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'The Old Swimmin’ Hole' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Joe De Grasse, based on the nostalgic poem by James Whitcomb Riley. Set in a small rural town, the story follows Ezra Hull, a country schoolboy navigating the joys and heartaches of adolescence. From mischievous classroom antics to lazy afternoons at the local swimming hole, Ezra’s world is filled with youthful charm and gentle romance. His affections shift between Myrtle and Esther, while schoolyard rivalries and family expectations shape his coming-of-age journey.
Remarkably, the film was produced without intertitles—a bold and innovative choice for its time. Critics praised its seamless storytelling, noting that the absence of title cards was barely noticed thanks to expressive performances and visual clarity. This stylistic experiment marked a quiet milestone in silent filmmaking.
Credential
Directed by Joe De Grasse
Produced by Charles Ray, Arthur S. Kane
Starring Charles Ray, Laura La Plante, James Gordon, Marjorie Prevost
Screenplay by Bernard McConville, based on the poem by James Whitcomb Riley
Cinematography by George Rizard
Edited by Harry L. Decker
This film captures the spirit of small-town Americana with warmth and simplicity, offering a tender portrait of youth in the vein of 'Tom Sawyer'.
#TheOldSwimminHole1921 #SilentCinema #ClassicHollywood #PastoralComedy #JoeDeGrasse #JamesWhitcombRiley
Remarkably, the film was produced without intertitles—a bold and innovative choice for its time. Critics praised its seamless storytelling, noting that the absence of title cards was barely noticed thanks to expressive performances and visual clarity. This stylistic experiment marked a quiet milestone in silent filmmaking.
Credential
Directed by Joe De Grasse
Produced by Charles Ray, Arthur S. Kane
Starring Charles Ray, Laura La Plante, James Gordon, Marjorie Prevost
Screenplay by Bernard McConville, based on the poem by James Whitcomb Riley
Cinematography by George Rizard
Edited by Harry L. Decker
This film captures the spirit of small-town Americana with warmth and simplicity, offering a tender portrait of youth in the vein of 'Tom Sawyer'.
#TheOldSwimminHole1921 #SilentCinema #ClassicHollywood #PastoralComedy #JoeDeGrasse #JamesWhitcombRiley
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00:00:00Transcribed by ESO, translated by —
00:00:30I'm coming.
00:01:00Say, Chris, how come I have to spend all my time in here cleaning up while you fellas swim and have fun?
00:01:05So does every cub when it's his turn.
00:01:08You're the keeper of the den, aren't you?
00:01:10You're the inner guard, aren't you?
00:01:11You know the rules.
00:01:13Oh, gee.
00:01:17Ready?
00:01:17One, two, three, go!
00:01:20Come on, man!
00:01:21Come on, hurry up!
00:01:27Look at us, go back!
00:01:30Like the duck people, huh?
00:01:44How do you like it?
00:01:45Cut it out, will you?
00:01:52What are you doing here, Snoopy?
00:01:55You better all come out of there quick.
00:01:57Yeah, you better get out quicker.
00:01:58No, we don't allow kids around here, Jimmy.
00:02:00You'll be sorry, Chris.
00:02:02Ah, this is school for lions only.
00:02:04Yeah, club members only.
00:02:05Go on, tell your mother she wants you.
00:02:07We leave for school and see if I care.
00:02:09Oh, go away, go away.
00:02:10Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:02:16Hey, fellas, there's the first bell.
00:02:18You guys better get to school.
00:02:19All right.
00:02:20Boy, I'll get heckin' this morning.
00:02:30Here's a password.
00:02:41Holy cats, it's my week in the library.
00:02:43Say, Chris, what about practice tonight?
00:02:46Not a chance.
00:02:47Smokey'll have to pitch.
00:02:48Okay.
00:02:49How come I have to pitch, Chris?
00:02:50I won't be there.
00:02:51You better really wind up, fella,
00:02:53because I'll probably be workin' Saturday, too.
00:02:55Working?
00:02:56At what?
00:02:58Messing around with a lot of old ladies' sick cats and chickens.
00:03:00Bet you couldn't have sold up old Prince's leg like he did.
00:03:03Yeah, well, who wants to be a horse doctor?
00:03:05Come on, we gotta hurry.
00:03:08Let's go, come on.
00:03:09I don't wanna be late.
00:03:11Hey, come on, Tubby.
00:03:12Gosh, I wish time you quit school like you.
00:03:15You're sure lucky.
00:03:16Don't worry, Tubby.
00:03:18I'll be back soon.
00:03:23I hope.
00:03:35A crack-up on your first solo, huh?
00:03:39Yeah, you're okay, young fella.
00:03:42Yes, sir.
00:03:45Well, we better get you right back to flight headquarters.
00:04:00There you are, little fella.
00:04:01No trying to take off if you get a little more rudder.
00:04:05Hey, Doc.
00:04:11Dr. David.
00:04:13Somebody call me?
00:04:15Yeah, me, Chris.
00:04:16Up here.
00:04:17Well, hello, Tarzan.
00:04:26Well, what's the idea of poppin' out of trees and we're gonna fall up?
00:04:29I was having such a swell dream, too.
00:04:31Just had a 20-pound trout on my line.
00:04:33That's a good thing I woke you then.
00:04:34He might have taken pole and all.
00:04:36Well, I'll forgive you if you'll come along and talk your mother out of a cup of her coffee.
00:04:48And the doctor's profession is not like any other.
00:04:51There's certain ethics that you've got to observe.
00:04:54Now, you must remember that, Chris.
00:04:55It's very important.
00:04:56I'm saving myself a walk.
00:05:06And the countess has taken to straying on me lately.
00:05:09Well, didn't you leave me stranded at old Mrs. Peabody's yesterday?
00:05:17Yes, and the day before, too.
00:05:20Well, okay.
00:05:22But you better watch out or I'll be forced to mechanize.
00:05:25Well, you wouldn't trade the cars for a Rolls-Royce.
00:05:28No, but if ever I get a patient that starts paying me in gasoline instead of hay, she'd better look out.
00:05:34Well, that reminds me.
00:05:35I've got a patient for you.
00:05:36There, here we are.
00:05:42I've got a foot caught in one of Tolliver's weasel traps.
00:05:45Ed was all for putting him out of the way.
00:05:48But the kids insisted that you could fix him up.
00:05:56Legs broken, huh, Doc?
00:05:57Yeah, the kids seem to think so.
00:05:59Didn't you even look at it yourself?
00:06:01Certainly not.
00:06:02I'm an ethical practitioner.
00:06:03I never butt in on the other fellas' cases.
00:06:05No, well, let's call for some sort of a consultation.
00:06:09Come on.
00:06:13How's the little kitty getting along, Chris?
00:06:14Well, swell.
00:06:15I gave her a discharge yesterday.
00:06:16Good.
00:06:20Chris, what are you doing home?
00:06:22Hi, Mom.
00:06:23I found a poor man who needs a cup of coffee.
00:06:25Oh, I'll make some right away.
00:06:27Where is he?
00:06:27Gee, thanks, lady.
00:06:28And how about a hug of that apple pie?
00:06:30I smell it.
00:06:32David Elliot.
00:06:33I might have known.
00:06:35And what's more, that pie you smell is for dinner tonight.
00:06:38Well, I guess I'll just have to wait, then.
00:06:40Until you ask.
00:06:41I'll ask you, Doc.
00:06:42Come on, we've got a patient waiting.
00:06:44And the coffee's ready, will you, Doc?
00:06:45All right, son.
00:06:46I hope you don't have to have an amputation there.
00:06:48Well, I think it'll be okay.
00:06:50It's all right.
00:06:51It's all right.
00:06:51Well, that's Molly and her little kittens, huh?
00:07:00That's right.
00:07:04Who's this fellow over here?
00:07:06Oh, that's Sandy.
00:07:06He broke his leg.
00:07:07He's getting along fine now.
00:07:08And this is Toby.
00:07:11The dog was in that fight, isn't it?
00:07:12Yeah, that's him.
00:07:14His deer was darn near chewed off.
00:07:15Best pup I ever saw when he saw him up without a whimper.
00:07:19Okay, fellow, we'll have a look here and see what's what.
00:07:23I'll say it's broken.
00:07:24Right at the joint.
00:07:25You know, if that was your arm, I'd put it in the cast.
00:07:28What?
00:07:29With all that swelling?
00:07:31Oh, you died forgotten, huh?
00:07:33Here, hang on him while I fix his foot.
00:07:34Yeah, easy now, baby.
00:07:35Here, I've got him.
00:07:38Hold on.
00:07:39Here, here, here.
00:07:40He's all right.
00:07:41You're getting pretty expert, you know.
00:07:43I'll have to take you along with me on my fracture cases.
00:07:46School's over.
00:07:48By the way, what are you doing home today?
00:07:51Got a job.
00:07:52I'll be delivering your groceries from now on.
00:07:54You mean you've quit school?
00:07:56Oh, for a while.
00:07:57Vacation's only a month away.
00:07:58You think I'm getting this bandage too tight, Doc?
00:08:01Now, look here, Chris.
00:08:02You're going to need all your credits
00:08:03if you're going to take college exams in September.
00:08:05Looks like I'll have to forget about that for a while.
00:08:08You see, the job's more important right now.
00:08:11Besides, I can easily make up for lost time
00:08:12once I do get started.
00:08:14Yes, yes, sure you can.
00:08:16And you and I'll do a lot of good stiff work this summer, huh?
00:08:18Gee, Doc, that'll be swell.
00:08:20Wanted in kitchen.
00:08:22Be right with you, Mom.
00:08:24She's awful upset about this, Doc,
00:08:25so if she says anything,
00:08:26well, you tell her you think it's a good idea.
00:08:28I've been studying too hard, maybe, or...
00:08:31Well, you know what I mean.
00:08:32I have a general idea.
00:08:34Swell, you better go in and get your coffee.
00:08:36I'll feed this fellow and put him to bed,
00:08:37and I'll be right with you.
00:08:38Okay, son.
00:08:39Where are you going now?
00:08:40Let's eat the stuff.
00:08:42Yeah.
00:08:42Must be some kinfolk to Doc, huh?
00:08:52That's right.
00:08:55Must be aiming to stay in Oakdale quite a spell
00:08:57with all that baggage.
00:09:00Perhaps.
00:09:02Think you'll like it as well as California?
00:09:05Maybe.
00:09:06Guess you know Doc's divorced wife
00:09:09is out there with her young'un.
00:09:12Why, the matter?
00:09:14They say she's rich and good-looking,
00:09:17but she can't have a lick of sands.
00:09:20Well, what makes you think that?
00:09:23Because a woman would have to be a fool
00:09:24to divorce a man like Doc.
00:09:28But I reckon I don't have to tell
00:09:29one of his own kinfolk how fine he is.
00:09:31But what I can't understand is
00:09:34him not saying a word about you coming.
00:09:37Ain't like it.
00:09:39You don't suppose he didn't receive
00:09:40my airmail letter?
00:09:43Airmail letter?
00:09:47Confound my pictures.
00:09:49Is that it?
00:09:51Oh, yes.
00:09:52Why have you got it?
00:09:54It came on the 12-5 yesterday,
00:09:56and I put it in a pocket
00:09:57so to be sure to give it a doc.
00:09:59And Plum forgot it.
00:10:01Come on, Albert.
00:10:09There's his buggy
00:10:10sitting in front of Harper's.
00:10:12Get up there!
00:10:19Guess I'll just run in
00:10:20and tell Doc his visitor to come.
00:10:22Please don't bother.
00:10:23He's probably calling on a patient.
00:10:25Shucks.
00:10:26The Harper's ain't patients.
00:10:27Young Chris is a sort of a
00:10:29protege of Doc's.
00:10:31He's helping him to be a doctor.
00:10:33And Julie, that's Chris's mom.
00:10:36Well, just between you and me,
00:10:38Doc sets a heap of store by her.
00:10:40And there's a woman
00:10:41that are making the right kind of wife.
00:10:43Maybe I better just run in
00:10:45and kind of prepare him.
00:10:46Wait a minute.
00:10:48Why doesn't he marry her?
00:10:50Guess he can't afford it.
00:10:51He's too darn soft-hearted
00:10:52to collect a bill.
00:10:54Sounds to me as if my father
00:10:56needs a business manager.
00:10:58He sure does.
00:10:59Huh?
00:11:00Your father?
00:11:01Yes.
00:11:02I'm the young'un you spoke of.
00:11:05Excuse me.
00:11:06Wait a minute.
00:11:07Ain't carrying no insurers.
00:11:08You know, Chris,
00:11:12one time I was fishing up
00:11:13at Goose Creek
00:11:14and the fish were so thick
00:11:15that we had to hide behind a tree
00:11:17to keep them from stealing our bait.
00:11:21No fooling.
00:11:24It's okay, Mom.
00:11:25I'll give her.
00:11:25Oh, it's probably Miss Emma, dear.
00:11:27Tell her I'll be right in.
00:11:28All right.
00:11:28Come on in, Miss Emma.
00:11:37Is Dr. Elliot here?
00:11:40Oh, sure.
00:11:41Yeah, I'll call him.
00:11:44Gee, excuse me.
00:11:46Won't you come in?
00:11:47No, thanks.
00:11:48I'll wait here.
00:11:49Just give him this letter.
00:11:52Well, you can't do that.
00:11:55Stand out there, I mean.
00:11:56Won't you sit down and come in?
00:11:58I mean, won't you come in
00:12:00and sit down?
00:12:01All right, thanks.
00:12:02It's very nice of you.
00:12:04It's all right.
00:12:08Here, right over there.
00:12:10I'll give this to Doc.
00:12:15Oh, Mom, you ought to see her.
00:12:17See who?
00:12:18The girl out there.
00:12:20What girl?
00:12:21The one that's waiting for Doc.
00:12:22For me?
00:12:23She said to give you this.
00:12:28Nothing wrong, I hope, David.
00:12:36What is it, Doc?
00:12:37Who is she?
00:12:38Who is she?
00:12:39Why, it's Betty, of course.
00:12:41Here, read that.
00:12:42Hello, Doc.
00:12:58Of course, I'm dreaming.
00:13:00But it's the nicest dream I ever had.
00:13:03Oh, gosh, youngster.
00:13:05You don't know how good it is to have you here.
00:13:07And I know how good it is to be here.
00:13:13Look here, young woman.
00:13:14Are you sure you're Betty Elliot?
00:13:16Well, you ought to know.
00:13:17Yes, but the last time I saw Betty Elliot,
00:13:20she was a freckle-faced, leggy brat.
00:13:22Not a glamour girl that bowls young men over at first glance.
00:13:26Well, I outgrew the freckles and grew to the legs.
00:13:29And you're no young man.
00:13:31A most uncalled for remark.
00:13:33But I was referring to the young man who let you in.
00:13:36Oh, yes, your protege, Chris Harper,
00:13:38who's going to be a doctor.
00:13:39Well, you seem to have acquired a lot of information
00:13:42in a very short time.
00:13:43The only thing I don't know about you
00:13:45is what you do with your old razor blades.
00:13:47That's easy.
00:13:48I use them.
00:13:49Oh, no.
00:13:51Oh, gee.
00:13:53Gee, I'm glad I came.
00:13:55I second that motion, honey.
00:13:56Oh, you and I are going to have one grand summer.
00:13:59I hope you like to fish.
00:14:00Well, I don't know.
00:14:01I've never tried it.
00:14:02Well, Chris and I will initiate you.
00:14:04And we'll teach you to cook them, too,
00:14:05right out in the open.
00:14:06And, oh, say, I forgot.
00:14:08You two haven't met officially yet, have you?
00:14:10He and his mother will think I'm keeping you a secret.
00:14:12Wait a minute.
00:14:13Oh, Chris, Julie, come here.
00:14:16You call me Doc?
00:14:16Yes, Chris.
00:14:17I want you to meet my daughter, Betty.
00:14:20Hello, Betty.
00:14:20Hello, Chris.
00:14:21I'm glad to meet you again.
00:14:23Yeah, I guess we did sort of meet before.
00:14:26Yeah, and Betty, this is Chris's mother.
00:14:28I'm awfully glad to know you, Mrs. Hartford.
00:14:30Oh, I'm glad to know you, Betty.
00:14:33Dave, you're a mighty lucky man to have such a lovely daughter.
00:14:36Well, frankly, I'm a little disappointed in her.
00:14:40She doesn't know anything about fishing.
00:14:42Well, that's nothing.
00:14:43Lots of girls don't.
00:14:44Don't you bother, Betty.
00:14:46You'll soon learn if you're around these two.
00:14:48They only know two subjects, fishing and medicine.
00:14:51Yes, and if I don't get back to my pills and powders, my patients will find out they can do without them.
00:14:56Come on, honey.
00:14:57Come over soon again, dear.
00:14:59You're always welcome.
00:15:00How about tonight?
00:15:01I can show you the hospital.
00:15:03No, no.
00:15:03Nothing doing, young man.
00:15:04She's spending the evening with her father.
00:15:07Come on.
00:15:07Goodbye.
00:15:08Goodbye.
00:15:08Bye.
00:15:08Bye.
00:15:11The doc's sort of keen on her, isn't he?
00:15:13Uh-huh.
00:15:14I wouldn't exactly say he was alone in that opinion, would you?
00:15:35Boo!
00:15:37Say, what have you done to this place?
00:15:39Looks like it had its face lifted.
00:15:40You just missed the dust, that's all.
00:15:42Don't kid me, you move things around.
00:15:44Looks better, doesn't it?
00:15:45Sure, 100%.
00:15:47Come on.
00:15:49Say, this is the life of Riley.
00:15:53I had no idea a daughter could be such a comfortable commodity.
00:15:57Whatever that is.
00:16:00Well, it's been a long time since anybody did that for me.
00:16:04You know, your mother used to...
00:16:07Eh, funny.
00:16:08You know, she had the same knack of making a place look attractive,
00:16:12no matter how ugly it was.
00:16:14I remember one dreadful cracker box we lived in
00:16:17when I was first trying to start a practice.
00:16:20The whole place was a dingy, tired shade of brown.
00:16:24Except the rug.
00:16:25That was blue.
00:16:27Violently broken out with huge red and green roses.
00:16:30Oh, it sounds hopeless.
00:16:32Not for her.
00:16:33I came home one night and thought I'd walked into the wrong place.
00:16:36Well, whatever had she done to it?
00:16:38Well, she got rid of the roses by turning the rug over on its face.
00:16:42And with a little paint and dress material,
00:16:44she worked magic on the furniture.
00:16:46Of course, we couldn't sit on anything for days,
00:16:49and the smell almost suffocated us.
00:16:50But we didn't care.
00:16:52We liked it.
00:16:56Doc.
00:16:58Yeah?
00:16:59What happens to people?
00:17:02I mean, like you and Mother.
00:17:05How do you mean, dear?
00:17:06Well, you and she were in love and happy then, weren't you?
00:17:13Sure, very.
00:17:15Well, that's what I mean.
00:17:17How can all that change?
00:17:19Do people just suddenly stop loving each other
00:17:22and not want to be together anymore?
00:17:25No.
00:17:27No, it only seems like that
00:17:28because they haven't realized it's been happening gradually.
00:17:32You see, honey, a marriage is a funny setup.
00:17:35It's sort of like a young plant.
00:17:38You give it any kind of a break,
00:17:39and it'll grow up strong and sturdy
00:17:41and stand up under any kind of weather.
00:17:44But if you forget to water it,
00:17:46and let a lot of weeds get in and choke it,
00:17:49well, first thing you know,
00:17:51it's too far gone to save.
00:17:55Well, what sort of weeds, Doc?
00:17:58Things like jealousy and selfishness?
00:18:03Yes, or pride, outside interests,
00:18:08too much money.
00:18:10Pride was your weed,
00:18:11and Mother's was her money?
00:18:13Oh, she wasn't.
00:18:15She couldn't help inheriting the money,
00:18:17and it wasn't her fault
00:18:18that I couldn't get used to the new scheme of things.
00:18:21I did try,
00:18:23but it just didn't work out somehow.
00:18:25Well, I was unhappy,
00:18:27and I was making your mother unhappy.
00:18:30So I just pulled up six
00:18:32and finally landed here in Oakdale.
00:18:34Here I am,
00:18:36with a lovely daughter to look at
00:18:37and not a care in the world.
00:18:39And not a patient who's paid up.
00:18:41What do you know about that?
00:18:43Everything.
00:18:44I went through your books today.
00:18:45Look here, young lady,
00:18:46a doctor's affairs
00:18:47are supposed to be inviolate.
00:18:49And your affairs are in the red,
00:18:51and we're going to get you out of it
00:18:53and on a paying basis.
00:18:57Never mind.
00:18:58I'll answer it.
00:18:59You're not going out
00:19:00in any more calls tonight.
00:19:05Hello?
00:19:06Yes?
00:19:07I'm sorry,
00:19:08but the doctor's busy.
00:19:09I'll take the message.
00:19:13Oh, I'm afraid not, Mr. Boggs.
00:19:15He was out in the case all last night,
00:19:17and he must have some rest.
00:19:18You're ruining my practice.
00:19:19No, you don't.
00:19:21Give me that.
00:19:21You don't.
00:19:22Give me that.
00:19:22All right.
00:19:24Hello.
00:19:25Hello, Boggs.
00:19:26This is Doc.
00:19:28Yes.
00:19:29Oh, the missus having trouble again, huh?
00:19:32Well, that's too bad.
00:19:33Well, you keep her nice and warm,
00:19:35and I'll be right out.
00:19:37What?
00:19:38Oh, forget it.
00:19:39Tell her she can make some more
00:19:40of those preserves
00:19:41and give them to me
00:19:42as soon as she's well.
00:19:43Yeah.
00:19:44A night call,
00:19:46and you get a jar of jam.
00:19:47What am I going to do with you?
00:19:49You stop worrying so much
00:19:51about my affairs.
00:19:53I've got to go out
00:19:53and wake the countess up.
00:20:07Hello, Chris.
00:20:08Hi.
00:20:08Go ahead.
00:20:09I've got a delivery out of Barker's Farm.
00:20:14I've got a delivery out of Barker's Farm.
00:20:31Want to come along?
00:20:32Well, sure.
00:20:34What were you doing?
00:20:35My collection's for the week.
00:20:36Well, how are you doing?
00:20:37Okay.
00:20:38Look.
00:20:41A $2 down payment
00:20:43on the Tolliver's baby.
00:20:44They'll own her by Christmas.
00:20:47And a dollar on Polly Brown's tonsils.
00:20:49And the masons are going to pay
00:20:5150 cents a week on their measles.
00:20:53Say, at that rate,
00:20:54Doc will soon be able to retire.
00:20:55I'll say you will.
00:20:57Come on.
00:20:57Okay.
00:21:26See it over there?
00:21:47That's our swimming hole.
00:21:48Oh, Keane.
00:21:49And right under those trees there,
00:21:51that's a lion's den.
00:21:52We got it all fixed up swell.
00:21:53It's too bad you can't see it.
00:21:55Well, why can't I?
00:21:57Uh-uh.
00:21:57Only for lions and cubs.
00:21:59You see, it's a secret organization.
00:22:01Oh.
00:22:02Well, I don't tell secrets, Chris.
00:22:04Honest, I don't.
00:22:05And anyhow,
00:22:06just letting me see
00:22:06wouldn't give anything away.
00:22:08Besides,
00:22:09it isn't as if I lived in Oakdale.
00:22:12Oh, please, Chris.
00:22:14Come on.
00:22:22Gee, Chris.
00:22:23How cute.
00:22:24Well, where'd you get the jail door?
00:22:31Say, that's off a real cage from a circus.
00:22:34Hey, turn around a minute, will you?
00:22:36And shut your eyes and don't look.
00:22:42It's okay now.
00:22:44Well, what was all that for?
00:22:46Only the officers know where the keys hit.
00:22:48See, the members have to use a signal and password.
00:22:50Oh.
00:22:50Oh.
00:23:00Gee, this is swell.
00:23:02Yeah.
00:23:03Oh, boy, a lion.
00:23:07We got it off a circus poster.
00:23:10So this is where they get thrown to the lions.
00:23:16Bring in the subjects and let them meet their fate.
00:23:20Hey, watch it.
00:23:21I suppose you just sit here and give orders.
00:23:24Yeah, and I got one waiting to be delivered right now.
00:23:26Come on.
00:23:26Oh, do we have to go?
00:23:28I like it here.
00:23:29Look, if the fellas knew I had you here with me,
00:23:32then it'd be murder.
00:23:38Keep your back turned a minute, will you?
00:23:39How deep is it, Chris?
00:23:58About six feet in the middle.
00:24:00For two cents, I'd jump right in.
00:24:03Jeremy?
00:24:03Well, I am not.
00:24:04You're not going to go jumping in.
00:24:05Come on, we've got to go.
00:24:06Oh, look, Chris.
00:24:07You go on to Barker's with your delivery
00:24:09and pick me up on the way back.
00:24:11What for?
00:24:12Well, what do you mean, what for?
00:24:14I'd just like to stay here and enjoy it for a while.
00:24:17The lions surely won't mind that, will they?
00:24:20Well, I guess not, but I'll only be gone 15 minutes.
00:24:23What's the matter?
00:24:24Afraid I'll run off with the place?
00:24:26No.
00:24:27Oh, go on.
00:24:28Toot your horn.
00:24:28I'll be on the road waiting for you.
00:24:30Okay.
00:24:31Seems awful silly.
00:24:39Let's go.
00:25:03Oh, it's cold.
00:25:33Hey, you! Where are you going with my clothes?
00:25:45Bring them back here, you little thief!
00:25:57Hey, Betty!
00:26:01Stop the tooting and come here!
00:26:13What's wrong? Where are you?
00:26:15Here.
00:26:17What are you doing over there?
00:26:19Waiting for you to come to get me some clothes.
00:26:21What happened to your clothes?
00:26:23That little kid, Jimmy, just took them.
00:26:26Jimmy Brown? Which way did he go?
00:26:28Oh, don't bother about him. Do something about me.
00:26:31Well, you cheated. Well, I hid the key.
00:26:33Should have known better to bring you along.
00:26:35I'm awful sorry, Chris.
00:26:38I'll try and get you something to wear.
00:26:43Here, put these on.
00:27:01Well, you go and wait for me at the truck.
00:27:03Oh, gee, Chris, I can't go home like this.
00:27:12You'll have to. So we get to my house anyway.
00:27:15Hurry up before somebody comes along.
00:27:16Oh, but everybody will see me.
00:27:17Serves you right. It's your own idea.
00:27:18Oh, I suppose I stole my own clothes.
00:27:20Gee, Chris, don't be mean. I feel bad enough.
00:27:24Okay. Boy, are you a sight. Look at those shoes.
00:27:28Yeah, that's right. Laugh.
00:27:29Come on. We better get there.
00:27:31What?
00:27:32Okay.
00:27:33Hey, Chris.
00:27:34Hey, Chris, boy, are you in sight. Look at those shoes.
00:27:36Yeah, that's right. Laugh.
00:27:38Come on. We better get there.
00:27:40Okay. Boy, are you a sight. Look at those shoes.
00:27:44Yeah, that's right. Laugh.
00:27:46Come on, we better get good.
00:28:05There. Now, about the placket, Miss Carrie.
00:28:07Do you want the zippers or hooks and eyes?
00:28:09No zippers. Took the whole family to get me on the last one.
00:28:13Then it'll be hooks and eyes.
00:28:19Boy, wait till Mom sees you.
00:28:21Oh, cut it out.
00:28:23Mom?
00:28:25Yes?
00:28:27Will you come here a minute, please?
00:28:29What's the matter?
00:28:31Well, Betty.
00:28:37She went swimming and somebody stole her clothes.
00:28:39Please don't laugh, Mrs. Harper.
00:28:41Chris has been kidding me all the way home
00:28:43and I can't take it much longer.
00:28:45Oh, poor Betty. Never mind.
00:28:47You come with me and we'll get you something to wear.
00:28:49Shame on you, Chris.
00:28:51Shame on you, Chris.
00:28:53She'll be ready in a few minutes, Chris.
00:28:55And don't you tease her any more about it.
00:28:57She'll be ready in a few minutes, Chris.
00:28:59What do you think the fellow's gonna do to me when they find out?
00:29:17Well, your shoulders are brought...
00:29:19And don't talk with your mouth.
00:29:21And don't you tease her any more about it, you hear?
00:29:23What do you think the fellow's gonna do to me when they find out?
00:29:25Well, your shoulders are brought...
00:29:27And don't talk with your mouth full.
00:29:29Here. Pick one.
00:29:31Oh, no.
00:29:33I don't trust you, Chris, Harper.
00:29:35Well, you'll be awful sorry. You better choose.
00:29:37Okay. I'll take this one.
00:29:39Boy, can you pick them.
00:29:41It's my first week's wages, Mom.
00:29:43Oh, darling.
00:29:45An extra buck I get to keep for a little mechanical surgery on the delivery truck.
00:29:49Well, that's wonderful.
00:29:51You know, you'll be an awfully good sport about all this, Chris.
00:29:54And I know what it meant to you to give up school, too.
00:29:57Oh, I'm having a great time, Mom.
00:29:59No fooling. I really am.
00:30:01Oh.
00:30:02Hey, slowpoke.
00:30:05I'm all ready. Quit yelling.
00:30:07It fits, huh?
00:30:09Thanks a lot, Mrs. Harper.
00:30:12Come on. I'm in a hurry. See you later, Mom.
00:30:14All right. Goodbye.
00:30:16Jimmy Brown.
00:30:17You've been found guilty of violating the sanctum sanctorium of our secret order.
00:30:31Where only lions may enter.
00:30:33Do you have anything further to say before sentence is pronounced upon you?
00:30:37You let a girl into your secret sanctum sanctorium and she ain't no lying.
00:30:42I've told her brothers of my guilt. They will punish me all so as they may see fit.
00:30:47Have you anything further to say?
00:30:49No.
00:30:50No.
00:30:51No.
00:30:56You are hereby sentenced to the trial by water.
00:30:59If the council agrees, all those in favor say aye.
00:31:03Aye.
00:31:05Contrary, no.
00:31:06The ayes have it.
00:31:09Take him away.
00:31:10Take him away!
00:31:22What are you gonna do to me?
00:31:24You heard the sentence. You're gonna get to trial by water.
00:31:26Are you gonna make me a lion?
00:31:28No, we told you you're too little.
00:31:30Now look, fellas, as head lion, I haven't even more rights than anybody else.
00:31:34So when we finish this jimmy here, why, you three will have to decide my penalty.
00:31:40You got anything to say before we execute sentence?
00:31:44Yeah, can't I ever be a lion?
00:31:46Silence!
00:31:48I hope this will teach you a lesson.
00:31:50We say stay away from here, we mean stay away till you're big enough.
00:31:53We can't do that to Chris.
00:31:55Oh, let's forget about it.
00:31:56We wouldn't like that, fellas, but we could think of something easy.
00:32:00I know.
00:32:01Well, sentence seemed to be something for 30 days and then suspended.
00:32:04Like the judge did to Pa last week.
00:32:06Swell.
00:32:07Hey, Smokey! Hey, Tubby!
00:32:09Men, we're about to execute the supreme penalty.
00:32:12All right, lay down.
00:32:14Smokey, grab his hands and feet.
00:32:17All right, one.
00:32:20Two.
00:32:22Three!
00:32:26Wait a minute, fellas.
00:32:32He didn't come up.
00:32:33Oh, he's clowning.
00:32:34No, look, something's the matter.
00:32:35Hey, I don't like this.
00:32:39Is he dead?
00:32:40Nobody's hurt.
00:32:41His head's bleeding, Chris.
00:32:42Must have hit on a rock.
00:32:43Jimmy.
00:32:44Jimmy, Jimmy, boy, come on.
00:32:45You're all right.
00:32:46Jimmy.
00:32:47Jimmy.
00:32:48Jimmy.
00:32:49Maybe a concussion.
00:32:50I better get him to dock right away.
00:32:52What about his mother, Chris?
00:32:53Somebody should tell her.
00:32:54You and Smokey go quick.
00:32:55Try not to scare her.
00:32:56Okay.
00:32:57Okay.
00:33:00Oh, come on.
00:33:01You and Smokey.
00:33:02Where are you?
00:33:03He's dead?
00:33:04Is he dead?
00:33:05Nobody's hurt.
00:33:06His head's bleeding, Chris.
00:33:07Must have hit on a rock.
00:33:08Jimmy.
00:33:09Jimmy, boy, come on.
00:33:10You're all right.
00:33:11Jimmy.
00:33:13Maybe a concussion.
00:33:15I better get him to dock right away.
00:33:17What about his mother, Chris?
00:33:18Somebody should tell her.
00:33:20And you and Smokey go quick.
00:33:21Try not to scare her.
00:33:22Okay.
00:33:32Why is he so long?
00:33:36Why is everything so still in there?
00:33:40Maybe he's dead.
00:33:43Oh, I'm going in, I can't stand it, another man.
00:33:46Mary, please, please, dear.
00:33:48You'd better go home, Pete.
00:33:53I'll let you know the minute there's any change.
00:33:56All right, Betty.
00:34:07You must do as the doctor out.
00:34:10You know he's doing everything he possibly can.
00:34:13Doc, if he dies, I killed him.
00:34:19I killed him, do you understand, Doc?
00:34:23Don't let him die, Doc.
00:34:25Please.
00:34:27Steady, fella, steady.
00:34:30All we can do is wait and pray.
00:34:35Yeah, now, he's not losing any ground anyway, Chris.
00:34:39Why don't you go out and get a little fresh air?
00:34:41Here, go ahead, I'll call you.
00:34:58How is he?
00:35:00He's just the same.
00:35:01I sent Pete home.
00:35:10He didn't want to leave, but I promised I'd let him know.
00:35:13Let him know what, Betty?
00:35:16That's what I'm scared to think of.
00:35:18Don't talk like that, Chris.
00:35:19You mustn't.
00:35:20Yeah, but he just lies there.
00:35:24So white and so still.
00:35:26He's such a game little guy, too.
00:35:30Why, the last thing he said was,
00:35:33when can I be a cub?
00:35:35Now, maybe.
00:35:39Never would have happened if I hadn't budded him where I didn't belong.
00:35:43You're not to blame Betty.
00:35:45Nobody is.
00:35:46Nobody but me.
00:35:49I can only do something to help.
00:35:52Doc won't let you down.
00:35:53I know he won't, Chris.
00:36:23Well, hello, Jimmy.
00:36:45You've had a nice sleep.
00:36:47Oh, Doc.
00:36:53What happened?
00:36:54Oh, I think you hit your head on a rock in the swimming pool.
00:36:59Oh, I remember.
00:37:02The lions trialed by water.
00:37:10Hi, Chris.
00:37:12Hi, Jimmy.
00:37:13You're going to be swell now, fella.
00:37:15I'm sorry about the psychom, psychom.
00:37:20Oh, forget it.
00:37:22Say, you know what?
00:37:25You were elected a lion last night.
00:37:28A lion?
00:37:32Gee.
00:37:33A lion.
00:37:36Sure, you're going to be a lion.
00:37:38But you've got to get some sleep now.
00:37:40Go ahead, Chris.
00:37:41Tell the folks he's going to be all right.
00:37:42Now, shut your eyes, son.
00:37:45You're going to get a nice sleep.
00:37:47That's the point.
00:37:56There you are, Mr. Park.
00:37:58$14.50.
00:38:00At this rate, I'll have the mortgage greatly reduced,
00:38:02but it has to be renewed.
00:38:03That's fine, Julie.
00:38:06You know, you deserve a lot of credit for the way you've
00:38:09managed to keep your head above water?
00:38:13Right now, I wouldn't be able to do it if it wasn't for
00:38:15Chris helping out.
00:38:17Though it just about broke my heart to have him quit school.
00:38:20I know.
00:38:21When a boy's smart and got the ambition that Chris has,
00:38:25it's too bad to have to slow him up.
00:38:27Getting to be a doctor is a long, hard boat, the best.
00:38:31I know it is.
00:38:33By the way, Julie, a fella came in the bank yesterday
00:38:36asked him about you and Chris.
00:38:37Who?
00:38:39Oh, his name is...
00:38:43handsome fella, tall, little mustache,
00:38:46around 40, I reckon.
00:38:50Here it is.
00:38:51Name's William Baker.
00:38:53Baker & Townsend, attorneys.
00:38:55Sweet 204 Miller building.
00:38:57Know him?
00:38:58William Baker.
00:39:00No, the name doesn't mean anything.
00:39:02Well, he must know you, and you must have met him sometime.
00:39:06The way he talked.
00:39:08Well, what did he say?
00:39:09Oh, seemed interested in you, what you've been doing.
00:39:13Want to know if you're still a widow,
00:39:15and what kind of a boy Chris grown up to be.
00:39:18Seemed mighty interested, and Chris wanted to be a doctor.
00:39:21Strange, I can't imagine who it could be.
00:39:24Maybe it's an old boat, Julie.
00:39:26No.
00:39:27Not much chance of that.
00:39:30Did he say why he was in Oakdale?
00:39:32No, just drove down from the city on business for a client.
00:39:35Well, it's beyond me, Mr. Barnes.
00:39:39Well, thank you so much.
00:39:40Oh, it's all right, Julie.
00:39:42Glad to see you anytime.
00:39:54Hello.
00:39:55Oakdale Grocery.
00:39:57Oh, yes, Mrs. Baskin.
00:39:58There's a special on today, two for a quarter.
00:40:02Are you sure that's all you want?
00:40:04OK, I'll deliver them as soon as I can leave the store.
00:40:06I'll be right with you, sir.
00:40:08Yes, Mrs. Baskin.
00:40:10You don't?
00:40:12OK, well, I'll bring a small size instead.
00:40:15No, I'm still here, Mrs. Baskin.
00:40:18Well, of course you save money on the big size.
00:40:20OK, goodbye.
00:40:23Sorry to have kept you waiting, sir.
00:40:24That's all right.
00:40:26All right, that's Mrs. Baskin again.
00:40:29Hello.
00:40:30Yes, Mrs. Baskin.
00:40:34Well, I'll bring out both sizes, and you can decide then.
00:40:36All right, goodbye.
00:40:37Mrs. Baskin is evidently a lady of rare indecision.
00:40:43Yeah, she's rare, all right.
00:40:44That's the fourth time in the last 15 minutes she's changed her
00:40:47mortgage.
00:40:48Well, I hope I never get her on a jury.
00:40:50Well, you're a lawyer, huh?
00:40:51There's still an occasional difference of opinion about that.
00:40:54Oh, you mean when you lose a case?
00:40:57How do you know so much about law?
00:40:59I thought your interest was in medicine.
00:41:01Well, what's the difference whether the case be legal or physical?
00:41:03You're in wrong if you lose it.
00:41:05Put it there, Dr. Hartford.
00:41:09Say, how come you know so much about me?
00:41:12Well, I should.
00:41:14One of your patients tried to take a bite out of me yesterday.
00:41:17Toby, I think his name was.
00:41:18Oh, sort of a bulldog with one bad ear?
00:41:21Yeah, that's the fellow.
00:41:23His owner excused his lack of civic hospitality
00:41:25on the grounds that Toby was still convalescing
00:41:27from a serious operation.
00:41:29Say, I'm sort of proud of that ear.
00:41:31Did you get a good look at it?
00:41:33No, to be frank, I rather kept my distance
00:41:35after our first encounter, but I did get a stitch by stitch
00:41:39description of the operation.
00:41:42Poor Jimmy.
00:41:43He held Toby all through it and then keeled over.
00:41:45And then I had him on my hands.
00:41:47Well, you've certainly been getting a lot of practice.
00:41:50All I can, because it'll mean some time-saving shortcuts
00:41:54when I get to college.
00:41:55And that's important.
00:41:56When do you start?
00:41:58Well, I don't know just yet.
00:42:00Depends on how soon I finish Oakdale High.
00:42:02Oh, then you're still going to school.
00:42:04Well, up until last week I was.
00:42:06Then this job came along and, well,
00:42:09I sort of figured the experience would be good.
00:42:12Say, here I am talking the ear off a customer
00:42:14instead of waiting on him.
00:42:15What do you have?
00:42:16Got any pipe tobacco?
00:42:17Sure, if you're not fussy.
00:42:19Farmer's special.
00:42:20Ten cents.
00:42:21Try anything once.
00:42:25A quarter, that's Mrs. Bascombe.
00:42:28Oakdale Grocery.
00:42:30Oh, hello, Betty.
00:42:31You win.
00:42:32You just won me a quarter.
00:42:33Yeah.
00:42:34The customer lost a bet.
00:42:36Say, Mom wants to know if you and Doc
00:42:38are going for dinner tonight.
00:42:39You will?
00:42:40Swell.
00:42:41Okay, sure.
00:42:43Quarter of milk.
00:42:46If they aren't used in the body, then why have we got them?
00:42:49Well, we won't have eventually.
00:42:51You see, Chris, when man started to walk upright,
00:42:53things that were vital on all fours no longer had any purpose,
00:42:56and a lot of new needs developed.
00:42:58Now, for instance, you take the vertebrae.
00:43:00Yes, take the vertebrae and the doctor right outside
00:43:03while I still have my table floor.
00:43:04Oh, gosh, I'm sorry, Julie.
00:43:06It's okay, Mom.
00:43:07Oh, no, you don't, Chris Hopper.
00:43:09We're doing the dishes.
00:43:11And you and Doc are going outside.
00:43:13Best offer I've had tonight.
00:43:15Ah, come on, Julie.
00:43:16But listen, Betty, I got some important work to do in the hospital.
00:43:19I know, Doctor.
00:43:20But you've got a major operation on some dishes first.
00:43:24So get busy.
00:43:25I hate to do dishes.
00:43:27Go ahead and smoke it if you like.
00:43:29I don't mind.
00:43:30Um, I do.
00:43:32The night smells too good.
00:43:34I was just thinking of the expression on Chris's face
00:43:38when that daughter of mine delivered her ultimatum just now.
00:43:41Dishwashing's a pet-a-version of his.
00:43:46Yes, well, she'll cure him of it.
00:43:48She's even got me liking prunes.
00:43:52You know, it was really Doc's idea.
00:43:54My going in for medicine.
00:43:55How come?
00:43:56Well, I took a pup into his office one day that had been run over.
00:44:00He let me help fix the poor little fella up.
00:44:02Well, I got so interested, he gave me a couple of books.
00:44:05From then on, I just naturally couldn't see any other profession.
00:44:08It's going to be pretty tough to give her up when the summer's over.
00:44:11Oh, I know it is, David.
00:44:13But why must you let her go?
00:44:15She's perfectly happy here.
00:44:17Oh, for the moment, yes.
00:44:19It's new and different from anything she's ever known.
00:44:22But how long will it last?
00:44:23She'll soon begin to miss all the things that she's used to with her mother.
00:44:27Smart schools, travel, luxurious surroundings.
00:44:30What can I give her to make up for all that?
00:44:32All those things didn't make you happy.
00:44:35Well, I just happen to have a funny idea.
00:44:38And she just happens to be very much her father's daughter.
00:44:41He says you're going to be a great doctor someday.
00:44:44I only hope I'm half as good a one as he is.
00:44:47Well, he stays in a little town like Oakdale.
00:44:49I can't figure out.
00:44:51You must be pretty dumb, then.
00:44:53What do you mean?
00:44:55Doc's in love.
00:44:56That's what I mean.
00:44:58Gosh, honest.
00:44:59Who with?
00:45:00Are you kidding?
00:45:02Well, of course not.
00:45:03I haven't any idea.
00:45:04Until you came, why, he said most of his time with me and Mom.
00:45:07Well, it isn't you.
00:45:11Gosh.
00:45:12You mean, you mean Mom's the one he...
00:45:13Of course, stupid.
00:45:15And what's more, she's plenty keen about him.
00:45:18How do you know?
00:45:19A little bird told me.
00:45:21A fine doctor you'll make if you can't recognize symptoms as plain as theirs.
00:45:25What kind of symptoms?
00:45:27Just watch them when they're together.
00:45:30Yes, but Julie, she's too young to know what she really wants out of life.
00:45:34She's got to have a chance to find out.
00:45:36What kind of a father would I be if I deprived her of that chance?
00:45:39Yes, you're right, David.
00:45:41Of course, I'd feel the same way about Chris.
00:45:43Now, that was not the right answer.
00:45:46Doggone women anyway.
00:45:47Just when you really want them to put up an argument, they agree with you.
00:45:52That's what I like about men.
00:45:54They're always so consistent.
00:45:56Say, Betty, I was just thinking, if they do get married, wouldn't that make you my sister?
00:46:07Well, not exactly.
00:46:10Just a stepsister.
00:46:16Why?
00:46:17Nothing.
00:46:18I was just wondering.
00:46:19Come on, help me change some bandages, wouldn't it?
00:46:23Well, much as I hate to deprive you of my fascinating society, I've got some calls to make.
00:46:29I guess Chris won't object to walking my young lady home.
00:46:32I hardly think so.
00:46:33Good night.
00:46:34Good night, David.
00:46:36I wonder who that can be.
00:46:37Now, why didn't you tell me you were expecting visitors?
00:46:39I'd have made myself scarce earlier.
00:46:40Don't talk nonsense, David.
00:46:41Mrs. Harper?
00:46:42Yes?
00:46:43My name is Baker, William Baker.
00:46:44I hope you'll pardon my barging in on you like this without an appointment, but you
00:46:47see, I find I must leave town the first thing in the morning, and if you could spare me
00:46:50just a few moments why I...
00:46:51Oh, of course, Mr. Baker.
00:46:52This is Dr. Elliott.
00:46:53How do you do?
00:46:54How do you do?
00:46:55How do you do?
00:46:56I...
00:46:57I really feel awfully guilty intruding in this way, but...
00:46:59Not at all.
00:47:00I was just leaving anyway.
00:47:01Good night, Julie.
00:47:02Good night, David.
00:47:03See you tomorrow.
00:47:04Good night, sir.
00:47:05Glad to have met you.
00:47:06Good night.
00:47:07Please come in, won't you?
00:47:08I think it'll be a bit more comfortable, isn't it?
00:47:10Yes?
00:47:11Yes?
00:47:12Yes?
00:47:13Yes?
00:47:14Yes?
00:47:15Yes?
00:47:16My name is Baker, William Baker.
00:47:17I hope you'll pardon my barging in on you like this without an appointment, but...
00:47:19You see, I find I must leave town the first thing in the morning.
00:47:21If you could spare me just a few moments why I...
00:47:22Leave it more comfortable inside.
00:47:32Sit down, please.
00:47:41Forgive me, Mrs. Harper.
00:47:43I...
00:47:44I didn't mean to stare, but...
00:47:45You're so completely different from what I expected.
00:47:47Expected?
00:47:49I don't think I understand.
00:47:51And...
00:47:52I'm also puzzled, Mr. Baker, about the personal inquiries you made about us at the bank yesterday.
00:47:59I'm not surprised.
00:48:01Perhaps when I tell you that I'm John Harper's attorney and acting on his instructions, you'll
00:48:06understand better.
00:48:07What possible interest could he have in... in me and my son?
00:48:12Well...
00:48:13Aren't you overlooking the fact that, uh...
00:48:15Your son is also Mr. Harper's grandson and, uh... only heir?
00:48:20Well...
00:48:21He overlooked that fact ever since Chris was born.
00:48:23So...
00:48:24Why...
00:48:25Why should I give it any consideration now?
00:48:27Well, only for the boy's sake and what it could mean to his future.
00:48:30Oh, that's already planned, Mr. Baker.
00:48:33Chris is going to be a doctor.
00:48:36Planning isn't going to make him a doctor, Mrs. Harper.
00:48:39It's going to take years of education and training.
00:48:42And...
00:48:43Rather expensive ones.
00:48:45I realize all of that.
00:48:48But we'll manage somehow.
00:48:51If courage could do the trick, I know you would.
00:48:55But unfortunately, these things can only be bought by...
00:48:58Cold, hard cash.
00:49:01And if managing means, uh...
00:49:04Compromise for the boy or mediocre training...
00:49:07Then he'd better forget medicine as a career and stay in the grocery store.
00:49:11It'll save him a lot of heartaches.
00:49:14Save him a lot of aches.
00:49:17Why, being a doctor is all Chris lives for.
00:49:22Yeah, don't fool it, Betty.
00:49:24Make a swell nurse.
00:49:25Will you hire me when you start practicing?
00:49:27Sure, if you're not too old.
00:49:29My grandfather stands ready to...
00:49:31Gee, the father must have company.
00:49:33Hey, wait a minute.
00:49:34Mrs. Harper.
00:49:35Johns Hopkins.
00:49:37Postgraduate courses under the best men in the country.
00:49:40An unlimited supply of money...
00:49:43To carry on research and experiment in whatever field...
00:49:46The boy finally selects.
00:49:50And what does his grandfather want for all this?
00:49:53An agreement from you...
00:49:55Giving him complete custody and guardianship of the boy until he's of age.
00:49:58What you really mean...
00:50:00Is for me to step out of Chris's life completely...
00:50:04In exchange for his career?
00:50:06I'm afraid that's it.
00:50:14He's waited a great many years to even up an old score.
00:50:20But I guess it's up to me to pay up.
00:50:26I suppose you have the agreement with you, Mr. Baker?
00:50:29Yes, yes, of course.
00:50:31But...
00:50:32Don't you think you'd better...
00:50:33Sleep on this before you...
00:50:35Make any decision?
00:50:39There's only one decision.
00:50:42So why wait?
00:50:47Mom!
00:50:48You can't do a thing like this!
00:50:49Chris!
00:50:50I heard you.
00:50:51I've been in there listening.
00:50:52And I don't want any part of my grandfather or anything he has.
00:50:55Chris, you mustn't talk like that.
00:50:57But it's my life.
00:50:58Haven't I got anything to say about what's done with it?
00:51:01Legally, no.
00:51:03Until you're of age, Chris,
00:51:04you must live up to whatever agreement your mother makes.
00:51:06Well, there's one agreement she'll never make!
00:51:08Please, Chris!
00:51:09You must listen.
00:51:11You don't think to realize what this means to you.
00:51:14Look, Mom.
00:51:15If it takes that kind of a deal for me to be a doctor,
00:51:17then I'll never be one.
00:51:20Do you think it'd mean anything to me that way?
00:51:23Why...
00:51:24We're digging ditches!
00:51:26We can't work this thing out together, Mom.
00:51:28We just forget all about it.
00:51:30You don't know what you're saying.
00:51:32Yes, he does, Mrs. Harper.
00:51:34And you accept his decision.
00:51:36It's right.
00:51:37One hundred percent.
00:51:38Even if it does make my client a heavy loser.
00:51:42Stick to your guns, boy.
00:51:44You can't miss.
00:51:46Mrs. Harper,
00:51:47I want you to know that I wasn't very happy in my work tonight.
00:51:50And I'm going to report the outcome to a certain old gentleman with a great deal of satisfaction.
00:51:58I guess I'm not a very good attorney.
00:52:00A bit unusual, I'll admit.
00:52:05Good night, Mr. Baker.
00:52:06Good night.
00:52:07Good night, Mr. Baker.
00:52:08And thanks a lot.
00:52:09Good night, Chris.
00:52:11Gee, he's a nice fellow, isn't he?
00:52:15Yes.
00:52:16But I know a nicer one.
00:52:18Sure, Doc.
00:52:20I mean you, Chris Harper, and you know it.
00:52:22I wonder if you realize how proud I am of you.
00:52:28Oh, gosh, Mom.
00:52:29I didn't do anything.
00:52:32Gee, I forgot all about Betty in the kitchen.
00:52:34Hey, Betty.
00:52:38Hey.
00:52:52Hey.
00:53:19I wish you could have seen him.
00:53:20He was terrific.
00:53:21Yeah.
00:53:22I'll bet Julie was mighty proud of him, too.
00:53:25What a spot for that cold-blooded old codger to put her on.
00:53:31You know, she'd have gone through with that, too.
00:53:33And how?
00:53:34Well, she would have had that sign in another minute if Chris hadn't stopped her.
00:53:38You know, Betty, if those two folks don't get the happiness they deserve out of life,
00:53:42there's something wrong with the scheme of things.
00:53:45Why don't you do something about it?
00:53:48I only wish I could.
00:53:50It's a wonder to me that you don't get run over.
00:53:58On the contrary, Miss Harper, I painted a picture that would have cost you a fortune to duplicate.
00:54:02They're simply not interested.
00:54:03In fact, your grandson went so far as to express a preference for digging ditches.
00:54:08So, he'd rather dig ditches, would he?
00:54:10Well, that's what he'll end up doing, too.
00:54:12If we don't get him away from that woman's touches.
00:54:15Mother.
00:54:17A fine mother.
00:54:19Trying to rob her own son and ruin his life.
00:54:22Same as she did to his father.
00:54:24But she's not going to get away with it this time.
00:54:26I want custody of that boy, Baker.
00:54:29You understand?
00:54:31I don't care how you get it or what it costs.
00:54:34Then save your money, Mr. Harper, because you've run into something that money won't buy.
00:54:36Your grandson's not going to sell out any more than your son did.
00:54:40And you'd better get yourself another lawyer because I'm through.
00:54:44You'll be through when I tell you through and not before.
00:54:48Now you stay there and get that settled if you have to stay all summer.
00:54:51Why, I...
00:54:52Taxi lady.
00:55:07Why, Mr. Baker.
00:55:09Present.
00:55:11I'm hoping to give you a lift.
00:55:12Oh, thanks very much.
00:55:14I didn't expect to see you still in our midst.
00:55:17Well, last night I got my orders from Grandpa to stick around.
00:55:19If he wants to pay for my vacation, it's okay by me.
00:55:22And Oakdale seems like a fine place to rest.
00:55:25It is indeed.
00:55:27Here, even our sidewalks go in at nine o'clock.
00:55:38Where to, lady?
00:55:39Home, please.
00:55:40Right.
00:55:49I'll probably be a little late for office hours.
00:55:50Do you know who just drove by?
00:55:51That lawyer, Baker.
00:55:52Well, that's okay by me.
00:55:54Oh, is it?
00:55:55Julie Harper was with him.
00:55:56They were so busy talking, she didn't even see me.
00:55:57Oh, well, it's pretty good.
00:55:58I'm sorry.
00:55:59I'm sorry.
00:56:00I'm sorry.
00:56:01I'm sorry.
00:56:02I'm sorry.
00:56:03I'm sorry.
00:56:04I'm sorry.
00:56:05I'm sorry.
00:56:06I'm sorry.
00:56:07I'm sorry.
00:56:08I'm sorry.
00:56:09I'm sorry.
00:56:10I'm sorry.
00:56:11I'm sorry.
00:56:12I'm sorry.
00:56:13I'm sorry.
00:56:14I'm sorry.
00:56:15I'm sorry.
00:56:16I'm sorry.
00:56:17I'm sorry.
00:56:18Oh, well, it's probably just some further development of last night's business.
00:56:22That's what I'm afraid of.
00:56:23And just what do you mean by that insinuation, miss?
00:56:26That you're going to be late for more than office hours if you don't wake up pretty soon.
00:56:32What?
00:56:42Get up, darling.
00:56:48Poor Doc.
00:56:52Hey, Chris.
00:56:53Wait a minute.
00:56:54Where's the fire?
00:56:55Don't be funny.
00:56:56We got a problem on our hands.
00:56:58How come?
00:56:59What sort of a problem?
00:57:00A tall, dark one with a mustache.
00:57:02And we got to do something about it.
00:57:04Do something about a mustache?
00:57:05What are you talking about?
00:57:07That lawyer Baker.
00:57:08What do you think?
00:57:09What about him?
00:57:10I think he's a pretty good egg.
00:57:12Do you want him for a stepfather?
00:57:14Say, do you feel all right?
00:57:17Certainly I feel all right.
00:57:18Well, never mind about him.
00:57:19Then we'll probably never even see him again.
00:57:21That's what you think.
00:57:23Your mother's been out riding with him all this morning and he's at your house right now.
00:57:27Say, you don't suppose grandfather's trying to start something with mother, do you?
00:57:30I do not, but I'm darn sure Mr. Baker is.
00:57:34And it's not business.
00:57:36Come on, let's drive by there and see what goes on.
00:57:38Oh, nothing doing.
00:57:39I got a job to attend to.
00:57:41Is it more important than your mother and Doc?
00:57:43All right, get in.
00:57:47Well, another fisherman in Ole Miss?
00:57:52Isaac Walton Jr. in person.
00:57:54By any chance does this mean that trout lurk in the vicinity?
00:57:58Oh, not only lurk, but bite.
00:58:01And with very little encouragement.
00:58:03That is, according to Chris and Dr. Elias.
00:58:06Now I know I picked the right spot for a vacation.
00:58:11And if that is real homemade chocolate cake,
00:58:15well, I shall probably move my practice to Oakdale.
00:58:18Well, probably you better taste it first before you make any rash decisions.
00:58:23Mm, mm.
00:58:25Lady.
00:58:27If you knew how many years it's been since I've tasted anything like that.
00:58:32Hmm.
00:58:33I'm afraid the table in our mansion house has made you easy to please.
00:58:38I'm afraid that this is going to make the mansion house unbearable.
00:58:42Oh.
00:58:43Uh, you, um, you wouldn't consider an idle rumor for a few days, would you?
00:58:49Well, it, it may be arranged.
00:58:53Still here. I don't trust lawyers.
00:59:05I don't think he's like that. Not after the way he acted last night.
00:59:08Acted is right. Why is he still hanging around if everything was settled?
00:59:12Well, you can't tell. Maybe he has to get a statement or something from Mom to take back to Grandfather.
00:59:16How two people can be as dense about some things as you and Doc are, guess me.
00:59:22Say, just cause we don't go around imagining a lot of stuff.
00:59:25Huh. I didn't imagine the way they were enjoying themselves when they drove by me a while ago.
00:59:29Why, he's been in there long enough to get 20 statements, if that's all he wanted.
00:59:33Well, so what? I still don't see anything to get excited about.
00:59:37Okay, go on and deliver your groceries. I guess if anything's going to be done, I'll have to do it myself.
00:59:43Betty, wait! Betty, wait!
00:59:48What are you going to do?
00:59:52Well, somebody's got to protect Doc's interest.
00:59:55Okay, but you're going to feel awful silly when you find out you've dreamt this whole thing up.
00:59:58Thought I heard you, youngster. Don't tell me it's lunchtime already.
01:00:03Oh, no, Mom. I had to come by this way. You see, Betty wanted to see the puppies.
01:00:07Oh, they're darling, Betty.
01:00:09Come on, I'll show them to you.
01:00:10No, wait a minute. Um, Mr. Baker.
01:00:12Can't Chris pick up your luggage at the hotel and save you the bother?
01:00:16Well, that'll be fine. I'll phone them to have it ready. You don't mind, do you, Chris?
01:00:20No, sir. Of course not.
01:00:22Mr. Baker's decided to stay in Oakdale a few days and try the fishing.
01:00:26Yes, your mother's been kind enough to offer to take me in. You don't mind a boarder, do you, Chris?
01:00:31Oh, I'm sorry, dear. You haven't met Mr. Baker. This is Dr. Elliot's daughter, Betty.
01:00:37A pleasure, Miss Betty. How do you do? Come on, let's go. Goodbye, Mrs. Harper.
01:00:41Goodbye. See you later. Thanks a lot, Chris.
01:00:45I hope you won't mind a boarder, Chris. So I go around imagining things, do I?
01:01:03Gee, Betty, how was I to know? Oh, perhaps you'll believe me after this.
01:01:07So Mr. Baker wants to try the fishing, does he? I'll say he does.
01:01:13Poor Doc. I've got to try and figure something out.
01:01:18Well, come on and get started and drop me home. And you go get the luggage.
01:01:26Doc, are you ready?
01:01:32Doc, you can't go looking like that.
01:01:34Don't worry, chicken. I won't. Nothing short of dynamite's going to get me out of this house tonight.
01:01:40You mean you're not going over to Harper's with me?
01:01:42I'm going nowhere with nobody till I take me to bed. Your old Doc's had a tough day, honey.
01:01:47Oh, but you promised to show Chris how to give those distemper shots.
01:01:51You tell him that my dogs are a lot worse off than his. He'll have to wait till Sunday.
01:01:55I bet you would forget you were tired once you got over there.
01:01:58I'd forget everything because I'd be sound asleep in Julie's best chair and probably snoring.
01:02:04In fact, you're keeping me awake right now.
01:02:07Yeah, but not long enough to do any good.
01:02:13I don't know why I don't give you up as a bad job.
01:02:16Hey, Betty!
01:02:38Gracious, what are you doing here?
01:02:41So I could let Mom know you're coming in time to get ready.
01:02:44Where's Doc?
01:02:45No.
01:02:46Sitting in the house in his bedroom slippers, too tired to move, he says.
01:02:50Gosh, that'll spoil everything.
01:02:52What are we going to do?
01:02:54Drown Baker. He's the reason for it.
01:02:56Just let Joe Doak's little mini get a tummy ache and see how tired Doc is.
01:03:02I think I got something there. Come on!
01:03:05Hello?
01:03:17Oh, hello, Julie.
01:03:19So sorry to disturb you, David, but what's good for a headache?
01:03:23I seem to be acquiring an awful one.
01:03:26Oh, that's too bad.
01:03:28Is it in the temples or further back, Julie?
01:03:30Well, it's not so much a sense of pain as a pressure.
01:03:37Well, you take it easy.
01:03:38I'll be right over.
01:03:42Gee, I sure believe he'll mount him.
01:03:44Oh, you bet he will.
01:03:48Here he comes now.
01:03:50What'd I tell you?
01:03:54Here he comes! Here he comes!
01:03:56Chris, you get here. I'll stand here.
01:04:01I'll be the reception committee.
01:04:12Oh, hello, Baker. What's the matter with the lights?
01:04:14Oh, just a little private blackout. Fuse, I guess.
01:04:16Oh.
01:04:17Come in, Doc!
01:04:18Happy birthday! Happy birthday! Happy birthday!
01:04:22Dr. Elliot, hooray!
01:04:25Well, this sort of knocks the wind out of a fellow's sails.
01:04:28I didn't know it was my birthday.
01:04:29You wouldn't.
01:04:30Here, give me that old bag.
01:04:32Come on, blow out the candles. Cut your cake.
01:04:35Well, well, this really is something.
01:04:37Oh, so Julie had a headache.
01:04:39And you were it, Dr. Elliot.
01:04:41Come on, Doc. Take a deep breath and blow.
01:04:43All right, here goes.
01:04:45You're not supposed to blow the icing off.
01:04:48I don't know my own strength.
01:04:50How about a little light, Baker, so we can see to operate here?
01:04:52Right, Doc.
01:04:53And don't be stingy.
01:04:54Okay.
01:04:57Now, I don't like to boast,
01:04:58but I claim that I do the best cake dissection ever seen with a human eye.
01:05:02A technique developed through years of gastronomic experience.
01:05:05Wait a minute. Make a wish.
01:05:07Oh, do I have to do that, too?
01:05:08Oh, of course. That's part of the technique.
01:05:10Then, tonight, you put a piece of cake under your pillow,
01:05:12and the wish comes true.
01:05:13You only do that with wedding cake.
01:05:15Well, a slice goes under my pillow just the same.
01:05:18Get the plates, Julie.
01:05:21I'm curious about those three candles, Mrs. Harper.
01:05:23Have they any special significance?
01:05:25Well, I'm certainly glad someone was interested enough to notice them.
01:05:28Well, now, don't let her kid you, Baker.
01:05:29She's either forgotten my age or else she's just being diplomatic about it.
01:05:32Nothing of the sort.
01:05:34Well, see, Mom, what do they mean?
01:05:35Something like faith, hope, and charity?
01:05:37No, that isn't what I meant by them,
01:05:39but it certainly fits Dr. Elliot very well.
01:05:41Just the compliments of the season.
01:05:43I know, the three little monkeys.
01:05:46See nothing, do nothing, and hear nothing.
01:05:49Now, that would be a fine slogan for a doctor, wouldn't it?
01:05:51Now, let's all think.
01:05:52What comes in threes?
01:05:53Musketeers and blind mice, too.
01:05:55Yes, that's right.
01:05:56And wise men and little pigs.
01:05:58And triplets.
01:05:59Lassie just had them.
01:06:00Well, I guess that about covers the field.
01:06:02All right, so we all give up.
01:06:04Your past, present, and future.
01:06:06But after all this ribbing, I'm sorry I didn't load it with Campbell.
01:06:10Remind me to go home mad.
01:06:12Gee, Mom, I forgot the lemonade.
01:06:14Wait.
01:06:15I'll go with you.
01:06:18Isn't Doc swell tonight?
01:06:19He hasn't let Baker get to first base.
01:06:21Yeah, that's right.
01:06:22Did you catch the look between them a couple of times?
01:06:25Say, your mother got all jittery once.
01:06:27Looks as if everything's gonna work out all right.
01:06:29You bet it is.
01:06:30I can see him walking down the aisle now, can't you?
01:06:32Yeah.
01:06:33Doc, come on.
01:06:34You know, Mr. Baker, Chris's grandfather's a very lonely, unhappy old man.
01:06:40You're rather an amazing person.
01:06:43You know, I believe you're sort of sorry for that old duck.
01:06:46I am.
01:06:48With all his money, he can't buy anything he really wants.
01:06:52And that's why you've got to dig harder on anatomy, Chris.
01:06:55You've got to know the body so well, you can diagnose with your fingers if you have to.
01:06:59I'd like to diagnose Chris with a club.
01:07:03But, please let me know the sound of the crowd.
01:07:07Heavens child, must that thing bellow out like that?
01:07:10Somebody's got to wake the party up and die.
01:07:12Come on, children, let's dance.
01:07:14Not a bad idea.
01:07:16The guest of honor must have the first dance with the hostess.
01:07:19Well, hostess, it looks like you're in for it.
01:07:22But I'll promise to be as light on your feet as possible.
01:07:24But David, I haven't danced in years.
01:07:26All the better. You won't notice my fumbles.
01:07:32Couldn't have done better myself.
01:07:35Well, after all, the party was given for Doc.
01:07:38And I'm sort of an intruder, eh?
01:07:42I think maybe you and I'd better have a little talk.
01:07:45Well, it's a little bit noisy in here.
01:07:48Shall we go out on the porch?
01:07:50Hey, I thought you wanted to dance.
01:07:51Well, I'm sitting this one out.
01:07:53You keep the phonograph going.
01:07:56Okay.
01:07:57Come on.
01:08:07Mind if I smoke?
01:08:08No, go ahead.
01:08:11How much longer are you going to stay in Oakdale?
01:08:15Well, that rather depends.
01:08:17That's what I figured.
01:08:19Guess I might as well come out with it.
01:08:21Chris and I've got plans for his mother and Doc.
01:08:24And, well, you're messing them up, Mr. Baker.
01:08:27Oh, I see.
01:08:28Well, these plans.
01:08:30Are Mrs. Harper and the doctor in on them?
01:08:33Well, not exactly.
01:08:35But things were okay until you showed up.
01:08:38Oh, in other words, you feel that I'm the villain of the play?
01:08:42Yes.
01:08:44Because if you hadn't shown up, I think Chris and I could have finally gotten them together.
01:08:48Well, if they care for each other, why should my coming interfere?
01:08:51Well, you're pretty stiff competition for a poor country doctor.
01:08:55Especially one who's goofy enough to love somebody all these years and not tell her.
01:08:59Well, that gives me an idea.
01:09:03I won't let any more grass grow under my feet.
01:09:07All's fair in love and war, you know.
01:09:10And may the best man win.
01:09:11All right, if I got in, Doctor, just because it's your birthday doesn't give you a monopoly on the hostage show.
01:09:20Which is probably a great relief to her.
01:09:22Go ahead.
01:09:23Go ahead.
01:09:29Play a wolf next time, will you, Chris?
01:09:36What happened?
01:09:38I told you I didn't trust lawyers.
01:09:40I'll fix him.
01:09:44Hey, now look what you've done.
01:09:46Gee, I'm awful sorry, Chris.
01:09:48What happened, Betty?
01:09:49Oh, I guess I was just clumsy.
01:09:50Oh, I'll fix that.
01:09:52We'll put on another record.
01:09:55Yeah, there's one.
01:09:57Come on.
01:09:59Oh, that's fine.
01:10:01Hiya, Chris.
01:10:02You want to see something?
01:10:03Sure, Pete.
01:10:04Come on, Toto.
01:10:05Get up, Toto.
01:10:06Get up.
01:10:07Now, sit down.
01:10:08Sit down.
01:10:09Get up.
01:10:10Sit up.
01:10:11Sit up, Toto.
01:10:12Come on.
01:10:13Come on, boy.
01:10:14Sit up.
01:10:15Say, that's okay.
01:10:16You ought to be able to teach him a lot of tricks.
01:10:17He shakes hands, too.
01:10:18Shake hands, Toto.
01:10:19Shake hands, Toto.
01:10:20Shake hands.
01:10:21Ain't that key?
01:10:22Yeah.
01:10:23Watch this.
01:10:24Come on.
01:10:26Oh, for guy's sakes.
01:10:28Say, keep it up.
01:10:29Maybe someday you'll get him a job in the movies.
01:10:31Gee, maybe I can.
01:10:34Well, so long, Chris.
01:10:35So long, Pete.
01:10:36Don't be.
01:10:59What happened back there?
01:11:00Did we hit something?
01:11:01I hit a dog back there.
01:11:02He ran out in front of me and I couldn't help it.
01:11:13You better get the dog out of the street, Pete.
01:11:15I'll get that guy.
01:11:16What's the idea?
01:11:17You just hit a dog back there.
01:11:18So what?
01:11:19That's what.
01:11:20Here.
01:11:21Stop it.
01:11:22Stop it.
01:11:23Stop it.
01:11:24Let's see.
01:11:25Well, he can't take a punch at me.
01:11:26You get in the car.
01:11:27Now, you young ruffian.
01:11:28If you were an old man, I'd make a double.
01:11:29You don't like hit and run drivers around here.
01:11:31It just happened you hit a little boy's dog back there.
01:11:33Well, that was an unfortunate accident.
01:11:36Here.
01:11:37Give the little boy that.
01:11:38Do you think $20 will make up to him for killing his son?
01:11:39Well, that was an unfortunate accident.
01:11:40Here.
01:11:41Give the little boy that.
01:11:42Do you think $20 will make up to him for killing his dog?
01:11:43Well, it will buy him another one, won't it?
01:11:44If you lost your best friend, could you buy another one?
01:11:45I don't guess you know much about boys or their feelings either.
01:11:47Well, that was an unfortunate accident.
01:11:51Here.
01:11:53Give the little boy that.
01:11:55Do you think $20 will make up to him for killing his dog?
01:11:58Well, it'll buy him another one, won't it?
01:12:01If you lost your best friend, could you buy another one?
01:12:05I don't guess you know much about boys or their feelings either.
01:12:17Is he gonna be all right?
01:12:20I'm afraid not, Pete.
01:12:22The little fella's hurt pretty bad.
01:12:24You mean he's gonna die?
01:12:28Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
01:12:32But he's wagged his tail and he licked my hand.
01:12:37I was trying to say goodbye, Pete.
01:12:39Don't feel too bad.
01:12:42Here, come on now, no more of that.
01:12:44My Toto here, he didn't even whimper.
01:12:47You want to be as good a soldier as he was, don't you?
01:12:49Sure, sure I do.
01:12:52All right, then.
01:12:53Suppose you run along and get that face washed.
01:12:56What's gonna happen to Toto?
01:12:59Oh, don't worry, Pete.
01:13:00I'll take care of him.
01:13:14Stop with that gas station up there.
01:13:17You.
01:13:29Yes.
01:13:35The lawyer I sent down evidently made a bunch of things.
01:13:39So I came down myself.
01:13:43Well, let's get down to business.
01:13:45We have no business, Mr. Harper.
01:13:48I told your lawyer my answer.
01:13:50Rubbish.
01:13:51If you made my offer clear, no one in their right mind could refuse it.
01:13:54Oh, he made it perfectly clear.
01:13:58But I'm not interested.
01:13:59You're not interested.
01:14:01You're not interested?
01:14:03This doesn't concern you.
01:14:05It's the future of my son's boy that's at stake.
01:14:08He's reached the age when he needs the things that I can give him.
01:14:14And if you're any kind of a mother, you will not stand in his way.
01:14:15He doesn't want the things that you can give him.
01:14:16He wants to make his own life.
01:14:17Chris wants to earn the things he gets.
01:14:19Chris.
01:14:20Oh, it's you.
01:14:21Wasn't killing a dog enough?
01:14:22No, no.
01:14:23No, no.
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01:15:14then I never want them well it's all very well to be sentimental about stray
01:15:20cats and dogs but not about anything as important as your future what I'm
01:15:25offering you will make you a great doctor enjoy a successful practice yeah
01:15:29and that's what your lawyer mr. Baker said I'll tell you I can be one without
01:15:33your money and without your help a really great one like our doctor here
01:15:39who takes care of sick people because they're sick not because they're rich
01:15:44very admirable I'm sure if your ambition doesn't go beyond the country village in
01:15:50the handful of yokels
01:15:56maybe I'm using the wrong tactics since you're not interested in your boys
01:16:04welfare perhaps if I gave you $5,000 I've stood just about enough you heard
01:16:11what he said I think you better go well I don't care if you are my grandfather you
01:16:15can't say things I get to my mom and get away with it wait a minute Chris I'll
01:16:19say he can't I've no idea what you said which is probably just as well it
01:16:24evidently calls for an apology but I doubt if mrs. Harper would be interested in
01:16:28hearing it so we won't detain you any longer and don't come back and bother my
01:16:35mom anymore either we'll do fine if you just keep away from here you wait you'll
01:16:41come crying to me for help someday oh no he won't he's got a real man to help him
01:16:46my father's gonna marry his mother and they won't even need the name of Harper
01:16:49anymore I guess that'll hold him well Julie I guess it's up to us not to
01:17:00disappoint our children
01:17:03come here look
01:17:07isn't that king come on let's go swimming
01:17:14excuse me I well don't mind me go right ahead it's okay no wait a minute Baker don't
01:17:26go you're just in time to be the first to congratulate us
01:17:28say this is great news I want to wish you both all kinds of luck yeah but Julie
01:17:36how did you ever get him to pop the question oh I think that should be kept a
01:17:40secret well if he is trying to get out of it we'll sue him for breach of promise
01:17:45say I don't know that I like having a lawyer around well don't give it a
01:17:49moment's thought I'll go back to the mansion house and ruin my digestion
01:17:55say I got in a jam the last time you went swimming here remind me to worry about that later
01:18:03I wonder when they're gonna get married well we're not gonna let them stall after all we've been through
01:18:19yeah I just thought of something where are we gonna live with them of course
01:18:24oh that'll be great you know when I get to be a big doctor I'm gonna build the
01:18:30biggest and swellest home in this town oh I bet you are yeah but maybe maybe
01:18:35oh maybe not oh maybe a girl wouldn't want to wait that long for a fella I think maybe she
01:18:42well enough oh gee Betty do you you're swell do you really think so Chris oh I'll say it and
01:18:48then you're pretty too you're pretty too for real
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