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Well, I'll tell you what I'd do

if I were Mark Winston, Miss...

Say, what is your name?

Oh, Kit.

Kitty Klotch.

Klotch?

Is that Polish?

Lithuanian.

Very old Lithuanian.

Well...

...Ms. Klotch...

...if I were Mark Winston...

...I would behave

like Lana Turner was a woman.

And argue with her afterwards.

But suppose you've just come back

from the war and you're sick of it all.

You're tired. Tired.

Honey...

...no pilot gets that tired.

I'm so sorry.

That's all right. Go ahead.

Thank you.

How are you doing?

So far, so good.

What you need is six weeks

basic training.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'll give you a hand.

Yeah.

- Can you make it?

- Yes, thank you.

- Are you sure?

- Yes.

Say...

...where are you going?

- To my berth.

I mean, where you heading for?

- Oh, California.

- Oh, good.

- We're going to San Diego.

- Oh, that's fine.

You know what?

You're much lighter than I thought.

You're much stronger than I thought.

I bet I can hold you like this

for 20 minutes.

I'm sure you could,

but I wanna go to bed.

Am I holding you up?

- Yes, please.

- Oh, okay.

Thank you. Thank you.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Good night.

Chicago.

Chicago is next.

The next stop is Chicago.

Chicago.

- Oh, for you, miss.

- Oh, thank you.

How much time have I got

to make the Chief?

Enough to make it over to the

Dearborn Station if you hurry.

- Thank you.

- Next stop is Chicago. Chicago.

Dear Ms. Madden:

I am enthusiastic

over description of Marine...

...you instinctively feel can play

Mark Winston. Stop.

He sounds perfect.

Bring him to Hollywood for test. Stop.

Don't let him get away.

Regards, Baldwin.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

Pardon me.

Excuse me. I'm sorry.

Stay back in the car

till we get the baggage off.

- Have you seen those Marine flyers?

- No.

You think they might be in the club car?

- I doubt it. The bar is closed.

- Oh, dear, I have to find them.

If you see them, will you tell them

I'm looking for them?

- Yes.

- Thank you.

Chicago. Chicago.

Oh, my coat. Pardon.

- Rusty. Dink.

- Ms. Madden?

- Yes.

- My name is Burt.

I'm from Arrowhead Pictures.

I had your drawing room on the Chief.

Better go this way, my car's outside.

I have something important to do

for the picture.

- Can I be of some help?

- No. Oh, yes, you can. Here.

Take my baggage checks,

put my things on the Chief...

...and give me my ticket.

Yes, I'll be waiting for you

in your drawing room.

No, just put my things on the train.

You should be in bed anyway.

- You've got a bad cold.

- Yes, Ms. Madden.

Pardon me, aren't you

Christopher Madden?

Yes, I am.

- May I have your autograph, please?

- Certainly.

Would you mind putting,

"To Jack Benny"?

Jack... Ben...

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Hello.

- Ms. Klotch.

- Well, hello.

- We're so happy to see you.

- Oh, thank you.

We'd like you to make

a little purchase for us.

Would you go

and buy us a bottle of Scotch?

Scotch?

Isn't that a little out of character?

We decided to switch to something

older than last week.

There's a sign in there saying,

"one bottle of Scotch per customer.

Sorry. " Sorry is right.

But our train. We're late.

Get a bottle. We'll get a cab.

And if you get more than a bottle,

we'll get you a bus.

Bet it's only gonna be one bottle.

Yeah.

Ms. Klotch is an amateur.

I gotta keep everybody happy, miss.

Scotch is still scarce.

Take it or leave it.

Don't you think you're being unfair

after what I've done?

You could give me three bottles.

- And what have you done for me?

- I wrote the book you're reading.

You?

Christopher Madden?

You're kidding.

I can prove it to you.

Read me the last line you just finished.

"Mark Winston looked about him.

The land seemed lonely and abandoned...

...its wartime usefulness ended. "

"Lts wartime usefulness ended.

But in this vast and empty land,

his eyes saw something else.

A vision of construction.

A land that would turn into factories

and communities.

A frontier of bright new hopes...

...where men like himself might turn

free opportunity into accomplishment.

It was all there for him...

...a target for today,

a realization for tomorrow. "

- Ms. Madden, will three be enough?

- That's fine.

- Would you autograph my book?

- Certainly.

- What's your name?

- Timothy Helgelander.

But write T. Helgelander.

I can't stand that Timothy.

Planning to do some writing,

Ms. Madden?

Some rewriting.

- Let me put those in a bag.

- No, thank you. I'm in a hurry.

- Goodbye.

- Bye.

- Well, here you are.

- What happened?

Nothing. I just smiled.

Don't give us that. You got a cute

smile, but not a three-quart one.

- What'd you write?

- He's reading Here is Tomorrow.

I said I was Christopher Madden

and I autographed it.

- And he fell for it?

- Hook, line and Scotch.

You're pretty sharp, you know that.

- Oh, you promised me a bus.

- Dearborn Station.

- Sunrise Limited.

- Yes, sir.

Sunrise Limited?

Yeah, Section 5, Car 62. What's yours?

Mine? I think I'm in Car 62 too.

Well, never mind,

put all the bags on my seat.

Say, where are your bags?

Oh, I sent them on ahead.

They're on the train.

Oh, well, good.

The Chief. Kansas City.

Albuquerque. Los Angeles.

Leaving on Track 7.

- What's the matter?

- Yeah, what's the matter?

Nothing.

Wish we were on the Chief.

I wish we were too.

Sunrise Limited. All aboard.

Your tickets, please.

It's gonna be nice, three of us together.

- It's getting to be a habit.

- Some habits can be healthy.

Your ticket, please?

Oh, yes.

Oh, I seemed to have misplaced it.

Perhaps you have some other

identification, Miss... Miss...

Klotch.

Now, isn't that funny?

I just don't seem to have a thing

with me with my name on it.

Where's your luggage?

Maybe it's on the wrong train.

Very funny, Ms. Klotch.

You should understand that

there's a penalty for riding trains...

...without tickets and with servicemen.

We still have a job to do, you know.

Yes, I know.

I really did have it,

but something just happened.

Something always happens.

Well, I can vouch for Ms. Klotch,

conductor.

I can vouch for him, conductor.

I suppose you can vouch for him.

I should stop the train

and have you put off here.

You know that, don't you?

I'd be very glad to buy a compartment

or a berth.

- No compartments. No berths.

- You mean she'll have no place to sleep?

We'll try and find her a place

up in the coach.

But remember, if there's any trouble...

...any trouble,

you'll go right off the train.

- Is that clear?

- Yes.

Come with me up to the coach, miss.

I'll see what I can do.

Well, goodbye.

You'll hear from us.

Candies, cigars, cigarettes.

Candies, cigars, cigarettes.

Candies, cigars, cigarettes.

Ms. Klotch.

Ms. Klotch.

Ms. Klotch.

Yes?

The Marine gentlemen

are waiting for you.

Oh, thank you.

Klotch?

One single?

One single?

Good evening.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

- We're very happy to have you with us.

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