"cecilia, be careful." "Are you all right?" "You're gonna like this one." "It's better than last week's." "It's more romantic." "Miss, I wanted oatmeal before my scrambled eggs." "Sorry." "I'II get it right away." "I get cereal, too." "And a doughnut." "cereal and a doughnut." "Right." "Listen, there's a new movie at the jewel starting tonight." "I didn't even get to see last week's." "You missed it?" "It was wonderful." "I Iove Jane Froman." "And James MeIton plays a hotel porter... and then he becomes a radio singer... and then an opera singer." "The music was just beautiful." "The one that I liked is "Okay, America."" "I saw that twice." "That was great." "When she threatens to kill Lew Ayres" "I Iove Lew Ayres' looks." "Do you think he's married?" "Are you crazy?" "He's married to Ginger Rogers." "They got married on a boat off the island of catalina." "They live in beverly hills and hollywood and Spain." "He used to be married to Iola Lane... but Ginger's better for him." "Where's my toast?" "Coming right up." "One second." "Ginger used to be married to Jack" "Let's go, girls." "Let's go, cecilia." "Your sister is slow." "But she's still learning." "Ladies, there's a depression on." "A Iot of other people would Iike this job... if you can't handle it." "No, I can handle it." "It's OK." "Ginger used to be married to Jack CuIpepper... who I think took out Ruth Chatterton before" "That's the second one this week." "I'm sorry." "I'II pick it all up." "Come on, cecilia." "Shape up." "Hey, Monk, here comes your wife." "Boy, am I glad to see you." "You got any dough?" "Tips weren't so good today." "Come on, give me something." "I'm busted." "I hear there's some jobs opening up over at the ice factory." "No, there's nothing." "I was there." "Harriet Rufus says all you guys do all day... is just pitch pennies... and make passes at the girls who walk by." "Harriet Rufus is a douche bag." "Listen, I gotta save the rest for groceries and stuff." "AII right." "Got it?" "What are you doing here?" "You want to go to the movies tonight?" "There's an early show." "I can't." "How come?" "The guys are coming over tonight." "Again?" "You don't like it?" "well, all you do is drink and play dice... and I wind up getting smacked." "I gotta get even, don't I?" "I owe everybody in town." "You're never home anymore except to play dice and cards." "meanwhile, I gotta take in extra laundry... after work to pay the rent." "What do you want?" "Did I close the factory?" "You didn't use to be like this, Monk." "I got a Iot on my mind." "You think I Iike scratching around for work..." "living like a bum the Iast two years?" "I don't know how much longer I can go on like this." "Listen, the country'II get back working again." "Things are bound to get better." "I promise." "I'm crazy about you." "You never pay any attention to me anymore." "plus, I thought if we could go to the movies tonight... you could forget your troubles a little." "You like sitting through that junk, OK?" "I'm going to shoot crap." "Go to the movie by yourself." "You make passes at the girls who go by?" "You're not my boss." "And don't give me that look." "You'd think I was a criminal." "Come on." "Give us a hug." "Just one." "Come on." "AII right?" "And don't come home late." "I worry." "AII right?" "See you later?" "Let's go!" "Two, please." "Two." "Just one tonight, please, Doris." "Thank you." "Evening, Mr. Ruskin." "Nice to see you." "Popcorn, please." "Jason, I'm bored." "I'm bored with cocktail parties and opening nights... and evenings at the opera and weekends at the races." "A few days in Paris might be just the thing... to get the creative juices flowing again." "I can have George cable the Ritz for the usual suite." "I'm not talking about Paris." "I'm talking about someplace completely different..." "like Morocco or Egypt." "A boat trip down the nile sounds so romantic." "I've got just the dress to wear to the pyramids." "We can leave next week, spend a couple of weeks there." "Maybe stop in casablanca or Tangiers... as long as we're hopping around... and still be back in time for the opening of my new play." "To Cairo and Morocco and Tangiers." "To all the exotic and romantic places in the world." "There's another room in here." "Isn't it divine?" "Everything's so perfectly preserved." "It's quite lovely." "I just don't want to feel a bandaged hand at my throat." "Hi there." "Who are you?" "We're sightseeing." "We thought we were alone." "You gave me quite a start!" "I'm awfully sorry." "Tom Baxter-- explorer, adventurer." "I'm doing a little archaeological work." "A reaI-Iife explorer!" "I've come in search of the purple Rose of Cairo." "It's an old legend that's fascinated me for years." "A pharaoh had a rose painted purple for his queen." "And now, the story says, purple roses grow wild at her tomb." "How romantic." "And you?" "We're going back to New York tomorrow." "It's been a refreshing two weeks." "We should bring him back to New York to meet the Countess." "She loves anything in a pith helmet." "Right!" "I will say it's tempting." "Then it's settled." "You can explain to us... what we've been looking at for the Iast two weeks... and we can take you nightcIubbing." "It's so impulsive, but..." "I'II come!" "Why not?" "What's life without a little risk-taking?" "Who knows?" "A fortuneteller predicted I'd fall in love in New York." "table for six, please, Arturo." "Six, sir." "Now, ladies and gentlemen... the Copacabana is proud to present..." "Miss Kitty Haynes." "Ours could be a different sort of love affair" "Those busybodies couldn't help but stare..." "I think our poetic little archaeologist... is about to make a discovery." "Ain't life swell?" "Open the champagne." "I feel like getting pIushed to the scuppers." "Let's take it one day at a time" "And who cares just how it turns out?" "Check, please." "Miss, could I have the check, please?" "Come on, the man wants his check!" "Sorry." "Here you go." "So what were you thinking about?" "A penthouse, the desert, and kissing on a dance floor." "So you did go to the movies last night after all." "The people were so beautiful." "They spoke so cleverly and do such romantic things." "The guy playing Tom Baxter was so cute!" "Do you want to go to the movies after work?" "I would love to see it again." "What is this, a social club?" "I got a sink full of dishes." "Come on, girls!" "Thanks a Iot." "well, I am impressed." "You have yourself quite a place here." "I still can't get over the fact that 24 hours ago..." "I was in an Egyptian tomb." "I didn't know any of you wonderful people... and here I am now." "I'm on the verge of a madcap Manhattan weekend." "I hope you Iike your martinis very dry." "No, thanks." "I'II wait for that glass of champagne at the Copacabana." "I'm home, Monk." "What are you doing home so early?" "I thought I said you can go to the movies." "I did." "I'd better go." "No, don't, stay." "This is CeciIia." "This is my friend OIga." "olga's an acrobat." "I am not!" "I have to go home." "Come on." "I was gonna tell you your fortune." "You're drunk." "What do you mean?" "I'm not drunk." "Come on, don't worry about her." "She's my ball and chain, or she tries to be." "olga, where the hell are you going?" "I want to show you a card trick." "Is there any more of that meat loaf left?" "That stuff you made yesterday was delicious." "What's going on?" "I'm moving out." "Now, what are you talking about?" "What's wrong?" "Because of before?" "Because of olga, is that it?" "That'd be funny." "ridiculous." "If it's because of olga... you'd make a bigger fool out of yourself than usual." "Pardon me." "She's Joe Caruso's sister." "I was just showing her a card trick." "Your undershirt's on backwards." "I put it on that way this morning." "Now listen, cecilia, you're making a mistake." "AII right, I'm sorry." "I was drinking." "You know how I get." "Do you think I don't love you?" "Move." "You can't leave." "I need you." "And you know I Iove you." "Look, I made a mistake." "You don't love me." "Baby, come on." "You treat me bad, and you beat up on me!" "I hit you when you get out of line." "And I never just hit you." "I always warn you first." "Then if you don't shape up, you get whacked." "I'm leaving." "Listen, I don't know who's filling your head... full of crazy notions, but I've had enough." "I want supper." "Get my meat loaf!" "Uh-uh." "Come on, cecilia." "You know I can't live without you." "I'm like a little kid when it comes to you." "That's just tough." "Look, I'm sorry." "Can't I be sorry?" "I drink, I get crazy." "It's not me, it's the whiskey." "I'm going, Monk." "Jesus Christ, I can't reason with you." "AII right, go ahead." "See how far you get." "Go on." "You won't last." "You see how it is out in the real world." "Go on, you'II come back." "You're just bluff." "You're all phony." "You'II be back." "It may take a week or an hour, but you'II be back!" "Oh, jeez!" "Look at all those guys." "Come on, honey." "We're gonna make a buck." "I ordered bacon and tomato." "You brought me ham and swiss." "I'II get it right away, ma'am." "cecilia, I want you to meet somebody." "Remember I was gonna keep my eyes open for eligible men?" "Oh, come on." "Just keep an open mind." "This is my sister CeciIia." "Mr. Teddy Ashcroft." "How do you do?" "Charmed." "Teddy's an exterminator." "Wright-Merson Pest control." "My specialty are mice and silverfish." "I'm pleased to meet you." "Waitress!" "My hamburger!" "I'm coming!" "Can we have a check?" "I'II be right there." "That's it, cecilia." "You're fired." "Get out!" "But I'II pay for it." "I'II be more careful." "Out." "Take off your apron." "Go home." "You're fired." "If she goes, then I go, too." "That's fine with me." "She doesn't mean that." "You've got kids." "Then tell her to mind her own business." "You're fired." "Back from Egypt." "From the Bedouins to Broadway." "Though I'm not a religious man..." "I hereby vow never to fly over the atlantic in bumpy weather... and never to look at another camel." "Drinks, anyone?" "Boy, I can't wait to get out of these clothes... and hit some of the night spots." "well, children, Iet's not waste any time." "The floor show at the Copacabana starts in ten minutes... and we're meeting the Countess and Larry wilde." "well, I am impressed." "You have yourself quite a place here." "I still can't get over the fact that 24 hours ago..." "I was in an Egyptian tomb." "I didn't know any of you wonderful people... and here I am now." "I'm on the verge of a madcap Manhattan weekend." "I hope you Iike your martinis very dry." "No, thanks." "I'II wait for that glass of champagne at the Copacabana." "Miss Rita, something on your mind?" "You ain't been yourself since you come back from the pyramids." "It's nothing." "I'II be OK." "I don't suspect it has anything to do... with that explorer fella, Mr. Tom Baxter?" "Why would you say that?" "The way he speaks-- all romantic-Iike." "Come on, DeIiIah, draw my bath." "Yes, ma'am." "will you be wantin' the big bubbles or the asses' milk?" "Boy, I can't wait to get out of these clothes... and hit some of the night spots." "well, children, Iet's not waste any time." "The floor show at the Copacabana starts in ten minutes... and we're meeting the Countess and Larry wilde." "well, I am very impressed." "You have yourself quite a place here." "I still can't get over the fact that 24 hours ago..." "I was in an Egyptian tomb." "I didn't know any of you wonderful people... and here I am now." "I'm on the verge of a madcap Manhattan weekend." "My God, you must really love this picture." "Me?" "You've been here all day, and I've seen you here twice before." "You mean me?" "Yes, you." "This is the fifth time you're seeing this." "Henry, come here." "quickly." "I gotta speak to you." "Oh, my God!" "Listen, old sport, you're on the wrong side." "Tom, get back here." "We're in the middle of a story." "I want to have a look around." "Go on without me." "Who are you?" "CeciIia." "I'II go get the manager." "Let's go somewhere where we can talk." "But you're in the movie!" "Wrong, cecilia, I'm free." "After 2,000 performances of the same monotonous routine..." "I'm free!" "call Father DonneIIy." "I don't understand." "What's going on?" "Who are you?" "Who am I?" "You've seen the movie five times." "I'm Tom Baxter... poet, adventurer, explorer, of the Chicago Baxters." "I know you're Tom Baxter." "You wind up with Kitty Haynes, the nightclub singer." "Not anymore I don't." "What do you mean?" "I'm out before the wedding." "I'm free." "Don't you have to marry her?" "Not while I'm here and she's up there." "Don't you want to?" "She's so beautiful." "She's not for me." "Too bony." "Kitty Haynes the nightclub singer is bony?" "I need a place to hide." "I'm never going back now that I've met you." "A place to hide?" "What's happening?" "Tom has left." "He just walked right out." "I don't know how he did it." "I can't get out." "This is just disgusting." "I am an heiress... and I don't have to put up with this." "He left the picture?" "Oh, my gosh." "well, don't panic." "Stay up there and keep calm." "Keep calm?" "Are you crazy?" "Did somebody call for a priest?" "Thank God you're here." "Wait a minute." "This is the second reel." "I'm not on till later." "Can't you go on?" "There's an audience." "How?" "Tom was the linchpin of the story." "She's right, whoever you are." "although this is my story, Tom moves the exposition" "It's not your story." "It's the story... of a man's quest for seIf-fuIfiIIment." "It's the story of a complex tortured souI" "It's the story of the effect of money on true romance." "My upbringing, my weaIth" "I'm the one who marries royalty." "Nobody cares." "What do you mean they don't care?" "They wouldn't sell a ticket if it were your story." "Stop arguing." "And do what?" "Maybe you should just turn the projector off." "Don't turn the projector off!" "It gets black and we disappear." "Easy, my friend." "We're all in this together." "You don't understand what it's like to disappear... to be nothing, annihilated!" "Don't turn the projector off." "Miss Rita, your bath is ready." "Not now, dear." "What's going on?" "What's he doing here?" "Have a martini." "He's not supposed to be here till reel six." "We know that, DeIiIah." "What the hell is going on?" "Somebody trying to hustle me?" "I know what this is." "It's an amusement park!" "It's usually pretty dead around here till summer." "I know exactly what an amusement park is... and what goes on, I do!" "That's good." "It's written into my character." "Remember, I invite Kitty to Luna Park... but she prefers just to stay home and talk." "So it's in me!" "Too bad nothing's open." "I'm starved!" "You are?" "I Ieft the movie before the Copacabana scenes." "That's when I usually eat." "Wait!" "What am I thinking?" "Look, here, I've got a whole bag of popcorn." "You can have that." "also, I have a MiIky-Way bar." "No, popcorn is..." "Might want it later." "Boy!" "So that's what popcorn tastes like!" "Been watching people eat it for all those performances." "When they rattle those bags, though, that's annoying." "I still don't understand what's going on." "I wanted to meet you." "Don't tell me you didn't see me looking at you... out of the corner of my eye... when Kitty Haynes is doing her nightclub number." "Wait a minute." "I remember seeing you." "You were looking off to the side somehow... but I never thought it was to me." "And when we take the drive to that little country inn... when I propose to Kitty, I was looking at you." "Kitty looked so beautiful in that black dress." "She's nothing compared to you." "What are you talking about?" "I'm nothing." "Like hell you are." "You're fetching." "Fetching?" "Fetching." "Dad liked to use that word about Mom back in Chicago." ""Min," he'd say, "you're rather fetching."" "Dad was a card." "Never met him." "He died before the movie begins." "well, I have to confess." "My eye did always go to you up on the screen." "really?" "really." "Even around Detective Simms and Henry Adams the playboy?" "Even though you're not the main character... you're the one you look at." "You don't think I'm the main character?" "I didn't mean it that way." "I think you're positively essential." "In fact, every time I saw the movie..." "I kept thinking, "Tom Baxter's so handsome."" "ShouIdn't you be getting back?" "I want to live and be free to make my own choices." "Right now the country's not in such great shape." "What do you mean?" "We're in the middle of a depression." "Everybody's very poor." "I got plenty." "Look at this!" "But they need you." "The story doesn't work without you." "I'm in love with you." "I'm married." "happily?" "I really should get back home." "I have to cook dinner." "slip away from your husband tonight." "Meet me here." "I'II wait for you." "I want to Iearn about the real world with you." "I can't." "Look at it this way." "How many times is a man so taken with a woman... that he walks off the screen to get her?" "Let's not panic." "We're all adults." "Bored with sitting around." "I'm a dramatic character." "I need forward motion." "Here comes the Countess and Larry." "Where is everybody?" "Weren't we meeting at the Copacabana?" "Tom's gone." "What?" "He left the film." "What?" "Tom walked out on us." "But the Copa is where the two of us meet." "I try to get him to marry me." "Forget it." "I'm tired of marrying you every night." "We never even get to the bedroom." "Where did Tom go?" "Into the real world." "That two-bit minor character leaves, and we're stuck!" "I wonder what it's like out there." "They don't look like they're having too much fun to me." "What the hell kind of movie is this?" "The paper said it was a romance set all over the world!" "Don't tell us your sad stories." "Do you think we like this?" "Look at this." "They sit around and talk, and no action?" "Nothing happens?" "I want my money back." "This is outrageous." "Why don't you stop yapping?" "We've got problems of our own." "You can't talk to my wife like that." "Who do you think you are?" "I'm a genuine countess with a Iot of dough... and if that's your wife, she's a tub of guts." "You said it!" "What are you so nervous about?" "Me?" "I'm not." "There's too much pepper in the sauce." "I told you to go easy on the pepper." "I guess you and the guys... are probably going out again tonight, huh?" "No, I'm not." "My back is acting up again." "You gotta give me one of your special rubdowns." "I bought Iiniment." "What?" "I can't." "What do you mean, you can't?" "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean I can't." "I mean I made some plans." "You made plans?" "I said I'd baby-sit tonight." "I ran into Mrs. Lorenzo in the restaurant-- in the street today." "And she has some, I don't know" "I think it was a social club meeting... or something she wanted to go to." "It won't be too long." "I think it's a great idea." "Yeah?" "Good." "Because we can use every penny." "So what am I gonna do about my back?" "Don't worry." "I can do some now... and I'II do some when I come in." "You shouldn't move around too much." "Just take it easy." "If you're gonna go baby-sit, get paid in cash." "I will." "Don't let her owe you." "It's a complete miracle!" "We want our money back." "I don't pay to watch those sociaIites sitting around... up there staring back at us making nasty remarks." "Is that what they're doing now?" "Last time I Iooked, the priest had a deck of cards... and the men were playing pinochle." "How'd this first happen?" "It's probably all the electrical storms... we've had this season." "The air is charged." "FeIIas, I depend on the jewel." "I got personal expenses." "I got no substitute picture to put in here." "I want my money back!" "This is a swindle!" "There's no story." "Mrs. Lupus likes a story." "I still think you should turn the projector off and shut down." "This could be the work of Reds or anarchists." "You can't do that." "If he turns off the projector... you're liable to strand this Tom Baxter... out in the world someplace." "You want an extra guy running around?" "I saw the movie last week." "This is not what happens." "Where is the Tom Baxter character?" "You'II get your money back." "I want what happened last week to happen this week." "Otherwise, what's life all about anyway?" "Can't we just go in and take a look?" "We don't want to stay long." "If you want to see it, you have to pay admission." "Keep moving, folks." "Any word about Tom Baxter?" "Nothing yet." "What are you people doing here?" "We can't continue the story until Tom gets back." "We don't mind observing you all." "My husband is a student of the human personality." "well, we're not human." "It doesn't matter to harold." "He has trouble with humans." "Where do I have trouble with real people?" "I suppose you behave perfectly with donald." "He won't speak to my own son-in-Iaw." "I won't speak?" "The kid is quiet." "He never makes conversation." "He has to be drawn out." "I don't like to draw people out." "That's what I said." "He has trouble with live humans." "Yes, RKO!" "I want to speak to Mr. RaouI Hirsch." "He's the producer of "The purple Rose of Cairo."" "No, he's not." "Just tell him I have a theater in New Jersey... and there's a crisis with his film." "This is Mr. Hirsch." "What's the problem?" "What?" "They're all sitting around up there on the screen." "Rita, the Countess, Larry wilde, the playboy." "people are demanding their money back." "The theater is nine-tenths empty." "Take a walk, will you?" "Look, he just walked out!" "Baxter." "The Communist is screaming... the priest in reel five is in reel two." "How can he come off the screen?" "It's impossible." "It's never happened before in history." "Just because a thing never happened before... doesn't mean it can't happen for first time." "That's all you need--hundreds of Tom Baxters on the loose." "Hundreds?" "As your lawyer, I advise you to control it fast." "A character from one of your productions on the loose?" "Who knows what he's capable of?" "Robbery, murder." "I see lawsuits." "I'd charter a plane right away, and I'd get down there fast." "Get me gli Shepherd." "I'm sorry I'm not too light on my feet." "You're a feather in my arms." "Monk never took me dancing, not even when we first met... not even if I begged him." "really?" "So it's been bad for you?" "It's been hard for everyone." "Living in a world with no jobs and wars." "You probably never even heard of the Great War." "Sorry." "I missed it." "people get old and sick and never find true love." "Where I come from, people don't disappoint." "They're consistent." "always reliable." "You don't find that kind in real life." "You have." "Is it true they're talking to you about the life of Lindbergh?" "It's nearly set, but don't print it till it's firm." "You were great in "The purple Rose of Cairo."" "Thanks." "Did you know..." "I was singled out by all the East Coast critics?" "The New York Times said I had almost... too smoldering a quality just to play comedy." "would you play Lindbergh the way you played Tom Baxter?" "Of course not." "Tom was kind of a change of pace from my earlier roles." "I played Tom Baxter with a kind of a poetic... idealistic quality that just" "Lindbergh was a loner." "He was seIf-reIiant." "I'd have to work it out with my dialogue coach." "He's a genius." "Can I see you for a minute alone, please?" "Excuse me." "I'm sorry." "What's up?" "Baxter's come off the screen and is running around New Jersey." "What are you talking about?" "I just spoke to raoul Hirsch." "Nobody knows how it happened, but he's done it." "How could he do that?" "It's not physically possible." "In New Jersey, anything can happen." "But I created the character." "That's my point!" "As your agent..." "I'd hate anything for happen to your career now." "Like what?" "Who knows?" "Your double is on the loose." "What's he up to?" "Is he robbing banks?" "Raping broads?" "Is he?" "Who knows?" "The last thing we need is for you to get a rep" "Last thing we need is for you to get a difficult reputation." "It's not my fault!" "RaouI Hirsch said if you can't control your own creation... nobody's gonna risk a picture on you." "I worked so hard to make him real." "Maybe you overdid it." "I'II sue my dialogue coach." "You've got to fly down there and check into this quick." "Right now it's only one movie house, but who knows?" "I'm afraid to fly." "This is the scandal of all time." "You know what happened to Fatty arbuckle's career?" "I'II fly." "Good." "This is how they drink champagne in Cairo." "I never had champagne before." "It makes me feel silly." "It's supposed to." "The check, as you requested, sir." "It's so much!" "I hope you found it to your liking, sir." "It was superb." "My compliments to the chef... and keep 20% for yourself." "No, make that 30%." "Quite amusing." "What is?" "The fake money." "Fake money?" "Is it play money, sir, or stage money?" "Keep 30% for yourself and stop looking so serious." "I'II get the Maitre D'." "That's not real money!" "What do you mean, it's not real money?" "Oh, my God!" "Do you have any money?" "No!" "What are we gonna do?" "We'II have to run for it." "I can't run." "My ankles are bad from waitressing." "Get up." "follow me." "Quick, get in the car!" "Tom, this is not our car." "We don't have a car." "We came by foot." "It doesn't go." "Of course it doesn't go." "There's no key!" "I don't understand." "They always go in the movie." "This is real life." "They don't start without a key!" "They don't?" "Let's go!" "Get back here!" "You can't run out on this check!" "A couple of deadbeats!" "Get back here right now!" "I'm sorry about the money." "I had no idea." "That's OK." "It's not gonna be so easy... to get along without it in this world." "I guess I have to get a job." "That's not gonna be so easy, either." "Right now the whole country's out of work." "Then we'II live on love." "We'II have to make some concessions, but so what?" "We'II have each other." "That's movie talk." "You look so beautiful in this light." "But you're not real." "Was that real enough for you?" "You kiss perfectly." "It's what I dreamed kissing would be like." "Come away with me to Cairo." "Cairo?" "We'II live in the desert." "The bIue-goId light of sunset falling over your hair." "I'm sorry." "I'm a little tipsy from the champ" "Where's the fade-out?" "What?" "always when the kissing gets hot and heavy... just before the lovemaking, there's a fade-out." "Then what?" "Then we're making love in some private, perfect place." "That's not how it happens here." "There's no fade-out?" "No." "But when you kissed me, I felt like my heart faded out." "I closed my eyes, and I was in some private place." "How fascinating." "You make love without fading out?" "I can't wait to see this." "Listen, I..." "I'm not that kind of girl." "I'm married." "It's clear how miserable you are with your husband." "If he hits you again, you tell me." "I'd be forced to knock his teeth out." "I don't think that'd be such a good idea." "He's big." "I'm sorry." "It's written into my character, so I'd do it." "Listen." "I think I'd better go home now." "It's late." "It's been a whirlwind of a day." "What are you going to do?" "I'II sleep here at the carousel, then walk around... drink in the night air... enjoy my freedom... and dream of you." "You got in late last night." "You were out like a light." "I took a hot bath to relax me." "You want to get me a cup of coffee?" "Sure." "There was some big deal going on at the movie house." "A big crowd when I went to buy cigarettes." "I couldn't get the story straight." "Some guy ran out the side exit with a customer." "Who?" "A woman, a guy--an actor." "I don't know what the hell the cop was talking about." "He didn't know." "They didn't know who the woman was?" "Some woman dragged out in the dark." "They got those real Geronimos at movie houses." "That's why I don't like you staying out so late." "I know." "I couldn't help it." "The Lorenzos didn't get back till late." "I couldn't leave." "I hope you got paid overtime." "Sure." "Good." "Let's have it." "They didn't have any cash." "I'II have to come back for it later today." "I told you to get paid in cash." "I know, but all they had was big bills." "I was getting late." "They're gonna fork it over today, right?" "They will." "Leave something to you... you can bet you're gonna get fouled up." "You have no idea where he went?" "Mr. Hirsch, this is awful for us." "It's really difficult." "Think of me, my reputation, my career." "First thing is, we got to keep it contained." "The word's out already." "We got to keep the crisis local." "I know the two reporters in town." "They're old friends." "Maybe I couId taIk" "A couple bucks spread around town will buy us some time." "Don't worry about a thing." "I mean, we're all so lost." "I know it's rough." "I just want the whole cast to know... how much I appreciate your staying up there on the screen." "I hope you're not gonna hold this against me, R.H." "You created the part of Tom Baxter, gli." "The facts are undeniable." "I want to go, too." "I want to be free!" "I want out!" "I'm warning you, that's Communist talk." "We're gonna have to pull the film out of the theatre... and you're gonna have to make good my receipts." "You're thinking of pulling the film... because a minor character's missing?" "A minor character?" "would you listen to her?" "He may not have the most lines, but the plot turns on Baxter." "I deliberately played him with a cheerful bravado." "Who cares how you played him?" "He's minor." "That's right." "I'd Iike to get my hands on him !" "Right when my career was taking off." "He could be raping that woman he abducted." "And he's got my fingerprints." "My exact prints!" "You know what they get for rape in a small town?" "especially by a man in a pith helmet?" "If this is the start of a new trend... our industry's as good as dead." "The real ones want their lives fiction... and the fictional ones want their lives real." "Does anybody know who that woman was?" "It was all so crazy, nobody noticed." "Two doughnuts and a container of coffee to go, please." "Right now, it's chaos." "How can rumors be circulating at the Brown Derby?" "It just happened." "Squash it, Herbie!" "I've got a career on the line." "Look, I'II call you the minute I hear." "Excuse me." "What are you doing here?" "I'm sorry, I don't have a pencil... or I'd give you an autograph." "Where did you get those clothes?" "Pardon me?" "Your clothes." "Where'd you get them?" "A little store on Sunset and Vine." "What are you talking about?" "What are you talking about?" "Excuse me." "I just bought you these." "Two doughnuts." "For me?" "well, thank you very much." "I hope you enjoy my next movie." "I thought you were gonna stay hidden at the park." "What park?" "What's the matter with you?" "You're acting so peculiar." "Tom?" "No, I'm-- Wait a minute!" "Come here." "What's come over you?" "I'm not Tom." "I'm gli Shepherd." "I play Tom." "How do you know Tom?" "You're GiI-- Oh, my God!" "I don't believe it!" "I've seen you in lots of movies." "Where's Tom?" ""Broadway bachelors," right?" "Yeah." ""Honeymoon in Haiti"?" "I've done about six." "You were you a scream." "Thank you very much." "I try to do one a year, you know." "Just to keep--Where's Tom?" "Why?" "He's my character." "I created him." "Didn't the man who wrote the movie do that?" "Yes, technically, but I made him live." "I fleshed him out." "You did a wonderful job." "He's adorable." "Thank you very much." "What's your name?" "Where is he?" "Why?" "Has he done anything wrong?" "Like what?" "Has he stolen anything or attacked any females?" "You?" "Gosh, no." "He's as sweet as can be." "I played him sweet." "I was weII-reviewed." "It comes across." "Good." "I gotta speak to him." "You're not upset with him?" "A little, yes, but I know if I spoke to him... we could straighten everything out." "I don't know." "please, I have a right." "It has to be secret." "He doesn't want to go back into the movie." "He doesn't?" "No." "He loves being free." "He's having the time of his life." "would you take me to him?" "Trust me." "please." "Monk, somebody saw your wife last night... at the Dine and Dance joint." "Sure." "She's there every night with the RockefeIIers." "She was with this crazy-Iooking guy... wearing an explorer's hat and breeches." "Breeches?" "You're nuts." "She was baby-sitting." "Right." "I guess you know it all." "AII right, who's next?" "cecilia, I dreamed of us in Cairo" "I brought" "gii Shepherd." "I play you in the movie." "You do?" "How dare you run away!" "This is disconcerting." "I'II show you the meaning of disconcerting!" "I'm trying to build a career!" "I don't want to be in the film anymore." "I'm in love with CeciIia!" "Mr. Shepherd, you said you weren't angry." "You can't do this to me." "It's my best role." "I've been critically acclaimed for this!" "Because of the way I do it." "No, because of the way I do it." "I'm doing it, not you." "It's me, not him !" "Then how do you explain that here I am?" "I took you from the printed page and made you live." "So I'm living." "For the screen only!" "I want my freedom." "I don't want another one of me running around the world." "I can just imagine what he's" "Are you afraid I'II embarrass you?" "frankly, I'm afraid" "But you created me." "Look, be reasonable here." "I'm starting to build a career." "Is life up on the screen so terrible?" "I want to be with CeciIia." "I'm in love with her." "would you tell him to go back?" "tell him you don't love him." "tell him you can't love him." "He's fictional." "Do you want to waste your time with a fictional character?" "You're a sweet girl." "You deserve an actual human." "But Tom's perfect." "But he's not real." "What good is perfect if the man's not real?" "I can learn to be real." "It's easy." "There's nothing to it." "Being real comes very naturally to me." "You can't learn to be real." "It's like being a midget." "It's not a thing you can learn." "Some of us are real, some are not." "I say I can do it." "I'm not staying here to argue with you." "I'm going back to town... and call my attorney, the actors' union." "I won't take this lying down, nor will RaouI Hirsch." "Nor the police, nor the FBI." "We found him." "GiI Shepherd found him... but he refuses to get back on the screen." "R.H. is very upset." "We can't force him." "It's not a crime." "We need a plan." "The press is on our side." "It took a few bucks, but they'II keep it quiet for now." "What?" "really?" "The Tom Baxter character in a movie house in Chicago... has been forgetting his lines." "He just got a call from the manager." "If anybody wants me, I'II be in the bathroom... on the floor...weeping." "Aren't you at all even worried?" "What about RaouI Hirsch or the FBI?" "If I can be with you, I'm never going back." "But, you know" "No more buts." "I said I'd learn about the real world." "Show me." "It's beautiful." "I'm not sure exactly what it is." "This is a church." "You do believe in God, don't you?" "Meaning..." "The reason for everything, the world, the universe." "I think I know what you mean." "The two men who wrote "The purple Rose of Cairo"" "Irving Sachs and R.H. Levine." "They're writers who collaborate on films." "I'm talking about something much bigger than that." "Think for a minute." "A reason for everything." "Otherwise, it'd be like a movie with no point... and no happy ending." "So there you are." "I'm looking for you." "This is my husband." "This is Tom Baxter." "Adventurer, explorer, of the Chicago Baxters." "I'm charmed to meet you." "So you wear the britches." "What do you want to talk to me about?" "I heard you were out on the town last night." "I admit I didn't tell the truth about that... but things have been so strange the Iast 24 hours." "I told you what I'd do if you ever lied to me!" "obviously, your marriage has come to an impasse, sir." "Let's just talk." "You're coming home with me!" "Perhaps you don't understand, sir... but I'm in love with your wife." "close your yap, jackass." "Now let's go." "You're falling to understand, sir." "She's not coming with you." "She's not?" "Take your hands off her." "No man will hit the woman I Iove, nor any woman" "Beat it!" "Before I take you apart!" "He's got a terrible temper!" "It's written into my character--courage." "Stop it!" "Come on." "Stop it!" "What are you doing?" "Time for the old one-two." "I think he's had enough." "Sorry, pal, about the rough stuff." "You all right?" "Let me give you a hand." "There was" "That's not fair." "What are you doing?" "You're coming home with me now." "No, I'm not." "What'd you say?" "I'm going to stay and see that Tom's OK." "You're a bully." "I gave you an order." "I don't care." "I'm tired of taking your orders." "You could have killed him." "AII right." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean it." "You can't go through life beating people up." "I'm telling you one more time." "You coming with me?" "No, I'm not." "I'm telling you one more time." "You coming?" "Come on!" "No, I'm not!" "The hell with it." "I need a beer anyway." "I'II see you later." "Are you OK?" "I'm fine." "You're not even marked." "Your hair's in place." "I don't get hurt or bleed." "Hair doesn't muss." "It's one of the advantages of being imaginary." "You were very brave." "I had him, too, till he started fighting dirty." "That's why you'II never survive off the screen." "You were pretty brave, too." "You stood up to him." "You inspired me." "Mr. Shepherd." "cecilia, look, I gotta speak to you." "I've had a crazy morning." "I'm still shaking." "I don't know what to do." "I've struggled my whole life." "Now I'm finally beginning to break through... and my whole career is going right down the drain." "You don't have to worry about that." "You'II always be a great movie star." "That's very nice of you, but technically..." "I'm not really a star yet." "I try to carry myself like one." "I do the best I can as far as that, but star?" "That's a big word, isn't it?" "Star." "Yeah." "Star?" "No." "You're not just a pretty face." "You're also a peach of an actor." "really, I've seen you a Iot." "You've got something." "Is that your opinion?" "Sure." "I see all the movies." "You've got" "How can I describe it?" "You've got a magical glow." "Oh, boy!" "To hear that from a real person." "That is just" "It's not one of those movie colony bimbos... with the fancy dresses, filling you full of hot air." "would you get over here and sit down, please?" "You can take it from me." "You're not just a flash in the pan." "It would be very easy for me... to trade on my looks just like that... but I have some serious acting ambitions." "You should." "I think you're great in all the funny movies." "Thank you." "really, I was thinking you should play... some of the more heroic parts." "I want to." "I tell my agent that a hundred times!" "You could play, Iike, daniel Boone or someone" "Lindbergh." "You'd be wonderful as Lindbergh." "You are a mind reader." "You had the same thought?" "I'm on the verge of signing for that part." "I am !" "I can taste it." "really?" "You'II be wonderful!" "There's something inside you." "You have that same kind of Ione heroic quality." "You're exactly right." "Everyone has been telling me not to--you are right." "Don't you listen." "basically, I have been a loner my entire life." "Sure, anyone can see that." "You're deep and probably complicated." "Can I buy you lunch?" "Me?" "please." "Can I?" "I Iove talking to you." "I was going upstairs" "Come on." "I open myself up around you." "Have you ever been to hollywood?" "Come on." "Of course not." "I would love to just take you around hollywood." "Can I make a confession?" "Sure." "My real name is not gli Shepherd." "It's Herman Bardebedian." "really?" "Yeah." "I've been a cab driver" "Boy, do you have a pretty face." "Come on." "You do!" "Hi, big boy." "Are you alone?" "hello." "I'm alone for now... but later I have an appointment-- or should I say, rendezvous." "Good for you." "Where'd you get the funny suit?" "What, this?" "You coming from a costume party?" "No." "I'm Tom Baxter of the Chicago Baxters-- explorer, poet, adventurer." "Just back from Cairo, where I searched in vain... for the legendary purple Rose." "How about that?" "Who are you?" "My name's Emma." "That's lovely." "What do you do?" "I'm a working girl." "And what do you do, you delicate creature?" "Anything that'II make a buck." "We Baxters never really had to worry about money." "I'II bet." "You want to come along with me?" "Where to, Emma?" "Where I work." "I think you might have a good time." "Sounds enchanting." "I'm up for new experiences." "I may be able to help." "Hi, girls." "This is Tom." "Hi there, ladies." "Don't you all look enticing?" "I know what you want." "You want to be the great white hunter... and you want me to be the tiger." "I don't get it." "You will if you can afford it." "I met Tom out at the amusement park." "That's my hat." "I was thinking about something." "I can imagine." "Two of us at the same time?" "I was thinking about very deep things" "God and his relation with Irving Sachs and R.H. Levine." "And I was thinking about life in generaI-- the origin of everything we see about us... the finality of death... and how almost magical it seems in the real world... as opposed to the world of celluloid... and flickering shadows." "Where did you find this clown?" "For exampIe, the miracle of birth." "Now, I suppose some of you lovely ladies are married." "Not anymore." "The absolutely astonishing miracle of childbirth... with all its attendant feelings of humanity and pathos." "I stand in awe of existence." "Do you want to tie me up?" "Tie you up?" "That's very funny." "She's very funny." "Nice sense of humor-- the absurd non sequitur." "What's your name, sweetheart?" "Martha." "That's the same name as the ambassador's wife." "Why didn't you bring the ambassador by?" "He's still up on the screen." "But do you share my sense of wonderment... at the very fabric of being?" "The smell of a rose, real food, sensuous music?" "I've got a child." "You do?" "I see." "You're a widow." "Poor thing." "I got two kids, and he's right about giving birth." "It is a beautiful experience." "I never had a baby." "I was pregnant, but I lost it." "I'm sorry to hear that." "It always makes me cry to think about it." "There, there." "You'II have another chance." "Come on." "I'd be surprised... if all you ladies weren't married soon... especially by the way you dress." "It's so seductive to a man." "You like these stockings, Tom?" "They're just divine." "What kind of a club is this, anyhow?" "God, you're a scream." "He's terribly sweet." "He is." "I wouldn't mind doing him for nothing." "Me, neither." "plus, he's cute." "You can count me in." "Come on." "We're gonna take you into the bedroom... and give you an experience you'II never forget." "And it's on us." "I came here for a new experience." "You're gonna get a champion roll in the hay." "What, there's hay in the bedroom?" "You ever been to a brothel before?" "What's a brothel?" "You must be kidding." "A brotheI-- a bordello, a whorehouse." "I'm not following." "What?" "We go to bed with you and make love, and you pay us." "only, because you're so sweet, we want to treat you to a party." "really?" "Boy, this doesn't ring a bell with anything I know." "Come on, buddy." "You know about making love, don't you?" "I can't make love with you." "Don't tell me you don't like women." "Or you were wounded in the war." "No, I'm in love with someone else." "We're not talking about in love." "We're talking about making love." "But I Iove CeciIia." "So what?" "Marry CeciIia." "This is just for fun." "I couldn't do that." "Ladies!" "My gracious!" "Don't think I'm not appreciative of your offer... though I must say the concept is totally new to me... but I'm just hopelessly head-over-heeIs in love... with CeciIia." "She is all I want." "My devotion is to her, my loyalties." "Every breath she takes makes my heart dance." "This guy just kills me." "Are there any other guys like you out there?" "Lawson's Music Store." "This store's been here since I was a kid." "I wish I couId play an instrument." "That's my other ambition in life... is to be a great classical violinist... thousands cheering me night after night." "I can play the ukulele." "You can?" "My father taught me before he ran away." "I'm AIabamy bound" "There'II be no heebie-jeebies hangin' round" "Just gave the meanest ticket man on earth" "AII I'm worth" "To put my tootsies in an upper berth" "Just hear that choo-choo sound" "Whoo whoo!" "I know that soon we're gonna cover ground" "And then I'II holler 'cause the world will know" "Here I go" "I'm AIabamy bound" "Whoa!" "I'm AIabamy bound" "That was wonderful!" "Thanks." "That's like a dream." "Listen." "My baby loves me" "I don't know nobody" "As happy as we" "She's only 20" "And I'm 21" "We never worry" "We're just havin' fun" "Bum bum bum" "Sometimes we quarrel" "And maybe we fight" "But then we make up" "The following night" "When we're together" "We're great company" "I Iove my baby" "And my baby loves me" "That was wonderful!" "After the Lindbergh movie, you should do a musical." "I did have one bit in one once." "I saw "Dancing Doughboys."" ""Dancing Doughboys"!" "You remembered!" "That was great." "You turned to Ina BeasIey and said..." ""I won't be going south with you this winter."" "That's exac--Right." ""I won't be going south with you this winter." ""We have a little score to settle..." ""on the other side of the atlantic."" ""Does this mean I won't be seeing you ever again?"" ""Ever is a Iong time."" ""When you leave, don't look back."" "You remember it perfectly." "Then I took her in my arms and I kissed her... knowing it was for the Iast time." "God, you're beautiful." "Was it fun kissing Ina BeasIey?" "It was a movie kiss." "We professionals can put that stuff on just like that." "It looked like you loved her." "Oh, my goodness." "feel my heart." "I bet--I shouId" "Thank you so much for the ukulele." "Don't be offended." "I didn't mean" "I'm not offended." "I'm just confused." "I'm married." "I just met a wonderful new man." "He's fictional, but you can't have everything." "Can I see you later?" "No." "I'm meeting Tom." "My own creation plagues me." "Anything happening out there?" "Not a thing." "Life is amazing, isn't it?" "One little minor character, takes some action... and the whole world is turned upside-down." "What if he never comes back?" "We just drift till they shut the projector." "will you shut up?" "Stop that." "He'II be back." "I feel it." "I don't want to sit around and wait." "That's exactly what they want." "Who?" "The bosses." "Look at us!" "Sitting around, slaves to some stupid scenario." "meanwhile, the fat cats in hollywood... are getting rich on our work-- studio heads, writers, movie stars." "Stop it!" "But we're the ones who sweat!" "We're the characters on the screen, not them !" "You're a Red." "I say unite, brothers, and take action!" "What possible action?" "Shut up and sit down!" "Wait a minute!" "Shut up, will you?" "What if all this is merely a matter of semantics?" "How can it be semantics?" "Wait a minute." "Let's just readjust our definitions." "Let's redefine ourselves as the real world... and them as the world of illusion and shadow." "You see?" "We're reality, they're a dream." "You'd better calm down." "You've been up on the screen flickering too long." "It's confirmed." "It is?" "I was afraid this might happen." "The Tom Baxter character... tried leaving the screen in four theaters" "St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, and Detroit... and he almost made it in Detroit." "It looks bad." "Those movie houses are in a state of pandemonium." "There's no way to keep the lid on it." "I see hundreds of lawsuits." "We better pull the picture out of release." "What, in those towns?" "Everywhere." "Something's obviously gone very wrong here... and the best course of action is to shut down... take our losses, and get out of this mess... before it really gets out of hand." "Can you imagine hundreds of Tom Baxters flying around wild?" "And you responsible for every one of them." "The best thing to do is to quit while there's... only of them out there, but what do we do about him?" "We gotta get him back in the picture... then we turn off the projector and burn the prints." "And the negative." "What a shame." "It was such a good picture." "I missed you." "You're late." "I'm sorry." "I came as quickly as I couId." "I Iove you." "Thank you." "My feelings are so jumbled." "I know." "You're married, and you're oId-fashioned... and I'm a whole new idea." "But the truth is, you're unhappiIy married... and I'm gonna take you away from all this." "I know you love me." "I do love you." "Don't you share my feelings?" "That's just it." "You're some kind of phantom." "Look, I don't want to talk anymore... about what's real and what's illusion." "Life's too short to spend time thinking about life." "Let's just live it." "Live it how?" "We'II begin with dinner." "Listen, no." "I've only got a few dollars." "We're not gonna use your money." "That's all we have, unless you've done something." "Say no more." "The moon will be full, the stars will be out." "We're going stepping." "But we're broke." "Leave that to me." "It's him !" "You're back!" "I want you to meet my fiancee CeciIia." "well, you know all these people." "It's not possible." "I'm in the world of the possible." "You better get back in the story, you little weasel." "You anticipate me." "follow me." "Trust me." "He just comes and goes like he pleases." "Come on." "Where am I?" "She can't be in here." "Why not?" "Come on." "My money's good up here." "I feel like I'm floating on air." "It upsets the balance!" "What's the difference?" "He's back, isn't he?" "I told you he'd be back." "Can we get on with the plot now?" "How can we with her here?" "She's here with me." "I'II sock any man in the jaw who makes her feel unwanted." "It's about time you got back." "AII right." "Now we finally go to the Copacabana." "None of us have eaten in ages." "Good." "I'm bringing a guest." "Won't Kitty Haynes be surprised." "table for seven, please, Arturo." "Yes, sir." "Seven?" "Seven." "That's impossible." "It's always six." "We have an extra." "Seven, Arturo." "This person?" "So let's not speak of love sublime" "Because time brings on a breakup" "There'II be no tears and no emotional scenes" "To spoil my make-up" "And when the end comes, I'II take up the slack..." "would you Iike some more champagne?" "Thank you." "Listen, I don't know what they're charging you... but those champagne bottles are filled with ginger ale." "That's the movies, kid." "I don't care." "I Iove every minute of it." "...Domesticating" "Every Sunday, Monday" "One day at a time" "Let's take it one day at a time" "Let's take it one day at a time" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "Thank you." "Who are you?" "I came with Tom." "You sing so beautifully." "What the hell is this?" "We're supposed to meet and marry." "Who's the skirt?" "My fiancee." "He met her in New Jersey." "What is this?" "Kitty, she's real." "Quick!" "Pour ginger ale over her." "What's all the fuss about?" "Nothing, Arturo." "We were just leaving." "Leaving where?" "I'm all mixed up." "I'm going to show CeciIia the town." "Are we chucking out the plot?" "exactly." "Every man for himself." "Then I don't have to seat people anymore." "I can do what it is I've always wanted to do!" "What's that?" "Hit it, boys!" "I had such a wonderful time." "Me, too." "Where are all the others?" "I don't know." "probably just still dancing away." "Why, does it matter?" "I wanted to get you alone." "It's so beautiful here." "The white telephone." "I've dreamed of having a white telephone." "Your dreams are my dreams." "My whole life, I've wondered what it wouId be like... to be this side of the screen." "You see that city out there waking up?" "That's yours for the asking." "My heart's beating so fast." "GiI, what are you doing here?" "I came in here to think." "What are you doing here?" "I took her on a date." "AII right?" "Can't you just leave us alone?" "I can't leave her alone." "I'm jealous." "You're jealous?" "What do you want me to say?" "I can't get CeciIia out of my mind." "GiI, do you mean that?" "For God's sake, would you go back to hollywood, please?" "I'm embarrassed to admit it." "You said I had a magical glow, but it's you." "You're the one that has one." "And even though we've just met..." "I know that this is the real thing." "You can't be in love with CeciIia." "She's in love with me!" "Why don't you turn around and re-enter the film?" "I'm never going back!" "I can't believe it." "They're at it again." "will you get back up here?" "See, there you go." "You're ruining everything." "You're the one who's ruining everything." "If it wasn't for me, there wouldn't be any you." "Don't be so sure." "I couId have been played... by Frederick March or leslie Howard." "You're wrong." "The part's too insignificant... to attract a major star." "Insignificant?" "Like hell it is!" "What are you talking about?" "I'm not a minor character." "Jeez." "You know, I haven't been able... to think of anything since we've met." "I have to have some time with you... to show you what real life can be like... if two people really care for each other." "Last week, I was unloved." "Now two people love me, and it's the same two people." "Go with the real guy, honey." "We're limited." "Go with Tom." "He's got no flaws." "Go with somebody, child!" "'Cause I's gettin' bored." "She's going to marry me." "You're wasting your time." "will you get back on the screen?" "I'm trying to tell CeciIia I'm in love with her." "I Iove you." "I'm honest, dependable, courageous, romantic... and a great kisser." "And I'm real." "Let's go, cecilia." "Choose one of them so we can settle this thing." "The most human of all attributes is your ability to choose." "Wait a minute." "If she chooses Tom... how are we gonna end the story?" "We'II be stuck here forever." "Father DonneIIy can marry us right here in the movie house." "That won't stand up in court." "The priest has to be human." "The bible never says a priest can't be on film." "I'm already married." "Come away with me to hollywood." "Just like that?" "Do something impulsive for once in your life." "Just throw your stuff in a valise and come away with me." "really." "And don't forget that ukuIeIe." "What ukuIeIe?" "Look, I Iove you." "I know that only happens in movies, but I do." "cecilia, you're throwing away perfection!" "Don't tell her that." "We need Tom back!" "It's so romantic!" "Women!" "I'm crushed." "Devastated." "Try to understand." "You'II be fine." "In your world... things have a way of always working out right." "I'm a real person." "No matter how tempted I am, I have to choose the real world." "I Ioved every minute with you." "I'II never forget our night on the town." "Good-bye." "You're better off with us, old sport." "You really are." "Can we get on with "The purple Rose of Cairo"?" "Anyone wants me, I'II be in reel six." "Kitty's waiting for you." "Lord, have mercy!" "What a day!" "Your explorer friend's OK." "I saw him walking around town with you." "He's OK, no thanks to you." "I didn't mean to be so rough on him." "It's just that I get jealous when it comes to you." "Do you?" "Christ, you know I do." "I know I treat you rough." "It's my way." "It doesn't mean I don't feel for you." "What are you doing?" "Leaving." "Here we go again." "You don't feel for me." "AII you feel for is yourself... your beer, your card games, your women." "OK." "I'm gonna turn over a new leaf." "It's too late." "I'm going." "I should have left a Iong time ago." "I would've, except I was scared of being alone." "So, what now?" "You found some chump... who's filling your head with big ideas." "No." "I got a chance to change my Iife." "I'm moving to hollywood." "Now, listen, I said I was sorry... about being rough with your friend, but let's shape up." "It's too late!" "Like hell it is... and don't be giving me that big-headed stuff, you hear?" "Because I'm the guy that can slap you down." "Go ahead and hit me." "Just go ahead!" "I'm leaving anyway!" "This never would've happened if you didn't meet that guy." "That's probably right... and we would have gone on the same way... 'tiI we were too old to hope for something better." "But I did meet him." "And I have feelings for him." "And he has for me." "What about me?" "I still care for you, if you can believe that... but out of the blue for the first time in my Iife... somebody's in love with me." "But you just met each other." "Love at first sight doesn't only happen just in the movies." "Don't go." "You hear me?" "Now wait a minute." "I said don't go!" "You stay here!" "Take care of yourself." "AII right." "well, go." "See if I care." "Go, see what it is out there." "It ain't the movies!" "It's real life, and you'II be back." "Mark my words." "You'II be back!" "What are you doing here?" "Meeting gli Shepherd." "They're all gone." "What do you mean?" "They went back to hollywood." "GiI, too?" "Mr. Shepherd, yeah." "Soon as Tom Baxter went back up on the movie screen... couldn't wait to get out of here." "He said this was a close call for his career." "I think he's going to play charles Lindbergh." "Don't forget, cecilia." "Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers start today." "Heaven" "I'm in heaven" "And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak" "And I seem to find the happiness I seek" "When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek" "Heaven" "I'm in heaven" "And the cares that hung around me through the week" "Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak" "When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek" "Oh, I Iove to climb a mountain" "And to reach the highest peak" "But it doesn't thrill me half as much" "As dancing cheek to cheek"