Rose of Washington Square Page #4

# A sun-kissed miss said

Don't be late #

# That's why I can hardly wait #

# Open up that Golden Gate #

# California, here I come #

# California

here I come #

# Right back where

I started from #

# Where bowers of flowers

bloom in the spring #

# Each morning at dawning

birdies sing and everything #

# A sun-kissed miss said

Don't be late #

# That's why I can hardly wait #

# Open up that Golden Gate #

# California, here I come #

- Hey! Hey, Cotter!

- Mr. Cotter to you, you dope!

Mr. Dope to you, you Cotter.

- What do you do for a living outside of

annoying people? - I sell insurance.

Oh, a natural-born heckler.

Yeah, and after watching your act...

my advice to you is to save your money.

Why don't you try

one of our annuities?

One of your annuities?

What good are they?

What good are they? Don't you know

Napoleon has one of our annuities?

- Napoleon?

- Yes, Napoleon.

- But Napoleon is dead.

- He may be dead, but he ain't broke.

Uh, where's

Mr. Cotter's dressing room?

- First door to the left.

- Honey, will you wait?

Yeah.

- Will you tell Mr. Cotter-

- Rosie, dear!

- Oh, Ted, I'm so glad.

- You honey.

Okay, Frank.

Let me look at you, Rosie.

Honestly, you look like

a million bucks.

- Same old Ted, huh?

- Only one thing wrong with tonight.

- I wish you were up there with me.

- Aw, you don't need anybody.

- I don't, eh?

- Mm-mmm.

- Besides, I'm doing pretty good now.

- Production?

No, I'm working

in a speak over on 50th.

- East Side.

- East Side?

- Uh-huh.

- Okay. Rose...

do you still-

Say, you must be doing pretty good.

Where'd you get the rock?

- Bart gave it to me. He's working now.

- "Working. "

You've got him all wrong, Ted.

He's changed.

He's strictly on the level.

Honest, he is.

So he's changed.

So what?

Oh, now, cut it out, Ted.

You know what I mean.

We've been friends too long.

I don't want things to be like this.

It makes me unhappy.

- That's why I came here- to see if we

could make up. - What do you want me to do?

Shake hands, maybe.

That's all.

Okay, honey.

You won't be sorry.

I know you won't.

- You don't wanna get Lefty sore at you,

you know. - Lefty'll get his dough.

- He knows that, but when?

- Now, listen, Toby.

I've got me a job,

and I'm level and honest, see?

Now, Lefty knows that.

Well, why won't he give me a break?

Why won't he let it ride a month or so

until I can square it?

- After all, it's only a couple of

thousand bucks. - It's 2,500.

So it's 2,500.

So what's 2,500 to Lefty?

It ain't how much.

It's the principle of the thing.

When Lefty digs up a proposition and puts you on

it, he wants all the sugar, not just some of it.

Lefty don't like anybody to knock

anything down on him, that's all.

But I just borrowed it,

I tell you.

Well, then you better

just borrow it back.

But soon if you know

what's good for you.

- I can't right now, Toby. I'm flat,

I tell you. - You ain't so flat.

You bought a ring last night from Moe.

You paid 800 down on it.

Well, that was for my gal.

We're engaged.

Yeah? What about that swell joint

you're living in- the Marlborough?

You can't run one of them penthouses

in the Marlborough on hay, you know.

That's not my apartment.

It belongs to some friends of mine.

- They're letting me use it while they're

abroad. - I'm not gonna argue with you.

I'm just telling you what Lefty said.

Let me give you a tip, Clinton.

You can save yourself a lot of trouble by

just kicking in with that dough right away.

Say, uh, tomorrow night

at the latest.

Good hunting.

Quiet, please. Quiet.

Ladies and gentlemen...

I give you the biggest sensation

Broadway has ever known...

Ted Cotter.

- Congratulations, Ted.

- Terrific, Ted.

Thank you. Thank you.

Boys and girls...

Woolcott's notice won't be out till 5:00.

So until then,

I think we've got a hit.

Now, most you folks already know me,

so there's no use...

trying to tell you a great big lie

how the newest star on Broadway...

Ted Cotter,

won his letter.

But there's one angle

I would like to tell.

No man ever really got

anywhere alone.

If you look close enough, you'll always

find a woman mixed up in it somewhere.

Maybe it's his mammy.

Then maybe again, it's Sophie Tucker.

But, believe me, one dame or another

had something to do with it.

Now, in my case,

I had a partner.

And for reasons youse mugs

wouldn't understand...

she passed up the chance we got

to get in on the big time.

Some guy.

But she's here tonight...

and I'm gonna ask her

to sing for us.

The only girl on Broadway

who'd rather listen to her own heart...

than her own voice-

Miss Rose Sargent.

But I'm in the show, I tell ya.

I'm the drunk in the box.

Listen, Jack, if there's anything

they don't need here tonight...

it's a drunk in or out of a box.

Now, beat it, please.

Go ahead, will you, please. Go on.

It won't be long, honey, before you'll

be facing that way when you sing...

and not an empty seat in the house.

"I Never Knew. "

Fill that up again, cowboy.

# I never knew #

# Heaven could speak #

# But now I do #

# I learned it through #

# A conversation with you #

# I never knew heaven could dance #

# But now I do #

# With every step #

# Another little dream

comes true #

# I always thought heaven

was somewhere #

# Way up high in the sky

up above #

# I never thought heaven

was someone like you #

#For me to love #

# I never knew heaven could hold #

# Such tender charms #

# I never knew heaven could be #

# Here in my #

# Arms #

That girl is good.

- You bet your life she's good.

- You're with her, aren't you?

- Yeah, she came here with me, yes.

- That's what I thought.

Tell me, how's she fixed

for representation?

- For what?

- I'm an agent. Harry Long.

- Oh, yes. - I was wondering

if she's tied up with anybody.

I mean, I'd like to handle her.

#Oh, but now I do #

- As a matter of fact, she's under

contract to me. - Oh, I see.

Well, are you interested

in making a deal for her?

- I don't get you.

- Could you come with me for a minute?

#I never thought heaven

was someone like you #

# For me to love #

# I never knew heaven could hold #

# Such tender charms #

# I never knew heaven could be #

# Here in my #

# Arms #

Ahh. There.

Let's go.

- Now, listen, fella.

- Out of my way, slave.

Ted, will you wait here?

All right. Get him.

- See that baby? That's Ziegfeld stuff.

- You're telling me.

And you, you thief-You could

have had her on contract ages ago...

- if you hadn't been such a wiseneimer.

- Well, better late than never.

- Some champagne, please.

- Hey, what do you mean?

That I just closed a deal to handle her,

that's all, with Clinton.

- Clinton?

- For $2,500.

Duck, will ya?

I wanna see him alone.

I'm sorry about that.

- Forget it. Congratulations.

- Thanks.

- What are you doing for lunch tomorrow?

- Well, with you, if you say so.

I'll pick you up.

Where do you live?

- Marlborough. 22-B.

- Marlborough.

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