All language subtitles for Million Dollar Mermaid 1952

This is lovely city harbor
in the year 1900,

when the Australia
was still thought of

by the rest of the world

as the home
of the bush and boomerang.

But in the
growing town of Sydney,

culture had moved in.

And the sounds of those
three famous B's

Bach, Brahms and Beethoven,

were already being
heard in the land.

Mozart is very quiet
in here, Annette.

Oh-hello, Daddy.

Baby, you mustn't
be envious of the others.

I know how much you
would like to be out there

with them playing and dancing,

but music can be the source
of happiness, too.

It's given me great happiness.

Yes, Daddy.

That's my girl.

No. C-sharp, Mr. Kramer. C-sharp.

Mr. Kellerman, Annette is gone.
She has disappeared again.

I just left her upstairs.

Excuse me, Mr. Kramer, will you?

I can't understand.

Where the world
has that child wandered?

Mr. Kellerman, I can not
look out after her every minute

and take care of the house
at the same time.

I have my chores...
Marie, please,

I'm not blaming you.

Tell Mr. Kramer
I'll be back shortly.

I'm going to find out once and
for all where that child goes.

Annette.

Annette.

Annette.

Annette, what are you doing?

Hello, Daddy.

Annette,
you come right back here.

Come right back here.

Annette, my baby.

In heaven's name,
whatever possessed you?

You might have drowned.

I can't drown, Daddy.

And why not?
Because I've learned to swim.

Is this where you've been
coming everyday?

Yes.

Darling, I've got to be
very cross with you.

You know what the doctors said,

that your legs would never
be strong enough for...

for what other children do.

But my legs are strong.

The strongest they've
been since I was sick.

I can even walk better
and without my braces. Watch.

Swimming can't hurt me.

How can anything hurt
when it makes you feel so good.

Please let me come back here
and swim again.

Darling, we'll come back here
and swim everyday.

By your victory today,
Miss Kellerman,

you attain permanent
possession of this trophy.

Emblematic of the amateur
freestyle championship

of New South Wales.

Thank you.

This is getting to
be a habit, Annette.

What do you do with all these cups?

They're crowding Dad
right out of his study.

It's a blow to us,
Mr. Kellerman.

I knew you would understand.
Only too well, Mrs. Grays.

This financial crisis
has affected all of us.

I hope that John won't have to
give up his music permanently.

I hope not. Good bye.
Good bye, Miss. Kellerman.

-Bye.
-Bye Johnny. Good luck.

Dad? Look.

The amateur championship.
Permanent possession.

Wonderful, darling.
I'm so proud of you.

Yeah, why does it
always have to be a cup?

We could use a new key service.

I was thinking of tea.
Would you like some?

No, I don't think so. Thank you.

Annette, I'm closing
the conservatory.

The few pupils
we have left hardly pay expenses.

Dad.

Now, now... We're
not charity cases yet.

I wrote my old friend,

Thomas Crocker of
Crocker Conservatory in London.

He has offered me a post
as his assistant.

It's a big move for
both of us I know but,

there are times when we
have to make decisions and

this is the biggest
decision of my life.

Dad, if it's money,
you don't have to.

I could teach swimming
or maybe even turn professional.

There were nearly a thousand
people there at the race today...

Darling, swimming is your hobby

and I want it
to remain just that.

It's blessed you with good
health and for this I'm grateful.

But as a career, no,
your music and ballet come first.

London will give you a chance
to go on with your studies.

It may be the best thing
for both of us.

Well, in that case, what's
everyone looking so glum about.

One thing I know, Dad,
the Kellermans will always eat.

Oh, yes.

Come on, Dad.
Let's walk some more.

Bet you have me around this
deck six times since breakfast.

You're acting like an old man.

I am an old man.

Hold it, city. Hold it, city boy.

Wait a minute. Oh, my God.

Wait, come back. Wait, come back.

What? Hold it. Wait. Hold. Hold.

Hold on, folks.
Atta boy Doc.

Wait.

Wait a minute, Sydney.

You okay?

I'll let you know.
when I get my dentist bill.

What did I tell you?

He's got the greatest left hand
in the business.

Dynamite in both fists.

I'm sorry, folks. I hope
he didn't scare you too much

but Sydney get the feet in
his oats every now and then.

What's going on here?

Did you take that Roo
out of the hold again?

Look, Purser. I assure you...

Don't bother to assure me.
I've warned you repeatedly.

Sullivan, I've had
quite enough out of you.

That beast is a menace.

Only in the prize
ring, I assure you.

In the prize ring he's a killer
but out of the ring, why,

he's as gentle as a
lamb. Look I tell you...

I tell you. You keep
that beast below deck

or I'll put him off
at the next port.

And you with him.

Don't look at me,
this ain't my idea.

Take him below, Doc.

Now look you.

You hit me once more when
I ain't looking so help me,

I'll pick you right in the pouch.
Now, come on. Behave yourself.

And keep him there.

Man's inhumanity to animals.

I hope I didn't
scare you too much.

Oh no. I'm very fond of kangaroo.

You say he boxes.

Boxes? Let me tell you something.

This is the greatest act
I've ever uncovered.

Why, if Sydney were a man,

he'd be the next champ.
Take my word for it.

We've no reason not to.

Sure, he's frisky and full of energy

but out of the ring, why,
he wouldn't hurt a flea.

Your friend doesn't
seem to think so.

Doc? Oh Doc takes things too seriously.

He's been
training fighters for years,

and he expects the
kangaroo to act the same way.

As a matter of fact,
we were barn storming

with a fighter when
we first met Sydney.

A middleweight named
Tiger Driscold.

We'd offer a bonus for anybody
who could go two rounds with him.

One day, this fellow
comes along leading a kangaroo.

One punch, just one punch mind you,

I hocked everything
I had to buy him.

Well, let's hope your
investment proves a sound risk.

Thanks. I have a hunch it's
the blue chips this time.

Are you bound for London, too?

Yes, if this boat
ever gets there.

It's my daughter's first visit.

She's going to
study for the ballet.

In honor of that, you must be
my guests at Sydney's opening.

Look me up personally,
no charges.

That's very kind of you.
Thank you.

Just ask for Jimmy Sullivan.
James Sullivan,

proprietor
of Sullivan's Wonder Show.

I'm Frederick Kellerman and
this is my daughter, Annette.

Annette Kellerman.
You're the swimmer.

Saw your picture in the paper.

That was an awful picture.

My daughter has just won the

amateur freestyle championship
of New South Wales.

Set a new record in the presence
of two thousand people.

Dad. But you did.

That's a lot of people.

Swimming is very popular in Australia.

I can understand why.

Well, nice to have met you,
Mr. Sullivan.

I hope Sydney's a big success.

Thanks.

♪ Let me call you sweetheart. ♪

♪ I'm in love with you. ♪

♪ Let me hear you whisper ♪
♪ that you love me, too. ♪

♪ If to all my going ♪
♪ in your arms all true, ♪

♪ Let me call you sweetheart. ♪

♪ I'm in love with you. ♪

Forgive the intrusion,

but would you be interested
in a shipboard romance?

Hello.

You know I've
been standing over there

watching you for
the past ten minutes.

I know. Women always know
when men are watching.

Then maybe you noticed
the puzzled look on my face.

You know I kept asking myself

how a girl as pretty as you
can break swimming records,

and how a girl
who breaks swimming records

can insist on
ballet dancing as a career.

What's wrong with the ballet?
I don't know.

I guess I've always
associated it

with long hair and swans...

And I'm more the duck type?
No. What I mean is that,

well whatever type you
are, it must be my type.

I meet a girl
for the first time two days ago

and I can't get her
out of my mind.

I keep saying to myself.
Sullivan, this is without a doubt

the prettiest girl
you've ever met.

And a voice comes back,

nonsense, it's a
tropical night ,the stars,

you have jungle blood.
And then I replied,

but you've seen
tropical nights before

and you don't have
hot jungle blood.

You're just a
crazy Irish man from Boston

who runs a carnival.

And what reply
did you get to that?

None. I'm on my own now.

Annette,
please don't think I'm forward

but there's something
I must ask you.

There's something
that I must get off my chest.

Yes?

Annette, I want to manage you.

Manage? Did you say manage?

Yes.

What's the matter?

Nothing. I'm sorry.

Look, I know a great fit
when I see one.

If two thousand people
would come to see you in Sydney,

five thousand, ten thousand
will pay to see you in London.

I'll give the act a new
twist, a little zip.

Not just swimming.
Oh I can see it now.

Annette Kellerman,
the Australian mermaid.

Half woman, half fish.

I'll build you up a little tank
and make you up

to look like a real mermaid,
scaly tail and all.

Well, you may be a bigger draw
than the kangaroo.

I doubt it. Good evening.

Mr. Sullivan,
for your information,

my daughter is not
half woman, half fish.

She is, I assure you, all woman.

Why I couldn't agree with you more.

Furthermore,
she is not interested in swimming

either professionally
or as a career,

nor diving into a tank
nor wearing a mermaid's tail.

Her sole interest is the ballet,
mine is music.

But, Mr. Keller...
I don't' wish to...

...discuss it any further.

But, look.
This is the greatest idea...

Jimmy.
What's the matter?

It's Sydney.
He broke loose again.

Where is he now?
Up by the Captain's bridge.

Holy smokes. It's gonna be a wreck.

Attention.

Hold it still, Captain.

But I.. I don't understand.

Is there no one running
the conservatory now?

No one, sir.
I'm the only one here.

Since poor Mr. Crocker died.

They just closed the place down.

I see. Well, thank you.
Thank you very much.

Annette,
I don't know what to say.

Most of our funds
went for passage.

It's only one gate
that's closed, Dad.

Don't worry,
the Kellermans will always eat.

Three, four, five.
That's one pound five.

There you are, Miss.

Thank you, Mr. Davis.

It's a real big one this time.

I was wondering,

you don't have any connections
in the ballet, do you?

Yes, dozens of connections.

Well thank you again, Mr. Davis.

Good luck.

Greetings.

Jimmy and Doc.
Hi, Annette.

I'm glad to see you.

We just drop by to brush up
on our piano lessons.

Won't you come in?

Saw the sign outside.
Any customers?

No, you're the first.

Mmm. What smells so good?

I'm making an Australian stew.

And what's that?

Same as Irish stew,
only the meat's down under.

That's too bad.
We drop by to invite you

and your father out to dinner.

Yeah. Out to dinner.
Oh yeah, dinner.

We found the nicest little place
down on Piccadilly.

French cuisine.

You aren't going to do
anything of the kind.

But you're invited to stay and
sample my cooking if you'd like to.

No. No, we wouldn't
think of imposing on you.

There's plenty and I insist.

Well, I guess it's better than

bucking the crowds
dressing and all that.

Besides, I'm getting awfully
tired of those rich foods.

We'll stay.

Wonderful.
Make yourself comfortable

and I'll get things ready.
Thanks.

By the way, how's Sydney?

Sensational.
He's developed the one-two punch.

And I've got the jaw to prove it.

Yes, the greatest act
ever put under attempt.

There's only one thing wrong.

No one knows about it.

That's where you come in.

That's where I come in?

We figured, if we could
get enough people down there,

the rest
would take care of itself.

So we thought maybe
if you'd be interested in,

well, making a little money.

Money? How?

Well, the idea I had in mind
was a swim down the Thames

maybe five or six miles
ending up at the carnival.

We'd follow you in
the row boat, of course.

Yeah. If Sydney could swim,
we wouldn't be bothering you.

We'll pay you five pounds

and fifty percent
of the first day's proceeds.

Well... if you're going to
stage a swim,

why won't you make it a real one?

What do you mean?

Well, that six miles
won't impress anybody,

but twenty-six miles might.

Twenty-six miles. Holy smoke.
I can't even row that far.

I can't understand
what happened to the reporters.

I notified the press.

Maybe they thought
we were crackpots.

I wouldn't blame them.

Nobody'd ever think of doing this.

I think we'd better start.

How do you feel? Cold.

I can't see two feet ahead of me.
Which way do we go?

Just point the boat down river.

Ready, honey?

Good luck, honey.
Good luck, Annette.

Well, Sydney, here we come.

Annette, where are you?

Here.

Blimey.
There's a girl in the water.

Look out Annette!
Annette look out!

Hang on, Miss.
We'll toss you a line.

Never mind that.
Which way to Greenwich?

That way.

Thank you.

Greenwich?

Did she say Greenwich?

How do you feel?

I could swim fifty miles
in this current.

Save your strength, honey.

You'll need
it when we hit the tides.

Great Scott. Look at what
some girl is trying to do.

Get after this story.

She'll never get past
Tower bridge.

Australian girl in marathon swim.

Australian girl in marathon swim.

Australian girl...

There she is. Listen.

There's Westminister Bridge.

What are all those buildings?

Parliament. And that's Big Ben.

Beautiful sight, isn't it?

I can think of a prettier sight.

What's that?

Food. I'm starving.

We'll eat in a half hour.
Keep swimming.

Hey, Doc.
Look at all those people.

Come on, girl.

There she is. Yes sir. There she is.

Take it on.

Good girl. Good girl.

What about that food?

Doc? Where's the hamper?

What hamper?

The lunch hamper.

The hamper with the food
you were supposed to bring.

Didn't you bring it?

Didn't I bring it.

Maybe if we maybe don't bring
it up, she'll forget the whole thing.

Maybe she'll forget
the whole thing.

I can't keep
floating much longer.

Where are we going to get any grub
in the middle of the Thames River.

I don't know but we got to
get something or she'll pass out.

There's Tower Point.

Drop me off there and I'll see
what I can rustle up.

What's happening? Where is she?

There's the boat it's coming in bank.

That badly, they gave me this.

And the pretty nurse gave me this.

Not a bad haul, huh?

Yeah, but all that food
and nothing to drink.

I took care of that, too.

Can't you row any faster?

What do you think I am,
the Cambridge crew?

Lunch. Come and get it.

Not exactly a seven course dinner
but it's the best I could do.

They just went for food.
She was hungry.

She'll never make Greenwich.
There's a strong tide coming in.

She'll make it. She'll make it.

She's my daughter, you know.
She's my daughter.

The current's turning against her.

I hope you know the tides moving
in like a wall.

I know when we're licked.

Swing along side of her, Doc.
We'll pull her in.

Do you mean quit?
That's what I said.

Can't let her kill
herself for five pounds.

Well, maybe if we went...

Doc, I said pull her in.

That's enough, honey.
Come on aboard.

I'll make it.
Don't be silly.

There's always another time.

No. No. Please.

You'll kill yourself
fighting this tide.

I can't give up now. I just can't.

Hey, Jimmy. What's a...

Honey. It's finished.
We're just about a mile away.

Do you think
you can hold out, honey.

I'll make it. I know I can.

What do you think
of a girl like that.

Daily Express,
can you answer a few questions?

Can you hold it for a picture,
Miss Kellerman.

Just for a moment,
that's fine. Please.

Miss Kellerman is exhausted.

Give her a chance
to catch her breath.

She'll answer all your questions,

She'll be over at my office
at the carnival.

Alright, come on.
Let's follow them.

When do you first begin
to get taught, Miss Kellerman?

Did you swim
as far as this in Australia?

How long did it
take you to train?

Give us a good story,
Miss Kellerman.

Please, one at a time.
Which question first?

Tell us about your training,
Miss Kellerman.

Do you swim every day, do you?

Well, that all depends.
Oh, gentlemen. I'm so tired.

Kangaroo with a human brain.

He weaves, he bobs, he strikes
with the force of a pile.

Where's the girl
who made the swim?

Over there.

How's the house?

Fine, but the people
ain't in it. If you ask me,

we're selling tickets
for the wrong attraction.

Start the show. I'll see if I can
get the press over here.

And bring me back some
black coffee, will you?

I'm dead on my feet.

Sullivan, you'll have
to get her out of there.

The child's so exhausted
she can barely hold her head up.

I'll see what I can do.

Yes, I was born in Sydney
and my first...

Alright, gentlemen.
That's it for now.

Miss Kellerman will be available
for further interviews tomorrow.

Thank you very much.

Good night, Miss Kellerman.
Good night.

Let me call your attention
to another visitor from Australia.

Not as pretty as Miss Kellerman

but in his own way,
just as nice...

Look. Aren't you going to
see the kangaroo?

Poor Sydney.

Looks like you really
put him out of business.

Jimmy?

Okay. Okay.
Take it easy. Take it easy.

Now you're full of ginger.

Last night
you couldn't draw a fly.

And we're prepared
to offer Miss Kellerman

eight pounds a week
for such a series of swims.

Well, she's still asleep
and I doubt every much

that she'd be interested.

Oh righto well if there's any change,
you can reach me at the Daily Mirror.

Doubt if she'd be interested?

What are you, nuts?

Good morning.

Good morning, Doc.
Good morning.

Good morning, Sydney.

You can tell your boss he's got the
most comfortable bed I ever slept in.

You might as well
face it, Professor.

Your daughter here
is a celebrated woman.

She'd already received
a dozen offers of employment.

Employment? What kind?
Every kind.

Personal appearances,
swimming events, diving exhibits,

the H&Hound club want you to open
their duck shooting season,

the Crystal Palace would like
to know if you could sing,

and then there was
a chap here a minute ago,

from the Daily Mirror.

His paper
wants to sponsor a series

of swims at beach resorts.
Offered eight pounds a week.

Well, you didn't let him away,
did you? You accepted?

No.

Well then, which offer did you accept?

None.
You don't think for a minute.

I'll let you fall
for any of this chicken feed.

Eight pounds
to swim around the ocean.

What kind of a future
is there in that?

Future? Who's thinking about
the future?

I am. Maybe you don't realize it,

but you've struck gold, pay dirt.

Those crowds that came last night,

they didn't come to see the scenery,
they came to see you,

and I for one, intend to
see that you capitalize on it.

What do you propose to do?

I propose to stage a show.
Our own show, a water carnival.

A water carnival?
Why not.

It's something brand new.

We get a tank
and we charge admission.

Our own private ocean.
I can see it now.

People flocking to see the
gorgeous mermaid from Down Under.

I see something beautiful,
something graceful, a ballet.

That's it.
A water ballet except the music.

Just a moment.

All these sounds
highly imaginative,

but where would you
stage such an event

and where can you find
a tank big enough

for what you describe.

The tank is already built
and waiting for us.

You ever hear of
the New York Hippodrome?

The Hippodrome?

New York?
My dear boy, really.

Three thousand miles away.

Well, what of it. It's the
biggest tank in the world,

the largest theater in the world.

And the longest swim
in the world.

Surely,
you must be joking.

How could we
get to New York City?

Jimmy, it's a
wonderful idea, but...

really, Dad and I couldn't pay
for a trip to Liverpool, let alone.

Who said anything
about you paying for this.

Anybody who travels with Sullivan

travels first class
all expenses paid.

Look, I happen to know the owners
of the Hippodrome personally.

Have a concession
when they run a little park.

Now they are showman enough to go
for this idea in a second.

But how could you
afford the fares?

I thought you were, I mean...

Broke? Perhaps.
But, Mr. Kellerman,

I have such confidence
in this idea

that I'm willing to sacrifice
my entire asset.

What asset?

Oh Jimmy, no.

Come here, Doc.

Look, I want you
to put Sydney in the wagon.

There's a circus coming to town

and I'm sure we could get
a good price for him.

Sydney?

Go ahead.

Now, Mr. Kellerman, look.

There's a lot of things
I like to discuss with you...

Now, don't take this too hard,
old timer.

That's show business.

One minute you're up,
the next minute you're...

Mr. Kellerman.

No... We said we'll wait for them.
I'll be alright.

Take it easy, Pop.
Do you want to sit down?

No, no. I'll be alright.

You know, this is a
big proposition, real big.

Don't you worry about Sullivan.

He could sell
water wings to a duck.

I'm becoming aware of that.

Here I am,
ten thousand miles from home

in a strange city and...

completely dependent
upon your persuasive friend.

They're liable to be in there
for sometime, Mr. Kellerman.

Come on, we better go home.

Perhaps you're right.

Everybody wants to be
an impresario.

Everybody has the world's
greatest idea for the Hippodrome.

Mine isn't the world's greatest,
Mr. Harper,

but it's a colorful
and exploitable package.

It's good. It's one of
the best I've ever heard.

I compliment you
on your showmanship,

but I can't use it.

You can't use it? But...

I simply daren't risk it
on an unknown.

Unknown?
Take a look at these clippings.

They are impressive.

They're very impressive
but it happened in London.

In New York,
the story was just a spiff.

I can't build a whole show
around a swimmer.

Annette isn't just
a swimmer, Mr. Harper.

She's got something very unusual.

I'm sure she has.

Mr. Harper, I know that
this water carnival idea

is tailor-made
for a place like the Hippodrome.

Let me put it this way.

Right now, the policy of
the Hippodrome calls for plotted dramas.

Spectacles with story.

We use our tank
for the big climax.

But for me to stage a water ballet
without even a book,

well, I mean, I like it, but...

Hello. What's that? No. No. No.

We have all
the confederate uniforms we want.

I might be
needing some show girls.

Can you do anything besides swim?

Well, I can dance.

Well, if you're interested,
come back on Monday.

It's the best I can do.
I'm sorry.

But, Mr. Harper...
By the way,

can't you find me a Lincoln
that looks like Lincoln?

Well, all those characters
you have dug out

look more like
the Smith brothers.

Yes, I know. Now look.
I've told you what I wanted.

Now this man must be...

If you can't do it,
I'll get somebody else.

You know what I want...

Well, that's that.

It isn't your fault, Jimmy.

It was a good idea and I
went into it with my eyes open.

Well, anyway, you can go to work
for Harper if you want to.

Might not be a bad idea.

I don't know
what I'm going to do.

Probably run up to Boston.

Friend of mine owns a
concession at Revere beach.

He wants me
to help him ballyhoo

Jimmy, I have to make some money.

It's Dad I'm thinking about.

You see, music is his whole life,
loving it, teaching it,

having his own conservatory.

If only I could just
give him that much.

You can.

How?

Forget it. I'm not going
to sell you on something else

and have it fizzle out.

Take the Harper job.
It's safe and expenses.

No. I need more
than just expenses.

Jimmy, how much can you
make out of a concession?

If it clicks, plenty.
All we have to do is scrape

enough money together
to buy a little tank

and then we... Look,
I told you to forget it.

It's too much of a long shot.

And I've only got six dollars
in my pocket.

Well, I still have
three silver cups left

and then that would be enough
to get us to Boston, wouldn't it?

Maybe.
Well, I was just thinking.

In London, we swam down
the Thames to get publicity

and that worked pretty
well now, didn't it?

Keep talking.

Suppose we did
the same thing here.

A marathon swim
from somewhere, anywhere.

Not anywhere, from Revere Beach.

Oh, baby, I knew we were a team
from the first time I saw you.

We'll stand that town on its ear.

I'll get enough backing
for ten tanks not just one.

Jimmy. Do you think so?

Think so? Who's going to stop us?

Don't be impatient fellas. She'll be along
in a couple of minutes.

Hey. Where is she
gonna swim to, mister?

To that lighthouse,
way out there and back.

Gee, that must be fifty miles.

Twenty miles.

What you got in
the basket, mister?

Take your hands off the hamper.

Come on, now, get out of here.

Go on.
Beat it, you little monster.

I don't believe it.

Did you see that?
Her legs are bare.

She ought to be arrested.

Hussie!

Look at her...

Wake up! What is it? Who?

I don't believe it.

That's her.

Don't let them bother you.

They'll be cheering you
when you finish your swim.

Shocking.

On a public beach.

Wake up. Wake up.

The row boat is all ready.

Colder out here
than it is in the water.

Well, honey. This is it.

Good luck, Annette.
Thanks, Doc. I'll need it.

Don't worry about anything.
Just start the swim.

It's disgraceful.
Arrest that woman.

Hold. Just a minute.
Just a minute.

Just a minute, miss.

What do you think you're doing?

Officer,
this is Annette Kellerman,

the famous Australian swimmer.

She's about the embark
on a twenty miles swim.

Not in that outfit.

What? You don't expect me to go
20 miles in one of those things, do you?

All I expect you to do, miss,
is cover yourself up.

Come on, Jimmy.
Let's get out of here.

Not on your life.
You've done nothing wrong

and I won't
let anyone intimidate you.

Just a minute. Just a moment.

Indecent exposure.
Held for trial.

All those hypocrites,

sanctimonious
blue nose hypocrites.

How dare they.

Dad. Where are we going?
Now, now.

The lobby's full of
reporters and cameramen,

They'd like to know
if they can come up.

Well, you just tell them
to go away.

Tell them I've left town.

I never want to see Boston again.
I'll just swim some place else.

Wrong. You'll swim right here.
As far as I'm concerned,

this is the greatest thing
that has ever happened.

The greatest...
I'm booked and fingerprinted

and arrested just like a con...
What of it?

Don't you realize that
you're the standard bearer

for all American womanhood?

In your hands lies the power

to wreck
the shackles of prudery.

Free the feminine sex
from the armour of convention.

Go ahead, run away if you want.

But I tell you,
this is more than a trial,

more than newspaper headlines.

This is a crusade.

Bravo.

I said bravo.

This tempest over a bathing suit,
it's... it's really evil.

It should be
exposed to the world.

And, I for one,
intend to see that

my daughter stays
and fights this thing through.

Here. Here. That a boy, Pop.

It's high time American women
showed they had some skin.

It's up to you, darling.

You can pay the fine
and leave Boston tonight

or you can stay and accept
the challenge.

Indecent.
Tell those reporters to come up.

I'll give them a story,
bathing suit and all.

And as prosecutor
for this county,

I demand
the severest possible penalty

for this brazen young woman

who has wantonly flaunted
every statute of decency.

She and the others like her
must learn that

laws are made to be observed.

Her guilt is incontestable.

She admits that she wore
the indecent garment in question.

I admit no such thing.
What's that?

Do you deny that you
appeared at Revere Beach

in a flimsy piece of material
that barely covered...

I admit
I wore a one-piece bathing suit.

I do not admit
it was indecent.

What other definition
would you apply,

your arms,
neck and shoulders were exposed,

not to mention
your calves and thighs.

My ankles were also exposed,

not to mention my toes,
knees and fingers.

I also notice your teeth
are exposed.

Does that make you indecent?

Your honor. Your honor,
if you please.

This woman's deliberately

trying to make a
mockery of this court.

I wouldn't be surprised
if those pickets

are outside at her instigation.
This flagrant disrespect...

I object, your honor.

Are you the attorney
for the defendant?

No.

Then keep your seat
or I shall have to eject you.

Miss Kellerman,
it's not the intention

of this court to take sides in

what is essentially
feminine debate.

You're charged
with indecent exposure

to which you pleaded...

Not guilty, sir.

Your honor, her appearance
at the beach was witnessed

by hundreds of people,
including the police officer.

I am aware of that.

Have you anything further to add,
Miss Kellerman?

Yes, your honor, I have.

You see, I have been
swimming in competition all my life,

and the only way I've been
able to compete successfully

is by wearing a man's
one-piece racing suit.

After all, sir, you can't deny me
my right to swim, can you?

Certainly not.

Well then, how is it possible
to swim a race

tied up in a corset
and ten yards of wet drapery?

Miss Kellerman,
let me remind you that

it is not I who am on trial.

I'm sorry, your honor.

May I please ask
the court one more question?

Proceed.

Well, do the authorities object
to the one piece bathing suit

or to the fact the limbs
are not entirely covered?

I see no reason
to base any decision

on the number of pieces
in an article of clothing.

Well then, perhaps
I could suggest a compromise.

Proceed.

Thank you.
This is the original racing suit,

except that I have sewn
some stockings at the bottom

and jersey on the top.

As you can see,

this will cover
the entire body except

the forearms and the head.

I consider that shocking,
your honor.

I consider it very ingenious.

Is it my understanding
that any further

swimming appearances will be made
in a bathing suit of that nature?

Yes, your honor.

Case dismissed.

Hurry... Step right up.

The next show in five minutes.

Alright, folks, step right up.

See Annette Kellerman
in a one-piece bathing suit.

The next show in five minutes.

Step right up, friend. How many?
Thank you, sir.

The next show in five minutes.
Hurry. Hurry. Hurry.

See Annette Kellerman
in a one-piece bathing suit.

Hurry. Hurry...

Ladies and gentlemen,

introducing Australia's mermaid

Annette Kellerman,

voted by Harvard University

as the World's
most perfect woman.

World's champion swimmer,
holder of records

from one hundred yards
to twenty-six miles.

Miss Annette Kellerman.

Miss Kellerman
will now demonstrate

the various swimming strokes.

The breast stroke.

The over arm stroke.

For the first time in America,
the Trojan stroke.

This stroke was used
by Miss Kellerman

when she made her
sensational swim

in the Thames River
in London, England.

And now
for the first time in America,

Miss Kellerman introduces
her famous Australian crawl.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,
for the first time in the U.S.A.,

a woman will give a public
exhibition of fancy high diving.

Miss Kellerman will now
demonstrate the front back dive.

Step right up, folks.
The show is now going on.

The Annette Kellerman
and her one-piece bathing suit.

Step right up.
Atta boy,Doc. Atta boy, talk it up.

Six weeks, Doc. Make it seven.

Every show a different color.

Hello Jimmy.

Jimmy.

Jimmy, I'm soaking wet.

Good. Maybe it'll
put the fire out.

Go. Go.

Think it over, Sullivan.

I'm leaving for Florida tonight.

I could use a guy like you.

Put it the other way, buddy, and
I might be interested.

Which way?

Maybe I could use a guy like you.

You know, sometimes
I wish we had Sydney back.

We didn't make as much money,

but I didn't have all this...
this bookkeeping.

And what's this item here,
personal, two hundred dollars.

This personal enough.

No kidding. Did you ask her yet?

Today's the day.
Season here closes real soon...

And you want somebody to keep
your feet nice and warm at night.

Great, but what about me?

Doc, I've got an idea
for something brand new.

A great idea.
A swimmer and a flyer.

A flyer.

That Bud Williams act is dynamite.

You know, he can actually
take that contraption

four hundred feet off the ground?

I don't like it.
It's against nature.

Ohh. You and your grousing.

Can't you see that big new poster,
Sullivan's combined shows.

King of the air,
Queen of the sea.

Don't get me wrong now.

Annette will still be
our number one attraction.

We can dream, can't we?

There she is, dreamer.

Hi, Annette. Hello, Jimmy.

I'm not late, am I?

Performance starts at two thirty.

Jimmy. This is Mr. Aldrich,
of the Aldrich Selection Bureau.

He was kind enough
to drive me back from lunch.

My pleasure.
How do you do?

I have a special
interest in Miss Kellerman.

I'm trying to persuade her
to go on a tour.

What kind of a tour?

He's offered me
a great deal of money

and ten week guarantee,
just to do a series of lectures.

Yes, indeed. I see Miss Kellerman
in a very dignified presentation

giving a lecture
on the body beautiful.

Perhaps even a little ballet
appropriate to the subject.

Ballet? Lecture? No.

What's so funny?

Darling. I'm sorry but
one of us must be nutty.

You competing
with William Jennings Brown.

I can see you now
up on the platform

with a picture
of water and the ballet

dancing around in some gauze drapes.

Holy smoke.

I'm happy
to be contributing so much

to your amusement, Mr. Sullivan.

But I assure you my end
is a very dignified

and lucrative business.

Miss Kellerman will not be
swimming around tank like a seal,

performing in a carnival
with a fat lady on one side

and a fire-eater on the other.

You don't like carnivals?

They have their place.

And you don't like swimming
around in tanks either.

For a fish, yes.

For a beautiful woman
like Miss Kellerman...

Mr. Aldrich,
I think it's about time

that you learn to enjoy water.

Jimmy, stop that.

Jimmy, Let go of him. Let go.
Alright. Run along, sonny,

and take your gauze
drapes with you.

Jimmy, how dare you.
Mr. Aldrich, I'm terribly sorry.

Go over there and sit down.

Annette, put on your suit.

The show starts
in twenty minutes.

Yes?

Jimmy.

Annette, I'm sorry.
This big trap of mine.

I guess I'll never
be able to control it.

Darling. We shouldn't
quarrel, not about this.

It's just not important enough.

I don't get you.

We came up here purely
and simply for money.

Anything that offers us
more money is more important.

Still got that Aldrich deal
on your mind, haven't you?

Darling,
it's five hundred dollars a week.

Puts me just that much closer
to the Kellerman conservatory.

It isn't as though
we're splitting up.

I'll talk to Aldrich.

I'm sure there'd
be an important job for you.

Like filling the water pitchers.

Jimmy.
Or picking up the drapes.

Or maybe I can come ahead of you
and give short talk

on high class we are.

Baby somewhere along the line,
we got our signals crossed.

You got it into your head
that you're Joan of Arc.

Well, get it out fast.

You're a swimmer
doing a tank act

in Sullivan's water carnival,
and not a bad show either.

And how long can it last?

After all, all we're doing
is capitalizing

on a lot of
cheap bathing suit publicity.

What do you think
this Aldrich thing is anyway?

All he's trying to do is cash
in on the same dodge

a ballyhoo that I arranged.

That you arranged?

Sure. Who do you think
got that cop to arrest you?

Oh no, Jimmy, you didn't.

Didn't I?

Can you stand there...

what about all that talk of
a crusade and...

Bunk. Who cares what
a load of females wear on the beach,

as long as I can keep you
in a one-piece bathing suit.

Baby, you're a swimmer.

You belong in the water.

Wet, you're terrific.

Dry, you're just a nice girl
who ought to settle down

and get married.

Thank you very much
for the advice.

One thing I know for sure,
if and when I do get married,

it will never be to
a cheap, stubborn,

flea circus proprietor.

This flea circus does alright
for the fleas in it,

except when they jump
out of their cages.

Ballet. Comics wanting
to play Hamlet. Toe dancing.

She has that bug in her head
ever since we first met.

Well, Miss Kellerman
may be able to swim,

but she'll never fly.

What are you talking about?

Jimmy, no.
Look at these receipts,

look at these books. Here, look,
nothing but money, money, money.

There's plenty more
where that came from.

I'd be a sucker to go ahead
and make big plans

that depends on the whim of a girl

with nutty notions
about herself.

Hey, look, pal.
You ain't serious, are you?

You're kidding, Jimmy.
Tell me you're kidding.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

Flea circus.

Flea circus, she calls us.

And then, my dear,
you will come forward

in a tasteful evening gown

against a background of perhaps
a small salon orchestra.

Your talk will be prepared,

of course, subject
to your approval.

And as for the dancing...

Mr. Aldrich,
I'm terribly sorry but, well...

I just can't see myself
doing that sort of thing.

My dear child,
it's natural to be nervous,

and I understand.
But now you'll only...

Please. I have a headache.

Perhaps we could talk about
it some other time.

But I have to make preparations.

Well, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you'd
better hold up on them for a while.

Good night, Miss Kellerman.

Good night, Mr. Aldrich.

Good evening.

Annette, read this.

It's from
the New York Hippodrome.

New Hippodrome policy
will feature great specialty.

Can you come to New York
to discuss deal. Alfred Harper.

Dad, the New York Hippodrome.

Yes.
But this is just what Jimmy...

What is it, my dear?

Dad.

So that's it.

Well you better let him read it, too.

There's nothing like good news
to patch up a lover's quarrel.

Come on, off you go.

Miss Kellerman.

Hello, Andy.

What are you doing here?

I thought you're on your way
to Florida with Mr. Sullivan.

Florida?

That's what he said.
You mean you didn't know?

Yes, of course I knew Andy.

How stupid of me.

Thank you, Andy.

Bravo...

Madam Pavlova. Yes.

I'm Annette Kellerman.
Indeed, I know, my dear.

I have watched you perform.

Well, I wanted to tell you is that,

well, all my life,

I've wanted to be
able to dance like you.

You studied for the ballet?

Yes.

My dear, don't ever think that
your studies have been in vain.

Your act is wonderful.

You have applied
your ballet training

to something new and different.

They tell me
there is only one Pavlova,

but from what I have
seen, they may someday,

say the same thing about you.

There is only one
Annette Kellerman.

I wish she hadn't told you that.

Hello Alfred.

Here I am with next season's
contract still unsigned

and people like Pavlova
may start puffing you up.

No. No. I'd almost work at
the Hippodrome for nothing.

There's no need
for that, Annette.

You've really have been great

and this is the best way
I know of saying it.

Oh Alfred.
Don't thank me.

Thank all the people
who came to see you.

Annette, I'm giving
a little supper for Pavlova

Saturday night
after the performance.

Can you come?

May I let you know?

I don't get it.

Are you in mourning
or are you just a hermit?

Mr. Kellerman,

I'm trying to persuade your
elusive daughter to come to a party

and seems I can't...
Of course, she'll go.

It'll do you good, darling.

You'd been seeing
too little of New York

and too much of an elder musician.

And besides, orders are orders.

Mr. Harper is my new boss.

Boss?
I've been asked to work

with the Hippodrome
Orchestra next season.

Dad. Let's hope
it's only the beginning, sir.

The Hippodrome needs
your kind of talent.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Got to make the Kellermans happy.

The man at my box office
told me so.

I'll see you later.

Bye, Alfred.

Dad, I think it's just
so exciting and wonderful.

The two of us
here working together.

I couldn't be happier.

Couldn't you?
I've got the report.

He went to Florida
with that flying act

and Williams smashed up
the second day.

And where is he now?

Well, this report said
he was in New Orleans

for a while
with a wrestling bear,

then up in Chicago with some kind
of concession that closed.

Dad, I've just got to find him.

That argument we had
was so stupid and silly.

This whole thing, the Hippodrome,
it was Jimmy's idea.

Darling, you mustn't
confuse love and loyalty.

You owe nothing to anybody
in the world.

Not to me or anybody.

Jimmy knows that, too.

Does he?
Deep in his heart he does.

I'm sure that's the reason
for his absence.

He wants to make good
without Annette Kellerman,

He feels you don't need him.

Dad, I do need him. I'm...

I know but that's
the way Sullivan is.

And he's no different
from most of his sex.

Darling, that's the price
a woman pays for achievement.

He'll come to you when he has
something to offer but not before.

It's a long gamble, I'll admit.

A thousand to one shot
that may never come off.

The only thing
you can be sure of

is that he'll be trying.

Hello, Martley.

Annette.

Harper, what is it?

What's the matter?

Dad.

Poor old guy. He was okay.

He never did
get his conservatory.

Wish he had.

Ain't you gonna go and see her?

Nope.

Say, say Jimmy.

Look pal. You and me,

we've been around together
for a long time.

Sometimes I groused, I admit it but

you know, I'd give
my right arm for you.

What are you getting at?

Well, you ain't really serious

about going ahead
with this scheme, are you?

You bet your life I am.

If I ever get this egg
crate off the ground

we're going to hit pay dirt.

I hope that's all we hit.

Pay on sensational ...
Read about it.

Read about it.
Cross country air race.

Fifty thousand dollars
in prizes. Read about it.

Good evening, Mr. Harper.
Good evening, Miss Kellerman.

Good evening.

Did you hear about
the cross country air race?

There's fifty thousand dollars
in cash prizes.

Well, that's alright.
No, no. Take it.

Thank you.

Crazy fools,
they'll all be killed.

That's mad, but what is done.

Good evening, Rachel.
Hello, Mac.

Well, Doc.

Hello, Annette.
Can I talk to you for a second?

Excuse me, Alfred.

This is an old friend of mine,
Doc Cronnol. Mr. Harper.

How are you?
Glad to meet you.

I'll see you later, dear.
Fine. Fine.

Come on. Come on in
and tell me all about yourself.

I...
How have you been?

Fine. Fine.
How's Jimmy?

That's why I'm here.
I hate to bother you, Annette,

but somebody got to
talk him out of that thing.

What thing?
That Buckhaus air race.

He's got his eye on that fifty
thousand dollar pot..

Doc. Jimmy?

You mean
he's gonna fly to California?

He's gonna try.
You should see in what.

You can't even steer the thing.

You swing around
with ropes over your shoulders.

Doc. He'll
smash himself to pieces.

Well, I've been
trying to tell him

but you know that Sullivan.

I just thought
maybe there was something

you could figure out.

When does he plan to take off?

Any time now, maybe even tomorrow
if the weather's right.

We've been sleeping
next to the machine,

out of Montauk point.

Doc. I've got
a performance tonight.

Don't you worry, I'll be there.

I'll figure out something.

Gee, thanks, Annette.

Bye-bye, Doc.

Don't tell him I came here.
I'm enough trouble now.

Sure. Sure, Doc. Bye.

Bye.

Well, it looks like it's lifting.

Okay, Mac. Clear the field.
We're gonna take off.

Jim, don't you think
we ought to wait a little while.

It might rain.

The weather is perfect.

Please, I'm sorry.
Excuse me, please.

Nobody gets through, miss.
He's gonna take off.

But officer, I...
I'm sorry.

Nobody gets through.
Stand back.

Thank you.
Keep going, Sullivan.

Bring me an orange
from California, Jimmy.

Good luck, Jim.
I'll need it.

Best of luck, Jim.
Thank you.

Jimmy.

Hello, sweetness.
How's everything?

I heard you're at the Hippodrome.

She snuck passed, Mr. Sullivan.
Shall I let her stay?

Sure, why not.

She's a famous personality
Annette Kellerman.

Well known lecture.

Jimmy Sullivan,
I don't care what happens to you,

but Doc is a friend of mine

and I forbid you
to take him on this flight.

See what I mean?
Greatest lecture of her day.

You heard me.

I'm not going to have them find
Doc's broken body

crushed and mangled some where
in the Rocky Mountains.

That's very sweet of you, baby,

but you don't have
to worry about Doc.

He's not leaving the ground.

He's driving
the emergency repair car.

That's me, still a
guy in a rowboat.

All clear, Mr. Sullivan.
Right.

Jimmy, please don't force me
to take drastic action.

What's that?

I said don't force me
to take drastic action.

I've never forced you
to do anything, baby, remember?

Okay, Doc. Let's go.

Here's a summons, Mr. Sullivan.

Your flying machine and
all equipment has been attached.

What? Go away.
Sorry. It's a court order.

Court order for what?

Nonpayment of money
owed to Annette Kellerman.

I had an accounting
of all the books

while you ran the concession.
Among other items,

there's one marked
two hundred dollars personal.

You'll have to explain that.

Yes. I'm sorry.

Here's the item.

You can sell it somewhere.

Okay, Doc. Let's go.

Leave the field, lady.

Thanks for trying, honey.

Switch on. Turn it over.

They say that Frenchman has
the best chance of winning.

I'm backing Rodgers.

Well, what about Sullivan?

In that cracker box,

I don't see how he's gotten
as far as he has.

I'll say one thing
for this air race.

It certainly captured
the attention of the country.

I'm sorry, Alfred.

You want very much for him
to win, don't you?

I? Well, of course. I mean...

You figure he'll have
fifty thousand dollars.

He can come to you, carry you
off on a white charger.

All very simple.
The American success story.

Darling, I know how importantly
this man moves you.

But allow me the privilege
of knocking my competition.

Maybe he will win that pot.
I hope he does.

But it still won't work.
You're big league.

Sullivan, he's a will
of a wisp, a carny man.

He'll always be up
there in the clouds

looking for that fast dollar.

The big ballyhoo that will
make him seven day one.

It probably isn't news
that I love you very much.

What's most important,
I think I can make you happy.

Will you marry me, Annette?

Alfred, believe it or not.

This is the first marriage
proposal I've ever had.

It's a little overpowering.

Well, then say yes.

Ladies and gentlemen.

We interrupt for a moment
to bring you the latest bulletin

on the great cross country
flying race.

Now, five contestants
are still in the running.

We have news of three of them.

Bob Gibb traveling eastward
has logged five hundred miles

from Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco.

Carl Rogers and his Memphis

has just reached
Elmira, New York,

and James Darling
and his Chesterby plane

is nearing Buffalo.

Three other fliers
have been forced out

including Jimmy Sullivan,

who's reported
injured in a smash up.

However, our report says
he managed to right the machine

and balanced it down
to a landing in a town

called Grover’s Junction,

where he's been hospitalized.

Alfred,
I've got to get to a telephone.

Hello.

Yes, this is the
Grover Memorial Hospital.

I'd like to
inquire about James Sullivan.

Yes. The Flyer.

No, he wasn't badly injured.

He patched up his arm
and he left.

Where did he go?
Can you tell me?

I'm sorry.

Neptune's daughter.

That's what I'd call the picture.

It's a natural for Kellerman.

And for our underwater
shots in Hollywood,

I'll build a giant glass tank.

We could shoot right through
the glass into Neptune's cage.

Sounds very interesting, Orson.

Great challenge, and a
wonderful new medium.

Movies are growing bigger
every day.

Really. If you could persuade...

Have you talked to
Miss Kellerman?

I thought you were
handling her affairs.

Well, don't let that fool you.

I advice her but she's a lady
who makes up her own mind.

Still, it might be
a good change for her.

Might even be
a good change for me.

For you?

A trip to California, the two of us.

Just thinking. There's
a party going on backstage.

Special performance for the kids
of the orthopedic hospital.

It's Annette's idea.
Can you join us?

I wish I could
but I'm leading my wife.

Christmas shopping.
That's too bad.

Looks like fun for the children.
Annette's a wonderful woman.

I'm sorry
you can't join us, Mr. Garvey,

but I'll be
in touch with you later.

I'm counting on you.
Good bye. Good bye.

Does anyone know how to work it?
That's good.

Now, you can find the circus way.

There's a fine dolly in a blue dress
for you here.

There it is.
Another circus present.

It's a green one.

Here is... Look at
that silly elephant.

This is for you, darling.
Isn't she lovely?

It's a wonderful party, Annette.

Hello, Alfred.

Only I'm a little jealous.

Everybody's had
a Christmas present but me.

Poor Alfred. What would you like?

An answer to that question
I've asked you last June.

You know, you own
these genuine Indian blankets

for the ridiculous sum
of two dollars and fifty cents.

I can assure you, sir,

you are getting one of
the greatest bargains

since Manhattan Island
went for twenty-four dollars.

But I have no use for a blanket.

No use perhaps for an
ordinary blanket,

but these rare items
are hand-loomed

on the reservation
by gifted Navajos,

one of whom
you see here beside me.

May I present Chief Thunderbird.

Haw.

Chief, what is your opinion
of this cloth?

Product good.

Please, please, leave me alone.

I'm not cold.
I don't want a blanket.

Perhaps you'd be interested in

one of these
beautiful signet rings.

Hand carved by Indian natives.

I don't want anything.
I just want to be left alone.

Now, please, please,
get out of here.

Very well. Good day, sir.

Good afternoon, sir.
Good afternoon, madam.

Annette.

Hello, Doc.
Your feather's crooked.

Jimmy. Hi, Sullivan.

Come on in. Sit down.

Haw.

Haw.

They're very nice.
Are they hand-loomed?

These? I'm just
helping out a friend of mine,

a fellow named Fred Harvey.

He got himself overloaded with
a big stock of this stuff and well,

he just sort of asked me if
I would help him get rid of them.

I... I read
you're getting married.

Yes.
Good idea. It's about time

you start raising a family
of little swimmers.

Congratulations.
Thank you.

All the luck in the world, Annette.

We're not taking a big jump

until Annette finishes
her picture.

Oh, you're making picture?

Yes. Neptune's Daughter.

Good. Glad to hear it.
It's a great future.

As a matter of fact,
I got some picture plans myself.

Got a new star signed up,
he's on the train.

Jimmy, if I could be
of any help, I...

No. I'm in good shape.

I've got some
important contacts on the coast.

Well, nice to see you.
Nice running into you.

Best of luck, Annette.
Thank you, Doc.

There you are.

Didn't I warn you about taking
this dog out of the baggage car?

Just a moment, conductor.

This isn't just an ordinary dog,
this is a highly trained animal

who's going to be
a movie star in six months.

I don't care
if he's ...,

he doesn't
belong in the lower berth

frightening the passengers.

And as for you,

you look like the man
I kicked off in Albuquerque.

Me? Why that's
perfectly ridiculous.

Haw.
Don't give me that haw business.

You haven't paid your fare...

Just a moment conductor, look.

Couldn't we discuss this
somewhere else?

You know,
you're probably not aware of it,

but there's a new Act
just passed by Congress,

an Indian on his way
to his reservation

is entitled to
free transportation.

I know of no such Act.

I resent your tone, sir.

If it's a matter of money,

why I've got plenty of
cash here in my briefcase...

You better have

This is ridiculous,
absolutely absurd.

Would you like me to see
what I can do for them?

No. No, I'll do it.

Forgive me, Alfred.

Yale, did you say? Yale, Harvard,
Princeton, take your pick.

You want your son to have
a college education, don't you?

Of course.
Can you imagine on your salary?

You know damn well I can't.
Alright, then. Be smart.

The movie picture business
is growing fast

and this dog's gonna
take the country by storm.

Watch. Burglar.

Pretty girl.

He certainly is clever.

Clever. You haven't seen
one-tenth of his bag of tricks.

And remember this,
no overhead, no salary,

no expenses other than his food,

and it's not going to
cost you one dime.

I'm gonna cut you in simply
for being a good sport.

Well... I can't very well put you
off in the middle of the desert.

Haw.

Let's have a
good scene now, boys.

Make the audience believe it.

Make them believe it.
Now, take in the money.

Play that piano
a little louder.

That's it.

Alright, come on. Light them up.

Girls get in your position.

Let's run through it once again.

Sam, come over here.

Move it along, will ya?

Joe, get over there and help him.
We haven't got all day. Come on.

The Hippodrome
was never like this was it?

Frankly, no.
You people don't stay in one spot

long enough to get acquainted.

Well, with luck, we do today.

When I tell you that I've never been
so high on a picture,

you can believe me.
Annette is simply wonderful.

Now, if I could persuade you
two to postpone your honeymoon.

We leave tonight.

Well. I was only
thinking out loud.

Let's get some more
scenery around that cave.

Keep that water coming.

Holding fifty thousand gallons now.

Can't we raise the level?

That's glass, you know.

We build it pretty solid
but why take chances.

Alright, you're the doctor.

So Bill, do you think
we can go for a take?

Any time.

Robbie. Yes, sir.

Miss Kellerman in five minutes.
Yes, sir.

I'll get her.
Well, thanks, Mr. Harper.

Yes. You're wanted
on the set, darling.

Alright, I'm ready.

Come in Al.

Neptune's Daughter.

Alfred, be careful. My make-up.

Well, this is it, sweetheart.

Garvey says you're
all through after this scene.

You've been very patient
with all this, Alfred.

It's just a pause.

I've never been
more impatient in my life.

Is this what you're looking for?

Yes. Yes. It's sort of
a good luck charm,

I wear it whenever
I'm performing.

Silly, isn't it?

Well.

Yeah, sure. Ready, Annette?

Ready. Okay.

Let's get it the first time.

Places, everybody.

Good luck, honey.

When you get up to the top,
wave if you can hear me.

Right.

Alright, come on. Come on.
Move it along, boys, will ya?

Alright,
get that stuff out of here.

Come on. Come on. Hurry it up.

Clear the tank.
Go on. Get ready.

Now remember everybody.

As soon as she comes out
of the cave,

dive down and join her.

Now, stand by.
Let's get it the first take.

Annette, can you hear me?

Come forward a little bit.

Whoa. That's it.

Okay, we got it now.
Okay, Bill.

Okay. Ready, sir.

Alright.

Music.

Camera. Action.

Alright, girls. Get ready.

The glass is splitting.
Get her out of there.

Look out.

Miss Kellerman. Get her out of there.
Get her out of there.

Watch out. Watch out.

Are you okay?

Please, nurse. I must see her.

I've been waiting here every day
for the past two weeks.

I'm sorry, sir. Strict orders
have been issued. No visitors.

Let me talk to the doctor.

If you'll wait,
I'll try to get a report for you.

Hello, Sullivan.

Mr. Harper, I...
I know.

Come along with me.
It's alright, Grace.

How is she?

We'll know this morning.

Good morning, Mr. Harper.
Good morning.

Doctor Vance
is in Miss Kellerman's room.

Thank you.

Good morning, Doctor.
Good morning.

This is Mr. Sullivan.

Mr. Sullivan
How do you do?

Is there any news?

She's resting comfortably.
I think we were wise to operate.

Well, when will she be able to
leave the hospital?

I don't know. I don't know.

Mr. Harper,
I think I can speak plainly.

Miss Kellerman's spine
has suffered

a severe blow, what we call
a spinal cord hematoma,

and we've relieved
the pressure and fortunately,

there was no severance
of the nerve tracks.

She will have to face
the possibility that

she may not have the use
of her legs for sometime.

Did you tell this to her?

She insisted on knowing and

I saw no reason
to withhold it.

I'd rather she didn't
have any visitors right now.

I understand. Thank you.

I know how much of a blow
this is, Mr. Harper.

But whatever's humanly
possible to do,

we'll do for her.

The rest is up to Miss Kellerman.
Her own recuperative power,

her health, her will.

Thank you, Doctor.
I know we're in very capable hands.

Will check with you
later in the day.

Very well.

Well I...

Perhaps you'd like to
sleep for a while.

Hello, baby.

I was just passing the hospital

I thought I'd look in.

Jimmy.

I've been here everyday
for the past two weeks.

That nurse downstairs is a clam.

She wouldn't tell me anything.

You're looking swell.

I feel fine.
A little rocky, maybe.

I'm going to be up
and around in no time at all.

That's great.

It's just a sprain,
or some such thing.

How's Doc? Fine.

And your picture?
Wrapped up. All finished.

We're taking the print
to New York tonight.

I've heard nothing
but good things about it.

Imagine, starring a dog.

What's his name?
Rintintin.

What funny name. Chinese?

French.

Annette, darling.
Jimmy.

Baby, don't let it
get you, please.

That doctor, he may know medicine

but there's lot of things
about people he doesn't know.

He doesn't know
about a little girl

in a small inlet back in Australia.

They told her
the same thing, too.

He doesn't know how she hobbled
every day to the water.

Learning to swim
before she could walk.

How she became the greatest
aquatic star in the world.

There's lot of things
the doc doesn't know,

including what I once told you.
Wet, you're terrific.

Dry, you ought to marry
some guy and settle down.

Jimmy.

Well I just wanted to tell you.

You're going to beat this thing,
baby, you and Harper.

He's a terrific guy.

Unlucky is the better word.

Alfred.

What Sullivan says
is right, darling.

You'll beat this thing
the same way

you've beaten everything else.

As for you, I don't know
why you should

get this kind of a break.
You don't rate it.

You struck gold once and never
have the sense to stake a claim.

You're a crazy,
vagabond Irish man

with both feet
planted firmly in mid-air.

But you're
what the doctor ordered.

Just see that you make her happy.

Alfred.

Good bye, darling.

You'll be up and around
soon rehearsing a new act.

And when you do, remember,

I'm holding you to your contract
with the Hippodrome.

Oh. Yes.

This doesn't belong to me.

It doesn't belong to you either.