Little Miss Broadway Page #3

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- I was only trying to help, Pop.

- [ Laughs ] I'm glad she did.

I'd never have known that this place

existed. It's all very interesting.

Next door, we hardly realize we're so

close to anything so, uh-- so different.

I suppose you feel like a feudal lord

visiting the tenants on his estate.

I bet you'd look grand all dressed up

like a knight on a big white horse.

Riding back to his castle

for safety?

No. Rescuing

the fairy princess.

I mean,

two fairy princesses.

Mr. Wendling, I couldn't

possibly raise the money in five days.

Well, as a matter of fact,

I was gonna make a suggestion...

before your daughter

so graciously knighted me.

I was gonna suggest that I could lend you

the 2,500. My aunt needn't know.

You'd lend-- Why--

Thanks a million.

Thanks two million--

one from me.

I'm afraid we can't accept

your generous offer.

- Why not, Barbara?

- Because I don't know how

we could pay it back.

And we're not going to be at the mercy

of any spiteful old moneybag...

who calls us

a lot of riffraff.

- [ Door Closes ]

- I'm sorry, Mr. Shea. I, uh--

So am I. You see, I just couldn't

accept your kind offer now.

- I understand.

- Come, Betsy. It's time for your lunch.

Pop? Couldn't Mr. Wendling

stay and have lunch with me?

Well, I'm afraid--

As a matter of fact, I was

gonna invite you to lunch...

but I guess the Wendlings are sort

of social outcasts around here now.

- Please let me go with him.

- I wish you would.

Please, Pop. I'm old enough to go out

with a nice young man.

- [ Softly ] All right.

- It's a date.

Barbara's awful smart.

She reads great big books

when she's not helping Pop at the hotel.

- Oh, she does?

- Yes.

She told me she's studying

how not to be an actress.

Oh. I see.

Well, uh, does she have

many boyfriends?

Oh, yes, lots of them.

There's Ole, the Four Martins,

Jimmy and his Jazz Bandits--

No, no. I mean, is there anybody

that takes her out to dinner, lunch--

- You know, a sweetheart?

- Oh.

No. I guess she's just an old maid,

like I was till you came along.

[ Whistle Blowing ]

Say, are you trying to tell me

that you like me?

Mm-hmm.

? I can't show

how much I love you ?

? In this little space

I've got ?

? I don't know how much

I love you ?

? But it's an enormous lot ?

? If all the world were paper ?

? And all the seas were ink ?

? I'd write a great

big note to you ?

? And tell you what I think ?

? I'd say

I love you dearly ?

? In letters

three miles high ?

- ? And sign it yours sincerely ?

- [ Whistle Blows ]

? Cross my heart

and hope to die ?

? If all the stars

were diamonds ?

? In golden skies above ?

? They wouldn't be worth that

without your love ?

?I'd like to write

I love you ?

? So big that you would blink ?

? If all the world were paper ?

? Yes, and all the seas

were ink ?

What are all those mummies

sitting in there for?

Mummies? [ Laughs ]

Those aren't mummies, Betsy--

Those are millionaires.

They spent all their lives

trying to make a million dollars...

and now they sit there

wondering why.

- Hello, old-timer!

- Shh!

- Is, uh, Mr. Wendling in?

- [ Whispers ] He's in the Grill, sir.

Oh, he's in the Grill.

- [ Bursts Loudly ]

- [ Crashes ]

- [ Murmuring ]

- [ Laughs Softly ]

?I love you as I never ?

? Loved before ?

? Since first I met you

on the village green ?

? The village green ?

? Come to me ere my dream ?

? Of love ?

? Is o'er ?

- ? I love you-- ?

-Jim, wait a minute. That's terrible!

Oh, Just a minute, gentlemen.

Whoa, Just a moment now.

[ Overlapping Speech ]

- I was standing right here.

Someone was a little bit sour.

- It was you.

What? Well, what do you know about music?

[ Laughs ]

Well, of all

the impertinence.

You were off-key.

That part goes like this.

? I love you as I loved you ?

? When you were sweet ?

- That's just the way I did it.

- [ All ] Oh, no!

- I did!

- No. No.

- Let's try it again.

- All right, you take it.

? I love you as I loved you ?

- ? When you were sweet ?

- [ Men ] ? Sweet ?

[ Betsy And Men ]

? When you were sweet ?

? Sixteen ?

-[ Laughing ]

-[ Man ] That's the best you've ever done!

Now we got it.

Let's hold it.

- The youngster knows

her stuff, don't she?

- She sure does.

Begging your pardon, gentlemen.

So sorry, but, uh, this noise--

- Noise?

- What are you talking about?

We've been having complaints.

The other club members--

Just when we're getting hot!

What's this country coming to

if a man can't sing in his club?

Isn't there someplace we can rehearse

without being disturbed?

- I know a place!

- Yeah? Where?

- A hotel!

- Say, that's a swell idea.

No, it won't work. We've been thrown out

of the finest hotels in New York--

- The Waldorf-Astoria and St. Regis.

- That's right.

[ Laughs ] Well, you'll never

be thrown out of this one.

This one is just

made-to-order for you.

Just say you're a quartet,

and you can sing all you want.

Really? Where is this place?

You mean--

She's right! Come on, boys!

A haven at last!

- [ Laughing ]

- Last one out's an old maid!

- Well, I'm not gonna be any old maid!

- Come on, Betsy. Hurry up!

Eight bucks from

the Tristate Trio...

five from Daugherty,

and five from Conklin and Scully.

- How much are we short?

- About 2,100.

The national debt.

I thought I was bringin' home the bacon.

And you laid an egg.

That's right. Bite the hand

that feeds the kitty.

Thanks just the same.

You're a great guy, Jimmy.

That goes for me too,

bubble brain.

Is that straight

from the balcony, Juliet?

It's my streamlined

personality.

- I guess I'm not as bad as I look, huh?

- You couldn't be!

That's done it! From now on

when you talk to me...

start the conversation

with good-bye.

- This way, gentlemen.

- [ Flossie ] Oh, Pop!

Hurry, Pop.

We brought you some new guests.

These gentlemen were looking

for a hotel...

so Betsy suggested

that they come over here.

- Um, professionals?

- Ooh, yes. They're a quartet.

Yes. This is the well-known

Hot and Happy Four.

Yes! The Hop and Hat--

the Hot and Happy Four.

- Where have you boys been playing?

- Ooh, hotels, clubs...

churches and places.

Now, would you prefer

single rooms or a suite?

- They want the best in the house, don't you?

- Yes! Certainly!

There's a nice, big suite on the fourth

floor with four beds and a green carpet.

Green? My favorite color.

We'll take that.

Well, that's pretty high:

$40 a week.

That's not too steep for

these gentlemen, is it?

[ All ]

No! Not at all!

That's fine.

Uh-- Uh--

- Where is your baggage?

- Huh?

Baggage? Oh, baggage!

Oh, well-- well-- [ Clears Throat ]

Well, we could get some if you--

if it's necessary.

Oh, it's very necessary. 'Cause guests

without baggage have to pay in advance.

- Isn't that right, Pop?

- It's a rule of the house.

Oh, that's quite all right.

How much will you want in advance?

- Well-- [ Laughs ]

- Uh, suppose we let Betsy decide that.

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