Our Little Girl (1935)

Shirley Temple: Molly Middleton

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• Elsa Middleton : Mother's going away for a little while. And, when she comes back, she won't be married to Daddy anymore.

  Molly Middleton : Who will you be married to, Mommy?

• Molly Middleton : We can't go up to Heaven's Gate without a cake, can we, Mommy?

  Elsa Middleton : No, darling, we certainly can't.

  Amy : I wish you'd let me help you, Mrs. Middleton.

  Molly Middleton : This is work that only Mommy and I can do.

  Elsa Middleton : This is a very special day. It only happens twice a year.

  Amy : Twice a year? What makes this day different from any other day?

  Elsa Middleton : This is the day that Molly and I call May Saturday. The other one comes in September.

  Molly Middleton : We call that September Saturday.

• Elsa Middleton : Young lady, who do you work for?

  Molly Middleton : For you.

  Elsa Middleton : And who does Mommy work for?

  Molly Middleton : For Daddy.

  Elsa Middleton : And who does Daddy work for?

  Molly Middleton : For the butcher and grocer and the tax-collector and the telephone company.

• Molly Middleton : You were almost late, Daddy.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : Almost never won first prize. Say, where do you want us to sit?

  Molly Middleton : Oh, as if you didn't know.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : No, honestly, I've forgotten.

  Molly Middleton : You've forgotten where we sit when we picnic at Heaven's Gate? Oh, Daddy! Have you forgotten, too, Mommy? Do I have to tell you?

  Elsa Middleton : Afraid so.

  Molly Middleton : Right over there, where we always sit every May and September.

• Molly Middleton : Do I blow my nose, Daddy?

  Dr. Donald Middleton : If you think you can get the crumbs off that way, sure.

• Rolfe Brent : Look here, why don't the two of you come and go riding with me sometime?

  Dr. Donald Middleton : Thanks, Brent. Mrs. Middleton might. The only thing I ride is that old bus of mine. It bounces just as much, but it doesn't bite.

  Rolfe Brent : How about you, Mrs. Middleton?

  Elsa Middleton : Oh, I haven't ridden in years. I don't know if I could.

  Rolfe Brent : Oh, of course you could. You used to be great.

  Molly Middleton : Of course you could, Mommy. You just get on them and go.

  Dr. Donald Middleton : But don't you let her take any of those jumps until she's all set.

  Rolfe Brent : You can trust me, Doctor. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning, Mrs. Middleton, around ten o'clock?

  Dr. Donald Middleton : She'll get a big kick out of it.

  Molly Middleton : She doesn't want to get kicked, Daddy.

• Dr. Donald Middleton : [after Molly falls down]  Are you hurt?

  Molly Middleton : [rubbing her bottom]  I think I might have a little fever.

• Molly Middleton : Daddy, it's September Saturday, and we're not going, because I'm a big girl now. Daddy, why do we have to go and get big?

  Dr. Donald Middleton : Oh, it's not because you're so big. I think you're still pretty little. But we just can't manage Heaven's Gate anymore because... things are all changed.

  Molly Middleton : Because Mommy's going away?

  Dr. Donald Middleton : Because of a lot of things. We're all so sorry, you, and Daddy... and your mother, I guess. But we'll just have to look for something else to have fun with. There's going to be a circus in town next Saturday. Gee, I'd like to see a circus, won't you?

  Molly Middleton : I'd like to see a circus if it didn't come on September Saturday.

• Molly Middleton : Why don't we have dinner anymore, Amy?

  Amy : What do you mean, don't have dinner anymore? You have dinner every night, don't you?

  Molly Middleton : I mean with Daddy and Mommy, like before.

  Amy : Oh, I don't know. Anyway, it's none of my business.

  Molly Middleton : Is it any of my business?

  Amy : If those people would only go away and leave them alone, everything would be all right.

  Molly Middleton : If who would go away and leave them alone, Amy?

  Amy : That nurse and that Mr. Brent.

• Rolfe Brent : Hello, Molly.

  Molly Middleton : Hello.

  [Rolfe reaches to down to pick up Molly, but she backs away from him] 

  Rolfe Brent : Well, what's wrong?

  Molly Middleton : I don't like to be picked up. Except by my daddy.

  Rolfe Brent : Well, he's not here just now, Molly. Won't you let me do it?

  Molly Middleton : You don't know how a daddy does.

  Rolfe Brent : I could learn.

  Molly Middleton : It's very hard to learn, sir.

  Rolfe Brent : Let's have a trial. Let's pretend I'm the daddy and you're the little girl.

  Molly Middleton : But I *am* the little girl!

• Rolfe Brent : Why don't you like me, Molly? I like you. I like you and your mother and your daddy.

  Molly Middleton : I don't care! We don't like you! We wish you'd go away and never come back!

  Rolfe Brent : Who's we, Molly? Your mother?

  [Molly nods] 

  Rolfe Brent : Are you sure?

  [Molly runs away] 

• Molly Middleton : I told him, Amy.

  Amy : What?

  Molly Middleton : I told Mr. Brent what you said.

  Amy : What I said?

  Molly Middleton : About Mommy and Daddy and me and wishing he'd go away and never come back.

  Amy : What? To his face? Look here, miss, you're going to get into trouble for that! And don't say I told you so!

  Molly Middleton : But you said...

  Amy : I said nothing about him, you understand?

  Molly Middleton : Is it the worst thing I've ever done, Amy?

  Amy : Yes, I think maybe it is.

  Molly Middleton : Will Mommy spank me?

  Amy : Yes, I think maybe she will.

  Molly Middleton : Will Daddy? He never has.

  Amy : Well, maybe he won't, not for anything you said to Mr. Brent.

• Molly Middleton : I was naughty today, Mommy, worser than I've ever been before.

  Elsa Middleton : Why, what on earth have you done?

  Molly Middleton : This morning, I told Mr. Brent we didn't like him.

  Elsa Middleton : That wasn't very kind.

  Molly Middleton : And I told him we wished he'd go away and never come back.

  Elsa Middleton : But that isn't true, Molly.

• Molly Middleton : Mothers can't think of everything.

• Rolfe Brent : Molly, I want to ask you something.

  Molly Middleton : Yes, Mr. Brent?

  Rolfe Brent : Would you like to call me Uncle Rolfe?

  Molly Middleton : No, thank you.

  Rolfe Brent : Well, I don't much care for that uncle business, either. How about just calling me Rolfe, then, without the uncle?

  Molly Middleton : Can't we just talk without me calling you anything, sir?

  Rolfe Brent : I'm afraid not, Molly. You see, you're coming to live in my house pretty soon.

  Molly Middleton : You can't live in anybody's house but your own.

  Rolfe Brent : Oh, but it will be your own.

  Molly Middleton : He's teasing.

  Elsa Middleton : No, Molly, he's not teasing.

• Elsa Middleton : Molly, you're getting too big for Heaven's Gate.

  Molly Middleton : But you and Daddy didn't get too big.

• Molly Middleton : [to her dog, Mr. Smith]  I think it would be easier for them if you weren't here, either, so you and me, we'll run away. Now, don't make a fuss, Smithy. We've got to remember that we're growed up now. Besides, you have me and I have you. We'll always have each other, won't we, Smithy? We'll go to Heaven's Gate first and say goodbye to it, and then we'll go a long ways away.

• Dr. Donald Middleton : Did you and Mommy get into any mischief while I was gone?

  Molly Middleton : No, I haven't thought of any good mischief, and Mommy's been too busy riding.