Three-Cornered Moon Page #4

Just a minute!

I`m still your mother,

you know.

Not with that

thing on your head.

And the mother

signs the checks.

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

Now look, Mrs. Rimplegar,

one of the purposes

of this meeting

was to retire you

from active economic life.

From now on, Ma,

you`re a has-been!

I`m still the head

of the house, and l

must sign something!

I know.

Dr. Stevens will let you

sign the receipt for his

room rent every week.

Oh! That`s nice.

And it looks

like the rest of you

will have to get jobs.

No more college

for you, Eddie.

That`s right.

We`ve got to

go to work.

We`ve got to

get some money.

Find the ``Help

Wanted`` section.

Where`s the

evening paper?

DOUGLAS:
Let`s see, let`s see.

Janet Welsh knows

one of the directors

down at the Theatre Guild.

Where`s the phone book?

Where`s the phone book?

Now, what am l

going to do?

You stick to your

law office until you pass

your bar examinations.

All right. I`ll start

studying right away.

Where`s my Lewis on Evidence?

Mom, have you seen

my Lewis on Evidence?

It was here

a little while ago.

Here`s Main Street by Lewis.

Will that do?

(EXCLAlMS)

Why, Kenneth!

Now, Mrs. Rimplegar,

there`ll be no money

to pay Jenny or

the upstairs maid

or the gardener.

Oh. I can do the cooking.

I`ll go and explain to Jenny.

``Operators, Union Special,

machine-sewing beef casings.``

What`s beef casings?

Hey, here`s one,

sis. Here`s one.

``Salesman, experience

unnecessary, sell awnings.

``Good proposition

and commission.``

Oh, shut up.

That`s for men.

``Helper, high-class work.

``Press operators and

hand ironers on

family finish work.

``Experienced only.``

Listen, Janet,

do you remember telling me

you met Rouben Mamoulian

at a party last month?

Yeah. Where he

gave you the cocktail.

Yeah, the Guild director.

Yeah. Listen,

I need a job.

What? Yeah.

Yeah, sure,

if you`ll give me a letter

of introduction to him.

Elizabeth!

Yeah.

Uh-huh. Sure.

I`ve got to

go to work...

Elizabeth, l`ve got it.

The perfect ending

for the chapter!

Listen to this.

``Short, sharp, hard, strong.

``Words like iron,

pouring, pounding.``

Look, Jenny,

you don`t understand.

We can`t keep you.

Out! You keep there,

I keep here!

But, Jenny, we haven`t

any more money.

Money!

(SMASHlNG)

Oh, dear!

``Suddenly, the room

was pervaded with

``a silence that was

louder than thunder!``

Who puts books in

shelves upside down!

Hey, look, sis!

``Salesman wanted,

not over 25.``

Oh, no, this guy`s

got to have a car

and small capital,

or is it capital

and a small car?

Here it is.

``She rose from the table,

took a step toward him,

``then faltered

and turned away.

``His face was stubbornly

averted from her.``

``Wanted, a man

to clean sewers,

easy hours.``

Gee, that sounds swell!

Hey, what`s got into

this family, anyhow?

Never mind, darling,

nothing that you

have to worry about.

Well, then,

what are you doing?

I`m looking for a job.

EDDlE:
Laundryman wanted,

plumber, groom, electrician,

experience necessary,

barbers, union only...

MAN 1:
/`ve tried

there before.

MAN 2:
That`s just a come-on.

MAN 3:
By the time

/ get over there,

they don`t need nobody.

MAN 4:
They want you

to work free till

you get experience.

MAN 5:
You won`t lose

nothing by trying.

MAN 6:
/`ve spent my last

nickel on the subway.

MAN 7:
/`ve been

walking since January.

MAN 8:
Oh, who`s got shoes?

MAN 9:
There`ll be plenty

for everybody today.

Don`t crowd!

WOMAN 1:
Yeah,

we`ve heard that before, too.

MAN 10:
/ thought you

said they were going

to open on part-time.

WOMAN 2:
Look,

here`s something new.

WOMAN 3:
Look, Mary,

here`s something.

WOMAN 4:
What`s the address?

We`ve gotta hurry.

(lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERlNG)

Get back there!

Get in line!

Come on, now, ladies.

Get in line. Come on.

Hold your places

and stay there.

Oh, Shut up!

Now, remember,

what I told you.

Where did you work

in St. Louis?

The Johnson-Brown

Shoe Factory.

What kind of a machine?

Kendall lmproved,

rotary action.

Okay, kid, now,

don`t forget.

Thank you.

What shoe factory

did you work in?

That is, supposing

you have worked

in a shoe factory?

The Walk-Easy Factory

in St. Louis.

That`s the name of the shoe.

What`s the factory?

Oh. Johnson-Brown.

What machine did you use?

The Kendall lmproved,

rotary action.

Sure. That`s the best kind

for a little girl like you.

Okay.

Hey, here he is now.

You`ve got

a pretty good stroke.

Where`d you learn it?

Columbia, freshman team.

Oh.

(BOYS SHOUTlNG)

(BLOWS WHlSTLE)

Hey,

can`t you read that sign?

Get down off there!

I may be able to

use you around here,

watching the kids.

Little night work thrown in.

You get a dollar

for the whole thing.

A dollar a day.

Yeah. With the

night work thrown in.

Sure, I understand that.

Okay.

Well...

Here are the

pictures of me from

Monsieur Beaucaire.

Yes, yes, yes,

yes, yes.

Here`s your part.

$1 2 a week.

We don`t pay salary

during rehearsals.

Well, is this all

there is to the part?

And we rehearse

three weeks.

Just the one line?

``Yes``?

Sure.

That`s a good little part.

Good night,

Mr. Clark.

Good night.

That`s the star.

That`s the lady

that talks to you.

She says,

``You`re the third

man to annoy me.

``l can`t stand it,``

and so on and

so on and so on.

Then she works

it up to a climax,

and you say, ``Yes.``

Can you handle it?

Yes.

Going to lunch, Ken?

No, thanks, gentlemen.

I`ll stick with

this a while longer.

Lunch later.

(CHUCKLlNG) Okay.

So long.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(MACHlNE WHlRRlNG)

(SlGHS)

It just looks as if no

matter how hard I try,

I can`t keep up.

You`re doing all right.

You`ve learned more

in two weeks

than I did in two months.

MAN:
Good morning,

Mr. Hawkins.

Here comes Hawkins.

What about last night.

What`s the alibi?

Only girl in the shop

who don`t keep

up to our minimum.

Well, do some talking.

My mother was very ill.

I had to hurry home.

What about tonight?

Tonight?

By the way, Mr. Hawkins,

aren`t you married?

I don`t ask my

wife no questions,

and my wife don`t

ask me no questions.

Oh.

6:
00, across the street,

right in front of

that drugstore.

And if your mother

is still sick,

you can go and nurse her,

and stay there!

Don`t you think it`s about

time we had some fresh paper

on this window, Douglas?

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes.

Oh. Oh, yes.

Seems sort of empty

around here without

the piano and things.

Yes. Yep.

Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, Papa!

Oh, dear!

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

How`s that

lamb stew, Ma?

It`s all ready, Eddie,

just as soon as

Elizabeth gets home.

Oh, yeah. That reminds me.

Yes, I must speak to Jenny.

Yes, I know, Kitty,

but I can`t, sweetest.

Sure, it`ll be a swell party,

and l`d love to take you,

(DOOR CLOSES)

but l`ve simply got to work

on some briefs tonight.

It means extra money.

And then if I pass

the bar examinations...

No, I won`t know till tomorrow

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