Up the River Page #6

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- Thank you.

- And, Mr. Sterling, my left.

And I'll sit here.

Oh, thank you, dear.

And, Mr. Mora,

you may sit next to baby.

Thank you.

And now, Mr. Sterling,

will you say grace?

[Clearing Throat]

Accept our thanks, O Lord,

for this food...

- and bless it to our use for thy namesake-

- Amen.

I think I'll take these flowers off.

Daffodils are lovely this time of year,

but they're in the way.

- Thank you, dear.

- You're welcome.

I hope you'll enjoy

your supper, children.

It's a very simple one.

Our regular Saturday night meal.

But no one in the country can cook them

as we New Englanders do.

Boston beans.

- Well, that's- that's splendid.

- Thank you.

- I'm so sorry Mr. Frosby couldn't come tonight.

- Frosby?

Yes. I invited Mr. Frosby to come

and have supper with us, but he couldn't.

Marvelous stock

he's offering for sale.

It ought to enrich

many of our townspeople.

Mr. Sterling, l-

I don't know very much about stocks, but-

Well, if I were you, I wouldn't invest

in any stock until I'd consulted my banker.

Are you going to invest much?

- Well, with my modest salary-

- Blessed are the poor in spirit.

For their's is the kingdom of heaven.

[Fork Rattles On Plate]

[Utensil Strikes Plate]

- [Shouting, Indistinct]

- Hayride! Hayride!

Oh!

- We didn't know you had company.

- Oh, that's all right, dear.

[In Unison]

We're sorry if we're intruding.

Oh, no, you're not intruding.

Just a couple of friends for supper.

- Oh, Steve, aren't you going?

- Going where?

Well, your friends

are cordially invited...

to attend the third annual

hayride and dance.

- The choir leaders are giving it.

- You'd like to go, wouldn't you, boys?

- Sure!

- Where'd you put my hat?

Wait a minute.

There's plenty of time, Danny.

- Sit down, girls, and have a cup of coffee.

- [Voices Overlapping]

- Sophie, bring some coffee.

- Thank you.

[Voices Overlapping]

No, they don't have hayrides

in New York.

Sophie, hurry oith the coffee!

[Chattering Continues]

? [People Singing, Indistinctly]

?? [Continues]

Helen, sing us a song.

?? [Singing]

?? [Ends]

? [All Singing]

- ?? [Continues]

- [Shouts Of"Good-bye"]

Ah! Good evening, my dear boys.

- How do you do?

- Out in the night air, eh? Delightful.

Music and moonlight.

Well, enjoy them while you may.

It's always a pleasure

to see the young enjoy themselves.

To some of us, that has been denied.

But-Ah, well.

Ah. Good evening.

Good evening.

What was Frosby doing here?

Steve, I've just made

a wonderful investment...

that will make you and your sister

independent for life.

- You bought his stock?

- Yes, dear.

You gave him your bonds?

- Why, yes. Why?

- Nothing.

Nothing.

Aw, Steve don't know

anything about business.

He don't know how

those things are done.

You know, Mother,

I think you'd better go to bed.

You know, you had a hard day,

all those people here and everything.

Oh.

Always the nice little gentleman.

I believe I will.

Come along, Cynthia dear.

- Oh, Mother.

- Cynthia.

Well, gee,

I had a lot of fun. Thanks a lot.

- Thank you. Good night.

- Good night, boys.

- Good night.

- Steve will show you where

you're going to sleep tonight.

- Sure.

- Good night. Happy dreams.

[Cynthia]

Good night.

- Where are you goin'?

- You heard what I told that guy.

Not with that gat, you're not!

- You think I'm gonna stand by

and see him rob my mother?

- Shh!

- Give me that gun. Come on. Get out of my way.

- You'll wake up your mother.

Go on in there.

I wanna have a little talk with you.

- Here's a cigarette.

- I don't want one.

Smoke it!

Now, Steve,

you gotta snap out of this.

You're only a kid.

You're gonna marryJudy, ain't ya?

And you got a great home here,

and you got a wonderful mother.

And just one shot out of that gat,

and you're gonna blow the whole works.

- Well, you know what it means-

- Aw, forget it.

Forget it, Steve.

It's a sucker's game.

Nobody but chumps uses guns.

Steve.

Did you ever see a guy go to the chair?

Huh?

Well, I did.

I spent eight months

in that condemned row.

Watched 'em go one by one.

Pals of mine.

Guys that you'd say

good morning to in the morning...

and then you'd say

good night at night.

And then they'd go.

And I'd wait day after day,

week after week, month after month...

wonderin' if I was gonna

be the next one to go.

Let me tell you,

that's no picnic, kid...

listenin' to the drone of that lousy motor

and watchin' those lights go dim!

Come on.

Don't be a sap.

What am I gonna do?

Don't worry about Frosby.

He'll be taken care of.

Well taken care of.

Say, what do you think Danny and I

come up here for, to go on hayrides?

[Mother]

Steve?

Yes, Mother?

Aren't you going

to say good night to Mother?

Coming, Mother.

?? [Man Singing]

There you are, Steve.

There's the works.

- What's this?

- Your mother's bonds.

- Why, say- Gee, fellas, l-

- Aw, that's nothin'.

- But, listen, I could-

- Aw, forget it.

Steve, we gotta scram. We got a date.

Besides, if you're seen around here with us...

it'll break your parole,

and you know what that means.

And, Steve, we're gonna tellJudy

just exactly what you told us to tell her.

- Word for word.

- Make her believe it, will ya?

Steve, you're on the square

with Judy, ain't ya?

You bet I am.

That's all we wanted to know.

Oh, and...

here's a little-

little piece of poetry l-

I copied out of a book.

Give it to her for me, will ya?

Why, Sure, Steve.

Sure.

- [Train Whistle Bloos]

- Hey, that's our freight.

Now, wait a minute.

Nuts!

?? [March]

Don't forget, boys,

everybody on their toes.

This is a tough bunch of hombres and they

crave action, and you should see them slug.

Now, listen, fellas.

I've been in this can 40 years,

and my one ambition-

- Is to get out.

- Oh, shut up!

No.

It's to win the-

the Institutional Championship three times.

You won it twice already

and nearly copped it again last year.

- I would've too if my third baseman

hadn't sat down on me.

- Sat down on you?

- Yes.

- [Man] Electrocuted.

Look out for his arm, will you?

And now, St. Louis

and that other gorilla...

have to walk out on me

just one week before this big game.

Now, here's what I want you

to do, fellas. I'm pretty old.

I haven't got very far to go.

But I'd be the happiest guy in any jail

if I could cop this game today.

Now, will you go in and fight

and try to win for old Pop?

- [Voices Overlapping]

- That's the way to talk.

Now, remember our slogan-

[All] From first base

to second base to third base, we roam.

Be it ever so humble,

there's no base like home.

That's the place that counts-

home base.

And remember who you're playin' with-

a bunch of crooks.

No ethics.

Show 'em that you're gentlemen.

I oant everything in this game

on the up-and-up.

[Shouts Of Approval]

- Like needles!

- [Yelling, Shouting]

Go after those guys now!

? [March]

You know, St Louis,

what my ambition is?

To ride on a real train

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