Gold Diggers of 1933 Page #4

Yes, I have.

I have something about a forgotten man.

- But I don't have the words to it yet.

- Play it, play it.

I tell you,

I just got the idea for it last night.

I was down on Times Square,

watching those men in the breadline...

standing there in the rain,

waiting for coffee and doughnuts.

Men out of a job, around the soup kitchen.

Stop!

Go on.

That's it! That's what this show's about!

The Depression, men marching,

marching in the rain.

Doughnuts and crullers,

men marching, marching...

jobs, jobs, and in the background,

Carol, spirit of the Depression.

A blue song.

No, not a blue song, but a wailing.

And this gorgeous woman singing

this song that'll tear their hearts out.

The big parade. The big parade of tears.

That's it. Work on it.

- I'd like to do a specialty.

- Sit down. You'll do a blackout.

I'll cancel my contract

with Warren and Dubin. They're out.

I want you to write the music

for this show, and the lyrics.

- Can you write lyrics?

- You bet he can.

I've got it all figured out,

and I want your stuff, son. It's great.

- I definitely want it.

- Mr. Hopkins, you can have it...

on one condition.

Yeah?

If Miss Parker, Polly,

has a principal part in the show.

She's helped me a lot,

and she's really great herself.

You're telling me? I'm telling you.

And I'll tell you something else, too.

You got a swell voice

and a great personality.

You're different. You've got class.

I want you to sing in this show.

Thanks a lot, but that's impossible.

Now listen, you and Polly would make

a swell team, like the Astaires.

You'd be a knockout

for the mushy interest...

- I'm sorry, but it's impossible.

- But, Brad, why not?

I can't, honey, for a lot of reasons.

Let me get in on this. Isn't there

going to be any comedy in this show?

Plenty.

The gay side, the hard boiled side, the

cynical and funny side of the Depression.

I'll make them laugh at you

starving to death, honey.

- Be the funniest thing you ever did.

- Did you ever see me ride a pony?

- When do rehearsals begin, Barney?

- Rehearsals?

- When I get the money.

- Get the money?

Money?

That's always the way it is. I got the show,

I got the music, I got the cast...

I got the theater, all raring to go...

and it's the old, old story. Money.

- No money at all?

- Not even the old shoestring.

- But you said... You let us think that...

- What did I let you think?

I told you I had a great show, and I have.

But you said it was all set.

It is set. It's been set for six months.

Every time I get an angel to put up

the bankroll, something happens.

I had one yesterday.

Only today, he came to me

and said he and his wife...

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