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Synopsis: Mrs. Leslie, rooming house landlady, reminisces in flashbacks about her past as a cafe entertainer and her involvement with the mysterious George Leslie, who originally hires her as a vacation "companion" but tells her nothing of his life outside the vacations. In subplots, Mrs. Leslie's tenants and neighbors carry on soap-opera lives.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Daniel Mann
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.2
APPROVED
Year:
1954
104 min
96 Views


LAN, dear.

When he's got his pockets

full of pawn tickets,

he'll come back here,

but he'll have

to change his attitude.

Or do you want

to start changing it now, son?

Oh, come on, Lewis.

You bought my sister,

and you've got a mortgage

on my mother.

But you can't write a check

big enough

to get even a piece of me.

I belong to myself.

One of these days,

I'll get your watch out of hock.

I'll come by then

and maybe get my mother

out of the pawn shop too.

Come on, mother.

Good-bye, mom.

I'll call you.

You sure scared the paint

off that bus, huh?

Did you dig the look

on the guy's face?

I'll change and be right out.

Do you want me

to help you, pixie?

- Don't you wish you could?

- Shake it up, pixie.

We got to get Diane yet.

- Hey, let me drive.

- No, no.

Aw, come on, come on.

- No.

- Let him drive, Steve.

Hey, come on, my cigarettes.

Hey, how long is it gonna take

that creep?

All she's got to do

is change her pants.

Thank you,

ladies and gentlemen.

Gosh, you're impatient.

It only took a minute.

Will you help me

pick these up, honey?

Well, I can't.

My friends are in a hurry.

But it's

for your dinner tonight.

You're eating with me, you know.

I know.

My mom left a note.

Well, Mrs. Leslie,

you sure rate high

with the hot rod set, don't you?

Fine way for kids to act.

In my day... my day.

These are my days

whether I like them or not,

because I made them

what they are.

When does a person

start building her future?

When did I start?

How did I start?

daddy,

let me stay out late

for tomorrow

is our wedding date

can't the baby kind

of celebrate?

kiss the boys good-bye

daddy, let me wear the mink

what's the difference

what the neighbors think?

let the baby linger

on the brink

kiss the boys good-bye

and while I'm kissing 'em

sentimentally

keep the liberal

point of view

because I'm breaking it

to them gently

that the heart

belongs to you

so, daddy,

please remember this

that tomorrow starts a life

of bliss

let me show 'em

what they're gonna miss

kiss the boys good-bye

bye-bye.

byebye

kiss the boys good-bye

thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much,

ladies and gentlemen.

That's just a little ditty

I learned

at miss pringle's school

for young ladies

just before the cops

raided the joint.

I like her sexy stuff

the best, don't you, Barney?

Yes, baby, that's the stuff.

And now if the boys

of the band...

Band?

If Daniel and his musical lions

will oblige

with some background,

here's a song about which

the composer Beethoven

once said, "stop already."

You shouldn't have done

this, Barney.

It isn't for George.

Why not?

A night on the town,

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Viña Delmar

Viña Delmar (January 29, 1903 – January 19, 1990) was an American short story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who worked from the 1920s to the 1970s. She rose to fame in the late 1920s with the publication of her risqué novel, Bad Girl, which became a bestseller in 1928. Delmar also wrote the screenplay to the screwball comedy, The Awful Truth, for which she received an Academy Award nomination in 1937. more…

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