Has Anybody Seen My Gal Page #5

You'll sell the store.

What are you talking about?

I've put 20 years of my life into that store!

We're going to assume

our proper position in society.

We couldn't do that

if you remained a shopkeeper.

I'll show those Pennocks now! My

daughter isn't good enough for Carl, huh?

Well, perhaps now

Carl isn't good enough for my daughter.

What are you talking about Carl for?

She just got engaged to Dan.

- That? That was before we were wealthy.

- Mother!

You're going to move

in a completely different circle.

Dan couldn't keep you in the style

to which you'll become accustomed.

You wouldn't it said

you married Millicent for her money.

Don't worry about that. That's one thing

people will never say about me.

She's right.

That cheque changed everything.

- I'm in no position to marry a rich girl.

- Dan!

Now see what you've done!

Harriet, you had no right

to behave that way.

Of course I have. I've always wanted her

to have the best life had to offer.

- Now I can finally give it to you.

- Mother, you've spoiled everything!

Here, Poppa. I got it as cold as I could.

No sense in opening it now. Everybody's

gone. I'll put it back under the bed.

Oh, Mr Smith, I'm so happy!

We're millionaires!

Not quite, my dear.

You've only got $100,000.

To be considered a millionaire

you must have at least $200,000.

Oh, Penny, we're rich, we're rich!

From now on you'll eat nothing but steak.

He will not. You'll get rid of that mongrel.

We'll get two pedigree French poodles.

French poodles? But I can't speak French.

I don't want French poodles.

I don't like French poodles.

Nonsense.

All the best people have French poodles.

But I want Penny!

Well, this has been

quite an exciting evening.

I guess I may as well go to bed.

Good night.

Oh, Mr Smith... You'll have to look

for lodgings elsewhere - immediately.

Elsewhere? But why?

I'm quite comfortable here.

Well, now that we're wealthy

I certainly don't intend to keep a boarder.

Gorgeous. Put it down.

Thank you.

- Paris creation.

- How much?

- We'll take it.

- Thank you.

This would be lovely for my daughter.

- How much?

- $200.

- It's a bargain. We'll take it.

- Thank you.

Oh, this I must have.

Don't you think I'll look divine in green?

- We'll take it.

- Thank you.

They say it's a quarter of a million dollars.

The lucky stiff. Half a million dollars

dropped right into his lap.

I understand

it was three quarters of a million.

- Why couldn't that happen to me?

- Or to me?

Yes, it was one million dollars in cash!

Imagine that!

Shh, shh.

One million dollars!

Step right in, folks,

and take a look around.

Take a look at that beautiful foyer.

Notice that wonderful curving staircase.

And the architecture! Yes, friends,

you'll enjoy living in a place like this.

- In fact, it's the biggest house in town.

- It's the biggest price in town.

- It's bigger than the Pennock house.

- Yes, isn't it?

We'll take it, Mr Wilson. And I know just

how I'm going to furnish it - All moderne.

- I like Louis XIV.

- Oh, we'll have some of that too.

We can afford anything now.

- Hello, everybody.

- You should know, Carl.

Is it true they were given $1 million by

an uncle who discovered gold in Alaska?

I heard it was a cousin in Texas

who left them his oil wells.

I don't know who left them the money, but

I do know, from what Howard's told me...

...that they're worth several million dollars.

Several million?

- Oh, your Carl is such a handsome boy.

- Thank you, darling.

- And that angel face of Millie's.

- Oh, thank you.

Oh, is it serious?

Oh, this will be the talk of Hilverton.

A union between

the Pennocks and the Blaisdells.

- You'll have a pink lady, of course.

- I'd adore one.

- Seor Alvarez, madam.

- Oh, do show him in, Fredericks.

Enchanted, Madame.

Oh, but four such lovely ladies!

I am overwhelmed.

Seor, you are trs charmant...

Merci Madame, would you tell the butler

and the maid to clear a dance area?

- Fredericks.

- Madame is too gracious.

Now, Madame, music.

The essence of tango is

an innocent, gliding, perpetual motion.

Shall we dance?

One, two, three, four... Brrrm!

Glissando! Step and inside... Brrrm!

Glissando, step and inside...

Now cheek to cheek.

One, two, three, four...

One, two, three, four... Brrrm!

Glissando! Step and inside...

Brrrm! Glissando... Easy, isn't it?

Oh, yes.

We're through. Finished.

Let her marry Carl, for all I care.

- Perhaps that'd be best for you.

- What do you mean?

Well, look at it this way.

Marry Millicent, you'll be tied down

in Hilverton the rest of your life.

But with no responsibility, you can

go anywhere, seize any opportunity...

- You might even become a millionaire.

- Then why aren't you a millionaire?

Quiet, Penny, quiet.

Come in.

Oh, hello, Mr Smith. Hi, Dan.

- Hello, Roberta. How are you, my dear?

- Oh, Penny! Good old Penny!

Gosh, I miss you. Oh, it's good to see you.

Is Mr Smith taking good care of you?

- Say, you're getting fat.

- Why shouldn't he?

He eats anything - including two pairs

of my trousers and three of my shirts.

Mr Smith, this room is terribly messy.

What kind of a housekeeper are you?

- Don't you ever clean up?

- Every Sunday. How's Millicent?

She's out with that egghead Carl

all the time.

He's taking her to Joe's tonight.

That's a speakeasy.

Millicent's never been to a speakeasy.

Carl says it's about time she went to one.

Why don't you take her out, Dan? I heard

her say she likes you better than Carl.

I have no interest

in what Millicent says, does or likes.

We'd better get back to the store.

Can I stay for a while?

I wanna give Penny a bath.

Of course. Thank Howard for me - it was

kind of him to give me his raccoon coat.

I have a present for you too - Two cigars.

- Where did you get these?

- Poppa's humidor.

Roberta!

Oh, that's all right. We can afford

anything now - we're millionaires.

Penny!

One Tutti-Frutti Delight coming up.

- Smith! Stop drinking up all the profits!

- Yes, Mr Quinn.

Skinflint.

- Evening, Clancy.

- Good evening, Mr Quinn.

Good evening, Pops.

How about a cup of java and a doughnut?

- Where's Mike?

- I'm making the rounds alone tonight.

- Is he having another baby?

- No, no.

They're using Mike

in a raid on a speakeasy.

I thought you only arrested bootleggers

for late deliveries.

That's the trouble with Prohibition -

everybody jokes about it.

The people at Joe's won't be joking

when they wake up behind bars.

The people at Joe's deserve to...

- Did you say Joe's?

- Uh-huh.

- Which Joe's is that?

- On Sutton St, next to Joe's barber shop.

Beats me - Every Tom, Dick and Harry

opens a place and calls it Joe's.

Dan, I've got to leave.

Close up for me, will you?

Sure, Gramps.

Mr Smith,

where do you think you're going?

I was just sending him out on a delivery.

Get going then, Smith.

And no dilly-dallying on the way.

Yes, Mr Quinn.

Sometimes I think that old coot

is batty as a baseball game.

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