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[ Man ]
Paper! Paper!

Lucky Lindy makes it!
Extry! Read all about it.

Officer, excuse me.
Could you tell me how I get
to the Central Park Casino?

You can't miss it.
It's just behind the mall.
Thank you.

And only with two ham sandwiches.

Yeah.

[ Man ]
Lucky! Lucky!
Read all about it.

Lucky Lindy makes it!

♪ Ain't she sweet ♪

♪ See her walkin'
down the street ♪

♪ Now I ask you
very confidentially ♪

♪ Ain't she sweet? ♪

♪ Ain't she nice? ♪

♪ Look her over
once or twice ♪

♪ Now I ask you
very confidentially ♪

♪ Ain't she nice? ♪

♪ Just cast an eye
in her direction ♪

♪ Oh, me, oh, my
Ain't that perfection? ♪

♪ I repeat, don't you think
that's kind of neat ♪

♪ Now, I ask you
very confidentially ♪♪

Good afternoon,
Miss Oelrichs.

I'll just be a few minutes.

[ Whistles ]
Say, this must belong to
somebody important, huh?

I rode in one once.

A fella I knew up in college
in Boston had an uncle.

Of course, it wasn't in
quite as good shape as this.

It had two or three
bullet holes in it.
[ Chuckles ]

He bought it from
a bootlegger's widow.

They're good cars,
though, aren't they?
Excuse me.

[ Whistles ]

[ Chuckles ]
A gold key.
What's it for?

What's a key for?

Opens a door,
doesn't it?

[ Tuning Piano ]

[ Oelrichs ]
Philip. Philip, will you come
in here a moment, please?

Eduard.

Hmm. Puts me between
Colonel Rutherford
and Prince Kaminsky,

the two greatest bores
in New York.

Philip, I think that
we'll exile the prince
to the end of the table.

Yes, Miss Oelrichs.
Yes, what is it?

I was looking for
Mr. Reisman. Leo Reisman.

I'm going to be
in his orchestra.

Back of the bandstand.
Thank you very much.

Next time, use
the musicians' entrance.
Right. The musicians' entrance.

I'll find it. Thank you.

Mr. Reisman's office?

Mr. Reisman?

Oh, thank you.

Something?

Hello, Mr. Sherwood.
Hello.

Oh, Mr. Reisman.
Yeah?

Remember me?
Eddy Duchin.

I remember you.
The Berkshires, that resort.
Yeah.

You remember, Leo.
Last summer? We were lost.

It was raining.
Berkshires?

Oh, yes, of course.
Sure. Come in.

Gee, you had me scared
for a minute.

I thought maybe you had―
No. I remember you.

[ Telephone Rings ]
You lent me your raincoat.

I almost forgot to
give it back to you.

I played the piano, huh?
That's right.
A lot of piano.

That was some orchestra
you were hooked up with.

Nobody's got a right
to be that bad,
not even for money.

They were a group of
college kids picking up
money for school.

They weren't professionals.
What are you doing here?

Empty the pockets,
will you, Lou?

Huh?
In New York.

I came down from Boston when―
Jimmy Walker's
coming in tonight.

Great. Swell.
The mayor?

Ha, ha. This is
his favorite spot.
No?

You don't know
the Casino, do you?
No.

It's the playground
of high society.

This was given to Mr. Reisman
by Mrs. Vanderbilt.

He played at her daughter's
coming-out party.

Yes. I know.
Money clip was given
to Mr. Reisman―

Stop sounding like
an auctioneer.

You'll make Duchin
want to quit college
and be a musician.

That's exactly what I―
What school do you go to?

Well, I graduated,
remember? I told you.

The Massachusetts
School of Pharmacy.

Oh, yeah. Sure, sure.
I remember.

So you're gonna be a druggist.
Here in New York?
No.

A lot of money in drugstores
if you can make a good
hot fudge sundae.

I'm not going
to be a druggist.

I've decided to take
advantage of Mr. Reisman's
offer instead.

My offer?
Sure. To play the piano
with your band.

That's why I'm here.

I didn't offer you a job.

What?
I didn't offer you a job.

I remember saying
I liked the way
you play the piano,

but I certainly didn't
offer you a job.

Yeah, but you said a lot
of other things too.

You told me
to come to New York.

No. What Mr. Reisman said
was, if you got to New York,
stop by and say hello.

He also told me I had
the most distinctive style
he'd heard in years.

I've got a piano player.
I've had him for years.

But I'm here.
I can't go back.

Why not?

No. I― I can't go home.

It was tough enough
to leave.

[ Reisman ]
They didn't
want you to go?

Mr. Reisman, when a man owns
a small tailor shop...

and presses pants for a living
and works like a dog...

so that his son can
have an education
and get ahead,

it isn't easy
to give up the dream.

It wasn't their idea that
I should live the crazy
life of a musician.

I should stay at home
and become a druggist...

and a respected member
of the community.

There's nothing
the matter with that.
No, but it isn't what I want.

No. I can't go back.
I've made the break.

Eddy, maybe
your father was right.

You keep in touch.
Now, be sure.

I'm sorry, Eddy. I―

Good-bye and,
uh, good luck.

He wishes us good luck.

He can play. He's got
a very distinctive
personal style.

He won't get lost.

♪♪ [ Piano ]

♪♪ [ Classical ]

I like it.
What is it? Chopin?

Yes.
Which one?

E-flat.

Please play it again.

♪♪ [ ‘‘Manhattan'' ]

I didn't think that
Mr. Reisman went in
for rude musicians.

I'm not with Reisman.
But I heard
you say before―

I'm not with
Mr. Reisman at all.

There was no job to get.

I only dreamed
of working here.

A crazy dream...

driving back home
in a red Stutz Bearcat,

walking into the house
and throwing down a bankroll
as big as the Ritz...

and saying, ‘‘No more work, Pop.
I'm rich. I'm famous.''

Where do you come from?

Boston.

I'm gonna knock
this town on its ear
once I get started,

and I don't mean
only New York.

You don't believe me,
do you?
Of course I believe you.

What do you intend to do
in the meantime?
Get a job in a drugstore.

Playing the piano?

No, no.
No, I'm a druggist.

My prof at the Massachusetts
School of Pharmacy―

He used to play the ukulele, see?
So the two of us,
we'd get together and―

Maybe I talk
too much, huh?
Maybe.

[ Reisman ]
Lou, be sure to get the
arrangements for ‘‘Lucky Lindy.''

We're gonna have a lot
of requests for that tune.

Play some more.
Go on, play.

Mr. Reisman.
Well, good evening, Miss Oelrichs.

Leo, I want you to do
something for me.

Some special numbers you
want me to play tonight?

No, it's
something else.

We'll keep your music
going tonight
without intermission.

Oh, my dear, I can't.

But you can if you hire
an extra piano player.

Did you have anyone
special in mind?

You know very well I had
someone special in mind.

If he's not
good enough―

He's good enough.
Then you'll do it?

Yes.
You're an angel.

Go see Mr. Reisman.
You've got a job.

Whoo. I'm late.
What?

A job.

I beg your pardon, miss.
What did you say?

Be sure you play well.

Thank you, Miss―
Oelrichs. Mayjorie Oelrichs.

Thank you,
Miss Oelrichs.

Say, druggist, do you
have a prescription
for a tuxedo?

♪♪ [ Orchestra Playing Jazz ]

♪♪ [ Orchestra Playing Jazz ]

Is it time?
Shh!

Give me a hand here,
will you?

Thank you.

[ Sighing ]

No, no, no, no.

Oh, I can button it.

How much longer?
Shh!

Shh, shh.

Okay, ready now? Good.

Uh, uh, uh, uh.
Huh?

Oh, you want me
to sit.
Yeah.

Thanks, Mr. Sherwood.
Uh―

♪♪ [ Whistling To Music ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Applause ]

♪♪ [ Piano ]

All right, kid, you're on.
Yes, sir.

Oh, and, Eddy―
Yes, sir?

Remember, this is just
intermission music.
Play soft.

We don't want
to disturb their
eating and drinking.

Yes, sir.
Well, go ahead.
You're on, you're on.

Treat the tuxedo
gently, will you?
It's an old friend.

[ Chattering ]

♪♪ [ ‘‘Harvest Moon'' Softly ]

♪♪ [ Volume Increases ]

Uncle Sherm,
want to dance again?

Let's.
Don't you ever
get tired?

Come on.
Oh, all right,
Mayjorie.

Joan, Harry. Come on,
dance. Come on.

It's the first time
they've ever danced
to just a piano.

Maybe I'd better
sell my fiddle.

Maybe you'd better.

Say, there's Jimmy Walker.
Call the boys.

[ Man ]
Jimmy!

[ Excited Chatter ]

Wait a minute.
What did I do wrong?

His Honor, the mayor,
is coming in.

Jimmy Walker?
Mm-hmm.

♪ They'll be running in
that good, old-fashioned way ♪

♪ Though my hair
be old and gray ♪

Get off the stage.

That's Jimmy Walker!
Yes, I know.
Get off the stage.

♪ As they do in May ♪

♪ They'll be running
in December ♪

♪ As they do in May ♪

♪ Will you love me in
that good, old-fashioned way ♪

♪ When my hair
is old and gray ♪♪

That's a great number.
The mayor wrote it,
you know.

Yes, I know.

Hello again.

Uh, Miss―

[ Man ] This is
the weirdest set of books
I have ever looked at.

I'm a decorator,
not a bookkeeper.

Honestly. What good is it to
have one of the great bankers
of the world for an uncle...

when he can't even
balance my books?

[ Woman ]
Sherman, perhaps you are
being a little unreasonable.

[ Sherman ]
She's no child.
[ Mayjorie ] Walter.

Make sure it's ready
by Tuesday.
Yes, Miss Oelrichs.

Just put it down, please.
Do I have to sign for it?

No.

Well, hello.
Is that for me?

Yes.
How nice.

This is
Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth.
This is Mr. Duchin.

He played the piano
at the Casino last night.

How do you do?
Oh, yes, I remember.

We enjoyed the music
very much.
Thank you.

Mayjorie, for the last time,
will you please shut up shop...

and come down to Southampton
for the weekend?

I told you
I have work to do.

I wish we'd never let you
open this place.

Aunt Edith―
You've missed everything―
Europe, Palm Beach.

I know, dear, but look.

Look at the wonderful
jobs that I did.

Edith, you can't
argue with success.
Good-bye, dear.

Good-bye, darling,
and don't work too hard.

Good-bye.
Good-bye.

Let her live
her own life.

[ Edith ] It would have
been so nice to have her
down for the weekend.

Relatives.
Yes. My aunt and uncle.

They brought me up,
and I love them dearly.

Here. Would you
fill this, please?
The fountain.

Oh.
They can't understand
why I work.

Why do you work?

Why do you
play the piano?

You don't have
to make a living.

I have to have
a reason for living.

Just having money
doesn't do it.

Oh? I thought it did.

No. Because then
you're dependent on money.

Huh?

Then you're dependent
on money, not yourself.

Oh. Well, I can't lie.

I hope money comes
right up and bites me.

I never met anyone like you.

I read all the Horatio Alger
stories when I was a child.

Sink or swim,
do or die.

But I've never
actually known anyone...

who came to New York
to seek fame and fortune.

Do you think I'll make it?

I think you'll make it
because you're productive.

I like productive people.

I wish I were part
of that royalty.

I only play the piano.

And you produce happiness.

That's nice.
I'll remember that.

♪♪ [ Orchestra ]

Eddy. Eddy.

Oh, Mr. Sherwood!
I hope I'm not late.

No. You made it
just in time.

I rushed over as soon as
I got your message.

Mr. Reisman really
told you to call me?

I've got the job!
Please, they're playing.

Oh, now?
No. Between the sets.

Intermission piano.
Intermission. Yeah.

Another reason I was late
was I had to rush out
and rent a tuxedo.

I hope it fits.
The man told me that it does.

Does it look all right?
Just fine.

Oh, good.
Eddy. Eddy, you're on.

Now?
Wait. Please calm down.

[ Applause ]
Now just settle down. Get―

♪♪ [ Piano ]

He'd be a great guy to
send out for a cup of coffee.

Eddy, we thought
we'd lost you.

Now remember. Soft.

Gee, thanks,
Mr. Reisman.

♪♪ [ Softly ]

Good afternoon,
Mr. Duchin.

Good afternoon,
Mr. Duchin.

Good afternoon.

Well, how do you
like it, Lou?

Don't tell me you bought it
just because you're going
to a classy party.

Yep.
What did you
pay for it?

Well, it's secondhand.

How much?

It belonged to one
of the Vanderbilts.

High-class. Tell me,
when it backfires,

does it say,
‘‘Excuse me''?

[ Chuckles ]

How do I look?

Like a secondhand
Vanderbilt. Wait.

I could've booked you
for two cocktail parties
today― a very fancy fee.

This was a personal invitation
from Mrs. Wadsworth.

I'm invited
for myself this time.

I don't have to play.
I'm a guest.
All right, fine.

Good-bye.
Have a good time.

[ Woman ] There's Eddy Duchin.
[ Woman #2 ]
Hello, Eddy!

Hello, Eddy.
Oh, hello.

Are you going to play today?
No. I'm a gue―
No, not today.

Oh, that's a shame.
I'm so disappointed.

The Casino is so
much more lively
now that he's there.

[ Gears Grinding ]

[ Eddy ]
Hey, look out!

Take it easy.

[ Sighs ]

Oh, hello. My car.

Hello, Mr. Duchin.
Mr. Wadsworth.

Nice to have you with us.
Thank you.

Oh. Thank you.

Thank you.

[ Eddy ]
Miss Oelrichs.

Hello.
It's awfully nice
to see you.

I didn't know you were
going to be here.
Your aunt invited me.

You live here with them,
don't you?

Yes, I do.
Then I'm your guest too.

I'm having
a wonderful time.
Good. I'm glad.

I read that you were away
at Sands Point doing
the Whitney house.

It was a very
interesting job.

Since I last saw you,
I guess you don't know
the whole sky fell in on me.

Oh, really?
Yes.

Mr. Reisman let me make
some records with him,

and I've been
playing some wonderful
private parties too.

Can you imagine?
Last week, I played a party
at the Waldorf Astoria,

and the Prince of Wales
was sitting right beside
the piano, and―

Oh, I guess I still
talk too much, don't I?

Mm-mm.

You know, this is
a new experience for me,

being a guest instead
of a paid entertainer.

I love it.
Mayjorie.
Mayjorie, come here.

Excuse me a moment,
please.

Linus Larrabee has
the most fabulous idea
for a party– undersea.

We're all going
to wear fishnets.
Thank you.

Just imagine
the possibilities.
Nothing but fishnets.

Oh. Thank you very much.

Edith, did you make it
clear to Mr. Duchin...

that he was engaged
to play the piano?

I thought I did. Why?

You'd better
speak to him, dear.
He's not playing.

Don't you think
it'd be better if you did?

You hired him.
Oh.

Mrs. Wadsworth.
I'm having a wonderful time.

Aunt Edith, why did you
ask Mr. Duchin to play?

But he was hired to play.
That's why he's here.

But he thought
he was a guest.

Oh, nonsense.
That's his business,
playing the piano.

Well, I certainly made
a fool of myself, didn't I?

No.
Eddy Duchin
in high society.

The simple fact is that
I'm a presumptuous,
conceited fathead...

who thought he'd be
invited to a party for
his grace and charm.

I remember once
when I was a little girl.

I went to a lawn party
and had a lovely new dress.

It rained that morning,

and I ran from the house
to show myself off to the guests.

Well, I slipped,
and I fell in a mud puddle.

I still remember
how they all laughed.

I lay there wanting to die.

You don't.

And as you grow up,
there's always another
beautiful dress...

and another mud puddle...
and still you don't die.

You grow up.

And learn to know
your place.

What is your place?
Right now, it's beside me.

That's not so bad, is it?

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

Ladies and gentlemen,
in answer to your
many requests,

here is Eddy Duchin
at the piano
and ‘‘Dizzy Fingers.''

[ Applause ]

[ Applause, Cheering ]

Bravo!

You must be very
happy about Eddy.

Oh, yes.
He's a wonderful boy.

Tell me, you sing
with the orchestra?

Oh, no. Miss Oelrichs
is one of New York's―
An interior decorator.

You have known our Eddy
a long time?

Almost as long as he's
been in New York, I'd say.

You're looking at me
in a strange way,
Mrs. Duchin. Why?

Because I think you
like our Eddy. Hmm?

Yes.

But one question remains,
and, by no means,
an unimportant one.

Does Eddy like you?

Now, don't you think that
Eddy should answer that?

Yeah. But I wouldn't
have the nerve to ask him.

[ Music Stops ]

Oh, I'm glad the music stopped.
I was getting a headache.

Eddy! Eddy,
you were so wonderful.
Congratulations!

Hello. Thank you, Lou.

We are so proud of you.
Thank you.

Well, how are you getting along
with these old friends of mine?

I hope they don't
send me away.

Eddy, is it like this
every night here?

A party all the time.

Oh, Mom, I have everything.

He who has everything always
wants a little bit more.

Yeah, a Romanian proverb
she made up this morning.
Oh.

Listen, could I make
a quiet little speech?

Go ahead.

Mom and Dad, you've always
been my dearest loves.

Sacrifice and hard work
so that I could get ahead.

You know what you
both mean to me and―

and how grateful I am
for everything you've done,

for more reasons
than you know.

One of the reasons
is me.

Well, don't you
want to marry me?

Yes, but I haven't asked you.

How do you like that?
Oh!

Believe me, it was
the same with us.

The men in the Duchin
family do not like
to ask for something...

until they are sure
they can have it.

[ Dad ]
That works, Eddy, huh?

It sure works.

Well, to make it official,

and in front of
my mother and father,

will you marry me?

Oh!

Mazel tov!
Oh, Mama.

M-Mazel tov.

Mazel tov.

Now, hold it,
Mr. and Mrs. Duchin.
Now steady. Steady.

Now just one more, please.
Just one more.

Hold it. That's it.

[ Woman ]
Doesn't she
look lovely?

What a gorgeous
gown.

[ Woman ]
Look at the cake.

[ Man ]
Ah, there it is.

To our home.
Our home.

You know,
I bet all our friends
must think that we―

[ Mumbles ]

Oh, look. Come here.

A gold key.

Well, goodness.
What's it for?

For you...

to our front door.

Cold?
What's the matter?

Oh, it's nothing.
Just the wind.
I don't like the wind.

Why?
Oh, no reason.
See the Casino?

This is the first night
in two years...

that I haven't played
at the Casino.

Sometimes I think
you love the Casino
more than you do me.

Oh, no, but with you.

You're all mixed up with it.

That's good.
I like being mixed up
with the things you love.

I knew exactly
what I wanted,
and I got it.

All of it, even you.

I was a cinch.

You're all of it, really.

Mm-mm.
But I am the best of it,

I and that deep,
God-given talent of yours.

None of the rest of it
really counts, darling.
You understand that, don't you?

Because if it were all
to disappear tomorrow,
it wouldn't really matter.

Not as long
as you have me,

and I'm not quite
that important.

You're the most
important thing
in the world.

I hope so, darling.
I hope so.

The things I want now,
I want for you.

Don't you
understand that?

I'd like to buy you a diamond
as big as the Ritz.

Oh, Eddy, no.
No, darling.

No, not the things
you can buy me.

Just you, the things
you can give me of you.

Everything you want.

It all comes
so easy for you.
It scares me a little.

Well, remember
Horatio Alger?
Hmm?

Don't you know about
‘‘Eddy's luck''? I have it.

I'll always have it―
a very special angel who
watches over me and mine.

You talk like I'm one
of those statues
in the park.

You are.

You're my own statue
in my own personal park.

Darling, do you realize
that you've never danced
with me to my music?

Well, I've always
wished I could.

A little difficult on
the piano bench, Mrs. Duchin.

Say that again.
Say ‘‘Mrs. Duchin'' again.

Come inside with me,
Mrs. Duchin,

and let me demonstrate
through the miracle
of science, Mrs. Duchin,

how one man can
be in two places
at the same time.

♪♪ [ Piano, Playing Slowly ]

♪♪ [ Piano, Playing Normally ]

Ah, I never realized
you could step
like a dream.

Ooh!

Oh, Eddy.

Oh, Eddy.
Eddy, my darling.

I love you.

Oh, I love you, Mrs. D.

I love your hands.

Not just for the sweet
music they make, but―

but physically, they―

they excite me
just to look at them.

Did you know that
I fell in love
with your hands...

before I fell
in love with you?

Well, now look who's
talking too much.

[ Gasps ]

Really a storm
kicking up.

Eddy! Eddy!

Mayjorie, what is it?
What's wrong?

It's nothing.
Nothing? What do
you mean nothing?

Tell me,
what is it?
No.

Please.
Please tell me.

The wind frightens me.

Oh, Eddy. The wind!

Why? Why?

A dream I had,

and I can't seem
to fight it off.

Darling, darling.
Try to forget it.

I try. I try. I tell myself
it's only a dream, but―

but it keeps coming back.

The wind blows
between us, and I―

I keep trying to reach
for you, but you're gone.

Oh, it won't be like that.

I know. I shouldn't
have told you.

Oh, darling, darling.

Now, I'm here.
It's only a dream.

You ought to beat me.

I'm― I'm afraid I spoiled
your wedding night.

How could you?

How could you?

[ Thunderclap ]

Good afternoon,
Mrs. Duchin.

Darling, what is it?

You sounded so frantic
over the phone.

Darling, are you ill?

Darling, why did I have
to rush over here?
Shh, shh.

Eddy, what is it?

Oh, no!

Well, that's
a fine reaction.

Better go out
and get back in again.

Oh!

Well, what happened
to Mr. Reisman?

Leo got an offer
of a fabulous tour,
and he accepted it.

When did he decide?
About six weeks ago.

He's going to Europe
and the Riviera.
Six weeks?

He'll be gone about―
You have known about this
for six weeks,

and you haven't even
told me, your own wife?

Now, listen, I'm
your own husband,

and it was almost
two months before
you told me...

we were gonna
have a baby.

[ Chuckles ]

You traitor.

We wanted to surprise you.
Are you pleased?

Oh, I'm so happy.
I'm so terribly happy.

Will you sit here,
Mrs. Duchin?

Ladies and gentlemen,
the first appearance...

of Eddy Duchin
and his Central Park
Casino orchestra...

and for a very
special audience.

♪ You're my everything ♪♪

♪♪ [ Piano ]

Mrs. D., do you dance?

Well, I― I have in my time,

but I'm not the girl
I used to be.

Shall we?
Just the three of us.

I'm afraid I'm rather
keeping you at a distance,
Mr. Duchin.

Yes. You have let someone
come between us.

Do you mind terribly?

[ Chuckles ]
Not as long as I have you.

♪♪ [ Piano ]

Oh, she's great.

Hello, Harry.
Hello, Eddy.
What's new?

♪♪ [ ‘‘Rock-A-Bye, Baby'' ]

[ Laughing ]

Please, pardon
the musical interruption,
ladies and gentlemen,

but we had a birth
in the Duchin family
this week.

This number is dedicated
to my son, Peter,
and my wife, Mayjorie.

I hope you're
both listening.

[ Applause ]

It's― It's hard
to believe.

There must be
something you can do.

It had nothing to do
with childbirth.

Believe me, Sherm.
We've done everything possible.

Doctor, your exchange
is on the phone.

Pardon me a moment.

He's certain, of course?

She won't live out
the night.

Ladies and gentlemen,
it's time to say good night.

This is Eddy Duchin signing off
from the Central Park Casino
in New York City...

and wishing you all
a merry, merry Christmas.

And, Mayjorie, I'll be
right there, darling.

[ Applause ]

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
Congratulations.

[ Woman ]
Oh, Mr. Duchin,
we heard your broadcast.

[ Woman #2 ]
It was wonderful.
Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Eddy, I'd like to speak
to you for a moment.

[ Indistinct ]

It's not true.

Eddy, you scared me.

[ Murmurs ]

I heard the radio.

Did you see the baby?

Of course.

I called him
a monkey before,

but he's really
a little Kewpie doll,
you know.

Of course.

You talk now.

I'm a little tired tonight.

No. I have to tell you
something funny.

I was thinking that,
from now on,

we'll hang three stockings.

You know, not having
any brothers or sisters,

Christmas was always
a lonely time for me.

Merry Christmas, Mrs. D.

From Peter Duchin
and his father.

You know, Santa Claus,

I think you're really
in love with me.

I want to go home.

When can I go home?

Soon.

Very soon.

I'm so good for you.
Always have been.

So very good for me.

The girl that gave me
a hand at the start,

who sat beside me
on the piano bench,

nursed the bruises
and kissed away the hurt...

and taught me all
the things I had to learn.

And it'll be like that always.

You can count on me.

Count on your Mayjorie.

Where's your hand?

Here.

I'll always
take care of you...

and Peter too.

Eddy Duchin's
special angel's
with us all the time,

and don't you forget it.

Day and night, he never
sleeps― that angel.

Full of loving-kindness.

For all of us.

What's that sound?
Nothing.

But it sounds like the wind.

No. There's no wind tonight.

I'm afraid of the wind!

It's all right, darling.
There's no wind.

Easy, now. Easy.
It's all right, darling.

It's all right.

You know...

everything's ready
for you at home.

The, uh―

the extra room looks
kind of strange with a bassinet,

but it isn't
an extra room anymore.

It's Peter's room.

And the carriage is all
bought and waiting,

and it won't be any time at all...

before we'll be...

taking him for walks
together in the park,

all the places that
we used to go and know.

[ Object Clatters ]

And we'll take him to
all the special places
that we used to know.

You'll give him―

[ Wind Blowing ]
[ Glass Tinkling ]

[ Glass Tinkling ]

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

[ Sobbing ]

[ Glass Tinkling ]

♪♪ [ Piano ]

♪♪ [ Piano ]

New York won't be the same
without you, Eddy.

I won't miss it.
It won't miss me.

Don't worry about him,
Mr. Wadsworth.

This tour will
do him good.

I think he'll enjoy
South America.
New audiences.

New surroundings,
gay and painless.

And he may get some
sleep down there.

Are you leaving,
Uncle Sherm?

Eddy, about the baby,
about Peter,

you haven't seen him
for several weeks.

Edith wondered if you
weren't going to drop in
before sailing time.

He's just a baby.
He won't know
I was saying good-bye.

I see.
I know,
in Edith's hands,

he'll be getting
wonderful care.

I'm deeply grateful
to you both for
looking after him.

There's no need―
Mayjorie would've
wanted it that way.

Eddy―

Till we meet again.

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

Well, Lou―

Seems like
the end of an era.

Maybe it is, Eddy.

Maybe it is.

What is snow―

cold or warm
when you're under it
for the first time?

♪♪ [ Piano ]

Good morning.

Oh. Good morning.

Have you given up
sleeping?

No. I've been working.
That's all.

They got a thing now
called the eight-hour day.

Yeah. There's
an eight-hour night too.

There's nothing here
from Boston.

There's one from
Sherman Wadsworth, Eddy.

Hotel rooms. Hotel rooms.
What's the matter
with them?

After five years on tour,
I think I've had them.
Haven't you?

Hey, they're tearing
down the Casino.

That reminds me.
I got a wire yesterday
from the Waldorf.

They want us very much,
right after New Orleans.

The money's right,
and I think we ought
to take it.

They're gonna make
a playground for kids
out of it.

Have you been
listening to me?

Yeah.
Yeah.

This is the third letter
I've had in two months
from Sherman Wadsworth.

He's kind of
worried, Eddy.

So are your mother
and father.

About what?
About you.
About your son.

You've never
seen him, you know.

Lou, look,
I've told you before...

that I talk to Edith
on the telephone,
and the kid's all right.

So don't worry about him.

[ Chuckles ]

Sherm may be going overseas
for the government.

He has a feeling we're
gonna get in this war.
Tell me something.

Why is it every time
I bring up the subject
of your son you change it?

Lou, I just wanna
go back to work.

You cannot go on
running away from
your own boy.

I'm not! I'm not!
Now just leave me alone, will you?
Yes.

I respect your grief,
but I'm not going
to stand by...

and watch you
punishing yourself
and punishing that boy.

Who's punishing myself?
You think
you killed your wife.

Shut up! I'm not
gonna listen to this!

You think that if Mayjorie
hadn't had your child,
she'd have lived.

I don't!
You do!

For God's sake, will
you leave me alone!

I haven't been to
New York in five years.
I'm not going back now.

There's nothing left there.
You've got a boy there,
and he's growing up.

You've got to see him.
He's better off
as he is.

You can't reject
your own son.

He's happy.
How do you know?

For five years,
you've been running
away from the truth.

Mayjorie's dead.

Just don't bury the boy
with her, that's all.

Please, don't you under―
That's all the Wadsworths
care about.

They brought him up, yes.
Regally, they brought him up,

but they want him
to know you, his father.

Just give it a try,
won't you?

If a war comes, it may
be your last chance, so―

We've got four days between
here and New Orleans.

Eddy?

All right.

Peter, this is your father.

Hello, Peter.
How do you do, sir?

You two are going to have
a wonderful day together.

What are your plans?

Well, I thought
we'd just make it up
as we go along.

That okay
with you, Peter?

Yes, sir.

Well, shall we go?
Good-bye, Edith.

Bye, Aunt Edith.
Have fun.

[ Elephant Trumpeting ]

[ Seals Barking ]

What about
some ice cream?

Really not?

Well, what about
a pony ride?

Well, what do you
usually do...

when you come
to the park, Peter?

Oh, just fool around.

Just... fool around.

[ Seals Barking ]

Look at the seals, Peter.

Look. They're going swimming.

You know,
that reminds me.

Out in San Francisco,
near the ocean,

there's a big rock
full of hundreds
of really wild seals.

Not tame ones like these.

They're sea lions,
not seals.

[ Sherman ]
Hi, Peter.

Uncle Sherman!

[ Laughs ]
It's been fun having
your father here,

hasn't it, huh?

I guess I won't
see you again before
you go overseas, Sherm.

You'll be in Europe
soon, won't you?

Yes. It's not
a job I relish.

Sherman thinks
it means another
world war.

I know.

Edith.

I'll keep in touch.
Write.

Good-bye, Peter.
Good-bye, sir.

Thank you very much.
I had a very nice time.

You're welcome, Peter.

So did I.

Thanks for the balloon.

Fire two.

Fire center.

Fire four.

[ Sonar Echoing ]

Oil slick to port.

Well, we made it.
Attack successful.

Break off the attack.

You sent for me, sir?

Yes, Eddy. Come in.
How are things going?

Rough, George.
Rough.

They'll get rougher
the closer we get to Japan.

Sit down.
Thank you.

We're putting in
to Mindanao for repairs.
Oh.

I've had two more requests
from the Special Services.

They'd like to transfer you
to morale duty.

Sitting out the war
at a piano wouldn't do
my morale much good.

You've been aboard
two years now, Eddy.

Frankly, I need you here.

- I won't urge you to go ashore.
- Thank you.

But you're like a mule
on this subject. Why?

After all,
nobody wants to die.

No. No, of course
they don't.

But for me, being able to
stay on active duty is―

Well, it's purely selfish.

You see, you can get lost
in the big reality in―

in which all the little
personal aches disappear.

War, as the man said,
is hell.

But for me,
it's a kind of a...

personal salvation.

Get that out of there now.
That's it. Move it along.

[ Man ]
Bring that back,
will ya?

[ Man ]
All right, you people.

Move that rock.
Move that rock.

♪♪ [ Out Of Tune ]

Like some chewing gum?

Want some?

Come on.

All right. Now, do you
think you can do this?

Now, you just
keep doing it.

♪♪ [ ‘‘Chopsticks'' ]

[ Cheering ]

[ Man ] Very good!
[ Man #2 ]
Mighty good!

[ Thinking ] Dear Peter,
there are so many things that
I would like to say to you.

We've never really
known each other.

There just never seemed
to be the time.

When I come home,
things will be different.
I'm going to try to make up―

[ Intercom Whistles ]
[ Man On Intercom ]
This is the captain speaking.

I've just received official word—
firing ceased at 2300.

The war is over.
I repeat, the war is over.
I haven't even seen my kid.

Stand by for
further information.

[ Cheering ]

It'll be sooner
than we thought, Peter.

Sooner than we thought.

Mr. Duchin.
Hello, Charles.

I'll tell Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth
you're here.

Thank you.

Mr. Wadsworth.

Mr. Duchin is here.

Eddy! Welcome home!

Sherm.
Edith!

Welcome home, Eddy.
We didn't expect you
till tomorrow night.

I found an admiral
who was in a hurry, too,
so I just hitched a ride.

Edith! You've no idea
how good it is to see you.

Well, come on in
and tell us everything.

I'm home to stay this time.
Oh, where's Peter?

He and Chiquita
went to the park.

I'm going to stay home
now with my son.

I have so much
to make up for.

Eddy, we understand.

Sherm, I'm organizing
a new band.

Lou's got us booked
into the Waldorf
for a long hitch,

so I can stay right here
in New York with Peter.

Maybe I ought to go
to the park and get him.

[ Sherman Chuckling ]
Eddy, be patient.

But I have so many plans.

We're going
to set up housekeeping,
a sort of bachelor hall.

Say, tell me about this little
girlfriend of Peter's.

Chiquita. Oh,
she's a sweet child.
You'll like her.

[ Eddy ] Spanish?
No. English.
‘‘Chiquita's'' a nickname.

Her father was a London
business associate of mine.

The entire family
was wiped out
during the blitz.

[ Edith ]
It's been wonderful for
Peter having her here.

They adore each other.
[ Peter ]
Aunt Edith. Uncle Sherm.

You can't imagine
what happened in the park.

I can skate
spread-eagle and―

- Hello, Peter.
- Hello.

I'm very glad to be back
with you, Peter.

I hope you're
happy to see me.

Yes.

Oh, you look like your mother.

I'm told I look like you.

Did― Did you get
the Japanese sword and
the battle flag I sent?

Yes.
Good.

Well, I hope your little
playmate Chiquita
enjoyed the doll.

It came from a very fine
Japanese collection.

[ Woman ]
It's one of the most―

It's one of the most
beautiful dolls I've ever seen.

I'm so very pleased
to meet you at last, Mr. Duchin.

Welcome home.

Thank you.
Eddy, this is
Chiquita Wynn.

Chiqui―

I see I've been
measuring you
by the wrong yardstick.

I'm desperately sorry.

I do apologize
if we've embarrassed you.

No, it's just that I'm afraid that...

salt water has dimmed
my sense of humor.

I think I'll go upstairs
now, Chiquita.

But your father has
just arrived, Peter.

What about the surprise?

Some other time,
Aunt Edith.

[ Whispering ]

Okay.

Mr. Duchin,
will you sit here?

Ladies and gentlemen,
music by Duchin.

Where did he learn
to play like that?

Chiquita taught him.

We used to get out
all your records and play them.

We love them so.

Excuse me.
I've got a headache.

Peter―

Does he really
have a headache?

Oh, you know
how boys are.

No, I don't know
how boys are.

They're unpredictable, Eddy.

He may have a headache.

At any rate, the experience
of meeting you again...

is a little more than
he can take all at one time,

and he is determined
not to show it.

It should go, if you
don't mind my saying so,
by easy stages.

What I feel for Peter
isn't a matter of
love by installment.

I was not talking
about what you feel,
Mr. Duchin.

It's wonderful
that you're home.
Excuse me.

That's one. Come on.
Throw it in at the mitt.

Way up.

[ Peter ]
Make it a double-play ball.

Eddy, you sign these contracts,
and we're in business.

What a band.

We got everybody we wanted.

These past five weeks,
getting the boys together...

and getting
the arrangements set,

reading the small print
in the contracts,

I'm beat.

Right in the strike zone.

Oh!

Ball one.
Strike one.

They're great together,
aren't they?

[ Peter ]
High one, Chiquita.

Peter.

Would you come in here
for a moment, please?

Where do I sign?

At the bottom.
All copies.

Hi, Peter.
Hi.

You called me?
Oh, yes, Peter.
Change your clothes.

We can go as soon as
I've finished signing
these contracts.

Go where?

School starts
in a few weeks.

I'll take you shopping and
buy you some new clothes.

But, Chiquita―

I'm sorry. Peter and I
did that this morning.

You what?

Edith and I thought
you'd been so busy―

Well, return the things.
I want to take him shopping.

But we've already
ordered them.

It's easy to cancel
an order, Peter.

Now run and change
your clothes, Son.

Why, you act exactly
as if I were trying...

to steal your son
from you, Mr. Duchin.

Believe me, I'm not.

From now on,
I'll take him shopping
for what he needs.

Certainly.

But I don't think,
for his sake and yours,

that we should air
our differences
in front of him.

Miss Wynn,

I realize that you're here as
a guest of the Wadsworths,

not a nursemaid―
I can't give you orders.

But you keep telling me
to mend my manners.

I was not aware―
Well, I certainly
want it stopped!

Unfortunately, your son
judges you, in part,
by how you treat me.

Let's forget it, Miss Wynn.
We're just not on
the same side of the fence.

Every child needs
a father, Mr. Duchin.
I'm well aware of that.

You've turned my son
against me.

You're very rude
and tactless,
Mr. Duchin.

Whatever exists
between you
and your son...

was ready-made
when I arrived here.

It's my fault, I suppose.
I've no interest
in fixing blame.

Did you know Peter
owned every one of your
gramophone recordings...

and hid them in the cupboard
the moment you came home?

Hid them? Why?
Why?

Why give the gift of
love and admiration...

to a― a god
that may depart
on the morrow?

It's just a lot of talk.
What does it mean?

Whatever you want
to make it mean.

Now, that's a real
intelligent answer.

You know, it― it never
occurred to me before.

Maybe you're not―

Maybe you're not the man
I was told you were.

Miss Wynn.

Miss Wynn.

You might not believe this,

but I'm ready to go down
on my knees to that boy.

Believe me,
you'll have to.

There are so many things
about him that you know
that I don't.

Yes. Many.

Would you― Would you
tell them to me?

Some of the things
I have to say
may be painful.

Please tell me.

Please.

♪♪ [ Orchestra ]

Fine. Take five.

Well, how was it,
fellas?

Solid, Mr. Duchin.
Thanks for asking us.

Good.
Eddy, can I see you
a minute?

Yeah, sure.
Excuse me.

We're opening the Waldorf
in a week, and we've got
to make some replacements.

These are the men available.

[ Boy ]
I like your father.
I seen his picture in the paper.

[ Boy #2 ]
I've seen it a dozen times.

[ Whispering ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Man ]
Who's got my reeds?

[ Man #2 ]
You left them
in your box.

So we'll take this score
down here―

♪♪ [ Jazz ]

♪♪ [ Off-key ]

♪♪ [ In Tune ]
♪♪ [ Scatting ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

♪♪ [ Scatting Continues ]

Take the lead, Peter.

That was a wonderful
session, Peter.

Thanks.
That was solid,
as they said.

Say, I got another one.
Now, I regret to add,

we have a dental appointment.

I wish I didn't
have to go.
Do I have to go?

Why don't you
ask your father?

I'm asking you.

This would be our
third cancellation, Peter.

I think you'd better go, Peter.

There'll be other times.
Miss Wynn is right.

Very well.

Good-bye, fellas.
I gotta go to the dentist.

All right, let's go, boys.
Clock's running. Let's go.

We haven't got all day.
We open in a week.

Let's go, boys. Come on.
Eddy's waiting.

All right, fellas, I want to
take the theme now.

[ Man ]
Ah, isn't it wonderful
to be back again?

♪♪ [ Orchestra ]

[ Chattering ]

♪♪ [ Piano ]

[ Applause, Cheering ]

Chiquita, I think
I'd like to dance.

[ Man ] Congratulations, Eddy.
[ Man #2 ]
Welcome home, Eddy.

[ Eddy ]
Thank you.
It's good to be here.

Enjoying yourself, Son?

Nat, take over
for me, will you?

Eddy, the band
never sounded better.

Take it from Cugat.
He know.
Thank you, Cugie.

What's the matter
with your arm?
Nothing, nothing.

It's just hot in there.
I'll go back in a minute.

Eddy, what's the matter
with your hand?

Nothing.

Nothing that a good massage
won't remedy.

That room's
no icebox, you know.

No, I know.
But I've been booking
you for 20 years,

and we've always given them
a two-handed piano player.

Lou, will you
leave me alone!

I just got a little tired.
That's all.

Let me call
the house doctor.
No, no, no.

Really. It's― It's all right.

There's nothing wrong.
See? It's okay.
Good.

You know, Eddy,
on the rainy side of 40,

a man ought to have
a medical checkup
at least twice a year.

Yeah.

Medical checkup
twice a year.

We'll get one next week.

[ Wind Howling ]

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Screams ]

[ Whimpers ]

[ Thunderclap ]

Dad?

Daddy?

Mr. Duchin?

Dad!

Peter?

I'm afraid.

Can I stay with you?

Of course, Son
Hop in.

Dad?

Yes?

Daddy, I love you!

[ Crying ]

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Raining ]

♪♪ [ Humming ]

♪ Dee, dee ♪
♪ Bom, dee ♪♪

[ Laughing ]

Say, I was thinking,

why is this holiday next week
called Labor Day?

Why?

Because
nobody works.
Oh.

I'm starved!

Eddy―
Great kid,
isn't he, Lou?

Yes, he is.

Reminds me of you when
you flew into the Casino
first time I met you.

Yippee!

I don't have to have
to have my tonsils out,
if you care to know.

I'm hungry. I want
something to eat.

Hey, Hopalong.
Get upstairs and wash.

Cook isn't feeling well,
so I'll rustle you up some grub.

Okay!

Yippee!
Hey, hey, hey!

America's still full
of wild Indians.

Did the doctor
look at his throat?

Yes, of course.
Both of us.
Nothing's wrong.

Edith and Sherm are certainly
burning up Europe.

I'll get Peter
something to eat.
Will you stay, Lou?

Oh, no, thanks,
Chiquita.

That's the kind
of woman for you.

Was, you mean.

Eddy, there are other doctors.
Dr. Richter's
a specialist, Lou.

Where are you going?

Back to the hotel
to think about my sins.

Maybe
I'll see you later.
Yeah.

Life can be heartless,
huh, Lou?

Hungry too?

No. I― Just in the mood
to beat a tea kettle.

May I?

Beat a what?
Tea kettle.

What does that mean?

It's an old expression.
‘‘Beat a tea kettle.''

It means, uh,
jabber jabber.

Jabber away.

Well, where's
the jabber?

[ Bird Chirping ]

You say something.

That bird is brilliant.
Do you hear it
out in the garden?

That's topic one.
Next.
Next?

Not only packaged bread,
but packaged, sliced bread.

This is an American luxury...

that passes
all understanding.

Eddy, if I―
If I may begin again,

it― it makes me
very happy...

that Peter and you
are together and...

Peter really has a father.

I'll miss him.

Miss him?

Where are you going?

Home... to England.

What's in England?

England's home to me.

What is home?

Is it perhaps the place
where your husband is?

I suppose it is,

if you have the husband.

Did it ever occur to you...

that I might ask
to be your husband?

Well, frankly, no. I've―

I've always known
how you felt about―

about Peter's mother.

Chiquita, I'd like
to tell you about that.

I loved Mayjorie more deeply
than my own life.

I'd never deny that.

We were gay friends,
tender lovers,

a pair of kids together.

How often can you
be kids together?

Only once, Chiquita.

And no one, but no one,

gets the big jackpots of life
more than once.

Young love is once.

The first time
you have a child.

Or watching
your parents grow old.

That's another ‘‘once.''

I didn't know that
when Mayjorie went.

I― I tried to live
in a charmed circle...

that was gone forever.

I want you to know,
Chiquita,

I'd give anything for you
not to leave Peter and me.

What did you say?

Oh, excuse me.
I didn't have the right to say it.

But, Eddy―
In all my life, I've never
admired a woman more.

Do you understand?

Eddy. Eddy, I really
don't understand what
you're talking about.

Eddy?

Eddy, I―
Please, just go away.

I don't understand.
Are you angry with me?

No, of course not.
Then, what's wrong?

Chiquita, will you―

I love you.
I love you.

You know that,
don't you?
No, I don't.

I don't understand
all this, Eddy.

Well, it― it's nothing
you'd like to understand.

All right.
I'm gonna die.

Maybe you understand that.
It's that plain and simple.

The doctor used
a fine 20-dollar phrase―

‘‘unfortunate prognosis.''

That's polite for ‘‘hopeless.''

Eddy, wait a minute.
What's hopeless?

The doctor said―
He said I have a year to live.

It's a funny little thing
called hematocytosis.

Perfectly harmless
to your neighbors,

only you get gobbled up
and disappear.

I can't believe it.

That's what I told
the good doctor.

He turned away
and shook his head.

Then we'll go
to another doctor.

Chiquita, stop it.
I've been to three,
and their opinions don't differ.

Eddy, they―

So much for love...

or whatever future
we might have―

Does anyone know?

Only Lou.

Does Peter know?

Not yet.

Look.

Look at the speed
of the river.

It's― It's strange
how unreal the real
can be.

Have to call
my folks in Boston,

say hello.

Eddy.

Eddy, I would be so proud
to be your wife.

I don't want pity.

It has nothing to do
with pity.

No. I―
I couldn't do that.

Eddy.

Eddy! Eddy!

Eddy, I love you so much.

You love me?

For such a long, long time.

I want to be your wife.

♪♪ [ Scales ]
You know,

if this weren't
Edith's wedding present,

out the window
it would go.

Oh, sure.
$20 worth of Renoir?

D-seventh.

You like it there?

You know, this place is
getting a little crowded.

Well, not with pictures.
With pianos.

You know, I knew
I was marrying
for better or worse.

But two pianos?

Doesn't everyone
have two pianos?

[ Door Buzzer ]
Say, that's Uncle Lou.

You see?
He didn't forget.

Lou promised
to take him to a movie.

The albums?
Yeah.

Daddy, your albums are here.

[ Eddy ] Oh, fine.
Thank you, Lou.
Don't mention it.

[ Chiquita ]
Hello, Lou.
Chiquita.

Can I borrow him
for a couple of hours?

If you promise
to bring him back.
I will.

Let's take Lou with us
when we go to Bermuda
next spring.

Aren't we going
to Bermuda?
Sure.

And next summer,
Italy and France too?
Mm-hmm.

I'm gonna row a gondola.

I'm ready.
Good-bye, Daddy.
Good-bye, Peter.

Good-bye, Chiquita.

Have a good time
at the movies.
I will. Thank you.

Last one out
is a rotten egg.

Oh, Lou.
Yeah.

Take the car.

You know, you never trusted me
with your Stutz Bearcat.

Stutz... scared cat?

[ Peter ]
What's that?

Last one out's
a rotten egg.

[ Door Closes ]

Chiquita.

You, uh, you like it
better there, hmm?

Eddy, you're going
to have to tell Peter.

No. I― I can't.

You must.

But I wouldn't know
how to do a thing like that.

It doesn't have
to be done tonight.

Listen, dear.
Tonight, next week,
a month from now―

What difference
does it make?
I just couldn't do it.

What I want to know is why!

Why do they have
to destroy a man twice?

You work and work,
and just when you get a―

Everything.

When it gets too good,
they take it away.

Oh, Chiquita,

I don't want to die.

Oh, Eddy―
I don't.

Oh!

Eddy―
I'll― I'll tell him.

I'll tell him.

[ Crying ]

Oh, God, give me
the proper words to say to him.

Hey. This is where
you used to play
the piano.

The Central Park Casino
used to be here.

Didn't it, Dad?

Yes, that's right.

Say, Dad, how did
they happen to have
a nightclub...

right here in the middle
of the park?

Well, it― it seemed
like a good idea at the time.

Oh. A-yoop!

Yoop, yoop,
yoop, yoop, yoop!

And you lived up there.

Yes.

Boy, you know what
you could've done, Dad?

You could've got
a steel cable, see,

run it from your apartment
right down here to the Casino.

Then, when you wanted
to go to work,

you just climb up
on your cable and go―

Aaaah!

And boom― you'd land
right at the piano
and start to play.

Now, why didn't I think of that?

The only trouble is,
how would you get home?

Well,

I think if I got a, uh,
a running start―

Aw, Dad.

What did you want
to talk to me about, Dad?

Well, I, um,

thought it might be fun
if we took a walk together.

Peter,

when I was in the navy
in the Pacific,

I― I tried to write to you.

There― There were so many things
I wanted to tell you.

You never knew
your mother.

But when I lost her, I―

Peter, I need your help.

I've been thinking, Son.

The only way I'd ever
leave you again...

would be against my will.

What?
A trip, you mean?

A road tour
with the band?

No. No, not exactly.

You're going away
for a long time?

For a long time, Son.

Will Chiquita
go with you?

No. She'll stay here
with you.

You know, Peter,
there's no one dearer to me
in the whole world than you.

Mm-hmm.

But I―

I― I can't stay
with you, Son.

Do you have to do it?

Go, I mean.

Yes.

Well, I don't care.

I don't think
you mean that, Peter.

Don't tell me what I mean.

You said you have to go.

You're gonna
leave me again.

Didn't you?
No, Peter. Listen.

You don't have to bother
explaining things.

I can get along without you.

I've done it before,
and I can do it again.

You must understand, Peter.
Listen to me.
No, no, no!

I told you,
it was against my will.

Don't say that!
It's not true.

There's no one
who can tell you
what to do.

Peter, there's somebody
who tells us all what to do.

You remember the hospitals
that I've gone to,

the doctors
that I've seen recently?

Yes, but you're all right now.
You told us.

No. I'm―
I'm sick, Peter.

I'm very sick.

And that's why
I won't be with you
much longer, Son.

[ Crying ]

Do you understand what
I'm trying to tell you, Peter?

Do you understand?

Yes,

I...

think I understand.

Daddy! Daddy!

Daddy.

Daddy.
[ Crying ]

[ Door Opens ]

Hi.

Hi.

I've been lonesome
without my two men.

It's Cook's day off,

and you know
what that means.

I'll take care of her, Dad.

Well, how about a little
double piano, hmm?

Music by Duchin.

You're getting
awfully good, Son.

It's hard to tell
where I leave off
and you begin.

[ Stops Playing ]

♪♪ [ Piano ]

♪♪ [ Piano ]