Broadway Bill Page #5

Think Colonel Pettigrew

will be impressed?

Colonel Pettigrew?

Who that?

A gentleman, Whitey.

With great understanding

and a soul.

A man to borrow money

from, if he has it.

Borrow?

When I borrow I were my old

close, my rundown shoes.

You got funny ideas.

Thats the secret.

Never look down and out,

no matter how hungry you are.

You sure got the secret.

If he's got money, you'll get it.

All he's got to do is

look at them clothes.

Colonel Pettigrew.

I hope he's got 500 bucks.

Colonel Pettigrew?

Yes?

Take your feet off my chair.

Yes, my love.

A fortune.

Just by investing the sum of $50.

Stop dreaming.

Where you gonna get $50?

You can be very annoying.

Don't do us no good with those

phone numbers you're popping.

Thats 5,000 you owe me.

Double or nothing.

No you don't.

Last season I had you

up to $80,000.

I traded, didn't I?

For a buck and a quarter.

But in cash.

See if you can find a flaw.

I read fairy tales at night.

It won't be when

I get the 50.

Then go to work.

I'll have it without work.

Where from, vinegarpuss?

Colonel Pettigrew.

Yes, my love.

A man who races

horses...

Dan Brooks,

a very dear friend of mine.

Anybody had $50 wouldn't

be a friend of yours.

Dan Brooks' got a thousand times

50 and never turned me down.

We're his guests at lunch today.

He'll buy us lunch?

At the Ritz Hotel.

Colonel!

My old and trusted friend!

Glad to see ya.

Meet my business associate Oscar

McGuire, known as Happy.

This is Dan Brooks.

How do you do?

How are you?

Come on, sit down.

Its been a long time.

Yes.

I'm a starving man.

Bring me the whole lunch.

I'll take the same, please.

The same for you, sir?

I'm not here to make a speech.

Right, sir.

Colonel, you look fine.

I hear you're rolling in wealth.

Just soso.

Don't believe all

the stories you hear.

I was talking to the

boys and they agree.

You know they exaggerate.

How about you?

Holding my own, thats all.

Don't be modest. Racing

horses again, aren't ya?

Just keep my hand in.

Thats what I always said about you.

I always said:
Dan Brooks?

A lad who'll come through.

How long does this go on?

Don't mind him, Friday the 13th.

Here's your soup...

and one more soup.

I'm glad I run into you, Dan.

I got a proposition to clean up

$160,000, and want you in on it.

That so?

Just for old time sake.

Thats nice of you.

Nothing at all.

I'll need a little financing though.

You'll need what?

With a start of $50,

I got a pile of...

You're not by any chance trying

to borrow $50 from me, are you?

Not borrow, exactly.

Wait a minute.

I came here to borrow $500.

Don't tell me you're broke?

Yes, totally.

And you came...?

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