Primrose Path Page #4

first cat out of the bag.

I ain't grabbin'

nothin'.

Here you are, hon,

here you are.

If you're gonna step out, you

might as well do it in style.

Aw, gee, ma!

Aw, thanks, ma.

Gee, I hope

I don't lose it.

I don't care, hon, just

so long as you look pretty.

You'd think she

was going out to get hung.

Oh, Ellie May...

what's come over

my baby?

Oh, ma, I didn't want

this to happen to me.

Well, it just happens,

and you can't help it.

But he just up

and kissed me, and...

I don't know what I've

been doing ever since.

Other people have been

in love before, you know.

Yeah,

but I don't like it.

Don't you suppose

I ever been in love?

Sure, ma.

I guess you must've.

Oh, I don't mean pa. It

happened long before I met him.

He was...

well, ma broke it up.

He didn't have no money.

But your ma ain't gonna

let that happen to you.

Do you mean you didn't love

pa when you married him?

Ah, that's different. You

see, he'd been to college

and said a lot

of them big words,

and it kind of swept me

off my feet, I guess.

Pa is weak

and drinks a lot.

Anyhow, I made my bargain

and I want to stick by it.

Somebody has to take

care of the family,

and while it ain't just

like I might have asked for,

why, I done

the best I knew how.

That's what

them greeks said.

Them greeks

down the street?

No, pa's greeks.

They say, "you don't

live like you want to.

You live like

you got to."

Well, that ain't got nothin'

to do with your fella.

What's he look like?

Well, he's tall and he's

kind of got a big nose.

Oh, that's good.

Them men is

usually generous.

What's his name?

Ed. Ed something.

If he hadn't have kissed

me, I'd have been all right.

Supper's getting cold.

All right, ma.

I'll be right in.

You mean, he just kissed you

and didn't say nothin' with it?

Yeah. "I'll be

seeing you sometime."

Oh, he did? Oh, well, we got

to do something about that.

Hey, give me that rouge. You got

to learn to make up, Ellie May.

Oh, but, ma,

he don't like rouge.

Well, not on me.

Well, what kind

of a man is he?

I don't know him

so good.

Now, look here, Ellie May. You've

got to pull yourself together.

Now, for instance, you got awful

pretty-looking legs in them silk stockings,

but you don't know how

to walk on 'em.

Now, no matter what

a man tells you,

he likes a girl to flirt

with him a little.

It's just the same as in a jungle or

anyplace else, no matter what they tell you.

Now, Ellie May, I ask you,

if you was a man, would you like

a girl that walked like this?

No, of course

you wouldn't.

You got to put a little

zing into it, like this. See?

No. He wouldn't

like that.

Well, he's human,

ain't he?

Yeah, but that

wouldn't work with him-

not with me doing it.

Well, I wouldn't know what to

tell you without meeting him.

I wish I knowed him better

so you could meet him.

Well, it's too bad we

ain't got a better place

so as you could

bring him here.

I could ask him, maybe.

No. Maybe you hadn't

better bring him here.

You see, people got

a lot of funny ideas,

and then there's pa

and Granny.

No. No, maybe you hadn't

better bring him.

But you got to

meet him sometime.

Now, look here. Ellie

may, if he's your man,

don't you let nothin' or

nobody take you away from him.

Well, gee, ma. You don't

think I'm ashamed of you?

No.

Now, you run along,

honey, and remember...

your ma is with you.

You're swell, ma.

Run along.

I'll be

thinking of you.

Ma, why can't i

have a fella?

Eat up your chop suey.

You'll grow faster.

You can have all

the fellas you want.

Poor little Ellie May.

It's about time

she grew up.

What's the matter with ma?

Poor little Ellie May.

This the place

you're looking for, miss?

Yeah, I think so.

Thanks ever so much

for the lift.

Don't give it

a second thought.

When I get home...

when I get home...

come on, now. Pull yourself together.

I'll be right back.

If you go back in there,

I'm going to divorce you.

We got to get my hat.

You got it on your dumb head. Have i?

Of course you have.

Give me them car keys.

What for?

I'll drive.

Drive, where you can't

even walk straight?

Come on. Oh, so i

ain't a gentleman, huh?

I didn't say you wasn't,

even if you ain't.

Looking for somebody?

I'm looking

for a gentleman.

There's lots of them

here. Take your pick.

Never mind.

I see him.

Well, just in case, here's my card.

Hamburger by

the sea.

Now, if you folks

get tired of living,

why, come down

to my joint and eat.

Do you go with

the joint, big boy?

You said it, kid.

And listen...

if you can ditch

these 2 sailors,

why, come over and join a hot party.

Can I bring

my hangover with me?

Sure, if it's

good-looking.

Ok!

Hey, Carmelita,

how about a little action?

Oh, no.

Come on!

Oh, no.

Come on.

What'll you have

to drink, lady?

I'd like a drink

of water, maybe.

You're

a wonderful dancer,

oh, you're

a wonderful dancer.

Hey, how are them drinks coming?

Coming right up.

All right.

Psst. Hey, Ed.

I think you're

getting the buzz.

Oh, that's all right.

Let me alone.

I'm all right.

Too bad she didn't

break her neck.

I'll be right back.

She's pie-eyed!

Well, if it ain't

pigtails.

What in the name of time

has happened to you?

I fell down.

Now, you ain't been

drinking, have you?

Can't a girl fall down

without having been drinking?

What are you doing

in a joint like this?

I came to see you.

And what about?

Well, it's awful

important.

All right.

Come on out here.

Here, let me take

a look at you.

Take that stuff off.

And where'd you get

that hat?

You don't like it?

You don't want

to be a freak, do you?

No.

No, I don't want to be.

Well, beginning to look

more like yourself.

Uh, what did you want

to talk to me about?

I...

I just wanted

to talk to you.

Say, your folks can't

be so terrible strict

or they wouldn't let you come

down to a joint like this.

Oh, they don't know

I'm here.

I sneaked out.

Yeah? Well, you're

sneaking right back.

Oh, I can't.

You can't what?

I can't go back home.

What's the matter? You

scared of getting a licking?

I can't never go back.

Well, why not?

I lied to you before.

I run away.

You did?

I run away

on your account.

You run away on my account? Yeah.

Say, are you off

your head?

Yeah, I guess

maybe I am.

Just what are you

thinking about?

Well, there's no place

for me to go now,

'cept with you.

Hey, I'm tired of this double

talk. I'm taking you home.

Oh, it won't do

no good.

They won't take me back

now, even if you do.

Why?

'Cause i... told them

that I loved you.

You what?

And that I was going

with you.

And they said what did I know

about you, and I told them,

and they said I wasn't

never to see you no more.

Oh, I ain't good

enough, huh?

Oh, it ain't that

you ain't good enough.

What'd you go

and kiss me for?

I didn't do nothing

to you.

Are you still harping

on that?

You'd harp, too, if it done

to you what it done to me.

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