Gold Diggers of 1935 Page #7

for a new pair of shoes.

Yeah? Well, before you start shoeing

any children around here, I got to be paid.

Sold out! $7,500!

More money than I've ever taken in before.

I do hope the grounds are well-policed,

because I'm a little uneasy...

carrying so much money around with me.

Yeah? Well, let me hold it for you.

Now, no thief would never suspect

poor little me of all that cash.

Let me put it in the hotel safe.

A safe to a burglar

is like a bottle to a corkscrew.

Let me hide the cash.

I got on a money belt.

I'll put it right here, next to my heart.

Madam, permit me to assist you.

Nicoleff takes care of everything.

But on second thought,

I think I'll take care of the money myself.

Oh, that reminds me, Mrs. Prentiss,

speaking of money.

Here is my scenery and costume bill

for the production.

Dirt cheap, and cheap dirt, at that.

Well, I'm very glad to hear that,

Mr. Schultz...

because I'm too busy

to bother with incidentals.

I'll pay your bill and the ushers

out of the petty cash.

Mosley! If you'll excuse me

just a second, please.

So now I'm an incidental

with petties and ushers.

Have you told her yet

how much money she owes me?

- That is of small importance.

- Small importance?

$40,000, small importance?

Look here, Nicoleff, for not much

longer will I be bounced around...

from post to pillar!

Mosley, I must speak to you.

I want you to keep the total receipts,

$7,500.

I know I can trust you, Mosley.

I'm really touched by this confidence,

but this...

I'm glad you're touched,

but just as a matter of form...

would you mind signing a receipt for me?

- Anything to oblige a lovely lady.

- Thank you.

There we are.

Now, I'll meet you at our table later on.

I have 1,001 things to do

before the curtain.

Very well.

Hi, there, Mosley.

That's a lot of beautiful cash

you've got on your hip.

I don't see why my cash

should concern you.

- No?

- No.

Toss that mastermind of yours

into high and listen.

I'll make you an even swap.

Your lyric, autographed to me

with love and kisses, for that bankroll.

- I don't quite catch on.

- Well, you will very soon, darling.

Now look, the words to the song

on your own writing paper...

addressed to me and signed by you...

make it look as though

you proposed to me.

Ridiculous. I just gave you my autograph.

Well, I only wanted your autograph

to make it all legal.

Now, I'm a man of the world.

I know a bluff when I see one.

It may sound like a bluff to you...

but it's money in the sock

to me and my lawyers. Have a look.

Are you by any chance

trying to blackmail me?

Mr. Thorpe, such talk.

All I'm trying to convey is that

Scofield, Winthrop, Green and Hazen...

haven't lost a suit

since breach of promise was invented.

The shysters!

They haven't got a leg to stand on.

Darling, you've given them

as many legs as a centipede.

Now how about it,

will you settle out of court?

Certainly not.

You were my stenographer, nothing more.

Okay, Mosley, old snuff.

I gave you your chance.

I'll see you in the tabloids.

Dick, can you help a fellow? I'm lost.

Which one of these doghouses is mine?

Honey, I think you're over there

around the corner.

Thanks, pal.

Miss Shaw, why are you not ready?

I just this minute got off duty.

So, my cast is late

because she has to sell cigarettes.

Hurry, I help you dress quick.

Remind me after the show

to slap your face.

Nicoleff never forgets.

- Who is it?

- It's me, honey, how're you doing?

Well, just a minute. All right.

- Say, aren't you dressed yet?

- Well, not quite.

Well, look,

we go on in a couple of minutes.

- You're not nervous, are you?

- Well, not while you're here.

What is this?

Every time I see you two, you're kissing.

Well, you always catch us

when we're rehearsing.

I've stood enough of this nonsense.

It must stop at once.

Mrs. Prentiss, you might as well

realize this now.

- Ann and I are going to be married.

- Married? How perfectly ridiculous.

I'll have you run out of the hotel.

I'll have you run out of the state...

you male gold digger!

My darlings, in two minutes

you carry the glory of Nicoleff...

to a distinguished audience.

Neither my daughter nor this person

will appear in the show.

I just found them

rehearsing another love scene.

- But this is madness!

- Maybe it was, but it isn't anymore.

But you cannot take

my leading lady, my leading man!

- We will have to put off the show!

- Well, if we have to, we have to.

This is the end! This is the end!

Then you will give me back the $7,500

so that I can reimburse the audience.

You mean,

we have to give the money back?

It is the only thing remaining to be done

before Nicoleff commits suicide!

But can't you replace my daughter

and this man?

Lmpossible, madam, on such short notice.

Well, if it's a question of

returning the money...

of course I shall allow them to appear.

Madam is glorious.

Nicoleff lives again.

Stop chewing on my fingers.

Hurry, my children,

the music approaches the cue.

I'll allow you to play, but on one condition.

And that is that you marry Mosley

immediately after...

- this evening's performance.

- I won't. I won't marry him.

- You'll do exactly as I say.

- I won't marry that quarter-wit.

I wouldn't if he were...

We'll discuss this matter after our number.

I'll tell you right now,

there is nothing to discuss.

You will marry Mosley tonight.

Mosley, something terribly unfortunate

has occurred.

Yes, it's all a terrible mistake.

I'm glad you take it that way,

but you and I will rectify it.

Yes. How did you find out about all this?

I know everything

that's going on around here.

I hope you're not provoked at me.

No, you've been

merely weak and vacillating.

- Yeah.

- But we're going to change all that.

Twilight comes swinging

Out of the skies

Night winds are singing

Their lullabies

Music brings romance

That's what it's played for

That's what the night is made for

In my song of love

The moon above makes the music

The words are in my heart

My lips may be afraid

To serenade you tonight

But the words are in my heart

Roses red

In rhythm are swaying

And like my heart

They're tenderly saying

My dear, I love you so

And even though I can't say it

The words are in my heart

My dear, I love you so

And even though I can't say it

Come along, Mosley.

We have no time to lose.

Why not?

Because you've got to tell Ann

you're going to marry her right away.

Then I better call up my tailor

about getting a new blue suit.

Mosley, you exasperate me at times.

Show Ann that you're in earnest. Be firm.

Do you think you can?

- I'm almost positive, yes.

- Simply sweep her off her feet!

Well, don't you think

that's a trifle undignified?

Stop quibbling, Mosley.

I know a justice of the peace

who will marry you for $2...

if you get there before midnight.

We must get there before 12:00

because I go to bed at 11:00.

Here he comes now. Beat it.

Get behind that tree.

- Mr. T. Mosley Thorpe?

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