And I studied so hard and I graduated with honors, it was all for you....Then won""t ya listen? Please.I""ve loved you ever since I""ve known you.I couldn""t help it.I""ve tried to show it, but you wouldn""t let me.But now I""m going to make you hear it and give me an answer...for I just can""t go on so any longer.I know I""m not half good enough for you.But, well, if you love me, you can make me anything you like.Jo tries to dissuade his romantic intentions: "As hough I""d change you, Laurie.Laurie, you should marry some lovely, accomplished girl who adores you.Someone who would grace your beautiful house.I shouldn""t.I loathe elegant society and you like it.And you hate my scribbling and I can""t get on without it.And we should quarrel...oh yes, we always have, you know...And everything would be so horrid if we were ever foolish enough to (marry)..." - she rejects his proposal and then apologizes: "I can""t.Oh, Laurie, I""m sorry.So desperately sorry...I don""t think I""ll ever marry."Another of the most memorable scenes is Jo""s return to care for her sister Beth (suffering a recurrence of scarlet fever), followed by Beth""s moving death scene.The Film""s Major Production Number: "Born in a Trunk"In this lead film role, seen in the film""s preview screening (a ""movie within a movie""), at a special showing in which Norman""s new filmAnother Dawnis also being previewed, she performs a classic, 18-minute sequence.While searching for his papers, Mortimer opens up the window seat where he stumbles upon and discovers the results of his spinster aunts"" latest charity act - a dead body.Smith explains how he strayed away when magnetically attracted toward the Capitol Dome:I don""t think I""ve ever been so thrilled in my whole life, and that Lincoln Memorial! Gee Whiz! And Mr.