1 00:02:32,627 --> 00:02:35,528 All right. All right, everybody! 2 00:02:35,630 --> 00:02:38,463 - My daughter needs a pink spot. - Never mind now. 3 00:02:39,133 --> 00:02:40,794 You'll all get a chance. 4 00:02:41,202 --> 00:02:43,329 Herbie. Come here, Herbie. 5 00:02:43,538 --> 00:02:46,098 - We were here first. - The mothers again. 6 00:02:46,174 --> 00:02:47,937 - Forget the mothers. - Get 'em out. 7 00:02:48,009 --> 00:02:51,501 I don't want the mothers in the wings. I don't want 'em in the house! 8 00:02:51,579 --> 00:02:53,274 They're only tryin' to help the kids. 9 00:02:53,347 --> 00:02:55,178 Don't argue with me, Herbie. 10 00:02:55,249 --> 00:02:58,047 Mothers, please, will you get out? Get off stage! 11 00:03:04,592 --> 00:03:07,117 I want you to come forward one at a time. 12 00:03:07,328 --> 00:03:11,196 And now let's have the first wee lad on Uncle Jocko's Kiddie Kapers. 13 00:03:12,233 --> 00:03:15,066 Take 'em each from the top, then cut to the last eight. 14 00:03:15,136 --> 00:03:16,194 All right! 15 00:03:17,104 --> 00:03:21,473 Uncle Jocko presents Clarence and his clarinet. 16 00:03:21,809 --> 00:03:23,071 Go ahead, kid. 17 00:03:25,646 --> 00:03:27,807 Cut to the end! To the end, kiddo! 18 00:03:31,619 --> 00:03:34,713 And who does Uncle Jocko have here? 19 00:03:35,156 --> 00:03:36,646 Baby June and Company. 20 00:03:36,724 --> 00:03:39,249 I'm "and Company." I mean, I assist. 21 00:03:39,794 --> 00:03:43,389 That is until Mama finds out what I do best. She's workin' on it. 22 00:03:44,632 --> 00:03:48,500 You seem like nice kids, but I've only got time for half your routine. 23 00:03:48,569 --> 00:03:50,696 Let's have it fast, forte and off. Okay? 24 00:03:51,939 --> 00:03:53,304 Herbie, come here. 25 00:03:54,809 --> 00:03:56,777 That one's gotta get the contract. 26 00:03:56,844 --> 00:03:58,243 The one with the balloons. 27 00:03:58,312 --> 00:04:00,610 The one that gets it is the one with talent. 28 00:04:01,048 --> 00:04:04,916 - I'm the boss and I pick the cast. - And I'm getting sick of it, George. 29 00:04:06,754 --> 00:04:11,418 Gus, hit this doll with a surprise pink when she does her turn, huh? 30 00:04:12,660 --> 00:04:17,154 And now Uncle Jocko presents Baby June and Company. 31 00:04:21,702 --> 00:04:25,263 "Let me entertain you 32 00:04:25,673 --> 00:04:29,109 "Let me see you smile 33 00:04:29,777 --> 00:04:32,268 "I will do some kicks 34 00:04:33,781 --> 00:04:36,614 "I will do some tricks 35 00:04:37,018 --> 00:04:40,146 "I'll tell you a story 36 00:04:41,455 --> 00:04:42,945 "I'll dance when she's done" 37 00:04:43,024 --> 00:04:44,821 Sing out, Louise! Sing out! 38 00:04:45,126 --> 00:04:46,753 Now quiet. Who said that? 39 00:04:46,928 --> 00:04:49,658 You're behind, Louise. Catch up, dear, catch up. 40 00:04:49,897 --> 00:04:51,387 Hold it! Hold it! 41 00:04:51,465 --> 00:04:53,490 Get off the stage, please! 42 00:04:53,734 --> 00:04:56,532 Didn't I see your sensitive face at the Odd Fellows Hall? 43 00:04:56,771 --> 00:04:57,567 I'm not an Odd Fellow. 44 00:04:57,638 --> 00:05:00,106 - Knight of Pythias. - I'm not a Knight of Pythias. 45 00:05:00,174 --> 00:05:02,108 - Aren't you anything? - I'm an Elk. 46 00:05:02,176 --> 00:05:04,337 I should have known it by your good manners. 47 00:05:04,412 --> 00:05:06,937 My father's an Elk, too. 1853 Seattle, Washington. 48 00:05:07,014 --> 00:05:09,915 I got his tooth here someplace. I'm an Honorable Elk. 49 00:05:09,984 --> 00:05:10,973 Hi, Bill. 50 00:05:11,052 --> 00:05:13,282 Mind holding Chowsie? That's short for Chow Mein. 51 00:05:13,354 --> 00:05:16,790 Mama just loves chow mein. Stop sucking your thumb, Louise. 52 00:05:16,857 --> 00:05:19,917 I just marvel how you can make a performer into an artist. 53 00:05:19,994 --> 00:05:23,794 So you can help my little girls by giving them a nice loud "da-de-da de-da-da." 54 00:05:23,864 --> 00:05:27,163 Mr. Zipser, when my girls do their specialty would you ad-lib it? 55 00:05:27,234 --> 00:05:28,326 - Sure. - Show 'em, girls. 56 00:05:28,402 --> 00:05:30,870 - You're the boss. What do I do? - Get her out! 57 00:05:30,938 --> 00:05:33,668 Mr. Electrical! Would you please spot Baby June? 58 00:05:34,008 --> 00:05:37,444 The one with all the movement. Each movement has a meaning of it's own. 59 00:05:37,511 --> 00:05:40,207 Hit her with something pink. Or would you prefer amber? 60 00:05:40,281 --> 00:05:42,715 I never can make up my mind what color to use. 61 00:05:42,783 --> 00:05:44,774 Decisions, decisions, decisions! 62 00:05:44,986 --> 00:05:46,419 She's ready for the big time. 63 00:05:46,487 --> 00:05:48,921 We'd be there too if we had first-class management. 64 00:05:48,990 --> 00:05:50,082 Big time? 65 00:05:51,225 --> 00:05:53,853 Open time, layoff time, big time. Boy, is she... 66 00:05:53,928 --> 00:05:56,556 Is that so? Don't you laugh. Don't you dare laugh! 67 00:05:56,630 --> 00:05:58,655 Please, let us get on. 68 00:05:58,733 --> 00:06:01,201 - We're not finished. - You are according to me. 69 00:06:01,268 --> 00:06:05,136 'Cause you're playing favorites with Miss Balloon? Louise heard every word. 70 00:06:05,206 --> 00:06:08,471 How dare you let that untalented balloon block up my babies! 71 00:06:08,876 --> 00:06:12,334 I won't leave this stage till she does. Have you no loyalty to the Elks? 72 00:06:12,413 --> 00:06:17,180 - It's not a question of Elks, but of talent. - My girls have the only talent on the stage. 73 00:06:17,284 --> 00:06:21,550 I'll tell that to the editor of the Gazette. Which it so happens, he's an Elk. 74 00:06:21,622 --> 00:06:25,183 I'll also shout out loud the whole audition is bein' fixed because of her. 75 00:06:25,259 --> 00:06:27,193 You get in the wings and wait. 76 00:06:31,432 --> 00:06:32,956 Thank you, Professor. 77 00:06:34,201 --> 00:06:35,600 Thank you, Jocko. 78 00:06:35,669 --> 00:06:37,068 Herbie, come here. 79 00:06:37,605 --> 00:06:39,197 Thank you, Mr. Zipser. 80 00:06:40,207 --> 00:06:43,199 I don't care who she shouts on, we sign the balloon. 81 00:06:50,985 --> 00:06:52,748 You sign, I resign! 82 00:06:53,921 --> 00:06:55,183 Hit it, girls! 83 00:07:05,366 --> 00:07:07,857 Uncle Jocko was a gent. He quit. 84 00:07:08,402 --> 00:07:11,530 And I made the usual arrangements with my wedding rings. 85 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:12,830 Pawned them. 86 00:07:13,007 --> 00:07:18,001 All three of them. And we all started back to Pa's house in Seattle to refinance. 87 00:07:18,479 --> 00:07:22,779 We were like an advancing army on the big time, backfirin' all the way. 88 00:07:23,951 --> 00:07:27,944 Mama, I've been thinking. How come I have three fathers? 89 00:07:28,456 --> 00:07:29,946 Because you're lucky. 90 00:07:30,324 --> 00:07:32,918 Does it have to be this cold, Mama? 91 00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:37,087 Breathe hard on each other, kids, and hold that Thermos up against you. 92 00:07:38,732 --> 00:07:42,964 Why does this pile of junk have to be stopping all the time? 93 00:07:43,137 --> 00:07:45,105 Because it isn't going, Mama. 94 00:07:45,306 --> 00:07:49,140 The trouble's got to be in either the universal joint or the rear end. 95 00:07:49,443 --> 00:07:51,434 Now, now. No dirty talk. 96 00:07:52,012 --> 00:07:54,776 Don't worry. Whatever it is, I'll fix it. 97 00:08:00,721 --> 00:08:02,450 I think something melted. 98 00:08:02,823 --> 00:08:03,949 Look, Mama. 99 00:08:05,993 --> 00:08:07,426 What are we gonna do? 100 00:08:08,596 --> 00:08:10,120 We'll break our jump. 101 00:08:10,664 --> 00:08:12,894 There must be a theater in this hamlet. 102 00:08:13,134 --> 00:08:16,797 We'll get a hitch into town, which means we'll go see one of Mama's brothers. 103 00:08:16,871 --> 00:08:19,465 Have you got brothers in this town, too, Mama? 104 00:08:19,740 --> 00:08:22,607 Practically all men in America are Mama's brothers. 105 00:08:23,944 --> 00:08:25,275 Like your grandpa says: 106 00:08:25,346 --> 00:08:29,248 "You can always tell the size of a man's heart by the button in his lapel." 107 00:08:29,517 --> 00:08:32,384 What would Grandpa say about this automobile, Mama? 108 00:08:32,753 --> 00:08:34,448 He'd ask if it was insured. 109 00:08:34,555 --> 00:08:35,749 It is, isn't it? 110 00:08:36,223 --> 00:08:37,451 Only for fire. 111 00:08:39,927 --> 00:08:41,224 Get everything out. 112 00:08:41,295 --> 00:08:42,557 I smell smoke! 113 00:08:44,765 --> 00:08:49,065 Mr. Willis, don't give me that stuff about what the other salesman used to sell you. 114 00:08:49,136 --> 00:08:52,936 How much of his candy did you sell? Practically zero. He steered you wrong. 115 00:08:53,007 --> 00:08:56,374 You're not on the ball with your patrons selling plain chocolate bars. 116 00:08:56,443 --> 00:08:59,970 It's like women wearing bustles. Now this is an era of flaming youth. 117 00:09:00,047 --> 00:09:03,244 Of flappers, of shifters. It's a world that crunches. 118 00:09:03,684 --> 00:09:06,676 What should you sell? Crunchy Butterfingers. 119 00:09:06,820 --> 00:09:10,950 Crispy Baby Ruths covered with our nourishing milk chocolate, safe for a baby. 120 00:09:11,292 --> 00:09:13,783 I'm gonna put you down for 100 gross, Mr. Willis. 121 00:09:13,928 --> 00:09:16,624 I personally guarantee you'll reorder within a month. 122 00:09:16,697 --> 00:09:19,757 - Ten dozen chocolate bars. - You're cheating yourself. Here. 123 00:09:19,833 --> 00:09:21,232 Ask her what her kids eat. 124 00:09:21,869 --> 00:09:23,268 Butterfingers, so help me. 125 00:09:23,337 --> 00:09:25,635 I speak as a mother. Who'd argue with a mother? 126 00:09:25,739 --> 00:09:28,071 Not me. Twenty dozen assorted. 127 00:09:28,809 --> 00:09:31,903 Are you the woman Buffalo Mr. Beckman called me about? 128 00:09:32,012 --> 00:09:34,242 I certainly am. I came to discuss the act. 129 00:09:34,348 --> 00:09:38,250 - Now, how big is your orchestra? - Three pieces. Piano, cover and stool. 130 00:09:39,053 --> 00:09:41,954 - What kind of act do you do? - It's great. I caught it in LA. 131 00:09:42,022 --> 00:09:44,388 - You two a team? - I've never seen him before. 132 00:09:44,458 --> 00:09:45,755 I speak only as a pro. 133 00:09:45,826 --> 00:09:49,318 Well, sometimes I play an act when I got a weak movie. 134 00:09:50,698 --> 00:09:53,258 Tell you the truth, lady, I got a weak movie. 135 00:09:53,701 --> 00:09:56,795 But this town's very brotherhood-minded Buffalo-wise. 136 00:09:57,571 --> 00:09:59,732 Are you sure you're a lady Buffalo? 137 00:10:01,542 --> 00:10:02,634 Honorary. 138 00:10:05,746 --> 00:10:08,010 - Now we can talk turkey. - Turkey's 60-40. 139 00:10:08,082 --> 00:10:09,071 That's a deal. 140 00:10:09,149 --> 00:10:11,447 She gets the 60, you get the 40. 141 00:10:11,685 --> 00:10:12,743 But no guarantee. 142 00:10:12,820 --> 00:10:15,914 With a town full of Buffaloes, she doesn't need a guarantee. 143 00:10:15,990 --> 00:10:19,426 I don't like it, but I'm stuck with my Buffalo oath. 144 00:10:20,561 --> 00:10:24,429 Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta go to the ladies room and fix the sink. 145 00:10:26,934 --> 00:10:30,631 - Thanks for getting me that 60. - Thanks for getting me this order. 146 00:10:30,738 --> 00:10:32,933 Thanks for saying you caught the act in LA. 147 00:10:33,173 --> 00:10:34,834 I did. Hello, Chowsie. 148 00:10:35,643 --> 00:10:37,008 I was Uncle Jocko. 149 00:10:38,045 --> 00:10:41,208 Uncle Jocko! Well, where's your goggles and tam-o'-shanter? 150 00:10:41,282 --> 00:10:42,874 How come you're sellin' candy? 151 00:10:42,950 --> 00:10:44,884 I quit the profession, thanks to you. 152 00:10:45,252 --> 00:10:45,877 Me? 153 00:10:45,953 --> 00:10:47,648 You triggered it down in LA. 154 00:10:47,721 --> 00:10:51,521 I had this candy bar proposition for a long time and I'm singing like a bird. 155 00:10:51,592 --> 00:10:53,958 I tip the Fedora to you. Name is Herbie Sommers. 156 00:10:54,028 --> 00:10:55,757 Hovick. Rose Hovick. 157 00:10:55,929 --> 00:10:58,796 How come you quit the profession to become a candy butcher? 158 00:10:58,866 --> 00:11:00,766 Because, lady, Rose... 159 00:11:00,834 --> 00:11:02,927 The profession is makin' a buck the hard way. 160 00:11:03,003 --> 00:11:04,698 Not if it's in your blood. 161 00:11:07,474 --> 00:11:11,103 When you say that, you look like a pioneer woman without a frontier. 162 00:11:13,047 --> 00:11:14,309 Is that good or bad? 163 00:11:14,381 --> 00:11:18,477 It's good. You've got what it takes. You won't let the world push you around. 164 00:11:18,719 --> 00:11:21,381 Say, it's that fashionable cocktail hour again, Rose. 165 00:11:21,455 --> 00:11:24,049 I'd like to buy you a small booze and a bite to eat. 166 00:11:24,124 --> 00:11:27,855 Now, there's a local speak which has fair gin but dandy chow mein... 167 00:11:27,928 --> 00:11:30,089 ...if you happen to go in for Chinese food. 168 00:11:30,164 --> 00:11:31,825 Is there any other kind? 169 00:11:38,639 --> 00:11:40,869 Say, you're a regular Irene Castle, Rose. 170 00:11:40,941 --> 00:11:43,739 Everybody in my family is except Louise. 171 00:11:44,111 --> 00:11:46,341 - But you're working on it. - You bet I am. 172 00:11:46,547 --> 00:11:50,449 She must be able to do somethin'. But June is already the show-biz whiz. 173 00:11:50,517 --> 00:11:51,950 She's a worker all right. 174 00:11:52,019 --> 00:11:55,182 I'd like to see her in a big flash act. A lot of scenery. 175 00:11:55,255 --> 00:11:58,986 Maybe six little girls behind her. All brunettes to show off her blondness. 176 00:11:59,059 --> 00:12:02,927 To really show her off, you oughta back her up with boys, like Ziegfeld does. 177 00:12:02,996 --> 00:12:06,363 What does he know about vaudeville? My mind's made up, it'll be girls. 178 00:12:06,433 --> 00:12:08,833 No, you're wrong, Rose, it oughta be boys. 179 00:12:09,169 --> 00:12:11,433 I don't need any advice from a candy butcher. 180 00:12:15,909 --> 00:12:17,001 Check, please. 181 00:12:17,311 --> 00:12:18,972 Herbie, don't get so mad. 182 00:12:19,046 --> 00:12:21,446 I know I need advice. I know I need management. 183 00:12:21,515 --> 00:12:23,881 - I know everybody in the business. - Who? 184 00:12:23,951 --> 00:12:25,919 - Later, boy, later. - Yes, ma'am. 185 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,045 Who don't I know? That's a better question. 186 00:12:29,123 --> 00:12:32,820 In my time, I've met them all: Mr. Albee, Mr. Loew, even Mr. Goldstone. 187 00:12:32,893 --> 00:12:35,384 You know what Mr. Goldstone says when he sees me? 188 00:12:35,696 --> 00:12:36,685 What? 189 00:12:36,764 --> 00:12:38,459 He says, "Hello, Herbie." 190 00:12:41,568 --> 00:12:42,796 Hello, Herbie. 191 00:12:44,671 --> 00:12:45,797 Hello, Rose. 192 00:12:47,007 --> 00:12:48,133 I like you. 193 00:12:49,576 --> 00:12:52,636 You certainly didn't show it when we auditioned for you in LA. 194 00:12:52,713 --> 00:12:55,273 We had so many stage mothers there... 195 00:12:55,349 --> 00:12:58,443 - I hate to see mothers exploiting their kids. - Not me. 196 00:12:58,685 --> 00:13:01,051 I'm a mother first and don't you forget it. 197 00:13:01,121 --> 00:13:04,454 That's why I'm taking the girls back to Seattle to my father's house. 198 00:13:04,525 --> 00:13:08,120 So that June can go to the dentist and Louise can get her tonsils out. 199 00:13:08,362 --> 00:13:11,263 I knew you were a good mother. Wanna know something? 200 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:13,758 I'm crazy for mothers. 201 00:13:14,034 --> 00:13:17,629 Yeah? Anybody who likes mothers so much should have been a father. 202 00:13:17,771 --> 00:13:21,764 I never married. I had five sisters. The ugly one didn't marry until a year ago. 203 00:13:21,875 --> 00:13:23,342 She's pregnant now. 204 00:13:24,745 --> 00:13:26,235 I don't like dirty talk. 205 00:13:30,083 --> 00:13:33,917 - I apologize. - No need to. You're a gent and I like gents. 206 00:13:33,987 --> 00:13:36,217 Does that mean you'd consider marrying again? 207 00:13:36,290 --> 00:13:38,986 Not me. I don't mean for instance, but anybody? 208 00:13:40,027 --> 00:13:44,361 After three husbands it takes a lot o' butter to get you back in the frying pan. 209 00:13:45,265 --> 00:13:46,823 How much butter, Rose? 210 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:51,428 That all depends on who's dishing it out. This time he'd have to be in the profession. 211 00:13:51,505 --> 00:13:54,440 Why? After 20 years of show business... 212 00:13:55,909 --> 00:13:58,707 No, you kind of breathe better in the real world. 213 00:13:59,379 --> 00:14:00,607 - Funny. - What? 214 00:14:01,014 --> 00:14:01,981 Us. 215 00:14:02,850 --> 00:14:04,818 I like you, but I don't want marriage. 216 00:14:04,885 --> 00:14:07,012 You like me. You don't want show business. 217 00:14:08,021 --> 00:14:11,115 That seems to leave you there and me here. 218 00:14:11,792 --> 00:14:14,022 Now that depends on how you look at it. 219 00:14:14,094 --> 00:14:17,325 You look at what we don't have. I look at what we do have. 220 00:14:18,499 --> 00:14:19,659 "Funny 221 00:14:20,267 --> 00:14:23,100 "You're a stranger who's come here 222 00:14:23,470 --> 00:14:26,405 "Come from another town 223 00:14:27,975 --> 00:14:29,135 "Funny 224 00:14:29,643 --> 00:14:32,305 "I'm a stranger myself here 225 00:14:33,180 --> 00:14:35,842 "Small world, isn't it? 226 00:14:37,518 --> 00:14:38,678 "Funny 227 00:14:39,319 --> 00:14:41,787 "You're a man who goes travelling 228 00:14:42,055 --> 00:14:45,252 "Rather than settlin' down 229 00:14:46,660 --> 00:14:47,820 "Funny 230 00:14:48,128 --> 00:14:50,995 "'Cause I love to go travellin' 231 00:14:51,698 --> 00:14:54,360 "Small world, isn't it? 232 00:14:55,769 --> 00:14:59,671 "We have so much in common 233 00:15:00,374 --> 00:15:03,002 "It's a phenomenon 234 00:15:04,778 --> 00:15:08,305 "We could pool our resources 235 00:15:09,016 --> 00:15:11,075 "By joining forces 236 00:15:11,151 --> 00:15:12,914 "From now on 237 00:15:13,820 --> 00:15:14,980 "Lucky 238 00:15:15,889 --> 00:15:18,357 "You're a man who likes children 239 00:15:18,692 --> 00:15:22,184 "That's an important sign 240 00:15:23,564 --> 00:15:24,724 "Lucky 241 00:15:24,865 --> 00:15:27,834 "I'm a woman with children 242 00:15:28,235 --> 00:15:31,227 "Small world, isn't it? 243 00:15:32,739 --> 00:15:36,231 "Funny, isn't it? 244 00:15:37,878 --> 00:15:42,110 "Small and funny 245 00:15:43,283 --> 00:15:46,446 "And fine" 246 00:15:49,122 --> 00:15:51,886 Sometimes it's a real fine world, Rose... 247 00:15:53,260 --> 00:15:54,591 ...like tonight. 248 00:15:55,295 --> 00:15:56,159 Yeah. 249 00:15:56,229 --> 00:15:57,594 But there's tomorrow. 250 00:15:57,664 --> 00:16:02,067 Tomorrow I gotta get those kids on a train and, gee, Herbie, how they hate trains. 251 00:16:02,135 --> 00:16:03,466 Where's your next stop? 252 00:16:03,537 --> 00:16:05,869 I'm goin' back east to Chicago and the home office. 253 00:16:05,939 --> 00:16:07,065 Chicago? 254 00:16:07,174 --> 00:16:10,007 Do you know Mr. Weber of the Weber Theater in Chicago? 255 00:16:10,077 --> 00:16:12,671 He likes kid acts. Maybe you could talk to him. 256 00:16:12,946 --> 00:16:14,140 Be a cinch. 257 00:16:14,314 --> 00:16:18,512 Might also be a cinch for me to drive you and your beautiful family to Seattle. 258 00:16:18,585 --> 00:16:21,577 - I couldn't ask you to go out of your way. - Why not? 259 00:16:21,655 --> 00:16:23,782 Seattle's just a hop, skip and a jump... 260 00:16:23,857 --> 00:16:28,055 I wouldn't mind a hop, skip and a jump, if you'd sit in the front seat with me. 261 00:16:28,128 --> 00:16:30,722 And I like company, especially children. 262 00:16:30,931 --> 00:16:33,092 You like kumquat? Fortune cookies? 263 00:16:35,002 --> 00:16:37,800 - No, I want the check now, though. - Yes, sir. 264 00:16:41,308 --> 00:16:42,775 I have a suggestion. 265 00:16:42,876 --> 00:16:46,607 If you'd like to test my driving, just hop into the old flivver right now. 266 00:16:46,847 --> 00:16:49,179 I'll show you the view from Lookout Mountain. 267 00:16:49,249 --> 00:16:51,683 Sure, Herbie. Just wait'll I get my hat. 268 00:16:52,419 --> 00:16:53,681 And my hatpin. 269 00:16:55,989 --> 00:17:00,358 So everything was comin' up roses. Herbie drove us all the way to Seattle. 270 00:17:00,527 --> 00:17:03,291 It was a pleasure to have a man behind the wheel. 271 00:17:03,664 --> 00:17:06,861 All right, let's face it, it was a pleasure to have a man. 272 00:17:07,334 --> 00:17:10,895 This is the end of the line, Rose. I'll sure be missing you all a lot. 273 00:17:10,971 --> 00:17:14,304 - I owe you money for lunches and stuff. - Mark it on ice. 274 00:17:14,374 --> 00:17:15,363 Grandpa! 275 00:17:15,442 --> 00:17:17,205 - Hello, sweethearts. - Hi, Grandpa. 276 00:17:17,277 --> 00:17:20,474 - I've been worried crazy. - You worry too much, Pa. 277 00:17:20,847 --> 00:17:24,578 I want you to meet Mr. Sommers, a very big gentleman in the candy game. 278 00:17:24,651 --> 00:17:28,246 - Herbie, this is my father. - Pleased to make your acquaintance, sir. 279 00:17:28,321 --> 00:17:29,447 Glad to meet you. 280 00:17:29,523 --> 00:17:31,548 Did the express company deliver our valises? 281 00:17:31,625 --> 00:17:33,684 Yeah, to the station, collect. 282 00:17:34,494 --> 00:17:37,190 Pa was head of the baggage room at the Kings St. Station. 283 00:17:37,264 --> 00:17:39,960 Pa also plays the piano good. Pa could've been a real pro. 284 00:17:40,033 --> 00:17:42,001 You just stop with that show talk. 285 00:17:42,069 --> 00:17:44,799 Guess I'll be shovin'. I'll be seeing ya, Rose. 286 00:17:44,871 --> 00:17:46,031 I'll be seeing ya, Herbie. 287 00:17:46,106 --> 00:17:47,232 I'll be seeing ya, kids. 288 00:17:47,307 --> 00:17:48,797 I'll be seeing ya, Herbie. 289 00:17:49,376 --> 00:17:50,468 I'll be seeing ya. 290 00:17:51,878 --> 00:17:54,847 I'll be seeing ya. More show talk. 291 00:17:55,749 --> 00:17:57,842 - Goodbye, Rose. - So long, Herbie. 292 00:18:19,639 --> 00:18:23,769 "Act opens Weber Theater, Chicago. Split week beginning April 20th. 293 00:18:23,844 --> 00:18:26,904 "$300. Agreement calls for four boys and two girls. 294 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:29,471 "Confirm and rush photos. Kindest personal regards. 295 00:18:29,549 --> 00:18:32,211 "Love, Herbie P.S. Don't forget, four boys." 296 00:18:32,786 --> 00:18:35,949 Four boys. I gotta teach that Herbie not to be so pig-headed. 297 00:18:36,022 --> 00:18:39,321 I think Herbie's right, Ma. Boys would be good in the act. 298 00:18:39,459 --> 00:18:41,256 But they better have talent! 299 00:18:41,561 --> 00:18:43,028 Whose act is this? 300 00:18:43,096 --> 00:18:45,462 We've gotta get some dollars to get to Chicago. 301 00:18:45,532 --> 00:18:47,193 Give me the jewelry, kids. 302 00:18:48,468 --> 00:18:50,595 Mama, do we have to stay in show business? 303 00:18:50,670 --> 00:18:51,762 Hurry up, darling. 304 00:18:51,838 --> 00:18:55,239 Honest, Louise! How are you going to get the boys, Mama? 305 00:18:55,308 --> 00:18:59,244 We'll get 'em. Louise can be a boy. We got that jiggin' kid from Klamath Falls. 306 00:18:59,312 --> 00:19:01,007 Herbie and I'll get the others. 307 00:19:01,815 --> 00:19:04,613 - How're we gonna pay them? - Experience'll be their pay. 308 00:19:04,684 --> 00:19:08,279 If I can hock this stuff, I'll get a down payment for costumes and scenery. 309 00:19:08,355 --> 00:19:10,346 Then we'll squeeze money out of Grandpa... 310 00:19:10,423 --> 00:19:12,914 ...and we're on our way to Chicago and the big time. 311 00:19:12,993 --> 00:19:16,156 I gotta get that Reo I saw for sale for 88 simoleons. 312 00:19:18,265 --> 00:19:19,527 Pa! Oh, Pa! 313 00:19:19,733 --> 00:19:20,722 Yeah? 314 00:19:22,235 --> 00:19:25,295 Maybe you think I don't know you been connivin' behind my back. 315 00:19:25,372 --> 00:19:28,500 I didn't want to tell you till it was sure. We're booked, Pa. 316 00:19:28,575 --> 00:19:31,738 I got almost enough for incidentals. I know you'll put up the rest. 317 00:19:31,812 --> 00:19:32,870 Oh, bunk! 318 00:19:32,946 --> 00:19:35,141 Something wonderful will happen for my girls. 319 00:19:35,215 --> 00:19:36,204 Bunk! 320 00:19:38,585 --> 00:19:40,075 I've had a dream, Pa. 321 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:44,315 Aren't you ashamed of yourself, fooling our kids with those dreams? 322 00:19:44,391 --> 00:19:47,417 They're real dreams and I'll make 'em come real for my kids. 323 00:19:47,494 --> 00:19:49,291 What are you, a crazy woman? 324 00:19:49,596 --> 00:19:52,929 Heaven put you here because it meant for you to stay right here. 325 00:19:52,999 --> 00:19:56,162 Heaven helps those who help themselves. And I need your help, Pa! 326 00:19:56,403 --> 00:19:59,167 You squeezed the last penny out of me you'll ever get! 327 00:19:59,239 --> 00:20:01,207 It's too late for me. It's for my kids! 328 00:20:01,274 --> 00:20:04,141 It's not too late for you to get a husband to support you. 329 00:20:04,644 --> 00:20:07,340 After three husbands, I'm through with marriage. 330 00:20:07,414 --> 00:20:10,406 I want to enjoy myself. I want my girls to enjoy themselves. 331 00:20:10,483 --> 00:20:11,950 And travel like Mama does. 332 00:20:12,018 --> 00:20:15,215 Yeah, and you'll leave them just like your mother left you. 333 00:20:15,322 --> 00:20:19,156 Never! I don't want them to sit their lives away the way I did. 334 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:22,590 And the way you do, with nothing but a calendar to tell you... 335 00:20:22,662 --> 00:20:24,653 ...one day is different from the next. 336 00:20:24,731 --> 00:20:26,096 And that plaque! 337 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:30,568 From your grateful railroad company, to say congratulations. 338 00:20:31,404 --> 00:20:35,135 For 50 years you did the same dull thing every dull day. 339 00:20:35,942 --> 00:20:38,934 That plaque is a great tribute. It's solid gold. 340 00:20:42,582 --> 00:20:43,571 Yeah? 341 00:20:45,752 --> 00:20:47,344 How much could you get for it? 342 00:20:47,420 --> 00:20:48,648 Rose, if you... 343 00:20:48,722 --> 00:20:50,553 What good's it doing hanging there? 344 00:20:50,624 --> 00:20:52,319 That plaque belongs there. 345 00:20:52,425 --> 00:20:56,452 Like you belong home instead of running around the country like a gypsy. 346 00:20:57,631 --> 00:20:59,656 Anybody that stays home is dead. 347 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,500 If I die it won't be from sitting, it'll be from fighting to get up and get out! 348 00:21:05,272 --> 00:21:08,833 "Some people can get a thrill 349 00:21:09,276 --> 00:21:12,905 "Knitting sweaters and sittin' still 350 00:21:13,079 --> 00:21:16,480 "That's okay for some people 351 00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:19,913 "Who don't know they're alive 352 00:21:20,854 --> 00:21:24,187 "Some people can thrive and bloom 353 00:21:24,691 --> 00:21:27,956 "Livin' life in a livin' room 354 00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:31,896 "That's perfect for some people 355 00:21:32,098 --> 00:21:35,124 "Of 105 356 00:21:35,769 --> 00:21:40,729 "But I at least gotta try 357 00:21:42,509 --> 00:21:45,808 "When I think of all the sights That I gotta see yet 358 00:21:45,912 --> 00:21:49,678 "All the places I gotta play All the things that I gotta be yet 359 00:21:49,849 --> 00:21:51,840 "Come on, Papa, what do you say? 360 00:21:51,918 --> 00:21:54,944 "Some people can be content 361 00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:58,783 "Playin' bingo and payin' rent 362 00:21:59,592 --> 00:22:02,993 "That's peachy for some people 363 00:22:03,263 --> 00:22:07,825 "For some humdrum people to be 364 00:22:10,570 --> 00:22:14,233 "But some people ain't me! 365 00:22:17,210 --> 00:22:20,509 "I had a dream 366 00:22:21,181 --> 00:22:24,912 "A wonderful dream, Papa 367 00:22:25,485 --> 00:22:29,683 "All about June and the Orpheum Circuit Give me a chance and I know I can work it 368 00:22:29,756 --> 00:22:32,554 "I had a dream 369 00:22:33,793 --> 00:22:36,785 "Just as real as can be, Papa 370 00:22:37,897 --> 00:22:40,695 "There I was in Mr. Orpheum's office 371 00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:45,966 "And he was saying to me, 'Rose 372 00:22:46,206 --> 00:22:50,233 "'Get yourself some new orchestrations New routines and red velvet curtains 373 00:22:50,310 --> 00:22:54,246 "'Get a feathered hat for the baby Photographs in front of the theater 374 00:22:54,381 --> 00:22:58,545 "'Get an agent and in jig time You'll be bein' booked in the big time! ' 375 00:22:58,618 --> 00:23:01,416 "Oh, what a dream 376 00:23:02,355 --> 00:23:05,882 "A wonderful dream, Papa 377 00:23:06,459 --> 00:23:08,359 "And all that I need 378 00:23:08,495 --> 00:23:11,828 "Is 88 bucks, Papa 379 00:23:12,665 --> 00:23:15,862 "That's what he said, Papa 380 00:23:16,136 --> 00:23:18,104 "Only 88 bucks" 381 00:23:21,408 --> 00:23:23,968 You ain't gettin' eight cents from me, Rose. 382 00:23:24,911 --> 00:23:29,245 I'll get it someplace else then. But I'll get it and I'll get my kids out! 383 00:23:32,118 --> 00:23:37,112 "Goodbye to blueberry pie 384 00:23:38,825 --> 00:23:42,226 "Good riddance to all the socials I had to go to 385 00:23:42,295 --> 00:23:45,890 "All the lodges I had to play All the Shriners I said hello to 386 00:23:46,166 --> 00:23:48,100 "Hey, New York, I'm comin' your way 387 00:23:48,168 --> 00:23:51,331 "Some people sit on their butts 388 00:23:51,971 --> 00:23:54,940 "Got the dream, yeah, but not the guts 389 00:23:55,809 --> 00:23:59,267 "That's livin' for some people 390 00:23:59,412 --> 00:24:04,406 "For some humdrum people I suppose 391 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,582 "Well, they can stay and rot! 392 00:24:16,329 --> 00:24:19,298 "But not Rose!" 393 00:24:24,804 --> 00:24:28,001 We blew into the Windy City to break in our new flash act. 394 00:24:28,508 --> 00:24:31,477 Herbie, makin' out like Uncle Jocko, got us the boys. 395 00:24:31,644 --> 00:24:34,511 The only thing that bugged me was our spot on the bill... 396 00:24:34,581 --> 00:24:37,049 ...following some unknown stand-up comic. 397 00:24:41,254 --> 00:24:45,156 My girl is so dumb she was fired from the five-and-ten cents store... 398 00:24:45,425 --> 00:24:47,950 ...because she couldn't remember the prices. 399 00:24:50,263 --> 00:24:53,960 And her uncle, she's got an uncle, I won't say that he... 400 00:24:54,134 --> 00:24:58,594 ...he drank too much you see, but two years after he died... 401 00:24:58,905 --> 00:25:01,169 ...his liver won a Charleston contest. 402 00:25:06,379 --> 00:25:08,040 How about that one, huh? 403 00:25:08,748 --> 00:25:11,911 Well, listen, I can't go any bigger than that. 404 00:25:12,252 --> 00:25:14,914 So good night, folks. I'll be seeing you soon. 405 00:25:21,594 --> 00:25:24,757 Well, let's see your kids follow that. 406 00:25:26,866 --> 00:25:27,992 What a ham! 407 00:25:28,234 --> 00:25:31,032 Yeah. He'll never get anyplace. 408 00:25:40,647 --> 00:25:41,978 "Extra, extra! 409 00:25:42,048 --> 00:25:45,643 "Hey, look at the headlines Historical news is being made 410 00:25:46,853 --> 00:25:48,184 "Extra, extra! 411 00:25:48,254 --> 00:25:51,883 "They're drawing a red line Around the biggest scoop of the decade 412 00:25:53,226 --> 00:25:55,751 "A barrel o' charm A fabulous thrill 413 00:25:56,196 --> 00:25:59,029 "The biggest little headline in vaudeville 414 00:25:59,799 --> 00:26:02,529 "Presenting in person 415 00:26:03,203 --> 00:26:06,036 "That 3-foot-3 bundle of dynamite 416 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:08,703 "Baby June!" 417 00:26:16,749 --> 00:26:19,582 Hello, everybody. My name is June. 418 00:26:20,053 --> 00:26:22,146 What's yours? 419 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:29,624 "Let me entertain you 420 00:26:29,696 --> 00:26:31,823 "Let me make you smile 421 00:26:31,931 --> 00:26:34,491 "Let me do a few tricks Some old and some new tricks 422 00:26:34,567 --> 00:26:37,058 "I'm very versatile 423 00:26:37,136 --> 00:26:39,604 "And if you're real good I'll make you feel good 424 00:26:39,806 --> 00:26:41,671 "I want your spirits to climb 425 00:26:41,774 --> 00:26:43,935 "So let me entertain you 426 00:26:44,244 --> 00:26:46,769 "And we'll have a real good time Yes, sir 427 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,481 "We'll have a real good time" 428 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,815 Mr. Conductor, if you please. 429 00:28:52,772 --> 00:28:55,332 Was I right about June or was I right? 430 00:28:55,508 --> 00:28:58,875 In the next couple of years she killed the people on the big time. 431 00:28:58,945 --> 00:29:02,278 We were Dainty June now and we headlined the Orpheum Circuit. 432 00:29:27,340 --> 00:29:29,331 Boy, was I ever happy. 433 00:29:29,609 --> 00:29:31,600 My dream was in high gear. 434 00:29:32,078 --> 00:29:34,740 But after a while the booking offices were in low. 435 00:29:34,814 --> 00:29:38,841 Instead of 52 weeks solid, the next year we signed for only 44. 436 00:29:39,051 --> 00:29:42,714 And the following season, we laid off as much as we played. 437 00:29:42,955 --> 00:29:44,820 But we worked more than most. 438 00:29:44,891 --> 00:29:47,485 Like this split week Herbie booked in Newark. 439 00:29:47,727 --> 00:29:52,858 Newark is in New Jersey and New Jersey is only one big deep breath from New York. 440 00:29:53,533 --> 00:29:56,161 And in New York was Grantziger's Tivoli. 441 00:29:56,569 --> 00:29:59,197 And that was my real big dream. 442 00:30:00,239 --> 00:30:03,538 But did you ever notice something's always wakin'you up? 443 00:30:07,947 --> 00:30:10,541 It ain't even noon yet. Turn it off. 444 00:30:12,151 --> 00:30:13,140 Please! 445 00:30:13,219 --> 00:30:14,618 Turn it off, Plug. 446 00:30:14,987 --> 00:30:16,579 Was that the alarm? 447 00:30:17,156 --> 00:30:19,624 No, it was Major Bowes and you just got the gong. 448 00:30:37,510 --> 00:30:38,738 Surprise! 449 00:30:39,645 --> 00:30:41,203 Happy birthday, Louise. 450 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:42,713 Happy birthday, Louise. 451 00:30:42,782 --> 00:30:45,273 Wild Indians. Wild Indians, that's what you are. 452 00:30:45,351 --> 00:30:46,818 Happy birthday, darling. 453 00:30:46,886 --> 00:30:49,013 - Come on, make a wish. - Yeah. 454 00:30:50,189 --> 00:30:51,315 Oh, I wish... 455 00:30:52,325 --> 00:30:54,190 Oh, Mama, I wish... 456 00:30:54,293 --> 00:30:56,693 That greedy monkey ate a piece out of the cake. 457 00:30:56,762 --> 00:30:58,787 Bad, Gigolo. Bad, bad, bad. 458 00:30:59,198 --> 00:31:01,063 Blow out the candles, Louise. 459 00:31:03,102 --> 00:31:05,593 Say, that'd make a good coat. 460 00:31:06,572 --> 00:31:08,733 There's only ten candles on this cake. 461 00:31:08,808 --> 00:31:11,208 What do you care? You're not eating candles. 462 00:31:11,277 --> 00:31:14,838 Yeah, but she only had ten candles last year and the year before that. 463 00:31:14,914 --> 00:31:17,644 Come to think of it, she's had ten candles for the last... 464 00:31:17,717 --> 00:31:19,048 Stop right there. 465 00:31:19,118 --> 00:31:21,780 As long as we have this act, nobody is over 12. 466 00:31:22,255 --> 00:31:24,553 And you all know it. Except me, of course. 467 00:31:24,624 --> 00:31:28,287 You can give Louise her presents while I see if the chow mein is warmed up. 468 00:31:28,361 --> 00:31:29,555 Chow mein? 469 00:31:30,730 --> 00:31:31,958 It's my birthday. 470 00:31:32,331 --> 00:31:34,265 But chow mein for breakfast? 471 00:31:35,201 --> 00:31:37,692 Why not? There's an egg roll, isn't there? 472 00:31:39,739 --> 00:31:43,835 If your mother paid us a salary, we could've all bought you presents. 473 00:31:43,943 --> 00:31:47,071 But it's more fun to clip from the five-and-dime anyway. 474 00:31:48,247 --> 00:31:50,613 It's a catcher's mitt and a big league baseball. 475 00:31:51,817 --> 00:31:53,478 Gee, thanks, Yonkers. 476 00:31:53,986 --> 00:31:55,954 I clipped a bowl of goldfish... 477 00:31:56,022 --> 00:31:58,786 ...but they caught me, so I drew a fish instead. 478 00:32:00,126 --> 00:32:01,957 It's beautiful. 479 00:32:02,194 --> 00:32:03,388 Here, Louise. 480 00:32:03,896 --> 00:32:04,954 Oh, June. 481 00:32:06,198 --> 00:32:08,291 You shouldn't have done that. 482 00:32:08,834 --> 00:32:10,597 Gee, what a beautiful box. 483 00:32:13,573 --> 00:32:15,370 Oh, it's lined in velvet. 484 00:32:15,942 --> 00:32:18,342 Sure, it's for diamonds and like that... 485 00:32:18,644 --> 00:32:21,511 ...because someday, who knows, you might get some. 486 00:32:23,215 --> 00:32:25,649 It's beautiful. Thank you. 487 00:32:26,452 --> 00:32:29,910 Here, I should've wrapped it. It's a chicken and it plays music. 488 00:32:35,194 --> 00:32:37,458 You don't have to wrap a music box, Tulsa. 489 00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:39,627 Well, happy birthday, Plug. 490 00:32:39,865 --> 00:32:43,062 Happy birthday, Tulsa. I mean, you're welcome. 491 00:32:44,103 --> 00:32:48,631 All right, only one egg roll apiece. I counted them. No more. 492 00:32:48,874 --> 00:32:51,468 Take it easy. Don't claw each other to death. 493 00:32:51,711 --> 00:32:53,941 Now, I wanna tell you about a dream I had. 494 00:32:54,013 --> 00:32:56,538 It's really in your honor, comin' on your birthday. 495 00:32:56,616 --> 00:32:59,141 Baby, you'll love it. You all will. 496 00:32:59,518 --> 00:33:01,645 Children, it's a new act. 497 00:33:02,455 --> 00:33:04,286 That ain't a dream, it's a miracle. 498 00:33:04,890 --> 00:33:08,326 In this act I saw June singing a song in like a barnyard. 499 00:33:08,861 --> 00:33:09,987 And then... 500 00:33:10,896 --> 00:33:12,454 ...a cow came onstage. 501 00:33:12,531 --> 00:33:13,429 A cow? 502 00:33:13,499 --> 00:33:14,989 That's pretty sophisticated. 503 00:33:15,067 --> 00:33:18,628 Not a real cow. Sort of a dancin' cow, with a great big smile. 504 00:33:19,505 --> 00:33:20,665 That cow... 505 00:33:21,073 --> 00:33:24,634 That cow leaned right over my bed and spoke to me. 506 00:33:24,910 --> 00:33:26,207 What did the cow say? 507 00:33:26,278 --> 00:33:27,438 Mrs. Hovick! 508 00:33:27,513 --> 00:33:31,472 I am not cooking in here, Mr. Kringelein. That cow, in front of... 509 00:33:31,550 --> 00:33:35,042 - Open up this door! - I'm dressing. That cow... 510 00:33:35,221 --> 00:33:36,210 Mrs. Hovick! 511 00:33:36,288 --> 00:33:39,655 I'll call you tomorrow when I'm finished. Now about that cow. 512 00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:41,215 Mrs. Hovick! 513 00:33:41,293 --> 00:33:44,626 That dear, talented cow looked me right in the eye and said: 514 00:33:45,431 --> 00:33:49,094 "Rose, if you want to get back on the Orpheum Circuit... 515 00:33:49,568 --> 00:33:51,399 "...you put me in your act." 516 00:33:52,471 --> 00:33:54,098 You know what I'm gonna do? 517 00:33:54,173 --> 00:33:56,607 You're gonna pay that talented cow and not us. 518 00:33:56,742 --> 00:33:59,336 I'm not payin' anybody but I'm takin' that cow's advice. 519 00:33:59,412 --> 00:34:03,143 I'm gonna call the new act, "Dainty June and Her Farm Boys." 520 00:34:03,382 --> 00:34:06,215 I'll put the cow in the act, and Chowsie and the monkey. 521 00:34:06,285 --> 00:34:09,982 Everybody works. Let me tell you this: Kids, this is real big time. 522 00:34:10,056 --> 00:34:11,887 I really had an inspiration. 523 00:34:13,926 --> 00:34:15,484 No cooking, Mrs. Hovick. 524 00:34:15,561 --> 00:34:18,792 The very idea of entering a woman's boudoir without knocking! 525 00:34:18,864 --> 00:34:20,092 Where's your hot plate? 526 00:34:20,166 --> 00:34:24,227 - Where's your search warrant? - In all my years running a theatrical hotel... 527 00:34:24,303 --> 00:34:27,864 Leave, or your name'll be mud throughout the entire theatrical profession. 528 00:34:27,940 --> 00:34:30,340 You know the rules. No cooking. 529 00:34:30,509 --> 00:34:32,636 No sterno stoves. No percolators. 530 00:34:32,778 --> 00:34:35,770 No electric irons turned upside down. No dogs and no... 531 00:34:40,686 --> 00:34:45,248 Happy birthday, darling. This is Herbie's birthday present to you. 532 00:34:45,524 --> 00:34:47,151 Why, it's a damned zoo. 533 00:34:48,060 --> 00:34:51,496 Profanity in front of my babies. June, get the Bible. Get the Bible. 534 00:34:51,564 --> 00:34:54,931 I'll report you to the Board of Health, and my friends. Hello, Gladys. 535 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,730 You can just pack up this menagerie and get out of here! 536 00:34:57,803 --> 00:35:00,601 You'll have to throw us out, you heartless animal hater. 537 00:35:00,673 --> 00:35:03,608 - Send for the SPCA. - Send for the police. 538 00:35:03,709 --> 00:35:07,509 Why, I rented this producer's suite to one adult and three children! 539 00:35:07,580 --> 00:35:11,243 Now I see one adult and one, two, three, four... 540 00:35:11,350 --> 00:35:14,683 You counted him twice. It's a simple birthday party for my child. 541 00:35:14,754 --> 00:35:16,915 One, two, three, four... 542 00:35:17,356 --> 00:35:18,584 Stand still! 543 00:35:19,925 --> 00:35:22,689 I'd offer you some chow mein, but there's only one egg roll. 544 00:35:22,762 --> 00:35:25,595 One, two, three, four, five... 545 00:35:26,465 --> 00:35:28,626 How many people are sleeping in these rooms? 546 00:35:28,701 --> 00:35:30,566 - What rooms? - This room, madam. 547 00:35:30,636 --> 00:35:32,570 Why there isn't a soul in this room. 548 00:35:33,005 --> 00:35:35,974 - Now, you know what I mean. - Except you and me, honey. 549 00:35:36,675 --> 00:35:38,836 Mr. Kringelein, what are you tryin' to do? 550 00:35:38,911 --> 00:35:40,811 Stop! Help! Help! 551 00:35:41,113 --> 00:35:43,172 Mr. Kringelein, stop! Help! 552 00:35:45,217 --> 00:35:48,015 - Oh, my babies! - Mama! 553 00:35:51,190 --> 00:35:53,488 A peeping tom. A monster. 554 00:35:53,692 --> 00:35:55,956 Oh, my babies! My babies! 555 00:35:56,028 --> 00:35:57,222 Get her some water. 556 00:35:57,296 --> 00:35:59,821 Gladys, a simple little birthday party. 557 00:36:00,032 --> 00:36:02,865 Chow mein. A tiny little cake. 558 00:36:03,002 --> 00:36:05,470 Thank you, darling. Can you imagine? 559 00:36:05,938 --> 00:36:07,997 These dangerous middle-aged men. 560 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:11,209 You never know what sort of beasts and brutes you'll meet... 561 00:36:11,277 --> 00:36:12,574 Rose, what happened? 562 00:36:12,645 --> 00:36:14,704 Mr. Kringelein, the hotel manager, tried to... 563 00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:15,712 Again? 564 00:36:15,781 --> 00:36:19,774 I had to do something, Herbie. And don't you dare apologize to him. 565 00:36:20,986 --> 00:36:23,113 I hope it didn't spoil Louise's birthday. 566 00:36:23,189 --> 00:36:25,180 Why should it? Thank you, everyone. 567 00:36:25,257 --> 00:36:28,192 - Back to your rooms now. - Yes, thank you. Thank you. 568 00:36:28,928 --> 00:36:29,917 You, too. 569 00:36:30,830 --> 00:36:31,819 No. 570 00:36:32,698 --> 00:36:34,188 Rose, this is Mr. Goldstone. 571 00:36:34,266 --> 00:36:37,258 Mr. Goldstone, the child has a birthday once a year. 572 00:36:37,336 --> 00:36:39,566 We have a small party, a tiny little cake... 573 00:36:39,638 --> 00:36:41,731 The act is booked at the Tivoli Theater. 574 00:36:41,807 --> 00:36:44,173 ...fried rice and subgum chow... 575 00:36:44,677 --> 00:36:46,838 Mr. Goldstone puts on the Grantziger shows. 576 00:36:46,912 --> 00:36:48,675 He practically has the last word. 577 00:36:48,747 --> 00:36:51,113 We just have to show the act to Mr. Grantziger. 578 00:36:51,183 --> 00:36:53,413 Mr. Goldstone says that's a cinch. 579 00:36:57,189 --> 00:37:00,989 "Have an egg roll, Mr. Goldstone 580 00:37:01,293 --> 00:37:03,227 "Have a napkin Have a chopstick 581 00:37:03,429 --> 00:37:04,623 "Have a chair 582 00:37:05,097 --> 00:37:08,589 "Have a sparerib, Mr. Goldstone 583 00:37:08,834 --> 00:37:11,701 "Any sparerib that I can spare I'd be glad to share 584 00:37:12,371 --> 00:37:14,305 "Have a dish Have a fork 585 00:37:14,373 --> 00:37:16,136 "Have a fish Have a pork 586 00:37:16,242 --> 00:37:19,109 "Put your feet up, feel at home 587 00:37:19,778 --> 00:37:21,507 "Have a smoke Have a Coke 588 00:37:21,747 --> 00:37:26,275 "Would you like to hear a joke? I'll have June recite a poem 589 00:37:27,052 --> 00:37:30,613 "Have a lichee, Mr. Goldstone 590 00:37:30,856 --> 00:37:33,586 "Tell me any little thing that I can do 591 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,996 "A ginger peachy, Mr. Goldstone 592 00:37:38,063 --> 00:37:41,089 "Have a kumquat, have two 593 00:37:42,134 --> 00:37:45,535 "Everybody give a cheer Santa Claus is sittin' here 594 00:37:45,604 --> 00:37:49,938 "Mr. Goldstone, I love you 595 00:38:00,152 --> 00:38:02,279 "Have a Goldstone, Mr. Egg Roll 596 00:38:02,454 --> 00:38:04,786 "Tell me any little thing that I can do 597 00:38:04,857 --> 00:38:07,155 "Have some fried rice, Mr. Soy Sauce 598 00:38:07,326 --> 00:38:09,191 "Have a cookie Have a few 599 00:38:09,995 --> 00:38:12,463 "What's the matter, Mr. G? Have another pot of tea 600 00:38:12,531 --> 00:38:16,058 "Mr. Goldstone, I love you 601 00:38:17,536 --> 00:38:20,903 "There are good stones And bad stones 602 00:38:20,973 --> 00:38:23,635 "And curbstones and Gladstones 603 00:38:24,143 --> 00:38:27,476 "And touchstones And such stones as them 604 00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:29,441 "Such as them 605 00:38:30,416 --> 00:38:33,613 "There are big stones And small stones 606 00:38:33,919 --> 00:38:37,184 "And grindstones and gallstones 607 00:38:37,623 --> 00:38:40,717 "But Goldstone is a gem 608 00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:45,221 "There are milestones There are millstones 609 00:38:45,431 --> 00:38:47,399 "There's a cherry There's a yellow 610 00:38:47,466 --> 00:38:48,763 "There's a blue 611 00:38:49,601 --> 00:38:52,832 "But we don't want any old stone 612 00:38:53,005 --> 00:38:56,031 "Only Goldstone will do 613 00:38:57,209 --> 00:39:00,337 "Moonstone, sunstone We all scream for one stone 614 00:39:00,579 --> 00:39:02,046 "Mervyn Goldstone 615 00:39:02,114 --> 00:39:06,244 "We love you 616 00:39:09,922 --> 00:39:11,082 "Goldstone!" 617 00:39:25,104 --> 00:39:30,007 "Little lamb, little lamb 618 00:39:31,710 --> 00:39:36,374 "My birthday is here at last 619 00:39:38,317 --> 00:39:43,277 "Little lamb, little lamb 620 00:39:44,890 --> 00:39:49,827 "A birthday goes by so fast 621 00:39:51,797 --> 00:39:56,734 "Little bear, little bear 622 00:39:58,370 --> 00:40:03,137 "You sit on my right, right there 623 00:40:05,110 --> 00:40:09,547 "Little hen, little hen 624 00:40:11,650 --> 00:40:16,644 "What games should we play and when? 625 00:40:18,590 --> 00:40:23,323 "Little cat, little cat 626 00:40:25,230 --> 00:40:29,792 "Oh, why do you look so blue? 627 00:40:32,037 --> 00:40:37,031 "Did somebody paint you like that? 628 00:40:39,011 --> 00:40:44,005 "Or is it your birthday, too? 629 00:40:47,319 --> 00:40:52,120 "Little fish, little fish 630 00:40:54,693 --> 00:40:59,130 "Do you think I'll get my wish? 631 00:41:01,467 --> 00:41:06,268 "Little lamb, little lamb 632 00:41:08,474 --> 00:41:13,343 "I wonder how old I am 633 00:41:16,048 --> 00:41:21,042 "I wonder how old I am 634 00:41:24,756 --> 00:41:28,214 "Little lamb" 635 00:41:35,033 --> 00:41:37,194 The won ton soup is better in San Francisco. 636 00:41:37,269 --> 00:41:39,430 The fu yung has more egg in it in St. Louis. 637 00:41:39,505 --> 00:41:41,132 But I will say New York City... 638 00:41:41,206 --> 00:41:44,573 ...has got the best doggone, subgum chicken chow mein I ever tasted. 639 00:41:44,643 --> 00:41:47,476 The onions are chopped good and fine. Hand me that plate. 640 00:41:47,546 --> 00:41:48,638 Mother! 641 00:41:48,714 --> 00:41:52,241 We're payin' for it, aren't we? You'll get an ulcer like Herbie. 642 00:41:52,718 --> 00:41:54,913 Besides, what the dogs don't eat, we will. 643 00:41:54,987 --> 00:41:58,855 Did it ever occur to you there might be someone who doesn't like Chinese food? 644 00:41:58,957 --> 00:42:01,755 Don't be silly! Who? You like it, don't you, Herbie? 645 00:42:01,827 --> 00:42:03,317 Of course, I love it. 646 00:42:03,395 --> 00:42:04,692 - Did she? - Yes. 647 00:42:04,763 --> 00:42:06,594 That's a healthy-wealthy lady-wady. 648 00:42:06,665 --> 00:42:07,689 Oh, Lord! 649 00:42:07,766 --> 00:42:09,961 Herbie's angry. He's chain-smoking. 650 00:42:10,135 --> 00:42:14,196 Herbie's never angry. It's bad for his ulcer. Come on now, girls, beddy-bye. 651 00:42:14,273 --> 00:42:15,638 But it's so early. 652 00:42:15,741 --> 00:42:20,303 Baby, tomorrow you're gonna audition for Mr. T.T. Grantziger and his Tivoli Theater. 653 00:42:20,445 --> 00:42:21,969 You gotta look young. 654 00:42:22,147 --> 00:42:23,307 Can I wear a dress? 655 00:42:23,382 --> 00:42:25,680 A dress'd make you look old, and you don't own one. 656 00:42:25,751 --> 00:42:28,276 - Good night, Uncle Herbie. - Good night, June. 657 00:42:30,355 --> 00:42:32,721 - Good night, Louise. - Good night, Herbie. 658 00:42:33,992 --> 00:42:36,256 I'll cold cream their faces and be right back. 659 00:42:36,328 --> 00:42:38,353 The hotel is just two doors away. 660 00:42:38,430 --> 00:42:41,866 Honestly, the way you behave with those girls. Rose! 661 00:42:42,167 --> 00:42:45,534 We need silverware for when we set up housekeepin' on Riverside Drive. 662 00:42:45,604 --> 00:42:49,665 You're so high and mighty with a suite at the Astor and you still steal the cutlery. 663 00:42:49,741 --> 00:42:51,675 You gotta grasp every opportunity. 664 00:42:51,743 --> 00:42:54,803 Herbie, how long is it gonna take you to get used to me? 665 00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,280 How long did it take me to get used to those coats? 666 00:42:57,349 --> 00:43:00,182 What's wrong with them? Louise is very handy with a needle. 667 00:43:00,252 --> 00:43:02,982 As the Lord says, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." 668 00:43:03,055 --> 00:43:05,353 And it serves 'em right for overcharging. 669 00:43:13,899 --> 00:43:16,424 They can skip the cold cream for one night. 670 00:43:18,370 --> 00:43:21,464 All this time we've been together and you still stand up for me. 671 00:43:21,540 --> 00:43:24,998 - It's instead of standing up to you. - I hope the babies'll be all right. 672 00:43:25,077 --> 00:43:28,535 Rose, no matter how you dress them, or smother them, they're not babies. 673 00:43:28,614 --> 00:43:31,777 - They're almost young women! - They're not and they never will be! 674 00:43:31,850 --> 00:43:33,613 I'm embarrassed in front of them. 675 00:43:33,685 --> 00:43:36,176 Why should you be? You're almost their father. 676 00:43:36,255 --> 00:43:39,281 - When are you going to marry me? - Don't forget our scrapbooks... 677 00:43:39,358 --> 00:43:43,124 - When are you going to quit stalling? - When we're rolling in dough. 678 00:43:43,195 --> 00:43:46,426 - Do you know there's a depression? - Sure I know. I read Variety. 679 00:43:46,498 --> 00:43:48,363 You know what it's doing to vaudeville? 680 00:43:48,433 --> 00:43:51,994 Do you know what the talkies are doing to vaudeville? Don't you know... 681 00:43:52,771 --> 00:43:53,999 ...I love you? 682 00:43:54,339 --> 00:43:57,103 Do you think I'd be unfaithful to my husbands if you didn't? 683 00:43:57,776 --> 00:43:59,801 I gotta think of my girls and their happiness. 684 00:43:59,878 --> 00:44:02,403 Louise is some happy being the front end of a cow. 685 00:44:02,481 --> 00:44:05,814 - It's better than the rear end. - She and June should be in school. 686 00:44:05,884 --> 00:44:08,876 I promised June I'd get her on the Pantages Circuit and I did. 687 00:44:08,954 --> 00:44:11,286 Honey, could I have a spoon to stir my tea? 688 00:44:11,657 --> 00:44:14,592 I promised her I'd get her on the Orpheum Circuit and I will. 689 00:44:14,660 --> 00:44:17,959 I will. And you promised me that after I do you'd marry me. 690 00:44:18,063 --> 00:44:21,590 I promised myself she'd be a headliner at the Tivoli Theater and she will. 691 00:44:21,667 --> 00:44:24,227 - Did you hear what I said? - Yes, but I'm ignoring it. 692 00:44:24,303 --> 00:44:25,565 Thanks, honey. 693 00:44:26,638 --> 00:44:31,302 Herbie, it isn't very polite of a gentleman to remind a lady that she welched. 694 00:44:32,110 --> 00:44:34,340 Besides, there was no date on that promise. 695 00:44:34,413 --> 00:44:36,904 Will you stop handing me that? Rose, sometimes... 696 00:44:36,982 --> 00:44:38,677 Your stomach! 697 00:44:38,750 --> 00:44:42,345 Why don't you get angry on the outside instead of lettin' it settle inside? 698 00:44:42,421 --> 00:44:44,150 - I'm afraid. - Of me? 699 00:44:44,589 --> 00:44:45,886 No, of me. Me. 700 00:44:46,224 --> 00:44:47,213 Why? 701 00:44:49,094 --> 00:44:52,757 If I ever let loose, it'll end up with me picking up and walking. 702 00:44:56,702 --> 00:44:59,102 - Only around the block. - Oh, no! 703 00:45:01,340 --> 00:45:02,398 Don't say that. 704 00:45:04,509 --> 00:45:08,912 "You'll never get away from me 705 00:45:09,214 --> 00:45:11,910 "You can climb the tallest tree 706 00:45:12,284 --> 00:45:14,775 "I'll be there somehow 707 00:45:16,621 --> 00:45:21,058 "True, you could say 'Hey, here's your hat' 708 00:45:21,593 --> 00:45:24,494 "But a little thing like that 709 00:45:24,830 --> 00:45:27,230 "Couldn't stop me now 710 00:45:29,134 --> 00:45:33,594 "I couldn't get away from you 711 00:45:34,106 --> 00:45:36,734 "Even if you told me to 712 00:45:37,275 --> 00:45:42,269 "So go on and try, just try 713 00:45:43,415 --> 00:45:45,679 "And you're gonna see 714 00:45:46,852 --> 00:45:50,788 "How you're gonna not at all 715 00:45:52,023 --> 00:45:57,017 "Get away from me" 716 00:46:01,266 --> 00:46:03,427 What do you want? There are better managers. 717 00:46:03,502 --> 00:46:04,526 Not for me. 718 00:46:04,603 --> 00:46:06,230 - Even weaker men. - Not for me. 719 00:46:06,304 --> 00:46:07,862 - Then what? - You. 720 00:46:08,206 --> 00:46:11,573 Herbie, just go on helping me like you've been helpin'. 721 00:46:12,144 --> 00:46:14,669 So you get the Tivoli, so what comes after? 722 00:46:14,913 --> 00:46:17,006 - Rose, what you expect... - I'll get! 723 00:46:19,117 --> 00:46:21,642 And after I get it, I promise to marry you. 724 00:46:23,955 --> 00:46:26,082 I even promise to keep my promise. 725 00:46:26,525 --> 00:46:29,983 Herbie, I don't want anything to upset that audition tomorrow... 726 00:46:30,095 --> 00:46:31,687 ...includin' your stomach. 727 00:46:38,637 --> 00:46:40,127 Yes, Mr. Grantziger. 728 00:46:40,672 --> 00:46:44,164 I know, but they're having a little difficulty with their scenery. 729 00:46:44,242 --> 00:46:47,302 Well, wait till you see it. I'm trying, Mr. Grantziger. 730 00:46:47,612 --> 00:46:49,671 Keep the tempo up now. Keep it bright. 731 00:46:49,781 --> 00:46:51,146 That's the mother. 732 00:46:51,550 --> 00:46:52,881 I have told her! 733 00:46:53,618 --> 00:46:55,176 Hello, Mr. Grantziger. 734 00:46:56,288 --> 00:46:59,519 - Where is he? - He's in his office at the top of the theater. 735 00:46:59,591 --> 00:47:00,819 - Hi. - We're ready now. 736 00:47:00,926 --> 00:47:03,292 It's a privilege to audition, Mr. Grantziger. 737 00:47:03,361 --> 00:47:04,885 You're gonna love us. 738 00:47:08,166 --> 00:47:09,428 "Extra, extra! 739 00:47:09,568 --> 00:47:13,026 "Hey, look at the headlines Historical news is being made 740 00:47:14,172 --> 00:47:15,503 "Extra, extra! 741 00:47:15,574 --> 00:47:19,169 "They're drawing a red line Around the biggest scoop of the decade 742 00:47:20,111 --> 00:47:22,875 "A barrel of charm A fabulous thrill 743 00:47:23,348 --> 00:47:26,078 "The biggest little headline in vaudeville 744 00:47:26,751 --> 00:47:29,720 "Presenting in person 745 00:47:29,788 --> 00:47:32,279 "That 4-foot-8 bundle of dynamite 746 00:47:33,091 --> 00:47:34,319 "Dainty June!" 747 00:47:41,766 --> 00:47:44,496 Hello, everybody. My name is June. 748 00:47:44,836 --> 00:47:46,599 What's yours? 749 00:47:51,076 --> 00:47:53,806 "I have a moo cow, a new cow 750 00:47:53,979 --> 00:47:56,447 "A true cow named Caroline 751 00:47:57,549 --> 00:48:00,143 "She's an extra special friend of mine 752 00:48:01,553 --> 00:48:04,249 "I like everything about her fine 753 00:48:05,557 --> 00:48:09,755 "But if we moved to the city 754 00:48:10,595 --> 00:48:14,361 "Or we settled by the shore 755 00:48:15,066 --> 00:48:17,500 "She'd make the move 756 00:48:17,602 --> 00:48:20,696 "'Cause she loves me more" 757 00:49:08,086 --> 00:49:09,553 Yes, Mr. Grantziger? 758 00:49:10,655 --> 00:49:12,919 Dainty June, would you come out here, please? 759 00:49:15,794 --> 00:49:17,125 Face front, dear. 760 00:49:19,230 --> 00:49:20,288 Profile. 761 00:49:21,466 --> 00:49:22,933 Yes, Mr. Grantziger. 762 00:49:23,501 --> 00:49:25,662 Thank you. That's all. 763 00:49:26,972 --> 00:49:28,837 But we've got a big dramatic finale. 764 00:49:28,907 --> 00:49:31,705 - Sure. But he's seen quite enough. - Hit it! Hit it! 765 00:49:34,245 --> 00:49:36,645 "Broadway, Broadway! 766 00:49:37,349 --> 00:49:38,839 "We've missed it so 767 00:49:39,684 --> 00:49:42,278 "We're leaving soon and taking June 768 00:49:42,621 --> 00:49:44,418 "To star her in a show 769 00:49:45,690 --> 00:49:47,988 "Bright lights, white lights 770 00:49:48,727 --> 00:49:50,194 "Rhythm and romance 771 00:49:51,262 --> 00:49:53,856 "The train is late So while we wait 772 00:49:54,199 --> 00:49:56,565 "We're gonna do a little dance" 773 00:50:23,261 --> 00:50:24,785 Straighten that line! 774 00:50:39,377 --> 00:50:42,278 "Broadway, Broadway! 775 00:50:42,580 --> 00:50:44,605 "How great you are 776 00:50:44,949 --> 00:50:47,975 "I'll leave the farm With all its charm 777 00:50:48,219 --> 00:50:50,949 "To be a Broadway star! 778 00:50:51,256 --> 00:50:53,918 "Bright lights, white lights 779 00:50:54,292 --> 00:50:56,487 "Where the neons glow 780 00:50:56,928 --> 00:50:58,327 "My bag is packed 781 00:50:58,396 --> 00:50:59,658 "I've got my act 782 00:50:59,864 --> 00:51:03,197 - "So all aboard, come on, let's go! - Let's go! 783 00:51:03,401 --> 00:51:05,801 "'Bye! 'Bye!" 784 00:51:16,014 --> 00:51:16,981 Get this. 785 00:51:17,115 --> 00:51:18,309 It's a train. 786 00:51:20,285 --> 00:51:23,083 Goodbye, Caroline. I'll write to you. 787 00:51:24,389 --> 00:51:26,254 Don't forget to wire. 788 00:51:26,691 --> 00:51:28,090 Goodbye, Caroline. 789 00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,593 Goodbye. Don't forget to wire. 790 00:51:32,230 --> 00:51:33,925 Goodbye. 791 00:51:35,700 --> 00:51:37,861 'Bye. Goodbye. Wait! 792 00:51:38,036 --> 00:51:40,561 Stop the train. Stop everything. 793 00:51:41,072 --> 00:51:43,131 I can't go to Broadway with you. 794 00:51:44,375 --> 00:51:46,639 Why not, Dainty June? 795 00:51:49,147 --> 00:51:50,478 Because... 796 00:51:51,583 --> 00:51:55,075 ...everything in life that really matters is right here. 797 00:51:55,920 --> 00:52:00,016 What care I for tinsel and glamour... 798 00:52:00,925 --> 00:52:03,359 ...when I have friendship and true love? 799 00:52:04,329 --> 00:52:06,559 I'm staying with Caroline. 800 00:52:40,632 --> 00:52:42,190 Yes, Mr. Grantziger? 801 00:52:43,101 --> 00:52:44,090 What? 802 00:52:45,703 --> 00:52:46,829 He liked it. 803 00:52:47,572 --> 00:52:49,199 Well, of course he did. 804 00:52:49,707 --> 00:52:50,731 Yes, sir. 805 00:52:51,609 --> 00:52:54,203 Yes, Mr. Grantziger, if that's what you want. 806 00:53:00,118 --> 00:53:04,111 If you and your tribe'll come up to the office, I'll make out a contract. 807 00:53:05,690 --> 00:53:07,851 You won't be sorry, Mr. Grantziger. 808 00:53:09,527 --> 00:53:11,154 This is gonna make you! 809 00:53:13,364 --> 00:53:16,265 Miss Cratchitt, I believe Mr. Grantziger made a mistake... 810 00:53:16,334 --> 00:53:18,325 ...a slight mistake on this contract. 811 00:53:18,403 --> 00:53:19,233 So do I. 812 00:53:19,304 --> 00:53:21,397 - Happy, girls? - Yes, Mama. 813 00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:26,474 We auditioned for Mr. Grantziger's Tivoli. This is for Mr. Grantziger's Variety. 814 00:53:26,544 --> 00:53:28,444 - That's right. - But the Variety is... 815 00:53:28,513 --> 00:53:30,310 ...way down on 12th Street. 816 00:53:31,015 --> 00:53:33,074 He'll give you a visa to get there. 817 00:53:34,619 --> 00:53:35,608 Yes? 818 00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:37,979 - I'd like to talk to Mr. Grantziger. - No! 819 00:53:38,056 --> 00:53:40,354 Now you can't disturb Mr. Grantziger. Listen... 820 00:53:40,425 --> 00:53:44,361 - I'm through listening. Where is he? - He's still auditioning down on the stage. 821 00:53:44,429 --> 00:53:48,365 When we're down there he's up here, and when we're up here he's down there. 822 00:53:48,833 --> 00:53:51,563 Mr. Grantziger is a very clever man. 823 00:53:52,871 --> 00:53:55,271 I'll go see if he's down on that stage. This way? 824 00:53:55,340 --> 00:53:57,331 No. No, Rose. Wait. 825 00:53:58,076 --> 00:54:00,567 - We will wait right here. - Herbie... 826 00:54:00,712 --> 00:54:05,240 Look, friend, strictly between us, if I were you I'd sign that contract. 827 00:54:06,050 --> 00:54:09,486 There's only one item in that act of yours that the boss likes. 828 00:54:09,654 --> 00:54:11,087 Dainty little June. 829 00:54:11,322 --> 00:54:13,119 He thinks she can be an actress... 830 00:54:13,191 --> 00:54:15,557 ...musical comedy, Broadway, that sort of stuff. 831 00:54:15,627 --> 00:54:17,959 And he's right. That's great, isn't it, Rose? 832 00:54:18,062 --> 00:54:19,427 On one condition: 833 00:54:20,999 --> 00:54:22,296 You stay away. 834 00:54:23,668 --> 00:54:26,000 Stay away? I'm her mother. 835 00:54:26,638 --> 00:54:28,071 You said it, I didn't. 836 00:54:28,406 --> 00:54:29,566 What about the act? 837 00:54:29,641 --> 00:54:31,336 One week at the Variety. 838 00:54:31,943 --> 00:54:34,173 After that, what about it? June is the act. 839 00:54:34,245 --> 00:54:38,011 - This must be a private discussion. - How are Louise and I supposed to live? 840 00:54:38,416 --> 00:54:40,145 You might get a job, dear. 841 00:54:41,853 --> 00:54:43,616 I have a job, dear. 842 00:54:44,188 --> 00:54:45,746 And I do it damn well! 843 00:54:46,024 --> 00:54:49,118 This'd be much better than vaudeville for June, and for us. 844 00:54:49,193 --> 00:54:52,287 - Nothing is better than vaudeville. - Was better than vaudeville. 845 00:54:52,363 --> 00:54:54,524 - Where's your values? - Motherhood comes first. 846 00:54:54,599 --> 00:54:58,330 Then you ought to see that this is right. You'll have June on the stage. 847 00:54:58,403 --> 00:55:01,736 I'll take care of you and Louise and we'll all live like real people. 848 00:55:01,806 --> 00:55:04,707 Rose, this way we can have our cake and eat it, too. 849 00:55:04,776 --> 00:55:05,902 Your cake! 850 00:55:06,577 --> 00:55:11,480 Besides, June wouldn't start all over again, like some beginner. 851 00:55:12,417 --> 00:55:13,645 Ask her, Mama. 852 00:55:14,585 --> 00:55:15,643 Ask her. 853 00:55:17,522 --> 00:55:20,958 Yes. Oh, Mama, yes. Please say yes. 854 00:55:21,993 --> 00:55:23,824 I want to learn, to work. 855 00:55:25,063 --> 00:55:27,759 I'll try so hard to make you proud of me, Mama. 856 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:30,633 Say yes, Mama. 857 00:55:38,076 --> 00:55:39,065 No. 858 00:55:40,712 --> 00:55:42,509 And I am proud of you, Baby. 859 00:55:42,981 --> 00:55:45,882 You don't need lessons any more than you need Grantziger. 860 00:55:45,950 --> 00:55:48,475 There's no one in show business who doesn't need him. 861 00:55:48,553 --> 00:55:50,851 - Take a good look at this person. - Rose. 862 00:55:50,922 --> 00:55:52,787 They're so smart in New York. 863 00:55:53,424 --> 00:55:55,358 New York is the center of everything. 864 00:55:55,727 --> 00:55:57,558 New York is the center of New York. 865 00:55:57,762 --> 00:56:00,094 The country's full of people who know people... 866 00:56:00,164 --> 00:56:02,394 ...who know what a mother means to her daughter. 867 00:56:02,467 --> 00:56:05,925 Hicks like you don't know. And Grantziger's a hick! He'll get no place. 868 00:56:06,004 --> 00:56:07,528 Do you hear me, keep still! 869 00:56:08,006 --> 00:56:11,203 Don't you dare answer that phone when I'm yellin' at you. 870 00:56:13,478 --> 00:56:14,911 Did you hear what I said? 871 00:56:14,979 --> 00:56:18,506 They're tryin' to take my baby from me. Over my dead body they will! 872 00:56:18,583 --> 00:56:22,178 - Come on, we'll go down and tell him. - Just a minute, Mrs. Hovick! 873 00:56:23,888 --> 00:56:25,048 Mrs. Hovick! 874 00:56:30,094 --> 00:56:31,584 Don't worry, kids... 875 00:56:32,163 --> 00:56:35,098 ...I will read her the Declaration of Independence. 876 00:56:35,433 --> 00:56:36,525 Believe me. 877 00:56:37,168 --> 00:56:40,103 It's not your fault, Herbie, it's just the way it is. 878 00:56:40,638 --> 00:56:43,869 Well, I'm gonna try to change the way it is. Just you wait. 879 00:56:51,049 --> 00:56:52,038 No! 880 00:56:56,054 --> 00:57:00,047 Mama's just talking angry, June. She won't really spoil anything. 881 00:57:00,825 --> 00:57:01,883 Yes, she will. 882 00:57:02,794 --> 00:57:04,819 I'll never be anything but Baby. 883 00:57:05,263 --> 00:57:07,197 Dainty old Baby June. 884 00:57:08,599 --> 00:57:12,660 Well, aren't ya happy that somebody like Mr. T.T. Grantziger thinks... 885 00:57:12,737 --> 00:57:14,637 ...you can be a real actress? 886 00:57:15,039 --> 00:57:16,472 I would be happy... 887 00:57:17,175 --> 00:57:19,905 ...if Mama would only see what this means to me. 888 00:57:20,378 --> 00:57:23,711 I'm going to be awfully unhappy remembering how I lost this chance. 889 00:57:24,182 --> 00:57:26,912 Mama made you a vaudeville star and she can do it again. 890 00:57:26,984 --> 00:57:28,611 Vaudeville is gone, Louise. 891 00:57:28,820 --> 00:57:29,878 It's over. 892 00:57:30,088 --> 00:57:33,080 The only show business left is right here on Broadway. 893 00:57:34,459 --> 00:57:38,691 I want to learn to be part of it. Part of this kind of show business. 894 00:57:39,464 --> 00:57:41,557 You can be anything you want. 895 00:57:42,266 --> 00:57:44,257 You were born for this business. 896 00:57:44,669 --> 00:57:46,694 You're a real stage personality. 897 00:57:48,906 --> 00:57:50,737 You're really wonderful, Louise. 898 00:57:51,909 --> 00:57:53,069 I am? Why? 899 00:57:54,112 --> 00:57:56,103 Because, well, I don't know. 900 00:57:56,981 --> 00:58:00,348 When it comes to the act, you never worry about yourself... 901 00:58:01,652 --> 00:58:02,914 ...only for me. 902 00:58:03,921 --> 00:58:06,913 I don't have any talent. It doesn't really matter. 903 00:58:07,525 --> 00:58:10,323 It's just that Mama would like it better if I did. 904 00:58:15,700 --> 00:58:19,466 Your mother isn't feeling well. I'm gonna take her back to the hotel. 905 00:58:26,377 --> 00:58:28,971 Don't worry, kids, I'll figure something out. 906 00:58:37,922 --> 00:58:40,516 More than ever I wish Mama would marry Herbie. 907 00:58:40,925 --> 00:58:43,018 And then we could all be together. 908 00:58:44,328 --> 00:58:47,627 "If Mama was married We'd live in a house 909 00:58:48,032 --> 00:58:51,399 "As private as private can be 910 00:58:51,702 --> 00:58:54,432 "Just Mama, three ducks, five canaries 911 00:58:54,539 --> 00:58:59,567 "A mouse, two monkeys, one father six turtles and me 912 00:59:01,145 --> 00:59:03,613 "If Mama was married 913 00:59:05,983 --> 00:59:09,578 "If Mama was married I'd jump in the air 914 00:59:09,787 --> 00:59:12,950 "And give all my toe shoes to you 915 00:59:13,524 --> 00:59:17,051 "I'd get all these hair ribbons Out of my hair 916 00:59:17,361 --> 00:59:21,195 "And once and for all I'd get Mama out, too 917 00:59:23,100 --> 00:59:25,466 "If Mama was married 918 00:59:28,472 --> 00:59:31,498 "Mama, get out your white dress 919 00:59:31,676 --> 00:59:33,371 "You've done it before 920 00:59:33,511 --> 00:59:35,274 "Without much success 921 00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:39,043 "Mama, Godspeed and God bless 922 00:59:39,317 --> 00:59:41,046 "We're not keeping score 923 00:59:41,319 --> 00:59:43,150 "What's one more or less 924 00:59:45,623 --> 00:59:47,090 "Oh, Mama, say yes 925 00:59:47,525 --> 00:59:50,653 "And waltz down the aisle while you may 926 00:59:51,262 --> 00:59:53,287 "I'll gladly support you 927 00:59:53,397 --> 00:59:55,456 "I'll even escort you 928 00:59:55,533 --> 00:59:58,297 "And I'll gladly give you away 929 00:59:59,270 --> 01:00:03,934 "Oh, Mama, get married today 930 01:00:07,044 --> 01:00:11,174 "If Mama was married There wouldn't be any more 931 01:00:11,249 --> 01:00:14,548 "'Let me entertain you 932 01:00:15,152 --> 01:00:18,019 "'Let me make you smile 933 01:00:19,190 --> 01:00:21,124 "'I will do some kicks 934 01:00:23,027 --> 01:00:24,995 "'I will do some tricks' 935 01:00:25,196 --> 01:00:26,595 "'Sing out, Louise! 936 01:00:28,466 --> 01:00:29,797 "'Smile, Baby.' 937 01:00:32,236 --> 01:00:35,467 "Mama, please take our advice 938 01:00:35,740 --> 01:00:37,401 "We aren't the Lunts 939 01:00:37,608 --> 01:00:39,303 "I'm not Fanny Brice 940 01:00:39,810 --> 01:00:43,109 "Mama, we'll buy you the rice 941 01:00:43,314 --> 01:00:44,906 "If only this once 942 01:00:45,216 --> 01:00:47,150 "You wouldn't think twice 943 01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:51,244 "It could be so nice 944 01:00:51,589 --> 01:00:54,422 "If Mama got married to stay 945 01:00:55,459 --> 01:00:58,121 "But Mama gets married 946 01:00:58,296 --> 01:01:02,426 "And married, and married 947 01:01:03,634 --> 01:01:06,694 "And never gets carried away 948 01:01:07,438 --> 01:01:10,430 "Oh, Mama 949 01:01:11,275 --> 01:01:14,267 "Oh, Mama 950 01:01:15,146 --> 01:01:18,138 "Oh, Mama 951 01:01:19,917 --> 01:01:22,385 "Get married today" 952 01:01:28,693 --> 01:01:30,558 How do you like those kids? 953 01:01:30,628 --> 01:01:34,086 They knew darn well I'd marry Herbie at the right time and place. 954 01:01:34,365 --> 01:01:37,061 But 12th Street sure wasn't what I had in mind. 955 01:01:37,134 --> 01:01:39,864 So what if the act is a little shabby right now? 956 01:01:39,937 --> 01:01:43,338 Instead of buyin' longer costumes, I'm gonna get shorter boys. 957 01:01:43,474 --> 01:01:45,374 And that goes for Tulsa, too. 958 01:01:46,210 --> 01:01:47,541 All thatjiggin'. 959 01:02:01,926 --> 01:02:05,828 Say, that's pretty fancy footwork, Tulsa. Why don't you show it to Mrs. Hovick? 960 01:02:05,896 --> 01:02:07,591 It's just fooling around. 961 01:02:08,466 --> 01:02:11,663 Well, you started fooling around about three months ago. 962 01:02:12,169 --> 01:02:14,330 He had to do something during the layoffs. 963 01:02:15,573 --> 01:02:17,905 I thought maybe you were worried about the act. 964 01:02:17,975 --> 01:02:22,105 Because the way things are pickin' up, I wouldn't be surprised if you kids got paid. 965 01:02:22,179 --> 01:02:25,706 Things are lookin' so good I might even treat you to an ice-cream soda. 966 01:02:26,517 --> 01:02:27,745 No, thank you. 967 01:02:29,053 --> 01:02:30,145 Chow mein? 968 01:02:31,722 --> 01:02:33,485 Baby Ruth? Butterfinger? 969 01:02:34,825 --> 01:02:37,794 Mama doesn't like us to eat just before a show. 970 01:02:38,863 --> 01:02:42,299 We don't always have to do what your mama likes, do we, Louise? 971 01:02:46,003 --> 01:02:46,992 Herbie? 972 01:02:52,476 --> 01:02:53,738 Oh, nothing. 973 01:02:56,914 --> 01:03:00,941 Tulsa, if you and the boys have any problems just bring them to me, huh? 974 01:03:02,253 --> 01:03:03,311 Sure, Herbie. 975 01:03:11,128 --> 01:03:13,995 You can't blame him for tryin' to act like a big shot. 976 01:03:14,064 --> 01:03:15,895 Everybody knows he's just a stooge. 977 01:03:17,101 --> 01:03:18,329 He is not. 978 01:03:19,670 --> 01:03:21,399 I mean, we all depend on him. 979 01:03:21,472 --> 01:03:23,201 I like Herbie. We all do. 980 01:03:25,676 --> 01:03:29,271 You didn't tell him, did you? I mean, that you're rehearsing for a team? 981 01:03:29,547 --> 01:03:31,139 How did you know I was? 982 01:03:31,215 --> 01:03:34,878 I saw you practicing last Monday after the matinee. I was up in the flies. 983 01:03:34,985 --> 01:03:37,920 I wouldn't tell anybody, Tulsa, honest. 984 01:03:39,490 --> 01:03:41,549 I'm very secretive, just like you. 985 01:03:45,729 --> 01:03:46,718 Look... 986 01:03:48,032 --> 01:03:49,021 See? 987 01:03:49,800 --> 01:03:52,098 That's what that means in your palm. 988 01:03:52,436 --> 01:03:53,425 And... 989 01:03:54,472 --> 01:03:56,770 ...this means that you make up dreams. 990 01:03:57,675 --> 01:03:59,472 Just like me. See? 991 01:04:01,912 --> 01:04:03,846 And what do you make up dreams about? 992 01:04:09,687 --> 01:04:10,676 People. 993 01:04:11,355 --> 01:04:12,652 I do that, too. 994 01:04:14,658 --> 01:04:17,684 Yes, but yours are about a partner for your act. 995 01:04:18,062 --> 01:04:20,553 She's gonna be more than a partner, I hope. 996 01:04:22,233 --> 01:04:23,598 I mean, I dream... 997 01:04:28,472 --> 01:04:29,734 Well, you know. 998 01:04:32,543 --> 01:04:34,704 What would she have to be like, Tulsa? 999 01:04:35,679 --> 01:04:37,977 A real wonderful dancer and a singer, I guess. 1000 01:04:38,449 --> 01:04:42,613 Oh, no. I'm gonna do most of that. I don't mean I'm gonna hog it all, but... 1001 01:04:42,753 --> 01:04:45,654 Well, they always look at the girl on a dance team. 1002 01:04:45,756 --> 01:04:47,417 Especially if she's pretty. 1003 01:04:50,828 --> 01:04:53,661 Makeup could help, and costumes. 1004 01:04:54,431 --> 01:04:57,559 I've got the costumes all figured out. A blue satin tux for me. 1005 01:04:59,036 --> 01:05:00,367 With rhinestone lapels? 1006 01:05:01,038 --> 01:05:02,096 You think? 1007 01:05:02,339 --> 01:05:03,431 I'll sew 'em on. 1008 01:05:03,507 --> 01:05:07,341 Okay. Thanks. Well, you see, I pretend... Oh, this is a mirror. 1009 01:05:08,546 --> 01:05:10,776 I take a comb and comb my hair. 1010 01:05:11,749 --> 01:05:13,114 Take a flower... 1011 01:05:14,385 --> 01:05:15,647 ...smell it... 1012 01:05:16,086 --> 01:05:17,815 ...and put it in my lapel. 1013 01:05:18,789 --> 01:05:20,689 And then I spot the audience. 1014 01:05:21,358 --> 01:05:23,918 "Once my clothes were shabby 1015 01:05:24,028 --> 01:05:26,496 "Tailors called me 'Cabbie' 1016 01:05:26,564 --> 01:05:28,964 "So I took a vow 1017 01:05:29,266 --> 01:05:31,791 "Said, 'This bum'll be Beau Brummel' 1018 01:05:31,869 --> 01:05:34,099 "Now I'm smooth and snappy 1019 01:05:34,204 --> 01:05:36,672 "Now my tailor's happy 1020 01:05:36,740 --> 01:05:38,731 "I'm the cat's meow 1021 01:05:39,043 --> 01:05:41,534 "My wardrobe is a wow! 1022 01:05:42,112 --> 01:05:43,602 "Paris silk 1023 01:05:44,615 --> 01:05:46,480 "Harrod's tweed 1024 01:05:47,318 --> 01:05:50,515 "There's only one thing I need 1025 01:05:51,989 --> 01:05:54,549 "Got my tweed pressed 1026 01:05:54,625 --> 01:05:57,150 "Got my best vest 1027 01:05:57,294 --> 01:05:59,922 "All I need now 1028 01:05:59,997 --> 01:06:01,988 "Is the girl 1029 01:06:03,067 --> 01:06:05,535 "Got my striped tie 1030 01:06:05,669 --> 01:06:08,263 "Got my hopes high 1031 01:06:08,372 --> 01:06:11,967 "Got the time and the place And I got rhythm 1032 01:06:12,109 --> 01:06:14,976 "Now all I need's a girl to go with 'em 1033 01:06:15,145 --> 01:06:18,410 "If she'll just appear 1034 01:06:18,983 --> 01:06:23,977 "We'll take this big town for a whirl 1035 01:06:25,823 --> 01:06:30,192 "And if she'll say 'My darling, I'm yours' 1036 01:06:30,260 --> 01:06:33,661 "I'll throw away my striped tie 1037 01:06:33,764 --> 01:06:36,562 "And my best pressed tweed 1038 01:06:36,967 --> 01:06:41,233 "All I really need is the girl" 1039 01:06:48,579 --> 01:06:50,274 I start easy, you see. 1040 01:06:55,619 --> 01:06:57,814 Now I'm more debonair. 1041 01:07:12,703 --> 01:07:13,692 Break. 1042 01:07:17,908 --> 01:07:19,375 And I sell it here. 1043 01:07:21,011 --> 01:07:22,638 I start this step, see. 1044 01:07:24,615 --> 01:07:26,082 And then I build it. 1045 01:07:27,785 --> 01:07:29,275 And now I double it. 1046 01:07:34,758 --> 01:07:36,555 She appears all in white. 1047 01:07:38,429 --> 01:07:41,091 I take her hand... 1048 01:07:41,932 --> 01:07:43,263 ...and I kiss it. 1049 01:07:47,738 --> 01:07:49,467 And lead her on the floor. 1050 01:08:07,124 --> 01:08:09,251 This step is good for the costume. 1051 01:08:14,264 --> 01:08:15,390 Astaire bit. 1052 01:08:26,443 --> 01:08:29,207 "Now we waltz 1053 01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:32,241 "Strings come in" 1054 01:08:49,800 --> 01:08:51,131 And I lift her. 1055 01:08:53,804 --> 01:08:54,793 Again. 1056 01:08:58,108 --> 01:08:59,439 Once more. 1057 01:09:13,557 --> 01:09:15,388 And now the tempo changes... 1058 01:09:16,426 --> 01:09:18,417 ...and all the lights come up... 1059 01:09:19,463 --> 01:09:22,557 ...and I build for the finale. 1060 01:09:24,468 --> 01:09:26,732 Louise, that's it. Over here. 1061 01:09:27,204 --> 01:09:28,535 Give me your hand. 1062 01:09:29,206 --> 01:09:30,571 Now follow me. 1063 01:09:31,441 --> 01:09:33,773 That's it, Louise. Now do it faster. 1064 01:09:34,912 --> 01:09:36,743 That's it. Now the front. 1065 01:09:37,781 --> 01:09:38,907 Do it again. 1066 01:09:40,384 --> 01:09:41,681 Do it again. 1067 01:09:43,053 --> 01:09:44,042 Turn. 1068 01:09:45,689 --> 01:09:46,678 Louise. 1069 01:10:01,405 --> 01:10:05,136 So okay, they keep on makin' garages out of vaudeville houses... 1070 01:10:05,209 --> 01:10:07,734 ...and bowling alleys and stuff like that. 1071 01:10:08,111 --> 01:10:09,669 But kill vaudeville? 1072 01:10:09,746 --> 01:10:13,238 Did you ever hear such banana oil? There was still Omaha. 1073 01:10:13,817 --> 01:10:16,183 So we were a smash, like usual. 1074 01:10:16,587 --> 01:10:19,954 And then made tracks for a sensational engagement in Dallas. 1075 01:10:20,791 --> 01:10:23,021 As we waited for the train I was high. 1076 01:10:23,126 --> 01:10:26,220 Just had a feelin' everything was gonna be dipsy-doodle. 1077 01:10:26,430 --> 01:10:30,457 You know how you are sometimes. There'sjust somethin' in the air. 1078 01:10:31,869 --> 01:10:33,734 Have you guys seen Louise and June? 1079 01:10:33,804 --> 01:10:35,772 Where's Jerry and Joe? Why's everyone late? 1080 01:10:35,839 --> 01:10:37,272 We'd like to talk to you. 1081 01:10:37,341 --> 01:10:39,866 Let me find out whether the train's on time. 1082 01:10:40,744 --> 01:10:42,712 Is the southbound train on schedule? 1083 01:10:42,779 --> 01:10:45,475 I wouldn't say it is and I wouldn't say it ain't. 1084 01:10:45,549 --> 01:10:49,747 - I will say you got time for a bowl of chili. - Thanks. We have a short wait. 1085 01:10:50,120 --> 01:10:53,681 - Why don't you get a cup of java? - We ain't goin' to Dallas, we're quitting. 1086 01:10:53,757 --> 01:10:56,191 You've been threatening that for years. 1087 01:10:56,260 --> 01:10:58,751 - No, this is the truth. - We're not kidding. 1088 01:11:01,031 --> 01:11:02,396 Tell her, Herbie. 1089 01:11:05,235 --> 01:11:06,793 The boys are kind of unhappy. 1090 01:11:08,238 --> 01:11:10,069 Not serious. I'll straighten it out. 1091 01:11:10,140 --> 01:11:13,109 - You can't straighten it out. - Mrs. Hovick, we're finished. 1092 01:11:13,176 --> 01:11:16,304 We want our railroad tickets. We're going in the other direction. 1093 01:11:18,715 --> 01:11:22,082 - You're walkin' out on the act? - They don't mean anything of the kind. 1094 01:11:22,152 --> 01:11:24,950 They're just kids and every once in a while they get upset. 1095 01:11:25,022 --> 01:11:28,253 When they get upset, I get upset. And I don't like it. 1096 01:11:29,259 --> 01:11:32,524 Shut your traps. Now where are June and Louise? 1097 01:11:32,996 --> 01:11:34,861 I shouldn't have let 'em go to the movies. 1098 01:11:34,932 --> 01:11:37,298 They're crazy about John Gilbert. I couldn't refuse. 1099 01:11:37,367 --> 01:11:39,665 Mrs. Hovick, you've got to believe us. 1100 01:11:39,870 --> 01:11:42,668 It's nothing personal, but we're quitting the act. 1101 01:11:43,273 --> 01:11:45,639 I told you in Klamath Falls I didn't want boys. 1102 01:11:45,709 --> 01:11:47,404 They're troublemakers. 1103 01:11:47,477 --> 01:11:50,878 But we got boys, Rose. Just let me talk to them, will you? 1104 01:11:51,748 --> 01:11:55,377 Fellas, Angie, I've always been your friend, haven't I? So give a listen. 1105 01:11:55,452 --> 01:12:00,116 Now don't lower yourself to argue, Herbie. These rats wanna quit the act, let 'em quit. 1106 01:12:00,891 --> 01:12:03,553 They want their railroad tickets, give 'em bus tickets. 1107 01:12:03,627 --> 01:12:05,788 - What's keepin' the girls? - We got lots of time. 1108 01:12:05,862 --> 01:12:09,195 Fellas, I know we've had a couple of layoffs in the past... 1109 01:12:09,266 --> 01:12:11,530 It isn't that, Herbie. We're too old. 1110 01:12:13,303 --> 01:12:17,399 Would you be too old if we could increase your salary? 1111 01:12:18,275 --> 01:12:19,765 Increase what salary? 1112 01:12:19,843 --> 01:12:21,936 - Herbie's been payin' us... - Moron! 1113 01:12:22,913 --> 01:12:25,711 How long will it take you to get used to me, Rose? 1114 01:12:26,149 --> 01:12:27,020 Button your coat. 1115 01:12:28,398 --> 01:12:32,198 Ingrates! You take the bread out of that man's mouth and spit it in his face. 1116 01:12:32,269 --> 01:12:34,829 As the good Lord says, "Good riddance to bad rubbish." 1117 01:12:34,905 --> 01:12:37,635 Give 'em the tickets. They were sluffin' the act anyway. 1118 01:12:39,676 --> 01:12:41,405 Okay. Okay. 1119 01:12:43,246 --> 01:12:46,044 Thanks, Herbie. We'd also like Joe's ticket. 1120 01:12:46,984 --> 01:12:48,451 Joe's leaving, too? 1121 01:12:49,286 --> 01:12:50,947 That leaves us just with Jerry. 1122 01:12:51,021 --> 01:12:54,149 Well, not exactly. Jerry's already gone. On his own. 1123 01:12:54,624 --> 01:12:55,648 Where you been? 1124 01:12:55,726 --> 01:12:58,786 Where's the baby? You didn't let her stay for the second show? 1125 01:12:58,962 --> 01:13:00,953 - No, we didn't go to the show. - What? 1126 01:13:01,031 --> 01:13:03,499 I've been looking for the baby all over the place. 1127 01:13:03,567 --> 01:13:07,128 I finally went to the hotel and the room clerk gave me this note for you. 1128 01:13:07,204 --> 01:13:09,138 - What's she writing me for? - I don't know. 1129 01:13:09,206 --> 01:13:11,367 - What's in it? - I'll read it to you. 1130 01:13:13,243 --> 01:13:15,507 I can read my own letters, thank you. 1131 01:13:18,615 --> 01:13:19,604 "Mama... 1132 01:13:20,317 --> 01:13:21,909 "...l've had a dream. Me. 1133 01:13:22,452 --> 01:13:24,147 "My dream was like a nightmare. 1134 01:13:24,221 --> 01:13:27,748 "I dreamed I was a very old lady, but I was still Dainty June... 1135 01:13:27,991 --> 01:13:29,959 "...still doin' the same old act. 1136 01:13:30,027 --> 01:13:32,996 "I was so ashamed of myself, I ran away, Mama... 1137 01:13:33,130 --> 01:13:35,360 "...from the act, from you, from your dreams... 1138 01:13:35,432 --> 01:13:37,423 "...because they only made you happy. 1139 01:13:37,501 --> 01:13:41,403 "And if I want a dream of my own, my very own, I have to be like you, Mama. 1140 01:13:41,471 --> 01:13:43,063 "I have to fight for it. 1141 01:13:43,140 --> 01:13:46,701 "I started toward my dream three weeks ago in between shows. 1142 01:13:53,283 --> 01:13:54,716 "I married Jerry. 1143 01:14:17,174 --> 01:14:21,873 "Please don't worry about me, Mama. 1144 01:14:22,646 --> 01:14:27,276 "Maybe I'm enough like you to make my dream come true... 1145 01:14:27,984 --> 01:14:30,748 "...to grow up and be a real actress. 1146 01:14:31,988 --> 01:14:36,254 "I'll always love you and Louise, Mama... 1147 01:14:37,360 --> 01:14:41,126 "...and I'll always be grateful to Herbie. 1148 01:14:42,432 --> 01:14:43,421 "June." 1149 01:14:48,238 --> 01:14:51,139 When did they leave? Did she tell you where they were going? 1150 01:14:51,208 --> 01:14:53,506 No. Nothing, honest. 1151 01:14:54,911 --> 01:14:59,211 I'll call the cops. They'll find 'em, Rose, and bring 'em back. Don't you worry. 1152 01:14:59,282 --> 01:15:01,682 You shouldn't call the cops. They'll scare June. 1153 01:15:01,751 --> 01:15:05,209 It's gotta be against the law for a 13-year-old to be marryin'. 1154 01:15:06,289 --> 01:15:08,655 Rose, she must have lied about her age. 1155 01:15:11,428 --> 01:15:13,157 I'm gonna call the police. 1156 01:15:13,964 --> 01:15:16,831 I'd better get her ammonia. I think it's in her valise. 1157 01:15:19,136 --> 01:15:21,604 Can I use your phone? I've gotta call the police. 1158 01:15:25,008 --> 01:15:27,738 This little girl, underage, who married a boy... 1159 01:15:28,879 --> 01:15:32,280 - How old are they, mister? - The girl's 13. The boy is 17, 18. 1160 01:15:32,382 --> 01:15:35,180 There's nothing illegal about that in this state. 1161 01:15:35,252 --> 01:15:38,881 It's legal for a girl of 12 and legal for a boy at 16. 1162 01:15:39,322 --> 01:15:42,416 This is pioneer country and we've never changed the law. 1163 01:15:43,560 --> 01:15:45,152 I still want to call the cops. 1164 01:15:45,228 --> 01:15:46,320 Come on in. 1165 01:15:46,396 --> 01:15:49,058 You won't hear any different from them than me. 1166 01:15:50,200 --> 01:15:52,634 Can we have the tickets now? We gotta get movin'. 1167 01:15:52,702 --> 01:15:53,828 Police department. 1168 01:15:53,904 --> 01:15:56,498 - I fixed up an act of my own... - Get moving. 1169 01:15:56,573 --> 01:16:00,009 Don't be sore, Herbie. It ain't our fault the act's washed up. 1170 01:16:03,480 --> 01:16:04,845 Goodbye, Herbie. 1171 01:16:05,215 --> 01:16:06,477 Hey, fellas... 1172 01:16:07,617 --> 01:16:08,641 ...good luck. 1173 01:16:09,286 --> 01:16:12,187 - Thanks, Herbie. - Thanks. Good luck to you, too, Herbie. 1174 01:16:12,255 --> 01:16:13,483 Good luck, Louise. 1175 01:16:19,196 --> 01:16:20,561 Come on, Yonkers. 1176 01:16:23,166 --> 01:16:24,360 Goodbye, Louise. 1177 01:16:29,773 --> 01:16:30,762 Goodbye? 1178 01:16:31,908 --> 01:16:34,308 You mean you're all going away? 1179 01:16:34,744 --> 01:16:38,737 Yeah, all of us. Gee, I'm sick about it, but I gotta think of my future. 1180 01:16:41,284 --> 01:16:42,876 Why didn't you tell me, Tulsa? 1181 01:16:42,953 --> 01:16:47,185 Like you once said, Louise, it's in my palm. I keep secrets the way you do. 1182 01:16:47,691 --> 01:16:50,387 Listen, I would've loved June to be my partner. 1183 01:16:53,663 --> 01:16:54,652 I know. 1184 01:16:57,067 --> 01:16:58,625 You'll find another one. 1185 01:16:58,702 --> 01:16:59,896 What will you do? 1186 01:17:01,438 --> 01:17:02,427 I don't know. 1187 01:17:02,505 --> 01:17:06,737 Well, I hope we run into each other again. Maybe we'll even play on the same bill. 1188 01:17:06,810 --> 01:17:08,505 Yeah. Maybe. 1189 01:17:09,045 --> 01:17:11,445 You're a great girl. You're the cat's whiskers. 1190 01:17:11,514 --> 01:17:14,711 That's what we all say. You're just like one of the boys. 1191 01:17:15,619 --> 01:17:18,645 Yeah, that's me all right. "One of the boys." 1192 01:17:21,091 --> 01:17:22,080 Thanks, Tulsa. 1193 01:17:26,496 --> 01:17:30,330 I just talked to the authorities. There's no way we can get June back. 1194 01:17:31,868 --> 01:17:33,096 What're we gonna do? 1195 01:17:34,771 --> 01:17:35,760 Rose. 1196 01:17:37,540 --> 01:17:39,440 Rose. Honey, listen. 1197 01:17:41,044 --> 01:17:45,037 I'm still in the candy business. It's steady, 52 weeks a year, every year. 1198 01:17:45,115 --> 01:17:48,482 I'll be a district manager. We can stay put, have a home of our own. 1199 01:17:48,551 --> 01:17:50,075 Louise can go to school. 1200 01:17:51,588 --> 01:17:52,577 Rose? 1201 01:17:57,360 --> 01:17:59,021 Rose, you still got Herbie. 1202 01:17:59,663 --> 01:18:03,030 You can marry me and I promise you won't have one single worry... 1203 01:18:03,099 --> 01:18:05,590 ...for the rest of your life. Don't you want that? 1204 01:18:08,605 --> 01:18:12,166 Yes. Oh, Mama, say yes. 1205 01:18:14,644 --> 01:18:15,474 Herbie. 1206 01:18:16,046 --> 01:18:20,107 You read palms, I read minds. It's okay. It's all gonna be fine now, honey. 1207 01:18:20,417 --> 01:18:23,818 Everything happens for the best. Okay, so the act is finished. 1208 01:18:23,953 --> 01:18:26,046 But you and me and our daughter... 1209 01:18:27,524 --> 01:18:31,119 ...we're gonna have a home of our own. We even got a cow for the backyard. 1210 01:18:31,194 --> 01:18:34,391 We're gonna be the best damned homebodies you ever saw. 1211 01:18:35,398 --> 01:18:38,424 The boys walked because they think the act's finished. 1212 01:18:38,968 --> 01:18:40,697 They think we're nothin'. 1213 01:18:41,338 --> 01:18:44,796 Well, let 'em walk. Let 'em all walk. I don't need any of 'em. 1214 01:18:46,309 --> 01:18:47,401 They needed me. 1215 01:18:48,978 --> 01:18:50,969 I'm used to people walkin' out. 1216 01:18:51,681 --> 01:18:55,583 When my own mother did it, I cried for a week. Your father did it. 1217 01:18:56,953 --> 01:18:59,353 Then the man I married after him did it. 1218 01:19:00,590 --> 01:19:02,581 Well, this time I'm not cryin'. 1219 01:19:03,159 --> 01:19:05,150 Because I don't need any of 'em. 1220 01:19:05,829 --> 01:19:07,319 I'm the electricity. 1221 01:19:07,397 --> 01:19:10,298 I was always the electricity. Who do you think made the act? 1222 01:19:10,367 --> 01:19:13,734 I made it! And I can make it again. And I will, I swear I will. 1223 01:19:16,973 --> 01:19:19,100 This time I'm gonna do it for you. 1224 01:19:21,044 --> 01:19:23,569 This time I'm gonna make you a star, baby. 1225 01:19:24,447 --> 01:19:28,076 We're gonna have all new costumes, all new people, all new everything. 1226 01:19:28,151 --> 01:19:31,348 It's like bein' born all over again. We got everything ahead of us. 1227 01:19:31,421 --> 01:19:32,911 Take a look at our new star. 1228 01:19:32,989 --> 01:19:34,616 Look at her, Herbie. Look at her. You're right. 1229 01:19:36,608 --> 01:19:39,634 This is today and everything else is yesterday's mashed potatoes. 1230 01:19:39,745 --> 01:19:44,546 Finished? Why, we're just beginning. And this time nothing's gonna stop us. 1231 01:19:50,189 --> 01:19:52,282 "I had a dream 1232 01:19:53,525 --> 01:19:56,790 "A dream about you, baby 1233 01:19:57,763 --> 01:20:01,164 "It's gonna come true, baby 1234 01:20:02,334 --> 01:20:05,064 "They think that we're through 1235 01:20:05,537 --> 01:20:08,506 "But, baby 1236 01:20:09,074 --> 01:20:13,374 "You'll be swell, you'll be great 1237 01:20:14,213 --> 01:20:16,943 "Gonna have the whole world on a plate 1238 01:20:17,649 --> 01:20:20,584 "Startin' here, startin' now 1239 01:20:21,353 --> 01:20:26,290 "Honey, everything's comin' up roses 1240 01:20:28,594 --> 01:20:31,461 "Clear the decks, clear the tracks 1241 01:20:32,131 --> 01:20:34,998 "You got nothin' to do but relax 1242 01:20:35,734 --> 01:20:38,703 "Blow a kiss, take a bow 1243 01:20:39,471 --> 01:20:44,272 "Honey, everything's comin' up roses 1244 01:20:47,045 --> 01:20:50,105 "Now's your inning 1245 01:20:50,983 --> 01:20:53,543 "Stand the world on its ear 1246 01:20:54,286 --> 01:20:57,119 "Set it spinning 1247 01:20:57,856 --> 01:21:00,689 "That'll be just the beginning 1248 01:21:00,759 --> 01:21:03,592 "Curtain up, light the lights 1249 01:21:04,396 --> 01:21:07,160 "You've got nothin' to hit but the heights 1250 01:21:07,966 --> 01:21:10,662 "You'll be swell, you'll be great 1251 01:21:11,537 --> 01:21:14,472 "I can tell, just you wait 1252 01:21:15,174 --> 01:21:19,975 "That lucky star I talk about is due 1253 01:21:22,347 --> 01:21:27,216 "Honey, everything's comin' up roses 1254 01:21:27,886 --> 01:21:30,912 "For me and for you 1255 01:21:35,093 --> 01:21:37,425 "You can do it 1256 01:21:39,131 --> 01:21:41,065 "All you need is a hand 1257 01:21:42,601 --> 01:21:45,331 "We can do it 1258 01:21:46,605 --> 01:21:50,234 "Mama is gonna see to it! 1259 01:21:50,409 --> 01:21:53,242 "Curtain up, light the lights 1260 01:21:54,046 --> 01:21:56,571 "We got nothin' to hit but the heights 1261 01:21:57,382 --> 01:22:00,408 "I can tell, wait and see 1262 01:22:00,953 --> 01:22:04,013 "There's the bell, follow me 1263 01:22:04,656 --> 01:22:09,389 "And nothin's gonna stop us till we're through 1264 01:22:11,697 --> 01:22:17,158 "Honey, everything's coming up roses and daffodils 1265 01:22:18,537 --> 01:22:23,873 "Everything's comin' up sunshine and Santa Claus 1266 01:22:24,810 --> 01:22:29,975 "Everything's gonna be bright lights and lollipops 1267 01:22:31,316 --> 01:22:36,151 "Everything's comin' up roses 1268 01:22:36,722 --> 01:22:41,557 "For me and for you!" 1269 01:23:03,215 --> 01:23:04,614 No, no, no. 1270 01:23:06,051 --> 01:23:07,609 That's not right. 1271 01:23:09,254 --> 01:23:11,154 Sing out, Louise, sing out. 1272 01:23:12,291 --> 01:23:14,589 Let Mr. Ziegfeld hear you. 1273 01:23:16,795 --> 01:23:19,059 I got it! I got it! 1274 01:23:20,666 --> 01:23:22,133 I had another dream. 1275 01:23:23,035 --> 01:23:26,596 Instead of boys we'll use girls. And you know the cow in the act? 1276 01:23:26,838 --> 01:23:29,534 It's not gonna be a cow anymore. It's gonna be a bull. 1277 01:23:29,608 --> 01:23:31,337 So, it's gonna be a bull. 1278 01:23:33,078 --> 01:23:34,272 It's a good idea. 1279 01:23:34,579 --> 01:23:37,639 And you're gonna be the bullfighter. And you know what? 1280 01:23:37,816 --> 01:23:40,944 We're callin' the act Madame Rose's Toreadorables. 1281 01:23:41,853 --> 01:23:43,286 All we need is the girls. 1282 01:23:44,456 --> 01:23:45,616 Yes, Mother. 1283 01:23:46,758 --> 01:23:48,487 All we need is the girls. 1284 01:23:49,161 --> 01:23:50,685 How're we gonna get 'em? 1285 01:23:52,497 --> 01:23:53,862 We'll get 'em... 1286 01:23:54,266 --> 01:23:55,563 ...Uncle Jocko. 1287 01:24:01,073 --> 01:24:05,669 Herbie did the Uncle Jocko bit again and got us six girls for the act, semi-talented. 1288 01:24:06,111 --> 01:24:10,741 I didn't like the dough goin' out for hotels, so I discovered the Army and Navy stores. 1289 01:24:11,116 --> 01:24:12,913 Surplus tents, for instance. 1290 01:24:15,053 --> 01:24:16,145 Ready, Louise? 1291 01:24:16,221 --> 01:24:17,279 Yes, Mama. 1292 01:24:17,723 --> 01:24:20,123 - Ready, girls? - Yes, Madam Rose. 1293 01:24:20,359 --> 01:24:22,793 Remember, you mustn't be discouraged by the past. 1294 01:24:22,861 --> 01:24:24,795 You're artists of the theater. 1295 01:24:28,367 --> 01:24:31,029 Madam Rose's Toreadorables. 1296 01:24:40,178 --> 01:24:41,406 "Extra, extra! 1297 01:24:41,480 --> 01:24:44,711 "Hey, look at the headlines Historical news is being made" 1298 01:24:45,016 --> 01:24:46,005 Sing out! 1299 01:24:46,084 --> 01:24:47,312 "Extra, extra! 1300 01:24:47,386 --> 01:24:50,719 "They're drawing a red line Around the biggest scoop of the decade 1301 01:24:50,789 --> 01:24:51,778 "In the decade 1302 01:24:51,857 --> 01:24:54,621 "A barrel of charm A fabulous thrill 1303 01:24:55,026 --> 01:24:57,824 "The biggest little headline in vaudeville 1304 01:24:58,330 --> 01:25:00,730 "Presenting in person 1305 01:25:01,299 --> 01:25:04,894 - "That 5-foot-3 bundle of dynamite" - Sell it! Sell it, girls! 1306 01:25:04,970 --> 01:25:06,904 "Senorita Louise" 1307 01:25:09,908 --> 01:25:12,399 Well, come on, Louise, come on! 1308 01:25:22,521 --> 01:25:26,082 Ol�, everybody! My name's Louise. What's yours? 1309 01:25:29,694 --> 01:25:31,594 Well, it's comin' along. 1310 01:25:35,133 --> 01:25:36,122 Mama... 1311 01:25:37,502 --> 01:25:38,833 ...l'm just no good at it. 1312 01:25:38,904 --> 01:25:42,601 Now don't be silly. All right, girls, let's try the finish. 1313 01:25:42,841 --> 01:25:45,742 They'll forgive you anything if you've got a strong finish. 1314 01:25:45,811 --> 01:25:48,746 You're late. Now, girls, let's make it stirring! 1315 01:25:54,186 --> 01:25:56,916 Pick up your feet, Louise! Pick 'em up! Up, up! 1316 01:26:11,403 --> 01:26:12,995 I guess they're tired. 1317 01:26:13,672 --> 01:26:16,800 All right, girls, over to your tents. Get ready for bed. 1318 01:26:17,676 --> 01:26:19,667 - Good night, Louise. - Good night, Mama. 1319 01:26:19,744 --> 01:26:23,009 - But it's still light, Madam Rose. - Don't argue, go to bed. 1320 01:26:23,448 --> 01:26:25,916 And don't forget to write your mothers... 1321 01:26:26,017 --> 01:26:27,245 ...for money. 1322 01:26:27,886 --> 01:26:29,376 How'd it go in town? 1323 01:26:29,788 --> 01:26:31,255 Not even a benefit. 1324 01:26:31,323 --> 01:26:33,791 They're too un-American down here, that's what. 1325 01:26:33,859 --> 01:26:38,091 We better talk about goin' back up north as soon as I tell the girls a bedtime story. 1326 01:26:40,198 --> 01:26:42,564 Why do you make Louise wear that wig in the act? 1327 01:26:44,469 --> 01:26:46,403 It makes her look more like... 1328 01:26:48,740 --> 01:26:49,832 ...a star. 1329 01:26:50,509 --> 01:26:52,033 Why do you keep the cow? 1330 01:26:52,110 --> 01:26:54,977 Herbie, if that cow goes, I go. 1331 01:26:55,313 --> 01:26:56,803 The act can be fixed. 1332 01:26:56,882 --> 01:26:59,510 If I was doin' it for her sister I'd have it all set. 1333 01:26:59,584 --> 01:27:00,915 But you're not. 1334 01:27:01,219 --> 01:27:02,777 And I'm not my sister. 1335 01:27:03,822 --> 01:27:05,722 She doesn't expect you to be. 1336 01:27:06,057 --> 01:27:07,024 Mama... 1337 01:27:07,626 --> 01:27:10,652 ...I love you so much and I've tried hard as I could... 1338 01:27:11,496 --> 01:27:14,226 ...but the act is rotten and I'm rotten in it. 1339 01:27:15,300 --> 01:27:17,530 How do you like that? Typical of a kid. 1340 01:27:18,003 --> 01:27:19,994 Mama, I've been wanting to say this... 1341 01:27:20,071 --> 01:27:22,005 - Always impatient. - Mama... 1342 01:27:22,073 --> 01:27:25,065 - A few break-in dates don't go so good... - I'm not a blonde. 1343 01:27:25,143 --> 01:27:28,544 And I'm not my sister, and I just can't do what she did. 1344 01:27:28,947 --> 01:27:30,346 She's not asking you to. 1345 01:27:30,415 --> 01:27:32,110 Maybe you want show business... 1346 01:27:32,183 --> 01:27:34,276 Maybe? Why, it's our whole lives! 1347 01:27:34,352 --> 01:27:37,014 It's what we've been working for since you were born. 1348 01:27:37,088 --> 01:27:40,888 Honey, maybe I have been on the wrong track about your material... 1349 01:27:40,959 --> 01:27:42,859 ...but I'll find out what you do best. 1350 01:27:42,928 --> 01:27:46,022 The good Lord says, "You gotta take the rough with the smooth." 1351 01:27:46,097 --> 01:27:49,589 And you're lucky. You were born lucky, because you're not alone, see? 1352 01:27:49,668 --> 01:27:51,260 - Right, Herbie? - Right. 1353 01:27:53,038 --> 01:27:56,940 You know, we could get a nice refund on this if we'd ever paid for it. 1354 01:27:57,909 --> 01:28:01,174 How about getting a gallon of peroxide and a carton of toothbrushes? 1355 01:28:01,279 --> 01:28:02,405 What for, Herbie? 1356 01:28:02,914 --> 01:28:04,211 Make 'em all blondes. 1357 01:28:05,250 --> 01:28:06,512 I was only jokin'. 1358 01:28:06,651 --> 01:28:07,982 So was I, honey. 1359 01:28:08,253 --> 01:28:09,686 But why not do it? 1360 01:28:10,589 --> 01:28:13,990 - Louise, they're just children. - They're young girls, Mama. 1361 01:28:14,326 --> 01:28:16,487 As blondes they could be pretty young girls. 1362 01:28:16,561 --> 01:28:18,222 With some imagination it might work. 1363 01:28:18,296 --> 01:28:20,560 It'd jazz up the act, make it easier to sell. 1364 01:28:20,632 --> 01:28:23,760 We could call it, Madam Rose and her Blonde Babies. 1365 01:28:23,835 --> 01:28:24,893 Baby Blondes. 1366 01:28:24,970 --> 01:28:26,597 No, nothing with babies. 1367 01:28:26,671 --> 01:28:28,138 - Hollywood Blondes. - Yes! 1368 01:28:28,206 --> 01:28:30,902 All blondes except you, 'cause you're the star. 1369 01:28:31,676 --> 01:28:33,075 If I'm the star... 1370 01:28:33,478 --> 01:28:36,504 ...then it should be Louise and Her Hollywood Blondes. 1371 01:28:39,884 --> 01:28:42,182 Rose Louise and her Hollywood Blondes! 1372 01:28:44,589 --> 01:28:45,556 Okay. 1373 01:28:46,691 --> 01:28:49,626 Well, I told you everything would come up lollipops. 1374 01:28:49,794 --> 01:28:51,728 Herbie got us a two-week date. 1375 01:28:51,930 --> 01:28:55,127 And we were paid minimum plus, guaranteed in advance... 1376 01:28:55,567 --> 01:28:57,501 ...at the Wichita Opera House. 1377 01:28:57,736 --> 01:28:59,567 We were on our way up again. 1378 01:29:00,038 --> 01:29:02,199 Nothin' can stop Rose. Nothin'. 1379 01:29:03,742 --> 01:29:06,176 Okay, okay. Kill the traveler. 1380 01:29:06,678 --> 01:29:09,112 That's right, trim it. Okay. 1381 01:29:09,648 --> 01:29:10,842 That's right. 1382 01:29:20,625 --> 01:29:23,116 It's a real live theater! 1383 01:29:23,495 --> 01:29:25,429 With a real live stage! 1384 01:29:25,764 --> 01:29:27,129 Don't you love it? 1385 01:29:33,505 --> 01:29:35,166 Louise, look! 1386 01:29:36,141 --> 01:29:38,439 A real live theater. 1387 01:29:40,311 --> 01:29:42,836 Just like opening day rehearsals used to be. 1388 01:29:43,481 --> 01:29:44,812 Mama's gonna love it. 1389 01:29:44,883 --> 01:29:48,319 - Will you kill them floods? - Will you shut your face? 1390 01:29:49,320 --> 01:29:52,551 - She isn't gonna love that. - Or that! 1391 01:29:53,358 --> 01:29:55,189 Slave, my fiddle. 1392 01:29:59,764 --> 01:30:00,958 What the hay? 1393 01:30:01,733 --> 01:30:03,997 What kind of an act is that? 1394 01:30:04,269 --> 01:30:05,327 Yeah? 1395 01:30:06,371 --> 01:30:08,703 Okay, jailbait, you the Hollywood Blondes? 1396 01:30:08,773 --> 01:30:10,400 - Yes. I'm... - You're late. 1397 01:30:10,475 --> 01:30:12,841 - Our car broke down and... - Skip it. 1398 01:30:13,111 --> 01:30:16,410 Some of you can use that dressing room. The rest of you, over there. 1399 01:30:16,481 --> 01:30:19,348 The first one you share with Tessie Tura, the Texas Twirler. 1400 01:30:20,118 --> 01:30:22,245 The second with Mazeppa, Revolutions in Dance. 1401 01:30:22,320 --> 01:30:23,719 Now shake it up, will you? 1402 01:30:24,823 --> 01:30:25,812 So... 1403 01:30:26,858 --> 01:30:30,157 ...you're the act that's supposed to keep the cops out, huh? 1404 01:30:30,628 --> 01:30:32,391 Boy, you must be lousy. 1405 01:30:34,632 --> 01:30:36,532 It's a real live theater, all right. 1406 01:30:36,601 --> 01:30:38,933 He reminds me of my brother. 1407 01:30:40,338 --> 01:30:41,635 Don't start sniveling. 1408 01:30:41,706 --> 01:30:45,198 Take the cow and anything else you can carry into the first dressing room. 1409 01:30:45,276 --> 01:30:49,076 Marjorie May, take the other girls into that second room and start unpacking. 1410 01:30:49,147 --> 01:30:50,739 I want to go home. 1411 01:31:00,892 --> 01:31:02,689 Look at this! 1412 01:31:03,428 --> 01:31:07,797 That Tessie Tura must be a very fancy lady. 1413 01:31:12,470 --> 01:31:14,165 She must also be a pig. 1414 01:31:17,075 --> 01:31:18,064 Louise! 1415 01:31:19,778 --> 01:31:21,040 In here, Mama. 1416 01:31:22,514 --> 01:31:23,776 Let me help you. 1417 01:31:23,848 --> 01:31:25,873 Baby, we're back in the theater. 1418 01:31:26,217 --> 01:31:28,310 We're back in a real live theater. 1419 01:31:28,386 --> 01:31:31,355 I really think we ought to talk to Herbie. 1420 01:31:31,422 --> 01:31:35,415 He went up front to check on our billing. Good morning. Good morning, I... 1421 01:31:46,738 --> 01:31:48,171 It ain't weighted right. 1422 01:31:54,779 --> 01:31:58,237 It scratches the devil out of me and it just don't bump when I do. 1423 01:31:58,316 --> 01:32:01,012 Maybe there's somethin' wrong with your bumper. 1424 01:32:02,320 --> 01:32:03,582 Big joke! 1425 01:32:04,322 --> 01:32:08,281 I'm out there bumpin' my brains off with no action and she's bein' witty. 1426 01:32:11,329 --> 01:32:12,796 Hey, you with the neck. 1427 01:32:13,498 --> 01:32:17,332 I paid six bucks for that costume. Now back where you found it. 1428 01:32:17,402 --> 01:32:18,528 Yes, ma'am. 1429 01:32:42,193 --> 01:32:44,354 Get the bags, get the cow, get the props! 1430 01:32:44,429 --> 01:32:47,193 You don't know what kind of theater this is. 1431 01:32:47,498 --> 01:32:49,659 Yes, I do. It's a house of burlesque. 1432 01:32:49,734 --> 01:32:52,965 A house of burlesque. And you know what that is? Filth! 1433 01:32:53,037 --> 01:32:56,404 - When your friend Herbie shows his face... - I'm sure he didn't know. 1434 01:32:56,474 --> 01:32:57,998 Not much, he didn't. Agnes! 1435 01:32:58,076 --> 01:33:00,044 He got the booking over the telephone. 1436 01:33:00,478 --> 01:33:01,809 We were all so happy. 1437 01:33:02,881 --> 01:33:04,212 My name is Amanda. 1438 01:33:04,282 --> 01:33:08,241 Your name is Agnes and I want you and the others out of here in two seconds. 1439 01:33:08,319 --> 01:33:10,617 - But, Madam Rose... - March! March! Go! 1440 01:33:10,722 --> 01:33:13,350 Wait a minute. Wait in the other dressing room. 1441 01:33:14,759 --> 01:33:17,227 You take the rear end of the cow, I'll take the front. 1442 01:33:17,295 --> 01:33:21,629 And what bags we can't carry, your friend Herbie can pick up and carry himself. 1443 01:33:22,967 --> 01:33:25,993 Listen to me. Just because you think Herbie can do no wrong... 1444 01:33:26,070 --> 01:33:29,301 - This has nothing to do with him. - You don't know what burlesque is. 1445 01:33:29,374 --> 01:33:30,898 - Yes, I do. - No, you don't! 1446 01:33:30,975 --> 01:33:33,307 No daughter of mine will work in a burlesque house. 1447 01:33:33,378 --> 01:33:35,346 And no daughter of any woman I know. 1448 01:33:35,413 --> 01:33:36,937 Where are we gonna work? 1449 01:33:37,015 --> 01:33:40,678 Vaudevillians won't even live in the same hotel as burlesque people. 1450 01:33:42,987 --> 01:33:45,012 Mama, how much money do we have? 1451 01:33:46,291 --> 01:33:49,749 Including what's left of their allowances, how much money do we have? 1452 01:33:52,196 --> 01:33:53,561 Somethin' will turn up. 1453 01:33:53,798 --> 01:33:56,164 It has turned up and this is it! 1454 01:33:56,434 --> 01:33:59,631 Mama, we're flat broke. We've gotta take this job. 1455 01:34:00,505 --> 01:34:03,474 Even if you wanted to quit and go home, we'd have to take it. 1456 01:34:07,211 --> 01:34:08,473 I had a dream. 1457 01:34:13,151 --> 01:34:15,585 - Mama... - You're gonna like this one. 1458 01:34:16,087 --> 01:34:19,284 I had it over a week ago, only I didn't want to tell you. 1459 01:34:19,490 --> 01:34:21,219 The cow came into my room. 1460 01:34:22,627 --> 01:34:25,357 But she wasn't dancin', smilin' this time. 1461 01:34:26,931 --> 01:34:29,126 She was wheezin' and kind of sad-like. 1462 01:34:30,168 --> 01:34:33,467 She came over to my bed and looked at me, and she said: 1463 01:34:34,272 --> 01:34:36,763 "Rose, move over." 1464 01:34:39,210 --> 01:34:40,575 I'm sorry, Mama. 1465 01:34:41,646 --> 01:34:44,444 Why? She didn't ask you to move over. 1466 01:34:45,717 --> 01:34:48,447 I mean, I'm sorry I'm not good enough in the act. 1467 01:34:50,321 --> 01:34:52,915 It's the act that isn't good enough, baby... 1468 01:34:54,892 --> 01:34:56,086 ...or somethin'. 1469 01:34:57,161 --> 01:34:58,219 Rose! 1470 01:35:00,631 --> 01:35:01,598 In here. 1471 01:35:01,666 --> 01:35:04,999 Look, I didn't know. Louise. Rose, I didn't know, believe me. 1472 01:35:05,069 --> 01:35:06,229 I do, honey. 1473 01:35:06,871 --> 01:35:09,499 Oh, what's the difference? The money is good. 1474 01:35:09,574 --> 01:35:13,442 It's only two weeks and maybe by that time somethin' will turn up. Right? 1475 01:35:14,245 --> 01:35:15,234 Right! 1476 01:35:15,980 --> 01:35:17,948 You're a nice girl, Rose. Thank you. 1477 01:35:18,916 --> 01:35:22,443 - That's show business. - One good thing: I bet we get top billing. 1478 01:35:24,022 --> 01:35:27,116 Actually, you see, they had us kinda lost in the middle. 1479 01:35:27,258 --> 01:35:29,624 I thought last would be better, so that it reads: 1480 01:35:29,694 --> 01:35:31,958 "And Rose Louise and Her Hollywood Blondes." 1481 01:35:32,030 --> 01:35:34,828 They'll use plenty of pictures and put a box around it. 1482 01:35:34,899 --> 01:35:37,367 Forget the box, Herbie, and the pictures. 1483 01:35:37,502 --> 01:35:40,494 You don't know what they say in the business, but Herbie does. 1484 01:35:40,571 --> 01:35:44,029 When a vaudeville act plays burlesque it means it's all washed up. 1485 01:35:44,475 --> 01:35:47,774 Herbie, nothin' is gonna turn up for us, is it? 1486 01:35:50,181 --> 01:35:51,170 No. 1487 01:35:55,053 --> 01:35:56,748 It is a pretty rotten act. 1488 01:35:57,955 --> 01:35:59,547 Honey, it's not the act. 1489 01:35:59,624 --> 01:36:03,185 It's like I been tellin' you, vaudeville is dead, stone-cold dead! 1490 01:36:04,062 --> 01:36:06,428 - We sure tried though, didn't we? - We sure did. 1491 01:36:06,998 --> 01:36:07,930 Right? 1492 01:36:08,066 --> 01:36:09,055 Right. 1493 01:36:10,368 --> 01:36:11,357 Herbie. 1494 01:36:13,638 --> 01:36:15,401 I better get the cues ready. 1495 01:36:15,473 --> 01:36:19,933 Hey, Rose Louise, where's your music? And your light cues? 1496 01:36:20,011 --> 01:36:21,638 I'll be right with you. 1497 01:36:22,980 --> 01:36:25,244 - You Rose Louise? - Yeah, I'm Rose Louise. 1498 01:36:25,349 --> 01:36:26,475 Oh, Herbie. 1499 01:36:27,151 --> 01:36:28,743 Things are lookin' up. 1500 01:36:29,120 --> 01:36:32,487 I got a show to open, Rose Louise, so move your butt. 1501 01:36:36,461 --> 01:36:38,292 Now listen, you little punk! 1502 01:36:39,730 --> 01:36:43,461 For the next two weeks you're gonna speak like a Sunday school teacher. 1503 01:36:43,534 --> 01:36:47,470 You got something in this theater you probably never saw before: A lady. 1504 01:36:47,672 --> 01:36:48,730 Take a look. 1505 01:36:49,607 --> 01:36:50,869 That is a lady. 1506 01:36:51,409 --> 01:36:53,070 And that is also a lady. 1507 01:36:54,312 --> 01:36:58,646 And every girl in this act is a lady and don't you forget it. Do you understand? 1508 01:36:58,916 --> 01:36:59,974 Yes, sir. 1509 01:37:03,788 --> 01:37:07,724 Now get out there on that stage and I'll give you the cues when I'm ready. 1510 01:37:07,792 --> 01:37:08,781 Yes, sir. 1511 01:37:12,830 --> 01:37:13,990 Excuse me... 1512 01:37:14,732 --> 01:37:15,756 ...ma'am. 1513 01:37:29,180 --> 01:37:33,241 Sir, won't you give me your protection? I'm a lady, too. 1514 01:37:33,718 --> 01:37:36,846 Just let me by, lady, and there won't be any casualties. 1515 01:37:36,954 --> 01:37:38,319 Say, you're cute. 1516 01:37:38,489 --> 01:37:41,424 How about you and me goin' for a ride after the show? 1517 01:37:41,559 --> 01:37:43,117 All my seats are reserved. 1518 01:37:45,263 --> 01:37:47,754 The thing worked, thanks to you. 1519 01:37:53,304 --> 01:37:56,796 - Well, if you ladies will excuse me. - We're very busy. 1520 01:37:57,375 --> 01:37:59,741 - In my dressing room? - In your dress... 1521 01:37:59,977 --> 01:38:01,638 You heard me. 1522 01:38:02,346 --> 01:38:05,144 And I don't like sharin' it any more than you do. 1523 01:38:05,383 --> 01:38:08,409 Particularly with a troupe from the Virgin Islands. 1524 01:38:08,819 --> 01:38:13,347 Now don't start up on us, understand? We're headliners from the Orpheum Circuit. 1525 01:38:13,591 --> 01:38:15,821 We were booked into this theater by mistake. 1526 01:38:15,893 --> 01:38:17,190 Weren't we all? 1527 01:38:18,763 --> 01:38:21,163 Say, who made that? 1528 01:38:22,200 --> 01:38:24,634 I did. I make all our costumes. 1529 01:38:25,336 --> 01:38:28,703 My, look at them ladylike little stitches. 1530 01:38:29,640 --> 01:38:33,474 That miserable broad who's been makin' my gowns must be usin' a fish hook. 1531 01:38:34,312 --> 01:38:35,643 What do you pay her? 1532 01:38:36,647 --> 01:38:39,241 - $25 a gown and I provide the material. - $30. 1533 01:38:39,317 --> 01:38:41,012 - She's new in the business. - $30. 1534 01:38:41,085 --> 01:38:42,609 - Are you her mother? - Yes. 1535 01:38:42,687 --> 01:38:43,676 $30. 1536 01:38:45,990 --> 01:38:48,390 I'll get the material after the matinee. 1537 01:38:48,659 --> 01:38:51,526 It's a deal. Louise, where's your toreador costume? 1538 01:38:51,796 --> 01:38:54,924 The girls must have it in the other dressing room with them. 1539 01:38:55,433 --> 01:38:58,300 Heaven knows what else they've got in their dressing room. 1540 01:39:00,204 --> 01:39:01,899 From the way that dame walks... 1541 01:39:01,973 --> 01:39:04,771 ...she would've made a real good stripper in her day. 1542 01:39:09,180 --> 01:39:10,272 Tessie... 1543 01:39:10,715 --> 01:39:12,842 Tessie, I'm short a talking woman. 1544 01:39:13,351 --> 01:39:15,717 Tough. "T, U, F." Tough. 1545 01:39:16,587 --> 01:39:18,885 The new comic won't use a chorus girl. 1546 01:39:19,290 --> 01:39:22,487 Then let him use Mazeppa. Everybody else has. 1547 01:39:26,931 --> 01:39:30,662 Now you know Mazeppa's got her Gladiator Ballet just before his spot. 1548 01:39:30,801 --> 01:39:33,065 Let them cut the ballet. It stinks anyway. 1549 01:39:33,304 --> 01:39:35,101 Be a sport. I'm in a bind. 1550 01:39:35,740 --> 01:39:38,538 You're always in a bind in this flea-bitten trap. 1551 01:39:39,176 --> 01:39:43,044 I'm a strip woman, slob. I don't do no scenes. Now blow. 1552 01:39:45,650 --> 01:39:49,177 Have you ever heard of a first-class strip woman playin' scenes? 1553 01:39:49,487 --> 01:39:53,480 When you play stock in a dump like this, I guess you gotta expect to get insulted. 1554 01:39:53,557 --> 01:39:55,115 The work is steady, isn't it? 1555 01:39:55,192 --> 01:39:57,717 But you bring a new star in for each show, don't ya? 1556 01:39:57,795 --> 01:39:59,729 Tessie, it's just a few lines. 1557 01:40:00,431 --> 01:40:02,865 Fat boy, save your bad breath. 1558 01:40:02,933 --> 01:40:05,367 - I'll give you $10 extra. - No. 1559 01:40:05,536 --> 01:40:06,867 I can read lines. 1560 01:40:06,937 --> 01:40:07,869 Who are you? 1561 01:40:07,938 --> 01:40:10,964 Rose Louise, of Rose Louise and Her Hollywood Blondes. 1562 01:40:11,175 --> 01:40:13,336 Just a minute. What kind of lines? 1563 01:40:13,411 --> 01:40:14,935 - You in her act? - Not exactly. 1564 01:40:15,012 --> 01:40:18,573 - Shut up! How are your legs? - Great! And I'll learn her the scenes. 1565 01:40:18,649 --> 01:40:20,014 Okay, $10. 1566 01:40:20,484 --> 01:40:21,849 It's money, Mama. 1567 01:40:23,187 --> 01:40:25,655 What kind of lines will she read out on that stage? 1568 01:40:25,723 --> 01:40:29,181 The same burlesque junk that's been said since the year 1. 1569 01:40:29,927 --> 01:40:33,556 - Say, where've you been all your life? - Playin' vaudeville. 1570 01:40:33,631 --> 01:40:35,462 Where? In the Louvre? 1571 01:40:36,567 --> 01:40:39,832 You name any town in the United States and we've played it. 1572 01:40:40,371 --> 01:40:43,431 My grandpa says we've covered the country like gypsies. 1573 01:40:43,774 --> 01:40:46,743 Well, you may be a gypsy, Rose Louise, but you're... 1574 01:40:46,811 --> 01:40:50,076 Say, that ain't a bad name if you ever take up strippin'. 1575 01:40:51,515 --> 01:40:52,641 She won't. 1576 01:40:52,883 --> 01:40:55,408 No, but you'll let her feed lines to a bum comic... 1577 01:40:55,486 --> 01:40:57,351 ...for a lousy $10 a week. 1578 01:40:57,755 --> 01:41:01,350 That's trainin'. She's gonna be a headliner. This is only temporary. 1579 01:41:01,425 --> 01:41:05,088 Just as soon as we finish here she's goin' right back to vaudeville. 1580 01:41:05,296 --> 01:41:07,127 I better talk to Herbie about this. 1581 01:41:07,198 --> 01:41:10,861 We never do anything without consulting our artists' representative. 1582 01:41:11,235 --> 01:41:14,033 I'd like to consult your artists' representative. 1583 01:41:14,905 --> 01:41:16,133 That's a man. 1584 01:41:16,807 --> 01:41:18,604 He and Mama are gonna be married. 1585 01:41:18,676 --> 01:41:21,440 She better grab him or she's dumber than she looks. 1586 01:41:21,512 --> 01:41:25,608 Don't you start calling my mother dumb. She's a lot smarter than any of you. 1587 01:41:27,351 --> 01:41:29,785 Listen, we gotta share a dressing room. 1588 01:41:30,221 --> 01:41:32,212 Let's smoke a peace pipe, okay? 1589 01:41:33,891 --> 01:41:35,017 I'm willing. 1590 01:41:35,326 --> 01:41:36,520 I hope so. 1591 01:41:36,627 --> 01:41:40,393 Sharin' a dressing room is like sleepin' together, and if you don't get along... 1592 01:41:42,566 --> 01:41:47,299 I'll thank you not to give the boss any notion that I would ever play scenes. 1593 01:41:47,738 --> 01:41:52,539 And one more disparaging remark about my ballet... 1594 01:41:53,310 --> 01:41:56,973 ...will find this bugle right in your eye. 1595 01:41:57,047 --> 01:41:58,036 Please! 1596 01:42:00,317 --> 01:42:02,012 There's a lady present. 1597 01:42:02,420 --> 01:42:03,387 Where? 1598 01:42:03,788 --> 01:42:06,018 Open your eyes instead of your mouth. 1599 01:42:06,891 --> 01:42:10,088 Gypsy, meet Miss Mazeppa, Miss Electra. 1600 01:42:12,096 --> 01:42:15,896 Say, you're even younger than I was when I started strippin'. 1601 01:42:16,667 --> 01:42:17,998 I'm not gonna strip. 1602 01:42:19,870 --> 01:42:22,168 Somethin' wrong with strippin'? 1603 01:42:22,907 --> 01:42:25,603 No, I just meant I don't have any talent. 1604 01:42:26,110 --> 01:42:27,600 You think they have? 1605 01:42:29,680 --> 01:42:31,944 I, myself, of course, was a ballerina. 1606 01:42:32,416 --> 01:42:37,251 But take it from me, to be a stripper all you need to have is no talent. 1607 01:42:37,721 --> 01:42:39,450 You'll pardon me... 1608 01:42:40,758 --> 01:42:43,090 ...but to have no talent is not enough. 1609 01:42:43,594 --> 01:42:47,860 What you need to have is an idea that makes your strip special. 1610 01:42:56,507 --> 01:42:59,135 "You can pull all the stops out 1611 01:42:59,243 --> 01:43:01,108 "Till they call the cops out 1612 01:43:01,345 --> 01:43:04,280 "Grind till you're fined or you're banned 1613 01:43:04,882 --> 01:43:07,282 "But you gotta get a gimmick 1614 01:43:07,518 --> 01:43:09,986 "If you wanna get a hand 1615 01:43:13,324 --> 01:43:15,849 "You can sacrifice your sacro 1616 01:43:15,926 --> 01:43:17,791 "Workin' in the back row 1617 01:43:17,928 --> 01:43:20,396 "Bump in a dump till you're dead 1618 01:43:21,499 --> 01:43:23,660 "Kid, you gotta get a gimmick 1619 01:43:24,068 --> 01:43:26,593 "If you wanna get ahead 1620 01:43:29,673 --> 01:43:30,799 "You can uh 1621 01:43:30,875 --> 01:43:33,309 "You can uh You can uh, uh, uh 1622 01:43:34,678 --> 01:43:37,306 "That's how burlesque was born 1623 01:43:37,882 --> 01:43:39,713 "So I uh And I uh 1624 01:43:39,984 --> 01:43:41,576 "And I uh, uh, uh 1625 01:43:41,886 --> 01:43:45,947 "But I do it with a horn 1626 01:44:16,120 --> 01:44:18,145 "Once I was a schlepper 1627 01:44:18,289 --> 01:44:20,223 "Now I'm Miss Mazeppa 1628 01:44:20,357 --> 01:44:22,587 "With my revolution in dance 1629 01:44:24,562 --> 01:44:26,325 "You gotta have a gimmick 1630 01:44:26,764 --> 01:44:29,358 "If you wanna have a chance 1631 01:44:32,603 --> 01:44:34,730 "She can m'm, She can m'm 1632 01:44:34,838 --> 01:44:36,635 "She can m'm, m'm, m'm 1633 01:44:37,841 --> 01:44:39,866 "They'll never make her rich 1634 01:44:41,178 --> 01:44:43,078 "Me, I uh And I uh 1635 01:44:43,414 --> 01:44:44,938 "And I uh, uh, uh 1636 01:44:45,349 --> 01:44:48,648 "But I do it with a switch 1637 01:45:00,431 --> 01:45:02,331 "I'm electrifyin' 1638 01:45:02,566 --> 01:45:04,295 "And I'm not even tryin' 1639 01:45:04,535 --> 01:45:07,129 "I never have to sweat to get paid 1640 01:45:08,439 --> 01:45:10,373 "'Cause if you got a gimmick 1641 01:45:10,441 --> 01:45:13,001 "Gypsy girl, you got it made 1642 01:45:19,850 --> 01:45:21,841 "All them m'm And them m'm 1643 01:45:22,086 --> 01:45:23,781 "And them m'm, m'm, m'm 1644 01:45:24,855 --> 01:45:27,323 "Ain't gonna spell success 1645 01:45:27,958 --> 01:45:29,926 "Me, I m'm And I m'm 1646 01:45:30,127 --> 01:45:31,617 "And I m'm, m'm, m'm 1647 01:45:32,029 --> 01:45:35,658 "But I do it with finesse 1648 01:45:54,952 --> 01:45:56,783 "Dressy Tessie Tura 1649 01:45:56,920 --> 01:45:58,683 "Is so much more demure 1650 01:45:58,989 --> 01:46:02,322 "Then all them other ladies because 1651 01:46:02,893 --> 01:46:04,554 "You gotta get a gimmick 1652 01:46:04,862 --> 01:46:08,662 "If you wanna get applause 1653 01:46:10,768 --> 01:46:12,497 "Do something special 1654 01:46:12,670 --> 01:46:14,399 "Anything that's fresh'll 1655 01:46:14,471 --> 01:46:16,962 "Earn you a big fat cigar 1656 01:46:22,246 --> 01:46:24,180 "You're more than just a mimic 1657 01:46:24,314 --> 01:46:26,009 "When you got a gimmick 1658 01:46:26,350 --> 01:46:28,978 "Take a look at how different we are 1659 01:46:38,195 --> 01:46:39,787 "If you wanna make it 1660 01:46:39,863 --> 01:46:41,660 "Twinkle while you shake it 1661 01:46:41,865 --> 01:46:43,457 "If you wanna grind it 1662 01:46:43,734 --> 01:46:45,565 "Wait tell you've refined it 1663 01:46:45,836 --> 01:46:47,394 "If you wanna bump it 1664 01:46:47,705 --> 01:46:49,332 "Bump it with a trumpet 1665 01:46:49,573 --> 01:46:51,131 "So get yourself a gimmick 1666 01:46:51,208 --> 01:46:53,039 "And you, too 1667 01:46:54,178 --> 01:46:56,408 "Can be a star" 1668 01:47:20,104 --> 01:47:21,093 Herbie. 1669 01:47:24,775 --> 01:47:26,868 - Hello, Herbie. - Hello, Rose. 1670 01:47:29,813 --> 01:47:30,802 You win. 1671 01:47:32,649 --> 01:47:34,241 We've come to the end. 1672 01:47:36,186 --> 01:47:38,484 Guess we'd better make some new plans. 1673 01:47:41,792 --> 01:47:43,384 How about marryin' me? 1674 01:47:44,828 --> 01:47:46,455 Sure. Sure! 1675 01:47:47,631 --> 01:47:48,620 Sure. 1676 01:47:49,399 --> 01:47:50,923 I love you, you know. 1677 01:47:51,368 --> 01:47:52,494 Yeah, I do. 1678 01:47:54,805 --> 01:47:56,170 Let's do it today. 1679 01:47:57,674 --> 01:47:59,699 Not while we're still in burlesque. 1680 01:47:59,777 --> 01:48:02,075 - The day we close. - It's a deal. 1681 01:48:02,980 --> 01:48:04,208 Oh, Herbie. 1682 01:48:05,649 --> 01:48:07,082 I do, I do! 1683 01:48:07,251 --> 01:48:08,741 So do I, Rose. 1684 01:48:35,045 --> 01:48:36,171 Come in. 1685 01:48:39,216 --> 01:48:41,377 I'll bet you thought I forgot, huh? 1686 01:48:42,920 --> 01:48:44,182 Not Herbie! 1687 01:48:44,655 --> 01:48:49,217 I remember everything, including the wedding bouquet, the finest in Wichita. 1688 01:48:50,260 --> 01:48:51,557 Thanks, Herbie. 1689 01:48:52,296 --> 01:48:54,491 They're knockouts, aren't they? 1690 01:48:55,065 --> 01:48:57,090 They sure are knockouts, Herbie. 1691 01:48:59,269 --> 01:49:01,965 Hey, stop packing and talk to me! 1692 01:49:04,107 --> 01:49:06,974 Gosh, this is the great day! 1693 01:49:08,779 --> 01:49:11,179 I can't help it. I'm nervous. Why aren't you? 1694 01:49:11,248 --> 01:49:14,183 - I've never been so nervous. - You've never been married before. 1695 01:49:14,251 --> 01:49:17,687 You've never been married before like you'll be married this time. 1696 01:49:17,754 --> 01:49:20,689 She's a little sad, too. You know, about the girls. 1697 01:49:21,458 --> 01:49:23,653 Rose, honey, I know what you're feelin'. 1698 01:49:23,727 --> 01:49:27,823 It ain't easy to give this up after all these years, but you'll never regret it. 1699 01:49:27,898 --> 01:49:29,695 I ought to shut up, but I can't help it. 1700 01:49:29,766 --> 01:49:31,996 I'm finally getting everything I ever wanted. 1701 01:49:32,069 --> 01:49:34,435 Including a fancy ceremony and bridesmaids. 1702 01:49:35,505 --> 01:49:39,032 What the minister will say when he sees all that Hollywood blonde hair... 1703 01:49:39,109 --> 01:49:41,202 ...I don't know. I don't know. 1704 01:49:41,511 --> 01:49:44,742 Let's hope he's colorblind. What difference does it make? 1705 01:49:45,148 --> 01:49:47,616 All he has to ask in exactly one hour is: 1706 01:49:48,051 --> 01:49:50,178 "Do you, Rose, take him, Herbie?" 1707 01:49:51,388 --> 01:49:55,188 And you know what I'm gonna answer? "I, Rose, take you, Herbie." 1708 01:49:56,059 --> 01:49:57,185 Thank you. 1709 01:50:01,298 --> 01:50:05,098 - I better get the bags in the car. - I don't know why I stay in this business! 1710 01:50:05,168 --> 01:50:08,467 - Lf it ain't one headache, it's another! - They'll hear you out front. 1711 01:50:08,538 --> 01:50:11,632 It's my theater, ain't it? Last week, no talkin' woman. 1712 01:50:11,708 --> 01:50:13,471 The week before, no second banana. 1713 01:50:13,543 --> 01:50:17,070 If you knew that crazy broad wasn't here why'd you start the performance? 1714 01:50:17,147 --> 01:50:18,808 She don't go on till next to closin'. 1715 01:50:18,882 --> 01:50:21,373 She said she was only goin' to the drugstore. 1716 01:50:21,451 --> 01:50:23,817 - What'd they arrest her for? - Shoplifting. 1717 01:50:23,887 --> 01:50:24,876 Cut the spot. 1718 01:50:24,955 --> 01:50:27,924 Rose, can we invite the minister for a drink afterwards? 1719 01:50:27,991 --> 01:50:29,686 It's the star strip! 1720 01:50:29,860 --> 01:50:30,918 Cut it! 1721 01:50:33,330 --> 01:50:36,595 Mama, we could hang the cow's head over the mantelpiece. 1722 01:50:36,700 --> 01:50:40,466 They'll yell "murder" if it's the same bags they've seen the last eight weeks. 1723 01:50:40,537 --> 01:50:43,973 - The star's the novelty. - Pastey, what do you expect me to do? 1724 01:50:44,041 --> 01:50:45,702 - Let you strip? - No. 1725 01:50:47,878 --> 01:50:49,607 - My daughter can do it. - What? 1726 01:50:49,680 --> 01:50:51,614 - Rose Louise. - Since when? 1727 01:50:51,682 --> 01:50:53,616 Since she's seen how easy it is. 1728 01:50:53,684 --> 01:50:57,085 - She didn't look bad in the scenes. - She'll look great when I fix her up! 1729 01:50:57,154 --> 01:51:00,521 - What's the gimmick? - She's young and you got any better ideas? 1730 01:51:01,191 --> 01:51:02,658 She'd better get ready now. 1731 01:51:02,726 --> 01:51:04,091 It's the star spot. 1732 01:51:04,161 --> 01:51:05,924 - That means star salary. - Lf we keep her. 1733 01:51:05,996 --> 01:51:08,157 You will. She's gonna be wonderful. 1734 01:51:08,231 --> 01:51:09,858 I knew somethin' would turn up. 1735 01:51:09,933 --> 01:51:12,026 Where's the dress you were making for Tessie? 1736 01:51:12,102 --> 01:51:14,900 Lt'll work perfect for you. Get into your makeup. 1737 01:51:14,972 --> 01:51:16,564 There isn't much time. 1738 01:51:20,610 --> 01:51:23,204 Silly, you aren't really gonna strip. 1739 01:51:23,714 --> 01:51:27,172 All you're gonna do is walk around the stage in time to the music... 1740 01:51:27,250 --> 01:51:30,777 ...and drop a shoulder strap at the end. You're a lady, like Herbie says. 1741 01:51:30,854 --> 01:51:35,052 You'll parade so grand they'll think it's a favor if you even show 'em your knee. 1742 01:51:35,125 --> 01:51:37,423 Louise, it's the star spot. 1743 01:51:37,561 --> 01:51:39,825 I always promised my daughter we'd be a star. 1744 01:51:39,896 --> 01:51:41,158 Not like this. 1745 01:51:41,765 --> 01:51:43,323 You can't do it, Rose. 1746 01:51:43,400 --> 01:51:46,460 Herbie, it's all right to walk out when they want ya... 1747 01:51:46,570 --> 01:51:50,006 ...but we can't walk out when after all these years we're still a flop. 1748 01:51:50,073 --> 01:51:53,167 That's quittin'. We can't quit because we're still a flop. 1749 01:51:53,243 --> 01:51:56,235 Please, do this. Then we can leave proud because we made it. 1750 01:51:56,313 --> 01:51:57,337 Maybe only in burlesque. 1751 01:51:57,414 --> 01:52:00,042 Maybe only in second-rate burlesque at that, but... 1752 01:52:01,985 --> 01:52:03,714 Let's walk away a star. 1753 01:52:19,803 --> 01:52:20,792 Baby. 1754 01:52:24,741 --> 01:52:26,641 No time to finish that dress. 1755 01:52:26,910 --> 01:52:28,605 I'll get everything ready. 1756 01:52:28,712 --> 01:52:31,476 Get the junk off this dress, the Tessie trim. 1757 01:52:33,216 --> 01:52:35,377 Herbie, see what the house is like. 1758 01:52:35,986 --> 01:52:36,975 Sure. 1759 01:52:37,120 --> 01:52:38,485 Sure, why not? 1760 01:52:40,490 --> 01:52:43,516 Didn't I always tell you, you were born lucky, Louise? 1761 01:52:44,361 --> 01:52:47,387 Not too much makeup, baby. Young and girlish, pure. 1762 01:52:47,464 --> 01:52:50,262 Don't smear that junk on your face the way the others do! 1763 01:52:50,333 --> 01:52:52,893 Just leave your mouth the way the good Lord made it. 1764 01:52:52,969 --> 01:52:54,903 Not too much rouge. No beauty marks. 1765 01:52:54,971 --> 01:52:58,907 You'll be a lady: Grand, elegant, with a classy ladylike walk. 1766 01:52:59,309 --> 01:53:02,437 Ye gods, shoes! We can use the black ones. 1767 01:53:02,512 --> 01:53:04,639 The old ones that we borrowed from Tessie. 1768 01:53:04,714 --> 01:53:07,683 They'll have to do. If they're too big, stuff 'em with paper. 1769 01:53:07,751 --> 01:53:11,517 Your hair's all wrong. You can't just let it hang there like spaghetti. 1770 01:53:11,588 --> 01:53:14,819 Get it up, dear! And puff it out on top. It's gotta be classy. 1771 01:53:15,058 --> 01:53:18,585 Thank God the Lord gave us good color and that you washed it this morning. 1772 01:53:18,662 --> 01:53:20,960 Do you think we should use a few feathers in it? 1773 01:53:21,031 --> 01:53:23,124 No, that's what they all do. Jewelry! 1774 01:53:23,200 --> 01:53:27,034 No, let Tessie and the others wear all this vulgar junk. Come in. 1775 01:53:27,304 --> 01:53:28,794 - She ready? - She'll be there. 1776 01:53:28,872 --> 01:53:30,100 She's on in seven minutes. 1777 01:53:30,173 --> 01:53:33,006 She'll be there. Come on, Louise. Get in the dress. 1778 01:53:33,076 --> 01:53:34,668 Come dear, come. 1779 01:53:35,846 --> 01:53:38,076 You're gonna be just wonderful, darling. 1780 01:53:38,181 --> 01:53:40,615 Go along, dear. Here's your dress. 1781 01:53:40,684 --> 01:53:43,915 Keep a lot of pins in your hair. Get it tight so it won't fall down. 1782 01:53:43,987 --> 01:53:46,785 - Will you get out of here! - Six and a half minutes. 1783 01:53:46,857 --> 01:53:48,222 I know, I know. 1784 01:53:49,559 --> 01:53:51,527 Say, whose are these? 1785 01:53:51,895 --> 01:53:53,954 My wedding present from Tessie. 1786 01:53:54,030 --> 01:53:57,830 Good for a lady. She can wear 'em. Now what else? Music. Music. 1787 01:54:01,004 --> 01:54:03,598 Spanish. Military. Cow. 1788 01:54:07,244 --> 01:54:09,678 Maybe she can do the Let Me Entertain You number. 1789 01:54:09,746 --> 01:54:12,579 Baby, you can do the Let me Entertain You number. 1790 01:54:12,649 --> 01:54:15,550 I'll mark it for the conductor to repeat two choruses slow. 1791 01:54:15,619 --> 01:54:17,951 No, two and a half. And sing out, Louise! 1792 01:54:18,188 --> 01:54:19,587 Just walk and dip. 1793 01:54:19,923 --> 01:54:21,618 Remember, you're a lady. 1794 01:54:21,791 --> 01:54:24,385 Make 'em beg for more and then don't give it to 'em. 1795 01:54:24,461 --> 01:54:25,792 Did I forget anything? 1796 01:54:26,596 --> 01:54:28,928 Is that you, honey? How is the audience? 1797 01:54:28,999 --> 01:54:30,364 It don't matter. 1798 01:54:30,667 --> 01:54:33,192 The car is outside and the girls are in it. 1799 01:54:33,803 --> 01:54:37,239 I'm just gonna put these bags in the car and then we're going. 1800 01:54:37,507 --> 01:54:40,032 You, Louise and me, we're gonna get married. 1801 01:54:40,710 --> 01:54:43,873 - This is our farewell to show business. - Herbie, don't talk dumb. 1802 01:54:44,080 --> 01:54:48,483 Two performances, a lot of dollars, and she'll always remember she was a star. 1803 01:54:48,552 --> 01:54:52,682 You want your daughter to take off her clothes in front of a lot of hooting savages? 1804 01:54:52,756 --> 01:54:55,247 You really want her to be ogled and leered at? 1805 01:54:55,325 --> 01:54:57,793 When a star's onstage there's an invisible wall... 1806 01:54:57,861 --> 01:55:00,295 ...between her and the audience. She's an artist. 1807 01:55:00,363 --> 01:55:03,355 An artist can keep her audience away and leave them smiling. 1808 01:55:03,433 --> 01:55:06,163 Listen, I'm getting sick to my stomach again. 1809 01:55:06,236 --> 01:55:08,670 Herbie, don't you see that I have to do this? 1810 01:55:08,738 --> 01:55:11,206 No, I don't see that you have to do this! 1811 01:55:12,209 --> 01:55:14,200 All I see is what I have to do. 1812 01:55:14,911 --> 01:55:16,879 - I'm leaving. - I apologize. 1813 01:55:16,947 --> 01:55:18,073 No, let me! 1814 01:55:18,615 --> 01:55:21,083 For my resemblance to a mouse. No, a worm! 1815 01:55:21,718 --> 01:55:24,846 The way I've crawled after you. No more, Rose. No more, I won't! 1816 01:55:24,921 --> 01:55:28,084 I wanted to crawl away from you because my stomach turned over... 1817 01:55:28,158 --> 01:55:30,752 ...to think of coming back to tell you we're finished! 1818 01:55:30,827 --> 01:55:33,022 - Tell me after we're married. - We'll never be. 1819 01:55:33,096 --> 01:55:35,963 - We certainly are. - No, no! No, never! 1820 01:55:36,499 --> 01:55:39,332 Not even if you got down on your knees and begged. 1821 01:55:41,037 --> 01:55:43,699 Now look, I still love you, Rose. 1822 01:55:44,608 --> 01:55:47,702 But all the vows from here to doomsday couldn't make you a wife. 1823 01:55:47,777 --> 01:55:49,768 I want a wife, Rose! 1824 01:55:51,248 --> 01:55:53,045 I'm gonna be a man if it kills me. 1825 01:55:53,116 --> 01:55:55,243 - So you're killin' me. - Nobody can kill you. 1826 01:55:55,318 --> 01:55:58,981 You think I got a bulletproof vest? You're jealous, that's what you are. 1827 01:55:59,055 --> 01:56:01,148 Of my girls, 'cause they're always first. 1828 01:56:01,224 --> 01:56:04,455 They always did and they always will. And Louise is gonna be a star! 1829 01:56:04,527 --> 01:56:08,657 She's gonna be a star if it kills you and her. She's gonna be a star someplace! 1830 01:56:08,732 --> 01:56:11,428 While she's gonna be a star, where are you gonna be? 1831 01:56:11,501 --> 01:56:13,696 Where will you be when she gets married? 1832 01:56:16,640 --> 01:56:19,165 She won't get married for years. She's just a baby. 1833 01:56:19,242 --> 01:56:20,038 Sure. 1834 01:56:20,110 --> 01:56:23,637 - Anyway, her career'll always come first. - That's right. 1835 01:56:24,214 --> 01:56:25,476 That is right. 1836 01:56:25,715 --> 01:56:26,807 Herbie... 1837 01:56:28,818 --> 01:56:30,649 Why does everybody walk out? 1838 01:56:34,758 --> 01:56:36,225 Maybe Louise won't. 1839 01:56:37,193 --> 01:56:38,683 Don't leave, Herbie. 1840 01:56:39,863 --> 01:56:40,989 I need you. 1841 01:56:41,431 --> 01:56:42,489 What for? 1842 01:56:44,434 --> 01:56:45,799 A million things. 1843 01:56:49,906 --> 01:56:51,635 Just one would be better. 1844 01:56:55,011 --> 01:56:56,273 Goodbye, honey. 1845 01:57:05,522 --> 01:57:06,819 Be a good girl. 1846 01:57:10,293 --> 01:57:12,227 You go to the devil! 1847 01:57:14,898 --> 01:57:16,661 Get her music to the conductor... 1848 01:57:16,733 --> 01:57:19,167 ...and you better stand by me for the light cues. 1849 01:57:19,235 --> 01:57:21,601 I just hope you know what you're doin'. 1850 01:57:34,050 --> 01:57:35,244 "Lucky 1851 01:57:36,619 --> 01:57:39,554 "You're a man who likes children 1852 01:57:41,858 --> 01:57:44,793 "That's an important sign 1853 01:57:47,764 --> 01:57:48,731 "Lucky 1854 01:57:50,600 --> 01:57:53,228 "I'm a woman with children 1855 01:58:02,979 --> 01:58:03,968 "Funny 1856 01:58:10,453 --> 01:58:15,447 "Small and funny" 1857 01:58:44,687 --> 01:58:46,780 I'll get the music to the leader. 1858 01:58:48,925 --> 01:58:50,051 Remember... 1859 01:58:50,860 --> 01:58:52,225 ...you're a lady. 1860 01:58:52,896 --> 01:58:55,558 And you are going to be a star! 1861 01:59:17,954 --> 01:59:18,943 Mama... 1862 01:59:22,192 --> 01:59:23,352 ...l'm pretty. 1863 01:59:25,462 --> 01:59:27,157 I'm a pretty girl, Mama. 1864 01:59:46,916 --> 01:59:48,281 Come on, come on. 1865 01:59:55,892 --> 01:59:57,359 You look beautiful. 1866 01:59:58,461 --> 02:00:01,328 - Just for luck, honey. - Are you nervous, baby? 1867 02:00:01,397 --> 02:00:03,456 - What? - I said, "Are you nervous?" 1868 02:00:04,834 --> 02:00:06,028 No, Mother. 1869 02:00:08,838 --> 02:00:12,137 Wichita's one and only burlesque theater presents: 1870 02:00:12,275 --> 02:00:12,934 Mama! 1871 02:00:13,009 --> 02:00:14,909 Gypsy Rose Lee! 1872 02:00:15,612 --> 02:00:16,977 Her name's Louise. 1873 02:00:17,180 --> 02:00:19,171 It ain't anymore. Go on, kid. 1874 02:00:43,306 --> 02:00:46,867 "Let me entertain you 1875 02:00:49,479 --> 02:00:52,346 "Let me make you smile" 1876 02:00:52,715 --> 02:00:54,046 Sing out, Louise! 1877 02:00:54,150 --> 02:00:55,139 Sing out! 1878 02:00:55,218 --> 02:00:57,709 "Let me do a few tricks 1879 02:00:58,054 --> 02:01:00,750 "Some old and then some new tricks 1880 02:01:01,124 --> 02:01:06,061 "I'm very versatile 1881 02:01:08,231 --> 02:01:10,893 "And if you're real good 1882 02:01:11,301 --> 02:01:13,963 "I'll make you feel good 1883 02:01:14,370 --> 02:01:19,000 "I want your spirits to climb 1884 02:01:19,442 --> 02:01:24,436 "So let me entertain you 1885 02:01:26,082 --> 02:01:31,076 "And we'll have a real good time Yes, sir! 1886 02:01:32,789 --> 02:01:39,752 "We'll have a real good time" 1887 02:01:57,280 --> 02:01:59,544 Don't just walk, do something! 1888 02:02:00,216 --> 02:02:02,309 Dip! Just dip! 1889 02:02:08,524 --> 02:02:10,048 Take somethin' off! 1890 02:02:23,406 --> 02:02:27,502 "Let me entertain you" 1891 02:02:28,144 --> 02:02:30,009 A glove! Give 'em a glove! 1892 02:02:30,213 --> 02:02:34,479 "And we'll have a real good time. Yes, sir! 1893 02:02:35,918 --> 02:02:37,943 "We'll have... 1894 02:02:40,556 --> 02:02:43,218 "...a real good time!" 1895 02:02:50,533 --> 02:02:54,196 The Alhambra Theater of Detroit is happy to present... 1896 02:02:54,270 --> 02:02:57,034 ...that lovely newcomer, Miss Gypsy Rose Lee! 1897 02:03:44,353 --> 02:03:48,790 Philadelphia's Diamond Burlesque takes pleasure in presenting... 1898 02:03:49,158 --> 02:03:50,921 ...that lovely new star... 1899 02:03:51,294 --> 02:03:53,455 ...Miss Gypsy Rose Lee. 1900 02:04:12,281 --> 02:04:14,374 Hello everybody. My name's Gypsy. 1901 02:04:14,984 --> 02:04:16,383 What's yours? 1902 02:04:55,558 --> 02:05:00,018 Minsky's world famous burlesque takes great pride and pleasure... 1903 02:05:00,296 --> 02:05:02,958 ...in presenting the queen of the striptease... 1904 02:05:03,032 --> 02:05:05,762 ...the incomparable Miss Gypsy Rose Lee... 1905 02:05:06,068 --> 02:05:08,468 ...in our salute to the new year. 1906 02:05:34,530 --> 02:05:39,524 "Let me entertain you 1907 02:05:41,537 --> 02:05:45,701 "Let me make you smile 1908 02:06:02,525 --> 02:06:07,986 "Let me entertain you 1909 02:06:09,198 --> 02:06:12,395 "We'll have a real good 1910 02:06:16,038 --> 02:06:18,700 "And if you're real good 1911 02:06:19,175 --> 02:06:22,110 "I'll make you feel good 1912 02:06:22,245 --> 02:06:26,614 "I want your spirits to climb 1913 02:06:28,417 --> 02:06:32,945 "Let me entertain you 1914 02:06:34,357 --> 02:06:39,351 "And we'll have a real good time Yes, sir! 1915 02:06:40,963 --> 02:06:43,022 "We'll have... 1916 02:06:45,334 --> 02:06:47,825 "...a real good time!" 1917 02:07:33,382 --> 02:07:35,247 - Good evening, Mrs. Hovick. - Good evening. 1918 02:07:35,318 --> 02:07:36,410 Glad to see you. 1919 02:07:36,485 --> 02:07:39,943 If you are, you're the only one. Who put that sign up on the blackboard? 1920 02:07:40,022 --> 02:07:43,321 I do not know, madame. I think it was probably a pleasantry. 1921 02:07:43,392 --> 02:07:45,758 I don't think it's a very pleasant pleasantry. 1922 02:07:46,762 --> 02:07:48,730 A cow! What's that for? 1923 02:07:48,965 --> 02:07:52,025 That's a souvenir to remind some people where they came from... 1924 02:07:52,101 --> 02:07:54,035 ...which it wouldn't do any harm. 1925 02:08:05,314 --> 02:08:06,906 Renee, that comes down. 1926 02:08:08,150 --> 02:08:11,608 You need something to remind you your goal was to be a great actress... 1927 02:08:11,687 --> 02:08:13,120 ...not a cheap stripper. 1928 02:08:13,222 --> 02:08:16,385 My sister's the actress, Mother. And I'm not a cheap stripper. 1929 02:08:16,459 --> 02:08:18,450 I'm the highest paid in the business. 1930 02:08:18,694 --> 02:08:21,128 You won't be ready for vaudeville when it comes back. 1931 02:08:21,197 --> 02:08:22,494 No, I'll be dead. 1932 02:08:23,199 --> 02:08:26,191 - Renee, would you take this tray, please? - I'll do it. 1933 02:08:26,302 --> 02:08:29,567 Mother, please. And bring my press agent in as soon as he comes. 1934 02:08:29,672 --> 02:08:30,832 Oui, madame. 1935 02:08:33,843 --> 02:08:36,744 Since when do you fix your face before you have your bath? 1936 02:08:36,812 --> 02:08:38,541 A photographer is coming. 1937 02:08:38,848 --> 02:08:41,214 Where's he going to photograph you, in the tub? 1938 02:08:42,451 --> 02:08:43,577 Eventually. 1939 02:08:43,819 --> 02:08:44,808 Louise! 1940 02:08:45,521 --> 02:08:48,422 Mother, it's for a very chic fashion magazine. 1941 02:08:50,459 --> 02:08:52,518 Do you think I oughta freshen up? 1942 02:08:53,362 --> 02:08:55,227 They only want me in the tub. 1943 02:08:57,800 --> 02:08:58,960 I'll get it. 1944 02:08:59,769 --> 02:09:00,758 Hello. 1945 02:09:03,973 --> 02:09:04,997 Hello. 1946 02:09:07,343 --> 02:09:08,469 No, it's... 1947 02:09:10,046 --> 02:09:11,673 ...difficult right now. 1948 02:09:11,881 --> 02:09:13,246 I'm not leaving. 1949 02:09:14,383 --> 02:09:16,078 Let's meet at the party. 1950 02:09:16,519 --> 02:09:17,486 Yes. 1951 02:09:17,920 --> 02:09:19,217 Yes, I promise. 1952 02:09:19,889 --> 02:09:20,981 A bient�t. 1953 02:09:22,191 --> 02:09:23,351 A bien what? 1954 02:09:24,560 --> 02:09:26,721 I guess I am being a little much... 1955 02:09:27,196 --> 02:09:28,891 ...but, Mama, I love it. 1956 02:09:30,199 --> 02:09:31,632 Who's givin' the party? 1957 02:09:32,168 --> 02:09:33,226 Some friends. 1958 02:09:33,903 --> 02:09:36,064 In the old days, I used to be asked first. 1959 02:09:37,406 --> 02:09:39,874 I wouldn't go even if I did have somethin' to wear. 1960 02:09:39,942 --> 02:09:41,739 I got more important things to do. 1961 02:09:41,811 --> 02:09:44,371 Like thinkin' up an idea for a new strip for us. 1962 02:09:44,847 --> 02:09:48,908 We're still stuck with that wind machine you bought to blow my clothes off. 1963 02:09:51,487 --> 02:09:54,422 Actually, I'm putting in a new number on Saturday. 1964 02:09:58,661 --> 02:09:59,753 What is it? 1965 02:10:00,296 --> 02:10:01,422 You'll see. 1966 02:10:03,132 --> 02:10:04,360 I'll see! 1967 02:10:05,901 --> 02:10:07,596 Mama, let me surprise you. 1968 02:10:09,338 --> 02:10:12,796 You're just one big surprise after another these days, aren't you? 1969 02:10:12,875 --> 02:10:16,572 We'd better go shopping tomorrow for the material for your dress. 1970 02:10:16,812 --> 02:10:19,076 I have a French lesson tomorrow. 1971 02:10:20,916 --> 02:10:23,612 Well, I'll go alone. You got any color in mind? 1972 02:10:25,521 --> 02:10:28,319 Mother, I've already started to make the dress. 1973 02:10:31,160 --> 02:10:34,095 Well, I'll run your bath for you. 1974 02:10:34,763 --> 02:10:37,960 Mama, you don't have to. That's what I have a maid for. 1975 02:10:38,033 --> 02:10:39,591 Let me do somethin', damn it! 1976 02:10:40,636 --> 02:10:41,625 What, Mother? 1977 02:10:42,705 --> 02:10:44,900 A million things. I'm not a baby. 1978 02:10:45,207 --> 02:10:46,265 Neither am I! 1979 02:10:47,376 --> 02:10:49,503 Don't take that tone with me, young lady. 1980 02:10:49,578 --> 02:10:51,671 - Your sister... - I am not my sister! 1981 02:10:51,747 --> 02:10:53,977 - You're not Louise either! - Neither are you! 1982 02:10:54,049 --> 02:10:58,042 Yes, I am! More than you, Miss Gypsy Rose Lee... 1983 02:10:58,521 --> 02:11:02,787 ...with your maids and press agents and fancy friends with their fancy parties. 1984 02:11:03,392 --> 02:11:07,590 Your loudmouth mother isn't invited to those high-tone parties. They laugh at her. 1985 02:11:07,663 --> 02:11:09,221 - They don't! - They do. 1986 02:11:09,632 --> 02:11:13,090 Don't think I don't know that's one reason you don't want me backstage. 1987 02:11:13,169 --> 02:11:16,434 So I won't hear 'em laugh. It's them you ought to keep out, not me! 1988 02:11:16,505 --> 02:11:18,769 Because they're laughin' at you, too. 1989 02:11:18,874 --> 02:11:21,138 The burlesque queen who speaks lousy French... 1990 02:11:21,310 --> 02:11:23,574 ...and reads book reviews like they was books! 1991 02:11:23,646 --> 02:11:24,840 Turn it off, Mother! 1992 02:11:24,914 --> 02:11:27,815 You know what you are to them? A circus freak. 1993 02:11:27,950 --> 02:11:30,942 This year's novelty act. And when the bill is changed you'll... 1994 02:11:31,320 --> 02:11:33,083 I said, turn it off! 1995 02:11:33,389 --> 02:11:34,879 Nobody laughs at me! 1996 02:11:35,124 --> 02:11:37,684 Because I laugh first. At me! 1997 02:11:38,360 --> 02:11:41,625 Me, from Seattle! Me, with no education. 1998 02:11:41,697 --> 02:11:45,326 Me, with no talent, as you kept reminding me my whole life! 1999 02:11:45,768 --> 02:11:47,827 Well, Mama, look at me now. 2000 02:11:48,003 --> 02:11:49,197 I'm a star! 2001 02:11:49,505 --> 02:11:52,235 Look! Look how I live! Look at my friends! 2002 02:11:52,541 --> 02:11:55,533 Look where I'm going! I'm not staying in burlesque! 2003 02:11:55,611 --> 02:11:57,841 I'm moving, maybe up, maybe down! 2004 02:11:58,280 --> 02:12:00,475 But wherever it is, I'm enjoying it. 2005 02:12:00,683 --> 02:12:05,245 I'm having the time of my life! Because for the first time, it is my life! 2006 02:12:05,454 --> 02:12:08,014 And I love it. I love every second of it! 2007 02:12:08,290 --> 02:12:11,418 And I'll be damned if you're gonna take it away from me! 2008 02:12:12,027 --> 02:12:14,393 I am Gypsy Rose Lee! 2009 02:12:15,197 --> 02:12:16,494 And I love her! 2010 02:12:17,666 --> 02:12:20,260 And if you don't, you can just clear out now! 2011 02:12:26,442 --> 02:12:28,808 Your press agent is here with the photographer. 2012 02:12:29,645 --> 02:12:32,375 All right, tell him I'll be ready in a minute. 2013 02:12:36,085 --> 02:12:39,316 Mama, we can't go shouting seven performances of this a week. 2014 02:12:39,421 --> 02:12:40,888 The whole family shouts. 2015 02:12:40,990 --> 02:12:43,959 It comes from our living so near the railroad tracks. 2016 02:12:44,460 --> 02:12:47,122 - I'm getting an ulcer. - You think I'm not? 2017 02:12:47,196 --> 02:12:48,857 Yes, I think you're not! 2018 02:12:48,964 --> 02:12:52,627 If you want an ulcer, get one of your own, 'cause you can't have mine! 2019 02:12:52,701 --> 02:12:54,032 Let's forget it. 2020 02:12:54,403 --> 02:12:55,870 No, let's finish it. 2021 02:12:56,071 --> 02:12:57,504 I should go feed Chowsie. 2022 02:12:57,573 --> 02:13:01,942 Mama, you fought your whole life. I wish you could just relax now. 2023 02:13:02,011 --> 02:13:05,742 - You need more mascara on your left eye. - Mama, you've got to let go of me! 2024 02:13:06,482 --> 02:13:07,506 Let go? 2025 02:13:08,917 --> 02:13:10,612 I'll give you anything you want. 2026 02:13:11,920 --> 02:13:13,046 You need me. 2027 02:13:13,422 --> 02:13:15,822 A house, a farm, a school. 2028 02:13:17,026 --> 02:13:18,823 A dramatic school for kids. 2029 02:13:19,395 --> 02:13:21,260 You were always great with kids. 2030 02:13:22,498 --> 02:13:23,556 I'm a pro. 2031 02:13:24,266 --> 02:13:26,996 I'm not an old work horse you can turn out to pasture... 2032 02:13:27,069 --> 02:13:30,004 ...just because you think you're riding high on your own. 2033 02:13:32,941 --> 02:13:35,136 Mama, no kid does it all on his own. 2034 02:13:36,111 --> 02:13:37,874 I'm not a kid anymore. 2035 02:13:39,381 --> 02:13:41,508 And from now on, even if I flop... 2036 02:13:42,551 --> 02:13:44,041 ...I flop on my own. 2037 02:13:48,624 --> 02:13:50,751 Hey, Gyp, what do you say? 2038 02:13:50,959 --> 02:13:54,520 "So long, Rose." That's what she says. "Don't slam the door as you leave." 2039 02:13:54,596 --> 02:13:58,464 Hi, Rose. Gyps, baby, may I present Monsieur Bougeron-Cochet. 2040 02:13:59,068 --> 02:14:01,935 - Enchant�e, monsieur. - Enchant�, mademoiselle. 2041 02:14:02,037 --> 02:14:03,163 Excusez-moi. 2042 02:14:03,339 --> 02:14:07,070 Let's make with the oiseau, kiddies. One before you take the plunge, Gyps. 2043 02:14:07,176 --> 02:14:08,268 Get ready now. 2044 02:14:08,477 --> 02:14:11,844 All right, miss, but just one thing I wanna know. 2045 02:14:12,815 --> 02:14:15,283 All the pushing and workin' and fenaglin'... 2046 02:14:15,384 --> 02:14:18,876 ...all the scrimpin' and the schemin' and lyin' awake nights figurin': 2047 02:14:19,455 --> 02:14:21,753 How do we get from one town to the next? 2048 02:14:21,824 --> 02:14:23,655 How do we all eat on a buck? 2049 02:14:24,093 --> 02:14:26,220 How do I make an act out of nothin'? 2050 02:14:26,829 --> 02:14:29,662 What did I do it for? You said I fought all my life. 2051 02:14:30,299 --> 02:14:32,130 I fought all your life. 2052 02:14:32,634 --> 02:14:35,660 So now, tell me, what did I do it for? 2053 02:14:39,608 --> 02:14:41,735 I thought you did it for me, Mama. 2054 02:14:56,024 --> 02:14:58,049 Come on smile, Gyps. 2055 02:14:58,627 --> 02:15:00,117 Show us your talent. 2056 02:15:01,897 --> 02:15:02,989 That's it. 2057 02:15:19,047 --> 02:15:21,208 "I thought you did it for me, Mama." 2058 02:15:22,451 --> 02:15:25,511 "I thought you did it for me, Mama." 2059 02:15:28,924 --> 02:15:31,893 I thought you made a no-talent ox into a star because... 2060 02:15:31,994 --> 02:15:34,485 ...you like doin' things the hard way, Mama. 2061 02:15:36,331 --> 02:15:37,923 And you have no talent. 2062 02:15:39,601 --> 02:15:42,866 Not what I call talent, Miss Gypsy Rose Lee. 2063 02:15:44,139 --> 02:15:45,265 I made you. 2064 02:15:46,508 --> 02:15:47,634 I made you! 2065 02:15:49,077 --> 02:15:50,669 And you wanna know why? 2066 02:15:52,014 --> 02:15:54,209 You wanna know what I did it for? 2067 02:15:56,418 --> 02:15:59,785 Because I was born too soon and started too late, that's why. 2068 02:16:01,723 --> 02:16:03,213 What I got in me... 2069 02:16:05,527 --> 02:16:07,825 I could've been better than any of you. 2070 02:16:09,765 --> 02:16:11,198 What I got in me... 2071 02:16:12,901 --> 02:16:15,597 ...what I've been holdin' down inside of me... 2072 02:16:16,538 --> 02:16:18,267 ...if I ever let it go... 2073 02:16:19,975 --> 02:16:22,637 ...there wouldn't have been signs big enough. 2074 02:16:23,679 --> 02:16:25,943 There wouldn't have been lights bright enough. 2075 02:16:26,815 --> 02:16:29,147 Here she is, boys! 2076 02:16:30,419 --> 02:16:32,887 Here she is, world! 2077 02:16:34,456 --> 02:16:36,617 Here's Rose! 2078 02:16:42,130 --> 02:16:43,290 "Curtain up 2079 02:16:46,001 --> 02:16:47,366 "Light the lights 2080 02:16:49,238 --> 02:16:50,569 "Play it, boys 2081 02:16:54,109 --> 02:16:57,135 "You either got it or you ain't 2082 02:16:58,113 --> 02:16:59,603 "And, boys, I got it 2083 02:17:02,618 --> 02:17:03,812 "You like it? 2084 02:17:06,421 --> 02:17:07,854 "Well, I got it 2085 02:17:11,059 --> 02:17:14,620 "Some people got it and make it pay 2086 02:17:15,197 --> 02:17:18,496 "Some people can't even give it away 2087 02:17:19,234 --> 02:17:20,826 "This people's got it 2088 02:17:21,169 --> 02:17:25,105 "And this people's spreadin' it around 2089 02:17:26,875 --> 02:17:32,006 "You either have it, or you've had it" 2090 02:17:35,717 --> 02:17:37,116 Hello, everybody. 2091 02:17:37,452 --> 02:17:40,785 My name's Rose. What's yours? 2092 02:17:43,292 --> 02:17:46,284 How do you like them egg rolls, Mr. Goldstone? 2093 02:17:47,496 --> 02:17:51,592 "Hold your hats and hallelujah Mama's gonna show it to you 2094 02:18:03,378 --> 02:18:06,677 "Ready or not Here comes Mama 2095 02:18:07,282 --> 02:18:10,115 "Mama's talkin' loud Mama's doin' fine 2096 02:18:10,218 --> 02:18:13,153 "Mama's gettin' hot Mama's goin' strong 2097 02:18:13,221 --> 02:18:15,917 "Mama's movin' on Mama's all alone 2098 02:18:16,091 --> 02:18:18,821 "Mama doesn't care Mama's lettin' loose 2099 02:18:19,027 --> 02:18:21,655 "Mama's got the stuff Mama's lettin' go 2100 02:18:21,930 --> 02:18:23,329 "Mama, Mama 2101 02:18:24,299 --> 02:18:27,200 "Mama's got the stuff Mama's gotta move 2102 02:18:27,302 --> 02:18:28,667 "Mama's gotta go 2103 02:18:28,804 --> 02:18:30,203 "Mama, Mama 2104 02:18:30,973 --> 02:18:32,463 "Mama's gotta let go 2105 02:18:39,047 --> 02:18:40,412 "Why did I do it? 2106 02:18:44,052 --> 02:18:45,542 "What did it get me? 2107 02:18:47,856 --> 02:18:50,347 "Scrapbooks full of me in the background 2108 02:18:52,828 --> 02:18:55,296 "Give 'em love and what does it get you? 2109 02:18:56,498 --> 02:19:00,195 "What does it get you? One quick look as each of 'em leaves you 2110 02:19:02,838 --> 02:19:05,170 "All your life and what does it get you? 2111 02:19:05,340 --> 02:19:07,638 "Thanks a lot And out with the garbage 2112 02:19:07,809 --> 02:19:10,277 "They take bows And you're battin' zero 2113 02:19:15,217 --> 02:19:18,209 "I had a dream 2114 02:19:19,421 --> 02:19:23,858 "I dreamed it for you, June 2115 02:19:24,826 --> 02:19:28,353 "It wasn't for me, Herbie 2116 02:19:29,131 --> 02:19:31,759 "And if it wasn't for me 2117 02:19:32,034 --> 02:19:34,400 "Just where would you be 2118 02:19:34,469 --> 02:19:37,768 "Miss Gypsy Rose Lee? 2119 02:19:40,008 --> 02:19:42,636 "Well, someone tell me When is it my turn? 2120 02:19:42,711 --> 02:19:44,804 "Don't I get a dream for myself? 2121 02:19:44,980 --> 02:19:47,210 "Startin' now, it's gonna be my turn 2122 02:19:47,315 --> 02:19:49,613 "Gangway, world, Get off of my runway 2123 02:19:49,685 --> 02:19:51,949 "Startin' now, I bat a thousand 2124 02:19:52,020 --> 02:19:54,716 "This time, boys, I'm takin' the bows 2125 02:19:54,923 --> 02:19:58,188 "And everything's comin' up Rose 2126 02:19:59,795 --> 02:20:03,094 "Everything's comin' up roses 2127 02:20:04,399 --> 02:20:07,391 "Everything's comin' up roses 2128 02:20:07,669 --> 02:20:09,830 "This time for me 2129 02:20:12,207 --> 02:20:13,196 "For me 2130 02:20:21,850 --> 02:20:25,286 "For me" 2131 02:20:43,638 --> 02:20:46,869 Just tryin' out a few ideas I thought you might wanna use. 2132 02:20:48,510 --> 02:20:50,637 You'd really have been something, Mother. 2133 02:20:52,347 --> 02:20:53,336 Think so? 2134 02:20:53,548 --> 02:20:56,016 If you had had someone to push you like I did. 2135 02:20:57,319 --> 02:21:01,119 If I could have been, I would have been. That's show business. 2136 02:21:03,091 --> 02:21:05,582 About that school for kids, like you said. 2137 02:21:06,161 --> 02:21:07,788 I could open one, but... 2138 02:21:10,165 --> 02:21:11,530 ...kids grow up. 2139 02:21:11,967 --> 02:21:14,128 Anyway, I guess I did it for myself. 2140 02:21:15,637 --> 02:21:16,797 Why, Mother? 2141 02:21:19,407 --> 02:21:21,102 Just wanted to be noticed. 2142 02:21:22,577 --> 02:21:24,602 Like I wanted you to notice me. 2143 02:21:27,516 --> 02:21:28,949 I still do, Mama. 2144 02:21:34,256 --> 02:21:35,382 Louise. 2145 02:21:38,627 --> 02:21:39,753 Okay, Mama. 2146 02:21:41,563 --> 02:21:42,689 Okay, Rose. 2147 02:21:43,565 --> 02:21:46,363 Say, you look like you should speak French. 2148 02:21:47,669 --> 02:21:49,864 You're coming to that party with me. 2149 02:21:50,238 --> 02:21:51,068 No. 2150 02:21:51,173 --> 02:21:52,401 Come on. 2151 02:21:52,808 --> 02:21:53,900 Like this? 2152 02:21:54,442 --> 02:21:58,037 Here, you can wear my mink. I've got a stole in the car. 2153 02:22:00,215 --> 02:22:01,182 Well... 2154 02:22:01,616 --> 02:22:03,550 ...only for an hour or two. 2155 02:22:05,320 --> 02:22:06,309 Say... 2156 02:22:06,721 --> 02:22:10,623 ...this looks better on me than on you. Funny how we can wear the same size. 2157 02:22:11,359 --> 02:22:12,690 Especially in mink. 2158 02:22:12,761 --> 02:22:14,888 You know, I had a dream last night. 2159 02:22:14,963 --> 02:22:17,227 It was a big poster of a mother and daughter. 2160 02:22:17,299 --> 02:22:19,790 You know, like the cover of that ladies' magazine. 2161 02:22:19,868 --> 02:22:20,994 Yes, Mother. 2162 02:22:21,102 --> 02:22:24,936 Only it was you and me, wearing exactly the same gown. 2163 02:22:25,040 --> 02:22:28,100 It was an ad for Minsky and the headline said: 2164 02:22:30,145 --> 02:22:32,375 "Madame Rose... 2165 02:22:35,851 --> 02:22:38,877 "...and her daughter Gypsy!"