All language subtitles for Jeanne.Eagels.1957.1080p.WEBRip.AAC2.0.x264-SbR

Hurry, hurry,
the big show is
about to start.

This way for the big show.

Ladies and gentlemen,
step right up.

Take yourself a ride
into the high heavens...

Get your tickets here,
now, step right up.

The show is about to
start right away.

Where's Mr. Satori's
office, please?

He's in his office wagon.

Now this way, friends...

Jeanne, come here.

What's the matter?
You're late.

Jerry, did you speak
to the manager?

Satori?
He's my closest
personal friend.

Now, will you
stop worrying?
It's in the bag.

Wait a minute.
What do you want
to go in there for?

Well, aren't you
going to introduce me
to Mr. Satori?

And ruin everything?

If people see you two together,

they'll know the contest
is fixed for you to win.

Did you buy a bathing suit?

Isn't it all right?

Yeah, yeah, it's great,
it's wonderful.

But if we've never met,
how will he know
I'm supposed to win?

Like I promised you
last night...

Yeah, but, but...
But nothing.

Look, wear this
over your left ear.

Why?
It's our signal.

Oh!

Just get in there
and push your pretty
little baby carriage,

and leave the brainwork
up to me, will you?

Oh, wish me luck.
Okay? Bye.

Hi, Sal.

Oh, hi.

A friend of mine
I met last night...

You know, she's a waitress.

She's kind of stagestruck.

She... Well,
she wants to win
a beauty contest,

and I was
wondering...
Get out of here!

Oh, look, Sal.
The poor kid
quit her job.

She spent her last buck
for a bathing suit.

Well, I kind of promised her...

You want to make
some money tonight?
Bet on the fat one.

She's related to
the police department,

I think she's going to win.

Good evening, neighbors.

All right, ladies.
The grand parade.

Come right out.
Smile pretty,
don't be afraid.

Show your dimples.

Thank you.

Aren't they lovely?

Aren't they magnificent?

The task before you
is a very difficult one.

We must choose one of these
captivating goddesses

for the fourth quarter trials,

Kansas-Missouri branch,

Central States Division of
the American Beauty Contest.

You people shall judge.

Consider these points,
form, figure.

Be fair, be impartial.

And, now, for your votes.

Thank you, dear.
Thank you very much.

Now, you stay right here.

Sorry, dear.

Sorry. Sorry.

Sorry. Thank you.
Sorry.

But Jerry promised.
He said that...

Scram, will you,
sister? Beat it.

Thank you.

Go on, beat it.

Thank you.
Thank you.

All right, you guys,
hurry it up.

What are you hanging
around here for?

You missed the last bus,
how are you going to
get back to town?

I spent all my money
to get here.

I got no responsibility to you.

Well, I didn't say you had.

Don't you know any
better than to believe
a traveling salesman?

I know now.

I thought maybe I might be
able to get a job here,
with the carnival.

Wait a minute.
Did he say anything
about me giving you a job?

No.

I like that.

You're honest, that's good.

Well, if it's so good,
then why don't you
do it yourself?

I should have
won that contest.
You heard the applause.

Hey, Ziggy!
Speed them up back there.

I'll meet you at the junction.

Okay, boss.

Come on, men!
Look alive!

Let's go, up there!
Come on down!

Okay, you're working for me.

Maybe in the next town
I'll let you win a contest.

Sure, ladies and
gentlemen, at great
expense to this show,

you will see a performance
never before seen in
this part of the country.

This little dance is
but a small portion

of what you will see
on the inside.

Learn the mystery of
the grass skirts.

See if Princess Wana-Wana
and her two handmaidens

reveal the mysteries
of everything that
happens in the islands.

That's all.
You'll have to wait to see,

revealed for you,
the mysteries of
the grass skirts.

Move, lady. Move!

There you are,
folks, your queen.

Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you very much.

What you see
on the outside, folks,

is just the tiniest sample.

The real spice is on the inside.

Get your tickets,
get your tickets now.

Did you have
to talk so long?
It's cold out there.

Don't give me trouble.

Well, I'm all covered
with goose pimples.

If you don't like it, leave.

Sal, I'm sick
and tired of playing
Dardanella's Secret.

What's the matter,
it ain't good enough
for you?

All I do is flap around.

I want a real play, Sal.
I want to act.

I'm not a coochie dancer.
I want Becky Sharp.

Becky Sharp!
But that...

That's a top
Broadway production.

But it wouldn't be
hard to change.

All you do is,
you move it to
a Chicago background,

you fix the dialogue,
and you give the characters
different names.

It's a big dramatic vehicle.

You think you're ready
for it? I wonder...

Oh, Sal, please. Please?

All right.

I'll get you Becky Sharp.

You will?
Sure.

So, we'll change
the whole policy.

I'll get a big,
red plush carpet,

and then you'll
walk out on that big,
red plush carpet.

And then you know what I'll do?

Huh?

I'll give you such a boot
you won't be able to
sit down for 20 years!

Now, you listen to me.
I said listen to me.

You know what they do to people

who steal a popular hit
like Becky Sharp?

They charge you with
burglary, stealing.

Now, I don't steal
from any man, and you
don't either. Understand?

Now, get out there
and shake some Arabian
at these people, Becky!

Go on.

All right, all right,
far enough.

Hey, what do you
guys think you're doing?

Obscene and lewd.
Ordinance 253.

Come on, come on,
sister.
Who me?

Yes, you. Get her.

Now, go, go quietly.
What?

Yeah, yeah, go ahead.

Please, gentlemen,
keep your seats,
we have some more...

We have some...
Now, now, wait
a minute, please.

I'll be right with you.

What are you
sitting there,
shivering?

Where's the lawyer?

Don't worry.
You'll be out
in a minute.

Where is the lawyer?

Look, drink some coffee,
it'll give you pep.

Never mind that coffee,
I want a lawyer.

I'll handle it myself.

I want a real lawyer.

Now, you just be quiet
and let me do the talking.
I know what I'm doing.

Look, one more word...

Go on. Keep quiet.
I'm going to arraign
the whole thing myself.

Is it right
she should
be penalized

just because
nature showered her
with blessings?

What would you
gentlemen have her do?

Go hide in a cellar

because some bigot
cannot look beauty
in the face?

Were the performances
of Euripides...

Euripides.
...banned in
ancient Athens?

No, sir. And our play
is a direct translation.

In fact, this little lady
can recite the entire play
in Greek.

I'd like to hear it.

Judge, this girl is no
hoochie-coochie dancer.

She is a Jeanne d'Arc of beauty.

Jeanne d'Arc.

Would you ban the works
of Pretchilites...

Praxiteles.

...just because some vulgarians

see only the vulgar
in the human form?

And Aphrodite.

You got that one correct.

Would she too have
been thrown into jail

and excommunicated from society,

like you're doing to
this fine young lady?

This is a high-class,
refined individual.

Come here, little lady.
Now, don't be shy.

The Judge is
a very gallant gentleman
and he won't hurt you.

Your Honor,
I would like you to
compare Venus de Milo,

the world's most
perfectly formed woman.

And here you have her,
not in cold marble,

but in flesh and blood
and humility.

Of course, we must make
allowances for the arms.

Don't be afraid, go closer.

See, the Judge is
a student of the arts.

He would like to
make a comparison.

Would you say she is
any less beautiful?
Would you?

Would you?
No!

Order. Order in the court.

I'm very sorry, Your Honor.

Case dismissed.

There.

Thank the judge for the lift.

Not at all.
Oh, say, wait,
your book.

You forgot your book.

Give this to His Honor
with my compliments.

Oh, thank you, have a good day.

Good day.

Hey, cump�.

Oh!

Hey!
What?

Where did you learn
all that Greek?

From that book, where else?

It took me five hours
to learn all the names.

Did you see them drooling?

You were great.

You never cracked once.
You were just perfect.

I could have
kept it up all night.

See, and you said
I wasn't an actress, huh?

I take it back.
Talent comes jumping
all out of you.

Hey. Come here.

I'll race you for it.

Watch out.

Right, I'll give you
a head start!
Come on!

I got it!

Hey, hey.
Don't use
all the hot water.

Ah!

You know what I'm
going to do for you?

No, Sal, what are you
going to do for me?

You think you're
the only one
with ambitions?

I'm going to sell this show
when we get to Jersey.

Gonna hit the big time,
New York!

I got a brother, Frank.
He's a big shot
in Coney Island.

I'm going
into business with him,
and you're going with me.

I knew you were
going to New York.

Jerry told me, the salesman.

He told me all about
your brother, so there.

Now, wait a minute.

So that's why you entered
the beauty contest, huh?

To get next to me.

That's why
you hung around
all that night?

Sure.

I had the carfare.
It was sticking in
my shoe all the time.

What do you know about that?

You had it figured out
all the time, huh?

Wait a minute.

You've been making good dough.
Why didn't you clear out?

Hey, why?

How would you love me?

Uh-huh.

You're real serious
about this acting
business, huh? Why?

I just want to
be an actress,
that's all.

Sal...
Yeah.

I learned a lot
these past months
with the carnival.

And I'm like you, Sal.
I think I'm ready
for the big time now.

You're always
brushing out your hair.

Always fussing over yourself.

Immaculate.

I suppose I should thank you.

For what?

For what you said
about me
in the courtroom.

Don't let it go to your head.

Just look at this stuff.
I could drink it, honest.

Sal, where's Broadway?

Right in the middle of
that pile of bricks.

Where's Coney Island?

Here, I'll show you.

It's about 20 miles
down that way.

That far?

Look, in Coney you'll be safe.

I'll see
that Frank gives you
whatever you want.

Topsy and Eva, The Shipwreck.

How are you going
to get on the stage
so quick?

What do you think,
they're standing around
waiting for you?

I've already made
a deposit on a teacher.

What?

Madame Neilson.

David Belasco calls her
the world's greatest teacher.

I've been writing to her,
I've been sending her money.

Oh, Sal, don't you understand?

I've just got to try.

Okay, try.
You'll get over it.

Frank's Rosalie
was the best soubrette
on the burlesque wheel.

After a couple of kids
and a house in Brighton Beach,
she forgot the whole thing.

Sal, please?

Okay, Becky Sharp, you go ahead.

Get it out of your system.

Oh. Look, Sal.

That man's waving at me.

Look!

Sal, I'm so excited.

Ah! Look over there.

Mmm!
Ooh.

Oh. See?

All right, buddy.
Move along.

Let's hurry, Sal.

Excited, huh?

This way, please.

Wait in here.
Madame Neilson
is engaged.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, it happens like this,

especially when it's important.

No tragedy.

Well, what can I do for you?

Well, I wrote to you.

I've been on the road.

I want to become an actress.

What show?

Satori's Combination
Carnival and Tent Shows.

Is this you?
Yes.

I don't take carnival
or circus performers.

Well, I know that
you don't take
everyone, but...

You've already
used up more time
than I can afford.

I don't take beginners.

But I've given performances.

- With gypsies, freaks, and snake charmers?
- Please go.

Maybe all the freaks
aren't in the sideshows.

What's wrong with
carnival people?

They took me in
and they gave me
a chance.

You say no beginners.

Why, I've been
a hoochie-coochie dancer
and a hula girl.

I've been in Arabian Nights
and every other
show on the carnival.

Don't you laugh at me.
You couldn't teach
me anything.

No, you couldn't
teach me anything,

but I could sure
teach you a few things.

Double emphasis,
you don't need it.

Repeat that last line
without hitting the desk.

I said that I could
teach you a few things,

about being human and decent.

Oh, stop the bad dialogue.

What's your name?

My name is Jeanne Eagels.

Jeanne Eagels.

The way you say it,
you already see it
on the marquee.

I know I can't act,

but if you'd only just
give me a chance
and help me to...

To get your foot in the door?

Come here.

Stand in the light, here.

There.

Yes.

Well, at least not ugly.

Hurry. Hurry.

Where can I find
Mr. Satori, please?

Thank you.

Hurry, hurry, folks...

Sal, Sal. Sal, you'll
never guess, it's
the most wonderful thing...

I'm Frank, the good-looking one.

Oh.

Hey, you must be Jeanne.

Hey, look at that crazy baboon.

You know, I'm so happy
he's coming in with me.

I've worked hard for this day.

You only have one brother.

It'll do him good
to settle down, huh?

Hey, Jeannie.
My brother Frank.
Like I told you, huh?

Hey, I got something
I want to show you.
Come on.

Look at that.
The Cyclone.

My first concession.

In a couple of years
I'll own the whole thing.

You want to go for a ride?
I've been on it
eight times already.

Come on.
Come on, let's go.

Sal...
Yeah.

Neilson's going to teach me,
she's already started.

Hey, hey,
maybe I'll buy that
Brighton Beach Music Hall

and call it
the Jeanne Eagels Theater.

The Jeanne Eagels Theater.

Sure. Why not?
All the fancy ones have
theaters named after them.

Al Jolson, George M. Cohan.

You're prettier than those bums.

Listen,
you know something?
What?

Madame Neilson says
that she might be able

to get me into a play,
Happy Lady.

She knows the producer,
Al Brooks.

Frank and me, we've
got millions of plans.

We're going to change
the name of Luna Park
to Satori Park.

How do you like that, huh?
Satori Park.

Satori Island.

If I'm feeling good,
I don't care
if I live or die.

She's better than Courtney.

You're a good picker, Nellie.

Why else would I give her
so much of my time?

She has that one
necessary thing,
talent!

I think I'll take her
over to the Press Club,
have her meet the boys.

Why not? Play along
with her, Brooksie.

She'll fill all
those empty seats.

You were wonderful.

Oh, Nellie, I was terrible.

I won't argue with you.

Well, I wasn't that bad.

Hurry up, change, huh?

Did you hear the applause?

You were just great.

You've done
a good job,
too, coach.

Oh, thank you.

Rosalie brought some friends
from the neighborhood,
they were thrilled.

They're waiting outside.
You'll hurry, huh?

I enjoyed
the show tonight.
I did, too.

She was wonderful.
She was.

Hey, Sal, she was great.

Didn't I tell you?

You've got a real
sweet girl there.

Yeah.

Hey! Hey, Becky Sharp,
come on. We're waiting
for you!

Sal, I must see you.
I've got to see
you a moment.

Frank! Frank,
I'll be right back.

Okay, Sal.
We'll be here.

You didn't change yet?

Mr. Brooks is taking me
to meet the press.

You're going no place,
just straight home.

Rosalie's giving
a party for you.

No, but I promised him.

You go on without me,
Sal, won't you, please?

What do you mean,
go on without you?

You don't tell me what to do.

Well, I'll ask him
if you can come along.

Wait a minute,
don't do me no favors.

Oh, Sal, it's the most
wonderful night of my life.

Please don't spoil it.

I don't want to spoil it,
but you can't let
Rosalie down.

I don't want to go
to Brighton Beach.

Not now.
Not right away.

Maybe not ever.
I'm not married to you!

That has nothing to do with it.

And you can't talk
to me like that.

You came out of nowhere,
you don't know nothing,

and all of a sudden
you're all in an uproar.

Look, maybe I come
from nowhere,
but I'm going somewhere!

If I walk out that door,
I walk out for good.

Well, go ahead and walk!

Are you ready, Jeannie?

Yes, Mr. Brooks.

I don't know, she's got to be

champion of the world
or something.

Sometimes I'd like
to hang one on her.

Jeanne! Come back!

Jeanne, for Pete's sake!

Jeanne, where are you?

Hey!

Very funny.
You know any more games?

No!

That'll teach you
to play games
with Sal Satori.

You certainly
were angry tonight
at the theater.

I've seen you mad before,
but never like that.

How did it go at the Press Club?

The boys were very nice to me.

They were going to
take me up to Harlem,

but I couldn't,
not with you so mad.

Well, I had a right to be mad.

You act so crazy.

I don't know,
two lousy weeks
and you go nuts.

We always fight, you and me,

but it doesn't mean
anything though.

It's the way we are,
the way we affect
one another.

Sal, I couldn't dream
of being without you,

I wouldn't know what to do.

Hey... Hey, listen.

If you'd only come
to your senses.
This is no life.

We ought to be like
Frank and Rosalie.

Get married, settle down,
have a couple of kids.

I can afford it now.
Maybe even buy
the house next door.

Oh, Sal, how sweet.

Sal?

Yeah?

Sal, Mr. Brooks has
promised to audition me
for a new play.

A play of my own.

I'm overjoyed.

They're going to open up
in Washington, and...

You'll wake the others.

It's pretty, so wonderful.

Everything seems to be
happening so fast.

Suddenly it's like...

Like a whole different world.

Don't. Don't.

I just don't know you anymore.

Sometimes I look at you, I...

I wonder.

I get all balled up.
How is it going to be?

What's the matter, Sal?

Your feelings hurt?
You still sore, huh?

Sal.

Nellie, I'm so glad you came.

You must help me.

I try and try,
and I can't seem to make
the part come to life.

Well, the play's
no good. That's why.

Oh, come now, Nellie.
Nothing we can't fix.

That's why we try out
shows on the road.

Oh.

Here we are.

I don't feel
like a party.
It's all right.

Mrs. Corliss gives
the most fabulous parties
in Washington.

Good food, good wine,
loves show people.

Besides rich.

A potential backer,
eh, Brooksie?

You better go.

This thing is also necessary.

I'll see you at rehearsal
in the morning.

Good evening,
Mrs. Corliss.

Oh, good evening, Mr. Brooks.

This, Mrs. Corliss,
our golden girl,
Jeanne Eagels.

How do you do?
How do you do?

And gentlemen of
the press, and ladies,

you all know Jeanne Eagels.

Isn't she pretty.
You take my place,
Miss Eagels,

you're so much
prettier than I am.

Go ahead.

Now, let's stand
a little closer
together here, please.

Wait a minute.
I think I can fix this.

Stand this way.

Now, you put your arm
around her this way.

Now, you put your head
back on his shoulder.

Now, that will be
a great picture.
Ah, that's fine.

Give me a nice big smile
when I ask for it, please.

Now, ready, smile.

We know all about you
Mr. Donahue.

Now, this is your
first starring role,
Miss Eagels?

Well, no, not exactly.
I replaced Miss Courtney.

And before that
you worked in the circus.

Oh. Modigliani
and the circus girl.

That's a bleach, isn't it, dear?

What did you say?

Well, it couldn't
possibly be natural.
What's your own color?

Now, when you were
on the road...

That's enough.
Come on.
What, wait, I'm...

No, it's perfectly all right.

There's nothing to hide.

My hair is my own.

And I come from
the carnival.
It's true.

Yes, we ran sideshows.

Why, I've starred in everything

from Little Eva
to Princess Dardanella.

You think I'm
a hillbilly, don't you?
Come on.

Well, let me tell you something,

that I don't care
what you think.

Any of you, any of you.

Fireworks.

I know this Eagels,
but she can act.

Go on, drink it.

Go on.

I'm sorry.
I guess I was awful.

But you know,

sometimes they can
get me so angry.

Oh, I don't know.

It's like one time,
this woman asked me
straight out

if I was the daughter
of an Indian chief,

because my name is Eagels.

I said,

"No, I was a descendant
of an old aristocratic
French family."

Well, are you?

I was a waitress
from Kansas City.

I used to wait on tables, too.

You did?
Mmm-hmm. In college.

Of course that was
before I got to be
an all-American.

Oh. What's an all-American?

Well...

You're joking?

I'm Johnny Donahue,
from Princeton.

So?

This is wonderful.
Come on.

Come on.

Here.

Do you live in this big house?

No, not me, but my aunt does.

Here we are.

There.
There, that's me.

See?

That's my last game
for Princeton.

Oh, then you know
what it feels like.

Hundreds of people
looking at you

and they're all
expecting you to do
something wonderful.

The jitters.
Mmm.

Oh, I've had them bad.

As a matter of fact,
I've got them right now.

Now?
Mmm-hmm.

I was about to ask you
to go for a drive.

Is it all right?
I mean, did you
come alone?

As alone as a man can be.

You see, my wife is
suing me for divorce.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, I'm not.
Not anymore.

All right, come on.

Jeanne. Jeanne!

Sal.

Sal, I'm so glad to see you.

Yeah, well, don't be.

The minute I turn my back,
you make a show of yourself.

What is it now?

What is it now?

Look at these papers.
Every time I open one,
smack, there you are,

holding hands with
this football player.
It's nothing like that.

Look at this one. Sal!

Sal, it is nothing like that.

Johnny Donahue is
a sweet, likeable guy.
He's amusing.

He makes me forget my troubles.

But he's a married man.
He's got two kids.

No, he's separated.

Besides, I'm not
in love with him.

It's just that, well,
he's a gentleman.

Oh, and I'm a slob, huh?

I didn't say that.
And I didn't mean it.

What do you want, Sal?

What is it, Jeanne?

The play opened tonight.

The audience
didn't like it.
It's just no good.

Well, so what?

If I'm a flop on Broadway,
Sal, I'm finished.

Don't you see?
They won't want
me anymore.

You're all perspiring.

You're going to catch cold.
Come on, come on inside.

Mr. Brooks...
Not now.

Mr. Brooks,
please listen to me.
No, Miss Desmond.

You can imagine how busy we are.

Mr. Brooks, I came
all the way to Washington
just to talk to you.

I'm sorry, Miss Desmond.

Please, Mr...
Good night.

Good night, Jeanne.

I saw you looking at me.

I'm Elsie Desmond.

Oh, I was
a golden girl once, too.

Yes, of course.

I have a play here.
I believe in it very much.

I came all the way
from New York just
to talk to Mr. Brooks,

but he won't...
He won't even talk to me.

He will talk to you, though.

You see, you're new,
on the rise.

I want this role desperately.

Would you talk to him for me?

I'd be glad to.

Thank you.

You don't know how much
it would mean to me,
to be active again.

Why, this play
will bring me back.

I'll do anything that I can.

God bless you.

That was Elsie Desmond.

Was she any good, Nellie?

She was great.

Until she met her match,

the bottle.

Mr. Satori,
there's something wrong
with your car, sir.

It's overheated.
I can't get it started.

I'll go with you.
Order me a club sandwich.

You know what this play's about?

It's based
on a short story
by Somerset Maugham.

It's about a minister
and a prostitute.
It's called Rain.

Hello, Mr. Jackson,
this is Jeanne Eagels.

Jeanne Eagels?

Yes.

Forgive me for
calling you at this hour,
but it's very important.

What's on your mind?

You see, we've been
having trouble on the road
with Golden Girl.

That's Al Brooks' show.

Yes, Al Brooks' play.

Yeah, I heard about it.

I think that
I could persuade Al
to do Rain instead.

The Elsie Desmond play?

You are the agent, aren't you?

Yes, Miss Desmond
had hoped to make
a comeback with Rain,

but her option has run out.

Hello?

Yes, I know,
poor Elsie told me
that her option lapsed.

Oh, have you seen her?

She wants me to do it.

Yeah?

Yes. Mmm-hmm.

Hey, let's get out...

I think you'd be just
right for the part,
Miss Eagels.

Mmm-hmm.

I think you'll be
much better
than Elsie Desmond.

Yes, well, I was very
touched by her plight.

Glad you called.

Goodbye. And thank you
so much, Mr. Jackson.

Boy, is this a jip town.

I fix the car myself,
the guy charges me
eight bucks.

Where are you going?

Al, wake up.

I must see you,
talk to you. Al!

What's the matter,
is the hotel on fire?

I want to talk to you, Al.

Al, listen.

Now? At this hour?

Yes, now.

Look, I just
read this play,
and it is great.

The greatest thing ever.

You woke me up
for this Desmond play?

Look, don't think
I'm just a dumb
blonde talking.

You don't get many
chances like this,
only once.

Only once in a lifetime
does such a play happen.

- I know it's good.
- I've read it.

I wouldn't touch it
with that drunk Desmond.

I'd be wonderful in it.

Well, you...

You?
Of course I mean me.

Well,

it's an idea.

Al, I'd die for this play.

But Desmond goes with it.

Nobody wants her.

How do you think I got the play?

She brought it to me.
You saw her here
this evening.

We talked,
and she wants
me to do it.

That makes a difference.
Give it to me.

I'll read it in the morning.

No, you'll read it now.
Won't you, please, Al?

Tonight?
Please.

Nighty night.

I've done it, Sal.
I've done it.

Done what?

I've tied up
the play for myself.

You moved in pretty fast.

Oh, your sandwich
is on the table.

That woman didn't
give you her play
for yourself, you lied.

You know you lied.

Sal, I need that play.
I've got to have it.

I've seen you do
some things lately.
I've put up with them.

But this is different.
You don't just step
on a person's neck.

Look, I'll step on her neck.

I'll do anything
that I have to do!

What do you know
about this thing,
anyway?

Who are you to preach to me?

Since when are you such a saint?

Now, mind your
own business,
please, Sal!

Jeannie...

Jeannie, this is
a thing you'll regret
the rest of your life.

I just don't want
to hear anything
more about it.

Every dirty trick in the book.

This has nothing
to do with you,
Sal. Nothing!

Right from the beginning!

It started with that
Jerry in the bathing
beauty contest.

The only reason
you hung around me

was to play me for
the trip to New York!

No, I didn't play you.
It wasn't anything
like that.

I knew how we met,
where you came from.

But I never held you cheap.

I wanted to marry you.

But I wasn't good enough.

Now, I wouldn't
even spit on you!

Get out of here.
I've seen bums
in the carnival,

dames who'd been through
everything, they couldn't
do what you're doing now!

All right, I'll get out.

You stay!

Rob! Steal!
Murder even!

And those Johnny Donahues.
You go with fellas like that.

Let them...
Let them fool with you.

I won't be around to see it.

On stage, Miss Eagels.

They're far below
the moral standards.

But the steamers
stopping here make
the people unsettled.

Then there's the naval base,
that's bad for the natives.

You boys hurry up.
Go down the dock running.

Many a fella
wants cigarettes.
Hurry up!

Plenty of rain soon coming.

It can't be
going to rain, can it?

Very likely.

This is the beginning
of the rainy season.

But the sky is so blue.

Yes, we shall
have rain very soon.

Oh, young man,

do you know whether
our luggage has been
taken off the ship?

No, ma'am,
I don't know
a thing about it.

The procrastination
of these people are terrible.

Mmm-hmm. Yes, ma'am,
they are terrible.

Terrible indeed.

Don't be afraid,
I won't shout
or make a scene.

I shouldn't have
given you my play,
should I?

I thought you had your own play.

I thought you were human.

You're not.
You're a monster.

You tricked me
out of my last chance.

Oh, you'll be a success, Eagels.

You think this play
will bring you luck?

It will. It'll bring
you luck, all right.

All bad.

Jeanne, come on.

Music and a nip of liquor,

that's what a rainy day
is for, says I.

You dance, handsome?

Well, I bet the quartermaster...

I bet he's a mighty
fine little stepper.

You know, for one
his size and his years.

Come on, Major, let's show 'em.

Wait a minute.
Whoa, wait a minute.
Whoa, whoa.

Now, the thing to
remember here is,

is that you
take it very easy
and you go slow.

Now, watch me.

That's it. You put
your arms around me.

That's it.
You see how easy it is?

That's it, that's it.

Whoa, whoa.

Phew!

Young woman, this is Sunday.

Now, let me see.

Yesterday was Saturday.

Well, right you are,
Reverend. Right you are.

Stop! This has gone far enough.

You care to?

God will punish you for this.

You keep yelling,
"God will punish you.
God will make you suffer."

Maybe you've got
the power of the Lord
on your side.

All right, but I want
to tell you something,

that I've got the power
to stand right here

and to say to you

hang me and be damned to you!

Why the noise?
Why are they
shouting at me?

They're not shouting,
they're crying bravo.

But it's only the second act.

Every sweet wonderful thing
you ever dreamed about

is happening out there.
Now go on, take a bow.

On the stage, Jeannie,
it's your night.
Go on. Go on, take a bow!

Thank you.

She was great.
So real.

Everybody is talking
about her performance.

Oh, Nellie!

Look at it.
It's all so wonderful.

Oh.

Oh, Brooksie,
did I ask you to
put it up there, did I?

There it is.

Go on, Jeannie,
enjoy your triumph
while it lasts.

We've been looking
for you everywhere,

it's Elsie Desmond,
she's kicking up a row.

It always happens
with these crackpots.

After a hit, they make trouble.

What kind of trouble?

She's been trying to
reach the reporters.

She says you took
her play away
from her, cheated her.

Why, isn't that a ridiculous...

Well, she gave it
to you herself,
didn't she?

Why, naturally, she...
I tried to
kill the story.

There's a couple
of reporters inside

who want to talk
to you, Jeannie.

Let's go in.
Once you tell them

just how
you got the play,
it'll end her lies.

Come on.
Of course, I...

Al...

I wouldn't let Jeanne
get mixed up
with the reporters.

You handle them yourself.

Ah, yeah, yeah.
That's right.
Very wise.

I don't know
what happened
between you and Desmond,

but I have my suspicions.

Nellie...
I don't want to know.

But I would go
and see her,
if I were you.

All right.

Miss Desmond.

Miss Desmond?

Hey, where did that come from?

Hey, who's that?
What is she doing there?

Who are you?

Jeanne Eagels.

You knew Miss Desmond,
didn't you?

Had dealings with her?

For you, Lieutenant.

You wait here,
I want to talk to you.

Ribs caved in,
punctured the lungs.

No, she didn't die immediately.

She talked for a few minutes.

She was 34.

Father, I think.
In Illinois.

Yeah. Yeah, we'll check.

No. No, we don't know.
She may have fallen.

No one saw the actual fall, no.

Yes, she's here now,
in the apartment.

I'll question her immediately.

Jeannie.

Jeannie?

What do you want, Sal?

The chance to say
"I told you so"?

Oh, cut it out.

Look, I know
what you're thinking.

Get it out of your head.

If she was going to do it,
she'd have done it
sooner or later.

She was only 34.

All right. Go ahead,
torture yourself.
Make yourself crazy.

No one would have
done the play with her!

No, I had to take it
away from her.

So you got excited,
you went dancing off
on one foot.

From now on it's
going to be different.

I'm stepping in,
I'm going to watch
out for you.

I should have done it
right from the start.

I don't know what happened.
I... I was a sap.

You were right, Sal.

I rob and I steal.

I do everything in the book!

You called it, I'm a murderer.

All right, I said it.

What do I care what I said?

I love you.

We've been together,
we're part of each other,

no matter what I said,
no matter what's happened.

What are you doing?

For the understudy.

Get that understudy
out of the theater.

She's already
been announced, Jeannie.

I don't want an understudy
with me as long as I'm
with this show!

I'm going on. They paid
their money, they want
to know what I look like.

I'm not hiding.
Whatever I did, I did.

Let them look at me.
Let them look at me

all they want to look at me!

Good. Great.
I'll hold the curtain.
Listen to me.

Listen to me,
you're not going on.
Jeannie!

Keep your hands off of me!

I don't want your help.

I don't want you
to wait for me,
or to take me home.

And I don't want you
to worry about me,

and I don't want you to love me!

I don't want you to do
anything at all for me.

Now, will you kindly
step out of
my dressing room, Sal?

I have a performance to do,
and I've got to get ready.

I thought
the best thing was to
come and see you here.

I know what you've
been through today.

I like being around you.
It's fun.

I haven't been
this alive since college.

No, thanks.

You don't need Scotch.
What you need is me,
Donahue, an Irishman.

My wife got her divorce today.

I'm free.

Of course, I'm broke,
but I'm free.

Does that mean anything to you?

Should it?

I want to marry you, Jeanne.

Hey, Sal, look who's coming.

Ah.

What'd I tell you?
On her hands and knees.

Sal, take it easy.

I'm a reasonable man.
If she wants to apologize,
we'll see.

All right.
Take her away.

Sit down there.

And be sure to keep your seats

and hold on to your hats.

Tickets.
Tickets, please.

Sal.

Oh, hello, Jeannie.

All right, take her away.
And sit down there.
Sal.

Sal, I've got to talk to you.

What did you say?

I said it's important.

All right, go ahead.

We've never held back, have we?

We've always been honest,
even when it hurts.

Maybe I can
make it easier for you.

You want me to
forgive and forget, huh?

No bitterness, no regrets.

Hey, now, now, not so fast.

Let me get it straight,
just what is it you want?

I want to get married, Sal.

That's a big step, marriage.

A partnership is
one thing a woman can't...

But you don't understand, Sal.

I want a big family, Jeanne.

Lots of kids, your children.

I didn't mean that...

Okay.
One thing at a time.

We'll get married, get settled.

I'm not marrying you, Sal.

I'm marrying Johnny Donahue.

That college boy?
That all-American
water bucket?

You're marrying that?
Where is he now?

I asked him to wait
in the parking lot.

He's hiding out, huh?

I'm going to drop-kick
that football right...

Oh, Sal.
...out of the stadium!

Sal, I...
Please!

Hey, hey, what's
all the fighting about?

Please, Sal.

Please don't
fight, Sal.
Please, Sal.

Sal, please.

Hello, Mr. Satori.

There's a dirty word
for a man who steals
another man's woman,

that's Donahue.

Oh, I think it's
the other way around,
she stole me.

Didn't the same thing
happen to you?

You all-American freak.

Please, Mr. Satori.
Please.

Do you love him?

Very much.

I guess that's the way
things go sometimes, huh?

Go on, beat it, both of you.

Take that pile of junk with you.

I don't want my place
to get a bad reputation.

Well, what are you
all looking at?
Go on, beat it!

After two very wonderful years,

our show is going on the road.

So, goodbye, New York,
and God bless you.

Everything packed?
Yeah.

Had to get
an extra suitcase
for your shoes.

Tickets? Reservations?
All taken care of.

I checked your luggage,
Miss Eagels.

Talk to my husband.

Jeanne.

Yes?

Jeanne, won't you
change your mind about
joining Actors' Equity?

Everyone in the
legitimate theater
belongs to it.

Why? What do I need a union for?

I'm sorry.

"'Gin' Eagels," they call her.

She's earned the name.

Always a high kicker.

It's my girl, all right.

And I wasn't
good enough for her.

All of this wouldn't
have been good enough
for her either.

She begged,
she had to marry that guy
or the sky would fall down.

It's been
five years now,
Sal, forget it.

She doesn't mean
a thing to me!
It's all dead and buried.

Baloney!
You still got her
in your bones.

Oh, boy!

Isn't it a beautiful car?

Hey!
Good morning, Uncle Sal.

Hey, good morning.

Uncle Sal...
Hello.

What kind of car is that?

Oh, you like that one, huh?

It's the newest car,
a Duesenberg.

Will you bring us
to school in it?

Oh, come on, please.
Oh, please, come on.

Please.
Please.

All right, all right,
you got a deal.
Wait outside.

Goodbye. Bye, Mom.
Bye Mom.

Goodbye.
Goodbye.

Now, be good, now.
And don't fool around
in school, all right?

Ah, they're beautiful, huh?

I'll be right back.

I want to read
the baseball scores.

Take it easy.
Single file
to the financier.

You'll all get your money back.

Just take it easy.
All right.

Tickets now, to the financier.

You'll all get your money back.

I wonder what
all the fuss is about.

You're getting your money back.

The actors don't get
their money back,
Miss Eagels.

When a performance is canceled,

it's bread out of their mouths.

Johnny...

Who are these peasants?

They're from
Actors' Equity, Jeanne.

What's Equity got to do with me?

Throw them out.
Be reasonable, Jeanne.

I think you ought
to speak to
these gentlemen.

Gentlemen?

These snoopers
that come in here
to lecture me?

You know what I am?

I am a star.

I don't need Actors' Equity.
I'm going to Hollywood.

And I'll be a star there, too.

Now, throw them out.

I'm sorry, fellas, she's
really not temperamental,
hardly ever.

Here's one for you, Johnny.

Here's to Princeton.

Actors' Equity!

Roll them.

Hit the lights, Phil.

Wind machine going.

All right, action.

Remember, Jeannie,

you're grieving
over your fianc�,
who is in prison

for a crime he did not commit.

There's passion in your eyes

and murder in your heart.

All right. Set.

Bow.

Remember, Jack,
you're a complete louse.

All you think about

is despoiling this flower
of Southern womanhood.

Now move around.
Don't let him know how
you really feel, Jeannie.

Move close to her.

Speak your title, Jack.
Closer.

All right, a little closer.

All right.
All right. Cut!

Kill the wind.
Very good.

Now, next...

Well, wrap them up,
everybody.
Happy New Year.

Happy New Year, Jack.

Jeannie, you were
wonderful as usual.

Ah. Thank you.

Now, look, you're sure
you won't change your mind

and come to our party tonight?

No, I'm afraid not.
Thank you anyway, though.

You see, Johnny and I...

Well, we make it a little ritual

to spend New Year's Eve
alone together,
quietly at home.

Mmm-hmm. I understand.

Happy New Year.

- Jack? Jack.
- Yes.

Have a Happy New Year,
Miss Eagels.

Tell my husband that
I'm waiting for him,
won't you, please?

Murph!
Yes, Lou?

Murph, call Mr. Eagels, please.

Mr. Eagels, you're wanted on...

Get out there.
That's a boy.

See, you hold that
just like you would
a watermelon. See?

Hey, Mr. Eagels,
your wife is
looking for you.

So long, buddies.

Bye, Johnny.

Jeanne, somebody at the door.

I hope you enjoyed your dinner.

Can I get you something else?

Over there.

Here you are.

Thank you, Mrs. Eagels.
Happy New Year.

And a Happy New Year
to you, Mr. Eagels.

Yes, sir,
folks, here we are right in
the middle of Times Square.

In exactly five seconds,
it will be 1928.

One, two, three, four...
One, two, three, four...

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Jeanne.

I remember one New Years,
we went up to New York
from school.

Yes, I know.
They carried you
on their shoulders.

Yeah, they...
Yeah.

Johnny...

...from
the blustery shores of
Lake Michigan, Chicago,

the windy city has
the joyous message
for all the world,

Happy New Year!

Tell me something.

Do you like being Mr. Eagels,

picking up after me like a maid?

What do you want me to do?

Honey, how would
you like to go to
the Coconut Grove?

The alumni are
having a get-together.

I know I can get us a table.

What do you say?

Get me a drink.

From the home of
the flying monkeys,

the world famed
the Coconut Grove...

Happy New Year!

...wishing you all
a Happy New Year.

You beautiful thing, you.

Yes?

Yes, New York.

What did you say? Sal?

Oh, Al Brooks.
All right.

Hello, Al?

Same to you.

A new play?
Sure. Sure, why not?

We're almost finished
with the movie.

Mmm-hmm.

Say, do you ever see Nellie?

Well, give her my love,
won't you? Okay.

Sure, soon as we're finished.

Oh, Johnny?

He's fine.
Sure, I'll tell him.

Mmm-hmm.

Thanks, Al.

He said Happy New Year.

He says Happy New Year!

Well, Miss Eagels,
you're free.
Free as the air.

This way you will avoid
running into Mr. Donahue.

Johnny's here?

Oh, hello, Johnny.
Hello.

Tom, I have everything arranged.

Yeah, we'll have
a look at this...

Hello, Jeanne.

You look magnificent.
I guess all you needed
was a year away from me.

Forgive me for
messing up your life.
I'm sorry.

Oh, it's all over.
I want to thank you for
five crazy, wonderful years.

Goodbye, Jeanne.
Where do I sign?

Here. Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, that's it. Yeah.

Settlement. Mmm-hmm.
That's right.

Come on, Jeanne.
Get it up.

Please, Jeanne, a little higher.

This is as far as I'll go.
And you're too young
and I'm not that old.

Hey, Jeanne, what do you
think about Johnny Donahue
getting married again, huh?

Well, I hope his wife
appreciates everything
that I taught him.

That's it, boys.

We open tonight
and I want her
to get some rest.

Good luck, Jeanne.
Bye, fellas.

Knock 'em dead, Jeannie.

Come on.
I'll buy a round.

I'll see you later.
Yes, dear.

Remember me, Becky Sharp?

Hello, Becky.

You look so prosperous,
so distinguished!

Me? Distinguished? I...

I suppose that's
a fancy way for saying
I've aged six years.

Well, how are Frank
and Rosalie doing?

Fine.

Frank's going to be
a father again.

Oh.

And you?
What about you?

The only girl
I ever wanted to marry

turned out to be
a great lady
of the theater.

You're blazing quite a trail.

You keep track?

I read things.

What? Stories
about "Gin" Eagels?

Her drinking,
the wild parties,
the shows she misses?

Tell me something, Sal,
do you believe it?
All of it?

Even the gossip
that I take dope?

It's your life,
live it as you please.

I will.

I'm doing fine.
Don't I look fine?

Unbelievable.

Not a line,
not a single
giveaway trace.

What did you expect?
A broken-down wreck?

Look, I'm at the top
and I intend to stay there.

So, don't worry
about me, Sal,
not for a minute.

I don't worry about you,
not anymore.

Goodbye, Jeanne.
Good luck.

Aren't you coming to my opening?

Nope.

They're getting restless.
Where is she?

It's your fault, Nellie.
I told you to stay with her.

I'm a dramatic coach,
not a policeman.

She's here,
Mr. Brooks.

Don't turn on the light.

Where were you?

I was walking in the park.

You're drunk, dead drunk!

And as far as Equity
is concerned,
it's the end of the line.

I can't seem to shake
that idiotic union.

Leave her alone!

She's drunk!
I'm through making excuses.
I've got to tell them the...

Now, wait a minute!
You'll say nothing
of the kind.

I'll have her
on that stage
in 15 minutes.

Oh,
for the love of Mike,
how can you?

Well, I know her
better than you do.

Now get out!
Go on, get out.

Okay.

Fifteen minutes.

Oh, go on.
Get out.

We need to change this dress.

What brought on
this new madness?

Sometimes you feel
blue and alone.

And everything is dark
in front of you.
You know how it is.

And you get scared.

Oh, but on your opening night?

How could you?
Take off the pearls.

Now, what really happened?

I met an old friend.

A friend?

That's a fine friend,
getting you into
this condition!

He doesn't care
anymore what I do.

Satori?
Well, you forget him.

Now, just forget him,
that's all.

And he was like ice.

He laughed at me.

Me, Jeanne Eagels!

I hate him.
I hate him.

Oh, I could beat you.

I could just beat you.

Calling on the last dregs
of your strength,
at a time like this.

Dr. Richards is coming.
He'll give me something.

Richards. That ghoul.

New York is full
of fine doctors,

and you have to pick
that slimy Richards.

Why do you do these things?

Movies by day,
plays by night,
never sleeping.

Headaches, pains, pills.

After the show
you faint dead away.

I faint, Nellie,

but I never faint
before the show,
only after.

Oh, here he is.
Here he is, the savior.

Well, she's changed
her mind, Dr. Richards.

No.

No, please.
No, please.

Please.

If you want me
to help you,
Miss Eagels,

ask this woman
to leave the room.

Send him away!
You get out.
Get out!

Nellie, please.

I must go on.

I've got
to have something
to calm my nerves.

Please, Nellie, please.

Oh. First liquor
and then sedatives.

Oh, I'd rather you didn't go on,

tonight, tomorrow,
or ever again.

I'd rather see you dead.

No, wait, don't go.

Help me.

Sit down.
Sit down.

Just relax.

All you need is something
to calm you down.

Would you leave us, madame?

Hurry, Doctor.

They're waiting for me.

Hurry.

There,
didn't I tell you?
Go on. Do something.

Places, places, places!

Anything else, madame?

No, Marie.

But let me know
the moment that
he gets here, won't you?

Oui, madame.

His favorite chair.

My darling.

Why, this is...

"This is an occasion,
my dear."

This is a...

"This is an occasion, my dear."

This is an occasion...

This is a...

This is a...
This is a...

This is a...

No. This is a...

Nellie!

No!

This is a...

It's all right.
It's all right.

It's all right.
It's all right.

It's all right.
It's all right.

Which brings us
up to the cancellation
of Careless Lady,

here in New York, two weeks ago.

I admit everything.
Anything. How much
is the fine?

It goes beyond fines,
Miss Eagels.

You may never work on
the legitimate stage again.

Why, you...

You can't!

We certainly can.

No member of Equity
will be allowed
to work with you.

Have you read
Article Five
of our by-laws?

Well, let me read
you some of it.

"Any member who shall be guilty

"of an aggravation or conduct

"which is prejudicial
to the welfare
of the association

"or any of its
membership as such,

"is prejudicial to
its welfare..."

Miss Eagels!
She won't
get away from us...

- We are not through yet.
- Miss Eagels.

Mr. President.
Miss Neilson.

Mr. President,
I can't defend
Miss Eagels' behavior.

I won't even try.
It's inexcusable!

But as you know,
she rose like
a comet overnight,

but without
the self-discipline,
without the background,

that is needed
to support
such quick fame.

The theater to this girl
is her only reality.

It's her father and mother,
husband, children.

Have pity on her.
She's sick.

She's sick
with that reckless
self-destruction

that often comes
with great talent.

Punish her?

Yes, but don't
snuff out that flame.

For to this girl, Jeanne Eagels,

a long suspension is
like a death sentence.

I want you guys to make sure

to get that picture
of Jeanne Eagels.

When she gets
thrown out of here
for good,

I want those pictures
spread all over
the afternoon edition.

Jeanne!

True-blue Sal!

So, you came
to the hanging, too.

Now, stop it!

They've changed their minds.

The suspension's
only for 18 months.

Don't make it such a tragedy.

I used to laugh at them.

I used to call them names.

They caught up with me, though.

You said I was too smart.

Easy.

It's not the end of the world.

The end of my world.
If I don't work,
I'm nobody.

What about vaudeville?
Equity can't stop you there.

Not for me.

Always shooting for the moon.

When you were a coochie dancer,

you had to be Becky Sharp.

When you got to Broadway,
you had to be
a big star right away.

Will you just
ease up once
and do it my way?

We...

We can try it out
in my own theater.

What are you laughing at?

It feels so good to
have you bawling me
out again, Sal.

Like coming home.

Sal, we could take all...

Maybe we could take
all the high moments
of all my plays.

We could make it like
a Jeanne Eagels medley.

Sure we can.

Oh, Sal, will you help me?

Sure. Of course
I'll help you.
Sal.

Sal, Sal.

Hello, Sammy.

Hi.

I caught your act.

Best thing that ever
happened to vaudeville.

Miss Eagels.

Thank you.

Why don't you go up
and check the cars
on the Racer.

I'll take care of these?

All right.

Hi.

Oh, hi.
How'd the matinee go?

Fine.

The, uh...

...seal stole
the show.

It'll be different when
you get to New York
and open at the Palace.

You'll have Nellie again
and before you know it,

the months will pass
and Brooks will have
his new show ready.

And you?

I'm going to Europe.

You're going away?

Yeah, didn't I tell you?

I'm going to sail
in 10 days.
We got big plans.

Come on,
I want to show you
the new pavilion.

Did you ever hear
of a guy named Mareti?

Uh, no.

They shoot him
right out of a cannon.

It's the most
fantastic act
I ever saw.

I'm going to get him
and every other artist
I can lay my hands on.

We're going to make
this the greatest
amusement park in the world.

Satori Park!
Satori Island!

It's all come true, hasn't it?

Yeah.

New horses?

No. Same old horses,
just new paint.

If only we could do
it to ourselves.

It's easy. Every year,
a fresh coat of paint.

Every year,
a flock of new kids.
That's life.

It's a good business, too.

Now, your mommy
wouldn't like that.

What do you say, kids?
You want a ride, huh?

Okay, everybody rides.

Compliments
of the management.
Here we go.

All set?

Want a ride?
Compliments of
the management?

All right, Casey!
Take it away!

Remember when
you took me
for a ride once

and we fell flat on our faces?

Mansfield, Ohio,
July 21st, 1921.

Happiest days of my life.

Mine, too.

Only I didn't know it then.

Yeah.

Sal, let's get married.

Hey, wait a minute.

That's my line.
I'm the guy who used
to say that all the time.

Oh, what a chump I was.

Married. You couldn't
be married to anyone.

I used to think you were crazy.

But you had a fire
burning inside you.

You knew what you wanted.

Me, all the time trying
to harness a comet
to a baby carriage.

Imagine.

Just imagine.

And me, waiting
in a bungalow, for the...

For the Great Satori
to come home.

You know, it took me
a long time to learn that

two people like us
could love each other

and yet,
if they got married,
they'd destroy each other.

I guess I never had
what it takes to
be a wife.

I robbed you, Sal.

Robbed me?

Of those six children.

It was going to be 12, remember?

You know,

if the devil himself
were to come out of
the ocean and say,

"Satori, you can
live your whole life
over again.

"Have everything you want,

"but you can't have Jeanne,"

I'd turn him down

and still take
the little I've
had of you.

Mr. Satori?
Yeah.

We'll need an engineer
on the new power plant.

It's too complicated
for my boys.

I'll look at it.

Yes, sir.

Still do everything yourself?

Sure, still a pais�.

Still like to work
with my hands.
What about dinner?

Oh, I'd rather wait.
After the show.

All right. I'll see you.

I'm going to the
corner, Miss Eagels.

Can I bring you some hot soup?

No, thank you, Joe.

What are you doing here?

Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean...

Oh, Miss Eagels, please help me.

I want to be
a great actress,
just like you.

Please go home.

I'll do anything.
Anything!

You don't know
what you're saying.

I've got to be an actress.
I've just got to.

Yes.

Maybe you will.

But take my advice
and don't.
Now please go.

You're beautiful.
You have everything
in the world.

Everything in the world.

Did that kid
bother you,
Miss Eagels?

Oh, no. No.

Crazy, stage-struck punk,
always pestering the actors.

There was no harm done.

Well, it's all right now,
she's gone.

How about a belt?

Good stuff.
Oh, no, thank you.

Bonded Canadian.

You high-hatting me?

Oh, no.
Of course not, Mister...

O'Hara. Chick O'Hara.
Just call me Chick.

Hey, you look tired.
Don't move.

You know where it gets me?
Right here at the base
of the neck.

Please forgive me,
Mr. O'Hara...

Nerves. Just nervous.

We still got a couple of hours.

Gets lonely in vaudeville
between shows, hmm?

Look, baby, you're
perfectly safe with me.
My lips are sealed.

Get out of here.
Leave me alone.

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

I've heard about
your famous parties.
Let's have one, huh?

Get out of here.

Come on.
Stop putting on airs,
just relax.

Leave me alone, you filthy bum!

I don't have to fight.
I know what you are.

A drunken tramp
they kicked off Broadway.

You wouldn't even be
here if it wasn't for
your boyfriend Satori.

And you call me a bum!

That's my cue, Nellie.

So terribly young to die.

Remember when
we saw her in Rain?

What really happened to her?

Well, her heart just
stopped, that's all.
She died.

The papers said
she earned a fortune
and she gave it away.

I read in this morning's
drama section that in spite
of her short career,

she was the greatest
American actress
that ever lived.

What a pity she's gone.
So young. So beautiful.

* I'll take romance

* While my arms are strong
and eager for you

* I'll give my arms their cue

* I'll take romance

* So, my lover
When you want me, call me

* In the hush of the evening

* When you call me

* In the hush of the evening

* I'll rush to
my first big romance

* While my heart is young
and eager and gay

* I'll give my heart away

* I'll take romance

* I'll take my own

* Romance