During questioning, he asserts to the juvenile officer: "Nobody can help me."The housemaid answers all questions directed toward Plato, and explains how his mother habitually deserts him and his father left the family long ago:It seems like she""s always going away somewhere.To no avail, Mammy vigorously lectures Scarlett: "If you don""t care what folks says about this family, I does.He protests to the Headmaster and doctor that there was "interference" and he is really "sound as a bell.The original film version ofHis Girl Fridaywas director Lewis Milestone""s big hitThe Front Page (1931), produced by Howard Hughes and released by United Artists.