The Purple Rose of Cairo Page #4

Yes, ma`am.

Will you be wantin` the big

bubbles or the asses` milk?

Boy, l can`t wait

to get out of these clothes...

and hit some of the night spots.

Well, children,

let`s not waste any time.

The floor show at the Copacabana

starts in ten minutes...

and we`re meeting

the Countess and Larry Wilde.

Well, l am very impressed.

You have yourself

quite a place here.

l still can`t get over the fact

that 24 hours ago...

l was in an Egyptian tomb.

l didn`t know any

of you wonderful people...

and here l am now.

l`m on the verge

of a madcap Manhattan weekend.

My God, you must

really love this picture.

Me?

You`ve been here all day, and

l`ve seen you here twice before.

You mean me?

Yes, you. This is the fifth time

you`re seeing this.

Henry, come here. Quickly.

l gotta speak to you.

Oh, my God!

Listen, old sport,

you`re on the wrong side.

Tom, get back here.

We`re in the middle of a story.

l want to have a look around.

Go on without me.

-Who are you?

-Cecilia.

l`ll go get the manager.

Let`s go somewhere

where we can talk.

But you`re in the movie!

Wrong, Cecilia, l`m free.

After 2,000 performances of

the same monotonous routine...

l`m free!

Call Father Donnelly.

l don`t understand.

What`s going on? Who are you?

Who am l? You`ve seen

the movie five times.

l`m Tom Baxter...

poet, adventurer, explorer,

of the Chicago Baxters.

l know you`re Tom Baxter.

You wind up with Kitty Haynes,

the nightclub singer.

-Not anymore l don`t.

-What do you mean?

l`m out before the wedding.

l`m free.

Don`t you have to marry her?

Not while l`m here

and she`s up there.

Don`t you want to?

She`s so beautiful.

She`s not for me. Too bony.

Kitty Haynes

the nightclub singer is bony?

l need a place to hide.

l`m never going back

now that l`ve met you.

A place to hide?

What`s happening?

Tom has left.

He just walked right out.

l don`t know how he did it.

l can`t get out.

This is just disgusting.

l am an heiress...

and l don`t have

to put up with this.

He left the picture?

Oh, my gosh.

Well, don`t panic.

Stay up there and keep calm.

Keep calm? Are you crazy?

Did somebody call for a priest?

Thank God you`re here.

Wait a minute.

This is the second reel.

l`m not on till later.

Can`t you go on?

There`s an audience.

How? Tom was

the linchpin of the story.

She`s right, whoever you are.

Although this is my story,

Tom moves the exposition--

lt`s not your story.

lt`s the story...

of a man`s quest

for self-fulfillment.

lt`s the story of

a complex tortured soul--

lt`s the story of the effect

of money on true romance.

My upbringing, my wealth--

l`m the one who marries royalty.

Nobody cares.

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