"Subtitles:" "Luís Filipe Bernardes" "# Yippee-yay, yippee-yey #" "# Everyone's heading for Nevada today #" "# So here's an invitation from the Four Aces #" "# Inviting you to come out # # to the wide open spaces #" "# If you want to have fun # # in the sun out West #" "# Here's what we suggest #" "# Meet me in Las Vegas #" "# Just take a tip and pack the grip # # And make the trip today #" "# Meet me where the people play #" "# Play in the sun #" "# Meet me in Las Vegas #" "# The price is right, and day or night #" "# It's quite a sight to see #" "# Eight to five you'll soon agree #" "# We'd rather be there than anywhere we know #" "# There where brighter stars # # even in bars are showing #" "# Meet me in Las Vegas # # It's not too far #" "# Come as you are # # You're welcome anyway #" "# By car or plane # # By bus or train #" "# Then meet in Las Vegas # # It's in Nevada #" "# Nevada, U.S.A. #" "# If you can dream #" "# Who knows a better place like mine?" "#" "# If you can dream #" "# You're anyone you dream you are #" "# Castles and kings are everyday things #" "# There's no extreme #" "# If you can dream #" "# And just believe the things you dream #" "# By car or plane #" "# By bus or train # # Then meet me at Las Vegas #" "# It's in Nevada # # Nevada, U.S.A. #" "# Nevada, U.S.A. #" "# Nevada, U.S.A. #" " Hey, here's Chuck Rodwell!" " Hiya, Chuck, how are you, boy?" "Hi, Emma!" "Hey, man!" " How are you, Chuck?" "Nice seeing you again." " Good to see you." " How've you been, boy?" " Fine." " You take the big one." "Hey Chuck, ain't Emma kinda old for that long walk home?" "This time she doesn't walk back, this time she rides back in style like a lady." " You wanna bet?" " Yeah, I'll bet you, and you!" " You got yourself a bet." " I'll take the odds, what do you know about that?" "Don't worry about it." "Jake, how are you?" " Hi, Chuck, good luck to you." " Thanks very much." "I'll see you around, right?" " Don't catch cold, honey." " Oh, Chuck." " Chuck!" " Hey, how are you, honey?" " What's new and exciting?" " You're back." "Hi, Chuck, back for your yearly shellacking?" "Not me." "Haven't you heard?" "This year I'm gonna win." " Hi, Ned." " Chuck!" "Hit me!" "Lady, darling, when you already got nineteen you don't say 'hit me'." "Well, the cards are faced down..." "How do you know I've got nineteen?" "How I know, I don't know." "But I know." "Take my advice, don't take," "Hit me!" "Humph!" "It's not the losing that bothers them, it's the pity they can't stand." "Chuck, you are back!" "Answer me quick a question." "How is the mama?" "Mama, she's got an Italian boy haircut." "But she's not an Italian and she's not a boy." "How does she look?" "Honor thy father and thy mother." "I'm not talking." " It's such a pleasure to see you." " Cool it, warm me up." "Can't you for once come in and not losing your shirt?" "Go loll a little bit by the pool, go." " Deal." " No." " Deal." " No, you have to get healed." " Go find a stranger." " You want me to report you to the manager?" " Why not, here I am." " Hiya, Tom." "Having trouble with the help, Chuck?" " No, he's just saving me from myself." " In your case, I don't blame him." "But every time the house stands to make a dime on anyone..." "Uncle Lonely Hearts starts suffering." "Mr. Culdane." "Mr. Culdane, we have a reservation, but the people in our room... haven't moved out yet and they say there are no other vacancies." " And we just got married." " Shhh." "Well, it won't be long." "Why don't you go to the bar... and have a drink on the house while you're waiting?" "We only got two days and here's all this time being wasted..." "Do you have to tell everybody everything?" "All right, Mr. Culdane." "Am I fired, yes or not?" "Not!" "Only stop helping the customers, will you?" "It antagonizes them." " Well, good luck, bad luck." " Thanks, Tom." "Say honey, hold my hand a little, will you, just for luck?" "Mr. Culdane... now may I talk to you about my little girl?" "When you hear her..." "Another time, please, Gus," "I was due in the Copa Room an hour ago." "Well, never mind." "On peut répéter encore." "You dance like that opening night and I guarantee you will kill the people." "Thank you." " Mr. Culdane, may I talk to you for a moment?" " Oh, for an hour!" "All day!" "I don't want to be difficult but must the waiters work during the rehearsal?" "It's a little distracting." "Boys!" "Knock it off until the rehearsal is over." " There now, you see how easy that was?" " Thank you." "I should have thought of it myself." "Some artists like to get used to the noise they'll run into during the actual performances." "Noise?" "What noise, Mr. Culdane?" "Just the usual noise of people having dinner." "While I'm dancing people will be eating?" "Well, after all, how much noise do people make eating?" "Munching celery, drinking soup, talking?" "Oh no, Mr. Culdane, I'm sorry, it's impossible." "There's nothing I can do about it." "Well, you can speak to the owners, can't you?" "Miss Corvier, the owners are businessmen." "You say art to them, they say Art who?" "All they know about is making money and money they make from people." "And people, while they're catching a floor show, they like to eat, you see?" "And what does that make me?" "An extra dish?" "Well, honey, it makes you just about the highest priced dish in history." "C'est ça pour le moment." "Miss Corvier, an artist like you, with ethics... and $30.000 a week for two weeks... you're not thinking about walking out!" "I left this country when I was 13, so I can't tell you what I am thinking." "I never learned the words in English." "Maria!" "Hold my hand, will you honey, just for luck?" "Just a second, baby, relax." "Seven red." "Why, you great big beautiful doll, that's not a hand, it's a rabbit's foot." "And you're a bunny rabbit, that's what you are." "Let me go, you idiot!" " Why, bunny!" " Really!" "That's the worst-tempered bunny I ever ran into." "Uh-huh..." "A slot machine in my bedroom." "People eating while I dance." "And now this imbecile grabbing my hand, calling me names." "This imbecile, he was quite good-looking." " What difference does that make?" " To me it would make." "What time is Pierre calling?" "I want to get out of this place." "How could he have booked such a thing?" "I never heard of a..." "Oh, a gift maybe from the management?" "No, Mr. Rodwell, Chuck Rodwell." "He says to tell you it's the rabbit's share of the profits." " What?" " He says that..." "Oh, don't give it back, Maria, it's money!" "Excuse me, ma'am." "I wonder if you'd introduce me to Miss Corvier." "My dear boy, I'm afraid your timing is very wrong." "# Who do you think I'm going to see?" "#" "# The gal with the yaller shoes #" "# The gal with the yaller shoes # # and the golden hair #" "# There ain't nobody like her #" "# Fiddle up, fiddle up, fiddler man #" "# I'm aimin' to have this dance #" "# With the gal with the yaller shoes #" "# Ain't nobody like her # # Ain't nobody like her #" "# Ain't nobody like the gal #" "# With the yaller shoes #" "Sorry, that was an accident." "What I came to say is, thank you for the tip, Mr. Rodwell, but I don't want it." "What I do want is for you to stop bothering me." "I hope I make myself entirely clear." "Look, baby..." "Please stop calling me baby, or honey, or bunny." " I'm sorry, I don't know your name." " I don't want you to." "Okay, I don't have to." "All I want to tell you is that I'm not trying to bother you." "It's just that I won a lot of money when you were holding my hand." " You held my hand." " All right, I held your hand." " You can't think that's why you won." " I certainly can." " But that's ridiculous." " All right, so it's ridiculous." "But since I am that ridiculous," "I thought I ought to share the winnings with you." "You don't have to agree with me, that's fine, but what are you so mad about?" "I can see you being a little annoyed, but why should you be boiling?" "I'm not quite sure." "Mr. Rodwell, I owe you an apology." "I am angry, but I see now it isn't you." " I am sorry." " No hard feelings." "Anybody I can poke in the eye for you?" "I'm afraid it would have to be my eye, so no, thank you." "All of a sudden I can't believe it." "You got lucky." "Lotzi, do you believe in witches?" "Certainly." "Why, you met one?" "Her?" "The ballerina?" "You're barking up the wrong witch." "Elle ne m'écoute pas." "Un moment, elle vient d'arriver." "It's Pierre." "I'm telling him what's what and he's already aging ten years." "Pierre, you know I never criticize the engagements that you make for me." "But this one is a mistake!" "At $30.000 dollars a week it can't be a mistake." "Not if you want a New York opening." "Darling, it's impossible for me to come out there." "Just this once you'll have to deal with the problems yourself." "Oh, it isn't so difficult," "It isn't as if you had to be cooperative and reasonable like a normal human being." "You're a ballerina, you're not supposed to be normal." "Nobody is normal in Las Vegas." "When you arrive, do they send you champagne to make you welcome?" "No." "They send you a slot machine with the compliments of the management." "They don't know you but they talk to you." "They call you honey, they call you bunny, they make jokes that..." "I am being aloof." "There's no one to be aloof from." "Maria, are you talking about people?" "Since when do have anything to do with people?" "When you are not on the stage working you should be in your room resting." "Now remember that and nothing will upset you." "Nothing will happen to you at all." "Forgive me, darling, but I'm in the middle of a costume rehearsal." "I'm sorry, you'll have to stay." "Pierre says we have to stay." "Pierre says, Pierre says, says, says." "Since you are 14 Pierre is always saying." "Isn't it time you say a few words yourself?" "You're the one who's always saying listen to Pierre." " A ballerina shouldn't think." " I know." "It must be Las Vegas." "I'm reacting to it very peculiar." "It's reminding me of Monte Carlo in my youth." "And what a youth." "But about that you would not know, poor thing." "If you mean all those Archdukes and millionaires... buzzing around you like bees, I ought to know." "You've told me often enough." "And from my telling did you learn something?" "Here you are sitting like a wallflower." "Is anyone buzzing?" " I don't want anyone buzzing." " Then why do you work so hard?" " Because I love to dance." " Oy, what a reason!" "Why did you work so hard when you were a ballerina?" "Everything I did in mine whole life, being a ballerina, marrying three managers in a row, everything, I had only one reason:" "Men." "I am loving men." "I can't see what's so loveable about them." "Of course not." "I'm wasting mine time." "To blind men how can you talk about color?" "Oy!" " 15 black." " Sorry, Chuck." "Oh, honey, I enjoyed it." " You sure know how to lose." "Just takes a little practice, which I've had." " Better luck next time." " Thanks, honey." "They paged us." "But you were so busy gambling... you didn't hear and they gave the room away." "So there!" "Sonny, if she gets much madder, having that room won't do you any good." "Huh?" "Oh!" "Psst!" "Psst!" "Yes?" "No, no, no, just him." "Just my friend, the big-time gambler." "Congratulations, baby," "I'm hearing you're losing all your money... the first day this year instead of the second." "I've still got twenty bucks and the car." "But you never sell the car till the last minute." " Just what minute do you think this is?" " Why don't you stop already?" "Why should I, there's nothing wrong with me... that only one good hand wouldn't fix." "Lotzi, did you hear what I said?" "I said a mouthful." "I've been holding the wrong hands, that's all." "Come in." "Come in, come in!" "Yes, Mr. Rodwell?" "I was wondering." "Would you consider having dinner with me?" "Well, thank you, but Mme. Hatvani and I are having dinner here." "Hi." "Sit down, don't be bashful." "Start buzzing." "Where are you going?" "When I'm coming back I'll be making a report." "I think that she thinks you ought to go out with me." "What's the point in being in Las Vegas if you all you do is stay in your room?" "It makes no difference where I am, Mr. Rodwell." "When I'm not working I rest and when I'm not resting..." "I work." "Well, uh... what do you do for fun?" "Oops!" "Dancing is fun." "Oh well, I mean, besides that." "There isn't any besides that." "Well, don't you ever feel any need... for a little excitement?" "Oh, I suppose everyone does from time to time." "Well.. what do you do about that?" "I take a cold shower." " Is there anything else?" " I'm not doing very well, am I?" " I'm sorry, thank you, anyway." " Maybe I'd do better if I told you the truth." "The fact is I got a hunch about you." "I think you're lucky for me." "You see, I was losing all day long." "Except twice." "Twice I held your hand, twice I won." " It's a coincidence." " What if it isn't?" "What if every time I hold your hand I win?" " That'd be pretty interesting, wouldn't it?" " Interesting?" "It would be a miracle." "We'd make ourselves a fortune too, wouldn't we?" "So let's go over to the gambling casino and try it out." "Go over to the..." "Do you expect me to go trotting... from table to table with you holding your hand?" "When an opportunity like this comes along you got to take it." "What opportunity?" "This isn't a fact, this hunch of yours is a daydream...." "It's a test it." "It'll only take you a minute... and you won't even have o change your clothes." "There's a one-armed bandit... uh, slot machine just inside the lobby." "All we got to do is go over there and try it." "Couldn't we use the one in my bedroom?" "You got a slot machine in your bedroom?" " Yes." " Oh, sister, you're really great." "Come on!" "In the entire history of Las Vegas..." "I think that's the first time anyone ever hit... two jackpots in a row on the same machine." "It'll take me just ten minutes to get dressed." "What if the one-armed bandit in my bedroom was simply out of order?" "Well, we'll find out in a minute, cause that's all there is to find out with." "But until you're sure, you're not going to bet it all, are you?" " All isn't very much." " Yes it is, if it's all you have." " Now in the first place, I'll add $20." " Uh-huh, no dice." "You put up the hand, I put up the money." "We split the winnings even steven." "All right, but first you bet one dollar." "No, I have a reputation to maintain." "A reputation for what, winning or losing?" "You bet one dollar all by yourself... if you lose you bet another one holding somebody else's hand... to see if you need me." "Then I'll try... first alone then with someone else." "Because I may not need you." "Cutting me out already, huh?" "Then we try together one dollar three times." "If we win three times in a row, well, then we must admit there's more to this than meets the eye." "That is quite an admission." " Chuck?" " Just dollar chips for me." " Dollar?" " Yeah, I'm teaching her how to gamble." "Let's see, first I bet a dollar alone." "7." "17 black." " Now holding somebody else's hand." " Right." "Hold my hand, honey, will you, just for luck?" "Lovely." "19 red." " Want to try again, baby?" " He hasn't the time." "Thank you anyway." "Oh, excuse me." "I didn't know you had your nurse with you." "Honey, let me do my own brushing off, will you?" "I beg your pardon." "My turn." "40 black." "Grab yourself a hand." "I can't." "I can't just go up to a stranger and..." "I don't drink." "Hold my hand, will ya, honey?" "Just for luck?" "For any reason you want." " What's your name?" " Oh, I don't know." "Yeah, it's so hot and stuffy in here I can hardly remember my own." "It's all right." "Why don't we go to the bar and talk it over?" "17 black." "Thank you so much." "Hey, the bar is that way." "The bar, you remember, where we were gonna have a drink... and find out who you are?" "All right, buster, take off." "You've had it." "Oh, I see." "Sorry." "I must have had her confused with someone else." "You're a pretty fast worker, bunny." "Don't be silly." " Are we ready?" " All I need is the rabbit's foot." " 20?" " Uh-huh." "One." "20 black" "Two to go, right?" "Right." " Twenty?" " Uh-huh." "20 red." " Chuck, I don't think I can stand this." " Take it easy, darling." "20 again?" "Uh-huh." "20." "20 again!" "You great, big, beautiful doll." "This is you, isn't it, Chuck?" "Oh, I'm sorry, I..." "It was just that I got..." "I..." "It's quite understandable." "What do you say, Chuck, are you going to try it again?" "Yeah, again, and again, and again." " Let's go someplace to sit down." " Now?" " There's so much to think about." " Like what, for heaven's sake?" "Like..." "Like having dinner." "I'm hungry." "Well, I guess if we're gonna keep any strength in that hand..." "I'd better feed you." "Cash them in, Bill." "The next thing we gotta do, bunny, is to move on to another club." "Since you're working here at the Sands, it would be more tactful... if we broke somebody else's bank." " I thought you were hungry." " I was, but now I'm not." "And that's funny, because I've been hungry every day for ten years." "That's terrible." "Suddenly I feel there are a lot of terrible things... about the way I've been living..." "Bunny, we've got to clean up as much as we can tonight." "We've got this fairy godmother, but who knows how long she's gonna stick around." "Oh, I don't know." "She picked us out, didn't she?" "She must have something in mind." "Yes, well, never look a fairy godmother in the mouth, I always say." "As long as we got her, let's use her." "Like now." "Chuck, could we stay and see the performance?" "Please?" "I've never been in a nightclub before." "Honey, you baffle me." "I thought all you ballerinas lived a real gay life." "And I just found out we don't." "That's why it's so nice just sitting here with you." "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." "The Sands takes pleasure in presenting a great artist..." "Miss Lena Horne." "# If you can dream #" "# The world's a better place by far #" "# If you can dream #" "# You're anyone you dream you are #" "# Day or night #" "# You've the right to pretend #" "# Close your eyes #" "# Each surprise is yours, my friend #" "# If you can dream #" "# The love you seek is by your side #" "# If you can dream #" "# Each kiss will leave you starry-eyed #" "# Castles and kings are everyday things #" "# There's no extreme #" "# If you can dream #" "# And just believe the things #" "# You dream #" "Okay, let's go." "We're losing money." "Could we dance?" "Oh, just for a minute." "I've never danced with anyone except professionally." "Honey, it occurs to me there's an awful lot of things you've never done." "You have no idea." "In fact, I had no idea." "And I'd like to do every single one of them tonight." "Well, we'll dance." "That much I'll contribute to your education." "What kind of a combination is that?" "What do they possibly have to talk about?" "Well, he's a boy and she's a girl." "You'd be amazed at what a basis for conversation this can be." "Look at me dancing with a real dancer." "And this is something to be said for it, too." "What's the matter?" "Don't you like it?" "It's very different from dancing on the stage." " It makes me feel odd, like uh..." " Like what?" "Like having a cold shower." " Let's spend some money." " I thought you'd never say it." " What do you say, boss?" " What do I say?" "I say I want another man on the wheel." "Ladies and gentlemen, time out for just a minute." "Five croupiers in an hour." "What's the matter, Charlie, you're turning chicken?" "Poor little fellow, got a pain in your wallet." "Can't let the man get used to paying out, it might get to be a habit." " Where are we going?" " Same number." "Same number!" "10 black." "Ten." "Sorry, Charlie, I thought it was the maid." " Listen, Kelly, do you know Chuck Rodwell?" " Oh, yeah, he's a wonderful guy." "Shame he has no luck." "You don't say." "Well, that wonderful guy with no luck... over at the table is killing me." "Chuck Rodwell?" "Why, that's a miracle, Charlie." "Sure, only I'm on the other side of the miracle, so come on." "Wait a minute, come on where?" "What do you want from me?" "What do you think?" "I want you to get him away from the table." " How?" " Kelly, I'm not a girl." "I don't know how girls make guys do things and stop doing things." "But girls know how." "The last I heard you were a girl." "No." "I don't want to." "I don't think it's nice." "It isn't nice?" " Uh-uh." "He's already got so much he'd have to truck it out of here." " Is that nice?" " Well, I don't care." "I like Chuck." "And I don't like you." "Well, that leaves only one question." "How do you like your job?" "Let's stop for a while." " What for?" " Yeah, for what?" "I'm sorry." "I thought it'd be fun to have a little fun." "You know, talk and dance, and..." " Talk..." " We can do that any old time." "Kelly!" "You've been here all day and didn't look me up, huh?" "Just to show you what you've missed." "Since when do you worry about what I've missed?" "Since I found out you're making a fortune." "You've always been a little doll, with a little money you'll be a big doll." " Is that enough?" " Oh, Chuck!" "To put it simply, I'm mad about you." " Besides, I want to learn your system." " You'll meet my system." "Maria, this is Kelly Donovan, an old friend of mine." "this is Maria Corvier." "Hi." " Ballerina?" " Uh-huh." "Well, aren't you stepping into the big time, boy." "Dancing girls on both sides." "This is a dream I've had quite often." "Well, look, beautiful dreamer, now that you're loaded..." "I hope you realize I'm not going to let you get out of my sight." " Isn't she wonderful?" " Isn't she?" "Look, sweetie, I have to give what my agent laughingly calls a performance." "So why don't you two drop over at the Silver Slipper." "We'll need the applause." "If you bring your money with you, I may sit at your table afterwards." " Promise?" " Uh-huh." "We'll cash in our chips and we'll be there." " Chuck, you promise me?" " Uh-huh." "Anyway, Maria wanted to quit, didn't you?" " But you didn't." " But now I do." "Besides, we're off to a pretty good start, so we can just walk out fine." " I couldn't have planned it better." " Aw, come on, honey." "If you're a good girl, I may tell you all about him." "# You're looking at a real sophisticate #" "# The lust for life has been my goal #" "# I've done a lot of things I shan't relate #" "# But I refuse to rock and roll #" "# I've been the inspiration for a song #" "# With spicy lyrics by dear Cole #" "# And I've been banned in Boston right along #" "# But I refuse to rock and roll #" "# It's not that it takes emotions # # That I like #" "# I've got what you might call respect #" "# For my sacroiliac #" "# I've danced with sailors at the USO #" "# For which I got a Navy scroll #" "# And I've been tattooed # # where it doesn't show #" "# But I refuse to rock and roll #" "# I've been to dinner with that ex-king man #." "# He offered me a pink mink stole #" "# The gifts he promised me could fill a van #" "# But I refuse to rock and roll #" "# That prince #" "# Used to court me everywhere I went #" "# I winced... #" "# When I think of the times #" "# But he chased me round the tent #" "# I have a lot of virtues I suppose #" "# But none a spinster would extoll #" "# The point is I'm not the purest rose #" "# But I refuse #" "# To give in to rhythm and blues #" "# To save my soul I just won't rock #" "# To save my soul I refuse to rock and roll #" "Isn't she sensational?" "Isn't she just about the cutest thing you ever laid..." "No, I don't think she's the cutest thing I've ever seen." "Well, you asked me." "Honey, don't you think you're a little loaded?" "You know, tight, drunk." "Oh no, I don't think so." "I'm lucky, but not that lucky." "Hi, honey." "Kelly, it was just great." "You're insane, boy, you're rich." "What did you think?" "I think you're the cutest thing Chuck has ever seen." "How nice of you to tell me." "Say, I'm through for the night." "Why don't we all go someplace?" " We're all yours." " I'm not." "I'm not yours at all, doll." "Hm, you know what I think?" "I think you're having a tantrum." " Oh no, she's not..." " Of course I am... and I have to be given my own way." " Right back to the roulette, please." " No!" " You don't want to do that." " Don't we?" "What if this isn't available tomorrow, hm?" "Honey, she's got a point." "Well, she's missing a better point." "Just take a look at what's coming on." "This is bigger than both of us." "More than gambling, more than me, that's what he loves." "# My lucky charm, # # just wait until you look her over #" "# My lucky charm, # # Is worth awaiting a four-leaf clover #" "# If you're wondering lately # # Why I've been doing greatly #" "# I must insist it's cause I'm kissed #" "# My lucky charm # # is not a trinket that I carry #" "# My lucky charm # # is someone I intend to marry #" "# If you want to see her #" "# From now on # # you can see her on my arm #" "# The lovely lady I call my lucky charm #" "I just wanted to know how you feel about ballet." " About what?" " Ballet." "Oh, ballet." "I can take it or leave it." "Of course I haven't seen you yet." "You certainly haven't." "He certainly hasn't, has he?" "Hm?" "Oh, I don't know, honey." "You've asked me quite a while back." "No, I didn't." "I hoped to, but I didn't." "That's what I'm working on now." "# I must insist it's cause I kiss #" "# My lucky charm # # is not a trinket that I carry #" "# My lucky charm # # is someone I intend to marry #" "# If you want to see him #" "# From now on # # you can see him on my arm #" "$ The lovely old daddy # # I call my lucky charm #" "Bunny, you gotta get out of here!" "You liked it when they did it." "$ The lovely old daddy # # I call my lucky charm #" "You ought to be ashamed of yourself." "What were you thinking of, you and Pierre, to let me live this long and be this ignorant?" " Ignorant about what?" " About men." "Half the human race, that's all." "Maria, darling, begin from the beginning." "What happened?" "Nothing happened." "I'm a failure." "I'm worse than a failure." "I'm just..." "A man can sit with me, dance with me, talk with me." "Even kiss me." "And not even see me." "He talked to you, danced with you, kissed you..." "... and you say nothing happened?" "Oy!" " Nothing happened." "It's my hand he's interested in." "Not me." "It's a shame it isn't attached." "A little snip comes along who walks like this." "And he goes." "Ten elephants come along... who dance like..." "That!" "And he goes..." "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha." "And when I do the very same thing... he doesn't even see me." " So you like him." " Like him?" "Yes, I like him." "Not that there's anything so remarkable about him." "With all the millions of men in the world, how can anyone be so remarkable?" "Not that I would have chosen to like him." "Yes, I like him." "So he's calling!" " What could be more convenient?" " Don't answer it!" "I have nothing to say to him." "But you just said you liked him." "To like a man who can't even see you isn't sensible." "To like a man who can't even see you doesn't mean you can't hate him." "Hello?" "No, here is not bunny." "She's here, bunny, but she... her..." "here this is not her." "You are following?" "She's not wanting to talk to you." "Look, darling, me you do not have to convince..." "I'm talking to you, she's not." "Wait a minute." "I'll see what's what." "Oy!" "My boy, she's taking a cold shower." "What this means I cannot begin to tell you." "But for you, it is not good." "Chuck!" "Chuck, I'm hearing you and the ballerina..." " you are cleaning up like two brooms." " Yeah." "Oh, you are so used to it you are bored already?" "She's so mad at me she wouldn't even talk to me on the telephone." "I don't know what I did to hurt her feelings." " I got problems." " Ah, this everyone has." "But besides problems you got money and this you never had." "Let me see it, let me feast my eyes." " Oh, Lotzi, it's 4:00 in the morning." " Let me look." "It wouldn't tire me." "Half of this is hers." "You know something, Lotzi?" "She's an awfully nice girl." "Until this money is soon parted, I'm keeping this until tomorrow." "Look, I'm not gonna gamble anymore tonight, I can't without her." "Come on, I want to go to bed." "Look, I'm making a deal." "May my boss, Mr. Culdane, drop dead... if I'm not giving you the money tomorrow." "Okay, Lotzi, you win." "I'll see you in the morning." "High-flying ballerina stops the show at Silver Slipper." "People eating while you're dancing, that disturbs you." "Doing publicity pictures by the pool, that was vulgar." "But getting crocked in a saloon and going like this... oh, that's art, that's high-class, that's just dandy." "I told you I'm sorry." "What do you want her to do to prove it?" "Push a peanut with her nose from Las Vegas to New York?" "If it would get her out of my sight, why not?" "When I think what I've done to keep you happy." "That ridiculous salary, your own personal slot machine." "Giving in to you right and left, left and right..." "Culdane, please get in touch with my manager." "Oh, I got in touch with your manager before the sun was up." "And you know what he had the gall to claim?" "He said that what you did had no effect whatsoever on your contract." "Is that one for the book?" "I don't care what he said." "We're leaving on the next plane." " That's perfectly all right..." " It is here Mme. Hatvani." " I'll call, I'll get the plane..." " It is him, Tom Culdane also." "And you are welcome to him, you are sure." "Yes, yes, what is it?" "They are?" "How many?" "That... many." "Yes, yes, I see." "Well, you tell them I'll be right over." "Oh, what a beautiful morning!" "Seven owners of the Sands are here." "Two more than have ever been together at one time." "And they want to see me." "Guess why?" "Therefore, these are my parting words!" "Get packed!" "Ohh..." " Mr. Culdane," " Gus, I know you love your little girl but man, there's a time and a place." "I just wanted to tell you the owners are waiting." "Thank you, you're very kind." "Good morning, gentlemen, I think I know what you're going to say." " Tommy, old boy." " The genius with a giant brain." "How do you like that?" "And I was gonna fire him for hiring the ballerina." "We ought to get down on our knees and apologize." "You'd rather have a bonus, wouldn't you?" "Look at that, 9 o'clock in the morning!" "It's better than the hottest Saturday night we ever had." "Wherever that ballerina is that's where they wanna be." "The girl having luck was an accident, but to publicize it by arranging the Silver Slipper caper, that was pure genius." "How did you think of it, Tom?" "Well, you know there's more to my job... than just seeing that the waiters have clean shirts." "Good morning, friends." "Some of the boys wanted me to have a little chat with you." "So chat." "Thanks to Mr. Slob Culdane, an employee of the Sands became a public benefactor last night... in everyplace but the Sands." "We took quite a shellacking." "But I'm not here to complain." "I'm here to discuss a matter of principle." "The principle of gambling, which is based on the element of chance." "Right?" "But when that ballerina of yours comes to the table... there isn't any element of chance." "Right?" "So it isn't gambling, right?" " So, get out an injunction." " We got a better idea." "Get rid of her." "Send her to Mexico, send her to Reno." "Let her break their banks, but get her out of Vegas!" "Tom, we've got the little lady for two weeks haven't we, with an option for a third?" "Well, you trot up and see her right now." "Tell her we love her and we hereby exercise our option for the third week." "And just as many more as we can get." " Yeah, I'm on my way." " And remember, Tom, we're holding you personally responsible for the little girl's happiness... every minute she's in Las Vegas." "Ohh...!" "Chuck, haven't you got a heart?" "It might mean my bonus if she won't stay even my job." "It's such a little thing for me to ask you and such a little thing for you to ask her." "Tom, I am not gonna ask her anything." "If she wants to quit, that's her business." "Between the papers and the way you acted, I do not blame her." "Chuck, pal, buddy..." "Three years ago, when you went broke, who bought you a car and paid for its price?" "Tommy, you're wasting your time." "And two years ago when you were hocked up to your eyeballs... those out-of-town jobs, who squared them?" "And then..." "Tom, I'll tell you what I'm gonna do." "I am going to go and get the money from Lotzi." "Then I'm going to try and see Maria and give her her half." "And then I'm gonna thank her for winning my half." "And then I'm going to apologize for getting her into this mess." "And then I'm gonna say... goodbye." "I'm going to my rehearsal whether you like it or not." " Look, Miss..," " Be quiet, Mr. Culdane!" "You talk too much." "The only thing that could possibly... keep me from opening here would be my deciding not to not your deciding anything." "If I made a fool of myself last night, why shouldn't I?" "If I run a Can-Can down Main Street, or gamble with him or not gamble with him, why shouldn't I?" "Let's get this straight, Mr. Culdane, what I do or I don't do depends entirely on me." "Man, that's nobody, that's a tiger." "Well, whatever she is, she can have me." "Well, I think I'll go in and pick up my bonus." "Gus!" "Gus, I hear your little girl is just loaded with talent." "Why didn't you tell me, man?" "It's my department." "I'll audition her right after the ballet rehearsal, all right?" "Mr. Culdane, you sure you didn't get fired?" "Fired?" " Well, well, if it isn't Lucky Chucky." " And a happy good morning to you." " You are having a fine night sleep, I hope?" " Wonderful." "I spent the night with Emma." "Don't worry, girls." "It's a horse, Emma." "Now that you've got my good name cleared up, may I have the money, if you please?" " What money?" " Quit kidding, I'm in a hurry." "Who's kidding?" "And also, who's got the money?" "What do you mean who's got the money?" "I mean it's gone mine boy." "By special messenger straight to your mama." "You told me you'd give it back to me the minute I asked for it." "You promised." "Who believes a Hungarian promise?" "Just to show you I'm a sport," " Here, mine boy." " Mine boy, I'll get back to you!" "Later in spades." " What are you doing here?" " Looking for you." " Funny place to be looking for me." " Why?" "I found you, didn't I?" "That's all." "Be on stage and ready for rehearsal at 6 o'clock." "That was the most beuatiful thing I've ever seen." " I thought you didn't care about ballet." " That's what I thought too." "But I was wrong." "I suppose you want to gamble." "Oh, if you'd like to and you're not busy." "I am busy." "I'm very busy." "But if it's convenient later on, which I rather doubt," "I'll get in touch with you." "I'll pick you up right here in 15 minutes." "Well, so long, old horse, it's been real nice knowing you." "Where are you going?" "I've just decided I've been outclassed and I can't take the competition." "I didn't know there was any." "Do you think we tell you guys everything?" "Okay, fellas." "The curtain." "Bring out those screens." "All right, Gus, bring on your little doll." "Well, what do you know?" "She really is a doll." "# Red jersey, purple ties #" "# A little bird singing, # # a happy young damsel #" "# With love in her eyes # # Roaming from town to town #" "# Strutting along, showing her adorable dimples #" "# Everyone would simply die for them #" "# What a pity being all alone #" "# Let's take a walk #" "# And brush off that sadness #" "Well, she's awfully cute, Gus, but she can't speak English and I don't..." "She can't speak it, but she can sing it." "Listen." "Mitsuko, now sing Lucky Charm in English, okay?" "No, this man scares me." "She said you scare her." "That's ridiculous!" "I love little kiddies." "Don't say such things, come on." "She'll sing, she'll sing." " You know Lucky Charm?" " Sure, Lucky Charm, boys." "Hold it..." "Pete!" "Just a second, eh?" "Peter, would you mind playing the piano?" "Sure." " Just kind of slow and easy, okay?" " Okay." "Now you sit right up here." "Now you sing with me." "Just watch me, okay?" "# My lucky charm #" "# Wait until you look her over #" "# My lucky charm #" "# Worth awaiting four-leaf clover #" "#If you've wondered lately #" "# What I've been doing lately #" "# I must insist it's cause I've kissed #" "# My lucky charm #" "# Is not a trinket that I carry #" "# My lucky charm #" "# Is someone I intend to marry #" "# If you want to see her #" "#From now on you can see her #" "# On my arm #" "# The lovely lady I call my lucky charm #" "# My lucky charm #" "# Is not a trinket that I carry #" "# My lucky charm #" "# Is someone I intend to marry #" "# If you want to see her from # # now on you can see her on my arm #" "# The lovely lady I call my lucky charm #" "# The lovely lady I call my lucky charm #" "# The lovely, lovely lady I call my lucky charm #" "I think we can use her." "You know something?" "You look positively beautiful." "I look exactly the way I looked last night." "Well, then you must have looked beautiful last night too." "Hi, you two." "Well, what's it going to be, blackjack or roulette?" "I fixed up a private little room so you can gamble all by yourselves without anyone annoying you." "And without anyone betting along with us." "What, are you philanthropists?" "You have to win for everyone?" "Come on, come on, I'll show you." "When we want to gamble, we'll tell you." "It isn't compulsory, is it?" "Anytime you need me, Miss Corvier, I'm yours." "Nothing like winning a couple of bucks for turning a nice guy into a crank." "Why should he take it for granted that we want to gamble every minute?" "Why shouldn't he?" "You're a gambler, aren't you?" " At least you're always gambling." " Well, sure, I'm in Las Vegas." "If I were in a swimming-pool, I'd be swimming." "But that doesn't mean I'd make swimming my life's work, does it?" "Well, no..." "The truth is I don't anything about you, do I?" "Except that when we hold hands something happens." "Well, that's a pretty good place to start from, isn't it?" "If you'd like to know any more, it can be arranged." "All right, arrange it." "With that name, this must have something to do with you." "Well, on all my bank loans, it says rancher." "I wondered last night, when I was thinking about you." "How you manage to stay so healthy-looking... spending all your time in gambling rooms." "I was thinking about you last night too." "It's so big." "You must be very rich." "Well, I own a lot, but what I own doesn't usually include money." "Chuck, aren't you any good at ranching?" "Well, I have a diploma from an agricultural college that says I am." "Then why don't you make money at it?" "I do." "If you make it, then why don't you have it?" "I lose it." "Oh, not all of it, just the profits." "The profits I take to Las Vegas." "You mean you gamble it away?" " But why?" " I like gambling." "You liked gambling last night too, didn't you?" "Well, yes, but we were winning, you're always losing." "Bunny, if you like gambling, that includes winning and losing." " It's hard to explain." " It must be." "It doesn't make sense." "That's right, it doesn't." "You know, cards, roulette and dice... they don't care whether you're a nice guy or a louse." "whether you're a scientific player with a system... or just a superstitious bum like me." "And that's what I like about it." "There are no rules." "And there are so many rules about everything." "You know, if you work hard, you make money." "You don't work hard, you go broke." "You plant alfalfa, you get alfalfa." "What's wrong with that?" " Well, it leaves out all the surprises." "Like you." "Now, when does a rancher-type guy like me... meet up with a ballerina like you?" "Now that, that's like planting alfalfa and getting violets." "It's beautiful." "So quiet, so peaceful after Las Vegas." "And no people." "No people!" "Aren't there any people here at all?" "It's a house rule." "Nobody works while the boss is away." "They wouldn't anyway, so why should I make them feel guilty?" "Hey boss, did you ride the horse?" "Bunny, these are my so-called helpers." "This is Scotty, Joe..." "Pete, Whitey, Buck, Horrible, Slim and Lee, our chef." " Hi." " Fellows, this is Maria Corvier." " Is she the one with the hand?" " Yeah, she's the one with the..." "What have you guys got, a pipeline to Vegas?" "Show 'em, bunny." "I'll take on anyone, at any time, on anything." "If you'll pardon the expression, what's cooking?" " Half a beef in the barbecue pit." " Company?" "She play bingo at the church last night and won 70c." "She got so carried away she invited the whole congregation for dinner." " How is she?" " Cranky." " Where is she?" " In the henhouse telling off the hens." "Who is she?" "She is Miss Hattie, my old lady, a very disagreeable dame." "You mean you're talking about your mother?" "Yes, but don't say it in such reverend tone." "She ain't Whistler's mother, she's mine." "You'll see for yourself, we'll go call her." " Whitey, take care of the car." " I hope I see you again." " Yes, ma'am." " I hope so!" "Uh, bunny, one thing." "If my mother gets fresh, just talk back." " You think she won't like me?" " Oh, it isn't that..." "She just doesn't like girls." "At least she hasn't up to now." "I suppose there's been a great many." "Girls, I mean." " Hm..." " What is it she doesn't like about them?" "Well, she has no use for what she calls modern youth." " Too wild for her?" " Oh, no." "Too tame." "Oh." "And you call yourself a hen!" "You can do it if you put your ever-loving mind to it, you foul fowl." "You haven't been able to bully Teresa into laying an egg for the last three years." "You're not gonna start now." " Another one." " Behave yourself, this is Maria Corvier." " If I'm not broke, you can thank her." " I heard, the girl with the golden mitts." " How do you do, Mrs. Rodwell?" " Howdy." "She learned that in the movies." "I'm glad to know you." "The dancing girl, huh?" "He always goes for 'em, just like his dad." "Just like his pa, you mean." "Stay in character." "I stand corrected." "How often do you take them out for a walk?" "We don't." "Their feet never touch the ground." "Never in their whole lives?" "The poor things." "What a rancher's wife you'd make." "Come on, we'll give you the guided tour." "When you've seen Teresa you've seen our worst." "Don't let her get you, Ma." "Don't give her the satisfaction." "What's with Daisy, Slim?" "Having another calf?" "No, the vet looked her over this morning." "Said she dreamed the whole thing up." "Never saw such a notional cow." "Remember when I delivered her last one?" "Even after it was born she wouldn't believe it." "You mean... you mean yourself?" "Yes!" "When you live in a place like this... you develop some mighty odd talents." "What a rancher's wife I'd make is right." "When my cat had kittens I fainted." "Daisy's gonna be a ma!" "Yippee!" "Daisy's gonna be a ma!" " It's a girl, it's a girl!" " Who?" " Daisy!" " Daisy?" "Daisy!" " Are you sure?" " She's gonna be a ma?" "What's that hole in the ground over there?" "Just what you said." "A hole in the ground." "But with that pile we're gonna make in Las Vegas tonight..." "I think I can make even a bigger hole in the ground." "with maybe a little oil in the bottom." "You know, I think we can get down to 100 ft. or so... with just that money that Lotzi sent you?" "The money Lotzi sent who?" "Didn't you get a wad of money from Las Vegas this morning?" "I didn't get anything from anyplace this morning." "Why, that dirty, double-dealing Hungarian dealer." "Bunny, did you..." "Wait a minute, be careful!" "Listen, what was that about the money you won back in Las Vegas?" "You don't actually believe all that dribble about holding hands, do you?" "Oh, it's true, Mrs. Rodwell." "We don't know what it is..." " ... but it works every time." "Well, anyone can tell Chuck has no brains, but for a sensible girl like you." "Oh!" "Oil!" "What a wife she'd make for a rancher." "Hm-hmm!" "Mother, I've told you, I've known her 24 hours." "That's only one day." "Yes, and in that day the hens have laid a year's supply of eggs, a cow with enema diagnosed as indigestion has had a calf... not to say anything about a well without a pump... that's hollered 'Dig me, I've got oil'!" "Don't bicker, son." "The evidence is piling up." "Well?" "What are you going to do about it?" "Do I usually do anything about a girl I've known 24 hours?" "Yep!" "Well, maybe, but..." "But it's different." "She's kind of special." "Anyway it's ridiculous to talk about it." "You see, she's an artist." "She's got a certain kind of a future..." "Yes, and she's got a hand that'll do absolutely no good... without your hand holding it." "Do you think that if we really liked each other... it would matter to me whether we had the luck or not?" "I don't know, Chuck." "I just got sort of fascinated with the idea... that if you did like each other, you'd have the luck too." " Well, that's pretty mercenary, isn't it?" " Oh, I don't know." "Well anyway, I'm going to take her back to Las Vegas before I get any fancy ideas." "It seems to me you could stay for dinner." "What fancy ideas can you get while you're eating?" "Well, it would be different if it wasn't a barbecue." "But you know, you get out there with the fire... and the guitars and the... moonlight and the stars and..." "you know me." "No." "I am taking her back to Las Vegas." "Honey, do you think you could possibly stay for dinner?" "Oh, yes, I called Sari and canceled the rehearsal." "Say, that's a pretty good fit, huh?" "I may never take it off." "I thought she was built like grandma the minute I saw her." " She was a big gal too." " Mother..." " Hm?" " Bunny's gonna stay for dinner." "Good." "In that case I'm glad it's a barbecue." " Aren't you hungry, Chuck?" " No." "And that's funny cause I'm always hungry." "There must be some explanation." " Do you ever get fat?" " Not so fat." "I don't think you ever will." "Grandma never did." "It isn't every day that a man meets a girl... who reminds his own mother of his own grandmother." " Hey, boss, let's get set up." " I'll be right there." "Excuse me." "I heard that in your own line you're pretty important." "Promising, the critics say, that's all." "Ever think of giving it up?" " No." " Good for you." "I never could stand the kind of woman that hankered to be a housewife." "You like my boy?" "Yes." "Got any plans for him?" "Well, I haven't wanted to think too much about him." "Why not, what are you scared of?" "We probably haven't too much in common." "Oh, I don't know." "If you live in the same house with a man long enough... you'll have a few quarrels and a few worries, not to mention anything else that might come along." "Get sunburned with him in the summer and have the flu with him in the winter... you're bound to end up having something in common." "Miss Hattie, I thought you didn't like girls." "It's been 20 years since I've seen a girl who eats like you." "I'm telling you it's a pleasure." "# Who do you think I'm going to see #" "# The gal with the yaller shoes #" "# The gal with the yaller shoes # # And the golden hair #" "# Ain't nobody like her # # Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, horse #" "# You know that I wanna be # # With the gal #" "# With the yaller shoes #" "# Ain't nobody like her #" "# Who's got a smile that spells romance ?" "#" "# The gal with the yaller shoes #" "# The gal with the yaller shoes # # And the golden hair #" "# Ain't nobody like her #" "# Fiddle up, fiddle up, fiddler man #" "# I'm aimin' to have this dance #" "# With the gal # # With the yaller shoes #" "# Oh, you can take all the others #" "# And give them to the seven brothers #" "# As for me the only bride I'll choose #" "# Is not the gal in calico # # I'd just pass her by, I know #" "# For the gal with the yaller #" "# Ain't no gal that's sweller #" "# Than the gal with the yaller shoes #" "# Ain't nobody like her # # Ain't nobody like her #" "# # Ain't nobody like the gal # # With the yaller shoes #" "# Ain't nobody like her #" "# The gal... #" "# With the yaller shoes #" "# Ain't nobody like her # # Ain't nobody like her #" "# Ain't nobody like her #" "# For the gal in the yaller # # There's no gal that's sweller #" "# So no one can have her # # There's no gal that's sweller #" "# Than the gal with #" "# The yaller #" "# The gal with the yaller shoes #" "You're gonna look a little odd parading at the Sands in that outfit." "It looks just beautiful." "My mother will send your clothes on to you." "Oh no, I won't." "If she wants them she can come and get them." "It's the nicest time I've had in my whole life." "And there's plenty more where it came from." "Uh..." " What?" " Well, what?" " Oh, never mind." "If I tell you what to do, you won't." "So I won't." "Oh, goodness!" " Goodbye." " Bye!" "Bye!" "How lucky you are living here." "You really like it, don't you?" "I really love it here." " No ballet in the ranch." " No barbecue in the theater." "You know, a great way to live would be 6 months on the ranch... and six months wherever the ballet is." "That would be a great way to live." "Bunny, are you just talking or do you know what you're saying?" "I know what I'm saying." "I just don't know where it's going." "I do." "Let's get married right away." "That's what you had in mind, isn't it?" "No, I just had in mind that I love you." "I feel it's enough for now." "Well, that's not enough for me." "Cause I love you too." "I'm old-fashioned." "Oh, Sari, have I got things to tell you." "Yes, you're right, it's me." "But why do you look so horrified?" "Yesterday on the telephone you begged me to come." "Well, I'm surprised, that's all, since you told me you couldn't come." "Well, as a ballerina you didn't need me." "But as a burlesque queen and a gambler's moll..." "I thought you might." "Yes, I know everything." "No." "No one knows everything except me." "And I may or I may not tell you." "Oh, Maria, why are you trying to fight with me?" "I didn't come to scold." "If you made a little gossip, it turns out it's good for business." "And if you met a nice young man and amused yourself, why should it bother me?" "That's right." "It shouldn't, should it?" "And it doesn't, darling." "I'm so glad you said that." "It may sound silly, but I was so worried how to tell you." "How to tell me what, my big baby?" "That I'm going to marry Chuck." "You're going to what?" " Why, that..." " No, no, don't say it again!" "You, you chaperone!" "Who said marry?" "All I wanted was she should fall in love a little." "You can't fall in love a little." "You either do or you don't." "And I did and it's wonderful." " With that cowboy?" " With that cowboy!" "And I didn't know cowboy was a dirty word." "I'm going to spend six months a year on the ranch and six months with the ballet." "And we're going to be perfectly happy." " What's this?" " It's his grandmother's and I love it." "I know everything you're going to say, so don't." "Yes, I've known him only one day, that's all it took." "No, we don't seem to have anything in common." "Well, what we have in common is none of your business." "No, it doesn't seem to make sense, but we don't have to make sense." "Because if we can make a fortune every time we hold hands... who needs to make sense?" "You mean it's true about the luck?" "Oh, yes, it's true, but it doesn't matter." "What does matter is that Chuck and I are going out to celebrate... and you're not going to say a single word about it." "Not even a little word like... congratulations?" "Do you mean it?" "Sari, does he mean it?" "Well... in my long and enjoyable life I know plenty managers." "But when the ballerina comes and says she's going to marry, each and every one, except him, had at the very least a heart attack." "Ah, but they were art lovers, I'm a businessman." "And if two people can't lose together, it is obvious to any businessman... that they belong together." "Oh, Pierre, you do mean it." "Wait till you meet him." "He'll be here in a minute." "I've got to change!" "May I join the celebration?" "I will take the check and leave with the check." "Of course after drinking your health in champagne." "If they have champagne in Las Vegas." "They have everything in Las Vegas." "Chuck!" "Doll baby!" "Yes, it's doll baby, and nobody sent doll baby's mama nothing." "No money, not even an old postcard." "Chuck, if you killing me here, people will talk." "There's only one thing I have to say to you." "Take good care of that money." "You're not wanting it for gambling?" " Gambling?" "Ugh, how dull!" "Hit me, you creep." "So I'm coming!" "Did she tell you, Sari?" "Well, what do I get?" "A kiss or a freeze?" "I knew you were going to be for it." "Oh, Chuck." "This is Maria's manager, Pierre Duvall." "This is the cowboy." "Him." " I thought you were in New York." " But I'm not." "I know how you must feel about all this... and I know exactly what you're going to say." "Everybody knows exactly what I'm going to say." "Don't say it for him, darling, he's on our side." "Bunny, I don't know how I can stand the way you look." "Now let me get this straight." "You mean you're not against... us?" "Well, I'm a hard man with a dollar, but I'm going to buy you a champagne tonight." "That should prove something." "He's a good guy, bunny." "One has to know him a little better to appreciate him." "Don't mind Sari." "Once a ballerina always a manager hater." "Not me, not tonight." "But isn't it time we started celebrating?" "I haven't stopped celebrating since we left the ranch." " The ranch gate, to be exact." " These are the magic hands." "I'm dying to see them in action." "Can we on our way, please?" "Oh, no, not tonight." "We don't want to gamble tonight, do we, Chuck?" "Oh, just one turn of the wheel, for a man who is on your side." "Let's make him a little money." "It'll only take a minute." "It's such a nice way to start an evening, or end an evening... or even spend an evening." "3 red." "Hey, here they come!" "Hi!" "I was almost getting calluses waiting for you." "Hello, Chuck." "Don't worry, Bill, we're just gonna make one bet." " (Both) I'm begging your pardon." " Te magyar?" " Igen." "17!" " How sweet it is!" " Put some more chips, hon." " 17!" " He's on 17." "10 black." " Oh, no, we bet..." " 10?" "Here, Chuck." "Here's some more money." "No." "You see?" "It has to be ours." "That's what's wrong." "We have to bet with our own money." "He's wanting his money." "I'm having it." " Don't giving it." " How not?" "He's bigger." "I'll be right back." "Quick." "With the ballerina you will find me." "Mme. Hatvani my name is." "It's a pleasure to meet you." "There... hurry, beat it." "Kill me you wouldn't get more." "It's buried the rest." " 17 again." " 17!" "Yes, you're on 17, lady." " 7." " Oh, no!" "This is getting serious." "34 red." "What happened to our fairy godmother?" "She took a powder, that's all." "Well, she got us together," "I guess she figured that's all she was supposed to do." "We'll show her." "We won't invite her to our party, right?" " Right." " Right." "I'm glad you're taking it this way." "Well, why should we take it any other way?" "It doesn't make any difference to us, does it, bunny?" "No, darling." "Only please don't call me bunny anymore, hm?" "Oh..." "Sorry your luck ran out." "That's the way it goes." "You win till you lose then you lose." "With that happy thought, here we are." "Just some wine." "Lanson '47." " You may clear this away." " Yes, sir." "Ladies and gentlemen, the Sands presents for your pleasure..." "Frankie Laine!" "# The earth can quiver and quake #" "# The heavens shiver and shake #" "# But hell hath no fury #" "# Not half the fury #" "# Of a woman who's been scorned #" "# The wind can scream in the night #" "# The rain can teem in the night #" "# But hell hath no fury #" "# Not half the fury #" "# Of a woman who's been scorned #" "# You'll find when she's calm # # She's a sly sister #" "# Her calm is the calm before the storm #" "# Mister, that calm #" "# Has the feel of a real twister #" "# The only solution is in retribution #" "# That flash of lightning you fear #" "# Will soon be frightening to hear #" "# So don't say you haven't been warned #" "# Hell hath no fury #" "# Not a fraction of the fury #" "# Of a woman #" "# Who's been scorned #" "Thank you." "Ladies and gentlemen, the management of the Sands Hotel... whose policy is:" ""Drag them in never mind how", has asked me to throw a little bait your way... in the shape, and I say the very gorgeous shape, of the star of our next show." "The beautiful ballerina, Maria Corvier!" "Miss Corvier!" "Watch her face." "Never saw a ballerina yet who didn't live on applause." "Well, I have a few dull business things to discuss... but I'd be very understanding if you'd like to be alone." "Oh, it's been a long day and I imagine you're a little tired." "A little." "You look tired too." "Good night, dear." " Good night, darling." " See you in the morning?" "Hm-hmm." "Let's not talk about business or anything tonight." " I'm tired." " Of course you are, my dear." "You've been on a big, gay merry-go-round." "You have to expect a little let down when the music stops." "And it always does... on merry-go-rounds." "Good night." "Good night." "Pierre, what happened?" "They lost." "Your money I know, I was peeking." "But after, what happened?" "They lost." "But they had no more money to lose." "Whatever they had they lost." "What's giving him that type expression on the face?" "Oh, that's love, Lotzi." "Love and a little sorrow." "You know, I think I'll start warming up." "I have a hunch I'll be off the bench any minute." "Hit me." "That's fitting in exactly with my plans." "Go home, wash out your mouth with soap." "To an individual that is looking happy... when another individual is looking unhappy I'm not dealing." "Boy, did you taught her!" "Nice girl, but no heart." "Nothing in no woman has heart until she is reaching, say... forty-five." "Say fif... forty-nine give a little, take a little." "I'm bringing back the money." "But I give you only his half." "The way things are with them, hers I'll give her myself." " The way things are with them?" " Terrible." "Soon to be worse terrible." "You are enjoying maybe a little blackjack?" "To play cards with a man?" "To me it's a waste." "If you are suggesting, for example... a little walk by the pool." "Madame Hatvani... be mine guest." "Buy you a drink?" "No, thanks, I had one." "Besides, I cost you enough tonight." "Oh, forget it." "I'm just sorry for your sake." "Scotch and water, please." "How's Maria?" "A little depressed, like you." "To be sure you can't lose and to find you can... that's enough to depress anybody." "It wasn't the money." "It was the magic." "It really was like a fairy tale, you know." "We were under a spell and nothing mattered that really matters." "Then the wheel turned to the wrong number and Poof... the spell was broken." "Back to the cold, cold world where everything matters." "It just takes a little getting used to, that's all." "Doesn't change anything." "We weren't so completely moonstruck that we didn't make a few sensible plans." "I know." "Six months here, six months there." "Pierre, you've known Maria a long time, haven't you?" "You've probably given quite a bit of thought to us." "Tell me." "Do you think it'll work?" "No." "No, I don't think it will work." "And neither do you, or you wouldn't have asked me." "No, that's not true." "I just want to make sure that Maria's happy out on the ranch." "Barefoot, milking cows, picking eggs?" "She might be." "But that still leaves the other six months when she's working." "Will you be happy, doing what?" "Well, I haven't given that much thought." "You've given it lots of thought, Chuck." "You just haven't come up with any answer." " Do you mind if I keep trying?" " Not at all." "Try only one and good luck to you." "But do me a favor, Chuck, will you, please?" "Keep away from Maria tomorrow." "She has to work and she won't be able to with you around." "They are nervous creatures, ballerinas." "You might as well get used to it." "I imagine you'll take a little getting used to too." "Oh, I won't give you any trouble." "I am a realist." "Whatever Maria decides, I'll be for it." "That makes my evening." " Good night." " Good night." "Maria." " Good morning, darling." " Good morning." "Here to watch the rehearsal?" "Oh, no, I knew you'd be busy today so I thought I'd go on out to the ranch." "There's nothing wrong, is there?" "At the ranch?" "Oh, no, no, it's just that... there's a few things I have to look after." " I'll miss you." " I'll miss you too." "Chuck..." "It isn't going to work, is it?" "No, darling." "It isn't gonna work." "But it was wonderful." "I'll never forget it." "I'll never forget you." "Goodbye, darling." "No reservations, Rob, I didn't know I was coming." "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." "The Sands proudly presents Maria Corvier... in Frankie and Johnny." "Narrated by the voice of Sammy Davis Junior." "# Frankie and Johnny were lovers #" "# Man, how those two cats could love #" "# They promised to dig one another #" "# Long as stars remain above #" "# He was her mate #" "# But he wouldn't fly straight #" "# He was a cat that was lazy #" "# Thinking of work made him frown #" "# Man, she had a bank that was crazy #" "# And his loans were not turned down #" "# She was his fool #" "# Daddy-o he played it real cool #" "# What a drag #" "# They sashayed down to the bar room #" "# A place where you go chaperoned #" "# Strictly a come-as-you-are room #" "# And the clientele was stoned #" "# Everyone was juiced #" "# As you may have deduced #" "# The evening was sultry and torrid #" "# And Frankie was limp from the heat #" "# She planted a kiss on his forehead #" "# And then she beat a quick retreat #" "# For as you might suppose #" "# She had to powder her nose #" "# Now enter a doll named Anellie #" "# A weirdie the hipsters would boast #" "# Man, poets like Byron or Shelley #" "# Would have dug this chic the most #" "# Jack, this gal came on #" "# Sort of like a female Don Juan #" "# Uh-oh #" "# Girls... gir..." "ladies #" "# You never saw such a Tango #" "# That Frankie sure fought for her gent #" "# She threw punches from every angle #" "# Man, it looked like the main event #" "# Someone rang a bell #" "# But, Daddy-o, they couldn't save Nell #" "# Frankie had whipped out a pistol #" "# And everyone made for the door #" "# She started busting the crystal #" "# She made that cavern roar #" "# Missed!" "#" "# And when she fired that last shot #" "# Did Johnny hear?" "#" "# He did not #" "# She was such a lady #" "# Man, how that Frankie did suffer #" "# Her tears were falling like rain #" "# The sheriff who came in to cuff her #" "# Used the cuffs with the platinum chain #" "# And nobody knew #" "# Just who was taking in who #" "# Now everyone bows when they pass her #" "# And Frankie's the toast of the town #" "# That moral really a gasser #" "# If he cheats, simply shoot him down #" "# He was her mate #" "# But he wouldn't fly straight #" "# Here's a thought for you to contemplate #" "# If you wanna love you gotta fly straight #" "# Any questions?" "#" "But she's going to dance again." "And she'll be wonderful again." "Listen to that!" "That's what you're going to have every night." "Not just every now and then." "Well, so long, Lotzi." "See you next year." "You're going?" "It's finished?" "Love comes along everyday so you can say phooey to it?" "I'm not saying phooey to anything, I'm just trying to be sensible, that's all." "Take your money and goodbye." "I'm washing my hands." "You're the one that's always trying to get me to be sensible." "So I'm not liking you to be sensible." "Do me something." "Having any luck?" "You'd have to be very greedy to want any more luck than this." "# If you can dream #" "# The world's a better place by far #" "I wonder what happened?" "I must have said something wrong." "Every day of your darling little life... you should say such darling wrong things." "I'm almost ready." "Excuse me." " You're supposed to be at the ranch." " Well, I'm not." "You watch where you're going." "I did, Jean-Pierre." "Jean-Pierre?" "What's going on in there?" " What a stupid question." " Oh..." "I wouldn't do it." " Six months here." " And six months there." " And no more gambling." " No, no more gambling." "Don't you understand?" "Lucky at love, unlucky at cards." "Or verse-vissa." "Verse-vissa." "# If you can dream #" "# And just believe the things #" "# You dream #" "Subtitles:" "Luís Filipe Bernardes"