WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.360 Here they are again, ladies and gentlemen, Baby Snooks and Daddy. 00:03.360 --> 00:07.360 Applause 00:07.360 --> 00:12.360 For want of something better to do, Daddy is taking Snooks to see a moving picture for the first time in her life. 00:12.360 --> 00:15.000 As the scene opens, we find them entering the theater. 00:15.000 --> 00:16.160 Here they are. 00:16.160 --> 00:19.560 Well, Snooks, this will be the first time you've ever gone to a movie. 00:19.560 --> 00:20.560 Aren't you happy? 00:20.560 --> 00:21.560 Yes, Daddy. 00:21.560 --> 00:23.360 And I'm giving you a real treat, too. 00:23.360 --> 00:24.760 We're going to sit in the orchestra. 00:24.760 --> 00:26.560 What's the orchestra? 00:26.560 --> 00:28.160 The orchestra has the best seats. 00:28.160 --> 00:29.560 Fifty-five cents apiece. 00:29.560 --> 00:31.360 In the balcony, they're only thirty cents. 00:31.360 --> 00:32.760 You see, it's cheaper up there. 00:32.760 --> 00:34.760 What picture's in the balcony? 00:34.760 --> 00:37.960 The same picture, only the orchestra's better. 00:37.960 --> 00:38.960 Why? 00:38.960 --> 00:39.960 Come on in. 00:39.960 --> 00:44.160 Oh, it's dark. 00:44.160 --> 00:47.160 Yes. Just stick close to me till we find some seats. 00:47.160 --> 00:49.160 Why is it dark here? 00:49.160 --> 00:51.160 It's dark so you can see the picture. 00:51.160 --> 00:52.960 Can you see in the dark, Daddy? 00:52.960 --> 00:53.960 No. 00:53.960 --> 00:56.160 Then how can you see the picture? 00:56.160 --> 00:58.160 Because the picture's light. 00:58.160 --> 01:00.160 Then why is it dark? 01:00.160 --> 01:02.160 So you can see the picture. 01:02.160 --> 01:06.160 The picture's light and the theater's dark, so the contrast lets you see the light even though it's dark. 01:06.160 --> 01:09.160 Do you feel all right there? 01:09.160 --> 01:11.160 I feel fine. 01:11.160 --> 01:13.160 Now just sit down and keep quiet. 01:13.160 --> 01:14.160 All right. 01:14.160 --> 01:15.160 Daddy? 01:15.160 --> 01:16.160 What? 01:16.160 --> 01:18.160 Why do all these people sit here? 01:18.160 --> 01:19.160 They're watching the picture. 01:19.160 --> 01:20.160 What for? 01:20.160 --> 01:21.160 Because they enjoy it. 01:21.160 --> 01:23.160 I don't like it. 01:23.160 --> 01:25.160 Well, why not? 01:25.160 --> 01:27.160 Well, it's got no ending. 01:27.160 --> 01:29.160 Why Indians? 01:29.160 --> 01:31.160 Well, they don't have any Indians in this picture. 01:31.160 --> 01:32.160 Why? 01:32.160 --> 01:34.160 Because it's about Abraham Lincoln. 01:34.160 --> 01:36.160 You see, there's little Shirley Temple sitting on his knee. 01:36.160 --> 01:38.160 Who's Abraham Lincoln? 01:38.160 --> 01:40.160 He was one of our greatest presidents. 01:40.160 --> 01:42.160 And he lived a long time ago. 01:42.160 --> 01:44.160 Did you know him, Daddy? 01:44.160 --> 01:46.160 No. He's long before my time. 01:46.160 --> 01:49.160 Is Shirley Temple older than you? 01:49.160 --> 01:51.160 Now why do you ask such a ridiculous question? 01:51.160 --> 01:54.160 Well, she knows Lincoln. 01:54.160 --> 01:57.160 Well, she doesn't know Lincoln. 01:57.160 --> 01:59.160 Then why is she sitting on his lap? 01:59.160 --> 02:03.160 Because it's not really Abraham Lincoln. 02:03.160 --> 02:06.160 Is it really Shirley Temple? 02:06.160 --> 02:07.160 Of course. 02:07.160 --> 02:10.160 Well, how could she be sitting on his lap when she's dark? 02:10.160 --> 02:11.160 Because it isn't really Lincoln. 02:11.160 --> 02:13.160 The man is playing Lincoln's part. 02:13.160 --> 02:15.160 Why? 02:15.160 --> 02:17.160 Because Lincoln is dead. 02:17.160 --> 02:19.160 He looks alive to me. 02:19.160 --> 02:21.160 I know, but he isn't. 02:21.160 --> 02:22.160 That man isn't alive! 02:22.160 --> 02:24.160 No, Lincoln is not alive. 02:24.160 --> 02:26.160 Oh, who plays Shirley Temple's part? 02:26.160 --> 02:28.160 Shirley Temple! 02:28.160 --> 02:29.160 Why? 02:29.160 --> 02:31.160 Because Shirley Temple is Shirley Temple. 02:31.160 --> 02:33.160 Well, ain't Lincoln Lincoln? 02:33.160 --> 02:35.160 No, possibly not. 02:35.160 --> 02:38.160 Daddy, are you sure you feel all right? 02:38.160 --> 02:40.160 Will you keep that child quiet? 02:40.160 --> 02:43.160 Oh, I'm sorry, Mother. 02:43.160 --> 02:46.160 Siroke, if you keep talking so much, you'll have us thrown out of the theater. 02:46.160 --> 02:48.160 Well, Shirley Temple's talking. 02:48.160 --> 02:50.160 She's talking on the screen. 02:50.160 --> 02:52.160 I want to talk on the screen. 02:52.160 --> 02:54.160 Well, you can't do it. 02:54.160 --> 02:56.160 Nobody can talk on the screen. 02:56.160 --> 02:58.160 But they're all talking on the screen. 02:58.160 --> 03:00.160 You only think they're talking. 03:00.160 --> 03:01.160 That's not them at all. 03:01.160 --> 03:04.160 It's the illusion you get of a soundtrack through the film. 03:04.160 --> 03:06.160 So even though you hear them talking, they're not really talking. 03:06.160 --> 03:07.160 It's... 03:07.160 --> 03:09.160 Shh! Watch the picture. 03:09.160 --> 03:11.160 You see? 03:11.160 --> 03:14.160 Now the Civil War has started, and they're all going to war. 03:14.160 --> 03:17.160 Why is the lady crying? 03:17.160 --> 03:19.160 Because her husband is going to war. 03:19.160 --> 03:21.160 Shirley Temple's husband? 03:21.160 --> 03:24.160 No, no! Shirley Temple has no husband. 03:24.160 --> 03:25.160 Why? 03:25.160 --> 03:26.160 Because she hasn't. 03:26.160 --> 03:28.160 Now keep quiet. 03:28.160 --> 03:31.160 Oh, look. They're off to the front. 03:31.160 --> 03:33.160 Where's the front, Daddy? 03:33.160 --> 03:34.160 Where they're fighting. 03:34.160 --> 03:35.160 Where they're fighting? 03:35.160 --> 03:37.160 At the front. 03:37.160 --> 03:39.160 Siroke, you'll drive me crazy. 03:39.160 --> 03:41.160 Oh, oh, oh. 03:41.160 --> 03:42.160 Now what? 03:42.160 --> 03:44.160 Oh, my God. 03:44.160 --> 03:46.160 Well, don't you want to see the end of the picture? 03:46.160 --> 03:47.160 Yes. 03:47.160 --> 03:49.160 You want to see the end of the picture, and you also want to go home? 03:49.160 --> 03:50.160 Mm-hmm. 03:50.160 --> 03:52.160 Well, Siroke, you can do everything. You simply can do both. 03:52.160 --> 03:53.160 Why? 03:53.160 --> 03:55.160 Oh, what's the use? We're going home. 03:55.160 --> 04:18.160 Oh, that's good.