Baby Doll

Hey, Wiglow!

Yes, sir.

Can you hear me?

Yes, sir.

Can you find the holes?

Yes, sir.

Make sure you get the big ones.

Yes, sir.

Ain't you got nothing to do?

Not a thing.

Ain't you going to help him?

I'm retired.

Baby Doll.

Archie Lee, you're a mess.

Do you know what they call such people? Peeping Toms!

Ain't there a name for a woman that sleeps in a baby's crib...

to stay away from her husband?

I'm gonna plug up the hole in that wall...

and if I ever catch you again peeking at me in my sleep...

I'm moving into the Kotton King Hotel.

And keep your filthy dogs off my furniture!

Let me talk with you. I want to talk with you.

Save your breath to drum up business for your cotton gin...

Close that door so I can get dressed.

Go on, get dressed.

Not until you get on the other side of that door and close it.

Today is the 5th of November, tomorrow's the 6th...

and the day after is the 7th.

You know what day that is, don't you?

November 7th is your 20th birthday.

Sweet of you to remember. Where's my birthday present?

You'll get your birthday present...

providing you haven't forgotten the agreement between us...

which comes due on that day.

The agreement?

Yes, the agreement.

You swore on the Bible to keep your side.

If you kept yours.

Have I laid a hand on you?

Yes, as often as possible...

Have I? Have I ever once forced myself on you?

As your husband, by law. Or don't the law mean nothing to you?

How about your side of the agreement?

You talked mighty big when you were courting me...

you told my daddy you'd put me in the grandest house in the county.

I put you in Tiger Tail, I bought it and put you in it.

Tiger Tail is the grandest house in the county.

Yes, the biggest old wreck of a place in the whole delta.

You said you were going to restore this place...

exactly how it was before, only better...

make a show place, you said. Yeah, a freak-show!

I've got my man on the roof now. Can't you hear the hammer?

Is that a hammer? I thought it was a king size termite.

If you ain't the most ungrateful little...

I have mortgaged myself to satisfy your demands.

You told lies to my daddy in order to get me.

Get you? I ain't got you yet.

And you ain't about to either.

I'm telling you that if the Ideal Furniture Company...

removes those five sets of furniture from this house...

that agreement you spoke about is automatically cancelled.

Now, would you kindly go back in your own room?

I'm gonna get me a good job while I'm in town today...

just in case, just in case.

Admiring yourself in the mirror! Just look at yourself.

You're not exactly a young girl's dream come true.

There was an old witch named Granny Crow...

wherever she spit, no grass would grow.

That old witch must've spit on the top of your head.

Thank you, thank you.

You're a woman not grown, therefore I'll make allowances.

Aunt Rose screams every time the phone rings.

What does she do a fool thing like that for?

The phone ringing scares her.

Aunt Rose, why don't you answer the phone?

Aunt Rose.

Aunt Rose.

Aunt Rose Comfort!

Why don't you answer?

I can't catch my breath when it rings.

Answer it!

Hello? This is Miss. Rose Comfort.

No, the lady of the house is Mrs. Archie Lee Meighan...

They don't want to know that, who is it and what do they want?

I can't hear well, could you speak a bit louder?

The Ideal Pay As You Go Plan?

Give me the phone.

Now, what is this, boy? Yes.

Today? No, you've got to give me a little more time.

I've had a little set back in business lately...

The syndicate built their own cotton gin, and I lost their trade.

It's going to take me a little longer to recover from that...

Then take it out! Take it out, out, out!

You'll never get my business again, never.

Honey, you ain't gonna lose your fine furniture...?

Will you shut up and get back in the kitchen?

And don't you speak a word of what you heard to my wife.

Don't holler anymore in this house, and don't cackle...

or I'll pack you up and haul you off to that home at Sunset.

Did you say something to me Archie Lee?

Yes. I said shoot!

What made her holler this time?

How do I know what made her holler this time...

or last time, or the next time?

The last time was because you throwed something at her.

What did I ever throw at Aunt Rose?

A glass of water, for singing church hymns in the kitchen.

Water?

This much water. I barely sprinkled her.

She don't hear nothing.

I know.

You've got to do something to get the old woman's attention.

Hey, hey, cut that out! Archie!

Get your hands off me! Get them off!

I'm moving to the Kotton King Hotel...

the next time you try to break our agreement, the very next time...

Baby Doll!

Baby Doll!

Come down, if you're going into town with me...

I've got to be at the doctor's ten minutes ago.

Baby Doll!

If you're so impatient, go ahead without me.

I've plenty of ways of getting to town without you.

That's true.

You come on!

Get your cotton-picking tail down here.

Take your time.

Morning, Sam.

What are you waiting for?

Come on, get into the car.

I'll get into the back seat of that skatterbolt...

when you get out, walk around, and open the door like a gentleman.

You'll wait a long time if that's what you're waiting for.

I declare, my father would turn over in his grave.

I never once saw your father open a door for any woman...

especially not your water-legged mother. Get in!

Sid, come here.

Why are we stopping here?

What are you doing here?

Vacarro's got me working for him now.

For him? You're working for him?

What could I do? The syndicate shut my gin down.

What's going on?

A celebration of some kind...

Why shouldn't they celebrate?

It's got every last bit of business in the county.

Every last bit of what you and I used to get.

They've got an up-to-date gin, not like your pile of junk.

When are we getting out of here?

Would you mind moving your arm?

Happy anniversary.

She's sure grown up.

I'm as fond of Aunt Rose as you are, but I'm in no position to feed and...

Look here, the day Aunt Rose is unwelcome under your roof...

her and me both is moving out.

She can't cook...

If you don't like her cooking, get me a regular servant...

don't think I'll cook for a big fat old thing like you.

Quit saying fat...

Lose weight and I'll quit saying it.

Right, but I'm serving you notice, if that old woman dies in my house...

I ain't gonna pay for her funeral. I'll have her burned up. Cremated.

I'll pack her ashes in an old bottle...

and I'll pitch the bottle into Tiger Tail Bayou.

Mr. Meighan, you're late for your appointment.

The doctor will see you anyway, I don't know why.

Hey.

Hi.

Are you the dentist?

Yes, ma'am, I'm the dentist.

I was scouting around for a job and I noticed your sign...

and I thought I might help you out.

What are you doing?

A boy in here a while ago beat me playing checkers.

I still can't figure out why.

Well, what do you do? Can you type?

No, I don't do no typing...

but I print a real good hand.

I don't know whether we can use that.

You're awful young to be a dentist.

I'm just getting started.

What's the matter with you?

I haven't been myself, John.

In what way?

Well, you're not an old man, but you're not a young man either.

That's the truth, it's no lie.

How long have you been married?

About a year.

She's pretty.

Yeah, I guess so.

Youth.

Been under some sort of a strain?

No, no strain at all.

You look mighty nervous to me.

I'm not nervous.

You'd have to know typing. It's typing.

Awfully nice talking to you.

Yes, ma'am.

Mr. Meighan, come back in here.

The doctor's going to give you a prescription.