Heller in Pink Tights Page #3

- Him?

- Yes.

- Of course, I wear heavy makeup.

What part do you play?

I play Hlne. The most beautiful woman.

That I can believe.

And this is my husband.

- You married?

- No. In the play.

But I'm not in love with my husband.

I am, how do you say, flighty?

And besides, he is much older than I am.

Always wanting me to behave myself

and to do what he thinks is good for me.

But I'm young and very beautiful,

and do only what I enjoy.

Nope. It won't go in Cheyenne.

- No?

- But this is a classic, Mr. Pierce.

What's so classy about her running around

with you instead of her husband?

But he is so much nicer,

and he lets me do what I want.

Last month, the mayor's wife started

running around with a young stud like him...

and the mayor shot him stone dead.

There wasn't a man in town...

that didn't shake his hand for doing it,

even the sheriff.

No, Healy, you can't get away with

making fun out of marriage in Cheyenne.

But it's all right to kill people in Cheyenne?

Mr. Pierce, why don't you wait

until you see the show...

with the pretty costumes

and the orchestra playing...

And the customers leaving?

Chew up a little scenery...

that's what they want around here:

Blood and thunder.

If all you got is this fiddle-faddle,

you can pack up and keep going.

I don't want you.

You're losing your charm, baby.

Well, Doc?

All right, we'll rehearse later.

Tom?

- Hi, Angie. Look.

- What?

That's what goes here in Cheyenne,

cheap acrobats.

Since we can't do La Belle Hlne,

we should do...

Mazeppa.

That has a lot of blood and thunder,

and a man on a wild horse.

- You mean a dummy filled with straw.

- The horse is real.

But they see real horses out here

all the time.

We should do Mazeppa...

but I'll do the ride.

- You play a man?

- I play a man.

- Come on, it's dangerous.

- Why?

They'd have to tie you on the horse,

he might throw you.

- We would be a big success.

- Not if you were hurt.

You worry too much.

About me, about the show...

Somebody has to worry.

You know, the wolves are at our door.

We don't satisfy Pierce, we don't eat.

We'll eat the wolves.

Pierce is a big fool.

- But he owns the theater.

- He should own a stable.

You should own this theater.

It should be the Healy Theater.

The Healy Company and the Healy Theater.

That's a lot of Healy.

You'd put on all the best plays.

You'd be very successful.

- And what would you be?

- The star.

And people would come all the way

from San Francisco to see me do...

the wild horse ride from Mazeppa.

Tom, I was just trying to help, you know.

That helps.

You know, Angie,

I've been knocking around for a long time.

It'd be nice to settle down...

and maybe you and me...

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