Dobie Gillis - "Room at the Bottom"

Mrs. Adams (Jean Byron) wants to help Dobie improve his marks. (Her little boy is a very young Ronnie Howard.) At the same time, Thalia wants him to go to Willoughby Hall, an exclusive private school, so he can make contacts with rich boys - riches being basically the only focus of Thalia's life. Finally she tells Dobie  that if he makes 100% on his math test, she won't require him to go to that school and will be his girl. So Dobie asks Mrs. Adams to tutor him. But Mr. Adams cons them into babysitting Howard while they go to a movie. Dobie finds the questions for the math test hidden in a magazine. They confess to Byron and she is proud of them, but of course Thalia is disappointed.


Jean Byron