My One And Only
[Man]
Well, I'm packin' my grip
Think I'll take a trip
Think I'll leave today
No, I'd better stay
Well, oh, well, oh, well
oh, well, oh, well, oh, well
[Man On Radio] All of you listening
to me out there realizes that...
Communism is the avowed enemy
of the free world.
- [Explosion]
- [Continues]
Today, fourth June, 1953,
at the Nevada test site...
a thermonuclear device was...
Well, oh, well, oh, well
oh, well, oh, well, oh, well
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well
Goin' to stay right here
[Man #2 On Radio]
A solid marriage is one of the most...
wonderful things in the world.
My gal won't wait for me
[Chorus Singing Jingle]
Kiss of lemon
Kiss of lime
[Man #3 On Radio] And now, my friends,
a new hit record among my souvenirs...
backed with "God Bless America"
by Connie Francis.
White Rain
White Rain shampoo tonight
Tomorrow, your hair
sunshine bright
- [Static]
- [Woman]
A new love for you
[Girl]
I can save you money, here's a tip
So many ways to use me and free
[Giggles]
[Woman]
From kids to dad and mother
The family all approved
[Man]
To dad's delight the price is right
[Chorus]
Refinery fresh to each station every day
Higher octane for power
the Oklahoma way with
Oklahoma
I said Oklahoma
The best gasoline you can buy
[Woman]
It's time to wake up, it's time to go
It's time to get rolling
It's time for the show
[Man]
Keep your eye up high
[Woman]
Keep your ear to the ground
- [Continues]
- [Man] Hey, kid.
Don't touch the car, will ya?
[Boy Narrating] If I'd walked out
none of this would've happened.
You should be in school. Scram.
But I didn't leave,
and nothing was the same after that.
How much is this one?
This one?
About 50 more years on your paper route,
sonny. That's how much.
And that works out to...
Now, beat it!
I presume you'd consider
lowering the price if I paid you in cash.
The money's legitimate, gentlemen.
- You heard him. Keep out of this.
- Oh, right.
Kid might've murdered his parents.
- But to Mickey, a sale's a sale.
- Will you both shut up.
[Sighs]
You got five minutes to explain
before I call the cops, kid.
My name is George Devereaux.
I'm 15.
I live on the Upper West Side
with my parents and my half brother.
This afternoon, my mother returned home
a day early from a trip to the shore.
Mrs. Devereaux. We weren't
expecting you until tomorrow.
what anyone expects of her, Henry.
[George Narrating] My parents'
marriage is not what you'd call seamless.
[Elevator Bell Dings]
Holy sh*t.
Yep.
[Narrating]
My father's a band leader.
Normally, he's better dressed than this.
His stage name is Dan Devereaux.
You might've heard of him.
Although his real name is Dan Hamilton.
He's from Paris, Texas...
- not Paris, France.
- [Singing, Indistinct]
He made a lot of money
off a song he wrote called...
My one and only
The only thing louder
than its arrangement is its irony.
My father is an artist...
with all the strengths
and weaknesses that implies.
- [Knocking On Door]
- [Man] Dan, two-minute call.
- Comin'.
- As much as my father's life...
relies upon improvisation...
my mother's life is guided
by a large number of aphorisms.
Sayings.
Like, for example...
[Mrs. Devereaux]
What you do while you're in a room...
- You don't wanna go in there.
- is never as important as how
- [Screams]
- Please. Don't get up.
- This isn't what it looks like.
- Really? Well, what does it look like, child?
- Danny!
- Of course it's what it looks like, Sherry.
- My wife's not an idiot, for Christ's sake.
- Thank you, darling.
That's the nicest thing
you've said to me all year.
Here. Let me help you.
You know, you really
shouldn't wear this color.
It makes you look like a tramp.
What am I saying?
You are a tramp.
Hey. What are you doin'
with that suitcase?
- I'm leaving you.
- Oh, Christ, honey.
Come on. You know
Never contradict a woman
while you're in your underwear.
It puts you at a great disadvantage.
I'm-I'm-I'm sorry. Baby, I am.
You know I do these crazy things.
But they don't mean anything.
No offense, Sherry. Sherry?
Oh, come on now, honey.
Be realistic.
W-Where would you go?
What would you do?
- Where's my passport?
- Oh, hell. Go on then. Leave me.
I don't need you around here anyway. All
you do is hold me back and spend my money.
- What a relief for you then.
- Well, what about the boys?
- Boys?
- Yeah. George, Robbie. The boys.
You remember them?
- Where are they?
- They're at school, Miss Devereaux.
- Why?
- I'm going to take them with me.
- And do what?
- Raise them.
- You?
Well, you don't think I'm leaving them here
with the likes of you, do you?
Give me a break.
You're a lousy mother.
- I love my children.
- So what?
I love my kids, and I'm sh*t for a father.
- Bernice?
- Yes, ma'am?
Am I a lousy mother?
It's not my place to say, Miss Devereaux.
[Softly]
But if you wanna know the God's honest...
- There.
- Aw, sh*t.
Go on, then.
Take the damn kids. What do I care?
[Elevator Whirring]
[Sighs]
[Elevator Bell Dings]
- [Elevator Doors Close]
- [Narrating] Ten minutes later...
- my mother took my brother and me out of school.
- Sh*t.
I'm sorry, Mrs. Devereaux, but your boys
don't attend this school anymore.
Of course they don't.
[Chuckles]
I'm sorry, Mr. Connors.
I'm just very upset.
- They go to...
- Radford.
Radford. Of course.
They go to Radford.
Where is Radford?
[Narrating] My brother Robbie was playing
Lady Macbeth in the Scottish play.
It is so nice to see that
there are still some gentlemen left.
Thank you.
[Man]
He was playing Lady Macbeth?
In Shakespeare's time,
all the women's roles were played by men.
Right. I knew that.
That's all the cash there is in here,
Mrs. Devereaux.
- And all the jewelry.
- Of course.
What's in that cloth there?
- Oh.
- I'll take that too.
Will that be all, Mrs. Devereaux?
That will be all. Thank you.
George, darling.
I want you to take this money
and go and buy us an automobile.
A car? Why? Where's Dad?
First things first.
We need a car.
- Well, what kind of car?
- What kind would you like?
- I don't want a car.
- A Jaguar.
Admirable taste as always, darling.
But we need something more practical.
- A Chevy?
- Perhaps not that practical.
So here I am,
and that's the car I want.
It's not as easy as that, son.
- Is there a problem, George?
- Have a seat, Mrs. Devereaux.
Well, thank you, Fred.
- May I call you Fred?
- By all means.
Well, how much is the car we want?
It's, uh, 3,500, ma'am.
- Give it to the nice man, George.
- That's not how you do it, Mom.
- That's not how you do what?
- Your son means that...
you offer me less than that,
and then we bargain.
All right. $1,000.
- [Chuckling]
- This is so much fun.
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