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Chew while you view!

…Have Salt Water Taffys, 10 Cents a box!...

… one tenth of a dollar.

Don't get hungry, folks!

Peanuts, popcorn, and candy here!

Chew while you view!...

Some house, eh, Boss?

Before they see S.P. Claus's new Dixie Nitro Glycerin…

... they only break down the door..

After they've seen her…

Crowds, just like they used to have when this was an opera house, huh, Boss?

Grand opera brought crowds like this into this lobby?

Girls! That's what the public wants!

♪ So this is you!♪

♪ Would you mind just Standing there a while?♪

♪ So this is you!♪

♪ Please forgive me If I stare a while!♪

♪ It's hard to believe That I could conceive…♪

♪ … A dream like you!♪

♪ But you're in my arms…♪ - He's out there again!

♪ … So I know it must be true!♪

♪ So this is you…♪

♪ … And you're everything I hope you'll be.♪

♪ I never knew…♪

♪ … That a smile Could be my joy's folly!♪

♪ The birds on a wing, The first signs of spring,…♪

♪ …The moon above!♪

♪ …All this, at last, my love… ♪

♪ …Is you!♪

Keep in line there and smile! Will ya smile?

Hiya Saint- Peter, how goes it?

- Lots of mail for you, Mr. Branningan. - I can't read the first of the month!

Hey Jake, is that new doll from Columbus is on yet?

Just a minute, Brannigan. How about the 5- Spot you owe me being on?

- The 5- Spot? - Yeah!

- Oh, you mean the Fin! The Fin, see, I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do…

- You didn't forget anything, did ya? - Oh, only forget my lyrics.

Oh you'd better not. We're not at Columbus Gator, ya know?

Dixie, your muff…! Your muff!

Gee Gee!

- Oh! - Be a good girl!

I'll be rooting for ya!

Help ya, honey?

I'm warning ya, Comic!

So did the copper, who gave me this…

No romance in those copper souls, Dixie!

Just because a guy goes through two red lights again…

Quiet, Irish, go upstairs and put your false face on.

Dixie, when I just wanted to wish ya luck!

That's OK, Comic, but keep it at a distance!

♪ It's all very clear that you were sent here♪

♪ …from up above!♪

♪…And this at last, my love!...♪

♪ …is you !♪

Beautiful, Junior. But it's not for me!

♪ Come on and give me heat!♪

♪ 'Cause I don't like my music sweet!♪

♪ I wanna feel my impulse beat!♪

♪ Take it off the e-string! Play it on the g-string!♪

♪ If this gives you a thrill..♪

♪ … It's happ'ning much against my will,… ♪

♪ …And only 'cause I've caught a chill…♪

♪ Take it off the e-string! Play it on the g-string!♪

♪ What goes alark Cause when I do my act♪

♪ Boys, it's a fact, Whenever I'm applauded… ♪

♪ …You're rewarded!♪

♪ Each time the drummer jumps♪

♪ I get goose flesh big as lumps♪

♪ I start breaking out in bumps♪

♪ Brother, I'm making my eggs and bacon! Earning my pay!♪

♪ …Just by shaking this way...♪

♪ …Four shows a day!♪

♪ Time was when crime was if you stole some dough!♪

♪ …Now - that ain't so!...♪

♪ …But if you lack attire It's the Black Mariah!♪

Hm, hm, Lady Godiva.

♪ I know what you're waiting for♪ - I've been waiting a week

♪ And I've a mind to do some more.♪

- I'll stick around! ♪ But I don't wanna break the law!♪

♪ 'Cause, listen, Brother, I've got a mother,♪

♪…… Old and gray.♪ - Bet she's a lulu!

♪I support her this way♪

♪ … Four shows a day!♪

How about a little supper after the show tonight?

The only date I make with comics is with the Sunday funnies.

That'd be all right with me.

Sunday morning breakfast!

Yeah, I'm sure it would be.

Hey, you forgot to take the hand out of that one.

You're making me wild!

They'll never let her off that stage!

Gee, you work fast!

Nothing to it, Mandy.

Butterflies are usually hard to catch.

- Not when you had practice. - Boy, you sure have practice

Pretty sure there won't be no more room…

Having her they can all move over.

Many, here's some glitter to start your collection.

Gee, thanks, Biff.

You better tell him what that glitter is.

As though I don't know…

Of course I know…

- They were it around their waste, and… - Ah huh…

…and they have to…

Oh, you make me so mad!

- Easy for you, Dixie! - Thanks, Darling!

- Makes we wanna leave the wife. - For a couple less, huh?

That worm's lucky he did run away!

Wait till I slap his face … "in a pickle"… false waiter…

They'll find a jaw on Staten Island.

- Dixie. - Yeah…

What… what did I tell you?

With diamonds in your hair…

…and S.B. Foss personally grooming you for stardom

No, thanks to your first comic, ...

Oh, Foss, they are all alike! Don't you ever make a new one?

Not with comics. Only with girls!

And only S.B. Foss can do anything new with them.

Then I guess it's up to me. And I'm just the gal to enyoy the job!

You really gave them the money for it.

Nice going, dear!

Next show they yell: "Why go home dreaming?"

If I could please the customers like that…

…I'd be the happiest girl in the world!

That's what keeps me young and beautiful, Alice!

Don't we get congrats from the Golden Voice Goddess?

- Oh, it had its novelty appeal… - Miau! - Miau!

There's plenty of novelties around here!

- Bravo ! Bravo !

But that doesn't sound like one of them.

If that's who I think it is, save your applause for the acts that need it. Yours!

Now is that the way to talk when I handing ya posies?

Your applause is no music to my ears, Brannigan!

Where is that prop you swiped?

I meant to tell you, Dixie, when you dress for our date tonight…

…blue is my favorite colour and no big hats. It may get in my way.

When I dress for a date with you…

…it'll be a suit of armour … and brass knuckles!

- Gee…! - That's just a come- on..

She wants to make it look difficult.

She'll change her tune.

Honey Sugar…

See?!

Yes, Darling!

Russell, Sugar !

What is it, Angel?

I've just started the play.

Yeah, the double play! Wait, till Dolly catches up with you!

How does it sound?

- Fine, high class! - That's for us.

Shall we read it together later?

Anytime you say!

Why don't you give it up, Goddess? It'll take one little play to get…

…you and Russell our of burlesque?… It'll take a dare!

That settles it. We gotta have a new one!

New what?

All the museum pieces…

I haven't seen one like this since the World's Fair either.

In some ways I think it would have been better to stay on the farm!

Mr. Foss always said nothing is too good…

…for S.B. Foss players, but…

- … that thing is certainly too something for me. - Me, too!

Hey! Look, to keep you cupid owls from pining so much

…there's fellows up here that gonna chip in a buck a piece

…on some new plumbing for you. How's that?

Our hero!

I'll put the switch on Moey if he's backstage

He said he knew where we could get one.

It's nothing, girls!

If was just doing it for lovely young butt

of the Old Opera, Miss Dixie Daisy.

Well, I'm touched.

Mandy, Joey...

…Phil, Biff.

Maybe Biff will pay double… with his new interest.

If you figure it that way, don't forget your saloon keeper friend Louie

…even if he doesn't work here.

Sure! Anybody that saved as much out of the racket as Lou

…can support part of this and buy a drub kit.

Oh, does he?

While you're at it, put Russell down for plenty.

He's here so much…

… the guys upstairs will forget what he looks like.

Well, someone else had better forget what he looks like, too!

Some dames never know when a guy's fed up.

Oh, eh, Dolly, we were just kidding about how much jack

…we would get out of upstairs upstairs for the new bric-a-brac.

Yeah, I came in on the tail end of it.

...I'll take care of Russ since I…

… sort of got the habit.

Good thing you have, Girlie!

You sure couldn't hold a man unless you did pay up!

Stop it!

Put out the racket up there!

Oh, my vocal chords. My voice! ♪♪

Thank heaven, Mother! They're still alright.

Mother…!?

What kind of mother would a dame like you have?

A mother with a good golden heart!

There's a package for you boys! Don't open it until Christmas!

Bite him again, Dolly!

Take her upstairs..

Shhhh! Quiet! There's a number on!

Oh, you look, what crawled out from the Antiques!

Eh, what are you burning there? Ground bird seed?

Whoever put those two down in the basement…

… with the rest of the prop!

Opera singers didn't mind it, but burlesque artistes…

Times have changed!

They ain't got manners. They think they're better...

…than an honest man that works for a living… and don't pose around on those stages.

Excuse me!

What did you do to the Statue of the Hermit?

Boy, were you gettin' dished by the Gruesome Twosome!

It's gin!

You know, alcohol, like they use in hospital!

Well, I know a better place to use it!

Gimme!

And the next time you girls pull a free for all…

… don't pull it during my act!

Ya know, it's tough enough doing something artistic for those lugs out there…

…without you and Dolly calling each other by your right names!

What did you do, honey? Drop your spangles?

And it was embarrassing, believe me,

… but very successful!

What hit me?

Hurry it up, Miss Dixie! We're on!

Coming! Well, girls, keep the home fires under control…

Shall we join the customers?

That's what we're getting paid for.

You're going to feel pretty silly some day when you remember acting like this…

If I remember you that long.

Oh, you'll remember! We're going to make sensational partners.

- You're sure about that? - Oh, I mean it's some of our dance routines…

Naturally! Is there any doubt what a comic means?

You better settle down to it, Dixie!

Looks like you and I are in for a good long run here.

I've been training for it. I can keep ahead of you.

Hurry up, Resistable! You're on!

… I told you the last time. There is no use asking…

- This time I'll be good! - I said 'no' I mean 'no'!

Where you going?

- To meet a blond! - A blond?

The blond that works the dice in Kelly's poolroom. Maybe you know her?

No, I don't know her. I want a blond.

You want a blond? What kind of a blond?

Any kind! One like this or one like this or one like this.

Just a blond! How come you have all the luck with the girls?

Because, my boy, I have something you haven't got!

- You got a magic thing there? - This little article…

All I have to do is wave that little persuader under the lady's nose.

She gives me everything I want. - Anything ?' - Anything I want.

Sell it to me.

My boy, that's a very valuable article.

My price would be 1,000 dollars.

Yeah! So long!

Hey lady, you let you're motor running.

Don't get excited. You didn't start it.

I bet I could stop it.

Maybe I oughta buy that thing.

I thought you said you wanted a blond?

She looks like she's a blond at heart.

Hear, hear, you can't talk that way about the sweet, charming, innocent, young lady.

I was just trying to tell her that…

Never mind what you were trying. Now are you interested in purchasing that persuader, or not?

Well it seems like an awful lot of money for such a small article!

My boy, don't you realize the best things always come in small packages?

Yes, but before I spend all that money how do I know it's gonna work?

Of course it'll work. All you have to do is a persuader under the lady's nose…

…she gives you anything you want.

Oh, hello! Hello!

Oh! There's never anybody around there where you want…

- What is it? - It's a raid.

- I'm trying to get Foss. - A raid?

Them red lights are supposed to flash when the cops are in the lobby.

Why isn't it working?

That's well but couldn't you make it a little cheaper?

Well, I might sell it in the neighborhood of 500 dollars.

That's an expensive neighborhood.

Well, how much money have you got?

Oh, roughly 400 dollars…

What do you mean - "roughly"?

Well, when you smooth it out it's 3 bucks

Well, enough of this nonsense. Now, because I like you and you have an honest face...

...I am going to sell you this article for 100 dollars.

100 dollars.

Remember, my boy! Just pass it under the nose!.

Just pass it under her nose.

Anything I ask for, anything!

Now you have done it, they heard that hands you got down at the the police station.

Something smells fishy around here.

- Why wasn't that light on? - Because someone didn't want it on!

Look, cut as clean as a whistle right here under my nose!

By somebody who

Now gimme your money…

When the lights blank out make a break to the coal shed.

Do you know where it is?

I dont hang around the same parts of this theater that you do.

Gimme a kiss!

In the cellar next to the vacant room and cut the end of the blackout.

Not a chance, Brannigan, I've been saving up for this all evening!

Hey, wait a minute…

- Oh, Mandy! - Alice !

Alice, don't get excited, I'll protect you!

Get a go…

What's going on down there?

Ok, Ok, come on… on your feet!

Get a flat, baby..

Go on you flat fleet!

Wait a minute! Stop it! Pull up the curtain!

No panic!

I'll fix everything!

Be calm!

Be calm!

Be calm, I beseech you!

Be calm!

Stop it! Stop it! Don't bite!

Be calm! S.B. Foss never lets his actors down!

And you are not riding in the wagon!

I, S.B. Foss, out of my own pocket have hired some limousines…

…to take you to jail!

Three cheers for Foss, our boss!

Yes, he came just in the niche of time!

Fall in… !

- Well, ya didn't have to… - Didn't have to what…?

Nothing, never mind…

In one hour…

S.B. Foss gives you his word that in one hour I will have you out!

I said "one hour", didn't I?

Well, here we are…

… all ready for our little snack of steaks and champagne!

Wait wait…

What else could the cops do? Not one of you did…

…anything to warrant such a…

…ignoble act like that raid!

But, it wasn't the cops that kept the lights from flashing.

- It was someone from right our middle! - And it wasn't the cops that tried…

…to strangle me. That female flapper was wearing gloves.

Dixie, what are you talking about?

When the lights went out I made for the coal shed.

I was starting down the stairs when someone grabbed me.

Mandy, you oughta be ashamed of yourself!

It wasn't me, Dixie. Honest it wasn't.

Someboday grabbed me and tried to strangle me.

Those hands were long and thin and they knew what they were doing!

They were strong enough to make me black out.

Sugar, you're still blacked out.

Dixie, somebody was trying to find his way out.

Yeah, and that gets a funny thing to mistake for a signpost.

Well, I've seen a lot of pink elephants in my day, honey, but never a strangler.

Besides, who would wanna kill you?

Well, I don't say they wanted to kill me.

What I'm saying is that somebody in that theater tried…

... to kill somebody else!

Maybe somebody does want to get rid of somebody else around here.

Just what do you mean by that?

I mean that three people get crowded at a table for two…

… and when some people get crowded, they push!

Please, please!

Whatever we got in the Old Opera House, we ain't got murderers.

And this is my answer to such foolishness!

Ah, wallpaper!

You should have such wallpaper to pretty up your house!

To each and everyone of my actors I give free… and without cost…

…one paid and full share in my personal stock in the Old Opera House!

Come on up everybody!

Come on…

We can't wait any longer…

Yes, that's right…

Now we are one for all and all for the Old Opera House

♪ And champagne and cocktails are right in our line…♪

♪ Sweet Caroline…♪ - Remember, easy does it

- Shouldn't! Wasn't! ♪ Three cheers for mighty Foss…♪

So, Sir Galahad finally got here.

You got a bad temper, Songbird!

Why didn't you come down and get me?

I called you, didn't I?

I don't go near jails. I don't go near cops. You know that.

But, a cell crawlin' with floozies is all right for me?

I can be booked like a common tramp, can't I?

You might have like it if your boyfriend had serenaded you.

You might have worked up a quartet with your cell buddies.

Big Louie the Grin. Turns grey when he sees a cop like a gum sole.

- You shouldn't have plugged that cop… - Get your coat!

You, eh, won't get too lonesome for us, will you?

Lll.. Let's break it up…

You needed that, didn't you?

Don't worry! The cops haven't got anything on you - yet!

When they do, they will catch up on a lot of things.

- Won't they, Louie? - I don't know, will they?

This is more like it.

- Do you mind, Curly? - Not at all!

Thank you!

See that? He gets it quicker than you do. We belong together!

Champagne cocktail, please.

In a flacon, garcon, dooh...

- Linguist? - No, French.

I see you've been here before…

Oh, beer's a lot better for you.

Always got your best interest at heart. That's me.

And I left the upstairs to come down here with you.

Steaks, champagne...

But things upstairs were getting sudden and violent.

Yeah, had been that way all evening.

- Biff, I wonder… - Forget that stuff, will ya?

Oh, I get it!

You're just pulling this act to make me feel protective.

Ain't you ever figure on anybody telling the truth?

Not burlesque dames. They're used to wriggling out of things.

Ha ha ha! Did you get that one?

Dixie, tell me something.

Huh, huh. You tell me!

Would would wanna close the Old Opera?

And more important - Who'd be after me?

Well, Dixie, I'll guess I have to confess…

…it was just me taking a natural advantage of the dark.

Oh, no - that's not where you grabbed me.

Go ahead, make a mystery out of it.

But, didn't you say before they were probably after somebody else?

Yeah, I know… but…

…Huh, Let's get out of here and get some fresh air.

I wanna think this thing out.

If you promise to think something else over first.

Oh, on that track again, huh?

Dixie. I don't get it. I've always gotten along before.

Is it the set of my shoulders you don't like?

The look of my eyes?

No. Your shoulders aren't bad.

And your eyes are a pretty colour. But…

I guess what I need with you is a good four leaf clover.

No, you need more than that, Brannigan.

You're a comic.

What's the matter with comics?

I went into show business when I was seven years old.

Two days later the first comic I ever met ...

...stole my piggy bank in a railroad station in Portland.

When I was eleven the comics were looking at my ankles.

When I was fourteen they were... just looking.

When I was twenty I'd been stuck with enough lunch checks...

...to pay for a three-story house.

Naw, they're shiftless, dame- chasing, ambitionless...

I've got it - you're ambitious.

Maybe I'd like to get away from comics.

Maybe I'd like to be in a 4:40 show..

…and have Sunday nights off.

You'll do it, too, Dixie.

You don't mean that.

I can see it right now….

Your name up there…

What's your real name, Honey?

- Deborah Hoople. - Deborah Hoo...

- You'd think… - Yeah, maybe just 'Dixie'.

"Dixie Daisy in Broadway's latest hit!"

- And you know what I'm gonna do on opening night? - Nah?

Buy the whole first row just for me!

- Sounds nice, Brannigan. - You'll see.

Won't take long, either!

C'mon, let's get outa here.

Yup!

That's why I ordered beer. I said it was to your interest.

Comic….

Thank you.

4.50, Sir!

For when I'm not around.

To protect my best interest.

Oh, here's your change, mister!

Keep it!

A little silence from the golden tonsils will be appreciated.

If the cops had heard her last night they'd have used her for a sirene.

We artists all have to put up with jealousy.

You look in this window once more and you get a bottle over there.

Those Chop- suey hustlers don't stop talking…

Why don't you dress someplace else.

- It's my dressing room! - And it's their porch…

- … They're probably a darn sight hotter in that coat. - Boy are they hot tonight….

A couple of sailors fell right out of their boxes.

What's that work of art?

Laurel leaves. For the party tonight.

We're gonna have a regular unveiling.

Like when you unveil statues of generals, of horses and things…

Maybe that'll teach you to mind your own business!

…Not that it matters to you dames but someone has to teach him…

… that a lady is entitled to privacy.

You got plenty of privacy if that waiter's hurt.

- They have laws for people like you. - Oh yeah? Who gave you a cue?

Stick to your own business and I'll stick to mine.

Stick to my own business? Such a laugh!

I stood for your knives in the back to keep a little peace around here…

…but I'm through!

If you're not jumping on us, you're knocking off waiters

… who wouldn't look at you if you were rolled in batter and French fries!

And I'm through letting a Corn Belt upstart get pushed ahead of me!

When does everybody get the idea you're so hot?

Maybe the customers get the idea.

You can have these customers. I'm getting out of this grindhouse.

Are you decent?

Oh, I wish he wouldn't say that. It sounds so cheap.

Moey, let me help you!

It nearly got me, Folks! Believe me…

Get a load of Beau Brummell.

Is that good, that Beau business?

It ain't hot, is it?

What d'ya mean - 'hot'?

It's like this. I think of this pal of mine I used to work with in me old days.

When we got legitimate, he took up plumbing.

What do you know? He gives me it wholesale.

And what's more, I saved you plenty by installing it personally.

Just look at that, just look at that. Ain't that gorgeous?

Why it's got class! Enough with the Queen of Sheba.

Now, you'd really have somting if you had a whole suit to match.

… suite…

Come on, come on, everybody, down for the condor…

You, play with that thing later.

- Ok! Ok! - C'mon, everybody!

- Ok! - What's the matter with Sammy?

He sounds like he swallowed a fly.

Probably so, because we didn't ask him to the party.

Probably won't even have a party with Mother's Darling throwing…

… bottle grenades at the food supply.

I'll try to smooth things over while you girls hand out the allure.

- Hey, Dix.. ! - Yeah?

- I'm worried. - What about?

Look, it was a break for us to come on here, so ok!

But Columbus was never like this.

The leader's ready to slit your throat, Dolly's up in the air…

Since when couldn't I take care of myself?

Yeah, I know but…

We almost got him that time.

You see what I mean?

Ever find a stage gang that didn't eavesdrop? Go on, get down there!

Now is that a sight, I ask ya.

Hold it!

If they could get moonlight on that stage...

...Foss would be a millionaire tomorrow.

Where you off to, Miss Venus ?

I'm on a peace mission.

If you hear any screams, tell Foss to hire a new woman.

You won't lose any arguments, not looking like that.

You won't have time.

If this were a real lasso…

…I'd drag you up here like a calf in a Western.

Only no calf ever had a hide as pretty as that.

What would you do when you got me?

You've had a little trouble putting a brand on, so far.

Ah, that's "so far"…

After a sight like that, my Irish ancestors would rise up …

…in their graves if Brannigan missed the bus.

I hate to disturb your ancestors.

What's in, friend ?

I'll show you soon myself.

… And if you want to start something…

Hey Biff, the girls' dance number's nearly finished.

You better get ready.

Ah, now wait, boys, I'm carrying a white flag.

You Chinese fight too darn well for us to wanna mix with you.

C'mon, let me take a look at you.

That is no way to take care of it.

You go back, we've got nothing to do with you.

Yeah, but we have something to do with this.

Now here… No dinners?

No more dinners ever, no….

Oh no, look! We had to put up with enough of that dame…

…without her starving us out in the bargain!

She was born with an axe in her mouth.

She ought to be put out of her misery like a mad dog.

Come one…

…Tell me you'll bring us our dinners and I'll smooth the divorce in giving you some passes.

- Things getting are little difficult for you, Biff? - Yeah,Mandy.

You know how it is.

Sometimes these things take time.

- They sure do! - You gotta plan it up.

Sometimes you finagle them this way, another time you finagle them that way.

That's why I love sweet dumb girls like Alice.

- No finagling. - We'll bring the dinners.

That's the spirit. Don't spare the ice until that's better.

- See you later! - Wait! Wait a minute!

Ginseng root. You eat it. Makes you live a long time.

Thanks. Thanks a lot!

So he slips you one of the never-die-things.

Yes, Mr. Brannigan.

It's a charm to ward off the evil spirit.

Biff, what's the matter?

That was my ancestors risin' up in their graves.

How'd you make out with the waiters, Dixie?

Yeah, did he put on the feed bag?

- Yeah - What's that? I don't know. The waiter gave it to me.

Hey, Dixie's got a new boyfriend.

You eat it and live a long time.

Sealing wax!

Oh, sorry, Girls!

Everything's hunky-dory now!

Oh, Jake has a few surprises…

… he wants to put in for the unveilin'.

So, you had better clear out early for the finale.

This place has as much privacy as a hot dog stand.

Look, it's shaped like a man.

Ah, that's disgusting!

Not so much like a man, more like a skeleton hanging from the gallows.

Want to trade it in, Dixie?

Aye, you can have the full thing.

The same charming gathering.

Hello.

Look what the pigsies brought in out of the rain.

The same old familiar faces.

And some new arrivals.

Who are you?

I'm Dixie Daisy, this is Gee Gee Graham.

Who arrrrre you?

I am the Princess Nirvena.

Star of this theatre.

I have been in the hospital for the last two weeks.

Dislocated vertebrae.

Maybe she took a little trip to Toledo - for old times sake.

I have never worked in…

… - how you say - a Toledo?

Don't give me that accent business.

You knew how to say it when I first knew you: Toledo.

I don't go to Toledo.

Only tramps work in Toledo.

Well - they get around.

No.

I should have danced before royalty.

Instead, the Princess throws pearls…

... to swine.

You snooty….

We're on again, Beautiful!

Hello, Black Iris!

If it wasn't bad luck, I'd let her have it!

- Who was that overexposed debutante? - A dame who thinks she's…

…four times sharper than she is.

If there's one thing I hate it's a phoney.

"I should have danced before rrrroyalty"

"instead the Princess throws pearls"…

... "to swine."

I had a black cat like that once only there wasn't so much of it.

Oh, I wouldn't be too hard to her.

She's bad luck to some people, not so bad to others.

If anyone else drops in that I should meet, tell'm I'm on stage.

I startled you?

Vaguely, Sister, I'm only startled by experts.

Tell me, why I have been gone, has this Loo-lita...

…has she said anything about me?

Eh, no, you were a smash surprise for me.

It's only that some people talk too much.

And this Loo-lita talks a lot too much.

Not to me. It's the others in the dressing room.

I dress alone - downstairs.

I'd rather live in a pigsty than with those women.

What were you doing, Jake? Moving up the whole Opera?

I gotta do my suprises upright, Dixie!

Still clumsy, eh?

Yes, I am back.

Just visiting, I hope.

Staying, Mr. Prop Man!

The court finds you guilty of being drunk and fines you 5 Dollars.

- Here's a 10 Dollar bill. - 10 Dollar bill?

Haven't got any change. Go out and get drunk again.

The court is now ready to see the file of the divorce case of Miss Peaches Wilson.

Miss Peaches Wilson!

What are you waiting? You're on! - I'm sorry, Sammy!

Oh, hello, Excellency!

Wait!

What is that?

That?

Timber!

She does what you do - they're liking her better.

You two can trade notes at the wingding they're throwing tonight.

Do you think I would go?

I - the Princess?

Free drinks, Highness.

I might come.

Now I want to see Mr. Foss.

Is he here?

Right in the same old rat's nest. You want me to tell him you're back?

Tell him to come to my dressing room.

I wanna get a cigar, I'll be back right away.

Come come, Miss Peaches, we want the truth.

- The what? - The truth.

- Oh, that old thing! - Were you up before me?

I don't know! What time do you get up?

Now, Miss Peaches, the facts of the case are clear to me.

You plead guilty…

…or not guilty?

Don't you think that's a rather personal question?

- Oh, you have to tell him. - Why?

- Why? - Why?

Because according to the constitution of the bylaw state coda

…section 6 3, upper 7 column 84...

.. leading to South Mississippi...

…in all points..

… where it's distinctly stated, that… you… you… huh..

I hold you in contempt.

I don't like you either.

I don't like you ayther. I don't like you either ayther - either ayther.

Enough of that.

Who is the carpenter with the hammer?

How dare you refer to me as a carpenter!

- I am justice! - Yeah, Well I'm just it, too!

- Just as who? - Just as good as you!

Step to the bar .

What for? I'm not thirsty!

Hey, Louie, you know something?

Them girls is lucky to know a couple like us.

I bring in the fancy gadget, you roll the cage.

- We're winning this party! - Yeah.

Where you are going?

I came to get the rest of the beer.

That's all you gonna get.

I told Charlie to take it easy on the free drinks for my pal.

Sure, Louie, … sure...

Step aside, talk, dark and with it.

Some gentlemen are passing.

"All my sacrifices, Alfred…"

…"are but keys to open the gates of heaven…"

…"And let me be with you!"

I'll bam 'em in the aisles with that one.

I feel it, here…

Coming, Sammy.

Some people don't learn easy, Songbird!

Now don't do it, Louie.

They've got to take a lot of lessons before they stay in line.

Now don't do it, Louie.

No!

Quiet!

- Just kiddin… - You're terrific, Louie.

Now it's the rough and tough and big-shot "Louie the Grin"…

… winning back women and pushing guys around.

♪ Come on and give me heat!♪

♪ 'Cause I don't like my music sweet!♪

♪ I wanna feel my impulse beat!♪

♪ Take it off the e-string!

Play it on the g-string!♪

♪ If this gives you a thrill..♪

♪ … It's happ'ning much against my will,… ♪

♪ …And only 'cause I've caught a chill…♪

♪ Take it off the e-string!♪

♪Play it on the g-string!♪

♪ What goes alark ♪

♪'Cause when I do my act♪

♪ Boys, it's a fact, Whenever I'm applauded...♪

Go on! Get out!...

… And stay out!

♪ Brother, I'm making my eggs and bacon! Earning my pay!♪

♪ …Just by shaking this way...♪

♪ …Four shows a day!♪

Shall we drink to it?

Sure.

Don't mind staging a small riot to get a laugh.

The things I do for the Old Opera House

Next we'll be all hanging from a trapeze.

Tell La Verne not to horse around…

Tell it to your grandmother!

Jake must trust you comics as far as he can throw the prop room.

What's up now?

Sealing wax from the box….

…the waiter gave me. He's got it on the catch of the door.

Sometimes I think you haven't got the right respect for your fellow workers.

Maybe I oughta try Louie's masterful touch on you.

Good thing the Goddess didn't hear this.

Hey, Sammy!

Hey, Sammy, the prima donna is not here.

Oh, what's the use!

She can't miss this number. It's the finale.

Look, stall....

… even if you have to stand on your head out there to keep them looking, stall!

That dame causes more trouble around here than a forest fire.

What d'ya mean, "She isn't here!" Have you looked?

Yes. Jake sealed it.

Oh, I know. If I…

Look, around her neck…

Her g-string…

It ain't there for an ornament either…

Foss, I gotta get Foss!

Biff, get the police. Quick!

Press! And roll evenly…

From side to side with a firm touch.

Without making a detailed examination I'd say it's the same.

The first finger of the right hand.

The finger I pressed against the wax, I was…

Hey, you're holding up the parade.

And what a parade! The only thing missing is the elephant.

Is that another limb of the law?

Don't worry about him. Save your explanations for His Nibs.

He enjoys hearing them.

- Miss Daisy, isn't it? - Yes.

I'm Inspector Harrigan.

Sit down, please.

To repeat what I was gonna say, since Miss Daisy...

…was, eh, busy downstairs.

Someone was in the room immediately after the body…

…was discovered, took that g-string for reasons of his or….

…her own. - What g-string?

The murder weapon, Miss Daisy.

It was her own g-string, it was around her neck, we all saw it.

All, but the police.

The g-string had disappeared by the time we arrived at the theatre.

It maybe just fell off?

How could anybody take the g-string in that crowd?

Everybody in the theatre ran in.

We are not interested in how it was done…

… we are interested in who did it…

…where the weapon was put and why it was taken.

Why don't you search us and settle that part of it?

Muscles here - he might enjoy it.

You can search me, Mr. Kelly.

Not that I could hide anything on me…

The lady's point is well taken…

A search after this time, in this crowd…

... would only cause confusion.

It's gettin' a little too warm here for me.

Well, there's been plenty of time for concealment.

But if one of you could suggest why it was taken….

Well, she always carried money on her…

… she used to hide it in the lining of her costume.

You think there's a ghoul in this room?

A cinch, it's a murderer.

- Oh, yes… - Mr. James Wong.

Yes, I heard of you, Mr. Wong.

That's a nasty bump.

A nasty throw…

Nasty enough to cause nastiness all around, eh?

Over here.

I see…

Send out a call for Louie Grindero.

- Complete with the car - Louie Dear?

Now that settles it.

- Now we can go. - What did I tell you?

I'm afraid…

… that doesn't quite settle the matter.

But he ran away…

Please be seated.

Grindero took his car, as much cash he had in the saloon next door, …

… after receiving a call from, mmmhhh..

Ok, so I called him!

When we was in the rackets he did me a couple of turns.

- All I did was tell 'm she was dead. - I don't care how Louie knew about anything.

I know Lolita was so scared of what he was gonna do that she was taking it out on us.

- I know he started something and promised more. - He had his reasons…

... he's scared of cops

The pen tossed up and loosened on him and ever since.

…He knew what they would do if they got him in again.

Well, he may or may not be guilty of this murder…

…he'll be examined as thoroughly as any of you, when he is picked up.

But...

...Lolita La Verne was murdered between the time she came upstairs…

…after her quarrel with Grindero, and the finding of her body.

Before I went up at the end of our act.

Perhaps.

During most of that time the room was cleared.

But the murderer had time to strangle La Verne...

...brake Jake's seal and replace it with one of his own.

I know she wasn't in there when I put the seal on.

If she had, I'd had said something.

Let us hope so.

Well, do all of you still remember exactly nothing..

…of your own movements or anyone else's?

Oh yes !

Yes ? Yes, Miss Angel.

Well, once I went to the water cooler and I was all alone.

Yes?

Don't you see?

See what?

There was nobody with me.

Anybody could have gone up!

Even you, Miss Angel.

Oh! Oh, excuse me.

Well, it all adds up to this…

…the stage hands could wander about the theatre at will…

...Candy Butcher…

the stage manager, who was angry…

What are you getting at?

Sure, I was sore… But I didn't know she was…

Even the flyman,

… who makes no secret of his dislike of burlesque performers.

You don't like burlesque performers either, Stacchi!

Oh, they're not the easiest in the world to get along with.

They don't like my pipe.

- Uh, Mr. Rogers. - Yeah.

Where were you?

I was first on for finale. Before that I was dressing.

M. Brannigan, could you put that away?

Oh, I can't do my thinking without this.

Seems, I can't do mine with it.

Ok, I'll turn my back.

Where were you?

Me ?

I was up and down.

Up and down the stairs, indeed.

- I didn't say that - Did you mean it?

I say I didn't. I was up and down.

Where were you up and down?

What interest did you have in Lolita La Verne ?

What is an interest in La Verne ?

Goodness!

When you were up and down the stairs…

I wasn't up and down the stairs.

I was up and down on the floor.

- It's a gag! - I'm not interested in gags.

I'm interested in what you were up and down on.

The stage. Oh, you make me so mad.

Look, I'll explain it to you.

First I stand up and then she kisses me.

And then I'm down, see?

It starts like this. Oh, I'm an incubator baby.

You're an incubator baby? What do you do on Mother's Day?

I send flowers to the NOID staff.

What's the matter with these two?

They're comics.

Stop this nonsense!

What are you trying to tell me?

The stage, the skit, up and…

Look, I'll show you….

Stop this!

This nonsense has held up the whole investigation.

You've driven more important things out of my mind.

You see? … Where was I at….

Oh yes, Miss Nirvena.

I am the Princess Nirvena.

And I was in my dressing room….

…until I hear the excitement.

Is that so?

Why don't you ask her about Toledo?

La Verne was always making cracks about Toledo…

Making cracks. Period.

I told her I never worked in Toledo.

That is the truth. Is it not….

… the truth, Mr. Foss? Isn't it?

She…

...never worked in my Toledo theatre…

…with La Verne.

As for cracks La Verne makes

… it is as this person says…

... Cracks. Period.

The cracks she make to her were enough to start a fight.

Yes? I was mad enough to take a poke at her…

…and I'm mad now!

Hey you…

…you took a poke with a nail file our report shows…

I grabbed anything I could lay my hands on.

That sounds natural.

But a nail file...

… could be used to kill a person, couldn't it?

Sure…

And if the weapon was murderous,…

… the attack might be considered murderous, mightn't it?

Wait a minute, you're running words around me like a brush fire.

Not words, Miss Baxter. Facts.

I'm not responsible for the facts.

Mr. Rogers was responsible for the quarrel…

…because of his interest in Miss La Verne.

We hoped to produce a play obtained on the legitimate stage.

Our interest was purely professional.

Miss La Verne threw a bottle at Mr. Wong earler in the evening…

…and he resented that.

I was mad, I was plenty mad.

Bringing on a quarrel between Miss La Verne…

- … and Miss Daisy. - Which had been coming on for a long time….

Put that in, too!

She said Miss La Verne should be put out of her misery like a mad dog.

Is that true, Miss Daisy?

Well, yeah, it was a figure of speech!

Un unfortunate one seeing it was acted on so suddenly.

Now I have something to say.

Yes?

We are all in the room after the body is found.

I am next to her.

Suddently she notices something on her finger.

She turns away to wipe it off.

…It is red.

Like the wax on the door perhaps.

I thought we would get to that.

Since you started that reunion you made one charge after another.

You know it was my print on that wax when I walked into this room.

…but you've been saving your little bombshell for the late spot in the bill.

If I really had changed the wax, do you really think I'm dumb enough…

…to leave my print in the middle of it?

Murderers are caught by mistakes, Miss Daisy.

I was in the dressing room, I saw the wax, I was curious and I touched it.

Why did you later furtively wipe it off?

I wiped it off, but not furtively.

You turned away from me.

I turn away from garbage dumps, too.

One more thing…

The wax that was used to re-seal the door…

…has been identified as coming from the box…

…given to you by Mr. Wong. - I gave it to Lolita.

You knew about it?

Everybody who was in the room knew about it.

I thought you were regular.

I didn't think you trying to throw the blame on us!

- I wasn't trying…. - She and La Verne hated each other's insides.

Her remarks have shown that.

There are plenty of people I don't like - you for one…

…but I don't go around killing them.

I didn't say you did.

I merely said that you hated the La Verne girl.

That you were the only person admittedly in the dressing room…

...during the time the murder occurred.

That the wax used to re-seal the door….

…came from a box given to you!

That your fingerprint was on the wax

And that you tried to take that wax from your finger without being noticed.

… without being noticed

- Stop it! - Dixie.

Why, you two-faced snooper!

A minute!

- Inspector, there is some mistake.. - I say it's a big mistake.

You can't think this girl did that murder.

Why, look at her, sitting there so beautiful and defenseless.

Why only last week she came to this theatre and made more friends…

… than a whole litter of kittens.

- Why she couldn't anymore… - Miss Daisy is very beautiful…

…but she doesn't strike me as being either fragile or ethereal.

Yeah?

Well, furthermore that woman wasn't out of my sight all evening.

That's a silly lie. He just said she was alone in the dressing room.

Why we're talking about it…

…why don't you give yourself top billing?

You forgot to mention that you told us guys this afternoon…

… that you'd kill Lolita…

if she kept running ...around with that Louie.

But loved her. I wanted to marry her.

I loved her too much to kill her.

Is there something you wanted to tell me, Miss Baxter ?

No.

Didn't you want to tell me it's impossible for Russell Rogers…

…to love La Verne ? - No, no, no!

Impossible because he's already married? Married to you?

You're surprised that I know this.

Two years ago you were booked during a raid…

It may interest you to know your record was collected.

We didn't wanna make it known because we knew that Foss…

…didn't hire married couples. He never loved me!

What did you tell me?

She wasn't crying the night she threatened to kill La Verne and me.

Look at this.

Those marks.

She did that a week ago.

The night I threatened to leave her.

That isn't true. It's all lies.

How long did you have to practice to make like such a heel?

Hear, please!

This is the coroner's preliminary report.

Lolita La Verne ...

... was poisoned.

She would have died in three minutes…

…if the strangler had not interfered.

In other word, the murderer was so impatient, he couldn't wait…

…for the poison to take effect.

…or there are two murderers in the Old Opera House.

This is my first experience with burlesque.

It's a surprising profession.

You will all remain within reaching distance until the case is settled.

Poisoned….

Let me just get outa here!

- I don't care what happens. - Hear, please!

I thought there was to be a party tonight.

Are we not to have it?

That's what I like: the sensitive type!

And this is one cookie that is not going back to that room till she's had a bracer.

- Not me either… - I want to...

I could use one, too!

Where are you going?

Biff, Biff...

… the picture of La Verne's mother… It's gone!

- Why that's…!? - Lolita's….

- I threw it out on the roof. - Biff !

Listen, Dixie, I found this in my pocket…

… somebody slipped it there, but I didn't think they'd believe that.

They aren't believing anything.

So I backed up towards the window and…

For once a comic showed some brains… Get rid of it!

Oh no, Dixie. I couldn't do that.

I've been thinking.

I was a coward.

Biff.

This is evidence. Important evidence.

This is the murder weapon…

… and they're bearing down on - you!

Do you think I could think of myself…

- I'm gonna turn it in. - If they…

…won't believe you?

I'll have to take that chance, Dixie.

When I saw you in trouble up there…

…Harragan putting you around, I..

Yes, I know.

You stuck up for me.

That was swell of you.

Maybe you changed your mind about me?

Well, now, don't rush me….

After all, you are a comic.

It'll be swell to think you had…

Maybe you're worried.

Maybe for a few minutes, you…

Biff !

Oh, my goodness, you two certainly have strange tastes in romance.

Imagine being alone in a room where a woman was murdered.

And with a man!

We wanted you to join the party… Looks like we broke one up.

I'm coming. But pipe this - the picture of La Verne's mother is gone!

- Was it there tonight? - She never let it out of her sight!

She carried it here and home again.

She spoke to it, too….

Oh Mr. Kelly will be so excited to hear about this…

Ah, don't, Angel! No more police until we get some sleep.

Biff, maybe we both could do with some of that.

Huhu, tonight I got too much on my mind for sleep.

Good night, Dixie.

Irish.

What you got in your hand there, Bud?

Oh nothing, I just…

Hello!

Don't make a move till I get down.

Who? Me? What's the matter with a guy getting a little fresh air out here.

Let's see what you were trying to tuck away, Funny Man!

Oh nothing, I was just….

- Give! - Really, I just walked…

Give!

Well now, ain't the cute and pretty. The murder weapon!

Or maybe you carried it for sentimental reasons?

- Why did ya kill La Verne? - Ain't that just like a flatfoot…

I found it in my pocket, planted…

That's why I was looking for you to give it to you…

You found it? You were going to give it to me? Out here?

Well, it's dark and I had to look for you…

Oh you had a look, did you?

Were you looking for me down the drain pipe?

Do I look like the kind of guy you'd find on a drain pipe?

Maybe I wouldn't look in such a classy spot for such a dumb flatfoot…

The Inspector is going to be plenty interested in a guy who tries to get rid of a murder weapon.

We'll just take a litte ride down to headquarters.

Oh, sure, we'll be down and see the Inspector…

#BEZUG! #BEZUG! #BEZUG! #BEZUG! #BEZUG! That's why I was looking for you in the first place.

Now I will explain it again. It was dark and I was looking for you....

…and I bent down to get a better look at the upstairs dressing room, you see?

My arm was hanging down by the drain pipe and…

What is that drain pipe doing there?

I can confirm that, Officer!

I'm sure Mr. Brannigan wanted to do his duty.

He was so worried about important evidence!

Well I'm through talking, go on you…

You burlesque people are on such a merry-go-round, you'll have me catchin' brass rings.

Did this guy give you a chuckle, Dixie?

He couldn't find a gold fish in a cold cream jar.

You weren't using that drain pipe for a Maypole…

Oh now listen, Dixie, I was just…

Oh well, maybe that little kiss was worth it.

Good thing for you. It's the last little kiss you'll get from this working girl.

Maybe life in the electric chair wouldn't be so bad.

Maybe you'll get a try. Come on….

Good-bye, Dixie!

So long, Comic!

Hotel Benard.

Taxi.

Follow that cab…

What's the matter, Dixie?

You're not worried about that lug sitting in the cell, are you?

No, I was thinking how we felt when we pulled out of Columbus.

The Old Opera was going to be the last rung in the ladder to the Great White Way!

- You are doing all right. - Oh, sure, fine…

First we run into comics, then murderers…

…and now that Cossack from Canarsy is on in my spot!

Hi.

I was expecting you.

Then maybe you were expecting my two weeks notice…

…and, on second thought, no notice, do me…!

Is it so bad?

I'm not working burlesque for laughs!

This little girl's got her way to make in the world.

When you brought me here you promised me the moon!

Now I'm getting green cheese and not liking it.

Why? I've been doing all right!

My face hasn't fallen apart since yesterday.

I know.

She wants to get out of burlesque.

She wants me to produce a show for her. I told her to wait…

…she gets impatient, so…

The family, huh?

So that's the fire that started in Toledo.

She went to South America and then she came back.

Letters, cancelled cheques, copies of…

Yeah, I get it…

Dixie...

… I don't know what to do.

Don't worry. Everything's gonna be all right.

You look thoughtful, Miss Daisy.

Thoughtful has no words, Stacchi.

I am not surprised.

Every day there is more and more trouble around the Old Opera.

Not like the old days, huh?

We had trouble then, not murders maybe… but…

… I could tell you …

Don't you ever look at the labels?

After 35 years, I know what box belongs to who.

And one for Miss Daisy.

Yes, I believe we are the oldest thing yet in the theatre.

The Box…

… the Hermit…

and me.

Another one from the old gay in row three.

Is that a new wrinkle, Stacchi ?

In the old days, the prima donnas would get those…

…maybe from one of the boxes with dozens of roses.

And after the performce is over we of the company would wait…

.. and see the prima donnas go out…

… and there would be crowds…

…and the wealtiest men in the city, waiting…

… in evening clothes and carriages.

I...

…I was baritone.

Then you lost your voice, huh?

So I took up smoking a pipe…

... and sitting here.

We were no better than you people with saving the money.

Well, home again after 20 years in the clink…

... Framed by the villain.

The light in the window, the faithful caretaker…

…and the little woman… - They give you a watchdog?

No exactly Miss Daisy. If you will tell Miss Angel I'm here?

What's this?

Ha, you're behind in your literature, Irish!

These are 35 years old.

You weigh your way in with this literature.

I learned more about burlesque in five minutes…

…than I did all the time that I.. - Yeah, well...hurry it up..

…or we'll send Joey again and you can sit in the clink for good.

Get a load of that guy…

- How come you're out… - Oh that had to let me go…

- … new evidence… - Yeah?

They found Louie's car right around the corner from the theatre.

…so he didn't use that in his getaway.

They didn't find La Verne's picture of her mother…

… but they´did find the frame. - Where?

They won't say where…

They found Lolita's bank book in her appartment.

Yesterday, she drew 10,000 smackers out of the bank…

Now, where did that money go to?

Maybe down the drain pipe with the rest of the evidence.

Aren't you a teeny weeny bit glad to see me back?

No.

OK.

You'll see me in a minute. We're on next.

Imagine you being here tonight, Mr. Kelly.

Everything is happening to me tonight.

Tonight I do my fifth specialty.

Well, I'll be right there to give you my encouragement.

Oh, thank you.

Of course, now I have to watch my weight much closer…

The Inspector doesn't like us to eat candy on the duty…

…but after all, this is an important case.

Please, Mr. Kelly. Please don't talk about the murder.

So drearsome.

Who do you think done it?

Well, it could be almost anybody.

Oh, do you really think so, Mr. Kelly ?

Here are your pals.

You wanna headline them some of your big discoveries?

- Come on, get on stage! - OK.

Well, well, well!...

… Here I am in a strange and foreign country…

…and before me stands the mysterious Egyptian gezekabut.

This is the land of the Tse- Tse fly the Guna- Guna bird and…

…the Can- Can girl…

… and those strange mysterious love potions…

…which nowadays we call "vitamin pills".

I am what is knows as an archeologist.

An archeologist that's a guy that digs up mummies.

Why the other day I dig up a mummy and he was a hepcat.

How did I know he was a hepcat?

Because he turned to me and said: "Do you dig me, Jack?"

It's the Princess! Another…

Around the neck again…

Bring the curtain down!

All right, step aside…

Where does that box come from?

Prop room….

Get in there…

Oh Mr. Kelly, don't leave me.

Boss, somebody just knocked off the Princess!

When was she last seen alive?

After her number, I guess…

Inspector…

… Inspector, could it…

… could it be suicide?

It's Louie!

Get back!

The lights out!

Give me some help!

Put a spot in him!

He was hiding in the prop room and the he got me first.

Is there another way to the ceiling?

There's another ladder of there. You can take him from both sides.

Kelly, Mel, get over there!

You're surrounded, Louie!

You won't get me back in the clink, Copper!

Hurry up, I've been waiting for you!

I ain't done it! I didn't kill her!

You're not getting me for it, Copper!

I told you to stay back!

I told you to lay off

I told you, you won't get me!

Guilty or not….

…he was afraid of a rap before it was even pinned on him.

Well…

…we can cross off one of our question marks.

Or hang one on more on our collection

Don't look at me as if I were crazy.

Put it down to woman's intuition but I'm sure feeling a chunk of it.

Why should he kill the Princess?

If we knew all the motives in murder cases, Miss Daisy, …

… there would be no mysteries.

And besides, the prop room was locked!

- What's that? - It was, allright…

If he were inside he couldn't 've got out to kill the Princess!

I guess, we gonna have to go upstairs again.

Round them up.

C'mon, girls…

- Hey, you, upstairs! - I...

- Jake. - Yes, Sir!

Why was the prop room locked?

Had to be…

Why only a month ago a certain comic walks out with a boundle of my dishes…

…and he says it's his laundry!

Why that guy never owned more than one shirt at a time in his life!

- That's a lie! - What's a lie?

That you stole my dishes or you got only one shirt?

Inspector, the way I figure't is…

Go on, Jake!

...Well, last night, the prop room was open.

Some of the liquor was stored there for the party and…

Louie must have run into the basement and ducked there.

Then we trapped him when we went in for that bracer.

And I locked the door when we left.

He couldn't have got out after you left?

No, Sir!

Well, seems like we're right back where we started.

Eh, Mr. Brannigan...

… too bad we, eh, didn't release you after this killing.

Miss Daisy, Mr. Rogers, Miss Baxter...

We found it when we went over the prop room.

… from anybody here…

… you, Jake ?

I, yes, I….

Yes, if it is the picture of the mother

I found it, honest I found it…

…. like I did the frame.

Just after the ruckus about the party.

I was gonna turn it in, too….

…it was torn and you scared me and I...

There is no reason for you to be scared, unless you're guilty, Jake!

You don't believe me!

Listen, there's plenty people been acting suspicious around here lately.

You never said nothing about knowing the Princess!

Asking why he took her to her hotel last night and went upstairs with her, too!

Ask her, why she followed him.

Why she was still sitting there when I left.

Why did you follow the Princess, Jake?

Well, I was just trying to help.

Yes - Yes, Jake?

- Nothing. - Inspector,…

... he was only trying to help me.

Mr. Foss?

I lied.

The Princess did work in my Toledo theatre… We were…

…we were well acquainted.

Blackmail, Mr. Foss ?

I see…

And where do you come in, Jake?

I'd been with them in Toledo.

I knew she had him on the spot.

I thought if I found out something I would make her lay off!

Listen….

…when my wife was sick, I found the hospital money in my envelope…

without even asking.

Things like that you can't repay.

Sometimes a person can find a way, Jake!

Was the Princess satisfied with what you were getting her?

Eh, she kept quiet.

She wanted a lot.

You had every reason to wish that she were dead, didn't you?

- Inspector, I... - Uh, Miss Baxter...

…I beg your pardon, Mrs. Rogers….

…why were you following the Princess last night?

I couldn't make it out….

First La Verne...

…then the Princess.

I was trying to figure the connection.

Naturally!

Mr. Rogers, why did you go home with the Princess?

Gentlemen don't usually… answer that question.

Since when were you a gentleman?

How long did you stay?

I can tell you!

I sat up long enough in that lobby chair to fall asleep.

When I woke up he was standing at the cigar stand….

... buying a box of cigars. And a humidor to put 'em in.

Cigars? Oh well!

That doesn't sound very much as though he were in a murdering mood, does it?

You have any cigars on you now, Mr. Rogers?

Sure! Go ahead!

Ooohhh… excellent brand! Excellent!

My wife saves up sometimes and gives me these for a birthday present.

You always smoke 'em?

I like class.

That's a laugh! I smoked his cigars before.

Pounded seaweed.

As a matter of fact, I….

You've changed to something a little more expensive.

I see…. Why Mr. Rogers?

Why suddenly switch to the most extravagant cigars you can buy?

And a whole box at a time, not the usual two or three…

…and a humidor to keep them in.

Why, Mr. Rogers?

Let me tell you!

10,000 Dollars is missing. Taken from the murdered woman.

Enough to buy a good many of these cigars.

- Money taken by you. - Oh, no.

La Verne was afraid of Louie. She was going to throw you over.

But you wanted the money she had promised.

Was that why she withdrew the 10,000 dollars?

Yes. She gave me that money.

When? What time a day?

Oh no, you took that money when she was dead.

Or dying. You poisoned her.

But she was strong. Tough. You watched her writhing and crawling toward the door.

- She was going to call for help. - Oh stop it!

- The Princess gave me the money. - The Princess?

- Sounds like a stall to me! - Please.

Why, Mr. Rogers?

Well, to produce my play.

She wanted to get out of burlesque.

I heard her kill La Verne.

Go on.

Well…

… after Louie left they were making cracks at me and I…

…went down to the Princess's room.

She wasn't there - she was up with La Verne.

I heard them talking through the ventilator…

Lolita knew about Toledo she'd been threatening to tell to

Foss' wife and crab the Princess's racket.

Last night Nirvena pretended she didn't mind paying off…

… that there was enough for both of them.

They drink to it.

I heard her fill the glasses and…

…then Lolita gagged.

And you sat by through that?

After a couple of minutes I went up.

The Princess was coming down from the 3rd floor.

When she left the room she must have heard someone

…coming up, the Strangler. He ducked upstairs.

But on the way down I…

…saw her open the door and look in for a minute.

Don't you see? That's why she had to be killed.

- She saw… - You, perhaps…

Did you come up to finish the job?

You knew about the money.

Lolita said she had it on her but it was gone when I took the g-string.

I oughta scatter your teeth for planting it on me.

- I had to get rid of it. - He makes me squirm.

He's not a very strong character.

Why should I kill the Princess?

Dead women tell no tales, Mr. Rogers.

No, no, I couldn't do it. Believe me, I couldn't.

No, I don't believe you could.

You let me go?

No, Mr. Rogers.

It's a very uncomfortable thing to be an accessory after the fact.

Take Mr. Rogers down to Headquarters.

Book him!

Russ!

You got me in this. Take you filthy hands off me!

Take it easy.

Inspector….

…whatever I thought.. Well, I take it back.

- That certainly makes me feel relieved. - Me, too!

Then I hope not too relieved.

We've eliminated one suspect, Louie, and one mystery, the poison.

But the Strangler….

Well, Miss Daisy, does your woman's intuition tell you…

… Mr. Rogers is guilty?

No.

I must warn you all to stay as far away from the theatre as possible.

The murderer will probably strike again.

In fact it might be best to close the…

Close the…

There will be no show tomorrow.

You can come to my office for your cheques.

That's all.

Wait a minute…

I'm not exactly used to making speeches.

It isn't my beautiful diction that gets me by in burlesque…

…but here goes.

This murderer seems to have done pretty well what he tried to do - …

… close the Old Opera.

First he pulled the raid…

… and when that wasn't enough he really started putting on the pressure.

Now it looks he's gonna get what he wants…

… and darned if I'm for letting him get away with it.

And darned if I'm for sticking around to get strangled with my own bead work.

I've left a lof of jobs in my time…

…but I always stuck until the last kick in the pants if the job was worth having.

And I'm not gonna be scared out of the best job I ever had by a couple of ghosts.

We're all stockholders, aren't we? We've got a right to protect our property.

We've got a stake in seeing that the Old Opera keeps going.

You know...

…once I thought I wanted to get out of burlesque.

Now I'm not so sure.

Maybe I'm not so snooty anymore.

Maybe I just wanna stick around…

…with Gee Gee, Dolly...

...Fossy, and Jake, and Sammy, and...

...Alice and Mandy, and...

… come on, who's gonna be the first to chip in with me?

- Count me in, Dixie. - We'll stick and stick and …stick.

All right, we're all bats but I'm bats but I'm bats with you!

Well, I guess I get dressed.

A surprising profession.

Who says I'm hurrying, I'm not…

Believe me, matinee are going to feel a lot better than night shows for a while.

Mr. Kelly said I was the bravest girl he'd ever seen.

I'm going out with him tonight.

And believe me, tonight's one night I'll be glad to have a policeman beside me.

What's the matter, Angel, scared?

Don't joke about it. I still haven't decided at whether I like you or not.

Darling….

Well, I guess I'll have to get along without you tonight, Sarah Jane.

I'll finish this at home.

You needn't do that, Miss Daisy.

I noticed nothing ever happens after I come on.

.. I hear you had a little more excitement tonight.

A little…

So long…

- See you at the Peer. - Yes, sure.

I'll be back in a minute, I wanna get some cigarettes from the machine in the lobby.

I'll be ready then. Bring me a pack, too!

Where are you going, honey?

Who, me?

I'm going down to the Peerless Bar and Grill with the rest of you.

For a midnight snack….

…and a whale of a time.

You can't even scream.

Your throat is tight.

Your tongue is dry.

"A few minutes" your friend said.

You're hoping there won't be time.

It took only a few seconds for Lolita.

A little longer for the Princess, but she wasn't half dead already.

And now… another lovely lady of burlesque…

The loveliest of them all.

I wanted to kill every woman on that stage.

Close the Old Opera. She'd be gone forever.

Once it was a place of glory!

You aren't afraid of ghosts? Then be one!

Not so free with the murder, pal!

Dixie, Dixie !

Dixie, Honey, are you allright?

Dixie, Honey!

Biff.

You sound like you're glad to see the face.

I never was so glad to see a face in my life.

What were you doing out there?

- Who, me? - Yeah.

C'mon, sit down.

You remember a little grand standing that flat floot here misunderstood…

Yeah, the maypole

And the reading matter I educated myself with in the clink?

Yes.

Mr. Brannigan's taste in reading was ...

…unexpectedly useful. Very unexpectedly…

Right in the middle of it I found a dame's picture that looked familiar.

- La Verne's… - her mother, sure…

I didn't remember until I got a flash of that torn picture and checked it upstairs afterwards.

Then all I had to do was look at the name: Stacchiero.

Now everybody knows how Stacchi, or rather Stacchiero here was sour on burlesque.

It must have really thrown him off his net when he found his own granddaughter was working here.

Granddaughter?

Sure, you never know where you find a relative in show business, but…

… Grandpappy's pride couldn't swallow us.

You mean, you figured that out all by yourself?

Some grandstanding, eh?

Now the way I figure it while he was hiding in the cellar during the raid…

…he sees you flying for the coal chute and he really goes bats.

Next he tries his little strangling act on La Verne.

…The Princess catches him at it so that makes it her turn next.

And while I'm upstairs trying to sell this story to these two…

…I hear about Gee Gee being dumb enough to leave you alone so he could finish what he started.

Why didn't you just send him an engraved invitation, Honey?

Well, that does it!

Why you Hammond Bushling Hockshaw…

Dixie had a hunch it was Stacchi ever since she spotted his…

… hands in the mailbox, the hands that tried to choke her to Glory, so….

… she framed all this.

I've been sitting down the stairs with him waiting for something to happen.

What we didn't know was that Stacchi was already in the room.

What I didn't know was that I'd be too scared even to scream.

But I had to try my hunch out some way.

Nobody seemed to think a lot of my intuition.

As I said before: burlesque is a surprising business.

So surprising it took a couple of artists just to figure this out.

Mr. Kelly, where were you?

I was waiting!

We, uh, I, uh, we had a…

You mean - Stacchi?

Oh, the things that happen around here…

- Alice! Are you all right? - Of course, I'm all right!

Hey…

Dixie!

I thought you was a girl that didn't like comics, even from a distance.

Well, from close this one isn't bad.

Say, what is this routine?

Oh, it's the same old routine.

But maybe with a different finish.

I want a blond…

You want a blond? What kind of a blond?

Any kind! One like this or one like this or one like this.

You look like you're a blond at heart.

Maybe I feel like one.

Hey, Lady, you left your motor running.

You started it.

And I bet I can finish.

Brannigan.

Brannigan !

Invite the gang, Gee Gee, we're dunking donuts at a wedding breakfast.

Ouch! Oh! Oh, Dixie!

Look!

Well?

Isn't love thrilling?

Oh, it sure is.

Yeah.

If only you'd speak up or do something.

I thought that you and that fellow in there, you're always…

Oh don't be silly. Never did like big fellows.

Then… you mean that… you would… that is… you could…

You make me so… glad!

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