expect part of your ambition,
half of your trouble...
...two-thirds of your worries
and all of your respect.
Here's your medicine, madame.
No, thank you, Marie.
I'm tired of it.
-But, madame....
-No, no, no, no.
Perhaps you would like
to go to Paris?
No, I'm too tired to go anywhere
and to do anything.
Marie....
Look at the paper...
...and tell me where did they go
on their honeymoon?
But they couldn't go anywhere,
madame.
Miss Burke is appearing in a play here.
We saw her only two weeks ago.
You insisted, madame.
You remember.
Oui, I know. And we enjoyed it
very much too.
She's a lovely actress, Marie, oui?
She has such twinkling eyes...
...and such a funny little twitter
when she speaks.
Yes, I can well imagine
Flo being in love with her.
Marie?
Call his office.
I will congratulate him.
Hello? Brian 3093, please.
I should wish him luck, oui?
-Oui, I should.
-Mr. Ziegfeld, please.
-Miss Anna Held speaking.
-No, Marie, hang up!
-I cannot speak with him today!
-Mr. Ziegfeld?
He's on the telephone, madame.
He is?
Hello, Flo.
Yes, here's Anna.
I'm so happy for you today.
I could not help but call on you
and congratulate you.
Wonderful, Flo.
Never better in my whole life.
I'm so excited about my new plans.
I'm going to Paris.
Yes, for a few weeks,
and then I can get back...
...and then I'm doing a new show,
and I--
Oui, it's all so wonderful.
I'm so happy.
Yes, and I hope you are happy too.
Yes?
I'm so glad for you, Flo.
It sounds funny for ex-husband and ex-wife
to tell each other how happy they are, oui?
Yes, Flo.
Goodbye, Flo.
Goodbye.
If you love him so much,
why did you divorce him?
Because I thought it would
bring him back to me.
I was sure that it would
bring him back to me.
Goody, goody, goody!
Is that all for me?
That certainly is, every bit for you.
And that isn't all. Sidney?
Yes, sir?
Now, if you don't like the view
from this side...
-...then--
-I don't.
-That's the chimney Santa came down.
-Yes!
-That's where the reindeer stopped.
-I wonder how they kept from sliding off.
Probably the bricks stopped them.
See, Mommy, it's almost big enough
for me to get in.
-It is!
-It's almost big enough for us all to get in.
-Oh, yes! Sidney....
-Yes, sir?
Hasn't Santa Claus brought
the elephant yet?
Not yet, sir, but he, she-- It may
be here at any moment, sir.
-You didn't buy an elephant?
-I did.
-A live elephant, Daddy?
-A great big, live elephant.
I beg your pardon, sir, madam.
In behalf of the help,
and as their spokesman...
...I wish to express our thanks
for your thoughtfulness and generosity...
...and to wish you a very
merry Christmas.
-Thank you.
-That's very nice, Sidney.
And may we wish a very
merry Christmas to all of you.
Thank you, sir. Thank you, madam.
Merry Christmas.
And to you, Miss Patricia.
Same to you, Sidney.
Now, how about opening
your presents?
With all this extravagance,
I'm a little afraid to.
Nonsense, darling,
that's what Christmas is for.
Come on, now.
-Oh, Flo.
-Now.
-This isn't all for me?
-Well, who else?
-I don't know which one to open first.
-Well, suppose you try this one.
Oh, Flo!
A crown of diamonds.
How beautiful.
This proves that America
is not a republic.
Because you are the queen,
and queens always wear crowns.
A bracelet for the regal wrist.
A pendant for the royal throat.
-And....
-Flo!
A cloak for Her Majesty's shoulders.
-Darling!
-And....
-Oh, no, Flo. Nothing else!
-Yes.
A kiss from her most humble subject.
Darling!
Oh, everything's so lovely.
-But you shouldn't have done so much.
-Oh, well, I....
I hadn't anything to do with it.
It was Santa Claus.
He brought everything.
Yes, I know, but Santa Claus
was far too extravagant.
You should take some of it back.
Oh, Mama, I don't want Santa Claus
to take back any of my presents.
Don't worry, he won't.
No, and he won't take back
any of your mama's either.
I'd cry if he took my circus