The Eddy Duchin Story Page #4

Ladies and gentlemen,

it's time to say good night.

This is Eddy Duchin signing off from the

Central Park Casino in New York City...

and wishing you all

a merry, merry Christmas.

And, Marjorie,

I'll be right there, darling.

Merry Christmas!

Congratulations.

- Mr. Duchin, we heard your broadcast.

- It was wonderful.

Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

- I'd like to speak to you a moment.

It's not true.

Eddy, you scared me.

I heard the radio.

Did you see the baby?

Of course.

I called him a monkey before...

but he's really a little kewpie doll,

you know.

Of course.

You talk now.

I'm a little tired tonight.

No. I have to tell you

something funny.

I was thinking that,

from now on...

we'll hang three stockings.

You know, not having

any brothers or sisters...

Christmas was always

a lonely time for me.

Merry Christmas, Mrs. D.

From Peter Duchin and his father.

You know, Santa Claus...

I think you're really

in love with me.

I want to go home.

When can I go home?

Soon.

Very soon.

I'm so good for you.

Always have been.

So very good for me.

The girl that gave me

a hand at the start...

who sat beside me

on the piano bench...

nursed the bruises

and kissed away the hurt...

and taught me all

the things I had to learn.

And it'll be like that always.

You can count on me.

Count on your Marjorie.

Where's your hand?

Here.

I'll always take care of you.

Peter too.

Eddy Duchin's special angel's

with us all the time...

and don't you forget it.

Day and night-

he never sleeps, that angel.

Full of lovingkindness.

For all of us.

- What's that sound?

- Nothing.

- But it sounds like the wind.

- No, there's no wind tonight.

- I'm afraid of the wind!

- Darling, there's no wind.

Easy, now. Easy.

It's all right, darling.

It's all right.

You know...

everything's ready for you at home.

The-

The extra room looks kind of strange

with a bassinet.

But it isn't an extra room anymore,

it's Peter's room.

And the carriage is all

bought and waiting...

and it won't be any time at all...

before we'll be...

taking him for walks

together in the park...

all the places that

we used to go and know.

And we'll take him to all

the special places that we used to know.

You'll give him-

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

New York won't be the same

without you, Eddy.

I won't miss it.

It won't miss me.

Don't worry about him, Mr. Wadsworth.

This tour'll do him good.

I think he'll enjoy South America.

New audiences.

New surroundings, gay and painless.

And he may get some

sleep down there.

Are you leaving, Uncle Sherm?

Eddy, about the baby, about Peter-

you haven't seen him for several weeks.

Edith wondered if you weren't going

to drop in before sailing time.

He's just a baby.

He won't know I was saying good-bye.

- I see.

- I know, in Edith's hands...

he'll be getting wonderful care.

I'm deeply grateful to you both

for looking after him.

- There's no need-

- Marjorie would've wanted it that way.

Till we meet again.

Well, Lou-

Seems like the end of an era.

Maybe it is, Eddy.

Maybe it is.

What is snow-

cold or warm when you're under it

for the first time?

Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Have you given up sleeping?

I've been working.

They got a thing now

called the eight-hour day.

There's an eight-hour night too.

- There's nothing here from Boston.

- There's one from Sherman Wadsworth.

- Hotel rooms, hotel rooms.

- What's the matter with them?

After five years on tour,

I think I've had them. Haven't you?

Hey, they're tearing down the casino.

That reminds me. I got a wire

yesterday from the Waldorf.

They want us very much,

right after New Orleans.

- I think we ought to take it.

- They're making a playground out of it.

Have you been listening to me?

This is the third letter I've had

in two months from Sherman Wadsworth.

He's kind of worried.

So are your mother and father.

- About what?

- About you. About your son.

You've never seen him, you know.

Look, I've told you before that...

I talk to Edith on the telephone,

and the kid's all right.

So don't worry about him.

Sherm may be going overseas

for the government.

He has a feeling

we're gonna get in this war.

Why is it every time I bring up

the subject of your son you change it?

- I just wanna go back to work.

- You can't run away from your own boy.

I'm not!

Now just leave me alone, will you?

I respect your grief,

but I'm not going to stand by...

and watch you punishing yourself

and punishing that boy.

- Who's punishing myself?

- You think you killed your wife.

Shut up!

I'm not gonna listen to this!

You think that if Marjorie hadn't

had your child, she'd have lived.

- I don't!

- You do!

For God's sake,

will you leave me alone?

I haven't been to New York

in five years.

- There's nothing left there.

- You've got a boy growing up there.

- You've got to see him.

- He's better off as he is.

- You can't reject your own son.

- He's happy!

How do you know?

Wait a minute!

For five years, you've been

running away from the truth.

Marjorie's dead.

Just don't bury the boy with her.

Please, don't you under-

That's all the Wadsworths care about.

They brought him up, yes.

Really, they brought him up...

but they want him to know you,

his father.

Just give it a try, won't you?

If a war comes,

it may be your last chance, so-

We've got four days

between here and New Orleans.

All right.

Peter, this is your father.

- Hello, Peter.

- How do you do, sir?

You two are going

to have a wonderful day together.

What are your plans?

Well, I thought we'd just

make it up as we go along.

- That okay with you, Peter?

- Yes, sir.

Well, shall we go?

Good-bye, Edith.

- Bye, Aunt Edith.

- Have fun.

What about some ice cream?

Really not?

Well, what about a pony ride?

Well, what do you usually do

when you come to the park?

Oh,just fool around.

Just fool around.

Look at the seals.

Look. They're going swimming.

You know, that reminds me.

Out in San Francisco, near the ocean...

there's a big rock full

of hundreds of really wild seals.

Not tame ones like these.

They're sea lions, not seals.

Hi, Peter.

Uncle Sherman!

It's been fun having

your father here, hasn't it?

I guess I won't see you again

before you go overseas, Sherm.

- You'll be in Europe soon, won't you?

- Yes.

- It's not a job I relish.

- He thinks it means another world war.

I know.

- I'll keep in touch.

- Write.

- Good-bye, Peter.

- Good-bye, sir.

Thank you very much.

I had a very nice time.

You're welcome, Peter.

So did I.

Thanks for the balloon.

Fire two.

Fire center.

Fire four.

Oil slick to port.

Well, we made it.

Attack successful.

Break off the attack.

- You sent for me, sir?

- Yes, Eddy.

Come in.

How are things going?

Rough, George. Rough.

They'll get rougher

the closer we get toJapan.

- Sit down.

- Thank you.

We're putting in to Mindanao

for repairs.

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