Father.of.the.Bride.1950.720p.BluRay.x264.VPPV Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:02:01,246 --> 00:02:04,249 I would like to say a few words about weddings. 3 00:02:04,666 --> 00:02:06,209 I've just been through one. 4 00:02:06,668 --> 00:02:08,545 Not my own. My daughter's. 5 00:02:10,005 --> 00:02:13,091 Someday in the far future I may be able to remember it 6 00:02:13,383 --> 00:02:16,094 with tender indulgence, but not now. 7 00:02:17,387 --> 00:02:20,641 I always used to think that marriage was a simple affair. 8 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:24,603 Boy and girl meet, they fall in love, get married. 9 00:02:25,604 --> 00:02:27,731 They have babies, eventually the babies grow up, 10 00:02:27,898 --> 00:02:30,901 meet other babies, they fall in love and get married, 11 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:32,903 so on and on and on. 12 00:02:34,321 --> 00:02:38,075 Looked at that way, it's not only simple, it's downright monotonous. 13 00:02:38,450 --> 00:02:41,578 But I was wrong. I figured without the wedding. 14 00:02:43,246 --> 00:02:46,833 Now you fathers will understand. You have a little girl. 15 00:02:47,626 --> 00:02:51,296 She looks up to you. You're her oracle. You're her hero. 16 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:56,009 And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave 17 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:57,678 and goes to her first real party, 18 00:02:57,928 --> 00:03:01,431 and from that day on you're in a constant state of panic. 19 00:03:02,265 --> 00:03:04,476 If the boys swarm around, you're in a panic 20 00:03:04,643 --> 00:03:06,561 for fear she'll marry one of them. 21 00:03:07,062 --> 00:03:08,939 If they don't swarm around, why, 22 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:10,732 of course you're in another kind of a panic, 23 00:03:10,899 --> 00:03:12,442 and you wonder what's the matter with her. 24 00:03:15,779 --> 00:03:17,781 So you don't worry about it. 25 00:03:18,156 --> 00:03:20,784 You say to yourself, "I've g***t plenty of time to worry about that. 26 00:03:20,951 --> 00:03:22,994 "I'll just put Off thinking about it." 27 00:03:23,662 --> 00:03:26,456 And then suddenly it is upon you. 28 00:03:28,792 --> 00:03:32,129 It was just three months ago, exactly three months ago, 29 00:03:32,295 --> 00:03:34,172 that the storm broke here. 30 00:03:35,132 --> 00:03:37,300 It was an ordinary day, very much like any other day. 31 00:03:37,467 --> 00:03:40,512 I had caught the commuters' train home, as usual. 32 00:03:41,346 --> 00:03:43,140 It was late, as usual. 33 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:48,478 We own our own home in the suburbs, at least we almost own it. 34 00:03:49,312 --> 00:03:52,733 Had it built when my law firm made me a full-fledged partner. 35 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,194 As usual it was Ellie who was the first to greet me. 36 00:03:56,987 --> 00:03:58,655 She asked me what kind of a day I'd had, 37 00:03:58,864 --> 00:04:01,324 and I asked her what kind of a day she'd had. 38 00:04:01,825 --> 00:04:04,286 And our Delilah, she was always the same. 39 00:04:05,954 --> 00:04:08,498 Another kitchen crisis, but that's routine. 40 00:04:11,626 --> 00:04:13,462 - Oh, hi, Dad. - Hello, son. 41 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:15,172 May I have the keys to the car? 42 00:04:15,338 --> 00:04:17,299 - Yeah. Be careful now. - Okay. 43 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:19,301 Good night. 44 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:21,511 STANLEY: As usual, Ben wanted the car. 45 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:25,348 Ben's a nice, steady boy in college, studying engineering. 46 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,184 Hi, Pop. 47 00:04:27,851 --> 00:04:29,144 - How you doing? - Hi. 48 00:04:29,311 --> 00:04:33,231 And Tommy. No worry about him, except to try to keep him fed. 49 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:38,153 It was "hi" and "goodbye" that night, but I'm used to that. 50 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:42,032 I was wondering if my daughter had deserted us too, 51 00:04:42,199 --> 00:04:43,658 when I heard her voice. 52 00:04:43,825 --> 00:04:46,036 Pops!Pops! 53 00:04:47,037 --> 00:04:49,039 - Hi, Pops. - Kay was our only daughter. 54 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:51,625 I know a father's not supposed to have favorites, 55 00:04:51,792 --> 00:04:52,918 but when it's Kay... 56 00:04:53,668 --> 00:04:56,004 - Mmm, you smell good. - You like it? 57 00:04:58,048 --> 00:04:59,549 - What's that? - An atomizer. 58 00:04:59,716 --> 00:05:01,218 - Where'd you get it? A present? - Mmm-hmm. 59 00:05:01,468 --> 00:05:04,054 - Who from? - Oh. Somebody. 60 00:05:11,686 --> 00:05:13,647 What's happened to you? You look different. 61 00:05:14,397 --> 00:05:15,732 - I do? - Yeah. 62 00:05:17,359 --> 00:05:19,986 - You look all lit up inside. -(CHUCKLES) 63 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:22,781 You're not wearing your usual deadpan look, 64 00:05:22,948 --> 00:05:25,450 that "how did I ever get into this family" look. 65 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:26,952 Oh, Pops. 66 00:05:27,577 --> 00:05:30,372 I know. You've been taking those vitamins that Dr. Gray sent you. 67 00:05:30,539 --> 00:05:31,706 That's right. 68 00:05:35,293 --> 00:05:36,419 (EXHALES) 69 00:05:52,310 --> 00:05:54,312 I guess I'll get me some of those vitamins. 70 00:05:54,479 --> 00:05:55,522 (TELEPHONE RINGS) 71 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:57,065 I'll get it, Delilah! 72 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:01,987 What's the matter with her? She seems kind of queer. 73 00:06:02,237 --> 00:06:03,864 I don't know. Maybe she's in love. 74 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:07,492 - In love. Who would she be in love with? - I haven't the wildest idea. 75 00:06:07,659 --> 00:06:09,828 You must have some idea or you wouldn't have mentioned it. 76 00:06:10,537 --> 00:06:11,580 Well... 77 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:13,832 Buckley. 78 00:06:13,999 --> 00:06:15,709 - Who? - Buckley. 79 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:17,961 - Buckley who? - You know that boy. 80 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:20,005 Buckley something-or-other. I don't know his last name. 81 00:06:20,255 --> 00:06:21,298 Never heard of him. 82 00:06:21,464 --> 00:06:23,049 Oh, of course you have. He's been here again and again. 83 00:06:23,258 --> 00:06:26,386 - That doesn't mean anything. - All right, I'm wrong. 84 00:06:28,096 --> 00:06:29,890 Sorry. Forgive me. 85 00:06:30,265 --> 00:06:32,475 - Who was it, dear? - Buckley. 86 00:06:37,147 --> 00:06:39,816 - He's coming for me in a few minutes. - I'll get your coffee. 87 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:45,780 - Where did the boys go? - Ben had some date, 88 00:06:45,947 --> 00:06:47,449 and Tommy went for basketball practice. 89 00:06:47,657 --> 00:06:48,909 Oh, Delilah, will you bring the coffee, please? 90 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:50,160 Yes, Miss Banks. 91 00:06:50,327 --> 00:06:52,787 Wouldn't you think those boys would stay home once in a while? 92 00:06:52,996 --> 00:06:55,332 Ben's not a boy, Pops. He's a man. 93 00:06:55,665 --> 00:06:58,335 - He's old enough to have a family. - At 19? 94 00:06:59,711 --> 00:07:02,047 Buckley says that's not too young for a man to marry. 95 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:04,841 I didn't marry your mother till I was 25. 96 00:07:05,008 --> 00:07:07,844 Oh, I know, Pops, but that was millions of years ago. 97 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:10,221 Look at all the men in Ben's class at college. 98 00:07:10,472 --> 00:07:12,057 Loads of them are married and have children. 99 00:07:12,223 --> 00:07:13,224 Gl's. 100 00:07:15,852 --> 00:07:17,812 Buckley says everyone should marry young. 101 00:07:21,024 --> 00:07:25,236 Did Buckley happen to mention who was going to finance these child marriages? 102 00:07:25,612 --> 00:07:27,405 Oh, he says the family should support them. 103 00:07:27,989 --> 00:07:29,658 He says it's really economy in the long run. 104 00:07:29,908 --> 00:07:32,118 The men work better and the babies are healthier. 105 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:34,329 STANLEY: From the way she talked about this Buckley, 106 00:07:34,496 --> 00:07:38,041 you'd think he was Moses and Einstein and Gallup all rolled into one. 107 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:40,210 I tried to remember which one he was. 108 00:07:40,543 --> 00:07:42,879 There'd been so many boys who had beat a path to our door. 109 00:07:43,046 --> 00:07:44,547 Which one of them was Buckley? 110 00:07:45,340 --> 00:07:47,050 Was it the boy with the teeth? 111 00:07:48,093 --> 00:07:50,553 Or the guy with the porcupine hair? 112 00:07:51,888 --> 00:07:55,225 Or the English teacher, that poop-a-doop that Ellie liked? 113 00:07:56,726 --> 00:08:00,188 I hoped he wasn't that muscle-bound ham with the shoulders. 114 00:08:01,272 --> 00:08:03,942 And she'd never fall for that bebop hound. 115 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:08,613 It couldn't be that genius who said he'd fix my radio. 116 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,407 She couldn't do that to me. 117 00:08:11,157 --> 00:08:14,911 Couldn't be the radical. He hadn't been on a picket line in years. 118 00:08:16,287 --> 00:08:20,041 Surely my daughter wouldn't fall for any of them, or would she? 119 00:08:20,250 --> 00:08:21,710 KAY: Since the country's in better shape... 120 00:08:21,876 --> 00:08:23,753 STANLEY". She was still going on about him. 121 00:08:24,045 --> 00:08:25,797 KAY". Buckley has it all figured out. 122 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:28,258 He says there isn't going to be any depression. 123 00:08:28,591 --> 00:08:30,301 Oh, that reminds...