This Time for Keeps Page #6

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I had to get things cleared up first.

Everything happened so fast.

I supposed Nora rushed you.

No. No, of course not.

But if l`d only had a few more hours, l--

Ferdi, I got to find Nora. Where is she?.

She`s where you`ll never find her.

Did she go to Mackinac?.

Why don`t you go and see

and take your long underwear?.

Ferdi, tell me where I can find her.

-What right have you to decide for Nora?.

-None, but I am deciding for her.

You can`t do this to me.

I was okayed by Grandma.

She can make a mistake too.

[PlANO PLAYlNG]

FERDl [SlNGlNG] :

I was sitting at my piano

The other day

But my mind was ill at ease

They were coming to take it away

that afternoon.

[WOMEN LAUGHlNG]

I was all by myself

In a mellow mood

Improvising symphonies

My right hand

was playing Mozart`s minuet.

And at the same time, my left hand

was playing the "" Habanera"" from Carmen.

And at the same time, my mouth

was whistling the sextet from Luigini`s.

And while all this was going on...

...what do you think my foot was doing?.

While keeping time,

it was cracking walnuts.

Why?.

You see, I had to eat too.

Then in the midst of my soliloquy,

a strange feeling came over me.

My right hand stopped playing.

My left hand stopped playing.

My mouth stopped whistling

and my foot stopped cracking the walnuts.

Why?. Because, ladies and gentlemen,

I found it.

I found it.

The lost chord.

That`s it, the lost chord.

So let`s celebrate

I`m feeling great

I`m the guy that found the lost chord

It hasn`t changed.

I`ll have my name in the hall of fame

Because I just went and found

That lost chord

Ladies and gentlemen, how I struggled.

I worked my brain to the bone.

First, I put an A-flat with a B-minor.

I put a B-minor with an F-major.

Then I put a F-major with a B-minor.

I tried an A and a B and a B and the G

and the G and the E.

The B and the D and the G

and the D and the G and the B--

What kind of a piano is this?.

No apostrophes.

So let`s celebrate

I`m feeling great

I`m the guy that found the lost chord

You know, it wasn`t easy

finding that lost chord.

Working in my attic,

I didn`t sleep for days and days.

I would have been in terrible shape

if I hadn`t have slept nights.

People said I was mad.

But that didn`t discourage me,

they said Mozart was mad.

They said Puccini was mad.

They said Louis was mad.

Who`s Louis?.

My uncle. He was mad.

Soon my efforts bore fruit and I found it.

The lost chord.

Music lovers.

Do you realize what you`re hearing?.

I`ll play it again.

What happened?. That`s not the chord.

Neither is that.

Neither is that. Neither is that.

I lost a chord. A ""catastro-stroph.""

Lock the doors.

Nobody leaves the place until I find it.

It`s not here.

It`s not here.

He`s crazy.

It`s not here.

It`s not here.

It`s not here.

Ladies and gentlemen, l`m gonna sit

on the keyboard of this piano...

...until the chord is returned.

That`s it.

The lost chord.

Very strange.

I usually play by ear.

So let`s celebrate

I`m feeling great

Because I`m the guy

That found the lost chord

All right, girls, back to work.

Places.

What are you doing here?.

I am seeking a young woman

who calls herself Leonora Cambaretti.

What do you mean calls herself?.

She is Leonora Cambaretti.

Excuse my English, please.

Well, watch it.

Anyway, Miss Cambaretti isn`t here.

Where is she?.

Who are you, a detective?.

No, I am Richard Herald

of the Opera Company.

Oh, so you`re his father.

You know my son, Dick?.

You are maybe the young lady`s father?.

No, just a friend of the family.

Now, can I get back to work?.

Since weeks,

I have not seen my son, Dick.

Isn`t he married yet?.

I made a big mistake.

An honest mistake, you understand.

I thought she was the right girl.

Oh, so the marriage is off, huh?.

Yes, it has made a sound, pfft.

Well, sorry, I can`t help you.

All right, girls, places.

You do not know

where the missing Leonora is?.

I know, all right.

But Miss Cambaretti

doesn`t wanna be found.

I prefer to ask her

if she wants to be found.

Won`t you please go out

the way you came in?.

You`re holding up the rehearsal.

All right,

I shall go out the way I came in.

But I will find her.

I will show you.

You`re a stubborn, stupid man.

You rookie.

[MERLE SlNGlNG]

Ferdi. You`ve changed your mind?.

No.

Quite a surprise having you call on me.

Why don`t you go and see your father?.

How do you know I haven`t?.

He came to see me.

Oh?. What did he want?.

Same thing you did.

Dad`s trying to find Nora.

Don`t you see, Ferdi?. Now you gotta realize

l`ve been honest about this.

I`m spending the summer in Mackinac.

That`s a nice forwarding address

for your Sunday newspaper.

-But a waste of time.

-Oh, it`s strictly business.

Cugi has a summer engagement

at the Grand Hotel.

I suppose you arranged that.

I had nothing to do with it.

It just happened that way.

Even the stars are fighting

against you, Ferdi.

If I wasn`t fighting my finer impulses,

you`d being seeing stars.

Oh, you`re just being stupid.

Even if Nora doesn`t go to see Grandma,

and Deborah will let me know if she does...

...she`ll swim again

and her name will be up in electric lights.

You can`t keep me

from finding her, Ferdi.

You can only make it difficult

and delay things.

Delay things long enough, maybe.

Don`t think I don`t know why you`re taking

this dog-in-the-manger attitude.

You`re in love with Nora yourself.

-Me?.

-Yeah.

I`d do anything in the world for her.

Yes, anything in the world,

except see her happy with another man.

Bartender.

What will it cost me to break that mirror

into a million little smithereens?.

Uh-uh-uh!

[HORN BLOWlNG]

-Gordon, I hope you`ll understand.

-Understand what?.

That you won`t have any standing

whatsoever in this here community.

Why do you say that, Ferdi?.

A summer tourist, that`s what you are.

And we old-timers snoot them.

And I can manage

an especially fine job of snooting.

I`ll like anything

this old-timer does to me.

As soon as Grandma likes you,

you are an old-timer.

Grandma will like Gordon.

-Take my bicycle, please.

-Yes, ma`am.

DlCK [SlNGlNG] :

Un poquito de amor

Means a little bit of love

But a little from someone like you

Could make all my dreams come true

Heaven opens its door

A t the thought of your embrace

Quiet!

So imagine the wonderful thrill

If it ever will take place

[MOUTHS]

Me?

Should the wine be divine

We`ll waste it if we never taste it

Pardon me a moment.

Oh, no, no, not for a woman that age.

-Stop the music.

-Deborah, she`s here?.

Yes, but she brought a rival with her.

A rival?. Who?.

I don`t know, but he`s very handsome.

And he`s making sheep`s eyes at Nora.

Sheep`s eyes would just disgust Nora.

I don`t know about that.

Grandma says women are frail.

And Nora is a woman.

-Yeah.

-Ferdi came with them.

Come on, let`s get over.

[CUGAT SPEAKlNG lN SPANlSH]

A grand opening we`ll have.

Thank you.

Grandma.

What`s the matter?.

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