All language subtitles for No puedo vivir sin Ti (Come live with Me) (1941) (V.O.S.Esp.) (DVDRip).XviD-mp4 1.96

Come live with me and be my love, and we
will love the pleasures

too. And if these pleasures may be
moved, come live

with me.

Turn off the sun, darling. I've had
enough vitamin D.

I wonder.

Men are really mysterious creatures,
Yvonne.

Yes, little Kendrick, all of them. My
husband is a perfectly normal man in

respects, but he has the delusion that
he gets younger every time he beats

himself up.

Oh, for heaven's sake. Boss? Boss?

Yes? Hurry, it's late. I'm nearly
finished.

Just taking the last jump.

Ray, darling?

Just a minute.

Anything in this novel?

Oh, you couldn't publish it, dear. It's
much too grim and earnest. Ah, you're

too tough a critic, Leanne.

Oh, lucky for you.

You know perfectly well if it weren't
for me, you'd lose your shirt. Oh, I

agree. Fix your tie.

Now, why,

Leanne? Why what?

Why do you have this pink mirror? You
can't get a good look at yourself in it.

Ah, but you can see what you want to
see.

Anyone looking into that mirror sees a
young girl of 16 looking back at her.

Well, it's a nice idea, but it's hardly
realistic.

Oh, but it's such a comfort not to be
realistic.

You see, just before I go out, the last
thing I do is to take a look in my pink

mirror. And there I am, young, fresh,
and glowing.

And that's the way I think of myself all
evening.

Women are really mysterious creatures,
Yvonne. Yes, Mr. Kendrick, all of them.

I think New York's rather a nice little
city.

It has its points, especially in the
spring.

There's always a sense of excitement.
You feel anything can happen. Anything

can. And yet somehow it's safe, too. You
like safety, don't you?

Yes, I do. Don't you?

Well, I'm not so sure. It might be dull.

Hello there, you two.

Hello, Arnold.

I'm not late, am I, Dionne? You're never
late, Arnold. It's your only virtue.

Oh, not at all. I also never do card
tricks.

Good night, dear. Good night.

Have a nice evening. Thank you, darling.
The same to you and many others.

Isn't she looking marvelous? Never
better.

Can we give you a lift somewhere? No,
thanks, old man. You go along.

We mustn't keep my wife waiting, you
know. I never do.

Well, good night, Bart.

Nice to see you. Nice to see you.

Goodbye. Good night. Good night,
darling.

Your husband's much too broad -minded.

I should think you'd be the last one to
complain about that.

Husbands ought to be jealous.

It's the traditional thing.

Bart and I don't believe in tradition.

Ours is a modern marriage.

You poor dear.

But I like my marriage. It's just the
way I want it. You lie, thank goodness.

I do not.

Bart and I have a perfect understanding.

What do you mean, uh -huh?

I mean, uh -huh.

Whenever I hear a wife boasting about
how modern her marriage is, I say, to

myself, that is, uh -huh.

Her husband's straying off the
reservation.

Good evening, Mr. Kendrick. Good
evening.

Good evening. Good evening, Mr.
Kendrick. Good evening. Good evening,

Kendrick.

Don't announce me tonight, will you? I
want this to be a surprise.

Surprise?

He wants to give her a real surprise.
He'd stay away one night.

Good evening, Mr. Kendrick.

I don't want Miss Jones to know that I'm
here.

Oh, Bob.

John.

I thought you two would like each other.

She was born in Vienna, too.

And I'm madly in love with her. When did
it happen?

The moment I saw her.

So quickly?

I knew as soon as I looked at her.

May I?

That's the way it should happen.

At first sight.

Isn't it, Johnny? Yes.

And that's the way it did happen.

We met, and I smiled at her.

And she smiled back. She knew, too.

Oh, did she?

You know she did.

Do you think she knows I never wanted to
leave me?

Yes, Bob. She knows.

I wanted to stay with me forever and
ever, Johnny.

That's a long time.

Too long?

You can make it forever, Johnny, if you
want it that way.

You know I want it that way, Bart, but I
want to be sure.

Of what?

I want to be sure that our happiness
doesn't mean that somebody else will be

unhappy. Oh, I promise you, Johnny, it
isn't like that.

No one will be hurt? No one. I've told
you.

Oh, Bart, I'm so happy. I think I cry a
little.

Don't you think you'd better wait till
after dinner?

Shall I? Oh, I think you'll find it much
more satisfactory.

All right.

I'll go and get my thing.

Don't mind me, Frida.

Just that I'm so crazy about those old
Viennese horses.

I want to see Miss Jans, Miss Johanna
Jans. You have made a mistake. I'm

Oh, no, Miss Jans made the mistake.

I'm very sorry, but there's no Miss Jans
here. Okay, Miss Jones, then, if she

likes it better that way. And tell her
it's official.

Department of Immigration.

Or maybe you guessed that already.

But I tell you, there's no... All right,
I'll come in and have a little look

around anyway, if you don't mind.

Johnny, I found you.

They have.

A man from the immigration department's
talking to Frida now.

Well, I tried to think it wouldn't
happen.

But I knew it would.

I can't let you go, Johnny. They can't
send you back. They have to.

My temporary passport was up three
months ago.

If only I could do something. Oh,
darling, you've done so much already.

You made me live again.

You almost made me forget about being
afraid.

Oh, I am afraid now.

Don't, Johnny. Don't.

I won't.

I know, Freda. I'll be right out.

I'm coming with you. Promise you won't
say anything?

I don't want you to get into trouble.

You wanted to see me?

I do, if you miss Jans. Jones. It's more
American.

Well, I'll say this much for you, Miss
Jones. You certainly picked a tough name

to pin down.

I tried hard.

I tried harder.

And you won. I'm sorry.

I guess you like it here, don't you?

You don't ask somebody in heaven if they
like the place.

Yeah, I see.

Well, anyway, they want you. They want
to see you down at the department in the

morning. I'll be there.

When do they say I must leave?

Whenever the first boat goes.

Now, will you take a little tip?

Don't go on the duck again.

Hide out, I mean. It won't do you any
good.

I understand.

Okay. I guess that settles it.

Yes, I guess that settles it.

Now, wait a minute, Inspector, will you?
Oh, please.

Inspector, Miss Jones can't go back.
Don't you understand?

She can't go back.

Why not? Because of her father.

What's the matter with him? Well, he
was... Well, they have a word for it

there.

Liquidated.

Oh, murdered.

Like we say it over here.

What for?

Because he stood up for what he believed
in.

Yeah?

Well, you've got to be for a guy like
that.

Anything happen to her?

No, but it will if she goes back.

Say, what do you do for a living?

Oh, I'm a publisher.

Books. Is that so?

Well, I could give you some stories for
your books about some of the people I

meet up with. Yeah, I can imagine that.

Seems to me like this case right here
ought to interest you.

What do you mean?

Well, I kind of like the way she kept
her chin up in there when I laid it on

line. Of course, I had to do it, but...
You got to like people that can take it

like she did.

Yeah, she has to be able to take it.

To be able to face what she's going to
face.

If she goes back.

Yeah.

Come on in here a minute.

Excuse me, miss, but maybe I got an out
for you.

What? I say maybe there's a way you can
stay here.

A way I can stay here?

Sure, this is strictly off the record,
of course, but if you got married to an

American citizen, not that I got anybody
in particular in mind, why, then you

could get a quota number and you could
stay here.

You see what I mean?

Yes, yes, I see.

But at your department in the morning,
what will they say?

Oh, that's so, isn't it?

Well, you've been pretty tough to find
anyway, so I just didn't find you yet,

that's all.

In fact, I think it'll be about another
week before I'll be able to find you.

By that time, you ought to be all set.

But I can't get married in a week.

Well, miss, if you can't, then the boys
in this country must be slipping.

What about it, mister?

You're very kind, inspector, but... Oh,
well, maybe I'm a chump.

Well, the smart boys never have any fun.

Anyway, not this kind of fun.

Oh, it's good of you to try to help me.

Why, miss, it was more like a pleasure.

Well, I got this thing started. You take
it up from here, Mac. So long.

I feel so helpless, Johnny.

Don't talk that way, Bart.

It isn't your fault. It isn't anybody's
fault. I can't lose you now, Johnny. I

can't. Don't think about it, Bart.

Think of the time we have left. A whole
week together.

Just tonight we said it would be forever
and ever.

And now it's only a week.

Johnny, please.

We'll work it out some way. I promise
you. No, Bart.

We can't.

You know it and I know it. Well, what
are we going to do?

We are going to take what's left to us.

Why, we haven't even a minute to waste
in being sad.

Come on, let's hurry. Well, where should
we go? Oh, I don't care. Just so that

there are people and music and we can be
gay.

Taxi, sir? Yep.

I thought I could, but I can't. Forgive
me.

Tell me what you want to do, Johnny.
I'll understand.

I want to walk by myself, very fast and
very far, so I'll come back too tired to

think. But, Johnny, it looks like it
might rain.

But I want to. I have to, please.

All right, Johnny.

I'll call you in the morning.

Thank you.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night, Mr. Kendrick.

Could you spare me the price of a cup of
coffee, miss? What?

So help me, I haven't had a bite to eat
since yesterday.

Could you spare me the price of a cup of
coffee, mister? So help me, I have not

a bite to eat. Oh, save it, save it.
You're on the wrong street.

Sorry, mister. You should do most
anything when you're hungry.

Oh, wait a minute.

Wait a minute. Come here.

Are you really hungry?

I ain't kidding, mister.

Not a bite since yesterday.

All right. Here, this dime's the bank,
Rona. If your stomach's really up

your ribs here, I'll split it with you.
I'll save your money, mister.

Times ain't that tough.

No?

Well, it might be.

You sure?

No, no, go ahead.

Forty -five billion dollars.

Forty -five billion?

How are we ever going to pay it?

Forty -five billion is a lot of dough,
mister.

It ain't exactly alfalfa. No, I'll say
it ain't. And do you know what they've

done already?

With that excess profits tax?

Not personally, no.

Well, what do you think of it? Oh, it's
an outrage.

It's been keeping me awake nights.

You got a cigarette, miss?

No, I quit smoking.

Yeah?

Nerves, eh? Yeah.

How long you been off? Two o 'clock this
afternoon.

Oh, it's like that.

Come on, make you feel better.

I got it.

Oh, thanks.

What's your racket, buddy?

I'm a genius.

Who? A genius.

Unknown.

No kidding.

Do you draw pictures?

Swell dames?

No, I play tunes on the typewriter.
Nobody listens.

Do you ever go on the bum?

Once I did. Yeah?

How'd you do?

Well, I got a cigarette.

You could do it if you wanted to.

You could be a swell bum.

I'm the type.

It's like everything else. All you got
to do is make up your mind and stick to

it. Then you're it.

Whatever you pick out, you can't miss.

To be a bum, you got to have willpower.

Oh, I ain't kidding, mister.

30 years ago, I made up my mind.

And I done all right.

Look.

What has he got on me?

A limousine.

Mm -hmm. And stomach ulcer.

Maybe something I want you to say.

Oh, good luck.

Wait a minute, brother.

Could you use a buck?

They save your money, mister. Times
ain't that tough.

No? Well, they could be.

So they will be.

Oh.

Too bad.

He could be a swell bum if he only had
the willpower.

Oh, back again.

Kind of wet, isn't it?

Chilly, too.

What'll it be, lady?

Coffee, black tea.

You're practically got it right now.

But watch it. So strong it almost threw
me.

Well, what do you see that's good?

I can't make up my mind.

Make a wish. You can't win.

Okay.

Hey, what happened?

What happened to what?

That dime I put right there is the last
one I had, too.

Okay, pal, I'll laugh.

Did you see it?

I laughed once. Ain't that enough?

Look, did you take it?

All right. You did take it. I saw you.
Oh, so you're in on it, too, huh?

What is it, a frame -up?

Now, listen. Now, you listen.

That was a tip. My tip. And I'm going to
keep it. You can't do that. He put it

there. I saw him. All right, you heard
what the lady said. I'll go hand it

You going to make me?

Yeah, I'm going to make you.

You and what army?

Well, I'll show you. Watch out.

Wait a minute.

The whistle. On the counter.

Please don't. Come on, beat it, will
you?

Stop, please. Give me that whistle.

Did you whistle for a taxi lady?

Yes, yes. Wait a minute, will you? Sure,
sure.

If I ask him to let you go, will you
promise not to make any trouble?

Okay, all right.

You heard what he said.

Now, come on. Where?

Come on.

Ah, you promised.

Where to, lady?

Oh, anywhere. Just away from here.

How do you do?

How do you do?

My name's Smith.

My name is Jones.

Seems to be an evening of coincidences.
I see.

Smith and Jones, and I'm Snow White.

Well, you want to go any place in
particular, or are we just making a tour

Manhattan? Where do you live?

Down there, Sheridan Square. Why?

Alone?

Hmm.

You mean you haven't any... No,

I haven't any... And that was really
your last dime?

Yes. Well, if that was really your last
dime and you really haven't

any... Then I want to go to your house.

Well... By all means... Drop in. I'd be
delighted to see him. So would I,

mister. So would I.

Mr. Smith, it's such a wonderful thing.
What?

That you haven't any money.

And I thought I'd had everything.

Sheridan Square, northwest corner.

I'd step on it. I got you.

Well if you insist.

Very nice.

Well, it's just a little place, but it's
dreary.

If you want to browse among my books,
the pawn shop's just around the corner.

Ah, that's too bad.

Oh, I rather like it this way. It gives
me a lot more room.

Would you like to sit down?

Here,

I'll take your...

Our motto is, the guest is always right.

Once you feel perfectly at home.

We'll have a little fire.

Nothing like a nice open fire, I always
say.

Do you?

Yeah, I always...

Fine logs and curling flames.

Faithful dog.

Nice white, bare -skinned rug and a
little woman to fetch her slippers.

Nothing like it. I'm sure there isn't.

Would you like to have something to
drink?

Some nice warm beer?

No, thank you.

Cigarette? Yes.

If I could have some music, I could open
the window and get the radio from

across the street.

Nothing.

Well, I guess that takes care of the
formalities.

What do you mean by doing a thing like
that?

Well, you ought to know, you know, it
was your idea to come up here in the

place. Shame on you.

Shame on me?

Yes, shame on you for saying such a
thing.

For saying what? Say, what kind of a gag
is this?

You come up... Hey,

you weren't on one of those treasure
hunts, are you?

Treasure hunts?

Well, then what did you come up here for
anyway?

I came here to ask you to marry me.

Ah!

Mind if I have some of that beer?

Now, would you mind saying that again,
rather slowly?

I came here to ask you to marry me.

Why?

Because you have no money.

So, son... I was afraid you wouldn't
understand.

Yeah, yeah, well, I see your point.

You see, I have to have a husband, and
you said you weren't married, so...

Miss Jones, a wife is just what I don't
need.

But you do need money.

And I thought we could trade, and I'll
have a husband, and you'll have money.

Do you see?

No.

Well, it is kind of hard to explain.

Well, what do you have to have a husband
for in the first place?

Unless I can marry an American citizen
right away, I'll be sent back to... to

what used to be Austria.

Oh, I see.

I thought I had troubles.

I suppose it was a crazy idea.

But I thought we could make a bargain.

You see, I still have some money my
father left me, and the only way I can

in this country is to marry somebody
like you.

Well, maybe we can figure out some other
way.

After all, that's really my job.

What do you do? I'm a writer. When I
think up a story and get somebody in

trouble, then I try and figure out some
way to get them out of it, see?

Oh, so you're a writer. Yeah, yeah.

Well, here, I'll prove it to you.

Rejection slips from all over. I play no
favorites. My stories have been turned

down everywhere.

Well...

Fun trying.

Well, aren't you going to keep on
trying?

Uh, no, Miss Jones. You see, there are
little things like eating and paying the

rent and getting your shoes patched keep
cropping up, so great literature will

have to do without me for a while.

Well, don't you see? If you really want
to keep on writing, you could have the

money to do it. That would be my part of
the bargain, and your part would be to

marry me.

Oh, no.

Oh, no, that's out.

What?

Me taking money from you. No, I'm very
sorry.

All right.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Well, there's no use talking to you.
You're just not practical.

Oh, I'm not practical. Well, give me one
good reason why we couldn't make a

perfectly honest business agreement.
Well, I could give you two good reasons.

I'm a man, you're a woman. That has
nothing to do with it. Go ahead, give me

good reason. Well, you're... I dare you.

Go on, sit down there.

Go on, sit down over there.

All right.

Here, make a list.

A list? What for?

You want to get married, don't you, or
do you? Yes, even to you.

All right.

Practical. I'll show you who's
practical.

All right, my rent is $7 a week. Put it
down right there. Why?

I want to find out how much it costs me
to live.

You don't know?

No. Yes, I... Huh.

Practical. Never mind about that. Put it
down.

$7 a week. You got it?

$7. All right, laundry, a buck.

Laundry, a buck.

A buck?

A dollar, a dollar.

Food, $5.

But that's not enough.

It's enough for me. I'm no capitalist.

Let's see now.

All razor blades and typewriter paper
and toothpaste and soap and envelopes.

that all under incidentals.

$5.

$5 for all that?

All right, make it $4 .50. But I mean...
$4 .50. Put it down.

That's all.

What about car fare?

I'm not going anywhere.

Oh, uh, cigarettes.

30 cents a day and... 30 cents a week.
I'll roll my own.

All right, add it up. See what it comes
to.

Uh, $17 .80.

Call it $18.

Call it $17 .80.

All right. I'll bring you a check for it
every week. You'll bring me a check for

it every week.

All right, I'll keep a record of this,
and as soon as I click, I'll pay you

every nickel of it, okay?

Okay.

Shake?

Shake.

All right,

now I'll take care of my end of the bar.
You know what you're going to do

tomorrow morning at 10 o 'clock? No.
Well, get down to City Hall, get a

Want me to pick you up?

No, no, I'll meet you there.

Don't want me to know where you live.

Well, it isn't important to him. Oh, no,
no.

What's the matter?

Oh, nothing. Just thinking of the number
of stories I've had rejected, I've

never written one as funny as this.

Two people that never saw each other
before, and they're just about to get

married and promise to love, honor, and
obey.

But with us, you understand that... I
understand.

Out the window, all of it.

No love, no honor, no obey.

I'll call you a taxi. No, no, no, no.

Good night. Well, look, I... No love.

No love.

Without love, no love.

Without love.

Might make a pretty good title for a
story.

Yeah, what does she do the rest of the
week?

I bet she doesn't do anything the rest
of the week.

Hmm, that's all.

What do you know about what she does?

After all, I'm married to her.

Sure, sure.

You've been married for two months. You
don't even know where your wife lives.

Oh, you're doing great.

Well, you can't rush these things.
You've got to give the girl a little

Give her a little time. That's all she
needs. Then maybe she'll start coming to

see him twice a week. And then maybe
they'll start getting acquainted.

Stop kidding yourself.

Well, why shouldn't they get acquainted?
After all, she's in a strange country.

She's probably lonely.

Yeah, she's lonely, eh?

Yeah, I bet she's lonely right now.

Lonely, eh?

Ha, ha, ha.

You know, I didn't think it was
possible.

What? That you could be lovelier tonight
than you were last night.

Maybe your flowers helped.

Oh, they're luckier than I am.

They don't have to leave you at the end
of a dance.

How's the doc coming, Max? In a minute,
it will be finished, Monsieur Kendrick.

Thank you.

A minute can be a long time.

I find that out all day long while we're
away from each other.

But we're together now.

I still can't believe it, that you're
here and you're safe and you're not

to be sent away.

It's true. Every word of it.

How did you do it, Johnny?

Bye. You asked me that question a
hundred times. Yeah, and you give me the

answer 99 times.

I'll make it a hundred now.

It's a secret.

I'm not so sure that I like secrets.

But you promised not to talk about this
anymore.

I'm sorry, but it's always at the back
of my mind.

But it won't have to be there much
longer.

I've come to a decision, Johnny.

A decision that was very difficult for
me to make.

I'm going to ask my wife for a divorce.

Are you sure you want to do it? Sure.

We can be married in less than two
months, Johnny.

Oh, but not that soon.

Why? What's so astonishing about that?

Oh, I thought the divorce takes an
awfully long time. A year or something

that. Oh, no, it's only six weeks in
Reno.

But it is awfully soon.

Oh, now, say, what is... But I can't
marry you.

Why not?

Because... Because... Because why?

Because I'm married already.

Johnny! My duck!

Hello. What a surprise.

You're a day early, huh? I couldn't
wait.

Really?

Oh.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Excuse me. I'll be with you in a minute.

Very nice of you to pay me this extra
visit. Well, it isn't really an extra

visit. It's just instead of my regular
day.

Oh, I see.

I, uh... I brought you your check.

Well, you can put it on the mantel.
That's the usual place, I believe.

Is it?

Yes, and you can make it a dollar a week
less from now on. I'm doing my own

washing. Oh, but that isn't... No, I'd
make it a dollar a week less. Very well.

Are you angry at me? No, no, certainly
not.

I don't want you to be angry at me,
especially today.

You don't?

No, you see, I... Well, I was hoping we
could have a little talk today.

Really? Well, I'd sort of like that,
too.

Here, can I take your coat?

You have on some new kind of perfume,
haven't you?

No, it's just the kind I always use.

Seems sort of different today.

No, it's just the same.

Have you been working hard, Bill?

Oh.

Oh, wait, I'll show you something.

Without love.

They're all in there, Johnny. All the
things I want to say to you that I can't

say now.

No, Bill. You mustn't say them now.

But if this is good, I'll have the right
to say them.

And I will say them, Johnny.

Bill, I... I think I must go now.

I come another day.

Don't go, Johnny.

I must.

But just five minutes out of a week.

Couldn't you give me that?

Bill, I... You know, you must realize
it's hard for me to

say things, too.

But you said you wanted to talk.

You really want me to say what I came to
say?

Yes, I do.

Well, it's this.

I want you to give me divorce right
away.

Divorce? Please, Bill.

Sort of like a revolving door. Marriage
on one side, divorce on the other.

And I'm in the middle.

I'm sorry.

But you said I should say it.

I did not.

You said I should tell you what I said
was so hard to say.

Well, I thought you were going to say
something else.

What? Oh, never mind.

Now it is said.

It would make me very happy if you do
it.

You certainly pick up American customs
quickly.

I don't know, we meet one night and you
say, how do you do? My name is Jones,

will you marry me? So we get married.

And then you say, how do you do? My name
is Smith, will you give me a divorce?

How do you know a divorce will make you
happy?

I think it will.

Is there somebody else?

I guess there's nothing more for me to
say.

All right, Johnny, I'll give you a
divorce anytime you want it.

Thank you, Ben. Don't thank me. We made
a bargain.

Lived up to it, both of us.

Now it's all over.

Goodbye, Bill.

Jerry? Hiya, Bill. The usual?

Yeah, yeah.

There you are.

Just get up?

No.

I stayed up.

Banging away all night, eh?

Do any good for yourself?

There's one word right after the other.

Oh, by the way, I was telling the old
lady about the thing and she's nuts

it. Ah, don't kid me now, Jerry.

Well, take it or leave it, she's nuts
about it. Only she says like I do, you

gotta get them together.

How's about it? Are they married yet on
the square?

Nope.

Well, what's keeping them?

The girl.

Well, you're never going to get no place
if you let her act like that.

I'll find that out.

I'm talking to you as an expert.

22 years now I had the same old lady and
we got eight kids.

And you are an expert.

Look, you got to put some pants on that
guy or the thing's no good.

Well, it better be good.

Bill, if you just get them together, you
can't miss.

Now get yourself some sleep.

Yeah. Get them together and we'll all
get some sleep.

Diane. You found what?

Oh, I don't believe it.

But I mean it, Bob.

This man is terribly good.

Of course, the book is still unfinished,
but the first few chapters show a

definite new talent.

But it's called Without Love.

Don't you like that?

It's about a beautiful Viennese refugee
who marries a young man that she's never

seen before so that she can stay in this
country.

It's about what?

Did you say a beautiful Viennese
refugee?

Yes, dear. You see, she's in love with
another man, an older man, and he's in

love with her, too.

Who did you say wrote this story?

A man named William Smith.

He really can write, Bar.

Of course, the story itself is very
improbable. I'm sure you'll think so,

Oh, yes, very improbable. It couldn't
possibly happen.

William Smith.

Yes, dear, and I really think you ought
to see him right away.

I'll say I want to see him right away.

Oh,

send him in.

Mr. William Smith.

How do you do, Mr. Kendrick?

How do you do, Mr. Smith?

I'm very glad to meet you, sir.

I've been looking forward to meeting
you, too.

Thank you, sir.

Not at all.

Let's see.

Short. Not up there.

And bald.

I beg your pardon? Oh, nothing, nothing.
They told me that that is I... Won't

you sit down, Mr. Smith?

Thank you, sir.

I was very surprised at your wire, Mr.
Kendrick. Well, I was very surprised

I read your manuscript, Mr. Smith.

Well, are you really interested in it?
Oh, definitely.

That certainly is good news to me.

Tell me, Mr. Smith, strictly as an
author to a publisher, you understand,

did you get the idea for your book?

For the heroine, I mean.

Well, she just sort of came to me. I
mean, it just sort of came to me.

Oh. It just sort of came to you. I see.

Well, lucky to have something like that
just sort of come to you.

Yes, yes, yes, I am. It's rather
unusual.

First novels are generally formed on
experience.

Oh, no, no, this is nothing like that.
No, sir. This is a story I just made up,

that's all.

Oh, all the characters are just out of
your imagination, then. Well, yes, yes,

they are.

The boy and the girl and the other man.

Yes, sir.

That's remarkable.

By the way, your characterization of the
other man is a little confused, don't

you think?

Ah, yes. Yes, it is. As a matter of
fact, that character has given me a lot

trouble.

I'm planning to get rid of him before
the end of the story, though.

Oh, you are?

Well, I see no reason for that, Mr.
Smith. He seems to me to be of distinct

importance to the scheme.

After all, there's nothing to keep him
from getting the girl except... Mr.

Kendrick.

Oh, I'm sorry, dear.

I didn't know you were busy.

Oh, that's all right.

Oh, excuse me. My wife, Mr.

Smith. Mr. William Smith.

How do you do, Mr. William Smith? How do
you do, Miss Kendrick?

We both have her to thank for bringing
this to my attention.

Yes, I think it is absolutely
fascinating, Mr. Smith. Thank you very

Of course, there's a little outside
probability, but you've done it so well

you make it seem absolutely real.

Don't you agree, Bart? Oh, yes, it
certainly seems real.

I'm very anxious to know about the
ending, Mr. Smith.

Yes, I'm rather anxious about that
myself.

Well, there are really only two possible
ways to end it.

They get a divorce and the boy never
sees her again, or they stay married and

the other man never sees her again.

Which ending do you prefer, Mr. Smith?

Well, I'm a country boy.

The happy ending.

Yes, that's what I'd like to say.

Oh, I don't agree.

The modern novel's simply got to have a
realistic ending. The girl must divorce

this kid and marry the other man.

But Bartlett makes you think she'd do
that. Well, I know what she's like. I

mean, I understand the character.

She's a beautiful, charming, intelligent
young girl, isn't she, Mr. Smith?

She certainly is.

I mean, the way I see her.

Exactly. You don't think an intelligent
girl would throw herself away on a

penniless young nobody.

Well, now, just a minute, Mr. Kendrick.
Just because a fellow is a nobody now

doesn't mean that he's always going to
be one.

And I certainly don't think she'd be
happy with this other man.

Well, I do. I see him perfectly.

An attractive, cultured, distinguished
man of the world.

Not a callow boy.

But definitely not old.

No, no.

As a matter of fact, he's just
approaching the best years of his life.

And in addition, he has money, security,
and position.

Naturally, the girl's in love with him.

Oh, no. No, not this girl.

And why not?

Well, she just isn't in love with some
old stuffed shirt.

Who's an old stuffed shirt?

I?

Of course, yes.

Oh, no, this girl wouldn't do anything
like that. She wouldn't throw herself

away to some doddering old ape just
because he was rich.

Well, you don't think this young hick
she's got herself mixed up with is any

catch, do you?

He's not got any money with his own
and... And he takes money from a woman.

There's a fine, upstanding character for
you. Don't you worry about that

character, Mr. Kendrick.

He's going to pay back every nickel of
that money he owes you. He's going to be

all right. Don't worry about that
character. Oh, you think so, do you?

me tell you something. Please, please,
Bart.

There isn't anything in the world that
can't be discussed without shouting like

this. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, I'm very
sorry. See, the way this story turns

it's very important to me. Of course it
is.

Seems to be rather important to my
husband, too.

Well... After all, Deanne, a story we're
considering publishing is very close to

me. Naturally.

You mean you're going to publish it?

Oh, but of course he is.

Haven't you given Mr. Smith his advance
check yet? Well, no. As a matter of

fact, I haven't. I wanted to get this
matter of the ending cleaned up first.

I think the matter of the end is
entirely Mr. Smith's affair.

If you know what I mean.

Now, now.

There you are.

Go out of here. No, well, wait a minute,
Deanne. Go on.

The sooner he gets the money...

So we can work out the ending.

That's the wrong line, dear.

Here.

S -M -I -T -H.

Uh, one hundred? No, make it, uh, five
hundred.

Five hundred dollars.

There you are, Mr. Smith.

Is that for me?

Yes.

And that should be an incentive for you
to go right ahead.

Well, it certainly is, and it's much
more than that, because now I can really

work things out for that happy ending.
Well, thank you very much, Mrs.

and Mr. Kendrick, thank you, sir. And
will you excuse me for running off like

this, but I have something very
important I want to do.

Oh, here it is.

Why do you take this so hard, Bart?

After all, it's only a story.

Story?

Or is it your biography?

You know.

After listening to you for three
minutes, you're rather transparent, you

Bart.

You say love does that to people.

You are in love with her, aren't you?

Yes, I am.

Is she in love with you?

Yes. I think so.

Even you thought so until you saw her
husband. Now you're not so sure, are

Of course I'm sure.

And you want a divorce, don't you?

A divorce?

Well, don't you?

Yes, I suppose I do, but I hadn't wanted
to ask you for one.

Well,

now you don't have to, Bart, because
I'll give it to you.

Only not until you're absolutely sure
that she loves you.

You see, it isn't just you and she.

There's William Smith.

He's her husband, and he ought to have a
sporting chance for his happiness, too.

At least I think so.

You know, after all, I'm in this, too.

I like my life with you.

Matter of fact, I like you.

And I'm not going to give you up unless
there's a darn good reason.

But the day that you're sure that she
loves you for Keith, I promise you that

I'll step aside without a word.

You're swell, Deanne.

No, I'm not, darling.

I'm just sensible.

I'm not going to take this thing
seriously.

Unless it turns out that I really have
to.

Bye, darling.

There you are. Thank you.

Well, good luck. Thank you.

Thank

you,

sir. I'll keep an eye on the car for
you. Oh, that's all right. I'll tell you

more where that came from.

That's the idea.

Well, you have quite a place here.

Wow, not bad, not bad at all.

A piano.

Well, can you play the piano?

I can.

What are you looking so surprised about?
You expected me today, didn't you?

Well, yes, I did.

I got a letter asking me to call, sign
my divorce papers.

Yes.

Well, what are you surprised about,
then?

Well, it's just that you seem so
different today.

Well, I am different. And this is what
makes me so different.

Ten weeks at $17 .80 a week, and it's
all there, Johnny, every penny of it.

now we're even.

Bill, what's happened? Oh, nothing much.
I just happened to sell a little novel

I dashed off in a spare moment.

Oh, but that's wonderful.

Well, it certainly means a good bit to
me. Oh, that reminds me. You better

getting packed.

Packed? For what? Our trip.

We're going away.

You and I are going away? Mm -hmm.

Bill, you've lost your mind.

I'm not going anywhere with you.

Oh, you're not, huh?

You want a divorce, don't you?

You know I do. Okay.

No trip, no divorce.

But, Bill... Now, you listen to me.

Now, it's perfectly all right for a
couple of strangers to get married, but

they've got to know each other before
they get a divorce.

After all, what do you know about me?
I'm just a tramp that's been living off

you. At least I was.

Now you're going for a trip up to my
neck of the woods.

For how long?

Well, it's not very far. It'll take us a
couple hours to get there. Oh.

Why must I pack, then?

Well, the road will be dusty. You want
to fix up. You want to dress for dinner.

And there's a pal of mine up there that
makes the most terrific... But this

isn't part of our bargain. Now, listen.
That bargain was all over the minute I

paid you back.

I'm making a new one. I told you the
terms. Now, come on. Get packed.

I won't do it.

All right. I'll do it for you.

Oh, no, you won't.

Don't.

Stop it, Bill.

All right.

You leave my things alone.

You might as well go off right. You're
just holding up your own divorce.

Ah, that's better.

All right, you want this?

Because you don't know me. That's why
we'll have to get acquainted.

Oh, no, we won't.

Oh, no, no, no, no. No use calling for
help, you know. No trip, no divorce.

Try this.

That's fine. All set.

There you are.

Now, Mr.

and Mrs. William Smith are leaving town.

Well, it's wonderful to be driving
through the country in the spring with

wife.

How does it feel to you?

Yes. Yes, huh? Well, I knew you'd feel
differently after you hit the open road,

but this is nothing, Johnny. You ain't
seen nothing yet.

No? No.

Why, the crickets croon you to sleep and
the birds wake you up at 6 o 'clock in

the morning.

Morning? You said we were coming home
tonight.

No, I didn't, Johnny. No, no. Where are
we going?

Well, you'll see.

You'll see.

And if you still want to come home
tonight, why, you can.

Promise? Oh, yes. Yes, I promise.

stopping here? Oh, I always stop here on
my honeymoons. Oh.

Come on.

All right, Bill, I'm coming.

I ain't gonna love this place, Johnny.

I think I will.

All right, Clark.

Why, it's William Smith.

Hiya, Bill.

Oh, Bob, glad to see you. Glad to see
you, Bill.

We miss you around here. Well, thanks.
Nice to be back.

Bill, I left my bag in the car. Oh,
sure, sure.

Pardon me, please. Where is the
telephone?

Pocahontas.

I want to get New York, please.

Oh.

Hello, B -Bill.

I'll tell the best, Buck.

Coming up.

Yes, Mr. Kendrick. It's very important.

Hello?

Oh, Johnny.

I've been trying to get you all
afternoon.

To tell you that everything's all
cleared up.

My wife's been wonderful about it.

Yeah, we can get married just as soon as
we can get a divorce.

Listen to me. He's taken me away.

William Smith.

What?

What did you do it for?

You did it for me?

Oh, Johnny, that's terrible.

Where are you? I'll come there right
away. Where are you?

Yes?

Yes?

Yes, I'll come there right away.

Harry, Bob, please.

Here's your purse, Johnny.

Now, come on and be amazed.

Where are we going? Oh, just over here.

Johnny, this is Buck. Buck meets Johnny.

Hi, Daddy.

Here, drink up. No, thank you.

Oh, come on. It's good for what it is.
Come on. No, I don't drink, really.

Wait a minute. It's apple cider. Buck
makes it himself. Wouldn't hurt a baby.

on, Johnny. It'll put...

You

see? Good, isn't it?

Here. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Here.

Nothing doing.

If it's Mr. and Mrs. Smith, it's out of
the house.

Is it?

Well, never can tell.

Well, thanks for the drink, Buck.

Come on, Johnny, let's go.

Go where?

Oh, back to the car.

Come on. So long, Buck.

So long.

Good luck.

They look so peaceful.

Oh, they're going home.

It's lovely here.

Glad you like it, Johnny, because this
is it.

me in my place.

Wait here a minute, will you, Johnny?

Well, here's your prodigal grandson.

I'll come back.

High time, too.

Hair clean?

Yes, yes.

Hands clean?

Well, all that does.

Not bad.

Good enough for a kiss, anyway.

Give a secret, will you?

Crossed my heart.

Missed you.

I hate to say it, but I did.

Well, that's good enough for a kiss.

Oh, Tupper's.

And where are your manners, keeping that
pretty girl sitting out there like

that? Oh, forgot all about it. Wait.

Johnny!

Johnny,

I want you to meet my grandmother.

How do you do?

I brought you up to introduce people
better than that.

Oh, yes.

This is... Miss Jones.

Johnny, for short.

That's better.

Sit down, Miss Jones.

There where I can see you.

Yep.

Pretty, aren't you?

Never mind me.

When you get old, time's too precious to
waste.

People are pretty, you tell them so.

You're pretty.

I've been wanting to say that for weeks.

Can't imagine why you didn't.

What fools these mortars be?

Who, me?

Oh, that's what my sampler says.

Oh, how lovely.

Oh, you'll see them all over the house.

I like to make them.

Keep me out of mischief.

You know about Satan and idle hands,
don't you?

Oh, yes, I've heard about them. Both.

Well, that's why I keep busy.

Wouldn't you like to come into the house
and freshen up a bit before supper?

Why, yes, I'd love to.

Your bag is in the car, isn't it? Yeah,
I'll get it.

Did I tell you that I liked you?

No, but I wish you would.

Well, I won't waste any more time about
it.

I do.

What a lovely house.

I'm glad you like it.

I'm getting used to it myself.

Would you like to look in here?

May I?

Houses are like people, don't you think?

Either they're your kind or they're not.

I know.

And I've been at home here either way.

That's the real test.

You made this sampler too?

I warned you.

You can't avoid them in this house.

Some people call them proper. I call
them common sense.

After all, time does heal all wounds.

Does it? No arguing about it.

There's no arguing with any of the old
sayings. I guess that's why they are

Of course, they tell the truth, and the
truth lasts.

Perhaps you haven't had any reason to
doubt the truth of that.

Your life out here must have always been
so pleasant.

There isn't a woman in the world who
hasn't had reason to... to doubt

A baby born dead.

A young husband killed by a falling
tree.

A flood that covers your fields and
makes you go hungry for a year.

Those things happen to you?

Part of living is meeting tragedy and
rising above it.

A woman doesn't amount to anything
unless she can do it.

It takes a long while to learn that
that's true.

Thank you for telling me.

Well, now you'll want to go to your
room.

If Willie's brought your things... Right
here, Grandma.

Show Johnny the guest room, Willie. Your
room's still waiting for you.

We'll have supper soon. Good. We're
hungry.

If you'd let us know you were coming,
we'd have a real meal for you.

Still, I'm pretty sure you won't starve.

Charlie. Charlie Gebhardt.

Here, ma 'am.

This is Miss Jones.

Charlie Gebhardt.

Pleased to meet you.

How do you do?

Tell Martha we're ready, will you,
Charlie?

Yes, ma 'am.

Charlie's the best hired man in the
state. Anything you want, just ask

He'll do it for you. All right, Martha.

Had a talk with Willie yet?

Oh, uh, we managed to pass the time of
day.

Give us a grateful heart, our Father,
for all thy mercies.

And make us mindful of the needs of
others.

For Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

Hello, Martha.

Oh, Willie.

Miss Jones, Martha. She might stay a
while if she likes your cooking.

We'll try and fatten her up. Oh, don't
you worry about fattening her up. She's

all right the way she is.

You see, Martha eats her own cooking, as
you can see.

You can stand a little filling out
yourself.

Oh, no, no. I've been on a diet. Diet.

Well, we can start.

Begin a meal with a good blessing,
Johnny.

Finish it with a good brandy, and then
you've got something.

What kind of brandy is this?

Blackberry, especially of Grandma's.

Blackberries will do a lot for you if
you just squeeze them and then leave

alone. Works the same way with the
women, folks.

Sorry. Get out.

I was just thinking out loud, ma 'am.

I was not asleep.

Willie, Johnny, what are you? We're all
right here, Grandma.

Oh, but if you say so.

There's something I want to tell you.
What was it?

Oh, yes, it comes back to me now.

My new sampler, remember?

Oh, what fools these mortals be.

Reminds me of you, Willie.

I wouldn't doubt it.

You are a fool.

Not that you're the only one.

Plenty of others do the same thing.

What do us fools do?

Boys like you.

Country boys.

Grow up on the farm and the land gives
them strength and happiness. Then they

throw it all away to run off to the
city.

That makes them do it, Willie.

Ambition, I guess.

Ambition. All the rest of their lives
they have only one ambition.

To make money enough to buy a farm.

Most of them don't.

Don't ever get back the happiness they
had to start with.

There was a time when I used to stay up
to the moon set on a night like this.

But not anymore.

Still, I can still get up and down
without the help of young folks.

Simple things all that counts, Johnny.

Some seed for good grind.

Rain and sun to bring them up.

Wood for a fire when the snow comes.

A night like this.

Some good neighbors, of course. Just
plain people.

with common decency, loyalty, honesty.

Nothing else counts.

Well, good night, Janet.

Good night.

No need to be a fool, eh? Just make up
your mind.

Night.

Good night, Grandma.

Do you like it here, Johnny?

Yes, Bill.

Oh, you know, this is where I belong.

Coming back here to stay some day.

You'll be happy here.

I think anybody would.

I'm pretty happy right now.

You must be. It's wonderful to know your
book's going to be published.

It's all on account of you, you know.

Account of me?

Yeah.

That's because I was writing about
something I really felt before I was

trying to be smart.

Writing about things I didn't know,
things I didn't understand.

The reason for all those rejection
slips.

Oh, but there won't be any more. You're
a success now.

Well, from now on, I'm only going to
write about the things I understand.

Kids I grew up with. My grandmother, and
Martha, and Charlie Gebhardt.

Do you like them?

They make me feel as if I'd always known
them.

But you... I feel as if I knew you for
the first time.

Well, there it is, Johnny.

It's just what I said.

It's all right for strangers to get
married, but people really should know

other before they get... Before they
decide to break it up.

Do you still want it, Johnny, when we go
back?

I'm not sure I know now.

I want to go in.

Johnny.

Johnny.

It's me, Johnny.

Yes, Bill.

Forgot to pack a toothbrush for you.
Here's a new one. I just thought maybe

you weren't asleep yet, you'd better
have it. Oh, thank you. Well, that's the

only reason I came over from my room and
knocked on your door, is so you'd have

the toothbrush.

Anything else I could do for you? No,
thank you.

No, well, I just thought I'd ask.

Good night, Bill.

Oh,

Bill. Yes.

You forgot to give me the toothbrush.

Oh.

Couldn't you get your window open?

It's sort of stuffy in here, isn't it?

Yeah, it's sort of stuffy.

You know, lots of times they stick in
these old houses.

Yes.

Lots of times they stick in these old
houses.

It certainly is a beautiful view from
over here at the window, Johnny.

Yes, I know.

What'd you say? Yes, I was looking at it
before you came in.

Uh -huh.

Well, I just wanted to make sure you
noticed it.

Lots of fireflies tonight.

It certainly makes it nice in the
country, the fireflies. We certainly do

lot of fireflies around here.

Yes, fireflies are very nice.

Uh -huh.

I'm glad you liked it.

Well, uh, nothing else I can do for you.
No.

Do you know very much about fireflies?

No, I'm afraid I don't. Oh, as a matter
of fact, it's pretty interesting, you

know. You know, all those little lights,
they really mean something. You know,

they use them to signal each other. And
the way they signal each other, uh...

Hmm?

I didn't say anything.

Hey, no, you didn't.

Well, the man firefly, he always knows
pretty much where he stands.

Maybe I'll explain it to you a little
better like this.

When the girl firefly wants to let the
man firefly know that she sort of likes

him a little bit, well, she flashes that
little light in exact two second

intervals.

No,

that's on the level. It's been time.

Don't you think that's pretty smart? Oh,
yes, I do. I do.

Good night.

Good night.

I don't know. I always thought that was
sort of smart.

It's very far -flying.

Oh, and one other thing I wanted to tell
you. If you get scared during the

night, just holler through that. You
say, I'm right on the other side in the

next room.

And let's see.

Oh, yes, and if you wake up and it's
dark, there's a flashlight. I'll put it

right by the bed there.

That's just in case you get scared. Yes,
but I don't think I will get scared.

No, well, that's just in case you do.

Everything else seems to be all right.
Yes, everything else is all right. Good

night.

Good night.

Yes, Johnny.

Can you hear me?

Yes, yes, I can hear you.

I just wanted to tell you you were very
nice today.

What did I do?

When you told your grandma that I was
Miss Jones.

Oh.

Well, that was what you wanted me to do,
wasn't it?

Yes, it was.

Oh, Johnny.

Yes, Bill?

Johnny, I don't suppose you'd like me to
explain to you just why I said you were

Miss Jones, would you?

I know why, Bill.

Do you like poetry?

Oh, yes.

I've had a poem running through my mind
for a long time.

It's one Christopher Marlowe wrote.

It's, uh... Well, listen.

Come live with me and be my love And we
will all the pleasures prove

That hills and valleys, dales and fields

Woods or craggy mountains yield.

And I will make thee beds of roses and a
thousand fragrant posies.

And something, something, something,
something.

And if these pleasures do thee move,
come live with me

and be my love.

You said that 300 years ago, Johnny.

Well, how do you like that?

What is it, Bill?

It's all right, Johnny. It's a knock at
the door.

I don't mean your door.

I meant the door downstairs. Somebody's
knocking.

All right, shut up. I'm coming.

I'll bet this never happened to a
firefly.

Henry, what brings you here?

I think you know what brings me here.
Well, I didn't think you were this

about it. I haven't had much chance to
do any writing, but here, come in. What?

I say, I haven't had much chance to do
any writing, but you may be glad to know

that I've taken the most important step
toward working out that happy ending.

Oh, you have, have you? Yes, sir, and I
think it's going to be fine.

Oh, you do?

Yes, sir. Where is she?

Oh.

Johnny!

Am I... Is it... What do you want,
Willie?

I want my fiancée, Johnny.

Now, wait a minute.

What's going on here? Are you the
other... Oh, you're... Well, how'd you

she was here?

Well, she phoned me, and I tracked you
down, you thief.

Oh, so that's what you were doing in
Pocahontas, huh?

Johnny, what do you mean by standing
here in your nightshirt? Get back up

Yes.

Now, let's see. Let's get out of here.
You're a bit of an old drunkard. This is

no roadhouse.

Kick him out, Willie.

What do you mean, madam?

Don't you mad at me.

Well, don't stand here like a dummy,
Willie. Punch him in the nose.

All right. Go back to bed, Grandma.
What? I said go back to bed. Bill, Mr.

Kendrick, didn't you hear what Willie
said? Get up there. Go on. Go on. I'll

take care of this.

What is it you wanted with my wife? May
I ask what you're doing here with the

girl I'm going to marry? Not anymore,
you're not. Now, listen to me, you cheap

kidnapper. I can have this marriage and
now it's like that.

Like that.

I devoted the best year of my life to
that girl. She can have anything in the

world she wants. Anything. All right,
now, I want to ask you one question. You

tell me the truth or so help me, I'll
kill you. Now, take your hands off me.

Now, listen, listen to me.

Did Johnny make you buy my story?

Did she?

Did she? Your story?

No, not exactly. No, but it was your
money, wasn't it?

Wasn't it?

It's probably your money all along. The
money I've been living on. No, no. My

wife liked your story before she knew
anything about you. And I usually buy

she likes.

Why?

Deanne knew this would happen.

She arranged it. That's why she gave you
that $500.

What a woman.

Okay, Mr. Kendrick. You'll get your
money back. Every penny of it. Now you

better get out of here before somebody
gets hurt.

But I love Bill, Grandma. I love him.

Please let me tell him. Better tell that
other one first.

If he wants to go back with you, you can
have her too.

Bill, don't.

Johnny, here I am.

Tell him what you have to tell him. Tell
him quick.

Sucker.