Cactus Flower

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(THE TIME FOR LOVE IS ANYTIME

BY SARAH VAUGHAN PLAYING)

The time for love

Is anytime, no matter what

The season or the year

The day for love

Is any day, there's just

No telling when it will be

But when your heart is ready

you will find

That spring is really

just a state of mind

Some flowers blossom late

but they're the kind

That last the longest

Someday someone

will walk into a room

And in no time at all

you'll be in bloom

And that's

the timeless wonder

Of the time

For love

(BLOWING)

(GAS HISSING)

(GAS CONTINUES HISSING)

Need

I need to be been with

I've got to tell you

I needs to be been with

Oh

Keep talking 'bout all

the places that you wanna go

You can't shout

your lovin' on me

If you're walkin'

out the door

Baby I needs, yeah

I needs to be been with

I've got to tell you

I needs to be been with

Well, I'm doin'

my best, now, baby

I needs to be been with

When I'm getting

my rest, yes

I needs to be been with

Well I'm back

in my satchel baby

I needs to be

been with, yeah

When I'm phoning my macho

I needs to be been with

Every minute without you

That seems ages

without your love

(SNIFFING)

I needs to be

been with, baby

I've got to tell you

I needs to be

been with, baby

(SNIFFING)

Hey in there,

something wrong?

(DOORKNOB RATTLING)

Hey, I smell gas.

Needs to be

been with, baby

(STAR-SPANGLED BANNER PLAYING)

Julian.

Julian.

I'm not Julian. Wake up.

Julian, kiss me.

Sorry, Julian,

whoever you are.

Who are you?

What are you doing?

Mouth-to-mouth

resuscitation.

You were kissing me.

I lost my head.

Well, how did you

get in here? I don't...

You left your gas on.

Gas?

Oh, I'm alive!

I blew it!

I blew it!

Oh, boy, I really blew it!

Take it easy.

Well, you're lucky I broke in.

Why did you?

I thought you were dying.

Well, that was

the whole idea.

Now, why don't you go back

and mind your own business

like everybody else

in New York city?

Okay, lady.

That's the last time

you catch me

saving your life.

Damn it,

you made me blow it!

Well, it happens you were

going about it all wrong.

I believe you're supposed

to put your head in the stove.

Well, it's

a second-hand stove.

There were no directions.

So, why did you do it?

Because of Julian?

How do you know

about Julian?

You called me that

while you were kissing me.

I wasn't kissing you.

You were kissing me.

And by the way,

is that all you did?

There wasn't much time.

(CLEARING THROAT)

Oh, I'm sorry. I guess

I should be grateful.

What's your name?

Igor.

Igor Sullivan.

Igor Sullivan.

That's wild.

I made it up.

Ahem. How come

you picked Igor?

Igor's my own.

I made up the Sullivan.

Oh.

It's a good name

for a writer.

You're a writer?

You're the writer!

The one who keeps pounding

on his typewriter all night?

You drive me crazy.

Why didn't you complain?

So I could

have met you earlier.

You haven't

told me your name.

Toni Simmons.

Uh, look, Toni, uh,

what did this Julian

do to you?

Nothing.

Well, he must have done

something.

What, did he cheat on you?

Beat you? He's a drunk?

A crook?

Worse.

Oh, he's married.

For life.

He's got three kids.

I don't know why

I'm telling you all this,

like you were Dear Abby.

Is that

that dirty rat Julian?

Oh, he's not a dirty rat.

He's a dentist.

A fine dentist,

Fifth Avenue.

With a wife

and three kids.

Well, that's one of

the things that

attracted me to him.

You go

for married men, huh?

I like honesty.

All my life people

have lied to me,

and I can't stand it.

Julian at least

had the decency to warn me

he had a wife and a family.

I was in love with him,

so I accepted it.

At first I thought

it was going to be a gay,

carefree fling.

Whoopee!

Then came all those nights

when he couldn't make it.

And then he called tonight

and cancelled.

(HISSING)

It was our anniversary.

Anniversary? Of what?

Julian and I met one year ago

at Stereo Heaven.

That's the record shop

where I work.

Stereo Heaven.

I've been there.

I never noticed you.

Well, Julian did.

And I noticed him.

He was charming, good-looking,

sophisticated.

No sweatshirts.

Sorry, I didn't know

that suicide

was black tie.

You know, sitting here

alone tonight,

it suddenly came over me.

I have wasted

away my whole life.

Do you realize I'm 21?

It's a lucky thing

I smoke too much.

I was on my way down

to the corner

to get cigarettes.

The corner? Oh, my god!

What's the matter?

I wrote Julian telling him

what I was going to do.

Why?

What would be the sense

of killing myself

if he didn't know about it?

Where are you going?

I've got to get

that letter back.

Wait a minute!

Hey, how do you

plan to do that?

With a piece of string

and some chewing gum.

Look, you already

broke the law

when you attempted suicide.

Don't start monkeying around

with the Federal Government.

I guess you're right.

What time is it?

It's almost 3:
00.

3:
00. I've got to get up

and go to work in the morning.

Go away. I have to sleep.

Oh, hell with that.

I'll take the day off.

Yeah, why kill yourself?

(LAUGHS)

Boy, you must be

a pretty corny writer.

What sort of things

do you write?

Plays.

What kind of plays?

Very advanced.

All the actors

keep their clothes on.

Public's not quite

ready for that yet.

How do you live?

I get an allowance

from my father.

Oh, boy!

(LAUGHING)

I was beginning

to feel sorry for you.

Everybody

can't be poor.

Look, (STAMMERING)

if you need anything,

just pound on the wall.

I'll come right away.

Thanks, Igor.

Good night.

(BANGING ON WALL)

Toni?

Igor.

Igor, I want you to call

Julian for me in the morning

before he gets that letter.

Why don't you

call him yourself?

In the first place,

I'll be sleeping.

And second place,

I don't want to give him

the satisfaction

of hearing me cry.

Why not throw

a scare into him?

He deserves it.

Oh, he's liable to call

the cops or something.

Will you do it?

Yeah, all right.

He's in the book.

Julian Winston, D.D.S.,

Fifth Avenue.

Julian Winston,

D.D.S., Fifth Avenue.

What'll I say to him?

Just tell him I'm alive.

You're alive.

And I never want to

see him again

as long as I live!

(DOOR CLOSING)

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Dr. Winston's office.

Who?

Igor Sullivan?

Is it about an appointment?

Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Sullivan,

but the doctor's

with a patient right now.

If you'll just

give me the message.

Well, if you insist

on speaking to him,

then you'll have to

call back later.

A caramel. One lousy caramel,

and the whole damned

filling came out.

Mrs. Durant, it was only

a temporary filling,

and you were warned

to be careful.

(TSKS) Caramels!

Well, good heavens,

I've given up

everything else.

Is the doctor

ready for me?

He was 20 minutes ago.

But since you were late,

he gave your time

to another patient.

(SIGHS)

Morning, Miss Dickinson.

Oh, thank you, Howard.

Would you please tell

the doctor I'm in a hurry?

Charles is expecting me

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