All language subtitles for The.Strawberry.Blonde.1941.1080p.BluRay.REMUX.AVC.FLAC.2.0-EPSiLON-English

Ah! On that set,
I congranulate myself.

Biff, what is it
the score?

I don't know. Haven't
you been keeping track?

Since when do I supposed
to know to count?

You can count
in Greek, can't you?

But this no Greek game.

Well, are we playing
for money?

Sure.

In that case,
I'm way ahead.

I think tomorrow morning

I start to go
to night school.

What is
she singing about?

Women are always
singing.

Why not?

I like a good bass.

In my opinion,
no woman can sing.

Is my opinion
madame melba

Is greatest singeress
in the world.

Well, then,
she must sing bass.

I don't like
women who sing.

That's the way
I'm constituted.

Biff.

Biff.

Biff, you still playing
that silly game?

I'm almost ready.

Oh, don't break a bustle.
I'll be in in a minute.

Your hands aren't
washed yet,

And the afternoon's
almost over.

All we're going to do
is take a walk.

I don't have to take
a bath for that, do I?

Biff grimes, you're
worse than a child.

Sundays are a pain in
the back teeth to me.

Nothing to do
but take walks.

Is better than working,
don't it?

Oh, working,
working.

I'm tired
of playing.

Hey,
what's the idea?

Oh, sorry. Don't know
my own strength.

You might have
hit someone!

Well, what do you want me
to do, try again?

Well, you might be
a little more civil.

Oh, tell it to sweeney.

Why, I've a good mind
to come over there and...

A college man!

Now I'm scared.

Please, Harold,

Brawling may be all right
for a Harvard man, but...

I'd like to give him a taste
of the good old flying wedge!

Phew! Boy, you sure got some
sweet temperature today.

That's nothing.

This is my Sunday mood.

You should see me
the rest of the week.

Nick, I think I'll have
to give up this place.

I've been here...
8 months.

8 months, and I've had
two patients,

And I'm still trying
to collect from one of them.

Well, always from the start
in the beginning.

Hey, Nick...

Do you suppose they know
I'm a jailbird?

Naw. How they
know that?

Well, they found out in
the other two neighborhoods.

Well, then, how do you
account for the...

Maybe you just move
in a neighborhood
with good teeth.

That's very discouraging.

Very discouraging.

Well, may as well
get that walk over with.

Keep right on
playing that tune.

You want some more
birch beer?

No. Never mind.

Hey, what's the name
of that thing
they're playing?

You know better
than I do

What's the name of
that thing they're playing.

Yeah. And the band
played on.

Hmm. That's all
I remember.

That song must be
8 or 10 years old.

Sure. Biff, remember
Schultz's 3-piece band

Down in the old
neighborhood park?

Bands plays on,
bands plays on...

That's all they ever do.

That's all
they ever knew.

You ever go down to
the old neighborhood
anymore, Nick?

Naw. It's too much
of a trip.

Boy, how those foreigners
murders the English language.

Uh, we'll never have
those good times
again, Nick.

A little two-by-four
park and all those
girls.

Ah, she was
a beautiful girl.

Who?

Virginia.

Now, what made you
bring up Virginia?

You were stuck on her,
ain't you?

Me? Naw...

Oh, I was.

Oh, I liked her...
In a nice way.

Yeah, I liked her, too,
but I forget which way.

To think of all the wonderful
boys in the neighborhood,

Including me,

And Hugo barnstead
has to get Virginia.

Why did you have
to bring up Hugo?

How can you bring up
Virginia

Without
bringing up Hugo?

If ever I get my hands
on that slimy...

That's right, biff.

You knock him down,
I kick him.

I mean it, Nick.

After all, the best thing
is for to forget.

Let bygones be bygones.

Not me. I take nothing
from nobody.

That's the kind of
a hairpin I am.

Doggone it,

I was just beginning to
forget the whole thing

When that tinhorn band
had to start up

And you had to
open your trap.

All right, biff.
It's closed.

How long are they going to
keep on playing that piece?

Hey!

Hey, you, shut up!

I beg your pardon.
Were you addressing me?

I was talking to the
band. Any objections?

I don't like the tune
they're playing.

Oh, you don't.
Well, we do.

In fact, we asked them
to play it again.

I'm going to ask them
to change it.

Well, it's still
a free country.

I guess they can play
what they like.

Is it free enough
for a dentist

To punch a college man
in the nose?

Certainly,
and since you're a dentist,

Maybe you won't mind losing
a couple of front teeth!

Why, you...

Let go of me!

Easy, boy.
There's 6 of them.

That makes it even.

Biff!

What?

Biff,
what are you doing?

Discussing music.

Biff, you come right
in here this instant.

You're wanted
on the telephone.

Get the number and tell them
I'll call them back.

Biff!

Oh, all right.

Don't you move!

I'll be right back.

Don't worry.
We'll be here.

Biff, fighting
on Sunday.

Oh, goodness,

I don't know what this
neighborhood's coming to.

I want to apologize
for my husband.

Apologize?

After I knock him cold,
then apologize.

Tessie,
you leave butch alone.

Now, leave him alone.

Oh, you answer it, Nick.
It can't be important.

Hurry up, biff,

Hello?

Just a minute,
please.

Man says his friend
got a toothache.

Tell him to keep it.

The doctor is
very busy.

He says it hurts.

Wants for you should
pull it.

Tell him I don't
pull teeth on Sunday,

Unless it's a child.

How old is
this toothache?

He says he is the president
from the exchange bank.

Wants to speak
to you personal.

I don't care who he is.
I don't pull teeth on Sunday.

I have no patients,
but I have got principles.

Here he is,
president.

Hello.

I'm sorry
to trouble you,

But this guest of mine's
suffering terribly.

I've already called
every other dentist

In the neighborhood,

But they're all out walking
with their wives.

Would you please do it?

Called every dentist
in the neighborhood first.

I'm sorry.

I've got a wife,

Tell your friend to try
a hot water bottle.

We've already
tried that...

As you can
probably hear.

Now, look,
I know it's Sunday,

But Mr. barnstead's
willing to pay you
double your usual fee.

It isn't a matter
of mo...

Wait a minute.

What name did
you say that was?

Barnstead.

Would that be
Hugo barnstead?

Yes, Hugo barnstead,
the alderman.

Oh. Well, then,
send him over.

No, I'll do it.

Oh, no, not at all.
No, it's a pleasure.

Well...

Can you beat it?

Hugo barnstead is coming over
to have his tooth pulled.

Coincidentally
a coincidence.

It's more than
a coincidence.

It's poetic justice.

Is it? I take
your word for it.

But say, Hugo...
don't he know
you're the dentist?

I guess not.

I guess he doesn't even
know I'm out of jail.

Ho ho! And to think
that I was considering

Going after him with a gun,

And here he walks
right into my parlor.

Now, biff...

Yeah.

If I know Hugo barnstead,
he's going to want gas.

All right,
I'll give him gas.

Now, biff, don't do
nothing you're going
to be sorry for.

What do you
want me to do...

Tear out his teeth
with my bare hands?

Of course
I'll give him gas.

An accident can happen.
Who are we to know?

Biff, you crazy.

Who has a better right
than me?

Nobody, but...

Nobody can blame me
then, can they?

That don't
do nobody no good.

It don't help you,
don't help Amy.

Hmm. Can you imagine it?

Walking right
into my parlor.

Keep on playing
that song!

It helps to remind me!

Which reminds me of
a time about 10 years ago.

My old man was working
for the street cleaning
department.

Who is
this greets me tired eyes,

If it's tired they are?

If it isn't
Mrs. mulcahey.

'Tis early for you
to be coming home
from work,

Isn't it,
Mr. grimes,

Even though
you are working
for the city?

Well, I'm hardly
a clock watcher,
Mrs. mulcahey.

Sure. It couldn't be now,
I suppose,

That the city
has fired you?

Well, couldn't
we better say
that we'd, uh...

We dissolved
partnership?

Aw, pshaw! What's going
to become of you at all,
William grimes?

That is a question
I'm not even interested
in the answer of,

And I'm glad the city
did fire me.

It gives me more time
to be with you,
Mrs. mulcahey.

Tell me... ha ha!...
Is your good husband
to home?

Well, indeed,
he is not.

My Timothy's a man
can hold on to a job,

And he'll be home
when every respectable
working man comes home,

At 7:30.

Then we must
hurry away to the park

And under the spread of
the Chestnut tree with...

Aw, go on.
You're just a faker.

Me, a faker?
You'd say that to me?

Well, if there's
one thing certain,

Your bark is worse
than your bite.

If there's another
thing certain,

The ladies all prefer
me bark to their
husband's bite.

You're a braggart,
a blow-hard, and a liar,

That's what you are!

Of a certainty,
I'm a liar.

Then why do you go around
talking love

To every woman
in the neighborhood?

Well, what would
you have me talk about...

The weather?

You know, Mrs. mulcahey,

You and I are
no longer young.

So we must grasp the grape
of happiness. I...

There you go again.
You and your blather.

What's the sign
they're putting out?

Bock beer.

I know the rest of it.
Mrs. mulcahey,

I've suddenly remembered
a luncheon appointment
that I'd had,

So we'll take this up

Where we leave off now
in the morning,

After your good husband
has gone to work.

A good day to you.

Uh-huh. Oh, glory be!

Top of the day to you,
gentlemen.

What's the matter?

Did you lose
your job again?

Quite.

Can't even hold
a political job, can you?

It was a mere
disagreement.

I expect an apology
in the morning,

Or else it'll mean
the end of tammany.

Oh, no, you don't.

There's a scalawag if there
ever was one. Ha ha ha!

Good night, all!

Well, biff!

What are you doing here?

You're supposed
to be working.

Well, you know,

A little bite of lunch
and a glass of beer.

But you were following
the parade, and that's
a long way from here.

Have you been
canned again?

Well, biff,
we may as well face it.

I was never
in the world cut out
to be a street cleaner,

And there's no use
reaching for the stars.

What happened this time?

Oh, biff, it's me teeth,

And when a man's
in misery...

Why can't you get
a new alibi?

When I've been using
that one for 30 years?

Huh! What are you
doing here?

I'm working here.

Since when?

Since this morning.

Oh, no, you're not.
You're quitting
right now.

I'll have no son of mine
being a bartender.

I'm not a bartender.
I'm the new bouncer.

The bouncer!

Oh, biff, you've made me
the happiest man in...

Oh, cut it out,
will ya?

I'm supposed to be
a tough guy.

Oh, well, tell me, biff,

Have you thrown
anyone out yet?

No, things have been
pretty quiet,

But it'll pick up.

Say, this ain't gonna
change your idea

About being
a dentist, is it?

No, of course not.

A lesson came in the mail
this morning.

I think I'll do some work
on you tonight.

That's the stuff.

You fix the old man's
teeth, and wait and see.

I be a different man.

Nothing will be changed
but your smile.

Aw, now, biff,
you know that my teeth

Have always been
the root of all
my trouble.

Now, you do
a good job on me,

I'd be a reformed
character,

And I'd become a credit
to the community.

Oh, biff,
let me hug you.

Quit slobbering over me,
will ya? Cut it out.

Very well.
Tell you what.

Everybody step up
to the bar.

I have great cause
for celebration.

Bring out your best.

Oh, hold your horses.

What are you going
to use for money?

Well, uh,
I was of the impression

That my credit was good
around here.

Do me a favor
and tie that bull outside.

Well, in that case,

Everybody have a round
of free lunch on me!

Throw this bum
out.

Oh, I can't do that.
He's my old man.

He's not mine.
Throw him out!

Well, there are a lot
of other bums in here.

Let me throw one
of them out, huh?

Who's
giving orders
around here?

Throw him out
on his ear.

Now, listen, you.

Why, you couldn't
throw me out
if you wanted to.

I've licked you through
all the ages and stages
of your life.

I've licked you
with a strap.

I've licked you
with a broom.

I've licked you
with me bare fist,

And right here and now,

Spotting you 32 years,
a beer belly,

And the delicate
condition of me teeth,

With one arm
behind me back,
one foot in the air,

Whistling the tune
Annie Laurie,

I can throw you through
that plate-glass window

Without even
so much as making
a crack in the pane!

Oh, now,
look here, pop.

Oh, that's it, is it?

Sassing your old man,
holding him up to
ridicule and shame, huh?

Give me room!

Give me room!

Go for it.

Go to it, biff.

Make it look good.
I'll cooperate.

I can't.
You're my old man.

I brought you up.

Throw me clean out.

Maybe I'll bounce
a couple of times for you.

All righty. Oh.

Hey.

Are you hurted,
Mr. grimes?

Not even me feelings.

And since
I'm going your way,

We'll drop to your house
and have a spot of tea.

Now, the next time,

Don't even let
that bum in here.

Who are you calling
a bum?

Say, watch the way
you talk to me.

Oh, no.
You watch this.

Wonderful invention,
the leech.

That's not
an invention.
That's animal.

Wonderful animal,
the leech.

I'm easy
to get along with.

When are you ever
going to win a fight?

Biff doesn't want
to spoil his record.
Do you, biff?

Aw, he hit me
with a spittoon.

Only after he got
tired of hitting you
with his fists.

Hiya, boys.

Hugo, still
want to take a bet

In the third
at graves end?

Sure. What horse?

Ulysses s. Grant.

35 cents
on the nose.

35 cents?
What is it, a legacy?

What, again?

What a pipperino.

Looks like some of
big Joe's work.

Right.
How did you guess?

His initials are
beginning to form.

Aw, he hit me
with a beer bottle.

What happened
to the spittoon?

Don't worry.
I'll fix him.

I don't take nothing
from nobody.

That's the kind
of a hairpin I am.

Any of you
fellas want
to buy a ticket

For
the boat ride?

Not me. I'm going
to stowaway.

I take one of
those stowaways
tickets, too.

What's
the matter
with you boys?

This is
sponsored by

The ladies aid
auxiliary

Of the
fourth ward
Democratic club.

Don't you
want to lend
a helping hand

To a worthy
cause?

Not when the worthy
cause is Hugo barnstead.

Aw, believe me,
fellas,

Of doing
a good deed
for charity.

horses' feathers.

And a small
commission.

That sounds
more like

The Hugo
barnstead we all
know... And hate.

I suppose that shiner
was big Joe's way
of firing you.

I guess so.
Anybody hit another guy
with a broom handle.

While you're not
doing anything,

Why don't you
help me sell the rest
of these tickets?

I'm too busy with
my other enterprises.

I'll split
the commission with you.

I've heard about
the way you split.

You'll make a
better salesman
than a bouncer.

All right.

I'll try some.

I'll try the dentists.
We're colleagues.

Finish!

Hey, fellas!
Here comes
a strawberry blonde.

2, 4, 6, 8...

Who do we appreciate?

Going my way, sister?

I love my wife,
but, oh, you kid!

Your mother know
you're out?

For her, I'd take out
citizenship papers.

Watch me get her.

Nothing like selling
a ticket to a charity
boat ride to get acquainted.

Let biff go.
He's your
salesman now.

Oh, gosh. I couldn't
ask her for money.

Oh, pardon me.

Can you beat that?

If you ask me,
miss brush and Hugo

Are going to become
awfully good friends.

See what I mean?

You take that back.

What for?

I'm entitled
to my opinion.

Which one of your ears
do you want knocked out?

Just you try
either one, mister.

Give me room.

Go over to the drugstore and
get me another leech, quick.

Oh, biff. What do they
call that stuff again?

Uh, nitrous oxide.

Are you sure you
know how to use it?

I'm reading up
on it now.

Don't you think
we ought to wait

Until you learned
it by heart?

If I get stuck, I can
always look at the letter.

All right.
I'm ready now.

Which tooth hurts?

They all hurt.

Well, I can't
pull them all.

I won't know how to do that
for another 12 lessons at least,

And you know I only get
one letter a month.

Couldn't we
hurry that up

With a few
special deliveries?

Will you stop
being a pussy willow?

Which tooth
do you want pulled?

I don't care.
Take your pick.

I'm not playing
any favorites.

Do you want me to play
eenie-meeny-miney-moe?

No!

Well, lean back.

Wait a minute, biff.

What's the matter now?

Just a minute.

Don't you think
we ought to have

One last little look
at the letter?

There may be a
typographical error.

If there is,
we'll find out soon enough.

Now, lean back,
and inhale into this thing.

What's the matter?

There's nothing
the matter! Ha ha!

What's so funny?

There's nothing
so funny. Ho ho!

What are you
laughing at?

I don't know,

Unless it's because I'm
looking at your face.

You've been looking
at it for years.
It was never funny before.

That's right.

Oh, biff, there's
something wrong.

I'm getting sillier
by the minute!

Oh, you're all right.

It says here, that's the way
it acts on a lot of people.

It says here, in a minute
you'll be unconscious.

Biffy...

I don't think
I'm unconscious.

It says here
you're unconscious.

Oh, maybe I am,
but I doubt it.

Are you going to make a
liar out of the letter?

Here. Take another
whiff of this, huh?

You're a fine one
to practice on.

Now, here.
I promise you.

Won't hurt a bit.

Why, you clumsy,
left-handed son of
a street cleaner!

What is it
you're trying to do,

Kill your old man
for the insurance?

You haven't got
any insurance.

Oh ho! That's why you're
trying to kill me.

Dentist, is it?
Why, you're worse
than a plumber.

Let me get me hands
on you, and I'd tear
you and them letters

Half in two
in the same motion.

Calm down, pop.
Now, calm down!

And I suppose
when you graduate,

You'll hang out a
big sign, "painless
dentistry."

Well, it's a lie.
Do you hear?

It's a lie!

Hey, biff!

What are you
doing tonight?

Nothing much. Why?

Want to drive over
to the park with me?

There's some girls
waiting for us.

How many?

Two.

Just two?

Yeah.

I'll be right down.
I got to pull
my old man's tooth.

All right.

I'm sorry, son,
but you'll have
to stay home.

I be right down!

Where's me coat?

What?
Where you going?

You stay home,
read over your lessons.

I tend to the romantic end
of this family.

But I thought
you wanted your
tooth pulled.

I do, but that can wait
until morning.

L'amour, son.
L'amour!

Just give me one
more chance, huh?

Come on.
One more chance.

I'll get it this time.

Now, take a good,
deep inhale of this.

Deeper now.

Deep!
Deep! Deep!

Good.

He stabbed me!

Hey, come on.
Hop up.

Let me drive, huh?

Yeah, to the park.

I drive up
to the girls.

Yeah, sure.
Giddyap!

Oh. Ha ha! Would you
listen to the old devil?

Well,
as I was saying,
Mrs. mulcahey,

He says to me,
"when your husband
goes to work,

Knock on my door."

Aw, he's the fine boyo.

He's the one.

Who are the girls?

Well, one of them's
the strawberry
blonde.

Virginia brush?

In the flesh.

Oh, Virginia. Gosh.

You don't mean to say
that the very first time
she met you,

Without an introduction,
she made a date with you?

Certainly not.
Virginia's a nice girl.

She just let it be known
she'd be in the park tonight

With a girlfriend.

Lots of nice girls
do that.

Sure.

Naturally. Do you think I'd
wear this suit on a weekday

For anybody but Virginia?

As usual,
I get the leavings.

I'll bet she's a crow.

Oh, how do you know?

Did you ever see the girlfriend
of a pretty girl that wasn't?

Take your time, speedy.
I'm in no hurry.

Oh, now, biff.

How is it you asked me
to go along?

How is it you didn't ask
one of the other boys?
How is that?

Well, biff,
number one, you're
my business partner,

And number two,
with those shiners,

You won't be
much competition
with Virginia,

And number 3...

Number two is enough.

Oh, I'll bet
she's a crow.

Hello, Virginia.

What kept you?
Work late?

A little.

Oh, it's too bad
you didn't have time

To get out
of your uniform.

I had
plenty of time.

Then why
didn't you?

Why should I?

I'm proud
of my uniform.

It's a sign
to the men

That women not only
have the same right
to work as the men,

But that
in the eyes of...

Oh, hush, Amy.

You're not at
a suffragette meeting now.

The tyranny of man
over woman...

The stupid convention
that says a woman shall
wear such and such.

The outmoded...

Please, Amy.

Just tonight, try to be
a woman, not a pamphlet.

Women throughout
the ages have...

It's
a lovely night.

Who cares if we
ever get to vote?

Amy!

Yes, dear?

If there's something
in your eye, Amy,

I'll help you
get it out.

Oh, bosh. There's
nothing in my eye.

I just plain
and simple winked
at him, that's all.

No, Amy.
Either he's an old friend
of the family's,

Or there's
something in your eye.

I never saw him
before in my life

Until a few minutes
ago when I passed
fisher's drugstore.

Oh, Amy,
he followed you here?

No.

I followed him.

Oh, Amy!

Will you stop that?

What will people
think of us?

Virginia,
be sensible.

That's the way
men behave
toward women.

There's
no reason why women

Shouldn't behave
that way right back.

The single standard
of morals...

I refuse to listen
to advanced ideas.

Is it any worse
than what you did...

Making a date
with a man

You were
never formally
introduced to?

Why, I never did
any such thing!

I simply happened to mention
that I was in the habit

Of taking walks in the park
with my girlfriend.

And besides and moreover,
I didn't wink.

Don't be a hypocrite,
Virginia.

Spiritually,
you winked.

Here comes a buggy.
Maybe it's them.

Whoa, there.

Well, there she is.
There's Virginia.

He hired
a carriage.

Oh, I just knew by the tie
he wore this morning

He was a sport.

Gosh,
she looks pretty.

Oh, boy,
she's all the fudge!

What's that thing
with her?

I suppose
that's the girlfriend.

What's she got on,
a nightgown?

That's no nightgown.

It's a uniform
of some...

Why, she's a nurse.

A nurse?

Well, 23, skidoo,
not for biff grimes!

What's the matter with a
nurse? She looks pretty.

She'll want to take
my temperature.

Good luck, Hugo.
I'll walk home.

Wait a minute, biff.
You can't go.

It's your date
as well as mine.

Anything you can
get me into, I can
get myself out of.

So long.

Wait a minute. You're spoiling
everything with Virginia.

She won't
go out with me alone.

Biff, I've got it
on awful good authority

Nurses are
a lot of fun.

I'll bet you she even
lets you put your arm
around her waist.

Well, what fun is that?

Do you know
the amount of starch
in a nurse's uniform?

Good night.

Biff!

You can have Virginia.
How's that?

You're not kidding?

Word of honor.

Say it louder.

Oh, all right.

Word of honor.

That's better.

I'm just crazy
about Virginia.

I don't want him to think
I'm staring at him.

You look, Amy, and tell me
what you think of him.

Well...

The only one I can
see clearly from
here is the horse,

And I'm disappointed
in him.

All right.
Now, here's the plan.

We won't stop
the first time.

I'll drive by
at a nice fast gallop.

That'll look smart.

All right.
You handle
the reins,

And I'll
crack the whip.

Give her the whip.

Ya-hoo!

Here they come.

They're just trying
to make an impression.

Do you think we'll
ever see them again?

The street
runs in a circle.

They should
be back any minute.

Pull up on it,
Hugo!

This nag is wild.
We better lead him.

All right.
Anything you say.

Now, listen.

We won't
say a word to them.

Just let them pass.

Of course,
if they say something,
we'll say something.

And if they
don't say anything,

We won't
say anything.

No.
Just drop your eyes.

Drop my eyes?

Yes.

That will show them
we're good girls

And they can't
trifle with us.

Well,
for goodness sakes!

There they are.

Let's walk
right by them, huh?

Oh, no, we won't.
We'll stop
and talk to them.

You speak first,
and then make me
acquainted, huh?

All right.
All right.

Hey,
pull him away,
biff!

You pull him away.
You hired him.

Gentlemen, please!

Thank you.
Thank you.

We're not accustomed
to being accosted
by strange horses.

I'm so sorry,
ladies.

I must apologize
for the behavior
of my...

Say, aren't you
the young lady

I sold the ticket to
this afternoon?

Why,
I believe I am.

I thought so.

Well, I think
this circumstance

Permits me
to introduce myself.

My name
is Hugo barnstead.

How do you do?
I'm Virginia brush.

This is my very
special girlfriend Amy...
Amy lind.

Delighted,
miss lind.

Ladies, this
is my confrere,
biff grimes.

How do you do?

Pleased to meet you.

That our paths
should cross
again so soon?

Amy and I always
take our constitutional
here in the evening.

Biff and I
always manage
to take a canter

In the cool
of the evening.

Amy and i...

Oh, for Pete's sake,
Virginia. Cut out
the nonsense.

This is
a prearranged date,
and we all know it.

I've got to get back
on duty by 11:00,

So, come on,
let's shake
our tootsies.

Amy!

Oh, "Amy,"
my grandmother's
hot water bottle!

She's fast.

Yeah.

What do you say
we all take
a drive

Out to
the country?

We can make Harlem
if we start now.

Oh, that would
be lovely.

I'll handle
the reins, biff.

You help
the ladies in.

Ok.

All right.
Get in.

We have dozens of your
cases at the hospital.

It's mostly
gastroduodenitis.

Please, miss lind.
Watch your language.

We have
a lady present.

Now, Hugo,
you stop that!

Hugo!

Oh, this
is all in fun!

There's
something about
the country air.

I said there's
something about
the country air.

I like city air.

Well, there...

There really isn't
any difference

Between city air
and country air.

They're both
hydrogen and oxygen.

Air! You can't even see it,
so why talk about it?

don't you believe me?

Yes, but...

My mother was one of the
original bloomer girls.

I said, uh,

My mother was one of the
original bloomer girls.

They had bats
in their belfry.

They did not!

They were
foresighted,

Courageous,
intelligent women.

All right.
All right.

Nobody's blaming you
for your mother.

I'm not apologizing
for my mother.

Look, do I know
your mother?

Then why get into
an argument about her?

I hardly know you.

You're not a very
easy person to get
to know, Mr. grimes.

Well...

That's the kind
of a hairpin I am.

I'm going
to have a smoke.

May I have one,
too, please?

Sure.

Hey!

Don't tell me
you smoke?

Only when I'm bored.

Well, your mother
a bloomer girl,

You a nicotine
fiend...

Are there any more
at home like you?

I have an aunt
who's an actress.

Well, that completes
the picture.

Look,
I been around.

They can say an awful lot
of things about biff grimes,

But not that he ever gave
a cigarette to a girl.

Stop! Stop it!

Stop it!

I, uh...

I thought
it was Virginia.

However,
it was a good thought.

I, uh...

I guess they
must be engaged.

Why? Because she
let him kiss her?

Well, sure.
Would you let
a boy kiss you

You weren't
engaged to?

Well, what can you
expect from a...

Girl who smokes,
whose mother
wore bloomers,

And whose aunt's
on stage.

I, uh, I guess a little
kiss is harmless

If it's all in fun.

Even if
it isn't in fun.

You mean...

Exactly.

Wouldn't you like
a nice young man

To marry you
someday?

No,
not particularly.

So you don't believe
in the institution
of marriage!

An outmoded, silly convention
started by the cavemen

And encouraged by the
florists and jewelers.

After all,
what's marriage?

Wouldn't you like to
have a home and kids?

Why, certainly I would,
but that doesn't mean

You have to go
through all the...

You mean...

Exactly.

Oh, Hugo!

Hugo!

What's the matter?

Come on.
Let's get out
of here quick.

What's gotten into you?
We're just beginning
to get acquainted.

You mean...

Exactly.

You owe me 1.25
for your share
of the rig.

I paid Baxter.

Well, here it is.

Last time you're ever going
to stick me with a double date.

Listen, she was as much
a surprise to me

As she was to you.

Then why did you ask her
to go on a boat ride?

I didn't ask.
Virginia told us.

Look, let's have one thing
understood right now.

On the boat ride,
Virginia's my girl.

Of course.
To make up for tonight.

Yeah.

Say, let me off
at the corner.

You return the rig
to Baxter's, will you?

I've got to pick up
the boat ride tickets
from the printer's.

He's working
overtime.

All right.

So long.
See you tomorrow.

All right.
See you tomorrow.

This is the rig
that Hugo barnstead
hired.

Yeah. Drove her
pretty hard, didn't you?

Well, good night.

Wait a minute.
2.50, please.

Didn't he pay you?

No, he didn't.

Took my last cent.

I have an idea
that once
we're underway

Your husband might
fall overboard,

And then
you and me...

734, 735,

36, 37, 38,
39, 40,

41, 42, 43...

We must find time
for a nice long talk
on women's rights.

749, 750.

Sorry,
folks.

No more
allowed
on board.

But we
have tickets...

And hard-boiled eggs.

I can't help that.

The regulations say
only 750 on this boat
at one time,

And I just
clocked off 750.

750? We sold
3,000 tickets.

That means that
2,000 of us don't
get on the boat.

All is I know
is the regulations.

Come on.

Hugo!

All right.
Come on.

Hugo!
Barnstead!

poor Mr. grimes!

Poor...

What about Virginia?

She's stuck
with poor Mr. grimes.

Hugo certainly
disappeared
in a hurry.

Oh, I'd probably
get seasick anyhow.

Why can't we make
a day of it anyway,
Virginia?

We can sail
over there to the
statue of liberty

And then go on up
to central park
and see the zoo.

And then we could get
a hansom and drive around,

And then dinner in some
nice, expensive place,

And then one of those fancy
beer gardens for dancing.

And then...

We'll be
pretty tired by then.

That's my idea
of a real stylish stout.

Awfully inspiring,
isn't she?

She's more
than that to me.

She made me
hungry as heck.

Oh, no, thanks.

I'm afraid I'll spoil
my appetite for dinner.

No, no!

No, no, no!

And she
was right, too.

Well, if a man can't
take liberties here,
where can he?

Are you sure
you won't have
a hard-boiled egg?

No, I don't think so.

Let's go to the zoo.

Oh, it must be
terrible to be
caged up that way.

Oh, well, they...
They have each other.

Going around
scaring women!

"Love me,
and the world is mine."

A sarsaparilla
for the lady.

Uh, want
a little sip?

Oh, no.

I couldn't
drink beer.

Oh, go ahead.
I'm broad-minded.

Now, biff, you know what
you'd really think of me
if I drank beer.

Why, in my eyes,
Virginia,

You couldn't possibly
do anything wrong.

In my eyes, you're
the most perfect lady
in the whole world.

In my eyes...

Hey, you!

Come on, biff.
Let's dance.

Hey, sit down.

Sit down before
you break something.

Why, biff!

Oh, I've got
influence.

I didn't know you
were so well-known.

Biff!

Fritz!

I... i hope you
enjoyed the song.

It was fine.
Thanks. Thanks.

That will be $2.00,
please.

What for?

Why, Mr. grimes said
he'd pay me if i...

Well, here's...
Here's a dollar,

And there's
a half a dollar

And a quarter...
That's $1.75.

And there's a nickel,
a dime.

I've got to give you
10 pennies.

Oh, that's all right.

There you are.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Biff, I think
you're a real sport.

Well, then, how about going
for a nice carriage ride

Through the park
later, huh?

But, biff, you...

That's all right. I've got
a working arrangement
with the livery stable.

Well, good night,
biff, and thanks again.

To me, Virginia,
this day will last
long in my memory.

It's been
a most wonderful
experience,

And if you
don't mind,

I'd kind of like
to remember it as
a national holiday.

That's sweet
of you, biff.

And that song...
that will always be
our song, won't it?

You know, we ought
to do this sort
of thing more often.

Well, uh,
maybe not quite
so elaborately.

Oh, yes,
I'd love to sometime.

Well, uh, what
are you doing...

What are you doing
tomorrow night?

Oh, uh, tomorrow night
I have a date with
Billy millburne.

Well, uh,
Saturday night?

Saturday, I sort of
promised Hugo.

Well, uh,
how about Monday?

Oh, Monday nights,
I practice the piano.

Tuesday?

Tuesday...

Oh, there's that lovely
boy from Brooklyn.

I don't mind
you going out

With the boys
in the neighborhood,

But when you reach out
into the sticks...

But Jack's
very Cosmopolitan.

Virginia?

Yes, mother?

It's after 10:30.

All right, mother.
I'll be right up.

Well,
good night, biff,

And thanks for
a very lovely day.

Virginia, I know you're
a very popular girl,

But I really would like
to see you sometime.

Oh, uh, let's say
3 weeks from Wednesday.

I'll be free then.

Oh, Virginia.

That time when
you kissed me when
we were dancing,

Uh, was that
just one of those
things or...

I mean, did it mean
anything to you,

Or was it just
one of those...

Who just goes
around kissing boys?

No, certainly not!
It was just that...

Yow!

I'll be seeing you
3 weeks from Wednesday.

So who got hurt?

And that's what they got...
Every cent.

We happened to make a mistake
and sell too many tickets,

And I was smart enough
to cash in on the mistake,

So now I'm in business.

But what do I get
out of the mistake?

I'm tired of having
you step all over me.

What do you mean,
step all over you?

As soon as this business
gets going,

I'm going to
take care of you.

Listen, someday
Hugo barnstead is going to be

A big man in this town,
and so is biff grimes.

Of course,
not as big as Hugo.

In the meantime,
would you mind
paying me that 1.25

You owe me for
the rig you hired?

Yeah, sure. You got
change for a 50?

Are you kidding?

No, no. As soon as I get
one of these changed...

Hey, Joe, put more gild
in that "b," will you?

I'm busy now, biff.
I'll see you later.

Now, wait a...

Why, hello, biff.

Hello, Virginia.

What
lovely lettering!

Is it gold?

Gild.

Well, he's just
starting out.

Uh, I may go into
the business later,

But I haven't
decided yet.

How very nice
for you.

Hugo... Mr. barnstead...

Is a very enterprising
young man.

No. What?

3 weeks
from Wednesday.

Well,
don't you remember?

We have a date.

Oh, that's right.

I've been meaning
to tell you, biff,

A cousin of mine arrived
unexpectedly from Scranton,

And mother
says that I'll...

Oh, that means that
you can't make it?

A cousin all the way
from Scranton?

Oh, gosh, and...

I figured we could go
down to Tony pastor's

For the vaudeville
and after that go
to some swell place

Where they have
good music.

Biff,
you know what?

I made a date with you,
and I'm going to keep it,

Cousin or no cousin.

I'll meet you
in the park.

Well, you've certainly
made me happy again,

But you will come alone?

Of course.

I wouldn't want to
share you with anybody.

Thanks, miss brush.
I mean, Virginia.

All right, then.
8:00, huh?

8:00 sharp.

Oh, uh, I won't
bring anybody if you
don't bring anybody.

All right, biff.

I'll look forward
to seeing you.
Good-bye!

Good-bye!

What you doing?

Come on.
Get out of there.

Nick, you know what
this means to me.

4 more bucks,
and I'll be set
for the evening.

But I'm crazy
about Virginia myself.

Why should I
give you the money?

I'll put in
a good word
for you, huh?

I give you the money if
you promise me one thing.

Yeah, sure.
What?

Nick, you're certainly
it when a fellow
needs a friend.

Nick,
you're a Daisy,

And you, too,
whoever you are.

Hello, Toby.

Got to light
them all.

Everybody takes it
for granted.

If I didn't light them,
it would be dark.

That's right, Toby.

The freethinker.

Hello, biff.

And all dressed up
like astor's
pet horse.

Where are
the bloomers?

If you're
really interested...

Never mind!

What are you
doing here, anyway?

Oh, I got a night off
from the hot-water bottles
and the bedpans.

I'm not interested.

May I sit down?

It's a free country.

I do wish you'd tie
a tin can to yourself
and beat it.

I've got a date here.

I know.
Virginia told me.

She did?

There you go.

Proves you can't
trust any woman,
not even Virginia.

But don't you think
you're going to tag
along after us, now.

Don't worry, biff.
I won't.

I'm just out
for a little
fresh air, and...

And I promise
I'll go whenever
you want me to.

As soon as
we hear Virginia's
first footsteps,

That's when
I want you to.

All right, biff.

Nice evening.

Yes.

Mmm. Swell.

Pretty soon
the moon will be up.

Last night,
it came up early.

Oh, there it is now!

Hmm. Right on time.

It's beautiful.

This time of night,
things seem still
and quiet, don't they?

Soon the fall
will be here.

Trees will get bare.
And then winter.

I don't like
the winter.

No?

No.

I get lonesome
when winter comes.

You get lonesome?

Yes.

I know
how you feel.

I get lonesome, too.

Oh, do you, biff?

Yeah. A little.

How is it you haven't
got a date tonight?

Freethinkers
have a lot of time
on their hands.

Biff...

If I ask you something,
will you tell me?

What?

You don't have to tell
me unless you want to.

What is it?

Do you love Virginia?

Now, what business
is it of yours?

I guess you do,

Otherwise,
you wouldn't be angry.

Yes, I do.

Schultz's music
must be making me soft,

Or else I wouldn't be
telling you about it.

Maybe I'm a little bit
too crazy about her,

But somehow,
she's my ideal.

Every fellow
has an ideal,

Somebody he cares for,
and when he cares for
that somebody, why,

Nothing else matters.

It's like... Well, it's
like an ingrown pain.

It starts in the pit
of your stomach

And works on up
to your neck.

Well, that's the way
I feel about Virginia.

I see, biff.

Biff, I saw Virginia
this afternoon,

And she...

There she is now.
Go on, beat it.
Will you beat it?

Ah, hello, there.
Hello, Amy.

Hello.

I thought maybe
you left already.

This is
Josephine Miller.
You know, uh...

Hello.

Say hello
to mister grimes.

Hee hee hee!
That's about all
you can get from her.

Biff, I got a date with
this giggler tonight.

I could use
that 4 bucks.

You know I've
got a date myself.

No, you don't got.

What are you
talking about?

That tells
the whole story.

What story?

Biff, you take it
like I took it.

You know...

At 4:00 this afternoon,
Virginia married
Hugo barnstead.

What?

I shaved him
for the ceremony.

What stopped me from
to cut his throat?

Well, it's
no surprise to me.

They left already
for niagara falls.

Hugo took
a lower sleeper.

No surprise to you?

You mooched 4 bucks
from me for a date with
Virginia, didn't you?

Oh, no.
Not with Virginia.

I had a date with Amy.

You said Virginia.

No, no. I said Amy.

You had soap
in your ears.

What do you suppose
she's all dressed up for?

Why, yes. Biff and I
have a steady date

Every
Wednesday night.

Every Wednesday night?

Then what for all the time
in the barbershop

You always say she got
belfries in the bats?

Oh, no, not Amy.
Virginia.

Nick, I knew all the time
about Virginia and Hugo.

As a matter of fact,
I helped pull it off.

Virginia's a nice girl,
yes, but not for me.

Nick,
if I wanted Virginia,

Do you suppose I'd let
Hugo get away with it?

You know me, Nick.

I take nothing
from nobody.

Biff, if we don't
hurry, why, we'll be
late for the show.

Well, then,
I don't suppose
there's any chance

To get the 4 bucks
back now, huh?

Well, Nick,
you see the situation.

Well, Amy's a nicer girl
than Virginia.

How would you like to
have two more bucks?

All right, Nick.
Thanks.

It's all right.

In Greece, they got
plenty words for you.

Well, nice
to have met you.

Sisters!
Good night.

When he climbs into
that sleeper, I hope
he breaks both his legs.

Oh, biff,
that's not nice.

I bet you knew about it
all the time, too.

I tried to tell you.

What did you come here
for? To laugh at me?

Oh, biff.

You were right, Amy.

About what?

You were
absolutely right.

About what?

You hit the nail
right on the head.

Marriage is a lot
of malarkey.

You meet a girl,
you treat her nicely,

Behave respectably,
and watch your language,
and what does she do?

Runs off and marries
another guy.

You were right.
What is marriage?

Fellow meets a girl,
and they like
each other,

And why
shouldn't they...

You mean...

Yes. Call
a spade a spade.

A spade a spade!

Now, I like you,
and...

You like me
a little, don't you?

Oh, yes, I do,
biff, but...

Well, then, why not?

Let me go.

Let me go!

Let me go!

Well, what is this?
What's the idea?

I've never been so
insulted in my life.

Well, then, what was all
the fancy talk about?

A girl has a right
to talk, hasn't she?

But you said your mother
was an original
bloomer girl.

Oh, no, she wasn't.

I bet your aunt wasn't
even on the stage.

She was so...
In the church play!

I bet you're
all all-around fake.

Bet you never even
smoked a cigarette.

I put them in
my mouth sometimes,
but I never lit them.

I knew it, I knew it,
I knew it!

100% all-around fake.

Oh, stop crying,
will you?

An empty barrel
makes the most noise.

Now, stop crying...

Oh... Amy.

Amy, don't cry.

Will you turn off
the waterworks?

Ha ha! Never even
smoked a cigarette.

Well, now I'll tell
you something.

I never inhale myself.

What do you think
of that? Hmm?

You know,
I want to thank you

For the way
you helped me out
when Nick was here,

Saying we had a date
and everything.

That's all right.

Must be payday.
Schultz's band
is in tune.

You know, Amy, I think
you're a very nice kid.

Really
a very nice kid.

Amy, if I ask you
something, you won't mind?

No.

Sure you won't mind?

Well, I...
I don't think so.

Can I be your steady?

Do you want to?

Yes.

All right.

Then I can call on you?
I mean, at your house?

Oh. Well, biff, I...

I'd like for you to,
but, you see...

Oh, I know, I know.
My reputation.

Oh, no.
It's not yours.

It's...
It's your father's.

Well... Well, then,
I can meet you here

A couple of nights
a week and take you out.

Yes.

But not tonight,
though, huh?

I really don't
feel like it.

Oh, I understand,
biff.

But I can
walk you home.

Thank you.

Well, then it's
understood, huh?

I mean, we've got
an understanding?

Yes.

But no more of this
smoking business,
lit or no lit.

All right.

And no more
of this bloomer and
free everything stuff.

I won't stand for
any of that.

No more.

That's the way
I'm constituted.

Biff...

Would you like
to kiss me?

I hope he stands too
close to the falls,
gets his feet wet,

And catches
a good cold.

That's what I hope.

These look kind of
rough to you, Amy?

For a guy who's going to
graduate in a month,

Not such
a good job, huh?

Oh, I think
it's cute.

It looks
kind of tigerish.

Maybe I can get
the dental rights
at the zoo.

Pop knows a couple
of tammany men.

Oh, as soon as I get
my first paying client,

I'm going to quit
that milk route.

Those hours.

I wish
you'd do it now.

Delivering milk all
night and studying
all afternoon.

Oh, it's only
another month.

You know what we
ought to do tonight?

We really ought to
go to some swell
place for dinner.

Yeah? Why?

Well, it's a kind
of anniversary.

A year
and a half ago,
we were married.

What do you know
about that?

I bet you wouldn't
have remembered.

Oh, biff grimes is too busy
to be bothered with fractions.

How about a kiss
and a half anyway?

In about 20 minutes,
when I'm through here.

You don't have to
come over here.

I'll come over
there to you.

All right, then.

Come in.

Hello, Nick.

Whew! What a day.

Why not you don't
have a telephone?

Next month,
we'll have every
modern convenience.

Won't have to go
outside for a thing.

Won't you sit
down, Nick?

Got no time.
Biff, your old man

Is in a fight down
in big Joe's saloon.

I think you better
go down there.

Who you think?

I'll get my hat.

Is no reason for you
to get into one.

You know me.

Anniversary.

Stay out of here,
and don't come back anymore!

Why...

Well, it's me teeth
responsible for me
troublesome disposition.

Come on.

I should say
you have.

You were out
for almost an hour.

Why do you have to
pick on 3 of them?

A paltry 3.

Biff, me boy,
at gettysburg,

Your father,
who never took
nothing from nobody,

Took on
a whole battalion.

Of course, I didn't
do well there, too,

But that was
when me teeth first
started bothering me.

I think I better
take you over
to my place.

No. Son, you know
the kind of a man I am.

Take me
to Mrs. mulcahey's.

Her husband's
working overtime.

Oh, biff!

Spruce up, pop.
It's Virginia.

Biff grimes,
after all these years!

Hello, Virginia. Gosh,
you look wonderful!

Oh, biff.

But you! Is that
another black eye
or the same one?

Oh, no.
It's a fresh one.

Biff,
you're incorrigible.

I guess so.

Well, what are you
doing around here?

Oh, I don't forget
my old neighborhood
and my old friends

Just because Hugo's
doing so well.

By the way, where's Amy?
What's happened to her?

Oh, nothing much.
She married me.

Only after I
turned her down.

Oh, excuse me.
This is my dad.
Mrs. barnstead.

I'm very happy to
know you, Mr. grimes.

I would so like to see
you and Amy again.

I'm sure Hugo
would, too.

What about tonight?

Oh, I'm so sorry, but
I can't make it tonight.

Those dull dinners
the mayor gives.

But tomorrow night,
why don't you and Amy
have dinner with us?

I don't know...

It'll be
lots of fun.

There's a new dish
the Italian immigrants
just brought over.

Spag... Spaghetti,
I think it's called.

We have a new chef
who makes it.

Please, biff.

Wonderful!
8:00 sharp, then.

18 gramercy park South.

Now, can I drop
you someplace?

Oh, no, thanks.
I'm taking
the uptown trolley.

I only live
a few blocks
from here.

Step in, Mr. grimes.

Thank you
kindly.

Give my love to Amy.
Till tomorrow night.

Bye.

Biff hasn't got
a brain in his head.

I haven't any room for him
in my organization.

You needn't sound
so important.

Besides, you owe
biff something.

Yeah? What makes
you so interested

In biff
all of a sudden?

Amy was one of
my best girlfriends,

And obviously they're
not doing so well.

Yes. Obviously
biff is still
nice-looking.

Oh, you make me tired.

Why don't you pick
your mind up out
of the gutter?

Why should I?
You helped
put it there.

Honey, why can't
you be nice to me
once in a while?

Oh, I often
think about it.

Then I remember
we're married,
so why bother?

You're
so clever, Hugo.

You could find
some use for biff
if you tried.

Well, all right.
I'll try.

Say, I've got just
the spot for a guy who
ain't none too bright.

What?

Vice president.

Thanks, dear.

There's
only one chandelier

Like that in this town,
and that one's it!

Cost me a small
fortune, too.

And these chairs,
they were ordered
for a millionaire,

But I offered
the firm more,

So now you're
sitting in them.

These are all
hand paintings by
an Italian master.

Uh... Giovanni
boccigaloop califano.

He's quite a fellow
over there.

By the way, when we
were in London,
we heard caruso.

He's got
a mighty fine voice...

That is, if you
can understand
the language.

I just can't
get over that
electric light.

Isn't it dangerous?

Not if you pay
the bills.
Ha ha ha!

Well, my father
and his father before him

Got along all right
with gaslight.

Yeah.

Virginia,
I think that's

The most
beautiful dress
I've ever seen.

They do have
lovely things in Paris.

I wanted to buy
every dress there.

Why, I thought
you did, dear.

Your dress is
beautiful, too, dear.

Oh, don't you
recognize it?

I made it over from
that old blue one

You used to
like so much.

Oh, I do wish I could
make my own clothes.

Well, next Saturday,
you go down to
seagle and coopers

And get the best
dress they have.

That'll be nice.

Get 2 or 3.

Yes, dear.

Anything the French can
do, we can do better.

I know
I must sound awful

Saying everything
is so wonderful,

But I've never
tasted such
delicious soup.

What is it?

Well, that was silly.
We should have gone
down there to eat it.

Ah, this must be
the spaghetti.

Spaghetti
a LA giuseppe.

Well, what...

Where did I get
the idea it would
look like steak?

You've got to hand it
to these Italians when
it comes to cooking.

Oh, I don't know
about that.

Anything
they can cook,
we can cook better.

I don't know what's
gotten into him.

He never cared
one way or the other
about foreigners.

Now, everybody,
when you get
your spaghetti,

You take your
fork and spoon

And mix
the stuff up plenty

So that the sauce goes
all the way through it.

Ahem. Oh, yes, dear.

Well, biff, my boy,
this is not entirely
a social visit, you know.

After all, when a man
has risen suddenly and,

If I may say so,
spectacularly to
business prominence...

Before he tells you
the story of his life,

I'd better
break the news to you.

Hugo told me tonight...

Biff, he wants
to take you into
the firm with him.

What?
Are you serious?

Well, after all,
we grew up together.

I promised you once
I'd take care of you,
didn't I?

I'm not the sort of
a man who forgets
his friends.

Now, as to
the spaghetti,

You wind it around
your fork and press
it against your spoon.

Well, uh...
Hugo, I don't
know what to say.

I've been studying
to be a dentist all
these years, and...

All those letters
I've read.

Where are you going
to get pulling teeth?

Listen, I've got
a couple of firms.

I plan to make you
an executive
of one of them.

An executive!

Hugo, I'm not
getting anyplace
with this spaghetti!

Well, maybe it's
the other way around.

Maybe you wrap it
around your spoon

And press it against
your fork.

At first, it wouldn't
pay any more than
you're making now,

But after 6 months
when you've caught on
to the business...

Oop!

It's all right, dear.

I've got a lapful.

Hugo, I don't know
how to thank you.

All I can say is
I'll try.

Whoop!

It's alive!

Look, dear, why don't
we confess to giuseppe

That we don't know how
to eat spaghetti

And ask him how?

You know what a snob
giuseppe is. He'll quit!

Well, maybe if we
show it we're not
afraid of it

And look it
right in the eye...

Oh, come on now,
everybody.

It's really very simple.

You just wrap your spoon
around your fork

And make sure there
are no loose ends.

Now, come on.
Let's try.

It's nothing.

It's really, uh...

Hey, what...

You never can trust
these newfangled
contraptions.

What do you suppose
it is, biff?

Ah, must be a fuse.

Yeah, well,
I got some matches.

I'll light some
candles or something.

Hey, Jenkins,
get me some matches.

Got some over here.

Oh, I told tom Edison
it would never work.

Can I help you?

I had some matches
around here.

I don't know
where I put them.

I'm sorry this
had to happen.

Oh, we had
a lovely time anyway.

Well,
I certainly enjoyed

The ham and eggs
you made, Virginia.

Well, see you at
the office tomorrow.

Hugo, I can hardly
believe it.

Thanks again.

Yes. Ha ha!

Must have crawled
into my pocket.

Yes, they certainly do
get around, don't they?

I'm afraid to look
under my collar.

Well, good night, Amy.
Good night, biff.

Good night, Hugo.

Good night, biff.

Good night,
Virginia.

Good night.

I can't get over it.

This morning,
I was a milkman.

Next month, I was
going to be a dentist,

And tomorrow,
I'm an executive.

And in a little while,

You bet.
When we get to London,
we'll hear caruso sing.

If he can sing for them,
he can sing for us.

You know, that was
very romantic

The way you threw your
arms around my neck
and kissed me.

Me? When?

When the lights
went out.

That wasn't me,
biff.

It wasn't?

Well,
it wasn't giuseppe.

I don't like these.

Get me a new set.

Is that contract
on my desk?

Yes, sir.

Oh, uh... Mr. Reed,
have the afternoon
papers come in yet?

Not yet, Mr. grimes.

Well, I... I guess I'll
have to read this one
all over again.

Ah. Sign these,
will you, biff?

What's in them?

Oh, nothing important.
Just specifications.

Oh, Hugo, for
the past 6 months,

All I've done
is sign papers
I don't understand.

I'm supposed
to be an executive,

Look at my desk.
Not even a letter
on it.

All right. I'll have
Mr. Reed put fresh letters
on it every morning.

I've got to get
something more
to do, Hugo.

I'm going crazy.

What are you
complaining about?

You've got a nice office.

You're learning
the business.

Pretty soon now,
you'll be able

To understand what
you're signing.

In the meantime,
I've got to run over
to the club for lunch.

I'll have some
more papers for you
to sign this afternoon.

Do you mind if,

I run down
to pop's job
and watch him work?

Not at all, not at all.
That's a good idea.

Oh, Mr. barnstead.

Give us that hammer.

Scamper up above there
and see if them timbers
are up there, will you?

Hello, pop.

Biffy, see that
Mrs. mulcahey

And the others

Don't take it
too hard.

Oh, what kind of talk
is this out of you?

You're not dying.

The heck I ain't.

Say, the boys in
the barbershop

Are laying 3-1
you pull through.

I'd take it.

Oh, you know how it is
with us, pop.

We don't take nothing
from nobody,

Especially
a brick wall.

Biff, it's very funny.

My teeth don't
hurt anymore.

Well, maybe it's kind of
lonesome in here for you.

We might have you moved
over to the women's ward.

A man with your influence
in tammany, you know?

Look here, treadway.
You're our attorney.

What can I do?
The building department
check-up shows that

Inferior materials
were used in direct
violation of the law.

D.A.'S acting on it now.

Well, I didn't know
what was in those
specifications.

Hugo just brought them in,
and I just signed them.

Well, I didn't know
what was in them either.

What do I know
about such things?

All I knew, it was
a few cents cheaper.

Of course, your
skirts are clean,
barnstead.

Technically, you're
not an officer in
this corporation.

They can't
do a thing to you.

Huh. Is that so?

Now, just a minute.

Does that mean that
I'm left holding
the bag again?

Oh, no, no, no,
biff.

There's always a way
out of these things.

We'll do
everything we can.
Won't we, treadway?

I'm afraid there's
very little we can do.

Only a few months
till election.

The d.A.'S got to
get convictions.

Just a minute.

All my life, you've
been stepping on me,

And I've been
taking it.

Biff, do you think
I wanted that wall
to cave in?

Do you think
I planned it that way?

Why, I'm just
as broken up about
this as you are.

I don't know
what you wanted.
All I know is...

Grimes in?

Got a warrant from
the d.A.'S office.

Biff knows us.
Just tell him
Matt and Charlie.

I'm afraid
he isn't in.

I'm afraid he is.

We'll take
a look around.

Amy?

Amy?

Amy?

You're going to
come along quietly.
Aren't you, biff?

Hello, Matt.
Hello, Charlie.

Biff, you ran away
from us at the office.

Please don't
try it again.

What do you want?

I'm sorry. We got
to arrest you.

Oh, no, you don't.
I had nothing to
do with that,

And you're not
going to hold me
responsible for it.

If you want me,
you try and take me.

Oh, come on, biff.

Well...

Well, it's, uh...
Very nice of you

To come up here, Matt,

And I certainly
appreciate it.

Hello, Amy.

And I'd be very happy
to accept your offer
as long as you...

What's the matter?

Why, nothing's
the matter. Nothing.

I was just telling
Charlie here that...

Oh, you know Charlie brown
and Matt Hughes.

Hello.

You see, the police department
is holding a clambake,

That is,
it's giving a clambake

Down at coney island
next Wednesday.

Or is it Thursday?

And they've asked me
to act on the committee,

And I was just
telling them that...

Oh, that's
awfully nice.

Yeah, isn't it?

Well, do you boys want me
to go down there now

And start making
the arrangements?

Yes. That might be
a good thing.

All right.

Uh... I'll be back
in a little while, Amy.

All right, biff.

You'll wait for me?

I'll wait.

Biff!

Biff!

Grimes, you're wonderful.

I've always been mortally
afraid of that drilling,

But under your hands,
I didn't feel a thing.

Thank you, warden.

Well, I'm expecting
my diploma almost
any day now.

Open a little wider,
please.

You know, a man of
your ability doesn't
belong in prison.

I think I'll speak
to the governor
about a pardon.

Would you?

Yeah. Makes quite
a nice little hole,
doesn't it?

Hey, what the...

Why, you fool!
You idiot!

No wonder I didn't
feel anything.

You drilled right
through my bridge!

Remember, warden,
I'm only a student.

Get out of here,
you. Get back
to your cell!

That bridge
cost me $100!

This isn't going
to spoil it for
the pardon, is it?

Pardon? I'm going to
put you in solitary
confinement!

Throw him
into the dungeon!

Well, if you need me,
warden, you know
where to find me.

Why, you...

You think biff
like the idea

You move back
to the old
neighborhood?

He didn't say.

He never said very much
in his letters.

It's a funny thing
why he don't want

Nobody should meet
him to the train.

I can understand.

He'll have to
pass by this way.

I'd rather
meet him here.

Well, I go.

Two's company.
Three is too much.

Tell biff I give him
his first haircut
and shave

For nothing, free.

I will, Nick. Thanks.

But for the shampoo,
he have to pay.

Hello, Amy.

Biff.

Yep. It's me.

I, uh...

I was going right
over to the house.

I didn't want
anybody to come

To the station
to meet me.

I know.

You know...

I knew
you'd be here.

I don't know how.
I just knew it.

I got out
at 12:00.

The warden was
a grand guy.

Shook hands with me
and wished me all
kinds of luck.

Amy, are you glad
to see me?

You know I am, biff.

Good to see you,
and good to be back.

5 years.

Seems more like 10.

Biff.

Amy, I want
to thank you...

For all
your goodness
and kindness.

Amy, you all right?

I'm all right.

It's just...

Seeing you again.

I learned
an awful lot
while I was away.

You know, Amy,
there's an awful lot
of good in people

If you just
look for it.

Trouble is, we
don't look for it.

We just go through
life saying,

"I'm all right, and
the other fellow
is all wrong."

I know, biff.

Of course you know.
You've always known.

Schultz?

What is that
they're playing?

Something new,
isn't it?

Let the rest
of the world go by.

Let the rest
of the world go by.

We'll have to let
this neighborhood
go by, Amy.

All right with you?

Wherever you go,
I'll go, biff.

Something worthwhile
is going to happen
for biff grimes.

Biff grimes is going
to be biff grimes.

I know it.

Nothing going to be
too good for him
and his family.

Nothing.

Amy, I love you.

I think you're
the loveliest lady
in the whole world.

I love your hair,
your eyes...

I love you,
too, biff.

Biff, the door.
He's here.

Show him in, Nick.
I'll take care of him.

Now, biff,
keep your temper.

Hugo's an alderman,
a big man.

Has money, position,
everything,
and look at me.

Look at me.

Show him in, Nick.

Why do these things
have to happen to me on
Sunday of all days?

Will
you stop whining
down my neck?

If it isn't one
thing with you,
it's another.

Now, listen, virgie,
you can talk to me

In our own home
any way you want to,

But when we're
in a stranger's...

Aw, shut up!

Biff grimes?

Hello, Hugo.

I did.

You mean you let me
come in here
deliberately?

I have to have
some excitement in
my life, don't I?

Hello, biff.

Say, don't nobody
say hello to me,
Nick pappalas?

Remember, you
used to walk past
my barbershop.

Remember, you
used to walk past
my barbershop.
I'm one of the boys
who whistled.

I'm one of the boys
who whistled.

And today,
after 8 years
with this specimen,

I'd have to do
the whistling.

I used to walk
blocks out of my way

Just to pass
the barbershop

To give the boys
a chance to whistle.

But you
never whistled,
did you, biff?

No. I had too much
respect for you.

Sure. Any other girl
pass by...

He whistled right with
the rest of us.

Remember our first
date in the park?

You and Hugo
couldn't stop
the horse.

It's a funny thing.
My toothache's all gone.

There's no pain at all.

Good-bye, biff.
It's nice to have
seen you again.

Come, dear.
We must get back.

Get into that chair.
Your tooth hurts,
and you know it.

Listen, I ought
to know whether my
tooth hurts or not.

I'm not going to
have you whimpering

Like a sick puppy
all night.

Excuse me a second.
I'll get my jacket.

Uh, take your time,
biff.

There's no hurry.

Still married
to Amy, biff?

Yep.

So, she stuck
to you.

Sure she did.

Good for her.

Well, look at me.
I stuck to Hugo.

Mother,
mother, mother,
pin a rose on me.

You still look in
pretty good shape.

Look at the wreck
of the hesperus
I married.

Do you think it's
only his teeth?

He's only got
one kidney,

And his liver's
on its last legs.

Every doctor
in town knows him
better than I do.

And in
the bargain, he's
a hypochondriac.

Sits up all night
thinking up new
diseases to catch.

Well, I'm not a well man.

This isn't going
to hurt, is it, biff?

I can't guarantee
anything.

Yeah? Well, I think
it would be best
if I took gas.

Just as you like, Hugo.

You know, biff,
I meant to go up there

To see you, to sort of
explain things.

Nothing for you
to explain.

Well, I didn't do
anything wrong.

I mean, my conscience
is clear,

But if an apology
would fix...

Look, Hugo, why don't
you just forget
the whole thing?

You mean, there's
no hard feelings?

Not anymore.
Not a bit of it.

You really
mean that?

Well, say, that's awful
big of you, biff.

Look, Hugo,
before I give
you the gas,

Which tooth is it?

There. That one
right there.

Uh, a little
wider, huh?

What's the idea?
I wanted gas!

I haven't got
anything against
you anymore, Hugo,

But I wouldn't be
quite human if I didn't
take a little revenge.

How much
do I owe you?

You don't
owe me anything.

What's that?

You don't
owe me anything.

I don't understand.

He doesn't understand.

Well, good-bye, biff.

I'd like to stay
and see Amy,

But I wouldn't like her
to see us.

Nick, tell the boys I'm
not the Virginia brush
they whistled at.

I still don't
understand.

You don't understand.
Well, when we get home,

I'll explain
the whole thing
to you with blocks.

Oh, when are you
going to stop heckling?

When you
stop breathing!

For heaven's
sakes, I never...

Did he holler!

I didn't dare
give him gas, Nick.

The temptation
was too great.

You sure
let him off easy.

I was the one
who got off easy.

Ah, funny thing,
Nick.

What?

Me and Hugo.

All my life,
he's been stepping
all over me.

I'm the dope,
he's the wise guy.

He has everything,
I have nothing.

I just realized it.

I'm a happy man.
He's not.

Exactly. Whew!

You remember
what we learned
in Sunday school?

That vengeance is mine,
saith the lord.

You think he takes
a personal interest
in Hugo?

I don't know
who is doing it,
but whoever it is

Is doing
a very good job,

Better than
I could do.

Yeah. I'd better
go home now.

Congranulations,
biff.

Thanks, Nick.

You know, if
I married Virginia,

She would
turn out difference.

Really?

Oh, Nick,
you going?

Yes,
I go home now.

Come back soon.

Thank you
very much.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

Did I hear a patient?

A quick one.

From the yell I heard,
I don't think he'll
be coming back.

I don't
think so either.

You ready to go out?

Yep.

Get your hat.

Amy...

What's the matter,
biff?

You know, I think
you're very sweet

And very beautiful,

And I love you
very much.

Oh, biff, do you
feel all right?

I feel wonderful,
and I haven't had a drink,

But I haven't told you
this often enough.

Do you know what
you mean to me?

That's not
the band played on.

No, it isn't.

What do they want
to do that for?

I love that song.

I'll bet those
college boobs
made him change it.

You go get my hat,
and I'll be out
in front in a minute.

Now, biff!

Now, just one minute.

Hey, you!
The band played on!

What's the matter now?

I want
the band played on.

Oh, you do?
Well, we're tired of it.

I want to tell
you something.

I'm awful
tired of you.

Oh. Tired of
all of us?

Every single
one of you.

Let's see, what
was I telling you?

Oh, Amy.

Look at you!

What, you mean this?
Oh, that's nothing.

You ought to see
the other fellow.

Listen.

Biff.

Now, let me see...

What was I starting
to tell you?

I got something
to tell you.

You mean...

Exactly.

Oh, Hugo!

Hugo!

Biff, right out
here on the street!

When I want
to kiss my wife,

I'll kiss
her anytime,
anyplace, anywhere.

That's the kind
of a hairpin I am.