Sadie McKee Page #2

Look out, New York. Here we come.

And a cup of coffee.

Gee, that looks good.

I wonder how much it costs.

Forty cents. Up a dime since last week.

Tommy, look. Corned beef hash

and poached eggs for 30 cents.

Want it?

Two corned beef hashes. Coffee?

- How much is coffee?

- Five cents.

One coffee.

- I beg your pardon.

- Sure.

- We're strangers here.

- No!

We want to find a place to live

and we don't know where to look.

So you kids thought

you'd go to town, huh?

Well, you got a grip. You can go

to a hotel. Everything will be jake.

Well, we want to find rooms to rent

that don't cost much.

Oh, I got you.

Well, you're talking to an expert.

That's where I live.

Bathroom on every floor,

standing room only Saturday night.

- Well, I guess if it's good enough for you.

- It ain't good enough for me, not near!

Honeymoon?

- Well...

- In a way.

Oh, in a way, huh?

Well, New York will give you a chance

to try it out.

- Go ahead and eat. I'll wait for you.

- Thanks.

If you've lost your marriage certificate,

don't worry.

Very broad-minded, this landlady.

Mrs. Craney! Oh, Mrs. Craney!

Well, what do you want?

- Coming up with Romeo and Juliet.

Customers.

A couple of friends of mine from...

- Where?

- Richley, New York.

- Richley, New York. Mr. And Mrs...

- Wallace.

- Mrs. Craney.

- How do you do?

I don't allow dogs, cooking

or laundry in the bathtub.

Anything else you want to do is all right.

I'll be seeing you.

Right this way.

Now, this is one of my very nicest rooms,

and I could let you have it for $9 a week.

Well, you see,

it isn't exactly what we're looking for.

Well, of course, if you were able

to pay me a week at a time in advance,

I could do a little bit better by you.

- Could you leave us alone for a minute?

- Tommy, what's the use?

Well, I'm sure I don't see

what there is to talk about.

My deluxe room and I'm offering it

to you for $7 a week,

and $7 a week

is only 50 cents a day apiece.

And she certainly looks worth it to me.

Say, I've been thinking this over.

You know, it's late

and it's a tough night out,

and we don't know where to look.

But, Tommy, one room and one...

Well, you can sleep here tonight

and tomorrow night

everything'll be all right.

- But what about you tonight?

- I'll find someplace.

Well, it's all right, isn't it?

Sure, I guess I could go along with you

to see that you get along all right.

I can take care of myself.

I know that, but, darling,

you're just not very lucky.

Tommy, how much money have we got?

We gotta be practical, you know.

Let's see.

There's 10, 15, 16, 17...

$17.45.

Well, then, that's $7 here

and $2 for our marriage license,

$9...

That only leaves $8 to start life on.

Do you wish you were home safe

in Richley?

No, but I don't want to start in by making

things tougher than they have to be.

Tommy, don't.

We've got to tell the old lady

what we're gonna do.

If we don't call her in pretty soon,

we'll have to pay rent.

- I know what I'll do.

- What?

I'll sleep in the chair.

Yeah, and by daylight you'd hate me

because I was comfortable.

Well?

- Well?

- We can only pay $6, that's all.

$6? $6? 6...

Well, of course, in these times,

$6 is $6, isn't it?

- Good night, children.

- Good night.

Good luck.

Don't get worried.

I'm gonna sleep in the chair.

Yeah, you go to bed.

I'll sing you to sleep.

Good night.

- Good night, baby.

- Good night.

Who's that knocking at my door?

- I'm on my way, darling.

- What's your hurry?

Well, the man wants to give me a job

and he says call before 9:00.

J.P. Morgan wants to see me at 10:00, too.

Don't forget, city hall at 12:00.

Oh, we're gonna be married today, hurray

- Goodbye, darling.

- Goodbye.

Good morning.

I guess it's morning, all right,

but it's not much good.

You're just getting home?

You wouldn't call this dump home,

would you?

I'm surprised you speak to me

for bringing you here.

Still in love this morning?

Would you come to the city hall

at 12:
00 today?

- Bridesmaid?

- I don't know anybody else.

Sure, baby, sure.

I'm a sucker for fires and accidents.

Oh, gee, thanks.

Let me look at you.

Seems to me, I remember once being

just as silly as you look

about somebody or something.

Can't just remember.

- 12:
00.

- Thanks.

- Hello, bella. Just falling in?

- A hard night at the office.

All guys that sing in bathrooms

should be shot in cold blood.

Say, what did you do?

Wake up lonesome?

There you go, always belittling.

Listen, Dolly, with a voice like that,

he's sure to sit in his own lap.

Not what you want on those long, cold

sleeper jumps from Oregon and Montana.

- Why, I'm an artist, I'll have you know.

- You're telling me.

Remember that handsome bellboy

in Schenectady?

I suppose you took him to Buffalo

because he wanted to see Niagara Falls.

No, that was a couple of other fellows.

Excuse me, darling, but I've got

to be a bridesmaid again, and at 12:00.

Hey!

Go into your dance and make it soft-shoe!

I didn't know I was making

so much noise. I'm sorry.

Oh, don't apologize to me. I enjoyed it.

Who yelled at me, then?

Do I look as though I'd say

anything as rude as that?

No.

No, indeed.

- Were you waiting to get in here?

- Mmm-mmm.

I was waiting to get a look at you.

Want to see

if I look as bad as I sound, huh?

- No. I'm Dolly Merrick.

- Oh, yeah?

Well, I'm Tommy Wallace,

not that that cuts any ice.

Oh, there's no ice around here.

I got warm just listening to you.

Now, I'm not trying to flirt with you.

That's too bad.

I'm taking a chance you might want a job

as much as I want somebody like you

to fill one.

Job?

- I was just going out looking for one.

- You don't say.

Now, you'd have gone around New York

looking for me,

and I'd have just pounded my heels down

looking for somebody like you.

We might have missed each other.

Well, here we are.

Yep,

here we are.

Just where are we?

Well, I've been looking for a lad

to sing in my act.

- Act?

- I told you, I'm Dolly Merrick.

Say, listen, I just hit New York last night.

I've been working seven years

in a factory, on the level.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You wanna come in

and sing that chorus for me again?

- Want to get someone yelling at me again?

- Let me worry about that.

Relax, kid, relax.

You don't have to be Caruso's ghost.

Go ahead, nothing to it.

I'm rooting for you.

That's great.

I've got to take the 10:00 train

for Hartford.

- 10:
00?

- And I've got to take a man with me.

How would you like to go?

Watch the matinee

and try the evening performance.

- I gotta get married at 12:00.

- Well, you can't do both. That's a cinch.

- Too bad.

- You really mean...

You mean, you'd take me?

Listen, kid, what it takes, you've got,

for my money.

And how I need a job.

I guess that's out.

Who has the dough to get married on?

The girl?

No. No, she hasn't any money.

I got about 7 bucks.

Say, there ain't much sense to it, is there?

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