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Jim. Hi, Captain. How long you been on

the mainland?Too long. Honolulu's going

to look good to me. Where you been?

Hollywood. I sold him my book.

Oh. Did you write him a movie?

No, I didn't want to stay. Oh, you're

punchy. Going home to the

islands when you could have stayed in

Hollywood with all them actresses around?

I'll give it some thought. There's a

gazino. I'd be a pigeon.

How many passengers this trip?Yeah,

just one besides you. Hey.

Did you ever meet this Marlene Biech up

close?Apart from here to there. She's

sexy. Where are you?know, I

saw that picture of us three times. she

sang that song and had those long black

stockings and that black garter belt.

That gal hasn't got a thing out of place.

Say your other passenger isn't so bad.

Oh. The company's got strict rules.

Business and pleasure don't mix. Building

tents. Why'd the police bring her

aboard?Figure this with the big casino.

My cops just wanted to make sure she got

out of town. Why?

What are you going to do?Put her in a

book or something?Maybe. Stay away from

that one, son. It'll cost you. She takes

guys like you to the cleaners.

Might be worthwhile. Too expensive.

You know, when a lady's down to her last

five bucks, a landlubber like you was

made to order for her. And this lady

knows her business. Except she

ain't no lady. You mind if I have some

coffee?

Help yourself.

Mr. Stover. Mr. Blair.

Hello. How do you do?

Captain, you ever been in Leesburg,

Mississippi?No.

Must have been your brother then. What do

you mean, there's somebody there that

looks like me?Your twin.

Well. What's he do, run the town?

Nope, he stands in front of the

courthouse and scratches himself and

gawks at the girls. Makes dirty

jokes and thinks he's quite a guy.

You know, Captain, when a sailor runs off

at the mouth, he ought to have a napkin

handy to wipe his chin.

Yeah?Jim Blair. I'd

like to apologize for that gabbing in the

wardroom. Now go

drown yourself, will you?I'd

like to try that apology again, Miss

Stomer. It's not

important. I've heard gutter talk before.

Well, I'm really sorry it happened.

maybe you'd like to do me a favor.

Drowning myself is out. No, you can go

and live in. But stop pounding that

typewriter all night so I can get some

sleep. Chalk, I have one more apology.

The rest of the trip home, I'll do my

writing in the daytime. What kind of

things do you write?Fiction.

Magazines mostly. Do you ever

buy any ideas, like, say, part of

somebody's life story?

Yours?Maybe.

Your story's been done. Who,

me, Mamie Stover?Don't be silly. I've

never talked to a writer in my life. Only

the names and geography change. The

people don't. Let's see, you're

20... Six. Any

family?My father still lives in

Leesburg. Oh, it makes it simple.

Back in 1930. In

1933, Mamie Stover was going to graduate

from Leesburg High. The best looking

girl in her class, but not the happiest.

Cinderella, but no gown, no coats.

She never had any pretty clothes because

her father Tom Stover drank up the few

bucks she made. Pop's name was Gus and

he didn't drink. He didn't do much of

anything. But Gus Stover's daughter had

one thing. Her looks. The

men said she was hot as a smokestack.

And all this attention worried Mother

stole them. Mom died a week

before graduation.

Who sponsored the beauty contest, Mamie?A

Legion of the Elves. You make it sound

like it happens every day. Well, it does.

I work newspapers that sponsor beauty

contests. I know all about these

shapely Cinderellas and their yearning

hearts and what happens to most of them.

The only thing I can't understand is why

they don't go home.

Married some have-not like my old man.

I went home once, about a year later.

I'd saved up a couple $100, made a big

splash. One doll think I was rich and

had made good.

I sure got a boot out of my old man.

He told them all down at the courthouse

that I was going to buy him a big house

and servants one of these days.

And now the door is closed?I closed it.

There's only two kinds of people that go

home. The failures that crawl in the back

way and the successful ones that ride

down the main street in a big car while

the band plays Welcome Home.

I'll wait for that car.

Leaning against the ship's railing, she

looked out toward the horizon as if to

penetrate what lay beyond. I like to

stand here, she told him. It does me

good. Makes me realize I have to look

ahead. Only ahead, never

back.

Thought you said my life's been written

before. Basically it has, but you make it

different. You're an interesting

character study, maybe. Like a fish in a

bowl?Of course not. Look, if you

object, I'll get rid of it. No, don't

tear me up. No, don't.

Having a story written about you is

almost as good as being a cover girl.

You'll pardon me while I read about

myself.

Are you able to sleep?

I never can the last night out. Do

you feel like answering 20 questions?I'll

try. Okay, I'll meet you

up on deck. Right.

Is that your Honolulu moon?Yep. You

like it?I don't trust it.

I used to wait for the moon to come out

when I was a kid, so as I could wish.

Never worked. It will. The island's a

good place for wishing, for building a

new life. Yeah, like how?

I'll stake you to room rent and help you

get a job in the sugar business or a

pineapple canner. How much would I make?

$30 or so. Be

another have-not. No,

Jimmy. I'm going to get my chance at the

big money. Once for a

couple of days it was so close I could

almost taste it.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure I've got a job

when we dock. A girlfriend of mine has it

practically set. Doing what?

It's a place called the Bungalow. It got

20 or 30 girls. Oh, that's great.

Mamie Stover, the Anglo-Saxon bombshell

among the Hula Hulas. It's okay with me

as long as the money rolls in.

And as long as I get to go home someday

and look down on all those people that

look down on my folks and me. Is that too

much to ask?No, just tough to get.

Getting the ***** tonk off your back

might be a better. big job when it comes

time to go home. What am I supposed to

do?I told you. I'll do whatever I

can to help.

Whatever you can.

Jimmy, will you take me with you to

your house on the hill?I

can handle it honest if you just give me

a little time. You could dress me up and

teach me how to behave. Life's not

that simple. You can't be

transported to a hilltop by magic or on

the back of somebody else.

In other words, the answer's no.

The answer is no.

That's what I thought.

Is that a friend of yours?Yes. Is

she somebody special?Emily?

Yeah, kind of special. Hilltop.

Yes.

All set, miss. Thank you. Look, Mamie, I

know I don't owe your thing, but I'd

feel better if you take this as a loan.

Something for you to lean on until you

get set. I shouldn't

take it, Jimmy, but I will. Some people

can afford to be respectable, but I

can't. Well,

so long. Thanks for the money and the

boat ride.

Thanks for everything. Thank you, Miss.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

I almost pulled your ship in with my

hands.

Oh, I'm so happy you're home. Me too.

Maybe I didn't realize it until now, but

this is where I belong.

When you come out of the ether, Mr. Jim,

please say hello to me. Hello,

Aki.

Hey, honey, me and my friend think you're

cute. Hard to mend your rifle, soldier.

Is Miss Davis here?Miss who?Davis.

Jackie Davis. Jackie. Oh, yeah.

She'll be right, Don.

Where you from, Seattle?No way.

They all come from there. First answers.

Maeve. Jackie.

Oh, what a relief to find you. How are

you, honey?How are you, Maeve?Nothing

wrong that a healthy job won't cure.

Good. the face and figure is still

the same. You ought to be a St.

Come on and let the boss just look you

over. Well, don't you

think I ought to freshen up a bit?Uh-uh.

Let's get to him before we open for

business. No sense in your losing

tonight. Well, is there any kind of

special story I give him?Act like you're

back in grammar school. And she's the

teacher.

Come in.

Mrs. Parchman, this is the friend I told

you about. May Miss Stover.

Where are your manners, Jackie?

Sorry. Miss Stover, this is our

manager, Mr. Adkins. How do you do, Miss

Stover?Put your suitcase down.

Hold still, please. Get used to being

inspected. If you work for me, people

will be paying good hard cash to look you

over.

Harry?I believe so.

Turn around.

That'll do. Physically, you appear

satisfactory. You'll have to dress a

little more, Flamboyantly. Yes,

flamboyantly. Have to attract

attention. Some more

dances. Or whiskey and champagne.

Ever been in trouble with the police?

No. Harry?I don't

believe him. Well?

I mean no convictions. One

more thing. The bungalow is a

respectable place. We

sell drinks and dances and social

entertainment. Is that understood?

Jackie, I guess your friend's hired.

Dress her up properly and have her in the

chicken patch 15 minutes before we open.

Yes, Miss Clutch. There'll be two more

new hostesses. I want them to hear

our rules at the same time.

Come on, honey.

close the door.

Your attention, ladies.

Please, Harry. There are four

don'ts. Break any one of them and you'll

be running into me. Shiver, shiver,

shiver. If any of you objects to obeying

Mrs. Parchment's rules, we want to know

it now. Is he going to de-slap my wrist

or something?Did you say something?You,

Miss Dover. Who, me?

No, sir. If any of you are the

kind that has to have a boyfriend on the

outside, or if you're the kind that wants

to chisel with some two-bit taxi driver,

or you think that you're good enough to

mix with the island's blue plots, then

the sooner you get out of here, the

better. My rules are not unfair, just

good business. I can't operate

profitably unless I get strict obedience.

Rule #1,You will live here on these

premises. It's the only way I can be

certain you're staying out of trouble,

not giving my place a bad name.

No outside boyfriends. Those

kind of tie-ups bring nothing but

trouble. They take your mind away from

your job. Three,

no swimming at the beach at Waikiki or

going into any of the hotels.

Once you begin hobnobbing with those

across the tracks people, the complaints

will start. This is a legal business, but

I can't afford complaints.

Four, no bank accounts.

Bank accounts attract attention.

The attention of the income tax people.

Now, these are my rules. Live up to them,

work hard at your jobs, and you can earn

big money. 30% on

everything you sell. Break any of

these rules. And you can expect to

explain to Mr. Adkins.

All right. Charlie, Henry, open up.

I'll get set, Minnie. I think I'm

swarming in here like locusts. Remember?

Sell, sell, sell. Whiskey and champagne.

Smile it up, you new ladies. Smile it up.

Remember, smiles means money.

Smiles means money.

Hi. Good morning, Miss Aladi. Aki.

Hi.

I met the mailman. Oh, thanks. Coffee,

eggs, bacon?Well, just coffee. My

bulgers won't allow two breakfasts.

That's the wrong point of view. You bulge

nice. Thank you.

Open your mail. I'm not company. Or just

a bunch of bills. No, I peaked.

The second one feels crinkly inside.

It's from Amy Stover, the girl in the

boat.

Well, there's $100 I never expected to

get back.

Attractive way to send an invitation.

You going?Of course not.

Why not?Now stop trying to unload

me. That'll be the day.

Remember to watch you go. Don't let them

clip you. Quit it. I've been around. When

they start pressing for champagne, tell

them it makes you belch, then order beer.

More tickets, Gladys. Give me a whole

strip. Come on, hurry it up.

Take it easy, Tom. You mean to say you

used up all those tickets already?Sure,

Tever it off. Give me down the stairs.

Thanks.

Betty ate 100 pounds, soak them wet.

Those little guys make the best answers.

yeah. How many?$3 worth. Well, that

won't last you long. Long enough. Where

will I find Mamie Stover?You won't. Not

with three bucks worth of tickets. Would

10 be an improvement?20 would be

insurance. Sold.

Ask the boss for Mamie, Mrs. Parchment,

the one on the stool. She keeps track of

the girls.

I, beg your pardon?What can we

do for you?Well, I'd like to see Mamie

Stover. We don't permit social call.

Well, this isn't social. My mistake.

Mamie's tied up with presents. private

party in one of the champagne rooms. All

right if I wait?We have many other

hostesses, you know. I'd rather

wait. Maybe isn't beer or

whiskey. Champagne only.

I like champagne. All right. Take a seat

in the cocktail out.

Scott and soda.

Protect your tickets, partner. They steal

your blind in these joints.

Mister, you gonna quit making with the

hands?Oh, stop leaving. You got 6 bucks

worth of my tickets, haven't you?

Quit it, jerk.

You'll have to behave, Mister. Oh, are

you gonna make me four-eyed?If I

have to. Stand back, honey, while I eat

him alive. Come

on, take it out! Loud!

Don't go away! I'll get some more tickets!

time for you 10 tickets

Hello, honey. You waiting for Mamie?

Jimmy. Yep.

You sure surprise me. Why

did you turn brick top?A couple months

ago. It sells lots more tickets. They've

been calling me Flaming Mamie. You don't

like it, do you?Sure. Just one of my

favorite colors. Fate. What

about this 100?Why did you return it?

Some guys you just don't clip, that's

all. Thanks. I like

that. I hear this lonely

hearts music a dozen times a night. We

can do without that. Sit

down. How have you

been?Fine.

You?I'm doing pretty good.

Your time's up, Mister. And so is my

money.

Look, Mamie, suppose I had

a ticket back to the mainland of this

hundred. No thanks,

Jimmy.

You don't like working here, do you?

Liking your job isn't what counts. Not

with me. You know that.

You say so.

Drink?that's just waded stuff.

They cut one bottle in half, send up both

and charge you double. Well, at least

they keep the labels. Look, Jimmy,

I get 30% back in commission, so

I'd like to pick up this tab. Well,

nothing doing. I'm here because I want to

see you. Why?

Because you need more material for your

story, or you feel sorry for me?Neither

one, Cinderella. The story didn't yell,

so I called it off. How about feeling

sorry for you?Why?Anyone as sure of

herself as you are, as sure of

what she wants and how to get her doesn't

need sympathy. Well, that

doesn't mean you'd be willing to see me

once in a while. You know, outside this

place.

Why not?Oh, that's wonderful, Jimmy.

Wonderful.

I haven't had anybody I could talk to or

ask for advice or anything. I'm a

good listener, but a lousy advisor. Not

in my book. We're not supposed to have

outside dates, but I think I've got a way

to work it out. I'll bet on it. No bet

you'd win. How about tomorrow?

Fine. Why don't I pick you up?

Honey?No hunk a man is worth the risk.

This isn't a risk, it's an investment. I

need somebody on the outside to help

handle things for me. Always an angle.

Well, why not?They pay off. If Adkins

gets wise, he'll beat those angles black

and blue. The way I feel these

days, I could take Adkins and his bean

squad in the same ring.

Your day can't be that expensive.

Comic. Now don't forget to alibi for

me if anything comes up. I can't talk you

out of going. Nope. Okay.

Anybody ask, I say you went to the

dentist. Bertha goes for things

hygienic. Okay.

Rise and shine, lady, not a stool pigeon

in sight. This is a

rough way to keep a date. Climb over and

keep me company. I need the elbow room.

Got something I want to show you.

Twenty-two $100. That's more

money than my old man made in several

years. It's more than I've ever seen in

one bundle. You mean to tell me you made

all that selling phony champagne?

That plus the dances and the sitting out

time. Leesburg, get out your

loudest band. Here comes Mamie Stover.

Yes, ma'am, the Cotton Queen comes home

in style. Beat those drums for you, Mrs.

Sabee, Cinderella. I'm glad

you're going home. no, not yet, Jimmy.

This is only the beginning. I'm averaging

40 and $50 a night for my cut.

That kind of arithmetic may never get you

home. Oh, sure it will, but there's no

rush. Besides, you stop trying to chase

me out of town. Remember, you're talking

to Bertha Parchman's #1 girl.

Bridge, too. Bertha's even having a

song written about her. What, an

up-to-date version of Ten Cents A Dance?

No, I'm going to be famous. if

I'm coaxed, I might buy a copy. If I'm

coaxed, I might autograph it.

Here we are.

Here's one of the reasons my island's

different, Mamie. Just you and me in the

ocean, And a picnic lunch.

I didn't know you played golf. Oh, not

too often. Just mornings and afternoons.

What are you playing?Country club. Did

she play too?Who?The

girl on the dock. Oh, Anna Lee. Sure she

plays a good game. Very hard

to play?Just aggravating.

Here, you unroll these mats while I lock

up.

Jimmy, will you do me a favor?I don't

know. I need a check for $200

made out to my father, Gustover. Well,

that's pretty thoughtful. Strictly

selfish. Pop will show that money down

at the courthouse and a barbershop and

all over town. Brag me up as the biggest

success story of the year. It's worth a

lot more than $200 to me.

Okay, Cinderella sold. One

check to Gustover for 200. Thank you,

Jimmy. Gee, that'll leave me with

2000. Anna knows.

Trouble is, I hate to keep that much

money around. Bank it. It's

against the house rules. Bertha says the

income tax people watch us pretty close.

She should know.

Jimmy, why don't you keep

my money in your bank account?No, ma'am,

nothing doing. You know,

you're a pretty strange guy. You

said you thought you understood me, but

you don't.

I'm only trying to make you my friend. I

want to trust you with my money. There

isn't anything closer between friends

than that, is there?Is there?

You could rent a safety deposit box and

keep it there for me, couldn't you?

You and your money.

Am I holding up progress on the year's

bestseller?I haven't written anything

decent in a week. Then let's chase the

cobwebs and shoot some golf. Oh, well, I

can't right now. What's wrong, Jimmy?

Not a thing.

My being here embarrasses you.

Where'd you get that idea?Knowing you.

Are you expecting somebody?Why would that

embarrass me?Is it Mamie

Stover?Yes,

I sent Aki to pick her up. She phoned

that she had to see me. Business

or pleasure?That's not funny.

No, it isn't.

We haven't had a real life in a long

time, have we?

Oh, I have to leave. I'm sorry. I didn't

mean to snap. Lately I've been putting

all the wrong words down on the paper and

saying the wrong ones too. It'll all come

out all right, I guess. When you wind up

your meeting, I'll be at the club. Well,

you don't have to leave. I

can't risk having you hate me forstaying.

Hey, you close the door. Mr. Blair, it's

waiting.

I'm back, Mr. Jim. Yeah, and the door's

still open. Hi.

What a welcome. Your servant treats me

like I'm his servant, and you light up

like a burned-out bulb. What does this

mean?From Leesburg, Mississippi, to Mrs.

James Blair. I didn't think you'd mind.

My dear daughter, tell your husband how

much I appreciated his check for $200.

Please, Jimmy, let me explain. That's

what I'm waiting for, and it better be

good. When I sent the check, I had to

write something. I had to give my old man

some explanation about why I left San

Francisco. Well, I've been leaving too

many cities lately. I wanted

to keep him hoping, Jimmy. So I told him

that I was married to some guy with a lot

of money and that he could keep bragging

me up downtown about how I was going to

buy him a house and, you know, servants

and mint juleps. You had no right to do

it. I know.

At least you could have mentioned it

first. Well, I was afraid you'd say no.

Jimmy, he doesn't write very often, maybe

four or five times a year. Only when I

send the money, wouldn't it be all right?

Here's your letter.

Maybe I could keep the writing down to

two or three times.

Okay?

Gee, this is sure a nice house you got

here. You know, it's the first home I've

been in several years.

Boy, this is the way to live. High

up looking down.

What do you want to see me about?I am due

at the country club.

Miss Hilltop?I

don't like that name.

I didn't mean it that way. I wish I could

trade places with her.

You know, there's different rights for

different people. There's all kinds of

don'ts for me. And not a single don't up

here on the hilltop. Oh, there's lots of

them, on every hilltop in the world. Not

the kind to keep you from breathing. You

could breathe back in Leesburg.

I'm holding a lot of money for you,

Mamie. Take it and go home in style. Make

the biggest splash in the town's history.

Settle down there, with the same rights

as everyone else. If you stay here, even

if you make $1,000,000, you still have to

live with those don'ts. Not me.

I'm going to break every single one of

them wide open. I'm going to live in a

house just like this, maybe even bigger.

You just wait and see. Jimmy, with

enough money, you can buy anything. With

a million dollars, you can build a

hilltop higher than anybody else's.

OK. It's your million in your life.

What is it you wanted?I think I know

how to make that million. Did you ever

stop and think what's going to happen

when the war comes?Yes. People will die.

Thousands and thousands of them. Yeah,

but some will get rich.

Look, there are dirty names for people

like that. I'm used to dirty names.

Let me tell you my idea. Oh, quit it. I'm

sick of listening to your ideas. And

I'm fed up with playing caretaker to your

bank account. Every time you open your

mouth, you talk about money. Big money,

small money, money, money. I'm

averaging $40 and $50 a night for my cut.

There isn't anything closer between

friends than money.

What kind of a yardstick is that?

Don't you ever get sick of measuring

everything, every human emotion in terms

of money?No, Jimmy, I don't get sick

of it. But that's something only another

have-not would understand. The difference

is I was born with nothing and raised on

lots more the same. When you

talk about money, you're slumming. When I

talk about it, it's because I'm just

plain scared.

Mamie.

Mamie, wait. Don't go. I'm sorry.

I'm a stupid, bigoted, opinionated

jacket. Oh, no, Jimmy.

No, you're nice. Always nice. It's

me who isn't the girl with the angles.

I like them. I like them.

You're dead. If you gotta go, you're

gonna be late.

So, we're having quite a stimulating

conversation. At this point, I'm

forgetting to notice his gray hair. Oh?

Yeah. Oh,

what it is.

Now, get down the stairs. Don't, honey,

don't! Nothing like fair-- Get over too!

You too.

P47.

You're wacky. They're P36s.

Bet you 4 trading cards. Bet you. Don't

you realize it's Sunday?One minute, will

you, Ma?

Give me a hot one, Lou.

You're off pretty soon, ain't you?A few

more minutes.

Find time for target practice.

We interrupt to bring you an emergency

warning. Listen carefully. The island of

Oahu is being attacked by enemy planes.

The center of the attack is Pearl Harbor.

We are under attack. Do not go out on the

streets. Shut that door. And keep calm.

I want the bungalow. I mean

73349. This is not a maneuver. This

is the real McCoy I repeat. It'll only

take a few seconds. The marking of the

rising sun has been seen on the wings of

these planes. They are attacking Pearl

Harbor. Keep your radio on and tell your

neighbors to do the same.

Get down!

You crazy?You're waiting here to get your

hair blown off?Wait. Come on,

screwball. No way, Jackie. Wait. Come

here. Look down. See?

You're all running, scammed, getting out.

But not me. I'm going to buy real estate

with every dollar I can raise. I'll get a

pretend cents on the go.

Keep stalling, you'll wind up buying real

estate in a cemetery. Oh, come on, kid.

Jim?

Jim!

Where is he?Where's Mr. Jim?

What's the matter with you?Where's Mr.

Jim?Gone. He's gone.

Stand by, all military personnel and

police reserves. Report for duty at once.

I repeat, stand by. All military...

Where, Aki?Where did it go?Report for

duty at once. Don't know.

Aki, you do know. Tell me.

May me still.

Jim. Oh, damn.

I couldn't get through on the phone.

didn't know if you were all right. They

came after me. Nobody else but me, just

me. I guess I don't have it anymore. I

meet a couple of 1000 guys a year. Half

of them swear they got me in their blood.

Not one of them crumbs shows up to prove

it. This is Jimmy. Who

else?Come on, kid, before Bertha starts

asking for us. You're coming with me.

They'll have a safe room. No, the

storing's the safest place. It's

bomb-proof. Then get going. Amen to that.

Come on. When the all-clear sounds, I'll

train phone you. I won't be home. I'll be

in the army. Why can't you wait until

they call your number?They've been

calling it all morning. Now go on, get

down to base.

You hear of any more bargains like this,

let me know. Strictly cash. This is no

bargain. This is stealing. That's what I

mean.

all I have to do is wait a couple of

months and I get 10,000 for the place.

Will you do that, Mister?Goodbye. I'll

tell you what, make it 4,500 and it's a

deal. I'll half myself to death.

2,800 cash. Now take it or leave it. I

haven't got time to haggle. 4,000.

Say, wait a minute. It's cash.

Strictly. Okay, I want to get over to the

mainland. I don't want any part of this

war. You know, I was intending to put

another building up here someday. Well,

don't worry about it, mister. I'll do it

for you. sleep good nights?Like a

baby. Come on, let's sign those papers.

Sorry I'm late, Agi. I was afraid no pass

for you, Mr. Jim. I've asked him.

Scuttlebutt says we ship out tomorrow.

Did you bring Mr. Stover to the house?

Yes.

Why don't you like that?You

don't, do you?It is rude for a servant to

discuss the acquaintances of his

employer. We've been

together too many years for you to

suddenly start spotting etiquette. Or

call yourself a servant.

I thought we usually like the same

people. Yes, sir. Usually.

You're a snob. Yes, sir.

Dreaming?

Scheming.

Guess what?No hints?

Okay, one. Stone Mame

Company Incorporated.

What's that?That's

me. Jimmy. STO for

Stover and MAM for Mamie. Stone Mame

Company Incorporated. I'm a

corporation since yesterday. Now you can

buy and sell all the real estate in

Honolulu. No. Buying and

renting. Guess who my biggest tenant

is. Who?Uncle Sam.

Come here, landlord. They're renting

everything insight. Including me.

Oh, I'm gonna miss you a lot when you're

gone, Jimmy.

I think I'm gonna miss you more than

that, Cinderella.

It'll make coming home that much nicer.

all morning when I was waiting for my CO2

came my pass, I kept wondering and

worrying when Oculus able to reach you.

I guess I like being with you.

In private places. Just you and me

and the scenery. No people.

Hey, the private places was your idea.

You have bungalow rules and regulations.

Yeah, I know. It seems like today ought

to be different.

Want to go somewhere and dance?

You mean some place they don't sell

tickets?Yeah. Okay.

Aki. Aki.

Call the Harley Kalani Hotel. The table

for two on Diamond Head Terrace. Yes,sir.

Prince.

Turan Collins.

I don't think we should have come here,

Jimmy. I don't think your friends approve

of me. You mean my ex-friends?Wouldn't

it be better if we left?You stay right

where you are. I just don't like them

staring at you. Well, if they do, I'll

dump the table in their laps. Oh, no,

Jimmy, please, let them stare if they

want to, but don't do anything

embarrassing. Not in a place like this.

You're the lady in this crowd,

Cinderella. You just give me

time and I will be. You'll be so darn

proud of me, you'll bust. I'm busting

already. How

about a dance?Okay.

Sure feels good not to have to collect

tickets.

He's a good man as to kiss. The

best.

That's someone

Jimmy, I've got to go. What for?I've got

two more hours. I'm not supposed to be on

this side of town. It's against the

rules. Hey, relax. There are no rules

tonight, remember?Harry Atkins doesn't

take any excuses. His birth is Muscle

Man. Muscle Man?You mean he'd hurt you?

Jimmy, please, let's go. Sit down. I want

to know. He ever hid you?

Please don't argue with him. Barroom

fighting's his business. I beg your

pardon, soldier. Miss Stover and I have

some business to discuss. Sit down with

us first, Mr. Atkins. I have something

funny to tell you. Thank you. Some other

time, maybe. Our business can't wait. Now

don't be rude. This won't take long.

You know, when I saw you coming in, I

said to Miss Stover, look who's here.

Harry Atkins. Who will they let in next?

A cockroach like Atkins shouldn't be

allowed in the same room with human

beings. I'm not looking for trouble with

you, soldier. I know, only with

women. You're a tough guy who can lick

any girl's weight. Sometime when you're

out of uniform, look me up and I'll tell

you about it. You just take off

the glasses and I'll take care of the

uniform. Please, Jimmy.

Hit him again for me, Jimmy!

Lock him up. Wait a minute. What for?What

for?Take your hands off him. Take it

easy, miss. Don't tell me what to do.

Stay out of this, Mamie. Why don't you

arrest the right guy?He came barging in

here and threatened to beat me up. Beat

you up?Yes, me. That's his specialty.

Beating up girls. He works at the

bungalow. Take your hands off him.

Okay, Sergeant. Release him. What about

this, mister?She's a liar.

Mister, where I come from, we don't call

ladies names. She's no lady. She's a

tramp and she's on the wrong side of

town. At ease, soldier, at ease. I'll

take over.

Sergeant. Yes, sir. I think he beats up

women. What do you think?Yes, sir, I

think he does too. What kind of a gag is

this?Get up, Mister. Sergeant, I'm going

to take another look around at things.

Meanwhile, why don't you and your partner

take this gentleman outside and discuss

things?Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

Let's go talk, lift it.

Well, good night, soldier. Have a

pleasant evening. Good night, miss.

Thanks, Captain. My apologies, Mr. Blair.

I must ask that you and this lady leave.

Well, you can take your apology. We don't

like it here anyway. Go on, soldier. One

fight a night is all I can allow you.

There's not going to be any fight,

Captain. We're leaving.

Thank you, sir.

You're on a real sloppy joint here, don't

you, boy?

You can't lick the whole island, Jimmy. I

got a number on my back and they all know

it. There aren't going to be any more

numbers on your back. You're quitting

birthers tonight. I

love you, Mamie. Not just in private,

but anywhere and everywhere. No,

Jimmy. Not me.

I can't let you do that. You

mustn't ruin your life for me. Now, don't

argue. After the war is over,

we can get married. The world's a big

place with lots of room for us. But no

more berthers. Wherever I'm being sent, I

want to know that you're mine.

Exclusively mine. Oh, Jimmy,

I am. I am.

And goodbye, Bungalow. Oh,

yes. Tonight. Right now.

Jimmy, I'm so crazy, don't be

happy. This just can't be happening to

me. Not to me. I love

you, Cinderella.

Let's have a letter from me once in a

while, Laki. Yes, sir. Keep safe, Mr.

Jim. I will.

Mamie, I can arrange to have money sent

to you. I won't read him. Jimmy, I'll be

fine. I just want you to be all right. I

will. I'll write as often as I can. I

will too. Every day, every single day.

Would you rather leave Honolulu and wait

somewhere else?Right here.

As long as it takes.

That's a contract, Cinderella.

This makes it legal.

Around this way, it almost looks like the

real thing.

You know how it's always been with me,

Harry. The business comes

first. And Mamie Stova's

business. Especially Mamie.

She brings them in. You know that.

She's that special that she can break the

rules and get me beaten up. I can't

afford to have trouble with the military

police. Once I'm placed

off limits, it's goodbye bungalow.

Suppose I take a trip to one of the other

islands for a few days, maybe a week

until it's forgotten. That won't help.

I'm sorry, Harry, but we have to part

company.

Here's 2 months' pay. After

five years, here's your severance pay and

goodbye, just like that.

I've had your things packed.

Okay with me, brother.

I've been fed up anyway. Gets

monotonous spending all your time with an

ugly woman. Don't you say it, Harry.

Don't say it.

Mamie! I intended. Can't you tell me?You

were wonderful. Oh, Mamie, you're sweetie

pie. And you know he's got a broken limb?

But they should have busted his head.

What's all this about?Listen to Abe

Lincoln Stover. You're free us slaves

that want to know what it's all about.

Bertha gave old four eyes the gate.

Outfinished scram. You're kidding!

Ladies. Ladies,

please. Not so flamboyant.

This is not a house of bedlam. Mamie,

I'd like a moment of your time.

Finish dressing, ladies.

Never mind the lecture, Bertha. You can't

fire me. I quit. Fire you?

What for?

Have a snort. Help yourself.

No, thanks. This isn't the watered stuff.

No, I'm not drinking. Well, I am.

With Harry gone, I don't have to mind my

Ps and Qs anymore.

I wonder why we're always trying to be

something we're not. What's the

matter with trying?If you pitch hard

enough, you can make it. That's what I

used to think. Harry told me

I was different so many times I began to

believe a liar.

let's pass now. I'm going to show

Mr. Adkins I needed him around here like

a hangover.

Mamie, I'm going

to build you into the biggest thing this

business ever saw. And I'm boosting your

cut to

35%. Well, the pardon came too late,

Bertha, because I'm leaving. I only

came in tonight to pack my things.

Seriously?Absolutely.

I'm going to prove you can be something

you're not supposed to be. Who's the

salesman?What do you mean?I mean, who's

the guy who talked to you to walking out

on a gold mine?

His name doesn't matter. No, I guess it

doesn't. They all

give you the same pitch.

I love you.

Be mine, exclusively mine. I

can't stand sharing you with anyone else.

But what's wrong with that?Nothing.

Not a thing. How many guys

who prance in here every night

have some broad sitting around back home

hanging on a promise that'll never be

kept?Well, this one will, because we're

getting married right after the war.

Maybe even sooner. Or maybe never.

tie it off, Bertha. What do you know

about anything like this?

You never met anybody like Jimmy.

Jimmy?

My salesman's name was Phillip.

Philly boy. 1918.

The last war.

Good old Philly boy.

He could promise you the whole world in

six-syllable words.

What would I know about anything likethis?

You're looking at a broad who waited all

through a war and

then got brushed off.

Jimmy's not like that. Neither was

good old Philly boy.

What am I complaining about?

A girly marriage, got old silly boy,

and a one-way ticket to a crummy

four-room apartment.

But I've got a half a dozen annuities.

And another fortune coming up. The

boom started, Mamie. It'll grow all

through this war. A million spenders

coming through the island every few

months.

I better get packed. I tell you

what.

I'll, make

it

40%. I can't figure anyone walking away

from money like this. I wish I didn't

have to, Bertha. But it was Jimmy's

last leave and he wanted me to promise.

And I promised. Nationally.

Look. I'll get your

mailing address and a good part of town,

in case he writes to you. Well, what he

doesn't know won't hurt him, will it?

No, I guess not. Look at it this way,

Mamie. Suppose your

Jimmy's on the level, like you say he is.

Suppose when he gets back home, you can

show him a bank book with another 50 or

100,000 in it. You think he'll

object?Show

me a guy who ever objected to a dowry.

40%, Mamie. The biggest cut in the

place.

Make it 50.

Okay, 50.

But that's confidential, just between us.

Yeah. Want a drink?

Yeah.

Hey, Captain, come to hurry up and get

them doors open. There's a wall on!

much jewelry on him, peaches. Take some

of it off. Nina,

you're the proprietor, madam?I have

that privilege. I'm Captain Sumac, in

command of the military police detail for

this area. Oh, it's a great pleasure to

make you acquaintance, sir. What

can I do for you?We've received

complaints from servicemen about

overcharging. The bungalow?

That's preposterous. I'm not here to

debate it, madam. I'm here to tell you

that if these complaints continue, your

establishment will be placed off limits.

Well, you have my word, my most solemn

word. There'll be no further complaints.

Ladies, I want you to hear Colonel,

what was the name?Summer?Sumac. Sumac.

Elden Sumac. And its captain.

Thank you very much, sir. I'm delighted

that Captain Sumac is here to see the

high type of our personnel. Would you

like to stay with us and judge for

yourself?

Yes. I think I will.

Wonderful. Miss Dover,

show Captain Sumac into the cocktail

lounge.

Glad I'm getting a chance to thank you

for the other day. I

just did that to make my sergeant happy.

He enjoyed talking things over with Mr.

Adkins. You tell your sergeant that he

talks good. Oh, can I buy you a drink?

Yeah, thanks. Well, soda pop only. I'm on

duty. Two soda pops. Soda pop?You don't

have to go the soda pop, Wayne. Oh, I can

take it if you can.

Charlie, Henry, open up the door.

Smile, ladies, smile. Make our heroes

welcome. Smile, smile. Smiles will

make us welcome. Come on, smileeverybody.

The usual, Gladys. The usual. Don't your

ship ever sail, Tarzan?I got no ship. I'm

on special duty. Where, here?Come on,

quit making me nervous. Give me some

tickets. Tell you what, Tarzan, I'll

throw in some extras if you tell me what

you do with all these tickets. Come on,

come on, you're not old enough.

Do you know how long you'll be stationed

in Honolulu?Quite a

while, I hope. Well, if you mean me,

I don't think it'll do you much good. You

know, we don't do business with officers.

So what do you do with yourself in the

daytime?Rest up for the nighttime. Port

tickets, Mister. Pay now. honey, this is

on the house.

Well, oh, Koli Maluna, and thanks again

for the other day. To you.

Captain, do you play golf?Middle 80s.

What's that?My average score. I

shoot 84, 85, thereabouts.

They let you play at the country club?

Congress says I'm an officer and a

general. Would they let

you bring a friend?You know, somebody

that wanted to learn the game?

When and what time?Pupil.

Tomorrow morning it'll be just swell,

teacher.

Whenever you're watching a hula girl

dance You gotta be

careful, you're tempting romance

Don't keep your eyes on her hips, her

naughty hula hips Just keep

your eyes on the hands

Remember she's telling a story to

you. Her opal is swaying

but don't watch the view.

Don't concentrate on the swing.

It doesn't mean a thing.

Keep your eyes on the hands.

And when she goes around the island

swinging hips so tantalizing.

Just keep your eyes where they belong.

Because the hula has a feeling that'll

send your senses reeling. It

makes a weak man strong.

Your eyes are revealing, I am fooling no

one. No use in concealing,

we're having some fun.

But if you're too young to date or

over 98, keep

your eyes on the hands. They tell the

story. Keep

your eyes on the

hands.

Now, lesson #1 is the grip. With

the left hand, shake hands with it like

that. Overlap the little

finger of the right hand like that.

Try it.

No, that's not it.

What do you say we try it the way they do

it in the movies?Like

this. Just

relax and get comfortable, pupil. Not too

comfortable, You won't learn anything

that way. Neither will you.

Don't know any other way to teach. Oh,

sure you do. Just pretend I'm one of the

fellas. Sound.

Very sound advice. Now, sir,

pay very close attention to lesson #1.

Darling, first of all, you've got to stop

sending me money and worrying about how

I'm making out. All those buildings I

bought and rented are paying off like

slot machines. You were right, I should

have quit the bungalow long ago. And now

for the big, big news. Your Mississippi

Cinderella knows how to play golf.

I've already had two lessons. And where

do you think I play, Mr. Corporal Blair?

Why, naturally, the country club.

Do your reading in the library, Corporal.

We're moving up.

On your feet.

More of a lonely hearts expression,

Mamie. Madam, if you please.

Now, Miss Stover, not lonely hearts. Give

me that come hither look.

That's it. Yes, Provocative. Definitely

provocative. Steady. Steady.

Excellent. Excellent. You finished?Yes.

I'm going to have this photograph blown

up, so it'll be 6 or 7 feet high.

I wonder how I'd do if I opened a place

of my own. Oh, don't bluff me, Mamie.

You don't have the kind of money a place

like this takes. That plus,

my rentals are bringing in 4,000 a month.

As it happens, I was going to raise you

to

60%. You did say 70, didn't

you?Yes, 70. Bertha,

you're a dog. See you in the chicken

patch.

Might as well get my own spin-outs. Can't

tell the girls without a photograph, man.

Wow, is that maybe flaming or is she

flaming?Say, where's this line go?What

difference does it make, dog face?Just

fall in. Any line this long has to be for

whiskey, watermelon, or women.

Hey! Ninety-nine!

Come on, champ. It's drinking time.

If I judged the roll better on the 7th,

I'd have had another par. How do you like

that?She finally breaks 100 and

bellyaches. That's me. Wait till I

write Jimmy. Let's skip the corporal

today. He's a sergeant now.

Quiet, lady. I still outrank him.

Not with me.

Hello, George. Do the usual, please.

You know, Mimi, trouble with you is

you're passing up a real good thing.

Me, for a very small maybe.

How are you wife and children, Eldon?Why

remind me that way back E, 6,000 miles

away, so's your sergeant, only he's

west of here. The

poet who said absence makes the heart

grow fonder, he was running off at the

mouth. That's like asking a

hungry man to just look at a sirloin

steak but keep thinking about the one

he's got home in the ice box. I'm against

starvation, Mamie. Yeah, my instincts

told me that the first golf lesson. Sure,

I'm run-of-the-mill, common clay. But so

are you. We can both spot a

penny rolling the wrong way. It'd

be a lot easier doing the spotting

together. Let's talk about something

else, shall we?Don't let this

blue-blood atmosphere go to your head,

Mamie. I'm just doing some simple

arithmetic. Listen, this war

might last another few years, you know.

We're both here for the duration.

A long, way from my family, and you're

Jimmy. Quit it, Eldon.

You're way off base. That's kind of

sudden and unbecoming, isn't it?I mean,

this injured innocence routine. You're

not the type to have stars in your eyes.

Or kid yourself into believing that some

guy is coming back here to marry you.

It just doesn't go with selling tickets.

Hey, get a load of my new pin-up.

Get your own, man. Get your own. Flaming

Mamie belongs to me. Just let me look,

boy. Looking ain't touching.

Hey, for real, it can't be. Well, that's

the realest reel you've ever seen.

Where'd you get it, Mike?It's A Honolulu

broad. A C company replacement had a lot

of prints made when he was in Honolulu

last month. He's selling them for 2 bucks

a copy. That boy must be making a

million. Boy, I gotta find him one of

those for my lonesome nights. How do you

like it, Sarge?

Boy, if I ever got to Honolulu, I'm

heading straight for Flaming Mamie's and

see if she is real.

At Pingham?No, sir.

Here?No, sir.

Fine. Yeah, we can check you out today.

Any chance of a furlough, Major?Of

course. For A shoulder wound, I always

recommend a week. Sergeant's 10

days.

Okay, let's go. Sure

deal.

Shuffle of cards.

Jim.

With Mamie, take a chance with Mamie

The chances are you'll find romance with

Mamie There are no stars

in the sky For the stars

are all in Mamie's eyes

Any lad for Mamie would go

mad for Mamie And

give up all he ever had for

Mamie Fellas who try to

resistor to

hire a psychiatrist

hello

honey you waiting for Mamie

Jimmy oh darling my

darling I'm not you darling I'm

just another GI off that line outside oh

no Jimmy

how muchplease, listen,

Here, collect your tickets.

Jimmy, I know I'm wrong. I didn't realize

how wrong. I'll spend the rest of my life

making it up to you. Not with me, you

won't. Jim, don't say that.

I didn't mean to hurt you. I thought

you'd understand. I just wanted to make

all the money I could. Anything for a

dollar, maybe. The flaming Cinderella. No

more. Never again. I swear never

again. We'll go

away. Any place you say. We'll start

all over again. Make the kind of a life

you said we could build.

That's a long past for us. You don't need

me. Oh, I do, Jimmy. I do.

Oh, please, Jimmy, please.

Maybe. Maybe, please.

Please sit down.

I know when I came here, I was filled

with bitterness and hate. But

now that's all gone.

Suddenly I realize you don't understand.

All your life, you dreamed and prayed for

money, and now you've got it. And you'll

always want more and more.

I don't rate sitting in judgment on you

or the privilege of being bitter and

hating.

Anyway,

I couldn't hate you.

Not you.

Or love me either.

We're different, men. We

don't think the same about how life

should be lived. But she

does. Anna Lee thinks the same.

It is Anna Lee, isn't it?I don't

know. if Anna Lee would even see me.

Is that why you came by here first?To

brush me off and tell me that once a

tramp, always a tramp?Oh, no.

That was the idea, but no more.

One of these days, if we ever run into

each other, the words will be different,

easier and friendlier.

Your time's up, mister.

Yeah, I guess it is.

don't need to get to the hilltop on

anybody else's back.

I'm there now, on the highest hill in the

island, and the biggest house.

Any lad for Mamie would go mad

for Mamie and give up all he

ever had for Mamie.

Fellas who try to resist

are to hire a

psychiatrist.

Oh, the glow that lights the

skies up, the lines of

traffic that she ties up

when she rolls those big

brown eyes up. Oh, happy,

happy, happy day.

Willows weep, oh maybe lovers leap,

oh maybe. Van Winkle woke up

from his sleep, oh maybe.

Life starts to form on the right.

If you want to see maybe tonight.

If you want to see maybe tonight.

If you want to see maybe

tonight.

Mamie?

Nothing's changed, Mamie. You're still

not welcome in San Francisco. I'm just

passing through. I'm on my way home.

Mississippi?Police burger.

Looks like you didn't do too good in

Honolulu. If I'd

told you I made a fortune in giving it

all away, would you believe me?

No. I didn't think you would.

Is it all right if I head out to the

airport?Hop in. We'll give

you a lift. Thanks.