All language subtitles for Curly.Top.1935.1080p.WEBRip

..

..

..

..

..

..

Now I lay me down to sleep.

I pray the lord
my soul

to keep.

If I should die before

I wake,

I pray the lord
my soul to take.

God bless Mrs. Higgins,

God bless Mrs. Denham

and God bless
the trustees.

And please make us
good children,

[children]
forever and ever, amen.

[bell rings]

[music playing]

- Good night.
- [children] Good night.

- Night.
- [children happily] Goodnight!

[Giggling]

And God bless
my sister, Mary.

Amen.

Please take very good care
of my duck and my pony.

Please see that they
don't catch "pumonia."

[horse neighs]

[neighs]

[exhilarating music playing]

[no audible dialog]

[snorts]

[inaudible dialog]

[happy music playing]

[children giggling]

[snorts]

[dramatic music playing]

[happy music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[exhilarating music playing]

Spunky!
[laughing]

CHILD: He's all wet!
[children giggling]

Shh! You'll get me
in trouble.

- What you need, Spunky, is a hot lemonade.
- [snickering]

Will you be quiet?

Spunky, do you like
the superintendent?

What? What?

Do you like
Mrs. Denham?

Do you like
the trustees?

You like me,
Spunky?

Spunk?

[rooster crows]

- Oh, good morning, Henrietta.
- Good morning.

Henrietta, nothing must be allowed to go
wrong today. Absolutely nothing.

- Yes, Mrs. Higgins.
- Of course I shall hope to

please all the trustees,

but I'm particularly anxious that we make
a good impression on Mr. Edward Morgan.

I think I understand.

You think?
Why Henrietta, that isn't good enough.

Read that, Henrietta.
Read it carefully.

MRS. HIGGINS: You see?
Mr. Morgan's our richest trustee.

He's coming here today for the first time.
If he's really pleased with the orphanage,

I believe he will double his donation
to us for the coming year.

- Oh, how wonderful
- Exactly!

7:00, Henrietta.

- Time to call the children in.
- Very well.

Oh, Henrietta, I forgot,

Mr. James Wyckoff will also be among
the trustees who will visit us today.

I want you to make very sure

that a large bottle
of Mr. Wyckoff's famous cough mixture

is prominently displayed
in our medicine cabinet.

I shall do it.

Elizabeth Blair, what have you got
to say for yourself?

Oh, my goodness!

[music playing]

MRS. HIGGINS: Elizabeth Blair,
come into my office at once!

Yes, ma'am.

Elizabeth, this is
the second time in a month

that you have been called to
the superintendent's office.

- Yes, ma'am.
- The last time you were here,

your sister Mary
was also brought before me.

You both admitted at that time
that you had been

singing and dancing
without permission.

Yes, ma'am.

Do you know why you are here
this time?

Yes, ma'am.

Then tell me why.

Don't you know?

[clears throat]

Quiet.

Now, Elizabeth,
tell me why you are here.

Because I took
a pony to bed with me.

Child, you're
absolutely uncontrollable!

Yes, ma'am.

Elizabeth,
I am well aware

that your late father and mother
were in the theatrical profession.

And that you therefore came to this home
with no proper sense of discipline!

And under the circumstances,
I've made every allowance for you.

But when you bring animals
into the dormitory, I must act.

That's what my daddy
and mommy used to do!

- What?
- Act!

Don't be impudent!

Now, your pony and your duck
will be sold immediately.

Please, Mrs. Higgins,
please.

I'll be good, but don't take
Spunky away from me

and my poor little duck.

- And why not?
- Because my pony and my duck

are not just
ordinary animals.

My daddy and my mommy
teached them to do tricks on the stage.

And just what is your duck
trained to do?

Oh, my duck does
a wonderful trick.

My duck can lay an egg.

And just what is
so wonderful about that?

Well, can you lay an egg?

[clears throat]

Ooh! Excuse me.

Elizabeth, I have decided to get rid
of your pony and your duck.

They will be sent
away this morning.

- [sadly] Yes, ma'am.
- No sniffling, now.

- Yes, ma'am.
- What?

No, ma'am.

There, baby,
don't cry. Shh.

Mary, don't let them.

Please don't let them send
Spunky and my duck away.

Oh, darling.
Now listen to me, dear.

Listen very carefully
to what I'm gonna tell you.

All right, Mary.

Spunky would be very unhappy
if he saw you crying. Wouldn't he?

I suppose so.

You don't want to
make him unhappy, do you?

- Oh, no.
- All right then.

When it comes time
to say good-bye to Spunky,

You'll have to be just
as brave as brave can be

so you can
make him brave too, see?

Spunky and I are such
awfully good friends.

Oh, I know, dear.

All right, Mary.

I'll try to be brave
about Spunky and my duck.

Good for you. Look, how would you like
to help me get lunch?

Why, I'd love that!
I like to make things to eat,

and I especially like to eat them!
[chuckling]

[Piano intro playing]

♪ Animal crackers
in my soup ♪

♪ Monkeys and rabbits
loop the loop ♪

♪ Gosh, oh, gee
but I have fun ♪

♪ Swallowing animals
one by one ♪

♪ In every bowl of soup
I see ♪

♪ Lions and tigers
watching me ♪

♪ I make 'em jump
right through a hoop ♪

♪ Those animal crackers
in my soup ♪

♪ When I get hold
of the big, bad wolf ♪

♪ I just push him under
to drown ♪

♪ Then I bite him
in a million bits ♪

♪ And I gobble him
right down ♪

♪ When they're inside me
where it's dark ♪

♪ I walk around
like Noah's ark ♪

♪ I stuff my tummy
like a goop ♪

♪ With animal crackers
in my soup ♪

♪ Animal crackers
in my soup ♪

♪ Do funny things to me ♪

♪ They make me think
my neighborhood ♪

♪ Is a big menagerie ♪

♪ For instance
there's our janitor ♪

♪ His name is Mr. Klein ♪

♪ And when he hollers
at us kids ♪

♪ He reminds me
of a lion ♪

♪ The grocer
is so big and fat ♪

♪ He has a big mustache ♪

♪ He looks just like a walrus just before
he takes a splash ♪

♪ Animal crackers
in my soup ♪

♪ Monkeys and rabbits
loop the loop ♪

♪ Gosh, oh, gee
but I have fun ♪

♪ Swallowing animals
one by one ♪

♪ In every bowl of soup
I see ♪

♪ Lions and tigers
watching me ♪

♪ I make 'em jump
right through a hoop ♪

♪ Those animal crackers
in my soup ♪

♪ When I get hold
of the big, bad wolf ♪

♪ I just push him under
to drown ♪

♪ Then I bite him
in a million bits ♪

♪ And I gobble him
right down ♪

♪ When they're inside me
where it's dark ♪

♪ I walk around
like Noah's ark ♪

♪ I stuff my tummy
like a goop ♪

♪ With animal crackers
in my soup ♪

[music continues]

♪ When they're inside me
where it's dark ♪

♪ I walk around
like Noah's ark ♪

♪ I stuff my tummy
like a goop ♪

♪ With animal crackers
in my soup ♪

Oh, my goodness!

Singing in
the dining room!

Madam, is this the kind of manners
you teach them?

Why, of course not, Mr. Wyckoff.
They've been told

they must always
be quiet at mealtime.

Oh, they've been told,
have they?

MR. WYCKOFF: Well, just telling them
doesn't seem to be good enough.

Perhaps a bit
of real discipline

wouldn't do them
any harm.

Have you been told not
to sing in the dining room?

- Yes, sir.
- Then why'd you do it?

You're a bad and wicked child.
You know that, don't you?

She isn't a bad and wicked child.
She's just a baby.

She was making the children laugh.
Besides, it wasn't her fault.

I told her to sing for the children.

And who are you, young woman?
Are you an orphan too?

Yes, sir.

Then what right

have you to be here,
living on charity at your age?

I'll tell you
what I'm doing here!

I scrub the floors and make the beds
and wash and iron and cook!

From 6:00 in the morning
until 9:00 at night.

- Quiet!
- I won't be quiet.

You're a mean and hateful man
to frighten little children!

Mary, report to my office
after the meeting.

- Yes, ma'am.
- The rest of you will go to the main yard

and wait there till it's time
for inspection by our dear trustees.

[children]
Yes, Mrs. Higgins.

Aren't you going to
join us, Mr. Morgan?

What?

Oh, yes...
oh, yes of course.

The, the meeting
of the trustees.

- Of course.
- Would you mind beginning without me?

I'd like to look about the place
a few minutes by myself.

But we have so many
important matters--

I'll join you in a few minutes,
if you don't mind.

- Well, of course--
- Thank you.

She isn't wicked--

Oh, I'm sorry.

Please don't get up.
I just wanted to tell you

how much I admired your spunk in standing
up for that adorable youngster as you did.

She didn't mean any harm.

Of course she didn't
mean any harm.

And I don't think singing that song
was such a terrible crime either.

I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed your playing too.

Thank you very much.

Tell me, where in the world
did that youngster

pick up such
a charming song?

- Well, I write them and--
- You, you write music?

- If you could call it music.
- Well, I call it delightful music.

Look here, would you
promise not to give me away

if I made
a terrible confession?

Yes, of course.

Well, the deep, dark
secret in my life

is that now and then,
I compose a bit of music myself.

But isn't it fun,

getting a melody and then finding just
the right words for it?

Great. You know,
the happiest days of my life

were those I spent
studying music

under Professor Auspitz
in Brune, Austria.

Oh, those must have
been happy days.

Ah, but that isn't all of it. I love
the people in the little Austrian towns.

They're so proud
because their music is,

well, the music
of the world.

It seems that most everyone in those
quaint little villages

has a sort of,
"hello, neighbor" smile.

They love
the simple things in life.

"The simple things in life." That almost
sounds like the words of a song!

I'll remember the suggestion.
Perhaps someday they might make a song.

- Will you do me a great favor?
- Certainly.

I have to run along now
to the trustees meeting,

but as soon as business
is over, I'll be back and...

will you play me
some more of your music?

If you'd really like
to hear it and Mrs. Higgins--

I asked to.

- All right.
- Until later then, hmm?

Mm-hmm.

And what's this item--
"sandboxes and swings"?

It's such a problem
to keep the little ones occupied.

When I was young,
we didn't have a play problem

because we didn't
have time to play.

No!

"Floor runner
for the dormitory."

What's the matter
with the present linoleum?

Well, it's been
so cold this winter.

Sometimes the children
have coughed so badly,

that I've been terribly worried
about them.

No need for that!

Madam, you have
no doubt heard

of the famous
Wyckoff's cough mixture.

MRS. HIGGINS: Of course.

I have manufactured and sold that
cough mixture for many years.

Anyone taking it regularly
will never cough.

I would suggest you lay in
a fresh supply.

Very well.

When I was young, I lived in Maine,

where the weather
was 20 below zero.

In those days, we didn't even
have linoleum,

and look at me now!

[coughing]

[coughing continues]

When I was young,
I lived in Maine,

Where the weather is about a thousand
below zero. [children giggling]

No, no, Mrs. Denham.

No carpets, no linoleum,
no nothin'!

And look at me now!

[coughing]

Madam, is this the kind of
respect you teach them?

Oh, my goodness!

MR. WYCKOFF: How dare
you take my hat and coat!

I beg your pardon, Mr. Wyckoff,
but those things are mine.

- Yours?
- Yes.

MR. WYCKOFF: Oh, yes, I see.

Uh, this eyesight of mine--
bad, you know.

I was only playing.

There, Mrs. Higgins!

That's what comes
of letting them play.

Ridiculing their--
their benefactors.

- I'm sorry.
- A sorry?

It seems to me that this child
is absolutely incorrigible.

Every time I see her,
she's making a disturbance of some sort!

- She is rather a problem, Mr. Wyckoff.
- Problem? If you ask me,

she's the sort of problem that might be
better solved at a public institution!

Oh, We couldn't send
her away.

Couldn't? I say you
shall send her away!

I say she'll have to go
to a public institution!

- She'll have to do nothing of the kind.
- Now, look here Mr.--

If this child is sent away, I shan't
contribute another cent to this orphanage!

Now, Mr. Morgan,
you can't--

Oh, yes, I can!

Mrs. Higgins, I should like to talk to you
and to this little girl privately.

Perhaps your office
would be the best place.

Why, uh, of course,
Mr. Morgan.

Young lady,
I've got a great idea.

Would you like me
to tell it to you?

Hmm... yes.

- MRS. HIGGINS: Elizabeth.
- Oh, excuse me. Yes, sir.

That's better.

Now, look here.

Here's the secret.

How would you like it

if you and I got to be very,
very good friends?

I don't think
I would like it, sir.

Why, Elizabeth!

I would like to talk to Elizabeth alone.
Do you mind?

- Why, uh, of course not.
- Thank you.

Tell me, why wouldn't you like
to be friends with me?

- Oh, just because.
- Just because?

Oh, come now. You've got to give me a much
better reason than that.

Well,
it's just because

when grown-ups
come to visit us,

We have to say
"yes, ma'am" and "no, sir"

and smile all the time.

[laughing]
can you keep a secret?

- A secret?
- Mm-hmm.

I won't tell
anybody.

Shake. Now,
here's the secret.

You don't have to say
any of those things to me.

You see, all this business out here
is new to me.

My regular business
is being a lawyer.

What's a lawyer?

Well, if you ever
get into trouble,

A lawyer is a person
who gets you out of trouble.

Oh, my!
I could use one almost every day.

[laughing]
Tell me, what's your name, sweet?

- Elizabeth Blair.
- Elizabeth Blair.

Well, I've got a much better
name for you than that.

If I had my way,
I'd call you, Curly top.

That's what my daddy use to call me.
And my mommy too.

- They did?
- Mm-hmm.

And I'll bet you're just
as wise as wise can be.

Well, I can recite.

Recite?
Recite what?

Oh, poems.

What kind of poems?

Before I was a little girl,

I was a little bird.

I could not laugh.
I could not dance.

I could not speak a word.

But all about the woods
I went,

and up into the sky.

And isn't it a pity
I've forgotten how to fly?

I think that's the loveliest poem
I ever heard.

- I know more.
- Well, go right ahead.

I wake
in the morning early,

And always
the very first thing,

I poke out my head,
and I sit up in bed,

- And I sing and I sing and I sing.
- [laughing]

I know more.

Oh, I'll bet you do!

Mmm! Mmm!

[laughing]
But listen.

- All right.
- I've got a friend that--

- Oh! I bet that isn't true.
- What?

You said you had a friend.

I bet you have
lots of friends.

Curly, you're
an old flatterer.

Is that
something bad?

Of course not, darling.

Now, look here. I'm pretty
sure this friend of mine would like you.

I think he'd like to give
you a beautiful home,

lovely dresses to wear,
dozens of dolls and playthings,

and send you to
the grandest kind of school

and all sort of
nice things like that.

But how could
your friend do all that?

I thought only daddies and mommies
could do such nice things.

Well, being a lawyer,
that's where that comes in.

Course, you're too young
to understand,

but I could arrange
with this friend of mine

to legally adopt you
in court.

Now, all I want you to tell me is how
you would like it,

if this friend could do all those nice
things for you.

Would you want him to?

I don't think
I could do it.

You couldn't?
Why not?

Do I have to say
right off?

You mean you want time
to think it over?

Could I come back and tell you in a just
a little while?

Why, of course.

I'll wait for you
right here.

- Promise?
- Promise.

Cross your heart?

Mary!

Mary!
Oh, Mary!

- Mary!
- Oh!

Mary! Mary!

- Mrs. Denham?
- Hmm?

Suppose that youngster
had a real chance in life.

Suppose someone gave her everything
that money can buy.

Well, of course we always
hope that our children may be adopted,

but Elizabeth's case
presents a special problem.

- You see--
- Well, there's no human problem

that can't be solved
by kindness.

By Jove, Mrs. Denham, I'll do it!

You mean that you will adopt Elizabeth?

Only on one condition-- she must
never know that I'm her guardian.

But why not?

Because she's always
had to give thanks for every mouthful.

I'm gonna change all that. She's never
gonna have to be grateful to me.

From now on, she's going to have all
the lovely things in life.

Just because she has a right to them.

But the child will have to be
told something.

That's right. Let's see.

I've got it! Tell her that I'm
acting for a client.

We'll say that she's being adopted
by a man by the name of, uh--

Let's call him
Hiram Jones.

[laughing]
oh, Mr. Morgan.

Well, now before you go on
with this plan,

there's something about Elizabeth
that you must know.

- [knocking]
- Come in.

Well, have you
made up your mind?

You haven't?
Why not?

Could I tell
your friend?

My friend?

Oh!
[laughing]

You mean Mr. Jones.
Hiram Jones. Hmm?

Well, what is it
you want to tell him?

I would like to tell him that I would love
to go and live in his house,

if my sister
could come too.

Your sister?

Yes. My sister Mary.

She works in the kitchen.
Here she is.

This is Mary Blair,
Mr. Morgan.

Oh, yes. We've met.

Isn't my sister pretty?
And she's awfully nice too.

Mr. Morgan,
I'm very grateful to you--

I mean, to your friend
for wanting to adopt Curly,

but, you see,
when my father and mother--

Darling, could you run outside
and play for just a minute?

Must I?

- I think you'd better.
- All right.

You see, Mr. Morgan,
at the time

my father
and mother were killed--

Killed?

Yes. In an automobile accident.

I'm so sorry.

At the hospital,
just before they--

Just before they died,

I promised them Curly
and I would never be separated.

I couldn't break that promise, Mr. Morgan.

She needs me,
and I need her.

I understand.

I hope you'll thank
your friend for us.

Please tell him
how grateful we are, but--

Goodbye, Mr. Morgan.

I like that.

Thank you,
Aunt Genevieve.

- One of your own compositions?
- Yes, the very latest.

The melody came to me
only this evening.

Quite the nicest thing you've
ever done, Edward. It has real feeling.

Your little nephew has real feeling,
my darling,

just like anyone else.

Well, I'm going upstairs
to write some letters.

I shall come down and kiss you good night
before I go to bed?

- Promise?
- I do.

All right,
it's a bargain.

In the meantime, I shall be thinking up
at least six new compliments for you.

[intro music playing]

♪ Only yesterday morning ♪

♪ Life was real as can be ♪

♪ A roar of a train ♪

♪ The wind and the rain ♪

♪ Then without any warning ♪

♪ Suddenly you came to me ♪

♪ Bewildered I stand ♪

♪ In my wonderland ♪

♪ It's all ♪

♪ So new to me ♪

♪ How gay
the day can start ♪

♪ This din within my heart ♪

♪ This change
thrillingly strange ♪

♪ Since fate
brought you to me ♪

♪ I've climbed
the garden wall ♪

♪ And everything is all ♪

♪ So new to me ♪

♪ Like ships in distress ♪

♪ Like a deep wilderness ♪

♪ Like mist in the sky ♪

♪ So lost am I ♪

♪ Until ♪

♪ I find my way ♪

♪ I hope you'll
see me through ♪

♪ Because it's all ♪

♪ So new ♪

♪ To ♪

♪ Me ♪

[humming]

[humming continues]

[song ends]

[calm music playing]

Edward?

[talking softly]
Edward.

- Oh, Aunt Genevieve.
- Well, I'm waiting.

- Waiting? For what?
- For my compliments, of course.

- You promised me an even half-dozen.
- So I did.

Well, I shan't be able to keep my promise.
I've been very busy.

- Busy.
- Word of honor.

I've been playing
an old and charming game.

I've been day dreaming.

- Hmm.
- Just suppose, for example,

see that painting there?

But of course I do. I'll have you know,
young man,

my eyesight's every bit
as good as it ever was.

Well, just suppose the figure of that
lovely child should suddenly come to life.

Suppose it smiled at you
and waved its hand.

What would you do?

I'd call a doctor.

Now, Edward, now--
now, take it easy.

Well, the truth of the matter is,

I, I just love your game.

I'd adore it if-- if the child
in that picture

could come into this home
and, and actually live with us.

Do you really mean that,
Aunt Genevieve?

Well, there's nothing
that makes a home so happy

as the sound of a child's laughter.

By Jove, I'll do it.

Do what?

We'll open our place
at Southampton. In the meantime,

I can arrange for all the necessary
legal details.

You can do all
the shopping required--

Summer dresses and all the gadgets
that go with them.

Oh, Aunt Genevieve, we're gonna have
a glorious summer.

I'll send the limousine out
next week and--

Send the limousine for what?

Why, for that lovely child
in the painting, of course.

Now, Edward, game or no game,

you sound to me a little
pitched in the head.

Oh, I've gone mad, Aunt Genevieve.

Delightfully mad.

Well, I think I will
send for that doctor.

I should if I were you.
And before the doctor arrives,

allow me to be the first
to congratulate you.

Congratulate me?
For what?

- My dear, you're about to become a mother.
- [gasps]

- Bye, Mrs. Denham.
- Bye.

MARY: Goodbye.

- Bye, Mrs. Higgins.
- Goodbye.

Goodbye,
Mrs. Higgins.

All right, mister.

Very good, Miss.

[happy music playing]

[all]
Bye!

Bye, Jeanie!
Goodbye, Betsy! Bye!

- MARY: Goodbye!
- Bye!

[horn honking]

Henrietta, what are you
blubbering about?

Oh, I,
I can't help it.

I'm so happy.

Well, no need
to be sentimental.

Well, what are you
crying for?

Why shouldn't I?
Why can't I be happy too?

[happy music playing]

Now don't forget,
Mrs. Higgins said

that now we're
going to live in high society,

we must be always remember
to be grand ladies.

Oh, I won't forget.

My word!

[duck quacking]

DRIVER: Will you tell Mr. Morgan
that Miss Blair and her sister are here?

Hello, mister.

- Elizabeth.
- Am I to understand that the, uh--

The livestock are also calling
on Mr. Morgan?

DRIVER: They are.

My word!

[music playing]

A Miss Blair and her sister
to see you, sir.

Aunt Genevieve,
they're here.

CURLY: Hello!

EDWARD: Curly!

Well, where in the world
did the menagerie come from?

They were right behind us
all the time.

- Right behind you?
- Yes, sir, in the backseat.

[chuckles]

Oh, Aunt Genevieve,
I want you to meet our new family.

- Mary, Elizabeth, this is Aunt Genevieve.
- How do you do?

Well, my dears, I'm very glad to
see you both. Won't you come in?

- Hello.
- Hello.

Oh, Reynolds,
will you see to it that

our other guests are comfortably
taken care of.

You mean the, uh,
livestock, sir?

EDWARD: Right.

- [quacks]
- Coddling to a pony and a duck.

Now, no nonsense, now.

I say, do you understand
what I'm saying to you?

My word!

- [quacks]
- Eh!

But how do you like
your new home?

It's wonderful.

Would you like to look around,
see the rest of it?

Mm-hmm. But first I would like to see
where Spunky and Betsy are gonna sleep.

- Well, certainly.
- AUNT GENEVIEVE: Oh, no, Edward,

Elizabeth must rest before dinner.

Oh, come now, Aunt--

But, Mr. Jones has given me
strictest orders.

Mr. Jones insists that Elizabeth and Mary
have only the best of care.

Oh, I see.
Well, we can't argue with Mr. Jones.

That's what I thought.

All right, then, Mr. Jones wins.

But I'll see you all at dinner, hmm?

AUNT GENEVIEVE: Come, dear.

Breakfast at 8:00.

Luncheon at 1:00.

Dinner at 7:00.

My word.

[high tempo music playing]

I think this will help you, Miss.

BUTLER: Allow me.

Now I'm just like a grown-up.
Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Miss.

Why, I didn't do anything.

[happy music playing]

BUTLER: Yes, Miss?

Wouldn't you like to sit down too?

[muttering]

[music playing]

Coffee on the terrace, Reynolds.

Very good, sir.

Could I say something
to Mr. Reynolds?

Privately?

Well, I think it could be arranged,
but don't you stay too long.

- I won't.
- [chuckling]

I want to thank you
for a very nice dinner, sir.

Thank you, Miss.

You wish for something else, Miss?

What is it, Miss?

Couldn't you come down here
so I could talk to you?

[chuckling]
oh, my word, Miss!

You are a package!

Would you be my friend?

Whenever I do anything
wrong at the table,

will you always stop me?

I will indeed, Miss.

Promise?

I do, Miss. I'll always attempt
to serve you as if,

as if you were a princess.

A princess?
My, you are nice.

[music playing]

- Happy?
- "Happy."

I didn't know
such happiness existed.

Promise to let me know if Mr. Jones can do
anything more for you?

Oh, he couldn't do anything more.

- But you could do me a great favor.
- Done. What?

Tell me all about Mr. Jones.

Not knowing him or even
what he looks like

makes him seem such a strange person.

He is a strange sort of person, Mary.
Very strange.

Perhaps I could best explain
him to you, if I tell you what

he said to me just before you and Curly
came here to spend the summer.

Oh, do tell me.

He told me that all of his life,

he's had a hunger in his heart--

A hunger to love and be loved
just for himself.

Said he's traveled all over the world--
Europe, Egypt, the Orient.

He's searched everywhere for a simple sort
of happiness and companionship.

He never found it?

Not real happiness.

Oh, he will find it someday.
He must.

Maybe you're right, Mary.

Happiness may come to Jones, and soon.

Just before he sailed for Europe,
he said that

at last there was, uh,
hope in his heart.

I wish I could thank
him for all he's done.

Tell him how grateful I am
for all the happiness

he's brought to Curly and me.

Well, just knowing that you and Curly have
found happiness here--

That'll make him happy.

I can promise you that.

This isn't all a dream, is it?

[chuckling] MARY: No, darling.
Come to bed now.

- Good night.
- Good night.

- You say your prayers?
- Mm-hmm.

- Mary?
- Yes, dear.

My pajamas feel awfully nice.
What are they made of, Mary?

- Silk.
- Silk?

Oh, my goodness!

Good night, dear.

Good night.

Mary?

Uncle Edward said that Mr. Jones was
going to send you to a music school.

Uh-huh.

And he said that he was going
to give me a pony cart

and lots of pretty dresses.

I know, dear. It's all so wonderful,
I can hardly believe it.

But we mustn't talk about it
anymore tonight. It's time to go to sleep.

- Good night.
- Good night.

Mary?

Is Mr. Hiram Jones a very rich man?

He must be, darling.

Do you think maybe he could be
the richest man in the world?

Mmm, he might be.

The richest man in all the world?

Oh, my goodness!

- Your Southampton bills, sir.
- Thank you.

Two aquaplane boards.

Don't you think it's rather
dangerous for that youngster?

Dangerous?
That child swims like a fish.

I really believe she's Neptune's daughter
in disguise.

[chuckling]

[Giggling]

[happy music playing]

[music playing]

I hope you enjoyed your lunch,
Miss Elizabeth.

I always like to eat.

A splendid habit, Miss,
if I may say so.

Did my pony and my duck have a nice lunch?

Oh, quite, Miss.

Are you gonna give me
a nice dinner?

Without fail, Miss.

I wish you wouldn't
bow so much.

I'm sorry, Miss.

There you go again.

You make my back ache.

My word.

CURLY: Isn't that the funniest dress
you ever saw?

AUNT GENEVIEVE: Mm-hmm.

Curly, careful of your eyes
in this sunlight.

Oh, this won't hurt my eyes.
This is just the funny papers.

Isn't that the one I've read you at least
a dozen times since Sunday?

Mm-hmm.

Will you read it to me again?

Yes, if you like.

But suppose we wait
until later in the afternoon,

after you've had your nap?

All right.

I won't forget.

Well, Jimmie, the Atlantic ocean
seems rather quiet

without you splashing about.

Why aren't you
swimming today?

Oh, I couldn't make it
today. I had to work.

Work?
I hope you don't call

flying that airplane
of yours "work."

Mary loves to fly. She's been up
lots of times with me.

Yes. She's told me all about it.

You've been very nice
to Mary this summer.

That isn't hard to do.

No, I gathered you didn't
find that hard work.

Mrs. Graham, I'd like to talk
to you about Mary.

Well, there's no law against it.

Well, Mary's a wonderful
girl, Mrs. Graham.

We've had such grand times
together this summer.

Seems that no matter what happens,
we always like the same things.

She likes to fly with me.
She's a beautiful dancer.

And we're both crazy about all kinds
of outdoor sports.

Even when
I'm not with her,

I keep thinking
about her all the time,

and well, I'd like
to talk about Mary

to her guardian,
Mr. Jones,

But that catch is that
he's in Europe now.

Just what would you like
to say to Mr. Jones?

Well, you see, Mary doesn't want to
make up her mind about anything.

I mean, anything important--
without Mr. Jones's permission.

Well, I thought maybe
if I could write him a letter--

What about?

Well, I'd, uh...

I really can't tell you that,
Mrs. Graham.

I haven't even told Mary about that.

Oh, I see.

Well, don't you think I ought
to write to Mr. Jones--

- Hello, Mary!
- Hello, Jimmie!

[all chattering]

Oh, the water was wonderful!
Aunt Genevieve, did you sell him a ticket?

Mary, I forgot.

A ticket? For what?

Don't tell me you don't even
know about it.

Why, we're giving
a show next week.

Who is? What kind of a show?
What's this all about?

Oh, it's Curly's show, really.
I'm just going to help out.

It's kind of
a benefit performance.

A benefit? For whom?

Curly had the most
charming idea, Jimmie.

She couldn't forget the friends
she'd left behind in the orphanage.

She wanted to raise some money
to buy playthings for them.

That's what the show's for.

[no audible dialog]

It was so nice of you to come,
Mrs. Denham.

Oh, wild horses couldn't have
kept me away.

Do you know, this is
the biggest thrill of my life.

[ukulele playing]

♪ Have you noticed how ♪

♪ This old world
is changing ♪

♪ More than ever now ♪

♪ Life needs rearranging ♪

♪ It could be ♪

♪ Heavenly ♪

♪ If we'd all
remember this ♪

♪ The simple things
in life ♪

♪ Are around you
everywhere ♪

♪ Right outside your door ♪

♪ Why keep reaching for ♪

♪ The moon ♪

♪ Another day is here ♪

♪ There is happiness
to share ♪

♪ Look outside your door ♪

♪ And stop reaching for ♪

♪ The moon ♪

♪ There's life again
in lovers' lane ♪

♪ And that's
a very good sign ♪

♪ We're on the track
to welcome back ♪

♪ A bit
of "auld lang syne" ♪

♪ That "hello, neighbor"
smile ♪

♪ Will be coming
back in style ♪

♪ So will wedding rings ♪

♪ And the simple things ♪

♪ In life ♪

♪ The simple things
in life ♪

♪ Are around you
everywhere ♪

♪ Right outside your door ♪

♪ Why keep reaching for ♪

♪ The moon ♪

♪ Another day is here ♪

♪ There is happiness
to share ♪

♪ Look outside your door ♪

♪ And stop reaching for ♪

♪ The moon ♪

♪ There's life again
in lovers' lane ♪

♪ And that's
a very good sign ♪

♪ We're on the track
to welcome back ♪

♪ A bit ♪

♪ Of "auld lang syne" ♪

♪ That "hello, neighbor"
smile ♪

♪ Will be coming
back in style ♪

♪ So will wedding rings ♪

♪ And the simple things ♪

♪ In life ♪

[people applauding]

♪ I get a terrible
awful ache ♪

♪ 'Specially when it rains ♪

♪ At first
I was a 'fraidy cat ♪

♪ But now I know
it's growing pains ♪

♪ Gosh, oh, gee
oh, can't you see ♪

♪ I'll soon be
grown up tall ♪

♪ So I've got to think
what I will be ♪

♪ When I'm no longer small ♪

♪ When I grow up ♪

♪ In a year
or two or three ♪

♪ I'll be happy
as can be ♪

♪ Like a birdie
in the tree ♪

♪ When I grow up ♪

♪ There's a lot
I want to do ♪

♪ I will have
real dollies too ♪

♪ Like the woman
in the shoe ♪

♪ I want to be a teacher ♪

♪ So the children
can say ♪

♪ "Oh, teacher, dear
the gang's all here ♪

♪ "With apples today" ♪

♪ When I grow up ♪

♪ I will have
a big surprise ♪

♪ For I'll bake
the kind of pies ♪

♪ That will make you
roll your eyes ♪

♪ And if you see ♪

♪ That you need
some company ♪

♪ You can call me up
and I'll come down ♪

♪ When I grow up ♪

♪ When I am sweet 16 ♪

♪ I'm going to a ball ♪

♪ Of all the ladies there ♪

♪ I'd like to be
the best of all ♪

♪ I'll wear a dress
of silver lace ♪

♪ They'll call me
princess Curly ♪

♪ I'll be like Cinderella ♪

♪ 'Cept I won't run home
so early ♪

♪ I want to meet
a handsome prince ♪

♪ With a uniform of gold ♪

♪ But I won't lose my slipper
'cause my tootsies might get cold ♪

♪ I'll talk with queens
and dance with kings ♪

♪ Like a little
princess would ♪

♪ If I could only
do these things ♪

♪ I promise I'll be good ♪

["Wedding March" playing]

♪ When I'm 21 ♪

♪ I wish that I could look ♪

♪ Like a picture
that I saw ♪

♪ In a pretty storybook ♪

♪ A lady
all dressed up in white ♪

♪ With flowers in her hand ♪

♪ And such a veil
I never saw ♪

♪ The biggest in the land ♪

♪ Four little girls
were standing there ♪

♪ Much tinier than me ♪

♪ And they all carried baskets
they looked happy as can be ♪

♪ Everyone was smiling
and having lots of fun ♪

♪ I wish that I could be
like that when I am 21 ♪

["Wedding March" playing]

[low tempo music playing]

♪ When I get very, very old ♪

♪ I'll stay at home all day ♪

♪ But I haven't quite
made up my mind ♪

♪ It's much too far away ♪

♪ I think that
I would like to be ♪

♪ Like the lady
on the wall ♪

♪ She looked
so nice and comfy ♪

♪ In her rocking chair
and all ♪

♪ With that little cap
upon her head ♪

♪ She looks real pretty too ♪

♪ I like her long
and funny dress ♪

♪ I like her hair
don't you ♪

♪ It must be
oh, so quiet ♪

♪ You can hear
the tick of the clock ♪

♪ But it must be fun
to have nothing to do ♪

♪ But rock and rock
and rock ♪

[high tempo music playing]

♪ If you see ♪

♪ That you need
some company ♪

♪ You can call me up
and I'll come down ♪

♪ When I grow up ♪

I'd try awfully hard
to make you happy.

Aw, Jimmie,
you're pretty swell,

but I...

I just couldn't marry you.

Is there someone else?

I can't tell you that.

Well, I know there is,
all right.

I watched you at dinner tonight,
and I watched you...

well, you're always
looking at Mr. Morgan.

Well, why shouldn't I?

Because I don't like him.

He's got
a swelled head.

And just because he's got
all the money in the world, he--

Jimmie, I won't let you
talk about him that way.

I'm sorry.

It's all right.

I'll always love you, Mary,

even, even if you say
you can't really care for me.

Oh, Jimmie.

Edward, do stop that ridiculous
prowling about!

You act as if you had
the heebie-jeebies!

Oh, I'm just restless.

You've been restless
for the last three days--

Ever since you arrived
to see Curly's show.

Can't you think of something more
interesting to talk about?

I'm just a trifle nervous, that's all.

Well, I might be able to change the
subject if I really put my mind to it.

- It would make a hit with me if you will.
- Very well.

Let me see.
What shall we talk about?

Have you seen Mary
since dinner?

Nope, I haven't.

She, uh...

she went out somewhere
with Jimmie, didn't she?

How should I know?

Now don't you think they make
an adorable couple?

Do they?

AUNT GENEVIEVE: He's really,
very much in love with her.

He's a wonderful catch.

He comes into money
on both sides of his family.

Oh, he does, does he?

Well, maybe that's the reason
he's got a swelled head--

That and because he's got brass buttons
on a trick uniform.

Why, Edward. I didn't know you'd
ever noticed Jimmie.

I am surprised to learn that you've even
observed the kind of clothes he wears.

Conceited young idler.

[Aunt Genevieve laughing]

Will you stop laughing?

I will not.

Edward Morgan,
insanely jealous.

And acting like
a 16-year-old Romeo.

AUNT GENEVIEVE: Oh, dear,
this is the happiest moment of my life!

EDWARD:
I'm not at all jealous.

Do you think I care
anything about Mary Blair?

The only reason she's here is because
it was impossible

to take Elizabeth
without taking her too.

To tell you, I'm not in the least
interested in Mary.

She doesn't mean a thing to me.

AUNT GENEVIEVE: Well!
I'm so relieved to hear you say that.

Relieved? Why?

Edward, I've been
noticing things,

And I had convinced myself
that you've grown very fond of Mary,

In which case, there might be
complications.

- Complications?
- I'll try to make myself clear.

I have every reason
to believe that Jimmie Rogers

means to propose to Mary
before the summer is over.

How do you know that?

I looked at him.

You think you can tell a thing like that
by just looking at a man?

My dear man, any woman of my age
and experience

who can't tell
just by looking--

Oh, nonsense!

What are you
thinking about?

I'm not thinking.

- I've decided.
- Decided what?

I'm going to get the fastest airplane
in the country.

You aren't going to learn to fly it
yourself, are you?

Certainly. Why not?

- And that isn't all.
- [laughing]

I'm going to start learning some of those
trick dances too.

I'll make you happy, Mary.
I know I will.

I believe you, Jimmie.

Oh, hello, Mr. Morgan.

Jimmie, will you
pardon me?

Mary, I want to
talk to you alone.

From now on you'll have to
ask me about that, sir.

What?

- Jimmie--
- Shh. I want to tell him.

I'm the luckiest man
in the world, Mr. Morgan.

Lucky? What do you mean?

Mary and I have
just became engaged, sir.

- Engaged?
- That's right, sir.

You know the way
I feel about it.

Well, I... I just want to go out and tell
the whole world.

I understand, Jimmie.
You should be very proud.

Mary's a fine girl.

I want to be the first
to congratulate you.

Thank you, sir.

Mary, my congratulations to you.

I'm sure that you and Jimmie together
will find real happiness.

I'll do everything to make
that come true, sir.

I'm sure of it.

And if there's ever anything I can do
to add to your happiness,

anything, understand? I want you both to
promise to let me know.

Say, Mr. Morgan,
you're pretty swell.

- Oh, I mean it, Jimmie. Every word of it.
- Thank you, sir.

Well, good night.

Good night, and my best to both of you,

always.

Uncle Edward.
Uncle Edward.

Time to get up.

[knocking]

Uncle Edward.

[door slams]

Oh, my goodness!

Oof!

Sleepyhead! If you aren't really awake,

I can jump on
your stomach again.

[happily] Never mind.

You can't go back
to sleep again.

Now, look here, young lady.
This is Sunday morning.

Oh, no, uncle Edward. No, sir!

All right. You win.

- Read me the funny paper?
- Wait a minute.

How about breakfast
and Sunday school?

Oh, I like Sunday school!
Will you take me?

- Yes, sirree.
- Give me a ride?

Mm-hmm.

I'll go and get
your bathrobe and slippers.

All right.

[whoops]

♪ Oh, when I grow-ow-ow up ♪

♪ Ee de dum bum bee bum-bum ♪

♪ Dee de dum bum-bum, bum-bum ♪

♪ Bee dee bim bum-bum, bum-bum ♪

♪ Bum mmm a-yum ♪

[both laughing]

All right. That's enough of that.

Now, young lady, I want you to tell me

everything you've been doing
while I've been away.

You know, I've been in the city
for a whole week.

What have you been up to
all that time?

Every day, I was wishing
that you were here.

Curly, you flatterer.

Did you have any special reason why
you wanted to see me?

Oh, very special. I especially wanted to
talk to you about something.

All right. Here I am. What is it?

Well, I wanted to talk to you
about getting married.

[surprised] What?

[laughing]
Oh, Curly.

Whatever put that notion into your
funny little head?

Please, don't laugh,
uncle Edward.

Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that this
was very special.

Now, just what is it you want to know
about getting married?

Well, what does
"getting married" mean?

You mean, like
Jim and Mary?

Well, that means when they get married,
they'll have their own home,

and always
live together.

Mary said that I was going to live
in Jimmie's house.

Does that mean that Jimmie's
getting married to me too?

I'll tell you all about that
some other time.

Uncle Edward, I don't want to
get married to Jimmie.

Why not?

Because I want Mary and me
to get married to you.

Curly, you're a designing woman.
You know that, don't you?

Now, get up and get out of here.
I've got to get dressed.

- [Giggling]
- Hear me? Come on.

Now, breakfast,
funnies,

Sunday school
and lunch.

And then I've got
a real surprise for you.

Is it a present?

It wouldn't be a surprise
anymore if I told you.

Mary! Mary!

♪ When I grow up ♪

♪ In a year or two or three ♪

♪ I'll be happy as can be ♪

♪ Like a birdie in a tree ♪

[together]
♪ When I grow up ♪

♪ There's a lot
I want to do ♪

♪ I'll have
real dollies too ♪

♪ Like the woman
in the shoe ♪

♪ I want to be
a teacher ♪

♪ So the children
can say ♪

♪ "Teacher, dear the gang's all here
with apples today" ♪

♪ When I grow up ♪

♪ There will be
a big surprise ♪

♪ I will bake
the kind of pies ♪

♪ That will make you
roll your eyes ♪

♪ And if you see
that you need some company ♪

♪ You can call me up
and I'll come down ♪

♪ When I grow ♪

My word.

[sighs]

♪ When I grow up ♪

[Edward and Curly laughing]

[coughing]

Look at
Aunt Genevieve.

Edward, how dare you
spy on me?

[chuckling]

What's the matter, darling?
Growing pains?

Why shouldn't I grow up?

Please, uncle Edward,
what's my surprise?

I have two surprises
for you, young lady.

- Two?
- Mm-hmm.

[happy music playing]

Come on, darling.

Ready for the first one?

I can hardly wait.

Well, you won't have to wait.
Not another minute.

Now, you sit right here
and listen very, very carefully.

All right.

♪ Whenever clouds
start gathering ♪

♪ To cover up the sun ♪

♪ It really doesn't
mean a thing to me ♪

♪ It seems
a tiny miracle ♪

♪ Comes to me
on the run ♪

♪ And never fails
to bring a remedy ♪

♪ She's just a little
curly-headed thing ♪

♪ Who creeps into my heart
and makes it sing ♪

♪ Curly top
you little bundle of joy ♪

♪ Curly top, you're like
a wonderful toy ♪

♪ You're just so full
of sunshine, folks agree ♪

♪ You could supply
the world with vitamin D ♪

♪ Two eyes that make
the heavens proud to be blue ♪

♪ Angel cake
it's just a copy of you ♪

♪ Take everything that's neat
all rolled into one ♪

♪ That can't top you
Curly top ♪

♪ Curly top
you little bundle of joy ♪

♪ Curly top, you're like
a wonderful toy ♪

♪ You're just so full
of sunshine, folks agree ♪

♪ You could supply the world
with vitamin D ♪

♪ Two eyes that make
the heavens proud to be blue ♪

♪ Angel cake
it's just a copy of you ♪

♪ Take everything that's neat
all rolled into one ♪

♪ That can't top you
Curly top ♪

[piano continues]

Whoopee!

Ooh, but you are a bundle of joy!

That was beautiful, dear.

Thank you. Have you got
a present for me too?

Yes, one for you
and one for Mary.

- Will you run and tell Mary to come in?
- Mm-hmm.

Mary! Mary!

Uncle Edward has
a surprise for us!

Edward, you might as well
admit that you're in love with Mary.

Why don't you tell her so?

Haven't you heard the news,
Aunt Genevieve?

It so happens that Mary's engaged
to Jimmie Rogers.

Have you ever told her
that you love her?

Here she is,
uncle Edward!

Can I have
my surprise first?

Yes, indeed, you may!

- Oh, goody!
- Here you are, young lady.

A string of pearls.

- Pearls?
- Mm-hmm.

They look just like those
little stones on the beach.

Oh, Elizabeth!

Do you like them?

I would really rather have a pair
of roller skates.

Well, we'll throw
them in for good measure.

Mary, I'm sailing
for Europe next week.

Before I go, I want to give you
an engagement present

and wish you and Jimmie
all the happiness in the world.

I can't take it.

Why not?

I wasn't really
in love with Jimmie.

We're not
engaged anymore.

I told him
last night.

- You aren't going to marry him?
- No.

Mary, you'd better watch out.

"Watch out"?

You might not get married at all.

I asked uncle Edward
to marry us this morning,

and he said he wouldn't.

Oh, Elizabeth,
you didn't.

Oh, yes, I did. Didn't I ask you to
marry us, uncle Edward?

Oh, Elizabeth!

Mary, wait.
I, I want to talk with you.

What's the matter?
They seem kind of excited.

[chuckling]

We'll go abroad
and stay a whole year.

Oh, it sounds like heaven.

We'll make it heaven,
darling.

Look, can't we share
our happiness?

Share it?
What do you mean?

I mean with that grand person who made
everything possible.

- You mean, uh, Mr. Jones?
- Yes.

Oh, Mary, you blind
little sweetheart.

There never was
any Mr. Jones.

- You mean that, you're Mr.--
- Mm-hmm.

Ohh!

CURLY: Mary,

would you mind if uncle Edward
could come now

and read me the funnies?

Oh, my word!

[happy music playing]