Babes on Broadway Page #3

- This is Barbara Jo. This is Mr. Williams.

- Pleased to meet you, Mr. Williams.

- Mr. Williams is an actor, you know.

- A real actor? On the stage?

- Well, I...

Here's your cake. Here, Barbara Jo.

Gee, you don't look like an actor.

That's what most of the producers think.

- Won't you sit down, Mr. Williams?

- Thank you.

You know, Mr. Williams, there's a couple

of things I don't understand about acting.

Only a couple of things?

When you're on the stage...

...you have your arms around the girl

and say:

"I love you more than

anything in the whole world. "

- Yeah?

- Do you really mean it?

Well, that depends upon the girl.

Yeah, I suppose so.

But, gee, when Robert Taylor says it,

he makes me believe it.

You know, Penny's gonna be an actress.

She's always acting.

- Eat your cake, darling.

- Well, I am eating it.

Oh, well, got to be going.

Big meeting tonight.

Wait until the kids

find out they're really going.

Some of them

never even seen the country.

- Tell Papa I couldn't help it.

- I'll tell him, but you better practice.

Why, Penny, you know I love to practice.

Goodbye, Mr. Williams.

Sure like to see you act sometime.

Well, thank you.

Bye, Penny.

- Won't you sit?

- Won't you sit?

Here we are, just as if we had planned it.

Yeah, you mean just as if we didn't.

You know, I have a feeling that you're

gonna be that unknown quantity in my life.

What's that?

Something

that brings a fellow good luck.

The springboard. The inspiration.

The thing that everything adds up to.

Gee, that's quite an assignment.

Not with what you have.

Just what have I, Mr. Williams?

Well, it's a combination.

A combination of something sweet

and warm.

Plus a quality

that's far away from everybody.

Reflection of talent, that's what it is.

There's something special

lighting everything around you.

- I didn't know I had that.

- Sure, that's what you have.

And as soon as I see

Thornton tomorrow...

...why, I'm gonna tell him

to take a good look at you.

Before you know it, we'll be dancing

on top of the world, together.

Oh, gee, that would be fun,

if it ever came true.

As soon as I get through

with the audition...

...why, I'll come back over here

and you'll see how true it is.

Well, just so you won't get lost.

I'll be at the settlement house

filing envelopes.

And you can park your dream boat

right outside the entrance.

- Now, will you do something for me?

- Lf I can.

- Will you sing me a song?

- How do you know I can?

Because you sing when you talk,

when you walk.

Why, you're eyes are...

Why, they're singing right now.

They are?

Well, I'll be darned.

When a girl meets boy

Life can be a joy

But the note they end on

Will depend on

Little pleasures they will share

So let us compare

I like New York in June

How about you?

I like a Gershwin tune

How about you?

I love a fireside

When a storm is due

I like potato chips

Moonlight and motor trips

How about you?

I'm mad about good books

Can't get my fill

And Franklin Roosevelt's looks

Give me a thrill

Holding hands in the movie show

When all the lights are low

May not be new

But I like it

How about you?

I like Jack Benny's jokes

To a degree

I love the common folks

That includes me

I like to window shop on 5th Avenue

I like banana splits

Late supper at the Ritz

How about you?

I love to dream of fame

Maybe I'll shine

I'd love to see your name

Right beside mine

I can see we're in harmony

Looks like we both agree

On what to do

- And I like it

- And I like it

- How about you?

- How about you?

I'm so delighted

I've ignited the spark within you

Let me continue to make it burn

With you, I will be like a Trilby

So let's not dally

Come on, Svengali

I've lots to learn

When you're arising

Start exercising daily

For example

Just a sample

Bend and touch the floor

Fifty times or more

A fine start

To be a Bernhardt

A dictionary's necessary

But not for talking

It's used for walking

The Ziegfeld way

Is this okay?

That's the trick

You're catching on quickly

Should I take a bow?

Oh, let me show you how

- Just like partners on the stage

- Yeah.

If you can use a partner

I'm the right age

Hey, don't go under there.

The way our luck's been running,

I wish it was Friday the 13th.

- Oh, no, you don't.

- Wait a minute, what's the idea?

- This happens to be Friday.

- And the 13th.

It is?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Strange. Well, here we are.

Remember, this Thornton Reed is big-league.

This is a private audition.

No mugging, no pressing.

- Don't look anxious.

- All right.

Quiet! Quiet! Quiet!

Look's like

somebody's been reading our mail.

Easy, folks. Easy, folks. Do you realize

you're getting on Mr. Reed's nerves?

Mason, where's the boy

with my sandwich?

He'll be here.

I think he got lost in the crowd.

- I can't even get a 10c sandwich.

- Thornton, remember your headache.

Don't rub me down.

You're the cause of all this.

You and your discoveries.

I don't want to discover anyone.

I give you my word.

This time, I only told three boys.

Where, in Yankee Stadium?

This is wonderful.

Every actor in New York will love you.

I don't want every actor in New York

to love me. I want my wife to love me.

- Drink this.

- I don't want it, I want my sandwich. I'm...

Mason, you've got to keep them back.

- Please, please, please.

- I'm keeping them back.

People, you must stop this nonsense.

All I'm doing is a little intimate musical,

not the Passion play.

- Quiet, quiet, quiet!

- Listen, we want to give everyone a chance.

But unless you line up so I can see you,

I'll have to call the whole thing off.

- Come on, Jenny. Let's get in.

- Get in, Helen.

- Quit shoving back there, you pig.

- What's the big idea?

Mr. Reed, you don't know us, but

we just closed the Tip-Top Inn in Albany.

Yeah, we're the Four Hot Licks.

- May...

- Ray...

- Fay...

- And Kay.

Oh, sextet from Madam Lucia

Oh, sextet

I love you, yeah

Please, please, some other time.

Mason, have them pass by in one line

so we could get through with this.

Mr. Reed will see you.

- Keep in one line, keep moving.

- No, I'm sorry.

- Make it snappy.

- Yes, I could use you.

- Yes, no, too small.

- Just keep on going.

- No, too short. No, boys.

- No.

- What do you mean, no?

- But, Thornton...

- I mean no, I can't use you.

- Well, how do you know?

- How do I...?

- You haven't seen us do anything.

We're the Three Balls of Fire.

Once we get started, you can't put us out.

But I can put you out

before you get started. Mason.

Thornton, wait. These are the boys I've

been telling you about. They're tremendous.

In three years,

they'll be greater than Astaire.

Then bring them back in three years.

I'm sorry, lad, some other time.

- Not now, that's all. I'm sorry.

- Mr. Reed, I...

All right, keep them going.

- Just keep on going.

- No, no, no, I'm sorry.

No, I can't use you.

No, no children. No, no children.

Wait, wait,

don't send my brother to the chair.

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