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at the base theater.

Forty-seven times I had to run off

that picture of yours.

Thanks a lot.

Your picture was in English.

You shoulve seen those foreign things

they sent us.

There was one French film with English

titles across the bottom of the screen?

Well, anyway, this girl, this French girl

was standing in her boudoir.

And this French guy,

he comes into the boudoir...

...he looks at her and he says:

[SPEAKING NONSENSE WORDS]

Then the English title comes across

the bottom of the screen.

He said, "How's your mother?"

[WOMEN LAUGHING]

He doesn't do so good

with the dialogue...

...but he certainly remembers

all the action.

Oh, I don't know about that.

I remember dialogue too.

In the middle of Jimmy Cagney's picture

White Heat, the sound went off.

I raced to the screen,

took over for Cagney...

...and nobody even knew

the difference. Listen.

[IMITATING CAGNEY]

Pardo...

...l've been watching you.

So far, you ain't done anything

I can put my finger on.

But maybe that's what bothers me.

I don't know you

and what I don't know, I don't trust.

To me, you're just a number and a face.

We'll keep it that way.

When I need your advice, I'll ask for it.

Now look here, pal.

I don't like people going on imitating me,

you understand? I don't like it.

I'm not imitating you.

Since when is there a law against

people talking like this?

Well, you know, there ought to be?

And between us, one of us is very bad.

[IN NORMAL VOICE] Oh, I don't know.

I think you do it even better than I do.

Had a little more practice.

DORIS:
Jimmy, where's Nell?

- Shopping.

Somebody should have warned me.

That kid is headed

for Antiques Anonymous.

Jimmy, meet Mike Nolan

and Rick Williams.

- Mike. Rick.

- Hello, Mr. Cagney.

Sarge, you ever go shopping

with a dame?

No, I usually go shopping for them.

Clever boy. I'll see you around.

RUTH:
Bye, Jimmy.

DORIS:
Bye, Jim.

- Say, Mr. Cagney?

- Yeah, son.

There's something I've wanted to ask.

- What is it?

- I've noticed in a lot of your pictures...

...before you're gonna hit a guy...

...you walk up

and you do something like this:

Oh, you mean... this?

Yeah, that's right.

Why do you do that?

That's simple.

No belt.

- So long, son.

- So long, Mr. Cagney.

Say, he's quite a guy, isn't he?

Hey, I forgot to give him

my autograph.

Sit down,

you're making the place look shabby.

Nell should be here any minute.

Yeah, if you don't mind,

I think I'll wait for her in the elevator.

Sit down, relax.

Well, I really didn't wanna meet her

like this.

Well, why didn't you say so?

He wants to meet her alone.

We can fix that.

We can wait in the next room.

- Come on.

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