All language subtitles for Music for Millions 1944 DVDRip XviD

- Subtitles -
Luís Filipe Bernardes

- There, got everything?
- Yes, thank you.

- Is my hat on straight?
- Oh, it's fine, just fine.

Now come on and we'll see where
that sister of yours is.

Oh, she'll be here, she's my sister.

Well you keep a sharp eye out
to be sure we don't miss her.

Oh, there she is, see?
See, the girl in the blue hat?

Barbara! Babs!

Barbara!

Are you waiting for somebody?

Is you all speechless?

- I don't talk to strangers.
- Oh, but I ain't no stranger.

Why, I've been living around here
for more than twenty years.

Are you waiting for somebody,
little girl? Are you lost?

- Are you waiting for somebody?
- I'm afraid she's lost her tongue.

My dear, haven't you a card or something
that tells where you're going?

Children don't travel that way anymore.

- I'm sorry, I thought...
- It's an abandoned child if ever I saw one.

Oh, here she is!
Sorry.

Well, how do you do?

This child's in need, woman.
I phoned her here to help you.

Yes, it's my job to help you.

She can talk alright. I heard her
insult me a little while back.

Officer, this child is apparently lost
but for some reason refuses to talk.

Yeah, scared, I know.
I'll take care of her.

Are you waiting for somebody,
little girl?

You can talk to him, miss,
he's no stranger, he's a policeman.

What's that you have in your
hand there?

I wish you'd all go away
and leave me alone.

- Good, she can talk!
- Is she waiting for somebody?

Well, I suppose I'll have to take her
over to the Station room and lock her up.

- Come, young lady, come on.
- I'm not coming!

I'm waiting for my sister and I'm going
to stay right here until she comes.

Oh, so that's it.
You're waiting for your sister.

Well, where does you sister live, dear?

- I don't know.
- Haven't you any idea?

What does she do?
Does she work here in New York?

Maybe she's come to the wrong city.
Happens to people lots of times.

- See, there's my sister.
- Looks more like a man to me.

No, the man's in front.
Barbara's right behind him.

You can see a piece of her hair.
It has a wave in it.

- I think I see her ear too.
- Well, that's a lead anyway.

I'll get in touch with the orchestra
the first thing in the morning.

You might get in touch with them
tonight if you wanted to.

The orchestra's probably playing
over at Symphony Hall right now.

- Hey, where are you going?
- Symphony Hall to see my sister.

Wait a minute, wait a minute!
You don't want to get lost, do you?

She hasn't the faintest idea
where she's going.

Antonin Dvorak
Sinfonia n° 9 em mi menor

Don't you move!

- Mike!
- Babs!

Oh, Mike!

Oh, of all the people in the world!
It's really you, isn't it?

Where on earth did you come from?

- Aunt Kate wrote a letter, didn't you get it?
- A letter? No, I didn't get any letter.

- She wrote to meet me at the train.
- She did?

Miss! You!

Sir, they're calling you
outside again, please.

But I...

- Is he mad?
- I wouldn't be surprised.

Oh, Mike, am I glad to see you!

- You'll take care of her then?
- Take care of her? Will I take care of her.

And I wouldn't let her run around
alone at night either if I were you.

Oh, don't worry, she won't
be alone again.

- Were you very scared, monkey?
- Me? I wasn't scared.

- I had my medal with me.
- St. Christopher.

- He's an old friend of Mike's.
- Yeah?

Maybe it's also just as well that I happened
along over there in the station when I did.

You've both been very kind,
thank you so much.

Thank you very much for walking
over with me.

Not at all, it's my job, dear,
goodbye now.

- Goodbye and thank you.
- So long, mate.

Goodbye!

I can't believe my eyes!
Just look at you!

You got big, Mike.
You're a positive giant.

- You got fat, Babs.
- Oh, listen to her, will you?

No, really, you got fat.
You've been eating too much.

Oh, you're just as fresh as ever.
Look, you've lost a tooth.

- I swallowed it.
- You did?

- Miss.
- Please?

If you please, I want to see you
in my office now. But immediately.

Such monkeyshine in such a concert
you have never seen!

Don't you exasperate, Mr. Iturbi,
calm heads must prevail.

A vaudeville actor baby comes on the stage
with an umbrella, the audience giggles!

She stops playing, she just stands
there and stops playing!

- Who?
- The string bass!

I'll fire her! I'll fire her tonight!

Oh good, great! I figure we can always
make a living you and me.

The minute the orchestra busts up
I'm going out on my own!

The orchestra?
- Sure.

I figure the way it's going it'll only
take a couple of months...

...and there won't be no orchestra.

The Navy's got Studowiski,
Konstantinowski and Cappeloni.

And the Army's got Friedelberger,
Schlibowitz, Rocketenstab, Gobelstein...

- Gobelstein the piccolo?
- Yes, Gobelstein the piccolo!

And it's got Brickenheimer,
Bagegalupo, Delancheau, and Phelp,

Trackanbullocks, Kapintski,
Hepakochmir, Rublarublalovichhky,

Pfickelheiser and Murphy.

- Murphy? We have a Murphy?
- Had him!

The drums leave tomorrow.
The Marines got them.

And they also got Lubinowksi
and Donatelli too.

And I haven't even mentioned
the war plants!

They'll absorb the rest.
Here!

Pretty soon we'll have nothing
but women.

And pretty soon the WAVES and the WAAFs
will get them and what have we got left?

Nothing! We've run out of sexes.

That's the conditions that prevail.

You're sure they'll take the women?

Sure, but we don't have to worry.
No, sir!

You're all set and all I need is a break.

You know I play piano too,
Mr. Iturbi.

It's been said, and quite frequently,
that I'm a virtusio, a genuine virtusio.

A child prodigal.

- You wanted to see me, Mr. Iturbi?
- Oh, yes, Miss uh... What's your name?

- Ainsworth. Barbara Ainsworth.
- Miss Ainsworth...

- Mrs. Ainsworth.
- Mrs. Ainsworth, I'm sorry.

Good night, Mrs. Ainsworth.

Good night, Mr. Iturbi.

- Thanks, Andy, I appreciate it.
- You appreciate what?

- What you just did for me.
- I didn't do nothing.

Somebody's got to keep this
orchestra together, ain't they?

But babies I didn't figure on.
Draft boards I figure on.

And conductors and tantrums
and elopements and blue Mondays.

But babies I did never figure on.

It's a nursery I'm running, a little
tootsie-wootsie nursery I'm running.

For babies. Me, a piano virtusio
could be out making a fortune.

Now Andy, you of all people.
You know money isn't everything.

No, but I'd like to have it around...

...so I could choose the type of misery
that is most agreeable to me.

Come on, Mike, I've got to change
my clothes.

- Good night, Andy, and thanks again.
- Good night.

I don't like you either, Mr. Andrews.

- Did he ball you out?
- No.

- What did he say?
- Nothing.

- Didn't he let off any steam at all?
- No, Andy took the rap.

- As usual, huh? Hello.
- Hello.

This is Mike, my big sister,
just in from Connecticut.

- Hello, Mike.
- Hello, Mike.

Hello, Mike, you were
a sensation tonight.

- The audience was just crazy about you.
- Thank you.

- Pardon me.
- That's all right.

I've got to run along, I've got a date.
Goodbye, cutie.

Will you girls take my cello
home for me? So long.

- How does the witch do it?
- Salesmanship.

She's a good example of the power
of body over mind.

You sit right here and I'll
only be a minute, just a minute.

- Good night, Barbara.
- Good night, Toots.

- Oh, a new picture of Joe.
- It isn't so very new, Mike.

It was taken before he left.
He's a corporal now, you know.

- A real corporal?
- A real two-striper.

Maybe now he can send me those
souvenirs he was going to send me.

He promised me a Japanese sword.

He's very busy, Mike. Everybody's very
busy in the Army now.

He used to send me lots of things
before you married him.

Maybe he's changed towards me now.

Well, I'll get after him in my
letter tomorrow.

- Do you write to him every day?
- Every day.

- Does he write every day too?
- Oh, goodness no.

He did when he was at camp,
but he can't now, Mike.

Every week?

- No, not recently.
- Every month?

Well, just about.

- When was the last one?
- Oh, I don't know, Mike, a few weeks ago.

But that's nothing, you have no idea how long
it takes letters to come from the Pacific.

It's so far away.

I suppose the Japs, I...

I suppose they kind of bother
him too.

Why did Aunt Kate get off
at Bridgeport?

Why didn't she come on
through to New York?

Oh, she's going to work
in a plant there.

At her age?
Wants to be patriotic, I suppose.

I wanted to be with you, Babs.
I missed you so.

I missed you too, monkey.

- Babs.
- Yes, Mike?

Don't worry about Joe.
I've been praying for him.

I'm not worrying, Mike.

I've been praying to
St. Christopher specially.

He'll be sure and take care of him.

- Hm? Who's St. Christopher?
- He's like Santa Claus, isn't he, Mike?

- A little.
- He's a rabbit's foot with a beard.

- Babs, what happened?
- Nothing, I'm all right.

- You want a glass of water, Babs?
- No, no, thank you.

Something's wrong with you,
something's wrong with her.

Nothing's wrong with me, Mike.
Really, it's just...

Well, you know, standing up for hours
with that big bass.

It'll sort of get you down sometimes.

Why don't you leave when
you're tired?

Nobody can hear you anyway
with all that noise.

- Where's Mike going to stay?
- With us, of course. We'll take her to...

Oh...

Let's take her in anyhow.
The heck with Mrs. McGuff.

- She'd never stand for it.
- No dogs, no children, remember?

We could tell her she was a dwarf.

- Oh, we'll manage somehow.
- Let's just sneak her in.

I wouldn't have come if I knew
I was going to be trouble.

Trouble? Listen to her.

Mike, you're the nicest thing that's
happened to us in a long time.

Miss Wilson, please.

- Marie, your uncle is here.
- Uncle Ferdinand here?

Why, Uncle, how did you get out?

Out? I was out of town,
I was in Florida.

Very enjoyable place, Florida.
You know how crowded it is in Florida.

Florida!

I thought the judge gave
you six months.

Shh! Let's not talk about it.
It was only three months.

A terrible injustice, a terrible injustice.

Poor Uncle, I'm always hoping
you'll get used to prison.

Hope you won't be angry at me, but
all I can loan you now is five bucks.

- Five bucks?
- I'm making payments on a fur coat.

Fur coat, a healthy person like you?
I thought we came from sturdier stock.

Could you make it a ten,
could you make it a small ten?

Well, I can't right now.

You'll be around again now,
won't you?

I suppose when people are buying
fur coats somebody must suffer.

So I suppose it might as well be me.

- Hello, Bish.
- Hi, Bishop. How was it in Florida?

Oh, very, very distant without
my nearest and dearest.

Isn't he sweet?

Well, I must be leaving.
I'll see you soon again.

- Goodbye, everybody, goodbye.
- Bye-bye!

I have some very, very important business
to attend to, very important.

Why does he always come
around here annoying you?

They ought to put him back in jail.

They will, they always do.

- Why didn't you bring along the piano?
- Shh!

All right, Mike.

Stowaway, heh?

Is that a skyscraper?

It's never seen the sky, Mike.

It's a cave.

Hey, you! Who's is this?

- Oh, it must be mine. It's my clarinet.
- Catch, babe!

- You dope!
- Shh!

Gee, oh, my clarinet.
Did you see what she did?

That's my imported clarinet!

That dope! I've never seen
any such thing.

Throwing a good imported clarinet
at you just so...

- It's busted!
- Shh! Be quiet!

It won't work, see? Look.

Why, I'm sorry.
I thought it was broken.

- Girls, girls, girls!
- Quick, Mike, upstairs! Scoop!

- Where do I go?
- I'll show you.

What are you doing?
You're going to wake up Jessie!

- Good heavens, does she sleep at night too?
- I can't get help and you know it!

Every room is taken.
Now, if Jessie quits on me, I...

- Hello, Jessie.
- Say, you all, what's the matter?

It's nothing, Jessie, nothing at all.

Now you go right back to bed,
I know you're nervous.

- Would you like a sleeping pill?
- No.

- Or a nice cup of hot tea?
- No.

Or a kick in the pants.

One more performance
like this from you...

...and out you go, all of you.

We're sorry...

Oh, you're nothing but
a bundle of troubles. No help, no...

There wasn't any mail for me,
was there, Mrs. McGuff?

No, no mail. A couple of magazines,
that's all.

Wait!

- Yes, there was a letter this morning.
- For me?

Let me think.
Yes, it was for you.

Now what did I do with it?

V-Mail it was.
It's from Joe.

I'm so glad, Babs.

Now where ever can that letter be?

I'm sure I put it here.

- Oh, please find it, won't you?
- How stupid of me. Of course?

I put it on your room
so you'd be sure to get it.

Hey, take it easy!

Where...

Oh, there...

- Did you find it?
- What does he say? Good news?

Is everything all right?

I'll read it to you.

It says...

"Dear Barbara, I'm sending Mike
on to New York next Saturday.

She'll arrive at the Grand Central Station
at 8:15 if the train is on time.

Mike's coming.

Only remind me to be sure
to meet her at the train, dear.

That's the letter Aunt Kate wrote.

- Of course.
- McGuff downstairs said it was V-Mail.

Oh, she thought that meant V-Mail.
She didn't know.

Gee, look, it put me out of breath.

If I was big enough, I'd go down
and brain that woman.

- You could hit her with Jessie.
- Or verse-vissa.

Well, Mike, let's get you settled.
Come on, take your boots off.

We'll take them off over there.

My feet are getting hot.

- Where's Mike going to sleep?
- With me, of course.

- You're not serious, are you?
- There's plenty of room in my bed.

Anita, what about the sofa
in your room?

- Oh, she doesn't kick, do you, Mike?
- I squirm.

Coming up, one sofa.

Lend me a hand, somebody.

- Where are you going?
- Well, I can help, can't I?

Go back and sit down, will you?

- Oh, well, now look, Rosalind...
- You are not carrying any sofa, young lady.

Go on, go on, show Mike the sights.

Why is everybody always
worrying about you?

I guess they like me, Mike.

We've got to find a place for you to hide in
case Jessie or Mrs. McGuff should ever pop in.

You know, I'm still a little
out of breath.

I'll be right back, Mike. I want
to get out of this dress.

It's a little tight.

Barbara!

- Something's happened to Barbara.
- Where, where is she?

- She's in there!
- Somebody call a doctor.

I'll get him.

- They shouldn't have called you, Doctor.
- Just a minute, please.

Fine. Your pulse is fine.

- I'm sorry the girls bothered you.
- Oh, I'm not complaining.

It's just... well, it's just that my legs
are not what they used to be.

Why don't you try a
short-wave treatment?

Oh, no, Miss, I'm afraid they've
got beyond that now.

Could one of you fetch
a glass of water?

I'll get it.

You know, you hear a lot about the
hardships the country doctors go through.

Blizzards and things.
And I guess they do.

But by Jiminy they don't have to climb the
apartment-house stairs like the city doctors.

One flight, two flights, three flights,
sometimes more.

- Up and down, up and down.
- It really must wear you out.

Oh, well, if I wasn't so gosh damn tired,
I don't suppose I'd ever count the stairs.

Can't you try and get some rest?

You can't rest, can you, with the
telephone ringing all night long?

No, there's no way out till the
young fellows come back.

And then I suppose I'll be
sitting up all night...

...hoping that the telephone will ring.

- Let me.
- Oh, thank you.

Now take it easy. And remember,
a nap every afternoon.

And don't forget your calcium.
Good night.

Good night, Doctor.
I do hope you feel better.

Oh, I'll be all right.

- Doctor.
- Yes?

- How is she?
- She's fine.

A little high-strung, but there's
nothing to worry about.

But it might be just as well to see that
this doesn't happen again.

Try and see that there's no strain,
or shock or undue excitement.

Keep her mind off herself,
That's the main thing.

Tell her about your own troubles,
why don't you?

- Good night.
- Good night, thank you, Doctor.

Aren't you a crowd of crepehangers?

Mike, too. You'd think I had some
tropical disease or something.

- Quiet now, relax.
- Really, I'm normal.

It's you, Ninnie, someone should
be worried about.

I hope I can be normal someday.

Doctor!

- Doctor! Doctor!
- Yes?

Oh, it's you, is it?

- What's wrong with my sister?
- Nothing.

There's nothing wrong with your sister,
what makes you think there is?

- But she fainted, didn't she?
- Oh, lots of people faint one time or another.

You know, I almost fainted
myself the other night.

Yes, but she gets dizzy,
and she keeps smiling all the time.

Even when there's nothing
funny to smile at.

- Indeed.
- I'm worried.

- Can you keep a secret?
- Yes, I can.

At least I think I can.

You're going to be an aunt.

- Me?
- Hm-hmm.

Your big sister's going
to have a baby.

- Barbara?
- But don't you tell anyone.

- I won't tell anybody.
- It's our secret, eh?

All right. Good night.

Doctor!

Yes?

Is it... is it going to be
a boy or a girl?

Why don't you wait and see?

Good night.

- Babs!
- Mike!

- You'll catch your death of cold.
- I want to ask you something.

- Yes.
- Can you keep a secret?

- Can I keep a secret?
- A big one?

I think so, Mike.

Well, you're... you're going
to have a baby.

- Mike!
- It's the truth, Babs.

- You're going to have a baby.
- No.

- And I just thought you ought to know.
- Why, yes, of course, but who told you?

That's a secret.

Oh, you can tell me.
I'll keep it secret too.

- Promise?
- I promise.

- The doctor told me.
- The doctor, really?

- And I just had to tell you.
- Oh, and I'm so glad you did.

I'm pretty excited, aren't you?

- Oh, all excited.
- And happy? Are you happy too?

Oh, so happy, Mike.

I thought with you being kind of ill
it would make you feel better...

...knowing about the baby.

Oh, it does, Mike, so much.

You can go to sleep now.
You'll have sweet dreams.

Yes, I know I will.
Tell me.

Is it going to be a boy or a girl,
did the doctor tell you?

I... Why don't we just
wait and see?

That's just what we'll do,
we'll wait and see.

- Good night, monkey.
- Good night, Babs.

- Good morning, Barbara.
- Good morning, Charlie.

All right, Mike, let go now.
Thank you very much.

We'll take it up, Mike.

But it's very light, really,
it only looks heavy.

Oh, dear.

Mike, you slip on back into the
guest room and stay out of sight.

But Babs, I've got to look out for you.

You don't want to be sick in bed
when your baby comes, do you?

Monkey! You run along now, scoop.

But look, Babs, if I just sit
there in the corner...

No, Mike, you know there'll be
trouble if Mr. Iturbi sees you.

But Babs, nobody's going to see me.
I'll be just as small as I can be.

Mike, please.

Oh, all I do is hide.

When I get up in the morning I hide.
When we get home at night I hide.

How did Mike get out of the
house this morning?

Sneaked out again before
Mrs. McGuff was up.

- And it was so dark, poor kid.
- Oh, she doesn't mind.

She goes to church up the street
and sits in the back pew.

I think she prays.

# There's Toscanini, Iturbi and me #

# We are definitely the big three #

Hold everything, wait a minute!

I'm a genius, a composer, a lyricist.

And I also write words.

I'll play it again
# There's Toscanini, Iturbi and me #

# We are definitely the big three #

I think it was a fortnight ago.

Or possibly a fifthnight,

that Iturbi came to me for advice...

...on how to conduct Chopin's étude.

He wanted to know if the fortissimos
should be played andante or pizzicato.

He left a satisfied customer.

# Toscanini, Iturbi and me #

# There's Toscanini, Iturbi #

# They got great outfits #

# We won't get into a conversory #
# about that #

# Iturbi's brass section #
# Is the talk of the world #

Quote!

I'm very happy to unquote.

But I'll organize a piccolo section
that'll be the talk of the town.

The verse of the turtle.

Where did that come from?

Listen, everybody, this is my solo!

Wait a minute, wait a minute!

I wouldn't do that if I
was you, stranger.

It might lead to a feud.

I'll get that guy if it takes
me twenty years.

If I know where he is.

# There's Toscanini, Iturbi and me #

# We are definitely the big three #

# At concerts, at theaters #
# Applauding our genius #

# Toscanini, Iturb... #

Needs tuning, Mr. Iturbi.

- Needs tuning badly.
- Andy, you are a virtuoso, I see that now.

All I need is a crowd, Mr. Iturbi.

Put an orchestra in that pit.
Let me hear an overture.

Hit me with a spotlight and when
I'm finished, believe me,

Pandemonium unlocks bedlam
which causes complete chaos.

And I say that with tongue in mouth.

Andrews, I never would have believed
you have all this in you.

That's the way it is, Mr. Iturbi.
True to stranger than fiction.

The Grieg Concerto, please.

We have played the concerto before.
Each time it has been good.

But each time it has been
lacking in... in puissance...

In what you call driving power.

On our tour we are not going to have
much time to practice.

We shall be travelling.
Always there will be new memb...

- Andrews!
- Right behind you, Mr. Iturbi.

- Oh... there are new members today?
- Oh, yes, quite a few.

- Some of them women?
- Sure, Mr. Iturbi, you picked them yourself.

Oh, that's right, I picked them
myself. Four young ladies.

Will the four new members
of the orchestra please stand up?

That will do... thank you, thank you.

I'm misunderstood, that's what I am.

I work like a small mule, but does
anybody appreciate it? No!

And now the concerto.

I'm going to ask you please
to concentrate.

The tour starts in four weeks
and we must do our best.

Allegro molto moderato.

What's the matter?

Oh, nothing, nothing. You go right ahead,
don't let me bother you.

No, sir. You're not bothering me.

Andrews!

- Get Andrews, will you, please?
- Certainly.

Please, would you mind explaining
to me what you're doing?

I'm carrying a stool and taking
it to my sister.

And why are you taking it
to your sister?

So she can sit on it.

Oh, it's her again, huh?

Will you please take this stool
and go away?

No.

- No?
- No, sir.

And why not?

- Because...
- Mike!

- I can't tell you.
- And why can't you tell me?

- It's...
- Please.

It's a secret.

- It's a secret.
- I'll take care of it, Mr. Iturbi.

Leave it to me.

Just a minute, Andrews.

Very well, then. Give the stool
to your sister.

Oh, but really, Mr. Iturbi...

Sit down, sit down, and please,
do not talk back to the conductor.

- I don't get it.
- And you, please.

- Me?
- Yes, you.

Will you come down out of there so
we can go on with our rehearsal?

Yes, sir, I'm coming.

I'm mystified.

Suppose... suppose you go out there
and take a seat.

And let us know if you
like it, all right?

All right.

And now we start again on letter G.

Allegro a tempo.

Comfortable?

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

Allegro a tempo.

What's going with...

You can tell me.

Tell me what's going on, I really want...

Watch it.

Hey, please, that's a harp
you're carrying.

Yeah, we ain't no angels.

You will be if you aren't more careful.

Well, that's that.

Oh, those cleaners.
Just look how this dress has shrunk.

The dress hasn't shrunk, Babs.
You're just eating too much.

If we're going to eat at Florio's first,
we'd better be on our way.

My uncle Ferdinand always says, never miss
a choo-choo when the cops pursuit you.

- Ready, Mike?
- Yes... Oh, I forgot my umbrella.

Excuse me. Mrs. McGuff.

- Come right in, Mrs. McGuff.
- I've just been thinking.

Is there anything you'd like stored
while you're away?

No, no, everything's fine.
Thank you very much.

What about that radio?

Oh, yes, you might put this away
somewhere if you don't mind.

All right, I'll take care of it.

Goodbye, Mrs. McGuff.

You know, my back, it's just
about killing me.

Well, where's Jessie? Why don't you let her
do some of the work around here?

Oh, Jessie isn't up from her
afternoon nap yet.

Sometimes she doesn't get up
till the next morning.

And I have the whole of the lobby
to clean up yet.

- Come on, Mike.
- I almost sneezed in there.

Don't you want that big case stored
while you're away?

- Oh, no, Mrs. McGuff.
- We'll probably take it with us.

We're very fond of it, Mrs. McGuff.
We like to keep it around for good luck.

- Are you really sure?
- Oh, we're very sure.

- Bless you.
- Thank you.

I'm sorry I've been so much trouble.

Monkey! Look at your hat.

Well do we go to Florio's first or not?

We're on our way...
Hm, look at the new coat.

- Whom did you skin for that one?
- Oh, a mink or two.

Sure it wasn't a skunk?

I'm getting a fur coat too
after another payment.

- If I can make the payment.
- What about Mike?

- How are we gonna get her out?
- I've got it all figured out. Come on, ladies.

You two be ready and the moment
you get the signal, blow.

Go on over to Florio's and
grab a table.

- We'll follow with the bags.
- We'll be ready.

Oh, my umbrella.

Come on, come with me,
Mrs. McGuff.

- What? What's that?
- I'm going to cure your back.

Come on in here, I'm going
to give you a massage.

- Oh, no, no.
- Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes.

I only have a few minutes...

...and I'm certainly not going away
and leave you suffering like this.

- But... did you ever massage anybody?
- Thousands, I'm an expert.

- She started when she was a child.
- She's wonderful, Mrs. McGuff.

Hurry while the coast's clear.

Careful, Babs, watch your step.

Be sure and tell Mrs. McGuff
to forward the mail. Don't forget!

Don't worry, honey, I'll tell her.

See you at Florio's.

You feeling better now?

She's asleep.

I'm better than I thought.

Come on.

Come on, let's go.

Hurry up, we gotta get to Florio's.

Shh! You'll wake Jessie.

- Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you.
- Four sixty-eight?

- Yes, four six eight. Go right in.
- I got a telegram here somewhere.

- Oh, please. You have a telegram?
- Yeah.

For Barbara Ainsworth,
you know her?

- You Barbara Ainsworth?
- No, but I'll take it, I'll give it to her.

Sign here.

From the War Department.

Getting lots of them nowadays.
Yes, sir. I mean, ma'am.

The War Department.

Who's going to give it to her?

Nobody.

We've got to give it to her.

Suppose she lost the baby.

We can wait till the baby
comes, can't we?

We'd just be deceiving her, Ros.

We'd be lying to her every minute
for the next four months or so.

Well, I'm not going to give it to her.

I won't either.

I... I couldn't.

I'll give it to her.

What on earth ever kept you?
I ordered the usual for all of us.

Spaghetti and meatballs just
to save time, all right?

- Fine.
- Mike couldn't wait,

the little old ice cream fiend.

Next to Barbara I like ice cream best.

- All set?
- Yes, thank you, Louie.

Oh, and bring me a pickle too,
will you?

- Pickle too?
- Yes.

Okay.

What are you all looking
so glum about?

Oh, you know. Mrs. McGuff. A pain in the
back is a pain in the neck.

No, really, what is it?
What's come over all of you?

Nothing, what are you talking about?

Oh, Larry Adler's back.

- Hello, Larry!
Say, how are the rhythm girls tonight?

- Fine, thank you.
- I supposed you were to be on tour.

We are, this is our first stop.
We're on our way to the train.

Oh, I'm shoving off in a few days myself.

- Oh, really?
- Who's the new member?

It's my sister. Mike. Mike, this is
Mr. Adler, the harmonica player.

- Pleased to meet you, Mr. Adler.
- How do you do, Mike?

All the kids in New London can
play the harmonica.

But not like Mr. Adler, Mike.

Why, he's played with
symphony orchestras...

...and given special concerts
for kings and queens.

- I won an amateur contest once too.
- Oh.

Oh, I'll bet the soldiers all stay up
just to hear you playing, Larry.

- Where do you go next?
- West, it looks like.

- South Pacific?
- I don't know.

They never tell you until after
you get there.

Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful
if you run across Joe?

He's in the South Pacific.

He owes me $4,55, did you know that?

- Joe?
- Joe.

I had to buy a new harmonica
the night after he left.

I wore the old one out playing
that tune for him, that uh...

- What is it? You know.
- Claire de Lune.

Claire de Lune.

I thought he was going to dive in
your eyes every time he heard it.

He did sort of.
Play it, will you, Larry?

- Claire de Lune?
- Not now, Barbara, not here.

- Well...
- Please.

You could tell Joe if you ran
across him.

Oh, yes, yes, I could tell Joe
if I ran across him.

You girls sure go in for that long
range optimism, don't you?

You won't bawl the way you
did last time?

I didn't bawl.

- Then you won't do it again?
- No.

Okay.

- Feel like Claire de Lune, fellows?
- Anything you say, Larry.

Good, thank you. For a couple of people.
One of them's over there.

The other one's about five thousand
miles away.

- B-flat, isn't it?
- That's right.

Bravo!

Bravo! Bravo!

Well, what shall I tell Joe
when I see him?

Come on, Mike, I'd better take
you to the train.

- Good night, Larry.
- Thanks, Larry.

Goodbye.

- Thank you.
- Goodbye.

- You keep it.
- I think so.

Till after the baby comes.

- All tucked in, George?
- Yessir, they's all gone rock-a-bye now.

Okay, I'm gonna go rock-a-bye myself.
Don't wake me till I wakes up.

No, sir, not until you's wide awake.
Good night, sir.

Good night.

Babs.

Mike! Mike, go back to your berth
and go to sleep.

- You're crying.
- I'm not crying.

- I knew it.
- No, Mike, no, go back.

I couldn't sleep because I knew
you were crying.

- I wasn't really crying.
- I tried to sleep but I couldn't.

Babs, I came to tell you something.

- Yes, Mike?
- I'm not ever going to leave you.

Not till Joe gets back.

Joe's never coming back, Mike.

Barbara, you mustn't talk like that!

There hasn't been a letter
for so many months.

I haven't told anybody how many.

There wasn't a letter even
for my birthday.

Joe would never have forgotten
my birthday.

Maybe there'll be a letter tomorrow.

Joe is never going to see his baby.

Oh, dear, God's going to be
angry with you.

He really will, Babs.

- Babs.
- Yes, Mike.

If you just pray, Babs.
Pray hard.

Joe will come back.
He's sure to.

All the women pray for
their men, Mike.

But all the men don't come back.

Well, maybe some men haven't
any women to pray for them.

Oh, Mike, my just asking isn't going
to bring Joe back.

It isn't as easy as all that.

But it isn't so terribly easy, Babs.

You have to keep up things too.

I've never been religious, Mike.

You know, sometimes when
I really want something, I pray.

And if I give up things like
candy and cake and...

...sometimes I even give up ice cream,

I offer them up.

I have nothing to offer up.

I'm so lost and lonely, I can't tell you,
Mike, I don't know what to do.

Why don't you tell God?
That's the best thing to do.

He's nice, he'll understand you.

Oh, Mike, you're only a baby.

What does God know
of a woman's aloneness...

...when her husband is gone
and her baby is coming?

Oh no, Mike, he doesn't know.

Well, maybe he gets lonely
too sometimes.

You can't tell. Maybe he likes to have
people to come to him...

...just the way you want Joe
to come back to you.

Oh... I haven't prayed since
I was a little girl, Mike,

since I was your size.

It's easy. You just say what you want.
You just say please.

- Aren't there some words you use?
- You don't have to.

You just talk to him, you just say...

"Send Joe back to me,
will you, please?"

Tell him about the baby coming.

I thought you said you were
praying to St. Christopher.

Oh, I just ask St. Christopher
to speak to God for me.

I think he knows God better than I do.

I prayed, I asked him
to send Joe back.

Did you say please?

I'll say that now.

I'll never leave you, Babs.

Not till Joe gets back.

Mike! What are you doing
with that bag?

Where's that...

Oh.

Rosalind! Are you out
of your mind?

She had my handbag.
She was going through it.

I wasn't. It fell on the floor
and I couldn't help it.

I can't stand people going through
my things, never could.

Well, I'm sure she wasn't going
to steel anything. Are you hurt, Mike?

- Have I got a bump here?
- Where?

Right here.

- No.
- Then I guess I'm all right.

Mike, I... I'm terrilby sorry, Mike.

I came in and I... I just flew off
the handle I suppose, I'm...

...sort of on edge, anyhow.
Mike...

- What?
- Please forgive me, won't you, Mike?

Well, I always try to
forgive everybody.

I just couldn't believe my eyes,
I couldn't imagine what had happened.

Is your head any better?

A little.

Anybody peeling in there?
I want to come in.

- Everybody's decent, Andy.
- Have you seen my suitcase?

You know, the big one with
the imitation leather straps.

Say, what are you all doing,
holding a convention?

Come on, get moving, will you.
Get into your good clothes.

They're giving us a shindig out there
with all the trimmings.

- Dining, dancing...
- I didn't know we were going to dance.

Sure we're gonna dance,
it's our war too, ain't?

Now come on, get moving, will you?

There you are, young lady,
especially for you.

No, thank you. I don't think
I want any ice cream.

Would you please take this away?

- Would you rather have strawberries?
- No, thank you.

Why, Mike, I thought you
liked strawberry.

How about some nice tutti-frutti?

I think I can scare some up.

See, I'm not eating
any ice cream at all.

Oh, I see. She's on a...
a sort of diet.

Well, sorry to have bothered you.

No harm, ma'am.

Well, well, and how did you
like the concert?

It was kind of loud but I liked it.

Say, Captain, I wish you wouldn't
encourage her.

The first thing you know, she'll
be conducting the outfit.

Hello, Mr. Andrews, everything
all right? Get enough to eat?

Everything's okay.
Did the buses come, Captain?

Yes, sir, they'll be here,
don't worry about them

When you get a moment the Colonel
would like to see you.

- Me?
- He just wants to thank you...

...for your part in making this
a very successful day.

The concert went over big with the boys,
even if it was a little loud.

Hey, I didn't do nothing.
I ain't nobody.

We know who you are, sir.
We're not gonna forget it.

See you later.

Would you play a little piano
for us, Mr. Iturbi?

I'd rather not, Colonel,
if you don't mind.

Today belongs to the orchestra.

Let me be just the man who stands
in front and waves his hands.

Oh, they all know you, Mr. Iturbi,
you're the center of attraction.

Oh, you are exaggerationg, sir.
Please.

Men,

today we have the unusual honor
of having with us a great orchestra.

And we have the additional honor
of having with us a great artist...

...who is also a man of great modesty.

A modesty that happens to be
as remarkable as his talent.

Unfortunately for us,

he would rather sit here
in a sort of obscurity...

...and leave the spotlight and
applause to others.

Would rather efface himself
completely from our attention...

...than appear for one moment
to be intruding.

But I have a feeling,

and I confess this is a little
presumptuous on my part,

but I have a feeling that if
we gave him some slight show...

of our deep appreciation of him,

we might overcome his modesty.

We might even get him to the piano.

And now...

Now I'm going to take the liberty of asking
this good friend of ours to play for us.

His name, I'm sure, needs
no introduction.

It is known wherever music is played.

- Corporal.
- Yes, sir?

Get him out of there quick.
Be nice about it.

Yes, sir.

But Colonel, he's a very
good pianist.

Chopin's étude.

Just as I thought, a misprint.

I'll play my own opus.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

I'll fix my own mike.
He'd do anything to get acquainted.

What a schnozzer.

I gotta get rid of him, my job
is in jeopardy.

# I know a fellow #

# A fellow can make your life so mellow #

- Doc, I gotta...
- Stand back just a little bit.

- But I gotta...
- Please!

# There's one like him in every town #

# He's half a man and half a clown #

What's the matter,
don't nobody play?

Your furlough begins when I finish.

- Look, Doc...
- Please!

Stand back!

# Umbriago #

# Could be mayor of New York #
# And of Chicago, hoo-hoo #

# Umbriago #

# Raises cain from Portland, Maine #
# To Santiago #

# Be... #
Soft, soft!

# Better send for Umbriago in a hurry #

# He's got lots of time #
# That's all he spends is time #

# He never spends a dime #

# So... #
Soft, soft!

# Better send for my friend Umbriago #

# Umbriago #
Let me hear that orchestra!

Attaboy, attaboy!

# Umbriago #

# Raises cain from Portland, Maine #
# To Santiago #

# When... #

You know you can easily be replaced.

Let's start from... pianissimo.

# When you worry #

# Better send for Umbriago in a hurry #

# He... #

Don't raise that bridge, boys,
lower the river!

# So when you feel low #

# Better send for my friend Umbriago #

# Umbriago #

# Could be mayor of New York #
# Or of Chicago #

# Umbriago #

Work over there, that's fine.
Work over there.

That's great!

# When you worry #

# You better send for... #
You're hiding me, move down the line!

You sit down, you stand up!

Nah, nah, you sit down, you stand up!

Move down a little bit,
you're still hiding me.

Don't raise that bridge,
I did say that!

# Umbriago #

Move down a little bit,
you're hiding me.

Move down a little bit.

# Umbriago #

Move down!
Change places!

Nah, nah, you move over there,
he moves over there!

Move down a little bit!

That's it, move down.

That's tower bells in this town.

I still can hear you, move down, okay?

Move back fellows!
Everybody sing!

# Umbriago #

Everybody stand up and sing it!
That's it!

Get back in your places!

# Raises cain from Portland, Maine #
# To Santiago #

# Umbriago #

# Better send for Umbriago in a hurry #

# That's all he spends is time #
# He never spends a dime #

# So when you feel low #

# Better send for my friend Umbriago #

Let's do better than that!

# Umbriago #

# Could be mayor of New York #
# Or of Chicago #

# Umbriago #

# Raises cain from Portland, Miane #
# To Santiago #

# Don't you worry #

# Better send for Umbriago in a hurry #

# He's got lots of time #
# That's all he spends is time #

# He never spends a dime #

# So when you feel low #

# Better send for my friend Umbriago #

# Sundown #

# I seem to sigh #

# I'm in heaven #

# When night is falling #
# And love is calling me home #

What was in the telegram, Ros?

What? What telegram?

The one you tried to keep Mike
from seeing in the dressing room.

You're just dreaming, honey.

You're hiding something from me.

Barbara has an idea I'm hiding
something from her.

Oh, we're not, Babs, really we're not.

What is it, Marie, tell me.

- I don't know anything, I...
- I don't understand you, Babs,

Suppose Ros did get a telegram, what on
earth makes you think it was about you?

Well I... I just sort of know it.
You've all been acting so strange lately.

Ros especially.

You're acting strange, I'd say.

- There was a telegram, wasn't there?
- Was there?

I know there was, I saw it
in the dressing room.

I saw you trying to hide it
in your bag.

All right, there was a telegram
if you want to know the truth.

You have a husband, can't I
have a friend?

You don't come around reading
your husband's letters to me, do you?

Why must my life be the only
open book?

I'd read Joe's letters to you, Ros,
if I had any.

I'd let you read my love letters too...

if I ever got any.

Oh, let's forget it.

Here they are, here they come.

Come on, Buddy, lend me
a hand, will you?

Hurry, Scotty!
Come on, Scotty!

I'll hurry, but darned
if I'll scurry, not me.

This way, folks, here it is,
this is the hotel!

Fix them with that luggage, will you?
Umbriago!

Hi, Ella Mae, have a nice trip?

Did you get that piano
for Mr. Iturbi?

- I had the one from the lobby sent up.
- Thanks, lady.

We artists have to keep
ourselves in twos.

Come on, will you!
What's happened to that second platoon?

Come on, girls, whaddya say?
Keep moving, will you, please?

Come on, get going.

Oh, gonna bunk there all night, is she?

Well, I do everything else around here.
I might as well be the baby's nursemaid.

Thank you, Andy.

Here, honey, I'll help you.

- We didn't fool her for one minute.
- I know we didn't.

- Something's gotta be done by somebody.
- And soon.

Lady, give me the key to the front room,
the one with the twin beds.

- Twenty-two.
- You go and register.

- I'll put her upstairs.
- Thank you, Andy, you're very nice.

I know I am, I'm beautiful.

I'm just a nursemaid, that's what I am.
Why don't Iturbi carry you up to bed?

You and him are chums while I'm good
just to carry you around.

I'm just a portable bassinet.

Never mind the argument now. We don't
have to go into a conversory about it.

You just go to sleep.

You ain't gonna slip.

Excuse me.

What are we ever going to do?

Maybe we could get a general or somebody
to tell her that Joe was fine.

My uncle Ferdinand once got a friend
of his to tell a friend of his in jail...

- that his friend was all right...
- We have to be serious.

We have to be serious all right.

I should say we do.

Yes we do.

Come in, come in.

You like Claire de Lune?

Sit down, won't you?

Well, did my music do that to you?

Now, it wasn't that bad, was it?

Oh, no, I enjoyed it, really, I...

Come, come, tell me, what is it?

- Your secret.
- No, it's my husband.

I haven't heard from him
for the longest time.

Afraid?

Good night, thank you.

Now, now, now.

That's better.
I knew you hadn't lost your courage.

- I have.
- Up, up, up, up, up.

The world is going to be a pretty
sorry place if you...

I don't care about the world,
I care about my husband.

I love him and I want him to live.

I'm going to bear him his baby
and I want him to have it.

I don't want it just for me
or for the future.

I don't know the future,
it's just a word to me.

But my baby is and Joe is.

Of course, of course.

I've tried so hard.
I'm just a coward.

No, you are a woman, a wife,
a mother.

Here.

Drink this.

I wish I had a little wine for you.

Better, hm?

Come, sit down, sit down.
You'll feel better.

What about a smile, a little one?

What do you say, as a personal favor.

I know what I'll do.

Let me play something for you.

I should never have played
Claire de Lune.

That's the music for you.

Chopin.
Happy! Happy!

And very brave.

Are you smiling?

Not yet? Very well.

Listen, listen.

Good! Good! Good!

And now you go to bed.

Have a good night's sleep and in the morning
all the shadows will be gone, you'll see.

- Thank you.
- Don't thank me.

Thank Chopin.

- Good night.
- Good night.

Quiet! She's asleep.

I couldn't find her nightshirt
so I left her in her BVDs, all right?

I have her nightgown.
You're very sweet, Andy.

Not me, I ain't sweet.
I'm sour.

I'm a sour lemon where she's concerned.

She's disrespectable to me,
she is.

She and me is enemies.

Enemies.

Oh, my dear niece, how are you?

- What, the cops?
- Just be quiet a minute, one minute.

I just didn't want someone to see me.
Got my wire?

- It wasn't the cops, was it?
- Oh, no, just somebody.

I thought you had some trouble
with the law.

Oh, I got your telegram alright.

I'm here by special probation
of the stationmaster.

- I was afraid you'd be out on a bat.
- Oh, a bat, such language, niece, please.

- Hi, Bish.
- How do you do, girls?

Very happy to see you again,
it's a privilege, how do you do?

- Very happy to see you.
- Uncle...

We want you to forge
a letter for us.

Oh, niece, you abash me in front
of all these ladies, please!

Oh, I told them all about you.
They know you're a crook.

Shh, quiet please.
Don't go and...

I told them you forged letters too.
They know you're not an ordinary criminal.

Please, niece, your choice
of words, please.

- Hiya, Bish.
- How do you do, how are you?

Old college chum of mine.

Owes me some money,
I don't want to embarass him.

Let's go to my office,
we'll have more privacy.

We can't all go. It might be
a little too obvious.

- She might suspect something.
- I'll go.

I'd better go, I have that... letter.

He calls it his office, it's a saloon.

Shh, please, quiet,
your language, please!

Willie... Willie!

- Fill this again, will you please?
- Yes.

Please write the letter for us,
Uncle, won't you?

You know I can't do that.
I've given my word of honor.

That makes it $1,50, Bish.

One-fifty, Bish..
- Oh, you, 1,50, 1,50, Bish...

You just promised some
old judge, that's all!

Oh, I've got to keep my reputation
up as a Bishop unblemished.

Absolutely unblemished.

- So this is his letter, huh?
- Uh-huh.

Handwriting has quite a little
character it seems to me.

Very, very fine character shown
here, very fine... wonderful character.

- Wonderful character...
- Day off, Sergeant?

After a fashion.
Hiya, Bish.

How do you do, how do you...

Oh... how do you do, gentlemen?
Beautiful day, isn't it? Beautiful day...

Would you ladies mind stepping
in the back room for a moment, please?

More privacy in there, I think.

Just reading a letter from an old friend
of mine, a very dear friend of mine.

Excuse us, please, Your Honor?

Willie, repeat this in the back
room if you please.

- Yes.
- Repeat this in the back room.

I gotta have a little privacy here.

Won't you ladies sit down?
Sit right there... sit down right there.

Those are very good friends of mine,
good solid citizens,

good solid citizens.

Now let's see...

the letter...

the letter shows a lot of character...

...with fine upstrokes.

Babs is going to lose her mind if she
doesn't get some sort of a letter soon.

Heaven knows what's will happen
to the baby.

Baby? She's got a baby?

- She's going to have one.
- Maybe.

baby, huh?

Well, you see, my hand's a little bit
rusty after my retirement,

they need a little oiling, you see?

Oh, Uncle, we'll buy you all the oil
you can dream of!

- You're going to write the letter?
- I'm so proud of you!

Quiet, don't make so much noise.

Now tell me, when did this
telegram come?

A few weeks ago.

Was there no other follow-up
letter after this?

We've been watching for one but so far
we haven't seen any sign of it yet.

- Two bucks with that one.
- Oh, thank you very much, Willie.

- I'll give you my check, my personal check.
- Two bucks cash.

You can be very insulting
at times, you know.

Two bucks cash, dear, two bucks cash.

Won't you ladies join me in a little
something, a little refreshment?

- Something to put the color in your cheeks?
- No, thank you.

No?
No dice, Willie, no dice.

Solid citizen, a very good friend of mine.
A very fine, solid citizen...

What are we going to say
in the letter?

Leave that to me. Leave it to me.

Well, anything that sounds like
a good excuse. Just say he was...

...picked up at sea, or found
in the jungle, anything like that.

My dear girl, I once wrote
a Lincoln letter,

as much like Lincoln as the great
emancipator himself.

It was wildly cool, wildly cool.

I got fifty bucks for it.

Swindler. Terrible swindler!

Just make it simple and sort
of human, will you, Uncle?

I'm not called a Bishop
for nothing, am I?

For once I concede that the church
is my calling.

We want it as soon as possible.
This week if you can do it.

This week? It'll be there tomorrow
morning on the nose.

It has to have a San Francisco postmark
and be on V-Mail, you know that, don't you?

It'll have the tang of the Pacific.
It'll even be censored.

You won't go off on
a binge now, will you, Uncle?

Why, dear niece, I don't know
what's got into you.

You never spoke like that
to me before.

I never overdose, never!
I know my capacity to the last drop.

Including the last drop.

- Good morning, good morning.
- Oh, good morning, Mr. Rafferty.

You're a tad early, are you not?

Ah, today it's for a fine day,
and how are you?

Worse. It's me back again.

Indeed? Why don't you try
a little massage?

Miss Ainsworth! Miss Ainsworth!

There's a letter for you here!

Miss Ainsworth!

Where is she? There's a letter for you!
Miss Ainsworth!

It came! It came!

Here's your letter, dear!
'Tis from your husband!

I knew it! I knew it the moment
the postman came to the door!

I felt it in me bones.

You know, I've a kind of a sixth sense
about things like that.

I get hunches.

He was lost on an island
for four months.

He had to parachute from a plane and all
he could find to eat were coconuts.

He's safe and sound
and so happy, listen.

"I'm fine now. I lost a few pounds,
I got coconut poisoning, I think...

...but I'm back in top shape again.
You'd never know me.

I'm brown from the sun and
hard as nails.

I get an idea I'm even
getting handsome."

As if you weren't always handsome.

Oh, he sounds so gay,
he was never like that.

He used to be so quiet, remember?

"What a laugh I had on the boys
when I turned up.

They'd raffled off my doodads
and they...

...found that pint of Scotch I was
saving up for your birthday.

I was so glad to be back...
I just kissed everybody...

...the men too."

He just kissed everybody,
even the men, imagine it.

Oh, I'm so happy.

Oh, what a pest I was about
that telegram.

Forget it.

I'm sorry. I'm just a boob,
that's all.

Oh, I'm so happy.

Where's Mike?
Mike!

- Mike! A letter came from Joe!
- I heard it.

- Wasn't it wonderful?
- I told you, didn't I?

I told you it would come.

Oh, I know, but I was so sure Joe...
I just couldn't believe it.

I knew it all the time...

Uh-oh!

- Who's that?
- Just an old friend of ours, Mrs. McGuff.

- She, uh...
- She just dropped in for a little visit.

- What's she doing in the box?
- It's a fiddle case.

- Mike just loves music.
- Oh, she does... What's that?

Uh, she's my sister, Mrs. McGuff,
she's Mike.

- How do you do, Mike?
- How do you do?

My, she's quite a cute little
trick, isn't she?

Playing hide and seek there
all by yourself?

I wish you'd come and stay
with us some time.

She'd love to, Mrs. McGuff.

Thank you.

It'll be more like home with a little girl
like you running about the house.

But I thought... didn't you say you
that you didn't like children nor dogs...

...and that you wouldn't let them
in the club?

No, no. Only boy children
and boy dogs.

This is a ladies' club,
you must remember.

Now that takes the cake.

Where are you headed for?

Somewhere. I've got to thank
somebody for something.

You know where she's
going, don't you?

To church.
I think I'll go too.

Why don't you come along
with me, I...

- I sort of feel I'm running out on you.
- Oh, you go along.

I'll meet you as soon as I
get into a dress.

All right, I'll chase after Mike, then.
I'll see you there.

- Well, it worked.
- We could have done without the coconuts.

That's Uncle. Just doesn't know
his own strength.

Oh, wer'e getting in deeper
and deeper it seems to me.

Oh, moaning isn't going
to help any, Elsa.

It'll all be over in a few weeks
one way or another.

Who's coming?

Poor Mike.

Poor Mike and her St. Christopher.

Just say thank you, thank you,
that's all.

Any... any news?
- No, but just be patient, Mr. Perkins.

Just be patient.

Why don't you share that mink, Marie,
you must be smothering.

I am a little uncomfortable,
but I don't mind.

I think it's worth it.

- Anybody know what time it is?
- It must be after seven.

Twenty after.

We're all going to be late for the concert,
you all know that, don't you?

We will be if things don't begin
to happen pretty soon.

I should be excited but I'm not.

I can't even think about the baby.

Oh, please, I have to find out
about Babs.

- Mike, Mike, come back here!
- Doctor, Doctor!

Oh, Doctor, what's happening
to my sister?

- What are you doing to her?
- You mustn't bother the doctor, Mike!

Oh, that's quite all right.
Bother's my business.

Where is she, doctor?

Well, right now she's asleep,
sound, sound asleep.

Oh, she's taking a nap?

Well, kind of.

It won't be very long now.
Just sit tight, that's all.

Just sit tight.

- Look...
- Come on, Mike, sit down now.

You know children your age aren't
allowed in there.

But he didn't tell me what
was happening to Babs.

Come on, do as the doctor says,
come on.

That's the girl. Sit down now.

Shouldn't be very long now
according to the doctor.

- Better not be.
- You all right, Mike?

I'm just sitting tight.

Well, we're going to have to leave.
We've just got time to make the hall.

- I hope we can get a cab.
- It's the only way we can make it.

So, here's where you all are, eh?

Here's where you are, hanging
around here when...

Shh!

There's a concert on tonight,
didn't you know it?

- Didn't you know it?
- Me?

Me, he says. Comes the night of the concert
and you're all down here having a baby!

- But Andy...
- Don't but Andy me!

Come on, I got a string of taxis
waiting downstairs.

What do you say, get moving!

- Come, Mike.
- I can't.

- Come on, come on.
- I'm not going!

Well, stay here then.
Come on, girls.

Please, Mike, you can't stay here all
by yourself at this hour of the night.

Waddya say? You can come back
after the concert can't yous?

Yes, Mike, I'll leave word
at the desk...

to phone us if anything...
if there's any news in the meantime.

- I have to stay!
- Oh, dear!

Oh, Mike, come on, please, we can't
leave you here alone.

- It won't do any good by staying here.
- It's late anyway, you ought to be in bed.

- I can't go.
- You can't?

You ain't gonna sit there and ruin a concert
for thousands of people are you?

- Yes!
- Look this is no time for whimsicalities!

- You can't go and leave her here, Andy.
- Go on, go on.

I'll get her out of here, go on.
I can get another taxi.

- Be nice with her, Andy.
- I'll be nice with her,

go on get out of here!

Hurry up, get going, please!

Well, do I have to carry you?

I carried you once before
and you put up no squawks.

Come on. Do you or do I?

I won't!
I'm not going!

You're not?

I promised my sister I'd never
leave her.

Not till Joe gets back!
And I'm not going to!

- Never! Never!
- Wait a minute.

Wait a minute, I didn't mean nothing.

I just figured as long as the advertisers...

...of the concert sold all the tickets
they ought to go through with it.

Aw, come on, nothing is as bad
as all that, nothing.

- Yes it is, it's worse.
- All right, it's worse.

Stop, stop that bawling, please.

- Please?
- You won't take me away?

Who says anything about
taking you away?

I mean... I mean recently.

You... you changed.

I guess so.

I know I was a softy but I never knew
I'd fall apart completely.

Well, I might as well sit.
We may be here for a couple of weeks.

- Why?
- It's a race you never can figure.

- What race?
- You know, the time the babies arrive.

That stork, he's a pretty
temperamental bird.

- The stork?
- Yeah, the stork.

- You've heard of him, haven't you?
- The stork doesn't bring babies, Mr. Andrews.

- It don't?
- No, it doesn't.

Only children think the stork
brings babies.

You're big. You should know better.

Maybe I should. But tell me,
what brings them?

- An angel.
- An angel?

A real angel, everybody knows that.

Well, well, you're really
grown up, ain't you?

You're just a real old-timer, huh?

I'm over seven.
Mr. Andrews,

I know about everything,
except one thing.

Why must the angel come to the hospital?
I mean, the angel that bring the babies?

- You mean you don't know why is that?
- I don't think I do.

Oh everybody knows that.
Sure...

You just figure it out sometime.

- You tell me.
- No, it's a cinch.

You can figure it out in no time.

- Do you know?
- Do I know?

Do I know?

You didn't know about the angel,
though, did you?

You thought it was a stork,
didn't you?

All right, I'll tell you.

Yes?

Okay, I'll tell you.

An angel has wings, you know that,
don't you?

I know it very well.

That makes them something like
an aeroplane, see?

And an aeroplane has to have
a landing field, see?

And the hospitals, they make
the best landing fields.

- Oh, I see.
- That's usually, of course.

Sometimes they gotta land other places.

Sometimes they gotta make
emergency landings, see?

- You get it?
- I got it.

Were you ever a baby, Mr. Andrews?

Was I ever...
Of course I was a baby.

- I was born, I know that.
- Did you cry?

Sure, I hollered. I figure that's
why I got hoarse.

You wanted to get back to heaven,
that's why you cried.

Did you know that?

No, honest?

Honest. You didn't want
the angel to leave you.

But he left me, he certainly left me.

He certainly ain't bothered
with me since.

He ain't around here now.

Aren't you happy sitting here
with me?

Oh, sure, sure I'm happy.

This is sure a pretty hospital
they got here.

Everything's just hunky-dory.

Everything's just fine.

I think you're hunky-dory too,
Mr. Andrews.

Who, me?

Yes, I like the way you play
the piano.

I even like it better than
the way Mr. Iturbi plays.

No!

- You do?
- Yes, and...

And I think you're handsome.

You think I'm... Now wait a minute,
I'd like to believe that.

But I can't be dishonest with myself.
Look at me.

I'm looking.

Do you see that hair that ain't there?
Do you see the nose that is there?

Do you see this macadamized complexion?

Do you see what I see?

I think you're handsome.

And I thought...

And I thought you and me
were enemies.

- Do you know something?
- No.

- Do you know something, kid?
- What?

You know that angel? You know, the one
that brings you in place of the stork?

Yes.

Well, he ain't never left you.

He's right with you, kid.

Right with you every minute.

And I can tell you he don't stay
around much with most people.

He just drops that bundle and runs.

But he ain't never left you.

And I got an idea he ain't
never going to either.

I... I hope your angel and my angel
like each other.

Me too.

- Are you the father?
- Uh...

- I am.
- You?

The two of us, we're taking the
father's place just for the present.

- Did the baby come?
- The doctor will be right out.

I just wanted to make sure
you were still here.

- Any news for me?
- No, just be patient, Mr. Perkins.

I've only been here three days.

Oh, quiet, will you?

You'd better hurry, girls,
it's almost starting time now.

- Don't worry, Mamie, we'll make it.
- Alright, I'm just warning you but...

Say, miss, you're not planning
to play in that fur coat, are you?

Oh, no, I just like to wear it
until I take it off.

Hello?

Oh, just a minute.

Helen, it's for you. It's that fellow
who owns the upper half of Cleburne.

Oh, I don't want to talk to him.

- You take it, Anita.
- No, thanks.

- Tell him there's nobody here.
- Nobody's here.

I thought perhaps it was
the hospital calling.

Hope it's a boy. Might help some
when you break the news to her.

Nothing is going to help,
you can be sure of that.

All right, Mamie, we'll be there,
don't worry!

Oh, Mamie, why don't you st...

Hello, ladies...
I'm in a considerable hurry.

Marie, it's the Bishop.

- Why, Uncle.
- Hiya, Bish.

- I want to see you at once alone.
- Better make it short, Marie.

Why, Uncle you look awful. You look
like you just got out of prison again.

Shh! No, no, I've been on a diet.
On a diet!

I need $29,98 right away,
right away.

- $29,98.
- Yes.

- What's the 98 cents for?
- It's all for railroad fare.

I gotta get out of town,
get out of town quick, quick.

- I only got a couple of dollars.
- You still paying for that skunk?

Send it back, send it back.

I gotta get out of this town of persecution.
Go where honest men are appreciated.

- Where?
- Chicago.

Chicago? Poor Unc.

I'll try to raise the money.
I'll speak to the girls.

My credit is excellent, you know,
excellent.

- Who can help me raise thirty bucks?
- Thirty bucks?

It's for Uncle, he wants to get out
of town, he wants to take a rest...

...from the police, I guess.

How about us all chipping in
and raising the money?

We never did thank old Bish
for that letter, you know.

- It was really a wonderful letter.
- What a wonderful man.

- I don't know what we would have done.
- Here's ten.

- Here's some change.
- Oh, thanks, I'm sorry I bothered you.

- Thanks Helen.
- Outside, Bishop.

Gee, poor Uncle with all this money.

He'll go broke in no time.
He'll be broke before he gets to the train.

Here you are, Uncle.
It's a gift from the girls.

About sixty bucks not
counting the silver.

- They all chipped in.
- Sixty bucks not counting the silver.

Now you can go to Chicago.

Tell me, what was in that letter
they were talking about in there?

What you wrote, about falling into the sea,
living on coconuts, all that, remember?

Now, go straight to the station,
won't you?

Now I'm in an awful hurry,
I've got to get dressed.

- Goodbye, Uncle.
- Goodbye.

- Be sure and write.
- Oh, yeah, sure, sure.

- Oh, niece.
- Yes?

- I can't take this money.
- What?

No.

Uncle, it's your diet,
you're cracking up.

I didn't write the letter.

You didn't write the letter?

I tried to but... outside influence
over which I had no control...

Oh, Uncle, you failed me,
we all depended on you so...

Marie, you're going to be late.
Come on, girls...

Ros, Uncle Ferdinand didn't
write any letter!

Well, it wasn't my fault.

I... I had a couple of drinks
just for inspirational purpose...

You know, one thing led
to another, so...

You... you didn't write the letter?

Well, I just... I tried to explain.
They dragged me off to the penitentiary...

...just like a common criminal.

He got drunk and that threw
him in the hoosegow.

Don't talk like that, please, please!

Very unartistic, very unsympathetic
people.

Oh, Bish, Bish!

I did the best I could.

You're going to be late, girls.
Mr. Iturbi is coming out right away.

Oh, Uncle, you're a miracle!

You're just the best miracle
that ever happened!

I did my best, it's all any man can do.

Oh, I gotta go now.
Goodbye, and bless you.

- Take care of yourself.
- Thanks, thanks.

- Be awful careful!
- Oh, sure.

# Hallelujah, hallelujah, #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah #

# Hallelujah, hallelujah #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah #

For the lord God
omnipotent reigneth.

# Hallelujah, hallelujah #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah #

# For the Lord God #
# Omnipotent reigneth #

# Hallelujah, hallelujah #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah #

# For the Lord God #
# Omnipotent reigneth #

# For the Lord God #
# Omnipotent reigneth #

# Hallelujah, hallelujah #

# For the Lord God #
# Omnipotent reigneth #

# Hallelujah #

# The kingdom of this world #

# Is become #

# The kingdom of our Lord #

# And of His Christ #
# And of His Christ #

# And He shall reign for ever and ever #

# And He shall reign for ever and ever #

# And He shall reign for ever and ever #

( Has the baby come? )

- It's a boy.
- Yes, a boy!

# And Lord of lords #

# For ever and ever #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah #

# King of kings #

# For ever and ever #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah #

# And Lord of lords #

# For ever and ever #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah #

# King of kings #

# For ever and ever #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah #

# And Lord of lords #
# King of kings and Lord of lords #

# And he shall reign #
# And he shall reign #

# And He shall reign for ever and ever #

# King of kings #
# For ever and ever #

# And Lord of lords #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah #

# And he shall reign for ever and ever #

# King of kings and Lord of lords #

# King of kings and Lord of lords #

# And He shall reign for ever and ever #

# For ever and ever #
# For ever and ever #

# Hallelujah, hallelujah #
# Hallelujah, hallelujah #

# For ever and ever #

# Hallelujah #

- Subtitles -
Luís Filipe Bernardes