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Wish me red roses
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And yellow balloons
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Black sequins whirling
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To gay dancing tunes
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I want all these treasures
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The most you can give
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So wish me a rainbow
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As long as I live
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All my tomorrows depend on your love
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So wish me a rainbow above
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Hey! You seen a kite?
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Don't talk to me till I fall off. Here,
come here! Hurry, will you? Run, stupid!
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Here, take my crazy doll, will you?
I don't want to break her when I fall.
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I don't think I can stay on much longer.
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This is the furthest I've ever gone
without once falling off.
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- Hurt yourself?
- Skinned my knee.
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Good thing I didn't put
my silk stockings on.
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- Spit on it. That takes the sting away.
- OK.
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- Hey, are you OK?
- Yeah, I guess so.
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Principal damage was done
to my bracelet. Knocked out a diamond.
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- It wasn't a genuine diamond.
- How do you know?
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If it was, you wouldn't be out
walking railroad tracks.
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Not with a banged-up doll
and a piece of a rotten banana.
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I forgot to ask. What's your name?
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- Tom.
- Mine's Willie.
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- How did that happen?
- I was expected to be a boy, but I wasn't.
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They already had one girl,
Alva. That was my sister.
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- Why ain't you in school?
- I thought it was gonna be windy.
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- So I could fly my kite.
- What made you think that?
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'Cause the sky's so white.
Hey...why ain't you in school?
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I quituated. They started on algebra.
I didn't care what X stood for, so I quit.
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You ain't gonna get an education
walking a railroad track.
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You ain't from flying a kite neither.
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Besides, what a girl needs
to get along is social training.
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I learned that from Alva. She was
mighty popular with the railroad men.
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- Train engineers?
- Engineers!
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Engineers, firemen, brakemen,
conductors, the freight superintendent,
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every one of them after Alva.
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She was, I guess you might say,
the main attraction.
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Beautiful? Jeez!
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Boy, you see that house over yonder?
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- We had some high old times in there.
- I'll bet you did.
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Musical instruments going all the time.
Piano, victrola, Hawaiian steel guitar...
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Everybody playing on something.
It's awful quiet now, though.
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- Is it empty?
- Except for me.
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They got a big sign stuck up.
"This property is condemned".
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- You ain't still living there?
- I'm not supposed to be, but I am.
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Property's condemned,
but there ain't nothing wrong with it.
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Some welfare worker came yesterday.
I recognised her by the shape of her hat.
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It was something, all right.
You wouldn't believe it.
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Sure is empty now, though.
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- Boy, see these clothes I got on?
- Yeah.
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They're Alva's. Inherited from her.
Everything that was Alva's is mine.
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She was always singing around
that house. This is her favourite song.
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Wish me a rainbow and wish me a star
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All this you can give me
Wherever you are
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And dreams for my pillow
And stars for my eyes
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And a masquerade ball
Where our love wins first prize
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All my tomorrows depend on your love
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So wish me a rainbow above
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OK, here she is. Dodson.
Get ready to hit the ground running.
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Mind if I asked you a question?
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Doing the things that you do,
how do you sleep?
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On my stomach.
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My mama in here?
We got a problem on our hands.
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She went back this way, Willie.
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You seen my mama?
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You shouldn't be out here alone,
sporting a big diamond like that.
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You scared me!
And it ain't a real diamond.
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- Sparkles like one to me.
- No. It's a firefly. Gotta...
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- Willie, where's your ma?
- I don't know.
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- Gotta snip off its tail...when it's lighted.
- Do you belong to that boarding house?
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That's the Starr Boarding House.
I'm Willie Starr.
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Well, how do you do, Willie?
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You railroad?
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- Why do you ask?
- We get mostly railroad men.
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Mama will put you up some place...
soon as I find that old thing!
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Mama? That you, Mama?
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Willie, quit that hollering!
Leave them alone!
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Come on.
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- Where've you been?
- Down to Jake's to see if Alva's there.
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- Who are you, honey?
- He wants a room.
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- You ain't a vagrant?
- No.
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- Lay-off?
- No.
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Well, my rooms are two a night...
Where are you going? I got the beer!
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- Happy birthday!
- Two a night, ten bucks a week.
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Two meals included. Cash in advance.
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- How long you fixing to stay?
- Five... A week... Ten. About a week.
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Only a week? Well, a buck is a buck.
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If you're lucky.
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Hey, where's the beer?
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It ain't usually so noisy.
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Some old fool got hold of it's my birthday.
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- Happy birthday!
- Damn fool! What's your name, honey?
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- Owen Legate. Happy birthday.
- What room?
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- No, you can't go yet! I just got the beer!
- What room?
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- Better put him in Papa's room.
- I forgot to say. There's gonna be a fight.
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Jimmy Bell done got drunk and
Charlie Steinkamp's gonna lay him out!
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Hey, wait a minute.
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You knew it was firefly, didn't you?
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Hey...
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Come on in, honey. You wanna meet
anybody, you just introduce yourself.
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- Ain't she back?
- I haven't seen her.
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She don't come soon,
I got an awful early run.
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Your change, Mr Johnson.
I got a dozen. Should be enough.
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I don't see how you can stand still
with all that music going.
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I know you'd prefer to dance with Alva,
but today is my birthday.
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- What about Mr...?
- I can only please one at a time!
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You can take Mr what's-his-name
upstairs and settle him in. Excuse me.
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Show him the bathroom. We got an
indoor toilet, modern bathing equipment.
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It isn't complicated once Alva and I show
you how. Give him something to eat.
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Then you come and join the party. Oh!
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- JJ, you scared the life out of me!
- I been waiting for you in the car.
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He works in the shop
when he ain't with Mama.
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- Are all these people railroad?
- All except for the guy on the guitar.
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He's the sheriff. Come on.
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- Hey, Max.
- Hey, Willie.
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This is Papa's room. He painted those.
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It's not the best in the house.
He tried to paint it.
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I like it.
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Okey-doke?
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Okey-doke.
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Hey, Alva! Get your hot stuff out here!
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- Lindsay! Lindsay Tate! I'll be back.
- We don't want you. We want Alva!
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We want Alva!
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We want Alva! We want Alva!
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Get out of here! Get out of here,
Lindsay Tate, before I call my mama.
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You just do that. Tell your mama
if Alva ain't here, we'll take her instead.
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- Why, you little snip!
- Mama! Mama!
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- Mama!
- What the hell are you doing?
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Fire up the engines, boys! Let's go!
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You stay away from those older boys
or I'll whip you!
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- Willie, where you going?
- Let me go!
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- Stop it!
- Alva!
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- Hey, Willie. Sidney!
- What's the matter with Sidney?
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Nothing that sticking his head
under the faucet won't solve.
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Come on!
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Alva! What you doing in the kitchen?
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- We've been waiting for you.
- Bye!
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- How's the party?
- Alva, where you been?
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Alva, honey! Why don't you come over
here and swap words with Mr Johnson.
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Hey, Mr Johnson!
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Hey, JJ.
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- Let me go, JJ.
- Just relax.
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JJ!
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- All right, baby!
- My, what a handsome couple!
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Go to Mr Johnson. He's been
pestering me all night about you.
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He did pay for this party as a surprise.
Mr Johnson! Here's my bad little girl.
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She wants to sit beside you
and cheer you up.
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- Hey, Alva, where y'all been?
- Hey! Oh, out dancing.
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- A beer, Miss Alva?
- No, thanks.
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I told you before, lay off Alva.
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It was real nice of you
to give Mama this lovely party.
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Well, I didn't do it for her.
Alva, I asked your Mama.
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She says it's OK for you to go with me
to the Moonlight Casino tomorrow.
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- Well, let me think about it.
- They got a real good band.
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A new one, Odel Otis,
and Kansas City Steaks.
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Well, I really don't know. Sidney! Hi!
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- I've got to know, so that...
- Did you see Sidney? Sidney!
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Thank Mr Johnson for the lovely party.
Have you had a chance to talk?
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- Who turned out the lights?
- Hey, turn the lights on!
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Happy birthday to you
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- JJ!
- Happy birthday to you
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Happy birthday, dear Hazel
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Happy birthday to you
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- Make a wish!
- Shhh!
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- I can't!
- You've gotta make a wish!
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You wish. You make a wish, Alva.
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Oh, Sal! Sally, it's my birthday!
I'm 43 years old!
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It's a damn shame, Haze. Have a beer.
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What slob remembered, anyway?
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- Come on, Alva, it's your turn!
- Make a wish, Alva.
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- Wish it up, Alva!
- OK.
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- Hey, Alva, how about a birthday kiss?
- Oh, hey!
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That's enough for you, Hank, boy!
How about one for me?
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- Here's one to grow on!
- Here comes old Sidney, wandering in.
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Wouldn't you like a piece of cake?
I'd just love some.
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- What kind of work will you do here?
- Who was that blowing out the candles?
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Oh, that's my sister Alva.
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She's the main attraction.
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You say you do or didn't work
with the railroad?
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Well, I didn't say. Okey-doke?
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Okey-doke.
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It's hot out there!
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It's just practically like breathing fire.
Just been dying for a piece of ice.
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Oh! My, that's cooling!
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If not the railroad, what do you do?
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Willie! Let the gentleman
eat his supper in peace.
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Who's stopping him?
You don't even know him.
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- My name is Owen Legate, ma'am.
- My name's Alva Starr.
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Two R's in Starr.
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- He's from New Orleans.
- Oh!
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- I've been to New Orleans.
- When?
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- As a child.
- First I heard of it.
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- Wonderful party, Alva. Much obliged.
- We're just delighted.
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- Bye now. See you later.
- Here's your cake, Alva.
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Thank you, Sidney.
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- Your mama said to fill up the beer tub.
- It's in the icebox.
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OK.
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- You're the new boarder, huh?
- Yeah.
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You gonna be looking for work
around here? We ain't got none.
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That's all right, I'm not looking.
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- We ain't got no work.
- He ain't looking. He just told you.
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- I want him to know there ain't none.
- He knows.
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See you later.
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If you're not looking for work,
what are you doing here?
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Now, I said stop asking questions
and let him eat his dinner in peace.
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OK.
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- Thank you.
- That's all right. They're all so nosy!
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What are you doing here?
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Mama says what are you doing
back here and Mr Johnson's leaving.
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You tell your mama that after all
the dancing I done tonight with Sidney,
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I am resting and unavailable.
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Sidney took you dancing? Where to?
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Oh, no place much.
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- Just the Peabody Hotel.
- The Peabody Hotel!
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Sidney took you all the way
to the Peabody Hotel in Memphis? Wow!
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- Did he buy you dinner?
- Willie, you don't start with dinner.
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They have cocktails or highballs.
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Or French champagne,
which is sweet and exceedingly bubbly.
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And when you drink it and start dancing,
the whole place,
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with its diamond-crystal chandeliers
and the waiters in the red jackets
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and the menus with tassels on them,
all get dizzy and shaky,
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like it'll all come down on you.
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But you have to hide it and so you say,
"Tipsy? I'm not the slightest bit tipsy.
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"It is just your magnificent dancing
makes me breathless!"
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00:20:01,335 --> 00:20:06,626
Then he stops and holds your blushing,
soft face in his hands and he says:
230
00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,593
"Miss Starr, Miss Willie Starr,
231
00:20:09,801 --> 00:20:13,966
"surely you are the most beautiful
creature I have ever seen."
232
00:20:15,599 --> 00:20:19,099
That the same Peabody Hotel
in Memphis
233
00:20:19,311 --> 00:20:23,641
where they have the alligators and ducks
swimming in that pond in the lobby?
234
00:20:23,857 --> 00:20:26,147
Yes, the very same one.
235
00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:30,655
Yeah, I'd like to see that.
Thank you for the supper, Willie.
236
00:20:35,202 --> 00:20:38,654
I'd like to see how they stop the alligators
eating the ducks
237
00:20:38,872 --> 00:20:42,040
in that little pond that they all swim in.
238
00:20:42,251 --> 00:20:45,667
Makes you think...doesn't it?
239
00:20:46,964 --> 00:20:49,456
Smart Alec!
240
00:20:53,845 --> 00:20:56,172
Hey, Alva.
241
00:20:56,390 --> 00:20:58,846
What you so grumpy about?
242
00:20:59,059 --> 00:21:01,017
Nothing. I just need some air.
243
00:21:02,771 --> 00:21:04,516
Hey, Max.
244
00:21:04,731 --> 00:21:07,437
Max! You taking me home?
245
00:21:07,651 --> 00:21:10,487
I can't. I got an early run tomorrow.
246
00:21:24,418 --> 00:21:27,835
My goodness, there isn't any breeze
out here, either.
247
00:21:28,046 --> 00:21:30,538
Just like Papa used to say,
248
00:21:30,757 --> 00:21:35,385
if the breeze does not come
from the river, it just is not a breeze.
249
00:21:35,596 --> 00:21:37,554
Hey, Alva...
250
00:21:37,764 --> 00:21:40,138
- Goodnight, Alva.
- Thanks for the party.
251
00:21:40,350 --> 00:21:42,309
Goodnight.
252
00:21:55,908 --> 00:21:57,866
Hey, Alva...
253
00:22:06,335 --> 00:22:08,624
That's the Hummingbird Express.
254
00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:17,376
It surely is a long train.
255
00:22:18,597 --> 00:22:19,926
What?
256
00:22:20,140 --> 00:22:23,973
It's a long train. And an empty one.
257
00:22:26,146 --> 00:22:29,599
You know, that train is going
to New Orleans.
258
00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:35,943
God, I'd like to get out of here
and see a place like New Orleans.
259
00:22:38,492 --> 00:22:42,241
Alva, maybe you could.
260
00:22:44,164 --> 00:22:48,626
I think more than any place
in the whole world, I'd like to go there.
261
00:22:48,835 --> 00:22:51,624
Get out of this place,
262
00:22:51,838 --> 00:22:54,046
this sad old house.
263
00:22:54,258 --> 00:22:56,797
It's gonna fall apart anyway.
264
00:22:57,010 --> 00:23:02,254
And go to New Orleans.
Maybe when it's Mardi gras.
265
00:23:02,474 --> 00:23:06,936
I just wish sometimes that old express
would jump off those old tracks,
266
00:23:07,145 --> 00:23:10,432
right up here, right through the grass,
right through me
267
00:23:10,649 --> 00:23:13,817
and carry me off to points unknown.
268
00:23:31,837 --> 00:23:34,590
I'd better go on in now, Sidney.
269
00:23:39,219 --> 00:23:41,545
Are you all right?
270
00:23:41,763 --> 00:23:44,433
I'm all right.
271
00:23:44,641 --> 00:23:50,016
I just can't find a cool place.
It's just as hot outside as it is in here.
272
00:23:51,064 --> 00:23:53,639
I'm going to bed.
273
00:23:57,446 --> 00:23:59,321
Willie...
274
00:24:00,365 --> 00:24:04,446
...how come you've put Mr Legate
in Papa's room?
275
00:24:04,661 --> 00:24:06,821
Mama told me to.
276
00:24:09,041 --> 00:24:10,999
Goodnight.
277
00:24:12,044 --> 00:24:14,002
Goodnight.
278
00:24:55,212 --> 00:24:57,170
Willie, you in there?
279
00:24:57,381 --> 00:24:59,339
Willie!
280
00:25:00,676 --> 00:25:06,347
- I don't think Willie's here.
- Excuse me. I thought she might be.
281
00:25:08,850 --> 00:25:10,809
Nope.
282
00:25:15,107 --> 00:25:16,436
Well, goodnight.
283
00:25:17,734 --> 00:25:19,443
Goodnight.
284
00:25:22,990 --> 00:25:25,945
I've never been to the Peabody Hotel.
285
00:25:30,122 --> 00:25:33,289
- Neither have I.
- They do have ducks in the lobby.
286
00:25:34,793 --> 00:25:36,953
So I'm told, but no alligators.
287
00:25:37,170 --> 00:25:41,121
Certain times they do run the ducks
up and down the halls.
288
00:25:41,341 --> 00:25:45,506
I know that to be a fact. And the menus
do have a tassel on them.
289
00:25:45,721 --> 00:25:48,758
There was a man brought me one once.
290
00:25:48,974 --> 00:25:53,020
Besides, I felt like I was there
and that's just as good as being there.
291
00:25:53,228 --> 00:25:55,186
Not exactly.
292
00:25:56,315 --> 00:26:01,143
Do you know there was a cat once
who fell asleep in the sun
293
00:26:01,361 --> 00:26:05,941
and dreamt that he was a man
who fell asleep and dreamt he was a cat.
294
00:26:06,158 --> 00:26:10,904
When he woke up, he didn't know
whether he was a man or a cat.
295
00:26:15,042 --> 00:26:19,788
Goodness! I don't know how you'll sleep
with that streetlight shining in your eyes.
296
00:26:20,005 --> 00:26:24,253
I'd better tell Mama to get
a new shade in the morning.
297
00:26:24,968 --> 00:26:26,677
Thank you.
298
00:26:26,887 --> 00:26:30,304
You know,
if you concentrate on this thing,
299
00:26:30,515 --> 00:26:35,013
you can just about think it's February
and it won't be so hot.
300
00:26:36,813 --> 00:26:40,397
When my Papa was here,
hot summer nights,
301
00:26:40,609 --> 00:26:45,153
we used to sit together
and pretend we got inside there.
302
00:26:45,364 --> 00:26:49,232
I'd practically have to get out
my fur-lined gloves.
303
00:26:50,452 --> 00:26:52,410
You wanna try?
304
00:27:01,672 --> 00:27:03,630
You got an extra pair?
305
00:27:05,676 --> 00:27:09,888
- And some flannel underwear?
- You made a rhyme! Give me a dime.
306
00:27:12,516 --> 00:27:16,728
Well, that tells a lot about you,
that you have a poetic nature.
307
00:27:16,937 --> 00:27:20,140
- I have a poetic nature, too.
- I noticed that.
308
00:27:22,442 --> 00:27:25,694
What else have you noticed about me,
Mr Legate?
309
00:27:26,905 --> 00:27:30,904
You don't have to answer.
I'm not interested in compliments.
310
00:27:31,118 --> 00:27:37,453
What else? You know, I am a very
important person in Dodson, Mississippi.
311
00:27:37,666 --> 00:27:41,083
- Is that so?
- Plus, I have been to Biloxi.
312
00:27:41,295 --> 00:27:45,080
- I'm even famous in my own way.
- I don't doubt that.
313
00:27:45,299 --> 00:27:48,585
- Lots of men think I'm beautiful.
- Listen, Miss Starr...
314
00:27:48,802 --> 00:27:51,757
...I've been travelling
since six this morning.
315
00:27:51,972 --> 00:27:55,556
Gotta get up early tomorrow
and do some work.
316
00:27:55,767 --> 00:28:00,347
If you come with the room, and with
the two meals, then let's get on with it.
317
00:28:01,273 --> 00:28:05,817
- Let's not play around.
- What do you think I am?
318
00:28:07,613 --> 00:28:10,698
What do you think you are?
319
00:28:14,411 --> 00:28:16,903
I hope you suffocate!
320
00:28:21,335 --> 00:28:23,624
Hey, Alva. Goodnight now.
321
00:28:24,755 --> 00:28:28,588
- What's the matter?
- Don't turn the light on, honey.
322
00:28:34,932 --> 00:28:40,140
Crazy doll's hair needs washing.
I'm scared to do it, though.
323
00:28:41,355 --> 00:28:45,934
Head might come unglued where she got
that compound fracture of the skull.
324
00:28:47,444 --> 00:28:50,814
I think most of her brains fell out.
325
00:28:51,031 --> 00:28:54,650
- Come on, Hazel.
- You never stop. My birthday's over.
326
00:28:54,868 --> 00:28:58,155
Go along to my room. I'll be right there.
327
00:29:00,374 --> 00:29:04,622
Mama, don't turn the light on.
It just makes it hotter.
328
00:29:04,836 --> 00:29:07,542
You been crying?
329
00:29:09,758 --> 00:29:13,709
You just go and take your dress off
and I'll cool you down.
330
00:29:26,483 --> 00:29:28,441
There.
331
00:29:34,074 --> 00:29:36,198
Now, you lay still.
332
00:29:45,460 --> 00:29:49,958
Mr Johnson speak to you
about tomorrow night?
333
00:29:51,174 --> 00:29:54,627
Feel that evaporating?
Doesn't that feel good?
334
00:29:58,181 --> 00:30:01,053
Were you nice to Mr Johnson, honey?
335
00:30:02,060 --> 00:30:03,390
Yes, Mama.
336
00:30:03,604 --> 00:30:08,350
I wouldn't like it if he got dissatisfied
and moved out right now.
337
00:30:08,567 --> 00:30:12,897
Nobody but a conductor can afford to pay
what he does for that big old north room.
338
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,732
I wanna go away, Mama.
339
00:30:18,952 --> 00:30:23,414
- Maybe to New Orleans.
- I know you do, honey.
340
00:30:23,624 --> 00:30:25,913
We all do, and we're going to.
341
00:30:26,126 --> 00:30:28,250
But not right now.
342
00:30:29,296 --> 00:30:34,967
You can't tell what those old fools'll do
if they're sweet on a pretty girl like you.
343
00:30:35,177 --> 00:30:39,840
Maybe you'll get off with a Packard car!
Wouldn't that be something else?
344
00:30:40,057 --> 00:30:44,007
I'd just love to drive up in a Packard car
and see that Sally.
345
00:30:44,228 --> 00:30:49,436
I'd say, Miss Snotty, you were so damn
cute about your Chevrolet roadster.
346
00:30:49,650 --> 00:30:54,063
What do you think about my little car?
I can just see Sally's face now.
347
00:30:54,279 --> 00:30:56,107
Plop!
348
00:30:56,323 --> 00:31:00,274
All those bags would just drop
right into that double chin. Plop!
349
00:31:06,667 --> 00:31:11,745
- You feeling better, honey?
- I'm feeling better, Mama.
350
00:31:11,964 --> 00:31:15,001
Well...sleep tight...
351
00:31:16,218 --> 00:31:18,840
...and don't let the bed bugs bite.
352
00:31:23,809 --> 00:31:27,345
Willie, you just stop playing possum
and go to sleep.
353
00:31:27,563 --> 00:31:29,687
I am asleep, Mama.
354
00:31:33,193 --> 00:31:35,151
Alva...
355
00:31:38,365 --> 00:31:40,655
...what does Mardi gras mean?
356
00:31:44,705 --> 00:31:47,327
Mardi gras means carnival.
357
00:31:49,042 --> 00:31:53,456
I'm gonna go next year,
even if I have to ride the rails.
358
00:31:55,674 --> 00:31:59,174
I'm gonna design my own costume...
359
00:31:59,386 --> 00:32:02,174
...out of black shiny sequins,
360
00:32:02,389 --> 00:32:07,930
so that my skin'll look white against it
and I'll glitter when I walk,
361
00:32:08,145 --> 00:32:12,096
sparkle when I dance
with all those men in masks.
362
00:32:14,735 --> 00:32:18,187
And I'll never know who they are.
363
00:32:18,405 --> 00:32:21,775
And they'll never know who I am.
364
00:32:21,992 --> 00:32:26,702
And I'll dance and dance and dance.
365
00:32:31,376 --> 00:32:38,210
When people die in New Orleans,
they bury them above the ground.
366
00:32:38,425 --> 00:32:40,882
Did you know that, Willie?
367
00:32:44,932 --> 00:32:46,261
Willie?
368
00:33:13,627 --> 00:33:16,914
- Hey! How are you?
- Are you going down to the yards?
369
00:33:17,130 --> 00:33:19,919
- Yes.
- Well, I can sneak you in.
370
00:33:20,133 --> 00:33:24,263
- No. No, I can manage, thank you.
- Well, I'm a good guy to know.
371
00:33:24,471 --> 00:33:29,715
- What about Vacation Bible School?
- What about it? The refreshments stink.
372
00:33:29,935 --> 00:33:33,554
Anyway, boy, have I got a hangover!
373
00:33:33,772 --> 00:33:39,278
You didn't see me last night,
but I drank the whole of Alva's beer.
374
00:33:39,486 --> 00:33:43,615
- You're headed for ruin, you know?
- Oh, I know.
375
00:33:43,824 --> 00:33:45,817
Know what the Orientals say?
376
00:33:46,034 --> 00:33:51,990
"A man takes a drink, the drink takes
a drink, the drink takes the man."
377
00:33:52,207 --> 00:33:56,621
Could be. Took my Papa all right,
right out of Dodson.
378
00:33:56,837 --> 00:33:59,792
Maybe it'll do the same for me.
379
00:34:01,967 --> 00:34:05,966
- I gotta get some cigarettes.
- Oh, OK. I'll wait.
380
00:34:06,179 --> 00:34:09,799
- Can I help you, sir?
- Luckies and two strawberry cones.
381
00:34:13,770 --> 00:34:16,938
Miss Starr! Where's that sister
of yours this fine day?
382
00:34:17,149 --> 00:34:19,641
- Get away from me.
- You ask Alva.
383
00:34:19,860 --> 00:34:22,815
What'll she do with that hot stuff
once the line closes?
384
00:34:23,030 --> 00:34:26,530
Alva's got better things to do
than waste her time on you!
385
00:34:27,701 --> 00:34:30,158
Look what I got! Listen, Miss Uppity!
386
00:34:30,370 --> 00:34:34,072
Once that line shuts down,
she'll have to start looking for somebody.
387
00:34:34,291 --> 00:34:36,913
And I'll tell you, she'll have to crawl!
388
00:34:37,127 --> 00:34:40,829
You'll never get Alva
and that line ain't never closing!
389
00:34:41,048 --> 00:34:45,177
You hear that, Tiny?
She really tells a story!
390
00:34:46,762 --> 00:34:49,384
- Who are you?
- A friend of Willie's.
391
00:34:49,598 --> 00:34:52,090
You're drumming up trade for Alva now?
392
00:34:52,309 --> 00:34:57,517
Yeah, I guess that's what
the ice-cream cones are for.
393
00:35:01,318 --> 00:35:04,605
Go and wash up, boy. Your face is dirty.
394
00:35:05,989 --> 00:35:11,530
Just you wait, mister! I'll get you!
What are you laughing about?
395
00:35:13,872 --> 00:35:16,495
Old Lindsay Tate just standing there!
396
00:35:16,708 --> 00:35:22,214
- I hear strawberry's good for hangovers.
- Boy! He's just a plain damn mess!
397
00:35:22,422 --> 00:35:24,796
- You sure are tough.
- I sure am.
398
00:35:25,008 --> 00:35:28,046
If you hadn't come out,
I'd have killed him.
399
00:35:28,262 --> 00:35:31,217
- Not afraid of nothing, are you?
- Nope.
400
00:35:33,016 --> 00:35:35,639
What if everything was to change?
401
00:35:35,852 --> 00:35:40,765
I mean, say something happened
and Dodson changed overnight.
402
00:35:40,983 --> 00:35:44,684
- Dodson ain't never gonna change.
- No, but what if it did?
403
00:35:44,903 --> 00:35:47,858
How did you know strawberry
was my favourite?
404
00:35:48,073 --> 00:35:50,909
You look like a strawberry girl to me.
405
00:35:51,118 --> 00:35:55,069
What do you think of my sister Alva?
She hates strawberry.
406
00:35:55,289 --> 00:35:58,741
I suspect your sister's
a mighty potent force.
407
00:35:58,959 --> 00:36:02,910
She don't think much of you, neither.
She says you're a smart Alec.
408
00:36:04,590 --> 00:36:06,879
See you later. I gotta work.
409
00:36:07,092 --> 00:36:08,884
Oh, OK... Hey!
410
00:36:10,804 --> 00:36:13,972
- Thanks for the ice-cream cone.
- You bet.
411
00:36:18,312 --> 00:36:21,479
Step on a crack,
break your mother's back.
412
00:36:21,690 --> 00:36:24,858
Step on a crack,
break your mother's back.
413
00:37:21,541 --> 00:37:23,500
- Mr Knopke?
- Yes.
414
00:37:25,796 --> 00:37:31,004
- My name is Legate.
- I was hoping you'd be somebody else.
415
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:34,096
Sit down.
416
00:37:35,347 --> 00:37:38,847
Hey, JJ, what do you think?
417
00:37:39,059 --> 00:37:41,017
Well...
418
00:37:41,979 --> 00:37:44,601
...I just don't know.
419
00:37:44,815 --> 00:37:47,733
Come on, pump that thing.
420
00:37:50,737 --> 00:37:55,946
We always done what was asked. You
can't trace no breakdowns to Dodson.
421
00:37:56,159 --> 00:38:01,036
To the bale, here's what we were
railroading through here in '30.
422
00:38:01,248 --> 00:38:05,911
- This is what's going through here now.
- How about this year's crop?
423
00:38:06,128 --> 00:38:10,589
Who'll pick them, Mr Knopke? You?
Thirty-five cents a hundred pounds?
424
00:38:12,843 --> 00:38:16,379
- How many trains they taking off?
- We'll start at three.
425
00:38:16,597 --> 00:38:19,800
- How many men?
- 15. Maybe more.
426
00:38:21,268 --> 00:38:26,643
I'm gonna want a list of the names,
the dates that they came on
427
00:38:26,857 --> 00:38:30,441
and I'd like to know who's married
and who has kids.
428
00:38:35,198 --> 00:38:38,154
You won't be popular
at the Starr Boarding House.
429
00:38:38,368 --> 00:38:40,327
I know.
430
00:38:42,956 --> 00:38:44,784
I've been not very popular before.
431
00:38:52,049 --> 00:38:55,549
Southern Pacific, CB and O, C
432
00:39:17,908 --> 00:39:19,866
- Hey!
- Hi.
433
00:39:22,162 --> 00:39:26,113
- Where are you going?
- Mama said I gotta make the beds.
434
00:39:30,837 --> 00:39:32,796
Willie!
435
00:39:40,013 --> 00:39:41,972
He made it himself.
436
00:39:46,144 --> 00:39:50,642
- You skipped Vacation Bible School.
- He bought me an ice cream.
437
00:39:50,857 --> 00:39:52,816
Strawberry?
438
00:39:55,153 --> 00:39:58,321
Did he...make any mention of me?
439
00:39:59,408 --> 00:40:01,366
No, not much.
440
00:40:02,744 --> 00:40:04,370
Nothing?
441
00:40:04,580 --> 00:40:08,661
Well, not after I told him
you thought he was a smart Alec.
442
00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:11,794
- Willie, you didn't!
- You said he was.
443
00:40:12,004 --> 00:40:14,959
I don't care!
You tell him different, you hear?
444
00:40:15,173 --> 00:40:19,006
OK, OK. You stuck on him, Alva?
445
00:40:19,219 --> 00:40:20,596
No.
446
00:40:20,804 --> 00:40:26,012
Well, I don't think you should be.
Not after what he said about you.
447
00:40:26,226 --> 00:40:29,014
Why? What did he say about me?
448
00:40:30,063 --> 00:40:33,683
He said he suspects
you're a mighty potent force.
449
00:40:35,736 --> 00:40:39,022
- He did?
- You mean it could be good?
450
00:40:39,698 --> 00:40:42,155
Well, it could be.
451
00:40:46,204 --> 00:40:50,417
Alva, how many times have you done it?
452
00:40:50,626 --> 00:40:52,085
Willie Starr!
453
00:40:54,504 --> 00:40:57,210
Five? Ten maybe?
454
00:40:58,425 --> 00:41:02,554
- Whoever said I done it at all?
- Lindsay Tate.
455
00:41:03,180 --> 00:41:08,258
- Well, I never did it with Lindsay Tate!
- That's probably why he's so sore.
456
00:41:12,105 --> 00:41:15,060
Afterward, do they love you?
457
00:41:18,695 --> 00:41:21,234
I guess they're supposed to.
458
00:41:24,451 --> 00:41:28,746
Does it look like Lindsay Tate loves me,
screeching my name all over town?
459
00:41:28,956 --> 00:41:30,914
No.
460
00:41:33,335 --> 00:41:37,286
- I bet you Owen Legate...
- I'm gonna knock your teeth in!
461
00:41:37,506 --> 00:41:41,754
Actually, Mr Owen Legate
doesn't mean a thing in my life.
462
00:41:41,969 --> 00:41:45,339
Just a nothing dream
I won't remember after I'm married.
463
00:41:45,556 --> 00:41:49,506
- You gonna get married?
- Well, some day.
464
00:41:52,604 --> 00:41:56,520
- To Mr Johnson?
- No, dummy!
465
00:41:56,733 --> 00:41:59,605
Willie, I haven't met him yet.
466
00:41:59,820 --> 00:42:02,442
When I do, he'll say to me:
467
00:42:02,656 --> 00:42:07,319
"Miss Starr, Miss Alva Starr,
I love you and I'm gonna carry you away
468
00:42:07,536 --> 00:42:12,413
"and build a house lined in white satin
for you to rest in between our dancing."
469
00:42:12,624 --> 00:42:16,575
You didn't have to make up
your own bed, Mr Legate.
470
00:42:17,921 --> 00:42:21,457
It's force of habit, Willie.
Besides, I like to.
471
00:42:26,305 --> 00:42:30,006
Well, I gotta finish making up the beds.
472
00:42:35,898 --> 00:42:38,603
Willie's got a crush on you.
473
00:42:38,817 --> 00:42:42,234
- Must be the strawberry ice cream.
- I don't like strawberry.
474
00:42:45,073 --> 00:42:47,032
I know.
475
00:42:50,787 --> 00:42:53,457
Excuse me. I've got a million things to do.
476
00:42:53,665 --> 00:42:55,077
Miss Starr...
477
00:42:57,210 --> 00:43:00,166
...I thought the paperweight
belonged to my room.
478
00:43:07,679 --> 00:43:10,136
It's Papa's room.
479
00:43:21,818 --> 00:43:24,488
She in her room?
480
00:43:24,696 --> 00:43:28,446
I'll take a look if you want me to,
Mr Johnson.
481
00:43:28,659 --> 00:43:32,609
And would you be kind enough
to see that she gets this?
482
00:43:32,829 --> 00:43:34,622
Sure, Mr Johnson.
483
00:43:34,831 --> 00:43:37,370
- Tell her I'm waiting here.
- OK.
484
00:43:37,584 --> 00:43:41,998
- You'll look so pretty. Which ring?
- I don't want either. I'm not going.
485
00:43:42,214 --> 00:43:45,335
- Of course you are!
- Present for Alva from Mr Johnson.
486
00:43:45,551 --> 00:43:48,506
- Let's see what this is.
- Mama, it's for me!
487
00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:51,212
It's exciting.
488
00:43:51,431 --> 00:43:56,937
I told you Mr Johnson would come
across with something good! 24 carats!
489
00:43:57,145 --> 00:43:59,684
That's not what I meant, or what I want.
490
00:43:59,898 --> 00:44:05,404
Willie, run and tell him your sister's
rushing and will be down momentarily.
491
00:44:05,612 --> 00:44:07,606
I am not! Willie, please!
492
00:44:07,823 --> 00:44:13,447
I know you want other things,
nice things. And you'll get them. Stand.
493
00:44:13,662 --> 00:44:18,906
Enriching travel... And your mama's
gonna see that you get them, too.
494
00:44:19,126 --> 00:44:25,876
- Please don't make me go!
- Memphis, New Orleans, New York...
495
00:44:26,091 --> 00:44:28,963
Think of the people you'll meet, the men.
496
00:44:29,177 --> 00:44:35,762
Right now, we gotta think of the practical
aspect, the way things are looking now.
497
00:44:35,976 --> 00:44:38,764
Gotta make use of the things at hand.
498
00:44:38,979 --> 00:44:43,559
And one of the things at hand
is Mr Johnson. Sit down.
499
00:44:45,652 --> 00:44:50,944
All I'm asking is a little bit of niceness
to him for the time being.
500
00:44:51,158 --> 00:44:55,287
- But, Mama...!
- Now, that ain't gonna hurt you...is it?
501
00:45:05,672 --> 00:45:09,623
- Can your sister still be getting dressed?
- Guess so, Mr Johnson.
502
00:45:11,678 --> 00:45:15,048
You'd better go upstairs
and tell her it's getting late.
503
00:45:15,265 --> 00:45:18,516
I just came down
from telling her it was getting late!
504
00:45:23,523 --> 00:45:25,601
Let me by, JJ.
505
00:45:37,537 --> 00:45:40,990
- Here I am!
- You shouldn't have hurried.
506
00:45:41,208 --> 00:45:44,376
- You look just fine.
- Do you mind?
507
00:45:44,586 --> 00:45:48,252
That light attracts all kind of things.
Moths, bugs, bats...
508
00:45:49,299 --> 00:45:52,254
I haven't finished my hair.
Funny about my hair.
509
00:45:52,469 --> 00:45:56,053
I just pile it up
and it all comes crumbling down.
510
00:45:56,265 --> 00:45:59,765
- Willie, why not sing for Mr Johnson?
- I already did.
511
00:45:59,977 --> 00:46:02,932
Besides, I wanna go catch some fireflies.
512
00:46:06,525 --> 00:46:11,022
- Alva, did you like the bracelet?
- Oh, yes. It's just lovely.
513
00:46:11,238 --> 00:46:14,275
It's too lovely for you to give to me.
514
00:46:14,491 --> 00:46:17,778
- Did you get it in New Orleans?
- Marshall Field's in Chicago.
515
00:46:17,995 --> 00:46:20,866
A gift of gold is a gift of seriousness.
516
00:46:21,081 --> 00:46:24,416
A gift of gold is for your wife,
Mr Johnson.
517
00:46:24,626 --> 00:46:29,373
Perhaps I should explain about my wife.
My wife is an invalid.
518
00:46:29,590 --> 00:46:35,629
I see her maybe once in a month. She's
in a nursing home near Baton Rouge.
519
00:46:35,846 --> 00:46:40,224
Mr Johnson, I'd love a Coke with
lots of ice in it. Would you be an angel?
520
00:46:40,434 --> 00:46:43,056
Yeah, sure, Alva, sure.
521
00:46:46,106 --> 00:46:49,558
What did you put in the mailbox?
Something for me?
522
00:46:49,776 --> 00:46:53,478
- Or is it none of my business?
- That's right.
523
00:46:55,782 --> 00:47:00,161
Hey...did you ever see a scarecrow
with red hair?
524
00:47:01,622 --> 00:47:03,580
- No.
- Come on.
525
00:47:03,790 --> 00:47:05,914
I travel a lot, too.
526
00:47:19,014 --> 00:47:21,933
- You didn't lie.
- I don't lie.
527
00:47:25,312 --> 00:47:27,353
What is it?
528
00:47:28,482 --> 00:47:34,770
I don't know. I just... Sometimes
I have trouble catching my breath.
529
00:47:34,988 --> 00:47:38,939
Maybe when God breathed life into all
of us, he didn't breathe enough into me.
530
00:47:39,159 --> 00:47:43,324
Or maybe it's running around in the night
without your shoes.
531
00:47:43,538 --> 00:47:49,079
Oh, the ground is warm. Don't you know
there's a fire in the centre of the earth?
532
00:47:49,294 --> 00:47:51,667
It burns for all eternity.
533
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:56,958
And up there it's so cold
it's 100,000 degrees below zero.
534
00:47:59,846 --> 00:48:03,797
Look! There's a falling star!
Quick! Make a wish!
535
00:48:21,034 --> 00:48:25,163
- Aren't you gonna ask what I wished?
- They don't come true if you tell.
536
00:48:25,872 --> 00:48:28,246
Did you make a wish?
537
00:48:28,458 --> 00:48:29,870
No.
538
00:48:31,420 --> 00:48:33,045
Bye-bye to a rare chance.
539
00:48:36,508 --> 00:48:41,467
My papa made him. This used to be
his garden. It's a ghost garden now.
540
00:48:44,057 --> 00:48:49,301
- What...what did he do? Just leave?
- He's gone to find a greener pasture.
541
00:48:49,521 --> 00:48:53,472
Mama says it's a laugh, unless they give
land to the man with the reddest hair.
542
00:48:53,692 --> 00:48:56,694
You ever hear from him?
543
00:48:56,904 --> 00:49:00,404
No. He's coming back, though.
544
00:49:01,617 --> 00:49:05,200
'Cause if he loves us,
he surely will come back.
545
00:49:05,412 --> 00:49:08,081
Supposing he doesn't?
546
00:49:08,290 --> 00:49:14,045
He will. He could be on any train,
with the deed to greener pastures.
547
00:49:14,254 --> 00:49:17,292
Is that what you're waiting for, Alva?
548
00:49:19,593 --> 00:49:22,215
Alva.
549
00:49:22,429 --> 00:49:28,385
Owen, do you know that's the first time
you have used my familiar name?
550
00:49:33,857 --> 00:49:37,559
- Here's your Coke!
- Don't let him know where we are!
551
00:49:37,778 --> 00:49:39,736
- Alva!
- Get down, get down!
552
00:49:39,947 --> 00:49:42,569
Your ice is melting!
553
00:49:42,783 --> 00:49:44,741
Alva, where are you?
554
00:49:48,413 --> 00:49:52,412
- Why not tell him to leave you alone?
- Well, Mama says...
555
00:49:52,626 --> 00:49:55,248
- He's a kind man.
- He's an old man.
556
00:49:55,462 --> 00:49:57,420
We'll be late.
557
00:49:57,631 --> 00:50:02,009
He's a very lonely old man whose wife
isn't well. I hate to hurt his feelings.
558
00:50:02,219 --> 00:50:04,627
- It wouldn't be grateful.
- Or good business.
559
00:50:04,846 --> 00:50:07,136
Where are you?
560
00:50:07,349 --> 00:50:11,395
You are in a cruel, teasing mood
and I don't understand.
561
00:50:11,603 --> 00:50:16,313
I'm talking about thanks and niceness,
common politeness.
562
00:50:16,525 --> 00:50:18,150
Common politeness?
563
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:23,153
That old man, as you call him, happens
to be a gentleman who appreciates me.
564
00:50:23,365 --> 00:50:28,277
Tonight, he gave me a solid gold bracelet
from a very expensive store in Chicago.
565
00:50:28,495 --> 00:50:31,782
What did you give
this kind old man in return?
566
00:50:31,999 --> 00:50:36,792
My company and my kindness!
Those are the bare uninteresting facts.
567
00:50:37,004 --> 00:50:40,872
- It makes him very happy.
- What does it make you?
568
00:50:42,134 --> 00:50:45,718
People thinking I'm beautiful
doesn't mean I'm their property!
569
00:50:46,638 --> 00:50:50,139
If you really thought you were beautiful,
you'd be your own girl.
570
00:50:50,350 --> 00:50:53,305
I am my own girl, Mr Legate.
571
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:57,305
I don't need some smart Alec
to point out the error of my ways!
572
00:50:57,524 --> 00:51:01,475
I go out with him because I want to
and because he treats me like a lady.
573
00:51:01,695 --> 00:51:04,152
- Because your mama tells you to.
- I enjoy it!
574
00:51:04,364 --> 00:51:09,241
I'm not a cat dreaming I'm a man.
That happens to be the truth!
575
00:51:09,453 --> 00:51:13,701
Then why are you hiding
out here in the dark?
576
00:51:14,917 --> 00:51:17,491
Alva, where are you?
577
00:51:22,257 --> 00:51:27,335
There you are. I thought you'd gone on
without me. The ice has melted.
578
00:51:27,554 --> 00:51:31,505
Thank you, Mr Johnson, and thank you
for the solid gold charm bracelet!
579
00:51:31,725 --> 00:51:35,771
- You're gonna keep it?
- I accept your gift with gratitude.
580
00:51:36,605 --> 00:51:40,271
Where are your shoes? What time
was that reservation for, Mr Johnson?
581
00:51:40,484 --> 00:51:43,153
- They've held the table since seven.
- You hear?
582
00:51:43,362 --> 00:51:46,945
They've held your table since seven.
You've got to get ready!
583
00:51:47,157 --> 00:51:49,483
You two'll have a high old time.
584
00:51:49,701 --> 00:51:53,367
All right, Mama.
We'll all have ourselves a high old time.
585
00:51:53,580 --> 00:51:57,579
I'm not getting dressed and going
to the casino. I've changed my mind.
586
00:51:57,793 --> 00:52:02,123
I'm getting undressed and going to the
railroad hole. Who wants to skinny dip?
587
00:52:02,339 --> 00:52:06,124
- Yeah!
- You're probably not coming, right?
588
00:52:06,343 --> 00:52:08,253
No, thank you.
589
00:52:08,470 --> 00:52:12,136
What's the matter?
Scared to take your clothes off?
590
00:52:12,349 --> 00:52:15,885
Owen! I've been waiting to tell you.
I got it wrong before.
591
00:52:16,103 --> 00:52:19,769
- Alva didn't call you no smart Alec.
- The hell I didn't!
592
00:52:19,982 --> 00:52:23,565
- Alva's going... Let's all go!
- You can never tell what she'll do.
593
00:52:23,777 --> 00:52:27,728
It's a good idea, though, ain't it,
Mr Johnson? Come on!
594
00:52:43,005 --> 00:52:46,172
Last one in is a skinny old maid!
595
00:52:48,010 --> 00:52:50,881
Come on, Alva!
596
00:52:51,096 --> 00:52:56,174
Take your clothes off, Mr Johnson.
Come on in. Nobody's gonna look.
597
00:52:56,393 --> 00:52:57,805
Can't swim.
598
00:53:21,668 --> 00:53:27,043
Wish me a rainbow
Wish me a star
599
00:53:28,717 --> 00:53:31,719
Why aren't you with the rest of them?
600
00:53:31,929 --> 00:53:34,218
I'm right where I wanna be.
601
00:53:36,099 --> 00:53:38,058
Well, let me go.
602
00:53:41,521 --> 00:53:46,315
- I know what you want. I know you.
- I'll scream for Mama!
603
00:53:47,361 --> 00:53:49,319
Go ahead.
604
00:54:02,376 --> 00:54:06,873
What's the matter with you?
You saving up for that spotter?
605
00:54:07,089 --> 00:54:11,835
- What are you talking about?
- Your friend, who's here to lay us all off.
606
00:54:12,052 --> 00:54:16,347
- I don't believe you.
- He's got a pocket full of pink slips.
607
00:54:16,557 --> 00:54:20,342
- Are you saving it all up for him?
- That's not true!
608
00:54:20,561 --> 00:54:22,519
Why don't you ask him?
609
00:54:32,155 --> 00:54:36,450
- Willie isn't here.
- You were wrong before, Mr Legate.
610
00:54:36,660 --> 00:54:39,662
What you put in the mailbox
is my business!
611
00:54:40,622 --> 00:54:41,952
Come on in.
612
00:54:42,165 --> 00:54:46,211
You come here lying, flying false colours,
tricking this whole house!
613
00:54:47,337 --> 00:54:52,047
- What is it you think you know?
- I know you! Liar!
614
00:54:52,259 --> 00:54:55,214
- That I'm laying men off?
- For good! No more money coming in!
615
00:54:55,429 --> 00:54:57,387
- There's a depression.
- I hear!
616
00:54:57,598 --> 00:55:01,383
- The railroad's cutting back.
- Don't just blame it on them!
617
00:55:01,602 --> 00:55:05,647
- I don't whip myself. It's not my idea.
- But you do it!
618
00:55:05,856 --> 00:55:10,815
What do you care about lay-offs? Isn't
this what you want? To get out of here?
619
00:55:11,028 --> 00:55:14,563
There are others concerned.
Willie and my mama!
620
00:55:14,781 --> 00:55:18,068
- Your mama can take care of herself.
- That's not your business!
621
00:55:18,285 --> 00:55:23,873
- You must've wanted to tell me off bad.
- I did! You need telling off!
622
00:55:24,082 --> 00:55:27,369
- Anxious to get back now, aren't you?
- Yes, I am!
623
00:55:27,586 --> 00:55:30,292
And I'm going! I meant every word I said!
624
00:55:30,505 --> 00:55:32,665
- False colours? Tricking you?
- Yes! Yes!
625
00:55:32,883 --> 00:55:35,256
- Liar?
- Yes! Yes!
626
00:55:36,887 --> 00:55:38,596
Liar!
627
00:56:18,345 --> 00:56:20,552
You get yours, Sid?
628
00:56:20,764 --> 00:56:22,390
Yeah.
629
00:56:22,599 --> 00:56:24,640
Me, too.
630
00:56:26,645 --> 00:56:29,730
Any idea what
you're gonna do now, boy?
631
00:56:32,734 --> 00:56:35,938
I'll sleep late in the morning.
632
00:56:36,154 --> 00:56:38,314
Sidney? Sidney!
633
00:57:17,905 --> 00:57:20,278
You like your job, mister?
634
00:57:26,955 --> 00:57:30,158
There's a man with a trucking line
out of Mobile.
635
00:57:30,375 --> 00:57:35,038
Anybody that's interested, I could talk
to him. He's taking on some new men.
636
00:57:35,255 --> 00:57:39,669
And in answer to your question,
no, mister, I don't like my job.
637
00:58:00,697 --> 00:58:02,656
Being a fink is thirsty work.
638
00:58:11,875 --> 00:58:14,083
How much, operator?
639
00:58:14,294 --> 00:58:19,503
And I thought he was so swell.
But he is a fink, isn't he?
640
00:58:22,719 --> 00:58:24,713
I don't know, Willie.
641
00:58:27,975 --> 00:58:30,644
I just don't know.
642
00:58:38,569 --> 00:58:41,440
- This the last of it?
- For now. You want some lunch?
643
00:58:42,656 --> 00:58:44,697
Not with you.
644
00:58:47,327 --> 00:58:51,492
All right. We'll finish this this afternoon.
Then I'll be out of here tomorrow.
645
00:59:26,950 --> 00:59:29,786
- Y'all having lunch?
- No.
646
00:59:31,163 --> 00:59:32,575
Fresh air.
647
00:59:36,460 --> 00:59:40,044
- You oughtn't to be here.
- That's what I kept telling myself.
648
00:59:47,387 --> 00:59:50,342
- I don't think those men will like...
- I know.
649
00:59:59,066 --> 01:00:00,691
Hey!
650
01:00:06,448 --> 01:00:10,529
- Ooh! They call this fainting weather.
- What?
651
01:00:10,744 --> 01:00:14,957
When it's heavy and close like this,
only some call it hurricane weather.
652
01:00:15,999 --> 01:00:18,456
You leaving tomorrow?
653
01:00:19,503 --> 01:00:22,458
Why did you come down here today?
654
01:00:24,091 --> 01:00:27,046
I don't know. I just wanted to see you.
655
01:00:28,095 --> 01:00:30,053
- And besides...
- Watch it.
656
01:00:30,264 --> 01:00:32,388
...I've something to show you.
657
01:00:32,599 --> 01:00:35,554
I mean, something special. Just ahead.
658
01:00:37,938 --> 01:00:41,390
- What time are you leaving tomorrow?
- 10.20.
659
01:00:42,609 --> 01:00:45,066
To New Orleans?
660
01:00:45,279 --> 01:00:47,652
That's right.
661
01:00:47,864 --> 01:00:54,746
Hey...is it really true they bury people
above the ground in New Orleans?
662
01:00:56,957 --> 01:00:59,081
If they didn't, the graves would flood.
663
01:01:00,127 --> 01:01:05,086
I suppose the worst part of being buried
underground is being unable to breathe.
664
01:01:07,551 --> 01:01:12,926
I don't suppose you ever had that
feeling...not being able to breathe.
665
01:01:14,725 --> 01:01:16,683
- No.
- How could you?
666
01:01:16,894 --> 01:01:20,180
You've never been stuck any place.
Hey, look!
667
01:01:26,111 --> 01:01:28,069
Come on!
668
01:01:36,163 --> 01:01:39,449
See that star
right underneath the seven?
669
01:01:39,666 --> 01:01:44,709
- That's my papa's signature.
- That's quite a signature.
670
01:01:45,839 --> 01:01:49,375
- Did he paint all of these cars like this?
- Oh, no.
671
01:01:49,593 --> 01:01:53,971
He used to dream pretty big,
my papa, and make big promises.
672
01:01:54,181 --> 01:01:56,637
He never kept them, except once.
673
01:02:01,188 --> 01:02:02,517
Come on.
674
01:02:03,565 --> 01:02:05,523
Come on!
675
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:24,918
All for me.
676
01:02:25,128 --> 01:02:28,166
With a gift card, even, saying:
677
01:02:28,382 --> 01:02:32,083
"Hail, my heart's delight, and farewell."
678
01:02:34,054 --> 01:02:37,506
Sit down. The train'll be leaving soon.
679
01:02:41,186 --> 01:02:44,307
The porter must have known
we were coming
680
01:02:44,523 --> 01:02:47,608
and dusted our seats with talcum,
lilac talcum.
681
01:02:53,240 --> 01:02:57,108
Do you feel bad? About the men, I mean.
682
01:02:58,787 --> 01:03:00,117
No.
683
01:03:01,915 --> 01:03:06,329
- Don't you?
- No. I can't let myself feel bad.
684
01:03:07,629 --> 01:03:11,331
I do this in every city that I go into.
It's my job.
685
01:03:11,550 --> 01:03:14,042
But you do feel bad.
686
01:03:20,767 --> 01:03:25,477
You have to smile on the Honeydew
Express or the wheels won't turn.
687
01:03:25,689 --> 01:03:27,232
Oh! Excuse me.
688
01:03:27,441 --> 01:03:32,483
I think they ought to have some system
to warn ladies when they're pulling out.
689
01:03:36,950 --> 01:03:41,909
What are you looking at?
There's nothing there...only me.
690
01:03:45,334 --> 01:03:49,284
- You don't have to pretend...
- Look how white the sky is!
691
01:03:49,504 --> 01:03:54,962
It's perfectly white. Just as white
as a clean piece of paper.
692
01:03:57,262 --> 01:03:59,719
Listen to the wind.
693
01:04:01,642 --> 01:04:03,968
It scares me.
694
01:04:07,397 --> 01:04:11,811
My papa gave me those.
I never take them off.
695
01:04:12,611 --> 01:04:13,987
Alva, listen...
696
01:04:14,196 --> 01:04:18,859
- When a train goes, know what it says?
- "Bromo-seltzer, bromo-seltzer..."
697
01:04:20,994 --> 01:04:25,456
You are staring straight into my eyes,
which is impolite.
698
01:04:26,124 --> 01:04:28,533
I leave tomorrow, Alva.
699
01:04:29,586 --> 01:04:32,837
"Bromo-seltzer, bromo-seltzer..."
700
01:04:33,048 --> 01:04:34,377
Listen...
701
01:04:34,591 --> 01:04:39,338
Nights at Starr's have little to do
with the days. Meals are included...
702
01:04:39,555 --> 01:04:41,797
- Stop it!
- ...and modern facilities...
703
01:04:42,015 --> 01:04:45,717
Do you know, if you pinch your elbow
you can't even feel it?
704
01:04:45,936 --> 01:04:48,891
Alva, do you understand
what I'm telling you?
705
01:04:50,357 --> 01:04:53,644
Yes, I know. You're leaving.
706
01:04:58,115 --> 01:05:01,401
Alva, the sky is not white, it's blue.
707
01:05:01,618 --> 01:05:05,487
If you pinch your elbow hard enough,
it hurts like hell.
708
01:05:06,540 --> 01:05:10,159
This is not lilac talcum on these seats,
this is dust!
709
01:05:12,004 --> 01:05:16,382
There is no wind in this car.
As a matter of fact, it's hot.
710
01:05:16,592 --> 01:05:19,677
Because this car
has been sitting here for years.
711
01:05:19,887 --> 01:05:22,046
- I don't care.
- Why do you do that?
712
01:05:23,056 --> 01:05:27,719
Why are you so fanciful? Why do you
make everything seem so special?
713
01:05:27,936 --> 01:05:29,313
Because it is.
714
01:05:30,314 --> 01:05:32,023
No.
715
01:05:33,191 --> 01:05:36,608
Well, lots is. You are, what you do...
716
01:05:36,820 --> 01:05:39,489
No. No, I'm not.
717
01:05:39,698 --> 01:05:43,115
My job, it's not always lay-offs,
718
01:05:43,327 --> 01:05:47,242
but it's somehow always the same.
719
01:05:48,373 --> 01:05:51,826
- But you travel.
- Between cities that are the same.
720
01:05:52,878 --> 01:05:56,046
But you live in New Orleans,
on Bourbon Street.
721
01:05:56,256 --> 01:05:59,211
That's your dream. It's not mine.
722
01:06:01,762 --> 01:06:04,336
Then, what is yours?
723
01:06:05,349 --> 01:06:06,760
I have no dream.
724
01:06:08,936 --> 01:06:11,095
How terrible for you.
725
01:06:14,441 --> 01:06:16,316
Maybe.
726
01:06:16,526 --> 01:06:18,983
Are you cold?
727
01:06:19,196 --> 01:06:21,106
No.
728
01:06:22,324 --> 01:06:26,074
No, it's...like the snowstorm.
729
01:06:28,455 --> 01:06:30,034
What?
730
01:06:30,249 --> 01:06:32,954
You know, in the glass ball.
731
01:06:35,045 --> 01:06:40,633
- Well, isn't it almost? It is.
- You're never gonna change.
732
01:06:42,010 --> 01:06:45,630
I don't wanna think about you leaving.
I don't care if it's true.
733
01:06:45,847 --> 01:06:49,099
- But I am. It is true.
- I'd rather pretend you're not leaving.
734
01:06:49,309 --> 01:06:51,267
- But you...
- Please!
735
01:06:51,478 --> 01:06:57,434
Let's pretend, just for tonight,
that you're not leaving.
736
01:07:05,492 --> 01:07:08,909
- Cry-baby.
- But it was so sad.
737
01:07:09,955 --> 01:07:14,250
You know, sometimes when I see
a sad movie, I want to see the end again,
738
01:07:14,459 --> 01:07:17,829
just hoping it'll all come out better
the second time.
739
01:07:18,046 --> 01:07:22,127
No use. No matter how many times
they show it, she dies in the end.
740
01:07:22,342 --> 01:07:25,261
Wouldn't it be wonderful if she didn't?
741
01:07:25,470 --> 01:07:29,220
What if you went to see it again
and the end was totally different?
742
01:07:29,433 --> 01:07:34,345
I mean, like if his folks did like her
and she didn't die.
743
01:07:34,563 --> 01:07:39,522
Yeah, but think how unhappy you'd be,
though. You couldn't cry in the end.
744
01:07:48,911 --> 01:07:52,861
When you get back to New Orleans,
how long will you be there?
745
01:07:53,081 --> 01:07:55,455
Open your mouth.
746
01:07:57,336 --> 01:07:59,294
How long?
747
01:08:02,299 --> 01:08:06,629
Until they send me out again.
A month maybe, a week, couple of days.
748
01:08:11,225 --> 01:08:13,467
- I don't think...
- Well, I...
749
01:08:14,686 --> 01:08:17,641
- Well, I just...
- I didn't really think...
750
01:08:21,235 --> 01:08:23,193
JJ!
751
01:08:23,403 --> 01:08:25,397
What are you doing?
752
01:08:41,421 --> 01:08:45,041
- Stop pulling my hair out!
- Stop it!
753
01:08:45,259 --> 01:08:48,878
- Stop it! You're gonna kill him!
- Get out of here!
754
01:08:50,222 --> 01:08:52,381
Quit it!
755
01:08:55,435 --> 01:08:58,390
I said, quit it! You hear me?
756
01:08:58,605 --> 01:09:01,062
- Stop it!
- Quit it!
757
01:09:02,609 --> 01:09:05,148
- Stop it!
- I said, quit it!
758
01:09:06,780 --> 01:09:08,904
You bastards!
759
01:09:16,290 --> 01:09:18,746
No! I'm fine.
760
01:09:24,631 --> 01:09:26,292
No.
761
01:09:29,428 --> 01:09:31,801
- No!
- Can't you let me help you?
762
01:09:32,014 --> 01:09:33,972
Let me...
763
01:09:57,623 --> 01:09:59,830
- Damn!
- Shhh!
764
01:10:04,379 --> 01:10:06,338
Don't go.
765
01:10:12,638 --> 01:10:16,090
Do you know how far it is
to New Orleans?
766
01:10:17,476 --> 01:10:20,098
It's 247 railroad miles.
767
01:10:21,730 --> 01:10:24,898
That doesn't sound too far, does it?
768
01:10:26,401 --> 01:10:28,858
Hop and a skip.
769
01:10:29,905 --> 01:10:33,156
And a jump over mama.
770
01:10:33,367 --> 01:10:35,656
Mama?
771
01:10:35,869 --> 01:10:38,159
I could go.
772
01:10:39,373 --> 01:10:41,662
I could go.
773
01:10:46,964 --> 01:10:50,001
Still you're here in Dodson.
774
01:10:52,261 --> 01:10:55,678
If you don't believe me,
who in the world will?
775
01:11:02,396 --> 01:11:04,354
You're staring again.
776
01:11:06,066 --> 01:11:08,024
I...
777
01:11:10,237 --> 01:11:12,195
What?
778
01:11:12,406 --> 01:11:14,364
What?
779
01:11:15,659 --> 01:11:17,617
What?
780
01:11:18,662 --> 01:11:20,620
Tell me.
781
01:11:24,543 --> 01:11:26,501
Tell me.
782
01:11:30,132 --> 01:11:32,090
Tell me.
783
01:11:33,427 --> 01:11:35,385
Tell me.
784
01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:57,742
Alva, you in there?
I know you're in there! Open up!
785
01:12:05,167 --> 01:12:11,171
My God! You didn't even have sense
enough to lock the door, you and that rat.
786
01:12:11,381 --> 01:12:13,755
- Where is he?
- At the station.
787
01:12:13,967 --> 01:12:16,210
Thank God.
788
01:12:16,428 --> 01:12:19,928
He's coming back. To say goodbye.
789
01:12:20,140 --> 01:12:23,475
- Where are you going?
- What is it, Mama?
790
01:12:23,685 --> 01:12:28,099
I don't think it's got through to you yet
what's going on around here.
791
01:12:28,315 --> 01:12:33,559
I had a long, serious, satisfying
conversation with Mr Johnson yesterday.
792
01:12:33,779 --> 01:12:37,445
- We are leaving.
- Who's leaving?
793
01:12:37,658 --> 01:12:39,782
You, Willie and me!
794
01:12:40,994 --> 01:12:45,289
We're going to Memphis
and I don't want any worries.
795
01:12:46,500 --> 01:12:49,952
I am in no mood for worries.
796
01:12:51,255 --> 01:12:56,001
We're setting up in Memphis on
a little loan Mr Johnson advanced to us.
797
01:12:56,218 --> 01:12:59,967
You are going and that is final!
798
01:13:00,931 --> 01:13:03,637
I am not going!
799
01:13:03,850 --> 01:13:06,936
Alva! Now, you listen to me!
800
01:13:07,145 --> 01:13:10,598
You been living like a damn princess
while I ran this place!
801
01:13:10,816 --> 01:13:13,771
Did nothing while I took care
of everything!
802
01:13:13,986 --> 01:13:16,774
The boat has docked
and you're gonna show me
803
01:13:16,989 --> 01:13:21,984
that you're not just the spoiled, lazy,
moody princess your papa left me with.
804
01:13:22,202 --> 01:13:26,995
Mama, you can talk and talk,
but I'm not gonna go.
805
01:13:27,207 --> 01:13:33,827
You don't seem to understand me.
Our one chance to survive is this loan.
806
01:13:34,047 --> 01:13:37,916
If we have to stand on our heads
to get it, we'll do it smiling!
807
01:13:38,135 --> 01:13:40,923
- Is that clear?
- Yes, Mama.
808
01:13:42,222 --> 01:13:48,677
If there's one thing I loathe, it's that
innocent virgin look you put on your face!
809
01:13:48,896 --> 01:13:50,936
I'm not going!
810
01:14:05,996 --> 01:14:09,496
And just what the hell
do you think on doing?
811
01:14:09,708 --> 01:14:12,793
I don't know.
I'll get out of here and get a job.
812
01:14:13,003 --> 01:14:15,293
- Not that old stuff again.
- I'm getting out here!
813
01:14:15,505 --> 01:14:19,207
Alva, I am sick to death
of your nonsense!
814
01:14:19,426 --> 01:14:24,089
Let's face facts. For years, I've watched
you fool with every man and boy...
815
01:14:24,306 --> 01:14:27,593
- Mama, please!
- ...who pleased you and I said nothing.
816
01:14:27,809 --> 01:14:31,678
Now, when I ask you to do me
one tiny favour, you play innocent.
817
01:14:31,897 --> 01:14:37,936
- Tiny! What are you saying?
- You are selfish! Selfish, selfish, selfish!
818
01:14:38,153 --> 01:14:43,231
Your papa saw where you were headed.
Think you fooled him? Not for a minute!
819
01:14:43,450 --> 01:14:47,579
- He knew you were selfish and vicious!
- What are you talking about?
820
01:14:47,788 --> 01:14:51,537
He used to say, "She'll turn on you,
leave you and let you down!
821
01:14:51,750 --> 01:14:56,579
"You just wait and see, Hazel.
That ungrateful girl will break your heart!"
822
01:14:56,797 --> 01:15:02,088
- He never said that! He never said that!
- Don't break my heart! Help me, Alva!
823
01:15:02,302 --> 01:15:07,179
What about Willie? If you don't care
about me, what about Willie?
824
01:15:07,391 --> 01:15:11,935
- God, Mama!
- It wouldn't be forever with Mr Johnson.
825
01:15:12,145 --> 01:15:16,808
I am asking you to give him a few short,
tiny weeks out of your life,
826
01:15:17,025 --> 01:15:20,810
till I get the house in Memphis straight
so he can't pull out.
827
01:15:21,029 --> 01:15:24,862
Nobody's gonna know.
Alva, please, look at me!
828
01:15:25,075 --> 01:15:27,365
I am begging you!
829
01:15:27,578 --> 01:15:30,449
Get up, please! Please! Just get up!
830
01:15:30,664 --> 01:15:35,623
Oh, honey, you're not gonna regret it.
I promise you. You're not gonna...
831
01:15:52,352 --> 01:15:54,809
Hey, Owen! Wait a minute!
832
01:15:59,192 --> 01:16:02,645
- Hi, old Willie. What is it?
- You leaving?
833
01:16:02,863 --> 01:16:06,814
Yeah, as soon as I pick up
my bag from the house.
834
01:16:09,661 --> 01:16:11,619
Bye.
835
01:16:13,624 --> 01:16:15,582
Goodbye.
836
01:16:17,878 --> 01:16:21,462
You won't worry about me, will you?
837
01:16:23,425 --> 01:16:26,380
- Some, maybe.
- Okey-doke.
838
01:16:26,595 --> 01:16:29,301
- Okey-doke.
- Bye.
839
01:16:29,514 --> 01:16:31,010
Bye.
840
01:16:44,905 --> 01:16:46,982
Mr Legate.
841
01:16:47,199 --> 01:16:49,821
One way, New Orleans.
842
01:16:55,749 --> 01:16:58,455
Why get a ticket? You got your pass.
843
01:16:58,669 --> 01:17:00,627
That's right.
844
01:17:03,340 --> 01:17:06,176
Sure I do, Sal,
845
01:17:06,385 --> 01:17:09,054
sure I feel bad about it.
846
01:17:10,347 --> 01:17:14,677
You know, Sally, they can lay off
the whole of Dodson for all I care,
847
01:17:14,893 --> 01:17:16,887
including the sheriff.
848
01:17:17,104 --> 01:17:23,902
I swear, I'll never again set foot in a town
with less than 100,000 population.
849
01:17:24,111 --> 01:17:29,817
I got the feeling that I and Memphis
are gonna get along just fine... Who?
850
01:17:34,746 --> 01:17:40,418
Sure Alva's going to Memphis.
She's just wild to go, just like I told you.
851
01:17:40,627 --> 01:17:46,085
Well, of course I'm happy.
And Mr Johnson's happy and JJ's happy.
852
01:17:48,051 --> 01:17:50,923
I think we'll all have ourselves a ball.
853
01:17:51,138 --> 01:17:54,508
Thanks, Sal. I knew you would. See you!
854
01:17:57,895 --> 01:18:00,351
Morning.
855
01:18:24,338 --> 01:18:26,877
- You really are a liar.
- What is it?
856
01:18:27,090 --> 01:18:29,796
- No. No damn games!
- What games?
857
01:18:30,010 --> 01:18:32,632
- You really like to play with it!
- What is it?
858
01:18:32,846 --> 01:18:36,216
- What's happened?
- Ask mama what's happened!
859
01:18:36,433 --> 01:18:40,811
- Telling dreams. It's how you make love.
- What are you talking about?
860
01:18:41,021 --> 01:18:44,391
It's what makes Alva different
than the other tramps!
861
01:18:44,608 --> 01:18:48,559
- Don't...don't say what can't be fixed.
- Let me ask you a question.
862
01:18:48,779 --> 01:18:52,991
How much does a ticket
to New Orleans cost?
863
01:19:00,666 --> 01:19:03,158
Turn it in for one to Memphis.
864
01:19:03,377 --> 01:19:07,506
You wonder about other things, other
ways to live, you wonder and dream,
865
01:19:07,714 --> 01:19:10,384
but you go on doing what you do.
866
01:19:10,592 --> 01:19:15,588
That railroad carriage is enough for you.
That snowstorm. Fake!
867
01:19:17,015 --> 01:19:21,429
But it's enough for you
because you're a fake, Alva!
868
01:19:21,645 --> 01:19:27,435
You're not unique. You're not
even special. You're just...peculiar.
869
01:19:32,489 --> 01:19:37,366
What in hell did I think
was so magical or fanciful...
870
01:19:38,912 --> 01:19:42,365
...about a little whore
who is just a little bit peculiar?
871
01:19:56,263 --> 01:20:00,048
How about a big hand for Odel Otis
and his Kansas City Steaks,
872
01:20:00,267 --> 01:20:05,428
playing for your dancing enjoyment
at the Moonlake Casino.
873
01:20:05,647 --> 01:20:09,480
I used to wonder if I was annoying you
by always asking you out.
874
01:20:09,693 --> 01:20:12,730
Oh, God, no! I love to go out.
875
01:20:12,946 --> 01:20:18,072
Alva, your mama said I'd see a lot of you
in Memphis. You gonna mind?
876
01:20:18,785 --> 01:20:22,238
Why should I mind, Mr Johnson?
That's ridiculous.
877
01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:27,750
Well, you know I'm married, Alva,
but I'm a lonesome man.
878
01:20:27,961 --> 01:20:31,912
It makes me feel good to have someone
so young, so pretty as you around.
879
01:20:32,132 --> 01:20:35,584
- Oh, I know it.
- I don't expect anything lasting.
880
01:20:37,054 --> 01:20:40,009
I could get you a place of your own
in Memphis,
881
01:20:40,224 --> 01:20:44,092
an allowance, so you'd only have to do
what you felt like.
882
01:20:44,311 --> 01:20:48,440
Lawdy, Miss Glawdy!
You two look nice and cosy.
883
01:20:48,649 --> 01:20:53,810
- Is that hard liquor you're drinking, Alva?
- Yeah, that's hard corn liquor, Mama.
884
01:20:54,029 --> 01:20:58,609
- Just about as hard as your heart.
- You certainly are celebrating, honey.
885
01:20:58,825 --> 01:21:02,326
Yeah. Sit down. We'll have a toast
and I'll make it.
886
01:21:02,537 --> 01:21:06,702
- Alva, you are loaded.
- Yeah! I'm loaded like a pistol.
887
01:21:06,917 --> 01:21:10,963
Y'all fill your glasses, hear?
Alva's gonna make a toast.
888
01:21:11,171 --> 01:21:17,507
Now, the occasion of this toast
is the matter of getting out of here!
889
01:21:19,346 --> 01:21:22,681
I'll drink to that!
Memphis, here we come!
890
01:21:23,892 --> 01:21:26,811
- Isn't that funny, Mama?
- What?
891
01:21:27,020 --> 01:21:32,395
I was just thinking maybe I wouldn't get
settled down with you in Memphis at all.
892
01:21:33,610 --> 01:21:39,650
'Cause Mr Johnson here, has just
made me this very attractive proposal.
893
01:21:39,866 --> 01:21:44,695
Well, it's not exactly a proposal, is it,
Mr Johnson? But it's very attractive.
894
01:21:44,913 --> 01:21:49,493
'Cause he's gonna take care of me.
Set me up in my own little apartment.
895
01:21:49,710 --> 01:21:55,666
- Isn't that nice, Mama?
- Behave yourself. You'll make me blush.
896
01:21:55,882 --> 01:21:59,549
- Mr Johnson, shame on you!
- What's the matter, Mama?
897
01:21:59,761 --> 01:22:05,137
Scared if I get away there'll be no more
men around to have a good time with?
898
01:22:05,350 --> 01:22:10,428
- I don't think we wanna talk about that.
- JJ, you sticking around when I'm gone?
899
01:22:10,647 --> 01:22:14,812
You gonna stick around with her
if you don't have me to look at?
900
01:22:15,027 --> 01:22:20,188
She's drunk. Our little arrangement
about the house is what she wants.
901
01:22:20,407 --> 01:22:23,113
She'd tell you if she wasn't drunk. Wait!
902
01:22:23,327 --> 01:22:26,032
- I'll dance with you, JJ.
- You just...
903
01:22:26,246 --> 01:22:31,538
Wanna dance with me?
Or with Mama? Who do you want, JJ?
904
01:22:31,752 --> 01:22:38,005
Who would you rather have?
Tell her who you'd rather dance with, JJ.
905
01:22:38,216 --> 01:22:44,552
- You been feeding her too much booze.
- Tell her how bad you want me, JJ!
906
01:22:44,765 --> 01:22:50,056
Now, you just cut that out!
That fellow Owen's got you all upset.
907
01:22:54,107 --> 01:22:57,228
He was gonna take me away with him.
908
01:22:57,444 --> 01:23:01,657
Oh, Mama, I don't know
what I'm gonna do.
909
01:23:02,783 --> 01:23:05,701
I'll take care of you, Alva.
910
01:23:05,911 --> 01:23:07,869
Oh, shut up!
911
01:23:08,914 --> 01:23:14,870
Mama knows you want me, Mr Johnson,
but she didn't know about JJ, did you?
912
01:23:15,087 --> 01:23:17,958
Do you still want me, JJ? Do you?
913
01:23:18,173 --> 01:23:20,842
What about that fellow Owen?
914
01:23:22,177 --> 01:23:25,132
- He's gone, ain't he, Mama?
- Yeah, he's gone.
915
01:23:25,347 --> 01:23:28,847
He's just gone! He went away.
916
01:23:31,395 --> 01:23:33,803
What do you want?
917
01:23:34,856 --> 01:23:37,645
I wanna go away.
918
01:23:38,860 --> 01:23:40,938
- I'll take you.
- What?
919
01:23:41,989 --> 01:23:44,825
- You mean it?
- I'll take you.
920
01:23:46,118 --> 01:23:49,654
- But, Alva...
- No, that isn't enough.
921
01:23:52,291 --> 01:23:54,913
You gotta marry me, JJ.
922
01:23:58,463 --> 01:24:01,501
- I'll marry you.
- JJ, you crazy?
923
01:24:01,717 --> 01:24:03,675
You shut up.
924
01:24:05,053 --> 01:24:09,966
- I'll marry you, Alva.
- No! I mean right now!
925
01:24:12,644 --> 01:24:14,887
I mean tonight, right now!
926
01:24:16,106 --> 01:24:18,645
Sure, Alva, I'll marry you.
927
01:33:52,933 --> 01:33:56,433
You have that habit...of staring.
928
01:34:20,460 --> 01:34:22,419
I'm sorry.
929
01:34:28,468 --> 01:34:32,763
I missed you, Alva. I didn't know I would.
930
01:34:32,973 --> 01:34:34,599
New Orleans is not a place
931
01:34:34,808 --> 01:34:40,052
where a person needs to feel
the pain of separation for long.
932
01:34:40,272 --> 01:34:43,856
You, Miss Starr, were a missed person.
933
01:34:47,404 --> 01:34:49,362
I was?
934
01:34:51,575 --> 01:34:53,533
Deeply missed.
935
01:35:01,251 --> 01:35:03,209
And you'll stay...
936
01:35:04,254 --> 01:35:06,212
...and you'll stay...
937
01:35:10,010 --> 01:35:13,213
...because of all you give me.
938
01:35:13,430 --> 01:35:15,388
Do I?
939
01:35:17,059 --> 01:35:19,977
Thoughts I never had.
940
01:35:21,188 --> 01:35:23,146
And things...
941
01:35:24,691 --> 01:35:27,018
...such things.
942
01:35:45,379 --> 01:35:48,167
What are you gonna do all day?
943
01:35:48,382 --> 01:35:51,170
Wait for you to come home.
944
01:35:53,554 --> 01:35:55,512
Owen.
945
01:38:00,264 --> 01:38:03,219
I'll have supper ready in just a second.
946
01:38:16,029 --> 01:38:19,150
- They're golden!
- Well, almost.
947
01:38:24,663 --> 01:38:28,614
By the way, my section chief Macferson
told me something of no interest.
948
01:38:28,834 --> 01:38:31,789
What? Even though I'm not interested.
949
01:38:33,547 --> 01:38:38,044
He said that there was a job opening
for some dull young man.
950
01:38:39,011 --> 01:38:42,677
Too bad we don't know any.
Is it a travelling job?
951
01:38:42,890 --> 01:38:45,808
No, no. It's a stay-put job.
952
01:38:47,227 --> 01:38:51,226
- Chicago.
- Well, did he offer it?
953
01:38:52,399 --> 01:38:56,528
- Well, they call it a feeler.
- What did you say?
954
01:38:56,737 --> 01:38:59,489
Well, I said I'd have to ask my wife.
955
01:39:09,791 --> 01:39:11,750
What's the matter?
956
01:39:21,428 --> 01:39:24,300
I am asking my wife.
957
01:39:38,028 --> 01:39:40,152
I thought I saw Willie today.
958
01:39:45,494 --> 01:39:48,282
- Where?
- In the street.
959
01:39:48,872 --> 01:39:55,587
Just a flash. Dumb hair all over her face.
Wearing one of my old dresses.
960
01:39:55,796 --> 01:40:00,672
It was crazy...
It was just another dumb little kid.
961
01:40:02,386 --> 01:40:07,262
- Where do you think Willie is? Dodson?
- She could be anywhere.
962
01:40:07,474 --> 01:40:12,386
- Wherever Mama is.
- Well, I can find out.
963
01:40:12,604 --> 01:40:15,559
I can write to Knopke. He's still on.
964
01:40:20,487 --> 01:40:23,110
We can send for Willie.
965
01:40:24,324 --> 01:40:29,616
We could take her with us to Chicago.
Would that please you, Alva?
966
01:40:31,915 --> 01:40:33,873
Oh, dear!
967
01:40:39,381 --> 01:40:41,838
I'd love to see Willie take Chicago.
968
01:42:18,105 --> 01:42:22,732
- For a girl who's afraid of the thunder...
- Well, I was just passing by.
969
01:42:52,973 --> 01:42:55,761
Come on in, honey.
970
01:42:56,977 --> 01:42:59,979
- Mama!
- Oh, you come right in.
971
01:43:00,188 --> 01:43:05,611
You are soaked to the bone. I hope you
don't mind my making myself at home.
972
01:43:05,819 --> 01:43:09,604
You never did know when to lock up.
973
01:43:10,824 --> 01:43:13,945
Take off that wet coat.
You'll catch your death.
974
01:43:15,662 --> 01:43:20,372
- How did you find us?
- Willie showed me Alva's postcard.
975
01:43:20,584 --> 01:43:23,455
You look cold, too. I made some coffee.
976
01:43:31,511 --> 01:43:34,597
- Please don't tell him!
- Grab me those cups.
977
01:43:34,806 --> 01:43:38,936
- I don't know what he'll do if you tell him.
- I don't know what you mean.
978
01:43:39,144 --> 01:43:41,434
- Please!
- Where's the sugar?
979
01:43:41,647 --> 01:43:44,483
Mama, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
980
01:43:44,691 --> 01:43:50,066
- Believe me I am!
- It's all right, honey. Now we need milk.
981
01:43:50,280 --> 01:43:55,192
Mama, if you tell Owen,
it'll just kill him, I swear it!
982
01:43:55,869 --> 01:43:59,915
You haven't even asked me how
I'm feeling. Don't you care about me?
983
01:44:00,123 --> 01:44:02,497
He wants to marry me.
984
01:44:05,879 --> 01:44:08,087
This coffee's getting cold.
985
01:44:09,675 --> 01:44:11,633
In we go.
986
01:44:16,390 --> 01:44:23,354
Nice little place here, honey.
Did you help him fix it up?
987
01:44:23,564 --> 01:44:29,069
- Did you come here to pour coffee?
- I hear you're thinking of marrying Alva.
988
01:44:30,571 --> 01:44:33,987
- That's right.
- You weren't going to tell me about it?
989
01:44:34,199 --> 01:44:36,868
- It's between Alva and me.
- I thought so.
990
01:44:37,077 --> 01:44:41,372
I had an idea you weren't a man
who'd want his wife's mama helping out.
991
01:44:41,582 --> 01:44:43,540
You got it right.
992
01:44:44,710 --> 01:44:48,210
- How's the coffee?
- It's fine...
993
01:44:48,422 --> 01:44:50,830
...just fine.
994
01:44:51,049 --> 01:44:56,507
You drink it up and put your coat on.
We got things to do, places to go.
995
01:44:56,722 --> 01:44:59,214
- What?
- I'm not licked yet.
996
01:44:59,433 --> 01:45:04,724
Mr Johnson finally turned sour. I've got
one or two schemes up my sleeve.
997
01:45:04,938 --> 01:45:07,644
She's not going anywhere.
998
01:45:09,276 --> 01:45:13,275
- Oh, no?
- No. Not unless it's with me.
999
01:45:15,032 --> 01:45:19,280
You have nothing to say about it.
She's not yours. Didn't you tell him?
1000
01:45:20,329 --> 01:45:23,663
- Get out!
- It must have slipped her mind.
1001
01:45:23,874 --> 01:45:27,742
That little girl's all wrapped up.
She and JJ got married.
1002
01:45:28,962 --> 01:45:33,756
The next morning, she went through
his pockets and rolled him.
1003
01:45:35,719 --> 01:45:38,176
You never quite give up, do you?
1004
01:45:38,388 --> 01:45:40,347
Tell him, Alva!
1005
01:45:49,066 --> 01:45:52,317
- Oh, my God...
- What?
1006
01:45:54,613 --> 01:45:56,607
Oh, my God!
1007
01:45:56,823 --> 01:45:59,612
Alva! Alva!
1008
01:46:43,787 --> 01:46:49,826
Mama ran off with a man named Sam
and they went somewhere in Arkansas.
1009
01:46:51,753 --> 01:46:54,708
Papa, he never did come back.
1010
01:46:56,383 --> 01:46:58,840
You know where Alva is now?
1011
01:46:59,052 --> 01:47:01,924
- New Orleans?
- No.
1012
01:47:02,139 --> 01:47:04,808
- Chicago?
- No.
1013
01:47:05,809 --> 01:47:09,309
- Memphis?
- You'll never guess.
1014
01:47:09,521 --> 01:47:11,681
Where is she, then?
1015
01:47:12,941 --> 01:47:15,860
- She's in the bone orchard.
- What?
1016
01:47:16,069 --> 01:47:20,898
Bone orchard, cemetery, graveyard!
Don't you understand English?
1017
01:47:21,116 --> 01:47:24,782
- That's pretty tough.
- You don't know the half of it, buddy.
1018
01:47:29,541 --> 01:47:36,375
Her lungs got affected. Did you see that
movie at the Delta Brilliant last fall?
1019
01:47:39,635 --> 01:47:42,755
Which is what Alva died of.
Lung affection.
1020
01:47:44,556 --> 01:47:49,350
Only, the way she had it in the movie,
it was very beautiful.
1021
01:47:49,561 --> 01:47:55,850
You know, violins playing, all her lovers
come back in a beautiful scene.
1022
01:47:58,570 --> 01:48:01,193
Wish me a rainbow
1023
01:48:02,783 --> 01:48:05,405
Wish me a star
1024
01:48:08,163 --> 01:48:10,121
I'm going back now.
1025
01:48:13,126 --> 01:48:16,579
I'm gonna live for a long, long time,
1026
01:48:16,797 --> 01:48:18,790
like my sister.
1027
01:48:19,591 --> 01:48:25,346
When my lungs get affected,
I'm gonna die like she did,
1028
01:48:25,556 --> 01:48:30,894
with all my rings and my gold
charm bracelet from Marshall Field's.
1029
01:48:31,103 --> 01:48:34,971
And then, I guess, somebody else'll
inherit all my beaux.
1030
01:48:36,316 --> 01:48:39,235
The sky sure is white.
1031
01:48:40,445 --> 01:48:43,697
- Well, so long.
- So long.
1032
01:48:44,449 --> 01:48:50,370
Wish me a rainbow and wish me a star
1033
01:48:50,581 --> 01:48:56,620
All this you can give me
Wherever you are
1034
01:48:56,837 --> 01:49:03,090
And dreams for my pillow
And stars for my eyes
1035
01:49:03,302 --> 01:49:09,804
And a masquerade ball
Where our love wins first prize
1036
01:49:10,017 --> 01:49:12,853
Wish me red roses
1037
01:49:13,061 --> 01:49:16,229
And yellow balloons
1038
01:49:16,440 --> 01:49:19,311
Black sequins whirling
1039
01:49:19,526 --> 01:49:22,564
To gay dancing tunes
1040
01:49:22,779 --> 01:49:25,734
I want all these treasures
1041
01:49:25,949 --> 01:49:28,488
The most you can give
1042
01:49:28,702 --> 01:49:31,739
So wish me a rainbow
1043
01:49:31,955 --> 01:49:34,910
As long as I live