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00:00:20Everybody loves a baby, and it might as well be a pretty baby.
00:00:33Pretty baby, pretty baby.
00:01:05I'd like to be your sister, brother, dad, and mother too, pretty baby.
00:01:39I'd like to be your sister, brother.
00:01:45Hey! Hey, you!
00:01:59Hey, come here a minute, will you?
00:02:02Were you addressing me?
00:02:04Yeah. Is this Humminbird Hill up here?
00:02:06That is the name of this community, yes.
00:02:08I'm trying to find 21 Carver's Lane. They phone for a cab.
00:02:12Oh, someone going away?
00:02:14Well, how would I know? They want a cab, that's all. You know where it is?
00:02:17I do. You continue on and turn left into the first street, and this is the fourth house on the
00:02:22right.
00:02:22Thanks, buddy.
00:02:23You are entirely welcome.
00:02:30Hey, you mind telling me what you're doing with that feather?
00:02:33I am cross-pollinating a specimen of the family Iredacea.
00:02:37Come again?
00:02:38I am trying to develop a new strain of iris. I breed them.
00:02:42No kidding! You mean like some guys breed Cocker Spaniels?
00:02:46The principal, believe it or not, is identical.
00:02:55Clarence!
00:02:56Yes, Mother?
00:02:57What did that taxi man want?
00:02:59He's looking for 21 Carver's Lane, Mother.
00:03:02What on earth do the Harry Kings need a cab for?
00:03:05I don't know, Mother.
00:03:07Well, why didn't you ask him?
00:03:09I did, but he doesn't know either, Mother.
00:03:12Oh, you never find out anything.
00:03:16Better drink it now before it gets cold.
00:03:19Never mind the milk.
00:03:20Wheel me over to that other window.
00:03:22Quickly.
00:03:26Careful now.
00:03:27Hurry, hurry.
00:03:50Henry!
00:03:51Henry!
00:03:54Henry!
00:03:54Henry!
00:03:55Henry!
00:03:56Henry!
00:03:57Henry!
00:03:57Henry!
00:03:57Come on, Dad!
00:03:58Hey!
00:03:59Get this dog off of me!
00:04:01Get him off!
00:04:02He's a watchdog.
00:04:03He's supposed to bite strangers.
00:04:05It's all right.
00:04:06He won't hurt you.
00:04:07Come on, Henry.
00:04:08What's the matter?
00:04:08Don't you like dogs?
00:04:10Help!
00:04:13Yes?
00:04:15Roddy, will you please stop crying?
00:04:17He sent for a cab, lady.
00:04:18I'm afraid you come to the wrong house.
00:04:20I didn't phone for a cab.
00:04:22Roddy, will you please stop?
00:04:24Well, this is number 21.
00:04:25Somebody from here phoned for a cab.
00:04:27I'm sorry, but there must be some mistake.
00:04:29There's no mistake, Mrs. King.
00:04:32I phoned for a cab.
00:04:34Really, Mrs. Maypole, I don't quite understand.
00:04:37There's nothing to understand.
00:04:38I'm quitting, that's all, and right now.
00:04:40But you can't.
00:04:41You just can't walk out without...
00:04:42That's what you think.
00:04:43Want I should put him in the cab?
00:04:44Yes, you can get by them kids and that awful dog
00:04:46without getting them smashed.
00:04:48Now, Mrs. Maypole, I don't know what's upset you.
00:04:50Oh, you don't, huh?
00:04:51Well, I'll tell you.
00:04:52It's them three kids of yours that's upset me
00:04:54and that horrible dog.
00:04:56Upset me?
00:04:57They've driven me nuts.
00:04:58I'll never take another job again anywhere
00:05:01where they have kids or pets, so help me.
00:05:03We had three children and a dog, Mrs. Maypole, when you came.
00:05:06We didn't spring them on you unexpectedly.
00:05:08I know.
00:05:09I should have my head examined.
00:05:11Good day, Mrs. King.
00:05:12You can mail me them two days I got coming.
00:05:19Don't worry, Mom.
00:05:21She was a pain in the neck.
00:05:23She couldn't cook good either.
00:05:25You're a much better cook, Mom.
00:05:37Hello.
00:05:38Oh, good morning, Mrs. King.
00:05:39Just a moment, please.
00:05:42Your wife, Mr. King, on two.
00:05:44All right.
00:05:47Hello, honey.
00:05:49Say, Mr. Hammond wants us to...
00:05:52What?
00:05:54She didn't.
00:05:56Why, the old bag.
00:05:58The maid quit.
00:05:59It's just Bill.
00:06:00It's all right.
00:06:01You can talk.
00:06:02What?
00:06:03What?
00:06:04I said, in a way, I'm glad to get rid of her.
00:06:06All she did was guzzle beer all day.
00:06:09What?
00:06:10Tonight?
00:06:12But how can we?
00:06:14Who'll stay with the children?
00:06:15Well, you'll just have to get a babysitter.
00:06:18I've told you, Mr. Hammond wants you and me and Bill and Edna to come for dinner tonight.
00:06:22I don't know.
00:06:24Yeah.
00:06:25Tell her Edna raise a steak, too.
00:06:27But she's going to find a sitter or else...
00:06:30But it...
00:06:31Honey, I can't argue with you.
00:06:34Now I'm due in court.
00:06:35I'll see you later.
00:06:36And start phoning sitters.
00:06:38Well, okay, I'll try.
00:06:41Bye.
00:06:49Oh, Roddy, for heaven's sake.
00:06:52Oh, my God!
00:06:56Oh, let's go.
00:07:02Oh, my God!
00:07:04Oh, my God!
00:07:10Oh, my God!
00:07:28Hi, Pop. Hi.
00:07:30Hiya, fellas.
00:07:33Henry, get off of me.
00:07:35Get off.
00:07:37Get away.
00:07:41Hot enough for you, Pop?
00:07:43Hey, can't you kids train that big ox not to jump on people?
00:07:46He's glad to see you.
00:07:47Oh, he's glad to see everybody.
00:07:49What you got?
00:07:49Ice cream. Oh, boy.
00:07:51That's super.
00:07:55Henry, leave that catamom.
00:07:56Henry, Henry, come back here.
00:08:00Henry, come back here.
00:08:01Henry, come back here.
00:08:04Hi.
00:08:05Hello, kiddo.
00:08:06I bring you the stuff, like you say.
00:08:09Tronberry ice cream, chocolate cookies,
00:08:12ginger ale,
00:08:13Cartagena's cheeses, okay?
00:08:15Thanks, honey.
00:08:16Say, lady, before your hosaburn comes home,
00:08:20how about a little cheese, huh?
00:08:25You picked a fine time to be funny.
00:08:27Oh, don't worry, honey.
00:08:28You'll find another maid.
00:08:30No, I'm not even going to try.
00:08:32La Maypole was a horrible extravagance.
00:08:34We just can't afford a maid right now, you know that.
00:08:37Unless, of course, you got that raise.
00:08:40Did you?
00:08:41No.
00:08:43But being invited to the boss's house for dinner is a hopeful sign.
00:08:47Who'd you get for a sitter?
00:08:49I didn't.
00:08:49And I phoned at least 15 of the little darlings.
00:08:52Oh, well, we've still got time.
00:08:54I'll get busy on it while you feed the kids.
00:08:56Oh, you have better luck than I did.
00:08:59Hello?
00:09:00May I speak with Dorothy, please?
00:09:04Oh, I see.
00:09:09Well, the kids are put away for the night, thank goodness.
00:09:13It's so silly dressing to go over there.
00:09:15Just the six of us.
00:09:17The Hammonds always dress for dinner.
00:09:19They would.
00:09:22You might as well give up.
00:09:24You're not going to get anybody at this hour.
00:09:27Hello?
00:09:29Hello, Agnes.
00:09:30So glad I caught you in.
00:09:33Now, this is Mr. King.
00:09:34I was just wondering if you...
00:09:37Oh, I see.
00:09:39Well, can't you go bowling some other night?
00:09:42Oh, no.
00:09:43Sure, I understand.
00:09:45Goodbye.
00:09:49Don't you think you'd just better call Mr. Hammond
00:09:51and say that you can't get anybody?
00:09:53And get fired for disobeying the royal command?
00:09:55And why not?
00:09:57The sooner you start out on your own
00:09:58and stop letting Mr. Hammond kick you around,
00:10:01the better I like it.
00:10:03Look, my love, for the last time,
00:10:05there's more to starting a law practice
00:10:07than just hanging out a shingle.
00:10:09You have to make contacts.
00:10:10Take it by degrees.
00:10:12The only way you can do that
00:10:13is with an established outfit.
00:10:15You know I'm right, don't you?
00:10:16I know you're a lot smarter than Mr. Hammond thinks you are.
00:10:21Oh, what about that old duck we had a couple of months ago?
00:10:23The one with the ward on her nose?
00:10:25Too late, darling.
00:10:26Edna got her.
00:10:28Oh.
00:10:30Hello, is this Mrs. Phillips?
00:10:32Good evening.
00:10:33This is Mr. King.
00:10:35Could I talk to Mabel, please?
00:10:37Yeah, you see? She's in.
00:10:39Oh, Mabel!
00:10:40Yes, Mother?
00:10:44Mr. King on the phone.
00:10:45I guess he wants you to sit with his kids.
00:10:47Not me.
00:10:48Not while I'm conscious.
00:10:50Not those kids.
00:10:51Tell him I dropped dead.
00:10:55Hello?
00:10:56Yes, I heard Mrs. Phillips.
00:10:58She just dropped dead.
00:11:02Fresh out of names, dear, or fresh out of charm?
00:11:08Well, we can always try Ginger.
00:11:10Oh, no you don't.
00:11:11Why?
00:11:12What's wrong with Ginger?
00:11:13Well, in the first place she's a nitwit,
00:11:15and in the second place she's got a silly, idiotic crush on you.
00:11:19Oh, stop it, will you?
00:11:21Don't act so innocent.
00:11:23The last time she was here she tried to hold hands with you right under my very nose.
00:11:27Can I help it if I'm irresistible to women?
00:11:30Of course not, dear.
00:11:33Well, okay.
00:11:35Oh, all right, go ahead and call her.
00:11:38Personally, I think you've got a crush on her.
00:11:41A child of 16?
00:11:56Gosh, Mr. King, I'm so glad you called.
00:11:59I just adore sitting with those darling children.
00:12:02Good. That's a break for us.
00:12:04You know, I had several other calls tonight to sit, but I turned them all down because I just hoped
00:12:10and prayed that you would call.
00:12:12Gosh, you look so sharp in your tux.
00:12:16Gosh.
00:12:18I just did a new paint job on my nails.
00:12:21Like them, Mr. King?
00:12:22Yes, fine.
00:12:24I'm using a new perfume, too.
00:12:26It's called Nuit d'amour.
00:12:29That's French.
00:12:30Oh.
00:12:31Means night of love.
00:12:33Like it?
00:12:35Yes, King.
00:12:40Well, good night, Ginger. The children are all sound asleep.
00:12:43But if you should need me, I left the Hammond's phone number there on the desk.
00:12:46Oh, yes. Here it is, Ginger.
00:12:48Oh, thank you, Mr. King.
00:12:50Have a nice time.
00:12:52Yes, Ginger. We will.
00:12:55Well, you don't mind if I make a few phone calls, do you?
00:12:58The person gets so bored just sitting.
00:13:00All right, Ginger, but please don't stay on the phone all the time.
00:13:04And remember that the children are asleep.
00:13:06I will.
00:13:07Good night, Ginger.
00:13:08Good night.
00:13:13She's so cute.
00:13:15Are you quite sure you wouldn't like to stay home and sit with her, dear?
00:13:24Well, what brought that on?
00:13:26It's that perfume of Ginger's.
00:13:29Brings out the beast in me.
00:13:30Oh, stop.
00:13:33Five and six and eleven.
00:13:35Carry one.
00:13:38We'd have a little more gin this evening and less rummy.
00:13:40Yes, it wouldn't have been quite so gruesome.
00:13:43Why, Edna, how you talk.
00:13:45We ought to be honored that the Hammond's invited us over.
00:13:48Fight down, will you?
00:13:50You two broke even, but the Hammond's lost $5.20 to us.
00:13:54Lost?
00:13:55Look here, pal, the Hammond's better win.
00:13:58That is, if you expect to get that raise.
00:14:01And so I said to the woman, you couldn't possibly find a better lawyer than Mr. Hammond.
00:14:06Well, Harry, figure the score. What's the bad news?
00:14:09Good news, sir. You and Mrs. Hammond are the only winners. $5.20.
00:14:13Aha, you see, concentration and memory. Qualities which you two young fellows would do well to acquire.
00:14:19Yes, sir. You won $1.20 from us and $4 from the Philbies.
00:14:24Good, good.
00:14:25I should say it is. We never win.
00:14:30Why, who on earth could that be at this hour?
00:14:32I'll go, dear.
00:14:34You take cream and sugar, don't you, Casey?
00:14:36No, black.
00:14:40How do you do, Horatio?
00:14:41Why, hello, Clarence. Come in, come in.
00:14:44I think this is rather late for a social call, but I found a letter in my mailbox intended for
00:14:48you, Horatio.
00:14:49And as I happened to be passing, I thought, good evening, Martha.
00:14:53Hello, Clarence.
00:14:54How do you do? Good evening.
00:14:55How do you do?
00:14:56Ah, here we are.
00:14:57I cannot think how the mailman could have been so careless.
00:15:00Oh, I'm very sorry, but I'm afraid I opened it before I realized.
00:15:04Of course, I didn't read it.
00:15:05Thank you, Clarence.
00:15:06Anything important, dear?
00:15:07No, no, just a circular.
00:15:09Won't you join us in a cup of coffee, Clarence, and a sandwich?
00:15:12Oh, do. There's more than a plenty.
00:15:13Well, I really should be getting back to Mother, but perhaps I could stay for just a snack.
00:15:17Of course you can. She'll be all right.
00:15:20You take sugar dough to Clara.
00:15:21Three lumps, please.
00:15:24How are all the little irises coming along, Mr. Appleton?
00:15:29I must confess I'm quite surprised to find you and your wife here, Mr. King.
00:15:33Why?
00:15:34I just strolled past your house and I felt sure you would be at your own party.
00:15:40Party?
00:15:41Not at our house.
00:15:42Oh, yes, indeed.
00:15:43The house was blazing with lights and I could hear the music halfway down the block.
00:15:46And as I went by, I saw your guests dancing.
00:15:51You and your ginger.
00:15:55You and your ginger.
00:16:12Oh, hello.
00:16:17We, uh, we didn't think you'd be back so soon.
00:16:21So it appears.
00:16:22Hi, Pop.
00:16:24We even want you to dance.
00:16:27You kids run upstairs to bed. Go ahead. Hurry up.
00:16:30The idea of letting the baby out of bed at this hour. Are you out of your mind?
00:16:34Gosh, Mrs. King, I hope you're not sore just because I invited a few friends.
00:16:38Golly, a person go absolutely mad with nothing to do but sit.
00:16:41If I were your mother, which heaven forbid, I'd make it extremely painful for you to sit for the next
00:16:46few days.
00:16:48Look, Ginger, I think you'd better have your friends.
00:16:50Gosh, Mr. King, I feel so sorry for you.
00:16:54She has a terrible disposition, hasn't she?
00:17:05Ooh.
00:17:20Well?
00:17:21Oh.
00:17:21What do you want?
00:17:22Good morning, Mr. Taylor.
00:17:24I was just admiring your bed of black iris.
00:17:26You keep away from my iris.
00:17:28I haven't forgotten yet what you said about me and that girl from the florist shop.
00:17:31I merely said...
00:17:32Just merely keep your mouth shut.
00:17:35Well...
00:17:45Oh, good morning, Mr. McPherson.
00:17:48Must have been quite a party you had last night.
00:17:50Would you like a list of the guests who got cockeyed?
00:17:52Or have you already got it?
00:17:54There's no need to be unpleasant. I merely made a friendly observation.
00:17:57Well, make it someplace else.
00:17:58Twelve and a few機, I talk to the²d or bad news explet.
00:18:22Why are you tickling that flower?
00:18:25Yeah, why?
00:18:25I am not tickling it, little boy. I am gathering...
00:18:29Just run along and don't bother me. I have your mother's permission.
00:18:32We won't bother you. Tell us what you're doing.
00:18:35Have you boys ever watched a bumblebee flitting from flower to flower?
00:18:38Sure.
00:18:39Well, I am doing just what the bumblebee does.
00:18:42Gosh! Can you sting, too?
00:18:45Run away and play.
00:18:49Divided?
00:18:49It isn't upstairs.
00:18:50Oh, what did I do with that thing? Oh, there it is.
00:19:00What the devil is he doing?
00:19:03Seems we have a very healthy male iris.
00:19:05And he asked if he could have some pollen so he could breed it to one of his.
00:19:10Well, I'll charge him a stud fee.
00:19:12Goodbye, honey.
00:19:15Oh, good morning, John.
00:19:17Good morning.
00:19:17I'm going in. I'll save you a trip.
00:19:19I'm okay.
00:19:23Anything interesting, Mr. Captain?
00:19:24Oh, good morning, Mr. and Mrs. King.
00:19:26The mailman asked me to hand these to you.
00:19:30Did you get all the pollen you needed?
00:19:33Why, yes. I believe it may produce a fascinating hybrid.
00:19:36Glad to hear it.
00:19:37Well, goodbye, Mr. King.
00:19:39Don't forget, we're entitled to the pick of the litter.
00:19:43Harry, come here quick. I've got an answer.
00:19:46Answer to what?
00:19:47My ad.
00:19:48Huh?
00:19:48Darling, I didn't want to tell you, but after that ginger episode, I put an ad in the Saturday Review
00:19:52and I've got a wonderful answer.
00:19:54Ad for what?
00:19:55A babysitter, darling. A resident babysitter.
00:19:58Oh, you're crazy.
00:19:59I knew you'd say that. That's why I didn't tell you.
00:20:01Listen to what I put in.
00:20:03Somewhere, there must be a struggling young person who would welcome a delightful room, private bath, full board, in exchange
00:20:09for sitting with three adorable children evenings and some lighthouse work.
00:20:13Congenial cultured atmosphere.
00:20:15Write fully.
00:20:15Box 2301.
00:20:18Aren't you stretching things a bit, calling our three adorable?
00:20:21Well, anyway, it seems to have snared her. This is her answer.
00:20:24Dear sir or madam, if not too late, I wish to apply for the position you advertised.
00:20:29I am engaged in a form of work which makes me indifferent to my surroundings, providing I have a place
00:20:34in which I can find solitude.
00:20:36I have studied psychology and am perfectly competent to handle children of all ages with efficiency and dispatch.
00:20:43Yours sincerely, Lynn Belvedere.
00:20:45Don't you think she sounds marvelous?
00:20:48Well, she writes a short business-like letter, yes, but what do we know about her?
00:20:52Well, anyway, I'm going to follow this up.
00:20:54Okay, go ahead. What can you lose?
00:20:57See you tonight.
00:20:58Bye, honey.
00:21:12That looks good.
00:21:14Quit that.
00:21:15Did you get it out?
00:21:16Sure, it hardly shows now.
00:21:18If you kids let that dog in this house again, I'll wallop both of you.
00:21:21Okay, okay.
00:21:25Stacy?
00:21:31Hey, where is everybody?
00:21:33We're up in the maid's room. Come on up.
00:21:36I can't. There's a chair in a way.
00:21:38I know. It's stuck. Don't be so helpless. Climb over it.
00:21:53Tony, will you leave that alone?
00:21:57Look, boys, will you go downstairs and bring me up that thing I told you?
00:22:00Okay.
00:22:01Hi.
00:22:02Hello.
00:22:03Hi, Pop.
00:22:03Hello.
00:22:04Hello, darling.
00:22:05Hi. Do you have a nice earthquake?
00:22:07Oh, we've been as busy as little beavers.
00:22:09Mm-hmm.
00:22:10Isn't it wonderful? She's coming.
00:22:12Who?
00:22:13Miss Belvedere.
00:22:14Huh?
00:22:15The babysitter who wrote this morning.
00:22:17I decided not to waste another moment,
00:22:19so I sent her a long straight wire giving her all the dope,
00:22:22and she wired back and I wired again, and this is what I got.
00:22:25Conditions acceptable.
00:22:26Arriving 935 tonight, Union Depot, Lynn Belvedere.
00:22:31Hey, Mom! Pop! Give us a hand!
00:22:33Come on, make yourself useful.
00:22:34Hurry up! This thing's heavy!
00:22:36Mine too!
00:22:39All right, boys, put them down until Daddy moves the chair.
00:22:42You mind telling Daddy where his favorite chair's going?
00:22:45Well, darling, she does have to have something comfortable to sit on.
00:22:49And you're taking Nero up so she'll have an intellectual to talk to.
00:22:52Right.
00:22:53In my ad, I said that ours was a cultured, educated background.
00:22:57It won't do the girl any harm to find out that at least I used to be a sculptor.
00:23:01Yes, dear.
00:23:02Besides, that'll take the curse off my being a low, uncool, struggling attorney.
00:23:06Mm-hmm.
00:23:07Come here.
00:23:08But you are struggling very intelligently right now.
00:23:10It won't work, darling.
00:23:12I tried it for hours.
00:23:14Stop giving orders and push.
00:23:15I'll get this thing out of here.
00:23:17You kids get back out of the way.
00:23:19Go on over there.
00:23:20Now, one great big push.
00:23:23Oh!
00:23:25Hey!
00:23:27Do something, will it?
00:23:31I can't imagine what's keeping them.
00:23:33Well, maybe the train was late.
00:23:34They usually are.
00:23:35Edna, would you pick those cushions up for me?
00:23:37I told those kids to stay out of there.
00:23:42Hello?
00:23:44Oh, Bill, it's you.
00:23:45Yes, she's here.
00:23:46Edna, it's Bill.
00:23:47Oh.
00:23:50Hello, sweetie.
00:23:53Nope.
00:23:53No sign of them yet.
00:23:54We're beginning to suspect that Harry took her to a cocktail bar to get her plastered first.
00:23:59Well, don't stay over there too late.
00:24:00I have to get an early start in the morning.
00:24:02Yes, I'll be home the minute she arrives with a blow-by-blow description.
00:24:05Goodbye.
00:24:07Well, maybe that's them.
00:24:08But it can't be.
00:24:10Harry's got his key.
00:24:15Yes?
00:24:16Mrs. King.
00:24:17Mrs. Harry King.
00:24:18Yes.
00:24:19Good evening.
00:24:20I am Lynn Belvedere.
00:24:23You're who?
00:24:25Lynn Belvedere.
00:24:28But...
00:24:30But you can't be.
00:24:32Why not?
00:24:32Have you ever seen me before?
00:24:34No.
00:24:35No.
00:24:36No, of course I haven't.
00:24:37Very well, then.
00:24:41How do you do?
00:24:42Edna, this man claims that he's Lynn Belvedere.
00:24:45No.
00:24:46Edna, please.
00:24:48I'm sorry.
00:24:49This is my friend, Mrs. Philby.
00:24:51Oh, she doesn't live here.
00:24:54Delighted.
00:24:56This is quite a shock, you see.
00:24:58Well, we weren't expecting a...
00:25:01Well, I naturally thought you were a woman.
00:25:04You know.
00:25:05Your advertisement, of which I have a copy here, made no mention of sex.
00:25:11Possibly not, but it was obviously implied.
00:25:13I advertised for someone to help with the housework and sit with my children.
00:25:18Mrs. King, I happen to dislike all children intensely.
00:25:22But I assure you that I can readily attend to their necessary, though unpleasant, wants.
00:25:31Sorry.
00:25:31I've just had a long and very trying journey in a day coach.
00:25:35May I see my room?
00:25:39Well, I...
00:25:41Now, look here, Mr. Belvedere.
00:25:42You're obviously here under false pretenses.
00:25:44To the contrary.
00:25:45If some young female arrived, calling herself Lynn Belvedere, she would be here under false pretenses.
00:25:50May I please see my room?
00:25:53But... but my husband isn't home yet, and I don't quite...
00:25:55That, if I may say so, is a matter of complete indifference to me.
00:25:58I take it that you are not retaining my services to sit with him.
00:26:02Now, may I see my room?
00:26:05Why... well...
00:26:06I guess so.
00:26:09Oh...
00:26:10It's upstairs.
00:26:12Good evening.
00:26:20Oh, boys!
00:26:22What are you doing up now?
00:26:23Now go back to sleep.
00:26:24Is he a babysitter?
00:26:26Gee whiz.
00:26:28Never mind now.
00:26:29Go to bed.
00:26:30Oh, uh...
00:26:31These are my sons, Larry and... and Tony, and the...
00:26:34Baby's asleep.
00:26:36Mom?
00:26:37Why is it a man?
00:26:40Uh...
00:26:40You see, Mr. Belvedere, they also thought that you were going to be, uh...
00:26:44Well, anyway, they seem to be quite fascinated by you.
00:26:48The fascination, I assure you, is not mutual.
00:26:51Which way, please?
00:26:54Go to bed.
00:27:01Gee whiz.
00:27:08We, uh...
00:27:09Tried to fix it up as nicely as we could.
00:27:11I...
00:27:12I hope you like it.
00:27:15After the obvious eliminations have been made, I believe it will be entirely satisfactory.
00:27:29For my work, I require an atmosphere of spartan simplicity.
00:27:34And may I ask what your profession is?
00:27:36Certainly.
00:27:37I am a genius.
00:27:45Satisfactory?
00:27:46Eminently.
00:27:47Eminently.
00:27:47As far as I can judge.
00:27:50At the moment.
00:27:55With this exception.
00:27:58I'll change it.
00:28:10Oh, brother.
00:28:12What am I going to do?
00:28:14Oh, it's Harry.
00:28:17Oh.
00:28:18Hello, dear.
00:28:20You back?
00:28:21Back?
00:28:21You and your cockeyed classified ad.
00:28:24She never even showed up.
00:28:25I hung her on the station until a porter practically threw me out.
00:28:28Darling, I've got something to tell you.
00:28:31Uh...
00:28:32While you were gone...
00:28:34What's so funny?
00:28:36Come on.
00:28:37Tell them.
00:28:38Tell them.
00:28:39What?
00:28:42I'm afraid to.
00:28:43He's killing me.
00:28:44Oh, shut up.
00:28:47Before I retire for the night, may I inquire what time you serve breakfast?
00:28:53Um...
00:28:54About 7.30.
00:28:56Usually.
00:28:58Perhaps I should tell you I'm a vegetarian.
00:29:01I like fruit juice, coffee, and thinly sliced gluten bread.
00:29:04Toasted.
00:29:07I'll try to remember.
00:29:10Good night.
00:29:13Who in the heck was that?
00:29:16That, darling, is Lynn Belvedere.
00:29:19Huh?
00:29:29Now, Larry, that's enough sugar.
00:29:31Oh, Mom.
00:29:32Do you want to get another toothache?
00:29:35Harry, will you please put down that paper and talk to me?
00:29:38What are we going to do about Mr. Belvedere?
00:29:41Very simple.
00:29:42As soon as he deigns to join us for breakfast, I'm going to kick him out right on his ear.
00:29:46I guess you're right.
00:29:48But you'll have to tell him.
00:29:49He scares me.
00:29:51I think he's kind of cute.
00:29:53Me too.
00:29:54Well, I don't.
00:29:55Genius or no genius, I'm going up in town to get down here to breakfast.
00:29:58I'll go with you.
00:29:59Now, you boys sit down and finish your breakfast.
00:30:10Ronnie, they're crying out loud!
00:30:21Well, he's got a nerve.
00:30:24Well, what's the difference?
00:30:25He's going anyway.
00:30:32It's not a sound.
00:30:33He's probably still asleep.
00:30:36Mr. Belvedere!
00:30:39Maybe he's gone.
00:30:41I hope so.
00:30:57Good morning.
00:30:59Oh, we're sorry to dash in on you like this, but we did knock.
00:31:04I don't doubt it, Mrs. King.
00:31:05When I practice my yoga, I'm completely out of this world.
00:31:08I neither see nor hear a thing.
00:31:10I take your breakfast is ready.
00:31:11Yes.
00:31:12And the sooner you come down, the sooner we can...
00:31:14I'll be with you in a minute, Mr. King.
00:31:18Now, look here, you.
00:31:21I'm not...
00:31:22It's no use, dear.
00:31:24He's out of this world.
00:31:25He told you.
00:31:26Oh, that's so silly.
00:31:30I never heard of such thing.
00:31:35Weird.
00:31:40Don't do that, little boy.
00:31:44Leave Mr. Belvedere alone, darling.
00:31:47You should be flattered.
00:31:49He hates strangers as a rule.
00:31:54Now, look here, Mr. Belvedere.
00:31:56A joke is a joke, but this can't go on.
00:31:59And why not, Mr. King?
00:32:01I am perfectly willing to carry out my end of our agreement.
00:32:04I see no reason why you should have fought on yours.
00:32:06But it's obviously impossible.
00:32:08You couldn't do the things we require.
00:32:10For instance, could you, uh, bathe Roddy?
00:32:12For many years, I have successfully bathed individuals of all ages and sexes,
00:32:16and I've never had any complaints.
00:32:22Oh, baby, can you hear me?
00:32:24Don't do that again.
00:32:26That's enough, Roddy.
00:32:27Now, stop it, stop it.
00:32:29My wife tells me that, uh, you're a genius.
00:32:32That is correct.
00:32:35Well, if I'm not too inquisitive, do you mind telling me what form it takes?
00:32:40I am, in my way, a philosopher.
00:32:43Oh, I see.
00:32:44You just sit and think.
00:32:49Mr. King, if more people just sat and thought,
00:32:52the world might not be in the stinking mess that it is.
00:32:56Well, maybe you've got something there.
00:32:59But, uh, Mr. Belvedere, can you really handle children?
00:33:03Amen.
00:33:04Mrs. King, as I told you last night, I dislike children intensely,
00:33:07and yours, if I may say so, have peculiarly repulsive habits and manners.
00:33:12However, I assure you that I can cope with them successfully,
00:33:15give them a free hand, gesundheit.
00:33:19Well, I'd better get out of the office.
00:33:20So long, kids, I'll see you tonight.
00:33:22Bye, Pop.
00:33:23Bye.
00:33:24Walk out the car, anyway.
00:33:26Oh, excuse me.
00:33:27Seven, eight.
00:33:30You will remain seated.
00:33:35Now, eat your breakfast.
00:33:36And chew each mouthful twenty-eight times.
00:33:40Not twenty, mind you, or twenty-six,
00:33:42but twenty-eight times.
00:33:53Well, I don't know.
00:33:55What do you think?
00:33:56Should we give the guy a whirl for a day or two?
00:33:58We can try.
00:34:00At least the children seem to like him.
00:34:06What's the matter?
00:34:07What happened?
00:34:08Why, Marty?
00:34:09Mrs. King, throughout this grisly meal, your son has been pelting me with cereal.
00:34:14I have taught him an object lesson, and as you will observe, he doesn't like it.
00:34:18I guarantee that he will never throw cereal at me or anyone else again, ever.
00:34:25Mr. Belvedere, consider yourself higher.
00:34:28He's done that to me, too.
00:34:30You've got something.
00:34:31I couldn't agree with you more, Mr. King.
00:34:33You might even say I have everything.
00:34:42Look, Larry, I'm up.
00:34:54Hi.
00:34:55What goes with you two?
00:34:57Mr. Belvedere taught us.
00:34:58It's Yogi.
00:34:59Bill Brown.
00:35:00He says it relaxes you.
00:35:03Well, just be careful you don't relax so much you break your necks.
00:35:06We won't.
00:35:15Hi, baby. Everything under control?
00:35:16Hello, darling.
00:35:18Oh, Harry, he's wonderful. Terrific.
00:35:20He must be. He's already got the kids out there standing on a hill.
00:35:23They love him. They've been as good as gold all day.
00:35:25No kidding?
00:35:26They ate their lunch without a single argument.
00:35:28He gave Roddy a bath and there wasn't a peep out of him.
00:35:30And look, the icebox.
00:35:32He's fixed it. It's been on the blink for days.
00:35:35Well, I'll be...
00:35:44What's the matter with Henry? Is he sick?
00:35:46No, darling.
00:35:48It seems that Mr. Belvedere used to be a dog trainer or something and he had a long talk with
00:35:52Henry this morning and ever since, Henry has been quiet as a mouse.
00:35:55Isn't it wonderful?
00:35:56Sounds like a treasure.
00:35:57Oh, he is.
00:35:58And in addition to everything else, he makes the most divine combination salad you've ever tasted.
00:36:04Looks delicious.
00:36:06There's just one thing. He's sort of mysterious.
00:36:10What do you mean?
00:36:11Well, three times today when he finished his chores, he went upstairs and locked himself in his room.
00:36:16I heard the lock click. I went up and listened, but I couldn't hear a sound.
00:36:20What do you suppose he does up there?
00:36:24Maybe he stands on his head. That doesn't make much noise.
00:36:26Oh.
00:36:27Is he up there now?
00:36:28No, he's out taking his constitutional.
00:36:31Then why are we whispering?
00:36:33Oh, I forgot.
00:36:34He says he goes out for a constitutional every night before dinner.
00:36:41I gave him a key to his room, of course, but he doesn't know that I've got an extra one.
00:36:45Would it be very unethical if...
00:36:47It most certainly would.
00:36:49Let's go.
00:36:55It turns all right, but nothing happens.
00:36:57Here, clumsy, let me do it.
00:37:02You sure that's the right key?
00:37:04Yes, of course it is.
00:37:06It's funny, it doesn't work.
00:37:08You're wasting your time, Mrs. King.
00:37:12Hello.
00:37:13Do you mean?
00:37:14Knowing human nature as I do, I suspected that you might try to snoop.
00:37:19This is a new lock.
00:37:20But it can't be. I didn't order a locksmith.
00:37:23It wasn't necessary, Mrs. King.
00:37:25I am an expert locksmith.
00:37:32I don't know, darling.
00:37:34He may be all right, but let's face it, he is a screwball.
00:37:38Oh, Harry, how can you say that? He may be a little eccentric, but...
00:37:41Excuse me, Father.
00:37:44It's time to wash the face and hands for dinner.
00:37:46Mr. Belvedere says cleanliness is next to Godliness.
00:37:50We won't be long.
00:37:53Need I say more?
00:37:55Nope, I'm sold.
00:37:57I'll say goodnight to Roddy.
00:38:00You know, Mrs. King, it's really all your fault.
00:38:02If you weren't so darn pretty, we wouldn't have so many kids for people to sit with.
00:38:06No.
00:38:30Good morning, Belvedere.
00:38:32You will kindly address me as Mr. Belvedere, until I grant you permission to drop the title.
00:38:37A contingency which seems hardly likely, Mr. Appleton.
00:38:41Oh, well, really, I intended no offence.
00:38:44Tell me, Mr. Belvedere, are you completely happy with the Harry Kings?
00:38:48Only an idiot is completely happy anywhere.
00:38:50I understand those dear little boys are devoted to you, and that Mrs. King considers you quite a treasure.
00:38:57Indeed.
00:38:58Yes, indeed, and she should.
00:39:00As my mother is always saying, good servants are worth their weight in gold.
00:39:04The next time your parent makes that original observation, tell her it's one of the older clichés.
00:39:09Yes, I will.
00:39:10Incidentally, my mother is very anxious to make your acquaintance properly.
00:39:13Perhaps you could drop in for a visit on your next afternoon off.
00:39:16I am not a servant, Mr. Appleton. My afternoons are always my own.
00:39:20Well, in that case, drop in any time, for a glass of sherry.
00:39:22I dislike sherry as much as I deplore the habit of dropping in on people uninvited.
00:39:27But, Mr. Belvedere, I am inviting you.
00:39:30And I, sir, am declining. Good day.
00:39:49Oh, here, let me do the mouth. That's awful.
00:39:52Okay, Mommy, we all know you're a sculptress.
00:39:54But hurry up, will you? I want to get this finished before the kids get home.
00:39:57Oh, relax. They won't be home for hours.
00:40:00Edna's taking them to her house after Sunday school.
00:40:03They're going to have lunch with Susan and little Bill.
00:40:04Hmm.
00:40:17Good morning, Mr. Belvedere.
00:40:19Good morning, good morning.
00:40:21Good morning.
00:40:21Good morning, Mrs. King.
00:40:23Cold enough for you?
00:40:24Nippy, nippy, but it suits me.
00:40:26How do you like our snowman?
00:40:29Mr. King, you should have let your wife do the face.
00:40:33I did the face.
00:40:35Oh, well. It will soon melt.
00:40:41What do you suppose he had in that package?
00:40:44Darling, he's been here so long I've given up wondering about anything he does or has.
00:40:48It made a noise. I distinctly heard a sort of metallic ticking.
00:40:51So did I.
00:40:53If he's doing anything illegal up there, we could get into a lot of trouble.
00:40:56You know that, don't you?
00:40:58Do you suppose you could see from that limb there?
00:41:01Look, you go in the house and watch his door.
00:41:03If he comes out, find some way to warn me.
00:41:05Okay.
00:41:25I've been going next for ten.
00:41:26Here.
00:41:34Okay, boys.
00:41:35He's coming in before.
00:41:37He retires his brush.
00:41:37And he'sHmm?
00:41:37What?
00:41:43I don't know what he was spying?
00:41:48He's a mouse?
00:41:48I was at the middle one.
00:41:51So...
00:41:52We all know.
00:42:24Mr. King?
00:42:34Ow! Take it easy, will you?
00:42:37Kind of keep still. You're lucky that no bones are broken.
00:42:40That's a very professional bandage. There aren't many people who could do that.
00:42:44That's substantially what General Pershing told me during the First World War.
00:42:49You were a doctor, too?
00:42:51A bone specialist.
00:42:52Oh, Mr. Belvedere, is there anything you haven't been?
00:42:57Yes, Mrs. King. I've never been an idler nor a parasite.
00:43:05Where on earth did that...
00:43:07That, Mrs. King, was the package which you and Mr. King stared at so pointedly.
00:43:11I'm opposed to the practice of exchanging gifts at any time.
00:43:14But since you are gracious enough to give me three pairs of excellent woolen socks on the occasion of my
00:43:18birthday,
00:43:19I tried to get something for your anniversary that would give pleasure to your entire family.
00:43:23How very kind of you.
00:43:25Thank you, Mr. Belvedere.
00:43:26Oh, he's beautiful. Does he sing?
00:43:28Not yet. But, uh, I shall teach him.
00:43:39Donnie, will six shirts be enough?
00:43:41Sure.
00:43:42Oh, will you need your tux?
00:43:45Look, sweetie, I'm going to Chicago for a few days on business.
00:43:48Not for fun.
00:43:48Hmm. Oh, it's getting late.
00:43:51Don't worry. Bill will be here.
00:43:53Edna said he has a business date downtown and he'll drop you off at the station on the way.
00:43:57Mm-hmm.
00:43:59Let me see now. Socks, ties.
00:44:02Oh, I'm shaving things. I forgot.
00:44:07Hi, funny face.
00:44:09How's the bath coming?
00:44:10Hi.
00:44:11You going to miss me when I'm gone?
00:44:12Mm-hmm.
00:44:14Bell.
00:44:15What?
00:44:15Baby, now I'm gone.
00:44:17Oh, don't look at me like that and laugh.
00:44:23Are you having fun, huh?
00:44:25Mr. King?
00:44:26You think, you think, huh?
00:44:27I've been trying to teach Rodney that bathing is not a social function.
00:44:31Kindly do not talk to him.
00:44:34Now then, Rodney, put the cloth in the right hand, like that, and wash.
00:44:42And no conversation.
00:44:43I don't care how good he is.
00:44:45There are times when that genius gets on my nerves.
00:44:48Oh, don't be so touchy.
00:44:50I'm mad about him.
00:44:53See, Pullman tickets.
00:44:56Money.
00:45:05He'll be right down.
00:45:06He's saying goodbye to the kids.
00:45:08Okay.
00:45:10That guy's going to miss his train.
00:45:12He better step on it.
00:45:14Hurry up, dear.
00:45:15You haven't much time.
00:45:16Okay.
00:45:17You boys be good now, and don't worry your mom ate too much.
00:45:20We won't.
00:45:20Good.
00:45:21Keep the home fires burning.
00:45:22Bye, Pop.
00:45:23Father.
00:45:25Goodbye, son.
00:45:27Goodbye, Mr. Belvedere.
00:45:28Goodbye, Mr. King, and don't worry.
00:45:30During your absence, I shall endeavor to pinch hit for you at every opportunity.
00:45:35Thanks, Mr. Belvedere.
00:45:37Yes, darling, I know we'll get along fine.
00:45:40Oh, come on, they're getting impatient.
00:45:44Now, call me if you have time.
00:45:46Oh, yes, while you're in Chicago, will you go by Marshall Fields and see if they have Larry's size in
00:45:50those real heavy...
00:45:52What's the matter?
00:45:53Forget something?
00:45:55I can't go.
00:45:56Why?
00:45:56Well, I can't leave you here alone, with Belvedere.
00:46:00Why not?
00:46:02Bel, are you out of your mind?
00:46:04You seem to find him very attractive.
00:46:07I find the Grand Canyon attractive, but that doesn't mean I'm in love with it.
00:46:11You just got through saying you're mad about him.
00:46:13I am.
00:46:15I'm insane with passion.
00:46:17Hey, do you realize what time it is?
00:46:19I'm not going.
00:46:20Not going?
00:46:21Oh, why not?
00:46:22Oh, God, this pillar of virtue has suddenly decided that it wouldn't be safe to leave me alone in the
00:46:27house with Mr. Belvedere.
00:46:29Are you kidding?
00:46:30That's not the point at all.
00:46:32Look, I'm not suggesting that you and Belvedere will carry on while I'm gone.
00:46:36Would you feel any better about your trip if your wife slept at our house while you're gone?
00:46:39Yes, I would, definitely.
00:46:41All right, settle then.
00:46:43Just think, dear, Caesar's wife is going to sleep at our house.
00:46:49Goodbye, now.
00:46:50Oh, ball the silly.
00:46:52Well, don't I get a kiss?
00:46:53No.
00:46:54I'm a one-man woman, and my heart belongs to Belvedere.
00:46:58Oh.
00:46:59Thanks, Ed.
00:47:00Goodbye.
00:47:00Bye.
00:47:00Have a good time.
00:47:01And don't you be late, Bill.
00:47:03I won't.
00:47:04You know, I believe he was actually jealous.
00:47:08That's very gratifying.
00:47:10Most gratifying.
00:47:12Although slightly suburban.
00:47:14Mr. Belvedere, don't you consider eavesdropping a bit unethical?
00:47:18Quite unethical, but fascinating.
00:47:21I particularly enjoyed your comparing me to the Grand Canyon.
00:47:24Now, there's rugged grandeur.
00:47:27I shall put that in my diary.
00:47:35Larry.
00:47:38Oh.
00:47:40Oh.
00:47:48Larry.
00:47:50Larry.
00:47:53Wake up.
00:47:55What's the matter with you?
00:47:57My stomach hurts.
00:47:59Bad?
00:48:00Yeah.
00:48:01Awful.
00:48:02You must have ate too much for supper.
00:48:04Going back to sleep and you'll feel better.
00:48:07I can't.
00:48:08It hurts.
00:48:08Tell Mom.
00:48:09How can I?
00:48:11You know she's been sleeping over at the Philbees.
00:48:14But I want my mom.
00:48:16Shhh.
00:48:16Shut up.
00:48:19It's nearly 3 o'clock in the morning and you'll wake up Roddy and Mr. Belvedere.
00:48:24I don't care.
00:48:26Shhh.
00:48:27Look, Tony, I know.
00:48:29Why don't you stand in your head like Mr. Belvedere taught us?
00:48:32I already tried, but I only threw up.
00:48:38Okay, okay.
00:48:39I'll wake him up, but he won't like it.
00:48:42He won't mind.
00:48:44Oh, yes, he will.
00:48:45Well, he's a genius and he needs 8 hours undisturbed sleep.
00:48:48He says so all the time.
00:48:58Here, Tony, drink this.
00:49:07What are you giving him?
00:49:09It's all right.
00:49:09It's just ice water.
00:49:11The water bottle got smashed.
00:49:13Put it down.
00:49:14Why?
00:49:15A drink of water might be good for him.
00:49:17But when your mother gets here, she can drown him in ice water as far as I'm concerned.
00:49:20Until then, leave him alone and put it down.
00:49:23Oh.
00:49:29Sure you're calling the right number?
00:49:32Kindly credit me with enough intelligence not to lose my head in a crisis.
00:49:35Of course I'm calling the right number.
00:49:47Oh.
00:49:49Yes.
00:49:51What?
00:49:53Oh, I'll call her right away.
00:49:55What's the matter?
00:49:56What's wrong?
00:49:56It's Tony.
00:49:57He's sick.
00:49:59Tacey.
00:50:00Tacey.
00:50:01Tacey.
00:50:02Hi, Mom.
00:50:03How is he, dear?
00:50:04Is he any better?
00:50:05I think so.
00:50:05A little better.
00:50:07Tony, baby.
00:50:08Did you take his temperature?
00:50:09No.
00:50:09I'm satisfied that he simply has a bellyache.
00:50:12No more, no less.
00:50:13Oh.
00:50:14Is the pain very bad, dear?
00:50:15Show me where it hurts.
00:50:17I hear.
00:50:17Of course I could have handled this crisis perfectly well myself when the child expressed a maudlin desire for his
00:50:22mother.
00:50:23Come on, dear.
00:50:24I'll take you upstairs to bed.
00:50:27Oh, there, now.
00:50:28You all right?
00:50:29Uh-huh.
00:50:30Mom, you gonna sleep here now?
00:50:32No, I'm going back to Mrs. Philby's.
00:50:34Why?
00:50:35Because...
00:50:35Oh, well, never mind.
00:50:37It's a long story.
00:50:39Now, you boys sleep late in the morning.
00:50:41I'll be here to get your breakfast.
00:50:42And don't wait, Mr. Belvedere.
00:50:45We won't.
00:50:46And as for you, dopey, the next time you find a package of chewing gum, be sure it is chewing
00:50:51gum.
00:50:56Hello, hello.
00:50:59Mrs. Philby.
00:51:01I have now informed you on three separate occasions that nature has resolved Tony's gastric disorder.
00:51:09Mrs. King will return in a few minutes.
00:51:12No further bulletins will be issued.
00:51:14Good night.
00:51:15Silly woman.
00:51:16I'm sorry you were disturbed, Mr. Belvedere.
00:51:18I'm sure they'll go right to sleep now.
00:51:20Whereas I shall be plagued with insomnia.
00:51:25Now, who could that be?
00:51:27If you go to the door, you need not conjecture.
00:51:33Oh.
00:51:33Oh, please pardon the intrusion, Mrs. King, but I noticed all your lights go on.
00:51:38And knowing your husband was away in Chicago, I felt constrained to dash over to see if anything was wrong.
00:51:43No, thank you. Everything is fine.
00:51:45Oh, just a neighborly call, you might say, to offer my services if needed.
00:51:54Good evening.
00:51:56Good evening.
00:51:56Or should I say good morning?
00:52:00Did you borrow your mother's binoculars to ascertain that our lights are gone on?
00:52:03Well, I...
00:52:05I...
00:52:05Were you perhaps looking for pollen for your irises?
00:52:18Well?
00:52:19I see that I am not needed.
00:52:22Your vision is remarkably accurate.
00:52:31Evil-minded little worm.
00:52:37Do you know anyone who has a beehive?
00:52:40What?
00:52:41A good swarm of bees could ruin his sheltered irises.
00:52:45I know.
00:52:46But how could you get them to swarm?
00:52:48Oh, now, don't tell me you were also a beekeeper.
00:52:51That is correct.
00:52:54Good night.
00:53:06Here you are, Mrs. Gibbs.
00:53:07I know you'll enjoy it.
00:53:08Thank you, Donna.
00:53:09I certainly like the last one you recommended.
00:53:11Good.
00:53:11Do come in again.
00:53:12Oh, I will.
00:53:12Goodbye.
00:53:13Goodbye, Mr. Rappleton.
00:53:14Oh, Mrs. Gibbs.
00:53:16So, what happened?
00:53:18Well, as I was saying, last night, or rather early this morning, I went over to the Harry
00:53:22King's on an errand of mercy.
00:53:24And bear in mind, Mr. King has only been gone three days.
00:53:28And there was Mr. Belvedere in his pajamas.
00:53:31And Tasty King in a flimsy negligee.
00:53:34And both of them cavorting about in the most shameless way, drinking gin.
00:53:38Why, I think it's the most...
00:53:40What?
00:53:41Oh, you're quite right, my dear.
00:53:44It's my duty to tell Horatio.
00:53:45Yes, of course.
00:53:46He demands respectability above all things.
00:53:51Mr. Hammond's office.
00:53:53Oh, yes, Mrs. Hammond.
00:53:54One moment, please.
00:53:57Yes?
00:53:57Mrs. Hammond on the phone.
00:53:58Oh, all right.
00:54:01Yes, Martha, what is it?
00:54:06No.
00:54:09Why, that's outrageous.
00:54:12And both of them drunk.
00:54:19Well, go on.
00:54:20What else did she say that Clarence told her to tell you to tell me?
00:54:27Uh-huh.
00:54:32Hello, girls.
00:54:33Hello, Mr. King.
00:54:34How are you, Peggy?
00:54:35Everything under control?
00:54:36Oh, yes, Mr. King.
00:54:37And we got your wire.
00:54:38Mr. Hammond was very pleased that the matter was settled.
00:54:41Well, get my house for me, will you?
00:54:42I haven't been home yet.
00:54:43But, Mr. King, Mr. Hammond wanted to see you the moment you came in.
00:54:47Oh.
00:54:47Okay.
00:54:48I'll call the house later.
00:54:53And that's where I nailed him.
00:54:55He didn't have a comeback.
00:54:57So, he talked it over with his clients and they signed on the dotted line.
00:55:01Very good.
00:55:02Very good, Harry.
00:55:03Now, Mr. Hammond, uh, how about that raise?
00:55:07Uh, before we discuss that, Harry, there is something of a personal nature.
00:55:12Of a very distressing nature, which I feel it my duty to take up with you.
00:55:17Well, I don't know what you're driving at.
00:55:19I'm driving at this, this Belvedere person.
00:55:23Well, what's Belvedere got to do with it?
00:55:27Information has reached me, Harry, to the effect that during your absence,
00:55:32your wife and this Belvedere have been having quite a time for themselves.
00:55:39Gee, Tacey, I think it's swell.
00:55:41Do you think you've really done justice to his nose?
00:55:44Edna, will you wait till it's finished?
00:55:46I think it's darling of you, Mr. Belvedere, to give Tacey a chance to practice like this.
00:55:50My motives, Mrs. Philby, are not entirely unselfish.
00:55:53Some day they will need a bust of me in the Hall of Fame.
00:55:57The only virtue you lack, Mr. Belvedere, is modesty.
00:56:00I do not consider that a virtue.
00:56:02Oh, I do.
00:56:03That's what I like about Harry. He's so modest.
00:56:06Your husband has a great deal to be modest about.
00:56:11You know what amazes me?
00:56:13Anybody can take a lot of wet mud and mash it around and make it look like somebody.
00:56:16Ladies, please, may I suggest less conversation and more sculpture?
00:56:19Oh, all right, all right.
00:56:20This is very wearing.
00:56:21I'm sorry, it's my fault. I just meant to stop in for a moment.
00:56:24I'll scram.
00:56:25Goodbye, Mr. Belvedere.
00:56:26So long, sweetie. Bye.
00:56:29Your jaw isn't right.
00:56:32My jaw is perfect.
00:56:33Your reproduction is at fault.
00:56:35You obviously have never studied anatomy.
00:56:37Have you?
00:56:38I have dissected many a cadaver.
00:56:40Come here.
00:56:43Now, if you place your fingertips at the base of my jaw,
00:56:48so you can feel where the orbicularis oris operates.
00:56:56And now then, the jawbone.
00:57:06That's okay.
00:57:16Do it some more.
00:57:35Well, this is a cozy little scene.
00:57:38Harry, I didn't expect you till tonight.
00:57:40Obviously.
00:57:42Would you mind telling me just what you were doing?
00:57:45I was permitting your wife to massage my larynx.
00:57:48And I might add, Mr. King, that your greeting to your wife is scarcely cordial, to say the least.
00:57:53You keep out of this.
00:57:54I'll greet my wife any way I like.
00:57:56Harry, what's the matter with you?
00:57:57Oh, it's a fine thing.
00:57:58I'm not back ten minutes before Hammond reads me the riot act about all this gossip.
00:58:02Gossip?
00:58:02What gossip?
00:58:02What are you talking about?
00:58:04Gossip about you and Belvedere.
00:58:05That's what I'm talking about.
00:58:07And I don't mind telling you it's jeopardizing my position.
00:58:10Oh, stop ranting.
00:58:11You're not in court.
00:58:12Now, look here, Tacey.
00:58:13And stop raising your voice.
00:58:14I'll raise the roof if I want to.
00:58:16Very well.
00:58:19Oh, Tacey, I...
00:58:21I'm willing to believe that all these rumors about a drunken orgy in your night clothes with Belvedere are somewhat
00:58:26garbled, but...
00:58:27So that's it.
00:58:29Mr. Appleton's fine hand.
00:58:31But my gosh, when I came in the house just now, you were practically holding him in your arms.
00:58:35For heaven's sake, you saw what I was doing.
00:58:37She was merely feeling my bone structure.
00:58:40You shut up and listen.
00:58:42I've been listening.
00:58:43All I can hear is a typical suburban husband reacting in a typically stupid and stuffy manner to a typical
00:58:48tempest in a teapot.
00:58:49He's right.
00:58:50And as for that drunken orgy you were talking about, Tony got us all up in the middle of the
00:58:54night with a stomach ache.
00:58:56I dashed over from Edna's and I wasn't in the house a half an hour when that horrible little Mr.
00:59:00Appleton came snooping around.
00:59:03Oh.
00:59:04Well, I imagine it was something like that.
00:59:08Look, I'll admit it is all pretty silly.
00:59:11Very silly.
00:59:13But...
00:59:14Go on.
00:59:16Well, I was just thinking that perhaps it might be simpler for everybody all around if Mr. Belvedere sought employment
00:59:24elsewhere.
00:59:25In other words, to satisfy malicious gossips like Mr. Hammond, Mr. Appleton and his awful mother, you want to...
00:59:31take Mr. Belvedere out.
00:59:33In a word, yes.
00:59:35That is your final decision, Mr. King?
00:59:39Yes.
00:59:39I'm sorry, but...
00:59:41that's final.
00:59:42No, Daddy!
00:59:43No!
00:59:44Please let him stay!
00:59:46Please, Daddy!
00:59:47Don't go, Mr. Belvedere!
00:59:48Please!
00:59:49Quiet, quiet.
00:59:50Your father's not the type to be swayed by sentimental pleading.
00:59:53Don't let him go, Daddy!
00:59:55Please!
00:59:55We love Mr. Belvedere!
00:59:58Don't go, Uncle Ned!
01:00:02Don't ever again, as long as you live, dare to call me Uncle.
01:00:06By no stretch of the imagination could I possibly be a relative of yours.
01:00:10My name is Mr. Belvedere.
01:00:12Is that clear?
01:00:14Yes.
01:00:15Yes, sir?
01:00:17Yes, sir.
01:00:21That's better.
01:00:27What the heck is the matter with him?
01:00:30Children are psychic, Mr. King.
01:00:31They can sense impending disaster.
01:00:37Okay, I know when I'm licked.
01:00:40All right, all right, he can stay.
01:00:42Shut up!
01:01:05Harry wasn't so dumb to stay home.
01:01:08I could scalp him for talking me into coming to this thing.
01:01:11What that lecturer knows about child psychology could be engraved on a peanut.
01:01:15Talking about peanuts, you hungry?
01:01:17Yes, and thirsty, too.
01:01:18What about going in here for a snack?
01:01:20A little bit expensive, isn't it?
01:01:23Yes, but the music's worth it.
01:01:24Come on, let's slurge.
01:01:43Hey, look, Mr. Belvedere.
01:01:46It's Mrs. King and Mrs. Philby.
01:01:48It is indeed.
01:01:50Well, they better not see us here together.
01:01:51I'll blow.
01:01:52You have wisdom beyond your years, my dear.
01:01:54Thanks very much for these notes.
01:01:56They'll be invaluable to me.
01:01:57You are a mine of information.
01:01:59Oh, that's all right.
01:02:00Well, so long.
01:02:01And, uh, thanks for the ham sandwich.
01:02:05And coffee, please.
01:02:07Right away.
01:02:13Look!
01:02:21Well, I'll be darned.
01:02:22That's very funny.
01:02:24I've often wondered what he did with his evenings off.
01:02:27Uh-oh, he's coming over.
01:02:28You better get rid of him.
01:02:29You don't want to start those tongues wagging again.
01:02:31On the contrary, I'd like to give them something to wag about.
01:02:37Good evening.
01:02:38Hello, Mr. Belvedere.
01:02:39Miss Philby, may I join you?
01:02:41Of course.
01:02:41Yes, please do.
01:02:44I suppose I should make it clear that I'm very sorry that I have neither the means nor the presumption
01:02:49to pay for your refreshments.
01:02:51Oh, that's perfectly all right.
01:02:52Edna and I always go Dutch, too.
01:02:55Oh, I just love this number.
01:02:58I adore dancing, but Bill simply loathes it.
01:03:00So does Harry.
01:03:03Do you dance, too, Mr. Belvedere?
01:03:05I dance extremely well.
01:03:07I suppose you learned from Arthur Murray?
01:03:10No, I taught Arthur Murray.
01:03:14Would you care to dance, Mrs. King?
01:03:16Oh, I'd love to.
01:03:17Excuse us.
01:03:47Good-bye.
01:03:47Good-bye.
01:03:48Oh, Mrs. Brisbane, I cannot begin to tell you how much I enjoyed your lecture.
01:03:53Oh, thank you, Mr. Lappleton.
01:03:54And I know that my dear mother enjoyed it, too.
01:03:56What did you say, Clarence?
01:03:57Speak up!
01:03:58I was telling Mrs. Brisbane that you...
01:04:00Oh, this darn thing's on the blink again.
01:04:04Mr. Belvedere, you dance divinely.
01:04:06Yes, I do.
01:04:38I want you to take it!
01:04:40You are proper, you to bring me!
01:04:43Some delicious, Mommy!
01:04:43Me!
01:04:43I can't drink, too!
01:04:43I want you to drink, too, You are happy!
01:04:53Build more vaccine waiting!
01:04:54I want, I want you to take over the water!
01:05:01Hello, darling.
01:05:05You're kind of late, aren't you?
01:05:07We were hungry. We stopped and had a bite to eat.
01:05:10And you know what?
01:05:11Good lecture.
01:05:12Horrible.
01:05:12Well, what did you stay so long for?
01:05:15Well, darling, if you'll turn around and listen to me, I'll tell you why.
01:05:18Oh, no, I'm sleeping.
01:05:20But, darling, I want to tell you what happened.
01:05:22Yeah, well, tell me in the morning.
01:05:26Okay.
01:05:27Happy dreams.
01:05:36Yes, Mr. Hammond.
01:05:37Harry, will you step in here a moment?
01:05:38Right away.
01:05:54Yes?
01:05:56Sit down, Harry.
01:06:04Harry, the firm of Horatio J. Hammond and Associates has a spotless name in this community.
01:06:12So?
01:06:12So I consider it mandatory for all those connected with the firm and their families never to incur the slightest
01:06:19gossip of a scandalous nature.
01:06:21Are you still harping about those stupid rumors that started while I was in Chicago?
01:06:24I do not harp.
01:06:26That was quite a while ago.
01:06:28I am now referring to an incident which took place only last night.
01:06:32A most deplorable incident which has just come to my ears.
01:06:36Involving whom?
01:06:38Involving your wife, Harry, and involving this Belvedere whom you are sheltering.
01:06:43Now, look here, Mr. Hammond.
01:06:44This has gone far enough.
01:06:45If you will sit down, Harry, I will furnish you with full details.
01:06:56Harry?
01:06:56Harry?
01:06:58It hurts me deeply to tell you this, but...
01:07:14Hello, darling.
01:07:15You're home early.
01:07:15Why didn't you tell me you were out dancing with this man last night?
01:07:19Now what have you heard?
01:07:20Answer my question.
01:07:21Why didn't you tell me?
01:07:22Because you were sleepy and disagreeable when I got home and wouldn't listen.
01:07:25I tried to tell you.
01:07:27Then why didn't you tell me this morning at breakfast?
01:07:30I can be sleepy and disagreeable, too.
01:07:32Our meeting is purely coincidental, Mr. King, but most enjoyable.
01:07:36Then you admit it.
01:07:37Certainly.
01:07:38Moreover, he dances like a saint.
01:07:40I don't care if he dances like Saint Midas himself.
01:07:42What about me?
01:07:43You dance very badly, dear.
01:07:46Now, look, Tacey, your conduct is making me the laughingstock of Hummingbird Hill.
01:07:49Why, Mr. Hammond practically gave me an ultimatum that if I didn't...
01:07:53Stop shredding that lettuce!
01:07:57Life must go on, Mr. King.
01:07:59Well, it's not going on with you in the house.
01:08:02Harry, I think you'd better pull yourself together and apologize to both of us for this ridiculous scene.
01:08:09Apologize?
01:08:10I should apologize because of your indiscretions?
01:08:13Very well.
01:08:15Until you come to your senses and stop letting Mr. Hammond run our lives,
01:08:18I'm going to take Roddy and go home to Mother.
01:08:20Go right ahead. It's perfectly all right with me.
01:08:27It would be hard to tell which of you is behaving more foolishly.
01:08:30But, Mr. King, I think you have a slight edge.
01:08:33You keep out of this!
01:08:36Harry, listen.
01:08:37Oh, are you still here? I thought you were going home to your mother.
01:08:40Very well, if that's the way you feel about it.
01:08:42That's exactly the way I feel about it.
01:08:44I agree with Mr. Belvedere. You're acting like a...
01:08:47No trouble. You always agree with Mr. Belvedere.
01:08:50Well, what are you waiting for?
01:08:52Nothing.
01:08:53Now I know where we stand.
01:09:01Well, you've smashed up my home.
01:09:03I hope you're satisfied.
01:09:05Stupidity never gives me satisfaction, Mr. King.
01:09:08Your wife is right.
01:09:09You owe her an abject apology.
01:09:11If she thinks I'm going to come crawling on my knees to ask forgiveness,
01:09:14she's got another thing coming.
01:09:16I'm going out and get good and drunk.
01:09:18Intoxication is a form of escape often sought for the mentally immature.
01:09:33That's all there was.
01:09:35Oh.
01:09:37Nothing from Harry.
01:09:39Oh, Harry doesn't write.
01:09:41I don't even expect to hear from him.
01:09:43Why, of course not, dear.
01:09:45That's why you leap for the door when the mail comes or when the telephone rings.
01:09:51I never could fool either of you for long.
01:09:53No, dear.
01:09:55Sometimes you were able to pull the wool over your father's eyes,
01:09:57but never over mine.
01:10:00Okay, then.
01:10:01We had a fight.
01:10:02About this, Mr. Belvedere?
01:10:04Yes.
01:10:06Oh, Harry's such a fool.
01:10:07He was seething with ridiculous suspicion and jealousy.
01:10:11I could have wrung his neck.
01:10:13When a woman wants to wring her husband's neck,
01:10:15she's usually in the wrong.
01:10:17Well, anyway, he could have phoned or sent a postcard or something after three days.
01:10:22You're the one who walked out.
01:10:24Have you phoned or sent a postcard?
01:10:26After what he said to me?
01:10:27Oh, go ahead.
01:10:29Call him up.
01:10:30I will not.
01:10:31Why, he practically accused me of...
01:10:34Okay, so he flew off the handle.
01:10:37Harry was always that way, dear.
01:10:39Full of ginger.
01:10:41Ginger.
01:10:42Yes.
01:10:45Look, Dad.
01:10:46You and Mother can go on your fishing trip.
01:10:49Don't bother about me.
01:10:50I'll stay here with Roddy.
01:10:52We'll be all right.
01:11:09What's the matter with you?
01:11:11Nothing.
01:11:14Finish your homework?
01:11:16Pop, when's Mom coming home?
01:11:19Oh, I don't know.
01:11:20A few days.
01:11:22Why did she go?
01:11:25Well, I guess she got lonesome for Grandma.
01:11:30Well, I'm lonesome for her.
01:11:34So's Tony.
01:11:37Aren't you?
01:11:38Sure.
01:11:40Sure.
01:11:41Why don't you call her up?
01:11:43She's been gone a whole week.
01:11:45Go on, Pop.
01:11:46Call her.
01:11:50Why don't you run upstairs?
01:11:52It's almost bedtime.
01:11:54Okay.
01:12:00Pop, what's a moron?
01:12:04Someone who isn't very bright.
01:12:06You know, a dope.
01:12:07Oh.
01:12:08Why do you ask?
01:12:09Because that's what somebody said you were.
01:12:14Who said that?
01:12:17Well, uh...
01:12:22Where do you think you're going?
01:12:24Out.
01:12:25It's Thursday, my evening off.
01:12:27Remember?
01:12:29Did you tell my kids I was a moron?
01:12:32I most assuredly did not.
01:12:35But, uh, Mr. King, if you wish you kept a secret, you should not act like one.
01:12:40Take my advice.
01:12:41Bury your idiotic pride and telephone your wife.
01:12:45When I want your advice, I'll ask for it.
01:12:49Good evening.
01:12:50Good night.
01:12:51And don't bother to come back, except for your clothes.
01:12:54You're through.
01:12:55You can't mean that, Mr. King.
01:12:58Bear in mind that in your wife's absence, you would be quite helpless without me.
01:13:03I have half a mind to punch you right in the nose.
01:13:05Just on general principles.
01:13:07It takes half a mind to resort to such measures.
01:13:10Why, you...
01:13:11Oh!
01:13:12Oh!
01:13:14I neglected to tell you that in my youth, I was quite expert in the art of the fisticuffs.
01:13:19Oh, shit.
01:13:20Oh, shit.
01:13:21Oh, shit.
01:13:25Oh, shit.
01:13:57Mother, have you read chapter?
01:13:59Mother?
01:14:01Mother!
01:14:02What's the matter?
01:14:04Effie!
01:14:04Effie!
01:14:05Mother, speak to me.
01:14:07It's Clarence.
01:14:08Mother, please don't frighten me.
01:14:09Mother.
01:14:10Effie.
01:14:11Effie, get the smelling salts.
01:14:12My mother has fainted.
01:14:13Mother.
01:14:15Come on, Mother.
01:14:16Mother.
01:14:17Oh, Mother.
01:14:19Mother, Mother.
01:14:20Can't you hear me, Mother?
01:14:22Mother!
01:14:25Bring me every book we have on the law of libel.
01:14:27And tell Mr. King I want to see him.
01:14:29At once.
01:14:29Yes, Mr. Hammond.
01:14:34Here we go, kids.
01:14:35Hey, girls, get a load of this.
01:14:37Watch what.
01:14:38Let me see this chapter here on Mr. Gammon.
01:14:40Horace G. Gammon.
01:14:41Couldn't get much closer than that, could they?
01:14:43It tells about Mr. Gammon keeping physically fit
01:14:45by chasing the office girls around their desks,
01:14:48trying to pinch.
01:14:48Oh, boy.
01:14:49How could this Belvedere know that?
01:14:51Well, it's true, isn't it?
01:14:52You're still black and blue.
01:14:53Wait till Mrs. Gammon reads that.
01:14:57Well, what about those books?
01:14:59Yes, Mr. Gammon.
01:15:00Hammond!
01:15:05Hello, Della.
01:15:06Hello.
01:15:06I, uh, understand I'm referred to and...
01:15:09Oh, yes, Mr. McPherson.
01:15:11You're mentioned on page, um...
01:15:15174.
01:15:16Well, you better let me have a copy.
01:15:18Certainly.
01:15:19Now, now, Emily, don't be silly.
01:15:21This book is merely fiction.
01:15:24Well, we'll discuss it tonight.
01:15:26I'll be home.
01:15:27Hello?
01:15:28Hello?
01:15:51Yes, yes, this is Mrs. Harry King.
01:15:55Oh, all right.
01:15:57Hello?
01:15:57They're putting her on.
01:15:59Hello.
01:16:00Oh, hello, Tacey.
01:16:02Oh, it's you, Edna.
01:16:04I thought it was...
01:16:05Is anything wrong?
01:16:07Anything?
01:16:07Oh, sweetie, everything's wrong.
01:16:10Now, don't get panicky.
01:16:11Nobody's sick or anything.
01:16:12It's your precious Mr. Belvedere.
01:16:15He's got this whole town on an uproar.
01:16:17He's written a book.
01:16:19Yes, I know.
01:16:20No, I just this moment saw the advertisement.
01:16:23Well, go on.
01:16:24Tell me.
01:16:25What's happened?
01:16:26Well, in the first place, Harry's been fired.
01:16:29Why?
01:16:30For harboring Belvedere, of course.
01:16:32Tell her about me.
01:16:33Oh, yes.
01:16:34And when Bill tried to stand up for Harry, he got fired, too.
01:16:38Oh, my gosh.
01:16:40Well, let me speak to Harry.
01:16:42Put him on.
01:16:43What?
01:16:44Well, where is he?
01:16:46We don't know.
01:16:47He's not at home.
01:16:48He's probably out somewhere looking for a nice soft shoulder to cry on.
01:16:53Bill says...
01:16:54Hello?
01:16:56Well, it worked.
01:16:57She just said goodbye and hung up.
01:17:26That's good.
01:17:28All right, we're ready.
01:17:30Now, Mr. Belvedere, I'll be behind the camera, and I'm going to ask you a few questions,
01:17:34so just be perfectly relaxed and...
01:17:36Young man, I need no instructions.
01:17:38I have directed many pictures.
01:17:40Oh, I'm sorry.
01:17:41I didn't know that.
01:17:44All right, everybody, quiet.
01:17:45Quiet, please.
01:17:47Roll on.
01:17:49Speed.
01:17:51Now, Mr. Belvedere, tell us, how did you write this book?
01:17:54I wrote it with a quill.
01:17:56Oh, that's very interesting.
01:17:57So that's why we could never hear anything.
01:18:01Look, it's Mom!
01:18:04Mom!
01:18:05Hi, Mom!
01:18:07Hello, darling.
01:18:08Hello, Mom.
01:18:09Oh, Tony, baby.
01:18:12Oh, I've missed you so much.
01:18:14Oh, we've missed you, too.
01:18:16Hi.
01:18:17And where's your daddy?
01:18:18He's inside.
01:18:20Come on, quick.
01:18:22Mr. Belvedere, critics throughout the country have unanimously hailed your novel as a masterpiece of sheer genius.
01:18:28That is correct.
01:18:29And how do you feel about it?
01:18:32I feel they were quite conservative.
01:18:36Pop!
01:18:37Look!
01:18:37It's Mom!
01:18:38Quiet in there!
01:18:39Oh, darling.
01:18:40Quiet!
01:18:41We're shooting in here!
01:18:42Cut.
01:18:45Oh, darling, I had to come back the minute I knew you were in trouble.
01:18:50Don't worry.
01:18:51It'll work out all right.
01:18:52Gosh, honey.
01:18:54I've been such a dope.
01:18:56You have, indeed.
01:19:00No need to be emotional, Mrs. King.
01:19:02He will not starve.
01:19:05Mr. Belvedere, I don't quite know whether to congratulate you or to...
01:19:10Or to spit in my eye.
01:19:14Well, yes.
01:19:16It's a mood point.
01:19:17Mr. Belvedere, please, we haven't finished.
01:19:19You're a mistake, young man.
01:19:20We have.
01:19:21I've posed quite long enough.
01:19:23Oh, Edna.
01:19:24Edna.
01:19:24Bill, I haven't had a chance to say hello to you.
01:19:27Hello, Tacey.
01:19:27I know, sweetie.
01:19:28Come on, let's get out of this shambles.
01:19:30I want to talk to you.
01:19:31Go ahead, dear.
01:19:31I'll be right up just as soon as I get rid of this gang.
01:19:33All right.
01:19:36There you are, my good man.
01:19:37Look, fellas, enough is enough.
01:19:39Get all of these people and this stuff out of here, will you?
01:19:42Okay, boys, wrap it up.
01:19:44Just one of the penalties of fame, Mrs. King.
01:19:46Well, I'm not famous.
01:19:47You will be.
01:19:49My book has made you immortal.
01:19:50You can't go in there.
01:19:52I'll go anywhere I please.
01:19:53Where is this Belvedere person?
01:19:55Where is he?
01:19:56Oh, there you are.
01:19:57Don't you take your hat off when you crash somebody's house?
01:20:00Don't you talk to me like that.
01:20:01I'll talk to you any way I like.
01:20:02You fired me, remember?
01:20:04Yes, I fired you.
01:20:05You heard him.
01:20:07Oh.
01:20:08It gives me the greatest possible pleasure to serve you personally with this summons.
01:20:12A summons?
01:20:13Well, well, how interesting.
01:20:15I am suing you for one million dollars for libel.
01:20:18Splendid.
01:20:18That's a good round sum.
01:20:19And I am going to sue you, too.
01:20:21Good.
01:20:21And me.
01:20:22And I, Mr. Taylor.
01:20:24My mother and I are going to sue you, too.
01:20:26And in addition, we shall see to it that you are run out of town.
01:20:28Excellent.
01:20:30Such notoriety will merely cause the sales of my book to zoom higher, if possible.
01:20:34Would you two young men be interested in acting as my attorneys in these threatened suits?
01:20:38Are you serious?
01:20:39Mr. King, I never jest about a million dollars.
01:20:41Money is the root of all evil, and I have the greatest possible respect for it.
01:20:45Okay, Mr. Belvedere, we'll be very happy to defend you.
01:20:47Good.
01:20:48How about it, Bill?
01:20:48It's a deal.
01:20:49The offices of King and Philby will open tomorrow morning.
01:20:52And they'll have their work cut out for them.
01:20:54Because we intend to sue not only you, but everybody who supplied you with this libelous information.
01:20:58Good idea.
01:20:59You should always go to the source.
01:21:01I intend to.
01:21:03Has it occurred to any of you gentlemen who that source might be?
01:21:06Who is the person who knows all about everyone on Hummingbird Hill?
01:21:10Who is the one that for years has made a repulsive habit of snooping and gossiping about his neighbors?
01:21:15Who is it among us who knows our little peccadillos with girls in florist shops?
01:21:20The girl was merely delivering flowers to that motel.
01:21:22But they were not orange blossoms.
01:21:24And you, Mr. McPherson?
01:21:25You caricatured me in this book as a notorious lush.
01:21:28It was not I who counted the empties taken away from your house by the garbage men.
01:21:33Just one little moment.
01:21:34Are you insinuating that I...
01:21:35I let the chips fall where they may.
01:21:37But I...
01:21:37And, Mr. Hammond, who is it that makes a habit of reading other people's mail?
01:21:41Other people's perfumed mail?
01:21:43Oh, Mrs. Alfredius, are you suggesting that I have been your collaborator?
01:21:48Don't be presumptuous.
01:21:49Let me put it in terms that even you will understand.
01:21:52You have spread the pollen.
01:21:54I have reaped the harvest.
01:21:56But I...
01:21:56But this is fantastic.
01:21:58I have been more grossly maligned in the book than anyone.
01:22:00It is only poetic justice that a stool pigeon should be roasted.
01:22:04So you're the one.
01:22:06Now, now, Horatio.
01:22:07Let us not be hasty.
01:22:08Why, you little weasel.
01:22:09Horatio.
01:22:10Don't you, Horatio.
01:22:11The whole door is the one.
01:22:12How do you want a new man?
01:22:14Mother!
01:22:14Mother!
01:22:15Mother!
01:22:15Get down!
01:22:18I'd give my right arm to get a look at Appleton with that black eye.
01:22:23I bet he nearly killed him when they trampled down his iris bed.
01:22:29How would you like to go celebrating tomorrow night?
01:22:32Love to.
01:22:32Would you care to take me dancing?
01:22:34Yes, but remember, I don't dance as well as Mr. Belvedere.
01:22:37No, dear, but you're much prettier.
01:22:41Wait a minute.
01:22:42We can't.
01:22:43We'll sit with the kids.
01:22:44I will.
01:22:46The mere fact that I have been catapulted into fame does not blime me to the duties I undertook here.
01:22:52Mr. Belvedere, you're an amazing man.
01:22:55Just what are your plans for the future?
01:22:58My dear Mrs. King, Hummingbird Hill is only the first volume of a trilogy.
01:23:01I estimate the other two volumes will take me about two years.
01:23:08And you're going to write them here?
01:23:11Naturally.
01:23:12Posterity will demand that the entire masterpiece be written under the same roof.
01:23:17This house will become a shrine.
01:23:19I'm surprised you even want to stay.
01:23:22It can't be very convenient.
01:23:24You claim you don't even like children.
01:23:28That is correct.
01:23:32Mr. Belvedere.
01:23:34Yes?
01:23:35I think it only fair to tell you that before long we're expecting another child.
01:23:42And you will find me of great service, Mrs. King.
01:23:45I was also an obstetrician.
01:24:03I think it only fair to tell you that.