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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

Murderers.

For in his mercy,

he gave Tony one last chance.

Thanks be to God,

Tony did not miss that chance.

He died repentant.

So we have helped Tony,

but we can help him even more.

By praying for the two
he left to us.

His wife and his son.

Whatever Tony did,

whatever Tony was
to cause another man
to murder him,

we cannot judge him.

I remember one day...

Tony stood right here
in front of me... with Rose.

May God's blessings go with you.

The remission of all his sins...

(APPLAUDING)

(WALTZ MUSIC PLAYING)

(SCATTING)

PRIEST:
...of thy divine justice

and punishments
of the world to come.

You're not sorry you came over?

A dream comes true,
you don't feel sorry.

TONY: I'm in that dream?

You are the one
who has to make it
come true... more.

Um, Tony...

We won't live
in that one room
too long, huh?

Pretty soon we will
have a whole house.

Oh, I can't wait.

How I am going to furnish it.

Top to bottom,
everything new
and beautiful,

and it's got to have
lots of closets and
a private garage and...

Rose.
Yes?

We may have to wait
a while for that.

PRIEST:
Nobody made Tony become
the kind of man he became.

Every man chooses his own road.

The worst tragedy here is

he took two innocents with him

when he went down that road.

For Rose Bianco and her son

and for Tony, let us pray.

O God,

the creator and redeemer
of all the faithful,
hear our supplications,

and through thy infinite love...

(WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(ICE CREAM VENDOR SHOUTING)

Rose, you worked
overtime again, huh?

I took work home as well.

At least with overtime,
you make a little
extra money.

God knows you could use it.

That insurance company
should have gave you
the money.

Natural or unnatural,
dying is dying.

Those companies,
they don't care how
you pay the policy,

but to collect,
you got to die their way.

You got to sit here
and work all night
by yourself?

Rose, take this stuff,
come over to my house.

We'll sit and talk
instead of each of us
being alone.

You got two grown daughters,
a son-in-law, and a husband.
That's being alone?

Friday night, they play cards.

Frank Valente comes over.

You know Frank Valente,
the widower?

Poor Frank. He's got
this one child, Mary.

She is gonna
be married next month.

She's going to leave
Frank all alone.

Her husband-to-be
has a business
in Atlantic city.

That's how come
she's moving there.

Poor Frank, all alone.

Just like you.

You know what I think?

I think he likes you.
Who?

Frank, the widower.

Last week he said,
"Don't nobody take out
that beautiful widow

"who lives next door?"

You forgot to tell him
I'm in mourning?

He knows.
He sees you all
the time in black.

You know what he said?

You remind him of black orchids.

Guilia.

He's coming
to play cards tonight.

Come over.
Be there when he comes.

Stop making romance!

Tell him go find somebody
who ain't got a murdered
husband in the grave

and a son in a work farm.

Tell him go find somebody

who's still got
a piece of heart left.

He'll be there from 8:00 on.

Okay, Paul.
Five of hearts to you, Dad.

Here's my four.
Eight.

(LAUGHING)

Come on, Frank.
Stop joking and play.

All right. Come on, Paul.
Let's play serious.

Henry's getting mad.
(ALL LAUGHING)

You should have
married a poker face
like your father.

HENRY: Frank, please.

Three of diamonds.
Looks pretty safe.
I can get under that.

And to you, Papa,
the six of spades.

I give up. Any better?

Ace of spades.
Hey, look!

(ALL LAUGHING)

I'm sorry, Henry.

Queen of spades.

(ALL LAUGHING)
Come on!

Yeah. Queen of spades,
the only card you got.

We're playing cards.

With only one card.

That's the only spade I had.

HENRY: Only spade you had.

(DISTINCT LAUGHTER)
Rose.

Come on over.

This time I laugh,
my friend.
(LAUGHING)

Is that right?

All right, now we're even.

You see, Pa.
Laughing makes you lucky.

Especially when you got
the cards that this guy...

She'd rather work out
there in the dark
than be with me.

Who, the widow?

GUILIA: You try
to help somebody.

The whole neighborhood
tries to be nice to her.

She won't even return a smile.

She acts like
she murdered
her husband.

Guilia, shut up.

Everybody saw how
she made her husband
get mixed up with those...

Everybody feels sorry
for her anyway,

but no, she's got
to hide like, uh...

HENRY: Giulia,
go sit in the parlor there.

You know,
I got a funny taste
in my mouth.

It must have been
the fish tonight.

I think, I'll go in the yard

and get some mint to chew, huh?

Now, wait a minute, I'll go...

No, that's all right,
I know where it is.

Right out in the yard.

I know, but...

What he wants out there,
he's got to get
for himself.

(ALL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(SOFT ACCORDION MUSIC PLAYS)

You're going
to kill your eyes
in that light.

Oh, I'm Frank.
I'm Gallo's friend.

I'm eating some mint.

You want...
You want some?

I'm working.
In that light?

By now I could
do this in the cellar
with the light out.

Oh!

I'm glad you
don't mind company
while you work.

When my cousin
was in mourning
for her husband,

she, she wouldn't
talk to nobody
for over a year.

I think she was afraid
they'd see the relief
in her face.

(CHUCKLING)

That's what you see in my face?

What's the matter?

I don't hear insults inside.

Who's insulting?
I'm just getting mint.

Then get it and go in.

Go back and laugh some more.

Wait, you heard me
laughing, huh?

All right. I'll go.

Don't bother. I'll...

I'll go.

Gee, those flowers look real.

I thought you were going.

You said you
didn't mind company.

That's what you said.

Well, just so it got said.

What are you mad at?

Hey, what's the matter?

Hey, you afraid to laugh?

Look at that.
I got 35, 40...

I won 72 cents tonight.
I'm a very big winner.

All right, all right.

But tomorrow we play
a game of boccie, huh?

Yeah, if it's not too hot.

Frank, will you do me a favor.

What?
I'm still mad she didn't
come over tonight,

but I think
she didn't have
any dinner.

You give her this, huh?

All right.

Well, what are
you going to do,
stand there and watch?

Go on in.

See you tomorrow.

(BELL BUZZES)

(GASPS) You.

I nearly had a heart attack.

I'm sorry.
I only rang the bell.

All the bad news all my life

came when the bell
rang at night.

What do you want?

Nothing. Just Giulia
sent some dinner.

Hey, this is a nice place.

What are you
doing in here?
I hardly know you.

Sure, you hardly know me.

You no sooner
start getting warm,
you start yelling.

Why are you
bothering me like this?

'Cause I like you.

Hey...

Hey, you're still
making flowers, huh?

Yes. Now go home.

You know, it strikes me funny.

What's so funny?
You making flowers
at night.

You know,
even God don't make
flowers at night.

To make money,
people do a lot
of things God don't do.

Hey, look at that,
Orange blossoms.

Hey, gee, they're nice.

You know, Mary,
that's my only child
she's getting married.

Yeah. Giulia told me.
Oh, yeah?

I'm having a tuxedo made
to walk her up the aisle.

Of course, I'll probably
never wear it again,

I figured a man should
have a tuxedo hanging
in the closet.

That way the moths
have more respect for him.
(CHUCKLING)

You know, in my town in Italy,

men who laughed like you
were always the ones
with a dozen kids.

(LAUGHS) Well,
after Mary was born,
my wife, she got sick.

You're right.
I should have
had a lot more,

at least a boy.

By now the house
would be a noise factory

with him running in and out.

I got a boy.

Oh, you have?

Yeah. He's in a work farm.

A work farm, huh?

Uh, you visit him a lot?

Every Sunday.

It's a long bus ride.

Doesn't sound too bad.

Four times so far, he ran away.

They said once more,
and they'll have to put him
in a real prison.

Now, please go away.

You know, uh...

You know,
Sundays are nice
for a long bus ride.

Maybe this Sunday,
maybe I could come
along with you?

You want to go with me
to that place?

I'd like to very much.

Why?

Well, well,
I... I'd just like to.

You wanna see how crying
makes me look ugly?

Ah, come on now,
tears for somebody else

don't make you look ugly.

I'd like to
come with you
if you'd let me.

I can't make you out.

What do you want with me?

Look, now, what time is the bus?

It's supposed
to leave at 11:00.

It's never on time.

All right,
I'll meet you
at the station.

Is that the one on 13th street?

All right,
I'll be there at 10:30.

Look, I didn't say yes.

I'm gonna be there 10:30.

I didn't say yes!

(LAUGHS) You know,
one of these days,

you're going
to break your throat
with all that yelling.

Thanks for the flower.

I'm going to leave now.

Oh, uh, no, no.
Please don't bother.

I'll see myself to the door.

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(VOCALIZING)

Papa, I polished those
before we went to church.

Yeah, well,
those pews are too narrow.

You know, I got stepped
all over. Look.

It's a sin
to criticize a church.

What do you mean, the Church?

It's the builders
who skimp on the pews.

Come on in
and have breakfast.
(VOCALIZING)

Come on.
All right.
All right.

(VOCALIZING)

(CHUCKLES)
Hey, that helps
your digestion?

What?
That hat.

Oh, Papa, you know,
you looked so hungry
when we came home,

I started rushing and
I forgot all about it.

(CHUCKLING)
That hat.
Stop.

(VOCALIZING)

Papa, come on and eat.

Oh, honey, I'm not hungry.

Besides, I got to go out.

What do you mean going...
But Noble's coming.

We're all going for
a ride in his new car.
You forgot.

Some other time, baby.

It's imported from Italy.

Yeah, your future husband
is supposed to be modern,

he buys a car
from the old country.

Where are you going?
Out.

What do you mean, out?

Just... Just out.
Papa.

Hey, uh, hey, Mary,

you know the widow
that lives next door
to the Gallos?

Rose Bianco?

Well, her son's in a...
Well, it's like a farm.

Well, anyway,
she invited me to ride
with her on the bus

and go visit him.

The truth of the matter is
I kind of invited myself.

Why, Papa?

Why?

Well, 'cause
she's a nice-looking woman
and I like her.

A gangster's wife?

Now, if you don't mind, Mary.

Oh, come on, now.

Come on.
Will you take that
look off your face?

How am I supposed to look

when I hear
my father's going out
with a woman like that?

What's the matter?
You don't want me
to have a nice time?

With a nice woman?

Gee, honey, ain't it better,
now you're getting married,

I find company for myself?

Gee, all these years,
we've been like...

Like two hermits
living in a cave.

Come on, honey.
Ain't it better?

All right.

But I didn't know
when a girl gets married

she's supposed
to stop caring
about her father.

Aw, baby.
What do you mean,
stop caring, honey?

I love you to care
about me, Mary.

Oh, look, come on, now.

Don't spoil the day
for you and Noble
and for me, huh?

Huh? Come on. Come...

(CAR HONKING)

Hey, Noble.

Hey, Pa, how are you?

Hey, what do you think, huh?

Hey, what is that,
a lady's pocketbook?

What do you mean?

That's what you call
an Italian sports car.

Hey, that...
That's pretty fancy.

(HONKING)
Now don't forget.

We're all going
to go for a drive later.

Look, on a day like today,
you don't want
three's a crowd.

Besides, uh, I got a date.

Yeah?
Yeah.

See you, huh?
I'll see you.

Mary!

Hey, baby!

(BELLS TOLLING IN DISTANCE)

Mary?
I'm in here, Noble.

Hi.
Hi.

Shall I kiss you first,
or can't you wait
to see the car?

Well, now, I think I can wait.

Mmm.
Ooh.

Hey. Come on, help me
put some things away, huh?

Go in there and clear the table?

I think your father's
got a touch of spring
in his head today.

You know what he said?

You and me should
be alone today.

"No, three's a crowd."

Hey, Noble,
did you find a house
in Atlantic city yet?

Not yet.

I looked at eight houses.

(CHUCKLES)
You know what,
I saw dog houses.

I told this agent,

"When you come up
with something
good enough

"for me and my future wife,
then call me."

Honey, maybe we shouldn't
rush into buying.

If you ever lived
in a furnished room,
you wouldn't say that.

Till we find something
we really want,

we could stay here.

Where?

With my father.

Now, that's crazy.
There's a hundred houses
in Atlantic city.

I'm gonna look
at more this week.

I'll find one
that will just be perfect
for us.

So you'll find.

Hey...

What's bothering you?

Noble, you're looking
at this only from
our point of view,

but I'm thinking
of my father, too.

Thinking what?
What about him?

Well, just how's
his life going to be

when he's here
in this house
all by himself?

Noble, for him,
can't we live here?

I don't mean
we have to stay...
No, wait.

How are we going to live here?

When my store's
on the boardwalk
in Atlantic city?

Baby, you don't make sense.

All right. Excuse me
for mentioning it.

He'll be all right.

You worry too much.

If he knew
how much you worry,
he'd have a fit.

I'm sorry, Noble. I...

But I just can't help it.

Hey, come on, smile.

(LAUGHS) You know,
lately, I can't stand
being away from you.

Honest.

I wish I could find a house
right on top of my store.

Every ten minutes,
I'd come in,
and I'd look at you.

It never used to bother me
seeing you only on weekends.

Now, the closer
the wedding gets...

What ideas come into my head.

MAN OVER PA:
Attention, please.

Upstate special
for Poughkeepsie,

Albany, Schenectady...

Is now boarding
at gate number 12,
leaving in five minutes.

Hey, ha, ha!

Hey, Rose, you know what?

Hey, watch out!
Watch out!

I went to the wrong station.

Boy, of all the times
to make a mistake.

Hey, Rose, Come on,
you want to yell at me?

I thought you came
to your right senses
and stayed home.

But you were saving
my seat for me, huh?

It's fruit for Ralphie.

Oh. Gee, I thought you
were saving my seat.

What are they waiting for?

I don't know.

Hey, Rose.
Hmm?

Come on, you were saving
this seat for me, huh?

Have you got to make
a song and dance
out of it?

Yes, yes, I saved it.

(LAUGHING)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(CHILDREN
TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

GUARD:
I have the case card here.
Yes, sir.

That's correct.

Yes, sir.

You don't smoke, do you?

I'm kind of anxious
to see your boy.

Does he look like you?

MAN OVER PA: Mrs. Bianco.

Mrs. Bianco, please.

Yes?

Mr. Harmon wants to talk
with you.

Hey, Rose! Hey, Rose!
I'll wait for you here, huh?

He ran away?

Come and sit down,
Mrs. Bianco.

He ran away or not?
Tell me.

Ralphie didn't run away.

Thank God.

Thank the boy
who warned me in time
to stop him.

Warned you what?

Ralphie was all set
to run away last night.

And you take the word
of one of these boys?

One of these boys saved him

from being transferred
to the reform school.

I'm sorry.

Just that I get so scared.

I understand.

He promised
he wouldn't do it again,
but he can't help himself.

Listen...

Why don't you let him come home?

You think he's going
to steal again from
those parking meters?

He got the key from his father.

Now the cops have got the key,

and his father's
dead and buried.

And the crowd that
Ralphie was mixed up in,
they buried, too?

Mrs. Bianco,
we're not protecting
society from Ralphie,

We're trying to protect
Ralphie from society.

Where is he now?

He's confined to his room.

I can see him?

It isn't permitted,
so don't get caught.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Oh, Rose, is something wrong?

You look worried.

I've got to talk with Ralphie.

Oh, Rose, will you ask
Ralphie if I can meet him
some Sunday?

I'd like to very much.

All right.

Yell and get it over with.

I didn't come to yell.

What did Harmon say?

He covered up for you.

Ralphie, why do you
keep running away?

Where does it get you?
Out!

You got to stop running.

Don't give me advice.
Just get me out of here.

(SOBBING)

Don't cry.

I'm sick of seeing you cry.

Ma, I'm sorry I said that.

Please, Ma.

All right.

See? I'm not crying.

Ma, I try and stand it here,

but at nights I...

I lie in bed and I sweat,

and I think about Papa.

Don't think of him.

Forget him.

Maybe I don't want to.

Put him out of your head.

He did you enough harm
while he was alive.

He did me harm?

You know, Mr. Harmon
is really a good man.

I'm beginning to see
there are a few
good men in this life.

Just the other night,
for instance,

I'm sitting in the yard
making flowers,

and this man
starts laughing and...
What man?

Like, oh, Frank Valente,
the Gallos' friend.

Ralphie, honest,

if there was a law
against making people
like you,

this man would be
in the electric chair.

Do you like him?

He's the first person
made me laugh in years.

Coming here today,
on the bus today
he was telling me...

You took him here?

Oh, but, Ralphie,
he's dying to meet you,

and besides,
I need you to decide if...

If I should see him again.

I want you to okay him.

She brings a guy
to the state farm

to be okayed
by a juvenile delinquent.

Next Sunday's all right?

It's your funeral.

(SNIFFS)

Take care.

Bye.
Bye.

Do you like the country, Rose?

It reminds me of home.

Yeah.
Italy.

You don't want
to go back, huh?
To what?

They're all dead over there.

If I liked visiting graves,

I could do it right here.
Yeah.

I've got a cousin
who just lives
for visiting graves.

Every Sunday
he's in some cemetery.

One week a tombstone
fell on him and broke
his collarbone.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

That's very funny.

Hey, Rose, when we get home,

why don't you come
and have supper with
Mary and me at my house.

Frank, don't be so quick.

I feel quick.

All right, next Sunday
I'll meet Ralphie
and you'll meet Mary.

You sure Ralphie said
it was all right then?

Oh, yes, I'm sure,

but you think Mary's...
Oh, don't worry about Mary.

She's all up in the clouds
with the wedding and all.

A girl about to get married,

the world's like
a diamond for her.

(CAR HONKING)

Mary, will you listen
to me, please?

But Noble, why do we
have to eat here?

Why can't we all go
down to my place

and I'll fix some
sandwiches and coffee.

I want egg rolls.

Well, you don't have to yell.

You know, you're ruining
the whole date
for Alma and Joe.

Not just us.
Who's ruining?

Don't you want me
to cook for you?

What do you mean me?

It's not me
you're thinking about.

You're worried
about your father.

So he'll come home starving.

Mary, do me a favor, will you?

Just once today, consider me.

What do you mean "just once"?

Mary, I want you to stay here

and have egg rolls with me.

Okay?

Alma, hey, listen, I'm going.

I'll call you tomorrow, okay?

So long, Joe.

They're not even married yet,

and they fight better
than my mother
and the old man.

Noble, go after her.

Ah, I'm going home.

Good night, Alma.
I'll see you, Joe.

Friday night I'm giving her
the wedding shower,
try to come, huh?

Yeah, sure.

And you want me to get married?

What do you want from me?

ALMA: More like this.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

(GASPS) Is that Mary?

No, no, it's okay.
It's only Joanne.

Oh, good.

Oh, hi, Joanne.

She's not here yet.

(ALL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Oh, it looks lovely.

Mom, did you remember
to invite Rose?

No, but I do it right now.

Girls, coffee's ready.

Rose! Hey, Rose!

Hey, what?

Come on over here.
I got to talk to you.

I have to go out.
I can't stop here.

See, I invite you
to a party,
and you have to go out.

You didn't invite me to a party.

I'm doing it now.

Alma's giving Mary
the wedding shower tonight.

She told me to invite you.

Who, Mary?
No, Alma.

How could Mary invite you?
It's got to be a surprise
for the bride.

Well, I can't come.
I've got an appointment.

Tomorrow go confess
to the priest
how you tell lies.

I'm not lying.

Then you'll come?

I told you.
I've got a date.

After the date,
you come and have coffee.

You and Frank.

Why didn't you wear a jacket?

I'm not cold.

(RINGS DOORBELL)

All right, baby.
Have a nice time, huh?

But aren't you coming in?

You tell everybody
hello for me, huh?

You're not
playing cards tonight.

I got something else to do.

Mary. Come in.

ALL: Surprise! Surprise!

(WOMEN SPEAKING EXCITEDLY)

Hi.

Hey.
Hey!

Gee, you look beautiful.

It's not bad enough
I have dates,

it has to be
in front of a church.

You know,
you're really beautiful.

Hey, Rose...

Let's go to a movie, huh?

But I'm in mourning.

Oh. We'll see a sad movie.

And thanks again.
Good night, Ruthie.

Well, did you enjoy the shower?

Oh, it was lovely, Alm,

and I really was surprised.

Kid, what's the matter?
Nothing.

Oh, look, I know you
since grammar school.

Honey, everything
will be all right
with Noble.

I guess it's just nerves, Alm,

over the wedding
and getting the gown made.

You know, most girls act
like it's going on a picnic
when they get married.

You, you get
a nervous breakdown.

Wait till you're the bride.

Wait is right.

Especially if it's Joe
I'm waiting for.

I guess Papa will help
pick up the gifts later.

Oh.

Good night, Alma.
Thank you.

Night.

(CAT MEOWS)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

All right.
Cherry vanilla
for both of us.

Uh, you want something on it?

Maybe a hot fudge or something?

No, no. Just plain.

Just plain for the lady.

Hey, put a lot of jimmies
on mine, though.

I mean, whipped cream,
marshmallows, the works.

Oh, what was I saying?

Your wife.
(CASH REGISTER DINGS)

Oh, yeah.

Well, after the baby was born,
my wife, she, uh...

She got sick, uh...

Sick? Of what?

You know, sick.

Gee, for 10 years
she was like that.

Always locking herself up
in the room,
never talking to me

or even looking at the baby.

You know, sometimes I...

It's a long time since
I talked to anybody
about inside things.

I'm always afraid
who has to listen

will get sick of hearing.

I won't get sick.

Thank you.

Gee, you see?

When you don't yell,
you can be so... so nice.

What's the matter?
Oh, nothing.

The marble is cold.
Oh. Here. Use this.

Thank you.

I'll do it.
All right.

So, between the wife and...
No. Go on. Like this. Huh?

Between the wife and...

Hey, you always remember
where I dropped off.

Well, anyway, between her
and the depression

and trying to raise
a baby by myself,

one day at work
I just keeled over.

What your heart?
Oh, no, no.
It was just the strain.

So I asked the boss
for a few days off,

and he says,
"Take the rest
of your life off."

In a few days he says,
"I'll be in the street
selling apples

"if those spring orders
don't come in."

You know, when I hear that,
I says to him,

"How would you like
to go in partners

with a man who has $1,000?"

He says, "Okay."

So that very morning,
I signed papers
and I became half owner.

And that afternoon,
the spring orders came in.

And the strain?
The boss, he got it.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Uh, now we've got
a store here and a factory
in Summerville.

Rose, have you ever been
around Summerville?

No.

Oh, it's very nice, very nice.

You know, uh...

Right near the factory,
there's this, uh...

Wonderful house, and it's, uh,

well, it's empty now,
and... it's for sale.

You know,
if I were starting
all over again,

I'd sell my house here,
and I'd buy that one
near Summerville.

It would be nice starting again.

You could maybe not make
the same mistakes.

Hey. You know, I bet
if those people at the farm

knew that Ralphie
had a nice house
to come home to,

you know,
in the country, like...

Well, like Summerville...

You know, Rose, that...

That one little house
could make the three
of us, kind of...

I don't know,
get a hold of life again.

You mean this, Frank?

I'm saying it.

You know, Rose, you...

You would do me a great honor.

Hey, I tell you what.

Sunday we'll go to the farm,

and I'll ask Ralphie
for your hand.

Maybe, you'd like to wait.

You know, after all,
we hardly know each other.

Gee, the way I'm rushing you,

you'd think somebody
was chasing me.

I'm sorry, Rose, uh...

Um, if you're not sure, I...

I'm sure, Frank.

I'm sure.

You... You are?

Well... Well. Well.
(LAUGHING)

Hey! Well.

Well, uh, Sunday...
Sunday we'll tell Ralphie.

Monday morning, uh,
City Hall License Bureau.

Oh, Rose.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Did I order that?
Yeah, you did.

You better eat it.
Oh, no, no.

I can't eat it.

It doesn't fit.

Honest, Mary,

my feelings are hurt
the way you criticize
the gown.

It's not the gown.
It's the fit.

Look how it bunches
in the waist.

You want it to fit like
the skin of a sausage?

Go take it off.
I will fix the waist.

Ah, I should've stayed in Rome.

I was going to join the church.

By now I would be
Mother Superior.

(BELL BUZZING)

I'm too busy, but come in.

Yes?

I wanted to ask...

You make wedding dresses?

What do you mean, do I make?

Twenty years
in this country alone.
(SCOFFS)

But I mean plain dresses,
you know, not gowns.

You're going
to getting married
in church, no?

Why?
I don't make no dresses
for city hall.

It makes a difference to you?

Hey, what are you
so angry about?

Here, do me a favor.

Write your name.

I'm busy getting
a nervous breakdown
from criticizers.

MARY: Will you
have this fixed
by Monday morning?

Dear God, spare me.
All right!

And Monday night
you come and view me
in my coffin.

I ask you, who can read
your writing?

What is your name?

There! Rose Bianco.
Oh.

Well, I'm too busy now
to take your measurements
and decide on style.

All right,
but if you want a job,

I've got to come
for fittings at night.
No nights.

If you work,
you come in the morning
before you go.

Oh, another thing.

The man I'm marrying
he insists that he wants
to pay for the dress.

He said send the bill to him.

How do I know he'll pay?

He's a friend of yours.
Frank Valente!

CONSUELO: Ah,
how the world is changing.

No more white gowns,
no more veils.

Hey, Mary!

Look, I ain't got all day, eh?

Give the dress to...

Oh, I did not connect.
It is your father.

Mary, is it going
to be a double wedding?

Oh, watch it!

Oh, dio mio.

Che peccato!

Mary, what a shame?

(WHISTLING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Mary?

Mary, is that you?

Mary?

Mary?

Hey!

(DOOR CLOSES)

FRANK: (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Mary.

Mary, I...

Hey. Hey, Mary.

What's the matter, honey?

Papa, what are you doing?
What do you mean?

I heard her, brazen as sin,

"Send the bill
to Frank Valente."

Oh.

Aw, honey, you're just upset

because it wasn't me
that broke the news to you.

You see,
I was waiting till
you and Noble...

I mean, you're really
going to marry
that woman?

If you ever say
"that woman"
like that again,

I'm gonna smack you
right across the mouth.

How can you talk
about her like that?

Mary, you... Mary, you
don't even know her.

Mary...

Mary, Rose has had a lot
of trouble in her life.

She's... Look,
if God is good to me,

he'll let me make her
happy for a change.

Mary...

You were going
to Atlantic city tomorrow

to see the house
Noble found, right?

Why don't you go today, huh?

You can stay
at my cousin's hotel.

You'll rest,
and you'll feel better.

Come on, huh?

I'll take you to the bus.

I can go myself.
I'm not a child.

Mary.

Look, Mary, listen to me.

It doesn't have to
change anything
between us.

Honest.

Honey, uh,
you need some money?
No.

ALMA: Mary!

Hey, Alma.
Where's Mary?

She's upstairs.
Mary!

Mary, come and hear!

Alma, what's the matter?

Oh, listen, I could die!
What happened?
What happened?

Alma?

Me and Joe.
We're getting married.

FRANK: Hey!
Oh, Alma,
that's wonderful.

Hey, Mary, isn't that great?

Hey, Alma, what can
I buy you for a present?

Never mind presents.
Just come. It's next Saturday.

Oh, kid, almost overnight.

Uh, I can't show up
empty-handed, you know.

Look, I love you.
Get what you want.

Oh, Mary,
let me tell you what happened.

MARY: Okay, come on.

Last night after your shower,

Joe came over,
and I put it to him plain.

I said, "Joe, listen,
you're working,
I'm working.

"Either we set it
definitely now or it's
ended all together."

He said, "Now,"
then he started to cry.

Honest.
He started to cry,

and then he said...
He said, "Alm, baby,
I'm scared."

Well, then I started
to cry along with him.

Then we both sat down
and we talked it out,
and then he smiled.

Oh, Mary, I could work
a hundred years
on that one smile.

Well, look, I've got to run.

The families
are getting together
for dinner tonight,

and Mom started...
(LAUGHS)

She started cooking
and crying at 5:00
this morning.

Where are you going?

Atlantic city.

You made up with Noble?
Well, he called.

He has found a house
and he wants me
to come and see it.

Oh, kid, that's wonderful.

Well, look, call me
when you get back, huh?
Okay.

I hope the house
is a dream.
Bye-bye, Alm.

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Come on, shut up!

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

(ALL GROANING)

I played the right ball.
(CLAMORING)

Oh, Frank!

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)
(ALL GROANING)

No, no.
One game with me.

No, I don't want to play.
It's too hot.

It's not that hot.
Come on.

Anyway, I wanna ask you
something very important.

Look, Henry,
I like Rose.
(GRUNTS)

Yeah, but, you see,
Mary doesn't understand.

And, uh, well,
what I wanted
to ask you, Henry,

is, uh, when you want
something so bad

that you don't care
what happens,

I mean, that's because
God wants you to have it.

Am I right?

It's hard to tell.

The devil works the same way.

Oh, Henry.
(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

I know, I'm asking you
for something very important
and you give me jokes.

I don't give you jokes.

I don't want philosophy.
I want advice.

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

MAN OVER PA:
Ralph Bianco.

Ralph Bianco,
your mother's
here to see you.

You know what?
(STUTTERING) I'm scared.

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

I'm nervous.

You act like a boy.

Well, I've never
been interviewed
by a boy before.

Oh, come on.

Hey, Ralphie!

How are you, darling?
How are you?

You know,
we talked to Mr. Harmon.

What about?

Frank wants to tell you.

This is Frank.
Yeah. I... I'm Frank.

I guess you're Ralph, huh?
(CHUCKLING)

Hey, Ralph,
suppose you and me
walk outside, huh?

I don't want any women
around while I'm answering
questions.

Who's going to ask them?

Well, uh, her father's
in a cemetery
somewhere in Italy.

He can't do it.

Well, how about it, huh?

You know, Ralphie,
when I was a kid,

I used to work summers
picking on a farm.

Your mother tells me
you like farming, huh?

She must have broken
your eardrums talking
about me.

No, she breaks
them with yelling.

Me, I yell right back.

That way nobody
gets heartburn.
(LAUGHS)

Well, the radio said rain today.

I'm glad they made
a mistake, huh?

We could use some rain.

Can't make things grow
by spitting on them.

(LAUGHS)
Hey, that's good, huh.
Spitting on them.

Pretty good.

Hey, Ralphie, you know,
about this house
in Summerville...

What house?

Oh, that's right.
I didn't tell you yet.

Well, anyway, see,
there's this house
in Summerville.

Boy, it's got
a lot of acres in the back.

Uh, could be a farm if you want.

Uh, and uh, well, uh.

I'm gonna buy it.

Ralphie, uh...

I'd like to marry your mother,
I mean, if you don't mind.

You know, gee,
between that house

and all the acres in back,

boy, it could be
like paradise
for the three of us.

The three of us?

You're talking to me
like I'm sitting
in someone's parlor.

Do you think
I can just pack
my bags and leave?

What's the matter with you?
(STUTTERS) Don't you listen
to your mother?

She said we talked
to Mr. Harmon.

He said as soon
as we show him
the marriage license,

he'll let you come with us.

What?

Well, it'll take,
oh, about a week
at the most.

I, uh...

I guess it all depends
on, well, uh,

if you... If you like me.

If I like you?

What's the matter?

Look, if you want
to marry my mother,
that's okay,

But you don't have
to get me in the bargain.

Come on, Ralphie.

Gee, how do you
think I'd feel, uh?

Seeing she has a son
and he ain't half mine?

Come on, now.
Come on, eh?

You going to say yes or no?

You know.
Boy, I got a lot
of signing to do.

I got to sign for the house,

I got to sign for the license.

You know,
you're holding up
all that signing.

Come on.

Is it a deal?

Like two men, huh?

I'm getting out?
Sure.

It's not all the way
in my head yet.

I'm getting out.

Ma! Ma! I'm getting out!

I'm getting out of here, ma!

Mary, come and see
the master bedroom.

Huh? What do you think of this?

Did you ever see
such a big bedroom?

Huh? I could have
a harem in here.

The view is beautiful, too.

Oh, Noble,
I knew you'd pick
a house like this.

You like it, huh?
I love it.

Oh, Noble,
I'm sorry about
that fight we had.

We wasted so much time
just because I was silly.

Come on, sad eyes,
let's forget it.

I'm always making you
mad and miserable,

I don't know how
yet you still want
to marry me.

Now, what kind of talk is that?

We had a fight.
So what?

You cried. I cried.

Tears don't call off a wedding.

Mary, what's the matter
with you?

Papa's going to get married.

No kidding.

Mary, that's wonderful.

To that Rose Bianco,
and you say wonderful?

Noble, until I told him
I had to move to this
godforsaken place,

he never even looked
at another woman.

Mary, my business is here.

So, keep it here
and come home on weekends.

That's how a married man
should live, huh?

All week long
in a furnished room

while his wife is playing
house with her father.

Playing house?

Yes, that's right,
playing house.

Oh, Noble, you make me mad!

All right, Mary, I'm sorry.

But your father
wants his own home, huh?

Don't I have a right
to want mine?

Well, I think you'd
better find yourself
another girl, Noble,

and give her this house.

You're my girl,
and you are gonna
be my wife.

You think I can live
without you now?

Then live with me
in my father's house.

Go home, Mary.

(DOOR CLOSES)

There. You see
how special you are?

I serve you coffee
in the parlor.

Oh, excuse me.

Hey, Rose, you know,

when I used to see...
I mean when I used
to go to the Gallos

and I used to see you,
you know what
I used to call you?

Yes.

How do you know?

Giulia. (LAUGHING)

No.

You know, still,
you shouldn't dress
in mourning all the time.

You could be
a yellow orchid,
maybe a pink...

Hey, a red one.

But I got
a lot of pretty colors.

Oh, yes.

Every week I used
to buy a new dress
to go dancing

and, you know.

Hey, you like to dance?

Oh, yes, I do.

Yeah, I used to be
one of the best dancer
in the neighborhood.

Oh, you're joking.
No. Honest. Honest.

Hey, I'll show you.

Here. You think
I'm kidding, huh?

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS)

Ah, it feels good, huh?
Yeah.

(CHUCKLING)

(LAUGHING)

What's the matter?

This is the first thing
I see about you
that's old-fashioned.

What do you mean,
old-fashioned?

Oh, you want me to get fancy?
You don't know
how to move.

Oh, really.
What's the matter
with that?

No, no.

I'll show you
how to dance right.

Oh, you're going
to show me?
Yes.

All right.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, I lead.

No. No, no.
Just till you learn.

All right.

(FRANK MUMBLING)
(LAUGHING)

Come on, turn around.

Now grab my hand.
What are you doing?

Now spin me.
Oh, yeah!

Now turn around.
Turn around. Good.

You're getting
kind of fancy.
I'm getting dizzy.

Me, too.

Whoa, what's that?
(LAUGHING)

Hey. Oh, Mary.

Hey, Mary. Mary.

Hey, I didn't hear you come in.

Oh, Mary, this is Rose.

Frank, turn that noise off.

Oh, sure, yeah.

(MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)

Oh, I met her son today.

Hey, you should see that boy.

Oh, Mary, how about fixing
us something to eat, huh?

I'm tired.

Hey, since when
are you too tired

to fix me something to eat, huh?

Are you hungry?
Show her where
the icebox is.

Mary, don't you realize
you're insulting Rose?

Gee, honey, you come in here,

you don't smile,
you don't say anything,

you use that rotten tone
in your voice.

Frank, Frank, I'll go home.

No, no, wait.
Mary's going to apologize.

Mary, take Rose's hand
and apologize.
Papa.

Come on put your hand out
where she can reach it, huh.

Mary, come on.
Papa, I can't!

Frank...
Will you shut up,
both of you, huh?

Just put your hand where...
Come on, give her your hand.

Come on, Mary,
just take her hand
and say...

Don't you touch me.
You're bad.
Mary!

He thinks your good.

He thought my mother
was good too

but she was a crazy lady.
Mary!

Go to her, Frank.

Before you have
to hate this night
for the rest of your life.

Rose! Rose, don't go.

(BELL RINGS)

(ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

Hey, Rose, a man
wants to talk to you.

Hey, Rose, I came
to take you to lunch.

Rose, look, I don't blame you.

You're upset
about last night.
You know Mary...

Listen, last night
I walked out of your house.

Let's say I walked
out of your life.

Out of my life?

Rose, what are you saying?

I should've kept my heart
in mourning.

Rose, don't even say that.

What do you come here for?

Why do you have
to make me see
what can't be?

Rose, what's between us?

You think
all of a sudden
you can act like...

Frank, please don't say that.

Can you?

Huh?

See, that's what I came for...

That smile.

Come on.

Rose.

ALMA: Frank, wait up!
Hey, Alma!

Where's Mary been all day?

Well, she's inside, I guess.

Well, I kept calling.

In five days
she's to be
my maid of honor.

And we haven't
even discussed
the gowns yet.

Come on in.

Mary!

Mary!

ALMA:
Dinner's on the stove.
Where can she be?

ALMA: Where can she be?
Alma.

Mary.

Mary.

Mary.

Mary.
(RATTLES DOORKNOB)

Mary?

Mary, don't lock the door.

MARY: Don't try to come in.
Just leave me alone.

Oh, dear God, please.

Please, please, God, not again.

(WEEPING)

(WHISTLING)

Hey, Joe.
Frank.

Hi, Joe.
Frank, you're just
in time.

I was going out
to get sandwiches.

The poker game
just started.
Uh, who's up there?

Who do you think?
Same bunch, huh?

Same old bunch.

Frank, how's everything?

Oh, fine. Fine.

No, I don't think
I'll come up tonight, Joe.

I'm going next door.

Listen, I'll see you
tomorrow night
at the wedding, right?

Yeah, yeah, sure, sure.
You nervous?

Man, you know it.

Don't be. See you, Joe.
Yeah.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Rose.

Come and sit down.

Is Mary still
locked in her room?

Well, when I'm at work,

she, uh, she cooks
and irons and cleans.

When I'm there, she...
She stays in her room.

Like your wife.

God, Rose,
it can't happen again.

Frank, tell Mary
it's all off between us.

Rose, don't.

Go out of this house
and make a finish of it.

Don't ask me to do that, Rose.

Frank, tell me this.

Can you get married
and go to Summerville

and leave your daughter
locked in that room?

Rose, Rose.
Can you do that
for anybody?

Tell me. Can you?

Yes, sir.

Ralph Bianco!

Your mother's waiting
in the visiting room.

What happened, ma?

Things went wrong.

It's all off?

What did you do to ruin it?

Me?

Who should I blame?

Pop?

What did you do?

Tell Frank the house
wasn't big enough?

Or wouldn't he
rob a bank for you?

Ralphie...

You hate me?

Ralphie.

Ralphie.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

WOMAN: Ooh!

(CHUCKLING)
Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Hey, doesn't she look pretty?

I have to change, Mom.
It's time to go.

Goodbye, sweetheart.
Lots of luck.

Papa, what's the matter?

What are you crying for?

I lost my daughter, no?

No, you gained a son.
Papa, I'm so happy.

I'm telling you, she'll be back.

It's all right, Papa,
I'll take care of her.

You better or I...
Alma, throw your bouquet!

All single girls,
over to the foot
of the stairs.

All single girls.

No, not you.
You've got one already.

WOMAN: Throw it!
Throw it!

(ALL CHEERING)

(CLAPPING)

(SIREN BLARING
IN THE DISTANCE)

(TIRES SQUEALING)

(DOORBELL RINGING)

(RINGING CONTINUES)

Is your boy home, Mrs. Bianco?

What's the matter?

Well, he ran away again.

He isn't here.

(CRYING)
He won't come
to me no more.

Well, I have to
take a look anyway.

(SNIFFLES)

(SIGHS)

You satisfied?

Now get out.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(CHURCH BELL TOLLING)

Pa.

Pa.
Hmm.

Oh, Noble.

Oh, it's morning, huh?
Yeah.

(GROANS)

You heard.

Yeah, I heard.

Joe and Alma
came to the shore
last night

for their honeymoon.

They came over
and they told me...

The whole thing.

Pa, why didn't you call me?

Hmm.

What could you do?

We had a fight last Sunday.

Yeah?

I chased her out of the house.

I didn't call her once all week.

Don't worry about it.
It wasn't your fault.

Pa, what are we going to do?

Nothing.

What do you mean, nothing?

Just that, Noble.
Nothing.

If she's going to come out,

she's got to
turn the key herself.

Pa, we just can't stand around.

Well, we can pray.

God will do the rest.

Yeah, but...

Can't we help a little bit?

You think God's in business?

He puts "help wanted"
ads in the paper?

Hey, you know
I didn't mean it
that way.

Pa.
Hmm?

Pa, listen.

Can I at least go upstairs?

And try?

Go ahead.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
Mary.

Mary, please, come out.

Mary, not for...
Not for me.

For Pa's sake.

Mary, baby?

Please?

Come on, Pa, let's go to church.

We'll pray.

(TIRES SQUEALING)

I'll wait for you
at church, Frank.

(ENGINE ROARING)

(TIRES SQUEALING)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Yeah?

Rose, I was on my way
to church, and I...

I wondered if...

Any news about Ralphie?

The other times
when he ran away,
he called me.

This time...

Rose...

After mass,
I'm going to go
to the farm.

I'm going to explain
to Mr. Harmon

how it was my fault
Ralphie ran away.

How I made the kid
go crazy from
disappointment.

Rose, I won't let them
punish him

for something that's my fault.

And you think they'll listen?

I... I hope.

The sky falls down on your head,

and you just keep
right on hoping.

I don't expect
no miracles, Rose,

but if... if nothing
happens, I...

Rose, if it turns out that...

That you and me
can't get together, I...

Oh!
Frank.

Is Mary still in her room?

Yeah.

And you won't tell her about us.

Rose, I can't.

I just can't, Rose.

Rose, let's...

Let's go to church
and pray together, huh?

Come on.

We need more
than prayers
right now.

Look, they're going
to find Ralphie.

He's going to be fine.

Come on.

No, I want to stay here.

Ralphie.

I'm in trouble.

I know, son.

Ma makes this mass.

I want to look at her
once more...

Before I go away.

You're going straight
back to the farm.

I can't.

They'll put me in reform school.

You're putting
your mother
through hell.

Ralphie, why do you
make her suffer

for something that's my fault?

Your fault?

You think I'm going
to lie in church?

Huh?

Noble, drive us,
will you?
Come on, son.

Let's go.

Mary.
Get out of here!

We're alone.

We can say what has to be said

and nobody
will ever know one word.

We don't have
anything to say
to each other.

Now just get out!

But we should understand
each other, Mary.

We're two of a kind.
You and me.

Is that how the bad
live with themselves,

by thinking everyone
else is no good?
Yeah.

It takes somebody bad
to tell you

what it is like
in the bottom of hell.

Get out of here!

What you're doing
is wrong, Mary!

You're trying to twist
and bend your father,

to make him do what you want.

But it's wrong, Mary.

I did it to my husband,
and I know.

Poor Tony

he was so happy when
I came to this country
to marry him.

And I took his happiness
and I choked it.

I was like a kid
in a toy store
when I got here.

Everything I saw, I wanted.

And in a country like this,
there's so much to want.

He didn't have one dollar.

So he had to go
stealing like a dog.

That's what killed him.

I don't want to hear any more

now just get out of here.

Stop twisting your father.

You don't know
how doing that
is like murdering him.

In the end, they tied
Tony's hands and feet

and sunk him in the river,

but I was the murderer.

Now you're doing
the same thing
to your father.

Mary...

Go out of this room.

Be downstairs when he comes.

Hurry up, Mary,

before you break him in half...

Forever.

He made a mistake over me.

Don't punish him.

Make him happy again.

I made him happy.

After my mother died,

I was the one
that made him
laugh again.

Now you want
to take him.
All right, Mary.

I'm very much
in love with
your father.

For the rest of my life,

all I would ever want

is to see him smile at me.

But I won't let you kill him

just because of what I want.

Mary...

I'm going to walk
out of this room,

out of this house now,

and that's the end of it.

That's what you want.

That's what I'm going to do.

You can go downstairs now.

You can be there.

I won't.

Rose.

Rose...

Would you like a cup of coffee?

You know, every Sunday,

I make sausages
for my father's
breakfast,

and every Sunday, he makes

another excuse not to eat them.

I guess
that's one thing
I never learned

how to make to please him.

I know the way.

I'll get some sausages?
Mmm-hmm.

Oh, where's the pan?

Over there.

What's the water for?

A little water kills the grease.

They don't come out too fried.

Oh...
You can get
the eggs meanwhile.

You know, Noble eats six.

(TIRES SQUEALING)

Boy, you drive like a wild man.

Come on, let's go in.

Go ahead in. I'll, uh...

I'll be in in a minute.

All right.

Papa.
Hi.

Hey...

Boy, hey...

Something smells awful good.

Mary, tell him to sit down.

Uh, I'll go
get Noble.
No, I'll get him.

He's right outside.

What happened?

She made me cook the sausages.

Oh, thank God.

Thank God, Rose.
(ROSE CHUCKLING)

Oh, Rose.

Oh, Rose, I found Ralphie.

You found Ralphie?

He was at the church
waiting for you.

Where is he now?
I took him
back at the farm.

Is he all right?
Is he...

I spoke to Mr. Harmon.

He said everything
was going to be fine.

Oh, Frank...

Rose.
Frank.

Rose.
Frank.

Rose.

Noble.

Mary.

Hey!

Hey, Mary!

Oh, sit down here, huh?

There you go.

Now let's, uh...

Let's see...
Oh, yeah.

Butter and bread.
NOBLE: Mary!

Hey, Mary!
Hey, Noble.

Oh, Noble, this is Rose.

Rose, this is, uh...

Noble. (CHUCKLES)

Hello, Rose.
Hello, Noble.

Come on, sit down

before the stuff
gets cold.
Yeah, sure.

MARY: Aren't you hungry?
Yeah.

Yeah, I'm hungry.

Frank, give me
your plate. I'll fill it.

Well, you sit down,
I'll do it myself.

In some families,
that's how they do it.

Well, uh, if that's
how you do it,

(CHUCKLING) Do it.

There you go.
Oh, thank you.

Oh, pardon me.

Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!

(CHUCKLING)
This is sausage!

(CHUCKLING)

Gee, Ma, I'm happy.

Hey, Rose, come on,
we're going
to miss the bus.

Come on, let's go.

You want to walk to Summerville?

Goodbye, Mrs. Valente,
Ralphie.
Goodbye.

Goodbye Mr. Harmon.
Mr. Valente.

Mr. Harmon, I'm very bad
at saying thank you, but...

Oh, here's some apples
for the boys, huh?

For the boys.

Thanks.