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You're going to learn to sing and dance and act, and then when Daddy takes us

out to Hollywood, we're going to be a big star, too, just like Jackie Coogan,

huh, honey?

Now, first you have to learn how to dance. Now, you watch Mama. Hey, watch

Watch me. Come on, now, watch. First you're going to learn how to dance. Now,

watch. Da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da.

Da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da.

Now. Come on, you try it, huh?

You try it.

Oh, just try it. Take a hold of him. Come on now. Try it. Da -da -da -da -da

-da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da. Oh, come on, honey. Just try to dance.

You won't dance, huh? Well, dancing isn't so important. It's the acting that

counts, huh?

Let's try the different emotions, shall we?

Now, first, sadness.

You're sad.

You're so sad.

You lost your lollipop.

That's good.

That's good. Yeah, that's good.

You won't dance, though, huh?

I don't understand it, Ricky.

Both your parents are so talented.

Well, hey, wait a minute. Maybe if you put on a funny hat, you'll go into your

stuff, huh?

No.

Well, maybe you're going to be a critic.

Oh, come on, honey.

Okay. You want to go out and play with Mrs. Trumbull?

All right.

Okay, honey.

Well, yeah, you'll find your place in show business.

Yeah.

Well, we'd love to come to your party, Margie, if we're still in town.

Oh, haven't you heard?

Yeah, Ricky's going to Hollywood and be a big movie star.

Lucy.

Yeah. Yeah, they're giving him a screen test this week, and then he's going to

sign the contract, and California, here we come.

Well, sure you can visit us, Marge. Sure.

Well, we'll talk to you before we leave.

Bye.

Honey, why do you keep telling people that we're going to Hollywood when you

know it's not definite yet?

Well, it will be.

Now, look.

The screen test might not be any good. And even if it is, I might not get the

part. Oh.

And even if I get the part, there's still a lot of things that can happen to

keep me from being a Hollywood star.

Now, look, you're just being negative. I believe in positive thinking.

You're going to take Hollywood by storm.

Look, just forget the whole thing, will you? If it happens, all right.

But until then, let's not count on it.

All right, dear. Anything you say. Good.

Where do you think we ought to live? Hollywood or Beverly Hills?

I was merely asking.

Well, this is hardly the time that we have to decide that.

Yeah, you're right.

Doesn't matter where we live.

The important thing is to find someone that can build us a swimming pool shaped

like a conga drum.

Hi. Hi.

Hi, Ethel.

Did you bring your bathing suit?

Lucy just invited us all to go for a swim in our pool.

Oh, is she still entertaining in her Beverly Hills mansion?

Go ahead, laugh. You two have no vision.

I can see us out there in Hollywood now, dining in famous restaurants, rubbing

elbows with movie stars, Ricky putting his footprints in the cement in the

forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theater.

You've been out in that California sun too long.

Gee, it'll be such fun dropping into Romanoff's or the Derby and seeing all

old gang.

going where all the stars live, and guess what?

What? There's a vacant lot right next to Clark Gables.

Lucy, I haven't got time for this.

All right, but when you come to visit us, I won't let you borrow butter from

Clark.

Where's the lot? Right here.

Now, look, all the stars live in this section, see?

And that's where we're going to have to go, too, you know, honey.

Do you really think you're going to get the go?

I have no doubt of it. We were meant for Hollywood, Ethel. It's...

Destiny. Yeah.

Hey, maybe Clark will let Ricky ride to the studio with him every morning. Oh,

honey, movie stars don't ride to work with other movie stars.

They don't? No. We'll get our own big yellow Cadillac convertible.

Oh, pardon me.

Alan Ladd lives right here. Alan Ladd.

Hey, look, look.

Ricky made front page and variety.

No kidding? Yeah.

Ricky Ricardo, local nightclub entertainer, is testing for the lead in

Studio... revealed today that the Latin American conga beater seems to have the

inside track for the role. What did I tell you? We're as good as in Hollywood

right now.

The studio is earmarking three million dollars for the budget for the star

-studded color spectacle.

Color. Three million dollars. Maybe we'll have two Cadillacs mark his and

The studio plans to select a newcomer like Ricardo for the lead and build him

into a star.

He will be surrounded by big -name performers.

Oh, isn't that wonderful?

Being considered for top female roles around him are Marilyn Monroe, Ava

Gardner, Jane Russell, Yvonne DiCarlo, Lana Turner, Arlene Gall, Betty Gray.

Oh, boy, what a lineup. I say.

Hey, hey, can you keep an eye on me? Yeah, yeah, yeah. They say I got a

good chance.

And what a cast. Nothing but cuties and beauties. Yeah, I know that.

And I'm beginning to feel like Lucy does. You know, that we're really

to go to Hollywood. Yeah.

Honey, I think that your instincts are very good.

Yeah, well, Ricky.

Yeah, honey. You know, you have a very steady following here in New York.

Do you think it's wise to give up a sure thing for the uncertainty of a film

career?

Huh?

of Hollywood and rub elbows with the stars.

Yeah.

Well, it's an awful lot of wear and tear on your elbows.

What about me putting my footprints in Roman Chinese theater?

Get your shoes all covered with wet cement, Nat.

What about living next door to Clark Gable? Now, don't tell me that's bad.

Well, Ethel, look at it this way. Suppose you do borrow butter from Clark.

good will it do you? He'll give you one look and it'll melt right in your hand.

I don't... I don't get it, Lucy. Why the big switch?

Wait a minute, wait a minute. I think I know.

Would this change of heart have anything to do with Marilyn,

Ava, Jane, Yvonne, Arlene, and Betty?

Certainly not.

And you left out Lana.

I thought so.

The green -eyed monster.

Oh. Lucy, the paper said they were just considering those girls.

Yeah, well.

In other words, you're just as soon I didn't get the part, huh?

Well, frankly, yes.

Oh, Lucy, how small can you be?

I just can't help it.

Well, honey, if you really feel that way, then it's no use going through the

screen test.

Lucy, you're not going to let him give up his big chance.

Of course she isn't.

Huh?

I'll call Mr. Benjamin, and I'll tell him that I'm not interested in going

through with the screen test, and neither are you.

No, I think that's better, Ricky. I think that that's the only... What do

mean, neither am I?

What do you mean, neither am I?

Well, no use telling you now. Tell me what? Tell me what? Tell me what?

Well, it's just that the girl I was supposed to do the test with me got

and Mr. Benjamin asked me if I knew somebody who could take her place. So

you tell him? What'd you tell him?

I told him you've been reading the part with me, and you knew it called, and he

said you'd be fine.

He did?

Yeah, but if you don't want me to do it, I'll call him. Honey, wait just a

minute now. Wait just a minute. Now, let's not be rash.

And after all, dear, this is your big chance to go to Hollywood.

No, honey, I think you're right.

After all, I got a...

Steady following and a sure thing right here in New York. Yeah, well, that's

just it. You're in a rut. A big, fat rut.

And I think what you need is the challenge of an unknown field.

The next sound you hear will be Clark Gable opening his refrigerator.

Now, honey, I want you to be absolutely sure, because the only thing that is

important is where will be the happiness. Oh, honey, how can there be

of it? Who wouldn't love to go to Hollywood?

Dining in famous restaurants, mingling with celebrities.

And don't you worry, dear, I'll wipe that cement off your shoes before it

Ethel, will you answer that door? I'm busy.

Busy? Doing what?

Reading.

Honestly.

Oh, darn it. You recognize me.

What is this, trick -or -treat?

How'd you know who it was?

Well, for one thing, I've seen that old link stole every winter for the last

eight years.

Well,

if I hadn't worn this, would you have known who it was? Of course.

What are you trying to prove?

Well, I was just practicing. You know, us movie stars have to go around

disguised or our fans will mob us.

Why, if it isn't Lucy Ricardo.

Gee, can I have your autograph?

Oh, Fred, don't be smart.

Who's being smart? I want it on a check for this month's rent.

You get your money, my good man. Us movie stars always pay our bills.

Hey, wait a minute. I thought Ricky was going to be the star.

Oh, he'll be one, too. Don't worry.

Two?

Yeah, I was just thinking.

Do you know what's liable to happen with that screen test?

What, I'm afraid to ask.

Well, now, it just might happen sort of like this.

We make the test here in New York. They send it out to the coast.

They show it at the studio.

My face comes on the screen just for an instant, but that's enough.

The head of the studio sees it. He jumps up and shouts, that face, that face,

get me that girl.

Sir, she's an unknown, a nobody.

I don't care. Find her.

Get that girl. I want to make her a star.

And the rest is motion picture history.

Ethel, that girl could be a second John Bunny.

Hi. Oh, hi, Rick.

Oh, there you are. I came home early. I want to go over that scenic.

What's all that?

She's a guy, so her fans won't know she's a star.

You know, Fred, I married a bird.

She's just supposed to help me out in this screen test, and she's already a

movie star.

Well, don't hold your breath, honey.

Apparently, you're not up in your motion picture history.

What are you talking about?

Well, the way I hear it... Come on, dear, let's go do that scene. Just a

please. Go back here.

What are you talking about, Fred?

Well, the way I hear it, the head of the studio sees your test.

discovers Lucy, he demands to know her name, and a new star is born.

So that's the way it's going to happen, huh?

I didn't say it would happen. I said it might.

Well, it could happen.

Better not happen?

Look, Lucy, there are a few things that you ought to know.

First of all, this test is for me.

You just dared to fit me the lines.

Nobody's going to see any more than the back of your head.

Now, I'm going to go home and get into some comfortable clothes.

And I'll spec you there in five minutes to go over that scene.

I'll spec you there in five minutes to go over that scene.

You're just there to fit me the lines.

No one's going to see anything but the back of your head.

That's what he thinks.

Now, Ricky, Ricky, we'll shoot the song part of the test first. Okay. Are the

guitar players close enough for balance?

I think so, yes.

All right, I'm ready.

Quiet on the set!

This is a take!

It's all yours, sir.

Rolling.

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Thank you.

Thank you.

Now we'll do the scene.

All right. Thank you, boys. Thank you very much. All right, get Mrs. Ricardo.

Yes, sir.

Now, Ricky, when you're kneeling down at the end of the scene, you know, make a

more dramatic wave of the hand when you say, and so I'm afraid that we must say,

farewell, and then make your exit.

Oh, I see.

Mrs. Ricardo.

Oh,

oh, is that the camera?

Yes.

Mrs.

Ricardo? Yes, sir.

We'll rehearse it once more before we shoot.

Action.

Hark, do I hear a footfall?

Is that you, Don Juan?

Yes, it is I, a lovely one.

Good that I had the power to tell you what is in my heart tonight.

What do you mean, my dearest? I have come to say farewell.

No, say not so.

Good that I could ask you to fly with me.

But I know that you're devoted to your husband, Count de Renssel.

Yes, much as I love you, I must stay with him.

He is old and feeble and he needs me.

But for him, I will sweep you into my arms and carry you over, young garden

wall. Oh, that I could cut these ties that bind me. Do not cry, my dearest.

It was not meant to be.

I had no right to win your heart. I had no chance to win your love.

So now I'm afraid I must say...

Farewell. Cut!

That's fine, Ricky, fine.

Good feeling.

Thank you. How was I, sir?

Very good, Mrs. Ricardo. Thank you. Oh, Ricky, now be careful so that your wife

doesn't get in your way in front of the camera. Just take a step to one side.

All right. Well, I think we're about ready for a take.

Now, let's see if we can't get this the first time, everybody.

Now, may I have it quiet, please?

Quiet on the set!

It's all yours, sir.

Mrs. Ricardo?

Roll them?

Roll them!

Ricardo test, take one.

What's that?

What's that?

That's just what we have to do at the beginning of a scene.

Now, please, Mrs. Ricardo.

Really?

Now, uh, change the slate.

All right, I'm ready.

Quiet on the set!

This is a take!

It's all yours, sir.

Roland? Roland!

power to tell you what is in my heart tonight.

What do you mean, my dear?

I have come to say farewell.

No, say not so.

Mrs.

Ricardo. Yes, sir?

Is that as far as your head turns?

Yes, why?

What a pity. I thought it might lend interest to the scene if you could keep

going around and around like a lighthouse.

recall telling you to look over your shoulder. Oh, no, sir. That was my own

idea. Did you like it? No.

Oh. Now, let's just do this the way we rehearsed it. Yes, sir. Let me check

setup again.

Lucy, what are you trying to do?

Well, I was just thinking the back of my head is not my best side.

That's only one person's opinion.

All right, now, places, everybody.

power to tell you what is in my heart tonight.

What do you mean?

but it was a lovely mazurka.

I'm sorry, sir. My wife doesn't seem to understand.

Well, I hope she catches on this time because this is going to be the last

Why? Are you running out of film?

No.

No, we're running out of talk.

Now, shall we do it for the last time?

Look, I'm sorry, sir. You want to get another girl? You expect me to go around

looking for another girl with a whole crew sitting around here getting paid?

No, no, no, sir, no. No, she put a three -inch lens on it. We'll take it with

that. Now, this is a test that's going to Hollywood.

Yeah, well, I got an idea that this time is going to be right.

All right.

Now, this is it.

Good.

Would that I had the power to tell you what is in my heart tonight.

What do you mean, my dearest?

I have come to say farewell.

No,

no, say not so.

I am sorry, my dear, but this is the way it has to be.

Would that I could ask you to fly with me, for I know that you're devoted to

your husband. Your husband...

It was not meant to be.

I had no right to win your heart. I had no chance to win your love.

All we ever saw was your face. Didn't see your wife at all.

You sure it's all right? Sure, it'll be fine. Okay, everybody, that's it. Wrap

it up.

You hungry, Ricky?

Yeah. Put on your pants and I'll buy you some lunch. Come on. Okay.

Desilu Productions.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz will be back next week at this same time.