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Joe. Joe, don't you think you ought

to eat some of this food?

It gets cold very quickly, you know.

Why don't you try the eggs.

They're very good.

Joe, I left you a razor in the shower,

there's a towel...

Clarence, you can wait on me

hand and foot.

You can polish my shoes,

you can be my slave.

But, Clarence

it won't do you any good.

Because I'm not going to help you

with Aunt Susan. Get it?

But, Joe...

Joe, it isn't Aunt Susan, it's Donald.

You promised him

you'd go back to see him.

Why, it's like breaking

the word of honor

of the whole United States Navy.

Clarence

I'm not going back to that house!

Look, I get you a date with her,

it washes us up.

I don't owe you a thing, right?

Okay. Here, take all this stuff.

It'll make an impression.

Let me look at you.

Well, it'll have to do.

Now, try, will you?

- Hello, Aunt Susie.

- Why...

Hello. Won't you come in?

We promised Donald

we'd come back and, well...

Brooklyn spent the whole afternoon

getting him toys.

Oh, that's awfully kind of you.

- Let's put them over here, huh?

- Where's he hiding?

Donald? Oh, he's down in school.

Thanks to you,

he went almost willingly today.

Oh, good.

Say, aren't you a little young

to be bringing up a kid all by yourself?

Well, I'm all the family he has.

His mother died when he was a baby,

and then his father.

His father left us this house,

and that helps quite a lot.

You see, I work, and that keeps me

from being with Donald

as much as I'd like.

I never know when the studio

is going to call me.

- Gee, are you an actress?

- I wanna be a singer.

But right now

I'm doing extra work in the movies.

You ever get a chance

to do any singing?

No, but there are some

really great musicians.

There's Stokowski and Jos Iturbi and

people like that who work in pictures.

There's always a chance that

I might get to sing for one of them.

- Any luck so far?

- No.

That's awful. That's terrible.

Thank you, Clarence.

Oh, I didn't realize it was so late.

Please forgive me, but I really

should run up and dress now.

I'm sorry you missed Donald,

he'll be disappointed.

Well, as a matter of fact, we didn't

come just to see Donald, we...

Clarence, I'm going to tell her

whether you like it or not.

Clarence didn't sleep all night,

you know.

And do you know why?

Because he was thinking about you.

Why, Clarence.

I told him that you'd understand

how it is, getting to a strange town

when you've been away at sea.

"She'll understand," I said,

"how important it is

when you finally do get

a little leave, to meet someone..."

Clarence, do you wanna take me out?

Is that what all this is leading up to?

- "She's a girl with a heart," I said...

- Well, I'd love to.

Honest?

I wish I could make it tonight,

but I'm busy.

- Boyfriend?

- Oh, no.

Just someone I met at the studio.

He should be here now,

so I really have to run up and dress.

You did mean what you said

about my calling you?

Well, of course. Any night that

you're free, you just give me a ring.

Goodbye.

And thank you again for Donald.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

You know, I bet she's not so bad.

Gee, I'm glad you like her.

I didn't say I liked her,

I said she wasn't bad.

Yeah, but coming from you.

Well, I guess if Aunt Susie likes him,

he must be okay.

Gee, that's a nice car, isn't it?

Hey, what's the matter with you?

Aren't you even worried?

Once she goes out with him,

she'll turn up her nose at any place we...

I mean, that you could take her to.

Look, this means nothing to me,

I'm telling you for your own good.

Once she goes out with him,

brother, you're dead.

- Gee, you think so, Joe?

- Sure.

There isn't anything I can do about it.

Brooklyn, there's always something

you can do about everything.

Come on.

Did you want to see Ms. Abbott?

- She's upstairs dressing, I'll call her.

- Oh, I wouldn't do that, bud.

Susie hates to be bothered

when she's dressing.

Yeah, she hates it.

- Something wrong, jack?

- Oh, no. Nothing at all.

Well, then squat someplace, jack,

you're making me nervous.

My name is Bertram Kraler.

Bertram?

Are you good friends of Ms. Abbott's?

You might call it that.

- Are you?

- I just met her.

I'm taking her to dinner.

Maybe you know

what you're doing, Bertram

but I don't think

the boys will like it.

I beg your pardon? The boys?

The Navy. I don't think they're

gonna like Susie branching out this way.

But I don't quite...

Ms. Abbott knows

a great many Navy men?

Maybe some she doesn't know,

say a dozen or two maybe.

It's a funny thing.

You get onboard a new ship

don't know a soul,

kind of lonesome even.

Then at chow somebody says,

"Anybody seen Susie lately?"

And right away

everybody's talking about her.

You know, it's kind of homey,

if you see what I mean.

Yes. Yes, I do. But, well,

she seems such a quiet girl.

Susie? Quiet?

Well, that's not what the song says

when the boys sing about her.

They never even mention

the word "quiet."

They sing about her?

The Navy's got a song about her?

- Sure.

- I don't believe it.

- Well, okay.

- All right, let me hear it.

Well, I don't think you'd better, Bertram.

It's strictly for sailors, see?

Yeah. Yeah, it's not

your type of a song.

I insist on hearing it.

All right, Brooklyn,

if the man insists, let's play.

But, Joe, I don't think we ought to.

- Go ahead. Play that Susie song.

- Well, you start and I'll find you a key.

If you knew Susie

Like we know Susie

Oh, oh, oh, what a gal!

She's not so choosy

No, not our Susie

- Oh, oh...

- Susie is a lollapaloozie

- When Susie kisses

- It never fails

When Susie kisses

She takes the wind

Right out of your sails

- So in conclusion

- Beware of Susion

Oh, oh, oh, what a gal!

S is for sincerity

Which she's got none of

U is for you-know-what-l-mean

- S is for...

- Sincerity

Which she's got none of

I is for the Irish in her smile

Her Irish smile

E is for her eagerness to please us

That is how she won her Navy E

Put them all together

They spell Susie

The sweetheart of the boys at sea

Oh, that Susie

She's a doozy

She's not choosy

You won't lose-y

- Don't care who-sie

- I mean you-sie

You'll get woozy

After just one date with Susie

When you take her home about 10

Another gob is waiting there

To take our Susie out again

- So in conclusie

- Beware of Susie

She belongs to you and you and me

And the U.S. Navy

S, S-U, S-U-S

S- U-S-I, S-U-S-l-E

Well, well, well.

I don't know what's the matter

with him, do you, Brooklyn?

Yes, and I wish I didn't.

Will you please tell Ms. Abbott

that Mr. Kraler regrets...

Regrets what?

What on earth is the matter?

What are you two doing here?

Mr. Kraler regrets what?

I'm afraid there's been

a misunderstanding.

Knowing your taste as I do now,

I'm sure the kind of evening

I'd planned wouldn't interest you.

S- U-S, S-U...

But, Mr. Kraler, I...

What did you say to him?

- What difference does it make?

- I'd like to know.

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