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at the earIiest possibIe date.
Are there any questions?
Miss Sunshine.
As you know, my paper is dry.
Do you have any advice
for young girIs
seeking to avoid
a Iife of jazz and drink?
AbsoIuteIy, yes.
Mrs. Hart feeIs that
it was the tragic combination
of Iiquor and jazz
which Ied to her downfaII .
Next question , pIease.
Ladies and gentIemen . . .
I wouId Iike to say
how fIattered I am
that y'aII came to see me.
Mrs. Hart is very pIeased --
I was a moth
crushed on the wheeI .
You know, a butterfIy
drawn to the. . .
I bet you want to know
why I shot the bastard .
Shut up, dummy.
BANDLEADER:
Mr. BiIIy FIynnin ''The Press Conference Rag .''
Notice how his mouth
never moves.
AImost.
Where'd you come from?
Mississippi
And your parents?
Very wealthy
Where are they now?
Six feet under
But she was granted
one more start
The Convent
of the Sacred Heart
When'd you get here?
1 920
How old were you?
Don't remember
Then what happened?
l met Amos
Convinced me
to elope one day
Poor dear! I can't beIieve
what you've been through !
A convent girI .
A runaway marriage.
TeII us, Roxie. . .
Who's Fred Casely?
My ex-boyfriend
Why'd you shoot him?
l was leavin'
Was he angry?
Like a madman
Still l said,
''Fred, move along''
She knew that
she was doing wrong
Then describe it
He came toward me
With the pistol?
From my bureau
Did you fight him?
Like a tiger
He had strength,
and she had none
And yet we both
reached for the gun
Oh, yes, oh, yes,
oh, yes, we both
Oh, yes, we both, oh, yes,
we both reached for
The gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun
Oh, yes, we both reached
for the gun, for the gun
Oh, yes, oh, yes,
oh, yes, they both
Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes,
they both reached for
The gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun
Oh, yes, they both reached
for the gun, for the gun
Understandable
Understandable
Yes, it's perfectly
understandable
Comprehensible
Comprehensible
Not a bit reprehensible
lt's so defensible
How you feelin'?
Very frightened
Are you sorry?
Are you kidding?
That's your statement?
All l'd say is
Though my choo-choo
jumped the track
l'd give my life
to bring him back
- And?
- Stay away from
- What?
- Jazz and liquor
- And?
- And the men who
- What?
- Play for fun
- And what?
- That's the thought that
- Yeah?
- Came upon me
When?
When we both
reached for the gun
Understandable
Understandable
Yes, it's perfectly
understandable
Comprehensible
Comprehensible
Not a bit reprehensible
lt's so defensible
Oh, yes, oh, yes,
oh, yes, they both
Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes,
they both reached for
Let me hear it.
The gun, the gun
Oh, yes, they both reached
for the gun, for the gun
A little louder
Oh, yes, oh, yes,
oh, yes, they both
Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes,
they both reached for
The gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun
Oh, yes, they both reached
for the gun, for the gun
Now you got it
Oh, yes, oh, yes,
oh, yes, they both
Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes,
they both reached for
The gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun
Oh, yes, they both reached
for the gun, for the gun
Oh, yes, oh, yes,
oh, yes, they both
Oh, yes, they both, oh, yes,
they both reached for
The gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun
The gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun
The gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun
The gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun
Both reached for the
Gun
Both reached for the gun
Move over, AI Capone.
The Windy City has taken
a new criminaI to its heart.
The name on everybody's Iips
is Roxie Hart.
accused of murder in Chicago.
Women want to Iook Iike her.
FeIIas want to go out with her.
Some IittIe girIs
even want to take her home.
Don't get any ideas,
IittIe Iady.
On the other side of town . . .
the assistant D.A. promises
the game IittIe sharpshooter
wiII swing
before the year is up.
Who knows?
If he Iives up to his word ,
Assistant D.A. Harrison
might become
Governor Harrison someday.
Back at the scene
of the crime. . .
everybody wants
This jar of coId cream
set her husband back $20.
wiII get some
to the orphanage
and make sure they know
who sent them .
So, kiddo, given any thought
to what you want to do
after BiIIy gets you off?
I think I'd Iike to go
on the stage.
I figured as much .
I aIready caIIed
the Morris office.
ReaIIy?
How much is that
gonna cost me?
My standard deaI .
Yeah , weII , we'II see, Mama.
Besides, I don't even have
an act yet.
KiIIing Fred CaseIy
was your act.
Those stiffs in the audience
want to say they saw
somebody famous.
That's a freak act.
And besides,
I am better than that.
WeII , of course you are,
cupcake.
You can be as big as
Sophie Tucker.
Bigger than Cantor
I aIways wanted to have my name
in aII the papers.
Before I met Amos. . .
I used to date this
weII-to-do ugIy bootIegger.
He used to Iike to take me out
and show me off.
UgIy guys Iike to do that.
Once it said in the paper:
''GangIand's AI CapeIIi
seen at Chez Vito
with cute bIond chorine.''
That was me.
You know, aII my Iife,
I wanted to have my own act.
But, no. No, no.
One big worId fuII of ''no.''
And then Amos came aIong .
Safe, sweet Amos. . .
. . .who never says no.
I've never done this before.
But, you know,
it is such a speciaI night.
You are such a great audience!
And I reaIIy feeI Iike I can
taIk to you , you know?
So forget what
you've read in the papers.
Forget what you've heard
on the radio, because. . .
I'm gonna teII you the truth .
Not that
[ Rim shot, Iaughter ]
But I'm gonna teII you anyway.
In the bed department. . .
Amos was zero.
[ Laughter ]
When he made Iove to me. . .
it was Iike he was fixing
a carburetor or something .
[ Imitating Amos ]
''I Iove ya, honey. I Iove ya.''
[ Laughter ]
Anyway,
Then I started
screwing around ,
which is fooIing around
without dinner.
[ Rim shot, Iaughter ]
Then I met Fred CaseIy. . .
who said that he couId get me
into vaudeviIIe. . .
. . .but that didn't quite
work out Iike I pIanned .
out too great for Fred , either.
[ Rim shot, Iaughter ]
So I gave up
on the whoIe vaudeviIIe idea
because you kinda figure
after aII those years. . .
. . .opportunity's just
passed you by.
But it ain't
Oh, no, no, no, no,
but it ain't
And now?
WeII , if this FIynn guy
gets me off. . .
with aII this pubIicity. . .
I got me a worId fuII of ''yes!''
The name
on everybody's lips
ls gonna be Ro xie
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