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00:00:48Say, Chris, how come I have to spend all my time in here cleaning up while you fellas
00:01:04swim and have fun?
00:01:06So 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.
00:01:12Oh, gee.
00:01:13Ready?
00:01:14One, two, three, go!
00:01:15Come on, man!
00:01:16Come on, hurry up!
00:01:17Okay, let's go fast!
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00:01:56You like your duck, people, hut?
00:01:57How do you like a duck?
00:01:58Put her down, will you?
00:01:59Gee, easy!
00:02:00What are you doing here, Snoopy?
00:02:01You better all come on in here, quick!
00:02:02Yeah, you better get out quicker.
00:02:03No, we don't want kids around here, Jimmy.
00:02:04You'll be sorry.
00:02:05Ah, there's a booth for Ryan's Only.
00:02:06Come out as you want.
00:02:07See you later, school. See you if I care.
00:02:09Oh, go away.
00:02:10Go away.
00:02:16Hey, fellas, there's the first hill.
00:02:18You guys better get to school.
00:02:25Boy, I'll get heckling this morning.
00:02:30Here's the password.
00:02:36Ah.
00:02:41Holy cats, it's my week in the library.
00:02:44Say, Chris, what about practice tonight?
00:02:46Not a chance. Smoke, you'll have to pitch.
00:02:48Okay. How come I have to pitch, Chris?
00:02:50I won't be there.
00:02:51You better really wind up, fella, because I'll probably be working Saturday, too.
00:02:54Working? At what?
00:02:57Messing 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?
00:03:07Come on, we gotta hurry.
00:03:08Let's go. Come on.
00:03:09I don't want to be late.
00:03:10Hey, come on, Tubby.
00:03:12Gosh, I wish I could quit school like you.
00:03:15You're sure lucky.
00:03:16Don't worry, Tubby. I'll be back soon.
00:03:23I hope.
00:03:37A crack up on your first solo, huh?
00:03:39You're okay, young fella.
00:03:41Yes, 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 until you get a little more rudder.
00:04:07Hey, Doc. Dr. David.
00:04:10Somebody call me?
00:04:12Yeah, me. Chris. Up here.
00:04:14Well, hello, Tarzan.
00:04:23Well, what's the idea of popping out of trees and waking a fella up?
00:04:26I was having such a swell dream, too.
00:04:28Just had a 20-pound trout on my line.
00:04:30That's a good thing I woke you then. He might have taken Pole and all.
00:04:33Well, I'll forgive you if you'll come along and talk your mother out of a cup of her coffee.
00:04:45And the doctor's profession is not like any other.
00:04:48There's certain ethics that you've got to observe.
00:04:50Now, you must remember that, Chris. It's very important.
00:04:53Yes, sir.
00:04:55I'm saving myself a walk.
00:04:57And the countess has taken to straying on me lately.
00:05:03Well, didn't you leave me stranded at old Mrs. Peabody's yesterday?
00:05:08Yes, and the day before, too.
00:05:11Well, okay.
00:05:13But you better watch out, or I'll be fine.
00:05:16I'll be fine.
00:05:18I'll be fine.
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. I've got a patient for you.
00:05:40Yeah, here we are.
00:05:42Got 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.
00:05:56Leg's 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. I'm an ethical practitioner. I never butt in on the other fellas' cases.
00:06:06Well, this calls for some sort of a consultation. Come on.
00:06:13How's the little kitty getting along, Chris?
00:06:15Well, swell. I gave her a discharge yesterday.
00:06:18Chris, what are you doing home?
00:06:21Hi, Mom. I found a poor man who needs a cup of coffee.
00:06:24Oh, I'll make some right away. Where is he?
00:06:26Gee, thanks, lady. And how about a hunk of that apple pie I smell?
00:06:30David Elliot, I might have known.
00:06:34And what's more, that pie you smell is for dinner tonight.
00:06:37Well, I guess I'll just have to wait, then.
00:06:39Until you ask.
00:06:40I'll ask you, Doc. Come on, we've got a patient waiting.
00:06:42And the coffee's ready, will you, Mom?
00:06:44All right, son.
00:06:45I hope you don't have to have an amputation there.
00:06:47No, I think it'll be okay.
00:06:56Well, that's Molly and her little kittens, huh?
00:06:59That's right.
00:07:03Who's this fella over here?
00:07:04Oh, that's Sandy. He broke his leg. He's getting along fine now.
00:07:08And this is Toby, the dog that was in that fight, isn't it?
00:07:11Yeah, that's him. His deer was darn near chewed off.
00:07:14Best pup I ever saw, when he saw him up without a whimper.
00:07:18Okay, fella, we'll have a look here and see what's what.
00:07:22I'll say it's broken, right at the joint.
00:07:24You know, if that was your arm, I'd put it in the cast.
00:07:27What? With all that swelling?
00:07:29Oh, you thought I'd forgotten, huh?
00:07:31Here, hang on him while I fix his sprain.
00:07:33Easy now, baby. Here, I've got him.
00:07:37Here, here, here.
00:07:39He's all right.
00:07:40You're getting pretty expert, you know.
00:07:42I'll have to take you along with me on my fracture cases.
00:07:45School's over.
00:07:47By the way, what are you doing home today?
00:07:50Got a job.
00:07:51I'll be delivering your groceries from now on.
00:07:53You mean you quit school?
00:07:54Oh, for a while. Vacation's only a month away.
00:07:57Think I'm getting this bandage too tight, Doc?
00:07:59Now look here, Chris, you're going to need all your credits
00:08:02if you're going to take college exams in September.
00:08:04Looks like I'll have to forget about that for a while.
00:08:07You see, the job's more important right now.
00:08:09Besides, I can easily make up for lost time once I do get started.
00:08:12Yes, yes, sure you can.
00:08:14And you and I'll do a lot of good stiff work this summer, huh?
00:08:17Gee, Doc, that'll be swell.
00:08:20Be right with you, Mom.
00:08:22She's awful upset about this, Doc, so she says anything.
00:08:25Well, you tell her you think it's a good idea.
00:08:27I've been studying too hard, maybe, or...
00:08:29Well, you know what I mean.
00:08:31I have a general idea.
00:08:32That's swell. You better go in and get your coffee.
00:08:34I'll feed this fellow and put him to bed and I'll be right with you.
00:08:36Okay, son.
00:08:37Here we go now. Let's eat this up.
00:08:39Yeah.
00:08:48Must be some kinfolk to Doc, huh?
00:08:50That's right.
00:08:53Must be aiming to stay in Oakdale quite a spell with all that baggage.
00:08:58Perhaps.
00:09:00Think he'll like it as well as California?
00:09:03Maybe.
00:09:04Guess you know Doc's divorced wife is out there with her young'un.
00:09:08Why, it doesn't matter.
00:09:11They say she's rich and good-looking.
00:09:15But she can't have a lick of Sam's food.
00:09:17Well, what makes you think that?
00:09:20Of course, a woman would have to be a fool to divorce a man like Doc.
00:09:25But I reckon I don't have to tell one of his own kinfolk how fine he is.
00:09:29But what I can't understand is,
00:09:31ain't like it.
00:09:33You don't suppose he didn't receive my airmail letter?
00:09:38Airmail letter?
00:09:41Plum found my pictures.
00:09:44Is that it?
00:09:46Oh, yes.
00:09:47Why have you got it?
00:09:49It came on the twelve-five yesterday.
00:09:51And I put it in a pocket so to be sure to give it to Doc.
00:09:54And Plum forgot it.
00:09:56And I put it in a pocket so to be sure to give it to Doc.
00:09:59And Plum forgot it.
00:10:02Come on, Elmer.
00:10:09There's his buggy sitting in front of Harper's.
00:10:12Get up there!
00:10:19Guess I'll just run in and tell Doc his visitors come.
00:10:22Please don't bother.
00:10:23He's probably calling on a patient.
00:10:25Shucks, the Harper's ain't patients.
00:10:27Young Chris is a sort of a protégé 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 says to keep a store by her.
00:10:40And there's a woman that'll make him the right kind of wife.
00:10:43Maybe I better just run in and kind of prepare him.
00:10:46Wait a minute.
00:10:47Why doesn't he marry her?
00:10:49Guess he can't afford it.
00:10:51He's too darn soft-hearted to collect a bill.
00:10:54Sounds to me as if my father needs a business manager.
00:10:57He sure does.
00:10:59Huh? Your father?
00:11:01Yes, I'm the young'un you spoke of.
00:11:05Excuse me.
00:11:06Wait a minute. Ain't carrying no insurance.
00:11:11You know, Chris, one time I was fishing up at Goose Creek,
00:11:14and the fish were so thick that we had to hide behind a tree
00:11:17to keep them from stealing our bait.
00:11:21Don't fool us.
00:11:24It's okay, Mom. I'll get it.
00:11:25Oh, it's probably Miss Emma, dear.
00:11:27Tell her I'll be right there.
00:11:33Come on in, Miss Emma.
00:11:36Oh.
00:11:37Is Dr. Elliott here?
00:11:39Oh, sure. Yeah, I'll call him.
00:11:44Gee, excuse me. Won't you come in?
00:11:47No, thanks. I'll wait here.
00:11:49Just getting this letter.
00:11:52Oh, you can't do that.
00:11:54Oh, stand out there, I mean.
00:11:56Won't you sit down and come in?
00:11:58I mean, won't you come in and sit down?
00:12:01All right, thanks. It's very nice of you.
00:12:03It's all right.
00:12:08Here, 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.
00:12:19What girl?
00:12:20The one that's waiting for Doc.
00:12:21For me?
00:12:22She said to give you this.
00:12:33Nothing wrong, I hope, David.
00:12:35What is it, Doc? Who is she?
00:12:37Who is she?
00:12:38Why, it's Betty, of course.
00:12:40Here, read that.
00:12:51Hello, Doc.
00:12:53Of course, I'm dreaming.
00:12:55But it's the nicest dream I ever had.
00:12:58Oh, gosh, youngster.
00:13:01You don't know how good it is to have you here.
00:13:05And I know how good it is to be here.
00:13:08Look here, young woman.
00:13:09Are you sure you're Betty Elliot?
00:13:11Well, you ought to know.
00:13:13Yes, but the last time I saw Betty Elliot,
00:13:15she wasn't here.
00:13:17Yes, but the last time I saw Betty Elliot,
00:13:19she was a freckle-faced, leggy brat.
00:13:22Not a glamour girl that bowls young men over
00:13:24at 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
00:13:41in 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 blade.
00:13:47That's easy.
00:13:48I use them.
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.
00:14:15You call me, Doc?
00:14:16Yes, Chris.
00:14:17I want you to meet my daughter, Betty.
00:14:19Hello, 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.
00:14:25Yeah, and Betty, this is Chris's mother.
00:14:28I'm awfully glad to know you, Mrs. Harper.
00:14:30Oh, I'm glad to know you, Betty.
00:14:32Dave, you're a mighty lucky man to have such a lovely daughter.
00:14:36Well, frankly, I'm a little disappointed in her.
00:14:39She doesn't know anything about fishing.
00:14:41Well, that's nothing.
00:14:42Lots 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,
00:14:54my 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 could show you the hospital.
00:15:02No, no, nothing doing, young man.
00:15:04She's spending the evening with her father.
00:15:06Come on.
00:15:07Goodbye.
00:15:08Goodbye.
00:15:11Doc'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?
00:15:38Looks like it had its face lifted.
00:15:40You just missed the dust, that's all.
00:15:42Don't kid me.
00:15:43You move things around.
00:15:44Looks better, doesn't it?
00:15:45Sure, a hundred percent.
00:15:47What's this?
00:15:48Come 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...
00:16:07Yeah, funny.
00:16:08You know, she had the same knack of making a place look attractive,
00:16:11no 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,
00:16:20and the whole place was a dingy, tired shade of brown.
00:16:24Except the rug.
00:16:25That was blue,
00:16:26violently 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.
00:16:51But 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?
00:17:07Well, you and she were in love and happy then, weren't you?
00:17:13Sure, very.
00:17:14Well, that's what I mean.
00:17:16How 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.
00:17:26No, it only seems like that
00:17:28because they haven't realized it's been happening gradually.
00:17:32You see, honey,
00:17:33marriage is a funny setup.
00:17:35It's sort of like a young plant.
00:17:37You 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,
00:17:46let 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.
00:17:54Well, what sort of weeds, Doc?
00:17:58Things like jealousy and selfishness?
00:18:03Yes.
00:18:04Or pride, outside interests, too much money.
00:18:10Pride was your weed, and 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 that 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.
00:18:26I was unhappy, and I was making your mother unhappy.
00:18:30So I just pulled up stakes and finally landed here in Oakdale.
00:18:34Here I am,
00:18:35with a lovely daughter to look at and 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. I went through your books today.
00:18:45Don't care, young lady.
00:18:46A doctor's affairs are 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.
00:18:55Never mind. I'll answer it.
00:18:57You're not going out on any more calls tonight.
00:19:03Hello?
00:19:04Yes?
00:19:05I'm sorry, but the doctor's busy.
00:19:07I'll take the message.
00:19:11Oh, I'm afraid not, Mr. Boggs.
00:19:13He was out in the case all last night,
00:19:15and he must have some rest.
00:19:17You're ruining my practice.
00:19:18No, you don't.
00:19:19Give me that.
00:19:20No, you don't.
00:19:21All right.
00:19:22Hello. Hello, Boggs.
00:19:24This is Doc.
00:19:25Yeah.
00:19:27Oh, the missus having trouble again, huh?
00:19:29Well, that's too bad.
00:19:31Well, you keep her nice and warm, and I'll be right out.
00:19:34What?
00:19:35Oh, forget it.
00:19:37Tell her she can make some more of those preserves
00:19:39and give them to me as soon as she's well.
00:19:41Yeah.
00:19:42A night call, and you get a jar of jam.
00:19:45What am I going to do with you?
00:19:47You stop worrying so much about my affairs.
00:19:50I've got to go out and wake the countess up.
00:20:05Hello, Chris.
00:20:06Hi, George.
00:20:20Hi, Chris.
00:20:21Hi.
00:20:22I got a delivery out of Barker's Farm.
00:20:24Want to come along?
00:20:25Sure.
00:20:26What were you doing?
00:20:27My collections for the week.
00:20:29Well, how are you doing?
00:20:30Okay.
00:20:31Look.
00:20:34A $2 down payment on the Tolliver's baby.
00:20:37They'll own her by Christmas.
00:20:39And a dollar on Polly Brown's tonsils.
00:20:42And the mailman's wife's baby.
00:20:44And the mailman's wife's baby.
00:20:46And the mailman's wife's baby.
00:20:47And the mailman's wife's baby.
00:20:49And the masons are going to pay 50 cents a week on their measles.
00:20:53Say, at that rate, Doc will soon be able to retire.
00:20:55I'll say he will.
00:20:56Come on.
00:20:57Okay.
00:21:19Okay.
00:21:42There you are.
00:21:45Come here.
00:21:46See that over there?
00:21:47That's our swimming hole.
00:21:48Oh, keen.
00:21:49And right under those trees there, that's a lion's den.
00:21:51We got it all fixed up swell.
00:21:53It's too bad you can't see it.
00:21:55Well, why can't I?
00:21:57Only 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, just letting me see it wouldn't give anything away.
00:22:08Besides, it isn't as if I lived in Oakdale.
00:22:12Oh, please, Chris.
00:22:14Come on.
00:22:19Gee, Chris, how cute.
00:22:27Well, where did you get the jail door?
00:22:29Say, that's off a real cage from a circus.
00:22:31Hey, turn around a minute, will you?
00:22:34And shut your eyes and don't look.
00:22:40It's okay now.
00:22:41Well, what was all that for?
00:22:44Only the officers know where the keys hid.
00:22:46See, the members have to use a signal and password.
00:22:58Gee, this is swell.
00:23:00Yeah.
00:23:03Oh, boy, a lion.
00:23:05We got it off a circus poster.
00:23:08So this is where they get thrown to the lions.
00:23:16Bring in the subjects and let them meet their fate.
00:23:19Hey, watch it.
00:23:21I suppose you just sit here and give orders.
00:23:23Yeah, and I got one waiting to be delivered right now.
00:23:25Come 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,
00:23:31then it'd be murder.
00:23:38Keep your back turned a minute, will you?
00:23:47How deep is it, Chris?
00:23:48About six feet in the middle.
00:23:50For two cents, I'd jump right in.
00:23:52Dare me?
00:23:53Well, I am not, and you're not going to go jumping in.
00:23:55Come on, we got to go.
00:23:56Oh, look, Chris, you go on to Barker's with your delivery
00:23:58and pick me up on the way back.
00:24:00What for?
00:24:01Well, what do you mean, what for?
00:24:03I'd just like to stay here and enjoy it for a little while.
00:24:06Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:24:08I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:24:09I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:24:10I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:24:11I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:24:12I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:24:13I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:24:14I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:24:15I'd just like to stay here and enjoy it for a while.
00:24:17The lions surely won't mind that, will they?
00:24:20I guess not, but I'll only be gone 15 minutes.
00:24:23What's the matter, afraid I'll run off with the price?
00:24:26No.
00:24:27Oh, go on.
00:24:28Toot your horn, I'll be on the road waiting for you.
00:24:30Okay, seems awful silly.
00:24:45I'll be on the road waiting for you.
00:25:16Oh, it's cold.
00:25:36Hey, you, where are you going with my clothes?
00:25:46Bring them back here, you little thief!
00:25:57Hey, Betty!
00:26:02Stop the tooting and come here!
00:26:06What's wrong?
00:26:07Where are you?
00:26:08Here.
00:26:10What are you doing over there?
00:26:12Waiting for you to come to get me some clothes.
00:26:14What happened to your clothes?
00:26:16That little kid, Jimmy, took them.
00:26:19Jimmy Brown?
00:26:20Which way did he go?
00:26:21Don't bother about him.
00:26:23Do something about me.
00:26:25You cheated.
00:26:26When I hid the key, you should have known better.
00:26:28You should have known better.
00:26:30You should have known better.
00:26:32You cheated.
00:26:33When I hid the key, you should have known better to bring you along.
00:26:36I'm awful sorry, Chris.
00:26:39I'll try and get you something to wear.
00:27:00Here, put these on.
00:27:01Well, you go and wait for me at the truck.
00:27:23Gee, Chris, I can't go home like this.
00:27:26You'll have to.
00:27:27We'll get to my house anyway.
00:27:28Hurry up before somebody comes along.
00:27:30Oh, but everybody will see me.
00:27:32Serves you right, it's your own idea.
00:27:34Oh, I suppose I stole my own clothes.
00:27:37Gee, Chris, don't be mean.
00:27:40I feel bad enough.
00:27:41Okay.
00:27:42Boy, are you a sight.
00:27:44Look at those shoes.
00:27:45Yeah, that's right.
00:27:46Laugh.
00:27:47Come on, we better get going.
00:28:01There.
00:28:02Now, about the placket, Miss Carey.
00:28:04Do you want the zippers or hooks and eyes?
00:28:06No zippers.
00:28:07Took the whole family to get me on the last one.
00:28:10Then it'll be hooks and eyes.
00:28:11Yeah.
00:28:16Boy, wait till Mom sees you.
00:28:17Oh, cut it out.
00:28:20Oh, Mom.
00:28:22Yes?
00:28:23Will you come here a minute, please?
00:28:25I've got something to tell you.
00:28:27Yes?
00:28:28Will you come here a minute, please?
00:28:30What's the matter?
00:28:35Oh, Betty.
00:28:37She went swimming and somebody stole her clothes.
00:28:40Please don't laugh, Mrs. Harper.
00:28:42Chris has been kidding me all the way home,
00:28:44and I can't take it much longer.
00:28:46Oh, poor Betty.
00:28:47Never mind.
00:28:48You come with me and we'll get you something to wear.
00:28:51Shame on you, Chris.
00:28:57Come on.
00:29:20She'll be ready in a few minutes, Chris.
00:29:22And don't you tease her any more about it, you hear?
00:29:24What do you think the fellow's going to do to me when they find out?
00:29:26Well, your shoulders are broad and don't talk with your mouth full.
00:29:30Here.
00:29:31Pick one.
00:29:32Oh, no.
00:29:34I don't trust you, Chris Harper.
00:29:36You'll be awful sorry.
00:29:37You better choose.
00:29:38Okay.
00:29:39I'll take this one.
00:29:40Boy, can you pick them?
00:29:42It's my first week's wages, Mom.
00:29:44Oh, darling.
00:29:46An 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.
00:30:00I really am.
00:30:01Oh.
00:30:02Hey, slow poke.
00:30:05I'm all ready.
00:30:07Quit yelling.
00:30:08It fits, huh?
00:30:10Thanks a lot, Mrs. Harper.
00:30:12Come on.
00:30:13I'm in a hurry.
00:30:14See you later, Mom.
00:30:15All right.
00:30:16Goodbye.
00:30:22Jimmy Brown, you've been found guilty of violating the Sanctum Sanctorum of our secret order,
00:30:29where only lions may enter.
00:30:31Do you have anything further to say before sentence is pronounced upon you?
00:30:35You let a girl into your secret Sanctum Sanctum, and she ain't no lion.
00:30:40I've told her brothers of my guilt, and they will punish me also as they may see fit.
00:30:45Have you anything further to say?
00:30:47No.
00:30:48Have you anything further to say?
00:30:50No.
00:30:56You are hereby sentenced to the trial by water, if the counsel agrees.
00:31:02All those in favor say aye.
00:31:04Aye.
00:31:05Contrary, no.
00:31:09The ayes have it.
00:31:12Take him away.
00:31:19What are you going to do to me?
00:31:21You heard the sentence.
00:31:22You're going to get the trial by water.
00:31:24Are you going to make me a lion?
00:31:25No.
00:31:26We told you you're too little.
00:31:27Now look, fellas.
00:31:28As head lion, I have any more rights than anybody else.
00:31:31So when we finish with Jimmy here, why, you three will have to decide my penalty.
00:31:39You got anything to say before we execute sentence?
00:31:41Yeah.
00:31:42Can't I ever be a lion?
00:31:44Silence.
00:31:45I hope this will teach you a lesson.
00:31:47When we say stay away from here, we mean stay away till you're big enough.
00:31:50We can't do that to Chris.
00:31:52Oh, let's forget about it.
00:31:53He wouldn't like that, fellas.
00:31:55But we could think of something easy.
00:31:57I know.
00:31:58We'll sentence him to something for 30 days and then suspend it.
00:32:01Like the judge did to Pa last week.
00:32:03That's wild.
00:32:04Hey, Smokey.
00:32:05Hey, Tubby.
00:32:06Men, we're about to execute the supreme penalty.
00:32:10All right, lay down.
00:32:12One.
00:32:14Two.
00:32:17Three.
00:32:25Wait a minute, fellas.
00:32:28He didn't come up.
00:32:30Oh, he's clowning.
00:32:32No, look, something's the matter.
00:32:35Hey, I don't like this.
00:32:49Come on, come on.
00:32:55Is he dead?
00:32:57No, but he's hurt.
00:32:59He's hurt?
00:33:01Yeah.
00:33:03Is he dead?
00:33:04No, but he's hurt.
00:33:05His head's bleeding, Chris.
00:33:06Must have hit it on a rock.
00:33:07Jimmy.
00:33:08Jimmy, boy, come on.
00:33:09You're all right.
00:33:10Jimmy.
00:33:14Maybe a concussion.
00:33:15I'd better get him to doc right away.
00:33:17What about his mother, Chris?
00:33:19Somebody should tell her.
00:33:20You and Smokey go quick.
00:33:21Try not to scare her.
00:33:22Okay.
00:33:25Why is he so long?
00:33:29Why is everything so still in there?
00:33:33Maybe he's dead.
00:33:37Oh, I'm going in.
00:33:38I can't stand it another minute.
00:33:40Oh, Mary, please.
00:33:41Please, dear.
00:33:45You'd better go home, Pete.
00:33:47I'll let you know the next time I see you.
00:33:51You'd better go home, Pete.
00:33:53I'll let you know the minute there's any change.
00:33:55All right, Betty.
00:34:06You must do as the doctor asks.
00:34:10You know he's doing everything he possibly can.
00:34:14Doc, if he dies, I killed him.
00:34:19I killed him.
00:34:20Do 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.
00:34:35Now, he's not losing any ground anyway, Chris.
00:34:39Why don't you go out and get a little fresh air?
00:34:42Go ahead.
00:34:43I'll call you.
00:34:58How is he?
00:35:00He's just the same.
00:35:09I 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?
00:35:15That's what I'm scared to think of.
00:35:17Don'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.
00:35:27He's such a game little guy, too.
00:35:30Why, the last thing he said was, when can I be a cub?
00:35:35Now, maybe.
00:35:39It never would have happened if I hadn't been 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.
00:36:22Well, hello, Jimmy.
00:36:45You've had a nice sleep.
00:36:51Oh, Doc, what happened?
00:36:55Oh, I think you hit your head on a rock in the swimming pool.
00:36:59Oh, I remember.
00:37:03The lions trialed by water.
00:37:11Hi, Chris.
00:37:12Hi, Jimmy.
00:37:14You're going to be swell now, fella.
00:37:16I'm sorry about the psychum psychum.
00:37:20Oh, forget it.
00:37:22Say, you know what?
00:37:25You were elected a lion last night.
00:37:29A lion.
00:37:32Gee.
00:37:34A 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 it's going to be all right.
00:37:44Now, shut your eyes, son.
00:37:46You're going to get a nice sleep.
00:37:48That's a boy.
00:37:56There you are, Mr. Park.
00:37:58$14.50.
00:38:00At this rate, I'll have the mortgage greatly reduced, but it has to be renewed.
00:38:04That's fine, Julie.
00:38:06You know, you deserve a lot of credit for the way you've managed to keep your head above water.
00:38:13Right now, I wouldn't be able to do it if it wasn't for Chris helping out.
00:38:17He 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, it's too bad to have to slow him up.
00:38:27Getting to be a doctor is a long, hard boat at best.
00:38:31I know it is.
00:38:33By the way, Julie, a fella came in the bank yesterday asking about you and Chris.
00:38:38Who?
00:38:39Oh, his name is...
00:38:43Handsome fella.
00:38:44Tall.
00:38:45Little.
00:38:46Mustache.
00:38:47Around 40, I reckon.
00:38:50Here it is.
00:38:51Name's William Baker.
00:38:53Baker and Townsend.
00:38:54Attorneys.
00:38:55Suite 204, Miller Building.
00:38:57Know him?
00:38:59William 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'd been doing.
00:39:13Wanted to know if you were still a widow, and what kind of a boy Chris had grown up to be.
00:39:18Seemed mighty interested in Chris wanting to be a doctor.
00:39:21Strange.
00:39:22I 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.
00:39:39Thank you so much.
00:39:40Oh, it's all right, Julie.
00:39:41You're welcome.
00:39:42Glad to see you any time.
00:39:54Hello.
00:39:55Oakdale Grocery.
00:39:57Yes, Mrs. Baskin, there's a special on today, two for a quarter.
00:40:01You sure that's all you want?
00:40:03Okay, 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?
00:40:11Okay, well, I'll bring a small size instead.
00:40:14No, I'm still here, Mrs. Baskin.
00:40:17Why, of course you save money on the big size.
00:40:20Okay, goodbye.
00:40:22Sorry to have kept you waiting, sir.
00:40:24That's all right.
00:40:26That's Mrs. Baskin again.
00:40:29Hello.
00:40:31Yes, Mrs. Baskin.
00:40:33Well, I'll bring out both sizes and you can decide then.
00:40:36All right, goodbye.
00:40:40Mrs. Baskin is evidently a lady of rare indecision.
00:40:43She's rare, all right.
00:40:44That's the fourth time in the last 15 minutes she's changed her mind.
00:40:47Well, I hope I never get her on a jury.
00:40:49Well, 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.
00:40:56How do you know so much about law?
00:40:58I thought your interest was in medicine.
00:41:00What's the difference whether the case be legal or physical?
00:41:03You're in wrong if you lose it.
00:41:06Put it there, Dr. Harper.
00:41:08Say, how come you know so much about me?
00:41:11Well, I should.
00:41:13One of your patients tried to take a bite out of me yesterday.
00:41:16Toby, I think his name was.
00:41:18Oh, sort of a bulldog with one bad ear?
00:41:21Yeah, that's the fellow.
00:41:22His owner excused his lack of civic hospitality
00:41:25on the grounds that Toby was still convalescing from 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 after our first encounter.
00:41:36But I did get a stitched-by-stitched description of the operation.
00:41:41Poor 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.
00:41:52Because it'll mean some time-saving shortcuts when 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.
00:42:03Oh, then you're still going to school.
00:42:05Well, up until last week I was.
00:42:07Then this job came along and, well, I sort of figured the experience would be good.
00:42:12And say, here I am talking the ear off a customer instead of waiting on him.
00:42:15What do you have?
00:42:16Got any pipe tobacco?
00:42:18Sure, if you're not fussy.
00:42:19Farmer's Special.
00:42:20Ten cents.
00:42:22Try anything once.
00:42:24A quarter.
00:42:25That's Mrs. Baskin.
00:42:27Oakdale Grocery.
00:42:29Oh, hello, Betty.
00:42:31You just won me a quarter.
00:42:33Yeah.
00:42:34Customer lost a bet.
00:42:35Say, Mom wants to know if you and Doc will come over for dinner tonight.
00:42:39You will?
00:42:40Swell.
00:42:41Okay, shoot.
00:42:42Quarter mil.
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.
00:42:57And 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 while I still have my tablecloth.
00:43:05Oh, gosh, I'm sorry, Julie.
00:43:06Okay, 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.
00:43:15Come on, Julie.
00:43:17But listen, Betty, I've 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.
00:43:23So 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.
00:43:30No, I do.
00:43:32The night smells too good.
00:43:35I was just thinking of the expression on Chris' face
00:43:38when that daughter of mine delivered her undermatum just now.
00:43:43Dishwashing's a better 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 fellow 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.
00:44:08Yeah, it's going to be pretty tough to give her up when the summer's over.
00:44:11Oh, I know it is, David.
00:44:14But 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?
00:44:33All 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.
00:44:42He says you're going to be a great doctor someday.
00:44:44I only hope I'm half as good of one as he is.
00:44:47He 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.
00:45:05Until you came, he spent most of his time with me and Mom.
00:45:07Well, it isn't you.
00:45:11Gosh.
00:45:12You mean Mom's the one he...
00:45:13Of course, stupid.
00:45:15And what's more, she's plenty keen about him.
00:45:18Well, how 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.
00:45:41Almost I feel the same way about Chris.
00:45:44Now, that was not the right answer.
00:45:46Doggone women, anyway.
00:45:48Just 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.
00:45:59Say, Betty, I was just thinking.
00:46:04If they do get married, wouldn't that make you my sister?
00:46:08Well, not exactly.
00:46:11Just a stepsister.
00:46:16Why?
00:46:17Nothing. I was just wondering.
00:46:21Come on, help me change some bandages, will you?
00:46:26Well, just as I hate to deprive you of my fascinating society, I've got some calls to make.
00:46:31I guess Chris won't object to walking my young lady home.
00:46:35I hardly think so.
00:46:36Good night.
00:46:37Good night, David.
00:46:43I wonder who that can be.
00:46:45Now, why didn't you tell me you were expecting visitors?
00:46:47I'd have made myself scarce earlier.
00:46:49Don't talk nonsense, David.
00:46:52Mrs. Harper?
00:46:53Yes?
00:46:54My name is Baker, William Baker.
00:46:56I hope you'll pardon my barging in on you like this without an appointment.
00:46:59But, you see, I find I must leave town the first thing in the morning.
00:47:03And if you could spare me just a few moments while I...
00:47:05Oh, of course, Mr. Baker. This is Dr. Elliott.
00:47:08How do you do? How do you do?
00:47:10I really feel awfully guilty intruding in this way, but...
00:47:13Not at all. I was just leaving anyway.
00:47:15Good night, Julie.
00:47:16Good night.
00:47:17See you tomorrow.
00:47:18Good night, sir. Glad to have met you.
00:47:19Good night.
00:47:20Please come in, won't you? I think it'll be a bit more comfortable inside.
00:47:33Sit down, please.
00:47:42Forgive me, Mrs. Harper. I didn't mean to stare, but...
00:47:45You're so completely different from what I expected.
00:47:48Expected?
00:47:50I don't think I understand.
00:47:53And I'm also puzzled, Mr. Baker,
00:47:55about the personal inquiries you made about us at the bank yesterday.
00:48:00I'm not surprised.
00:48:02Perhaps when I tell you that I'm John Harper's attorney
00:48:05and acting on his instructions, you'll understand better.
00:48:08What possible interest could he have in me and my son?
00:48:12Aren't you overlooking the fact that your son is also Mr. Harper's grandson
00:48:18and only heir?
00:48:20Well, he overlooked that fact ever since Chris was born.
00:48:23So, why 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.
00:48:43And rather expensive ones.
00:48:45I realize all of that.
00:48:48But we'll manage somehow.
00:48:52If courage could do the trick, I know you would.
00:48:54But unfortunately, these things can only be bought by cold, hard cash.
00:49:00And if managing means compromise for the boy or mediocre training,
00:49:06then 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 heartaches?
00:49:16Why, being a doctor is all Chris lives for.
00:49:19Yeah, don't fool him, Betty. He'll make a swell nurse.
00:49:22Will you hire me when you start practicing?
00:49:24Sure, if you're not too old.
00:49:26Grandfather stands ready.
00:49:27Gee, the father must have company.
00:49:29Hey, wait a minute.
00:49:31Mrs. Harper, Johns Hopkins.
00:49:33Post-graduate courses under the best men in the country.
00:49:37An unlimited supply of money to carry on research and experiment
00:49:41in whatever field the boy finally selects.
00:49:44And what does his grandfather want for all this?
00:49:48An agreement from you giving him complete custody
00:49:50and guardianship of the boy until he's of age.
00:49:53What you really mean is for me to step out of Chris's life completely
00:49:59in exchange for his career?
00:50:02I'm afraid that's it.
00:50:04He's waited a great many years to even up an old score.
00:50:10But I guess it's up to me to pay up.
00:50:16I suppose you have the agreement with you, Mr. Baker?
00:50:20Oh, yes, yes, of course.
00:50:22But don't you think you'd better, you know,
00:50:24you'd better get out of my way.
00:50:26I don't want to be a burden to you.
00:50:28I don't want to be a burden to you.
00:50:30I don't want to be a burden to you.
00:50:32Don't you think you'd better sleep on this
00:50:34before you make any decision?
00:50:39There's only one decision.
00:50:42So why wait?
00:50:47Mom, you can't do a thing like this.
00:50:49Chris.
00:50:50I heard you. I'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 seem 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,
00:51:18then I'll never be one.
00:51:20Do you think it'd mean anything to me that way?
00:51:22Why, I'd be happier digging ditches.
00:51:26We can't work this thing out together, Mom.
00:51:28We'll just forget all about it.
00:51:31You don't know what you're saying.
00:51:33Yes, he does, Mrs. Harper.
00:51:35And you accept his decision.
00:51:37It's right, 100%.
00:51:39Even if it does make my client a heavy loser.
00:51:43Stick to your guns, boy.
00:51:45You can't miss.
00:51:47Mrs. Harper,
00:51:48I want you to know that I wasn't very happy in my work tonight.
00:51:52And I'm going to report the outcome to a certain old gentleman
00:51:54with a great deal of satisfaction.
00:51:58I guess I'm not a very good attorney.
00:52:01A bit unusual, I'll admit.
00:52:05Good night, Mr. Baker.
00:52:06Good night.
00:52:07Good night, Mr. Baker, and thanks a lot.
00:52:09Good night, Chris.
00:52:13Gee, 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.
00:52:23I wonder if you realize
00:52:26how 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!
00:52:38Eat.
00:52:56Eat.
00:53:20I wish you could have seen him.
00:53:21He was terrific.
00:53:22Yeah.
00:53:23And Julie was mighty proud of him, too.
00:53:26What a spot for that cold-blooded old codger to put her on.
00:53:32You know, she'd have gone through with that, too.
00:53:34And how?
00:53:35Well, she would have had that son in another minute
00:53:37if Chris hadn't stopped her.
00:53:39You know, Betty,
00:53:40if those two folks don't get the happiness they deserve out of life,
00:53:43there's something wrong with the scheme of things.
00:53:45Well, why don't you do something about it?
00:53:48I only wish I could.
00:53:51It's a wonder to me that you don't get run over.
00:53:59On the contrary, Miss Harper,
00:54:00I painted a picture that would have cost you a fortune to duplicate.
00:54:03They're simply not interested.
00:54:05In fact, your grandson went so far as to express a preference for digging ditches.
00:54:09So he'd rather dig ditches, would he?
00:54:11Well, that's what he'll end up doing, too,
00:54:13if we don't get him away from that woman's touches.
00:54:17Mother.
00:54:18A fine mother.
00:54:20She's going to have her own son and ruin his life.
00:54:23Same as she did to his father.
00:54:25But she's not going to get away with it this time.
00:54:28I want custody of that boy, Baker.
00:54:30Do you understand?
00:54:32And I don't care how you get it or what it costs.
00:54:35Then save your money, Mr. Harper,
00:54:36because you've run into something that money won't buy.
00:54:38Your grandson's not going to sell out any more than your son did.
00:54:42And you'd better get yourself another lawyer because I'm through.
00:54:46You'll be through when I tell you you're through and not before.
00:54:49You can stay there and get that settled if you have to stay all summer.
00:54:52Why, I...
00:55:06Taxi, lady.
00:55:08Why, Mr. Baker.
00:55:09Present.
00:55:11I'm hoping to give you a lift.
00:55:13Oh, thanks very much.
00:55:15I didn't expect to see you still in our midst.
00:55:17Well, last night I got my orders from Grandpa to stick around.
00:55:20If he wants to pay for my vacation, it's okay by me.
00:55:23And Oakdale seems like a fine place to rest.
00:55:26It is indeed.
00:55:27Here, even our sidewalks go in at 9 o'clock.
00:55:38Where to, lady?
00:55:39Home, please.
00:55:40Right.
00:56:06I'll probably be a little late for office hours.
00:56:08Do you know who just drove by?
00:56:09That lawyer, Baker.
00:56:11Well, that's okay by me.
00:56:13Oh, is it?
00:56:14Julie Harper was with him.
00:56:16And she didn't even see me.
00:56:18Oh, well, it's probably just some further development of last night's business.
00:56:23That's what I'm afraid of.
00:56:24And just what do you mean by that insinuation, miss?
00:56:27That you're going to be late for more than office hours if you don't wake up pretty soon.
00:56:33What?
00:56:47Poor Doc.
00:56:51Hey, Chris.
00:56:52Wait a minute.
00:56:54Where's the fire?
00:56:55Don't be funny.
00:56:56We got a problem on our hands.
00:56:58Now, 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?
00:57:16Certainly 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.
00:57:22Your mother's been out riding with him all this morning.
00:57:25And 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.
00:57:31But I'm darn sure Mr. Baker is.
00:57:33And it's not business.
00:57:35Come on.
00:57:36Let's drive by there and see what goes on.
00:57:38Oh, nothing doing.
00:57:39I got a job to attend to.
00:57:40Is it more important than your mother and Doc?
00:57:43All right, Kitty.
00:57:46Well, another fisherman in our midst.
00:57:51Isaac Walton, Jr. in person.
00:57:53By any chance, does this mean that trout lurk in the vicinity?
00:57:57Oh, not only lurk, but bite.
00:58:00And with very little encouragement.
00:58:02That is, according to Chris and Dr. Elias.
00:58:06Now I know I picked the right spot for a vacation.
00:58:09And if that is real homemade chocolate cake,
00:58:13well, I shall probably move my practice to Oakdale.
00:58:16Well, probably you better taste it first before you make any rash decisions.
00:58:23Lady,
00:58:25if you knew how many years it's been since I've tasted anything like that.
00:58:32I'm afraid the table in our mansion house has made you easy to please.
00:58:36And I'm afraid that this is going to make the mansion house unbearable.
00:58:42You wouldn't consider an idle roamer for a few days, would you?
00:58:48Well, it may be arranged.
00:59:01Still here. I don't trust lawyers.
00:59:03Still here. I don't trust lawyers.
00:59:06I don't think he's like that. Not after the way he acted last night.
00:59:09Acted is right. Why is he still hanging around if everything was settled?
00:59:13You can't tell. Maybe he has to get a statement or something from Mom to take back to Grandfather.
00:59:17How two people can be as dense about some things as you and Doc are, gets me.
00:59:23Say, just because 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.
00:59:30Why, he's been in there long enough to get 20 statements, if that's all he wanted.
00:59:34So 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.
00:59:46Betty, wait. Betty, wait.
00:59:52What are you going to do?
00:59:53Well, 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.
01:00:00I thought I heard you, youngster. Don't tell me it's lunchtime already.
01:00:04No, Mom. I had to come by this way. You see, Betty wanted to see the puppies.
01:00:08Oh, they're darling, Betty.
01:00:10Come on, I'll show them to you.
01:00:11No, wait a minute. Um, Mr. Baker, can't Chris pick up your luggage at the hotel and save you the bother?
01:00:17Well, 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.
01:00:23Mr. Baker's decided to stay in Oakdale a few days and try the fishing.
01:00:27Chris, your mother's been kind enough to offer to take me in. You don't mind a boarder, do you, Chris?
01:00:33Oh, I'm sorry, dear. You haven't met Mr. Baker. This is Dr. Elliot's daughter, Betty.
01:00:38A pleasure, Miss Betty.
01:00:39How do you do? Come on, let's go. Goodbye, Mrs. Harper.
01:00:42Goodbye. See you later.
01:00:44Thanks a lot, Chris.
01:00:58Hope you won't mind a boarder, Chris. So I go around imagining things, do I?
01:01:03Gee, Betty, how was I to know?
01:01:05Oh, perhaps you'll believe me after this.
01:01:08So Mr. Baker wants to try the fishing, does he? I'll say he does.
01:01:14Poor Doc. I gotta try and figure something out.
01:01:19Well, come on and get started and drop me home. And you go get the luggage.
01:01:25Doc, are you ready?
01:01:31Doc, 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.
01:01:39You 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.
01:01:50You 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.
01:02:03In fact, you're keeping me awake right now.
01:02:06Yeah, but not long enough to do any good.
01:02:12I don't know why I don't give you up as a bad job.
01:02:20Hmm.
01:02:37Hey, Betty!
01:02:41Gracious, what are you doing here?
01:02:43So I can let Mom know you're coming in time to get ready. Where's Doc?
01:02:47He's been in the house in his bedroom slippers, too tired to move, he says.
01:02:51Gosh, that'll spoil everything. What are we going to do?
01:02:55Drown Baker. He's the reason for it.
01:02:57Just let Joe Doak's little mini get a tummy ache and see how tired Doc is.
01:03:03Think I got something there. Come on!
01:03:07Hello? Oh, hello, Julie.
01:03:10So sorry to disturb you, David, but what's good for a headache?
01:03:14I seem to be acquiring an awful one.
01:03:17Oh, oh, that's too bad. Is it in the temples or further back, Julie?
01:03:21Well, it's not so much a sense of pain as a...
01:03:25as a...
01:03:27as a...
01:03:29as a...
01:03:31as a...
01:03:33It's not so much a sense of pain as a...
01:03:36as a pressure.
01:03:38Well, you take it easy. I'll be right over.
01:03:43Gee, I sure hope Lee's at Mom's.
01:03:45Oh, you bet he will.
01:03:49Here he comes now.
01:03:51What'd I tell ya?
01:03:55Here he comes! Here he comes!
01:03:58Chris, you get here. I'll stand here.
01:04:02I'll be the reception committee.
01:04:12Oh, hello, Baker. What's the matter with the lights?
01:04:15Just a little private blackout. Fuse, I guess.
01:04:17Oh. Come in, Doc!
01:04:19Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday,
01:04:23Dr. Elliott!
01:04:26Well, this sort of knocks the wind out of a fellow's sails.
01:04:29I didn't know it was my birthday.
01:04:31You wouldn't. Here, give me that old bag.
01:04:33Come on, blow out the candles. Cut your cake.
01:04:35Well, well, this really is something.
01:04:38Oh, so Julie had a headache.
01:04:40And you were it, Dr. Elliott.
01:04:42Come on, Doc, take a deep breath and blow.
01:04:44All right, here goes.
01:04:46You're not supposed to blow the icing off.
01:04:49I don't know my own strength.
01:04:51How about a little light, Baker, so we can see to operate here?
01:04:53Right, Doc. And don't be stingy.
01:04:55Okay.
01:04:57Now, I don't like to boast,
01:04:59but I claim that I do the best cake dissection ever seen with the 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?
01:05:09Oh, of course. That's part of the technique.
01:05:11Then tonight, you put a piece of cake under your pillow, and the wish comes true.
01:05:14You only do that with wedding cake.
01:05:16Well, a slice goes under my pillow just the same.
01:05:19Get the plates, Julie.
01:05:22I'm curious about those three candles, Mrs. Harper.
01:05:24Are they any special significance?
01:05:26Well, I'm certainly glad someone was interested enough to notice them.
01:05:29Well, now, don't let her kid you, Baker.
01:05:31She's either forgotten my age, or else she's just being diplomatic about it.
01:05:34Nothing of the sort.
01:05:36Gee, Mom, what do they mean? Something like faith, hope, and charity?
01:05:39No, that isn't what I meant by them,
01:05:41but it certainly fits Dr. Elliott very well.
01:05:43Just the compliments of the season.
01:05:45I know. The three little monkeys.
01:05:48See nothing, do nothing, and hear nothing.
01:05:50Now, that would be a fine slogan for a doctor, wouldn't it?
01:05:52Now, let's all think. What comes in threes?
01:05:54Musketeers and blind mice, too.
01:05:56Yes, that's right. And wise men and little pigs.
01:05:58And triplets. Lassie just had them.
01:06:01Well, I guess that amount covers the field.
01:06:03All right, so we all give up.
01:06:05Your past, present, and future.
01:06:07But after all this ribbing, I'm sorry I didn't load it with candles.
01:06:11Remind me to go home mad.
01:06:13Gee, Mom, I forgot the lemonade.
01:06:15Wait. I'll go with you.
01:06:18Isn't Doc swell tonight?
01:06:20He hasn't let Baker get to first base.
01:06:22Yeah, that's right.
01:06:23Did 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 going to work out all right.
01:06:29You bet it is. I can see him walking down the aisle now, can't you?
01:06:33Yeah.
01:06:34Doc, come on.
01:06:35You know, Mr. Baker, Chris's grandfather's a very lonely, unhappy old man.
01:06:41You're rather an amazing person.
01:06:44You know, I believe you're sort of sorry for that old duck.
01:06:47I 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.
01:07:07Heavens, child, must that thing bellow out like that?
01:07:10Somebody's got to wake the party up.
01:07:12It's dying.
01:07:13Come on, Short, let's dance.
01:07:15Not a bad idea.
01:07:17The guest of honor must have the first dance with the hostess.
01:07:20Well, hostess, it looks like you're in for it.
01:07:23But I'll promise to be as light on your feet as possible.
01:07:25But David, I haven't danced in years.
01:07:27All the better. You won't notice my fumbles.
01:07:34Couldn't have done better myself.
01:07:36Well, after all, the party was given for Doc.
01:07:39And I'm sort of an intruder, eh?
01:07:42I think maybe you and I better have a little talk.
01:07:46Well, 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.
01:07:52Well, I'm sitting this one out.
01:07:54You keep the phonograph going.
01:07:56Okay.
01:07:57Come on.
01:07:59Mind if I smoke?
01:08:01No, go ahead.
01:08:03How much longer are you going to stay in Oakdale?
01:08:07Well, that rather depends.
01:08:10That's what I figured.
01:08:12Guess I might as well come out with it.
01:08:14Chris and I have got plans for his mother and Doc.
01:08:17And while you're messing them up, Mr. Baker...
01:08:20No, I'm not messing them up.
01:08:22I'm just going to have a little talk.
01:08:25And while you're messing them up, Mr. Baker...
01:08:28Oh, I see.
01:08:29Well, these plans...
01:08:31Are 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,
01:08:45I think Chris and I could have finally gotten them together.
01:08:48Well, if they care for each other,
01:08:50why should my coming interfere?
01:08:52Well, you're pretty stiff competition for a poor country doctor.
01:08:55Especially one who's goofy enough to love somebody all these years
01:08:58and not tell her.
01:09:01Well, that gives me an idea.
01:09:05I won't let any more grass grow under my feet.
01:09:08All's fair in love and war, you know.
01:09:11And may the best man win.
01:09:16Why did I come in, Doctor?
01:09:18Just because it's your birthday
01:09:19doesn't give you a monopoly on the hostages.
01:09:21It is probably a great relief to her.
01:09:23Go ahead.
01:09:30Play a waltz next time, will you, Chris?
01:09:37What happened?
01:09:38I told you I didn't trust lawyers.
01:09:41I'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.
01:09:51Oh, 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.
01:10:03You want to see Toto?
01:10:04Sure, Pete.
01:10:05Come on, Toto.
01:10:06Get up, Toto.
01:10:07Get up.
01:10:08Now, sit down.
01:10:09Sit down.
01:10:10Get up.
01:10:11Sit up.
01:10:12Sit up, Toto.
01:10:13Come on.
01:10:14Come on, boy.
01:10:15Sit up.
01:10:16Say, that's okay.
01:10:17You ought to be able to teach him a lot of tricks.
01:10:18He shakes hands, too.
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.
01:10:27For God's sakes.
01:10:28Say, keep that 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.
01:10:49Toto!
01:10:56Ah, stop it.
01:10:58What happened back there?
01:10:59Did we hit something?
01:11:00I hit a dog back there.
01:11:01He ran out in front of me, and I couldn't help it.
01:11:12You better get the dog out of the street, Pete.
01:11:14I'll get that guy.
01:11:18Pete.
01:11:20Pete.
01:11:25What's the idea?
01:11:26He just hit a dog back there.
01:11:27So what?
01:11:28That's what.
01:11:30Here, stop it.
01:11:31Stop it, I say.
01:11:32Well, he can't take a punch at me.
01:11:33You get in the car.
01:11:39How do you young rock him?
01:11:40If you were an old man, I'd make a double.
01:11:42You don't like hit-and-run drivers around here.
01:11:44Just happened you hit a little boy's dog back there.
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.
01:12:18Is he gonna be all right?
01:12:21I'm afraid not, Pete.
01:12:23The little fella's hurt pretty bad.
01:12:25You mean he's gonna die?
01:12:29Oh boy, oh boy.
01:12:33But he wagged his tail and he licked my hand.
01:12:38He was trying to say goodbye, Pete.
01:12:40Don't feel too bad.
01:12:42Here, come on now.
01:12:43No more of that.
01:12:44Why, Toto here, he didn't even whimper.
01:12:47You want to be as good a soldier as he was, don't you?
01:12:50Sure, sure I do.
01:12:52Then suppose you run along and get that face washed.
01:12:56What's gonna happen to Toto?
01:12:59Oh, don't worry, Pete.
01:13:01I'll take care of him.
01:13:14Stop at that gas station up there.
01:13:18Come on.
01:13:29You.
01:13:30Yes.
01:13:36A lawyer I sent down evidently made a bunch of things.
01:13:41So I came down myself.
01:13:44Well, let's get down to business.
01:13:46We have no business, Mr. Harper.
01:13:49I told your lawyer my answer.
01:13:51Rubbish.
01:13:53If you made my offer clear, no one in their right mind could refuse it.
01:13:56Oh, he made it perfectly clear.
01:13:59But I'm not interested.
01:14:01You're not interested?
01:14:04This doesn't concern you.
01:14:06It's the future of my son's boy that's at stake.
01:14:16Come on.
01:14:25He's reached the age when he needs the things that I can give him.
01:14:29If you're any kind of a mother, you will not stand in his way.
01:14:34He doesn't want the things that you can give him.
01:14:36He wants to make his own life.
01:14:38Chris wants to earn the things he gets.
01:14:43Chris.
01:14:45Oh, it's you.
01:14:48Wasn't killing a dog enough?
01:14:50You have to come back here and...
01:14:52No, no. Wait, Chris.
01:14:54This is your grandfather.
01:14:56Grandfather?
01:14:59Chris.
01:15:01So you're John's boy.
01:15:04I came here to try and do something for you.
01:15:07I ought to have guessed who you were when you offered to pay for Pete's dead pup.
01:15:11If success and money make people think and feel like you do,
01:15:15then I never want them.
01:15:17Well, it's all very well to be sentimental about stray cats and dogs,
01:15:22but not about anything as important as your future.
01:15:25What I'm offering you will make you a great doctor.
01:15:28You'll enjoy a successful practice.
01:15:30Yeah, and that's what your lawyer, Mr. Baker, said.
01:15:32But I'll tell you I can be one without your money and without your help.
01:15:37A really great one.
01:15:39Like our doctor here,
01:15:41who takes care of sick people because they're sick,
01:15:43not because they're rich.
01:15:45Very admirable, I'm sure.
01:15:47If your ambition doesn't go beyond a country village and a handful of yokels...
01:15:57Maybe I'm using the wrong tactics.
01:16:01Since you're not interested in your boy's welfare,
01:16:05perhaps if I gave you $5,000...
01:16:08I've stood just about enough.
01:16:10You heard what he said.
01:16:12I think you better go.
01:16:13I don't care if you are my grandfather.
01:16:15You can't say things like that to my mom and get away with it.
01:16:17Wait a minute, Chris.
01:16:19I'll say he can't.
01:16:21I have no idea what you said, which is probably just as well.
01:16:24It evidently calls for an apology,
01:16:26but I doubt if Mrs. Harper would be interested in hearing it.
01:16:29So we won't detain you any longer.
01:16:34And don't come back and bother my mom anymore either.
01:16:38And we'll do fine if you just keep away from here.
01:16:40If you wait, you'll come crying to me for help someday.
01:16:43Oh, no, he won't. He's got a real man to help him.
01:16:46My father's going to marry his mother,
01:16:48and they won't even need the name of Harper anymore.
01:16:53Guess that'll hold him.
01:16:56Well, Julie,
01:16:58I guess it's up to us not to disappoint our children.
01:17:06Come here, look.
01:17:11Isn't that King?
01:17:13Come on, let's go swimming.
01:17:21Oh, excuse me.
01:17:23Well, don't mind me. Go right ahead.
01:17:25No, wait a minute, Baker. Don't go.
01:17:27You're just in time to be the first to congratulate us.
01:17:30Say, this is great news.
01:17:32I want to wish you both all kinds of luck.
01:17:35But, Julie,
01:17:37how did you ever get him to pop the question?
01:17:38Oh, I think that should be kept a secret.
01:17:41Well, if he tries to get out of it,
01:17:43we'll sue him for breach of promise.
01:17:45Say, I don't know that I like having a lawyer around.
01:17:48Well, don't give it a moment's thought.
01:17:50I'll go back to the mansion house and ruin my digestion.
01:17:58Say, I got in a jam the last time you went swimming here.
01:18:01Remind me to worry about that later.
01:18:04One,
01:18:06two,
01:18:07three.
01:18:12Oh, yeah.
01:18:15I wonder when they're going to get married.
01:18:17Well, we're not going to let them stall
01:18:19after all we've been through.
01:18:21Say, I just thought of something.
01:18:23Where are we going to live?
01:18:25With them, of course.
01:18:27Oh, that'll be great.
01:18:29You know, when I get to be a big doctor,
01:18:31I'm going to build the biggest and swellest home in this town.
01:18:33Oh, I bet you are.
01:18:35Yeah, but maybe, maybe...
01:18:37What?
01:18:39Maybe a girl wouldn't want to wait that long for a fella.
01:18:41I think maybe she will enough.
01:18:43Oh, gee, Betty, do you?
01:18:45You're swell.
01:18:47Do you really think so, Chris?
01:18:49Oh, I'll say it.
01:18:51And you're pretty, too.
01:18:53You're pretty, too.
01:19:07You're pretty, too.