1 00:01:38,056 --> 00:01:41,059 Okay. Say, Jones and Barry are doing a show. 2 00:01:41,351 --> 00:01:43,478 That's great! Jones and Barry are doing a show. 3 00:01:43,687 --> 00:01:45,105 Jones and Barry are doing a show. 4 00:01:45,981 --> 00:01:47,774 Jones and Barry are doing a show. 5 00:01:47,983 --> 00:01:50,694 Jones and Barry are doing a show. 6 00:01:50,902 --> 00:01:53,113 Jones and Barry are doing a show. 7 00:01:53,322 --> 00:01:56,658 - Jones and Barry are doing a show. - Testing, testing. 8 00:01:56,908 --> 00:01:58,535 Jones and Barry are doing a show. 9 00:01:58,744 --> 00:02:00,203 You're telling me? 10 00:02:01,913 --> 00:02:04,041 Of course, I'm not a lawyer. 11 00:02:04,249 --> 00:02:05,917 I'm in the Kiddie Kar business. 12 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:08,211 I don't know much about contracts... 13 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:12,049 but it looks good to me. 14 00:02:13,884 --> 00:02:16,762 It's the biggest contract I ever signed. 15 00:02:17,012 --> 00:02:18,388 Thanks to you, Mr. Dillon. 16 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,267 Aw, you could have your choice of a dozen shows. 17 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:24,311 A pretty girl like you. 18 00:02:24,645 --> 00:02:26,813 Not with this depression. 19 00:02:27,064 --> 00:02:29,149 If not for you and your Kiddie Kars... 20 00:02:29,358 --> 00:02:31,485 Oh, now, Miss Brock... 21 00:02:31,735 --> 00:02:33,362 Dorothy, I mean. 22 00:02:33,570 --> 00:02:36,323 You don't mind my calling you Dorothy, do you? 23 00:02:37,407 --> 00:02:38,825 Why, of course not. 24 00:02:39,076 --> 00:02:42,496 Well, Dorothy, I'd like to do something for you. 25 00:02:42,746 --> 00:02:45,207 You've done entirely too much for me already... 26 00:02:45,415 --> 00:02:47,751 and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. 27 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:49,753 No, no. I mean... 28 00:02:50,462 --> 00:02:53,632 I mean, I'd like to do something for you... 29 00:02:54,466 --> 00:02:56,259 if you'd do something for me. 30 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:04,059 Why, Mr. Dillon, of course I'd be very glad to... 31 00:03:04,309 --> 00:03:07,437 but what could I possibly do for a big man like you? 32 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:09,606 Call me Abner. 33 00:03:23,870 --> 00:03:26,164 When we got Dorothy Brock, we got a great break. 34 00:03:26,415 --> 00:03:29,960 Abner Dillon guarantees to finance anything she does. 35 00:03:31,002 --> 00:03:33,964 These days, stars like Dorothy Brock are a dime a dozen. 36 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,590 That's what we got you for. 37 00:03:35,841 --> 00:03:40,512 Julian Marsh, the greatest musical comedy director in America today. 38 00:03:41,138 --> 00:03:42,514 What do you mean, today? 39 00:03:42,764 --> 00:03:44,099 All right, tomorrow too. 40 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:46,643 Say, with your reputation... 41 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:49,604 Did you ever try to cash a reputation at a bank? 42 00:03:49,855 --> 00:03:51,565 I'm in this for one reason only: 43 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:52,816 Money. 44 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:54,693 Money? You? 45 00:03:54,943 --> 00:03:57,779 With all your hits, you ought to be worth plenty. 46 00:03:58,029 --> 00:03:59,781 I ought to be, but I'm not. 47 00:03:59,990 --> 00:04:01,616 Did you ever hear of Wall Street? 48 00:04:03,493 --> 00:04:07,038 Excuse me, Mr. Marsh, there's a phone call for you. A Dr. Chadwick. 49 00:04:07,831 --> 00:04:09,833 - I'll call him back. - He says it's urgent. 50 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:12,002 About your examination. 51 00:04:13,795 --> 00:04:16,631 Use our private phone, Julian. 52 00:04:19,968 --> 00:04:21,261 What is it, doc? 53 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:24,264 You have? 54 00:04:24,556 --> 00:04:26,391 Good Lord, you're not a machine! 55 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,935 That body of yours will stand just so much. 56 00:04:29,770 --> 00:04:31,271 There's no other way. 57 00:04:33,190 --> 00:04:35,567 You're not just headed for another nervous breakdown. 58 00:04:35,817 --> 00:04:38,820 Any undue strain on your part might easily prove fatal. 59 00:04:39,070 --> 00:04:41,490 Sorry, doc, but I've got to risk it. 60 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:42,741 Anything wrong? 61 00:04:42,991 --> 00:04:46,119 - You won't have another breakdown? - The contract's signed. 62 00:04:46,369 --> 00:04:48,997 - That doesn't matter. - That's all right. It holds. 63 00:04:51,249 --> 00:04:53,043 You'll get your Pretty Lady. 64 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:56,213 You haven't got anything to worry about. 65 00:04:56,421 --> 00:04:58,298 I'm not gonna let you down... 66 00:04:59,341 --> 00:05:01,384 because I can't afford to. 67 00:05:01,718 --> 00:05:04,971 I've given everything I've had to that gulch down there. 68 00:05:05,263 --> 00:05:07,974 It paid me, sure, in money I couldn't hang on to... 69 00:05:08,225 --> 00:05:10,811 fair-weather friends, women, headlines. 70 00:05:11,436 --> 00:05:14,648 Why, even the cops and the newsboys recognize me on sight. 71 00:05:14,856 --> 00:05:17,400 "Marsh the Magnificent." "Marsh the Slave Driver." 72 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:20,278 Actors tell you how Marsh drove them, bullied them... 73 00:05:20,529 --> 00:05:21,947 and tore it out of them. 74 00:05:22,197 --> 00:05:23,865 A few would tell you how Marsh made them. 75 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:26,117 They've all got something to show, except Marsh. 76 00:05:26,785 --> 00:05:28,620 Well, this is my last shot. 77 00:05:28,870 --> 00:05:32,749 I'll make more actors, but this time I'll sock my money away so hard... 78 00:05:32,958 --> 00:05:35,502 they'll have to blast to find enough to buy a newspaper. 79 00:05:35,794 --> 00:05:38,004 That's why I'm going ahead with Pretty Lady. 80 00:05:38,255 --> 00:05:39,589 Pretty Lady has to be a hit. 81 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,967 It's my last show, and it's got to be my best. 82 00:05:42,259 --> 00:05:44,719 You're counting on me. I'm counting on Pretty Lady... 83 00:05:45,262 --> 00:05:47,764 because it's got to support me for a long time. 84 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:49,140 - Wait! - Remember... 85 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:53,186 my contract makes me boss with a capital B. What I say, goes. 86 00:05:53,395 --> 00:05:56,857 Now, make the chorus call for 10:00 tomorrow. 87 00:05:59,067 --> 00:06:01,736 He'll drive us crazy before we get this show on. 88 00:06:01,987 --> 00:06:05,407 Yeah, but suppose that guy should pass out on us? 89 00:06:05,657 --> 00:06:08,785 New York will see its first triple funeral. 90 00:06:24,801 --> 00:06:27,220 Good morning. Mr. Marsh will be here soon. 91 00:06:27,429 --> 00:06:29,180 Quiet now. Quiet, please! 92 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:32,058 Quiet, everybody, quiet! Hello, Jerry. How are you? 93 00:06:32,309 --> 00:06:33,393 Hello, Andy. 94 00:06:33,602 --> 00:06:36,062 It's too good to be true. How's the turnout, Mac? 95 00:06:36,313 --> 00:06:39,858 About 50-50. Half are dumb and the other half are dumber. 96 00:06:40,317 --> 00:06:43,904 Andy! Hello. 97 00:06:47,824 --> 00:06:49,784 He's so busy. 98 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:53,455 - Lorraine has been hitting the bottle. - The peroxide bottle. 99 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:57,918 You wanna get me canned? You're set, you're in. Now scram. 100 00:06:58,126 --> 00:07:02,547 Darling, you're just too sweet, the way you keep spoiling me. 101 00:07:02,881 --> 00:07:03,881 I beg your pardon. 102 00:07:04,215 --> 00:07:06,176 It's okay. This is a two-way street. 103 00:07:06,384 --> 00:07:10,221 I beg your pardon. But are you, by any chance, the...? 104 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:11,514 What is the word? 105 00:07:11,765 --> 00:07:13,308 The stage manager? 106 00:07:13,558 --> 00:07:16,686 Hey, Ann, come out from under that accent. I see you. 107 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:18,688 Lolly! 108 00:07:18,980 --> 00:07:19,980 Darling. 109 00:07:20,857 --> 00:07:22,734 You remember Ann Lowell? 110 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:25,403 Not Anytime Annie? Who could forget her? 111 00:07:25,654 --> 00:07:28,156 She only said no once, when she didn't hear the question. 112 00:07:28,698 --> 00:07:29,866 You been abroad? 113 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:35,914 Andy? 114 00:07:36,331 --> 00:07:37,374 Where's Andy Lee? 115 00:07:37,582 --> 00:07:39,209 Yes, Mr. Marsh. Coming right up. 116 00:07:41,753 --> 00:07:43,393 - Good morning, Mr. Marsh. - Good morning. 117 00:07:43,421 --> 00:07:44,714 - Line them up. - Yes, sir. 118 00:07:44,923 --> 00:07:47,133 Okay, girls, line up. Come on. 119 00:07:47,384 --> 00:07:48,969 Quiet, now. Quiet! 120 00:07:49,260 --> 00:07:51,096 Come on, now. Quiet, girls. 121 00:07:51,972 --> 00:07:55,308 I want all the dancers to line up and double-lined out front. 122 00:07:55,517 --> 00:07:59,646 Showgirls can double-line in back of them and the boys in back of them. 123 00:08:00,271 --> 00:08:03,942 Don't spread out! Come on, girls, hurry up. 124 00:08:04,526 --> 00:08:07,988 I really had a charming summer in Deauville, dear. 125 00:08:08,238 --> 00:08:12,701 Yes, but don't you find Sir George impossible at times? 126 00:08:12,951 --> 00:08:15,161 Get a load of "Minnie the Mountaineer." 127 00:08:15,453 --> 00:08:18,415 It must have been tough on your mother, not having any children. 128 00:08:18,623 --> 00:08:19,958 That's telling them. 129 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:25,630 Oh, dear. 130 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:37,017 You looking for somebody, or just shopping around? 131 00:08:37,308 --> 00:08:39,644 Where will I find the gentleman in charge? 132 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:42,188 First door to your left, dearie. 133 00:08:42,439 --> 00:08:44,649 - I know, but... - Shh. 134 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:48,278 - He's expecting you. - But that's the... 135 00:08:52,115 --> 00:08:54,784 Our mistake. The other door. 136 00:08:57,495 --> 00:09:00,248 - Oh. - Hey, wait a minute. 137 00:09:00,498 --> 00:09:02,083 Hey, what's the idea? 138 00:09:02,292 --> 00:09:04,294 Oh, uh... They said... 139 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:05,795 Weren't you expecting me? 140 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:09,799 Well, not exactly, but I'm afraid you'll do. 141 00:09:10,008 --> 00:09:12,343 Well, I don't understand. 142 00:09:12,594 --> 00:09:15,013 I don't either. What are you looking for? 143 00:09:15,263 --> 00:09:16,723 Well, isn't this the“? 144 00:09:16,973 --> 00:09:19,684 Wait till I get my clothes on. I'll show you where it is. 145 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:22,062 It isn't an "it," it's a "he." 146 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:25,315 Maybe I'm wrong about the whole thing. Let's start over again. 147 00:09:25,565 --> 00:09:28,318 I'm Billy Lawler, one of Broadway's better juveniles. 148 00:09:28,526 --> 00:09:30,820 Oh. I thought you were important. 149 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:33,782 That's the way most people feel about juveniles. 150 00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:36,659 Only most of them aren't so frank about it. 151 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:42,624 - You're new to show business? - Oh, I've had experience. 152 00:09:42,874 --> 00:09:45,126 - How many shows? - Why, any number of them. 153 00:09:45,376 --> 00:09:47,879 - Come on, now. - To tell you the truth... 154 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:49,089 I want the truth. 155 00:09:49,380 --> 00:09:51,591 This'|| be my first, if they take me. 156 00:09:51,883 --> 00:09:54,886 If they take you? Say, you can't miss. 157 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:56,387 I'll take you in myself. 158 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:58,556 I'll steer you right up to the stage director. 159 00:09:58,765 --> 00:10:00,350 Come on, let's go. 160 00:10:03,228 --> 00:10:05,980 A short order of ham, coming out. 161 00:10:06,231 --> 00:10:08,983 Not good, but loud. Honey, take a good look at them now. 162 00:10:09,234 --> 00:10:12,320 Because after they make that back line, you won't see them again. 163 00:10:12,570 --> 00:10:17,117 If it isn't Little Lord Fauntleroy and the village maiden. 164 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:19,619 Just a minute. Where are you headed, sister? 165 00:10:19,869 --> 00:10:23,123 - She wants to see Marsh. - That'll make Marsh's day perfect. 166 00:10:23,373 --> 00:10:24,666 Come on, girls, inside. 167 00:10:24,874 --> 00:10:27,377 There's the boss right there. His name is Julian Marsh. 168 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:31,798 He's the fellow with the light green felt hat. Go over and talk to him. 169 00:10:39,556 --> 00:10:41,266 Quit shoving. 170 00:10:48,064 --> 00:10:50,608 Lift the skirts up a little higher. Come on, come on. 171 00:10:51,693 --> 00:10:52,944 Afraid I got a run. 172 00:10:53,194 --> 00:10:56,197 - First door to your left. - In my stocking. 173 00:10:57,532 --> 00:10:58,533 First offense? 174 00:10:58,783 --> 00:11:01,202 Yes, but I don't think I ought to tell them that. 175 00:11:01,452 --> 00:11:04,706 No, of course not. And they'll never guess. 176 00:11:04,914 --> 00:11:06,624 Do you think I'll do? 177 00:11:06,875 --> 00:11:10,170 I only know what I read in the papers, but you look all right to me. 178 00:11:10,461 --> 00:11:12,922 - Andy! Get the first eight girls. - Yes, sir. 179 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:15,341 Will the first eight girls line up here? 180 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:19,053 The first eight girls line up down in front. Come on. 181 00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:22,682 Now lift your dresses up. 182 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,560 Come on, higher. I want to see the legs. 183 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:31,191 Yeah, they got pretty faces too. 184 00:11:31,482 --> 00:11:34,068 Turn around. Come on, turn around! 185 00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:38,781 Oh, dear, not a calf in a carload. 186 00:11:39,115 --> 00:11:41,075 - Get the next eight. - Next eight, come on. 187 00:11:42,410 --> 00:11:44,621 Stick with us, and you'll come in on the tide. 188 00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:46,748 - Hurry up, hurry up. - Line up, girls. 189 00:11:48,166 --> 00:11:50,585 Hurry up, girls. Lift your dresses up. 190 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:54,130 - Do you mind holding Fifi for me? - Turn around now, please. 191 00:11:55,632 --> 00:11:56,883 All right, back. 192 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:00,803 Three! 193 00:12:02,430 --> 00:12:06,392 Okay those three on the left. If I were you, I'd keep them. 194 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:09,312 I suppose if I don't, you'll have to. 195 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:12,106 Lorraine again, huh? 196 00:12:12,774 --> 00:12:15,235 Andy, you're a panic. All right, have it your way. 197 00:12:15,443 --> 00:12:18,780 Mac, okay by special request of the copyright owner. 198 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:22,492 - All right, next eight. Hurry up. - Next eight girls. 199 00:12:23,993 --> 00:12:25,119 What's yours? 200 00:12:25,328 --> 00:12:29,457 Diane Lorrimer. 333 Park Avenue. 201 00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:31,876 And is her homework tough! 202 00:12:32,669 --> 00:12:33,670 Next. 203 00:12:34,963 --> 00:12:36,256 - Adams! - Here. 204 00:12:36,547 --> 00:12:38,508 - Kipling! - Here. 205 00:12:38,925 --> 00:12:40,927 - Andy. - What's the matter? 206 00:12:41,386 --> 00:12:44,722 Well, what is it, what is it? What's the matter now? 207 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:48,268 Must have been a slip-up some place. We're a girl short. 208 00:12:49,143 --> 00:12:51,604 Well, that's great. Just great! 209 00:12:51,813 --> 00:12:55,441 We also need a dance director who can count to 40 without a pad and pencil. 210 00:12:55,650 --> 00:12:58,278 - Mr. Marsh... - Well, do something! Get another girl. 211 00:12:58,528 --> 00:13:00,631 Are you gonna stand there and shake a blond out your pantlegs? 212 00:13:00,655 --> 00:13:01,739 Yeah, but Mr. Marsh... 213 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:04,348 - I don't want to butt in... - A lot of people are like that. 214 00:13:04,534 --> 00:13:08,496 - I'll have one here in the morning. - That's ducky. I can hardly wait. 215 00:13:08,746 --> 00:13:12,792 Mr. Marsh, you don't have to wait. And she's a swell dancer too. 216 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:16,170 You picked her, but she got eliminated the third time through. 217 00:13:18,214 --> 00:13:20,975 - Come out from behind there. - You, with the legs! Come out of there. 218 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:23,303 Quiet! Quiet, please! 219 00:13:23,511 --> 00:13:26,764 - Quiet, please! - Quiet, please! 220 00:13:29,726 --> 00:13:32,687 Well, I'm a... Hey, kid! Hey, you! 221 00:13:33,229 --> 00:13:34,814 Hey, come on, get up. 222 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:40,236 - The boss wants to see you again. - Who? Me? 223 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:42,071 Come on, come on. 224 00:13:46,743 --> 00:13:49,370 All right, she'll do. They're all yours, Andy. 225 00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:52,373 All right, get in line. 226 00:13:55,460 --> 00:13:58,755 All right, now, everybody. Quiet, and listen to me. 227 00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:02,508 Tomorrow morning, we're gonna start a show. 228 00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:06,637 We'll rehearse for five weeks, and we'll open on scheduled time... 229 00:14:06,888 --> 00:14:08,514 and I mean, scheduled time. 230 00:14:08,806 --> 00:14:11,142 You'll work and sweat and work some more. 231 00:14:11,392 --> 00:14:12,977 You'll work days and nights... 232 00:14:13,227 --> 00:14:16,356 and you'll work between time, when I think you need it. 233 00:14:16,564 --> 00:14:20,860 You'll dance until your feet fall off and you can't stand up... 234 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:24,655 but five weeks from now, we're going to have a show. 235 00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:28,576 Some of you have been with me before. You know it'll be tough. 236 00:14:28,785 --> 00:14:32,121 It'll be the toughest five weeks that you ever lived through. 237 00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:33,915 Do you all get that? 238 00:14:35,124 --> 00:14:38,544 Anybody who doesn't think he'll like it, better quit right now. 239 00:14:38,795 --> 00:14:40,129 What do I hear? 240 00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:42,048 Nobody? 241 00:14:42,673 --> 00:14:44,675 Good. Then that's settled. 242 00:14:44,926 --> 00:14:47,178 We start tomorrow morning. 243 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:52,016 All right, 10:00 tomorrow morning, we start with the lyrics. 244 00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:53,476 In practice clothes. 245 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:29,220 What did I tell him? This is what I told him: 246 00:15:29,470 --> 00:15:32,807 "No, I won't run your stage for that money." 247 00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:35,768 Great. You beat Jerry to the finish by two lengths. 248 00:15:35,977 --> 00:15:39,522 All right, take your positions. We'll try those routines again. 249 00:15:42,150 --> 00:15:44,986 Quiet! Where do you think you are, home? 250 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:48,573 I get back to New York and I get this wire. 251 00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:51,200 Come on, kids, make it snappy. 252 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:54,203 All right, Jerry, let's go! 253 00:15:58,916 --> 00:16:00,460 Dorothy, that's your cue. 254 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:02,753 Things can never be the same now. 255 00:16:03,004 --> 00:16:05,089 I beg your pardon, but would you mind saying: 256 00:16:05,381 --> 00:16:07,884 "Things can never be the same now"? 257 00:16:08,092 --> 00:16:09,927 - That's what I said. - You did not. 258 00:16:10,178 --> 00:16:11,938 You said, "Things can never be the same now." 259 00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:13,139 - I did not. - You did. 260 00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:16,642 - Who's directing this show? - She's reading my lines wrong. 261 00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:18,227 - I am not. - What did you say? 262 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:20,646 I said, "Things can never be the same now." 263 00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:22,148 That's right. 264 00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:24,275 Things can never be the same now. 265 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:27,361 The scene ends with you on the steps, and you go into the number. 266 00:16:27,737 --> 00:16:29,614 That's where you take his hand. 267 00:16:29,947 --> 00:16:33,451 The scene ends with you two on the steps, and we go into the duet. 268 00:16:39,248 --> 00:16:40,500 - Hello. - Hi. 269 00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:43,920 - You're doing fine for a beginner. - Well, thanks. I'm trying. 270 00:16:44,212 --> 00:16:48,090 I was so scared that first day, I walked around the block four times... 271 00:16:48,299 --> 00:16:51,469 before I had the courage to even come and apply for this job. 272 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,137 It's tough, but you'll get along. 273 00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:56,474 Well, I wouldn't mind, if I could only get that routine set. 274 00:16:56,682 --> 00:16:59,018 I'll show you those taps. Come on with me. 275 00:16:59,227 --> 00:17:00,269 Taps? 276 00:17:00,478 --> 00:17:03,189 Say, I can do a tap dance on my ear. 277 00:17:03,481 --> 00:17:05,483 What bothers me is that routine. 278 00:17:05,733 --> 00:17:08,653 Then I'm just what the doctor ordered. Come along. 279 00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:13,366 Now, look. 280 00:17:13,616 --> 00:17:14,825 Cross over. 281 00:17:19,539 --> 00:17:21,290 You're gluttons for punishment. 282 00:17:21,499 --> 00:17:23,918 Well, Mr... Well, this boy's showing me. 283 00:17:24,168 --> 00:17:26,796 - I was trying to make her... - Trying to make her is right. 284 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:32,176 We'll just let that pass. Now try it again. 285 00:17:57,952 --> 00:18:02,081 - Where you sitting? - On a flagpole, dearie. On a flagpole. 286 00:18:12,216 --> 00:18:15,553 I always said she was a nice girl. She's so good to her mother. 287 00:18:15,803 --> 00:18:19,599 She sure is. She makes $45 a week and sends her mother 100 of it. 288 00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:38,492 Get some feeling into it, will you? 289 00:18:38,701 --> 00:18:41,329 What do you want me to do, bite my nails? 290 00:18:50,921 --> 00:18:52,548 You've got the busiest hands. 291 00:19:09,065 --> 00:19:11,651 Wait a minute, wait a minute! 292 00:19:11,942 --> 00:19:13,152 It's out. 293 00:19:13,694 --> 00:19:15,488 That'll be enough of that. It smells. 294 00:19:15,738 --> 00:19:17,114 You don't like this number? 295 00:19:17,365 --> 00:19:20,076 Sure, I like it. I've liked it since 1905. 296 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:21,911 You think this is a revival? 297 00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:25,289 - It's out. The whole number! - This number will be a riot. 298 00:19:25,539 --> 00:19:28,334 That's what I'm afraid of. Dismiss. An hour for lunch. 299 00:19:28,584 --> 00:19:31,128 All right, everybody. One hour for lunch. 300 00:20:03,285 --> 00:20:04,620 Waiting long, darling? 301 00:20:04,829 --> 00:20:06,747 Well, long enough. 302 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:08,958 My, but we're grouchy, aren't we? 303 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:11,794 - Oh, no, not that, but... - What? 304 00:20:12,002 --> 00:20:14,672 I'm getting tired of this hiding in doorways... 305 00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:17,800 sneaking in and out of places and keeping under cover. 306 00:20:18,008 --> 00:20:20,302 Why, I'm beginning to feel like a criminal. 307 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:24,849 There's nothing criminal in that, is there? 308 00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:27,518 No, there's nothing criminal in that. 309 00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:37,486 I thought we'd better tell you, it looks like we're in trouble. 310 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:39,280 That word has a familiar sound. 311 00:20:39,530 --> 00:20:41,282 Are you married too? 312 00:20:41,532 --> 00:20:42,950 This is serious, Julian. 313 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,786 Serious? Did you ever leave your wife... 314 00:20:45,995 --> 00:20:49,165 sitting alone in a nightclub, holding the check? 315 00:20:49,373 --> 00:20:52,376 You know Abner Dillon's putting up the bankroll for our show. 316 00:20:52,668 --> 00:20:54,920 I knew he wasn't here because you liked his face. 317 00:20:55,171 --> 00:20:57,631 I don't like his face or any part of him. 318 00:20:57,882 --> 00:21:02,553 He looks like a Bulgarian boll weevil mourning its first-born. 319 00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:05,222 Well, his interest in our show is Dorothy Brock. 320 00:21:05,473 --> 00:21:07,725 And his interest is our principal. 321 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:10,436 Very good. Very, very good. 322 00:21:10,686 --> 00:21:12,688 Even I was able to gather that much. 323 00:21:12,938 --> 00:21:15,941 Yes? Well, we stand a first-rate chance of having him... 324 00:21:16,192 --> 00:21:19,570 withdraw his financial support. Now, did you gather that? 325 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:20,863 But Why? 326 00:21:21,071 --> 00:21:24,533 Because dear Miss Brock is two-timing Abner right under his very nose. 327 00:21:24,742 --> 00:21:25,993 Who with? 328 00:21:26,243 --> 00:21:28,871 With a fellow who used to be her partner in vaudeville. 329 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:31,207 She's come up in the business, he hangs around. 330 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:33,793 He's been out of town and just got back last week. 331 00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:37,546 If Dillon finds out... And if he doesn't, he's dumber than I thought... 332 00:21:37,755 --> 00:21:41,217 Well, now, wait. Nobody could be as dumb as all that. 333 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:44,762 He'll just walk out on us and we'll be sunk, that's what... 334 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,639 if we don't do something. 335 00:21:46,889 --> 00:21:48,557 Tried applying dough to the problem? 336 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:51,477 Give the Romeo 100 bucks. Get him out of the way. 337 00:21:51,685 --> 00:21:54,355 We might try using a little flint. 338 00:21:54,605 --> 00:21:57,900 You don't know this guy Denning. That's his name. Pat Denning. 339 00:21:58,192 --> 00:22:01,487 He's not the kind of guy that gets sent places just like that. 340 00:22:01,737 --> 00:22:03,531 Oh, no, he gets train-sick. 341 00:22:03,739 --> 00:22:06,325 Oh, I see. Hard-boiled, huh? 342 00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:09,578 Well, it's going to be just too bad... 343 00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:13,207 - but nobody's gonna ruin my show. - What'll you do? 344 00:22:13,457 --> 00:22:16,710 I'll talk it over with Murphy, a friend of mine from downtown. 345 00:22:16,919 --> 00:22:17,920 - Slim Murphy? - Yeah. 346 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:19,421 Murphy will kill him. 347 00:22:19,630 --> 00:22:21,590 That'll teach him a good lesson. 348 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:24,385 I don't want to be mixed up with Murphy or any other gangsters. 349 00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:27,304 No? One man's meat is another man's Murphy. 350 00:22:27,513 --> 00:22:29,598 I told you what this show means to me. 351 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:31,600 Well, this is what it does mean. 352 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:34,061 Hello, Murphy? This is Julian Marsh. 353 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,522 Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks. Listen to me. 354 00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:39,859 You gotta do me a favor. Did you ever hear of Dorothy Brock? 355 00:22:40,442 --> 00:22:43,279 Good, that makes it so much easier. 356 00:22:43,487 --> 00:22:45,239 Well, listen to me and get this. 357 00:22:45,447 --> 00:22:48,742 It seems there's a certain guy by the name of Denning. 358 00:22:49,660 --> 00:22:51,829 D-E-N... 359 00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:55,624 N-I-N-G. 360 00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:58,669 I got you, Mr. Marsh. Sure. 361 00:22:59,169 --> 00:23:02,923 Hey, pipe down! What do you think I got on, earphones? 362 00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:06,176 It's as good as done. 363 00:23:06,427 --> 00:23:10,347 Say, you ain't gonna forget me on ducats for the new show, are you? 364 00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:13,350 Thattaboy! Okay. 365 00:23:21,191 --> 00:23:25,154 Not another nickel, honey. Just can't be done anymore, that's all. 366 00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:27,823 Pat, don't be silly. 367 00:23:28,032 --> 00:23:30,659 We've always shared and shared alike, haven't we? 368 00:23:30,951 --> 00:23:32,161 What's come over you? 369 00:23:32,453 --> 00:23:34,997 Getting a sudden attack of manhood, possibly. 370 00:23:35,205 --> 00:23:39,126 Let's quit kidding ourselves. I'm a regular anchor around your neck. 371 00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:40,377 - You're not. - I am. 372 00:23:40,628 --> 00:23:42,671 Besides, never being able to see you... 373 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,591 except when nobody's looking is getting me down. 374 00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:49,053 But, darling, I owe everything I am to you. 375 00:23:49,303 --> 00:23:52,264 It was you and that act of ours that started me in all this. 376 00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:56,101 Why, you trained me and coached me and taught me all I know. 377 00:23:56,352 --> 00:23:58,020 I was pretty dumb too. 378 00:23:58,312 --> 00:23:59,939 - I haven't forgotten. - The act? 379 00:24:00,189 --> 00:24:02,107 It was grand, Pat. Really grand. 380 00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:04,443 - It was terrible. - You didn't think so then. 381 00:24:04,693 --> 00:24:08,322 You mean I didn't say so then. Oh, Dot, you've gone ahead. 382 00:24:08,530 --> 00:24:11,992 You've earned it. I've stayed behind where I belong, I guess. 383 00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:13,702 You've kept yourself behind. 384 00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:17,414 Nothing of the sort. They wanted you. They never wanted me. 385 00:24:20,209 --> 00:24:22,628 Besides, I've been getting myself some education... 386 00:24:22,878 --> 00:24:25,756 and they have a name for a man who doesn't work... 387 00:24:26,006 --> 00:24:28,258 who accepts money from a woman. 388 00:24:29,218 --> 00:24:30,761 It isn't a very nice name. 389 00:24:31,011 --> 00:24:34,306 - Darling, you're talking like a child. - No, I'm not. 390 00:24:34,556 --> 00:24:36,809 - There isn't any other reason, is there? - No. 391 00:24:37,059 --> 00:24:39,478 - Sure? - Sure, I'm sure. 392 00:24:39,728 --> 00:24:42,189 It's late. I'll take you home. Keep the change. 393 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:43,983 - Thank you, sir. - Thank you. 394 00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:48,362 - I wish you didn't feel that way. - So do I, but I do. 395 00:24:57,621 --> 00:25:00,082 Watch your tempo! Watch it, will you? 396 00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:02,167 Get your feet off the floor. 397 00:25:06,630 --> 00:25:08,257 Faster, faster! 398 00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:10,718 Come on, faster! Faster! 399 00:25:12,428 --> 00:25:14,513 Stop it, stop it, stop it! 400 00:25:14,763 --> 00:25:16,140 It's brutal! 401 00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:18,600 Oh! 402 00:25:18,934 --> 00:25:23,480 May I remind you that Pretty Lady's out-of-town opening is not far away? 403 00:25:23,814 --> 00:25:27,776 It's been advertised as a musical comedy with dancing! 404 00:25:28,652 --> 00:25:32,281 If it isn't asking too much, will you please show me a little? 405 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:34,867 All right, once again. Give it something! 406 00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:38,203 Come on. Ready, Jerry? Get into it now. Come on! 407 00:25:58,849 --> 00:26:00,267 Having fun? 408 00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:03,395 After three weeks, a leg ain't nothing to me... 409 00:26:03,604 --> 00:26:05,522 but something to stand on. 410 00:26:06,106 --> 00:26:08,025 Let me hear your number, Dorothy. 411 00:26:08,275 --> 00:26:11,028 Come on, Jerry. The "Habit" number. 412 00:26:13,489 --> 00:26:15,449 Jerry, put it up a half tone, will you? 413 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:26,502 Doesn't she sing gorgeous? 414 00:26:26,752 --> 00:26:29,254 Seventy thousand bucks. 415 00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:53,487 Watch this, honey. I may want you to understudy her. 416 00:27:16,385 --> 00:27:17,427 All right, okay. 417 00:27:17,678 --> 00:27:20,597 Come on, folks, get ready for the duet number. Start up. 418 00:27:22,349 --> 00:27:24,143 Okay, Jerry, let's go. 419 00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:29,898 Come on, faster! 420 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:51,753 Faster, Jerry, faster! 421 00:27:53,046 --> 00:27:54,882 What's the matter with you? 422 00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:58,886 - You all right, kid? - I guess so. 423 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:01,722 Come on, faster. Faster! 424 00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:06,310 Peggy! 425 00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:10,522 - Stand back! Get back in line. - She's fainted. 426 00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:13,692 Come on now, places. This is a rehearsal, not a rest cue. 427 00:28:13,901 --> 00:28:16,904 Mac, take her outside. Hurry up. Come on, everybody. 428 00:28:17,196 --> 00:28:20,199 All right, come on, get back. Jerry, let's go. 429 00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:26,205 Come on, pick it up! 430 00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:30,834 - Here, sir. - Thank you. 431 00:28:35,297 --> 00:28:37,216 - Hold your places! - Lawler, inside. 432 00:28:37,841 --> 00:28:40,677 - The girl's okay. - You feel better, honey? 433 00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:54,900 I guess I fainted. 434 00:28:55,108 --> 00:28:56,652 That's a good guess. 435 00:28:56,902 --> 00:28:59,196 Well, I guess I'm all right now. 436 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:07,204 Woo. Bad guess. Better sit down again. Now listen, you let me play now. 437 00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:09,331 What would you suggest, doctor? 438 00:29:09,539 --> 00:29:11,667 A little fresh air and conversation. 439 00:29:11,917 --> 00:29:13,335 What about Mr. Marsh? 440 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:16,838 Never mind Mr. Marsh. Let's sit this dance out. 441 00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:18,382 And if I lose my job? 442 00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:21,718 If you do, there just won't be any show. 443 00:29:21,927 --> 00:29:23,553 Anyway, it's a nice idea. 444 00:29:23,845 --> 00:29:27,975 I've got a lot of nice ideas. What I need are ears to spill them in. 445 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:30,894 Well, won't mine do? 446 00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:34,439 Yes, you know, I think they'd do very, very nicely. 447 00:29:34,690 --> 00:29:36,316 When are your ears available? 448 00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:40,487 At all sorts of odd hours. You must look them up sometime. 449 00:29:40,737 --> 00:29:42,447 Remind me to tell you you're swell. 450 00:29:43,156 --> 00:29:46,702 - That's all for tonight. - All right, dismissed, girls. 451 00:29:52,207 --> 00:29:55,294 Well, thanks, doctor. Your prescription was great. 452 00:29:55,919 --> 00:29:57,921 Now for the workshop. 453 00:29:59,589 --> 00:30:02,592 You gotta take it daily to really do any good. 454 00:30:02,884 --> 00:30:05,095 It'll have to be absent treatment, I'm afraid. 455 00:30:05,345 --> 00:30:07,347 At least for the time being. 456 00:30:07,556 --> 00:30:09,933 - Good night. - Bye. 457 00:30:12,728 --> 00:30:14,354 - Good night, Jimmy. - Good night. 458 00:30:14,604 --> 00:30:16,606 Coming, Abner? 459 00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:21,695 Dorothy, where will we eat? 460 00:30:21,945 --> 00:30:24,573 You know, Abner, I'm not a bit hungry. 461 00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:27,534 - But I'm all dressed for dinner. - Oh, yes, so you are. 462 00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:29,369 I'll get the car. 463 00:30:31,788 --> 00:30:35,125 - Dorothy, the car's here. - Yes, Abner. 464 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,523 Why, doctor, you must like it here. 465 00:30:58,774 --> 00:31:01,360 I'm beginning to. I'm not the doctor anymore, you are. 466 00:31:01,610 --> 00:31:04,738 I've become the patient, and I'd like a little advice. 467 00:31:04,988 --> 00:31:07,366 Very well, but you might tell the doctor your name. 468 00:31:07,574 --> 00:31:11,036 I couldn't do that, but my initials are Pat Denning. 469 00:31:11,244 --> 00:31:15,123 What do you advise for a man who's both hungry and lonesome? 470 00:31:15,374 --> 00:31:16,666 - Company. - Excellent. 471 00:31:16,917 --> 00:31:18,502 Did you have anyone in mind? 472 00:31:18,794 --> 00:31:20,420 - 'Did you? - Will you? 473 00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:24,257 - I'm very much afraid I will. - Good. 474 00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:28,178 Good night, Pat. It was a wonderful evening. 475 00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:29,930 - |'ll see you again? - I hope so. 476 00:31:30,180 --> 00:31:31,890 - Good. - Good night. 477 00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:35,227 Hey, got a match? 478 00:31:35,435 --> 00:31:37,145 Yep. I guess so. 479 00:31:37,646 --> 00:31:40,023 Happen to know a guy named Pat Denning? 480 00:31:40,273 --> 00:31:42,234 - Why, yes. - We've got a message for him. 481 00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:45,862 This guy Denning's a pretty wise mug, but he ain't wise enough. 482 00:31:46,113 --> 00:31:49,241 If he don't lay off Dorothy Brock, it'll be just too bad... 483 00:31:49,491 --> 00:31:51,076 for Denning. Get me? 484 00:31:51,284 --> 00:31:52,994 - I'll tell him. - Yeah, well... 485 00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:54,329 Oh! 486 00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:58,291 - That's so you don't forget. - Pat! Pat! 487 00:31:59,668 --> 00:32:02,129 Pat. Who were they? 488 00:32:02,379 --> 00:32:04,673 - Friends with good advice. - Are you hurt? 489 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:06,508 Not much. 490 00:32:08,093 --> 00:32:10,429 But, Pat, tell me what happened. 491 00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:12,222 Better let it drop. 492 00:32:12,472 --> 00:32:16,059 Besides, it's hardly a bedtime story for a nice girl like you. 493 00:32:16,726 --> 00:32:19,646 What do you think this is? Get that man out of here! 494 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:21,690 - But, Mrs. Holt... - But nothing! 495 00:32:21,898 --> 00:32:22,941 I have eyes. 496 00:32:23,150 --> 00:32:27,028 Just because there's a depression on, some folks think I'll stand for it. 497 00:32:27,237 --> 00:32:28,363 But you don't know. 498 00:32:28,864 --> 00:32:32,784 After running a rooming house for 19 years, there's nothing I don't know. 499 00:32:33,034 --> 00:32:35,328 Now you get out, and no more talk! 500 00:32:35,579 --> 00:32:37,122 Then if he goes, I go too! 501 00:32:37,914 --> 00:32:40,584 Probably I'll be able to bear up under that blow too. 502 00:32:43,503 --> 00:32:44,504 Well... 503 00:32:44,713 --> 00:32:46,590 where do we go from here? 504 00:32:47,382 --> 00:32:49,759 - Hotel? - I suppose so. 505 00:32:50,010 --> 00:32:54,222 But it'll have to be inexpensive, as I only have a dollar and a half. 506 00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:59,227 - Uh, what about my place? - Broke? 507 00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:02,147 Not exactly. Not exactly flush either. 508 00:33:02,856 --> 00:33:05,734 Then I guess it's your place or a park bench. 509 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:18,830 Here you are. 510 00:33:29,716 --> 00:33:31,051 That's better. 511 00:33:32,469 --> 00:33:33,720 Hand me your coat. 512 00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:47,692 Make yourself comfortable. 513 00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:50,946 Will you excuse me a minute? 514 00:34:19,391 --> 00:34:22,561 Rose-colored glasses. Let's see how the world looks. 515 00:34:22,811 --> 00:34:25,188 - Okay, doctor. - Here we go. 516 00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:35,448 - Things beginning to look any better? - A little bit. 517 00:34:36,658 --> 00:34:39,494 - Tired, aren't you? - Dead tired. 518 00:34:49,296 --> 00:34:51,423 And I feel just like beginning. 519 00:34:51,673 --> 00:34:54,926 You hop, step and jump as many miles as I have today... 520 00:34:55,176 --> 00:34:58,221 and you'd be tired too. 521 00:35:15,905 --> 00:35:19,868 Pat. Pat, what are you doing? Please put me down! 522 00:35:20,076 --> 00:35:23,288 Please, Pat. Please put me down. 523 00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:28,710 Now you go right to sleep, youngster. 524 00:35:28,918 --> 00:35:31,254 What you need is a good night's rest. 525 00:35:32,714 --> 00:35:33,715 Good night. 526 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:41,014 - Oh, Pat. - Yes? 527 00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:43,391 Will you hand me my bag, please? 528 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,186 - Oh, which one? - That one. 529 00:35:51,316 --> 00:35:53,068 - Here you are. - Thank you. 530 00:35:53,318 --> 00:35:55,862 - Good night. - Good night. 531 00:36:16,174 --> 00:36:18,802 What do you do when you've got left feet like mine? 532 00:36:21,721 --> 00:36:25,183 - Just pick them up and lay them down. - I'm doing the best I can. 533 00:36:28,603 --> 00:36:30,522 Get a load of the juvenile. 534 00:36:32,065 --> 00:36:34,192 Didn't know we had elephants in the show. 535 00:36:36,986 --> 00:36:38,613 Wait a minute, hold it! 536 00:36:39,781 --> 00:36:40,824 Hold it, Jerry! 537 00:36:43,493 --> 00:36:47,747 Some director's gonna jail you for taking money under false pretenses. 538 00:36:47,997 --> 00:36:49,582 You're supposed to be a dancer! 539 00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:52,627 You just need license plates to look like a Model T Ford. 540 00:36:52,836 --> 00:36:54,796 They've been going all night long... 541 00:36:55,004 --> 00:36:58,633 I'll keep them here if it takes a week! All right, get out! 542 00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:01,136 - Take the last eight bars. - Pick it up, Jerry. 543 00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:02,554 Pick it up, Jerry. 544 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,491 - Hello, honey. - Oh, Dot, how are you? 545 00:37:23,950 --> 00:37:26,494 Oh, tea for two. 546 00:37:26,703 --> 00:37:29,164 Uh, yeah. Friend of mine dropped in. 547 00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:32,959 - Love me? - Mm-hm. 548 00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:34,919 I wonder. 549 00:37:35,295 --> 00:37:37,881 You're not going to get serious on me, are you? 550 00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:44,554 - You leaving town? - Yeah. 551 00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:46,389 Stock job in... 552 00:37:46,639 --> 00:37:48,016 Philadelphia. 553 00:37:48,224 --> 00:37:50,602 Oh, Pat, without telling me? 554 00:37:50,852 --> 00:37:53,188 Well, I thought it was the best way. 555 00:37:55,648 --> 00:37:56,941 Maybe you're right. 556 00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:01,404 - Sit down, dear. I want to talk to you. - Mm-hm. 557 00:38:06,701 --> 00:38:09,329 I've done a lot of thinking since the other night. 558 00:38:09,537 --> 00:38:13,500 Pat, you know what's wrong with me, or rather, with us? 559 00:38:14,042 --> 00:38:16,085 We've grown too necessary to one another. 560 00:38:16,336 --> 00:38:20,048 You've been content in the shadows while I basked in the spotlight... 561 00:38:20,256 --> 00:38:22,383 simply because it's held us together. 562 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:25,678 - My success has been your failure. - Well, dear... 563 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:28,431 my failure, as you put it, has been my happiness. 564 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:32,310 But, darling, you're capable of such great things. 565 00:38:32,685 --> 00:38:34,062 You're not a quitter. 566 00:38:34,354 --> 00:38:37,357 I've only wanted to help, but I've been hurting you instead. 567 00:38:37,607 --> 00:38:39,317 I realize that now. 568 00:38:39,526 --> 00:38:42,028 That's why I came here this morning. 569 00:38:42,237 --> 00:38:43,655 Pat. 570 00:38:43,863 --> 00:38:46,574 We're not going to see each other for a long time. 571 00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:48,576 No more doorways. 572 00:38:48,868 --> 00:38:50,912 No more secret meetings. 573 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,748 You're going out on your own and make a success. 574 00:38:55,542 --> 00:38:58,211 You're right, Dot. But you know... 575 00:38:58,461 --> 00:39:01,923 somehow, I can't imagine going on without you. 576 00:39:02,715 --> 00:39:04,342 Nor I without you... 577 00:39:04,801 --> 00:39:06,261 but it's got to be. 578 00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:09,889 Yes, Dot. It's got to be. 579 00:39:10,723 --> 00:39:13,268 And maybe, someday... 580 00:39:14,644 --> 00:39:16,020 some place? 581 00:39:16,521 --> 00:39:17,522 Maybe. 582 00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:22,026 Bye, Pat. 583 00:39:25,238 --> 00:39:26,406 Oh, Dot... 584 00:39:31,619 --> 00:39:32,912 I love you. 585 00:39:33,830 --> 00:39:34,914 Me too. 586 00:39:57,937 --> 00:39:59,063 Up! 587 00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:00,899 Up. 588 00:40:01,107 --> 00:40:04,068 Up. Up. 589 00:40:04,277 --> 00:40:06,237 Up. 590 00:40:06,821 --> 00:40:10,325 - How are you, Bluebeard? - Okay, just a touch of scarlet fever. 591 00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:14,412 Oh, that's fine. Maybe it'll develop into something serious. 592 00:40:21,878 --> 00:40:23,504 The curtain's just come down! 593 00:40:23,755 --> 00:40:25,006 It's the end! 594 00:40:25,506 --> 00:40:27,675 Is this what you call a finale? 595 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,848 What is this? Amateur night? 596 00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:39,729 Have we been rehearsing for five weeks, or did I dream it? 597 00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:41,022 The show's ragged! 598 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:45,026 - What do you mean, the show's ragged? - The numbers are ragged! 599 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:48,404 May I remind all you shining lights that... 600 00:40:48,655 --> 00:40:52,325 this is the company that opens tomorrow night? 601 00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:55,662 I am in the right theater, am I not? 602 00:40:55,912 --> 00:40:59,123 This is the Pretty Lady company, isn't it? 603 00:40:59,415 --> 00:41:01,876 The all-star show that... 604 00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:04,462 opens in Philadelphia tomorrow night? 605 00:41:04,712 --> 00:41:07,048 - Philadelphia? - Quiet. 606 00:41:07,757 --> 00:41:08,757 Quiet! 607 00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:11,970 Philadelphia, PA. 608 00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:15,431 Yeah, and on Sundays, it's P-U. 609 00:41:15,682 --> 00:41:17,183 - Quiet! - Quiet! 610 00:41:17,850 --> 00:41:19,143 Julian... 611 00:41:19,394 --> 00:41:21,938 - you mean Atlantic City, don't you? - I mean Philadelphia. 612 00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:25,233 Train leaves at 1 p.m., Penn Station. 613 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:27,694 Full dress rehearsal, 4:00. Arch Street Theater. 614 00:41:27,902 --> 00:41:30,697 But I don't want to go to Philadelphia. 615 00:41:31,739 --> 00:41:34,534 Who does? We couldn't get the house at Atlantic City. 616 00:41:34,742 --> 00:41:36,703 But why Philadelphia? 617 00:41:36,953 --> 00:41:39,414 Well, when you become stage director... 618 00:41:39,622 --> 00:41:43,334 we'll open in your apartment. But right now, it's Philadelphia. 619 00:41:45,044 --> 00:41:48,423 Of all the cities in the United States, he would pick Philadelphia. 620 00:41:48,673 --> 00:41:50,425 All right now, listen to me. 621 00:41:51,801 --> 00:41:54,554 We open at the Arch Street Theater tomorrow night. 622 00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:00,977 So this is Philadelphia! 623 00:42:09,277 --> 00:42:11,070 Why don't you stop that?! 624 00:42:12,155 --> 00:42:13,156 Peggy- 625 00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:15,742 - Getting a kick out of it? - Of course, you? 626 00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:19,495 I don't know. Do you suppose anybody'll even know I'm in the show? 627 00:42:19,746 --> 00:42:20,747 I will. 628 00:42:20,955 --> 00:42:22,957 Does it make any difference to you? 629 00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:26,252 Gee, Billy. I've been for you since that first day. 630 00:42:26,502 --> 00:42:28,171 Places, everybody. 631 00:42:28,588 --> 00:42:29,797 - |'ll be seeing you. - Okay. 632 00:42:31,090 --> 00:42:33,801 You won't forget the modulation on the last eight bars. 633 00:42:34,052 --> 00:42:36,512 - You forgot your handkerchief. - Go ahead. 634 00:42:36,721 --> 00:42:39,682 Call those timers, hold them. 635 00:44:31,460 --> 00:44:33,421 Nice to the right people, you'll get along. 636 00:44:33,629 --> 00:44:35,923 When you walk downstage... 637 00:44:36,132 --> 00:44:39,385 just give it a little life. You know, sort of... 638 00:44:39,635 --> 00:44:41,012 Quiet! Please! 639 00:45:29,769 --> 00:45:31,229 Well, it's... 640 00:45:31,729 --> 00:45:33,814 not good, it's not bad. 641 00:45:35,024 --> 00:45:36,275 That's all for tonight. 642 00:45:37,443 --> 00:45:38,444 - Wait. - Hold it! 643 00:45:38,653 --> 00:45:40,112 Come back here, girls. 644 00:45:40,363 --> 00:45:43,449 I want you all to take your minds off the show. 645 00:45:43,699 --> 00:45:45,493 Get out and relax. 646 00:45:45,952 --> 00:45:48,412 Forget it till 10:00 tomorrow morning. 647 00:45:50,456 --> 00:45:52,500 I don't know. I think it'll do. 648 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,961 But I want you to come back tomorrow... 649 00:45:55,211 --> 00:45:59,423 to give the best performance that you ever gave in your lives. 650 00:46:00,132 --> 00:46:01,175 Company dismissed. 651 00:46:01,425 --> 00:46:03,386 - Dismissed, girls. - Company dismissed! 652 00:46:03,636 --> 00:46:05,263 Go on out and have a good time. 653 00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:08,724 You really was elegant, Miss Brock. 654 00:46:10,685 --> 00:46:12,603 Pansy, did anyone telephone me? 655 00:46:12,853 --> 00:46:13,896 Phone? 656 00:46:14,105 --> 00:46:16,190 No, ma'am. Nobody at all. 657 00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:20,194 - You're sure? - I certainly is. Yes, ma'am, Miss Brock. 658 00:46:22,989 --> 00:46:26,492 - Have a little supper with me, huh? - I would have. 659 00:46:26,701 --> 00:46:30,663 - But you thought of it too late. - I've been thinking of it all day. 660 00:46:30,913 --> 00:46:34,166 Well, I'm not a mind reader. I've got a date. 661 00:46:34,709 --> 00:46:35,960 - Billy. - Huh? 662 00:46:36,168 --> 00:46:38,713 - I'm free tomorrow night. - Then it's a date. 663 00:46:38,963 --> 00:46:40,923 - Okay. - Don't forget, now. 664 00:46:42,508 --> 00:46:45,386 I gotta get the stuff for the party. Do you mind? 665 00:46:45,636 --> 00:46:49,307 I'll see you at the hotel, room 1061, and make it snappy! 666 00:46:51,017 --> 00:46:54,228 She says for you to wait. She'll be out in just a minute. 667 00:46:54,437 --> 00:46:56,147 Oh. 668 00:46:59,817 --> 00:47:01,485 Good night, Mr. Marsh. 669 00:47:06,407 --> 00:47:08,617 I said, "What is it? A duck?" 670 00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:11,078 Andy, you're terrible. You know any more? 671 00:47:11,287 --> 00:47:12,747 I've got a lot more... 672 00:47:13,622 --> 00:47:14,665 Andy? 673 00:47:14,915 --> 00:47:18,085 - Yes, sir? - Go on, yes man. Papa give you liver. 674 00:47:18,377 --> 00:47:20,212 Shut up. This may be important. 675 00:47:20,463 --> 00:47:24,050 Oh, it can't be, darling. He's calling you. 676 00:47:41,817 --> 00:47:43,235 Hurry up! 677 00:47:48,449 --> 00:47:50,034 Oh. 678 00:47:50,701 --> 00:47:52,161 Sit down, Andy. 679 00:47:59,627 --> 00:48:01,295 Anything wrong, chief? 680 00:48:04,340 --> 00:48:05,883 Everything's wrong, Andy. 681 00:48:06,842 --> 00:48:09,428 No, you're a great director, Mr. Marsh. 682 00:48:16,143 --> 00:48:18,062 Maybe I was, but... 683 00:48:18,896 --> 00:48:20,981 right now I'm a sick man. 684 00:48:21,232 --> 00:48:25,111 They told me I was sick when I started, but I started anyway. 685 00:48:25,903 --> 00:48:28,864 Andy, I'm going to finish, and I'm gonna have a show. 686 00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:32,618 I know what they'll say. They'll like it. They've got to. 687 00:48:33,911 --> 00:48:36,914 "Marsh is a wizard. He turns them out like clockwork. 688 00:48:37,164 --> 00:48:39,291 The guy isn't human. He's a machine." 689 00:48:40,334 --> 00:48:42,670 Well, I'm not a machine, Andy. 690 00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:46,841 And for the first time, I'm counting on someone else. I've got to. 691 00:48:47,133 --> 00:48:51,720 I'm counting on you. And tomorrow night, we're gonna give them a show. 692 00:48:52,513 --> 00:48:55,266 The greatest show Julian Marsh ever put on. 693 00:48:56,434 --> 00:48:58,185 What are you doing? Got a date tonight? 694 00:48:58,394 --> 00:48:59,728 No. 695 00:49:03,482 --> 00:49:05,901 Come on home with me, will you? I'm lonesome. 696 00:49:06,152 --> 00:49:07,903 Sure. 697 00:49:10,739 --> 00:49:11,740 Taxi. 698 00:49:11,949 --> 00:49:14,493 Pat! What are you doing in Philadelphia? 699 00:49:14,743 --> 00:49:16,537 Got my passport and dropped over. 700 00:49:16,787 --> 00:49:19,623 - Business or pleasure? - I don't know yet, but it's a job. 701 00:49:19,874 --> 00:49:24,211 Say, what about one of those cozy midnight suppers one reads about? 702 00:49:24,420 --> 00:49:26,380 I've been hoping you'd come out. 703 00:49:26,630 --> 00:49:29,383 - Oh, dear, I have a date. - Well, break it. 704 00:49:29,633 --> 00:49:32,428 - I'd like to, but I can't. - Well, you can try. 705 00:49:32,678 --> 00:49:37,141 It's with the company and we open tomorrow. I really should be on hand. 706 00:49:37,391 --> 00:49:40,603 I understand. Let me drive you to the main event. 707 00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:41,937 All right. 708 00:49:42,229 --> 00:49:43,230 Taxi. 709 00:49:48,986 --> 00:49:50,362 Congress Hotel. 710 00:49:51,322 --> 00:49:53,073 Forget something, Dorothy? 711 00:49:55,409 --> 00:49:57,161 Oh, no. 712 00:50:00,122 --> 00:50:01,540 Congress Hotel. 713 00:50:03,417 --> 00:50:06,921 Oh, Abner. Isn't this car big enough for two? Move over. 714 00:50:07,171 --> 00:50:09,256 You ain't gonna have another spell, are you? 715 00:50:09,465 --> 00:50:12,718 I'm tired. Dress rehearsal is no picnic. 716 00:50:12,968 --> 00:50:15,804 - A little party'|I do you good. - Yes. 717 00:50:16,013 --> 00:50:17,973 Don't just being with me cheer you up? 718 00:50:18,182 --> 00:50:20,351 Oh, tremendously. 719 00:50:20,601 --> 00:50:23,521 I'm practically hysterical right now. 720 00:50:28,025 --> 00:50:30,945 Oh, don't be afraid of me. I got strength. 721 00:50:31,237 --> 00:50:34,615 I used to be the intercollegiate champion hop, skip and jumper. 722 00:50:34,865 --> 00:50:37,284 - Come on now, hurry up. - Here I come. 723 00:50:41,038 --> 00:50:43,207 Give the little boy a big hand. 724 00:50:43,457 --> 00:50:46,043 Right across your big mouth. 725 00:50:46,752 --> 00:50:48,087 Please! 726 00:50:56,303 --> 00:50:59,807 I tell you, I don't even know my own strength. Wait a minute. 727 00:51:00,057 --> 00:51:01,433 Just look here. 728 00:51:01,767 --> 00:51:03,978 Oh, you're too, too divine. 729 00:51:06,272 --> 00:51:10,526 Tomorrow you've got to give a performance, not an exhibition. 730 00:51:12,069 --> 00:51:14,738 Well, you'd never know it from the manuscript. 731 00:51:14,989 --> 00:51:16,699 I beg your pardon. 732 00:51:16,907 --> 00:51:18,158 She's right. 733 00:51:18,909 --> 00:51:20,786 - Let's dance. - I don't want to. 734 00:51:21,036 --> 00:51:23,539 - Come on, I wanna dance. - Stop mauling me. 735 00:51:23,789 --> 00:51:26,792 Let me alone. You're not funny to me tonight. 736 00:51:27,001 --> 00:51:29,003 - I've got half a mind... - You're telling me. 737 00:51:29,295 --> 00:51:31,171 Do you wanna cramp your act? 738 00:51:31,380 --> 00:51:36,135 In a star, it's temperament, but in a chorus girl, it's just bad taste. 739 00:51:36,385 --> 00:51:39,513 What is this, target practice? Why can't you let me alone? 740 00:51:39,763 --> 00:51:43,225 Wisecracks, I'm sick of them! I'm tired of you. 741 00:51:43,475 --> 00:51:45,561 Tired of all of you, do you hear? 742 00:51:46,353 --> 00:51:47,980 Why, Dorothy. 743 00:51:50,649 --> 00:51:54,862 You know, you better hop on your Kiddie Kar and go back to Cleveland. 744 00:51:55,613 --> 00:51:57,323 Excuse me, it's the tight shoes. 745 00:51:57,698 --> 00:51:58,991 Shut up! 746 00:51:59,450 --> 00:52:01,910 - Where are you going? - Maybe she needs me. 747 00:52:02,202 --> 00:52:06,457 - Are you going to be a sucker for that? - Sucker! You listen to me. 748 00:52:06,707 --> 00:52:10,252 Seventy thousand dollars is a lot of money to pay for a pack of insults. 749 00:52:10,502 --> 00:52:13,505 So you've been calling me a sucker behind my back, eh? 750 00:52:13,756 --> 00:52:15,966 Well, I ain't a sucker for anybody. 751 00:52:16,216 --> 00:52:17,968 Dorothy don't mean that to me! 752 00:52:18,218 --> 00:52:21,430 If not for me, she wouldn't have had a show to star in. 753 00:52:21,639 --> 00:52:24,266 She better not try to give me the air now. 754 00:52:25,434 --> 00:52:26,977 Now... 755 00:52:27,561 --> 00:52:30,981 So that's it, is it? You small-town big shot. 756 00:52:31,231 --> 00:52:32,566 - Now don't start... - Shut up! 757 00:52:32,858 --> 00:52:34,818 Sol better not give you the air, eh? 758 00:52:35,069 --> 00:52:37,613 Well, that's exactly what I'm giving you right now. 759 00:52:37,905 --> 00:52:41,116 Now get out of my room, you sucker! Get out! 760 00:52:41,367 --> 00:52:42,368 Try and make me! 761 00:52:42,576 --> 00:52:44,703 - Don't do that again! - Get out! 762 00:52:46,413 --> 00:52:47,413 Get out! 763 00:52:50,959 --> 00:52:53,420 No place for anybody whose insurance ain't paid. 764 00:52:53,921 --> 00:52:55,297 Wait for me. 765 00:52:55,839 --> 00:52:59,635 And the next time you come to a lady's apartment, act like a lady. 766 00:52:59,843 --> 00:53:01,136 Please! 767 00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:14,358 - Hello. - We've located Mr. Denning for you. 768 00:53:15,526 --> 00:53:17,152 Get him for me, will you? 769 00:53:22,408 --> 00:53:24,410 Oh, now what? 770 00:53:26,036 --> 00:53:28,122 Hello. 771 00:53:29,998 --> 00:53:32,835 - Hello, Dorothy. - Hello, Pat... 772 00:53:34,253 --> 00:53:36,463 Pat, I can't stand it any longer. 773 00:53:37,881 --> 00:53:39,258 I've gotta see you. 774 00:53:39,508 --> 00:53:41,760 - Yes, but... - Please don't ask me why. 775 00:53:42,010 --> 00:53:43,929 Just come quickly, please. 776 00:53:44,179 --> 00:53:46,265 All right, dear. I'll be right over. 777 00:54:12,791 --> 00:54:13,792 Come in. 778 00:54:15,669 --> 00:54:16,879 Sorry, Julian. 779 00:54:17,129 --> 00:54:18,505 More trouble. 780 00:54:19,339 --> 00:54:22,342 - What's up? - Dorothy's out of the show. 781 00:54:22,551 --> 00:54:25,637 Definitely, once and for all, she's out. 782 00:54:27,639 --> 00:54:30,726 Well, let me have it. What happened? 783 00:54:30,976 --> 00:54:34,438 She threw me out of her room. That's what. 784 00:54:34,646 --> 00:54:37,566 Now you want to throw her out. What is this? A game? 785 00:54:37,816 --> 00:54:39,985 - You can't do it. - Oh, no? 786 00:54:40,194 --> 00:54:42,571 Brock's in my show and that's final. 787 00:54:42,863 --> 00:54:45,073 If Dorothy stays in... 788 00:54:45,365 --> 00:54:49,828 this show don't open tomorrow night. That's final. 789 00:54:50,078 --> 00:54:51,997 Why, you potbellied sap. 790 00:54:52,206 --> 00:54:53,207 I resent that. 791 00:54:53,457 --> 00:54:56,335 You've sunk $70,000 already, and you're gonna toss that away... 792 00:54:56,543 --> 00:54:58,337 because of a dame? 793 00:54:58,587 --> 00:55:00,297 That's my funeral, ain't it? 794 00:55:00,547 --> 00:55:05,177 And the funeral of 200 other people: Chorus girls, boys, electricians. 795 00:55:05,594 --> 00:55:07,721 You wouldn't be that mean, would you? 796 00:55:07,971 --> 00:55:10,933 Well, I think she ought to apologize. 797 00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:15,145 Why, of course she'll apologize. She'll be sorry by morning. 798 00:55:16,355 --> 00:55:18,774 I wish you wouldn't take it like this. 799 00:55:19,024 --> 00:55:23,278 Back in New York, they're calling you "The Angel of Broadway." 800 00:55:23,529 --> 00:55:24,571 No. 801 00:55:24,780 --> 00:55:26,532 - Sure. - Are they? 802 00:55:27,157 --> 00:55:28,534 Well... 803 00:55:28,826 --> 00:55:32,788 | guess maybe I can overlook it, if she apologizes. 804 00:55:37,584 --> 00:55:40,754 But it must be tonight. 805 00:55:41,088 --> 00:55:42,589 That's final. 806 00:55:50,973 --> 00:55:54,309 What's the matter? You don't seem to be warming up at all. 807 00:55:54,726 --> 00:55:56,728 Oh, don't, Terry! Please! 808 00:55:56,979 --> 00:55:59,523 Come on, this is no way to act. 809 00:55:59,773 --> 00:56:02,317 You've got me wrong, Terry. I'm not acting. 810 00:56:02,568 --> 00:56:05,404 I just don't like to be pawed, that's all. 811 00:56:05,654 --> 00:56:08,240 Come here, honey. Why, you don't know... 812 00:56:08,615 --> 00:56:12,035 - Must have been a fuse. - Yeah, a fuse named Charlie. 813 00:56:14,162 --> 00:56:16,206 Pe99v! Pe99v! 814 00:56:21,628 --> 00:56:24,047 Go get her, Terry! 815 00:56:25,757 --> 00:56:27,926 Come on, let's have another drink. 816 00:56:33,891 --> 00:56:35,809 - Going down? - No, sir. Up. 817 00:56:43,317 --> 00:56:44,860 Pat. 818 00:57:03,795 --> 00:57:05,297 Pat. 819 00:57:09,134 --> 00:57:10,761 If he cramps our show now... 820 00:57:11,261 --> 00:57:15,265 We fixed him once before, and we can do it again. Let's get Marsh. 821 00:57:37,245 --> 00:57:39,456 - What? - Mr. Denning. Is he here? 822 00:57:39,706 --> 00:57:42,584 - You know he is. What do you want? - Mr. Denning. 823 00:57:42,834 --> 00:57:45,379 Can't leave him alone for five minutes, can you? 824 00:57:45,587 --> 00:57:47,798 Please, Miss Brock. This is important. 825 00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:49,299 What's the matter? 826 00:57:49,549 --> 00:57:52,302 Oh, Pat, there's going to be trouble. I saw... 827 00:57:52,552 --> 00:57:56,932 Oh! So it's "Pat" to him, but it's "Mr. Denning" to me. 828 00:57:57,599 --> 00:57:59,559 You bet there's gonna be trouble. 829 00:57:59,810 --> 00:58:02,521 - Let's see what it's about. - I know what it's about! 830 00:58:02,813 --> 00:58:03,814 She's been spying on us. 831 00:58:04,064 --> 00:58:06,775 - Spying? I wasn't spying... - You were! 832 00:58:07,025 --> 00:58:11,363 You were peeking through the keyhole. You were, because I saw you. 833 00:58:11,822 --> 00:58:12,906 She's jealous. 834 00:58:13,198 --> 00:58:15,200 You want him, but you won't get him! 835 00:58:15,409 --> 00:58:17,077 - Wait a minute. - Wait for what? 836 00:58:17,369 --> 00:58:19,413 More spying and double-crossing? 837 00:58:19,621 --> 00:58:21,790 - Let me go! Let me... - Wait a minute. 838 00:58:22,374 --> 00:58:25,127 - Oh, Miss Brock! - Dorothy... 839 00:58:26,878 --> 00:58:28,714 You pushed me, didn't you? 840 00:58:29,631 --> 00:58:31,925 Dorothy, what's the matter with you? 841 00:58:34,553 --> 00:58:36,263 Oh, Pat. 842 00:58:36,471 --> 00:58:37,848 - My ankle. - What is it? 843 00:58:38,098 --> 00:58:39,141 My ankle. 844 00:58:39,391 --> 00:58:41,852 - Get the house doctor right away. - All right. 845 00:58:44,563 --> 00:58:48,233 Hello. Hello. Please send the house doctor to Miss Brock's apartment. 846 00:58:48,483 --> 00:58:50,569 Yes, thank you. 847 00:58:54,114 --> 00:58:55,907 Get her shoes off, quick. 848 00:58:59,453 --> 00:59:00,954 There, there, now. 849 00:59:01,163 --> 00:59:02,664 Oh... 850 00:59:03,123 --> 00:59:04,791 Pat, it's swelling. 851 00:59:08,211 --> 00:59:10,881 - Answer the door, it's the doctor. - All right. 852 00:59:14,509 --> 00:59:17,220 - You sent for me? - Yes, doctor. Right in there. 853 00:59:22,893 --> 00:59:25,562 - Oh, doctor. It's her ankle. - Which one? 854 00:59:27,439 --> 00:59:29,858 - A glass of water, please. - Yes, doctor. 855 00:59:38,658 --> 00:59:40,160 - Is your name Denning? - Yeah. 856 00:59:40,494 --> 00:59:42,579 I want to talk to you. Where is she? 857 00:59:42,829 --> 00:59:44,623 - She's had an accident. - What? 858 00:59:44,873 --> 00:59:48,085 She fell and twisted her ankle. It may be a break. 859 00:59:48,335 --> 00:59:50,170 What are you talking about? 860 00:59:52,672 --> 00:59:53,673 How bad is it? 861 00:59:53,882 --> 00:59:56,676 - Can't tell definitely. - Maybe it's only a sprain. 862 00:59:56,927 --> 01:00:00,180 Looks like a fracture. Can't tell till the x-rays are made. 863 01:00:00,430 --> 01:00:02,682 - Will she be able to go on tomorrow? - Go on? 864 01:00:02,933 --> 01:00:05,393 - She's got the show tomorrow night! - Not a chance. 865 01:00:05,644 --> 01:00:07,687 She's got to! Do something, doctor! 866 01:00:07,938 --> 01:00:09,773 Get her a pair of crutches. 867 01:00:09,981 --> 01:00:11,983 - Oh... - There, there. 868 01:00:12,984 --> 01:00:14,486 - Don't stand there gaping. - But... 869 01:00:14,736 --> 01:00:16,530 Oh, get out! Get out! 870 01:00:16,947 --> 01:00:21,618 - I still don't know why you're here. - If it was your business, I'd tell you. 871 01:00:22,744 --> 01:00:24,538 A broken ankle, huh? 872 01:00:27,541 --> 01:00:29,751 It's too bad it wasn't her neck. 873 01:00:32,337 --> 01:00:33,922 May I have your attention? 874 01:00:34,172 --> 01:00:36,550 - Quiet, quiet! - Quiet, please! 875 01:00:37,134 --> 01:00:39,761 There'll be no performance tonight. 876 01:00:40,137 --> 01:00:41,596 Wait a minute. Wait! 877 01:00:41,847 --> 01:00:45,934 Our star, Miss Brock, has had an accident. She's broken her ankle. 878 01:00:47,352 --> 01:00:50,897 Don't leave the theater until you're dismissed. Get that, Andy? 879 01:00:51,106 --> 01:00:53,400 Hold the company here for further instructions. 880 01:00:53,608 --> 01:00:57,154 - Stick around, everybody. - Don't anybody leave the theater! 881 01:00:58,071 --> 01:01:02,534 You gotta think of something, someone. There must be some way out of this. 882 01:01:02,742 --> 01:01:05,495 Dillon just phoned. He's got everything fixed. 883 01:01:05,745 --> 01:01:09,708 - Up to and including Brock's ankle. - No, he's going through with it. 884 01:01:09,958 --> 01:01:11,626 He's going through with what? 885 01:01:11,877 --> 01:01:15,881 He found someone to take Brock's place, and he's on his way here with her now. 886 01:01:16,089 --> 01:01:17,090 - Where? - I don't know. 887 01:01:17,340 --> 01:01:18,800 Come on, Marsh. 888 01:01:19,718 --> 01:01:20,760 No such luck. 889 01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:30,187 Now, there's a Kiddie Kar I could really go for. 890 01:01:31,605 --> 01:01:34,816 Anytime Annie. Well, lay me low. 891 01:01:35,901 --> 01:01:40,113 Your new leading lady, folks. I guess I saved the day all right this time. 892 01:01:40,363 --> 01:01:42,908 We'd better go in and talk it over with Marsh. 893 01:01:46,661 --> 01:01:49,664 - You have a big investment in this show. - You're telling him? 894 01:01:49,915 --> 01:01:52,417 I appreciate your help, but she won't do. 895 01:01:52,667 --> 01:01:55,712 Sure! She didn't wanna do it at first, but I convinced her. 896 01:01:56,004 --> 01:01:58,173 She's all set. Why, she'll be sensational. 897 01:01:58,423 --> 01:02:00,592 - How about letting me talk? - All right. 898 01:02:00,842 --> 01:02:02,636 Let's quit kidding, Mr. Marsh. 899 01:02:02,886 --> 01:02:06,056 Abbie, all those things sounded swell at breakfast... 900 01:02:06,264 --> 01:02:08,141 but I can't carry this show. 901 01:02:08,391 --> 01:02:10,101 I know that as well as you do. 902 01:02:10,352 --> 01:02:11,645 I appreciate your honesty. 903 01:02:11,895 --> 01:02:15,398 Swell, because you've got somebody here who can carry your show. 904 01:02:15,649 --> 01:02:17,108 A great little trouper. 905 01:02:17,359 --> 01:02:19,486 Aren't I capable of selecting my own cast? 906 01:02:19,736 --> 01:02:22,572 But you'd never pick her. I say she can swing it. 907 01:02:22,822 --> 01:02:24,783 How can you lose? You gotta try her. 908 01:02:25,158 --> 01:02:26,451 - Who is she? - Sawyer. 909 01:02:26,660 --> 01:02:29,454 - Sawyer. - Yes, Peggy Sawyer. 910 01:02:30,205 --> 01:02:32,624 She can dance rings around Brock. 911 01:02:33,041 --> 01:02:35,168 Your show's half dancing. She'd kill them. 912 01:02:35,418 --> 01:02:38,505 Nobody ever heard of her. She's a raw kid from the chorus. 913 01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:42,008 Listen, I've been waiting years for a chance like this... 914 01:02:42,217 --> 01:02:46,012 and if I give it up to someone else, believe me, she's gotta be good. 915 01:02:48,056 --> 01:02:50,392 - Send her in. - Do you mean it? 916 01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:52,102 Yes, send her in. 917 01:02:53,812 --> 01:02:54,854 Mac! 918 01:02:55,105 --> 01:02:56,106 - Oh, Mac! - Here. 919 01:02:56,314 --> 01:02:57,607 - Andy! - Yes, sir. 920 01:02:57,816 --> 01:02:59,693 - Get Sawyer. - Yes, sir. 921 01:03:02,654 --> 01:03:04,614 - The boss wants to see you. - Who, me? 922 01:03:04,864 --> 01:03:06,366 Not your brother. Come on. 923 01:03:06,616 --> 01:03:09,035 - Lorraine, will you hold that? - Go ahead. 924 01:03:13,331 --> 01:03:15,250 Well, here she is. 925 01:03:21,965 --> 01:03:23,133 Expeflence? 926 01:03:23,341 --> 01:03:25,427 Just this show, Mr. Marsh. 927 01:03:25,719 --> 01:03:28,722 You know the songs and dances? Can you play the lead tonight? 928 01:03:28,972 --> 01:03:30,557 Thelead? 929 01:03:32,142 --> 01:03:34,477 Sure, you can. Don't let him scare you. 930 01:03:40,859 --> 01:03:43,361 I'll give you a chance because I've got to. 931 01:03:43,570 --> 01:03:44,738 Andy, send Jerry in. 932 01:03:45,030 --> 01:03:47,365 I'll have a live leading lady or a dead chorus girl. 933 01:03:47,574 --> 01:03:50,952 Get out of here. I don't want anybody in for the next five hours. 934 01:03:51,202 --> 01:03:53,246 - Good luck, honey. - Come on, you. 935 01:03:54,581 --> 01:03:58,001 Pick it up right after the number. There's your cue. Speak. 936 01:03:58,460 --> 01:04:02,339 Jim, they didn't tell me you were here. It was grand of you to come. 937 01:04:03,131 --> 01:04:04,924 No, it's impossible. Impossible. 938 01:04:06,301 --> 01:04:09,137 You're greeting the man you love. Your entrance speech! 939 01:04:09,387 --> 01:04:11,556 Make it mean something. Put feeling into it! 940 01:04:11,806 --> 01:04:12,849 Listen, like this: 941 01:04:13,391 --> 01:04:16,019 "Jim, they didn't tell me you were here. 942 01:04:16,269 --> 01:04:18,605 It was grand of you to come." Let me hear it. 943 01:04:19,397 --> 01:04:23,193 Jim, they didn't tell me you were here. It was grand of you to come. 944 01:04:23,443 --> 01:04:24,944 No, it won't do. 945 01:04:25,153 --> 01:04:27,030 Look, have you ever been in love? 946 01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:30,283 Did you ever have a man hold you in his arms and kiss you? 947 01:04:36,998 --> 01:04:40,293 Now you're in the spirit of the thing. You love this man. 948 01:04:40,543 --> 01:04:42,837 Now, give it all you've got. Let me hear it. 949 01:04:43,630 --> 01:04:46,883 Jim, they didn't tell me you were here. 950 01:04:47,133 --> 01:04:49,135 It was grand of you to come. 951 01:04:50,053 --> 01:04:53,014 That's better. Let me hear it from the beginning. 952 01:04:53,264 --> 01:04:55,308 Go over there and make your entrance again. 953 01:04:55,558 --> 01:04:56,643 All right. 954 01:04:57,185 --> 01:04:59,729 Jim, they didn't tell me you were here. 955 01:04:59,979 --> 01:05:01,731 It was grand of you to come. 956 01:05:20,333 --> 01:05:22,836 I can't! I can't... 957 01:05:23,878 --> 01:05:24,879 Look here. 958 01:05:25,130 --> 01:05:27,465 You can't, but you will. 959 01:05:27,715 --> 01:05:28,925 Please, Mr. Marsh. 960 01:05:29,175 --> 01:05:31,094 You want this chance or don't you? 961 01:05:31,636 --> 01:05:34,055 - All right. Let's try it again. - All right. 962 01:05:58,830 --> 01:06:00,498 All right, it's fair, only fair. 963 01:06:02,125 --> 01:06:03,251 Come in. 964 01:06:04,002 --> 01:06:05,712 Only an hour before the curtain. 965 01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:07,589 Okay, Jerry, that's all. 966 01:06:14,345 --> 01:06:16,723 You let me down, Sawyer, and I'll... 967 01:06:18,224 --> 01:06:20,101 Come on, lie down and relax. 968 01:06:21,686 --> 01:06:24,731 The wardrobe woman will have to come in to fit your costumes. 969 01:06:25,023 --> 01:06:28,860 But rest all you can, because you're definitely going on tonight. 970 01:06:33,781 --> 01:06:35,241 Julian, how about it? 971 01:06:35,533 --> 01:06:38,411 All right, the show goes on. Wardrobe, everybody. 972 01:06:41,414 --> 01:06:43,166 Everybody, makeup. 973 01:06:45,793 --> 01:06:47,754 - Oh, Billy. - Hello. 974 01:06:48,004 --> 01:06:50,465 I brought some coffee. You can use a little, huh? 975 01:06:50,715 --> 01:06:54,093 Oh, Billy, I'm so excited, I think maybe I'm dreaming. 976 01:06:54,302 --> 01:06:57,388 Oh, no, you're awake, all right. Don't worry about that. 977 01:06:57,680 --> 01:07:00,141 Billy, what's going to happen to me? 978 01:07:00,350 --> 01:07:04,103 You'll be a hit. You'll be the biggest thing that ever hit Broadway. 979 01:07:04,312 --> 01:07:05,522 Oh, I hope so. 980 01:07:05,772 --> 01:07:07,023 Say, I know so. 981 01:07:07,232 --> 01:07:09,526 And I'm for you too. You know that. 982 01:07:09,776 --> 01:07:11,027 Even if... 983 01:07:11,319 --> 01:07:12,862 Even if what? 984 01:07:13,112 --> 01:07:14,239 Oh, honey. 985 01:07:14,447 --> 01:07:18,576 I've been for you ever since the day you walked in on me in my BVDs. 986 01:07:18,826 --> 01:07:22,705 I wanted to tell you, ever since I first saw you, how I feel about you. 987 01:07:23,540 --> 01:07:25,917 Oh, I don't know how to say it. 988 01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:28,878 But you know what I mean, don't you? 989 01:07:30,171 --> 01:07:33,299 I guess it does sound kind of funny at that, the way I say it. 990 01:07:33,716 --> 01:07:37,345 But the lines are new for me, at least off-stage. 991 01:07:37,595 --> 01:07:41,474 Well, I guess maybe I can read between the lines, Billy... 992 01:07:41,724 --> 01:07:44,394 but I wanna hear you say some more. 993 01:07:53,987 --> 01:07:57,490 Billy, it was grand of you to come. 994 01:08:05,498 --> 01:08:07,792 - They told me I'd find you here. - Miss Brock! 995 01:08:08,001 --> 01:08:11,004 You can't talk to her, nobody can. It's Marsh's orders. 996 01:08:11,254 --> 01:08:12,630 I wanna see her alone. 997 01:08:12,839 --> 01:08:13,840 I know, but... 998 01:08:16,217 --> 01:08:18,011 It's all right, Billy. 999 01:08:36,279 --> 01:08:38,197 So you're going to take my place. 1000 01:08:38,406 --> 01:08:40,491 I'm sorry, Miss Brock. 1001 01:08:41,326 --> 01:08:43,119 You're nervous, aren't you? 1002 01:08:45,663 --> 01:08:46,998 Well, don't be. 1003 01:08:47,290 --> 01:08:49,667 The customers out there want to like you. 1004 01:08:49,876 --> 01:08:51,377 Always remember that, kid. 1005 01:08:51,628 --> 01:08:54,088 I've learned it from experience. 1006 01:08:54,339 --> 01:08:56,382 And you've got so much to give them: 1007 01:08:56,591 --> 01:08:59,594 Youth and beauty and freshness. 1008 01:09:00,553 --> 01:09:02,013 Do you know your lines? 1009 01:09:02,305 --> 01:09:03,514 And your songs? 1010 01:09:03,806 --> 01:09:05,391 And your dance routine? 1011 01:09:06,100 --> 01:09:09,062 Well, you're a cinch. 1012 01:09:13,066 --> 01:09:16,402 But... But it's tough on you, Miss Brock. 1013 01:09:18,905 --> 01:09:20,073 Come here. 1014 01:09:20,365 --> 01:09:21,866 Peggy. Isn't it? 1015 01:09:23,034 --> 01:09:26,245 You know, Peggy, when I started for the theater tonight... 1016 01:09:26,454 --> 01:09:28,706 | wanted to tear your hair out. 1017 01:09:28,915 --> 01:09:30,833 And then I started thinking. 1018 01:09:31,376 --> 01:09:33,628 Well, after all, I've had my chance. 1019 01:09:33,878 --> 01:09:35,546 And now it's your turn. 1020 01:09:35,797 --> 01:09:37,256 I've had enough. 1021 01:09:37,674 --> 01:09:41,803 For five years it's kept me away from the only thing I ever wanted. 1022 01:09:42,970 --> 01:09:44,097 And a funny thing... 1023 01:09:44,347 --> 01:09:47,433 a broken ankle was the thing that made me find it out. 1024 01:09:49,352 --> 01:09:53,940 You know, Peggy, most anyone can have success with the proper breaks. 1025 01:09:54,315 --> 01:09:55,483 As for me... 1026 01:09:55,733 --> 01:09:59,112 I'll take Pat and vaudeville... 1027 01:09:59,404 --> 01:10:00,988 or whatever goes with him. 1028 01:10:02,699 --> 01:10:04,492 We're being married tomorrow. 1029 01:10:04,701 --> 01:10:06,619 Oh, I'm so glad. 1030 01:10:08,037 --> 01:10:09,122 Come in. 1031 01:10:10,123 --> 01:10:11,624 You've gotta hurry, miss. 1032 01:10:11,916 --> 01:10:14,627 Come right in, boys. Right over here. 1033 01:10:32,437 --> 01:10:34,439 Overture, places, girls! 1034 01:10:42,488 --> 01:10:44,407 I think it looks very nice now. 1035 01:10:44,657 --> 01:10:45,908 Do I look all right? 1036 01:10:46,743 --> 01:10:48,786 You look adorable. 1037 01:10:49,871 --> 01:10:54,167 Now, go out there and be so swell that you'll make me hate you. 1038 01:10:54,417 --> 01:10:55,460 Thanks. 1039 01:10:55,877 --> 01:10:58,921 Remember, girls, I want a straight line all the way through. 1040 01:10:59,172 --> 01:11:01,674 Marguerite, you're first. Give me a big smile. 1041 01:11:01,924 --> 01:11:04,343 Get ready. All right, curtain. 1042 01:11:21,360 --> 01:11:23,362 Come on, all right. Get Sawyer. 1043 01:11:25,114 --> 01:11:28,951 When she comes out, I don't want any of you to say a word to her. 1044 01:11:30,369 --> 01:11:31,370 Here she comes. 1045 01:11:31,579 --> 01:11:33,998 All right, break up. Pay no attention to her. 1046 01:11:38,252 --> 01:11:41,047 Sawyer, you listen to me, and you listen hard. 1047 01:11:41,380 --> 01:11:42,965 Two hundred people, 200 jobs... 1048 01:11:43,216 --> 01:11:46,552 $200,000, five weeks of grind, blood and sweat depend upon you. 1049 01:11:46,803 --> 01:11:48,930 The lives of these people who've worked with you. 1050 01:11:49,138 --> 01:11:51,349 You've got to go on and give and give and give. 1051 01:11:51,599 --> 01:11:53,851 They've got to like you, understand? 1052 01:11:54,101 --> 01:11:56,145 You can't fall down, because... 1053 01:11:56,395 --> 01:11:59,315 your future, my future and all we have is staked on you. 1054 01:11:59,565 --> 01:12:00,650 Now I'm through. 1055 01:12:00,900 --> 01:12:03,528 Keep your feet on the ground, your head on your shoulders... 1056 01:12:03,778 --> 01:12:06,697 and go out. Sawyer, you're going out a youngster... 1057 01:12:06,948 --> 01:12:09,283 but you've got to come back a star. 1058 01:12:10,785 --> 01:12:12,145 - There she is. - There's your cue. 1059 01:12:12,411 --> 01:12:13,704 Good luck, honey. 1060 01:12:17,875 --> 01:12:21,170 Well, honey, we couldn't lose them, and least of all, Jimmy. 1061 01:12:21,420 --> 01:12:24,423 Why, Jim, they didn't tell me you were here. 1062 01:12:24,632 --> 01:12:26,259 It was grand of you to come. 1063 01:12:26,551 --> 01:12:28,261 All aboard the Niagara Limited! 1064 01:12:28,511 --> 01:12:29,762 Come on, let's go! 1065 01:12:31,681 --> 01:12:32,849 That's your light change. 1066 01:12:33,099 --> 01:12:35,518 All right, snap into it. Hurry up, kids. 1067 01:12:35,768 --> 01:12:37,645 Get going. Take it away! 1068 01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:28,477 Break this up. Come here. 1069 01:17:28,727 --> 01:17:30,855 You got by, but you're not through yet. 1070 01:17:31,105 --> 01:17:33,607 The toughest part's coming. Don't be a flash in the pan. 1071 01:17:33,858 --> 01:17:37,027 There isn't an actor here who doesn't know what you're going through. 1072 01:17:37,278 --> 01:17:39,613 Now you gotta rest. Rest and relax. 1073 01:17:39,864 --> 01:17:41,866 Save it, because you're gonna need it. 1074 01:17:46,662 --> 01:17:48,664 I've been watching you for a couple weeks. 1075 01:17:48,914 --> 01:17:51,333 If you're nice to the right people, you'll get along. 1076 01:17:51,584 --> 01:17:55,087 - You know these routines? - Quiet, please. 1077 01:22:00,999 --> 01:22:04,169 Mike, dim those first three borders, will you? Hurry up. 1078 01:22:04,628 --> 01:22:06,213 Places, everybody, for the finale. 1079 01:22:06,588 --> 01:22:08,590 She's a hit, Abner. She's a hit! 1080 01:22:08,799 --> 01:22:09,800 Who's a hit? 1081 01:22:10,008 --> 01:22:11,802 P9993! Sawyer. 1082 01:22:12,010 --> 01:22:14,138 - Oh. - Did you do as I told you? 1083 01:22:15,597 --> 01:22:18,475 - Oh, no, I didn't. - Well... 1084 01:22:18,684 --> 01:22:20,978 But I'll take her right out. Come on, Fifi. 1085 01:22:21,186 --> 01:22:22,229 Well, hurry. 1086 01:28:24,257 --> 01:28:26,176 Directors make me sick. Take Marsh. 1087 01:28:26,384 --> 01:28:28,845 Name all over the program, gets all the credit. 1088 01:28:29,054 --> 01:28:31,348 If it wasn't for Sawyer, he wouldn't have a show. 1089 01:28:31,556 --> 01:28:33,475 She'll have Broadway in her pocket in a week. 1090 01:28:33,767 --> 01:28:36,353 - You're right. - Marsh will say he discovered her. 1091 01:28:36,645 --> 01:28:38,146 Some guys get all the breaks.