Sing Sinner Sing (1933) - full transcript
A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial for the crime.
This way, folks,
to the Queen of Joy
where Lady Luck winks a wicked
eye, and the glorious girl
of the golden west will croon
and sing on the happy ship
with Kansas King.
You know where to wait.
Stay out of sight, and
don't let Cecily see you.
Hey, hey, taxi!
Confound it!
Why didn't you hold it?
Sorry, sir, it's full.
Yeah, well, so am I.
Don't spill it.
You wait here.
Teddy will pay you.
Hey! Hey!
Teddy, yoohoo!
Yoohoo, Teddy!
Wait for me, Teddy.
Here I am.
I think it was hard
of you to run way
when you promised to take
me to the Queen of Joy
and let me gamble.
I just love to gamble.
My father's father was a gambler
until he got shot in excitement
after you brought them here.
Yeah, but--
But you see gambling
just runs in my blood.
And because it's red, blood I
mean, I always play the red.
That's when I don't
play the black.
Listen--
Because my girlfriend
Dorothy told me all about it.
You stand on 16, never open
the pot with less than a
pair of aces, always
play the middle column
in the middle dozen.
Or maybe it's the middle
dozen in the middle column.
Anyhow, Dorothy's
boyfriend gave her $500
and she ran it up
into a sable coat.
So if you'll give me $500, I'll
run it up into a sable coat
and maybe a Rolls Royce too.
Oh, will you please go home?
I don't want to go home You
promised me I could gamble.
And it's not very nice of you
to keep breaking your promises
when you keep promising
you'll keep your promises.
Yeah but tonight, some
other night, but not--
You said that every
night for a week, Teddy.
And then you run
away and leave me,
and the next day rave
about how wonderful
that court singer was.
Yeah, but now if you'll
go back to Hollywood
I'll send you tomorrow--
I don't wanna go
back to Hollywood.
I wanna gamble like you
promised me I could.
So if you'll give
me 500-- ahhhh!
Fish nearly got her that time!
Yeah, here's another sucker.
Gotta
catch that rhythm.
Gotta catch that swing.
Kiss me on the upbeat.
Don't miss that thing.
Oh, there's nothing harmful.
Grab yourself an armful, and
let that rhythm lead you home.
Catch that rhythm.
Catch that swing.
Get right with them,
don't do that thing.
Oh!
Get real playful.
Make your stable Let that
rhythm lead you home.
Because there's
nothing that's harmful.
Grab yourself an armful.
Let that rhythm lead you home.
Don't forget to slow
down, if you feel it slow down,
moving up and down your play.
Go out and get a
drum to beat on.
Turn a lot of heat on.
Take your weary weariness away.
Oh, catch that rhythm.
Got to do that swing.
Get right with them.
Got to do that thing.
Oh, it's nothing harmful.
Grab yourself an armful.
Let that rhythm lead you home.
You don't have to
tear me to pieces
I'd love to.
Darling, you were singing
like a million tonight.
I never sang worse in my life.
Hey, what's the matter?
Oh, I don't know.
Just tired I guess.
Oh we'll give ourselves a
vacation one of these days.
I've heard say that before.
It won't be long now with
money coming in like it is.
Come on up.
Here.
Can I help it if
business is good?
Hey, don't you ever get tired.
That's just my way of
showing how much I love you.
Now, that's better.
Run along now, won't you, Phil.
I want to rest
before I go on again.
I adore looking
at you, darling.
Sometimes I almost believe you.
You have the sweetest
way of calling me a liar.
All right, sweet.
We'll get away next week sure.
Here's the wire I
sent in when he left on a trip.
Just keep on gaining momentum.
But never your foot don't slip.
We're wasting time here.
Barbara is at the other game
winning just oodles of money.
I'm set with $500.
And the first time I
play, I'll bet 100.
And if I lose, I'll bet 200.
And then I'll play all that
I've got plus another hundred.
So that when I
win, I'll win back
all that I loss plus the
extra hundred that I win.
But of course I'll win, because
last night, I saw the moon
over my right
shoulder, and that's
a certain sign of good luck.
Oh, not that I'm superstitious,
but my uncle Peter
once had a dream that he won.
And the next day--
He shot himself
in the excitement.
Oh, Teddy, you're so funny.
Hello, Maggie.
How are the feet?
They ache.
Damn near strangled me.
And did I try 'em tonight?
Boy, did my pipes
wobble like a circus
calliope beep, beep, beep.
Ooh, isn't that a rasp.
Good, it's my voice full of
razor blades and salt air.
Poor darling, you're
practically dying.
It's only my professional
pride keeps me going, Torchie.
That's right, Maggie,
the show must go on.
The show is on.
And I got something for you.
A note.
Here!
Here!
That's the note
the Rendon millions
gave me to give you this note.
The eyes are going out
on me just like the dogs.
I'll have to get
glasses for 'em.
The dog?
No the eyes.
Well he's persistent.
I'll say that for him.
And not bad looking.
Oh I don't know.
Hey, a wax dummy with half his
jaw would look like Clark Gable
to me.
You say no to the opportunity
of a lifetime, and yes to guy
like Phil Carida.
I don't get you at all.
I get myself.
The way Phil dizzies around
with every good looking flicker
he sees gives me a pain.
And it ain't my feet either.
You know, if I had
your face and figure,
I wouldn't waste my time
torching on a ship like this.
And what would
you do, Mr. Bones,
if you had my face and figure?
Grab myself a millionaire.
Maybe I will.
Just as I've always
told you, dearie.
You've got what the
chiropodists call poise.
I got bunions.
But I don't want to play
with those stupid little
square blocks that
has dots all over
that you talk to like this.
Baby needs a new pair of shoes.
Oh it's the most fascinating
game, and I know how--
Listen, where I'm going
you can't go this evening,
but when I come back.
Ahh, but when I come back.
Hello, Debbie.
All right, hello.
But am I burnt up.
What's the trouble, honey.
I get myself all set for a
fat commission on that fool,
and I can't even
get him into a game.
Give me a yard, and
we'll call it square.
If he plays you save 10%.
Lasting with that guy all
week isn't even worth it now.
I asked you for a hundred.
You only gave me 50.
For that we can
go to the chest.
Oh yeah.
Well, you just try riding in
a car with that guy sometime.
Why, do you know what happens--
OK.
OK.
You win.
Hello
Hey, you can't come in here.
Ohhh, I-I-I am in here.
I knocked first.
Say Did-did-did you get
my-- did you get my note?
Yeah.
The answer is still no.
Oh.
You know?
You know, if-if-if I had
you, I'd take you to Paris.
Yes but you haven't got me.
A Rendon never takes
no for an answer.
Yeah, so you said in your note.
Aww come on.
Let's get serious, huh.
Let's-- Let's get off
of this boat and go
places and do things, huh.
You know, big
things, everything.
Say I'll tell you what.
I'll take you back
to New York with me.
It was Paris a minute ago.
Oh, I mean it.
I'm crazy about you.
You're drunk.
Sure I'm drunk.
I'm always drunk.
But I'm crazy about
you just the same.
Aww come on give us a
little kiss, will ya?
Just, just--
You better sit down
before you fall down.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's a good idea Gee.
Gee, but you're good to look at.
Haven't you ever
seen a blonde before?
Millions.
But n-n-never anybody like you.
Oh come on, say yes.
I-I-I got lot's of money.
All the money in the world.
And I could make you happy too.
You could make me happy.
I wonder what
you'd be like sober.
Say, I'll, I'll try it.
I'll try anything for you.
But would you say yes?
Oh, now you're
starting that again.
Oh, come on.
Give in--
No
I believe you mean no.
Yes I mean no.
Yes you mean no?
No!
You mean yes.
Aww, darling.
Hey, Torchie, you're on.
Oh, pardon me.
Well, happy landing.
Yeah I'll, I'll
be waiting for you.
Don't you be here
when I get back.
All right.
Sure I'll go.
Get out of here!
Hey up there.
Give us a hand here, will ya?
What do ya got?
Half a dozen sacks from
the local
OK, commandant.
Where is--
Stand by.
Hey, you fellas keep out
of sight like I told you.
As soon as we get the
dough up to Phil's office,
I'll tip you off.
About 10 minutes later,
you pull the stickup.
Look, make it-- make
it look tough for me
because if Phil thought I was
in on this, he'd kill me cold.
That guy ain't
bulletproof, is he?
No, don't make any mistakes
and take a crack at me.
Just you do your stuff,
Louis, and we'll do ours.
Yeah, all right.
He's as nervous
as a June bride.
Yeah, that dirty double-crosser.
Rendon is here.
Sky is the limit if you play.
OK, boss.
I'll pass the word.
How are the figs, Spats?
Oh about 7 or 8 Gs.
Not bad for a Thursday night.
Not bad for any night.
Here comes Louis.
It's about time.
You'd think he owned
this.
Business interfering with
pleasure again, Louis?
Oh, don't ride me, Phil.
I ought to drink a rotten gin.
Stretch me out.
Now help Spats to get
this stuff up to my office
or I'll stretch you out.
I'll be around later
to check up on you.
Check up on me?
On both of you.
That's the third time you
used that rotten gin excuse.
What was she, a
blonde or a brunette?
A redhead.
I'll be listening sweetheart.
Who can
figure out the ending?
Who can say how this began.
What's the use in
life pretending?
Here I am and he's my man.
He isn't handsome or
clever, but still he's mine.
He'll keep me worried
forever, but still he's mine.
He likes to lie and
cheat me I've found.
He likes to try
and boss me around.
Till even I who love him
am found to hate him.
Hello
Hello yourself, big man,
and see how it feels.
For getting
with someone new.
But find it isn't so
easy a thing to do.
I don't know how
it happens or when,
but soon we're back
together again.
I know he's worthless, but,
just the same, he's mine.
Let the encore.
Phil!
Phil!
Honey!
Hello sweetheart.
I was just putting together
a sketch for Sadie.
You're a fast liar, Phil.
Honest, Lela, he was
just showing me a gig
that's going in the new number.
I saw the workout.
Now you get out.
Oh, now listen, honey.
There is nothing to get
all steamed up about.
Well I'm fed up,
sick of it all.
You know you don't mean that.
No, I'm quitting Saturday.
No you're not quitting.
We are going on our
vacation Saturday.
I'm through.
No you just think you are.
Keep your hands off me.
You're jealous.
I love it.
I'll go on and ask Phil.
You'll help me get this
stuff up to the office.
What do you think I am, a gray?
All right
Take that.
Say, can't we tickle Louis'
split and forget about thirds?
Well, if he sort of
slipped and fell overboard,
we could do a fifty.
Now that's an idea.
Why split with a double-crosser.
100.
500.
Who is it?
Jerry Open it, quick!
It's Jerry.
What's a matter.
Conley found the ship.
We're doomed for a stickup.
Go get Phil.
We'll put the stuff away first.
OK.
Listen, you keep
this door locked.
If anybody tries to crash
in, let him have it.
All right.
Turn around, rat.
Drop it.
Face the wall, and
keep your hands up.
I'm quitting,
walking out on you.
You're not through with me.
And you're not
walking out on me.
Say, are you kidding me?
I was never more serious.
Then I want to
tell you something.
I'm not interested.
Oh yes you are, sweetheart.
No one can double-cross
me and get away with it.
You would say
something like that.
Yes I would.
If you want to leave
this floating joint, OK.
But you're leaving with me.
Here I am.
Greetings.
How did he get in there?
Uh, excuse me.
I-I-I must have fallen asleep.
What was he doing
here with you?
Hey, what are you
insinuating anyway?
It's all right.
It's all right.
I'll fix him.
Trying to put something
over on me, weren't you?
Well, I'll fix him.
Don't, Phil, don't.
He doesn't know what he's doing.
He's drunk.
Please Get out of here.
Please go.
All right.
Who is it?
It's me, Spats.
Open the door.
What do you want?
Conley's on board.
It looks like a stickup.
They just got Jerry.
Where's the money?
It's in the safe.
I'll be right up.
OK.
Now forget it, honey.
I'm wrong.
I just lost my head.
I'll be back in a
minute, and we'll
have a heart-to-heart talk.
Eh?
Where is that guy, anyhow?
A horse on us, and
a hearse for him.
-Who is it?
-Spats.
Open the door.
Come on.
Come on.
I'll get it.
Where's Jerry?
Gone, I guess.
He's still breathing.
Maybe there's a
doctor on board.
I'll go and see.
No you'll stay right here.
What do you want to
do, start a panic?
But maybe the guy is dying.
You seem to be in an
awful sweat about it.
I'll tip them off
in the game room.
The first guy--
What guy?
Why, Conley, and
whoever's with him.
Oh.
Spats.
Yes sir?
What did Jerry say?
He just crashed and then
said Conley was on board.
Did he mention anybody else?
No
How did you know
anybody was with Conley?
Conley would never pull
a stickup alone would he?
Maybe not.
Well, what are
you riding me for?
You seem to be kind of nervous.
What kind of a crack is that?
You aren't afraid of
a little lead are you?
Lead isn't funny.
OK, Louis, forget it.
I'm sorry.
But listen boys.
We are American citizens
running a legitimate business.
We are entitled to
protect ourselves.
Is this right Louis?
Yeah that's right.
Open the safe.
Have you gone nuts?
Conley is liable to
be here any minute.
You know a lot about
Conley, don't you?
It's gone.
Say--
I'll do the talking.
Well?
I-- I.
Where is it?
Under that desk.
Get it back.
Put it in that safe.
So you were playing with
Conley, sold me out.
Well, what are you going to do?
Do?
Geez, Phil, don't!
Go ahead, whine.
What do we do with them?
Into the next cabin.
Jerry too.
Hello, hello, hello, hello.
Get your stuff off this
ship before something
happens to you.
-All right, all right.
We'll leave together.
Just come on.
I got a boat waiting.
Oh, you must be crazy.
Sure I am.
I'm Crazy about you.
I'm in a hurry.
Come on.
Let's get married.
Huh?
Married?
Sure, sure, why not?
You don't know what
you're talking about.
Oh, so-- so you
think I'm drunk.
Don't you?
But you don't know
anything about me.
I know all I want to
know and that's enough.
What about your family?
My family's in Europe.
Let's fool 'em, huh?
Yes, I will.
Swell.
Come on.
Lel, can I borrow some
of your-- Oh, pardon me.
Good bye, Maggie.
Were are you going?
To get married.
And I'm going to
be my own best man.
Champagne.
Hey, girls!
Hey, girls!
The Torch just grabbed
herself a millionaire.
What do you mean?
Lela just walked out
with the Rendon millions.
Why don't you go Hollywood
and grab yourself a bankroll.
I don't see it's
done you any good.
I got everything she ever had.
Yeah, I know a couple of
guys who don't think so.
I had my eye on
that guy myself.
Hey, Thompkins!
I wonder where that guy is.
Can't we use this boat?
Oh, well-- well
sure I guess so.
Wait-- Wait a
minute and I'll see.
Hey, hey, you
There's a drunk in there.
You know some people never
know enough to stop drinking.
Ask your man to
hurry, will you?
Hey!
Hey, Thompkins!
Well hurry up, will you?
Be there in a minute.
He-- He'll be here in a minute.
I'm telling you we're
sitting on a load of dynamite.
And when it goes off,
it ain't gonna be funny.
I suppose you mean Phil.
Yeah I mean Phil!
You mean Phil what?
Ooh.
Scram
Where's Lela?
I don't know.
Was Rendon in here again?
Rendon?
Rendon?
Quit stalling and
tell me what happened.
Well, she left just as I
came in to talk about my feet.
Come on, Thompkins!
Come on hurry up will you?
Coming right up.
Here he comes.
Here he comes.
Hurry up, Thompkins.
Just in
Come on.
We're all set.
Lela!
Lela, wait!
You can't double-cross
me and get away with it.
Keep your mouth shut.
Just act like we're
taking a little walk.
Come on.
Snap out of it.
Anything you say, boys.
There's nothing
personal in this, Phil.
Sure just a friendly
little visit.
Friendly if you
don't get smart.
You picked the wrong time.
Nothing but pikers tonight.
Yeah?
Go ahead and open the safe.
Nothing in it.
I have to phone the gaming
room if you're in a hurry.
Who's in the cage?
Louis and Spats
Tell them to bring
the dough up here.
And take care what you say.
All right.
Spats.
No.
What?
No, I want Spats, yes Spats.
Whoopie!
Ahh, Good, huh?
Hello.
Oh, Mrs. Rendon.
I'll see if he's here.
What?
No, Mr. Rendon is not here.
A Ms. Flannigan
to see you, Madame.
Flannigan?
Ms. Margaret Flannigan.
Oh!
Maggie!
Torchie!
Oh!
Gee, I'm glad to see you.
Yep, you're a lady.
I always said that torching on
that rag wasn't up your alley.
I can't help it, dearie.
I walked out here
from the station
and my dogs are singing
the holy bow wows.
Should I
dismiss the car, Madame?
No.
Send the car to the station
for Ms. Flannigan's luggage?
Uh, this is Ms. Flannigan,
Robert, an old friend of mine.
How do you do?
And how's your grandmother?
I beg your pardon?
Skip it.
I beg your pardon?
Just plain old skip it.
That will be all, Robert.
Yes.
Well, did you see
the look he gave me?
You should see some of
the looks he gives me.
Oh yeah?
Yeah.
I suppose everything
you do is wrong.
Practically everything.
But I'm learning.
For instance, one should
not remove one's shoe
in the reception hall.
And, for instance, five a
day on the subway circuit
will make one not give
a damn, for instance.
So, that's what
you've been doing.
Yes, dearie.
And how.
Boy, what a life.
Just colossal.
Oh, this is so soft.
Maggie when did
you leave the ship?
-The night you left.
-Why?
What happened?
Well, yes and no.
It seems there was
a little shooting
that busted up the show.
Racket was all over.
Spats closed the hatches
and threw everybody out.
He said Phil was
giving up the ship.
You didn't see Phil?
Why should I want
to see that tin horn?
Then you don't
know where he is.
I don't care where he is.
I wish I knew.
Now why worry about him?
Well, he said I couldn't
get away with it.
But you did.
Haven't you?
I wonder.
Oh well, he's there
and you're here.
Now skip it and
tell me the dirt.
Where's moneybags?
Meaning Ted?
Now who else would I mean?
He's out.
Alcoholically speaking?
Yes.
He's drunk nearly all the time.
How much are you
going to nudge him for?
A million?
Well I haven't
thought about it.
Well, that's why you
married him ain't it?
Yeah, it would think
that way wouldn't it?
And what a way.
Well, the longer you stick,
the more you're entitled to.
Well, dearie.
Where do I park the
I'll put you in the blue room.
The blue room?
I'd feel much more
at home in the gold.
The gold room, dearie.
Get me?
Sounds like Ted.
The place is yours!
We're going to party!
Hi, Angel.
I came especially to see you.
Well, well, oh Horseface,
hi, I'm glad to see you.
Hello, sucker.
-What's that?
-Skip it.
Just plain old skip it.
Ted.
Ted.
Sure, sure, I've been drinking.
It's our anniversary,
don't your remember?
Exactly six weeks today.
Come old mush-mouth,
let's have a drink, huh?
I really must say no.
My liver.
Oh.
Well, that's too bad.
Yeah, well, I'll see you around.
So long, gorgeous.
No more tonight.
Oh, no, no.
You know me.
Did I say a million, Torchie?
Say, when I go on
that witness stand,
I'll paint a picture of mental
cruelty that will get you
two million and not a cent less.
Through the
key whole with I. Spy.
What family of
bluebloods is rushing
homeward from the
Riviera to rescue what
Long Island Playboy, who hasn't
been reformed by his marriage
to what beautiful torch singer?
And what beautiful
torch singer-- and is
she-- is earning
every cent she'll
get when the family turns
its battery of legal lights
on a hasty midnight marriage.
Say, she's a smart girl.
I'll bet she'll get plenty.
Send the dice
playing fellow $100.
What again?
Again.
Boy, I bet he believes
in Santa Clause.
Did you get the time table?
Yeah.
What does it say?
sends us Friday.
Arrive in New York the
fourth day Tuesday.
Listen the doctor says--
Forget what the doctor said.
We're getting out of here.
With all the
frills you can have,
I'll be hanged if I see
why you keep yourself
steamed up about that torch.
She ran out on me, Spats.
And I have some
business to settle
with that husband of hers too.
Where, where,
where, where is she?
In there.
Oh, there you are, baby.
What-- What's the matter.
Old Horseface says you're hurt.
I don't see where you're hurt.
Ted, you promised me you
wouldn't drink tonight.
Oh, it's a promise
between pals.
Don't take any more, please.
You know what it does to you.
Listen, let's-- let's
drink and be merry.
It's our anniversary.
And I'm going to get
drunker and drunker.
Sure that's an idea.
We'll join you.
What?
In there?
Sure.
A drink's a drink ain't
it, even in a bathroom?
Oh that's old bathroom
philosophy, old Horseface.
Maggie, he'll be mad.
Let me out of here!
Let me out of here!
Mad?
He's furious.
Let me out of here or
I'll bust the door down.
Let me out of here.
You hear me?
Let me out of here.
Let me out of here.
Let me out of here.
Let me out of here, I tell you.
All right.
All right.
What's the idea locking me in?
I gotta have another drink.
You can't have
anymore tonight, Ted.
-Oh, who said so?
-I do.
Listen, I'm going
to drink all I want
and nobody's going to stop me.
You get out of my way
or I'll break your neck.
Listen to me.
Please, Ted, you're
killing yourself.
All right I'll kill myself,
and I'll kill you too.
Come on Teddy boy.
Who are you?
Now don't tell me you've
forgotten old Horseface.
Oh, hello old Horseface.
Yeah, you're a good old scout.
You like me, huh?
Sure, sure.
You like me too?
Just crazy about you.
Let's play rough, huh?
OK, baby.
It's a lot of fun, huh?
Sure.
Whoopie.
Take this to bed with you.
Maggie!
You're a cinch
to marry a cinch.
You can go to court right now.
Oh the poor kid.
Oh, yeah?
Well I'm sorry for him.
The least I can
do is try to help
him after all he's done for me.
What has he done for you?
Try to choke you.
Oh, he didn't mean that.
Let him make a jury
believe he didn't.
Did I say two million, dearie?
You're in the bag for five.
I'll light it you, dear.
Thanks.
You know, last night sticks with
me just like a crazy nightmare.
When I'm-- When I'm that way,
I don't know what I'm doing.
I'm sorry.
On the level I am.
I wouldn't hurt you.
You know that.
I know you wouldn't.
I was just crazy
out of my mind.
Well then right now would
be a good time to stop.
You've proven you can twice.
Think what it would mean, Ted.
Oh I want to.
I've tried to, but
I-- I just can't.
I know you can, and you must.
You can't keep up
the way your going.
It will get you just one
place, and that's the grave.
I beg pardon.
What is it Roberts?
You're aunt and uncle
are in the drawing, sir.
Oh.
Tell them I'll be
down in a moment.
Very good, sir.
Better go in alone.
Yeah.
Listen.
Nothing they say will
make any difference
as far as we're concerned.
All this girl
wants is your money.
And to save you, you young fool,
we're willing to buy her off.
Oh, so you're willing
to buy her off?
She will doubtless
consent to an annulment.
And what makes you think that?
They always do.
You shut up.
Listen to me, you young idiot.
You married far beneath
you, a torch singer
from a gambling ship,
a person unfit to carry
on the Rendon tradition.
Well it's perfectly
obvious my boy, this girl
wants only your money.
Well she can have it.
And anything else I've got too.
Oh no, she can't.
We control your money, and
we'll never release Trusteeship
so long as she's your wife.
I suppose she told
you who she was
and what she was
before you married her.
I didn't ask her.
She tried to and I would listen.
And I don't want to
hear anything now.
Well you're going to.
Give me that report.
Did you hear of Phil Carida?
I know all about that.
You know that she lived with
him before she married you?
Without benefit of clergy.
Do you want a woman
of her character
to besmirch the Rendon
ancestry, a line that
comes down through history?
To a lot of drunken rotters.
Look at me, I'm a Rendon.
Am I anything to be proud of?
No!
Though I'm a drunkard.
And my father was one,
and your father was one.
Ha!
The Rendon ancestry!
You don't know what
you're talking about.
Oh, don't I?
Well let me tell you this, I
don't care what my wife was.
That's all over with.
But I do know this
much, she's the only one
who ever really tried to
make something out of me.
Did you?
No, you beat it
off to Europe when
I got to be too much for you.
You ran out on me!
Well she hasn't.
She's stuck by me,
and I'll stick by her!
Oh, your mad.
Don't I know it?
I know the taint that
runs through this family.
Ha!
My grandfather died
in an insane asylum.
Yeah and end there too.
That's why I drink all
the time, to forget it.
That's all I can ever
think about, going crazy.
Now you get out.
Get out!
Get out of here!
Do you hear me?
Get out all of you!
It's all that woman's
fault. She put you up to it.
Get out of my house!
Through the keyhole into the
intimate lives of the people
you hear about, read
about, and talk about.
What local playboy resumed his
endurance jag two days ago,
when what irate uncle
and aunt dug up what
beautiful torch singer's past?
And what radiant little
blonde is helping to forget
and forget and forget?
You can see them any evening
in certain-- and how he does.
Go early ladies and gentlemen
and avoid the crush.
Where does it hurt you, dearie?
Listen angel, you're
letting a soft heart
interfere with business.
Oh, poor kid.
Oh, skip it.
You know he's left you flat like
that guy in the movies tonight.
And that spells desertion
with capital dollar markets.
Golden dollars.
Gee, that would make a swell
movie title w wouldn't it?
Desertion, divorce, alimony.
I can see the jury now,
weeping as they look you
sitting in the witness chair.
Dressed all in black, plain
black, Torchie with a touch
of white for purity,
and just enough
color in your face to make
you beautiful and tragic,
like Camille.
Gee, that's an idea.
You can develop a cough.
Hey!
What's that?
It sounds like a band.
A band?
Band in.
Bent him.
Ted Crock.
Crock killer.
Careless girl.
Girl evidence.
Evidence alimony.
Gee, everything I
think of ends in money.
Money!
Hotcha!
Hey, Ted.
Look who's here.
Oh, hello, wife.
Come on let's go up and play.
Get up, Ted.
Get up.
Oh, don't cramp my party.
Come on.
Get up, Ted.
I want to talk with you.
All right.
You don't have to yell about it.
I've got a lot of things
to talk with you about too.
Go on and amuse yourself.
I'll be back in a few.
Aww, Teddy.
Ahh, foo!
I'll sue you, you little
boudoir.
Try and snap out
of it, will you.
Maggie, come on help me.
It's all right,
Horseface, I don't
need your help going up stairs.
Ted.
Listen to me.
Who does she think
she is anyway,
taking Ted away from me.
I won't stand for it!
Sure, she's only his wife.
Right on the couch, Maggie.
This is worse than
I've ever seen him.
There's nothing wrong with
him a stomach pump won't cure.
Find Roberts, and tell
him to phone for a doctor.
Oh let him sleep it off.
Please do as I
tell you, Maggie.
All right, dearie.
All right.
All we need now is a police raid
to make me feel right at home.
You're taking an
awful chance going
in there with a party going on.
I'm finishing my
business here tonight.
Here, have the motor running.
Mr. Rendon is ill.
I'll have to ask you to leave.
Is that so?
What's the matter with
him He was all right
when you took him upstairs.
Yeah, well he's sick now.
I don't believe it.
Well, whether you believe it
or not, you'll have to get out.
Say, are you ordering
us out of the house?
Yes, that's just
what I'm doing.
Do you hear that?
She's telling us to get out.
Ted invited us here,
and we're going to stay
until he tells us to leave.
Is that right gang?
Yeah!
Just you try and put us out!
Robert.
Yes, madame.
I've asked these
people to leave.
See that they do so.
Yes, Mrs. Rendon.
You people uh,
enjoying yourselves?
Oh but that's nice.
Ted!
-Get away from me
-Give me that gun.
Get away from me I tell you.
Give me that gun, please.
I'm gonna do it.
Please, Ted.
And I'm gonna kill you too.
Are we gonna let
her ruin our party?
No!
We want Teddy.
Let's go get him.
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
WE want Ted!
And you phoned for the doctor?
I told Frozen-face to do it.
And who might Franzen-face be?
The Butler.
You returned to the
room immediately?
No my dogs ached--
I'm not interested in
your feet, Ms. Flannigan.
Let it pass.
Will you please
answer my question.
Sure, what was it?
Did you return to
the room immediately?
No my dogs ached, and
I stopped to rub 'em.
They cramp when I get excited.
Then you were excited.
Why?
Why not?
I'll tell you why.
You knew when she sent
you out of the room,
that she was going kill him.
Was you there, Charlie?
Charlie?
-Ah, skip it.
-What?
Just plain old skip it.
How much did Mrs. Rendon expect
to get out of this marriage.
It was worth at least five
million buck in my opinion.
I'm not asking your opinion.
How much did she expect to get?
What do you think Charlie?
I'll see Mrs. Rendon.
That will be all Mrs. Flarady.
Flannigan!
Ms. Margaret Flannigan
to you, stooge.
And to you too, you old futz.
Don't tell them
anything, dearie.
Make 'em guess.
Will you be
seated, Mrs. Rendon.
How long did you know Ted
Rendon before you married him.
A few weeks.
Was he sober at the time?
Well, he said he knew
what he was doing.
That isn't answering
my question.
He was not sober.
You knew who he was.
Well, yes.
You knew that he would
inherit many millions.
Yes.
And of course that's
why you married him.
Did your husband know of your,
uh, relations with Phil Carida.
Yes.
You told him?
I tried to tell him, but he
said he knew all about him.
Mr Rendon's guests state
that you forced him to leave
them and go to your room.
Yes.
For what purpose?
Well he was drunk.
I have affidavits which
prove that he was sober.
But they're not true.
After getting your
husband to your room,
you sent that the Ms. Flannigan
to phone for a doctor.
Yes.
And you locked the doors
when she left the room.
No.
The guests say the
doors were locked.
They had to break in.
How do you explain that?
I can't.
Then you did lock those doors.
No, no I didn't.
And brought
to you through the courtesy
of the Evening Star.
We now return you to Countess
Theodosia Androslovska
who will resume her
intimate glimpses
of the Rendon murder trial.
Hello everybody.
Before I forget it, I simply
must tell you about her hat.
It was something like a
turban, but yet not a turban.
Now was it a beret?
It was a-- now let me
see, what would I call it?
Dear, dear, there I go again.
But one could see
that the whole thing
was thought up with the
idea of impressing the jury.
That's I'm telling you about it.
But it didn't work this time.
The evidence was so
overwhelmingly against her
that I don't see how any
jury could do anything else,
but find her guilty.
Spats?
Yeah, I'm here.
It looks like the
chair for her all right.
Yeah, she'll burn.
She saved you a lot of
trouble by bumping him off.
Yeah.
I wonder why she did it.
Women are funny that way.
Want me to mix you one?
What?
Yeah, stiff one.
COUNTESS THEODOSIA ON
RADIO: One could easily
see it was a French model,
and very expensive one too,
but seriously I must
get on with the trial.
The poor dear, she looked
so worn and haggard.
I felt so sorry for her.
I could have cried
right on the spot,
in spite of the fact
that she must be guilty.
Have you reached
a verdict, ladies
and gentlemen of the jury?
We have, your honor.
The prisoner will rise.
The jury will look
upon the prisoner.
The prisoner will
look upon the jury.
Proceed.
We the jury
find the defendant guilty
of murder in the first degree.
I'm gonna kill her!
I'm going to kill her like I
killed your baby-faced husband.
He took you away from me.
Well, I took him away from you.
I killed him in his
own gutter, and I'm
going to get to you some--
After all, dearie.
You were his wife, and
entitled to something.
Maybe not five million.
But with the right kind of a
lawyer and me on the witness
stand.
A million would have
been a setup, a cinch.
And what do you do?
Walk right out of the
place with even a teaspoon!
And they did have such
lovely silverware.
You know, Maggie, I have
the strangest feeling.
So have I, in my dogs.
I don't believe
Phil killed Ted.
Ted committed suicide.
I know he did.
I had hardly closed the door
before I heard the shot.
And I came right out
and saw him lying there.
Well if Phil didn't
do it, why did he
put on that grand shooting
act in the courtroom
and try to kill you?
He didn't try to kill me.
That's just what it
was, Maggie, an act.
He did that so they'd
believe what he said.
Well, he sure made it stick.
You're on, dearie.
He isn't
handsome or clever,
but still he's mine.
He'll keep me worried
forever, but still, he's mine.
He likes to lie and
cheat me I've found.
He likes to try
and boss me around,
til even I who love him
am bound to hate him.
Hmm.
Mmm.
I do my darndest for
getting with someone new,
but find it isn't So
easy a thing to do.
I'll carry on with his
melody, because he's gone
and now I can see
that in his fashion
he must have called it love.
to the Queen of Joy
where Lady Luck winks a wicked
eye, and the glorious girl
of the golden west will croon
and sing on the happy ship
with Kansas King.
You know where to wait.
Stay out of sight, and
don't let Cecily see you.
Hey, hey, taxi!
Confound it!
Why didn't you hold it?
Sorry, sir, it's full.
Yeah, well, so am I.
Don't spill it.
You wait here.
Teddy will pay you.
Hey! Hey!
Teddy, yoohoo!
Yoohoo, Teddy!
Wait for me, Teddy.
Here I am.
I think it was hard
of you to run way
when you promised to take
me to the Queen of Joy
and let me gamble.
I just love to gamble.
My father's father was a gambler
until he got shot in excitement
after you brought them here.
Yeah, but--
But you see gambling
just runs in my blood.
And because it's red, blood I
mean, I always play the red.
That's when I don't
play the black.
Listen--
Because my girlfriend
Dorothy told me all about it.
You stand on 16, never open
the pot with less than a
pair of aces, always
play the middle column
in the middle dozen.
Or maybe it's the middle
dozen in the middle column.
Anyhow, Dorothy's
boyfriend gave her $500
and she ran it up
into a sable coat.
So if you'll give me $500, I'll
run it up into a sable coat
and maybe a Rolls Royce too.
Oh, will you please go home?
I don't want to go home You
promised me I could gamble.
And it's not very nice of you
to keep breaking your promises
when you keep promising
you'll keep your promises.
Yeah but tonight, some
other night, but not--
You said that every
night for a week, Teddy.
And then you run
away and leave me,
and the next day rave
about how wonderful
that court singer was.
Yeah, but now if you'll
go back to Hollywood
I'll send you tomorrow--
I don't wanna go
back to Hollywood.
I wanna gamble like you
promised me I could.
So if you'll give
me 500-- ahhhh!
Fish nearly got her that time!
Yeah, here's another sucker.
Gotta
catch that rhythm.
Gotta catch that swing.
Kiss me on the upbeat.
Don't miss that thing.
Oh, there's nothing harmful.
Grab yourself an armful, and
let that rhythm lead you home.
Catch that rhythm.
Catch that swing.
Get right with them,
don't do that thing.
Oh!
Get real playful.
Make your stable Let that
rhythm lead you home.
Because there's
nothing that's harmful.
Grab yourself an armful.
Let that rhythm lead you home.
Don't forget to slow
down, if you feel it slow down,
moving up and down your play.
Go out and get a
drum to beat on.
Turn a lot of heat on.
Take your weary weariness away.
Oh, catch that rhythm.
Got to do that swing.
Get right with them.
Got to do that thing.
Oh, it's nothing harmful.
Grab yourself an armful.
Let that rhythm lead you home.
You don't have to
tear me to pieces
I'd love to.
Darling, you were singing
like a million tonight.
I never sang worse in my life.
Hey, what's the matter?
Oh, I don't know.
Just tired I guess.
Oh we'll give ourselves a
vacation one of these days.
I've heard say that before.
It won't be long now with
money coming in like it is.
Come on up.
Here.
Can I help it if
business is good?
Hey, don't you ever get tired.
That's just my way of
showing how much I love you.
Now, that's better.
Run along now, won't you, Phil.
I want to rest
before I go on again.
I adore looking
at you, darling.
Sometimes I almost believe you.
You have the sweetest
way of calling me a liar.
All right, sweet.
We'll get away next week sure.
Here's the wire I
sent in when he left on a trip.
Just keep on gaining momentum.
But never your foot don't slip.
We're wasting time here.
Barbara is at the other game
winning just oodles of money.
I'm set with $500.
And the first time I
play, I'll bet 100.
And if I lose, I'll bet 200.
And then I'll play all that
I've got plus another hundred.
So that when I
win, I'll win back
all that I loss plus the
extra hundred that I win.
But of course I'll win, because
last night, I saw the moon
over my right
shoulder, and that's
a certain sign of good luck.
Oh, not that I'm superstitious,
but my uncle Peter
once had a dream that he won.
And the next day--
He shot himself
in the excitement.
Oh, Teddy, you're so funny.
Hello, Maggie.
How are the feet?
They ache.
Damn near strangled me.
And did I try 'em tonight?
Boy, did my pipes
wobble like a circus
calliope beep, beep, beep.
Ooh, isn't that a rasp.
Good, it's my voice full of
razor blades and salt air.
Poor darling, you're
practically dying.
It's only my professional
pride keeps me going, Torchie.
That's right, Maggie,
the show must go on.
The show is on.
And I got something for you.
A note.
Here!
Here!
That's the note
the Rendon millions
gave me to give you this note.
The eyes are going out
on me just like the dogs.
I'll have to get
glasses for 'em.
The dog?
No the eyes.
Well he's persistent.
I'll say that for him.
And not bad looking.
Oh I don't know.
Hey, a wax dummy with half his
jaw would look like Clark Gable
to me.
You say no to the opportunity
of a lifetime, and yes to guy
like Phil Carida.
I don't get you at all.
I get myself.
The way Phil dizzies around
with every good looking flicker
he sees gives me a pain.
And it ain't my feet either.
You know, if I had
your face and figure,
I wouldn't waste my time
torching on a ship like this.
And what would
you do, Mr. Bones,
if you had my face and figure?
Grab myself a millionaire.
Maybe I will.
Just as I've always
told you, dearie.
You've got what the
chiropodists call poise.
I got bunions.
But I don't want to play
with those stupid little
square blocks that
has dots all over
that you talk to like this.
Baby needs a new pair of shoes.
Oh it's the most fascinating
game, and I know how--
Listen, where I'm going
you can't go this evening,
but when I come back.
Ahh, but when I come back.
Hello, Debbie.
All right, hello.
But am I burnt up.
What's the trouble, honey.
I get myself all set for a
fat commission on that fool,
and I can't even
get him into a game.
Give me a yard, and
we'll call it square.
If he plays you save 10%.
Lasting with that guy all
week isn't even worth it now.
I asked you for a hundred.
You only gave me 50.
For that we can
go to the chest.
Oh yeah.
Well, you just try riding in
a car with that guy sometime.
Why, do you know what happens--
OK.
OK.
You win.
Hello
Hey, you can't come in here.
Ohhh, I-I-I am in here.
I knocked first.
Say Did-did-did you get
my-- did you get my note?
Yeah.
The answer is still no.
Oh.
You know?
You know, if-if-if I had
you, I'd take you to Paris.
Yes but you haven't got me.
A Rendon never takes
no for an answer.
Yeah, so you said in your note.
Aww come on.
Let's get serious, huh.
Let's-- Let's get off
of this boat and go
places and do things, huh.
You know, big
things, everything.
Say I'll tell you what.
I'll take you back
to New York with me.
It was Paris a minute ago.
Oh, I mean it.
I'm crazy about you.
You're drunk.
Sure I'm drunk.
I'm always drunk.
But I'm crazy about
you just the same.
Aww come on give us a
little kiss, will ya?
Just, just--
You better sit down
before you fall down.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's a good idea Gee.
Gee, but you're good to look at.
Haven't you ever
seen a blonde before?
Millions.
But n-n-never anybody like you.
Oh come on, say yes.
I-I-I got lot's of money.
All the money in the world.
And I could make you happy too.
You could make me happy.
I wonder what
you'd be like sober.
Say, I'll, I'll try it.
I'll try anything for you.
But would you say yes?
Oh, now you're
starting that again.
Oh, come on.
Give in--
No
I believe you mean no.
Yes I mean no.
Yes you mean no?
No!
You mean yes.
Aww, darling.
Hey, Torchie, you're on.
Oh, pardon me.
Well, happy landing.
Yeah I'll, I'll
be waiting for you.
Don't you be here
when I get back.
All right.
Sure I'll go.
Get out of here!
Hey up there.
Give us a hand here, will ya?
What do ya got?
Half a dozen sacks from
the local
OK, commandant.
Where is--
Stand by.
Hey, you fellas keep out
of sight like I told you.
As soon as we get the
dough up to Phil's office,
I'll tip you off.
About 10 minutes later,
you pull the stickup.
Look, make it-- make
it look tough for me
because if Phil thought I was
in on this, he'd kill me cold.
That guy ain't
bulletproof, is he?
No, don't make any mistakes
and take a crack at me.
Just you do your stuff,
Louis, and we'll do ours.
Yeah, all right.
He's as nervous
as a June bride.
Yeah, that dirty double-crosser.
Rendon is here.
Sky is the limit if you play.
OK, boss.
I'll pass the word.
How are the figs, Spats?
Oh about 7 or 8 Gs.
Not bad for a Thursday night.
Not bad for any night.
Here comes Louis.
It's about time.
You'd think he owned
this.
Business interfering with
pleasure again, Louis?
Oh, don't ride me, Phil.
I ought to drink a rotten gin.
Stretch me out.
Now help Spats to get
this stuff up to my office
or I'll stretch you out.
I'll be around later
to check up on you.
Check up on me?
On both of you.
That's the third time you
used that rotten gin excuse.
What was she, a
blonde or a brunette?
A redhead.
I'll be listening sweetheart.
Who can
figure out the ending?
Who can say how this began.
What's the use in
life pretending?
Here I am and he's my man.
He isn't handsome or
clever, but still he's mine.
He'll keep me worried
forever, but still he's mine.
He likes to lie and
cheat me I've found.
He likes to try
and boss me around.
Till even I who love him
am found to hate him.
Hello
Hello yourself, big man,
and see how it feels.
For getting
with someone new.
But find it isn't so
easy a thing to do.
I don't know how
it happens or when,
but soon we're back
together again.
I know he's worthless, but,
just the same, he's mine.
Let the encore.
Phil!
Phil!
Honey!
Hello sweetheart.
I was just putting together
a sketch for Sadie.
You're a fast liar, Phil.
Honest, Lela, he was
just showing me a gig
that's going in the new number.
I saw the workout.
Now you get out.
Oh, now listen, honey.
There is nothing to get
all steamed up about.
Well I'm fed up,
sick of it all.
You know you don't mean that.
No, I'm quitting Saturday.
No you're not quitting.
We are going on our
vacation Saturday.
I'm through.
No you just think you are.
Keep your hands off me.
You're jealous.
I love it.
I'll go on and ask Phil.
You'll help me get this
stuff up to the office.
What do you think I am, a gray?
All right
Take that.
Say, can't we tickle Louis'
split and forget about thirds?
Well, if he sort of
slipped and fell overboard,
we could do a fifty.
Now that's an idea.
Why split with a double-crosser.
100.
500.
Who is it?
Jerry Open it, quick!
It's Jerry.
What's a matter.
Conley found the ship.
We're doomed for a stickup.
Go get Phil.
We'll put the stuff away first.
OK.
Listen, you keep
this door locked.
If anybody tries to crash
in, let him have it.
All right.
Turn around, rat.
Drop it.
Face the wall, and
keep your hands up.
I'm quitting,
walking out on you.
You're not through with me.
And you're not
walking out on me.
Say, are you kidding me?
I was never more serious.
Then I want to
tell you something.
I'm not interested.
Oh yes you are, sweetheart.
No one can double-cross
me and get away with it.
You would say
something like that.
Yes I would.
If you want to leave
this floating joint, OK.
But you're leaving with me.
Here I am.
Greetings.
How did he get in there?
Uh, excuse me.
I-I-I must have fallen asleep.
What was he doing
here with you?
Hey, what are you
insinuating anyway?
It's all right.
It's all right.
I'll fix him.
Trying to put something
over on me, weren't you?
Well, I'll fix him.
Don't, Phil, don't.
He doesn't know what he's doing.
He's drunk.
Please Get out of here.
Please go.
All right.
Who is it?
It's me, Spats.
Open the door.
What do you want?
Conley's on board.
It looks like a stickup.
They just got Jerry.
Where's the money?
It's in the safe.
I'll be right up.
OK.
Now forget it, honey.
I'm wrong.
I just lost my head.
I'll be back in a
minute, and we'll
have a heart-to-heart talk.
Eh?
Where is that guy, anyhow?
A horse on us, and
a hearse for him.
-Who is it?
-Spats.
Open the door.
Come on.
Come on.
I'll get it.
Where's Jerry?
Gone, I guess.
He's still breathing.
Maybe there's a
doctor on board.
I'll go and see.
No you'll stay right here.
What do you want to
do, start a panic?
But maybe the guy is dying.
You seem to be in an
awful sweat about it.
I'll tip them off
in the game room.
The first guy--
What guy?
Why, Conley, and
whoever's with him.
Oh.
Spats.
Yes sir?
What did Jerry say?
He just crashed and then
said Conley was on board.
Did he mention anybody else?
No
How did you know
anybody was with Conley?
Conley would never pull
a stickup alone would he?
Maybe not.
Well, what are
you riding me for?
You seem to be kind of nervous.
What kind of a crack is that?
You aren't afraid of
a little lead are you?
Lead isn't funny.
OK, Louis, forget it.
I'm sorry.
But listen boys.
We are American citizens
running a legitimate business.
We are entitled to
protect ourselves.
Is this right Louis?
Yeah that's right.
Open the safe.
Have you gone nuts?
Conley is liable to
be here any minute.
You know a lot about
Conley, don't you?
It's gone.
Say--
I'll do the talking.
Well?
I-- I.
Where is it?
Under that desk.
Get it back.
Put it in that safe.
So you were playing with
Conley, sold me out.
Well, what are you going to do?
Do?
Geez, Phil, don't!
Go ahead, whine.
What do we do with them?
Into the next cabin.
Jerry too.
Hello, hello, hello, hello.
Get your stuff off this
ship before something
happens to you.
-All right, all right.
We'll leave together.
Just come on.
I got a boat waiting.
Oh, you must be crazy.
Sure I am.
I'm Crazy about you.
I'm in a hurry.
Come on.
Let's get married.
Huh?
Married?
Sure, sure, why not?
You don't know what
you're talking about.
Oh, so-- so you
think I'm drunk.
Don't you?
But you don't know
anything about me.
I know all I want to
know and that's enough.
What about your family?
My family's in Europe.
Let's fool 'em, huh?
Yes, I will.
Swell.
Come on.
Lel, can I borrow some
of your-- Oh, pardon me.
Good bye, Maggie.
Were are you going?
To get married.
And I'm going to
be my own best man.
Champagne.
Hey, girls!
Hey, girls!
The Torch just grabbed
herself a millionaire.
What do you mean?
Lela just walked out
with the Rendon millions.
Why don't you go Hollywood
and grab yourself a bankroll.
I don't see it's
done you any good.
I got everything she ever had.
Yeah, I know a couple of
guys who don't think so.
I had my eye on
that guy myself.
Hey, Thompkins!
I wonder where that guy is.
Can't we use this boat?
Oh, well-- well
sure I guess so.
Wait-- Wait a
minute and I'll see.
Hey, hey, you
There's a drunk in there.
You know some people never
know enough to stop drinking.
Ask your man to
hurry, will you?
Hey!
Hey, Thompkins!
Well hurry up, will you?
Be there in a minute.
He-- He'll be here in a minute.
I'm telling you we're
sitting on a load of dynamite.
And when it goes off,
it ain't gonna be funny.
I suppose you mean Phil.
Yeah I mean Phil!
You mean Phil what?
Ooh.
Scram
Where's Lela?
I don't know.
Was Rendon in here again?
Rendon?
Rendon?
Quit stalling and
tell me what happened.
Well, she left just as I
came in to talk about my feet.
Come on, Thompkins!
Come on hurry up will you?
Coming right up.
Here he comes.
Here he comes.
Hurry up, Thompkins.
Just in
Come on.
We're all set.
Lela!
Lela, wait!
You can't double-cross
me and get away with it.
Keep your mouth shut.
Just act like we're
taking a little walk.
Come on.
Snap out of it.
Anything you say, boys.
There's nothing
personal in this, Phil.
Sure just a friendly
little visit.
Friendly if you
don't get smart.
You picked the wrong time.
Nothing but pikers tonight.
Yeah?
Go ahead and open the safe.
Nothing in it.
I have to phone the gaming
room if you're in a hurry.
Who's in the cage?
Louis and Spats
Tell them to bring
the dough up here.
And take care what you say.
All right.
Spats.
No.
What?
No, I want Spats, yes Spats.
Whoopie!
Ahh, Good, huh?
Hello.
Oh, Mrs. Rendon.
I'll see if he's here.
What?
No, Mr. Rendon is not here.
A Ms. Flannigan
to see you, Madame.
Flannigan?
Ms. Margaret Flannigan.
Oh!
Maggie!
Torchie!
Oh!
Gee, I'm glad to see you.
Yep, you're a lady.
I always said that torching on
that rag wasn't up your alley.
I can't help it, dearie.
I walked out here
from the station
and my dogs are singing
the holy bow wows.
Should I
dismiss the car, Madame?
No.
Send the car to the station
for Ms. Flannigan's luggage?
Uh, this is Ms. Flannigan,
Robert, an old friend of mine.
How do you do?
And how's your grandmother?
I beg your pardon?
Skip it.
I beg your pardon?
Just plain old skip it.
That will be all, Robert.
Yes.
Well, did you see
the look he gave me?
You should see some of
the looks he gives me.
Oh yeah?
Yeah.
I suppose everything
you do is wrong.
Practically everything.
But I'm learning.
For instance, one should
not remove one's shoe
in the reception hall.
And, for instance, five a
day on the subway circuit
will make one not give
a damn, for instance.
So, that's what
you've been doing.
Yes, dearie.
And how.
Boy, what a life.
Just colossal.
Oh, this is so soft.
Maggie when did
you leave the ship?
-The night you left.
-Why?
What happened?
Well, yes and no.
It seems there was
a little shooting
that busted up the show.
Racket was all over.
Spats closed the hatches
and threw everybody out.
He said Phil was
giving up the ship.
You didn't see Phil?
Why should I want
to see that tin horn?
Then you don't
know where he is.
I don't care where he is.
I wish I knew.
Now why worry about him?
Well, he said I couldn't
get away with it.
But you did.
Haven't you?
I wonder.
Oh well, he's there
and you're here.
Now skip it and
tell me the dirt.
Where's moneybags?
Meaning Ted?
Now who else would I mean?
He's out.
Alcoholically speaking?
Yes.
He's drunk nearly all the time.
How much are you
going to nudge him for?
A million?
Well I haven't
thought about it.
Well, that's why you
married him ain't it?
Yeah, it would think
that way wouldn't it?
And what a way.
Well, the longer you stick,
the more you're entitled to.
Well, dearie.
Where do I park the
I'll put you in the blue room.
The blue room?
I'd feel much more
at home in the gold.
The gold room, dearie.
Get me?
Sounds like Ted.
The place is yours!
We're going to party!
Hi, Angel.
I came especially to see you.
Well, well, oh Horseface,
hi, I'm glad to see you.
Hello, sucker.
-What's that?
-Skip it.
Just plain old skip it.
Ted.
Ted.
Sure, sure, I've been drinking.
It's our anniversary,
don't your remember?
Exactly six weeks today.
Come old mush-mouth,
let's have a drink, huh?
I really must say no.
My liver.
Oh.
Well, that's too bad.
Yeah, well, I'll see you around.
So long, gorgeous.
No more tonight.
Oh, no, no.
You know me.
Did I say a million, Torchie?
Say, when I go on
that witness stand,
I'll paint a picture of mental
cruelty that will get you
two million and not a cent less.
Through the
key whole with I. Spy.
What family of
bluebloods is rushing
homeward from the
Riviera to rescue what
Long Island Playboy, who hasn't
been reformed by his marriage
to what beautiful torch singer?
And what beautiful
torch singer-- and is
she-- is earning
every cent she'll
get when the family turns
its battery of legal lights
on a hasty midnight marriage.
Say, she's a smart girl.
I'll bet she'll get plenty.
Send the dice
playing fellow $100.
What again?
Again.
Boy, I bet he believes
in Santa Clause.
Did you get the time table?
Yeah.
What does it say?
sends us Friday.
Arrive in New York the
fourth day Tuesday.
Listen the doctor says--
Forget what the doctor said.
We're getting out of here.
With all the
frills you can have,
I'll be hanged if I see
why you keep yourself
steamed up about that torch.
She ran out on me, Spats.
And I have some
business to settle
with that husband of hers too.
Where, where,
where, where is she?
In there.
Oh, there you are, baby.
What-- What's the matter.
Old Horseface says you're hurt.
I don't see where you're hurt.
Ted, you promised me you
wouldn't drink tonight.
Oh, it's a promise
between pals.
Don't take any more, please.
You know what it does to you.
Listen, let's-- let's
drink and be merry.
It's our anniversary.
And I'm going to get
drunker and drunker.
Sure that's an idea.
We'll join you.
What?
In there?
Sure.
A drink's a drink ain't
it, even in a bathroom?
Oh that's old bathroom
philosophy, old Horseface.
Maggie, he'll be mad.
Let me out of here!
Let me out of here!
Mad?
He's furious.
Let me out of here or
I'll bust the door down.
Let me out of here.
You hear me?
Let me out of here.
Let me out of here.
Let me out of here.
Let me out of here, I tell you.
All right.
All right.
What's the idea locking me in?
I gotta have another drink.
You can't have
anymore tonight, Ted.
-Oh, who said so?
-I do.
Listen, I'm going
to drink all I want
and nobody's going to stop me.
You get out of my way
or I'll break your neck.
Listen to me.
Please, Ted, you're
killing yourself.
All right I'll kill myself,
and I'll kill you too.
Come on Teddy boy.
Who are you?
Now don't tell me you've
forgotten old Horseface.
Oh, hello old Horseface.
Yeah, you're a good old scout.
You like me, huh?
Sure, sure.
You like me too?
Just crazy about you.
Let's play rough, huh?
OK, baby.
It's a lot of fun, huh?
Sure.
Whoopie.
Take this to bed with you.
Maggie!
You're a cinch
to marry a cinch.
You can go to court right now.
Oh the poor kid.
Oh, yeah?
Well I'm sorry for him.
The least I can
do is try to help
him after all he's done for me.
What has he done for you?
Try to choke you.
Oh, he didn't mean that.
Let him make a jury
believe he didn't.
Did I say two million, dearie?
You're in the bag for five.
I'll light it you, dear.
Thanks.
You know, last night sticks with
me just like a crazy nightmare.
When I'm-- When I'm that way,
I don't know what I'm doing.
I'm sorry.
On the level I am.
I wouldn't hurt you.
You know that.
I know you wouldn't.
I was just crazy
out of my mind.
Well then right now would
be a good time to stop.
You've proven you can twice.
Think what it would mean, Ted.
Oh I want to.
I've tried to, but
I-- I just can't.
I know you can, and you must.
You can't keep up
the way your going.
It will get you just one
place, and that's the grave.
I beg pardon.
What is it Roberts?
You're aunt and uncle
are in the drawing, sir.
Oh.
Tell them I'll be
down in a moment.
Very good, sir.
Better go in alone.
Yeah.
Listen.
Nothing they say will
make any difference
as far as we're concerned.
All this girl
wants is your money.
And to save you, you young fool,
we're willing to buy her off.
Oh, so you're willing
to buy her off?
She will doubtless
consent to an annulment.
And what makes you think that?
They always do.
You shut up.
Listen to me, you young idiot.
You married far beneath
you, a torch singer
from a gambling ship,
a person unfit to carry
on the Rendon tradition.
Well it's perfectly
obvious my boy, this girl
wants only your money.
Well she can have it.
And anything else I've got too.
Oh no, she can't.
We control your money, and
we'll never release Trusteeship
so long as she's your wife.
I suppose she told
you who she was
and what she was
before you married her.
I didn't ask her.
She tried to and I would listen.
And I don't want to
hear anything now.
Well you're going to.
Give me that report.
Did you hear of Phil Carida?
I know all about that.
You know that she lived with
him before she married you?
Without benefit of clergy.
Do you want a woman
of her character
to besmirch the Rendon
ancestry, a line that
comes down through history?
To a lot of drunken rotters.
Look at me, I'm a Rendon.
Am I anything to be proud of?
No!
Though I'm a drunkard.
And my father was one,
and your father was one.
Ha!
The Rendon ancestry!
You don't know what
you're talking about.
Oh, don't I?
Well let me tell you this, I
don't care what my wife was.
That's all over with.
But I do know this
much, she's the only one
who ever really tried to
make something out of me.
Did you?
No, you beat it
off to Europe when
I got to be too much for you.
You ran out on me!
Well she hasn't.
She's stuck by me,
and I'll stick by her!
Oh, your mad.
Don't I know it?
I know the taint that
runs through this family.
Ha!
My grandfather died
in an insane asylum.
Yeah and end there too.
That's why I drink all
the time, to forget it.
That's all I can ever
think about, going crazy.
Now you get out.
Get out!
Get out of here!
Do you hear me?
Get out all of you!
It's all that woman's
fault. She put you up to it.
Get out of my house!
Through the keyhole into the
intimate lives of the people
you hear about, read
about, and talk about.
What local playboy resumed his
endurance jag two days ago,
when what irate uncle
and aunt dug up what
beautiful torch singer's past?
And what radiant little
blonde is helping to forget
and forget and forget?
You can see them any evening
in certain-- and how he does.
Go early ladies and gentlemen
and avoid the crush.
Where does it hurt you, dearie?
Listen angel, you're
letting a soft heart
interfere with business.
Oh, poor kid.
Oh, skip it.
You know he's left you flat like
that guy in the movies tonight.
And that spells desertion
with capital dollar markets.
Golden dollars.
Gee, that would make a swell
movie title w wouldn't it?
Desertion, divorce, alimony.
I can see the jury now,
weeping as they look you
sitting in the witness chair.
Dressed all in black, plain
black, Torchie with a touch
of white for purity,
and just enough
color in your face to make
you beautiful and tragic,
like Camille.
Gee, that's an idea.
You can develop a cough.
Hey!
What's that?
It sounds like a band.
A band?
Band in.
Bent him.
Ted Crock.
Crock killer.
Careless girl.
Girl evidence.
Evidence alimony.
Gee, everything I
think of ends in money.
Money!
Hotcha!
Hey, Ted.
Look who's here.
Oh, hello, wife.
Come on let's go up and play.
Get up, Ted.
Get up.
Oh, don't cramp my party.
Come on.
Get up, Ted.
I want to talk with you.
All right.
You don't have to yell about it.
I've got a lot of things
to talk with you about too.
Go on and amuse yourself.
I'll be back in a few.
Aww, Teddy.
Ahh, foo!
I'll sue you, you little
boudoir.
Try and snap out
of it, will you.
Maggie, come on help me.
It's all right,
Horseface, I don't
need your help going up stairs.
Ted.
Listen to me.
Who does she think
she is anyway,
taking Ted away from me.
I won't stand for it!
Sure, she's only his wife.
Right on the couch, Maggie.
This is worse than
I've ever seen him.
There's nothing wrong with
him a stomach pump won't cure.
Find Roberts, and tell
him to phone for a doctor.
Oh let him sleep it off.
Please do as I
tell you, Maggie.
All right, dearie.
All right.
All we need now is a police raid
to make me feel right at home.
You're taking an
awful chance going
in there with a party going on.
I'm finishing my
business here tonight.
Here, have the motor running.
Mr. Rendon is ill.
I'll have to ask you to leave.
Is that so?
What's the matter with
him He was all right
when you took him upstairs.
Yeah, well he's sick now.
I don't believe it.
Well, whether you believe it
or not, you'll have to get out.
Say, are you ordering
us out of the house?
Yes, that's just
what I'm doing.
Do you hear that?
She's telling us to get out.
Ted invited us here,
and we're going to stay
until he tells us to leave.
Is that right gang?
Yeah!
Just you try and put us out!
Robert.
Yes, madame.
I've asked these
people to leave.
See that they do so.
Yes, Mrs. Rendon.
You people uh,
enjoying yourselves?
Oh but that's nice.
Ted!
-Get away from me
-Give me that gun.
Get away from me I tell you.
Give me that gun, please.
I'm gonna do it.
Please, Ted.
And I'm gonna kill you too.
Are we gonna let
her ruin our party?
No!
We want Teddy.
Let's go get him.
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
We want Ted!
WE want Ted!
And you phoned for the doctor?
I told Frozen-face to do it.
And who might Franzen-face be?
The Butler.
You returned to the
room immediately?
No my dogs ached--
I'm not interested in
your feet, Ms. Flannigan.
Let it pass.
Will you please
answer my question.
Sure, what was it?
Did you return to
the room immediately?
No my dogs ached, and
I stopped to rub 'em.
They cramp when I get excited.
Then you were excited.
Why?
Why not?
I'll tell you why.
You knew when she sent
you out of the room,
that she was going kill him.
Was you there, Charlie?
Charlie?
-Ah, skip it.
-What?
Just plain old skip it.
How much did Mrs. Rendon expect
to get out of this marriage.
It was worth at least five
million buck in my opinion.
I'm not asking your opinion.
How much did she expect to get?
What do you think Charlie?
I'll see Mrs. Rendon.
That will be all Mrs. Flarady.
Flannigan!
Ms. Margaret Flannigan
to you, stooge.
And to you too, you old futz.
Don't tell them
anything, dearie.
Make 'em guess.
Will you be
seated, Mrs. Rendon.
How long did you know Ted
Rendon before you married him.
A few weeks.
Was he sober at the time?
Well, he said he knew
what he was doing.
That isn't answering
my question.
He was not sober.
You knew who he was.
Well, yes.
You knew that he would
inherit many millions.
Yes.
And of course that's
why you married him.
Did your husband know of your,
uh, relations with Phil Carida.
Yes.
You told him?
I tried to tell him, but he
said he knew all about him.
Mr Rendon's guests state
that you forced him to leave
them and go to your room.
Yes.
For what purpose?
Well he was drunk.
I have affidavits which
prove that he was sober.
But they're not true.
After getting your
husband to your room,
you sent that the Ms. Flannigan
to phone for a doctor.
Yes.
And you locked the doors
when she left the room.
No.
The guests say the
doors were locked.
They had to break in.
How do you explain that?
I can't.
Then you did lock those doors.
No, no I didn't.
And brought
to you through the courtesy
of the Evening Star.
We now return you to Countess
Theodosia Androslovska
who will resume her
intimate glimpses
of the Rendon murder trial.
Hello everybody.
Before I forget it, I simply
must tell you about her hat.
It was something like a
turban, but yet not a turban.
Now was it a beret?
It was a-- now let me
see, what would I call it?
Dear, dear, there I go again.
But one could see
that the whole thing
was thought up with the
idea of impressing the jury.
That's I'm telling you about it.
But it didn't work this time.
The evidence was so
overwhelmingly against her
that I don't see how any
jury could do anything else,
but find her guilty.
Spats?
Yeah, I'm here.
It looks like the
chair for her all right.
Yeah, she'll burn.
She saved you a lot of
trouble by bumping him off.
Yeah.
I wonder why she did it.
Women are funny that way.
Want me to mix you one?
What?
Yeah, stiff one.
COUNTESS THEODOSIA ON
RADIO: One could easily
see it was a French model,
and very expensive one too,
but seriously I must
get on with the trial.
The poor dear, she looked
so worn and haggard.
I felt so sorry for her.
I could have cried
right on the spot,
in spite of the fact
that she must be guilty.
Have you reached
a verdict, ladies
and gentlemen of the jury?
We have, your honor.
The prisoner will rise.
The jury will look
upon the prisoner.
The prisoner will
look upon the jury.
Proceed.
We the jury
find the defendant guilty
of murder in the first degree.
I'm gonna kill her!
I'm going to kill her like I
killed your baby-faced husband.
He took you away from me.
Well, I took him away from you.
I killed him in his
own gutter, and I'm
going to get to you some--
After all, dearie.
You were his wife, and
entitled to something.
Maybe not five million.
But with the right kind of a
lawyer and me on the witness
stand.
A million would have
been a setup, a cinch.
And what do you do?
Walk right out of the
place with even a teaspoon!
And they did have such
lovely silverware.
You know, Maggie, I have
the strangest feeling.
So have I, in my dogs.
I don't believe
Phil killed Ted.
Ted committed suicide.
I know he did.
I had hardly closed the door
before I heard the shot.
And I came right out
and saw him lying there.
Well if Phil didn't
do it, why did he
put on that grand shooting
act in the courtroom
and try to kill you?
He didn't try to kill me.
That's just what it
was, Maggie, an act.
He did that so they'd
believe what he said.
Well, he sure made it stick.
You're on, dearie.
He isn't
handsome or clever,
but still he's mine.
He'll keep me worried
forever, but still, he's mine.
He likes to lie and
cheat me I've found.
He likes to try
and boss me around,
til even I who love him
am bound to hate him.
Hmm.
Mmm.
I do my darndest for
getting with someone new,
but find it isn't So
easy a thing to do.
I'll carry on with his
melody, because he's gone
and now I can see
that in his fashion
he must have called it love.