Corrina, Corrina Page #5

Synopsis: When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jessie Nelson
Production: Turner Home Entertainment
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
PG
Year:
1994
115 min
392 Views


You get one day, and that's it.

Got it?

Isn't itfun

to make things shiny?

I think the thrillfor me

is gone.

After lunch, can we go swimming

in the park?

That's not a park.

That's their backyard...

and no, we can't...

because we have way too much

work to do.

Oh, come on. Please?

- Please?

- No.

No, we simply can't, my dear.

We simply can't.

Every time

It rains, it rains

Pennies from heaven

Bring out more.

Don't you know

each cloud contains

Feel it, girl.

Pennies from heaven?

Oh, lfeel Esther Williams

coming on.

May I have this dance?

Oh, every time

It rains, it rains

Pennies from heaven

Don't you know

each cloud contains

Feel it, girl.

Pennies from heaven?

Very nice.

You'llfind

yourfortune fallin'

All over town

Be sure

That your umbrella

Is upside down

Pudding. Wooding. Tooding.

The problem is pudding

doesn't rhyme with anything.

It's like knockwurst.

Please, just rhyme with Jell-O.

I'm not helping?

No. Jell-O.

Fellow.

For he's a jolly good Jell-O.

Armadillo.

Armadillo.

ArmaJell-O.

Hunks of Jell-O

that run across the road.

Just... Oh, very Abraham Lincoln.

Very Abraham Lincoln.

Yes. And little eyebrows

right there.

Will I have chi-chis

like yours someday?

Why do you call them

chi-chis?

Who told you that?

My daddy calls them that.

He calls them chi-chis?

I've heard them called

a lot of things...

Hooters, ta-tas,

but never chi-chis.

Anybody home?

Oh, oh, you're in there.

Molly, I was thinking it's such

a beautiful night out...

why don't you and I cook dinner

for Corrina tonight?

It's my favorite song.

Mine, too.

You know, Billie does

a better version of it.

No one's better than Louis.

Nice hat.

Now listen to this.

He writes, "Basically,

Louis needs nobody but Louis.

"He could stand

all alone in the Sahara...

"singing selected excerpts...

"from the Tunis

telephone directory...

"and we suspect

that he could make it...

"for a week

withoutfood and water."

Who writes this garbage?

Somebody named Bob, obviously.

I don't want youfilling up

on potato chips.

I know you want

thatfudge sundae later.

Please finish your milk.

But I hate milk.

Listen to your mother.

Somebody once wrote

that writing about jazz...

is like dancing

about architecture.

This is exactly

what we're talking about.

I couldn't write

something like this.

This... Who could write like this?

Pudding.

Milk makes pudding

Pudding is gooding

You sound like a doorbell.

Pud-ding, pud-ding

Oh, have you ever

had a block?

All my life.

She has a very kindface.

She was...

kind.

She had a real sweetness

about her.

Didn't have much

of a sense of humor.

But she loved to laugh.

What about Edward B?

Edward B.

He was not kind...

but he did have

a good sense of humor.

Sometimes that's not enough.

You know,

I could really use a...

Me, too.

You say you don't

have time to cook

Come over here and take a look

At... bum, mmm.

Right. Right.

See, and I don't have

the middle here.

I can't get it.

Then I have to end it

with pudding.

You say you don't

have time to cook

Come over here and take a look

It's smooth, it's...

It's smooth, it's...

Ffff-ast.

It's smooth

It's... cool

It breaks the rules

Really?

Pudding

See? I'm stuck on this...

Puddin'

See? It's this pudding.

This pudding, like the doorbell.

You're right. It's a doorbell.

You... you did it.

You justfixed your problem.

You took the "g"

off the end of pudding.

Who says you shouldn't

have instant puddin'?

It could be that simple.

Who says you shouldn't

Have instant puddin'?

By the light

By the light, by the light

Of the silvery moon

Of the moon, of the moon

I want to spoon

Good boys.

To my honey I'll croon

Love's tune

Sing, Molly.

Honeymoon

Keep a-shining in June

Your silvery beams

will bring love's dreams

We'll be cuddling soon

By the silvery moon

Happy birthday.

Now make a wish. Make a wish.

Big wish.

Oh, yay!

Got all of them.

Hey, look-it, Molly.

Happy birthday.

What is that?

- Hula-hoops.

- Hula-hoop?

There you go.

Oh, you got to get

some oomph into it.

I'm a hooperfrom way back.

Wait. I have to show her...

'cause it don't mean a thing

if you ain't got that swing.

You remember that.

Come, come.

Come, Mollinchka.

You're the birthday girl.

You get to choose

wherever you want to go.

Can Corrina come, too?

Oh, no, no.

Corrina's worked a long day.

I'm sure she wants to go home.

Mollinchka...

pick yourfavorite place

in the whole world.

I don't know

if I like this very much.

She should have cleaned this up

before we got here.

That's a novel idea.

Oh, my.

Well, let's get started.

Well, all right.

We deserve a break.

Molly, I hope that lady

has more parties.

These are some leftovers.

Yuck! A cream one.

I hate cream ones.

Give it here, Percy.

I don't mind cream ones.

Yuck. Coconut. I hate coconut.

Give it here, Percy.

I don't mind coconut.

You don't mind nothin', girl.

Look!

Buckwheat...

And he's wearin' diamonds.

Oh, yes, indeed.

He's rich, too...

and makes hundreds

of thousands of dollars.

Molly, I know you're pretending

you can't hear me...

but you're going back

to school tomorrow...

and that's that.

You say you don't

have time to cook

Come over here and take a look

It's smooth, it's cool,

it breaks the rules

Chocolate, cherry,

sweet strawberry

Who says you couldn't

Have instant puddin'

From J-E-L-L-O?

It's OK, it's OK.

I'm sorry I'm late.

Had to stop off

and get somethingfor you.

Um... I had a good day at work...

a real good day...

and I have you to thank for it.

So...

I'm sure you could write

better liner notes.

I was thinking...

why don't I take us

all outfor dinner...

celebrate?

How was school today, Mol?

Hard work.

What did you do?

I won the spelling bee.

You did?

Well, what do you say

we all go on out?

Did you hear that?

Molly won the spelling bee.

- I heard that.

- What was the word?

Vacuum.

Why don't we vacuum

ourselves into the car...

and get some dinner

because I'm starving.

Vacuum. That's a hard word.

How do you spell it?

H-O-O...

V-E-R.

Hoover.

She's so cute.

For Molly Singer.

A major romance

is headed your way, young lady.

No. That one's yours, Daddy.

An angel justflew over.

Where?

you can't see him, but whenever

people get really quiet...

at the same time at a table...

it means an angel's flying over.

Which reminds me.

I think I'm going to go pay

my water bill. Excuse me.

Hey, ma'am...

my wife spilled tea

all over the table.

Hey, what's the matter with you?

You don't grab somebody

like that.

Does she look like a waitress?

I don't care

whose waitress she is!

She's not a waitress!

Saw him come in with his kid.

Look at that.

Another n*gger lover.

Sit down and clean it yourself.

Check, please.

Here now is one of the most

outstanding vocal groups...

in the country today...

Girl, when you going to wake up

and smell the coffee?

Don't you have

anything better to do?

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