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The Cheaters (1945) Full Movie ｜ Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette [Full Movie] [Watch Free Online]Full EP - Full
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00:01:30J.C., why don't you see that man?
00:01:34What man?
00:01:35The latest process server.
00:01:37Surely you're familiar with process servers?
00:01:40Now, Maddie, don't you start.
00:01:42I'm not starting. I'm just frightened of my reputation.
00:01:45I'm spending so much time with this one.
00:01:48Well, these bring your bank account down to a nice flat zero.
00:01:53Your wife's doing a lot of Christmas shopping, Mr. Pigeon.
00:01:56Why don't you pay any attention when I tell you how close to bankruptcy you are?
00:02:00It's going to be all right, Maddie. I tell you, it's going to be all right.
00:02:03It's going to be all right until the stores come to take back the gifts.
00:02:08Would they do that?
00:02:09Well, if you don't pay your bills.
00:02:11Oh, what's the use?
00:02:13From your son. Collect.
00:02:15Hasn't he left Stanford yet?
00:02:17I didn't read it. I just paid for it.
00:02:19Two seventy-eight.
00:02:19And your brother-in-law is waiting to see you.
00:02:22No doubt also collect.
00:02:23Well, get rid of them.
00:02:25When you haven't been able to for twenty years.
00:02:28I'm busy with a client.
00:02:30That's the one lie I couldn't tell without bursting into tears.
00:02:34Willie!
00:02:36Willie!
00:02:37Hello, boy.
00:02:38Oh, good news, eh?
00:02:39As a matter of fact, it's very sad.
00:02:42Wire from Reggie from Denver.
00:02:44Oh, it's too bad.
00:02:44Doctors give no hope for Uncle Henry.
00:02:47Only a matter of hours now.
00:02:49For Pete's sake, why can't I come home?
00:02:50He doesn't even know I'm here.
00:02:52This is one student.
00:02:53The rest of it doesn't matter.
00:02:55No, no. It's Uncle Henry we have to think about.
00:02:57Yeah, the poor old fellow.
00:02:58It's too bad. Still, he is getting on.
00:03:00I mean, it's been failing for years.
00:03:02Exactly, yes.
00:03:03He isn't nearly fast enough at the rate you've been going.
00:03:05She's right.
00:03:06No need of being hypocritical about it, Willie.
00:03:09Of course not, no.
00:03:09Uncle Henry would have been the last one to expect it.
00:03:12He was...
00:03:13Is?
00:03:14He is a tough old burg.
00:03:15Of course he is, yeah.
00:03:16I don't think I'm being too callous when I think of what Clara and the girls and Reggie could do
00:03:21with that money.
00:03:22I shouldn't think so, no.
00:03:22Well, they're young enough to enjoy it.
00:03:24Oh, exactly, yeah.
00:03:25I could use some of it, too, of course.
00:03:27Build up the firm.
00:03:28Build it up, yes.
00:03:28Yeah, money makes money.
00:03:30Wow, money makes...
00:03:31Yes.
00:03:31Come over to Frost with me.
00:03:32I'd be delighted.
00:03:33There's a bracelet over there that Clara admired.
00:03:35Well, as a matter of fact, I want to do a little shopping on my own, and I thought that
00:03:38perhaps you might...
00:03:39Well, I mean, say you...
00:03:40Why, sure, sure, Willie, how much?
00:03:42Oh, well, I...
00:03:43Mr. Pigeon.
00:03:45Huh?
00:03:46It would seem that Willie left the barn door open.
00:03:49I'm afraid I've been kind of a nuisance, but I've got to touch you.
00:03:54Oh, that's all right.
00:03:56Sorry to have kept you waiting.
00:03:57Pressure of business, you know.
00:03:59Come, Willie.
00:04:01Oh, uh, send a wire to that little whippersnapper in Denver and tell him to stay there until the end
00:04:06and impress on him that he's a representative of the family in this hour of, uh...
00:04:10Uh, need?
00:04:11Yes, sir.
00:04:11Yes, that's right.
00:04:12You know what I mean.
00:04:12Uh, good day, sir.
00:04:14Good day.
00:04:16You know, I've been here so long, I kind of hate to leave.
00:04:20There'll be others.
00:04:41Good evening, sir.
00:04:42Good evening, McFarlane.
00:04:46Good evening.
00:04:55Now, what's that?
00:04:56A silver vase from Tiffany's for the Carters.
00:04:59I have the most awful feeling I sent them the same thing last year.
00:05:02Or did they send us one?
00:05:05Well, this begins to look like the real thing.
00:05:07How are you, my dear?
00:05:09Frantic!
00:05:10Well, you should tell you it a little easy.
00:05:12You have these young ladies here to help you.
00:05:15You'll be born to a frazzle before Christmas Eve.
00:05:18They couldn't do a thing without me.
00:05:28Ah, the tree is a beauty.
00:05:30Is it here?
00:05:32They're there not to put it in the front window of the drawing room.
00:05:34You tell them, Miss Hemstead.
00:05:36Why not the front window?
00:05:37We've always had it in the front window.
00:05:39It looks pretty from the street.
00:05:41People who have such a nice tree...
00:05:43That's just it.
00:05:44Therese says it's all wrong.
00:05:45She's come back from Boston with a lot of new ideas.
00:05:48I hadn't time to listen to them.
00:05:50But it's about charity and not flaunting your wealth.
00:05:53Hmm.
00:05:53She wants the tree in the library where less fortunate people can't see it.
00:05:58The tree has always been in the drawing room.
00:06:01And it's not going to be put in the library.
00:06:04That's the only room in this house I've been able to train your brother Willie to stay out of.
00:06:09Now, you know you're really fond of Willie, dear.
00:06:12And he's just brought you a lovely gift.
00:06:15Oh.
00:06:16The library.
00:06:20Dad!
00:06:22Well, well, well.
00:06:24How do I know?
00:06:25Oh, she's wonderful, Dan.
00:06:27And you?
00:06:27Fine, fine.
00:06:29So what's this I've been hearing about some soldier named Bates?
00:06:32Some soldier named Bates.
00:06:34Captain Bates.
00:06:35You love him?
00:06:36Madly, wildly, and fearsomely.
00:06:38How unutterably mucky.
00:06:40Oh, isn't she devastating?
00:06:42When I left, she was doing Lana Turner.
00:06:44You know, I haven't been able to figure this new one out yet.
00:06:49Here are mine, Miss Lodge.
00:06:50They're all labeled, and here's the list.
00:06:52Now, I want them done in pale green with the wide white satin ribbon and the darker green velvet sprays
00:06:58attached to the bowl.
00:06:59And I don't want anyone else to use that combination.
00:07:02We've already used that combination.
00:07:04But I told you that...
00:07:06Can't you just mix them, darling?
00:07:08Mother, don't be tiresome.
00:07:11No one uses mixed colors anymore.
00:07:13You wrap your gifts the same each year until it becomes distinctive of you, like your perfume.
00:07:18The other is absolutely...
00:07:20The trois.
00:07:21All right, darling.
00:07:22We'll find something distinctive for you.
00:07:24Oh, and I am glad to see you're using your French whenever you can.
00:07:29Oh, my God.
00:07:38Now, darling, tell me about this young man of yours.
00:07:41Oh, you'll meet him.
00:07:42He's spending Christmas with us.
00:07:44What's his first name?
00:07:45Stephen, and don't call him Steve.
00:07:47Don't worry about me.
00:07:48But I...
00:07:49In fact, I worry about the whole blessed family.
00:07:51What's the matter?
00:07:52Not good enough for him?
00:07:53No, darling, it isn't that at all.
00:07:55It's just...
00:07:56Well, we're so wacky, and...
00:08:06No, it's Beresford Bates, but no hyphen.
00:08:08I expect she'd consider the other un-American.
00:08:10She sounds grim.
00:08:12Now, Mrs. Bates is one of the wealthiest, most socially prominent women in the East.
00:08:15So?
00:08:16She still sounds grim.
00:08:17Grim or not, will you please stop interrupting?
00:08:20Now, this is serious.
00:08:21I must have Dad's approval of something I want to do.
00:08:23Something I simply have to do.
00:08:25Well, what's that, honey?
00:08:26Bring a charity case into the house for the holidays.
00:08:29Someone who otherwise wouldn't have any Christmas.
00:08:32Well, why do you stare like that?
00:08:34What's so monstrous in the idea?
00:08:36Mrs. Bates does it every Christmas, only she doesn't stop at one.
00:08:39Last year, she had six children.
00:08:41Mrs. Bates?
00:08:43I thought you said that Stephen was an only child.
00:08:46Whoops.
00:08:47Count on mother to pick up the wrong thread of a conversation.
00:08:49We were speaking of bringing a needy person into the house at Christmas.
00:08:53Oh?
00:08:53And I want...
00:08:54Well, to tell you the truth, I have to have one.
00:08:56I told Mrs. Bates we've always done it.
00:08:58With Stephen coming...
00:08:59Of all the foul ideas, you promised me a party with the entire upper floor and only my friends.
00:09:03How can I have them with some smelly charity case in the house?
00:09:07They don't necessarily have to smell.
00:09:10I think it's rather a sweet idea.
00:09:12You say Mrs. Bates does this every year?
00:09:14Yes, Mother.
00:09:15Then I don't see why I can't do it.
00:09:17It might start a movement.
00:09:18We aren't doing this to make a splash.
00:09:20Are we doing it?
00:09:21That's what I want to know.
00:09:22Why, couldn't we just show him Willie and say that he's a charity case?
00:09:27James!
00:09:28Really, J.C.?
00:09:29Why, I offered to leave years ago.
00:09:31Sure, sure.
00:09:32Sorry, Willie.
00:09:33I was only kidding.
00:09:36Well, I think you're all being terrible to laugh or bicker about helping the needy.
00:09:41All right.
00:09:42All right.
00:09:42You can have your charity case.
00:09:44Where do you get them?
00:09:46I don't know.
00:09:47Perhaps one of the servants know of someone.
00:09:49Wait.
00:09:50Wait, I have it.
00:09:51Every year, the Globe publishes a list of needy cases.
00:09:53Now then, we'll find a copy, close our eyes, and pick a letter.
00:09:56What do you mean, pick a letter?
00:09:58The cases are listed one, two, three, and so on.
00:10:00And the people are referred to simply as Miss A, Miss B, and Mr. C.
00:10:04You know, I thought it was rather decent of them not to give the full name.
00:10:07Oh, yes.
00:10:08You know, I think that I...
00:10:10Oh, thank you.
00:10:12Here, case one.
00:10:14Miss L, age 41, renounced the chances of a brilliant career as a concert pianist to nurse
00:10:20her aged and infirm mother.
00:10:22Only a month ago, the mother died.
00:10:24Well, I don't want to seem mean, but someone with such a recent death in the family...
00:10:27She'd either tell us all of her mother's symptoms or try to play the piano.
00:10:30It isn't that.
00:10:31Try another, dear.
00:10:32Case seven.
00:10:33Mr. H has toiled at back-breaking labor to support his seven motherless children.
00:10:38Out!
00:10:39For heaven's sake, why don't you do as Willie suggested?
00:10:42Close your eyes and pick one.
00:10:44Then let's have a little Christmas cheer of our own.
00:10:46Shall I?
00:10:47Of course, darling.
00:10:48All right.
00:10:49What did you get?
00:10:52Since he was hit by a speeding car ten years ago, Anthony M has seen fame and fortune desert him.
00:10:58Once a matinee idol, beloved of all theatergoers...
00:11:00An actor!
00:11:01He was struck down at the height of his career, leaving him permanently lame.
00:11:04Oh, what a pity.
00:11:05Yet Mr. M has accepted his lot with philosophic fortitude and has shown an admirable willingness to take the most
00:11:11menial of jobs.
00:11:12Well, he's it, as far as I'm concerned.
00:11:14Sounds like a gentleman, almost.
00:11:16The sort who could wear a dress suit, if necessary.
00:11:18Mother, listen to the rest of it.
00:11:20Still, misfortune seems to pursue him.
00:11:22Only a month ago, while working as night watchman in a New Jersey factory, a mysterious fire broke out and
00:11:27the plant was burned to the ground.
00:11:29Thus does the world forget easily, and this once famous man needs your help.
00:11:32Give if you can.
00:11:33Well, we certainly shall.
00:11:35He'll want a muffler.
00:11:37A muffler?
00:11:38Well, of course.
00:11:39All night watchmen wear mufflers, and I have three left over.
00:11:43But one can hardly put Merry Christmas to Mr. M, can one?
00:11:48I'd better know his name before I wrap.
00:11:49Mother, I don't think you have quite the right idea about this.
00:11:52Well, of course I have.
00:11:53Naturally, we'll give him more than mufflers.
00:11:56Have McFarlane call the paper, or let Willie call.
00:11:58Oh, he's terribly sweet with people.
00:12:01Oh, Dad, doesn't it make you feel all warm and happy inside to be doing this?
00:12:05But we must remember to treat him as a guest.
00:12:08You know, make him feel at home.
00:12:10At least for a week.
00:12:18You know, this organization was just about to drop you from its roles.
00:12:22I think you're very, very fortunate, Mr. Marchand.
00:12:25And I hope that this time you will behave with a proper amount of gratitude.
00:12:32Gratitude in most men is usually a secret desire to receive greater benefits.
00:12:38The chauffeur is here for Mr. Marchand.
00:12:47I'll take it, sir.
00:13:43Come in.
00:13:46Well, where in the world have you been?
00:13:48I've been ringing for the last 30 minutes.
00:13:51I'm very sorry, madam.
00:13:52I was attending Mr. Marchand.
00:13:54Oh.
00:13:54It's the internal injuries.
00:13:56The poor gentleman suffers something dreadful during the night.
00:13:59A bit of egg and milk and a dash of spirits early in the morning and he goes right back
00:14:05to sleep again.
00:14:07Needs it, I say.
00:14:08And think of the mornings that he hasn't had it.
00:14:11Poor soul.
00:14:12That was very good of you, McFarland.
00:14:14You give him everything he wants.
00:14:16Very good, madam.
00:14:18Mother.
00:14:20Mother.
00:14:20Oh, Mother.
00:14:21He's perfectly delightful.
00:14:22So humble and grateful and yet, I don't know, he wears poverty with all the charm of an Inverness cape.
00:14:29Oh, what a pretty idea.
00:14:30I must get dressed and meet him.
00:14:33Oh, oh, McFarland, I was going to say, oh, well, never mind.
00:14:36I'll ring for you later.
00:14:38I'm going to have to leave you for a little while.
00:14:41I haven't had my hair or my face done in days.
00:14:44I was thinking, Mrs. Pigeon, the velvet robe you got for Mr. Perry.
00:14:47Could we switch that to Mr. M?
00:14:49The very thing.
00:14:50He couldn't possibly be offended at a robe.
00:14:52But we must be careful to call him Mr. Marchand and not Mr. M.
00:15:00I see, J.C., do you think Mr. M would resent it if I offered him my second best dinner
00:15:04jacket?
00:15:05Do you mean the one you've gotten too fat to wear, Willie?
00:15:09Sure, give him all that stuff.
00:15:11Make the old boy feel better.
00:15:12Splendid, splendid.
00:15:14So the man said, jump, I've got a blanket.
00:15:16And he jumped and the man didn't have any blanket at all.
00:15:18It was very amusing.
00:15:21Willie.
00:15:26Oh, you're a connoisseur, my dear sir.
00:15:29I'm afraid I can't take credit for the wine.
00:15:32I leave all the buying to McFarlane.
00:15:37You're very fortunate to have him.
00:15:48Good morning, sir.
00:15:49Good morning.
00:15:50You sent for me?
00:15:51Yes.
00:15:52I wanted you to know that the car is at your disposal.
00:15:55Can't make you feel that you're a prisoner here.
00:15:58And in case you go out, you need a little cash.
00:16:01Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:16:02You're very kind, but I couldn't possibly accept it unless you would permit me to buy a few small gifts
00:16:07for your charming wife and lovely daughters.
00:16:09Fine, fine.
00:16:10They'd get a kick out of it.
00:16:12If I am on my way to the office now, would you care to drive down with me?
00:16:17I'd be delighted to.
00:16:19Fine.
00:16:20Come right along.
00:16:38Any of the family inside?
00:16:39No.
00:16:40I'll take care of him.
00:16:41Hello.
00:16:42How do you do, sir?
00:16:45Pain.
00:16:46Very bad pain again.
00:16:48I stopped in a bar for a shot.
00:16:52Purely medicinal, of course.
00:16:54Oh, yes, of course, sir.
00:16:55Purely medicinal.
00:16:57Now, you come into the library with me, sir.
00:17:00And then later, later on, I'll help you upstairs.
00:17:04That'll be very nice.
00:17:41Why, Reggie, what a pretty overcoat.
00:17:45What happened?
00:17:46Uncle Henry died yesterday, and he's left every cent to some showgirl.
00:17:50What?
00:17:50Showgirl?
00:17:51He was insane.
00:17:53Do you mean at his age, Uncle Henry?
00:17:55No, no, Mother.
00:17:56He hasn't even seen her since she was a child.
00:17:58That proves he was crazy.
00:18:01No one is going to believe he hasn't been seen her.
00:18:03And if it gets in the papers, and Mrs. Bates reads it, oh.
00:18:08What are the terms of the will?
00:18:10Do you know?
00:18:10The lawyer was really a decent sort of guy, and he let me copy down the most important part.
00:18:15Without all the whereas and let it be known, here it is.
00:18:18To the girl who played little Eva in the Versailles production of Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Bijou Theater, Pueblo,
00:18:24Colorado, in 1915,
00:18:26I leave my entire estate, with the exception of the following bequests.
00:18:31One dollar to my nephew, James Pidgeon, who was married to an empty-headed, extravagant woman,
00:18:36and if I left him any more of my hard-earned money, she'd only throw it away.
00:18:40I don't think that's very nice of Uncle Henry.
00:18:42Silly, too.
00:18:43If he left us his money, I wouldn't throw it away.
00:18:45I'd keep it.
00:18:49Well, there's some more here, his foreman and his servants and that sort of thing.
00:18:53When we get back to the girl, I lost touch with her years ago,
00:18:57and although she was billed as Sunshine Maryvale, I have reason to believe her real name is Watson.
00:19:03Watson?
00:19:04No worse than Sunshine Maryvale.
00:19:06To this end, I have entrusted my attorney, H.M. Traynor of Denver, to find this girl.
00:19:11If she is not found during a search to be conducted over a reasonable length of time,
00:19:15then my residuary estate shall pass without further legal steps or delay to my nephew, J.C. Pidgeon of New
00:19:21York.
00:19:22Mr. Traynor shall be the sole executor and trustee of my estate.
00:19:28There it is, Dad.
00:19:29Five million bucks.
00:19:31Lovable character, Uncle Henry.
00:19:33Oh, yes. Charmy little man, yes.
00:19:36Get me Denver, the lawyer.
00:19:45I want to place a call to Mr. H.M. Traynor, Denver, Colorado, the lawyer.
00:19:49He's in the book.
00:19:51J.C. Pidgeon, Parkway 6-4718.
00:19:55Turn on the Christmas tree light.
00:19:57What for?
00:19:58I don't know. I thought it would be more cheerful.
00:20:00I'll do it.
00:20:08Yeah. Hello.
00:20:10Yeah.
00:20:11All right.
00:20:13Mr. Traynor?
00:20:14James Pidgeon speaking.
00:20:16I've just heard the terms of my uncle's will.
00:20:20Oh, yes.
00:20:22He was a fine old man.
00:20:25I admit that this whole thing is somewhat of a surprise,
00:20:28but I want to talk to you about one of the conditions.
00:20:32It says that unless the girl is found during a search
00:20:35to be conducted over a reasonable length of time...
00:20:42Quiet.
00:20:43Well, is a period of time specified in the will?
00:20:49Oh, he left that to you.
00:20:52Well, what do you consider a reasonable length of time?
00:20:57Well, Mr. Traynor, here it is.
00:20:59I'm not quite as wealthy as my uncle thought.
00:21:02Successful, yes.
00:21:03But anyone who doesn't want five million dollars is a fool.
00:21:06I don't know how you're fixed financially,
00:21:09but for a consideration, a handsome consideration,
00:21:13couldn't you limit your search to a week?
00:21:20Right.
00:21:21Yes?
00:21:22Good.
00:21:22I'll keep in touch with you.
00:21:25Who was it said every man has his price?
00:21:28Never mind who said that.
00:21:30What did Traynor say?
00:21:31He's going to play ball.
00:21:32He has to advertise,
00:21:34but he's not going to make the will public.
00:21:36Simply insert notices in the papers
00:21:38without saying why the Watson girl is wanted.
00:21:41And he's agreed to limit the search to one week.
00:21:45If she's not discovered in that time, we get the money.
00:21:48Also, he slipped me a tip.
00:21:50What?
00:21:50Uncle Henry corresponded with the girl
00:21:53after the show moved on.
00:21:54She was so young, she could hardly write.
00:21:57Just sent him silly little kid drawings
00:21:59of funny mans and stuff.
00:22:01I remember when you used to do that, dear.
00:22:04It was so sweet.
00:22:05Oh, mother.
00:22:06Yes, mother.
00:22:08What's the tip?
00:22:09I'm getting to that.
00:22:11The parents always added postscripts to the letters,
00:22:14having certain references made in New York.
00:22:16The lawyer feels that if the girl is found,
00:22:19it'll be here instead of out there.
00:22:22Well, what good does that do?
00:22:23I propose to find her first.
00:22:26Dad, we don't want her found.
00:22:28We don't want her to find out about Uncle Henry,
00:22:31which is something quite different.
00:22:35I'm thinking of Poe.
00:22:37Poe?
00:22:38Edgar Allen.
00:22:40The purloin letter.
00:22:43The last pace that anyone would look for her
00:22:46is right here in this house.
00:22:47And we should keep the papers away from her.
00:22:50Good heavens.
00:22:51Don't swear, Therese.
00:22:53Well, who wouldn't swear?
00:22:54We have a charity case in the house
00:22:55and now a child actress.
00:22:57And Stephen is coming.
00:22:58The charity case is your idea.
00:23:00If Stephen thinks it's odd,
00:23:01we can whisper quietly to him
00:23:03that she's another one.
00:23:04Provided you can find her, of course.
00:23:06And Angela doesn't get wind of it.
00:23:08See that she doesn't.
00:23:09You know, I might be of some use
00:23:11in locating Miss Watson.
00:23:12That is to say,
00:23:13I've hung about the theater quite a bit.
00:23:15Stage doors, you mean.
00:23:17I think Willie's absolutely right.
00:23:19Once those people start in the theater,
00:23:21they stay with it.
00:23:22How would you go about looking for her?
00:23:24I would suggest that you contact
00:23:26the Actors' Equity Association.
00:23:32If she acted as a child,
00:23:34it'll be recorded someplace,
00:23:36since all children of the theater
00:23:37must have court permission.
00:23:40Oh, thank you.
00:23:42In that way, you can learn her first name
00:23:43and eliminate all other Watsons,
00:23:45of which undoubtedly
00:23:46there'll be quite a number.
00:23:49May I?
00:23:50Sure.
00:23:58Having learned her first name,
00:23:59you need only consult the files
00:24:01of Actors' Equity
00:24:01and if she's still connected
00:24:03to the theater,
00:24:04they will have her address.
00:24:06I would be very happy
00:24:07to undertake this little mission
00:24:08for you, if you wish.
00:24:10Who is this guy?
00:24:12A guest.
00:24:13You said something
00:24:14about a charity case.
00:24:16I am the charity case,
00:24:18young man.
00:24:18And until this moment,
00:24:20I've been treated
00:24:20with a courtesy and kindness
00:24:21that springs from the heart.
00:24:24The pure in heart.
00:24:26Uh, this, uh, plan we were discussing,
00:24:30did you hear all of it?
00:24:32Enough to understand your motives,
00:24:34and I apologize for what must seem
00:24:36like an act of eavesdropping,
00:24:38but I was on that borderline
00:24:39between sleep and waking,
00:24:41trying to recover from a painful seizure
00:24:44which overcame me this afternoon
00:24:45while out shopping.
00:24:46For a moment or two,
00:24:47it was impossible for me to move.
00:24:49Why don't you face it, Dad?
00:24:50If we find this girl
00:24:52and keep her from collecting,
00:24:54this charity case can live off of you
00:24:56for the rest of his life.
00:24:57Young man.
00:24:58You said every man has his price.
00:25:00Find out his.
00:25:01Make a deal with him
00:25:02the way you did with a lawyer.
00:25:04I have no misfortune,
00:25:06poverty,
00:25:08humiliation.
00:25:10I've even known the shame
00:25:11of having to beg.
00:25:13But I have never received
00:25:14such an insult
00:25:16as you have just delivered.
00:25:19I have no price, young man,
00:25:22unless the value a man places
00:25:24upon his honor
00:25:24may be called a price.
00:25:25And if that be so, yes,
00:25:27my price comes high,
00:25:29for I have honor.
00:25:31Honor in the face of adversity.
00:25:33Honor in the face of death.
00:25:35And though I starve,
00:25:39I cannot
00:25:42but I cannot
00:25:52this lovely girl.
00:25:55This equal.
00:26:11And you,
00:26:12you,
00:26:15and you,
00:26:16sir,
00:26:16held out a helping hand,
00:26:18gave me
00:26:19the warmth,
00:26:23and warmth.
00:26:28Thank you, pal.
00:26:45Boy,
00:26:46what an exit.
00:26:47You're absolutely heartless.
00:26:48Is that Western education?
00:26:50I don't think
00:26:51you should go on
00:26:51with it, Reggie.
00:26:52It's hard and due.
00:26:54Hogwash.
00:26:54Silence.
00:26:55You will apologize
00:26:56to Mr. Marshall and Reggie
00:26:58and see to it
00:26:59that he stays here.
00:27:00And I think
00:27:01we should accept
00:27:01his offer
00:27:02to help look
00:27:02for the Watson girl.
00:27:04Willie can go
00:27:04with him tomorrow.
00:27:06Hello.
00:27:13Goodbye, my child.
00:27:16Remember me.
00:27:17You kill me.
00:27:19You kill me.
00:27:39And what do you want
00:27:40for Christmas?
00:27:41Oh, brother.
00:27:42If you're a lady,
00:27:44perhaps you're hoping
00:27:44that certain somebody
00:27:46will give you furs.
00:27:47You don't have to be
00:27:48a lady to wish
00:27:49for furs,
00:27:50you dope.
00:28:13Hobson's wet wash.
00:28:14You bring it,
00:28:15we bring it.
00:28:16I beg your pardon
00:28:17I've dialed
00:28:17the wrong number.
00:28:19Hey, wait a minute.
00:28:21Oh, come on.
00:28:23Try it again, fella.
00:28:24You sounded all right.
00:28:26One, two, three, four, five.
00:28:31Oh, let it be lunch
00:28:32instead of cocktails.
00:28:34Please, lunch
00:28:35instead of cocktails.
00:28:37If I eat any more peanuts,
00:28:38I'll be hanging by my...
00:28:41Miss Watson's apartment.
00:28:43Miss Watson's maid speaking.
00:28:46One moment, please.
00:28:47I will see.
00:28:52Miss Watson's maid.
00:28:54Who is this?
00:28:57Yes, but I don't seem
00:28:58to remember a Mr. Crawford.
00:29:01No, you wouldn't.
00:29:02The fact of the matter is,
00:29:03what'll I tell her?
00:29:04Didn't the family
00:29:05instruct you?
00:29:06No, I suppose
00:29:06they had no idea
00:29:07that we'd find her so easily.
00:29:08My word,
00:29:09I never gave it a thought.
00:29:10The fact of what matter
00:29:11is what?
00:29:12Well, you see,
00:29:12I discovered
00:29:14that we're cousins.
00:29:15What?
00:29:16Say, what kind of a gag
00:29:17is this?
00:29:19No, that was quite true,
00:29:20Miss Watson.
00:29:20You see,
00:29:21the family had a phrenologist,
00:29:22I mean to say a genealogist,
00:29:23looking up our family tree.
00:29:26Silly and all that,
00:29:26you know,
00:29:27but they did,
00:29:27and they've unearthed you.
00:29:29I mean, say,
00:29:30the fact that there was
00:29:30a Watson, well,
00:29:32and the family wants you
00:29:33to visit them
00:29:33over the holidays.
00:29:34Of course,
00:29:35you have other plans.
00:29:36Still,
00:29:36we thought you might
00:29:37see them,
00:29:38or, well,
00:29:38perhaps me.
00:29:40Well, I'd like to see you,
00:29:43but if you come in here
00:29:44with a writ, brother,
00:29:44there's going to be
00:29:45plenty of trouble.
00:29:46Oh, I assure you.
00:29:47Well, just come,
00:29:48bring it if you've got it,
00:29:49and let's get it over with.
00:29:50But if you're a right
00:29:51kind of a guy,
00:29:52you'll stop at the
00:29:52delicadecen on the corner
00:29:53and bring some lunch.
00:29:54I'm hungry.
00:30:03Oh, I say.
00:30:04Why, you're charming.
00:30:06And you're Santa Claus.
00:30:07Come on in.
00:30:10How do you do?
00:30:11Oh, this is Mr. Marchand.
00:30:14How do you do?
00:30:16Not Anthony Marchand.
00:30:21I'm flattered
00:30:21that you remember the name.
00:30:23Why, anybody who knows
00:30:24show business
00:30:25remembers that name.
00:30:27You're as kind
00:30:28as you're mistaken.
00:30:32Oh, here,
00:30:33let me help you.
00:30:35Oh, here.
00:30:45Now, what's this cousin business?
00:30:47Isn't it wonderful?
00:30:47I telephoned the family
00:30:48that I'd located you
00:30:49and they're delighted.
00:30:50I have to bring you home
00:30:51with me bag and baggies.
00:30:52Are you kidding?
00:30:54On my word,
00:30:55ask Mr. M.
00:30:55I mean Mr. Marchand.
00:30:56No, no.
00:30:57Mr. M. is both sufficient
00:30:58and correct.
00:30:59And lest Miss Watson
00:31:00labor under any misconceptions,
00:31:01I should like to explain
00:31:03my connection
00:31:03with this happy affair.
00:31:04You see, Miss Watson,
00:31:05I'm a charity case.
00:31:06Oh, I say, do we need to...
00:31:07I'm a charity case
00:31:08who's had the very great fortune
00:31:10to be invited
00:31:10into the Pigeon household
00:31:11for the holidays.
00:31:12The Pigeon household?
00:31:14My brother-in-law's J.C. Pigeon.
00:31:17And they want me
00:31:18to visit them too?
00:31:19Oh, definitely.
00:31:21They sound like nice people.
00:31:24Oh, what fools be I.
00:31:26In our eagerness
00:31:27to reach Miss Watson,
00:31:28we forgot to buy
00:31:28the necessary liquids
00:31:29with which to wash this down.
00:31:30Why, of course.
00:31:31I noticed the place
00:31:33right next door
00:31:33as we hand out.
00:31:34Oh, yeah.
00:31:35Do you like champagne,
00:31:36Miss Watson?
00:31:37Oh, with food,
00:31:38I like anything.
00:31:39You do?
00:31:40Why, that's wonderful.
00:31:42I'll be right back.
00:31:47I should say...
00:31:49Look, Mr. Marchand.
00:31:51I find it exceedingly pleasant.
00:31:53Well, you're not ready
00:31:54for the grave yourself.
00:31:56But seriously,
00:31:57we're troopers, see.
00:31:58We speak the same language.
00:32:00And strictly between you and me,
00:32:02this Pigeon family
00:32:03is nuts.
00:32:05Nuts?
00:32:06I'm no more related to them
00:32:07than I am to you.
00:32:08You think not.
00:32:09Well, I know darn well I'm not.
00:32:11But if they think I am,
00:32:12I'm moving in
00:32:13because this is a kiss
00:32:14from Cinderella.
00:32:15I owe two months' rent
00:32:17and I haven't got a bean.
00:32:19I've got clothes
00:32:20because they're my stock-in-trade.
00:32:21I've got three bottles
00:32:22of nail polish
00:32:23and a bottle of bleach.
00:32:24And as long as they hold out,
00:32:25so can I.
00:32:26But after that...
00:32:27Aren't you a natural blonde?
00:32:28On the mousy side.
00:32:30My mother started
00:32:31the bleaching business
00:32:32when I was a kid
00:32:33because for some reason
00:32:34people always seem
00:32:35to go for blonde kids.
00:32:36I used to play in stock.
00:32:38Really?
00:32:38Well,
00:32:39fine training for any actor.
00:32:41East Lynn,
00:32:43Great Divide,
00:32:44Two Orphans,
00:32:45Uncle Tom's Cabin.
00:32:47Uncle Tom's Cabin.
00:32:48Fine training for what?
00:32:50When I was five,
00:32:51I played Little Eva
00:32:52until I was as black
00:32:53in the face as Uncle Tom.
00:32:55This is what I mean.
00:32:56They must have
00:32:57an awful lot of dough.
00:32:58Maybe it isn't honest
00:32:59when I know
00:32:59they've made a mistake.
00:33:00And I wouldn't want you
00:33:01to think I'm planning
00:33:02to really chisel them
00:33:03out of anything.
00:33:04I won't.
00:33:04But I'd just like to sleep
00:33:06for a while in a bed
00:33:07that doesn't pull
00:33:08out of the wall
00:33:09and watch some servants
00:33:10pussyfooting around
00:33:11with trays of something
00:33:13for me
00:33:13and not jump out of my skin
00:33:15and try to remember
00:33:15my prayers every time
00:33:16the phone or doorbell rings.
00:33:19See what I mean?
00:33:23How do I look?
00:33:24Really like Santa Claus.
00:33:26I bought him off
00:33:26a chap in the street.
00:33:27He was tired
00:33:28and wanted to go home anyway.
00:33:30Merry Christmas, everybody!
00:33:47Should all acquaintance
00:33:51be forgotten
00:33:52and never brought to mind
00:33:56just drink a cup
00:33:59and find a ship
00:34:01for the days
00:34:03of all acts.
00:34:06William!
00:34:07Miss Watson,
00:34:08our new cousin!
00:34:09Oh, Miss Watson
00:34:10was so surprised
00:34:11at finding that
00:34:12she's related to you
00:34:13that we had great trouble
00:34:14in persuading her
00:34:15to accept your invitation.
00:34:18My dear, how nice!
00:34:20I feel far too little
00:34:21stress is put on family
00:34:22in these careless days.
00:34:24Happy to meet you,
00:34:25Miss Watson.
00:34:25any of my wife's relatives
00:34:27are welcome.
00:34:28I beg your pardon?
00:34:30It was swell of you
00:34:31to look me up.
00:34:32Oh, this is Therese
00:34:34and this is Reggie
00:34:36and our little daughter
00:34:37is in bed.
00:34:38Your little daughter
00:34:39is neither little
00:34:40nor in bed.
00:34:41Then you should be.
00:34:43I expect you'd like
00:34:44to go directly
00:34:44to your room.
00:34:45I'll show you up.
00:34:46James, pay the cabman.
00:34:51What in the world
00:34:52are you doing?
00:34:53I won my bill!
00:34:55Reggie, get Willie to bed.
00:34:57I'm afraid you're not
00:34:58getting a very good
00:34:59impression of him,
00:34:59Miss Watson.
00:35:00Willie's always
00:35:01such a gentleman.
00:35:02He isn't the first
00:35:03gentleman I've seen
00:35:03with a snootful.
00:35:05A snootful?
00:35:08Oh, Stephen.
00:35:11What's that?
00:35:12I said Merry Christmas.
00:35:23Thank you, McFarlane.
00:35:24This will help me sleep.
00:35:26Oh, I hope so, sir.
00:35:27I brought you
00:35:28some of Mr. Crawford's
00:35:29sleeping garments, sir.
00:35:37I played Hamlet.
00:35:39I saw you, sir,
00:35:41in London.
00:35:41Oh, did you?
00:35:43I played Richard III,
00:35:45Macbeth, Henry IV,
00:35:48Petruchio,
00:35:49and a great production
00:35:50of The Taming of the Shrew.
00:35:51And no one has
00:35:52equaled my death
00:35:52seen as Romeo.
00:35:54Yes, I even played
00:35:55The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
00:35:58But there's one part
00:36:00I've never played.
00:36:01What was that, sir?
00:36:05God.
00:36:08God, sir?
00:36:12God.
00:36:22Good morning, McFarlane.
00:36:24Good morning, sir.
00:36:26Good morning, sir.
00:36:36Good morning, sir.
00:36:38Good morning, sir.
00:36:54I love today.
00:36:56This is such a lovely house.
00:36:58Oh, well, I'm glad you like it.
00:36:59I just had it done over.
00:37:01I hope you like the chinois' influence, the Chinese Chippendale, you know.
00:37:04Oh, I hope you slept well, my dear.
00:37:07On a bed like that, not even a guilty conscience could keep me awake.
00:37:10What an amusing way of phrasing it.
00:37:12What on earth is the matter with you, James?
00:37:15You look as if you were posing or had a pain.
00:37:19I'm not posing and I have no pain.
00:37:21I'm thinking and it does not cause me pain to think.
00:37:24Oh, dear, he's cross this morning.
00:37:26You might say good morning to Miss Watson?
00:37:28I might, if I were given the opportunity.
00:37:31Good morning, Miss Watson.
00:37:32Good morning.
00:37:34Husbands.
00:37:36James?
00:37:37Oh, go on.
00:37:37Get your breakfast.
00:37:38There are kidneys this morning.
00:37:40I haven't finished my juice.
00:37:43Oh, those scrambled eggs look like something out of this world.
00:37:47Good morning, ladies.
00:37:48Mr. Pitchin, sir.
00:37:50Good morning.
00:37:51Good morning, Mr. Marchand.
00:37:52I hope you had a good night.
00:37:53Thank you, madam.
00:37:54Better than usual.
00:37:55Ah, thank you, McFarlane.
00:37:58Purely medicinal, sir.
00:38:01And how are you this morning, sir?
00:38:03Ah.
00:38:11What is the matter?
00:38:14My leg's asleep.
00:38:15Well, why don't you stand up and stomp your foot?
00:38:18I don't want to stand up and stomp my foot.
00:38:23Not at your age.
00:38:33Morning paper.
00:38:34I'm sitting on it.
00:38:36Get it when I stand up.
00:38:38I'm sorry.
00:38:48Sit here, dear.
00:38:50Ah, you'll have to excuse me.
00:38:52I have received some bad news.
00:38:54James, what is it?
00:38:55What's happened?
00:38:56Mr. Marchand, will you come with me to the library?
00:38:59Glad to.
00:38:59Excuse me, lady.
00:39:01He's concealing something.
00:39:05Thank heavens we got out of that.
00:39:07Keep the Watson girl occupied and send Mrs. Pitchin to me in the library.
00:39:10Glad to.
00:39:22Mother, what is it?
00:39:24What's happened?
00:39:24Shh, darling.
00:39:25Father's talking to the lawyer in Denver.
00:39:27I see.
00:39:28Well, can't be helped now, I guess.
00:39:31We'll just have to hope for the best.
00:39:33What's that?
00:39:35The same to you.
00:39:37What did he say?
00:39:38Merry Christmas.
00:39:39Do you think he's double-crossed you, Dad?
00:39:41No, he had to file a will for probate.
00:39:44He did it quietly, but some smart reporter got wind of it.
00:39:46He was upset about it.
00:39:48He even held out hope that maybe the Watson girl was dead.
00:39:52Well, you didn't tell him.
00:39:53That she couldn't be dead and eating kidneys and bacon in my dining room?
00:39:57No.
00:39:58Well, what do we do?
00:39:59I don't know.
00:40:01We've got to get her out of town, away from the newspapers and the radio.
00:40:04Where?
00:40:05How?
00:40:05If you'd only bought that place in Connecticut that I wanted last summer.
00:40:10Wait a minute.
00:40:11Wait a minute.
00:40:13There's a house that we haven't been able to even give away.
00:40:16It's about 60 miles north.
00:40:19The nearest village is five miles from it.
00:40:21No telephone.
00:40:22Here it is.
00:40:24Built in 1771.
00:40:27Additions and improvements are strictly adhered to the period of six...
00:40:34Six master bedrooms.
00:40:35Can you get possession of the place?
00:40:37Well, certainly all I have to do is go to the office and get the keys.
00:40:39Well, where are the owners?
00:40:41Oh, let's see.
00:40:42Houses remain in possession, same family.
00:40:46The only surviving heir is Lady Allensby, now residing in England.
00:40:52Well, that sounds like the place.
00:40:54But how will we explain the sudden move to Miss Watson?
00:40:56And Stephen, what am I going to tell him?
00:41:00Oh, I wish I were dead.
00:41:03What will we tell them?
00:41:05We've made such elaborate plans here for Christmas.
00:41:08They're sure to think such a sudden change.
00:41:10Odd, at least.
00:41:12Well, give me time.
00:41:14I'll think of something.
00:41:15Oh, yes, and order me one of those tall things that Mr. M has for breakfast.
00:41:28Would you put them on a chair yourself, please, sir?
00:41:30My hands are all grubby.
00:41:32And only yesterday I had myself all done up for Christmas.
00:41:35And now I can't spend it with my boyfriend.
00:41:37And it's cruel.
00:41:39Cruel!
00:41:49Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:41:50I'm sorry.
00:41:51All right.
00:41:52Yeah.
00:42:01I beg your pardon, too.
00:42:26Oh, hello.
00:42:27I guess you're the boyfriend from Boston.
00:42:29Well, Therese and Mrs. Pigeon will be down in a minute.
00:42:31In the meantime, make yourself at home.
00:42:36Oh, my dear boy, such a dreadful reception.
00:42:40But have you heard?
00:42:41A dear aunt of Mr. Pigeon's has just passed away.
00:42:44And he insists on spending Christmas in her old house in the country.
00:42:49It's been in the family for generations.
00:42:52Holds memories, you know.
00:42:54But it's so tiresome for you.
00:42:56Oh, not at all.
00:42:57And I am sorry to hear it.
00:42:58But I'm afraid this is no time for me to be intruding.
00:43:00Oh, no, no.
00:43:01It isn't as if she were here and we had to go to a funeral.
00:43:05She passed away in South America.
00:43:07It's just, well, shall we call it, a sentimental pilgrimage.
00:43:12Have you met Mr. Pigeon?
00:43:13Or is he here?
00:43:18Unless, um...
00:43:18Oh, dear, no.
00:43:20That's Mr. M.
00:43:21I mean, Mr. Marchand.
00:43:23He's a charity case.
00:43:25We always have charity in the house at Christmas.
00:43:27I understand your dear mother is an advocate of the same idea.
00:43:32Yes, she is.
00:43:34Oh.
00:43:35Well.
00:43:37There's no use my showing you to a room.
00:43:39We are going to start very shortly.
00:43:42So, will you just make yourself comfortable and I'll send today's along.
00:43:45I'm afraid she's taking longer than usual to chase.
00:43:55Oh, you little fiend.
00:43:56This is blackmail.
00:43:57Well, it's no worse than what you're doing to the Watson woman.
00:43:59You're so clever.
00:44:01I'm not as stupid as she is, apparently.
00:44:03And I'd like that black velvet evening gown you just bought.
00:44:05It makes your skin look sallow.
00:44:07Oh.
00:44:07Don't swear, sister darling.
00:44:09You know mother doesn't approve.
00:44:10And the elegant Mr. Bates and his mother.
00:44:12Oh, they'd be shattered.
00:44:16Oh, she knows.
00:44:17Who?
00:44:18Angela.
00:44:18She's known all along.
00:44:19Overheard the whole thing.
00:44:20I thought you meant Miss Watson.
00:44:22Well, it amounts to the same thing unless you can make her promise to keep quiet.
00:44:25Where is Angela now?
00:44:26In there, stripping me of my wardrobe.
00:44:28Mother, if you have any love for me, talk her out of that evening gown.
00:44:31But she's apt to show up in it at dinner and heaven knows what Stephen will think.
00:44:36Heaven only knows what he's going to think anyway.
00:44:38Mother, this family is absolutely insane.
00:44:41I know, dear.
00:44:42I know.
00:44:43Oh, dear.
00:44:47Oh, dear.
00:44:49Oh, dear.
00:44:51Stephen!
00:44:55Darling.
00:44:56Oh, Stephen.
00:44:58I'm so sorry.
00:45:00All the lovely things we planned.
00:45:02The theater and dancing and just being with you.
00:45:13We'll be together if you want me to stay.
00:45:17And there'll be years ahead of us in which to do the other thing.
00:45:22Yes, Stephen.
00:45:23If you say so.
00:45:24If you say so.
00:45:49If you say so.
00:45:55You say so.
00:45:57You say so.
00:45:58I'll be here.
00:46:13To the other thing.
00:46:18I'll be here.
00:46:20and building of fires,
00:46:22I am also regretfully tendering my resignation.
00:46:27Respectfully, McFarlane.
00:46:28His accomplishments.
00:46:31Well, there's a postscript.
00:46:33Please tell Mr. Marchand I am sorry I shan't be here to look after him.
00:46:37So I'm including the recipe for his morning drink.
00:46:40Your recipe, sir.
00:46:43What do we do?
00:46:44I haven't the faintest idea.
00:46:46Oh.
00:46:50What was this, a torture chamber?
00:46:52Oh, a loom for making rugs.
00:46:56Of, um, your father's great-great-grandmother
00:46:59made that very rug you're standing on.
00:47:03Really?
00:47:04I wish the old girl had made it a bit thicker.
00:47:07I'd feel the cold coming up to the soles of my shoes.
00:47:10It's easy to see why the cook left.
00:47:13Look!
00:47:14Look at my things.
00:47:16After all my work.
00:47:18Call an agency.
00:47:19There is no telephone.
00:47:21Then let Stephen or Reggie drive you into the village we passed.
00:47:24Surely we can get local help of some kind.
00:47:27I will not have any local help in this house.
00:47:32You seem to forget that I was reared here.
00:47:34Oh, Pidgey!
00:47:36How do you think I'd feel if the cook turned out to be some girl I went to school with?
00:47:40Or the butler, the president of my debating team?
00:47:44Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:47:45If you were on a debating team, I'm sure you were the president.
00:47:51still i i get your point what do you suggest you used to be able to cook why don't you
00:47:56try it again
00:47:58on that thing oh i've cooked on everything from a gas jet to an electric grill smuggled in past
00:48:03the landlady let's take a crack at it mrs pigeon if some of these able-bodied guys will scare up
00:48:09some wood that's the spit i'll get some oh me too where's it stored oh in the shed out back
00:48:15well there's no fuel like at all fuel do forgive me for bringing this up mr m marchand we know
00:48:24you've
00:48:24worked at being a night watchman i just wondered if you've had any experience with furnaces well
00:48:30no not in a professional capacity but i'd be delighted to try my hand at it
00:48:44how's this that's swell oh dear what's the matter besides everything i just remembered that factory
00:48:52that burned to the ground what factory the last place mr m worked i suppose he had nothing to do
00:48:58with the fire poor soul but i just asked him to try and start a fire in the furnace you
00:49:04better go down
00:49:04and stay with him willie well where is it in the basement oh
00:49:23come over here my friend brandy bottled when we were mere children my first impulse of course was to
00:49:32take it upstairs since everybody is cold and slightly depressed i've also been informed that
00:49:36no supply at all has been brought why christmas notwithstanding it's terrible it seems captain
00:49:41bates does not approve and i had him sized up as a regular fellow let's take it up anyway
00:49:46and the rest of them could use it and on the other hand wouldn't it be cruelly unkind to raise
00:49:54their
00:49:54hopes and then find upon opening the bottom that it had been ruined by age oh but age improved we
00:49:59should sample it first yeah well perhaps it would be as you say kinder infinitely now uh over there
00:50:05is what was undoubtedly the caretaker's room in it you may find some glasses
00:50:33what do you think i seem to detect a slightly exaggerated flavor of age we shouldn't have drunk it so
00:50:38fast
00:50:39let's go slow on the next you know we're we're supposed to be building a fire oh yes and so
00:50:44we shall
00:50:48oh look macfarlane the benign soul has already laid it now all we need is kerosene to start it
00:50:56do you think it's safe certainly only way to start a fire
00:51:03uh that fire you were in you know how it started
00:51:09they never found out sabotage oh no oh no that isn't likely it was a mattress anyway
00:51:20if you are ever homeless which i sincerely hope you never will be i'd have no place to sleep
00:51:25i cannot recommend too highly the job of night watchman in a mattress factory i'd be all right
00:51:33their slogan was sink down on a downy mattress i did
00:51:40so now i'm morally certain i extinguished that cigarette before dropping off but when i woke up
00:51:49i was surrounded by a wall of fire so i understand
00:52:06you shouldn't have closed the door but there's a fire my dear sir don't call me sir anymore just call
00:52:14me willie willie is there something i can do to help you i'll say here's a flock of potatoes you
00:52:23can
00:52:23peel oh are you peel the potatoes kid your mother and therese can be doing something else
00:52:27kid did you say yeah everybody else around here is trying to act like a good sport i thought you
00:52:32might like to join the procession how utterly mother's little helper and all that sort of thing
00:52:37i'm afraid processions bore me and i've never peeled a potato in my life
00:52:40and i've seen days when i didn't have one to peel let's both peel them darling and i'll show you
00:52:46how you know when your father and i were first married i had to learn how to cook he wasn't
00:52:52wealthy then in fact we had some hard times at first how touching why didn't you move in here
00:52:58with his aunt she was always so fond of him
00:53:11it's none of my business but give me five minutes a day with that kid in a locked room and
00:53:14i'd show you
00:53:15something what do you mean tide whale the living daylights out of her oh i've seen plenty of them
00:53:21like that in show business they come in acting like they own the earth nine times out of ten it's
00:53:26just because they're young and scared to death they aren't going to make good and most of them don't
00:53:30make good and if you're an old hand at the business you know they won't and there are plenty of
00:53:34tough
00:53:34times ahead but if they've learned to be regular they'll be able to take it better when the bad
00:53:40breaks start coming so you gang up on them give them a silent treatment for a while or good going
00:53:58over
00:53:59why mrs pigeon
00:54:03oh that's the trouble with me i talk too much i forgot for a minute that she was your kid
00:54:09and how
00:54:09you must love her that's not why i'm crying well then what was it was it something else i did
00:54:19no oh
00:54:20no it just oh you're just tired that's what and all upset you worked like a dog to have a
00:54:28nice
00:54:28christmas in town and that was spoiled and then you came up here and everything went wrong i think
00:54:33you've been swell about it and we still have tomorrow we can whip this joint into shape we can
00:54:39get another tree even if we have to cut it down and we can trim it in the old-fashioned
00:54:43way with
00:54:43cranberries and popcorn i had one like that once my mother fixed it up for me in some crummy old
00:54:49hotel
00:54:50room when we were on the road with uncle tom's cabin and it looked just as elegant to me as
00:54:55that one you
00:54:56have at home in the library is there anything wrong she's tired and i'd blab my mouth off mrs pigeon
00:55:12may
00:55:13i suggest that you go and lie down for a while
00:55:19what is angela doing endeavoring to make a rock make a rock holy mackerel
00:55:46oh my admiration for you grows with every passing moment well wait until you've tasted it i haven't
00:55:52the faintest idea what the results will be will you lift one of those lids for me
00:56:18you won't find her she ain't been here for two days i tell you
00:56:28is this a picture of her all right if you hear from her she shows don't waste any time calling
00:56:35this number
00:56:36yeah
00:56:50oh they made her a grave too cold and damp for a soul so warm and true
00:57:02and she's gone to the lake of the dismal swamp where all night long by a firefly lamp
00:57:14she felled with sacrifice before the rising morn vows have i made by fruitless hope inspired celestial pity i again
00:57:39implore restore him to my sight
00:57:45refill on the flannels
00:57:46refill on the flannels she calls them my word not that it was the best hot cakes i ever tasted
00:57:51swell they're made strictly by the i wonder what else goes in method maybe i ought to patent it huh
00:58:06well how are you doing watch
00:58:09oh
00:58:10wherever did you learn to do that
00:58:12oh man in the show window of a grill taught me
00:58:14you mean you went in and practiced with him
00:58:17certainly he said i was a good draw crowd collected in no time
00:58:22she must be a throwback
00:58:24are we going to get the tree if mr pigeon doesn't object
00:58:27i want to do my imitation of george washington use my little hatchet
00:58:31nobody's going to cut down any tree on this property
00:58:34don't tell me aunt carolyn planted them with her own hands
00:58:38yes she was very fond of trees
00:58:41and now that she's gone i
00:58:43we're going to have a tree
00:58:45every year we have the same old thing covered with fancy ornaments and i'm sick and tired of it
00:58:49i've never seen one done with cranberries and popcorn like miss watson had and i want to
00:58:53and i found a perfectly slick thing to make the popcorn in
00:58:56i would trade that to bed more my dear
00:58:59well i don't care if it's a 16th century flyswatter i'm going to use it
00:59:02and don't misunderstand me i wouldn't think of doing anything so childish as popping corn merely to eat it
00:59:08but if it's going to be put to some use that's different
00:59:10miss watson's going to show me how to string this stuff
00:59:12and so we're going to have a tree
00:59:16brother what i started
00:59:17and what you started i can finish cousin flory
00:59:24i tell you i don't know
00:59:26he merely said he was going to show a client a house in the country
00:59:29don't you keep your keys labeled
00:59:31certainly
00:59:33then we can check the keys still in the office against your list of properties
00:59:35you could but you aren't going to
00:59:37and if you don't leave i'm going to call the police
00:59:40i wouldn't unless you want to get your employer in a worse jam than he's in already
00:59:46well
00:59:47even if you had the right to pry into our files i i haven't the time i've
00:59:50look miss tate it may be christmas eve to you but to us it's just tuesday
00:59:55take your time we've got all day
01:00:13you're very quiet mr marchand
01:00:20i'm watching a scene from the past
01:00:22it is so indelibly stamped upon the memory of this house that a reenactment was inevitable
01:00:28i don't get it
01:00:30observe
01:00:35take it easy goon i'm out on a limb
01:00:38i'm doing it on purpose it's my time to trim
01:00:41i see a young girl stripped of all artifice
01:00:44working in chiding harmony with our older brother who's cut down a christmas tree
01:00:48surely that is not new to this room
01:00:51there's the father
01:00:52dozing by the fire
01:00:58we'll awaken soon
01:01:00refreshed
01:01:02peaceful it is to be hoped
01:01:03and undoubtedly hungry
01:01:06there's a girl
01:01:08her fingers busy with a needle
01:01:10the man who loves her sitting beside her
01:01:19giving me the creeps
01:01:21and where does willie fit in
01:01:24willie
01:01:25my friend willie
01:01:30watch
01:01:31the other
01:01:31speaker
01:01:31not too bright but
01:01:35quite amiable uncle
01:01:36destined
01:01:37to never quite find his way
01:01:41and15
01:01:44and mrs pu powiedz
01:01:45and mrs
01:01:45and
01:01:57Give me some. I'm starved.
01:02:01My puppets are working with such perfection they should be rewarded.
01:02:05I shall now go down to the furnace and see to it the baby kept warm.
01:02:31Who is it? Visitors. With flat feet. Detectives.
01:02:36Do they see you? Afraid so.
01:02:39Play some music. Do something. Make all the noise you can and keep Miss Watson out of sight.
01:02:46I'll try and get rid of them.
01:02:56Come in, gentlemen. Are you Mr. Pigeon?
01:02:58Pigeon? Pigeon? What? Isn't this the Allensby place?
01:03:02Well, it belongs to my aunt, Mrs. Carpenteria.
01:03:09Carpenteria?
01:03:09Yes, Carpenteria. You see, she is a descendant of Jean Carpenteria, one of our earliest settlers.
01:03:16A wonderful old house, isn't it? He built it in 1671.
01:03:22Of course, the additions and improvements have adhered strictly to the period
01:03:26and enhanced rather than detracted from its authenticity.
01:03:30It's really a remarkable example of...
01:03:32We aren't interested in houses.
01:03:34Oh. No?
01:03:36No.
01:03:36We have reason to believe there's a Miss Watson here with a Mr. Pigeon.
01:03:40James! Oh, you really must come in.
01:03:43Oh, I didn't know.
01:03:45Who are these gentlemen?
01:03:47They're looking for a Mr. Pigeon and a Miss...
01:03:49What was her name?
01:03:51Watson. Florence Watson.
01:03:54Do we know them?
01:03:55No, I don't think so.
01:03:58Unless they might have been friends of Aunt Caroline's.
01:04:00But she's been dead for a long time.
01:04:02Oh, yes, yes.
01:04:06I'm so sorry we can't be more helpful.
01:04:09Hey, kid.
01:04:15Oh.
01:04:18Oh, wonderful. Thanks, old boy.
01:04:21Were you speaking to me?
01:04:23Yeah. What's your name?
01:04:24It ain't kid.
01:04:26Hey, the guy with the limp.
01:04:29Did I understand you correctly?
01:04:31Yeah, I guess you did.
01:04:33Didn't you and a Miss Watson help deliver a drunk...
01:04:35...to a Mr. Pigeon's house in New York the other night?
01:04:38I am not acquainted with the people you have mentioned...
01:04:41...nor do I approve of drunks.
01:04:44And I find it bitter indeed that a man...
01:04:46...who has been crippled in the opening up of new frontiers...
01:04:49...in the service of humanity...
01:04:50...should be referred to as the guy with the limp.
01:04:53Good day, gentlemen.
01:04:55Oh, I'm so sorry, but the professor is always upset...
01:04:59...when his affliction is mentioned.
01:05:01It reminds him of...
01:05:02Tibet.
01:05:03Tibet, you know.
01:05:05Tigers.
01:05:07Yeah.
01:05:08Well, I guess we've got a bum steer someplace.
01:05:11I'm sorry to bother you.
01:05:12Oh, it's perfectly all right.
01:05:21Oh.
01:05:22Oh.
01:05:26Think we were taken?
01:05:28Yeah, for a sleigh ride.
01:05:30That fat guy was scared.
01:05:31Now, lay you ten to one, he was lying.
01:05:33What are we going to do next?
01:05:34We can't go busting in there again without a search warrant.
01:05:37We're going to try and get one.
01:05:49Where did you find it?
01:05:58You may have the goblet, my dear.
01:06:00I'll use the bottle.
01:06:01No, thanks.
01:06:03No.
01:06:05Thanks.
01:06:09It's none of my business, Mr. Marchand.
01:06:11But why don't you cut this out?
01:06:15When you speak of spirits, my dear, speak reverently.
01:06:22All right, if that's the way it is.
01:06:25But I wanted to talk to you about something.
01:06:28Something serious.
01:06:29And why not?
01:06:30A serious mood seems to have invaded this house today.
01:06:34Oh, no.
01:06:36We are the invaders.
01:06:38The mood belongs to the house.
01:06:41You say things in a way that...
01:06:46That proves I'm right in what I was thinking.
01:06:50What were you thinking?
01:06:54About you.
01:06:58You told me something today.
01:07:00Maybe it was in confidence, but...
01:07:07...some money on you.
01:07:15I didn't think Mrs. Pigeon had that much humor in her makeup.
01:07:18Oh, she didn't say the part about the drinking.
01:07:20I did.
01:07:23From you, it has less humor.
01:07:26Yes, it has.
01:07:29Oh, I'm probably doing this all wrong,
01:07:31the way I do everything.
01:07:32But here it is for what it's worth.
01:07:36I don't think you need money.
01:07:38So much as you need to get back where you belong.
01:07:40Not the theater, my dear.
01:07:42Well, why not?
01:07:43It's all you've ever known.
01:07:46And you're every bit as good today
01:07:48as you were when you were on top.
01:07:50But there's a vast multitude made up of producers, spectators, actors
01:07:56that do not share your opinion.
01:07:58So without doing anything about it, you join the multitude.
01:08:02That's right.
01:08:04Say, you sound as if you are actually sincere about all this.
01:08:07I'm sincere in everything I do, right or wrong.
01:08:10Just a dumb dame.
01:08:12Probably more sincere when I'm way off on the wrong foot.
01:08:16But I've been watching you.
01:08:18And I know one thing.
01:08:20You're acting all the time anyway.
01:08:23So why not put it to some good advantage?
01:08:26Maybe not as an actor.
01:08:28But with Mr. Pidgeon's money behind you,
01:08:30you could produce or direct.
01:08:37I got mixed up in the summer theater once.
01:08:40The kids that try out for that really try.
01:08:45They're so young and so anxious it hurts.
01:08:49But gee, if you directed them,
01:08:53gave them the benefit of your experience and ability,
01:08:57and one or two of them should hit,
01:08:59I think you'd get an awful wallop out of it.
01:09:03Wouldn't you?
01:09:07Wouldn't you?
01:09:12I've never heard so many cliches spoken
01:09:15with such unconscious sweetness.
01:09:17I don't know what the devil you're talking about.
01:09:19I'm sorry.
01:09:20I don't know what you're talking about.
01:09:21I have a vague idea you want me to stop drinking
01:09:24and open a theater with Mr. Pidgeon's money.
01:09:27It's not a theater.
01:09:28A summer theater.
01:09:30Here in the barn.
01:09:32Here?
01:09:33Mm-hmm.
01:09:34In the barn.
01:09:36The barn on this place?
01:09:38Sure.
01:09:39Mr. Pidgeon thought so much of his aunt,
01:09:41he'd want to hang on to it for sentimental reasons.
01:09:43But he might let you use the barn.
01:09:45Sorry?
01:09:48Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:09:51Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:10:21Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
01:10:28ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:10:43When do the services start?
01:10:45Soon as they bring in the body, I guess.
01:10:49What's the matter with the...
01:11:00Oh, Mother, stop trying. This is ghastly and you know it.
01:11:04How about opening our presents?
01:11:06If we did, we'd have nothing to do tomorrow.
01:11:08Oh, we'll have plenty to do tomorrow.
01:11:10We have a turkey and a suckling pig to cook.
01:11:12And all I know about either of them is that the turkey's supposed to be stuffed
01:11:15and the pig arrives with an apple in its mouth.
01:11:18Oh, dear.
01:11:21What are you doing?
01:11:23Nothing, dear, nothing.
01:11:24You are too. You're spoiling the effect.
01:11:26I stack every one of those presents and I want them left as they are.
01:11:29Angela, please.
01:11:31Oh, I...
01:11:32I'm terribly sorry about your present, Miss Watson.
01:11:36Why, that's all right, Mrs. Pidgeon.
01:11:37I didn't expect one.
01:11:39I have nothing for you either.
01:11:41I wish I had.
01:11:55I have six presents for Therese and she only has five for me.
01:11:58I'll give you the six, Miss Watson.
01:12:00It'll serve her right because I really shopped for her.
01:12:02All she did was leave it up to Mother to get me what I wanted.
01:12:05I bet you five dollars she doesn't even know what she's giving me.
01:12:07Angela, so help me out.
01:12:24They're coming here. A whole sleigh full.
01:12:30Oh, heavens. They're going to sing.
01:12:36Silent night
01:12:39Holy night
01:12:45All is calm
01:12:49All is bright
01:12:55Round yon virgin
01:13:01Mother and child
01:13:08Holy infant
01:13:10So tender and mild
01:13:16Sleep in heavenly peace
01:13:28Sleep in heavenly peace
01:13:34Sleep in heavenly peace
01:13:38Silent night
01:13:43Holy night
01:13:46Holy night
01:13:47Holy night
01:13:49All is calm
01:13:50All is calm
01:13:54All is bright
01:13:55Round yon virgin
01:14:01Mother and child
01:14:07Holy infant
01:14:10So tender and mild
01:14:16Sleep in heavenly peace
01:14:27Sleep in heavenly peace
01:14:37well don't we give them something or some money i'll take care of it want to go ready
01:14:53i've heard them in the city but it isn't quite the same is it
01:14:59nothing will ever be quite the same for any of us after tonight
01:15:05those voices tell us that there's still left in some the belief in god i haven't the effrontery
01:15:15to speak of god so i would instead remind you of a moving tale of simple people the christmas carol
01:15:24of mr dickens you remember of course how much do you remember that there was a little boy who was
01:15:34crippled and the sophisticate no doubt gags over his name tiny tim and of course you remember the
01:15:43three spirits the spirit of christmas past of christmas present and of the christmas to come
01:15:51and when scrooge beheld the last of these the spirit of christmas to come he pled with the
01:15:59spirit to tell him if it were too late to alter it you uh remember all that vaguely oh
01:16:11vaguely well
01:16:14in that case you may have forgotten that a ghost preceded the three spirits
01:16:23well most of us forget that because it pleases us to forget what we don't like but
01:16:30there was a ghost named molly and he had once been a man a partner of scrooge
01:16:39do you recall no but i think good let us think of the ghost of molly mr marchand is enacting
01:16:49the
01:16:49christmas carol for us oh that's quite appropriate carry on mr m i want to hear more about the ghost
01:16:55of molly
01:17:00the chains
01:17:06ledgers deeds and other heavy material things that have dominated him in life and
01:17:12that he was forced to drag along with him in
01:17:29i have to clunk
01:17:30you mean clank don't you
01:17:34i do mean clank my dear thank you for reminding me
01:17:38uh shall we go for a walk yes let's bully idea go for a walk
01:17:43all of you i will stay here and while you're gone i will keep on talking
01:17:50i will speak of molly's ghost
01:17:53and the words will be held here within these walls for others who may come refuse to listen
01:17:58like you and go on
01:18:01i will ask again what scrooge asked of molly why are you fed and molly will answer
01:18:08i wear the chain i forged in life i made it link by link and yard by yard
01:18:17i girded it on of my own free will
01:18:22and of my own free will i wore it
01:18:27is its pattern strange to you
01:18:31and molly will say again
01:18:33it is required of every man that the spirit within him walk among his fellow men
01:18:39and if that spirit goes not forth in life it is condemned to do so after death
01:18:49it is doomed to wander through the world and witness what it can no longer share
01:18:54but might have shared in life and turned to happiness
01:18:58go then go now miss watson here has told you of a christmas in the past this is the present
01:19:07there'll be others but you you you all of you will remember this one and sometime like scrooge
01:19:15confronted with the spirit of christmas to come will sweat and tremble as the spirit points down
01:19:22to the grave which bears your name you like scrooge will cry spirit hear me i'm no longer the man
01:19:31i was
01:19:32i will honor christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year i will live in the
01:19:37past
01:19:37the present and the future i will not shut out the lessons that they teach
01:19:44show tell me i may sponge away the writings on this stone
01:19:49james has always been a good man
01:19:52in his agony scrooge caught the spectral hand it tried to free itself
01:19:57but scrooge was strong in his entreaty and detained it
01:20:01look here mr marshall holding up his hand the last prayer to have his fate reversed
01:20:06he suddenly saw a change in the phantom's hood and dress
01:20:11it shrunk collapsed and dwindled down into a bedpost
01:20:21you know i could use one myself
01:20:26what a bedpost
01:20:29oh dear oh dear how perfectly dreadful
01:20:33oh it's all right mommy he's just passed out
01:20:35oh reggie you haven't called me mom for years
01:20:39just slipped out i guess
01:20:40i'm terribly sorry mrs pigeon
01:20:42why should you be you didn't
01:20:45i know
01:20:46oh no i don't know
01:20:47and i'm not as good as mr marshall when it comes to explaining things but
01:20:51i have a funny feeling i belong to him
01:20:53to his world his way of living i mean
01:20:57what i'm getting at is
01:20:59you people have been kind to us
01:21:00you've done your best to be decent and show us a good time
01:21:03and for thanks you've had to suffer an embarrassing scene
01:21:06you don't know what he was trying to do oh no i know what he did to me
01:21:09he made me want to get something off my conscience
01:21:12i'm here under false pretenses and i know it
01:21:15i'm not related to you and i know it
01:21:17i knew it when i accepted the invitation
01:21:19but i was flat mrs pigeon really flat
01:21:22you mean broke
01:21:24you people don't understand what it is to be like that
01:21:27but when willie showed up saying you thought we were cousins
01:21:30i said hooray let him think
01:21:34and then i met you
01:21:35and you were so nice to me that i got to feeling ashamed
01:21:38oh i meant to check out right after the holidays
01:21:41but until this happened i was having an awfully nice time
01:21:44it's been fun cooking with you
01:21:46trimming the tree and just being with you
01:21:50and i didn't feel as if i were cheating you out of too much
01:21:54listen
01:21:56i'm a brat
01:21:57i've even worked at being one because i thought it was smart
01:22:00but if i'm a real brat
01:22:01i want to say that i think it's because i was born in this family
01:22:05are you going to keep on doing what you've been doing and not tell her
01:22:07after the way she's acted and the things she's just told you
01:22:11because if you are
01:22:12i don't want to be a part of you anymore
01:22:13and i'm going to
01:22:14wait a minute baby
01:22:15and don't call me baby
01:22:16mr m was right when he said nothing would ever be quite the same after tonight
01:22:20i know i won't
01:22:21and angela's shown she's learned something
01:22:23you can count me in too sis
01:22:26i was getting kind of tired of college anyway
01:22:29what about it dad
01:22:30mother
01:22:31james
01:22:32miss watson has made a pathetically innocent confession
01:22:35when you consider what we have on our conscience
01:22:38well whether or not we tell her i have to tell stephen
01:22:41and that means more to me than the loss of money
01:22:44therese what's this all about
01:22:46listen here mister
01:22:47i mean captain
01:22:48this is something i'd like to know myself
01:22:50go ahead therese
01:22:53tell her
01:22:56i don't know whether i'm telling this to stephen or to you
01:22:58but we've been cheating you at least trying to cheat you out of an awful lot of money
01:23:02five million bucks
01:23:05i thought you people were really getting worked up about something for a minute
01:23:08but it's okay
01:23:09if this is the kind of games you play on christmas eve
01:23:12i can take it
01:23:14charade you call it don't you
01:23:15it's true we did it
01:23:17i'm telling you five million bucks
01:23:21sorry miss watson
01:23:22i'm not i'm glad
01:23:24and i hope we can do this again next year
01:23:29it's all right darling it's all right
01:23:31would anybody mind if i love you and your family
01:23:34would anybody mind telling me if we have any nutmeg in this silly house
01:23:37i am making tom and jerry's
01:23:45thank you
01:23:47hold her hand someone
01:23:49she's pinching herself black and blue
01:23:52don't
01:23:52it feels good
01:23:53oh i'm so glad we did it
01:23:56may i make a toast
01:23:58you're the guest of honor
01:23:59thanks
01:24:01to that famous gentleman and sterling actor
01:24:04who took the count instead of waiting for the bows
01:24:07mr m
01:24:08mr m
01:24:14mr pigeon sir and his dear lady
01:24:16i realize that my behavior last night was inexorable
01:24:19gosh he uses dollar words
01:24:21taste and i wish to apologize
01:24:23i also beg your forgiveness for this seemingly ungracious departure
01:24:27but my gratitude for the helping hand you extended to me in my hour of need
01:24:31bids me remain loyal to you even though my sympathies
01:24:34are with the admirable miss watson
01:24:37unfortunately i have formed a deep attachment for her
01:24:41anyway he wishes you a merry christmas and he's gone
01:24:44well doesn't he say where
01:24:45oh how did he leave
01:24:47oh dear
01:24:48james you must find him
01:24:49how far is the nearest town
01:24:51five miles
01:24:52is there a bar there
01:24:54yes
01:24:55somebody drive me
01:25:07i read your note
01:25:09oh
01:25:11did you mean what you said
01:25:13about liking me
01:25:16is it possible that such a thing could be of interest to you
01:25:20i'm here
01:25:23you are
01:25:23i'm glad
01:25:25will you join me
01:25:26oh
01:25:27you were great last night
01:25:29but you missed the climax
01:25:31they told me about the money
01:25:35well
01:25:37well
01:25:37well is that all you have to say
01:25:39what else is there to say for me except that i'm money
01:25:42i'm cutting them in
01:25:44after all i don't even remember the old guy that left it to me
01:25:47bless him forever
01:25:49i like the pigeons
01:26:02you
01:26:32You
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