Room Service Page #2
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- 1938
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Now, wait a minute.
I don't want to appear stubborn,
but I'm afraid I couldn't go back now.
Now, listen, Davis...
If you people have lost interest
in my play, I wish you'd say so.
- It isn't that.
- I'm sure Morton Fremont would buy it.
I've got a letter of introduction to him.
- Fremont?
- I guess you've heard of him.
Davis, I'm beginning to see your point.
You just don't want to go home.
Well, that's it.
It's no use forcing our opinion on him.
It might make him neurotic.
Now, about this advance.
All you actually need it for
is board and lodging?
- Yes.
- Davis, your problem is solved.
You move right in here with us.
No, no. Not another word. You're my guest.
This is Liberty Hall.
- You mean live with you?
- Precisely.
Oh, thanks. Thanks a lot.
By the way, Davis,
if you happen to have any money on you,
it might be a good idea
to let me put it in my vault, downstairs.
I have 67 cents.
You got 67 cents,
and you're asking us for an advance?
He's always clowning.
Well, if you fellows don't mind,
I think I'll wash up.
Yeah, go ahead.
The rest of us are already washed up.
Well, there's only one thing to do.
I'll have to ask Mr Fremont
for an advance on my salary.
Thanks.
I still have some cinders left in my ears
from that train ride.
Save them for fuel, Davis.
It looks like a hard winter.
Faker, I'm surprised at you.
Yeah, you ought to be ashamed of yourself,
robbing a stranger.
You know, I think he's reforming.
He didn't steal the picture.
Yeah, that's the first
encouraging sign I've seen.
Now I know how Gypsy Rose Lee feels.
Hail and Farewell.
Author. Author. Author.
Hello? Who wants Binelli?
Hold on. Do you know any policeman?
Policeman? What's his number?
Hello?
What's that?
But officer, this is the
first I hear about this.
Okey-doke. I'll be right over.
Well, what do you know about that?
I've just been dispossessed.
Dispossessed? From that rattrap?
I know what I'll do.
I'll hock the typewriter.
- Oh, no, you don't.
- You explain it to Davis.
Never mind Davis.
I'm going to hock it myself.
But, I need it more than you do.
The cop said he wants to give me a ticket.
My moose head is blocking the fire pump.
- Now, wait a minute.
- I can't wait. I tell you, I got to have it.
If I don't hurry up, the cop is going
to dispossess me from the sidewalk.
Say, this certainly is a nice bathroom.
I never lived in a hotel before.
I had a valet come up
and lay out your things.
- Thanks.
- Well, I'll go down and register for you.
If anyone calls, I'll be right back.
Hello?
Is this the "We Never Sleep"
collection agency?
Well, this is Leo Davis of Oswego.
No, I'm living here at the
Hotel White Way, Room 920.
Yeah, that's right.
Well, I got behind in my payments
on the typewriter,
and they turned it over
to you for collection.
Well, now, if you'll send a man over here,
I'll be only too glad to pay off the balance.
Come in.
Oh, that's quite all right.
Goodbye.
Oh...
Oh, I'm sorry.
I thought that this was Mr Miller's room.
It is. He'll be right back.
Are you an actress?
No. No, I'm the manager's secretary,
Miss Manny.
Well... What will I tell Mr Miller?
Why, nothing. I mean...
No, no, it's not important.
Excuse me,
what did you say your name was?
Manny, Hilda Manny.
I used to know somebody
called Manny up in Oswego.
- Oscar Manny?
- Yeah.
- He used to give me piano lessons.
- Why, he's my uncle.
You don't tell me. Well, what do you know?
- Well, won't you sit down?
- Thank you.
Would you care for a chocolate?
- I got them on the train.
- Thanks.
$1,200.
Gribble, I can't understand
what's going on here.
- You say Miller skipped?
- So I was given to understand, Mr Wagner.
- When did he skip?
- Well, I'm not sure.
I just want to know one thing, Gribble.
What in blazes goes on
inside that head of yours?
- Mr Wagner, I explained.
- The credit limit of this unit is $500.
Miller kept stringing me along from day
to day, showing me backers, telegrams.
I never expected him to skip.
Why, he's a crook, a deadbeat.
- Lf I catch him, I'll have him arrested.
- I'm sorry, Gribble.
I'll have to charge you with the
difference between the limit and the loss.
- That'll be exactly $700.
- Mr Wagner, I protest.
Gribble, I was sent here
to put this unit on its feet.
If I succeed,
there's a vice presidency waiting for me.
And I'm not going to let anybody
stand in my way!
I'm going up to Room 920
and find out for myself.
You know, I almost forgot what I came in
for, but maybe, since you wrote the show,
I could ask you instead of Mr Miller.
You see, it's... Well, it's about an actor.
- Someone you like?
- Oh, I think he's wonderful.
Oh, I see.
Well, he's a waiter in the hotel.
He was a big star in Russia,
in the Moscow Art Theatre.
The Moscow Art Theatre?
You know, he could play the father
in Hail and Farewell.
He's quite a middle-aged man,
and well, he's getting so discouraged.
Anything you can do for him would...
Gee, I just can't picture you
with a middle-aged man.
But I don't see...
No, no. It's nothing like that.
It's just a favour I'm doing him.
Oh, I see. Well...
Well, sure. I'd be glad to
hear him act anytime. Anytime.
Say, who knows?
I may be discovering a great actor.
Oh, you've made me so happy.
Well, I guess I'd really better be going now.
Thanks for everything,
and for the chocolates, too.
Maybe I can hear that Russian actor act now.
That is, I'd like to meet him
if you could be there, too.
Well, that's wonderful. Come on down.
Well, I'm keen.
I'll get him.
He can act for us on the mezzanine.
Swell.
I can't understand this, Gribble.
You said they checked in this Davis
without cleaning the room?
That's what the clerk said.
Gribble, the more I get into this thing,
the less I seem to know.
But there's one thing I'm sure of.
There's a screw loose in this hotel
somewhere, and I'm going to find it.
Mr Wagner, if you'd only give me a chance
to investigate...
Investigate?
You allow this chiseller to move in,
move in 22 other people.
22 people I can't even find!
And now...
- You're Mr Davis?
- Huh?
Mr Miller, perhaps?
No, wrong again.
Jumping butterballs!
Gribble, they've checked in another man.
- And that makes 23!
- There must be some mistake.
I'll say there is. Who's living here, anyway?
I'll take that.
I'll find out what's going on here.
Oh, boy! I had a tough time
getting him through the revolving door.
Don't talk to me.
What's that?
In the dining room?
I'll be right down.
Don't leave this room, Gribble.
- I have work to do.
- Mr Wagner...
There are 22 people
having dinner down there
and charging it all to Miller!
Jumping butterballs!
He's mad.
I thought Gordon was going to skip.
Well, he's not the skipper he used to be.
You see, we're expecting a backer,
so we had to change our plans.
Yes, and Wagner's charging me with $700
of Miller's bill.
Me, personally.
Kiss me, Joe.
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