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My Son, the Hero (1943)
66 min | Comedy, War | 5 April 1943 (USA)

A father writes creative letters regaling his son, an overseas war correspondent, with fantastical tales of his work to raise war bonds, something he must prove after he learns that his son is coming home for a visit.

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer

Writers: Doris Malloy, Sam Newfield (additional dialogue)

Stars: Patsy Kelly, Roscoe Karns, Joan Blair
Transcript
00:00There he is. Say, Mr. Morgan, a big son.
00:02How's it feel to be the father of a hero, Mr. Morgan?
00:04Let's have one with your hat on.
00:06Smile.
00:07Is it true you were decorated at Bellowoods?
00:10How about a picture of you in your legionnaire's uniform?
00:12Is it a tradition of bravery around the Morgan family?
00:14Well, strangely enough, that's true.
00:16There was a Morgan in every war.
00:17Now there was General Morgan.
00:18Okay, take it, kid. I'm ready.
00:20Everybody serious, please.
00:21Say, do you have a baby picture of him?
00:23Oh, I'll tell you about the boy.
00:24He's a regular chip off the old block.
00:26Yes, we understand your son is coming to Hollywood to visit you.
00:28That's right. I had a wire from him last night.
00:30Weren't you divorced from Cynthia Berkley?
00:33What year was that?
00:34That was way back in...
00:35How about a picture over the desk, Mr. Morgan?
00:37We'll have the clerk be handing you the wife.
00:39This time I'm looking for you.
00:41This hyena, he takes my picture in the shower tub.
00:44The bellboy, he takes the suitcases.
00:46They throw us out.
00:47And what's the idea of throwing us out of our room?
00:48We're moving you to a six-room suite, Mr. Morgan.
00:51It's in the penthouse on the 13th floor.
00:54The 13th? Oh, no, not me. That's an odd number.
00:56We want you to be the guest of the Cosmo Hotel, Mr. Morgan.
01:00That is, if your son will favor us by stopping here.
01:03Look, big time. Maybe he'll put in room service, too.
01:05Well, I don't know, you know...
01:06Room service? Anything you want, Mr. Morgan.
01:09Now, now, don't refuse.
01:10You know the Cosmo Service.
01:12That I do.
01:14Right this way.
01:19Charge it to the hotel.
01:21Yeah, that's right. You got it.
01:23And there were tears of pride in the father's eyes
01:25when he learned that his son had been cited for bravery.
01:28Yeah. Okay.

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