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Lux Radio Theatre - "Coney Island" (Old Time Radio, 1946) · Lux Radio Theater | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: At turn-of-the-century Coney Island, a determined showman clashes with a
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Speaker 1: local operator while ambition and romance play out along the boardwalk.
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Speaker 1: On September 30, 1946, CBS and Lux Radio Theater presented
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Speaker 1: Coney Island, Episode 539, adapted from the 1943 20th Century
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Speaker 1: Fox musical. Betty Grable reprises her screen role, joined by
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Speaker 1: Victor Mature and Barry Sullivan, in a story set among
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Speaker 1: the cafes, carnival attractions, and nightclub entertainment of early 1900s
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Speaker 1: New York. It was Lux Radio Theater's second adaptation of
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Speaker 1: the film, following a 1944 version with Dorothy L'Amour and
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Speaker 1: Alan Ladd. Ladies and gentlemen, the curtain rises. Now, back
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Speaker 1: to the golden age of radio.
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Speaker 2: Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you Betty Grable,
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Speaker 2: Victor Mature, and Barry Sullivan in Coney Island. Ladies and gentlemen,
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Speaker 2: your producer, Mr. William Keeley.
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Speaker 3: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. If I were asked
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Speaker 3: to name the entertainment center of the world, I'd probably
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Speaker 3: say Hollywood. But if you put that question to any
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Speaker 3: one of seven million people in New York, he'd probably
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Speaker 3: answer with some vigor.
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Speaker 4: The entertainment center of the world, that's Coney Island.
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Speaker 3: And for tonight at least, we'll agree with him. As
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Speaker 3: we bring you 20th Century Fox's musical success, Coney Island.
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Speaker 3: Starring lovely Betty Grable in the role she created on
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Speaker 3: the screen. Co-starred with Betty, we have Victor Mature, resuming
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Speaker 3: a brilliant screen career after four years in the service,
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Speaker 3: and that talented young actor, Barry Sullivan. Both rival suitors
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Speaker 3: in this rollicking story of love, laughter, and excitement at
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Speaker 3: America's most famous playground. Our story takes us back to
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Speaker 3: the period popularly known as BLF. You know, of course,
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Speaker 3: what BLF stands for. Before Lux Flake. and before many
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Speaker 3: other conveniences, too, such as the subways that whisked Manhattan's
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Speaker 3: millions to Coney Island in a fraction of the time
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Speaker 3: it took the horse-drawn carriages. Of course, Lux Flakes are
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Speaker 3: great time-savers, too, not only for New Yorkers, but for
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Speaker 3: busy women everywhere, women who appreciate this modern, quicker way
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Speaker 3: of keeping nice things lovely longer. And you'll agree that
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Speaker 3: that's an important service, nowadays especially, when nice fabrics are scarce.
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Speaker 2: We're off to.
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Speaker 3: Coney Island and the first act of tonight's play. Starring
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Speaker 3: Betty Grable as Kate Farley, Victor Mature as Eddie Johnson,
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Speaker 3: and Barry Sullivan as Joe Rocco.
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Speaker 2: Today in New York.
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Speaker 3: The closest spot to heaven is probably the top of
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Speaker 3: the Empire State Building. But 40 years ago, New Yorkers
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Speaker 3: came closest to paradise at a breeze swept beach on
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Speaker 3: the Atlantic Ocean. Only a short distance from the hot
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Speaker 3: and throbbing city... They found a land whose milk and
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Speaker 3: honey was clam chowder and foaming beer. A place of
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Speaker 3: perpetual carnival of singing waiters and persuasive barkers. A little raucous,
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Speaker 3: a little rowdy, but nevertheless, beautiful Coney Island. One spring afternoon,
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Speaker 3: a young man named Eddie Johnson makes his first visit
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Speaker 3: to Coney Island. Eddie has plans for a big business
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Speaker 3: deal involving an old acquaintance, Joe Rocco, owner of the
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Speaker 3: Scenic Gardens Cafe.
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Speaker 2: Well, mister, what'll it be?
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Speaker 5: So, this is Joe Rocco's place, huh?
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Speaker 2: That's right.
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Speaker 5: Nice big place, lots of business. Who does okay? That's
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Speaker 5: what I like to see. I like to see Joe
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Speaker 5: Rocco doing okay.
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Speaker 2: Give me a beer. Yes, sir.
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Speaker 3: Eddie!
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Speaker 2: Why, hello, Joe. Well, this is quite a surprise, Eddie.
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Speaker 2: Come on over here and sit down.
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Speaker 5: Thanks. Say, nice place you got here, Joe.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a little different from those pit shows and
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Speaker 2: shooting galleries we used to have, Heidi. Once we had
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Speaker 2: a whole carnival, remember? Yeah, yeah, that's right. Then two
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Speaker 2: years ago in St. Louis, we had an argument about
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Speaker 2: how the carnival.
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Speaker 5: Should be run. We decided to play a hand of
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Speaker 5: poker for the whole works.
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Speaker 2: And I won it with three of the prettiest aces
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Speaker 2: you ever saw.
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Speaker 5: I've been trying to find you ever since, Joe. I
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Speaker 5: want to give you these. I found them the next
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Speaker 5: morning under the cushion of your chair. Four of the
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Speaker 5: prettiest aces you ever saw.
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Speaker 2: Well, Eddie, I guess this makes up for all those
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Speaker 2: times I went to the cash drawer and found your
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Speaker 2: hand in it. Now, why don't we just forget the
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Speaker 2: whole business, huh?
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Speaker 5: I've tried to forget it, Joe. I've tried and tried.
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Speaker 5: but it's just no use.
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Speaker 2: You gonna sue me?
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Speaker 5: No, but I figure that since you cheated me out
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Speaker 5: of our carnival, we're really still partners, and that means
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Speaker 5: I own one half of this joint.
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Speaker 2: There's just one hitch, Eddie. I don't figure the same way.
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Speaker 5: Well, in that case, I'll just have to worm myself in, Joe,
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Speaker 5: one way or another.
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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
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Speaker 5: But I just gotta pay you back, Joe. If I didn't,
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Speaker 5: I'd lose all my self-respect.
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Speaker 6: I just wanted to show you my new dress, Joe.
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Speaker 6: How do you... Oh, I didn't know you were busy.
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Speaker 2: No, it's all right, honey. The man's just leaving. This
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Speaker 2: is Eddie Johnson, Kate Farley. She's my singer here.
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Speaker 5: Hello, Miss Farley.
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Speaker 6: How do you do?
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Speaker 2: The dress looks wonderful, Kate. How do you do?
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Speaker 5: Would you look at the feathers? You know, it'll be
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Speaker 5: a nice dress when it gets through molting.
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Speaker 6: Oh, and since when are you an authority?
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Speaker 2: Go on, Eddie. Push off.
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Speaker 5: You won't change your mind about my proposition?
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Speaker 2: Sorry.
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Speaker 5: Suit yourself, Joe. Oh, Miss Farley.
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Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah.
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Speaker 5: When you take that dress off, you'd better hang it
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Speaker 5: up in a birdcage.
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Speaker 6: Now listen, you smart aleck. I've had just about enough
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Speaker 6: of your.
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Speaker 5: With all those feathers, it's liable to fly away. Goodbye,
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Speaker 5: Miss Farley.
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Speaker 7: Hurry, hurry, hurry.
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Speaker 2: Come in and see her.
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Speaker 4: She's Josephine, the tattooed lady. She's covered with artistic masterpieces.
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Speaker 8: You'll see Gainsborough's blue boy talking things over.
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Speaker 4: With Whistler's mother.
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Speaker 2: You'll see the leading power of pizza.
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Speaker 9: Come in and.
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Speaker 2: Marvel at these quickly wonderful... Frankie, look.
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Speaker 10: It's Eddie.
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Speaker 2: Eddie Johnson. Eddie, you old son of a gun. Frankie
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Speaker 2: and Finnegan say you're looking great.
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Speaker 6: Why not?
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Speaker 2: He's preserved an alcohol.
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Speaker 4: Ah, not since the Chicago Fair have I looked upon you, Eddie.
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Speaker 8: Say, this calls for a celebration. Yeah, but tell me,
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Speaker 8: is this your pitch? Yeah, I'm sorry to say it's mine.
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Speaker 5: All mine.
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Speaker 8: What in the world are you doing at Corny Island?
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Speaker 8: From the looks of business, nothing. Eddie, have you seen
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Speaker 8: Joe yet?
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Speaker 2: Joe Rocco?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, just come from there.
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Speaker 2: Teaming up with Joe again, are you? Not just yet, Finnegan.
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Speaker 2: I'm looking for a new partner, Frankie. Interested? Oh, Eddie,
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Speaker 2: I ain't got but only nine bucks to my name.
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Speaker 2: Listen to me and you'll be rolling in dough.
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Speaker 9: Huh?
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Speaker 2: I got an idea for a pitch that's worth a fortune. Well,
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Speaker 2: that's great. Go and open it up and let me along. Look,
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Speaker 2: every location has taken. This would be just the spot
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Speaker 2: for it, Frankie. Oh, hurry, hurry, hurry. The only tattooed
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Speaker 2: woman on Coney Island.
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Speaker 4: Every time she shakes, moving pictures.
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Speaker 8: Look, will you listen to me? We can have it
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Speaker 8: ready in two days' time and for less than $ 300. But, Eddie,
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Speaker 8: I just told you, I got $ 90. I've got the money.
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Speaker 8: All I want from you is this location and your time.
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Speaker 2: You mean that? Certainly. Eddie, you just made yourself a deal.
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Speaker 5: Good.
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Speaker 8: After six months with Josephine, even suicide would look good
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Speaker 8: to me.
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Speaker 4: Come on, lads, let's have a beer and talk it over.
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Speaker 6: Dolly, will you look at that?
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Speaker 2: What?
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Speaker 6: Well, that mob over there in front of Frankie's place.
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Speaker 11: He never did that much business in a month.
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Speaker 6: Oh, didn't you know?
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Speaker 12: Frankie's got himself a new show and a new partner.
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Speaker 6: That fella doing the barking.
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Speaker 11: Huh?
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Speaker 6: Oh, you bet I see him. So that's Frankie's new partner,
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Speaker 6: is it?
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Speaker 10: Yeah.
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Speaker 6: Come on, Dolly. We're going over there.
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Speaker 2: Huh?
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Speaker 6: At a show like this? You heard me. Here's my
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Speaker 6: chance to get even. Katie, you just don't make sense.
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Speaker 6: I'll explain later. Come on.
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Speaker 10: And it's only ten cents, ten cents, to see the
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Speaker 10: starring exhibition of genuine Turkish harem girls.
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Speaker 2: Hurry, hurry, hurry.
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Speaker 8: See the young Turkish maidens sold to the Sultan for
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Speaker 8: 20 pieces of silver. An authentic and educational exhibition with
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Speaker 8: genuine oriental.
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Speaker 2: Music as played by Abu Mandir.
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Speaker 8: The turkeys, gentlemen, seated there before you on the Persian carpet.
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Speaker 8: Abu is a genuine native of mysterious Constantinople.
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Speaker 4: He neither speaks nor understands English.
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Speaker 8: Friends, but how he can play that world-famous native music.
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Speaker 4: Listen, friends, listen to me.
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Speaker 6: Hey, hey, that's Frankie, ain't it?
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Speaker 12: Playing just like a snake charmer?
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Speaker 6: Of course it is. Why, he looks about as much
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Speaker 6: like a Turk as you do.
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Speaker 13: Ha, ha.
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Speaker 6: Will you look at him buy those tickets? Gee, those
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Speaker 6: guys are making a fortune. Stand back, Dolly. I'm going
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Speaker 6: to go to work.
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Speaker 5: Only eight seats left.
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Speaker 10: Hurry, hurry, hurry.
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Speaker 5: Oh, Frankie.
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Speaker 10: Hello, Frankie.
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Speaker 2: Huh?
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Speaker 4: Oh, hello, honey.
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Speaker 6: Glad to see you.
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Speaker 2: I'm amazed, gents, amazed.
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Speaker 8: Abu arrived in this country only two days ago, and
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Speaker 8: already he speaks a few words of English.
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Speaker 11: He's about as Turkish as that Indian blanket he's sitting on.
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Speaker 2: All right, all right, little lady.
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Speaker 5: Kindly move along.
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Speaker 2: You see, gents, Abu... comes from a very fine family.
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Speaker 8: According to the Turkish traditions, he shouldn't speak with anyone
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Speaker 8: so obviously beneath him.
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Speaker 2: As the little lady here, he used.
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Speaker 6: He used to talk to me plenty when we were
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Speaker 6: working together.
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Speaker 2: Yes, Abu?
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Speaker 11: You do?
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Speaker 2: All right, Abu, I'll ask her.
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Speaker 5: Young lady Abu here can't figure out why you're wearing
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Speaker 5: that atrocity on your head. He says it can't be
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Speaker 5: a hat, or can it?
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Speaker 8: Abu says, did lady lose election bet or did lady
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Speaker 8: fall into fruit salad?
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Speaker 5: No!
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Speaker 2: Hey, Kate.
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Speaker 6: Kate, we'd better get out of here. The nerve. The
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Speaker 6: nerve of that bum. Wait till I tell Joe.
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Speaker 9: Just wait.
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Speaker 2: Why, the young lady is going away. Don't rush off, sweetheart.
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Speaker 2: All right, boys.
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Speaker 10: Hurry, hurry, hurry. The show starts in exactly three minutes.
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Speaker 2: It's the most sensational. The most daring.
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Speaker 6: And this time it was my hat he didn't like.
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Speaker 6: He insults me, Joe, in front of everybody. He insults me.
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Speaker 2: Oh, but now, honey.
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Speaker 6: And if you.
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Speaker 11: Don't tell him to stop bragging me, I'll bust a
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Speaker 11: bottle over his head.
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Speaker 6: I'll... Hey, where are all the customers?
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Speaker 2: That's what I've been trying to find out. Something funny
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Speaker 2: going on, Katie. I think I'll just take a look around... Billy,
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Speaker 2: me boy. Finnegan, come on in, have a drink.
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Speaker 4: Oh, no, no, I don't dare. Not here in Rocko's place.
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Speaker 2: Finnegan, you're sick.
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Speaker 5: Me?
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Speaker 4: No, but Steve is Rocko's bartender. The doctor discovered the
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Speaker 4: dear lad had chronic prognosis.
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Speaker 2: Oh?
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Speaker 4: And him handling all the glasses that people.
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Speaker 2: Drink out of. And I was just going in there.
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Speaker 4: I've been standing here warning all me friends to keep away.
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Speaker 4: It's just terrible.
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Speaker 2: Well, thanks, Finnegan.
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Speaker 4: Now, if you're looking for something intoxicating, there's Eddie Johnson's
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Speaker 4: new show just up the street. Ah, those Turkish car leads.
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Speaker 2: Oh, that's from me, Finnegan. I'll see you later.
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Speaker 3: Oh, my, my.
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Speaker 2: Well, you're the one who's steering my trade away. I'd
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Speaker 2: like to murder you, Finnegan.
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Speaker 6: Now, wait a minute, Joe. It's not his fault. You
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Speaker 6: know who put him up to this, don't you?
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Speaker 2: I got a pretty good idea. Go on, Finnegan, beat it.
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Speaker 6: Joe, you're not going to let him get away with this,
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Speaker 6: are you?
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Speaker 2: You bet your sweet life I'm not.
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Speaker 6: You've got to show that poor flusher where he gets off.
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Speaker 9: Louie.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Joe. Louie, that old friend of mine, Eddie Johnson.
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Speaker 2: He needs a lesson. I got some friends in Brooklyn, Joe.
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Speaker 2: They're swell teachers. I want that cooch joint of his
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Speaker 2: to look like an earthquake hit it, understand?
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Speaker 5: Relax, boss.
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Speaker 2: It's as good as done.
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Speaker 7: Oh.
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Speaker 2: Oh.
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Speaker 5: Frankie.
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Speaker 3: Oh.
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Speaker 5: Frankie. Can you move?
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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm fine. Just resting. Oh, what hit me?
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Speaker 5: Seems like Joe wants to play a little rough. Take
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Speaker 5: a look around.
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Speaker 2: Oh, what a wreck.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was a nice place while it lasted, Frankie.
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Speaker 13: Well, let's start looking for a carpenter in those Turkish dames.
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Speaker 2: We can be back in business in three or four days, maybe.
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Speaker 5: Uh-uh.
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Speaker 2: Why not?
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Speaker 5: Next time, Joe may use dynamite.
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Speaker 2: Oh.
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Speaker 5: Frankie, I got an idea. Let's wreck Joe's joint.
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Speaker 6: Dynamite?
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Speaker 5: Oh, swell. No, no. Nice and legal. See that sign
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Speaker 5: across the street?
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Speaker 2: Read it.
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Speaker 13: Welcome to Coney Island, United Brotherhood of Irish Bricklayers, Local 742.
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Speaker 5: They'll be here tomorrow, Frankie, the United Brotherhood.
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Speaker 2: So they'll be here.
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Speaker 5: Well, don't you see? Rocco's place will be filled with Irishmen.
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Speaker 5: After they've had a few beers, you and I will
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Speaker 5: go in and start making some nasty remarks. Pretty soon
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Speaker 5: there will be.
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Speaker 2: The wildest knockdown, free for all....
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Speaker 14: Angels sing, angels sing. When Irish eyes are smiling.
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Speaker 7: Hearts are gay.
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Speaker 6: All the world seems bright and gay.
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Speaker 15: Bright and gay.
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Speaker 6: And when Irish eyes are smiling.
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Speaker 7: For they steal your heart.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, boys. Thank you. We'll be back with more
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Speaker 2: entertainment later. Now, all you fine Irish bricklayers, just step
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Speaker 2: up to the bar and get a drink on the house.
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Speaker 2: It's free, boys. Free beer, free lunch.
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Speaker 10: Louie?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Joe? I'll be up in the office. See if
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Speaker 2: these boys get free to drive. Okay, Joe.
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Speaker 5: Say, Louie, come here a minute.
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Speaker 8: Hey, you guys, don't you know when it's time to
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Speaker 8: leave town? Now, don't try to deny it, Louie. That
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Speaker 8: dirty crack you just made.
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Speaker 2: About these bricklayers.
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Speaker 10: So they're.
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Speaker 2: A bunch of lilies, are they? Hey, wait a minute.
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Speaker 2: What are you guys trying to pull? Sure, you better
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Speaker 2: take back what you said about the Irish, too. I
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Speaker 2: ain't said nothing about nobody.
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Speaker 4: And who said what about the Irish, lad?
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Speaker 8: This guy here making cracks about us Irish bricklayers. Telling
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Speaker 8: me that one Orangeman can lick ten Irishmen wide.
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Speaker 14: Oh, he did, didn't he?
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Speaker 6: He did indeed.
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Speaker 2: Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. Now, get away from me, you.
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Speaker 4: Oh, tough on you, laddie. I'll give you three seconds
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Speaker 4: to take it out back.
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Speaker 2: But I didn't say nothing.
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Speaker 3: Honest, I didn't. And a liar he is, too.
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Speaker 2: Go to sleep, laddie.
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Speaker 6: Sleep well.
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Speaker 2: Bye.
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Speaker 15: Bye, big boy.
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Speaker 7: Let's get down, Frankie.
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Speaker 10: Here in the corner.
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Speaker 2: I want to enjoy this. Oh, look at the way
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Speaker 2: that Brooklayer threw that chair. Wasn't that beautiful, Eddie?
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Speaker 8: Right through Joe's best mirror.
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Speaker 2: Very artistic.
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Speaker 4: Oh, I'm sorry Joe has to miss all this.
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Speaker 2: Where is he? Upstairs.
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Speaker 5: Wait a minute. He's coming down now. Oh, they're sure
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Speaker 5: making his scenic gardens awful scenic.
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Speaker 2: Get out of my way, Finnegan.
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Speaker 4: No, Joe, I'd like to let you pass, but I can't.
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Speaker 4: You might try to stop the foot.
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Speaker 2: Oh, they're wrecking the place. Get out of the way.
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Speaker 2: So you want to fight the Irish, huh?
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Speaker 4: Well, well, Bucky, you'll have to start with me.
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Speaker 2: Up with your hands.
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Speaker 11: Go on, you old sow's git.
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Speaker 2: Boys, you got to stop this.
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Speaker 3: Stop it.
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Speaker 2: Police.
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Speaker 16: Help.
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Speaker 3: Police.
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Speaker 2: Poor old Finnegan.
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Speaker 5: Come on, Frankie. Set him down on my bed.
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Speaker 9: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Ah, there.
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Speaker 5: Cold as a cucumber.
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Speaker 2: Oh, he'll be all right.
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Speaker 4: When Joe pushed him, he hit his head on the
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Speaker 4: bar rail.
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Speaker 2: He'll come around in a minute or two.
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Speaker 5: Lucky I live so close, I'm sure nobody saw us.
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Speaker 2: Saw us what?
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Speaker 5: Carrying Finnegan out.
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Speaker 2: Well, what if they did?
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Speaker 5: We couldn't leave him on the floor with the riot
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Speaker 5: going on. But I got an idea, Frankie. A great idea.
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Speaker 2: Another one. You've done all right for one day. Hey, hey,
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Speaker 2: he's coming around. Finnegan, Finnegan, wake up, Finnegan. Be quiet,
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Speaker 2: I'll do the talking.
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Speaker 14: Oh, no, boys.
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Speaker 2: Hello, Finnegan. Where am I?
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Speaker 5: In my bed, Finnegan. You've been here for hours and hours.
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Speaker 16: What's that?
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Speaker 4: What happened?
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Speaker 5: Oh, it's terrible, Finnegan. The doctor's just left. Doctors?
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Speaker 2: Is someone sick?
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Speaker 5: You are, poor fellow. Cranian contusions.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Finnegan, all over your body. Oh, dear, oh, dear,
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Speaker 2: me poor head hurts, too.
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Speaker 5: The doctors say you have a chance, Finnegan, if you
17:37
Speaker 5: get out of town.
17:38
Speaker 2: Out of town?
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Speaker 5: Immediately.
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Speaker 2: Ah, but I feel better already. Otherwise, they'll have to
17:42
Speaker 2: take you to the city hospital. Oh, I took a
17:43
Speaker 2: drink of water yesterday. I've been piling. And don't worry
17:46
Speaker 2: about money.
17:46
Speaker 5: A few weeks in, say, Atlantic City, and you'll be
17:49
Speaker 5: a new man. Frankie and I will take you to
17:52
Speaker 5: the train. Get a carriage, Frankie.
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Speaker 4: Oh, thank you, lads.
17:55
Speaker 2: Thank you, Atlantic City. Oh, it'll do me a world
17:57
Speaker 2: of good, boys.
17:58
Speaker 4: A change of saloons is just what I need.
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Speaker 13: Boss.
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Speaker 2: Boss, look.
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Speaker 5: Huh?
18:14
Speaker 2: Oh, Eddie Johnson and Frankie, eh? How long have they
18:16
Speaker 2: been here? Nearly an hour, boss. It's the first I've
18:19
Speaker 2: seen of them since they started that fight here two
18:20
Speaker 2: days ago. Something's up, Louie.
18:23
Speaker 5: Hey, look.
18:24
Speaker 2: They've got black ties on. Yeah. I guess they must
18:26
Speaker 2: have been at Finnegan's funeral this morning. Finnegan's funeral? Sure, Joe.
18:30
Speaker 2: He died the day of the fight. Didn't you know?
18:36
Speaker 2: Sent the remains to Atlantic City. Oh, I think I'd
18:39
Speaker 2: better talk to Mr. Johnson.
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Speaker 4: Here he comes, Eddie. Poor Finnegan.
18:44
Speaker 2: The best friend a man ever had.
18:46
Speaker 5: A finer Irishman never lived. Oh, hello, Joe.
18:50
Speaker 2: I just heard about Finnegan. What was it, his heart?
18:53
Speaker 5: His head, Joe.
18:54
Speaker 2: His head.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 13: Somebody hit him an awful wallop at the bricklayer's party.
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Speaker 2: Well, I see you're getting the place all fixed up, Joe. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: You know about Finnegan... I know you saw me do it,
19:05
Speaker 2: but I only pushed him.
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Speaker 5: Sure, Joe, sure. Except a solid brass rail doesn't know
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Speaker 5: how to pull its punches.
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Speaker 2: You guys wouldn't be trying a little high-class blackmail now,
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Speaker 2: would you?
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Speaker 5: Joe, how can you say a thing like that? I
19:16
Speaker 5: lied for you, Joe. I told the coroner he.
19:18
Speaker 2: Hit his head on a curb.
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Speaker 13: But if it ever came out that it all happened
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Speaker 13: in here, we'd have to tell the truth, Eddie.
19:23
Speaker 5: Of course, Frankie, it wasn't Joe's fault. All they can
19:27
Speaker 5: do is close this place down as a public nuisance.
19:30
Speaker 4: And that's a lot easier than manslaughter.
19:32
Speaker 5: Be ashamed, though, to see a nice place like this
19:35
Speaker 5: all boarded up. Okay, Eddie, how much do you want? Joe,
19:38
Speaker 5: you always think the worst of me. All I want
19:40
Speaker 5: is a chance to make some more money for you.
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Speaker 2: Go on, talk.
19:43
Speaker 5: Let me run this place. Let me put on the shows,
19:46
Speaker 5: give it some real class. All I want is 50%
19:48
Speaker 5: of any new business I bring in.
19:49
Speaker 2: Would cost me less to bribe my way out.
19:51
Speaker 5: Have it your own way. Oh, uh, the coroner asked
19:55
Speaker 5: me to stop in his office later on.
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Speaker 2: All right, Eddie. You start work tomorrow.
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Speaker 5: And have Miss Farley here at 9 o'clock in the morning.
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Speaker 2: Katie?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'll be changing the whole joint, Joe. And I'm
20:06
Speaker 5: starting on Kate Farley.
20:24
Speaker 2: Act II of Coney Island, starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature,
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Speaker 2: and Barry Sullivan, will follow in a moment. Libby. Don't
20:32
Speaker 2: you ever get tired of tearing around after the stars?
20:34
Speaker 14: Do I? Especially a human dynamo like Rosalind Russell. I
20:39
Speaker 14: did manage, though, to catch her in her dressing room
20:40
Speaker 14: one day on the Sister Kenny set.
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Speaker 6: Her enthusiasm about the part is really contagious.
20:45
Speaker 2: I don't wonder. Her role as Sister Kenny calls for
20:48
Speaker 2: a bit of everything, from romance with handsome Dean Jagger
20:51
Speaker 2: to high drama.
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Speaker 14: Oh, besides, Rosalind Russell is personally interested in that new
20:55
Speaker 14: technique for treating polio.
20:56
Speaker 2: Didn't she travel around the country with Elizabeth Kenny before
20:59
Speaker 2: RKO started the picture? Oh, yes.
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Speaker 14: Roz was so anxious to play the part of the
21:03
Speaker 14: Australian nurse just right, they made a tour of hospitals
21:06
Speaker 14: together during the war.
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Speaker 2: And wartime traveling must have been hard on both of them.
21:09
Speaker 14: Well, I asked Roz about that, and she said yes,
21:12
Speaker 14: there were many problems. And one she worried a lot
21:14
Speaker 14: about was how to preserve her precious nylons.
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Speaker 2: Like women everywhere.
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Speaker 6: Well, with Roz and.
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Speaker 14: Russell's reputation for being one of the best-dressed women in
21:22
Speaker 14: the country... Her stockings had to look perfect wherever she went.
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Speaker 2: Did she manage to keep hers that way?
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Speaker 3: Oh, yes, indeed.
21:28
Speaker 4: And guess how?
21:29
Speaker 2: Our old friend Lux Flakes?
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Speaker 6: None other. She always carried a box of Lux Flakes
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Speaker 6: in her suitcase.
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Speaker 2: There's no doubt that luxing helps nylons last much longer.
21:37
Speaker 2: Strain tests prove that.
21:38
Speaker 14: Well, sometimes Roz stayed in nurses' quarters when hotels were full.
21:42
Speaker 14: And she said she invariably ran into Lux Flakes.
21:44
Speaker 2: There, too. I've often admired the way a nurse manages
21:47
Speaker 2: to look spotless from tip to toe.
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Speaker 6: That's luck for you.
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Speaker 14: And because nurses are on their feet all day, they're
21:53
Speaker 14: quick to find out what makes stockings last longer, too.
21:57
Speaker 14: Whether they wear Lyle, Rayon, or those new white nylons
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Speaker 14: nurses covet.
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Speaker 2: It's a fact that all kinds of stockings wear better
22:04
Speaker 2: if they're washed gently with Luxe. In many, many tests,
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Speaker 2: stockings washed with a strong soap or rubbed with cake
22:10
Speaker 2: soap soon went into runs, while Luxe cut runs way down.
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Speaker 2: And remember, Luxe flakes are precious these days. Don't waste them.
22:18
Speaker 2: It takes only a teaspoonful of Luxe to wash a
22:21
Speaker 2: pair of Luxe stockings. Here's your producer, William Keeley.
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Speaker 3: We continue with Act II of Coney Island, starring Betty
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Speaker 3: Grable as Kate Farley, Victor Mature as Eddie Johnson, and
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Speaker 3: Barry Sullivan as Joe Rocco.
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Speaker 15: ¶ ¶.
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Speaker 3: Believing that Finnegan is dead, Joe Rocco has made Eddie
22:52
Speaker 3: a manager of a scenic gardens cafe. The new impresario
22:56
Speaker 3: spends his first day in hiring an orchestra and revamping
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Speaker 3: the entertainment program. But Eddie's having his troubles. The program
23:04
Speaker 3: consists almost entirely of Miss Katie Farley, and Katie Farley
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Speaker 3: refuses to be revamped.
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Speaker 6: It's 8 o'clock. You let everybody else go for dinner.
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Speaker 6: Why can't I?
23:14
Speaker 5: Because they do what I say and you don't.
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Speaker 6: If it wasn't for Joe, I'd quit right now.
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Speaker 5: Oh, cool off. We'll try the number again. I'll play
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Speaker 5: the piano.
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Speaker 6: What do you want this time?
23:22
Speaker 5: You sing too fast. You sing too loud and you
23:25
Speaker 5: move around too much. Outside of that, you're great.
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Speaker 6: Everybody sings fast. It's the style.
23:29
Speaker 5: Then we'll change the style.
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Speaker 2: I'm trying to make you a little different.
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Speaker 6: All right, I'll do it again. Go ahead, play.
23:36
Speaker 15: Cuddle up a little.
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Speaker 6: Closer, love be mine.
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Speaker 15: Cuddle up and be my little flinging vine.
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Speaker 2: Oh, shouty.
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Speaker 8: Look, if you want your family in Hoboken to hear you,
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Speaker 8: use the telephone.
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Speaker 11: Oh, you fourth-rate Velasco, I gotta sing loud. There'll be
23:54
Speaker 11: a crowd out there tonight, and they make a lot
23:56
Speaker 11: of noise.
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Speaker 5: Look, if you're good, they'll stop talking and listen. If
23:59
Speaker 5: you're not, you can yell your lungs out, and they
24:01
Speaker 5: still won't hear you.
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Speaker 6: Look, I've been doing great for a whole year. They
24:05
Speaker 6: like me here. And nobody's gonna change my style of singing. Nobody.
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Speaker 6: I'm leaving now, Mr. Eddie Johnson. I'll be back in
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Speaker 6: time to do my number, my way. Goodbye.
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Speaker 17: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 2: Get ready, Katie. The show starts in a couple of minutes.
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Speaker 6: I am ready.
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Speaker 2: In that dress with the feathers... Look, I thought I
24:29
Speaker 2: told you.
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Speaker 6: I'm wearing what I like, Mr. Johnson.
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Speaker 11: I just told the orchestra leader to play the number
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Speaker 11: my way.
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Speaker 6: Fast. Good and fast.
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Speaker 5: I hope you don't move around, Katie. With our new scenery,
24:39
Speaker 5: you should stand nice and quiet.
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Speaker 6: In front of a fake moon with a fake tree shining?
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Speaker 11: I'll have to move around tonight to dodge the vegetables.
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Speaker 5: Okay, you're the star. You should know.
24:49
Speaker 6: Oh, well, that's better. Tell him to start playing and
24:52
Speaker 6: ring up the curtains.
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Speaker 5: Well, just a minute, Katie.
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Speaker 6: Hey, what do you think you're doing?
24:56
Speaker 5: Just fixing the bottom of your dress.
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Speaker 6: What's wrong with it? Hey, what have you got? Handcuffs?
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Speaker 6: Get away. Stop it.
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Speaker 5: Stop it. The handcuffs are for your pretty little ankles.
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Speaker 5: I borrowed them from the cop outside. I'm afraid you'll
25:10
Speaker 5: have to stand still now, Katie, or you'll fall flat
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Speaker 5: on your face.
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Speaker 6: Take those off of me or so help me, I'll.
25:15
Speaker 5: And these go around your wrists, sweetheart.
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Speaker 2: See? Like this. There. That's better.
25:22
Speaker 11: And how do I walk out on the stage, smart guy?
25:24
Speaker 5: I carry you out, see?
25:26
Speaker 2: Very simple.
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Speaker 6: I'll show you. I'll just stand there. I won't sing
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Speaker 6: a note.
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Speaker 5: You look pretty funny, Katie. Hey, the handcuffs on your wrist,
25:33
Speaker 5: they show. I got to cover them up.
25:36
Speaker 2: Oh, here's just the thing.
25:37
Speaker 6: Oh, my feathers.
25:39
Speaker 12: You're pulling off my feathers.
25:40
Speaker 5: Hold them in your hand. They'll think it's an ostrich fan.
25:42
Speaker 6: I paid a lot of money for this dress.
25:45
Speaker 5: Here's another feather. Guess I should have dipped you first
25:47
Speaker 5: in boiling water.
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Speaker 6: Oh, you big baboon, you... Oh, just you wait. You'll
25:52
Speaker 6: be sorry.
25:52
Speaker 2: Frankie.
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Speaker 5: Yeah?
25:53
Speaker 8: Tell the leader out there if he wants to keep
25:55
Speaker 8: his job to play slow.
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Speaker 5: Nice and slow.
25:58
Speaker 2: Okay.
25:59
Speaker 5: All set, Miss Farley? Chin up now. Sing nice and pretty.
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Speaker 6: Get out of here!
26:05
Speaker 7: Get out!
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Speaker 3: Cut!
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Speaker 7: Cut!
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Speaker 15: Cuddle up a little closer Lovey my Cut! Like to
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Speaker 15: feel your cheeks so rosy Like to.
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Speaker 6: Make you cozy, cozy.
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Speaker 7: Cause I love from head to toesy Love me more
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Speaker 2: Katie, you did swell.
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Speaker 5: Now, up we go.
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Speaker 6: What are you doing now? Put me down.
27:53
Speaker 5: You can't walk with handcuffs on your feet. I'm taking
27:55
Speaker 5: you to your dressing room. I want to talk to you.
27:58
Speaker 6: I can hear just as well with these things on.
28:00
Speaker 6: They hurt.
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Speaker 5: You could kick, though, and start tossing vases. Well, what
28:04
Speaker 5: do you think of my way of singing now?
28:06
Speaker 6: That applause wasn't so much.
28:08
Speaker 5: You couldn't have gotten more if you were a parade.
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Speaker 6: Hey, my dressing room. Now, get these things off.
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Speaker 5: In a minute, Katie.
28:16
Speaker 2: You know.
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Speaker 5: They liked you tonight. There wasn't a sound while you sang.
28:22
Speaker 5: For once, you had real class.
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Speaker 6: Where do you get off talking to me like that?
28:26
Speaker 6: There are a lot of people around here who like
28:28
Speaker 6: me just the way I am, see?
28:29
Speaker 5: Sure, but more people will like you if you'll just
28:31
Speaker 5: listen to me. You've got warmth, appeal, you're attractive. Yeah,
28:36
Speaker 5: in fact, you're so attractive, I think I gotta kiss you.
28:39
Speaker 6: Get away from me!
28:40
Speaker 11: There.
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Speaker 3: There.
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Speaker 5: And you'll be still more attractive if you just dress
28:45
Speaker 5: instead of overdressing.
28:46
Speaker 2: I'm no dummy.
28:47
Speaker 5: I went to school, finished the 10th grade.
28:50
Speaker 2: I even....
28:52
Speaker 3: Oh.
28:53
Speaker 5: Oh, here's that feeling again. I need another kiss.
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Speaker 6: Is that what you learned in the 10th grade?
28:59
Speaker 5: No, that's why I was kicked out of the 11th.
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Speaker 6: Oh, just wait till I get out of these chains.
29:06
Speaker 6: I'll slap your face so hard.
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Speaker 5: It'll... No, you won't. Because you know that everything I
29:10
Speaker 5: told you is right. Okay, I'll take the handcuffs off now.
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Speaker 5: They're off, Katie. And here's my face.
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Speaker 2: Go ahead. Slap. Oh.
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Speaker 6: Oh, get out of here. Please get out.
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Speaker 5: Good night, Katie.
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Speaker 6: Good night. And thanks.
29:36
Speaker 15: Good night.
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Speaker 2: Oh, come in, Eddie, come in. I thought it was
29:48
Speaker 2: about time we did a little bookkeeping.
29:50
Speaker 5: Any complaints?
29:51
Speaker 2: Complaints? In three weeks, you've turned this place into a
29:53
Speaker 2: gold mine. We've taken in nearly $ 20, 000 with a net
29:56
Speaker 2: of $ 5, 000 over average business. You get 50%, Eddie. Here
30:00
Speaker 2: it is.
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Speaker 5: You know, Joe, for $ 30, 000, we could buy us a
30:03
Speaker 5: new place.
30:04
Speaker 2: You're going to think of more ways of spending my dough.
30:07
Speaker 5: Not yours.
30:08
Speaker 13: Ours.
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Speaker 5: Take my cut of the profits each week and put
30:11
Speaker 5: up the same amount yourself. Before you know it, we'll
30:13
Speaker 5: have enough.
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Speaker 2: No, I'm making all I want right here. And why
30:16
Speaker 2: kid ourselves? We're doing great because of Katie. She's been sensational.
30:19
Speaker 5: That's right.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but how long can she stay on top?
30:22
Speaker 5: She's not on top. She's just starting. Give her time,
30:24
Speaker 5: she'll be the biggest star in years.
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Speaker 2: You know, for a guy who's always battling with Katie,
30:28
Speaker 2: you seem to have a lot of faith in her.
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Speaker 5: She's swell, Joe. I'm getting very fond of Katie.
30:34
Speaker 2: Oh, is that so? Well, I just assume you and
30:37
Speaker 2: Katie keep it on a strictly business basis, Eddie.
30:40
Speaker 5: Oh?
30:41
Speaker 2: Yeah. I always had the silly idea that Katie was
30:44
Speaker 2: my girl. You know what I mean?
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Speaker 5: Oh, sure, Joe, I know. Well, we'll see, huh? That's right,
30:51
Speaker 5: we'll see.
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Speaker 10: Eddie!
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Speaker 2: Eddie LeVar!
30:54
Speaker 8: Are you there?
30:55
Speaker 2: Eddie! Who is it?
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Speaker 4: Finnegan! Greetings from Atlantic City!
30:59
Speaker 2: Finnegan!
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Speaker 5: When?
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Speaker 4: Say something, boys. Are you not glad to see your
31:05
Speaker 4: dear old friend?
31:06
Speaker 5: Hello, Finnegan. What?
31:08
Speaker 2: Hello?
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Speaker 4: Joe, you look like you're seeing a ghost.
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Speaker 2: Well, that's just what I am seeing. Or am I, Eddie?
31:15
Speaker 4: Say, what is this? Everybody stares at me so queer-like. Why,
31:18
Speaker 4: two of the boys downstairs signed the pledge as soon
31:21
Speaker 4: as I walked.
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Speaker 6: In the door.
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Speaker 2: Finnegan, I'll see you later. Later, huh? Oh, you're busy. Sure, Eddie.
31:31
Speaker 4: Oh, it was a lovely time. I had a lovely,
31:32
Speaker 4: lovely time.
31:35
Speaker 2: Well?
31:36
Speaker 5: Joe, I told you I'd worm in here one way
31:38
Speaker 5: or another.
31:39
Speaker 2: You slipped over a fast one and tripled my business.
31:41
Speaker 2: I like being taken that way. Joe, what about a
31:44
Speaker 2: new place? It can wait.
31:45
Speaker 5: Better come in on it with me, Joe. If you don't,
31:47
Speaker 5: I'll buy it myself, Katie and me, and we'll take
31:50
Speaker 5: all your business away.
31:51
Speaker 2: But I wouldn't like that, Eddie. I wouldn't like that
31:54
Speaker 2: at all.
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Speaker 6: Good morning, sir. May I help you?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm Joe Rocco. I have an appointment with Mr. Hammerstein.
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Speaker 6: Oh, yes, sir.
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Speaker 10: Go right in.
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Speaker 2: Thank you. I'm Rocco, Mr. Hammerstein.
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Speaker 18: Oh, sit down, young man. I've just been reading the
32:17
Speaker 18: press notices about Miss Farley. I have to admit, these
32:20
Speaker 18: hard-boiled critics seem to back up.
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Speaker 2: Everything you said. Oh, she's really wonderful, Mr. Hammerstein.
32:25
Speaker 18: Well, society doesn't flock down to Coney Island for nothing.
32:29
Speaker 18: How long has this been going on?
32:30
Speaker 2: Well, she started to click about three months ago.
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Speaker 18: I can't understand why you come to me, Rocco. If
32:36
Speaker 18: I thought she'd be good for my new show, I'd
32:38
Speaker 18: try to steal her from you.
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Speaker 2: But Katie belongs here on Broadway. She's too good for
32:42
Speaker 2: Coney Island.
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Speaker 5: Well, I'll certainly drop out and hear her sing.
32:45
Speaker 2: Fine. When can you make it? I can't say exactly.
32:48
Speaker 2: Next week, probably. Thanks a lot, Mr. Hammerstein. Not at all.
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Speaker 2: I'll telephone you before I come. Goodbye, Rocco.
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Speaker 6: And now a new number.
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Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen.
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Speaker 8: Miss Kate Farley singing, Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey.
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Speaker 15: Put your arms around me, honey.
33:25
Speaker 7: Hold me tight.
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Speaker 15: Huddle up and cuddle up with all your might.
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Speaker 2: Oh, baby.
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Speaker 15: Won't you roll them eyes I said I just idolize When.
33:41
Speaker 17: They look at me My heart begins to float Then
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Speaker 17: it starts a-rockin' Like a motorboat Oh.
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Speaker 15: Oh, I never knew Any boy.
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Speaker 3: Like you.
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Speaker 2: Honey, you were never better.
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Speaker 6: Oh, thank you, Eddie.
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Speaker 2: You got it at last. The trick of making every
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Speaker 2: guy feel you're singing just for him.
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Speaker 6: It's easy when it's not a trick, Eddie.
34:14
Speaker 2: Huh?
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Speaker 5: Katie, you mean that? You mean all those pear-shaped tones
34:19
Speaker 5: were just for me?
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Speaker 6: Couldn't you tell?
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Speaker 5: Oh, come on now.
34:24
Speaker 2: Hurry up and change. I've got things to talk about.
34:27
Speaker 6: I won't be long. Wait for me.
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Speaker 2: Eddie. Oh, Joe. Say, she did great, didn't she? Look, Eddie. Eddie,
34:33
Speaker 2: trim me out of my dough if you want to,
34:35
Speaker 2: and if you can, I can laugh about that. But
34:38
Speaker 2: when it comes to Katie, I lose my sense of humor.
34:40
Speaker 2: I wouldn't do that, Joe.
34:41
Speaker 5: You may need it.
34:42
Speaker 2: Well, I just want you to know I'm going to
34:43
Speaker 2: do everything I can to break it up between you two.
34:45
Speaker 5: I'll tell you something. I'm going to be leaving here
34:47
Speaker 5: in a few weeks. I'm getting a new place. But
34:50
Speaker 5: you still can have half if you want. I'm doing
34:53
Speaker 5: fine right here. I won't ask you again, Joe. It's
34:55
Speaker 5: smart you haven't got that kind of cash. That's why
34:57
Speaker 5: I went to the Brooklyn Savings Bank. They said if
35:00
Speaker 5: I have Kate Forty, they'd loan me $ 20, 000. Yeah?
35:02
Speaker 2: And what makes you think Katie will go with you?
35:06
Speaker 5: Love is a wonderful thing, Joe. A wonderful thing is love.
35:20
Speaker 2: Eddie, Eddie, Eddie.
35:22
Speaker 5: Eddie, where's Joe? He said something about a poker game
35:24
Speaker 5: at the Continental.
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Speaker 2: Yeah? What are you all excited about? Downstairs, Hammerstein. William
35:27
Speaker 2: Hammerstein's downstairs. Well, what about who?
35:30
Speaker 5: Hammerstein.
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Speaker 8: Hammerstein, the producer.
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Speaker 2: He says Joe asked him to come and hear Katie.
35:33
Speaker 5: Funny Joe didn't say something.
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Speaker 8: Well, he told Joe he'd be down next week, but
35:37
Speaker 8: he just happened to be at Brighton tonight, so he
35:39
Speaker 8: came on over.
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Speaker 2: Hey, I'll go and tell Katie.
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Speaker 5: Don't you see what Joe's trying to do? I want
35:45
Speaker 5: to open up that new cafe. If Katie comes with me,
35:48
Speaker 5: I get a big loan from the bank. But if
35:50
Speaker 5: Katie goes to Hammerstein, I'm licked. Yeah, but what do
35:54
Speaker 5: we do now? Look, if Joe can play poker... I
35:57
Speaker 5: guess it's okay if Katie and I take the evening off, too.
35:59
Speaker 5: But she's got a number coming up. Dolly knows her songs.
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Speaker 5: Dolly will sing. Well, that's what understudies are for. Besides,
36:07
Speaker 5: I wouldn't want to disappoint Mr. Hammerstein.
36:09
Speaker 2: But Dolly is a comic.
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Speaker 5: She'll sound awful. I hope so. But Hammerstein will think
36:14
Speaker 5: she's Katie.
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Speaker 2: Oh.
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Speaker 5: You know that sign with Katie's name on it? The
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Speaker 5: great big one on the side of the stage? Uh-huh.
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Speaker 5: See that it stays there when Dolly sings. I'll talk
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Speaker 5: to Hammerstein now. Go get Katie and tell her to
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Speaker 5: meet me at the side entrance.
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Speaker 2: Okay, Eddie.
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Speaker 7: I hope you know what you're doing.
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Speaker 6: Gee, it's wonderful here, Eddie.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: Beach fires in the sand. Stars in the sky. Moon
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Speaker 5: on the water.
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Speaker 6: I could stay here all night. Except I feel awful
36:52
Speaker 6: guilty about running out like this.
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Speaker 2: Oh, forget it.
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Speaker 5: There's nobody important in the cafe and... You only miss
36:58
Speaker 5: one number. Besides, it's a swell break for Dolly.
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Speaker 6: Listen, a moonlight picnic on the beach. Lucky people.
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Speaker 5: We'll do that, too, someday. After I get my own place.
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Speaker 6: You sure have big plans, Eddie.
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Speaker 5: Why not?
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Speaker 2: And you know who's going to sing for me? Who?
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Speaker 5: Katie Farley.
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Speaker 2: Really?
37:19
Speaker 5: I've got to have you, Katie. I want everything to
37:22
Speaker 5: be the best.
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Speaker 6: That's the nicest compliment you ever paid me. You know,
37:27
Speaker 6: if you're not careful, you're going to wind up owning
37:28
Speaker 6: Coney Island.
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Speaker 5: I intend to.
37:30
Speaker 6: What a guy. And what a sap.
37:33
Speaker 5: Sap? Me?
37:34
Speaker 6: No, me. I've fallen for you, Eddie. I've fallen awful hard.
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Speaker 5: Katie, you'll never be sorry, honey.
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Speaker 2: Never.
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Speaker 6: Oh, I never knew any boy like you.
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Speaker 2: And she does two more songs later on, Mr. Hammerstein.
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Speaker 2: That's fine, but I think I've heard enough. Tell Mr.
38:28
Speaker 2: Rocco I was greatly impressed. Well, thanks, Mr. Hammerstein.
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Speaker 8: Goodbye.
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Speaker 5: Mr.
38:34
Speaker 8: Hammerstein.
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Speaker 2: Oh, hello, Rocco. I understood you were out. Yeah, I was,
38:38
Speaker 2: but one of my boys telephoned me you were here.
38:40
Speaker 2: I came right back. Oh, that's all right. Mr.
38:42
Speaker 5: Johnson took very good care of me.
38:44
Speaker 2: What did you think of Miss Farley? Well, as you
38:46
Speaker 2: told me, she's very, uh... Unusual. I'll think it over
38:52
Speaker 2: and let you know. Good night. Good night, Mr. Hammerstein. Oh, Frankie. Frankie,
38:56
Speaker 2: tell Katie to come over here. Oh, well, I'll look
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Speaker 2: for her, Joe. What do you mean you'll look for her?
39:01
Speaker 2: Where is she? Well, you see, Joe, it's like this.
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Speaker 4: Say, Joe, I heard a wonderful story tonight.
39:08
Speaker 2: It seems there were two fellas... What goes on around here? Oh,
39:11
Speaker 2: there's Katie now, coming in the front entrance with Eddie.
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Speaker 2: Where have they been?
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Speaker 4: Well, just as I was saying, Joe, these two folks.
39:17
Speaker 2: Get out of here. Katie.
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Speaker 6: Hello, Joe.
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Speaker 2: Can I talk to you a minute, Katie?
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Speaker 6: Why, sure. You're not sore, are you, Joe?
39:24
Speaker 2: Sore? What about?
39:26
Speaker 11: Well, Eddie and I went for a little walk. I
39:28
Speaker 11: skipped my last number. Dolly did it for me.
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Speaker 2: Oh, no wonder I couldn't figure it out.
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Speaker 5: Figure what out, Joe?
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Speaker 2: I think you can guess, but I'd better tell Katie.
39:37
Speaker 6: What are you talking about?
39:39
Speaker 2: Katie, William Hammerstein was here a little while ago. He
39:41
Speaker 2: came just to hear you sing.
39:43
Speaker 3: Oh, no.
39:43
Speaker 2: I invited him. He's looking for a singer.
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Speaker 6: Oh, but why didn't you tell me?
39:47
Speaker 2: I expected him next week. But Eddie knew he was here.
39:50
Speaker 5: How did I know it was Hammerstein? I never.
39:52
Speaker 2: I never saw him in my life. Yeah, that's very funny.
39:54
Speaker 2: He told me Mr. Johnson had taken very good care
39:57
Speaker 2: of him. And you know, Katie, when he heard Dolly sing,
39:59
Speaker 2: he thought it was you.
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Speaker 6: How could he get that idea?
40:02
Speaker 2: Look up on that stage. Somebody didn't bother to change
40:05
Speaker 2: the signs. I see.
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Speaker 6: Looks like Mr. Johnson took care of a lot of people.
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Speaker 5: Now, wait a minute, Katie. I.
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Speaker 6: Why didn't you tell me?
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Speaker 2: Shall I tell her, Eddie? Go with you. Tell her.
40:16
Speaker 2: It's all very simple, Katie. If Hammerstein heard you and
40:19
Speaker 2: signed you for his show, then Eddie wouldn't have you
40:21
Speaker 2: for his new cafe. And without you, there isn't going
40:24
Speaker 2: to be any cafe.
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Speaker 5: That's not true.
40:25
Speaker 2: Now, look, Katie.
40:26
Speaker 8: Eddie, before you quit, I just want you to know
40:28
Speaker 8: you're fired.
40:29
Speaker 6: And thanks, Eddie. Thanks a lot for taking me out tonight. I'll...
40:35
Speaker 6: I'll never forget it.
40:51
Speaker 2: We pause now for station identification. This is CBS, the
40:55
Speaker 2: Columbia Broadcasting System.
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Speaker 7: ¶ ¶.
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Speaker 3: Before our stars, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, and Barry Sullivan,
41:27
Speaker 3: return in Act Three of Coney Island, I want to
41:30
Speaker 3: introduce tonight's special guest, Yvonne Robb, who is casting a
41:34
Speaker 3: fine glow over the 20th century fox lot. You know, Yvonne,
41:38
Speaker 3: I didn't remember your hair was chestnut. It looked black
41:41
Speaker 3: when I saw you making Anne and the King of Siam.
41:43
Speaker 6: That's right, Mr.
41:44
Speaker 16: Keeley, but it was just mascara sprayed on. As a
41:47
Speaker 16: king's favorite wife, I had to look Siamese.
41:49
Speaker 2: And wear a sarong.
41:51
Speaker 16: Well, I got a little tired of that, especially when
41:54
Speaker 16: I discovered Gene Tierney on the next set.
41:56
Speaker 3: In Daryl Zanuck's production of The Razor's Edge.
41:58
Speaker 6: That's right.
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Speaker 16: And I was positively green with envy because Gene was
42:02
Speaker 16: wearing some of the most glamorous clothes I've ever seen.
42:05
Speaker 2: Like?
42:06
Speaker 16: Oh, a white lace wedding gown they say cost $ 2, 500.
42:09
Speaker 16: And gorgeous chiffon lingerie and a beautiful satin brocade pajamas.
42:15
Speaker 3: Well, they sound charming, but a bit impractical perhaps.
42:19
Speaker 6: Well, that's what I thought at first.
42:21
Speaker 16: But I was talking with the wardrobe mistress, and she
42:23
Speaker 16: said that lovely lingerie had seen a lot of retakes.
42:26
Speaker 16: Of course, the things got soiled. So, each time they
42:29
Speaker 16: were washed in luxe flakes.
42:30
Speaker 3: Well, perhaps in your next picture, you can have as
42:33
Speaker 3: glamorous a wardrobe as Jean did for Somerset Maugham's novel.
42:37
Speaker 6: It would be fun.
42:38
Speaker 16: But I do have something in common with all that
42:40
Speaker 16: glamour right now. I've used luxe flakes for all my
42:43
Speaker 16: own lingerie as far back as I can remember.
42:46
Speaker 2: You'd probably be surprised, too, how much that has saved you.
42:49
Speaker 6: Well, I do know, Mr.
42:50
Speaker 16: Kennedy, that my things stay lovely looking for.
42:52
Speaker 6: A long time.
42:53
Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, lots of girls have found
42:55
Speaker 2: they can have three times as many pretty undies by
42:57
Speaker 2: giving them LuxCare.
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Speaker 16: How do you mean?
43:00
Speaker 2: Why, instead of having to replace faded, old-looking undies all
43:03
Speaker 2: the time, they can afford to buy extra ones, three
43:06
Speaker 2: times as many. That's because wrong washing methods fade nice
43:10
Speaker 2: things too soon, while gentle Lux care keeps undies lovely
43:13
Speaker 2: three times as long.
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Speaker 6: I wish I could.
43:15
Speaker 16: Always find Lux flakes these days when I want them.
43:18
Speaker 2: Just keep on trying. Dealers get deliveries regularly, so keep asking.
43:22
Speaker 2: If you don't get it the first time, try again.
43:24
Speaker 2: Lux is worth waiting for. Here's Mr. Keeley at the microphone.
43:29
Speaker 3: After our final curtain, we hope you'll join us for
43:32
Speaker 3: a brief chat with tonight's stars. Here's Act Three of
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Speaker 3: Coney Island, starring Betty Grable as Kate Farley, Victor Mature
43:40
Speaker 3: as Eddie Johnson, and Barry Sullivan as Joe Rocco. Katie
43:54
Speaker 3: missed one opportunity to sing for William Hammerstein, but Joe
43:58
Speaker 3: Rocco quickly arranged another audition. He's taken Katie to New
44:04
Speaker 3: York and sits with a producer in Hammerstein's theater. On
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Speaker 3: the empty stage, Katie is finishing her number.
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Speaker 7: Oh, dear.
44:14
Speaker 6: Like to make you.
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Speaker 7: Comfy, cozy Cause I love from head to toes.
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Speaker 17: The love in my heart Well, Mr.
44:36
Speaker 2: Hammerstein. Oh, she's all right. It's no use. Your smile
44:39
Speaker 2: gave you away.
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Speaker 18: Well, I thought if I acted hard-boiled, I might get
44:44
Speaker 18: her for less money.
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Speaker 6: I can do another chorus if you'd like.
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Speaker 2: Katie, you were great.
44:48
Speaker 6: Wonderful.
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Speaker 2: Mr.
44:49
Speaker 18: Rocco and I are just going into my office to
44:51
Speaker 18: talk about a deal.
44:52
Speaker 2: Wait right there, Katie. I'll just be a few minutes.
44:54
Speaker 6: I'll wait. Oh, I want to thank you. You played
44:58
Speaker 6: the song exactly.
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Speaker 5: Eddie.
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Speaker 2: Hello, Katie.
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Speaker 6: What were you doing down there in the orchestra, Ted?
45:04
Speaker 5: Playing for you. I told Hammerstein's pianist you were expecting me.
45:08
Speaker 5: That and five bucks seemed to convince him. Katie, could
45:12
Speaker 5: you give me just one more minute? There are a
45:14
Speaker 5: lot of things I want to explain.
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Speaker 6: I listened to you once before. Of all the selfish, conniving.
45:20
Speaker 2: Wait a minute.
45:22
Speaker 5: Remember me? I'm the guy who just played the piano
45:25
Speaker 5: for you. If I'd wanted to, I could have crabbed
45:28
Speaker 5: your act awful easy. I didn't, though, because I want
45:31
Speaker 5: you to get that job. I'm sorry about the other time, Katie, honest.
45:36
Speaker 6: And that makes everything all right, I suppose.
45:38
Speaker 5: No, but it should make you take that cotton out
45:40
Speaker 5: of your ears long enough for me to tell you
45:41
Speaker 5: why I did it.
45:42
Speaker 6: I know why. You want that new plane.
45:44
Speaker 5: Sure I do. But that wasn't the real reason. I
45:48
Speaker 5: didn't want you to work for Hammerstein because, well, it
45:51
Speaker 5: would put too much distance between us.
45:53
Speaker 11: Oh, Eddie, it's exactly 11 miles from here to Coney Island.
45:57
Speaker 5: I'm not talking about that kind of distance. Once you
46:00
Speaker 5: hit Broadway, you'd be a million miles from me. It's
46:03
Speaker 5: happened so many times before, Katie, and I just didn't
46:05
Speaker 5: want to lose you. You see, I happen to love you.
46:09
Speaker 5: That's why I did it. I guess that's all I
46:13
Speaker 5: have to say.
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Speaker 2: Eddie.
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Speaker 6: Oh, Eddie, get me out of here. Quickly.
46:18
Speaker 5: But what about Hammerstein? Broadway?
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Speaker 11: I'm from Coney Island, Eddie, and right now I feel
46:25
Speaker 11: an awful long way from home.
46:36
Speaker 2: Where have you been, Katie? What happened to you? Six
46:38
Speaker 2: hours ago, I left you on a stage in New York.
46:40
Speaker 6: I'm sorry, Joe, but Eddie came along and I.
46:43
Speaker 5: I figured it would be better if Katie wasn't around
46:45
Speaker 5: while you and Hammerstein were talking business.
46:47
Speaker 2: Hammerstein wanted you to sign a contract.
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Speaker 6: So did Eddie. Look, Joe.
46:52
Speaker 2: Oh, marriage license, huh?
46:54
Speaker 5: That's right. It looks just like a liquor license, except
46:57
Speaker 5: it's got little cupids running all over it.
47:00
Speaker 2: Well, congratulations. When's the wedding?
47:02
Speaker 5: Tomorrow afternoon, Joe. And I'd like you to be the
47:04
Speaker 5: best man.
47:05
Speaker 2: Thanks, that's... That's swell. What did I tell Hammerstein?
47:09
Speaker 11: We just spoke to him on the telephone. He's not
47:11
Speaker 11: starting rehearsals until August, and he said we'll have plenty
47:14
Speaker 11: of time for a honeymoon.
47:15
Speaker 2: You mean you still want to sign with Hammerstein?
47:17
Speaker 6: Oh, you bet.
47:18
Speaker 2: Surprised, Joe? Oh, frankly, yes. I thought you wanted Katie
47:21
Speaker 2: for your new cafe. I did.
47:23
Speaker 5: I want her more as my wife.
47:24
Speaker 6: Well, Joe, we'll see you at the church.
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Speaker 5: The little one across from Brighton Park, tomorrow afternoon at 4.30.
47:29
Speaker 2: I'll be there.
47:30
Speaker 6: You see, Joe, it all worked out just beautifully.
47:33
Speaker 2: Yeah, beautifully. Louie? Yeah? Remember Sylvester Keen? That broken-down actor? Sure.
47:42
Speaker 2: He blew in last week. He was looking for a job.
47:44
Speaker 2: Now get hold of him. Tell him he's got a job.
47:55
Speaker 6: Dolly, it's 4.30. Where could he be?
47:57
Speaker 12: Joe said Louie's bringing Eddie in an automobile. Probably got
48:01
Speaker 12: a flat tire. I'm going out to look for him.
48:03
Speaker 12: You stay right here in this room. It's bad luck
48:06
Speaker 12: to go inside before the wedding march.
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Speaker 6: I ought to know. I've been married four times. Then
48:11
Speaker 6: you find him. Okay, I'll find him.
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Speaker 9: Oh, excuse me.
48:15
Speaker 2: I was about to knock. Miss Farley?
48:18
Speaker 12: No, that's Miss Farley in there.
48:20
Speaker 6: Who is it?
48:20
Speaker 9: I'm Sylvester Keene from the Brooklyn Savings Bank.
48:24
Speaker 6: Don't tell me I've overdrawn my account.
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Speaker 2: Oh, no, no.
48:28
Speaker 9: I wanted to speak to Mr. Johnson, but I understand
48:31
Speaker 9: he isn't here yet. I thought perhaps you could give
48:34
Speaker 9: him a message.
48:34
Speaker 6: Why, certainly.
48:35
Speaker 2: Just tell Mr.
48:36
Speaker 9: Johnson we've decided to loan him $ 20, 000 for his new cafe.
48:40
Speaker 11: Oh, why, that's wonderful. But if anyone can make a
48:43
Speaker 11: success out of a cafe, it's Mr.
48:45
Speaker 2: Johnson.
48:46
Speaker 9: Well, frankly, Miss Farley, we consider your reputation a little
48:49
Speaker 9: better security than his. An attraction like you would make
48:52
Speaker 9: any cafe a success.
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Speaker 6: Thank you, but I won't be singing in his cafe.
48:57
Speaker 6: I'm going to work for William Hammerstein.
48:59
Speaker 2: You are?
49:00
Speaker 6: Why, why, yes.
49:02
Speaker 2: Why, that's strange.
49:03
Speaker 5: Mr.
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Speaker 9: Johnson called us just a little while ago and said
49:06
Speaker 9: that now that you and he were going to be married,
49:09
Speaker 9: you had changed your mind.
49:10
Speaker 2: You were staying in Coney Island.
49:13
Speaker 6: He told you that?
49:14
Speaker 2: Oh, dear, dear, that changes everything.
49:17
Speaker 9: Well, I am certainly glad we had this little talk.
49:20
Speaker 2: Miss Farley.
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Speaker 6: Yes, so am I.
49:23
Speaker 9: I'm sorry if I said anything that.
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Speaker 6: He's here, Katie. Eddie's here. They got stuck in traffic.
49:27
Speaker 2: Well, goodbye, Miss Farley.
49:29
Speaker 6: Goodbye.
49:29
Speaker 2: Katie, here are your railroad tickets. Two days in Niagara
49:32
Speaker 2: Falls and down through Canada into Detroit.
49:34
Speaker 6: Excuse me a minute. Eddie, I'll get him for you, honey.
49:38
Speaker 2: Please.
49:39
Speaker 6: And Joe, do you mind? No.
49:42
Speaker 2: Want to be alone with him, huh? Well, I'll tell
49:44
Speaker 2: the preacher each here.
49:45
Speaker 5: How are you, Mrs.
49:46
Speaker 2: Johnson? Here, posies for the train.
49:49
Speaker 6: Close the door, Eddie.
49:50
Speaker 2: Sure.
49:52
Speaker 6: Eddie, a man was here just now from the bank.
49:55
Speaker 2: He was?
49:57
Speaker 5: What'd he want?
49:58
Speaker 6: Did you tell him that I was going to be
49:59
Speaker 6: singing for you?
50:01
Speaker 5: Last week I said I might be able to get you,
50:03
Speaker 5: but that was before Hammerstein... You spoke to them again today. Today?
50:07
Speaker 6: You told them you had me all sewed up.
50:10
Speaker 5: Now, wait a minute. I don't know who was here
50:12
Speaker 5: or what he said, but I.
50:13
Speaker 6: Don't lie, Eddie.
50:14
Speaker 11: You know you couldn't get the money without me. What
50:16
Speaker 11: was your plan this time? To convince me on our honeymoon?
50:19
Speaker 5: Katie, you don't honestly think that.
50:23
Speaker 2: Do you?
50:23
Speaker 6: What do you want me to think?
50:25
Speaker 5: That I'm marrying you because I love you and for
50:27
Speaker 5: no other reason.
50:28
Speaker 6: Isn't there anything you'd like to explain?
50:32
Speaker 5: I'm not even going to try to.
50:35
Speaker 2: Katie.
50:36
Speaker 5: You've got to believe me. Because down deep, you just
50:39
Speaker 5: know I'm on the level. Unless you do, our marriage
50:42
Speaker 5: won't be worth a hoot.
50:44
Speaker 6: Is that all, Eddie?
50:46
Speaker 2: That's all.
50:48
Speaker 5: Someday you'll find out I'm telling the truth, except then
50:51
Speaker 5: it may be too late. If you leave me now, well,
50:56
Speaker 5: I guess it's all over. You know that, don't you? Yes,
51:00
Speaker 5: I know that. What are you going to do?
51:04
Speaker 6: What I have to. I'm leaving now.
51:16
Speaker 9: Intermission, ten minutes.
51:17
Speaker 3: Smoking in the outer lobby, please.
51:20
Speaker 12: Why, the girls are wonderful.
51:22
Speaker 6: Wherever do they find them?
51:23
Speaker 2: That Farley girl is the whole show. I could see
51:25
Speaker 2: her every night in the... Well, Eddie, looks like she's in.
51:27
Speaker 5: Yeah, she's got them standing on their ears for... Frankie.
51:32
Speaker 5: I swore I wouldn't do this, but I've got to.
51:34
Speaker 2: Gotta do what?
51:36
Speaker 5: I'm going backstage, Frankie. I'll see you later.
51:39
Speaker 2: Well, it's about time. Good luck, Eddie. I hear what
51:48
Speaker 2: they're saying, Katie. Sensational. And wait till they hear the
51:51
Speaker 2: third act.
51:52
Speaker 6: Oh, thanks, Joe. But I'll believe it when I see
51:53
Speaker 6: it in the morning paper.
51:55
Speaker 2: I saw Eddie in the lobby, Katie. If you want,
51:57
Speaker 2: I'll ask him to drop in later.
51:59
Speaker 6: In case he has the same idea, tell himself to
52:03
Speaker 6: save the trouble.
52:04
Speaker 2: You really mean that?
52:06
Speaker 6: What do you think?
52:08
Speaker 2: I think it's about time I gave you this.
52:11
Speaker 4: Oh, Joe.
52:13
Speaker 6: Joe, it's beautiful.
52:15
Speaker 2: And I didn't win it in a card game either.
52:18
Speaker 2: It's one ring I bought in a jewelry store. Hey, hey,
52:21
Speaker 2: that's the wrong hand. That's a left-handed ring.
52:25
Speaker 5: Oh.
52:26
Speaker 2: No go, huh?
52:28
Speaker 6: Joe, I.
52:29
Speaker 2: Forget it, Katie. But keep the ring. Just because a
52:32
Speaker 2: hay burner runs second, he doesn't ask for his entry
52:34
Speaker 2: fee back.
52:35
Speaker 6: I'm so sorry, Joe.
52:37
Speaker 2: Katie. Katie, listen. Since I did run out of the money,
52:41
Speaker 2: there's something you ought to know. That day in the
52:43
Speaker 2: church when you were going to be married, I.
52:45
Speaker 6: Come in.
52:48
Speaker 2: Hello, Katie. Joe.
52:50
Speaker 6: Uh, hello, Eddie.
52:52
Speaker 5: I just wanted to tell you how swell it's going here.
52:54
Speaker 5: Even better than I thought you'd be.
52:56
Speaker 6: Well, thanks, Eddie. How have you been?
52:58
Speaker 5: Oh, fine. Opening the cafe next month. Will you drop out?
53:01
Speaker 6: Sure. Where's it going to be?
53:03
Speaker 2: Where?
53:04
Speaker 5: Why, in the same building I opened.
53:07
Speaker 6: I thought you took an option on that building, Joe.
53:10
Speaker 5: I did.
53:10
Speaker 2: Eddie, I hate to tell you this, but the reason
53:12
Speaker 2: I let the option expire was because the fire commissioner
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Speaker 2: tipped me off. They're going to condemn the building.
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Speaker 5: I hate to tell you this, Joe, but that guy
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Speaker 5: wasn't the fire commissioner.
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Speaker 2: Oh, just a friend of yours?
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Speaker 14: Uh-huh.
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Speaker 6: The way you two double-cross each other and smile about
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Speaker 6: it beats me.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've sure pulled some beauty.
53:27
Speaker 5: Remember the time you got me that date with a
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Speaker 5: blonde and she turned out to be the sheriff's wife?
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Speaker 8: It was nothing.
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Speaker 2: What about when I was running that freak show in Toledo?
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Speaker 8: You painted the mayor's face on the sword swallow's back
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Speaker 8: and I got 30 days for it. And in Memphis,
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Speaker 8: Joe pays me off in counterfeit bills, Katie, and I
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Speaker 8: get tight and try to cash one of them at
53:43
Speaker 8: the police station.
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Speaker 5: Ha, ha, ha, ha.
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Speaker 8: And what about that day at the church when you
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Speaker 8: sent that guy over who was supposed to be from
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Speaker 8: the bank? Sylvester Keene. Oh, that one really hit the jackpot.
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Speaker 8: You should have seen his makeup, Eddie. Absolutely perfect.
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Speaker 2: I'll bet it was, Joe. And when Louie told me
53:58
Speaker 2: he stole you off by getting caught in traffic, I
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Speaker 2: thought I'd... I thought I'd... Oh.
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Speaker 5: Well, Miss Farley, now you know.
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Speaker 6: Joe, was that the something you wanted to tell me?
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he still loves you, Katie. Don't let him get
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Speaker 2: away from you again.
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Speaker 6: That's so easy to say.
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Speaker 2: Curtain going up, Miss Farley. Things will work out. You'll see.
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Speaker 2: Good luck. Eddie!
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Speaker 4: What in the world are you doing out here?
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Speaker 2: Hello, Katie.
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Speaker 5: I could ask the same question.
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Speaker 11: At 9 o'clock at night, you should be tending the business.
54:41
Speaker 11: By the way, how is the new place?
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Speaker 5: Oh, fine.
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Speaker 2: I'd like you to see it.
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Speaker 6: Maybe later, Annie.
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Speaker 11: You see, I got a telegram from Joe, and he
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Speaker 11: said to meet him on the Coney Island Pier at
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Speaker 11: 9 o'clock Sunday night.
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Speaker 6: Well, here I am.
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Speaker 5: That's funny. I got a telegram, too.
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Speaker 6: Joe?
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Speaker 5: No, from the city hall. Something about my license not
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Speaker 5: being legal after tomorrow. Said a man would be here
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Speaker 5: to see me about 9 o'clock. Sounds awful phony.
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Speaker 6: Hmm, some amateur's trying to pull a fast one.
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Speaker 5: Sure, I just opened up. The license is good.
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Speaker 2: For a whole year.
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Speaker 15: Listen.
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Speaker 6: Somebody's having a good time.
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Speaker 5: Yeah. Moonlight picnic on the beach.
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Speaker 2: Remember?
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Speaker 6: We were going to do that one day.
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Speaker 5: Katie, do you think we could.
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Speaker 2: Hello, Eddie. Hot dog?
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Speaker 5: Sure, why not?
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Speaker 2: Katie?
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Speaker 6: I'll take a bite of yours.
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Speaker 5: With mustard back. That's it, thanks.
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Speaker 2: Thanks, Eddie. Get a hot dog. Open your mouth.
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Speaker 6: Mmm, delicious.
55:41
Speaker 5: You got mustard all over.
55:43
Speaker 6: I'll lick it off.
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Speaker 2: Mmm, good.
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Speaker 5: I know a better way to take mustard off.
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Speaker 6: You do?
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Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. This way. Oh, my.
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Speaker 6: That's a wonderful way, Eddie.
55:56
Speaker 2: Look, how long do I have to stand here watching this?
55:58
Speaker 6: Joe!
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Speaker 2: Hello, Joe. Hello, Eddie. How about that license?
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Speaker 5: Oh, so you sent the telegram. I might have known.
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Speaker 2: Sure, it expires tomorrow, your marriage license.
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Speaker 5: Oh, well, thanks for reminding me.
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Speaker 2: That license cost Eddie a dollar, Katie. Be ashamed to
56:12
Speaker 2: see that buck wasted. Now, in case you two are interested,
56:15
Speaker 2: there's a preacher waiting at my office.
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Speaker 6: The service always was pretty good at your cafe, Joe.
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Speaker 5: Well, Miss Farley, can you spare the time to get married?
56:22
Speaker 6: Um, how long does a marriage take?
56:24
Speaker 8: This one.
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Speaker 2: About 50 years, I hope.
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Speaker 6: I think I can just about make it.
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Speaker 2: Well, what are you waiting for?
56:31
Speaker 6: Eddie, just a minute.
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Speaker 5: Now what?
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Speaker 6: Mustard. All over your face.
56:53
Speaker 2: Before our stars return for their curtain calls, our producer
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Speaker 2: has an important message for the housewives in our audience.
57:00
Speaker 3: I don't have to tell any housewife how important soap
57:02
Speaker 3: is in running a household, large or small, or how
57:06
Speaker 3: difficult it is to get all the soap you want
57:08
Speaker 3: these days, especially those popular luxe flakes. But I do
57:12
Speaker 3: want to emphasize the seriousness of the situation. Industries retooling
57:17
Speaker 3: for peacetime production are consuming enormous quantities of fats and oils.
57:22
Speaker 3: Unless large quantities of used fats from American kitchens are
57:26
Speaker 3: turned in during the coming months, our oil supplies will
57:29
Speaker 3: be so drained you may lose as much as a
57:32
Speaker 3: month's supply of soap, and that would be serious. If
57:36
Speaker 3: you're already saving used fats, get your neighbor started again. Otherwise,
57:40
Speaker 3: her indifference may cause you to lose precious soap.
57:44
Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr. Keeley. In our house, we keep a
57:46
Speaker 2: tin can right on the stove, so it's handy for
57:48
Speaker 2: pouring in grease from the frying pan or broiler. It's
57:52
Speaker 2: surprising how fast a can fills up. Remember, ladies, you
57:55
Speaker 2: get four cents for every pound you turn in and
57:58
Speaker 2: keep the soap you want in supply. Back to William
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Speaker 2: Keeley and our stars.
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Speaker 3: The only thing that could outshine Coney Island are the
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Speaker 3: stars who presented tonight's play so engagingly. And here they
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Speaker 3: are for a curtain call. Betty Grable, Victor Mature, and
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Speaker 3: Barry Sullivan.
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Speaker 6: Thank you, Bill. And incidentally, welcome to our home studio.
58:18
Speaker 5: Yes, I hear you're under contract out of 20th Century Fox.
58:21
Speaker 5: That's right.
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Speaker 3: And I'm sure it's going to be a most enjoyable association.
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Speaker 2: If you work at Fox, you'll have to have a hobby, Mr. Keeley.
58:27
Speaker 3: How's that, Barry?
58:28
Speaker 2: Well, everyone seems to have one. Vic has a sailboat.
58:30
Speaker 2: Betty has her horses. That's right.
58:32
Speaker 3: I understand you have the finest racing stables in the valley, Betty.
58:36
Speaker 5: Grable stables, hey.
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Speaker 2: You know.
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Speaker 8: Don't all those horses take a lot of stall space, Betty?
58:46
Speaker 6: Oh, no. Horses can sleep standing up, you know.
58:49
Speaker 2: I know.
58:49
Speaker 5: They do it every time I put a bet on one.
58:53
Speaker 2: Well, it changed.
58:54
Speaker 3: Perhaps you ought to let Vic take you sailing, Betty.
58:56
Speaker 6: I'm afraid I don't know a thing about it, Bill.
58:58
Speaker 5: Well, certainly you know the difference between starboard and port.
59:02
Speaker 6: Yes, port's a little sweeter.
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Speaker 2: You know, I never could understand why they always call
59:08
Speaker 2: the boat a she.
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Speaker 9: Try.
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Speaker 5: Steering one sometime. You will understand.
59:13
Speaker 2: Barry, I hear you're going to ballplay. Oh, that's right, Mr. Keely.
59:16
Speaker 2: A group of us play every weekend. Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra.
59:19
Speaker 6: You mean Frank Sinatra can swing a bat?
59:21
Speaker 2: Well, sometimes it's the other way around.
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Speaker 6: While we're at it, what's your favorite pastime, Bill?
59:29
Speaker 3: Well, I think I'd settle for watching Betty Gravel in
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Speaker 3: her forthcoming Technicolor picture, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, or seeing
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Speaker 3: Victor Mature in his soon-to-be-released Fox film, My Darling Clementine.
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Speaker 6: Speaking of movies, Bill, what are you going to bring
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Speaker 6: to your audience next week?
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Speaker 3: Well, for drama and suspense, we'd have a hard time
59:48
Speaker 3: picking a more enthralling play than Dragonwick, with its original
59:53
Speaker 3: great stars, Gene Tierney and Vincent Price. This recent 20th
59:59
Speaker 3: Century Fox hit is the story of three people in
1:00:02
Speaker 3: the shadow of a growing madness. A wife who fights
1:00:05
Speaker 3: the domination of her husband, and a man who tries
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Speaker 3: to guard her with his love.
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Speaker 6: I'm sure your audience won't want to miss it, Bill.
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Speaker 6: Good night.
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Speaker 5: Good night, and.
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Speaker 3: Thanks for a most entertaining time at Tony Island. Thank you.
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Speaker 3: Our sponsors, the makers of Lux Lakes, join me in
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Speaker 3: inviting you to be with us again next Monday evening
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Speaker 3: when the Lux Radio Theater presents Gene Tierney and Vincent
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Speaker 3: Price in Dragonwick. This is William Keeley saying goodnight to
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Speaker 3: you from Hollywood.
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Speaker 2: Barry Sullivan will soon be seen in the Columbia picture,
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Speaker 2: They Walk Alone. Heard in our cast tonight were Eddie
1:00:51
Speaker 2: Marr as Frankie, Leo Cleary as Finnegan. Our music was
1:00:55
Speaker 2: directed by Louis Silvers. Also heard in our cast were
1:01:01
Speaker 2: Herbert Rawlinson, June Perret, Cliff Clark, Stanley Farrar, Dick Ryan,
1:01:05
Speaker 2: Charles Seal, Truda Marson, and Dora Singleton. This is your announcer,
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Speaker 2: John Milton Kennedy, reminding you to tune in again next
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Speaker 2: Monday night to hear Dragonwick with Gene Tierney and Vincent Price.
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