"I could be happy with you" "If you could be happy with me" "I'd be contented" "Here, Pol." "Oh, don't!" "Here." "What about my money?" "Where's my baby?" "She's over there!" "Put it on the slate!" "I'll get the sack if they're late again." "Hurry up, then." "Just along there." "Good afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Parkhill." "Good afternoon, Len." "All from Mrs. B, I'm afraid." "Must be bills, then." "Thank you, darling." "My man sent me __, Len?" "I'll have a look," "Old gin, old pals and jolly good company" "Disgusting!" "for you" "You've got mail?" "We must believe" "Hi, gorgeous." "I suppose I should be thankful for small mercies." "Anything?" "Nothing for you this morning" "They are all in yet?" "All in except Rita and Tommy." "__" "Practising, practising." "Don't you ever stop dancing?" "I'm training for my second big break." "You're kidding." "What was the first?" "Didn't you ever hear of the baby toast of Broadway?" "Tiny Tom, the tapping tod?" "Grew up, didn't you?" "Overnight." "And who can use a Tiny Tod who's ten feet tall?" "I bet Barnum and Bailey." "They already had one and he was a bearded lady." "So I booked a one-way ticket on a cattle boat to merry old England." "Blimey!" "From Broadway to Portsmouth?" "There is a comedown in it." "A stepping-stone, Toots." "A mere stepping-stone to stardom." "Not bad!" "Here's your stuff, Alf." "Ta." "Cheese and chutney, right?" "Thanks, Pol." "Put it on the slate." "All right." "Ta." "Who sent me the flowers?" "I forget." "I bought one apple too many." "Would you like it?" "No, thanks." "I've had one already." "Pol," "I'll have it if it's going __" "You have it." "Ta." "Five minutes, everyone." "Afternoon." "Here is your gin." "Don't you knock when you enter the stars dressing room?" "Sorry." "They didn't have smoked salmon so I got salmon shrimp, all right?" "Paste?" "Sure you don't expect Mrs. P. to eat paste, do you?" "I'm sorry, but it was the nearest I had." "Nearest they had!" "Look at that!" "Take them away." "Never mind, Polly." "I just need something to settle me before I go on." "Anything will do." "But it was the best I had, Mrs. P." "Ship them by appointment." "I have it at Buckingham Palace." "When they're entertaining they're cockney, hon." "This is the pearly king and queen, I suppose." "How long we've got?" "Five minutes." "And my change?" "I owe you 20 pence with 3 farthings." "If I give you a farthing you can give me three bob." "Polly!" "Ta, Mrs. P. You shouldn't." "You encourage her." "Overture and beginners, please." "My hatbox was undone last day, Polly." "It won't happen again, Ms. Maisie." "Help me with my __." "I love my duster or grip, Polly" "Do try and remember." "Got a fag, Pol?" "Only a Woodbine." "Ain't he lovely?" "Polly, don't whistle in the dressing room." "Why not?" "Because it's unlucky." "Go outside, turn around three times and knock on the door." "What do nursing mothers need?" "Virol." "Come in." "Now swear." "Damn." "Who is that lazy lady?" "It would be late for our funeral." "Where is Rita?" "Isn't she here yet?" "I didn't expect she'd be missed." "She is the star of the show." "Do you really think so?" "She'll be fined again if she ain't careful." "They're all called, Mr. Max." "Except Rita." "She ain't here yet." "Not here?" "Put her down for a fine." "If you fine her again she will owe you money." "With this house I need it." "Why must these wretched garden __ always coincide with our matinees?" "Not a cloud in the sky." "Let me know the minute she arrives." "Yes, Mr. Max" "Blimey!" "There's more on stage than in the blooming audience" "Down there." "Is that Gaston, the costumier?" "Here is Madame Dubonnet's maid." "Dubonnet!" "." "Mme Dubonnet de Villa Caprice." "Accent!" "Accent!" "The school for young ladies." "I wish to know if you have ready the costume for Ms. Polly Browne." "Accent." "She wishes it for the carnival ball "ce soir"." "You do not comprehend?" "Then get me Monsieur Gaston himself." "She's no more French than I am." "Rita here?" "No, Mr. Max." "Naughty." "Nobody asked for your opinion." "She was __ about lunch time." "Opening time, dear." "Let's be honest." "Fine publicity." "She's never missed an entrance yet." "Mind your hatbox, Dulcie." "She's never been sane since I tumbled..." "Telephone, Mr. Max." "Tell them to ring again." "How can you expect me to speak at a time like this!" "They must speak to you personally!" "It's not C. B. Cochrane from London, is it?" "No." "It's the hospital." "Then you deliver us right away?" "Have you forgotten who you are?" "Forgotten who we are?" "Of course not!" "We are perfect young ladies preparing to take our places among the noblesse" "We are perfect young ladies Preparing to make the most of the charms we posses." "You're being finished And your families' wealth may be diminished" "But at least you all have perfect health" "And making the grade is our duty, you see" "For perfect young ladies are we" "We are perfect young ladies" "We hope to attract a husband whose credit is good" "You're maybe young ladies" "But why don't you act" "The way that a young lady should?" "I've often told you" "Please don't tell us again" "I ought to scold you" "But you know it would be quite in vain" "For being our maid is your duty, you see" "For perfect young ladies are we" "Terrible, terrible." "Not Rita." "Trapped her high heel in the tram line." "A foot." "Ain't off?" "Of course not. __ But she's late up just the same." "We're ruined." "No, we're not." "You will have to go on." "Get ready." "What, me?" "But I'm only the A. S. M." "I can't go on." "It's the assistant stage manager's job to understudy everybody's part." "Now, I told you that when I took you on." "Now, hurry up and don't argue." "You've got exactly 5 minutes." "That's enough for fun." "I want the best seat in the house." "Let me see." "You could have the royal box" "I'll take it." "Except that it's permanently reserved for the princess Arthur of Connaught." "We often stay with her." "Oh, really!" "How about the stage box?" "How much?" "One pound, please." "That's a small box." "How many are you?" "We are one." "Any further orders, Mr. Thrill?" "Just wait outside." "On no account is Mr De Thrill to be disturbed, woman." "Get it?" "Really!" "Why does she have such blinking big __ Alf?" "Stop worrying and try that other size." "Rosemary and Mr. __ know well." "It fits!" "Yes?" "I will find the other one and you'll be ready for the ball." "You're going on?" "All the best." "You're not wearing those, are you?" "But you are beautiful." "Good luck." "All this in one day is too much." "Come on, Cinderella." "You're on." "How perfectly ripping!" "Our very first carnival ball." ""En français", of course." "I can't wait for this evening!" "My frock is a dream." "So is mine." "And rather daring too." "I'm sure Mme. Dubonnet will be furious." "Not she!" "I bet she'll turn up in something frightfully shocking." "Not De Thrill, the famous movie director?" "How do I know what sort of a thrill he is?" "Look for yourself." "He is in the stage box." "Why didn't you say so?" "Yes, it's him." "__ about my reputation will be made." "No." "Will be ruined." "That girl!" "That girl." "She can't go on." "We must stop her." "He don't think I'm any good." "I can't go on now." "Bring down the curtain." "We'll send the audience home." "I'll go and refund the money." "Wait." "Let me think." "__" "Here comes Polly Browne across the tennis courts." "Polly Browne?" "Yes." "And she's carrying a letter." "Hello, Polly." "Oh, Polly!" "Just think!" "London's great theatre __ waiting for you!" "His Majesties, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess, the Royalty, the Duke of York, the Queens..." "That's an ice rink." "__, town woman." "It's Hollywood calling, not the palace." "Listen to me." "The careers and lives of all these boys and girls are depending on you." "I'm not asking for myself." "But do it for them." "Polly, listen to me!" "You are going out there as a youngster." "You've got to come back a star." "Get out there and do your damn text." "Hello, Polly!" "Hello, everyone!" "Where is Rita?" "She got her foot caught in the tram line." "She's in the hospital." "Hello, everyone." "Where have you been?" "Hello, everyone." "Where have you been?" "We dashed into town this morning to collect our costumes for the carnival ball." "We couldn't wait until Monsieur Gaston delivered them." "You must see mine, Polly." "You'll adore it." "Or mine!" "You'll be green with envy." "Envy!" "We'll all be jealous of Polly when she gets hers." "What are you going as, Polly?" "I'm going as Pierrette." "Pierrette!" "How divine!" "Now do tell us your secret, Polly." "What secret?" "If you are going as Pierrette, who is going" "as Pierrot?" "I still want it to be a secret." "I've had another letter from Paris." "From Paris!" "How marvellous!" "And what does he say?" "He says he's motoring down overnight." "In fact he should be here any moment now." "How thrilling!" "And how does he sign himself?" "Does he say" ""Passionately yours"?" "Or "yours adoringly"?" "Or does he just say "With all my love"?" "Do tell us about him, Polly." "There ain't very much to tell, really." "I expect you know how I feel as well as I do." "Any girl who's reached the age of seventeen or thereabouts has but one desire in view" "Eyes and teeth." "She knows she has reached the stage of needing one to care about" "Nothing else would really do" "Childhood games are left behind" "And her heart takes wing" "Hoping that it soon will find" "Just one thing" "We've got to have" "We plot to have" "For it's so dreary not to have that certain thing called" ""the boy friend"" "We scheme about and dream about" "And we've been known to scream about that certain thing called "the boy friend"" "He is really a necessity" "If you want to get on" "And we might as well confess it He is a "sine qua non"" "We sigh for him and cry for him and we would gladly die for him that certain thing called "the boy friend"" "A piano and drums." "What must De Thrill think?" "If only we had money what a spectacle I'd show them." "A royal command performance." "We plead to have" "We need to have" "In fact our poor hearts bleed to have" "That certain thing called "the boy friend"." "We'd save for him and slave for him" "We'd even misbehave for him" "That certain thing called" ""the boy friend"" "Life without us is impossible" "And devoid of all charms" "No amount of idle gossip'll" "Keep them out of our arms" "We're blue without" "Can't do without" "Our dreams just won't come true without" "That certain thing called" ""the boy friend"." "Polly, the spirit of ecstasy?" "Ridiculous!" "Oh, no!" "She's forgotten the steps." "Do a Ruby Keeler." "Go on." "She is doing all right." "All right for Pygmalion." "She is supposed to come from Westminster, not Wa Ping." "Boys, you know you are not allowed on the privacies." "You must leave at once." "See you on the plage." "Do not be late." "Goodbye!" "But you still haven't told us much about him, Polly." "Not even his christian name." "What is it, Polly?" "Girls!" "Here comes Mme. Dubonnet!" "This is no way to behave." "All of you to your classrooms" "where Mlle. Alice is waiting to instruct you in "petit point"." "Rita, Rita." "Play it like Rita." "I wish to have a little word with you, "ma petite"." "Promenade with me into "le jardin"." "You can help me gather some hollyhocks." "Do not be frightened, "ma chère", you have done nothing wrong." "I merely wished to ask if you are coming to the ball tonight." "Yes, of course." "I've ordered my frock." "I'm going as Pierrette." "So you have a friend to take you?" "I had a letter today." "He's arriving by car from Paris." "From Paris." "Yes." "From Paris." "Onion." "You've got to cry." "So why is this letter postmarked form Nice?" "Never mind, my little Polly." "Your secret is safe with me." ""Soyez gale" and trust me" "Dry your eyes." "Change your tunic." "For your dance?" "Greek." "No!" "I won't do it!" "A West End artist act with an amateur?" "Never!" "We've enough cockneys in this show as it is." "And with De Thrill out front, too!" "He'll give a right to act." "You'll be expecting me to sing" ""Any old iron" next." "Any old iron" "You look neat Talk about a treat" "You look so dapper from your napper to your feet" "Dressed in style, brand-new tile, with your father's old green tie on" "But I wouldn't give you tuppence for your old watch and chain," "Old iron, old iron" "That's it!" "You're a Cockney junk dealer." "Made your fortune in scrap metal after the war." "You want to better yourself for Polly too." "You're trying to live down your past." "I'll write it." "We'll save the show yet." "I won't do it." "Anyone got a pen?" "I have one, Mr Max." "Emphasis will?" "Paper, paper." "I want you all to do your best." "Tell the boys I haven't time." "Tell them to dance like Nijinsky." "De Thrill is at front." "Not De Thrill, the __ deal manager from Cable Street?" "No, it must be De Thrill, the great Hollywood director talent spotting for its new, super, colossal, all-talking, all-singing, all-dancing famous musical." "Oh, that one!" "Hi, Toots." "How's Pol doing?" "Quite promising, actually." "Care for a puff?" "It might stunt my growth." "I say, that's a kinky step." "Who taught you that?" "Search me, Toots." "As a kid, I was kicked in the head and when I came to" "amnesia..." "How on earth did that happen?" "You've heard of the Russian Revolution." "And all that jazz." "Yes." "I'm told I was on the steps of Odessa..." "When the whites went bananas." "When I woke up all I could remember was how to tapdance." "Fascinating." "Plus the name of one step:" "the double-trip," "Maxie-Ford, with a Knickerbocker break." "What happened to your parents?" "I don't know." "I never heard from anybody." "I guess they were __." "Anyway, since I spoke American" "I was shipped off to the States where they put me in an orphanage." "What was that like?" "It was crummy." "They wouldn't even let me tapdance." "One dark night at the ripe old age of six and a half" "I ran away to New York, to Manhattan, to Times Square, to Broadway!" "Where I became a baby star." "I'm tapping down Broadway" "Just tapping down Broadway" "Because Broadway Is my tap, slap, happy home" "Then I grew my short pants" "And it was curtains for Tiny Tom." "You wouldn't be pulling a fellow's leg, would you?" "Every word is the truth." "Scout oath." "That is our cue." "Ready?" "That was marvellous." "But Tommy, could we take it easy this afternoon?" "I've got the most appalling headache." "Okay, Toots." "I'll give it the old matinee soft seal." "Please, could you give this to the maitre?" "Oui, Mademoiselle." "Thank you." "Guess who!" "Tommy!" "Goodness me!" "Where I am?" "Gosh!" "You did make me __ jump." "Fantasy meeting you here." "I live here." "Do you wanna come up and see my etchings?" "I say." "Please." "Please!" "I must leave at once." "I'm just here __ for Mme Dubonnet arrangements for the carnival ball tonight." "If she were to find out I'd be asked to leave under a cloud." "I'm not letting you go until you promise me one thing." "What is that?" "You know as well as I do." "Do I?" "I want you to promise that tonight you're gonna dance every dance at the ball with me." "Oh, that?" "That's out of the question." "Come on, Maisie." "Be a sports." "You know there's nobody I wanna dance with but you." "Really?" "I don't believe you." "Listen, baby, to my plea" "Won't you come dancing with me?" "be my baby and say "yes"" "Or else I'm done for, I guess" "To dance with you is thrilling to my poor ego" "So baby, say you're willing to shake a leg" "Won't you Charleston with me" "Won't you Charleston with me" "And while the band is playing that old vo-de-o-do around we will go together we'll show them" "How the Charleston is done" "We'll surprise everyone" "Just think what heaven it's gonna be if you will Charleston with me" "Will you Charleston with me" "Will you Charleston with me" "And while the band is playing that old vo-de-o-do around we will go together we'll show them" "How the Charleston is done" "We'll surprise everyone" "She's double crossed." "De Thrill is in the stage box." "He told me when I joined you there was __" "I don't expect __" "I can act pushed." "Act pushed?" "Hear that!" "De Thrill won't understand a word of it." "It's a foreign language to them, Yankees." "It's not English." "Do you think I'm a character man?" "You're hardly a Jew, are you, darling?" "The child is not that bad." "She's got a little talent." "Talent?" "She'll never make the West End in a million years." "Let's be honest, darling." "The nearest you ever got to the West End was "Harrow on the Hill"" "__" "Have you forgotten that charity matinee I gave at Croydon?" "I was in that show!" "Cockney Capers." "You sang "Henry VIII"" "There you are." "Four tickets." "What about me?" "You talk __ very refined" "Too difficult." "I won't do it!" "Unless I play straight." "It's perfect." "Have you fixed it?" "Yes, it won't come off." "Just this one as well." "Polly, before your parents arrive" "I want you to tell me just one thing" "Yes, Madame?" "How is it that one so sweet and charming as you are acts to pretend to have" " how do you say?" " boyfriend, and to write yourself love letters?" "It's because of my father, Madame." "Your father?" "Before Kaiser Wilhelm and the horrible war we were terribly poor." "Daddy was a scrap metal melter and I was a little match-girl." "But after the armistice he made his fortune and now we are terribly rich and when he dies I should be extremely wealthy and he thinks every man who makes advances to me is just after my millions." "There." "He forbids you to have a boyfriend?" "Well." "Practically." "So you invent him?" "Yes, I'm afraid so." "I see." "Poor little rich girl." "I too had a letter today from your father." "He is coming here this morning." "Daddy?" "Coming here?" "He is coming from Toulon on business and when I see him" "I will have a little word with him." "He won't listen." "We will see." ""Attends", my little Isadoras." "Today we dance "Narcissus"" "Bless you, "mes enfants"." "That the gods do libations of happiness in your houses" "Run along, my Isadoras" "__ to meditate." "Really!" "Thank you." "Here." "How do you do, Madame?" "How do you do?" "Monsieur Browne" "Or should I say, "mon petit Percy"?" "I don't follow you, Madame." "Mais oui, mon chère," "Do you not remember your little Kiki?" "Good heavens!" "This is impossible!" "Most awkward." "How could it be?" "After all we have been to each other." "Have you forgotten Armistice night?" "Or you kissed me on" "the Champs Elysees." "Yes, Madam." "I have completely forgotten." "Surely not, cheri." "I wore a white dress and you wore in uniform." "Later on, I called you "my pretty private"." "Then we drank champagne." "Everyone was happy." "Then, two little love birds flew over __." "So, the kid stepped into the star shoes." "Gosh, Rita." "I'm sorry." "Does it hurt?" "Of course it hurts." "When someone else takes your place." "But I could never __ to be another Rita Monroe." "No one could, dear." "Ever." "But you might just get by." "One day." "Now you're just a nervous, skinny kid overwhelmed of the impossibility of trying to save the show." "And on top of that you have to face the bitter disappointment of all my fans out there" "who screamed and saved their pennies week after week to come here this afternoon to see that special kind of magic that only their Rita can give them." "Do you know your steps?" "show me the Buck  Wing when you first do it." "Sorry, Rita." "Fake it." "That's what I always did whenever I was ill." "Chances are they'll never notice." "There is that tricky obbligato in the Pierrette number." "That Parkhill sure to be singing flat." "They'll never notice." "If you do forget your lines, "ad lib"." "It'll destroy the rest of the cast but at least you won't dry." "Pull yourself together and don't worry." "We'll find a replacement tomorrow." "Now get out there and be so great" "you'll make me hate you." "Thank you, Rita you're really too kind." "Sweet." "I could be happy with you if you could be happy with me" "Then, from a little cafe came the strands of a waltz." "How did it go?" "I still recall so tenderly the night when first we met" "The memory's so dear to me" "So how can you forget?" "Fancy forgetting the love that we knew" "When we were fancy free" "Fancy forgetting" "What I said to you" "And what you said to me" "Though the years go by and our youth is gone" "Memories don't die like a song, they linger on" "So just when I thought you'd remember it too" "Just fancy you forgetting" "I told you I'd play it straight." "Hear him!" "I'm really scared now." "I can't remember a thing." "Don't worry." "And Pol, don't try to copy the others." "If you really mean what you say on the stage you can't get it wrong." "Now depart, dear." "Class dismissed." "Girls, I know." "Let's go and try on our costumes before lunch." "Yes!" "Are you coming too, Polly?" "I think I'll just stay here." "I'm expecting Daddy any moment." "And aren't you expecting him?" "Him?" "Yes, of course." "Let's leave her, girls." "She wants to be alone." "Goodbye." "Excusez-moi!" "You startled me." "I'm sorry, Miss." "I'm afraid I came in the wrong way." "It's the Villa Caprice, isn't it?" "Yes." "I have a package here for Miss Polly Browne." "Really?" "How funny." "Funny?" "Why?" "Because I'm Polly Browne." "It's a very pretty name." "Thank you." "And you live up to it." "I'm sorry, Miss." "I'm afraid I'm forgetting myself." "Here is your package." "Oh, thank you." "Don't they make a lovely couple?" "Sorry." "I packed it myself." "If you don't mind my saying so, it is a very pretty dress." "Yes, it is, isn't it?" "I'm sure that you'll..." "I mean, it will be the prettiest of the ball." "Oh." "I don't expect so, really." "I do." "In fact, I know it." "Perhaps I'd better be going." "Yes." "Perhaps you had." "Accent." "Accent." "I say," "You are English, aren't you?" "Yes." "As a matter of fact I am." "You don't seem like a messenger boy somehow." "To tell you the truth, I don't usually do this sort of thing but just at the moment I'm afraid I'm rather on my __" "What a shame." "And at carnival time too?" "Yes." "It's a pity, isn't it?" "I was hoping I'd be able to go to the ball tonight." "I'll be watching." "Will you?" "Yes, of course." "Why don't you came too?" "Me?" "Come to the ball?" "Yes, why not?" "I've got an extra ticket..." "Oh, dear." "You must think me terribly forward." "No, I don't!" "I think you're terribly, terribly..." "I don't claim that I am psychic" "But one look at you and I kick" "Away every scruple" "I learnt as a pupil In school my dear" "I'm not one to make predictions" "But I've thrown off all restrictions" "And don't mind confessing I think it's a blessing" "That you are here" "Now I'm prepared To find I'm wrong" "I've got a funny feeling we belong together" "I could be happy with you" "If you could be happy with me" "I'd be contented to live anywhere" "What would I care as long as you are there" "Skies may not always be blue" "But one thing is clear as can be" "I know that I could be happy with you, my darling if you could be happy with..." "Then you will come to the ball?" "Well, I'll try." "I'll have to see about a costume." "There is a Pierrot's costume at Gaston's." "Couldn't you borrow it?" "I'll see." "How can I let you know?" "Let me think." "I'll be on the plage at 3 o'clock this afternoon, on the Crazy Golf coast." "Goodbye until then." "And I don't even know his name." "Polly, I have a visitor for you" "Daddy, I'm so happy!" "Are you, my dear?" "I'm glad to hear it." "Has he arrived yet, Polly?" "Yes, he's arrived." "He's really arrived." "We're blue without" "Can't do without" "Our dreams won't just come true without" "That certain thing called" ""the boy friend"" "In my imagination" "I search the star-lit sky so bright" "In my imagination there I saw you in the night" "And then one day I found you" "How could I help but realise" "My lucky star was smiling right there before my very eyes" "You are my lucky star" "I saw you from afar" "Two lovely eyes, at me they were gleaming', beamin'" "I was star-struck" "You're all my lucky charms" "I'm lucky in your arms" "You've opened heaven's portal" "Here on earth for this poor mortal" "You are my lucky star" "Je suis vraiment enchanté, Mademoiselle." "Vous étes charmante." "He says you are lovely, darling." "You speak French?" "That means "Good bye, Miss"." "She's only an understudy, not a real actress." "I have a few photographs here about past successes that might interest you, Mr. De Thrill." "That's me in the Chinese Bungalow." "What have you here?" "That's me as Hamlet, a tragedy." "Me in "Luck Of The Navy"." "That champagne costs money." "We should be safe in here." "We thought you were with the others." "Sorry." "Excuse us." "Come on, Dulcie." "What a lovely day What a lovely day" "For a dip in the sea" "Oh, what fun it will be" "Won't you come and have a swim with me?" "But whatever you do When I'm swimming with you" "Please remember not to go too far" "Though you may look cute in your bathing suit we don't know who you are" "There's no knowing Who you are going to meet sur la plage" "You may run up against a rajah" "Or maybe your man will be a poor man" "Sal or Susie, cannot be choosey" "For here love's a guessing game sur la plage sur la plage" "Everyone looks the same" "Hubert!" "Hubert, what are you doing?" "Nothing, my dear, just admiring the view!" "Although different from Bongor" "Much prettier." "I feel 20 years younger." "And behaving accordingly, I notice." "How can you after our loss?" "Hilda, do not dramatise Tommy isn't dead." "He was off to Nice." "But he has no money." "We must find it" "Do something, Hubert." "Very well, my dear." "How dare you?" "Stop it." "Sur la plage Sur la plage" "Everyone looks the same" "There's no way of knowing Who is this big guy" "A knight who's left behind his charger" "May call you "ducky"" "Won't you be lucky?" "In the ocean You'll find emotion" "May play you a funny game" "Sur la plage sur la plage" "Everyone looks the..." "Everyone looks the..." "Everyone looks the same" "What are you wearing that for?" "To keep warm in bed?" "So my own wife won't recognise me." "There you are?" "Did you think I wasn't coming?" "Well, I wasn't sure." "Where __" "I've seen Monsieur Gaston about the costume and it's all right." "Now I shall really enjoy the carnival ball." "So shall I." "I never thought I should be going __ anyone like you." "It makes me rather nervous really." "Nervous." "Why?" "Me, just a messenger boy and you, a rich young lady from The Villa Caprice." "Rich?" "I ain't rich." "I thought you could tell that by my accent." "I just work there as" "Mme. Dubonnet's secretary." "Do you honestly?" "We're not so different after all." "I'm so glad." "I thought you'd only like the grand life." "You know, big cars, diamonds and champagne." "I'm quite content with simple things." "How ripping." "So am I." "A life of wealth Does not appeal to me at all" "Do you agree at all?" "I do." "The mere idea of living in a palace is" "So full of fallacies" "That's true" "I've got a very different sort of scheme in mind" "It's just a dream designed for two" "Would you care to hear about it, dear?" "Would I care to?" "Can you doubt it, dear?" "All I want is a room" "In Bloomsbury" "Just a room that will do" "For you and me" "One room's enough for us" "Though is on the top floor" "Life may be rough for us" "But its troubles we'll ignore" "While I'm reading a book" "I'll cook a stew" "Then I'll bake a plum duff" "Enough for two" "You'll be sitting" "And you'll be knitting" "And so contented we'll be" "In our dear little room in Bloomsbury" "All I want is a room in Bloomsbury" "Just a room that will do" "For you and me" "I'll sew the covers for" "Two old cosy armchairs" "Neighbours will love us for" "We shall laugh at all our cares" "From the heavens above our love will rain such a bundle of joy our hearts will see" "Life's so jolly" "For me and Polly" "A happy family are we" "All we want is a room in Bloomsbury" "Mlle. Browne!" "What would Mme. Dubonnet say if she saw you __ with a messenger boy?" "Please, don't tell her, Hortense." "Madame, please." "Well." "All right." "After all, it is Carnival time!" "Hortense!" "Was that Mlle. Browne with a __?" "I have no idea." "Oh yes, you have." "Go on, Hortense." "Do tell." "Is he terribly sleek and handsome?" "I do not know what you are talking about." "Isn't she mean?" "If you are describing, I will give you this bag" "And I'll give you those crochet flowers." "And we'll give you a ride in his car." "It's not good to be curious about a young man." "Why not?" "Haven't you ever been curious, Hortense?" "Hortense, do tell!" "Hortense is not so prudish as she pretends." "Of course, she isn't." "After all, she is French." "Yes, I am." "How do you say it?" ""Not thumb."" "My wife." "And like every good French woman, I have a past" "Do tell us, Hortense." "You're not on in this number." "I am now, My wife is looking after me." "I'm often asked if I would like to travel" "And visit other lands across the sea but though it might be pleasant" "I think that for the present this is the place where I prefer to be" "Let others go to Sweden or Siam" "I think I'll stay exactly where I am" "They say it's lovely when a young lady's in Vienna" "but it's nicer, much nicer in Nice in Amsterdam or Brussels the men have great big muscles but they're nicer, much nicer in nice" "I've heard that the Italians are very fond of dalliance and they're also keen on it in Greece" "But whatever they may say this is where I want to stay" "For it's so much nicer in Nice" "She says it's nicer, much nicer in Nice" "She says it's nicer, much nicer in Nice" "Some people's one desire is to go to Buenos Aires" "But it's nicer, much nicer in Nice the laws are rather vague in the town of Copenhagen" "but they're nicer, much nicer in nice" "And some may like a flutter in Bombay or Calcutta" "But they might have trouble with the police O la la!" "Other places may be fun but when all is said and done it is so much nicer in Nice" "Do something!" "But they might have trouble with the police Oh, Mon Dieu" "Tho' I know a love affair is delicious anywhere" "It is so much nicer in Nice" "And now I really must go." "Polly, would you kiss me goodbye?" "Yes, if you want me to." "Is all right?" "Yes, we are perfect." "This is Hollywood after this." "Hollywood!" "If just get through the show it'd be enough for me." "It was nice of you to rehearse with me, Alf." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "I wish I was playing Tony." "I'm glad I couldn't find him." "He seems to avoid me off-stage." "Yet he is very kind." "I suppose I'm just not his type." "I wonder who he'd really go for." "It seems, believe it or not, someone like Dulcie." "Toots, you're quite a hopper." "I have to teach you the double-trip," "Maxie-Ford with a Knickerbocker break." "That is good!" "Where did you learn that?" "Search me, Toots." "As a kid I was kicked on the head." "And what I came to?" "Amnesia." "Percy, Percy, please, have mercy" "Why must you always be so sad and gloomy?" "Why can't you be a little nicer to me?" "Cheri, Cheri please, be merry" "When I am trying to be bright and jolly it isn't nice to be so melancholy" "Oh, dear" "I've got the you-don't-want-to-play-with-me blues" "Don't-want-to-play-with-me blues" "It's clear" "I've got the you-don't-want-to-stay-with-me blues" "Don't want to stay with me blues" "I am so good" "At spreading mirth and joy" "But it's no good" "With such a sulky boy" "I try" "To play the game the other fellows all choose" "The other fellows all choose" "I sigh" "Because you always refuse" "What is a girl to do" "With such a boy as you?" "I've got those dreary weary" "You-don't-want-to-play-with-me blues" "She told me she had a headache" "But she didn't at all." "I think there's gonna be trouble with the chums." "Maybe some people don't like me." "__ crossed." "We've got to look after ourselves." "Maisie?" "Here you are at last." "I've been looking everywhere for you." "Have you?" "I've been __ with Fay." "Are you sure there wasn't anybody else with you?" "What if there was?" "I can go bathing with whom I choose." "I wished you choose me." "You are just a boy." "Maybe I want someone more mature." "Say your right lines or shut up." "But Maisie, why?" "Because I want to have a good time while I'm young." "After all I'm only 17." "But I can show you a good time." "It's not as if I hadn't got plenty of cash." "Money isn't everything though it certainly helps." "One more "ad lib" like that and you're getting a nickel sandwich." "But Maisie, when are you going to come and see my yacht again?" "You liked that, didn't you?" "Yes, it's a very dinky yacht." "I like yachts." "Mademoiselle Maisie." "Alphonse." "You look "ravissant"." "Behave yourself or I'll belt you." "Just try it, you little dwarf." "Do not forget tonight she will dance the tango with me." "Of course not." "Maisie!" "Michael!" "You look enchanting." "Tonight you and I will dance the two-step." "I can hardly wait." "Pack it in, you old cow!" "Droop off, you faded bun." "I too want to dance with you at the ball." "And so you shall." "__" "Maisie, listen to me!" "Listen to all of us!" "You are so fascinating." "But it's aggravating" "That you keep us waiting to hear which one will be your favourite he" "You're so very taking" "That our hearts are breaking" "So you should be making it clear" "Which one of us" "You rate Alpha plus" "Now, listen, boys you should recall" "I've often said" "I love you all" "You love us all?" "Yes!" "I love you all!" "It's time you learnt" "That I'm no fool" "Where love's concerned" "I stick to this rule" "There's safety in numbers" "That's what I believe a girl who's cute and making loot" "Is never likely to grieve" "The lady who slumbers" "Is left high and dry" "But I admit an honest pot" "I always bet on lady luck" "There's safety in numbers" "And the more the merrier, say I" "You, me, Hollywood." "Vous avez perdu, Mademoiselle." "Can you speak French?" "French!" "I think perhaps I'd better be getting back to the villa." "I have some letters to type." "Do you really have to go so soon?" "Yes, I'm afraid I must." "But I'll see you tonight, won't I?" "I should jolly well think so." "Where shall I meet you?" "I don't know." "You say." "How about the ball at 9 o'clock." "Lovely." "I shall be waiting." "Oh, dear." "Tonight seems a very long time away." "It's not really." "Just a few hours." "And it's gonna be a wonderful evening, isn't it, Polly?" "Yes, I'm sure it is, Tony." "But it's just the first of lots of wonderful evenings." "Yes." "At least I expect so." "But why shouldn't it be?" "I meant what I said this morning." "What did you say?" "I could be happy with you if you could be happy with me" "I'd be contented to live anywhere" "What would I care" "As long as you are there?" "Skies may not always be blue but one thing is clear as can be" "I know that I could be happy with you, my darling if you could be happy with..." "No, Tony." "I really must go." "Would you..." "Will you kiss me goodbye?" "Yes." "If you want me to." "Have you decided?" "I love you." "Good." "Gosh!" "Look!" "It's Tony!" "I've got to hop it." "Quickly." "But what's the matter?" "Stop him." "You there!" "Gendarme!" "Gendarme!" "Stop him!" "The police?" "Surely not." "Alphonse, tell me quickly." "Who are that lady and gentleman?" "The rich Milord Brockhurst and his wife." "They seem to be chasing a thief." "A thief?" "Oh, no!" "It couldn't be." "And yet they are rich and he is penniless." "He told me so himself." "Oh, dear." "He must have known all along that I'm not a working girl but a millionaire's daughter." "Oh, dear." "He's just like all the rest." "Did he steal something from you?" "Yes, he did." "Not your gold bangle?" "No." "Not my gold bangle." "Something much more precious." "What is it, ma petite?" "You look like pale." "I can explain, Madame." "That man was Monsieur..." "No, Hortense!" "What is it?" "You promised." "It's nothing, Madame." "I'm just a little disappointed, that's all." "I could be happy with you if you could be happy with me" "I'd be contented to live anywhere" "What would I care as long as you are there" "Skies may not always be blue" "But one thing is clear as can be" "I know that I could be happy with you, my darling if you could be happy with me" "Just slip down to the Cadena Cafe and get me the Ivy Perkins Trio." "It's nearly teatime, Mr. Max, they may be playing." "Then get me the best musicians in the town." "There are no good musicians in this town." "Then get me anybody!" "Voulez vous filmer avec moi?" "Oh, Hollywood!" "No. "Ollywood"." ""Ollywood"?" "They jump the "H" in France." "What's the matter, Pol?" "Nothing." "I got something in my eye, that's all." "Don't worry, Polly." "It weren't that bad." "The dog, in life man's firmest friend is woman's consolation in the end." "Very nice." "Where is he?" "Who?" "De Thrill!" "I invited him round of drinks in the green room." "Perhaps he is colour-blind." "Very funny." "You should be on the stage." "You are supposed to be an old man." "So why do you keep dying your white hair black?" "My public wouldn't recognize me from my photograph in the feuillet." "No, I suppose they wouldn't." "It's so yellow with age." "You should make up as Chinese!" "Jealousy will get you know her." "Is that my Melba spray you are using on the wretched dog?" "She is not a dog!" "She is a King Charles!" "__ Help me with my spats, woman." ""Sharp point"" "He is thinking of turning the show into a film." "Hurry up!" ""Sharp point, bath seat, lamp oil"" "Did you blanch them?" "Of course." "When every day begins, when every day is done," "here in my heart never to part" "you'll always be the one" "All I do the whole night through is dream of you" "with the dawn I still go on and dream of you" "you're every thought you're every thing you're every song I ever sing summer, winter autumn, and spring" "And were there more than twenty-four hours a day" "they'd be spent in sweet content dreaming away" "when skies are grey when skies are blue morning, noon, and nighttime too all I do the whole day through is dream of you" "This way, gentlemen." "What's this?" "Frank Connaugh's army?" "Where is the Ivy Perkins Trio?" "But you did say "get anyone"." "And I was thrown out of the Cadena Cafe for soliciting." "They mustn't be seen." "They'll have to play in a recumbent position." "Let's pray for an upstage wind." "Nothing must distract De Thrill from my performance." "That goes to you too, Miss." "You just sit still and give me my cues." "And I might take you to Hollywood with me." "You startled me." "You are English!" "I thought you were French." "Did you honestly?" "Well, I'm not." "I didn't mean to be rude." "That's all right." "It's just that" "I'm rather fed up with France." "I can't imagine a pretty little thing like you be fed up with anything." "Well, I am." "And not just with France." "I also had enough of boys." "Boys?" "Why not try something older?" "Something older?" "What the hell do you think you're doing?" "You are supposed to be a nurse, not a tart." "Something older like me for instance." "I may be too old to run a mile" "Run a mile?" "Yes, run a mile" "But there's one thing I still do very well" "I may be too old to climb a stile" "Climb a stile?" "Yes, climb a stile." "But there's one thing at which I still excel" "Although my hair is turning grey" "Yes, it's rather grey!" "I still believe it when I say" "Well, what do you say?" "It's never too late to have a fling" "For Autumn is just as nice as Spring" "And it's never too late to fall in love" "Boop-a-Doop, Boop-a-Doop, Boop-a-Doop" "It's never too late to wink an eye" "I'll do it until the day I die" "And it's never too late to fall in love" "Boop-a-Doop, Boop-a-Doop, Boop-a-Doop" "If they say I'm too old for you" "Then I shall answer "Why, sir," "One never drinks the wine that's new" "The old wine tastes much nicer"" "A gentleman never feels too weak" "To pat a pink arm or pinch a cheek" "And it's never too late to fall in love" "Sez who?" "Sez me" "Sez you?" "Sez we." "Sez both of us together" "It's never too late to whisper words" "Concerning the ways of bees and birds" "And it's never too late to fall in love" "Whack-a-do, Whack-a-do, Whack-a-do" "Push me back!" "It's never too late to flirt and spoon" "A fiddle that's old is more in tune" "And it's never too late to fall in love" "Whack-a-do, Whack-a-do, Whack-a-do" "The modern artists of today" "May paint their picture faster" "But when it comes to skill, I say" "You can't beat an old master" "It's never too late to bill and coo" "At any age one and one make two" "And it's never too late to fall in" "Never too late to fall in" "Never too late to fall in Love" "Ladies and gentlemen" "I proudly present my latest cinematographic fantasy for the big screen entitled:" ""Beauty and the wheelchair"" "It's never too late to blow a kiss" "Especially at a time like this" "And it's never too late to fall in love" "It's never too late for fun and larks" "A jolly old flame has lots of sparks" "It's never too late to fall in love" "Vo-de-o, Vo-de-o, Vo-de-o" "The modern buildings that you see" "Are often most alarming" "But I am sure that you'll agree" "A ruin -can be charming" "There's dog's dirt all over your spat, Sir." "Forgive the outrage, Mr. De Thrill." "The girl has lost her senses." "She is dismissed." "She can pack her bags and leave at the end of the week." "She's fired." "You've had your chance and you've lost it." "So she came to the ball after all." "Poor child." "How sad she looks." "Let me talk to her, mon vieux." "I know how she is feeling." "We all missed you like mad." "Didn't we, chaps?" "Yes, we did, Polly." "Polly." "You'll never guess what's happened to us." "We've all been proposed to." "But we haven't been accepted yet." "We are letting them know at midnight." "Polly, what a shame." "Your fellow turned out to be a..." "A rotter and a cad." "You do not wish to dance, Polly?" "Until I dance with him, Madame, I will never dance again." "Never mind." "The night is still young." "You know, Polly, when I look at you in that sweet costume" "you remind me of a song I once knew." "Do I, madam?" "Can you sing it?" "Yes, I think so." "There is an old French legend that's set to an old French tune." "It tells how Pierrot loved Pierrette under the summer moon" "Every night the lovers meet just as the clock strikes nine" "Then he gives her kisses sweet" "As vintage wine" "But alas, one fateful night" "Pierrette is forsworn" "There she stand, forlorn till the cold grey dawn" "Poor little Pierrette" "Where's your Pierrot?" "Why are you all alone?" "You should be so fancy-free" "Your heart should be high" "But instead You hang your head" "And try not to cry" "Poor little Pierrette" "You must not show" "Your dream of love has flown" "Just keep on dancing" "Till the dawn, and then" "He may come back again" "May I have this dance?" "I'm afraid I can't dance with a stranger." "But I am Pierrot." "You are Pierrette." "Surely we are not strangers." "But I do not know who you are." "Maybe this will remind you." "It isn't." "It can't be." "Yes, it's me!" "Tony!" "Polly!" "Dulcie and I made it between us during the show" ""Happy first night"" ""I love you." "Tony"" "Blow it out." "Thank you." "Hubert, it's Tony!" "We find him at last!" "My son!" "Mother!" "Father!" "And whom, may I ask, is this young man?" "This, Sir, is my son." "The honourable Tony Brockhurst" "I'm afraid I'm not a messenger boy after all." "Can you forgive me?" "Yes, of course" "And who, may I ask, is this young woman?" "That, Madame, is my daughter." "And I am Percival Browne." "Not Percival Browne the millionaire." "I'm afraid I deceived you too." "I'm not secretary after all." "Can you forgive me?" "Of course, my darling." "It seems that love is in the air tonight." "It is indeed." "I too, Polly, have some news." "Have you, Daddy?" "How thrilling." "May I tell her, Kiki?" "Of course." "She should be the first to know." "Very well, then." "Polly," "Mme Dubonnet has consented to become my wife." "Maisie, it's midnight." "Have you thought it over?" "And you?" "And you?" "After due consideration we have come to the conclusion that the answer is unanimously" "Yes!" "Swell!" "Where should we go for the honeymoon?" "The Riviera." "Whenever you want, Mr. De Thrill." "Background action!" "Stay behind!" "Wriggle your hips and kick up your heels you'll be surprised how lovely it feels" "Everybody's doing the Riviera" "Wiggle your fingers, wiggle your toes Just how it started nobody knows" "Everybody's doing the Riviera" "Multi Millionaires and their little pets do it" "Even maiden ladies who wear lorgnettes have taken to it" "Tell everyone to give out the news this is the way to shake off the blues" "Everybody's doing the Riviera" "Wait on the set, everybody!" "Get on the dance floor get in the swing this is the time for having a fling" "Everybody's doing the Riviera" "Clap-a your hands and slap on your thighs" "Grin like a goon and roll up your eyes" "Everybody's doing the Riviera" "All the bright young things and their bright young beaux do it" "Even duchesses and their gigolos have taken to it" "Ain't it terrific?" "Ain't it the top?" "You gotta dance right on till you drop" "Everybody's doing the Riviera" "I know that I could be happy with you, my darling" "If you could be happy with me" "Well done." "You saved the show." "A star is born." "You're welcome to be the star of a crummy show like this." "You can understudy my part tonight, dear." "The public liked you, De Thrill liked you." "I liked you." "You can stay on for another week." "At double salary, of course." "We'll discuss that later." "We'll discuss the young lady now if you don't mind." "She is a Jonah." "I've never known of a force like it!" "Ad libitum at stage, a family row on stage!" "Cakes and __." "My professional career in __!" "A hard-earned reputation ruined!" "And it all started with her!" "Either she goes or I go." "That's easily settled." "I've been thinking for some time of taking over your part." "I'm really miscast as Lord Brockhurst." "Far too young." "Pay no attention to him, Mr. Max." "He is rather over__ this afternoon." "Don't bother me now." "De Thrill and I have things." "Das ist für Fräulein Polly." "For Polly." "Can't you speak German?" "German?" "I think I will make" ""Singin' in the rain"" "I'll send you a postcard from Hollywood, chaps." "That'll make you a lovely smelling lady in Christendom." "Just rehearsing." "Wait." "Wait." "Look!" "You know the double-trip Maxie Ford with a Knickerbocker break!" "Well, I taught it to you." "I thought you were dead!" "I thought you were dead!" "No, I lost my memory." "No, I was interned." "Pop!" "My son!" "I can't believe it." "Mr. De Thrill..." "It's all a game." "Goodbye, Miss." "I hope your headache gets better!" "Goodbye!" "From De thrill" "What does he say?" "Nothing." "Come on, let me look." "Gosh!" "He wants you to go to Hollywood." "Should I help you pack?" "No." "Let's go find that room in Bloomsbury." "I think I'll take the clothes." "Like to bet on your first customers?"