Man.
Don't play that Apple Jack
was
for,
I'm leaving
Julie.
Will you go down to the station and get me a ticket on the 11 o'clock
and cash that check for me. Smith will do it for you.
And I'd like you to drive me the train. Julie, you better think this over.
I have been thinking it
over
Apple
Jack
thinking about it for days.
You and Roger have been married a long time
but we don't need each other anymore.
Well, that happens to two people.
Nothing left
for me.
Yeah.
O
man,
you or you or you or
you
for me?
Well,
for you, for you, for you, for you, for you, for you, for you, for you, for you, for you.
You're like a flame.
Me
dear.
But never
let me free
for. I'm content.
The angels must have sent you and they
just four.
What can I do for you?
The
record department? They're right here.
How about that one up there? That book
Beethoven? Yeah, it's a furbish one. Is it
number seven?
Mhm.
Yeah.
Keep it down.
Needles.
No, no.
Who plays the sheet music here?
I do.
Oh, you do that?
Would you mind playing that for me?
Certainly, I'll be glad to
here
and I'm content
the angels must have sent you and they,
and you,
you asked of all
they were made.
You too, isn't it?
I bet you find it.
It's a new tune.
I didn't hear you. Yes, it just came in
would be nice to dance to
it. Is
what's on the other side?
Well, it's another new one.
Do you mind playing it for me?
Four
UN
content.
The angels must have sent you and they,
and you
just fall.
Ok.
Good night, night
fire flower mister.
I'm going this way honest,
I'm going this way too honest.
What does it matter? Nothing.
I live here. That's all.
Oh,
well,
good night.
Good night.
Oh.
do you mind if I ask you a personal question?
Guess not?
Um
Have you got a Victrola inside?
Why has it gone?
Would you let me hear this one?
Otherwise I'll have to take it home and imagine how it sounds.
Don't you have a machine at home?
No?
Well, why on earth did you buy 27?
Ha ha ha.
In my view
as it seems
your face is.
Hm.
So let's be,
it's John.
Um
Yeah.
Oh,
what are you thinking about?
That's our song we're playing.
At least that's what you said when we were dancing.
What are you thinking about?
Uh
just pushing,
wishing I could be with you every day like this.
I
mean, uh,
I wish every day could be a holiday like this.
I never have to go back home. Never have to go back to work.
Perfect, wouldn't it?
Yeah.
What did it say?
Oh,
nothing. It's silly.
Oh, no. Really? It's silly.
All those things. A lot of bangs have never come. True.
Yeah.
P
mm.
Oh, be it.
I
kind of like kids very much too.
Oh,
I like them all right. Except when they're pets.
What does it say?
Come
on.
Come on.
Why?
And romantic.
Oh,
I thought you thought we'd rent out the place to ourselves. Oh, just the ocean.
The beach. I couldn't get,
hey, you're doing all right.
Two or three more lessons you'll be able to swim. I can almost float. Now
when your arms are holding me up.
When you're with me, you're safe.
I don't know whether it's safe or not.
I'm darn if I do either.
Must be getting late.
Let's get to it
now. There's plenty of time.
I'm thinking about the last train home.
Come on, Roger. Get dressed.
All right.
Right.
Yeah.
Where's that big chat reporter? He
put the paper to bed?
Oh, there's no sentiment. Newspaper. Business, New Year's Eve.
Just like any other night.
Yeah.
You
Joe Carter here yet?
Oh, yes.
Do you know?
Hi,
Joe
Filer.
Just off the boat.
Julie.
Is he phoned Jeff?
Who phone? Besides? It's none of your business.
Well, you don't have to bite my head off. Oh, I'm sorry.
It's all right.
You'd think the big lum
said phone or, or something? Well, he said he might have to go out on the story.
Yeah.
Too late.
Has he ever said anything?
You know what I mean? But
said anything.
Oh,
no, not right out.
That's what I thought.
Men never say anything right out. You gotta drag it out of them.
The things a man will do to keep from getting engaged.
Right.
Jack.
Come
on,
let me take
your things.
He put them someplace where we can grab them faster. I
don't belong
here.
Well, of course you belong here, didn't I invite you?
Come on in and meet some of my friends.
I
know.
Is there a drink in the house
ride off the boat? That's what the Bootlegger said.
You see what boat? Well, what boat would you like? We have all the labels.
Come on, help yourself.
You
never use it.
I
run the place.
Go ahead.
You know, this party might turn out all right at that.
It's Roger.
I
thought maybe you'd know
pretty crazy about that reporter, aren't you?
I'm sort of fond of him.
That's bad.
I hate to see a nice girl like you get mixed up with the newspaper, man.
Gosh, you never know what they're up to. They can get away with anything and
alibi they're working.
Of course,
a lot of fun ducking around interviewing chorus girls and all that sort of thing.
You see
swell.
You're married,
Apple
Jack.
But don't worry about me. I don't need any advice.
I've never even thought about getting married.
No.
F
no
f I've
been worried
about what I've been telling him for six months.
If he didn't keep away from you, he'd find himself married
that
are
and
by the
blue one
and
by
God
no more
will.
I
try.
I,
I've got to talk to you right away
and I'm your
fellow,
you
know,
Julie, I've had a real break. Flynn. Quit his job over in Tokyo.
He's our Japanese correspondent.
He got fed up with the assignment of the weather or something.
Imagine the spot that left the paper in only one man in the orient.
He walked out on a job.
Hold down. You cold
here.
Put this round. Just exciting.
Here we are.
You're gonna take his place.
Well, that's what they want me to do.
I've got a ticket here for a train that leaves at 3 a.m.
Gets me to San Francisco just in time to catch the next boat for Yokohama.
I can't believe it yet. Julie.
Imagine them picking me.
Well, you're able Roger, you have ability.
Anybody can see that
you're going, huh?
Well, that's what I want to talk to you about, honey.
It's a good salary, two year contract and I'm more or less my own boss.
It's the kind of opportunity I've always wanted.
So like, dear.
I was wondering
listen, little boy,
of course, I want you to go.
That's what's worrying. You,
please don't think
I wasn't worrying about that.
I knew you'd want me to take the job. Sure.
But
doing that,
let's get married.
Let's get mad right away tonight.
I'll be here the same for you in three months. I'll have the money then.
Three months.
Why? The rush to get married now?
Well,
but do you think I'm gonna let a funny little redhead like you run around loose here
or the mother fella came along. Then
I'm Julie. I've got to have you
until death. Do us part
to
get
to.
I got a cap when you are.
Oh,
ok.
Or richer
or poorer
and richer
or
poorer in sickness and in health sickness,
I
can help
to love
and to cherish,
to love and to cherish
till death.
He was pa
to death. Do it.
Ok.
Well, we made it.
Well,
goodbye. Apple Jack.
Bye boy.
Keep an eye on Julie for me. I sure will.
It's all. Do
take good care of her.
Goodbye, honey.
Goodbye, darling.
Excuse me a minute,
sweet woman.
Right?
Hello, Raja. I can say goodbye.
Yeah, you are, sir.
Thank you.
Goodbye, darling.
We just see you later.
Anything I can do for you, boss? How
soon the train
for
about three minutes, sir? Thank you.
Where was his element?
This is a
and strange.
That's strange. Sounds great.
Does it sound great? Doesn't it
thinking about a train. I
don't know whether it's the way it looks, the way it smelled or what I did.
It always makes me feel I want to be off somewhere.
Yeah.
I,
I know,
I always feel the same way.
Oh, Roger.
I wish this was our honeymoon.
Oh, I do too, darling.
Probably something, won't you
promise me never to take it off.
I'll never take it off no matter what happens.
Lady died.
The train's moving.
I'll get you off.
Ok.
Yeah.
Ok.
You
can
if you
want.
I try,
I think,
did
the dog,
I had a
breath
and here we are.
Oh,
yours?
Roger? I didn't expect anything like this.
Like something in a dream
cooks
or have
a,
how do you do?
Hello? Hello?
Hello.
Hello
there.
Hello.
Now,
who? Children,
servants, Children. They live here.
I thought you didn't like to.
Not me.
You're all right.
Come on in.
How do you like the place?
Lovely.
But it's so luxurious. How can we afford it?
Oh, now, don't be so practical when I'm being highly romantic.
Nothing's too good for my little life.
But I see
this.
How do you like that?
It's beautiful.
Oh, you
are.
But I'd have been satisfied with anything just to be here.
I know you were dying but only the best for you. Come on.
We have an upstairs in this house.
We have ach
too. What
does
do
too if the Japanese were in a bedroom, believe it or not. That's right. You wrote me
a little
and I'll do it. Perfect.
Simply perfect.
I thought you'd like it.
Hello?
Hello, Bill.
Well, Roger. Are we going to keep it? I mean, stay here right along.
Well, certainly it's yours.
I bought the lease from an American. I went back,
I got the lease, the furniture. 273 kids, a cat and her kids
all for 2000 and
y
2000 yen.
How much is there?
Oh, about $1000
1000 dollars.
That's right.
How in the world did you do it? I mean,
you get the money to send for me and buy all this too. I got an advance,
an advance. Sure,
an advance on my salary.
Well, everybody does out here
only the other day, a fellow down the office was saying
he wished April was here
and I said, why?
And he said, well, so I can get an advance on my December salary.
Mm.
Oh, the darling.
You're not going to be one of those wives. Always worried about money. Are you?
Oh, no,
no. Only
besides you forget we've still got the inheritance.
Yes, I know. But
well, I sort of hate to start off in death.
You've got a lot to learn about the orient,
right?
Remember this?
Oh, sure. It is one of those forging things you got at the beach.
I fancy you keeping that.
They're not always the bunk. You said that.
Did I say that?
Wow. Wow.
Sometimes it's
like wishes they come true.
I sure they do.
Certainly.
Well,
why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you write me?
You don't like them?
I don't like them.
Well, of course, I do.
Why would I have three of them running around the,
and this will be our own,
an American kid,
our own?
Gee, that's great. Yeah.
All right.
I was so relieved.
Wow. You funny. Little redhead.
Oh,
very fine. Kimono.
Very expensive
husband must be rich man.
He's either rich or.
Hi.
Yeah.
What are you doing home this time of the day? What makes you so beautiful. I
had to get off so early. Come on. Let me see you.
Well, if having babies makes you look like this, we'd better keep on having them.
How do you like it? Oh, Roger. I adore it. Why? All this today? This is my birthday.
Souvenir. It's a souvenir of your stay in Japan because darling, we're leaving,
leaving Japan
now. Brace yourself for good news, Mrs Adams because good news is what I bring.
We now belong to that class of society known as the filthy rich
Roger.
The inheritance. Yes,
you got it. Yes, ma'am.
Ah,
but one,
now you see, you didn't believe me about it. Did you?
No. No, I didn't. It great.
I do want,
I do want
a
ball.
Oh,
that's all right.
I'm teaching him to be a first baseman.
Now,
paragraph two, Mr and Mrs Roger Adams,
socially prominent young couple planned to take a trip around the world.
The paper sending him, no, I've quit the paper.
We're gonna have a last fling before we
settle down and become good old American parents.
But Roger, you just didn't give up your job on the paper for no reason at all.
Oh, darling. This trip's an inspiration.
Do you remember the honeymoon? I promised you. Well, we're gonna have it.
If the things are different. Now, we've got to think about the baby. That's just it.
As soon as the baby comes, we won't be able to go anywhere
besides. I want our baby born in the USA.
Then we can get to work and start that little paper.
What about a trip? Like this costs a fortune.
Did you get more than the 20,000?
Oh, no. As a matter of fact, we didn't get the 20,000.
We sold the property for cash and got 13,500.
Well, can you take a trip and buy a paper and all that? On 13,000? 500?
Don't forget to steal lawyers', fees and deductions and stuff like that.
But just how much did you get Roger?
I'm trying to tell you
after the deductions we got 10,000,
10,000.
I still got a couple of 1000 in bills around here to pay.
Then you really only got $8000.
Yes.
Well, did you ever have that much money in your life.
No.
Well, then what are you squawking about?
I'm not squawking.
You think you're
acting like a child?
We should be thinking about the future
you rush in and pack up your things and give up a perfectly good job.
No, grown up man should act like that.
I thought the trip would be a lot of fun for you
if I know you're gonna feel like that I wouldn't have planned on it.
That's all right. Let's forget it. We won't go,
I'll go ahead and arrange for the pack.
Oh, no, forget about it.
Ok.
Well, that's all
otherwise you'll enjoy perfect health.
We are playing tennis in a couple of months
now. I've got some good news for you.
I'm letting your husband see you today.
How's that
p
make you feel better?
I've had my hands full, keeping that boy out of here for the last couple of days.
Hello, Danny.
We look sweet.
Gee, I've been miserable not to be able to see you, honey.
Well, I've had a chance to, to do some serious thinking there.
I've been scouting around the nearby towns trying to look at that
little newspaper, you know.
No more silly ideas like traveling around, darling.
You're absolutely right about that.
I think I found it, honey.
There's a little town just north of here, a place called Rosalia.
Did you ever hear of it?
Well, it was pretty nearly the kind of place we wanted.
There was a fellow who in the newspaper has been kind of letting it go to seed,
but we can make something of it.
Best of all time. We'd have a home of our own
so we can always call ours.
And if I can make a call, the pig probably be here to get you anything you want.
Yeah, I'll be,
I'll be here to get your furniture, your car,
close everything.
You know. It's strange. Are
you?
But I can't get myself to care about those things now.
They don't seem important anymore.
The one thing though
really wanted.
I'm never going to. Hell,
yeah.
Ok.
I'm not.
Well, what do you think of this one? Skid of
quite an improvement?
Gee Mr Adams. I'd like to get a job with a live wire outfit like this. You would.
All right, skiddy. I've got one and a permanent job too.
Apple Jack. Hi. M
Hello.
How's the old married man? Well, you had me worried.
I thought you're gonna let me down.
So this is the fastest growing little newspaper in
the fastest growing little town in the win.
Don't
worry.
Now, that's the bulletin for this.
What you got here?
All your makeup. What do you think of it
when you print it in code? Code? No, the liner type machine is stuck.
Why do you think it's something for you?
Apple Jack,
Miss Julie.
Am I glad to see you?
Come on up and help me fix the bathtub. You're just in time.
Wait a minute, let him fix this first.
All right.
The newspaper always comes first around here.
Now. Come on.
What have you been feeding it?
Switch on
now. Where's that? VT?
Hello,
Jack.
Oh, I didn't know you were busy.
No, I'm not busy.
I've just been thinking about fixing up this old store.
I just wanted to show you a new ad we got from the telephone company.
Well, that helps, doesn't it? Sure does.
If we keep on, we'll be able to pay the paper bill next month.
Roger back yet.
No, he's still out running down. Subscriptions said he might not be home until late.
Oh, well, come on then sit down Apple Jack. We might as well have our dinner.
You know, Miss Julie,
we ought to have a kid around this house.
I thought you knew about that Apple Jack.
Well, sure, I know about that,
but I'm talking about adopting one.
Sure. You can get some pretty good ones that way.
You know, I would adopt a kid myself.
I know that's not much of a recommendation but
it didn't turn out so bad.
Besides I know a lot of regular kids that wound up in jail.
Miss Julie. I wish you could have seen some of those little sons of guns.
I used to room with.
It was the cutest little rascals you'd ever want to look at.
I don't think Roger would want a child that way. Apple Jack
one that wasn't his own.
Why not?
He's no sucker. He don't want to gamble.
How do you know what it's gonna be like if it's got to be your own
this way, you just walk in and help yourself to exactly what you want
and there's no guesswork.
You know, I've thought a lot about that.
I want one.
Roger was so disappointed when
I
just haven't had the courage, Miss Julie. Do
you want to know something?
He's all for the idea.
Only a few days ago we were working together and
I was talking with him and
you were talking to him about this? Sure.
He's all for it.
Well, why didn't he say something to me?
But he was afraid to say anything to you. He,
he was afraid you might have some fool notions,
silly notions.
Why if he or
you have
it?
What the very idea,
my own husband talking about things like this with a,
the printer
press manager, please?
All right, the press manager.
Are you gonna be the mother?
No,
I just thought I,
I thing
would I get my hands on that fella?
Hello? What's going on with fight?
Hello,
Roger.
Roger. I want you to look at that new ad. Would you come downstairs, Roger?
Wait a minute,
Apple Jack,
why didn't you tell me?
Tell you what,
what you and Applejack have been talking about Miss Julie. I told you in confidence.
Hm.
Well, what are we talking about
what I say to her?
You know
about the, uh,
he
told
me,
I told you what,
well, you know what we were talking about?
What were we talking about,
Roger?
If you wanted to adopt a baby, why didn't you talk to me?
Yes, you should have told her by rights in the first place. Roger. Not me.
I'm not gonna be the mother.
Wait a minute. Did, did, uh, did you tell Julie? I wanted to adopt a baby.
Well, I hinted at it.
I try to break it to her gently and she,
oh, you told her?
Yeah, Roger. I'm so glad you feel that way.
Yeah. She wants it even more than you. Roger.
Well, if that's the way we all feel about it and I like it too.
I suppose it's settled. Oh, Roger. I'm so glad
if it hadn't been for Apple Jack letting it slip out.
I don't suppose I ever would have known.
I guess I'd better go fix that press.
Yeah, you fix everything else. Don't, you
didn't do so bad at the bath.
Well, Julie, what I think of it.
Look now,
when you get to this place don't get enthusiastic right off the bat.
You know, don't, don't just rush in and grab the first kid you see and go nuts about it.
What makes you think? I'll grab the first one they show me.
I've been doing the shopping in this family for some time now.
I just don't bring home anything.
I know you came home with this tie, didn't you?
Oh,
nice.
Everybody's wearing both ties.
I have your letter here.
Two year old child, blue eyes, curly hair, dimpled chin, sweet disposition.
We prefer a boy,
but we'd like to look at the girl too.
Well,
not Julie. You know, we agreed on a boy but it won't hurt to look, will it?
All right. Well, look
now,
uh
I'm walking the short.
Well, this is the administration building. We don't have any Children here at all.
Everybody wants blue eyes, curly hair, dimples, sweet.
Everybody wants a two year old child. Will you tell me why?
Well, you see, uh,
in our case,
that would have been the age of our own child. If
uh, oh,
I see.
Anyway, when they're two years old, they, they're more or less housebroken then,
aren't they?
Well, not always
at the moment. We haven't any Children available at all.
There's a long waiting list. There are three applications for every child.
If you get one within a year, you'll be lucky
a
year.
What
you mean to say? We might have to wait a year.
Well, after all, real parents wait almost a year,
certainly.
But
you see, we, we've waited so long already.
I know my dear. But you're both very young
then. Two, we have to have time to make our investigation,
an investigation.
Yes, you see, we're just as particular about you as prospective parents
as you are about the child.
Well, that's,
that
is
what is your business, Mr Adams,
I'm a publisher. I run the Rosalia courier
publisher.
I beg your pardon?
Uh Mrs Green is on the phone. What shall I tell her?
Oh,
tell her that we're sorry.
But according to our investigators report,
we find that Mr Green doesn't have a steady income
later. Perhaps if he finds himself better situated, we'll
reconsider their application.
You see, it's not our aim to place our Children in homes of wealth,
but it's absolutely necessary for us to have the
assurance that the adoptive parents are financially responsible.
I see in your letter that you live in the country.
Good.
I presume that means then that you have a house and yard.
Uh,
no, we don't have a yard.
We live in an apartment
but there's a nice park nearby.
Oh, yeah. We, we got a small roof too. We've been putting a fence around it
and I could, I could build a slide in a sandbox.
Well, as a matter of fact,
the roof is better than better for a kid because he can't get out on the street.
You see,
look, it doesn't have to be a yard, does it?
No,
but you have a separate room for the child, haven't you? That's very important.
Oh, yes. Yes. We have a lovely room. It's
practically fixed up now. Oh, well. That's fine.
No,
of our income
approximately. How much do you make a week?
Well, I, I couldn't tell you offhand. I,
I imagine about $100 a week
because I'd have to look at the books. Well, that's excellent.
If you'll just take that application home with you,
fill it out and mail it in to us.
So we'll have all the details and then in due time,
one of our investigators will call on you.
We'll phone
you. You'll call us before she comes, won't you?
No,
we just dropped in. That's our policy.
You see, we want to find your house as it really is every day.
Not when it's fixed up for company.
I see. Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Oh,
wow.
It doesn't matter if he hasn't got curly hair,
it doesn't really matter.
Hey, there, darn choosy.
If you ask me, why do you have to be a big shot when you know, we don't make $100 a week?
You want the baby, don't you?
If they can't prove it, we don't keep books
that one.
Hey, quit. Starling. Get over the cleaning. Look, honey. Left from the earthquake.
What? You,
you better buy some more.
Stop
that
man
of that man.
Excuse my idiot.
We should give a fellow a warning.
Does Mrs Adams live here? Yes. Upstairs. I'll call her. Don't bother.
I miss Oliver from the orphanage. I'll find it.
I
don't think she's home just now. I
think she's in church, in church this time of day.
Well, you
see, she and Mr Adams go there quite a lot.
They just go there and see it. Find people in Adams.
Well, I'm sure that she won't mind if I just look around a bit.
No. Yeah.
No, she won't mind.
Um,
how are you doing to,
how do you do, Miss Adams?
Oh, I'm sorry, sorry.
Won't you sit down?
Ok,
dear. No, thank you.
You've come to see the apartment.
That's right.
No,
this is it.
It's not very neat at the moment.
We're cleaning.
I see.
Oh,
that's our little breakfast room out there.
And, uh,
you step right this way.
This is our kitchen.
Mhm.
My husband's been married
some time.
I see you
and just
that brings us back to the,
see the back
to,
could I fix you a cup of tea?
No, thank you.
You spoke of a child room? A lovely room.
Yes.
Yes, that's over here.
So this is sweet.
You really like it.
Any child would be lucky to have a room like this.
Oh, well, I want you to see our yards. We're fixing that up too.
Wow.
Well, hello, Miss Oliver.
I didn't expect you.
I just finished making it. I
thought I'd try it out. See if it was strong enough for that two year old.
I think I have a surprise for you.
A baby came in yesterday,
Miss Oliver. You mean
here
now? Thanks.
Sit down.
That's the reason that we came around to see you sooner than we expected.
It's a little girl.
We don't want a girl.
Five weeks and three days old.
Five weeks.
Well, uh, we did speak of an older child. You know,
you might have to wait a long time
after all. Aren't you making too great a point of the child's age. Mr Adams?
Eventually this child will be two years old,
but we don't know anything about such little babies.
Well, noone
does until they have them
and this is such an unusual little baby.
Actually,
there's another couple who has first choice now that's strictly off the record.
But somehow I feel she's exactly the child for you.
That's why I wanted you to see her first and I couldn't resist giving you the chance.
Did you bring her with you? Oh, no, she's in the nursery.
You and Mr Adams will have to come over to the city to see her.
What do you like, Miss Allo?
Well,
I can't describe it. Exactly. But she's,
well, she's like no other child,
like no other child,
but she isn't a boy.
But look Roger. There's no harm in looking at her.
If you don't like her. I won't say a word. What's the use we don't want,
please, darling.
I want her to look at it.
Oh, all right. We'll look.
Oh, that's fine.
You call me up and I'll make an appointment at the nursery.
I must go now.
Ok.
Oh, I need
to get that
out.
If you change your mind, you will call me up, won't you?
And
yes,
yes.
Please don't show her to that other couple until we've seen her.
I won't my dear
tell me.
Yeah,
she's like no other child.
That's why I wanted you to see her first.
Like no other child.
Well, how about him?
This is a day nursery. All these youngsters have parents,
all except this lovely little girl.
Ok.
What a grip
for a girl. I mean,
would you like to hold it?
What?
Yeah,
but it's
given birth.
Oh,
man,
come.
Ok.
Hm.
Are you kid?
Well, uh,
you've had your look dear. How about going back home?
Oh, she's yours? I guess.
When do we get her
now if you like
she's yours on a year's probation?
No.
You mean we can just walk out of here with her like this. It sometimes happens that way
if we make sure that the parents and the baby are just right for each other.
Well, we have no clothes for,
we don't know how to feed her.
She's such a little baby.
Well, Miss Morgan will take care of everything.
She'll give you the formula and so forth and
then you can go downtown and buy whatever's necessary.
Thank you, Miss Oliver for being so kind. Oh, don't. Thank me. It just happened. So
perhaps before you make up your minds fully to take the child.
You'd like to have me go into her history.
I can assure you it's an excellent one.
If she'll take a chance on us, we'll take a chance on her.
Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye, Miss Oliver.
Ok.
I shut the door.
She wakes up again. You know what that means?
Wait a minute,
wait for that baby while I turn on the light. Otherwise you'll drop it.
I mean her.
Mhm.
Point
that
I
believe
it.
Take off your shoes.
Yeah.
Big one in by our
wrong.
You
first.
That's all right.
Come on. Let's go to bed.
No,
I don't think I'll go to bed.
She eats again in a half hour
direction. Say so
I set the alarm to come on.
Well,
during the big closed hour,
turn it off.
Can't do it.
Of course,
please.
Bye.
And what's the matter with it?
I don't know. Do you think she's all right?
Is it breathing?
Uh,
she's certainly a good little baby, isn't she?
We were lucky to get her,
uh,
let's go to bed.
Ok.
Yes.
But do something quickly.
I do.
But,
but just understand. Can't you see the baby suffering?
She just said, I don't know what to do.
00, no. Don't just stand there. Do something.
Hm.
Well, you do something.
Oh, no, no, I'm gonna get this all over.
Huh?
Huh.
Just wanted her daddy.
What? The chat?
Fog.
Ok.
Joy.
The baby,
it's gone.
The baby is dead. That
Yeah,
hello.
She was awesome. So I brought her in here with us.
Don't ever do that to me again.
Foreign boys
f
over
now. What are you trying to do?
What am I trying to do while I'm trying to get your crummy paper out?
That's what I'm trying to do. What's the idea of waking the baby up?
What baby, my baby,
you're a baby
came last night.
No fooling her baby.
Who?
Baby
quiet.
Come on, I'll show you.
Ok.
C
can I help?
Ok.
Oh
uh
sure you don't want me to help.
No, thanks.
Uh
mm.
Oh
yeah.
What's the matter?
That doesn't matter
what's trouble?
I can't do anything as long as you're sitting around here watching me get out,
go on, get out all of you. What do you think about that?
Go
on,
get out that paper
and be quiet about it.
Oh, I don't know how to,
don't drown.
Oh, no, darling. No, I'll take it. You see,
I get drowning that much morning
here.
Come
on.
Hello,
Gina.
Ok.
Your uncle Apple Jack's gonna give you a nice bed.
You know that was round.
Ok.
Hm.
Ok.
Someday your UN LA and just teach you to swim.
All right, I'll never be able to do that. We'll have to give it back.
You
know,
all you got to do is decide whose boss you were in.
Father. Well, did you ever let her do that?
Ever? Jay?
Her sister had four kids.
She took two and I take two
uh
something.
And
where's that towel?
Uh
Here we are
you
all cried
over?
Where's Dal come from?
Uh
ok.
Could you, could you go?
Could you go?
Where is it?
What
I
Oh
uh
hell we are.
Yes, sir. Who do you mind to find a girl?
Ok.
Just a minute now.
Ok.
Uh
Do you think you can hold this a minute now? Drama?
Oh, sure.
Oh,
yes. Yes.
Give it here.
I, I forget what it is.
Now. Watch this closely.
Look, look
comfortable.
I'm a one pin man myself.
There you are
you jump
out in there? Peanut?
Sure.
Oh,
can you go to your mama?
Uh
You better write all that down because I might get a better offer.
Just Mary
and baby makes three.
We happy.
My,
she has got your smile.
Oh, sure. She's good looking.
You feel sorry she wasn't a boy, a
boy? What do you mean a boy? I
didn't hear
that. You wanted a boy? I didn't buy
twe
daddy's little girl. I'd you treat her?
Oh,
Roger. Be careful now.
Mhm.
Hello.
Hello, Miss Oliver. How are you doing? M Adams. Come in.
Thank you so much for letting us know you were coming this time.
Hello, Miss Oliver. How do you do
Mr Adams?
Tina?
This is your fairy garden mother, Miss Oliver.
Yeah, I know
we have.
Yeah, she's not very t
is she?
I can plainly see that. She adores her father.
She means everything to her.
She might have got a cold.
Yeah,
you do everything. When are we gonna get to own her outright?
You go before the judge the 27th,
27.
You'll want to see these charts, I
suppose.
Yes.
One you can send back to us
and the other you will file with the court at
the court with the final papers.
These are the same questions that you answered last year.
We just want to bring them up to date.
Now, let's see.
Vin
Same
not being,
yeah,
age
when you're older.
I have that
profession.
Still publisher, isn't it?
Yes.
Income,
income.
Well, is he Miss Oliver?
None?
Oh, that's, that's the way it is in the newspaper game is Oliver.
Especially when you're starting one of your own.
You don't have to close down once before you really get going.
Ah,
it's only temporary.
I'm having a jam in the wholesale paper mill first thing, you know,
I'll have it humming by the 27th.
I go for a while.
I'm sure you'll find a way Mr Adams.
But you and I have to prove to the judge
that your income is enough to take care of Trina,
you know, we'd give Trina everything she needed.
Miss Oliver, no matter who else had herself around here.
I realize that.
Ok.
Yeah.
Fine.
Well,
I must go now.
That's all we can do today.
Uh,
could I could I drive you to the train.
No, thank you. I really like to walk.
This country air is so fresh.
Goodbye.
I
bad
leg.
She doesn't want us to have Trina.
Yes, she does.
Oh, yes, she does
one.
It,
hey.
Oh
yeah.
Give you an opportunity to better prepare your facts.
Option proceedings. The Adams case. What the Adams case?
Oh yeah. S
and if either one or both of you
gentlemen conduct yourselves like you've been doing today,
I'll hold you in contempt, the both of you.
Um
Well, this is the charming question.
Let me think.
All right.
Yeah, it's the same.
I'm looking over these adoption papers here.
I see that you have no income at present.
Is that correct?
Yes, your honor.
What is this Miss Oliver? You know, this case should never have come before me.
Well, your honor. I feel that this is a special case.
I kept hoping until the last minute that Mr Adams might be
able to resume the operation of his paper or get a job,
but unfortunately, he hasn't been able to do either. So I thought
these conditions I can grant the adoption,
this child will have to revert to the orphanage.
Will you draw up a chair, please? While I
prepare these release papers for you to sign.
So it's
just a matter of routine.
If you please your honor,
it can't just be a matter of routine for
people to have their baby taken away from them.
This child is ours. Judge. Those are the requirements of the law.
Yes. But you see,
we've had her since she was six weeks old.
It just doesn't seem reasonable that we should have to give her back now to, to,
to strangers.
Mr Adams, you're not here to plead your case.
You've had the regular opportunity to prove your fitness to provide.
We are fit judge. If you just look at the record
without any income, I have no alternative.
Didn't you make that clear? Mo
Yes, your honor. I did. But I thought I'm sorry.
That is the law.
Look your honor.
She's not like an automobile or a nice box or a piece of furniture or
something you buy on time and then when you can't keep up the payments,
they take it away from you.
I sit still and be a good girl.
Anyone could give up those kind of things.
But I ask you, judge, how can you give up your own child?
And she is our child just as much as if she'd been born to us.
No, no. Daddy's not gonna go away dear.
Look, Judge.
We've had her over a year now.
Well, we, we walked the floor with her when she had the colic.
We've lost nights of sleep worrying every time she cut a tooth,
we've gone through everything,
everything that real parents have was one of their own.
How's Miss Oliver here about the inspections? We've had to have
her, her weight chart, her vaccination certificates, her, her toys, her dresses,
her toothbrush,
they come around regularly and check up on all those
things to see if we're taking care of her properly.
How many real parents could keep one of their own go through that
and you sit there and say it's a matter of routine for you to take her away from us,
please.
Mr Adams.
I'm sorry, judge.
But,
well, you see, we weren't as fortunate as most people.
We'd have had one of our own.
Well, you don't know how badly badly my wife wanted a child.
It wasn't so important to me. I,
I don't know.
I suppose most men are like this but Children never meant a great deal to me.
Oh, I like them. All right, I suppose. But,
well, what I'm trying to say is your honor.
The first time I saw her,
she looks a little and helpless.
I didn't know babies were so, so little.
And then when she took hold of my finger and held on to it, she,
she just sort of walked into my heart judging and she was there to stay.
I didn't know I could feel like that.
I'd always been,
well, I'm kind of careless and irresponsible.
I wanted to be a big shot.
I couldn't work for anybody. I had to be my own boss, that sort of thing.
Now,
here I am standing in front of a judge pleading for just a little longer so that
I can prove to you I can support a little child that doesn't weigh quite 20 pounds.
It's not only for my wife and me. I'm asking you to let us keep her judges.
It's for her sake too.
She doesn't know any parents, but I, she wouldn't know what had happened to her.
You see, there's so many little things about her and,
and nobody would understand her the way Julie and I do.
We love a judge.
Please don't take her away from us.
I got not a big shot now,
I'd do anything. I work for anybody.
A banker, a borrower.
Please judge.
I've said anything. I've got until I get going again.
Oh, she'll never go hungry and she'll never be without clothes.
Not as long as I've got two good hands that help me.
He's yours dear.
I know him forever.
Oh,
nothing can ever take her from us now.
You
better hurry up. Daddy.
Mommy will be home any minute now. Yeah.
Well, look dear, you go and watch for it. Let me know when she comes home.
How's he getting along? Apple Jay? Ain't she a beauty
good?
But now, but let's get the presents quick.
Oh,
easy
comes, we'll get them there.
Where is everybody
Trina?
True enough.
Where can everybody be this time? A day?
Surprise. Happy birthday.
Happy birthday, darling.
I'd almost forgotten. Today was my birthday.
Business friend. Daddy.
Daddy.
Where Roger?
I always wanted one like that,
darling.
I'm glad you like it, darling.
And this is from Uncle Apple Jack.
Uncle Apple Jack.
Oh, I can, I can guess what this is.
Oh,
it's beautiful.
I always figure a person can't have too many handkerchiefs.
Thank you.
And this is for me from you.
I know
imagine what this is.
Ok.
I got you a record because you love records
and cause you and daddy love each other so much.
Oh
Trina. That's sweet, darling.
Thank you.
Come on, let's play.
Let's see how it goes.
Dinner, ready? Come and get it or I'll throw it in the creek
that
dinner in my own home and I didn't have to cook it.
Well,
what
the hell we short changed the complexion of that bird. We certainly did.
What did you do in school today? Darling?
Oh, I almost forgot I was choose.
I'm gonna be in the Christmas play
in the Christmas play.
What are you gonna do?
I'm better singing the cows.
Uh huh.
What, Rina? That's wonderful.
It'll be fun making you a careless costume.
I have a meeting costume. Nobody sees me.
Nobody sees you.
All I have to wear is a cream dress and some sneakers.
I'm the echo.
I'm way off behind the scenes.
You only hear my voice. Miss Hopkins says it gives a far away. Sound
like angels in heaven.
Oh, well, why do you have to wear the sneakers,
the sneakers are so I'll be quiet.
I have to walk up in the sky behind a cloud and take a big star with me.
Then when I get over the manger, I stop and then the angels sing.
And when my turn comes, I sing the echo.
Then I sneak off quietly. And next to when I'm big,
I get to be an angel and wear an angel suit.
I'll get seen. Then
Of course you'll get seen then, darling.
This is a long time. Until next dear daddy.
Oh no, Donny, he'll be here in no time at all.
Oh, I forgot.
Oh my. What happened to the lights?
Did you see the lights go out?
Happy birthday to you.
Happy
birthday to you. Happy birthday dear mommy. Happy birthday to you.
Ok,
I'll park the car. All right. See you out front.
Ok.
No.
Yeah.
Sure
and
ok,
I
switch.
We don't.
Yeah,
I spoiled everything now. Miss Hopkins won't let me be an angel next year.
Yes, she will.
Yes, I was talking to her.
She said you did fine. Sure.
Well, you were better than all the rest of them put together.
See,
honest, honest.
See, I don't know what people do without Christmas.
Oh,
I don't know what we'd do without you, honey.
Would you please stop that door from burning?
Ok.
I wish you wouldn't go out.
Yeah,
I better get out of here. Get some fresh air.
Is that someone downstairs?
Someone at the front door.
May I use your phone, please? Our car installed and I'd like to call a text, please.
It's right here on the desk if you're just walking around that one. Thank you.
I saw your light burning and we were in such a hurry.
Uh,
cats are always busy on a night like this.
I do hope we can get one.
Tommy's in the Christmas play.
Ok.
I hope you don't get late. Mummy,
our cars right out in front.
I'll drive you over if you like.
Oh,
that's very kind of you. But it wouldn't be too much trouble.
It's not too much trouble.
Comedy.
You can't start the car, the battery is dead.
I have to crank it.
Yeah,
we put out late Bower.
I can't. Thank you enough.
If you only knew what these things mean to a child,
let's get out of here.
Roger.
What's the matter?
Take the car on home.
Roger.
I'm not coming home.
I don't ever want to see anything or anyone that reminds me.
Alright.
Bye.
A stroll
on.
Yes.
Laugh
at
the
Yeah.
Who
sang Love To
and
will always be
and
meant for me
was meant for you.
Nature patterned you and when she was done
you
were
in
those f
songs kind of take you back, don't they?
Yes, they do. Take you back
if you decide which ones you're gonna keep and which ones you're gonna leave for him.
Funny Apple Jacker.
I can't seem to divide them.
They belong to both of us.
Guess I'll just leave them
while I was listening downstairs there.
I could remember just as clear. The first time I ever saw you,
Roger brought you into the bulletin.
I was cussing and pounding that old machine.
Gee, you didn't know we was all going to get to know each other so well ended.
Could you get the rest of the things out of the bedroom for me, please?
I don't blame you, Julie.
I don't blame you at all. You should leave me.
Why don't you say it, honey. It's all true.
I haven't done any one of the big things I plan to do for you,
but right where we started,
still struggling,
I'll let you down all around, honey.
Well, I needed to make it 100% was for you to leave me.
And I can't think of a reason in the world for you not to
and lick Julie.
You're not elect Roger.
It's just us.
We're elected as far as our being together is concerned.
When something really came along that hit us hard enough, we
couldn't face it together.
I needed you an awful lot these last few days.
But you've been miles away.
I've been entirely alone
right here in this room with you.
A note here.
I wish I could do something to help you too.
Just hasn't worked out.
God did work out jelly.
Things are wonderful. Until this happened to us.
I don't know.
Just haven't,
just, haven't been able to think straight the last few days
she was never sick before then.
Then all of a sudden it was all over.
There was only some way that people could know a few days ahead what was gonna happen.
And the day before she was taking six, she asked me for a quarter and I,
I wouldn't let her have it
and she asked me to take her to the movies and I said, no, run along. I'm too busy.
I know
it was the same with me.
I was trying on her angel cast human.
She was so excited. She couldn't stand still.
I scolded it.
I said,
I'll never try another dress on you again.
I never did.
Yeah.
Oh,
hello.
Who's Oliver?
It's a very strange thing, Mrs Adams,
but we have a little boy who is just two years old.
Well, it's the oddest thing.
He's the exact image of the youngster you asked for when you first wrote to me.
You remembered,
I have that old letter here in front of me now.
Curly hair,
blue eyes, dimples.
This is strictly off the record,
but really
another couple has the right to see him first.
But he's such a remarkable baby that
I thought perhaps you and Mr Adams
might take a look.
Yes,
on the dole of it.
Please don't let that other couple see him until we do worm
I won't my dear
goodbye.
Well, if he's only two years old, I better,
better drop the kid again, haven't I?
Yeah,
I wouldn't want that little fellow falling down the stairs and breaking his arm.
Pa,
I guess we'd better get out the crib.
If he's two years old, he can sleep in this bed county.
Oh, sure,
sure.
We might have to put the chairs around
and,
oh, my, that car I could,
I could put a little electric train.