Oh, the sun beats down
And burns the tar up on the roof
And your shoes get so hot
You wish your tired feet were fireproof
Under the boardwatk
Down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby
ls where l'tt be
From the park _ou hear
Happy sounds from the carouset
You can almost taste the hot dogs
And french fries they sett
Under the boardwatk
Down by the sea
Yeah
- On a blanket with mybaby - On a btanket with my baby
ls where l'tt be
Under the boardwatk
Out ofthe sun
Under the boardwatk
We'tt be having some fun
Under the boardwalk Watk
Peopte watking above
Under the boardwatk
We'tt be fatting in tove
- Under the boardwalk - Under the boardwatk
Boardwatk
- Sound okay, CC ? - All right.
- How was that tempo ? - Pretty good.
You sound pretty good. Thankyou.
Now, ifthe strings and horns would only come here, right ?
l know. It's like the Claude Rains Orchestra.
Message foryou, CC.
l gotta talk to that contractor.
Diana. Diana, get my bag.
CC. CC ?
- What about rehearsal, CC ? - Diana, get me my bag and my coat.
- CC, what's wrong ? - Brett.
- Brett, l've got to go to the airport. - Yes, ma'am. Right away.
Now.
Areyou sureyou don't want me to takeyou up to the gate, Ms. Bloom ?
No, no, no, l'm fine.
Just tell Diana l'll call herwhen l get there.
We tried eveything to getyou a flight out tonight, Miss Bloom...
but it's impossible. There are no planes landing in San Francisco.
- There's a fog. - What doyou mean, there are no flights landing in San Francisco ?
- Is this the modern world orwhat ? - That's right, but even in the modern world...
planes don't land in San Francisco when it's foggy.
Uh, Linda, why don'tyou check about the status ofthe fog lifting ?
- l checked five minutes ago. - Fogs lift. Please check again.
l think it would be nice. Miss Bloom would like for us to make that call.
They said theywould call me when the fog lifted.
You call them. Get--
The car's right over here. The keys are in it.
Here's your map and your contract.
l checked the wipers. They're all right.
-lt's raining all the way up l-5, so be careful. - Okay. Thanks.
l'm a big fan, CC.
Oh, when the sun beats down
And burns the tar up on the roof
And your shoes get so hot _ou wish your tired feet
- Were fireproof - Best hot dogs in Atlantic City.
Under the boardwatk
Down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby
That's where l'tt be
Don't tell me. You're lost.
l must see a hundred cases likeyou evey day.
- You want a drag ? - ''A drag'' ?
You know, a drag on my cigarette.
lt'll calm your nerves.
l just want to get back to our hotel...
but l can't remember the name.
- Big orsmall ? - Big.
- Ritzy or cheap ? - l guess it's ritzy.
Does it have a fountain in front, a pool inside...
- and a bunch offruits in monkey suits playing violins in the lobby ? - Yes !
Betyour ass it's ritzy.
- It's the Marlboro Blenheim. - That's it ! Doyou know where it is ?
Yeah, l'll walkyou back ifyou want.
Oh, yes. Please.
Just let me put on my shoes. Where the hell are they ?
What's your name ?
What's my name ?
l am none other than the fantastic, world-famous...
child wonder...
CC Bloom !
Ta-da !
Hi, l'm HillayWhitney.
Don'tyou recognize me ?
No.
l do a couple ofroutines in the Sammy Pinkers Kiddie Show.
- The what ? - Holy mackerel, kid !
What planet doyou live on ?
The Sammy Pinkers Showjust happens to be the most popular show in Atlantic City.
And l'm the most popular act in it...
along with Iris Myandowski, the hand-walking queer.
- Doyou want a puff? - CC, where areyou ?
- CC ! - Don't blow a gasket, Leona. l'm down here.
You know, when l didn't find you in your dressing room, you know what l thought ?
l thoughtyou were dead !
You watch too many movies, Leona.
Come on. We gotta get back to the theater right now.
There's a Holl_ood talent scout wants to see your act.
- Is this your idea ofa sickjoke ? - No, honey.
He caught the midnight show last night. He was crazy aboutyou.
And he's looking for a kid to star in his new movie. Let's go !
Well, don'tjust sit there. Come on !
- This is my break into the big time. - How many times do l have to tell you...
don't wear that costume on the beach ?
- l am not made ofmoney, you know. - Get offmy back, Leona !
Oh, my God, l'm dying from heat prostration. l can't breathe.
What areyou, a camel or something ? Come on, Skedaddle ! l gotta have a sip !
Who is that woman ?
What woman ?
That's no woman, that's my mother.
- Let's go, Leona ! - l'm coming. l am spritzing from here to high heaven.
- Come on ! - l'm coming !
l've got splinters in my toes.
Ox, God, l hateAtlantic City!
- What's this one's name ? - Bloom. CC Bloom.
- CC Boom, it sounds like a stripper. - Not CC Boom. Bloom. Bloom.
Hit it, toots.
You got to give a little Take a tittte
And let your poor heart break a tittte
That's the story of
That's the gtory oftove
Oh,_eah You got to taugh a tittte
Cry a tittte
Until the clouds roll by a tittte
That's the story of
That's the gtory oftove
As long as there's the two ofus
We've got the world and att its charms
And when the world is through with us
We've got each other's arms
You've got to win a tittte
Lose a tittte
And always have the blues a tittte
That's the story of
That's the gtory oftove
My mama told me that's the gtory of
Love
Oh, great. Really.
CC.
CC, come here and meet Mr. Melman.
- Hi, Mr. Melman. - Hi, CC.
Mr. Melman came all the way from Holl_ood--
lris Myandowski's auditioning too ?
Hey, CC, it wouldn't be fair not to let--
- l thought it wasjust me, Leona ! - It was, sweetie.
But Mrs. Myandowski wants her little girl to have--
She found out from you, didn't she ? You were bragging again.
- Weren'tyou, Leona ! - l'm so proud ofyou, sweetheart.
lris is ready, Mr. Melman.
- What a beautiful child. - l told you.
Who cares what she looks like ?
All she knows how to do is walk on her hands.
- It's your fault ! It's your fault they picked her ! - Please, don't say that.
- l can't breathe. - It should have been me !
- You keep bragging about me ! You gotta stop ! - Eveybody's gonna hear.
- You're ruining my career ! - Honey, look, l'm gonna have an attack.
- l hate Iris Myandowski ! - l'm having palpitations.
You're always sory ! Just leave me alone !
- Leave me alone ! - Please, will you stop it, honey ?
Look, l'm all flushed. What areyou doing to me ?
- Calm down, honey. Please. - She got thejob. l didn't.
- l didn't mean to brag. - Iris Myandowski's a hand-walking queer.
Please, CC. Please, stop it.
- Honey, please. - l hate my life.
Now, come on. Get out ofthere. Where areyou ?
Come on, CC.
What doyou say, wejust pack it in...
and we go back to the Bronx, huh ?
You could hang out at the pool with the other kids. You could seeyour daddy.
And then, maybe your daddywill takeyou to Mr. Cohen's candy store.
You'll have a nice malted and those little chocolate-covered cherries you like.
Wouldn't that be a nice idea, honey ?
Don'tyou want to go home, baby ?
Come on, give me a smile, honey, huh ?
Okay, Leona. Let's go home.
Okay.
l'll be right back.
Yoo-hoo, Mr. Pinkers ! The Blooms are quitting.
Find another kid to work for bubkes.
Personally...
l thinkwalking on your hands is kind ofcreepy.
Yeah ?
And you're the best singer l ever saw.
Yeah.
- You ready ? - Ready.
Bunny rabbit.
How'd my hair come out ?
This is your half. and my address is on the back.
lt doesn't say San Francisco.
That's because l don't live exactly in San Francisco.
l livejust outside, in Atherton.
l live exactly in the Bronx, but l'm Ieaving when l'm a big star.
- Thanks, mister. - Anytime.
l'd like to buyyou a soda forwalking me back.
Sure. Bread and butter.
What are we doing here ?
We're getting ice cream sodas. Come on.
There were sodas on the boardwalk.
You'll love the sodas here.
But people are looking at me.
- Sowhat ? -What doyou mean, sowhat ?
- So, they'll probably kick me out ofa place like this. - They can't.
Just a minute, you two. You can't sit here.
- Oh. l toldyou. - Yes, we can.
My name's HillayWhitney, and l'm staying here with my father...
and l want a chocolate soda.
Want doyou want, CC ?
Whatever she's having.
Certainly, Miss Whitney.
- So how'd you do that ? - Easy. My father's rich.
And your mother's not rich ?
She died when l was a little girl.
Oh.
Willyou write to me i_ Sa_ Fra_cisco ?
Sure, but how comeyou want me to write toyou so much ?
Areyou crazy ? Youjust happen to be the most fantastic person...
- l've ever met in my entire life ! - l am ?
l almost cried when you started singing...
That's the story of That's the gtory oftove
Hillay, don't sing.
Hillay, what areyou doing ?
Having a soda with CC, Aunt Vesta.
l got lost and she showed me the way back after her ''Gloy of Love'' number.
Her ''Gloy of Love'' number ?
Your father and l have been Iooking foryou for hours.
We werejust about to call the police.
Uh, listen, maybe we shouldjust forget about the sodas, you know ?
lfl don't go back, Leona will start foaming at the mouth.
Oh, my. Come, Hillay.
Come on.
- Whatever they had, charge it to the room. - They didn't have anything, ma'am.
Look, l'm sory l got to go. That's myAunt Vesta.
l'm glad she's not myAunt Vesta.
Here, little girl. Now, go home.
What's this for ?
lt will keepyou honest.
Be sure to keep in touch, CC. Okay ?
Well, sure. We're friends, aren't we ?
You shouldn't playwith that strange little child.
-Well, who am l going to playwith ? - Me.
You like to play bridge.
Ta-da !
Dear CC, we're spending the summer at our beach house.
lt's vey peaceful here. l get to ride horses and think a lot.
l miss you. It's fun to have somebody to be sillywith.
Ride ? All l ride is the subway.
Leona won't pay for me to go toJuilliard...
so l have to keep taking dancing and singing...
from MissJean Kayton, the freaky, fat vaudeville star.
The studio's in the cellar, which means you only graduate...
when you're tall enough to hityour head on the ceiling.
P.S. l hate my hair.
Okay, then we have Hillay Whitney on Little Clementine.
Stop daydreaming, Hillay. Let's go.
Dear CC, Sometimes l get sick ofwords...
like ''proper;' ''well-bred;' ''cultured.''
l go through life thinking eveyone's watching me.
Are they ?
Well, things are pretty good in the Bronx.
l hate school, and l like taking singing lessons.
l got to sing at my father's dy cleaning convention.
l was a hit. Seeyou later, alligator.
Cecilia Carol Bloom.
Dear CC, l've decided to study law...
and l'm convinced l'll have some effect on the world...
rather than end up in a mindless woman's club like myAunt Vesta.
l ended up choosing Stanford...
because four generations ofWhitneys went there, all men, ofcourse.
But, mainly, l have to confess, because it's co-ed.
DearWASP Queen...
Leona gave me a great present for my 21 st birthday.
She moved to Miami.
l'm on my own now, and l've got a flat, a can ofmace and a subscription to Variety.
l'm all set. P.S. How's college life ? Aren'tyou doneyet ?
Now is the month ofMay
Dear CC, l went on my first protest march...
and my father called me a radical.
He doesn't understand the whole world's falling apart while he's playing golf.
Sory my trip east didn't work out, but Dadjust wasn't feeling well enough.
Will l ever seeyou again ?
Call orwrite soon, will you ? Love, Hillay.
l wasjust about to commit suicide...
by taking an overdose ofvitamin A...
when your letter arrived telling me l'm a genius and don't lose heart.
l've decided to live, even though l never get anywork...
l've got no agent, and l'm deeply Ionely during this festive season.
Thankyou. Next, CC Bloom.
Let's move along, kids. Okay ?
From, uh, from letter ''G.''
Andjust kind ofmedium, not too bright.
- Hi. - Hi. Go.
You got to win a little Lose a tittte
And always have the blues a tittte
That's the gtory of
That's the story oftove
My mama told me that's the gtory oftove
Mery Christmas. Next, T. Kuhn.
Whatever will be witt be
The future's not ours to see
Ah, who needs Broadway ?
l thinkwhat l really am is ajazz singer.
At least, that's what l'm gonna ty to be this week.
l got ajob at a nightclub. It's a hot spot, and l'm packing 'em in.
How's lawyer life ?
By fashion and fopp'ry
l'm never discussed
Attending the ''opree'' My box woutd be a bust
l nevershall have that Park Avenue air
But l'm in such health Why shoutd l care
The hip that l shake Doesn't make peopte stare
But l've got such health What do l care
The sight ofmy props Never stops a thoroughfare
But l still got my health So what do l care
Your face is your fortune So some wise man spoke
My face is my fortune That's why l'm totatty broke
Myship ain't come in but l grin white l bear
'Cause l've got my vitami_s
A,B,C,D
E,F,G,H
l stitt have my
Got no diamonds Got no weatth
l got no man but l got my heatth
Thankyou. Thankyou. You'rejust too, too kind.
Thankyou, guys.
Did you catch that set, Hary ?
Those people were crazy about me, so l was, uh--
- l was wondering ifyou could Iend me 50 bucks till payday ? - No.
What the hell is this, a piano bar or a Nazi work camp ?
l'm singing my heart out for bubkes, peanuts !
l'm living on dog food, and you can't give me 50 Iousy bucks you already owe me.
Hary, you-- You're an angel, honey.
lfyour mother hadn't been such a bitch, we could have shared something important.
Last call.
Grace, give me a Stinger.
- Hary's buying. Ain't that right, Har ? - Mm-hmm.
CC Bloom ?
Yeah ?
Oh, God. l've dreamt about this moment for so long.
l can't believe we're actually in the same room together.
Look, honey, l don't know whatyou're after...
but ifit's what l think it is, you're not my type, compre_ez-vous ?
Don'tyou recognize me ?
Whitney ?
HillayWhitney ?
l don't believe this !
Hary, doyou believe this ?
We've been writing letters since we were 1 1 years old.
- What areyou doing here in New York ? - l don't know.
l-l just walked out on my life.
l-l-l've been feeling suffocated foryears, but l couldn't stand it anymore.
Today-- It's funny how that happens, isn't it ?
l just-- l woke up this morning and l thought, ''This is it !'' And l left.
Myjob, my father, my apartment.
Your money too ?
l hadn't thought about it, but, yeah, l guess my money too.
- Well, so what ? You're here ! - So what ?
Well, come back to the storeroom. That's where l change my clothes.
- Shall l leave my bags here ? - Areyou crazy ? No !
Come on, this is New York. Hary, give us a hand with the bags.
- l've got a bad back. - You've got a bad attitude.
- l've come this far. - Come here. Let me helpyou.
l likeyour tail.
You know, l really appreciate the offer, but l'm sure l can find a place on my own.
ln this neighborhood ? Never !
- No ? - Besides,you're broke.
And Leona would have a heart attack ifl didn't inviteyou to stay.
She lives in Miami. She'd never know.
Hi, Marge. How's life treating you ?
Hmm. Marge, you ought to cut down on the gasoline.
lt's bad for the complexion.
- She could be dead. - Nah.
lfshe was dead, she would have dropped the bottle.
Oh, here we go.
_e\__me a chez moi.
Geez, it's cold in here.
l guess old Armand...
forgot to send the heat up.
Send the heat up !
Creep. CrazyTurk.
This is where Leona sleeps when she visits.
You can have that bed.
And, uh, this is where l sleep.
Oh, God.
- So, all the comforts ofhome, huh ? - A bathtub ?
Oh, yeah. We got eveything.
l got eveything but heat.
Armand ! Send up the heat !
What a bum. All right, here's the toilee.
Wait !
For no extra money-- Look.
What doyou think ? A veranda, a patio.
Shit. It's a gale out there.
So, what doyou think ?
Well, l-- l know it's not Buckingham Palace, but it's home to me.
You don't understand. l'm cying because l'm happy.
ltjust hit me that l'm free.
You don't know what it's been like for me.
My father controlled eveything l did, even down to the kind oflaw l practiced.
And now, for the first time in my life, l'm doing exactly what l want to do...
rather than what l've been trained to do.
l feel like shouting, ''Free at last, free at last !
Thank God Almighty, l'm free at last !''
So...
areyou always like this ?
- No. - Good. Thenyou can stay.
Come on ! Let's put this bed out.
l t's almost 1 O:30. So what doyou think?
You gonna be long ?
- Not ifl can help it. -Thenyou want me towait foryou ?
Don'tyou really think you ought to wait ? l am dressed like a rabbit.
All right.
Yeah, butyou gotta hury because l got to be at this rent strike rally in an hour.
All right. l'll sing one song fordarling bunny boy. l'll be out like a flash.
- Do l lookokay ? - Here it is.
- Are my ears on straight ? What about my hair ? - Yeah. It looks fine.
You're gonna be great.
- Break a leg, CC. - Oh, you sound so silly when you say that.
lfyou call me Bugs, you're dead.
l hate my life.
Just a minute.
Message for the birthday boy from his darling bunny girl, Barbara.
From mywhat ?
l don't write it, pal. l just deliver it.
Happy, happy birthday bunny boy
love's kind offunny with a bunny boy
He loves me so hard He's my bundte ofjoy
l tryto go tosleep but it'sjust no use
'Cause all he really wants to do is reproduce
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday darting_ohnny
Happy birthday to you
''Love, from your darling bunny girl, Barbara.''
Hey, wait a minute.
Nope. l onlydo encores forcash.
You know, you've got a great voice.
Oh, yeah ? Thanks.
- Why doyou wasteyour time doing this ? - l can't help myself.
l love to get dressed up like a rabbit and go out in public.
Well, is there anyplace l can seeyourwork or--
l'll be at Gramercy Park at 4:OO this afternoon in a chicken suit.
- This is yours. - Thankyou.
l'mJohn Pierce.
l'm Brer Rabbit.
Okay. Well, it was nice to meetyou Brer Rabbit, you and yourvoice.
Well, l'm not really Brer Rabbit, but l guess you knew that.
l'm really Cecilia Bloom. How doyou do ?
Hello.
You've got a hell ofa paw-shake there, Cecilia.
Happy birthday.
Thankyou.
- Haveyou ever done any acting ? - Me ? Oh, yeah.
- l've done summer stock since l was a kid. - You're kidding.
l run a little theater on the West Side...
and we're always looking for someone with a strong voice.
Would you be interested in auditioning ?
Yeah, sure.
- What's the name ofthe company ? - The Falcon Players.
- CC ! -Yeah,yeah,yeah !Just a sec !
The Falcon Players ? l've seen some ofthe shows you've sent up to Broadway.
l saw that playwhere the guy was buried in sand up to his neck.
- Yeah. - Vey deep.
- l directed that. - And successful. You did ? Wow.
- So when doyou want to see me ? When doyou want me to come in ? - Friday at 4:OO.
- Great, great. - Ifyou want me to drive, we have to leave now.
- l'm sory to be so abrupt. l'm late for an appointment. - He's a director.
- Hi. Really ? A director ? -This is my roommate.
- l'm HillayWhitney. Nice to meetyou. -John Pierce. Nice to meetyou.
You're late forwhat ? You're late for an audition ?
Audition ? No. l'm-l'm an attorneywith theA.C.L.U.
An attorney ? Oh. l--
l just thought because you look so good, l thought you were auditioning.
Well, we have to be going now.
- Bye. - Nice meeting you,John.
You've got to get to that rent strike, Hillay. The poor are waiting.
Well, yeah, it's only two lines, but they're fraught with meaning.
Look, l've got an entrance and an exit.
l gotta look special.
What doyou think ?
Oh, it's gorgeous !
Do l look like Marilyn ? l don't look a thing like Marilyn.
My turn. How is it ?
- Hillay, it's exactly the same color. - What's wrong ?
No, it isn't. No.
Youjust spent two hours dying your hair exactly the same color.
lt's a subtle difference.
l don't think so.
She says that she's feeling ill...
and that she's pregnant and he did it.
- You gonna take this tramp's word over mine ? - Don't wory about it.
- l already took care ofit. - What doyou mean, you already took care ofit ?
- l called in the doctor. - And we know what that means, don't we ?
Why don'tyoujust shut up ? The warden knows what he's doing.
- The doctor is here. - Thankyou, guard.
- l'm not gonna letyou get awaywith that. - Wait a minute. We cut that line.
- Hey, would you show her the script ? - Listen, can l say Slavic--
Pop up all the blues and see what we have on this.
Let's see it.
l, uh, l'm playing a prison guard on death row.
l know. l did the casting.
Well, l thought l'd have a better part.
- Notyet. - But this isn't me.
Well, act like it is.
He hates my hair.
Tell me the truth. l mean, really, really tell me the truth.
- All right. - Doyou think l'm really, truly--
Get out ofhere.
Doyou think l'm really, truly talented...
or doyou think l'm only moderately talented ?
l thinkyou're truly talented. l've told you this at least eight million times.
Yes, l know, but maybeyou were only being nice.
l mean, how do l knowyou really mean it and you're notjust being nice ?
l mean it! Gin !
- Now let's get back to the laundy. - Oh, Hillay.
- l'll never forget this as long as l live. - What ?
You doing the laundy for me.
l mean, l hate to do laundy more than anything in thewholeworld...
and l think this is probably the nicest thing anybodyeverdid for me.
A man would never do this foryou, no matter how much he loved you.
God rest ye merry genttemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
Tosave us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
O tidings ofcomfort andjoy
Comfort andjoy
Otidings ofcomfortandjoy
All right, let's sing ''O Come All Ye Faithful'' in Latin.
- No. - Oh, please. l sang all those dreidel songs foryou.
- One dreidel song. You sang one dreidel song. - That's enough.
- Well-- - Come on, Hillay, l'm tired.
- l want to go to sleep. l have a cold. - All right.
- Good night. - Good night, Hill.
ln Bethtehem
Hillay, the Waterman case is on the phone.
- Theywant to know-- - No, no, no, no. Tell them l'll discuss it in court.
- Okay, okay. - l'm sory, he's not in.
Good morning, A.C.L.U. Yes, hold on a moment, please.
All right, Mrs. Thomas, you canjust ignore the eviction notices.
l found out that your landlord's been served with enough citations...
from the Health Department to wallpaperyour house.
Guess who got the lead in the Falcon Players' new musical ?
Certainly not the hand-walking queer !
-This is it ! This is it ! - l know.
Doyou feel it ? l feel it ! Oh ! l'm so happy foryou !
Okay, stand by, smoke.
l am the captain
And this is my shrine
Lord ofthe manor
See what l teave behind
A river in flames
Citiesonfire
Yes, l'm a retic trapped in the wire
H_drogenfuet
lt burns so ctean
Throbs in the veins
Of my betoved machine
She is mywife
Her mechanicat heart
Constantly serving titt death do us part
Now our gtorious war draws to a ctose
The _ettow winds btow
And l have to know
Oh, Industry
Whatever will become of me
Oh, Industry
Whatever will become of me
Of me
lndustry, charity, faith Oh
Great !
Well, l didn't understand one damn thing in that play.
- That was the worst. - Oh, Frank. How can you say that ?
- It was brilliance. Brilliance. - Get out of here.
- Were we at the same play ? - It was avant-garde at its best.
Mom, l'm showing you how they make the smoke.
ln the office, where he stashed the 1 5 cases he bought this afternoon.
- They taught him how to do it at Carnegie Tech. - It's the strangest thing...
but l just can't shake the feeling that l knowyou well.
l know, l feel the same way aboutyou. Why is that ?
Well, that's obvious. You must have met in a former life.
l don't suppose it has anything to do with the fact l talk about the two ofyou incessantly.
- Okay, eveybody, this is it ! - They're here.
All right, takeyour time.
- l got it. - Hill, l can't stand it.
Listen, listen. ''_ohn Pierce gives us a probing musical attack...
at automation, industy and the dehumanization ofthe American worker.''
''Earth Mother Bloom is a veritable Hannah Arendt ofsong.''
-Who's that ? Is she a singer ? - No. She's a, she--
No, a sociologist- philosopher-radical. It's a positive review.
- Positive. -_he Times. _he Times sa_s...
''CC Bloom's performance is both promising and purposeful.''
l propose a toast to a great writer...
and to a wonderful company.
- Where's the music ? - Yeah, let's party!
-To a long run. -A real long run.
And to a great director, John.
- A great-- - Okay, CC.
Will you take a picture with my cousins here ?
Just get in there. Good, good, good.
Okay, now smile.
More champagne, CC ?
- You've got to get me out ofhere ! - Be quiet, lady. Be quiet.
- l'm not drunk! -Yes,you are. Come on, let's go.
- You'll get a cup ofcoffee, sleep it off. feel better. - Don't touch me !
- Shut up ! - Relax and calm down. Now get in the house.
- l don't have to sleep anything off! - Go ahead.
l'll tell you for the last time, l wasn't the ringleader !
- Marge. - Huh ?
Have a drink on me. l was a big hit.
My God, what happened toyou ?
l went for a swim...
in the Central Park boating pond with my real friends.
Did you sleep with him ?
Yes, l did.
What a snake.
So, did the two ofyou fall in love ?
l don't know. It was incredibly romantic.
We went to the Plaza. We drank champagne.
l think he's the most attractive man l've ever met in my life.
You and your feminist principles.
l know howyou feel about him. l feel sick about what l've done.
l showed a complete lack ofcharacter.
Sexual attraction has nothing to do with character...
unless-- unless you're Eleanor Roosevelt.
You mean, you would have done the same thing ?
Me ? Never.
l'd never do something that heartless to a friend.
- l swear, l'll never see him again. - Oh, who areyou kidding ?
Besides what's the diff_rence ?
The fact is, he doesn't even know l'm alive.
Looks like he's crazy aboutyou.
What are we gonna do ?
l don't know.
You want me to move out ?
What do l wantyou to move out for ?
l'm used toyou.
Besides, ifit hadn't been you, it would have been some other girl.
Will you still water my plants while l'm gone ?
- Where areyou going ? - l told you, San Francisco. My father's sick.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, sure. We're friends, aren't we ?
Hey, Hill,John says l'm outgrowing the Falcon Players, and l ought to move on.
What doyou think ? Where am l gonna go ?
l'm soryyou had to let go ofyourjob at the A.C.L.U., but, geez, don't give up.
Your fatherwill be better soon, and you'll be back.
Dear Ceece, l miss you.
l miss shopping at Bergdorfs. l miss our facials.
What can l say ? l'm now the adult, and my father's the child.
l'm also dating a young lawyer, Michael Essex.
He's got good breeding and a good personality and good body.
Hillay, you'll never believe it. l got offered a Broadway revue.
lt's called ''Sizzle.'' It's in the worst possible taste.
lt's vulgar, it's gross, it's dirty, and you know what ?
lt's gonna make me a huge star.
-All right, what do l do ? - Let me showyou how to hold it.
Put three fingers down and make a circle. Stick the cue through the circle.
- Okay, all right. -Just go for the ten. Here.
Make that--
- Ooh, l like this. Look, it came back. - Prettygood.
Okay, that's it. That's all you get. Stop. Wait. Stop.
l like the sound. It's a great little sound.
Click. Click, click.
So, you hear anything about Hillay ?
Um, her father took a turn for the worst...
and she has to stay in San Francisco a little longer than she thought.
You play. l'll just watch.
- You mean, play alone ? - Yeah, you do that pretty good.
Dear Ceece, l thought it over and l feel you should be true to your talent...
and not be seduced by the money of Broadway.
By the way, how are my plants doing ?
l gotta tell you, girls, you don't look that good.
l wish you'd cheer up.
She'll be back soon. l miss her too.
Now, come on,John, what do we need signers for ?
How many deafpeople are gonna come see our show ?
Three. Three deafpeople always come to see any show.
Will you get out ofmy office ? l don't want to talk about it anymore.
- CC ! CC, come on. -What ?
- Hi, Bill. What's the matter ? - Come, come in here. Come.
Where the heckwereyou all dayyesterday ?
Shopping. Why ?
- Why ? l must have tried to call you a billion times. - No kidding ?
My machine must be broken. l wonderwho else called.
What's the matter ? What did you want ?
- l don't know. - You don't know ?
l guess l missed you.
That's a nice thing to say.
- You want to have dinner tonight again after the show ? - Yeah. Yeah.
- Like a real date ? - Real.
- Semi-date. - Whatever.
Okay.
Any news about the funeral ?
The funeral. Well--
The funeral was yesterday, and she's gonna stay a little while longer...
to settle the estate with her father's lawyer.
That's all l know.
-Well, Hillay, l did it. - Bye, Mr.--
l'm leaving the Falcon Players next month...
to start that bawdy revue l told you about, the one called ''Sizzle.''
l knowyou don't approve, but, hey, l'm gonna be rich.
l can't wait.
Suicide.
Dear CC, Well, l did it.
l'm Mrs. Michael Essex.
Michael wasn't just my father's lawyer.
He was the son my father never had.
And in his final days, it gave him greatjoy to see us together.
The ceremonywas beautiful...
and ourwedding reception small but lovely.
The only flaw was your absence.
But l understand the show must go on.
By the way, how'sJohn ?
Doyou see much ofhim socially ?
Last night, when we were making love...
did you say you loved me ?
What ?
l thought l heard you say you loved me.
Did you ?
Yes, l did.
ls that usual ?
What doyou mean ?
l mean, is it part ofyour routine ?
Doyou say it to eveybody ?
l don't have a routine, CC.
l haven't said it to anybody in ten years.
ls that true ?
l'm a womanizer, CC. l'm not a liar.
That's great...
'cause l have the most wonderful idea.
For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, till death doyou part.
CC andJohn, by the powervested in me by the state of New York...
l now pronounceyou man and wife.
By the way, you may kiss the bride.
Here's your tape.
l've got to get back to my lunch.
- What did you do that for ? - This is the happiest moment ofmy life.
l don't everwantyou to forget it.
Does that make any sense ?
Perfect. l t makes perfect sense.
l know you by heart
That's CC Bloom's biggest hit of 1 988.
Thousands ofCC's fans were disappointed last night when her concert was rained out.
lnsiders sayshe'd left earlier for personal reasons, but whatever the reason...
all money will be refunded and the concert rescheduled for a tater date.
Putt over, ptease.
- She's running ten minutes late. - l waited a year for this play.
Hillay.
Hillay, the curtain's going up.
Oh, sory, Michael.
And now we takeyou back to 1 9th centuy Bavaria...
for a vey sad stoy about two ofmy favorite subjects:
industrial theft and bosoms !
Otto Titsling inventor and Kraut
Had nothing to get very worked up about
His inventions were failures His future seemed bteak
He _ed to the opera at teast twice a week
One night at the opera He saw an Aida
Whose bust was so big it woutd often impede her
Bug-eyed, he watched her fatt into the pit
Done in by the weight ofthose terribte tits
Oh, myGod There she btows
Aerodynamicatty this girt was a mess
Otto eyeballed the diva lying comatose amongst the reeds
And he suddenly felt the _re ofinspiration flood his sout
He ran back to his workshop where he futzed and futzed and futzed
For Otto Titsling had found his quest
To lift and mold the femate breast
To point the small ones to the sky
To keep the big ones high and dry
Every night he'd sweat and snort
Searching for the right support
He tried some string and paper ctips
Hey, he even tried his own two tips
Well, he stitched and he slaved and he staved and he stitched
Until _nally one night in the wee hours ofmorning
Otto arose from his workbench triumphant, _es
He had invented the world's _rst over-the-shoulder boutder-hotder
Hooray
Exhausted, but ecstatic Otto ran out to the diva
Bearing the prototype in his hot tittte hand
But little did Otto know
At the moment ofhis greatest triumph
lurking under the diva's bed was none other
Than the veryworst ofthe French patent thieves
Phittipe De Brassiere
And Phil was watching the scene with a great deat ofinterest
later that night white ourAida stept
lnto the wardrobe Phittipe softty crept
He fumbled through knickers and corsets gatore
Till he found Otto's tit sling and he ran out the door
Crying,''Oh, myGod Whatjoy,what btiss''
''l'm gonna make me a mittion from this''
''Every woman in the world witt want to buy one''
''l will have att the goods''
''Manufactured in Taiwan''
Ooh !
The result ofthis swindte
ls pointedty ctear
Doyou buy a Titsting
Or do you buy a Brassiere
Hoo !
Listen, l've got a racquetball court in the morning.
So we go in, say hello, a quick dinner and back to the hotel nice and early, right ?
- We already agreed on that. - And let's be sure to tell her how wonderful we thought the show was.
- You are going to be civil, aren't you ? - Ofcourse l'm going to be civil.
She's yourvey best friend in the whole wide world, right ?
Ta-da ! l can't believe it's reallyyou.
l'm so happy to seeyou again.
Oh, Hillay, Hillay. And you.
- This is Michael. - Oh, hello, Michael.
- You were fabulous tonight. - Oh, it's so exciting to finally meetyou.
That Otto thing thatyou did-- l really enjoyed it.
Stay, stay, Arthur. Stay.
Stay. Arthur, Arthur, back to the bedroom.
Back ! You're embarrassing me, you idiot !
Get back ! Go back, you brain-damaged bag ofbones or l'll haveyou gassed !
- This is quite an apartment. - Oh, doyou like it ? l'm so glad.
Naturally, ofcourse, we're paying through the nose for it, but...
really l think it's worth evey single penny.
We're leasing, but we have an option to buy.
lt's so close to the theater and the stores.
Rememberwhen we said we wouldn't be caught dead above 1 4th Street ?
l couldn't bear that downtown squalor one more second.
But enough about me. Let's talk aboutyou.
What doyou think ofme ?
No, tell me the truth. What did you think ofthe show ?
Areyou kidding ? We loved it. Especially that Otto--
Stay, stay ! Stay, stay, stay.
Good boy. Stay.
-John. - Oh, my God. Hillay.
l haven't seen you since the night that play opened.
Yeah, it's been a long time.
John. John. Come, you haven't met Michael Essex, Hillay's husband.
This is my husband, John Pierce.
So, Hillay, what doyou think ofthe place, huh ?
Not exactly the old dump on Avenue ''A;' huh ?
No, it's not. It's all so new.
Yeah. New.
No, l don't miss practicing law at all.
But it meant so much toyou.
lt's a little difficult having two lawyers in the same household.
Somebody's got to do the entertaining.
Hillay, really, truly, you were devoted.
l thoughtyou were. The poor man's friend, you know ?
Yeah, l'm still the poor man's friend.
- Taxi ! - l guess you are. John.
There are lots ofways to be the poor man's friend.
- Let the doorman do that. -John, tell me what you've been doing with yourself.
Oh, living the high life with hi-ho here.
- He looks good, doesn't he ? - Yeah.
The theater's mounted a lot ofnew, successful productions this year.
- We're vey lucky. l bet. - l bought thejacket.
Yeah. Ifl was in the theater, l'd want to bejust likeyou.
l would. You have an integrity that seems Iacking in so many others.
So what doyou do all day now thatyou're a housewife ?
l mean, don'tyou get bored sitting around all day ?
No, because l don't sit around the house all day. l'm extremely busy.
- Doing what ? - l beg your pardon ?
How doyou keep busy ? Doing what ?
What is this, CC, the Spanish Inquisition ?
We haven't seen each other for a while. l just want to know how she spends her time.
- Is that a crime ? -l don't know. Is that a crime, Michael ?
l don't know. You're the lawyer. Is that a crime ?
l spend my time working on various charities.
l'm on the board oftheJunior League, the Stately Homes Preservation Society.
- l'm a docent at the art museum. - She's a docent. She docents.
Excuse me. There's someone bigger than you here tonight.
- You've got your horticulture classes. - Horticulture classes.
You may not be aware ofit, but gardening's an art.
Hey, who's criticizing ? Just soyou're happy.
l am. l'm vey, vey happy.
- Miss Bloom ! Good to seeyou. - Hi.
- Mr. Pierce. How areyou ? - How areyou, Nicky ?
-Just a second. l have your favorite table ready. - Great.
Vey happy.
- This is the toast of Broadway: CC Bloom. - Hi. Nice to seeyou.
- Who's winning ? - l am.
By quite a bit.
l'm home !
- In here. - Arthur, get down. Get down !
You're still playing cards ? You were playing cards when l left this morning.
- So ? -You want to stop maybe and have a late lunch ?
- No, l don't. Doyou, Hillay ? - No, thanks.
Arthur !
- This is a great color on me, isn't it ? - l guess.
-Well, is it or isn't it ? Be specific. - No, it isn't.
lt makes you look like a corpse. Is that specific enough foryou ?
May l have a tissue, please ?
Thankyou.
- Hill, l have a great idea. Let's get a facial. - Oh, l can't.
Michael's conference ends in an hour, and then we have to leave for the airport.
- l wish l could. - Maybe next time.
Oh, Hill, look. Isn't this divine ?
lt's so sweet.
l can't wait to have a baby.
l know whatyou mean.
-You do ? - Ofcourse l do.
- Whywouldn't l ? - l don't know.
l just thought someone likeyou wouldn't care about children.
You're so obsessed with your career and all.
l'm not obsessed.
Just because l work doesn't mean ''someone like me'' doesn't want to have children.
Well, wanting them and caring for them properly are two different things.
lt's a full-timejob.
For some people.
Yes, the ones that take the responsibility seriously...
and don'tjust have children to grati_ their overweening egos.
- Can l showyou something ? - No, thankyou.
What the hell is going on here ?
- Would you please Ioweryourvoice ? - No, l won't.
l want to know what's eating you. You have been a total bitch ever sinceyou came to New York.
l could say the same thing aboutyou.
- l've simply been reacting toyou. - For God's sake, don'tyou get it ?
We've grown apart. It happens to the best offriends.
lt's happened to us. We might as well face it.
- You're ridiculous. - l'm ridiculous ?
We haven't grown apart. You'_e fallen apart.
l don't think l care to pursue this. So long, CC. Take care.
Why, you stuck-up little witch !
- When your father died, he took the best ofyou with him. - Don't make a scene.
You tried to be an interesting person for a while, but look atyou now.
You've completely reverted to type.
You're nothing but a small-minded, tight-ass little snob these days !
How would a pretentious little climber likeyou know that ?
- Experience. - ''Experience'' ?
- l know what's eating you too. - Really ? What's eating me ?
- Plain, old-fashionedjealousy. -Jealousy ? Jealousy ?
What am l jealous of? Your insane ambition ? No, it must beyour new money.
No, l-l'm jealous ofyour marriage ofconvenience.
That must be it.
Mywhat ?
Aren'tyou afraid you got him by default ?
Maybe l am.
But at least l belong to myself...
which is more than l can say foryou.
l'm doing what l set out to do. Remember ?
l'm living the lifeyou didn't have the courage for.
So don't give me you're notjealous.
You're sojealous you can hardly breathe.
Can l helpyou with something ?
Oh, no. No, thanks.
Ladies and genttemen...
the captain has turned off the seat bett sign.
Please feel free to move about the cabin...
but we do suggest, foryour own safety...
that you keep your seat belt fastened white seated.
- l'll be right back. - Okay.
Butwhatwill l do without a best friend ?
You've got me.
lt's not the same.
Dear Hill...
Stop sending my letters back.
l have to talk toyou.
Okay, okay, so we had a fight. So what ?
Let's make up.
John and l are having such a terrible time lately.
l don't know what's the matter with him. My career's going so well.
Come on, Hill, lighten up.
l'm your only ethnic friend.
Please, Hill, keep in touch.
Love, CC.
Sory. Coming home for dinner tonight ?
Um, no, sweetie. l don't think so.
- l'm swamped with work. - Work, yeah.
- What's on your-- Uh-- - What about-- Sory.
- You were-- - l just wondered whatyou were going to be doing today.
Me ? l'm going to myexercise class...
and l'm going to buya wrench.
A wrench ? Why ?
We don't have one.
Well, super.
Sounds good.
- Bye. - Bye-bye.
l don't think l'll be too late. Bye.
J Isn't it nice here in Miami Arthur ?
Maybeyou ought to think about moving down here. What doyou say ?
Are we thereyet ?
The neighbor said the beach across from the Fontainebleau.
Don't wory. l wait with the puppy.
CC ! CC, my baby!
l don't believe that it's you !
Y-You-You're a gift from God ! You're a dream !
- You're a dream come true for me ! - l just sawyou last month.
- Who is that ? - CC Bloom. So eveyone should look ?
- This is my daughter, CC Bloom, the Broadway star. - CC, can we haveyour autograph ?
Skedaddle. My friends: Mrs. Valdez, Mrs. Cohen, Mr. Levine.
- He's in bagels. - It's a distinct pleasure.
Could you give me five minutes ? We want to talk.
- Take a dip. - Nice meeting you.
- Sit down. - She's a real star.
What doyou mean, you left him ? What happened ?
After only threeyears, you left him ?
Was it anotherwoman ?
lt's not a soap opera, Leona. Eveything with you is a soap opera.
Tell me, honey. Go ahead. Get it offyour chest.
Somethingjust died between us, that's all.
He used to care what happened to me.
He stopped paying attention to me.
What's so funny ?
Never mind.
Leona, what's so funny ? Why areyou laughing ?
Tell me why you're laughing !
- Ma ! Tell me ! - What ?
All right, l'm gonna tell you. You want to know ? l'm gonna tell you.
Why doyou think l'm living down here in Florida, huh ?
l give up. You like the sun.
l don't give a shit about the sun !
l'm here because it's peaceful ! That's why !
You always wanted too much attention.
You wanted so much attention from eveybody all the time thatyou wore people out.
You wore me out, you woreyour father out-- may he rest in peace--
by the time you were 1 5 years old !
Oh, come on. l loveyou, CC.
- No, you don't. - Yes, l do.
l loveyou vey much.
But l just can't pay any more attention toyou.
You know what l mean ? l want to, but l just can't do it.
And ifl wereyou...
l wouldn't leave anybody for not paying attention to me.
Because sooner or later, you're gonna have to leave eveybody.
You understand me ?
Welcome home, Miss Bloom.
Arthur ! Arthur ! That's it !
- l'm putting you to sleep ! - l got him.
Do me a favor. Take him for a walk down by the river.
- Maybe somebodywill steal him ! - All right !
John, l'm back.
John ?
John.
John ?
John, l'm begging you. Please give me another chance. Please ?
Please don't leave me.
l loveyou,John. l need you.
- You don't need me. What doyou need me for ? - What ? l need you !
You need an escort ? You need somebody to hang up the fur coat ?
Come on. That's not how l want to spend my life.
l don't care about success the way thatyou do, CC.
Moving into the mainstream-- You know that never interested me.
We have been fighting about this for so long.
What's wrong with success ?
We're Americans. We're supposed to want to be successful.
- You're too good for it, is that it ? - Yeah, that must be it.
No, l like it here. l'm happy here. This is what l do.
l'm not threatened. l'm not scared. l just-- l'm glad you're a success.
- It makes me happy thatyou're successful. -Areyou ?
Yes. l just don't want to go whereyou're going.
Then l won't go.
You're already gone, Cecilia. You're long gone.
You're CC Bloom. What the hell's the matter with that ?
That's great. That makes me happy.
l feel that in some small way that maybe l had something to do with that.
Areyou sure this is whatyou want ?
Yeah. l'm sure.
l loveyou. l'll always loveyou.
l just want to let go ofus before ''us'' gets bad.
Happy anniversay, sweetie.
Oh, Michael.
Oh, we're so good here. Nobody around.
l know it. l love it here.
l wish l didn't have to go back tonight.
Doyou really have to ? Can'tyou stay one more day ?
- l could quit myjob. - Good. l'd like it. One more day, come on.
l'm sory, Hillay.
l'll seeyou back home on Monday.
lfyou're lucky.
Have a good weekend.
Hi. You're back early from the beach.
Yeah, it got rained out.
- It's beautiful now. - Yes.
That's my robe.
Don't dump me, Freddy.
Don't dump me when we get back to Lubbock.
The only thing that kept me going was waiting foryou to come back.
Don'tyou wory about a thing, little darlin'.
l'm gonna take good care ofyou. Give me a little kiss.
Stop that. We didn't rehearse that.
This isn't working for me !
Shit.
- Cut. - That's a cut.
Cut ! Cut !
- Was there too much dust ? - It's fine.
- Stop rocking the truck. - Quit the dust-- Will you stop the rocking !
Jay, baby, how was the belch ? Was it real ?
Vey honest, vey good. What is it this time ?
- l wouldn't do a thing like that ! - Do what ?
Beg this asshole to stick around after he screwed my sister and stole myWinnebago.
Whywould somebody like me do such a pathetic thing ?
Ah ! Because it's notyou. It's a hooker from Lubbock. It's called acting.
- Why don'tyou do that until l tell you to stop ? Trust me. - Trustyou ?
You haveyour frigging head in that monitor the whole time !
You haven't said anything about character or motivation !
You could be watching a Laker game in there for all l know !
Clear the set, will you ?
- Clear the set, people. - Clear the set !
- Look, it's no secret, CC.
l didn't wantyou on this picture. You're trouble.
Your looks are shot. The bags underyour eyes, doll--
You got enough luggage in there to go to Europe.
l don't know what you've been doing to get by.
Maybeyou still thinkyou can dazzle them with your talent.
l'm here to tell you you're through. You ain't got it anymore.
You getyour fat ass back in the truck, and you'll shutyour smart mouth.
You'll do evey line as written; eveyword, evey syllable.
-We understand each other ? - Yes ! You asshole !
Stop it ! Get this bitch offme ! Come on !
All right !
Show a little respect !
Dear Hillay, Ifyou're still mad at me, you're gonna love this letter.
My career is now officially approaching oblivion.
My agent had a brilliant idea. He thinks l should be a disco queen.
What doyou think ?
Yours, CC.
Look at this.
Your friend, the singer-- She's here in San Francisco.
- CC ? Where ? -The Pink Palm.
l met my first husband there.
lt's a snake pit.
Wait till l get my hands on that agent. l'll kill him !
That toad. He told me this was a nightclub with leather banquettes...
and a dressing room with a door on it !
l mean, look at this place ! It looks like a flamingo threw up in here !
Lady, lady, excuse me. We're not open yet.
Well, lookwho's here.
lt's okay.
Oh, Ceece, l'm so glad to seeyou.
l feel awful for sending your letters back.
l don't even know what happened in New York. l don't care anymore.
l wantyou to know, whatever it was you said...
l forgiveyou.
Go home.
l have nothing to say to you.
No.
l do have something to say.
You and your damned letters.
Evey time l opened one, l was happy before l even read it.
Just to get them made me feel important.
All your crappy stories, your big dreams !
- l didn't know that. - Well, what the hell did you know ?
Did you know how bad things were for me ?
Did you know my career was in the toilet ?
No, becauseyou never answered one ofmy letters.
lfyou'd only answered one, just one !
Tell me what ajerk l was, anything.
l don't know how to fight back. l'm not strong likeyou.
You took awayyour friendship without even discussing it with me.
That friendship was more important to me than anything.
l trusted it. l believed in it.
Butyou didn't.
And now it's gone.
Thankyou vey, vey much for forgiving me...
but l don't forgiveyou.
l wasjealous.
l was sojealous ofyou l couldn't see straight !
You did eveything you said you were going to do ! Eveything !
And your talent ! This incredible talent !
l-l can't even yodel !
Hillay!
What's yodeling got to do with it ?
You're beautiful.
You're smart.
People look atyou.
lt was all my fault.
No, it was our fault.
No. No, you were right, whatyou said.
You were right. WhenJohn looked atyou, it used to drive me nuts.
l can't even think about it today. Look at me. l start to shake.
Excuse me. Could l have a Stinger, please ?
Here, here.
- You want something ? - l can't.
lt wasjust so obvious he was in love with you.
- Oh, Hillay, itwas ? - Ofcourse it was.
- Didn'tyou know that ? - We broke up.
Oh, no.
lt really did me in.
l was so wrecked, they had to shut down my first picture.
- What happened ? - It was horrible.
l was terribly edgy.
l wasn't comfortable in the medium, you know ?
So l broke the director'sjaw.
Worst ofall Arthur died'.
- Oh, l'm sory. - He was hit by a laundy truck.
- He wentjust like that. - At least he didn't suffer.
No, but l always thought l hated him, when really l loved him.
- There was no time for me to show him any affection. - l'm sure he guessed.
- He never knew how much l cared. - No, he guessed.
- People know those things. - Hillay, believe me, he wasn't smart.
You shouldn't torture yourselflike this.
Ceece, wh-who's Arthur ?
My dog. Remember my Great Dane ?
Oh, he was so stupid, but he was so sweet.
He used to like to run after trucks and--
Hillay, you've got so fat !
l'm not fat. l'm having a baby.
You're not. You're having a baby ?
- l'm three months pregnant. - That's great !
Before l caught him with that woman, we made love and--
- What woman ? - There is this woman, and l caught them together.
- Michael ? - Ofcourse, Michael. And that's when it happened.
Except he doesn't want it because he's going to mary her.
Can you believe he's going to mary her ?
Would you make this a double, please ?
Let me get this straight. You caught Michael with another woman ?
Yes.
And nowyou're going to have a baby all on your own ?
Oh, Hillay, l think that's so wonderful.
-You do ? Really ? - l do ! l think it's the most exciting thing.
And ifit's a girl, will you name it after me ?
Oh, Ceece.
Baby mine
Do_'tyou cy
Baby mine
- Oh, CC, feel this. - Dry your eye
Press your head ctose to my heart
Never to part
Baby of mine
Littte one
When you ptay
Pay no heed
What they say
Let your eyes sparkte and shine
Nevera tear
Baby of mine
- No, l wantyou to come. - Forget it.
- Why ? - Becauseyou know how l feel about sickness.
- It depresses me. - l'm not sick, l'm pregnant.
l know, but this is a hospital. There are sick people here in the halls.
- You don't want to see the baby on the screen ? - Draw me a picture, Hillay.
- Hi. - Hi, l'm HillayWhitney to see Dr. Milstein.
- Okay, Dr. Milstein. Sixth floor. - Thanks. - You're welcome.
- Hittary! -Oh, hi.
My obstetrician. This is Dr. Richard Milstein.
- This is my oldest friend-- - CC Bloom.
- Herself. - l've always been a great fan ofyours.
- How nice. - l traveled through a hurricane to seeyou on Broadway.
Really ? Gee, l hope it was worth it.
Oh, absolutely. You were brilliant.
And yourwife ? Did she think it was worth it too ?
Oh, that was before l was married.
Oh.
Also, she's not mywife anymore.
l just got divorced Iastyear.
Oh.
Oh, l'm so sory to hear it.
l mean--
l hope it wasn't too painful. Areyou ready foryour radar ?
lt's sonar, and l thought you weren't coming because you don't like sick people.
Not coming with you ? Areyou mad ?
l wouldn't dream ofmissing a chance to see the little darling on screen.
- What floor ? - Six.
Okay.
- What did you think ? l couldn't tell. - About the restaurant ?
Gee, l thought it was great. l love that Victorian crap.
Really ? l thought it would be too provincial foryou after New York City.
- No, l grew up in the provinces. - Uh-huh.
Really ? Where ?
- The Bronx. - Oh.
- l-l suppose you're anxious to get back. - To the Bronx ?
- No, to New York City, show business and eveything. - Oh.
Oh, yeah, that.
Maybe l am and maybe l'm not.
What doyou mean, maybeyou're not ?
Well, maybe l'm sick ofthe show business life.
Maybe l want to have something normal for a change, huh ?
Maybe l'd like to be a wife and a mother and-and-and have kids...
andjoin a quilting bee and have a station wagon.
- Did l hurtyou ? - No, no, l'm all right.
You mean you'd consider giving upyour career for marriage ?
Oh, God, yeah.
lfl met the right guy, maybe.
Okay, Hillay, shutyour eyes.
l can't believe how perfect this is.
Look. What do you think ?
Am l the picture ofa doctor's wife orwhat ?
l don't know what to say.
You hate it.
You hate my hat. You hate my hair.
No, no, it's the brooch. Here, wait a minute.
- Ty this one. It was my grandmother's. - That's so beautiful.
- It will be perfect. - You think my brooch is tacky ?
- This will make it perfect. Don't wory about it. - Oh, thankyou.
- Eveything will be all right. - A doctor, a doctor
l can't believe l'm marrying a doctor, a doctor
lt's foryou. It's your agent.
You're leaving ? Just like that ?
l have to. It's a lead. A lead !
lt's my chance to come back from the dead.
- What about the baby ? - l'll be back for that. l told you that.
- Look, doyou want this ? l can't reallywear-- - No.
- All right. What about the brooch ? - No, l won't letyou do this.
- What ? -Justwaltz in and make a mess and leave it for me to clean up.
l don't know whatyou're talking about. l told you l would clean up the room.
l'm talking about Richard, your fiance.
You're heartless. You are really heartless.
- Youjust used that poor man to get back on your feet. - l did not !
- You did too ! - l did not ! - You did too!
Maybe l did.
But l didn't know l was doing it, so it doesn't count.
Besides, l feel terrible about it, all right ?
All right.
Then have the decency to tell him you're leaving.
Yeah, all right, l will.
Good.
But l was, uh--
- l wasjust thinking. - Thinking what ?
l'm in a mad rush to get back to NewYork.
- l've got to go. - No.
- He's a vey old friend ofyours. - No.
- He'd take it coming from you. - No !
- He's your gynecologist ! - No.
Hillay, please.
Please.
l can't face him.
She's gone ?
lt was the part ofa lifetime, Richard. Shejust had to go.
l don't understand it.
J ust yesterday she was telling me how she wanted to become a nurse.
Here. You might as well have this.
Oh, thankyou. It's lovely.
lt's--
Why don't we get together next week and have lunch and talk about it.
- Sure, sure. - Really ? You mean it ?
You're perfectlywelcome to come inside.
No, thanks, Hillay. l really should get going.
- Take out that whole section there. -John ?
Hi, CC.
Gee, you haven't changed a bit.
Neither haveyou.
You look great.
When my agent...
told me it was you who wanted me for this show, l--
l just couldn't believe it.
Why me ?
Well, l heard you weren't busy.
l bet.
You're the only person with enough talent to play the part.
Soyou'll do it, even though l'm the director ?
- Sure, l'll do it. -You will ?
Mm-hmm. Business is business.
So, rehearsals start Monday ?
1 O:OO sharp.
Thankyou.
What doyou mean, you can't ?
- Some people are afraid ofsnakes. - Snakes ?
- What does that have to do with anything ? - l'm afraid ofblood.
l'm afraid ofdeath. l can't even stand to hear someone say, ''mucous membrane.''
- You were going to be my partner. - l've made a terrible mistake.
l should have known you'd do something like that ! This isn't the first time !
What areyou saying ?
The timeyou left me waiting in the lobby ofthe Plaza Hotel and you never showed up.
l cannot believe you're bringing that up again !
lt was the most inconsiderate thing anyone's ever done to me.
l toldyou a million times what happened.
l went to the Iranian queen for a pedicure.
His manic-depressive boyfriend stole my purse with eveything in it !
- CC. - Richard.
Hi. Congratulations. l hearyour play is a success.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Thanks. l hearyou're getting married.
- Hillay told me she's quite beautiful. -Thankyou.
She also says she's vey-- she's vey nice.
You're going to stay, aren'tyou ?
How'd l get in here ?
Miss Bloom, areyou all right ?
Somebody ! Anybody !
Oh, you gotta bejoking !
CC.
Wake up. Ceece ?
- Is it over ? -Yes.
-What is it ? - It's a girl.
lt's a beautiful little girl.
Oh, she's so beautiful.
This is the most important moment ofmy entire life.
Look at her.
She's vey smart.
l do not fear theWizard ofEvil...
for l am Princess Opgel...
and even he cannot resist my powers.
l know he locked Prince Charlie in the tower--
Victoria Cecilia, areyou in bed yet ?
Yes, Mom.
And she goes to rescue the princess.
And she goes up the slimy steps...
and meets the Wizard, and she kills--
The Wizard of Evil shows up unexpectedly...
and he grabs the princess.
He puts her into a deep, deep sleep...
for at least eight hours, l hope.
Come on. Let me pull the bed down.
Just ten more days till school's out.
You know what ? l can't wait too.
l don't know aboutyou, but l am exhausted.
- Loveyou. - Loveyou.
- Good night. - Good night.
Pouncer, Pouncer The wonder cat
l'm so glad you're _ot a rat
Or a bat or too fat
- Pouncer, Pouncer, the wonder cat - Victoria, it's time for dinner.
Dear favorite lawyer, that was great adviceyou gave me.
l held out, and they had to outbid two other record companies to keep me.
So l get to do another album, and l'm going to pick music that l like.
You are the greatest. Love, Ceece.
But, Mom, you said l could.
You can invite Melissa the last week in August, but not before.
But l thought she could stay the whole month. l already told her.
Then ''untell'' her. l-l want this summer to be peaceful.
l can't shake this flu. l'm tired.
l don't want to spend my time taking care ofother people's children. Understood ?
Butwhowill l playwith ?
The same children you've played with evey summer sinceyou were born:
the ones who live there.
l'm late !
l'm sory, puss. l'm just so tired.
l'm vey tired.
You're always tired.
Hey.
- Thanks a lot. - Bye-bye.
- Okay. Hi, Frank. Gorgeous night, isn't it ? - It certainly is.
By the way, l want to congratulate you forwinning the Tony.
- Wasn't that something ? Did you like my speech ? - Oh, yeah. Yeah.
l didn't mean a word. Did you see those three other broads gnashing their teeth ?
- Yeah. - It was great, wasn't it ?
- What's this for ? - It'll keepyou honest.
- Congratulations on the Nordoffcase. - Thanks.
- Oh, Hillay, doyou have a minute ? -Just. l'm due in court now.
Well, the attorney from the drug company called me this morning.
- Theywant to settle out ofcourt. - l bet they do. Forget it.
You're being stubborn.
l'm not stubborn. l'm right.
Look, l respectyou-- We all respectyou--
but get off your moral high horse and--
Going to court is not going to solve a thing.
lt'sjust going to complicate a simple financial deal between your client and mine.
Hillay ? Hillay, you all right ?
- Hillay,you all right ? - Can't breathe.
- What's the matter ? - She can't breathe. She can't breathe.
- l don't know what's going on. - Oh, my God. Call a doctor, somebody !
- Doyou know C.P.R. ? - No, l don't.
- Honey, what can we do foryou ? - Maybe she's a diabetic.
l don't know. What is it ? Call 91 1 ! Call a doctor!
Technically, it's called viral cardiomyopathy.
What that means toyou is that she will suffer from shortness ofbreath...
fatigue, dizziness.
- Doyou mean all the time ? - l'm afraid so.
You see, this virus attacks the heart and damages the muscle.
l don't know how disciplined she is now...
but she's gonna have to change her lifestyle.
With proper rest and medicine, we can slow down the deterioration.
- Hi, puss ! - Hi, Mom.
Come here. Give me a kiss. l missed you so much.
Missed you too.
- What areyou doing here alone ? - Aunt Vesta's outside talking to the doctor.
- Oh. - Areyou okay ?
- Sure, l am. l'm gonna be home at the end oftheweek. - Really ?
- Yeah. - Good ! What's this ?
See ? l t's how the doctor can tell what's wrong with me.
- What is wrong with you, an_ay ? - l caught a virus.
ln your heart ?
Who told you that ?
l heard the doctor say it to Aunt Vesta.
Yes, l caught a virus in my heart.
And you caught three new freckles.
- You've been busy, haven'tyou ? - Yeah. What's their names ?
- Ellen, BettyAnn and Benji. - What color are they ?
- Broken windows and empty hallways - Hi.
l was wondering ifyou could help me.
- l want to see eveything you have on a heart disease... - A pale, dead moon
- called cardiomyopathy. - In a sky streaked with gray
Let me look that up foryou.
- Human kindness - Viral cardiomyopathy.
ls overflowing
And l think it's gonna rain
Today
Scarecrows dressed
ln the tatest stytes
With frozen smites
To chase love away
Human kindness
ls overflowing
And l think it's gonna rain
Today
Lonety
So tonety
Tin can at my feet
l think l'll kick it down the street
That's the way to treat
Afriend
Bright before me
The signs imptore me
Hetp the needy
And show them the way
Human kindness
ls overflowing
And l think it's gonna rain
Today
Hillay, l want to help.
l came all the way from New York. Just tell me what we have to do.
l've chosen medication and rest.
But that's not vey aggressive, Hillay.
- There's lots ofstuffthey can do for the heart nowadays. - Sure, l'm on a list for a donor...
but it's unlikely with my tissue type.
Butyou will get better ?
Look at it this way:
l'll never have to take another aerobics class.
W-Why doyou always go to those crappyjokes, Hillay ?
l mean, l feel Iousyenough as it it.
These are nice.
l better put them in water before they die. l mean, wilt.
- CC. - What ?
l still want to take Victoria to the beach house for the summer...
and we can't go alone.
No, ofcourse not.
Well, don't wory about it. l'll hireyou a nurse.
No, it's all right. We can, um--
l'll do that myself.
Better put those in water before they die.
- Where did you get this ? - Get what ?
This is great.
This picture ofus in Atlantic City.
Victoria found it in a box.
Look at us.
l always hated my hair.
What a pair.
Well...
now that l finished my record...
l'm free for a while.
Maybe l should go to the beach with you instead ofa nurse.
l'd like that.
Yeah.
Sure.
l set the alarm on yourwristwatch...
so we'd know what time to giveyou your pills.
- Areyou okay ? - Yeah. Why ?
- Well, you made a noise. - l did not make a noise.
- l distinctly heard you make a noise. - l did not make a noise.
What areyou doing ? What areyou doing ?
l'm just helping you into the car.
- Yeah, l still have the use ofmy legs. - l wasjust being helpful.
Victoria, get in the car.
l always sit in the front with you.
CC's driving, soyou have to sit in the back.
Will you sit in the back with me, Mommy ?
There's not enough room.
When we get there, will you go swimming with me ?
l can't, but CC will. Won'tyou, Ceece ?
Yeah, sure. l love the water.
Never mind. l'll go by myself.
Hey!
You pull gently. Youjust reach back, and you pull gently.
Thankyou. Be my guest, all right ?
Who said l wanted to go swimming an_ay ?
lt was your idea.
All right, are we ready ?
- Yes. - We're off!
You lose again, CC.
l'm fed upwith this geographystuff.
Let's sing.
You are my sunshine My onty sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'II _everk_ow, dear how much l tove _ou
Please don't take my sunshine away
The other night, dear as l tay steeping
l dreamed l held you i_ my arms
But when l woke up l was mistaken
And l hung my head and l cried
Hi, Victoria ! Areyou staying all summer ?
Mom, the Halen family's here ! Hi, Tom !
What a place.
Well, that's the end ofit. This is the last piece in the trunk.
- That doesn't go there. - Well, where does it go ?
There.
Okay, Your Highness ?
- Areyou staying all summer ? - It looks like it.
Why ?
To helpyour mother.
She doesn't need any help. She has me.
Mom !
- What ? - CC's towel is on the floor.
Well, pick it up.
lfl leave my towel on the floor, you always make me pick it up myself.
She's a guest, honey.
Happy, dear ?
- Hi, Victoria ! - Hi, kids !
- Hi, Heather! Hi, Brigitte ! -Victoria !
Um, continue making the castle. l'll be back to checkyourwork.
- She's so bossy. - Yeah.
l think Pouncer's getting hungy.
You should probably bring him in.
We have the same hands.
You're right. We do.
We have exactly the same hands.
Come on, Pouncer.
- Come on. - There.
- Hillay, what areyou doing ? - l'm looking for a picture.
The one ofmy mother. l t's--
l have to find it. l can't remember her hands.
l can't remember.
Her hands ?
l'm so scared, CC.
l'm just so scared.
We'll find it. We'll find it.
lt'sjust gonna take a minute, that's all.
Here's one.
That's it.
Thankyou.
Come on, you know the words.
l can't. There's too many people.
Who's watching ? What's the matter ?
You think we're gonna get arrested ?
People pay me to do this. You ought to come see me work sometime.
- Could l ? - Ofcourseyou can. l'll tell your mommy.
Okay, you ready ?
First you put your two knees ctose up tight
Thenyou swing 'em to the left and you swing 'em to the right
You step around the _oor kind of nice and tight
And then you twist around and twist around with all ofyour might
Spread your loving arms way out in space
Thenyou do the eagle rock with styte and grace
Put your foot way out and bring it back
And that's what l call Battin' theJack
Vey good. Vey good.
Take our bow. Thankyou.
Vey nice. Vey nice.
Bravo ! Bravo !
Hello ? Hold on. l'll see ifshe's here.
Hillay, it's foryou.
l'm not here.
Victoria, tell them she's not here.
You make me say that to all your friends.
They're gonna think l'm holding you prisoner.
l don't care what they think.
We're going down to the dock Iater to buy some lobsters.
- You want to come ? - You know l can't walk that far.
l'm gonna drive.
l'd rather not.
Okay, then, why don'tyou get dressed and sit outside on the beach with us ?
l'm happy here.
lt's a beautiful day.
Okay, stay in.
But will you at least-- Will you at least get out ofthose pajamas ?
You've been in them for over a week !
So what ? Who the hell areyou, the clothes police ?
Just leave me alone, okay ? That's all l want: to be Ieft fucking alone !
Hillay, l'm sory to keep on you...
but l know how hard this is foryou.
No, you don't. You don't know what this feels like at all.
l'm the one who won't live to see my daughter grow into a woman...
who won't be able to protect her from the world.
And l hate that she'd rather be with you...
who has energy, who is fun.
You told me to playwith her !
l know l did, but l didn't know itwas gonna make me feel like this !
l don't want it to be overwith yet.
Soyou don't understand what this feels like, all right ?
You're still in the land ofthe living.
Well, so areyou.
You're not dead yet, so stop living as ifyou are !
- That's wonderful. - Thank_ou.
All right now tett us the truth.
l wantyou to pull out att the stops on this.
We know the performer.
Who's the person ? Who is CC Btoom ?
Don't do it. Don't do it.
Oh, lila, l can't tellyou how manytimes...
- l've asked myself that very same question. - She's gonna do it.
First and foremost, l woutd have to say...
that CC feets things deepty.
CC is a deepty feeting person...
and, because ofthis, is deepty emotionat.
Do _ou understand ?
Can these two things exist separatety ?
Well, l'd-- l'd love to exptore this duatity...
but l'm afraid we'vejust run out oftime.
- But thankyou so much forjoining us on St____\_ - My pteasure, my pteasure.
And thankyou forjoining me on StarTalk.
And until next week, this is Lita Lake saying...
Don'tjudge, keep sharing.
- What did you think ? - l thinkyou sounded kind ofdumb.
Shut the darn thing off.
- Hi, Mom. - Hi, puss.
Sit here.
l thought l'd help with dinner. What are we having ?
- Beans. - Beans ?
Would you braid my hair, Mom ?
Sure. Come here.
Crap.
-Ah ! Gin and game. - l don't believe it.
- As usual. - Oh ! You're driving me--
- You will never beat me at cards. - You kill me.
- Never. - Youjust kill me.
You know, it's really been a great summer.
We have had some laughs, haven't we ?
You know what l was thinking about last night ?
Remember that first Christmas we had at the loft ?
l was remembering those stinking Christmas carols.
- What Christmas carols ? - ''What Christmas carols ?''
The Christmas carols you forced me to sing evey night.
- You know what ? - What ?
You really do stretch the truth. You know that ?
Out ofthe way, kids. We're tying to pack.
We're going home tomorrow.
But guess what ?
l'm going to Los Angeles to see a CC Bloom concert.
Can l beyour date ?
Good-bye, Hillay !
Bye !
Good-bye, CC, and thanks for the autograph.
l gotta go make lunch for Victoria.
''Stretch the truth.'' What crust.
Listen.
l know eveything there is to know aboutyou...
and my memoy is long.
My memoy is vey, vey long.
l'm counting on it.
Why does a squirrel make its nest so high up ?
So nobody can touch it.
Come on. l'll helpyou finish packing.
What doyou mean ? l'm already packed.
-What is all this stuff. huh ? - Myclothes.
You're only going to L.A. for two days.
Well, you never know what might come up.
- And that ? - Oh, l told CC l would Iearn her how to play.
Teach. And l think she's going to be too busywith her concert.
Next time.
ls the Holl_ood Bowl really a bowl ?
You'll see foryourself.
Now, get my brown cary-on bag.
lt's in the top ofthe hall closet.
-That's all l'm taking ? -Yep.
Now hury. The cab will be here in less than five minutes.
Go on.
Come on, Pouncer. Get offthe furniture.
Mom, the brown bag isn't in here.
The new maid must have moved it.
Mom !
Please get up. Please !
l don't know what to do ! Please !
Help me !
Please get up, Mom ! Please !
l t's time for Mrs. Fricker's shot.
HillayWhitney.
Hill ?
Hill.
Hi.
l waited foryou.
l'm here now.
l want to go.
l don't want Victoria to see me here.
Areyou sure ? Areyou really sure ?
Absolutely.
Okay.
Who do l speak to about getting HillayWhitney released ?
- Doyou know how sick she is ? - Yes, l know how sick she is, and so does she.
- She wants to go. - l don't thinkwe can let her go.
l have to talk to the doctor in charge.
lt must have been cold there in my shadow
To never have sunlight on _our face
You were content to tet me shine
That's your way
You always walked a step behind
So l was the one with att the gtory
Whileyou were the one with att the strength
A beautiful face without a name
For so tong
A beautiful smile to hide the pain
Did you ever know that you're my hero
And everything l woutd tike to be
l can _y higher than an eagte
Foryou are the wind beneath my wings
Did l ever tett _ou
You're my hero
You're everything everything
l wish l coutd be
Oh, and l l can fly higher
Than an eagte
'Cause _ou are the wind
Beneath my wings
Oh, the wind beneath mywings
You, you, you
The wind beneath my wings
Fty
So high against the sky
So high l almost touched the sky
Thank _ou, thank _ou
Thank God for_ou
The wind beneath
Mywi_gs
Victoria ?
Honey...
your shoes and socks are all wet.
Let's take them offbefore we get a cold. All right ?
l was...
just going through your mother's papers.
ln herwill Victoria, shë--
She said she wanted you to live with me...
butyou don't have to ifyou don't want to.
Eveybody wants you.
Aunt Vesta wants you. Eveyone wants you.
Can l stay here in my house ?
No.
Does my father know that she died ?
l don't know.
l thought you didn't see him.
l know who he is. l saw him on the street twice.
l can call him ifyou want.
No.
Well, maybe-- maybe someday.
lfyou don't--
lfyou don't want to come with me, Victoria...
l-l will understand.
l'll understand.
l mean, l don't know what kind ofa mother l'd make.
You wouldn't believe the things that go through my head sometimes.
And l'm vey selfish too.
l don't know what she was thinking ofwhen she picked me.
Not that l don't want to do it.
There's nothing in the world l want more than to be with you.
You think about it.
CC ?
lfl go with you...
can l bring mycat ?
Ofcourseyou can bring your cat.
You can bring any old thing you want.
lt's time to go, Victoria.
You've got to give a tittte
Take a tittte
And let your poor heart break a tittte
That's the story of
That's the gtory
Oftove
You got to taugh a tittte
Cry a tittte
Untit the ctouds
Rott by a tittte
That's the story of
That's the gtory
Oftove
As long as there's the two ofus
We've got the world and att its charms
And when the world is through with us
We've got
Each other's arms
You've got to win a tittte
Lose a tittte
Yes, and atwa_s
Have the btues a tittte
That's the story of
That's the gtory
Oftove
That's the story of
That's the gtory of
Love
- You know that song l just finished with ? - Yeah.
l sang that song the dayyour mother and l met at Atlantic City.
- We werejust aboutyour age. Did you know that ? - Yes.
We met when l was under the boardwalk smoking a cigarette.
- You smoked when you were my age ? - Yeah, sure.
- What else did you do ? - Whatever they told me not to.
An_ay...
l just finished doing the Sammy Pinkers Kiddie Show...
and l was tying to get some peace and quiet under the boardwalk steps...
when l saw this prissy little girl wandering around.
Be sure to keep in touch, CC. Okay ?
Well, sure. We're friends, aren't we ?
Fty
Fty away
You tet me fly so high
Oh,fly
Fty
Fty high against the sky
So high l almost touched the sky
Thank _ou, thank _ou
Thank God for_ou
The wind beneath my wings