春天不是讀書天本事
春假來臨,本地某大學爲歡送畢業同學,預備舉行一次晚會,同時還擬表演一個歌舞劇,劇名「春天不是讀書天」,由同學鐘鳳儀(林黛飾),黃以哲(嚴俊飾),小江(姜南飾),老劉(劉恩甲飾),張以文(蔣光超飾)等參加演出。
黃以哲是著名的追求者,校中女同學十分之八九都接到過他的情書,然而結果總是一事無一成,人家送給一個外號叫「黃包車」。
黃包車借了這次表演歌舞劇的機會,又拼命的向鍾鳳儀追求,鳳儀始終置之不理。一天他們排練跳舞完畢,黃包車又向鳳儀大献殷勤,鳳儀老老實實的吿訴他:「我决不愛你!」黃包車懊喪之餘唯有自認失敗。
鳳儀正想去吃飯,突然接到一封電報,閱後嚇得她魂不附體,經同學們再三詢問,鳳儀才把眞相說出來:
原來鳳儀是新加坡一個華僑的獨生女兒,老父未經她的同意,要把她許配給一個素不相識的人,她身受高等敎育,當然不能接受這種盲目婚姻,堅决予以拒絕,老父以斷絕經濟爲要挾,她急中生智,把以前和黃以哲演話劇時一張結婚劇照寄給父親,說她已經和一位同學結了婚,老父因事實無法挽囘,也就默認了,這封電報是說她姑母如玉(王萊飾)要來香港看看她的婚後情形,這樣,豈不是將她的假結婚事件立刻拆穿!
同學們爲解决鳳儀的困難,大家動腦筋想辦法,最後,小江想出一個妙計,他說等姑母到香港時,由黃包車假扮鳳儀丈夫,小江粘上鬍子扮作黃包車的父親,老劉拔去假牙假扮黃包車的母親,張以文權充汽車司機,請梁若蘭(沈雲飾)和郭清芬(張茵飾)屈就女傭,並且借了梁若蘭家的別墅作爲黃以哲的住宅,這一妙計,果然獲得大家的贊成。
姑母光臨的一天,「全家」出動到機場去迎接,幸而這位留學法國的年輕姑母,是個深度的近視眼,對一群僞裝的歡迎者一點破綻沒看出來,於是由張以文駕着汽車,接到家裡。
當晚,鳳儀設宴洗塵,幾個女工本來都是高貴的小姐,從來不會煮菜,搞了半天,飯沒燒好,反弄得一屋子煙,結果由黃包車去叫了一桌菜囘來,方算渡過難關。
這一家人旣是「僞組織」笑話當然百出,黃包車乘機追求鳳儀,常以不合作爲威脅,工人,與司機不聽指揮,最妙的是老劉和張以文同時追求郭淸芬,因之「司機」與「老太太」時生齟齬,黃包車與老劉又常起衝突,風波迭起,鬧的烏煙瘴氣。
年輕的姑母開始懷疑,尤其感到異樣的是黃包車竟有對他求愛的表示,她爲避嫌,把這件事吿訴給鳳儀,不料鳳儀非但不惱怒,聽了反而高興。
黃包車得不到鳳儀的垂靑,竟然要向姑母求婚,姑母對他雖有好感,但名分有關,如何可以答應?這時小江同老劉等正在客廳裡打作一團,黃包車就將全部眞相揭露,當他誠懇地再度向姑母求婚時,姑母欣然應允。
黃包車高興萬分,當衆宣佈假戯不必再演,他已和姑母訂婚,鳳儀的事,姑母答應囘新加坡代爲解釋,同時她本人也極端反對鳳儀父親代辦的盲目婚姻。
歡送畢業同學大會那天,姑母也去參觀他們表演歌舞劇,歌舞劇的內容是這樣的,有一班學生不喜歡讀書,專講吃喝玩樂,最後由鳳儀加以規勸,請大家寶貴光陰,努力求學,衆同學深爲感動,於是改變作風,埋頭硏讀,美妙絕倫的歌舞劇就在一片掌聲中結束。(完)
“SPRING BLUES”
SYNOPSIS
In preparation for a performance at a night party in the coming graduation ceremony, “Rickshaw” Wong Yee Chet is rehearsing an opera with Miss Chung Fung Yee. He courts the love of the girl, but is greatly disappointed.
Miss Chung Fung Yee has received a letter from her father in Singapore, telling her of his intention to marry her to an unacquainted youth. Naturally she protests. But her father threatens to stop her financial support, if she does not consent to the proposed marriage. Urged by the gravity of the situation, she writes to her father to say that she has been married, supporting the fact by attaching a photograph of a wedding scene of the opera in which she is married to “Rickshaw” But, in another telegram, her aunt is coming to see her. She is afraid that her Aunt might smell a rat and is very sad about it.
The schoolmates plan to stage a fake show for her. “Rickshaw” will play the part of husband; Kong, of father-in-law; Chung Yee Man, of the chauffeur; Leng Yurk Lan and Kwok Ching Fun,of maidservants. Leung's House is to be “Rickshaw“s” house. All Agree to this arrangement.
The Aunt has come, but, due to her shortsightedness, has not detected anything. The welcome dinner party proves a mess.
“Rickshaw” takes advantage of the situation, and threatens noncooperation if Chung Fung Yee does not accept his love. Meanwhile, the “fake family” is topsy-turvy, as the “chauffeur” and “maidservants” show insubordination, and the “chauffeur” goes so far as to quarrel with the old mistress.
The Aunt begins to suspect, “Rickshaw” now courts the Aunt who dare not accept his love but tells Fung Yee about it. Fung Yee, however, is glad about this new development.
“Rickshaw”,being disappointed in love,discloses the whole plot. In so doing, he wins the favour of the Aunt. There is no necessity for staging the show any more.
At the graduation night party, the Aunt takes part in the opera which proves to be a success. There comes the happy ending.