Man-Proof

Hello.

Mr. Wythe's apartment.

Hasn't mr. Wythe come in yet?

No, no message.

Newark airport.

Would you tell me what time

The afternoon plane

From palm beach landed,

Please?

At 3:
00.

Thank you.

Maybe he's decided

To stay over a few days.

That may be, but he wrote me

He'd be back today

And promised to phone me

From the airport the mo-

Hello?

Oh.

Uh, just a moment, please.

It's for hilda -

Her butcher boy.

Oh.

Hilda, telephone!

Yes, mrs. Wythe.

Romance seems

To be in the air.

I'll bet alan was bored to death

At palm beach.

He always did hate

House parties.

For a man who had

No appetite for boredom,

He bit off

A rather large slice -

Three weeks, to be exact.

Oh, there he is now.

Oh. It's you.

I think so.

After that rousing welcome,

May I come in?

I'm sorry.

I thought

It was someone else.

I got it.

Hiya, meg!

Hi, jimmy.

How nice.

I'll bet that dog hasn't caught

A hat in 50 years.

It's the gift,

Not the thought.

Oh, jimmy,

They're beautiful.

Well, they ought to be.

They came right out

Of your own garden.

How's the new novel

Coming along?

Oh, not so hot.

Of course

The plot's all right.

It's never failed me

Before.

I'm just having difficulty

Getting new names

For my characters.

What brings you

To the wilds of long island?

An overwhelming desire

To see the only woman

That ever appreciated

My genius...

And her brat.

To say nothing of the

Possibility of a free meal.

Children should be seen

And not heard, meg.

As a matter of fact,

The paper sent me down

To do a sketch of mrs. Jameson,

The hatchet woman -

You know,

The one over in jamaica

Who made love to her husband

With an ax.

Charming woman,

Just a tomboy at heart.

You ought to send mimi over

To play with her some afternoon.

I'll give you 10 to 1

We have to pay his fare home.

You nasty child.

She must take after

Her father.

Don't mind her, jimmy.

She's been thwarted

This afternoon.

Oh,

How ith mithter wythe?

Pardon my lithp.

You needn't be sarcastic.

You don't even know him.

Only by his deeds -

Seen at el morocco,

Seen at south hampton,

Seen at noel coward's opening.

How does he do it anyway?

I'm broke, too.

Nobody seems

To see me anywhere.

Society reporters don't

Hang around corner saloons.

Well, they ought to. They'd meet

A much better class of people.

Can't you two

Ever get together

Without leaping

At each other's throats?

Suits me.

Shall we bury the hatchet,

Mimi,

As mrs. Jameson

Said to her husband?

I'm sorry, jimmy.

Think nothing of it,

My child.

Why do you let

Any man upset you?

When will you learn

To mind your own business

And stop playing dutch uncle

To me?

I can't see that you've made

Such a brilliant success

Of your life,

And what's more -

Saved by the bell.

Telegram for miss swift.

Thank you.

Sign here, please.

Thank you.

What is it?

"want you to be the first

To know of our engagement.

"expect you to be

Our loveliest bridesmaid.

Elizabeth and... Alan. "

Mimi, I'm so -

Mother, don't -

Don't say anything.

Would you like me

To scram?

What for?

There isn't going to be

A scene.

I won the consolation prize,

Didn't I?

I'm going to be a

Bridesmaid. Mimi, stop it.

Do bridesmaids

Ever wear black?

Jimmy, make her stop.

No,

Of course they don't.

No, I'll - I'll wear

The conventional organdy

With forget-me-nots.

Now, look, mimi.

Cut it out.

Stop being noble.

Go ahead and cry.

If there's anything in the world

I hate, it's a noble woman.

I'll be as noble

As I like!

Oh, no, you won't.

Now cut it out.

Jimmy, leave me alone!

Now what do I do?

Don't ask me.

I'm just

The innocent bystander.

...to have and to hold

From this day forward...

...till death us do part.

I, elizabeth, take thee, alan,

To my wedded husband...

...to have and to hold

From this day forward...

...till death us do part.

With this ring,

I thee wed.

And with all my worldly goods,

I thee endow.

Do kneel down.

Jimmy...

Yeah?

Look at mimi.

Forasmuch

As alan and elizabeth

Have consented together

In holy wedlock

And thereto have given

And pledged their troth

Each to the other

And have declared the same

By giving and receiving a ring

And by joining hands,

I pronounce

That they are man and wife.

Are you the bride?

Oh, no.

Time goes so quickly -

Elizabeth...

Congratulations.

Thank you, mimi.

Ahh, the bride!

Alan...

Congratulations.

Thank you, mimi.

I hope

You'll be very unhappy.

What?

I mean it...

Because anything I wish for

Never comes true.

I do hope

You'll be happy, elizabeth.

Mimi...

Will you marry me?

I will

For a glass of wine.

We're married.

Excuse us, please.

Thanks, tommy...

For the rescue.

Oh, that's all right.

It's just the boy scout

In me.

She's holding up, jimmy.

She's all right.

Guy must be crazy

To have turned her down.

That's what I think,

But I love her.

Jimmy...

I wish

You were in love with her.

If I fell in love with anybody

In the swift family,

It wouldn't be mimi.

It would be her mother.

Well, I think

It was cruel. Cruel?

She didn't have to accept,

Did she? I don't know.

Just the same,

I feel sorry for him.

She didn't have to be

A bridesmaid, did she?

Well, she tried hard enough

To be the bride.

But what in the world she thought

They were going to live on,

I'm sure I don't -

Oh, my.

Now, who do suppose

She meant?

I can't imagine.

Well, whoever she is,

Here's to her.

Yes,

I'd like to meet her.

Whosever being talked about

Like that must be important.

I should know her.

Tommy...

I didn't get any.

Hmm?

Why, sure enough.

It's an outrage.

Bartender.

Uh, alex.

I didn't know marrying you

Could be so much work.

Might as well have been

Elected something.

Hey.

Huh?

All right?

Sure.

Uh-oh.

Stop fooling.

What makes you think we're

Fooling? Well, hurry up.

Elizabeth, there's a deep plot

To have you miss the train.

Yes, you'll have to take

My car. No, let me, sally.

Your car is all painted

With babies.

They've got all sorts of crazy

Things planned for you.

Well, let's drive on to sharon

And meet the train there.

No one must see

You leave.

Go out your bedroom window,

Down a ladder.

You too, alan.

You hurry up!

When was the last time

You climbed down a ladder?

Say, lay off that stuff,

Will you?

Nice to have seen you

Again, mimi.

And you look lovely, mimi,

Just lovely.

Thank you.

How am I doing?

Putting on a good show?

You're a good girl.

But I would take it

A little easy, mimi.

Oh, I'm all right.

Don't worry about me.

Got to laugh, haven't we?

Haven't we, tommy?

Oh, sure,

But not in their faces.

Hello, tommy.

Oh, hello.

How's the veteran

Best man?

Positively exhausted, and

There's still work to be done.

Uh, excuse me, mimi.

I've got

Their railroad tickets.

And, uh, see you later.

Here are

Your railroad tickets.

And, listen... How near

Ready are you? I'm all ready.

Well, I'd try to get away without

Seeing mimi again, if possible.

Why?

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