Rose of Washington Square Page #6

- If you'll just let me tell you-

- Holy Moses, Bart.

Do you realize what

I come back from Europe to?

A couple of guys suing me,

and my furniture gone.

Fifteen thousand smackers'

worth of good furniture gone.

- But look, if you'll just-

- What kind of a way is that to behave?

- Selling a mars furniture? - But will

you let me explain? I was in a jam.

You in a jam? What about me?

What am I doing, sitting pretty?

- But it was serious, I tell you. - Well, if you

don't think this is serious, you're crazy.

Because you're still in a jam,

brother, believe you me.

Now look, cowboy,

if you'll just give me a little time I can-

The judge'll take care of that.

- Judge? - Yes. That's who

you're going to tell it to...

if I haven't got that 15,000 smackers

in my hand by tonight-

- And cash.

- Tonight?

Tonight. I've got a lawyer.

I know exactly what I can do.

And either I get that money tonight...

or tomorrow the papers will be full

of "Follies Star's Husband Goes to Jail...

- for Stealing a Mars Furniture. "

- You do that, you-

Keep back. Keep back.

I've got a gun in this pocket...

and I'm scared to death, so keep back.

Giddap, horse!

Take it or leave it, Mr. Smart Guy.

Either get me my dough,

or tell your wife to watch the papers.

- Bart, what is it?

- Nothing. Nothing, I told you.

- Go on to bed.

- Oh, but darling-

Will you leave me alone?

Keep out of things that don't concern you.

I'm sorry, honey.

It's all right.

I was just upset about a little

business matter, but it's not important.

Nothing's important but us.

You remember. Just us.

I tell you, Toby, this is the worst jam

I've ever been in in my life.

You don't realize

how important this is.

It doesn't matter

so much to me, but it's Rose.

That guy's not kidding.

He's going to court.

And if he does,

the newspapers'll murder her.

A Follies star's meat to those babies.

Don't you see?

I tell you, Toby,

you've got to let me see Lefty.

He's got to lend me some dough.

I- I'll pay it back.

I'll do anything he says,

but he's got to help me out.

I can't let this guy

crucify Rose like that.

I'll see what he says.

- And that's all I know.

- Aw, that's nothin', kid.

The guy probably got tied up somewhere

and couldn't make it, that's all.

Oh, I know, but I'm scared.

Ted, I'm scared.

He hasn't been out of line, has he?

I don't think so.

He says not.

Aw, Ted, he's been working hard.

I know he has.

But then, he doesn't tell me everything.

Oh, he's all right.

You're just borrowing trouble, that's all.

Yeah?

Yeah, she's here.

Take him.

- Bart.

- Hello, Rose.

I'm sorry, honey, but listen.

I'll meet you about 1:30

at the Far East Cafe.

Bart?

Bart.

- He hung up.

- So he hung up. So what?

So he's in a hurry.

- We're newspapermen, Miss Sargent.

- Can you give us a statement-

Just a minute, fellas.

What's the big idea?

- Do you mean to say you haven't seen

this early edition? - What happened?

Oh, Ted.

Your Honor, all the evidence

in this case...

proves these men to be guilty.

I ask you to take a look at them.

They're all desperate criminals.

With the exception of Clinton,

they all have long police records.

So until the State is ready to go to trial.

- I ask that they be held in the

highest possible bail. - But, Your Honor-

I am in perfect agreement with

the district attorney, gentlemen.

I set bail at $50,000

for each of these defendants.

- Take these men out.

- Yes, sir. Come on, get going.

Bart. Bart-

All right, let's go.

- That's Rose Sargent,

the Follies star. - Sit down, honey.

That's Bart Clinton, her husband.

- That's Rose Sargent.

- So what?

I'll be back in a minute.

Your Honor, who do I see

about putting up bail for Clinton?

You see, I had to have money-

Had to have it, or else.

So I went to see Lefty.

I didn't know anybody else that

might have that much money to lend me.

So he said yes.

He said yes, if I'd help him out

with this job.

But I had to do it.

What else could I do, honey?

I had to have the money.

Oh, Rose, I tried. Honest I did.

- I tried to keep out of it.

- Yes, I know.

And I still love you.

Don't you understand?

Then do me a favor, will you?

Leave. Go away.

Go away someplace before

I ruin your life as well as my own.

No. It's you and me.

Out of everybody in the world.

Us.

We'll get out of it all right.

We'll make them understand

just how it was.

But how could I stand it, Rose?

Be years and years.

Stone walls-

Iron doors for years.

I'd rather be dead.

Papers! State ready for Clinton Trial.

District Attorney to ask maximum

for Follies star's husband.

- Read all about it!

- What do they want from me?

They're driving me crazy, I tell you-

Everybody staring at me.

Fat, slobbery faces

everywhere I turn.

Dumb reporters-

"Do you still love him, Miss Sargent?"

Why, of course I love him.

Why shouldn't I love him?

What am I supposed to do, ditch him

because he's in trouble?

Now, take it easy, honey.

Nobody's saying you shouldn't love him.

What did I do? All I'm saying

is that we have a great new song-

A song Miss Sargent could sing

like nobody else in the world.

Mr Ziegfeld likes it.

Mr. Cotter likes it.

Oh, that's just what I mean.

Here I am, listening to

something about a new song.

I ought not to be

in the show at all.

Where I ought to be is with him-

All the time.

Aw, Ted, you know what I mean.

He's so miserable,

so unhappy.

Ted, you know him. You know how

licked he is. He won't ever go out.

He-He just sits at home and smokes

and stares at the floor.

Ted, I'll go crazy.

I can't stand it.

If they take him to Sing Sing,

I'll go out of my mind.

- I know I will, Ted. I know it.

- Now, now.

Duck.

- Come on, duck.

- What do you mean, duck?

- I'm this kid's manager. I want

to talk to her. - I'll handle it.

- Who's your pal, honey?

- Ted is.

Has he ever given you

a wrong steer?

- Never.

- Then listen to him.

Cut out all this talk about quitting.

Forget it.

You worked your way up to the top, and

you're gonna stay there, you understand?

- But Ted, listen-

- I know, I know.

I know all about it, so drop it.

- Now about the song-

- Go on.

- In the second place-

- What's the first place?

I'm giving you

the second place first.

You love Bart, don't you?

Hot or cold, rain or shine,

he's still the guy, right?

But now and then he gets

a little out of line.

He forgets to touch

all the bases, right?

Right.

But I can't help it, Ted.

Oh, I know

it doesn't make sense...

but with me it's like fever.

And how are you going to argue

yourself out of being sick?

But that's the way it is, isn't it?

- Yes, that's the way it is.

- Then tell it to him.

Tell everybody with this song.

Get up on the stage and say,

"Listen, world...

"I love this guy

from here to breakfast.

"You want to make

something out of it?

"He's tricky?

So all right, he's tricky.

"He's hurt me? So all right,

he's hurt me, and still so what?

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