The Marrying Man Page #6

Ow!

Charley, I didn't know

it was gonna be her.

- I gotta get outta here.

- And miss Tony's opening?

- He'll never forgive you.

- If Lew Horner finds out that

she and I are in the same club...

he's gonna call

the whole thing off.

- Call what off?

- That's it! I knew it.

- You and Adele are getting married.

- Not unless I beat it now!

Tell Tony I got sick.

- What's wrong with him?

- Slight heart attack.

You just have to

Touch my cup

You're my sugar

It's sweet

When you stir it up

When I'm taking sips

from your tasty lips

Seems the honey fairly drips

You're confection

Goodness knows

Honey... suckle rose

Mmm-yeah.

Good. She's very good.

There wasn't a window,

so I decided to use the door.

So how are you?

I'm okay.

I see you didn't

have any trouble...

getting back on your feet.

I really shouldn't be here

talking to you.

It usually gets us in trouble.

Oh, God.!

I'm so clumsy.!

Let me help you with that.

I guess I shouldn't

tell you this either...

but I'm supposed to be...

getting married...

on Tuesday.

Well!

Good for Adele.

She hung in there.

Yeah.

So how 'bout you?

- Charley...

- I mean, are you seeing anybody?

I've only been

annulled two weeks.

What's the rush?

Yeah.

Tony's gonna kill me

if I don't see the show.

Your life is always

being threatened...

isn't it, Charley?

I really gotta go.

I just wanted to drop by

and say hello.

The real reason

I came by was to see...

if I could be around you

and still want to get married.

I guess I'm reasonably safe.

Well, you know how I like

to see you happy, Charley.

Well...

bye.

- I was just thinking...

- I was just thinking...

Me, too. What?

If you weren't going

to be too long...

maybe I could...

give you a ride home.

I have a car.

Mine's bigger.

You... you're

driving me crazy

What did I do

baby, whatever did I do

My tears for you

They make everything hazy

Clouds in the sky

that usedto be blue

How true

Were the friends

who were near me to cheer me

Believe me they knew

but you

Were the kind

who wouldhurt me

Desert me when I needed you

Yeah, you baby, you

You're driving me crazy

What did I do did I do to you

How true

Were the friends

who were near me to cheer me

Believe me they knew

but you

Were the kind

who would hurt me

Desert me when I needed you

Yeah, you,

yeah, yeah, yeah, you

You're driving me crazy

What did I do

Tell me what did I do to you

Please what did I do

To you

Tony!

Oh, Jesus.

That just cost me

a half-a-million bucks.

No, mister.

That... was just

for old-time's sake.

I don't think so.

You know it and I know it.

It's gonna be like this

for the rest of our lives.

When you walked away

from me that day...

flat as a penny,

without a red cent...

I couldn't believe it.

I said to myself...

"If I had a woman like that...

I would want to spend

the rest of my life with her."

Charley...

do you really love me?

I mean, really love me?

'Cause when you walked out

of my dressing room...

and I thought you were

never coming back...

I wanted to die.

I do love you, baby.

I have never been this happy...

in my entire,

spoiled, rotten life.

It was a beautiful wedding,

even better than the first.

Better entertainment.

I was the best man.

I did 40 minutes

ofboffo material.

It was beautiful, not to brag.

Tony sang a song that Sammy

wrote for the occasion called...

"The girl that I marry,

then married."

The other girls, being single,

naturally cried at the wedding.

Somewhere else in Hollywood...

someone was crying

more than anybody.

He's dead!

The man is dead.

I'll get pictures of him dead.

You can pin 'em on your wall

and throw darts at them.

Last time, he tells us,

he got married at gunpoint.

What did they have this time?

A cannon?

Mr. Pearl?

We're almost done packing.

I'll call you to pick up the bags.

We got a going-away

gift for you...

from a friend.

Wait a minute, fellas.

If he can pay you,

I'll pay you double.

He already paid us double.

Charley?

Aaah!

Aaah!

Daddy, don't kill him.

Maybe he'll change

his mind again.

What the hell did he see

in you in the first place?

Where are we goin', fellas?

Charley, Charley!

Charley?

Charley?

I'm sorry about

the honeymoon, Vicki.

Huh?

I said, "I'm sorry

about the honeymoon."

Oh, that's okay, honey.

This is the second time

you haven't had one.

What did you say?

I can't hear you.

- Excuse me.

- Oh! Oh, they're beautiful.

What is this?

Flowers from the

Culver City Boys' Orphanage.

Oh, Jesus.

Tomorrow morning

at 8:
00...

I start to take

swimming lessons.

I lose Esther Williams at the end

of the picture, but what the hell?

Original score

by Frank Loesser...

- additional songs by Sammy Fine.

- That's great, Sam.

- It gets greater.

- Me...

Fred Astaire

and Rita Hayworth in one picture.

- Co-Starring?

- Better, I play a funny taxi driver.

I got one dynamite scene...

and let Fred and Rita

carry the heavy plot. I'm no dope.

- Terrific, fellas.

- Let's not forget George.

Cincinnati's won

four games in a row!

And Charley's got Vicki.

Everyone finishes in the money!

I gotta call Vicki.

She had an audition at Paramount.

I wanna see how she made out.

I could tell him.

Nobody's hiring wives of Charley Pearl.

The irony is,

if he'd married Adele...

- Vicki would be working today.

- Tell him.

He loves stories about irony.

Charley?

Charley, guess what?

They want to test me

at Monogram Pictures.

It's not a werewolf picture.

It's a really big musical!

Oh, oh!

I've got to learn

two songs by Wednesday.

I've got to take some

really fast dancing lessons.

Charley, if I could just

show them what I can do.

What's wrong?

I'm leaving for Boston

in two hours.

My father had a stroke.

They don't think he's

gonna last out the week.

Charley.

Oh, honey, I'm sorry.

I never thought

about him dying.

He didn't seem the type,

you know what I mean?

Did you talk to him?

No, not really.

He's on oxygen.

Just a couple of words.

What did he say?

He said he wants to meet you!

He said he's not going anywhere

'til he meets his daughter.

Even after everything

he's read about me?

Especially.

I'll tell him

that you wanted to go.

I'm going with you.

I'll start packing.

I'll call Monogram.

They'll postpone the test.

No, it doesn't matter.

There were ten other girls.

It was a long shot anyway.

I'll make it up to you.

I swear.

Hey, I'm just glad

he wants to meet me.

When they got to Boston...

Charley's father was in a coma.

Well, they watched and waited...

and waited and watched

for five solid days...

just for the old man

to meet Vicki.

Honey, is it okay

if I go to the bathroom?

Yeah, sure.

I'll be right back.

Where... is she?

- Where is she!

- Vicki!

- Where is she?

- Vicki, hurry up!

What?

What?

You missed him.

So Charley lost his father...

and Vicki lost the part

at Monogram.

The girl who got it?

Bugsy Siegel's new girl...

the one he dumped Vicki for.

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