Broadway Bill (1934) - full transcript

Yes, J.L.

Yes, J.L.

Yes, J.L.

- I've been waiting a half-hour...
- Not now, Mel, I'm busy.

Got to get all his sons-in-law
on the phone.

Maine, 674.

Board of directors' meeting tonight.
This is the first, you know.

They all know it's the first.

They know there's a meeting tonight.
The whole town knows it.

Just the same, J.L. insists
they be notified officially.

Hello? Higgins Iron Works?



Mr. Early, please.

Higgins, Higgins, Higgins.

That's not a family.
It's a disease.

Yes, Henry Early speaking.
Yes, Mrs. Peterson.

I just want to remind you there's
a board of directors' meeting

at J.L.'s house tonight
at 7 sharp.

Arthur Winslow talking.

Oh, yes, Mrs. Peterson.

Naturally, naturally.

The usual time, yes.

No, Mrs. Peterson,
Mr. Brooks hasn't been in all day.

- I don't know.
- You've got to find Mr. Brooks

and tell him his
father-in-law expects him.

Yes, Mrs. Peterson.



By the way, have you tried
his home? His wife mi...

She's hung up.

We've just gotta
find Mr. Brooks.

Well, that's ridiculous, Mrs. Peterson.
He must be at his office.

Please help me locate him.

You know how strict
your father is about the meetings.

Well, don't worry, Mrs. Peterson.
I'll see that he gets there.

I think I know where he is.

All right, Whitey,
here we go into the homestretch!

Come on, let him out!
Come on, Broadway Bill!

Come on, Princess, hurry up.

Oh, swell work, Whitey!

Go on, take him back to the barn.
I'll see you back there. Hot diggety!

- What did he do it in?
- One minute and 40 seconds.

- 1 :40?
- Yeah.

Gee, that chops another second off.

Oh, boy,
at the rate he's going,

he's liable to break
the world's record.

Thattaboy.

- Good boy.
- That animal sure can pick them up

- and lay them down, boss.
- Oh, he's still stalling.

- Stalling?
- Yeah, sure.

Going as fast as you never seen
with the naked eye.

Nice work, pal.

- Hot ziggety. He made it.
- Hey, hey, what's this? What is that?

Miss Alice teaches
Skeeter to do that.

- Skeeter?
- Yeah, that's his name.

- Miss Alice give him that name.
- You got a regular mascot

- and everything, pal.
- Oh, it's a big affair between these two.

Say, you seem to know more
about this horse than I do.

You been hanging around
here an awful lot, Princess.

Wanna make something of it?

No, but I was thinking
of Emperor Higgins.

Better not let him catch you.

Emperor Higgins
doesn't know I'm alive.

I'm just the young brat
in the family.

Well, you won't stay single. Get
married, give him another son-in-law.

Yeah.

Somebody to take care of another one
of those Higgins Enterprises, I know.

- Pull him out, boss?
- Yeah, hurry up, Whitey.

Walk him around for about an hour,
will you?

- Does he get any carrots?
- Yeah, give him six. No more, now.

- Not seven?
- You take care of him,

- or I'll break your neck.
- Come on, Bill.

That's a great horse, Princess.

I wish he were running right now.
He'd create a young sensation.

He's got everything.
Background, stamina

and the will to win.
That's important in a horse,

you know, the will to win.

Imperial Racetrack
opened last week.

Don't you think I know it?

I saw your boyfriend this morning.
What's his name? Bill Taylor?

Say, Dan, why don't you?

- Why don't I what?
- Take Broadway Bill down to the track

- and start him racing.
- Are you crazy?

Well, what are you waiting for?

You've been dying to get out of
Higginsville ever since you came here.

Your heart and soul are in horses,
and you're making paper boxes.

It doesn't make sense.

- Hey, what's got into you anyway?
- Oh...

...you're a fool, Dan.

- Oh, I am, huh?
- Yes.

I'm afraid you've just become
another Higgins slave.

- Boss, you mind if I have a idea?
- What is it?

You know I've always
been honest with you.

You know I'd cut off my right arm
before I'd lie or steal anything...

- All right, what is it?
- You know I always read my Bible

- and I don't mess around.
- Come on, quit stalling.

- What do you wanna tell me?
- Well, boss,

I've been adding things up,
I've been subtracting too,

and dividing and multiplying, and
it all comes out to the same answer.

It just ain't honest for to be
racing Broadway Bill

- for nobody but us and the squirrels.
- Say, who asked for your opinion?

- Go on, get out of here, will you?
- All right, sir. All right, sir.

- Beat it.
- Come on, Bill.

Hey, Mr. Brooks!
I've been looking all over for you.

Your wife wants you
to come right home.

- There's a meeting tonight.
- Go on, beat it, will you?

- Yeah, but she said if you...
- Go on, get out of here, I told you!

All right!
I was just trying to tell you!

It's very important!

- Hey, Margaret.
- Yes?

He made it in 1 :40.
What do you think of that?

- Who made what in 1 :40?
- Broadway Bill.

I rode Whitey on him. Say, Whitey
must weigh at least 1 50 or...

Do you realize
there's a meeting tonight?

- When are you gonna finish dressing?
- Say, listen, let's duck the meeting.

Did you take a bath?

Sure.

You still smell horsy to me.

Say, look, I'll take four baths in a row
if you'll duck the meeting with me.

Now, don't be silly.

Say, Margaret,
there's a full moon out tonight.

Let's go out
and sit under it, will you?

All night, huh? For two nights?
For a week? What do you say?

What's eating you?

Oh, bugs, I guess.
Same old bugs.

Father would have
a royal fit if we didn't show up.

- You know we've got to go.
- Oh, hang the meeting.

Suppose we don't go,
what difference is it gonna make?

Your father will do all
the talking anyway.

We'll sit there
with our heads on a hinge,

“Yes, J.L. Of course, J.L.
That seems fair, J...”

I got a chronic pain in my neck,
Margaret, from just nodding.

Don't be a fool, Dan Brooks.

Say, I'll tell you what,
let’s stand in front of the house

and throw rocks
at the meeting, will you?

You do think of the cutest things.

Oh, well, Margaret, let’s do something.
I don't care what.

Why don't you get zippers
for these things, Margaret?

You know, someday
you'll be calling the meetings.

You wouldn’t like it
if the others threw rocks.

Well, they'd be saps
if they didn't. There.

Thank you. Now, hurry up,
we're gonna be late.

What are we gonna
do about the moon?

Come on.

Shoo.

- Hey, Margaret.
- Good heavens.

Yeah, I know, I'm a pest.
I know that, but...

- We'll never get there.
- Say, Margaret,

I wanna talk to you seriously.

Suppose I should tell
you that I'm miserable here,

that I'm dying a slow death,
would you go away with me?

- Where to?
- Oh, I don't care. Anywhere.

Somewhere where
I can make my own living,

where I can do the things
that I wanna do.

Back to the racing business,
I suppose.

Well, I'm not interested
in making paper boxes.

You ought to know that by now.

Do you really want me to give
up all this, Dan? Seriously?

- Why, certainly. Why not?
- Live in cheap boarding houses,

not know where my next meal's
coming from,

- wait for miracles to happen?
- Well, it's better than this, isn't it?

Doesn't it bother you
that your husband's a parasite?

- Why, Dan!
- Sure, that's all I am.

No use kidding myself.
I'm only holding on to my job

- because I'm married to you.
- Oh, but that's ridiculous.

Father thinks
you're terribly clever.

That's why all the others
are so jealous of you.

Why, he has great plans
for you, and someday when you...

Oh, yes, I know, I'm the crown prince.

- Johnson, good evening.
- Good evening, Mr. Early, Mrs. Early.

J.L. is in the study.

- Good evening, J.L.
- Evening.

Father.

Good evening, Father.

Now, don't scold, I'm on time.

J.L.'s in the study.

You may not be the smartest,
Arthur, but you're the best-looking.

Oh, thank you.

Henry, Matilda.

Good evening, Father.

- J.L.
- Evening.

- Good evening.
- Good evening, Mr. Brooks.

- Good evening, Johnson.
- Mrs. Brooks.

J.L. is in the study.
Yes, sir.

- Good evening.
- Hello, Mr. Winslow, Mr. Early. Hi.

- Good evening, Dan.
- Mary, Matilda.

- Hello, darling.
- Hello, Dan.

- Hello, Princess.
- We're late.

Oh, yes, I know, J.L.
I'm sorry. It's all my fault.

- I'll tell you how it was...
- We'll get started.

Would you like to know how it was?

I know, you and Broadway Bill probably
were talking it over.

Sure. Say, do you think
I'll be thrown into the Bastille?

- You're lucky if you're not beheaded.
- Say, look here.

You know, before
I go to the chopping block,

do you think you could dig up a slug
of whiskey for a very nervous guy?

A slug of whiskey, in this house?

Well, isn't anything ever
changed around this mausoleum?

Yes, bedspreads and underwear.

Well, that's something.

Regarding the Acme Lumber
Company, we bought it today.

- Oh, fine, J.L.
- Isn't that grand?

At exactly five minutes
after 1 0 this morning,

it became the
Higgins Lumber Company.

I trust that meets
with your approval.

- Oh, of course.
- If you say so, J.L.

I trust it meets
with your approval.

Naturally, J.L.

Naturally.

For the present,
it has no active head.

It shall remain so until
the one vacant chair at this table

becomes suitably occupied.

If you're referring to me, Father,
you're wasting your time.

- What's that?
- You might as well forget it

because the man I marry won't
care for the lumber business.

Don't be impudent, Alice.

I'm sorry.

There will be no further
discussion of business

until after we have finished dinner.

I'm happy to say that all the Higgins
Enterprises are doing excellently.

That is, all except
the Higgins Paper Box Company.

I'm sorry to report that sales have
dropped off to a dangerous extent.

I have the figures here
in front of me.

For instance, the first three months
of the fiscal year ending March 31 st,

style number four, all colors,
dropped off 1 4 percent.

The Higgins Special, a box that we've
manufactured for 20-odd years,

a box with which we have
become nationally identified,

22 percent.

What the Higgins Paper Box
Company needs, Mr. Brooks,

is a little more application
on the part of its management.

You can't expect a business to flourish
when the head of that business is off

gallivanting with a ridiculous horse.

What's your point, J.L.?

- Point?
- Yes.

Well, my point is quite obvious.

Mr. Brooks, you came to this town
three years ago, penniless,

a man with a questionable
background.

Some sort of association with
the racetrack business, I believe.

I was broad-minded
enough to overlook that.

You and Margaret were in love.
You wanted to get married.

I gave my approval.

I put you at the head
of the Higgins Paper Box Company,

one of the largest and most
successful of the Higgins Enterprises.

You accepted that responsibility
with enthusiasm.

I might even say...with gratitude.

You were the envy
of Mr. Early and Mr. Winslow.

Your first two years were successful.

But this past year,
the Higgins Paper Box Company

has suffered immeasurably.

Now, I can attribute it
to only one cause.

Neglect, shameful neglect.

Beginning tomorrow morning,
Mr. Brooks,

I shall expect you to devote yourself
exclusively to your business.

And I must ask you
to get rid of that horse.

See that it's done.

Now, regarding the purchase
of the Acme Lumber Company,

I've had their books
gone over thoroughly.

Cash on hand and in banks:
$1 3,672.86.

- Accounts receivable: $32,842.33...
- Wait a minute.

Wait a minute, Mr. Higgins.

I have no intention
of selling my horse.

As a matter of fact, I'm leaving
Higginsville in the morning.

- Quiet!
- Everything you say is true.

I have neglected the business.

The reason is simple. I've...
I've hated it. I've always hated it.

Oh, not that it isn't
a good business, mind you.

It's all right for you
and Mr. Winslow or Mr. Early.

I don't blame them for wanting it.
They're suited to it, I'm not.

Boy, I know I sound crazy to you,
maybe I am.

But somehow you
strike me the same way.

Everything here seems lopsided to me.
Higginsville, the Higgins family,

the Higgins Enterprises.
Oh, don't get offended.

It's just that we don't speak
the same language, that's all.

You're interested in only one thing.
Accumulating money,

expanding the Higgins Enterprises,
gobbling up all the little fellows.

Look, you've just snatched
the Acme Lumber Company

away from some poor people
that spent their lives building it up.

- I hope it made you happy.
- Be careful what you say, young man!

Look at you. You haven't taken
a vacation in 40 years.

You're just rotting away
in your own little kingdom.

If that's your idea of a holiday,
you can have it.

It isn't mine.
And I'm sure it isn't Margaret's.

And another thing, I wouldn’t get rid
of that horse for you or anybody else.

Someday you're gonna take
off your hat to Broadway Bill.

It's true, I was broke
when I came here,

but Margaret and I
are leaving the same way.

We don't want a thing
out of Higginsville.

If it's just the same to you,
you can accept my resignation.

- I'll wait for you in the car, Margaret.
- If you're going to wait for me,

you needn't bother.

Meeting is adjourned.

Certainly I applaud it.
Why shouldn’t I applaud?

He should have
gone a long time ago.

What sort of talk is this?

Daddy dear,

your little monarchy
is fast folding up.

Your crown prince has flown.

Alice, stop this nonsense!

Oh, you're a strong
and powerful ruler, almighty king.

But you're not going to crush him
under your heels any longer.

What's the matter with you?

You seem very happy at his going.

Happy? I'm so happy
I could shriek.

I could go out on rooftops
and shriek till I collapsed.

That's how happy I am.

I used to pray for him every night.

I hope he never comes back.

I hope he never sets foot
in Higginsville again.

Alice...

Oh, Daddy.

Oh, look, look.

Hey, boss,
I feel 30 years younger.

How you feel?

I'm headed for the last roundup

Gonna roll Bill
For the last time and ride

So long, old pal
It's time to say goodbye

Oh, I'm headed for the last roundup

Hey, hey, what's up?

Hey, what's up?

They're unloading Gallant Lady.

- Gallant Lady?
- Gallant Lady?

Holy smokes,
I gotta take a look at her, Whitey.

Hello, Dan.

- Oh, hello.
- Where have you been all these years?

Oh, I've been hiding under a rock.

Hey, Bradshaw.
Bradshaw! Come here.

- Yes, Mr. Whitehall?
- Get all these people out of the way.

- Where do you think you're going?
- Oh, hello, Mike.

Stop it, please, will you?
Now, look here, you blighters,

I'm not gonna bring Gallant Lady
out before a rabble like this.

She's not used to it,
she's too nervous.

Get off the platform, will you?

You heard what the man said.
Get back, will you? Get back.

Officer, discharge your duty.

Don't give me any of your gruff,
you foreigner!

- OK, Mr. Whitehall.
- Oh, all clear, eh?

- Yeah.
- Good. All right, get her out of here.

Bring that pony out first.

All right, bring her out.

Keep her head down.

Watch her feet
and look at her hips.

Hey, that's a beautiful animal.

Mister, there's the horse
that's gonna win the derby.

Don't crowd her.

Don't crowd her.

Hello, hello, Mr. Morgan.
Dan Brooks. Don't you remember me?

- Yes, how are you?
- Fine, thank you.

Say, who you betting on?

- Why, Gallant Lady, of course.
- Yeah?

Don't put your money down yet,
I may have some news for you.

Hey, I thought we
were betting on Sun Up.

Now, why don't you broadcast it?

Don't be a sucker, Dan. You haven't
a chance to win the derby,

not with that horse. Why don't you
run him in some small races first?

Nothing doing.
I'm coming back in style.

Say, right now, nobody
knows a thing about Broadway Bill.

If he cops that derby...
Oh, boy, oh, boy.

You don't honestly believe that nag of
yours can beat Gallant Lady, do you?

- Why not?
- In his first race?

Say, I know what he can do.
Come on, come on.

- How much is the entry fee?
- OK, I give up.

You must have wrapped up
all that horse sense of yours

in those paper boxes.

It's $500.

- Five hundred?
- Yes, it's a $25,000 race.

Oh, sure. It's cheap enough.

You wanna make
out the check now, Dan?

- Now?
- Well, you can wait if you like.

You have until the day before the race.
That's nearly two weeks.

Yeah, you see, I'm having
some funds transferred.

- I thought maybe if you could...
- Sure, Dan.

But you've got to nominate
him before 6:00.

- This is the last day.
- Oh, I do.

- How much to nominate him?
- Fifty dollars.

Fifty?

Say, excuse me just a minute.
I'll be right back.

Sure, Dan, sure.

Mr. Collins.

- Whitey, how much money you got?
- Money?

Yeah, money, money.
Come on, bring it out.

Boy, Mr. Brooks, you sure done
come to the wrong place.

All I got is this one sad,
lonesome buck.

Look here, I'm shy 5 bucks.
Come on, bring it out for me, will you?

- Five dollars?
- Yeah.

- Five dollars?
- Yeah.

You sure gets some of the craziest
notions of any man I ever did see.

See that?
What'd I tell you?

You know, if there's any money
in that boot, I'd sure be surprised.

Bless my soul.

Yeah, that's what I say.

Say, boot, you is
my pocketbook no more.

- There's your receipt, Dan.
- Oh, thanks.

Say, how about a stable?
Dan, I'm awfully sorry,

but I only had one stable left,
and I just gave it to Gallant Lady.

Whitehall insisted on having
the whole place to himself.

He said he'd take
Gallant Lady out of the race...

Oh, sure, sure.
You couldn’t afford to do that.

No, without Gallant Lady, you wouldn’t
have an attraction. I know that.

- That's it.
- Tell you what you do, Dan.

You go over and see Pop Jones.

He hangs out around the feed
warehouse over there.

- He's got an old barn you can use.
- Well, that's OK. Thanks.

- I'm awfully sorry, Dan.
- Oh, no, it's all right.

Gee, Broadway Bill's not fussy. He's
been brought up in a barn all his life.

- Thanks, Mr. Collins.
- Good luck to you, Dan.

Yeah, thank you.

- Here we go.
- What about eatments?

When I gets hungry,
I gets hungry.

That's simple, Whitey.
When you're hungry, you eat.

You don't wanna go without food.
It's bad for your stomach.

I ain't doing
my stomach no good.

What I know, where you
gonna get the money to buy it with?

Well, guess we'll have to rely
on the old man with the whiskers.

- Who that?
- That's the miracle man, Whitey.

Any time the old man
with the whiskers

puts his arm around your shoulder,
your troubles are over.

- That's a good man to meet up with.
- Yeah, not bad.

Well, Pop, looks all right, I guess.

We've had some pretty
fine horses stay here.

You have, huh? Well, say,
who's the feed man around here?

- The feed... Feed man. Feed.
- Feed man?

- Right here.
- Oh, you? Gee, that's swell.

Look, Pop, I want
a supply of stuff sent in.

Some oats and some bran,
some barley, some carrots.

Oh, and some salt.
About 1 0 pounds of salt.

Is this for cash or credit?

What do you mean, “cash or credit”?

What's the matter?
Don't you trust me?

Dan, but I don't know you...

Oh, well, then stop asking
foolish questions.

I settle all my bills
at the end of the week.

- Yes, but I prefer cash...
- Oh, say. Oh, yeah, look, another thing.

Bring in a couple of cots, Pop.

- A couple of cots.
- Cots?

Cots. Something to sleep on,
you know?

- You gonna sleep here?
- Why, certainly. You don't think...

Listen, Pop,
maybe you don't know it,

but there's the horse
that's gonna win the derby.

You think I'm gonna
let him stay here by himself?

Behave yourself, see? And I'll show
you how you can clean up a bankroll.

That horse is a sleeper.

- He's a what?
- He's a sleeper. A sleeper.

Oh, you want a cot
for the horse too?

Whitey, did you hear pop?

Pop, you're quite a kidder.
Yes, you are.

Come on, hurry up.
Snap into it. It's feeding time.

Get that stuff in, will you?

And say, Whitey, we gotta get down
to the bank and make that deposit.

Sure.

Come on, Pop, are you still here?
Hurry up, we gotta get that feed in.

It's feeding time.
Hurry it up.

- How was that?
- Doggone.

He fell like a log.

- He a little slow about doing it, though.
- Yeah, but you see his eyes?

Looks like the old man with
the whiskers working already, huh?

- Come on, Whitey.
- Oh, Mr. Brooks.

Boss, them clothes
you got on sure is elegant.

Say, Whitey,

do you think Colonel Pettigrew
will be impressed?

- Colonel Pettigrew?
- Yeah.

- Who that?
- There's a gentleman, Whitey.

A man with great understanding,
a man with a soul.

A man you can borrow
money from. If he has it.

- Borrow?
- Yeah.

When I go borrow money,
I tend to wear my old clothes,

my old rundown shoes and things.

You sure's got funny ideas.

Well, that's the secret
of the racetrack.

Never look down in the mouth,
no matter how hungry you are.

You sure's got the secret.

If he's got the money,
you'll get it.

All he's got to do is
to look at them clothes.

Master Colonel Pettigrew.

Here I come. I hope
she's got 500 bucks.

- Colonel Pettigrew?
- Yes?

Take those feet
off my needlepoint chair.

Yes, my love.

A fortune, a king's ransom.

Just by investing
the paltry sum of $50.

Oh, stop dreaming.
Where you gonna get $50?

Sometimes you have
a way of being very annoying.

You're not doing me any good

with those telephone numbers
you're popping.

There you are.
That's 5,000 you owe me.

- I'll play you double or nothing.
- No, you won't. I'm through.

Last season, I had you
up to $80,000.

- Well, I squared up with you, didn't I?
- Sure you did,

- for a buck and a quarter.
- I know, but that was cash.

Happy, come here
and look these figures over

- and see if you can find a flaw in them.
- I read my fairy tales at night.

This will cease to be
a fairy tale when I get the 50.

You can get the 50
if you'll go to work.

I'll have it this afternoon
without working.

Yeah, where you gonna get it,
from vinegar puss?

- Colonel Pettigrew?
- Yes, my love.

I'm gonna get it from
the finest gentleman

that ever raced a horse, Dan Brooks.
A very dear friend of mine.

Anybody that had $50
wouldn’t be a friend of yours.

Is that so? Well, Dan Brooks
has got a thousand times 50,

and he's never
turned me down yet.

And what's more, we're gonna
be his guests at lunch today.

- He is going to buy us lunch?
- At the Ritz Hotel.

- Colonel, hello.
- Well, well, well.

If it isn't my old and trusted friend.

Glad to see you, colonel.
Glad to see you.

I want you to meet my business
associate, Oscar McGuire,

laughingly known as Happy.
This is Dan Brooks.

- How do you do, Mr. McGuire?
- How are you?

Glad to see you.
Come on, let's all sit down.

- Well, colonel, it's been a long time.
- Yeah.

Food. I'm a starving man.

Bring me the whole lunch.

All right.
I'll take the same, please.

And the same for you, sir?

Well, I didn't come here
to make a speech.

- Very good, sir.
- Well, colonel, you old rascal.

I hear you're rolling in wealth, huh?

Oh, just so-so. Just so-so.

Mustn't believe
all the stories you hear.

I don't know, I was talking
to some of the boys.

- They were telling me.
- You know how they are,

prone to exaggerate.

- Say, how about you?
- Oh, just holding my own, that's all.

Come now, don't be modest.

Racing horses again,
aren't you?

Just keeping my hand in,
that's all.

That's what I always
said about you, Dan.

I always said, “Dan Brooks,
there's a lad who'll come through.”

How long does this go on?

Don't mind him, Friday the 1 3th.

And another soup.

And there's one more soup.

I'm glad I run into you, Dan.

See, I got a proposition that
figures to clean up $1 60,000.

I'm gonna let you in on it.

- That so?
- Yes, sir. Just for old times' sake.

- That's mighty nice of you, colonel.
- Nothing at all, nothing at all.

It's gonna need
a little financing, though.

It's gonna need what?

Dan, with a start of $50,
I got a parlay figured out...

Say, wait a minute, wait a minute.
Let me get this straight.

You're not by any chance trying to
borrow $50 from me, are you?

Oh, not borrow exactly.

Wait a mi...

Look... Look here. I came here
to borrow $500 off you.

Look... Look here. I came here
to borrow $500 off you.

- Don't tell me you're broke, Dan.
- Yes, I am. Stony.

- And you came here...
- Yeah.

- And I came here...
- Yeah.

Well, that's the funniest.

What's so funny about that?

- Everything satisfactory, gentlemen?
- Oh, yes!

Come here. Come here.

Tell me,
how broke are you, colonel?

A veritable pauper.

What? Not even enough
to pay for the meal?

No. How about you?

No.

No, no, no, no.

Gentlemen, we're in a situation.

Well, I haven't been thrown out
of a first-class place like this in years.

You finished, gentlemen?

Quite, quite, quite.

- Finished?
- Yeah.

- Waiter.
- Yeah.

Come here, come here.

What is the idea?
I never in all my...

I am never coming to this place
again! Never in my...

- Oh, no!
- No, I won't do it.

Butterfingers.

It's not my fault!

Here they are, red-hot.

You're a good trader, my friend.

It ain't exactly the size I wanted.

What do you expect for a hamburger,
a telegraph pole?

Oh, I ain't kicking.

Ought to have a hat or...

- Give you a Coca-Cola for the hat.
- I don't like Coke, brother.

- Pie for the tie.
- Caviar for the tie.

Well, you have to have
dessert or something.

Hey, look those over.

We may be in for dinner tonight.

Spats, say.

You should ought to see me in spats.

- “We should ought to see him” is right.
- I'm a sight for sore eyes.

I'll give you another
hamburger for the spats.

Not now, maybe tonight.

OK, dinner tonight for the hat,
spats and tie, how about it?

- Plan.
- All right, yeah.

- It's a deal.
- We got a little business to talk over.

- Do you mind?
- Oh, sure.

Say, if you got anything
that my wife can use...

Bring her in, we'll cut her up.
Scram!

Smart guy, huh?

Well, little Dan, what now?
Raising $500 is no child’s play.

Colonel, you've been
a great disappointment to me.

It's a pity too.
From what you say,

Broadway Bill
must be a superb animal.

Oh, he's a great horse.
If I could only get him in that race.

Don't worry, my friend.
It's as good as done.

From now on, my time and wisdom
are devoted to your welfare.

I'm sorry for you.

You know, I've got an idea.

My ace in the hole, Edna.

Edna? A 50-to-1 shot.

- You gotta marry her first.
- Who's Edna?

That's the vinegar-puss
landlady at the boarding house.

Why should she
expect to marry you?

Confidentially, Dan, I encouraged her.
An economic necessity, you know.

- I see.
- Well, that'll give you an idea

- of what I've been driven to.
- Driven to, my eye.

He'd rather make false love
to that vinegar-puss landlady

than he would to go to work.

Trouble is, he's got a landlady
in every racetrack town in the country.

It's kept me in food and lodging
for years, and you too.

What's-her-name, this vinegar puss,
you think she'd fall for a Ford truck?

That's what I would call
a perfect mating.

Quiet. What's the idea?

Say, I'm not kidding, Happy.

Look here, I got a Ford truck
I wanna sell for $35.

Well, what good is $35
when we need 500?

Look, here's the idea.

They're running a flag of small races
tomorrow with $500 stakes.

If we can win one, we're home.
Broadway Bill could breeze in.

All we need is $35 for expenses,
1 0 for a jockey, 25 for entry fee.

An inspiration, Dan!
It's as good as in the bag.

I'll make love as I never loved before.

Vinegar puss will own a Ford truck if
I have to make the supreme sacrifice!

Bravo, bravo.
Come on, let’s beat it.

- 5-to-1 shot.
- Well, it's worth a try.

- Oh, is this it?
- Yes, dear.

Sturdy and dependable.

What is this supposed to be?

What does it look like,
a lawn mower?

Might as well be, for all the use
we're gonna get out of it.

Come on, beloved.
Broadway Bill is in the second race.

- Allow me.
- Oh, darling,

I didn't sleep a wink last night,
thinking of you.

You make love so beautifully.

That's only the beginning, angel.

Come on, let’s go.

Wait a minute, give them plenty
of start. I can still hear them.

What's the matter?
They've been there for ten minutes.

They're having trouble
with Broadway Bill.

- Hold him...
- Saddle.

Turn him around there. Hold him.

Back up there, you.

Get him back in there. Lean him to
and turn him around, bring him in again.

- Guess he ain't ready yet, boss.
- Oh, sure he is, he's all right.

He's a little nervous. His first race.
He can outrun any of those nags.

Hold him, hold him.
Don't let him break through.

Number five.

He's half-horse and half-nut.

Come on, Joe, we're going home.

Well, that's the end
of Broadway Bill in this race.

Put him on the school list
before he starts again.

- All right.
- Poor Dan.

I wonder what he's going to do
with Broadway Bill now.

- Hello, darling.
- Hello.

- It's a nice party, Margaret.
- Thank you.

Oh, what do you hear from Dan?
Anything?

Yes, I had a letter from him yesterday.

- What's he say?
- Oh, lots of things.

All about being sorry,
hopes I understand.

He still loves me, wishes I'd join him.
Here it is.

I think that was about all.

The rest of it's all about
a rooster or something.

- Skeeter?
- What do you call him?

Skeeter. I gave him that name.

Well, Broadway Bill won't run without
him, or some such ridiculous thing.

Three pages devoted
to a rooster, and one to me.

That's a perfect division.

- Well, did you send Skeeter to him?
- Of course not.

But he said Broadway Bill needs him.

Oh, don't be silly, he'll be back soon.

Maybe this crazy trip
is what he needed.

He had to get it off his chest.

Margaret. Margaret, I...

Please don't mind
if I talk to you about this.

I know it's presuming of me
to give you advice,

but please don't do it.

- Do what?
- Don't give him up.

I haven't given him up.

I know, but you're
thinking about it already.

Why don't you go down there
and stay with him.

You'll go a long way
before you'll find anyone as fine as...

What are you getting so excited about?

Well, he loves you.
Doesn't that mean anything to you?

If Dan loves me, he'll come back.

Kind of homesick, aren't you, pal?

I don't think he's gonna perk up
neither, till that rooster comes.

Think she gonna send it?

I don't know.

She hasn't even answered my letter.

- Skeeter!
- Skeeter! Skeeter!

Hello, Princess! Hello, Princess!

Oh, doggone, it's good to see you!

Hey, boss, look out for Skeeter!

Holy smokes, I almost crushed him!
Hello, Skeeter.

Hey, Bill, here's your boyfriend.

Look here.
Look who's come to see you.

Look who's come to see you.
I told you I'd bring your boyfriend back.

Look! Look, Bill!

Come on, Skeeter, get up there.

- That's his, the funny one.
- Hello.

Come on, Whitey,
take him out for a walk.

He really did miss Skeeter,
didn't he?

Should have seen him,
down in the dumps.

All horses get that way sometimes.
They get stuck on a mascot,

go completely dead
if something happens.

Princess, you're a lifesaver,
you know it?

Come on, boy, come on.
Take a walk.

- Go on, Bill.
- Let me see you strut. Come on.

Thattaboy.
Take your time, take your time.

Say, come on, sit down.
Tell me all about it. How's Margaret?

- Margaret? Oh, she's all right.
- She's coming down, isn't she?

I'm afraid not. She wanted to come,
but Matilda decided to get the grippe.

You know Matilda,
always sick at the wrong time.

That's too bad. Look, you didn't have to
come. You could’ve shipped Skeeter.

Oh, Margaret asked me to come.

She did? Oh, gee, that's swell.

Say, give her a big kiss for me
when you get back, huh?

- Well, I would, but I'm not going back.
- You're what?

Come on, come on, no shenanigans.

You're taking the next train
back to Higginsville.

- Yeah? Says you.
- Says...

Wait a minute.

How much money you got here?

I need 25 bucks
to enter Bill in a race tomorrow.

Well, I'll leave you with some.

That's me, big-hearted Dan,
you know?

- Say, this is not Higgins money, is it?
- No, it's my own.

You're sure?
Well, I can't take Higgins money.

Come on, that's all, beat it. Come on.

No, I'm staying here
until the race is over.

Say, you're crazy. You can't hang
around a racetrack town like this.

- Come on.
- Oh, don't be so patronizing.

- You give me a pain.
- Well, what will the emperor think?

Oh, hang the emperor.

Well, another revolutionary?

First the crown-prince consort scrams,
and then the little Princess.

Lo, the poor emperor.

Say...

...you're getting to be quite a little dish,
at that, you know that?

Think I'll have any difficulty
down here?

Oh, I don't know.
What do you think you're gonna do?

Oh, go out and get myself a
rosy-cheeked peasant and get married.

Say, listen,
don't do that yet, Princess.

Save yourself for me. I'll tell you what,

when Margaret throws me to the
sharks, you and I'll hit the road together.

Just a couple of tramps, huh?

It's a nice idea,
if my peasant doesn't object.

Oh, you got him all picked out, huh?

- Who is he, that guy back home?
- No!

Come on, come on, tell me,
who is it? Tell Papa.

Oh, don't be so smart. He's perfect.

He's 1 1 feet tall, hasn't any ears
and eats little babies!

Hey, Princess.
Hey, Princess, look here, look here.

You ought to know me well enough
to take a little kidding.

Oh, you mustn't pay any attention
to what I say about your peasant.

You can marry anybody you like.

I ought to give you
a good sock in the jaw

for taking me so seriously, you know?
Say, we're gonna give Bill a workout.

I want you to stick around
and see it, will you?

Ho, there. Ho, son. Ho.

Ho. Ho. Ho.

Turn him around there
and put him in number six, Joe.

- Whoa. Whoa.
- Don't let him bite through.

Hold that. Hold it.

Hold him, now. Hold him back
a little. Hold it.

Easy, now.

- Hold him.
- Ho, ho, ho. Hold it.

Come on!

- I think he's getting it now.
- Bring him back in the morning.

If he acts all right,
we'll take him off the school list.

See the difference
that rooster makes?

Why don't you slap a saddle on the
rooster. He might have a better chance.

Ease him up. Ease him up.
Whoa, whoa. Whoa, there.

- Put him in number eight.
- Whoa, there.

Say, Jim, don't stop him this time.

Take him all the way around.
I wanna clock him.

Back him up a little.

- Hold it.
- Come on!

- Bring him back again in the morning.
- Thanks.

- What did he do it in?
- What that clock say?

1 :3 7.

Whitey, go get him, bring him in,
cool him off, will you?

- Yes, sir.
- Look out. Here comes a spy

from the Confederate Army.

What do you want, Mata Hari?

Hello there, Pop. How are you?

Say, I'm glad you dropped around.
We just clocked him.

How about that feed bill?

- You know what he made it in?
- I don't give a hang.

I want that feed bill paid.

Feed bill. You're not gonna worry

about a little thing like that,
now, are you?

All I've been getting
from you is promises.

Whenever I make a promise, Pop,
I always fulfill it.

I can't pay my bills
with promises, mister.

And if I don't get my money,
I'm going to the law.

Well, here, Colonel Pettigrew will
guarantee all my bills.

- That right, colonel?
- Of course, of course.

What's all the quibbling about?
Of course I guarantee it.

- Certainly.
- How much is it, $1 ,000?

- What?
- No, no, don't pay it now.

All Pop wants is for you to guarantee it.
That's all. Is that right?

I don't know this man,
he's a stranger to me.

What?

You don't know Colonel Pettigrew?
Can you imagine that?

Look, colonel's one
of the biggest men in this...

I don't care who he is!
I want my money!

Look, Pop, I said I'd let you in
on a good thing, didn't I? All right.

Do you know what Broadway Bill just
made the mile in? 1 :3 7.

- Huh?
- He made the mile in 1 :3 7.

Wait a minute, what's the idea
of telling him that?

I thought this was
gonna be on the q.t.

I have a jolly good mind
to withdraw my $25,000!

Oh, don't get excited, now.

I didn't invest $25,000
to have you slip the information

to a penny-ante feed man.

Well, he's not that.
Pop Jones is a friend of mine.

I don't care if he's
your half-wit brother.

- He can be trusted, I tell you.
- You can trust a mug

with a puss like that.
I won't! I'm through.

- Oh, please, mister...
- Let him go, let him go.

I'll take his share.

Oh, no, no, you've got $50,000
in the proposition already, colonel.

A trifle. Your horse is good enough for
me. Come along, I'll write you a check.

Hope I haven't caused you
any trouble, Mr. Brooks.

Trouble? If you know what's good for
you, you'll leave Dan Brooks alone.

Everybody's talking
Gonna hear me gwine to heaven

- Heaven
- Heaven

- Heaven
- I'm gonna walk all over

God's heaven

Hey, what is this?
What's going on here?

Oh, just a little vocal gymnastics.

No, no, I mean you.

- What are you doing here?
- What does it look like?

Come on, you better get back
to your hotel.

You been hanging
around here too much lately.

You better go get washed.
Dinner will be ready in a minute.

What do you think this is,
a girls' seminary?

If you wanna hang around here,
you better put on some pants.

What do you think of these?

Hey, where'd you get those?

- Out of your bag.
- Say, that's my only pair of dungarees.

Come on, now, take them off.
Come on, take these off.

Why, Mr. Brooks, please.

Oh, you little mug, you.

Say, you look kind of cute in those.
I guess you know that, don't you?

Sure, ravishing.
Sailors swoon at the sight of me.

You're grown-up too.

Say, first thing you know, some guy's
gonna come along and cop you off.

That peasant guy, maybe. Oh, yeah,
Bill Taylor. What about Bill Taylor?

- What about Bill Taylor?
- Listen, I have work to do.

When did you eat last?
Whitey says you forget to eat.

Oh, he's crazy. I have plenty to eat.

Well, you can't win races
if you don't eat.

I'm not running.

Where'd you get these?

Oh, just a few supplies I put in.

Oh, boy, oh, boy, Princess!

Oh, Princess, you're
a little angel from heaven.

Looks like I married
the wrong woman.

Say, which one of these
will we open tonight?

Which one will we open?

Oh, the split-pea soup
and the succotash.

Split-pea soup...

...and the succotash.
Split-pea soup and the succotash.

Oh, the split-pea soup
And the succotash

Had a fight once upon a time-a

Said the split-pea soup
To the succotash

“Without corn, you'd just be lima”

Oh, lima
Oh, lima

“Without corn, you'd just be lima”

Get out of here, Whitey.

What makes you so happy tonight?

Happy? Well, I'll tell you,
dear teacher.

I'm happy because
the old man with the whiskers

has got his arms
around my shoulder.

I'm happy because we entered
Broadway Bill in a $500 race tomorrow

with the money you forced on me.
I'm happy because we're gonna win it.

And that means
that our troubles are over.

“Oh, gosh darn, “ said the succotash

“You're not such a much yourself-a

“You...

“You're not such a much yourself... “

Self-a. Say,
what rhymes with “self-a”?

- Molasses?
- Oh, boy.

I ought to let you have it,
you know that?

You do wanna win that race,
don't you?

You'll never know
how much, Princess.

You will, I'm sure of it.

I've got my fingers crossed.

Yeah, I know you have.

Oh, I've got to, gee...

I've got to get the money
to do things.

Buy more horses
and train them right.

I don't know, I may...
I may even go in for breeding.

Sounds wonderful.

Take my word for it, Princess.
I'm gonna have

the finest collection
of thoroughbreds in the country.

Gee, it's starting to rain.

Bradshaw. Put Bradshaw on.

- Yes, Mr. Whitehall?
- Hello, Bradshaw.

How's Gallant Lady?
It's beginning to rain pretty hard.

Make sure that
all the windows are shut.

Don't let any drafts come in.
We don't want her catching any colds.

And watch that thermostat. Don't
let it vary more than 2 degrees.

Weather like this,
she's liable to catch pneumonia.

Oh, she won't catch pneumonia.
She's as snug as a bug in a rug.

Right-o, I'll hop to it.

You blighters, check all those
windows. Go on, hop to it, hop to it.

You better go and wash up.
Dinner will be ready in a minute.

Boss, the rain's coming in.

Margaret just wants to be shown,
that's all. It's up to me, I guess.

- Well, I can...
- Rain's coming in.

- What?
- The roof is leaking.

- The roof's leaking?
- Yeah, yeah, sir.

Holy smokes.

That's funny,
it was clear a minute ago.

What about that, Whitey?

Whoa, Bill. What? Hey, Whitey!

Come on, get up there
and stuff that up!

- It's leaking all over Bill!
- All right, all right, sir.

Say, don't be too long, dinner's ready.

Hey, Whitey,
there's another one there.

Right over to your left.
Stuff that one up.

- Yeah.
- Hurry up.

Whoa, Bill. Whoa, boy.
Come on, boy.

Hey, Whitey, come on down. Hurry up.
We gotta close these doors.

Hurry up. Get that door closed.
Hurry up, Whitey.

Whoa, whoa, Bill.

Run over to the Whitehall stable,
see if they got a stall for Bill,

just for the night. Hurry up.

Hurry up.

Easy there, old pal.

We'll get you dry as we can.

Oh, this is soaking
right through both blankets.

Come on, they're no good.
We have to take them off.

Boss.

Couldn’t get a thing, boss.

What do you mean,
you couldn’t get a thing?

Did you tell them this place
is just like a sieve?

Yes, I told them,
but they run me out

- of every place I went.
- Oh, they did.

Well, I couldn’t do no better.

Here, come in here.
Keep Bill dry, will you?

Where you going, Dan?
What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna plug up those holes
that are hitting Bill.

That's ours.

- It's hot in here.
- It sure is.

Go have a look at that thermostat
and see if it's working all right.

Mike, turn down that radio.

Make it soft, real soft.

Cheer up, Gallant Lady,
the storm will soon be over.

- Whitey.
- Yes?

Get dry rags.

Oh, poor darling. You're not too good
in storms, are you? Poor darling.

It's getting cold in here.
What time is it?

- Four o’clock.
- You better get some sleep.

I'm wide awake.

Go to bed, I tell you.
You'll be a wreck tomorrow. Whitey.

- Yes?
- Come here, take care of Bill.

- You're going to bed, come on.
- Dan, I don't wanna go...

Never mind, come on.

Dan, I don't wanna go to bed.
I'm not sleepy.

Come on, come on, stop arguing.
Get off that wet coat.

Sit down there.

You shouldn’t be here
in the first place.

You ought to be in your hotel,
where it's warm. Lie down.

Thanks, Dan.

You're a sweet kid, Princess.

Dan?

Huh?

Don't worry,
everything's gonna be all right.

Sure.

Yeah.

Come on, doc, right in here.

Sick animal.

- Bad, huh?
- Yeah.

Running a high fever.
Needs a lot of care and rest.

He looks so pathetic.

With that cold, it may be some time
before that horse runs.

Now, you send the boy with me,
and I'll send you back the medicine.

Say, but, doc, what about Saturday?

See, he's gotta run Saturday.
That's the day

- of the big race I got him entered.
- Saturday?

Well, I don't know.
Animals are very funny.

Sometimes they snap out of it
like that, and sometimes they...

Well, don't take him out
till his fever disappears.

And even then I wouldn’t work him
too hard. Give his heart a chance.

Rest him up till the last minute.
Come on, boy.

I know, I know,
but it's Alice I'm worried about.

What did she go down there for?

Oh, she took him down
a pet rooster or something.

Rooster. Sounds insane.
I don't like it. That's no place for her.

The little imp. I sent her a telegram this
morning, ordering her to come home.

And she replies, “Having
too good a time. Back after races.”

Now, we've gotta get her back,
and at once.

Oh, don't bother your head about it,
she'll be back.

- And so will Dan.
- Yes? And what makes you think so?

That's really why
I came to see you, Father.

I know the others
have been talking to you

about managing
the paper-box factory.

Would you please
leave the others out of this.

Well, they've got ideas, Father. They
forget that I'm the eldest daughter.

Well, I can't keep
his job open indefinitely.

You owe it to me to keep it open till he
gets back. It was your fault that he left.

My fault that the man
doesn't like paper boxes?

You thought you could
order him around the way you do

- Mary's husband or Matilda's.
- That's interesting, very interesting.

You may not know it,
but people are laughing at me.

They're saying that I had a horse
for a rival...and the horse won out.

Well, I've got to stop
that kind of flattery.

- So you think he's coming back, eh?
- I know he is.

You better not be so cocksure.

If I were you,
I'd go down there with him.

Well, that's a funny attitude
for you to take.

He's your husband, isn't he?

He's my husband
when he's right here at home.

You're not gonna let
Dan down now, are you?

You're not gonna let a little cold
stop you. Come on.

Come on,
don't be a sissy. Get up.

Come on, get up.

Come on, boy.
Come on, get up.

Come on.
Come on, try a little harder.

Yeah, there, thattaboy.
Thattaboy.

Come on, try.

Come on, boy.

There, that's it. That's fine.
Come on. Come on, boy. Come on.

Oh, Bill.

Come on. Come on, Bill.

That's a boy, come on.
There. Come on.

Come on, boy. That's right,
look at you. You're so... That's fine.

Come on. There you go!

Dan! Dan!

Dan, he's trying to get up.
Come here. Look.

Oh, Bill, what's the matter?
Come on, boy. Come on. Come on.

Come on, upsy-daisy.
Come on, Bill. Come on.

- Come on, boy.
- Come on. Come on.

Up you go, come on. Come
on, buddy. Up and easy does it.

Well, Bill, old boy.

- Look at him, he's up!
- Oh, that was wonderful, Bill.

- Look, his eyes are getting brighter.
- Oh, sure, sure they are.

- Say, what happened, huh?
- Oh, I just gave him a good talking to.

- Oh, boy. Say, get some carrots.
- Carrots?

Hey, Whitey! Wait a minute,
I know where they are. Here they are.

Come on, Bill, eat a carrot.

Oh, look at him, look at him. He's
eating. Look, he's eating, Princess.

Then he ought to be
all right by Saturday.

Oh, sure he will.

No, I can't take a chance, colonel.
Doctor said not to run him till Saturday.

That means we gotta dig up $500 from
someplace else. Are you with me?

To the bitter end, my friend.
I'm entirely at your disposal.

Well, the only suggestion I have
is we all go out and work for it.

Wait a minute, Dan.
Now, let’s not go too far.

Now, wait. We've all got brains.

Plenty of places to make money
around a racetrack town.

- I'll help.
- No, not you, Princess.

This is a man's job.
How about it, colonel?

- Well, if I must, I must.
- All right.

- Go dig up Happy, will you?
- The shock will probably kill him.

- Say, have you got any ideas, Whitey?
- Oh, yes, sir, a handful of them.

That's funny. Look, Princess, stay
here and take care of Bill, will you?

Come on, we gotta dig up that 500.

Right at the captain's house.
Come on, dice.

- Ten is the point.
- Dollar...

- Ten!
- Wait a minute.

Loaded!

Double-crosser, you!

- What's the name?
- Smith.

- Mary Smith?
- Yes.

- And the coat too?
- No, not yet.

Well, I can give you something
for these.

OK, I'm all ready.
Come on, pick your sucker.

Yes, sir. “Pick them and pluck them,”
that's our motto.

I can't believe it yet.

Remember, all we get
goes to Broadway Bill.

There he is, our first victim.
And dripping with innocence.

Perfect. OK, go to work.

Pick them and pluck them.
Pick them and pluck them.

I beg your pardon, but may I borrow
your pencil just for a moment?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Oh, you own horses?

Oh, yes.

Colonel, I've been looking
all over the place for you.

The big boss says to scratch
your horse for the next race.

Scratch my horse? What do
you mean, scratch my horse?

The race is in the bag.
It's all set for...

- Oh, got him all set to win, eh?
- Said not to tell anybody but you.

Thank you, son.

Thank you, my good man.

I say, partner,
couldn’t you let a fella in on it?

- On what?
- The name of the horse.

The one they got all set to win.

Oh, that. No, no, no,
I couldn’t do that.

I've had awful bad luck.
I haven't won a race today.

Sorry, my friend,
but these things are confidential.

If too many people bet,
it brings the odds down.

But, look, I promise not to bet much.
Just enough to kind of get even.

Sorry, stranger, sorry.

- Gee whiz.
- I didn't want the colonel to see me.

How would you like to have
the name of that horse?

- How would I like it? Say, listen...
- All right, cost you $25.

- Twenty-five dollars?
- OK, forget it.

Wait a minute.

I'm taking a chance
of losing my job, ain't I?

It's an awful lot of money, but...

Make it snappy.
Somebody might see us.

Sure. There you are.
There's your money.

Twenty-five dollars. Now then, tell me,
what's the name of the horse?

- Dough Boy.
- Dough Boy!

Don't be spreading it
all over the joint.

No, no. Dough Boy.
Dough Boy! Dough Boy.

Just got the dope right from the stable.
Dough Boy, a sure thing. Dough Boy.

- Dough Boy.
- Dough Boy.

Well, I knocked him off
for 25 smackers.

Excellent.
Uh, what horse did you give him?

- Dough Boy.
- Dough Boy.

What a pity. Dough Boy
hasn't a ghost of a chance.

Dough Boy. Put all your dough you got
on Dough Boy. He can't lose.

I got some news
right from the horse.

Friend of mine.
Dough Boy. Dough Boy, honey.

Put a whole lot of money
or I'll be glad to see it. Dough Boy.

Gangway. Gangway.

Here, here, $1 50 on Dough Boy.

All the money I got in the word.
Here, half a bottle of Coke.

How much you give me
for the Coke?

Give me $1 0 on the watch.
$1 50 watch.

Dough Boy!

Bet all the money you got
on Dough Boy.

- I talked to the manager. He can't lose.
- Thanks. Thanks.

Wait till I tell my wife about this.

- I beg your pardon, but could I...?
- Say,

do you wanna make some money?
Put all you've got on Dough Boy.

Thank you, son. Thank you.

Pick them and pluck them

Pick them and pluck them
Pluck them...

Madam, allow me.

You know, madam, you remind me
so much of my mother.

Well, just for that, I'll give you a tip
on Dough Boy. Dough Boy.

- Thank you, madam. Thank you.
- Say, colonel,

I just got the lowdown
on the next race.

Dough Boy!

- Ten on Dough Boy to win.
- Ten on Dough Boy to win.

Fifty dollars on Dough Boy to win.

Colonel, I just came from the stable.
Get down on it. Dough Boy.

Dough Boy across the board.
Five each.

- My money's on Dough Boy.
- They're at the post.

- Dough Boy to win.
- Dough Boy.

Dough Boy.

Dough Boy to win.

- All right...
- Twenty-five!

Twenty-five! Twenty-five!
Twenty-five on Dough Boy to win!

Dough Boy! Dough Boy!

Where's Dough Boy?

Bilked by my own chicanery.

- Whitey?
- Yes'm.

Uh-oh.

Well, that's what you get
for trying to cheat.

Oh, I don't cheat, Miss Alice,
except when I have to.

This was for Broadway Bill
and everything.

A noble cause, I see.
Well, you won't have to do it anymore.

Listen, Whitey.

I've got $1 20 here.

Now, you won this shooting dice,
you understand?

- Yes'm.
- Now, if you tell Mr. Brooks

- where you got it, I'll break your neck.
- Oh, I won't tell him.

I'll have some more tomorrow,
and the next day.

Four hundred and sixty, 465, 4 70,
4 75, 480, 485, 490, 495, 500!

Four hundred and sixty, 465, 4 70,
4 75, 480, 485, 490, 495, 500!

- Eureka!
- And an extra 1 0 to celebrate.

- Two eurekas.
- Well, for most of this,

we owe Whitey a standing vote
of thanks.

- Hooray!
- Hooray!

To Whitey, whose deftness
saved us from defeat.

- Hey!
- Yay!

Come on, Whitey.
Come on, take a bow.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Well, colonel, your contribution
wasn't much,

but your story about Dough Boy
was so touching, we forgive you.

First time I ever saw a guy
sucked in by his own gag.

Well, I guess I'm just a child
of impulse.

Princess, to you,
for your moral support, a kiss.

- Thank you, kind sir.
- All right, come on, let’s...

- Where's your coat?
- Oh...

...it was too warm,
so I left it at the hotel.

- Oh, all right. You ready?
- Do we visit the beer garden?

- I'll say we do.
- Then I'm ready.

But first to the secretary's office
to deposit the gold,

and then to the beer garden. Away!

- Away!
- Come on.

- How you doing?
- No ladies allowed in here.

She's not a lady, she's a princess.
It's all right.

- Princess?
- Yes, her father's an emperor.

Well, the winner of the derby arrives
with the entry fee.

- Well, that's fine. Come right in.
- Come on, let’s all go in.

Oh, split-pea soup and succotash

Oh, good night!
Come on, dear.

Good night. Good night.

Hello, Princess. Hello.

Hello.

Oh, the split-pea soup
And the succotash

Fell in love one spring and summer

Till the split-pea soup
Caught the succotash

On the vest of a hardware drummer

Must you do that?

No, no.

That's a relief.

Darling, don't.

And all the way home
The poor succotash

Dragged the soup on its back
Like a donkey

There's a... What's the matter?
You're staggering, Princess.

Can't you walk straight?

Where's Bill?

Where's Bill?

Where's Bill? Whitey?
Hey, Whitey?

Whitey! Oh, Whitey! Whitey!
Whitey!

- Mr. Brooks!
- There's nobody...

Mr. Brooks, they took him away!
They took him away!

- Who took him? Who took him?
- Mr. Jones, the feed man.

He come here with the sheriff.
He had attachment papers.

What do you mean,
“attachment papers”?

- He walked right in and took him!
- Why didn't you stop him?

He had the papers! And the shame
the way they jerked him around.

They had a rope around his neck,
and they tied him to an automobile,

- dragged him over cobblestones.
- They're gonna kill him.

- You should’ve stopped it.
- I chased them for a half-mile,

- but I couldn’t keep up with them.
- Which way did they go?

- I don't know, Mr. Brooks!
- All right, I'll find him!

Dan, wait a minute! Wait a minute!

Wait a minute.

Dan!

Come on!

Come along here,
you stubborn mule.

Hey, what are you doing?

Hey, hey!

Hey! What are you doing
to that horse?

Wait a minute! Where do you
think you are? Get out of there!

- Wait a minute!
- Where do you think you are?

Just a minute, fella.
Just a minute.

Come on, fellas, take your hands
off me. Let me alone, will you?

Come on, come on.

Take it easy, take it easy.

Maybe you'll cool off in there.

Yeah? Well, don't worry about me,
just take care of my horse.

You won't need your horse
for a while.

- Guy's gone screwy.
- What's eating him?

Search me. Someone attacks
his horse, and he's gone crazy.

Girl here been hollering
all night for you.

- Hello, Princess. I'm glad to see you.
- Here, Dan, I brought you some food.

- Oh, thanks, that's swell.
- I'll be back in a few minutes.

- I thought you'd like some coffee.
- Oh, boy, can I use this.

Yes, I tried all night,
and they wouldn’t let me in.

Dan, isn't there anything we can do?

No, we're sunk.

- I wired Father for some money.
- You what?

Well, don't be angry.
It didn't make any difference anyway.

He said you wanted to
make good on your own

and that this was your chance.

Yeah, and he's right too.

Gee...

...I bet the bunch back there
are getting a great laugh out of this.

- Don't give up yet.
- Well, there's nothing more we can do.

No, it's just not in the cards, I guess.
Oh, if I could only get out of here.

Maybe I could...

Oh...

I guess it doesn't matter.

I'm afraid we didn't wish
hard enough, Princess.

Old man with the whiskers
didn't hear us.

- Cute hat. Where'd you get it?
- Well, what are you going to do?

- Huh?
- What are you going to do?

Oh, make paper boxes
back in Higginsville, I guess.

- Margaret will like that.
- No, Dan, don't do that.

You'll never forgive yourself.

Oh, I owe her that much.
I promised her I'd come back.

Well, I'm no howling success here,
I might as well go back to paper boxes.

Well, it isn't too late.
Something might happen.

This is just not the day
for miracles, that's all.

What's the matter, operator?
I wanna get Pittsburgh.

If Detroit can't handle it, we're OK.
What's the price?

- OK, 2,000 on Sun Up.
- No, honey, I wanna get Buffalo.

Yeah, you know,
Buffalo, like on a nickel.

Denver, 2,200. Frisco, 1 ,800. New
Orleans, 3,000. Dallas, 1 2. New York...

- What's the total? What's the total?
- Close to 40,000.

Well, we haven't even started yet.
What's the average?

- About 7-to-1 .
- 7-to-1 .

Now, listen, Sully, I'm gonna shoot
the works on that horse of yours.

I hope we're not pulling a boner.
You're sure he's all right?

- Sun Up? If it wasn't for Gallant Lady...
- Forget Gallant Lady.

- He's a cinch to beat all the others.
- OK.

All right, folks, get your bets down.
Please, don't get shut out.

The big race of the day.
The big race of the day, folks.

We got Gallant Lady, a favorite,
2-to-1 . Sun Up, 4-to-1 .

Gallant Lady, 30-to-1 5 to win.

Any bets on Broadway Bill?

Not one. They're laying off
of that plug like poison.

Ten dollars on Sun Up to win.

Better make him a 1 00-to-1 .
We might pick up some sucker money.

Make Broadway Bill a 1 00-to-1 .

OK.

All right, folks,
Broadway Bill is 1 00-to-1 .

A 1 00-to-1 shot.

Broadway Bill, you old rascal.

- Where have you been all my life?
- Oh, shut up, will you?

Here's where I give my bookie
heart failure.

He's gonna buy my Easter outfit
and doesn't know it.

- Number four.
- That's for you, Mae.

Oh, it would be.

That guy in four
is gonna drive me screwy.

Why, Mae, you ought to be thrilled.

J.P. Chase is one of the richest men
in the word.

Confound it! Where is everybody?
Nurse! Nurse!

Well, well, what's all the excitement?

Say, where is that ridiculous doctor?
I've got to get out of here.

No, no. Relax, relax.

Oh, all this fuss on account
of a broken ankle.

Reading these cheap magazines
is making a gibbering idiot out of me.

Forget it.

Hey, tell me something.

- How do you pass your time?
- Well, I flirt with the angels.

- You what?
- Bet on horses.

Oh, you bet on the horses.
Does that keep your mind occupied?

Brother, it keeps my mind occupied,

my blood boiling, my nerves frazzled
and my purse empty.

Oh, well, that's silly.
Why do you do it?

- Well, because I'm an idiot, like you.
- Yeah... What?

You try to control empires,
I bet on bangtails.

Now, so long, old moneybags,
and keep your shirt on.

All right. Say, come here.

- Say, what horse are you betting on?
- Broadway Bill.

Broadway Bill, huh? Why?

It's a 1 00-to-1 shot.
That's reason enough.

1 00-to-1 ?

- How much money you betting?
- Two smackers.

- Two what?
- Two smackers. Dollars.

The family fortune.

Oh, all right, you can bet
2 smackers for me.

- You?
- Why not?

It's better than reading
this cheap trash.

Give me something to think about.

Say, how do we find out
whether we won?

- You watch the papers tomorrow.
- All right. There.

- Boy, this is funny.
- What's funny?

You, J.P. Chase,
the richest man in the word,

betting 2 bucks on an egg.

Are you sure you can spare it?

Say, go put those 2 bucks on that
Buffalo Bill, or whatever his name is.

Hey, here's a hot one.

J.P. Chase just bet 2 bucks
on Broadway Bill.

J.P. Chase? Hey, that's funny.

Hey, Rose, get this. J.P. Chase
just bet $2 on Broadway Bill.

- He did?
- Broadway Bill!

Here's a laugh for you, Daisy.

J.P. Chase just bet 2 C's
on Broadway Bill.

- No. That's a scream.
- Who's Broadway Bill?

It's a horse, you dummy.

Hey, Betty, J.P. Chase
just bet 2 C's on Broadway Bill.

That's a scream.

J.P. Chase just bet 2 C's
on Broadway Bill.

Broadway Bill?
Say, I had a hunch on that plug.

Listen to this, Joe. I just heard that J.P.
Chase bet 2 C's on Broadway Bill.

Broadway Bill? Hey, J.P. Chase
just bet 2 G's on Broadway Bill.

J.P. Chase?
What do you know about that?

- Boy, that's good enough for me.
- Give me that phone.

Yeah, 20,000 bucks.
Can you imagine that?

J.P. Chase don't chuck it down
like that unless he knows something.

Must be hot.
He bet 50,000 smackers.

- A hundred thousand? You're kidding!
- Just got it from the inside, 200 grand.

On Broadway Bill?

Cross my heart, he said something
like a quarter of a million.

On a 1 00-to-1 shot too.

Cut me in, and I'll give you a hot one.
Broadway Bill.

Two bucks on Broadway Bill for me!

I'll take 2 bucks' worth
of Broadway Bill.

Broadway Bill on the nose.

I'm a friend of yours, ain't I?
Broadway Bill.

Broadway Bill!

- Don't you do it.
- Don't spread it around.

Broadway Bill,
I've got a wire from Ed.

- Nobody knows about it yet.
- I'll pay you back Tuesday.

Honey, we need it for the rent.

A clean-up like that,
and we get married.

- Can't miss.
- A 1 00-to-1 ?

- Broadway Bill.
- Broadway Bill.

Broadway Bill?

Two bucks on Broadway Bill
on the nose.

Two hundred dollars
on Broadway Bill.

- I wanna bet on Broadway Bill.
- Right over at that window there.

I got a telegram from my brother.
Said to bet on Broadway Bill.

Say, I wanna bet on Broadway Bill.

Give me $2 to win
on Broadway Bill for me,

$2 for my brother
and $2 for my wife.

That's it. I got a telegram. Ought to get
a bet on him yourself, he's gonna win!

Gee, it scared me to death.
I thought it was my mother.

I thought she was sick.
Can you imagine...?

- Two dollars on Broadway Bill to win.
- Two hundred dollars...

Hey, make Broadway Bill 60-to-1 .

Wait a minute,
Broadway Bill 60-to-1 ?

Hey, Eddie,
Donald wants to talk to you.

OK.

Well, what? What's the matter?

Well, of course
we're going through with it.

We're shooting the works on Sun Up.

Who? Broadway Bill
hasn't got a chance.

What do I care what a bunch
of yokels are doing?

Let them bet their heads off.

The more they do, the better I'm gonna
like it. Look what they're doing for us.

They set the price on Sun Up
from 4-to-1 up to 1 2-to-1 .

The day of the race,
it's liable to be 20-to-1 .

If it is, the whole bankroll goes.

Huh? Now, listen, there's only one
horse that we have to worry about.

That's Gallant Lady,
and that's all taken care of.

Yeah, I said it was all taken care of.
All right.

Forget it and keep in touch with me.

You guys make me sick.
Let me have the word, Harry.

Eddie, Detroit wants to talk to you.

- Who?
- Detroit.

OK, give it to me.

...and I'll tell you about it later.

- Telephone.
- OK, Detroit.

Oh, I wish you guys would forget
about Broadway Bill.

We're getting 1 2-to-1 instead of 4-to-1 ,
what more do you want?

You get hit with a horseshoe, and then
you guys squawk your heads off!

All right, forget it.

- Hey, boss.
- What?

We got one less horse to beat.
Broadway Bill’s gonna be scratched.

- What do you mean, scratched?
- Hey, I didn't make this up.

- I just heard it.
- Well, what happened?

I thought I was bringing you
some good news.

- All right, come on, what happened?
- I don't know.

The guy that owns him got himself
in a jam. He's in jail.

- Well, that helps.
- In jail?

With Broadway Bill out of the race,

the odds on Sun Up will go right
back to 4-to-1 .

Listen, I've gotta get ahold of that guy,
what's his name?

- Brooks. Dan Brooks.
- Brooks. Dan Brooks, that's right.

He's gotta put Broadway Bill
back in the race.

Now, you fellas don't lay any bets
till I get back.

Lot of luck to you, kid.

There he is, in number three.

- Oh, hello, Morgan.
- Hello, fella.

I see you've changed
your headquarters.

Oh, yeah, my nerves got on the edge,

just thought a change of scene
would do me a little good.

What's the idea,
scratching a horse on me?

Oh, well, it's a long story.

Creditors get a little
unreasonable nowadays.

You put me in an awful mess.

I had a bunch of dough down
on that horse of yours.

You did?
Did you see him work out?

- Oh, sure, sure.
- Say, he's a great horse, isn't he?

- See, nobody realizes...
- Why don't you tell a guy?

Whenever you're in a jam,
you can always come to me.

How much is he in hock for?

Why, only 1 50, that's all.

Well, don't keep a secret like that
from a pal. Here you are.

Wait a minute, you're not the old
man with the whiskers, are you?

Huh?

That's all right.
Never mind. Skip it, say.

I don't know how to thank you.
I'll pay you back just as soon as...

Oh, forget it. I'll be paid back plenty
when that horse of yours breezes in.

Say, and he will too.
You just watch him.

- Have you got a jockey?
- No, not yet.

Well, I'll take care of that too.
How about Williams?

- Ted Williams? Can you get him?
- Can I get him?

Williams will do anything I tell him
to do. He and I are just like that.

Listen, you go down to the captain.
Get him out of here right away.

Listen, you go down to the captain.
Get him out of here right away.

Pay his fine, put up a bond or whatever
they want, but get him right out.

- My, that's grand.
- OK, boss.

- There you are, all fixed.
- You better get out of here.

I'm gonna break down and weep
right on your shoulder.

You don't have to thank me.

Just between the two of us,
I expect to clean up a gob of shekels.

Oh, you will, and you'll deserve it too.

- Well, so long.
- Thanks, Mr. Morgan.

I'll send Ted Williams over
to you in the morning.

Sure. Thanks ever so much,
Mr. Morgan.

It's Chicago.
Broadway Bill, 1 0, Sun Up, 1 2.

- Twelve, huh?
- Yeah, you wanna bet any?

- No, we'll wait.
- Hello, Denver?

- New York. Find out about New York.
- Broadway Bill, 8-to-1 .

- What's Sun Up?
- What's Sun Up? Fifteen? 1 5-to-1 .

Now you're talking.
Now we're getting someplace.

When it gets to be 20-to-1 ,
have them ring me back.

That mob down there's gone crazy.

You know what Broadway Bill
is at the track? 6-to-1 .

- What are you worrying about?
- Now, listen, Eddie,

there's a lot of dough going down on
that horse. Where's it coming from?

A plug like Broadway Bill doesn't get
a play like that unless something's up.

Somebody knows something,
I tell you.

Maybe it's the Greek.
Maybe he's trying to pull a fast one.

- You're screwy. The Greek's in with us.
- Then where is it coming from?

Well, use your brain, maybe you'd find
out. Did you ever try to figure it out?

Every bet that's being placed on
Broadway Bill is a 2-buck bet.

Two bucks. Does that sound like
wise money to you?

It starts out at 50-to-1 ,
meat for the sucker.

Every barber, bootblack and
chambermaid scrambles to get aboard.

The rumor gets started,
the first thing you know,

all the poor boobs are trying
to hock their undershirts.

I've seen it happen a million times.

It's sucker money, that's what it is.
Sucker money.

Well, I still don't like it.

Maybe you'd be happier if you knew that
Ted Williams was riding Broadway Bill.

- He is?
- Yeah, Williams on Broadway Bill,

and Roberts on Gallant Lady.
Now are you happy?

Why didn't you say so? I spent the
whole morning worrying for nothing.

Well, you can make it up
by being happy all afternoon.

- Sun Up is 20-to-1 in Chicago.
- What'd I tell you?

- How much will they handle?
- How much will you handle?

- Fifteen thousand.
- OK.

- New York, 20-to-1 .
- How much can they handle?

How much can you handle?
About 20.

OK. Chicago, 1 5 grand.
New York, 20 grand.

Hey, Princess, come here, will you?
Say, Whitey.

Whitey, here he is.
This is Ted Williams.

The jockey, you know,
friend of Eddie Morgan's.

Say, you got those bandages on?

Say, here's that great fella
I've been telling you about.

- Hasn't got much pep, has he?
- Pep?

He's got plenty on the track,
where he needs it.

Yeah? But how is he at the barrier?
I heard he threw his last jock.

Hey, barrier, no. He'll probably take the
lead right off the jump. Won't you, Bill?

- Don't hold him back at any time.
- No?

No, no, no, if you do that...
No, gosh, no.

It drives him crazy to be held back.

And don't worry about his speed,
he's got plenty of wind.

- Sounds like a great animal.
- Boy, we can't miss.

You better go up to the jockey room.
Be dressed, now, in plenty of time.

And get ready to take bows
because you're riding a winner.

- Yeah, sure.
- Oh, say.

Old man with the whiskers,
I thank you.

Princess, Princess, we're off.
We can't lose.

Nothing can stop us.
I'm so happy, I feel like dancing.

- So do I.
- Well, go ahead.

- Oh, the split-pea soup...
- Oh, I got her doing it!

Fell in love one spring and summer

Till the split-pea soup
Caught the succotash

On the vest of a hardware drummer

You want the race run honestly,
don't you?

Naturally, but I don't like
this implication that my jockey...

Now, listen, Mr. Whitehall,
we spend a fortune every year

maintaining a detective force.
Why? To try and keep racing honest.

If we can't have it that way,
we'll close up the tracks.

Yes, I know all about that,

but what makes you think
that my boy is involved?

I had Morgan trailed,
and I had his men trailed.

I was determined to find out
just what he had up his sleeve.

I found out, Mr. Whitehall.
It's your jockey, Roberts.

Well, that's the works.
How much have we got down?

1 01 ,000, average 1 2-to-1 .

Over a million bucks.
It's the one we've been waiting for.

And don't you worry, you fellas,
I'll take care of you.

Hey, boss, did you hear
what happened?

Joey Roberts has been suspended.
He ain't gonna ride Gallant Lady.

- How did you find that out?
- I saw it on the bulletin.

They got Bobby North aboard.

Somebody smelled a rat.
This is a mess. Come on.

I knew this was too good to be true.

Gallant Lady.

- Gallant Lady to win.
- Gallant Lady.

- Fifty on Gallant Lady.
- Gallant Lady, the winner.

- Fifty dollars on Gallant Lady.
- Fifty dollars to win on Gallant Lady.

The horses are now at the paddock.

Now, Bill, you gotta do
your stuff today.

Don't let a little thing
like a fever bother you.

Doc said you were all right
this morning.

You know what this race
means to us, Bill.

Saddle your horses.

I'm only interested in one horse.
Sun Up, number five.

Beat him and you win this race.

You're up against some
tough customers.

That jockey on Sun Up
might try anything.

Don't let him get away with it.
Gallant Lady must win this race.

Yes, sir.
He won't get away with a thing.

Now, there's only one horse
you've got to beat. It's Gallant Lady.

But you've got to beat her.
I don't care how.

You've ridden lots of races and won.

If you win this, there's a 5-G bonus
for you, if you do.

Use your head or anything else
that's necessary,

but you've got to beat Gallant Lady.
You understand?

I get you.

If anybody gets in front of you,
or if you get pocketed,

swing around on the outside.
Now, don't worry about the loss of time.

He'll make it up. There's just
one thing you've got to remember.

- Are you listening to me?
- Yeah, sure.

Now, don't hold him back.

I got to win this race, son.
It means more to me than...

Well, it may sound silly to you,

but my whole future
depends on it, see?

I can't explain it to you,
but it... Well, that's it.

- Good luck, now.
- Good luck to you.

Jockeys up.

Now, remember, it's up to you.

If you're smart, you'll cop this race.
Remember, it's up to you.

Well, Bill, it's up to you now.

That's a boy.

You must be nervous.
What are you shaking for?

Who's shaking?

Oh, it's a thrilling sight, friends.

The grandstands are packed,
the blood pressure is running high,

rumors are flying thick and fast,

and the great question of the day is,
who's going to win the derby?

Until a few days ago, Gallant Lady,
the Whitehall entry,

was an outstanding favorite.

Since then, for some mysterious
reason, an unknown horse,

Broadway Bill,
has been receiving terrific support.

Almost overnight, the odds went down
from 1 00-to-1 to 6-to-1,

but that's what makes horse racing,
my friends.

Is it true, Margaret, if he wins the race,
he's not coming back?

Wouldn’t you like to know?

That's the boy, Skeeter.

Come on, boy,
let’s go see a good race.

They're coming out to the track.

- Dan.
- Well, it won't be long now, will it?

Dan, we've got to win this race.
If we don't, it's “goodbye, colonel.”

- What's the matter?
- I put my head in a noose.

I promised vinegar puss I'd marry her
if Broadway Bill loses.

- You can always change your mind.
- Not with vinegar puss.

She made him put it in writing.

Just between us, Dan, it can't be done.
I'm slightly married already.

- Yeah, who to?
- To another vinegar puss in Latonia.

In a moment of carelessness...

He thought he had a sure thing
that time too,

but the horse forgot
what he came for.

Well, I've got to get back
to that Shylock.

Well, so long, fella. Good luck.

Don't bank on it.
Your nag don't figure.

A guy that puts his dough on him
just naturally believes in fairies.

Don't pay any attention to him.

Good luck, darling.

Thanks, Princess.

Well, here we go.

Gee, if Happy's right, I may be on my
way back to Higginsville in a little while.

Oh, don't think about that.
You'll win.

Say, here now,
what's the matter with you, huh?

Nothing.

Nothing.

Good luck, darling.

Look. Look, there's Sun Up.

- Get up, there's your horse.
- Shut up and sit down.

“Sit down” nothing.
I'm going to watch him start.

Wait for me, Nita.

I wish I knew how this thing
was gonna end.

Your pick's Broadway Bill?
If you didn't, you're crazy.

- Who?
- Broadway Bill.

That's $3 on Broadway Bill to win.

Well, goodbye, sawbuck.

You might as well go crazy
with the rest of the word.

What do you want?
What do you want?

Broadway Bill on the schnozzola.

- Who'd you bet on?
- Gallant Lady, of course.

Me too.

- Now they're lining up at the barrier
- Sit down!

for the mile-and-a-quarter test
of heart and horseflesh.

The sport of kings,
one of the oldest of sports.

Gallant Lady,
the temperamental favorite.

Sun Up, a great money horse.

Broadway Bill, who threw his jockey
in his last race

- and was literally laughed off the track.
- Johnson!

The wise ones say his owner,
Dan Brooks,

has a screw loose somewhere
for entering him.

But we're going to keep an eye
on Broadway Bill.

Any whiskey in the house?

- No, sir.
- Well, get some.

- Get some!
- Yes, sir.

I think they're ready for the bell now.
And what excitement.

Keep your eyes open, boys.
Anything's liable to happen this race.

Don't you forget to break fast, Bill.

In the vanguard!

Broadway Bill takes the lead
by a length!

Gallant Lady second by a head.

Come on, Bill. Come on, Bill.

Oh, boy! Oh, boy!
Oh, that's a baby!

Let go of his head! Oh, let...
Oh, I told him not to hold him.

Oh, you're pulling him!
You're pulling him!

He's pulling him!

Boy, what'd I tell you?
That Gallant Lady is winning.

Old man with the whiskers!
Put your arm around my shoulder.

Make way,
or I'll throw you over the fence.

Nuts to you!

We got a chance now!
Come on, boy! Come on!

What are you trying to do?
Let go of that bit.

Let go of his head! Let...

Let go of that bit.

Come on, Bill. Come on!

Oh, you will hold him.
You will hold him, will you!

Come on, Broadway Bill!
Come...

Yes, Broadway Bill.
Come on, Bill!

Broadway Bill is coming up fast.
He's fifth by a length.

Fourth by a half-length.
And look at that horse go!

Broadway Bill!

Friend of the downtrodden!
Come on!

Come on, Bill.
Come on, that's it!

They're coming into the stretch.

Come on! Come on, Bill!

- Stay back there, will you?
- Come on, Sun Up!

Stay back, you rat!

He's got the bit.
I can't hold him, you nit.

Come on, Bill!

Come on, Sun Up!

He did it! He did it!
He did it!

Bill.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute,
there's a horse down, friends.

Back off that track,
will you, please? Now, wait.

Now, don't get excited.

Everybody keep back. Officers,
see that everybody keeps off that track.

You know how dangerous it is.

Those horses
are gonna be back in a minute.

All right, pick up that jockey. Hold
the floor down. Get over that fence?

What are you doing there?
Don't you know that it's dangerous

to get in that tight?
Officers, keep those people back!

Keep off the track, will you, please?

Give us a little room.

I own the horse.
Let me in, will you?

All right, get back, everybody.

- Where's the doctor?
- Bill, Bill.

All right, doc, right this way.

- Let the doctor through.
- Look out here.

Here, right this way, doc.

- All right, doc.
- Are you a doctor?

- A veterinary?
- Well, what happened, doc?

It's Broadway Bill!
Broadway Bill fell!

He was over, he won,
and then he dropped.

Let us through.

- What's the matter with him?
- Just a minute.

Too much for him.

Burst his heart.

He was dead, you might say,
when he hit the dirt.

- Well, too bad.
- Pose for a picture, please.

Come on. Stay back, everybody!
Please, come on.

Officer, get those men
out of the way. Come on.

Get them back. Everybody, back.

Come on, get back, will you, please?
Everybody.

- Give us a little room here.
- Tough break, kid.

Dan, these silly old eyes have seen
some great horses, but I...

- Off the track, everybody.
- Come on, hold them back there.

- Princess...
- Get them back. That's fine.

Dan.

Don't, darling.

To the winner of the Imperial Derby.

We are grateful to Mr. Brooks

for permitting us to lay Broadway Bill
to rest here in these grounds

so that his fine spirit
may always be with us.

What he did yesterday

was a complete lesson
in courage and loyalty.

The ideal and purpose of horseracing

is to teach us men and women
lessons like this.

If we profit by them,

then racing is something more
than a sport.

And Broadway Bill
must never be forgotten.

Mr. Brooks.

Well, I'll have to say
goodbye now, Dan.

Going home, huh?

But not you, you won't.

No.

I guess I'm on my way.

Good luck.

You've been pretty swell, Princess.
You've helped me over a lot of...

Thanks, Dan.

Well, there's Dad.

- Dan.
- Hello, J.L.

- Margaret come down with you?
- No, she didn't.

You see...

...Margaret sort of counted on your
coming back to Higginsville

- now that Broadway Bill...
- Oh, yeah, she... She...

...figured this was a stroke of luck,
I guess, huh?

No, I'm not going back, J.L.

Well, Margaret will be a hard girl
to get to leave Higginsville, Dan.

Maybe she shouldn’t.

Yeah, maybe you're right.

Oh, I don't know. Nothing seems
to matter much anymore.

Will you take Alice back home?

That's my decision, and it's final.

But, Father, what's come over you?

I can understand your selling
the paper-box factory

when Dan and I were divorced,

but to go on disposing of the
enterprises one after another.

- And now the ironworks.
- And next and last, the bank.

- Oh, not the bank.
- Not the bank.

Why, Father, in two years,
you've gotten rid of everything.

Why shouldn’t I get rid of it? It's mine
to get rid of if I want to, isn't it?

I'm giving institutions back
to the people that founded them.

I'm a man,
not a whale that gobbles up minnows.

- J.L., you're forcing us out.
- What'll become of us?

You? You'll have to go to work.

You'll have to go out
and find jobs.

I want sons-in-laws that are men,
not spineless dependents.

I want...

It's Dan!

It's Mr. Brooks, sir.

“Release the Princess from
the dark tower,” he said, sir.

Don't be an idiot like your sister.
Go on.

- Hello! Hello!
- Dan!

Hello, Princess.
Oh, gosh, it's good to see you.

Look, look.

Meet Broadway Bill ll.

And the Princess.

Oh, Dan.

We're headed for Latonia.
Come on.

Goodbye, Dad.

Hello, Whitey.

Hey, wait for me!