White Christmas Page #3

But he didn't, did he?

- He might have.

- Judy, why did you write the letter?

Well...

Because it's good business.

You can't leave everything up to fate.

Just like honesty needs a little plus,

fate needs a little push.

Judy, next time,

will you talk to me first

before you push us and plus us

right out of show business?

You needn't sound so patronizing.

You sound just like a mother hen

looking after a little chick.

Well, little chick needs

plenty of looking after.

Until someone else comes along

who can do it better,

mother hen's gonna stick pretty close

to the coop.

- All right, girls, five minutes.

- Thank you.

Honey, you look beautiful tonight.

He'll be crazy about you.

Which one?

What does it matter?

They're both famous.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the Haynes Sisters.

Can you imagine Freckle-Face

having sisters as cute as that?

It's incredible!

Sisters, sisters

There were never such devoted sisters

Never had to have a chaperone no, sir

I'm here to keep my eye on her

Caring, sharing

Every little thing that we are wearing

When a certain gentleman

Arrived from Rome

She wore the dress

And I stayed home

All kinds of weather

We stick together

The same in the rain or sun

Two different faces

But in tight places

We think and we act as one

Those who've seen us

Know that not a thing

Could come between us

Many men have tried to split us up

But no one can

Lord help the mister

Who comes between me and my sister

And Lord help the sister

Who comes between me and my man

- How about those big brown eyes?

- No, they're blue.

Brown.

Blue.

Yeah, deep blue.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Won't you sit down?

- Thank you.

Won't you sit there,

and you sit right here?

There, that's cozier, isn't it?

Boy, girl, boy, girl.

Well, I'm Betty,

and this is my sister, Judy.

And you're Phil Davis,

and you're Mr. Wallace.

- Guilty on both counts, I guess.

- Isn't this nice?

Mr. Wallace was just saying

how remarkable it was

that Benny Haynes' sisters

should have eyes... I mean, blue eyes.

- That is, eyes...

- Nice out.

That's quite an act you kids have there.

It's a funny thing Benny never told us

there's so much talent in the family.

Well, to be perfectly honest...

Benny didn't want to take advantage

of an old Army friendship.

You know how shy he is,

so modest and retiring.

- It's a family characteristic.

- I have a recent snapshot here.

He always was a good-looking kid.

Speaking of families,

I read an article just the other day

about citrus fruit

and its effect on children's teeth.

Are you interested in families

or children

- or things like that, Miss Haynes?

- Yes, I suppose so.

- Oh, man, nix, nix.

- Isn't that amazing?

Imagine a girl in show business today,

wanting to settle down

and raising a family.

- It's so refreshing, isn't it?

- Pushing, pushing.

- Well, would you like a cigarette?

- No, thank you.

I, for one,

would like a little free advice.

Mr. Wallace, do you have

any suggestions for the act?

No. Just keep plugging away.

But there must be something.

Should we both be blondes?

Maybe Betty's hair

should go a shade darker?

Or should she maybe change the style?

A little more off the face?

- No. I wouldn't change a thing.

- Would you care to dance?

- Don't you think we should discuss...

- Let's say it with music.

All right.

Now, promise you won't say anything

important till I get back. Bye, now.

- They look well together, don't they?

- Yes.

Say, I was sure surprised to get

Benny's letter today. I didn't know...

Look, Mr. Wallace, before you

go any further, I must tell you,

you were brought here tonight

under false pretenses.

Benny didn't write the letter,

my sister did.

Judy?

She figured you'd never come

to see us if we asked you,

and you might if Benny did.

As simple as that.

How do you like that? Even little

Judy there's got an angle going.

- She didn't mean anything by it...

- You don't have to apologize.

Everybody's got an angle.

- That's a pretty cynical point of view.

- Come, come now, Miss Haynes.

Surely you knew that everybody's got

a little larceny operating in them.

- Didn't you know?

- Just for the record,

I want you to know that

my sister and I don't play angles.

Well, if that letter wasn't an angle,

I'd like to know what it was.

- I don't like your whole inferences.

- I've got no squawks, no beefs.

The kid played a percentage,

it worked and we're here.

Let's not make

a whole big mish-mosh out of it.

- They're getting along just fine.

- And so quickly, too.

Isn't that nice?

All I'm saying is, when you've been

around show business

as long as I have, you just get used

to people working angles, that's all.

Mr. Wallace, as the chance

of our seeing each other again

is extremely remote, I don't think it's

important for us to go on arguing.

- Well, I'll drink to that.

- Be my guest.

Hey, if this keeps up, we'll practically

be in-laws before the dance is over.

Well, I don't mind, if you don't.

Yeah, it's too bad

we're leaving town tonight.

That is a shame,

but we're leaving tomorrow, anyway.

- Where are you going?

- Vermont.

- We're booked for the holidays.

- Vermont?

Vermont should be beautiful this time

of the year, with all that snow.

- Yeah... You know something?

- What?

Vermont should be beautiful

this time of year.

- All that snow.

- That's what I just said.

We seem to be getting a little mixed up.

- Maybe it's the music.

- Maybe it isn't only the music.

The best things happen

While you're dancing

Things that you would not do at home

Come naturally on the floor

For dancing soon becomes romancing

When you hold a girl in your arms

That you've never held before

Even guys with two left feet

Come out all right if the girl is sweet

If by chance their cheeks should meet

While dancing

Proving that the best things happen

While you dance

The best things

Happen while you're dancing

Things that you would not do at home

Come naturally on the floor

For dancing

Soon becomes romancing

When you hold a girl in your arms

That you've never held before

Even guys with two left feet

Come out all right if the girl is sweet

If by chance their cheeks should meet

While dancing

Just proving that the best things

Happen while you dance

What is this?

The best two out of three?

- I guess I got carried away.

- Yeah, she carried me right with her.

I don't weigh very much.

We'd better change for the last number.

- See you after the show.

- The sheriff's here.

He's in my office with a warrant

to arrest both of you.

- The sheriff?

- What's up? What's the trouble?

The landlord claims

we burnt a hole in the rug,

and he's trying to hold us up for $200.

No, not that old rug routine.

And on top of that,

we sneaked our bags out of our room.

- Where are they?

- In our dressing room.

Dressing room. Look, I'll tell you what.

You girls go and pack.

Bob and I'll take care of this.

No, no, no, no.

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