Gold Diggers of 1935 Page #5

to take advantage of you.

Oh, you've noticed it, too?

Yes, Mrs. Prentiss.

Well, I'll show them.

I'll ban the hotel restaurant.

I'll cook all my meals up here

on my electric iron.

Why don't you try

Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe in the village?

They have an eight-course dinner there

for 65 cents.

- With dessert, too?

- With everything.

Well, that's much more like it.

Thank you,

thank you very much, young man.

Thank you. Good night.

- Good night.

- Just a moment.

You're an honest, serious,

intelligent young man, aren't you?

Well, Mrs. Prentiss, I do try

to be serious and, honest, yes.

Well, I've been keeping an eye on you,

and mind you...

mind you,

I'm a very good judge of human nature.

And I consider you entirely trustworthy.

You're very kind, Mrs. Prentiss.

Would you like to earn $500?

Of course! Who wouldn't?

Well, I'd like a trustworthy young man

to take my daughter to...

Please, Mother!

To teas and dances

and the social functions...

she may wish to attend

for the rest of the summer.

And I don't know of anyone whom

I'd rather trust her with than you.

Well, I'm sorry, but I don't go in for that.

I'm sure you can find

plenty others that will.

Probably I could, but not the type I want.

You see, I want someone

who'll consider this...

purely as a business proposition.

$500.

That would nearly pay my expenses

at medical school next year.

- Did I say $500?

- Yes, Mother, you did.

Well, I thought I said $450...

but, of course, if I said $500, $500 it is.

Well, I'm sorry, I can't do it.

If you're worried about

your professional standing...

we might say

that you're a distant relative.

- Could I let you know in the morning?

- Of course.

And I'm sure that you'll accept it

after you've slept on it.

- Thank you. Good night.

- Good night.

Good night.

Mother, how could you?

I've never been so humiliated in all my life.

Well, my dear, you started this.

You said you want to have some fun

this summer.

All right, you can. But with protection.

In other words,

she wants to give me $500...

just to chaperone her silly daughter.

I'm not the type.

If you ask me,

I think it's a great opportunity.

- Are you kidding?

- Certainly not.

You want to get ahead, don't you?

Surely, but I don't want to be a nursemaid

to some insignificant chromo.

Ann Prentiss isn't so bad.

It's the way she dresses.

Besides, it means some ready cash.

And what's more, a valuable social contact

that never did any doctor a bit of harm.

I suppose not.

The more cash we put by,

the sooner we can get married.

Isn't that right?

I can't argue with you there, dear.

I think that's a very wise decision,

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