Good News (1947) - full transcript

♪ Boom boom says boom ♪

♪ Boomdidy says boom
boom ah hey ♪

♪ Boom boom
Giddy boom-boom-boom ♪

♪ Says boom diddy boom
boom ha hey ♪

♪ Boom sis diddy ba-ba boom sis
sis-sis boom-boom ♪

♪ Diddy-ba diddy-ba
reachory reachory diddy-ba tae ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Good news
you're bound to do me good ♪

♪ Come right here to me
good news ♪

♪ Good news
you're what I've waited for ♪

♪ I wasn't slated for blues ♪



♪ Good news is welcome to me ♪

♪ Bad news is hell come to me ♪

♪ So Mr. Good News ♪

♪ You're bound to do me good ♪

♪ Come right here to me
good news ♪

♪ Good news ♪

♪ Good news ♪

♪ Good news is all
what you need ♪

♪ That news is not good to me ♪

♪ So Mr. Good News
you're bound to do me good ♪

♪ Come right here to me
good news ♪

♪ T is for Tait College ♪

♪ T-A-I-T Tait Hooray ♪

♪ A is for A college ♪



♪ Where students
never want to graduate ♪

♪ I is for Intercollegiate ♪

♪ Intercollegiate fame ♪

♪ T is for the ♪
♪ Tait Team ♪

♪ It's such a ♪
♪ Great team ♪

♪ Tait's prowess on the field
is known to fame ♪

♪ For athletically
there's no team ♪

♪ Like the Tait football team ♪

♪ Boom diddy bah diddy bah
Tait ♪

♪ Tait's the team
we're rooting for ♪

♪ The team we're rooting for ♪

♪ Tait's the team
that's won before ♪

♪ That's always won before ♪

♪ Victory will soon be ours
hear the mighty roar ♪

♪ For the champion team is
Tait Tait Tait ♪

♪ 'Tis good news ♪

♪ You're gonna do me good come
right here to me good news ♪

♪ Good news news ♪
♪ Good news ♪

♪ You're what I've waited for ♪

♪ I wasn't slated for blues ♪

♪ Good news is so good to me ♪

♪ To me to me to me to me
to me to me ♪

♪ Bad news is no ♪

♪ Good to me ♪

♪ Goody good good good ♪

♪ Good news
you're bound to do me good ♪

♪ Come right here to me
good news ♪

♪ Have you heard
the good news? ♪

♪ Gonna be good news ♪

♪ Gotta have good news ♪

♪ So we're saying
bye-bye bad news ♪

♪ Hello goody-good news ♪

♪ T-A-I-T T-A-I-T T-A-I-T
Tait Hooray ♪♪

- Hiya, Babe.
- Hiya, gang.

Hey, hop in, we're going down
to watch football practice.

No, thank you.

Hey, there's the dean.

- Wow, get a load of that!
- Who is it?

She's the new pledgee
at our sorority, Pat McClellan.

A transfer from the Black Briar
Finishing School.

And I do hope you'll like it
here, Ms, McClellan.

I love it already,
Dean Griswold.

You've been absolutely charmant.

Why, uh...

- Goodbye, Ms. McClellan.
- Au revoir!

- Oh, hello, Babe.
Hello, McClellan.

Everybody,
this is Pat McClellan.

- Hi, Pat.
- Hi, Pat.

Enchantee. Enchantee.

Hey, wait till Tommy Marlowe
gets a load of that.

How men'" fa"
for a pretty face.

- You said it.
- So long, kids.

Hey, last chance
to go to the field.

Aw, football!

Well, what are we waiting for,
kids?

Come on, let's go.

Okay, fellows, I hate to say it,
that was a pretty nice practice.

Thompson, watch your passing.

Zubrowski, uh,
nice broken field running.

Beef, I'll get to you later.
What do you think you're doing?

I'm just warming up.
Can't hang up a cold uniform.

Come on, Bobby,
get your uniform off.

Oh, gee, Pooch, I get
so little chance to wear it.

I like to keep it on
till the last minute.

Sometimes I even rub
a little dirt on it

just to convince myself
I'm really on the team.

Don't worry, Bobby, you'll get
off the bench this year.

Gee, I hope so. All the girls
want football heroes.

Come on, come on.

Well, I guess that's about all.

You can go to the party tonight.

And you can stay out
till ten o'clock.

- Oh...
- Listen, you crybabies!

You're not gonna be so social
this year.

We're not running
a mahjong society.

I want you all out
for early practice.

And don't forget,
this is just the beginning.

The first game's
just a week off. Okay.

Good going, Marlowe.
You're in the pink.

You're gonna be
better than last year.

Thanks, coach,
I owe it all to Poochie.

Yes, I made him work
this summer.

We're gonna win every game
this year.

- Including the one with Colton.
- Don't say it.

You can think it,
but don't say it out loud!

- Evil spirits don't like it.
- Evil spirits?

You're lucky you're
the best trainer in this racket.

And another thing, Tommy.

You gotta stay away
from the women this year.

Remember,
you're a football player.

- Not Rudolph Valentino.
Don't worry.

Women will never interfere
with the way I play.

I can take 'em or leave 'em.

I wish a certain another player
could say the same.

- Beef.
- Yes, sir?

- Where were you today?
- Right here on the field.

Oh, yeah? Your delicate body
may have been there.

But that dumb head of yours
was off someplace

worrying about that flapper
Babe Doolittle.

You're right, coach.
But I'll be alright.

- I'm studying psychology.
- Psychology!

It's black magic.
Leave it alone.

No! It teaches you
to act natural.

You shouldn't have
any repressed hostilities.

If you got somethin'
inside of you,

you should let 'em come out.

So I want to announce right now

if anyone comes near
Babe Doolittle, I'll kill him!

Wow! You tell 'em, Beef.
That's love.

- Alright, Bobby, hurry up.
- Hey, Tommy.

Have you met
the new bombshell yet?

- Who?
- The new Phi Gamma Gamma.

Patricia McClellan,
she's burning up the campus

inch by inch.
Haven't you seen her yet?

No. I let the gals
come to see me.

Tommy, how do you do it?

♪ It's a cinch and it's a snap ♪

♪ They just fall in your lap ♪

♪ And Bobby
you can make them do the same ♪

Who, me? Never.

♪ Don't be scared don't be shy ♪

♪ Get that gleam in your eye ♪

♪ And then you'll have
more girls than you can name ♪

♪ Walk collegiate
collegiate clothes ♪

♪ He a ladies' man ♪

♪ I just look silly ♪

♪ Get that swagger
and get that pose ♪

♪ Be a ladies' man ♪
♪ I couldn't ♪

♪ If you think
you're much too skinny ♪

♪ With your six-inch waist ♪

♪ Don't just give up the fight
in haste ♪

♪ Some girls
have such peculiar taste ♪

♪ Be a ladies' be a ladies'
learn to be a ladies' man ♪

♪ And be collegiate ♪
♪ Collegiate ♪

♪ Collegiate ♪
♪ Collegiate ♪

♪ Walk collegiate
talk collegiate ♪

♪ Be a ladies' man ♪
♪ A rooty-tooty ♪

♪ Get that swagger
get that pose ♪

♪ Be a ladies' man ♪
♪ A rooty-toot ♪

♪ And when a ladies' man
wears a certain tie ♪

♪ And that twinkle
is in his eye ♪

♪ You can kiss
your sweetie-pie goodbye ♪

♪ They love a ladies' man ♪

♪ Oh how I love the ladies ♪
♪ Root-toot-toot ♪

♪ Rooty-toot-toot-toot ♪

♪ Get that gleam boy
right in your eye ♪

♪ I wanna be a ladies' man ♪
♪ A rooty-tooty ♪

♪ Root toot-tooty
toot-toot-toot-toot ♪

♪ Be a ladies' man
a rooty-tooty ♪

♪ When they give you
that frozen stare ♪

♪ Make-believe
that you just don't care ♪

♪ Then in no time
they're in your hair ♪

♪ If you're a ladies' man ♪
♪ If you're a ladies' man ♪

♪ If you're a ladies' man
you gotta be up-to-date ♪

♪ You gotta know your stuff
if you want to rate ♪

♪ You gotta sing bo-do-de-o
and boop-boop-a-doop ♪

♪ You gotta ukulele lady
like she like you ♪

♪ You gotta do the Black Bottom
gotta do the Shag ♪

♪ And the Charleston
and the Varsity Drag ♪

♪ Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra ♪

♪ Oh how I love the ladies ♪

♪ Walk collegiate
collegiate clothes ♪

♪ Fa-Ia-Ia-Ia
we're so collegiate ♪

♪ Rather be a ladies'
rather be a ladies' ♪

♪ Rather be a ladies' man
ra-ra-ra ♪

♪ Swagger ♪

♪ And strike a pose ♪
♪ Ba-da-da-da ♪

♪ Gotta be gotta be
gotta be gotta be ♪

♪ Rooty-toot-toot
to be a ladies' man ♪

♪ If you're a football star
a big shot or an also-ran ♪

♪ A guy whose clothes
don't fit him or a Dapper Dan ♪

♪ Any man who is half a man ♪

♪ Has to be a ladies' ♪
♪ Gotta be a ladies' ♪

♪ Gonna be a ladies' ♪
♪ Gotta be a ladies' ♪

♪ Hope to be a ladies' ♪
♪ Gotta be a ladies' ♪

♪ Gotta be a ladies' man ♪
♪ The cat's pajamas ♪

♪ Gotta be a ladies' man ♪
♪ I'll pay you Tuesday ♪

♪ Gotta be a ladies' man ♪
♪ I really mean it ♪

♪ Gotta be a ladies' man ♪

♪ And I don't mean maybe ♪

♪ Got to be a ladies' man ♪♪

- Hey, Sue, help me with this.
- Well...

If I do anymore of this,
I won't have

any strength left for the party.

What do you need strength for?
Beef has to be home by 10:00.

Listen, I'm through
with football stars

that have to be home by 10:00.

My new passion is Bobby Turner.

That skeleton?

He's got about as much appeal

as a string bean. He's nothing.

Yeah, he's nothing.
He's on the scrub team.

He can stay out all night.
Oh, I'm mad about him.

Does the lucky boy know
about this?

- No, but he will tonight.
- Of all the nerve!

She can't do this to me.
Where's Connie?

Hey, look at that thing.
What is it?

- Pat McClellan's dress.
- Oh, gee.

- Wow!
- She made me fix it for her.

I don't have to do that.
I'm gonna tell Connie.

Come on, she's in the kitchen.

- Connie! Connie!
Here I am.

- What's the trouble, Elizabeth?
- Oh, it's that Pat McClellan.

Connie, do you know
what she asked me to do?

- Sew some beads on her dress.
- No!

- Yes!
- Who does she think she is?

Marie Antoinette?
Give me a wrench, Cora.

Connie, maybe you can
say something to her.

I don't know
what I'd like to say her.

- Oh, give me a rag, Cora.
- Here.

- Let me look at that thing.
- Cora, give me a...

Holy smoke!

- Is this the dress?
- Yeah.

What do you think of it, Connie?

Isn't it the cat's?

Just out
of the "Ziegfeld Follies."

- Where does it need fixing?
- It doesn't anymore.

- I fixed it.
- You didn't.

Well, I'd already done it
before I remembered to get mad.

Maybe I'd better have a talk
with Ms. McClellan.

Yeah, but what about the sink,
Ms. Connie?

- It's fixed.
- Now, Connie.

Don't have any harsh words
with her, dear.

She's a new pledgee
and doesn't know any better.

You're perfectly right,
Mrs. Drexel.

After all, she is just
out of finishing school.

You wonderful creature.

Why does everyone love you?

Why are you so divine,
so clever, so popular?

Mm...

I sure wish someone loved me
the way you love you.

Why, Connie Lane.

You know I was only fooling,
n'est-ce pas?

Sounded like true love to me.

Here's that burlap bag
you wanted fixed.

How sweet of you to bring it up.
Merci, merci.

Look, Pat, as long
as you're gonna live here

in the house with us,
there are a few things I...

Why, of course. Naturally.

Um, that dress, for instance.

For a little sorority party,
it's rather extreme.

- Extreme? Really?
- And obvious.

Obvious? Yes?

It's Babe. Can we come in?
- Entrez.

- Entrez.
- Sure.

I hate to interrupt
this little tete-a-tete,

but the sheiks
will be here any minute.

Oh, you'll slay 'em
in that dress, Pat.

Yes, and they're all
pretty impressionable.

- Have you met any of them yet?
- Not yet.

But I hope to meet
all the worthwhile ones.

Well, let's see now. Which ones
are really, really worthwhile?

This Eddie Dunkelman,
he's quite a catch.

His father's the local butcher.

He... he's a little short
and a little fat,

but he does a mean Charleston.

You know, Pat, the boy for you
is Tommy Marlowe.

We're all just crazy about him.

- Tommy Marlowe? Who's he?
- Mm-hmm.

Why, he's only the captain
of the football team.

- And what a sheik.
- You know, girls.

I think college contacts
are terribly important.

It's tres necessaire
to find someone

of the right background

and sufficient wealth
of culture.

Oh, that's so true.

Is $25 million
enough culture for you?

Peter Van Dyne III has it.
Richest man at Tait.

- Van Dyne III?
- Oh, but he's such a drip.

For $25 million, let him drip.

You mean to say
he's not an attractive boy?

Attractive? He's the twerpiest
wet smack of all time.

- Que! Fromage.
- Oh, what did you say?

I said, quel fromage.
That's, what a pity, in French.

Oh, you must mean dommage.
Fromage means cheese.

Quel fromage. What cheese.

Oh, of course, dommage.
How silly of me.

Hey, come on.
The fellows are here.

- Oh, is Bobby here?
- Oh, I'm not ready yet.

You were, uh, saying
about the dress?

Oh, forget it, Pat.
I was wrong.

The dress suits you perfectly.

Nice party, Mrs. Drexel.

But I want the team
out of here by ten o'clock.

Of course, Mr. Pooch.
That's understood.

Gee, I love to dance.

I feel like
I'm not even touching the floor.

You're not.

It's heavenly
with you in my arms.

- Let's go out on the porch.
- Uh-uh, Let's dance.

You don't love anybody else
but me, do you?

Oh, no, Beef.
You just don't understand me.

I'm sort of like that psychology
thing you were telling me about.

- I'm a split personality.
- Oh.

Well, if anyone comes near you,
they'll be a split personality.

Uh-huh.

Psst!

- Hey, what are you doing?
- Oh, nothing.

Beef, look at poor Connie.

You've simply gotta help her.

Connie! Connie!

Beef's dying to help out.
Give him something to do.

Oh, fine.
Would you help me pass these?

- Sure.
- Thanks.

- Well, Bobby, here I am.
- What?

It's time for that dance
I promised you.

Go away! Beef said he'd kill
anybody that came near you.

- Well, wouldn't it be worth it?
- No!

- Hey, what's going on?
- Take it easy, Bobby!

Something's wrong.

Bobby, you and me
are soul mates.

- What?
- I won't take no for an answer.

Tell me you love me.
Look at that. Goose pimples.

Think it's cold? It's you.

Yeah, well, look at that.
Goose pimples.

You think it's you? Uh-uh.
It's Beef. Let me go!

There's nothing like
a college education.

- Oh, Tommy, where've you been?
- Tommy!

Girls, girls, don't rush me.

Where is this
gorgeous creature that

I've been hearing so much about?

- Oh, McClellan isn't down yet.
- Oh, Tommy.

Now, don't worry. I'll be back.

- Hi, Tommy.
- Hi, Evelyn.

Well, what is this,
the waiting room?

Oh! We can all go home now.
Marlowe is here.

Thanks. This is quite a turnout.

You know,
if this show isn't any good,

I'm gonna want my money back.

Alright, before the show starts

I have a little announcement
to make.

You are about to witness
one of nature's marvels,

Patricia McClellan,
the female form divine.

The jungle potentates
have fought for one smile

from her cruel lips. Alright!

For only ten cents,
one tenth part of a dollar,

you will actually see this
little lady descend these stairs

placing one dainty foot
before the other.

Alright, watch, uh, wa...

Oh, Pat, my dear, some
of these boys you already know,

but I'd like to introduce you
to a few more.

Patricia McClellan,
Clyde Waters.

Oh, Richard Tripper.
Eddie Dunkelman.

- Hello.
- And I'm, uh, Tommy Marlowe.

Oh. That was a charming speech
you made, Mr. Marlowe.

You've obviously spent most
of your life in a freak show.

I was only kidding,
Ms. McClellan.

You're really terrific.

But I'll tell you more about you
while we're dancing.

- Shall we go on, Mrs. Drexel?
- Oh, yes.

Uh, this is Grover Smith.
And this is Peter Van Dyne, III.

Van Dyne?

Mr. Van Dyne, III,
I've heard so much about you.

I believe my mother might've
met your mother at Newport.

- Well, that's very possible.
- Yes.

- Would you care to dance?
- Oh, I'd love to.

Kind of cold in here, isn't it?

Yeah, Tommy, how does it feel
to get the brush?

- How do you like her, Tommy?
- Ah, she's not so hot.

Just trying to May hard to get.
Hey, Danny!

And you're the first touch
of refinement I've found here.

The first person
I can really talk to.

That makes me very happy.

I'd like to make you a hundred
million times as happier.

A hundred million?

Oh, Peter,
you don't know what...

Excuse me, my lord,
could I interest you

and the duchess
in a moldy canape?

- Not very funny, Marlowe.
- Oh.

I'll try one first, my lord,

in case you suspect poison.

Which isn't a bad idea.

You're more at home
in a freak show.

- You were saying...
- Van Dyne!

- Van Dyne.
- Yes, what is it?

Phone call for you,
long distance. New York.

- What? Where, inside?
- No, at the dormitory.

Dormitory?
Well, I'd better scoot.

Pat, I'll only be a few minutes.

It'll seem like eons, my dear.

Oh, poor Peter.
I... I hope it isn't bad news.

Ten o'clock! Football
team out of here, pronto!

Everybody out.
- Isn't that your cue?

You do have something to do
with football, don't you?

Are you kidding? Why,
I'm the captain of the team.

Pat, I... I don't get this.
What's the matter with me?

I'm... I'm a pretty popular guy.

- Really?
- Why...

Looks like this year
I'll be all-American.

All-American? Does that mean
you become a citizen?

Oh, come on, Pat.
Don't be an iceberg.

- Y... you gotta melt someday.
- Mr. Marlowe.

Haven't I made it clear to you
that I don't like you?

Look, Pat, I'll spin you
into town tomorrow night.

We'll have dinner, go dancing
somewhere, just the two of us.

I'll pick you up at 6:00. Okay?

- Quelle effronterie!
- Pat?

- Pat, my dear.
- Peter, Peter, what is it?

I phoned the dormitory,
it's some kind of a trick.

There was no call for me at all.

No call?

Well, I think I better be going.

Yes, sir, and, uh,

don't forget
about tomorrow night.

I'm glad you could stay, Peter.

So am I.

I just knew when I came down
those stairs

that this was going to be
my lucky night.

It's like fate.

♪ It was accidental ♪

♪ We just met by chance ♪

♪ Yet I'm very certain ♪

♪ You will be my big romance ♪

♪ Football players bore me ♪

♪ All they've got is health ♪

♪ But you my sweet
are joy complete ♪

♪ Because you've got
such wealth of culture ♪

♪ Lucky in love lucky in love ♪

♪ What else matters
if you're lucky in love? ♪

♪ Good breaks are few
few skies are blue ♪

♪ But bad luck scattered
when I first looked at you ♪

♪ I don't care
what the future will bring ♪

♪ If we're there together
I won't need a thing ♪

♪ I'll say I'm lucky in love ♪

♪ If you'll take me
that'll make me ♪

♪ Oh so lucky in love ♪

♪ Lucky in love lucky in love ♪

♪ Don't you know
when you are lucky in love? ♪

♪ You're just my speed
Why must I plead? ♪

♪ Oh come to baby
in her hour of need ♪

♪ I don't care
if you're puny and weak ♪

♪ And you've only got
baby fuzz on your cheek ♪

♪ I love you
Lucky in love ♪

♪ If you trust me
then we must be ♪

♪ Oh so lucky in love ♪

♪ In love lucky in love ♪

♪ You're lucky
if you're lucky in love ♪

♪ You're lucky ♪
♪ Lucky in love ♪

♪ You're lucky ♪
♪ Lucky in love ♪

♪ Lucky in love lucky in love ♪

♪ What else matters
if you're lucky in love? ♪

♪ Good days are few
few skies are blue ♪

♪ But bad luck scatters
every time I'm with you ♪

♪ I don't mind
if at poker I'm green ♪

♪ If I stand ace high
with a beautiful queen ♪

♪ I'll say I'm lucky in love ♪

♪ If you'll take me
that'll make me ♪

♪ Oh so lucky ♪

♪ So darn lucky ♪

♪ Lucky in love lucky in love ♪

♪ Guess I never will be
lucky in love ♪

♪ Some girls are gay
know what to say ♪

♪ But when I talk
I scare the fellows away ♪

♪ If my dream man
should ever arrive ♪

♪ I can bet he won't even know
I'm alive ♪

♪ Lucky in love ♪

♪ Must be fun to be someone
who's oh so lucky in love ♪

♪ In love lucky in love ♪

♪ You're lucky
if you're lucky in love ♪

♪ You're lucky in love
you're lucky in love ♪

♪ So lucky lucky lucky
if you're lucky in love ♪

♪ You're lucky ♪
♪ Got your head in a whirl ♪

♪ You're lucky ♪
♪ If you got the right girl ♪

♪ You're oh so lucky ♪

♪ Lucky in love lucky in love ♪

♪ Up to now
I've been so lucky in love ♪

♪ Never was spurned
never got burned ♪

♪ The cat's pajamas
where the girls were concerned ♪

♪ But now I'm acting
just like a dope ♪

♪ It's the first time
some baby said ♪

♪ It's no soap
and meant it ♪

♪ Lucky in love ♪

♪ If you take me
that'll make... ♪

So it was you!

Of all the uncouth,
contemptible tricks!

Oh, Pat, I just wanted us to
have a chance to get together.

Get together?
I never wanna see you again.

You, you're absolutely
incorrigible!

- What's that?
- That's French.

♪ Pal that gal
sure put you in your place ♪

♪ When she called you
incorrigible to your face ♪

♪ Oh brother you got a shove ♪

♪ And without that
we still doubt that ♪

♪ You'd be lucky in love ♪

♪ In love lucky in love ♪

♪ You're lucky
if you're lucky in love ♪

♪ You're lucky ♪
♪ Doo-doo doo-doo ♪

♪ So lucky I
♪ Doo-doo doo-doo ♪

♪ It's oh so lovely ♪

♪ If you are lucky ♪

♪ In love ♪♪

I think these have
what you're looking for, Jim.

Well, that's fine, Ms. Lane.
Thank you.

- Night.
- Goodnight.

Why, Mr. Marlowe. What on Earth
are you doing here?

Well, why, uh,
can't anyone come in here?

Oh, yes, but I naturally thought
you made some mistake.

This is scarcely the favorite
hangout for the football team.

Oh, I don't know what you mean,
I've often been in here

doing research, you know?

Not in the past three years,
you haven't.

- What makes you say that?
- I work here, Mr. Marlowe.

I'm the assistant librarian.

In that case,
I'll never lie again.

But, uh, how come
you look so familiar?

Where have I seen you before?

Oh, you've seen me a 100 times
in the past three years.

In fact, you stood right next to
me at the punch bowl last night.

- My name is Connie Lane.
- Babe's roommate!

Oh, for crying out loud,
then you're a student.

Yes.

Well, what do you wanna
work here for?

Oh, it helps pay my tuition.

It's something called working
your way through college.

Oh, I'm sorry.

At your service.

Well, uh,
where's the French dictionary?

I wanna look up a word.

Oh, I'm majoring in languages.

What do you wanna know?

You ever heard of a French word

in-courage-gee-bull?

Oh, you must mean incorrigible.

That's the one.
What does it mean?

Same thing it means in English.

Impossible, incorrigible.

- Past reforming.
- That's what I thought.

And Ms. McClellan
spoke the word beautifully.

I heard it all the way
in the kitchen.

Oh, yeah,
well, I'm gonna give her that

parlez-vous right back again.

Who's the best French teacher
in school?

Professor Kennyon.

I'll sign up for a course
with him.

Oh, don't get carried away.

Kennyon is a tough bird
and he hates football players.

I've never flunked a subject
yet. I'll bet it's easy.

- Come on, show me a few words.
- Oh, don't be silly.

- It's closing time.
- Oh, come on.

Well, alright.

♪ The book le livre ♪
♪ Le livre the book ♪

♪ The pen la plume ♪
♪ La plume the pen ♪

♪ La chaise ♪
♪ La chaise ♪

♪ Le crayon ♪
♪ Le crayon ♪

♪ Le cahier ♪
♪ Le cahier ♪

♪ Le papier ♪
♪ Le papier ♪

♪ Noir rouge blanc
are black red white ♪

♪ Rouge blanc noir ♪
♪ You're fairly bright ♪

♪ Now please go back ♪
♪ I bet I get 'em right ♪

♪ Rouge blanc noir
le papier le cahier ♪

♪ Le crayon la chaise
Ia plume le livre. ♪

♪ Le livre est rouge
Ia chaise est noir ♪

♪ That's wonderful ♪
♪ You call this work ♪

♪ It's more like play ♪

♪ In no time flat
Je parle Francais ♪

♪ Had enough? ♪
♪ No I'm just starting ♪

♪ Alright you asked for it ♪

♪ The door la porte ♪
♪ La porte the door ♪

♪ Of wood du bois ♪
♪ Du bois of wood ♪

♪ To open ouvrir ♪
♪ Ouvrir to open ♪

♪ To shut fermer ♪
♪ Fermer to shut ♪

♪ The pronouns that you need
are je and vous ♪

♪ Je means me
and vous means you ♪

♪ Now do them all ♪

♪ Just watch me plow
right through ♪

♪ Je and vous to shut fermer
to open ouvrir ♪

♪ La porte du bois rouge blanc
et noir le papier le cahier ♪

♪ Le crayon la chaise
Ia plume le livre. ♪

♪ J'ouvre la porte ♪

♪ Je ferme la porte ♪
♪ That's marvelous ♪

♪ My thirst for learning
you can't quench ♪

♪ Come fill me up to here
with French ♪

♪ More? You'll explode ♪
♪ More Who cares? ♪

♪ The hand la main ♪
♪ La main the hand ♪

♪ The mouth la bouche ♪
♪ La bouche the mouth ♪

♪ Les yeux sont bleus ♪
♪ They sure are blue ♪

♪ Um les cheveux ♪
♪ The hair les cheveux ♪

♪ The words for boy and girl
garcon et fille ♪

♪ Garcon et fille
are he and she ♪

♪ Now from the top ♪
♪ I'll get my French degree ♪

♪ Garcon et fille
les cheveux the hair ♪

♪ Les yeux sont bleus
Ia bouche la main ♪

♪ Je et vous to shut fermer ♪

♪ To open
ouvrir la porte du bois ♪

♪ Rouge blanc noir
papier cahier ♪

♪ Le crayon la chaise
Ia plume le livre. ♪

♪ Mesdames messieurs ♪

♪ Les yeux sont bleus ♪
♪ You're crazy ♪

♪ Won't you come and join me
in a dance? ♪

♪ I am the president
of France ♪♪

- Gee, this is fun.
- Yes, I know.

I never knew that learning
anything could be fun.

Just look at all these books
waiting to be read.

Oh, anybody can come in
and read 'em.

Yeah, no cover charge.

You know, when I was a little
kid, I used to loved to read.

I wanted to find out
about everything.

Gosh, I thought I was the only
kid who ever felt that way.

- You, too?
- Mm-hmm.

I wanted to find out about
everybody in the whole world.

Uh, don't bother with that now.
Come on.

You know, there was
a little creek back home.

I used to take a canoe
and make-believe

that I was traveling
to all the countries

I'd ever read about.

Bread and butter.

Bread and butter.

I was Huck Finn
going down the Mississippi

and down the Volga, the Nile
and the Seine, all of 'em.

And then sometimes at night
I'd just sit there in my canoe

and look up at the stars.

I used to look up at them
from our rooftop in Chicago

and think of all the people
all over the world

looking up at the same stars
and...

Thinking about 'em
in lots of different languages.

Yeah, now the whole world

just seems to be
little Tait College.

I never think about anything
but being a big football star.

Well, that'll be over
in a few months, and then what?

Oh, as long
as you don't forget about

that boy in the canoe,
you'll be fine.

I think he has a great future.

You're quite a girl.

You know, when I walked in here
a few minutes ago,

I... I was feeling
kind of sorry for you.

- Why?
- Oh, I don't know, uh...

Having to work your way
through school

and missing a lot of good times.

Not having the best things
in life.

The best things in life?
I've got 'em. Everybody has.

♪ There are so many
kinds of riches ♪

♪ And only one of them is gold ♪

♪ The wealth you miss
remember this ♪

♪ Worthwhile things
cannot be bought or sold ♪

♪ The moon belongs ♪

♪ To everyone ♪

♪ The best things in life ♪

♪ Are free I

♪ The stars belong ♪

♪ To everyone ♪

♪ They gleam there ♪

♪ For you and me ♪

♪ The flowers in spring ♪

♪ The robins that sing ♪

♪ The sunbeams that shine ♪

♪ They're yours they're mine ♪

♪ And love can come ♪

♪ To everyone ♪

♪ The best things in life ♪

♪ Are free ♪♪

Gee, I learned
a lot of things today.

La main, les yeux, la bouche.

- What does that mean in French?
- Embrasser.

Embrasser?

It's just as nice
in both languages, isn't it?

Gee, what a vocabulary I got.

Wait till I spring this on Pat.
That'll put a dent in her.

Why don't you just hit her over
the head with a hockey stick?

And so we'll review the use
of the French pronoun

for the benefit of those who
have come into the class late.

Il, he or it.

Elle, she or it.

Il est, he is.

Elle est, she is.

Ils, they, plural, masculine.

Are you sure he's in this class?

Yeah, they'll be out
any minute now.

Pooch, you gotta do something.

It's a downright case of French
schizophrenia if I ever saw one.

Oh. Oh. Well, don't worry.

I'll see that he gets rid
of all this bologna.

You just leave it to Poochie.

Je t'aime. Je t'adore.

Good luck in the game tomorrow,
Tommy.

- Huh? What?
- Good luck in the game.

- The opening game!
- Tomorrow, remember?

It's in the bag. Thanks.

- Je t'aime.
- Oh, it's in the bag, eh?

Hiya, Poochie,
what's the matter?

You and your French course.
That's what's the matter.

You're gonna flunk it.
Then where will our team be?

Oh, dry up, Poochie.

Je t'aime, je t'adore.
Les yeux bleus.

- What's that?
- This is my French speech.

I'm gonna spring it on a certain
little Sheba this afternoon.

Oh, I get it.
It's that McClellan dame.

Tommy, have you gone nuts?

Yes!

And another thing,
the boys don't understand a word

you're saying on the field.
They're waiting for the signals.

You give them the signals,
but they're in French!

Sure. Quarante-et-un, dix-huit,
soixante-neuf, onze. Hup!

Guess I can't help it, Poochie.
Language comes easy to me.

I've only been in the class
five days,

and already
I'm speakin' like a native.

I don't know of what country,
but, uh, like a native.

Comes easy, huh? Well...

Do you think
that your parlez-vous Francais

is gonna charm Crenshaw
off of the field tomorrow?

- Do you? Do you?
- I... I don't know about that.

But it's gonna charm McClellan
into going

to the prom with me
tomorrow night.

Alright, Poochie, vamoose.
I gotta study my speech.

Hey, Tommy!
- My chauffeur!

- Yeah?
- I found her.

She's at Gimpeldinger's
having a soda with Van Dyne.

Alright, keep the engine
boiling. I'll be right down.

Ah. "Je t'adore, je t'aime.

Vous etes merveilleux."

Buh-bye.

Hi, Pooch.
Can I drop you someplace?

- Yeah, over the nearest cliff.
- Gee! Anything wrong?

Things are so wrong, we may
wind up using you on the team.

- Well, what's wrong with that?
- Nothing.

If your money
is on the opposite team.

Babe, go away!

Is that all
you have to say to me?

No! Leave me alone!

How long have you been
in this car?

I hopped in when you drove by
the soda shop.

I just had an ice-cream cone
and a glass of milk.

By now it's a malted.

Can't you see I'm trying to say
I love you?

Uh, listen,
I told you the other night

that I won't have anything
to do with you.

I value my life.
I love life, and I wanna live!

Sure, I like you and all that,

and if circumstances
were different, well,

you and me, that might be
how I'd like it to be.

To be, to be or not to be,
that is the question.

Where the government
of the people, by the people,

and for the people
give me liberty or give me...

- Oh, hello, Beef.
- Who are you talkin' to?

Uh, nobody. I was practicing
a little speech.

I thought I saw you here
with someone.

- With somebody?
- Yeah, Babe.

Well, how silly. Just us two.

Just jalopy and me.
And baby makes three.

- You sure she wasn't here?
- Posi-lutely, abso-tively.

Turner, you don't like Babe,
do you?

Like her? I can't stand her,
silly little flapper.

What do you mean,
"Silly little flapper?"

No, I mean, she's great!
She's the bee's knees!

She's the cat's meow
and she loves you.

Oh, yeah?
- What'd you say?

I said, "Oh, yeah."
Oh, yeah, yeah.

She loves you. Yes, sir!

I'm glad you said that,
because if you hadn't have,

I might've done this.

Hey, my fender!

You know how upset I get
over Babe!

I'm a highly tense person.

You know when you keep
your inhibitions locked up tight

sometimes they just break open!

Ow!
- Huh?

I said, ow,
when you hurt this car,

it's just like hurting me.

When I lose control,
I just get

shaken up from bottom to top!

- You don't know how I suffer!
- Beef, not so loud. My car!

- Oh, is this your car?
- It was.

Gee, I'm sorry. When I get mad,
I don't know what I'm doing.

- It's like I'm hypnotized.
- Oh, that's alright.

Give me a lift over
to Gimpeldinger's, will you?

Sure. Hop in. No, no, in front!

Come on, fellows, let's go.

Hey, Bobby, you better take
better care of your car.

- It's getting a little shabby.
- No, no, in front!

All out for Gimpeldinger's!

Well, old place
hasn't changed much.

Wonder
if McKinley's still president.

Ah, bonjour,
mesdames messieurs.

Coming up, Tommy.

Elle knows who elle is.

Mademoiselle.

Beat it, Marlowe.

Mademoiselle, I have composed
a little speech just for you

in your own language.

Therefore, mademoiselle,
after the game tomorrow,

I would be honored if you would
accompany me to the prom.

Mr. Marlowe, you are a pain
in the neck in any language.

I'm going to the prom
with Mr. Van Dyne.

You may be able
to memorize lines,

but you can't memorize
good manners.

Okay, Ms. McClellan.

Maybe it took a ton of bricks
to fall on me,

but I guess I get the idea.

You win.

I, uh, I won't take up anymore
of your valuable time.

Look, Pat, you keep treating
Tommy like that,

and he might lose the game
for Tait tomorrow.

I'm afraid Mr. Marlowe's career

just doesn't interest me.

Watch this.
I'll get her interested.

Leave Pat alone, kids.

Just because
he's our college hero,

she doesn't have
to throw herself at his feet.

- That's right.
- And I don't blame her.

After all, what'll he be
when he gets through college?

The Pickle King of America!

- The what?
Oh, didn't you know?

His father's
the Marlowe Pickle Works.

How sordid. Pickles.

- Yeah, $30 million worth.
Wow!

Isn't it disgusting?

And still, poor Tommy has
no one to go to the dance with.

All that dough, most popular
guy in school, no date.

Maybe you're betting
on the wrong horse, Pat.

I'll thank you
to mind your own business.

Temper, temper.

♪ A medicine man I met ♪

♪ Said don't get yourself
in a sweat ♪

♪ When things look gray
just shrug and say ♪

♪ It must have been
something I ate ♪

♪ So don't get yourself
in a snit he said ♪

♪ Tuck your tantrums
into your kit instead ♪

♪ It's disarming
to be charming ♪

♪ Quoth the medicine man ♪

♪ Whom all agree
it's plain to see ♪

♪ Nobody could be wiser than ♪

♪ So if your temper's
getting the top hand ♪

♪ All you have to do
is just stop ♪

♪ And pass that peace pipe
and bury that hatchet ♪

♪ Like the Choctaws Chickasaws
Chattahoochees Chippewas do ♪

♪ If you're feeling mad
as a wet hen ♪

♪ Mad as you can possibly get
then ♪

♪ Pass that peace pipe
and bury that Tomahawk ♪

♪ Like those Chichimecs
Cherokees Chapultepecs too ♪

♪ When you're cranky
try to use a little restraint ♪

♪ Fold that hanky and wipe off
all of that war paint ♪

♪ But if you wanna be
an alright guy ♪

♪ Not a long-face
blues-in-the-night guy ♪

♪ Write that apology
and dispatch it ♪

♪ When you quarrel
it's grand to patch it ♪

♪ Pass that peace pipe
and bury that hatchet ♪

♪ Like the Choctaws Chickasaws
Chattahoochees Chippewas ♪

♪ And those Chichimecs
Cherokees Chapultepecs ♪

♪ And those Chicutimis
Chapechets and Chicapees ♪

♪ Chochos Changes
Chattanoogas Chicharos do ♪

♪ Chocho Change ♪

♪ Chattanooga Chippewa ♪

♪ Chow chow Choo choo
Chichimec Chapultepec ♪

♪ Einky dinky honky dar ♪

♪ Oonga di hoody body
itty bitty hah ♪

♪ Na-na na-na-na
na-na na-na-na ♪

♪ Na-na na-na-na ♪

♪ Hi hippy hoogy huggy ♪

♪ Hoogy huggy hut hut ♪

♪ Hut hut ♪

♪ Hoogy huggy hut hut ♪

♪ If you use a little control ♪

♪ You'll be top man
on the totem pole ♪♪

Professor Kennyon!

- Professor Kennyon!
- Oh, Ms. Lane.

I was on my way to your office,
I've corrected

those test papers, I might
as well give them to you now.

Oh, thank you, my dear.
Oh, yes. The elementary class.

Why, that was a fast job.

- Oh, excuse me.
- Well!

Gee, Connie,
it's good to see you.

Oh, excuse me, professor. I...

Marlowe, you ought to watch
your step in more ways than one.

I've got your first exam paper
right here.

How did our football star do,
Ms. Lane?

Oh, a perfect paper.
One hundred percent.

- I did?
- Well, I'm surprised.

Well, just don't get careless
now, you've got to tow

the mark with me.
Football and studies don't mix.

You know? Good day.

He's a pleasant old cuss,
isn't he?

Well, I, uh, I got to go
to football practice.

Gee, I got a perfect paper.

You know why though?
It was all your work.

It's just a vocabulary test,

mostly words
you taught me that day.

Yes, I know.

You know, it isn't half as much
fun when Kennyon teaches it.

I never have the least impulse
to kiss him.

Speaking of your impulses,
how about Pat McClellan?

Are you making a dent on her
with your French?

No. Oh, here, I'll take these.

Guess I should have used
that hockey stick.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

I knew that the second
I bumped into you just now.

I tell you, I just don't care,
I don't care

if I never see her again
in my life.

In fact, will you go to the prom
with me tomorrow night?

After she turned you down?
No, thanks.

But that's what I'm trying
to tell you, I'm glad she did,

because now I can ask you.

Play second fiddle? No, thanks.

Guess I don't blame you.

Well, who are you gonna ask now?

Nobody. I'm not gonna go stag.

- Guess I won't go at all.
- Not go to the prom?

- No.
- Oh, but that's silly!

It'll practically
be in your honor.

I'll go if you'll go with me.

Well... Alright.

You will? Oh, that's wonderful!

I'll pick you at eight o'clock.
I'm late now for practice.

- Goodbye.
- Good luck in the game.

Oh, they sure are blue.

Look at Connie.
- Uh-oh.

Hi, Connie!
- She's acting so strange.

Connie, hello! Connie!

Hello.

Hi.

So I told her
if that's what she..

Hello, Connie.

Hi.

- Ms. Connie!
- Yes?

The sink, it's acting up again.

- It is? How nice.
- How do you like that?

- Connie?
- She must've gone crazy.

Overwork. She's having
a breakdown, poor kid.

I gotta do something!

Connie, are you alright?

- Babe, guess what?
- What?

I'm going to the prom
tomorrow night.

So that's it.

How wonderful!
Who are you going with?

- You'll never guess.
- Alright.

- Then you'd better tell me.
- Oh...

I know it seems impossible,
but... he likes me.

- Who?
- Tommy.

- Tommy Marlowe.
- Tommy!

Oh. Uh, look, Connie,
I think I ought to warn you.

- Pat's...
- Oh, Pat!

He told me all about that.

- It's all over.
- Are you sure?

Oh, of course, I'm sure.
Don't spoil my fun, Babe.

What do you think I should wear?

A suit of armor.

Oh.

Just think, I'm going out
with a football hero.

Yay, Marlowe! Come on, Marlowe!

Touchdown!

Tsk.

Tommy! Tommy!

Tommy! Hi!

Oh, Tommy, I was so thrilled!

You made a football fan
out of me overnight.

Oh, Tommy,
I was so mistaken about you.

But then today
when I saw you out on the field,

I suddenly realized
that maybe I was so rude to you

because I really liked you.

But I didn't wanna let myself
like you

as much as I could like you
if I really let myself.

Gee, Pat, this is so crazy.
It's so wonderful!

- I don't know what to say.
- I know what to say.

Can I go with you
to the prom tonight?

What? Can you?

Oh, this is terrific!
Oh, wait a minute.

- What about Van Dyne?
- Oh, he just doesn't matter.

Poor Peter,
he's really so stuffy.

Oh, I should've known the minute
you saw me play a game.

Gee, this is so wonderful. This
is the greatest day of my life!

I win the opening game and you
at the same time.

Mademoiselle,
voulez-vous accompany moi

a la prom ce soir?

Your French is beautiful.

Enchantee, monsieur, enchantee.

- See you tonight, then.
- Tonight.

♪ Connais-tu le pays? ♪

♪ Connais-tu, connais-tu?
Con... ♪♪

Connie!

372-J, please.

So I said to him,
"Listen, Herbert,

"if you think I'm just
one of those red-hot mamas

and all that,
well, I want you to know

that you're
very badly mistaken."

372-J, please.

That's right.

After all, I said, "Herbert,
you may think you're a sheik,

But your harem is gonna
have to do without me."

"That is, unless
you, uh, change your tune."

372-J, please.

- Hey, Janet.
- Oh, wait a minute.

Well, you certainly took
long enough.

It's all yours, June.

Oh! Georgia, look.
I got an orchid!

Hey, look,
Joe sent me an orchid.

Oh, boy!
- My, that powder!

- Those from Bill? Beautiful.
- Uh-huh. Aren't they pretty?

I said to him, I said,
"So listen here, Herbert,

I don't think
the car really is out of gas."

"And If you think
I'm going to walk home,

you've got another guess coming,
I brought my roller skates."

"And furthermore,
I want you to know..."

Flo, for Pete's sakes!

You've been on that telephone
for two hours.

Oh! Oh, well, goodbye, Sally.

Huh? Who's taking me
to the dance?

Well, who do you think? Herbert!

How do I look?

You sure don't look like
a librarian.

Oh, I don't feel like one.

Hey, Connie,
telephone call for you.

Oh, say, Babe,
I was working on that step

you were doing the other day
at Gimpeldinger's.

- I know it starts like this.
- No, no.

You're all wrong. You throw
your hip out like this.

- Oh.
- Then you do...

♪ Da-da da-da ♪

♪ De-da-dum pum-pum.. ♪♪

Oh, that's cute like that.
That's where that comes in.

- Oh, I love that step. Bye.
- Hey. Vamoose, Flo.

- See you later.
- Okay, sure.

See you later.

Don't tell me. I know.

He broke the date.
He's going with Pat.

- Babe, I feel so awful.
- Oh, Connie, don't cry.

- Please.
- How could he do that?

Call up at the last minute?

- He's horrible.
- No, he's just so dumb.

He is not dumb.

He got a, 100 percent
on his first French exam.

Oh, it's all my fault.
I sicced her on to him.

I had to open my big mouth!

Gee, Connie,
I didn't know you liked him.

Fine friend I turned out to be.

Oh, don't blame yourself.

He didn't have to change
his mind

the minute she came running.

Not if he didn't want to.

I guess he wanted to.

Hey, Babe, you ready?
- Connie, I won't go.

- I'll stay here with you.
- Oh, that's sweet.

But it wouldn't help
either... either one of us.

Well, look, Connie, there
must be a way of fixing this.

- I'll try.
- No, don't.

Don't try to fix
anything.

I don't want him anymore.

You have a good time.

Well, what'll you do?

Oh, I'll read my favorite book,

"Les Miserables."

Have fun.

Goodbye.

♪ I thought
I'd found my ideal man ♪

♪ I always knew he'd arrive ♪

♪ Though he's a true
heart-appeal man ♪

♪ He doesn't know I'm alive ♪

♪ But I don't spend my time
in grieving ♪

♪ I've learned the trick
of make-believing ♪

♪ So if I can't have
my real man ♪

♪ There's only one way
to thrive ♪

♪ Just imagine ♪

♪ That he loves me dearly ♪

♪ Just imagine ♪

♪ That I'm his sincerely ♪

♪ I am pretending ♪

♪ That he's sending ♪

♪ Love notes ending ♪

♪ I love you ♪

♪ Seems that he's there ♪

♪ As the day is closing ♪

♪ On his knees there ♪

♪ I hear him proposing ♪

♪ He is not present ♪

♪ Still it's pleasant ♪

♪ To just imagine ♪

♪ That ♪

♪ It's true ♪♪

Alright. Come on, kiddies. Hurry
up. Break it up. Break it up.

We wanna see if we have
a game here Saturday. Come on.

Uh, Marlowe, Marlowe.

D in English.

D in history. D in physics.

C in biology. Why, he never
got those kind of marks before.

He hasn't been studying, coach,
this McClellan dame

is leading him around
by the noose.

- Well, he just about made it.
- Oh, yeah?

- Where's the French marks?
- They're not posted yet, coach.

Hey, coach.
I passed in everything.

Guess I'll play
that big game Saturday, huh?

Beef, you're a genius,
now all we have to do

is worry about Tommy.

Where is he?

Hey, Babe,
you passed everything!

- I did?
- Yes.

Whoo-pee! Bobby!

Bobby, I told you last night
I'd pass.

Hey, did you see him last night?

Uh, here comes Tommy.

Well, kids, here I is. Hi.

- Darling, it's here I am.
- It's only a slang expression.

But, darling, I don't like
when you speak bad grammar.

Okay, darling.
Hi, coach. Hello, Poochie.

Hello, darling.

Well, do I play the big game
Saturday?

Yeah, yeah.
You passed everything, Tommy.

- But..
- What do you mean but?

The French marks aren't up yet.

Oh, now, coach. You're not gonna
worry about that.

My best subject. Why,
Saturday's gonna be my big day.

We're gonna take Colton
and mop up the field with him.

- I hope so.
- And don't forget, Tommy.

Saturday's a big day
for another reason, too.

- Huh?
- Don't you remember?

- Oh, yeah. Yeah, sure.
- Well, shall we tell everybody?

Yes. Yes, why not?

Well, listen, everybody.

Saturday after Tommy wins
the big game..

- Oh, you tell them, Tommy.
- Okay.

Uh, all I wanted to say, kids,
was that, uh,

after the big game
with Colton Saturday...

Pat and I are gonna announce
our engagement.

- Engagement?
- Congratulations, Tommy.

- Holy mackerel!
- What is it?

Oh, no!

- They can't do this to me.
- Can't? They did.

Well, that's that.

What do you mean, that's that?
We've gotta do something.

You're gonna play that game
Saturday. Uh, I know. The dean!

Come in.

Ms. Lane, the dean and
Professor Kennyon have decided

to give Marlowe a re-examination
in French tomorrow afternoon.

- Yeah.
- How nice for him.

Well, when can you start
coaching him?

- Me?
- Sure.

Yes, you, Marlowe says

you're the best.

Tell Mr. Marlowe
I thank him for the compliment,

but I'm much too busy.

Tell him to ask Ms. McClellan.

- She says...
- Connie, Connie, I...

I don't want them to bother you.

Pat spoke in French
since she was a child,

but she's not up on her grammar,
and I-

Tell Mr. Marlowe, quel fromage.

- What?
- Listen, Ms. Lane.

I don't care what you think

about Marlowe personally,

but that game next Saturday

is a dead duck without him.

I don't really care whether
Mr. Marlowe plays or not.

You mean you'd lose the game
for the school?

That's treason,
you're building the foundations

of a lifetime guilt complex!

Connie, baby, I know how
you feel, but you've no choice.

- It's for dear old Tait!
- You gotta do something.

- Alright, for dear old Tait.
- Oh, wonderful.

Tell Mr. Marlowe I'll meet him
at the sorority house

at eight o'clock,
in the kitchen.

Gee, thanks, Connie.

Now name the verbs
that take etre instead of avoir.

Aller, tomber, sortir,

partir, venir...

Oh, I... I can't think
of anymore.

That's hardly
the right attitude, Mr. Marlowe.

- You have an exam to pass.
- Yeah, yeah, I know.

Look, Professor Kennyon
is devoting his time

to giving you this chance.

And I'm giving up my time.

The least you can do
is concentrate.

I... I keep thinking
of so many other things.

Connie, won't you even
talk to me?

You were doing splendidly
with those verbs, Mr. Marlowe.

Would you try them again,
please?

Okay.

Aller, tomber, sortir,

partir, venir...

♪ The moon belongs ♪

♪ To everyone ♪

♪ The best things in life ♪

♪ Are free ♪

♪ The stars belong ♪

♪ To everyone ♪

♪ They gleam there ♪

♪ For you and me ♪

♪ The flowers in spring ♪

♪ The robins that sing ♪

♪ The sunbeams that shine ♪

♪ They're yours they're mine ♪

♪ And love can come ♪

♪ To everyone ♪

♪ The best things in life ♪

♪ Are free ♪

♪ The flowers in spring ♪

♪ The robins that sing ♪

♪ The sunbeams that shine.. ♪

Connie, you've got to let me say
I'm sorry.

You haven't even talked to me
for two months.

There's nothing to talk about.
You...

You'd better study, because
if you study, you'll play.

And if you play, you'll win.

And when you win,
you'll be engaged to Pat.

That's what you want, isn't it?

Yeah, sure. That's what I want.

Well, you'd better finish
that translation,

then we'll be through
for the night.

♪ The best things in life ♪

♪ The best things ♪

♪ In life.. ♪♪

♪ La lune
c'est a tout le monde ♪

♪ On n'a pas besoin d'argent ♪

♪ Le ciel c'est la pour ♪

♪ Tout le monde ♪

♪ On n'a pas besoin d'argent ♪

♪ Les fleurs de printemps ♪

♪ Les oiseaux qui chantent ♪

♪ Ces belles choses sont tout ♪

♪ Pour moi pour vous ♪

♪ And love can come
to everyone ♪

♪ The best things in life ♪

♪ Are free ♪♪

How am I doing?

Oh, just a few little mistakes.

Little mistakes
I've made one after the other,

starting with breaking that date
with you.

Oh, that was no mistake.
You got what you wanted.

Yeah, I guess so.

Gee, it's funny to think
about being engaged.

Wonder what it's like to be
stuck with one person for life.

Well, if it were
the right person,

you wouldn't consider
yourself stuck.

Oh, well,
I didn't exactly mean stuck.

I.. I mean, well..

Do you ever think about yourself
after college?

- Settled down and married?
- Of course, I..

I guess every girl has a pretty
good idea of what she wants.

Yeah? What do you want?

Oh, I guess I'd like to have
a family to bring up

and be able to go to concerts
and theaters, balcony seats.

And have people over to
the house, a nice little house.

- A vine-covered cottage, maybe?
- Or an apartment.

I... I guess the important thing
is finding the right fellow.

It sounds pretty dull to you,
doesn't it?

No.

No, it sounds wonderful.

What do you want?

- Well, I guess I... Pat.
- Hello.

Just dropped in to see
how the lesson is progressing.

The patient will live.

I didn't know a French lesson
included singing love songs.

You were listening.

Oh, I, I heard Tommy's voice,

and I naturally thought
he was singing for me.

I need hardly remind you
that we're practically engaged.

Making a play
for a practically engaged man

is a very unladylike thing
to do.

So is listening at keyholes.

- Why, you...
- Oh, don't worry, Pat.

Tomorrow Tommy will get
every one of those answers right

because he loves you.

Even if he didn't,
I wouldn't want him.

I wouldn't want him if he were
the last man on the campus.

Oh, you picked the perfect mate
for yourself.

He's inconsiderate,
vain, selfish,

and, and you can't believe
a word he says.

And the same goes for you.

You deserve to be stuck with
each other. Congratulations!

I know
you'll both be very happy.

- Connie.
- I wonder where Connie..

- Connie?
- What's going on?

Let us know.
- Well, do you wanna correct it?

Oh, he passed, alright.
It's almost silly to look.

Well, we'll see.

Well, what is this?
Some kind of a joke?

- What?
- Well, listen to this.

"Name the French verbs
that take etre."

Answer, "Hit her over the head
with a hockey stick."

- What?
- Question.

"Give the French word
for ten objects in the room."

Answer, "The best things
in life are free."

Go ahead.

"Write a short composition
in French

describing your home."
He's answered it in English.

"My home
is a vine-covered apartment

with people in the balcony
and 12 children."

- Oh, that's wonderful!
- Wonderful?

Oh, professor,
do you know what this means?

I certainly do not.

- It means he loves me.
- What?

- He loves me.
- What are you talking about?

Oh, he knows his French,
he could've passed,

but he wanted to flunk,
so he did it on purpose.

- Don't you see?
- No, I don't see.

He didn't wanna pass
because he didn't wanna play

because he didn't
wanna be engaged to Pat.

You mean, he loves you so much,

he'd even lose the game
for the school?

Yes!

- And I love him, too.
- Just a minute, Connie.

You, you tell me this boy
really knows his French?

Well, he knows it cold.

I've certainly
got to admire him.

He's, he made a big sacrifice

giving up something that must
mean a good deal to him,

winning that game tomorrow.

It means a good deal
to the school, too.

- Well, yes, I know, but...
- As you are aware...

I'm not the school's
greatest football enthusiast,

but under the circumstances,
I...

- I think I ought to pass him.
- Pass him?

Now, you'd feel pretty guilty
if he didn't play

in that game tomorrow,
wouldn't you?

But if he wins,
then Pat's got him.

Connie, you'll have to work out
your personal problems

without involving
the whole school.

I'm afraid you'll have to find
some other way.

Well, I hate to say it,
but I guess you're right.

Well, I'll,
I'll leave it up to you.

Shall I pass him?

Hey, Connie!
Did he pass?

Yeah, yeah. Did he pass?
Oh, come on.

Let us know about it.
Hey, what's the score?

Hey, we got to play
a game. Let us know, Connie.

- Here she comes now.
- Hey.

Um, after carefully considering

Mr. Marlowe's
unusual examination paper,

and being somewhat surprised

at the, uh,
rather remarkable answers

to some of the questions,

Professor Kennyon
has decided that...

Well, he's interested, and, uh,

uh, though he doesn't approve
of some of the, uh,

phrasing used, he feels that
Mr. Marlowe has demonstrated

a, a real feeling

for the language.

- Well, what is it?
Yeah.

What is it, Connie?
What, what happened?

He passed.

♪ Marlowe showed them
a thing or two ♪

♪ He's a ladies' man ♪

♪ He's a wow
with the parlez-vous ♪

♪ So Marlowe
big man on the campus ♪

♪ Marlowe it's all up to you
to come through ♪♪

Number 16, pass.

- Hike.
- Touchdown. Touchdown.

Touchdown. Touchdown.

What does that lug Marlowe think
he's doing out there?

- Playing tiddlywinks?
- Oh.

He certainly isn't trying
very hard to win.

Trying to win?
He's the best man Colton has!

Isn't his little woman here
to spur him on to glory?

No, Pat's at the house
fixing her prom dress.

I suppose she figures
the game's in the bag.

Beef, are you hurt?

Take a breath.

- That hurt?
- A little.

Well, doc, just how bad is it?

Can't tell
until we take an X-ray.

When you're finished dressing,
come over to the infirmary.

We'd better finish the game
in the infirmary.

- But, you see, I didn't...
- Take it easy.

Save your strength.

We may need you for the Maypole
dance next spring.

You're all invited.
That's right, laugh.

Everybody, enjoy yourselves.
Popcorn, Cracker Jacks!

Champagne for everyone! Alright!

I suppose you guys thought
I'd come in here

and bawl the living daylights
out of you.

Scream, rant, lose my mind!
Uh...

But nothing like that's
gonna happen.

I'm perfectly calm.

I'm not gonna let a little old
football game upset me!

I could go through the whole lot
of you and tell you

What you've done wrong,
but you know what you did.

Zubrowski, that end run.

Hepple! Hepple, where were you?

Sternsdorf, offside three times.

Fifteen yards!

Uh, Thompson.

Thompson, haven't you heard?

The forward pass has been legal
for 15 years.

Okay! What's the use?

Of course, I know the one thing
that's really wrong.

Marlowe,
you're not playing at all.

If you'd get in there and play,
they'd all play with you.

- What's eating you, Tommy?
- Nothing, coach.

- I'm alright.
- "Alright?"

You're so alright,
you're gonna spend

the rest of the game
sitting on the bench.

- Oh, coach.
- That's final!

Alright. Ha!

If you're alright,
then I'm crazy.

And I'll prove it to you.

Turner. Turner, come here.

Me, sir?

Turner, our two best players
are out of the game.

So I thought it would be
an interesting form

of suicide to put you in.

- Oh, no.
- No, coach!

Gee, that's great, coach.

I'll kill 'em. I'll kill 'em!

I'll tear 'em apart.
I'll show 'em.

For dear old Tait,
I'll do or die!

What spirit!
Look at that, fellows.

There's inspiration for ya.

New blood in the game.
That good old Tait spirit.

And no one can beat him.

You're not gonna let
all those people down.

Not all those people out there!

Not all those little old ladies

who sweep up the stadium.
I mean...

That's it!

Bobby! Bobby, my boy.

Fellas, get up off your benches
and get in there and fight!

You lucky dog.
I wish I had a broken rib.

Tommy, you shouldn't say that.
You still got a chance to win.

- Win what? The game?
- Sure. And Pat, too.

Don't you wanna announce
your engagement to her?

Not when I'm in love
with Connie.

Connie?

- Connie!
Beef!

- Here we are.
- Excuse me.

- Are you alright?
- Yeah. I'm gonna be X-rayed.

- Down in front.
- Listen, Connie.

You got to do something.
You can't just sit here.

- Tommy's losing the game!
- But what can I do about it?

He just told me that if he wins,

he gets the wrong girl
because he loves you!

- Aw, sit down!
- Oh.

You mean
Tommy really loves Connie?

Yeah, and she's gotta go out
there and give him a pep talk.

Oh, but if I do,
then I'll lose him forever.

Holy smoke! You mean it's true?

- Uh-huh.
- Then we gotta do something.

You love him, he loves you.

We've gotta get rid of Pat.

Why did I ever tell her
Tommy was the Pickle King?

Pickle King?

Beef, have you got
your brother-in-law's car here?

- Sure. Have you seen it?
- Oh, no. But I'd love to.

- Hey!
- Oh, we're going.

You going down to talk to Tommy?

No, I'm going to the house.
I'll see you later, Babe.

- Come on.
- But my X-ray.

Yes!

- Faster.
- But I don't understand.

Oh, please, Beef,
I've got to concentrate.

There. Now you wait here, Beef.

And if someone comes out
before I do,

give her a lift, will ya?

Alright, Connie,
but I don't understand.

You will.

- Cora.
- Oh, Ms. Connie.

I'm so glad you're back.
You know...

Never mind that now.
You've got to help me.

- Have you ever acted in a play?
- What? Oh.

I mean, have you ever
recited lines like, um,

Sarah Bernhardt
or Ethel Barrymore? You know?

- Oh, you mean play-acting?
- Yes. Come on.

Oh. Wait a minute. Look, now
I've written it all down here.

And don't you talk
till we get there. Shh.

Oh!

Oh, Cora,
I'm so unhappy.

Oh, Cora, I had to come back
from the game.

I couldn't stand it anymore.
It's so awful. We're winning!

Tommy is piling up
touchdown after touchdown.

And by tonight he'll be engaged
to that awful Pat McClellan.

I hate her!

"Now, now, Ms. Connie,
you better forget all about it."

"He loves her and that's all
there is to it."

Oh, I can't stand it!
She's got him for life.

"Does she love him?"
- Oh, I suppose she does.

After all, she stuck by him
even through what just happened.

- "Through what just happened?"
- "Haven't you heard?"

"Tommy's father, the Pickle
King, he's gone bankrupt."

"Really?"
"Yes."

"A terrible
cucumber blight in Iowa."

"He's a ruined man.
Tommy is penniless!"

Um, uh... "No!"

"Well, I guess Pat won't mind."

"She'll be glad to scrimp
and scrub and save and sew

'cause she'll have him."

"After all,
when you have love,

money doesn't really matter,
does it, Cora?"

"Does it, Cora?"
I mean, uh, I mean, uh...

"She could, uh, clear 15,

or, uh, 20 taking in washing."

"Oh, but she has
such pretty hands."

"Oh, well,
it's her problem now."

"Oh, Cora!"
- "Poor child."

"Why don't you go back
to the game?"

"No, I can't watch anymore.
Beef drove me over."

"He's outside now."

"He's been paying a lot of
attention to me ever since...

Babe gave him back
his fraternity pin."

"But I guess
I love Tommy too much."

"Beef... B... Beef
is a very fine fellow, no."

"Oh, a girl could do worse."

"Just think, he's one
of the richest boys at Tait."

"Dairy products, you know,
worth millions!"

"Have you seen
that new car of his?"

"Oh, my, it is a wow. Yes."

Oh. "Just think, such a catch,
and completely unattached."

"Maybe I'd better hold on to him
before someone else gets there."

- Was it alright?
- Marvelous!

Gee, why must everyone
get literary in my car?

Oh, please forgive me, Beef.
This is very important.

You will forgive me, won't you?

Gee, I'd forgive you anything.

Ready. Hike.

Hey, Tommy,
I got something for you.

"Can't stand in the way
of true love."

"Make big sacrifice.
Give you up. Pat."

Hey, Beef! This is it! Hey!
Thanks.

Hey, coach!
Coach, I'm alright now.

- Let me go in.
- Marlowe, I can't figure it.

We got three minutes. Go ahead.

Alright, 32 is our only chance.

- Bobby, you know the play?
- Yeah.

Okay, hike.

Oh, Tommy, we've been looking
for you. Where have you been?

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Anyone seen Connie?

- No.
- Well, I gotta go.

- Thank you.
- Tommy!

So we're on the 40-yard line,
and I've got the ball.

- Hey! Hey!
- So I turn around..

I got squatter's rights!

- Shoo. Shoo.
- Alright, break it up, girls.

Come here, woman, and kiss me.

Where's Beef? I want to show him
I'm not afraid of him.

Hey, Beef! Are you looking?

Gee, I used to think
I had a mother fixation.

You're not a bit like her.

I like you better.

Oh, Beefy, you're a panic.

Do you think he's here,
professor?

- Of course he is.
- Hello.

Guess I can't understand
why he didn't call me.

Don't forget,
he's still under the impression

that you don't like him.
I'm sure...

That after you're in there
for five minutes,

you'll be in each others' arms.

- Really?
- Uh, check, please.

Oh, Van Dyne.

Would you take Ms. Lane inside?
I left my pipe. Hah.

- I'd be delighted.
- Thank you, Peter.

You just look adorable tonight.

Oh. Why, Peter.

Van Dyne!

Who'd you expect her
to come with, Professor Kennyon?

Oh, I don't know what to expect.
I'm going home.

- Marlowe.
- Yes, sir?

- Where are you rushing off to?
- I'm going home, sir.

- Why, isn't it a bit early?
- Yes, sir.

I don't think
you should leave so soon.

I think there's someone inside
looking for you.

- Who?
- Connie Lane, to be exact.

I think you're mistaken, sir.
She can't stand the sight of me.

- So you're going home?
- Yes, sir.

You're just leaving?

Sinking away like Napoleon
from Waterloo.

Did you speak to her?
You didn't even speak to her?

For Pete's sake, Marlowe,
what's the matter with you?

You don't do this
in the football field.

When you think it's a losing
battle, you try harder.

Now you mustn't give up.

How do you know
she doesn't love you?

You've got to, uh,
you've got to...

What is it
your coach always says to you?

You've got to,
you've got to, uh...

- Get in there?
- Yes! Get in there and fight.

- Good luck.
- Yes, sir.

Connie!

Connie?

Oh, it's you.

I thought you'd left.

- Well, how'd you know?
- Somebody told me.

Well, I almost left.

What stopped you?

Nothing stopped me.
I'm leaving now.

Well... where are you going?

Where am I going?
I'm going home!

Where do people generally go?

Home.

You staying?

Oh, yes.
I'm having a lovely time.

Well, why don't you
go back inside?

I like it out here.

I think it's utterly delightful
out here.

And besides, no one's gonna
tell me where to go!

- Why don't you go inside?
- I'm leaving.

I don't have to go inside.

Well, then why don't you leave?

Because I love you!

Oh.

That's a ridiculous thing
to say.

Well, I said it.

- I'm glad.
- What?

I'm glad!

- Oh, you are?
- Yes.

Oh, well, in that case,
I got a lot of things to say.

For instance?

You remember the day
in the library

when you gave me
the French lesson?

Well, there are a lot of things
that you could teach me

and that's the way
I want it to be.

You name it.
I... I'll do anything you say.

- Anything?
- Try me.

Well..

- Down on your heels.
- Down on my heels?

- Up on your toes.
- Up on my toes? What's that?

♪ That's the way to do
the Varsity Drag ♪

♪ We've always thought
knowledge is naught ♪

♪ We should be taught to dance ♪

♪ Right here at Tait
we're up-to-date ♪

♪ We teach a great new dance ♪

♪ Don't think that I brag
I speak of the Drag ♪

♪ Why should a sheik
learn how to speak ♪

♪ Latin and Greek badly? ♪

♪ Give him a neat
motto complete ♪

♪ Say it with feet gladly ♪

♪ First lesson right now ♪

♪ You'll love it
and how you'll love it ♪

♪ Here is the Drag
see how it goes ♪

♪ Down on your heels
up on your toes ♪

♪ That's the way to do
the Varsity Drag ♪

♪ Hotter than hot
newer than new ♪

♪ Meaner than mean
bluer than blue ♪

♪ Gets as much applause
as waving the flag ♪

♪ You can pass many a class
whether you're dumb or wise ♪

♪ If you all answer the call
when your professor cries ♪

♪ Everybody down on the heels
up on the toes ♪

♪ Stay after school
learn how it goes ♪

♪ Everybody do
the Varsity Drag ♪

♪ Here is the Drag ♪
♪ Here is the Drag ♪

♪ See how it goes ♪
♪ See how it goes ♪

♪ Down on your heels ♪
♪ Down on your heels ♪

♪ Up on your toes ♪
♪ Up on your toes ♪

♪ That's the way to do
the Varsity Drag ♪

♪ Hotter than hot ♪
♪ Hotter than hot ♪

♪ Newer than new ♪
♪ Newer than new ♪

♪ Meaner than mean ♪
♪ Meaner than mean ♪

♪ Bluer than blue ♪
♪ Bluer than blue ♪

♪ Gets as much applause
as waving the flag ♪

♪ You can pass many a class
whether you're dumb or wise ♪

♪ If you all answer the call
when your professor cries ♪

♪ Down on your heels
up on your toes ♪

♪ Stay after school
learn how it goes ♪

♪ Every everybody ♪

♪ Step right up
and do the Varsity Drag ♪

♪ The boy garcon
gets girl la fille ♪

♪ That's good c'est bon ♪

♪ The show fini ♪

♪ The moral to this tale is
learn to parlez-vous ♪

♪ Send her a billet doux ♪

♪ Tell her her eyes are blue.. ♪

They sure are blue.

♪ Je vous adore means ♪

♪ I love you ♪

♪ Come right here to me ♪

♪ Good news ♪♪