Singapore Sue (1932) - full transcript
Four sailors enter a Singapore dive, meet a Chinese girl from Brooklyn, and find there's more to her than meets the eye. Two songs.
No thanks.
Oh boy, what a great day
to have good eyesight.
You better lay off these
gold digging dames, Hanson.
The last time I was in this port,
I had to leave my IOUs.
You got off easy.
I had to leave me BVDs.
Here, here.
Hey.
You see those big brown eyes?
Boy, I bet there'll be
tub fulls when I leave town.
There you go.
You and Don Juan.
A girl in every port.
You meet a quart of
port in every gal.
He's got to get
them half plastered
before they'd even say maybe.
Oh yeah?
Well no one ever
walked home on me yet.
No.
They ran.
Hello Judy.
Put that down in
the books, Scrubby.
Do you think it's on the level?
Come here baby.
Sure, I'll buy a doll.
A sailor for me--
there it is.
And a beautiful
Chinese girl for you.
How about a kiss
for the both of us?
What a hot welcome you got--
like Christmas Eve in Alaska.
You sure handed her
your collection.
Oh yeah?
Well, you're so smart.
Say, I've got 10 bucks here
that says I can get that flower
she's wearing in 10 minutes.
Yeah?
I got 10 bucks here to say
that she's got more sense.
Ah, the dame is
practically dumb.
She can't speak English.
Oh, now listen Scrubby.
You love, maybe, all them words.
But to me it's in action.
Now watch.
Hey, Judy.
Maybe she thought
you said cootie.
Hey, uh-- English?
No?
Well, I Chinese to you.
You and me-- we chop
suey through the park.
We chow mein.
Mm.
Yes?
Hong Kong?
Ping pong?
What do you say?
Pfft.
Pull in your horse.
--all in your angle, buddy.
--bar job.
Wait a minute.
Watch me change me tactic.
Good luck on your short line.
Say baby, how do you say,
give me a little kiss in Chinese?
Scram.
Scram?
Hey, that's funny.
That's got a different
meaning in my country.
Same meaning over here.
Scram.
It's a long way down to--
Hey, whatever.
Sit down, boy.
Oh well.
What's the difference?
The dame's probably
got bow legs anyway?
Oh yeah?
Is that so, you big Bozo?
Bow legs, huh?
Listen to me.
So you do talk English.
I didn't grow up by the
Brooklyn Navy Yard for nothing.
Hey, wait a minute.
Put it there.
OK, pal.
Say, you and me ought
to get together.
I sing you a Wishy
Wishy Washy Love Song.
And if he sings a love song
and we'll be wishy washy.
He may be wishy,
but never washy.
You can.
And you can walk and even talk.
Still I hope and
wonder if you're real.
I have tried to prove that
what I do, I do for you.
But you don't seem to
know the way I feel.
Open up those eyes.
Don't be so blind to me.
Can't you realize
you're so unkind to me.
Truly I adore you.
I'm just living for you.
Why must I implore you this way?
Open up those eyes.
Try to believe in me.
It is a surprise that your heart
Why won't you awaken?
My love should be taken.
Close the past and open arms--
So tell me, big boy, what
have the other boys been doing
while all the girls
in the world have
been falling in love with you?
Oh, I don't know.
You don't like
yourself much, do you?
No, not a bit.
But what's my opinion
against so many others?
Hey baby, how about
giving me the posy?
Oh, that's for the boy I love.
Well?
Well.
Oh, now don't say no, baby.
How could I?
I never saw your honey.
I guess that she got old.
But no one ever told
me what sailors know.
They don't go in for knowledge.
They haven't any dough.
They never went to
college, but oh.
they come.
But I'm not that kind of dumb.
That means love, How
can a girl say no?
As some say, But
they'll never fool this dame.
That means love, how
can a girl say no?
It's the same phrase,
burning flames raise to me
any place in this world I find.
It a nice phrase, say it twice
oh gee.
I could lose all
my reason and mind.
Some day it's warm outside.
Let's go out and take a ride.
But that means love.
How can a girl say no.
I've got a a boy from Maine.
That means love.
How can a girl say no?
A from Japan--
A ruby from Hindustahn.
But that means love.
How can a girl say no?
In Sandusky there's
a husky old boy who
has asked me to come around.
And in are the me to back
to the old camping ground.
Some perfume from Paris
But that means love,
how can a girl say no?
Come on baby.
Hand over the flower.
You sure you want it?
Sure I want it.
OK.
Take it.
Open up those eyes.
How can I--
Don't be so blind to me.
Can't you realize--
I should hate you.
You're so unkind to me.
Truly, I adore you.
I'm just living for you.
Why must I implore you this way.
I love you.
Oh--
Open up those eyes.
--how can I--
Try to believe in me.
It is a surprise.
Why won't you awaken?
My love should be taken.
Close the past and open arms
Just a gigolo.
Oh boy, what a great day
to have good eyesight.
You better lay off these
gold digging dames, Hanson.
The last time I was in this port,
I had to leave my IOUs.
You got off easy.
I had to leave me BVDs.
Here, here.
Hey.
You see those big brown eyes?
Boy, I bet there'll be
tub fulls when I leave town.
There you go.
You and Don Juan.
A girl in every port.
You meet a quart of
port in every gal.
He's got to get
them half plastered
before they'd even say maybe.
Oh yeah?
Well no one ever
walked home on me yet.
No.
They ran.
Hello Judy.
Put that down in
the books, Scrubby.
Do you think it's on the level?
Come here baby.
Sure, I'll buy a doll.
A sailor for me--
there it is.
And a beautiful
Chinese girl for you.
How about a kiss
for the both of us?
What a hot welcome you got--
like Christmas Eve in Alaska.
You sure handed her
your collection.
Oh yeah?
Well, you're so smart.
Say, I've got 10 bucks here
that says I can get that flower
she's wearing in 10 minutes.
Yeah?
I got 10 bucks here to say
that she's got more sense.
Ah, the dame is
practically dumb.
She can't speak English.
Oh, now listen Scrubby.
You love, maybe, all them words.
But to me it's in action.
Now watch.
Hey, Judy.
Maybe she thought
you said cootie.
Hey, uh-- English?
No?
Well, I Chinese to you.
You and me-- we chop
suey through the park.
We chow mein.
Mm.
Yes?
Hong Kong?
Ping pong?
What do you say?
Pfft.
Pull in your horse.
--all in your angle, buddy.
--bar job.
Wait a minute.
Watch me change me tactic.
Good luck on your short line.
Say baby, how do you say,
give me a little kiss in Chinese?
Scram.
Scram?
Hey, that's funny.
That's got a different
meaning in my country.
Same meaning over here.
Scram.
It's a long way down to--
Hey, whatever.
Sit down, boy.
Oh well.
What's the difference?
The dame's probably
got bow legs anyway?
Oh yeah?
Is that so, you big Bozo?
Bow legs, huh?
Listen to me.
So you do talk English.
I didn't grow up by the
Brooklyn Navy Yard for nothing.
Hey, wait a minute.
Put it there.
OK, pal.
Say, you and me ought
to get together.
I sing you a Wishy
Wishy Washy Love Song.
And if he sings a love song
and we'll be wishy washy.
He may be wishy,
but never washy.
You can.
And you can walk and even talk.
Still I hope and
wonder if you're real.
I have tried to prove that
what I do, I do for you.
But you don't seem to
know the way I feel.
Open up those eyes.
Don't be so blind to me.
Can't you realize
you're so unkind to me.
Truly I adore you.
I'm just living for you.
Why must I implore you this way?
Open up those eyes.
Try to believe in me.
It is a surprise that your heart
Why won't you awaken?
My love should be taken.
Close the past and open arms--
So tell me, big boy, what
have the other boys been doing
while all the girls
in the world have
been falling in love with you?
Oh, I don't know.
You don't like
yourself much, do you?
No, not a bit.
But what's my opinion
against so many others?
Hey baby, how about
giving me the posy?
Oh, that's for the boy I love.
Well?
Well.
Oh, now don't say no, baby.
How could I?
I never saw your honey.
I guess that she got old.
But no one ever told
me what sailors know.
They don't go in for knowledge.
They haven't any dough.
They never went to
college, but oh.
they come.
But I'm not that kind of dumb.
That means love, How
can a girl say no?
As some say, But
they'll never fool this dame.
That means love, how
can a girl say no?
It's the same phrase,
burning flames raise to me
any place in this world I find.
It a nice phrase, say it twice
oh gee.
I could lose all
my reason and mind.
Some day it's warm outside.
Let's go out and take a ride.
But that means love.
How can a girl say no.
I've got a a boy from Maine.
That means love.
How can a girl say no?
A from Japan--
A ruby from Hindustahn.
But that means love.
How can a girl say no?
In Sandusky there's
a husky old boy who
has asked me to come around.
And in are the me to back
to the old camping ground.
Some perfume from Paris
But that means love,
how can a girl say no?
Come on baby.
Hand over the flower.
You sure you want it?
Sure I want it.
OK.
Take it.
Open up those eyes.
How can I--
Don't be so blind to me.
Can't you realize--
I should hate you.
You're so unkind to me.
Truly, I adore you.
I'm just living for you.
Why must I implore you this way.
I love you.
Oh--
Open up those eyes.
--how can I--
Try to believe in me.
It is a surprise.
Why won't you awaken?
My love should be taken.
Close the past and open arms
Just a gigolo.