The Immigrant Page #2

Okay. I help you.

Five... six... seven...

eight...

Bruno!

- I'm going in the back.

- Hi, girlies!

Welcome.

Glad to see you here.

You look lovely.

Anyway, this is it, and the bar.

Come, I like you to

meet the owner.

Rosie?

Yeah?

Hello. This is Ewa.

Come in.

She has just arrived.

She's looking for some employment.

Perhaps a seamstress.

Hi. She's real beauty.

She should be dancing,

not sewing.

Excuse us a minute.

Thank you.

Rosie, please leave her to me.

I have a feeling about her.

She could be special.

Okay. I want to talk with you.

Times are changing.

We got to compete with the

moving pictures.

If we want to keep serving

the liquor

we got to clean up the girls.

They can't show so much.

Can we talk about this later?

I'll see you at dinner?

Yes, of course.

See you at the Ox Tail.

Thank you.

Hey Bruno,

say something.

Ladies...

I know some of you have

said, "Hello."

But I'd like to formally introduce

and welcome our new friend, Ewa.

Escaped the Great War back in Europe.

You are a very brave girl.

And I am a very lucky man...

to be surrounded by my family,

our little doves.

Rosie, words do not suffice.

Again, such a beautiful spread.

Thank you.

Let's all enjoy.

Hello, Rosie.

How is it all going?

Hello. Bruno.

These two nice men...

they're very good friend

of police commissioner.

Oh... How do you do,

Bruno Weiss.

A pleasure to meet you.

And you sir.

And I'm pretty sure they would like to

see our pageant with the girls. Yes?

Pageant, as long as it's decent.

You know, some places

they ain't decent.

Even though they may be

serving, say, liquor.

And with prohibition,

we can't have no problems.

We'll shut you down.

Yes. We do it right.

Please, sit down.

And you know, we have a lot

of new shows for the New Year.

Oh, a lot of singing

and magic.

Magic. Is that your

department, magic?

It can be.

Not thinking about bringing

Orlando back, are you?

No. Tomorrow I go to New

Jersey. And choose a lot of acts.

Well, you know I have

your best interest in mind.

Okay!

We got to have a prize

for our pageant. Yes?

Please put in the money.

Our guest will choose who is

the winner.

The best girl gets all the money.

I don't have any.

Then you can't join.

Sorry, those are the rules.

Belva, first.

She is so good.

And all in the right places.

There is Ilda.

She put on a few

pounds since last summer.

But I believe everybody

agrees, it's for the best.

Beautiful Tessla...

Good night, my darlings.

Good night, Bruno!

Good night, Bruno!

Thank you, Good night.

Oh, here we go.

You picked me, all me.

Look at this.

Dollars! Geeps.

You did very well, darling.

Thank you, I thought I

did better.

I want it.

We are just having a drink.

You don't care to join us?

No, thank you.

I used to dance on the

streets as a kid for money.

We would fasten tin to our shoes.

The things you do to survive.

Who is that?

My sister, my mother

and my father.

She's beautiful.

Her name is Magda.

Where are your parents now?

They are dead.

Do you mind me asking

what happened?

They were killed by soldiers.

They cut their head off

and they make us watch.

No, don't touch me. Don't touch me.

Shame on you.

Shame!

I don't need to force

myself on you!

You are a stranger to me.

And you come into my home,

I feed you, I take care of you!

And you steal from us?

You think I didn't see?

From the same

people who tried to help you?

I should beat you to death!

You are not being smart.

You could work fifty years sewing

and not make half of what you need!

Belva! Belva,

come in here!

Ewa has something she'd

like to say to you.

Something she would like

to give to you.

I stole money from you.

All right then. What do you say?

Yes, thank you.

You see?

We forgive each other.

It's all right. We understand.

You're desperate.

We've all been desperate.

But I can help you.

I want you at the theater

tomorrow morning

to rehearse. Do you understand?

The other ladies will

show you how.

Yes.

You will see that my

concern is for you.

Ladies, and gentlemen...

I, Bruno Weiss,

welcome you to...

Bandit's Roost!

Come, take a trip with me and

my doves...

as we take you round the globe

without leaving the comfort

of your chair. Behold!

All the women of the world...

laid out before you,

for your viewing pleasure.

Each one a mistress of

the art of love in her own domain.

Straight from Zigfeld's Theater.

Meet the Lady of Spain!

Sample her spicy paella, Seniores!

Muy caliente!

There is Little Egypt!

All the mysteries of the great pyramid

will be reveled before your very eyes

by this modern day Cleopatra!

Or is it Miss Japan that

catches your fancy?

This Geisha girl has come from the

orient to tantalize the senses...

and sooth the white man's soul.

Find out how this Cossack of love

brought Napoleon to his knees

and made the

Kremlin quake with desire!

And there's Gypsy.

Oh Gypsy,

that turns boys into men!

And men back to boys.

Well gentlemen, we have

toured the world.

And now they're all yours,

right back here in America.

Lady Liberty!

Opens her arms to you.

And welcomes you to her

bosom of America.

That's a real beauty up there!

And now...

And now...

Get her ready.

And now...

Thank you, thank you, thank you so.

And stay right there, gentleman.

The big show is yet to come.

But first Please enjoy the dancing

talents of Henry the Hoofer!

Ewa, so you've got the

big show coming.

Drink this. It is

absinthe, it makes it easier.

Back on in two minutes ladies!

Just a little.

It looks like she drink

too much bar juice.

Well, she's a dumb Dora.

So what do you expect?

Of course she's going

to drink all the bar juice.

I feel bad for her.

Why do you feel bad.

Bruno can't take his eyes off of her.

Next thing you know, he

will be treating her like a princess.

What a production!

Young lady,

you were mesmerizing.

What?

Are you drunk?

Mister Weiss? Good evening.

My name is Oskar Straub.

Hello. Mister Straub,

the garment maker from

uptown, how do you do.

I was very impressed

with your show.

Thank you. I'm just

obliged for your high regard.

I have a problem.

Leo! This is my son, Leo.

Hello.

He needs care.

He's not manly.

I see.

We can definitely be of service.

Is there anything in

particular you like.

We can also provide

your son with a male companion.

No, no.

She's new.

She hasn't even shown herself.

I hate to disappoint.

She's strictly a dancer.

Half now, half later.

Please, we must be discreet.

I'll speak to you in a

moment, yes?

Why don't you go home now.

You don't have to do

the second show.

Hello?

Hello, ma'am.

Ewa, this is Leo.

A nice young man.

Come, sit down

and you both get to know

each other a little.

I'll just be outside.

I'm not...

My father wants me to do this.

No, no...

No...

She doesn't want to do it.

Young man, she's pure.

Do you understand?

We'll be a moment.

I don't want you to do this either.

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