Beginner's Luck (1935)

Marianne Edwards: Daisy Dimple

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Quotes 

• Spanky's grandmother : Spanky's mother has gone behind the back stage curtain trying to hook her son with a long theater pole. She is peeking under the curtain and cannot be seen swinging the pole wildly trying to hook her boy and rescue him from this cruel humiliation. Her pole is thrust out into the orchestra pit and as she was pulling it back in she accidentally sticks it into an electrical outlet giving her a huge shock,

  [BUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZ] 

  Spanky's grandmother : which kicks her back to sitting back on her heels and wringing her hands and fingers out. Electrical lines are all around her. Spanky's mother accidently opened the stage curtain grommet, which holds the two curtain halves together. The mother regained her composure and goes back to her task. The grandmother and the MC both were watching the mother and loved seeing this miscue and both were laughing at her. The grandmother then sees the grommet hook near the mother and taps the MC on the shoulder saying

  [here's where we stop the show!] 

  Spanky's grandmother : Pointing at the stage curtain ropes. This would give Spanky's mother something the entire audience could laugh at. They already knew the theater audience was a real cruel one after the way they treated Little Daisy, they would really lite up Spanky's Mother.

  Master of Ceremonies : The MC sees what she means and says

  [sure, go ahead] 

  Master of Ceremonies : knowing how much his theater audience is going to love this. They love this kid's act but with the help of the grandmother they are going to get a real treat. The aggressive stage mother who told him her son was too much of an artist to open a show is going to be the artist that ends the show. The woman who wanted to stop her son from being laughed at is going to be laughed at herself.

  Spanky's grandmother : The grandmother starts pulling down on the ropes very slowly and she and the watch as the grommet hook start to move from resting on the mother's shoes they start to move up on her shapely legs on her sheer black silk stockings

  [I have to be careful to get this just right] 

  Spanky's grandmother : the grandmother is going to give some payback to Spanky's mother for putting him on a stage against his will, she will make Spanky's mother reluctantly join Spanky's act.

  Master of Ceremonies : The MC is looking on with huge anticipation

  [OK, be careful, we don't want to miss it] 

  Spanky's grandmother : The hook is slowly moving up under the mother's rump and a few inches away from her dress hem the grommet turns perfectly facing Spanky's mother's hem. The hook enters the woolen dress and snags her hem

  [we got her good.] 

  Master of Ceremonies : The MC is bursting to get this done perfectly

  [great, I can hardly wait] 

  Master of Ceremonies : thinking of this silly stage mother gets the works which she so badly needed and it was coming.

  Spanky's mother : Spanky's mother has hooked her son and is pulling him back, she has pulled him back to her and he is only a few pulls away.Spanky is holding onto the stage lights and as he is being pulled back the mother is being pulled out onto the stage. She has only contact with the tips of her shoes and her knees which is covered by her silk stockings which isn't giving her much traction. The hook goes in well and the grandmother starts to pull hard and the curtain is moving up. Her dress is pulling tight even her full sleeves are pulling back and the dress is so tight. The size and shape of her breasts and derriere are no longer a secret and common knowledge to all the men in the audience. She reaches with both hands behind her and she realizes what's going on. She let out with a loud screech shrill schreech

  [loud shrill. Schreech] 

  Spanky's mother : a look of panic appears on Spanky's mother's face. She looks over to see who was hoisting the curtain thinking it musr be the MC but was suprised to aee it was hee mother. The Theater audience only answer her pathic screech with sarcastic laughing. The children's amateur show has turned very risque' with the curtain pulling up Spanky's Mother's dress.

  Jerry : Spanky's mother tries to grab the curtain as she is trying to stand up as the audience howl laughing at her. That was a mistake if she would have remained in a kneeling position the hook may have come undone.The gang is sitting in the front row and have a great view of Spanky's mother. Jerry is thinking the number one rule of boyhood is degrading your best buddies mom and here was Spanky's mother and shecwas being degraded in reality on a stage

  Spanky's mother : Spanky's mother is standing now and trying to unhook the dress she is starting to go into a state of shock from her predicament as she is trying to unhook the hook around the front of her dress while the hook is in the back and the back of her dress is up nearing her head she quietly says

  [no, no oh please no] 

  Spanky's mother : the panicked look is growing on her face.

  Audience member : This man is sitting in the audience and he is leering and ogling Spanky's mother and can't wait till the dress is off while he laughs at her

  [loud laughter] 

  Spanky : Spanky has opened his visor and is looking around to see why they aren't laughing at him anymore then he sees his mother behind him with her dress caught on a rising curtain. He says

  [oh, no] 

  Spanky : he knows the number one rule of boyhood well and it's his mother in reality.

  Spanky's grandmother : The grandmother is pulling with all her might but it's going very slowly she says to the MC

  [don't worry I'll get my second wind] 

  Audience member : Tiny Lipson is watching Spanky's Mother and really getting a real kick out of watching this. Like most men in the audience he thinking of if you went out with Spanky's Mother on a date you would need this curtain to get her out of her dress quick. He is laughing his head off

  [laughter] 

  Spanky's mother : Spanky's mother is wiggling around like a fish caught on a line but she seems to have stopped the curtain from rising but she is pleading

  [no, no please] 

  Spanky's mother : only to be greeted with wild vicious laughter from the audience.

  Daisy Dimple : Daisy, who is in her mother's arms taps the MC saying

  [say mister, do you think he stands a chance?] 

  Master of Ceremonies : The MC looks at her and gives her a huge smile

  [why listen honey, he already won that prize five minutes ago] 

  Daisy Dimple : Daisy is so excited she hugs her mom saying

  [oh mommy, the dress is in the bag] 

  Spanky's grandmother : The grandmother says to the MC

  [OK, I've gotten my second wind. I'm going to let her rip] 

  Spanky's mother : Spanky's mother realizes there is alot more pressure on the dress and she's trying her best to keep her dress on but it keeps getting tighter and now higher. The back of her dress is over her head and the front it's directly under her breasts. She is squirming around trying to find a way to unhook it

  [oh no, please stop please] 

  Spanky's mother : with that there is a loud

  [ripping and tearing sounds] 

  Spanky's mother : as her dress is coming apart then the

  [swishing sound] 

  Spanky's mother : as her dress comes off her and it runs up the curtain quickly .

  Spanky : Spanky watches the dress go up and watches it go all the way up and her hears to roaring crowd laughing at the dress like it is some trophy. He looks down to see where his mother is and she is frozen kneeling on the stage unable to move paralyzed by shock. He says

  [don't worry mom I'll save you] 

  Spanky : thinking he will hide his now slip clad body from the prying eyes of the audience.

  Spanky's grandmother : The grandmother pulls down and the curtain goes up

  [there it goes] 

  Spanky's grandmother : and the MC has his eyes bulging out of their sockets looking at Spanky's mother.

  Spanky : Spanky grabs a stage prop and pulls it across the stage and pulls the stageprop into place in front of his immobilized mother. He stands back and puts his hands on his hips showing his pride but the cruel audience laughter has increased. Spanky looks over at his mother her head is tilted backwards, her eyes straight up looking at her dress dangling off the ceiling and her mouth wide open. The prop has a furry squatting animal on it with a cutout on top which his mother's head fits perfectly. His eyes bulge and his helmet top spins wildly

  [spinning helmet top sound] 

  Spanky : his mother has been made a laughing stock of and made a humiliated spectacle of on the stage. This is something that his friends will never forget the number one rule of boyhood has come to fruition in reality his mother degraded.