Life with Father (1947) IRENE DUNNE

[Music] well these are certainly the cleaner steps on Madison Avenue that's how mr. Dave watch them kicks [Music] [Music] we're new here aren't you justice Marvin this is the way mr. day gets good nap [Music] be careful of this dish you could burn your hands and keep the cover on till you're ready to serve them yesterday like sad muffins hot I'll do that [Music] amy is the table set for breakfast yes sir good morning man good morning Annie how are you getting along all right now I hope no don't be nervous just because this is your first day everything's going to be all right but I do hope nothing goes wrong oh no Ellie the cream and sugar go down at this end my 13 Center ma'am everyone could reach it amazing mr. Davis is here excuse me I didn't know where to place the napkins man you can tell but the rings the boys have their initials Cu for Clarence he sits here J for John here W for with me he sits over there next to his father and the one with the little dog on it is Harlan's of course he's the baby this narrow plain one is mine and this is mr. days it's just like mine except that we've got bent one morning and that reminds me Annie always have mr. day's coffee piping hot yes and whatever mr. Dave speaks to you just say yes sir don't be nervous you'll get used to him all that beautiful rubber plans I'm so glad it came you mustn't water it every day too much moisture makes it very unhappy well good morning mother I thought you were still upstairs good morning Clara father must be talking to himself a redhead did you sleep well mother yes thank you dear golly I'm hungry oh and Eddie we always thought with fruit in the morning except the two younger boys who have their porridge and milk jiminy another wreck on the New Haven that always disturbs the stock market father won't like that I do wish the New Haven would stop having wrecks if they knew how it upset your father my soul and body Clarence what's happened to your coat ripped open again Margaret mended it for me but it won't stay mended how do you know just have to speak to your father about a new of clothes Clarence why did you take my h2 so4 of our clothes closet I've told you a hundred times that cross it's not to make experiments in - good morning mother John have you been making those chemical smells again no mother I'm making an electric battery he'll ring a bell and everything you know your father doesn't like electricity but mother everything's going to be electricity not in this house Oh what's the matter Claire what's wrong where is my necktie what's necktie what I gave you yesterday it isn't pressed yet I forgot to give it to Margaret I Paul you distinctly I wanted to wear that necktie today you've got plenty of neckties put on another one right away and come down to breakfast I don't know what this world's coming to mother may I have my breakfast early I'm going to play baseball three Whitney before you leave the house you have to study your catechism but mother they're going to let me pitch today good morning who won the giant seven-to-three Buck Ewing at a home run let me say boys don't wrinkle the paper before your father sees it mother could you ask me my catechism now I think I know it well let's see what is your name Whitney Benjamin who gave you your first tips to come down along good morning darling how's your finger it's good that's a sign it's getting better I'm alone oh let's see what was i doing oh yes the catechism who gave you your name my sponsors at baptism wherein I was made a member of Christ the child of God and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven mother if I hadn't been baptized wouldn't I have any name not in the sight of the church what did your sponsors then for you they did promise and bow three things in my name first that I should [Music] thirdly that I should keep God's holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the days of mine only boys morning morning Minnie have a good night yes Thank You Claire good then on boys what's that thing doing in here yeah that's our new rubber planet place for rubber plants on the equator uh take an object out Cap'n you're not Katherine no good never liked Katherine anyway thank you that put it somewhere else Andy but not too near a window are you saying Claire that new student looks very nice latter title hi wait that's the same to always have well Clarence had just managed to ruin the only decent [ __ ] hairs I'm sorry but I'm afraid you need a new suit of clothes vide Clarence has to learn not to be so hard on his clothes but father I think I'm starting game on the ball you'll be completely outfitted but nothing the summer can I have one of your old suits cut down for me every shoot I own still has plenty of wear in it I wear my clothes until they're worn out do you want your clothes worn out click the weather not much faster than you can yes and father you never get a chance to wear yours out every time you get a new batch of clothes mother sends the old ones to the missionary barrel I guess I'm just as good as any old missionary parents before you compare yourself to a missionary and remember the sacrifices they make oh I don't know of any I think my clothes would look better on Clarence and on some Hottentot that dark sucks you to mind cut down video oh thank you Father when a father suits thank you sir in return for that Clarence I want you to practice more often on your violin with me don't eat so fast well father I'm going to pitch today but before I go I have to study my catechism what do you bother about that for because if he doesn't know his catechism he can't be confirmed penny what he's going to pitch today he can be confirmed any old time class sometimes it seems to me you don't care whether your children have to heaven a lot oh you'll get to heaven alright I'll be there before you are witness see that you get in and Whitney we get to heaven will organize a baseball team of our own we just like you to try and run things up there there's like place they could probably use a good man like me what makes you so sure they'll let you win to heaven well if they don't I'll certainly raise a devil of a row Clara I do hope you'll behave when you get to heaven no Benny what pretty how many times have I asked you not to engage a maid who doesn't know how to serve properly Claire can't you see she's new when doing her best how can I serve myself when she's holding that platter over my head hold it lower yes we came for the one we had yesterday I don't know why you can't keep a maid oh you don't why on earth can't you run your house the way I run my office all I want his service what the devil's that noise Annie who's Annie the maid I'll take Claire aren't you ashamed of yourself what I don't know you made her cry speaking to her the way you did I never said a word to her I was addressing myself to you I do wish you'd be more careful it's hard enough to people may then the uniforms just fit this one in the name where do you come from who do you belong to hmm looks more like a prince to me what's want you Margaret this Bacon's good oh well it's good yes sir Aden how's that finger I'm here ah yes that's healing nicely I guess you'll know the next time that cats don't like to be hugged it's alright to stroke them but don't squeeze them I'll go back and finish your oatmeal I know I can't go on and finish it it's good for you I don't like it I'll tell you what you like and what you don't like you're not old enough to know about such things you've no business not like oatmeal it's good I hate it that's enough we won't discuss it I don't feel at once John that letters for your mother I finish my oatmeal father Maddox yes Whitney amigo it's a good game with me yes mother my catechism Margaret what is this coffee sir it is not copy you couldn't possibly take water and coffee beans and arrived at that it's slops that's what it is slops take it away I come down to this table every morning hungry and if you're hungry Claire why aren't you eating your breakfast I am aunt Judith wants me to come up and visit her knobby knee I want no more relatives in this house we are going to live here by ourselves in peace and comfort layer I was saying aunt Judith wants me to visit her Oh eat your oatmeal today what on earth is this dear friend day we are assigning you the exclusive rights to Staten Island for selling the gem home pop up a popcorn I think that's for me father but then why isn't it addressed to clarence day june your'e oh it is I wouldn't get mixed up in popcorn Clarence it's too indigestible you in a package it's Lewis and Congress oh yes those kitchen knives I ordered make a Memorandum of that Vinnie one dollar and whatever it was for I must have a record of what is spent running this house I've never understood what good a record is after the money's gone there's just a dollar Margaret Vinnie this house must be run on a business basis of course dear that's what the household accounts are for oh Claire it's half past eight you don't want to be late at the office any clearer the table now Clarence John yes you boys go up and move a small bureau from my room into your life who's coming cousin Cora and she's bringing a friend with it a young girl I'm a girl you would have to help entertain her until father finds out we've got visitors beer wrappers John don't criticize your father he's very hospitable after he gets used to the idea I like coffee I like she I like the girls and the girls like me I don't like girls and they don't like me oh come on what's the matter Claire what's wrong how did that get in this room now Claire how was the new maid - no keep that abomination out of here oh Claire dear I'm afraid I'm going to need some more money you were complaining about the coffee this morning well that nice French drip coffee pot is broken you know Howard that broken never mind that Vinnie as I remember that coffee pot cost $5 and something I'll give you $6 when you get it Vinnie enter the exact amount in the ledger of course we can't go on month a month having the household accounts are such a mess no and I thought of a system that will make my bookkeeping perfect well I'm certainly relieved to hear that all we have to do is open charge accounts everywhere and the stores will do my bookkeeping for me now wait a minute minute then when the bills come in you'd know exactly where your money had gone hell I certainly would Vinnie we get enough pillows as it is Claire dear don't you hate those arguments we have every month I certainly do not to have those I should think would be worth something to you well I'd open an account with Louis and congas and one of the queries to start with thank you clear which the art works out thank you oh the rector is coming to tea today well I'm glad you warned me I'll go to the club don't expect me home we're gonna die Claire dear I do wish you take a little more interest in the church getting me into heaven is your business Vinnie if there's anything wrong with my ticket when I get there you can fix it up everybody loves you so much I'm sure God must - I'll do my best Claire it wouldn't be heaven without you you're they have any I'll manage to get in some way even if I have to climb the fence [Music] Margaret Claire what's wrong why did God make so many dumb fools and Democrats politics yes but it's taking the bread out of our mouths honest Hugh Grant honest ah fine mayor you've turned out to be if you can't run this city without raising taxes every five minutes you'd better get out but someone who can Richard pokers running in this town and you're just his cat's paw tell me this are these increased taxes going into public improvements or are they going into graft answer me that honestly if you can mister honest Hugh Grant you can't I thought so you were elected to office on the premise that you would put an end to all this thievery and corruption have you put it into it no you can correct some new raid on the public treasure we're going to throw you and your boodle Board of Aldermen out of office I'm warning you for the last time robbery that's what it is highway robbery Annie take this fresh cup of coffee into mr. day New York City are not going to tolerate these conditions you know we bet you a good round sum to watch after our interests and all we get is inefficiency I know you're a nincompoop and I strongly suspect you of being a scalawag you're not going to escape your legal responsibilities legal responsibilities I got I mean criminal responsibilities don't think well one minute we're going to let you escape we're going to throw you into jail Danny all your heart you can't throw me into jail any why can't I have quiet here in the morning Claire what happened sounded me as though that may drop the whole tray of dishes yes what did you say to her say [ __ ] I haven't seen her since breakfast I better get the office oh yes Claire you don't want to be late I'll be home in plenty of time for dinner why don't we have chicken fricassee tonight well Claire chickens gone up it's 8 cents a pound [Music] [Music] she going dressed up like that hey I you've done it again how could you what can't you see she's the living dear I have no time to engage in you mate we'll have to have dinner out dinner out concepts I'll engage new made myself no you can't but she has to picking on the bones I have one here in an hour good morning mr. day on you at the office yesterday's going what is an angel yeah [Music] Oh yummy I declare you're getting younger and prettier every Skinner just leave your things out here and come right up here how he used to dip my pigtails in the info What's in you was in Pleasantville Cora Oh Vinny I have so much to tell you we wrote to that act Harry broke her hip yeah that was the night that Robert Ingersoll lectured of course she couldn't get there but was a good thing for mr. Ingersol she didn't how do you do cousin Cora oh this is John John why how you've grown you'll be a man before your mother John this is Mary Skinner how do you do how do you do many everybody in Pleasantville sends their love grandpa Abbott's cousin Edith aunt Hattie the tailor's office there Cora how is grandpa oh he hasn't met at all well you know he only has one kidney and that's floating how do you do cousin Cora I'm glad to see you this can't be Clara yes my my my goodness every time I see you boys you've grown another foot let's see you're going to st. Paul's now aren't you st. Paul's I was through with st. Paul's long ago I'm starting in Yale this fall yeah Oh Oh Mary this is Clarence and Mary Skinner how do you do oh this is Mary's first trip to New York yes it is it's her first trip we have to show Mary around I tell you I'll ask mr. de to take us all to Delmonico's for dinner tonight you know Monaco who think of that Mary Delmonico's and cousin Claire such a wonderful home when I know you girls want to freshen up so come upstairs Clarence give their bags I've given you girls Clarence's room but he didn't know about it I don't want you get their old bags oh you play the violin well I I fool whether a middle you're just being modest no really I I play the piano not awfully well now you're being modest do you ever play duets well I haven't up to now neither have i up to now Quorra didn't tell me about you I never met a Yale man before what's happened to you nothing I feel fine are you people you wish to domestic servant where do you keep them I will take your name and address I'm falling I'm late at the office now if you will give me the details as to what kind of person you require I'm asking you where you keep them girls are in there but clients are not allowed in that room if you won't tell me the kind of a position you wish to have filled I'll be very blessed just antifreeze sir this is quite against the rules I must know what you want the girl for I'll take that one what's your name yes sir hello you go right over to 420 Madison Avenue I will sir that's all thank you sir before I can let any girl go from this establishment I must know the character of the home in which she will be employed madam I am the character of my home my duty toward my neighbor is to love him as myself and to do unto all men as they should do unto me as they should do unto me to - he really knows it well he's done very well for so young a boy may I go now yes darling thank you dr. Lloyd oh you and mr. day must be very proud of your children I was hoping I'd find mr. day at home this afternoon well he's usually home from the office by this time perhaps he's gone for a gallop in the park it's such a fine day he's very fond of horseback riding I believe oh yes goodnight has he ever been thrown from a horse oh no no horse would throw mr. day I just thought he might have had some accident I notice he never kneels in church oh that's no accident but I don't want you to think he doesn't pray he does why sometimes you can hear him all over the house he never needles perhaps that's mr. Dane now I hardly think so oh the devil I got clear and you're just in time for tea I'll send for some hot water mother are they back yet no Clarence no except for a brief glimpse on the seven I don't see much of you devilishly visit a very busy day tired out how a man can get tired just sitting at a desk all day I don't know I suppose Wall Street is just much a mystery to you as it is to me dr. Loe I didn't know no it's all very clear to me my mind often goes to the businessman the picture I'm most fond on is when I envision him at the close of the day's work I see him pausing in his toil and it comes over him that all those figures of profit and loss are without importance or consequence vanity and flair yes deal yes some more hot water please yes who's that you mean where's the one I sent this morning the uniform didn't fit I like the one I picked are better Claire dr. Lloyd wants to tell us about the plans for the new edifice a new one the new church you knew we were planning to build a new church of course we're going to have to rage allowed some money well personally I am against the church hop skipping and jumping all over the town so any contribution I make will have to be a small one the amount everyone is to subscribe has already been decided who decided it after considerable thought we voted that our supporting members should each contribute to some equal to the cost of their pew I paid $5,000 for my pew yes Claire that makes our contribution $5,000 that's robbery do you know what that pew is worth today $3,000 that's what the last one sold for I've taken a dead loss of two thousand dollars on that pew already Frank bags sold me that Pew and the market was at its peak he knew when to get out and I'm warning you Benny if the market ever goes up I'm going to unload that Pew Clarence day how can you speak of the temple of the Lord as though it was something to be bought and sold on Wall Street no mrs. day your husband is a practical man we've had to be practical about the new church we have all the facts and figures Oh what's the property worth Robbie are now oh let's see is it $40,000 I know the figure has a Ford in it what's the new piece of property going to cost you I think the figure I heard mentioned was $85,000 or was it a hundred and eighty five thousand dr. Lloyd you preach that someday we'll all have to answer to God we shall indeed well I hope God doesn't ask you any questions what's figures in them it's cousin Cora she's passing through town hello come Mary Oh Vinny what a day we've been in every shop in town why cousin Claire you're as welcome as the flowers in May this is Mary Skinner mr. day how do you do I've been telling Mary all about you she's been dying to meet you dr. Lloyd I want you to meet my favorite cousin miss Cartwright this seems to be a family reunion I'll just run along goodbye dr. Lloyd do you do to dr. Lloyd goodbye dr. Lloyd go to the door with you thank you so much fatigue who did you say this pretty little girl is she said Skinner's daughter this is Mary's first trip to New York Oh have some tea we had tea downtown oh never mind then sit down even if you have had tea you can stay and visit for a while as a matter of fact why don't you both stay to dinner that's all arrange Claire coronary I'm going to have a dinner with us fine fine of course you just have to take potluck did you know the girls are going to visit out Judith in Springfield for our home um fine how long you're going to be in New York Cora all week splendid we'd hope to see something obvio when you certainly well did you find anything you wanted in the shop oh I can't wait to show you oh but I'm afraid some of these packages can't be open in front of cousin Claire shall I leave the room or should I say your room wasn't it nice of players to give up his room to us for a whole week Korra come on I just can't wait to see what's in those packages we'll be back soon I wish to speak to you before you what Stan I'll be down in just a minute Claire I wish to speak to you now I'll be up in just a minute Korra it's all right Vinnie come along marry those two women encamped in our house how Claire you know you've always been fond of Korra what to do with her thanking her except down in my house and bringing all the strangers with her how can you call that sweet little girl a horde of strangers why don't they go to a hotel you orcas hotels built for the express purpose of housing such nuisances here two girls alone than a hotel but who knows what might happen to them all right then put them on the first train they want to roll the gypsy's lend them a hand keep on roaming you're staying in that little room of Clarence's the Cobblers they don't stay there they stay in the bathroom every time I want to take my bath it's full of giggling females washing their hair I tell you I won't have it send them to hotel I'll pay the bill gladly but get them out of here father I'm afraid they can hear upstairs then keep those doors closed Clarence you open those doors open them all the way now Claire you be quiet and behave yourself they're here and they're going to stay here that's enough Finney I want no more of this argument oh but I don't understand is why the swarm of locusts always descends on us without any warning owl thunder Vinnie dear Vinnie [Music] [Music] to Delmonico's what's that Delmonico's you're taking mother cousin Cora and miss Skinner to Delmonico's for dinner tonight I won't have it I will not have my light range from him I bought this house for my own comic I will not submit myself to this indignity do I understand that I am not permitted to have dinner in my own home a little change will do young god I have a home to have dinner in and any time I can't have dinner at home this house is for sale well Claire you can't have dinner here tonight because it isn't ordered and besides Cora Mary want to see something of New York well that's no affair of mine I am NOT a guy to Chinatown and the Bowery Oh mr. day I just love your house I could live here forever car is waiting for you mrs. day oh yes I revised up [Music] I'm glad you like our house miss Skinner I like it very much mr. de três from a stranger is approbation indeed at whom a living name is green I like green I like green to Red's my favorite color it's an interesting thing about colors Reds a nice color in a house too but outside too much red would be bad I mean for instance if all the trees and the grass were written outside greens the best color that's right but when you do think of it it's quite a thought I bet you make your market yeah oh my mother wants me to go to college do you believe in girls going to college I guess it's all right if they want to waste that much time before they get married I mean I'm glad your father music mr. day oh hello what can you use companion John enjoys the youths companion John don't you sit down oh thank you it tells all about connecting batteries in series John miss Skinner and I were talking oh that's all right you won't bother me jiminy that's where I made my mistake I didn't mix enough oh don't start can you play that I'm afraid not can you play sweet Genevieve that's my favorite not without my music hey mister Hadj don't you think I like this one [Music] that's funny the words are the same but it's the wrong tune oh it can't be the wrong - and we sing it exactly that way in church we don't think it that we're in the Methodist Church you see we're Methodists oh that's too bad well I don't mean it's too bad that you're a Methodist anybody's got a right to be anything they want but what I mean is where Episcopalians yes I know anyway the words are the same shall we begin now [Music] what's wrong shall we try again must be my fault oh no it's my fault no you are the Episcopalian I just remembered something my father wasn't Episcopalian he was baptized in the Pisgah pinion he was an Episcopalian right up to the time he married my mother she was the Methodist oh oh let's try it again then well Clarence if you're going to Delmonico's with us you'd better get rest am I going to Jimmy thank you Father be ready in just a minute brother Vinnie that young lady looks about the same age you were when I came out to present bill to rescue you rescue me you came out there to talk me into marrying you it worked out just the same [Music] we that is your bonus your day shoes this year chica thought machines was the displeasure Suzie oh thanks no cookies like the French Claire was so nice of you to invite coronary here that first night it's been a pleasure mr. day have you always been an Episcopalian I've always gone to the Episcopal Church yes but you weren't baptized to Methodist or anything where are you you were baptized and Episcopalian come to think of it I don't believe I was ever baptized at all Claire funny joking about a subject like that I'm not joking I remember now I never was baptized yeah that's ridiculous everybody's baptized what I'm not no one would keep a little baby from being baptized you know father or mother we think as both of them they thought the children should decide those things for themselves but cool I remember when I was 10 or 12 years old mother set out to give some thought to it but I never got around to having it done for me do you know what you're saying yes I'm saying I've never been baptized something's got to be done about it right away now pretty don't get excited over nothing why haven't you ever told me what difference does it make I have never heard of anyone who wasn't baptized even the savages in darkest Africa it's alright for savages and children but if an oversight was made in my case it's too late to correct it now [Music] what if you're not baptized you're not a Christian I can't found it of course I'm Christian a mighty good Christian - a lot better Christian on those psalm singers in church but you can't be if you won't be baptized I won't be baptized and I will be a Christian I'll be a Christian in my own way don't you want to meet us all in heaven of course and I'm going to day no but you must be like that you're coming to church with me before you go to the office in the morning and be baptized then and there Benny don't be ridiculous if you think I'm going to stand there and let dr. Lloyd splash water on me if I age you were mistaken no I'm sleepy good night Minnie [Music] yes if father hasn't been baptized he hasn't any name in the site of the church he hasn't any name that's right maybe we're not even married we thine unworthy servants do give the most humble and hearty thanks for all that goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men we bless thee for our creation preservation and all the blessings of this life but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ for the means of grace for the hope of glory and we receive thee give us that new sense of all thy mercies that our hearts may be unavailing the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the Fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore [Music] and so my friends what comforted security it gives us when we have reached the age of understanding to know that the Rite of baptism has not been neglected in our infancy or you can you imagine any man who has reached maturity with the knowledge that he had never been baptized failing to hasten to the holy font that his soul might be saved as it says in the baptismal office except a man be born of water and of the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned what's that follow-up to can't be which also shows us for the promise is to you and to your children dokie not therefore but earnestly believe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost army [Music] this billion tyler Wickersham this is Wilhemina Eugenia Wickersham what a lovely day for them to be baptized happiest day in my life [Music] thank you [Music] there you know I didn't last after Lloyd to do what you must have said something well I have to find out from him if we were barely memory I am married and I'm not baptized and as far as I'm concerned a whole congregation can know it they certainly know it no excuse me I don't go to church to be preached up as though I were some lost sheep you don't seem to understand what the church is for many if there's one place the church should leave alone it's a man's soul well he's going to be baptized Cora you mark my word I just couldn't go to heaven without Clair why I get lonesome for him even when I go to Ohio it's awfully hard on a woman to love a man like Claire so much Oh men are so aggravating they take everything for granted they certainly do you know I don't believe Claire's come right out and told me he loves me since we've been married course I know it does because I'll keep reminding him of it you have to keep reminding them Cora we're having it after core of Mary go to the Train their car was coming at 1:00 o'clock cam the horse cars go right past the door but Claire they have those heavy bags cabs are a waste of money well if dinner's going to be delayed I'll work on this month's bills what are they now Claire it isn't there to go over the household accounts when you're hungry Vinnie where are those bills they're in the library on your desk I don't know dinner was going to be late their horse is my favorite animal oh goodness where have you two been Clarence wanted to show me his grandfather's house you'll have to hurry and finish your packing he won't take me long can i hook your back Clarence Clarence why don't you kneel in church today all right I just couldn't if it's because your father doesn't leave you must remember he wasn't brought up to kneel in church but you were has it anything to do with Mary I know she's a Methodist oh no mother Methodist no Mary told me they don't get up-and-down so much but they stay down longer Clarence you want a deal don't - oh yes I wanted to kneel today I tried you saw me drive it all right just couldn't is that suit up your father is so tight for you no it's not too tight what is it mother very peculiar things have happened to me since I started to wear this suit I can't seem to make these clothes do anything father wouldn't do that's nonsense Clarence and not to kneel in church is a sacrilege making Father's trousers and he'll seem more of a sacrilege Clarence do you know what happened to dura Wakefield's party for Mary last night we were playing musical chairs and some girl sat down suddenly right in my lap or I jumped up so fast she almost got hurt she was sitting on father's trousers well mother I've got to have a suit of my own nice old embody well you'll just have to talk to your father about it I'm sure if you approached him the right way you'll know tactfully he'll see oh excuse me gracious it didn't take you very long well I'll see about your backs lunch for the train remember it's Sunday I I was hoping we could have a few minutes together before you left Cora had so much to do I wanted to get out of her way well didn't you want to see me I did want to tell you how much I enjoyed our friendship oh ma told us the living room till dinner's ready have you ever been out on our porch oh yeah well let me show it to you it's awfully hard to grow up in a family with children my I've never known a week to pass so quickly why I write I you're going to write me when you get to Springfield aren't you of course if you write me first but you'll have something to write about your trip and aunt Judith and how things aren't spring for you you write me as soon as you get there maybe I'll be too busy maybe I won't have time well you find the time let's not have any nonsense about that you write me first and you'll do it right away the first day how do you know I'll take orders from you well sure you give me your hand why should give me your hand confound it what are you thinking about I was just thinking about what I was hoping you dragged me first because that would mean you like what's my writing first got to do with liking you you do like me then of course I do I like you better than any girl I ever met but you don't like me well enough to ride first well I don't see how one thing's got anything to do with the other but a girl can ride first because because she's a girl well that's nonsense if a girl has something to write about and a fellow hasn't there's no reason why she shouldn't write first you know the first few days I was here you do anything for me and then you changed you used to be a lot of fun and all of a sudden you turned into an old sober sides what why are you even dressed like an old sober sides it just happened to remember something Barry please but Clarence we'll see each other in a month when I come back please write me first because that'll show me how much you please I'll show you how much I like you get up get up no no it's not that oh is it because it's Sunday no it'd be the same any day [Music] [Applause] [Applause] parents yes father that young lady's crying she's in tears what's the meaning of this I'm sorry father it's all my fault nonsense what's that girl trying to do to you no no she wasn't it was I I whatever the quarrel was about Clarence I'm glad you held your own father I had to have a new suit of clothes you've got to give me the money for it young man do you realize that you're addressing your father I'm sorry father I apologize but you don't know how important this is to me a new suit of clothes is so important oh why should Clarence has your need for a new suit of clothes anything to do with that young lady yes Father like this comes as quite a shock to me what does father are you are being so grown-up still I might have known if you are going to college this fall yes you're at the age when you'll be meeting girls Clarence there are things about women that I think you ought to know sit down yes I think it's better for you to hear this for me than to have to learn it for yourself teres women aren't the Angels that you think they are well now first let me explain this to you you see Clarence we men have to run this world and it's not an easy job it takes work and it takes thinking a man has to reason things out now you take a woman a woman thinks no I'm wrong right there a woman doesn't think at all she gets stirred up and she gets stirred up over the most confounded things now I love my wife just as much as any man but that doesn't mean that I should stand for a lot of faller all by God I won't stand for it stand for what Father that's the one thing I shall not submit myself to Clarence if a man thinks a certain thing is wrong you shouldn't do it if he thinks it's right he should do it now that has nothing to do with whether he loves his wife or not who says it has father they do women they get stirred up and then they try to get you stirred up too but don't you let them do it Clarence don't you let them do it now if you can keep reason and logic in the argument but a man can hold his own course but if they can switch you pretty soon the arguments about whether you love them or not I swear I don't know how they do it but don't you let them Clarence don't you let them I see what you mean so far father if you don't watch yourself love can make you do a lot of things you don't want to do exactly but if you do watch out and know just how to handle women then you'll be all right all a man has to do is be firm you know how sometimes I have to be firm with your mother yes but father what can you do when they cry mmm well that's quite a question you just have to make them understand that what you're doing is for the algorithm I see how Clarence you know all about women but father yes Clarence I thought you were going to tell me about about what about women Clarence there are some things gentlemen don't discuss I told you all you need to know the thing for you to remember is be farm [Music] marry when you get to Springfield the very first thing you sit down vini clear coronary leaving any moment now Vinny you know I like to live well and I want my family to live well but this house must be run on a business basis I must know how much money I'm spending and what for for instance if you recall a week ago I gave you 6 dollars to buy a new coffee pot yes because you broke the old one you throw it right on the floor I'm not talking about that to break that nice coffee pot Claire it was imported from France and that little shop has stopped selling them but what hurts funny that the tariff wouldn't bless them and that's your fault because you're always voting to raise the tariff tariff protects America against cheap foreign labor now this bill does nothing but pull up the prices and that's hard on everybody especially the farmer Vinnie I wish to heaven you wouldn't talk about matters you don't know anything about I don't know about them mr. gillich says that every intelligent woman should have some of him may I ask is Miss bulik she's the current events woman I told you about and the tickets are $1 every Tuesday do you mean to tell me that a pack of idle minded females pay $1 apiece to hear another female gathered about the events of the day listen to me if you want to know anything about the events of the day but you get so excited Claire and besides miss bulik says that our president whom you're always belittling praise to God for that Vinnie what happened to that six dollars what six dollars I gave you six dollars to buy a new coffee pot now I find that you apparently got one of us in Congress and charged it here's their bill one coffee pot five dollars so you owe me a dollar and you can hand it right over I'll do nothing of the kind what did you do with that six dollars well Claire I can't tell you now dear why didn't you ask me at the time wait a minute I spent $4 and a half for that new one Brauer now we're getting some one umbrella $4 and that must have been a week I paid mrs. Tobin for two extra days washing mrs. Thomas that's $2 more that makes that makes up six dollars and fifty cents and that's another fifty cents you owe me I don't owe you anything what you owe me is an explanation of where my money is gone I do the best I can to keep down expenses you know yourself cousin Phoebe spends twice as much as we do don't talk to me about your cousin Phoebe you talk about your own relatives enough that's not fair Vinnie when I talk about my relatives I criticize them I can't even speak of cousin Phoebe you can speak about all you want to but I won't have cousins DB or anyone else dictating to me out at my house I didn't say a word about her dictating Claire you know she isn't that you said you said I don't know what you said now you never stick to the point now we're going over this account box item by item I find here a bill for $38 I don't know what you expected me i tire myself out chasing up and down those stairs all day long trying to look after your comfort to bring up our children I do the mending and the marketing now you want me to be an expert okay vini I want to be reasonable but can't you understand I'm doing all this for your own good well I suppose I'll have to go ahead just paying the bills and hoping I've got enough money in the bank to meet them that's all very discouraging I'll try to do better Claire well that's all I'm asking well I'll make out the checks inside them but maybe I haven't any right to sign those checks since in the sight of the Lord I haven't any name that's right Claire to make those checks good you don't have to be baptized right away Vinnie the bank doesn't care whether I've been baptized or not well I'm care and no matter what dr. Lloyd said I'm not sure we're really married Vinnie we have four children if we're not married now oh we never will be uh don't you better go tell her what need to watch for the cab not before you give me that dollar and a half dollar and a half you owe me I don't owe you any dollar and a half I gave you money to buy a coffee pot for me and somehow it turned into an umbrella for you clearance day what kind of man are you quibbling about a dollar and a half when your immortal soul is in danger and what's more all right all right Thank You K now the accounts are all straight again [Music] what were you doing down there I'm setting up this new burglar alarm I invented it myself have you got any money you can let me know you owe me 30 cents now I'll give you my stamp collection of my piece of John Wilkes Booth finger how much enough to get a new suit of clothes if you could wait a month till I hear from the Patent Office in Washington I may be rich I can't wait that long maybe I could get it sooner I don't want to look into something else tomorrow wanted an energetic young man to sell household necessity liberal commission apply 312 with John let me have this job why should I give you my job they're hard to get I've got to get a new suit of clothes maybe I could get the job for both of us I'll ask the man the cab to your father oh thank you Whitney Avenue ha ha ha John I'll go up and get their bags yes sir here's the ones for the train said get out to the cab who's that one it's Ellen Delia nap yesterday I don't know where your mother finds them no Feeny don't you let Clara worry about us we have plenty of time Oh take the bags right on out John goodbye now you be a good boy like I said goodbye Harlan goodbye keep out of mischief come along everybody don't keep the cab waiting perhaps cost money mr. Descartes Stan it's to keep a cab waiting honey waiting to do there's a waiting room at the Grand Central Depot just for that Mary aren't you even going to shake hands with me I don't think I'd better you may remember that when I get too close to you you feel contaminated Mary you're going to write to me aren't you are you going to write first no Mary there are times when a man must be firm Mary mother says you better hurry out before father starts yelling it's Sunday goodbye John I'm very happy to have made your acquaintance thank you may I help you no thank you goodbye Mary goodbye cousin Claire [Music] dear Mary my duty toward my neighbor just to look and ask myself and to do to all men what they should do it to me as father gone to the office yet come on let's go to the ball field I've got to guard this box till John comes back it says burglar alarm it wouldn't work so he fixed it we're going to put it back in the dining room after father goes to the office hi there burglars around everywhere Oh to love honor and succor my father and my mother why do you have to learn that because if I don't I'll go to hell father's going to hell yeah not yes he is because he isn't baptized he'll go to hell and burn for a thousand hear you out he will be in a lake of fire and brimstone and a Thousand Devils with pitchforks will be poking at [Music] boys just singing father you boys be quiet you know your mother isn't feeling well yes Father what did your mother say she says she doesn't want any breakfast oh why does your mother do that to me you know what it upsets my day when she doesn't come down to breakfast especially delivery sir thank you yeah where's John this morning John had his breakfast early father and went out to see about something gee pop what well John and I thought we'd work this summer and earn some money good work never hurt anyone it's good for them what are you going to work work hard think Solomon had the right idea about work whatever thy hand find us to do Solomon said do thy dog honest oh well I don't understand this at all there's a letter from some woman I never even heard of Oh father what is it father this woman claims that she sat on my lap and then I didn't like it huh what's that word no that one down there it looks like curiosity I only opened your letter as a matter of curiosity yes go on why this gets worse and worse it just turns into a lot of sentimental lovey-dovey mush this is someone's idea of a practical joke what's the matter Claire what's wrong nothing wrong that's a fool letter how are you feeling Vinnie I thought you needed me if you don't I'll go back to bed come sit down get some food in you build up your strength sit down sit down yeah what's this one's name Nora Nora mrs. D some bacon and eggs no I'll bring me a cup of tea up to my room yes ma'am Vinnie it's just weak to give in to an ailment I noticed when you have a headache you yell and groan and swearing up that's approved to the headache that I am stronger than it is I think I've caught some kind of germ some of my friends have had to send for the doctor doctor Oh poppycock Claire dear when people are ill you have to do something certainly have to do something zero up that's way to cure him how would you go about cheering them up I thought I'd come back [Music] Hey I didn't mean to upset you [Music] you're crazy [Music] I was just trying to help you you know when you take your bed I have a confounded lonely time around here so when I see you getting it in your head that you're not feeling well I want to do something about it just because some of your friends are given into this no reason why you should imagine your real [Music] did you get the job yes for both of us look I've got with me what is it medicine medicine you took a job for us to go out and sell medicine but it's wonderful medicine what it cures a sovereign cure for coals coughs katar asthma Quincy and sore throat for the jetsons summer complained colic dyspepsia heartburn and shortness of breath lumbago rheumatism heart disease giddiness and women's complaints nervous prostration Saint Vitus dance jaundice Legree proud flesh pink I see sickness and pimples it's made from a secret formula known only to dr. Bartlett we get 25 cents Commission on every bottle we sell and he's giving us the territory of all Manhattan Island lots of fathers and mothers friends have some of those diseases let's start out by calling on their yes Oh what if they ask us if we use it at our house yes it would be better if we could say we did excuse me oh is that the tea for mrs. day yeah I'll take it up to her thank you right away now why did Todd what's the matter with mother I don't know she was just complaining say it says here it's good for women's complaints here yes sir Chesapeake and Ohio an eighth New York Central three quarters I'd like to see mr. Bay about there's more have you come to pay us a visit where's father in his office with a customer you have to come home right away what's the meaning of this who sent you down here your mother no sir mother sale she's terribly ill did the doctor sent you for me no sir it was Margaret Margaret Margaret says you're to come home right away uh no nonsense Perkins go down and stop the first cab you see cap sir are you mr. day yes I want to cap I know nonsense I'm sorry but the Hawkins [Music] [Music] Oh doctor how is mrs. day she's a pretty sick woman oh what's wrong with her well do you know what don't you what did mrs. day have for breakfast this morning not a thing I tried to get it read so I think she wouldn't I can't understand it I understand what these violent attacks of nausea it's almost as though she were poisoned poisoned let me take your cab I'll try not to be gone more than 10 to 15 minutes and mr. day you are not to go into a room you better get her well I know AR you'll hear from me turned west on 27th Street how is mother I don't know well she better be good in sick her father may be mad at me for getting him up here especially in a cab does she fail the comb yes just now where are you going Margaret I have to go for the minister I guess the ministers coming to baptize fathers so I won't have to go right now it can't be baptized in a house you've got to have water we have lots of water not the right kind there's mother better father how can I tell she wouldn't let me in the room with that he's kind of found if doctors never know what's the matter with anybody father yes mother's going to get well isn't she of course she's gonna get well father there we come in its water without mother yes it is Harland it's alone someone come in boys what are you been doing Harlem nothing upstairs what about you Whitney I was supposed to learn the rest of my catechism will you hear me Father yes Whitney not here you'll start here how many pots are there in a sacrament to the outward visible sign and the inward spiritual grace what is the outward visible sign or form in Bab baptismal water wherein the person is baptized in the name of you haven't been baptized have your father with me what is the outward visible sign water where in the person you don't know it well enough Whitney you'd better go and study it some more do you want me to read to you Harlan father are they gonna put you into hell Whitney they call him with you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] coming to everybody's selling little doctors doctors don't do you any good mr. d we must I'll be quiet mrs. Dave's video I know she's a cop and see if she needs anything what are you doing out of house sent for the minister administer he'd be right in he's peeing off the cab I was deeply shocked to learn the serious nature of mrs. Daisy illness will you take me up to her she's resting now she can't be disturbed the doctor will be back in a minute mrs. day has been a tower of strength in the parish everyone liked her so much yes she was a fine woman I wish to heaven you wouldn't talk about mrs. day as if she were dead if the doctor back yet no does she need him well she's kind of restless she's talking in her sleep and twisting and turning well doctor it seems to me that was a pretty long 10 minutes see here mr. day if I'm to handle this case how can you handle if you're out of the house who is this it's dr. summers how do you do I felt that mrs. day's condition warranted my getting dr. summers here as soon as possible for consultation I hope that meets with your approval I yes of course anything that can be done upstairs doctor mrs. J is in good hands now mr. day there's nothing you and I can do at the moment to help dr. Boyd yes there's something that's troubling mrs. days mind oh I think you know what I refer to yes you mean the fact that you've never been baptized yes I gathered that you knew about it from your sermon last Sunday but let's not get angry I think something had better be done funny yes mr. day when the doctors get through up there I want you to talk to mrs. day I want you to tell her something why I'd be glad to you're just the man to do it she shouldn't be upset about this I want you to tell her that my being baptized would just be a lot of confounded nonsense but mr. day no she take you a word on a thing like that and we both must do everything we can to help her now but the solution is so simple it would take only your consent to be baptized that's out of the question and I'm surprised that a grown man like you would suggest such a thing well doctor how is she what have you decided is there a room we could use for our consultation oh yes my library doctor dr. summers this isn't serious is it after we've had our consultation we'll talk to us today for short rest assured dr. summers will do everything that is humanly possible I will try not to be locked [Music] tell me this dr. summers he's very highly thought of isn't it oh yes lavinius seriously if anyone could help her he could don't you think very fine physician but there is a greater health ever-present in the hour of need let us turn to him in prayer let us kneel and pray let us kneel and pray Oh Lord look down from heaven behold visit and relieve this thy servant who is grieved with sickness have mercy on her oh lord have mercy on this miserable sinner forgive her and extend I have custom she's not a miserable sinner you know it Oh God you know videos not a miserable sinner she's a fine woman she shouldn't be Baker Saba it's good to stop I tell you it's not to stop have mercy I say how mercy I tell you what's the matter What's Wrong Jenny honey what are you doing down here you shouldn't be out of bed you could right back upstairs I heard you call do you need me Vinnie I know now how much I need you get well Vinnie I'll be baptized I promise I'll be baptized I'll do anything Oh we'll go to Europe just we - you won't have to worry about the children or the household accounts Oh Vinnie don't worry miss today she'll be all right now bless you for what you have done what I do you promised to be baptized I did Oh [Applause] [Music] it's not drafting here mother shall I get your coat mother no thank you okay cool I'm quite comfortable thank you come on now let's stay together Holland don't you get lost again aren't ahead lovely this year ostrich feathers you wouldn't wear that hat would you mother I think that's very pretty I think they're all pretty I do need some soup oh isn't this applique beautiful just arrived from Paris Madame it's charming what are you looking for mother I think I'll just take a plain one but this is the very latest it only had them in a few days remember mother this is your first day out you mustn't get too tired no I'm saving myself dear I have to cuz of course coming tomorrow is Mary coming too yes dear don't touch things I'll bet you knew it [Music] we have any more of this material yes we do thank you [Music] this one is genuine imitation dresden the original design by judy yeah isn't this the darlingest thing it's exactly what I've always wanted how much is this lovely pug dog $15 man $15 gee where's mother we could buy a real life bloodhound for $5.00 isn't he perfectly adorable oh no mrs. Dane how nice to see you are you quite recovered almost this is my first day out we've missed you at the church you remember mr. volley how do you do miss mr. Moore defeats the Sunday dr. Lloyd was ill oh I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your sermon even my husband enjoyed your sermon you just come from the board meeting of the foreign missions I'm taking mr. Walley home to lunch I had to drop in here to pick up a purchase I won't be a minute is your parachute mr. d yes it's on the outskirts my church is in Audubon Park Oh way up there oh you equated not urban park no I don't believe we know it's all there mr. Morley would this be possible my husband mr. day if we lower the collar it'll be a very fine fit you won't find a better suit of clothes in the city for $15 oh it's not the price it's the money thank you for holding it for me welcome goodbye mrs. day I hope we meet again soon goodbye it was very pleasant meeting you again I think it was divine providence I shall be delighted to be of service goodbye mr. mohei goodbye may I work it oh no it's against the rules oh why don't you bring home more medicine for dr. Bartlet paid us off didn't he oh yes Oh jiminy you scared me I've got to take $15 right down to my queries I bought a suit there this morning and I said I'd have the money this afternoon gee that's too bad what's too bad well will you see Clarence what dr. Bartlet paid us off in medicine Oh God well he thanked us too for our services to mankind but my suit I've got to have it tomorrow and besides they're making the alterations I've got to have $15 maybe you could offer them 15 bottles of Medicine oh they wouldn't take it McCreary's don't sell medicine father Vinnie I'm home good afternoon sir how's your mother Clarence oh the ride this morning get her a lot of good she'll be well enough to go to church with us next send Oh fine father have you noticed I haven't been kneeling down in church lately don't let your mother catch you at it then I have a new suit of clothes right away that doesn't make sense I can't do anything in your clothes that you wouldn't do well if my old clothes make you behave yourself I don't think you want to wear anything else oh no you're you and I'm me I want to be myself I mean suppose I should want to kneel down in front of a girl why in heaven's name should you want to do a thing like that I've got a propose to a girl sometime Clarence wait but for $15 I can get a good suit of clothes why don't you begin you two talk as crazy as room hello be neat you're feeling better today huh much better thank you hurry home from the office every day like this uh what business where it is no use going to the office at all yes you do look better Vinnie what did you do today I gotta carry didn't took the boys for a ride and we stopped in at McCreery oh Claire I have the most wonderful news for you who do you think I met mr. Morley morning never heard of him remember that nice young minister who substituted for dr. Lloyd one Sunday oh yes right young fellow preached a good sensible sir short one do want to be more ministers like him well clear his Paris is an audible park you know way up above Harlem nobody knows you up there you'll be perfectly safe safe Vinny what are you talking about I've gone all over everything with mr. Morley and he's agreed to baptize you oh he has the young whippersnapper very nice of him we can go up there any morning we don't even have to make an appointment who said I was going to be baptized at all what Claire you did now you gave me your promise your sacred promise you said I'll be baptized I promise I'll be baptized well what if I did Claire I'll write you a man of your word Vinnie we all thought you were dying so naturally I said that to cheer you up as a matter of fact the doctor told me that's what you're you oh it seems to me pretty ungrateful of you to press this matter any further my being well has nothing to do with it you gave me your word you gave the Lord your word and you're going to March yourself up to mr. Morley's - it's the morning before you go to the office and be christened if you think for one minute what in the name of heaven is that you think I'm going to let you add the spin of breaking your solemn and sacred promise I demand to know what that repulsive object is perfectly plain what it is it's a pug dog what is it doing in this house I wanted it and I bought it you spent good money for that Claire don't try to change the subject how much did you pay for that atrocity I didn't pay anything for it I charged it charged if I might have known how much was it $15 $15 for that I saw don't you call this lovely work of art an eyesore it will look beautiful sitting on her bed cushioned by the fireplace in the living room if that sits in the living room I won't furthermore I don't even want it in the same house with me get it out of here you're not going to get out of this room until you set a date for your baptism I'll tell you one thing I'll never be baptized as long as that hideous monstrosity using this house all right Clarence that pug dog goes back this afternoon and he's Chris first thing in the morning you heard him didn't you Clarence you heard him say that he'd be baptized as soon as I got this pun dog out of the house you hurry right back to McCreary's with it and be sure they credit us with $15 Oh mother why we were at McCreary's I happen to see a suit I'd like very much in the suit was only $15 well Clarence I'm afraid your soup will have to wait until after I get your father Kristin no I meant that since the suit cost just the same as the pug dog if I exchange the pug dog for the suit y-yes then the suit wouldn't cost your father anything why how bright of you Clarence to think of that I better start right away before my queries closes yeah let's see if we're going to take your father all the way to Audubon Park Clarence on your way back you stopped at the livery stable and tell them to have a cab here it'll talk tomorrow morning mother a cab do you think you ought to we can't walk all the way to Walt urban park but you know what a cab does to father it's a very important occasion alright get one of their best cabs the kind they use at funerals those cost $2 an hour and if father gets mad well if your father starts to argue in the morning you remember well he agreed to it we both hurt him I hope you know this Clarence is returning the pug dog yeah that's a sign you're getting their faculties back don't dawdle Clarence [Music] vini it's good to hear you singing again [Music] on the way uptown I stopped in at Tiffany's and thought you were to go something what you might like it I'm glad it pleased you oh I don't know how to thank you and it's thanks enough for me that's how have you up and around again know when you're ill Vinnie this house is like a tomb there's no excitement that's the loveliest ring you ever bought me now that I have this you needn't buy me any more rings well if you don't want any more what I'd really like now is a nice diamond necklace Vinnie do you know how much a diamond necklace costs yes I know Claire but don't you see you're giving me this shows I mean a little something to you now a diamond necklace what happen if you don't know by this time how I feel about you so we've been married for 20 years and I've loved you every minute of it what did you think Lea I said we've been married for 20 years and I've loved you every minute of it but if I have to buy out jewelry stores to prove it if I haven't shown it to you in my words and actions I might as well well what have I done nah it's all right Claire happy you said you loved me the beautiful ring that's something else I didn't expect oh Claire I love surprises that's the other thing I've never understood about you Vinnie now I like to expect yes every day [Music] [Music] [Laughter] well then Harlem the burning for you what's your name Margaret says captain market we've got one market in the house at home they called me Maggie sir all right Maggie if a name's Margaret that's a good sign maybe she'll stay a while do you know boys your mother used to be just the same about cooks as she is about maids never could keep them some reason well one day about 14 years ago yes it was right after you were born John my you were a homely baby good morning boys morning boy Vinny why you look at saw you a dress for a wedding do I do you yeah Oh good night yes Thank You Claire sit down Vinny sit down boys oh thank you Paris where seems to me everyone's all dressed up this morning what's on the program for this fine day well this afternoon may Lois's mothers giving a party for everyone in mais dancing class Harmons going today I don't want to go mama don't you want to go to a party and get ice cream and cake may loathe ice tries to kiss me when you get a little older you won't object to girls wanting a kiss you will eat Clarence this is for you mr. day where should I put it oh that's for me I think take it upstairs may you give me that back you bring it here that's it see it's for me father Clarence day Junior look that's from McCreary's and it's mark charge what is it nothing for you to worry about at least I think I should know what's being charged to me what is it stop your fussing it's a new suit of clothes for Clarence and it isn't costing you a penny it's mock charge $15 it's costing me $15 and I told Clarence can't you take my word it isn't costing you a penny I'd like to have you explain why it isn't because Clarence took the pug dog back and got the suit instead of course and they've charged me $15 for the chute nonsense Claire we gave them the pug dog for the soup don't you see then they charged me $15 for the pug dog but Claire they cut we haven't got the pug dog with some bad back hmm but well no wait a minute Vinnie the chute well there's something wrong with your reasoning I'm surprised at you when you're supposed to be so good at figures it's perfectly clear to me Vinnie they're going to charge me for one thing or the other don't you let them well McCreary's aren't giving away soups and they aren't getting away pug dogs why it should be clear to a child that if Clarence sent a pug dog back Dave what I will not have that botanical freak in this room John have you been going around this town selling medicine Yes Mother dog medicine no mother not dog medicine this letter from mrs. Sprague says you sold her a bottle of this medicine and that her little boy gave some of it to their dog and it killed him how she wants ten dollars from us for a new dog yeah let me see that lucky well we should have given it to a dog it's for humans boy its Bartlett's beneficent balm made from a secret formula have you been going around among our friends and neighbors selling some patent nostril but it's good medicine father I can prove that bye mother Vinnie what do you know about this nothing Claire but I'm sure John no I mean that day mother watch enough you're going to every house where you sold a bottle of that concoction and buy it all back but it's a dollar a bottle I don't care how much against yeah I'll give you the money now how many bottles did you sell 128 a hundred and twenty-eight Claire I always told you John would make a good businessman young man you'll have to come down to my office with me I'll give you the money to buy back that medicine 128 dollars ten dollars more for mrs. Spriggs dog that's 138 dollars thank you very but it's all coming out of your allowance that means that you'll not get another penny until the whole 138 dollars is beta I'll be 21 years old Oh gypsies are back don't answer the door they're moving in on us again bag and baggage here you tell them to get back in that cabin drive right on to Ohio if we could turn our old relatives away their extravagant enough to take cabs when horse cars run right by our door you mean quiet and behave yourself John come up with a bed why do they always have to pounce on us without any warning so worried about me I'm fine how are you darling fine thank you have you been a good daughter no Claire the girls are here cousin Claire here we are again my my it's so nice to be back how do you do mr. day how do you do we had breakfast at the depot well we practically finished ours I haven't finished my breakfast well then sit down come here come have a cup of coffee anyway Mary Cara Meggie clear those places yeah don't let your kippers get cold Maggie some coffee yes where's Clarence he must be upstairs moving his thing so you can have his room again oh oh honey we can't stay overnight grandpa ever has been failing very fast and that's why I have to hurry back we're leaving on the five o'clock train this afternoon well Cora it certainly is good to see you again well who can that be well this time it can't be another special delivery letter for Clarence while you were in Springfield our postman was kept pretty busy it's the cab dad what cab the cab mr. tickets to alternate park Oh who's going to Audubon Park we all are Cora the most wonderful thing has happened Claire is going to be baptized this morning Vinnie what are you saying I'm saying you're going to be baptized this morning I am NOT going to be baptized this morning or any other morning you promised yesterday that as soon as I said that pug dog that you'd be baptized I never said anything remotely like that Clarence was right there and heard you that's why I ordered the can you send that right back I'm going to see that you go to heaven I can't go to heaven in a cab well you can start in a cab I'm not sure they'll ever let you into heaven but I know they won't unless you're baptized they can't kick me out of heaven on a technicality can they stop quibbling you may as well face it you've got to make your peace with God until you stirred him up I had no trouble with God Harlen Whitney come get your Sunday hat Clarence job Yes Mother hurry we're ready to go oh my prayer book Harlan come let me fix your tie penny are you mad was it your plan that my own children should witness this indignity why Claire they're big proud of you I suppose Harlan is to be my godfather Vinnie I won't go through with this thing that's final command if you feel that way about I do we won't take the children with us I'm not talking about the children I'm ready mother Oh John Vinnie I haven't time for anything like that this morning I've got to take John down to my office with me and give him the money to buy back that dog medicine but it wasn't dog medicine sir young man we're starting downtown this minute you do no such thing you gave me your sacred promise that day I almost died yes and she would have done if we hadn't given her some of that medicine that proves it's good medicine you gave your mother some of that dog medicine John you didn't yes we did mother we put some in your tea that morning ja do you realize you might have killed your mother you did kill mrs. brakes dog John I have to give considerable thought it's not how you would be punished for this no Vinnie when I think of that day what like we might have lost you you're all right now thank heaven but what I went through that afternoon the way I felt I'll never forget it you forgotten that already what do you mean what was the day you gave me your sacred promise yes but I wouldn't have given you my promise if I hadn't thought you were dying and you wouldn't have almost died if John hadn't given you that dog medicine don't you see for the whole thing is illegal suppose I had died it wouldn't make any difference to you you don't care what do we meet in heaven or not you don't care whether you ever see me in the children again Oh Vinnie you're not being fair to me it's all right Claire if you don't love us enough there's nothing we can do about it but that has nothing to do with it I love my family as much as any man all my life yeah there's that cab you're not what enough to go all the way to Audubon I want enough we ride trip would take all morning and those cabs cost a dollar an hour this is one of their best cabs this cost $2 an hour well then why aren't you ready get your hat on Oh tarnation hallelujah Domon young lady if I hadn't been for you no one want to know whether or not [Music] [Music] good morning mr. day going to the office oh I'm gonna be baptized [Music] you

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Keywords: Elizabeth Taylor, Life with Father (1947), classic movie, Irene Dunne, RESTORED, Michael Curtiz, MOVIES, stockbroker, William Powell, New York City, CLASSIC, FREE, filmstruck, classic movies, #classicmovies

Id: ZUbKqgm2AHI

Length: 112min 52sec (6772 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 12 2018

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[u/Nilthing]

That was truly beautiful cinema. I am going to treasure this.