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Man 1: Whoa, Nelly! Whoa! Right here.

- Hi, Jim. - Hello, bill.

- Cold enough for you? - You're darn right.

- No. Just a few actors. - Oh!

- Hiya, neighbor. - Hiya.

- You a couple of 'em actors? - That's right.

You don't look like actors.

I got a piece of news for you. This doesn't look like a town.

- Say, that's a nifty! - You like that?

What do you think of this one?

- No. What did he say? - Ouch!

Say that's alright. Where did you get that one?

That's one of my father's jokes.

What are you, one of your mother's?

Say, he looks like an actor.

You called it, friend. Harry Palmer, single 0.

- How you doing? - Hi. I'm Jimmy metcalfe...

How you doing? Glad to see you.

Well, hiya, chicks. Meet Harry Palmer, headliner.

Bus for the hotel! The hotel bus!

- Is that it over there? - Yes, sir.

Go ahead, kids. Get in the bus. Sid and I will bring the bags.

Aren't you a little out of season?

Who's the want ad with the squirrel around his neck?

Single act, name of Palmer.

His act can't be as funny as that coat.

Palmer: Hey, how do you like this billing?

"Harry Palmer, america's foremost

that's the way it's gonna read someday at the palace too.

Say, how long you been with this stale act?

Are you kidding? Jimmy metcalfe has a great act.

And it's gonna be better too.

Wait till you hear the terrific arrangement he's buying.

- Arrangement? Where? - Right here.

The orchestra leader. He writes sensational stuff.

Thanks, kid. I'll give you a joke sometime.

Say, Lou, you can't expect my girls

to dress way up there on the third floor.

- They got changes to make. - Sorry, Jimmy.

But I have to hand out dressing rooms according to billing.

0h, sure, I know about that, but Palmer won't mind.

He looks like a swell guy.

0h, if it's okay by Palmer, it's okay by me.

- Thanks! - Hey, kids!

Kids, it's okay! We're moving!

- I'm Harry Palmer. - How do you do?

I hear you got a special arrangement

how did you hear about it?

- He did? - Sure.

Look, I'm breaking in a new act.

If the arrangement's any good, I'll give you 50 bucks.

I'd like to but I promised it to Jimmy.

Eh, he won't be needing it. That act is gonna fold any day.

- It is? Gee whiz. - Sure.

- Come on, what do you say? - But I promised it to Jimmy.

- 50 bucks. - I sure can use that 50.

Jo: Well, when Jimmy gets the act fixed up

we're not gonna have to play in these kinda dumps anymore.

That girl act in my dressing room?

I'm sorry, Mr. Palmer, the young ladies in Mr. Metcalfe's act

got a lot of changes to make.

Look, I know when to be nice to young ladies.

I'm topping this bill and I rate the number one room!

Okay, Mr. Palmer. Okay.

Sorry, kids. Mr. Palmer insists on having this room.

You'll have to dress upstairs.

Let's not keep the gentleman waiting.

- After all, he's number one. - Yeah.

There's nothing lower than number one.

I bet he takes a bow every time he hears a clap of thunder.

- You see what I mean? - Yeah, I see what you mean.

- Go on, Lily. - Say, you know, I was...

J' this doll shoppe is my joy and pride I

j' the people come far and wide to buy my pretty doll j'

j' I have girl doll boy doll wonderful mechanical toy doll j'

j' dancing doll prancin' doll... j“

J' bonjour monsieur I

j' dites-moi que voulez-vous j“

j' la belle mademoiselle I want one thing of you j'

j' you see I I want a beautiful doll j'

j' a great big beautiful doll I

j' I want a doll that I can find romance with j“

j' a doll that I can sing and dance with j"

j' and if you have such a doll j'

j' such a won-won-wonderful doll you may wrap it up I

I and I will pay in cash j"

j' but wrap it carefully so that it won't smash j'

j' oh me show me a great big beautiful doll j“

I the first doll I will show to you I

I will knock you for the ioopey I

I she is the latest style 'tis true I

I my extra special kewpee I

I those yahka-hicki hula dolls are really much to faddy I

I monsieur! Have but one more left I

I that's a doll that cries out daddy I

I daddy? I

I daddy I

I don't leave me daddy I

I won't you tell me why you're leaving? I

I when you're near me dearie life to me is cheery I

I what a feeling I

I think what you're missing I

I lots of hugging and some kissing I

I I don't care how mean you are to me I

I daddy dontcha leave me now I

I sweet papa I

I daddy don't you leave me now ii

I oh you beautiful doll I

I you great big beautiful doll I

I let me put my arms about you I

I I don't want to live without you I

I oh you beautiful doll I

I you great big beautiful doll I

I if you ever leave me how my heart would ache I

I I want to hug you but I fear you'd break I

I oh you beautiful doll I

I oh you beautiful doll ii

I by the sea by the sea by the beautiful sea I

I you and I you and I oh how happy we'll be I

I when each wave comes a-rollin' in I

I we'll duck or swim and we'll float and fool I

I around the water over and under and then up for air I

I pa is rich ma is rich so now what do we care I

I I like to be beside your side I

I beside the sea beside the seaside by the beautiful sea I

I I like to be beside your side beside the sea I

I beside the seaside by the beautiful sea ii

You know we weren't exactly a three alarm fire.

Don't worry. We'll be a hit in bigger places.

- Danny! Oh! - Jo.

I'm glad to see you. How'd you get out of school?

I told the Dean you were playing 30 miles away.

So he let me out a couple of classes.

Well, that's wonderful! Oh, I'm sorry.

Jimmy, this is my brother, Danny.

- How do you do? - Oh, glad to see you.

And I'm sure glad you're her brother.

Well, I'll see you later.

- Oh, don't go. - Oh, no. You two go on.

Have a good talk to yourselves and I'll see you after a while.

It's awfully nice to know you, Danny.

Hey, he seems like a nice guy.

Oh, he's the nicest fella you'll ever meet.

Come on. Sit down. Now, tell me something.

Oh, same old thing.

You beginning to feel like a doctor?

- Well, stand up. - Huh?

Well, stand up. Come on.

Oh, boy! You're gonna be a tall doctor.

Tell me, when do you have to go back to school?

- Huh?

- What? - I'm not going back.

Why? What's the matter? Did something happen at school?

- Oh, no, no. Nothing like that. - Well, then what is it?

Well, it just doesn't make sense.

I sit in a nice, warm dormitory, and you wear yourself out

Jo, I just saw your act.

Oh, nothing. Nothing's the matter with it.

You're great.

It just seems to me the act isn't getting anywhere.

Maybe if you didn't have me around your neck...

Now you listen to me, you oughta be ashamed of yourself

didn't we make a deal once? Well, didn't we?

You were gonna through medical school

and pay me back with interest.

This is a fine time to quit on your last year.

Just when you're doing great. Well I'm not gonna let you quit.

- How you like that? - But, Jo...

What do you want to be? A no-good tramp or something?

You're not working any hardship on me.

Don't you see, honey? I love it.

And you're gonna stay in medical school.

I gotta make sure somebody in this family is a success.

- Well, so long, Jo. - Goodbye, Danny.

Don't forget to send me that picture.

- Yeah. - All aboard!

- I guess I better be going. - Yeah, goodbye.

We're gonna be alright, you and I.

- Yeah. - Goodbye. Goodbye, honey.

- See you at the palace, kid. - Alright, doctor. It's a date.

- Danny: Goodbye. - Goodbye.

Hiya, springtime. Going my way?

Say, you know it's not safe for a pretty girl

to be walking around alone at night by herself.

Oh, look, why don't you come off it?

You know you're gonna wind up calling me pet names.

- Well, of all the... - Ah-ah-ah!

Tempo, springtime! Tempo, tempo!

Look, I didn't like you at 7 o'clock this morning

and I don't like you now.

And if you keep playing your cards right,

I'm gonna wind up hating you.

So why don't you just evaporate,

hey, I want to talk to you about business.

- Write me a letter. - Oh, it's too important.

Listen, fancy face, I caught you on-stage this afternoon.

You sing like a bird, dance like a deer,

but that act you're with...

That's two pins and a lollipop.

- What do you mean? - It's murder.

Oh-ho, why don't you get bright?

You're too fast for that buggy.

And why don't you mind your own business?

Ah-ha. That's just the point. It is my business.

Starting next season, I'm doing a double act,

I'm throwing away the baggy pants.

And don't look now, springtime. You're gonna be my partner.

- Oh, I am, huh? - You said it.

Standing next to me, you'll look like

a million bucks in nickels and dimes.

Oh, I can see those three sheets, now Palmer and Hayden!

Listen I wouldn't be your partner

if they booked us into the palace for 51 weeks a year.

- I don't get it. Why? - Oh, so many reasons.

But you wouldn't understand any of them.

Gee, I feel sorry for you.

Hey, wait a minute.

Look, Ms. Hayden. I'm sorry.

Your act is alright.

Oh, it needs a little punching up here and there, but...

- Look, why don't you take this? - What's that?

The one you and metcalfe were supposed to get.

- But you were... - No. Go ahead.

All that big talk about me breaking down theaters

that's strictly small-town talk on a cold night.

- Oh, I'm sorry. I spoke so... - No.

I'm never gonna win any blue ribbons for being a nice guy.

- Well, I... - Say, would you...

- Oh, skip it. - What?

Well, I was gonna ask you to have a cup of coffee,

but after the way I...

Well, I'd love to have a cup of coffee.

- You would? - Sure.

- Two coffees, please. - Two coffees. Yes.

How long you been in show business?

Oh, I wasn't really in it

until Jimmy gave me a chance in his act. You?

- All my life. Do you like it? - I love it.

I'd rather sing and dance than, well... eat.

I can tell that by the way you work.

- You're good. - No. I'm not good yet.

But I will be someday. You know, I've got kind of a...

You'd probably laugh at me if I told you.

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Well, I've got kind of a goal in my mind.

It's the same goal every vaudeville actor has.

Only I'm really going to get there.

I used to think I'd play the palace someday too.

- Well, maybe you will. - Not me.

You had my number, alright. Just a cheap tramp comic.

- Oh, I wouldn't say that. - Why not? It's the truth.

Take that solo stuff, for instance.

I'm not so sure I can even do it.

- Then why'd you buy it? - I liked it.

- Want to hear it? - Sure. Love to.

If you've heard my kind of voice before, stop me.

Wait a minute. You better let me do it.

I do you hear the bells go ding dong? I

I do you know I

I do you know why they're ringin'? I

I do you know I

I why the birds are singin'? I

I well, you're gonna get I

I a big surprise I

I 'cause I'm gonna put you wise I

I the bells are ringing I

I for me and my gal I

I the birds are singing I

I for me and my gal I

I everybody's been knowing I

I to a wedding they're going I

I and for weeks they've been sewing I

I every susie and sal I

I they're congregating I

I here's the church I I for me and my gal I

I and here's the steeple I I the parson's waiting I

I open the door I I for me and my gal I

I and there's the people I I and sometime I

I we're gonna build a little home I

I for two or three or four or more I

I in loveland for me and my gal I

I the bells are ringing I

I for me and my gal I

I the birds are singing I

I for me and my gal I

I everybody's been knowing I

I to a wedding they're going I

I and for weeks they've been sewing I

I they've been sewing something old I

I and something new so I

I something that is blue so I

I they can make a trousseau for my gal I

I they're congregatin' I

I for me and my gal I

I look here why that's the parson waitin' I

I for me and my gal I

I and sometime we're gonna build a little home I

I for two I I or three I

I or four I I or five I

I or maybe more I

I loveland for me and my gal I

You know what I can't eat for breakfast?

Why, no. I haven't the slightest idea.

Tell me, what can't you eat for breakfast?

Luncheon and dinner. Ooh.

I in loveland for me and my gal ii

Oh, yes.

Thank you.

Say do we click together or don't we?

That was wonderful! You were perfect!

Boy, what a great finale that would make for a double act!

Yeah, we'd have to get a different type opening number.

- You know, a slower one. - Yeah, we come on together.

Then you go off for a quick change.

And while you're off I do my soft-shoe routine,

I guess I forgot.

- Twenty six, please. - Oh, yes.

Thank you.

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

No. You keep it. You can do it. You proved it.

- Well, please. I... - It's yours.

Do it with metcalfe or tear it up.

Anyway, it's yours, nobody else's.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

I played a dirty trick on you.

You better know it now. Then maybe you won't feel so bad.

When I offered to give you that song...

I really didn't mean it. I was playing you for a sap.

I wanted to fix it so you'd give me a chance

to try out with you.

And all that sob stuff about me being ashamed of myself...

That was just a bid for sympathy. I wasn't ashamed.

I thought I was being pretty cute.

And this time, when I say I'm a heel...

- Well, make yourself at home. - Thanks. I already have.

- Danny get off alright? - Huh-ha.

I was beginning to think they were holding you for ransom.

Well, I, I stopped in to get some coffee.

Oh. When you didn't come back,

I walked down by the railroad station.

I thought maybe I might run into you.

I saw you through a window.

I heard you too.

Gosh, you two were swell together. Terrific!

Weren't we, Jimmy?

Oh, but you know those after the show acts, they never hold up.

Jo. Did Harry Palmer ask you to team up with him?

- How'd you know? - He'd be crazy if he didn't.

I saw you together. You're a natural for each other.

Look, Jimmy. I'm kind of sleepy.

What, uh...

What did you tell him, Jo?

I told him I already had a job.

Well, you haven't.

- What do you mean? - I'm breaking up the act, Jo.

Oh, no, you're not.

I'm not gonna have you making any

noble sacrifices on my account.

Who said anything about your account?

And who said anything about noble sacrifices?

I'm a comic. I... I should have known that before.

I don't know what I was messing up my act with lot of girls

and music and stuff like that. I...

I've got a new idea that I'd like to kinda try out with sid.

Well, what made you decide all, all this tonight?

Well, I suppose I should have thought of it long ago,

but you know me, always putting things off...

Well, you know how it's been going. The act's not doing well.

I had a wire from Eddie, said he can't get us any bookings.

Lily's talking about leaving, and...

Well, it's the only thing to do, that's all.

You know, if I thought you were trying to pave the way for me...

Now, wait a minute. What are you talking about? This is business.

No fooling. I wouldn't joke about a thing like that.

It's good business too.

Oh, Jimmy. You're sweet.

You're just as sweet as they come.

That goes for you too, double.

I'm gonna kind of miss you, kiddo.

You know, working with you for me

hasn't been like working at all.

- It's been more like... - Palmer and Hayden.

- Gee, think of that. - Huh?

Palmer and Hayden. It's the way we're gonna bill ourselves.

- Isn't that wonderful? - Yeah, sounds swell.

Oh, I gotta tell him now, right away.

I when you wore a tulip I

I a big yellow tulip I

I and I wore a big red Rose I

I when you caressed me I

I what a blessing no one knows I

I you made life cheerie I I you made life cheerie I

I when you called me dearie I I when you called me dearie I

I 'twas down where the blue grass grows I

I your lips were sweeter than julep I

I when you wore that tulip and I wore a big red Rose I

Don't you think you better go to bed?

Yeah. I guess so.

Oh, well, you take the lower tonight.

No, I wouldn't know how to act in one. Hey, George.

- Whenever you're ready. - Yes, sir.

Hey, listen to this.

"The Eddie melton office has booked Jimmy metcalfe, comic

with sid Simms on the orpheum circuit.“

"metcalfe opens the 19th in Minneapolis."

Isn't that wonderful? Look. See? Here.

I'd like a crack at some orpheum time.

Oh, now, Harry.

Well, I'm sick of playing these two-bit towns.

Chicago isn't a two-bit town.

The part of Chicago we're playing is.

Why must everything happen right here and right now?

You always think that we have...

Yes, sir. I'll make it right up for you.

Well, I guess I'll go back and have a cigarette.

Let me know when he's finished, will you?

This a private car, sir.

Oh, excuse me. I was looking for the club...

Oh, I'm sorry. I was just on my way back for a cigarette.

I must have got off at the wrong floor.

Why don't you have your cigarette here?

- Well, thanks a lot, but I... - Please.

I'd like one myself.

Well, thanks. That's mighty nice of you.

- That's all, Celeste. - Yes, ma'am.

Oh, excuse me.

- Drink? - Sure.

Chartreuse, creme de menthe, vieille cure?

- There you are. - Thanks.

Say, this sure beats a club car, alright.

Say! You're not...

Imagine me, sitting here with Eve minard!

Say, you're not really...

Guess you never heard of me. Harry Palmer.

- Harry Palmer? - Of Palmer and Hayden.

Oh, yes, certainly. A fellow artist.

Nothing less. Get a load of this.

I they go wild simply wild over me! I

I they go mad just as mad as they can be! I

- Very nice. - Harry: You get the rough idea.

- I must come and see you. - I open in Chicago tomorrow.

- A full week too. - Really? I open there tomorrow.

- At the majestic? - Well, no.

They booked me into a smaller house this time.

It's a good one though, for its size.

Chicago seems to be much more inviting now.

If you want to see the town, I'm your man.

Chicago, Boston, Detroit, they're all the same.

Except New York. That is a city.

Isuppose you've played at the palace.

Which one? Oh, there's only one real palace.

Oh, yes. Yes, I've played there.

And I have a return engagement before I sail.

Do you like to play there?

Yes. I like to play there very much.

- More? - Sure. Why not?

Say come to think about it, I never caught your act either.

I know that you sing and all that...

- But what kind of stuff? - Many kinds.

- Rags or ballads? - As you like. I have it!

You danced for me, I will sing for you, if I may.

- Sure, that'd be great. - What will you like to hear?

Well, don't make it too highbrow.

You know you gotta engage your audience.

You better give them something they'll understand.

I think you'll understand this.

I do I love you? I

I do you have to ask me? I

I look into my eyes I

I do I love you? I

I does a budding Rose I

I does the Robin in red love the springtime I

I the Violet of April skies I

I and you ask me I

I my dear I

I when there's nothing but yes I

iln myl

- Say, that's wonderful! - You like that?

Do I? It's terrific! Let's have an encore.

- If you wish. - Certainly, I wish.

I and you asked me I

I my dear I

I you? I

I when there's nothing but yes I

I in my eyes I

Oh, hello, Jo. How do you feel?

How do you feel?

Here's the other half of my act, Ms. Hayden.

- Oh, won't you come in? - Jo, this is...

Yes. Ms. Minard. I play your records over and over again.

- I love them. - Thank you.

Well, I was just about to come on back and turn in.

Thanks a lot for the song. It was swell.

I hope you won't forget.

- I'll be at the majestic. - Forget?

- Well, goodnight. - Goodnight.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

- Quite a dame, isn't she? - Yes, she is.

Four grand a week. Oh, boy.

- Well, goodnight, kid. - Goodnight, Harry.

- Come in. - Jimmy: Ladies and gentlemen...

- I now give you Jimmy metcalfe! - Jimmy, darling!

How are you, Jo? Let me look at you. My golly, you look swell!

You're supposed to be in Minneapolis.

Well, we closed there last night. Just a mild sensation.

- How's your act? - Oh, fine.

Come on. Sit here, Jimmy. Gee, it's good to see you.

Well, it's good to see you...

Say, who's this? General pershing?

No. Haven't you heard? That's Danny. He's enlisted.

No! Well, what about the medical career?

Oh, he's going right back after the war.

- Yeah. - Where's Harry?

You'll never guess who either.

- Eve minard. - Eve minard!

Say, he's traveling in pretty fast company, isn't he?

Yeah. Well... you know Harry.

She's a big success and... she's pretty and...

Jo, you're in love with that guy, aren't you?

Harry? Oh, no.

- I'm not in love. - Hey, hey, shorty.

Jimmy metcalfe, the fella that played

Clifton junction with you?

Oh, Jimmy.

It's way down deep inside of me.

He's wrong, and I love him. He's right, and I love him.

It's no good.

Gee, what do you do when you love somebody so much and...

They don't even know you're around?

I don't know, Jo.

I guess you just keep right on loving 'em.

Oh, I forgot to ask you, Jimmy. When do you open in St. Paul?

- St. Paul? - Say, Jo.

- Well, hello, stranger. - Hi, Harry.

I hear you're doing alright for yourself these days.

- Not so bad. - Like to see a fella get ahead.

- You've got a couple minutes. - Yeah, I know.

Say, you better go on first and give me a chance to change.

Jo. How about having supper with me after the show tonight?

Fine. We have to catch a train at midnight.

Do you suppose he'd like to come along?

Okay then, I'll see you later.

- Alright, Jimmy. - Make it good, shorty.

I'll be out front watching you.

Harry? Harry: Yeah.

Jimmy wants to know if we can have supper with him later.

Can you make it?

Harry: Gee, I'd like to, but I got a date with Eve.

Oh... oh, well...

You better hurry or you'll miss your cue.

I after you've gone and left me cryin' I

I after you've gone there's no denyin' I

I you'll feel blue you'll feel sad I

I you'll miss the clearest pal you've ever had I

I now don't forget it I

I when you'll regret it I

I someday when you grow lonely I

I your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only I

I after you've gone I

I after you've gone away I

I after you've gone I

I and left me cryin' I

I after you've gone I

I there's no denyin' I

I you're gonna feel blue I

I and you're gonna feel sad I

I you're gonna feel bad I

I and you'll miss I

I and you'll miss I

I and you'll miss I

I the bestest pal I

I now don't forget it I

I when you'll regret it I

I but baby I

I think what you're doin' I

I I'm gonna haunt you so I'm gonna taunt you so I

I it's gonna drive you to ruin I

I after you've gone I

I after you've gone away ii

- That will be all, Celeste. - Yes, ma'am.

- Oh, hello. - Hello.

Could I see you a moment, please?

I'm sorry, but I...

I expect a guest.

Yes, I know.

But this will only take a moment. Please.

Well, what is it, my dear?

Well, uh, I wanted to talk to you...

I thought...

I'm sorry.

If you'll excuse me.

I know you have something to say.

I... had my speech all memorized,

and it was... gonna be pretty dramatic, I guess.

But I got stage fright.

You see, I love him.

And... and you're such a big person that I thought...

Well, it's... it's hard to say, but...

And you're worried about me?

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- But... - You needn't worry, my dear.

I have no designs on him.

Thank you.

I hope you don't think that I just...

I loved someone like you love Harry.

And I didn't realize it until a long time afterwards.

But I should have done what you're doing now.

Thank you.

But I'm sorry you love him so much.

- Why? - Because he isn't worth it.

Oh, no, you're wrong. He's...

- He's... - He's an opportunist.

An egotistical actor who would do anything

to get what he wants.

He'll make you very unhappy one day, my dear.

Oh, no, you're wrong. Harry isn't bad.

I know because I'm closer to him than anyone.

- I know. - You know.

He'd leave you in a minute if I made him an offer.

Would you like to have me try?

Oh, no, I don't believe that.

It might be better to get hurt all at once

and get it over with.

- I'm not afraid. - Shall I ask him?

Well, I...

You can get to the elevator this way.

Oh, I am afraid.

Go on. Quickly!

Good evening, Harry.

Say, what are we celebrating?

Harry, I have a surprise for you.

Well, come on. Let's have it.

How would you like to join my act?

How would you like to join my act?

Oh, come on, Eve. You're giving it to me.

No, no. I'm very serious.

- You are? - Mm-hm.

You mean you're asking me if I want to go on tour with you?

- And play at the palace? - Yes.

Holy...

Hallelujah! Wait till I tell Jo!

Sure you want her to go too, don't you?

Well, she's probably very talented,

but, after all, I'm a singer myself.

Oh, well, that's a different proposition.

Gee, I...

Well, then let's forget about it.

Hey, wait a minute. Who said anything about forgetting?

She's the top of the deck.

She wouldn't stand in my way. She's a trouper.

- Tomorrow. - Tomorrow?

Come on. Let's have a drink on it.

Here's to Harry Palmer, heading for the palace.

Harry. Harry: Yeah?

When you see Ms. Hayden, tell her something for me, will you?

Harry: Sure.

I'm sorry.

- Hello. - Hello.

- You packed? - Uh, no.

Train leaves at 12:30, you know.

Yeah, I know.

Look at this. Looks like the rats have been at it.

Honestly, you'd think that in a big city like Chicago,

they'd know how to launder a blouse properly, wouldn't you?

Say, Jo.

I want to ask you sort of a question.

Supposing somebody had been offered a chance

to do something they'd been wanting to do for a long time.

Well, supposing their accepting this offer

meant hurting somebody else maybe.

Oh, I don't know.

I guess it would depend on how important the thing was to me.

And if it was really important...

I guess I'd go ahead and do it.

- You would? - Sure.

You only live once, you know.

Yeah, I know but...

You know, it's kind of hard making up your mind.

It's funny, you bringing up a question like that.

I've got kind of the same problem.

And it is hard, too.

- Harry... - Yeah?

Jimmy wants me to come back in his act.

Do you want to go back to him?

Well, I don't know. I...

He made me a pretty good offer.

Well, after all, we...

We all want to get ahead, you know?

I mean, that's only human.

Well, uh, look, Jo.

I don't want to stand in your way

if you want to go, go ahead and go.

- Honest? - Sure. Go right ahead.

You're not just... Trying to be nice, are you?

No, of course not!

Look, there's no use kidding ourselves.

We both know things haven't panned out

as well as we thought.

So if you can get a break, go ahead, take it.

Oh, come on, springtime.

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Not from you.

Look, we're both gonna be on top.

Good luck, Jo...

Say, you're not crying because you feel sorry for me, are you?

Well, look there's no need to do that because just tonight

I was over at Eve's, and she asked...

Oh, Jo, please don't cry.

Please. I'm not worth it, I tell you.

I can't help it.

Oh, honey, I wish you'd stop.

Oh, please, darling, please.

- Harry, Harry. - Oh, honey.

Say, what hit us?

Oh, it hit me a long time ago.

- Harry. - Yeah?

What was it Eve asked you to do tonight?

0h, forget it.

Hey, we gotta get going! We gotta make that train.

- And you gotta help me pack! - Yeah.

The nerve of that metcalfe, trying to break up my act...

And trying to steal my girl too.

- I'll push his face in. - He-he.

Gee, when I think of the time I've wasted.

Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?

Darling, I didn't know, and I can hardly believe it now.

I'll make you believe it, alright.

Hey, what's this?

"Palmer and Hayden booked into palace New York,

first week in September. Congratulations, Eddie melton."

Is this our lucky day, or isn't it?

First we fall in love, and now this!

We're gonna play the palace! Do you hear? The palace!

Oh, it would have been wonderful anyway,

but now it's even more wonderful!

- Ha-ha-ha! - Oh, Harry, look out!

And you know what we're gonna do after the first matinee?

Jo: Have dinner, maybe? Harry: We're gonna get married.

Well, here you are at last.

Take a look at it, Jo.

Amateur night is over.

There you are. Take the elevator to your dressing room.

- Thank you very much. - Jimmy!

- Hey, Jo! - Hello!

- Hello! - Hiya, Harry!

- Glad to see you! - You're opening here today too?

- What do you mean, too? - What do you know about that?

After all this time, we're all playing the palace together.

And I hope you have to follow us on!

Listen to him.

Well, I guess we'd better get our dressing room key.

- Yeah. - Palmer and Hayden, please.

And after the matinee, we'll just be using one dressing room.

Say, you...

You don't mean to tell me you're gonna marry this lug?

Well, only for 150 years or so.

- Oh-ho. - What do you know?

Open at the palace, and close

at the little church around the corner.

And I hope you're a hit in both places.

Thanks, Jimmy.

Isn't anybody gonna give a party?

What... sure. Sure somebody's gonna give a part...

I'm gonna give a party tonight right after the show.

Wonderful! And Danny will be in from camp too.

Well, I'm sorry. But there's no Palmer and Hayden here.

- What? - I don't see the name.

Well, it's gotta be, we open here this afternoon.

Well, it is not on my list.

This fellow won't give us our keys.

Palmer and Hayden? You're not booked in here.

There... there must be some mistake.

- Well, so here we are. - Eddie.

Hello, Harry. Hello, Jo.

Say, you must have got in early.

Well, what do you think of our big boy?

Eddie, you wired us we were to play here this week

and they never even heard of us.

I wired you what?

Go on, show it to him.

Harry, this says, "Palmer and Hayden

booked into the palace New York."

Why would I say the palace New York?

Would anybody say that except some poor stenographer

- what do you mean? - Well, there's only one palace.

Harry, you know that.

Nobody has to tell you where that is.

- You meant some other palace? - Certainly. And I said it.

You open there Wednesday for a split week.

Well, why did you have to say "congratulations,"

and "great opportunity, “ and give it the big build up?

Because it is a great opportunity.

Harry, Newark's so close, now all these circuits

send scouts over there. One of them might catch your act...

- He might like it. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's a great chance.

Oh, don't give me that.

Gee, I'm... sorry, kiddo.

Gee, Jo.

Maybe you should have stayed with him.

You could be going up in that elevator too.

I'd rather stay on the ground floor.

At the little church around the corner.

Harry...

I'll marry you now.

I mean I... I'll marry you anytime you say, but...

We always agreed that we're gonna get married

after our first matinee at the palace.

Let's keep it that way, huh?

I why nights are lonesome? I

I why days are blue? I

I why all the sunshine? I

I come just that one time I

I when I'm with you I

I when I am with you only I

iwhy do I

I I hate to go dear I

I say goodbye? I

I it's always so dear I

I and if you know dear I

I please tell me why ii

and then this girl said to me, "so, where'd do your horseback

riding this summer?" And I said, “the same place

I did my ice skating last winter.“

well, fellas, here's to...

Well, here's to, uh...

Say, I wonder where Danny is.

I don't know. He was supposed to've been here a long time ago.

Here he is now! Hiya, Danny.

- Hello. - You know everybody, don't you?

Why, we got our sailing orders.

- When do you have to go? - Right away.

- Right away? - Yeah.

Yeah. I... I just got time to say goodbye.

Well, I guess I'm holding up the army.

Solong, Danny.

- Good luck to you, kid. - Thanks.

- Goodbye, corporal. - Bye, sid. Goodbye.

Take care of yourself, soldier.

I... sure wish I could postpone the war long enough

to... hear you sing again.

- So long, everybody. - All: Solong, Danny.

I roll by I'll come to you I

I my dearie I

I will ring so merrily I

I ev'ry tear I

I will be a memory I

I so wait and pray I

see you at the palace, kid.

I again ii

I we don't want the bacon I

I what we want is a piece of the rhine I

I we'll crown bill the kaiser with a bottle of budweiser I

I when we hit that hindenberg line I

I the army and Navy forever I

I three cheers for the red white and blue I

- boy, is he hokey. - But they like it.

I bacon we don't want the bacon I

I what we want is a piece of the rhine ii

Well, they're yours, brother. What's left of them.

- Come on, let's show them. - You bet we'll show them.

I from coast to coast from Canada to Mexico I

I they're doing a new dance a tried and a true dance I

I that will sweep the land I

I and you'll think it's so grand I

I you'll have to learn how to do it I

I so please don't boo-woo it I

I 'cause we got this little dance I

I that's gonna rise to fame I

I it's sure to put 'most any other dance to shame I

I the Turkey trot the bunny hug the tickley toe I

I will be forgotten when we start to go I

I mister leader won't you start the syncopation? I

I and we'll begin our little demonstration I

I now... first you put your two knees close up tight I

I then you sway it to the left and you sway it to the right I

I step around the floor kind of nice and light I

I then you twist around you twist around I

I with all of your might I

I stretch your iovin' arms straight out in space I

I then you do the eagle walk-a with-a style and grace I

I swing your foot way 'round and bring it back I

I now that's what I call ballin' the Jack! I

- Guys, I'm tired... - Hey, hey, you were great!

Yeah, in Newark, but where are all the scouts

you said were coming over to catch us here?

- Well, here's one. - Hey, were you out front?

Now you've got it. The palace, New York.

And you see if you can keep it straight this time.

Hey, you mean it?

Your audience out there meant it.

If you can make 'em cheer in Newark,

you can phone it in the palace.

How about the second week in October?

- Sure. - Over a month away!

Gee, I won't be able to sleep!

- Alright? - You bet it's alright!

0h, say, Bert, about the kids' salary...

I never discuss details in front of the artists.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

It's here, honey. And this time it's the McCoy.

Say...

Wasn't there some kind of talk about a wedding?

Stupid, why do you think I've been anxious to make the palace?

Hurry up, get dressed. We gotta out and celebrate.

I suppose you can celebrate in Newark, can't you?

Listen, I feel like I could lead a parade

Harry: A month will give us a chance to Polish up the act.

- That's right. - Harry: We can dig up a new song.

Yeah. What kind of a song, Harry?

Harry, what kind of a song?

Honey, what kind of...

Not yet, I'm not.

Well, Harry, it says...

I don't care what it says there!

You think anything's gonna stand in the way

of our playing the palace this time?

Oh, no. Not even a war!

I know how you feel.

- What can you do? - Plenty.

There must be somebody else you can try. There's gotta be.

Now, look, do you want us both to land in jail?

I got two postponements for you.

But I can't do anything about the one tomorrow.

You'll just have to take your physical examination, Harry.

Now, look, I've done all I can do.

I got you into the palace. But, I ain't booking the war!

- Well? - Nothing.

He says he can't do anything about it.

I guess I'll write a letter to Danny.

Oh, yeah. Go ahead. I'll... I'll see you later.

Harry, could I use your pen?

- What's the matter? - Nothing.

- Nothing's the matter. - There is something the matter.

Well, what if there is? Nagging me won't help!

Oh, look, kid, iwanna be alone.

Why don't you go back to your room?

- Alright. - Jo.

Look, baby, I... I didn't mean it. I...

I've got the jitters, that's all. I'm sorry.

- Just take a chair, please. - Yes, ma'am.

Candidate's to return in six weeks for final classification.

Very well, doctor.

Well, come on, Jo! Come on.

Say something. Tell me, how do I look?

Very brave, Mr. Metcalfe. Very brave.

- Here, you finish this for me. - Who's ahead?

If I don't start cheating pretty soon, I'll never get even.

Thank you.

Well, you don't have to cheat if you see the moves.

Look you missed one right here.

Jimmy: Hey, Jo, what is it?

It's...

0h, Jo.

Relax, baby, the palace is okay! We're gonna kill them.

- Harry. - What's the matter, Jimmy?

- Oh, not Danny. - He's gone.

Oh, darling, if I could only make it easier for you.

You don't rate a rotten break like this.

He could have been such a great doctor.

But Danny wouldn't want you to cry.

Why if he could speak to you now, he'd tell you he was happy.

Remember, Jo, Danny did what he wanted to do.

Oh, it's nothing. Just a little accident.

I caught it in my trunk. Don't worry, baby.

It won't keep us from playing the palace.

Jo, don't you believe me?

Alright then, I did do it! But I only did it for us.

Well, you believe that, don't you?

Oh, I feel sorry for you.

Jo, if you'd only listen to me.

You're always acting.

But you'll never make the big time.

Because you're small-time in your heart.

There's only one thing you can do for me.

I never want to see you again, as long as I live.

But it's just stiff, that's all.

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You mean they won't take me?

No, the army won't take you. The tendons are severed.

- It won't bother you much... - They've gotta take me, doc.

- You can do something. - I'm afraid not.

Well, then send me to someone, some specialist.

Doc, I gotta get it fixed. I gotta get in the army! I got to.

I'm sorry. There's nothing anybody can do to help you.

- Hello, Harry. How are you? - Eddie, where's Jo?

You have to tell me. Where is she? I have to see her.

Look, Eddie. I'm going out of my mind.

People cross the street like I'm a house on fire.

You gotta do something. Call someone.

Tell 'em I didn't know what I was doing.

Tell them I don't care about the palace.

Tell them I hope it burns to the ground.

Eddie, listen, you're my friend. You can't shut me out.

Alright, I made a mistake. I did the wrong thing.

Alright, I did the worst thing in the world.

Eddie, somebody's gotta believe me.

I wasn't trying to duck the draft.

I just wanted to get a postponement

for a couple of weeks so Jo and I could

play the palace and get married after that

first matinee, like we planned.

You don't think I wanted that, do you?

They can't shut me out. I owe those guys that are fighting.

I don't know, kid. It's your package.

You bought it and wrapped it up.

Guess you'll just have to untie it yourself.

I what are you going to do for uncle Sammy? I

I what are you going to do to help the boys? I

I if you mean to stay at home I

I while they're fighting o'er the foam I

I the least you can do is buy a Liberty bond or two I

I if you're going to be a sympathetic miser I

I the kind that only lends a lot of noise I

I you're no better than the one who loves the kaiser I

I so what are you going to do to help the boys? Ii

alright, folks, now who will be the first to buy a bond?

Male #1: I will! Woman: So will we!

That's the spirit. Step right over there to the table.

Who's gonna buy a share of the future of america?

- Male #2: I will. - Oh, come on, folks. Come on.

Everybody got a chance to help the fellas over there.

That's the nicest part about being an American.

Alright, folks, put your hands in your pockets

and get to be a hero.

Can I have somebody...

Hey, Harry. How are you?

- What are you doing? - Ymca.

We're going over to France in a couple of weeks.

I thought you were drafted in the army.

I was, but... once I got my physical examination,

they said they'd take me after women and children.

Say, Harry...

Why don't you join up and come on over with us?

You don't think I'm going over there to sing a lot of

silly songs while those guys are getting their heads shot off.

Funny, that's not the way I look at it.

After all, I thought you're a pretty good performer.

A lot of those fellas could use a song and dance, and you...

Well, I just thought maybe you want to go over there.

Well, see you around the stage door.

I you're no better than the one who loves the kaiser I

I so what are you? I I what are you? I

I what are you I I what are you I

I going to do to help the boys? Ii

I parley-vous I

I mademoiselle from armentieres I

I she hasn't been kissed for forty years! I

I hinky-dinky parlez-vous I

come on, fellas. Everybody out.

We don't wanna spend our last day on leave at a ymca.

- I wanna go to one of them... - Not today.

- I got a lot of drinking to do. - I'll take charge of details.

Fall in, everybody.

What?

Oh, c'est la guerre, c'est la guerre old boy.

Oh, I see.

- Money. - Oh, money. Money.

Oh, that's what you want. Wait a minute.

Johnny, got any of that special money left?

Yes, sir. I'm loaded.

There you are, my friend.

Ah, that's fine, fine. There you go.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What about my change?

That goes for you too.

Ha-ha. Alright, everybody. Fall in.

I mademoiselle from armentieres parley-vous ii

I Reuben Reuben I've been thinking I

I said his wifey dear I

I now that things are peaceful and calm I

I the boys will soon be back on the farm I

I mister Reuben started winking I

I and slowly rubbed his chin I

I he pulled his chair up close to mother I

I and he asked her with a grin I

I h... h... how ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm I

I after they've seen paree'? I

I how ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway I

I jazzin' around and paintin' the town? I

I how ya gonna keep 'em away from harm? I

I that's a mystery I

I they'll never want to see a rake or plow I

I and who the heck can parlez-vous a cow ha-ha-ha? I

I how ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm I

I after they've seen paree'? I

I how ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm I

I after they've seen paree'? I

I how ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway I

I jazzin' around and paintin' the town? I

I how ya gonna keep 'em away from harm? I

I that's a mystery I

I imagine Reuben when he meets his pa I

I he'll kiss his cheek and holler oo-ia-ia! I

I how ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm I

I after they've seen I I yeah! I

I after they've seen I I yeah! I

I after they've seen paree'? Ii

Come here and let me put my arms around the palace theatre!

- How are you, baby? - Oh!

Gee, there are a lot of strangers in the world.

My golly, let me look at you.

- Gosh, you look sensational! - Thank you.

Say, I'll tell you what, how about if you and I step out

tonight on the town and show these frenchmen

what you can really do in a town like Paris?

It's a deal. But I got one more number to do.

- You'll wait while I get ready? - Sure, I'll wait.

- Hey, you wanna know something? - What?

We're a cinch to win this war now that you're here.

I'll only be a minute.

Jo: You sure you don't mind waiting?

You know me, Jo.

I'm a good waiter.

- Jimmy! - How are you, kid?

Gee, I didn't expect to see you.

Well, how long you been over here?

I just landed a few hours ago.

It's good to see you, Harry. How's it going?

Oh, I... I thought it'd be better over here, but...

Well, I'm in the right army, but I got the wrong suit on.

What're you givin' me? You got the right suit.

And the right fella's wearing it.

- Look, Jimmy if you're gonna... - I wanna tell you something.

You know what's been the matter with you?

You've been walkin' around with a picture-book villain

in your pocket, and every once in a while you take a look

at it like it was a mirror.

- Look, Jimmy... - Cigarette?

Here's something else you can put in your book, Harry.

Over here, there aren't any heroes

and there aren't any cowards. Believe me.

I've been to the place and... I've seen them.

- Jimmy I... - Light?

They're all just... Just regular guys.

And they all love someone.

That's what makes them do the good things or the bad things.

You did something because you thought it was the right thing

to do at the time. And you had two good reasons for doing it.

Because you wanted to get some place that meant more to you

than anything else in the world and...

Because you loved someone an awful lot.

And those are two pretty good reasons, Harry.

- Can I buy you a drink? - Can you buy me a drink?

You can buy me the biggest drink...

Say, I just happened to think.

I got a date to meet a fella around the corner.

Tell you what you do, sit right here in that chair

and wait for me, huh? Now, wait right here.

I won't be gone over ten minutes. I'll see you.

Well, here I come, Jimmy. All signed, sealed and deliv...

- What are you... - Jo.

I never expected...

I certainly am surprised to see you.

For a minute, I thought...

Jo, don't talk. Just stand there.

Okay. I've got it.

How have you been, Harry? How's everything in New York?

You know, it's a funny thing. Just the other day, I was...

You don't have to skip rope for me.

I know the boat has sailed as far as we're concerned.

And I'm not gonna tell you the bells

are ringing for me and my gal.

Oh, I know I'm not a great guy in a lot of people's books,

but... I don't care about a lot of people.

You're looking the other way.

Coming over in the boat, I took an inventory.

Right up to this minute, my only claim to fame...

You were once my girl.

Not a million other people, but you, have to tell me...

And that you don't hate me.

That's the medal I want to win in this war.

You're not a coward, Harry.

And you know that...

That I'd never hate you.

Thanks, Jo.

And I'll take good care of that medal.

I where do we go from here boys where do we go from here? I

I anywhere from Harlem to a Jersey city pier I

I when pat would spy a pretty girl he'd whisper in her ear I

I oh joy oh boy where do we go from here? I

I where do we go from here boys where do we go from here? I

I slip a pill to kaiser bill and make him shed a tear I

I and when we see the enemy we'll shoot them in the rear I

I oh joy oh boy where do we go from here? Ii

I it's a long way to tipperary I

I it's along way to go I

I it's a long way to tipperary I

I to the sweetest girl I know! Ii

I goodbye Broadway hello France I

I we're ten million strong I

I we're gonna kick the kaiser in his back I

I and it isn't gonna take us I

I isn't gonna take us I

I isn't gonna take us long ii

I there are smiles that make us happy I

I there are smiles that make us blue I

I there are smiles that steal away the teardrops I

I as the sunbeams steal away the dew ii

I oh frenchy oh frenchy frenchy I

I although your language is so new to me I

I oui oui oui I I when you say I

I this means you and me pa-pa I

I oh frenchy oh frenchy frenchy ii

I pack up your troubles in your old kit bag I

I while you've a Lucifer to light your fag I

I smile boys that's the style I

I what's the use of worrying? I

I so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag I

Let me know when it stops!

Yeah, and when the war's over, I'd like to settle down here.

Well, nurse, nurse, here are the men for the stretchers.

- Yes, sir. - Didn't think we looked so bad.

Come on, get after those stretchers, there are eight men

in there seriously wounded, got to be moved immediately.

Come on, snap into it. Get them into your ambulance!

- Get them out of here. - Ambulance?

Oh, I'm sorry, sir. We came here to do a show.

- You in command here, sir? - Yes, what is it?

- How many wounded? Eight? - Eight.

- What happened to the rest? - Oh, I sent 50 off.

In transport truck just before this barrage started.

- You did? Where's the phone? - Yeah. Over there.

Theythought disposition was being held.

There are eight more ambulances on the way down here.

What? You better go back to belle terre.

- And tell them to stop. - Oh, I can't do that, sir.

They're starting a barrage between here and there.

- I can't do it... - Do as I tell you!

- You, give him a hand. - Yes, sir.

You, get on that phone. Call belle terre.

Tell them to stop those ambulances!

- They can't get through. - Yes, sir.

Calling belle terre. Calling belle terre.

Belle terre? Emergency field hospital calling belle terre.

Belle terre! Calling belle terre!

- Did you get through? - Sir?

- Did you get through? - Oh, yes, sir. Yes, sir.

I got through. Everything's fine.

- Did you get through? - Yeah, yeah. I got through.

- Oh, great. - Nice going, Harry.

Hey, that's ourjalopy! Where's Harry?

I guess Harry's just a telephone hero.

Why, I can't believe he'd run out.

Turn back! Turn back. You'll never get through the barrage!

I when Johnny comes marching home again I

I hurray hurray I I hurray hurray I

I we'll give him a hearty welcome then I

I hurray hurray I I hurray hurray I

I all the men will cheer and the boys will shout I

I the ladies they will all turn out I

I and we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home I

I strike up the band I

I let the bells ring now I

I strike up the band I

I let the people shout I

I and every mother son of you I

I that means you and you I

I and you and you... I

I when Johnny comes marching home again I

I we'll give him a hearty welcome then ii

I the bells are ringing for me and my gal I

I everybody's been knowing I

I to a wedding they're going I

I and for weeks they've been sewing I

I every susie and sal I

I they're congregating I

I for me and my gal I

I the parson's waiting I

I for me and my gal I

I we're goin' to build a little home for two I

I for me and my gal ii