On the Riviera Page #2

and very enlightening.

India!

Pardon.

Hello.

Eeh!

Eeh! Oh, oh. Eeh!

Oh, oh!

Eeh! Oh, eeh! Oh, eeh, oh! Oh!

Hey!

- Oh, good, good!

- What about Duran? Is he applauding?

With his hands, yes,

but with his face, I don't know.

- Oh.

- Go ahead. Come on.

- Capitaine, I do hope you were not offended.

- On the contrary.

We found it terribly amusing.

Didn't we, my dear?

Oh, terribly.

I should like to go back

and meet Jack Martin.

But of course!

He would be delighted.

- Would you excuse me, my dear?

- This is quite refreshing.

- What?

- Your going backstage to see a man.

Hmm. I won't be very long.

Don't worry about us, Henri.

We'll either be here or in the bar.

- Excuse me.

Please, his dressing room

is just downstairs.

- Monsieur Gapeaux.

- Yes?

You must come at once.

The magician had a terrible fight with his wife.

- She ran off with his rabbit.

- Oh!

Will you excuse me, Capitaine?

This is very sad.

- You see, he loves that rabbit. Quick.

- Right here.

- Eugenie!

- Henri!

My little souffl!

It's been such a long time.

Two years!

Yes. And still

the souffl has not fallen.

- Oh, Henri. I must go now. You will call me?

- Yes. Same number?

- And if a man answers?

- That is my husband. He will take the message.

- Very touching! Souffl, huh?

- I beg your pardon?

You no-good two-face.

The minute you think my back is turned-

Mademoiselle,

you are making a mistake.

- I'm not the one who makes mistakes.

- But this time you are.

Allow me to introduce myself.

I am Capitaine Henri Duran at your service.

Capitaine Henri Duran!

Do you expect me to believe-

Ah!

You see, the mustache is real.

It's incredible!

Oh, you've come to see Jack.

You're angry with him.

- You do not wish me to be angry with him?

- Please, no.

Ah. I take it you are

interested in him.

Very much.

Mademoiselle, you should not

be interested in imitations.

You have too much to offer yourself.

A beautiful girl like you

should have the real thing.

Capitaine Duran,

are you making love to me?

But of course. What are you doing,

my dear, after the show?

- I have a previous engagement.

Perhaps I could, uh,

persuade you to break it?

You probably could,

but I'm not going to let you.

- Tomorrow night?

- No.

Well, then perhaps

you will come to my villa Saturday evening.

- Certainly not!

- You misunderstand, my dear.

We're having a large reception,

and the house will be filled with people.

Capitaine Duran,

that's a very old one.

I come, and all the other

guests have failed to show up, eh?

Oh, it is my misfortune

that they all will be there.

But please come anyway.

- Here's my card.

- Henri!

- Henri, this telegram- Read it. It is urgent.

- Yes. Just a moment.

- You will come?

- I will think about it.

- Good.

- Good night, Capitaine.

- Good night.

- Will you excuse me?

Antoine just brought it over.

Read it, Henri.

- For heaven's sake, read it!

- Calm yourself, Philippe.

"Regret to advise

Air Europa unable to execute contract...

"for purchase of Victory planes...

"pending further tests.

- Periton."

- He's only fooling, yes?

- I wish he were, Philippe.

- Why should Periton do this? He needs our planes.

Periton is playing a game.

He knows I'm overextended at the bank

and need money desperately.

- If he delays signing the contract, we are ruined.

- Oh!

He will buy our company

for a song and make the planes himself.

- He cannot do this. It would finish us.

- Definitely.

Unless- Unless I can raise

the money from someone else.

- But who?

- Monsieur Alonzo.

Yes! He always liked me.

But suppose he does not give us the money.

Henri, let's take

what we can and fly to South America.

Stop trembling, Philippe. If you look like that,

no one will give us a penny.

Pull yourself together. If one word of this leaks out,

we are ruined, all finished!

Now, come. I will telephone Monsieur Alonzo

for an appointment immediately.

- Thank you, madame.

- You're quite welcome.

What about the impersonation?

Did you like that too?

Well, you're enormously

successful, monsieur.

- Why should my opinion make any difference?

- But it does.

- It's the only opinion that counts.

- Lili, we must be going.

- Henri will be waiting.

- Sit down, Louis.

- Mine is the only opinion that matters?

- That's right.

And if I didn't like

your impersonation...

would you stop doing it?

- Well, I don't know.

- Oh, don't be frightened, Monsieur Martin.

I'm not going to suggest

that you drop it.

What about the captain?

Did he like it?

Oh, yes, very much.

He's backstage at this

very moment, seeing you.

I know. That's why I came in here.

Tell me something, monsieur.

I'm very curious.

When you do these impersonations,

how do you go about it?

Do you make a study of your victim?

Well, as much as I can. It's something

that comes to me kind of easy, I guess.

Well, as much as I can. It's something

that comes to me kind of easy, I guess.

I try to mimic

his way of speaking, his mannerisms.

You know, sort of put myself

in his shoes.

Like, uh-

Madame, you are very beautiful.

This actor, this Jack Martin...

has never met

a woman like you before.

It will go to his head, like wine.

Yes, monsieur. You do do it easily.

- I suppose you could even do an impression of me.

- No, madame.

To capture you, I would have to reach up

for some stars...

seek the petals of a white rose...

the blue of the sky

over the Mediterranean...

- the sadness that I see in-

- Sadness?

Yes. The sadness that I -

Forgive me, madame.

When I do Captain Duran,

I get carried away. It's a wonderful part.

If I may say so, monsieur,

you have brought something to it...

that I don't think

you saw in the original.

Thank you.

- Now, if you'll excuse us,

I think we'd better get back.

- I should think so.

- Good night, Monsieur Martin.

- Good night.

I hope I've given you some new ideas to use

as Capitaine Duran.

You've given me some new ideas to use

as Jack Martin.

- Good night.

- Good night.

"New ideas", huh?

Dropped this, sweetie.

Oh, Jack, darling! This is gorgeous!

What? Oh, wait a minute.

That belongs to Madame Duran.

- Is that so?

- Hey, Colette!

Glorious day.

Such beautiful girls.

I hope Henri gets the money.

Ah, yes, Louis, you are in trouble.

Today you are a rich, fat man.

Tomorrow you'll be only a fat man.

- Periton!

- Stop thinking about Periton.

Thinking about him?

I see him, there, with Lili!

- What is he doing here?

- He's down here for the kill, no doubt.

Let's find out. Come on.

Stop looking like that. Smile!

- Hmm?

- Smile!

Forgive me. Oh, gentlemen.

- I'm delighted to see you.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- We thought you were in Paris.

- Yes. What brings you here?

- What brings anyone here?

- Climate, beautiful girls-

and, uh, business.

Uh, business?

Yes. I always mix business

with pleasure.

That way my opponents

never know what I'm up to.

I must be going, my dear.

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