👨⚕️🏘️ In Meet Dr. Christian (1939), beloved Danish-American actor Jean Hersholt brings to life the compassionate and principled country doctor who stands as a pillar of hope in a struggling small town. This is the heartfelt beginning of the Dr. Christian film series, capturing the power of kindness, community, and service.
📽️ Plot Summary:
In the quaint town of River's End, Dr. Paul Christian fights for the welfare of his neighbors while facing political pushback. When a greedy city councilman threatens public health and housing, Dr. Christian must rally the townspeople and stand up for what’s right.
🕰️ Year Released: 1939
🎭 Genre: Drama, Medical, Inspirational
🎬 Directed by: Bernard Vorhaus
🎞️ Starring: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ The first in the beloved Dr. Christian series
✔️ Touching portrait of integrity, humility, and community care
✔️ Perfect for fans of classic Americana and wholesome cinema
✔️ Jean Hersholt’s iconic role that inspired the real-life Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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🏥💬 A doctor. A town. A moral compass. Meet Dr. Christian (1939) is the uplifting tale of one man’s fight to heal more than illness—he heals hearts.
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📽️ Plot Summary:
In the quaint town of River's End, Dr. Paul Christian fights for the welfare of his neighbors while facing political pushback. When a greedy city councilman threatens public health and housing, Dr. Christian must rally the townspeople and stand up for what’s right.
🕰️ Year Released: 1939
🎭 Genre: Drama, Medical, Inspirational
🎬 Directed by: Bernard Vorhaus
🎞️ Starring: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin
🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ The first in the beloved Dr. Christian series
✔️ Touching portrait of integrity, humility, and community care
✔️ Perfect for fans of classic Americana and wholesome cinema
✔️ Jean Hersholt’s iconic role that inspired the real-life Hersholt Humanitarian Award
🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE 👍 | COMMENT 💬 | SUBSCRIBE 🔔 for more heartwarming stories, classic dramas, and hidden public domain treasures!
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📺 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnT7hNTlq29mZQJKn7wrNglY
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🎞️ #MeetDrChristian #JeanHersholt #ClassicDrama #PublicDomainMovie #1930sCinema #MedicalDrama #HeartwarmingClassics #DrChristianSeries #SmallTownWisdom
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🏥💬 A doctor. A town. A moral compass. Meet Dr. Christian (1939) is the uplifting tale of one man’s fight to heal more than illness—he heals hearts.
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00:00:50What happened woman's just been jammed up at number four.
00:01:20Get me Dr. Christian serious right so left on all of them off loading to replace.
00:01:26Yes.
00:01:27Oh John Hewitt that Dr. Christian come right over but Dr. Christian isn't here Mr. Hewitt this is an emergency.
00:01:34Well I'll tell him just as soon as he comes in don't bother to tell him anything I'll call a doctor from Center City but Mr. Hewitt.
00:01:50I didn't realize.
00:01:57Here Tom.
00:01:59Get this if you must have had some rest.
00:02:03Go on in and see you.
00:02:04No talking though.
00:02:05I wouldn't know what to say.
00:02:06Just take a hand and look at him.
00:02:10That's enough.
00:02:11I'll talk by as soon as I can.
00:02:12Goodbye Tom.
00:02:13Now I want you to break clean.
00:02:14No hitting low.
00:02:15Come on fight.
00:02:16May the best man win.
00:02:20Stop stalling.
00:02:21Get in there and fight.
00:02:23Break it up.
00:02:24Jimmy do it right.
00:02:25Here let me show you.
00:02:26Now stand firm on your feet.
00:02:30Start with this head and.
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00:03:21Oh, a piece of beefsteak can fix it up.
00:03:25Come on, I'd better take it home.
00:03:28You're quite a problem, Patsy.
00:03:31Your first day up from the measles...
00:03:32I was up yesterday and nothing happened to me.
00:03:36Of course, I didn't go out of the house.
00:03:39Hello, Don.
00:03:53Does your brother always drive like that?
00:03:55No, you ought to see him on an open road.
00:03:58Then he really lets it out.
00:04:00Yeah, I've heard stories.
00:04:02He's going to be a racing driver.
00:04:04There isn't anybody in town that can drive like Don.
00:04:07Do you remember what you said the other day
00:04:10about not having apple pie anymore?
00:04:12Yes, I'm sure I do.
00:04:14I made it myself.
00:04:15I know you don't like Margie's pies.
00:04:17What?
00:04:18Margie?
00:04:20Oh, the cook.
00:04:21Yeah, you're right.
00:04:22She's not so good on pies.
00:04:27I see where there's going to be a new state housing act.
00:04:30Mm-hmm.
00:04:31That's good, isn't it?
00:04:33Yes and no.
00:04:37Don, tell Dr. Christian I want to see him for a minute.
00:04:40I don't know.
00:04:42Is there another automobile race last night?
00:04:44Uh-huh.
00:04:45An important one?
00:04:47Yes and no.
00:05:03Don, tell Dr. Christian I want to see him for a minute.
00:05:06Say, I'll take that all back about Margie's pies.
00:05:16This is all right.
00:05:24Hello, Ann.
00:05:25Hello, John.
00:05:29Patsy, you've been fighting again.
00:05:32It seems to me that every boy in town is using her for a punching bag.
00:05:36That's not so.
00:05:37I can let any boy my age, when they fight fair, ask Dr. Christian.
00:05:42He's my second.
00:05:43So that's what you were doing this morning?
00:05:46Well, not exactly.
00:05:48Why?
00:05:49Was there anything wrong?
00:05:51Just that one of my men had an accident and I had to call a doctor from Center City.
00:05:55Oh, that's too bad, John.
00:05:56That's how I felt about it.
00:05:58I pay you a yearly fee to look after these cases.
00:06:01I'm not getting my money's worth unless you're around when I want you.
00:06:03We'd better let Margie give you that piece of steak for your eye.
00:06:09Will you still be able to use it for dinner?
00:06:11Well, John, you're not being very reasonable about it.
00:06:14I've tried being reasonable with people in Rivers End far too long.
00:06:18This whole town is 20 years behind the time.
00:06:21What you all need is a little applied efficiency.
00:06:23John.
00:06:24It's a matter of business, doctor.
00:06:26My men must have medical attention when they need it.
00:06:28You're evidently too busy with other things, so I'm making other arrangements.
00:06:34I don't think that he meant it, Paul.
00:06:36He was just upset.
00:06:44But, Miss Hastings, I brought these over here for...
00:06:46Oh, don't argue, Joe Benson.
00:06:47You take those tomatoes right back where they came from.
00:06:49Well, look at them.
00:06:50They're nice with...
00:06:51You're disturbed the patient.
00:06:53I'm sorry, Miss Judy.
00:06:54I just wanted to pay the doctor something on the count.
00:06:56Well, why don't you sell those things and bring in the money?
00:06:59Market's pretty well crowded up with tomatoes now, ma'am.
00:07:01So is my kitchen.
00:07:03Carl Nelson delivered 10 bushel this morning,
00:07:05and Eddie Wallace 15 yesterday.
00:07:07I guess you folks think Dr. Christian's in the ketchup business.
00:07:10Well, the doctor said that I...
00:07:11Never mind what the doctor said.
00:07:13How can you expect any business sense from a man who'd throw away a career
00:07:16and waste his life in a town full of ungrateful...
00:07:19Never mind that, Mrs. Hastings.
00:07:22Hello, Joe.
00:07:23Hello, doctor.
00:07:23Mr. Hewitt's been looking for you, and he...
00:07:25He found me.
00:07:26You sure have a fine new boy.
00:07:28Thank you, doctor.
00:07:28When will you let my wife be up?
00:07:30Oh, in a few days.
00:07:32How many bushes have you?
00:07:33Five, but I can get some more.
00:07:35One would be too many.
00:07:36They're very healthy eating, doctor.
00:07:37Chock full of vitamins A and B.
00:07:39I presume the doctor gets this medical advice free.
00:07:43All right, Joe.
00:07:44Take them into the kitchen.
00:07:45I'll credit you for them.
00:07:47Well, doctor, how would I have them for dinner?
00:07:50Stewed, roasted, or squeezed?
00:07:54They're delicious any way you fixed them.
00:07:56Please, they'll be.
00:07:58Come on, you.
00:08:00Who's first, Judy?
00:08:01Doctor, I didn't arrive first, but I had such a twinge in my back this morning,
00:08:06well, you simply must see me immediately.
00:08:08Mrs. Minos, I told you you needn't come back this week.
00:08:11You're perfectly healthy.
00:08:12I resent that, doctor.
00:08:13Cass was here first.
00:08:15Come into the office, Cass.
00:08:17Well, of all things, to think that I am sick.
00:08:21I don't feel fluking sick.
00:08:24Yeah, it's time to land.
00:08:26Just take off your shirt and we'll get ready for you.
00:08:28Won't be long.
00:08:29Nothing to it, doc.
00:08:30I've had every sort of an operation, even without a whiff of gas.
00:08:34What are all those letters to you?
00:08:40Those are bills.
00:08:42Oh.
00:08:42And it's not going to do you any good to pretend.
00:08:45From now on, we're going to send them to your patients every month.
00:08:49That seems like a pretty good idea.
00:08:52Why, doctor, you don't mean that you actually are...
00:08:55From now on, we are going to start practicing a little applied efficiency.
00:09:00Applied efficiency?
00:09:03Mm-hmm.
00:09:04John Hewitt says it's the secret of the success.
00:09:08Anything wrong?
00:09:11I'm no longer a tenant physician to the Hewitt Lumber Company.
00:09:15Oh, that's terrible.
00:09:18I'll admit it's bad.
00:09:21But it's not as bad as old dad.
00:09:24Oh, but that was one income that didn't come in tomatoes.
00:09:30You just have to work a little harder, that's all.
00:09:33Tell Caster to come in, will you?
00:09:39Ready?
00:09:41I was just looking at the appointment book.
00:09:42Doctor's got a busy day today.
00:09:46Will you come in now?
00:09:47Yeah, sure.
00:09:48But seeing he's so busy today, and there's an empty spot on the book for the end of next week,
00:09:52I thought maybe, uh...
00:09:53The doctor has everything ready now, Cass.
00:09:55Uh, did I ever tell you about the time they sewed up my ear over in Center City?
00:10:12The doctor's got a while?
00:10:26I did.
00:10:26The doctor's got a there.
00:10:36THE END
00:11:06You, what a day
00:11:08You must be dead
00:11:11Yeah, I am a little tired, Judy
00:11:14Did you see Mrs. Johnson's face when
00:11:22When you told her that he was going to be all right?
00:11:25Moments like that are word all the heart-worping
00:11:28Sleepless nights
00:11:29And tomatoes
00:11:31Doctor
00:11:35What did Mrs. Hastings mean outside about wasting your life?
00:11:41Well, you see, when I first came to Rivers End, it was just a temporary job
00:11:44My ambition in those days was to go back to Chicago and be a big success
00:11:49I made a mistake of telling Mrs. Hastings, and she's been throwing it at me ever since
00:11:55That doesn't sound like you
00:11:59Not finishing something you'd started
00:12:01Oh, I had a chance to go back later on
00:12:04But by that time
00:12:07Bill Wallace had taken a turn for the worse
00:12:09And Mrs. Drake was expecting another baby
00:12:13And, well, I just couldn't leave
00:12:14It's a funny thing, Judy
00:12:18A young man starts out to set the world on fire
00:12:22And he's more interested in where he does it
00:12:25Than how he does it
00:12:27I was pretty much surprised when I suddenly realized that my work in Rivers End
00:12:32It was just as important to me as anything I could possibly do in Chicago
00:12:36But, say me
00:12:39We haven't got any time for all this reminiscing
00:12:42Oh, yes, we do
00:12:43There aren't any more patients
00:12:44There aren't, eh?
00:12:45I demand an examination
00:12:47Mrs. Minow, the doctor said there was no need for you to wait
00:12:51You're perfectly healthy
00:12:53That's just one man's opinion
00:12:54Why, a friend of mine who lives in Center City
00:12:56Has been going to doctors for years
00:12:58And it wasn't until last week that they suddenly found out what was wrong
00:13:01She might have had some complicated symptoms
00:13:03But you don't have
00:13:04Nonsense
00:13:05Well, I can match her symptom for symptom and then some
00:13:08What I need is to be put on a diet like she was
00:13:11Diet?
00:13:13Certainly
00:13:13Nothing but crushed parsnips
00:13:16She feels perfectly marvelous now
00:13:18But, Mrs. Minow, that couldn't possibly have anything
00:13:21Wait a minute, Judy
00:13:21There may be something to what Mrs. Minow says
00:13:25Mrs. Hastings
00:13:26I've been thinking, Mrs. Minow
00:13:29Perhaps a diet is just what you need
00:13:32Oh, I'm glad you agree with my diagnosis
00:13:34I was about to go out and find a doctor who would
00:13:37Yes, doctor
00:13:38Mrs. Hastings
00:13:39I've decided to put Mrs. Minow on a strict diet
00:13:42Well, it might improve her disposition, but not her health
00:13:45That's perfect
00:13:46I wouldn't be too sure
00:13:48I think a strict diet of tomatoes is just what she needs
00:13:51Tomatoes
00:13:52Tomatoes
00:13:53How interesting
00:13:54How interesting
00:13:55A chock full of vitamins A and B
00:13:58Why, doctor, I...
00:14:00I wonder if I didn't notice that myself
00:14:03Oh, look, it's written all over her poor sick face
00:14:08Come with me, Mrs. Minow
00:14:10Hello, Judy
00:14:13Oh, hello, Rory
00:14:14I came to tell the doctor something
00:14:16You couldn't have phoned
00:14:17Well, uh, besides that there was something I wanted to take up with you
00:14:22If you're going to lecture me just because I broke a date the other day...
00:14:24Judy, I'm not going to...
00:14:25After all, I did tell you I had to work with the doctor
00:14:28I can't help it if babies are born
00:14:30Of course you can't
00:14:31And you're not angry?
00:14:32No, not at all
00:14:34But I stood you up on a date, didn't I?
00:14:36Yes, but business is business
00:14:38I don't care, you ought to be mad
00:14:40Well, Judy, I'll get mad if you insist, but...
00:14:42Oh, Rory, you're such a dope when it comes to romance
00:14:45I got romance
00:14:46I got romance
00:14:47I'm crazy about you
00:14:48I'm crazy about you, but...
00:14:50Well...
00:14:51Business is business
00:14:54Judy!
00:14:55Judy!
00:14:57Judy!
00:14:58Judy!
00:14:59Judy!
00:15:00Oh, oh, oh, hello, doctor
00:15:01What's going on here?
00:15:02Oh, nothing, uh...
00:15:04Could you drop by the store, say, about five o'clock?
00:15:07Anything wrong?
00:15:08No, uh, it's a sort of a meeting
00:15:10Oh, I'll be there, but I mean, is anything wrong between you and Judy?
00:15:14No, I don't know, doctor
00:15:16She's mad because I'm not mad and...
00:15:18Oh, Rory, there's one thing about Judy you never seem to remember
00:15:21What's that?
00:15:22She's a woman
00:15:23Well, can I do anything about it?
00:15:25Well, some authorities prescribe going along with other women for a while
00:15:30You know, or rouse a little jealousy
00:15:33Oh...
00:15:35But I don't like other women
00:15:40Just name it, Merrilee
00:15:41Anything in the place is yours for the asking
00:15:43I thought this store belonged to Roy Davis
00:15:46Quiet, brat
00:15:51A lover's delight sounds awfully nice, darling
00:15:54Oh, that's my specialty
00:16:00Say, Merrilee
00:16:02How'd you like to go to the dance tonight?
00:16:04She's going with my brother, Don
00:16:06Say, what are you having?
00:16:09You know, we don't let kids hang around here without buying anything
00:16:12I'm here with my brother's girl
00:16:14I'm not anyone's girl
00:16:16Well, of course you're not
00:16:18And Don shouldn't go around talking as though you belong to him
00:16:22Shitty
00:16:28Hey, you can't do that to my brother
00:16:34Listen, if I make you an ice cream cone, will you promise not to say a word?
00:16:38Not a word until it's finished?
00:16:43Strawberry?
00:16:44It's a deal
00:16:46It's a deal
00:16:59Hello, Merrilee
00:17:00Sorry I'm late
00:17:02What do I owe you?
00:17:03Not a cent, my friend
00:17:05Not a cent
00:17:06I'm treating Merrilee
00:17:08Have a lover's delight, Don
00:17:10Merrilee
00:17:11Well
00:17:12I'm not feeling so hot
00:17:13But, okay
00:17:14One of the same
00:17:22Have you decided what color dress you're going to wear to the dance, Merrilee?
00:17:25Why, no
00:17:26What do you want to know for, Don?
00:17:28Nothing
00:17:31Never mind
00:17:33Maybe you have to be sure a socks will match it
00:17:36Suppose it never occurred to you that a man has to know those things in order to select the proper corsage
00:17:41Don, but just ask Merrilee to be untrue to you
00:17:44Well, I ought to knock your block off
00:17:45Well, go ahead
00:17:46Just start something
00:17:47Go ahead
00:17:48Our referee
00:17:49That's him
00:17:52Really, boys, there's no need for resorting to physical violence
00:17:58Well, I guess we all see the thing the same way, then
00:18:00Why?
00:18:01It's an inspiration
00:18:03Hello, boys
00:18:04Hello, Doctor
00:18:05Go ahead, Alfred
00:18:06Doctor, we have to work fast
00:18:07With Mayor Sparling resigning and the council having the power to appoint someone to his unexpired term
00:18:12We want a mayor that'll bring this town to life
00:18:14Well, you know the condition of the school, Doctor
00:18:16The plumbing is a disgrace
00:18:18Well, the whole building looks like it's going to collapse
00:18:21In other words, we've got to have a progressive city government
00:18:24Yes, I know the need
00:18:26Probably better than any of you
00:18:27I've seen people die
00:18:31I've seen routine operations become emergencies
00:18:34Just this morning, a baby died
00:18:36All because we need a hospital
00:18:38We've got to appoint somebody who really cares about this town
00:18:42Someone whom the people have confidence in
00:18:44In other words, Doctor Christian
00:18:46That's it, Doctor
00:18:47Our minds are made up
00:18:48Gentlemen, I agree with your diagnosis, but
00:18:51You're prescribing the wrong cure
00:18:53Oh, you're too modest, Doctor
00:18:55No
00:18:56What would you think of a man who could untangle the red tape?
00:19:01Get things done?
00:19:02Well, who?
00:19:03John Hewitt
00:19:05No, I knew it
00:19:06No, I knew it
00:19:07Oh, no
00:19:08Of course not
00:19:09But he has no city pride
00:19:11Perhaps, but he's honest
00:19:12And he's the best executive in represent
00:19:14But he's got a big business of his own to run
00:19:16He wouldn't accept the appointment in a hundred years
00:19:19Oh
00:19:20Well, if you tell him how badly the town needs a man of his ability
00:19:24Flatter him?
00:19:26You can catch more flies from puny than you can with winnacle
00:19:32Hey, Roy
00:19:33Oh, uh, excuse me, gentlemen
00:19:35What do you have, Don?
00:19:39I need a little pick-me-up
00:19:41You'll kind of run down
00:19:42Oh, well, uh, perhaps some rhubarb and soda
00:19:45Rhubarb and soda?
00:19:46I don't need that kid stuff
00:19:47How about a bromide?
00:19:49Maybe I'd better have a look at you, Don
00:19:50No, I'm all right
00:19:52You know, just been living a little too high lately
00:19:54Late hours
00:19:55Stomach been jumping?
00:19:57Say, what is this?
00:19:58Can a man have a hangover without the Board of Health looking into him?
00:20:00Hold still a moment, Don
00:20:02Is he very sick, Dr. Christian?
00:20:04See, Liv
00:20:05It's the measles
00:20:07That's impossible!
00:20:09Why, I thought only children got measles
00:20:11Oh, the glamour boy
00:20:13Oh, gee, Don
00:20:15And just before the dance, too
00:20:16Oh, I gotta go to that, Doc
00:20:18It must be a mistake
00:20:19Does your eyes feel kind of hot?
00:20:21And are you all woozy inside?
00:20:24Yes
00:20:25It's measles, all right
00:20:27Shut up, will you?
00:20:28All right, Don
00:20:29I'd better take you home
00:20:30Yes, come along, Don
00:20:32Listen, Marilee
00:20:33Keep away from me
00:20:34I don't want any kids' diseases
00:20:36Now, don't worry, Don, old boy
00:20:38I'll take care of Marilee
00:20:41It's too bad, Don
00:20:43Take your hands off me, you brat
00:20:44You got me into this
00:20:45You gave them to me
00:20:52Gentlemen
00:20:53No one is more acutely aware than I am
00:20:56Of the sorry state of affairs in our community
00:20:58You know I am opposed to old-fashioned methods
00:21:02But I have a full-time job already
00:21:04Running this plan
00:21:05But, Mr. Hewitt
00:21:07There's no one else in town with half your ability
00:21:11You're the ideal man for the job
00:21:13Right, yes, John
00:21:19You see, Roy, it's no use, I told you from the beginning
00:21:21You were wasting your time
00:21:23What got that?
00:21:24You told me
00:21:26I told you he wouldn't be capable of running the town in his own business too
00:21:30What do you mean, capable?
00:21:32I could run this town during my lunch hours if it weren't for, for...
00:21:35If it weren't for the fact that it would be easier to forget River's End and move his business to a more progressive town
00:21:40I resent that insinuation, Dr. Christian
00:21:43I'm willing to do as much as the next man for River's End
00:21:46But, uh...
00:21:48Well...
00:21:49Come on, gentlemen, you're wasting our time
00:21:51Dr. Christian, I'll thank you to let me do my own talking
00:21:54I'll decide whether they're wasting their time or not
00:21:57You mean you might do it?
00:22:01Why, George, it's a great temptation, I...
00:22:03Come on, John
00:22:05We certainly could get things humming in this town
00:22:09Don't say anything now, you might regret later, John
00:22:11I never say anything, I don't mean
00:22:15Gentlemen, I accept your offer
00:22:17Oh, fine
00:22:21What was that advice about flies and honey?
00:22:23Sometimes vinegar works, too
00:22:37Well, we can't wait any longer for the Health Department
00:22:40I'm sorry Dr. Christian didn't get here
00:22:42Because, frankly, gentlemen, his department is the most inefficiently run in town
00:22:47Your Honor, that's not true
00:22:48Dr. Christian has done a magnificent job
00:22:50I prefer to talk in terms of facts and figures
00:22:54His department hasn't had a balanced budget in ten years
00:22:57There are items listed here that almost call for investigation
00:23:00Oh, wait a minute, Mr. Mayor
00:23:01Now, that's going a little bit too far
00:23:03Well, listen, listen to this
00:23:05Loan to Joe Benson for draining swamp, forty-two dollars
00:23:08Now, since when is the Health Department in the money-lending business?
00:23:11And without any security, either
00:23:13Dr. Christian put up twenty-five dollars out of his own pocket and that wasn't enough
00:23:16The swamp was a health medicine, naturally
00:23:19I am not questioning Dr. Christian's motives, Mr. Davis, but his methods
00:23:23I'm not at all sure that the methods of a country doctor are suited to running a modern municipal health department
00:23:32My apologies
00:23:33John?
00:23:34Gentlemen?
00:23:35Doctor
00:23:36Hi, doctor
00:23:39How's the patient?
00:23:40She's past the crisis
00:23:41That's fine
00:23:42We were just discussing your department, doctor
00:23:45Oh, fine, I was afraid I'd be too late
00:23:47I have a report here somewhere
00:23:52Let's see
00:23:53I'll just skip over the money part
00:23:59The deficit, you mean?
00:24:01Yes, always the deficit
00:24:03I think they'll figure on it when they give me my appropriation
00:24:06Could we hear the part of your report which you think is important?
00:24:10Well, John, I have a lot of facts here which I want you to go over yourself
00:24:16They all come to the same thing
00:24:19River's End needs a hospital
00:24:20A hospital?
00:24:21A hospital?
00:24:22Doctor, have you gone out of your mind?
00:24:24Where are you going to raise that kind of money?
00:24:26Well, you know more about that sort of thing than I do
00:24:30I thought perhaps we could borrow it or
00:24:33Have you any idea how much a hospital costs?
00:24:35No
00:24:38But I know how many lives it's costing us now not to have a hospital
00:24:42We're talking in dollars and cents
00:24:45Well, it's a little hard to talk about medicine in terms of dollars and cents
00:24:49It's quite apparent doctor that one of us must learn to talk the other's language
00:24:54I have some records of yours here that I would like to talk over in my own terms
00:24:59If you don't mind
00:25:00Hello, Paul
00:25:14Hello, Ann. I dropped in to see John about a little problem I ran into in Squatterstown
00:25:18He'll be here in a few minutes
00:25:19That's fine. How's Don?
00:25:21Like a caged lion
00:25:24Paul, I heard that you and John had a quarrel at the meeting
00:25:28I hope it wasn't anything
00:25:30Oh, it's nothing, Ann
00:25:31Well, I'm a hundred percent for him
00:25:33He's doing a fine job
00:25:34Oh, I am glad to hear it
00:25:36I guess it keeps him pretty busy doing two jobs at once, eh?
00:25:39Well, you know how conscientious John is
00:25:42Don, Dr. Patsy
00:25:45I have to hear you talk to Patsy that way, Don
00:25:47Okay, I won't talk to her at all
00:25:49Well, I don't see any reason for keeping her in any longer, Don
00:25:52That's all I wanted to know
00:26:03Hello, may I speak to Merrily, please?
00:26:07Hello, Bud
00:26:08What?
00:26:09What?
00:26:10Oh, Don
00:26:12That's grand
00:26:14Yeah, it feels plenty good
00:26:16These last two weeks have been like living on a desert island
00:26:19Only worse because Patsy was around
00:26:22Anyway, it's all over now and we can go to the picnic together
00:26:25Oh, Don
00:26:27It's swell that you're out
00:26:29But about the picnic
00:26:32Well, I sort of promised Bud
00:26:34Looks like you didn't lose any time when I was sick
00:26:39Why, Don
00:26:41I haven't gone out with anyone
00:26:43Except Bud
00:26:45And I only said I sort of promised him
00:26:49You could break the date Merrily
00:26:51Why, sure
00:26:52Just call Bud and tell him
00:26:56Say, what is this?
00:26:58Patsy?
00:26:59Whoa, whoa, whoa, Don
00:27:00Don, haven't you any more sense than to drag your kid sister into our private affairs?
00:27:05Don didn't drag me in Merrily
00:27:07Patsy, get off the phone
00:27:09I'm not on the phone, Don
00:27:10Really, I'm not
00:27:12I've never been so insulted in all my life
00:27:21Gee, Don, sorry
00:27:22Hello, John
00:27:30Hello, Ann
00:27:31Hello, Doctor
00:27:32Lunch ready?
00:27:33It will be in a few minutes
00:27:34I need your help on something, John
00:27:36There's a mumps epidemic in Squatterstown
00:27:38Well, that isn't serious, is it?
00:27:40No, not in itself
00:27:42But the way it's spreading is a good indication of what would happen if something dangerous broke out
00:27:48Those people must be told something about preventive medicine right away
00:27:51Aren't you capable of telling them what to do?
00:27:54Well, it's a full-time job
00:27:56We need a district nurse
00:27:58Someone like, Martina Jamison
00:28:01She's registered and
00:28:03Has not much work lately
00:28:05No minor history, what's it got to do with me?
00:28:07Well, John
00:28:09It's budget trouble again
00:28:12I remember what you said to me the other day and
00:28:14Well, I'm on my allowance already, so
00:28:17Doctor, if you're asking me to authorize an expenditure beyond your budget
00:28:21On people who aren't even legal residents of Rivers End
00:28:24The answer is no
00:28:26After all, I have an obligation to the taxpayers
00:28:29It's in the interest of the taxpayers to prevent epidemics
00:28:32I'm sorry, Doctor, but there's no point in talking about it any further
00:28:37All right, John
00:28:39I'll just have to have another deficit
00:28:41You mean you're going to take this nurse on anyway?
00:28:42You don't leave me any other choice
00:28:45Doctor, I warn you
00:28:47The quarterly audit isn't far off
00:28:50You'd better see to it that your deficit is wiped out
00:28:53I will, John
00:28:55But I'm afraid it won't show on paper
00:28:59Doctor Jim
00:29:01Why did you say there were mumps?
00:29:03In Squatters Town
00:29:05They're pretty catching, aren't they?
00:29:07They certainly are
00:29:08Oh
00:29:10Oh
00:29:27How's the mumps?
00:29:28All right
00:29:36What's that?
00:29:38A lollipop
00:29:40Oh
00:29:42What flavor?
00:29:44Double raspberry
00:29:45But it tastes like peppermint
00:29:49But it tastes like peppermint
00:29:51Yeah?
00:30:01You know, there's something about a man in a uniform that...
00:30:04I think I have an ice cream soda
00:30:06What flavor?
00:30:08Well, I want it to taste sort of like this lollipop
00:30:12Oh, raspberry, huh?
00:30:14Okey-doke
00:30:16Wait a minute
00:30:19This isn't just raspberry
00:30:22It tastes like peppermint as well
00:30:24Here, you better taste it so you'll know what I mean
00:30:27Go on, I'm not looking at any old second-hand lollipops
00:30:30You'll have to order out of this or not at all
00:30:34I don't see why some parents don't sometimes keep some children home
00:30:47You know, Merrily, this picnic is really gonna be swell
00:30:50They got the school band and they built a platform where we can dance
00:30:53Hey, I'm thirsty
00:30:54Hey, you can't drink out of my glass
00:30:56You'd let Merrily, wouldn't you?
00:30:59Well, that's my business
00:31:01Would you kiss her?
00:31:03Hey, what's the matter with you anyway?
00:31:06Maybe you'd like to kiss Bud
00:31:08I'm just dying to go to the picnic
00:31:10I really can hardly wait
00:31:14Bud
00:31:15I'm sorry, Miss Price
00:31:32Gee, Miss Price, I am sorry
00:31:35Oh, Don, what's the matter with you?
00:31:38I guess I was brooding
00:31:40You brooded pretty high speed
00:31:42I guess I should realize that other people are still interested in living
00:31:47I'll tell you what, I'll drive you home
00:31:51Yeah, I'm a little young to die, but
00:31:54Alright
00:31:56You're looking kind of gloomy
00:32:01Anything wrong?
00:32:03Do I seem changed?
00:32:05Yes, sort of
00:32:07I am
00:32:09Don, what's on your mind?
00:32:11Well, it's got to do with facing a lot of realities
00:32:14Mostly women
00:32:16Has Merrily got anything to do with this?
00:32:20Only indirectly
00:32:22The fact that she sold her soul for a couple of ice cream sodas is significant
00:32:26But very unimportant
00:32:28Don, perhaps you're being hasty
00:32:30Maybe you're making a mistake about women
00:32:33I've given them their chance
00:32:35But, Don, there are plenty of pretty girls in town besides Merrily
00:32:41Nice ones, too
00:32:43Well, I haven't seen any
00:32:45Well, I resent that
00:32:47Miss Price
00:32:49I'd never talk like that
00:32:51If I'd known you were a woman
00:32:53I mean, if I thought of you as a woman
00:32:56Of course I shouldn't have told you
00:32:58Miss Price
00:33:00Judy, I never knew, I mean
00:33:03I didn't think
00:33:05Gee
00:33:09Just put them on the table, Don
00:33:14Bye
00:33:20I guess you have some work to do
00:33:22Yes, Don, thanks for the lift
00:33:24Well, I was just thinking about the picnic
00:33:27Oh, I'm sorry, but I promised Roy
00:33:29I suppose I shouldn't have asked
00:33:31Oh, but, Don, I'll see you there
00:33:34Oh, I didn't get it at first
00:33:38I guess that would be the easiest way
00:33:41Oh, now, look, I don't want you to think about
00:33:43Oh, now, don't apologize, Judy
00:33:45I've told you, I've learned to face realities
00:33:48I think you should go with Roy
00:33:50Well, I guess I'd better get going
00:33:54Yes, maybe that would be best
00:33:55That would be best
00:33:57Uh, Judy
00:33:58Yes
00:34:00It's just that, well
00:34:02I didn't want you to think this happened to me on the rebound
00:34:11Well, what's wrong with Don?
00:34:15Is he sick?
00:34:16There's nothing wrong with his health, Doctor
00:34:18You see, he just drove me home and
00:34:21Well, and...
00:34:22Oh, so that's it, huh?
00:34:24Well, treat the pen gently, Judy
00:34:26But it's not funny, Doctor
00:34:28Oh, come, Judy, don't take it so seriously
00:34:30We all went through the popular stage when we were young
00:34:33But Don has adult ideas
00:34:36I suppose the only thing to do is put him in his place next time I see him
00:34:41You might do better than that
00:34:44You might have to put him straight, Judy
00:34:46He's inclined to be pretty wild
00:34:48I know his mother worries about him and his father, well
00:34:52He doesn't help
00:34:57I remember when I was a boy
00:34:59I was always late for school or played hokey, never started
00:35:03One day I got a crush on my teacher
00:35:06Awful
00:35:08He had, uh, stringy hair and rather big ears
00:35:11Hey, wait a minute, my ears aren't big
00:35:15Oh, I didn't have as good taste as Don
00:35:19Anyway, that woman was smart
00:35:21My, before long she had me working myself to his shadow studying my lessons
00:35:26I worked so hard that I forgot all about my crush on the teacher
00:35:32I see what you mean, but...
00:35:37I knew you would
00:35:39All right
00:35:41But I'm not making any rash promises
00:35:47I found the notes for your speech, John
00:35:50Are you feeling better, dear?
00:35:51No, but don't worry about it
00:35:53Hey, Mom, I got a clean shirt
00:35:54Well, if you got the notes, give them to me
00:35:56Coming, dear, I'll look for a shirt right away, Don
00:35:58Come on
00:36:04Hey, who's been using Dad's razor?
00:36:06Don, we've got to stop for the ceremony in a few minutes
00:36:09Why don't you let your shaving go?
00:36:11Until someday when you've got more time
00:36:13Gosh, Mom, you don't want me to go out in public with a two-day beard
00:36:18Hello, Ann
00:36:19Doctor, I am sorry to make you come today of all days
00:36:22But Patrick feels bad again
00:36:24Well, Ann, where are my striped pants?
00:36:27Coming, dear
00:36:28You said you'd have them clean
00:36:30Open your mouth
00:36:31Have you been in Squatterstown lately?
00:36:38Squatstown?
00:36:40Well, not exactly
00:36:43I mean, I was kinda on the edge of it
00:36:46Near where Jimmy and Pete live, maybe?
00:36:48Jimmy and Pete who?
00:36:50Who?
00:36:56Mumps
00:36:57Oh, dear
00:36:59John, Patsy has the mumps
00:37:01Are you sure?
00:37:02Trust Patsy to kiss anything that's around
00:37:04I guess Don will have to be quarantined
00:37:06What?
00:37:07Oh, no, you don't have to do that, do you, Dr. Christian?
00:37:10I haven't kissed him
00:37:12Well, I should hope not
00:37:13Don's happy, Mom, so you can go to the picnic
00:37:15Well, both of you go right along
00:37:16I'll stay with Patsy
00:37:18Greedy, Ann, she'll be perfectly all right
00:37:20Just has to be quiet for a while
00:37:21Please go, Mommy
00:37:22You're the only one I can trust to bring home some ice cream
00:37:25All right, I'll stay for the speech and be right back
00:37:29Better let Margie know what's happened
00:37:32Dr. Christian, are there many cases of mumps in this state?
00:37:36Oh, a few thousand, I guess
00:37:39How many in, uh, Rivers End?
00:37:42Well, I have some in Squatterstown
00:37:45How about up around here, say around, uh, Oak Street?
00:37:50What makes you say Oak Street, Patsy?
00:37:53As a matter of fact, it just came from there
00:37:56Patsy, did you know Bart was gonna have the mumps?
00:38:03No, I only hoped he would
00:38:06I mean, well, I just thought maybe
00:38:10Patsy, I don't know what we're gonna do with you
00:38:12The school site we are dedicating today
00:38:28Is only the initial step in my program
00:38:31Only the initial step, John?
00:38:33Oh, hello, Doctor
00:38:35Sound as if you had something up your sleeve
00:38:37You wait till it makes council meeting
00:38:39You'll hear how I'm going to bring this town to life
00:38:44It's for you, Don
00:38:46Oh, how does she know who it's for?
00:38:48Oh, Patsy's a pretty smart girl
00:38:52I'll take it downstairs
00:38:57Hello
00:38:59Don?
00:39:01Oh, Marilyn
00:39:02I called about the picnic
00:39:04I'd much rather go with you than Bud
00:39:07He's so funny-looking and such a show-off all the time
00:39:10And, well...
00:39:12Well, he's got the mumps
00:39:14But I'd much rather go with you anyway
00:39:17Mm-hmm
00:39:21Don't mind me
00:39:26He barely asked Don to take her to the picnic
00:39:28And Don said no
00:39:30Oh, maybe he's just given us some of her own medicine, huh?
00:39:33I don't think so
00:39:35He's not pretty smart about girls
00:39:38Oh...
00:39:40He hung up on her
00:39:41He did?
00:39:43Can you imagine the nerve of that, Marilyn?
00:39:45Her boyfriend's sick, so now she wants me to take her
00:39:48Aren't you going to?
00:39:49Don't you love her anymore?
00:39:51That infant?
00:39:53I only go around with women
00:39:55And I thought I knew all about love
00:40:06The classrooms will run the full width of the building
00:40:09Where's the principal's office?
00:40:10Oh, that, I think that's upstairs
00:40:12I know it...
00:40:14Where's Grant?
00:40:16I'm down here in the locker room
00:40:17Let's have a look at those plans
00:40:19I'd like to get your own pay on our loudspeaker system, Mr. Davis
00:40:22Mr. Davis, we're having such trouble with the children
00:40:33They want to have the tug of war before the potato race
00:40:36Well, that sounds alright to me
00:40:37But look at the schedule
00:40:40Change of schedule
00:40:42Hey! Remember me?
00:40:44Hello, Judy
00:40:45Having a good time?
00:40:46What do you think?
00:40:47I've had three hot dogs to pay for them all myself
00:40:49Oh, I'm sorry, Judy
00:40:52Oh, I really
00:40:54Oh, I guess you mean...
00:40:55You mean you've been kind of alone
00:40:57Do you think that sometime this afternoon
00:40:58You might get ten seconds off to dance with me?
00:41:02Sure, Judy, um...
00:41:03After the mayor's speech, maybe
00:41:05Say, I've got to check that loudspeaker system
00:41:06Can I interest anyone in some tomato delight?
00:41:22Tomato supreme?
00:41:25Tomato surprise
00:41:27I'd love to
00:41:28I haven't had any tomatoes since breakfast
00:41:31Doctor, have you made any commitments for the next, uh...
00:41:33Wait a minute, I saw him first
00:41:35Sorry, Judy
00:41:36Age before beauty
00:41:37Anne, I'm awfully clumsy
00:41:39Why, you were always very great
00:41:44She's a lovely woman
00:41:46She should've married the darky
00:41:48Mrs. Hastings, what a thing to say
00:41:50You heard me
00:41:52That was the second mistake he made
00:41:54As if burying himself here in the first place wasn't foolish enough
00:41:58He had to let that cute snatch Anne Weston right from under his nose
00:42:00Just because he was too shy, I'd speak up about it
00:42:04Don, I've been looking for you
00:42:06Hello, kid
00:42:08Don, I've been looking for you
00:42:09Hello, kid
00:42:10Don, I saw a movie last night
00:42:11It was awful sad, well...
00:42:12So what?
00:42:13Well, I thought we ought to be careful that we don't spend the rest of our lives paying...
00:42:16Paying for a childhood falling
00:42:17What falling?
00:42:18Our quarrel
00:42:19Let's forgive each other
00:42:20Merrily, I forgive you completely
00:42:21In fact, I've forgotten it completely
00:42:22Oh, I'm not so sure you're supposed to forgive me
00:42:23Don, I've been looking for you
00:42:24Don, I've been looking for you
00:42:25Don, I've been looking for you
00:42:27Hello, kid
00:42:29Don, I saw a movie last night
00:42:31It was awful sad, well...
00:42:33So what?
00:42:34Well, I thought we ought to be careful that we don't spend the rest of our lives paying...
00:42:39Paying for a childhood falling
00:42:41What falling?
00:42:42Our quarrels
00:42:43Let's forgive each other
00:42:44Merrily, I forgive you completely
00:42:46In fact, I've forgotten it completely
00:42:48I'm not so sure you're supposed to forget it
00:42:52But anyway, now we're reconciled
00:42:54Let's dance
00:42:59Sure, a little later
00:43:01Excuse me, will you?
00:43:05Judy
00:43:06Oh, hello, Don
00:43:08Judy
00:43:10I was wondering about a dance
00:43:12All right, let's dance
00:43:17All right, let's dance
00:43:31No!
00:43:34Certainly is a grand day for picnic
00:43:37I'd have liked it better at night
00:43:38It would have been more romantic
00:43:39Even moral men
00:43:48Get the sound of your father's speech
00:43:50Let's take a walk or something
00:43:52I hate speeches
00:43:54I'd kind of like to listen to it
00:43:56Well, I can tell it to you
00:43:57I've heard Dad rehearsing it so much around the house
00:43:59I know it by heart
00:44:01Anyway, I was thinking about what you said yesterday
00:44:04About my going to college
00:44:06I'd like to talk to you
00:44:08All right, Don
00:44:09All right, Don
00:44:24We are met here today on the site of a new school
00:44:28To me, the occasion is an important one
00:44:31Because it is the beginning of a new era in Riverside
00:44:34In Riverside
00:44:39Doctor, are you still satisfied with your choice?
00:44:41The stage is not a cornerstone for our new school
00:44:44But in a sense, this new school
00:44:47Will be the cornerstone of this new era
00:44:49It is not I
00:44:56It is not I
00:45:02It is not I who
00:45:05Have brought about this change
00:45:07But you
00:45:09You have expressed a desire
00:45:10For a progressive civic government
00:45:29And it is my job
00:45:31There we go
00:45:32Can you all hear me back there?
00:45:40Yeah!
00:45:44And the executive is the obedient servant to his position
00:45:51The conditions are more
00:45:52What is it, Marilee?
00:45:54How would you like to take a walk down by the river?
00:45:57A walk?
00:45:58Don't be silly, Marilee
00:45:59I want to listen to the speech
00:46:05But it's awfully nice, Mr. Davis
00:46:07I saw Don and Judy walking close together
00:46:12What?
00:46:13Oh
00:46:14No, I'm sorry, Marilee
00:46:15I'm, uh
00:46:16I'm too busy
00:46:17I have to, uh
00:46:19I have to see a man
00:46:25College was swell
00:46:27You know those gay, carefree days they always speak about
00:46:31I don't want to be gay and carefree
00:46:33I'd much rather worry if it was about you
00:46:36Oh, thank you, Don
00:46:38But what about making a definite decision?
00:46:40I've decided to do anything you want me to
00:46:43Well, it's nice of you to say that
00:46:45And there is one thing I would like you to do
00:46:47And that's give up this silly ambition of yours
00:46:49To become a racing driver
00:46:51Make yourself the kind of a man you could be
00:46:54You're grown up now, Don, really
00:47:03I'm glad you realized that, Judy
00:47:05Oh, Don, that's canoe and the moonlight technique
00:47:10It doesn't fit in a little rowboat like this
00:47:19Uh, perhaps we'd better get back
00:47:21Well, this is important, the picnic isn't
00:47:24Why go back?
00:47:26I was thinking about Roy
00:47:28You don't love him, do you, Judy?
00:47:30Don, I don't want you to think that I...
00:47:32And you do care for me?
00:47:34You're a sweet boy, yes
00:47:38Oh, Don
00:47:39I really love you
00:47:49I'll save you, Judy
00:47:50I'll save you, Judy
00:48:10I don't want to put a wet blanket on this little love saint, but...
00:48:13What's going on here?
00:48:14Nothing of importance to you, Mr. Davis
00:48:15The heck it isn't, I ought to put somebody in the nose
00:48:17Well, go ahead and try it
00:48:19Don, would you mind leaving us alone for just a minute, please?
00:48:23Is that the way you want it?
00:48:24Yes, Don, please
00:48:28Glad I found this out
00:48:30Before I got it any deeper
00:48:36Ladies and gentlemen
00:48:37Our municipal problem is like that of any of us
00:48:41How to raise the capital necessary for expansion
00:48:46Now, what is it that Rivers End needs most of all?
00:48:51The answer, my friends, is roads
00:48:54Roads, roads, and more roads
00:48:57If we can raise the money
00:48:58To build a modern highway approach into our town
00:49:03We will repay the investment tenfold
00:49:09Thank you, my friend
00:49:15Surplendent, Mayor
00:49:17Congratulations, John
00:49:19Excellent, John
00:49:20How much money does this project diffuse require, John?
00:49:23Oh, don't you worry about that, Doctor
00:49:26The government will pay most of it
00:49:28All we have to do is to raise $250,000 by a bond issue
00:49:31Why, that's more than a hospital cost
00:49:33And you told me you couldn't raise it
00:49:35I have looked into your hospital idea, Dr. Christian
00:49:38And it doesn't hold water
00:49:40What do you mean?
00:49:41Last year, only 19 cases from Rivers End
00:49:43Were registered in Center City Hospital
00:49:45Who do you think is responsible for the fact that we didn't have to send more people there?
00:49:48I don't care about that
00:49:49I'm only interested in bringing new business and tourist trade to Rivers End
00:49:53And I'm interested in taking care of the people you've got here already
00:49:56I'm sorry, Doctor, but I can't discuss it any further
00:49:58You haven't discussed it at all
00:50:00Instead of waiting for the next council meeting, you made a grandstand plea to satisfy humanity
00:50:05You can't talk to me like that
00:50:07I thought you liked plain language
00:50:09In any case, it's the way I intend to talk to you from now on
00:50:11I give you a fair warning, John
00:50:13That I'm going to show you up at the next council meeting
00:50:16Even if you could, you won't, because you won't be there
00:50:17You're fired
00:50:22Fired?
00:50:24Yes, you're an incompetent old fool who should have gone out with a horse and buggy
00:50:28I'm going to get a health commissioner who knows something more than how to diagnose mumps
00:50:31Good morning, Miss Hastie
00:50:34Good morning, Miss Hastie
00:50:35Good morning, Miss Hastie
00:50:37Good morning, Miss Hastie
00:50:38Good morning, Miss Hastie
00:50:39Oh.
00:50:59What a mistake.
00:51:01Now if you've come to pay a little something on account I have heard about the doctor.
00:51:07Joe Benson, you have to be a smuggler to get another tomato in this aisle.
00:51:11Well, I broke cash.
00:51:15It ain't much, but there it is.
00:51:18Where'd you get it?
00:51:20Oh, I put over a little deal.
00:51:23A deal? Piffle.
00:51:25Couldn't your wife make use of that two dollars on her budget?
00:51:27Yeah, but she felt that I...
00:51:29Just what I thought.
00:51:30And she'd probably like something else to cook besides tomatoes, wouldn't she?
00:51:33We were talking about the doctor and we felt that we'd buy...
00:51:36All right.
00:51:37Go along, go along with you.
00:51:38Go on.
00:51:47Oh, I haven't got time.
00:51:50Hey, Mrs. Russell.
00:51:51Judy, has the doctor heard?
00:51:52I think it's a shame.
00:51:53What is all this?
00:51:54We heard there's a new doctor coming over from Center City to be Health Commissioner.
00:51:58Oh, that.
00:51:59Yes, the doctor heard about it last night.
00:52:02How's he taking it?
00:52:03Well, he...
00:52:05I paid off that night, go to your books.
00:52:11Oh, you shouldn't do that, Judy.
00:52:13You'll need your sleep.
00:52:17Doctor, I'm worried.
00:52:20We just can't balance our accounts without that six hundred dollars from the Health Department.
00:52:24We'll find a way.
00:52:26Hand me that slide, will you?
00:52:28I'll just spend my salary, of course.
00:52:33No, Judy.
00:52:34That's one thing that's out of the question.
00:52:40Doctor, I...
00:52:41I know I should take this the way you have.
00:52:43to go on working as though nothing had happened, but...
00:52:47I can't do it.
00:52:48I can't.
00:52:49Judy.
00:52:50You're upset.
00:52:52Of course I'm upset.
00:52:55Doctor coming in...
00:52:56You can't have too many doctors.
00:52:59But you'll never get your hospital.
00:53:02I know, Judy.
00:53:04I know.
00:53:06Or any of the other things you've been working for.
00:53:08Say, Judy, I won't be able to work if you make me feel like this.
00:53:13I'm sorry, Doctor.
00:53:17I shouldn't have gone to pieces.
00:53:19It's a big help to know how you feel.
00:53:38What is it?
00:53:39I brought this gauze over.
00:53:41I don't recall the doctor ordering any.
00:53:43Well, I thought maybe he might need some and...
00:53:46Well, he doesn't.
00:53:47Judy, I came because I want to talk to you.
00:53:49I don't think we have anything to talk about.
00:53:50It's not about us.
00:53:51It's about the doctor.
00:53:53Oh.
00:53:54Well, that's different.
00:53:56Judy, I...
00:53:59We can't let this little thing between us interfere with anything that we might be able to do for him.
00:54:03What do you mean little things?
00:54:04Well, it's little compared to what's happened to the doctor.
00:54:08How about a drive later this afternoon to talk it over?
00:54:11Well...
00:54:12If you'll promise not to try and talk about us.
00:54:15I promise.
00:54:16It'll be strictly business.
00:54:17It'll be strictly business.
00:54:18It'll be strictly business.
00:54:19It'll be strictly business.
00:54:24Well, hello, Ann.
00:54:25Hello, Dad.
00:54:26Ah, I'm worn out.
00:54:39Somehow, the last few days have been very tiring.
00:54:42Oh, hello, Ann.
00:54:47Hello, dear.
00:54:49I'm worn out.
00:54:50Somehow the last few days have been very tiring.
00:54:53Work piling up.
00:54:55Yes, dear.
00:54:55Not that it's anything serious.
00:54:57Probably just need relax a little bit.
00:55:00Maybe play a game of golf, too.
00:55:02Yes, dear.
00:55:04For heaven's sake, stop yes daring me.
00:55:06Why don't you show a little emotion once in a while?
00:55:08Supposing I don't feel any.
00:55:10That's the trouble with you.
00:55:11You're too even-tempered.
00:55:12You're going around all day.
00:55:13That martyred look on your face.
00:55:15Heaven knows what you're thinking.
00:55:17You know what I'm thinking, John.
00:55:18Well, why don't you stop thinking it, then?
00:55:20How long are you going on brooding about that mid-Victorian fuss budget?
00:55:25I'm much more concerned about you than Dr. Christian.
00:55:27I am doing fine, thank you.
00:55:29Oh, no, you're not.
00:55:30You're tired and unsure of yourself.
00:55:33Because it isn't so much fun being there when people pass you without speaking
00:55:36and talk about you behind your back.
00:55:38You've got a bad attack of conscience
00:55:40because you discharged a man from public office out of spite.
00:55:43That's not true.
00:55:44A man who's looked after us ever since we were married,
00:55:46who brought our children into the world.
00:55:48An old and loyal friend.
00:55:50He's no friend of mine.
00:55:51I don't want to hear any more about it.
00:55:55Don.
00:55:55Would it be asking you an awful lot for you to talk to me a minute?
00:56:05If you like.
00:56:07What do you want to talk about?
00:56:09Oh, anything.
00:56:11It's just that with Daddy and Mommy so upset,
00:56:14and me still having to stay in all the time,
00:56:16I'm kind of lonely.
00:56:17Sometimes it's good to be alone.
00:56:21You get a chance to think and
00:56:23find a new perspective on life.
00:56:27Yes.
00:56:29I guess that's right.
00:56:31But couldn't we maybe find a new
00:56:33watch a color of life
00:56:35together?
00:56:37I'm afraid not, Patsy.
00:56:39You mean you're still mad at me?
00:56:42Not at all.
00:56:45Why should I be mad at you?
00:56:47That wants to stop us from being friends.
00:56:50Only the fact that
00:56:52someday you'll be a woman.
00:57:05I've said all I'm going to say.
00:57:08You've never talked to me like this
00:57:10in 20 years.
00:57:13That's the mistake I made.
00:57:15I'm afraid I waited too long.
00:57:22Now what are you moping about?
00:57:24First you get a case of measles,
00:57:25then you get a case of puppy lout.
00:57:27Now all you do is drape yourself
00:57:28around furniture all day.
00:57:30Why don't you get out and do something
00:57:31worthwhile with your life?
00:57:42Hey, get out, Patsy.
00:57:52I'm not going away.
00:57:53So am I.
00:57:54Look, I want to be alone.
00:57:57Okay.
00:57:58Let's be alone together.
00:57:59You look tired, Judy.
00:58:11It's been a pretty tough week.
00:58:12Well, we didn't come out here
00:58:15to talk about me.
00:58:18No.
00:58:19No.
00:58:19Let's turn off this rope, Don.
00:58:35I want to go to Center City.
00:58:37Don.
00:58:37Well, look who's here.
00:58:42I don't think it's anybody we know.
00:58:43Careful how you move her.
00:59:12Patsy, I couldn't help it.
00:59:15Come on, let's get her to the doctor.
00:59:21Five seconds.
00:59:35Is she badly hurt?
00:59:38Terribly.
00:59:42I want to see her.
00:59:51I'll have to ask the doctor.
01:00:02It should have been me.
01:00:06Oh, Don.
01:00:06You can go inside.
01:00:11Doctor, what?
01:00:34What is it?
01:00:35She has a cerebral hemorrhage.
01:00:39It means an operation if you expect to save her life.
01:00:42That's a brain operation, isn't it?
01:00:45Yes, I'm afraid it's very serious.
01:00:49But if we have your permission, we'll proceed to meet today.
01:00:51We can't we take her to Center City or on to Chicago.
01:00:54I can get an airplane.
01:00:57It would be very dangerous to move or take my word for it.
01:01:00Then it's got to be done right now.
01:01:04Within a few hours at most.
01:01:05An operation like this, I've got to do everything I can for Patsy.
01:01:12I understand how you feel.
01:01:13Aren't there men who do nothing but this sort of thing?
01:01:22If you want to call in a specialist, you are at liberty to do so.
01:01:25Yes.
01:01:26That's what I mean.
01:01:27I want to get the best specialist I can.
01:01:31I'll telephone Chicago.
01:01:33I can get one here by airplane within two hours.
01:01:36But, Mr. Hewitt...
01:01:37Judy, you better get the oxygen tank ready.
01:01:44Hello?
01:01:44Hello?
01:01:46Operator, I want to call Chicago.
01:01:47Yes.
01:02:07John, I'd still feel better if you were Dr. Christian.
01:02:29But this man is the best specialist in Chicago, I tell you.
01:02:33Don't be a fool, Ann.
01:02:37Doctor, what are you doing, nurse?
01:02:40Surgery's in here.
01:02:42Would you like to see it?
01:02:43Yes.
01:02:51Do you have any spot lamps?
01:02:53I'm afraid not.
01:02:56I haven't seen one of those sterilizers in a good many years.
01:03:00In this case?
01:03:01Yes.
01:03:03There's a bedroom upstairs if you care to change.
01:03:07Very good.
01:03:09Splendid.
01:03:10Your doctor's diagnosis is perfectly correct.
01:03:13What's his name?
01:03:15Dr. Christian.
01:03:16Paul Christian.
01:03:18Oh, I should like to meet him.
01:03:20He's with the patient.
01:03:21This way.
01:03:21Dr. Welles.
01:03:32Dr. Christian.
01:03:34Dr. Paul.
01:03:35Christian.
01:03:36This way.
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01:06:49Hello?
01:06:57Yes, this is Dr. Christian speaking.
01:07:01Yes.
01:07:14Yes.
01:07:16Yes, I'll be right over.
01:07:19I'll be right over.
01:07:49I'll be right over.
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