Next Stop, Greenwich Village Page #3

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Hey, Blanche.

What are you doin',

Blanche, baby?

I wanna tell you about

the Napoleonic code, Blanche.

I hold in my hand

a copy of the Napoleonic code.

Understand me, Blanche?

You got some chewing gum

on your tit.

I thought it was diamonds.

I thought it was a diamond tiara.

I'll see you later, Blanche.

Stella. Where are you,

Stella, baby?

Stella!

Stella, baby, where are you?

Stella!

Stella!

Where are you, Ste...

Thank you very much,

ladies and gentlemen of the Academy.

This Oscar

gives me great pleasure.

But I don't think that this award

goes just to Larry Lapinsky.

No, no. There are a lot

of other people involved in this.

First of all, I would like to thank

my director, Elia Kazan.

It was... It was Gadg who first discovered

me in the 42nd Street library.

Without Gadg, there would be

no Larry Lapinsky.

I would also like to thank

the author of this film...

that greatJewish writer,

Eugene O'Neill.

Gene, thank you.

Boy... Boy,

this was really something.

But, ladies and gentlemen

of the Academy...

I don't think that this evening

would be complete...

if I didn't thank the little lady

who has stood behind me all these years.

As a matter of fact,

she's standing behind me now.

Mom, say a few words.

[Feminine Voice]

When my darling...

When my darling, adorable, loving son

first told my husband and myself...

that he wanted to be

an actor, I scoffed.

Oh, boy, did I scoff.

But tonight, I realized

that I scoffed wrongly.

You don't scoff

at an Academy Award winner.

My son's performance

as Sheriff Luke Marshall...

in Last Train to Budapest

will go down...

as one of the great performances

in motion picture history.

But, ladies and gentlemen

of the Academy, tell me one thing.

Why does my son complain

when I bring him a chicken...

to his big-deal

Greenwich Village apartment?

Why? Why? Why?

I'll tell you why, Mom.

Because your boy's an ingrate.

He doesn't understand

the Napoleonic code.

Hey, you.

Yeah, you. Come here.

[Sighs]

- You're waking up the whole neighborhood.

- I'm sorry, Officer.

- Are you crazy?

- I was just doing some imitations.

- They stink.

- I know.

- What was that supposed to be

over there? Marlon Brando?

- Yeah.

- It was.

- Well, it sounded like Edward G. Robinson.

I know. Well, my Marlon Brando

sounds just like my Edward G. Robinson.

Well, let me hear

Edward G. Robinson.

Yeah. Yeah.

All right, you guys.

I'm little Caesar, see?

- Yeah. Yeah.

- Are you in show business, kid?

- I wanna be an actor, yeah.

- Well, take my advice.

Get into another line.

Thank you, Officer,

for your advice.

But most of all, I would like to thank

an unknown police officer...

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