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Riley is worried about money so he and Gillis ask their sons to contribute. Junior and Egbert runaway but an encounter with a hobo sends the boys back home.
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00:00William Bandit in The Life of Riley, with Marjorie Reynolds as Peg, Tom DeAndre as Gillis, Wes Morgan as Junior, and Gloria Blondell as Honey Bee.
00:16Produced by Tom McKnight.
00:18The Life of Riley
00:48I should have kept my head in the icebox where it didn't cost me nothing.
00:53Sorry, I didn't know you'd just given Mother a hundred dollars.
00:57Well, if he did, it went through my fingers awfully fast. Now calm down, dear.
01:00Mom, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at anybody, but you've got to realize I ain't made out of money.
01:05Well, we understand, dear.
01:06All right, Dad.
01:08From now on, this family has got to cut down. Is that clear?
01:11Perfectly. Agreed.
01:12Good.
01:14Oh, Pop.
01:15Yes, son?
01:16Could you do me a big favor?
01:19What kind of a favor?
01:20Increase my allowance 50 cents.
01:22No!
01:24What's the matter with Pop?
01:25I just got through asking for a hundred dollars.
01:27I wanted 15.
01:29But all I asked for is 50 cents.
01:32That's three strikes, no matter how you figure.
01:34Junior, it's time you learned something about the value of money.
01:38I could learn a lot faster if you'd increase my allowance.
01:40When I was in school, I didn't get no allowance.
01:42I had to earn every nickel I ever got.
01:45And do you know how I did it?
01:46Sure.
01:47I'll tell you how I did it.
01:48It was back in Brooklyn.
01:50Out of bed at the break of dawn.
01:52Shovels blowing the bitter cold.
01:54Mowing logs under the boiling sun.
01:56Selling papers.
01:57Breaking leaves.
01:58Sifting ashes.
01:59Running.
02:02Junior, you ain't being funny.
02:04I'm sorry, Pop.
02:06It's just that I've heard it so many times.
02:07I don't care how many times you've heard it.
02:09I'm going to keep telling it to you over and over until you know it by heart.
02:15Riley, why don't you forget it?
02:16All I'm trying to do, Peg, is to teach Junior how I did it so he won't have to learn the hard way.
02:21It's for his own good.
02:22Oh, Riley.
02:23If you want money, Junior, you've got to work for it.
02:27I mean, get a job after school hours.
02:29Well, I've tried that, Pop.
02:30I've been all over town.
02:31That's no excuse.
02:33When I couldn't get work in Brooklyn, I went to New Jersey.
02:35The Bronx.
02:36I even went as far as Yonkers.
02:37Did you get a job in Yonkers?
02:40That's got nothing to do with it.
02:42It's the experience I had looking that counts.
02:44You understand?
02:46I think so.
02:47I don't mean to bore you out, Junior.
02:49It's just that as a boy, I had nothing but hard knocks.
02:52And I think my son deserves the same opportunities I had.
02:57Break.
02:58I know you don't understand.
02:59Any questions?
03:01Yeah.
03:02Don't you think it'd be simpler to raise my allowance 50 cents?
03:07Go on outside and play, Junior.
03:08Go ahead.
03:09Go ahead.
03:09Go ahead.
03:09The last time I'm going shopping with a woman.
03:16It wasn't our idea, Riley.
03:18You were so determined to see where the money goes.
03:20I still don't know.
03:21It went so fast.
03:22Nobody could see it go.
03:24Ryle, Peg.
03:26Something terrible has happened.
03:27What?
03:28Egbert left home.
03:30My little boy is gone.
03:31Well, how do you know?
03:32He left this note.
03:34He said he's going to find a job.
03:35I'll probably never see him again.
03:37Well, I saw Egbert out back a couple of hours ago.
03:40Well, sure.
03:41He's probably still around the neighborhood.
03:43He ain't around no neighborhood.
03:44The note says he's gone away.
03:46Does it say where he was going, Mr. Gillis?
03:48No.
03:49All I know is he's gone.
03:52By now, he's probably starving to death.
03:56Now, take it easy, Gillis.
03:58Egbert's old enough to know his way around.
04:01He ain't old enough to know nothing.
04:03And poor honeybee, she's all broken up.
04:05She was always a worrier.
04:07Imagine getting all excited just because your kid's been gone for a couple of hours.
04:12What's the matter with you, Riley?
04:13Are you made of ice or something?
04:15No, I'm not made out of ice, but I know enough to control my feelings.
04:19Well, what if he's sick or gets hurt or something happens to him?
04:21Well, Gillis, lots of kids run away from home.
04:24But they don't stay away long.
04:26Not when they got a good mother and a good father to come home to.
04:30Riley's right, Gillis.
04:35You really think so, Ryle?
04:36Why not?
04:37Honeybee's always been a good mother.
04:39One of the best.
04:40And you, Gillis.
04:42You've always been, uh...
04:44Yeah?
04:45Uh, well, you've always been one of the best riveters down at the plant.
04:49Listen to me, Riley.
04:50I'll take my junior.
04:51Now, there's a boy with sense.
04:53Dad, I just found this note in the kitchen.
04:57It's from Junior.
04:58Oh, well, that's nice.
04:59What does he say?
05:00It says he's gone to look for a job.
05:01There you are.
05:02You see what I mean, Gillis?
05:03I told Junior to get a job, so he probably took Egbert with him.
05:07And they...
05:08They...
05:08They...
05:09He's...
05:10He's gone.
05:12You...
05:12Gillis!
05:13My junior's left home.
05:14He's gone.
05:14He's gone.
05:15Now, wait a minute, Riley.
05:16Wait a minute.
05:17What do you think is missing from our house?
05:19Our pet crocodile?
05:20Oh, no, no.
05:20Don't just stand there.
05:22Do something.
05:24Set up roadblocks.
05:25Go call an ambulance.
05:26Get the FBI.
05:27Relax.
05:28Relax, Riley.
05:29Junior's old enough to know what he's doing.
05:30He ain't old enough to know as much as I do.
05:33What's the matter with you, Gillis?
05:34You made of ice or something?
05:35My junior...
05:36Riley, calm down.
05:37The boys are all right.
05:39They'll come home.
05:40My poor Peg.
05:41Do you realize what this means to her?
05:43Riley, will you listen to me?
05:44Who's talking to you?
05:46You've never been a mother.
05:47My poor junior.
05:49Homeless.
05:49With no money.
05:50Walking around with nothing in his pockets
05:52but an empty stomach.
05:54Riley, I...
05:55No place to go.
05:56No place to turn to.
05:58Cold, sick, associated with uncouth people.
06:01Riley.
06:01What?
06:02I came over here to tell you
06:04that my Egbert ran away from home.
06:06He did good.
06:07Now maybe you know how I feel.
06:08I understand.
06:10Yeah.
06:11Junior's no baby.
06:12I'm sure he'll come home
06:13when he realizes what he's done.
06:15Or when he gets hungry.
06:18Still, I wish there was something we could do.
06:22Why don't we call some of Junior's friends?
06:24Good idea.
06:25Gillis, where have we failed our little babies?
06:28Search me, Riley.
06:29I've always tried to be a good parent.
06:31When Junior wanted a new bike, he came to me.
06:34When he wanted a leather jacket on my old tool chest,
06:37he came to me.
06:38But now when he wants to run away,
06:39does he come and ask me?
06:41No.
06:42Gillis, the kids of Kinney ain't got no gratitude.
06:45They're right, Riley.
06:46Gillis, the kids of Kinney ain't got no gratitude.
06:51No.
06:51No.
06:54No.
06:54No.
07:01Did you get the job?
07:03No.
07:04It's like all the other places.
07:05You've got to have experience.
07:07Didn't you tell them we used to have a paper route
07:08back in Blueville?
07:10Yeah.
07:10They seem to think that that isn't enough experience
07:12for running a drill press.
07:13Uh, maybe we ought to go home.
07:16What?
07:17And have my pop call me a quitter?
07:18Nothing doing.
07:20When he told me how he went away to another town
07:21to look for work when he was young,
07:23this is what he meant.
07:24Yeah, but he found a job.
07:26I guess your father was smarter
07:27when he was in junior high than we are.
07:29Well, it's no wonder he was 22.
07:32Come on, we might as well keep trying.
07:35All right, thanks.
07:36Thanks very much.
07:37What did the sergeant say?
07:39He says if they had to look for every kid
07:41that's only been gone for two hours,
07:43they wouldn't have time for nothing else.
07:44Well, two hours isn't very long, Dad.
07:47It may not be long for you, Babsy.
07:48That's because you've never been a father.
07:50I wish he'd at least called.
07:53Nothing?
07:54I searched all over the whole neighborhood for him.
07:56I even looked at the movies.
07:58Hey, they got two great pictures down there, Riley.
08:00You want to catch them?
08:01No.
08:07Junior's little jacket.
08:09Seems like only yesterday I was bawling him out
08:12for not hanging it up.
08:13It was yesterday.
08:19I keep thinking I hear little footsteps
08:21coming down the street.
08:26Oh, that's a truck with a flat tire.
08:29Well, I think we have to look for him some more.
08:31No, I've got a feeling he might call.
08:32I'm going to stick here right by the phone.
08:34Well, I just can't stand here and do nothing.
08:36Well, you can stay here and help me listen for the phone.
08:38Well, we've got to be brave, Gillis.
08:41If only we had a clue.
08:43Some kind of a hint where they went.
08:45Well, we've got to think.
08:46Let's put our heads together.
08:48No, you put yours together.
08:49Mine's too upset.
08:51Now, look, we know they went out to look for a job.
08:54Now, wait a minute, Riley.
08:57Let's figure this out logical-like.
08:59How?
08:59Well, you and me decided to go out and find work.
09:03So where is the first place we go?
09:05You must be cracking up.
09:06Why should we go out and find work?
09:08We both got steady jobs.
09:11Junior has chipped off the old block.
09:14I bet he's got a job already.
09:17Probably in a big bank or a department store
09:19or maybe one of the big railroads.
09:22I can just see him now.
09:25Junior.
09:26Yeah?
09:27Aren't you scared?
09:28Ah, what's there to be scared about?
09:30I think we ought to go home.
09:32And admit we couldn't find a job, nothing doing.
09:35But it's getting dark and I'm hungry.
09:37We'll find a place to sleep and look for a job in the morning.
09:40Boy, something smells good down there.
09:44Come on, let's go.
09:52Oh.
09:53Hello, kid.
09:53Hi.
09:54Hi.
09:58Hungry?
10:03Sort of.
10:05Pull up one of those boxes and sit down.
10:13That a boy.
10:15This Mulligan stool will be ready in a minute.
10:17I'm Junior Riley and this is my friend Egbert Gillis.
10:20Nice to meet up with you.
10:22They call me Duke.
10:24Uh, what business you men in?
10:28Well, none right now.
10:30But we were sort of in the newspaper business.
10:32Yeah, we had a paper out in Blueview.
10:37Are you a real full-time hobo, Duke?
10:39One of the few left.
10:41You see, there's a lot of shiftless, excuse the expression, bums who pass themselves off
10:47as hobos.
10:48But they don't really get by.
10:50I can spot them in a minute.
10:54Who, uh, want some stew?
10:56Sure, Duke.
10:57Boy, I'm hungry.
10:58Boy, boy, wouldn't the guys down at the mall shop flip if they knew we were having dinner
11:02with a real hobo?
11:06Thank you, Duke.
11:08Thanks.
11:09Um, Duke, how do we get to be hobos?
11:13Right away.
11:14Well, uh, first eat your stew and then we'll talk about it.
11:19Wonderful stew.
11:31Sometimes I don't get to meet tender enough.
11:34But this is just right.
11:41Yeah.
11:42Yeah, I see.
11:43But if you do hear anything, will you phone us here at the house, Sergeant?
11:48Nothing.
11:52No.
11:53Burbank police have no report on them either.
11:57How about Glendale?
11:58I phoned them, too.
11:59There's hardly a town I missed.
12:03Oh, Riley.
12:07I tried to pretend I thought everything would be all right, but I'm so worried.
12:12Oh, please, Peg.
12:14Don't let it catch you down.
12:16You gotta keep your chin up.
12:17That's it, girl.
12:20Now, give me that old smile.
12:23That's it.
12:24You've got to be brave about these things.
12:26You've got to get your mind on something else.
12:29Here.
12:30Here, read this book.
12:31This will take your mind off it.
12:32This is...
12:33This is...
12:34What is it?
12:39It's Junior's little history book.
12:41Well, I've got to be moving on.
12:52I'm heading south for Mexico and the bullfight.
12:55Gosh, the bullfights.
12:57Boy, being a hobo beats going to school any day.
13:00You said it.
13:00No windows to wash, no lawns to mow.
13:03You guys want to come along?
13:05Gee, can we do?
13:07Oh, boy, I've never seen a bullfight.
13:09Glad to have you.
13:11Of course, we've got to change trains a couple of times.
13:15You guys don't mind hanging from fast-moving trains, do you?
13:20Or jumping from one moving freight car to another?
13:23Well, uh, you see, we never...
13:28And if you boys snore in your sleep, don't think twice about it.
13:32Because when we bed up for the night in that cattle car, they're...
13:35Sleep in a cattle car?
13:37The cattle won't mind at all.
13:39Besides, they're moving and snoring themselves all night.
13:44Yeah, the nice part about it is the car is ventilated.
13:49That's good.
13:50I think.
13:51Yes, the sides are wide open.
13:55Of course, it gets pretty cold in the winter.
13:59And, uh, the snow comes in pretty thick.
14:03Yep, I think you guys are going to like being a hobo.
14:08Oh, and another good thing about traveling and freight cars is
14:11you don't need a little alarm clock to wake you in the morning.
14:16You don't?
14:16No, those railroad cops wake you up
14:20by swiping you over the soles of your feet with their billies.
14:24Uh, stings a little the first hundred times or so,
14:27but makes the bottom of your feet strong.
14:30Well, I guess we gotta be going.
14:33Now, uh, I'll lead the way
14:35because there may be some snakes up ahead.
14:38Now, I wonder what happened to those two nice young hobos.
15:01Riley, please try to get a hold of yourself.
15:03Peg, Ryle.
15:07Don't get your hopes too high,
15:09but I think I got a lead on the two kids.
15:12Hunter, two...
15:13Well, don't just stand there.
15:15Do something, Gillis.
15:16Do something.
15:17Take it easy, Ryle.
15:18I was just down at a bus depot
15:20and I was talking to the driver from the Wilmington run.
15:22And he told me he let out two kids down there
15:24who look just like Junior and Egbert.
15:26Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
15:27Wilmington, yeah.
15:29But, Peg, get your coat.
15:31Yes, sir.
15:31Hurry up!
15:32Betsy, you're cool!
15:34Sure, I mean...
15:35Where's my car?
15:39It's in the garage.
15:40The garage.
15:42Oh, yeah, yeah.
15:43Hurry up!
15:44Hurry up!
15:46Mark!
15:47Mark!
15:54They are home.
15:55Gosh.
15:56I'd like to be worried about us.
15:57They probably don't even know we were gone.
15:59I guess they're out seeing a show or something.
16:02I'm starved.
16:03Me too.
16:06Thanks.
16:07Let's see if there are any cookies.
16:08Okay.
16:15Thanks.
16:16Since your folks aren't home either,
16:18you might as well sleep over here.
16:19Okay.
16:20Okay.
16:20Here, you can wear these.
16:32Boy, I'm tired.
16:33Seems like we walked 20 miles.
16:35Are you kidding?
16:36That was nothing.
16:37You mean you aren't tired?
16:38My pop must have walked farther than that
16:40when he went to Yonkers.
16:42Well, I've been going like that for days.
16:44Not me at all, admit it.
16:46I haven't been so tired since the time I...
16:50Junior.
16:51Hey, Junior.
17:00Well, we searched every inch of that town.
17:02What do we do now?
17:04Well, there's nothing we can do.
17:06The police said they'd notify us if they heard anything.
17:09Oh, this is awful, Gillis.
17:11Yeah.
17:11I can see Junior and Egbert right now
17:14sleeping in some alleyway.
17:16Yeah, cold and shivering.
17:17Or they could be miles away in another state.
17:19They wouldn't go very far, Dad.
17:22No, I guess you're right, Babsy.
17:23We've got to give them credit for some common sense.
17:26After all, Junior takes after me.
17:27And Egbert takes after me.
17:29In that case, they could both be in Australia by now.
17:34Oh, the poor little tykes.
17:36How they must be suffering.
17:38Yeah, suffering.
17:39Oh, Riley, I'm sure if anything had happened to it,
17:42then we would have heard.
17:43Yeah, I guess so.
17:45Well, I ain't so sure about that.
17:46Hey, Egbert.
17:47Hey, folks are home.
17:49They must have stayed for the double feature twice.
17:53Come on.
17:58You know, Gillis,
17:59if Junior ever shows up again,
18:01there's nothing I won't do for that kid.
18:03The same with me and Egbert, Ryle.
18:05Things are going to be different from now on.
18:07I'm with you, Ryle.
18:09Junior's been wanting a new motor for his bike,
18:11and I'm going to get it for him.
18:13And Egbert's been wanting them new skates,
18:15and that's what he's going to get.
18:16Skates?
18:17That's what he's going to get.
18:22And I'm going to get Junior the best fielder's mitt
18:25that money can buy.
18:27Motor for bike?
18:30Fielder's mitt.
18:31Pure skates.
18:31And if the kid wants to go to the show five nights a week,
18:35he can go five nights a week.
18:37And twice on Saturday.
18:39I'm never going to make Egbert cut that lawn again.
18:42Now you're talking, Gillis.
18:43Mowing the lawn is out for both kids.
18:47How about cleaning out the garage?
18:50And Junior will never have to clean out the garage again
18:52as long as he lives.
18:53I'm raising Egbert's allowance to 75 cents a week.
19:0175 cents, Gillis, you parker, you.
19:03I'm giving my Junior a dollar.
19:05All right, a dollar and a half.
19:12Two dollars.
19:13Okay with me, Ryle.
19:15Two dollars.
19:17I don't remember saying two dollars.
19:18I heard it.
19:19You didn't cheer.
19:21Okay, okay.
19:23Two dollars.
19:28Honey Bee, what are we going to do?
19:31I don't know, Peg.
19:31I can't understand it.
19:34Pie.
19:34Pie, everybody.
19:35Hey, Eric, you're home.
19:38We couldn't find a job.
19:40No wonder in your pajamas.
19:41Nobody was home, so we went to bed.
19:43You mean to tell me that all the time
19:45we were out looking for you,
19:46you were in bed?
19:47Junior, I ought to...
19:49Junior, my boy, you're home.
19:53Anyone must be starved.
19:54I'll fix you some hot chocolate.
19:56And apple pie?
19:57And apple pie.
19:59And some for Egbert, too.
20:00I'll help you.
20:02Junior,
20:03don't ever do this to us again.
20:06I won't, Pop.
20:07Will you sign this, Pop?
20:09Will you sign mine, Pop?
20:12New motor for bike.
20:14A Paris gates.
20:16Fielder's mitt.
20:17No more mowing the lawn.
20:19Raise your allowance to two dollars a week.
20:21That's right, Pop.
20:23It sure is.
20:24Two dollars a week?
20:26Listen, son.
20:28When I was your age,
20:29nobody gave me no allowance.
20:31I'd have better to break it on.
20:33Shuttle's no longer there at home.
20:35Shuttle's papers.
20:36Spirits and eggs.
20:37Raise your feet.
20:40Hey, Egbert.
20:45Yeah?
20:48Do you know where we can get us a good lawyer?
20:50I wish I did know.
21:09Gee, thanks, Pop.
21:11You deserve it, Junior.
21:12Well, back to work.
21:17Go on, son.
21:17Hold the lawn.
21:20Hey, Gillis,
21:21get your boy with another cat.
21:22Go on, son.
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