Guys and Dolls Page #7

However, if you will be patient,

you will be provided with action.

What do you say?

Shall we stick around or blow?

I come here to shoot crap.

Let's shoot crap.

- Order another milkshake and relax.

- Nathan!

Do not let the fact that Big Jule

drinks milk give you any wrong ideas.

- Big Jule does not like to be displeased.

- Why, Harry, did I give the impression

I was being rude to a guest with such

a well-deserved reputation as Big Jule?

Big Jule, I am sure that you did not

misunderstand my kidding remarks.

It's just that one look at your kindly face,

which is so full of fun, good fellowship...

Could I have a swallow of your milk?

Well, well, well...

What have we here?

The jails must be empty tonight.

Can anybody be missing?

Harry the Horse, Liver Lips Louie,

Angie the Ox, Society Max...

And here is a face

for which I cannot supply a name.

May I ask where you come from?

East Cicero, Illinois.

And what is your occupation there?

I'm a scoutmaster.

Don't ever help my mother

across the street.

Such lovely red carnations.

Is it a funeral? Did somebody die

suddenly that I don't know about yet?

What's on, Nathan? What brings

all these senior delinquents together?

- They got lonely. How do I know?

- Why are they all wearing carnations?

- They are also all wearing pants.

- You are up to no good, Detroit!

Is it a crime to wear flowers? Is Mindy's

suddenly a hideout for gangsters?

Lieutenant, I'll confess. We're smuggling

hot cheesecake into Canada.

This is all I need. It's complete.

Everybody in the whole world

who hates me is now here.

What's the use, Nathan?

Why try to keep it a secret?

- Bite your tongue, Benny.

- All right, what's this all about?

- It's... a party, Lieutenant.

- What kind of a party?

A dinner.

A bachelor dinner for Nathan Detroit.

He's gettin' married.

For he's a jolly good fellow,

for he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

Which nobody cannot deny

Nathan, darling. I'm so thrilled.

- Why didn't you tell me?

- It was gonna be a surprise wedding.

You certainly had me fooled, Detroit.

When is the happy occasion?

Well, it's gonna take a little time -

to get the blood test and the licence.

Wouldn't it be wonderful

to get married tomorrow?

After the opening

of the new show at the Hot Box.

Adelaide, according to the laws under

which we live, it's gonna take a little time.

You could elope.

- You are telling me to violate the law?

- It's legal to elope at your age.

And the great state of Maryland will

marry you right away - no blood test.

Ain't that unhealthy?

The lieutenant has come up with

a romantic suggestion of which I approve.

Elope, and for the trip

I will loan you my getaway car.

That is, my station wagon.

Oh, Nathan, darling. Let's do it.

Please?

OK. Deal me in.

Speech, Nathan.

Yeah, give us a little speech.

Unaccustomed as I am

to getting married

I am taking this occasion here to say

That me and Adelaide

Are finally naming the day

Though she knows deep in her heart

I'm a phoney and I'm a fake

She wants five children to start

Five's a difficult point to make

But...

Adelaide, Adelaide

Ever-lovin' Adelaide

Is takin' a chance on me

Takin' a chance

I'll be respectable and nice

Give up cards and dice

And go for shoes and rice

So gentlemen, deal me out

Do not try to feel me out

I got no more evenings free

Since Adelaide, Adelaide

Ever-lovin' Adelaide

Is takin' a chance

Talk about your long shots

Takin' a chance on me

Well, my congratulations, too.

And I certainly hope

there's nothing in heredity.

It might seem unimportant to you,

but your blintzes are gettin' cold.

Who cares? As long as Nathan stays hot.

Look, don't forget to bring

my purse to the Hot Box.

Nathan, darling, I'm so excited. I don't

even wanna eat and go back to work.

I've got so many things to do

before tomorrow night.

What about my mother?

I've gotta write to her. What'll I say?

Send a telegram. Date it back 14 years.

Adelaide

Adelaide

Ever-lovin' Adelaide

Is takin' a chance on me

Takin' a chance

I'll be respectable and nice

Give up the cards and dice

And go for shoes and rice

So gentlemen, deal me out

Do not try to feel me out

You got no more evenings free

You may scratch me.

- Since Adelaide

- Adelaide

Ever-lovin' Adelaide

Is takin' a chance

Talk about your long shots

Takin' a chance

On me

Nathan, you are indeed a most lucky fella.

She is a most beautiful doll indeed.

- Do you agree, Big Jule?

- Tell me, how long do you know the doll?

- 14 years.

- Let's shoot crap.

- Nathan!

- Got the money? You couldn't find Sky?

- Did you go to the mission?

- That's what I'm trying to tell ya.

- He must be with the mission band now.

- Nathan, wait!

"This church is for the most part Spanish

baroque built of native limestone."

"The original church

was built on this site in 1674

and reconstructed

between 1704 and 1724."

- It's almost impossible to believe.

- Well, that's not very old for a church.

Long before 1674

there were missionaries...

What does it say about the moonlight?

The moonlight?

- It's very bright, isn't it?

- You can even read your guidebook by it.

Now that you mention it...

- What does it say about the music?

- The music?

It's a lovely tune.

Sister Sarah, let me read out of

Sky Masterson's guidebook about you.

You could be locked away in a room

with no sun, no moon,

no laughter, no music, no love,

and you wouldn't care.

You could still be a missionary.

"The cobblestones in this plaza

are approximately four centuries old."

"They are the very cobblestones put

down by the Spanish colonists in 1519."

- What's your pleasure?

- Drinking.

What's your pleasure?

Milk, please.

- Don't make a spectacle of yourself.

- Milk.

You are a US citizen in a foreign country.

Have you no pride

in what the world thinks about us?

Milk!

What did you order?

Dulce de leche.

Dulce is the Spanish word for "sweet".

- De means "of' and leche means "milk".

- Sweet of milk.

Don't they serve it plain?

Well, only in the mornings.

It has to do with the heat.

At night they put

a kind of preservative in it.

That's interesting. What do they use?

Bacardi.

Doesn't that have alcohol in it?

Well, just enough to keep

the milk from turning sour.

That's the same song we heard

being played near the church, isn't it?

Playing the tambourine

has developed in you an ear for music.

Mr. Masterson, you think

I'm an awful prude, don't you?

Are you?

Well, I wonder sometimes.

For instance,

supposing I wasn't in mission work.

This is a tasty milkshake.

Do you mind if I have another?

Supposing I was just any girl.

Do you think just any girl

would be a prude

if she refused to go to Havana

with a man she'd never met before?

Oh, I suppose not.

Would you like some of mine

while you're waiting?

I haven't touched it.

Just a sip.

Oh, thanks.

I don't know when I've been so thirsty.

Still, you do think I'm a prude, don't you?

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