Week-End in Havana Page #4

This or cut my throat.

- Seor?

- Hmm?

Oh, uh, stand.

Now we bet on six, don't we?

You know what I think I'll do?

I think I'll put everything on six.

[ Gasps ] No, no, no, no!

That-That would be wrong.

Oh, why? How could I lose

with you helping me?

- I'm gonna do it. Everything on six.

- But-

- The whole thing, seorita?

- The whole thing on six.

[ Flores ]

No more bets, please.

[ Ball Rattling ]

- [ Flores ] Fourteen, red. Fourteen, the winner.

- [ Gasps ]

Oh, Monte, I lost.

I knew I should've stuck to 14.

Oh, do not let a little thing like that worry you.

We will win it all back again.

We will just keep alternating

from eight to six, from six to eight.

Acouple of stacks of the blues.

[ Flores ] Seven, red.

Seven, the winner.

- [ Nan ] Ah, we've lost again.

- [ Flores ] Place your bets, please.

[ Roulette Ball Rattling ]

[ Flores ]

Fourteen, red.

[ Nan ] Oh, we've lost again.

Monte, let's go.

[ Monte ] No, no, no.

When your luck is this bad, it is bound to change.

Give us four stacks, Flores.

Now we must start doubling up.

[ Flores ] Thirty-three, black.

Thirty-three, the winner.

- Uh, Flores, give us another stack of-

- No.

No matter what you say, that's enough

for anyone to lose in one evening.

Oh, well, it does not matter.

Maybe tomorrow you will be luckier, eh?

- Flores, what are the young lady's losses?

- $3,000.

Oh,just $3,000.

Seems like an awful lot to me,

but if you enjoy it, it's up to you.

- What?

- Well, you didn't even have the fun of playing.

Take me a long time

to earn that much.

What? Uh, you mean,

if you had to work.

Oh, you can find me any day

at Macy's from 9:30 to 5:30.

Macy's.

- What is Macy's?

- It's a big department store in New York.

Oh. [ Laughs ]

You own it.

No, no. I work there- in hosiery.

But- But surely you are not serious.

Your-Your hotel accommodations

are not those of a shopgirl.

I'll say they're not. I'm traveling

at the expense of the steamship company.

- Steamship company?

- That's right.

And I had the impression

you were wealthy.

You are sure

you are not wealthy?

Sure I'm sure.

Does it make any difference?

To me, difference?

Of course not.

What difference could it make to me?

Seor Blanca,

there is another call for you.

Oh, yes, a call.

Right away.

Uh, could you excuse me?

Wait here, please.

But don't play anymore.

So, she was a wealthy girl.

- No, look, Boris.

- She owns half of America.

- I can explain-

- She loses thousands every night.

Boris, please.

My information-There was a slip.

Yes, but luckily this time, Monte,

you've landed on your feet...

instead of where you usually land.

This gentleman has offered

to make good the young lady's losses.

[ Chuckles ]

Thank you very much, seor.

I, uh, suppose you have some way in mind

that I can repay you.

That, too, has been arranged.

Oh, fine, fine.

But killing is out. I will not kill!

Look, Blanca. I'll make up the losses,

but not all at once-

payments of $500 at a time.

Seor, naturally

I am more than grateful...

but, uh, I still do not

understand why.

Well, not because of your character.

After Miss Spencer went out with you

last night, I looked you up.

As characters go,

yours is not very good.

Oh, they're a lot of rumors.

They are not true.

Well, never mind. Miss Spencer seems to like you

and to have a good time with you.

For business reasons,

I want her to continue to have a good time.

The moment she stops having a good time,

I stop paying Boris.

And I wouldn't like that, Monte.

Seor, I assure you, you will have no cause

to discontinue the payments.

I will do my best to make

Seorita Spencer ecstatic.

That ought to be good enough. You Cubans

are supposed to be experts at romance.

Oh, I am not a Cuban, seor.

I was born in Brooklyn as a child.

But I have a feel for romance.

Of course, uh, properly done,

it is, uh, expensive.

I understand.

Here's, um, $50.

When that's gone, I'll give you more,

but no gambling.

Oh, seor, I would not gamble again

if my life depended on it.

[ Match Scratches ]

And it does. [ Chuckles ]

Hasta luego.

- Place your bets, please.

- [ Woman ] On four.

- [ Clears Throat ] Ah!

- All ready?

I'm sorry I was detained so long,

but I ran into the manager, so I wrote him a check.

Then of course nothing would do

but I should have a drink with him.

- You know how it goes.

- But I still feel guilty.

What, about $3,000?

Oh, forget it.

[ Flores ] Fourteen, red.

Fourteen, the winner.

Oh, you know, I knew

we should've stuck to that number.

- It's come up at least five times since you left.

- Really?

- Well.

- Oh, now look. You've spent enough for tonight.

Oh, but this is nothing-just $50.

Uh, $50 on 14.

- No more bets, please.

- Cigarette?

[ Nan ]

No, thanks.

[ Roulette Ball Rattles ]

[ Flores ] Twenty-two, black.

Twenty-two, the winner.

- Shall we go?

- We should've gone long ago.

- Uh, will you excuse me while I get my wrap?

- Oh, but of course.

[ Chuckles ]

Thank you.

[ Woman ]

Uh-huh.!

Now I have got you

where you want me.

Oh, Rosita ma, never have you

looked more lovely.

And never have you looked more guilty!

Where have you been?

Shh.

I have been here and there

and smoking and thinking of you.

And what did you think

of your blonde?

- Uh-The blonde? - Yeah, yeah. I am

told you were upstairs with a blonde.

But there are many blondes upstairs.

If you stand next to a woman,

it is 35-to-1 she is a blonde.

It was not 35 blondes.

It was one blonde.

- Ah! Ah, you mean the blonde seorita.

- Mm-hmm.

Oh, she is a friend of a business friend

of mine, Seor Williams.

Business, huh?

You are giving me the business.

How many times have you promised me

not to go upstairs and gamble my money?

But I am not gambling

with your money.

I stroll up to the casino almost every evening,

but only to test myself.

I look on, I watch the little ball roll

and it does nothing to me.

I say, " Monte, you are cured. "

Oh, to do that is to show character.

Hmm, show me some money.

Oh, you artists are all alike-

temperamental, volatile, unreasonable.

When I get my money back,

I'm going to be very reasonable.

- I'm going to make you scram and get a new manager.

- Huh?

[ Chuckles ]

No, you will never do that.

Where would you find

another manager like me, huh?

Mmm, that's right.

No one can manage me

like you do.

But you are a thief and a no-good

good-for-nothing.

- Oh, but I like you.

- Mmm.

Oh, no, no. One more kiss,

and I forget how to dance.

- Run along. I will watch every movement from here.

- Mmm.

[ Exhales ]

[ Latin ]

Enchanting rhythm

The primitive beat

of a bongo drum

The sensuous sigh of a violin

The toot, toot, toot

of a bamboo flute

And the brah-cha-cha-cha

of the maracas

Enchanting rhythm

If you're not the sociable kind

You will be the moment you find

Romance and rhumba

W hat a lovely combination

Gives your heart a palpitation

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