Jo and Prof. Bhaer run Plumfield School for poor boys. They take in Dan, a street kid falsely accused of theft. His foster father Major Burdle and Willie the Fox, both con men, devise a plan to save the school from foreclosure.
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00:01:55Oh, good morning, Stella.
00:01:56Yeah, what's good about it?
00:01:58Well, I'll try again.
00:02:00A good, good morning to you, Stella.
00:02:03If I were interested in your boudoir habits, I'd say you got out on the wrong side of the bed
00:02:06this morning.
00:02:07Aren't you ever happy?
00:02:09Happy.
00:02:09Look at that stack of mail and I've got to answer.
00:02:11Ah, that new little ad I wrote is working.
00:02:14This is really very lovely.
00:02:16Beautify your home with a genuine steel-engraved portrait of the father of his country.
00:02:21Clip this coupon and send one dollar.
00:02:24Get yours while they last.
00:02:26Complete with frame.
00:02:27Get yours while they last.
00:02:30That is the master stroke.
00:02:32As if they'd ever stopped printing three-cent stamps.
00:02:36Any complaints from our art lovers?
00:02:38Yes, the usual.
00:02:39Care to look at them?
00:02:40No, file them with the others.
00:02:44Let's get down to work.
00:02:49Grand Falls, Nebraska.
00:02:51Mrs. Doolittle.
00:02:52Mrs. Doolittle,
00:02:54It makes me very happy to send you a portrait of the father of his country.
00:02:59Bless his heart and bless yours, too, for contributing.
00:03:09Willie.
00:03:11It's me.
00:03:16Hello, Major.
00:03:17What are you doing here?
00:03:18I thought you and Lefty were working, Kansas.
00:03:20Well, we were, but Lefty, how about sending Horseface out to get a basket full of knotholes?
00:03:26Well, I like you, mister.
00:03:30When you hint, you really hint.
00:03:31Scat.
00:03:37Lefty's dead.
00:03:40Lefty?
00:03:41Dead?
00:03:42He didn't give him no trouble when they buried him.
00:03:46Poor Lefty.
00:03:51What a tragedy.
00:03:53He was the salt of the earth.
00:03:55He said there was.
00:03:57None better.
00:03:59We both owed him a lot, Willie.
00:04:01What was it, his heart?
00:04:03No, it was his feet.
00:04:04He could not run the bullet.
00:04:06Well, wherever he is, here's to him.
00:04:12And I hope I'm looking in the right direction.
00:04:15I hope so, too.
00:04:18You know he loved you.
00:04:20His last words were Willie.
00:04:21Take this to the Major, because he never let a pal down.
00:04:24Take what?
00:04:24Well, I'll get it.
00:04:29Here it is.
00:04:31Lefty sent this to me?
00:04:32Nobody else.
00:04:33He said you was the only one he'd trust with it.
00:04:37Angels defend me.
00:04:39When did this happen?
00:04:40About a year ago.
00:04:41Its mother died right after.
00:04:43Look out, mate.
00:04:44It bites.
00:04:46Willie, get that out of here right now.
00:04:47Nothing doing.
00:04:48From now on, it's all yours.
00:04:50Mine?
00:04:51I'll wager this was your idea.
00:04:53No, it wasn't.
00:04:53Now, I told him how much you hated kids.
00:04:54Hate them?
00:04:55Willie, in all the 20 years you've known me,
00:04:57have you ever caught me saying one kind word about kids?
00:05:00They even kept me out of politics.
00:05:03Couldn't kiss the little brats.
00:05:05Get it out of here.
00:05:06Get it out of here.
00:05:07Wait a minute.
00:05:08I've done my part, and you better do yours,
00:05:09or Lefty's going to haunt you.
00:05:11Willie, here.
00:05:12Here's 500.
00:05:13Take the kid with you.
00:05:15No, no.
00:05:15That ain't the way Lefty wanted it.
00:05:16Take the money anyway.
00:05:17What do you think?
00:05:18I'm a moocher?
00:05:19I'll do all right, just as long as they keep making those nights dark.
00:05:23Now, I'm going to leave you here with your joy.
00:05:26Ah, it must know that I'm leaving for good.
00:05:32Boy, what do you want, honey?
00:05:36Ah, gosh.
00:05:38Yes, yes, yes.
00:05:44Well, here you are, Major.
00:05:52Give it plenty of milk, you know.
00:05:53Well, you're going to bribe it to go to sleep,
00:05:55or else it will boil all night.
00:05:57Well, goodbye, Major.
00:06:00Willie.
00:06:02What is it a boy or a girl
00:06:06Darned if I know
00:06:48Five hundred ought to be enough to sustain you
00:06:50You're old enough to wage life's battles
00:07:00Five hundred not for you a little blackmailer
00:07:02Your father would turn over in his grave if you thought you were a squealer
00:07:24Just a minute
00:07:26What are you doing here this time of the morning
00:07:30Are you the person in charge here
00:07:31I most certainly am
00:07:40That's all I want to know
00:08:03You can't wear curls forever Danny
00:08:06You're a big man
00:08:08Yeah
00:08:20And if you want to eat the free lunch you'll have to buy a drink
00:08:22What do you have
00:08:23Same as my pop
00:08:25I'll spank your pants off
00:08:27Bring him a sarsaparilla
00:08:28Yes
00:08:28With a little water on the side
00:08:30Why
00:08:33Eat that
00:08:36Danny
00:08:39Play my hand up
00:08:40That stew's boiling over
00:08:46It'll cost you four dollars boys
00:08:49It'll cost you all you got
00:08:50I'm raising
00:08:54Take the pot
00:08:56Let me see your hand
00:08:59He bluffed you
00:09:00He hasn't got a thing
00:09:03He thought they were playing with a kid
00:09:06He he he he
00:09:07How bravely you ladies stand there
00:09:10With a smile on your faces
00:09:12But with your hearts breaking
00:09:13Because your loved ones
00:09:15Stagger home night after night
00:09:18From dens of iniquity like that
00:09:21Would that Birdle's bitters could restore this thoughtsome and jetsome back to self-respect
00:09:27But he's too far gone
00:09:28Nothing but a miracle could bring him back
00:09:32Booze
00:09:33Booze
00:09:35The curse of booze
00:09:37Look
00:09:37Look at that bleary red rim bloodshot eye
00:09:41Hold out your hand
00:09:44Put it down
00:09:45Stick out your tongue
00:09:48Stick out your tongue
00:09:51Get up and walk
00:09:57Would you believe this rum sodden wreck was once a man
00:10:02Yet he was
00:10:03Comes from one of the finest families in South Carolina
00:10:08North Carolina
00:10:09Daniel
00:10:11Spare us any further sight of this horrible example
00:10:15Step in a little closer please
00:10:18Ladies
00:10:19It's tasteless
00:10:21Put some in his coffee
00:10:22If he doesn't drink coffee put it in his tea
00:10:24If he doesn't drink tea put it in his milk
00:10:26If he doesn't drink milk put it in his water
00:10:28And if he doesn't drink water
00:10:30I wouldn't sell you this bottle for a hundred dollars
00:10:32Because your loved one is too far gone
00:10:35But I am selling it for one dollar a bottle to those
00:10:38Who feel there is still a chance
00:10:40My son will pass among you with a limited number of bottles of this precious remedy
00:10:44Go on Daniel
00:10:46Here you are ladies step right up while they last
00:10:49For today only
00:10:50A ten dollar bottle of Bertels bitters for only one dollar
00:10:53First come first served
00:10:55Thank you lady
00:10:55Thank you
00:10:56Another father restored to the bosom of his family
00:10:59Sorry lady only one bottle to a customer
00:11:01But if you insist
00:11:08Not so fast there young girl
00:11:10Here here take your hands up on my boy
00:11:12What's the meaning of this
00:11:12You know very well Major Bertels
00:11:14You failed to heed the warning of the State Board of Education
00:11:16So I've brought the law here this time
00:11:19Either you're going to put your boy in school
00:11:21Or we'll do it for you
00:11:22Please be reasonable
00:11:23How can I continue my crusade against the demon rum
00:11:26If I have to stay in one place so my boy can attend school
00:11:28My work carries me into far flung fields
00:11:31And you can put him in boarding school
00:11:33Same as other folks do
00:11:34The best one in the state is at Plumfield
00:11:37Only twenty miles from here
00:11:38You are depriving this boy of life's most priceless possession
00:11:42The right to his childhood
00:11:43The right to play as a child
00:11:45To think as a child
00:11:47To have the illusions of a child
00:11:49And to know the freedom and wholesomeness
00:11:51Of being with other children
00:11:54Thank you madam
00:11:57Officer I give you my word that tomorrow I'll have my boy at
00:12:00What was the name of that school?
00:12:02Plumfield
00:12:13Plumfield
00:12:13Gee Pop won't you change your mind
00:12:15Plumfield is a very nice school
00:12:17You'll like it there
00:12:18You couldn't get along without me
00:12:19You know you couldn't
00:12:20It's you I'm thinking of Pop
00:12:22Are you insinuating that you have been supporting me?
00:12:24Haven't I Pop?
00:12:25You said yourself nobody could sell the stuff to the suckers like I can
00:12:29So
00:12:31You don't think I can make a living without you?
00:12:33What would you do?
00:12:37And find someone else
00:12:38You have to pay him
00:12:41And make out all right
00:12:43Listen Pop if you make me go to that school
00:12:45I'll worry myself sick about you
00:12:47Never mind worrying about me
00:12:49It's high time I was learning to depend on myself
00:12:52And if you think I can't pursue a successful livelihood without your help
00:12:56Gosh Pop you're crying
00:12:57You don't want me to go
00:12:58Can't we sneak out of the state or something?
00:13:00We've done that too often
00:13:01And I'm not crying
00:13:02I just got some soap in my eyes
00:13:04And you wash behind your ears
00:13:12If you boys through with the tub
00:13:13Mrs. Hively wants it in 26
00:13:16Go right in
00:13:39Hello mage how's the old fluffed up?
00:13:40What is this and who are you?
00:13:42And you're the one that said you never forgot a face
00:13:44You remember me now?
00:13:45Willie
00:13:46It's me the one and only
00:13:48Why the paper said you were dead
00:13:50I am you're talking to a ghost
00:13:52Would you care for a gun drop?
00:13:53But that article in the paper
00:13:54Oh the article
00:13:56I got one right here in my pocket
00:14:01Police dragged the river for the body of escaped bank bandit
00:14:05Authorities today gave up all hope of recovering from its watery grave
00:14:08The body of Willie the fox
00:14:10Who escaped from the state penitentiary last Thursday
00:14:13And whose clothes were found on the banks of the Androscoggin River
00:14:16Willie the fox habitual criminal
00:14:18Had two more years to serve
00:14:19You know that's a swell write up
00:14:21And they're all over the country too
00:14:23Oh but will the cops be sore when they find out that I got croaked
00:14:26Before they got a chance to collect this $5,000 reward look
00:14:34Well old pal, old pal
00:14:35Here we are back together again
00:14:37Ain't you glad to see me?
00:14:38Wait a minute Major
00:14:39Don't tear that up
00:14:40That's the best picture they ever made of me
00:14:42A $5,000 corpse huh?
00:14:44How did you do it?
00:14:45Oh it was nothing
00:14:46You see I was a kind of a favorite of the wardens
00:14:48So I just waited me chance
00:14:49Twelve years huh?
00:14:51That's all
00:14:51Now one day you know I'd drive his hack into town with him
00:14:55So we're going over a kind of a bumpy road
00:14:58You know when the carriage is kind of jingling up and down like this
00:15:01Well suddenly he hits his jaw on my elbow like that
00:15:06Well he goes head over tea kettle into the road
00:15:09The horses are running away like man
00:15:10And mind you when I finally stop them
00:15:12I'm in Connecticut
00:15:15Well how do you like the outfit Major?
00:15:17Pretty good disguise huh?
00:15:18You look like an undertaker
00:15:20That's very funny that's where I got it
00:15:22Pretty smart of me eh?
00:15:24He was dumb Willie very dumb with only two more years to serve
00:15:27They catch it now they'll throw the key away
00:15:29They ain't looking for me they're looking for a corpse
00:15:32I just hope so
00:15:37How about this booze graph you're running?
00:15:39Do I get the pickpocket concession?
00:15:41You certainly don't
00:15:43You're looking at an honest man
00:15:46I thought we was alone in this room
00:15:49It may surprise you Willie and it sometimes surprises me
00:15:52But for the last 12 years my feet have never strayed into the tempting and broad highways of larceny
00:15:58Wait a minute maybe I did drown and don't know it
00:16:00But you don't sound like you and you don't look like you
00:16:03I haven't been me Willie
00:16:06Since you brought me Danny Danny?
00:16:08Who's Danny?
00:16:09You brought him to me?
00:16:11Lefty's boy
00:16:13You mean you still got that brat?
00:16:15Willie
00:16:17Danny's never heard of Lefty
00:16:19And if someone tells him I'm not really his father
00:16:23Someone's going to tell the warden that you're not really dead
00:16:25Get that?
00:16:28You know me I ain't gonna blab to nobody
00:16:30But no I don't get it
00:16:33I'm gonna lose him tomorrow
00:16:35Losing?
00:16:36Yes
00:16:37The Board of Education is forcing me to put him in school
00:16:40You mean you're gonna hang around this Plumfield Berg and wait until they pound some brains into that brat?
00:16:44No
00:16:46I'm gonna try to carry on without him
00:16:48On the boards there
00:16:50It's kind of pretty it looks like a farm
00:16:53It's sort of a farm and school combined
00:16:55It's run by a Swiss professor and his wife
00:17:17What's your life?
00:17:17Darling?
00:17:19Coming Mrs. Baer?
00:17:20There's two Oilers
00:17:23Who are you?
00:17:24Cuba!
00:17:25Cuba!
00:17:25Cuba!
00:17:26Cuba! Cuba! Cuba!
00:17:32Christopher Columbus.
00:17:33Here you are, Asia.
00:17:35What's all the excitement about?
00:17:36We'll just get up back, Angel.
00:17:38If I only went to the village for an hour, you might think I've been to China.
00:17:45Take care of Andy for me.
00:17:47Mommy, Mommy.
00:17:49What is it, Teddy?
00:17:50Buttercup is in the onion pack.
00:17:53Oh, dear.
00:18:05This will never do.
00:18:06You know what a fuss, Asia, made the last time the milk tasted of onions.
00:18:10I told her they were Tommy's onions, Mommy.
00:18:13Every time she's hungry, she gets in our gardens.
00:18:15She's always hungry.
00:18:16She even ate my honey honks.
00:18:18Well, if Buttercup is such a nuisance to you, I can sell her.
00:18:22Someone who wants to buy her pretty bad.
00:18:24Oh, dear.
00:18:26All right, then.
00:18:42Get her out of here quickly, children.
00:18:45Silas, you simply must keep Buttercup's gate closed.
00:19:06Nan, that's enough for now.
00:19:08You may be excused.
00:19:14Nan, is that the way you were taught to leave the presence of your elders?
00:19:25What a perfect lady.
00:19:29Tell me, Joe.
00:19:30What did Mr. Reynolds say?
00:19:31He was quite kind, but quite firm.
00:19:34And he reminded me that unless we have $5,000 to buy the house with our leases up, he's going
00:19:40to sell it to a man who wants it.
00:19:44Oh, my darling.
00:19:46Now, now.
00:19:48There's nothing worth your tears.
00:19:51We would have lost all this if we went so hard.
00:19:53But why should we lose all this?
00:19:57We have $2,500 in the bank.
00:20:00And, Joe, we have each other.
00:20:07We've been a bit conservative.
00:20:10I'll make investment with that money.
00:20:13Maybe speculate a little.
00:20:15Speculate?
00:20:16Yes.
00:20:17I'll ask Mr. Reynolds to help me.
00:20:18He's a smart banker.
00:20:20I don't think he will, dear.
00:20:22We didn't exactly part friends.
00:20:24No.
00:20:25Oh, I lost my temper and took our money out of his bank.
00:20:28But what made me the maddest was when he offered me $300 for Buttercup.
00:20:33Sell Buttercup?
00:20:34Why, it would break the children's hearts.
00:20:36She's one of the family.
00:20:38It's all right, dear.
00:20:39As much as we need the money, I didn't sell her.
00:20:42Good.
00:20:44Good.
00:20:44Do you know how much money we've let people owe us?
00:20:46Oh, it must be $700.
00:20:48Over $3,000.
00:20:50If we had it, we could buy Plumfield.
00:20:53But that is simple.
00:20:54Why do we worry?
00:20:56I'll just collect it.
00:20:58You're going to collect it?
00:20:59Certainly.
00:21:00Who owes us the most?
00:21:03Tommy Bang's father.
00:21:05He was very sick, you know.
00:21:06Very well.
00:21:07Tomorrow I'll visit Mr. Bang's.
00:21:09He's not sick now.
00:21:11I can just see you on the guise of a collector.
00:21:15Give me the money or I'll tear up your son.
00:21:19So you think I'm not a fine businessman when I want to be?
00:21:22That I only know how to handle children?
00:21:24I think you're wonderful.
00:21:27With children.
00:21:29What are businessmen but children grown-up?
00:21:33Miss Joe?
00:21:34Yes, sir?
00:21:35Did you all send for Undertaker?
00:21:39Undertaker?
00:21:39Yes, with the one right out in front.
00:21:42How is it?
00:21:43We didn't send for an Undertaker.
00:21:45But he couldn't have picked up at a time to come.
00:21:49He's in that buggy with a boy and another man.
00:21:51Look yonder.
00:21:57Remember now, not a word ever that your father sells booze cure.
00:22:03I don't mean that you should lie about it, but just don't mention it.
00:22:06There are always snobs in schools like this, and I don't want you hurt, Danny.
00:22:10I made a promise, didn't I?
00:22:12I see that you keep it.
00:22:13Now you wait here.
00:22:14I'll call you when I want you.
00:22:17It ain't so bad, kid.
00:22:18They ain't got no bars on the windows.
00:22:29Just because you're a ghost, you don't have to hold me.
00:22:31Get it back in the buggy.
00:22:32No, I'll buggy sick.
00:22:33Besides, I want to see what the inside of a school looks like.
00:22:37Hey, look out for that fox.
00:22:43You see the ears, all of them?
00:22:44It's a fox.
00:22:47You would have to tag along.
00:22:49Oh, I ain't going to make you no trouble, mage.
00:22:51You better not.
00:22:52If you open your mouth just once that much in front of these people, I ain't ashamed of you.
00:23:06Major Bertolt to see Professor Bair.
00:23:08Won't you all come in?
00:23:09You all?
00:23:10There's just the two of us here.
00:23:19You see, my boy has had more than his share of travel due to my far-flung financial interests.
00:23:53Oh, you are a financier?
00:23:55You're Jewish.
00:23:57No.
00:24:00No.
00:24:02Pardon me, Mr. Deming.
00:24:05No, my parents considered that, but they liked the climate in Geneva better.
00:24:09You see, I was always a very frail child.
00:24:14Plumfield is more than a school, it's a home.
00:24:17The children live here the entire year, and while the school is, first of all, for little
00:24:21men like your son, till I take care of my sister's daughter, Daisy, and I have two other little
00:24:26girls as companions for her.
00:24:27And then we have children of our own, so we know how much more there is to education than
00:24:32just book learning.
00:24:33We want to fit our pupils for a charming social life as well.
00:24:36Between us, we teach them music, arts, the appreciation of all the finer things, as in Switzerland.
00:24:44And deportment, which will enable them to take their places as the ladies and gentlemen with
00:24:48their background as a man.
00:24:52Of course, of course, I feel that I can entrust my son to your care.
00:24:56Well, thank you, Major Biddle, I'm sure your boy will like it here.
00:25:17Want to wrestle?
00:25:18No.
00:25:19Not afraid, are you?
00:25:20I don't wrestle, girls.
00:25:22Neither do I.
00:25:23I can throw any boy in Plumfield.
00:25:24Who cares?
00:25:27Jimmy!
00:25:28Jimmy!
00:25:29There!
00:25:30Leave him up!
00:25:31Come on!
00:25:32There!
00:25:34The children must be up to something.
00:25:36Excuse me, please.
00:25:38Get out of here!
00:25:39This is my son!
00:25:40Come on!
00:25:43The rest of the Columbus!
00:25:44Stop that fight!
00:25:45Stop that fight!
00:25:46Stop that fight!
00:25:47Stop that fight!
00:25:48Get up off there!
00:25:49Goodness gracious, come up off here quickly out of the ground there.
00:25:52Shame on you, fighting like this.
00:25:54He started it.
00:25:55He was fighting Nan.
00:25:57He was not.
00:25:58We were wrestling.
00:25:59I started it, and they got into it.
00:26:01I don't care how it happened, but Dan is a new pupil here, and for you boys to-
00:26:04Oh, don't worry about me.
00:26:05I can lick a county full of hayseeds like these.
00:26:08Sure, if they were all girls, why-
00:26:09That's enough.
00:26:11I want you all to be friends.
00:26:13This is Dan Birdle, and that's Nat, and Tommy, and Stuffy, and Nan, and Jack-
00:26:21Well, tell Dan that you're glad to meet him.
00:26:23You are, aren't you?
00:26:24Yeah.
00:26:25Yeah.
00:26:25Yeah.
00:26:26What a bunch of liars.
00:26:27You couldn't make me say that.
00:26:29Wait, Jack.
00:26:30Now, shake hands.
00:26:37Christopher Columbus.
00:26:40How'd you like that, sucker?
00:26:41Dan, help him up.
00:26:43I'll fix you for this.
00:26:44Stop it, Jack.
00:26:46Now, Dan doesn't know our ways yet.
00:26:48He's come to learn.
00:26:50And he will.
00:26:52Children, back to your word, quickly.
00:26:57Come on, Danny.
00:26:59Let you and I get acquainted.
00:27:05Major Birdle, would you think it presumptuous of me if I ask you to do me a favor?
00:27:11What is it?
00:27:12You see, my wife just brought this money from the bank today, and I would like to put it to
00:27:18work.
00:27:19To be exact, it is $2,500, and I would like to double it in the next few months.
00:27:27Uh, maybe you know of some investment.
00:27:30I'm sure you do.
00:27:32You will be kind enough not to mention my, uh, speculating to Mrs. Bear.
00:27:38She thinks I'm a very poor businessman.
00:27:41I...
00:27:42I want to surprise her.
00:27:44I understand.
00:27:45Yes.
00:27:46Oh, Mr. Deming, your hat.
00:27:54Oh, Mr. Deming, your hat.
00:28:03Major.
00:28:12Oh.
00:28:14Oh, oh.
00:28:15Oh, Jordan Road, I want to go to heaven when I die.
00:28:22Oh, Jordan Road, sister, you ought to be there, yes, my lord.
00:28:30Mmm.
00:28:38Mmm.
00:28:40Mmm.
00:28:42Mmm.
00:28:44Mmm.
00:28:51Hello, you all.
00:29:03Roll, Jordan, roll.
00:29:07Roll, Jordan, roll.
00:29:09Roll.
00:29:09I wanna go to heaven when I die.
00:29:14Hey.
00:29:24Come here.
00:29:34Oh, my God.
00:29:35My dear.
00:29:36Come here.
00:29:37Come here.
00:29:38Give me to me.
00:30:40You will see what country life will do for Danny.
00:30:43You will not recognize your own son.
00:30:45Fresh vegetables, good milk, loving hair, just like in Switzerland.
00:30:56Goodbye, Mrs. Bear.
00:30:57Goodbye, Major Birdle.
00:30:59Come here.
00:31:02Companions, excellent food, a perfect pastoral.
00:31:08Ah, smell that clover.
00:31:15No opportunity like this was given me when I was your age.
00:31:18And just think, you're going to associate with little ladies and gentlemen.
00:31:23Doesn't that excite you?
00:31:24It's no use, Pop.
00:31:25I don't like it here, and you know it.
00:31:27These people hate me, and I hate them.
00:31:31You'll get over that, Danny.
00:31:34It's all strange to you right now.
00:31:37But I'll wager that in a week you'll thank me for putting you here.
00:31:41You don't believe that yourself.
00:31:43How do you expect me to swallow it?
00:31:49Danny, whatever's left of this battered old life of mine is wrapped up in you.
00:31:55Do you think I'd do a thing like this if I didn't know it was for your own good?
00:32:02Don't you know I'm going to miss you more than I've ever missed anything or anyone in my life?
00:32:09Oh, what's the use of all this talking?
00:32:11You know you're doing the one thing you always told me never to do.
00:32:14Run out on a pal.
00:32:17Danny, you don't mean that.
00:32:18I do so mean it.
00:32:19Every word of it.
00:32:20You're throwing me down.
00:32:24I won't leave you like this.
00:32:26We're not apart, son.
00:32:28I'll see you from time to time.
00:32:46If you leave me here, I don't care if I ever see you again.
00:32:50So that's the way we part?
00:32:52That's it.
00:33:00Damn.
00:33:04Son.
00:33:09Come on, mage.
00:33:10You better get a move on.
00:33:21Nice.
00:33:25You're looking back at me now.
00:33:27What do you care?
00:33:29You got $2,500, ain't we?
00:33:31We better get out of here quick for the professor to change his mind and wants it back.
00:33:34He's going to get it back, Willie.
00:33:36What?
00:33:36I'm going to deposit his money in the bank.
00:33:38In a few weeks, I'll send him a check for it.
00:33:40Are you on a level?
00:33:41Dead level.
00:33:42Listen, mage, you're heading for the booby hatch just as sure as there's veal and chicken pie.
00:33:46Oh, there's that box again.
00:33:47Oh, he's back.
00:33:52Moss.
00:34:11Danny, that's the suffer call.
00:34:13You have five minutes to wash up.
00:34:14Now, we're going to do everything to make you happy here.
00:34:17We're just one big family.
00:34:19I felt the same way when my father put me in school.
00:34:22But I made friends.
00:34:23And you'll make friends, too.
00:34:25Nan.
00:34:26Coming, Aunt Jo.
00:34:27Please, please.
00:34:29Nan, we'll show you your place at the table.
00:34:32I ain't hungry.
00:34:33You will be when you smell Asia's gingerbread.
00:34:35My, you're dirty.
00:34:37Come on, let's just share my new piece of soap.
00:34:38That's very kind, Nan.
00:34:40Silas, take the bags into the house.
00:34:42Yes, sir.
00:34:43All right, now.
00:34:44Run along.
00:34:50I'm sitting next to you at the table.
00:34:51Is that supposed to be good?
00:34:53Well, lots of it would like to.
00:35:04Don't you care for vegetables?
00:35:05Oh, that's for kids.
00:35:06Me, I'm a meat and potato man.
00:35:12All the vegetables come from the children's gardens.
00:35:15You'll have one.
00:35:16I grow carrots.
00:35:17What are you going to raise?
00:35:18A beard.
00:35:21That's very funny.
00:35:23It certainly would be.
00:35:24On him.
00:35:25Maybe you'd like to shake hands again.
00:35:27Boys, I'll bet he smokes, too.
00:35:30That's right, Mushbegs.
00:35:32Cigars.
00:35:34Can you inhale?
00:35:35Sure, and blow it out my nose.
00:35:37I'll teach you sometime.
00:35:38Will you really?
00:35:44Anybody else like to learn to smoke?
00:35:49Well, let's put it to a vote.
00:35:51Those in favor put up their hands.
00:35:57Not even you, Nan.
00:35:59What a bunch of sissies.
00:36:20I want to leaiee.
00:36:22I can't believe it.
00:36:22All right.
00:36:23I can't believe it.
00:36:23I canเด k 무엇?
00:36:23A little hat a little guy.
00:36:29I can't believe it.
00:36:29You can't believe it.
00:36:37Throw me an apple, will you, Stubby, please?
00:37:09Thank you, Nath.
00:37:12What do you do around here nice to keep from going batty?
00:37:20Popcorn, toast marshmallows.
00:37:22Do anything else exciting?
00:37:24Oh, yes.
00:37:25We have gay times.
00:37:27Asia sings, solace tells stories.
00:37:29And there's always checkers and dominoes.
00:37:31Just kid stuff, huh?
00:37:34Can I take a card?
00:37:36Would you like to play a game of old maid?
00:37:38Old maid?
00:37:39Got anything against a round of stud poker?
00:37:44Nothing.
00:37:46Except the children wouldn't know how to play it.
00:37:47I was talking about you and me and the professor.
00:37:50We only play games that we can all enter into.
00:37:53Oh, here, Stylis, now.
00:37:57Stylis, what story are you going to tell us tonight?
00:37:59Well, let's see.
00:38:03There's that experience that I had in the battles at Gettysburg.
00:38:06I haven't told that lately.
00:38:08That new boy ain't hearing it anyway.
00:38:10Oh, that's a good one.
00:38:12Yeah, I'm busting already.
00:38:15Go ahead, Stylis.
00:38:17Well, you know, when I first joined the Army, my feet were awful sore.
00:38:22I had six bunions on the left foot.
00:38:25I told them I couldn't do much walking, and they put me in the infantry.
00:38:30They gave me a pair of shoes.
00:38:32It was so big.
00:38:34The first time I wore them, I turned around three times, and the shoes never moved.
00:38:43What are they laughing at?
00:38:45Don't you think it's funny?
00:38:46It might have been, ten years ago.
00:38:49Maybe you can amuse us, Danny.
00:38:51I could do better than that.
00:39:01We were down in McGinty's saloon one night, drinking our beer and gin.
00:39:10We were swapping our stories and feeling all right when a traveling man walked in.
00:39:19That's enough, Danny.
00:39:21You can entertain us some other time.
00:39:28Come on, son.
00:39:29Come on, son.
00:39:32What happened there?
00:39:33Well, sir, we marched for three days and three nights.
00:39:38Finally, the third night, we camped in a great big woods.
00:39:42About 12 o'clock that night, the trouble started.
00:39:45The guns began to go off.
00:39:47The shells started to bust.
00:39:49I was shaken with patriotism.
00:39:53I tried to hide behind a tree, but there was only enough trees for the officers.
00:39:59Anyone want to get down to the village and shoot a little pool?
00:40:04Well, what are you waiting for, Danny?
00:40:06The front door key?
00:40:07It's right there on the whole table.
00:40:21Well, I'll be back later.
00:40:24Thank you, Dallas.
00:40:26All right now, children.
00:40:27Time for bed.
00:40:31No, buts about it.
00:40:33Bedtime.
00:40:33All right.
00:40:35Good night.
00:40:36All right.
00:40:36Good night, Andrew.
00:40:37Good night, Andrew.
00:40:40Good night, Andrew.
00:41:03So it's you Danny. You didn't stay long. I didn't go. Where's my room? Upstairs at the end of the
00:41:11hall. You'll share Teddy's bed.
00:41:13Sleep with that little run? Where's the cow snooze? In the barn. I'll get you some blankets. Never mind.
00:41:31Good night, Danny. Sleep well. Good night.
00:41:39Aurelie, Aurelie, made with golden hair, a sunshine came along with thee and swallowed in the air.
00:41:52Wake up, young man. You've got to go to sleep. Come on.
00:41:58Uh-oh, you haven't said your prayer. Come on.
00:42:02God bless mommy. God bless poppy. God bless.
00:42:08Nan and Jack and stuffy. God bless the chickens. God bless.
00:42:15Silas, God bless.
00:42:19The donkey, God bless.
00:42:22Buttercup, God bless.
00:42:25Everybody, God bless him.
00:42:32Amen.
00:42:36Do I have to listen to that every night?
00:42:38You sure do.
00:42:40And Silas blows the bugle for breakfast at 6 o'clock.
00:42:44He can shoot off a cannon for all I care. I don't get up until I'm good and ready.
00:42:48That's the best way I know how to miss your breakfast. Good night.
00:43:34Look at this rung-sodden wreck.
00:43:37Would you believe he was once a man?
00:43:56Oh, a ring.
00:43:57Blow me a little one, Danny.
00:44:08Dallas, what are you doing with Buttercup?
00:44:09I told Danny to milk her.
00:44:10I don't know nothing about that.
00:44:12She's been gallivanting around and Hodges past you again.
00:44:16Suddenly let the gate open.
00:44:17Now, who do you suppose to do this time?
00:44:19I don't know, but Buttercup ain't never been able to unhook it herself.
00:44:24Now, I've got to go back and get my hat and Buttercup's hat.
00:44:31Come on!
00:44:37I'll fix that bull this time.
00:44:39He nearly killed me.
00:44:41Christopher Columbus.
00:44:47Oh, Buttercup!
00:44:55Danny!
00:44:56Danny Birdle!
00:44:59Don't you tell, Danny.
00:45:03I'm no snitch.
00:45:10Oh, there you are.
00:45:11Danny, did you leave Buttercup's gate open again?
00:45:14No.
00:45:15Did you, Nan?
00:45:15No, Aunt Jo.
00:45:16What difference does it make?
00:45:18The difference between obeying and disobeying.
00:45:21I won't have Buttercup wandering about.
00:45:23Ever since you've been here, Nan, you've heard me say that.
00:45:25I'm surprised at how thoughtless you children can be.
00:45:28Gee, I never saw so much fuss made over an old cow.
00:45:31Buttercup's state champion, I'll let you know.
00:45:33And she's not an old cow, either.
00:45:35She's almost a human being.
00:45:37Isn't she, Aunt Jo?
00:45:38Yes, Nan.
00:45:40Why haven't you milked her?
00:45:41I can't get the hang of it.
00:45:43Danny.
00:45:43Besides, she won't let me touch her.
00:45:45Get me that stool.
00:45:49Thank you, Buttercup.
00:45:52Quickly, Danny.
00:45:55Now, watch closely.
00:45:57The last one I'm going to show you.
00:45:59They're the only one in school who's been shirking their farm duties.
00:46:06Pay attention, please.
00:46:10You see?
00:46:12They're getting back to it.
00:46:14You try it.
00:46:15Gee whiz.
00:46:16Don't be afraid.
00:46:18Oh, who's afraid?
00:46:20No, no, no, Danny.
00:46:21Come back and do it on this side.
00:46:22Why?
00:46:23Silly.
00:46:24You can't milk Buttercup from that side.
00:46:25She's a right-handed cow.
00:46:27Oh, you're joshing.
00:46:29Which one's for cream?
00:46:31Danny.
00:46:33Now, you see?
00:46:34You wouldn't listen.
00:46:35Come back and try it on this side.
00:46:37Not me.
00:46:39Run along, Nan.
00:46:40Take Teddy with you.
00:46:46Danny, this has gone far enough.
00:46:48I thought by letting you do whatever you wish, you'd see the error of your ways.
00:46:51But you haven't.
00:46:52You're still petulant, strong-headed, and bitter.
00:46:55Worst of all, you have no respect for anyone.
00:46:59Pick up that switch.
00:47:06We don't punish people here.
00:47:08We let them punish themselves.
00:47:10You want me to spank myself?
00:47:12No.
00:47:13In Plumfield, we do it this way.
00:47:14We never hurt the other fellow.
00:47:17You mean you want me to hit you?
00:47:19Yes.
00:47:26Pick it up.
00:47:30Now do as you're told.
00:47:32Give me six good strokes.
00:47:37I can't.
00:47:39Daniel, Bertil, do as you're told.
00:47:46Harder.
00:47:49I'll hurt you.
00:47:50I want you to hurt me.
00:47:51Go ahead.
00:47:56Again.
00:47:59Again.
00:48:01I can't.
00:48:02I can't hurt you.
00:48:19You see, Danny?
00:48:22You never must hurt anyone.
00:48:24You only hurt yourself more.
00:48:26I'm sorry, Ed, Joe.
00:48:29I'll try not to cause you any more trouble again.
00:48:33I don't know what's the matter with me.
00:48:36There's nothing the matter with you.
00:48:38You're just a boy.
00:48:40That's all.
00:48:51And to think he was once an innocent babe in arms,
00:48:56looking up into his mother's smiling face.
00:49:05Attention, children.
00:49:08I want you to name the principal products of these countries.
00:49:13Holland.
00:49:14You, Tommy.
00:49:16Tulips.
00:49:17Right.
00:49:18Belgium.
00:49:19Nan.
00:49:21Mace.
00:49:22Yes.
00:49:24Denmark.
00:49:24What about Denmark?
00:49:26May I speak to you a moment, please, dear?
00:49:28Uh, you can take a recess now, children.
00:49:31Recess!
00:49:32Hi, dearie, recess!
00:49:34Let the fuck out of me.
00:49:41These bills have to be paid.
00:49:42The money's not in the safe.
00:49:43Where did you put it?
00:49:45I put it to work.
00:49:47I gave it to Major Burdle to invest.
00:49:50You...
00:49:51You gave our money to Major Burdle?
00:49:53Oh, I had to make him take it.
00:49:55But why?
00:49:56Will you please tell me why you did an idiotic thing like that?
00:49:59It was an idiotic.
00:50:01It was very clever.
00:50:03Now, look here, Joe.
00:50:04You have only thought of me as a musician, an artist, a dreamer.
00:50:08But you have never considered me a businessman.
00:50:11A businessman!
00:50:13Now, sit down.
00:50:15I'll explain everything.
00:50:17Go ahead.
00:50:18Now, this Major Burdle.
00:50:20I sensed right away that he was a good-hearted man, as well as a financier.
00:50:26Investments are very precarious today, he said.
00:50:29But I trapped him.
00:50:31You make investments for yourself.
00:50:33Yes, he answered.
00:50:35You are successful.
00:50:36He couldn't deny that.
00:50:38His whole appearance was one of prosperity.
00:50:41Of course, I...
00:50:43I didn't tell him why I wanted to double our money.
00:50:45He might not have left his son in a school that was shaky.
00:50:49Now, you see?
00:50:51You've been swindled.
00:50:53Swindled?
00:50:53Joe, please.
00:50:54Where is your faith in people?
00:50:56You entrusted every single penny we have in the world to a perfect stranger.
00:51:00We were perfect strangers to him, and he trusted us with his son.
00:51:03Oh, great heavens.
00:51:04Every time I turned my back...
00:51:07Oh, how would you do such a thing without consulting me?
00:51:10I always felt that man was dishonest.
00:51:12Now, come, come, dear.
00:51:14I can think of a million reasons why we haven't heard from the Major.
00:51:17But not one good one.
00:51:18He could be traveling.
00:51:19In India, China, Russia.
00:51:22You heard him say his business took him everywhere.
00:51:24He didn't mention one place it might take him.
00:51:26Where?
00:51:27Jail.
00:51:28Now, I won't listen to such talk.
00:51:31I beg the man to help us, and you malign him.
00:51:34If he's not traveling, he's somewhere.
00:51:37And wherever he is, he's trying to help us.
00:51:40I know that.
00:51:41I feel that.
00:51:42But why have you kept this a secret?
00:51:44Why didn't you tell me at the time?
00:51:45I wanted to surprise you.
00:51:48Christopher Columbus.
00:51:52Joe.
00:51:53I know the Major will not fail us.
00:51:56Well, I hope not.
00:51:59I sincerely hope not.
00:52:05Ladies, ladies.
00:52:07How would you like to have a man like this for the father of your children?
00:52:35Hey, Major, when we get through mixing up this chowder, I'd like to go over to the stockyards and get
00:52:38a whiff of fresh air.
00:52:39You know, a guy would have to be as drunk as a hooty owl to get this stuff past his
00:52:43nose.
00:52:43Hey, Willie.
00:52:45You'll have to be more careful.
00:52:47How did that get in there, Major?
00:52:48I don't know.
00:52:51Come in.
00:52:57Humigating?
00:52:58No, no.
00:52:59Just brewing.
00:53:00Cover it up, Willie.
00:53:01Oh, Sean.
00:53:04This is terrible.
00:53:05You're absolutely right, lady.
00:53:09Please, please, don't open that window.
00:53:11I have neighbors.
00:53:14To what do we owe the honor of this visit?
00:53:17Major Burdle, you must pay me cash for the rent.
00:53:20This check is no good now.
00:53:23What's this?
00:53:24What's this?
00:53:24No good?
00:53:28Refuse payment.
00:53:30Insolvent.
00:53:31Preposterous.
00:53:32That's the biggest bank in Omaha.
00:53:33There must be some mistake.
00:53:35No mistake.
00:53:35It failed.
00:53:37Says still right there on the back.
00:53:39Closed by order of the court.
00:53:43Dirty crooks.
00:53:44I told you so.
00:53:45You would trust yourself with that cash, but you go ahead and trust the bank.
00:53:48You may pay me the rent when you're able, Major.
00:53:51You're my star border, as you know.
00:53:53Thanks.
00:54:01What will Danny think?
00:54:04I won't be able to go back to Plumfield now.
00:54:07I can't even writing.
00:54:08Bears would find out more than.
00:54:11Why did I take that money?
00:54:13Don't worry about it, Major.
00:54:15You got a pal here, little Willie.
00:54:16I'll get that door for you.
00:54:18All I need is my little black bag.
00:54:20What do you say with most burglar tools?
00:54:21Ah, no.
00:54:22You kept me under wraps long enough.
00:54:24Besides, you never let me down when I needed help.
00:54:26I don't want that kind of help.
00:54:28Well, you're going to get it, whether you want it or not.
00:54:31Well, if you leave this room, I'm finished with you for life.
00:54:34Now, listen, Major.
00:54:35That means more to you than I do.
00:54:39Just throw your glimpse at that time, please.
00:54:40I'll be back here in one hour.
00:55:08You know this guy?
00:55:10What's he done?
00:55:11Him? Nothing.
00:55:13Certainly, I know him.
00:55:14He lives here.
00:55:15Well, I found him in the alley behind the First National Bank.
00:55:17He's been assaulted and robbed.
00:55:19Oh.
00:55:20You better take care of him.
00:55:21He ain't in his right mind.
00:55:23Thanks.
00:55:28Chief, my compliments.
00:55:30Oh, that.
00:55:35Willie, what happened?
00:55:38Oh, I'm walking down an alley, and a fella bunks into me so polite like he tips his hat to
00:55:43me.
00:55:43Well, I just tip my hat back to him.
00:55:45Bop-o.
00:55:46When I come to, I'm looking at that cop right in the star.
00:55:49Me pockets are empty and my tools are gone.
00:55:52Oh, Major, if this gets out, I tell you, I'm ruined.
00:55:54Here.
00:55:55This will perk you up.
00:55:59Major!
00:56:00I'm on fire!
00:56:02Major, do something!
00:56:03I can't... Major.
00:56:11The mail!
00:56:14The mail!
00:56:15The mail...
00:56:20Now then, a letter for Daisy.
00:56:22Oh, thank you, Andrew.
00:56:23Now, now, children, please, don't be so impatient.
00:56:27Just give me time to sort the mail
00:56:28and I'm sure we'll find a letter here for each one of you.
00:56:31Now, we've got the packages there.
00:56:33And one for Tommy Bangs.
00:56:35Thanks, Aunt Jo.
00:56:36Oh, Stuffy, here's a stomachache for you.
00:56:39Goody, a chocolate cake from Grandma!
00:56:41Where's my letter, Mommy?
00:56:43Oh, Teddy, I forgot to mail it.
00:56:46Here it is.
00:56:48Now, let's throw the bugle.
00:56:51Letter for Teddy Bayer!
00:56:54Thank you, Mommy.
00:56:56Want the net?
00:56:57Oh, thanks, Aunt Jo.
00:56:59Bring my letter for me, will you, Daniel?
00:57:02And here's one for Bobby Bayer.
00:57:04Thank you, Mommy.
00:57:06Well, you wrote this yourself.
00:57:09Well, what did I say?
00:57:12Well, I can't make it out.
00:57:14It looks like a lot of chicken scratches.
00:57:16No, it isn't. It's my own handwriting.
00:57:19You want me to write to you?
00:57:22You never get any letters.
00:57:24Oh, who wants to get letters?
00:57:31Anywhere from Danny's father?
00:57:32No.
00:57:34But here's one from Bank of London.
00:57:37I hate to open it.
00:57:48I ain't going. I belongs here.
00:57:51Money makes no never mind to me.
00:57:54Long as this school's out here.
00:57:56You're the dearest people I've ever known.
00:57:58But I can't let you work here for nothing.
00:58:00That's a miracle habit you'll have to leave at the end of the month.
00:58:03Who was paying me before the war when I was picking cotton?
00:58:07I'm free now. Free to work for pay up for nothing.
00:58:10Free to work for people that's kind to me.
00:58:13For nothing, ma'am. Thank God.
00:58:15I fought all through the battle of bull run and didn't see a penny.
00:58:19But I didn't quit.
00:58:20And I ain't quitting now.
00:58:22Pay or no pay. No siree.
00:58:24You gotta have somebody to help you.
00:58:27You can't take care of all these children by yourself.
00:58:29Well, you got your hands forward just to put that.
00:58:32No, no, Miss Jo. I couldn't leave.
00:58:36You must meet me.
00:58:37Please, Asia.
00:58:38It looked bad at Vicksburg.
00:58:41Very dark.
00:58:41But we held the fort until we lost it.
00:58:44You ain't lost Plumfield yet.
00:58:46Dear God.
00:58:48Make us a miracle.
00:58:50Send Miss Jo some money.
00:58:52Aunt Jo!
00:58:53Aunt Jo!
00:58:55Aunt Jo, come quick.
00:58:57Something's the matter with Buttercup.
00:58:58She's lying in her stall moaning and mooing.
00:59:00Come along, quickly.
00:59:09Do something for Aunt Jo.
00:59:11Don't let Buttercup down.
00:59:13I won't, Teddy.
00:59:14Is Buttercup gonna get well?
00:59:16Buttercup gonna be all right now.
00:59:17Don't you worry.
00:59:18Now, you children are all gonna get out of here
00:59:20because the Starks gonna bring Buttercup a new little calf.
00:59:24Goody, goody, Teddy.
00:59:25Now, go on. Get out.
00:59:26All of you, get outside.
00:59:28Get outside.
00:59:29Go on.
00:59:29Don't worry.
00:59:34Okay, there's already something to worry about.
00:59:37Now it's Buttercup.
00:59:40Danny, will the Starks fly over the barn?
00:59:44He certainly will.
00:59:45You just keep your eyes peeled, Teddy.
00:59:47You'll be showing up soon.
00:59:49I'm out of here tomorrow.
00:59:56I get back on.
01:00:02You got it!
01:00:08You got it?
01:00:11You got it.
01:00:14You got it.
01:01:08Isn't she pretty?
01:01:10Christopher Columbus, the stork must be awful strong to carry a big baby like that.
01:01:16That's right, Bobby.
01:01:17Now you've seen the new baby calf.
01:01:19Let's all go to bed.
01:01:22I'll bring you some coffee, Silas.
01:01:36Come here, my little sweetheart.
01:01:39What are you doing here?
01:01:41Mommy, the stork didn't come.
01:01:43I was watching.
01:01:45You must have missed him, Teddy, when you were asleep.
01:01:47No, I was watching awful close.
01:01:50Would you like to see the little new baby?
01:01:52Yeah.
01:01:53Silas!
01:01:54Yes, ma'am?
01:01:55Silas, bring out the little new calf for Teddy to see.
01:01:58There she is.
01:01:59Isn't she pretty?
01:02:00Look at her.
01:02:01Did I look like that when the stork brought me?
01:02:06Well, your ears weren't quite so big.
01:02:08Now then, off to bed for you.
01:02:10My darling, say goodnight to Silas.
01:02:13Goodnight, Silas.
01:02:14Goodnight.
01:02:16Immediate sacrifice.
01:02:18Due to unforeseen circumstances, I am forced to make a painful sacrifice of the assets,
01:02:24chattels, livestock, etc., of Major I.I. Burdell's bidders for inebriates.
01:02:31To wit, international patent rights, copyright, labels, and wrappers, a pure Arabian stallion,
01:02:39a wagon, pine bean, a national goodwill, a formula unknown to science, a $50,000 proposition
01:02:49for $2,500, only spot cash will be considered.
01:02:56You have no case.
01:02:58But, Judge, I paid the swindler $100.
01:03:02This court's advice is to sell the horse for glue and the wagon for kindling one.
01:03:06But what can I do with these bidders?
01:03:10You know what you can do with them.
01:03:12Drink up.
01:03:14Next case.
01:03:31I refuse to write another letter.
01:03:34We still have two weeks.
01:03:35Look, darling, children's parents must be notified so they can make other plans.
01:03:39I'll finish them myself.
01:03:41I won't believe we have lost Plumfield until men come in and move us out.
01:03:46I'm trying to save us that day, dear.
01:03:48And the children, too.
01:03:50What about Danny?
01:03:51We can't reach his father, so what can we do?
01:03:53We'll wait until his father comes.
01:03:55As if that thief would ever show his face around here.
01:04:17Well, there's no use in prolonging the agony.
01:04:20I know how you both must feel.
01:04:22Now, about the cat.
01:04:23I think you ought to include her in the transaction.
01:04:26It would be very heartless of you to separate the mother and her child.
01:04:29You talking of heartlessness.
01:04:31If it weren't for Asia and Silas and our debts, do you think we'd even talk to you about selling
01:04:35Buttercup?
01:04:35Now, now, I think my author's a very generous one, even for her.
01:04:41Now, I've drawn up a bill of sale.
01:04:43While you're looking it over, you can have your man tie Buttercup and her cap to my buggy.
01:04:50Call, Silas, dear.
01:04:52Silas.
01:04:54Silas, come here.
01:04:57My Buttercup.
01:05:05Right, pretty little calf, isn't she, Mr. Reynolds?
01:05:07They don't come any prettier.
01:05:09She's going to be the pride of my dairy.
01:05:14Your dairy?
01:05:15Silas, we're selling Buttercup and her calf to Mr. Reynolds.
01:05:18Tie them both to his buggy.
01:05:22Silas, do you hear me?
01:05:40Buttercup, you've been in a lot of trouble, but I'm going to miss you something terrible.
01:06:02Come back here!
01:06:03Come back here!
01:06:04Come back here!
01:06:10I got her, Silas.
01:06:12Let her go!
01:06:13Let her go!
01:06:14I've got to pretend I'm trying to catch her!
01:06:16Banker Reynolds is in the barn.
01:06:17He's going to take Buttercup and the baby away.
01:06:19They're selling them.
01:06:21Hurry, maybe the children can get them to change their minds.
01:06:24Shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo.
01:06:27Shoo, man, Stuffy Jack, everybody, come here!
01:06:31What's wrong?
01:06:33Something awful's happened.
01:06:34Banker Reynolds is in the barn with Aunt Jo and the professor.
01:06:37They're selling them Buttercup and the calf.
01:06:39Oh, they couldn't need money that bad.
01:06:40I happen to know they do, because someone stole their money.
01:06:44Don't look at me.
01:06:45I didn't steal it.
01:06:46No, but your father did.
01:06:48My father?
01:06:49Yes, your father.
01:06:50I heard Aunt Jo say so.
01:06:51I was standing right at the top of the stairs.
01:06:53I could have told long ago if I'd have wanted to.
01:06:56You liar, you take that back.
01:06:59I won't take it back.
01:07:00It's the truth.
01:07:00Why, you...
01:07:01I'll kill you for that!
01:07:03Aunt Jo!
01:07:04Aunt Jo!
01:07:05Aunt Jo!
01:07:06Aunt Jo!
01:07:06Aunt Jo!
01:07:07Aunt Jo!
01:07:07Come on!
01:07:07Come on!
01:07:08Get up!
01:07:09Get up!
01:07:09Both of you!
01:07:10Now, what's all this about?
01:07:12He said my father stole your money, and that's why you're selling Buttercup.
01:07:15Jack, please!
01:07:17We're selling Buttercup because we have bills to pay.
01:07:19I want no more fighting.
01:07:20Get back to work in your garden, Jack, quickly.
01:07:24Yeah, run away, you coward.
01:07:26I'll get you later.
01:07:27What's the matter with right now?
01:07:28Wait!
01:07:29Danny!
01:07:31Jack!
01:07:32Oh, boy, stop it!
01:07:33Stop it!
01:07:34Oh, Danny!
01:07:35I've hurt you!
01:07:36Jack!
01:07:37Jack, get up!
01:07:38Tyler, Tyler, help me!
01:07:41Is he all right, dear?
01:07:43Children, I'm going to go to the doctor.
01:07:45Yes, ain't you?
01:07:45Can I help you, dear?
01:07:46Wait.
01:07:47We got him there, fellas.
01:07:50Is he all right?
01:07:55Now, I hope the boy's not badly hurt, but this bill of saying, you haven't signed it yet.
01:08:00And we never will.
01:08:01Now, you get out of here.
01:08:02Get out of here!
01:08:05But I...
01:08:06I bet that'll show him.
01:08:30He's responding much better now.
01:08:31Oh, thank goodness, doctor.
01:08:34Another compress, please.
01:08:43They were punching up and terrible.
01:08:45First Dan was on top, then Jack.
01:08:46Now, wait a minute, wait a minute.
01:08:47Let me get this straight.
01:08:48The boy Jack called his father a thief, and the little viper went after him.
01:08:52Said he'd kill him for it.
01:08:53And he meant it, too.
01:08:54Yeah, and then this Daniel, uh...
01:08:57How do you spell that last name again, please?
01:08:59B-U-R-D-O-E.
01:09:01Is that him?
01:09:02Yeah, that's him.
01:09:04Oh, say, now listen, kid.
01:09:05Tell me everything.
01:09:06You know, these city papers eat up stuff like this.
01:09:08Now, begin at the beginning and make it fast.
01:09:09I've got to get this on the wire.
01:09:11Now, your father.
01:09:27It's awful, Willie, awful.
01:09:29I'd rather lose my right arm than have his faith in me destroyed.
01:09:33You can't go back to Plumfield until you get that Mazuma.
01:09:35I ought to get an answer to one of those telegrams I sent.
01:09:38I helped the old gang plenty in my day.
01:09:40People can do a lot of forgetting in 15 years, especially mugs that owe you money.
01:09:44Just got a report on your Albany telegram.
01:09:46Good, let's see it.
01:09:47They say the party doesn't live there anymore.
01:09:49Moved to Leavenworth.
01:09:50Shall I forward it?
01:09:51Yeah, in about 20 years.
01:09:53Are you sure the other telegrams reached the people I sent them to?
01:09:56Yes, sir, they were all delivered.
01:09:58All delivered, huh?
01:10:02That's gratitude for you.
01:10:05Well, here we are, right back where we started.
01:10:08Wait a minute, I got the solution.
01:10:10It's the one I didn't think of it before.
01:10:12Why don't you tell a professor and he's already the truth?
01:10:14That the bank failed?
01:10:15What's the sense of proof?
01:10:18Don't be a fool.
01:10:19I'd start an investigation.
01:10:21Do you think I can stand the cops digging into my past?
01:10:23You ain't got no record.
01:10:24Where are they going to find out?
01:10:25Everything, including the fact that I was never married.
01:10:28I don't see what that got to do with it.
01:10:30I have plenty to do with it.
01:10:31If Danny ever heard that his father wasn't married, I'd be forced to tell him about Lefty, that I've been
01:10:41living a lie.
01:10:43I won't lose his love and respect, not even if I have to steal the money to prove that I'm
01:10:48honest.
01:10:48Oh, well, now I can give you some help.
01:10:50What about that stamp finish you was clipping the yokels with when I brought you the brat?
01:10:54Too much time, Willie.
01:10:55The stamp racket takes weeks.
01:10:57Well, you could sell a couple of gold bricks.
01:10:58That was always a fast-skinned game.
01:10:59Suckers would laugh in your face today.
01:11:01I got the idea.
01:11:02The money-making machine.
01:11:03You know, we used to put in the fives and grind our fifties.
01:11:05You always made a minute on that one.
01:11:07I've got to get that money today.
01:11:08Now, the train will be leaving soon.
01:11:10You was always good at selling the city hall.
01:11:12Oh, shut up, Willie, and let me think.
01:11:20Give me a cane, Major.
01:11:21What for?
01:11:22Just keep your eyes rimmed around here.
01:11:24I'm going in there and tap that telegraph operator on the noggin.
01:11:26There's always cash in those safes, and he's got a big one.
01:11:30Thanks, Willie.
01:11:32But I think I've got an easier way.
01:11:45You're looking at that bank?
01:11:47I certainly am.
01:11:49Oh, it's a pleasure.
01:12:01Did you catch it?
01:12:02Yes.
01:12:03Cool.
01:12:06Tell me.
01:12:07How much are you clipping for?
01:12:08$2,500.
01:12:10Hey, listen.
01:12:11You ain't a forger.
01:12:11You're a hypnotist.
01:12:12Well, let's get out of here quick before they start looking for their money.
01:12:15Yes, Willie, but they'll be looking for a Mr. Armbruster, not for Major I.
01:12:19Iberto.
01:12:19Well, let's start running, Mr. Armbruster.
01:12:39Want a wallet?
01:12:40Let's go.
01:12:40Let's go.
01:12:41Let's go.
01:13:03Let's go.
01:13:09Daddy, do you want to know something?
01:13:11What?
01:13:13Mommy and Poppy is scolding everybody.
01:13:17None of us can be mad at you anymore.
01:13:21Have you been mad at me too, Teddy?
01:13:23Yes, awful mad.
01:13:25Do you know why?
01:13:27Nobody will tell me why.
01:13:33Look.
01:13:38Oh, Pop!
01:13:47There you, my son, my boy.
01:13:49Oh, Pop, oh, Pop.
01:13:52There, there, son, I feel the same as you do.
01:13:54Oh, Pop, they've been saying terrible things about you.
01:13:58I know all of them.
01:14:02I had to fight with a kid and nearly...
01:14:05I know about that, too.
01:14:07It's been awful.
01:14:08I was gonna run away.
01:14:10Run away?
01:14:12You never believed those things, did you?
01:14:15I couldn't stand to listen anymore.
01:14:18Danny, did you believe what they said?
01:14:20No, no.
01:14:21Oh, I knew you'd come back someday.
01:14:24I just couldn't stand it.
01:14:28Well, I'm back now.
01:14:31And how sorry they're going to be for it.
01:14:36Gosh, I'm...
01:14:37Crying like a kid.
01:14:40Better get that weeping over fast there, mage.
01:14:42You know, we haven't got much time.
01:14:45Are the bears at home?
01:14:47Yes, sir.
01:14:49Hey, get out!
01:14:54I got a notion we didn't fool anybody by getting off at Claytonville.
01:15:04Miss Jobe!
01:15:06Miss Jobe!
01:15:07Miss Jobe, Professor!
01:15:08My plan's been answered.
01:15:09That man that stole your money, Dan's father, he's here.
01:15:12What did I tell you?
01:15:14What did I tell you?
01:15:15I can't believe it.
01:15:17Asia, open the door for him and keep the children out.
01:15:19Come, let's give him a royal welcome.
01:15:21Come.
01:15:22Come.
01:15:23Come.
01:15:29Welcome, Major.
01:15:31Welcome back to Plumfield.
01:15:33You'll never know how happy we are to see you.
01:15:35The feeling is not mutual.
01:15:36How dare you ruin my reputation?
01:15:38Disgrace my boy.
01:15:39Won't you come in and sit down, please?
01:15:42Do.
01:15:42We can explain everything.
01:15:44We can explain to my attorneys.
01:15:46I intend to sue for defamation of character.
01:15:48Here.
01:15:50Jo.
01:15:51Our money.
01:15:52Danny, go pack your things.
01:15:54We're leaving here at once.
01:15:55But, Pop, it's not their fault.
01:15:56It's the kids.
01:15:57Aunt Jo and the professor are not to blame.
01:15:59No.
01:16:01I honestly don't know what to say.
01:16:03Enough has been said already.
01:16:04Hurry, son.
01:16:07Help Danny gather his things, will you, dear?
01:16:11Come, Willie.
01:16:12We'll wait outside.
01:16:17Major Burton.
01:16:19May I appeal to you with a gentleman?
01:16:21Listen to me, please.
01:16:22It's entirely my fault this happened.
01:16:24The professor never doubted you for a moment.
01:16:26It was I who had fears and voiced them.
01:16:28Unfortunately, one of our pupils overheard me.
01:16:30Most unfortunate and most inexcusable.
01:16:35Hello, Daddy.
01:16:36Hello, Constable.
01:16:38Hello, Constable.
01:16:39Hello, Constable.
01:16:40Hello, Constable.
01:16:47Hello.
01:16:48Nobody home.
01:16:53Hey.
01:16:54Haven't I seen your face somewhere before?
01:16:57I go to school here.
01:17:00That's a good one.
01:17:05Major Burton, won't you please let me call the children together and tell them the truth?
01:17:08You and Danny must be vindicated before them.
01:17:17Very well.
01:17:19Since Danny wishes it.
01:17:21I'll get them at once.
01:17:24Oh, how do you do, Josephine?
01:17:26Good afternoon, Tom.
01:17:27Are you running a college here now?
01:17:28No, why?
01:17:29I just called the man that says he goes to school here.
01:17:32Oh, I guess he's a little touched in the head.
01:17:34He's a friend of the majors.
01:17:36This is Constable Thorpe, one of our neighbors.
01:17:39How do you do?
01:17:40Well, this is a pleasant surprise.
01:17:43Didn't think you could get here so soon from Claytonville.
01:17:46Thought I'd have to wait for you, Mr. Arm Brewster.
01:17:49Arm Brewster?
01:17:52I believe, sir, that you have the advantage of me.
01:17:55I'm afraid I have.
01:17:57Black hair.
01:17:58Carries a gold-headed cane.
01:17:59Check trousers.
01:18:01Height about six feet three.
01:18:03Wears a beaver hat.
01:18:04Deep voice.
01:18:06I hope the telegraphs are mighty handy gadget when it comes to catching crookers.
01:18:09But this gentleman is Major Burdle.
01:18:12That Major Burdle should be more careful about signing Mr. Arm Brewster's name to checks.
01:18:17You're under arrest.
01:18:18What?
01:18:19For forgery.
01:18:20Forgery?
01:18:22Then...
01:18:23Then you mean this $2,500 you gave us isn't ours?
01:18:27Not now.
01:18:29I'm sorry.
01:18:30May I have the money, please?
01:18:32It must be impounded for the bank.
01:18:34And what did you do with our money?
01:18:37I lost it in the bank failure.
01:18:39You expect me to believe that?
01:18:41Ah, he's telling the truth, lady.
01:18:43Say, who are you?
01:18:44Never mind me.
01:18:45I'm talking about him.
01:18:46Listen, he ain't gypped nobody in years.
01:18:48The only reason he forged that check was because he wanted to prove to the brat that he was honest.
01:18:51Oh, I can understand you're stealing our money.
01:18:53I always thought you had.
01:18:54But I can't understand what you've done to Danny.
01:18:57What kind of a man are you?
01:18:58What kind of a father to break a child's heart who worships you?
01:19:01It's a law hitter's breaking a brat's heart.
01:19:03Him and Danny could have been on their way and a brat wouldn't have been none the wiser.
01:19:05But how could you be so stupid to think that no one would find it out?
01:19:08Everything you say is true.
01:19:10But I beg of you to keep this for my boy.
01:19:12You must.
01:19:13You must.
01:19:14There isn't any way that the school is closing.
01:19:17Even that $2,500 wouldn't help.
01:19:19We need $5,000 to keep Plumfield open.
01:19:24Willie, you'll have to take care of Danny for me.
01:19:26You've got to carry on.
01:19:27Keep him from knowing.
01:19:28You'll find some excuse.
01:19:30I'm sure Mrs. Bear will be merciful enough to help you.
01:19:34I'm ready, Constable.
01:19:35Let's spare the boy this party.
01:19:37Wait a minute.
01:19:39Lady, did I hear you say something about closing this school?
01:19:42Yes, you did.
01:19:43Hey, maids, come here.
01:19:44The brat wouldn't know you was in the clink if we could keep this place open.
01:19:47He'd go right on living here and think that you was out selling them bidders.
01:19:50Don't you get it?
01:19:51I got the whole thing right in the bottom of my hands, and I got in my pocket here, too.
01:19:55Shut up.
01:19:55I know what I'm doing.
01:19:57Hey, our lady, here's your $5,000.
01:19:58Willie, I won't let you.
01:20:00What's this?
01:20:01That's me, Willie the Fox.
01:20:03So that's who you are.
01:20:04My office is full of your pictures.
01:20:07Put them up.
01:20:08Put that thing back in your pocket, Rube.
01:20:10The lady's turning me in.
01:20:11She's getting a reward.
01:20:12No wonder they didn't find your body.
01:20:15Well, they dragged the river.
01:20:16They didn't drag the streets.
01:20:18Christopher Columbus.
01:20:21Hooray!
01:20:22Hooray!
01:20:23Hooray!
01:20:28Hooray!
01:20:28Hooray!
01:20:28I'll have a miracle to the school of the field to remain open.
01:20:30He's going to let Danny stay with us, and finish his schooling.
01:20:33Now, isn't that splendid?
01:20:35Three cheers for Danny, Burble.
01:20:36Tom, I'll never be able to thank you enough.
01:20:39The professor would've been as heartbroken as Danny.
01:20:42If he'd ever found out the truth.
01:20:44If we can teach you to follow in the footsteps of your father...
01:20:47...we'll consider our work well done.
01:20:50Children, there's someone else who has also helped the school.
01:20:53Let's give a great big cheer for...
01:20:55for Mr. Fox.
01:20:58Mr. Fox?
01:21:02Speech, please.
01:21:03Oh, yes. Why, children, it was nothing.
01:21:06You know, once a couple of years...
01:21:08Allow me to express your feelings, Mr. Fox.
01:21:11I'm afraid you'll be too modest.
01:21:13But first, let me thank you, constable,
01:21:15for being so kind as to drop in
01:21:17and officially represent the mayor on this auspicious occasion.
01:21:21It's been a great day. A great day.
01:21:24Yes, we've all been rewarded.
01:21:26What time is it, Mr. Fox?
01:21:27Oh, yes, sir.
01:21:30We'll have to hurry if we want to catch our train.
01:21:32I'd be glad to give you gentlemen a lift in the town.
01:21:35Oh, we don't want to bother you, constable.
01:21:36Oh, it's no bother.
01:21:37Fair enough. Come on, Major.
01:21:40Get aside, children.
01:21:42Goodbye, you all.
01:21:48Goodbye, Major. What's your name?
01:21:51How long do you think I'll get?
01:21:52Well, since the bank's getting its money back,
01:21:55I don't think it should be more than two years.
01:21:57Two years?
01:21:58That's just what I owe him.
01:21:59It'll all come out even.
01:22:00Ha!
01:22:01Major, we could serve that kind of time
01:22:02standing on our heads.
01:22:06Say, constable, where are you taking us?
01:22:08The state penitentiary.
01:22:09You hear that, Major?
01:22:10We're lucky.
01:22:11The state pen.
01:22:12Ha!
01:22:12That's me, Alma Mater.
01:22:13The warden will be so happy to get his ticker back,
01:22:15he'll probably give us the bridle sweep.
01:22:17Ha!
01:22:17Ha!
01:22:18Ha!
01:22:20Oh, there's that box again.
01:22:23The first one will be so happy to get a tip of flaring.
01:22:46No man, trailer.
01:22:51Oh, there's that box in there for me.
01:22:51THE END