Lady in Distress (1940)

[bunniefuu]

Hey,give them to me I'll take them

Number 47,number 47 sorry to wake you

Your call from Hollywood,

yes coming through now

Speak up please

You are through

-Lovely morning

-Bring us a cup of tea

-Coming up

Make it deep and sticky,Bert

Pat,Pat wake up dear,there

is someone getting agitated

-Oh,Peter what is,oh

-Cheer up the relief will soon be here

Switchboard, I'm sorry to keep you madam

Yes madam I'll inquire

Who is Peter anyway?

A bit silly we're married

Number 21 some bicarbonate

and soda and hurry up

It's urgent

You are married and

your hubby lets you work all night?

And pays the rent

Yes but what does he do?

-Falls a sleep

-What sort of a man did you marry?

That's the way it is and

if it is or if it isn't

-There it is and it is up to you

-I asked you did you ever-I never

-Good morning, Pat

-Good morning, Peggy

-Good morning Peggy

-Good morning Pat

-At last

-Though you're five minutes late

-Late? Are we late? Never

-You are late

If I am,it's this way last

night when I went off duty

I missed my train


-Here you are,lovely

Cooled it with my own breath

Just what the doctor ordered

-Here-Please-That's mine

Blimey what a sauce

As I was saying,last night when I

went off duty I meet my gentleman friend

And when I meet my gentleman friend

he says to me,listen Lou ,what you say is

is,if you want to go your own away,


he said,you can go your own way,

he said but he said it is a bit

of a changer for a change of my way

he said,so I did myself

that's the way we go this way

and of course if done my way,

it wouldn't be nice half the night

to find the way home

I'm very surprised you ever


found your way home at all

Where is it calling this,Lou?

82 at 730 48 8 23 at 8 30

-Hello

-Oh,Lady Bagshot wants a uniform cleaned

She's a major in the Duchess of

Mayfair's(?) or something

Answer that or I do blow up

Oh,I've been trying to get


you in the last five minutes

I'm very sorry,Sir

I've only just come on duty

I asked the night operator

to call me a 6:00 sharp

-Get her at once please

-Just a moment,Sir

Pat

I'm sorry,Sir,I'm afraid she's gone

Will you kindly tell the manager

when he comes on duty


I want to speak to him

Very good,Sir

Pat's for the breadline

-Oh,he la la

-Oh you are awake

Rather

I wanted to wake you gently

Thank you

Good morning darling

Hello darling

Get up or you'll be late

-You know,Pat I've been thinking


-Well,done,darling

Married nearly two years

and hardly see each other

Getting fed up with you being out all night

I wish you weren't out all day

What do you want me to do

chuck out my job and keep house?

Certainly not keep house

Any money?

No

I mean you can understand bachelors

Much too far to understand

anything at the moment

Married is the best for whom it make sense

Besides it's not natural

In what way darling?

Oh,you and me never

Oh,you and me

-We have Sundays

-It's exactly my point

One evening a week together

It's getting me down,

honestly I'm fading away

You know Pat,give me some

more toothpaste,will you?

Do you know what they

call me me down at the job?

Night starvation

What do you think about that?

Pat listening

The way to bed right away

Oh,Peter put me down,

the bacon would catch

-Never mind

-But your breakfast

Don't want any,I'm on a diet,come on

It will do yourself in with

this switchboard stuff

Not worth it

Anyway can't we stop saving up for a bit

Oh don't let's start all that again

Suppose you got the sack

I'll get another job

Perhaps you'd like to get another wife

No thanks

Have you done your gargle?

I don't want to gargle I love you Pat

I love you too,Pete

We ought to do something about it

-Oh I wish I could get a day job

-So do I

I'll be dead before we

get any fun out of life

-Good night,sweetheart

-Good night

-Lost something,darling

-No darling,it's all right,you go to sleep

Good night darling

-Hey,did you see that?

-See what?

A man stabbing a girl with a knife

Now what?

Like that.I never saw such a beast

-Officer,there has been a m*rder

-What?

A man knifed a girl

-Why didn't you stop him?

-I was on a train

In the train? What train?

This is,but some of these

houses along here come along now

Would be the back of this one

Here

-Sure it's the right?

-Positive

-Must be the next one

-You're certain you saw the alleged

Don't come in,shut that door

-What's going on in there?

-Must be the next landing

Hear we something?

Police

-Oh sorry

-What is this?

What's he doing here?

Are you all right?

What?

Well you see I was passing in

the train I saw you struggling with

I saw him

-I can explain

-Perhaps I should explain

-You wish to make a statement?

-Yes

I have to warn you that any statements

you care to make will be taken down

down in writing and

will be given in evidence

So

-You saw it through the window eh?

-Yes I thought a crime was being committed

I thought it was m*rder

-It was a crime but it was no m*rder

-Come along,Sir

We are artists in the Music Hall

I am illusionist my name is Zoltini

My wife and I we suffer so much

The public taste changes you know

They don't want the illusionist anymore we

We are we are we are washed up as you say

Now we love each other so much

We live together so long ,now we must die

We must die together but

I did not have the courage

-Vivian

-Louis-That was all

I'm sorry it seems to

be a misunderstanding

You were quite correct

to report what you saw

You don't have to

do anything about it,do you?

-Do you have telephone Mr Zoltini?

-Not here,downstairs

You see my friend.

Two who have fallen by the wayside

Is there anything I can do?

Unfortunately you cannot

change the public taste

At least you can take this

just to carry on for the present

Oh,no,no please,please

-Impossible

-Pay it back when you get a job

No

Shall I be proud of the

persistence so charmingly given?

The only thing I ask is

-Yes

-Don't do that again

-I think we can promise that,Vivian eh?

-Yes

I must be getting off,pretty late

-Goodbye,good luck

-Goodbye

Perhaps I'd better keep

this,sort of souvenir

Perhaps you better

Thanks

Well,I might look in sometime

see how things are

Yes,if you like

Same with you

-All correct no charge

-Good

I like your name and address though

The inspector wishes to

commend your public services

Oh does he?

Did you ever see such a thing

These English

I must ask you,please,for my sake

not to (?) yourself in such bad form,eh

Haven't you any decency?

Why couldn't you tell

them you were rehearsing

-At such hour

-The truth has to come out plain

And where we ever once before in

our entire career paid for rehearsals

Taking that boy's money

probably half of his wages

You're disgusting

No woman can ever forgive

a man for seeing a joke

So she always descends to abuse

I wasn't so disgusting when

I raised your first appearance

Let me get dressed

That's money will be paid back,don't worry

It wasn't so much the money to make

a fool of a boy when he trusted you

Oh,now I see, is there some other

motive for this touching interest

What do you mean

A good-looking fresh English boy just

the Papa sought for an English girl,eh?

Huh,I've never minded hard work

I'm wandering all over Europe

with you without ever having a home

I'd put up with your stupid

temperament and conceit

And your continuing rows with

management after management

but I can't stand this

idiotic jealousy anymore

It's k*lling even the pity I have for you

And I warn you

when that goes I should go too

Now let me warn you

if you leave me so much as enters your mind

Look out for yourself

The cost of the work I

could put it 670 000 £

Three rousing years from the taxpayers

With demolition it's 1 million 200 000£

-Who gets the odd 200?

-Can't I say

-I give you statistics

-My people loathe statistics

We want human stories

To take yourself for instance

-As to publicity

-You got the whole work on both

-You might say that

-I will

I didn't quite catch your name

-Grant

-Grant?-Grant

Oh,Grant, nice,suppose you're

pretty hot in the (?)

I make them work

What's going on here

Hello,foreman's woke

up,Duke could be for it proper now

Perhaps he had an accident

What a good calling row smash

What's all this? What's going on here?

-Nudist colony

-Who said that?

Not me boss

What are you laying there for?

-Waiting for a f*g

-No boss there's no crane work

And the Duke ain't showed up yet

-What? Who?

-What, the Duke Peter Thompson,boss

Boy,a calling down for you two

Yeah,well I can tell him where

he gets off next time

There will be no occasion

to put that in your paper

Thompson,come down here,I tell you

What?

Come down here in a minute

Thompson will you come down here

High jump

The foreman is coming and asked for you

All right,I'm coming down there

-Collect your ticket

-What for?

-Late

-Late?-Late

-Hear

-And with good reason-What?

Well,you see I saw a couple

of people trying to k*ll each other

-I decided to stop them

-Get out

-Well,don't you believe me?

-Out

-Just a minute Mr Grannt

-Grant

Did you say you just saved two lives?

Yeah,that's right

What a story,great personal risk of course?

Well,I don't know about that

What a story and you

were just going to sack him

What an angle! Heroes,you build your London

-Hey?

-Waterloo bridge engineer saved

two lives on the way to work and is fired

Just a minute

Always strange rewards for gallantry

Maybe I was hasty,Thompson

Can I have your story please?

Well,yes

Give him the story and

get back on the crane

You mean I'm not fired?

Should you be wanting it for

your article,the name's Grant

Thank's a lot

Well,say it on its own

There's nothing much to it really

You see,I was looking out of

the window on the Underground

-Traveling over ground

-What? -That's right

I saw through a window at a window

-Which?

-Well both really

I saw a man messing about with a girl

What?

Yeah,he was trying to

stick a knife into her

-Oh a knife I get you

-Yeah

Well I left out of the train

climbed up to the room

Found it was a suicide pact

Not m*rder?

-No

-Well,never mind how's this?

Engineer sees tragedy and leaps from train

-Now I didn't leap,no

-Well

Precipitous trying to avert

dual slash throat pact

No,it wasn't that sort of crime at all

-Beats off blade thrust with bare fists

-No

It's really very simple I was

going along the underground

Give me Bud Cycle.What?

The Chelsea Empire

Get out of that

No,no,no not that's tripe

and synthetic tripe at that

There

That poor girl,that's stark tragedy for her

Hello Bud

Max Preston here,at Savoy(?)

Oh,grand,say listen Bud

I understand you had a bit of

trouble with one of your acts last night

Trouble? You've been misinformed

The public only used (? )

g*ns on a so called comedy act

I had to bring down the fire curtain

Listen,friend, I've got a great

stunt for your replacement

You'll be doing me a favor and

solving your own troubles

Now,now,listen Max,I know your stunts

So I have had some,I've suffered

-But Bud this is a headliner

Thompson

-Me

-Yeah

-That's your round up

-Strike me the Dukes in the news

Not that,wherever I put the com

"When interviewed Foreman Grannt stated"

-Grant

-Did you see what he stated?

Treats my best men and I'm giving

them the rest of the day off

In the paper must be true

Good old Duke

Oh,the Dukes pulled it off this time,boys

No more craning for him

-Perfumed washing day

-Perfumed wash for handsome face of a hero

Foreman Grant stated

that the Duke was to have a fortnight

holiday at Monty Carlo

Hear,Duke

What's up Tiny?

What was the horrible D

down with (?)

room full of sickening ether odor?

No,nothing like that

Gangs,eh? Nasty mess human

brains all over the (?)

-No,it was a knife

-A knife

What? Folk slits from ear

to ear,ghastly gaping gash oh

It didn't get as far as that,Tony

Here

Get it out of the kit

Here's the knife

Cruel,lovely

Here,boys,look at this

Look

There is not any blood on it

And it ain't even sharp

Deuce,it's a fake

Oh,the Duke's been taken

in properly this time,you watch me

Duke

Where is your knife?

Oh,warmest congratulation on

you splendid achievement

Oh,I see,flitting,well, I'm not surprised

Here you'd better take this with you

Come in will you

We owe you a very big apology

I came to see Mr Zoltini

I'm afraid he is not here

Oh,where is he?

-At theater

-Theater?

We've got a job at last

and entirely through you

I can't see what it has to do with me

You know,the pair of you

played a pretty rotten trick on me

It wasn't my idea

Wasn't it? Who's ever's idea it was you

must have got a pretty good laugh out of it

Just the opposite it

started a first class row

Did it?

I know how bitter you

must be feeling about it

-Cigarette?

-No thanks

Nobody likes to be made a fool of

Only rubbish in the papers

about saving people's lives

But you have saved our lives

If it wasn't for the

rubbish in the newspaper

We wouldn't got the job

We really were down to our last shilling

You see the chance of a new start

It might mean a big comeback

I can't explain exactly

what it really does mean

I understand that I'm very glad

-I wish you the best of luck

-Thanks

Are we forgiven now?

I think you should forgive me

coming up here the way I did

Oh no,I feel you ought to

hands up with fraud or something

You don't look like a fraud to me

Well,I must be going to theater now

-More rehearsing to do

-Did you like your job?

I'd like to hear

Oh,no knives this time

Well this is where we

say goodbye I suppose

Yes,I suppose it is

It's a pity

I shall see you sometime

When?

Really anytime I'm not actually working

Where?

Now look,we still owe you two pounds

Why don't you come to the

theater tonight and claim them?

Fine

All right,if you ask me at the stage door

Really

I might be able to give

you a ticket for the show

Yes,I like to see the show

-See you tonight

-So long-Bye

-Oh,please I'm awake

-I ain't have time to be gentle

Oh, I suppose you want some food

No,as a matter of fact

I think I go out for a bit

Still darling,you'll enjoy yourself

-Not going in that clothes

-Oh,Lord no

Anything exciting happened?

No

-How's the bridge?

-A bit more of it

Oh,the kettle like ether?

A clean towel there

Yes

Kiss me

-Oh,take off those whiskers

-Going to

Pat,get me some more shaving soap will you?

And now,ladies and gentlemen

I have the privilege to show you a trick

that comes to us from centuries past

The Chinese rings

The oldest trick in the world

It was shown to me by a Chinese sage

who had it from his father

and his father from his

till the beginning of time

That's all right

Usually the sunshade

Floating ba*ls

-Vivian

-Yes

This must be prepared

Yeah

Safe Cabinet

Chair of that

And now ladies and gentlemen my last item

is a sensational illusion that I entitled

The bride of the air

Without his nerves

he forgets his routine

Ladies and gentlemen I have

the honor to present my partner

The greatest little lady

in the world Miss Vivian

You are happy we are back?

-Yes

-No more troubles now Vivian

Soon we will be up high in the lights again

-Oh Vivian,we,we must not quarrel

-Why quarrel and marry me,Louis

You quarrel with the management's

Look darling if anything happens tonight

to upset you will you please try not to

lose your temper and shut the place down

-I quarrel

-You Louis

I quarrel now how can you say

If I have to fight and fight

those coarse and stupid people

who are trying to cheat with me

Well,well

Isn't it the old Zolly,

how is the old mate say?

Eh,Viv the old Viv,you remember Bud,well?

-The old thing we can

-Of course

We all said said you were

the one to make the show go

I'm stage manager here now

I'm going to see having it run through

After your long rest,

I suppose you got to send

papers to the rest of

the workers per day(?)ha ha

Well,my friend, I don't think

you should manage the stage

You should get a red nose for your

round face and join us in the performance

Look,we always said you

were a good comedian

Get on with the rehearsal

Very tiresome of us,meet

all on the stage tonight

You fool,can't you let

me take these people yet

You take your place come on

Come on,hurry up dear,

we haven't got much time left

Here,ladies and gentlemen

here I have a sheet

just an ordinary sheet

stand straight

It will be the same old story

It's taken us 15 months to

get on the boards again

Get back a little

Do you want to be shut off in 15 minutes

Don't talk so much

Where would those vulgar

managers be without the artists

Yes,where would be the artists

be without the vulgar salary

-Always afraid of your job

-Yes,I am afraid

Oh,shut up,sway

Oh not like that smoothly smoothly

You would know by now there's only people

with money who can afford to be sensitive

An artist can't,it isn't good business

Never mind what's good

business and what bad business is

I conduct my business my own way

Your success hasn't been

very noticeable so far

Will you be so good as to hold your tongue

That's not so easy

All I know is that I'm

gonna starve to death

Shut up

-Are you ready?

-Get on with it,Louis

-For a change

-E presto,vengo

-You hurt

-Perhaps that's what you need

You are so conceited,you know everything

How I should behave with

this horrible buzzard

I should have told the story

this morning about the rehearsal

Should we have this engagement if I had?

That wasn't so clever either

That boy found out about the knife

How do you know that?

He came to see you about it

Oh,he came to the apartment

Yes,but I managed to calm him down

Ah and you admitted him?

Of course I admitted him

Of course you did

The so charming Englishman

and you calmed him down yes

Yes I believe that

-Oh Louis don't be so stupid

-Vivian

My deary,they dug up that

old hands old team again

Vivian

-Hello,Vivian

-Hi,hi

Hello,luv

By God it is Vivian

Younger than ever,lass

-Sorry,Dad

-Come on folks,clear the arena

Come on up you go

Louis and Viv you are on third

Hey,wait a minute,I third

That's what I said

How dare you do that to me

The Zoltini

Don't come back with

that stuff with me,old man

You're a flop before I was born

I was what?

Now you pay that back my friend right away

Or I won't go on the stage,you

will come with the manager isn't it?

No team.....

If I had listened to this drivel from

the old man of yours I'll put some on it

-Here you are

-Thanks

Max

After all these years

How do you know I am here?

I read something about

you in the newspapers

-Oh that

-Don't misunderstand me Vivian

I haven't come here to say I told you so

I'm sorry,thoroughly sorry

That was just a stupid misunderstanding

Louis and I weren't

really doing what you read

We haven't coming to that yet

I am glad that had me worried at the time

but things haven't been so good?

Look I got to get dressed

you sit here and don't you move

-That press story did you one thing though

-Yes

Somebody who saw it thought

it would be a good (?)

-You know who it was,do you?

-Don't know a thing about it,kid

All flesh peddling has its moments

but this isn't one of them

The (?) is quiet cabarets all right

-So why don't you try cabaret?

-Cabaret?

You should hear what Louis

thinks about cabaret

No,I don't particularly care whether

he thinks about anything

Why just shut him out,Vivian?

Everybody knows he's finished

Not to say that Max he was one

of the best illusionist from the business

All right all right the guy is a

great artist I'm not denying that

He can pull the pyramids

out of your vest pocket

But it is his temperament Vivian

And the managers won't stand for it

-I tried so hard,Max

-And why don't you let me help you?

Three years ago I told you I

could put you where you belong

On the top

Yes I am three years older now

With one foot in the grave,ah,

you make me tired

Here,look at yourself why you

don't know your own possibilities

Listen,Vivian

I'm taking a variety bill on an empire tour

And I'll take you along and

give you a good contract

-Contract?

-Yes

-For what?

-That's,as an artist of course

I am not that kind of an agent

You told me once where I got off

-And I got

-I'd like to Max

I can't walk out on Louis now

when he's got a chance to make good

No,will you never learn

or is there some other reason

Someone younger,perhaps

with not so much gray

hair around the petals

-Mrs Zoltini

-Who?

-Mrs Zoltini

-Ah,Miss Vivian number seven

Yes I know,Max,but you must go now

-Louis will be here in a moment

-Thanks for the warning

Listen,Vivian, don't make up

your mind just like that,think it over

I'm giving you a farewell supper party

at my flat in Embankment Court tonight

The whole g*ng will be

there I thought maybe you'd like to

Oh I'd love to,Max,but

Louis won't let me out his sight

Come on Vivian where's that old spirit

Find some way to dodge him

No Max

-You know,here's to the comeback

-Thanks

-Goodbye

-Goodbye,Max

Excuse me please where's number seven?

Number seven,oh yes,right in there

Thanks

It's outrageous,it's an insult

and that is before that I ever

appear before the intermission

-You are down lucky to appear anywhere

-I lucky? You are lucky

My foot,if Queen Anne's dead

you're an Egyptian mummy don't make

me lose my temper go on third I say you do

and on third you go or not at all

-Now

-(?)

Hi,Zoltini

When the show started you'd better hurry

or you'll miss the first time

-Do you like it

-Yeah it's a treat

I'll get your ticket

Don't forget to give me

a hand when I come on

Oh,yes I was going to do that

-Here you are

-Thanks

You'd better go round the front now

Would you like to come round

after the act and have a drink?

-May I?

-Of course

Thanks

Max Preston was here

Say what is this? What are you doing here?

Louis

First you come to my house in

the morning with your stupid interference

And then again when I'm not there

And now you have the impudence

to come to my wife's dressing room

-What does it mean?

-I asked him to come

-Get out of here

-Louis,you forget you owe him two pounds

Oh here,here's your two pounds

Now take yourself away

I won't let anybody off

your kind hang on my wife

What do you mean by that!

Oh please don't take any notice of

him is always like this before the show

-Please go

-Well,I'll go

And he picks up my money

Here,thanks for your kind accommodation,

is that perhaps some interest?

Around after your act

A little rendezvous eh?

I should worry about Max Preston

with some younger attraction around

-Here,here what are you doing here?

-I've got a ticket here

-Outside you

-Oh

Good evening ladies and gentlemen

Well,tonight we're going to give you some

international corn right off the cob

a little review for two

call hits and misses

Now in this scene a girl walking

along drops her handkerchief and then

Hey touch you drop something

-What

-I say here's your handkerchief

Well it's alright I'm finished with it

Come here,come here where you going

-Who wants to know?

-I do -And who are you?

Why everybody knows me around here say

I'm as familiar as the lamppost

Oh,I see the dogs know you

Hey,come here,come here

Oh,our whole life has been ruined

by your cruel horrible love affairs

A lie.Your own poisoned imagination

Zoltinis please

You ruin my heart it is you

who ruined my career

I've done everything I can to

save you from your own stupidity

-Men have three ages

-Three ages?

At 20 they are winning at

40 they are losing at 60 they lost

-Lost what?

-Who cares of that

You married me only

for what I could do for you

and ever since that time you

start by deceiving,spoiled..

You imaging the rest of it

You.Mad

Mad am I?

He is on my knees I asked

you will you marry me?

-Will you marry me?

-You look suspicious

-I know something to get married

-I'll make you...

-I had enough trouble

-Will you listen to me

I don't need a husband,my sister's got one

And if you marry me,dear,if

you marry me I won't do as other men do

Why? What's the matter with you?

No,no,no I mean I love you,I love you

Oh he's broken record

Oh,my love,when I look at

you I think how wonderful you are

And you are beautiful your lips,

your hair,your eyes are beautiful

The eyes are up here

Now listen I'll go through

fire or water for you

Make it fire

I've rather have you hot than all wet

Come on,be serious,will you

-You know he's been doing this for years

-Listen

I mean he expects me

to get a thrill out of this

-Ah,you can laugh

-Will you listen to me

How would you like to get

this quite the same way

Boy not bad out there

Hello,honey

Understand if the young fool comes

again let him look after himself

(?) to have the

nerves for anyone you like

Ladies and gentlemen what can

Zoltini say to such wonderful reception

He can only thank you,from here

Many persons may have read this

morning but was to be Zoltini's fortune

But faith was much otherwise

Let us face truth,yes

Circumstances and misunderstanding have

kept Zoltini from your entertainment

But tonight he is back with you again

And from now on he hopes

always to be at your service,thank you

And now ladies and gentlemen I have

the honor to present my partner

The greatest little lady in the world

Miss Vivian

And now ladies and gentlemen

my last and greatest item

with the assistance of Miss Vivian

may I present to you

my sensational illusion

which I have entitled the bride of the air

Now ladies and gentlemen

here I have a sheet

just an ordinary sheet

I prepare,hey presto then go

And now

-Where to,Sir?

-Drive off

The third time she's here

Tell me all about it,(?)

Governor where shall I?

Oh drive on anywhere

It's been a terrible scene

Don't you stop blaming yourself,

I can see what you had to put with

Yes,but you don't understand to walk out

of your partner in the middle of the Act

He'll never forgive that

and I'll be dismissed

Probably ruined Louis for good

Don't take it like that

he deserved it and all

Give us a smile,come on, come on

That's better

-You've done a nice thing

-Vivian where is she?

Walked out of you I can think,no wonder

Walked out?

Get out of my theater they'll

send you props after you

Walked out

When I tell Max Preston

what I think of these precious stouts

Max Preston

It's no use I must go back

Can't do that not after what

you've done,it's impossible

What can I do?

-I'll help you

-You?

-Yes,of course

-But how?

I can't think in here let's get out of here

Hey

-Must plan something

-Where can we go?

I got an idea,come on

Better get along quietly Mr Zoltini

I'll see to everything

Did you see her go,my partner?

Yes,Sir, Miss Vivian's

gone everything's alright

-With Mr Preston?

-No,Sir

Who with?

-A young fellow he was

-Heard where?

No,Sir,but they took old Bert's taxi

He'd be back presently

pick up a wriggler(?) down

at the cafe around the corner there

Thank you my friend

That's where we're going

-I work up there

-Can we really get up there?

Well,there's bit of a climb

Let's go

I'll tell you my luv,so long Cop

Get over there,it's filthy

Exciting isn't it?

What's the matter?

You here

Oh it's nice

Well,let me think

Don't touch that greasy

Not like the Ritz you know

I don't know what I was

thinking to bring you up here

I think it's beautiful

I can help,Vivian

I suppose it's the makeup

I bet you don't need it

Hear voices,do I?

Now the other way

And I should be working on this crane again

I shall always be thinking of you

Hm,well chase me around the waterworks

Good evening Bill go home to bed

I've seen some goings

in the mean time when it seems

some funny places used for them

Particularly when I was in France

but stock me deep with Portland cement

I never ever seen the slip

and tickle in a crane cabinet

-Buzz off,can't you see I'm busy?

-But at a watchman's court is lavish

What will the people say? What will the

company say?What the foreman? The foreman

Pal,Bill,keep your mouth shut

Sealed lips that's me but step on it

My mate will be back soon and he's

got a horrible sense of guilty

Guts on(?)

It must be grand working

up here in the open

Yeah,it's a good life sometimes

Especially when you get a fine day

Are the men you work with?

A salt of the earth,you can rely on them

You know,Vivian,you can

trust me to stand by you

As long as you want me,

as long as you need my help

You're awfully nice

So nice that I can't believe

there isn't someone else

someone else in your life already

-Late am I?

-No

Report Hampstead 2867

What's the idea?

Just one minute please

Hampstead 2867

Sir Edwin Harbin's complained to me

that you failed to wake him

in time to catch the early plane

to the Continent this morning

as a result of which

certain important financial

negotiations have been jeopardized

I regret it

but in the circumstances

I have no alternative

to dispense of your services

-In other words I'm sacked

Sir Edward Harbing has complained

that you failed to wash his face

and brush his teeth this morning

As a result of which he's been(?) head

-I regret but in the circumstances

-Attend your board

-Switchboard

-Hello

Hey

Have time for a cup of coffee?

I don't mind if I do,governor

I expect she is very sweet

I must go

But Vivian we haven't settled anything

What's going happen to you?

I am all right I've got everything

clear in my mind now

I know somewhere I can go

And thanks for bringing me here

You are not going back to Zoltini

No,don't worry

You'd better take me down to earth now

I see a little of your life now

you shall see some more of mine

-Max

-Vivian

So you did make it,I'm so glad

Here,come and meet some of the folks

Janice,here you should meet Vivian Zoltini

-Hi

-How do you do-Janice Wheel

This is Toby Mora,hot of the ankle(?) ha

This is Mr,oh hello

-How did you get in here?

-I forgot this is Mr?

-Peter Thompson

-Yes,we have met

-Oh,Max be nice to him

-Be nice to him

OK

Glad to have you with us,Mr Thompson

Pleased to meet you

-Are you in the profession?

-Me? No,I drive a crane

-Is that? You what?

-I drive a crane

It sounds to me like he

says he drives a crane

-He does

-What am I going to do with a crane driver

Look here,Max,give him a

drink,I want to talk to you

-Hi there,can you drive a crane?

-No but I fling(?)steam shovel

This is Mr Thompson who can drive a crane

This is Miss Lamire

she's very anxious to learn all

about your fascinating occupation

And what do you call your crane Mr Thompson

Wait a minute

Here it is,grab this

-Your mechanical boyfriend

-Not a boyfriend

Just a friend helped me get away from Louis

Nice boy

You crane drivers can take it

Do you be reasonable and follow that one up

Hi Joe sling us a couple of plates so forth

Buddy,give us something to eat

-Isn't that wonderful?

-That? Anybody can do that

-Get it to me

-Be careful

You watch

Your boyfriend's is a bit

tough on the beverage

He's enjoying himself

-Sure,why not

-Max

It come to that,I can't go back

You are the only real

friend I've got in the world

-Something to do with Zoltini?

-Yes

OK let's go where we can be quiet

You haven't any more

parlor tricks have you?

I suppose lie down flat on the floor

get up a glass of bear on

my head and then I can try

-Oh,no I don't think we have any beers

-Champagne then

That would be much too exciting

I say where's Vivian?

I don't know,you don't

want very(?)Vivian,she's all right

You know,Andrea,you're a beautiful girl

-But I am an expert

-Expert? You're an experience

Your hotel on the phone

waking me up at this hour

See it doesn't occur

again or find another flat

Piece of nonsense

Look,Pat,you've got to

come back here at once

Well I don't know what it is

But there is a terrible ramp

Well,take a taxi and make

the old "so and so" pay for it

-I like this sort of life

-I can see that

You ought to go on the stage

I don't see why not

-Juggle drive cranes

-Sing

-Sing?

-Yes

-Well come on

-You want me to sing -Of course

You asked for it,hold that,

please,no I better take it with me

So you see you've got

nothing to worry about

I should have listen to you long ago

Hear,hear,Vivian,there is no cause for that

What's the matter?

-I've lost my bag

-Don't worry about that

To the best of my knowledge

the folks here are above boy

-In that way

-Did I leave it in the taxi?

I remember I left it in the crane cabin

What is this harping on cranes?

I'll get Peter

I'll say "let's baby up to town"

I left my bag in the crane

cabin and I must have it

-Now?

-Of course it's got all I'm left with

I'll say I'm singing now I'll

fetch it tomorrow it will be all right

It won't be all right not

if your foreman finds out

Oh foreman that's all right I'll go

As a singer he makes a good crane driver

Don't be a mug you ain't

got a chance you know

I hope it,mate,you couldn't help it

-He'll be drowned

-Might have been you

Here you are,kid,on the dotted line

Thank you Peter everything's alright now

Max giving me a lovely contract and

I'm going on tour,we sail tomorrow

What's the matter?

-Zoltini

-What ?

I have k*lled him

No

Please control yourself, get out of here

I'll take care of her

What's the matter,darling

Sorry to get you up so early

-Well,Sir,it was a bit

-Where's the girl?

Oh,Miss

This is Sir Edward Harbin,

Sir Edward Harbin had..

Were you the girl who

didn't wake me up this morning?

Yes,Sir

So you knew I missed my

plane to the continent

I'm very sorry,Sir

You lost me a most important appointment

-Well,Sir,I've been sacked

-Yes,Sir,at once without..

Will you kindly hold your tongue

You lost me my appointment

but you saved my life

I heard the Moscow plane crashed

And it thanks to you

I'm still alive my dear

-I'm so glad

-You'll take her back of course

Of course,Sir a very

good type of girl here

-Sir,Edward

-Thank you-Thank you,Sir Edward

My dear child I owe you everything

Now is there any way at all I can help you?

Yes,as a matter of fact,there is

Don't you see I must go to him

Go away from, you mean

-Home

-Home?

They'll be bringing him

Did he mean so much to you after all

I really loved him

I understand how you feel about it

You can't be years with a man

and get him out of your system

Not in five minutes you can't

No matter what he was

So that's the way you feel about it

Perhaps you'd better go

Thank you,Max, you've been awfully kind

Peter,are you awake? You know what happens

I got a day job

Thanks to the big businessmen

through sheer incompetence I

kept him out of a plane crash

I stayed him out of the flight

I've just k*lled somebody

-What?

-A fight

Fight?

You what about?

Does it matter?

Suppose the police know

Perhaps they don't,they will

You didn't report to them

Peter,what are you going to do?

Don't know

Pat,what about you?

You didn't mean it

Face this together

Go to the police

You'd better give yourself up

Do you know what that means?

I'll see to it

Don't tell them I'm here

Peter,he is rescued

River police,he is as right as a trivet

you marked his face a treat

But he won't tell the

cops nothing about that

Oh,thank you

One know that must be getting long,

just popped in to put your mind at rest

-Well,no,you have some food

-I do feel a bit peckish

Come along

You here?

Louis

Forgive me

I thought I loved you

I do

They say I'm bad

-No

-Oh yes,yes I am bad

There is always reason for bad

My reason,fear,Vivian,always

fear that I shall lose you

Everything goes so dark

They told me you were dead

Then I realized better

being with you together

I couldn't bear it

I love you

Without me had you

thought what you would do?

I am not thinking about it

Oh dear

That's nothing

Let's have some coffee

I'll give it for you

Oh no,no,my dear

You are too tired

Zoltini shall fix it for you

By magic

Here

Presto

So long thanks for the eats

-So long Bill

-Good Bye Lord Starvation

Well,I must be going along too

Peter,wait for me,I'm coming with you today

Suits me

Happy Louis

I have everything I need in this world

Except for one thing

-What's that?

-Money to buy cigarettes for

You can have that too,you'll find

sixpence in my bag on the dresser

-Little magician

-But only on one condition

-What?

-But I have half the cigarettes

Oh,I should have known there was some catch

Look we are just coming to

the place where it all started

You fear to lose me you

can't bear that I am dead

Lies,money and even a steamship ticket

I didn't know

-And all those horrible eyes you loved me

-Louis

Lies,lies,lies,one too many

Look,look,there's the window there,

I hope they are happy as we are