42nd Street Page #4

I walked around the block four times...

...before I had the courage to even

come and apply for this job.

It's tough, but you'll get along.

Well, I wouldn't mind, if I could

only get that routine set.

I'll show you those taps.

Come on with me.

Taps?

Say, I can do a tap dance on my ear.

What bothers me is that routine.

Then I'm just what

the doctor ordered. Come along.

Now, look.

Cross over.

You're gluttons for punishment.

Well, Mr...

Well, this boy's showing me.

- I was trying to make her...

- Trying to make her is right.

We'll just let that pass. Now try it again.

- Where you sitting?

- On a flagpole, dearie. On a flagpole.

I always said she was a nice girl.

She's so good to her mother.

She sure is. She makes $45 a week

and sends her mother 100 of it.

Get some feeling into it, will you?

What do you want me to do,

bite my nails?

You've got the busiest hands.

Wait a minute, wait a minute!

It's out.

That'll be enough of that. It smells.

You don't like this number?

Sure, I like it.

I've liked it since 1905.

You think this is a revival?

- It's out. The whole number!

- This number will be a riot.

That's what I'm afraid of.

Dismiss. An hour for lunch.

All right, everybody.

One hour for lunch.

Waiting long, darling?

Well, long enough.

My, but we're grouchy, aren't we?

- Oh, no, not that, but...

- What?

I'm getting tired of

this hiding in doorways...

...sneaking in and out of places

and keeping under cover.

Why, I'm beginning

to feel like a criminal.

There's nothing criminal

in that, is there?

No, there's nothing criminal in that.

I thought we'd better tell you,

it looks like we're in trouble.

That word has a familiar sound.

Are you married too?

This is serious, Julian.

Serious? Did you ever

leave your wife...

...sitting alone in a nightclub,

holding the check?

You know Abner Dillon's

putting up the bankroll for our show.

I knew he wasn't here

because you liked his face.

I don't like his face or any part of him.

He looks like a Bulgarian boll weevil

mourning its first-born.

Well, his interest in our show

is Dorothy Brock.

And his interest is our principal.

Very good. Very, very good.

Even I was able to gather that much.

Yes? Well, we stand a first-rate

chance of having him...

...withdraw his financial support.

Now, did you gather that?

Because dear Miss Brock is two-timing

Abner right under his very nose.

With a fellow who used

to be her partner in vaudeville.

She's come up in the business,

he hangs around.

He's been out of town

and just got back last week.

If Dillon finds out... And if he doesn't,

he's dumber than I thought...

Well, now, wait.

Nobody could be as dumb as all that.

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