to prevent the stampede?
00:48:50No, sir.
00:48:50I'm through with flirting
00:48:54Because I'm certain
00:48:57Daddy, I have to have you
00:49:01I've tried the petting
00:49:06Of someone else
00:49:10I've tried forgetting
00:49:12With someone else
00:49:16No, you think I'd let her appear
00:49:18There's no denying
00:49:21Daddy, I have to have you
00:49:26You're my one and only one
00:49:33And how I adore you
00:49:37It's too bad
00:49:39It's too bad
00:49:40I've ever had
00:49:42A romance
00:49:44Before you
00:49:48I've had my fill
00:49:52A night like this
00:49:55I want the thrill of
00:49:59Your goodnight kiss
00:50:02Don't ever see me
00:50:06This time, believe me
00:50:09Daddy, I have to have you
00:50:13Dick must be awfully proud
00:50:28I've got to go over
00:50:31You can't expect me
00:50:32To give him the go-by like this
00:50:34You know
00:50:34He's been awfully good to me
00:50:36Dick has
00:50:36Oh, you stay here
00:50:39Phyllis
00:50:46This is a surprise
00:50:48Hello, Dick, darling
00:50:49Don't be jealous
00:50:50I'm only his housekeeper's daughter
00:50:52Carla, dear
00:50:52This is Miss Erickson
00:50:54Just call me Phyllis
00:50:56Well, then you'll call me Cara
00:50:58Yes
00:50:59It's perfectly thrilling meeting you
00:51:01Whatever kind of wonderful person like you
00:51:04Seeing an old dry as dust like Dick here
00:51:06Oh, dry as gold dust
00:51:08Carla, I want you to meet two old friends of mine
00:51:11Colonel Graham and Mr. Palmer
00:51:13Charmed
00:51:14Sit down, won't you, and join the party
00:51:16Yes, do
00:51:18Before I bring another chair
00:51:20You know
00:51:29When I first saw you
00:51:30On the posters
00:51:31I didn't like you
00:51:32No?
00:51:33Oh, but I've changed my mind now
00:51:35And you should change your artist, too
00:51:36You know, that painting
00:51:37Doesn't begin to do justice
00:51:39To all of your charms
00:51:39Thanks
00:51:41You have a couple of dangerous curves yourself
00:51:43Oh, yes?
00:51:45Where are they?
00:51:46Phyllis
00:51:46What, Dick?
00:51:48Oh, nothing
00:51:48You know, I'd just love to be you
00:51:51Would you?
00:51:52Yes, to wear such clothes and dance
00:51:54And see men's eyes just pop out of their heads
00:51:56And to have my picture all over the map
00:51:59Oh, gee
00:52:00But the only thing I don't envy you is Dick
00:52:02Oh, you don't?
00:52:03No, he's an old fogey
00:52:04Aren't you, Dick?
00:52:05Isn't he the colonel?
00:52:06Is that right, Mr. Palmer?
00:52:08Of course he is
00:52:08But you'll change all that
00:52:10You'll put some pep in the old boy
00:52:12It's a good thing you've got him
00:52:14Yes, sir
00:52:15Well, you know
00:52:16We must try to be friends
00:52:18Good friends
00:52:19Well, of course
00:52:20Any friend of my babies is a friend of mine
00:52:23May I
00:52:26May I bring my mother to see you?
00:52:29Why, I'd be delighted
00:52:30You know, Mother and I talked it all over
00:52:32And we thought you ought to have a big church wedding
00:52:34Wedding?
00:52:38Well, of course
00:52:39Anything my daddy says
00:52:40Goes with Kara
00:52:41We
00:52:43We can't let Dick hide this light under a bushel, can we?
00:52:46Can't be done, can it, Kara?
00:52:48Daddy
00:52:48Kara wants a big wedding
00:52:50With bridesmaids and music and flowers and everything
00:52:54You must let me be your maid of honor
00:52:57Oh, you'll have to hurry there
00:52:58Or I'll be a maid from the honor
00:52:59You see, I
00:53:00I'm going to bring Dick's board in a week or two, you know
00:53:04You know
00:53:06Why can't we make it a double wedding?
00:53:11What is it, are you sick?
00:53:13Why, what an idiotic idea
00:53:15You're swaying
00:53:17That's the music, silly
00:53:18I want to dance
00:53:20May I borrow you, big boy?
00:53:22Why, of course, give the kid a treat
00:53:24But remember the rules
00:53:25Six inches apart
00:53:26Say, are those two in love?
00:53:40Is he using me to make her jealous or what?
00:53:46I don't know anything about it
00:53:48I'm dying of curiosity
00:53:51What's the game, anyway?
00:53:53What does it matter
00:53:54As long as you've got the money?
00:53:58Yes, but money plus him
00:54:00I'm liking that boy better every minute
00:54:03I know class when I see it
00:54:06If I thought there was a chance
00:54:09There's not a ghost of a chance
00:54:10He's poor
00:54:11Practically starving
00:54:13Don't worry
00:54:15The wicked firefly
00:54:17Isn't going to burn
00:54:18Your little dicky boy
00:54:19Why'd you just come here?
00:54:24Well, you didn't say anything
00:54:25About bringing her out
00:54:26And I was consumed with curiosity
00:54:28And now?
00:54:29I have a new respect for you
00:54:30Oh, really?
00:54:32Yes, you must have something
00:54:33Besides dignity to recommend you
00:54:34Or you couldn't have won
00:54:35Over so many competitors
00:54:36There must be hundreds of men
00:54:38Whose hearts will just break
00:54:39When they hear of this
00:54:40Well, don't joke, dear
00:54:41Mustn't say dear, dear
00:54:43Keep in my hand
00:54:44Then there'd be a scandal
00:54:45You're so strange
00:54:48You're a revelation
00:54:49Did Kara teach you to dance so well?
00:54:51Well, can't you say one single sentence
00:54:53Without mentioning her name?
00:54:54I should think you'd be glad
00:54:55If you loved her
00:54:55I do love her
00:54:57Very much
00:54:58Very much
00:54:59Well, that's relief
00:55:01Love
00:55:01That's the only important thing
00:55:03Hello, baby darling
00:55:04Was it nice?
00:55:05Yes, thank you
00:55:06I have something in my dressing room
00:55:08I want to show you
00:55:09Come along, Daddy
00:55:10I think I ought to
00:55:11Oh, please don't, Dick
00:55:11There's something I want to talk over
00:55:13With Colonel and Mr. Palmer
00:55:14The surprise
00:55:15About your wedding
00:55:16You mustn't hear
00:55:16Well, then
00:55:18Come along
00:55:18Phyllis
00:55:27Won't you sit down?
00:55:28No
00:55:29No, take me away from here
00:55:30Quickly
00:55:31All right, I'll get her clothes
00:55:32Do, please
00:55:33All right,
00:55:39All right, I'll go
00:55:43BIRDS CHIRP
00:56:13Good evening. I have two on the floor, right?
00:56:29Oh, so it's you, is it? Don't you know you can't come in here?
00:56:32I am in, aren't I?
00:56:33No, you're not. You're out.
00:56:35Come on, get out of here. I told you to stay out of here.
00:56:38Stay down.
00:56:43Oh, good evening.
00:56:44Good evening, boy.
00:56:45Yes, oh, oh, table to the floor, please.
00:56:48Good evening, Mr. Myers.
00:56:50Oh, you'd love to see you, please.
00:57:07Kara, pick some boy this time. Some daddy, if you ask me.
00:57:11Well, how do you girls know he is her new daddy?
00:57:13How? As far as she's concerned, there's nobody else in the club tonight but he.
00:57:17Sang every song to him. Kept the spotlight on him. Even danced every dance with him.
00:57:22Well, I guess that does look as though she is interested.
00:57:31What's the matter, daddy?
00:57:33Oh, it's quite so far away.
00:57:36Is that better?
00:57:38Perfect.
00:57:39Perfect.
00:57:41Come to your dressing room. You're going to listen to me.
00:57:49Daddy.
00:57:49Daddy, is it?
00:57:51Dick.
00:57:52Yes, Dick.
00:57:53You heard what she said. She's mine.
00:57:54That's a lie. She's my wife.
00:57:56Imp, Imp, your daughter.
00:57:57Let me go.
00:57:57You don't know what you're talking about.
00:57:58Let me go.
00:57:59Let me go.
00:57:59You're going to see this.
00:58:00Imp, put your sister together.
00:58:05What is it, madame?
00:58:07Oh, that chump.
00:58:08Your husband?
00:58:09Husband?
00:58:11Well, madame, I mean, mademoiselle.
00:58:13We don't have to worry about him anymore.
00:58:15We're going away to France tomorrow.
00:58:17What are you talking about?
00:58:19He's win all his money back.
00:58:21Oh, do you see?
00:58:22Who does of us?
00:58:23He know all about the imp, and does not give a oot.
00:58:27For mercy's sakes, who?
00:58:29Seaman, madame?
00:58:30Jim.
00:58:31Who's this guy?
00:58:40Will you go away?
00:58:41Didn't I tell you I never wanted to see you again?
00:58:43Well, if he's another one of your lying daddies, I'll kill him.
00:58:46No!
00:58:47Take your hands off me.
00:58:48Stop him.
00:58:48Let me go.
00:58:49Him.
00:58:50Don't be a fool.
00:58:52Will you get him out of here?
00:58:55I can't believe it.
00:58:58You don't mean it, you.
00:59:00I certainly do.
00:59:01Will you go back and play with your paper dolls?
00:59:03Come on, him.
00:59:04Come on.
00:59:04Let's go home.
00:59:06Leave me alone.
00:59:14Your relative?
00:59:16His guardian.
00:59:19Jim and I will fix that.
00:59:21Jim, you don't know Mr. Carew.
00:59:23Mr. Carew, your divorce evidence.
00:59:26How do you do?
00:59:27Don't worry.
00:59:29Here's your money.
00:59:29Just to prove that you're not the only fool in the world.
00:59:34Use that to send him on a little trip somewhere.
00:59:37But keep him out of Paris.
00:59:42Goodbye, Daddy.
00:59:42Oh, Phyllis, dear.
00:59:57I'm so glad you're actually going to do it.
01:00:00Everyone's glad.
01:00:02Dick.
01:00:03What are you doing?
01:00:06Making out the guest list for the wedding.
01:00:08Oh, Dick, I...
01:00:09I'll go.
01:00:12Sonny Waddles and the soldier boy.
01:00:13I sent for them.
01:00:14Hello, Ed.
01:00:33Back home?
01:00:34I only came back to pack.
01:00:36Well, come on in.
01:00:37I want to talk to you.
01:00:38Oh, what's the use?
01:00:39Come on.
01:00:51I shouldn't have come in to talk to you.
01:00:54Ed, you're going to hear me talk and you're going to like it.
01:00:57I've stood about as much nonsense for you as I can.
01:00:59I bet you'd get away with anything because I saw your father in you.
01:01:03And I loved him.
01:01:05But if he were here today, he'd be ashamed of you, as I am.
01:01:09Dick.
01:01:10Don't interrupt.
01:01:12I might forgive you for throwing over the Trinity.
01:01:14After all, we only brought you up.
01:01:17But when you turned down the sweetest and finest girl that was ever born
01:01:19for the first pair of bare legs that you see,
01:01:22I realized that we were not bringing up Charlie's boy,
01:01:25but the world's prime chump.
01:01:26I wouldn't have interfered if I'd known of your ridiculous marriage.
01:01:31I did what I did to try and save you and Phyllis.
01:01:34It's too late.
01:01:37No, it isn't.
01:01:39I'll do it yet.
01:01:41It won't take long to annul this marriage.
01:01:44And you and Phyllis will still be happy together.
01:01:46She need never know.
01:01:48It'll all come out all right.
01:01:49Phyllis is no fool.
01:01:50Don't you suppose she knows?
01:01:52Of course she doesn't know.
01:01:54She thinks I'm the richer the letter was written to.
01:01:57What?
01:01:59Yes.
01:02:00Don't you see how easy it's going to be?
01:02:02You mean you took it on yourself?
01:02:05Naturally.
01:02:06We can't hurt Phyllis.
01:02:09You do appreciate her, don't you, Imp?
01:02:12She's the finest girl in the world.
01:02:15Oh, what's the use?
01:02:16I'm not worthy of her nor you.
01:02:19Of course you are.
01:02:21You are.
01:02:23When this blows over, we'll all be the same happy family again.
01:02:26Do you mean you want me back after the way I've treated you?
01:02:31Would your father have turned you out?
01:02:34Because you made a mistake?
01:02:36Oh, Dick.
01:02:37Come, come, boy.
01:02:47This will all iron out.
01:02:49We'll see it through together.
01:02:52Shoulder to shoulder.
01:02:54I've said a lot of nasty things to you, Dick.
01:02:56But I didn't mean them.
01:02:58You've had your first jolt.
01:03:00A stiff one, right under the chin.
01:03:03But you're on your feet now, old man.
01:03:05And you can win if you make up your mind, too.
01:03:12I have made up my mind.
01:03:14Don't forget Phyllis.
01:03:16No, I'll see you right away.
01:03:23Hello.
01:03:24Oh, hello, Imp.
01:03:25Have you been out so early?
01:03:27I've been out all night.
01:03:29Aren't you starting a couple of weeks ahead of time?
01:03:32We're not married yet.
01:03:33Married?
01:03:35You seem to find the subject of marriage rather funny.
01:03:39I may have done a lot of rotten things in my life.
01:03:41I may do some more, but bigamy won't be one of them.
01:03:44Bigamy?
01:03:45Imp!
01:03:46That letter was for me.
01:03:47We were married yesterday.
01:03:50Richard.
01:03:52Dick.
01:03:53You.
01:03:54Oh, Imp.
01:03:55It was your letter.
01:03:56Oh, you darling, you darling.
01:03:58It wasn't, dear.
01:03:59No, don't you see?
01:04:01He took it on himself to save me, to try to fix things right for me.
01:04:04And we believed it of him.
01:04:05Oh, what a fool I've been.
01:04:07Oh, Imp, you're a miserable, hopeless, immoral, horrid young man.
01:04:11But, oh, Imp, you're a darling.
01:04:14You've made me so happy.
01:04:16Oh, oh, Mother.
01:04:17Isn't it like him?
01:04:18Oh, Mother, isn't he wonderful?
01:04:20Oh, Mother.
01:04:20Dick.
01:04:33Dick.
01:04:38I didn't hear you come in.
01:04:39Of course not, because I was here all the time.
01:04:42I'm always with you, Dick, whether you see me or not.
01:04:46Did you see the Imp?
01:04:47Yes.
01:04:48He told me everything.
01:04:50Don't blame me too much.
01:04:53He's really true grit, every inch of him.
01:04:56He was mistaken in what he wanted, but he fought for it.
01:04:59When he found out he was wrong, he acknowledged it like a man.
01:05:03I've never blamed him.
01:05:05But I blame myself frightfully.
01:05:08What for?
01:05:09Oh, for thinking you're capable of falling for her.
01:05:12And the way I rubbed it in, like a jealous little cat.
01:05:15Jealous?
01:05:18Well, I couldn't see you throwing yourself away, could I?
01:05:22Oh, how tired you look.
01:05:25Mm, that feels good.
01:05:27You look awfully tired.
01:05:29You know, I don't know what I'm going to do when you're gone.
01:05:32Gone?
01:05:33You want to send me away?
01:05:35No, of course not.
01:05:36But somebody's bound to come along.
01:05:39You're bound to go sooner or later.
01:05:41I'll never fall in love again.
01:05:43Did he mean that much to you?
01:05:45No, I didn't care for him very much.
01:05:49You didn't care?
01:05:51Oh, I tried to, Dick.
01:05:52I was so hard.
01:05:53Because you wanted it.
01:05:54Oh, you were his hero at first.
01:05:56He tried to act so much like you.
01:05:58I could see you in him, Dick.
01:06:00That's why I loved him.
01:06:02Me?
01:06:03Oh, you're talking nonsense.
01:06:05I must be half asleep.
01:06:07You better run along now, dear, before I say something foolish.
01:06:09I love you, Dick.
01:06:11Yes, but...
01:06:11It isn't fair.
01:06:13I've always loved you, Dick.
01:06:14But you didn't seem to care.
01:06:16Oh, I never allowed myself to even think of it.
01:06:19Oh, Phyllis.
01:06:22You're a darling.
01:06:33That's the end of the Trinity.
01:06:36Yes.
01:06:37It's a quadrity now.
01:06:40With power to increase it into a quantity.
01:06:46Her?
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