How does Neil Kellerman know that there aren't any books in Johnny's room? It's not like he would have a reason to go there, right?
Obviously he sneaks into his room frequently to steal his underwear to smell at night... or the guy was just being condescending and assuming (probably rightly) that Johnny is not much of a reader and that that simply wasn't a believable excuse.
I prefer the first option.
I always thought it was because the management would do periodic checks of the employees rooms looking for contraband.
I think both options (condescending attitude, room checks) make sense.
I always assumed that they searched his room when he was accused, thinking they might find the wallet.
Baby's father is a doctor. Why didn't she just refer Penny to him for either the abortion or someone who could do it properly? Admittedly, abortion was still illegal in many states at the time, but I find it highly unlikely that he wouldn't know someone who could take care of it.
Look at his reaction when he found out that was what Baby had used his money for—there's no way in hell he would've agreed to get involved if he'd known about the abortion thing from the beginning.
In addition, abortion was illegal in New York until 1970. Given that they had to have it done quickly and had no real way to travel because of time constraints, they couldn't try and go somewhere else.
In fact when Baby asks him for the money so she can give it to Penny he specifically asks her if the money is for anything illegal. Not to mention that living 30+ years after Roe v. Wade and seeing the attitudes that many people have toward LEGAL abortion I don't think it's reasonable to assume that Baby's father would have understood or been helpful (until Penny's life was in danger and he became bound by doctor/patient privilege).
In response to the question, I think everyone (including Baby) thought the guy they hired was a real doctor. It isn't until after he leaves that Johnny and Baby find out from Penny and Billy that the "doctor" had a dirty knife and a folding table.
Speaking of time constraints, it's never stated how far along Penny is, but there are only three weeks left in the season. She probably could have waited, had the abortion, and no one would have been the wiser (assuming she didn't die, that is). Or actually had the kid and given it up for adoption, although she may not have been ready to go back to work by the time the next season started.
The later into pregnancy you get, the more dangerous abortion gets. Waiting is a bad idea. And adoption doesn't solve the issue of being pregnant - what she's supposed to do to pay her rent when she's 6 months pregnant?
It's Sunday morning, Labour Day weekend no less, when Baby makes her big revelation, which makes it early Sunday afternoon when Johnny finds her and gives her the news. How did they get the water glasses fingerprinted, sent to the FBI (to find out the culprits are wanted in three states), and get the results back so quick? Remember, this takes place in 1963, so there were no fax machines or electronic scanning devices. And seniors' fingerprints are harder to detect.
If they had had been doing so at local resorts, they'd have the fingerprint locally and could have just compared them then. After that they could have established their identifies and found out there were warrants out in other states (by phoning the FBI, who used to hold information about multiple-jurisdiction crimes before III existed). It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but if they were fingerprinting glasses, they probably were given a lead, not just fingerprinting random glasses.
As a non-English person, what is the deal about the line, "I carried a watermelon"? Is this an euphemism for something that Baby realized too late which is why Johnny dismissed her and she got embarrassed?
She was embarrassed because this was her introduction to Johnny, and she blurts out “I carried a watermelon” as her first impression. It’s not a very cool or mature thing to say, thus why she was embarrassed.
At the very end, when Johnny reappears, doesn't Jake behave a bit too hostile for someone who'd just realized that he'd wrongly accused a man of knocking up his partner?
This is also the person who is sleeping with his youngest daughter. Dads tend not to like those people, especially when they make a public display of it.
Baby seems to have spent a lot of nights at Johnny's cabin? Why didn't her parents ever notice her absence?
Her mother makes a remark on how she's signed herself up for so many activities. It's also another aspect of their intense trust of her - they don't even bother asking where she's been.
