Just Around the Corner (1938)

Jeff Hale: You remember how hard I used to work before you went away to school? I was always planning buildings and putting them up. We hardly had any time at all to be together.
Penny Hale: And you were tired all the time.
Jeff Hale: That wasn't so good, was it? But it made money. We had money to live in a penthouse and have a car. But now it's awful hard to get jobs.

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Penny Hale: Why is everything so mixed up?
Jeff Hale: Well, maybe this picture will help you understand.
[showing her a political cartoon of Uncle Sam in the newspaper]
Jeff Hale: You see all these people? They're all pulling on this one poor fellow.
Penny Hale: What has he done?
Jeff Hale: He's done everything he can, and it still isn't enough. He gives and he gives, and he tries to make everything right.
Penny Hale: Is he the president?
Jeff Hale: He's greater than the president. He's the most important man in the whole country, maybe in the world.
Penny Hale: Why doesn't somebody try to help Uncle Sam instead of pulling on him?
Jeff Hale: Lots of us try.

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Kitty: Everybody's got their troubles, Penny, even little half-pints like you. You've got a good strong chin. You keep it up no matter what happens.

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This was the last of four films to pair Shirley Temple with Bill Robinson.
One of the kids calls Penny "Bright Eyes". This is a reference to Shirley Temple's earlier hit film, Bright Eyes.
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