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- Shopping.

Somebody should have warned me.

That kid is headed

for Antiques Anonymous.

Jimmy, meet Mike Nolan

and Rick Williams.

- Mike. Rick.

- Hello, Mr. Cagney.

Sarge, you ever go shopping

with a dame?

No, I usually go shopping for them.

Clever boy. I'll see you around.

RUTH:
Bye, Jimmy.

DORIS:
Bye, Jim.

- Say, Mr. Cagney?

- Yeah, son.

There's something I've wanted to ask.

- What is it?

- I've noticed in a lot of your pictures...

...before you're gonna hit a guy...

...you walk up

and you do something like this:

Oh, you mean... this?

Yeah, that's right.

Why do you do that?

That's simple.

No belt.

- So long, son.

- So long, Mr. Cagney.

Say, he's quite a guy, isn't he?

Hey, I forgot to give him

my autograph.

Sit down,

you're making the place look shabby.

Nell should be here any minute.

Yeah, if you don't mind,

I think I'll wait for her in the elevator.

Sit down, relax.

Well, I really didn't wanna meet her

like this.

Well, why didn't you say so?

He wants to meet her alone.

We can fix that.

We can wait in the next room.

- Come on.

- Sure.

Hey, Mike. Don't you leave me too.

What do you want me to stay here for?

I mean, after all, that's silly.

I don't even know the girl.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Where is everybody?

- In there.

- Oh.

I guess you don't remember me.

Should I?

Gosh, you sure look different.

Different from what?

From when you were a pompom girl.

- A pompom girl?

- Yeah, back in Youngstown High.

Oh!

You'll have to forgive me, corporal.

It was a long time ago.

So you're from Youngstown.

Yeah, I'm Rick Williams.

Yes?

My father was your dentist.

Oh, really?

Gee...

...your teeth sure turned out beautiful.

Thank you.

Dad still keeps your pictures

in his office.

Those before and after things?

Just to show

what a wonderful job braces can do.

How nice.

Yeah.

Well, it's been nice

seeing you again, corporal.

Well, how's your father?

He's fine.

Youngstown sure misses your family.

Why, you can't get a good malt

in the old town anymore.

That's too bad.

The fella that took over

your father's shop?

Well, he cut the ice cream down

to one scoop.

If you'll excuse me, corporal,

I have a few things to do.

- Goodbye.

- Bye.

Hi, Nell. I'm Rick's buddy.

If you're looking for Doris and Ruth,

they're getting gussied up.

Hey, you better hurry up.

We haven't got much time.

NELL:
Would somebody tell me

what this is all about?

Waiting for you made the boys late.

So we're driving them back

to Travis Air Base.

NELL:

But how can we?

- What about the premiere?

- We'll be back.

That's why we're dressing now

so we can go straight to the theater.

Suppose we have a flat tire

or something?

Kids, I can't be late. I've gotta tape

an interview with Louella Parsons.

Honey, Rick's going overseas tonight.

Maybe he didn't tell you.

But I don't even know him.

He didn't know me

until just a few minutes ago.

Doris and I guessed that an hour ago.

But he's been reading your publicity.

And besides,

his father was your dentist.

You two have a lot in common.

Here, climb into this.

MAN 1:
Travis tower to 95O4,

into left-hand traffic runway, 2-1 left.

Altimeter 3O1 O.

MAN 2 [O VER RADIO]:

9504, roger out.

MAN 3 [O VER RADIO]:

Travis tower 4682, turning base.

MAN 1:
Travis tower to 4682, base leg,

check turning final.

[HORN HONKING]

- What's the trouble, Collins?

- Movie stars, sir.

And I can't let them in.

What a pity.

Anything I can do?

We've driven all the way

from San Francisco.

Can't we see the boys take off?

Well, I think under the circumstances,

that can be arranged.

- Thanks.

- Gee, thank you, sir.

Collins...

...give the girls a visitor's pass.

- I'll be responsible.

- Yes, sir.

Thank you, Collins.

- Say, how about some autographs?

DORIS:
On the way out.

Thanks, captain.

Here I am in a convertible

with three beautiful babes.

I should do what any red-blooded

American boy would do in this spot.

What's that?

Go over the hill.

RICK:
We'll only be a minute.

- It's all right, don't hurry.

DORIS:
Well, at least we know

all about Youngstown.

- I had to talk about something.

- I've gotta give you credit, Nell.

For a gal who was roped into something,

you certainly carried the ball.

If I took his mind off going to war

even for a minute, I'm glad I came.

You really fixed things up this time.

Yeah, that's gratitude.

Movie stars out there to wave us

goodbye and you're beefing.

Yeah, but they think

we're flying off to war.

And so we are.

We're just not going all the way.

How am I gonna tell Nell

I'll be back in two days?

That all we do is fly back and forth

between here and Honolulu.

We might just as well be hostesses

for TWA.

Listen, buster, every quale in the world

is looking for a pet hero to adopt.

If you tell her,

you'll only make her unhappy.

So don't tell her.

Who knows?

You might even marry her.

Then she could send us an allotment.

Hey, buster,

you forgot your swimming trunks.

Well, this is it, girls.

They won't let you go any farther

but you can watch from over there.

MAN [O VER SPEAKERS]:

Your attention, please.

Alerting Military Air Transport

Flight 77.

All personnel,

report to passenger terminal...

... and stand by for call.

I guess that's our load.

Forty-eight hours from now...

...they'll be at the front.

Attention, transport control.

Passengers for Flight 30

now proceeding to aircraft.

In a picture once, I played a scene

where I told a soldier goodbye.

Now that it's real...

...I don't quite know what to say.

Well, I'll be back.

I'm sure you will.

Here's something I want you to wear

for good luck.

My mother gave it to my father

during the First World War.

I can't get it off.

Hurry it up, will you, Rick?

This is no time to twist the girl's arm.

Don't move.

I wanna remember you

just as you are now.

It's a picture I'll carry with me

wherever I go...

...and as long as I'm away.

Stop being corny, Mike.

You can kiss us goodbye.

- I can?

- Yeah.

One at a time or both together?

Oh, brother, this is...

MAN 1:
Are you Ruth Roman?

- Yeah, Ruth Roman, we're...

MAN 2:
Aren't you Doris Day?

MIKE:
Take it easy.

MAN 3:
Can I have your autograph?

MIKE:
Hey.

All right, come on, break it up,

will you?

All right. Come on.

Back to your barracks, then.

Attention. Get... Fellas.

Hey.

- Sergeant Nolan?

- Yes, sir.

- Your flight is making up.

- Yes. In a minute, sir.

You're late already. Get going.

Yes, sir.

RUTH:

Well, I think that's very funny.

Seems my prize package

has been discovered, colonel.

Proves you're a man of ideas,

chaplain.

And good ones.

Men. Men, your flight's making up.

I think you'd better shove off.

- Sorry.

DORIS:
Thank you.

- I'm sorry, bye.

- Bye-bye.

Good luck.

Oh, this is Colonel Callan,

our base commander.

- Miss Day.

- How do you do?

- Hello.

- Miss Roman.

- Nice to meet you.

- And Miss Wayne.

- How are you?

- Hello.

- We were sort of surrounded.

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