Belles on Their Toes (1952)
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00:00:00The End
00:02:29Hello, Anne.
00:02:30Hello, Mother.
00:02:31Hello, Ernestine.
00:02:33Hello, Mother.
00:02:33Hello, Frank.
00:02:34Hello, Mother.
00:02:35Hello, Martha.
00:02:36Hello, Mother.
00:02:36Hello, Bill.
00:02:38Hello, Mother.
00:02:38Hello, Lillian.
00:02:39Hello, Mother.
00:02:40Hello, Fred.
00:02:41Hello, Mother.
00:02:41Hello, Dan.
00:02:42Hello, Mother.
00:02:42Hello, Jack.
00:02:44Where were you, Mother?
00:02:45I'm sorry, dear, but I ran into someone from the engineering department and he insisted that I...
00:02:50Shh! Oh, hi, Mom.
00:02:52Hello, Bob, dear.
00:02:54Where's Jane?
00:02:55In front. Fifth from the left.
00:03:03The baby.
00:03:06The baby's being graduated.
00:03:09The last one.
00:03:11I can hardly believe it.
00:03:12What was that, Mother?
00:03:13Ladies and gentlemen.
00:03:15It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you...
00:03:18the class valedictorian, Miss Susan Whittaker...
00:03:22who will speak to you on our generation and the challenge of the future.
00:03:32President Dickerson, members of the faculty, honored guests and fellow students...
00:03:38this is an important day in our lives.
00:03:41Yes, it is an important day.
00:03:42And there were times, Frank, when I thought this day would never come.
00:03:47But it had to.
00:03:49For in my mind, I had promised you that the job would be done.
00:03:52I remember we had just sold the house in Montclair...
00:03:55the house that you had bought for us...
00:03:56and had moved to one not quite so spacious...
00:03:58and not quite so full of memories.
00:04:01I was packing to go away on a lecture trip...
00:04:03for I was determined that I would keep on with your work.
00:04:06I had to.
00:04:07I had to.
00:04:08Lazy, I want to be lazy...
00:04:09I want to be lazy...
00:04:10I want to be out in the sun...
00:04:14I want to be out in the sun...
00:04:18With no work to be done...
00:04:21Under that awning...
00:04:24They call the sky...
00:04:27Yawning, yawning...
00:04:28Stretching and yawning...
00:04:31And let the world go...
00:04:34Drifting by...
00:04:36I want to be...
00:04:37Through the deep...
00:04:39Tangle wild wood...
00:04:42Counting sheep...
00:04:44Till I sleep...
00:04:46Like a child would...
00:04:49With a great big...
00:04:51Felice full...
00:04:53Of books to read...
00:04:55Where it's peaceful...
00:04:57While I'm...
00:04:58Till in time...
00:05:00Being lazy...
00:05:03Janie, you do a good job down there.
00:05:05Lazy...
00:05:06I want to be lazy...
00:05:08I want to be lazy...
00:05:11I long to be out in the sun...
00:05:14With no work to be done...
00:05:18I pressed your dinner dress, mother.
00:05:20Dinner dress?
00:05:21Just because you're a lady engineer...
00:05:23Doesn't mean you can't dress up once in a while.
00:05:25Thank you, Martha.
00:05:26Book to read...
00:05:27Ernestine, dust the banister on your way down, will you?
00:05:29While I'm...
00:05:30Till in time...
00:05:32Being lazy...
00:05:36Counting sheep...
00:05:39Till I sleep...
00:05:40Like a child would...
00:05:42And I'll peck my police...
00:05:43And I'll say goodbye to the Gilbris...
00:05:44While I'm wasting time...
00:05:45Being lazy...
00:05:46Oh, Tom, you wouldn't leave us.
00:05:47Of course not.
00:05:48Where could I get such an easy job?
00:05:49Fourteen rooms to clean...
00:05:50Thirty-six meals to get every day.
00:05:52If I hadn't have quit school in the second grade...
00:05:53I could tell you how many meals that would make a week.
00:05:54Two hundred and fifty-two.
00:05:55Are we having hash again?
00:05:56That ain't hash.
00:05:57That's a lot.
00:05:58That ain't hash.
00:05:59That's lamb rangoon.
00:06:00What on earth is lamb rangoon?
00:06:01It's a receipt.
00:06:02Been in my family for generations.
00:06:03It smells like it.
00:06:04I'll get it.
00:06:05Lazy.
00:06:07I wanna be lazy.
00:06:12Hello, Hussin Iora.
00:06:15Come on.
00:06:16I'm not going to be lazy.
00:06:19I'm not going to die yet.
00:06:20But I'll tell you how many meals...
00:06:21How many meals that would make a week?
00:06:23Two hundred and fifty-two.
00:06:24Are we having hash again?
00:06:25That ain't hash.
00:06:26That's lamb rangoon.
00:06:27What on earth is lamb rangoon?
00:06:28It's a receipt.
00:06:29Been in my family for generations.
00:06:30It smells like it.
00:06:31Lazy.
00:06:33I wanna be lazy.
00:06:35Hello, cousin Leora. Hello, Martha. And, uh, and Jane, isn't it?
00:06:39And here and Ernestine there, cousin Leora.
00:06:42Oh, how stupid of me. I always get you turned round.
00:06:44Well, there's so many of us.
00:06:46Yes. Isn't it heartbreaking?
00:06:48How are things?
00:06:50Just fine. I'll tell Mother you're here.
00:06:53Thank you, dear.
00:06:54I'll tell her, too.
00:06:57Honestly, every time she comes here, she makes me feel like a charity case.
00:07:00Shh! She might hear you.
00:07:02I hope she does. Maybe she'll stay away and mind her own business.
00:07:05Good afternoon, darling.
00:07:25Good afternoon, Mrs. Simmons. Oh, Snoop.
00:07:27Did you say something?
00:07:29No, I just said I'd swoop in here later.
00:07:31Will you close the doors, Tom, please?
00:07:37Hello, Leora. Hello, Lily.
00:07:46Hey, what's she want?
00:07:47Shh!
00:07:51It's very simple.
00:07:52I talked to your brother, Bill, and to Aunt Margaret,
00:07:55and each of us has agreed to take two of the younger children.
00:07:59I wouldn't think of it.
00:08:01Why, it's outrageous.
00:08:03Do you really...
00:08:03There, I told you you'd fly off the handle.
00:08:06Now, you listen to me, Lily Gilbreth,
00:08:07and try and be a little sensible about this.
00:08:10I know that nearly all of Frank's life insurance money
00:08:13has been spent already.
00:08:15That's true, isn't it?
00:08:16Yes.
00:08:17Well, I have that whole big house up in Westchester,
00:08:21and it's empty.
00:08:22Now, if I'm willing to take in two of your children
00:08:24and give them some of the advantages and care
00:08:26that you can't possibly give them,
00:08:28why should you feel that I'm being outrageous?
00:08:32I know it's hard to give them up.
00:08:35That's only natural.
00:08:38But you're not thinking of the children when you feel like that.
00:08:40You're thinking only of yourself.
00:08:42I never thought I was being selfish.
00:08:45Oh, I don't think you mean to be.
00:08:47But that's the way it works out for them.
00:08:50Suppose something were to happen to one of them
00:08:52while you're away.
00:08:53Only aura.
00:08:55You can't just shut your eyes, Lily.
00:08:57You've got to think of things like that.
00:09:01You see, I'm right.
00:09:02I'll telephone Bill and Aunt Margaret
00:09:04and tell them you've agreed.
00:09:05No.
00:09:06No, I have to think about it.
00:09:08Call me tonight.
00:09:09Very well, Lily.
00:09:14Oh, Leora, would you like to stay for dinner?
00:09:17Thank you very much, but I think not.
00:09:20There are enough hungry birds to feed without me.
00:09:25Well, hello, children.
00:09:27Oh, you little darling.
00:09:29How would you like to come and live with me?
00:09:32Now.
00:09:34Call me later, Leora.
00:09:35I will, Lily.
00:09:36Goodbye.
00:09:37Goodbye, children.
00:09:38Bye.
00:09:39Bye.
00:09:39Bye.
00:09:39Bye.
00:09:40Bye.
00:09:40Bye.
00:09:40Bye.
00:09:41Bye.
00:09:41Bye.
00:09:41Bye.
00:10:01Hello?
00:10:02Yes, Leora.
00:10:05Yes, I have made up my mind.
00:10:07I want to thank you and Bill and Aunt Margaret for all your kindness,
00:10:11but we've decided to stay together.
00:10:13No, I'm still going away.
00:10:19I'm going to fill Frank's last lecture contracts.
00:10:21I'm sure they'll lead to something.
00:10:24No, Leora.
00:10:25I'm afraid once we broke up the family, we'd...
00:10:28So you're going away and leaving those children to the mercy of the heat and the Jersey mosquitoes?
00:10:32No, I'm sending them to Nantucket.
00:10:38No, not by themselves. Tom will go with them.
00:10:42I'm sorry, Leora.
00:10:44I... I have to do what I think is best.
00:10:48Thank you and goodbye.
00:10:49Mother, when did you decide on Nantucket?
00:10:53I don't know. It just came to me.
00:10:56We have that house there and we haven't been able to sell it.
00:10:59We've gone there every other year. Why not this one?
00:11:01Why not?
00:11:01Mother!
00:11:03Now you will be careful, won't you?
00:11:05We'll be so good, nobody will know us.
00:11:07Don't you worry about a thing, Mother.
00:11:09I'll try not to.
00:11:10Oh, everything will be fine, Mother.
00:11:12I'll take your place.
00:11:13Martha can have charge of the money and the meals.
00:11:15Frank will take care of the boys and Ernestine will take care of the girls.
00:11:18And we'll all take care of Tom.
00:11:24Let's go, everybody.
00:11:25We only have 20 minutes.
00:11:26See you at the station, A.
00:11:27All right.
00:11:28Bye.
00:11:30Ain't they coming with us, too?
00:11:31No, no. It'd be too crowded.
00:11:33How can you say that?
00:11:34Eight valises, a dog, a cat, a canary bird, nine people?
00:11:38Nine people?
00:11:38We're only supposed to be seven.
00:11:40One, two, three.
00:11:42Mickey and Peter Shermerhorn, you two get right out of this taxi.
00:11:45But Jackie said we could go.
00:11:47Well, I'm sorry.
00:11:47You can't.
00:11:49Out of there, quickly.
00:11:52Hurry now.
00:11:53We've got enough trouble without taking the neighbor's children, too.
00:11:56We've got enough trouble without taking the neighbor's children, too.
00:12:26All of it isn't the bathing duties.
00:12:28Aren't you going in?
00:12:28Later, Frank.
00:12:30Later.
00:12:31Oh, I get it.
00:12:33Look at that poor sucker standing there.
00:12:35Does he know what plans you have in store for him?
00:12:37Please, go away.
00:12:39Oh, that poor Morton.
00:12:41Oh.
00:12:46Morton has just noticed us.
00:12:47Has he?
00:12:48What plans do you have in mind for him?
00:12:50None.
00:12:51Absolutely none.
00:12:53He looks exactly the same as he did last year.
00:12:55I thought you found him rather attractive last year.
00:12:58I did.
00:12:58But I'm a year older and women mature so much earlier than men.
00:13:02He's a baby.
00:13:02Really, he is.
00:13:03I don't think he's a baby.
00:13:05Want him?
00:13:06Want him?
00:13:07He's an Amherst man.
00:13:10Well, here he comes.
00:13:11Just catch the ball when I throw it to you.
00:13:15Hello, Ann.
00:13:16Well, hello, Morton.
00:13:17You remember my sister Ernestine.
00:13:19Oh, yes.
00:13:19Hello.
00:13:20Ann, how about going in for a swim?
00:13:21The water's keen.
00:13:22Oh, I don't think so.
00:13:24Oh, come on.
00:13:24A race to the pier.
00:13:26Well, I just don't feel like it, Morton.
00:13:27But if it's a race you want, Ernestine...
00:13:29Hi, everybody.
00:13:30Who wants to race me out to the pier?
00:13:33I do.
00:13:34Well, come on, then.
00:13:41Say, you're not the only one who's got mature this year.
00:13:44Oh, Martha's just an infant.
00:13:46She doesn't look like an infant in that.
00:13:49Well, thanks for turning Morton over to me.
00:13:52Believe me, Ernestine, you haven't lost a thing.
00:13:55I know.
00:13:56How can you lose something you never had?
00:13:58Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight on for Sagawaan.
00:14:08Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight on for Sagawaan.
00:14:15Fight, fight, fight, fight.
00:14:17Hiya.
00:14:18Is this the Gilbert house?
00:14:19Yes, it is.
00:14:20Thanks.
00:14:20You're new around here, aren't you?
00:14:22Yep.
00:14:23First day on the island, first day on the job.
00:14:25Al Lynch is the name.
00:14:26I'm Ernestine Gilbreth.
00:14:27Me, it's deplete you.
00:14:30Is that S for Syracuse?
00:14:31No, Sagawaan Agricultural and Technical.
00:14:34I got that for football.
00:14:36Isn't that marvelous?
00:14:38Oh, Tom, I'd like for you to meet Mr. Lynch, our new delivery man.
00:14:41Hi.
00:14:42Oh, Mr. Lynch, I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance.
00:14:45And now, would you mind bringing the groceries in, or do you need some help?
00:14:50Help?
00:14:50Me?
00:14:51I only took this job to keep my muscles in trim.
00:14:58All the football players do.
00:15:00You know, uh, Red Grange is delivering ice this summer.
00:15:03Here?
00:15:04No, no.
00:15:05Someplace else.
00:15:06But I take a great interest in him.
00:15:08We both play the same position.
00:15:10Oh?
00:15:10Isn't that interesting?
00:15:13What fraternity is that?
00:15:15Ta-ta-ta.
00:15:16You're looking at the head of the house.
00:15:18Well, so long.
00:15:21So long?
00:15:24I'll be seizing you.
00:15:26Oh.
00:15:32Dear Mrs. Gilbert, it all started in the kitchen.
00:15:36Saw it with my own two eyes.
00:15:38I was standing there with Ernestine when this handsome young giant walked in with the groceries.
00:15:42Oh, Tom.
00:15:44He had the body of an oak tree and the mind of an acorn.
00:15:47To his love at first sight.
00:15:49Bean.
00:15:52Beans.
00:15:55Beans, beans, beans.
00:15:59Howdy-do, children, howdy-do-dee-do.
00:16:03Sister Martha bought some extra special groceries for you.
00:16:07Beans.
00:16:08Beans, beans.
00:16:10Beans for our breakfast.
00:16:15And beans for our lunch.
00:16:17Beans for supper time.
00:16:22Boiled beans, soup beans, stewed beans, baked beans, beans, rain or shine.
00:16:29Martha never has ham, chicken or lamb.
00:16:33Strange as it seems.
00:16:36Home we admire, but who doesn't tire of eating beans?
00:16:43Beans, beans.
00:16:46Oh, I never tire of eating beans.
00:16:49Beans, beans.
00:16:51Beans.
00:16:52Toa, toa, toa.
00:17:10It's Greek.
00:17:11You know what it means?
00:17:12Property of Al Lynch.
00:17:13Oh, Al.
00:17:14Martha, if I take a girl out, I have to have some money in my pocket.
00:17:19I have to buy her something, an ice cream soda or a hamburger.
00:17:22No.
00:17:23I won't eat anything myself.
00:17:25I'll just watch her.
00:17:26We have no money to spend on strange girls.
00:17:29Here comes Ernestine with that great big dog.
00:17:31Don't say it, Fred.
00:17:33Well, he never takes any of us for a ride in his truck.
00:17:36I start my deliveries tomorrow morning at 10.
00:17:38Be waiting for me.
00:17:39I will.
00:17:40Goodbye, Al.
00:17:41I'll be squeezing you.
00:17:54I'll be squeezing you fully.
00:18:00Hello, everybody.
00:18:03Hello.
00:18:05What's the matter with you?
00:18:07Did you hurt your back?
00:18:09Take a look.
00:18:11Oh, wow.
00:18:14Dainty, isn't it?
00:18:16Al's?
00:18:17Oh, no.
00:18:18Not Al.
00:18:19Which?
00:18:20Oh, you?
00:18:21You're just jealous because your younger sister got engaged before you did.
00:18:25Hey, are you engaged to him?
00:18:26Yes.
00:18:27Really?
00:18:27Yes.
00:18:28Well, then get him to slip you a couple of steaks some night by accident, will you?
00:18:31Oh, honestly.
00:18:33All anybody in this family ever thinks about is food.
00:18:36The next best thing to eating it.
00:18:37Martha, couldn't you just squeeze some hamburgers out of that budget?
00:18:43The budget only calls for meat for the little ones.
00:18:45We're all full grown.
00:18:46Well, I'm not.
00:18:48My best growing years are ahead of me.
00:18:51All right.
00:18:52Tonight, you're going to get some meat.
00:18:54Meat?
00:18:55Did I hear right?
00:18:58I can't believe it.
00:19:00I said we're going to have meat tonight.
00:19:02To celebrate Ernestine's engagement, we're going to have a barbecue.
00:19:06Oh, boy, that fire looks great.
00:19:13When do we start cooking?
00:19:14As soon as the meat comes.
00:19:15Haven't you got it with you?
00:19:17It'll be a log.
00:19:18Well, what do you have to do?
00:19:19Shoot it?
00:19:19I told you it was clams.
00:19:21We don't have to shoot it, and we don't have to dig for it.
00:19:24Just leave everything to me.
00:19:25It's the pot now.
00:19:41They're going to have a barbecue, too.
00:19:44Well, isn't it a good thing we got here first?
00:19:49Martha, is this the meat you said would be along?
00:19:52You can't.
00:19:54No, watch me.
00:19:55You can't possibly.
00:19:57You don't have to stay if you don't want to.
00:20:00Hello.
00:20:01Hello, Colonel.
00:20:02Were you planning a barbecue, too?
00:20:04Why, yes, but...
00:20:05Oh, I'm sorry.
00:20:07Gosh, we didn't know it.
00:20:09Why don't you take over the fire?
00:20:11We'll just go back to the house and boil ours on the stove.
00:20:15Oh, I wouldn't hear of it.
00:20:17We insist, don't we?
00:20:19After all, you're planning a party, and, well, we're only family.
00:20:23All we have is frankfurters anyway.
00:20:26Come on, everybody.
00:20:27Let's get our things together and get out of Colonel Putnam's way.
00:20:29Oh.
00:20:31Why, you'll do nothing of the kind.
00:20:33You're going to stay right here with us.
00:20:34We'll combine forces.
00:20:35That's what we'll do.
00:20:37Oh, no.
00:20:38I insist.
00:20:39We have more than enough stakes for everyone, haven't we, Emily?
00:20:42Oh, yes, Colonel.
00:20:43Enough for a regiment.
00:20:44Take a look.
00:20:47Oh.
00:20:50Well, it isn't up to me.
00:20:53It's up to Anne.
00:20:53She's the oldest.
00:20:54Well, if you don't stay, I won't enjoy a mouthful of food.
00:20:59Well, we couldn't do that to you, Colonel.
00:21:02Could we?
00:21:02Absolutely not.
00:21:04Good.
00:21:04Here's a Japanese sandman trading silver for old.
00:21:27Just an old second-hand man trading new days for old.
00:21:34Here's the Japanese sandman.
00:21:36Boldy old doe.
00:21:37Sneaking on with the dew.
00:21:39Doo-doo.
00:21:39Doo-doo.
00:21:40Just an old second-hand man.
00:21:42What does he do?
00:21:43He'll buy your old egg from you.
00:21:44Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba.
00:21:46He will take every sorrow.
00:21:48Take it away.
00:21:49Of the day that is through.
00:21:51Doo-de-doo.
00:21:51Doo-doo.
00:21:52And he'll give you tomorrow.
00:21:54No, sorry, tomorrow.
00:21:55Just start life on new.
00:21:57Start life on new.
00:21:58Then you'll be a bit older.
00:22:00Boldy old.
00:22:01In the dawn when you wake.
00:22:03Things will be jake when you awake.
00:22:04And you'll be a bit bolder.
00:22:06Older and bolder.
00:22:07With a new day you make.
00:22:09And you'll be making no mistake.
00:22:10He a Japanese sandman trading silver for gold.
00:22:15Come on, boss, and dance.
00:22:16Just an old second-hand man.
00:22:18Come on and dance.
00:22:19New days for old.
00:22:21Dance, dance, dance.
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00:23:47Colonel Putnam, one of your new neighbors.
00:23:49How do you do?
00:23:50Won't you join us?
00:23:51Why, yes, thank you, Colonel.
00:23:52Come and get it, everybody.
00:23:54Oh, spell those stakes. Come on.
00:23:55You should see the wonderful day.
00:24:12Is something wrong, Mother?
00:24:14No, why?
00:24:15We weren't expecting you until the middle of August.
00:24:18I know, dear.
00:24:19I just did everything very quickly.
00:24:21Oh.
00:24:22Isn't this steak delicious?
00:24:28Seconds, anyone?
00:24:30Yes, please.
00:24:34Just a song at twilight
00:24:37When the lights are low
00:24:43What a beautiful night.
00:24:47Seems such a shame.
00:24:48What does, Mother?
00:24:50Well, Anne, you might as well know.
00:24:51We'll all have to go back to Montclair.
00:24:54I stopped in to see the real estate agent,
00:24:57and he thinks he can rent the house here for the rest of the summer.
00:24:59Then the trip didn't go very well.
00:25:02No, two of the lectures were canceled,
00:25:04and I couldn't get any of the others to renew your father's old contracts.
00:25:07Oh, but you and Father always worked so closely together.
00:25:10I guess he was the one they were really hiring.
00:25:12They think of me as someone who just tagged along.
00:25:18What will you do, Mother?
00:25:19I don't know, Anne,
00:25:21but when we get back to Montclair,
00:25:22I'll write letters to every firm I can think of
00:25:25and hope that someone will condescend to hire a lady engineer.
00:25:29Mother, I don't have to go back to college.
00:25:31I can skip a year.
00:25:32I can stay home and get a job and help.
00:25:35Well, we won't make any drastic plans until we have to.
00:25:38Mother! Mother!
00:25:39Yes, Frank.
00:25:40Don't say anything to the others.
00:25:41I'll tell them in the morning.
00:25:42Mother, Ernestine's no good at the harmony.
00:25:45Would you take it?
00:25:46Well, I'll try.
00:25:47Though the heart be weary
00:25:52Sad the day and gone
00:25:58Still to us at twilight
00:26:05Comes love's old song
00:26:12Comes love's old sweet song
00:26:21Back to Montclair
00:26:27and faced the problem of making ends meet.
00:26:30We scrimped and cut corners with one purpose in mind
00:26:33to keep the family together.
00:26:35There you are.
00:26:54Thanks, Albert.
00:26:55Thank you, doctor.
00:26:56Come in again.
00:26:57If you don't mind,
00:26:58I think my spaghetti are ready.
00:27:00I'll take my lunch while the business is slow.
00:27:01You go ahead, Albert.
00:27:02Enjoy.
00:27:03Thank you, doctor.
00:27:12Good afternoon.
00:27:15Good afternoon.
00:27:18Where's the other barber?
00:27:19Oh, he...
00:27:20Uh, he just went out to lunch.
00:27:24Oh.
00:27:24Is there anything I can do for you?
00:27:26Well, I hadn't hoped to talk to Albert because I...
00:27:29Dan, friend.
00:27:31Stop it right this instant.
00:27:32Because we've been coming here for so many years
00:27:34and he knows us so well.
00:27:35Whatever Albert can do for you,
00:27:37I'd be glad to do.
00:27:38And more.
00:27:39Well, these are my brothers and sisters.
00:27:42All of them?
00:27:43No, there are four more.
00:27:45And since we're such a large family
00:27:47and we need so many haircuts a month,
00:27:49don't you think we ought to get a special rate?
00:27:50I think you should get a medal.
00:27:53I mean, large families are the backbone of the nation.
00:27:56That's not the point.
00:27:57The point is, do you think you can give us a special price?
00:28:03Well, that's a lot of hair.
00:28:08How do I know these are really your brothers and sisters?
00:28:10How do I know you just didn't collect them on the street
00:28:12and you're getting a rebate from their mothers and fathers?
00:28:14Well, I never.
00:28:15Why, everyone in Montclair knows the Gilberth family.
00:28:18Gilberth, how do you spell that?
00:28:19Come out!
00:28:21B-R-E-T-H.
00:28:23Mm-hmm.
00:28:23First name?
00:28:25I don't need a haircut.
00:28:27Yes, I noticed that.
00:28:28You look fine.
00:28:29You should always wear it that way.
00:28:31You don't sound like a barber to me.
00:28:35Ah, Miss Gilberth.
00:28:36Glad to see you back.
00:28:38You still here, Dr. Grayson?
00:28:39Doctor?
00:28:40Are you a doctor?
00:28:42Don't feel bad, Miss Gilberth.
00:28:43I'm usually taken for a busboy or a street cleaner.
00:28:46Do you think a mustache would help?
00:28:48No.
00:28:49Neither do I.
00:28:50Goodbye, Gilberth.
00:28:51Bye!
00:28:53Wow.
00:28:56Oh, Dan!
00:28:59Hey, come on!
00:29:00Hurry up!
00:29:01We're trying our love.
00:29:03Hey, what kept you so long?
00:29:04All right.
00:29:06Hey, you should have got a lot of trouble.
00:29:09We couldn't carry them.
00:29:13Any rags, any bones, any bottles today?
00:29:18Hurry up, you kids.
00:29:19Hurry up.
00:29:19Any rags, any bones, any bottles today?
00:29:24Funny old rag picture coming this way.
00:29:26Any rags, any bones, any bottles today?
00:29:29Rags!
00:29:30Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba.
00:29:32Any rags, any bones, any bottles today?
00:29:34Just watch!
00:29:35The same old story in the same old way.
00:29:38Rag-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba.
00:29:40Rag-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba.
00:29:43Any rags, any bones, any bottles today?
00:29:46Funny old rag-picker coming this way.
00:29:49And he rags...
00:29:49Hut, hut!
00:29:55Brax da bum, bum leνudun la da da da da da
00:29:58Brax da bum, bum leνudun la da da da.
00:30:01Bigi kek, Bigi kek, Bigi europé,IGH L represents the same old story
00:30:05In the same old way.
00:30:07Bop kelly Mint, bum, bum!
00:30:09Here you are.
00:30:19Thanks.
00:30:23Hey, boy. Here's another load.
00:30:32Okay, now. Step on it.
00:30:36You're doing fine. Keep it up.
00:30:39Here she comes, Bill.
00:30:41Gangway!
00:30:42Let her slide.
00:30:56Accident?
00:30:57What?
00:30:59Because if it wasn't, you peanut I'll slaughter you.
00:31:02Yeah?
00:31:03Yeah.
00:31:04Tigger.
00:31:09What's going on in here?
00:31:13We're making root beer.
00:31:14To sell?
00:31:15Who wants to sell it? We want to drink it.
00:31:17Mother, do you know how much root beer this family drinks in the summertime?
00:31:21No.
00:31:22Three cases a week.
00:31:24A total cash expenditure of $3.60 every week.
00:31:28It's astonishing.
00:31:29Oh, Mrs. Gilbert.
00:31:31Yes, Tom?
00:31:32A man here to see you.
00:31:34Drove up in the mighty fine car waiting in the sitting room.
00:31:39Bill!
00:31:40When you empty that, send up last week's batch.
00:31:42And remember, don't touch the ones with chalk marks.
00:31:45They're Tom's.
00:31:46Okay.
00:31:47What flavor did Tom make?
00:31:49I don't know, but I saw him put some yeast and some prunes and sugar in them.
00:31:53Ew, must taste terrible.
00:32:05How do you do?
00:32:06Oh, how do you do, Mrs. Gilbert?
00:32:08That your husband?
00:32:09Yes.
00:32:10Tell me he was quite a guy.
00:32:12Yes, he was quite a guy.
00:32:14I was just down here visiting the Wilson tool and dye outfit.
00:32:18Wilson's got a couple of boys running the plant for him, and they're just great.
00:32:21They should be.
00:32:22My husband trained them.
00:32:23I know that.
00:32:24That's why I'm here.
00:32:25I got a great opportunity for fellows like them.
00:32:28Do you know anybody that you'd like to do a favor for?
00:32:30I could use a couple of good men.
00:32:31I could use a half a dozen.
00:32:33Well, Mr.
00:32:34Uh...
00:32:35Harper.
00:32:36Sam Harper.
00:32:37Of Harper Electric?
00:32:38That's right.
00:32:39Well, Mr. Harper, my husband trained many men,
00:32:42but they all have very good jobs.
00:32:44I bet they wouldn't give them up, either.
00:32:46I tried to steal those two fellows from Wilson, but nothing doing.
00:32:50Well, they wouldn't be exactly right for you anyway.
00:32:52No?
00:32:53No.
00:32:54We trained Evans and Boyd for Wilson tool and dye.
00:32:57They wouldn't be right for Harper Electric.
00:32:59We?
00:33:00Yes.
00:33:01My husband and I always work together.
00:33:03Is that so?
00:33:04I'm an engineer, too.
00:33:06Women are creeping in all over.
00:33:08What?
00:33:09Hmm?
00:33:10Oh, nothing.
00:33:11Do you suppose you...
00:33:15No, that'd never work.
00:33:18It certainly would.
00:33:19Why wouldn't it?
00:33:20Why wouldn't what?
00:33:21What you're thinking about.
00:33:23I'll train some men for you.
00:33:25Where?
00:33:26Right here.
00:33:27My husband and I trained all the others at home.
00:33:30Ah, it'd never work.
00:33:33No man who's worth anything would ever take instructions from a woman.
00:33:36I know I wouldn't.
00:33:39That is a very narrow-minded, bigoted point of view, Mr. Harper.
00:33:42Well, maybe it is, but it's my opinion and I'm stuck with it.
00:33:45Yes, you are.
00:33:46And if it's any comfort to you, that opinion I have discovered is shared by most of the big industrial firms in the country.
00:33:52But there's no reason to get excited, Mrs. Gilbert. Can I help it if I...
00:33:55Good day, Mr. Harper.
00:33:57Oh boy, that was fun.
00:34:07Are you teaching school here?
00:34:11No, these are my own children.
00:34:13Children, this is Mr. Harper.
00:34:16Hi, Harper.
00:34:18How do you do, but...
00:34:20Oh, oh I'm so sorry.
00:34:21Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:34:23And this is another one.
00:34:24Ann, this is Mr. Harper.
00:34:25How do you do, Mr. Harper?
00:34:27And you think you can train some executives here, too, eh?
00:34:30That is my opinion, Mr. Harper, and apparently I'm stuck with it.
00:34:33Yes, well, goodbye.
00:34:35Bye.
00:34:39Stupid, arrogant, hard-headed, ignorant.
00:34:42What is it?
00:34:43Oh, Ann, it would have been absolutely perfect.
00:34:46I could have earned enough money right here at home.
00:34:48Enough to take care of all of us.
00:34:50Send you back to college, and I wouldn't have had to leave the children.
00:34:53It's absolutely maddening to come up against that stupid male conceit.
00:34:57I don't understand.
00:34:58Oh, I'm so sorry, dear.
00:35:00It's just that I'm at my wit's end.
00:35:02My mother, I know you'll get something.
00:35:04Some of those letters you wrote.
00:35:06Oh, I've already had enough answers to know what they'll all say.
00:35:09Sorry.
00:35:10We have nothing for you.
00:35:12It makes me so furious.
00:35:13For a moment there, I thought all my troubles were at an end.
00:35:16Mercy, Maude, what's that?
00:35:20In the cellar.
00:35:21It must be the furnace.
00:35:23Oh, Ann, we've got to hit the children out of the house before it blows up.
00:35:26The house ain't blowing up, ma'am.
00:35:28There ain't nothing to get excited about.
00:35:30What is it then?
00:35:30It's just the children's root beer.
00:35:32That's all.
00:35:32That's all.
00:35:33Oh, thank Hiff.
00:35:35Yes, don't you worry about a thing.
00:35:36I'll go down and clean it all up.
00:35:40Children's root beer?
00:35:41Just a minute.
00:35:47Root beer doesn't explode.
00:35:49Huh?
00:35:52Alcohol.
00:35:53Alcohol?
00:35:55You smell alcohol, Mrs. Gilbert?
00:35:57Smell it.
00:35:58If I lit a match, the whole house would explode.
00:36:04What have you been making down there?
00:36:07Me?
00:36:07Not the children.
00:36:10You.
00:36:12Well, it's an old family receipt, you might say.
00:36:14You take some prunes and yeast and add a little sugar just to change the flavor.
00:36:18And it's just possible that with this receipt you might create something that has a chemical reaction like alcohol.
00:36:24And smells like alcohol.
00:36:26And tastes like alcohol.
00:36:28Yeah.
00:36:28No.
00:36:29No.
00:36:34Step in here, Tom.
00:36:37Tom, this is outrageous.
00:36:45I know you've been with us many years, but this is the last straw.
00:36:49I've warned you time and time again, but now you leave me no alternative.
00:36:53You'll simply have to go.
00:36:54I have to do it.
00:37:01I had to let him go.
00:37:02Well, not Tom.
00:37:03We couldn't get along without Tom.
00:37:05I know how you feel about him, but you're just going to have to get along without him.
00:37:10Well, come on, everybody.
00:37:11Let's go on down there and clean up the mess.
00:37:14Good afternoon, Mrs. Gilbert.
00:37:35Yes?
00:37:36I think you ought to let me come in because I've changed my mind.
00:37:40You have?
00:37:41Yes.
00:37:43Oh, come in.
00:37:44Come in.
00:37:46You can have your school.
00:37:49I'll send you two men.
00:37:51Oh, but two men won't do.
00:37:52What?
00:37:53It won't really pay me to start a school unless I have at least six pupils.
00:37:57And besides, it would be inefficient for me to teach two when I can teach six at the same time.
00:38:02And you said yourself you could use half a dozen, so it'd be just as inefficient for you to teach two.
00:38:06Yes. All right. All right.
00:38:06I'll tell you what.
00:38:07You fool me tomorrow and we'll work out the details.
00:38:09Oh, thank you, Mr. Harper.
00:38:11You're quite well, Tony.
00:38:11I'll do that.
00:38:16What the devil is that?
00:38:17Oh, uh, the children have a laboratory downstairs and I expect they're fooling around with chemicals.
00:38:23Chemicals?
00:38:25Smells like alcohol to me.
00:38:27Mr. Harper, alcohol is a chemical.
00:38:32Yes. So it is.
00:38:35Good afternoon.
00:38:36Goodbye. I'll call you tomorrow.
00:38:46Mrs. Gilbert, I know you're a very busy woman with your scientific management and engineering,
00:38:50so I wrote myself out a character reference.
00:38:53If you'll sign it, I'll be very much obliged to you.
00:38:55You wrote yourself a reference?
00:38:56Well, I learned something in the years I've been here.
00:38:59I'll read it to you.
00:39:00To who it may concern, Thomas George Bracken has worked for me for 20 years as cook, cleaning man, gardener, furnace man, children's nurse and butler.
00:39:09After 20 years of loyalty and devotion, I was forced to fire him against my will because of certain financial reverses which he was not responsible for.
00:39:19I most certainly will not sign that.
00:39:21Well, I know it stretches the truth a bit, but if we tell the truth, who's going to give me a job?
00:39:26Quitting just when I need you most.
00:39:28But, Mrs. Gilbert, a fine time you picked.
00:39:30Just when I'm getting my school started and you know I can't get along without you, you decide to walk out after 20 years.
00:39:36I never heard of anyone so ungrateful.
00:39:39Yes, ma'am.
00:39:40Sorry, ma'am.
00:39:41Sorry, ma'am.
00:39:42Thank you, ma'am.
00:39:43That's better.
00:39:44Oh, Mrs. Gilbert's the last one.
00:39:48By Thanksgiving, the school was fully launched.
00:40:00Sam Harper more than kept his word.
00:40:03He not only sent four men himself, but he contrived to have the biggest department store in New York send two more and persuaded Kincaid Rubber to send an additional two.
00:40:13We must remember that of all the factors involved in industrial management, the most important is the human being.
00:40:20Well, in view of the fact that tomorrow is Thanksgiving, we'll end our class a little early today.
00:40:26My eldest daughter is home from college for the holiday, and this is a very big day in our house.
00:40:32I hope you'll all have a very happy Thanksgiving.
00:40:35Oh, thank you, Mrs. Gilbert.
00:40:44Boy, what a catsy car.
00:40:45Wow, Pike the Sheik.
00:40:53That coat cost $600 if it cost a nickel.
00:40:56And that Roadster, I wonder what he paid for that.
00:40:58Don't you dare ask him.
00:41:00Yes, Ernest Stephen.
00:41:01Well, you can count on meat acts civilized.
00:41:03If you marry him, none of us will ever have to work.
00:41:05Yeah, we'd all come and live with you.
00:41:08Who is it?
00:41:09It's Al Lynch, the Nantucket heartthrog.
00:41:12Oh.
00:41:13Mother, you said it was all right for me to invite him here for Thanksgiving.
00:41:16Yes, dear, I remember.
00:41:21Now, remember, boys, you all stand up when he comes in.
00:41:24Here he is.
00:41:25Quick, everybody, sit down.
00:41:26What for?
00:41:27How can we stand up if we're not sitting down first?
00:41:32Well, Al Lynch, what a delightful surprise.
00:41:42Baby!
00:41:43Oh!
00:41:44Oh!
00:41:45Al, my whole family's here.
00:41:47Baby, whose pin are you wearing?
00:41:49Oh, no, Al, please.
00:41:51Oh!
00:41:52No, Al.
00:41:53Okay.
00:41:54Did you get a load of the chariot?
00:41:56Costs 2,000 smackers.
00:41:58I hope that answers your question.
00:42:00Oh, it's beautiful, Al.
00:42:01How about taking a quick spin?
00:42:03Well, I want you to say a load of my family first.
00:42:05Oh, I've got plenty of time for that.
00:42:06I'm gonna be here the whole weekend, ain't I?
00:42:08I'll just tell mother.
00:42:09Sure.
00:42:10I'd like to meet your old lady.
00:42:15Get away from me.
00:42:19Mother, I'd like you to meet Al Lynch.
00:42:22Al, this is my mother.
00:42:23Your mother?
00:42:24I'd have sworn she was your sister.
00:42:27She looks just like your sister.
00:42:29I'd have sworn it.
00:42:31Ernestine, won't you be cold in that open car?
00:42:35Oh, it's all right, Mrs. G.
00:42:37If she gets cold, I'll give her part of my coat.
00:42:39The sleeves.
00:42:40Oh!
00:42:41Well, be seasonin' ya.
00:42:48And to think we're having a party tonight, in his honor.
00:42:52Lend her his sleeves.
00:42:53I'd like to lend him a swift kick in the pants.
00:42:55That's what Dad would have done.
00:42:57If you don't really care for Morton Dykes, why did you invite him?
00:43:08Why didn't you ask somebody else?
00:43:10Because there isn't anybody else I do care for.
00:43:12Yes.
00:43:13Hello.
00:43:14Well, hello.
00:43:15We had the most divine spin in the roadster.
00:43:17For three hours.
00:43:18We ran out of gas.
00:43:19Oh, Ernestine.
00:43:20You didn't fall for that old chestnut.
00:43:21Oh, you're just...
00:43:22Believe me, Ernestine.
00:43:23Believe me, Ernestine.
00:43:24I am not jealous.
00:43:25Not the slightest bit.
00:43:26You're not?
00:43:27Oh, you poor kid.
00:43:28You're frozen to death.
00:43:29You're gonna take a hot bath right away.
00:43:30undead.
00:43:31Yeah.
00:43:32And fight, fight, fight, fight, fight...
00:43:39fight on and fight...
00:43:40what are you hearing?
00:43:41We numbers...
00:43:42We ran out of gas.
00:43:43Oh, Ernestine.
00:43:44You didn't fall for that old chestnut.
00:43:46Believe me, Ernestine.
00:43:47I am not jealous.
00:43:48Not the slightest bit...
00:43:49You're not?
00:43:50You poor kid.
00:43:51You're frozen to death.
00:43:52You're gonna take a hot bath right away.
00:43:53Now, just do what I told you.
00:43:55You go first, Bill.
00:43:56Yeah.
00:43:57and fight, fight, fight, fight.
00:43:59Fight on for Gilbreth.
00:44:01Right.
00:44:03Bye.
00:44:04Bye.
00:44:06Hey, I thought I locked that door.
00:44:08No, that lock never worked.
00:44:10Nobody pays any attention to a thing like that in a big family.
00:44:13You mean one of the girls might walk in here, too?
00:44:16Oh, sure.
00:44:17But they probably wouldn't even look at you.
00:44:19Just walk right past.
00:44:21What?
00:44:22That's the way we were brought up.
00:44:23You weren't brought up.
00:44:25You were dragged up.
00:44:26That's very funny.
00:44:27Hey, close the door.
00:44:30Sure, but I won't keep anybody out.
00:44:35Fight on.
00:44:37You say go on.
00:44:40Hi.
00:44:41You sure it's out there?
00:44:42Sure.
00:44:43I threw it up and it didn't come down.
00:44:45Okay, I'll get it for you.
00:44:46So what are you doing?
00:44:47His ball is out there and I want to get it for him.
00:44:50What's the matter with you?
00:44:51Are you crazy?
00:44:51It wasn't dangerous out here.
00:44:53There's a big white rope.
00:44:57Give me that brush.
00:44:58I can't reach it.
00:45:00Sure.
00:45:07Gee, you got hair on your chest.
00:45:11You got more hair than Tom.
00:45:14He lets me fit you.
00:45:15Get away from me, you.
00:45:16I want it.
00:45:17Good.
00:45:17Come on, Frank.
00:45:18Okay.
00:45:19Thanks a lot, fellas.
00:45:20Close the window.
00:45:22Close that door.
00:45:23Oh, pardon me.
00:45:38Oh, I'm terribly sorry, Al, dear.
00:45:41It is Al, isn't it?
00:45:43Dee!
00:45:43Dee!
00:45:43Dee!
00:45:43Dee!
00:45:43Dee!
00:45:44Dee!
00:45:44Dee!
00:45:44Dee!
00:45:45Dee!
00:45:45Dee!
00:45:46Dee!
00:45:46Dee!
00:45:47Dee!
00:45:47Dee!
00:45:48Dee!
00:45:48Dee!
00:45:49Dee!
00:45:49Dee!
00:45:50Dee!
00:45:50Dee!
00:45:51Dee!
00:45:51Dee!
00:45:52Dee!
00:45:52Dee!
00:46:06Mother, let's have a Paul Jones.
00:46:08All right, dear.
00:46:10A Paul Jones, everybody.
00:46:11Now, every time the music stops, change partners.
00:46:14I don't want to change partners.
00:46:15Mother, I'm just trying to pep up the party.
00:46:20Have you seen Al?
00:46:21No.
00:46:21I wonder what happened to him.
00:46:22I wonder what happened to him.
00:46:23To who?
00:46:27Oh, no, you don't.
00:46:35Oh!
00:46:39Excuse me, please.
00:46:40No locks on the doors.
00:46:41People parading in and out while other people are taking a bath.
00:46:42Brothers dressing up like sisters.
00:46:55I always thought this family was a little peculiar, but I never thought they were just plain crazy.
00:46:58That's enough.
00:46:59That's enough.
00:47:00I don't want to hear another word against my family.
00:47:01If you don't like us, just go.
00:47:02What do you think I'm doing?
00:47:03Well, then go.
00:47:04Not without my pen.
00:47:05Oh, as if I want.
00:47:06Believe me, it's just an oversight.
00:47:07Although how anybody could overlook anything as vulgarly large as that.
00:47:08Now Lynch takes that from who it comes.
00:47:09We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:10We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:11We hope the heck you'll never come back.
00:47:12We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:13We hope the heck you'll never come back.
00:47:14We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:15We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:16We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:17We hope the heck you'll never come back.
00:47:18We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:19We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:20We hope the heck you'll never come back.
00:47:21We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:22We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:23We hope the heck you'll never come back.
00:47:24We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:25We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:26We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:27We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:28We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:29We hope the heck you'll never come back.
00:47:30We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:32We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:33We hope the heck you'll never come back.
00:47:35We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:36We hope the heck you'll never come back.
00:47:37We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:45I don't know what they did to me, but they did nothing terrible.
00:47:57Who did?
00:47:58I don't know.
00:47:59Mother, I gave him back his pen.
00:48:02You did exactly right, dear.
00:48:04Now go in there and try to have a good time.
00:48:06I can't.
00:48:07I can't possibly.
00:48:08You must.
00:48:09You have other guests.
00:48:12I'll get to the bottom of this.
00:48:13I'll find out exactly what happened.
00:48:15Tom, you know everything that goes on in this house.
00:48:29What happened upstairs?
00:48:30Who was wearing his sister's dress?
00:48:32I knew I forgot something.
00:48:34Tom, who was it?
00:48:36Sorry, Mrs. Gilberth, but I'm no informer.
00:48:45Frank, will you come out here a minute?
00:48:50I want to speak to you.
00:48:51Oh, sure, Mother.
00:48:55Did you have anything to do with insulting Al Lynch?
00:48:59Well, it took quite a bit of doing, but we managed it.
00:49:02Frank, Al Lynch was Ernestine's guest.
00:49:05Well, sure, Mother.
00:49:05That was the trouble.
00:49:06It wasn't up to you to judge him.
00:49:09The poor girl's heartbroken.
00:49:11Huh?
00:49:12She's in tears.
00:49:13He took his pen back.
00:49:15She's beside herself.
00:49:17Ernestine?
00:49:17Yes.
00:49:19Mother, come here.
00:49:20There's something I want you to see.
00:49:21Now, Mother, you'll just have to face it.
00:49:41From now on, there are certain things the men of the family will have to do for you.
00:49:46Yes, Frank.
00:49:51Oh, my God.
00:50:21Oh, I beg your pardon, Madam, but are you Dr. Gilberth?
00:50:34Yes, I am.
00:50:35Would you mind waiting here for just a moment?
00:50:38Why, no.
00:50:40Dr. Gilberth, I'm Kendall Williams, chairman of the speaker's committee.
00:50:57How do you do?
00:50:58Is something wrong?
00:50:59I'm terribly sorry that this is awfully embarrassing, but a dreadful mistake has been made.
00:51:04You see, one of the rules of the engineer's club is that no women are allowed to enter it.
00:51:09Oh, surely you must be joking.
00:51:11I most certainly am not.
00:51:12I tried to call you at your home, but you'd already left.
00:51:15I'm terribly sorry.
00:51:17Would you mind telling me why I was invited in the first place?
00:51:20I read an article by L. M. Gilberth, and I was very much impressed with it.
00:51:25I thought it would be interesting if Alan Gilberth would speak to us, but you're a woman.
00:51:31Well, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about that, Mr. Williams.
00:51:34After all, even engineering has its limits.
00:51:39Oh, here's a copy of the speech I was planning to give tonight.
00:51:43Perhaps your members would find it more enlightening if it were delivered by a man.
00:51:47Good night.
00:51:47Good night.
00:52:17Good night.
00:52:30Hello?
00:52:32Yes, this is the Gilberth resident.
00:52:33This is Martha Gilberth.
00:52:36Montclair Hospital.
00:52:39Mother!
00:52:40But that's impossible.
00:52:42She's in New York delivering a speech.
00:52:44What's the matter?
00:52:45Shh.
00:52:46Oh.
00:52:47What happened to her?
00:52:48Your mother was in an automobile accident and she was brought here.
00:52:53No, you can't speak to her now.
00:52:55But you'll be able to see her tomorrow morning at ten.
00:52:57Tomorrow morning at ten? Not before that?
00:53:02You're... you're sure she's all right?
00:53:08What happened?
00:53:09It's Mother. She's been in an automobile accident.
00:53:12She's at Montclair Hospital.
00:53:13Is she all right?
00:53:15That's what they say.
00:53:16But I'm going to call Anne.
00:53:18I think she ought to come home from school.
00:53:20If she leaves tonight, she should be here by morning.
00:53:23Operator? Operator, I want long distance.
00:53:36How long will I be here, Doctor?
00:53:38Until you get well.
00:53:40But I must know. I have all my children at home alone.
00:53:43I teach a class and I have a lecture at Rutgers on Saturday.
00:53:47I think you better plan to cancel everything for a while.
00:53:49But I can't...
00:53:50Mrs. Kilbreath, you drove your car into a parked truck and it doesn't take a doctor to tell you.
00:53:55Anybody who does that needs a rest.
00:53:58Come in.
00:54:00Mother.
00:54:01Are you all right, Mother?
00:54:09I'm fine, dear.
00:54:11How are the other children? You couldn't bring them down, could you?
00:54:14No. No, they're not allowed in, but they're fine.
00:54:18Where's Frank?
00:54:18Is she all right, Doctor?
00:54:20Well, yes, but she needs some rest. Plenty of it.
00:54:24The barber.
00:54:25That's right.
00:54:26You know each other?
00:54:28I almost gave them all a haircut once, but we couldn't quite agree on the price.
00:54:32Oh, really?
00:54:33Well, I'll send the nurse in to do something about the flowers.
00:54:51Shh.
00:54:55Go on, go on.
00:55:17Go on.
00:55:20Frank?
00:55:25Good dish.
00:55:26I've got all the kids with me.
00:55:29Hello, Mother.
00:55:31Hello, Lillian.
00:55:33For you, Mother.
00:55:34Oh, thank you, darling.
00:55:36You're wounded.
00:55:38Just a little, dear. Just a little.
00:55:40Does it hurt, Mother?
00:55:43Now, don't cry.
00:55:45If the doctor hears you, he'll put you all out.
00:55:47Yes, Mother.
00:55:52None of you went to school today.
00:55:53You'll just have to go straight from here.
00:55:56I'd better write some excuses for you for being late.
00:55:59Don't bother, Mother.
00:56:00I have them right here.
00:56:02An original and eight carbons.
00:56:04Just sign the top one.
00:56:06I guess I don't have to worry about the house running smoothly, do I?
00:56:09No, Mother.
00:56:14Oh, my.
00:56:14Another bouquet.
00:56:15I'll have to get another vase.
00:56:17By the way, Dr. Grayson saw you come in.
00:56:20He said to tell you to take the little ones out the way they came.
00:56:22Yes, ma'am.
00:56:24And when you come tomorrow, be sure to use the back stairs again.
00:56:26Yes, ma'am.
00:56:27Now, that's enough for today.
00:56:30Better say goodbye.
00:56:31Tomorrow you can stay longer.
00:56:33Goodbye, dear.
00:56:34Goodbye.
00:56:35Goodbye, darling.
00:56:36Goodbye, dear.
00:56:38Be careful.
00:56:38You'll jiggle the bed.
00:56:39Your mother's in considerable pain.
00:56:41Not anymore, I'm not.
00:56:43Goodbye, Bill.
00:56:44Goodbye, Bill.
00:56:45Goodbye, friend, dear.
00:56:48And I see you.
00:56:49Goodbye, Mom.
00:56:49Goodbye, Mom.
00:56:51Goodbye, Anne.
00:56:53Goodbye, dear.
00:56:56Goodbye, Mom.
00:56:56Goodbye, friend.
00:57:03Oh, hello, girls.
00:57:05How's your mother?
00:57:05The doctor says she's going to be fine, Mr. Harper.
00:57:07Oh, that's fine.
00:57:08I'm glad to hear it.
00:57:08Where is she?
00:57:09Room 309.
00:57:12Miss Gilberth.
00:57:13Oh, yes, doctor.
00:57:14I just wanted to reassure you about your mother's condition.
00:57:18All she needs is plenty of care, and I'll see that she gets it.
00:57:21Thank you, doctor.
00:57:22Hope you'll come to see her every day.
00:57:24I think that'd do her a lot of good.
00:57:26Well, I won't be able to.
00:57:27I have to go back to college tomorrow.
00:57:30But I'll be back for Easter vacation.
00:57:32Good, good.
00:57:34Well, goodbye.
00:57:35Goodbye.
00:57:38Is Mother going to be here until Easter?
00:57:39Of course not.
00:57:41Well, then I don't understand.
00:57:42It's all right, Ernestine.
00:57:44And us.
00:57:47And when that Kendall Williams person left me standing on the sidewalk in front of the engineer's club,
00:57:52all dressed up with no dinner to go to, I was so furious.
00:57:56I guess I didn't watch where I was driving, and I ran into a parked truck.
00:58:00And here I am.
00:58:02Oh, it's ridiculous.
00:58:03It's positively ridiculous.
00:58:05Everybody in the country ought to know that Dr. L.M. Gilberth is a woman, and a very remarkable one.
00:58:11Lily, what you need is some good publicity, and I'm going to see that you get it.
00:58:14How?
00:58:15Well, you remember the day I walked into your house, and I told you my name was Sam Harper,
00:58:19and you said, uh, of Harper Electric.
00:58:21Right?
00:58:22Yes.
00:58:22And you just leave everything to me.
00:58:24Bye.
00:58:28Hmph!
00:58:41Hmph!
00:58:41I promise you, if you ever ask me out again, we'll go alone.
00:59:09Oh, I don't mind. It's quite an experience.
00:59:11Come on, hurry along, everybody. The newsreel is starting. Come on.
00:59:21That's the Gilberts. They used to live on our block.
00:59:24Gee, was my mother glad when they moved away.
01:00:49Oh, my God.
01:01:19Look, Mother, there's Ed.
01:01:36Don't eat the plate.
01:01:44God heavens, isn't it almost over?
01:01:47I think so.
01:01:49Oh, no, it isn't.
01:01:53Oh, no, it isn't.
01:02:15Oh, no!
01:02:16Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
01:02:46Do you realize that that newsreel will be shown all over the United States?
01:02:58And Canada and the British Isles.
01:03:01Oh.
01:03:02I still see it's down good publicity.
01:03:04I know you keep saying that, but how could that be good publicity?
01:03:08I'll tell you.
01:03:09They mentioned your name, they spelled it correctly, they used your picture, and believe me, that's all that matters.
01:03:14Children, your mother is now a public figure.
01:03:17And so am I.
01:03:20That first day when we go back to school.
01:03:23I'm not going.
01:03:24I'm going to catch something that'll keep me in bed till June.
01:03:27What's the matter with all of you, anyway?
01:03:29Don't you realize you were in the same newsreel with the president of the United States?
01:03:33Yes, I thought he looked much funnier than we did, but nobody laughed at him.
01:03:37I don't care whether they laughed at you or not.
01:03:39They'll remember you.
01:03:40Isn't that right, Doc?
01:03:40Well, I don't see how they could forget.
01:03:44Hmm.
01:03:44Well, ships that pass in the night.
01:03:58Yeah, east is east and west is west, and so on and so forth.
01:04:02It's all in a lifetime.
01:04:04You meet all kinds of people.
01:04:06So I guess you haven't really wasted your evening.
01:04:08Oh, I don't think I have.
01:04:09Well, see you tomorrow night.
01:04:28Say, I forgot to ask.
01:04:30Are you free tomorrow night?
01:04:31Yes.
01:04:34Good.
01:04:35Good night.
01:04:37Good night.
01:04:55It's coming in on time.
01:04:56Be here any minute.
01:04:58Bob, please.
01:04:59This is a railroad station.
01:05:00Yes, exactly.
01:05:01People always kiss in railroad stations.
01:05:03But I'm not going anyplace, and neither are you.
01:05:05Shh.
01:05:05Somebody might hear you.
01:05:07Stop it.
01:05:08I'm only trying to put you in a good mood so you look happy when we tell your mother about us.
01:05:13Bob, I suddenly think I should tell her myself.
01:05:16Don't make it sound so solemn.
01:05:18I'm not, but suppose I break down and cry or something.
01:05:21I wouldn't want you there.
01:05:22Do you always cry when you're happy?
01:05:23Sometimes.
01:05:24You should have seen me when I was graduating from college.
01:05:27You'd have thought I was being flunked out.
01:05:30Why don't you come by the house at five o'clock?
01:05:33Okay, darling.
01:05:35Goodbye, darling.
01:05:36Have a nice trip, darling.
01:05:37Mother, Andy, how did we let you go?
01:06:02Oh, it was wonderful.
01:06:03I have the most marvelous news.
01:06:07How would you like to have a professor for a mother?
01:06:10No.
01:06:11Yes, you are now looking at Professor Lillian Gilbreth of Purdue University.
01:06:15Purdue?
01:06:16Well, that's wonderful.
01:06:18Yes, if only it were nearer Montclair.
01:06:20I hate leaving the children for so long.
01:06:23But now that you're home and can really take over for me, I think it'll work out all right.
01:06:26Oh, Porter, that's mine.
01:06:29That brown bag.
01:06:31Now, don't tell Sam Harper.
01:06:32It'll only make his head bigger.
01:06:34But, you know, I think that silly newsreel helped.
01:06:37The dean told me he never laughed at anything so much in his life.
01:06:40But he also read an article of mine last month and came to hear me lecture.
01:06:45Taxi, lady?
01:06:46Yes, please.
01:06:47Taxi?
01:06:48The car broke down again.
01:06:49Oh.
01:06:51How's everything at home?
01:06:53Oh, just fine.
01:06:55Are you sure?
01:06:56Well, yes, mother.
01:06:57Why should anything be wrong?
01:06:58Oh, I don't know, but when I'm away, I'm always afraid that something dreadful might happen.
01:07:03My mother.
01:07:04I know it's silly, but I'm never sure until I get back and look at every one of you.
01:07:09But I won't worry now so much that you're home.
01:07:12You'll never know what a comfort it is to me, Ann.
01:07:14Thank you, ma'am.
01:07:25Thanks, Ben.
01:07:26Okay, Doc.
01:07:28Hi, Ann.
01:07:31Hello, Bob.
01:07:35How'd it go?
01:07:39I didn't tell her.
01:07:41Bob, do you think it's such a good idea?
01:07:45Come again?
01:07:47Well, taking on a wife when you're just starting practice.
01:07:50Don't you think it'd be better if we'd wait a while?
01:07:52No, I don't.
01:07:55Why do you want to wait?
01:07:57I just told you.
01:07:58Well, you didn't tell me.
01:08:02This afternoon, you weren't worried about the two of us facing the world together.
01:08:05There's obviously another reason.
01:08:07All right, then.
01:08:14To Mother and everyone else in the family.
01:08:17Oh, Bob, don't you see?
01:08:18I've had all the best of it.
01:08:20Now it's Ernestine's turn to go away to school and someone ought to help Mother.
01:08:23Mother, I think I ought to.
01:08:24I think I ought to.
01:08:26I mean, we could be engaged, but let's not get married for a while.
01:08:32How long a while?
01:08:33How long a while?
01:08:34I don't know.
01:08:35A year?
01:08:36Two?
01:08:37I don't know.
01:08:38I've heard of families like this, but this is the first time I ever met one.
01:08:50Families like what?
01:08:51Oh, they raise the children and then use them.
01:08:54Never let them go.
01:08:55They turn them into a lot of assistant mothers and fathers, bringing home the paycheck, taking
01:08:59care of the younger kids.
01:09:00My mother isn't like that at all.
01:09:01Well, maybe she isn't, but that's the way it comes out for you and me.
01:09:03It's wrong, Ann.
01:09:05It's wrong, and if you won't tell her, I will.
01:09:07No, Bob, no.
01:09:11Oh, won't you please wait?
01:09:13It won't work, Ann.
01:09:14We're too much in love.
01:09:15We should get married now and start out together.
01:09:17Now you know that.
01:09:20So let me tell her.
01:09:22I can't.
01:09:26Okay.
01:09:28So you can't.
01:09:30Please, Bob.
01:09:31I love you so much.
01:09:32Okay, okay, let's forgive it.
01:09:33Oh, please, Bob.
01:09:34That's the way it is.
01:09:35That's the way it is.
01:09:35Aren't you even going to come in?
01:09:37No, I'm going to get back to the hospital.
01:09:41Will you call me?
01:09:43Oh, sure, sure.
01:09:54Oh, boy, this strawberry's good.
01:09:56What flavor are you going to get?
01:09:58I'm going to get cherry.
01:09:59I want lemon.
01:10:01Look!
01:10:01Look!
01:10:32Hello?
01:10:40Oh, yes, Mrs. McIntyre. This is Ernestine.
01:10:46Oh, that's wonderful.
01:10:49Thank you very much.
01:10:52That was Mrs. McIntyre.
01:10:55Mrs. Fox won't be able to come tonight,
01:10:57so I've been promoted to take charge of the refreshment booth.
01:11:00Mrs. Zowie.
01:11:03Well, dear, you volunteered to help.
01:11:05Well, I only volunteered because no boy volunteered to take me to the dance.
01:11:15Hello, Ann.
01:11:16Hello, Mother.
01:11:19Andy, is that you?
01:11:20Yes, it is.
01:11:22Will you lend me your evening bag for tonight?
01:11:24Sure, take it.
01:11:25Gee, thanks.
01:11:28I thought you were going to the dance.
01:11:31No, I'm not.
01:11:34Ann, is everything all right between you and Bob?
01:11:37Well, yes, of course.
01:11:39I don't like to be pokey, dear,
01:11:42but it seems to me I haven't seen him for a couple of weeks.
01:11:46Well, he's been working nights at the hospital.
01:11:48Two weeks in a row?
01:11:50That's a bit unusual, isn't it?
01:11:53Yes, it is.
01:11:54They're, uh, shorthanded, I guess.
01:11:56Hello?
01:12:01Hello?
01:12:02Yes.
01:12:03New York calling.
01:12:05Hello?
01:12:06Oh, hello, Morton.
01:12:08This is Ernestine.
01:12:10Oh, I'm fine.
01:12:11How are you?
01:12:12You want to talk to Ann?
01:12:13She's right...
01:12:14Well, I can talk to you just as well.
01:12:16Are you and Ann free tonight?
01:12:17Both of us, Morton?
01:12:18You mean Ann and me?
01:12:20Yes.
01:12:21I know it's the last minute in very bad form,
01:12:23but my cousin just got in from Atlanta.
01:12:25I'll only be here for a few days,
01:12:27and I wonder if we could all go out together.
01:12:29Oh, Morton, there's a dance in town tonight,
01:12:32and it's for a worthy cause.
01:12:33I promise to go and help out.
01:12:36Maybe we could all go.
01:12:38Wait just a minute.
01:12:38I'll ask Ann.
01:12:39Andy, Morton has his cousin from Georgia with him,
01:12:42and they want to take us to the dance tonight.
01:12:43How about it?
01:12:44Oh, Ern, I don't think so.
01:12:46I'm not up to it.
01:12:47Please, Ann, if you don't go,
01:12:49I'll just be stuck behind the refreshment booth all night.
01:12:52Please, Ann, for my sake.
01:12:55Oh, all right.
01:12:56I guess so.
01:12:57Morton, she says she'd be delighted.
01:12:59See you at 8 o'clock.
01:13:01Oh, Lee, I've got a million things to do.
01:13:04Ann.
01:13:05And are you sure you want to go?
01:13:07Of course.
01:13:08Why not?
01:13:10Oh, you were planning to go out with Mr. Harper tonight,
01:13:12weren't you?
01:13:13That's all right.
01:13:15It's Tom's night in.
01:13:17Oh.
01:13:17Oh, good evening, Sam.
01:13:37Good evening.
01:13:37For you, Professor.
01:13:40Makes me feel as if I were going to a dance, too.
01:13:43Everybody going to a dance?
01:13:44Well, the older girls and Frank.
01:13:47Well, why don't we go, too?
01:13:48I feel great tonight, just like a kid.
01:13:51Lily, you look beautiful.
01:13:54Come into the living room.
01:13:56I want to talk to you.
01:14:04Sit down.
01:14:06You know me, Lily.
01:14:07When I have anything to say, I say it straight out.
01:14:09Yes?
01:14:09Well, uh, what I was going to ask you was-
01:14:13Excuse me, Sam.
01:14:15That must be someone calling for the girls.
01:14:23Oh, hello, Morton.
01:14:24Good evening, Mrs. Gilbert.
01:14:25This is my cousin, Franklin Dikes.
01:14:27How do you do?
01:14:28How do you do, ma'am?
01:14:30Won't you come in?
01:14:31I'll tell the girls you're here.
01:14:34Oh, here they are.
01:14:36Hello, Morton.
01:14:37Good evening, Morton.
01:14:38Hello, Ann.
01:14:39Hi, Ernestine.
01:14:40I'd like to meet my cousin, Franklin Dikes.
01:14:42How do you do, Miss Ann?
01:14:44Well, I never expected to draw anything like you.
01:14:47Morton, I'm real obliged to you.
01:14:49But, but, Franklin...
01:14:50It's all right, Morton.
01:14:51When you come to Atlanta,
01:14:52I just hope I can repay your hospitality in kind.
01:14:55But I doubt it.
01:14:56Shall we go?
01:14:58Come on, Morton.
01:15:00Good night, mother.
01:15:02Good night, dear.
01:15:03Don't you worry about a thing, Mrs. Gilbert.
01:15:05I'll take real good care of your daughter.
01:15:07Good night, Mel.
01:15:09Good night, sir.
01:15:25How do you do?
01:15:26I'm Mr. Beasley.
01:15:27I've come for Martha.
01:15:28Oh, won't you come in, Mr. Beasley?
01:15:31I'll get her.
01:15:32Oh, Frank.
01:15:35Will you tell Martha that Mr. Beasley's here?
01:15:38Martha!
01:15:39Bubber's here!
01:15:40Hi, Bubber.
01:15:41Hi, Frank.
01:15:43Mother, this tie, I can't get it straight.
01:15:45Yes, dear, I'll try to fix it.
01:15:47Willie, what's going on?
01:15:49I'll only be a minute, Sam.
01:15:51Oh, I'd like to present Mr. Beasley, Mr. Harper.
01:15:55How do you do, Mr. Beasley?
01:15:57Good evening, everyone.
01:16:03Hello, Bubber.
01:16:07Hello, Martha.
01:16:12It was so kind of you to ask me to the dance.
01:16:15Well, that's okay.
01:16:16Frank's taking my kid sister.
01:16:18Come on, let's go.
01:16:19Goodbye, sir.
01:16:20Goodbye, Mr. Beasley.
01:16:21Goodbye, Mrs. Gilbert.
01:16:22Goodbye, Mr. Beasley.
01:16:23Thanks, Mother.
01:16:25So long, everybody.
01:16:26Goodbye, dear.
01:16:29Was that Martha?
01:16:31Yes, she's been practicing all day how not to be an old maid.
01:16:37Won't you please sit down, Lily?
01:16:40Yes, Sam.
01:16:41You know, Lily, I'm pretty well fixed financially,
01:16:44and I've got a lot of power.
01:16:46But there's only one thing that gives me a real kick these days.
01:16:53Isn't there somebody else in the house that can answer that?
01:16:58No, Sam.
01:16:59I'm not very well fixed financially.
01:17:06Evening, Miss Gilbert.
01:17:08Good evening, Bob.
01:17:09May I see Anne, please?
01:17:11I'm afraid not.
01:17:12She's gone out with Ernestine.
01:17:14Oh.
01:17:15Do you mind if I wait?
01:17:17Of course not.
01:17:18But it might be a while.
01:17:20I'll wait.
01:17:21I'll wait.
01:17:23You know Mr. Harper?
01:17:27Sure.
01:17:28Hello, Mr. Harper.
01:17:29Hello.
01:17:36Is he going to stay here?
01:17:39Why don't we go out someplace, then?
01:17:41Oh, no.
01:17:42I don't think so.
01:17:43Thanks, anyway.
01:17:46Is there something on your mind, Bob?
01:17:49What?
01:17:50She asked if there was something on your mind.
01:17:52Oh, no, no.
01:17:55I'm sorry, but it's just that I have so much on my mind.
01:17:59I see.
01:18:00You do?
01:18:03I'm leaving for Detroit.
01:18:05That appointment at the Detroit General Hospital?
01:18:07Yes, it came through, and I have to leave immediately, tonight.
01:18:11That's why I wanted to see Anne.
01:18:13Yes, but Anne went out dancing.
01:18:14She won't be home.
01:18:16Dancing?
01:18:16I thought you said she went out with Ernestine.
01:18:20It was a double date.
01:18:21She just did it to help Ernestine out, so that Ernestine would have an escort.
01:18:26Oh, so now she's helping Ernestine.
01:18:29Well, the last time I talked to her, she was helping you.
01:18:32I suppose a year from now, she'll be helping Martha or Frank or somebody else.
01:18:35Is she ever going to do anything for herself?
01:18:38What on earth are you talking about?
01:18:40It's ridiculous.
01:18:40It's perfectly ridiculous.
01:18:42I came here to tell her that it's all right.
01:18:44I'll wait for her.
01:18:45If I were just going soft-headed, this isn't a family.
01:18:49Most families only have two hands to hold you with.
01:18:51This is an octopus holding on with every tentacle.
01:18:55Maybe Anne is willing to waste her life, but I'm not.
01:18:58Goodbye, Mrs. Gilberth.
01:19:00Goodbye, Mr. Harper.
01:19:01What the devil was that all about?
01:19:07I'm not sure, but I have a pretty good idea.
01:19:10I told Miss Anne, my mother always wanted to have a large family, too,
01:19:32but all she ever had was a little old me.
01:19:40Gee, I hope nobody else cuts in on us.
01:19:54Me, too.
01:19:55You know, Martha, when Frank said he'd take my sister to the dance if I'd take you,
01:19:59I thought it was going to be a terrible night.
01:20:01But it isn't.
01:20:02It's swell.
01:20:02Oh, it's swell for me, too, Barbara.
01:20:04Why, up to tonight, I always wanted to be a boy.
01:20:20Thank you, Morton.
01:20:23If you don't mind, I think I'd like to sit down.
01:20:25Oh, sure.
01:20:31Can I get you some punch?
01:20:32No, thank you.
01:20:37Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
01:20:39We will now have the first event in our dance contest, the Shag.
01:20:45Choose your partners for the Shag contest.
01:20:48Anne, would you like to...
01:20:49Come on, Anne.
01:20:49I'll show you how they do it and join you.
01:20:54Would you like to have the contest?
01:20:56No, thank you, Morton.
01:20:57You'll just lose with me.
01:21:00If you're sure you don't want to.
01:21:01Well, all right.
01:21:02The worst they can do is put us out.
01:21:13What a sound.
01:21:40You know, I think you might win this contest.
01:21:41Really, Mort?
01:21:42Certainly. Just watch us go.
01:21:59Frank.
01:22:00Oh, Mother, what are you doing here?
01:22:01Where's Anne?
01:22:02She's out there on the dance floor.
01:22:04I'll get her for you, Lily.
01:22:05Oh, you can't do that, Mr Harper. She's in a contest.
01:22:07A contest? But I have to talk to her.
01:22:10Wait, I think one of the judges is putting her out now.
01:22:20Oh, dear.
01:22:21Just a minute, Lily.
01:22:23Oh, Anne, your mother wants to talk to you. She's over there by the refreshment room.
01:22:31Sir, I protest. This is a first dance contest I have lost in my whole life.
01:22:32Well, you were doing the southern version. It's not allowed in New Jersey.
01:22:33Mother, what is it?
01:22:34Come out here, Anne. I've got to talk to you.
01:22:35Mother, what is it?
01:22:36Come out here, Anne. I've got to talk to you.
01:22:37Come out here, Anne. I've got to talk to you.
01:22:38Oh, Anne, your mother wants to talk to you. She's over there by the refreshment room.
01:22:42Sir, I protest. This is a first dance contest I have lost in my whole life.
01:22:47Well, you were doing the southern version. It's not allowed in New Jersey.
01:22:51Mother, what is it?
01:22:52Come out here, Anne. I've got to talk to you.
01:23:01I have a message for you from Bob.
01:23:02Did he call?
01:23:03No. He came by and told me to tell you he's leaving tonight for Detroit.
01:23:08He got a message for you from Bob.
01:23:13Did he call?
01:23:14No. He came by and told me to tell you he's leaving tonight for Detroit.
01:23:20He got that appointment.
01:23:22Oh, no.
01:23:24Will you please tell me what happened between you two?
01:23:28What's this business about your telling him you have to wait?
01:23:31Why do you have to wait?
01:23:33And why is the Gilberth family an octopus?
01:23:35Did Bob say that?
01:23:36Yes.
01:23:37Well, Mother, it's just that you have this wonderful opportunity to go to Purdue,
01:23:42and I ought to stay home so the others can have the chance I've had.
01:23:45Oh. And how long do you figure that will take?
01:23:49I don't know. A year? Two?
01:23:52Why not fifteen? Or even twenty?
01:23:55By that time, we might have Jane married off.
01:23:58Or maybe she'll decide never to get married.
01:24:00And you'll both be old maids and live with me forever.
01:24:03Is that why I've kept this family together?
01:24:06So that I could have spinster daughters around the house?
01:24:09Is that why?
01:24:10No.
01:24:12Is that a question or an answer?
01:24:15I don't know.
01:24:16Well, I'll tell you.
01:24:18What I've been working for and hoping for and praying for is to have someone like Bob love you and marry you.
01:24:26Oh, Mother.
01:24:29Now get down to that hospital and catch him before he gets away.
01:24:34Bob!
01:24:35Listen, you. Both of you. I'm not going to Detroit alone.
01:24:39I'm not gonna let Ann sacrifice herself.
01:24:41Mrs. Gerberth, you just have to figure out some way to get along without her.
01:24:44I can't.
01:24:45You can't?
01:24:46You're darn right I can't.
01:24:47Well, what are you waiting for?
01:24:49There she is. Take her.
01:24:59Everything's going to be all right, Sam.
01:25:01No, I'm glad that's settled. Now, Lily.
01:25:03Mrs. Gerberth, have you seen Ann anywhere? I've been hunting high and low.
01:25:08I have terrible news for you, young man. She just left for Detroit.
01:25:12Detroit? But that's in Michigan.
01:25:15There's a man who knows his geography.
01:25:17Lily, let's you and I find someplace that's quiet.
01:25:20I have something I want to say to you, eh?
01:25:25Ladies and gentlemen, will you please get your partners for the waltz contest?
01:25:30Oh, Sam, I feel like dancing. Let's enter.
01:25:34All right, if that's what you want.
01:25:47You danced beautifully.
01:25:49Oh, my feet.
01:25:50And I felt like such a kid when I came to see you tonight.
01:25:54Lily, do you have many days like this?
01:25:56Oh, my feet.
01:25:57And I felt like such a kid when I came to see you tonight.
01:26:00Lily, do you have many days like this?
01:26:02All the time.
01:26:03Pretty crowded night.
01:26:04You haven't very much room in it for anything else, have you?
01:26:05No, Sam. I guess I haven't.
01:26:09Well, Sam, I guess I haven't.
01:26:16Well, here we are.
01:26:17Yes.
01:26:18Oh, don't bother to get out, Sam.
01:26:19Thank you, Lily.
01:26:20Oh, Lily.
01:26:45Oh, Lily, uh, and keep this in memory of Sam Harper,
01:26:52the fellow he won a dance contest with.
01:26:55Thank you, Sam. Thank you for everything.
01:26:58Good grief. Are those kids working in the chemical laboratory at this hour?
01:27:02I don't know. I'd better go and find out. Good night, Sam.
01:27:05Good night, Lily. Good night.
01:27:07Home, Mr. Harper?
01:27:08Please.
01:27:15Tom.
01:27:18I'm sure I had that received right this time.
01:27:21Tom, you're absolutely incorrigible.
01:27:24Janie.
01:27:27Did that noise wake you up?
01:27:30No.
01:27:32Well, then why are you crying?
01:27:35I just want to drink water.
01:27:42It's Jane Gildred.
01:27:45Congratulations, Jane.
01:27:57You're a great one, I must say.
01:27:59You work hard your whole life to send your children through college.
01:28:01And then when that final great moment arrives, you go to sleep.
01:28:05I wasn't asleep, dear.
01:28:08I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much
01:28:11and saying thank you.
01:28:13You're a great one, dearie, when you called me, dearie,
01:28:20was down where the bluegrass grows.
01:28:24You lips were sweeter than you lips
01:28:26when you wore a tulip
01:28:29and I wore a big red robe.
01:28:33Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:28:34We walk along my side by way.
01:28:42Alma Mater
01:28:47We'll walk along with you.
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