0:01:19 > 0:01:23Lemon drops, apples, bananas, oranges...
0:01:23 > 0:01:30"My dear Miss Shirley, this is to confirm your appointment as vice principal at Pringleton School.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34"Vice principals have always boarded with Mrs Stephen Pringle."
0:01:34 > 0:01:39BOTH: "You will find satisfactory accommodation on arrival!
0:01:39 > 0:01:43"Yours, Harvey M Jason, Superintendent."
0:01:43 > 0:01:47I hope I'll like rooming with Mrs Pringle.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Gilbert, I'm going to be a vice principal - my first job.
0:01:51 > 0:01:58- Your last too! This time next year, you'll be Mrs Gilbert Blythe. - Mrs Doctor Gilbert Blythe!
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Gilbert!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05It's all right - we're engaged.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I know. We were in love once...
0:02:07 > 0:02:11I mean... we've been in love for 20 years!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Stop!
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- Stop!- Next stop Pringleton!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19TRAIN WHISTLE
0:02:28 > 0:02:30This is where I get off, Dr Blythe.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59- Write every hour.- Every half hour! Work hard! I'll be thinking of you!
0:03:18 > 0:03:25- Miss Shirley?- Yes.- Mrs Stephen Pringle.- How do you do?- How do you do?- It's nice of you to meet me.
0:03:25 > 0:03:32- I'll love it here. I appreciate your invitation to board with you. - That's what I want to tell you.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- I'm afraid you can't.- I can't?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Sorry if I put you out any. - Well, I...
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- Could you suggest some other place? - No. Good day.- Good day.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Whoa!
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Carriage, Miss?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Yes...I suppose so.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Yip!
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- Where to, Miss?- I don't know.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26- How's that?- I better explain. My name is Anne Shirley.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- I'm the new vice principal at the school.- I'm Jabez Monkman.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- I'm with the school too except during vacation.- You are?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- A teacher?- No, janitor.
0:04:37 > 0:04:43- You'll be boarding with Mrs Stephen Pringle?- I was expecting to, but certain things have come up.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- What did you do to her?- Do? - To get her dander up.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52I didn't do anything to her... to get her dander up.
0:04:52 > 0:04:59- I hardly even spoke to her. - One of the other Pringles will take you.- How many are there?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Lots! Brothers and sisters and cousins and in-laws.
0:05:03 > 0:05:09- They're the e-lite of Pringleton. - Well, I suppose the e-lite will be good enough for me!
0:05:09 > 0:05:14I'm not boarding people now - haven't for several years.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Good day.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Sorry. We're all filled up.
0:05:29 > 0:05:37Miss Ernestine Pringle is not at home. The maid asked for my name before saying they were full.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- There's still some others. - Are they all like the ones I've met?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- Just about. - Suppose we try some non-Pringles?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- I've had enough cold shoulders. - You're right.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Between you and me...- Just a moment.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Whoa!- That house...
0:05:55 > 0:06:01- It's so lovely! - That's Windy Poplars.- Windy Poplars? What a beautiful name.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06- Awful nice folks there. - It reminds me of Green Gables.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Wouldn't it be perfect if...?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Do you suppose they have a room?
0:06:12 > 0:06:18- Ain't spoke for 12 years.- But you said...- Cos of old Hester Pringle.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24Captain Isaac's widow, 1,000 years old, bosses the whole tribe, whole darn town.
0:06:24 > 0:06:31- Miss Kate here's about the only soul she ain't never hogtied. - Then I'm sure I'll love her!
0:06:31 > 0:06:35I'm going to speak to her. Will you wait for me?
0:06:35 > 0:06:41I can't. Hester would skin me alive. She hates the Windy Poplars folk - scared of them.
0:06:41 > 0:06:48- She is? Why?- I ain't saying. That's one of the things nobody talks about in Pringleton.
0:06:48 > 0:06:54- Can't you drive around for a few minutes? - I could do that, couldn't I?
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Who's that? - Matey, brother to Miss Kate.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Don't be scared. He won't hurt a fly.
0:07:05 > 0:07:12Childish. I'll be back in a while. If you're gone, I'll know Miss Kate took care of you.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- Good luck, Boss.- Thank you.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Hello, Matey.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51- Howdy, Miss. - A three-masted schooner?
0:07:51 > 0:07:56Barquentine. You can tell by the square rig, the old Whitecap.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- I sailed on her once. You like ships? - Yes.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- What do you think of that there craft?- Well...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07that's quite a ship.
0:08:07 > 0:08:13That ain't a ship - it's a boat. 15-footer - built every inch with my own hands.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16I bet you could sail across the bay.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Once. Can't sail anywheres no more.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Why, it's chained!
0:08:21 > 0:08:25I'm only allowed to sit in it and make believe.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28They think I wouldn't come back!
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Would you?- No!
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Don't guess I would.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35You see...
0:08:35 > 0:08:43I've been living for a pretty long spell and I figure it would be real nice to end my voyage about now.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Matey, you'll live on for years.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51If they keep me on land, I won't never die! I've got to die at sea!
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Matey!
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- I guess I gotta go in now. - Your sister?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Housekeeper - Rebecca.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- She likes ships. - Hello.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- I expect you're Miss Shirley? - Yes. How did you know?
0:09:06 > 0:09:13Half a tale's enough for a wise man. I heard the Pringles weren't taking you in.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- You bunking with us? - I hope so...
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- if there's room. - Well, we've got the room...
0:09:20 > 0:09:25but you better talk to Miss Kate - I'm only the housekeeper.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31I'll fetch Miss Kate. Go in the sitting room and sit.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Rope portieres! I knew it would be like this!
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Hello, you handsome fella!
0:09:44 > 0:09:49Rebecca will have a fit if she finds him in this room.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53CAT MIAOWS Dusty Miller! Nice little kitty!
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Is that cat in the sitting room?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Take it out of here! Out!
0:09:58 > 0:10:04Cat's hairs over this, cat's hairs over that, day in, day out!
0:10:04 > 0:10:11Miss Kate, this is the last straw! Either that beast goes or I do! This is Miss Shirley.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15How do you do? I just don't know what to do about Dusty Miller.
0:10:15 > 0:10:22He's so comforting around the house and such a good mouser. Please sit down.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Thank you.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29- Did Rebecca say I was looking for a place to live?- She was about to.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33She said none of the Pringles would take you.
0:10:33 > 0:10:39Yes, but I refuse to be unhappy until you tell me I can't live at Windy Poplars!
0:10:39 > 0:10:44Very sweet, my dear, and it would be nice having a young person around,
0:10:44 > 0:10:49but I can't be sure until I consult with...
0:10:49 > 0:10:56Rebecca, Miss Shirley wishes to board here, but we can't take her. Why not?
0:10:56 > 0:11:00It'd be too much trouble for you. I'm well used to trouble.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05Don't you think...? No, I don't. I'd say take her!
0:11:05 > 0:11:11But of course it's your house - I've got nothing to say about it!
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Rebecca always has things her own way.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Whee!
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Welcome, shipmate, welcome!
0:11:31 > 0:11:33So we set sail,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37and after 40 days and 40 nights, we dropped anchor...
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- ..You all bunked down?- Yes. May I join you? I won't tell.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- This is Betty Grayson. She bunks next door. Hello.- Hello.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51We're not supposed to play.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55I'm reading her all about my voyages with Captain Isaac Pringle.
0:11:55 > 0:12:03- We've dropped anchor off Singapore. - Exciting! You're a Grayson? Isn't that Ernestine Pringle's house?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07She's only my aunt. My daddy and mummy were Grayson.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12Sailed away one day, never came back. When I was real little.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Well, now we'll get on with the voyage.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18< It was the year 1884, Betty...
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Matey! I told you my name wasn't Betty today!
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Oh, sink me! I forgot!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- What is your name today?- Beth.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Aunt Ernestine scolded me this morning - and Beth is sadder.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It all depends on how I feel.
0:12:34 > 0:12:41How wonderful to have a name that can be so many names and still your own!
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- Elsie, Beth, Betty, Elizabeth... - < And Lizzie.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Oh, no, Matey! That sounds like freckles and a pug nose!
0:12:50 > 0:12:56I could never feel like Lizzie! Aunt Ernestine thinks changing my name is childish!
0:12:56 > 0:13:03- Betty! Matey, I've asked you many times to stop putting nonsense into this child's head!- Oh, but...
0:13:03 > 0:13:09- We were just talking.- Miss Shirley, you should confine your attentions to the children in your school.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Come along, Betty.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- What a perfectly dreadful woman! - She's a Pringle, ain't she?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25KNOCKING
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Come in.- Is everything all right? - Oh, it's perfect.
0:13:31 > 0:13:38Whoever arranged this room must've known I'd live in it someday! If only Rebecca liked me...
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Don't worry your head about that! Rebecca's a saint!
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Did Matey make this one too? - Yes, indeed.
0:13:46 > 0:13:52He was a fine sailor! Captain Isaac Pringle wouldn't command a ship without him!
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- That's how he got his name? - Captain Isaac was real nice.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01He gave this house to Matey when they both retired.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Be sure and part the drapes - more light, you know.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09And the view is just as lovely as can be.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11On a nice day like this,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14you can see for miles around.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Oh, yes! Now I know where I'll do most of my sitting.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22What a grim-looking house, the one across the bay!
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Maplehurst - Hester Pringle's place.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29But the fog hides it most of the time.
0:14:29 > 0:14:37Old Hester wanted some of the kin folk to come and live there, but they managed to crawl out of it!
0:14:37 > 0:14:41She had to adopt a girl for company. Poor Katherine.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46I guess she couldn't help getting grim - like the house.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50You'll be meeting her soon. She teaches at school.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I feel sorry for her already!
0:14:53 > 0:14:58I feel sorry for anyone who gets tangled up with the Pringles
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- and all their politics! - Yes, it is a bitter, gloomy house.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Pringles! Me own flesh and blood!
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Getting so that I can't drag you together once a week!
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- You're late, Tony!- Sorry, Mother.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37- Good evening, Hester.- Drinking again?- That's why I'm late!
0:15:37 > 0:15:45- Why weren't you here last Saturday night?- I had some important things to finish.- Important things!
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Fix him some tea, Katherine.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Hello.- Good evening.
0:15:51 > 0:15:57- The new vice principal - Miss Shirley?- Excuse me. I've heard all this before.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02- Tony!- Aunt Hester, I have nothing against Miss Shirley!
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- She can be torn to pieces without me!- Tony!
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Apologise to your Aunt Hester!
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Let him go! ..Thank you for dropping in.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16- You don't need much time to pay your respects!- No, not very much.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23- I'm sorry, Hester.- Now...about Miss Shirley... I want her removed!
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Hester, I saw the superintendent.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30It's Katherine's job! Next year, she's to be principal.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35I don't want to be vice principal! I want to teach!
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Stephen?
0:16:36 > 0:16:41Miss Shirley passed the examination with the highest honours...
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Stop apologising for your bungling! I put you where you are!
0:16:45 > 0:16:50We did everything we could! We all turned her down for a room!
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Oh? Where'd she go?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Well? Where?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Windy Poplars.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05What?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08That place!
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Get me some more tea, somebody!
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- Boss!- Hello, Mr Monkman. Glad to see you again.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48- Could you step into my office, please?- Of course.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Boss, you done it!- I did what?
0:18:07 > 0:18:12Made old Hester mad at you by going to Windy Poplars to live.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21- Boss, she's gonna try and make you quit your job!- But that's silly.
0:18:21 > 0:18:27- When old Hester decides something, it may be mean and ornery, but it ain't silly!- Well...
0:18:27 > 0:18:33- I'll keep my eyes open, but I hope you're mistaken.- I don't make...
0:18:33 > 0:18:35< Jabez! Jabez Monkman!
0:18:35 > 0:18:43Any time you want more heat or gas or anything, just write it down and stick it on there.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Thank you.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Mr Monkman! There's a garter snake in my desk drawer!
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Well, I reckon school has officially started!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02She's here, Mr Gibson.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- How do you, Mr Gibson? - How do you do?
0:19:28 > 0:19:33- Sit down, Miss Shirley.- Your school is delightful, Mr Gibson.- Splendid.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38We deem it very desirable that our faculty members be enthusiastic
0:19:38 > 0:19:43and be completely satisfied with the extent of their duties.
0:19:43 > 0:19:51- I'm to have other duties in addition to those of vice principal? - You will, naturally, assist me
0:19:51 > 0:19:57in various executive duties. Then you are to have a first-year class in English -
0:19:57 > 0:20:00not difficult, you know.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Furthermore, as a member of the English department,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07you will direct the dramatic club.
0:20:09 > 0:20:16You see, Miss Shirley, this building houses the entire school system of Pringleton,
0:20:16 > 0:20:21- from kindergarten through high school, inclusive.- Yes, I know...
0:20:21 > 0:20:27Lastly, you will take the girls' class in gymnastics. That is all.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- You haven't forgotten anything? - It's too much?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Oh, no! I'm rather pleasantly surprised!
0:20:34 > 0:20:40It's usually difficult to get one job at a time and now I've got four!
0:20:40 > 0:20:45Miss Shirley, it is a responsibility not to be taken lightly.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- If you are not entirely qualified... - But I'm sure I am.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54- Gymnastics too?- I was on the team at college for two years!
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Oh...
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Miss Katherine Pringle is here.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I'll see her in one moment.
0:21:02 > 0:21:09- Return in an hour - I'll take you to your class. - I'll be here. Thank you, Mr Gibson.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18"Thank you, Mr Gibson"!
0:21:18 > 0:21:22I'd like to thank him, the old black bun...!
0:21:22 > 0:21:25HE CONTINUES MUTTERING
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Horse-headed...
0:21:28 > 0:21:30chicken-brained...
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Miss Burke...if you please...
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Miss Burke, this is Miss Shirley, our new vice principal.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53She's to take over your class. But...
0:21:53 > 0:21:57You will fill the vacancy left by Miss Carson in history.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Perhaps you better introduce Miss Shirley to her class.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- I hope you have a good disposition, Miss Shirley.- Not too good - why?
0:22:06 > 0:22:11- You'll need it.- Is it that bad? - Worse. We may as well get it over!
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Class, this is Miss Shirley. She is your new teacher.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Ahhhh!
0:22:33 > 0:22:37This is the seating chart with their names.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Fine.- Good luck!- Thank you.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Goodbye, class. Goodbye, Miss Burke.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Please, relax, everybody.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55You're young men and women and I will treat you as such!
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Please discard all of this!
0:23:00 > 0:23:04If you give me a minute to learn your names, I'll...
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Jen Pringle. Will you please stand?
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- To which branch of the Pringle family do you belong?- Why?
0:23:25 > 0:23:32- You're so nice looking, I was interested. - Mr Morton Pringle's my father!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Thank you.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- Good morning, Miss Pringle! - Good morning.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- Good morning, Miss Shirley!- The weather's crisp and invigorating!
0:23:58 > 0:24:02It's crisp! And invigorating!
0:24:17 > 0:24:20My, isn't this nice?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23One gets so cold walking to school!
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I've never had worse circulation!
0:24:26 > 0:24:34Limbs - they do get so chilled! Nice we can get warm like this before classes begin!
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Ooh!
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Miss Shirley, I have a complaint from Mr Morton Pringle.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47You seem to have a special dislike for his daughter Jen.
0:24:47 > 0:24:55- That's not true, Mr Gibson!- You've sent her to me for discipline six times in a month. Why, Miss Shirley?
0:24:55 > 0:25:02- Because she does exactly as she pleases. She's a bad influence, Mr Gibson.- Why, Miss Shirley?
0:25:02 > 0:25:07- She makes it hard for me to control the others because...- Because what?
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- Because she's strong-willed. - I think I understand, Miss Shirley.
0:25:11 > 0:25:17There is a certain situation existing between you and the Pringle family.
0:25:17 > 0:25:24I must warn you I will not tolerate bringing this school into a private quarrel.
0:25:24 > 0:25:31- I expect you to be more considerate of Jen Pringle.- I'll treat her with all the consideration she deserves.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34I shall expect that you do.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36That will be all, Miss Shirley.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Psst! Boss!
0:25:49 > 0:25:54- Old buzzard! I'd like to kick him in the pants!- He's unpleasant.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- How did you know?- Come here.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19'Take this note to Morton Pringle. Tell him Jen will have no further trouble with Miss Shirley.'
0:26:19 > 0:26:28When I want to find out what's going on in one room, I shut the dampers in the others. What's Jen up to?
0:26:35 > 0:26:40'Jen Pringle, when Miss Shirley sees that picture, you'll catch it!
0:26:40 > 0:26:44'No, I won't! After today, she won't barely scold me!'
0:26:46 > 0:26:51It's a dirty shame! Give up, Boss! You can't fight the Pringles!
0:26:51 > 0:26:56- They've got you whipped! - No, they haven't! I'll fight them!
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Thank you, Jabez. It's nice to know I have one friend!
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Here she comes!
0:27:26 > 0:27:31Let me compliment you, Jen. You have a talent for drawing.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36What? What makes you think I drew that?
0:27:36 > 0:27:44I'm psychic. Jen, you draw so well, I'm going to allow you decorate the blackboards for Hallowe'en.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Would you like that?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49I guess so...
0:27:50 > 0:27:55- How can you tell what people are thinking about?- I just can.
0:27:55 > 0:28:01For instance, you were just thinking that after today I'm not going to scold you.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03What...?!
0:28:03 > 0:28:08And you're right - because after today I shan't have to.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15From now on, all of you be sure to have nothing but nice thoughts.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Yes, Miss Shirley!
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- So your name is Betty today?- Yes.
0:28:26 > 0:28:32Because I'm happy - because you're here and because you let me pet Dusty Miller.
0:28:32 > 0:28:40- But last night my name was Elsie. - It was? Why?- Because I cried - I'm always Elsie when I cry.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Why did you cry last night?
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Because I was praying that today would be tomorrow...
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- Aunt Ernestine heard me. - That today would be tomorrow?
0:28:50 > 0:28:55Yes - when tomorrow comes, my daddy and mummy are coming home.
0:28:55 > 0:29:02- Last night, you were praying that that would be today. - Yes, but Aunt Ernestine heard me -
0:29:02 > 0:29:06- she told me tomorrow will never come. - Aunt Ernestine is wrong!
0:29:06 > 0:29:11- There is a tomorrow - someday you'll see.- Will I?- Of course!
0:29:11 > 0:29:16That's just what I say! Someday my tomorrow will come.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20And my daddy and mummy will take me away from Aunt Ernestine!
0:29:20 > 0:29:24I'll live with them till I'm old and grey - like Matey!
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Betty! Come into the house now!
0:29:27 > 0:29:31- Oh, my goodness! Goodbye, Miss Anne. - Goodbye, Betty!
0:29:55 > 0:29:58PIANO IS PLAYED
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Miss Pringle?
0:30:51 > 0:30:55- You play so beautifully. - I studied for ten years.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Katherine, can't we be friends? I do wish we could!
0:30:59 > 0:31:04We're both young and I guess neither of us has many friends at school.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07I have some work to correct.
0:31:07 > 0:31:13- What's wrong with me? - There's nothing wrong with you as far as I know -
0:31:13 > 0:31:18except you hate the Pringles! Aunt Hester says...
0:31:18 > 0:31:22- What does Aunt Hester say? - You'll have to excuse me.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27I've a right to know what she said and why you say I hate the Pringles!
0:31:27 > 0:31:33How could I? I don't even know you. Katherine, please, help me!
0:31:33 > 0:31:35What's behind all this?
0:31:35 > 0:31:40I'm sorry. I don't regard it as any of my affair.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50And there we was with a cargo of smuggled silk in the hold,
0:31:50 > 0:31:55and a revenue cutter abaft our port beam, so I said... Hello, Anne.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00- Rebecca wants you to chop some kindling.- Yeah.
0:32:00 > 0:32:07- And the revenue cutter was about to fire a shot across our bow...- So will Rebecca if the fire goes out!
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Yes, I suppose so...
0:32:10 > 0:32:15Well, we'll land the cargo of smuggled silk some other time.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Yeah...
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Do you know what?
0:32:21 > 0:32:24No - what?
0:32:24 > 0:32:28When my tomorrow comes, it's going to be a great big one.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32And I won't be a hog - you can have a part of it too!
0:32:32 > 0:32:35And you'll never, ever cry again.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40- But I haven't been crying, Betty, really!- Oh, yes, you have!
0:32:40 > 0:32:46I can tell! But just you wait. I have a whole lot of lovely things planned for us!
0:32:46 > 0:32:51- Have you, darling?- What should I do with Aunt Ernestine in my tomorrow?
0:32:51 > 0:32:53What do you think would be better?
0:32:53 > 0:32:58To lock her up in a tower with mice or hang her by her toes?
0:32:58 > 0:33:03That sounds too messy. Couldn't we just leave her in yesterday?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05She's awfully mean!
0:33:05 > 0:33:09- Do you know what she did once? - No. What?
0:33:09 > 0:33:15She put a crow on a shelf in my room and said it would peck my eyes out if I was bad.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- Do you know what else?- What else?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21When she went, I looked close.
0:33:21 > 0:33:27It wasn't a real crow - it was only a stuffed crow! It could never peck!
0:33:27 > 0:33:30My! That was brave of you!
0:33:30 > 0:33:31BANGING
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Here's something else.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52Captain Isaac wrote it with his own hand in the logbook.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54"March 4th, 1872.
0:33:54 > 0:34:00"Dropped anchor off California coast, midnight. Will land cargo tonight."
0:34:00 > 0:34:03I recollect that as well as if it was yesterday.
0:34:03 > 0:34:10We had a full cargo. Good money in smuggling then on account of the high duties.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13It was foggy! Couldn't see the back of your hand.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16What a time we had in Panama!
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Men dropping like flies from yellow jack...!
0:34:20 > 0:34:27- Hester Pringle has been afraid of you Windy Poplars folks for years, hasn't she?- That's right.
0:34:27 > 0:34:33- This logbook is what she's afraid of!- She's afraid someday I'll get real mad at her
0:34:33 > 0:34:36and give it to some big newspaper!
0:34:36 > 0:34:43I'd like to see her face when it comes out that Captain Isaac was a smuggler and a pirate!
0:34:43 > 0:34:50- That'll take the wind out of her sails!- Matey, Captain Isaac was your friend, wasn't he?- None better.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53He must've been a great man -
0:34:53 > 0:34:58to have a town named after him, a monument erected to his memory...
0:34:58 > 0:35:06- You couldn't do anything to make them think badly of him?- Yeah... But old Hester! Blast her eyes!
0:35:06 > 0:35:14- She's a mean old walrus!- I know she is, but maybe she wouldn't be if Captain Isaac had lived.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19- Matey, I want you to give me this book.- Sure, shipmate, what for?
0:35:19 > 0:35:24- To take it to Hester Pringle. - No, no!- Please, Matey!
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- Maybe if someone was kind to her just once...- She'd kick them!
0:35:28 > 0:35:32- Anyway, how will you get it there? - I'll take it after supper.
0:35:32 > 0:35:37You what? You'd really go up to Maplehurst all by yourself?
0:35:37 > 0:35:42Of course! I'll bet Aunt Hester's only a stuffed crow! She won't peck.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Well, don't be too sure.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Pardon, Mrs Pringle. There's a Miss Anne Shirley to see you.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- Did you tell her I was in?- Yes.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00She said she had an appointment.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03She's a liar and you're an idiot.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Show her in.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Why, Hester... - Quiet! I'll handle this!
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- Perhaps we should... We'd all better...- Sit down!
0:36:12 > 0:36:15All of you!
0:36:17 > 0:36:22True to form! You never could face anybody with a bit of backbone!
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Good evening.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Oh...
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Good evening, Miss...
0:36:43 > 0:36:44Shirley!
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Oh, yes. Miss Shirley...
0:36:48 > 0:36:54- I'm sorry I lied, but I didn't think I could get in to see you any other way.- Why?
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Well, I've been led to feel that you don't like me.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03How could I possibly dislike someone I've never met?
0:37:03 > 0:37:06That's what I couldn't understand.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11- Won't you sit down, my dear? - Thank you.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21And now, Miss Shirley...
0:37:22 > 0:37:24..just what is it that you do?
0:37:26 > 0:37:30I'm at the school - vice principal and teacher.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Oh, yes, yes, of course.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37I've heard of you. Little Jen's in one of your classes.
0:37:37 > 0:37:43- Yes.- Morton tells me you're having a very bad influence on her,
0:37:43 > 0:37:46spoiling her in every possible way.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51I tried to make friends with her, if that's spoiling her.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Youngsters of that age are very difficult.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Growing pains probably.
0:37:58 > 0:38:03- Mrs Pringle, may we speak frankly? - Frankly?
0:38:03 > 0:38:09- About what?- Ever since I came to Pringleton, I've been subject to every form of prejudice!
0:38:09 > 0:38:15- It's made my job almost unbearable...- Would you like some tea, Miss Shirley?
0:38:15 > 0:38:23No, thank you. I get along with people, young or old! It's the only talent of which I'm really proud.
0:38:23 > 0:38:29I could make even you people like me if you gave me a chance!
0:38:29 > 0:38:34- But that's the trouble. - Who is causing you all this trouble?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36You are - all of you!
0:38:36 > 0:38:42You have done everything to make me miserable, to force me to lose my position!
0:38:42 > 0:38:48Come, come, my dear! You've brought your imaginings to the wrong place!
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Take my advice...
0:38:51 > 0:38:56don't put too much stock in all you hear at Windy Poplars!
0:39:03 > 0:39:08I didn't come here to ask you a favour, but to do you a kindness.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11What could you possibly do for me?
0:39:11 > 0:39:18I brought you Captain Isaac's logbook - the book that proves he was a pirate and a smuggler!
0:39:18 > 0:39:23But he'd be ashamed if he could see the family he'd left behind!
0:39:23 > 0:39:26No warmth, no love,
0:39:26 > 0:39:28no respect...
0:39:28 > 0:39:30only money.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34I pity all of you!
0:39:40 > 0:39:44- I wonder where she got it!- Quiet!
0:39:51 > 0:39:56She handed over the one weapon that could have beaten us!
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Hello there, Annie, old girl!
0:40:10 > 0:40:13It's all right. Come on in.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Did you think it was a ghost?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26I was startled.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- Aren't you...? - Anthony Pringle esquire.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33But not exactly in person at the moment.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Have a seat.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39I've seen you at your father's bank.
0:40:39 > 0:40:45- At the receiving teller's cage. Plenty of cash, but behind bars. - Why are you drinking?
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- It's very simple. I wanna get drunk. - Why here?
0:40:51 > 0:40:54It's the best company in town.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56We understand each other.
0:40:56 > 0:41:01They once lived small and empty lives as cowardly as mine.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Cheerful Tony!
0:41:09 > 0:41:14My superhuman power of observation tells me that you're unhappy.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18- I've been to Maplehurst tonight. - That explains it.
0:41:18 > 0:41:24Into the den of wolves she strayed, alone and unafraid.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30- Just made it up... - My exit wasn't quite so glorious.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Did you get a rough going-over?
0:41:33 > 0:41:40- Pretty rough. They all played innocent.- Katherine too? - She wasn't there.- I thought so.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44She's sour and she's frowsy...
0:41:44 > 0:41:46but it isn't her fault.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49She's not a Pringle!
0:41:51 > 0:41:54You would like her if you got to know her.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59If only I could, but...! Tony, maybe you can help me.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03- Maybe you know why she dislikes me so much.- Well...
0:42:03 > 0:42:08old Hester always wanted Katherine to be vice principal.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13But that isn't it - Katherine was always afraid she would get the job.
0:42:14 > 0:42:21- Say!- Yes?- It must be because they gave you the dramatic society!
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- Katherine loved that job!- Oh...
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Don't go yet.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32I'd better. It's chilly and late.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35I'll walk with you to the gate.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39I can't leave this place myself till I sober up.
0:42:39 > 0:42:46- None of my friends here would take me home.- You've given me an idea. There's nothing to lose by trying.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51Look, why get hurt more? Why not give up the whole mess?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57No...
0:42:57 > 0:43:01I guess you're not the kind who would give up!
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Strange lot, us Pringles!
0:43:06 > 0:43:10Not really as despicable as we behave...
0:43:10 > 0:43:14If it weren't for good Queen Hester holding the reins,
0:43:14 > 0:43:18we could all be as nice and as brave as you.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22She has no right to that much power, no-one has.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25Of course not, but she's got it!
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Old Captain Isaac...!
0:43:31 > 0:43:39I bet he never dreamed when he gave Hester that big axe that she'd chop out the family's heart!
0:43:39 > 0:43:43He was a loveable old scamp if there ever was one!
0:43:44 > 0:43:47I'm glad I met you here, Tony!
0:43:47 > 0:43:52- You make me feel strong. Good night. - Good night.
0:44:01 > 0:44:06The crown has fallen from thy brow. Thou hath no more of earthly majesty.
0:44:06 > 0:44:14Raise thy imperial voice! See if a friend, a deliverer will rise to save you.
0:44:14 > 0:44:21- Who will save me from this raging madness...?- Excuse me. Read quietly to yourselves for a few minutes.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Miss Pringle?
0:44:26 > 0:44:30- I've been trying to see you for two days.- What is it?
0:44:30 > 0:44:34- I need some advice. - I'm sorry - my class is waiting.
0:44:34 > 0:44:41- This is about the dramatic club. They never should have assigned it to me.- Why not?
0:44:41 > 0:44:47- My ability is only ordinary. I love the fine things of the theatre... - You do?
0:44:47 > 0:44:52- I can't tolerate a play that isn't well-staged.- Neither can I.
0:44:52 > 0:44:59- That's why when they said I had to put on a play...- What play will you do?- That's just it - I haven't one.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02But I understand you wrote one.
0:45:02 > 0:45:08- Well, I tried to do something a little different with Cinderella. - Cinderella? That's perfect!
0:45:08 > 0:45:13- Jen could play the lead! She has so much talent.- Yes, she has.
0:45:13 > 0:45:20- It could be good if it were done well.- I heard the plays you put on were magnificent. Katherine...
0:45:20 > 0:45:23couldn't we do Cinderella together?
0:45:23 > 0:45:27You'd have the last word on everything, I promise.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32No. No, I couldn't...
0:45:32 > 0:45:35This could be so much fun.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38Well...let me think it over.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51HUBBUB
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Jen, I'd like to talk to you.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58What about?
0:45:58 > 0:46:02- About the play we're putting on at Christmas.- Who's "we"?
0:46:02 > 0:46:05Katherine Pringle and myself.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08- I bet I can tell what you're thinking.- What?
0:46:08 > 0:46:13You're wondering who'll be the leading lady. Remember I'm psychic!
0:46:13 > 0:46:17- I wonder if you can you tell what I'm thinking?- No.
0:46:17 > 0:46:22I'm thinking there's only one girl in the school for the part. You!
0:46:24 > 0:46:27- Honest, Miss Shirley?- Honest, Jen.
0:46:27 > 0:46:32- Oh, thank you.- Good night, Jen. - Good night, Miss Shirley.
0:46:32 > 0:46:36- Good night, girls. - Good night, Miss Shirley.
0:47:37 > 0:47:45For weeks now, all the boys and girls of the school have been working very hard on Cinderella.
0:47:45 > 0:47:49It's all about a little girl with a mean stepmother.
0:47:49 > 0:47:56- I know - like Aunt Ernestine.- But it turns out beautifully in the end. - How do the people see the play?
0:47:56 > 0:48:00Well, there's a big opening on one side of the stage.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03Everyone sits out front and watches.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07The stage lights up, the actors appear in costumes,
0:48:07 > 0:48:11and the story tells itself right before your very eyes!
0:48:11 > 0:48:15Oh, it must be wonderful!
0:48:15 > 0:48:18Betty, would you care to see it?
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Oh...
0:48:20 > 0:48:24- I couldn't.- You just sit tight. I'll try and fix it.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27Your face is so hot.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29I believe you have a fever.
0:48:29 > 0:48:34- Do you feel all right?- Sure.- Tell Aunt Ernestine to call the doctor.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37We don't want you to miss the play!
0:48:37 > 0:48:41I wouldn't want to miss it. I'd rather take castor oil!
0:48:41 > 0:48:43BANGING
0:48:58 > 0:49:03I suppose Miss Shirley was telling you a lot of nonsense?
0:49:03 > 0:49:07Oh, yes, Aunt Ernestine. You don't like nonsense, do you?
0:49:07 > 0:49:10I do not! Poor Aunt Ernestine!
0:49:27 > 0:49:29My dear God,
0:49:29 > 0:49:33I'm not going to ask you for a merry Christmas.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Aunt Ernestine wouldn't allow that,
0:49:36 > 0:49:41but if you'll please let me see Miss Shirley's play,
0:49:41 > 0:49:46I promise never to bother you for anything again. Amen.
0:50:07 > 0:50:11Matey! Come in here this minute, d'you hear?
0:50:11 > 0:50:15You said to shovel the snow. It's getting late.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19You wanna be late for the play? Oh...!
0:50:19 > 0:50:26Here are your tickets. If I pass this day without forgetting something, it'll be pure luck.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28What about little Beth?
0:50:28 > 0:50:35- She's coming.- How did you manage? - It may have been the free tickets, but Ernestine was almost civil!
0:50:35 > 0:50:39- I asked if Betty could go with me and she said yes.- No!- Yes!
0:50:39 > 0:50:42It's a secret, but that's Pringleton!
0:50:42 > 0:50:45Here! That's fine.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Now maybe I can get myself presentable!
0:50:48 > 0:50:50DOORBELL
0:50:50 > 0:50:54I bet the stage set's burned down!
0:50:56 > 0:50:58Gilbert!
0:50:59 > 0:51:04- How did you know? - You darling! Merry Christmas!
0:51:04 > 0:51:10- Why didn't you telegraph? - And spoil the surprise? - My Christmas is complete!
0:51:10 > 0:51:18- You certainly look very happy! - Everything's going beautifully, almost. Let me get you some food.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26Help!
0:51:26 > 0:51:28Help!
0:51:28 > 0:51:31Somebody help me with my shirt!
0:51:31 > 0:51:34Somebody...help...with...
0:51:36 > 0:51:39So I've got Jen and Katherine and Tony on my side.
0:51:39 > 0:51:43I'll win over the others - wait and see!
0:51:43 > 0:51:47- Gilbert...- Mmm?- Do me a favour. - Why, sure! What?
0:51:47 > 0:51:51Drive Kate and Rebecca and Matey over to the school.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54I better pick up little Betty by myself.
0:51:54 > 0:52:00- I'll be glad to.- If you want another sandwich.- I know - in the kitchen!
0:52:02 > 0:52:05We're going to the show!
0:52:05 > 0:52:09Come on, Katie! Yes, I'm coming! Hurry up!
0:52:09 > 0:52:12Are you all right?
0:52:12 > 0:52:16- Comfortable?- Quite, thank you. - I'll meet you there.- All right.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18- What's that on your face?- Where?
0:52:18 > 0:52:21- Let me wash it off for you!- Ow!
0:52:24 > 0:52:26Giddy-up!
0:52:53 > 0:52:59- I've come for Betty.- She's not going.- Not going? You promised!
0:52:59 > 0:53:04- She's been disobedient!- Miss Pringle, how can you treat her like that?
0:53:04 > 0:53:11- She'd her heart set on seeing the play!- Please don't interfere any more with this child's upbringing.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Betty!
0:53:18 > 0:53:20- Betty! You're sick!- No...
0:53:20 > 0:53:24I'm all right! I want to go to the play...
0:53:24 > 0:53:26< Sick - fiddlesticks!
0:53:26 > 0:53:29She worked herself into a temper!
0:53:29 > 0:53:34She is sick. It's been coming on for several days. Have you had a doctor?
0:53:34 > 0:53:38Doctor? For a temper tantrum? I'm not made of money!
0:53:38 > 0:53:42Come on, darling. Let Anne get you to bed.
0:53:44 > 0:53:49Now, you just get right in there where it's nice and warm.
0:53:49 > 0:53:54- Tomorrow I'll tell you all about the play.- I wanted to see it so bad...
0:53:54 > 0:53:59When I come, I'll bring you over some presents.
0:53:59 > 0:54:03- Santa Claus left some things for you.- He did?- Yes.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08Now you just be quiet and try to go to sleep.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12- I'll be over first thing in the morning.- All right...
0:54:12 > 0:54:15but I did want to see the play.
0:54:22 > 0:54:29- Miss Pringle, please, get a doctor. - If she's not better by the morning, I'll get Dr Watson.
0:54:44 > 0:54:52- Oh, it's you.- Is Miss Shirley here? - No. I thought maybe you was her. - Is Katherine here?- She's awful busy.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56- I've got to see her.- Mr Pringle... - It's important.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Remember - you're Prince Charming.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01The kind of man women fall for.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04Gosh, Miss Pringle...
0:55:04 > 0:55:06KNOCKING
0:55:06 > 0:55:11- Where's Miss Shirley?- I don't know. You've no business back here.
0:55:11 > 0:55:17- I've got to see her! - She isn't here yet. Excuse me! We're trying to put on a play!
0:55:17 > 0:55:22Save your strength. There isn't going to be any play.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24No play?
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Of course, there'll be a play!
0:55:26 > 0:55:30Go on stage and do your lines. Yes, ma'am.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37You've got a nerve, getting the children all excited!
0:55:37 > 0:55:41I've just come from Aunt Hester's. Jen won't be here.
0:55:41 > 0:55:48- Aunt Hester told me to tell Miss Shirley Jen has a cold.- That's a lie! She was fine an hour ago!
0:55:48 > 0:55:55I know the reason she isn't coming as well as you do! Hester wants to give Miss Shirley a comedown!
0:55:55 > 0:56:00That's the nastiest thing I ever heard of! Why didn't you bring Jen?
0:56:00 > 0:56:04Aunt Hester has her locked up - in your room.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12- Where are you going? - I'm going after Jen!
0:56:12 > 0:56:16- You can't do that!- You just watch whether I can't or not!
0:56:16 > 0:56:23- But Hester... - I'm so sick of Hester, I could choke! I'm going to do what's right!
0:56:23 > 0:56:27If it's a revolution, count me in! Down with Aunt Hester!
0:56:27 > 0:56:34- Thanks, Tony! I better do it alone. You stay here and tell Miss Shirley. - Suppose you can't get Jen?
0:56:34 > 0:56:37- Don't worry - I will!- Good luck!
0:57:02 > 0:57:06- Evening, Miss Shirley.- Good evening. Where's Miss Pringle going?
0:57:06 > 0:57:10She didn't say. Just said something had gone wrong.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Something HAS gone wrong!
0:57:14 > 0:57:21- You're Miss Shirley's doctor friend? - And you're Tony Pringle?- Don't let the name Pringle frighten you!
0:57:21 > 0:57:25- Anne said you were one of her best friends.- Gilbert!
0:57:25 > 0:57:29- Where did Katherine go? - Aunt Hester's.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31Jen's been delayed, but don't worry.
0:57:31 > 0:57:35What happened to Jen? Miss Shirley...?
0:57:50 > 0:57:54Heart murmers! Stuff and nonsense!
0:57:54 > 0:58:00- You're an old quack! - You're no chicken now, Hester.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04You take one of those every hour or...
0:58:12 > 0:58:17- Well? Or what?- I'll not be responsible for the consequences!
0:58:17 > 0:58:22You - responsible?! You couldn't cure a common cold...
0:58:22 > 0:58:25much less a bad heart - if I had one!
0:58:25 > 0:58:29I'm telling you, Hester! Do as I say!
0:58:47 > 0:58:49Stuff and nonsense!
0:58:51 > 0:58:56Lock the door after you. If she comes up, I'll pretend I'm you!
0:58:56 > 0:59:00She'll know your voice! I'll cry or something.
0:59:00 > 0:59:05Now, hurry! There's a sleigh... Katherine, I'm so scared!
0:59:05 > 0:59:07Do hurry, please!
0:59:09 > 0:59:12What shall I tell Miss Shirley?
0:59:12 > 0:59:14Tell her I wish her luck!
1:00:26 > 1:00:29HUBBUB
1:00:29 > 1:00:33It's fine having a show right in Pringleton, isn't it?
1:00:33 > 1:00:38I don't think there's going to be any show! Why not?
1:00:38 > 1:00:43A show needs good management. This Miss Shirley will slip up somewhere.
1:00:44 > 1:00:47HE WHISPERS
1:00:47 > 1:00:50What? After all this hullabaloo?
1:00:50 > 1:00:53SHE WHISPERS
1:00:53 > 1:00:55Well, I never!
1:00:55 > 1:00:58HUBBUB
1:01:01 > 1:01:05This is simply awful! Whatever can I do?
1:01:05 > 1:01:12- There isn't much you can do. - Perhaps I should ask them to be patient for a few minutes.
1:01:12 > 1:01:20- That would be all right if we were sure Katherine could get Jen. - They've got you out on a limb, Anne.
1:01:20 > 1:01:22I've got to do something!
1:01:26 > 1:01:28I've got it!
1:01:28 > 1:01:31I know the part of Cinderella! I'll play it!
1:01:31 > 1:01:36- You can't do that!- Why not? - Of course I can! I can try!
1:01:36 > 1:01:42- You can't! They'd howl you off the stage!- They wouldn't dare!- No?
1:01:42 > 1:01:45They're all out there - except Aunt Hester.
1:01:45 > 1:01:49- Morton, Stephen, Ernestine... - Ernestine?- Sure.
1:01:49 > 1:01:53- She wouldn't miss seeing you take a beating!- She can't be!
1:01:53 > 1:01:56She couldn't leave little Betty.
1:01:56 > 1:01:58I saw her come in!
1:01:58 > 1:02:00SHOUTING
1:02:00 > 1:02:03Quiet - they'll hear you!
1:02:03 > 1:02:07Tony, get the girls to help Jen, then announce the play.
1:02:07 > 1:02:12- Come on, Gilbert! - Where are you going?- To see Betty.
1:02:15 > 1:02:18Right, kids, we've got a show to do. Help Jen get dressed!
1:02:18 > 1:02:2111 minutes and 42 seconds late!
1:02:21 > 1:02:26You could never run a railroad like this! Might as well go home!
1:02:31 > 1:02:33Quiet, please! Quiet!
1:02:33 > 1:02:40There's been a slight difficulty due to the illness of our leading lady, Miss Jen Pringle.
1:02:41 > 1:02:44But, fortunately...
1:02:44 > 1:02:50But, fortunately, Miss Pringle has had a most miraculous recovery!
1:02:50 > 1:02:52The show will go on immediately.
1:02:57 > 1:03:02There's gonna be a show after all! Go on, you Pringles!
1:03:02 > 1:03:05Sit down! I know about them!
1:03:39 > 1:03:42Dusting, scrubbing, sweeping...
1:03:42 > 1:03:45from break of dawn till night.
1:03:45 > 1:03:48Oh, how weary I am!
1:03:49 > 1:03:53I must pause for a moment's rest for I shall surely drop.
1:03:53 > 1:03:58Loafing again, wench? I paused for a moment's rest.
1:03:58 > 1:04:05Laziness, lies, deceit - that's the gratitude I get for giving you a roof over your head,
1:04:05 > 1:04:10food and a place to sleep! I'm sorry. I'll try to work harder.
1:04:10 > 1:04:14Do! I must prepare your half-sisters for the royal ball.
1:04:32 > 1:04:35- Betty! Betty! - Let me have a look at her.
1:04:37 > 1:04:39103 at least.
1:04:54 > 1:04:59- I wonder when all this started.- She hasn't been well for several days.
1:04:59 > 1:05:03- Get blankets and a hot-water bottle. - Gilbert!
1:05:03 > 1:05:05I'm afraid it's pneumonia.
1:05:08 > 1:05:13You look so beautiful! I wish that I might go to the ball.
1:05:13 > 1:05:16A kitchen wench at the prince's ball?!
1:05:16 > 1:05:21Did you hear that? You'll stay here and polish the pots and pans.
1:05:21 > 1:05:27If I could only go as far as the palace grounds, look in and see the dancing...
1:05:27 > 1:05:33And disgrace us by being apprehended by the palace guard?
1:05:33 > 1:05:39Remember your place! I know - these rags are not meant for princely eyes.
1:05:43 > 1:05:47- Will she be all right? - If I can just break the fever...
1:05:47 > 1:05:52She puzzles me, Anne. No spirit - she doesn't seem to care.
1:05:52 > 1:05:59- We've got to save her! We must, we simply must!- I'm doing all I can!
1:06:02 > 1:06:04Going up. 104.
1:06:07 > 1:06:09If only she'd fight a little!
1:06:15 > 1:06:17Betty...
1:06:17 > 1:06:19Betty!
1:06:21 > 1:06:24Yes, Aunt Annie...?
1:06:24 > 1:06:26What do you want?
1:06:26 > 1:06:30What would you like to have more than anything?
1:06:30 > 1:06:33My mummy...
1:06:33 > 1:06:35and my daddy...
1:06:36 > 1:06:39They'll come for you.
1:06:39 > 1:06:41They'll come for you tomorrow!
1:06:41 > 1:06:45Darling, I've told you that over and over again!
1:06:45 > 1:06:49You do believe me, don't you?
1:06:49 > 1:06:51Yes...
1:06:51 > 1:06:54Aunt Annie...
1:06:54 > 1:06:56but this isn't tomorrow...
1:06:56 > 1:06:59it's still tonight...
1:07:01 > 1:07:05I want them...to come for me... tonight.
1:07:05 > 1:07:09Maybe they couldn't get here. There's so much snow.
1:07:09 > 1:07:11Isn't there anything else?
1:07:13 > 1:07:15No...
1:07:15 > 1:07:18I just wanted...
1:07:18 > 1:07:21to see the play...
1:07:21 > 1:07:23Betty?
1:07:24 > 1:07:25Betty!
1:07:28 > 1:07:30Darling...
1:07:30 > 1:07:32you shall see it.
1:07:32 > 1:07:39We'll stage the whole play just for you. I'll be the whole cast and you'll be the whole audience.
1:07:39 > 1:07:41Now...
1:07:41 > 1:07:43look...
1:07:43 > 1:07:46Here are the footlights...
1:07:46 > 1:07:48and this is the stage.
1:07:48 > 1:07:49Now...
1:07:49 > 1:07:52the play is about to begin.
1:07:52 > 1:07:56Just imagine the stage is a kitchen in a big castle
1:07:56 > 1:08:01and that I am Cinderella and I'm talking to the fairy queen.
1:08:06 > 1:08:09Speak, tell me your name.
1:08:09 > 1:08:12Surely you are a stranger?
1:08:14 > 1:08:17Arise, Cinderella, do not kneel to me.
1:08:17 > 1:08:22I have come to grant the wish that is nearest to your heart.
1:08:22 > 1:08:25You mean I'm to go to the ball?
1:08:25 > 1:08:29But my stepmother would be very angry.
1:08:29 > 1:08:34She will not know for she will not recognise you. If I only could!
1:08:34 > 1:08:39I'd never wish for anything else again as long as I live!
1:08:39 > 1:08:41Alone in the palace garden?
1:08:41 > 1:08:44Would you care to dance with me?
1:08:45 > 1:08:49Dance with you, your highness? But you're a prince.
1:08:49 > 1:08:53Tomorrow, you must return to your palace and I...
1:08:53 > 1:08:59If your highness but knew what misery tomorrow brings to me...
1:09:02 > 1:09:06Oh, Gilbert, I can't go on! I can't!
1:09:06 > 1:09:09Please, Anne, please try.
1:09:09 > 1:09:12Please...
1:09:12 > 1:09:14don't stop...
1:09:14 > 1:09:16Aunt Annie...
1:09:23 > 1:09:28How can I face tomorrow and all the sorrows it brings?
1:09:28 > 1:09:32Some people, your highness, are born to wait
1:09:32 > 1:09:34for a happiness that never comes.
1:09:37 > 1:09:41I'm sorry - it doesn't fit any of you.
1:09:41 > 1:09:43Your foot, maid. Oh, nay!
1:09:43 > 1:09:47I beseech thee. It is not mine!
1:09:47 > 1:09:51I've searched the city over for a foot to fit this slipper.
1:09:51 > 1:09:54I swear I shall not rest until...
1:09:54 > 1:09:57I swear I shall not rest until...
1:09:58 > 1:10:01'until...'
1:10:01 > 1:10:04until...
1:10:04 > 1:10:07Until I find my heart's desire!
1:10:07 > 1:10:12ECHOING: Whose plaintive smile and gentle look have so entranced me!
1:10:12 > 1:10:18Nay, gentle maid, do not refuse for I know I have found my love!
1:10:19 > 1:10:24Nay, gentle maid, do not refuse for I know I have found my love!
1:10:24 > 1:10:26LAUGHTER
1:10:35 > 1:10:39..And, having found you, I've found happiness
1:10:39 > 1:10:43for all the tomorrows that are to come.
1:10:56 > 1:10:59You can stop now, Anne.
1:11:02 > 1:11:03Gilbert!
1:11:03 > 1:11:06- Gilbert, she's not...?- She's asleep.
1:11:06 > 1:11:09The fever's broken.
1:11:59 > 1:12:02SHE PRETENDS TO SOB
1:12:12 > 1:12:14Jen?
1:12:14 > 1:12:17I want you to stop this snivelling!
1:12:17 > 1:12:19Katherine!
1:12:19 > 1:12:25- Where's Jen?- She's at the school - acting in a play!
1:12:25 > 1:12:30- I'll put a stop to that! - It's too late! Must be over by now!
1:12:30 > 1:12:35You...you're responsible for this! But I'll take care of you!
1:13:08 > 1:13:09Argh!
1:13:15 > 1:13:20- Do you really think she'll be safe with Ernestine?- I think so -
1:13:20 > 1:13:25- after what's happened. But we have to get Betty out of there.- Whoa!
1:13:25 > 1:13:29- How did you enjoy it?- Out we come.
1:13:29 > 1:13:36- How is little Betty?- Oh, she's better now.- I wish there was a show like that every night.
1:13:36 > 1:13:40- Did you have a good time, Matey? - You bet!
1:13:40 > 1:13:42Tell me all about it.
1:13:42 > 1:13:47- Ernestine said Jen played the part, but that was all.- She was great!
1:13:47 > 1:13:53- Did Katherine see it?- No, she missed it, but...- Tony! Gilbert!
1:13:53 > 1:13:58Maplehurst! Jen said Katherine was locked in her room!
1:13:58 > 1:14:01Quick! Let's go!
1:14:14 > 1:14:16Hey!
1:14:21 > 1:14:22Rebecca!
1:14:22 > 1:14:24Rebecca! >
1:14:26 > 1:14:28Look!
1:14:28 > 1:14:32Maplehurst! I want to go too!
1:14:32 > 1:14:35Can you handle that peanut shell of a boat?
1:14:35 > 1:14:40Can I handle it?! Get it ready! I'll get the key!
1:14:51 > 1:14:55Come on, Rebecca! Hurry up! It's starting to blow!
1:14:55 > 1:14:57I'm going as fast as I can!
1:14:57 > 1:15:02Are you going...? Where do you think we're going?
1:15:02 > 1:15:05Have you got room...? Get in!
1:15:12 > 1:15:14More aport! What?
1:15:14 > 1:15:18Sit down! Sit down!
1:15:20 > 1:15:22Whoa!
1:15:25 > 1:15:27Take the horses!
1:15:27 > 1:15:30- Where's Katherine?- I don't know.
1:15:30 > 1:15:34- What about Hester? - Got her out, but it was too late.
1:15:34 > 1:15:36Tony! Help!
1:15:37 > 1:15:40You can't go in there!
1:15:40 > 1:15:43Tony! Oh, he'll never...
1:15:59 > 1:16:01Katherine!
1:16:04 > 1:16:05Katherine!
1:16:05 > 1:16:08What's going on?
1:16:14 > 1:16:15It's frozen!
1:16:21 > 1:16:23Tony!
1:16:34 > 1:16:36She's all right.
1:16:45 > 1:16:50- Where's Matey?- He was here a minute ago. I guess he went to his boat.
1:16:50 > 1:16:54He can't! He'll put out to sea and never come back!
1:17:07 > 1:17:09Matey!
1:17:11 > 1:17:14No! Come back!
1:17:24 > 1:17:26Matey!
1:17:38 > 1:17:40Move back!
1:17:56 > 1:17:58Matey!
1:19:46 > 1:19:51About time! Anybody would think you'd had to go clear to town!
1:19:51 > 1:19:54What's Miss Anne doing? Watching for her sweetheart.
1:19:54 > 1:19:58She's excited about the wedding! Rubbish!
1:19:58 > 1:20:00Wouldn't you be?
1:20:00 > 1:20:02Oh, go on!
1:20:10 > 1:20:13Gilbert! Gilbert!
1:20:17 > 1:20:19- Hello, Anne!- Hello!
1:20:24 > 1:20:28- Why, darling, what's the matter? - I was just thinking.
1:20:28 > 1:20:34I bet my daddy used to kiss my mummy like that. Will my tomorrow ever get here?
1:20:34 > 1:20:39Will my mummy and daddy ever come for me?
1:20:39 > 1:20:44- Betty, when you went to bed last night, what day was it?- Yesterday.
1:20:44 > 1:20:48- Yesterday, what day was today? - Why, tomorrow!
1:20:48 > 1:20:56- Today is tomorrow and your mummy and daddy have come.- You'll be my mummy and daddy?- Yes, if you'll have us!
1:20:56 > 1:20:59Now my name can be Betty for ever!
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