One Good Turn Page #4

MARGE:

Say, you sound like a page out of "True

Confessions"!

RUTH:

Well, I feel worse. And think how hard I

worked with him. That's gratitude.

MARGE:

Yeah, when you first knew him, he couldn't

carry a tune if it had a handle.

RUTH:

And this is the thanks I get for it.

MARGE:

Oh, you'll get over it. I've had more

knocks in this racket than a crosstown

bus. And I been in this game since the

Big Dipper was just a drinking cup.

RUTH:

(chuckles)

It's the woman who pays.

Marge brings a coffee pot to the table and sits.

MARGE:

Well, why don't you stop paying and do

some playing? Say, you know, you've passed

up more offers this week -- and for what?

RUTH:

Well, I just can't get him out of my mind.

MARGE:

Oh, that ungrateful double-crosser... Say,

do you know if you were drowning, he'd

turn a hose on you.

RUTH:

Well, I'm not drowning yet.

MARGE:

Yeah. With those eyes and that shape,

you'll always be able to stand up.

RUTH:

Maybe it would be better if I tried to

forget him.

MARGE:

Better? You're speaking mildly.

RUTH:

Will you help me?

MARGE:

Will I help you? Can Lindbergh fly?

Marge forks some corned beef onto a plate for Ruth.

MARGE:

Come on, eat some of this.

RUTH:

Mmmm. It does smell good.

Ruth moves closer to the table, puts a napkin in her lap, sugars

her tea, etc.

MARGE:

Listen, after you've huddled up with this

corned beef, you'll have a better outlook

on life. And after we finish, we'll put on

some powder and go gunning for big game.

RUTH:

(laughs)

I believe you will help me to forget him

after all.

MARGE:

Forget him? Say, you'll forget that that

ivory-tickler ever existed.

Ruth sips her tea thoughtfully as we

FADE OUT:

INSERT (to a sad instrumental version of "If I Could Be With You"):

A newspaper article. The headlines read:

Eddie Farrell, Revue Star

Suddenly Loses Voice

Broadway Playboy

Stricken At Party

The article, next to a photo of Eddie, reads:

Eddie Farrell, famous tenor who had

been touring the Inter-Mountain

Circuit and other well-known

vaudeville circuits, was suddenly

stricken at a theatrical party

given by Florenz Shufield.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. TRAIN COMPARTMENT - DAY

[We know we're on a train because we hear TRAIN SOUND EFFECTS and

a porter enters after the first line and wanders around in the

background.]

Four men, all faceless show-biz types, sit around while one of

them deals out four hands of playing cards atop some suitcases.

The FIRST MAN reads a newspaper which presumably contains the

above article.

FIRST MAN:

Well, there's the guy that got just what

was coming to him.

SECOND MAN:

It's the old story. Wine, women, and

sauerkraut.

THIRD MAN:

In other words, the boy went the way of

all fish.

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