The Dover Boys at Pimento University (1942)
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[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]