The Major and the Minor Page #3

Synopsis: New York working girl Susan Applegate is desperate to go home to Iowa but does not have the railway fare so she disguises herself as a child to ride half fare. Enroute she meets Philip Kirby, an Army major teaching at a military school.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Billy Wilder
Production: Paramount Pictures
  3 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PASSED
Year:
1942
100 min
350 Views


Seventy-five cents? Well, what about...

Now, that's all Papa can afford. Don't argue.

All right, Papa.

Come, my dear. Let's go.

Taking candy from a baby, huh?

You big baboon.

Some baby.

I've met a lot of crumbs in this town,

but of all the crummy crumbs...

That's a nice way to be talking to your papa.

Oh, give the gentleman your ticket.

She's going to her grandma's.

Well, good-bye... Elsie.

You be sure and write your papa.

I will. Kiss?

Good-bye, Daddy!

# A tisket, a tasket

A green and yellow basket

# I wrote a letter to my love

Tickets?

# And on the way...

Tickets.

# I dropped it

I dropped it

Tickets, please.

# And on the way, I dropped...

- You're not together?

- No!

# Wrote a letter to my love

# On the way I dropped... #

Half-fare.

- Yes, sir.

- Will you kindly stand up?

# I wrote

# Wrote a letter to my love...

All the way up, please.

# On the way, I dropped it #

How old are you?

Twelve next week.

You're pretty big for 12.

Yes, we all are, my whole family.

Swedish stock.

My brother Olaf is 6"2',

and he's only in the second grade.

When were you born?

Next week.

What year?

1941 minus 12.

Looks kind of filled out for 12.

Mama says we have some sort

of gland trouble, too, in the family.

She sent me to a doctor once,

in Des Moines, and he said not to worry.

He knew a little five-year-old boy once

who grew a beard.

Maybe I could sit down now, huh?

# Wrote a letter to my love

Change at Chicago.

# On the way, I dropped it #

Tickets, please.

# Wrote a letter to my love

On the way, I dropped it #

Why, you big gorilla...

How old did you say that boy was

that had to shave?

Well, maybe seven.

- And you're from Swedish stock, eh?

- Yes, sir.

If your people are Swedish,

suppose you say something in Swedish.

I want to be alone.

Well, kid, enjoying the scenery?

Kind of pretty out here, huh?

Maybe a little chilly, isn't it?

What's the matter? Lost your tongue?

Maybe those Swede glands

make her a little dumb.

No, she isn't dumb.

I'm sure she could tell us

how much two and two is. Come on, now.

Wouldn't you tell us?

Say, kid, when you smoke, do you inhale?

Let's see that hankie!

Hello?

Hello.

What is it, child?

Oh, nothing.

- I'm going...

- Are you lost?

Yeah. Sort of.

I mean, are you in the right car?

This is car 64.

- Oh, is it?

- Drawing room G.

Gee.

There's no need to be upset, child.

If you've lost your way,

it's the simplest thing in the worid.

You see, they give each car

a different number,

each compartment a different letter.

Like they give streets different names

and houses different numbers.

So people will find out where they belong.

Now, where do you belong?

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Charles Brackett

Charles William Brackett (November 26, 1892 – March 9, 1969) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his long collaboration with Billy Wilder. more…

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