Meet Me in St. Louis Page #8

" FROM MY HEART

A SONG OF LOVE "

" BESEECHING "

" JUST FOR YOU

MY LONGING ARMS "

" ARE REACHING "

" TIME GOES BY "

" BUT WE'LL

BE TOGETHER "

" YOU AND I "

" FROM MY HEART

A SONG OF LOVE "

" BESEECHING "

" JUST FOR YOU

MY LONGING ARMS "

" ARE REACHING "

" TIME GOES BY "

" BUT WE'LL BE TOGETHER "

" YOU AND I ""

WELL, WHAT'S

SO FUNNY?

THIS ONE'S NAMED

LUCILLE BALLARD.

OH, IT IS, IS IT?

I SUPPOSE THAT:

WAS YOUR IDEA.

YOU NEEDN'T

GET SO TOUCHY:

JUST BECAUSE:

LUCILLE BALLARD:

DOESN'T THINK

YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH

TO TAKE HER:

TO THE DANCE.

A GIRL CAN GO:

WITH ANYONE:

SHE WANTS.

I JUST DIDN'T

ASK SOON ENOUGH.

SHE'S JUST

AN EASTERN SNOB.

KEEP HER NAME:

OUT OF THIS.

JUST BECAUSE YOU HAD

A FEW DATES WITH HER,

DON'T LOSE YOUR SENSE

OF PROPORTION.

YOU'RE JUST

SULKING BECAUSE:

WARREN SHEFFIELD

DIDN'T ASK YOU

TO THE DANCE.

ROSE TURNED DOWN

SCADS OF DATES.

SHE COULD HAVE HAD

ANY MAN SHE WANTED.

EXCEPT:

WARREN SHEFFIELD.

LUCILLE BALLARD'S

JUST THROWING HERSELF

AT WARREN BECAUSE

OF HIS FATHER'S MONEY.

HA! THAT'S WHAT I CALL

REAL CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

YOU TWO HAVE SPENT

THIS ENTIRE VACATION

AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS.

ALONZO SMITH,

DID IT OCCUR TO YOU

YOU MIGHT TAKE:

ROSE TO THE DANCE?

WHAT?

IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG

WITH GOING:

WITH YOUR BROTHER?

AND BE THE LAUGHINGSTOCK

OF ST. LOUIS?

KATIE'S RIGHT.

THAT SOLVES ALL:

OF OUR PROBLEMS.

AND IT'S SO FULL

OF THE SPIRIT:

OF CHRISTMAS.

LEAVE CHRISTMAS:

OUT OF THIS.

IT'S OUR LAST

CHRISTMAS DANCE:

IN ST. LOUIS.

IT WOULD BE TRAGIC

IF YOU MISSED IT.

YOU CAN TALK.

YOU HAVE A DATE.

IF I WEREN'T GOING

WITH JOHN TRUITT,

I'D BE THRILLED

TO GO WITH MY BROTHER.

THEN THAT SETTLES IT.

WHAT'S SHE GOT

TO DO WITH THIS?

IF YOU TWO WON'T GO

WITH EACH OTHER,

I WON'T GO EITHER.

YOU OUGHT:

TO BE ASHAMED,

WRECKING YOUR POOR

SISTER'S EVENING.

ROSE?

I'D BE WILLING...

I MEAN, GLAD TO...

YOU WOULD, LON?

I WAS GOING TO:

ASK YOU ANYHOW,

BUT I...

YOU TWO'LL HAVE

THE BEST TIME OF ANYBODY.

YOU WON'T HAVE TO BE

POLITE TO EACH OTHER.

OH. HERE WE ARE.

NOW TAKE:

A DEEP BREATH.

OH, COME ON.

OH! OH!

OH!

THAT WAS ALL RIGHT,

WASN'T IT?

IT DIDN'T HURT.

OH.

OH, ES, IT DOES WONDERS

FOR YOUR FIGURE.

I FEEL LIKE:

THE OSSIFIED WOMAN

IN THE SIDE SHOW.

YOU LOOK GRAND,

SIMPLY ELEGANT.

OH. I FEEL ELEGANT,

BUT I CAN'T BREATHE.

NO, PLEASE DON'T.

I THINK IF I JUST CAN

SIT DOWN FOR A MINUTE.

UHH.

UHH.

OH.

ROSE, I CAN'T GO

THROUGH WITH IT.

YOU'VE GOT

TO START SOMETIME.

I WENT THROUGH:

THE SAME THING:

LAST YEAR,

AND IF WE EVER:

NEEDED EVERY OUNCE

OF ALLURE,

IT'S TONIGHT.

IF WE'RE GOING

TO WRECK LUCILLE

BALLARD'S EVENING,

WE'VE GOT

TO BE A SENSATION.

DON'T YOU THINK

I COULD BE A SENSATION

WITHOUT THE CORSET?

YOU'RE

COMPETING WITH:

AN EASTERN GIRL.

I'LL WAGER

LUCILLE BALLARD:

DOESN'T MAKE A MOVE

WITHOUT A CORSET.

WELL, I CERTAINLY

DON'T RELISH

WEARING THIS THING,

BUT PRIDE HAS COME

TO THE RESCUE.

FOR TONIGHT,

I'LL DO ANYTHING.

IT'LL BE WORTH IT.

IF WE CAN CREATE

A BREATH-TAKING

EFFECT,

IT'LL BE SIMPLE

TO MONOPOLIZE ALL

THE WORTHWHILE MEN.

EXACTLY.

UHH.

THERE ARE ONLY GOING

TO BE ABOUT 20 BOYS

WORTH LOOKING AT ANYWAY.

WE CAN CERTAINLY

HANDLE 20 MEN.

I SHOULD HOPE.

CAN YOU HANDLE 10?

WELL,

SEVEN OR EIGHT.

IF YOU GUARANTEE

EIGHT,

I CAN HA--

UHH.

I CAN HANDLE:

THE REST OF THEM.

WHAT ABOUT:

JOHN TRUITT?

I'LL DEVOTE

MYSELF TO JOHN,

BUT IN:

BETWEEN TIMES,

I'M GOING TO MAKE

MY PRESENCE FELT

AMONGST THE OTHERS.

ES? SOMEONE TO SEE YOU

AT THE BACK DOOR.

WHO?

SOMEONE THAT LOOKS

LIKE JOHN TRUITT.

ROSE, WHAT DID

YOU GET ME:

FOR CHRISTMAS?

YOU'LL

FIND OUT TOMORROW.

I HOPE IT'S

A HUNTING KNIFE.

HELLO, JOHN.

COME IN.

HELLO.

ES, I GOT

SOME BAD NEWS.

YOUR AUNT:

IN THE HOSPITAL?

NO, NO. MY TUXEDO

IN THE TAILOR'S.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT IT?

I WAS PLAYING:

BASKETBALL,

AND WHEN I GOT THERE,

IT WAS CLOSED--

THE TUXEDO.

I--I--I MEAN

THE TAILOR'S.

WELL, CAN'T YOU

BORROW ONE?

WELL, EVERYBODY'S

WHO'S GOT ONE'S

GOING TO THE BALL.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT

YOUR FATHER'S?

THAT WAS MY FATHER'S.

WELL,

FIND THE TAILOR:

AND MAKE HIM:

OPEN THE SHOP.

I KNOW HIS NAME:

IS JONES,

BUT I DON'T KNOW

WHERE HE LIVES.

OH, THIS IS GHASTLY.

I'M SORRY, ES.

I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU

IF YOU NEVER:

SPOKE TO ME AGAIN.

OH, WELL, YOU DIDN'T

DO IT ON PURPOSE.

WELL, I GUESS THERE'S

NOTHING ELSE TO SAY

UNLESS YOU WANT TO DO

SOMETHING ELSE TONIGHT.

NO, THANK YOU.

I THINK:

I'LL STAY HOME

AND DO SOME PACKING.

YOU KNOW...

WE'RE LEAVING

ST. LOUIS

IN A FEW DAYS.

I KNOW.

AND THIS IS A FINE

GOING-AWAY PRESENT

I'M GIVING YOU

FOR CHRISTMAS.

I'LL BET YOU

REALLY HATE ME.

OH, NO, JOHN,

I DON'T HATE YOU.

I JUST HATE:

BASKETBALL.

ES, DARLING,

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

NOTHING. I JUST

WISH I WERE DEAD,

THAT'S ALL.

DID SOMETHING:

HAPPEN WITH JOHN?

HE CAN'T TAKE ME

TO THE DANCE.

WHY NOT?

HIS FATHER'S

SUIT'S LOCKED UP

IN THE TAILOR'S.

OH, THAT'S AWFUL,

YOU POOR DEAR,

BUT DON'T WORRY.

LON WILL TAKE:

THE BOTH OF US.

YOU DON'T THINK

I'M GOING TO

THE SMARTEST BALL

OF THE SEASON:

WITH MY BROTHER,

DO YOU?

WELL, I LIKE THAT.

YOU WANTED ME:

TO GO WITH HIM.

THAT WAS DIFFERENT.

YOU DIDN'T

HAVE A DATE.

NEITHER HAVE YOU.

WELL, I HAD ONE.

IF LON'S GOOD ENOUGH

TO TAKE ME,

HE'S GOOD ENOUGH

FOR YOU.

BESIDES,

YOU HAVE TO GO.

I CAN'T HANDLE

20 MEN ALONE.

I ADMIT IT.

ONE SISTER GOING

WITH HER BROTHER

HAS BEEN DONE,

BUT TWO SISTERS:

MAKES THE FAMILY

LOOK RIDICULOUS.

I WON'T DO IT!

WE'LL SEE WHAT MAMA

HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

YOU KNOW, THE MAN

THAT BUILT THIS HOUSE

CHEATED YOUR FATHER.

THE WALLS ARE:

AS THIN AS PAPER.

OH, GRANDPA.

NOW, NOW,

NOW, NOW, NOW.

YOU KNOW,

WITH YOUR HAIR LIKE THIS,

YOU'RE THE VERY IMAGE

OF YOUR GRANDMA.

I REMEMBER:

THE FIRST DANCE:

I TOOK HER TO.

HER FATHER TOLD HER

SHE'D HAVE TO BE HOME

AT 10:
00,

AND SHE WAS CRYING,

JUST LIKE YOU ARE.

I'M SORRY. I--

OH, YOU MUST THINK

I'M AN AWFUL BABY.

NOW, NOW, NOW.

YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.

'TISN'T OFTEN

A PRETTY GIRL:

HAS A REAL:

LEGITIMATE:

REASON TO CRY.

A FUNNY THING,

I TOOK MY TUXEDO

OUT OF MOTHBALLS

YESTERDAY.

LOOKS PRETTY:

GOOD, TOO.

YOU KNOW,

SUITS ARE LIKE MEN.

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