Blonde Venus Page #4

- Do you have that dame under contract?

- Have I got a million dollars?

I don't need no contract with my artists.

My word's as good as my bond...

and I stand to lose a lot of dough

if she don't show up.

You ought to see the drop in my business

the last two days she hasn't been here.

I'll talk to you about that later.

Meantime, you just forget about Miss Jones.

O'Connor's isn't a fit place

for you to be seen in night after night.

Besides, you got Johnny to look after now.

Who's going to take care of him

if you keep on working?

You can't make enough money there anyway

to send to your husband...

unless you meet another sucker like me.

And there's another thing I want you to do.

A friend of mine has left town

and his apartment is empty.

I suggest that you and Johnny

spend the summer there.

It'll do both of you a lot of good.

What do you expect for all of this?

Nothing. I like you, that's all.

And I think you've got a swell kid.

And I'm trying to help you both

out of a tight spot.

There's no use trying to fool myself,

or you, Helen.

I'm crazy about you, and I want you

to like me, too, if you can.

You're making it difficult for me not to.

Come on, honey, give me a little kiss,

will you? Just a little one?

- How are you, Mrs. Weiss?

- I'm fine, Mrs. Collins. How are you?

- I'm all right. It's a fine day.

- Yeah, it's a fine day.

- Have you seen Mrs. Faraday?

- No, I didn't see Mrs. Faraday.

- Was she here again?

- Yes, she was here again.

- She's living now with her sister, you know?

- Her sister?

- I thought it was her aunt.

- Maybe you are right. Maybe it was her aunt.

- Or maybe it was her uncle.

- Yeah, maybe it was her grandmother.

- Anything the matter?

- He's coming back.

- When?

- In about a month.

- Completely cured?

- Yes, he's well now.

- What are you going to do?

- Go back to him.

- Do you want to?

- He's my husband.

- I see. You going to tell him about me?

- No.

- Do you still love him?

- He needs me.

- So do I, Helen.

- Not the way he does.

You're strong, Nick. He's not.

Did Peter Pan have wings?

No.

- Did he have an aeroplane?

- No.

Well, then how'd he fly?

We're going for a walk, Mrs. Faraday.

- Goodbye, Mummy.

- Goodbye, sweetheart. Have a nice walk.

- Hello, Johnny.

- Hello, Mr. Townsend.

- Don't stay out too late, Mary.

- No, ma'am, I won't.

When do I say goodbye to you and the kid?

I kind of wish now I'd never met you.

No, I take that back.

A little of you is worth

a lifetime with any other woman.

Let's end this thing right, Helen.

Can we end it right?

Let's go away for a couple of weeks

together, just you and I.

I don't understand. Haven't you seen her?

Doesn't she come here at all?

Sure I have.

She generally comes around here...

two or three times a week for her letters.

But this time, I haven't seen her for 10 days.

Two weeks, Mr. Faraday.

- Ten days.

- Two weeks.

If you don't shut up,

I'll give you a bust in the mouth.

Two weeks, Mr. Faraday.

Go on, sweep the cellar.

- We have to go back today, don't we?

- Yes.

There's a boat leaving for Europe

tomorrow morning.

I can't stay in the same city with you

without seeing you.

- How long will you be gone?

- I don't know.

A year, a couple of years.

Till I forget you.

I wish I were someone else.

Then I could stay here with you forever.

So do I, Helen, not only for my sake,

but for your own.

- There's trouble ahead of you.

- I know it.

She worked here for three weeks

and then she quit.

I ain't seen or heard of her since.

In this business, they come and they go.

But she wrote me

you put her under contract.

Raised her salary to $150 a week.

- She did?

- Now I know where I've seen you.

You're the guy whose picture Venus had

on her dressing table.

- Do you know where she is?

- No, I don't know.

- But you ask a guy named Nick Townsend...

- Shut up, if you know what's good for you.

Don't mind her. She's cracked.

Wish I could help you locate

your dame, brother.

But I don't know a thing.

In this business, they come and they go.

- Helen.

- Ned.

Where's Johnny? Where've you been?

What's happened?

It's been awful coming here, finding you

gone, not knowing where to look for you.

Your letter said you were staying

another month.

But I cabled you a week ago.

Where have you been?

Where's Johnny? I'm crazy to see him.

I'll bring him as fast as I can.

We didn't know you were here.

Where is Johnny?

You haven't lived here for months.

What's happened?

If someone were to say I'd been

untrue to you, would you believe it?

What do you mean "untrue"?

I had planned to lie about it.

The money you needed,

I didn't get it the way I told you.

- A man gave it to me.

- Is his name Townsend?

It doesn't matter.

So when you told me the manager had given

you an advance and raised your salary...

It was a lie.

Why did you do it?

How else could I have obtained money

so quickly?

I ought to be grateful to you, I suppose.

How much do I owe you and him for my life?

Ned.

How much, beside the $1,500

I've gotten from you? How much?

That's all.

I'll see that you get it back.

That's simple enough, isn't it?

Yes.

Well, what next?

I'm here, if you'll have me.

Go on as before?

You saved my life, and I'm very happy.

Let us go and thank this gentleman

for his kindness to us.

Or would you rather I shoot him dead?

It doesn't matter. He's not to blame.

The minute I was out of sight...

you took up with the first man

who could give you the things I couldn't.

What puzzles me now

is why you should want to come back to me.

- I love you, Ned.

- Send Johnny back here and clear out.

Go on. What are you waiting for?

Are you going to take

Johnny away from me?

You've been a rotten mother to him.

You're through with him.

The law will give him to me if you don't.

If you and your friend

try to put up a fight for him...

I'll take the case to court.

And you'll find out soon enough

who's entitled to the custody of the child.

I've been a good mother to Johnny.

Let's not dispute that point, Helen.

Johnny's all I've got left.

Bring him here, or tell me where he is

and I'll get him myself.

No, I'll bring him here.

- Baltimore car, please?

- Baltimore car, next car, 118.

What can I do for you?

I want the police to help find my wife

and child. They've been missing two days.

See Capt. Riley, room 68, down the hall,

third door on your right.

Isn't this your picture, Mummy?

- Why did you do that?

- It was such a bad picture.

I thought it was pretty good.

Where's my hat, Johnny?

Now, don't forget to lock the door.

I'll only be a few minutes,

and then we'll go home and get some sleep.

I'll lock the door, Mummy.

Finish your orange juice.

How about a kiss?

It isn't often that I want a man

But when I do

It's just too bad

I know you're acting hard to get

And yet I've got a feeling you can be had

You so-and-so

You little so-and-so

Look what you've done to me

You're almost twice as bad as whosis again

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