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Three-Cornered Moon (1933)
Look, Jenny. The recipe
for the waffle batter calls for two glasses of milk. Do you understand? Keep away. Me for him, and she`s for me. Stove, not you. I don`t mean to interfere, Jenny, but you must have milk. Milk. Do you understand now? No. Two... Glass... Oh, never mind. Make it boiled eggs. (DOOR OPENlNG) ALBERT.. Good morning. NELLlE: Good morning, Albert. Good morning, Mrs. Rimplegar. That`s a load. There you are. $1 1.47. Are you sure it`s right? Oh, yes, ma`am. Let`s see. Seven and four are 1 1, and three make 15, and eight makes, so... Let`s see, that`s 15 and eight... Oh. The children gave it to me for my birthday, and If I don`t wear it, they feel hurt. It`s beautiful, isn`t it? (CHUCKLES SHEEPlSHLY) Oh, those... Those are feathers, yes. All right. $11.47. Oh, yes, l`ve just got it. There you are. Now, let`s see. And 27 cents. 47! 47? How`s business, Albert? Awful, ma`am. It`s the depression, I suppose. I hear it`s still going on. Everyone said it would end with beer, so I bought 10 cases, but it doesn`t seem to have done much good. I`m sure if my husband were still alive and he still owned the laundry, it would still be doing business. Well, he was smart to die when he did. Oh, yes. Look, Mrs. Rimplegar, you gave me $11.17. You still owe me 30 cents. Huh? Oh, dear. Jenny? Jenny, can you lend me 30 cents? Yes, 30 cents. Go away. The stove, she`s mine. (CHUCKLES) Her English is very poor. I`ll be right back. KENNETH: What do you mean, you didn`t want to hurt his feelings? Kenneth. But you can hurt my feelings, can`t you? Can you lend me 30... Look here, Kitty. You pulled this trick once too often. I`m through! Do you hear me, l`m through! Kenneth, can you lend... So through that if I ever wanted to call you up again, I`d have to look up your number in a phone book. Oh, dear! Jenny! Huh? Jenny! Huh? Breakfast. Huh? Eat. Oh. DOUGLAS: And cousin of His Most Christian Majesty, the King of France! Douglas! Permit me the honor of presenting to you, His Royal Highness, the Duc d`Orleans, Duc de Chartres, Duc de Nemours, Comte de Beaujolais, and cousin of His Most Christian Majesty, the King of France! Douglas, can you lend me 30 cents? (SlGHS) For heaven`s sake, Mother! I`m rehearsing my lines. It`s only 30 cents. (CLEARS THROAT) Tell him, my friend, who Monsieur Beaucaire really is. DOUGLAS: (DlSTANT) Permit me the honor of presenting to you, His Royal Highness, the Duc... Elizabeth! Elizabeth! Yes, that`s right, Agnes. Be sure and tuck it in. Good morning, Elizabeth. (SlGHS) Could you lend me 30... Oh, dear! What`s the matter? (SlGHS) What`s it all about? Going to bed at night, getting up in the morning. What for? It`s that cheese you ate last night! You`ve got that green look. Now you go right back to bed. I`ll go downstairs and get you something for it. Oh, Kenneth! Kenneth! What is it, Mother? Have you seen the castor oil? We used it all last night in the cocktails. Oh. Didn`t it make you awful sick? (TELEPHONE RlNGlNG) (EXCLAlMS) Hello. Why, Kenneth, what`s the matter with you? Yes, certainly. It`s for you, Mother. Oh, that`s nice. Hello. This is R.G. Briggs and Company. Mr. Stokes speaking. Yes. Yes, Mr. Stokes. Yes, l`ll come right down and cover it up. Yes, l`ll come right away. Mrs. Rimplegar, the man, she want 30 cents. Oh, yes, yes, of course, Albert. Okay, Mrs. Rimplegar. Let it go until next time. No, no, come along, Albert. Permit me the honor of presenting to you, His Royal Highness, the Duc d`Orleans, Duc de Chartres, Duc de Nemours, Comte de Beaujolais, and cousin of His Most Christian Majesty, the... (TELEPHONE RlNGlNG) (CLEARS THROAT) Hello. Hey, that`s for me! (CLEARS THROAT) Yes. I`m sorry. It`s for Elizabeth. Oh, yes. Elizabeth. (CLEARS THROAT) Oh, Liz, telephone! ELlZABETH: Coming! She`s coming. Is it Ronald? No, it`s Dr. Stevens. Oh. Tell him l`m still asleep. She says she`s still asleep. Oh, you rat! Give me that. (CHUCKLES) l`m sorry, Alan. How are all the crazy Rimplegars this morning? (LAUGHS) Hey, you know you have a date with me. Oh, l`m sorry. I don`t think I feel quite up to visiting a clinic today. (CHUCKLES) Okay. We all feel that way sometimes. Yes. Another time, then. Sure. Bye. Tell him, my friend, who Monsieur Beaucaire really is. Permit me the honor of presenting to you, His Royal Highness, the Duc d`Orleans, Duc de Chartres, Duc de Nemours, Comte de Beaujolais, (DOOR SLAMS) and cousin of His Most Christian... EDDlE: Hello. Well, your little brother`s back. Have you been away? Oh, hey, what does a guy have to do to get a rise out of this family, make a transatlantic flight? (EXCLAlMlNG) My little boy! Hello, Mom. My Eddie! My baby! (CHUCKLlNG) You`re back safe and sound! He`s been gone two whole days! Gee, l`m in an awful hurry. I`ve gotta be up at college for an 11:00 class. I didn`t have time to change last night. Went driving till morning. You don`t look very well, darling. Why? What`s wrong with me? Did you have your three glasses of milk while you were away? I don`t like milk! How long do you think you can keep on going this way? Running around without any milk? You sound as if he were a dairy wagon or something. (/NSTRUMENTAL MUS/C PLAY/NG) Tell him, my friend, who Monsieur Beaucaire really is. Permit me the honor of presenting to you, His Royal Highness, the Duc d`Orleans... (MUSlC STOPS) (SlGHS) I hate Monday. What can you do on a Monday? You`ve been getting awfully moody lately. What`s the matter, have you quarreled with Ronald? We never quarrel. Duc d`Orleans, Duc de Chartres, Duc... You ate two eggs, too? No. No, Jenny, I ate coffee. Has Ronald finished that novel of his yet? Mmm-mmm. Give him time. He`s only been working on it for two years. How many years is it since you`ve been prancing around that Little Theatre of yours? I propose to learn the fundamentals of my work before going into it professionally. Well, it seems to me that accent`s about the only thing you brought back from Harvard. Can`t you speak English when you`re home with just us folks? We won`t tell your public. I shall speak exactly as I please. It sounds well. It sounds very well. It sounds lousy. (TELEPHONE RlNGlNG) NELLlE: l`ll answer it. Never mind. That`s for me. I`m expecting a phone call. What`s all the riot about? So am l. Oh, wait a minute, will you? It`s the wrong number. I made up my mind. I`m going away. With Ed`s clothes? Ed`s clothes! My clothes. Look at them. All I need is my own toothbrush. (SlGHS) Is it Kitty again? No. You know, honey, when it comes to Kitty, you all is what we call down East here a schlemiel. Kitty had nothing to do with it. I`m just fed up with everything! I hate being a law clerk. What`s the sense of working if you don`t need the money? Hate the family! Hate you! Well, well, well! I don`t care if l never see any of you again. (SCOFFS) You`ll break your old mammy`s heart! Don`t pull that one on me. I`m not going to lead a negative life just because I have a mother. Women are becoming mothers all over the world. Yeah. Yeah, somebody ought to put a stop to it. From now on, l`m going to be absolutely independent of everybody. That reminds me, l`ve got to ask Mother for some money. Hey, Ma! (TELEPHONE RlNGlNG) Hello. Oh, hello, Kitty, darling! I just want you to know that my feelings are terribly hurt, the way you talked to me a little while ago. Well, sweetheart, you know I didn`t mean to. Nevertheless, l`ve a good mind never to forgive you. Say, who are you talking to, anyway? (SHUSHES) It`s Mother. What was that? It was only Mother. (HORSE NElGHlNG) What was that noise? (CHUCKLlNG NERVOUSLY) It`s Mother`s asthma. I`ll meet you at lunch. Listen, I love you. I love you. I love you! Gee, Doug, she`s the swellest kid in the world! Give me that! (TELEPHONE RlNGlNG) What`s the matter? Have I got it on wrong? Give me that back! (TELEPHONE CONTlNUES RlNGlNG) Come back here with that! You crazy! KENNETH: Pick up your feet! That wasn`t anything! Ronald, darling! I`ve been waiting for your call all morning. What? You`re dispossessed! You mean she actually threw you out because you didn`t pay your rent? Listen, you go right back to that landlady and make her return your manuscript. All right, then l`ll do it. I`ll be at your house in half an hour! DOUGLAS: Come back here with that. KENNETH: Try and get it, you big... Come on! (LAUGHlNG) (CHOKlNG) Give me that wig! You`re ruining it! I won`t! I won`t! Enjoying yourselves, children? Playing a game? Hey, Ma! Ma, See, l`m awful late for my class. Can I order a cab? No. That`s awfully extravagant, Eddie. Oh, just this once. No! (BOTH LAUGHlNG) Come on! Come on! All right, baby. Oh, l`m going out, too. Tell them to send one for me. Okay. DOUGLAS: Mother! No! Order one for me, too, Eddie. (CHUCKLES) You big ham! (LAUGHlNG) Hello. Yellow Taxi? Send a cab right over to Mrs. Rimplegar`s. EDDlE: Hey! Give me that phone. Alley-oop! Hello! Yellow Taxi? MAN: Listen, son, don`t try to get rough with the old lady. I`ll not stand for anything like that. Ronald! Ronald, darling! (PEOPLE EXCLAlMlNG) Don`t you worry. I`ll settle this. How much does he owe you? $16. Give me that! Okay, Mike. 10, 15, 16. Thanks. Have you got everything? ELlZABETH: Oh! Why... RONALD: My Togassa nude! He`s throwing it down the steps. Come on. Is this the stuff you wrote yesterday? Yeah. Help a guy make a living, won`t you, mister? Wait! It just occurred to me. I`ve had no breakfast. Oh, you poor darling. Give me a bar of chocolate. Oh, no, no, no. Here. Can you? Yeah. Thank you. The beginning of the chapter I wrote soft and, you know, full of sunlight. Like this Togassa nude. But there`s a recurring, ominous beat in it. First it`s faint, like a dropping tear, but later it pounds more and more, furious, like rainy, thunderous music. Oh, that sounds swell! No! It`s rotten! It`s hollow. It`s falling to pieces! I can`t get it to go right. (SlGHS) I`m a failure. (EXCLAlMS) Now, there you go again. You know perfectly well, you write like a tree on fire. If I could only be like you, dear, so wonderfully at peace with yourself all the time. That`s what you think! Ronald, I haven`t told you, but for the last six or seven months, I`ve been in despair! Darling! I hate everything in life, people, everything! So do l! I suppose a lot of people feel that way when their youth is gone. (SlGHS) I was so happy when I was in college. Nothing will ever be the same as it was when I was 18. I was such a happy little dope. Yes. Yes, that was my zenith, when I was 18. I`ve had two zeniths. Huh? You need some breakfast. (CHlLDREN CHATTERlNG) ELlZABETH: Let`s see. Chopped ham, lamb chops. What do you want, Ronald? Oh, I don`t know. Anything. Bring us the luncheon. All right. Darling, how about getting out of all this? Hmm? Well, we just got here. No, not that. How about one grand, beautiful exit together? Suicide. What? Together. You and l. A beautiful, original suicide. Get away from me! I haven`t thought seriously about suicide since I was 14 and flunked algebra. You mean it? Life without ecstasy, Elizabeth, isn`t worth that! Yeah. Maybe you`re right. The most beautiful thing in life... (SNEEZES) God bless you, darling. I`m sorry. (SNEEZES) What I wanted to say... (SNEEZES) Ronald, you`ve caught cold! Am I feverish? (GASPS) Yes! Oh. My throat feels kind of funny, too. Let me see! Ah. See if there are any spots. Oh, you`ve got to see a doctor. Alan Stevens. He`s crazy about me. I mean, he`s a friend of the family, and he won`t charge you a cent, see? Come on, hurry up, now. Ah. Once more. Ah. Again. Ah. Well? Well, old man, your throat is absolutely spotless. Yeah, we`ll have to do something about that. Send in Miss Rimplegar, please. Oh, hello, Elizabeth. Is he all right? Well, ordinarily l`d say yes, but under the present conditions... Say, Ronald tells me that you plan to commit suicide. No, I didn`t. All I asked was... You know, some methods are very painful. Let me see. Here. Here. Six of these, dissolved in a glass of water and taken on an empty stomach. Go to sleep and never wake up again. There you are. Very simple, isn`t it? No convulsions, no stains on the carpets. I suppose you think you`re being very funny. Oh, no. I`m just trying to be helpful. Come on, Ronald. (DOOR SHUTS) MAN: Going lower! Look at Telephone! WOMAN: They`re going higher! Look at Atchison! Say, two minutes late. Market`s lower. (lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERlNG) WOMAN: Roosevelt`s attending to that. The Rimplegar account, please. Mrs. Nellie Rimplegar. Yes, ma`am. Mr. Bailey, Mr. Stokes wants you to sell out the Robinson account. All right. Will you attend to that, George, please? Certainly. Now, you can see for yourself, ma`am. They tell me my margin is down. Yes, ma`am. Oh! Will you tell me something, please? Just exactly what is margin? Well, look. Here`s what you`ve got. See? Here`s what we need, that much more. Oh, I see. Margin means more money. Yes, ma`am. Yes. How soon must you have it? Well, it`s 2:10 now. The market closes at 3:00. Couldn`t they keep it open just a few minutes longer? Oh, no. Well, l`d better go to the bank. I`ll be back in half an hour. (CHUCKLES) Oh, that`s fine. Oh. You`re not the man I talked to three years ago, are you, with the moustache? No. He was such a nice man! How do you do, Mrs. Rimplegar? How do you do, Mr. Kline? I want just lots of money this time. I was just going to phone you about that. Your balance is down to $1.65. $1.65? Hmm. How much money did you say I had in the bank? $1.65. (CHUCKLlNG) Oh. Oh, dear! Good night. ELlZABETH: Hello, Jenny. (ELlZABETH EXCLAlMS) You shouldn`t have bought those, honey. You`re broke. That`s all right. He lets me charge him. (LAUGHS) How you call him? Him? I call him George. Ah. Yes, Jen. Here, Jenny. You take George into the kitchen, cut off his ends, and give him a little water. I guess we`ll have to put you in the room on the third floor. George! (SNlFFS) Beautiful George! Things are never quite as bad as they seem, are they, Mrs. Johnson? Why not? What? Mother! NELLlE: (EXCLAlMlNG) That`s hot! Mother! Yes, dear? Have you an extra key to the front door? What for? Ronald`s coming to live with us. Well, take mine, dear. It`s in my purse on the bureau. All right. Oh, who did you say? Ronald. Oh, that`s nice! Sell 5,000 Three Cornered Moon at the market. Make it snappy. That`s the Rimplegar account. Check. Look here. But, Mother, what does this mean? ``Your half hour up. Must deposit additional margin.`` Margin? What margin? That`s just what I wanted to know. And listen to this one! ``Unless we hear from you by 2:30, we`ll sell out your account.`` What on earth is this? Shh. Oh, never mind her. I`ll get the hot oil, Mrs. Rimplegar. (CHUCKLES) Yes. Why, here`s another one! ``Having no response to our two previous messages, ``we have closed you out.`` That one came last. Well, what`s the matter here, anyhow? Matter! Matter! Well, all I can say is, children, that from now on, we`ll have to paddle our own canoe. Mother, why didn`t you ever say something about this? I`m not the kind of mother who throws her burdens on her children. Mother, have we any stocks? Well, yes and no. She means we did have, but we haven`t anymore. Mother, are we cleaned? For heaven`s sake, Mother! Don`t get excited, children, or you`ll all have nervous breakdowns. (GROANlNG) And please sit down. People always think better when they`re sitting down. I`m a lawyer. I`m studying law, so let me question Mother. Mother, when did you get these stocks? Well, let me see. Oh, It was a long time ago. The year after Papa died, I think. It was the year Elizabeth won the poetry prize in college. When was that, dear? About four years ago, Mother. Are you sure? Yes. The year you won the poetry prize, Ed was just graduating from the Poly Prep. I was having my teeth straightened. Who cares? No, you weren`t, either. It was after that. All right, Ma, so it was four years ago. Well, there I was, left all alone with you children to look after. I wanted to plan a surprise for you. A surprise? So, I invested $75,000 in some stock. $75,000? And later on, $50,000 more. Oh, Mama! $50,000 more! Well, a man told me it was very good stock. Who was he? Where did you meet him? A strange man? Don`t ask silly questions! He was a very nice man. Maybe we could get some of the money back! Yeah. Most of it was in Three Cornered Moon. DOUGLAS: What? Three Cornered Moon, what`s that? Well, it`s a mine or something. What kind of a mine? Well, it`s a metal mine. He was a very nice man, and he was most enthusiastic. What was the nice man`s name? Now, let me see. (CHUCKLES) ``D`` is on the tip of my tongue. Never mind the name! Well, the stocks were fine until... The fall of 1929. How did you know? All right, Mom, so they started to go down. Yes, and then they went up again, and I thought they`d stay up. But then it went down again, and then up again, and down again, and I thought it would go up again and stay up, but it didn`t. It went down again and stayed down. Then, last week, Mr. Briggs called me up. Briggs! That was the name, Briggs. Well, he told me to deposit some more money, and I did. A whole lot more. Then this morning, he called me up again, and when I went down to see him, it was a different man with a moustache. No. No, without a moustache. Well, I found my margin was... It wasn`t what it ought to have been, and I was going to deposit some more money, but there wasn`t any more left in the bank. Well, what did you do then? Well, what could I do? I`m not a child, you know. I know just as well as anybody else when there`s no more money in the bank. So, I took a taxi home and had my hair washed. (SlGHS) (BOTH CRYlNG) Oh, Mrs. Rimplegar, she is doctor for you. Oh, Rimplegars! (GlGGLlNG) Oh, children! Dr. Stevens is here! (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHlNG) Hey, Doc! Listen, Doc! KENNETH: Our money`s all gone! It`s all gone! EDDlE: Mother lost it! Three Cornered Moon! KENNETH: Flat! We`re flat! What are we gonna do? We`ve got to do something! Yeah. You know about the stock market, Doc! Now, wait a minute! This whole thing bowls me over! (CRYlNG) Oh, help my poor children, Dr. Stevens. It was all my fault. Yes, cry about it now, Mother, dear, when it`s too late. That`s right, that`s right, blame it all on me. You children never took any interest. Did you ever ask me how our finances were? Listen, all of you! It isn`t all Mother`s fault. After all, there`s a houseful of adults here. The least we could have done was to have realized how incompetent she was and taken things out of her hands. That`s right. What do you think of selling the house? EDDlE: That`s an idea. Wait a minute. We could put a sign in the window. Sure. A large, beautiful home. There`s a depression on, you know. Why, you can`t give big places like this away. On the other hand, if you hang onto it, at least you`ll be assured of a roof over your heads. I think l`ll get you all some hot milk. Sit down, Mother. What about all those rooms upstairs? Instead of using them to play house with, why don`t you try renting them out? Oh, no! Imagine a lot of strange people running in and out, destroying our privacy! All right, l`ll rent one. I live alone, anyhow. Oh, what good will it do to rent one room? Let the house fall down! We`re licked! We`re done for! We`re penniless! I`m gonna get out of here. Kenneth! Let him go. Let`s all go. Let`s all hold hands and jump in the river! Now, look here, the whole pack of you! You`ve all been crazy long enough. This is the one time you can`t fly off the handle. And for once in your lives, you`ve got to get hold of yourselves. You`ve got to stop screaming and you`ve actually got to think! How about it, Elizabeth? That`s right. I`m sorry. You were saying that we`d have to sell some things. That sounds like a very good idea. Yes, and whatever money you realize should be turned over to you. And Elizabeth will take care of the books and sign the checks. Now, just a minute, children. Just a minute! I`m still your mother, you know. Not with that thing on your head. And the mother signs the checks. Oh, no! Oh, no! Now look, Mrs. Rimplegar, one of the purposes of this meeting was to retire you from active economic life. From now on, Ma, you`re a has-been! I`m still the head of the house, and l must sign something! I know. Dr. Stevens will let you sign the receipt for his room rent every week. Oh! That`s nice. And it looks like the rest of you will have to get jobs. No more college for you, Eddie. That`s right. We`ve got to go to work. We`ve got to get some money. Find the ``Help Wanted`` section. Where`s the evening paper? DOUGLAS: Let`s see, let`s see. Janet Welsh knows one of the directors down at the Theatre Guild. Where`s the phone book? Where`s the phone book? Now, what am l going to do? You stick to your law office until you pass your bar examinations. All right. I`ll start studying right away. Where`s my Lewis on Evidence? Mom, have you seen my Lewis on Evidence? It was here a little while ago. Here`s Main Street by Lewis. Will that do? (EXCLAlMS) Why, Kenneth! Now, Mrs. Rimplegar, there`ll be no money to pay Jenny or the upstairs maid or the gardener. Oh. I can do the cooking. I`ll go and explain to Jenny. ``Operators, Union Special, machine-sewing beef casings.`` What`s beef casings? Hey, here`s one, sis. Here`s one. ``Salesman, experience unnecessary, sell awnings. ``Good proposition and commission.`` Oh, shut up. That`s for men. ``Helper, high-class work. ``Press operators and hand ironers on family finish work. ``Experienced only.`` Listen, Janet, do you remember telling me you met Rouben Mamoulian at a party last month? Yeah. Where he gave you the cocktail. Yeah, the Guild director. Yeah. Listen, I need a job. What? Yeah. Yeah, sure, if you`ll give me a letter of introduction to him. Elizabeth! Yeah. Uh-huh. Sure. I`ve got to go to work... Elizabeth, l`ve got it. The perfect ending for the chapter! Listen to this. ``Short, sharp, hard, strong. ``Words like iron, pouring, pounding.`` Look, Jenny, you don`t understand. We can`t keep you. Out! You keep there, I keep here! But, Jenny, we haven`t any more money. Money! (SMASHlNG) Oh, dear! ``Suddenly, the room was pervaded with ``a silence that was louder than thunder!`` Who puts books in shelves upside down! Hey, look, sis! ``Salesman wanted, not over 25.`` Oh, no, this guy`s got to have a car and small capital, or is it capital and a small car? Here it is. ``She rose from the table, took a step toward him, ``then faltered and turned away. ``His face was stubbornly averted from her.`` ``Wanted, a man to clean sewers, easy hours.`` Gee, that sounds swell! Hey, what`s got into this family, anyhow? Never mind, darling, nothing that you have to worry about. Well, then, what are you doing? I`m looking for a job. EDDlE: Laundryman wanted, plumber, groom, electrician, experience necessary, barbers, union only... MAN 1: /`ve tried there before. MAN 2: That`s just a come-on. MAN 3: By the time / get over there, they don`t need nobody. MAN 4: They want you to work free till you get experience. MAN 5: You won`t lose nothing by trying. MAN 6: /`ve spent my last nickel on the subway. MAN 7: /`ve been walking since January. MAN 8: Oh, who`s got shoes? MAN 9: There`ll be plenty for everybody today. Don`t crowd! WOMAN 1: Yeah, we`ve heard that before, too. MAN 10: / thought you said they were going to open on part-time. WOMAN 2: Look, here`s something new. WOMAN 3: Look, Mary, here`s something. WOMAN 4: What`s the address? We`ve gotta hurry. (lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERlNG) Get back there! Get in line! Come on, now, ladies. Get in line. Come on. Hold your places and stay there. Oh, Shut up! Now, remember, what I told you. Where did you work in St. Louis? The Johnson-Brown Shoe Factory. What kind of a machine? Kendall lmproved, rotary action. Okay, kid, now, don`t forget. Thank you. What shoe factory did you work in? That is, supposing you have worked in a shoe factory? The Walk-Easy Factory in St. Louis. That`s the name of the shoe. What`s the factory? Oh. Johnson-Brown. What machine did you use? The Kendall lmproved, rotary action. Sure. That`s the best kind for a little girl like you. Okay. Hey, here he is now. You`ve got a pretty good stroke. Where`d you learn it? Columbia, freshman team. Oh. (BOYS SHOUTlNG) (BLOWS WHlSTLE) Hey, can`t you read that sign? Get down off there! I may be able to use you around here, watching the kids. Little night work thrown in. You get a dollar for the whole thing. A dollar a day. Yeah. With the night work thrown in. Sure, I understand that. Okay. Well... Here are the pictures of me from Monsieur Beaucaire. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Here`s your part. $1 2 a week. We don`t pay salary during rehearsals. Well, is this all there is to the part? And we rehearse three weeks. Just the one line? ``Yes``? Sure. That`s a good little part. Good night, Mr. Clark. Good night. That`s the star. That`s the lady that talks to you. She says, ``You`re the third man to annoy me. ``l can`t stand it,`` and so on and so on and so on. Then she works it up to a climax, and you say, ``Yes.`` Can you handle it? Yes. Going to lunch, Ken? No, thanks, gentlemen. I`ll stick with this a while longer. Lunch later. (CHUCKLlNG) Okay. So long. (DOOR CLOSES) (MACHlNE WHlRRlNG) (SlGHS) It just looks as if no matter how hard I try, I can`t keep up. You`re doing all right. You`ve learned more in two weeks than I did in two months. MAN: Good morning, Mr. Hawkins. Here comes Hawkins. What about last night. What`s the alibi? Only girl in the shop who don`t keep up to our minimum. Well, do some talking. My mother was very ill. I had to hurry home. What about tonight? Tonight? By the way, Mr. Hawkins, aren`t you married? I don`t ask my wife no questions, and my wife don`t ask me no questions. Oh. 6:00, across the street, right in front of that drugstore. And if your mother is still sick, you can go and nurse her, and stay there! Don`t you think it`s about time we had some fresh paper on this window, Douglas? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Oh. Oh, yes. Seems sort of empty around here without the piano and things. Yes. Yep. Yes, yes, yes. Oh, Papa! Oh, dear! Yes, yes, yes, yes. How`s that lamb stew, Ma? It`s all ready, Eddie, just as soon as Elizabeth gets home. Oh, yeah. That reminds me. Yes, I must speak to Jenny. Yes, I know, Kitty, but I can`t, sweetest. Sure, it`ll be a swell party, and l`d love to take you, (DOOR CLOSES) but l`ve simply got to work on some briefs tonight. It means extra money. And then if I pass the bar examinations... No, I won`t know till tomorrow whether l`ve passed the examinations or not. It`ll be in the morning papers. I can`t go tonight! DOUGLAS: Yes. Yes. How`s the English diction? (CHUCKLES) That`s the bunk. When does the salary start? We go on the road tomorrow. Good luck! Thanks. Yes. Hello, sis. Tough day? Mmm-hmm. Still going without your lunch? Well, I still need shoes. Working again tonight? Yep. (CLlCKlNG TONGUE) You`ll kill yourself. Say, where`s Ronald? The smell of food nauseated him, so he went out in the backyard to commune with nature. Oh, you don`t understand the kind of person he is. Hey! Keep him out there till after dinner. I`ll eat his share. You need it! ELlZABETH: Oh, Ronald! Darling! Elizabeth! Oh, you shouldn`t be out here without your coat. Wait a minute, l`ll get it for you. No, don`t go in there with them. It`s been unbearable waiting for you all day. I`ve had such a mean day of it. That chapter 14, it won`t budge. (SlGHS) Forget about it, darling. Oh, l`m tired! And kind of blue. Why? That job. I`ve got to give it up. Oh, never mind. It`s too silly. Only I hate to start looking for work all over again. Did you ever notice this tree, Elizabeth? How transparent green-gold the leaves are at this time of day. Doesn`t it make you shiver just to look at it? No. Six months ago I might have shivered about it. Now it`s just a tree. Darling! Don`t talk like that. Don`t change. I like to think of you as a tree somehow. (CHUCKLES) What kind of a tree? Beautiful, strongly rooted in the Earth. (CHUCKLES) Ronald, You`re such a weird person. I can`t see how anyone can have lived through what we`ve gone through so absolutely unchanged. What do you live for? My novel and you. Darling! Let`s go away alone together. Hey! Dinner`s ready. Are you hungry, darling? Yeah, I could eat if I have to. Well, here`s some bread, anyway. Oh, hey, Liz... She said I was killing her laugh with my line. And what do you think? I saved a little kid from drowning today. When do you get your medal? Boy, what a grip he had, though! She had the nerve to ask me to cut my line and just nod. He had me just like this! Look, like this. First he got me like this, see? And then I turned around and I got him in the hair like this. And he was kicking all the time! And we went down two or three times, too. Did you get drowned, Eddie? Yeah, at 3:00 this afternoon. How`ve you been? For heaven`s sake, Mother, either come into the conversation in the beginning or stay out altogether. After the meal is over, we`ll give you a typewritten report of everything that`s been said. And you can sign it. Oh, that`ll be... I think you children should confide more in your mother. (LAUGHlNG) Sweetheart, I tell you, I can`t go to the party. Hey, Ken! (CLlNKlNG) Time out for dinner! It still needs salt. Salt! Well, there`s no use looking at me like that, Jenny. The least I can do is help with the work since you insist on staying here without pay. Pay? Yeah, payday. When I get him? Now, listen, Jenny, very carefully. We haven`t... We have not any... Pepper? Oh, never mind, Jenny. Albert says he knows a man who speaks Polish. I`ll have him over and interpret. Yeah. (EXCLAlMS) (EXCLAlMlNG) lt`s hot! NELLlE: (CRYlNG) Oh! Jenny! Oh, dear! (GASPS) Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, Mother! Oh, Elizabeth! Look at me! Look at you? Look at our dinner! And there isn`t anything else in the house. Never mind, we`ll eat bread and butter. No butter! Hey, you can brush him off. (LAUGHS) No butter? And there isn`t very much bread. Well, l`ll run over and pick up something at the delicatessen. Hey, you got any change, Liz? Mmm-hmm. Six cents, and I need five for the subway tomorrow morning. Oh. gee! Hey, Doug! You got any change? No, l`m flat. I don`t get paid until Saturday. How about that two bits I lent you the other day? Two bits? I gave that to a man standing on the street. He was hungry. Tell me the name of the street and l`ll go and stand there. Oh, this is terrible! Ma! We`ve still got credit at the delicatessen store, haven`t we? No. Well, folks, how would you all like to take a walk to the nearest bread line? ALAN: Hello, Rimplegars. (WHlSTLlNG) Shh. I just remembered. Tonight`s the night he pays his rent. Oh, hello. What`s happened? Is anything wrong? Oh, No. We`re just glad to see you, that`s all. (CHUCKLES) Thank you. Oh, pickles. I like pickles. Say, have you heard the news? The depression`s over. (CHUCKLlNG) Isn`t that nice? Yeah, that patient of mine paid her bill. I had two lamb chops for dinner. How many lamb chops? Two. You know, there was something in connection with you Rimplegars that I was going to do tonight. Funny, I can`t think what it was! Mother, isn`t it about time you fixed the rent in Douglas` trousers? Hmm? His trousers? Well, maybe l`ll think of it in the morning. Good night. Why didn`t you ask him for it? I was afraid he might leave. But we`ve gotta eat tonight. Odd man loses. One, two, three. You`re odd man, Liz. Go tell him. No. You gotta. No, I won`t go! I don`t want to go! Now, go on. Be a sport. No, you always make me do the dirty work! ELlZABETH: Oh, Alan! Yes, Elizabeth? I just wanted to ask you about your room. Are you comfortable? Oh, swell. Say, by the way, I tried to get you at your office today. My office? Yes, but nobody there seemed to know you. Well, you know, they`ve got so many girls. Why did you call? I collected that money and I wanted to take you to lunch. Oh, well, that was nice of you, Alan. Come here. What`s the matter? I want to take you down near the light. I want to see something. (CHUCKLES) Why. Just as I thought. You`ve been working too hard. You`re tired. Oh, l`m getting used to it. You know, each night you come home you look more tired than the night before. I didn`t know you`d been observing me. I hate to see you killing yourself this way. You know, somebody should be taking care of you. I mean, when are you and Ronald going to be married? Oh, as soon as his book`s published. I see. Oh! Why didn`t you tell us you needed a window shade? I don`t... Oh, that. That`s just a towel. (LAUGHS) Well, l`ll get you one tomorrow. After all, you should have some service for the rent you pay. Rent! I almost forgot all about it. That`s all right. Here you are. If she doesn`t get it... She`s got to get it! (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHlNG) Shh. I`ve got it! Now, here, Ken. Ed always buys too much. Two pounds of hamburger. Make it three! ELlZABETH: Two and a half pounds. NELLlE: And a pound of butter. ALL: Butter! Butter! Excuse me! Watch out where you`re going! Yoo-hoo! Who`s that? Oh, it`s Kitty. No! You stay here, too. Hello, Eddie. Hello, Elizabeth. Hello, Kitty. Where`s Ken? Out. Gone for the evening. Gone, huh? Imagine! And here l`ve got a bid for a perfectly gorgeous party and I was absolutely counting on him to take me. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. At the last minute, he`s gone and left me. Ken get back yet? Why, Ronald! I haven`t seen you for ages! Hello. How`s your book coming along? RONALD: Oh, So-so. You know, l`ve a perfect complex about people who write. Isn`t that terrible? Awful! Huh? South Wind. I`ve read that. Yeah, you told us that last week. What else have you got? Shelley! Shelley. My, do you people read Shelley? I`m awfully glad to see that. That bird Shelley has been seen on the floor with more women... Oh, Elizabeth, what do you think of Tennyson? What do we think of Tennyson, Eddie? He`s all right. Who`s all right? Tennyson! Tennyson! Crazy! Ronald, if you weren`t engaged to Elizabeth, do you know what l`d make you do? (CLlCKlNG TONGUE) Shh! Not so loud! Please! Silly! I`d make you take me to the party tonight. Party? Why, I never go to parties. Oh. Well, I guess l`d better be going. Are you in a hurry? I don`t suppose anybody would care to walk home with me. I couldn`t bear to think of you walking a whole block all by yourself. KlTTY: Hey! I insist upon walking part of the way with you! Come to baby! Well! Now you look here! I`ve got to work tonight because I need the $3. If you want to break our engagement on account of this party, it`s perfectly okay with me! Why, I never heard of such... And let me tell you something! This is more important to me than... Than I am! I`m not worth $3! No! Okay, that settles it! Nobody ever said a thing like that to me before. I said it! Oh, Rimplegars! Oh, Kenneth, where`s Elizabeth? I don`t know. Elizabeth! Hello, Elizabeth. Hello. I just now remembered what I wanted to tell you people. Hello, Eddie. Where`s Ronald? Hello. There he is. There he is. Ronald, would you be interested in a job? Huh? EDDlE: A job? KENNETH: For Ronald? Good! Yeah, a patient of mine, a young publisher, has a job open as a reader or something like that. I told him about you and he thought you`d be just the man for the job. Not much money, but $25 a week. $25? Boy, oh, boy! You mean a job in an office? Oh, no! Why, what`s the matter? Well, l... You tell them, dear. Why, he doesn`t want that kind of work. You see, he`s writing a novel. Yeah, but $25 a week! Couldn`t you lay the novel aside for a couple of weeks? Lay it aside? I couldn`t lay it aside even for an hour. It`s part of my life! Yeah, you can`t expect a man to lay aside his life for a couple of weeks, you know. Well, couldn`t he go on with his novel and get a job, anyhow? But none of you understand. He`s a genius. You`d ruin him if you sent him out. In the meantime, what are we going to do about the meantime? We need money right now. Here we are with this big place full of things we can`t sell and nothing to eat. Have you ever thought of what you`d do if you were married and wanted a family? Elizabeth couldn`t work then, you know. Elizabeth and l are not interested in having a family and living in the usual way, are we, dear? I don`t know. Ronald, you`re a coward! You`re afraid to work! Kenneth! You think just because you called me a coward that l`ll be ashamed of everything I have to live for and go out and get a job? Well, I won`t! Kenneth, I don`t want to meddle, but Ronald is right. It isn`t cowardice. It`s some sort of an integrity that seems like weakness to you, but really is his strength. Well, all I know is he lives here and we have to support him. And he eats too much. All right l`ll go. I`ll leave! Ronald. You don`t have to help support him. I`ll take care of that from now on. Oh. What`s the matter? I forgot about Mr. Hawkins. Who`s he? No. I can`t go back there. Do you mean you`ve lost your job? Oh, gee whiz! What`ll we do now? Ronald, please! I don`t see why you have to beg him to work. He knows how bad things are. (CRYlNG) I won`t go on like this! I`m hungry. Really hungry, all the time. Oh, Eddie, darling! Darling, don`t! Ronald, you`ve got to do this for me. What`s the address? Here it is. Penthouse over his offices. Why don`t you go over now? Children, dinner`s nearly ready. Thanks, l`m not hungry. Ronald, you`d better wash your hands. Well, l`m going out. After all, darling, it`s a publisher`s office. It`s not a nuts and bolts factory. Elizabeth, don`t be vulgar! KENNETH: Here`s my overcoat. I`ll get you my good hat. You`ll need 10 cents for carfare. Kenneth, you`ve got change from the grocer`s. I`ll take a subway. I`ll hurry. Yeah. Why, Ronald! Oh, hello, Kitty. What are you all dressed up for? I`m going to the party. If a certain person thinks I can`t go places without him, he`s mistaken. Where are you going, Ronald? I`ve got to see a man on 19th Street. Why, that`s right on my way. Come on, l`ll give you a lift. Over the bridge, driver. Well, do you think this is quicker than a subway? Oh, boy, and $25... $25 a week. That`s $110 a month, isn`t it? Yeah, just about. I thought only bank presidents got that. $25. And if Ken passes his bar exam, that`ll double his salary. When do you hear the results, Ken? It`ll be in the papers tomorrow morning. What`s the matter? It`s getting me nervous. (LAUGHS) DOUGLAS: Ed! Ed! What do you want? Say, we`ll be able to eat three meals a day Iike they did in the 19th century. Ed, will you come up and give me a hand with my trunk? Okay. Coming up! Sending you out to look for a job? Why, Ronald, how wicked! I know, but l`ve got to do it for Elizabeth`s sake. Well, that`s what love does to a man, traps him into betraying himself. But l`ll go through with it. I`ve got to! DOUGLAS: Be careful! Hey, wait a minute. What`s the matter? I feel kind of dizzy. Well, never a dull moment! Just some more Rimplegar horseplay. DOUGLAS: Elizabeth! Yes, darling? Come up and take a look at Eddie, will you? Anything for a laugh. What`s the matter? He`s passed out. Oh, no! Gee, he`s awfully white. Eddie! He`s dead! He`s dead! Alan! Alan! He`s dead! Eddie! He`s dead! He`s dead! Mother! Mother! He`s dead! Elizabeth! He`s dead! He`s... (EXCLAlMS) All right. Let`s get him up to his room. ALAN: That`s right. Keep his head up. DOUGLAS: Gee whiz! KENNETH: I wonder if he`s all right. ALAN: Easy now, easy. Kenneth, run down to the drugstore and get a container of hot malted milk. And run right back. Sure. NELLlE: Better wash your hands, children. Dinner`s ready. Easy, boy. Food`s coming up. He`s a little starved and mostly exhausted. Hey, what did you have in that trunk? (GROANS) No more night work for you, Eddie. Dinner`s ready. Why, Eddie, you shouldn`t go to bed before dinner. Is anything the matter with Eddie? No, just a stomachache. Well, now, you see, for a stomachache, you... Now, Mrs. Rimplegar, don`t worry, because l`ll prescribe for him. Give me the pillow. No, this one, this one. You see, the head should be higher than the feet, so that the blood will run up, yeah. No, or is it down? I don`t like hysterical women, Elizabeth. I`m sorry. (DOOR CLOSES) Thanks. I wish you could come to the party. Couldn`t you look in afterwards? No. They`ll be waiting for me at home. Too bad, you`d have an awfully good time. All right, driver. (EDDlE SlGHS) Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute! Bring me a glass of water, will you? Glass water? Yeah. Glass. Yeah. Water. Water. Glass of water. Oh! Glass water! Yes, yes. See? She`s learning. Yeah. Yeah. Feeling better, Eddie? Haven`t felt so good since I had the measles. You`ve got to quit working nights, darling. Well, l`ll think about it. No, no, no, You`ve got to. Now, you don`t have to worry. Ronald`s pay will make up the difference. Okay, sis. What time is it? Almost 9:00. Oh, I hope nothing`s happened to him. (DOOR CLOSlNG) Maybe that`s... Ronald! Elizabeth! Elizabeth! Ronald! Oh! Darling, we`ve been so worried about you! Flowers! Oh, darling! KENNETH: Did you get the job? Did he get it, sis? Did he get it? Why, what took you so long? Yes, I think I got it. I took a walk down to the river. You know that part I couldn`t get to go right. The introduction to part four? Well, it came to me magnificently! I had to sit down right there and put it on paper. I was so excited l almost fell into the river. That was after the interview? Oh. The interview! I didn`t go. I got as far as his door and then I knew it was impossible. I couldn`t bear the thought of an office. You... And you brought me flowers! Yes. You`ve failed me! Elizabeth! Flowers! Artists! That`s it! Why, that`s it. I`ve been wanting to say that for a long time. If a man`s an artist, he`s holy! Other men have to work if they want to eat. Other men have certain duties to the people they love. But an artist, no! Oh, no! An artist must be fed. Why? Why, any more than a lawyer or a doctor or an lndian chief? (WEEPlNG) (JENNY SlNGlNG lN POLlSH) George! Beautiful George! (ALARM RlNGlNG) Hey! Elizabeth! KENNETH: Elizabeth, are you up? ELlZABETH: Sure, l`m all dressed! KENNETH: Eddie, 7.:00 newspaper! EDDlE: Okay! Calling all Rimplegars! Mother, 7.:00 newspaper. Bar examination! NELLlE: All right, Kenneth. Calling all Rimplegars! Douglas, 7.:00 newspaper! Douglas! 7.:00! Wait for baby! Calling all Rimplegars! Don`t open it till we get down! Oh, just a minute, children. Just a minute! KENNETH: Well, where is it? EDDlE: I don`t see it. What time does it come? It`s generally in this mud puddle under the hydrant. Of course this is the day it`d have to be late! See if the Schultzes have got their paper. Oh, children, children! Don`t run around in the wet grass! ELlZABETH: Oh, here it comes! Why didn`t you come earlier? Right in my hands! Here it is! Here it is, children! Children, it`s here! It`s right in here. ELlZABETH: I don`t see it. KENNETH: It came through the door. I saw it! Here it is! KENNETH: Where? I got it! I got it! Here, that`s my paper! Open it up, for heaven`s sake! There`s an index on the back page. Say, who took this examination, anyway? Here it is! ``1,031 Pass Bar Examination. Page 19.`` 19, 19, 19, 19... Now, don`t get excited, Kenneth. You`ll be a judge before you know it. Here I don`t know if l`ve passed yet, and you have me a judge! Oh, it`s enough to drive a person crazy! Page 19. No, this is 16... Kenneth, what a time to drop it! Oh, butterfingers! This is going to add years to my life! Look for the name Rimplegar. Page 19. Here it is. Here it is! Let`s see now. Get out of my way! Will you give me a chance to look at it! Let`s see, now. Azevedo, Brown, Frank, Farnum, Levy, Levy, Levy, Levy... When you get out of the Levys, give me a ring, will you? Mason, Morrison, Overton, Peters, R, R, R, R... Rache, Revier, Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Rosenthal, Rosenthal, Rosenthal... Why, I must have missed it. Let`s see. Rache, Revier, Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Rosenheim. Didn`t you find it? It`s not there. Not even honorable mention? Maybe you should have gotten the Herald Tribune. Maybe it`s in that. Oh! Never mind, honey. You can take the exam again in March. If I had passed, the firm was going to raise me to $25 a week. Oh, forget it! I suppose if l`d studied more, instead of chasing around with that dumb cluck... I`ll get you some coffee. That`ll cheer you up. If Ronald had only gotten that job! Eddie! Kenneth Rimplegar. Huh? Is it in the paper? Yeah, right there. Kenneth Rimplegar. Alan, for heaven`s sake, don`t kid me! It wasn`t there. All right, look for yourself. You dumbbell! You were looking in the Manhattan section. There you are in Brooklyn. ``Rimplegar, Kenneth.`` I passed! I passed! Kenneth! I`m so happy! I passed! I passed! I passed! I passed! I passed! I passed! Wait a minute! I got an idea! I passed! $25 a week! Attorney Rimplegar! Attorney Rimplegar! Rimplegar for President! Long live the President! I passed! (KENNETH EXCLAlMlNG) Mother, I passed! Oh, Kenneth, you need a shave! I passed! Did you get the Herald Tribune? It was there all the time, Mother! I passed! I passed! (EXCLAlMS) Where you going, Jenny? For a touchdown? Come on, let`s have a drink. Hooray! We celebrate! Oh, isn`t that nice! ALAN: Get some glasses, will you, Elizabeth? Oh, sure. How did you find out? Did the judges telephone you? It was in the Brooklyn section, Mother. Yes, well, naturally it was in the Brooklyn section. How`s that? Here. Here we are, friends. Am I going to get stewed! Am I going to get stewed! Just a very little one for Eddie. (EXCLAlMlNG) Gee, Ma! Boy, I can`t get over it! It certainly is great! And the first time I took it, too. And both parts! Well, we eat now! Let`s drink first. Sure. Come on, come on. Here, Mom. Now I can call you ``Judge``? Call me anything you like, Mrs. Rimplegar! Here`s to the judge. Here`s to him! His Honor! Hey, where`s Doug? Ed! Ed, come on! Let`s get Doug out of bed! Now, now! Boys, boys! KENNETH: Can you imagine that guy sleeping on a day like that? EDDlE: He`s unconscious! Tell Ronald to come down to breakfast! Oh, boys, tell Ronald... Oh, dear, they shouldn`t run around this way before breakfast. That`s right, Jenny. Take those things out on the line. Why, Jenny, where`d you find that? Oh, dear, the last time I wore that... No, no, that was the other time. (SlNGlNG) We passed the bar exam We passed the bar exam Hi-ho, the derry-o We passed the bar exam (LAUGHlNG) No! No! No! You see, l`m going away for a while with a patient, and I want you to keep my room for me, and l`ll pay you a couple of months rent in advance. Who`s the patient? A man. Oh. Look, if you want to go, why don`t you just say so? You don`t have to spare our feelings by inventing some cock and bull story. Don`t you like it here? Oh, yes, I like it fine. I`m having a swell time. But you see, it makes it rather hard. Here you are engaged to Ronald, and all of us living here in the same house, and the minute he steps out, I start slapping his girl. It doesn`t seem quite honorable, somehow. You`re not leaving just for that, are you? Yes. You see, my inhibitions have been somewhat broken, and well, you can`t tell what I may do next! (BOTH LAUGH) Well... DOUGLAS: No! No! Let go! EDDlE: Hurry up! Come on, stop him! DOUGLAS: No! No, no! EDDlE: Don`t let him get away! Wait a minute. You can`t go in looking like that. Why not? Let me brush you off. There. Now, you`re all right. DOUGLAS: No! No! No! KENNETH: Get him! Get him! Well! Hello, Kenneth. Where have you been? Why, Ronald! Have you been out all night? Let me tell you something else! When l`m a judge, you can come to me for all your divorces! A very pretty speech! An excellent speech, delivered with authority and power! DRlVER: Hey, there, you fellows! That`s all right, son. Just skip it! That`s exactly the way I felt, deserted. Oh, Ronald, l`m terribly sorry. I didn`t realize what l said to you last night would drive you to... Well, after all, you didn`t really commit suicide, did you? No. No, as I stood there last night on the edge of the river, I said to myself, ``No, no, I must keep on living, living!`` Yes. So, what`d you do then? I turned back to life, to suffering. I still have beauty to bring to the world. Beauty! Or have you forgotten what that is? No. No, darling, I haven`t forgotten. But I see beauty in a lot of things now that I never noticed before. A nice, juicy steak, for instance! Elizabeth, do you still love me? Listen, Ronald, last night when you brought me flowers after Ed fainted, every bit of love I had for you just died away. As if the person l`d been in love with had gone up in smoke. You`re somebody else now, somebody I don`t need. Let me tell you something. You`re somebody I don`t need! You`ve lost every trace of sensitivity you ever had! You... Elizabeth! It`s you that`s turned her away from me! If it weren`t for you, she wouldn`t have been angry about the job. Ronald! Why do you suppose he took a room here? To help the family? No! So he could make love to you! Didn`t you? Look here, I wouldn`t start anything l`d be sorry for if I were you. Try to deny that you`ve been in each other`s arms! You`ve kissed her, haven`t you? Haven`t you? If you insist on making a fool out of yourself you don`t need any help from me. But before I go, I want to tell you something that`s been on my mind for a long time. Elizabeth would make the greatest mistake in her life marrying you. Why, living with you would be like living with a sick baby. He`d make you live on words and eat flowers. Elizabeth, I won`t let you do it! Do you understand? You don`t have to worry about that, Dr. Stevens, because l`m not going to marry Elizabeth. I`d rather go through the rest of my life alone than be like you! I`m through. Oh. Ronald! Ronald! You have no place to go! Oh, he`ll be all right. He`s coming over to finish his novel at our house. All right, driver. (LAUGHlNG) Has he gone? Yes, he`s gone. Good! Come on! Sit down. Ronald was right. I did take a room here just to be near you, to see you every day. I know that now. (LAUGHlNG) What`s the matter? I`m growing hysterical. You`d better slap me again. $25. And $20. And $6. Oh, boys, where`s Ronald and Elizabeth? You kissed me! Should I have said something about it first? Oh, no! No, l`m so fed up with talk! Talk about trees and sunsets and souls! They`re so far removed from real life. Life is like you, Alan. It takes hold of you and slaps you in the face. I love you. Just like that. No similes. No metaphors. No references to the soul. You just love me. That`s marvelous, marvelous! Come on, that`s big news! DOUGLAS: Can you imagine anybody saying a thing like that to me? Boys, we`re going to be married. And we`re going to have 14 children. And I went up to him and I told him. You got to tell them. Oh, Mother! Mother, listen! The feather gives me height, doesn`t it? Mother, excuse me, but we`re going to be married. Yes, and we want your consent. Do you like it? Oh! Why, it`s Dr. Stevens! Elizabeth! You`re kissing Dr. Stevens! I thought it was Ronald. Oh, yesterday it was Ronald. And today it`s Dr. Stevens. Yes. Well, that`s nice. (SlNGlNG) Liz loves Dr. Stevens Liz loves Dr. Stevens Children! Children! |
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