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[Theme - Jack Jones, "the love boat theme"]

Theme song: Love, exciting and new.

Come aboard.

We're expecting you.

And love, life's sweetest reward.

Let it flow.

It floats back to you.

The love boat soon will be making another run.

The love boat promises something for everyone.

Set a course for adventure, your mind on a new romance.

And love won't hurt anymore.

It's an open smile on a friendly shore.

It's love.

Welcome aboard, it's love.

Now that's aloha deck, cabin 117.

Dinner seating's at 6:30 and 8:00.

But don't come to both, or we'll catch you.

[Laughter]

Hey, guys, is April here yet?

- Not yet. - Oh.

You suppose her English has improved any?

About as much as your Spanish has.

Guess who?

And no fair peek-a-booie!

[Laughter]

Don't help him, Julie.

Oh, this is too hard.

Give me a hint.

Ok, coochie choochie.

Oh oh, yeah, queen Elizabeth.

No, but you're getting warm.

It's me!

[Interposing voices]

How you doing?

I'm so glad to see all of you.

Thank you.

You bed.

Oh, we're glad to see you.

We've been expecting you.

April!

Captain!

[Interposing voices]

We've missed you!

[Inaudible]

This is my daughter, Vicki.

My goodness.

Any Vicky of yours, captain, is a Vicki of mine.

I've heard a lot about you.

It better be good.

[Laughter]

Well, we'll see you at my table for dinner tonight.

I see you tonight.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.

April Lopez: Goodbye.

Well, so April, tell us what's been going on?

How are you?

How is she?

Well, why don't we let honest Tex answer that.

The little lady is fine, just fine.

And speaking as honest Tex, who sold a few used cars,

in his time, I want to tell you that she's worth every red cent

of the blue book value plus about a million bucks

for added accessories.

My good friends, this is honest Tex.

Hey, howdy do, friends.

[Interposing voices]

Yeah, April's has told me how helpful y'all have been getting

her singing career started.

Oh well, April, how is your singing career?

[Inaudible]

It's going just fine, just fine, just

first class, isn't it, hon?

Excuse me, Mr. honest Tex, but we've

been very excitedly waiting for April to come aboard.

Would it be possible to hear a few words from her directly?

Well, why not?

[Inaudible] Here, little hon.

Why don't you talk to these nice folks directly from yourself?

Ok, directly from myself.

I met honest Tex three weeks ago.

And guess what?

He's now my finance, and I am his financee.

Your fiancee?

You're engaged?

After knowing him only three weeks?

No, we get engaged the first night.

Honest Tex: I always wanted to marry gal just like the gal

that married dear old dad.

I'm speaking of dad's fifth wife, of course, yes.

[Laughter]

I'm going to go check out that bunkhouse now.

Here, come along, child.

Yes, indeed.

Well, I see you tonight.

Bye.

Even though that cowboy's wearing a white hat,

I'm not all that sure he's a good guy.

Miss Rogers, you and your daughter

are on the promenade deck, cabin 340.

And that's right up those stairs and to the left.

Thank you.

Oh, I see you're from Vancouver.

That's one of my favorite cities.

Are you natives?

Well, I guess I qualify.

We moved there when I was one.

And she's getting married there in two weeks.

How nice!

I wish you all the happiness in the world.

Well, mom thought this cruise would be a good time to explain

the facts of life to me.

(Laughing) She's the greatest, really.

[Phone ringing]

Maybe we better find our cabin.

Enjoy your cruise.

Bye.

Excuse me.

Yes?

Do you have a Mrs. Rogers sailing

with you, Martha Rogers?

Yes, with her daughter, Laura.

They just boarded.

Excuse me.

Thank you.

I know our marriage got to heavy for you.

But did the typewriter get too heavy too?

Look, Betty, in all the years that we've been married,

and all the years that we've been writing together,

I never carried the typewriter.

And if I didn't carry the typewriter when I loved you,

why should I carry it now that I hate you?

I'm just kidding, I don't hate you.

How do you feel about me?

Other than wanting to divorce me, of course.

There you go with that fuzzy dialogue again.

I don't want to divorce you.

We want to divorce each other.

Well, when we finish writing this movie script together,

you won't have to see me anymore.

Mr. and Mrs. William Robinson, for the moment.

Cabin 124.

And cabin 126.

Adjoining.

124 and 126?

Don't you have adjoining cabins not quite so close together?

Don't try to figure it out.

She's not too bright.

That's why she's carrying the typewriter.

Remember, if we split up, you carry the clipboard.

[Ship's horn]

Hi, guys, what are you doing?

Well, we decided to talk to April

about the foolishness of getting engaged to somebody

she doesn't even know.

Especially a jerk like honest Tex.

Come on, she's alone.

No look, let's not start to talk about honest Tex

right away.

That'd be too obvious.

Oh, right.

Ok, first we'll ask her to sing a song in the show tomorrow

night.

I have an idea.

Maybe if I tell her that if she'll sing a song,

I'll play my flute?

No, we're trying to convince her, not discourage her.

Hola, April.

- Hola! - Hello!

Hi!

[Interposing voices]

You know something?

I was wondering where all of you were.

But now you are here.

So I can start wondering where you were.

April, we were wondering if maybe you'd like to sing a song

for our show tomorrow night?

Sure.

Sure, I'd love to sing a song for all of you, buddies,

for my friends, for my family.

Ah, April, that's what we wanted to talk to you about.

You know, sometimes a husband is considered part of the family.

No kidding?

Right.

April, you see, what gopher's trying to say is--

hey!

Here you are, hon.

Yes, a little toddy for the body.

Say, this is a nice canoe you got here, friends.

Yes indeedy.

You ever decide to go into used ship [inaudible] let me know.

I pay top dollar on a trade in.

And you got a good heater and radio, paid extra cash, yes.

[Laughter]

April Lopez: He's so full of humor.

Honest Tex, honey, my friends want me to sing a song

in the show tomorrow night.

Oh, I'm sorry, that'd be impossible, hon.

See, singing for free-- that's a bad precedent.

No, no, you've got to put up the do re mi you want

to hear the fa, so, la, ti do.

You see what I mean?

Now listen, Tex, we realize you're April's fiance but--

ah, no, no, no.

You see, I'm her manager, yes!

[Inaudible] You see, yes, I'm her manager.

I've got a 10-year contract with that young lady.

10 years?

Yes 10 years.

April, why did you sign a 10-year contract?

Well, I was going to sign a one-year contract.

But then honest Tex explained to me

that if I sign a 10-year contract,

it will save me signing my name every year for nine year.

What a genius.

(Laughing) Yes, I didn't want her

to get writer's cramp on her wedding ring hand,

you see what I mean?

Come along, darling, I don't want you to be in the sun

too long.

Yes, indeedy, that'll scramble your-- oh, my goodness,

it's warm out here, ain't it?

Bye.

That's a nice hat, Tex.

You got it in black?

Ok, then what?

So then, when the boss asks the guy

if he's willing to risk losing his job for the sake

of the girl, he says, maybe.

Perhaps.

I didn't say perhaps, I said maybe.

Well, perhaps is better.

Maybe you're right.

Perhaps you're right.

Now should we get on with the script?

Maybe.

All right, you know the scene where

we couldn't figure out how the guy would

pick up the girl in the bar?

Well, I think I've got it figured out.

The guy goes under the bar.

He's all by himself.

Now he sits down at the bar.

Now a couple of stools away is sitting the girl.

The guy sees her.

There's a bowl of peanuts on the bar in front of the guy.

He reaches into the bowl of peanuts, takes out a peanut,

throws it in the air, catches it in his mouth

to attract her attention.

Well, what do you think?

It's dumb.

Catching peanuts in his mouth.

Even if she did notice him, she's just think he was dumb.

Really?

Really.

Come on.

Where?

We're going to the bar.

I'm going to show you how dumb it is.

Maybe it isn't dumb, it's just stupid.

[Music playing]

Hello, Martha.

Where did you come from?

[Laughs] That's hardly the way to greet a man

you haven't seen in 20 years.

May I?

Thank you.

I must say, you look wonderful.

So does Laura.

How's Burt?

Burt and I were divorced when Laura was five.

Tom, I don't want any trouble.

You promised me never to contact.

Martha, I have kept that promise for more than 20 years.

This meeting was pure chance.

I raised her alone, Tom.

She's all I've got.

She's my life.

But she's my daughter.

Hello.

[Laughter]

Oh, hi.

This is Mr. Thorton, an old friend of mine.

- Oh, hello. - Hello.

Excuse me.

Sit down.

Thank you.

You know, I was a neighbor of your mother's 20 years ago.

Laura: You were?

Are you alone?

Yes.

Well, why don't you join us for dinner?

I'm sure my mom would love it.

Oh, yes.

Please do.

I'd love to.

Thank you.

Good.

[Music playing]

Wait a minute.

This looks like a good one.

Now, if I charm them with the old peanut trick,

it goes into the script.

Agreed?

Agreed.

[Music playing]

[Smacks]

Terrific.

[Music playing]

So what does your husband to be do?

He's a doctor.

An obstetrician.

Oh, wonderful.

There's nothing more beautiful than the birth of a child.

Unless of course, it happens in the middle of the night.

[Laughs] You know, there's something

I don't understand about you.

I always thought that stockbrokers were frenzied,

you know?

You seem like the calm type.

Well, that's because i'm dining with two lovely ladies.

You should see me with the bulls and the bears.

[Growls]

[Laughs] I bet.

[Laughs] Oh, is it 9:00 yet?

9:05.

[Gasps] I told Jim I'd call him at 9:00.

I'll be right back.

Send my love.

Ok.

[Laughs]

It's amazing.

Here I am dining with my own daughter,

almost a total stranger to me.

Yet I love her as if I've known her all her life.

Stop torturing yourself, Tom, and stop torturing me.

I don't mean to.

It's just I feel she has a right to know,

and I have a right to tell her.

No, you don't.

You gave up that right when you asked

Burt and me to adopt Laura.

I was 21 when Laura was born.

No job, no money.

And when Claire died in childbirth,

I just fell apart, that's all.

I went to pieces.

I remember.

It was a sad time.

I tried raising Laura by myself.

I couldn't.

It's hard for a single parent, and especially a father.

All I wanted to do was what was best for her.

And you did.

Don't spoil it now.

Don't take the chance of hurting her.

She's so happy.

You can see that, can't you?

Oh, yes.

You both done a wonderful job.

She's happy, secure.

She really knows who she is.

Not yet, she doesn't.

Ok, Betty.

I'll admit I was wrong about the old peanut in the mouth trick.

But I am not wrong about this.

I'm telling you that if we write a hand-holding scene

into this script, they're going to laugh

us right out of the business.

Will you just give it a chance?

Now, give me your hat.

I'm telling you, couples don't hold hands anymore.

We don't, but couples do!

I'm telling you, it won't work.

It will work.

Give me your stupid hand!

Well, here's to April, who started as a stowaway

and ended up stealing our hearts away.

- April! - Hey!

To April!

April!

If I steal your heart, you don't have to steal mine.

I give it to you.

[Laughter]

Well, now, I sure hate to be the one

to cut short a good party, but you come along, hon.

We got to send a telegram to my friend over there in Las Vegas.

See, we're going to make a big store out [inaudible]..

We'll have her name up in lights taller than she is herself.

Oh?

Yeah.

Well, the entertainment director over at brutus palace

is a pal of mine, see.

I guess you know him personally, of course.

Well, I sure enough do.

I sold him a used car once.

You know, it's a funny thing.

I sent him a telegram a few days ago.

I never got no answer.

Well, maybe he was on his way to answer the telegram,

and the car you sold him broke down.

Cute little rascal, ain't he?

[Laughs] Well, come on.

We've got to pick you a big [inaudible] out.

[Laughs] Don't worry.

I will still talk with all of you when I am a big star.

I love you!

What are we going to do about him?

I don't know, you little rascal.

Well, I think one of us is just going to have

to take her aside and tell her.

And tell her what, exactly?

That she wound up with a phony fiance

and even a phonier manager.

You mean one of us has to tell her?

Oh, no.

No way!

I'm not going to be the patsy on this one.

No, and that's final!

Period, exclamation point.

Question, love?

[Music playing]

[Music playing]

[Piano music playing]

[Applause]

[Inaudible] You know.

Oh, thanks.

That was nice.

Would you care for a refill?

- Yes, thank you. - How about you?

No. No, thanks.

Sure.

[Laughs]

Mom, you ok?

Oh, I'm sorry, dear.

I was just planning your wedding in my head.

Oh, don't be silly!

Don't worry about that.

It's going to be fine.

[Laughs] Mr. Thorton is such a nice man.

Yes, he is.

What were you two talking about when you were dancing?

Oh, married life, mostly.

He was advising me in a fatherly sort of way.

[Laughs]

I see.

I think he likes you, though.

Really!

If you don't mind my saying so, I think you're

being a little cool to him.

How come?

Here we are.

Sure you wouldn't want mother?

No.

[Laughs]

I may just have one more dance left in me.

Well, I'd love-

uh, sweetheart, you've been on the go for weeks.

Why don't you get some sleep?

I think it would be better for you.

Oh, come on, Martha.

It's not that late.

No, actually, Mr. Thornton, I think my mom's right.

I really could use the sleep.

Goodnight, mom.

[Laughs] Goodnight, Mr. Thorton. I'll see you tomorrow.

You bet.

[Piano music playing]

Hi, Isaac.

Hi.

Give me a double anything.

I think I'm going to need it before I

tackle a typewriter again.

Still having trouble with the script?

Not really.

One more big scene, and it's finished.

Great!

Not great.

I'm not sure I want to finish the script.

But I thought that's why you and your wife

came on the cruise?

We did.

But when the script is finished, so is the marriage.

And you don't want to finish the marriage.

Well, I thought I did.

But, well, now I'm not sure.

You've agreed to stay together until you've

finished the script, right?

Uh-huh.

Well, don't finish the script.

Just keep shoveling rotten ideas out,

and you'll never get it finished.

Isaac, you're a genius.

That's fantastic!

Rotten ideas.

I got a million of those.

Hey.

[Speaking Spanish]

Yeah, of course.

[Interposing voices]

I'd just like to [inaudible].

I was wondering if gopher and I could talk to you alone.

How could we be alone when you both are going to be there?

And if you both are going to be there, why can't I be there?

Well, it's, uh--

man talk.

Yeah, it's man talk.

Let the man talk, April.

Come on.

Let's go for a stroll.

What is a stroll?

If it's fattening, I don't want any.

Bye!

Yeah, well, gentlemen, what's the man talk here, huh?

Uh, you tell him, doc.

No, no. That's ok.

Here.

Don't be fighting.

Speak up, boys.

Ok.

Well, we were wondering--

say, where did you get that really

marvelous looking tuxedo?

He's putting me on.

No.

Is it a copy or an original?

Who's your [inaudible]?

[Laughs] Well, now, if this is man talk, maybe

we better go rejoin the ladies.

No, no, no.

We haven't [inaudible] Your boots yet.

Say, you wear garters with the boots?

Tell us about your home.

April, I want to talk to you about honest Tex.

Oh, he were just here.

Why didn't you talk to him about him?

Well, um--

Julie, isn't he something special?

Honest Tex was the assistant manager of a used car lot.

And he gave it up all to manage me.

But April, to be a performance manager,

a person has to have a certain amount of experience.

Honest Tex has a lot of experience

as a performance manager.

He managed me for the whole week now!

But April, honest Tex just doesn't

seem to have the qualifications to manage your career.

Besides that, he may be Tex, but I don't

know about the honest part.

Julie, honest Tex is very honest,

or people wouldn't have called him honest Tex.

If he wasn't honest, people would call him dishonest Tex.

But April, he calls himself honest Tex.

No, Julie.

He's not the only one who calls himself honest Tex.

I also him honest Tex.

If you don't call him honest Tex,

then you are no friend of mine, Julie.

[Typing]

[Knocking]

Come in.

I've got it.

I finally got the ending.

Are you ready? - Ready.

Ok, sit down.

I am sitting down.

Yes, you are sitting down.

Well, I mean, when someone gets an extraordinary idea

like I have, they really don't know whether a person

is standing up or sitting down.

I mean, for example, when Alexander Graham bell invented

the telephone, i'm sure that he did not

know whether Mrs. Alexander Graham bell was

standing up or sitting down.

Well, probably sitting down.

Later on, she'd be getting up a lot to answer the phone,

but she didn't know that then.

Right.

Ok.

Are you ready for the ending?

The ending of all time.

Ok.

What is it?

Yeah, what is it?

Yes.

Well, we do a complete switch on everything

that we've been doing, everything

that we've been thinking, everything

that we've been feeling.

You see, what we're dealing with here

is all light, romantic comedy, and the audience expects

the typical romantic ending.

But that's where we fool the audience.

We do not give them a typical romantic ending.

We give them a tragic ending.

As the two lovers wander off into the night

never to see each other again, as they go their separate ways,

their story expresses the futility of the human condition

as we know it today in society.

Complex and mysterious.

The audience will not laugh.

The audience will not cry.

The audience will not even be entertained!

The audience will just sit there and stare.

Well, what do you think?

I like it.

You do?

You really like it?

I love it!

Oh, we've got our ending!

[Music playing]

I'd have an alternate ending.

Surely you must see my side of this, Martha.

That's my daughter.

It is wrong to tell her.

Utterly wrong.

Why?

She knows she's adopted, doesn't she?

Well, doesn't she?

Of course.

Well, then what's the problem?

I haven't been tracking you down.

I haven't been following you for years.

Well, there's something I haven't told you.

Laura knows she's adopted.

But when she was growing up, I told her that--

well, I felt it was for her own good.

What?

I told her that I adopted her from a hospital,

that I didn't know her parents name, and that both of them

were dead.

[Soft music playing]

[Music playing]

[Playing "what child is this" on flute]

Julie--

[continues playing flute]

Julie--

[continues playing flute]

Julie, will you put that flute down a minute

so we can talk to you?

We have nothing to talk about.

Y'all made me the goat who had to talk

to April about her boyfriend.

Well, now she hates me!

And I hate everybody.

[Plays note on flute] Hate, hate, hate!

[Continues playing flute]

[Knocking]

You know, up til now, I always though of you as just one

of miss April's best friends.

But you know, I was taking my morning walk

and exercises out there, and I heard that beautiful flute

music, and I said to myself, "Tex, you

are listening to an artist."

Me?

Yes.

I mean, you just--

well, you just play like an angel.

Well, that knocks the "honest" out of his name.

Let the man talk.

I don't have time to talk about

it right now, little lady.

But if you're interested in a show business career,

I'd be most interested in being your personal manager.

What?

[Inaudible].

We'll talk about the contract later.

I got to go find miss April right now.

She seems a little upset about something

that happened last evening, but she

wouldn't tell me what it was.

You see-- she didn't happen to mention it to you, did she?

Uh, no, I haven't seen her today.

Yeah, I'll just go talk to miss April

because I always seem to be able to make her feel a little bit

better when I talk to her.

Now, well, you just keep practicing on that flute.

You remember what happened to Isaac stern.

Isaac stern plays the violin.

Well, I know that.

But you see, that's because he didn't

practice on the flute enough.

Yeah, you just stay right here and try, ok?

[Inaudible]

That phony.

Wait till April finds out he's trying to sign

up a no talent flute player!

Yeah.

Goodbye, gentlemen.

[Plays flute]

C sharp.

[Plays flute]

[Music playing]

Hey.

I think you're the one that should have

gone to bed early last night.

You look tired.

[Laughs] Oh, well, I had a very strange dream last night.

Yeah?

I dreamed that your natural father came and tried

to take you away from me.

Oh, mom.

[Laughs] Hey, I think Freud would

say that is a very normal reaction for any mother who's

daughter's about to be married.

You just substituted my father for the husband role.

I guess you're right.

Hey, honest, mom.

You're not losing me.

[Laughs] We're only going to live three blocks away.

I'm sure you're going to be very happy.

You know, I haven't wondered about my natural parents

much since you told me they died.

Being adopted hasn't always been easy for you, has it?

[Soft music playing]

Well, I knew a girl who spent years trying to track

down her natural parents.

When she found them, it was very disillusioning.

It can be pretty traumatic.

I'm sure.

Besides, even if my natural parents were still alive,

I'm not even sure I'd want to know.

I mean, even if they were nice and everything,

I'd be afraid it would change my life.

My life is just perfect the way it is.

[Sighs] Mine too.

[Laughs]

Of course, sometimes I wonder, you know,

what they might look like or what my name was.

Stuff like that.

[Music playing]

[Knocking]

I can't find the script.

Did you take it last night?

No, I left it with you.

Are you sure?

Of course, I'm sure.

No, you took it.

I'm positive you took it.

If you are so positive I took the script,

then why did you ask me if I was sure I left it with you?

Oh, I don't know.

All I know is the script is gone.

Does that mean we're going to have to start all over again?

Oh, no.

We've got to find it.

I couldn't go through all that again.

It would take ages.

Well, maybe somebody came in.

How about a steward?

The maid.

The maid came in when I was taking a shower.

Of course.

Of course, the maid.

Why didn't I think of that?

The maid came in and took the script because she's going

into motion picture production.

Well, maybe the script fell on the floor,

and the maid took it thinking it was rubbish.

When we wrote it, I knew it was rubbish.

But I expected an inexperienced maid to know it.

I'm going to the rubbish room.

[Music playing]

[Laughs] Oh boy.

I'm glad I wasn't playing you for money.

You're great at shuffleboard.

Oh, thanks.

You're lucky to have a mom and dad to take you on this cruise.

Oh, I'm always here.

Captain stubing's my father.

He is?

How nice.

My mom died last year.

Oh, I'm sorry.

My mom and dad died too a long time ago.

[Laughs] I'm real lucky though.

This wonderful lady adopted me when I was just a teeny baby.

She's the best mom in the world.

She looks like she's very nice.

Vicki, this is my mother, Mrs. Rogers.

Hello, Vicki.

And this is our friend, Mr. Thorton.

How do you do, miss stubing?

Won't you join us?

Oh, thank you.

See, well, my real name isn't stubing.

Oh?

It's sort of confusing.

But after my mom and my other dad died,

I found out that my real father was captain stubing.

All that must have been quite a surprise for you.

It was.

At first, when I found out that captain merrill--

that's what I call him--

was my real father, I was sort of scared and mixed up.

But the minute I met him, I knew that I loved him,

and that I'd be the happiest girl in the world.

That's just the way he makes me feel.

How great to have a dad who loves you so much.

[Soft music playing]

I bet having you makes him feel pretty happy too.

I think it does.

Do you want to meet him?

He's super.

Sure.

I bet you'll love him too.

But I can't let you borrow him.

Ok. Excuse us.

- Sure. - See you later.

Meeting her real father certainly hasn't hurt Vicki.

[Music playing]

[Laughs] My honest Tex is going

to manage Julie and her flute?

No way.

Because I will kill him!

April, I think you're overreacting.

I mean, actually, I didn't hear him say it myself.

I'm just telling you what I heard.

Who told you that?

Doc.

Gopher!

Julie.

Julie.

Julie, Julie, Julie.

[Speaking Spanish] No wonder she was

saying to me to stay away from honest Tex

so she can be around him.

When the mice eats away, the rat thing will play.

The cat will play.

I don't know about a cat, but I know two

rats playing when I see them.

One rat plays the flute, and the other rat wears a cowboy hat.

Well, there y'all are!

Hi, hon.

[Laughs]

[Dramatic music playing]

Why'd you do that, hon?

Because orange juice is good for you!

Where you going, hon?

[Speaking Spanish]

[Music playing]

I'm telling you, it's not in here.

[Rattling]

Is this the only day you clean this ship?

Betty, this is a total waste of time.

Oh, I'm sorry.

That's ok.

I'm beginning to like it.

Oh, we're never going to find the script in here.

Now, let's see.

If I were a script, where would I go?

Oh, bill, look at this.

You remember the time you gave me a heart shaped box of candy?

Oh, yes, of course.

You never gave me a heart shaped box of candy,

and you're a liar.

Yes, that's what I said.

I never gave you a heart shaped box of candy.

Well, why didn't you?

Yeah, why didn't I?

Yes.

Well, it wasn't because I didn't love you enough.

It was because I loved you too much.

I didn't want to insult your intelligence by giving

you something like this.

Besides, we both know that our heart isn't shaped like this.

A heart is shaped like a fist.

And I love you too much to give you a fist shaped box of candy.

[Music playing]

You want to go back to the cabin and look for the script?

Oh, I've already looked everywhere in the cabin.

It's not there.

Did you look in the bed?

In the bed?

Uh-huh.

Under the blankets.

Under the blankets?

Oh, no.

That's the one place I forgot to look.

Well, I certainly sympathize with you, Mrs. Rogers.

You have a monumental decision to make.

[Sighs] Well, I'm sorry to have imposed on you, captain.

But when I heard Vicki telling my daughter that--

yes, there are similarities in their lives.

I only want what's best for Laura.

Well, that's all I wanted for Vicki.

Fortunately, everything turned out fine.

Obviously, I can't make the decision for you.

All I can do is tell you to do what you feel.

But I'm frightened.

So was I. But I found that all of us,

adults and children alike, have this incredible inner strength,

a resiliency to help us bounce back.

How we bounce back depends on the love

and support of those around us.

Oh, Vicki introduced me to Laura this afternoon.

She's a lovely girl.

Thank you.

Now, just remember, if you do decide to tell her,

there may be tears.

But those tears could lead to a greater joy for all of you.

Thank you.

I hope I've been of some help.

Oh, you have.

You really have.

[Soft music playing]

Tom thorton: Martha?

Are you all right?

Tell her tonight.

[Music playing]

Well, we still haven't found the script yet.

I was almost sure it would be under the blankets.

[Laughs] Well, we may not have found it, but it

was sure fun looking for it.

You know, it was almost as much fun looking for the script

as it was writing it.

Oh, poo.

[Music playing]

[Band playing music]

[Applause]

Really, April, you don't have to perform

if you don't want to.

No.

I made my friends a promise.

It's not nice to break a promise.

The show must go on.

Excuse me.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special friend

sailing with us this cruise.

I'm very happy to say she's going to perform for us.

Believe me, you're in for a wonderful treat.

So let's welcome our good friend, April Lopez.

[Applause]

[Plays guitar]

Captain.

Yes.

Would you see that miss April gets this, please?

Sure.

Uh, you tell her I'm sorry things

didn't work out just right.

[April continues playing]

[Applause]

Merrill stubing: Ladies and gentlemen, I

have some good news for you and for this lovely and talented

young lady.

I want to read this.

"Dear honest Tex, loved April's record you sent me.

Knowing you're a man of your word,

I'm sure she looks as good as you say.

Consider this telegram a contract

for a two week engagement [inaudible]

Brutus palace, Las Vegas."

[Squeals]

[Cheering]

Ok, April.

Let's hear what las Vegas is in for.

[Inaudible] Let's do it!

Whoa!

[Band plays]

All right!

[Trilling] Woo!

Everybody happy!

[Sings in Spanish]

Everybody, arriba!

[Sings in Spanish]

Uh-huh.

[Scatting] [Speaking Spanish] [Trilling]

[Speaking Spanish]

[Cheering]

[Yells]

[Music playing]

Mom.

Mom, guess what Mr. thorton just told me?

He said if he ever had a daughter,

he'd want her to be exactly like me.

What a beautiful thing to say.

Well, why don't you two take a stroll in the moonlight?

Goodnight.

Thank you.

What more can a man ask than to see

his daughter completely happy?

I just realized to tell her would be selfish.

I would like to ask a favor, though.

Yes?

I'd like to come visit from time to time.

I would like that very much.

[Music playing]

It's nice of you to invite me back.

Nice of you to accept.

Now, bill, what about the script?

Hmm?

The script?

What script?

Well, it's too bad that we lost it.

I mean, I suppose the only thing we can do

is start writing the whole thing over again.

Yeah.

And it'll take months.

Perhaps it would make the work seem a little less dreary if we

went out to that country house where we first

started writing together, you know,

and work together up there?

Oh, yeah.

We had some great times up there, remember?

[Laughs] Yes, I do remember.

What's that?

Hmm?

That?

Oh.

That's just the script.

Uh, the script.

You dog!

You had the script all the time.

How deceitful can a person be?

You really take the cake.

Now, wait a minute, Betty.

I can explain anything--

I mean, everything.

Look, Betty, try and understand why I did it.

I did it because I wanted us to spend some more time

together, because I love you.

You love me?

More than ever.

I love you, too.

That's why I didn't tell you that I made a carbon copy.

You made a carbon copy of the script?

[Laughs]

You rat.

[Laughs] You devil.

You witch.

[Music playing]

Tex.

Oh, hi there, little lady.

[Laughs]

I'm so sorry I got myself mad at you.

Oh, that's all right, little lady.

Yes.

I was going crazy with jealous because the crew

told me you told Julie that you will

now make her a bigger star.

Oh, no, no.

I just told her that because you told me how

nice they'd all been to you.

I was trying to be nice to you, see.

Besides, she does play the flute pretty good.

Not as good as a Shepherd, but pretty.

But you're my only star.

Yeah.

Tex, do you really think I'm going to be

good enough for Las Vegas?

Las Vegas?

My little honey, you're good enough

for the whole, wide world.

You make the man in the moon smile.

You know, it would have been the proudest day in my whole life

if I could have taken you back to my hometown

and introduce you as my bride.

Mrs. Honest Tex.

Mm, what a beautiful name.

Wait a minute now.

Do you mean that--

I will be the happiest man in the whole, wide world!

[Laughs] But now, wait a minute, little honey.

I got to tell you the truth.

Old honest Tex did tell you one just teeny weeny lie.

See, my hometown is New Jersey.

Mrs. Honest New Jersey.

I still like it!

[Laughs]

[Music playing]

[Music playing]

Hey.

I just wanted to say goodbye and wish you

good luck on your movie script.

Thank you.

Thank you, Isaac.

Did you find another ending for the script?

No.

But we've got enough of beginning for our marriage.

Yes.

Now, for one thing, I get to carry the typewriter.

[Laughs] Bye.

Bye.

Oh, Mr. Thorton, it's so wonderful to have met you.

I feel like I've made a friend for life.

You have.

Goodbye, Laura.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Tom.

Bye bye.

Please let me hear from you soon.

Oh, that's a promise.

Bye bye.

Bye.

I hope you don't think I'm crazy,

but would you come to my wedding?

[Laughs] I'd love to.

[Laughs] Good.

Honest Tex, I hope you'll accept

our apologies for doubting your honesty even for a minute.

It's just that we're very protective of April.

Oh, that's all right.

I understand, captain.

Of course, there's some days I don't even believe me myself.

[Laughter]

Oh, he understand.

I explain it [Inaudible] anything.

[Speaking Spanish]

What does that mean, hon?

I don't know.

I say it so fast, I couldn't understand myself.

[Music playing]

[Theme music]

[Paramount pictures theme]

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