Thrill of a Romance

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[SINGING]

NARRATOR:
This is Hollywood,

land of stars and stories.

But our story does not take place here.

So we will now leave Hollywood

and go to Beverly Hills...

...where the stars live.

But our story

does not take place here either.

The people in our story

live not far away...

...in a small town called Los Angeles.

It`s a nice little place

with plenty of climate...

...many fine public parks...

...full of playgrounds

and swimming pools.

And in one of these parks

is a pool with a very pretty teacher.

-Are you all ready?

CHlLDREN:
Yes, Miss Glenn.

All right, let`s go then.

Come on.

Johnny, Michael, Lois...

...Jimmy, Billy, Julio.

What`s the matter, Julio?.

Don`t you want to dive?.

No, senorita, I do not like to do it.

But for you, I do it.

[CHlLDREN LAUGHlNG]

Oh, now, don`t laugh at Julio.

He did his best. Come on, Julio.

I`m sorry, senorita.

I wanna be good like you,

but I am bad like me.

You`ll be a good diver some day,

off the high board too.

I do not think so.

Won`t you try to learn?.

It`d make me very happy.

Then I will try.

It`s not very hard if you practice.

I`ll show you.

-Now, you watch me.

-Do you mind if I watch too?.

Not at all.

-l`d like to see you do a swan dive.

-All right.

[CHlLDREN CHEERlNG AND APPLAUDlNG]

There, Julio. See how easy it is

if you practice?.

BOB:

Thank you.

-Now what are you going to do?.

-Go home.

-Class dismissed.

JULlO:
Goodbye, senorita.

Goodbye.

-Goodbye.

-Goodbye.

BOB [WHlSPERS] :

Julio.

Julio.

-How would you like to have a dollar?. Hmm?.

-A dollar?. I do not know. I never had one.

Well, here`s the deal, Julio.

I want to find out some things

about your teacher.

She is very pretty.

She is very nice.

Once she takes us to her house on picnic

with ice cream.

She show us her cups,

she has many cups for loving.

-For loving?.

-Big silver cups with ears.

She win them

in swimming and diving.

-Uh, what`s her name?.

-Senorita Cynthia Glenn.

Cynthia?.

-Do you know where she lives?.

-Si, senor, with her uncle and aunt.

Well, where do they live?.

-Are you a policeman?.

-No.

-Are you a villain?.

-No. I`m a businessman.

Uh, where does Miss Glenn live?.

-Are you gonna do any badness to her?.

-No.

Then I will tell you.

She live 1 4422 Mariposa Avenue.

[CHOPlN`S WALTZ lN C-SHARP MlNOR

PLAYlNG ON PlANO]

-Hello, Aunt Nona.

-Hello, dear.

Oh, dear.

Oh, I forgot it was so late.

I sat down to play Chopin,

one piece led to another.

But, darling,

dinner will be ready in just a jiffy.

Thank you, dear.

-Oh, Cynthia.

-Something`s happened.

Uh-huh.

Oh, I wanted you to have

such a nice, hot dinner.

You need one

after a day of such damp work...

...but something went wrong

with the gas range.

-What?.

-The gas. It stopped coming out.

It was on, and then, pfft...

...it was off.

-Aunt Nona, did you pay the bills?.

-Of course, I did-- Why, didn`t l?.

Oh, l`m sure I did.

Well, almost sure.

I know I deposited my annuity check.

So I must have plenty of money in the bank.

And anyway, dear, if I haven`t,

they always tell me.

Oh, that`s where that was.

I know I wrote checks for all the bills

and sent them off.

Yes, I distinctly remember

licking the stamps.

[CYNTHlA LAUGHS]

Oh, darling, l`ll go see

about dinner right away.

-lt`ll be cold, l`m afraid.

-Oh, that`s all right.

Oh, by the way, I think I found

a rather interesting headline...

...for Uncle Hoby`s collection.

Is he home?.

Uh-huh. In the study. He`s pasting away.

-Hello, mermaid. Have a good day?.

-Swell.

Got a pretty good headline for you.

-Yeah?. Ha, ha.

-Mm-hm.

""Man with Three Wives Asks `Why Not?. `""

Fair question.

Thank you, dear.

I`ll put it right in the book.

Cynthia, in the headlines,

you find all the wisdom...

...and all the foolishness

of the alleged human race.

I collect the foolishness.

There`s more of it.

Uncle Hoby, what are these?.

-They look like letters.

-Mm-hm. They are.

The gas company, phone company,

light company....

I meant to mail them

but I didn`t happen to pass a mailbox.

In more than a month?.

Put them right back in my pocket,

l`ll mail them tomorrow.

-Oh, no. I`ll mail them myself.

-Now, don`t you forget.

I just remembered the electricity is on.

We`re going to have such a nice dinner.

Tea, and toast, and jam,

and beans, and salad--

Oh, you`d better punch holes in the tops

of those bean cans, they`ll blow up.

Oh, I know that. So will canned corn.

Remember?.

[NONA CHUCKLES]

Now, where did I put that can opener?.

Oh, thank you, dear.

-What`s in this box?.

-Oh, your flowers.

-My flowers?.

-Didn`t I tell you about them...

-...when you first came in?.

-No.

Oh, dear me.

I must be getting fuzzy in the head.

-Ah.

-They came a little while ago.

[DOORBELL RlNGS]

Now, did I invite anybody to dinner?.

Oh, aren`t they lovely?.

-Who are they from?.

-Well, I don`t know.

-Doesn`t it say on the card?.

-No.

All it says is, ""Thanks for the swan dive.""

Cynthia, you`ve got a beau.

Who is he?. Tell me.

Well, I don`t know who he is

or anything about him.

Except that he was rather attractive

and important-looking.

-Do we take Fortune Magazine?

-Fortune Magazine? No, I don`t think so.

This copy just came

by special messenger.

-Oh, it`s for you, Cynthia.

-For me?. I don`t subscribe to it.

-Maybe they`d like you to.

-No. Here`s something written here.

It says, ""Dear Miss Glenn,

please see page 98.""

Look for me, will you, Uncle Hoby?.

""The Making of a New Tycoon.

Five years ago,

Robert G. Delbar had a pygmy business.""

Pygmy business?. Why, I didn`t know

they ever sold them.

Shh, shh.

""Today, he has an industrial giant.

The rapid growth of the Delbar Corporation

which manufactures products...

...made of the new plastic material,

Praktikon...

...is due chiefly to the shrewdness

and super-salesmanship...

...of its young president,

Bob Delbar.""

Yes, that`s right, Miss MacKenzie.

I want flowers sent to her everyday.

Lots of flowers.

And, uh, you`d better cancel

all my other social engagements...

...and, uh, make out a list of places

to take her to.

I see, Mr. Delbar.

This is to be an all-out sales campaign.

Precisely. Where`d be a good place

to take her to today?.

Well, how about the races?.

-Come on, Papoose.

-I bet on Whirlabout.

Come on, come on, Papoose.

Come on.

Yes?.

MACKENZlE [OVER lNTERCOM] : Take her

to the Ice Follies. I have four tickets.

-Why four?.

-It will help if you sell yourself to her family.

Oh, yes.

-Hoby?.

-Huh?.

When we get home,

remind me to defrost the icebox.

Mm-hm.

[BAND PLAYlNG SWlNG MUSlC]

-Didn`t your uncle ever do any work?.

-No, he doesn`t believe in it.

-So?.

-Hm. But he`s happy and so is Aunt Nona.

-Are you?.

-Hmm. Yes, I am.

We lead a very pleasant life.

Auntie and Uncle have an income

and it`s enough for them to live on.

I know. It`s 300 a month and they pay

their bills when they remember to...

...so their credit is good.

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