The Night They Raided Minsky's
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1968
- 99 min
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- Oh, sir?
- Professor Spats.
Is this the section of Manhattan
that is spoke of as the East Side?
The Lower East Side.
Is this then the National Wintergarden?
Oh! I pray God will not be spited
I'm so full of joy.
- God doesn't uphold with joy?
- Oh, no. With deprivation only.
Papa says...
Could I move inside?
I'd feel safer ever.
- Hey, Chick, did you take a bath today?
- Why, is there one missing?
When you were sitting there in the dark,
and you felt that man's hand on your knee,
then again on the top of your stocking,
why, why didn't you scream for help?
How did I know he was after my money?
- That was one of my father's jokes.
- What are you, one of your mother's?
Say, weren't you up before me
two weeks ago?
I don't know, Your Honor.
What time do you get up?
Hey, what's the matter with you?
You got no feeling?
I've been to Niagara Falls before.
And that is all to tell.
My name is Rachel Schpitendavel.
I come from Smoketown, Pennsylvania.
Our family's Amish,
my father's an elder in the church,
and I want to be dancer on the stage.
And so you ran away from home.
This morning.
All the way to New York on a train.
It was so early.
I sat by all the windows, 26 of them.
I'm alone in New York,
but I'm not frightened at all.
I'm not one bit frightened.
Nurse! Nurse! Two guys come in here
and the big guy had a gun!
Don't be silly, boy,
it's all in your imagination.
Now, you just lie right down.
And remember, if you should want
the doctor, just call for me!
What a charming personality.
Wouldn't you like to powder my back?
I pictured always how it would be,
but never did I dream
it could be so beautiful.
Later, I'll take you backstage
to meet Mr. Minsky.
But, Papa. Papa, you don't understand.
Burlesque is supposed to be a little frank.
It has to be,
because it makes fun of life.
But dirty? Papa, nobody in his right mind
can say that.
They say it.
Forty years in this country
and the entire relationship
between the police department
and the Minsky family
you could express in two sentences,
"Good morning, Mr. Policeman."
"How are you, Mr. Minsky?"
I like this relationship.
It didn't need improvements.
But, Papa,
this isn't exactly the police.
This is the New York Society
for the Suppression of Vice.
If it smells like an elephant,
if it looks like an elephant,
it's an elephant.
Papa, you don't understand!
- You want to order something?
- No, no, I'm not hungry.
Papa, the Society has this man,
Vance Fowler.
Night and day this lunatic, this moron,
hangs around the theater,
writing in a little notebook.
If he writes, he sees.
Where there's smoke, there's salmon.
Papa, Papa, that's not true, Papa.
I'll prove it to you.
Papa, for me, for me, for your son,
see the show today, Papa.
It's a wonderful show, Papa.
Your lease is up Monday.
I'm not renewing. That's final.
Papa, have a heart. You're turning
your own son out into the street.
Just because I wouldn't renew the lease
doesn't mean I wouldn't sell you
the building.
But, Papa, two-hundred thousand dollars!
A hundred and ninety.
For my son, I'll take back
a small second. Eat.
- Raymond, this is stupid.
- Come on.
- May I have your attention, please?
- Louder.
May I have your attention, please?
Announcing the presence in your midst
of America's number-one straight man,
top personality in burlesque,
the inimitable Raymond Paine!
Applause! Applause!
Thank you, friends, thank you!
And may I say your sincerity
is exceeded only by your vulgarity.
Hiya, Billy. Hello, Mr. Minsky.
Look, I pay you to be funny,
not nauseating. That was nauseating.
I'm sorry, Billy, but I just lost a bet.
Yeah. I beg him not to bet me.
He always loses.
- I do not!
- Of course you do.
- Look...
- All right, all right, never mind.
- Hand me that chair, will you?
- What chair?
That one. Hurry.
- There's no chair there.
- Of course there is. Don't be ridiculous.
Look, you say there's no chair there,
and I say there is.
Will you give me a buck if I'm wrong?
- You've got a bet!
- Okay, I'm wrong. See what I mean?
How many times did I tell you?
I don't like you coming across the street
in the middle of a performance.
Mr. Minsky, look,
we just finished "Crazy House"
and there's six and a half minutes to go
before "Two Gentlemen."
I don't care. Goodbye, goodbye!
I'm talking business with my father.
Yes, the renewal of the lease.
And I have come here to help you.
Some help.
Like a broken arm to a butcher!
Oh!
Very nicely put, "Oh!"
I wish I'd thought of that.
Trim Houlihan! My favorite patron!
Now, what would Minsky's Burlesque
be without you?
I ain't putting no money
into burlesque, Minsky.
Well, who said anything
about putting money...
I didn't say anything.
Did you hear me say...
Hey, the girls in the show,
they all good girls?
I mean, come on now,
they can't all be good girls.
Well, some yes and some no.
What do you say about 50 percent?
I mean, not more than half of them
can be good girls.
Look, Trim, I'm considering
taking in a full partner.
Now, you could buy in
for a measly two-hundred grand.
A hundred and ninety.
For you, your old man'll take back
a small second.
Besides, I ain't so sure
that burlesque is a good investment.
But Minsky's Burlesque is.
Look, Trim, would you invest in a swamp?
Would you? You wouldn't.
What if I called it Florida?
Hide your belly buttons,
it's the navel inspector!
Oh, is he here again?
Hey, I'm supposed to meet some
friends here,
I can't imagine what's keeping them.
- Scratch, how are you?
- Duffy, you old rascal.
Raymond Paine, how are you?
- Twenty years!
- Hooray! Good to see you.
Say, this is wonderful.
Together again, hey?
The old Deluxe Quartet.
- Hi, Spats.
- Hiya.
Rachel, this is Chick Williams.
Chick, this is Rachel...
- Schpitendavel.
- Yeah.
The most important thing in the world
is we're all together again.
I'm...
Hold it. There's somebody missing.
- You know who's missing? Chick Williams.
- Who?
Hey, Chick!
- I'm top banana here.
- That's what I used to be, top banana!
It's your cue.
They're waiting for you, Chick.
Look, I gotta go.
Can't take that long. Hey, Chick!
Chick Williams!
Where are you, you old limey?
Well, I'll tell you what, fellas.
I'll tell you what...
- Look, boys, he never looked better.
- Anything for a laugh, Chick?
- What were you doing back there?
- Oh, yes, sir, boys,
there's nothing more important
than friendship.
- Right!
- Right!
Camaraderie.
- You said it!
- You said it!
The most important thing in the world,
we're all together again.
The old Deluxe...
- Quartet!
- Quartet!
You can see it's a very efficient operation.
We make the scenery, sew the costumes...
Mr. Minsky. Mr. Minsky.
I am Vance Fowler, Secretary
to the New York Society for the...
Fowler, you're here more than I am.
Why do you always introduce yourself?
Believe me, you're unforgettable.
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