Babes in Arms Page #4

Oh, he is. This is Mickey Moran.

- How do you do?

- Anything for me in your show?

I'm dying to get back in the harness.

You? In...

Why, I think that would be swell.

And with your name and all...

You don't wanna fool around

with a punk like this.

You be quiet. You wanna come over

to my place for dinner and talk it over?

- Tomorrow night? Oh, l...

- Say, listen.

My aunt's gonna put you in

the state work school where you belong.

Why, you...!

- Please, don't fight over me.

- Stop it. Mickey!

- Don't worry, it's a pleasure.

- Stop it! Stop it!

Oh, my perfumes.

Hey, get out of here.

Get out of here.

Get out of here, all of you. Get out.

Come now, come now, quiet, please.

This is not a picnic.

This is a very serious matter.

Proceed, Mr. Marks.

And when these young roughnecks

finished up...

...my drugstore looked as though

they'd taken an ax to it.

I want you to know that seven bottles...

...of my most expensive perfumes

were busted.

Forgive me if I say I told you so.

Martha, my faith in human nature

would be shattered if you didn't.

Why doesn't somebody tell

what he said to my brother?

I'll tell. I was there.

He told Mickey his aunt was

gonna put him in the state work school.

I hope you see

how this proves every point I made.

Even with provocation,

wrecking this man's shop...

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Young man, I'll trouble you

to step into my private office.

There are things I'd like to clear up.

The rest of you will kindly wait here.

- Mickey.

- Well?

Let you in on a little secret.

I don't need those glasses

any more than a rabbit.

But in times of stress,

they're the best safety valve I ever had.

Gives me time to think too before acting.

- You ought to find something like that.

- Oh, I got it.

You mean I ought to think first

and then bust-up drugstores afterwards.

Come over here and sit down.

- Quit school, huh?

- Yeah, last fall.

Tried to get a job. Started writing songs,

you know, show numbers.

Where's your father playing now?

Schenectady.

Good booking?

I'm so worried about my family, judge,

I'm sick inside me.

Miss Steele might be right, Mickey.

It's not fair for you youngsters

to be carrying grownup burdens.

I'm wondering if you were my son, if

I wouldn't rather see you in some school...

...getting an education.

Yes, I think if I were your parents,

I might sign Miss Steele's petition.

No, no, no, judge, you don't understand.

She don't understand either.

Why, she don't mean no harm to us...

...but we're not her kind of people

or yours either.

We belong in show business.

We gotta start young so we can get

some steel in our backbone.

Well, gee, we're developing it.

You couldn't teach us a trade.

We got one.

And you couldn't do without it.

We're only kids now...

...but someday we're gonna be

the guys that make you laugh and cry.

Think that there's a little stardust left

on life's dirty old pan.

She don't understand.

Why, she'd put butterflies to work

making rubber tires.

I'm not saying I hate her, but why can't

people leave other people alone?

Defense sustained. Case dismissed.

I'll give you 30 days probation

to square yourself with Mr. Marks.

Here he is now.

- What happened, Mickey?

- Was it all right?

Oh, everything's swell.

I guess I showed you, twerp.

The judge bought out the whole front row.

Look at that.

Come on, kids,

we got some rehearsing to do.

Isn't that marvelous?

It seems we stood

And talked like this before

We looked at each other

In the same way then

But I can't remember where or when

The clothes you're wearing

Are the clothes you wore

The smile you are smiling

You were smiling then

But I can't remember where or when

Some things that happen

For the first time

Seem to be happening again

And so it seems that we have met before

And laughed before

And loved before

But who knows where or when

Come on, put some life in that song,

will you?

Patsy, will you hook my collar

in the back for me, please?

So you're going to dinner

with Rosalie tonight?

Don't go getting jealous.

We haven't got time for that.

- She made eyes at you.

- Oh, you're crazy.

I'm not. She's practicing to be a glamour

girl, so she can get back into pictures.

If those two sing that song like that,

the audience will think it's a lullaby.

It seems we've stood

And talked like this before

We looked at each other

In the same way then

But I can't remember where or when

That's right. With feeling like that.

I figure you have to know

what you're singing about...

...before you can give

the idea to others.

Don and Molly don't know

what they're singing about?

They're just bashful in front of people,

that's all.

Come on, let's go out

and see if we can't needle them up a bit.

And so it seems that we have met before

And laughed before

And loved before

- But who knows where

- But who knows where

- Or when

- Or when

That's what the audience will be doing

if you sing the song like that.

- We were just rehearsing.

- Yeah. Well, that's no excuse.

Molly's heard pop say a million times,

do your best always if you wanna improve.

Wait until Dad's suit fits you

before you try to talk like him.

The coat fits all right. I can button it up so

nobody can see how loose the pants are.

I wanted my white pants,

but wouldn't they be at the cleaners?

She'll be so busy talking about herself

that she won't notice.

Maybe not, but lay off me.

You gotta get some feeling into this.

This show is all business.

- Get in there and try the number again.

- Do we have to do it in the canoe?

It's cramped in there, you can't move.

All right.

Then come on, do it over here...

...so long as you get some feeling into it.

Spread out.

Kids, get back to your places.

We're gonna try the number again.

- Bring that settee down here, please.

- I wish they would make up their minds.

Spread out.

Give them plenty of room to work.

Start the number back of the settee here

and later on you can come around in front.

For goodness' sake,

put some real feeling into it.

All right, Antonio.

Give them the introduction.

It seems we stood

And talked like this before

We looked at each other

In the same way then

But I can't remember where or when

The clothes you're wearing

Are the clothes you wore

The smile you are smiling

You were smiling then

But I can't remember where or when

Some things that happened

For the first time

Seem to be happening again

And so it seems that we have met before

And laughed before

And loved before

But who knows where

Or when

And so it seems that we have met before

And laughed before

And loved before

- But who knows where

- But who knows where

- Or when

- Or when

Swell. Swell.

That's the way to sing. In a few minutes,

go over the number again...

...so you'll be sure you got it perfect.

Tony, listen.

Go over that interlude again,

that was terrible.

Well, I gotta go, kids.

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