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00:02:16Just take a hand and you don't get it.
00:02:18That's enough.
00:02:22I'll drop by as soon as I can.
00:02:24Goodbye, Tom.
00:02:26Now, I want you to break clean.
00:02:28No hitting low.
00:02:29Come out and fight.
00:02:30You may the best man win.
00:02:36Stop stalling.
00:02:37Get in there and fight.
00:02:40Break it up.
00:02:43Jimmy, do it right.
00:02:45Here, let me show you.
00:02:47Now, stand firm on your feet.
00:02:50Start with this hand and...
00:02:55We've done it all right.
00:02:59We've done it.
00:03:01You hit her.
00:03:04Scream.
00:03:10Gee-dox, Christian.
00:03:12How'd they get you here so quick?
00:03:13Never mind that.
00:03:16How do you feel?
00:03:18I'm all right.
00:03:19I was framed.
00:03:23Oh, piece of beefsteak will fix it up.
00:03:25Come on, I better take it home.
00:03:28You're quite a problem, Patsy.
00:03:31Your first day up from the measles.
00:03:32I was up yesterday and nothing happened to me.
00:03:35Of course, I didn't go out of the house.
00:03:39I am.
00:03:39I was up today.
00:03:41I don't care.
00:03:41Hello, Don.
00:03:53Does your brother always drive like that?
00:03:55No.
00:03:56You ought to see him on an open road.
00:03:58Then he really lets it out.
00:04:00Yeah, I've heard stories.
00:04:02He's going to be a racing driver.
00:04:04There isn't anybody in town that can drive like Don.
00:04:08Do you remember what you said the other day about not having apple pie anything?
00:04:11Do you want any more?
00:04:12Yes, I'm sure I do.
00:04:13I made it myself.
00:04:15I know you don't like Margie's pies.
00:04:17What?
00:04:18Margie?
00:04:19Oh, the cook.
00:04:20Yeah, you're right.
00:04:22She's not so good on pies.
00:04:27I see whether it's going to be a new state housing act.
00:04:30Mm-hmm.
00:04:31That's good, isn't it?
00:04:32Yes and no.
00:04:38Hiya, Bob.
00:04:39Hi, dear.
00:04:41Was there another automobile race last night?
00:04:43Uh-huh.
00:04:44An important one?
00:04:45Yes and no.
00:05:02Don, tell Dr. Christian. I want to see him for a minute.
00:05:05Mmm.
00:05:12Say, I'll take that all back about Margie's pies.
00:05:15This is all right.
00:05:24Hello, Ann.
00:05:25Oh, hello.
00:05:26Patsy.
00:05:27You've been fighting again.
00:05:29It seems to me that every boy in town is using her for a punching bag.
00:05:35That's not so.
00:05:36I can let any boy my age, when they fight fair, ask Dr. Christian.
00:05:41He's my second.
00:05:43So that's what you were doing this morning.
00:05:45Well, not exactly.
00:05:47Why?
00:05:49Was there anything wrong?
00:05:50Just that one of my men had an accident and I had to call a doctor from Center City.
00:05:54Oh, that's too bad, John.
00:05:55That's how I felt about it.
00:05:57I pay you a yearly fee to look after these cases.
00:06:00I'm not getting my money's worth unless you're around when I want you.
00:06:06We'd better let Margie give you that piece of steak for your eye.
00:06:09Will you still be able to use it for dinner?
00:06:11Well, John, you're not being very reasonable about it.
00:06:13I've tried being reasonable with people in Rivers End far too long.
00:06:18This whole town is 20 years behind the time.
00:06:20What you all need is a little applied efficiency.
00:06:22John.
00:06:24It's a matter of business, doctor.
00:06:25My men must have medical attention when they need it.
00:06:28You're evidently too busy with other things, so I'm making other arrangements.
00:06:33I don't think that he meant it, Paul.
00:06:35He was just upset.
00:06:43But, Miss Hastings, I brought these over here for...
00:06:45Oh, don't argue, Joe Benson.
00:06:46You take those tomatoes right back where they came from.
00:06:49Well, look at them.
00:06:50They're a nice red...
00:06:51You'll disturb the patient.
00:06:52I'm sorry, Miss Judy.
00:06:53I just wanted to pay the doctor something on the count.
00:06:56Why don't you sell those things and bring in the money?
00:06:58The market's pretty well crowded up with tomatoes now, ma'am.
00:07:01So is my kitchen.
00:07:02Carl Nelson delivered ten-bushel this morning,
00:07:04and Eddie Wallace fifteen yesterday.
00:07:06I guess you folks think Dr. Christian's in the ketchup business.
00:07:09Well, the doctor said that I could...
00:07:10Never mind what the doctor said.
00:07:12How can you expect any business sense from a man who'd throw away a career,
00:07:16and waste his life in a town full of ungrateful...
00:07:18Never mind that, Mrs. Hastings.
00:07:20Hello, Joe.
00:07:21Hello, Joe.
00:07:22Hello, Doctor.
00:07:23Mr. Hewitt's been looking for you, and he...
00:07:24He found me.
00:07:25You sure have a fine new boy.
00:07:27Thank you, Doctor.
00:07:28When will you let my wife be up?
00:07:29Oh, in a few days.
00:07:31How many bushes have you?
00:07:32Five, but I can get some more.
00:07:34One would be too many.
00:07:35They're very healthy eating, Doctor.
00:07:37Chock full of vitamins A and B.
00:07:39I presume the doctor gets this medical advice free.
00:07:42All right, Joe.
00:07:43Take him into the kitchen.
00:07:44I'll credit you for them.
00:07:46Well, Doctor.
00:07:48How are they having for dinner?
00:07:50Stewed?
00:07:51Roasted?
00:07:52Or squeezed?
00:07:53They're delicious any way you fixed them.
00:07:56Squeezed they'll be.
00:07:58Come on, you.
00:07:59Who's first, Judy?
00:08:01Doctor, I didn't arrive first,
00:08:03but I had such a twinge in my back this morning,
00:08:05well, you simply must see me immediately.
00:08:07Mrs. Minos, I told you you needn't come back this week.
00:08:10You're perfectly healthy.
00:08:11I resent that, Doctor.
00:08:13Cass was here first.
00:08:14Come into the office, Cass.
00:08:16Well, it's all things to think that I am sick.
00:08:20I don't care what it is.
00:08:24Yeah, it's time to land.
00:08:25Just take off your shirt and we'll get ready for you.
00:08:27Won't be long.
00:08:28Nothing to it, Doc.
00:08:30I've had every sort of an operation,
00:08:32even without a whiff of gas.
00:08:34What are all those letters to you?
00:08:40Those are bills.
00:08:41Oh.
00:08:42And it's not going to do you any good to pretend.
00:08:45From now on, we're going to send them to your patients every month.
00:08:48Oh, that seems like a pretty good idea.
00:08:51Why, Doctor, you don't mean that you actually are sick.
00:08:55From now on, we are going to start practicing a little applied efficiency.
00:08:59Applied efficiency?
00:09:01Mm-hmm.
00:09:03John Hughes says it's the secret of the success.
00:09:08Anything wrong?
00:09:11I'm no longer a tenant physician to the Hughes Lumber Company.
00:09:16Oh, that's terrible.
00:09:18I'll admit it's bad.
00:09:20But it's not as bad as all that.
00:09:24Oh, but that was one income that didn't come in tomatoes.
00:09:29You just have to work a little harder, that's all.
00:09:32Tell Cass to come in, will you?
00:09:38Ready?
00:09:40I was just looking at the appointment book.
00:09:43Doctor's got a busy day today.
00:09:45Will you come in now?
00:09:46Yeah, sure.
00:09:48But seeing he's so busy today,
00:09:49and there's an empty spot out of the book for the end of next week,
00:09:51I thought maybe, uh...
00:09:52The doctor has everything ready now, Cass.
00:09:54Uh, did I ever tell you about the time they sewed up my ear over in Center City?
00:10:24You're not.
00:10:25I'm not sure.
00:10:26I'm sorry.
00:10:27You're not.
00:10:28I'm sorry.
00:10:30I'm sorry.
00:10:31You're not.
00:10:32I've been there.
00:10:33I've been there.
00:10:34I'm sorry.
00:10:36I'm sorry.
00:10:37I'm sorry.
00:10:39I need you.
00:10:41I'm sorry.
00:10:42I'm sorry.
00:10:44I'm sorry.
00:10:45I'm sorry.
00:10:47I'm sorry.
00:10:49I don't know.
00:10:51But I should have him in merely a new place.
00:10:53You, what a day.
00:11:10You must be dead.
00:11:12Yeah, I am a little tired, Judy.
00:11:20Did you see Mrs. Johnson's face when...
00:11:22when you told her Billy was going to be all right?
00:11:25Moments like that are worth all the hard work and sleepless nights.
00:11:31And tomatoes.
00:11:34Doctor, what did Mrs. Hastings mean outside about wasting your life?
00:11:40Well, you see, when I first came to Rivers End, it was just a temporary job.
00:11:45My ambition in those days was to go back to Chicago and be a big success.
00:11:49Yes.
00:11:52I made a mistake of telling Mrs. Hastings, and she's been throwing it at me ever since.
00:11:57That doesn't sound like you, not finishing something you'd started.
00:12:02Oh, I had a chance to go back later on.
00:12:04But by that time, Bill Wallace had taken a turn for the worse, and Mrs. Drake was expecting another baby, and, well, I just couldn't leave.
00:12:17It's a funny thing, Judy.
00:12:18A young man starts out to set the world on fire.
00:12:23And he's more interested in where he does it than how he does it.
00:12:29I was pretty much surprised when I suddenly realized that my work in Rivers End was just as important to me as anything I could possibly do in Chicago.
00:12:38But, Stevie, we haven't got any time for all this reminiscing.
00:12:42Oh, yes, we do.
00:12:43There aren't any more patients.
00:12:45There aren't, eh?
00:12:46I demand an examination.
00:12:48Mrs. Minnows, the doctor said there was no need for you to wait.
00:12:51You're perfectly healthy.
00:12:53That's just one man's opinion.
00:12:54Why, a friend of mine who lives in Center City has been going to doctors for years,
00:12:58and it wasn't until last week that they suddenly found out what was wrong.
00:13:01She might have had some complicated symptoms, but you don't have them.
00:13:04Nonsense!
00:13:06Well, I can match her symptom for symptom, and then some.
00:13:09What I need is to be put on a diet like she was.
00:13:12A diet?
00:13:13Certainly.
00:13:14Nothing but crushed parsnips.
00:13:16She feels perfectly marvelous now.
00:13:18But, Mrs. Minnows, I couldn't possibly have anything.
00:13:21Wait a minute, Judy.
00:13:23There may be something to what Mrs. Minnows says.
00:13:26Mrs. Hastings!
00:13:28I've been thinking, Mrs. Minnows.
00:13:30Perhaps a diet is just what you need.
00:13:32Oh, I'm glad you agree with my diagnosis.
00:13:35I was about to go out and find a doctor who would.
00:13:37Yes, doctor.
00:13:38Oh, Mrs. Hastings.
00:13:39I've decided to put Mrs. Minnows on a strict diet.
00:13:43Well, it might improve her disposition, but not her health.
00:13:45That's perfect.
00:13:46I wouldn't be too sure.
00:13:48I think a strict diet of tomatoes is just what she needs.
00:13:52Tomatoes.
00:13:54How interesting!
00:13:56A chock full of vitamins A and B.
00:13:59Why, doctor, I...
00:14:01I wonder why I didn't notice that myself.
00:14:04Oh, look, it's written all over her poor, sick face.
00:14:08Come with me, Mrs. Minnows.
00:14:12Hello, Judy.
00:14:13Oh, hello, Rory.
00:14:14I came to tell the doctor something.
00:14:16You couldn't have phoned.
00:14:17Well, uh, besides that, there was something I wanted to take up with you.
00:14:22If you're going to lecture me just because I broke a date the other day...
00:14:24Judy, I'm not going to...
00:14:25After all, I did tell you I had to work with the doctor.
00:14:28I can't help it if babies are born.
00:14:30Of course you can't.
00:14:32And you're not angry?
00:14:33No, not at all.
00:14:34Well, I stood you up on a date, didn't I?
00:14:37Yes, but business is business.
00:14:39I don't care.
00:14:39You ought to be mad.
00:14:41Well, Judy, I'll get mad if you insist, but...
00:14:43Oh, Rory, you're such a dope when it comes to romance.
00:14:46I got romance.
00:14:46I'm crazy about you.
00:14:48I'm crazy about you, but...
00:14:50Well, business is business.
00:14:55Judy!
00:14:56Judy!
00:14:58Judy!
00:14:59Judy!
00:15:00Oh, hello, doctor.
00:15:02What's going on here?
00:15:03Oh, nothing.
00:15:04Could you drop by the store, say, about 5 o'clock?
00:15:07Anything wrong?
00:15:08No, it's sort of a meeting.
00:15:11Oh, I'll be there, but I mean, is anything wrong between you and Judy?
00:15:15I don't know, doctor.
00:15:16She's mad because I'm not mad, and...
00:15:18Oh, Rory, there's one thing about Judy you never seem to remember.
00:15:22What's that?
00:15:23She's a woman.
00:15:24Well, can I do anything about it?
00:15:26Well, some authorities prescribe going along with other women for a while.
00:15:31You know, a little rousy, a little jealousy.
00:15:33Oh.
00:15:36But I don't like other women.
00:15:40Just name it, Merrily.
00:15:42Anything in the place is yours for the asking.
00:15:44I thought this store belonged to Roy Davis.
00:15:47Quiet, brat.
00:15:51A lover's delight sounds awfully nice, bud.
00:15:55Oh, that's my specialty.
00:16:00Say, Merrily.
00:16:02How'd you like to go to the dance tonight?
00:16:04She's going with my brother, Don.
00:16:08Say, what are you having?
00:16:10You know, we don't let kids hang around here without buying anything.
00:16:13I'm here with my brother's girl.
00:16:15I'm not anyone's girl.
00:16:17Of course you're not.
00:16:19And Don shouldn't go around talking as though you belong to him.
00:16:25Shetty.
00:16:26Hey, you can't do that to my brother.
00:16:34Listen, if I make you an ice cream cone, will you promise not to say a word?
00:16:38Not a word until it's finished?
00:16:43Strawberry?
00:16:44Sure.
00:16:46It's a deal.
00:16:47Hello, Merrily.
00:17:00Sorry I'm late.
00:17:02How much do I owe you?
00:17:04Not a cent, my friend.
00:17:05Not a cent.
00:17:07I'm treating Merrily.
00:17:09Have a lover's delight, Don.
00:17:11They're swell.
00:17:13I'm not feeling so hot, but okay.
00:17:15One or the same.
00:17:23Have you decided what color dress you're going to wear to the dance, Merrily?
00:17:26I know.
00:17:27What do you want to know for, Don?
00:17:30Nothing.
00:17:31Never mind.
00:17:34Maybe you have to be sure a socks will match it.
00:17:37Suppose it never occurred to you that a man has to know those things in order to select the proper corsage.
00:17:41Don, but just ask Merrily to be untrue to you.
00:17:44Why, I ought to knock your block off.
00:17:46Well, go ahead.
00:17:47Just start something.
00:17:47Go ahead.
00:17:48Our referee.
00:17:49That's he.
00:17:52Really, boys, there's no need for resorting to physical violence.
00:17:56Well, I guess we all see the thing the same way, then.
00:18:01Why?
00:18:01It's an inspiration.
00:18:04Hello, boys.
00:18:05Hello, Doctor.
00:18:05Go ahead, Doctor.
00:18:06Doctor, we have to work fast.
00:18:08With Mayor Sparling resigning and the council having the power to appoint someone to his unexpired term, we...
00:18:13We want a mayor that'll bring this town to life.
00:18:15Well, you know the condition of the school, Doctor.
00:18:17The plumbing is a disgrace.
00:18:19Well, the whole building looks like it's going to collapse.
00:18:21In other words, we've got to have a progressive city government.
00:18:24Yes, I know the need.
00:18:26Probably better than any of you.
00:18:29I've seen people die.
00:18:31I've seen routine operations become emergencies.
00:18:35Just this morning, a baby died.
00:18:37All because we need a hospital.
00:18:39We've got to appoint somebody who really cares about this town.
00:18:42Someone whom the people have confidence in.
00:18:45In other words, Doctor Christian.
00:18:47That's it, Doctor.
00:18:48Our minds are made up.
00:18:49Gentlemen, I agree with your diagnosis, but...
00:18:52You're prescribing the wrong cure.
00:18:54Oh, you're too modest, Doctor.
00:18:57No.
00:18:58What would you think of a man who could untangle the red tape?
00:19:02Get things done.
00:19:03Well, who?
00:19:05John Hewitt.
00:19:06No, I knew it.
00:19:07Oh, no.
00:19:08Of course not.
00:19:09But he has no city pride.
00:19:11Perhaps, but he's honest.
00:19:13He's the best executive in represent.
00:19:15But he's got a big business of his own to run.
00:19:17He wouldn't accept the appointment in a hundred years.
00:19:21Well, if you tell him how badly the town needs a man of his ability.
00:19:25Flatter him?
00:19:28You can catch more flies from punny than you can from Winnegal.
00:19:33Hey, Roy.
00:19:34Oh, excuse me, gentlemen.
00:19:38What do you have, Don?
00:19:40I need a little pick-me-up.
00:19:41You'll kind of run down.
00:19:43Oh, well, perhaps some rhubarb and soda.
00:19:46Rhubarb and soda?
00:19:47I want any of that kid stuff.
00:19:48How about a bromide?
00:19:50Maybe I'd better have a look at you, Don.
00:19:51No, I'm all right.
00:19:52You know, just been living a little too high lately.
00:19:55Late hours and...
00:19:56Stomach's been jumpy?
00:19:57Say, what is this?
00:19:58Can't a man have a hangover without the Board of Health looking into him?
00:20:01Hold still a moment now.
00:20:02Is he very sick, Doctor Christian?
00:20:05He'll live.
00:20:06It's the measles.
00:20:08That's impossible.
00:20:09Why, I thought only children got measles.
00:20:12Oh, the glamour boy.
00:20:14Oh, gee, Don, and just before the dance, too.
00:20:17Oh, I gotta go to that, Doc.
00:20:19It must be a mistake.
00:20:20Does your eyes feel kind of hot?
00:20:22And are you all woozy inside?
00:20:25Yes.
00:20:26It's measles, all right.
00:20:27Shut up, will you?
00:20:29All right, Don.
00:20:29I better take you home.
00:20:30Yes.
00:20:31Come along, Don.
00:20:32Listen, Marilyn...
00:20:33She's away from me.
00:20:34I don't want any kids' diseases.
00:20:37Now, don't worry, Don, old boy.
00:20:38I'll take care of Marilyn.
00:20:42It's too bad, Don.
00:20:43Take your hands off me, you brat.
00:20:45You got me into this.
00:20:46You gave them to me.
00:20:52Gentlemen, no one is more acutely aware than I am of the sorry state of affairs in our community.
00:20:59You know I am opposed to old-fashioned methods.
00:21:02But I have a full-time job already running this plan.
00:21:06But, Mr. Hewitt, there's no one else in town with half your ability.
00:21:12You're the ideal man for the job.
00:21:14That's right.
00:21:14Yes, John.
00:21:19You see, Roy, it's no use.
00:21:20I told you from the beginning you were wasting your time.
00:21:24What got that tried?
00:21:25You told me.
00:21:27I told you he wouldn't be capable of running the town in his own business, too.
00:21:31What do you mean, capable?
00:21:32I could run this town during my lunch hours if it weren't for...
00:21:36If it weren't for the fact that it would be easier to forget River's End and move his business to a more progressive town.
00:21:41I resent that insinuation, Dr. Christian.
00:21:44I'm willing to do as much as the next man for River's End.
00:21:47But, uh...
00:21:48Well...
00:21:50Come on, gentlemen.
00:21:50We're wasting our time.
00:21:52Dr. Christian, I'll thank you to let me do my own talking.
00:21:55I'll decide whether they're wasting their time or not.
00:21:58You mean you might do it?
00:22:01Why, George, it's a great temptation, I...
00:22:04Come on, John.
00:22:06We certainly could get things humming in this town.
00:22:10Don't say anything now.
00:22:11You might regret later, John.
00:22:12I never say anything I don't mean.
00:22:15Gentlemen, I accept your offer.
00:22:17Oh, fine.
00:22:19Oh, congratulations, John.
00:22:21What was that advice about flies and honey?
00:22:24Sometimes vinegar works, too.
00:22:26Well, we can't wait any longer for the health department.
00:22:40I'm sorry Dr. Christian didn't get here because, frankly, gentlemen, his department is the most inefficiently run in town.
00:22:47Your Honor, that's not true.
00:22:49Dr. Christian has done a magnificent job.
00:22:51I prefer to talk in terms of facts and figures.
00:22:54His department hasn't had a balanced budget in ten years.
00:22:57There are items listed here that almost call for investigation.
00:23:00Oh, wait a minute, Mr. Mayor.
00:23:01Now, that's going a little bit too far.
00:23:03Well, listen.
00:23:03Listen to this.
00:23:05Loan to Joe Benson for draining swamp.
00:23:07Forty-two dollars.
00:23:08Now, since when is the health department in the money-lending business?
00:23:11And without any security, either.
00:23:13Dr. Christian put up twenty-five dollars out of his own pocket, and that wasn't enough.
00:23:17The swamp was a health medicine, naturally.
00:23:19I am not questioning Dr. Christian's motives, Mr. Davis, but his methods.
00:23:23I'm not at all sure that the methods of a country doctor are suited to running a modern municipal health department.
00:23:32My apologies.
00:23:34John?
00:23:35Gentlemen?
00:23:35Doctor.
00:23:36Hi, Doctor.
00:23:39How's the patient?
00:23:41He's past the crisis.
00:23:42That's fine.
00:23:42We were just discussing your department, Doctor.
00:23:45Oh, fine.
00:23:46I was afraid I'd be too late.
00:23:48I have a report here somewhere.
00:23:52Let's see.
00:23:56I'll just skip over the money part.
00:23:59The deficit, you mean?
00:24:00Yes.
00:24:01Always the deficit.
00:24:03I think they'll figure on it when they give me my appropriation.
00:24:06Could we hear the part of your report which you think is important?
00:24:08Well, John, I have a lot of facts here which I want you to go over by yourself.
00:24:16They all come to the same thing.
00:24:19River's End needs a hospital.
00:24:21A hospital?
00:24:22Doctor, have you gone out of your mind?
00:24:24Where are you going to raise that kind of money?
00:24:26Well, you know more about that sort of thing than I do.
00:24:28I thought perhaps we could borrow it all.
00:24:33Have you any idea how much a hospital costs?
00:24:36No.
00:24:38But I know how many lives it's costing us now not to have a hospital.
00:24:42We're talking in dollars and cents.
00:24:44Well, it's a little hard to talk about medicine in terms of dollars and cents.
00:24:49It's quite apparent, Doctor, that one of us must learn to talk the other's language.
00:24:55I have some records of yours here that I would like to talk over in my own terms, if you don't mind.
00:25:00Hello, Paul.
00:25:14Hello, Ann.
00:25:15I dropped in to see John about a little problem I ran into in Squatterstown.
00:25:18He'll be here in a few minutes.
00:25:20That's fine.
00:25:20How's it done?
00:25:21Like a caged lion.
00:25:22Oh, I heard that you and John had a quarrel at the meeting.
00:25:29I hope it wasn't anything.
00:25:30Oh, it's nothing, Ann.
00:25:32Well, I'm 100% for him.
00:25:33He's doing a fine job.
00:25:35Oh, I am glad to hear it.
00:25:36I guess it keeps him pretty busy doing two jobs at once, eh?
00:25:40Well, you know how conscientious John is.
00:25:44Don, Dr. Kessler.
00:25:45I'd like to hear you talk to Patsy that way, Don.
00:25:47Okay, I won't talk to her at all.
00:25:49Well, I don't see any reason for keeping you in any longer, Don.
00:25:51That's all I wanted to know.
00:26:03Hello, may I speak to Merrily, please?
00:26:07Hello, Bud.
00:26:09What?
00:26:10Oh, Don.
00:26:13That's grand.
00:26:14Yeah, it feels plenty good.
00:26:17These last two weeks have been like living on a desert island.
00:26:19Only worse because Patsy was around.
00:26:22Anyway, it's all over now, and we can go to the picnic together.
00:26:25Well, Don, it's swell that you're out.
00:26:29But about the picnic, well, I sort of promised Bud.
00:26:36Looks like you didn't lose any time when I was sick.
00:26:39Why, Don, I haven't gone out with anyone except Bud.
00:26:45And I only said I sort of promised him.
00:26:49You could break to take Merrily.
00:26:51Why, sure.
00:26:52Just call Bud and tell him...
00:26:56Say, what is this?
00:26:58Patsy!
00:26:59Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:27:00Don, haven't you any more sense than to drag your kid sister into our private affairs?
00:27:05Don didn't drag me in, Merrily.
00:27:07Patsy, get off the phone!
00:27:09I'm not on the phone, Don.
00:27:10Really, I'm not.
00:27:11I've never been so insulted in all my life.
00:27:14Gee, Doc, sorry.
00:27:29Hello, John.
00:27:30Hello, Aaron.
00:27:31Hello, Doctor.
00:27:32Lunch ready?
00:27:32It will be in a few minutes.
00:27:34I need your help on something, John.
00:27:36There's some mumps epidemic in Squatterstown.
00:27:38Well, that isn't serious, is it?
00:27:40No, not in itself.
00:27:42But the way it's spreading is a good indication of what would happen if something dangerous broke out.
00:27:48Those people must be told something about preventive medicine right away.
00:27:51Aren't you capable of telling them what to do?
00:27:53Well, it's a full-time job.
00:27:56They need a district nurse.
00:27:58Someone like Martina Jameson.
00:28:00She is ready, certainly.
00:28:03Has not much work lately.
00:28:04Never mind her history.
00:28:05What's it got to do with me?
00:28:07Well, John.
00:28:08It's budget trouble again.
00:28:12I remember what you said to me the other day, and, well, I'm over my allowance already, so...
00:28:17Doctor, if you're asking me to authorize an expenditure beyond your budget
00:28:20on people who aren't even legal residents of Rivers End, the answer is no.
00:28:25After all, I have an obligation to the taxpayers.
00:28:29It's in the interest of the taxpayers to prevent epidemics.
00:28:32I'm sorry, Doctor, but there's no point in talking about it any further.
00:28:34All right, John.
00:28:39I'll just have to have another deficit.
00:28:41You mean you're going to take this nurse on anyway?
00:28:43You don't leave me any other choice.
00:28:46Doctor, I warn you.
00:28:48The quarterly audit isn't far off.
00:28:50You'd better see to it that your deficit is wiped out.
00:28:53I will, John.
00:28:54But I'm afraid it won't show on paper.
00:29:00Doctor Jim, why did you say there were mumps?
00:29:03In Squatterstown?
00:29:04They're pretty catching, aren't they?
00:29:06They certainly are.
00:29:07How's the mumps?
00:29:28All right.
00:29:35What's that?
00:29:37A lollipop.
00:29:39Oh.
00:29:41What flavor?
00:29:43Double raspberry.
00:29:48But it tastes like peppermint.
00:29:51Yeah?
00:30:00You know, there's something about a man in a uniform that...
00:30:04Oh.
00:30:04I think I'll have an ice cream soda.
00:30:07What flavor?
00:30:09Well, I want it to taste sort of like this lollipop.
00:30:12Oh, raspberry, huh?
00:30:14Okey-doke.
00:30:17Wait a minute.
00:30:17This isn't just raspberry.
00:30:21It tastes like peppermint as well.
00:30:24Here, you better taste it so you'll know what I mean.
00:30:27Go on.
00:30:28I'm not looking at any old secondhand lollipops.
00:30:30You'll have to order out of this or not at all.
00:30:34I don't see why some parents don't sometimes keep some children home.
00:30:38You know, Marilee, this picnic is really going to be swell.
00:30:50They got the school band and they built a platform where we can dance.
00:30:52Hey, I'm thirsty.
00:30:53Hey, you can't drink out of my glass.
00:30:56You'd let Marilee, wouldn't you?
00:30:59Well, that's my business.
00:31:01Would you kiss her?
00:31:04Hey, what's the matter with you anyway?
00:31:06Maybe you'd like to kiss Bud.
00:31:08I'm just dying to go to the picnic.
00:31:10I really can hardly wait.
00:31:25I'm sorry, Miss Price.
00:31:32Gee, Miss Price, I am sorry.
00:31:35Oh, Don, what's the matter with you?
00:31:38I guess I was brooding.
00:31:41You brood at pretty high speed.
00:31:43I guess I should realize that other people are still interested in living.
00:31:50I'll tell you what, I'll drive you home.
00:31:52I'm a little young to die, but all right.
00:31:59You're looking kind of gloomy.
00:32:02Anything wrong?
00:32:03Do I seem changed?
00:32:05Yes, sort of.
00:32:07I am.
00:32:08Don, what's on your mind?
00:32:11Well, it's got to do with facing a lot of realities.
00:32:15Mostly women.
00:32:17Has Marilee got anything to do with this?
00:32:20Only indirectly.
00:32:21The fact that she sold her soul for a couple of ice cream sodas is significant, but very unimportant.
00:32:28Don, perhaps you're being hasty.
00:32:30Maybe you're making a mistake about women.
00:32:32I've given them their chance.
00:32:35Don, there are plenty of pretty girls in town besides Marilee.
00:32:41Nice ones, too.
00:32:43Well, I haven't seen any.
00:32:44Well, I resent that.
00:32:47Miss Price.
00:32:49I'd never talk like that if I'd known you were a woman.
00:32:53I mean, if I thought of you as a woman.
00:32:56I shouldn't have told you.
00:32:58Miss Price.
00:33:00Judy.
00:33:01I never knew.
00:33:02I mean, I didn't think.
00:33:05Gee.
00:33:09Just put them on the table, Don.
00:33:14Bye.
00:33:15I guess you have some work to do.
00:33:22Yes, Don.
00:33:22Thanks for the lift.
00:33:23Well, I was just thinking about the picnic.
00:33:26Oh, I'm sorry, but I promised Roy.
00:33:29I suppose I shouldn't have asked.
00:33:32Oh, but, Don, I'll see you there.
00:33:36Oh.
00:33:37I didn't get it at first.
00:33:39I guess that would be the easiest way.
00:33:41Oh, now, look.
00:33:42I don't want you to think about...
00:33:43Oh, now, don't apologize, Judy.
00:33:45I've told you.
00:33:46I've learned to face realities.
00:33:48I think you should go with Roy.
00:33:52Well, I guess I better get going.
00:33:54Yes, maybe that would be best.
00:33:57Uh, Judy.
00:33:59Yes?
00:34:00It's just that...
00:34:01Well, I didn't want you to think this happened to me on the rebound.
00:34:10Well, what's wrong with Don?
00:34:14Is he sick?
00:34:16There's nothing wrong with his health, Doctor.
00:34:18You see, he just drove me home, and...
00:34:21Well...
00:34:21Oh, so that's it, huh?
00:34:24Well, treat the contingency, Judy.
00:34:26But it's not funny, Doc.
00:34:28Oh, come, Judy.
00:34:28Don't take it so seriously.
00:34:30We all went through the popular stage when we were young.
00:34:34But Don has adult ideas.
00:34:37I suppose the only thing to do is put him in his place next time I see him.
00:34:42You might do better than Dad.
00:34:44You might have to put him straight, Judy.
00:34:47He's inclined to be pretty wild.
00:34:49I know his mother worries about him, and his father will.
00:34:52He doesn't help.
00:34:53I remember when I was a boy.
00:35:00I was always late for school or played hokey.
00:35:02Never started.
00:35:04One day I got a crush on my teacher.
00:35:07Awful.
00:35:08He had, uh...
00:35:10Stringy hair and rather big ears.
00:35:12Hey, wait a minute.
00:35:13My ears aren't big.
00:35:15Oh, I didn't have as good taste as Don.
00:35:17Anyway, that woman was smart.
00:35:21My, before long, she had me working myself to his shadow, studying my lessons.
00:35:26I worked so hard that I forgot all about my crush on the teacher.
00:35:32I see what you mean.
00:35:34But...
00:35:36I knew you would.
00:35:39All right.
00:35:41But I'm not making any rash promises.
00:35:47I found the notes for your speech, John.
00:35:50Are you feeling better, dear?
00:35:52No, but don't worry about it.
00:35:53Hey, Mom, I got a clean shirt.
00:35:55Well, if you got the notes, give them to me.
00:35:56Coming, dear.
00:35:57I'll look for a shirt right away, Don.
00:36:04Hey, who's been using Dad's razor?
00:36:06Don, we've got to start for the ceremony in a few minutes.
00:36:09Why don't you let your shaving go?
00:36:11Until someday when you've got more time.
00:36:13Gosh, Mom, you don't want me to go out in public with a two-day beard.
00:36:17Hello, Ann.
00:36:19Oh, Doctor, I am sorry to make you come today of all days, but Patrick feels bad again.
00:36:24Well, Ann, where are my striped pants?
00:36:27Coming, dear.
00:36:27You said you'd have them clean.
00:36:30Open your mouth.
00:36:35Have you been in Squatter's Town lately?
00:36:38Squatter's Town?
00:36:40Well, not exactly.
00:36:42I mean, I was kind of on the edge of it.
00:36:45Near where Jimmy and Pete live, maybe.
00:36:48Jimmy and Pete who?
00:36:50Oh!
00:36:56Mumps.
00:36:57Mumps?
00:36:58Oh, dear.
00:36:59John, Patsy has the mumps.
00:37:01Are you sure?
00:37:02Trust Patsy to kiss anything that's around.
00:37:04I guess Don will have to be quarantined.
00:37:06What?
00:37:07Oh, no.
00:37:07You don't have to do that, do you, Dr. Christian?
00:37:10I haven't kissed him.
00:37:12I should hope not.
00:37:13Don's happy, Mumps.
00:37:14He can go to the picnic.
00:37:15Well, both of you will go right along.
00:37:16I'll stay with Patsy.
00:37:17Really, Ann, she'll be perfectly all right.
00:37:20Just has to be quiet for a while.
00:37:21Please go, Mommy.
00:37:22You're the only one I can trust to bring home some ice cream.
00:37:26All right.
00:37:27I'll stay for the speech and be right back.
00:37:30Better let Margie know what's happened.
00:37:31Dr. Christian, are there many cases of mumps in this state?
00:37:37Oh, a few thousand, I guess.
00:37:39How many in, uh, Rivers End?
00:37:42Well, I have some in Squatterstown.
00:37:45How about up around here?
00:37:47Say, around, uh, Oak Street?
00:37:51What makes you say Oak Street, Patsy?
00:37:54As a matter of fact, it just came from there.
00:37:55Patsy, did you know Buck was going to have the mumps?
00:38:03No.
00:38:04I only hoped he would.
00:38:06I mean, well, I just thought maybe...
00:38:10Patsy, I don't know what we're going to do with you.
00:38:12The school site we are dedicating today
00:38:27is only the initial step in my program.
00:38:31Only the initial step, John?
00:38:33Oh, hello, Doctor.
00:38:35Sound as if you had something up your sleeve.
00:38:37You wait till the next council meeting.
00:38:39You'll hear how I'm going to bring this town to life.
00:38:42It's for you, Don.
00:38:46How does she know who it's for?
00:38:48Oh, Patsy's a pretty smart girl.
00:38:52I'll tell you downstairs.
00:38:57Hello.
00:38:59Don?
00:39:00Oh, Nellie.
00:39:02I called about the picnic.
00:39:04I'd much rather go with you than Bud.
00:39:07He's so funny looking and such a show-off all the time.
00:39:10And, well...
00:39:11Well, he's got the mumps.
00:39:14But I'd much rather go with you anyway.
00:39:17Mm-hmm.
00:39:21Don't mind me.
00:39:22Mary asked Don to take her to the picnic and Don said no.
00:39:30Oh, maybe he's just given us some of her own medicine, huh?
00:39:33I don't think so.
00:39:35He's not very smart about girls.
00:39:38Oh.
00:39:40He hung up on her.
00:39:41He did?
00:39:42Can you imagine the nerve of that, Nellie?
00:39:45Her boyfriend's sick, so now she wants me to take her.
00:39:48Aren't you going to?
00:39:50Don't you love her anymore?
00:39:51That infant?
00:39:53I only go around with women.
00:39:56And I thought I knew all about love.
00:40:00The classrooms will run the full width of the building.
00:40:09Where's the principal's office?
00:40:10Oh, that.
00:40:11I think that's upstairs.
00:40:12I know it.
00:40:14Where's Grant?
00:40:15I'm down here in the locker room.
00:40:16Let's have a look at those plans.
00:40:19I'd like to get your own pay on our loudspeaker system, Mr. Davis.
00:40:30Mr. Davis, we're having such trouble with the children.
00:40:33They want to have the tug-of-war before the potato race.
00:40:36Well, that sounds all right to me.
00:40:37But look at the schedule.
00:40:40Change of schedule.
00:40:41Hey, remember me?
00:40:43Oh, hello, Judy.
00:40:45Having a good time?
00:40:46What do you think?
00:40:47I've had three hot dogs to pay for them all myself.
00:40:50Oh, I'm sorry, Judy.
00:40:52Oh, I really.
00:40:53Oh, I guess you mean you've been kind of alone.
00:40:56Do you think that sometime this afternoon you might get ten seconds off to dance with me?
00:41:02Sure, Judy.
00:41:03After the mayor's speech, maybe.
00:41:05Say, I've got to check that loudspeaker system.
00:41:20Can I interest anyone in some tomato delight, tomato supreme?
00:41:23Tomato surprise.
00:41:27I'd love to.
00:41:28I haven't had any tomatoes since breakfast.
00:41:31Doctor, have you made any commitments for the next dog?
00:41:34Wait a minute.
00:41:34I saw him first.
00:41:35Sorry, Judy.
00:41:36Age before beauty.
00:41:38And I'm awfully clumsy.
00:41:39Why, you were always very great.
00:41:44She's a lovely woman.
00:41:46She should have married the doctor.
00:41:48Mrs. Hastings, what a thing to say.
00:41:50You heard me.
00:41:51That was the second mistake he made.
00:41:54As if burying himself here in the first place wasn't foolish enough.
00:41:58He had to look at that cute snatch Anne Weston right from under his nose.
00:42:02Just because he was too shy, I'd speak up about it.
00:42:04Don, I've been looking for you.
00:42:23Hello, kid.
00:42:24Don, I saw a movie last night.
00:42:32It was awful sad.
00:42:33So what?
00:42:34Well, I thought we ought to be careful that we don't spend the rest of our lives paying for a childhood falling.
00:42:41What falling?
00:42:42Our quarrel.
00:42:43Let's forgive each other.
00:42:44Marily, I forgive you completely.
00:42:47In fact, I've forgotten it completely.
00:42:48Oh, I'm not so sure you're supposed to forget it.
00:42:52But anyway, now we're reconciled.
00:42:55Let's dance.
00:42:59Sure.
00:43:00A little later.
00:43:01Excuse me, will you?
00:43:05Judy.
00:43:06Oh, hello, Don.
00:43:08Excuse me.
00:43:10I was wondering about a dance.
00:43:17All right.
00:43:18Let's dance.
00:43:31No!
00:43:32No!
00:43:32Certainly is a grand day for the picnic.
00:43:37I'd have liked it better at night.
00:43:39It would have been more romantic.
00:43:48Get a sound of your father's speech.
00:43:50Let's take a walk or something.
00:43:52I hate speeches.
00:43:53I'd kind of like to listen to it.
00:43:56Well, I can tell it to you.
00:43:57I've heard Dad rehearsing it so much around the house, I know it by heart.
00:44:00Anyway, I was thinking about what you said yesterday, about my going to college.
00:44:05I'd like to talk to you.
00:44:08All right, Don.
00:44:17Is this all right?
00:44:18We are met here today on the site of a new school.
00:44:29To me, the occasion is an important one because it is the beginning of a new era in River Sandy.
00:44:35Doctor, are you still satisfied with your choice?
00:44:41It is not a very cornerstone for our new school.
00:44:44But in a sense, this new school will be the cornerstone of this new era.
00:44:50It is not I who have brought about this change, but you, you have expressed a desire for a progressive silicon.
00:45:14And it is my dog.
00:45:15And it is my dog.
00:45:16There we go.
00:45:17Can you all hear me back there?
00:45:21Yes!
00:45:22Yes!
00:45:23Yes!
00:45:24Yes!
00:45:25Yes!
00:45:26Yes!
00:45:27Yes!
00:45:28Yes!
00:45:29Yes!
00:45:30Yes!
00:45:31Yes!
00:45:32Yes!
00:45:33Yes!
00:45:34Yes!
00:45:35Yes!
00:45:36Yes!
00:45:37Yes!
00:45:38Yes!
00:45:39Yes!
00:45:40Yes!
00:45:41Yes!
00:45:42Yes!
00:45:43Yes!
00:45:44Yes!
00:45:45Yes!
00:45:46Yes!
00:45:47Yes!
00:45:48Yes!
00:45:49Yes!
00:45:50Yes!
00:45:51Yes!
00:45:52Yes!
00:45:53What is it, Merrilee?
00:45:54Oh, how would you like to take a walk down by the river?
00:45:56A walk?
00:45:57Don't be silly, Merrilee, I want to listen to the speech!
00:46:00Yes!
00:46:01Yes!
00:46:02Yes!
00:46:03Yes!
00:46:04Yes!
00:46:05Yes!
00:46:06Yes!
00:46:07Yes!
00:46:08Yes!
00:46:09No!
00:46:11Yes!
00:46:12What?
00:46:13Oh, no, I'm sorry, Marilee.
00:46:15I'm too busy.
00:46:17I have to see a man.
00:46:25College would swell.
00:46:27You know those gay, castor days they always speak about?
00:46:31I don't want to be gay and carefree.
00:46:33I'd much rather worry if it was about you.
00:46:36Oh, thank you, Don.
00:46:38But what about making a definite decision?
00:46:40I've decided to do anything you want me to.
00:46:43Well, it's nice of you to say that.
00:46:45And there is one thing I would like you to do,
00:46:47and that's give up this silly ambition of yours to become a racing driver.
00:46:52Make yourself the kind of a man you could be.
00:46:55You're grown up now, Don, really.
00:47:03I'm glad you realized that, Judy.
00:47:05Oh, Don, that's canoeing the moonlight technique.
00:47:10It doesn't fit in a little rowboat like this.
00:47:19Perhaps we'd better get back.
00:47:22This is important.
00:47:23The picnic isn't.
00:47:24Why go back?
00:47:25I was thinking about Roy.
00:47:28You don't love him, do you, Judy?
00:47:30Don, I don't want you to think that I...
00:47:33You're saying you do care for me?
00:47:34You're a sweet boy, yes, but...
00:47:38Oh, Don!
00:47:39I really love you.
00:47:49I'll save you, Judy!
00:47:51I'll save you, Judy!
00:47:53I don't want to put a wet blanket on this little love saint,
00:48:13but what's going on here?
00:48:14Nothing of importance to you, Mr. Davis.
00:48:16The heck it is, and I ought to put somebody in the nose.
00:48:18Well, go ahead and try it.
00:48:19Don, would you mind leaving us alone for just a minute, please?
00:48:21Is that the way you want it?
00:48:24Yes, Don, please.
00:48:28Glad I found this out.
00:48:30Before I got it any deeper...
00:48:34Ladies and gentlemen,
00:48:38our municipal problem is like that of any of us.
00:48:42How to raise the capital necessary for expansion.
00:48:45Now, what is it that Rivers End needs most of all?
00:48:51The answer, my friends, is roads.
00:48:54Roads!
00:48:55And more roads!
00:48:57If we can raise the money
00:48:58to build a modern highway approach into our town,
00:49:03we will repay the investment tenfold.
00:49:07Thank you, my friend.
00:49:15Splendid, ma'am.
00:49:16Congratulations, John.
00:49:17Congratulations, John.
00:49:19Excellent, John.
00:49:20How much money does this project
00:49:22of yours require, John?
00:49:23Oh, don't you worry about that, Doctor.
00:49:25The government will pay most of it.
00:49:27All we have to do is to raise
00:49:29$250,000 by a bond issue.
00:49:31Why, that's more than a hospital cost,
00:49:33and you told me you couldn't raise it.
00:49:34I have looked into your hospital idea,
00:49:37Dr. Christian,
00:49:38and it doesn't hold water.
00:49:39What do you mean?
00:49:40Last year, only 19 cases from Rivers End
00:49:43were registered in Center City Hospital.
00:49:44Well, who do you think is responsible
00:49:45for the fact that we didn't have
00:49:47to send more people there?
00:49:48I don't care about that.
00:49:49I'm only interested in bringing new business
00:49:51and tourist trade to Rivers End.
00:49:53And I'm interested in taking care
00:49:54of the people you've got here already.
00:49:56I'm sorry, Doctor,
00:49:56but I can't discuss it any further.
00:49:58You haven't discussed it at all.
00:50:00Instead of waiting for the next council meeting,
00:50:02you made a grandstand plea
00:50:03to satisfy your vanity.
00:50:04You can't talk to me like that!
00:50:06I thought you liked plain language.
00:50:08In any case,
00:50:09it's the way I intend to talk to you from now on.
00:50:11I give you a fair warning, John,
00:50:13that I'm going to show you up
00:50:14at the next council meeting.
00:50:16Even if you could, you won't,
00:50:17because you won't be there.
00:50:18You're fired.
00:50:23Fired?
00:50:24Yes.
00:50:25You're an incompetent old fool
00:50:26who should have gone out
00:50:27with a horse and buggy.
00:50:28I'm going to get a health commissioner
00:50:29who knows something more
00:50:30than how to diagnose mumps.
00:50:32Good morning, Miss Hastie.
00:51:00Now, if you've come
00:51:02to pay a little something on account...
00:51:04I have.
00:51:05I heard about the doctor and I...
00:51:07You're better.
00:51:08You have to be a smuggler
00:51:09to get another tomato in this house.
00:51:11Well, I...
00:51:11I broke cash.
00:51:15It ain't much.
00:51:17There it is.
00:51:18Where'd you get it?
00:51:20Oh, I...
00:51:21put over a little deal.
00:51:23A deal?
00:51:24Piffle.
00:51:24Couldn't your wife make use
00:51:26of that $2 on her budget?
00:51:28Yeah, but she felt that I...
00:51:29Just what I thought.
00:51:30And she'd probably like something else
00:51:32to cook besides tomatoes,
00:51:33wouldn't she?
00:51:33We were talking about the doctor
00:51:35and we felt that we'd buy...
00:51:36Oh, now, please.
00:51:37Go along.
00:51:37Go along with you.
00:51:38Go on.
00:51:39Oh, I haven't got time.
00:51:50Oh, hey, Miss Crystal.
00:51:51Judy, has the doctor heard?
00:51:53I think it's a shame.
00:51:54What is all this?
00:51:55We heard there's a new doctor
00:51:56coming over from Center City
00:51:57to be health commissioner.
00:51:59Oh, that.
00:52:01Yes, the doctor heard about it last night.
00:52:03How's he taking it?
00:52:04Well, he...
00:52:06I stayed up last night.
00:52:11Go to your books.
00:52:12Oh, you shouldn't do that, Judy.
00:52:14You'll need your sleep.
00:52:18Doctor, I'm worried.
00:52:21We just can't balance our accounts
00:52:22without that $600 from the health department.
00:52:25We'll find a way.
00:52:27Hand me that slide, will you?
00:52:30I'll suspend my salary, of course.
00:52:34No, Judy.
00:52:34Judy, that's one thing
00:52:36that's out of the question.
00:52:40Doctor, I...
00:52:41I know I should take this
00:52:42the way you have.
00:52:44Go on working as though
00:52:45nothing had happened, but...
00:52:47I can't do it.
00:52:48I can't.
00:52:49Judy, you're upset.
00:52:52Of course I'm upset.
00:52:55Doctor coming in...
00:52:56You can't have too many doctors.
00:52:59But you'll never get your hospital.
00:53:01I know what you're doing.
00:53:04I know.
00:53:06Or any of the other things
00:53:07you've been working for.
00:53:09Say, Judy, I won't be able to work
00:53:10if you make me feel like this.
00:53:17Sorry, Doctor.
00:53:18I shouldn't have gone to pieces.
00:53:20It's a big help to know how you feel.
00:53:22What is it?
00:53:40I brought this gauze over.
00:53:42I don't recall the doctor ordering any.
00:53:44Well, I thought maybe
00:53:45he might need some, and...
00:53:46Well, he doesn't.
00:53:47Judy, I came because
00:53:48I want to talk to you.
00:53:49I don't think we have
00:53:50anything to talk about.
00:53:51It's not about us.
00:53:52It's about the doctor.
00:53:54Oh.
00:53:54Well, that's different.
00:53:56Judy, I...
00:53:58We can't let this little thing
00:54:01between us interfere
00:54:01with anything that we might
00:54:02be able to do for him.
00:54:04What do you mean, little things?
00:54:05Well, it's little compared
00:54:06to what's happened to the doctor.
00:54:08How about a drive later
00:54:09this afternoon to talk it over?
00:54:11Well, if you'll promise
00:54:13not to try and talk about us.
00:54:15I promise.
00:54:17It'll be strictly business.
00:54:41Well, hello, Ann.
00:54:47Hello, dear.
00:54:49I'm worn out.
00:54:50Somehow the last few days
00:54:52have been very tiring.
00:54:53Work piling up.
00:54:55Yes, dear.
00:54:55Not that it's anything serious.
00:54:58Probably just need
00:54:59relax a little bit.
00:55:00Maybe play a game of golf, too.
00:55:02Yes, dear.
00:55:04For heaven's sake,
00:55:05stop yes daring me.
00:55:06Why don't you show
00:55:06a little emotion
00:55:07once in a while?
00:55:08Supposing I don't feel any.
00:55:10That's the trouble with you.
00:55:11You're too even-tempered.
00:55:12Going around all day,
00:55:13that martyred look on your face.
00:55:15Heaven knows what you're thinking.
00:55:17You know what I'm thinking, John.
00:55:18Well, why don't you
00:55:19stop thinking it then?
00:55:21How long are you going on
00:55:22brooding about that
00:55:23mid-Victorian fuss budget?
00:55:25I'm much more concerned
00:55:26about you than Dr. Christian.
00:55:27I am doing fine, thank you.
00:55:29Oh, no, you're not.
00:55:30You're tired and unsure of yourself.
00:55:33Because it isn't so much fun
00:55:34being mayor when people
00:55:35pass you without speaking
00:55:36and talk about you
00:55:37behind your back.
00:55:38You've got a bad attack
00:55:39of conscience
00:55:40because you discharged
00:55:41a man from public office
00:55:42out of spite.
00:55:43That's not true.
00:55:44A man who's looked after us
00:55:45ever since we were married,
00:55:46who brought our children
00:55:47into the world,
00:55:48an old and loyal friend.
00:55:50He's no friend of mine.
00:55:51I don't want to hear
00:55:52any more about it.
00:55:55Don.
00:55:58Hello.
00:55:58Would it be asking
00:56:02you an awful lot
00:56:03for you to talk to me
00:56:04a minute?
00:56:05If you like.
00:56:07What do you want
00:56:08to talk about?
00:56:09Oh, anything.
00:56:11It's just that with
00:56:12Daddy and Mommy
00:56:12so upset
00:56:13and me still having
00:56:14to stay in all the time,
00:56:16I'm kind of lonely.
00:56:19Sometimes it's good
00:56:20to be alone.
00:56:21You get a chance
00:56:22to think and
00:56:23find a new perspective
00:56:25on life.
00:56:27Yes.
00:56:29I guess that's right.
00:56:31But couldn't we
00:56:32maybe find a new
00:56:33watch a color of life
00:56:35together?
00:56:37I'm afraid not, Patsy.
00:56:40You mean,
00:56:40you're still mad at me?
00:56:43Not at all.
00:56:45Why should I be mad at you?
00:56:47That was to stop us
00:56:49from being friends.
00:56:50Only the fact
00:56:51that someday
00:56:52you'll be a woman.
00:56:55I've said all I'm
00:57:06going to say.
00:57:08You've never talked
00:57:09to me like this
00:57:10in 20 years.
00:57:13That's the mistake
00:57:13I made.
00:57:15I'm afraid
00:57:15I waited too long.
00:57:21Now, what are you
00:57:22moping about?
00:57:24First you get
00:57:24a case of measles,
00:57:25then you get
00:57:26a case of puppy love.
00:57:27Now all you do
00:57:28is drape yourself
00:57:28around furniture
00:57:29all day.
00:57:30Why don't you get out
00:57:30and do something
00:57:31worthwhile with your life?
00:57:32you get out, Patsy.
00:57:52I'm going away.
00:57:53So am I.
00:57:54Look, I want to be alone.
00:57:55OK, let's be alone together.
00:58:09You look tired, Judy.
00:58:11It was a pretty tough week.
00:58:14But we didn't come out
00:58:15here to talk about me.
00:58:18No.
00:58:19Let's turn off
00:58:34this rope, Doc.
00:58:35I want to go to
00:58:36Center City.
00:58:37Ah.
00:58:40Well, look who's here.
00:58:42I don't think it's
00:58:42anybody we know.
00:58:43careful how you move her.
00:59:12Patsy, I couldn't help it.
00:59:15Come on, let's get her
00:59:16to the doctor.
00:59:21Five seconds.
00:59:22Is, is she badly hurt?
00:59:38Terribly.
00:59:38I want to see her.
00:59:51I'll, I'll have to ask the doctor.
01:00:02It should have been me.
01:00:04I'll have to ask the doctor.
01:00:06Oh, dog.
01:00:11You can go inside.
01:00:19You can go inside.
01:00:20What is she has a cerebral hemorrhage. It means an operation if you expect to save a life. That's a brain operation isn't it. Yes I'm afraid it's very serious.
01:00:47But if we have your permission we proceed to meet today. Can't we take it to center city or on to Chicago. I can get an airplane. It would be very dangerous to move or take my word for it. Then it's got to be done right now. Within a few hours at most. An operation like this I've got to do everything I can for Patsy. I understand how you feel.
01:01:14Aren't there men who do nothing but this sort of thing. If you want to call in a specialist you are at liberty to do so. Yes. That's what I mean. I want to get the best specialist I can. I'll telephone Chicago. I can get one here by airplane within two hours.
01:01:36But Mr. Hewitt. Judy. You better get the oxygen tank ready. Hello. Hello. Operator. I want to call Chicago.
01:01:47What you want.
01:01:48Go.
01:01:50You want to calluição on the resursearch?
01:01:51What you-
01:02:03John, I'd still feel better if you were Dr. Christian.
01:02:29But this man is the best specialist in Chicago, I tell you.
01:02:33Don't be a fool, Ann.
01:02:36Dr. Wells.
01:02:37What are you doing, nurse?
01:02:40Surgery's in here.
01:02:42Would you like to see it?
01:02:43Yes.
01:02:51You having any spot lamps?
01:02:53Afraid not.
01:02:55I haven't seen one of those sterilizers in a good many years.
01:03:00In this case?
01:03:01Yes.
01:03:02There's a bedroom upstairs if you'd care to change.
01:03:06Very good.
01:03:09Splendid.
01:03:10Your doctor's diagnosis is perfectly correct.
01:03:13What's his name?
01:03:15Dr. Christian.
01:03:16Paul Christian.
01:03:18Oh, I should like to meet him.
01:03:20He's with the patient.
01:03:21This way.
01:03:31Dr. Wells.
01:03:32Dr. Christian.
01:03:34Dr. Paul.
01:03:35Christian.
01:04:06Stop that, will you?
01:04:24I'm not doing anything.
01:04:31How much longer is this going to go on?
01:04:34Sit down, will you, Dad?
01:04:35It's tough enough for us as it is.
01:04:37It's tough, is it?
01:04:38Oh, but Dr. Wells, your fee.
01:04:40I should be very glad to take care of it now.
01:04:42$1,500 is about right.
01:04:48I'd prefer that you make it out to Dr. Christian if you don't mind.
01:04:51Why, naturally, I don't mind, of course, but...
01:04:54Dr. Christian asked me not to mention it, but...
01:04:56I feel obliged to tell you that he actually performed the operation.
01:05:01But I sent for you to...
01:05:02Yes, yes, I know.
01:05:03But frankly, Mr. Hewitt, I'd have been a bit hesitant about performing any major operation,
01:05:08let alone a delicate decompression with the limited facilities in that surgery.
01:05:12What Dr. Christian just did is a miracle.
01:05:15Besides, don't you think I'd be a bit presumptuous to perform an operation
01:05:23which was introduced to this country by another man
01:05:25when that man was here himself?
01:05:28Well, goodbye.
01:05:32I'm afraid some of you have been underestimating your local physician.
01:05:36Paul, we'll never forget what you did.
01:06:04Go in and see him.
01:06:06But be very quiet.
01:06:15Anne's inside, John.
01:06:16You'd better take her home.
01:06:18She's exhausted.
01:06:36Hello?
01:06:46Yes.
01:06:47This is Dr. Christian speaking.
01:06:59Yes.
01:07:14Yes.
01:07:15Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:17Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:18Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:19Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:20Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:21Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:22Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:23Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:24Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:25Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:26Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:27Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:28Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:29Yes, I'll be right over.