Broadway Bill Page #3

Colonel Pettigrew?

Yes?

Take your feet off my chair.

Yes, my love.

A fortune.

Just by investing the sum of $50.

Stop dreaming.

Where you gonna get $50?

You can be very annoying.

Don't do us no good with those

phone numbers you're popping.

Thats 5,000 you owe me.

Double or nothing.

No you don't.

Last season I had you

up to $80,000.

I traded, didn't I?

For a buck and a quarter.

But in cash.

See if you can find a flaw.

I read fairy tales at night.

It won't be when

I get the 50.

Then go to work.

I'll have it without work.

Where from, vinegarpuss?

Colonel Pettigrew.

Yes, my love.

A man who races

horses...

Dan Brooks,

a very dear friend of mine.

Anybody had $50 wouldn't

be a friend of yours.

Dan Brooks' got a thousand times

50 and never turned me down.

We're his guests at lunch today.

He'll buy us lunch?

At the Ritz Hotel.

Colonel!

My old and trusted friend!

Glad to see ya.

Meet my business associate Oscar

McGuire, known as Happy.

This is Dan Brooks.

How do you do?

How are you?

Come on, sit down.

Its been a long time.

Yes.

I'm a starving man.

Bring me the whole lunch.

I'll take the same, please.

The same for you, sir?

I'm not here to make a speech.

Right, sir.

Colonel, you look fine.

I hear you're rolling in wealth.

Just soso.

Don't believe all

the stories you hear.

I was talking to the

boys and they agree.

You know they exaggerate.

How about you?

Holding my own, thats all.

Don't be modest. Racing

horses again, aren't ya?

Just keep my hand in.

Thats what I always said about you.

I always said:
Dan Brooks?

A lad who'll come through.

How long does this go on?

Don't mind him, Friday the 13th.

Here's your soup...

and one more soup.

I'm glad I run into you, Dan.

I got a proposition to clean up

$160,000, and want you in on it.

That so?

Just for old time sake.

Thats nice of you.

Nothing at all.

I'll need a little financing though.

You'll need what?

With a start of $50,

I got a pile of...

You're not by any chance trying

to borrow $50 from me, are you?

Not borrow, exactly.

Wait a minute.

I came here to borrow $500.

Don't tell me you're broke?

Yes, totally.

And you came...?

Yeah.

And I came...?

Yeah.

Thats the funniest!

Whats son funny about that?

Everything satisfactory?

Yeah.

How broke are you?

A veritable pauper.

Not even enough for the meal?

No. How about you?

No.

No, no, no!

Gentlemen, we're in a situation.

I haven't been thrown out

of a place like this in years.

You finished, gentlemen?

Yes, quite.

Finished?

Yes.

Waiter.

Come here.

Whats the idea?

I'll never come here again!

I'm so sorry.

Here they are, redhot.

You're a good trader.

Its not the size I wanted.

What did you expect for a

hamburger, a telephone pole?

I ain't kickin', but...

I ought to have a hat.

Give you a Coke for the hat.

Don't like Coke.

A pie for the tie.

Forget the tie.

You have to have dessert.

Look.

We may be in for dinner tonight.

Spats. You should ought

to see me in spats.

There we go.

I'm a sight for sore eyes.

Another hamburger for the spats.

Maybe tonight.

Okay, dinner tonight for

the hat, spats and tie.

Its a deal.

We got a little business.

You mind?

Oh, sure.

If you got anything for my wife...

Bring her in and we'll cut her up.

Smart guy, huh?

What now? Raising $500

is no childs play.

You're a great disappointment.

From what you say, Broadway

Bill must be a superb animal.

If I can get him in that race.

Don't worry, thats

as good as done.

My time and wisdom are

devoted to your welfare.

I'm sorry for you.

I got an ace in the hole, Edna.

A 50 to 1 shot.

You got to marry her first.

Who's Edna?

That vinegarpuss landlady

at the boarding house.

Why she expect to marry you?

I encouraged her. An

economic necessity, you know.

Thatll give you an idea

of what I've been driven to.

Driven to, my eye.

He'd rather make false love

to her than to go to work.

Trouble is he's got a landlady

in every town in the country.

Its kept me in food and lodging

for years. And you too.

Do you think she'd fall

for a Ford truck?

Thats a perfect mating.

Quiet!

I'm not kiddin', Happy.

I got a Ford truck I

want to sell for $35.

But we need 500.

There are small races tomorrow

with $500 stakes.

If we win one, we're home.

Broadway Bill is a breeze.

We need $35 for expenses. 10 for

a jockey, 25 for nomination.

An inspiration.

Thats as good as in the bag.

Vinegarpuss will own a Ford truck...

even if I have to make the

supreme sacrifice.

Bravo!

Its a long shot.

Got to try it.

Is this it?

Yes. Sturdy and dependable.

What is it?

Does it look like a lawnmower?

Might as well be.

Come on, beloved, Broadway

Bill's in the 2nd race.

Oh, darling!

I couldn't sleep last night

thinking of you.

You make love so beautifully!

Thats only the beginning.

Lets go.

Give them plenty of start.

I can still hear them.

Whats the matter?

They've been there 10 minutes.

Having trouble with

Broadway Bill.

Turn him round there.

Hold him.

Get back there.

Turn him around and

bring him in here.

Guess he ain't ready yet.

Sure he is.

Nervous in his first race.

He'll outrun them all.

Hold him!

Don't let him through.

Number 5.

That horse is half nuts.

Joe, we're going home.

Thats the end of Broadway

Bill in this race.

Don't let him start again.

All right.

Poor Dan.

I wonder what he's going to

do with Broadway Bill now.

Hello, darling.

Hello.

Thats a nice robe.

Thank you.

Any news from Dan?

I had a letter from him.

Whats he say?

All about being sorry,

hopes I understand...

He still loves me,

wishes I'd join him.

I think that was about all...

the rest of its about a rooster.

Skeeter?

What did you call him?

Skeeter.

I gave him that name.

Broadway Bill won't run

without him.

3 pages devoted to a rooster,

and one to me.

Thats a perfect division.

Did you send Skeeter to him?

Of course not.

Broadway Bill needs him.

Don't be silly,

he'll be back soon.

Maybe this trip's

what he needed.

He'd never get it off his chest.

Margaret...

I...

Please don't mind if I

talk to you about this.

I know its presuming of me

to give you advice.

But, please don't do it.

Do what?

Don't give him up.

I haven't given him up.

But you're thinking about it.

Why not stay with him.

You'll not find someone as...

What are you getting

so excited about?

He loves you.

Doesn't that mean anything?

If Dan loves me,

he'll come back.

You're homesick, pal.

He won't perk up till

that rooster comes.

She gonna send him?

I don't know.

She hasn't answered my letter.

Skeeter!

Skeeter!

Princess!

God, its good to see you!

Look out for Skeeter!

I almost crushed him.

Hello, Skeeter!

Bill, here's your boyfriend!

Look who's come to see you.

I told you I'd bring him back.

Look, Bill.

Skeeter, get up there.

Take them out for a walk.

He missed Skeeter?

He was down in the dumps.

Horses get that way sometimes.

They get stuck on a mascot.

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