The West Point Story Page #5

for supper.

Whoever heard of breaking

into rehearsals for supper?

West Point, Mr. Bixby.

Rules and regulations.

Oh, rules and regulations.

Well, they'll have to take a tuck

on the rules and regulations.

Make a note of that, Eve.

Long before I knew you

I knew you'd be as you are

How did I know?

Don't ask me to explain

Do you suppose the budding rose

Would question summer rain?

My heart led me right to you

Or was it my lucky star?

I don't know if you

Believe that dreams come true

But long before I kissed you

I knew

- This is going to be fun.

- You think we have a show?

You got a few good jokes, a few

good songs, but a show, I don't know.

It's gonna be a lot of hard work. Hal?

- Yes, sir?

- I like your dancing. Nice style.

- Thank you, sir.

- Don't let the Army flatten those arches.

You got a lot of voice.

Lot of voice. Like to talk about it sometime.

Good jokes, songs.

You did the material yourselves?

Yes, sir, Hal and I.

What happens to the show

when it closes?

- Nothing.

- They put it in the archives.

- Any chance of a fella getting it?

- Not a chance, it's West Point property.

- How about buying it?

- It's not for sale, sir.

I'm afraid I gonna have to call time

on you again.

- First call for supper.

- More supper.

I want you guys at the gymnasium

promptly at 4:
00 tomorrow. Four o'clock.

In the Army, sir, it's 1600.

Sixteen hundred, 1650,

I won't give you a cent more.

Be there at 4:
00.

After reading this book

and hearing this score...

...I think these kids

have really got something.

You know, this story is charming.

A Brooklyn GI in Europe

falling in love with a girl...

...who turns out to be a royal princess.

Romantic, isn't it?

Sets me on fire.

And that Bull Gilbert

is such a fascinating wench.

Then the princess comes to America,

to West Point...

...to see her GI, who is now a cadet.

But because she's a princess

and he's a commoner...

...the romance gets the cadet

into trouble.

However, being royalty,

she asks for amnesty and gets it.

Right out on the stage?

- Amnesty means a pardon.

- No.

Then she gives up being a princess,

moves to Brooklyn with her GI...

...and lives happily ever after. Cute?

If you ask me,

the whole plot needs amnesty.

He gets out of trouble

because she's a princess.

What gimmick is that?

Nobody's gonna believe it.

The tunes are good and that boy Tom...

Tom's great.

That Gilbert is a cute hunk of cadet,

but he's no princess.

Why not use a real girl? A local.

A daughter of one of the officers, maybe,

to play the part?

There are to be no females

in this show.

One woman couldn't hurt.

That's what Adam said, Eve.

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