All language subtitles for Lady by Choice-Eng

♪ "M" is for
the million things
she gave me

♪ "O" means that she's only
growing old

♪ "T" is for the tears
she shed to save me

♪ "H" is for her heart of
purest gold

♪ "B" is for her eyes with
love light shining

Shh.

Cut that out.

♪ "R" means right and right
she'll always be

♪ Put them all together...

♪ They spell Mother

♪ A word that
means a world

♪ To me ♪

Take your hands
off me.

- Hitting a woman.
- Oh, don't do that.

Stop that!

Are you with me?
Come on!

Let me get out.

Get the cops.

Let me out of here!

- What's the big idea?
- Take your hands off me.

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

That palooka hit me!

Come on. The Judge wants
to see you.What Judge?

Judge Daly.

Judge Daly and I are just
like that, just like that.

Oh, come on!
Oh wait, wait my hat.
I can't go without my hat.

Come on.

Ya-hoo!

Judge Daly!

Your Honor, she was throwing
beer bottles, she was wrecking
the place,

and the language she used,
I wouldn't use it myself.That's a lie!

A profane word never passed
my lips and if this
copper says so,

he's nothing but a dirty,
lying, rotten

That will do.

Stop that.
Do something
to frighten me.

Judge, I want to prefer
charges against this copper
for false arrest.

Silence! Suppose
you give me your
version of the case.

I was over by the piano,
Your Honor, doing my work.

And what is your work?

I'm a singer, Your Honor.
That's a lie.

If you interrupt
the proceedings
once more,

I'll fine you for contempt
of Court.

Why Judge, I ain't got no
contempt for this Court.
I like this Court.

It's him I got contempt for,
the mealy mouthed...Be still.

I was putting over a number,
Your Honor, and she was
sitting at a table nearby,

all ginned up and
making noises.

What sort of noises?
Well...

Like this Your Honor.

Now what did
you do that for?

Why, Your Honor, he was
singing a Mother song.

Silence! Why shouldn't
he sing a Mother song
if he wants to?

Why Judge, that off key
crooner used to beat his
mother when she was alive

and only last year
he deserted
his wife and three kids.

So when he gets to...

♪ "E" is for her eyes with
love light shining ♪

I up and let him have it.

You'd have done the same,
Your Honor.

Perhaps. That is, well,
the point is you were drunk
and disorderly.

Oh Judge, drunk maybe,
but never disorderly.

I may have been fighting,
I'm high strung.

And when a man like that
puts his hands on me,
I'm apt to forget myself.

Let me have the report on
this case.

That Judge Daly
looks tough.

Hey, maybe that raid you
framed will get us more
than publicity.

Don't worry.
Before I got to be
a press agent,

I used to cover
this beat for
the newspapers.

Judge Daly's an old friend
of mine, a right guy.

He don't look it.
Don't worry. You know how
to handle people like him.

Why, you'll have
him eating out
of your hand.

How many times has
she been up before me
in the past year?

Seven Your Honor.

Eight!

I let you off last time on
your solemn promise that you'd
never touch another drop.

Well, I tell you...
You've made similar
promises before.

I know, but, Judge,
I give you my word.

There isn't a single
ordinance you haven't broken.

You're no good to
yourself or anybody else.

Hold her while I take this
case under advisement.
Next case.

But you can't hold me.
I know my rights.
Send for my lawyer.

Send for Johnny Mills
I want my lawyer.
You can't hold me.

Oh, my hat, my hat!
I can't go without my hat.

Next case.
Come on you're next.

Hi, Judge!

Violation of the morals code,
fan dance, Georgie Lee.

Better known as Alabam
the Human Heat Wave.
That billing was my idea.

And who are you?
Public Relations Counsel
for Miss Lee.

The psychology of arousing
human interest...Not interested.

But I have heard about you.

I'm familiar with your
escapades and your record
in general.

Your Honor, as manager
for Miss Lee, I wish to
make an offer.

If she demonstrates her dance
for you and you find anything
objectionable in it,

she'll donate $1,000
to charity.

I'm glad to know she's
charitably inclined.

Don't get me wrong.
I'm not. I don't know
anything about charity.

I never got any and never
handed out any.

You're not accused
of charity, young lady.

You're accused of violation
of the morals code.

And from what I know
of your reputation,

it's high time something
was done about it.

I hereby sentence you to
one year with a fine of $100.

However, I suspend the jail
sentence, but I warn you,
young woman,

if I hear of any more fan
dancing, or any further
breach of the peace,

that sentence against you will
be invoked immediately.

Next case.

If I were you I'd enter a
plea. I'd ask for a
jury trial.

You're fired!
Give me $200.

The judge only said
a hundred.Come on!

You've given me $200.
The fine is only 100.I know it!

What's the other hundred for?
Your Honor, it's for
the old lady.

It's gin money to make her
forget that new deal you
just handed her.

Keep it! You're fined $100
for contempt of Court.

That's cheap
at half the price.

Bradley, have Patsy sent
to my chambers.
And get Brannigan.

Brannigan,
Patsy's in again.

I thought you were
supposed to keep
an eye on her.

I was, Your Honor,
but if I had a thousand eyes,
it wouldn't be enough.

If you want to keep that old
girl in line, you'd better
call out the reserves.

See If you can dig up
Johnny Mills. I want
to talk to him.

Yes, sir!

My hat.

I've been
looking all over for it.

Sit down, Patsy.

Now Judge, you were only
trying to scare me.

I've made up my mind.
You're off the streets
for good this time.

The only thing to do with
rubbish is to get rid of it.

Now see here,
Your Honor,

when you first went in to
politics, I voted for you,
twice in the same day.

I always say to everybody,
"If you have to go before
a judge,

"get Judge Daly.
His bark's worse than
his bite."

Hmm. Even if he is
a Democrat, he has
an understanding heart.

Every man
has a problem, Patsy.
I suppose you're mine.

I don't know what
I ever did to
deserve you

but I seem to
have inherited you.

You keep coming back to
my doorstep.

Now what am I going to do
about you? I don't want to
put you in jail.

I knew it!

You were only teasing.

I'm sorry, Mr. Mills,
but she's in again.

But you promised me
you'd keep her
out of trouble.

You know I'd do
anything in the world
for you, Counselor,

but I can't trail the old
lady 24 hours a day,
can I?

Well she's down here now
and Judge Daly wants to

talk to you.
Will you hold the line?

Oh no, Patsy, no.
Okay, Judge! I got him.

Now, Patsy.

You're sitting on my bird.
Patsy...

Now, Judge,

I've been thinking of
what you said to me,
and you're right.

I'm going to show you how
I feel about it.
You see that?

There. When I reform,

I reform.

Look here, Johnny,
I don't want to pry into
your personal affairs.

But Patsy's not your sort
of a client.

Yet you turn up
every time she gets
into a jam.

Do you mind my asking why
you're so interested in her?

There's no reason why I should
continue to make a mystery
of it, Judge.

Just before my father died,
he told me there was someone
he wanted to look up,

a woman, he wanted me to be
her friend, to take care of
her if she needed any help.

I see.
He didn't know
where she lived,

didn't even know
if she was still alive.

For a long time
he kept track of her,
then she disappeared.

Her name was
Patricia Patterson.
I found the woman.

It was Patsy.

Cut the cards!

Ha!

You're going to lose.
You cut the cards away
from you.

Remember now, no cheating!
All right. Then cut
the cards again.

That ain't going to do
you a bit of good.

When I saw the circumstances
under which she was living,
I suggested a weekly allowance

enough to keep her comfortably
the rest of her life.
She turned it down.

Why she's been known to beg
pennies from strangers.

She's been arrested dozens
of times for panhandling.

And yet she won't take
a dollar from me.

She denies
knowing my father

says she never even
heard of him.

I'm sorry you're in
a jam again, Patsy.

You got a heart of gold,
Brannigan.

I remember you when you were
just a copper.

Yeah, and I'd have
been one yet

if it hadn't been
for you telling
Johnny Mills

to get me out.

Say he can have my right eye
any time he wants it.

What about your
left one, Sarge?

That's for you,
you old rum-hoister!

I'm going to miss you
after you're sent up.

Sent up? You don't think
he'd do that?Yeah!

Oh, go on. Judge Daly'd
never send me up.Why wouldn't he?

Could I trust you with
something really confidential?Sure!

Yes sir, yes sir,
yes sir!

Come on, they're
ready for you.

Oh, my hat!

Patsy, Mr. Mills and I have
been considering your case

and he's persuaded me not to
be so severe on you.

We've decided instead
to place you in an
old ladies' home!

What?
You'll be very well taken
care of, Patsy.

They won't have
to know who you are

or anything about you.
We can arrange that.

It'll be like
starting a new life.

But I don't want to start
a new life.

I won't go to an
old ladies' home.

I'll make them sorry
they ever took me in.

It's better than prison!
Not for me!

I played a benefit
once at one
of those places.

A lot of old women
sitting around

in rocking chairs crocheting,
just waiting for the end.

Do you suppose
I want to wind up
like that?

I tell you I won't go
to an old ladies' home.

That's the last place
I'll go to! I won't go!

I must...
Get out...

I tell you, I will not.

I will not go to any old
ladies' home.

I will not.

I don't care how you feel
about it! I'm in charge
and what I say goes.

You'd better be careful
what you say to me,
Charlie Kendall.

That phony raid that Front
O'Malley framed was supposed
to get you tons of publicity.

And all it got you
was a fine
and a jail sentence.

The jail sentence was
suspended and we paid
the fine, so what?

This is the third time I've
taken him back.

What do you want to keep
a sap like that around
here for?

For laughs!
For laughs! That's all
you think about.

Can't you ever get serious?
Are you going to be a goose
all your life?

Yeah, and I'm the kind of a
goose that's apt to quit

laying gold eggs on
a minute's notice.Don't flatter yourself!

They're only gold-plated
since they took that
fan away from you.

Is that so? Remember this,
it's me they come to see at
the Montmartre, not the fan,

and any time you think
different, you can...Now, now, now,

don't talk like that, Alabam.
I wouldn't care if you didn't
draw flies.

You know how
I feel about you!

It hasn't got anything to
do with bookkeeping!

I'm not blaming you because
business is slipping.

It's that Front
O'Malley's fault.

That parasite ain't
a press agent,
he's a suppress agent.

He's fired and this time
he's going to stay fired!

Boss, I want a raise!

You want a what?

An increase an emolument,
an additional stipend!

I only hope that war
isn't declared tomorrow,

because there won't be
any room for it
in the newspapers.

We're going to crowd
everything off
the front page!

Front, where's
the funeral?

That's not for a funeral,
Alabam honey.

That's for a birthday,
the birth of an idea.

Have you forgotten that
today is Mother's Day?

Well, what's that got to do
with me? I'm not a mother.

That's not for you!
It's for your mother.

I haven't got one!
Ah, but you will have
before the day's over.

Front, what the devil
are you raving about?

Dog bites man, no news.
Man bites dog, news.

Mother adopts baby,
no news. Baby adopts
mother, news.

But news, what I mean.
Especially when it happens
on Mother's Day

and especially when
the baby is Alabam,
the Human Heat Wave.

Or do you
disagree with me?Adopt a mother, huh?

Well, I gotta admit for a
change you got something
that looks pretty good.

Front, I've got no more
use for a mother

than you have
for a loudspeaker.

Now don't you worry your
pretty little head about
details, honey.

You leave that to front
the detail king.

You've adopted
a mother, cookie.

All you've got to do now is
to pick one out while cameras
click and thousands cheer.

Well, we got no time to waste.
We've got the press waiting.
Let's go!

Well where are we going?
Mother shopping!

Now ladies put away your
sewing and form a group
down here.

Well, we're all ready.
Miss Lee will make her
decision

and select the one that she
will legally adopt as
a mother.

Difficult to decide!

It's terribly difficult to
decide, Miss Kingsley.

I've never met
so many darling old ladies
in all my life.

I wish I could
take them all.

That's the one I told you
about, the daughter of
the Confederate general.

She's the sweetest,
gentlest old lady
of the lot.

Haven't we met
someplace before?

I hardly think that's
possible, my dear.

I've lived in Richmond,
Virginia all my life,

except since
I've been a guest here.

Don't you know who she is?
That's the old gal we ran
into in the night court

a few months ago?

Do you know Judge Daly?

Of Roanoke?

I seem to recall I do.

Sold. I'm from the South
myself and if what's
your name?

Patricia Patterson.
And if Miss Patterson is
willing to leave the home.

Are you willing?

Are you?

I'm more than glad to give
my consent.

Thank goodness we're getting
rid of that incorrigible
old woman.

I feel sorry for the girl
who's adopting her.

She doesn't know
what she's in for.

Here's some flowers for,
Miss Lee.

Miss Lee. May we have a
picture please, Miss Lee?

Mother, that's it!
If you'll just
stand in closer.

Now just put your arms around
her please.

Now if the ladies will just
come in a little closer.

Now there we are!
All ready. Hold it,

Take a letter, please.
Dear, Patsy,

I want to be among the first
to congratulate you on your
good fortune.

I want you to know,
however, that if anything
should happen

if you should need a friend,
I'm yours forever and ever
and ever.

That's all.
Who to, Mr. Mills?

Oh. Patricia Patterson,
care of Miss Georgie Lee,
Wilson Apartments, city.

Pretty good,
Front, pretty good!

You are without doubt
the greatest master of
understatement in all history.

Pretty good?
Why they gave us
more space

than Insull got when
he came back from Greece.

You can't miss with
that old mother stuff.Ah.

Wait till Alabam gets
a look at this publicity.

Yeah, what's keeping her?
Where did she disappear to?

She went shopping to
get some clothes
for the old gal.

Clothes? What for?

Does she think we're going
to let that old buzzard
stay around here?

She is a getting a great
kick out of the old lady.
She likes her.

She says, she's good
for plenty of laughs.

What harm can she do?

Plenty if she starts
snooping around.

She's liable to get wise
to a lot of things.

She'll cramp my style.
Get her out of here now.

Before Alabam gets back?
Yes. Go down to that
old ladies' home

and tell 'em the goods
they sent won't do.

You can't...
Come on. Tell them
anything. I won't have her.

Who's going to break
the news to Patsy?

Me.
It's a delicate
situation.

It'll take a certain
amount of tact.Don't worry.

I will handle her as if
she was my own mother.

But, boss...
Come on.

Ah, Mr. Kendall,

I've been sitting here
trying to find the right
words to thank you.

Thank me?
For what?

For the marvelous,
big-hearted, generous
thing you've done

in giving me
a home like this.

Oh, I had nothing to
do with it.

It was Front
O'Malley's idea.

Ah, that's your modesty.

It's a shame the newspapers
didn't give you
most of the credit.

Yeah, 20, 40, 60, 80.

Here.
Huh?

A hundred dollars.

What's that for?

Well, Mother,
you've got to find
yourself a place to live

till Front arranges
for you to go back
to the home.

But I'm not going back
to the old ladies' home.

Well, that's up to you.

I don't care where you
go but you've got
to leave here.

Oh, but I couldn't
leave here.
I just love this place.

It's what I've dreamed
of all my life. It's so
lovely and refined.

Cut out the magnolia dialect,
you crummy old,
beer guzzler.

Crummy old beer-guzzler?

You dirty,
low-down, four-flusher.

You rotten yellow dog.

What kind of language
is that to use to a lady?

Lady, huh?
I know just
who you are

and just what gutter
you came out of.

And if you aren't out of here
in 30 seconds,
I'll throw you out.

Throw?

You want to throw?

Throwing is my specialty.

Come on, here...
Why you...

Start throwing.

She's a sweet old thing,
isn't she?

Sure is, Miss Alabam,
a lovely old lady,

You don't want me
around here because
you're a crook.

Don't you come
around me.

Hey! Stop it.

What's going on here?

Stop it now
and sit down.

Oh, cut it.

Now if you two will
stop calling
each other names,

we can come to
some sort of
an understanding.

We don't need
any understanding.Well, I won't be called no...

Oh, shut up!
She's getting out
of here right now.

Where are you going?
To get a cop.

I'll not only have
her thrown out,

I will prefer charges
against her for
assault and battery.

Great, that suits me.

Make a swell follow-up
story for the newspapers.

Adopt a mother in the morning
and kick her out
in the afternoon.

You can't blackjack me
into keeping you.

I don't care
what happens.

I do. You'd better
let me handle this.

There isn't anything
to handle. I won't have
her around here.

You won't have
her around?

Where do you rate
telling me that?

If there is anything
in the world I can't stand,

it's being led around
by the nose.

Neither you nor anybody
else can tell me what to do.

I'm only trying
to tell you for
your own good.

Don't you worry about
my own good.

Okay. But get this,
either she goes
or I go.

Good, that gives me
a mission in life.

Cigarette, Patsy?

No, thanks, I don't
smoke, but I do drink.

In a minute after
we talk things over.

Oh, no need to talk
things over,
I can take a hint.

If I had to stick around
with that Kendall fellow,

I'd be arrested
for murder in a week.

He's not a bad sort.
A little hot-headed
and talks rough,

but he's a pretty good
egg when you get to
know him.

Well, I don't want to
get to know him.

But you don't
have to worry,
I'm going back.

To the old ladies' home?
No.

To the streets
where I belong.

That's all right.

You needn't think
I'll spill anything
to the newspapers.

I wouldn't do anything
in the world to hurt you.

You're all right.

You're regular.

Well, wait a minute
I bought you some
new clothes.

Don't you want to
look at them?

No, I don't need
any hand-outs, I can
take care of myself.

You know at that
you're a pretty good,
old battler.

I've had
lots of experience.

I've tried everything
in the world
at least once,

except being a mother,
and I guess I wasn't
cut out for that.

Well, I'd better blow
before Simon Legree gets
back with the cops.

He's not coming back
with the cops,
and you're not going.

Huh?

I loved you the minute
I heard how you crowned
that mammy singer.

Do you mean that you...

That you really
want me?

Sure.

You'll be
a lot of laughs...

Stop it.

Gut it out, Patsy.
I said laughs.

How about
a drink?

I'll help you.

Take yours straight?

Yes.

So do I.

I may come in handy
to you at that.

I'll admit,
I don't know

much about
the right things to do,

but I can tell you
all about the wrong
things not to do.

You see,
I've done 'em all.

Ah! Here's
looking at you.

Ah.

Patsy's not home.

JM, JM.

Are you the Johnny Mills
she's always talking about?

Yes. Are you
the Georgie Lee?

I'm always
reading about?

In person.

I've wanted to meet you
for a long time.

Well, you couldn't
very well meet me now.Why not?

I just case out
of a shower.

What sort of a looking
person are you?

Oh average.
And you?

Right now,
I look like a drowned rat.

Well, I could wait
until you dressed.

I guess maybe
it wouldn't be
so polite of me

to keep you
waiting outside.

Well, that's what
Emily Post says. Who's she?

The lady who wrote
the book of etiquette.

Right in the very
first chapter,

she says,
"Never keep a young man
waiting in the hallway."

You won't
look, will you?

Certainly not.

All right, come in.

Make yourself comfortable.

Thank you, I will.

Why did you
want to meet me?

Well, I suppose
it was to thank you.

For what?
For adopting Patsy.

That was an awfully
nice thing for you to do.

Oh, I did it
for a publicity gag,

but she got
under my skin.

She's a grand guy,
that old lady.

Say, why didn't you
adopt her yourself?

I've got a mother.
Besides Patsy wouldn't consider it I'm sure.

She couldn't want
a nicer home than this.

Do you expect her
back soon?

I don't know.
She went to a lecture.

A what?

Believe it or not,
a lecture.

Now, once more,
just once more for Patsy,
come on.

Seven, the winner.

Go on, let 'em ride,
let 'em ride.

All light, coming
out again. Hands
up please.

Now then, get hot,
get hot there
for Patsy.

Come on.

- Ah!
- Seven, the winner.

Good, good.

Hello.

Glad you waited?

Huh? Oh, oh,
yes of course.

You, you're so utterly
different than I expected
that I...

What did you expect?

Well, I don't know.
A sort of a...

Kind of a...
That's it? Sort of a,
kind of a...

In fact you might call
me a kind of a
sort of a...

I can only say
I'm sorry it didn't occur to
me to come here before.

What made you
think of it today?

Well, as a matter of fact,
Judge Daly called me up
and suggested it.

Judge Daly?
Yes.

You see, Patsy was more
or less paroled into
my custody.

You want to make sure
she's fallen into
the right hands.

I get it. Slumming.

Well, you've had
a chance to look around.

Do you want
my fingerprints?

Look me over.

Well?

Having looked you over,
I find the results
eminently satisfactory.

So much so, in fact,

I've decided to see
more of you.

You'll have to
come down to
the Montmartre for that.

I'll be there tonight.

In the meantime,
Miss Lee, please
be assured that

in spite of my association
with Judge Daly,
I don't step on flowers,

I've never torn off
butterflies' wings,

and I don't go around
telling children
there's no Santa Claus.

And do you expect to see
Judge Daly soon?Yes.

Tell him, I think
he's an old fuss-pot
and a kill-joy.

Quote me.
I shall.

Word for word.

And I shall also tell him
what I think of you.

What's that?

Ask Judge Daly.
Good-bye.

Telegram for
Miss Patsy.

Thank you.

Alabam.

Alabam.

Hello, old dear.
How was that lecture?

Marvelous.

What was it about?

Numerology.

You know, Alabam,
everybody's life is
ruled by numbers.

My number is 7.
The greatest number
in the world.

Hello, what's that?

That's a telegram
came for you
this afternoon.

For me?

Yes.

Oh, who could be
sending me a wire?

Oh dear, I haven't
my glasses.

Read it to me.

Your brother in
Australia has died

and left you a
legacy of $7,000.

Please call at our
office for details.

Austin & Brown,
61 Broadway.

Now what do you
think of that?

What did I tell you?

I'm in a spot, Patsy.
What does this call for?

Condolences for
your loss or three
cheers for your gain?

Well...

You see he was,
he was only
my half brother

and I didn't know
him very well...

So I've adopted an
heiress instead of a...

Derelict is
the nice word.

Well, I brought you
luck anyway, didn't I?

And I'm going to
bring you luck,
you just wait and see.

$7,000...

You don't know
what that money
means to me.

We'll need it when you
quit the Montmartre.

What?

I said you'll need
the money when you quit.

But I'm not going to quit,
what made you think of
anything like that?

I was calling...

And who do you
suppose that is?

Oh, it's you.
Oh, there you are.

What were you
doing down in my
office this afternoon?

Just waiting for you.

Oh, she not only gets
into my hair here
and down at the cafe,

but she's to go
snooping around
the office, too?

You went through my desk
and read my mail.

What did you want?

I just wanted to tell you
what a double-crossing
crook you are.

That clinches it.

We're going to have
a show-down right here
and now.

Okay. There isn't room
enough around here
for both of us.

Take a look at that.

Why this is the contract
I signed with the Montmartre,
where did you get it?

I swiped it
out of his desk.

It says you get
500 a week and
you split with him.

That's right.
Is it?

Wait a minute.

There's the contract
Kendall signed with
the Montmartre,

the real one.

Have a look at that.

This contract says
you've been getting 1,500
a week from the cafe for me.

How about it, Charlie?

Uh, look Alabam...

I'll sum it up for you.

You've not only been
holding out 1,000
a week on me,

but you've been grabbing
50% commission
on the 500 I get.

That's for being
my manager.

I don't know whether
to thank you or not.

You not only showed him up
but you showed me up too...

Well, what are you
waiting for, last
week's commission?

Well, even 250 a week
runs to over 10 grand
a year.

That's a whole lot better
than the 10 cents a dance

you were getting
when I first
ran into you.

That's where you started.

And if you let this old
battle-axe hang around you,
that's where you'll end up.

Get out, Kendall.

Okay.

Well open the windows,
Patsy. Let's get
some fresh air.

So that's how you knew
I'd quit the Montmartre.

Mmm-hmm.
That's how.

I brought you
in here for laughs.

Now what have
I got to laugh about?

No job, no manager,
broke.

You're wrong
three ways, honey.

You're not broke.

Have you forgotten
about that little old

half-brother of mine
in Australia?

That money
belongs to you.

Well, that makes it
yours, too.

I'm not going to let...
Oh, shut up.

We're talking business.

How let's get down
to this manager problem.

I will admit you need
a new manager.

You've got one. Me.

Well, that is a laugh.

Well, that's what
I'm here for, laughs.

But between laughs
I'm going to
sell you something.

An idea.

Where are you going?
No place.

What are you
driving at?

You're standing right
at the crossroads,

just like I did
a long time ago.

You can either go
left or right.

I went left,

you know what I
found at the end
of the road.

I'm not going to let you
make that same mistake.

Go on,
Reverend Patterson.

Oh, I'm not preaching.

It's only that you
slipped me that
mother billing

and I'm trying to
live up to it.

Do you think
that my coming here
was an accident?

There must have
been a reason.

Okay, manager.

I will be putty
in your hands,
where do we go from here?

Up to glory.

No more hip shaking
in a honky-tonk.

But a real career.

I am going to make
a headliner
a star out of you.

I've got everything
figured out.

It's all I've been
thinking of ever since
I came here.

Now. In the
first place...

Wait a minute,
there's something much
more important than that.

Let's get
drunk, Patsy.

I've quit boozing.

Now laugh that off
if you can.

Oh, let it go.
Let's try the time step.

Get ready? Go.

Right foot,
left foot.

Right foot,
left foot.

Right foot,
left foot.

No, this way.

Try it.

No, no, no.
That's too tight.
You must loosen up here.

See how I do it.
Watch me how I do it.

It comes from here.

Volume, power.

Now look at my mouth.

A horse, a horse,
my kingdom for a horse.

Ah, my dear child,
there's no theater

like the pure lyric
theater of Shakespeare.

He's right, honey.
Once you knock off
your Shakespeare,

everything else rolls
off your knife...

Hello, Patsy.
Hello, honey.

What's that
you're reading?

Famous Women
of History.

All about Josephine,
du Barry and Pompadour.

Hmm, you would pick out
a book like that.

Swell book. Those three
babies certainly knew
their scallions.

Learn about women
from them.

They were low Women.

Well, maybe they
started low
but they aimed high.

Well, never mind about them.
How was the practice today?

Terrible. You can't make
a silk purse out of
a sow's ear.

Who said you were
a sow's ear?

And who wants to make
a silk purse out of you?

I wish you'd lay off
trying to make me over

and let me go back
to what I know.

Ah, now see here, honey.
You wouldn't go back
on a deal.

You promised to
let me run things.

It's a waste of time.

Did you ever hear of
Jack Dempsey?

Yeah, that's the guy
that married Hannah
Williams, isn't it?

He was an unknown youngster
until Jack Kearns got
a hold of him.

Kearns made a champ
out of that kid

just as I'm going to make
a champ out of you.

Champ or chump?
I'm no leather pusher.

It doesn't matter
what you are.

I'm only interested in
what you're going to be.

A winner!

That reminds me,

you've been a winner
yourself lately,
haven't you?

Me? How?

Poupolis crap game.
Poupolis?

I don't know
what you're
talking about!

Oh, yes you do.
I looked up those lawyers
that sent you that wire.

Austin & Brown
there's no such firm.
You lied to me, Patsy.

Well, I didn't want you
to know I made that
money gambling.

I don't approve of gambling,
except when it's necessary.

Well, you're liable
to get in trouble,

get caught in
a raid or something.

You've got to
cut it out.

Oh, well, all right.

Promise?

Now see here, honey,
don't you know better than
to ask a person

to make a promise
they can't keep?

Say, what are you
trying to do, reform me?

Patsy, a woman
of your age...

That's just it.
It's only youngsters that
have to watch their step.

Old people don't have
to be respectable.

Old people are respectable
in spite of themselves.

Hello, honey.
I bet I am the first
here today.

I'm sorry Patsy, but...
If Opper's out,
I will wait.

If he's at the theater,
I'll wait...

If he's out of town,
trying out a new play,
I'll wait.

Mr. Opper is
in conference.Great!

I've always wanted
to see what a conference
is like.

Wait a minute,
wait a minute.

Oh. Hello, sweetheart.

No!
No, what?

Just no.

I wouldn't take no
for an answer, not
even the tenth "No."

Now look, David,
I want you to send,
for that secretary

and tell her to
bring in the books.What for?

I want you to look up
1904, 1905, and 06.

That is when
I worked for you,

find out how much money
I made for you
in those 3 years!

If it's money you want,
sweetheart...Oh, money...

Why, we're rolling in it.

That's what I came here
to hand you.

Alabam is money
in the bank.

She's got it all over me
when I started.

Better looking
and 10 times
as much talent.

I told you before there's
no place for a fan dancer
in this show.

Fan dancer?
Now, what are you
talking about?

Well, that's the way
started, isn't it?

Lincoln started as
a rail splitter,
didn't he?

All I ask you to do
is to take a look at her.

Oh, what's the good?

Give her a chance to
show you what she's got.

She sings like an angel,

she hoofs like the devil,

and when it comes
to reading lines

she's a cross between
Bernhardt and Duse.

Will you put that
in black and white?

Sure, but you've been
in the red so long
you wouldn't understand it.

Alabam is the best bet on
Broadway this minute.

Now folks, I brought
you here for a
special reason.

I won't take up
much of your time.

We've been at it day in
and day out for months,

and I just want to know
whether the time is been
wasted or not.

How about it, Walsh?

My end of the business
is funny. It's all
a question of rhythm.

You've got it
or you haven't got it.

Thanks, Walsh.
How about it, Lucretia?

Well of course,
dearie, you have
great possibilities.

But you know
as well as I do

that this is a
day of crooners
and wah-wah singers.

I got it.
Well, Mr. Marlowe?

My dear child,
it was all my fault.

I was instructing you
in a dead art.

Fine.

Now I'll tell you
what I think of you.

You're three
very swell people.

You've been sweet
and patient
all the way through,

and nobody knows
better than me

how you've been
wasting your time

trying to make a Man o' War
out of a selling-plater.Oh, my dear.

Oh, I'm way
ahead of you.

You all told me about
specialization
and you're right.

Find out what you can do
best and do it.

Well, believe it or not,
I've got a specialty.

So, I am all right.
Only you've got to
do me a favor.

Patsy is been reaching
for the stars.
She thinks I'm swell.

Don't tell her I'm not,
let me do it.

We're in.
We're set.

I've fixed It.

Get on your hat, honey.

I've just coma from
Opper's office.

It's all set for
a try-out.

Oh.

Oh?

Don't you know
what that means?

Opper's the greatest
producer in the business.

He sent for me.
He begged me to
bring you down.

Said he's been watching
you for ever so long.

It was he,
who discovered me.

The greatest nose
for talent in
the business,

and he's waiting for you
right now in his office.

Oh, no. I can't go Patsy.
I'm too nervous.

Great! That's
a splendid sign.

You see if you
weren't nervous

first thing I'd be
nervous, too.

No, call It off, Patsy.

Call it off?

I'm not there.
I haven't got
it in me.

Don't ask me to
go down there
with you Patsy.

But you've got to.
It's the chance
I've been waiting for.

It means a job,
and we've got to
get a job, honey.

We're broke.

Broke? Patsy with all those
bills piling up? Oh!

Bawl me out later on.

I broke my promise.

I went over
to the Greeks.

The only reason I've got
my shirt on is because
I couldn't hock it.

But what's
the difference?

You've got your break.

Opper is waiting.

It's not only my hunch.

It's Opper's,
and he never misses.

He's the greatest producer
in the business.

Tonight I fall off
the wagon.
Hot diggity!

Wait. How do I look?

Like a million.

Is my make-up okay?

Perfect! Come on.
No, wait.

It's a good omen,
it's lucky.

Come on,
courage now,
come on.

Glad he turned
you down Alabam.

Cheap old skate.
What does he know
about talent?

Plenty.

Parade passed him by
20 years ago.

He never did
know anything.

He's gotten by
on bluff all his life.

Why he's the guy
that turned down Chaplin

in the old days
because he wasn't funny.

And he turned me down
because I was funny.

I flopped
and so did you.

Opper isn't the only
manager in town.
Do you think I'm giving up?

I am. I'm sorry old dear,
but it didn't work out,

I haven't had much luck
with managers beginning
with Kendall.

I think I can do
better on my own.

You don't
want me around?

Sure I do.

But from now on
you're just an
innocent bystander.

I'm going to run
things myself,

and I'm not going to
wait till we get thrown
out of here

for non-payment
of rent, either.

Oh, don't let that
bother you.

We'll meet that
when we come to it.

We're not coining to it.

The little squirrels
don't wait for the summer
to end,

they gather nuts
for the winter.

Oh, know you
meant well, Patsy,

and you tried hard,
but I've had just about
enough of this reform ticket.

What I mean is
Mama's going hunting.For what?

Bank roll, no penny-ante
either, no more
fishing for shrimp.

A whale, that's
what I am after.

Somebody with
a ton of money.

Money, shucks.
That's the least of
my worries.

My credit's good with
Johnny Mills up to
any amount.

Up to 10 bucks?

Up to 10,000 bucks.

What?

You heard me.

Say who is this
guy anyway?

How did you happen
to run into him?

I used to know
his father.

His father was my,

my lawyer.

Is the kid well heeled?

Why?

He must be
if he can stand for
a 10 grand touch

just because you
knew his father.

Well another day,
another dollar.

Someday I'm going to
build a dance floor right
in the middle of the ocean.

Then I'll hire Paul Whiteman
and his orchestra to
come and play

for us in the moonlight,
just we two, then
we'll dance and dance

until he runs
out of music.

I have a rough idea
you like dancing with me.

That's a feeble way
of expressing it.

Then give
me 10 cents.

Come on, a thin dime.

What's it for?

An old habit of mine.
Reminds me of my first job,

one of those
Palais de Hop places.

Oh, I used to dance
with anybody.

I must have gotten a dime
from everybody
but Rockefeller.

Where are you going?
I'm going out and change
all my money into dimes.

Oh, have a heart.

Come in.

You up yet?
Why didn't you go to bed?

I haven't been sleeping
very well lately.

All this money we owe
and nothing coming in.

What are you worrying about?
Didn't you tell me

you could always go to
Johnny Mills for a touch?Mmm-hmm.

But It'd hate to do it.

I don't!

Johnny here
again tonight?

Yeah, he brought me home.
We were out dancing.

You've been seeing quite
a lot of him lately,
haven't you?

Legal matters?

No, money matters.

So, you haven't been asking
him for money, have you?

Did you know that old man
Mills popped off a
couple of years ago

and left over
a million dollars?

And now I leave
it to you,

isn't that too much money
for a kid like that to have?

Think of all the income
tax he'll have to pay.

Alabam, why don't you
answer my question?

Have you been getting
money from Johnny?

You don't have to worry
about all those bills.
They've been paid.

Why don't you look me
in the eye?

Why don't you be your age?
You're old enough to know
the facts of life.

Certainly I've taken
money from Johnny,
and I'll take more.

I'll grab as
much as I can.

You can't do that,
not to him.

What makes him different
from any other sucker?

Why shouldn't I be
the one to take him?

There are lots of
good reasons.

Give me one.

I won't let you.

Do you mind telling me
what business
it is of yours?

I wouldn't let you do that
even to a stranger.
It's not right,

especially to him.
He's a friend of mine.

He's the finest kid
in the world

and I'm your mother.

I've got the right to stop
you from doing something
that's low and cheap.

How do you like that?

Who are you to tell me
what's low and cheap?

I'm sorry I ever went into
that old ladies home.

First you come in here
and disorganize my life,

and then you try to run it.
If you don't like the way
I do things, get out.

Or else mind
your own business,
and leave me alone.

Take your choice.

You don't leave me any
choice, Alabam. You're
right. I did fail.

I'm used to failure.

I was pretty nearly through
when you took me in.

I am just a little
bit nearer now.

I'm sorry we had to say
nasty things to each other.

But you're not going to
do this to Johnny Mills.

You can't! You can't.

I won't let you.
I will find some way
to stop you.

Patsy.

Patsy.

Pat...

Thanks for the lunch.
I won't take up
any more of your time.

Oh, yes you will.

You'd be surprised how much
of my time you're going
to take up.

Tomorrow you'll come into
court with me and watch me
win a good case.

Then we'll have lunch.
How about lunch every day
this week?

And dinner?
You forgot breakfast.

So I did, the most
important meal of all.
By all means breakfast, too.

Well, that practically
comes under the head
of supporting me.

Well?
Well how do you
know I'm not

working you
for a good thing?Are you?

I borrowed quite a lot
of money from you

and there isn't the slightest
chance of my paying it back
in the near future.

What of it?
You wouldn't have
come to me

if you hadn't needed help,
would you?

I'd like you to feel that
I'm the one you can
always come to,

that I am the best friend
you have, except maybe Patsy?

By the way, how is she?
I haven't seen her
in some time.

She went out of town
to visit some people
she knows.

A great old girl.

She knew your
father, didn't she?
Wasn't he her lawyer?

He was more than that.

You've probably
wondered about my
interest in Patsy.

That photograph,
was inscribed
to my father.

When he died, it was her
name he whispered
in his last breath.

Did she ever tell you
about him?

No.

They must have been
crazy about each other.

I wonder what
broke it up.

May I have
this, Johnny?

Surely.

Well.
Hello.

How are you?
All right.

I got your subpoena
and here I am.

I was wondering if I'd have
to issue a bench warrant.

Come on.

I was hoping she'd
change her mind.

I waited praying
she would.

But she's seeing
him every day. She's
going through with it.

You've got to do
something to stop it.

It's odd that you
should come to me
like this, Patsy.

Oh, I'm torn
between two people.
I love them both.

I can't help the one
without hurting the other.

I'm in trouble.

Where else could I go?

What else could I do?
No...

I didn't mean that.
I'm glad you came
to me, Patsy.

But you're the second person
within 24 hours that's asked
me to break up this affair.

Who's the other?

John's mother.
I told her I couldn't do
anything about it.

But now I believe
that I can.

But you mustn't do
anything to hurt Alabam.

I wouldn't have
you do that.

From what you tell me,
she's not the sort of person
anybody can hurt.

Operator, get me
Georgie Lee

at the Wilson Apartments.

The witness will please
take the stand.

Raise your right hand.

Solemnly swear to tell
the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?

I do.
What's your name?

Georgie Lee.

How would you
like to change it?Huh?

I said "How would you
like to change your name?"

To what?
To Mills.

I refuse to answer
on the grounds

that it would tend to...

Degrade and
incriminate you?

No.

Degrade and
incriminate you.

Oh, come now.
Have you any
objection to

matrimony as a
social institution?

Are your affections
otherwise engaged?

Are you at all interested
in one John Mills?

Then I repeat
my question.

How would you like to
change your name to Mills?

Well, I...
Answer, yes or no.

Never mind, I wouldn't
take "no" for an answer.

You've got to take
"no" for an answer Johnny,
I can't marry you.

Why can't you?

Because I love you.

Well, if that's the case,
two and two make three.

No, four as usual.

I'm a phony, Johnny
and a half-baked
one at that.

I guess I can't go through
with anything good or bad.

I went after you
because you had money,

that's what I was
interested in
from the start.

Okay, will you
marry me?

Darling, you
don't understand...

Look, why do women become
interested in man anyway?

Because they're rich
or strong
or attractive or smart.

All right.
In my case,
it was money.

Doesn't that
bother you?

It would except
for one thing.

Why do you tell
me about it? Now.

I meant to take you
for a ride, but somehow I...

Listen, do you
remember telling me
the big kick

you get out of
life is laughs?

All right I'll hand
you one right now.

You went out after
a rich young man,

but the man who's
proposing to you
now is practically broke.

Yes, I know.
So is Andrew Mellon.

No, it's true. All the
money in my family
belongs to my mother,

and she objects
very strenuously to you.

We've had lots
of fights about it.

She finally told me
that if I insisted on
marrying you,

she'd cut me off
without a cent.

And I do insist
on marrying you.

That is if you're willing
to marry a man who has
to work for a living,

and at the present
has a very modest income.

Johnny, if you'll only
promise me to stay poor
the rest of your life.

We'll be practically
paupers. We'll spend
every cent we make

and end in the poorhouse.
Give you my word of honor...

I know somebody
who will be happy
about this, Patsy.

You must give me
her address so I can
send her a wire.

No, no,
let me do lt.

Sit down, Miss Lee.

Why should I?
I'm tired of listening
to other people.

I'm going to listen to
myself for a change.

You've got
nothing on me.Yes, I have.

Tell Johnny I started
in a 10 cents a dance
joint he knows it.

Tell him I was
a fan dancer

and pinched
in a police raid,
he knows that too.

He knows all about me.

Does he know that you started
out with the sole purpose of
getting his money?

Is that true
or Isn't it?

Yes, but it isn't
true anymore.

Besides I told him
all about it,

but it didn't make
any difference.

He asked me to marry him,
and if I do,

his mother is going to
cut him off without a cent.

That's what gave me
the chance to say yes.

It proves I wasn't
after his money,
doesn't it?

And I love him and
I'll do anything for him.

Yes, look
what you've done.

Already you hurt him.

If he marries you
he loses his inheritance.

We don't care
about money.

You've alienated him
from his mother.

If you marry him,
she'll never see
him again.

Well, that's her loss,
what has she got
to do with it?

What has anybody got to
do with it except me
and Johnny?

I won't give him up,
I won't give him up
for anybody.

I promised Mrs. Mills that
I'd put an end to this,

and I'm going
to do it.

You can't.

Who do you think you are,

sitting up there on your
bench looking down
at people.

Little people
that made mistakes,

hanging your gavel,
judging and punishing.

Well, this is one spot
where you can't judge
and you can't punish.

Perhaps not, but I'd like to
recall to you that when you
were arraigned before me,

I sentenced you to one year.
I suspended that sentence.

But I can still put it
into effect.

If you marry Johnny Mills,
you'll spend your honeymoon
in prison.

Your Honor, that's
blackmail, isn't it?

I'm using a weapon
that your own past
provided me with.

I guess you
don't know Johnny
as well as you think you do.

You think it'll make
any difference?

Don't you suppose
he'll wait for me?

I can marry him
when I get out,
can't I?

Not if you love him.

You've got nothing on me
to send me to prison.

That suspended sentence
is a bluff and you know it.

That's true, it is.
Well, go ahead,
marry him.

I can see the story
in the newspapers.

All the juicy details,
"Charlie Kendall's girl,

"night club queen,

"fan dancer, police record."
Excellent publicity for
a young bridegroom.

Bound to be a big help
to a young attorney
in his career.

Splendid dowry to bring
to the man you love.

Oh, but I'm only
wasting my breath.

I thought I could stop you,
but I see that I can't.

I'm afraid you win.

No, I don't. You win.

You won before
you started.

Alabam.

Hello, Kendall.
Got a job for a good
fan dancer?

Well, well, the chicken
comes home to roost, huh?
What happened?

Nothing, except
I need a few laughs.

I guess I missed my old
job at the Montmartre.

Sorry, kid, you should
have dropped in
a week ago.

This is my last
night at the club.

I'm through with floor shows.
I'm going to do
a revue in London.

London? When do we go?

I sail tonight.

We sail tonight.

I'd like nothing better if
I could sell the idea
to Brooke

that's putting up the
money for the show.

If I could only
fix it with him.You've got to fix it.

I'll be aboard that boat
tonight even if I have to
stow away.

What are you
running away from?

Never mind that,
will you take me along?

I'll get in touch with
Brooke right away.

No, wait a minute.
I'll do even
better than that.

I'll show him a sample.

Have you still got that
old fan of yours?

Yes. it's in moth balls,
but it's just as good
as ever.

Well, dig it up,
I'll put you on at
the club tonight.

Brooke'll be there?
And if you've got any
of your old stuff left,

we'll sell him
a bill of goods.Sold.

Now about terms.

You write
your own ticket.

You'll get most
of it anyway.

Hello,
Alabam.

Hello.

See, I've got the
same old key.

I just dropped in to
see how things were
coming along.

Perfect, Patsy,
couldn't be better.

I thought you might feel
sore at me, honey,

on account of that
difference of opinion
we had.

Oh, but I see
you're not.

Otherwise you wouldn't
be having that here.

Yes, I'm glad you
dropped in.

It gives me a
chance to say good-bye.

Good-bye?

I'm going back
to Kendall.

He is going to do
a show in London, and I've
got a chance to go in it.

Wish me luck?

I wish you more
than luck, honey.

I wish you joy
and happiness
and the right road.

Thanks.

I've got some packing to do.
The boat sails at midnight.

Johnny.

Well, Patsy, when
did you get back?

Why, tonight.

Well that's fine.
You're just in time.

In time?
Uh-huh.

I want you to be
my best man.

Your what?
What's the matter,
didn't Alabam tell you?

No, I didn't.
Why didn't you?

I've changed my mind.
I've decided
not to marry you.

Well, I know it's
anything for a
laugh, honey.

But I wish you wouldn't
kid about this.

I'm sorry but it's cold,
it's the wrong set-up.

Ask, Patsy,
she'll tell you.

You wouldn't want to
see me marry Johnny,
would you?

Why, I don't know,
honey. That is...

What is it, sweetheart?
What's happened?

Let me go, Johnny.
No, no, no,
tell me the truth.

I was after your
money, that's all
I was interested in.

You told me yourself
you'd be broke
if you married me.

But that was the very reason
you wanted to marry me.

I've changed my mind.

What changed it?
What difference
does it make?

Alabam you're keeping
something from me.

Why don't you tell
me the truth?

What's the matter?
Can't a girl change
her mind?

Maybe I'm not
the marrying kind.

I guess I belong
in the Montmartre.

I never should have
left the place.

When you quit there,
I was fool enough to think

you wanted to make
something of yourself.

Well I did, didn't I?
Yes, you did...

Something cheap and
low and disgusting...

When you took Patsy in
I gave you credit for
decent, human motives.

I can see now
why you did it,

just to cover up
your gold digging.

Go on sail into me.
I rate whatever you
want to call me,

but I can't help it,
that's the way I am.
No good.

I'm sorry.
Sorry?

You couldn't be sorry
for anyone but yourself.

I'm glad I found out now
instead of later. Go on
back to the Montmartre.

That's where
you belong.

What am I supposed to do?
Go back to the office
and blow out my brains?

Well, don't
worry, I won't.

Principally because
I haven't got
any brains.

Well, Patsy, you're a
good manager at that.

See how swell
everything turned out.

"M" is for the million things

she gave me.

"O" is only...

Well, why don't you
crown me with
a gin bottle?

You love him, honey?
You love Johnny.

You heard what I said,
figure it out for yourself.

Oh, you do love him.
Love?

Lay off the word.
It's out of my
dictionary.

What are you
worrying about now?

Everybody's satisfied,
you, his mother.

Judge Daly.

Everything is
all right.

God's in his Heaven
and all's right
with the world.

Johnny read that to me
one night out of a book.

Somebody by the name of
Browning wrote it. Poem.

I didn't know.

Oh, I wouldn't hurt you
for the world.

Oh, baby please.

I am sorry but,
I've got to go to work.
Farewell appearance.

It's a regular try-out
this time for bigger
and better things.

Alabam.

Alabam...

Oh!

I want to see
Mr. Mills.

It sorry but
Mr. Mills is engaged.

No he isn't
and I've got
to see him.

Oh, Johnny, Johnny.

Why what
is it, Patsy?

Remember you wrote
me a letter once.Yes.

You said if I ever needed
a friend to call on you,

well I need a friend now,
more than I ever did
in my whole life.

Well, what do
you want me to do?

Oh, I want you to
come with me.

But where to Patsy?
I'll tell you outside.

Johnny, you know me.
You know who I am.

Who I was.

I've begged.
I've been a drunkard.

I've done everything
you'll find on
the police blotter,

but I wouldn't lie to you,
you believe that don't you?

Why, of course, Patsy.

Well, this is the truth.

You're just where
we were 30 years ago,

your father and I,

letting go of each other
when we ought to have
clung to each other.

Alabam's been so good to me,
and I wanted to do something
to help her.

And this is what I've done.
I've balled up her life,
just as I've balled up my own.

She loves you, Johnny,
that is why
she's giving you up.

Now look here, Judge...
You got me into this

You're an old bachelor.
What do you know about
things like this.

You said you wouldn't
hurt her and now look
what you've done.

Please, please
just a minute.

I thought I was
acting for the best.

I promised your mother...
My mother...

I am the only one
concerned in this
and Alabam.

That's what you get
for butting in.

Now you upset this
apple cart and
you've got to fix it.

Oh, guilty on all charges.

Tell her I was wrong.
Tell her I withdraw
everything I said.

Tell her I'll perform
the marriage ceremony.

Tell her...
Tell her,
tell her how?

She's gone back
to the Montmartre.

She refuses to
see me.

She won't listen
to anybody.

She won't answer
the telephone or pay
any attention to telegrams.

It's all your fault
and you've got to
do something.

Now, please, wait.

Oh, I'm sorry
I ever got into this.

Only a little while ago
you were begging me to
separate these two people.

Now you're asking me
to bring them together again.

Huh?

Why can't a woman
change her mind?

I never knew such
a helpless man
in all my life.

Where are you going?

You can't do
anything, so I will.

I've got only an hour
and 10 minutes.

She's not going to sail
tonight if I have to
sink the boat.

Who is it?

It's me, Patsy.
Oh, let me in, Alabam.

I can't. I've got to go on
in a minute.

Oh, please,
honey, please.

It's a matter of
life and death.

Oh, I'm not interested.

But I must speak to you
for just a minute.

It's about Johnny.
No!

Leave me alone.
It's all finished.

Aren't you satisfied?
Go away!

Hello, Patsy. Did you
come down to see Alabam
put on her fan dance?

Her what?
Her old fan number.

It's a big surprise
for everybody.

She's doing it for
some Englishman
out there.

Gang way. Gang way.

Hello.

Judge Daly.

Oh, Judge Daly.

Well?

Charming.

Get out of the way.
Hold your
seats everybody.

Stay right
where you are.

Say wait a minute,
Brannigan,
you can't do this.

Oh, resisting
an officer, huh?

Take him away.

Hey, now, what's the idea?
You can't do this.

You're under arrest.
Come on.

- Thank you, Brannigan.
- Arrested again, eh?

Young lady, that
constitutes an actual
violation of your parole.

This time I can
really invoke that
suspended sentence

and I'm fully
prepared to do so.

Don't you ever let go?
No.

What's the arrest for?
What have I done?

I warned you what
would happen

if you attempted
that fan dance again.

It was only a try-out.

I'm leaving town tonight,
going to London.

Then you'll be rid
of me for good.

That's what you
wanted wasn't it?

If you hold me,
I'll miss the boat.

That's too bad,
but you broke
your parole.

Oh, can't you
forget about it?No.

I received a complaint,
young lady that I can't
possibly ignore.

From whom?
From an old friend
of mine.

I entered that complaint.

There's only one way
to take care of that
suspended sentence.

It's a tough, alternative,
but the fact remains

either you marry me
or go to prison.

That's it and
I warn you,

you're up against three
hard determined people.

Judge Daly, what are we
hanging around here for?

I am waiting for
Miss Lee's answer.

That is none of our
durn business, come on.

Make up your mind,
young lady.

Move over, Your Honor.