WEBVTT NOTE Paragraph 00:01:26.160 --> 00:01:29.960 Now I lay me down to sleep. 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:34.200 I pray the Lord my soul to keep. 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:37.800 If I should die before I wake, 00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:41.480 I pray the Lord my soul do take. 00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:45.200 God bless Mrs Higgins. 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.920 God bless Mrs Denham. 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:55.360 And God bless the trustees, and please make us good children. 00:01:55.440 --> 00:01:59.520 Forever and ever. Amen. 00:02:08.480 --> 00:02:11.080 - Good night. - Good night. 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.240 - Good night. - Good night. 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.200 And God bless my sister, Mary. Amen. 00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:40.760 Please take very good care of my duck and my pony. 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:43.560 Please see that they don't catch pneumonia. 00:05:02.440 --> 00:05:04.520 Spunky. 00:05:12.080 --> 00:05:14.920 You'll get me in trouble. 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:23.000 What you need, Spunky, is a hot lemonade. 00:05:23.080 --> 00:05:26.200 Will you be quiet? 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:34.520 Spunky, do you like the superintendent? 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:36.800 What? What? 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:40.720 Do you like Mrs Denham? 00:05:40.840 --> 00:05:43.480 Do you like the trustees? 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:46.040 Do you like me, Spunky? 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.200 Spunk? 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.840 Good morning. Nothing must be allowed to go wrong today. Absolutely nothing. 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:13.480 I hope to please all the trustees, but I'm anxious that we make a good impression 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:15.560 - on Mr Morgan. - I think I understand. 00:06:15.640 --> 00:06:18.520 You think? Why, that isn't good enough. 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:21.760 Read that, Henrietta. Read it carefully. 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:27.800 Mr Morgan is our richest trustee. He's coming here today for the first time. 00:06:27.880 --> 00:06:32.560 If he is really pleased with the orphanage, I believe he'll double his donation to us. 00:06:32.640 --> 00:06:35.320 - Oh, how wonderful. - Exactly. 00:06:35.400 --> 00:06:38.000 - Seven o'clock. Call the children. - Very well. 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:43.120 Henrietta, I forgot. Mr James Wyckoff will be among the trustees who will visit. 00:06:43.200 --> 00:06:47.400 I want you to make sure a large bottle of Mr Wyckoffs famous cough mixture 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:49.800 is displayed in our medicine cabinet. 00:06:49.880 --> 00:06:52.000 I'll see to it. 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:19.400 Elizabeth Blair, what have you got to say for yourself? 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.200 Oh, my goodness! 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:51.800 Elizabeth Blair, come into my office - at once. 00:07:51.880 --> 00:07:54.040 Yes, ma'am. 00:08:03.640 --> 00:08:08.800 This is the second time in a month you've been called to the superintendents office. 00:08:08.880 --> 00:08:11.120 - Yes, ma'am. - The last time you were here, 00:08:11.200 --> 00:08:13.320 your sister Mary was also brought before me. 00:08:13.440 --> 00:08:18.720 You both admitted that you had been singing and dancing without permission. 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:23.600 - Yes, ma'am. - Do you know why you are here this time? 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:26.680 - Yes, ma'am. - Then tell me why. 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:31.640 Don't you know? 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:36.160 Quiet. Now, Elizabeth, tell me why you are here. 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:43.640 - Because I took a pony to bed with me. - Child, you're absolutely uncontrollable. 00:08:43.760 --> 00:08:45.800 Yes, ma'am. 00:08:45.880 --> 00:08:50.720 I am well aware that your late father and mother were in the theatrical profession 00:08:50.800 --> 00:08:53.840 and that you came here with no sense of discipline. 00:08:53.920 --> 00:08:56.320 I have made every allowance for you. 00:08:56.400 --> 00:09:00.160 But when you bring animals into the dormitory, I must act. 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:02.760 That's what my daddy and mummy used to do. 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:05.000 - What? - Act. 00:09:05.560 --> 00:09:07.880 Don't be impudent. 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:11.440 Now, your pony and your duck will be sold immediately. 00:09:11.520 --> 00:09:13.920 Please, Mrs Higgins, please. 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:18.880 I'll be good, but don't take Spunky away from me, and my poor little duck. 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:20.240 And why not? 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:23.920 Because my pony and my duck are notjust ordinary animals. 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.480 My daddy and my mommy teached them to do tricks on the stage. 00:09:27.560 --> 00:09:31.000 And just what is your duck trained to do? 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:35.880 My duck does a wonderful trick. My duck can lay an egg. 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:42.320 - And just what is so wonderful about that? - Well, can you lay an egg? 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:45.880 Oh, excuse me. 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:50.200 Elizabeth, I have decided to get rid of your pony and your duck. 00:09:50.280 --> 00:09:53.440 - They will be sent away this morning. - Yes, ma'am. 00:09:53.520 --> 00:09:55.600 No sniffling, now. 00:09:55.680 --> 00:09:58.440 - Yes, ma'am. - What? 00:09:58.520 --> 00:10:00.120 No, ma'am. 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:10.800 There, baby, don't cry. 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.240 Mary, don't let them. 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:21.520 Please don't let them send Spunky and my duck away. 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:25.040 Oh, darling... Now, listen to me, dear. 00:10:25.160 --> 00:10:28.720 Listen very carefully to what I'm going to tell you. 00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:30.360 All right. 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:33.520 Spunky would be very unhappy if he saw you crying. 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:37.080 - I suppose so. - You don't want to make him unhappy? 00:10:37.160 --> 00:10:39.520 - Oh, no. - All right, then. 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:41.880 When it's time to say goodbye to Spunky, 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:45.240 you'll have to be just as brave as brave can be, 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:48.280 so you can make him brave too. See? 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:53.320 - Spunky and I are such awfully good friends. - I know, dear. 00:10:53.400 --> 00:10:58.920 All right, Mary. I'll try and be brave about Spunky and my duck. 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:02.680 Good for you. Look, how'd you like to help me get lunch? 00:11:02.760 --> 00:11:08.200 I'd love that. I like to make things to eat and I especially like to eat them. 00:14:26.520 --> 00:14:28.600 Oh, my goodness! 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:37.800 Singing in the dining room! Is this the kind of manners you teach them? 00:14:37.880 --> 00:14:42.160 Of course not, Mr Wyckoff. They've been told they must be quiet at mealtimes. 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:47.160 Oh, they've been told, have they? Well, just telling them doesn't seem to be good enough. 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:52.320 Perhaps a bit of real discipline wouldn't do them any harm. 00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:57.520 - Have you been told not to sing? - Yes, sir. 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:01.280 Then why do you do it? You're a bad and wicked child. 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:04.600 She isn't a bad and wicked child. She's just a baby. 00:15:04.680 --> 00:15:08.000 She was making the children laugh. It wasn't her fault. 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.320 I told her to sing for the children. 00:15:10.400 --> 00:15:12.600 And who are you, young woman? 00:15:12.680 --> 00:15:15.880 - Are you an orphan too? - Yes, sir. 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:20.320 Then what right have you to be here, living on charity at your age? 00:15:20.400 --> 00:15:22.480 I'll tell you what I'm doing here. 00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:27.120 I scrub the floors, make the beds, wash, iron and cook from morning until night. 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.480 - Quiet! - I won't be quiet. 00:15:29.560 --> 00:15:34.080 - You're mean and hateful to frighten children. - Report to me after the meeting. 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:35.320 Yes, ma'am. 00:15:35.400 --> 00:15:40.480 The rest of you, go to the yard and wait there till it's time for inspection by our trustees. 00:15:40.560 --> 00:15:43.320 Yes, Mrs Higgins. 00:15:56.040 --> 00:15:59.400 - Aren't you going to join us, Mr Morgan? - What? 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:03.360 - Yes, of course, the meeting of the trustees. - Of course. 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.200 Would you mind beginning without me? I'd like to look about the place. 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:11.040 - But we have important matters... - I'll join you in a few minutes. 00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:14.280 - Well, of course... - Thank you. 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.840 She isn't wicked... 00:16:24.920 --> 00:16:28.920 - Oh... I'm sorry. - Please don't get up. 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:34.760 I just wanted to tell you how much I admired your spunk in standing up for that youngster. 00:16:34.880 --> 00:16:37.920 - She didn't mean any harm. - Of course she didn't. 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:41.280 I don't think singing that song was such a terrible crime. 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:44.880 I enjoyed it. I enjoyed your playing, too. 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:46.760 Thank you very much. 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:51.880 Tell me, where in the world did that youngster pick up such a charming song? 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.200 - Well, I write them and... - You write music? 00:16:55.280 --> 00:16:58.840 - If you can call it music. - I call it delightful music. 00:16:58.920 --> 00:17:03.720 Look here, would you promise not to give me away if I made a terrible confession? 00:17:03.800 --> 00:17:05.040 Of course. 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:09.880 The deep, dark secret in my life is that now and then I compose a bit of music myself. 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:14.480 But isn't it fun, getting a melody and then finding just the right words for it? 00:17:14.560 --> 00:17:18.160 Great. You know, the happiest days of my life 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:22.240 were those I spent studying music under Professor Auspitzer, in Br�nn. 00:17:22.320 --> 00:17:24.280 Those must have been happy days. 00:17:24.360 --> 00:17:28.360 But that isn't all of it. I love the people in the little Austrian towns. 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:32.800 They're so proud because their music is the music of the world. 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:39.120 It seems that most everyone in those quaint little villages has a "Hello, neighbour" smile. 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:42.120 They love the simple things in life. 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:46.560 The simple things in life. That almost sounds like the words of a song. 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:50.880 I'll remember the suggestion. Perhaps someday they might make a song. 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:53.840 - Will you do me a great favour? - Certainly. 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:59.720 I have to run along to the meeting, but I'll be back. Will you play me some more music? 00:17:59.800 --> 00:18:06.440 - If you'd like to hear it and Mrs Higgins... - I asked to. 00:18:06.520 --> 00:18:10.360 - All right. - Until later, then? 00:18:16.600 --> 00:18:19.400 And what's this item? 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.560 "Sandboxes and swings"? 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:24.080 It's a problem to keep them occupied. 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:27.360 When I was young, we didn't have a play problem, 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:31.080 because we didn't have time to play. No. 00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:36.000 "Floor runner for the dormitory. " 00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:40.240 - What's the matter with the linoleum? - It's been so cold this winter. 00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:43.640 The children have coughed so badly that I've been worried. 00:18:43.760 --> 00:18:45.840 No need for that. 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:50.840 Madam, you have no doubt heard of the famous Wyckoffs cough mixture. 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:52.400 Of course. 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:57.440 I have manufactured and sold that cough mixture for many years. 00:18:57.520 --> 00:19:00.880 Anyone taking it regularly will never cough. 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.000 I would suggest that you lay in a fresh supply. 00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:07.760 - Very well. - When I was young, I lived in Maine, 00:19:07.840 --> 00:19:10.960 where the weather was 20 below zero. 00:19:11.040 --> 00:19:16.480 In those days, we didn't even have linoleum. And look at me now. 00:19:23.040 --> 00:19:28.800 When I was young, I lived in Maine, where the weather was about a thousand below zero. 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:34.360 No, no, Mrs Denham. No carpets, no linoleum, no nothin'. 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:36.800 And look at me now. 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:45.200 Madam, is this the kind of respect you teach them?! 00:19:45.280 --> 00:19:47.040 Oh, my goodness! 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:55.920 - How dare you take my hat and coat! - I beg your pardon, but those are mine. 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:58.040 - Yours? - Yes. 00:19:58.120 --> 00:20:00.200 Oh, yes. I see. 00:20:00.280 --> 00:20:04.960 - This eyesight of mine is bad, you know. - I was only playing. 00:20:05.040 --> 00:20:08.640 There, Mrs Higgins. That's what comes of letting them play. 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:12.000 - Ridiculing their benefactors. - I'm sorry. 00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:15.440 It seems to me that this child is absolutely incorrigible. 00:20:15.520 --> 00:20:18.720 Every time I see her, she's making a disturbance. 00:20:18.800 --> 00:20:21.080 - She is rather a problem. - Problem? 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:25.320 She's the sort of problem that might be better solved at a public institution. 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:28.840 - We couldn't send her away. - I say you shall send her away! 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:31.680 I say she'll have to go to a public institution. 00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:34.080 She'll have to do nothing of the kind. 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:36.920 If she's sent away, I shan't contribute another cent. 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.600 - Now, Mr Morgan, you can't... - Oh, yes, I can. 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:44.680 Mrs Higgins, I'd like to talk to you and to this little girl privately. 00:20:44.760 --> 00:20:50.400 - Your office would be the best place. - Why, of course, Mr Morgan. 00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:54.840 Young lady, I've got a great idea. 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:57.840 Would you like me to tell it to you? 00:20:59.560 --> 00:21:01.800 - Yes. - Elizabeth. 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:04.040 Excuse me. Yes, sir. 00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:05.800 That's better. 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:09.560 Now look here. Here's the secret. 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:16.600 How would you like it if you and I got to be very, very good friends? 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:21.200 - I don't think I would like it, sir. - Why, Elizabeth! 00:21:21.280 --> 00:21:24.280 I would like to talk to Elizabeth alone. Do you mind? 00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:26.760 - Of course not. - Thank you. 00:21:31.800 --> 00:21:35.480 Tell me. Why wouldn't you like to be friends with me? 00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:39.000 - Oh, just because. - Just because? 00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:42.320 You've got to give me a much better reason than that. 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:46.560 Well, it's just because when grown-ups come to visit us 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:53.200 we have to say "Yes, ma'am" and "No, sir" and smile all the time. 00:21:53.320 --> 00:21:55.400 - Can you keep a secret? - A secret? 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.840 Mm-hm. 00:21:56.920 --> 00:22:00.720 - I won't tell anybody. - Shake. 00:22:00.800 --> 00:22:03.000 Now, here's the secret: 00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:05.640 You don't have to say any of those things to me. 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:08.760 You see, all this business out here is new to me. 00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:12.480 - My regular business is being a lawyer. - What's a lawyer? 00:22:12.560 --> 00:22:17.600 If you ever get into trouble, a lawyer is a person who gets you out of trouble. 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:22.480 Oh, my, I could use one almost every day. 00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:25.640 - Tell me, what's your name, sweet? - Elizabeth Blair. 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:30.040 Elizabeth Blair. I've got a much better name for you than that. 00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:33.840 If I had my way, I'd call you Curly Top. 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:37.040 That's what my daddy used to call me, and my mommy too. 00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:41.400 They did? I'll bet you're just as wise as wise can be. 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:44.800 - Well, I can recite. - Recite? Recite what? 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:47.920 - Oh, poems. - What kind of poems? 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:51.600 "Before I was a little girl, I was a little bird. 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:56.320 "I could not laugh, I could not dance, I could not speak a word. 00:22:56.400 --> 00:23:00.200 "But all about the woods I went and up into the sky. 00:23:00.280 --> 00:23:04.600 "And isn't it a pity I've forgotten how to fly?" 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:07.440 I think that's the loveliest poem I ever heard. 00:23:07.520 --> 00:23:10.000 - I know more. - Go right ahead. 00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:14.480 "I wake in the morning early, and always the very first thing, 00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:21.280 "I poke out my head, and I sit up in bed, and I sing and I sing and I sing. " 00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:24.840 - I know more. - I'll bet you do. 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:30.200 But listen, I've got a friend that... 00:23:30.280 --> 00:23:33.280 - Oh, I bet that isn't true. - What? 00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:38.080 You said you had a friend. I bet you have lots of friends. 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:40.840 Curly, you are an old flatterer. 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:45.080 - Is that something bad? - Of course not, darling. Now, look here. 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:48.000 I'm pretty sure this friend of mine would like you. 00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:53.880 I think he'd like to give you a beautiful home, lovely dresses to wear, dozens of dolls, 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:58.640 and send you to the grandest kind of school and all sorts of nice things like that. 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:04.120 How could your friend do all that? I thought only daddies could do such nice things. 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:06.760 Well, being a lawyer, that's where that comes in. 00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:12.520 You are too young to understand, but I could arrange with my friend to legally adopt you. 00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:18.560 All I want you to tell me is how you'd like it if my friend could do those nice things for you. 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:22.640 - Would you want him to? - I don't think I could do it. 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:25.480 You couldn't? Why not? 00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:27.720 Do I have to say right off? 00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:30.800 You mean you want time to think it over? 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:37.480 - Could I come back and tell you in a while? - Why, of course. I'll wait for you right here. 00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:39.880 - Promise? - Promise. 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:42.120 Cross your heart? 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.800 Mary! 00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:48.680 Mary! Oh, Mary! 00:24:48.760 --> 00:24:52.040 Mary! Mary! 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:54.960 Mary! 00:24:59.760 --> 00:25:05.400 Mrs Denham, suppose that youngster had a real chance in life. 00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:08.280 Suppose someone gave her everything money can buy. 00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:11.360 Of course, we always hope our children may be adopted. 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:15.280 But Elizabeth's case presents a special problem. You see... 00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:21.240 There's no human problem that can't be solved by kindness. 00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:26.280 - By Jove, Mrs Denham, I'll do it. - You mean that you'll adopt Elizabeth? 00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:29.640 On one condition. She must never know that I'm her guardian. 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:31.040 Why not? 00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:35.200 Because she's always had to give thanks for every mouthful. 00:25:35.280 --> 00:25:37.880 She's never gonna have to be grateful to me. 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:41.640 From now on, she's going to have all the lovely things in life, 00:25:41.760 --> 00:25:43.880 just because she has a right to them. 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:50.200 - But the child will have to be told something. - That's right. Let's see. 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:55.520 I've got it. Tell her that I'm acting for a client. 00:25:55.600 --> 00:26:00.520 We'll say that she's being adopted by a man by the name of... 00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:04.360 - Let's call him Hiram Jones. - Oh, Mr Morgan... 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:08.840 Before you go on, there's something about Elizabeth that you must know. 00:26:10.520 --> 00:26:12.600 Come in. 00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:16.240 Well, have you made up your mind? 00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:20.040 - You haven't? Why not? - Could I tell your friend? 00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:22.000 My friend? 00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:24.320 Oh! 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:30.000 You mean Mr Jones. Hiram Jones, hm? What is it you want to tell him? 00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:35.640 I would like to tell him that I'd love to go and live in his house if my sister could come too. 00:26:35.760 --> 00:26:38.320 - Your sister? - Yes, my sister, Mary. 00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:42.800 - She works in the kitchen. There she is. - This is Mary Blair, Mr Morgan. 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:44.760 We've met. 00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:49.560 Isn't my sister pretty? And she's awfully nice, too. 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:52.080 Mr Morgan, I'm very grateful to you - 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:55.760 I mean, to your friend - for wanting to adopt Curly. 00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:59.080 But you see, when my father and mother... 00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:02.040 - Darling, could you run outside? - Must I? 00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:06.800 - I think you'd better. - All right. 00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:10.800 You see, Mr Morgan, at the time my father and mother were killed... 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:14.760 - Killed? - Yes, in an automobile accident. 00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:19.880 - I'm so sorry. - At the hospital, just before they... 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:22.040 just before they died, 00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:25.680 I promised them Curly and I would never be separated. 00:27:25.760 --> 00:27:31.520 I couldn't break that promise, Mr Morgan. She needs me. And I need her. 00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:34.160 I understand. 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:39.960 I hope you'll thank your friend for us. Please tell him how grateful we are, but... 00:27:40.040 --> 00:27:42.160 Goodbye, Mr Morgan. 00:27:50.040 --> 00:27:52.600 - I like that. - Thank you, Aunt Genevieve. 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:56.640 - One of your own compositions? - The melody came to me only this evening. 00:27:56.720 --> 00:28:01.680 Quite the nicest thing you've ever done, Edward. It has real feeling. 00:28:01.760 --> 00:28:06.840 Your little nephew has real feeling, my darling, just like anyone else. 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:09.200 I'm going upstairs to write some letters. 00:28:09.280 --> 00:28:12.280 I'll come down and kiss you good night before I go to bed. 00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:14.640 - Promise? - I do. 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:16.720 All right, it's a bargain. 00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:22.480 In the meantime I shall be thinking up at least six new compliments for you. 00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:36.440 Edward? 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:42.640 Edward. 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.000 - Aunt Genevieve. - Well, I'm waiting. 00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:47.520 - For what? - For my compliments, of course. 00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:50.520 - You promised me an even half-dozen. - So I did. 00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:53.920 I shan't be able to keep my promise. I've been very busy. 00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:56.120 - Busy. - Word of honour. 00:32:56.200 --> 00:33:00.640 I've been playing an old and charming game. I've been daydreaming. 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:04.040 Just suppose, for example... See that painting there? 00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:09.000 But of course I do. I'll have you know my eyesight's every bit as good as it ever was. 00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:13.040 Suppose the figure of that lovely child should suddenly come to life. 00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:16.360 Suppose it smiled at you and waved its hand. 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:18.880 - What would you do? - I'd call a doctor. 00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:22.040 Now, Edward, now, now, take it easy. 00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:26.600 Well, the truth of the matter is, I just love your game. 00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:33.440 I'd adore it if the child in that picture could come into this home and actually live with us. 00:33:33.520 --> 00:33:35.920 Do you really mean that, Aunt Genevieve? 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:41.720 There's nothing that makes a home so happy as the sound of a chil�s laughter. 00:33:41.800 --> 00:33:45.200 - By Jove, I'll do it. - Do what? 00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:51.960 We'll open our place at Southampton. I can arrange for all the necessary legal details. 00:33:52.040 --> 00:33:57.080 You can do all the shopping required: Dresses and all the gadgets that go with them. 00:33:57.160 --> 00:34:00.920 We'll have a glorious summer. I'll send the limousine out next week... 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:04.280 - For what? - For that lovely child in the painting. 00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:09.200 Now, Edward, game or no game, you sound to me a little tetched in the head. 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:13.800 I've gone mad, Aunt Genevieve. Delightfully mad. 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:17.520 - I think I will send for that doctor. - I should if I were you. 00:34:17.600 --> 00:34:21.600 And before the doctor arrives, let me be the first to congratulate you. 00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:26.760 - Congratulate me? For what? - My dear, you're about to become a mother. 00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:30.200 - Bye, Mrs Denham. - Bye. 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:33.240 - Goodbye. - Bye, Mrs Higgins. 00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:35.440 Goodbye. 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:38.720 Goodbye, Mrs Higgins. 00:34:40.560 --> 00:34:43.880 - All right, Mister. - Very good, Miss. 00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:53.520 Goodbye, Jeanie. Goodbye, Betsy. 00:34:53.600 --> 00:34:55.920 - Bye. - Bye. 00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:09.160 Henrietta, what are you blubbering about? 00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:12.840 I can't help it. I'm so happy. 00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:16.840 There's no need to be sentimental. 00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:19.040 What are you crying for? 00:35:19.120 --> 00:35:22.600 Why shouldn't I? Why can't I be happy too? 00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:38.640 Mrs Higgins said that now we're going to live in high society 00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:41.120 we must always remember to be grand ladies. 00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:44.400 Oh, I won't forget. 00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:01.840 My word! 00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:14.560 Will you tell Mr Morgan that Miss Blair and her sister are here? 00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:16.640 Hello, Mister. 00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:19.480 Elizabeth. 00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:25.520 Am I to understand that the livestock are also calling on Mr Morgan? 00:36:25.600 --> 00:36:29.520 - They are. - My word! 00:36:37.560 --> 00:36:44.120 - A Miss Blair and her sister to see you, sir. - Aunt Genevieve, they're here. 00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:46.880 Hello. 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:50.440 Curly! 00:36:50.520 --> 00:36:53.800 Well, where in the world did the menagerie come from? 00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:56.920 - They were right behind us all the time. - Right behind you? 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:59.560 Yes, sir, in the back seat. 00:36:59.640 --> 00:37:02.160 Aunt Genevieve, meet our new family. 00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:07.680 - Mary, Elizabeth, this is Aunt Genevieve. - My dears, I'm very glad to see you both. 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:09.440 - Won't you come in? - Hello. 00:37:09.520 --> 00:37:11.520 Hello! 00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:16.800 Oh, Reynolds, will you see to it that our other guests are comfortably taken care of? 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:20.160 You mean the, uh... livestock, sir? 00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:22.360 Right. 00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:28.280 Butling to a pony and a duck! 00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:30.560 Now, no nonsense now. 00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:34.040 I say, do you understand what I'm saying to you? 00:37:34.120 --> 00:37:36.240 My word! 00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:45.840 - How do you like your new home? - It's wonderful. 00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:48.520 - Would you like to look round? - Mm-hm. 00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:52.800 But first I would like to see where Spunky and Betsy are going to sleep. 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:55.840 Oh, no, Edward. Elizabeth must rest before dinner. 00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:59.000 - Come now, Aunt... - Mr Jones has given strict orders. 00:37:59.080 --> 00:38:03.160 Mr Jones insists that Elizabeth and Mary have only the best of care. 00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:08.240 - I see. Well, we can't argue with Mr Jones. - That's what I thought. 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:12.640 All right, then, Mr Jones wins. But I'll see you all at dinner, hm? 00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:15.040 Come, dear. 00:38:20.520 --> 00:38:24.520 Breakfast at eight. Luncheon at one. 00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:27.960 Dinner at seven. 00:38:30.520 --> 00:38:32.600 My word! 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:51.920 I think this will help you, Miss. 00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:01.880 Allow me. 00:39:04.040 --> 00:39:06.160 Now I'm just like a grown-up. 00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:09.160 - Thank you, sir. - Thank you, Miss. 00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:11.960 Why, I didn't do anything. 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:45.880 - Yes, Miss? - Wouldn't you like to sit down too? 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:48.040 Well... 00:40:41.040 --> 00:40:45.720 - Coffee on the terrace, Reynolds. - Very good, sir. 00:40:56.280 --> 00:41:00.920 Could I say something to Mr Reynolds, privately? 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:04.040 I think it could be arranged. But don't stay too long. 00:41:04.120 --> 00:41:06.200 I won't. 00:41:07.600 --> 00:41:11.360 I want to thank you for a very nice dinner, sir. 00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:13.560 Thank you, Miss. 00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:20.640 You wish for something else, Miss? What is it, Miss? 00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:24.440 Couldn't you come down here so I could talk to you? 00:41:25.560 --> 00:41:29.680 Oh, my word, you are a package! 00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:31.840 Will you be my friend? 00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:36.080 Whenever I do anything wrong at the table, will you always stop me? 00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:38.240 I will indeed, Miss. 00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:40.680 - Promise? - I do, Miss. 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:45.240 I'll always attempt to serve you as if... as if you were a princess. 00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:50.000 A princess? My, you are nice. 00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:10.520 - Happy? - I didn't know such happiness existed. 00:42:10.600 --> 00:42:13.680 Promise to let me know if Mr Jones can do more for you? 00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:16.120 He couldn't do anything more. 00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:19.400 - But you could do me a great favour. - Done. What? 00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:22.280 Tell me all about Mr Jones. 00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:28.400 Not knowing him or even what he looks like makes him seem such a strange person. 00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:32.640 He is a strange sort of person, Mary. Very strange. 00:42:32.720 --> 00:42:37.760 Perhaps I can best explain him to you if I tell you what he said just before you came here. 00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:40.320 Do tell me. 00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:44.760 He told me that all of his life he's had a hunger in his heart. 00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:48.320 A hunger to love and be loved just for himself. 00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:52.280 Said he'd travelled all over the world - Europe, Egypt, the Orient - 00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:57.280 he'd searched everywhere for a simple sort of happiness and companionship. 00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:01.600 - He never found it? - Not real happiness. 00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:05.480 He will find it someday. He must. 00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:12.120 Maybe you're right, Mary. Happiness may come to Jones, and soon. 00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:18.160 Just before he sailed for Europe, he said that, at last, there was... hope in his heart. 00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:21.600 I wish I could thank him for all he's done. 00:43:21.680 --> 00:43:25.720 Tell him how grateful I am for all the happiness he's brought to Curly and me. 00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:30.560 Just knowing that you and Curly have found happiness here, that'll make him happy. 00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:32.720 I can promise you that. 00:43:37.080 --> 00:43:39.840 This is not a dream, is it? 00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:42.440 No, darling. Come to bed now. 00:43:51.520 --> 00:43:54.800 - Good night. Did you say your prayers? - Mm-hm. 00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:05.240 - Mary? - Yes, dear? 00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:10.280 My pyjamas feel awfully nice. What are they made of, Mary? 00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:13.160 - Silk. - Silk? 00:44:13.240 --> 00:44:15.400 Oh, my goodness! 00:44:16.200 --> 00:44:18.560 Good night, dear. 00:44:18.640 --> 00:44:20.720 Good night. 00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:28.520 Mary. 00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:34.240 Uncle Edward said that Mr Jones was going to send you to a music school. 00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:35.920 Uh-huh. 00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:42.080 And he said that he was going to give me a pony cart and lots of pretty dresses. 00:44:42.160 --> 00:44:45.800 I know, dear. It's all so wonderful, I can hardly believe it. 00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:50.880 But we mustn't talk about it any more tonight. It's time to go to sleep. Good night. 00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:53.040 Good night. 00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:59.760 Mary... is Mr Hiram Jones a very rich man? 00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:03.200 He must be, darling. 00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:07.320 Do you think maybe he could be the richest man in the world? 00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:09.760 Mm, he might be. 00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:15.720 The richest man in all the world? Oh, my goodness! 00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:40.800 - Your Southampton bills, sir. - Thank you. 00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:45.360 Two aquaplane boards. Don't you think it's dangerous for that youngster to...? 00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:48.760 Dangerous? That child swims like a fish. 00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:54.080 I really believe she's Neptune's daughter in disguise. 00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:55.680 I hope you enjoyed your lunch, Miss Elizabeth. 00:46:55.760 --> 00:47:00.680 - I always like to eat. - A splendid habit, Miss, if I may say so. 00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:07.760 - Did my pony and duck have a nice lunch? - Oh, quite, Miss. 00:47:10.560 --> 00:47:16.120 - Are you going to give me a nice dinner? - Without fail, Miss. 00:47:19.040 --> 00:47:23.800 - I wish you wouldn't bow so much. - I'm sorry, Miss. 00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:26.440 There you go again. 00:47:26.520 --> 00:47:29.120 You'll make my back ache. 00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:33.360 My word! 00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:46.560 - Isn't that the funniest picture ever? - Mm-hm. 00:47:46.640 --> 00:47:49.560 Curly, careful of your eyes in this sunlight. 00:47:49.640 --> 00:47:54.000 Oh, this won't hurt my eyes. This is just the funny papers. 00:47:54.080 --> 00:47:57.840 Isn't that the one I've read you at least a dozen times since Sunday? 00:47:57.920 --> 00:48:00.000 Mm-hm. 00:48:01.760 --> 00:48:05.280 - Will you read it to me again? - Yes, if you like. 00:48:05.360 --> 00:48:10.080 But suppose we wait until later in the afternoon, after you've had your nap? 00:48:10.160 --> 00:48:13.200 All right. I won't forget. 00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:18.560 Jimmie, the Atlantic Ocean seems rather quiet without you splashing about. 00:48:18.640 --> 00:48:22.960 - Why aren't you swimming today? - I couldn't make it today. I had to work. 00:48:23.040 --> 00:48:29.320 Work? I hope you don't call flying that airplane of yours work. 00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:33.000 Mary loves to fly. She's been up lots of times with me. 00:48:33.080 --> 00:48:37.720 Yes, she's told me all about it. You've been very nice to Mary this summer. 00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:42.720 - That isn't hard to do. - No, I gathered you didn't find that hard work. 00:48:42.840 --> 00:48:45.680 Mrs Graham, I'd like to talk to you about Mary. 00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:50.520 - Well, there's no law against it. - Mary is a wonderful girl, Mrs Graham. 00:48:50.600 --> 00:48:52.960 We've had grand times together this summer. 00:48:53.040 --> 00:48:56.360 Seems that, no matter what, we always like the same things. 00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:59.440 She likes to fly with me, she's a beautiful dancer, 00:48:59.520 --> 00:49:03.040 and we're both crazy about all kinds of outdoor sport. 00:49:06.720 --> 00:49:10.800 I'd like to talk about Mary to her guardian, Mr Jones. 00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:16.440 - But the catch is that he's in Europe now. - What would you like to say to Mr Jones? 00:49:16.520 --> 00:49:20.360 Well, you see, Mary doesn't want to make up her mind about anything - 00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:24.480 I mean, anything important - without Mr Jones' permission. 00:49:24.560 --> 00:49:28.920 - I thought maybe I could write him a letter. - What about? 00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:34.120 Well, I... I really can't tell you that, Mrs Graham. 00:49:34.240 --> 00:49:38.480 - I haven't even told Mary about that. - Oh, I see. 00:49:39.520 --> 00:49:42.440 - Do you think I ought to write to Mr Jones... - Jimmie. 00:49:42.520 --> 00:49:45.920 - Hello, Mary. - Hello, Jimmie. 00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:55.680 The water was wonderful. Aunt Genevieve, did you sell him a ticket? 00:49:55.760 --> 00:49:58.440 - Mary, I forgot. - A ticket? For what? 00:49:58.520 --> 00:50:01.880 Don't tell me you don't know about it. We're giving a show. 00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:06.080 - Who is? What's this all about? - It's Curly's show, really. 00:50:06.160 --> 00:50:09.240 I'm just going to help out. It's a benefit performance. 00:50:09.320 --> 00:50:12.880 - A benefit? For whom? - Curly had the most charming idea, Jimmie. 00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:15.960 She couldn't forget her friends in the orphanage. 00:50:16.040 --> 00:50:20.320 She wanted to raise some money to buy playthings for them. 00:50:45.600 --> 00:50:50.200 - It was so nice of you to come, Mrs Denham. - Wild horses couldn't have kept me away. 00:50:50.280 --> 00:50:54.560 Do you know, this is the biggest thrill of my life. 00:59:41.400 --> 00:59:47.240 - I'd try awfully hard to make you happy. - Jimmie, you're pretty swell, 00:59:47.320 --> 00:59:50.320 but I... I just couldn't marry you. 00:59:52.760 --> 00:59:56.440 Is there someone else? 00:59:56.520 --> 01:00:00.000 - I can't tell you that. - Well, I know there is, all right. 01:00:00.080 --> 01:00:02.880 I watched you at dinner tonight and I watched you... 01:00:02.960 --> 01:00:06.320 Well, you're always looking at Mr Morgan. 01:00:06.400 --> 01:00:09.960 - Why shouldn't I? - Because I don't like him. 01:00:10.080 --> 01:00:14.400 He's got a swelled head, and just because he's got all the money in the world, he... 01:00:14.480 --> 01:00:19.360 Jimmie... I won't let you talk about him that way. 01:00:19.480 --> 01:00:22.360 I'm sorry. 01:00:22.440 --> 01:00:25.560 - It's all right. - I'll always love you, Mary. 01:00:25.640 --> 01:00:30.480 Even... even if you say you can't really care for me. 01:00:30.560 --> 01:00:33.280 Oh, Jimmie... 01:00:34.120 --> 01:00:38.400 Do stop that ridiculous prowling about. You act as if you had the heebie-jeebies. 01:00:38.480 --> 01:00:42.120 - I'm just restless. - You've been restless for the last three days. 01:00:42.200 --> 01:00:44.680 Ever since you arrived to see Curly's show. 01:00:44.760 --> 01:00:49.240 Can't you think of something more interesting to talk about? I'm just nervous. 01:00:49.320 --> 01:00:52.920 I might be able to change the subject if I really put my mind to it. 01:00:53.000 --> 01:00:55.680 - It'd make a hit with me if you will. - Very well. 01:00:55.760 --> 01:00:58.800 Let me see, what shall we talk about? 01:00:58.880 --> 01:01:02.680 - Have you seen Mary since dinner? - Nope, I haven't. 01:01:02.760 --> 01:01:06.960 She, uh... she went out somewhere with Jimmie, didn't she? 01:01:07.480 --> 01:01:11.200 - How should I know? - Don't they make an adorable couple? 01:01:11.280 --> 01:01:13.960 - Do they? - He's very much in love with her. 01:01:14.040 --> 01:01:17.840 He's a wonderful catch. He comes into money on both sides of his family. 01:01:17.960 --> 01:01:21.360 He does, does he? Maybe that's the reason he's got a swelled head. 01:01:21.440 --> 01:01:24.120 That, and the brass buttons on his trick uniform. 01:01:24.200 --> 01:01:27.480 Why, Edward, I didn't know you'd ever noticed Jimmie. 01:01:27.560 --> 01:01:31.800 I am surprised to learn that you've even observed the kind of clothes he wears. 01:01:31.880 --> 01:01:34.000 Conceited young idler. 01:01:39.520 --> 01:01:42.720 - Will you stop laughing? - I will not. 01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:47.480 Edward Morgan, insanely jealous, and acting like a sixteen-year-old Romeo. 01:01:47.560 --> 01:01:50.200 Oh, dear, this is the happiest moment of my life. 01:01:50.280 --> 01:01:54.440 I'm not at all jealous. Do you think I care anything about Mary Blair? 01:01:54.520 --> 01:01:59.600 The only reason she's here is because it was impossible to take Elizabeth without her. 01:01:59.680 --> 01:02:05.440 - I'm not in the least interested in Mary. - I'm so relieved to hear you say that. 01:02:05.520 --> 01:02:08.920 - Relieved? Why? - Edward, I've been noticing things. 01:02:09.000 --> 01:02:12.560 And I had convinced myself that you'd grown very fond of Mary. 01:02:12.680 --> 01:02:16.320 - In which case, there might be complications. - Complications? 01:02:16.400 --> 01:02:18.680 I'll try to make myself clear. 01:02:18.760 --> 01:02:24.800 I believe that Jimmie Rogers means to propose to Mary before the summer is over. 01:02:24.880 --> 01:02:29.440 - How do you know that? - I looked at him. 01:02:29.520 --> 01:02:33.520 You think you can tell a thing like that by just looking at a man? 01:02:33.600 --> 01:02:37.800 Any woman of my age and experience who can't tell just by looking at a man... 01:02:37.880 --> 01:02:40.160 Oh, nonsense! 01:02:41.280 --> 01:02:43.360 What are you thinking about? 01:02:43.440 --> 01:02:45.920 - I'm not thinking. I've decided. - Decided what? 01:02:46.000 --> 01:02:50.280 - I'll get the fastest plane in the country. - You aren't going to fly it yourself? 01:02:50.360 --> 01:02:52.400 Certainly. Why not? 01:02:52.480 --> 01:02:59.080 And that isn't all. I'm going to start learning some of those trick dances, too. 01:02:59.160 --> 01:03:04.680 - I'll make you happy, Mary. I know I will. - I believe you, Jimmie. 01:03:04.760 --> 01:03:07.760 - Oh, hello, Mr Morgan. - Jimmie, will you pardon me? 01:03:07.840 --> 01:03:11.440 - Mary, I want to talk to you alone. - You'll have to ask me about that, sir. 01:03:11.520 --> 01:03:13.280 - What? - Jimmie. 01:03:13.360 --> 01:03:16.880 I want to tell him. I'm the luckiest man in the world, Mr Morgan. 01:03:16.960 --> 01:03:19.040 Lucky? What do you mean? 01:03:19.120 --> 01:03:22.320 - Mary and I have just become engaged, sir. - Engaged? 01:03:22.400 --> 01:03:29.640 That's right, sir. The way I feel about it, well, I just want to go out and tell the whole world. 01:03:29.720 --> 01:03:34.320 I understand, Jimmie. You should be very proud. 01:03:34.400 --> 01:03:37.720 Mary's a fine girl. 01:03:38.640 --> 01:03:41.960 - I want to be the first to congratulate you. - Thank you, sir. 01:03:42.040 --> 01:03:45.280 Mary, my congratulations to you. 01:03:46.080 --> 01:03:48.920 I'm sure that you and Jimmie will find real happiness. 01:03:49.000 --> 01:03:51.920 - I'll do everything to make that come true. - I'm sure. 01:03:52.000 --> 01:03:57.800 And if there's ever anything I can do to add to your happiness - anything, understand? - 01:03:57.880 --> 01:04:01.960 - I want you to promise to let me know. - Say, Mr Morgan, you're pretty swell. 01:04:02.040 --> 01:04:05.520 - I mean it, Jimmie, every word of it. - Thank you, sir. 01:04:05.600 --> 01:04:12.240 Well, good night. Good night and my best to both of you, always. 01:04:29.920 --> 01:04:33.120 Uncle Edward! Uncle Edward! 01:04:33.200 --> 01:04:35.320 Time to get up. 01:04:46.480 --> 01:04:48.560 Uncle Edward. 01:05:24.320 --> 01:05:26.400 Oh, my goodness! 01:05:36.280 --> 01:05:40.280 Sleepy head! If you aren't really awake, I can jump on your stomach again. 01:05:40.360 --> 01:05:43.400 Never mind! 01:05:44.560 --> 01:05:47.960 - You can't go back to sleep again. - This is Sunday morning... 01:05:48.040 --> 01:05:50.440 Oh, no, Uncle Edward. No, sir! 01:05:50.520 --> 01:05:52.880 All right, you win. 01:05:52.960 --> 01:05:55.840 - Read me the funny papers? - Wait a minute. 01:05:55.920 --> 01:05:58.200 How about breakfast and Sunday school? 01:05:58.280 --> 01:06:00.520 I like Sunday school. Will you take me? 01:06:00.600 --> 01:06:03.280 - Yes, siree. - Give me a ride? 01:06:03.360 --> 01:06:06.280 - I'll get your bathrobe and slippers. - All right. 01:06:06.360 --> 01:06:08.440 Yippee! 01:06:33.480 --> 01:06:35.640 All right, that's enough of that. 01:06:35.720 --> 01:06:40.600 Now, I want you to tell me everything you've been doing while I've been away. 01:06:40.680 --> 01:06:44.600 I've been in the city for a whole week. What have you been up to? 01:06:44.680 --> 01:06:49.400 - Every day I was wishing that you were here. - Curly, you flatterer. 01:06:49.480 --> 01:06:54.120 - Any special reason you wanted to see me? - Very special. 01:06:54.200 --> 01:07:00.840 - I wanted to talk to you about something. - All right, here I am. What is it? 01:07:00.920 --> 01:07:04.520 Well, I wanted to talk to you about getting married. 01:07:04.600 --> 01:07:07.400 What?! 01:07:07.480 --> 01:07:11.800 Curly, whatever put that notion into your funny little head? 01:07:11.880 --> 01:07:17.800 - Please don't laugh, Uncle Edward. - I'm sorry. I forgot that this was very special. 01:07:17.880 --> 01:07:21.880 Now, just what is it you want to know about getting married? 01:07:21.960 --> 01:07:27.200 - Well... what does getting married mean? - You mean like Jimmie and Mary? 01:07:27.280 --> 01:07:32.320 That means they'll have their own home and always live together. 01:07:32.400 --> 01:07:35.360 Mary said that I was going to live in Jimmie's house. 01:07:35.440 --> 01:07:38.240 Does that mean Jimmie's getting married to me too? 01:07:38.320 --> 01:07:43.400 - I'll tell you all about that some other time. - I don't want to get married to Jimmie. 01:07:43.480 --> 01:07:48.000 - Why not? - I want Mary and me to get married to you. 01:07:48.760 --> 01:07:51.240 Curly, you're a designing woman. 01:07:51.360 --> 01:07:56.320 Now get up and get out of here. I've got to get dressed. Do you hear me? 01:07:56.400 --> 01:07:58.160 Come on. 01:07:58.240 --> 01:08:03.240 Now, breakfast, funnies, Sunday school and lunch. 01:08:03.320 --> 01:08:07.200 - Then I've got a real surprise for you. - Is it a present? 01:08:07.280 --> 01:08:09.720 It wouldn't be a surprise any more if I told you. 01:08:09.800 --> 01:08:12.120 Mary! Mary! 01:08:56.120 --> 01:08:58.960 My word! 01:09:10.840 --> 01:09:16.800 - Look at Aunt Genevieve. - Edward, how dare you spy on me! 01:09:16.880 --> 01:09:20.120 - What's the matter, growing pains? - Why shouldn't I grow up? 01:09:20.200 --> 01:09:25.360 - Please, Uncle Edward, what's my surprise? - I have two surprises for you, young lady. 01:09:25.440 --> 01:09:27.560 - Two?! - Mm-hm. 01:09:32.520 --> 01:09:34.680 Come on, darling. 01:09:34.760 --> 01:09:37.240 - Ready for the first one? - I can hardly wait. 01:09:37.320 --> 01:09:39.880 You won't have to wait - not another minute. 01:09:39.960 --> 01:09:43.280 You sit right here and listen very, very carefully. 01:09:43.360 --> 01:09:46.120 All right. 01:11:55.560 --> 01:11:56.920 Whoopee! 01:11:57.000 --> 01:12:01.040 - Oh, but you are a bundle ofjoy. - That was beautiful, dear. 01:12:01.120 --> 01:12:03.560 Thank you. Have you got a present for me too? 01:12:03.640 --> 01:12:06.000 Yes, one for you and one for Mary. 01:12:06.120 --> 01:12:09.480 - Will you run and tell Mary to come in? - Mm-hm. 01:12:09.560 --> 01:12:12.160 Mary! Mary! 01:12:12.240 --> 01:12:15.120 Uncle Edward has a surprise for us. 01:12:16.080 --> 01:12:19.320 You might as well admit that you're in love with Mary. 01:12:19.400 --> 01:12:23.240 - Why don't you tell her so? - Haven't you heard the news? 01:12:23.320 --> 01:12:26.000 It so happens that Mary's engaged to Jimmie. 01:12:26.080 --> 01:12:29.240 Have you ever told her that you love her? 01:12:29.320 --> 01:12:32.800 Here she is, Uncle Edward. 01:12:34.720 --> 01:12:37.640 - Can I have my surprise first? - Yes, indeed you may. 01:12:37.720 --> 01:12:40.280 - Oh, goodie. - Here you are, young lady. 01:12:40.360 --> 01:12:42.640 A string of pearls. 01:12:42.720 --> 01:12:44.760 Pearls? 01:12:44.840 --> 01:12:47.880 They lookjust like those little stones on the beach. 01:12:47.960 --> 01:12:51.640 - Oh, Elizabeth! - Do you like them? 01:12:51.720 --> 01:12:54.560 I would really rather have a pair of roller skates. 01:12:54.640 --> 01:12:57.400 Well, we'll throw them in for good measure. 01:12:58.640 --> 01:13:00.720 I'm sailing for Europe next week. 01:13:00.840 --> 01:13:06.480 Before I go, I want to give you an engagement present and wish you every happiness. 01:13:06.560 --> 01:13:08.640 I can't take it. 01:13:08.720 --> 01:13:11.360 Why not? 01:13:11.440 --> 01:13:16.640 I wasn't really in love with Jimmie. We're not engaged any more. 01:13:16.720 --> 01:13:19.400 I told him last night. 01:13:19.480 --> 01:13:22.280 - You aren't going to marry him? - No. 01:13:23.240 --> 01:13:26.720 - Mary, you'd better watch out. - Watch out? 01:13:26.800 --> 01:13:28.880 You might not get married at all. 01:13:28.960 --> 01:13:35.280 I asked Uncle Edward to marry us this morning and he said he wouldn't. 01:13:36.440 --> 01:13:40.200 - Oh, Elizabeth, you didn't? - Oh, yes, I did. 01:13:40.280 --> 01:13:43.200 Didn't I ask you to marry us, Uncle Edward? 01:13:43.320 --> 01:13:45.560 Oh, Elizabeth! 01:13:45.640 --> 01:13:48.760 Mary, wait. I... I want to talk with you. 01:13:50.920 --> 01:13:54.760 What's the matter? They seem kind of excited. 01:13:58.360 --> 01:14:01.600 - We'll go abroad and stay a whole year. - It sounds like heaven. 01:14:01.680 --> 01:14:06.000 - We'll make it heaven, darling. - Look, can't we share our happiness? 01:14:06.080 --> 01:14:10.120 - What do you mean? - With the person who made it possible. 01:14:10.200 --> 01:14:12.520 - You mean Mr Jones? - Yes. 01:14:12.600 --> 01:14:18.400 Oh, Mary, you blind little sweetheart. There never was any Mr Jones. 01:14:18.480 --> 01:14:21.640 - You mean that... you're Mr...? - Mm-hm. 01:14:21.720 --> 01:14:23.400 Oh! 01:14:23.480 --> 01:14:29.640 Mary, do you mind if Uncle Edward could come now and read me the funnies? 01:14:36.280 --> 01:14:39.560 Oh, my word!

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