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The script for the film baby doll (1956)

Record Details:

Title:
The script for the film baby doll
Date:
1956
Publisher:
New York : The New American Library
Volume:
The script for the film baby doll
Leaf #:
00093
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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iilva: Are you really married to Mr. Meighan? jaby doll: Mr. Vacarro, that's a personal question. iilva: All questions are more or less personal, Mrs. Meighan. iaby doll: Well, when I married I wasn't ready for marriage. I was still eighteen, but my daddy was practically on his death bed and wanted to see me took care of before he died. Well, ole Archie Lee had been hanging around like a sick dog for quite some time and . . . the boys are a sorry lot around here. Ask you to the movies and take you to the old rock quarry instead. You have to get out of the car and throw rocks at *em, oh, I've had some experiences with boys that would curl your hair if I told you — some — experiences which I've had with boys!! But Archie Lee Meighan was an older fellow and in those days, well, his business was better. You hadn't put up that cotton gin of yours and Archie Lee was ginning out a lot of cotton. You remember? iilva: Yes, I remember. . . e jaby doll: Well, I told my daddy I wasn't ready for marriage and my daddy told Archie Lee that I wasn't ready for it and he promised my daddy he'd wait till I was ready. jilva: Then the marriage was postponed? &aby doll: Not the wedding, no, we had the wedding, my daddy gave me away. . . . jilva: But you said that Archie Lee waited? Page 83