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a chance to get out...

if you'd bring Trudy back.

That's a swell suggestion.

I take Trudy out of a hit show in London to

bring her back to work on the Barbary Coast.

She wouldn't think about that. She'd be on

the next boat if you'd send her an S.O.S.

Forget it. I got myself on the skids,

I'll get myself off of it.

I'll get another singer.

I made a star attraction out ofTrudy.

I can do the same with another girl.

All right, if you don't know

who your real friends are.

But you're playing a chump, and you have been

since the night you fell for that society stuff.

I'll say you have. As long as you stuck to

Pacific Street, nobody could outsmart you.

And you'd still be smart

if you'd-

If I'd what?

I'll tell ya.

If you'd shake that dame there before she

breaks you, and come back to the Grizzly Bear.

- Who are you talking about?

- I told you it wouldn't do any good, Dan.

When a guy's being made a monkey of

and likes it...

he don't want to hear

the truth. Come on.

Maybe you're right. And since we're being

so frank, I've got something to tell you.

There you are. I knew you'd

see we were just thinking about you.

- What is it?

- You're fired, both of you!

And I'm selling the Grizzly Bear.

- Madame chrie!

There must be some misunderstanding.

But it is already announced in the paper-

closed, finished!

I, Chambinni!

What about my reputation?

He's treating us like common actors.

We are artists!

But I'm sure Mr. Cornell would have

consulted me before he did such a thing.

Impossible. Impossible!

Why, we haven't sing

Rigoletto, Traviata, Nibelungen!

Shh!

If you are not an American

multimillionaire...

why did you want opera?

You're cheap!

- Shut up!

- You needn't shout.

I'll shout all I want to.

You guys are pretty hard

to convince.

If I weren't in my own home,

I'd throw you out...

and maybe you'd get it through your

thick skulls that you're canned, through!

- John, please.

- I know, and I'm sorry.

But there's no more money.

Even you can understand that.

You guys are just a bunch

of second-rate hams.

I didn't know that when I first got into your

game because I was out of my own neighborhood.

Well, I learned. All right. I backed a turkey,

a flop, and I'm through.

- So get out!

- He can't talk to me like that! I'm Chambinni!

Get out!

Listen to me.

That was a pretty exhibition.

All you needed was the proper atmosphere-

sawdust on the floor.

That's right, and if

I'd had sense enough...

to stick by the Barbary Coast

where I belong, I'd be a lot better off.

I thought I could

raise you above it.

- I thought my father's prestige might-

- Your father!

I'm sick and tired of hearing about

what your father did.

I'm fed up with his opera house...

and the art museum

he gave the city...

and the big blowouts he used to

throw for the Crockers and the Floods.

He had a gold mine.

I haven't.

But you've dug me for one

ever since you married me.

Whatever made you think

I married you for any other reason?

I never told you I loved you.

I needed money,

and you needed social position.

Well, I gave it to you.

I'll send the deed for the house

over tomorrow.

That's all there is left.

And for worlds,

I wouldn't have missed knowing you.

All right.

You can drive on.

# Then my heart am a-pinin'#

#Meet me, pretty little Lindy

by the watermelon vine #

- Driver, pull up.

- #Lindy, honey Can't you hear me #

#Lindy, little Lindy #

#Say you'll be mine #

# When the moon am a-sh-sh-shinin'#

# Why, then my heart am a-pi-pi-pining #

#Meet me, pretty little Lindy #

#By the watermelon vine #

# Gee, but it's great

to meet a friend #

# From your hometown #

#What difference

does it make #

# If she is up or down #

#When she takes you

by the hand #

#There's a feeling

you can understand #

# Oh, gee, but it's great

to meet a friend #

#From your hometown #

# Now, friends, have you

ever stopped to think #

#While you've been traveling

here and there #

#What a great, big

lonesome world #

#This seems to be #

#And how hard it is

to find a pal #

# Say, who's really

on the square #

# But now my world

has changed #

#As you can see #

# Gee, but it's great

to meet a friend #

# From your hometown #

# What difference does it make

if she is up or down #

#When she takes you

by the hand #

#There's a feeling

you can understand #

# Oh, gee, but it's great

to meet a friend #

# From your hometown #

- # Gee, but it's great to meet #

- #To meet a friend #

- #A friend from your hometown #

- # Isn't it wonderful #

#A-what a-difference

does it make #

- # If he is up #

- # If she is up #

# Or down #

Oh!

What makes you so clumsy?

- Trudy! Oh, honey!

- Oh, Dan! How are you?

- I'm so glad to see you.

- Beulah!

Oh, you look wonderful!

Listen, sit down here,

tell us all about it.

- Gee, I never was so happy in all my life!

- Oh!

Look at her.

Well, this is something, ain't it?

Here we all are,

back at Sharkey's again.

- This is the last place I ever expected to find you.

- I don't blame you.

It's the only place we could get a job,

and Sharkey only hires us...

'cause every time he gets cockeyed,

he enjoys throwing us out again.

Yeah, all the fun's on his side.

But he hires us because he figures

he can kick us out again...

whenever he feels like

putting on another brannigan.

Well, he's bounced you out

for the last time. I'll take care of that.

Aw, thank you, honey. Gee, you know,

we've been reading all about you.

We think it's swell.

I'm so happy for you, Trudy.

Mr. Cornell certainly did you a favor

when he gave you the bounce...

for a ride on

that Croft merry-go-round.

Yeah. After she took him for the gold ring,

she even made him pay for the divorce.

Yeah. I heard about it.

He's down at the beach now,

spieling for a hula concession...

and you're sittin'

on top of the world.

Well, he still knows more about show business

than anyone in San Francisco.

Oh, you're right, honey,

but you can't do anything for the guy...

because he won't let anybody

do anything for him.

He figures that you're

doing him a favor.

Aw, but come on.

Let's talk about you, Trudy.

Gee, but you look pretty, honey.

Hurry, hurry, hurry,

ladies and gentlemen.

Step right up and buy your ticket.

The big show is about to commence.

Remember, gents, this is

only the free exhibit on the outside.

Inside we have a show

full of snappy dancing...

hula girls straight from the coral strands

of their South Sea island home.

Remember? It's the biggest show on the midway,

and it's about to commence immediately.

Don't stand too close there, brother.

You'll bother the ladies.

See Princess Halikalani,

her grass skirts waving in the breeze...

like tropical palm trees.

Why, she alone is worth the price

of admission, which is 10 cents.

The 10th part of a dollar. A two-dollar show

for a dime. All right, girls.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

after you've blown your eyes to this show...

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