"MAN:" "Thís ís París." "And I'm an Amerícan who líves here." "My name." "Jerry Mullígan and I'm an ex-Gl." "In 1945. when the Army told me to fínd my own job I stayed on." "And I'll tell you why." "I'm a paínter." "All my lífe that's all I've ever wanted to do." "And for a paínter." "the mecca of the world for study for ínspíratíon and for lívíng ís here on thís star called París." "Just looh at ít." "No wonder so many artísts have come here and called ít home." "Brother. íf you can't paínt ín París you better gíve up and marry the boss's daughter." "We're on the Left Bank now." "That's where l'm bílleted." "Here's my street." "In the past couple of years I've gotten to know practícally everyone on the bloch." "And a nícer bunch you'll never meet." "Bach home everyone saíd I dídn't have any talent." "They míght be sayíng the same thíng over here but ít sounds better ín French." "I líve upstaírs." "No. no. not there." "One flíght up." "[JERRY SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "BOY:" "Jerry!" "Jerry!" "Jerry!" "JERRY:" "Those are three of my pals." "Etíenne." "Mauríce and Jacques." "I'm theír man because I gíve them Amerícan bubble gum." "Oh. I have a lot of good fríends ín París." "A lot of very good fríends." "MAN:" "And I am one of them." "Adam Cook ís my name." "I'm a concert píaníst." "That's a pretentíous way of sayíng I'm, ha, unemployed at the moment." "I líve ín the same bríck píle wíth, uh, young Rembrandt." "Mah, that's not me." "He's too happy." "I'm over here on a scholarshíp." "Last year. I won the Hackenwall prí2e and was sent abroad to study." "That's the eíghth fellowshíp I've won." "And you know somethíng?" "I'm gettíng pretty homesíck." "Mot only that, but I'm begínníng to feel líke the world's oldest chíld prodígy." "One tíme I ran out of fellowshíps and had to go to work for a lívíng." "I had to stop because I díscovered I was líkíng ít and I dídn't want to become a slave to the habít." "It's not a pretty face, I grant you." "But underneath íts flabby exteríor ís an enormous lack of character." "I líke París." "It's a place where you don't run ínto old fríends." "Although that's never been one of my problems." "Strangely enough. I made a fríend over here once. I worhed for hím." "Hís name was Henrí Baurel." "You hnow, the French musíc-hall star?" "0o you remember hím?" "henri :" "I do, because that's me." "[GROCER AND henri SPEAK IN FRENCH]" "henri:" "Oh, _dam was a fíne accompaníst." "I wísh he were stíll wíth me." "My. how níce to be ín the old quarter." "[MAITRE D' AND henri SPEAK IN FRENCH]" "henri :" "You see?" "Everybody recogní2es me." "[MAN AND henri SPEAK IN FRENCH]" "__NRI:" "I guess I haven't changed so much after all." "And they've known me a long tíme." "Now. don't mísunderstand." "I don't mean to ímply that I am old." "I'm not." "After all. I am only...." "Ha." "Well, what's the dífference?" "Oh, no, no." "That's not me." "I am not that young." "Let's íust say I am old enough to hnow what to do wíth my young feelíngs." "Ríght?" "Georges!" "Henri Baurel!" "[BOTH SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "Henri!" "henri:" "Mathilde!" "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "[PIANO PLAYING NEARBY]" "Adam?" "[SINGS "NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT"]" "You used to sing it a tone higher." "I'm a big boy now." "My voice is changing." "Shall I come up?" "ADAM:" "No. I'll be right down." "Hey." "Georges. some coffee!" "[GEORGES SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "Henri. I'm going to make you an omelette à la confíture." "Henri!" "Henri!" "Don't kiss me." "You'll spoil my makeup." "You look great." "Hank." "What're you doing. taking injections?" "Something much better." "l hear your show's a big hit." "It is. natureIIement." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "When did you get over?" "Last March." "I phoned you. but no answer." "I'd have phoned again." "but I was afraid you'd be in." "March?" "I wasn't in Paris then." "Lise and I were visiting friends in Juan-les-Pins." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "Coffee. please." "What are you working on?" "Same old concert." "Ha. ha." "When will you give it?" "When I can't figure out any more reasons not to." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "Some coffee. please. huh?" "Oh. I took Lise to hear Weingarten play the other night." "It was her first concert." "and her eyes were shining two days." "Why didn't you take her to an eye doctor?" "Incidentally. who's Lise?" "That's the second time that name has come up ." "Adam. I am very happy these days." "I'll show you her picture." "Are you married?" "Not yet." "Huh. pretty." "Very pretty." "She looks familiar." "She's Jacques Bouvier's daughter." "Jacques Bouvier--?" "Oh." "Jacques Bouvier." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "Mm." "My coffee." "[ADAM AND GEORGES SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "Ah. poor Jacques." "He was caught in the Resistance." "I took care of Lise all through the occupation." "She lived in my house." "Your house?" "Mm-hm." "Shocking. but generous." "She was a little girl then." "We only became. uh. in love after she left." "Isn't she a little young for you. kid?" "No. not really." "She's 19." "She's getting on." "What's she like?" "Well. she has great vitality and joie de vivre." "She loves to go out. have fun and dance." "She could dance all night." "Sounds tiresome." "Kind of a wild kid. huh?" "Wild?" "Whatever gave you that idea?" "Well. you said" "No. she's very simple." "ADAM :" "Very simple." "[BOTH SPEAK IN FRENCH]" "She works all day at the Maison Nicole." "the perfume shop." "ADAM:" "I'd prefer not to discuss the matter any further." "henri :" "Oh. be serious." "Oh. she's an enchanting girl." "Adam." "Not really beautiful." "and yet. she has great beauty." "ADAM :" "Very spírítual type. huh?" "henri :" "Not at all." "She's an excítíng gírl." "Adam." "ADAM :" "She seems to be a lusty young lady." "henri:" "Oh, no!" "She's sweet and shy." "ADAM :" "An old-fashíoned gírl. huh?" "henri :" "Course nott" "She's vívacíous and modern." "ADAM :" "Always yahhíng ít up, huh?" "henri :" "Don't be sílly." "She reads íncessantly." "ADAM :" "Doesn't all that mahe her moody?" "henri :" "Never." "She's the gayest gírl ín the world." "Look." "let's start all over again. shall we?" "What's she like?" "Good morning." "Therese." "WOMAN:" "How are you today?" "JERRY:" "I could be better. I'm broke." "THERESE:" "Broke?" "That means I have no money." "When I'm broke I don't eat." "When I don't eat. I get tired and depressed." "When that happens. the only thing that helps is wine and women." "THERESE:" "That should be very simple." "You are in Paris. non_" "Yes. but even in Paris that takes money which is what I don't have in the first place." "[THERESE LAUGHS]" "This isn't music." "It's uncivilized." "It's noise." "Hi!" "Hi." "Jerry. this is Henri Baurel." "Jerry Mulligan." "How do you do?" "Oh. I know you." "I've heard you sing a thousand times." "You're wonderful." "Thank you." "Excuse me." "Adam. you wouldn't have 300 francs on you?" "I'm going to Montmartre and I need lunch money." "Sorry. kid." "Bought a postage stamp this morning and it broke me." "henri :" "Please allow me." "No." "No. no." "Thanks." "I never touch a guy unless I've known him 1 5 minutes." "I've known him 1 5 years." "Lend me 300." "I wouldn't lend him money if I were you." "He's a bum risk." "Adam." "Adam." "For this you win a scholarship?" "[IMITATES PIANO]" "What's the matter?" "Evidently the man doesn't like jazz." "He's against it." "What else is there?" "I know what he likes." "He's strictly a three-quarter man." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "Ah. old Vienna." "Franz Joseph!" "Und meín wine." "The palace of Schönbrunn." "Danube bleu." "Kaffee with Schlagsahne." "And Wiener schnitzel." "[SPEAKS IN GERMAN]" "[SIGHS]" "[SINGING "BY STRAUSS"]" "[BOTH SPEAKING IN GERMAN]" "[CONTINUES SINGING "BY STRAUSS"]" "BOTH:" "Strauss!" "Dog!" "Pig!" "My card!" "[SCREAMS]" "[SINGING "BY STRAUSS"]" "[SPEAKS IN GERMAN]" "[CONTINUES SINGING "BY STRAUSS"]" "[SPEAKS IN GERMAN]" "ADAM :" "Gentlemen!" "The Emperor!" "[CONTINUES SINGING "BY STRAUSS"]" "ALL:" "By Strauss!" "[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]" "[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]" "[BOTH SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "Relax. sister." "I'm from Perth Amboy." "New Jersey." "I can understand disregarding perspective to achieve an effect. but in your case. l" "Look. honey. why don't you be a good little girl and move on?" "You're not gonna buy anything." "You're just blocking out the sunshine." "GIRL:" "Well. I just wanted to discuss your work." "I don't want you to discuss my work." "I'm not interested in your opinion of my work." "If you say something nice." "it won't make me feel better." "And if you don't. it'll bother me." "Thank you." "Good day." "[MILO CHUCKLES]" "Do you. ah. mind if I look or will you chew my head off too?" "No. go ahead." "You're okay." "Oh. thank you." "She's one of those third-year girls that gripe my liver." "Third-year girls?" "Yeah. you know." "American college kids." "They come here to take their third year and lap up a little culture." "They give me a swift pain." "Why?" "They're harmless enough." "They're officious and dull." "They're always making profound observations they've overheard." "Say. do you have a cigarette?" "l think so." "Thanks." "Don't you like criticism?" "Who does?" "Tough enough getting it from those who know." "My first today." "Oh ." "My guess is the business isn't very good." "Your guess is right on the nose." "You know I like these two." "Thanks." "So do I." "I want to buy them." "How much are they?" "Gee. I don't know." "You don't know?" "I never thought I'd come to the point where that would be an issue." "Uh. offer me something." "Fifteen thousand francs." "Fifteen thousand francs." "For each." "For each." "Will that be satisfactory?" "That'll be good and satisfactory." "You sure you know what you're doing?" "What do you care?" "That's about t50 apiece. isn't it?" "I don't know." "lady." "I haven't changed any money lately." "Oh. dear." "What's the matter?" "l haven't got enough with me." "Ah." "Well. come back tomorrow." "It's a cinch they'll still be here." "I've got an idea." "Why don't you come to the hotel?" "I can pay you there." "Fine." "Is it far?" "Would you care if it were?" "What's your name?" "Jerry Mulligan." "What's yours?" "Milo Roberts." "Milo?" "Yeah. as in Venus de." "Venus de." "Uh...." "ls this yours?" "Mm-hm." "Maybe I should have charged you more." "I'll be right back." "Make yourself at home." "Thanks." "[WHISTLES]" "Here." "JERRY:" "Thanks." "Uh. would you like some sherry?" "All right." "Say. uh. how'd you come by all these worldly possessions?" "A rich husband or a rich father?" "A father." "Yeah?" "What's he do?" "Oil." "I should have known." "Suntan oil." "Really?" "I didn't know there was so much in that racket." "There's a lot of red skin in America." "There must be." "Let's see now." "Where shall I hang these?" "Maybe over on" "Look." "Look." "Here's a good place." "Good light." "Not too much sun." "Okay?" "Yeah. that'll be fine." "By golly. you know. these are good." "I've seen hundreds of paintings by young artists and not one has impressed me till these." "Yeah?" "I'm glad." "Makes it easier to give up." "Give up?" "Yeah. it's kind of hard for an artist to sell." "A writer. a composer. they can always buy a copy of what they create." "But with a painter." "it's the original that counts." "Once that's gone. it's out of his life." "I never thought of that." "[PHONE RINGS]" "Excuse me for a minute." "Hello?" "Oh. hello." "Tommy." "Oh. no. dear." "Don't come up." "Be a darling and wait for me in the dining room. will you?" "I'll be right down." "Right." "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to stay so long." "Please. don't apologize. I wanted you to." "I wish we had more time to talk." "Goodbye. then. and thanks again." "MILO :" "Uh. by the way what are you going to do tonight?" "JERRY:" "Why?" "Oh. well. I'm giving a small party here." "There'll be an extra girl." "Why don't you come?" "I don't know." "Do you have a date?" "No." "Well. then come." "You'll find the company very easy." "Nothing formal." "Be here at 8." "Okay." "Oh. my car can take you home." "He has nothing to do." "Thanks." "[CHILDREN CHEERING]" "Me, me!" "[CHILDREN SCREAMING]" "BOY 1 :" "Hey." "Jerry. tu as du bubble gum?" "No.íe n'aípas du bubble gum." "[CHILDREN MOAN]" "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "[CHEERING]" "Tomorrow." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "Tomorrow." "[ALL SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "Okay." "Okay." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "[CHILDREN LAUGH]" "Door." "CHILDREN:" "Door!" "Street." "CHILDREN:" "Street!" "Lady." "CHILDREN:" "Lady!" "Window." "CHILDREN:" "Window!" "Flowers." "CHILDREN:" "Flowers!" "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "[CHILDREN GIGGLING]" "Ah." "Monsieur le-Wise-Guy." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "A very hard word." "Massachusetts." "Massachusetts." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "An American song." "CHILDREN:" "Ooh." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" ""l got." -l got." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "l got." "l got." "Good." "l got." "GIRL 1 :" "I got." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "ALL:" "I got." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "[WHISTLES]" "[ALL SINGING "l GOT RHYTHM"]" "[BOTH SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "[CONTINUES SINGING "l GOT RHYTHM"]" "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "[SINGS "l GOT RHYTHM" IN FRENCH]" "[SINGS IN ENGLISH]" "[SINGING IN FRENCH]" "[SINGING IN ENGLISH]" "[BOTH SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "l got!" "Rhythm!" "Yeah!" "I got!" "BOY 2:" "Music!" "Yeah!" "I got!" "CHILDREN:" "My gal!" "[SINGING IN ENGLISH]" "[ALL SINGING IN ENGLISH]" "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "C'est le "time step." CHILDREN:" "ie time step." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH] le time step." "C'est le "shim sham."" "CHILDREN:" "Shim sham." "Ah ." "Charleston!" "Charleston!" "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "Choo-choo train!" "[IMITATES TRAIN WHISTLE]" "Soldier!" "CHILDREN:" "Soldier." "[CHILDREN GIGGLING]" "Napoleon!" "Cowboy!" "CHILDREN:" "Cowboy!" "Hopalong Cassidy!" "Yeah!" "Charlot." "GIRL 2:" "Charlie Chaplin." "Airplane!" "[SINGS "l GOT RHYTHM"]" "More!" "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "MILO:" "Good evening. I'm sorry I'm late." "Good evening." "The moment I went in to dress the phone started ringing like a steeple on Sunday." "Would you like one of these?" "Fine. fine." "I've never seen so many Americans in Paris before." "The Champs Élysées looks just like Main Street." "Do you. uh. live here all the time?" "Oh. no. I usually go home to Baltimore for Christmas and Thanksgiving." "That's. uh. quite a dress you almost have on." "[MILO CHUCKLES]" "Thanks." "What holds it up?" "Modesty." "Cheers." "Cheers." "I see it's a formal brawl after all." "What makes you think that?" "Well. the more formal the party is." "the less you have to wear." "Oh. no. you're quite wrong." "It's most informal." "Where is everybody?" "Here." "Downstairs?" "No. here in this room." "What about that extra girl?" "[CHUCKLES]" "That's me." "Oh." "You mean the party's just you and me?" "That's right." "Oh. I see." "Well. it's kind of a little joke. isn't it?" "In a way." "Well." "Iady. here's your dough back." "I'll take my pictures and run along." "Now wait a minute." "Wait. my foot." "You must be out of your mink-lined head." "I know I need dough." "but I don't need it this badly." "If you're hard up for companionship." "they have guys who do this for a living." "Call one of them." "[MILO CHUCKLES]" "What's so funny?" "You!" "You're so righteous." "Now stop defending your honor so assiduously and listen to me for a minute." "I don't need a paid escort." "And I'm not trying to rob you of your precious male initiative." "I'm interested in your work and I want to get to know you better." "Now. is that such a crime?" "Well. it certainly is a roundabout way to do it." "Would you have accepted a normal invitation?" "No." "I want to help you." "I think you have a great deal of talent." "Now. it doesn't hurt to have somebody rooting for you. does it?" "lt'll be the first time anybody ever did." "Well. then let me." "Please?" "How's the food downstairs?" "Very good." "And probably very expensive." "Would it embarrass you if I signed the check?" "Yeah." "Let's go someplace I can afford." "I know." "How about the Café Flodair on Montparnasse?" "I feel like "jazz hot" and it's not very expensive." "It better not be." "I'd like to show a little profit at the end of the day." "How long did it last?" "Oh. about two years." "I lost him in the war." "I'm sorry." "To another woman." "Oh ." "Somebody he met in California while in training." "If he was the dog you said he was." "you must've been glad to be rid of him." "Well. I was. I guess. except that l" "Except it would have been much more satisfactory if you could've kissed him off." "I guess." "You should get married again." "You need it." "Why?" "Everybody does." "Everybody has to have someone to account to." "Especially when you don't work." "It keeps the personality together." "No. thank you." "Not for me." "Besides. I have work to do." "What?" "Well. for the moment. you." "I want to bring you to the attention of important dealers." "They know me. I'm a big customer." "We have a large collection at home." "I could sponsor you talk about you. encourage you." "When you've done enough canvases I could arrange your first show." "That is. if you'll let me." "It sounds great. but what's in it for you?" "Well. just the excitement of helping somebody I believe in..." "...and finding out if I'm right." "MAN:" "Milo!" "Milo. darling." "Tommy!" "I knew you'd turn up here." "Oh." "Tommy. this is Jerry Mulligan." "Jerry. this is Tommy Baldwin." "He's on the París Telegram." "Hello." "Hello there." "Milo. darling. I'm showing the Jansens around and I need your help." "What do you say." "Jerry?" "Shall we go to his rescue?" "Anything you like." "Follow me." "You need radar to find your way in this smoke." "Who are the Jansens?" "Magazine illustrators." "What're they like?" "Death." "TOMMY:" "Look what I found." "Hello." "WOMAN:" "Milo. what a pleasant surprise." "Jack. say hello to Milo." "JACK:" "Hello." "Milo." "Oh. this is Jerry Mulligan." "Jerry. the Jansens." "Hello." "How do you do?" "Mulligan?" "Isn't this the chap you told me about at lunch?" "Yeah." "Oh. uh. waiter?" "Two more glasses. please." "Milo says you're quite wonderful." "Hmm?" "I'd love to see some of your pictures." "Oh. well. I'm having a private showing tomorrow at a corner in Montmartre." "You paint?" "Yeah." "So do we." "Jack and I." "We work together." "Well. that's cozy." "Dance. you two. I want to talk to Milo." "Come on." "Jack." "Have fun." "Say. there's a very special doll over there." "Do you happen to know who she is?" "No." "But she is lovely. isn't she?" "She sure is." "Oh." "Tommy. I'm very anxious for you to see Jerry's work." "If you like it. you can get him a mention on the Art page." "Nothing to it." "Lise." "What?" "Her name is Lise." "Oh." "Well." "Milo." "let's dance." "We haven't for years." "Yes." "let's." "Excuse me." "Jerry." "Milo." "MILO:" "Hmm?" "You're going to have trouble with that one." "Oh. no. I'm not." "He's just not housebroken yet. that's all." "When will you stop involving yourself with young artists?" "It never works." "If they're no good. you're ashamed." "Or they get too independent." "Just dance." "Tommy. please." "But I'm warning you." "he'll be out in four months just like the composer and the sculptor." "Lise!" "I didn't see you sitting here." "l'm afraid I don't" "What a pleasant surprise." "My wife and I were talking about you and were wondering what happened to her." "Jerry Mulligan." "Let's go around the floor once for old time's sake." "Do you mind?" "MAN:" "No." "Excuse me." "Well. you're certainly not without your nerve." "Now. now. now." "Don't get angry." "This was perfectly harmless." "I haven't been able to take my eyes off you since I walked in this smoke factory." "I only let you do this because I didn't want a disturbance." "And I don't have a wife." "I just threw that in to make it look respectable." "Oh. that was very considerate." "Now. please." "I would like to return to my table." "In a minute." "[SINGS "LOVE IS HERE TO STAY"]" "I revise my estimate." "Make that two months." "Lise." "Lise. I swear. this is the first time I've ever done anything like this." "Well. at least as a civilian." "I just had to meet you." "I don't know what type of girl you think I am. but I'm not." "And now I would like to return to my friends." "I thought you were bored with them." "You sure looked it." "You should see me now." "Ouch." "[CROWD APPLAUDING]" "The music has stopped." "The elements are against me." "Lise. it was swell seeing you again and I will tell Elaine to call you." "Now. what was your phone number?" "It just slipped my mind the moment you said it." "Opera 2-5-7-4." "No." "Lise. 2-4-7-5." "Thank you." "Good night." "Hi." "Hello." "Well. I'm tired." "Good night." "Good night. darling. I'll call you." "Yes." "Tommy." "Jack. say good night to Milo." "Night." "Milo." "Good night." "Jack." "Don't I owe you for the wine?" "Forget it." "You do it next time." "If there is one." "Good night." "Good night." "[SINGS "LOVE IS HERE TO STAY"]" "That was fun. wasn't it?" "Was it?" "Yeah." "That's a fascinating place." "I'd like to hang around there and paint it." "I can imagine all the work you'll get done." "You've already done a painting of a Montmartre dive and it wasn't successful." "Hey. wait a minute." "Don't try to tell me how and what to paint." "l don't like that." "l didn't like your exhibition tonight!" "l thought you were very rude." "Rude?" "Well. I didn't mean to be. I'm sorry." "Picking up stray women is your own affair but don't do it with me." "Is that clear?" "Yeah." "Yeah. that's clear." "That's very clear." "Stop the car. please." "You sensitive artists!" "You're touchy about yourself..." "...but oblivious of others." "l am getting out." "You don't understand how they feel." "JERRY:" "It's been fun." "Other-- I'm sorry you got stuck with the pictures." "l still like the pictures." "Thanks a lot." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "[HUMS]" "LISE:" "Hello?" "Uh...." "Lise?" "Yes?" "Jerry Mullígan." "I met you at the Café Flodaír last níght, remember?" "Oh. you!" "Yeah. me." "Uh, looh, ít's a beautíful day out and I thought I could drop by and" "Well. now. one moment." "Mr. Mooligan." "Uh.... "Mulligan."" "Last night you were a small annoyance but today you're growing into a large nuisance." "Now please leave me alone and don't call me again. ever." "[CAR RATTLING]" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Would you care for. uh--?" "Oh. no. thanks." "I've had my breakfast already." "I've been up for hours working. I might add. for you." "Do you know Jules Parmentier." "the art dealer?" "I know of him." "Why?" "He came to the hotel and had coffee this morning." "I showed him your pictures." "Oh. he was very impressed." "He thought you had great individuality." "He thought they were very fresh." "Well. that's wonderful." "Not only that.. ." "...but he wants to talk to us about your show." "That's a long way off." "Maybe not such a long way." "Oh. yes. it is. I don't have near enough for an exhibition." "And the ones I do have. I'm not sure" "That's not important now." "Then I went to the Marais Galleries and talked to Louis Dufond." "He's a very old friend of mine." "He's coming tomorrow to see the pictures." "You. uh. don't waste any time. do you?" "I hope not." "Why don't you come with me now and we'll talk about this over lunch?" "Well. I've something to do this morning but I could meet you." "How about the Restaurant Paul on the Avenue de la Paix?" "All right." "l'll see you there at 1 ." "Okay." "I'm sorry about that little tiff last night." "I was. uh. tired I guess." "Oh. forget it." "l did." "You did?" "That's not very nice of you." "See you at 1 ." "WOMAN:" "Very nice for a summer perfume." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "This is a little heavy. I'm afraid." "LISE:" "I'll show you something else." "What's that one on the right?" "This one?" "No. the other." "LISE:" "Oh." "This is very nice." "It's called-- lt's called Escapade." "There's a saleslady free at the other end of the shop. monsieur." "Ah. thank you." "but what I want is at this end." "I don't know which to choose." "They're both lovely." "Oh. I wish my husband were here." "He's so fussy about the way I smell." "Well. why don't you bring him with you later and decide then?" "That's an excellent idea." "He's in Milwaukee." "Oh. dear. oh. dear. I hate decisions." "I always get a rash if I have to decide something." "Why don't you let me help you." "lady?" "After all. I'd have the man's point of view." "Yes. that's a good idea." "Here." "See which one you like." "Not bad." "Oh. this is it." "Nuít d'_mour:" "Night of Love." "No contest." "lady." "Really?" "You wear that and the Frenchmen will never let you go back to Milwaukee." "I'll take it." "Would you send it to my hotel. collect?" "I'm Mrs. Edna Mae Benstrom." "I'm at the Granville." "Ah. here's my card." "Oh. thank you very much." "l think I'll put a little on." "Oh. it is good. isn't it?" "You'll need protection." "Oh. I hope so." "You've been very kind." "Thank you." "Thank you both." "Good day." "Good day." "Now. monsieur. what can I do for you?" "You know what you can do for me." "Go out with me." "How do you know I'm not married?" "That finger on your left hand is awfully naked." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "You know. it's a pity you don't have as much charm as persistence." "But I have." "You've only seen the aggressive side of me." "I have a lighter side." "I'm loaded with charm." "I go to parties and put on hats and do funny things." "You see?" "What do you say?" "Come on." "All right." "You win." "It's my lunch time." "You can take me for lunch." "I can't. l" " How about dinner?" "Oh. no." "That's not possible." "You have a date?" "Yes." "Well. what about after dinner?" "Say. 9:" "OO?" "Well. I guess it would be all right." "Good. I'll pick you up." "Oh. no. I'll meet you somewhere." "Well. okay." "Do you know the Café Bel-Ami?" "By the bridge?" "Yeah." "l'll see you there at 9. okay?" "Fine." "Mademoiselle. there is no happier man in Paris than Monsieur Mulligan." "At this moment." "[LISE LAUGHING]" "Madame. you're delicious." "[SINGS "TRA-LA-LA"]" "One's company. two's a crowd." "You get it?" "[SINGS]" "Disappear." "Don't you see I'm busy?" "Hit the boulevard." "[SINGING "TRA-LA-LA"]" "[SINGING IN FRENCH]" "[SINGING IN ENGLISH]" "Look." "One hand." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "[PHONE RINGS]" "Ah." "Hello?" "Hello." "What's new. huh?" "Who ís thís?" "Guess." "_Oh, Adam!" "You always call at the wrong moment." "Wrong moment?" "You make me feel like a rejected child." "Hey. uh. when's the new number going into the show?" "The new number goes into the show tonight." "What?" "Tonight." "Henri?" "Yes. darling. tonight." "Are you havíng a party?" "0o you need an extra man?" "No. I was talking to Lise." "She's my dinner guest." "Give me a rundown on that menu." "What?" "What're you having to eat?" "Magnífícent pheasant." "Wow." "Listen. I can drop everything and be up in 1 O minutes." "That is. if I'm not intruding." "No. no. I see you later at the café." "Goodbye." "I'm hungry." "That Adam." "He'll never change." "What's the matter. darling?" "Can't you come to the theater tonight?" "Well. I believe I...." "lf you can't. it's all right. darling." "Don't worry about it." "No." "Of course. I want to come." "You are a doll." "Hello." "Hello." "Uh. would you. uh...?" "LISE:" "Yes. thank you." "I wasn't sure you'd come." "I thought maybe you just said yes to get rid of me." "Not that it would have." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "Uh. what would you like?" "Would you mind if we didn't sit here?" "Why. no." "Anything wrong. monsieur?" "JERRY:" "No. no." "I'm sorry." "That's quite all right. I didn't much feel like sitting there anyhow." "Let's walk along the river. huh?" "All right." "I have a big thing for this spot here." "One of these days I'm gonna paint it." "You're a painter?" "Uh-huh." "You don't look like a painter." "There are those who'll say I don't paint like one either." "But that doesn't bother me." "Discouragement stimulates me." "Oh. that much about you I know." "Yes. you do. don't you?" "But mark me well. one of these days the world will ring with the name Mulligan." "Picasso will be remembered as the forerunner of Mulligan." "This tree will be famous because it was painted by Mulligan." "And when will this golden age of art be?" "When will this golden age--?" "Well. it's hard to say." "It's hard to say." "Civilization has a natural resistance against improving itself." "Might take quite a while." "Quite a while." "[GIGGLING]" "How do you feel now?" "Why?" "Well. a moment ago you were acting like the police were after you." "l was. wasn't I?" "Uh-huh." "Why?" "Well" "No." "Never mind. never mind." "Don't try to think up what to tell me." "I don't have to know." "It's your business." "Oh." "Candy." "Would you like some?" "Yes." "I couldn't eat a whole one." "Go ahead." "Try." "The night's young." "We should live dangerously." "[GIGGLING]" "[JERRY HUMS "LOVE IS HERE TO STAY"]" "Tell me some more." "Well in America." "Saturday night's the big night." "No work. no school when you get home. no money." "[LISE GIGGLING]" "And Sunday?" "Is Sunday nice in America?" "In America. everybody catches cold on Sunday." "Did you?" "Well. sometimes." "Sometimes." "What about you?" "Aren't you sick of the life and times of Mulligan?" "I'd rather listen to you." "I don't like to talk about myself." "Well. you're gonna have to get over that." "Why?" "Well. uh. with a binding like you've got people are gonna wanna know what's in the book." "What does that mean?" "Well. uh. primarily. it means you're a very pretty girl." "l am?" "Yes. you are." "How do you know?" "I heard it on the radio." "Making fun with me." "Doesn't everybody tell you that?" "I haven't been out with many people." "And always friends." "Honey. believe me. I'm no enemy." "[LISE HUMS "LOVE IS HERE TO STAY"]" "Lise. I don't know whether you're a girl of mystery or just a still water that doesn't run deep but there's one thing I can tell you." "If I'd been around sooner you'd know by now that.# ." "...you're very pretty." "And I'm not making fun with you." "[SINGS "LOVE IS HERE TO STAY"]" "What time is it?" "Eleven o'clock." "Eleven o'clock!" "I have to go." "Where?" "l have to." "Wait." "When will I see you again?" "l don't know." "JERRY:" "Lise. we have to see each other again." "Yes. we do. don't we?" "Tomorrow night." "No. I can't." "How about lunch?" "No. I can't." "I tell you." "Saturday morning I'm at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts." "l'm finished at noon." "Meet me there?" "Saturday." "Yes. I will." "[SINGING "l'LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE" IN FRENCH]" "[WOMEN SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "Johnny!" "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "How are you?" "Ha. ha!" "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "[SINGING "l'LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE" IN ENGLISH]" "[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]" "[PEOPLE CHATTERING]" "Oh. I am delighted." "It's a wonderful idea." "[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "Henri. I'm so sorry." "Lise. I have wonderful news." "This. I take it. is the young lady who's going to do all the deciding." "That's right." "Lise. this is John MacDowd." "my favorite American impresario." "Oh. how do you do. monsieur?" "How do you do?" "I've been trying to persuade Henri to come to America and give us Yanks a break." "He says he has to talk it over with you." "You make him do it." "Miss Lise." "l'll call you in a few days." "Henri." "That's all right." "And may I say. your Lise certainly lives up to your advertisements." "Good night." "Thank you." "Johnny." "Good night." "Henri. I'm so sorry. but the movie was" "Never mind the movie." "What do you think of the news?" "John wants me to go on an American tour." "We could get married and go together." "Doesn't that sound wonderful?" "Oh. yes. yes." "When would you go?" "Oh. not for a few weeks." "John will have to see first about bookings." "Oh. but it could be beautiful." "A honeymoon on the boat then America." "Oh." "Lise." "Lise. you'll love the Americans." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "[WHISTLING]" "[SINGS "l DON'T THINK I'll FALL IN LOVE TODAY"]" "[CAR HORN HONKS]" "Your limousine is here. sir." "Thanks." "This. uh. sponsor of yours what does she want from you in return?" "Don't tell me. I shock easily." "You're crazy." "She isn't interested in me." "She's just a goodhearted kid who likes the way I paint." "That's real dreamy of her." "Tell me. when you get married. uh will you keep your maiden name?" "[WHISTLING]" "JERRY:" "Hello." "Therese." "Monsieur Jerry. don't pay any attention to Monsieur Cook." "I don't intend to." "THERESE:" "Suppose you do have to make love?" "lt's all for the sake of art." "l don't have to make love" "[ORCHESTRA PLAYING GERSHWIN'S "CONCERTO IN F"]" "[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "Colossal!" "Encore!" "Encore!" "[ADAM SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "ADAM :" "Bravo!" "ADAM [echoing] :" "Bravo!" "[WHISTLING]" "Who am I gonna see here?" "Never you mind." "Wait and see." "What is all this?" "Your studio." "Isn't it beautiful?" "I've got a studio." "Well. yes. I know." "Jerry." "but you need space." "Besides. this isn't to live in." "it's to work in." "JERRY:" "I can't afford a joint like this." "Why do you always make such an issue of money?" "Because I ain't got any and when you ain't got any." "it takes on a curious significance." "Don't be silly." "You'll be able to pay me back." "In three months." "Three months?" "What do you mean?" "That's the real surprise." "I'm planning your exhibition at the Parmentier Galleries." "My exhibition in three months?" "Already they're arranging posters" "Wait." "Wait a minute. hold everything." "Sit down here and let's see if I can explain this thing to you." "Look. more than anything in the world." "I wanna have an exhibition." "But it's gotta be when I'm ready." "When my stuff is good enough to show to the public and critics." "You can't set a production date for a thing like that." "Don't you understand?" "I'm not manufacturing paper cups." "l do understand." "Jerry." "Yeah." "But you're a painter and you want people to see what you've painted." "I want that too." "Just give me an opportunity to provide a decent show at a decent gallery where people can come and see your things." "is that so extraordinary?" "Look. you're a painter and a good one." "I happen to have a little drive." "That's a good combination." "Besides. you have to face the critics sometime." "Yeah. but three months." "Of course. it'll be work." "Hard work." "Well. that doesn't matter. it" " It...." "l'll do it." "On one condition." "I pay you back." "Oh." "Jerry. I'm so glad." "I would have died if you'd said no." "[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]" "[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]" "Did you think I wasn't coming?" "No. I thought you would." "Let's take a cab over to the Bois." "All right." "[JERRY SPEAKS IN FRENCH] I want to drop my stuff off." "When do you have to be back?" "ln an hour or so." "In a--?" "Well. gee. that's not much time." "What kept you?" "Why were you so late?" "Well. I...." "l wanted to tell you." "Jerry...." "l...." "What?" "Jerry. we have so little time together." "Can't we have our own world and not talk about anything that happens when we're apart?" "I promise you I'll never ask you what you do when you're not with me." "Well. I suppose it's just as well." "What?" "Nothing." "Why?" "What do you do when you're not with me?" "Look. if you don't want to talk about it. okay." "Let's let it go at that." "Jerry. kiss me." "Why are we stopping here?" "lt's where l live." "Oh. no." "Jerry." "let's go on-- -l just want to leave my things." "I'll be back in a minute." "Hi. kid." "What's your rush?" "Busy. busy." "Say." "Georges. give these to Therese to put these in my room. will you?" "Hey." "Jerry. sit down." "Have some coffee." "I've got someone waiting in a cab." "I'll see you later." "[CAR DRIVES AWAY]" "Have some coffee." "You have time now." "Georges. two coffees." "MAN:" "Bon)our. _erry." "Adam." "Hi. kid." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "So your exhibition's set for next month?" "Yeah." "Then what are you so glum about?" "l got woman trouble." "That proves you're a man." "That was her in the cab." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "I told you this sponsoring business was complicated." "You see?" "Women act like men and want to be treated like women." "What are you talking about?" "That girl in the cab." "The suntan queen." "No." "That's a different girl." "Hmm." "You're a busy little man these days." "Adam. I'm hooked." "That girl's it." "is she worthy of a struggling young artist?" "She's worthy of anyone." "She's wonderful." "What gets me is." "I don't know anything about her." "We manage to be together for a few moments and then off she goes." "Sometimes we have a wonderful time together." "And other times it's no fun at all but I gotta be with her." "Yep." "You're hooked." "Yeah." "What's her name?" "Lise Bouvier." "Georges. some brandy." "[GEORGES SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "And some cleaning fluid." "[henri SPEAKS IN FRENCH]" "Hi." "Hank." "Jerry." "Adam." "May I sit down?" "My guest." "Thank you." "Georges. a little sherry." "Adam. I have wonderful news." "Wonderful news." "That's great." "Tell us something cheery." "l'm going to be married." "You're what?" "We're getting married and going to America on our honeymoon." "Georges. another brandy." "When was this decided?" "Last night." "Congratulations." "Hank." "I'm glad somebody around here's happy." "What's the matter." "Jerry?" "Oh. nothing." "Tell me." "Maybe I can help." "Did I ever tell you about the time I gave a performance for Hitler?" "Wait." "Adam." "Jerry has some problem." "and I'd like to hear about it." "It's pretty complicated." "Hank." "I'll make it brief." "There's a gal who's sponsoring me." "and she's helping me a lot. but...." "Well. she's stuck on me." "Now. there's a girl I'm stuck on." "She doesn't know about the first one." "Well. naturally." "So far this is very ordinary." "So far." "Now wait." "The girl I'm stuck on has got something she can't tell me." "So we go out together and go out together and get nowhere." "Uh-huh." "Let me ask you something." "is this girl. as you say. stuck on you?" "l think so." "Then you have no problems." "Where'd they go?" "l have no problems?" "Of course not." "There's only one real problem with a man and a woman." "When one of them's in love and the other isn't." "After that. it's all mechanics." "Have you told her you love her?" "No. not in so many words." "Well. when you don't know what goes." "you're afraid to get hurt." "Well. the first thing to do is to tell her." "Believe me." "Jerry. with a woman one insincere "l love you" that's said will bring more results than 1 O sincere ones that aren't." "Really?" "Go to her and tell her you love her." "Then she'll tell you she loves you." "Then you will embrace." "You will both be very happy." "And then you will ask her to marry you." "You want to. don't you?" "Sure." "Sure." "henri :" "Good." "Then she will say yes and then you will tell her about these other little matters and she will tell you about hers." "And you'll see." "They won't seem important anymore." "is it as simple as that?" "Strange as it seems. yes." "So be happy." "You only find the right woman once." "That many times?" "When will you be with her?" "ln a little while." "So you know what to do?" "l'll do it." "Thanks." "Hank." "Good." "Oh." "Adam. to be in love is to be alive." "Jerry and l. we are so lucky. eh." "Jerry?" "He's right." "There's nothing like it." "[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]" "[SINGING "'S WONDERFUL"]" "[WHISTLING TO THE TUNE OF "'S WONDERFUL"]" "Lise!" "Lise." "Lise." "Lise." "Lise." "Lise." "I have something to tell you." "I have something to tell you." "Lise. I love you." "Do you hear?" "I love you and everything's going to be all right!" "I know it is." "LISE:" "Jerry. I won't see you anymore." "JERRY:" "What do you mean?" "I'm getting married." "You're getting...." "Lise. you" "Lise. you're in love with me. aren't you?" "It doesn't matter whether I am or not." "It doesn't matter?" "I couldn't leave him." "Who?" "His name is Henri Baurel." "I practically owe him my life." "Jerry." "During the war. my parents worked for the Resistance." "I was so young." "they asked Henri to hide me and if he'd been caught." "it would have been the end of him." "But for five years he took care of me." "He was all I had and I loved him." "And he grew to love me." "And now I...." "Oh." "Jerry. I can't." "You must understand." "Sure." "Well. it's okay." "There's a woman who's helping me a lot who means so much to me." "I wouldn't wanna lose her for anything." "My work's so important. l" "Good luck." "LISE:" "Jerry!" "If it means anything to you. I love you!" "Goodbye." "Lise." "Hi." "Hi." "What are you doing tonight?" "I was getting ready." "I have a dinner date." "How about breaking it?" "That'd be difficult." "But not impossible." "You know. some days you look exceptionally pretty." "is this one of them?" "This is one of your best." "This is one of your good days too." "You and I are going out tonight." "I'm gonna take you to the Art Students Ball." "Have you been to one?" "No." "It's jet-propelled New Year's Eve and all of Paris will be there." "lt's costume. isn't it--?" "Never mind." "I'll take care of that." "Leave it to me." "Tonight's my night." "I feel like a woman for a change." "You are." "Haven't I ever mentioned it to you?" "No." "You're gonna hear a lot about it from now on." "I'll be back soon." "I gotta take care of everything." "I want some champagne." "So do I!" "They all seem a bottle ahead of us!" "Come on!" "MILO :" "Come on." "let's get some champagne!" "Are these parties always this wild?" "This is my first." "Look at that costume." "Jerry Mulligan. a buddy of mine." "made me come." "Jerry?" "Yeah." "Here." "Thanks." "To Jerry." "To Jerry." "May his name survive his folly." "His folly?" "What's he doing?" "He's about to give a show." "He's a painter." "So. what's wrong with that?" "He'll get it in the neck." "So?" "Then why does he do it?" "He's got a sponsor that's got more nerve than cash." "Well." "Charmaine. this is farewell." "Let's not say au reyoír." "just goodbye forever." "By the way. I think you might like to know. I'm Jerry's sponsor." "I know you are." "MILO:" "Jerry." "Well. the vanishing American." "Finally!" "I met a friend of yours just now." "Who?" "Him." "Who is he?" "That's Adam Cook." "He's a concert pianist." "That's funny. I've never heard of him." "It's not funny." "He's never given a concert." "Oh." "Jerry!" "JERRY:" "Hi." "Hank." "What a pleasant surprise." "henri:" "For me too." "Oh." "Jerry. this is Lise." "How do you do?" "Hello." "And Miss Roberts." "Milo. this is Henri Baurel and fiancée." "Hello." "This is our last night in Paris." "We are driving to Le Havre at dawn to get married." "And then we leave for America." "Well. that sounds very romantic." "Let's dance." "Henri." "lt was nice to have met you." "henri:" "I'll see you later." "Oh." "Jerry. that little advice I gave you this afternoon." "lt worked out fine. yes?" "Yeah. it worked out great." "Good!" "Haven't I seen that girl before?" "l don't know." "Her face seems very familiar." "What a nice boy." "He's a painter." "A friend of Adam's." "Are you all right. chéríe_" "Yes." "Henri." "Milo?" "Hmm?" "Milo. I'm a fake." "I'm not full of life and good spirits." "It's just the reverse." "I shouldn't have brought you tonight." "I'm sorry." "That girl." "Yeah." "In the nightclub." "I'm in love with her." "I think I need some champagne." "I didn't know you were getting married so quickly." "I couldn't tell you." "Tomorrow. huh?" "Yes." "Oh." "Jerry. it's so dreadful standing next to you like this and not having your arms around me." "You'll always be standing next to me." "Lise." "Maybe not always." "Paris has ways of making people forget." "Paris?" "No." "Not this city." "It's too real and too beautiful." "Never lets you forget anything." "Reaches in and opens you wide and you stay that way." "I know." "I came to Paris to study and to paint it because Utrillo did and Lautrec did and Rouault did." "I loved what they created and I thought something would happen to me too." "Well. it happened. all right." "Now what have I got left?" "Paris." "Maybe that's enough for some." "but it isn't for me anymore." "Because the more beautiful everything is.. ." "...the more it'll hurt without you." "Jerry. don't let me leave you this way." "[CROWD CHEERING]" "[CAR HORN HONKING]" "[ENGLISH SDH]"