The Dover Boys at Pimento University (1942)

[NARRATOR READS ON-SCREEN TEXT] <i>NARRATOR: Good old PU</i> <i>NARRATOR: Out and away, the most popular fellows at, uh...</i> [NARRATOR CLEARS THROAT] <i>NARRATOR: Out and away, the most popular fellows at old PU...</i> <i>...are the three Dover boys.</i> <i>Tom, the fun-loving member of the trio</i> <i>Dick,</i> a <i>serious lad of 18 summers plus</i> a <i>winter in Florida...</i> <i>...as related in</i> The Dover Boys in the Everglades. <i>And Larry, the youngest of the three jerks...</i> <i>Uh, brothers.</i> <i>A gay outing at the park has been planned by the merry trio...</i> <i>...and they are off to fetch their fiancee, dainty Dora Standpipe.</i> .. <i>At Miss Cheddars'</i> female <i>academy close by.</i> <i>With their usual punctuality...</i> <i>...the boys arrive at the appointed hour of 3.</i> Yoo-hoo! Yoo-hoo! Yoo-hoo! <i>NARRATOR: And are soon on their rollicking way.</i> <i>Forced to pass a certain public house...</i> <i>...a tavern of unsavory repute...</i> <i>...our young friends meet the distressing situation...</i> <i>...with their usual uncompromising moral fortitude.</i> <i>Little do they know that even now, within this very tavern...</i> <i>...Dan Backslide, the former sneak of Roquefort Hall</i> <i>...coward, bully, cad, and thief...</i> <i>...and archenemy of the Dover boys, squanders his misspent life.</i> [INHALES DEEPLY] Hark, the Dover boys. Drat them. Double drat them. They are escorting Dora Standpipe. Dear, rich, Dora Standpipe. How I love her... ...father's money. Confound those Dover boys! Oh, how I hate them! I hate Tom! I hate Dick! And I hate Larry! They drive me to drink! Confound them. [HICCUPS] Con... ...found them! <i>NARRATOR: But let us draw the curtain on this sordid scene...</i> <i>...and turn to more pleasant surroundings...</i> <i>...where we find our young friends engaged in a spirited game...</i> <i>...of hide-go-and-seek.</i> DORA: Fifteen, 20, 25, 30, 35... ...40, 45, 50, 55... No, no! In here! No, up here. Up here. No, no. Over here, over here. DICK: Over here. In here. TOM: No, in here! DICK: No, in here! TOM: Over here! [ALL CHATTERING] DORA: 510, 515... [DOVER BOYS CHATTERING] TOM: Whoops! Sorry. DICK: Over here! [ALL CHATTERING] ALL: No, in here! The Dover boys. Then Dora must be alone and unprotected. A runabout. I'll steal it. No one will ever know. [AIR WHEEZING] 1250, 1255, 1260... 1265, 1270, 1275... 1280, 1285, 1290... ...1300, 1305, 1310... 1315, 1320, 1325... ...1330... 1330, 1335... ...1340,1345,1350... ...1490, 1500. Here I come, ready or not. Help! Help! DORA: Save me! Help, Tom! Help, Dick! Help, Larry! [ALL GASP] DORA: Help! Help! Save me, save me! Help! Help! Save me, save me! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Tom! Help! [CRASHING] Help, Larry! <i>NARRATOR: Poor Dora. Will no one save her from this predicament?</i> <i>Will no one come to her assistance?</i> <i>But hold on. What's this?</i> <i>It looks like an alert young Scout.</i> <i>And that's just what it is.</i> <i>He'll not fail her, I'll venture</i> [TELEGRAPH MACHINE CLICKING] Telegram for the Dover boys. "Messrs. Tom, Dick, and Larry, care of Wayward Tavern... ...Upper Bottleneck, New York." Says, quote, "Help!" Unquote. Signed "Dora." Thirty-five cents collect. [DOGS BARKING] Help, help, help! Save me! Save me! Save me, help! Save me! Help, help! Save me! Save me! Help, help, help! Save me! [AIRPLANE ENGINE ROARING] Help, Tom! Help, Dick! Help, Larry! [BELL RINGING] <i>ALL [SINGING]: Oh, Dora, dear Sweet, Dora, dear</i> <i>Keep courage up and chin held high</i> <i>The stalwart sons of old PU Are here at hand to do or die</i> <i>[CHANTING] PU, PU, we're all for you! Yay, boom!</i> [DOOR CRASHES] Unhand her, Dan Backslide. Hey, we're getting in a rut. Stand up and fight, you coward, bully, cad, and thief. Oh. You haven't been thrashed enough yet, eh? <i>NARRATOR: And now it is time to say goodbye.</i> <i>Goodbye.</i> [English - US - SDH]