Arrowsmith

Emmy. you better turn down towards Cincinnati.

If we could find your uncle. Ned Arrowsmith.

I guess he'd take us in.

Nobody ain't gonna take us in. We're going West.

There's a whole lot of new things I aim to be seeing yet.

And that was your grandmother. Martin. Fine stock to come from.

Pioneer stock. Stubborn stock.

That would make a medical man out of you. if anything will.

It would make a real scientist out of you. if you live up to it.

- Reading old Gray. eh? - Yes. sir.

That's right.

Physician's library. Three books...

Gray's Aratomy . The Holy Bible. Shakespeare.

Study. Martin. Someday you may be a great doctor.

Get training.

Go to college before you go to medical school.

Study chemistry.

Latin. physics. biology.

Be a fine doctor.

- Yeah. well? - My name's Arrowsmith.

- Arrowsmith? - Martin Arrowsmith.

I'm just starting medical school.

and I thought I'd like to take my Bacteriology with you this fall

instead of waiting till second year. That is. if you don't mind.

Yeah? But I do mind.

Well. I'm not going to be just an ordinary doctor.

No?

No. I want to be a research scientist like you. Dr. Gottlieb.

Not as great as you are. of course. but...

but I'm not interested in just giving pills to people.

I'd rather find a cure for cancer.

Yeah. if you can do that. you will be much greater than I.

I really mean I want to find out things for myself.

I know how little I know. and I'm not afraid of hard work.

So now we begin to talk sensibly.

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To be a scientist. that is born in a man.

And in very few men.

It may be born in you.

But first. go and be a medical student.

Go learn the names of the diseases.

Learn to work in the dissecting school without being sick.

Learn to watch the blood flow without fainting.

Go and get your M.D. after your name.

And then... come back to me.

- All right. Doc. up you go. - Fine.

- You're new. aren't you. Doc? - I'll say so. I was born yesterday.

That's why I come along.

These people get kinda excited down here once in a while.

Does anyone here speak English?

- Tutto . sure. - Where's the patient?

Well. congratulations. You're the father of a fine boy.

No. no. I'm the uncle. he's the father.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

Viro? Why. certainly.

You know. Doctor. he's his first baby.

Well. it's my first baby. too.

- Nurse. I want to find Ward D. - Do you?

- Can you direct me? - I could. yes.

- Well. if it isn't interrupting your work... - This isn't my work.

Nurses aren't supposed to scrub floors.

Superintendent caught me smoking a cigarette.

You go back for Ward D. turn right and then left.

I've been informed that the first duty of a nurse

is to stand when she speaks to a doctor.

Gee. I've been getting fresh again.

It may interest you to know that I'm Dr. Gottlieb's assistant

and that I'm on my way to Ward D to take a strain of a very dangerous microbe.

When I've done what I came here to do. I shall report you. What's your name?

- What's yours? - Arrowsmith.

- You're not reporting me. you know. - Gee. there I go again.

Scrubbing floors just makes me rebellious.

and being rebellious just naturally makes me fresh. and there you are.

My name is Leora Tozer. It's a silly name. isn't it?

What's wrong with it? I kinda like it.

Thanks.

When can you get away for dinner?

With you?

I've decided to overlook reporting you. How about tonight?

- Well... - Why not?

- I don't mind. - What time?

You will report the patient's temperature to me every hour.

I'll look in again at 7:00. At 7:00.

- I've talked too much. - You haven't bored me.

- I've been pretty technical. - I liked it. Made me feel intelligent.

Well. at that. you've got to get used to hearing my ideas.

- I'm gonna hear a lot of them? - You're going to marry me.

- You don't tell me. - I certainly do.

Now. you know. I shouldn't wonder if you're right.

Of course. it's a little early in the game to be dead sure.

but I shouldn't wonder.

Guess you're pretty pig-headed and self-centered. aren't you?

But I like you so much. I'd be a fool to pass you up.

Have you got a nickel?

Certainly. What for?

I want soft music.

You know. I wasn't being funny.

I didn't think you were.

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I hope you mean that.

Because. I warn you. I'm never going to give you up.

I've found you. My life's begun.

I have sent for you. Martin. to tell you that I am leaving this place

where I teach young doctors to kill their patients.

I have been called to the McGurk Institute of New York

where I shall do only my own research.

McGurk?

The McGurk Institute is the greatest scientific plant in the world.

I am very happy.

- Yes. sir. I should think you would be. - And I am happy for you. too. Martin.

I have arranged for you to go with me as my assistant.

You will have great opportunity there.

You're the greatest man I've ever known. Dr. Gottlieb.

I'd black your shoes for you.

But I can't go to New York with you.

It is many years since my shoes have been black. Martin.

Anyway. I was not taking you as a bootblack.

Why can't you go with me?

I'm going to be married.

And a man can't marry on what a lab assistant makes. so...

I'll just have to practice medicine after all.

Practice? Practice!

To give pills to ladies. to hold their hands for them.

to make their diets for them. Practice? You?

You. who have the stuff that makes scientist in you?

I'm sorry. sir. but that's how it is.

Oh. well.

I am too wise to argue with a man in love.

You will be a bad doctor for a while. and then you will find your way back to us.

And when you do. Martin. let me know. and...

I will make a place for you.

Go.

Good luck to you.

- I wish you happiness. - Thank you. sir.

By the laws of God and by the laws of the state.

I hereby pronounce you man and wife.

Two dollars. please.

The lady gets it.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Don't mention it. Next.

Well... we're married.

- I don't feel any different. - I feel kind of flat.

- So. where do we go from here? - You start practicing.

How does a doctor start practicing? I've often wondered about that.

Well. I thought you might take a train with me to my hometown.

- That's Wheatsylvania. South Dakota. - Dakota?

We got 366 inhabitants in Wheatsylvania.

And not a doctor in the lot.

Dakota. yeah!

Real man's country. Frontier! Opportunity!

You're gonna love South Dakota. Come on. we're on our way!

For what we are about to receive. Lord.

and for all the many blessings Thou hast bestowed upon our house.

may we be truly grateful. Amen.

- I always... - Leora.

- What is it. Mom? - Look!

Oh. that.

- That happened day before yesterday. - This is too much.

- Do you mean to tell me... - You've broken your old parents' hearts.

- Now. Iook. here. l... - Martin. please. let me.

I'm sorry. darling. but I've got to make my position clear.

Mr. Tozer. I've been living alone and working hard for a long time.

I intend to go on working hard. But I'm not gonna live alone any longer.

That is. I'm not gonna live without Leora.

You couldn't have stopped us getting married.

But you would have tried to stop us getting married.

And I can't waste time now.

You asked me this afternoon if l... if I had any money. and l...

If you think for a moment you're going to get one red cent out of this family

simply because you've butted in where you weren't invited.

I wanna know about it. I certainly wanna know about it.

I'm not asking for money. I'm asking for your good will.

I'm asking you to help me to start in practicing here. so I can support...

Martin may not be asking for any money. but I am.

Pa's gonna lend Martin $1.000 to start up an office.

Martin'll pay him interest on it.

That is. if Pa doesn't want to give it to us as a wedding present.

- A thousand... - You can afford it. Pa. You know you can.

- A thousand... - You sit down.

And I don't wanna hear any more talk about it.

because Martin's giving up a great career as a research scientist

to be a country doctor so he can support a wife.

And... and you all ought to just get down on your knees

and appreciate him and stop scrapping.

Will you give me a cigarette. please. Martin?

- Leora! - You ain't learned to smoke cigarettes?

Yes. I have. And now you can scream at me for a while and lay off Martin.

Hey. Lee. Iook.

That ought to bring 'em rolling in.

Come inside and see what I've got.

What have you got?

Wait till you see.

- What's that? - It's Pa's old Prince Albert.

- What. for me to wear? - Certainly!

Come on.

Martin. stop. Now. this is serious. You put that on.

Come on.

- Now. let me see. - In a Ford.

Well. you're a doctor. aren't you?

I'm a country doctor.