Who's Right? (1954)

[Music] spoiled selfish self-centred this woman believes the Sun should rise and set according to her needs her uncontrollable temper flares up at the slightest imagined provocation heartless scheming always ready to attack the unsuspecting male our weapons are her looks her personality her youth deadly mortal weapon which never ceased a fascinator she spent most of her time and thought keeping in fighting trim her vanity is beyond belief this is the only person in the world she really loves everyone else is either an admirer or a slave he's a megalomaniac she's a gold digger or so she sings to her husband Frank cousin who is a tyrant of medieval mode power-hungry domineering dominate he lusts for control of other people forever seeking subjects to his stubborn iron will he's Eric cocksure the world's foremost authority on everything from driving a car to starting a fire from playing a bridge hand to cooking at stake at the office all day according to him he's a tiger at home we must play the Royal lion subjugating one and all to his inspired rule there is no way but his way everything he disagrees with must be changed no one else can ever be right also it seems with white honey cotton all I'm trying to do is make the house livable make myself a human make the meals eatable with that little bit of money we have you must think I can run the house and dress myself in nothing per month that's what he'd like anyway must be crazy how does he even dare mention money around me who knows I hadn't a thing to wear I had most of these dresses before we got married [Music] all my exotic sense one miserable bottle of French perfume he gave him for Christmas a year ago cologne from the 10 cent store and a home permanent kid if I spend just half the money on perfume that he throws away no silly pots he never smokes he blow up here's my collection of important domestic footwear those comes I bought three years ago for that weekend at the University this pairs been resold twice fabulous Carson jewels gold wash and glass stone a collection that would delight the heart of any girl less than ten years old if diamonds are a girl's been spent on her alone in this world [Music] power-mad he calls me so wrong it's funny I'm just a slave around here work all day earning the money to keep things going bring it back to Z keep spending we do what she wants to do see who she wants to see by what she wants to buy I haven't been out for an evening of poker with the boys in 16 months the five while I was going with her and the 11 since we've been married after the work day I'm supposed to help around the house I practically got two full-time jobs and what does she do runs around all day with her friends buying things which he gets tide goes and sits under a hairdryer with a beauty shop to rest sure must be tough every single piece of this furniture is something she picked up she liked she saw on a magazine she wanted she-she-she so of course there is a decent chair in the house I can read in a lamp a man can see the time by well I've had enough it's time I started doing what I want there that'll fix up a furniture Frank costs his Rock the good things you can't see there so they'd be more trouble in other words young mr. and mrs. Carson are at it again another one of those bitter fights that are tending to become a habit in this the 11th month of their marriage why they don't know themselves these squabbles seem to grow out of nothing take tonight for instance honey was in a fairly good mood that she waited for Frank to come home at 6 o'clock per day hadn't been very exciting but then neither had there been any serious disasters an ordinary routine domestic day and an ordinary evening for it was 6:30 by the time Frank arrived his usual half hour late honey didn't really mind this being late she was used to it by now but the night he seemed more preoccupied than usual he was home in body but not in spirit if the law was mumbles form disinterested he hardly noticed when might have thought he'd stopped into a restaurant for supper complaining all the time about what a hard day fine way for an evening to begin our day indeed what about her day shopping washing cleaning and now is supper is this what you've been getting ready for since 5 o'clock yes I practically took over for the whole sales department today but the monthly staff meeting you know Ed was away so I went in right at the same table with the old man and all the rest of them talked and Simpson and Reba now you just dupe while it's hot foods red blue or I've told you a million times he handles research development in personnel wears two hats does a pretty good job hmm it was hot why don't you tell me it's boiling maybe it's so hot because I've wandered over about five times yeah well anyway let me tell you about this meeting it was really interesting being in there talking it over with the big boys I still called himself so that some of my ideas were good really yeah Oh first part of it was pretty dull the old man gave everybody a sort of pep talk about how we really had to put all the steam to get up over the last quarter then Clark made his report on production said that he'd have a new model in about a month come on that's what Clark said I can hardly believe it myself he said he and Reba had worked the last bugs out of it they put a pilot model through production lines densifies set up for full-scale so honey's concern with pilot models and production flow is understandably limited at any time tonight after a day of dull domestic chores and practically no human companionship she is less concerned than ever if I could only take a little personal interest in his attractive wife what a difference it would make truth is she probably settle for a small compliment on the condition of the house for the adequacy of her cooking a word about her appearance would have a tremendous effect on things and if the young executive could find time to express a little real affection he would change the entire atmosphere of the Carson household this evening but Frank is full of his own problems but the same problem is personal tournament I suggested that we have the title make up state papers experience blended that's for the Simpson so it cost a lot we probably wouldn't get much for time but you know him always looking on the dark side if it isn't his idea I could see the old man and some of the others thought it might work I hope you like to dinner I use the new mix to make you special some fine did you haven't heard anything at so really told Simpson right in front of everybody either we get personnel or in trouble Frank's clock is rather technical and honey doesn't actually know that many spends his days with but why is Frank reliving his office life at home this evening could it be that the meeting didn't go as well as it might have were Frank superiors rather sliding about his ideas is he perhaps making stronger arguments now than he did this afternoon could be maybe honey were a little more impressed Frank's problem self assurance would be relief you might even think of changing the subject but then how understanding can we expect a young life to be you know our Simpson is always against everything and nobody dare speak up to him really very close to the old man but I stuck to it nobody really definitely turned me down that was an old wait until I tell you what Claude said what the who am I talking to anyway the wall didn't even take a little interest in what I'm telling you I was listening sort of I just wanted to see something in this magazine do you mean listening sorta idiot listen no you don't well if you really want to know I'm getting pretty tired of hearing about the office you're talking about it steadily ever since you came in that door an hour late you couldn't even take time to look at me whenever I try to tell you what I did during the day you won't listen for a minute I certainly do listen to you except when you tell you about something you want to buy or other those gossip sessions that always going on at the beauty shop my Frank Carson you know perfectly well I hardly go to the hairdresser's anymore I spent all my time carrying bundles mean one supermarket to another trying to save a penny on a bunch of carrots I don't see why you can't take a little interest when I talk seems to me the least you could do after all I work for both of us both of us before we were married you didn't mind my going to the beauty shop tell me how beautiful hello you brag to your friends how I always look so neat and well-dressed now I can't even buy a jar of cold cream without your screaming your head off I look like a witch no makeup these old clothes I have to wear Oh clothes you have to yeah what was that bill over $27.50 for last month there's new shoes that doesn't pair of nylons you buy every week change just eleven month not the same thing that I know they're sweet they're on Mantic rizal love them all you do is complain about the money I spend we are rain to the house the clothes that I buy and people because I don't put on peers I come home dead tired you have to start crying or your Desa silly in considered mini [Music] [Music] isn't it possible for you to find some other place to hang out your wet clothes and in our one tiny bathroom I'm sick and tired of living in a laundry well it's too bad about you there's a decent apartment withouta laundry dryer what do you expect me to hang up my clothes on the bookcase or maybe I shouldn't wash the maybe I should just throw them out when they're dirty another apartment we can't even pay the rent on this one isn't good enough for you though if we had a bigger one you might be able to buy some more furniture I suppose you might want to see me bankrupt all you ever think about is spending money furniture rent clothes and Russell says that he hasn't spent as much on furniture in five years as we have in just 11 months he was grateful stinky party big shot hold it everybody what a picture this would be a fine way to freeze and yet it's becoming a typical scene of the Carson romance in action somebody might say that Carson's didn't like each other anymore let's look back at a picture of him taken just before they were men in those days honey thought Frank was wonderful just because he was so steady as she put it about money and he thought she was adorable because she always turned up so well-groomed when they went out she would make the perfect life for a real gentleman II used to think a real lady honey would ruin the evening with one of her scenes and just on a night when we were going out maybe I want to call up and tell them we can't make it since they can't go over there fighting like this how can I explain now what'd I say guess I better not if only honey would be reasonable I'll talk to her no let's face it I'm changing a mood like this you can't make her understand anything maybe I should apologize and make up sure that would work why not no I'd better not you just think she's completely right as usual it's all my fault nope I won't make a move Shane thank you had to go and spoil everything this evening just a night I make a special dinner and we're going out he has to act that way and wanted to see Francine so much I'm dying to show my knees cold maybe I can bring Trent around he's had enough time to realize how awful he's been by now why kid myself he wouldn't admit he was wrong he loved seeing they make him think he's boss I want to get out of this apartment so much though maybe I should just go in it and say I'm sorry and make up yes that's a good idea but darn it if I do that he'll just think he was completely right as usual that I really am a gold digger that I was all wrong he'd love it Nora won't I can't I won't budge should she what do you think who's moving which one of them is to blame for all this trouble I can't tell because I know them both so well Who am I I'm an old friend I'm the ring that she picked out and he paid for both their names are engraved on my side separated by the word love less than a year ago I heard them both say I take you for better or for worse I've had a bad time because I know that the Carson's are really swell people both I'd like it even happier in their marriage [Music] how can we break the vicious circle and rediscover the affection and respect they once felt for each other [Music]