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No, no, no!
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You have no step
unless you get your leg up.
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All right, come on, watch.
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Give me that dicer.
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Hit it, the last 16 bars. Now, watch.
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- What time you got?
- Ten to 3.
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Take over, Eve. Last chorus.
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All right, well, pick up.
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Hello, Jerry. Bix.
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Ran out, huh?
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Well, look, give me a $20 parlay...
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...from Laughing Boy in the seventh
to Happy Eve in the eighth.
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You heel.
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Can't even pay a hotel bill.
In debt up to your ears, and it's horses.
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Horses every second you're awake.
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Horses, horses, horses.
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I don't drink or smoke.
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You, Elwin Bixby, a man of talent,
a genius of Broadway.
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The brightest future of anybody
in show business.
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Take five, kids.
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Had hit after hit, season after season...
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...now beating out a time step
in this broken-down saloon.
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Take 10, sweetheart.
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Take 10?
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I've been taking 10
ever since I've known you.
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Watching you fight your way
to the bottom.
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- I don't fight, baby. I'm a lover.
- Don't change the subject.
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You fought with Ziegfeld, Harris,
Hammerstein, Eberhart, always battling.
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But you know who you're really fighting?
Yourself.
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Where do we go from here?
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We'll land right on our feet,
and when we do:
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That tune went off my hit parade
long ago.
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Sorry, but here goes the bride.
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Eve, Eve, you haven't heard
the whole story.
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Heard it? I could put it to music.
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"Meet me at the city hall. This is it.
We'll have our honeymoon in Bermuda."
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"Had to postpone it."
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- Something happened to the money.
- Something always happened to the money.
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Answer it. It's probably your bookie
with another sure thing.
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- Hello.
- Bix, old boy. How are you, fella?
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I've been combing the town for you.
Where you been? How do you feel?
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When did you start being interested
in the state of my health?
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Oh, now, Bix.
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You know I've always been interested
in how you're doing.
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Listen, I've got a proposition for you.
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Go blow your brains out, you thief.
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Eberhart.
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- Harry Eberhart?
- Yes, offered me a job.
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You fool.
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The only producer in town
who'll give you a job and you insult him?
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I wouldn't work for that chiseler
if you put a gun in my back.
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Well, that does it.
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Pick up the phone when you roll out of bed
around 2 tomorrow afternoon.
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Call my two-room,
cross-ventilated basement.
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Ask for Eve.
She won't live there anymore.
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Oh, now...
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Sit down, sit down, sweetheart.
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You're overheated.
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- Bix, I'm leaving.
- Yeah, sure, sure.
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I've been offered a job to do a single
and help stage the dances...
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...at a hotel in Las Vegas.
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Eve, you can't do that.
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You're my feet, you're my memory.
I couldn't work without you.
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You better start getting used to it.
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All right, Eve, Eve.
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So help me, word of honor, word of honor,
no more horses.
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- Word of honor?
- Yeah.
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You don't know what it means.
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Sorry, Bix. I gotta pack.
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- I'll be up to your place as soon as I finish.
- Won't do any good.
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Save yourself the bus fare.
You might need it.
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Bix, every year at West Point,
the cadets put on a musical...
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...the 100th Night Show.
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They call it that
because it's a kind of a celebration.
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The winter's over,
only a hundred days till June.
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Well, I made a special trip up there
to look over the show.
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It's wonderful what those kids have done.
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Of course, some of the material
was amateurish.
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But I've seen a lot worse on Broadway.
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Bix...
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...I'm gonna help those boys.
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That's why I sent for you.
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- Did you say something?
- I didn't say anything.
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You know, Bix, you and I have done
a lot of shows together.
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I can't think of a man
with more on the ball.
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That's why I gave you such a big build-up
with those cadets.
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Don't you talk to me about West Point.
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That is the greatest collection...
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...of big-headed, salute-happy,
station-house characters in any man's army.
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I took it for four years from those muzzlers
from Camp Dix to the Rhine.
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And all the way, nothing but trouble.
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And how do they get that way?
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They have a special factory up there
for putting square heads into brass hats.
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West Point?
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But, Bix, I'm asking this
as a personal favor.
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Why should I do you any favors?
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Bix, I've got a nephew up there,
Tom Fletcher.
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The kid's written the music
and he's putting on the show.
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He's my only sister's boy.
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The kid's dad died when he was 3.
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There isn't anything in this world
I wouldn't do for that boy.
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As a friend, go on up there
and whip that show into shape.
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Now, suppose...
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...you tell me the real story.
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All right.
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I've got a big musical for the fall.
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Can I put it on?
Not without a leading man.
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And where am I gonna find
a good-looking guy that can sing?
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Don't tell me, don't tell me.
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- West Point.
- Exactly.
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My own nephew, Tom.
Oh, a tremendous voice.
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Believe me, and the chump
wants to be an Army officer.
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Now, what kind of a career is that?
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I tell you, I've tried every angle
to get that kid out of there.
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Now, come on, Bix, go on up there.
Give them that stuff.
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Let that kid get a taste of applause.
Get under his skin.
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You can make him listen.
He'll make us a fortune.
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- Who'll wind up with it?
- We will.
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Harry, you got your start
robbing a blind man.
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Six years, you sat on
the broad end of your back...
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...collected the dough, took the bows
for hits that I made for you.
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You fired me and had me blackballed
with every producer in town.
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And now, when you need me...
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Now, wait just a minute, Bix.
Just one minute.
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- What did you do to me?
- Do to you?
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- Jan Wilson?
- Yes, Jan Wilson.
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You stole her out of my own show,
right from under my very nose.
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Stole her? I found her.
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Now, Bix, Bix, you stole her.
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You signed her to a personal contract
and then sold to the pictures.
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- Of course I did, to give her a break.
- And never even cut me in.
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Cut you in?
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You chiseler.
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- You had her buried in the chorus.
- Now, all right.
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Let's let bygones be bygones, shall we?
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Now, I know that you've been
having a little trouble lately...
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...so here's my proposition:
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I'll give you 5000 as an advance
against 2 percent of the gross.
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- If you'll get the b...
- No, there is no if.
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I will not steal your nephew
out of West Point.
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Get yourself another boy.
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- Oh, Bix?
- Yes?
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- How's Eve? Seen her lately?
- Yeah, why?
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Nice girl. I heard she'd been having
kind of a hard time.
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You know, a friend of mine
owns a hotel in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas?
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Friend of yours?
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That's throwing them in there
pretty low, even for you.
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Five thousand against 2 percent
of the gross if you deliver that boy.
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- Ten thousand.
- Seventy-five hundred.
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That should straighten out
a lot of troubles for you and Eve.
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You got a deal.
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Detail.
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Forward, hut.
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Isn't this wonderful?
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Think of this place,
its history, its tradition.
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Think of all the great men
who came from here.
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General Grant, Eisenhower, Pershing.
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Benedict Arnold. He tried hard
to give this joint to the British.
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I think he should
have his case reviewed.
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Look at that scenery, those buildings.
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Alcatraz on the Hudson.
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And get a load of this weather. Cold enough
to freeze the medals off a brass general.
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Oh, Bix, stop beefing.
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Say, buddy,
how do we get to the Army theater?
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To reach your objective,
proceed through that entryway...
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...between the academic building
and the barracks.
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Walk west on Jefferson Road,
past Thayer Monument...
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...opposite Washington Hall.
That, sir, is our cadet mess hall.
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Turn left on Scott Place.
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Proceed until you approach
a yellow brick building.
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That's our gymnasium.
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Proceed to the northeast corner,
where you will see nine doors.
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Enter any of these doors,
proceed to the second floor.
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There you will find the Army theater.
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Couldn't you just point?
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That way, sir.
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- Thanks.
- Pardon me.
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Are all those men
walking just for the exercise?
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No, they're walking punishment tours.
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They broke rules or regulations.
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See that? Wasting shoe leather.
Who pays for it? Taxpayers, me.
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Taxpayer? You wouldn't know
a tax return from a racing form.
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Wait for your laugh.
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- Where do you think you were going?
- Extra instruction, sir. French, sir.
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Don't you know that even when you're late,
you don't use Diagonal Walk?
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- That's reserved for upperclassmen.
- Yes, sir.
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Now, I'm going to make
a soldier out of you...
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...from the top of your head
to your toes.
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First thing, put that hat on properly.
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Pull in that chin. Lots of wrinkles.
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Get those slimy green eyes off me.
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Now let's see you pop that chest up.
Touch my hand.
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You heard me. Pop up that chest.
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Suck up that horrible gut.
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You can't run around with that
stomach dragging on the pavement.
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Get those knees together.
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Report to my room, 1423, immediately
after extra instruction. Got that?
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Drive on.
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Pop up that chest! Touch my hand!
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You don't have to break it off.
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If you don't like this place
and you don't like Eberhart...
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...why did you get on that train
at 125th Street...
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...drag me off
and sell me a bill of goods...
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...about coming up
to do an amateur show?
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Just for you, sweetheart. Just for you.
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First classmen waitFor the dance to come
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With all the joys they bring
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So join us and sing
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One hundred days till June
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June will come soon
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Lieutenants we will be
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With the shining bars of gold
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On our Army OD
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We'll cast one glanceAt these old gray walls
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We'll bid a fond farewell
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Oh, join and sing
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Of 100 days till June
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Oh, join and sing
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Of 100 days till June
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Is that coming out of him?
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- Mr. Bixby?
- Yes.
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I'm Colonel Martin. Glad to see you.
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Mr. Eberhart's told me so much about you.
Welcome to West Point.
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Thank you. Eve Dillon, my assistant.
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- How do you do.
- How do you do, miss.
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- Oh, Mr. Fletcher.
- Sir?
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- Mr. Bixby.
- Fletcher.
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My uncle phoned me
you were coming, sir.
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- This is Colonel Martin, our faculty adviser.
- Met the colonel.
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- Hal Courtland.
- How do you do, sir.
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Eve Dillon, my assistant.
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- How do you do.
- How do you do, Miss Dillon.
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This is Bull Gilbert, sir.
He's our princess in the show.
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Too bad you couldn't find a big one.
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"Honey Blond, Red Head, Ash Blond,
Strawberry Blond, Auburn."
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"Brownette..." Somebody can't spell.
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"Blond, Brunette."
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Now, these characters with the signs on,
what are they?
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00:15:38,853 --> 00:15:41,189
Our chorus girls, sir.
241
00:15:41,389 --> 00:15:42,390
No women in the show?
242
00:15:42,590 --> 00:15:45,060
This isn't Broadway, Mr. Bixby.
This is West Point.
243
00:15:45,260 --> 00:15:48,923
You see, sir, all our girls are men.
But every one's a lady.
244
00:15:49,497 --> 00:15:50,765
That makes it cozy.
245
00:15:50,965 --> 00:15:54,803
Something Rodgers and Hammerstein never
thought, a musical show without women.
246
00:15:55,003 --> 00:15:56,972
We're about to do
one of our numbers, sir.
247
00:15:57,172 --> 00:15:59,374
- Suppose we do it for you?
- That'd be fine.
248
00:15:59,574 --> 00:16:02,644
Now, you'll have to imagine
that this is Flirtation Walk.
249
00:16:02,844 --> 00:16:06,075
And that chair is the Kissing Rock.
Bull here is the princess.
250
00:16:06,481 --> 00:16:08,750
This the Flirtation Walk,
that the Kissing Rock...
251
00:16:08,950 --> 00:16:11,817
...and this is the princess.
252
00:16:15,757 --> 00:16:19,594
You've been kissed, I knowIn the very last row
253
00:16:19,794 --> 00:16:23,431
When the love scene is onAt the movie show
254
00:16:23,631 --> 00:16:27,068
But wait until tonightAnd you'll be kissed but right
255
00:16:27,268 --> 00:16:31,172
By the Kissing Rock
256
00:16:31,372 --> 00:16:35,076
It's a lovely spotAnd believe it or not
257
00:16:35,276 --> 00:16:38,780
If you'll just care a littleYou'll care a lot
258
00:16:38,980 --> 00:16:42,617
So let's dispense with talkAnd take a little walk
259
00:16:42,817 --> 00:16:46,788
By the Kissing Rock
260
00:16:46,988 --> 00:16:50,549
A girl once refused to kiss a lad
261
00:16:50,825 --> 00:16:54,496
The lad was a man of honor
262
00:16:54,696 --> 00:16:58,133
He warned herShe'd make the rock real mad
263
00:16:58,333 --> 00:17:01,598
And the legend is the rock fell upon her
264
00:17:01,970 --> 00:17:05,607
That was years agoAnd it must have been so
265
00:17:05,807 --> 00:17:09,311
'Cause from that day to thisNot a girl said no
266
00:17:09,511 --> 00:17:13,114
And that's the story ofWhoever falls in love
267
00:17:13,314 --> 00:17:17,375
By the Kissing Rock
268
00:17:20,522 --> 00:17:22,080
How'd you like it, sir?
269
00:17:23,892 --> 00:17:26,661
Wouldn't hiss and wouldn't cheer.
Got a copy of the lyrics?
270
00:17:26,861 --> 00:17:28,658
Right here, sir.
271
00:17:29,097 --> 00:17:30,865
Colonel, you mind if I go to work?
272
00:17:31,065 --> 00:17:33,034
- Not at all. Go ahead.
- Thank you, colonel.
273
00:17:33,234 --> 00:17:36,032
- Tom, would you come down here?
- Yes, sir.
274
00:17:36,571 --> 00:17:39,641
Son, don't give it everything
you have in the first eight bars.
275
00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:41,976
Don't belt it at them, like this:
276
00:17:42,176 --> 00:17:44,746
You've been kissed, I know
277
00:17:44,946 --> 00:17:46,147
No, it's no good.
278
00:17:46,347 --> 00:17:48,316
Singing a song is like a horse race.
279
00:17:48,516 --> 00:17:51,019
You don't ride a horse from wire to wire,
you rate him.
280
00:17:51,219 --> 00:17:55,223
Now, rule one: Like your audience.
They're all nice people.
281
00:17:55,423 --> 00:17:57,726
They bought tickets,
they want to hear your story.
282
00:17:57,926 --> 00:17:59,961
Tell it to them simply, sweetly, warmly.
283
00:18:00,161 --> 00:18:02,297
You like them and they like you.
284
00:18:02,497 --> 00:18:04,761
Hit it. Eve.
285
00:18:08,202 --> 00:18:11,740
You've been kissed, I knowIn the very last row
286
00:18:11,940 --> 00:18:15,068
When the love scene is onAt the movie show
287
00:18:15,343 --> 00:18:18,947
But wait until tonightAnd you'll be... but right
288
00:18:19,147 --> 00:18:22,384
By the Kissing Rock
289
00:18:22,584 --> 00:18:26,221
It's a lovely spotAnd believe it or not
290
00:18:26,421 --> 00:18:29,691
If you just care a littleYou'll care a lot
291
00:18:29,891 --> 00:18:31,626
So let's dispense with talk
292
00:18:31,826 --> 00:18:33,157
And take a little walk
293
00:18:33,394 --> 00:18:36,591
By the Kissing Rock
294
00:18:37,298 --> 00:18:40,563
A girl once refused to kiss a lad
295
00:18:40,902 --> 00:18:44,939
- And the lad was a man of honor
- You'd know.
296
00:18:45,139 --> 00:18:48,243
He warned herShe'd make the rock real mad
297
00:18:48,443 --> 00:18:51,780
And the legend is the rock fell upon her
298
00:18:51,980 --> 00:18:55,583
That was years agoAnd it must have been so
299
00:18:55,783 --> 00:18:58,953
'Cause from that day to thisNot a girl said no
300
00:18:59,153 --> 00:19:03,124
- That's the story of whoever falls in love- That's the story of whoever falls in love
301
00:19:03,324 --> 00:19:05,849
- By the Kissing Rock- By the Kissing Rock
302
00:19:40,328 --> 00:19:41,955
Ham.
303
00:19:42,964 --> 00:19:44,499
Well, there's an idea.
304
00:19:44,699 --> 00:19:47,302
- It was great.
- I could've done it better with two legs.
305
00:19:47,502 --> 00:19:49,137
We'll open in one, go to full stage.
306
00:19:49,337 --> 00:19:52,774
Now... Well, bring on the rest of your
dancers and we'll see what we've got.
307
00:19:52,974 --> 00:19:54,742
We won't have any more time today, sir.
308
00:19:54,942 --> 00:19:57,278
No more time?
I wanna hear the rest of your score.
309
00:19:57,478 --> 00:20:00,381
You see, we have to spoon up
for mess or we'll get slugged.
310
00:20:00,581 --> 00:20:02,717
But meet us tomorrow
at the Boodlers at 1600...
311
00:20:02,917 --> 00:20:05,286
...why, we can have a drink...
- Cherry phosphate.
312
00:20:05,486 --> 00:20:07,455
- We'll play the whole score
for you then.
313
00:20:07,655 --> 00:20:09,555
See you tomorrow, sir.
314
00:20:12,126 --> 00:20:13,895
Did I hear him right?
315
00:20:14,095 --> 00:20:17,866
Let me translate. He means they won't
be off again until tomorrow at 4.
316
00:20:18,066 --> 00:20:20,368
Fletcher and his roommate
can meet at the Boodlers.
317
00:20:20,568 --> 00:20:22,737
Now they've got to stand formation
for supper.
318
00:20:22,937 --> 00:20:25,607
Whoever heard of breaking
into rehearsals for supper?
319
00:20:25,807 --> 00:20:27,942
West Point, Mr. Bixby.
Rules and regulations.
320
00:20:28,142 --> 00:20:30,144
Oh, rules and regulations.
321
00:20:30,344 --> 00:20:33,214
Well, they'll have to take a tuck
on the rules and regulations.
322
00:20:33,414 --> 00:20:34,664
Make a note of that, Eve.
323
00:20:45,259 --> 00:20:51,255
Long before I knew you
324
00:20:51,833 --> 00:20:58,033
I knew you'd be as you are
325
00:20:59,407 --> 00:21:02,143
How did I know?
326
00:21:02,343 --> 00:21:05,713
Don't ask me to explain
327
00:21:05,913 --> 00:21:12,153
Do you suppose the budding roseWould question summer rain?
328
00:21:12,353 --> 00:21:18,826
My heart led me right to you
329
00:21:19,026 --> 00:21:25,522
Or was it my lucky star?
330
00:21:26,267 --> 00:21:32,440
I don't know if youBelieve that dreams come true
331
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,777
But long before I kissed you
332
00:21:35,977 --> 00:21:39,879
I knew
333
00:21:43,317 --> 00:21:45,753
- This is going to be fun.
- You think we have a show?
334
00:21:45,953 --> 00:21:49,090
You got a few good jokes, a few
good songs, but a show, I don't know.
335
00:21:49,290 --> 00:21:51,392
It's gonna be a lot of hard work. Hal?
336
00:21:51,592 --> 00:21:53,561
- Yes, sir?
- I like your dancing. Nice style.
337
00:21:53,761 --> 00:21:56,464
- Thank you, sir.
- Don't let the Army flatten those arches.
338
00:21:56,664 --> 00:22:00,001
You got a lot of voice.
Lot of voice. Like to talk about it sometime.
339
00:22:00,201 --> 00:22:02,637
Good jokes, songs.
You did the material yourselves?
340
00:22:02,837 --> 00:22:03,938
Yes, sir, Hal and I.
341
00:22:04,138 --> 00:22:06,040
What happens to the show
when it closes?
342
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,009
- Nothing.
- They put it in the archives.
343
00:22:08,209 --> 00:22:11,679
- Any chance of a fella getting it?
- Not a chance, it's West Point property.
344
00:22:11,879 --> 00:22:14,182
- How about buying it?
- It's not for sale, sir.
345
00:22:14,382 --> 00:22:16,751
I'm afraid I gonna have to call time
on you again.
346
00:22:16,951 --> 00:22:18,686
- First call for supper.
- More supper.
347
00:22:18,886 --> 00:22:22,290
I want you guys at the gymnasium
promptly at 4:00 tomorrow. Four o'clock.
348
00:22:22,490 --> 00:22:25,159
In the Army, sir, it's 1600.
349
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,329
Sixteen hundred, 1650,
I won't give you a cent more.
350
00:22:28,529 --> 00:22:29,996
Be there at 4:00.
351
00:22:30,898 --> 00:22:33,334
After reading this book
and hearing this score...
352
00:22:33,534 --> 00:22:35,968
...I think these kids
have really got something.
353
00:22:36,637 --> 00:22:38,506
You know, this story is charming.
354
00:22:38,706 --> 00:22:41,309
A Brooklyn GI in Europe
falling in love with a girl...
355
00:22:41,509 --> 00:22:43,711
...who turns out to be a royal princess.
356
00:22:43,911 --> 00:22:45,513
Romantic, isn't it?
357
00:22:45,713 --> 00:22:46,981
Sets me on fire.
358
00:22:47,181 --> 00:22:49,717
And that Bull Gilbert
is such a fascinating wench.
359
00:22:49,917 --> 00:22:52,420
Then the princess comes to America,
to West Point...
360
00:22:52,620 --> 00:22:54,588
...to see her GI, who is now a cadet.
361
00:22:54,956 --> 00:22:57,325
But because she's a princess
and he's a commoner...
362
00:22:57,525 --> 00:22:59,661
...the romance gets the cadet
into trouble.
363
00:22:59,861 --> 00:23:04,265
However, being royalty,
she asks for amnesty and gets it.
364
00:23:04,465 --> 00:23:05,867
Right out on the stage?
365
00:23:06,067 --> 00:23:09,737
- Amnesty means a pardon.
- No.
366
00:23:09,937 --> 00:23:13,141
Then she gives up being a princess,
moves to Brooklyn with her GI...
367
00:23:13,341 --> 00:23:15,935
...and lives happily ever after. Cute?
368
00:23:16,777 --> 00:23:19,747
If you ask me,
the whole plot needs amnesty.
369
00:23:19,947 --> 00:23:22,183
He gets out of trouble
because she's a princess.
370
00:23:22,383 --> 00:23:24,519
What gimmick is that?
Nobody's gonna believe it.
371
00:23:24,719 --> 00:23:27,622
The tunes are good and that boy Tom...
Tom's great.
372
00:23:27,822 --> 00:23:31,092
That Gilbert is a cute hunk of cadet,
but he's no princess.
373
00:23:31,292 --> 00:23:33,461
Why not use a real girl? A local.
374
00:23:33,661 --> 00:23:36,561
A daughter of one of the officers, maybe,
to play the part?
375
00:23:39,066 --> 00:23:42,236
There are to be no females
in this show.
376
00:23:42,436 --> 00:23:44,238
One woman couldn't hurt.
377
00:23:44,438 --> 00:23:47,305
That's what Adam said, Eve.
378
00:23:54,615 --> 00:23:57,051
No, no, no!
379
00:23:57,251 --> 00:23:58,453
No!
380
00:23:58,653 --> 00:24:02,090
How many times you guys have to be told?
This is a march tempo.
381
00:24:02,290 --> 00:24:06,420
Don't you guys know how to march?
All right, come on, give me a pickup.
382
00:24:08,362 --> 00:24:10,159
And go.
383
00:24:11,899 --> 00:24:13,101
And go!
384
00:24:13,301 --> 00:24:14,502
Now, you got the idea?
385
00:24:14,702 --> 00:24:16,504
Try it. Once more.
386
00:24:16,704 --> 00:24:18,262
Hit it.
387
00:24:35,289 --> 00:24:36,524
Sorry we were late, sir.
388
00:24:36,724 --> 00:24:39,494
It's about time you prima Donnas
got here. What's the excuse?
389
00:24:39,694 --> 00:24:42,396
- Lacrosse practice, tried to get here.
- I had mathematics.
390
00:24:42,596 --> 00:24:45,500
I was attending intercollegiate
student forum on geopolitics.
391
00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:48,035
- You see, sir...
- Don't "sir" me. I'm a civilian.
392
00:24:48,235 --> 00:24:50,104
And you, princess, the beauty parlor?
393
00:24:50,304 --> 00:24:52,039
Problem in fluid mechanics, sir.
394
00:24:52,239 --> 00:24:55,572
The 300-ohm resistors and the venturi tubes
are giving me trouble.
395
00:24:55,843 --> 00:24:58,679
- That's a new one.
- Mr. Bixby, I'd like to explain, sir.
396
00:24:58,879 --> 00:25:01,015
We have to do this show
on our spare time.
397
00:25:01,215 --> 00:25:03,484
- Rules and regulations.
- Rules and regulations.
398
00:25:03,684 --> 00:25:06,120
All I wanna do is get a show on
and get out of here.
399
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,754
All right, girls, places.
400
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,290
Fast, fast. Come on.
401
00:25:15,997 --> 00:25:17,555
Hit it.
402
00:25:25,773 --> 00:25:28,643
No, no, no!
403
00:25:28,843 --> 00:25:31,607
Quiet. Quiet. Quiet!
404
00:25:35,282 --> 00:25:37,477
This is murder!
405
00:25:37,918 --> 00:25:39,153
Murder.
406
00:25:39,353 --> 00:25:42,089
Call a rehearsal and 50 percent
of the company's absent.
407
00:25:42,289 --> 00:25:44,458
Punishment chores, studying for a quiz...
408
00:25:44,658 --> 00:25:46,327
...lacrosse, venturi tubes.
409
00:25:46,527 --> 00:25:49,463
I've heard a great deal
about the discipline in this joint.
410
00:25:49,663 --> 00:25:51,999
You're supposed to be famous for it.
411
00:25:52,199 --> 00:25:55,069
Well, I haven't seen a sign of it
in connection with this show.
412
00:25:55,269 --> 00:25:58,005
There's more discipline
in a broken-down burlesque troupe...
413
00:25:58,205 --> 00:26:02,109
...than you have up here with all your
salutes, your "Yes, sir"s, your "No, sir"s...
414
00:26:02,309 --> 00:26:04,612
...your fancy uniforms and parades.
415
00:26:04,812 --> 00:26:07,381
Discipline in the theater
means being on time.
416
00:26:07,581 --> 00:26:09,283
Getting the job done.
417
00:26:09,483 --> 00:26:12,111
Rehearsal is called for 2:00,
it's not 2:01 or 2:02.
418
00:26:12,386 --> 00:26:15,287
If an actor is late, he apologizes
to the entire company.
419
00:26:15,756 --> 00:26:18,020
If he's late a second time, he's fired.
420
00:26:18,592 --> 00:26:23,064
Now, two of you men have taken
the trouble to put together a good show.
421
00:26:23,264 --> 00:26:25,596
A show worthy of Broadway.
422
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,701
Well, if it's worth doing at all,
it's worth doing well.
423
00:26:29,003 --> 00:26:30,371
And if it weren't...
424
00:26:30,571 --> 00:26:33,472
...I wouldn't have stayed here 24 hours.
425
00:26:34,542 --> 00:26:35,810
So from here in...
426
00:26:36,010 --> 00:26:39,380
...punishment chores can wait,
studies can wait, lacrosse can wait.
427
00:26:39,580 --> 00:26:41,749
And we'll throw out
some rules and regulations.
428
00:26:41,949 --> 00:26:43,918
Rehearsal is called, you'll be on time.
429
00:26:44,118 --> 00:26:46,587
You'll know your words
and you'll know your routines.
430
00:26:46,787 --> 00:26:49,187
You're gonna work harder
than you've ever worked.
431
00:26:49,390 --> 00:26:51,125
I'll show you what discipline is.
432
00:26:51,325 --> 00:26:55,025
Because I don't like this brass-hat factory,
and I never expect to like it.
433
00:26:58,599 --> 00:27:00,635
Tell him not to go away mad,
just go away.
434
00:27:00,835 --> 00:27:02,870
Quiet. Quiet!
435
00:27:03,070 --> 00:27:06,073
The next guy that opens his kisser
gets thrown out of the theater.
436
00:27:06,273 --> 00:27:08,643
That's final.
That goes for each and every one of you.
437
00:27:08,843 --> 00:27:12,040
- Is he always this violent?
- The Army did it to him.
438
00:27:12,279 --> 00:27:15,016
It started when he asked
for a size 8 shoe...
439
00:27:15,216 --> 00:27:16,884
...and they gave him a 12.
440
00:27:17,084 --> 00:27:19,253
Never been the same since.
441
00:27:19,453 --> 00:27:20,655
Catch me on this.
442
00:27:20,855 --> 00:27:23,881
And, princess,
you and the rest of the girls watch.
443
00:27:39,874 --> 00:27:41,364
We'll take that again.
444
00:27:58,025 --> 00:27:59,293
See what I mean?
445
00:27:59,493 --> 00:28:00,721
Discipline.
446
00:28:02,463 --> 00:28:05,626
Gentlemen, this conduct of Mr. Bixby's
cannot be tolerated.
447
00:28:05,866 --> 00:28:10,338
But, sir, the men don't seem to feel
it's entirely Mr. Bixby's fault.
448
00:28:10,538 --> 00:28:14,275
It takes time for an outsider
to get to know West Point.
449
00:28:14,475 --> 00:28:17,678
That I can understand,
but this request is very unusual.
450
00:28:17,878 --> 00:28:20,348
Unusual, yes, colonel,
but not without precedent.
451
00:28:20,548 --> 00:28:22,984
George M. Cohan did it
to get material for a play.
452
00:28:23,184 --> 00:28:25,019
Damon Runyon
for some newspaper stories...
453
00:28:25,219 --> 00:28:31,249
Gentlemen, I'd like to read you some excerpts
from Mr. Bixby's record in the Army.
454
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:36,397
"During four years of active service,
Elwin Bixby fought two wars...
455
00:28:36,597 --> 00:28:39,828
...one against the enemy
and one against the Army.
456
00:28:40,267 --> 00:28:42,036
He'd gripe from reveille to taps.
457
00:28:42,236 --> 00:28:44,038
He was insubordinate to all ranks...
458
00:28:44,238 --> 00:28:48,299
...and he went AWOL so many times,
it was impossible to keep count.
459
00:28:50,044 --> 00:28:55,149
In Africa, he sold a B17 to an Arab
for a crate of eggs.
460
00:28:55,349 --> 00:28:58,486
He swiped mattress covers
and pillowcases from QM supplies...
461
00:28:58,686 --> 00:29:01,951
...and sold them to Arabs
for Sunday suits.
462
00:29:02,423 --> 00:29:07,554
And after being missing for two weeks,
he was found in residence in a harem."
463
00:29:08,195 --> 00:29:10,131
This was quite a man.
464
00:29:10,331 --> 00:29:15,132
"He was ordered court-martialed five times,
always bluffed his way out.
465
00:29:16,737 --> 00:29:20,007
But his courage was incredible.
In Italy, he saved his company...
466
00:29:20,207 --> 00:29:22,543
...from being trapped
by superior enemy forces.
467
00:29:22,743 --> 00:29:25,546
In France, when action became dull,
he went AWOL...
468
00:29:25,746 --> 00:29:27,982
...and joined the French underground.
469
00:29:28,182 --> 00:29:29,617
He was wounded twice.
470
00:29:29,817 --> 00:29:32,019
He was awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross...
471
00:29:32,219 --> 00:29:35,656
...the Silver Star
and the M�daille Militaire.
472
00:29:35,856 --> 00:29:38,192
He was finally promoted
to the rank of sergeant...
473
00:29:38,392 --> 00:29:41,395
...but for an infraction of a rule,
was broken back to private...
474
00:29:41,595 --> 00:29:44,165
...on the day of his discharge."
475
00:29:44,365 --> 00:29:46,265
A very interesting career.
476
00:29:50,804 --> 00:29:53,074
You are at the
United States Military Academy.
477
00:29:53,274 --> 00:29:54,575
You take a sock at a cadet...
478
00:29:54,775 --> 00:29:57,511
...you're taking a sock
at the United States government.
479
00:29:57,711 --> 00:29:59,947
Now you're barred from the post.
480
00:30:00,147 --> 00:30:01,739
Come in.
481
00:30:05,286 --> 00:30:07,888
- I have news for you.
- What did they say?
482
00:30:08,088 --> 00:30:10,825
- Are they gonna let him stay?
- That depends.
483
00:30:11,025 --> 00:30:13,550
They took the case
to the commandant's office.
484
00:30:14,395 --> 00:30:16,597
He was pretty reasonable about it.
485
00:30:16,797 --> 00:30:21,168
He realizes that punch-happy over there
isn't the first civilian to come up here...
486
00:30:21,368 --> 00:30:22,918
...with a chip on his shoulder.
487
00:30:23,337 --> 00:30:26,431
And he's willing to give Bix
another chance.
488
00:30:27,107 --> 00:30:29,410
Well, they figure
if Bix got to know them better...
489
00:30:29,610 --> 00:30:31,779
...he might get to like them better.
490
00:30:31,979 --> 00:30:34,812
Who wants to like them better?
491
00:30:35,582 --> 00:30:37,718
You see, Harry, it's no use.
That ham always...
492
00:30:37,918 --> 00:30:40,488
Shut up. Yeah, what else, doll?
493
00:30:40,688 --> 00:30:44,024
Well, on one condition
would they allow him to stay:
494
00:30:44,224 --> 00:30:46,920
They have invited him
to become one of them.
495
00:30:47,261 --> 00:30:50,059
- I told them he'd do it.
- You told them what?
496
00:30:50,464 --> 00:30:54,093
I accepted their invitation for you
to become a cadet.
497
00:30:54,535 --> 00:30:55,803
You what?
498
00:30:56,003 --> 00:30:57,571
You heard me.
499
00:30:57,771 --> 00:31:01,509
And I just accepted an invitation for you
to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
500
00:31:01,709 --> 00:31:03,077
Now, who goes first?
501
00:31:03,277 --> 00:31:05,212
Eve, darling, you're wonderful.
I love you.
502
00:31:05,412 --> 00:31:06,614
Look, Bix, this is great.
503
00:31:06,814 --> 00:31:08,716
You move right in,
you become one of them.
504
00:31:08,916 --> 00:31:10,117
Go to work on the boy...
505
00:31:10,317 --> 00:31:12,987
...the boy discovers what he's got,
what we can do for him.
506
00:31:13,187 --> 00:31:14,522
- Work on what boy?
- What?
507
00:31:14,722 --> 00:31:18,926
Oh, well, you know, Hal and Tom.
508
00:31:19,126 --> 00:31:20,895
You know, to make them good
in the show.
509
00:31:21,095 --> 00:31:23,464
Oh, Bix, you'll become a cadet.
What do you say?
510
00:31:23,664 --> 00:31:25,132
What do I say?
511
00:31:25,332 --> 00:31:26,993
No!
512
00:31:27,835 --> 00:31:29,666
No, he says.
513
00:31:30,471 --> 00:31:32,273
Oh, Eve, why do you put up with him?
514
00:31:32,473 --> 00:31:35,943
Harry, you think that job in Las Vegas
is still open?
515
00:31:36,143 --> 00:31:37,906
If it isn't, I'll open it.
516
00:31:39,780 --> 00:31:42,049
Stop off if you're passing through
Las Vegas.
517
00:31:42,249 --> 00:31:46,310
I'll put in a good word for you
if they need an extra busboy.
518
00:31:46,887 --> 00:31:49,117
Now, Eve. Eve...
519
00:31:50,057 --> 00:31:51,820
Las Vegas.
520
00:31:53,961 --> 00:31:56,830
You reached way out into left field
for that one, didn't you?
521
00:31:57,030 --> 00:31:59,897
And now I should become
a West Point cadet.
522
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:01,802
I think it's a great idea.
523
00:32:02,002 --> 00:32:05,165
Really, a great idea.
524
00:32:10,744 --> 00:32:12,302
We still got a deal.
525
00:33:03,096 --> 00:33:04,765
Bixby. Hey, Bixby.
526
00:33:04,965 --> 00:33:07,801
- Reveille.
- Cut it out. Cut it out. Cut it out.
527
00:33:08,001 --> 00:33:11,698
Reveille, Bix, you have to be
in formation by the two-minute bell.
528
00:33:12,272 --> 00:33:14,536
The middle of the night.
529
00:33:20,747 --> 00:33:23,651
Out of the sack, Mr. Dumbjohn.
You don't sleep all day.
530
00:33:23,851 --> 00:33:25,819
- Gee whiz, now, fellas...
- Close your window.
531
00:33:26,019 --> 00:33:28,249
- Yeah, sure.
- This way.
532
00:33:30,390 --> 00:33:32,688
Come on, mister, move.
533
00:33:38,699 --> 00:33:40,792
This your gear? Come on.
534
00:33:55,782 --> 00:33:58,385
Hut, two, three, four.
Hut, two, three, four.
535
00:33:58,585 --> 00:34:00,788
Hut, two, three, four.
536
00:34:00,988 --> 00:34:02,756
Attention.
537
00:34:02,956 --> 00:34:04,758
A company present and accounted for.
538
00:34:04,958 --> 00:34:07,695
What are you,
the tail gunner, Mr. Do-willy?
539
00:34:07,895 --> 00:34:10,056
About-face.
540
00:34:10,330 --> 00:34:12,696
About-face.
541
00:34:14,835 --> 00:34:16,570
Now, let me see you function.
542
00:34:16,770 --> 00:34:19,606
Put a brace on those shoulders,
Mr. Ducro.
543
00:34:19,806 --> 00:34:21,909
Stretch up from the top of the head.
544
00:34:22,109 --> 00:34:23,974
Touch my hand.
545
00:34:24,645 --> 00:34:26,044
Break forward.
546
00:34:26,914 --> 00:34:28,115
Pull in that chin.
547
00:34:28,315 --> 00:34:30,510
More. More.
548
00:34:31,552 --> 00:34:33,520
Why can't you pull in that chin?
549
00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:35,923
- Don't taste nice.
- Don't answer me.
550
00:34:36,123 --> 00:34:38,023
Now, look military, Mr. Dumbjohn.
551
00:34:38,258 --> 00:34:39,793
Suck up that gut.
552
00:34:39,993 --> 00:34:41,328
Pop that chest up in the air.
553
00:34:41,528 --> 00:34:44,395
Lift it up. Lift it up.
554
00:34:44,998 --> 00:34:46,898
Straighten that cap.
555
00:34:50,938 --> 00:34:53,807
You were instructed to get a haircut.
See that it's done.
556
00:34:54,007 --> 00:34:56,942
Report to my quarters after recall.
557
00:35:03,550 --> 00:35:05,814
Do you keep those clippers on the ice?
558
00:35:08,989 --> 00:35:11,091
It's all part of a plebe's life, Bix.
559
00:35:11,291 --> 00:35:12,493
Anyhow, it'll be over...
560
00:35:12,693 --> 00:35:15,262
...when upperclassmen shake your hand
and recognize you.
561
00:35:15,462 --> 00:35:18,499
- How many lights in Cullum Hall?
- Three hundred and forty, sir.
562
00:35:18,699 --> 00:35:20,801
Next, how many gallons
in Lusk Reservoir?
563
00:35:21,001 --> 00:35:24,104
Ninety-two and 210 million gallons,
when water's over the spillway.
564
00:35:24,304 --> 00:35:25,606
What do plebes rank?
565
00:35:25,806 --> 00:35:28,742
The plebe rank, the commandant's dog,
the superintendent's cat...
566
00:35:28,942 --> 00:35:32,673
...the hellcats and all the admirals
in the cockeyed Navy.
567
00:35:36,183 --> 00:35:39,983
A 12:00 boy in a 9:00 town,
that's me.
568
00:35:41,788 --> 00:35:44,224
There's another thing
I don't like about this place.
569
00:35:44,424 --> 00:35:46,093
Too much buttoning and unbuttoning.
570
00:35:46,293 --> 00:35:49,091
- All right, 641?
- All right, sir.
571
00:35:49,463 --> 00:35:52,398
- All right, 642?
- All right, sir.
572
00:35:52,733 --> 00:35:54,368
- Hey...
- All right, 643?
573
00:35:54,568 --> 00:35:56,770
- All right, sir.
- Everybody in a rut around here?
574
00:35:56,970 --> 00:35:59,940
- What is this "all right" business?
- Oh, it's a bed check.
575
00:36:00,140 --> 00:36:02,943
When you answer "all right,"
that means everyone's present.
576
00:36:03,143 --> 00:36:05,546
- They take your word for it?
- Certainly.
577
00:36:05,746 --> 00:36:08,340
At West Point, your word is your honor.
578
00:36:09,349 --> 00:36:12,853
Now, the definition of leather,
they'll be sure to ask you that one.
579
00:36:13,053 --> 00:36:14,721
And put some soul in it.
580
00:36:14,921 --> 00:36:16,221
The definition of leather.
581
00:36:16,790 --> 00:36:19,793
And put some soul into it, right.
582
00:36:19,993 --> 00:36:23,797
If the fresh skin of an animal,
cleaned and divested of all hairs...
583
00:36:23,997 --> 00:36:25,933
...fat and other extraneous matter...
584
00:36:26,133 --> 00:36:30,871
...be immersed in a dilute solution of
tannic acid, a chemical compound ensues.
585
00:36:31,071 --> 00:36:33,106
The gelatinous tissue is converted...
586
00:36:33,306 --> 00:36:37,678
...into a non-putrescible substance
impervious to and insoluble in water.
587
00:36:37,878 --> 00:36:40,108
This, sir, is leather.
588
00:38:55,248 --> 00:38:57,484
Beautifully done, Hal, beautifully done.
589
00:38:57,684 --> 00:38:58,952
Only one thing wrong.
590
00:38:59,152 --> 00:39:01,211
Not enough straw hats.
591
00:39:03,023 --> 00:39:04,786
Harder.
592
00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:08,395
Although I am a princess,
I'll be happy to marry you...
593
00:39:08,595 --> 00:39:10,864
Let's hear it. Let's hear it. Come on.
594
00:39:11,064 --> 00:39:13,834
This whole business
will follow me for the rest of my life.
595
00:39:14,034 --> 00:39:16,970
- I can't say that.
- Put a "sir" on it, understand?
596
00:39:17,170 --> 00:39:19,106
- Yes, sir.
- You are a princess.
597
00:39:19,306 --> 00:39:21,008
A princess, and he's a GI.
598
00:39:21,208 --> 00:39:24,244
You met in Europe and fell in love.
Why, I don't know. Don't know.
599
00:39:24,444 --> 00:39:26,680
He's asked you to marry him
and live in Brooklyn.
600
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,747
You hear? Now, get up.
601
00:39:30,450 --> 00:39:32,185
Suck up that royal gut.
602
00:39:32,385 --> 00:39:35,022
Extend that lovely little pinky.
603
00:39:35,222 --> 00:39:39,124
Attaboy. Now, give us a lovely,
lovely smile with those pearly-white teeth.
604
00:39:41,628 --> 00:39:44,064
You're a doll. A doll.
605
00:39:44,264 --> 00:39:46,800
All right. From the beginning.
I wanna talk to you, Tom.
606
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,736
Why, Hal, that's sweet of you to ask me.
607
00:39:49,936 --> 00:39:51,171
I'd love to.
608
00:39:51,371 --> 00:39:53,430
Doing a little research, doll face?
609
00:39:54,708 --> 00:39:57,077
Look, son.
I've been wanting to talk to you.
610
00:39:57,277 --> 00:39:59,913
- Yes, sir.
- Talk to you about your future.
611
00:40:00,113 --> 00:40:02,349
I think you should give it
careful consideration.
612
00:40:02,549 --> 00:40:05,677
Just something that you don't,
you know, pass over lightly.
613
00:40:15,795 --> 00:40:18,598
I wanna know, what are you
gonna do with that voice of yours?
614
00:40:18,798 --> 00:40:20,600
Sing the regiment to sleep?
615
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:21,902
What do you mean?
616
00:40:22,102 --> 00:40:23,804
You have an annuity in your throat.
617
00:40:24,004 --> 00:40:27,007
Why don't you cash in on it?
Go into show business.
618
00:40:27,207 --> 00:40:29,539
My uncle been talking to you?
619
00:40:29,910 --> 00:40:31,111
Only from the floor.
620
00:40:31,311 --> 00:40:33,814
Look, son, I've been working
with talent all my life.
621
00:40:34,014 --> 00:40:36,950
All I've got to do is listen once
and I know. Now, you've got it.
622
00:40:37,150 --> 00:40:38,852
Where you got it, how,
don't know.
623
00:40:39,052 --> 00:40:40,754
But what are you gonna do with it?
624
00:40:40,954 --> 00:40:43,690
Are you gonna waste that voice
on a parade ground singing:
625
00:40:43,890 --> 00:40:46,290
"To the rear, harch.
To the rear, harch."
626
00:40:47,394 --> 00:40:50,955
- Bix, do you like your profession?
- Sure.
627
00:40:51,665 --> 00:40:53,467
Well, I like mine.
628
00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:56,837
Ever since I was an enlisted man,
I considered the Army a profession.
629
00:40:57,037 --> 00:40:58,505
Just like law or medicine.
630
00:40:58,705 --> 00:41:02,642
And that's the thing that people like you
and my uncle refuse to understand.
631
00:41:02,842 --> 00:41:04,945
He wanted me to go to work for him.
632
00:41:05,145 --> 00:41:08,181
Well, maybe you should have listened
to your uncle.
633
00:41:08,381 --> 00:41:12,252
I wouldn't have listened even if
I'd liked him, which I don't.
634
00:41:12,452 --> 00:41:14,521
Neither do I, that thief.
635
00:41:14,721 --> 00:41:16,416
Now, look...
636
00:41:22,529 --> 00:41:26,233
What I'm about to say to you
is just between us.
637
00:41:26,433 --> 00:41:27,934
You and me.
638
00:41:28,134 --> 00:41:30,837
What I wanna do is sign you
to a personal contract.
639
00:41:31,037 --> 00:41:32,906
Bixby exclusive.
640
00:41:33,106 --> 00:41:35,675
You'll be working for me
and I'll be working for you.
641
00:41:35,875 --> 00:41:39,346
I'll teach you everything I know.
Take a couple of years to bring you along.
642
00:41:39,546 --> 00:41:42,947
Then I'll set you in a Broadway show.
Good part. Good part.
643
00:41:43,616 --> 00:41:46,744
And you'll wind up with a lousy fortune.
644
00:41:47,988 --> 00:41:51,082
- Thanks, Bix, no sale.
- No?
645
00:41:51,324 --> 00:41:54,628
When I graduate from here in June,
I've an obligation to the government.
646
00:41:54,828 --> 00:41:58,264
But you could quit. People have been
known to change their agents.
647
00:41:58,765 --> 00:42:02,836
But you don't quit West Point, Bix.
You don't even get busted out.
648
00:42:03,036 --> 00:42:05,438
Unless you break some strict rule
or regulation.
649
00:42:05,638 --> 00:42:09,075
Like violating honor,
or getting found in your studies...
650
00:42:09,275 --> 00:42:10,477
...or getting married.
651
00:42:10,677 --> 00:42:14,636
You see, Bix, what the gentleman
is trying to tell you is no.
652
00:42:15,448 --> 00:42:17,684
Well, think it over,
you might change your mind.
653
00:42:17,884 --> 00:42:20,287
No, not a chance.
654
00:42:20,487 --> 00:42:22,751
But don't think I'm not grateful.
655
00:42:25,725 --> 00:42:28,285
Well, that wasn't only a brush.
656
00:42:28,495 --> 00:42:31,264
He threw in the comb and mirror.
657
00:42:31,464 --> 00:42:34,100
I like that kid. I like them both.
658
00:42:34,300 --> 00:42:37,470
I heard you.
I saw that huddle you were in with Hal.
659
00:42:37,670 --> 00:42:40,161
- Yes.
- He's going to drag me.
660
00:42:41,307 --> 00:42:42,331
By what?
661
00:42:43,109 --> 00:42:47,512
He's taking me to the hop.
I'm gonna be his little old drag.
662
00:42:47,914 --> 00:42:52,519
- And where do you suppose I'll be?
- Plebes aren't allowed to attend hops.
663
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:56,156
And you're just a little old plebe.
664
00:42:56,356 --> 00:43:00,961
Little old plebe just got an ideaLittle old plebe just got an idea
665
00:43:01,161 --> 00:43:04,187
Little old plebe just got an idea
666
00:43:10,036 --> 00:43:11,526
Come in.
667
00:43:12,872 --> 00:43:14,608
Well, Mr. Dumbsquat,
what do you want?
668
00:43:14,808 --> 00:43:19,108
- Cadet Bixby reporting to ask a question.
- Proceed, Mr. Bixby.
669
00:43:21,281 --> 00:43:23,550
Well, sir, I was just wondering...
670
00:43:23,750 --> 00:43:26,486
...if you were dragging anyone
to the hop Saturday night.
671
00:43:26,686 --> 00:43:27,983
Why? You got any ideas?
672
00:43:30,557 --> 00:43:32,459
Ever hear of Jan Wilson?
673
00:43:32,659 --> 00:43:33,927
The movie star?
674
00:43:34,127 --> 00:43:36,652
- Why, sure, who hasn't?
- Friend of mine.
675
00:43:38,098 --> 00:43:40,901
That's the kind of friendship
I'd like to make.
676
00:43:41,101 --> 00:43:42,568
At ease, Mr. Bixby.
677
00:43:42,902 --> 00:43:46,106
Well, sir, you see, I kind of
helped her up the golden ladder.
678
00:43:46,306 --> 00:43:50,436
She's in New York.
I might be able to coax her up here.
679
00:43:54,781 --> 00:43:56,483
As my drag?
680
00:43:56,683 --> 00:43:57,984
I could try.
681
00:43:58,184 --> 00:44:01,847
And you might persuade her
to play the princess in the show.
682
00:44:02,789 --> 00:44:06,384
Wouldn't you rather make love to her
than Bully Boy Gilbert?
683
00:44:10,663 --> 00:44:13,598
Start persuading, Mr. Bixby.
684
00:44:18,838 --> 00:44:21,608
I didn't sleep again last night
685
00:44:21,808 --> 00:44:24,577
And I'd like to discuss the matter
686
00:44:24,777 --> 00:44:28,181
The nerves to which I'm strung are tight
687
00:44:28,381 --> 00:44:31,818
And I'm as beat as a bowl of batter
688
00:44:32,018 --> 00:44:35,989
If old man Rip Van WinkleThought his long sleep was a curse
689
00:44:36,189 --> 00:44:39,192
I know how the old man felt
690
00:44:39,392 --> 00:44:44,397
Because I've got his problem in reverse
691
00:44:44,597 --> 00:44:48,268
Ten thousandFour hundred and thirty-two sheep
692
00:44:48,468 --> 00:44:51,838
How long can I toss like this?
693
00:44:52,038 --> 00:44:55,303
Ten thousandFour hundred and thirty-three sheep
694
00:44:55,975 --> 00:44:58,778
What did you put in that kiss?
695
00:44:58,978 --> 00:45:01,548
I've tried all the remedies
696
00:45:01,748 --> 00:45:03,783
The well-known good advice
697
00:45:03,983 --> 00:45:06,686
Took a hot tub and an alcohol rub
698
00:45:06,886 --> 00:45:09,456
Did the alphabet backwards twice
699
00:45:09,656 --> 00:45:12,853
Ten thousandFour hundred and thirty-four sheep
700
00:45:13,293 --> 00:45:16,429
We'd better get married soon
701
00:45:16,629 --> 00:45:20,367
Ten thousandFour hundred and thirty-five sheep
702
00:45:20,567 --> 00:45:24,104
I'll never hold out till June
703
00:45:24,304 --> 00:45:28,375
How much do I love you?Just in case you didn't know
704
00:45:28,575 --> 00:45:32,879
You get a mental kissWith every sheep I count
705
00:45:33,079 --> 00:45:37,038
And I've still got a million sheep to go
706
00:45:37,717 --> 00:45:40,017
- Did you ever try seeing a doctor?
- A doctor?
707
00:45:40,353 --> 00:45:44,924
I went to see a noted doctorWho's a famous analyst
708
00:45:45,124 --> 00:45:46,793
And he led me to the couch
709
00:45:46,993 --> 00:45:49,396
And he gently took my wrist
710
00:45:49,596 --> 00:45:50,930
I paid him $50
711
00:45:51,130 --> 00:45:54,534
- Well, that sounds pretty cheap.
- Cheap? I should have paid him nothing.
712
00:45:54,734 --> 00:45:58,938
'Cause I still can't sleep
713
00:45:59,138 --> 00:46:01,174
Ten thousand four hundred
714
00:46:01,374 --> 00:46:02,642
And 36 sheep
715
00:46:02,842 --> 00:46:04,611
And one sheep that got away
716
00:46:04,811 --> 00:46:06,246
He took it on the lamb.
717
00:46:06,446 --> 00:46:09,643
- Ten thousand four hundred- And 38 sheep
718
00:46:10,083 --> 00:46:11,851
Won't night ever turn to day?
719
00:46:12,051 --> 00:46:16,423
Oh, what a fool I am
720
00:46:16,623 --> 00:46:20,360
How much do I love you?
721
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:25,498
Just in case you didn't know
722
00:46:25,698 --> 00:46:28,802
You get a mental kissWith every sheep I count
723
00:46:29,002 --> 00:46:31,571
Add them all togetherThat's a large amount
724
00:46:31,771 --> 00:46:34,707
- 'Cause I've counted a trillion sheep
- How many?
725
00:46:34,907 --> 00:46:37,710
- I've counted a billion sheep
- How many?
726
00:46:37,910 --> 00:46:41,314
Well, at least a million sheep, I know
727
00:46:41,514 --> 00:46:42,882
How the numbers grow
728
00:46:43,082 --> 00:46:47,487
And I got about a million more to go
729
00:46:47,687 --> 00:46:50,423
Ten thousand, 9000Eight thousand
730
00:46:50,623 --> 00:46:53,159
Seven thousandSix thousand, 5000
731
00:46:53,359 --> 00:46:55,095
Four thousand, 3000
732
00:46:55,295 --> 00:46:56,660
Sheep.
733
00:46:59,532 --> 00:47:01,796
Hey, Steve,
will you get the door, please?
734
00:47:06,806 --> 00:47:09,468
- Thanks, boy.
- Bix!
735
00:47:11,477 --> 00:47:13,079
- Well...
- Of all people...
736
00:47:13,279 --> 00:47:15,515
- Hello.
- I'm so glad to see you.
737
00:47:15,715 --> 00:47:16,916
What's this uniform?
738
00:47:17,116 --> 00:47:19,085
- Are you the doorman here?
- Lower than that.
739
00:47:19,285 --> 00:47:22,622
Superintendent's dog, commandant's cat,
hellcats and all the admirals.
740
00:47:22,822 --> 00:47:24,557
- What?
- All right, boys, everybody out.
741
00:47:24,757 --> 00:47:27,560
Walk, don't run to the nearest exit.
Women and children first.
742
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:31,331
I'm rehearsing for a record date tonight.
All these men are from the press.
743
00:47:31,531 --> 00:47:34,467
Leave your names.
Anything comes up, we will call you.
744
00:47:34,667 --> 00:47:37,036
Wait, I'm handling things here.
I'm the press agent.
745
00:47:37,236 --> 00:47:40,006
Your secret is safe.
Now, join the others like a good boy.
746
00:47:40,206 --> 00:47:42,809
- But wait a minute...
- Yes, all right, fine.
747
00:47:43,009 --> 00:47:45,409
I'll do the same for you sometime.
748
00:47:46,546 --> 00:47:49,082
Jan Wilson, Jan Wilson.
749
00:47:49,282 --> 00:47:52,085
Hollywood hasn't done a thing,
not a thing...
750
00:47:52,285 --> 00:47:54,254
...to tarnish that unspoiled loveliness.
751
00:47:54,454 --> 00:47:56,489
Oh, that haircut.
752
00:47:56,689 --> 00:47:59,893
This you'll have to sit down for.
Sweetheart, you're in for a shock.
753
00:48:00,093 --> 00:48:02,562
- What?
- Yup. I...
754
00:48:02,762 --> 00:48:05,832
- Oh, no.
- Oh, yes, yes.
755
00:48:06,032 --> 00:48:07,624
I'm a West Point cadet.
756
00:48:07,900 --> 00:48:09,469
- You're a what?
- Yeah.
757
00:48:09,669 --> 00:48:12,272
If things are bad,
I'd better unload my government bonds.
758
00:48:12,472 --> 00:48:15,041
I had to get in the act.
I'm putting a show on for them.
759
00:48:15,241 --> 00:48:17,607
The place will never be the same,
old boy.
760
00:48:19,712 --> 00:48:21,614
I had to bring you the news.
761
00:48:21,814 --> 00:48:24,551
I took a poll up there to find out
who's the top favorite...
762
00:48:24,751 --> 00:48:26,686
...of the movie stars
among all the cadets.
763
00:48:26,886 --> 00:48:31,118
All 2500 of them.
And who do you think they picked?
764
00:48:31,591 --> 00:48:33,059
Who?
765
00:48:33,259 --> 00:48:36,496
- You, Jan Wilson.
- Really? Oh, isn't that nice?
766
00:48:36,696 --> 00:48:40,598
- Vindicated my judgment.
- What's your angle?
767
00:48:41,267 --> 00:48:43,670
- What's your angle?
- Angle?
768
00:48:43,870 --> 00:48:45,997
You've always got one. What is it?
769
00:48:46,973 --> 00:48:49,042
Oh, now, Jannie.
770
00:48:49,242 --> 00:48:50,843
All right, all right.
771
00:48:51,043 --> 00:48:52,512
I do need a favor.
772
00:48:52,712 --> 00:48:55,415
They're giving a hop for the cast
next Saturday night.
773
00:48:55,615 --> 00:48:57,383
All great kids, great kids.
774
00:48:57,583 --> 00:49:00,053
- And I made them a promise.
- What?
775
00:49:00,253 --> 00:49:02,922
- I promised you'd appear.
- I've got two recording dates...
776
00:49:03,122 --> 00:49:05,858
...three personal appearances,
radio broadcasts, interviews.
777
00:49:06,058 --> 00:49:08,361
- I can't do it.
- Can't do it, huh?
778
00:49:08,561 --> 00:49:11,029
Well, I can't find the time to do it.
779
00:49:13,366 --> 00:49:14,924
All right.
780
00:49:16,035 --> 00:49:17,237
All right.
781
00:49:17,437 --> 00:49:20,974
- But, Bix...
- Oh, it's all right, it's all right.
782
00:49:21,174 --> 00:49:22,724
Just don't worry about a thing.
783
00:49:23,009 --> 00:49:25,211
Bix, I'm sorry.
784
00:49:25,411 --> 00:49:30,216
Oh, I said it was all right.
All right. I gave it the old college try.
785
00:49:30,416 --> 00:49:33,408
But just think of me
when you're counting your money.
786
00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:36,990
But I said I was sorry.
787
00:49:37,190 --> 00:49:39,058
Oh, well.
788
00:49:39,258 --> 00:49:43,957
Look, sweet, I thought
you might as well have these.
789
00:49:44,230 --> 00:49:48,724
The dancing shoes you wore
the day I took you out of the chorus.
790
00:49:50,303 --> 00:49:52,038
You didn't tell me you saved these.
791
00:49:52,238 --> 00:49:55,935
Oh, well, how many stars
can a guy make in a lifetime?
792
00:49:58,177 --> 00:50:01,044
But you can't blame a fella
for being sentimental.
793
00:50:03,149 --> 00:50:05,718
I went without lunch
a whole month to buy them.
794
00:50:05,918 --> 00:50:07,787
Then you didn't know
what to do with them.
795
00:50:07,987 --> 00:50:10,390
Remember that first time step
I showed you?
796
00:50:10,590 --> 00:50:12,992
- Air taps.
- Oh, don't tell me I looked like that.
797
00:50:13,192 --> 00:50:16,457
That was on your good day.
Now, here was one you never could do:
798
00:50:18,698 --> 00:50:21,394
Move over, old boy, watch this:
799
00:50:27,039 --> 00:50:28,802
- Oh, now, look, sweetie.
- What?
800
00:50:29,108 --> 00:50:32,578
Life isn't all taking. There comes a time
when you gotta do a little giving.
801
00:50:32,778 --> 00:50:34,914
It isn't as though
we were absolute strangers.
802
00:50:35,114 --> 00:50:37,283
You just can't let old friendships
go unheeded.
803
00:50:37,483 --> 00:50:41,249
And, pal, I do need a favor.
804
00:50:45,358 --> 00:50:46,825
All right, I'll do it.
805
00:50:48,895 --> 00:50:52,131
There's my girl, my girl.
806
00:50:52,331 --> 00:50:54,467
Knew all the time
you wouldn't let old Bix down.
807
00:50:54,667 --> 00:50:55,929
Knew it all the time.
808
00:50:56,702 --> 00:50:59,432
My studio's gonna blow a fuse.
809
00:51:01,207 --> 00:51:04,108
It'll be more fun
than making a living anyway.
810
00:51:09,749 --> 00:51:14,709
Why, you phony, no-good,
two-timing character.
811
00:51:17,590 --> 00:51:21,959
- Oh, Bix, it's just like old times.
- Oh, no. Your aim is better.
812
00:51:32,837 --> 00:51:34,239
I can't believe it.
813
00:51:34,439 --> 00:51:38,076
Somewhere along the line,
I must have been a very good boy.
814
00:51:38,276 --> 00:51:40,712
Now that I'm here,
couldn't we dance together?
815
00:51:40,912 --> 00:51:43,244
Someone may walk between us,
you know.
816
00:51:46,351 --> 00:51:50,754
- Buttons, they're guided missiles.
- I see what you mean.
817
00:51:57,095 --> 00:51:59,290
Changing the guard, sir.
818
00:52:05,570 --> 00:52:07,973
Every time I see you in that uniform,
I break up.
819
00:52:08,173 --> 00:52:10,038
Cute, don't you think?
820
00:52:10,809 --> 00:52:12,344
What cooks?
821
00:52:12,544 --> 00:52:15,274
You didn't bring me up here
just for laughs.
822
00:52:17,148 --> 00:52:19,309
Step into my office.
823
00:52:23,054 --> 00:52:24,389
Now, look, sweet.
824
00:52:24,589 --> 00:52:29,788
That cadet
you were just dancing with, Tom?
825
00:52:30,261 --> 00:52:34,432
- That is Harry Eberhart's nephew.
- He is?
826
00:52:34,632 --> 00:52:36,801
Now, I'm gonna bust that kid
out of this joint.
827
00:52:37,001 --> 00:52:39,571
But when I do, he's not gonna sign
with his Uncle Harry.
828
00:52:39,771 --> 00:52:42,035
He's gonna sign with Bixby.
829
00:52:42,407 --> 00:52:44,466
And what felony
do you want me to commit?
830
00:52:45,443 --> 00:52:48,046
I want you to give the kid a taste
of show business.
831
00:52:48,246 --> 00:52:51,349
She's here, all right, but why?
832
00:52:51,549 --> 00:52:53,985
- Well, didn't you know?
- No.
833
00:52:54,185 --> 00:52:56,688
Well, Bix got her to come up
as a blind drag for Tom...
834
00:52:56,888 --> 00:52:59,857
...and Tom got Bix special permission
to come to the hop.
835
00:53:01,626 --> 00:53:03,962
Now, tonight, he's gonna ask you
to be in the show.
836
00:53:04,162 --> 00:53:05,463
I told him to do it.
837
00:53:05,663 --> 00:53:10,035
And when he starts selling,
baby, you start buying.
838
00:53:10,235 --> 00:53:13,772
I came up here for one night,
not to make a career out of this.
839
00:53:13,972 --> 00:53:16,941
Now, didn't we say
that this was time for a little giving?
840
00:53:17,408 --> 00:53:19,544
And just think, just think...
841
00:53:19,744 --> 00:53:23,612
...the first dame
ever to be in a West Point show.
842
00:53:24,549 --> 00:53:25,949
Do you think I can swing it?
843
00:53:27,652 --> 00:53:29,813
With what you have to swing?
844
00:53:32,523 --> 00:53:34,325
Start swinging.
845
00:53:34,525 --> 00:53:37,255
I thought you might enjoy
a little refreshment.
846
00:53:38,429 --> 00:53:42,267
Say, that's nice. For you.
847
00:53:42,467 --> 00:53:44,230
After you, sir.
848
00:54:03,821 --> 00:54:06,191
- Do your boys have this?
- Yes.
849
00:54:06,391 --> 00:54:08,693
When she comes up here,
give her an introduction...
850
00:54:08,893 --> 00:54:11,623
...and send her right into it, huh?
- Right.
851
00:54:27,979 --> 00:54:31,182
You did a number in your last picture,
the "Military Polka."
852
00:54:31,382 --> 00:54:33,084
- We liked it up here.
- Oh, thank you.
853
00:54:33,284 --> 00:54:36,654
- How about doing it for us now?
- Oh, really, I don't want to sing now.
854
00:54:36,854 --> 00:54:39,457
- Come on, they'd enjoy it.
- But I didn't bring my music.
855
00:54:39,657 --> 00:54:41,249
Please.
856
00:54:45,263 --> 00:54:47,060
- All set?
- All ready.
857
00:54:50,802 --> 00:54:54,038
Put your arms around her shoulderWhen the order's "Shoulder arms"
858
00:54:54,238 --> 00:54:57,575
Take a full, firm gripOf the lady and her charms
859
00:54:57,775 --> 00:55:00,979
If her heart is your objectiveYou can win it right away
860
00:55:01,179 --> 00:55:03,977
When they play the "Military Polka"
861
00:55:04,649 --> 00:55:08,520
"To the right flank" is the orderAnd the dancers gaily twirl
862
00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:09,921
- Then it's:- Left about-face
863
00:55:10,121 --> 00:55:11,556
So you face your neighbor's girl
864
00:55:11,756 --> 00:55:14,993
But you turn back to attentionLove's the order of the day
865
00:55:15,193 --> 00:55:18,094
When they play the "Military Polka"
866
00:55:19,130 --> 00:55:22,600
Hut, two, three, fourHut, two, three, four
867
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:25,670
Hut, two, three, four, here they go
868
00:55:25,870 --> 00:55:29,073
See those military men in line
869
00:55:29,273 --> 00:55:32,610
See their uniformsTheir buttons all a-shine
870
00:55:32,810 --> 00:55:36,080
It's amazing how erect they stand
871
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,550
And your heart begins to beat
872
00:55:38,750 --> 00:55:41,241
Begins to beat to beat the band
873
00:55:41,519 --> 00:55:44,889
And the band's terrificIt's positively great
874
00:55:45,089 --> 00:55:48,359
When they play for marchingAnd when they syncopate
875
00:55:48,559 --> 00:55:50,094
Get set
876
00:55:50,294 --> 00:55:52,297
Fall in
877
00:55:52,497 --> 00:55:55,466
They're all set to begin
878
00:56:24,028 --> 00:56:27,365
Hut, two, three, fourHut, two, three, four
879
00:56:27,565 --> 00:56:30,363
Hut, two, three, four
880
00:56:30,668 --> 00:56:34,005
Put your arms around her shoulderWhen the order's "Shoulder arms"
881
00:56:34,205 --> 00:56:37,508
Take a full, firm gripOf the lady and her charms
882
00:56:37,708 --> 00:56:41,012
If her heart is your objectiveYou can win it right away
883
00:56:41,212 --> 00:56:44,515
When they play the "Military Polka"
884
00:56:44,715 --> 00:56:48,019
"To the right flank" is the orderAnd the dancers gaily twirl
885
00:56:48,219 --> 00:56:49,821
- Then it's:- Left about-face
886
00:56:50,021 --> 00:56:51,556
So you face your neighbor's girl
887
00:56:51,756 --> 00:56:55,026
But you turn back to attentionLove's the order of the day
888
00:56:55,226 --> 00:56:59,686
When they play the "Military Polka"
889
00:57:05,703 --> 00:57:09,073
See the dancers marching forwardStraight across the ballroom floor
890
00:57:09,273 --> 00:57:12,577
If he steals a kissAll is fair in love and war
891
00:57:12,777 --> 00:57:16,781
From now on there's no retreating'Cause you'll fall in love to stay
892
00:57:16,981 --> 00:57:20,485
You can bet your bootsYou'll all be recruits
893
00:57:20,685 --> 00:57:23,388
When they play the mil...Military
894
00:57:23,588 --> 00:57:29,993
The "Military Polka"
895
00:58:22,713 --> 00:58:25,910
- Would you like a little air?
- Fine.
896
00:58:31,088 --> 00:58:33,658
You see, up here, every spring,
we put on our show.
897
00:58:33,858 --> 00:58:36,361
- Well, that's the musical without girls.
- That's right.
898
00:58:36,561 --> 00:58:39,864
- Not much fun in that, is there?
- Well, we have to break out sometime.
899
00:58:40,064 --> 00:58:42,965
Sort of celebrate
the end of the gloom period.
900
00:58:45,436 --> 00:58:48,906
Look what I've done.
I'm all thumbs.
901
00:58:49,106 --> 00:58:50,596
I'll get it.
902
00:59:00,585 --> 00:59:02,920
What's the name of that song
they're playing?
903
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:06,391
- Oh, that's the ballad from our show.
- Is it? Sing it for me.
904
00:59:06,591 --> 00:59:10,294
No, no, I'm out of my class.
You're used to professionals.
905
00:59:10,494 --> 00:59:13,588
Oh, come on. Tonight you may lose
your amateur standing.
906
00:59:21,405 --> 00:59:25,364
You love me
907
00:59:26,244 --> 00:59:31,949
The miracle of miracles
908
00:59:32,149 --> 00:59:34,982
You love me
909
00:59:35,953 --> 00:59:37,822
In every dream
910
00:59:38,022 --> 00:59:44,228
You seem so unattainable
911
00:59:44,428 --> 00:59:48,660
It's not explainable
912
00:59:49,667 --> 00:59:52,403
And yet you're mine
913
00:59:52,603 --> 00:59:54,468
You're mine
914
00:59:55,039 --> 01:00:00,311
Believe me
915
01:00:00,511 --> 01:00:03,844
Believe me
916
01:00:04,482 --> 01:00:08,519
I'm sure this heart of mine
917
01:00:08,719 --> 01:00:13,656
Would not deceive me
918
01:00:14,458 --> 01:00:20,131
And even if you never say it
919
01:00:20,331 --> 01:00:24,068
This I know is true
920
01:00:24,268 --> 01:00:26,270
You love me
921
01:00:26,470 --> 01:00:32,966
Just as I love you
922
01:00:37,782 --> 01:00:39,884
Tom, that was just wonderful.
923
01:00:40,084 --> 01:00:42,177
Oh, and I love that song.
924
01:00:42,486 --> 01:00:44,822
Really, your voice just thrilled me so...
925
01:00:45,022 --> 01:00:48,048
Here. Don't spill it.
926
01:00:52,763 --> 01:00:53,957
Kiss her.
927
01:00:55,266 --> 01:00:56,995
Kiss her!
928
01:00:58,836 --> 01:01:01,532
Not on the hand. No.On the mouth.
929
01:01:03,441 --> 01:01:04,931
Look.
930
01:01:06,277 --> 01:01:07,266
Like that.
931
01:01:24,362 --> 01:01:27,398
- What's that?
- That's "Army Blue."
932
01:01:27,598 --> 01:01:31,295
It means we have exactly one hour
to get back to barracks before taps.
933
01:01:46,851 --> 01:01:49,320
Will you please tell me
what this is all about?
934
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:52,423
You know that idea you had
about the local playing the princess?
935
01:01:52,623 --> 01:01:54,659
I've thought it over. It's positively great.
936
01:01:54,859 --> 01:01:57,428
That's not a local, that's a movie star.
937
01:01:57,628 --> 01:01:58,896
And she's cadet-happy.
938
01:01:59,096 --> 01:02:02,099
And the cadet is movie-star-happy.
And in about five minutes...
939
01:02:02,299 --> 01:02:03,949
...they'll be on Flirtation Walk.
940
01:02:04,568 --> 01:02:06,918
Doesn't that make you wish
you were young again?
941
01:02:12,343 --> 01:02:15,313
I suppose you know
this crooked little path is famous.
942
01:02:15,513 --> 01:02:18,607
This isn't the road
that's paved with bad intentions, is it?
943
01:02:21,385 --> 01:02:24,088
- Rocks in your shoes?
- Feels like a whole quarry.
944
01:02:24,288 --> 01:02:25,880
I'll get it.
945
01:02:29,360 --> 01:02:31,429
Wonderful little pebbles.
946
01:02:31,629 --> 01:02:34,498
Scattered in the most convenient places.
947
01:02:34,698 --> 01:02:36,334
Slows down the enemy...
948
01:02:36,534 --> 01:02:38,069
...and brings her into range.
949
01:02:38,269 --> 01:02:41,405
Something tells me
I'll be safer as a moving target.
950
01:02:41,605 --> 01:02:44,242
Warn you: Flirtation Walk gets darker.
951
01:02:44,442 --> 01:02:46,477
Also previously arranged?
952
01:02:46,677 --> 01:02:49,669
You know, the girls
sometimes call this Temptation Walk.
953
01:02:50,648 --> 01:02:54,185
Tom, you know,
you really have a beautiful voice.
954
01:02:54,385 --> 01:02:56,354
What are you gonna do with it?
955
01:02:56,554 --> 01:02:58,422
You know my uncle too?
956
01:02:58,622 --> 01:03:01,959
Well, yes, but you can't throw away
talent like yours.
957
01:03:02,159 --> 01:03:05,560
You could have a great career.
You could be a star.
958
01:03:05,996 --> 01:03:09,898
Well, right now I'm concentrating
on a star on my shoulder.
959
01:03:11,469 --> 01:03:14,302
Incidentally, Tom,
it was nice of you to ask me.
960
01:03:14,605 --> 01:03:16,474
It was wonderful of you to come.
961
01:03:16,674 --> 01:03:18,642
Oh, I mean about the show.
962
01:03:19,310 --> 01:03:21,904
- Do you really want me?
- Want you?
963
01:03:22,847 --> 01:03:25,583
Well, I mean, if you do,
I could arrange my schedule.
964
01:03:25,783 --> 01:03:27,618
That'll be wonderful.
965
01:03:27,818 --> 01:03:31,345
- And what a lovely princess you'll make.
- Thank you.
966
01:03:32,790 --> 01:03:34,258
Well, what do you know.
967
01:03:34,458 --> 01:03:37,825
By a fortunate coincidence,
we're under the Kissing Rock.
968
01:03:40,831 --> 01:03:42,856
Nice maneuvering, general.
969
01:03:43,367 --> 01:03:45,336
- Now what?
- Well...
970
01:03:45,536 --> 01:03:49,240
You've been kissed, I knowIn the very last row
971
01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:53,177
When the love scene is onAt the movie show
972
01:03:53,377 --> 01:03:57,148
But wait until tonightAnd you'll be kissed but right
973
01:03:57,348 --> 01:04:00,885
By the Kissing Rock
974
01:04:01,085 --> 01:04:04,922
It's a lovely spotAnd believe it or not
975
01:04:05,122 --> 01:04:08,726
If you just care a littleYou'll care a lot
976
01:04:08,926 --> 01:04:12,830
So let's dispense with talkAnd take Flirtation Walk
977
01:04:13,030 --> 01:04:15,828
To the Kissing Rock
978
01:04:16,667 --> 01:04:20,805
Now, a girl once refused to kiss a lad
979
01:04:21,005 --> 01:04:24,809
And the lad was a man of honor
980
01:04:25,009 --> 01:04:28,679
He warned her she'd makeThe rock real mad
981
01:04:28,879 --> 01:04:32,416
And the legend is the rock fell upon her
982
01:04:32,616 --> 01:04:36,520
That was years agoAnd it must have been so
983
01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:40,191
'Cause from that day to thisNot a girl said no
984
01:04:40,391 --> 01:04:44,161
- And that's the story of- Whoever falls in love
985
01:04:44,361 --> 01:04:47,194
By the Kissing Rock
986
01:04:49,433 --> 01:04:51,883
- What's this for?
- You're supposed to put it on.
987
01:04:53,637 --> 01:04:58,506
And now, so the rock won't fall down
and kill us both...
988
01:05:04,882 --> 01:05:06,713
It's just a legend.
989
01:05:07,217 --> 01:05:09,353
Oh, it's a lovely legend.
990
01:05:09,553 --> 01:05:12,044
And a wonderful timesaver.
991
01:05:13,991 --> 01:05:16,660
Would you stop making
a Supreme Court case out of nothing?
992
01:05:16,860 --> 01:05:18,462
- Out of nothing?
- Yes.
993
01:05:18,662 --> 01:05:22,655
How much did Eberhart promise you
to come up here?
994
01:05:23,233 --> 01:05:26,337
Now, look, sweetheart,
I've been doing this all for you.
995
01:05:26,537 --> 01:05:27,705
- For me?
- Yes.
996
01:05:27,905 --> 01:05:30,074
Why do you suppose
I'm in this usher's outfit?
997
01:05:30,274 --> 01:05:31,909
Because I like to play soldiers? No.
998
01:05:32,109 --> 01:05:34,478
All right, I'm gonna get the kid
busted out of here.
999
01:05:34,678 --> 01:05:37,314
Does he know what he's got?
No. But you know, and so do I.
1000
01:05:37,514 --> 01:05:39,083
There's gold in them Thar tonsils.
1001
01:05:39,283 --> 01:05:41,919
After I've had him a while,
we'll own a hunk of the mint.
1002
01:05:42,119 --> 01:05:44,883
He doesn't want a hunk of the mint.
1003
01:05:45,089 --> 01:05:46,524
I do.
1004
01:05:46,724 --> 01:05:49,226
And to get it, you're willing
to upset this boy's life.
1005
01:05:49,426 --> 01:05:51,595
All his hopes, plans, happiness.
1006
01:05:51,795 --> 01:05:54,098
And you brought me along to help you.
1007
01:05:54,298 --> 01:05:56,967
- I've got your future to think of.
- Not mine, you haven't.
1008
01:05:57,167 --> 01:06:00,604
Of all the miserable, rotten,
contemptible tricks.
1009
01:06:00,804 --> 01:06:03,007
Even for you, this is a new low.
1010
01:06:03,207 --> 01:06:05,843
- Oh, now, sweetheart...
- Don't "sweetheart" me.
1011
01:06:06,043 --> 01:06:08,145
This time, I thought
you might be on the level.
1012
01:06:08,345 --> 01:06:09,547
Well, you're hopeless.
1013
01:06:09,747 --> 01:06:12,817
Making you one of the crowd
hasn't changed you a single bit.
1014
01:06:13,017 --> 01:06:16,654
I'd stick around if I thought I could
stop you from ruining that boy's life.
1015
01:06:16,854 --> 01:06:18,956
But I can't compete with movie stars.
1016
01:06:19,156 --> 01:06:20,991
- Let's go inside and talk it over.
- No.
1017
01:06:21,191 --> 01:06:24,495
I'm going inside, and tomorrow
I'm going back to New York.
1018
01:06:24,695 --> 01:06:26,697
Go back to your barracks
before you're late.
1019
01:06:26,897 --> 01:06:28,632
If you don't, they'll throw you out...
1020
01:06:28,832 --> 01:06:32,436
...and you won't get your boy,
nor your hunk of the mint.
1021
01:06:32,636 --> 01:06:34,467
Oh, Eve.
1022
01:06:42,646 --> 01:06:44,637
Mr. Bixby.
1023
01:06:51,388 --> 01:06:52,590
Yes?
1024
01:06:52,790 --> 01:06:54,892
What are you doing
out of your room after taps?
1025
01:06:55,092 --> 01:06:56,855
Have you a pass?
1026
01:06:57,895 --> 01:06:59,795
All right.
1027
01:07:04,435 --> 01:07:06,604
"All right"?
He shouldn't be saying "all right."
1028
01:07:06,804 --> 01:07:08,601
He hasn't got a pass.
1029
01:07:13,043 --> 01:07:14,812
At ease, Mr. Bixby.
1030
01:07:15,012 --> 01:07:17,314
Mr. Bixby, we've got trouble.
1031
01:07:17,514 --> 01:07:19,884
My girl is walking out on me
and you've got trouble.
1032
01:07:20,084 --> 01:07:21,552
You gave your word.
1033
01:07:21,752 --> 01:07:24,922
You said "all right" when you came in,
and you had no right to say it.
1034
01:07:25,122 --> 01:07:27,091
You weren't authorized
to be out after taps.
1035
01:07:27,291 --> 01:07:30,294
So I said "all right." What are you
gonna do, shoot me at sunrise?
1036
01:07:30,494 --> 01:07:32,485
I don't get up that early.
1037
01:07:33,163 --> 01:07:36,690
Mr. Bixby, not so long ago,
I heard you talking about your theater.
1038
01:07:37,468 --> 01:07:39,270
Its discipline and traditions.
1039
01:07:39,470 --> 01:07:42,506
Well, at West Point, we have ours too.
1040
01:07:42,706 --> 01:07:44,808
The heart of it is the honor system.
1041
01:07:45,008 --> 01:07:47,135
You give your word, we take it.
1042
01:07:47,845 --> 01:07:51,645
But by what you did tonight,
you dismissed it as unimportant.
1043
01:07:52,149 --> 01:07:54,218
Now, that may not mean anything to you.
1044
01:07:54,418 --> 01:07:57,655
Now, look, son.
There was no intention of hurting anybody.
1045
01:07:57,855 --> 01:07:59,948
But you did, you hurt us.
1046
01:08:00,524 --> 01:08:04,194
We vouched for you. We went out
on a limb for you and you sawed it off.
1047
01:08:04,394 --> 01:08:07,264
You mean to say that you two
personally vouched for me?
1048
01:08:07,464 --> 01:08:09,523
That's right, Tom and I.
1049
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:11,569
By special permission, Mr. Bixby...
1050
01:08:11,769 --> 01:08:14,638
...you were allowed to become a member
of the corps of cadets.
1051
01:08:14,838 --> 01:08:17,830
That's a privilege
rarely granted to an outsider.
1052
01:08:18,175 --> 01:08:21,211
But you were absent without authority
and you lied about it.
1053
01:08:21,411 --> 01:08:25,074
That's unforgivable up here,
and we can't let you get away with it.
1054
01:08:25,783 --> 01:08:27,284
Nobody knows better than we do...
1055
01:08:27,484 --> 01:08:30,384
...how much you've done for our show,
and we appreciate it.
1056
01:08:30,754 --> 01:08:32,890
But since you can't live here
as we live here...
1057
01:08:33,090 --> 01:08:34,758
...then we can't have you.
1058
01:08:34,958 --> 01:08:37,426
West Point has no need for you.
1059
01:08:41,865 --> 01:08:43,856
I see what you mean.
1060
01:08:50,340 --> 01:08:51,739
Sir...
1061
01:08:52,543 --> 01:08:56,046
...Cadet Bixby reports himself
late from hop without authority.
1062
01:08:56,246 --> 01:08:58,714
Okay, Mr. Bixby.
1063
01:09:04,488 --> 01:09:09,084
There he is.
Elwin Bixby, walking punishment tours.
1064
01:09:13,297 --> 01:09:15,165
He's on the level.
1065
01:09:15,365 --> 01:09:18,095
We have a way of knowing up here.
1066
01:09:19,203 --> 01:09:20,971
Look, Eve...
1067
01:09:21,171 --> 01:09:24,008
...we need him
almost as much as he needs you.
1068
01:09:24,208 --> 01:09:27,478
If you walk out on him,
you walk out on us too.
1069
01:09:27,678 --> 01:09:29,043
How about it?
1070
01:09:29,947 --> 01:09:31,539
Hey, Bix.
1071
01:09:32,683 --> 01:09:35,083
I think she's gonna stay.
1072
01:09:41,358 --> 01:09:44,094
All right. Okay, fine, take five.
1073
01:09:44,294 --> 01:09:46,228
Hal, I wanna talk to you.
1074
01:09:53,604 --> 01:09:55,639
Up to here, show's good and solid.
1075
01:09:55,839 --> 01:09:57,107
A lot of good entertainment.
1076
01:09:57,307 --> 01:10:00,401
But I think, right about this time,
we need a change of pace.
1077
01:10:00,811 --> 01:10:04,682
Now, audiences don't only see and hear.
They feel.
1078
01:10:04,882 --> 01:10:07,317
Really feel, and that's where
we're letting them down.
1079
01:10:07,517 --> 01:10:11,021
Now, they should hear your songs.
They should feel what West Point means.
1080
01:10:11,221 --> 01:10:13,424
Its history, its tradition, its great men.
1081
01:10:13,624 --> 01:10:16,627
- You wanna do that in one number?
- They can't shoot us for trying.
1082
01:10:16,827 --> 01:10:19,129
We've got the material,
the songs and the poems.
1083
01:10:19,329 --> 01:10:20,664
I'll tell you what we'll do.
1084
01:10:20,864 --> 01:10:23,300
We'll open with the glee club
singing "The Corps."
1085
01:10:23,500 --> 01:10:26,799
The corps, the corps
1086
01:10:27,304 --> 01:10:29,795
The corps
1087
01:10:30,507 --> 01:10:34,545
To the long gray line of West Point,
to its gallant companies.
1088
01:10:34,745 --> 01:10:38,549
The corps bareheaded, salute it
1089
01:10:38,749 --> 01:10:42,586
With eyes up thanking our God
1090
01:10:42,786 --> 01:10:46,256
That we of the corps are treading
1091
01:10:46,456 --> 01:10:50,825
Where they of the corps have trod
1092
01:10:51,295 --> 01:10:55,099
In the beginning, as in all things,
it was only a dream.
1093
01:10:55,299 --> 01:10:58,702
But the dreamers had names,
like Washington...
1094
01:10:58,902 --> 01:11:01,666
...Hamilton, Jefferson.
1095
01:11:01,972 --> 01:11:06,343
They stood on a point of land
on the west bank of the Hudson...
1096
01:11:06,543 --> 01:11:10,481
...and planned that this fortress
that guarded our newborn nation...
1097
01:11:10,681 --> 01:11:13,878
...should become our military academy.
1098
01:11:14,551 --> 01:11:16,019
The corps was founded...
1099
01:11:16,219 --> 01:11:19,757
...and the father of our country
became the father of a legend.
1100
01:11:19,957 --> 01:11:21,822
A tradition.
1101
01:11:22,426 --> 01:11:27,531
What made this dream become
the magnificent reality that is West Point?
1102
01:11:27,731 --> 01:11:34,138
Duty, honor, country
1103
01:11:34,338 --> 01:11:38,142
For a cadet to become an officer,
he must have an understanding of duty.
1104
01:11:38,342 --> 01:11:39,543
Duty
1105
01:11:39,743 --> 01:11:42,613
He must have respect for honor.
1106
01:11:42,813 --> 01:11:44,014
Honor
1107
01:11:44,214 --> 01:11:46,683
But for all his duty and all his honor...
1108
01:11:46,883 --> 01:11:50,387
...a soldier fights not only because
he is told to fight...
1109
01:11:50,587 --> 01:11:53,657
...but because
there is something to fight for.
1110
01:11:53,857 --> 01:11:55,459
His country.
1111
01:11:55,659 --> 01:11:58,095
Country
1112
01:11:58,295 --> 01:12:01,355
Duty, honor, country.
1113
01:12:01,665 --> 01:12:05,936
This is why the dream materialized
into the stone and steel...
1114
01:12:06,136 --> 01:12:09,206
...and spirit that is West Point.
1115
01:12:09,406 --> 01:12:12,109
A dream that can be measured
by the names of its giants...
1116
01:12:12,309 --> 01:12:15,412
...striding through the pages
of American history.
1117
01:12:15,612 --> 01:12:20,948
Giants whose voices rang so loud
that the entire world trembled...
1118
01:12:21,218 --> 01:12:26,815
...yet who once were cadets,
marching nervously across the plain.
1119
01:12:27,090 --> 01:12:30,627
Cadets like Lee, Grant...
1120
01:12:30,827 --> 01:12:35,799
...Pershing, MacArthur,
Wainwright, Arnold...
1121
01:12:35,999 --> 01:12:40,333
...Patton, Bradley, Eisenhower.
1122
01:12:40,704 --> 01:12:43,607
And thousands of others who left
this point on the Hudson...
1123
01:12:43,807 --> 01:12:48,801
...to end their earthly lives
in the dirt and mud of foreign lands.
1124
01:12:49,913 --> 01:12:54,251
Men who didn't want wars
and didn't make wars.
1125
01:12:54,451 --> 01:12:56,486
But simply fought them...
1126
01:12:56,686 --> 01:13:01,282
...because they had the understanding
and the courage to want a free America.
1127
01:13:02,092 --> 01:13:05,696
Because, like Washington,
Hamilton, Jefferson...
1128
01:13:05,896 --> 01:13:10,094
...they believed in a dream
that is West Point.
1129
01:13:10,434 --> 01:13:16,930
A legend, a tradition,
one of the great guardians of human liberty.
1130
01:13:18,475 --> 01:13:24,615
Please, God, may we always keep faith
with them, as they have with us.
1131
01:13:24,815 --> 01:13:29,514
For duty, for honor, for country.
1132
01:13:30,587 --> 01:13:37,083
Let duty be well performed
1133
01:13:39,229 --> 01:13:47,068
Honor be ever untarn'
1134
01:13:48,038 --> 01:13:56,747
Country be ever armed
1135
01:13:56,947 --> 01:14:01,318
West Point
1136
01:14:01,518 --> 01:14:08,014
By thee
1137
01:14:14,564 --> 01:14:16,700
Fine, fine.
1138
01:14:16,900 --> 01:14:18,802
Couldn't ask that you do it any better.
1139
01:14:19,002 --> 01:14:20,936
It was fine, thanks.
1140
01:14:22,272 --> 01:14:24,934
Just a minute, Mr. Dumbjohn.
1141
01:14:25,342 --> 01:14:29,574
- Mr. Gilbert, do your duty.
- On-stage, Mr. Dooley, on-stage.
1142
01:14:30,313 --> 01:14:31,982
Come on, boys. What goes, what goes?
1143
01:14:32,182 --> 01:14:34,318
Take me into your confidence. What is it?
1144
01:14:34,518 --> 01:14:37,921
Mr. Bixby, every year up here
after graduation parade...
1145
01:14:38,121 --> 01:14:40,783
...the plebes are recognized
by all the upperclassmen.
1146
01:14:41,024 --> 01:14:44,551
But since you won't be here,
we'd like to recognize you now.
1147
01:14:45,061 --> 01:14:46,930
You've taken everything
we could give you.
1148
01:14:47,130 --> 01:14:48,432
And you were great.
1149
01:14:48,632 --> 01:14:50,968
So from now on,
you're no longer Mr. Dumbjohn.
1150
01:14:51,168 --> 01:14:54,296
You're just plain Bix.
1151
01:14:54,704 --> 01:14:55,906
We're proud to know you.
1152
01:14:56,106 --> 01:14:59,371
Proud to know you, Bix.
Shake hands, boys.
1153
01:15:00,310 --> 01:15:02,107
Good boy.
1154
01:15:02,612 --> 01:15:05,672
Wait a minute. Wait a minute, fellas.
1155
01:15:05,916 --> 01:15:07,941
I've got a speech too.
1156
01:15:09,519 --> 01:15:12,977
Bix, in deep appreciation
for everything you've done...
1157
01:15:13,690 --> 01:15:16,927
...the fellas in the cast
have whipped up this little token.
1158
01:15:17,127 --> 01:15:19,429
It's something
you'll hold dear to your heart...
1159
01:15:19,629 --> 01:15:22,655
...because of your deep affection
for all that it implies.
1160
01:15:29,573 --> 01:15:32,565
Oh, no, no, no.
1161
01:15:34,010 --> 01:15:36,013
Lookie here, now, lookie here.
1162
01:15:36,213 --> 01:15:40,013
Well, I'm very happy to see
you got one large enough.
1163
01:15:40,684 --> 01:15:42,853
From here in,
I won't be able to blow my top.
1164
01:15:43,053 --> 01:15:47,290
Come on, now, Bix, don't let the shine on
that brass hat put a halo around your head.
1165
01:15:47,490 --> 01:15:49,493
Yeah, mighty pretty, mighty pretty.
1166
01:15:49,693 --> 01:15:53,296
But I would just like to call
your attention to one thing.
1167
01:15:53,496 --> 01:15:55,293
Only six stars.
1168
01:15:56,099 --> 01:15:59,236
Well, fellas, as a general thing,
I'm not at a loss for words.
1169
01:15:59,436 --> 01:16:03,998
But at a time like this,
I can never think of anything to say.
1170
01:16:04,441 --> 01:16:08,178
I just want you to know
that you've hit me right in the center.
1171
01:16:08,378 --> 01:16:10,005
You really have.
1172
01:16:10,847 --> 01:16:14,951
Makes me think of a little guy
I used to know out in Brooklyn years ago.
1173
01:16:15,151 --> 01:16:17,312
Curious little fella and...
1174
01:16:18,421 --> 01:16:22,526
Oh, look, you'll have to excuse me.
1175
01:16:22,726 --> 01:16:24,159
My nose gets awfully red.
1176
01:16:34,137 --> 01:16:36,128
What are you crying about?
1177
01:16:39,976 --> 01:16:42,312
- What's the matter, Bix?
- I'm worried about Tom.
1178
01:16:42,512 --> 01:16:46,850
Jan calls him every day. He persuaded her
to be princess in the show.
1179
01:16:47,050 --> 01:16:49,553
You should have seen his face
when he told me about it.
1180
01:16:49,753 --> 01:16:52,489
- Kid's on his heels.
- Wasn't that your idea?
1181
01:16:52,689 --> 01:16:55,792
Yes, yes, but she's leaving
for California on the train tonight.
1182
01:16:55,992 --> 01:16:57,994
- Sure, unless...
- Unless what?
1183
01:16:58,194 --> 01:17:01,164
- Unless she's fallen in love.
- Not enough time.
1184
01:17:01,364 --> 01:17:03,533
It doesn't take very long.
1185
01:17:03,733 --> 01:17:07,829
Remind me sometime
to tell you about boys and girls.
1186
01:17:21,184 --> 01:17:25,155
But wait until tonightAnd you'll be kissed but right
1187
01:17:25,355 --> 01:17:28,825
By the Kissing Rock
1188
01:17:29,025 --> 01:17:31,561
- What's all this for?
- Flirtation Walk.
1189
01:17:31,761 --> 01:17:35,561
The rock, the Kissing Rock.
1190
01:17:37,767 --> 01:17:42,405
- See? That's the way it's done up here.
- Oh, is that so?
1191
01:17:42,605 --> 01:17:45,505
Now, how do you know
that that's the way it's done up here?
1192
01:17:46,042 --> 01:17:47,878
I've been up here four weeks.
1193
01:17:48,078 --> 01:17:49,279
Oh, I see.
1194
01:17:49,479 --> 01:17:52,880
Well, beginning tomorrow,
I'm putting you on a short leash.
1195
01:17:54,517 --> 01:17:56,451
Well, there it is.
1196
01:17:57,020 --> 01:17:58,578
West Point.
1197
01:17:58,855 --> 01:18:01,825
There's the chapel. There's Cullum Hall.
1198
01:18:02,025 --> 01:18:03,793
And that's the Hudson, of course.
1199
01:18:03,993 --> 01:18:05,551
Oh, it's just beautiful.
1200
01:18:06,363 --> 01:18:07,731
And this is Fort Putnam.
1201
01:18:07,931 --> 01:18:11,434
Built in 1778 to keep away the British.
1202
01:18:11,634 --> 01:18:14,603
But it serves
a more useful purpose today:
1203
01:18:14,904 --> 01:18:17,395
To keep away Mr. Bixby.
1204
01:18:21,711 --> 01:18:24,147
Tom, do you know
what they're saying in New York?
1205
01:18:24,347 --> 01:18:28,051
- What?
- "Jan Wilson has blown her top.
1206
01:18:28,251 --> 01:18:31,121
She goes up the Hudson
like the Albany night boat...
1207
01:18:31,321 --> 01:18:32,583
...to see a soldier."
1208
01:18:33,590 --> 01:18:35,956
- No.
- Yes.
1209
01:18:37,794 --> 01:18:40,864
Bix, I have the most wonderful news.
1210
01:18:41,064 --> 01:18:43,700
Tom asked me to marry him. Look.
1211
01:18:43,900 --> 01:18:46,703
Congratulations, Jan. I envy you.
1212
01:18:46,903 --> 01:18:48,638
That is not news, that's calamity.
1213
01:18:48,838 --> 01:18:51,741
- We love each other, Bix.
- Marriage was not part of the deal.
1214
01:18:51,941 --> 01:18:54,077
Tom is at West Point,
wives are not standard.
1215
01:18:54,277 --> 01:18:56,472
Remember, Cupid...
1216
01:18:56,746 --> 01:18:57,948
...you shot the arrow.
1217
01:18:58,148 --> 01:19:01,251
He doesn't know what he's doing.
But I'm blowing the whistle on you.
1218
01:19:01,451 --> 01:19:05,188
- You're going back to New York tonight.
- How come you're giving out orders?
1219
01:19:05,388 --> 01:19:08,619
Do you own
a piece of the Academy now?
1220
01:19:10,193 --> 01:19:11,361
- Hello?
- Hollywood...
1221
01:19:11,561 --> 01:19:13,597
Miss Wilson? Yeah, she's here, hold on.
1222
01:19:13,797 --> 01:19:15,424
California.
1223
01:19:19,803 --> 01:19:20,770
Hello?
1224
01:19:20,970 --> 01:19:22,339
- Jan.
- Speaking.
1225
01:19:22,539 --> 01:19:25,208
Jan, what's the matter with you?
Have you lost your head?
1226
01:19:25,408 --> 01:19:27,711
Who told you to cancel
your personal appearances?
1227
01:19:27,911 --> 01:19:30,480
But the New York office approved it,
Mr. Jocelyn.
1228
01:19:30,680 --> 01:19:35,174
Did the New York office okay your making
a fool of yourself with a West Point cadet?
1229
01:19:35,585 --> 01:19:37,821
Now, just a minute, Jan,
I'll do the talking.
1230
01:19:38,021 --> 01:19:40,924
I'll tell you about your personal life:
You haven't got one.
1231
01:19:41,124 --> 01:19:42,325
You've got a contract.
1232
01:19:42,525 --> 01:19:45,395
This studio spent a lot of money
to make Jan Wilson a star.
1233
01:19:45,595 --> 01:19:48,732
You think we did that
just so she could marry an Army officer?
1234
01:19:48,932 --> 01:19:51,434
He might get shipped to Okinawa
and take you with him.
1235
01:19:51,634 --> 01:19:53,670
And we don't make pictures on Okinawa.
1236
01:19:53,870 --> 01:19:57,374
I want you back here on the Coast.
You start a new picture in two weeks.
1237
01:19:57,574 --> 01:19:59,943
Now, a company car
will take you back to New York.
1238
01:20:00,143 --> 01:20:03,510
No, no, no excuses.
You leave West Point immediately.
1239
01:20:03,713 --> 01:20:05,237
Goodbye.
1240
01:20:06,749 --> 01:20:08,512
Bix...
1241
01:20:09,385 --> 01:20:11,649
...I'll never forgive you for that.
1242
01:20:26,536 --> 01:20:29,172
- Someday she'll thank me.
- What for?
1243
01:20:29,372 --> 01:20:31,441
For bringing her up here,
messing up her life?
1244
01:20:31,641 --> 01:20:33,877
- She's young, she'll get over it.
- She's a woman.
1245
01:20:34,077 --> 01:20:37,080
She met someone real and wonderful
for the first time in her life.
1246
01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:39,149
- Oh, shut up!
- Don't tell me to shut up!
1247
01:20:39,349 --> 01:20:41,112
Why not?
1248
01:22:26,422 --> 01:22:29,550
Fine, Hal, fine.
Come here, I wanna talk to you.
1249
01:22:30,393 --> 01:22:34,330
Look, son, can you arrange to send a car
in to New York to get a costume for Eve?
1250
01:22:34,530 --> 01:22:35,899
Sure, why?
1251
01:22:36,099 --> 01:22:39,102
I went up to the commandant's office
and got permission for her...
1252
01:22:39,302 --> 01:22:41,037
...to do the Brooklyn number with you.
1253
01:22:41,237 --> 01:22:43,473
Hey, that's wonderful!
How did you ever work that?
1254
01:22:43,673 --> 01:22:46,443
Oh, he just kept talking
and wore the poor man down.
1255
01:22:46,643 --> 01:22:48,445
Which, may I say, was not easy.
1256
01:22:48,645 --> 01:22:50,480
Bix.
1257
01:22:50,680 --> 01:22:51,981
Can I talk to you a minute?
1258
01:22:52,181 --> 01:22:54,217
- Tom's checked out.
- He's what?
1259
01:22:54,417 --> 01:22:56,286
I found him talking crazy.
Jan walked out.
1260
01:22:56,486 --> 01:22:59,055
He's desperate. He's going after her
with all his things.
1261
01:22:59,255 --> 01:23:00,457
I'm going after him.
1262
01:23:00,657 --> 01:23:02,525
- Can you get leave?
- No, I'll get slugged.
1263
01:23:02,725 --> 01:23:05,495
- It'll be worth it if I can get him.
- Wait, I'll go get him.
1264
01:23:05,695 --> 01:23:08,596
- You may need me.
- All right. Eve, take over.
1265
01:23:11,267 --> 01:23:14,604
It isn't as simple as making a choice
between marriage and a career.
1266
01:23:14,804 --> 01:23:17,006
We have obligations.
1267
01:23:17,206 --> 01:23:20,910
I understand your life, darling.
Please try to understand mine.
1268
01:23:21,110 --> 01:23:23,680
- But I do understand.
- Tom.
1269
01:23:23,880 --> 01:23:26,382
At 15, I was singing in a band.
1270
01:23:26,582 --> 01:23:31,054
Making one-night stands when other girls
were going to high school dances.
1271
01:23:31,254 --> 01:23:34,052
At 17, I had a Hollywood contract.
1272
01:23:34,624 --> 01:23:37,559
I'm a commodity now, I'm not a woman.
1273
01:23:40,463 --> 01:23:42,829
You know something, Tom?
1274
01:23:44,200 --> 01:23:47,363
All my life, I've never known
a boy like you.
1275
01:23:49,238 --> 01:23:51,763
I guess I never had time.
1276
01:23:55,511 --> 01:23:57,480
I've had plenty of time
to think things out.
1277
01:23:57,680 --> 01:24:00,450
Somehow, being a soldier
doesn't seem so important anymore.
1278
01:24:00,650 --> 01:24:02,819
Tom, you can't give up your career.
1279
01:24:03,019 --> 01:24:06,155
Plenty of people, even you,
said I could earn a living in a theater.
1280
01:24:06,355 --> 01:24:08,124
- Bixby wants me.
- Bix?
1281
01:24:08,324 --> 01:24:11,895
He can't do anything for you, darling.
He can't even get a job for himself.
1282
01:24:12,095 --> 01:24:15,394
My uncle wants me for a show.
I'll get a job.
1283
01:24:15,932 --> 01:24:19,925
Jan, will you marry me?
1284
01:24:21,537 --> 01:24:23,596
I can't, Tom.
1285
01:24:24,273 --> 01:24:26,264
I can't.
1286
01:24:40,423 --> 01:24:42,186
All there is?
1287
01:24:44,160 --> 01:24:47,129
Please go back before it's too late.
1288
01:24:55,338 --> 01:24:58,575
- Thought I told you to go to Hollywood.
- Are you out of your mind?
1289
01:24:58,775 --> 01:25:01,077
Why are you here?
You're AWOL, you'll get slugged.
1290
01:25:01,277 --> 01:25:03,880
- They'll bust you out on your ear.
- Not me. I resigned.
1291
01:25:04,080 --> 01:25:06,149
- Resigned?
- You can't resign.
1292
01:25:06,349 --> 01:25:08,885
I sent a letter to the superintendent,
through channels.
1293
01:25:09,085 --> 01:25:11,321
Subject: Resignation. Intention: Marriage.
1294
01:25:11,521 --> 01:25:13,022
We've gotta get that letter back.
1295
01:25:13,222 --> 01:25:15,191
- You can't, it's too late.
- Oh, no.
1296
01:25:15,391 --> 01:25:18,995
Through channels, it takes time
to get to the superintendent's desk.
1297
01:25:19,195 --> 01:25:20,526
You are coming with us.
1298
01:25:23,533 --> 01:25:27,469
There's a plane leaving for California at 9.
You be on it.
1299
01:25:30,540 --> 01:25:33,304
Fletcher, Courtland.
1300
01:25:37,780 --> 01:25:40,550
- Yes?
- I've got some bad news for you, Fletcher.
1301
01:25:40,750 --> 01:25:43,353
I've got an order
from the commandant's office.
1302
01:25:43,553 --> 01:25:45,755
You and Courtland are to return
to your quarters.
1303
01:25:45,955 --> 01:25:47,690
You're under arrest.
1304
01:25:47,890 --> 01:25:49,517
Okay.
1305
01:25:56,933 --> 01:26:01,537
Battalion.
1306
01:26:01,737 --> 01:26:04,900
Attention.
1307
01:26:06,042 --> 01:26:07,877
"Attention to orders.
1308
01:26:08,077 --> 01:26:09,712
By direction of the commandant...
1309
01:26:09,912 --> 01:26:12,515
...the 100th Night Show
is herewith cancelled."
1310
01:26:12,715 --> 01:26:13,950
I say again:
1311
01:26:14,150 --> 01:26:15,785
"By direction of the commandant...
1312
01:26:15,985 --> 01:26:18,783
...the 100th Night Show
is herewith cancelled."
1313
01:26:25,461 --> 01:26:26,863
Oh, how are Tom and Hal?
1314
01:26:27,063 --> 01:26:31,100
I just talked to them.
They're both pretty low, especially Tom.
1315
01:26:31,300 --> 01:26:34,804
Bix, we appreciate your effort to square
matters with the commandant.
1316
01:26:35,004 --> 01:26:38,875
Too bad it didn't work.
Oh, you know, it's great, really great.
1317
01:26:39,075 --> 01:26:41,944
For over a hundred years,
this show has always gone on.
1318
01:26:42,144 --> 01:26:46,149
Civil War, Spanish American War,
World War I, World War II.
1319
01:26:46,349 --> 01:26:47,550
Nothing could stop it.
1320
01:26:47,750 --> 01:26:50,082
Bixby comes to West Point:
1321
01:26:50,686 --> 01:26:51,888
Forget it.
1322
01:26:52,088 --> 01:26:54,991
How about next year? Will you come up
again and put on the show?
1323
01:26:55,191 --> 01:26:56,818
Too far off, son.
1324
01:26:57,226 --> 01:26:58,594
Where is Eve?
1325
01:26:58,794 --> 01:27:01,197
I spend half my life
waiting for that dame.
1326
01:27:01,397 --> 01:27:02,864
We're gonna miss that train.
1327
01:27:04,133 --> 01:27:05,828
Eve, come on!
1328
01:27:06,636 --> 01:27:09,628
Come on! You wanna miss the train?
1329
01:27:10,106 --> 01:27:11,441
Where you been?
1330
01:27:11,641 --> 01:27:13,309
I've been doing a little research.
1331
01:27:13,509 --> 01:27:16,079
- You what?
- Here, read this.
1332
01:27:16,279 --> 01:27:19,782
"U.S. To fete French premier.
General Marcell Donet arrives in New York."
1333
01:27:19,982 --> 01:27:22,418
So a Frenchman comes to town.
What can he do?
1334
01:27:22,618 --> 01:27:24,520
Plenty. Listen to this:
1335
01:27:24,720 --> 01:27:28,781
"The shah of Iran at West Point.
Secures amnesty for cadets."
1336
01:27:29,191 --> 01:27:31,527
You see, Bix,
amnesty is a famous custom up here.
1337
01:27:31,727 --> 01:27:34,263
Royalty, heads of state,
kings, queens, all diplomats...
1338
01:27:34,463 --> 01:27:36,532
...when visiting West Point
are given reviews.
1339
01:27:36,732 --> 01:27:40,169
They lay out the red carpet,
and in return, they can request amnesty.
1340
01:27:40,369 --> 01:27:43,873
A pardon, remember?
Just like the princess bit in the show.
1341
01:27:44,073 --> 01:27:46,576
Sure. Last fall, the shah of Iran.
1342
01:27:46,776 --> 01:27:49,445
A lot of us were slugged,
couldn't go the Army-Navy game...
1343
01:27:49,645 --> 01:27:51,214
...he came and got us off the hook.
1344
01:27:51,414 --> 01:27:54,183
Well, if Donet can do that for us,
I'll have him up here...
1345
01:27:54,383 --> 01:27:56,686
...if I have to carry him
all the way on my back.
1346
01:27:56,886 --> 01:27:59,756
Now, trick is, how to get in to see him?
Who do we know?
1347
01:27:59,956 --> 01:28:02,058
My girl's mother knows
the secretary of state.
1348
01:28:02,258 --> 01:28:05,161
- My uncle knows Gen. Eisenhower.
- My father knows Gen. Bradley.
1349
01:28:05,361 --> 01:28:07,363
- I know Touture.
- One of our best officers.
1350
01:28:07,563 --> 01:28:09,265
How many of you
have weekend leave?
1351
01:28:09,465 --> 01:28:11,367
- All of us.
- Well, then, pile in. Come on.
1352
01:28:11,567 --> 01:28:16,595
And you, sweetheart, hold the fort
and I'll bring you a Frenchman.
1353
01:28:23,112 --> 01:28:25,515
But, David, the whole idea
is absolutely impossible.
1354
01:28:25,715 --> 01:28:30,820
But, Dad, if you can't do this little favor,
what's the use of your being a senator?
1355
01:28:31,020 --> 01:28:33,352
Sometimes I wonder.
1356
01:28:33,723 --> 01:28:35,281
I wonder myself.
1357
01:28:37,193 --> 01:28:38,394
Yes.
1358
01:28:38,594 --> 01:28:41,164
Yes, sir. I know, sir...
1359
01:28:41,364 --> 01:28:45,596
But will you at least mention it
to the honorable secretary of state?
1360
01:28:46,402 --> 01:28:47,904
He's in Europe?
1361
01:28:48,104 --> 01:28:49,504
Well, whereabouts in Europe?
1362
01:28:54,210 --> 01:28:56,746
You can't just brush this off.
This is really important.
1363
01:28:56,946 --> 01:29:00,683
- And you tell me you can do nothing.
- I've tried my best, Mr. Bixby.
1364
01:29:00,883 --> 01:29:03,686
But the premier is locked up
in conference with the president.
1365
01:29:03,886 --> 01:29:07,086
He said he's very sorry,
but it is impossible for him to see you.
1366
01:29:08,124 --> 01:29:11,287
A fine way to treat a taxpayer. Come on.
1367
01:29:12,094 --> 01:29:13,561
Hello?
1368
01:29:15,364 --> 01:29:17,934
Charlie and I waited outside
the French Embassy all day.
1369
01:29:18,134 --> 01:29:20,937
We find out the premier went
from the White House to New York.
1370
01:29:21,137 --> 01:29:22,338
Then we go to New York.
1371
01:29:22,538 --> 01:29:24,338
- Take us to the airport.
- Yes, sir.
1372
01:29:56,338 --> 01:29:58,107
This is very tragic, monsieur.
1373
01:29:58,307 --> 01:30:00,643
But it is impossible
for His Excellency to see you.
1374
01:30:00,843 --> 01:30:02,834
He's very busy.
1375
01:30:08,751 --> 01:30:11,988
- I speak English, monsieur.
- Then you know what this mission is about?
1376
01:30:12,188 --> 01:30:15,057
Yes, and it leaves me
in the most embarrassing position.
1377
01:30:15,257 --> 01:30:17,827
Well, Your Excellency,
I don't wanna take up your time...
1378
01:30:18,027 --> 01:30:20,830
...to tell you about the GIs
and cadets up at West Point...
1379
01:30:21,030 --> 01:30:25,067
...who fought to help liberate France
and their friendship with the French people.
1380
01:30:25,267 --> 01:30:26,802
Yes, but how come, monsieur?
1381
01:30:27,002 --> 01:30:28,571
- I'm a guest of your country.
- Yeah.
1382
01:30:28,771 --> 01:30:31,173
Your State Department
has made plans for me.
1383
01:30:31,373 --> 01:30:34,844
I know, Excellency.
But these cadets need liberation now.
1384
01:30:35,044 --> 01:30:38,614
And you are the one man in the country
who can ask for amnesty and get it.
1385
01:30:38,814 --> 01:30:40,179
You just can't refuse.
1386
01:30:40,783 --> 01:30:45,021
If the French people hear about this...
These things do have a way of getting back.
1387
01:30:45,221 --> 01:30:49,659
Monsieur, I'm very sorry,
but it is absolutely impossible.
1388
01:30:49,859 --> 01:30:51,460
Impossible?
1389
01:30:51,660 --> 01:30:53,696
Well, didn't wanna do this...
1390
01:30:53,896 --> 01:30:57,354
...and I'm very sorry
to have to flash that on you.
1391
01:31:17,686 --> 01:31:20,382
This is our highest decoration.
1392
01:31:35,404 --> 01:31:37,807
Some way or another, monsieur,
it will be arranged.
1393
01:31:38,007 --> 01:31:40,134
I shall be very glad to be of service.
1394
01:31:46,749 --> 01:31:48,150
I didn't know you spoke French.
1395
01:31:48,350 --> 01:31:51,285
Picked it up from a chick
at the Folies Berg�re.
1396
01:32:35,998 --> 01:32:38,330
Your request for amnesty
shall be granted.
1397
01:32:49,044 --> 01:32:52,104
You saved them. Bix, you saved them.
1398
01:32:53,582 --> 01:32:57,575
You know, I like kissing you much better
than I do the premier.
1399
01:33:07,930 --> 01:33:09,832
Do I have to curtsy?
1400
01:33:10,032 --> 01:33:12,868
My girl's out there.
My father and mother are out there too.
1401
01:33:13,068 --> 01:33:14,570
I'll never live this down.
1402
01:33:14,770 --> 01:33:17,273
- Couldn't I just bow?
- And destroy the whole illusion?
1403
01:33:17,473 --> 01:33:21,705
Come on, chin up, princess,
and suck up that royal gut.
1404
01:33:43,899 --> 01:33:46,959
Sir, the princess has arrived.
1405
01:33:58,047 --> 01:34:02,151
You love me
1406
01:34:02,351 --> 01:34:06,388
You love me
1407
01:34:06,588 --> 01:34:11,293
The miracle of miracles
1408
01:34:11,493 --> 01:34:14,763
You love me
1409
01:34:14,963 --> 01:34:16,265
In every dream
1410
01:34:16,465 --> 01:34:21,904
You seem so unattainable
1411
01:34:22,104 --> 01:34:25,975
- It's not...- It's not explainable
1412
01:34:26,175 --> 01:34:28,878
And yet you're mine
1413
01:34:29,078 --> 01:34:31,313
You're mine
1414
01:34:31,513 --> 01:34:32,882
Believe me
1415
01:34:33,082 --> 01:34:34,783
- Jan's back.
- Yeah.
1416
01:34:34,983 --> 01:34:37,281
Relax, princess, you got a reprieve.
1417
01:34:39,455 --> 01:34:42,791
I'm sure this heart of mine
1418
01:34:42,991 --> 01:34:46,859
Would not deceive me
1419
01:34:47,730 --> 01:34:53,302
And even if you never say it
1420
01:34:53,502 --> 01:34:56,767
This I know is true
1421
01:34:57,306 --> 01:35:00,075
- You love me- You love me
1422
01:35:00,275 --> 01:35:06,771
- Just as I love you- Just as I love you
1423
01:35:11,053 --> 01:35:12,621
Just think.
1424
01:35:12,821 --> 01:35:16,692
If we were only opening with this show
on Broadway tonight.
1425
01:35:16,892 --> 01:35:20,729
It isn't going to open on Broadway,
and never will.
1426
01:35:20,929 --> 01:35:24,500
When that curtain goes down tonight,
they'll stick it in the archives.
1427
01:35:24,700 --> 01:35:28,250
And for all the future I have,
they might just as well stick me with it.
1428
01:35:28,704 --> 01:35:30,831
How do you like it, Bix, huh?
1429
01:35:31,073 --> 01:35:33,776
You look fine, son. Fine.
Don't go far away.
1430
01:35:33,976 --> 01:35:36,877
- You'll be on in a few minutes.
- Okay, Bix.
1431
01:35:41,550 --> 01:35:44,720
Eve, I've been mulling this thing over.
1432
01:35:44,920 --> 01:35:48,023
If that job in Las Vegas is still open...
1433
01:35:48,223 --> 01:35:50,192
...I suggest you grab it.
1434
01:35:50,392 --> 01:35:52,194
Las Vegas?
1435
01:35:52,394 --> 01:35:53,896
Bix, I'm your memory.
1436
01:35:54,096 --> 01:35:55,631
I'm your feet.
1437
01:35:55,831 --> 01:35:57,666
You can't work without me.
1438
01:35:57,866 --> 01:35:59,356
Work?
1439
01:36:00,068 --> 01:36:02,238
In a few minutes,
I'm gonna be out of a job.
1440
01:36:02,438 --> 01:36:05,374
And jobs are gonna be awfully scarce
on Broadway.
1441
01:36:05,574 --> 01:36:09,066
- Especially for me.
- You can say that again.
1442
01:36:09,478 --> 01:36:11,347
You double-crossed me again.
1443
01:36:11,547 --> 01:36:15,451
Tom was almost busted out of this place
and you got him back in. Now, why?
1444
01:36:15,651 --> 01:36:18,053
Because the kid wants to graduate
from West Point.
1445
01:36:18,253 --> 01:36:21,357
Being in the Army means more to him
than anything else in the world.
1446
01:36:21,557 --> 01:36:23,125
Didn't wanna see his career ruined.
1447
01:36:23,325 --> 01:36:25,694
- Couldn't have it on my conscience.
- Your conscience?
1448
01:36:25,894 --> 01:36:27,529
Oh, that's a laugh.
1449
01:36:27,729 --> 01:36:29,498
Now, let me tell you something.
1450
01:36:29,698 --> 01:36:32,868
I asked them to give me this play
to do on Broadway. I'm gonna get it.
1451
01:36:33,068 --> 01:36:35,704
But you're not going to do it.
And do you know why?
1452
01:36:35,904 --> 01:36:39,275
Because you've double-crossed me
for the last time.
1453
01:36:39,475 --> 01:36:42,069
You're through, you're dead,
you're washed up.
1454
01:36:42,311 --> 01:36:45,080
You'll never work in show business again
as long as you live.
1455
01:36:45,280 --> 01:36:46,849
I'll see to that.
1456
01:36:47,049 --> 01:36:49,652
- I'm through, I'm all washed up.
- For good!
1457
01:36:49,852 --> 01:36:52,252
Well, in that case,
I've got nothing to lose.
1458
01:37:01,997 --> 01:37:03,866
- Hal.
- Hal.
1459
01:37:04,066 --> 01:37:05,567
Hal.
1460
01:37:05,767 --> 01:37:07,325
Hal.
1461
01:37:07,870 --> 01:37:11,033
Are you hurt, huh? Get out.
1462
01:37:11,740 --> 01:37:15,010
- How are you?
- I guess I forgot to duck.
1463
01:37:15,210 --> 01:37:17,279
How do you feel?
Do you think you could go on?
1464
01:37:17,479 --> 01:37:18,947
- All right, I think.
- You think?
1465
01:37:19,147 --> 01:37:21,547
Well, get on your feet
and see how you are.
1466
01:37:22,684 --> 01:37:23,886
- What is it?
- My knee.
1467
01:37:24,086 --> 01:37:25,287
Your knee?
1468
01:37:25,487 --> 01:37:28,657
Well, punch-happy, what do we do now?
1469
01:37:28,857 --> 01:37:30,688
Go get ready.
1470
01:37:42,437 --> 01:37:45,174
Attention.
You there, where are you from?
1471
01:37:45,374 --> 01:37:46,575
San Francisco, sir.
1472
01:37:46,775 --> 01:37:49,111
- You?
- Well, I'm from Texas.
1473
01:37:49,311 --> 01:37:51,313
- How about you?
- Los Angeles.
1474
01:37:51,513 --> 01:37:53,082
- You?
- I'm from Boston.
1475
01:37:53,282 --> 01:37:56,452
I suppose you're not interested in hearing
where I come from.
1476
01:37:56,652 --> 01:37:57,853
- What?
- I said:
1477
01:37:58,053 --> 01:38:00,923
"I suppose you're not interested
in hearing where I come from."
1478
01:38:01,123 --> 01:38:03,859
- All right, where are you from?
- Me?
1479
01:38:04,059 --> 01:38:05,260
I'm from:
1480
01:38:05,460 --> 01:38:10,733
B-postrophe, K-no-postrophe, L-Y-N
1481
01:38:10,933 --> 01:38:15,971
They know my shieldFrom Ebbets Field to Cheyenne
1482
01:38:16,171 --> 01:38:18,807
You can keep those other places
1483
01:38:19,007 --> 01:38:21,643
Just give me that oasis
1484
01:38:21,843 --> 01:38:24,446
Where it's "erl," not "oil"And a girl's a goil
1485
01:38:24,646 --> 01:38:27,716
And goils are goils at 28 paces
1486
01:38:27,916 --> 01:38:31,620
B-postrophe, K-no-postrophe, L-Y-N
1487
01:38:31,820 --> 01:38:33,389
That's the place I make me home in.
1488
01:38:33,589 --> 01:38:37,226
They know my shieldFrom Ebbets Field to Cheyenne
1489
01:38:37,426 --> 01:38:38,727
That's a spot out in Wyoming.
1490
01:38:38,927 --> 01:38:41,830
The Manhattanites don't want us
1491
01:38:42,030 --> 01:38:44,433
Heap abuse upon us
1492
01:38:44,633 --> 01:38:47,035
They will gladly yell we are not Chanel
1493
01:38:47,235 --> 01:38:50,339
But Chanel don't smellQuite like the Gowanus
1494
01:38:50,539 --> 01:38:54,343
B-postrophe, K-no-postrophe, L-Y-N
1495
01:38:54,543 --> 01:38:56,011
Your mother wears suspenders.
1496
01:38:56,211 --> 01:39:01,583
Agree or notWe're just as hot as cayenne
1497
01:39:01,783 --> 01:39:04,253
And when they ask"Are you going my way?"
1498
01:39:04,453 --> 01:39:07,423
They're asking youTo take a walk up King's Highway
1499
01:39:07,623 --> 01:39:13,357
B-postrophe, K-no-postrophe, L-Y-N
1500
01:39:25,941 --> 01:39:28,808
It could only happen in Brooklyn
1501
01:39:29,845 --> 01:39:32,814
On a street called Avenue D
1502
01:39:33,882 --> 01:39:37,052
If you've never been thereYou'll tell me it can't
1503
01:39:37,252 --> 01:39:40,653
You'll tell me it's fantasy
1504
01:39:41,623 --> 01:39:44,387
But this happened to me
1505
01:39:45,727 --> 01:39:47,718
I was walking down to the subway
1506
01:39:49,498 --> 01:39:52,865
Yeah, I travel by BMT
1507
01:39:53,635 --> 01:39:56,772
When I bumpedRight into a fabulous wench
1508
01:39:56,972 --> 01:40:00,373
From some other century
1509
01:40:01,643 --> 01:40:04,373
Yes, this happened to me
1510
01:40:05,580 --> 01:40:10,519
What a lucky breakThat she was going my way
1511
01:40:10,719 --> 01:40:14,120
'Cause we strolled downKing's Highway
1512
01:40:14,589 --> 01:40:16,523
She murmured:
1513
01:40:18,727 --> 01:40:20,562
And I asked her:
1514
01:40:20,762 --> 01:40:24,562
"Are you sure?"It could only happen in Brooklyn
1515
01:40:25,701 --> 01:40:28,499
When a he meets up with a she
1516
01:40:29,638 --> 01:40:32,808
They get hitchedAnd after the honeymoon, bam
1517
01:40:33,008 --> 01:40:36,341
They're raising a family
1518
01:40:37,546 --> 01:40:40,515
This should happen to me
1519
01:42:10,972 --> 01:42:16,345
B-postrophe, K-no-postrophe, L-Y-N
1520
01:42:16,545 --> 01:42:21,850
They know my shieldFrom Ebbets Field to Cheyenne
1521
01:42:22,050 --> 01:42:25,020
You can keep those other places
1522
01:42:25,220 --> 01:42:27,279
Give me that oasis
1523
01:42:27,689 --> 01:42:30,292
Where it's "erl," not "oil"And a girl's a goil
1524
01:42:30,492 --> 01:42:33,495
And goils are goils at 28 paces
1525
01:42:33,695 --> 01:42:39,234
B-postrophe, K-no-postrophe, L-Y-N
1526
01:42:39,434 --> 01:42:44,373
Agree or notIt's just as hot as cayenne
1527
01:42:44,573 --> 01:42:46,803
It matters notWhat stuff you've been reading
1528
01:42:47,776 --> 01:42:50,579
Brooklyn is the U.S.A.'sGarden of Eden
1529
01:42:50,779 --> 01:42:53,148
B- postrophe, K-no-postrophe...
1530
01:42:53,348 --> 01:42:54,683
- Manhattan!
- What?
1531
01:42:54,883 --> 01:42:56,084
- Listen!
- Who said that?
1532
01:42:56,284 --> 01:42:57,486
- We!
- No.
1533
01:42:57,686 --> 01:42:58,914
Canarsie!
1534
01:42:59,187 --> 01:43:03,992
B- postrophe, K-no-postrophe, L-Y-N
1535
01:43:04,192 --> 01:43:08,864
My home
1536
01:43:09,064 --> 01:43:11,259
Brooklyn!
1537
01:43:26,615 --> 01:43:29,551
Wonderful, Eve.
Oh, Bix, you were great, terrific.
1538
01:43:29,751 --> 01:43:31,153
- Thanks. How do you feel?
- Fine.
1539
01:43:31,353 --> 01:43:32,554
- Leg all right?
- Sure.
1540
01:43:32,754 --> 01:43:34,890
- You able to do the finale?
- Right. Thanks.
1541
01:43:35,090 --> 01:43:36,992
Don't thank him. The ham loved it.
1542
01:43:37,192 --> 01:43:38,682
Bix.
1543
01:43:39,227 --> 01:43:41,129
- All is well?
- Oh, better than that.
1544
01:43:41,329 --> 01:43:45,200
- That's fine, princess, fine.
- Just call me Mrs. Second Lieutenant.
1545
01:43:45,400 --> 01:43:48,070
- I think we'll be stationed in Brooklyn.
- Still better.
1546
01:43:48,270 --> 01:43:51,205
Miss Eve Dillon and Mr. Elwin Bixby.
1547
01:43:57,445 --> 01:44:00,949
Eve, Bix, we really wanna thank you.
1548
01:44:01,149 --> 01:44:02,649
West Point wants to thank you.
1549
01:44:03,184 --> 01:44:06,354
You once said you'd like
to produce this show on Broadway.
1550
01:44:06,554 --> 01:44:09,091
Well, on behalf of the
United States Military Academy...
1551
01:44:09,291 --> 01:44:11,441
...we'd like to present you
with the book...
1552
01:44:12,093 --> 01:44:13,492
Rudy?
1553
01:44:14,229 --> 01:44:16,459
- And the songs
from this 100th Night Show.
1554
01:44:17,332 --> 01:44:19,163
It's yours.
1555
01:44:19,401 --> 01:44:24,539
- Take it with you and make it a hit.
- Well, I just wanna say that...
1556
01:44:24,739 --> 01:44:27,109
...nothing like this
has ever happened to me before.
1557
01:44:27,309 --> 01:44:30,912
But then, ever since I've been up here...
1558
01:44:31,112 --> 01:44:33,307
...every day's been Christmas for me.
1559
01:44:34,049 --> 01:44:37,486
Makes me think of a little fella
I used to know in show business years ago.
1560
01:44:37,686 --> 01:44:39,654
A curious little guy, and...
1561
01:44:41,523 --> 01:44:46,620
What I'm trying to say is
I'm deeply, deeply grateful.
1562
01:44:56,738 --> 01:44:59,441
This is the finale
1563
01:44:59,641 --> 01:45:02,644
We have finally come to that time
1564
01:45:02,844 --> 01:45:06,314
Better known as coat-and-hat time
1565
01:45:06,514 --> 01:45:10,382
Here's the placeWe get to face your cheers or hisses
1566
01:45:11,252 --> 01:45:14,483
This is the finale
1567
01:45:15,690 --> 01:45:18,693
It's where the whole cast freezes
1568
01:45:18,893 --> 01:45:21,997
Which means reprises are coming up
1569
01:45:22,197 --> 01:45:25,801
A reprise is a thing that we sneak in with
1570
01:45:26,001 --> 01:45:29,738
We repeat the songsYou hated to begin with
1571
01:45:29,938 --> 01:45:33,208
By the Kissing RockBy the Kissing Rock
1572
01:45:33,408 --> 01:45:36,311
Either night or dayAll around the clock
1573
01:45:36,511 --> 01:45:37,879
You can depend on this
1574
01:45:38,079 --> 01:45:39,648
It's always time to kiss
1575
01:45:39,848 --> 01:45:42,282
- By the Kissing Rock- By the Kissing Rock
1576
01:45:43,151 --> 01:45:46,488
See the dancers marching forwardStraight across the ballroom floor
1577
01:45:46,688 --> 01:45:50,125
If he steals a kissAll is fair in love and war
1578
01:45:50,325 --> 01:45:53,762
From now on there's no retreating'Cause you'll fall in love to stay
1579
01:45:53,962 --> 01:45:56,726
When they play the "Military Polka"
1580
01:45:56,998 --> 01:46:01,526
He's from B-postropheK-no-postrophe, L-Y-N
1581
01:46:01,903 --> 01:46:03,572
That's the place I make me home in.
1582
01:46:03,772 --> 01:46:06,408
B-postrophe, K-no-postrophe
1583
01:46:06,608 --> 01:46:09,311
L-Y-N
1584
01:46:09,511 --> 01:46:12,314
And now that it's over...
1585
01:46:12,514 --> 01:46:15,317
...I'll sure miss the going to classes.
1586
01:46:15,517 --> 01:46:18,253
Miss you cadets, yes, the brasses.
1587
01:46:18,453 --> 01:46:22,549
So take my thanks to all the ranks,
with love and kisses.
1588
01:46:23,425 --> 01:46:28,730
This is the finale
1589
01:46:28,930 --> 01:46:35,426
The end
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