Three Little Words Page #3

- Good.

- Hey, doughnuts?

- Sure.

Why did you have to go shopping?

No room service?

I figured we'd save the tip.

That wolf at the door

might get pretty hungry.

I've got to catch a rehearsal

down at Loew's.

- I'll see you, Jess. Bert.

- Bye, Charlie.

See you later.

Come here, honey.

Now, listen. That crack about

the wolf at the door, that's out, see?

- You won't be around to meet him.

- No?

I've been talking to Charlie.

We figured you ought to go out as a single.

I can write a new routine.

Charlie guarantees the booking,

says it's a cinch.

You boys have been

wasting your time.

My plans are all set.

I always told you

if ever I changed my mind...

...you'd be the first to know.

Of course, it took a broken kneecap

to make you stop bouncing long enough.

But I'm satisfied.

Say, maybe you didn't hear me.

I just accepted your proposal.

Look, Jess...

I won't be bouncing

for a long time yet.

And a fellow with a wife to support

has to get around pretty fast, you know.

Well, I'm not a girl

that needs a new sable every winter.

What about your writing, Bert?

Your play, your songs?

You don't have to click your heels

in the air to write a lyric.

Now, wait a minute.

I'd like to write a great play, sure.

Who wouldn't?

And those songs,

they're just a sideline for fun.

I never tried to make a living at it.

I'm not even sure I can.

Until I find out, l...

You don't want me

hanging around your neck.

Is that it?

I didn't say that.

Now, don't be sore at me, huh?

I'm not sore.

But it isn't every day

that a girl gets turned down.

Jessie, listen. Listen. Jessie!

Jessie!

Wish you could write

another song like that.

- I could sure use it.

- I'll tell you a secret, Al.

- So could I.

- Well, what's the matter?

Oh, I don't know.

I just haven't hit on anything.

- I can't seem to get started.

- Oh, you will.

What do you hear from Jessie?

Oh, she framed a new act. Doing fine.

Say, what is that?

One of your new ones?

That?

Some Arabian song

one of our pluggers wrote.

Plays it all day long,

drives me nuts.

Get me Harry Ruby.

I think I'll throw him out of here.

Arabian song, huh?

Not a bad tune.

Yeah, it is kind of catchy.

Hello, Ruby, come in here, son.

Let you talk to him.

You know, an Araby song

might be just the thing right now.

- Yes, chief?

- Oh, come in, Ruby.

Bert, this is Harry Ruby.

- Bert Kalmar.

- Hi.

Ruby, Mr. Kalmar wants to hear

that Arabian song of yours.

Yes. You bet. Yes, sir.

It's called

"On the Shores of Araby That Night..."

"That Night With You."

I can't forget the night we met

On the shores of Araby

The moon lit up the sky

And love lit up your eye

- Hold it, wait a minute.

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