Belles on Their Toes
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00:02:29Hello, Anne.
00:02:30Hello, Mother.
00:02:31Hello, Ernestine.
00:02:33Hello, Mother.
00:02:33Hello, Frank.
00:02:34Hello, Mother.
00:02:35Hello, Martha.
00:02:36Hello, Mother.
00:02:36Hello, Bill.
00:02:38Hello, Mother.
00:02:38Hello, Lillian.
00:02:39Hello, Mother.
00:02:40Hello, Fred.
00:02:41Hello, Mother.
00:02:41Hello, Dan.
00:02:42Hello, Mother.
00:02:42Hello, Jack.
00:02:44Where were you, Mother?
00:02:45I'm sorry, dear, but I ran into someone from the engineering department and he insisted that I...
00:02:50Shh! Oh, hi, Mom.
00:02:52Hello, Bob, dear.
00:02:54Where's Jane?
00:02:55In front. Fifth from the left.
00:03:03The baby.
00:03:06The baby's being graduated.
00:03:09The last one.
00:03:11I can hardly believe it.
00:03:12What was that, Mother?
00:03:13Ladies and gentlemen.
00:03:15It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you...
00:03:18the class valedictorian, Miss Susan Whittaker...
00:03:22who will speak to you on our generation and the challenge of the future.
00:03:32President Dickerson, members of the faculty, honored guests and fellow students...
00:03:38this is an important day in our lives.
00:03:41Yes, it is an important day.
00:03:42And there were times, Frank, when I thought this day would never come.
00:03:47But it had to.
00:03:49For in my mind, I had promised you that the job would be done.
00:03:52I remember we had just sold the house in Montclair...
00:03:55the house that you had bought for us...
00:03:56and had moved to one not quite so spacious...
00:03:58and not quite so full of memories.
00:04:01I was packing to go away on a lecture trip...
00:04:03for I was determined that I would keep on with your work.
00:04:06I had to.
00:04:07I had to.
00:04:08Lazy, I want to be lazy...
00:04:09I want to be lazy...
00:04:10I want to be out in the sun...
00:04:14I want to be out in the sun...
00:04:18With no work to be done...
00:04:21Under that awning...
00:04:24They call the sky...
00:04:27Yawning, yawning...
00:04:28Stretching and yawning...
00:04:31And let the world go...
00:04:34Drifting by...
00:04:36I want to be...
00:04:37Through the deep...
00:04:39Tangle wild wood...
00:04:42Counting sheep...
00:04:44Till I sleep...
00:04:46Like a child would...
00:04:49With a great big...
00:04:51Felice full...
00:04:53Of books to read...
00:04:55Where it's peaceful...
00:04:57While I'm...
00:04:58Till in time...
00:05:00Being lazy...
00:05:03Janie, you do a good job down there.
00:05:05Lazy...
00:05:06I want to be lazy...
00:05:08I want to be lazy...
00:05:11I long to be out in the sun...
00:05:14With no work to be done...
00:05:18I pressed your dinner dress, mother.
00:05:20Dinner dress?
00:05:21Just because you're a lady engineer...
00:05:23Doesn't mean you can't dress up once in a while.
00:05:25Thank you, Martha.
00:05:26Book to read...
00:05:27Ernestine, dust the banister on your way down, will you?
00:05:29While I'm...
00:05:30Till in time...
00:05:32Being lazy...
00:05:36Counting sheep...
00:05:39Till I sleep...
00:05:40Like a child would...
00:05:42And I'll peck my police...
00:05:43And I'll say goodbye to the Gilbris...
00:05:44While I'm wasting time...
00:05:45Being lazy...
00:05:46Oh, Tom, you wouldn't leave us.
00:05:47Of course not.
00:05:48Where could I get such an easy job?
00:05:49Fourteen rooms to clean...
00:05:50Thirty-six meals to get every day.
00:05:52If I hadn't have quit school in the second grade...
00:05:53I could tell you how many meals that would make a week.
00:05:54Two hundred and fifty-two.
00:05:55Are we having hash again?
00:05:56That ain't hash.
00:05:57That's a lot.
00:05:58That ain't hash.
00:05:59That's lamb rangoon.
00:06:00What on earth is lamb rangoon?
00:06:01It's a receipt.
00:06:02Been in my family for generations.
00:06:03It smells like it.
00:06:04I'll go get it.
00:06:05Lazy.
00:06:06There's a lot of money.
00:06:07I'm a little bit of a treat.
00:06:08I'm hungry.
00:06:09I'm hungry.
00:06:10I'm hungry.
00:06:11I'll get it.
00:06:12Let's go.
00:06:13I need to have a drink.
00:06:14I'll get it.
00:06:15I can't do it.
00:06:16I can't do it.
00:06:17I can't do it.
00:06:18I can't do it.
00:06:19You can't do it.
00:06:20I can't do it.
00:06:21I can't do it.
00:06:22You can't do it.
00:06:23It smells like it.
00:06:27Lazy.
00:06:29I wanna be lazy.
00:06:34Hello, Cousin Leora.
00:06:36Hello, Martha. And Jean, isn't it?
00:06:38And here and Ernestine there, Cousin Leora.
00:06:41Oh, how stupid of me. I always get you turned round.
00:06:44Well, there's so many of us.
00:06:45Yes. Isn't it heartbreaking?
00:06:47How are things?
00:06:49Just fine.
00:06:51I'll tell Mother you're here.
00:06:53Thank you, dear.
00:06:54I'll tell her, too.
00:06:56Honestly, every time she comes here,
00:06:58she makes me feel like a charity case.
00:07:00She might hear you.
00:07:01I hope she does.
00:07:02Maybe she'll stay away and mind her own business.
00:07:21Good afternoon, darling.
00:07:24Good afternoon, Mrs. Simmons.
00:07:26Oh, Snoop.
00:07:27Did you say something?
00:07:28No, I just said I'd swoop in here later.
00:07:34Will you close the doors, Tom, please?
00:07:36Hello, Leora.
00:07:37Hello, Leora.
00:07:38Hello, Lily.
00:07:39Hey, what's she want?
00:07:41Shh.
00:07:42It's very simple.
00:07:43I talked to your brother, Bill, and to Aunt Margaret,
00:07:46and each of us has agreed to take two of the younger children.
00:07:48I wouldn't think of it.
00:07:49Why, it's outrageous.
00:07:50Do you really...
00:07:51There.
00:07:52I told you you'd fly off the handle.
00:07:53Now you listen to me, Lily Gilbreth,
00:07:54and try and be a little sensible about this.
00:07:56I know that nearly all of Frank's life insurance money
00:07:58has been spent already.
00:07:59That's true, isn't it?
00:08:00Yes.
00:08:01Well, I have that whole big house up in Westchester,
00:08:02and it's empty.
00:08:03Now if I'm willing to take in two of your children
00:08:05and give them some of the advantages and care
00:08:06that you can't afford to take in,
00:08:07you have to take in two of your children.
00:08:08I don't think of it.
00:08:09Why, it's outrageous.
00:08:10Do you really...
00:08:11There.
00:08:12I told you you'd fly off the handle.
00:08:13Now you listen to me, Lily Gilbreth,
00:08:14and try and be a little sensible about this.
00:08:15I know that nearly all of Frank's life insurance money
00:08:16has been spent already.
00:08:17That's true, isn't it?
00:08:18Yes.
00:08:19Well, I have that whole big house up in Westchester,
00:08:20and it's empty.
00:08:21Now if I'm willing to take in two of your children
00:08:23and give them some of the advantages and care
00:08:25that you can't possibly give them,
00:08:27why should you feel that I'm being outrageous?
00:08:32I know it's hard to give them up.
00:08:35That's only natural.
00:08:37But you're not thinking of the children when you feel like that.
00:08:39You're thinking only of yourself.
00:08:42I never thought I was being selfish.
00:08:44Oh, I don't think you mean to be.
00:08:46But that's the way it works out for them.
00:08:49Suppose something were to happen to one of them while you're away.
00:08:52Oh, Leora.
00:08:54You can't just shut your eyes, Lily.
00:08:56You've got to think of things like that.
00:08:59You see, I'm right.
00:09:01I'll telephone Bill and Aunt Margaret and tell them you've agreed.
00:09:04No.
00:09:05No, I have to think about it.
00:09:07Call me tonight.
00:09:09Very well, Lily.
00:09:12Oh, Leora, would you like to stay for dinner?
00:09:15Thank you very much, but I think not.
00:09:18There are enough hungry birds to feed without me.
00:09:24Well, hello, children.
00:09:26Oh, you little darling.
00:09:28How would you like to come and live with me?
00:09:30Now.
00:09:32Call me later, Leora.
00:09:34I will, Lily.
00:09:35Goodbye.
00:09:36Goodbye, children.
00:09:37Bye.
00:09:38Bye.
00:09:39Bye.
00:09:40Bye.
00:10:01Hello?
00:10:02Yes, Leora.
00:10:03Yes, I have made up my mind.
00:10:06I want to thank you and Bill and Aunt Margaret for all your kindness, but we've decided to stay together.
00:10:12No, I'm still going away.
00:10:17I'm going to fill Frank's last lecture contracts.
00:10:20I'm sure they'll lead to something.
00:10:22No, Leora.
00:10:24I'm afraid once we broke up the family, we'd...
00:10:27So you're going away and leaving those children to the mercy of the heat and the Jersey mosquitoes?
00:10:32No, I'm sending them to Nantucket.
00:10:38No, not by themselves.
00:10:39Tom will go with them.
00:10:41I'm sorry, Leora.
00:10:43I...
00:10:44I have to do what I think is best.
00:10:47Thank you and goodbye.
00:10:48Oh, Mother!
00:10:49When did you decide on Nantucket?
00:10:52I don't know.
00:10:53It just came to me.
00:10:54We have that house there and we haven't been able to sell it.
00:10:58We've gone there every other year.
00:10:59Why not this one?
00:11:00Why not?
00:11:01Mother!
00:11:02Now you will be careful, won't you?
00:11:04We'll be so good, nobody will know us.
00:11:06Don't you worry about a thing, Mother.
00:11:08I'll try not to.
00:11:09Oh, everything will be fine, Mother.
00:11:11I'll take your place.
00:11:12Martha can have charge of the money and the meals.
00:11:14Frank will take care of the boys and Ernestine will take care of the girls.
00:11:17And we'll all take care of Tom.
00:11:19Let's go, everybody.
00:11:20We only have 20 minutes.
00:11:21See you at the station, Anne.
00:11:22All right.
00:11:23Bye.
00:11:24Anything coming with us, too?
00:11:25No, no.
00:11:26It'd be too crowded.
00:11:27How can you say that?
00:11:28Eight valises, a dog, a cat, a canary bird, nine people?
00:11:30Nine people?
00:11:31We're only supposed to be seven.
00:11:32One, two, three.
00:11:33Mickey and Peter Shermerhorn, you two get right out of this taxi.
00:11:34But Jackie said we could go.
00:11:35Well, I'm sorry, you can't.
00:11:36What?
00:11:37What?
00:11:38Out of there, quickly.
00:11:39Hurry now.
00:11:40We've got enough trouble without taking the neighbors' children, too.
00:11:57Oh, Janie.
00:12:20Well, if it isn't the bathing duties, aren't you going in?
00:12:27Later, Frank, later.
00:12:29Oh, I get it.
00:12:31Look at that poor sucker standing there.
00:12:34Does he know what plans you have in store for him?
00:12:36Please, go away.
00:12:37Oh, that poor Morton.
00:12:43Morton has just noticed us, has he?
00:12:46What plans do you have in mind for him?
00:12:49None. Absolutely none.
00:12:51He looks exactly the same as he did last year.
00:12:54I thought you found him rather attractive last year.
00:12:56I did.
00:12:57But I'm a year older, and women mature so much earlier than men.
00:13:00He's a baby. Really, he is.
00:13:02I don't think he's a baby.
00:13:04Want him?
00:13:05Want him?
00:13:06He's an Amherst man.
00:13:08Well, here he comes.
00:13:10Just catch the ball when I throw it to you.
00:13:13Hello, Ann.
00:13:15Well, hello, Morton.
00:13:16You remember my sister Ernestine.
00:13:18Oh, yes. Hello.
00:13:19Ann, how about going in for a swim?
00:13:20The water's keen.
00:13:21Oh, I don't think so.
00:13:23Oh, come on.
00:13:24A race to the pier.
00:13:25Well, I just don't feel like it, Morton.
00:13:27But if it's a race you want, Ernestine...
00:13:28Hi, everybody.
00:13:29Who wants to race me out to the pier?
00:13:32I do.
00:13:33Well, come on, then.
00:13:41Say, you're not the only one who got mature this year.
00:13:44Oh, Martha's just an infant.
00:13:46She doesn't look like an infant in that.
00:13:48Well, thanks for turning Morton over to me.
00:13:51Believe me, Ernestine, you haven't lost a thing.
00:13:54I know.
00:13:55How can you lose something you never had?
00:13:57Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight.
00:14:02Fight on for Saga 1.
00:14:07Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight.
00:14:10Fight on for Saga 1.
00:14:14Fight, fight, fight, fight.
00:14:16Hiya, this the Gilbert house?
00:14:18Yes, it is.
00:14:19Thanks.
00:14:20You're new around here, aren't you?
00:14:21Yep.
00:14:22First day on the island, first day on the job.
00:14:24Al Lynch is the name.
00:14:25I'm Ernestine Gilbert.
00:14:26Means to please ya.
00:14:28Is that S for Syracuse?
00:14:31No, Saga 1 Agricultural and Technical.
00:14:33I got that for football.
00:14:35Isn't that marvelous?
00:14:37Oh, Tom, I'd like for you to meet Mr. Lynch, our new delivery man.
00:14:40Hi.
00:14:41Ah, Mr. Lynch, I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance.
00:14:45And now, would you mind bringing the groceries in?
00:14:48Or do you need some help?
00:14:49Help?
00:14:50Me?
00:14:55I only took this job to keep my muscles in trim.
00:14:57All the football players do.
00:14:59You know, uh, Red Grange is delivering ice this summer.
00:15:02Here?
00:15:03No, no, someplace else.
00:15:05I take a great interest in him.
00:15:07We both play the same position.
00:15:09Oh?
00:15:10Isn't that interesting?
00:15:12What fraternity is that?
00:15:14Ta, ta, ta.
00:15:15You're looking at the head of the house.
00:15:17Well, so long.
00:15:19So long?
00:15:21I'll be seizing ya.
00:15:25Oh!
00:15:32Dear Mrs. Gilbert, it all started in the kitchen.
00:15:35Saw it with my own two eyes.
00:15:37I was standing there with Ernestine when this handsome young giant walked in with the groceries.
00:15:42Oh, Tom.
00:15:43He had the body of an oak tree and the mind of an acorn.
00:15:46It was love at first sight.
00:15:49Beans.
00:15:52Beans?
00:15:56Beans, beans, beans.
00:15:58Beans for our breakfast.
00:15:59Beans for our lunch.
00:16:00Beans for supper time.
00:16:04Boiled beans, soup beans, stewed beans.
00:16:05Groceries for you, beans, beans, beans.
00:16:13Beans for our breakfast.
00:16:15And beans for our lunch.
00:16:17Beans for supper time.
00:16:22Boiled beans, soup beans, stewed beans, baked beans, beans, rain or shine.
00:16:29Martha never has ham, chicken or lamb.
00:16:33Strange as it seems.
00:16:39Home we admire, but who doesn't tire of eating beans, beans, beans?
00:16:46Oh, I never tire of eating beans, beans, beans.
00:17:03It's Greek, you know what it means?
00:17:12Property of Al Lynch.
00:17:13Oh, Al.
00:17:15Martha, if I take a girl out, I have to have some money in my pocket.
00:17:19I have to buy her something, an ice cream soda or a hamburger.
00:17:22No, I won't eat anything myself.
00:17:25I'll just watch her.
00:17:26We have no money to spend on strange girls.
00:17:29Here comes Ernestine with that great big dog.
00:17:31Don't say it, Fred.
00:17:33Well, he never takes any of us for a ride in his truck.
00:17:36I start my deliveries tomorrow morning at 10.
00:17:38Be waiting for me.
00:17:39I will.
00:17:40Goodbye, Al.
00:17:41I'll be squeezing you fully.
00:18:00Hello, everybody.
00:18:03Hello.
00:18:05What's the matter with you?
00:18:07Did you hurt your back?
00:18:09Take a look.
00:18:11Oh, wow.
00:18:14Dainty, isn't it?
00:18:16Al's?
00:18:17Oh, no.
00:18:18Not Al.
00:18:19Which?
00:18:20Oh, you?
00:18:21You're just jealous because your younger sister got engaged before you did.
00:18:25Hey, are you engaged to him?
00:18:26Yes.
00:18:27Really?
00:18:27Yes.
00:18:28Well, then get him to slip you a couple of steaks some night by accident, will you?
00:18:31Oh, honestly, all anybody in this family ever thinks about is food.
00:18:36The next best thing to eating it.
00:18:39Martha, couldn't you just squeeze some ham?
00:18:41Do you want to get the hamburgers out of that budget?
00:18:43The budget only calls for meat for the little ones.
00:18:45We're all full grown.
00:18:46Well, I'm not.
00:18:48My best growing years are ahead of me.
00:18:51All right.
00:18:52Tonight, you're going to get some meat.
00:18:54Meat?
00:18:57Did I hear right?
00:18:58I can't believe it.
00:18:59I said we're going to have meat tonight.
00:19:02To celebrate Ernestine's engagement, we're going to have a barbecue.
00:19:06We're going to have a barbecue.
00:19:07We're going to have a barbecue.
00:19:10Oh, boy, that fire looks great.
00:19:13When do we start cooking?
00:19:14As soon as the meat comes.
00:19:15Haven't you got it with you?
00:19:17It'll be a log.
00:19:18Well, what do you have to do?
00:19:19Shoot it?
00:19:19I told you it was clams.
00:19:21We don't have to shoot it, and we don't have to dig for it.
00:19:24Just leave everything to me.
00:19:28It's a pot now.
00:19:38They're going to have a barbecue, too.
00:19:44Well, isn't it a good thing we got here first?
00:19:49Martha, is this the meat you said would be along?
00:19:52You can't.
00:19:54No?
00:19:54Watch me.
00:19:55You can't possibly.
00:19:57You don't have to stay if you don't want to.
00:20:00Hello.
00:20:01Hello, Colonel.
00:20:03Were you planning a barbecue, too?
00:20:04Yes, but...
00:20:05Oh, I'm sorry.
00:20:07Gosh, we didn't know.
00:20:08Why don't you take over the fire?
00:20:11We'll just go back to the house and boil ours on the stove.
00:20:15Oh, I wouldn't hear of it.
00:20:17We insist, don't we?
00:20:19After all, you're planning a party, and, well, we're only family.
00:20:23All we have is Frankfurters anyway.
00:20:26Come on, everybody.
00:20:27Let's get our things together and get out of Colonel Putnam's way.
00:20:29Oh.
00:20:31Why, you'll do nothing of the kind.
00:20:33You're going to stay right here with us.
00:20:34We'll combine forces.
00:20:35That's what we'll do.
00:20:36Oh, no.
00:20:38I insist.
00:20:39We have more than enough stakes for everyone, haven't we, Emily?
00:20:42Oh, yes, Colonel.
00:20:43Enough for a regiment.
00:20:44Take a look.
00:20:47Oh.
00:20:50Well, it isn't up to me.
00:20:53It's up to Anne.
00:20:53She's the oldest.
00:20:55I, uh...
00:20:56Well, if you don't stay, I won't enjoy a mouthful of food.
00:20:59Well, we couldn't do that to you, Colonel.
00:21:02Could we?
00:21:03Absolutely not.
00:21:04Good.
00:21:04I don't think so.
00:21:05Good.
00:21:08Well...
00:21:09Well, I'm...
00:21:09Well, I'm going to make a bit older,
00:21:13Give it on when you wait.
00:21:15And you'll be a bit older,
00:21:19With a new day you make.
00:21:20Here's the Japanese sandman
00:21:25Trading silver for old
00:21:27Just an old secondhand man
00:21:31Trading new days for old
00:21:33Here's the Japanese sandman
00:21:36Boldy old doe
00:21:37Sneaking on with the dew
00:21:39Just an old secondhand man
00:21:42He'll buy your old egg from you
00:21:44He will take every sorrow
00:21:48Of the day that is through
00:21:51And he'll give you tomorrow
00:21:54Just start life on new
00:21:57Then you'll be a bit older
00:22:00In the dawn when you wake
00:22:03And you'll be a bit bolder
00:22:06With a new day you make
00:22:08And you'll be making no mistake
00:22:10He a Japanese sandman
00:22:12Trading silver for gold
00:22:15Just an old secondhand man
00:22:18Come on and dance
00:22:19New days for old
00:22:21Dance, dance, dance
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00:23:21Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
00:23:31Look, there's Mother! Mother!
00:23:35Mother! What a surprise!
00:23:40Oh, children, you look wonderful.
00:23:42Welcome back, Mrs. Gilbert. Welcome back.
00:23:44Thank you, Tom.
00:23:45Hello, Mrs. Gilbert. I'm Colonel Putnam, one of your new neighbors.
00:23:48How do you do?
00:23:49Won't you join us?
00:23:50Why, yes. Thank you, Colonel.
00:23:52Come and get it, everybody!
00:23:53Oh, a cowl on stage! Come on!
00:23:55You should see the wonderful day!
00:24:11Is something wrong, Mother?
00:24:13No. Why?
00:24:15We weren't expecting you till the middle of August.
00:24:17I know, dear. I just did everything very quickly.
00:24:20Oh.
00:24:21Isn't this steak delicious?
00:24:27Seconds, anyone?
00:24:29Uh, y-yes, please.
00:24:30Just a song at twilight
00:24:33When the lights are low
00:24:42What a beautiful night. Seems such a shame.
00:24:47What does, Mother?
00:24:48Well, Anne, you might as well know. We'll all have to go back to Montclair.
00:24:52I stopped in to see the real estate agent, and he thinks he can rent the house here for the rest of the summer.
00:24:59Then, then the trip didn't go very well.
00:25:01No. Two of the lectures were canceled, and I couldn't get any of the others to renew your father's old contracts.
00:25:06Oh, but you and Father always worked so closely together.
00:25:09I guess he was the one they were really hiring.
00:25:12They think of me as someone who just tagged along.
00:25:17What-what will you do, Mother?
00:25:19I don't know, Anne, but when we get back to Montclair, I'll write letters to every firm I can think of
00:25:24and hope that someone will condescend to hire a lady engineer.
00:25:28Mother, I don't have to go back to college. I can skip a year. I can stay home and get a job and help.
00:25:34Well, we won't make any drastic plans until we have to.
00:25:37Mother! Mother!
00:25:39Yes, Frank. Don't say anything to the others. I'll tell them in the morning.
00:25:42Mother, Ernestine's no good at the harmony. Would you take it?
00:25:45Well, I'll try.
00:25:47Dear friend.
00:25:48Allah has not made any明 Acho.
00:25:50I have no way to find the office at the gallery's office.
00:25:54Lord.
00:26:03Yes,idirie, give me the gossip.
00:26:06OK, much fun.
00:26:07Thanks, R Deixa.
00:26:09I'll try.
00:26:10I've found one of my business.
00:26:12Thank you, Billy.
00:26:13People give me the gift to you
00:26:15Oh, sweet heart.
00:26:25Back to Montclair and faced the problem of making ends meet.
00:26:30We scrimped and cut corners with one purpose in mind,
00:26:33to keep the family together.
00:26:45There you are.
00:26:54Thanks, Albert.
00:26:55Thank you, Doctor. Come in again.
00:26:57If you don't mind, I think my spaghetti are ready.
00:27:00I'll take my lunch while the business is slow.
00:27:01You go ahead, Albert. Enjoy.
00:27:03Thank you, Doctor.
00:27:12Good afternoon.
00:27:15Good afternoon.
00:27:18Where's the other barber?
00:27:19Oh, he...
00:27:21Uh, he just went out to lunch.
00:27:24Oh.
00:27:24Is there anything I can do for you?
00:27:26Well, I had hoped to talk to Albert because I...
00:27:29Dan, friend!
00:27:31Stop it right this instant.
00:27:32Because we've been coming here for so many years and he knows us so well.
00:27:35Whatever Albert can do for you, I'd be glad to do.
00:27:38And more.
00:27:39Well, these are my brothers and sisters.
00:27:42All of them?
00:27:43No, there are four more.
00:27:45And since we're such a large family and we need so many haircuts a month,
00:27:49don't you think we ought to get a special rate?
00:27:50I think you should get a medal.
00:27:53I mean, large families are the backbone of the nation.
00:27:56That's not the point.
00:27:57The point is, do you think you can give us a special price?
00:28:03Well,
00:28:03that's a lot of hair.
00:28:07How do I know these are really your brothers and sisters?
00:28:10How do I know you just didn't collect them on the street
00:28:12and you're getting a rebate from their mothers and fathers?
00:28:14Well, I never.
00:28:15Why, everyone in Montclair knows the Gilberth family.
00:28:17Uh, Gilberth, how do you spell that?
00:28:19Come out!
00:28:20B-R-E-T-H.
00:28:23Mm-hmm.
00:28:23First name?
00:28:25I don't need a haircut.
00:28:27Yes, I noticed that.
00:28:28You look fine.
00:28:29You should always wear it that way.
00:28:31You don't sound like a barber to me.
00:28:33Ah, Miss Gilberth.
00:28:36Great to see you back.
00:28:38You still here, Dr. Grayson?
00:28:39Doctor?
00:28:40Are you a doctor?
00:28:42Don't feel bad, Miss Gilberth.
00:28:43I'm usually taken for a busboy or a street cleaner.
00:28:46Do you think a mustache would help?
00:28:48No.
00:28:49Neither do I.
00:28:50Goodbye, Gilberth.
00:28:51Bye!
00:28:53Well.
00:28:56Oh, Dan!
00:28:59Hey, come on!
00:29:00Hurry up!
00:29:01We're trying to go!
00:29:03Hey, watch out for so long!
00:29:07Hey, it's not a lot of bottles.
00:29:09We couldn't carry them!
00:29:15Any rags, any bones, any bottles today?
00:29:18Hurry up, you kids, hurry up!
00:29:19B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b
00:29:21Any rags, any bones, any bottles today?
00:29:24Funny old rag picture coming this way.
00:29:26Any rags, any bones, any bottles today?
00:29:29Rags!
00:29:30B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b
00:29:32Pass the man, pass him!
00:29:33Pass the man, pass him!
00:29:34Just watch!
00:29:35The same old story in the same old way.
00:29:38Rag, b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b!
00:29:40Rag, b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b!
00:29:43Any rags, any bones, any bottles today?
00:29:46Funny old rag picker coming this way!
00:29:49How many rags?
00:29:49How many rags?
00:29:51Here you are.
00:30:20Thanks!
00:30:21Hey, boy, here's another load.
00:30:32Okay, now, step on it.
00:30:36You're doing fine. Keep it up.
00:30:40Here she comes, Bill.
00:30:41Gangway!
00:30:42Let her slide.
00:30:51Accident?
00:30:58Why?
00:30:59Because it wasn't.
00:31:01You peanut, I'll slaughter you.
00:31:03Yeah? Yeah.
00:31:04Tiggers.
00:31:12Now, there is going on in here.
00:31:14We're making root beer.
00:31:15To sell?
00:31:16Who wants to sell it? We want to drink it.
00:31:19Mother, do you know how much root beer this family has?
00:31:21Do you know how much root beer this family drinks in the summer time?
00:31:22No.
00:31:23Three cases a week.
00:31:25A total cash expenditure of $3.60 every week.
00:31:29It's astonishing.
00:31:31Oh, Mrs. Gilbert.
00:31:32Yes, Tom?
00:31:33A man here to see you.
00:31:35Drove up in the mighty fine car, waiting in the sitting room.
00:31:40Bill!
00:31:41When you empty that, send up last week's batch.
00:31:43And remember, don't touch the ones with chalk marks.
00:31:46They're Tom's.
00:31:47Okay.
00:31:48What flavor did Tom make?
00:31:50I don't know, but I saw him put some yeast and some prunes and sugar in them.
00:31:54Ew, must taste terrible.
00:32:06How do you do?
00:32:07Oh, how do you do, Mrs. Gilbert?
00:32:09That your husband?
00:32:11Yes.
00:32:11Tell me he was quite a guy.
00:32:13Yes, he was quite a guy.
00:32:15I was just down here visiting the Wilson tool and dye outfit.
00:32:19Wilson's got a couple of boys running the plant for him, and they're just great.
00:32:22They should be.
00:32:23My husband trained them.
00:32:24I know that.
00:32:25That's why I'm here.
00:32:25I got a great opportunity for fellows like that.
00:32:28Do you know anybody that you'd like to do a favor for?
00:32:31I could use a couple of good men.
00:32:32I could use a half a dozen.
00:32:34Well, Mr.
00:32:35Harper.
00:32:36Sam Harper.
00:32:37Of Harper Electric?
00:32:39That's right.
00:32:40Well, Mr. Harper, my husband trained many men, but they all have very good jobs.
00:32:45I bet they wouldn't give them up, either.
00:32:47I tried to steal those two fellows from Wilson, but nothing doing.
00:32:51Well, they wouldn't be exactly right for you, anyway.
00:32:53No?
00:32:54No.
00:32:55We trained Evans and Boyd for Wilson, tool, and dye.
00:32:57They wouldn't be right for Harper Electric.
00:33:00We?
00:33:01Yes.
00:33:01My husband and I always work together.
00:33:04Is that so?
00:33:05I'm an engineer, too.
00:33:07Well, women are creeping in all over.
00:33:09What?
00:33:10Hmm?
00:33:11Oh, nothing.
00:33:14Do you suppose you...
00:33:17No, that'd never work.
00:33:19It certainly would.
00:33:20Why wouldn't it?
00:33:21Why wouldn't what?
00:33:22What you're thinking about.
00:33:23I'll train some men for you.
00:33:26Where?
00:33:27Right here.
00:33:28My husband and I trained all the others at home.
00:33:32Ah, it never worked.
00:33:34No man who's worth anything would ever take instructions from a woman.
00:33:37I know I wouldn't.
00:33:39That is a very narrow-minded, bigoted point of view, Mr. Harper.
00:33:43Well, maybe it is, but it's my opinion, and I'm stuck with it.
00:33:45Yes, you are.
00:33:46And if it's any comfort to you, that opinion I have discovered is shared by most of the big industrial firms in the country.
00:33:52But there's no reason to get excited, Mrs. Gilbert.
00:33:55Can I help it if I...
00:33:55Good day, Mr. Harper.
00:33:56Are you teaching school here?
00:34:12No.
00:34:13These are my own children.
00:34:15Children, this is Mr. Harper.
00:34:18Hi, Martha.
00:34:19How do you do?
00:34:19How do you do?
00:34:21Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:34:23And this is another one.
00:34:24Ann, this is Mr. Harper.
00:34:25How do you do, Mr. Harper?
00:34:27And you think you can train some executives here too, huh?
00:34:30That is my opinion, Mr. Harper, and apparently I'm stuck with it.
00:34:33Yes, well, goodbye.
00:34:35Bye.
00:34:39Stupid, arrogant, hard-headed, ignorant.
00:34:42What is it?
00:34:43Oh, Ann, it would have been absolutely perfect.
00:34:45I could have earned enough money right here at home, enough to take care of all of us,
00:34:50send you back to college, and I wouldn't have had to leave the children.
00:34:53It's absolutely maddening to come up against that stupid male conceit.
00:34:57I don't understand.
00:34:58Oh, I'm so sorry, dear.
00:35:00It's just that I'm at my wit's end.
00:35:02My mother, I know you'll get something.
00:35:04Some of those letters you wrote.
00:35:06Oh, I've already had enough answers to know what they'll all say.
00:35:09Sorry.
00:35:10We have nothing for you.
00:35:12It makes me so furious.
00:35:13For a moment there, I thought all my troubles were at an end.
00:35:18Mercy, Maude, what's that?
00:35:20In the cellar.
00:35:21It must be the furnace.
00:35:23Oh, Ann, we've got to hit the children out of the house before it blows up.
00:35:26The house ain't blowing up, ma'am.
00:35:28There ain't nothing to get excited about.
00:35:30What is it, then?
00:35:30It's just the children's root beer.
00:35:32That's all.
00:35:32That's all.
00:35:33Oh, thank Hiff.
00:35:35Yes, don't you worry about a thing.
00:35:36I'll go down and clean it all up.
00:35:40Children's root beer?
00:35:41Tom?
00:35:44Just a minute.
00:35:47Root beer doesn't explode.
00:35:49Huh?
00:35:52Alcohol.
00:35:53Alcohol?
00:35:55You smell alcohol, Mrs. Gilbert?
00:35:57Smell it.
00:35:58If I lit a match, the whole house would explode.
00:36:01What have you been making down there?
00:36:07Me?
00:36:08Not the children.
00:36:10You.
00:36:12Well, it's an old family receipt, you might say.
00:36:14You take some prunes and yeast and add a little sugar just to change the flavor.
00:36:18And it's just possible that with this receipt, you might create something that has a chemical reaction like alcohol.
00:36:24And smells like alcohol.
00:36:26And tastes like alcohol.
00:36:28Yeah.
00:36:28No.
00:36:29No.
00:36:29No.
00:36:29No.
00:36:31No.
00:36:34Step in here, Tom.
00:36:43Tom, this is outrageous.
00:36:45I know you've been with us many years, but this is the last straw.
00:36:49I've warned you time and time again, but now you leave me no alternative.
00:36:53You'll simply have to go.
00:36:54I had to do it.
00:37:01I had to let him go.
00:37:02Well, not Tom.
00:37:03We couldn't get along without Tom.
00:37:05I know how you feel about him, but you're just going to have to get along without him.
00:37:08Well, come on, let's go on down there and clean up the mess.
00:37:30Good afternoon, Mrs. Gilbert.
00:37:31Good afternoon, Mrs. Gilbert.
00:37:35Yes?
00:37:36I think you ought to let me come in because I've changed my mind.
00:37:40You have?
00:37:41Yes.
00:37:42Oh, come in.
00:37:44Come in.
00:37:46You can have your school.
00:37:49I'll send you two men.
00:37:51Oh, but two men won't do.
00:37:52What?
00:37:53It won't really pay me to start a school unless I have at least six pupils.
00:37:57And besides, it would be inefficient for me to teach two when I can teach six at the same time.
00:38:02And you said yourself you could use half a dozen, so it'd be just as inefficient for you to teach two.
00:38:06Yes, all right, all right.
00:38:06I'll tell you what.
00:38:07You fool me tomorrow and we'll work out the details.
00:38:09Oh, thank you, Mr. Harper.
00:38:11You're quite well, Tony.
00:38:11I'll do that.
00:38:16What the devil is that?
00:38:17Oh, the children have a laboratory downstairs and I expect they're fooling around with chemicals.
00:38:23Chemicals?
00:38:25Smells like alcohol to me.
00:38:27Mr. Harper, alcohol is a chemical.
00:38:32Yes, so it is.
00:38:35Good afternoon.
00:38:36Goodbye.
00:38:37I'll call you tomorrow.
00:38:46Mrs. Gilbert, I know you're a very busy woman with your scientific management and engineering,
00:38:50so I wrote myself out a character reference.
00:38:53If you'll sign it, I'll be very much obliged to you.
00:38:55You wrote yourself a reference?
00:38:56Well, I learned something in the years I've been here.
00:38:59I'll read it to you.
00:39:00To who it may concern, Thomas George Bracken has worked for me for 20 years as cook, cleaning man, gardener, furnace man, children's nurse and butler.
00:39:09After 20 years of loyalty and devotion, I was forced to fire him against my will because of certain financial reverses which he was not responsible for.
00:39:19I most certainly will not sign that.
00:39:21Well, I know it stretches the truth a bit, but if we tell the truth, who's going to give me a job?
00:39:26Quitting just when I need you most.
00:39:28But Mrs. Gilbert...
00:39:29A fine time you picked.
00:39:30Just when I'm getting my school started and you know I can't get along without you, you decide to walk out after 20 years.
00:39:36I never heard of anyone so ungrateful.
00:39:39Yes, ma'am.
00:39:40Sorry, ma'am.
00:39:41Thank you, ma'am.
00:39:42Thank you, ma'am.
00:39:43That's better.
00:39:49Oh, Mrs. Gilbert, the last one.
00:39:57By Thanksgiving, the school was fully launched.
00:40:00Sam Harper more than kept his word.
00:40:03He not only sent four men himself, but he contrived to have the biggest department store in New York send two more
00:40:09and persuaded Kincaid Rubber to send an additional two.
00:40:13We must remember that of all the factors involved in industrial management, the most important is the human being.
00:40:20Well, in view of the fact that tomorrow is Thanksgiving, we'll end our class a little early today.
00:40:25My eldest daughter is home from college for the holiday, and this is a very big day in our house.
00:40:31I hope you'll all have a very happy Thanksgiving.
00:40:34Thank you, Mrs. Gilbert.
00:40:36Thank you, ma'am.
00:40:37Thank you, ma'am.
00:40:43Boy, what a catsy car.
00:40:45Wow, Pipe the Sheik.
00:40:52That coat cost $600 if it cost a nickel.
00:40:55And that roadster, I wonder what he paid for that.
00:40:58Don't you dare ask him.
00:40:59Yes, Ernest.
00:41:00Well, you can count on Meat Axe Civilized.
00:41:02If you marry him, none of us will ever have to work.
00:41:05Yeah, we'd all come and live with you.
00:41:08Who is it?
00:41:09It's Al Lynch, the Nantucket heartthrog.
00:41:12Oh.
00:41:13Mother, you said it was all right for me to invite him here for Thanksgiving.
00:41:16Yes, dear, I remember.
00:41:21Now, remember, boys, you all stand up when he comes in.
00:41:23Here he is.
00:41:24Quick, everybody, sit down.
00:41:27What for?
00:41:28How can we stand up if we're not sitting down first?
00:41:39Why, Al Lynch, what a delightful surprise.
00:41:41Baby!
00:41:42Al, my whole family's here.
00:41:46Baby, whose pin are you wearing?
00:41:48Oh, no!
00:41:49Al, please.
00:41:51No, Al.
00:41:52Okay.
00:41:53Did you get a load of the chariot?
00:41:55Costs 2,000 smackers.
00:41:57I hope that answers your question.
00:41:59Oh, it's beautiful, Al.
00:42:00How about taking a quick spin?
00:42:02Well, I want you to say a load of my family first.
00:42:04Oh, I've got plenty of time for that.
00:42:05I'm gonna be here the whole weekend, ain't I?
00:42:07I'll just tell Mother.
00:42:09Sure.
00:42:10I'd like to meet your old lady.
00:42:16Get away from me.
00:42:20Mother, I'd like you to meet Al Lynch.
00:42:22Al, this is my mother.
00:42:23Your mother?
00:42:24I'd have sworn she was your sister.
00:42:27She looks just like your sister.
00:42:29I'd have sworn it.
00:42:32Ernestine, won't you be cold in that open car?
00:42:35Oh, it's all right, Mrs. G.
00:42:36If she gets cold, I'll give her part of my coat.
00:42:39The sleeves.
00:42:40Oh.
00:42:41Oh, well.
00:42:42Well, be seasonin' ya.
00:42:48And to think we're having a party tonight, in his honor.
00:42:51Lend her his sleeves.
00:42:52I'd like to lend him a swift kick in the pants.
00:42:54That's what Dad would've done.
00:42:56If you don't really care for Morton Dykes, why did you invite him?
00:43:09Why didn't you ask somebody else?
00:43:10Because there isn't anybody else I do care for.
00:43:12Yes.
00:43:13Hello.
00:43:14Well, hello.
00:43:15We had the most divine spin in the roadster.
00:43:19For three hours.
00:43:20We ran out of gas.
00:43:21Oh, Ernestine.
00:43:22You didn't fall for that old chestnut.
00:43:23Oh, you're just...
00:43:24Believe me, Ernestine, I am not jealous, not the slightest bit.
00:43:27You're not?
00:43:28Oh, you poor kid.
00:43:29You're frozen to death.
00:43:30You're gonna take a hot bath right away.
00:43:31Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:33Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight.
00:43:36Now, just do what I told you.
00:43:37You go first, Bill.
00:43:38Yeah.
00:43:39And fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:40Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:41Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:42Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:44Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:46Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:48Now, just do what I told you.
00:43:49You go first, Bill.
00:43:50Yeah.
00:43:51And fight, fight, fight.
00:43:52Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:53Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:54Now, just do what I told you.
00:43:55You go first, Bill.
00:43:56Yeah.
00:43:57And fight, fight, fight.
00:43:58Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:43:59Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:44:00Fight.
00:44:01Fight.
00:44:02Hey, I thought I locked that door.
00:44:03No, that lock never worked.
00:44:04Nobody pays any attention to a thing like that in a big family.
00:44:07You mean one of the girls might walk in here, too?
00:44:09Oh, sure.
00:44:10But they probably wouldn't even look at you.
00:44:11Just walk right past.
00:44:12What?
00:44:13That's the way we were brought up.
00:44:14You weren't brought up.
00:44:15You were dragged up.
00:44:16That's very funny.
00:44:17Hey, close the door.
00:44:18Sure.
00:44:19But I won't keep anybody out.
00:44:20Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:44:21Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:44:22Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:44:23Fight on for Sagawaan.
00:44:26Hi.
00:44:27You sure it's out there?
00:44:28Sure.
00:44:29I threw it out and it didn't come down.
00:44:30Okay.
00:44:31I'll get it for you.
00:44:32So what are you doing?
00:44:33His ball is out there and I want to get it for him.
00:44:35What's the matter with you?
00:44:36Are you crazy?
00:44:37The boys are dangerous out here.
00:44:38There's a big wide row.
00:44:39Give me that brush, I can't reach it.
00:44:57Gee.
00:44:58You've got him.
00:45:07Gee, you've got here.
00:45:08Number two.
00:45:09There's hair on your chest.
00:45:11You got more hair than Tom.
00:45:13He lets me fix it.
00:45:14Get away from me, you.
00:45:15I got it.
00:45:16Good.
00:45:17Come on, Frank.
00:45:18Okay.
00:45:19Thanks a lot, fellas.
00:45:20Follow the window.
00:45:21Close that door.
00:45:35Oh, pardon me.
00:45:37Oh, I'm terribly sorry, Al, dear.
00:45:40It is Al, isn't it?
00:45:42Dee!
00:45:43I'm so sorry, Al.
00:45:44Oh, I'm so sorry, Al.
00:45:45I'm so sorry, Al.
00:45:46I'm so sorry, Al.
00:45:48Mother, let's have a Paul Jones.
00:46:08All right, dear.
00:46:10A Paul Jones, everybody.
00:46:11Every time the music stops, change partners.
00:46:14I don't want to change partners.
00:46:15I'm just trying to pep up the party.
00:46:18Have you seen Al?
00:46:21No.
00:46:22I wonder what happened to him.
00:46:23To who?
00:46:27Oh, no, you don't.
00:46:39Excuse me, please.
00:46:48No locks on the doors.
00:46:59People parading in and out while other people are taking a bath.
00:47:03Brothers dressing up like sisters.
00:47:05I always thought this family was a little peculiar, but I never thought they were just plain crazy.
00:47:09That's enough.
00:47:09I don't want to hear another word against my family.
00:47:11If you don't like us, just go.
00:47:13What do you think I'm doing?
00:47:15Well, then go.
00:47:17Not without my pen.
00:47:19Oh, as if I want.
00:47:21Believe me, it's just an oversight.
00:47:23Although how anybody could overlook anything as vulgarly large as that?
00:47:26How Lynch takes that from who it comes.
00:47:29Oh, we're sorry to see you go.
00:47:35We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:37We hope that you'll never come back.
00:47:39We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:41We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:43We're sorry to see you go.
00:47:45We hope that you'll never come back.
00:47:47Mother, I don't know what they did to me, but they did nothing terrible.
00:47:57Who did?
00:47:58I don't know.
00:47:59Mother, I gave him back his pen.
00:48:02You did exactly right, dear.
00:48:04Now go in there and try to have a good time.
00:48:06I can't.
00:48:07I can't possibly.
00:48:08You must.
00:48:09You have other guests.
00:48:12I'll get to the bottom of this.
00:48:13I'll find out exactly what happened.
00:48:17Tom, you know everything that goes on in this house.
00:48:29What happened upstairs?
00:48:30Who was wearing his sister's dress?
00:48:32I knew I forgot something.
00:48:34Tom, who was it?
00:48:36Sorry, Mrs. Gilberth, but I'm no informer.
00:48:47Frank, will you come out here a minute?
00:48:50I want to speak to you.
00:48:51Oh, sure, Mother.
00:48:55Did you have anything to do with insulting Al Lynch?
00:48:59Well, it took quite a bit of doing, but we managed it.
00:49:02Frank, Al Lynch was Ernestine's guest.
00:49:05Well, sure, Mother, that was the trouble.
00:49:07It wasn't up to you to judge him.
00:49:09The poor girl's heartbroken.
00:49:11Huh?
00:49:12She's in tears.
00:49:13He took his pin back.
00:49:15She's beside herself.
00:49:16Ernestine?
00:49:17Yes.
00:49:19Mother, come here.
00:49:20There's something I want you to see.
00:49:22Come on.
00:49:23Come on.
00:49:23Come on.
00:49:24Come on.
00:49:25Come on.
00:49:25Come on.
00:49:26Come on.
00:49:26Now, Mother, you'll just have to face it.
00:49:41From now on, there are certain things the men of the family will have to do for you.
00:49:46Yes, Frank.
00:49:47Come on.
00:49:55THE END
00:50:25Oh, I beg your pardon, madam, but are you Dr. Gilbreth?
00:50:34Yes, I am.
00:50:35Would you mind waiting here for just a moment?
00:50:38Why, no.
00:50:40Dr. Gilbreth, I'm Kendall Williams, chairman of the speakers' committee.
00:50:57How do you do? Is something wrong?
00:50:59I'm terribly sorry that this is awfully embarrassing, but a dreadful mistake has been made.
00:51:04You see, one of the rules of the Engineers Club is that no women are allowed to enter it.
00:51:09Oh, surely you must be joking.
00:51:11I most certainly am not.
00:51:12I tried to call you at your home, but you'd already left.
00:51:15I'm terribly sorry.
00:51:17Would you mind telling me why I was invited in the first place?
00:51:20I read an article by L. M. Gilbreth, and I was very much impressed with it.
00:51:25I thought it would be interesting if L. M. Gilbreth would speak to us.
00:51:28But, but you're a woman.
00:51:31Well, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about that, Mr. Williams.
00:51:34After all, even engineering has its limits.
00:51:36Oh, here's a copy of the speech I was planning to give tonight.
00:51:43Perhaps your members would find it more enlightening if it were delivered by a man.
00:51:47Good night.
00:51:47Good night.
00:52:06Hello.
00:52:31Yes, this is the Gilbreth resident.
00:52:33This is Martha Gilbreth.
00:52:36Montclair Hospital.
00:52:39Mother.
00:52:41But, but that's impossible.
00:52:42She's in New York delivering a speech.
00:52:44What's the matter?
00:52:44Shh.
00:52:46Oh, what happened to her?
00:52:48Your mother was in an automobile accident, and she was brought here.
00:52:53No, you can't speak to her now.
00:52:55But you'll be able to see her tomorrow morning at ten.
00:52:57Tomorrow morning at ten?
00:52:58Not before that?
00:53:02You're, you're sure she's all right?
00:53:08What happened?
00:53:09It's mother.
00:53:10She, she's been in an automobile accident.
00:53:12She's at Montclair Hospital.
00:53:13Is she all right?
00:53:15That's what they say, but I'm going to call Anne.
00:53:18I think she ought to come home from school.
00:53:20If she leaves tonight, she should be here by morning.
00:53:23Operate her.
00:53:24Operate her.
00:53:25I want long distance.
00:53:26How long will I be here, doctor?
00:53:38Until you get well.
00:53:40But I must know.
00:53:41I have all my children at home alone.
00:53:43I teach a class, and I have a lecture at Rutgers on Saturday.
00:53:47I think you better plan to cancel everything for a while.
00:53:49But I can't...
00:53:50Mrs. Kilbreath, you drove your car into a parked truck, and it doesn't take a doctor to tell you.
00:53:55Anybody who does that needs a rest.
00:53:58Come in.
00:54:00Mother.
00:54:02Oh, Mother.
00:54:02Oh, so good.
00:54:03Oh, so good, Mother.
00:54:05We were just coming.
00:54:06Oh, so good.
00:54:07Are you all right, Mother?
00:54:09I'm fine, dear.
00:54:11How are the other children?
00:54:13You couldn't bring them down, could you?
00:54:14No.
00:54:15No, they're not allowed in, but they're fine.
00:54:18Where's Bryce?
00:54:18Oh, is she all right, doctor?
00:54:20Well, yes, but she needs some rest.
00:54:22Plenty of it.
00:54:24The barber.
00:54:25That's right.
00:54:26You know each other?
00:54:28I almost gave them all a haircut once, but we couldn't quite agree on the price.
00:54:32Oh, really?
00:54:33Well, I'll send the nurse in to do something about the farce.
00:54:48Shhh.
00:54:50Shhh.
00:54:51Shhh.
00:54:52Shhh.
00:54:53Shhh.
00:54:54Shhh.
00:54:55Shhh.
00:54:56Shhh.
00:54:57Shhh.
00:54:58Shhh.
00:54:59Shhh.
00:55:00Shhh.
00:55:01Shhh.
00:55:02Shhh.
00:55:03Shhh.
00:55:05Shhh.
00:55:06Shhh.
00:55:07Shhh.
00:55:08Shhh.
00:55:09Shhh.
00:55:10Shhh.
00:55:11Shhh.
00:55:12Shhh.
00:55:13Shhh.
00:55:14Shhh.
00:55:15Shhh.
00:55:16Go on. Go on.
00:55:18Go on.
00:55:24Brightish.
00:55:26I've got all the kids with me.
00:55:30Hello, Lillian.
00:55:32For you, Mother.
00:55:34Oh, thank you, darling.
00:55:36You're wounded.
00:55:38Just a little, dear, just a little.
00:55:40Does it hurt, Mother?
00:55:42Now, don't cry.
00:55:44If the doctor hears you, he'll put you all out.
00:55:46Yes, Mother.
00:55:51None of you went to school today.
00:55:53You'll just have to go straight from here.
00:55:55I'd better write some excuses for you for being late.
00:55:58Don't bother, Mother. I have them right here.
00:56:01An original and eight carbons.
00:56:03Just on the top one.
00:56:05I guess I don't have to worry about the house running smoothly, do I?
00:56:09No, Mother.
00:56:11Oh, my. Another bouquet.
00:56:14I'll have to get another vase.
00:56:16By the way, Dr. Grayson saw you come in.
00:56:18He said to tell you to take the little ones out the way they came.
00:56:21Yes, ma'am.
00:56:22And when you come tomorrow, be sure to use the back stairs again.
00:56:25Yes, ma'am.
00:56:26Now, that's enough for today.
00:56:28Better say goodbye.
00:56:30Tomorrow you can stay longer.
00:56:32Goodbye, dear.
00:56:33Goodbye.
00:56:34Goodbye, darling.
00:56:35Goodbye, dear.
00:56:36Be careful, you'll jiggle the bed.
00:56:38Your mother's in considerable pain.
00:56:40Not anymore, I'm not.
00:56:42Goodbye, Bill.
00:56:45Goodbye, friend, dear.
00:56:47And esteem.
00:56:48Goodbye, ma'am.
00:56:49Goodbye, ma'am.
00:56:50Goodbye, ma'am.
00:56:51Goodbye, dear.
00:56:53Goodbye, ma'am.
00:56:54Goodbye, dear.
00:56:55Goodbye, ma'am.
00:56:56Goodbye, friend.
00:56:57Good morning.
00:56:58Goodbye, Mr. Harper.
00:56:59Thank you, too.
00:57:00Hi.
00:57:01Goodbye, Waterloo.
00:57:02You'revid.
00:57:03Hello, girls.
00:57:04How's your mother?
00:57:05Well, the doctor said she's going to be fine, Mr. Harper.
00:57:06What if it's right?
00:57:07I'd be glad to hear it.
00:57:08Where is she?
00:57:09Uh, Room 309.
00:57:11Ms. Gilbert?
00:57:12Oh, yes, doctor.
00:57:14I just wanted to reassure you about your mother's condition.
00:57:18All she needs is plenty of care, and I'll see that she gets it.
00:57:20Thank you, doctor.
00:57:22Hope you'll come to see her every day.
00:57:24I think that'd do her a lot of good.
00:57:26I won't be able to. I have to go back to college tomorrow.
00:57:30But I'll be back for Easter vacation.
00:57:32Good, good.
00:57:34Well, goodbye.
00:57:35Goodbye.
00:57:38Is Mother going to be here until Easter?
00:57:39Of course not.
00:57:41Well, then I don't understand.
00:57:43It's all right, Ernestine.
00:57:44And us.
00:57:47And when that Kendall Williams person left me standing on the sidewalk in front of the engineers' club,
00:57:52all dressed up with no dinner to go to,
00:57:54I was so furious, I guess I didn't watch where I was driving,
00:57:58and I ran into a parked truck.
00:58:00And here I am.
00:58:02Oh, it's ridiculous. It's positively ridiculous.
00:58:05Everybody in the country ought to know that Dr. L.M. Gilberth is a woman,
00:58:09and a very remarkable one.
00:58:11Lily, what you need is some good publicity, and I'm going to see that you get it.
00:58:14How?
00:58:15Well, you remember the day I walked into your house and I told you my name was Sam Harper,
00:58:19and you said, uh, of Harper Electric.
00:58:21Right?
00:58:22Yes.
00:58:22And you just leave everything to me.
00:58:29Easy.
00:58:31Easy.
00:58:44Easy.
00:58:45Easy.
00:58:46Easy.
00:58:47Easy.
00:58:48Easy.
00:58:49Easy.
00:58:50Easy.
00:58:51Easy.
00:58:52Easy.
00:59:06Easy.
00:59:07viendo,
00:59:08I promise you,
00:59:09if you ever ask me out again, we'll go alone.
00:59:10Oh, I don't mind. It's quite an experience.
00:59:11Come on, hurry along, everybody. The newsreel is starting. Come on.
00:59:21That's the Gilberts. They used to live on our block.
00:59:24Gee, was my mother glad when they moved away.
01:01:11Look, mother, there's Ed.
01:01:16Don't eat the plate.
01:01:21Ah!
01:01:26Ah!
01:01:27Ah!
01:01:28Ah!
01:01:29Ah!
01:01:30Ah!
01:01:31Ah!
01:01:32Ah!
01:01:33Ah!
01:01:34Ah!
01:01:35Ah!
01:01:36Ah!
01:01:37Ah!
01:01:38Ah!
01:01:39Ah!
01:01:40Ah!
01:01:41Ah!
01:01:42Ah!
01:01:43Ah!
01:01:44Ah!
01:01:45Ah!
01:01:46Ah!
01:01:47Good heavens, isn't it almost over?
01:01:48Ah!
01:01:49Oh, no, it isn't.
01:02:19Oh, no, it isn't.
01:02:49Do you realize that that newsreel will be shown all over the United States?
01:02:57And Canada and the British Isles.
01:03:00Oh.
01:03:01I still see it's darn good publicity.
01:03:03I know you keep saying that, but how could that be good publicity?
01:03:07I'll tell you. They mentioned your name, they spelled it correctly, they used your picture, and believe me, that's all that matters.
01:03:13Children, your mother is now a public figure.
01:03:16And so am I.
01:03:18That first day when we go back to school.
01:03:22I'm not going. I'm gonna catch something that'll keep me in bed till June.
01:03:26What's the matter with all of you anyway?
01:03:28Don't you realize you were in the same newsreel with the president of the United States?
01:03:32Yes, I thought he looked much funnier than we did, but nobody laughed at him.
01:03:36I don't care whether they laughed at you or not. They'll remember you. Isn't that right, Doc?
01:03:40Well, I don't see how they could forget.
01:03:44Well, ships that pass in the night.
01:03:46Yeah, east is east and west is west, and so on and so forth.
01:03:48It's all in a lifetime. You meet all kinds of people. So I guess you haven't really wasted your evening.
01:03:54Oh, I don't think I have.
01:03:58Well, see you tomorrow night.
01:04:02Say, I forgot to ask. Are you free tomorrow night?
01:04:06Yes.
01:04:18Good. Goodnight.
01:04:22Say, I forgot to ask. Are you free tomorrow night?
01:04:26Say, I forgot to ask, are you free tomorrow night?
01:04:32Yes.
01:04:34Good.
01:04:35Good night.
01:04:37Good night.
01:04:37It's coming in on time. Be here any minute.
01:04:58Bob, please, this is a railroad station.
01:05:00Exactly. People always kiss in railroad stations.
01:05:03But I'm not going anyplace, and neither are you.
01:05:05Shh. Somebody might hear you.
01:05:07Stop it.
01:05:08I'm only trying to put you in a good mood so you look happy when we tell your mother about us.
01:05:13Bob, I suddenly think I should tell her myself.
01:05:16Don't make it sound so solemn.
01:05:18I'm not, but suppose I break down and cry or something. I wouldn't want you there.
01:05:22Do you always cry when you're happy?
01:05:23Sometimes. You should have seen me when I was graduating from college.
01:05:27You'd have thought I was being flunked out.
01:05:30Why don't you come by the house at 5 o'clock?
01:05:32Okay, darling.
01:05:35Goodbye, darling.
01:05:35Have a nice trip, darling.
01:05:37Mother, Andy, how did we let you go?
01:06:02Oh, it was wonderful. I have the most marvelous news.
01:06:07How would you like to have a professor for a mother?
01:06:09No.
01:06:11Yes, you are now looking at Professor Lillian Gilbreth of Purdue University.
01:06:15Purdue?
01:06:16Well, that's wonderful.
01:06:18Yes, if only it were nearer Montclair.
01:06:20I hate leaving the children for so long, but now that you're home and can really take over for me, I think it'll work out all right.
01:06:26Oh, Porter, that's mine.
01:06:29That brown bag.
01:06:31Now, don't tell Sam Harper. It'll only make his head bigger.
01:06:34But, you know, I think that silly newsreel helped.
01:06:36The dean told me he never laughed at anything so much in his life.
01:06:40But he also read an article of mine last month and came to hear me lecture.
01:06:45Taxi, lady?
01:06:46Yes, please.
01:06:47Taxi?
01:06:47The car broke down again.
01:06:49Oh.
01:06:50How's everything at home?
01:06:53Oh, just fine.
01:06:55Are you sure?
01:06:56Oh, yes, Mother.
01:06:57Why should anything be wrong?
01:06:59Oh, I don't know.
01:06:59But when I'm away, I'm always afraid that something dreadful might happen.
01:07:03But, Mother.
01:07:04I know it's silly, but I'm never sure until I get back and look at every one of you.
01:07:09But I won't worry now so much that you're home.
01:07:12You'll never know what a comfort it is to me, Ann.
01:07:14Thank you, Mom.
01:07:20Thanks, Ben.
01:07:26Okay, Doc.
01:07:30Hi, Ann.
01:07:31Hello, Bob.
01:07:34How'd it go?
01:07:39I didn't tell her.
01:07:41Bob, do you think it's such a good idea?
01:07:45Come again?
01:07:47Well, taking on a wife when you're just starting practice.
01:07:50Don't you think it'd be better if we'd wait a while?
01:07:52No, I don't.
01:07:55Why do you want to wait?
01:07:57I just told you.
01:07:59Well, you didn't tell me.
01:08:02This afternoon, you weren't worried about the two of us facing the world together.
01:08:05There's obviously another reason.
01:08:07All right, then.
01:08:11It isn't fair to them.
01:08:13To whom?
01:08:14To Mother and everyone else in the family.
01:08:17Oh, Bob, don't you see?
01:08:18I've had all the best of it.
01:08:20Now it's Ernestine's turn to go away to school and someone ought to help Mother.
01:08:23Mother, I think I ought to.
01:08:27I mean, we could be engaged, but let's not get married for a while.
01:08:33How long a while?
01:08:34I don't know.
01:08:36A year?
01:08:37Two?
01:08:38I don't know.
01:08:38I've heard of families like this, but this is the first time I ever met one.
01:08:50Families like what?
01:08:51Oh, they raise the children and then use them.
01:08:54Never let them go.
01:08:55They turn them into a lot of assistant mothers and fathers, bringing home their paycheck,
01:08:59taking care of the younger kids.
01:09:00My mother isn't like that at all.
01:09:01Well, maybe she isn't, but that's the way it comes out for you and me.
01:09:03It's wrong, Abby.
01:09:05It's wrong, and if you won't tell her, I will.
01:09:07No, Bob, no.
01:09:11Oh, won't you please wait?
01:09:13It won't work, Ann.
01:09:14We're too much in love.
01:09:15We should get married now and start out together.
01:09:17Now you know that.
01:09:19So let me tell her.
01:09:22I can't.
01:09:26They're okay.
01:09:28So you can't.
01:09:30Please, Bob.
01:09:31I love you so.
01:09:32Okay, okay, let's forgive us.
01:09:33Oh, please, Bob.
01:09:34That's the way it is.
01:09:35That's the way it is.
01:09:35Aren't you even going to come in?
01:09:37No, I'm going to get back to the hospital.
01:09:41Will you call me?
01:09:43Oh, sure, sure.
01:09:54Oh, boy, this strawberry's good.
01:09:56What flavor are you going to get?
01:09:58I'm going to get cherry.
01:09:59I want lemon.
01:10:01Look.
01:10:31Hello?
01:10:40Oh, yes, Mrs. McIntyre.
01:10:43This is Ernestine.
01:10:46Oh, that's wonderful.
01:10:49Thank you very much.
01:10:52That was Mrs. McIntyre.
01:10:55Mrs. Fox won't be able to come tonight,
01:10:56so I've been promoted to take charge of the refreshment booth.
01:11:00Zowie.
01:11:03Well, dear, you volunteered to help.
01:11:05Well, I only volunteered because no boy volunteered to take me to the dance.
01:11:15Hello, Ann.
01:11:16Hello, Mother.
01:11:19Andy, is that you?
01:11:20Yes, it is.
01:11:22Will you lend me your evening bag for tonight?
01:11:24Sure, take it.
01:11:25Gee, thanks.
01:11:28I thought you were going to the dance.
01:11:31No, I'm not.
01:11:34Ann, is everything all right between you and Bob?
01:11:37Well, yes, of course.
01:11:39I don't like to be pokey, dear,
01:11:42but it seems to me I haven't seen him for a couple of weeks.
01:11:46Well, he's been working nights at the hospital.
01:11:49Two weeks in a row?
01:11:50That's a bit unusual, isn't it?
01:11:53Yes, it is.
01:11:54They're, uh, shorthanded, I guess.
01:11:56Hello?
01:12:01Hello?
01:12:02Yes.
01:12:03New York calling.
01:12:05Hello?
01:12:06Oh, hello, Morton.
01:12:08This is Ernestine.
01:12:10Oh, I'm fine.
01:12:11How are you?
01:12:12You want to talk to Ann?
01:12:13She's right...
01:12:14Well, I can talk to you just as well.
01:12:16Are you and Ann free tonight?
01:12:17Both of us, Morton?
01:12:18You mean Ann and me?
01:12:20Yes.
01:12:21I know it's the last minute in very bad form,
01:12:23but my cousin just got in from Atlanta.
01:12:26Only be here for a few days,
01:12:27and I wonder if we could all go out together.
01:12:29Oh, Morton, there's a dance in town tonight,
01:12:32and it's for a worthy cause.
01:12:33I promise to go and help out.
01:12:36Maybe we could all go.
01:12:38Wait just a minute.
01:12:38I'll ask Ann.
01:12:39Andy, Morton has his cousin from Georgia with him,
01:12:42and they want to take us to the dance tonight.
01:12:43How about it?
01:12:44Oh, Ern, I don't think so.
01:12:46I'm not up to it.
01:12:47Please, Ann, if you don't go,
01:12:49I'll just be stuck behind the refreshment booth all night.
01:12:52Please, Ann, for my sake.
01:12:55Oh, all right.
01:12:56I guess so.
01:12:57Morton, she says she'd be delighted.
01:12:59See you at 8 o'clock.
01:13:01Oh, Lee, I've got a million things to do.
01:13:04Ann.
01:13:05And are you sure you want to go?
01:13:07Of course.
01:13:08Why not?
01:13:10Oh, you were planning to go out with Mr. Harper tonight,
01:13:12weren't you?
01:13:13That's all right.
01:13:15It's Tom's night in.
01:13:17Oh.
01:13:19Oh, good evening, Sam.
01:13:37Good evening.
01:13:37For you, Professor.
01:13:40Makes me feel as if I were going to a dance, too.
01:13:43Everybody going to a dance?
01:13:45Well, the older girls and Frank.
01:13:46Well, why don't we go, too?
01:13:48I feel great tonight.
01:13:49Just like a kid.
01:13:51Lily, you look beautiful.
01:13:54Come into the living room.
01:13:56I want to talk to you.
01:14:04Sit down.
01:14:06You know me, Lily.
01:14:07When I have anything to say, I say it straight out.
01:14:09Yes?
01:14:10Well, uh...
01:14:11What I was going to ask you...
01:14:13Excuse me, Sam.
01:14:15That must be someone calling for the girls.
01:14:23Oh, hello, Morton.
01:14:24Good evening, Mrs. Gilbert.
01:14:25This is my cousin, Franklin Dykes.
01:14:27How do you do?
01:14:28How do you do, ma'am?
01:14:30Won't you come in?
01:14:31I'll tell the girls you're here.
01:14:34Oh, here they are.
01:14:36Hello, Morton.
01:14:37Good evening, Morton.
01:14:39Hello, Ann.
01:14:39Hi, Ernestine.
01:14:40I'd like to meet my cousin, Franklin Dykes.
01:14:42How do you do, Miss Ann?
01:14:44Well, I never expected to draw anything like you.
01:14:47Morton, I'm real obliged to you.
01:14:49But, but, Franklin...
01:14:50It's all right, Morton.
01:14:51When you come to Atlanta, I just hope I can repay your hospitality in kind.
01:14:55But I doubt it.
01:14:56Shall we go?
01:14:58Come on, Morton.
01:14:59Good night, Morton.
01:15:02Good night, dear.
01:15:03Don't you worry about a thing, Miss Gilbert.
01:15:05I'll take real good care of your daughter.
01:15:08Good night, Mel.
01:15:09Good night, sir.
01:15:25How do you do?
01:15:26I'm Mr. Beasley.
01:15:27I've come for Martha.
01:15:28Oh, won't you come in, Mr. Beasley?
01:15:31I'll get her.
01:15:34Oh, Frank.
01:15:35Will you tell Martha that Mr. Beasley's here?
01:15:38Martha!
01:15:39Bubber's here!
01:15:40Frank.
01:15:41Hi, Bubber.
01:15:41Hi, Frank.
01:15:43Mother, this tight.
01:15:43I can't get it straight.
01:15:45Yes, dear.
01:15:46I'll try to fix it.
01:15:47Willie, what's going on?
01:15:49I'll only be a minute, Sam.
01:15:51Oh, uh, I'd like to present Mr. Beasley, Mr. Harper.
01:15:55How do you do, Mr. Beasley?
01:15:58Good evening, everyone.
01:16:03Hello, Bubber.
01:16:07Hello, Martha.
01:16:08It was so kind of you to ask me to the dance.
01:16:15Well, that's okay.
01:16:16Frank's taking my kid sister.
01:16:18Come on, let's go.
01:16:19Goodbye, sir.
01:16:20Goodbye, Mr. Beasley.
01:16:21Goodbye, Mrs. Gilbert.
01:16:22Goodbye, Mr. Beasley.
01:16:24Thanks, Mother.
01:16:25So long, everybody.
01:16:26Goodbye, dear.
01:16:29Was that Martha?
01:16:30Yes, she's been practicing all day how not to be an old maid.
01:16:37Won't you please sit down, Lily?
01:16:39Yes, Sam.
01:16:41You know, Lily, I'm pretty well fixed financially,
01:16:44and I've got a lot of power.
01:16:46But there's only one thing that gives me a real kick these days.
01:16:55Isn't there somebody else in the house that can answer that?
01:16:58No, Sam.
01:16:59I'm not very well fixed financially.
01:17:06Evening, Miss Gilbert.
01:17:08Good evening, Bob.
01:17:09May I see Anne, please?
01:17:10I'm afraid not.
01:17:12She's gone out with Ernestine.
01:17:14Oh.
01:17:15Do you mind if I wait?
01:17:17Of course not.
01:17:18But it might be a while.
01:17:20I'll wait.
01:17:25You know Mr. Harper?
01:17:27Sure.
01:17:28Hello, Mr. Harper.
01:17:29Well, hello.
01:17:37Is she going to stay here?
01:17:39Why don't we go out someplace, then?
01:17:41Oh, no.
01:17:42I don't think so.
01:17:43Thanks, anyway.
01:17:46Is there something on your mind, Bob?
01:17:49What?
01:17:49She asked if there was something on your mind.
01:17:53Oh, no, no.
01:17:55I'm sorry, but it's just that I have so much on my mind.
01:17:58I see.
01:17:59I see.
01:18:00You do?
01:18:01I'm leaving for Detroit.
01:18:04That appointment at the Detroit General Hospital?
01:18:07Yes, it came through, and I have to leave immediately, tonight.
01:18:11That's why I wanted to see Anne.
01:18:13Yes, but Anne went out dancing.
01:18:14She won't be home.
01:18:16Dancing?
01:18:16I thought you said she went out with Ernestine.
01:18:20It was a double date.
01:18:21She just did it to help Ernestine out so that Ernestine would have an escort.
01:18:25Oh, so now she's helping Ernestine.
01:18:29Well, the last time I talked to her, she was helping you.
01:18:32I suppose a year from now, she'll be helping Martha or Frank or somebody else.
01:18:36Is she ever going to do anything for herself?
01:18:38What on earth are you talking about?
01:18:40It's ridiculous.
01:18:40It's perfectly ridiculous.
01:18:42I came here to tell her that it's all right.
01:18:43I'll wait for her.
01:18:45I was just going soft-headed.
01:18:47This isn't a family.
01:18:49Most families only have two hands to hold you with.
01:18:51This is an octopus holding on with every tentacle.
01:18:54Maybe Anne is willing to waste her life, but I'm not.
01:18:58Goodbye, Mrs. Gilberth.
01:19:00Goodbye, Mr. Harper.
01:19:05What the devil was that all about?
01:19:07I'm not sure, but I have a pretty good idea.
01:19:24I told Miss Anne, my mother always wanted to have a large family, too, but all she ever had was a little old me.
01:19:34Gee, I hope nobody else cuts in on us.
01:19:54Me, too.
01:19:55You know, Martha, when Frank said he'd take my sister to the dance if I'd take you, I thought it was going to be a terrible night.
01:20:01But it isn't.
01:20:02It's swell.
01:20:02Oh, it's swell for me, too, Barbara.
01:20:04Why, up to tonight, I always wanted to be a boy.
01:20:20Thank you, Morton.
01:20:23If you don't mind, I think I'd like to sit down.
01:20:25Oh, sure.
01:20:26Can I get you some punch?
01:20:32No, thank you.
01:20:37Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
01:20:40We will now have the first event in our dance contest, the Shag.
01:20:45Choose your partners for the Shag contest.
01:20:48Anne, would you like to...
01:20:49Well, come on, Anne, I'll show you how they do it in Georgia.
01:20:54Would you like to have the contest?
01:20:56No, thank you, Morton.
01:20:57You'll just lose with me.
01:21:00If you're sure you don't want to.
01:21:01Well, all right.
01:21:02The worst they can do is put us out.
01:21:18All right.
01:21:21The worst they can do is put us out.
01:21:25Put us out.
01:21:40You know, I think you might win this contest.
01:21:42Really, Mort?
01:21:43Certainly. Just watch us go.
01:21:55Frank.
01:22:00Oh, Mother, what are you doing here?
01:22:02Where's Anne?
01:22:03She's out there on the dance floor.
01:22:05I'll get her for you, Lily.
01:22:06Oh, you can't do that, Mr. Harper. She's in a contest.
01:22:09A contest? But I have to talk to her.
01:22:11Wait, I think one of the judges is putting her out now.
01:22:21Oh, dear.
01:22:22Just a minute, Lily.
01:22:40Oh, Anne, your mother wants to talk to you.
01:22:42She's over there by the refreshment booth.
01:22:45Sir, I protest.
01:22:46This is the first dance contest I ever lost in my whole life.
01:22:50Well, you were doing the southern version.
01:22:52It's not allowed in New Jersey.
01:22:55Mother, what is it?
01:23:00Come out here, Anne.
01:23:01I've got to talk to you.
01:23:03I have a message for you from Bob.
01:23:16Did he call?
01:23:17No.
01:23:18He came by and told me to tell you he's leaving tonight for Detroit.
01:23:21He got that appointment.
01:23:23Oh, no.
01:23:24Will you please tell me what happened between you two?
01:23:29What's this business about your telling him you have to wait?
01:23:32Why do you have to wait?
01:23:33And why is the Gilbert family an octopus?
01:23:36Did Bob say that?
01:23:37Yes.
01:23:37Well, Mother, it's just that you have this wonderful opportunity to go to Purdue.
01:23:42And I ought to stay home so the others can have the chance I've had.
01:23:47Oh.
01:23:48And how long do you figure that will take?
01:23:50I don't know.
01:23:51A year, two?
01:23:53Why not 15 or even 20?
01:23:56By that time, we might have Jane married off.
01:23:58Or maybe she'll decide never to get married.
01:24:00And you'll both be old maids and live with me forever.
01:24:04Is that why I've kept this family together?
01:24:07So that I could have spinster daughters around the house?
01:24:10Is that why?
01:24:12No.
01:24:14Is that a question or an answer?
01:24:16I don't know.
01:24:18Well, I'll tell you.
01:24:20What I've been working for and hoping for and praying for
01:24:23is to have someone like Bob love you and marry you.
01:24:28Oh, Mother.
01:24:30Now, get down to that hospital and catch him before he gets away.
01:24:37Listen, you, both of you.
01:24:39I'm not going to Detroit alone.
01:24:40I'm not going to let Ann sacrifice herself.
01:24:42Mrs. Gerberth, you just have to figure out some way to get along without her.
01:24:45I can't.
01:24:46You can't?
01:24:47You're darn right I can't.
01:24:49Well, what are you waiting for?
01:24:50There she is.
01:24:51Take her.
01:24:52Everything's going to be all right, Sam.
01:25:02No, I'm glad that's settled.
01:25:03Now, Lily.
01:25:04Mrs. Gerberth, have you seen Ann anywhere?
01:25:07I've been hunting high and low.
01:25:08I have terrible news for you, young man.
01:25:11She just left for Detroit.
01:25:13Detroit?
01:25:14But that's in Michigan.
01:25:16There's a man who knows his geography.
01:25:18Lily, let's you and I find someplace that's quiet.
01:25:21I have something I want to say to you.
01:25:26Ladies and gentlemen, will you please get your partners for the waltz contest?
01:25:30Oh, Sam, I feel like dancing.
01:25:34Let's enter.
01:25:35All right, if that's what you want.
01:26:00You danced beautifully.
01:26:07Oh, my feet.
01:26:10And I felt like such a kid when I came to see you tonight.
01:26:15Lily, do you have many days like this?
01:26:17All the time.
01:26:19Pretty crowded night.
01:26:21You haven't very much room in it for anything else, have you?
01:26:26No, Sam.
01:26:27I guess I haven't.
01:26:30Well, here we are.
01:26:41Yes.
01:26:42Oh, don't bother to get out, Sam.
01:26:44Thank you, Lily.
01:26:48Oh, Lily, and keep this in memory of Sam Harper, the fellow he won a dance contest with.
01:26:55Thank you, Sam.
01:26:56Thank you for everything.
01:26:57Good grief.
01:26:59Are those kids working in the chemical laboratory at this hour?
01:27:02I don't know.
01:27:03I'd better go and find out.
01:27:04Good night, Sam.
01:27:05Good night, Lily.
01:27:05Good night.
01:27:07Home, Mr. Harper?
01:27:09Please.
01:27:17Tom.
01:27:18I'm sure I had that received right this time.
01:27:21Tom, you're absolutely incorrigible.
01:27:24Janie.
01:27:27Did that noise wake you up?
01:27:30No.
01:27:32Well, then why are you crying?
01:27:34I just want to drink with water.
01:27:37I just want to drink with water.
01:27:42It's Jane Gildred.
01:27:53Congratulations, Jane.
01:27:54You're a great one, I must say.
01:27:59You work hard your whole life to send your children through college.
01:28:02And then when that final great moment arrives, you go to sleep.
01:28:05I wasn't asleep, dear.
01:28:08I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:28:13I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:28:43Alma Mater, we'll walk along with you.
01:29:13I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:14I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:15I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:16I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:17I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:18I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:19I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:20I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:21I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:22I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.
01:29:23I was just thinking of someone who loved us all very much and saying thank you.