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Set in 1904, American Girls revolves around Samantha as she moves in with her grandmother and learns how to become a proper Victorian young lady.
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Set in 1904, American Girls revolves around Samantha as she moves in with her grandmother and learns how to become a proper Victorian young lady.
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Short filmTranscript
00:00:25It all began one day last April.
00:00:28I was living with my grandma in Mt. Bedford, New York, and she was determined to teach
00:00:34me to become a proper young lady, but that day in particular, I was more interested
00:00:39in getting away from my next door nuisance, Eddie Ryland.
00:00:43Samantha!
00:00:48You're so dumb, you probably think three times four is twelve.
00:00:52Three times four is twelve, Eddie.
00:00:54Now if you don't leave me alone, I'll find your money jar and empty it in the river.
00:00:58You're too dumb to find it.
00:01:00Eddie Ryland, you!
00:01:14Come back, you running Ryland!
00:01:36And that was the day I met my new friend, Nellie O'Malley.
00:01:43Who are they?
00:01:45They're our new servants.
00:01:47The big one is my new maid.
00:01:48But she's too young to be a maid.
00:01:50Maybe her mother is the maid.
00:01:55It's grand, Dad.
00:01:56Who's that?
00:01:57Look at that water.
00:01:58Come along now, Bridget.
00:02:06I'm tired, Dad.
00:02:07I'm tired, Dad.
00:02:08I know.
00:02:08It won't be long.
00:02:09And I know you're hungry, Jenny, but you'll just have to wait.
00:02:15Oh, this is beautiful.
00:02:17Do you think you can hide here?
00:02:18No, I'm sorry.
00:02:20Don't throw right in here, Mr. O'Malley.
00:02:22There's only one room for all of you.
00:02:24This will be fine.
00:02:25Thank you, thank you.
00:02:26I'm really hungry, Nellie.
00:02:29Are we going to eat soon?
00:02:34Look, Nellie, next to the pump.
00:02:39Oh, Nellie.
00:02:43See what you did?
00:02:45I didn't do nothing.
00:02:46You threw a rock and broke the window.
00:02:48And I'm gonna tell unless you pay me a penny.
00:02:51I don't have a penny.
00:02:53She is not paying you a cent, Eddie Rylan.
00:02:56And if you make any more trouble,
00:02:58I'll tell your mother that you took her good petticoat
00:03:01and made a kite's tail out of it.
00:03:04Oh, I'm really scared, Samantha.
00:03:08Edward!
00:03:10Edward!
00:03:12I have an errand for you!
00:03:15Edward!
00:03:17Edward, I'm waiting!
00:03:21Thank you, Miss.
00:03:22I'm Samantha.
00:03:25I live next door.
00:03:27I'm Nellie.
00:03:28And this is Jenny and Bridget.
00:03:31Pleased to meet you.
00:03:35Don't pay any attention to him.
00:03:37I have to pay some attention, Miss,
00:03:38if we want to keep our place here.
00:03:41Nellie girl, come along now.
00:03:43Are you going to Mount Bedford School?
00:03:46Maybe we'll be in the same class.
00:03:48I don't go to school, Miss.
00:03:49We're here to work.
00:03:52May I see you tomorrow?
00:03:54Like I said.
00:03:55I'll be working, Miss,
00:03:57from the sides of this place from dawn to dusk.
00:04:01Samantha!
00:04:04Goodbye, Nellie.
00:04:05Goodbye, Bridget.
00:04:06Goodbye, Jenny.
00:04:07Goodbye.
00:04:07Goodbye.
00:04:08Bye.
00:04:10These are lovely.
00:04:11They should do nicely in the park.
00:04:13They're beautiful.
00:04:15The Rylands have new servants,
00:04:16a father and three girls,
00:04:18and one of them is my age.
00:04:21Samantha, look at those stockings.
00:04:23Your grandmother won't like that.
00:04:24No, she won't.
00:04:26Yes, Mrs. Hawkins.
00:04:27Be sure to wash your hands now.
00:04:30Yes, Mrs. Hawkins.
00:04:38Please.
00:04:48Hello, Samantha.
00:04:50Hello, Grand Mary.
00:04:51I trust you have a good explanation for that tear in your stocking.
00:04:56I fell.
00:04:57I'm sorry.
00:04:58You weren't running, were you?
00:05:00Not when I fell, no.
00:05:02Haste makes waste, Samantha.
00:05:05Yes, Grand Mary.
00:05:10Did you know there are three girls that...
00:05:12You can tell me over tea, dear.
00:05:15Begin practicing.
00:05:20Three girls are moving next door,
00:05:21and one of them is lying.
00:05:22Samantha, please, begin.
00:05:32Afternoon bailed his efforts.
00:05:34Thank you, Jessie.
00:05:35You can just leave it on the table, please.
00:05:38Is there anything from Uncle Gard?
00:05:39We'll open the mail later, dear.
00:05:41But he's coming back when he said.
00:05:43He didn't miss the boat, did he?
00:05:44Samantha, please.
00:05:46Just finish your practice.
00:06:13hello, miss.
00:06:15Please don't call me miss.
00:06:17Get in trouble if I don't, miss.
00:06:21Where did you come from?
00:06:23Before Mount Bedford, I mean.
00:06:25New York City.
00:06:26Oh, my Uncle Garth lives in New York City.
00:06:29Dad and I worked at a factory there.
00:06:31You worked in a factory?
00:06:33Yes, but Dad thought we'd be better off living in the country now.
00:06:40Is your mother's she died, miss?
00:06:42Last winner.
00:06:49If you don't go to school, would you like to borrow some of my books?
00:06:53Wouldn't do no good, miss, unless they're all pictures.
00:06:56Oh, my mother was going to teach me to read, but...
00:07:00I could teach you every day beside the hedge.
00:07:03Oh, I wish I could, miss.
00:07:05You can.
00:07:06You can bring some work with you, like darning or mending, can't you?
00:07:11You have to sit down sometime, and I could sit with you.
00:07:14It isn't hard to learn.
00:07:23Thank you, Jessie.
00:07:24Just leave it on the table, please.
00:07:29Jessie?
00:07:30Yes, miss?
00:07:31How old were you when you first started to work as a maid?
00:07:37Would you like anything else, ma'am?
00:07:39No, thank you, Jessie.
00:07:40That would be all.
00:07:44Samantha?
00:07:46Yes?
00:07:46We do not discuss personal matters with the servants.
00:07:50But in the kitchen, we talk about all sorts of...
00:07:53This is not the kitchen.
00:07:55The secret to a happy household is for everyone to know their place.
00:08:00Do you understand?
00:08:02Yes, Grand Mary.
00:08:04Good.
00:08:07Are you enjoying your needlepoint?
00:08:10Yes, Grand Mary.
00:08:12Then I'm sure you will have no interest in that package that's addressed to you.
00:08:20Oh, it's from Uncle Gard.
00:08:22How can I get here before he did?
00:08:24It's not due for three weeks.
00:08:27Oh.
00:08:28What is it?
00:08:30It's a stereopticon.
00:08:32Oh.
00:08:33He says, put in the first slide, and I will see where he is right now.
00:08:37Slide.
00:08:44Oh, my.
00:08:46It's Paris.
00:08:47The Eiffel Tower.
00:08:48As if we were really there.
00:08:51Uncle Gard always gives me the best presents.
00:08:54He's taking me to the exposition in St. Louis for a whole week in July.
00:08:59We're going to see Japanese pagodas and temples and eat peanut butter and fairy floss and everything.
00:09:06They make butter out of peanuts?
00:09:07That's what Uncle Gard says.
00:09:09And what's fairy floss?
00:09:11Uncle Gard says it's made out of pink sugar and comes on a stick.
00:09:15Uncle Gard is the best person I know.
00:09:18Better in your mind, Dad?
00:09:34Did I say something?
00:09:36Maybe we should start your reading lesson.
00:09:39I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, miss.
00:09:49My parents are gone, like your mother, only in an accident on the river.
00:09:56Both of them?
00:09:59That's awful.
00:10:01I don't know what I'd do without my dad.
00:10:04You want to see them?
00:10:14She's beautiful, and he's so handsome.
00:10:23She used to sing to me.
00:10:27Sometimes I try to hear her voice, but it just slips away.
00:10:35I know.
00:10:38I wish I could ask Grand Mary, but speaking about Mother hurts her too much.
00:10:46I keep them close this way.
00:10:51I like that you're here, Nellie.
00:10:53I think we'll be great friends.
00:10:55I've never had a real friend outside the family.
00:10:58Will you do now, Nellie O'Malley?
00:11:00Friends forever.
00:11:01Forever.
00:11:03Come on.
00:11:04Come on.
00:11:07Okay.
00:11:08Long ears.
00:11:12Up.
00:11:13Like the arm.
00:11:17Side.
00:11:18D.
00:11:19Sounds like this.
00:11:20Da.
00:11:21That.
00:11:22This.
00:11:23And the nose.
00:11:25These.
00:11:27Stare.
00:11:27Thorn.
00:11:28Thursday.
00:11:30Thanksgiving.
00:11:33A roaming cat with a lily fair sat on a rose-blossom mat with a meadow-dewish bat.
00:11:40Stop your fidgeting, Jenny.
00:11:43Bridget!
00:11:46You're pulling too hard on her.
00:11:48Wind slower.
00:11:51Now stretch your hands out.
00:11:53There you go, Jenny.
00:12:00Why doesn't Jenny speak?
00:12:02It hasn't said a word since Ma died.
00:12:05Did she talk before that?
00:12:06Some.
00:12:08And she talks in her sleep.
00:12:16That looks like fun.
00:12:19It does.
00:12:20Can I try it?
00:12:22Here.
00:12:23I'll beat the rug while you read.
00:12:29Cat.
00:12:30Sat.
00:12:32Map.
00:12:33Good.
00:12:34Go on.
00:12:35Fat.
00:12:36Rat.
00:12:38Hat.
00:12:42Fat.
00:12:43Fat.
00:12:44Rat.
00:12:54You girls about through killing the rug.
00:12:57I'm sorry, Mr. O'Malley.
00:12:59It was my fault.
00:13:01There's no fault to it.
00:13:02You almost done here?
00:13:03All done, Dad.
00:13:04Good then.
00:13:05Get a move on inside.
00:13:06Mrs. Riley was calling for you.
00:13:07Yes, Dad.
00:13:10Tomorrow, Samantha?
00:13:12Tomorrow.
00:13:13I wanted to thank you, Samantha, for your kindness toward Nellie and the girls.
00:13:17No thanks needed, sir.
00:13:20Nellie and the girls are my friends.
00:13:24It's Uncle Guard.
00:13:25It's Uncle Guard.
00:13:26That's my Uncle Guard.
00:13:27He's come back from Europe.
00:13:28Goodbye, Mr. O'Malley.
00:13:30Bye.
00:13:31Goodbye, Jenny.
00:13:32Bridget.
00:13:32My Uncle Guard is here.
00:13:35Goodbye.
00:13:36Goodbye.
00:13:38Goodbye.
00:13:54Well, here we are.
00:14:01Uncle Scott! Uncle Scott!
00:14:04My angel!
00:14:07Oh, I missed you so much!
00:14:09Oh, I missed you so much.
00:14:12Did you get my present?
00:14:13Yes, I love it. It's wonderful.
00:14:16Well, I have an even bigger surprise for you.
00:14:19Oh, what is it?
00:14:21If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise.
00:14:24Will you take me for a ride now?
00:14:27First, I want you to say hello to someone.
00:14:38How are we coming along then, my dear?
00:14:40Fine, thank you.
00:14:48Samantha, you remember Miss Pitt from Christmas?
00:14:50Please, call me Cornelia.
00:14:53Hello.
00:14:56Can we go now?
00:14:58In a moment.
00:15:00Your Uncle Garth says you love to read, Sam.
00:15:02My name is Samantha.
00:15:04Very well, Samantha.
00:15:05I thought you might like this.
00:15:07It's the Wizard of Oz.
00:15:08Girls in New York love it.
00:15:13Come on, you two.
00:15:14But I thought you said we were going for a ride.
00:15:16First, we need to say hello to your grandmary.
00:15:21Shall we?
00:15:31Oh, here we are.
00:15:34Mother?
00:15:35Gardner!
00:15:41You remember Miss Pitt?
00:15:42What a pleasant surprise.
00:15:45How are you, Miss Pitt?
00:15:47Very well, thank you, Mrs. Edwards.
00:15:50Gardner promised me he would tell you I was coming.
00:15:54I can see he didn't.
00:15:55I like surprises.
00:15:57Don't you, Samantha?
00:15:59I'm sure we'll have plenty of time to catch up later.
00:16:04For now, Mrs. Hawkins can show you to the guest room.
00:16:10This way, ma'am.
00:16:18Gardner, you really should warn me when you're bringing home guests.
00:16:23You look well, mother.
00:16:26This is for you.
00:16:28Oh, my.
00:16:31Oh, my.
00:16:33Oh.
00:16:37Oh.
00:16:38Oh.
00:16:40It's lovely.
00:16:42Has the Admiral been to see you lately?
00:16:45Gardner.
00:16:53Let's see.
00:16:54We were going to do something now.
00:16:59What?
00:17:00I don't remember.
00:17:04Excuse us, mother.
00:17:06Where are you going?
00:17:07Gardner.
00:17:12All right, I'm going to let it out now.
00:17:13Here we are.
00:17:21Did you see the Mona Lisa?
00:17:27Yes, mother.
00:17:27We saw the Mona Lisa, and it was delightful.
00:17:29Oh.
00:17:30But what we're even more excited about is this new style of art called Impressionism.
00:17:35Yes.
00:17:35By a man named Monet.
00:17:36You've been away a very long time.
00:17:39How has your firm managed without you?
00:17:42I don't think they even noticed I was gone, mother.
00:17:44Nonsense, Gard.
00:17:45Of course they did.
00:17:46Cornelia is the one who's really making a difference in New York.
00:17:48How so?
00:17:49She's organizing suffrage meetings all over the city.
00:17:52Gard, perhaps this isn't the best time.
00:17:54I don't really understand why women need to vote.
00:17:57Women of my generation found plenty of ways to influence the course of events without having
00:18:03to stand on a soapbox.
00:18:05Yes, although if women are expected to obey the laws our leaders make, shouldn't we have
00:18:10a say in selecting those leaders?
00:18:12I believe Samantha should have as much say in her government as that little boy next door.
00:18:26Well, Uncle Gard, when are you going to tell us the surprise?
00:18:30I was going to wait until after dinner.
00:18:32Are you coming to live in Mount Bedford?
00:18:33No, but it is wonderful news.
00:18:43Against her better judgment, this beautiful woman has accepted my proposal of marriage.
00:18:51Oh, Gardner, you sound so old-fashioned.
00:18:54We've been talking about this for almost a year.
00:18:57And while I was in Paris, I was getting her parents' blessing.
00:19:00My, well then, I'm very happy for both of you.
00:19:11I'm happy for you too, Uncle Gard.
00:19:16Since Cornelia's family lives abroad, we were hoping it would allow us to have the wedding
00:19:21right here, Mother.
00:19:22We could hold it in the conservatory.
00:19:24It's so beautiful here.
00:19:24We were thinking the end of July.
00:19:25July?
00:19:26This year?
00:19:27Yes, of course, this year.
00:19:29Why so sudden?
00:19:30I don't want to wait.
00:19:32I found the woman of my dreams.
00:19:36I want you to be my bridesmaid, Samantha.
00:19:39Would you?
00:19:41She's very young.
00:19:43Well, my sister will be the matron of honor, her daughter my flower girl, but I don't have
00:19:47a bridesmaid.
00:19:48What do you say?
00:19:50Say yes.
00:19:51Yes.
00:19:56Yes.
00:20:04Samantha!
00:20:15Samantha?
00:20:17Hello.
00:20:20Hello.
00:20:21Hello.
00:20:28i know you're upset with me i don't want things to change anymore uncle guard
00:20:36you've had more change in your life than anyone ought to have but you'll see cornelia is going
00:20:41to be a wonderful friend and in fact if your mother was still alive i'm sure they'd be the
00:20:46best of friends they would oh yes they're quite similar in many ways your mother was so full of
00:20:52life and questions and causes and right now she's smiling down on us making fun of your bushy eyebrows
00:20:59how did you know about that she tortured you she told me so and i miss her every time i
00:21:06think about it
00:21:10you're so like your mother you have her spirit you have her will and her curiosity
00:21:21oh what's this oh
00:21:28st louis the exposition
00:21:33oh no i promised to take you didn't i
00:21:39i'm sorry how can i make it up to you it's all her fault no samantha cornelia is a wonderful
00:21:47person she's strong and caring and she loves children you'll have your own family forget all
00:21:55you're all about me you are my family you'll always be my little girl
00:22:41that was lovely samantha thank you grand mary
00:22:47grand mary
00:22:49yes
00:22:50do you like cornelia do i
00:22:57certainly i do samantha she's going to be gardner's wife and your aunt our family
00:23:05much as we would like things to remain as they are samantha they don't and so we must learn to
00:23:13accept change with grace do you understand yes grandmary
00:23:22she gave a dose of it to peter one tablespoon to be taken at bedtime but flopsy mopsy and
00:23:29cottontail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper at the end i can't believe how quickly
00:23:36you've learned this nelly i think i've been reading over dad's shoulders ever since i was little
00:23:42he says i should start teaching bridget soon hello there i should get back to work can you stay a
00:23:48minute longer i'm trying to decide what kind of cake to have for the wedding now then have a bite
00:23:54of
00:23:54both and tell me which one you like better lemon or almond vanilla i like the lemon but the almond
00:24:07vanilla is wonderful too maybe you'd better taste them again i say the lemon i have to agree
00:24:18lemon it is all right then i'll just give the rest of the dog oh no ma'am cake's not
00:24:25good for dogs
00:24:26it gives them a tummy ache and we don't have a dog oh that's right i forgot why don't we
00:24:34take them
00:24:34to bridgette and jenny oh good idea very good thank you girls
00:24:45she's not so bad you know
00:24:49what did you wear when you got married mrs edwards oh belgian lace oh how elegant
00:24:57the gown had tiny pearls all along the hem and and crystal stitching in between each pearl and and
00:25:06there was a large satin bow just just above the bustle bustle yes it was the height of fashion i
00:25:14will
00:25:14have you know tell her about the veil oh the veil it flowed from behind like a waterfall
00:25:24my mother wore it too she looked like an angel and here is the fabric for the bridesmaid's dress
00:25:31oh oh grandmother look it's lavender your favorite color it's the prettiest color i've ever seen
00:25:40samantha had her heart set on going to st louis we have to make it up to her
00:25:44i want her to come stay with us for the fall you said yourself anne francis is not getting any
00:25:49better
00:25:50it's impossible you'll be newly married the last thing you'll need is a child on your hands
00:25:54she can come and stay with us in new york let us share the burden mother it's just for a
00:26:00few months
00:26:02she can come and stay with us
00:26:14she can come and stay with us
00:26:24Nellie nelly
00:26:27what on earth
00:26:28I tried to sleep
00:26:30but I kept on hearing what they said
00:26:33they were talking about
00:26:35sending me away
00:26:36to New York
00:26:39Grandberry and Uncle Gard
00:26:43they think it will burn me
00:26:45but that you're shaking
00:26:46you're so cold
00:26:47how long have you been out here
00:26:50please come with me
00:26:52I don't want to be by myself
00:27:03I thought this was just a boathouse
00:27:06this is my secret hiding place
00:27:08there are so many beautiful things here
00:27:11it's where my mother and father and I
00:27:14used to keep our boat
00:27:15but after they died
00:27:18no one came here anymore
00:27:22sometimes when I come here
00:27:25I feel like they're still here
00:27:32what do you do in here?
00:27:36read mostly
00:27:37make wishes
00:27:38what do you wish for?
00:27:43depends on my mood
00:27:45sometimes I wish for Eddie Ryland
00:27:48to run into a tree
00:27:52and other times
00:27:53I wish for my parents to be here
00:27:57dad says
00:27:58no sense thinking about what you don't have
00:28:01better to think about what you do
00:28:03but I still wish I could see my mom
00:28:07if I go to New York
00:28:10I miss you so much
00:28:11you can write me every day
00:28:13and you can write back
00:28:16what's her name?
00:28:20Lydia
00:28:21just like my mother
00:28:22I've never seen anything so beautiful
00:28:27if I go away
00:28:30will you keep her for me?
00:28:31do you mean it?
00:28:33yes
00:28:34I wouldn't trust her with anybody
00:28:36but my best friend
00:28:41you know anything about stars?
00:28:44a little
00:28:45first star you see
00:28:47that's the wishing one
00:28:51starlight
00:28:52star bright
00:28:53first star I see tonight
00:28:56wish I may
00:28:58wish I might
00:28:59have the wish
00:29:01I wish tonight
00:29:08I found you
00:29:09I found you
00:29:12oh you get out of here
00:29:14right now Eddie
00:29:15pay me a nickel
00:29:16and I won't tell
00:29:17how much do you want
00:29:18for never speaking to me again?
00:29:23I found them
00:29:25I found them
00:29:26I found them
00:29:28I found them
00:29:30what do you think
00:29:31you're doing you senseless girl
00:29:33you have had the whole
00:29:34neighborhood looking for you
00:29:35this is completely unacceptable
00:29:37the servants in my household
00:29:39do not trespass
00:29:39on other people's property
00:29:40nor do they sleep outside
00:29:42with the neighbor's children
00:29:48I'm so sorry
00:29:49I cannot understand
00:29:50how this happened
00:29:53it's my fault
00:29:54Mrs. Ryland
00:29:55it was all my idea
00:29:58I asked Nellie
00:29:59to keep me company
00:30:01nevertheless
00:30:01I expect my help
00:30:02to behave respectfully
00:30:04at all times
00:30:06I don't think
00:30:07the girls meant any harm
00:30:08I promise you
00:30:09it won't happen again
00:30:11please
00:30:11forgive her mom
00:30:13she's still young
00:30:14and forgets her place
00:30:15I'm so sorry ma'am
00:30:17I knew better
00:30:18I did
00:30:22it's all right Nellie
00:30:38mother
00:30:48what's this
00:30:53pictures of Lydia
00:31:01Lydia's journal
00:31:07Samantha
00:31:09a few months
00:31:10in New York City
00:31:11might be good
00:31:12for Samantha
00:31:13if you're sure
00:31:14you can manage
00:31:15no I am
00:31:16yes Grand Mary
00:31:19I have some
00:31:19wonderful news
00:31:21your uncle guard
00:31:22has invited you
00:31:23to spend a few months
00:31:24in New York City
00:31:26with him in Cornelia
00:31:27this fall
00:31:29and with you
00:31:30in the city
00:31:31I thought I would
00:31:31take the opportunity
00:31:32to visit
00:31:33great Aunt Frances
00:31:34I'm sorry
00:31:35I put mother's
00:31:36pictures in the
00:31:37boathouse
00:31:37this is not a
00:31:38punishment dear
00:31:39I'll never do it
00:31:41again I promise
00:31:42Grand Mary
00:31:42when all we have
00:31:44left of someone
00:31:45is our memories
00:31:46of them
00:31:46then we must
00:31:48keep those
00:31:48memories close
00:31:51I'd be disappointed
00:31:52if you didn't have
00:31:53a special place
00:31:54for your mother
00:31:55she did the
00:31:57very same thing
00:31:58my mother
00:31:58she once had
00:32:00a kitten
00:32:01named Mabel
00:32:02it was fluffy
00:32:03and grey
00:32:04and a little
00:32:05cross-eyed
00:32:06cross-eyed
00:32:07and she loved
00:32:08that kitten
00:32:09more than anything
00:32:09one day
00:32:10Mabel didn't
00:32:12come home
00:32:12she took
00:32:14all of Mabel's
00:32:15favorite things
00:32:16and she placed
00:32:17them in the
00:32:17boathouse
00:32:21she did?
00:32:22just like you
00:32:37Samantha
00:32:43oh my
00:32:50isn't it the most
00:32:51wonderful gown
00:32:52you've ever seen
00:32:52Grand Mary?
00:32:53the most wonderful
00:32:56I was just on my
00:32:57way up to see
00:32:58Cornelia
00:32:58join me
00:33:03you look like
00:33:04a fairy tale
00:33:05yes
00:33:05like a princess
00:33:06yes ma'am
00:33:07I have some pieces
00:33:08here
00:33:08they've been in
00:33:09the family for years
00:33:09I don't feel you
00:33:10must wear them
00:33:11Mrs. Edwards
00:33:12thank you so much
00:33:13oh my
00:33:14yes they were
00:33:15they're so pretty
00:33:17oh my goodness
00:33:18they're so delicate
00:33:19wonderful
00:33:20they're lovely
00:33:21don't feel obligated
00:33:22thank you so much
00:33:23really
00:33:37I'm sorry
00:33:39I didn't mean to
00:33:42it's alright
00:33:44Agatha
00:33:44don't be upset
00:34:12you look lovely
00:34:16would you like to
00:34:17wear my mother's veil
00:34:20I couldn't
00:34:23you must
00:34:29oh it's so beautiful
00:34:33thank you both
00:34:34so much
00:34:42would you help me
00:35:14she's so beautiful
00:35:15yes
00:35:19wilt thou gardener
00:35:20have this woman
00:35:22to thy lawful
00:35:23wedded wife
00:35:24to live together
00:35:25after God's ordinance
00:35:26in the holiest state
00:35:27of matrimony
00:35:28wilt thou love her
00:35:29comfort her
00:35:31honor and keep her
00:35:33in sickness
00:35:33and in health
00:35:34and forsaking
00:35:36all others
00:35:37keep thee
00:35:38only unto her
00:35:40so long as
00:35:41ye both shall live
00:35:42I will
00:35:44wilt thou Cornelia
00:35:46have this man
00:35:47have this man
00:35:48to thy wedded husband
00:35:49to live together
00:35:51after God's ordinance
00:35:52in the holy state
00:35:53of matrimony
00:35:54wilt thou obey him
00:35:56and serve him
00:35:57love
00:35:58honor
00:35:59and keep him
00:36:00in sickness
00:36:00and in health
00:36:01and forsaking
00:36:03all others
00:36:04keep thee
00:36:04only unto him
00:36:06so long as
00:36:07ye both shall live
00:36:08I will
00:36:10I now pronounce you
00:36:12man and wife
00:36:13the maggots
00:36:16will pull harder
00:36:17I know
00:36:19I know
00:36:20I know
00:36:20I know
00:36:35I know
00:36:46Oh, yes, ma'am, thank you.
00:36:54Thank you, Mr. Forbes, I'm glad you're here.
00:37:01Good to see you.
00:37:02Thank you. Thank you so much.
00:37:08What a pleasant occasion.
00:37:10And he's a fine catch.
00:37:12But then again, we always knew she'd marry well.
00:37:15Not so well.
00:37:17What do you mean?
00:37:18His niece is coming to stay with her until Christmas.
00:37:21Poor Cornelia.
00:37:24Already he made family less than a month after her wedding.
00:37:32Goodbye, thank you.
00:37:35Goodbye, thank you.
00:37:40Goodbye.
00:37:43Goodbye, Mother.
00:37:48We'll be back in a month and then we'll have many wonderful adventures.
00:37:52How does that sound?
00:37:54Are you ready?
00:38:05Letting Cornelia have your mother's veil was very generous, Samantha.
00:38:09I did it for you.
00:38:13I know.
00:38:18Have a wonderful time.
00:38:22Goodbye.
00:38:24Goodbye.
00:38:24Goodbye, Uncle Carl.
00:38:30Samantha, over here.
00:38:35Look what I found.
00:38:37No.
00:38:38Yes.
00:38:39Eddie Rowland's money jar.
00:38:40I watched him when he bullied the milkman this morning.
00:38:43And then I followed him and found his secret hiding place.
00:38:47The well.
00:38:49Whatever should we do with it?
00:38:51I know the perfect place for it.
00:38:56Good morning.
00:39:03I have $50,000.
00:39:08I know that.
00:39:17Y-Y-boo...
00:39:19...
00:39:35Is that everything?
00:39:36Yes, dear, I think it's all you.
00:39:38I write you three times a day.
00:39:40I miss you so much.
00:39:42I'm going to miss you something awful, Samantha Parkington.
00:39:46You promise you won't forget me now?
00:39:49Forget you?
00:39:50I'll be back before you know it.
00:39:52And we'll celebrate Christmas after Christmas together.
00:39:55That sounds grand.
00:39:57I promise.
00:39:58Not even New York City can keep us apart.
00:40:01You'll see.
00:40:24Dear Nellie, today, Uncle Garg, Aunt Cornelia and I went on a tour of New York City.
00:40:29First, we stopped in the Madison Square and saw the magnificent Fuller Building.
00:40:35I sent you a slide.
00:40:37They call it the Flat Iron now.
00:40:39Isn't that silly naming a building after an iron?
00:41:11Oh, Nellie.
00:41:12To the Harlem Meadows in less than 15 minutes.
00:41:16Imagine that.
00:41:18Oh, and I tried the chestnuts, like you said.
00:41:20But I like the smell better than the taste.
00:41:23Hello.
00:41:24Hello.
00:41:25Hello.
00:41:26One, please.
00:41:27There you go, miss.
00:41:29Thank you, sir.
00:41:29You're welcome.
00:41:33School is going fine, I suppose.
00:41:44I'd like to introduce a new student, Samantha Parkington, who comes to us from Mount Bedford,
00:41:52New York, which is quite a change.
00:41:54Isn't that right, Samantha?
00:41:56Yes.
00:41:57Maybe you'd like to tell us a little about your life in Mount Bedford.
00:42:07Well, first, Mount Bedford is not a mountain.
00:42:14It's houses and churches and a river.
00:42:19And what river is that?
00:42:21The Hudson.
00:42:24The Hudson.
00:42:28The Hudson, sorry.
00:42:31That's all right.
00:42:32We're all nervous when we come to a new place.
00:42:35The river is the Hudson River.
00:42:38The same one that runs down the west side of the...
00:42:40But it would be so much more fun if you were with me.
00:42:43I miss you so, Nellie.
00:42:45Please write back soon, your best friend, Samantha.
00:42:51Dear Samantha, I'm sorry I haven't written much, but Dad's been under the weather, and
00:42:57I've had to take on more chores.
00:42:58Your uncle's house sounds grand, all stone and marble, like the fine houses in the Gramercy
00:43:04Park that Dad used to point out.
00:43:06I miss you too, Samantha, and I can't wait until you get back.
00:43:10Love from your friend, Nellie.
00:43:13Mrs. Vandergeld has installed a shower.
00:43:17Passing fancy.
00:43:17Like rain shower?
00:43:19Exactly.
00:43:20Only it's inside the house, and you stand underneath, and then the water falls.
00:43:24A ridiculous contraption.
00:43:26Absurd.
00:43:27Prone to breaking, I'm sure.
00:43:30I'm sure.
00:43:32And you'd like one, I suppose.
00:43:35Absolutely.
00:43:37Oh, from Grandmary.
00:43:40She has been to see the Admiral.
00:43:47What's so amusing?
00:43:49Well, the Admiral's proposed to Mother twice a year for the last dozen years, I'd say.
00:43:54Well, no wonder she thought we were rushing things.
00:44:04Good morning, class.
00:44:09Good morning, Ms. Stevens.
00:44:14Today, I have a very exciting announcement.
00:44:17The school is conducting a speaking contest on the subject, Progress in America.
00:44:24You can write on a topic of your choice.
00:44:27Anything modern and new.
00:44:29Yes, Edna?
00:44:30Could I write about the telephone?
00:44:31The telephone is an excellent example.
00:44:34Anyone else?
00:44:35Samantha?
00:44:37Factories?
00:44:37Another good idea.
00:44:39A single factory can do the work of an entire town in one day.
00:44:43Think of it.
00:44:45Yes, Emma?
00:44:46My Uncle Ren's a factory.
00:44:48May I write on that, too?
00:44:49You all may write on anything you wish.
00:44:52But only 12 speeches will be chosen.
00:44:55And those chosen will be presented in front of the entire school at the Christmas program.
00:45:00Your speeches are due by Thanksgiving.
00:45:06The time has come to change the old ways.
00:45:09Women must vote.
00:45:12The time has come for all of us to speak out.
00:45:15And in support, Mrs. Winthrop and Mrs. Vandergeld will organize a peaceful gathering of Madison Square Park a week from
00:45:22Tuesday.
00:45:23Women in all 45 states will be holding similar gatherings on that day.
00:45:39I'm very pleased to have met you, Samantha.
00:45:42Pleased to have met you, too.
00:45:44You know, I'm always greatly encouraged when young people join our discussions.
00:45:48Are you anxious to vote one day?
00:45:51I'm not sure.
00:45:53No.
00:45:54Then you won't have to.
00:45:56Isn't that right, Mrs. Vandergeld?
00:45:58Oh, quite.
00:46:00Quite right.
00:46:01It's the right to vote we're fighting for, not the requirement.
00:46:06Good night, Samantha.
00:46:08Good night.
00:46:13Excuse me.
00:46:15Good night.
00:46:17Good night.
00:46:18Bye.
00:46:18We'll soon be replaced by those made by machine.
00:46:22Uncle Gar!
00:46:24Hello, my angel.
00:46:26How was school today?
00:46:27It was good.
00:46:29I'm practicing my speech.
00:46:31Would you like to hear it?
00:46:32Of course.
00:46:37Factories are the foundation of progress in America.
00:46:40They can make perfect products every time, and plenty of them, too.
00:46:44Enough for everyone all at once.
00:46:46They will provide jobs for everyone who wants one, too.
00:46:50Products that are made by hand will soon be replaced by those made by machine.
00:46:55Thank you, Gertrude.
00:46:56I am impressed.
00:46:58Afternoon mail.
00:46:59Hello, sweetheart.
00:47:01Anything for me?
00:47:03Well, there's a postcard here to all of us from Grand Mary.
00:47:07Nothing from Nellie?
00:47:09No, I'm afraid not.
00:47:13I haven't heard from her in weeks.
00:47:17Oh.
00:47:18There's a letter here from Mount Bedford, from Mrs. Hawkins.
00:47:21What does it say?
00:47:24Oh, dear.
00:47:28What?
00:47:30Nellie's father has died from influenza.
00:47:35Oh, no.
00:47:37Come on, Nellie.
00:47:40May I see?
00:47:42Oh.
00:47:54She says that Mrs. Ryland sent them to an orphanage.
00:47:59In New York City.
00:48:01The Cold Rock House.
00:48:03Do you know where it is?
00:48:05Is it near?
00:48:07It shouldn't be hard to find.
00:48:09Can we go see them, Uncle Gar?
00:48:11I will get the address and stop at the orphanage on my way home tomorrow.
00:48:22Dear Nellie, I just received word about your dad.
00:48:26I'm so sad for you and the girls.
00:48:28We all are.
00:48:29But Uncle Gar is going to arrange for me to see you.
00:48:32And I'll be there in no time.
00:48:35Write me back as soon as you can.
00:48:37Your friend, Samantha.
00:48:40Yeah!
00:49:00I'm practicing for my piano lesson.
00:49:03I'd like to stay and listen.
00:49:05Do you mind?
00:49:07Do you mind?
00:49:38It was lovely, Samantha.
00:49:56Would you like to help?
00:49:58Uncle Gar told me you remind him of my mother.
00:50:02I take that as a great compliment.
00:50:07I remember her hair and my face when she would kiss me goodnight.
00:50:17I don't know why I thought of this, but she hated chickens.
00:50:23Chickens?
00:50:24She hated them.
00:50:27It's guard.
00:50:29Oh, good guard.
00:50:30Hello, ladies.
00:50:34Look at you two.
00:50:36I'd say I'm the luckiest man in New York, wouldn't you?
00:50:39Did you find the orphanage?
00:50:41I did.
00:50:42Oh, wonderful.
00:50:43How was Nellie?
00:50:47Well, they didn't let me see her.
00:50:49What do you mean?
00:50:51The orphans are not allowed to have visitors who are not related, unless they're serious about
00:50:54adoption.
00:50:55It's preposterous.
00:50:56Why?
00:50:57Each institution has its own rules.
00:51:00There must be some way that I could see her.
00:51:05Mr. and Mrs. Vandergeld donate a great deal to New York orphanages.
00:51:09One of them could well be Cold Rock.
00:51:12Excuse me.
00:51:20Hello?
00:51:21Yes, could you connect me, please, to the Vandergeld residence on Fifth Avenue?
00:51:51I'm Mrs. Edwards.
00:51:52I telephoned earlier about seeing Mrs. Fauci.
00:52:02She'll be right with you.
00:52:12You must be Mrs. Edwards.
00:52:14We've been expecting you.
00:52:16Pleased to meet you.
00:52:17Mrs. Vandergeld sent word of your arrival.
00:52:20She spoke very highly of you.
00:52:23And of you, Mrs. Fauci.
00:52:25Mrs. Vandergeld is our most generous benefactor.
00:52:27Would this be a convenient time for a tour?
00:52:33Uh, yes.
00:52:34Yes, of course.
00:52:36Uh, Lillian.
00:52:37Oh, thank you.
00:52:40Oh.
00:52:53Nancy, you wait.
00:52:55You're walking too...
00:52:55No speaking!
00:52:58Ma'am?
00:53:01I'm sure you must understand the importance of rules for girls like this.
00:53:06Obedience, order, and discipline.
00:53:08These are the things that will enable them to find homes.
00:53:13Here's the dormitory for the younger girls.
00:53:19Are there always this many?
00:53:23There are not enough beds for these children.
00:53:25Two of the girls are leaving today to a good home in the country.
00:53:29They'll have a party for them later.
00:53:32Bye!
00:53:47Here we have the dormitory for the older girls.
00:53:50Nine to sixteen.
00:53:53May my niece hand out fruit?
00:53:55Yes, of course.
00:53:57What a lovely, well-behaved child.
00:54:04Now then, Mrs. Rouchy, how many children do you have in this dormitory school?
00:54:09Oh, the number of children ranges from one hundred and twenty-five...
00:54:13Mally!
00:54:13Oh!
00:54:14Samantha!
00:54:17What are you doing here?
00:54:19Are you all right?
00:54:21You're so pale.
00:54:22Look at your hands.
00:54:24Here, take my glove.
00:54:26Did you see Bridget and Jenny downstairs?
00:54:28Are they all right?
00:54:29You mean you don't get to see them?
00:54:30They won't let us play together.
00:54:33I'm sure they think I've abandoned them.
00:54:35You cannot stay here.
00:54:38Are you ever allowed outside?
00:54:40Only when I take out the ashes around the back.
00:54:43Every day at four o'clock.
00:54:44We must let the girls rest now.
00:54:47Um, Samantha, are we ready?
00:54:50I'll come to the alley.
00:54:51Four o'clock.
00:54:52Ready!
00:55:14What's the basket for?
00:55:15It's for coats.
00:55:17Coats?
00:55:18Go in the coat closet.
00:55:19These are for old coats that you don't want anymore.
00:55:22Why do you want her old coats?
00:55:24It's for an orphanage.
00:55:26They need all kinds of things, like hats and gloves and anything that's warm, really.
00:55:31They're stuck there, and we need to help.
00:55:34Maybe you do.
00:55:37I have some old coats at home.
00:55:39They don't fit anymore.
00:55:41And gloves, too.
00:55:42I'll bring them in tomorrow.
00:55:45I like your pilgrims.
00:55:58Yes, Mrs. Evans.
00:55:59Mrs. Frouchy is expecting you.
00:56:01I have a hamper here full of pumpkin pies and Thanksgiving treats for the children.
00:56:05May we bring them into your kitchen?
00:56:07I'll take that for you.
00:56:08Follow me.
00:56:10I'll just wait outside.
00:56:12All right.
00:56:25Nellie!
00:56:26Nellie!
00:56:30You found me!
00:56:33Here.
00:56:34I brought you some walls, but she's inside.
00:56:37Thank you, Samantha.
00:56:39And Mrs. Frouchy says she'll place me out if I don't behave.
00:56:44What's that?
00:56:44Sending me away on the orphan train to get adopted by a family far away.
00:56:50Mrs. Frouchy says girls with my training go really fast in the farm country.
00:56:55And Jenny and Bridget?
00:56:56No.
00:56:57They're too young.
00:56:59She sends me.
00:57:00I'll never get to see them again.
00:57:02Oh, you cannot go.
00:57:04And the three of you have to stay together.
00:57:07Mother, I have to think about what to do.
00:57:09I'm not going to let this happen to you, Nellie.
00:57:12I'm not.
00:57:14Did you hear, Gertrude, that our Samantha has been chosen out of all the girls in her school
00:57:19to speak at the Christmas program?
00:57:21Isn't that wonderful?
00:57:23It's not just me.
00:57:24There are 12 of us.
00:57:25That is quite an accomplishment to be one of the 12, Samantha.
00:57:30It is a shame that Mother won't hear it.
00:57:32Then Grand Mary will have the pleasure of hearing only Samantha when she returns.
00:57:39Oh, now will you look at that.
00:57:41Oh, it looks splendid.
00:57:42Beautiful.
00:57:44On first Thanksgiving.
00:57:47I wish everyone had all the blessings that we have tonight.
00:57:51That's very thoughtful, Samantha.
00:57:54Shall we?
00:57:57Father, we thank Thee for this food, for health and strength, and all things good.
00:58:04Amen.
00:58:09Nellie!
00:58:11Come on, everything's ready.
00:58:13We need to hurry.
00:58:14What?
00:58:15What are you talking about?
00:58:17Look, if we don't go now, we never will.
00:58:19Go?
00:58:20Where?
00:58:21With me.
00:58:22I'm taking you all.
00:58:24What's wrong?
00:58:25I'm scared.
00:58:27It'll be all right.
00:58:29Go get Bridget and Jenny, and I'll meet you in front of the coat closet.
00:58:33I'll meet you there in five minutes.
00:58:37Go, now!
00:58:50Jenny, Jenny, look!
00:58:53Come on, girls.
00:58:55You need to go now.
00:59:00What's it for?
00:59:01I came here to bring donations for the girls.
00:59:05Yes?
00:59:06I usually come here with my aunt, who is very good friends with Mrs. Vandergaard.
00:59:11We usually just leave the boxes beside the coat closet.
00:59:15Fine.
00:59:15Off you go.
00:59:22Nellie, where are you?
00:59:26Samantha!
00:59:27I'll deposit the donation money Monday, Mrs. Frouchy.
00:59:30You best give it to me.
00:59:31I'll hold on to it.
00:59:35For safekeeping.
00:59:37Yes, ma'am.
00:59:39These are locked.
00:59:41Get in.
00:59:41Bridget, under the vest.
00:59:42Go, go, go, go, go, go.
00:59:48To the vest.
00:59:57Let's go.
01:00:46Let's go.
01:00:53Let's go.
01:00:57Let's go.
01:00:59Let's go.
01:00:59Let's go.
01:01:00Let's go.
01:01:01Please help.
01:01:11Let's go.
01:01:12Let's go.
01:01:12Let's go.
01:01:23Let's go.
01:01:27Let's go.
01:01:30Let's go.
01:02:01Let's go.
01:02:04Let's go.
01:02:13Let's go.
01:02:15Let's go.
01:02:24Let's go.
01:02:34Let's go.
01:02:36Let's go.
01:02:40Let's go.
01:02:43Let's go.
01:02:49Let's go.
01:02:49Let's go.
01:03:00Let's go.
01:03:08Let's go.
01:03:09Let's go.
01:03:11Let's go.
01:03:29Let's go.
01:03:33Let's go.
01:03:36Let's go.
01:03:39Let's go.
01:03:41Let's go.
01:03:49Let's go.
01:03:52Let's go.
01:04:06Let's go.
01:04:07Let's go.
01:04:19Let's go.
01:04:20Let's go.
01:04:24Let's go.
01:04:26Let's solve this woman.
01:05:08Dear Grandmary, it's almost Christmas, and I can't wait to see you.
01:05:13Cornelia and I are making our own ornaments for the Christmas tree,
01:05:17and making cookies and fruitcakes and even plum pudding,
01:05:20though I'm not sure we did it right.
01:05:30Since Nellie is in New York City now, all that's missing is you.
01:05:34Love, Samantha.
01:05:56Mm-hmm.
01:06:21Jenny, what are you doing down here?
01:06:25something wrong what's the matter what is it all right i'll come with you
01:06:47richard are you all right you're so hot running up
01:06:57do you know where nellie went was she looking to find a job
01:07:18is this where she went
01:07:42oh
01:07:43No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:11Put your name on that list.
01:08:13If you can't write, make an X.
01:08:15Get in line behind them.
01:08:19Hold on, man.
01:08:21No, no, no, please, no.
01:08:24That needle breaks, it comes out of your pain.
01:08:26No, don't.
01:08:27Quiet.
01:08:29Oh, look, that needle broke.
01:08:33Let's see what you've done.
01:08:35Go on, get him out of here.
01:08:36Come on out here and we'll have a look at it.
01:08:41Hold it tight now, hold it tight.
01:08:48All right, we got an opening now.
01:08:53Come on.
01:08:55Hurry up.
01:08:57Sir?
01:08:58Sir?
01:09:00I'm looking for my friend.
01:09:01This ain't a tea party.
01:09:04You want to see your friend?
01:09:05Get in line behind them.
01:09:06Wait till 7 o'clock.
01:09:08No, sir.
01:09:09I can't wait.
01:09:10This is an emergency.
01:09:12Oh, there she is.
01:09:13Hey.
01:09:15Nellie.
01:09:16Nellie, come quick.
01:09:17Hey.
01:09:18Leave the machine.
01:09:20Lose the machine.
01:09:21Them's the rules.
01:09:22Bridget is sick.
01:09:23Come on.
01:09:25You decide, girly.
01:09:26You leave now, you don't come back.
01:09:30There'll be none of that here.
01:09:33All right, we got an opening now.
01:09:36Next!
01:09:37Why didn't you tell me what factory work is like?
01:09:41Nobody wants to know where their frogs come from.
01:09:43Just so they keep coming.
01:09:46Are all factories like that?
01:09:48All the ones I've seen.
01:09:50I'm worried, Samantha.
01:09:51I don't want to lose Bridget, too.
01:09:53Come on.
01:09:54Let's run.
01:10:03She's burning up, Samantha.
01:10:06I've never seen her this bad.
01:10:10It's my fault for leaving.
01:10:15So cold in here.
01:10:17Mm-hmm.
01:10:26Hello, Angel.
01:10:28Big day's coming, isn't it?
01:10:30How's the speech?
01:10:32You nervous?
01:10:33I can't wait to hear it all the way through.
01:10:36I need to talk to you.
01:10:39Both.
01:10:43We're listening.
01:10:46I did something wrong.
01:10:48And I need help.
01:10:51Nellie's sister, Bridget.
01:10:54is sick.
01:10:58Upstairs.
01:11:00Upstairs?
01:11:01Upstairs?
01:11:08She's quite dehydrated.
01:11:10Under my orders, you're not to move her.
01:11:12It's for a few weeks, until she gets her strength back.
01:11:15Of course, doctor.
01:11:20Any improvement?
01:11:21Not yet.
01:11:22All the girls have to stay here until the patient recovers.
01:11:25I'll be back in the morning to check on her.
01:11:27Thank you, doctor.
01:11:27I'll see you out.
01:11:31Gertrude's made up beds for you in Samantha's room.
01:11:33Go on up now.
01:11:34I'll go sit with Bridget.
01:11:35Samantha brought us here
01:11:37to save me from being sent on the orphan train
01:11:40without my sisters.
01:11:42They're not supposed to separate families.
01:11:44Ma'am, they do a lot of things
01:11:47they're not supposed to.
01:11:54Good night.
01:11:55And thank you for your kindness.
01:11:58Good night, Nellie.
01:11:59Good night, Nellie.
01:12:00Good night, Jenny.
01:12:01Gertrude?
01:12:02Good night, Jenny.
01:12:03Good night, Nellie.
01:12:05Good night.
01:12:06Good night, Nellie.
01:12:09I'm sorry, Uncle Gar, Aunt Cornelia.
01:12:19You can't break the law, Samantha.
01:12:22Even when a law seems unfair.
01:12:24But I had no choice.
01:12:25You always have the choice to come to me.
01:12:27You know that.
01:12:28But you don't even want me here.
01:12:30Why would you want three girls
01:12:32who aren't related to you?
01:12:33Who says we don't want you here?
01:12:37At Cornelia's friends.
01:12:39My friends?
01:12:40At the wedding.
01:12:42They said it was a shame
01:12:43that I was coming here.
01:12:45Oh, Samantha.
01:12:47Don't think for a minute
01:12:48that's how I feel.
01:12:50They were just jealous
01:12:51and mean and petty.
01:12:54You're our family, Samantha.
01:12:56I want you here.
01:12:59Yes, Aunt Cornelia.
01:13:07No one touched Mrs. Fauci's money.
01:13:10We know that.
01:13:13Please don't make Nellie go back.
01:13:16They can't go back there.
01:13:18I have no alternative, Samantha.
01:13:21I must inform the authorities they're here.
01:13:24No!
01:13:35Would you like some tea?
01:13:36No, thank you.
01:13:38I'll be brief.
01:13:39Before you speak,
01:13:41I'd like to say
01:13:42that we are not going to press charges
01:13:44against the Parkinson girl.
01:13:46As long as she returns the money she took.
01:13:48She claims she didn't take it.
01:13:50Oh, no.
01:13:54You know, with Christmas coming,
01:13:56we may have to rely once more
01:13:58on generous benefactors such as yourself.
01:14:01We don't want to disappoint the children.
01:14:03No, we don't,
01:14:04which is why, Mrs. Fauci,
01:14:06we're replacing you.
01:14:08What?
01:14:10Your what?
01:14:11The board of directors is unhappy
01:14:13with the way you've been running Cold Rock.
01:14:15It was never our intention
01:14:16to fund a prison,
01:14:17and there have been indications
01:14:18for some while that
01:14:19funds
01:14:22have been misappropriated.
01:14:27You simply can't be serious.
01:14:29Oh, yes.
01:14:32I simply can.
01:14:34Good day.
01:14:47Factories will produce many goods
01:14:49at the same time,
01:14:50and that's why factories
01:14:51are the golden future of America.
01:14:59And the final speaker will be
01:15:01Samantha Parkington.
01:15:15Americans are very proud
01:15:17of being modern.
01:15:18We are proud of our progress,
01:15:20and we are proud of the machines
01:15:22in our factories
01:15:23and the products that they make.
01:15:26But Americans are proud
01:15:28of being truthful, too.
01:15:31Last week,
01:15:32I went to a factory,
01:15:34and what I saw
01:15:35was nothing like
01:15:36what I had been told.
01:15:38There were children,
01:15:40younger than I am.
01:15:41Working from early morning
01:15:43until after dark.
01:15:45They were dirty.
01:15:47They were cold.
01:15:49And they couldn't leave.
01:15:51They don't have time
01:15:52to go to school,
01:15:53and they are too tired to play.
01:15:56Children are hurt
01:15:57in these places.
01:15:59I know.
01:16:00I saw one.
01:16:03If our factories
01:16:05can hurt children,
01:16:06then we have not made
01:16:08good progress in America.
01:16:10these words
01:16:11are not the words
01:16:12I had written,
01:16:13but are the words
01:16:14that I need to say.
01:16:17Americans are good and kind,
01:16:20and good and kind people
01:16:21take care of children,
01:16:23even if they are not their own.
01:16:26And once we do that,
01:16:28we can truly be proud
01:16:30of our factories
01:16:32and of our progress.
01:16:35thank you.
01:16:48She was marvelous.
01:16:50Wonderful, Samantha.
01:16:51I'm so proud of you.
01:16:53Grandmary.
01:16:56You were here.
01:17:00Oh, I missed you.
01:17:02I missed you, too.
01:17:03Did you know
01:17:04they were coming?
01:17:05You wanted it
01:17:05to be a surprise.
01:17:07You were magnificent.
01:17:09How did you know
01:17:10about factories?
01:17:12Because of Nellie.
01:17:13I went to go get her
01:17:14at her work, and...
01:17:16Oh, forgive me.
01:17:17You remember
01:17:18Admiral Venus?
01:17:19Very nice to see you
01:17:20again, Admiral.
01:17:21That was a very
01:17:22impressive speech, Samantha.
01:17:24No wonder your grandmother
01:17:25talks about you so much.
01:17:27Excuse me.
01:17:29Samantha, that speech
01:17:31was not the speech
01:17:32that you entered
01:17:32in the contest.
01:17:33I changed it
01:17:34when I saw the truth.
01:17:36I'm afraid you've been
01:17:37disqualified from
01:17:38the competition.
01:17:39Disqualified?
01:17:40For telling the truth?
01:17:41She won me over,
01:17:43and I'm a much harsher judge,
01:17:45I can assure you.
01:17:46I believe it takes
01:17:48two to speak the truth.
01:17:49One to speak it,
01:17:51and the other to hear.
01:17:54I beg your pardon.
01:17:58I'd like you to give
01:17:59that speech to my
01:18:00women's group, Samantha.
01:18:03We're very proud of you.
01:18:05How do you feel, Samantha?
01:18:06I feel that Gertrude
01:18:07is overworked,
01:18:08which is why
01:18:09she's so slow.
01:18:12Slow?
01:18:13She needs help.
01:18:19Cornelia, you've created
01:18:20a crusader.
01:18:21After all,
01:18:22it is a very large house
01:18:24for one person to keep.
01:18:26And how many more maids
01:18:27do we need?
01:18:28Three.
01:18:29Which is really four,
01:18:30counting Gertrude.
01:18:31Besides,
01:18:32if I come to visit
01:18:33more often...
01:18:34What do you mean, if?
01:18:35You're going to need
01:18:36more help.
01:18:37I'm a handful.
01:18:43Samantha,
01:18:44Cornelia and I
01:18:45were hoping that
01:18:46you'd like to come
01:18:47stay here with us.
01:18:48Permanently.
01:18:52You mean leave
01:18:53Mount Bedford?
01:18:55For good?
01:18:56But what about
01:18:57Grandmary?
01:18:58I don't want her
01:18:59to be all alone.
01:19:00She won't be.
01:19:00Because Grandmary
01:19:03has finally decided...
01:19:05No.
01:19:05Yes, she's accepted
01:19:06the Admiral's proposal.
01:19:08Which is why
01:19:08we hope you consider
01:19:10staying with us.
01:19:11What do you say,
01:19:12Samantha?
01:19:13Will you adopt us?
01:19:18Will I?
01:19:22Yes.
01:19:23Yes.
01:19:33I'll take this.
01:19:36Here you are.
01:19:42Oh, it's so beautiful.
01:19:45It's so great, Mary.
01:19:49Who did all this?
01:19:51I did, miss.
01:19:53With a little help.
01:19:54It's the prettiest tree
01:19:55I've ever seen.
01:19:57You're probably worn out.
01:19:59You should rest.
01:20:01Really.
01:20:02Stay straight.
01:20:08Can we open
01:20:09presents, Sam?
01:20:10Not now.
01:20:11No, not until tomorrow.
01:20:13But you can start
01:20:14working on your notes
01:20:15to Santa.
01:20:16And there's hot chocolate
01:20:17in the kitchen.
01:20:18Ooh.
01:20:20Um, Gertrude?
01:20:22Oh.
01:20:26Uncle Gart?
01:20:27Does Santa know
01:20:29that Nellie
01:20:29and her sisters are here?
01:20:30Believe me, Samantha.
01:20:33Santa knows everything.
01:20:37Yes.
01:20:44Oh, just a moment.
01:20:45Let me get the notes
01:20:46for Santa.
01:20:47Who notes?
01:20:47Nellie and Jenny.
01:20:49Yes.
01:20:50Do you want to do
01:20:51Bridget's too soon?
01:20:53Okay.
01:20:55Girls.
01:20:56Milk of Santa.
01:20:58I imagine
01:20:59he'll be very thirsty.
01:21:01Yes.
01:21:06What is all this?
01:21:08It's for the orphanage.
01:21:09Quite a bounty.
01:21:10Oh, this is nothing.
01:21:11Cornelia's arranged
01:21:12for a whole Christmas feast tomorrow.
01:21:14She's got half of New York
01:21:15donating presents
01:21:16and clothes and food.
01:21:17May I help?
01:21:18Yes.
01:21:22I can't believe we're here.
01:21:24It's so wonderful
01:21:26that we can be together, Nellie.
01:21:29This is my favorite Christmas Eve.
01:21:32I wonder where we'll be
01:21:34next Christmas.
01:21:35Let's make a wish.
01:21:38Up there,
01:21:40some places are wishing star.
01:21:45Make your wish, Nellie.
01:21:46Close your eyes tight.
01:21:48Wish like you've never
01:21:50wished before.
01:21:51I'm wishing, Samantha.
01:21:54I'm wishing.
01:22:01Merry Christmas, Bridget.
01:22:03Merry Christmas.
01:22:04Merry Christmas.
01:22:06Oh, Bridget.
01:22:06How's our patient?
01:22:08Hungry.
01:22:10Well, let's go have Christmas.
01:22:12Oh, Christmas.
01:22:12Merry Christmas.
01:22:22Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
01:22:23Before you start screaming
01:22:25at all the silly little things
01:22:26Santa's left you,
01:22:27there's something
01:22:28we need to tell you.
01:22:29Uncle God?
01:22:32Samantha asked if we would
01:22:33let you three girls
01:22:34come and be maids.
01:22:36Oh, yes, sir.
01:22:37We'll work very hard
01:22:38morning tonight, sir.
01:22:40But we don't need
01:22:41any more maids.
01:22:41However, Samantha's
01:22:43going to live with us
01:22:44permanently.
01:22:48And there's one thing
01:22:49she needs
01:22:49that we would love
01:22:50to give her.
01:22:51She needs
01:22:52three sisters.
01:22:55But not just
01:22:56any three sisters.
01:22:57She needs you.
01:22:59All of you.
01:23:00What do you say?
01:23:01Oh, yes.
01:23:03Sisters, Samantha.
01:23:04Sisters.
01:23:06Don Cornelia
01:23:07and I want
01:23:08all four of you
01:23:08to be our girls.
01:23:10to live here
01:23:11in this house
01:23:11and grow up together
01:23:12as one family.
01:23:14Would you like that,
01:23:15Bridget?
01:23:16Oh, yes.
01:23:18Jenny?
01:23:18Jenny?
01:23:19Jenny says yes.
01:23:20Jenny says yes, sir.
01:23:22Oh, she's talking.
01:23:24Oh, she's talking.
01:23:25That's my girl.
01:23:26Oh, she's saying yes.
01:23:30I'm here for you.
01:23:32Merry Christmas!
01:23:35This is for you!
01:23:59And Merry Christmas!
01:24:03Wait to see all their happy faces.
01:24:08Merry Christmas.
01:24:10Merry Christmas.
01:24:35Merry Christmas.
01:24:37Merry Christmas.
01:24:38Merry Christmas.
01:24:38Merry Christmas.
01:24:39Merry Christmas.
01:24:41Merry Christmas.
01:24:44For a snow, Samantha, do you think we're dreaming?
01:24:48Yes, we are.
01:24:50I hope we never wake up.
01:25:03Merry Christmas.
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