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Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland became a popular, bankable screen couple starting in 1935 with the film Captain Blood and Warner Bros. wanted to continue that trend with the 1938 comedy Fourâs a Crowd. However, it is not so much Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland who stand out. It is Rosalind Russell, playing an energetic, fast-talking ace reporter, much like her Hildy Johnson of His Girl Friday (1940). It is obvious from her turn as a reporter in this film that she was perfect for this type of role. A few years ago, I read a double biography of the de Havilland sisters, Olivia and her sister, Joan Fontaine. Something that has always stuck out in my memory was the fact that when Olivia, a mere 21 years old when they started filming Fourâs a Crowd, was actually jealous of Rosalind Russell because of her impeccable timing, whichâand I will not lieâmade me smile. After all, Olivia was the star, wasnât she? And yet she was envious of the skills of the supporting actress. And oh, she had reason to be âRoz completely stole the show from them all. She belonged in comedy, making people laugh, and itâs great to watch her in her first chance at screwball comedy.
The film opens with Miss Rosalind Russell as Jean Christy strolling happily into the newspaper offices where she works. She has a great scoop and is eager to start writing it on her typewriter. In the meantime, the reporter sitting next to her tries to tell her that the newspaper is going under and they will all probably lose their jobs. Not really listening to him, she keeps inserting insulting quips now and then: âNow listen, double ugly, please!â She finally wakes up out of her reverie and goes straight into the publisherâs office, a man she has never met. She finds Pat Buckley (Patric Knowles), the young publisher, who meets her without his pants on. Interesting meeting, to say the least. She tries to help him put his pants on, which makes him uncomfortable, but all she cares about is seeing that the newspaper doesnât go under. She suggests rehiring Bob Lansford (Errol Flynn) as the managing editor because he is tops in the publicity department and getting the newspaper on top again. Pat has a personal problem with Bob because he is always trying to tell him what to do in his romantic relationships. Jean knows all about it and he says to her, âYou know everything, donât you?â She replies, âWell, thatâs what you pay me for!â His girlfriend calls up. Her name is Lorri Dillingwell (Olivia de Havilland) and he coos over the phone to her, which annoys Jean. She leaves matter-of-factly, spouting âOh, Mr. Buckley, please!
You may be a social lion to your friends, but to me, youâre just an animal cracker!â She turns to his assistant, pinching his cheeks and imitating Pat, she says âCoochie coochie coo!â before getting herself out of there.
Jean treks over to Bob Lansfordâs office, intending to get him to come back to work on the paper. He doesnât notice her at all the minute she enters his office, but she finally says, âDonât look now, but Iâm still here,â which is a line that is repeated throughout the film. He looks up at her and says, âOh, so you are.â She tells him the problem with the newspaper and he doesnât want to come back. But when she hears him trying to talk to John P. Dillingwell (Walter Connolly) and canât get a word in edgewise, she slyly lets it slip that Patâs romantic partner this time around is Lorri Dillingwell, John P. Dillingwellâs granddaughter, and she pretends that she is a romantic rival. Hearing the name Dillingwell and the club theyâll be at tonight, the Jamaica Room, he immediately drags Jean out of the office.
That night, they bust in on Pat and Lorriâs table. Lorri, who is quite bored at the club, is actually very amused when Bob starts insulting her by calling her a ânitwit type.â Pat lets Bob know that he isnât keen on Jeanâs idea to bring him back to the paper and Bob knows immediately what Jean is up to. âTricky little wench, arenât you?â he remarks to Jean. Desperate to land the big account of making her grandfather, the rich and unpopular Dillingwell, into an angel in the publicâs eyes with his public relations business, he charms Lorri on the dance floor. Before Pat knows it, Lorri is being taken home by Bob and he is now alone at the club with Jean.
In the car, Bob starts telling Lorri the story of his life. He is still not finished at 8 oâclock the next morning and Lorri responds to this with âMy goodness, youâve had a long life.â When they get to her home finally, she introduces Bob to her grandfather, who naturally hates Bob. Once he hears his name, he whistles through his fingers and a large group of bounding, barking Great Danes start rushing toward him. Chased by the dogs, he runs quickly to the gate and stands outside it, laughing at the dogs. He bites one of the dogâs tails and the poor dog whimpers loudly in pain.
Suddenly, a roaring laugh rings through the bizarre scene with the dogs and he turns around and sees Jean Christy sitting in a car, laughing at him. She happily yells, âAt last Iâve seen it! Man bites dog!â
Back at the newspaper offices, Bob signs a contract to help them out. Bob, Jean, and Pat put their heads together and set out to make Dillingwell the most hated man in America through scandalizing headlines and articles. Of course, Lorri isnât thrilled with their campaign and gives Pat a punch in the nose. Meanwhile, Bob sneaks into the Dillingwell house and convinces Dillingwell to have a race with model trains, which is Dillingwellâs hobby. If Bob wins the race, he finally gets to have a few words with Dillingwell. He agrees and at the same time, Bob also convinces Lorri that she is in love with him. The night before the big race, he sneaks into the kitchen and takes all the packets of butter out of the fridge, stuffing them into his pockets. Before the race the next morning, he rubs the butter all over Dillingwellâs track so his train will slip and slow down. After he wins the race, they have lunch and he gets a chance to talk to him. Unfortunately, Lorri has also invited Jean over and Bob is unhappy about this. Dillingwell still wants nothing to do with his services and Bob goes to discuss things with Jean.
He finds out that Jean has in fact been in love with him all these years: âI’m in love with a man whom I dislike intensely, who’d cheat me, who’d lie to me, whom I wouldn’t trust as far as I could throw the Queen Mary. I…â to which he replies, âYou donât mean, do you?â âDoes the description fit? You big lugâŠâ Suddenly, when he sees Dillingwell coming outside, he drags Jean over and kisses her in front of Dillingwell and Lorri. Right away, Jean can see through his act and knows he is up to no good. Unfortunately for him, Dillingwell has been told that it was Bobâs idea to make him the most hated man in America and once again, he calls the dogs on him. So there he goes again, running toward the front gate in just his swimming trunks.
However, in spite of everything, Dillingwell decides to use Bobâs services in order to improve his sagging reputation. He gives millions of Dillingwellâs money to a charity for infantile paralysis under an assumed name, H. Louis Brown. He will seem like a better man if he anonymously gives to charity instead of broadcasting it to everyone. What follows is one of the funniest scenes in the film â Bob, who has two women in love with him (Jean and Lorri), has both women on two different phones talking to him.
For anyone who thought Errol Flynn could only do adventure and drama, they should watch this scene. As he talks back and forth between phones, which looks like a very confusing task, it is funny how he gets each woman to believe that the other is not on the phone with him. This single scene elevates Errol to second funniest in the film (behind Roz, of course).
Back at the office, Jean and Pat have no idea who this H. Louis Brown is, so Pat sends Jean on a mission to find him. After a long search of every alternative of the name, she gets her shoes shined by a man named H. Louis Brown. He gets his photograph taken and now they know that there is a rich man giving millions of dollars behind this name. They just need to expose the man. She ventures over to Bobâs office, gently trying to get him to tell her who the man is, calling him âdarling,â while he calls her âsweetheart.â As they coo pet names to each other, she roughly pulls his hair and he in turn bites her hand, causing her to squeal with pain. As soon as Bob leaves his office, Jean makes a run for his file room, going through every single file in the cabinets, searching for a clue.
When Jean meets Pat, telling him she has the story, she reveals that she will not tell him because she is in love with Bob Lansford and Bob doesnât want her to leak it. However, after a fainting spell following a proposal from Pat, she agrees to marry Pat, but will only tell him the story after they are married. Once Bob finds out that Pat and Jean will be married that night, he goes after them with Lorri by his side, intending to marry her.
Once they get to the justice of the peace, they all act like they donât care about who marries who, but we all know they are marrying the wrong people. In fact, they do all they can to get the other couple to get married first. After much confusion, they end up marrying the people they love, and it is a surprise, considering who the stars of this film areâJean to Bob and Lorri to Pat. The film ends in a very silly way when the four of them get into a car together, trying to get away from Dillingwell, who has brought cars of dogs with him to chase after them (what?!) and then Bob and Lorri kiss in the car, as if they donât know who they just married. âHey! Thatâs my wife!â Oh, boy.
The first film Rosalind Russell made in 1938 was Man-Proof, which, although she had co-starred in 5 films previous and even been the star of one, only put her at third billing behind Myrna Loy and Franchot Tone. Although the film is fun in parts and Myrna Loy clearly steals the show, I have always felt it was unfair to Roz to put her in such a small role that has her disappear completely about 45 minutes after it starts. She deserved more than that at this point in her career, but the bright side is, at least she got to work with Myrna Loy, a beloved actress at the time and one of my favorites. Rozâs film debut was in a Myrna Loy film, Evelyn Prentice, but she never shared one second of screen time with Miss Loy. This time, they had several scenes together and I think although they break each otherâs hearts a little by tossing one manâs affection around like a football, you can tell they like each other and are probably friends offscreen.
As the film starts, each main actorâs photograph appears on the screen with their name and their characterâs name, accompanied by a different piece of music for each actor. Rosalind Russellâs music âas Elizabethâ is rather soft and subdued, much like her character tended to be. First we see Nana Bryant, who plays Meg Swift, typing out another one of her romance novels she is so famous for.
Next we see her daughter, Mimi (Myrna Loy), who is impatiently waiting on word from the man she loves, Alan Wythe (Walter Pidgeon). When the doorbell rings, she eagerly runs to the door, hoping itâs Alan. Unfortunately, itâs Jimmy Kilmartin (Franchot Tone), a family friend. It is rather amusing as the two of them exchange comical barbs back and forth, insulting each other. I think even at this early point in the film, there is something between them that they donât see or want to admit. Mimi finally gets a telegram from Alan, but all happiness is drained from her face when she reads that he will marry her friend, Elizabeth (Rosalind Russell) and they hope that Mimi will be a bridesmaid. Devastated, she goes on about how she at least got the âconsolation prizeâ and âDo bridesmaids ever wear black?â The way she says this last line is rather funny and will show anyone that Myrna Loy is talented in comedy.
At the wedding, all is serious and romantic as any other wedding, but nothing can take away from the bizarre and comical wedding veil Rosalind Russell is wearing in the scene. She looks rather like an alien and although they are saying their wedding vows, I canât help laughing at her. I donât know whose idea it was for her to wear such a ridiculous veil, but it was a terrible one at best. After they are married, Mimi, who is still heartbroken over it, gives her best wishes to Elizabeth and then to Alan, she says, âI hope youâll be very unhappy⊠because anything I wish for never comes true!â While the other bridesmaids hurriedly get Elizabeth ready to go off on her honeymoon, Mimi starts drinking to ease her pain. Once Alan goes in to see his new bride and she has taken off her veil from Mars, we can all start focusing on whatâs going on in the movie. Although it is later established that Alan married Elizabeth mainly for her money, I must say they are rather cute in this scene when they hug and kiss. After Elizabeth goes in to finish getting ready, Mimi comes in, drunk as all get out. She stumbles in, acting silly and giggling.
This is a very funny scene. In fact, I think itâs one of the best scenes and itâs fun to see Myrna Loy drunk. The way she is talking to Alan and giggling is hilarious and is more proof that Myrna Loy is stealing the show. We staggers over to the door where Elizabeth is and opens the door. She gives Elizabeth her congratulations and tells her goodbye. We do not see Elizabeth, but we hear her voice. Mimi ends her little speech with âGee, youâre pretty,â then as she walks out of the room, she adds, âSo am I!â
Mimiâs mother sends Jimmy on a wild goose chase, trying to track down Mimi, who is staying out all night getting drunk. Jimmy finds her in a bar by herself and they have a long talk about what has happened. She eventually finds herself home and wakes up the next morning with a debilitating hangover. As her mother comes in, she is expecting a lecture on what she was doing last night, but Meg tells her sheâs not that kind of mother. She just advises her to find something else besides Alan to focus on. As her mother leaves, Mimi quips, âHowâd I ever happen to get a mother like you?â and Meg says, âYouâre much too young to know.â While funny, itâs also a little odd because itâs obvious Mimi is more than old enough to know exactly what she is talking about.
Soon afterwards, Mimi gets a job at the newspaper working in the art department, where Jimmy also works as a cartoonist. She is very excited that she has the opportunity to draw a bed for a furniture ad. She shows Jimmy the drawing and although he isnât very impressed (âItâs a bed. What does it look like, a horse?!â), she is beyond happy. When they see an article in the newspaper about Alan and Elizabeth coming back from their honeymoon to give a big homecoming party. She beams and says she can go to the party because she âloves this bed!â and not Alan. She does indeed attend the party and when she goes out to the back porch and Alan joins her, he is disappointed that she doesnât seem to carry a torch for him any longer. Elizabeth joins them and when Mimi tells her, âI love furniture!â Elizabeth replies with a very emphatic âWhaaaat?â
I have to mention this because ever since I first became a fan of Rosalind Russellâs, I have noticed the funny way she emphasizes her âwhatâ when she is surprised, shocked, or even amused. She does it in many of her films and as I became more of a fan, I came to expect it and when she didnât stretch that âwhatâ longer than necessary, I was disappointed. As you study an actress more intently, you are bound to notice things like that. Besides that, there are the widened eyes deemed âRoz eyes,â the way she involuntarily raises her eyebrow in a dubious situation, her crooked front tooth that is only visible when she smiles wide or laughs, and the many words in the English language she pronounces in her own little way.
The next day, Mimi and Alan go to the fights without Elizabeth. Alan tells Mimi that his wife is sick and didnât want to come. Elizabeth doesnât mind if Alan takes Mimi. They have a grand olâ time and even go back to the bar where Mimi had been drinking herself into a stupor after Alanâs wedding. This time, she is happy, and she is very impressed with how far she has come. They end the evening by coming around the corner toward Mimiâs apartment, arm in arm, dancing and singing âOn a Sunday Afternoon.â I also notice that Myrna Loy is most likely not comfortable singing on camera. She sings very quietly, letting Walter Pidgeon take up most of the slack.
The next day, Mimi informs her mother and Jimmy that she is going to go after Alan after all and she is going to tell Elizabeth. Of course, she takes the cowardâs way out and calls Elizabeth on the phone instead of telling her in person. After Mimi tells Elizabeth her feelings about Alan, Elizabeth stares, shocked and saddened by the news, and slowly hangs up. When Alan comes home later that night, she tells him that Mimi phoned in order to gauge his reaction. They get ready for a party but before you know it, she is back in bed, letting Alan know she is still sick and âdoesnât want to risk it.â She encourages him to go out by himself anyway. When he leaves, she stares after him longingly with tears welling up in her eyes. It is rather sad to see her so willing to give up her man that easily.
Later that night, Alan stops by Mimiâs place after having a confrontation with Jimmy at a bar and before long, he kisses her. However, there is suddenly a knock on her door and she knows right away that it is Elizabeth. It is indeed who she thought it was and dressed in a perfectly lovely dress, she enters the room and looks around, taking in what is in front of her. This is Rosalindâs best scene in the film and for once, she actually steals attention away from the star. She takes center stage right away and does all the talking while the other two just listen to her. She says she knows Alan never loved her, that he only married her because sheâs a ârich girl,â and that he is just an ordinary man.
She was willing to stay with him because she loved him so much. However, eventually, Alan was trying to be in love with herâso hardâthat the effort was desperate. She started to feel sorry for him because he is obviously a very lonely man who would be going after a parade of women throughout their marriage. However, now that he is really in love (with Mimi)⊠but she doesnât know how to finish her thought. She passes up on the drink with Mimi and Alan, not able to be noble much longer. As she leaves, she says to Mimi, âWouldnât it be funny, Mimi, if Alan got sick and you and I went to the fights?â With that, she leaves and never comes back. Mimi watches her go and says, âThere goes a general in any womanâs army.â Although Rosalind Russell has bid her adieu to the film, she ended it on an impressive note and with a funny line to boot.
Mimi is now happy that she can be with Alan, but he will have none of it. He tells her that no matter what, there would be a parade of women just like Elizabeth said. He leaves her, going back after Elizabeth instead. Mimiâs heart has been broken for the last time by Alan Wythe and she swings by Jimmyâs place. They go for a drive and Mimi insists they pick up an old man hitchhiking by the side of the road. He is played by the incomparable Harry Davenport and is on his way to see his young daughter, who has just had a baby. Jimmy and Mimi start making up a story about how they have twins that Mimi thinks should be named âNipâ and âTuck.â It is funny how the expression on the old manâs face changes as they tell him that they are âjust pals.â
The film ends with a fun scene in which Meg convinces Mimi and Jimmy that they are in love with each other and just keeps laughing and laughing. After Mimi tells Jimmy that sheâs hungry, he kisses her. He says, âHow do you feel now?â And she replies, âWell, Iâm not hungry anymore.â As it fades out, Meg exclaims, âThe end of a beauuutiful friendship!â
After Night Must Fall finished production, Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell were put right into another film togetherâa film with a completely opposite atmosphere. Unlike Night Must Fall, which is an intense, dark drama, Live, Love and Learn is a rather silly comedy, although it has its sad moments. The way Rosalind makes her first appearance in the film lets the viewer know this will be a funny movie. Montgomery plays Bob Graham and he is a struggling painter. One day, he is sitting in a beautiful countryside, contemplating how to finish his painting. All of a sudden, horses start bounding over the hill behind him and he has to duck to avoid them. There is a fox hunt going on right in the middle of the meadow and he is irate! Finally, the last horse comes jumping over the hill behind the rest, but it throws its rider. The young woman crashes right through Bobâs canvas and she is appalled when Bob seems more interested in how his painting is faring than her, who took a nasty fall.
Her name is Julie and she and Bob are from completely different walks of life. Heâs poor, sheâs rich; he doesnât always know where his next meal is coming from, she never has to worry about that; he lives in a tiny apartment, she lives in a big house. He insults her skills as a fox hunt participant and shoos her away. A few seconds later, he finds her unconscious on the grass and wonders what to do with her. Before they know it, differences aside, they are getting married. And even so, Bob is trying to talk her out of it because he knows sheâs in for a bit of culture shock living with him.
However, all doubts are forgotten when the justice of the peace tells him to âkiss the brideâ and he stares at her, dumbstruck by love. It is in this comedy that besides the sexual tension you see in Night Must Fall, Montgomery and Russell have great romantic chemistry when they get a chance to have romantic scenes. You want them to be together; they are just that cute. They start walking with all of their things to a bus to take them to Bobâs apartment.
Julie is actually quite fascinated with Bobâs lifestyle and is excited to live like this. She feels his lifestyle is more real and not full of fake people like in her more high-class community. To show her loyalty to Bob, she throws her wallet out the window and smiles at him. They soon start walking up to his apartment building and she is wearing this hat and the fabric on the top looks like bunny ears. Itâs a hat I always remember from her film wardrobe because it is both so funny and cute. âLook, bunny ears!â Bob carries his new bride over the threshold and she takes a look around the tiny apartment, which isnât even big enough for a full kitchen or bathroom.
She is really taken with it and is ready to start living hand-to-mouth, as long as she is by Bobâs side. Bobâs best friend, Oscar (Robert Benchley) suddenly stumbles into the room, drunk (as Benchley often was in films) and tries to kiss Julieâs hand, but falls right on his face instead. In disbelief, Julie questions Bob and he tells her that heâll be living here with him.
After putting Oscar out in the hall, Jerry Crump (played by a young Mickey Rooney) comes yoo-hooing into the room, silly and hyper, and takes a good look at Bobâs new bride. Jerry is the landladyâs son and Bob tries to show him a certain technique in throwing a baseball, but ends up breaking a window. Bob wants so much to be a successful painter for Julieâs sake, and hopes to keep his word on that. The next morning, they allâBob, Julie, and Oscarâgo to the market to buy some groceries because they donât have food. They have not paid their bill at the market and Felipe (Charles Judels), the owner, refuses to let them purchase anything.
However, trouble abounds when Julie figures out that Felipe has been overcharging Bob and Oscar for some time because they were too naĂŻve to know any better. They immediately start protesting in front of his store, even telling passersby to tar and feather Felipe. Soon, they are bringing loads of groceries home for free. Julieâs uncle has sent her a letter and a substantial check because he doesnât want his niece living in squalor.
Although Oscar eagerly wants to spend the money, Bob takes the check and glues it to the wall, never intending to cash it. Absolutely thrilled with her husbandâs decision, Julie embraces him giddily. One day, an old pal from Julieâs old crowd comes calling on her. Her name is Lily (Helen Vinson) and she wants to get a good look at Julieâs new husbandâa man so special that he got her to leave her comfortable life when she âcould have married anyone.â
After mistaking Oscar for her new husband, Bob comes home with a monkey named Misery in towâonly one of the several odd things to happen in this movie. He is having a bad day because his work was put down by some art dealers. He goes to the park with his wife to paint. This peaceful scene gets out of hand when a few Marines (Leathernecks) and then a few Navy sailors (Tars) start gathering around Bobâs canvas, giving differing opinions on what they think of it.
The Leathernecks stick together and the Tars stick to their opposing opinion until they start fighting. All of a sudden, Bob and Julie are in the middle of a riot in the park and are blamed for starting it! They spend a night in jail and when they come home, they notice a large crowd of reporters on the stairs and sneak into their apartment.
Refusing to talk to reporters, one reporter decides to pose as an art dealer in order to get a story on them. Naturally, Bob is excited about this, but Julie notices the manâs press pass in his hat. The man is immediately thrown out (literally). Soon, the three of them have developed a new hobby. Since the reporters keep coming in droves posing as art dealers to talk to the poor, struggling painter, they devise new and unique ways of depositing them into the hall.
An important art dealer named Bawltitude (Monty Woolley in his usual grumpy, cantankerous, but hilarious role) becomes interested in Bob and visits his apartment to take a look at his work. Of course, Bob, Julie, and Oscar assume he is another reporter, so they proceed to anger him. They have stacked a large pile of books and put a pitcher of water on top of them and tell him to take a few steps backwards until the pitcher of water has poured all over his head.
They then do the silliest thingâthey cut his buttons, suspenders, and tie in half. As Oscar and Bob try to pull on his beard, which they assume is fake, Julie finds out that he is the real Bawltitude. Bob stares at Bawltitude in disbelief and Bawltitude yells at him, âGet your hands off me, you homicidal maniac!â Hard feelings are obviously put aside when before they know it, Bobâs work is being presented in a gallery by Bawltitude.
It is at this time that Bob starts acting differently. He starts becoming more well-known and respected by the rich art buying community and Julie feels she is losing the old Bob that she fell in love with. When he buys a big, beautiful place for them to live in, Julie thinks itâs a joke and after bewildering him by yodeling in the place, then swinging her arm wondering if she could swing a cat in the place, she starts âskatingâ across the polished floors. (Letâs just say this is a very strange group of people!) She is saddened when she finds Bob is serious about it and is very unhappy when her old pal Lily starts attaching herself to Bob in order to build him up. Now again living the lifestyle she voluntarily left, Julie is very unhappy and only talks to Oscar, who has not changed a bit. They play games and Julie explains that when someone comes to the door, the third butler answers the door, who tells the second butler, who tells the first butler, who then informs her about it later.
They start pretending to be high-class snobs, Julie describing herself as âso, so alive, so eccentricâI mean electric!â Meanwhile, Bob has had many jobs painting boring, stuffy dowagers. Lily brings over a new client named Mr. Palmiston. He is played by E. E. Clive, who played a large part in getting Rosalind Russellâs acting career started when she pretended to be English in order to get into his acting troupe. It was acting in this troupe that got her discovered by a Hollywood scout. He also plays small parts in two other Montgomery-Russell films, Trouble for Two (1936) and Night Must Fall (1937). He is most memorable in this film, however, because of the way he says everything in threes. When he meets people, he says, âHow do you do? How do you do? How do you do?â and thanks people like this: Thank you very much, thank you very much, thank you very much. Julie doesnât like this atmosphere very much and goes off riding: âI feel like digging my spurs into something.â She comes back with a very kind old gentleman who is an art teacher and a very promising young pupil of his.
They want to give a âRobert Graham Dayâ soon and have him speak. However, he decides that painting for Mr. Palmiston is more important and Julie is gravely disappointed in him and where his priorities lie. After Bob snubs the two people, Julie gets very angry with him and tells him heâs become a big fake and she canât stand it anymore. Lily tries to get her opinion in, but Julie walks very slowly up to her and says, âLily, darling, has anyone before told you, in an awfully ladylike manner, to keep your pretty little schnozzola out of other peoples family fights?” She paints a mustache on Bobâs portrait of one of the old matrons he is working on. Bob yells at her and ends with calling Oscar a drunken clown and orders him out of the house. Having lost the man she remembered, Julie asks for a divorce and leaves with Oscar. It is this part of the film I donât enjoy very much. Itâs all fun and games until Bob becomes someone heâs not and causes terrible marital discord.
However, when Bob tires of this dull lifestyle, he goes to speak for the art teacherâs class like Julie wanted him to. She is there to listen to him and happy to have him back. She reunites with him and they decide to have some fun for the road. She and her two partners in crime go to Bawltitudeâs place and bring in a portrait Bob did of Palmistonâs horse. Palmiston comes running in, his pants falling down (because they had cut his suspenders like they always do), and pleading with Bawltitude. Julie pulls her cape up over her head and growls at him like a tiger.
They proceed to tell him to back up, back up⊠until they yell âAh, boo!â and he falls backwards right through his own painting. The three of them bellow, âAnd may we say we love you very much, Mr. Palmiston?â to which he replies from the ground, âNot at all, not at all, not at all!â