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Oh, Sam.

Good morning, Mr. Jerry.

Is Dad here?

Yes, he is.

Looking at the dress rehearsal.

This is rough.

We'll just have to wait our chance.

Don't wait too long.

Allegheny might change its mind.

I'll bring the lady back to the USA.

John, why don't you do it the way...

you did it in Boston. The way I like it.

All right, all right, Mr. Blake.

I know you like the way I did it in Boston, but I don't know what you mean by the

way I did it in Boston.

I mean the good way.

Jordan, would you be kind enough to come up here and show me? I'd be very happy to.

You just sit right down there and keep your shirt on.

Watch closely. Ray, get the union alerted. What now? How long will we have to wait?

Shh.

Hit it.

Light.

Goodbye.

Thanks a lot for that champagne.

Finally pour me on a plane.

See me often.

And I'll see, see you in Bahia.

Goodbye, adios, and farewell.

Tie a tag to my lapel with the name of my hotel down in Bahia.

Bahia.

Oh, will my romantic heart explode when all at once I go by Maria's?

Boom, boom, boom.

No, she doesn't fall for other guys, and I'm the one who put her wise to their

approaches.

Bonus notches.

Oh, it's love.

Aye, aye, aye, and boy, oh, boy, this is it, the real McCoy.

That's the way it's gonna stay, I guarantee you.

So all my fine and faithful friends, as this charming evening ends, and I go my way.

I pause today, I'll see, see you.

in Bahia till I bring the lady back to the U.S.A.

Yee-haw!

Olé, yee-haw!

Oh, she's mine, kind of short in Portuguese, and she calls it kiss of keys, but her

keys is quite a kiss, I guarantee ya.

Love, so my friends and lovely ladies, as I board a DC-6 at the break of day, I

pause to say, I'll just see you, till I bring the lady back to the USA.

Oh, John, I'll give you a...

Rough idea.

Of course, I expect to see you negotiate those steps a little more quickly, huh?

Shall I take it again, Jordan?

After lunch, it'll be all right.

Ray, I think that number's going to be all right, but I want to put another song in

the first act.

Wait a minute, Jordan.

We're only 24 hours from opening.

I wouldn't care if we're only 24 minutes.

We still need something better in that phone booth spot.

Now, Jerry, now.

He's sitting there doing nothing.

That's the way he has a nervous breakdown.

Just have to wait.

Hello, Miss Hill.

Well, hello, Jerry.

What are you doing here?

Gee, you look wonderful.

Oh, thank you.

Well, Miss Carolina Hill, may I present Mr. David McKenzie?

She's a star, Dave.

Hi, Dave.

Dave's a Spalding man, too.

Well, I took one look at him, and I said, now there is a Spalding man.

Miss Hill, Mr. Blake wants you on stage, please.

All right.

Excuse me, fellas.

You see what I mean?

Isn't she just the greatest?

Okay, okay.

Let's stick to getting the dough from your old man.

Carolina, we're going to put back the waltz number.

by the one we cut out in Philadelphia.

Oh?

You remember it?

I think so.

It takes the place of the phone booth scene that John does.

Will you hit it, Ray?

Well, wait a minute.

Can I run over it with the piano once?

Sure, sure.

Go ahead.

Nice and easy, Ray.

All right, honey.

He's just crazy for me.

How do you like that?

For you, isn't she a little mature?

I'm happy with older women.

I'm that tight.

But she's 25.

Is she a kid?

He tells me I'm gorgeous.

Hey, Jerry, how are you?

Dad, this is David McKenzie, Dr. McKenzie's son.

Hello, Dr. Glad to know you.

What happened at school?

How come you went over the wall?

Well, it's kind of important.

We have to see you privately.

Uh-huh.

Hey, boss.

Yeah?

I am in trouble.

Wait a minute.

Listen now, if you've lost your voice, I'd rather not know.

It just dawned on me.

What?

While the phone booth scene is going on, I'm down in my dressing room making a

costume change.

Oh, no.

Oh, yes, and it takes me two and a half minutes to make the change, even with the

dresser helping me.

I see.

You change your costume on stage while you do the number.

But, boss...

Hey, Mr. Blake, that's impossible.

I gotta help her make that change if I don't, it'll take forever.

Well, you're an actress. You come on stage and help her.

I can't. I'm not a member of equity.

You've been drafted.

Yes, sir.

All right, boss, but I wouldn't know how to put it over.

Neither do I. Not right now.

Let me get these kids off my hands and we'll straighten it out.

All right.

Myra, you go down to the dressing room and get the wardrobe and we'll see what a

lady can do.

Yes, ma'am.

Well, now, fellas, what's going on?

Well, Dad, here's the thing we need. We got...

Ah, I think I know what you need.

Well, here's a little on account. Have a good lunch.

But, Dad, this isn't...

Here are some papers you have to initial for me.

Okay, Hank.

And right now, I have to be in court for 15 minutes.

Jordan, listen, if this song stays in, you and I have to do some work on the

orchestration.

I'm your man, Leo, but a little later, huh?

Okay.

You sure and initial all three copies?

Already did.

He tells me...

I thought you were going to be in court in 15 minutes.

Have a good dinner, huh, fellas?

And stay over for the opening. I'll leave you some tickets at the box office.

Well, thanks, Dad, but we...

Boss, I've got an idea.

What if I wore one of those little short leotards underneath this dress?

I'd be all right.

Excuse me, fellas.

Say, if he keeps on having no time for you, pretty soon you'll have all the money

we need.

Yeah.

Let's forget this for now, huh, Carolina?

We'll rehearse it tonight at my house.

All right, now, Carolina, what do you say we rehearse at once with the costumes

here?

What time is it?

Ten past twelve.

Look, couldn't you just knock and ask her?

Not while he's still rehearsing.

And oh, how he sighs Whenever he mentions

Good evening, Judge.

Good evening, Miss Barbara.

You two characters still here?

Where have you been?

At a cornball production of The Student Prince for the younger set.

Oh, Barbara, are we forgetting our manners?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm Mrs. Angevine, this is my brother Jerry.

Mrs. Angevine is my new governess.

She's a St. Hillary's girl.

Well, Brother Jerry, at last.

Barbara has talked about you.

I don't see any resemblance, however.

Maybe because this is Jerry.

That's David McKenzie.

Oh, well, well.

So, good night, Mr. McKenzie.

Come, Barbara.

My vertigo seems to be getting the best of me again.

I feel like a doll.

Vertigo, did old St. Hillary say?

Shh.

Did you smell it?

She's going to be pretty tough on Babs, isn't she?

Well, Babs is pretty rough on governesses.

She must have had about two dozen of them.

Ten years since Mother died.

That's pretty good.

Pretty good.

But let's try the next course a little faster tempo.

Well, there's still...

You know, for the best that is usually now I still need to be a girl for this one.

Anyway, it's still about the situation yet.

Good night, Dave. According to him, I'm so slender and slim I feel like a doll on

his knee.

He's just crazy for me.

Hey, I quit. Oh, I thought something was missing. Well, I love it, Carolina. I'm

real satisfied. How do you feel about it?

I feel numb.

But if you love it, I guess I love it, too. I'm beginning to feel wide awake now.

Well, if you feel wide awake, I guess I feel wide awake. You want some coffee?

I love it. You're a funny girl, you know. I was just thinking about the first time

I ever really noticed you. When was that?

That show we did last year. The scene where the troops were leaving for Korea.

Remember your farewell scene with the lieutenant?

Uh-huh.

Well, into that scene, we crammed every joke, wisecrack, and monkey shine we could

think of.

And the last one was supposed to roll him in the aisle.

Nobody told you to, but just as you spoke it, you went up to the lieutenant and

fixed his tie.

Nobody laughed.

Well, boss, why didn't you tell me I was reading it wrong?

Because it was right.

In that little crummy piece of business with the necktie, you got every woman in

the world in love.

Not every woman.

Some women like their men's neckties crooked.

Took me days to write those jokes, you know that, don't you?

And you topped them.

One little piece of business is worth more than eight pages of dialogue.

You did the same thing with every scene in the play.

I got the money and the reviews, and you made the show.

That's why I wrote this new show for you, because you're wonderful.

Sort of a bouquet from the author.

Are you crying?

I can't stand the praise.

It's...

It's just a little business.

You said it was worth eight pages of dialogue.

Why do I let that tenor take so long to tell you he loves you in the second act?

Well, he does go on and on.

Wouldn't it be better if he just took you in his arms?

He kissed me.

Yes, he takes you in his arms and he kisses you.

No eight pages, just a kiss.

Well, I think that would be enough.

Look.

You're right.

That would be enough.

Carolina.

What's that?

What's the matter?

Oh, I hit my head.

Hey, what's going on here?

Oh, David fell out of bed.

Oh, I'm sorry.

These poor kids have been trying to get to you all day.

Thank you, Carolina.

Well, Dad, I know it's awfully late, but are you too tired to hear some good news?

Well, what kind of...

It is late and I have to get dressed and go home.

Go in there and wait for me.

I'll be right back.

Carolina.

This will just take a minute and I'll run you home.

Oh, they were driving.

and take me home, you stay with the kids.

Okay, but don't you make any dates for after the show tomorrow night because I'm

going to have some very important words to say to you, young lady.

Ah, fellas, what's on your mind here?

Dad, last month at school we had a show, the Sixth Form Follies.

You couldn't come.

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry about that.

Well, that's all right. I didn't expect you.

Everybody was crazy about it, Mr. Blake.

Just as my father.

Jerry did all the words and music.

I bet it was a swell show, huh?

Yes, sir. And there was one number.

Well, I told Jerry he'd be a fool if he didn't...

Well, never mind. Let's go. Here's the music, Dad.

This is all right.

Call me Mopey. Call me Dopey. Baby, maybe you're right.

If you love me, why do you leave?

Dreamy, lonely.

What's the matter?

I'm sorry, that's still a little high there for me.

Well, we'll start again.

Wait, wait a minute, Jerry.

How about let me take a hack at it, huh?

Oh, sure.

In the men's key.

Nice, dreamy tempo, huh?

Call me mopey.

Call me dopey.

Baby, maybe you're right.

If you love me, why do you leave me lonely every evening?

Call me weepy.

Call me freepy.

Tell me I'm not too bright.

Call me, call me anything. But, baby, call me tonight.

See, that's swell.

It's going to be published, sir, by the Allegheny Music Company in Akron.

In Akron? Here's the letter from...

Dear Mr. Hopkins. Who's Hopkins here?

Oh, I told Jerry to use his mother's maiden name.

We didn't want to horn in on your reputation, Nat.

Oh, thanks.

It's with great interest that we receive your composition, call me tonight.

It's seldom in our long publishing experience that we've been as impressed with a

new talent such as yours.

Where'd you find these guys?

An advertisement in a magazine, sir.

Oh.

All you need to do now is give them $250 and you're in, huh?

Oh, $210 now, Mr. Blake. You've already given us $40.

Well, I'll pay it back as soon as...

as the song starts selling.

In the meantime, I'm working on three new ones.

Where do you find time for all this with your examinations and everything?

Oh, I'm not going to take the Regents.

Well, why waste four years in college if I'm all set writing music?

You're not set.

Well, what's the matter with it, Dad?

But you said I was swell, sir.

That's right.

It's been swell since the beginning of Tin Pan Alley.

There's hundreds of these things published every year.

They're all right off the same assembly line.

And there are hundreds more waiting in the deep freeze, Jerry.

It's all right.

Just all right.

It's cute, in the worst sense of the word, and it's amateurish.

A professional songwriter would knock out a dozen like this in a day.

Okay, Dad.

Should have got cover.

No, not quite.

It's reminiscent, too.

You had a little help on this one, didn't you?

I'm a little hurt, Jerry.

If you're going to lift tunes, why don't you steal something from me?

Do you think I swiped the whole thing?

What do you think?

Oh, but the Allegheny...

music. That's a jip outfit. Jerry, you don't pay to have songs published. You've

been around long enough to know that. Well, I guess I better go to bed. Good night,

Jerry. Good night, sir.

Good night, Doc. Jerry, let me tell you something. Writing music, new music, good

music is so hard it's impossible. I don't know. I've tried often enough and failed.

It takes time, heartbreak, experience. Most of the great songs are love songs, and

to write a good one, you got to go through it. You got to get giddy and stupid and

sick to your stomach. Okay, I'm Jordan Blake's boy. That's a pretty big hurdle to

get over right at the start. I just didn't get over it, especially with Jordan

Blake. Look, Jerry, if you write something good, I'll be the first to know it, and

I'll tell you so, but you're going to spend the next four years in college, and if

you still...

If you still want to write music, come to me.

No, thanks.

Talent in this family all came in the generation ahead of me.

It wasn't spread out.

Come on, Jerry, you're acting silly.

It isn't just the music, it's the experience, the emotion behind it.

For instance, in that little song there, now what do you know about being lonely?

Quite a lot.

Good night, Dad.

Thanks for the audition.

A certain guy said he would take me for his bride But now it seems he only took me

for a ride So any man who takes me out is hereby notified

That I'll be checking my heart when he's checking his hat tonight

I'm going to show that soul. Oh, and so who turned me down?

I'm not exactly hapless in a strapless gown.

But I advise that gay Don Juan with whom I'm on the town that I'll be checking my

heart when he's checking his hat tonight.

Lovely love, from here on in I'm done with it.

If I can't have fun with it, no doubt.

Maybe it fooled me once, ain't gonna fool me twice.

I'll settle for my dancing shoes instead of shoes and ride.

I miss the boat, but I'm not toting any torch.

Because even though I got burned up, I didn't score.

Okay.

Okay.

Gonna keep one certain wolf away from my front porch. And I'll be happy alone with

my dog and my cat. I can even get fat if I wanna get fat. Cause I'm checking my

heart when he's checking his hat tonight. Keep the ring, don't give it up. Step

right out and live it up. Don't weep at night, get sleep at night. Live alone and

light it? What? I said, live alone and like it. Rock the town and shock the town,

knock the town cold. So with a hip hooray, I'm going to play the theme. Take a no

man's word until it's signed and sealed. I'll even step out with a heel as long as

he's well healed. And when I bid him goodnight at the door of my flat, I may offer

my cheek for a pinch or a pat, cause I'm checking my heart.

Checking my heart. And he's changing his hat. New my heart.

Checking my heart, you know.

Going great, isn't it, Mr. Blake?

Yeah.

Thank Gussie.

Didn't my boy pick up his ticket?

No, sir.

He left it for Dr. McKenzie.

Dr. McKenzie?

Show's going great, isn't it?

Yeah.

See if you can find my driver for me, will you?

I'll call George, please.

All right.

Check it for Dr. McKenzie, please.

Yeah, doctor.

Oh, Mr. Blake.

How are you?

Fine, thanks.

Sorry to be late.

I had an emergency.

I was delighted when my boy told me I could pick up the seat.

Say, what happened to my boy?

Well, he had to go back to school, didn't he?

Hope I didn't miss too much.

Here I am, Mr. Blake.

Sorry, I was just trying to catch a little of that number.

Okay, George, here, give me the keys to the car.

You're not going to leave me.

Your opening, aren't you, Mr. Blake?

Great, I am.

You wait here for Mrs. Watson, Amy and Babs, and take them home in a taxi.

Clear?

Here you are, Mr. Blake.

Oh, sir.

This Jerry's?

Yes, sir.

Jerry's says it's to go back to the music store in the morning.

It's your old man.

I missed you at the opening.

I thought I'd better come back and pound the books.

They don't look very...

beat up to me. Well, Dad, I'm trying to do what you want. That's your son, Mary.

Got that good old Irish temper.

What have I done now? Nothing, Jerry, nothing.

Something I've done or forgotten to do.

Well, what's this?

It's more songs by G.A. Blake. The janitor will pick them up in the morning. Mind

if I look him over before he does? I'm sorry, Dad, I do.

You've cured me.

This four or five months work, you're not just going to throw it away.

I didn't throw it away.

You did.

Jerry, what are you trying to do? Hurt me?

How did the show go?

Show? Who cares about the show? I've had eleven shows. But I only have one son.

Or have I? Did anybody ever tell you...

that you were no good?

Certainly, of course.

When I first began, lots of people.

Actors, agents, singers, song-plugners.

Did your father ever tell you?

Oh, Jerry, you're acting like a ten-year- old kid.

How can you remember what I was like at ten years old?

I see you were out in Hollywood.

When I was eleven, you were in London.

I know, I know.

I was busy trying to make a buck.

Well, you made it.

Congratulations.

You know, I think you're big enough to take a punch in the nose, and you keep

talking like that, and I may just try you out.

I don't see what I said that was so wrong.

Well, you're trying to tell me that I missed on you because I was too busy.

I don't mind that so much.

I'm afraid it's true, but don't make it any worse.

Don't pretend I'm proud of it.

I wouldn't be here at all, Jerry, if I didn't love you.

You don't have to love somebody just because he's your son.

Jerry.

Oh, Mr. Blake, New York is on the telephone.

Trying to reach you. Oh, I don't want to talk to New York right now. But they say

it's terribly important, sir. Oh, is it? Well, all right. Yes, George. What? What?

Say that again, will you? Oh, no. Well, I'll be right back. Get Hank Ross down

there and see if you can get to the mayor or the commissioner in my name. Oh, no.

What's the matter? Your sister's in jail. Oh, no. They still here? Yes, sir. Mr.

Ross, too. Sure. Hank, where's Bob? Well, Dan, it's about time, too. My dear, dear,

Mr. Blake, congratulations.

What a show. An absolute triumph.

I split my gloves.

Not as Mr. Ziegfeld gave us rear reader have I been so utterly, utterly carried

away.

Daddy, this whole business is an absolute outrage.

Mrs. Angevine felt a cold coming on.

So, while George went for a taxi, she dropped in at a quiet little bar.

And took you along?

I waited outside.

An officer asked Barbara why she was standing there.

When the woman came out, she started a brawl.

I resent that word.

Well, you swatted him across the face with your purse, didn't you?

Rightly.

She also called the mayor a communist.

Well, I got it fixed up.

Won't this get into the papers?

This will get more publicity than the show.

Oh, you don't have to worry, Daddy.

I gave my name as Smith.

I believe that's customary.

Now that we've complimented your wonderful father, Barbara.

Just a moment, Mrs. Angevine.

You've seen her like this before?

Well, yes, sir.

Sometimes.

Hank, take our friend home in the taxi, will you?

What if you insist?

Pay her off in the morning.

Come along.

Mrs. Angevine, please. Come along.

I'll see you in Bahia, in Bahia, mamma mia.

Things weren't bad enough.

That boozy old babysitter had to make an exit plugging one of my songs.

Daddy, you don't understand.

She's important.

She's not very big around the station house, honey.

She's been trying to use her influence to get me into St. Hillary's.

That old Skid Row social director couldn't get you on the 40-cent tour at

Beetlebaum's Brewery.

Daddy, if a person is well-bred, she's never drunk.

Is that so?

Ordinary people drink because they can't measure up to life.

But well-bred people drink because...

Well, because life can't measure up to them.

Mrs. Angevine explained it to me.

Mrs. Angevine's got a hollow leg.

Babs, that isn't why people drink.

And if you have any more problems like that, bring them to the old friendly...

philosopher, huh? What do you think fathers are for? To make money and be famous.

Well, what is all this? Good evening, sir. Hodges. Good evening, Miss Barbara. Mr.

Jerry. What's going on here, Hodges? Congratulations, Mr. Blake. Another smash hit.

Oh, so I hear. Oh, congratulations, Daddy. Congratulations, sir. Thank you. Thank

you, one and all. Jerry, it's a little late, but you can stay down and stay long

enough for a glass of milk or sandwich and then off to bed, huh? Thank you, sir.

Good night, Angel. When I've grown up, I won't have to go to bed, will I? No, but

by that time I will. Well, I'm going to be your hostess then. Yeah? You've needed a

woman in the house for a long time. You'll be an old married woman and I'll be a

grandpappy? No, just your hostess. That's all I want. Is that what all this St.

Hillary's business is about? Yes, Daddy. Isn't St. Hillary's a pretty fancy set-up?

Oh, yes, it's exclusive, Daddy, but they're strict, and you have to make good

grades and learn to cook and serve and make your own beds, and when you come out...

You are finished. I'll see what I can do. Good night, darling. Good night. Thank

you very much. Okay, honey. Good night. Mr.

Blake, I told them you were here. The support is supposed to be a surprise. I may

make a suggestion, you should act surprised. I've been in a state of shock all

evening. I'll come up with something. There he is. Jordan. Congratulations. Great

show. The first reviews were great. Now, wherever did you all come from? Jordan,

running out on the show. What was it, nerves? Something like...

that. Ladies and gentlemen, better never than late, Vitamin Blake himself. The last

you are. It really was great, Jordan. It was great. You were right about that new

number for Carolina. It's the hit of the show. Isn't that nice? What's the matter

with you, Jordan?

Does having your biggest hit depress you? I'm not such a hit at home, Leo. Well,

everybody's expecting you to sing, you know. Do I have to? Well, sure you do. It's

your house, your party, your opening. Get with it. How about something from the

show, Jordan? All right.

Zing! Zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing,

zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing,

zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing, zing,

zing, zing, zing, zing, But when you're sitting by I want to sing a little song, a

zing-zums and a metal melody About a chapel or an apple tree, about a couple living

happily

And I'll be glad to sing along It ain't the season that has me kind to silly You

really are a dolly, a dolly and a dilly You got a reason to cuddle sorta close to

me And we can do a very clever bit of close A harmony, zing-zing-zing, it's getting

late in my past We got a most important day to set I'm sure that we could make a

great duest And we could sing a little love song all night long You grab the melody

and I'll take some of the open spots Don't get lost

Sing, zing-zing a little song with me Sing a little song I know we're not beside a

side of things And I'll be glad to sing But when you're sitting by the side of me I

want to sing a little song She wants to sing a little song Sings unsentimental

melodies It's all about a chapel or an apple tree And I'll be glad to sing along

About a couple living happily How's that with you?

Well, I'll be glad to sing it too Well, okay It ain't the season that has me kind

of silly You really are a dolly A dolly and a billy You got a reason to cuddle sort

of close to me And we could do a very clever bit of close Harmony, sing, sing, sing

Get right, my pet

I know that we could make a great duet I'll be the tenor Alto and baritone And we

could sing a little love song A night along Although we might disturb the peace

Let's break it up and break the lease Let's give the thing another play You mean

you really want to sing Sing a little song Sing a little song I know we're hungry

Side-de-side There's a There's a And we'll be glad to sing a song We want to sing a

little song But we mustn't change the key

Come on with me Sing a little song Well, I'll be glad to sing a little song Oh,

come in It ain't the seizure that has begun to say You really are a dolly Oh, a

dolly in it, really I got a reason to keep you kind of close to me Cause we can do

a very clever bit of close Harmony and sing Sing, sing It's getting late, my pet

But I just have a date We have a most important date to set I know that we could

make a great duet And we could sing And we could sing A little love song all night

But to have you sing a zing Sing a little song with me Oh, we're not I know we're

not Desire, desire to sing But we'll be But when you're sitting by the side of me I

want to sing a little song Isn't that a little song How about a little sweet

Something on the quiet side How about a couple looking starry-eyed They're never

sad because they're satisfied As long as they can sing a song Could be the moosey

that's got me off my noodle Could be the vina schnitzel there Could be the apple

strudel When we're together I want to sing a serenade And we could touch it up a

bit And make a hit and do it And make a little zing A zing, a zing We'll kill them

at the met You know we'll make a great duet How can we miss

With stuff like this Are you well?

Well, we'll settle for a love song I want to sing a little song

boss about the show thanks for everything yeah i'm carly welcome this is just

killed me that you weren't there tonight it's your biggest success and where were

you i was having my biggest flop what do you mean had some trouble with the kids

carolina oh i was wondering about that you haven't had much time for them have you

you don't have to be polite i know what you mean i have to have some time for them

a world of time too

May I cut in, sir?

Are they still doing that?

That's the way we do it at Spalding.

We can't foul up Spalding, can we?

Oh, no.

Come on, Jerry.

Thank you.

Since I came in, Carolina, I've been trying to get a chance to say congratulations.

I'm glad I...

I've been waiting for that.

I just couldn't get near you.

Well, it's my brief hour of glory.

You were awfully kind to dance with me.

Kind? I'd rather dance with you than anybody here.

Carolina, you're not only the best and the most beautiful actress in the world,

you're...

Jerry, does that Spalding routine work both ways?

I'm afraid it does.

I suppose I have to turn in now.

I wish you would.

Good night, Carolina.

Good night, Jerry. I'll see you soon.

Good night, sir.

What's the matter, boss?

You know, Carolina, my boy dislikes me, really dislikes me.

And little Babs, I've left her in the hands of a woman I wouldn't trust around my

hair, Tommy.

But you can fix that.

I don't know, Carolina.

Somewhere along the line, I've lost them, and I've got to get them back.

But not here, not in this atmosphere.

I'll have to get out in the country, up in the mountains somewhere, where I can be

alone with them and start all over.

They have to come first.

Yes, that's probably a good idea.

I told you I was going to have something to say to you after the show this evening.

This isn't it.

Oh, I know.

But you don't ever have to say it now.

You wrote it and sang it, and...

I believed it, and I wanted to hear it.

So, good luck, boss.

I'll see you around.

Is there anything you want, sir?

There's a couple of things, Hodges, but I have to get them myself.

Thank you.

Let's see here.

Depress pump button on the tank several times as shown in figure 10.

Pump button.

Where would that be?

The tank?

What?

That's our tank.

Here.

Depress pump button several times.

Two.

Move gear shift lever to center or neutral position.

Gear shift lever.

That must be this little arrangement here.

Three, turn speed control grip to position.

Mark start as indicated on the steering arm.

Steering arm.

Oh, that's this little doohickey.

Yeah.

Steering arm.

Get the gear shift.

Four.

Pull starting cord sharply.

Pull starting cord.

As sharp as I can do it.

The motor is now running at just speed.

Hey, it's supposed to be running.

This is government material.

I suppose it has gas in the tank.

Oh, yes, ma'am.

Sometimes they need priming.

I didn't mention priming in the diagram.

Look at the spark plugs.

It doesn't have any.

This motor has a metal case.

If I didn't think you'd be offended, I'd start it for you.

Right aboard.

Right in.

You know, this is a primer.

Oh.

These modern things.

What do you have here, your tools?

Oh, mushrooms.

I see.

They make a variety for my girls' diet.

Girls?

I thought you had the garage here.

Not exactly.

They're over there.

Summer camp for a girl's school.

How about that? It worked.

There you are. You're welcome.

Thanks very much.

I don't know what I'd have done if you hadn't come along.

You're new here, aren't you?

I came up a couple of days ago with my boy and girl.

How old's your boy?

Oh, he's 18. Wonderful kid. I'm taking him fishing today.

Take him fishing by all means.

We'll have to give up swimming if you don't get him in hand.

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

Well, someone's been watching us through binoculars from Crow Rock the last two

days.

You nearly ready, old man?

Oh, yes, Dad.

Shaving, huh? My kid's shaving.

Today we are a man, I guess.

Well, I've been shaving before.

Oh, I hadn't noticed.

Say, Jerry, you've been using the binoculars lately?

No.

Haven't I?

Well, no.

Why?

Well, I was just wondering.

You know, Jerry, I'd like to have a little talk with you.

I think we ought to chin a little about life and music and our own relationship and

women.

Yes, sir.

Would you come up in the porch a minute?

Yes, sir.

Jerry.

Jerry, you must know how much you mean to me.

Honestly, there's nothing as important as how I stand with you.

I know I got off the track there for a few years, but look, Dad, on that music I

wrote, that no-good, reminiscent kid stuff that I swiped.

Forget it.

It was my fault.

No, it was my fault.

I was tired and impatient.

It isn't important now.

Was there something else you wanted to say to me?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well, yes.

Sit down, Jerry.

Well, Jerry, there is something else.

You know, there comes a time in every man's life when he begins to experience a

little interest in the opposite sex.

I think they call it cosmic urge or something like that, and it'll happen to you.

You follow me?

I do.

It has.

Oh.

Well, there's nothing sinister or mysterious about it.

It's as simple as the birds and bees.

The big thing is to settle on one instead of the whole flock, huh?

I have settled on one.

Oh, you picked one out of the bunch?

Is she nice?

She's wonderful.

She's across the lake, I'll bet.

No, in New York.

Oh, well, then.

Everything's all settled.

Sure looks nice out there.

Shall we go fishing?

Oh, well, I was up at six.

Spent four hours out there with Luke and his two boys.

Oh.

Luke, who's Luke?

He's the fellow that runs the filling station.

He and the twins have a lot of fun together.

Oh, I see.

Did you have any luck?

No, just sat around and chewed the fat.

He looks a swell guy.

That's fishing for you, I guess.

Yeah.

Say, Jerry, what are you going to do the rest of the day?

Oh, I thought I'd go over to the village and meet some of the other kids.

Flew around with them at the beach.

Sure.

Well, I'll see you later, Jerry.

Oh, Dad, do you remember?

Did I finish shaving before we started talking?

Oh, you must have.

You think they come by land or by sea?

Oh, hello, Daddy.

What can I do for you?

You've been doing this before, yeah?

Just the last two days.

What's the big attraction over there?

St. Hillary girls from their summer camp.

Oh.

That's where they go swimming.

Let me take a look.

Where'd everybody go here?

Oh, this one.

Babs, honey, if that's what you want, more than anything else in the world, that

school over there, I'll have to get it for you.

You can't, Daddy, not even you.

Show people just don't impress them.

But I have a contact.

You have?

I know a lady mechanic from over there.

Daddy, is the altitude getting you?

Barbara, would you like to go fishing with me today?

Oh, no.

No, thanks, Daddy.

I've got to wash my hair, and, well, then I thought I'd do my nails or something.

Well, I'll see you around then, huh?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Don't go away.

No, ma'am.

He won't.

Pardon me, stranger, but could you tell me where Mr. Blake lives?

I ain't never heard of it.

Don't you have anything better to do than stand and watch planes come in?

Lady, that's the first flying machine to land here since the ice broke. Jordan,

aren't you even glad to see me? You bet I am. I'm going to give you a big kiss.

Well, you better not.

You're supposed to be thinking about being a father. Well, actually, honey, I've

been meaning to call you every hour, but I just didn't think it was fair to involve

you in this. How are things going with the children? Not at all. Oh, sorry. I

suppose there's nothing I can do. Well, yes, you could. Do you want to try? I

certainly do. Well, come along.

Babsy? Miss Hill! Hello, darling. How are you? Just fine, Miss Hill. Why don't you

call me Carolina?

Oh, I'd like to, Carolina. What are you doing here? Well, I just flew up for the

day. I just saw your father and thought maybe I'd spend a little time with you.

Would you like to come inside? No, no, no. You go on with what you were doing. I

wish I knew what I was doing.

How are you going to fix it now that it's washed?

I don't know.

I hate it the way it is.

It looks as if birds nested in it every spring.

Well, suppose I took a whack at it.

Did you suppose we'd come up with anything?

Oh, that'd be perfect, Carolina.

Well, I'll try.

You may think I'm kind of silly, but I was very lonely with all of you away from

New York.

Oh, I don't think it's a bit silly.

I'm lonesome a lot myself.

Maybe your father could do something about that.

Oh, I don't want to bother him.

He's too busy.

Oh, not anymore.

He told me so himself.

He loves you very much, Babs.

Oh, well, I love him, too, but I just don't want to get in his way.

Oh, I wish you would, and so does he, as much in his way as you possibly can.

Do you really mean that, Carolina?

I couldn't mean it more.

He wants to make up for lost time, if you'd just help show him the way.

Well, I will.

Only he's so awkward.

What does mademoiselle think of that?

I don't know. We need a mirror.

Where is it?

There's one inside. Come on.

You know, Carolina, we ought to have you around all the time.

That would be nice, wouldn't it?

Mm-hmm.

How's the outboard motor?

Watch running like a Swiss watch.

And how's the scooter?

Care for a lift?

Oh, and that thing I'd just soon go over in Niagara Falls in a lily cup.

Hope you're not standing here watching the girls, like father, like son.

Correction, correction.

That wasn't my son admiring your girls.

That was my daughter.

Oh, what have we got here? More mushrooms?

Yeah, tools, too, and some food.

We're having a picnic over at Rocky Point this afternoon for the students.

Oh, say, are you acquainted with the headmistress?

Oh, say, I do.

Oh, say, yeah.

Quite well.

They tell me they're not very keen about people from the theater, huh?

Awfully stuffy of them, isn't it?

Jordan!

Oh, excuse me. Have you seen Jerry?

No. This is a friend of mine, the mechanic from St. Hillary's, Miss Carolina Hill.

How do you do, Miss Hill?

Well, how do you do? I'm very pleased to meet someone from St. Hillary's.

I've always admired the school very much.

That's very kind of you. Why don't you bring Miss Hill to the picnic?

Well, no, she has to be in New York tonight.

While you're having your picnic, I'll be getting ready for my first song.

In church. She's a choir singer.

I hear she's very good in your new show, too.

You asked for it.

Well, there's Jerry.

Hey, let's go.

Excuse me.

Come on, my dear.

I'll try.

Good.

Charming girl. Beautiful, too.

I think so.

Is she a close friend?

Well, I'd like to make her a relative by marriage.

We could do much worse.

You may still come to the picnic.

Or Lord fix anything.

Anything special for me? I won't. Give one of the little girls my mushrooms. Be

strong, man. Okay. That's it. Almost there. Oh, easy. Hold it. Hey, Caroline.

Carolina, where did you come from? I just flew in. Are you sure you're all right?

Oh, I'm fine. Just a broken neck. Oh, fellas, this is Miss Hill, Miss Carolina Hill.

Miss Hill, may I present Dick Lane.

He's Yale '54. This is Harry Blaine, Princeton '54. Hey, Jerry. Well, that's Jim

Garner. He's Dartmouth '53. And I'm region 53098. Would you like to try a human

pyramid?

Miss Hill, oh well, I think I'd make a better sphinx, Jerry. How about a swim? I

see a mirage over there that looks like a lake. Oh, certainly! Well, clear away,

acrobat! Oh, this is wonderful. Did Dad tell you where I was? Yes, he did. How are

things going with you two? Oh, he's sort of moping around, it's depressing, isn't

it? How about getting away from it? Oh, I'd like that. You sit in front, going all

right, grabbing over there. Well, ready, right here we go. Jerry, I've been wanting

to talk to you alone. Oh, you have? I know that you're much more mature and able to

handle things than my father thinks. Exactly! I didn't know you understood me so

well, Carolina. Well, I hope you don't think I'm the typical designing female, oh

you! How could I? Coming up here like this, I was thinking of coming to New York to

see you. Jerry, confidentially, has the subject of marriage come up with your

father? No. It has? He wouldn't think of it. Well, he might if he weren't so

worried. Carolina, do you think it's wrong for people with a difference of age to

marry? Absolutely not.

You don't? No. Why, of course not. Why do a few years matter? It's the maturity and

the seriousness of the people concerned that count. Jerry, you are the man for me.

Older men marry younger women all the time, and nobody thinks that's wrong. As a

matter of fact, Carolina, why shouldn't it be the other way around? Look how many

widows there are in this country. It probably comes from marrying older men. Well,

if they married younger men, the husbands would live as long as their wives, and

you wouldn't have any widows. Well, I quite follow you. How did I get to be a widow

so soon? Oh, you never will.

And don't worry about my father and me coming to an understanding.

It'll just take a little time.

Oh, Jerry, that's wonderful.

Oh, that's wonderful.

I'll swim back and tell him.

I don't know exactly how I'm going to say it, but I'm so happy we had this little

talk.

Happy?

I'll see you real soon.

Very soon.

Bye, Jerry.

Goodbye, darling.

Well, Dr. Fixit, you seem to have done pretty well around here.

All except one thing.

Something else wrong?

You know something?

You visited with every member of the Blake family except dear old Dad.

Well, I've got a couple of extra minutes.

What's Dad's problem?

Well, my heart bothers me a little.

It seems to flutter a lot when certain people are nearby.

Well, what could that be?

It's the altitude.

You come back to New York as fast as you can.

That'll fix it.

No, I do believe it will.

Okay, Skipper.

Well, Pocahontas, you may start it.

I guess it's your turn.

Thank you.

When I'm with you, and you're with me.

When I'm with you, and you're with me.

When I'm with you.

And you're with me It's great to be alive beneath the live oak tree When I'm with

you

You'll excuse a hokey joke Beneath the oak, it's okey-doke And this, my dear, is

also true It's great to be alone when I'm alone with you We clove to the bed

It's all so still That you can hear an acorn drop The whole day through We're on

our own With only Mother Nature for a chaperone The birds supply the music And we

have a ball And it's all for free

I'm with you And you're with me And we're beneath the live oak tree

A book of verses

Underneath the bough

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, you.

That's a Persian version of the kind of excursion I'd enjoy with you right now. The

book of verses never would be read, and we could do without the loaf of bread.

And it would suit me fine without the jug of wine.

If I got a little love instead when I'm with you.

And you're with me.

I know that sign. Got it from the bumblebee. Yep.

According to the bumblebee, it's sweeter than a hive beneath the live oak tree when

I'm with you. And you're with me, it's wonderful, it's glorious. In fact, it's

rinky-dourious. It's lichen up among the rocks and rails, and we can be as daffy as

the daffodils.

What a lovely way to watch the setting sun go down as one by one the stars peep

through. We might be interrupted if the owl says who, and every little star is like

a private eye, snooping silently.

But I'm with you and you're with me, and I'm with you and you're with me, and we're

beneath the live old tree. And you're with me, and we're beneath the live old tree.

I just had to get in the act. Say, who's the boss or the headmistress around here?

I want to see about getting my daughter in school next semester.

I'm afraid it's not as simple as that.

Oh, I'm solvent.

Oh, one doesn't speak of money at St. Hillary's.

Well, what does one do to get one's child in the club?

I'm afraid one is out of luck.

Don't you know of another good school where you have influence?

Well, I'm very heavy at Notre Dame.

But isn't there some way a fellow can sort of maneuver around, get a higher

priority?

You know, no matter how famous you are, Mr. Blake, you can't have everything.

What if you file an application?

Well, it would just be at the bottom of the pack.

Sometimes those little papers find their way to the headmistress.

Especially if they're with two tickets to your new show.

Of course, of course.

Best seats in the house, and some for you too.

What's your name, dear?

Alada de Blancourt.

And the headmistress's name?

Alada de Blancourt. Let's eat.

You might not believe it, but my daughter isn't as smart as I am.

What's happened, Daddy? Hurry, tell me.

Wait a minute. How about a kiss for your clever old dad?

Am I in?

You have a chance.

You're the most wonderful person I've ever met.

And you're a lovely girl. Come on, let's tell Jerry.

Oh, he's not here. He's gone back to New York.

He did, huh?

George Babs, do you know things are starting to happen to this family?

Your brother is enchanted by a mouse.

Daddy, dear, one doesn't refer to a St. Hillary girl.

But what if the mouse isn't a St. Hillary's girl?

With his taste, I'd bet against it.

That's beautiful talk.

Respect to St. Hillary.

Listen to me, ladies, this is the story I'll tell. Listen and remember: if you have

a lover, watch them closely.

Love, love, love, a quaint little town of Guadalupe.

Once, a sweet and shy maiden lived there.

A boy from the hills was her sweetheart, and she was the apple of his eye.

They walked in the sunset and spoke of the day they would marry.

the stars seemed to dance overhead.

Looking into his eyes, she discovered a look she hadn't seen before.

Then, in a sad voice, he told her his dream was to be a matador.

She kissed him farewell at dawn and wept as he rode away. He went to the big city,

but vowed to send for her one day. In the city, he became a great matador. Soon,

at a grand fiesta, a new love captured his heart.

Love has captured his heart. Love has captured his heart.

Thank you.

Myra, please tell me who that is.

Oh, hello, Mr. Blake.

Oh, let him in.

Jordan!

Oh, hello, Jerry.

Hello, Carolina.

Well, haven't we just met recently, say, up in the mountains?

Yes, ma'am.

I came down last night.

Dad and Babs are still there.

Nothing's wrong.

Oh, no, how could anything possibly be wrong now, Carolina?

Well, I guess it couldn't, could it?

Did your father know where you are?

Well, yes, I left word with Babs, and he phoned me this morning.

Oh, good.

Well, he got a kick out of my tearing back into town.

What about Babs and him?

Well, it must be all right.

He said that they're going to a St. Hillary's reception.

Well, that's encouraging.

He's coming back to town himself on Friday.

Well, we'll all keep our fingers crossed now.

It's a lovely hat, Carolina.

The precise touch of audacity.

Well, it's nothing, really, that any clean-living American girl with $100 to throw

away couldn't do.

I saw...

the show today. Oh, you did? Just couldn't be any better. Well, on behalf of Mr.

Jordan Blake, I thank you. Carolina, you're the whole show to me. Well, Jerry, my

very best thanks to you. But you'll have to excuse me now. May I ask your plans?

Well, I was going to have an early dinner, come back to the theater, take a nap.

Will you dine with me? Well, I...

Oh, 21, the colony, Chambord. Well, I'll tell you what, Jerry. Why don't you dine

with me instead? Wonderful. Let's go. I know, I got the order, I got the order. Ham

and cheese on rye, whitefish, hold the fries, eggs over easy, and a tuna salad.

Well, let's see what they have here. Carolina, have you ever thought... Yeah, folks,

well, it'll be. Just a minute.

Well, this is no place to order you a cocktail. We got a nice fruit cocktail, Mac.

Well, I think I'll have the commuter special. Oh, if the tip's out on that today,

honey. Uh, super salad. Salad. Umac? Uh, apple pie and coffee.

Thank you.

Commuter special with grass.

Now, what were you saying before you were so rudely interrupted?

Carolina, have you ever thought about fate?

How it draws kindred souls together?

Oh, sure, everybody has.

There is a destiny that shapes our ends.

You don't think this is the end, do you?

No, Carolina.

It's the beginning for us.

The beginning of something beautiful.

Beginning?

The start of something beautiful?

At least for me.

And after what you said to me up at the lake in that rubber boat.

Here we are, folks.

Care for a drink?

Milk.

Fresh from the dairy.

Jerry, what exactly did I say up on the lake in the rubber boat?

Well, you said we both had feelings for each other.

That time would solve everything.

Oh.

Well, Jerry, listen...

Hey, Carolina.

I heard you broke the house record last week.

Hello, Harvey.

How's the Broadway scene?

Ah, quiet as usual.

I'm looking for an exclusive story.

Do you have one?

Right now.

Right now.

Say, aren't you the young, hopeful Jordan Blake Jr.?

Gerald Blake. He's my father.

Oh. When's he coming back from the mountains?

Friday, midnight.

Oh, very interesting. Maybe get a little family-type shot, huh?

Hold it, Harvey. Excuse me. I just remembered I have to go.

Hey, Carolina. Hey, Mac, here's your check.

Harvey, can I interest you in a nice commuter special?

No, thanks. I've been here before.

Sam, has Miss Hill come back?

She's in her dressing room, resting.

Oh, I'll just go up...

I'm sorry, Mr. Jerry. She said she doesn't want to be disturbed by anyone.

Oh, I see. All right. Thanks.

So I'm going to be a cup.

Oh my gosh.

Misty Bronk.

Good little Jameson.

So glad to see you.

Miss Jameson, you look lovely.

Hello.

Mr. Blake, so glad you could make it.

Wouldn't have missed it, Mr. Bronkert.

This is Barbara, I presume.

How do you do?

How do you do, Mr. Bronkert?

Enjoy yourselves.

I'll introduce you shortly.

You're looking a bit pale.

I came by outboard.

I think I struck oil!

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Gee, Dad, she looks tough.

Oh, she is.

You're talking about the woman I love, Sopa.

Sit down.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please?

This is not the time for a formal speech.

I'd like to welcome you on behalf of the St. Hillary's School trustees.

Let me share some thoughts on the frightening and gratifying aspects of my job.

So many of my former students are now grown and sending their daughters to me.

Several are here today. I'd like to introduce them. Please rise as I call your

names. Rosemary Atwater, whose mother was Pauline Deming. She was our hockey team's

goalie. Pauline? I bet St. Hillary's didn't concede a goal that year!

Then there's Jane Anderson. Her mother, Connie Freeman, is unfortunately unwell.

They met at St. Hillary's spring dance. Sir, Jane's father, Alcott Anderson, met

his future wife there. Connie was a real spark. She swept him off his feet eight

years later. Has anyone heard that story?

Who is that gentleman?

We also have some new applicants interested in joining our school.

May I introduce Barbara Blake?

Barbara's father is the renowned Jordan Blake.

The electrician.

We'll have Tim Panali here shortly.

I believe no further introduction of Mr. Blake is needed.

Your warm welcome encourages me to ask if he'd share his talent with our little

performance.

Should I?

Mr. Blake, would you do us the honor of opening the proceedings?

I'd have been very disappointed if you hadn't asked.

Have you decided on your first piece?

Yes, I thought I'd perform 'Trees'.

How original.

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, trees.

Fellas, could you give me a little solid organ point accompaniment of trees, about

a chorus and a half and up at the...

Georgie!

Hello, Mr. Blake.

What's this Mr. Blake stuff? You mad at me or something?

Hello, Jordan.

Folks, this is Georgie Polanski.

We used to do a deuce act in Vaudeville in the old days.

In fact, I think we're the fellas that killed Vaudeville, huh?

We didn't exactly kill it, we just stunned it a little.

See, we used to do a song in those days.

This was a doll.

What was that, 10, 10, Tennessee? You remember that?

Remember it. It's practically our theme song.

You want to have a go at it?

I'm game.

Carry on.

Oh, well, I gotta meet a cookie.

Talk about a Snooki.

What a personality.

She's arriving on the 10:10 from 10:10, Tennessee.

Mighty hard to match her.

Hope the train dispatcher doesn't make it tough for me.

While I'm waiting for the 10:10 from 10: 10, Tennessee.

Wait till you see that pair of Memphis eyes.

Wait till you...

Hear that drawl, you all.

Speaking of looks, I wish to emphasize.

She won first prize after Janet's ball.

When she met a deacon, and he didn't weaken, but he shouted, glory be.

Now she's going to meet a parson.

Have a 50 cent cigar, son.

Light up.

She's arriving on the 10:10, 7 and 3, 6 and 4, 5 and 5.

Well, that's the hard way from 10:10, Tennessee.

There was a very wealthy financier, I used to hang around her place.

After a while, she got a lavalier, but all he got was a slap in the face.

Tired, tired, tired, tired.

Brother, I hope that you've got steady nerves, waiting till you see her strut.

She isn't fat, but when it comes to curves, that's what she has in anything but.

Boy, boy, boy, boy.

And if I don't know what time it is, I'll be Johnny on the spot.

Yes, I don't care what the climate is.

If she's there, boy, it's gotta be hot. If you meet her later, don't you try to

date her. Cause she isn't fancy free. Don't mess around with this, babe. So you

better stay away, man. Hallelujah and amen.

She's arriving on the 1010. Not the 808. Not the 909. But the 1010. And that's fine,

fine. From 1010, Tennessee.

Gotta buy a dozen or kids.

She's arriving on the 1010. From 1010 I said a Tennessee.

My absolutes, Anna, well done. Oh, that's what the invitation said. Book of

selections, tea and chamber music.

Well, I guess Mrs. Angevine could have done better than I did, huh?

Daddy, we've booted it, and we'd better be on our way.

If only I hadn't bumped into Georgie.

That's the trouble with showbren this year.

Always meeting old pals all over.

They get you more...

Well, I booted it, too.

I shouldn't have run out on you.

If they don't like show people, then I don't like theirs.

Oh, no.

I won't go to their old school.

I'll go to Notre Dame.

No.

Um, Mr. Bronkart, do you think it would do any good if I went back and sang a

chorus of trees at a nice, dreamy tempo?

After I'm the 10-10 from the 10-10 Tennessee, you must be joking, Mr. Blake.

Barbara, Jane's met all the girls.

She'll take you and introduce you to your class.

Mr. Brunker, forget about Notre Dame.

I never even thought about it.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Come on, Jane.

Gee, what can I say?

You're my dream girl.

Would you be interested in a diamond necklace?

No.

You were quite right, Mr. Blake.

We are the snobs you thought we were.

We're honored to have a daughter of a famous man in our school.

Any trouble with your motor?

Oh, no, I've mastered that.

I've graduated to scooters.

If you need a fix, just give me a call.

No, thank you.

You've been a widower for a long time, haven't you?

Yes, a long time.

Why not try again?

Your children would appreciate it, I'm sure.

I don't suppose you're interested?

Interested?

I'd be fascinated.

I think it's a bit late in life.

Let me see you start it now.

Oh, sure.

Barber's in good hands.

There's nothing more you can do here.

Don't worry about her.

I won't.

It works.

Goodbye, Mr. Blake.

Goodbye, dear.

There you are, Chief James.

Hello, Hodges. Thanks for the call.

You're welcome, Miss Hill.

Mr. Blake's in the music room.

Thank you.

Mr. Blake Jr.

Jerry?

Yes, ma'am.

Surprised it's me?

No, Hodges told me it was you.

Oh, he wasn't supposed to.

Well, anyway, you're here.

Did you get my song?

I have to ditch your apartment.

Yes, I did, Jerry.

It's a lovely song.

I, um...

I brought it back.

Oh?

Jerry, what is this?

Why was I called to meet your father when he isn't here?

It will be in a little while.

Well, is it necessary?

Well, yes, it's necessary.

You've had this song.

You must know how I feel.

You've been ducking me for two days.

What else could I do?

Why?

You changed your mind.

Don't you care for me at all?

Were you only playing a joke on me?

Carolina, you've got to answer me.

Jerry, what did I say that made you misunderstand me so completely?

Completely. I was only trying to help you and your father, to keep the family

together.

I see.

I'm sorry. I wouldn't have had this happen for the world.

Why are you sorry? Is it because I'm 18 and you're older, and I'm a fool to even

hope that I had a chance?

I'm as much in love with you as if I were 80.

To be a registered voter before you fall in love?

Of course not.

Unless you've been around long enough, you can't have a broken heart.

Hearts don't break, Jerry. They crack a little, but they go right on beating.

Caroline, are you in love with somebody else? Not that it's any of my business.

Yes.

I'm awfully sorry I didn't mean to make such a hash of this.

Thought I was going great.

I'm sorry, too, Jerry. I didn't mean to make a hash of it.

Thank you, Mr. Blake.

Here I am, Mr. Blake.

Welcome home.

Thanks, George.

How's everything?

Well, see you in a minute.

Carolina!

Jordan, I'm so glad you're here.

Oh, this is the reception.

I've been hoping for this.

It certainly made the trip necessary.

Jordan, I want...

I'm excited, too.

I feel like a new bridegroom.

Well, that's wonderful, Barbara.

You may kiss me.

Lovely. Hey, is this important?

Well, it is to me, honey.

Do you mind if I tell him that we're going to be married?

What?

Well, uh, no, but...

But what, honey?

Well, but, um, nothing.

Wow, congratulations, thank you.

And don't expect me to keep it a secret.

You don't have to.

Jordan, there's something that you don't know.

What's the matter? What is it?

I have to have a talk with you, but not here.

And then there's the song that he wrote, Jordan, and it's wonderful.

Oh, well, bless his heart.

So you're the mouse, huh?

But you don't understand.

Oh, but I do.

Happened to me when I was 18.

It happens to all sprouts.

It's a phase they go through, isn't it?

Falling in love is very serious at his age.

Boys like that leave themselves wide open.

Oh, I know, Jerry.

As soon as I talk to him, he realizes it's you and me.

But don't you see, that's the worst of it.

He's always had to live in your shadow.

Always taken second place to a famous father.

And now, well, if it were anybody else but you.

Stop it. Stop it.

He's not going to turn on the gas.

Well, read the paper sometimes, Jordan.

It isn't the old men who die for love.

This boy's hurt.

You mean he's never going to be the same again?

Well, it's worse than that.

Love is never going to be the same again.

Hmm.

See what I can do.

If it's as bad as you say it is, what happens does.

I'm a fellow in love too, you know.

Well, nothing can happen.

Until we settle this about Jerry.

If I'm not back in five minutes, look at my wounds while you come on in.

It'll be fixed.

All right, Jordan.

Good evening, Mr. Blake. Nice to have you home.

Thank you. Hodges, how's everything going?

Well, as could be expected.

Where's Mr. Jerry?

In the music room, Mr. Blake.

Oh.

Hi, Jerry.

Hello, Dad.

Did you have a good trip down?

Yes, well.

Hey, it's been a while. How have you been?

How are things going?

Great.

Just great.

I wish I could believe that.

Jerry, I know.

Carolina met me at the station.

She's as upset as you are, and so am I.

So now you're getting philosophical?

No, you just got rejected. That's all there is to it, right?

Sure, just a kid.

Because you were in love, or…?

Or thought you were?

You're not alone, Jerry.

You just have to take it in stride.

The key is to keep smiling.

It's a matter of pride and dignity, and so on.

Don't worry about me, I'm fine.

You can't always win.

I was just captivated by her on stage.

Maybe.

She's a bit old for me, to be honest.

Jerry, I have something to tell you, but I'm not sure how to say it...

Jerry.

Yes, sir.

She said the song was lovely. Is that it?

It's awful, and I wish you'd forget it, as I do.

I'm going to bed.

Jerry.

Is it awkward with three people?

No, you're right on time, Carolina.

You're welcome.

I'm going to bed.

Dad's going to try my song.

Sure.

Alright, Jerry.

Here we go.

Spring is here, And all the pretty flowers that grow just for you.

Skies are clear and all the little stars that glow glow just for you. Every brook

glitters, flutters in the sunlight, every bird that flutters in the blue takes one

look and breaks into a love song just for you, just for you.

Appear and softly in the trees above, cool breezes sigh just for you, my love, they

sigh and so do.

This one was on purpose, huh?

Yes, sir.

The best ones always are.

I'd like to publish it, Jerry.

You won't have to pay me any 250 bucks, either.

No, thanks.

No, this is...

Babs?

What?

Don't tell me you don't know.

It just came over the late radio news.

Yeah, Mr. Brunkert woke me up to tell me.

Carolina and Dad?

I was trying to tell you, Jerry.

Hello, Babs.

Yes, darling.

Thank you.

Oh, Daddy, I'm so glad.

She's just wonderful.

We'll all be so happy.

Oh, just...

Minute. Here's Mr. Brockhart. Mr. Blake, I'm awfully pleased. Thank you. She's not

the mechanic you are, though. Will you tell Babs goodnight for me? Thank you. May I

go now, sir? Jerry, I don't want you to blow your top over this. Who's blowing his

top about a little thing like this? What difference does it make? Caroline and I

are in love with each other, Jerry. I can't dress that up for you. Just don't say

how you could have played my song. I told you. I was trying to tell you. Well, you

don't have to. You don't have to publish it for me or sing it for me or do anything

for me. Either of you. The song is private. It's too good a song to stay private.

That song's for all the lovers in the world. Well, it's private from you anyhow.

I'm getting out of here. I got a song out of it. You got Carolina. We want garden.

There they are.

Jerry.

Come on.

Congratulations.

Come in.

Hello.

What can I do for you?

I want to join up.

You've been sleeping in those clothes?

I didn't know you had to be well-dressed to be in the Air Force.

I understand they give out the clothes.

That's right.

You look as though you could use a meal, too.

Well, I understand the food's very good.

It is.

What's your name?

John Smith.

How old are you?

18.

18.

May I see a draft card, please?

Well...

You do have one, don't you?

Yeah.

Well, I might as well tell you the truth.

I'm not John Smith.

I'm Gerald Blake.

Well, what's this John Smith routine?

Well, I didn't want you to know about my father, who he is.

I didn't want to use his influence.

Well, who is he?

Jordan Blake.

Who?

Jordan Blake.

The producer and composer.

Never heard of him.

Look, son.

Don't worry about anybody's influence around here.

Just fill this out and then you can take your physical.

There's a place right down the hall.

You better go in there and get a bath.

Thanks.

By the way, you could use a shaver.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Carry on.

Glad to have you at the place, Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Captain.

I'm Captain Mahoney, may I present Captain Nelson?

How's it going?

How are you, sir?

How are you?

And this is my little troop.

Sorry we're late.

We're running into a bit of weather out there.

I have the men all assembled and waiting at the face of the ips.

Let's get going, huh?

This is quite a tour you make.

I'm getting all the spots, but believe me, this is the one I've really been waiting

for.

Oh, it's love.

Ay, ay, ay, boy, oh, boy, this is it.

The real McCoy, that's the way it's gonna stay, I guarantee ya.

Boy, boy, this is it, real McCoy love.

So my chums and lovely chicks, as I board a DC-6 at the break of day, I pause to

say, I'll see ya in Bahia till I bring the lady back to the USA.

Bahia!

Oh, Sergeant, I didn't see him up there.

I know, sir. Corporal Gerald Blake's rider was shipped out of here over two weeks

ago.

Overseas?

Well, you better speak to the Colonel about that, sir.

Yeah, I will.

Well, thanks anyhow.

You bet.

Sorry, Mr. Blake. Corporal Blake isn't here.

I thought his squadron was based here.

It is, sir, but he saw the commanding officer yesterday, and then he was sent on a

mission to Fairbanks.

Oh.

I couldn't find out what the mission was.

Say, he left yesterday.

Was my arrival announced before he took off?

Yes, sir. That’s all we’ve been talking about for a week.

Thank you, sir.

Hey, you're on, Mr. Blake.

Oh, all right.

If you have a chance, sir, will you say something to the men?

They love to hear what’s going on at home from a guy with all the answers.

I’ll do the best I can.

It gives me great pleasure to introduce the star of our show, Jordan Blake.

Save it, men. Not that I don't need it, but I may need it more later, huh?

Oh, a horrid thought struck me.

You weren't applauding just to keep your hands warm, were you?

Alaska.

Uncle Sam’s little personal deep freeze unit up here.

Say, I was talking to your lieutenant in the wings, and he told me that you fellas

like to know what’s going on stateside.

Funny thing, stateside, they want to know what’s going on with you boys.

Isn’t it amazing they still think of you as boys?

They don’t realize a fella can grow old between trains.

All we know is one night we’re checking a boy’s homework and saying, Oh, this kid’s

a real knothead. Never get anywhere.

And the next thing we know, our little knothead's a thousand miles from nowhere at

some beat-up base doing a great job.

We can't figure out what happened to all the time in between.

All we know is you're our boys, and we miss you.

We miss you very much.

We remember all the things we didn't do for you, and the things we'd like to do for

you if it weren't too late.

But it is too late.

Well, there's not much entertainment, I guess, in this kind of gibble-gabbling.

That's what we're here for, is entertainment.

I got a song that, well, I didn't write it. I wished I did. It's much too good.

This song was written for Keeps by a nice old man of 18 I once knew.

Are you ready, Fingers? Get the mittens off.

Excuse me, sir.

Just a minute.

Just one minute.

I'm Corporal Blake, sir.

Yeah, Corp. I know.

I'm the leader here, sir, and we're going to have to change your program a little.

You are?

Yeah, that song you're going to sing is not right.

Well, it's a hit, you know. It's been published.

I know, but the Air Force considers it kind of sad and on the downbeat and youthful.

The Air Force builds men, you know.

And the men need something gayer to keep up their morale.

Let's have zinc.

Well, that's a duet. You going to sing it with me?

We've provided for that.

I don't know what you mean.

Never mind.

Well, you're a kid.

Well, what's the matter with you, Dad? You're acting like an 18-year-old kid.

Hit it!

Let's sing.

Sing, sing a little song with me.

I know we're not beside the side of Z.

You're telling me.

Oh, no.

It isn't a Z that has me kind of zilly.

You really are a dolly and a dilly.

I have a reason to keep you close to me.

Because we can do a very clever bit of post-harmony.

Sing, sing, sing a little song with me.

We've got to set the date.

We have a most important date to set.

I know that we could make a great duet.

And we could sing a little love song with me.

There's a couple in the chapel.

We can hear them sing a love song.