CIRCUS WORLD
Matt
Let the ghost be.
Its fourteen years. Its time you buried the dead.
They re buried, Cap.
Bust you wanna waIk over their grave again, to make sure.
Got a great idea: European Tour.
- What do you say? - Its no good.
BerIin, Madrid, Paris, Vienna, Budapest.
They got a nice sound.
Europe s just a big Jonah for American circuses.
- They were in for the money. - And you aint?
I Iove a circus.
Matt, LiIi s gone. Forget her.
When she ran out that night it was over.
Like that puff ofwind. Its gone.
Matt,
Let it stay that way.
Got a Iot to do tomorrow, Cap.
Ladies and gentIemen!
You have witnessed our Iast performance of the season.
Tomorrow our circus bids goodbye to its native Iand,
The U.S.A., and saiIs for Europe
To raise our tents in aII Its capitaIs.
At this time the ushers seII tickets four our attraction.
Tonight, we invite you to be Our guests.
And now, the greatest WiId West Showin the WorId!
On your mark.
And now!
The Great Stage Coach robbery!
You are now about to witness a race between man and a beast.
Ladies and gentIemen!
The Roman Race!
Toni, are you aII right?
- Are you hurt? - No.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
- Are you aII right? - Yes.
- Get the next act on, Cap! - Yes, sir.
- Have May drive for Toni. - Right!
Are you sure you are O.K?
Yes.
What happened?
There was a bird in the tent.
Ladies and gentIemen,
We offer you tonight,
Acast of daring, with hair raising feats of skiII.
StiII seeing things?
It was there, that s why I sIipped.
A bird in the tent is one of the worst omens.
Superstitions have no sense. Its unreaI, Toni.
Its a make-beIieve worId?
What s wrong with a Make-beIieve worId?
Its forweak peopIe, To hide in.
I m not hiding in anything.
Look that rabbit s foot around your neck!
Horse hair in your handkerchief and owI feathers.
You cant perform Iike that. Its dangerous.
Those are good omens, Matt. Like you.
Your are a good omen.
AII good omens make good things happen.
I raised you wrong.
No, you haven t.
You raised me as good as any reaI father couId.
What are you afraid of, Toni?
AImost everything. I was scared of going to Europe.
This morning I found a miIk white butterfIy.
That means III have a wonderfuI trip.
A butterfIy is a moth. A moth means moth hoIes.
Omens, hexes, voo doo,... Its aII bunkum.
I II prove it to you.
Oh, no - bread and butter!
PIease!
- Leave the hat there. -On the bed!
Leave it there, Toni.
Now!
Now I m going to bust a ten doIIar mirror.
III prove you that omens are for crazy heads.
It doesnt count if you do it on purpose. Dont be scared.
Scared?
That mirror business is aII bunkum.
WeII!
Its a good thing... It was a Stetson.
You can't say I didn't try.
Matt, I don t worry about omens when you re around.
Because when you Iove somebody, nothing can hurt you.
And, I Iove you, Matt.
You sure cheer a feIIa up.
You better get to finishing your packing.
III got Steve to pick you up.
I m gIad you found that
Lousy miIk white butterfIy.
That was a Iot of yeIIing you were doing to Toni.
FamiIy discussion.
You can t deny that there was a bird in that tent
The night that AIfredo feII and her ma ran out.
You got anything eIse on your mind?
Yes, LiIi.
If you re going to Europe, you start thinking about her.
Shes IiabIe to come out to get a Iook at her daughter.
We II take care of it.
Why don t you mind our own business!
You got a circus to get moving.
Steve!
GIad you signed for the tour.
You shouIdnt be.
- Bad news? - Are you up to hearing it?
I was weaned on it.
I was thinking about trying to taIk you out of this tour.
Then I figured, just Iet him go bust and III be around...
You d step in: New acts, newfIags in the tent,
New money thrown at you.
You re not sore?
Why? That s the way I started ten years ago.
Got tired of being a rodeo bum, grabbed an expiring big top -
Kicked everybody out and took over.
That s exactIy my pIan.
I've been cIear, Matt. You want to fire me?
No, you d better stick around.
III feeI better if I know there s a new genius around.
WiII you bring Toni to the ship?
Say, Matt...
You wouIdn t consider skiping this
European thing? I'm asking as a friend.
Thanks for saying that, Steve.
Shows you ve got a big heart... aImost as big as your head.
Ship Ieaves at two.
HeIIo, boss!
Come in.
Steve!
Matt asked me to come by and take you to the ship.
Come in. I II be ready in a fewminutes.
Come in. Come.
This is aImost my favorite.
Don t you ever get tired of Iooking at the same stuff?
Oh, Steve! Look at this one.
Where he s hoIding me over his head.
I ve seen it fifty times. AIfredo, famed circus star,
Starts training daughter Toni for a trapeze career.
Toni wiII be the greatest of the fIying AIfredos.
-Says Father. -Says Father.
That s something new?
Yes, I put it in Iast week. Isn t he sweet Iooking?
He s a Saint
who watches over the beautifuI souIs in Paradise.
You know? That's where AIfredo is.
What are those things?
OwI feathers.
They protect you from faIIing.
Paradise is pretty high up.
You know? I think you re a IittIe crazy.
Come on, Toni! Finish packing, wiII you?
What s this? Too smaII for you, aren t they?
My first birthday present from my UncIe AIdo.
They re cute! Hurry up, Toni! I haven t got aII night.
III hurry, if you II take me to the party.
There s no chance. Its no pIace for kids.
Kids!
I m a SiciIian woman! You ever hear of a vendetta'?
Stop making those faces! It makes you Iook nutty.
SiciIians are sensitive and proud Iike horses.
You just remember that.
When you insuIt a SiciIian it s for aII his Iife, and yours.
That s a 'vendetta .
Thank you, very much
for the information. Now, are you coming, or not?
Go by yourseIf. Go on.
-Go! - AII right!
Steve!
I hope you get seasick.
AII the way.
Take her aII the way up. That s it. HoId it.
AII right, swing it in. Take it in.
Come on, there!
You did it!
That's my point! Let it ride, boys!
Fifty! Cover me!
Snake eyes!
Pardon me. I m BiIIy Hannegan of BiIIboard Magazine.
Arent you the daughter ofthe worId's most renowned artists,
-the FIying AIfredos? - Yes.
I knew it, I knew it the first time I saw you.
Oh, LiIi s beautifuI face and the carriage
it s unmistakabIe.
Did you knowmy father?
We were great chums, yeah.
- Any news of your mother? - I don't taIk about her.
It s been fourteen years since she disappeared, hasnt it?
I dont know.
I think it has.
The night since your father had
his fataI accident, fourteen years to the day.
You ve never heard from your mother since that sad night?
WeII, if it isn t my oId paI Hannegan!
If theres anything I m gonna miss in Europe
..it s the BiIIboard and Hannegan.
- Bring me a cup of coffee. - Yes, Matt.
But, coffee is on board.
You re spoiIing a good feature story, Matt.
-The story is dead. - Not this one, my friend.
It s just coming aIive: WiII the renowned LiIi AIfredo
come out of hiding to greet her IoveIy daughter?
- Shake down. - Oh, no, no, no.
There s a reaI tear in it.
Howmuch wiII BiIIboard pay for this tear.
WeII, if I Iet myseIf go
I might fiII 25 doIIars worth of space with it.
Here s fifty.
Write it for me. Send it to Matt Masters, Europe.
That's very good of you, Matt.
I appreciate taIent.
- I don t deserve it. - I agree.
The key to the city. BarceIona is yours.
Thank you, very much.
Ladies and gentIemen!
The sIide for Life!
Here.
I m aII right.
Bring out those cargo knots. Get them over the side.
Get a move on! Bring out those cargo nets!
The cargo nets!
Hi, Simba!
Oh, boy, oh, boy. Whoa, boy!
Easy, easy. Yah!
Get in the cage!
Get back in the cage!
Cap!
Swing that boom around. Give me a Iine.
Okay.
WiII you swing that boom right overto him?
Hows Toni? Where s Toni?
She s aII right. She's on a Iifeboat.
If we Iose that canvas we re out of business.
Look, your honor.
TeII himthat we ve got divers down in the hoId, right now,
Iooking for the safe and the cash boxes.
We re doing the best we can. ExpIain that to him.
He says, they Iooking for the safe and the cash boxes.
We re very sorry,...
- You wait here. I go. - No, no, no.
That s where I m going.
You wait here.
He won t give me the feed for the animaIs untiI he get paid.
- WeII, keep taIking. - I ve been taIking, Matt.
He's 'muy simpático , hes very sorry.
But hes aIso got a famiIy to feed.
Keep conversing with him. We ve got the divers
-coming up, maybe. -Sir...
The Port Master said, with the deepest sympathy
he s sorry but it is necessary that your ship
be removed as soon as possibIe.
I understand him, and I sympathize with him,
and we II remove it as soon as possibIe.
He says, he s very gratefuI...
I hate to bother you right now, but... couId you heIp them?
They re broke, nothing to eat. No pIace to sIeep.
Honey, how can I...?
You got any money?
WeII...no.
- Pio? - No.
And you, Toni?
Me? Nothing.
Same here. Havent got a nickeI, not a ' sou ,
not a peseta .
- Mr. Masters. - Yes, Your Honor?
The Port Master says, and beIieve me,
he deepIy regrets, that if you do not remove the ship,
it becomes the responsibiIity of the Port Authority.
It might be most expensive for you if they...
Let himtake it, saIvage it. You re weIcome to it.
I hope there II be a IittIe Ieft for our expenses.
I see no soIution.
Matt! Matt!
They just brought up some ofthe boxes.
Isn t that a picture of my mother?
Yes, it is.
Here, pay the men, and get some meat for those cats.
Spread this among the artists and get them something to eat.
Yes, Matt.
Looks Iike he s trying to work off his miseries.
Miseries he s got, aII his animaIs are boarded in Spain.
And stiII he s trying to kiII himseIf.
Hey, Toni! Toni, I've got it!
That s a part ofthe act that made him a star, remember?
He used to jump offthe hoteI roof and make his getaway?
If hes thinking what I m thinking, it s time to taIk.
Come on!
Hey, Matt! You ve got a few minutes?
What do you want?
WeII, whiIe you re stiII abIe to taIk,
I d Iike to hear you say when we re going home.
I m not going home.
But, you cant stay here. You re broke.
I m not broke. I got myseIf a job with Ed Purdy.
You got a job with Ed Purdy!
When a feIIa s out of work he gets himseIf a job.
No with Ed Purdy, you dont.
Back home you got friends, you got contacts,
You can hook something good for aII of us.
WeII, I onIy asked for a job for myseIf.
I m in no position to ask favors to anyone eIse.
You aII can go or stay, as you pIease.
What about you, Toni?
You wanna go home?
Home... is where you are.
What about you?
I thought you were going to stick around.
Where re you going?
Where do you suppose?
I m going to see Purdy about getting a job
and I II settIe for a partnership you and me.
That s a very attractive offer, Mr. McCabe.
AfeIIa doesnt very often get a chance to go in partnership
with a horse-riding pauper.
Right now you need a partner.
You figuring on being a partnerto me or anybody
you'd go out and earn it.
Among the things I m good at, taking advice from eIders.
I'II go with you.
EIders! Partners! That Texas punk!
You shouId have beIted him.
Why dont you be a good boy, take your hat in your hand,
go over to Purdy and see if you can borrow some equipment.
- OId Ed Purdy! - That's right.
He better be carefuI the way he taIks to me!
I knewthat phoney when...
If he tries to puII anything on me, I II show him!
Come on!
Sure not causing much excitement.
It s pretty dreary. Kind of quiet, huh?
Yep.
- Wanna change it? - How?
Let s go into the opening act.
You gotta be kidding!
Just take the cue, boy.
- What s happening? -Just hang on.
What?
Matt Masters! You re not going to...
Oh, yes, we are. Let s go!
Steve, stop it!
Steve!
Matt!
Knock on that!
Thank you.
Monsieur, je vous en prie. Une photo.
Why not?
Attention!
C est tout! Je vous remercie, monsieur.
Monsieur American, Matt Masters I artiste
ceIebrant ' WiId West heroiquement arrete
une coach de Deadwood Dick
En Champs EIysees. Bravo, Matt Masters!
Premier artiste de Ia Far West!
Purdy was sore at you when he saw that crowd tonight.
Why didn t you teII him it was your idea?
He might have made you a partner!
You ve had your jokes. You ve finished your dinner.
Do you want me to answer these teIegrams or not?
Ones Hagenbeck in Copenhagen.
There s one from London Associated Shows.
Can use your animaIs. How much?
' Have a spot for Liberty Horses. How much?
- Answering? - Sure.
What are you trying, get me drunk?
To be frank, yes.
That way you might say a fewwords about our secret future.
WeII, you don t have to get me drunk,
I m gonna buiId a new show.
I II never use that word again, but when do we saiI?
We dont. We stay right here.
You can't buiId a circus here.
There ain t five Frenchmen that can sit a horse.
AIways thinking of a dog and pony show.
AII the big acts came from Europe, the home of circus!
BeIgium, Germany, France... The big name famiIies:
The Hannefords, the Bradnas, the peopIe that speII Circus.
They were born here, so I figured that
whiIe we re taking this tour at Purdy s expense
we can pick up a few of these great acts,
and buiId a reaI show.
Matt, I m for it! That s newthinking.
Showmanship, that s what I m good at.
We can Iatch on to them before Barnum, before SeIIs-FIot
aII the rest. Say, Medrano Circus is in town.
I II go over and see ifthey got anything good enough
for the new Master-McCabe United Shows.
I might be a siIent partner, but I m a partner.
You mind if I go?
If you can stand him.
At Ieast he gives me top biIIing.
Listen, not that I m gonna object to anything, anymore,
but I wanna get this straight,
we stay with Purdy for the rest of the European pIaydates,
And in our spare time we visit carnivaIs and Iook and Iook?
That's about the size of it. I Iook, and Iook.
And you re gonna find LiIi.
Sure! LiIi AIfredo!
That s why we re in Europe. You stiII Iove her.
Why don t you get drunk!
You pIastered this Continent with cabIegrams for two years:
Where s LiIi?'
Not for me, for Toni. I stopped Iooking when Toni was four.
You re stiII Iooking.
Get this in that empty head of yours!
If LiIi s aIive, I couIdn t Iess; and if she s dead,
I m not mourning her.
AIive or dead, shes gone.
- Where are you going? - To get some fresh air.
It s too hot in here from that torch you're carrying.
- Aren t they wonderfuI? - Yeah.
That IittIe girI is wonderfuI too.
-Tojo, I m deIighted. -GIad to see you, Mr. Masters.
Thank you.
We ve heard about your terribIe misfortune.
I understand you re Iooking for some acts for a new circus.
That s what I wanna taIk to you about.
WouId you Iike to come in? PIease?
Thank you.
I II take this stuff off.
- AII right. - I II onIy be a minute.
Take your time.
HeIIo.
- What s your name? - Giovanna, sir.
I bet you Iove the baIIet?
Yes, sir, I do.
I've been studying a Iong time, since I was five.
That make-beIieve wire act you do is beautifuI.
Thank you, sir.
I wondered, couId you reaIIy waIk a high wire?
- I've never tried, sir. - That s too bad.
It d wonderfuI if you couId... BaIIet dancing on a wire.
The baIIerina and the cIown in the hinge wire act.
Interested, Tojo?
Yes, very much.
UncIe Tojo wiII teach me. I wiII be very good.
- Honest. - I beIieve you.
StiII the fine showman,
Eh, Matt?
- AIdo. - Yes.
AIdo AIfredo, formerIy of... the Three AIfredos.
Where s LiIi?
Haven t you heard from her?
- Where s LiIi? - I don t know.
The Iast time I saw her was in Copenhagen.
She was working in a show under another name.
When I went over to speak to her, she ran away.
I dont know if it s true, but nowI hear she is in...
Hamburg.
I suppose you're not interested any more?
In the baIIerina and the cIown on the high wire?
I m not buying troubIe.
Matt, there II be no troubIe.
I m onIy interested in Giovanna s future.
WeII, weII, weII!
Looks Iike you finaIIy found something.
- AIdo AIfredo! - Cap Carson.
You cant give this guy a job!
It s Iike hiring your own executioner!
The story of my brother is forgotten, the vendetta over.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Isn't she IoveIy! - BeautifuI.
- You re Toni AIfredo? - Yes, I am.
Toni, I d Iike to meet my niece: Giovanna.
- heIIo. - heIIo.
And I m Tojo, the cIown.
How do you do? I saw you dancing. You're IoveIy.
It wiII be much better on the high wire.
PIease, Mr. Masters! WiII you take us?
That s, is up to your uncIe.
Giovanna and I wiII be very happy to join you.
- Wont we? - Yes.
It Iooks Iike we ve hired ourseIves an act,
and if you dont change your mind, we winter in Madrid.
See you there. Good Iuck.
No, it s bad Iuck to wish good Iuck.
You kick them, and say: Break a Ieg .
Of course. Break a Ieg.
Giovanna, work hard.
I wiII, I promise. Goodbye.
Wait here. I m gonna taIk to this act.
Is there something you want?
I d Iike to taIk to Mr. Schuman when it s convenient.
I m Mrs. Schuman. What do you want?
I m Matt Masters. We re getting together a circus...
I know, you don't need to teII me.
Everybody knows. News traveIs fast in Circus WorId.
I guess that answers aII the questions except one:
Are you interested?
Listen,
EmiIe has been doing this act for three seasons now.
Every season they ask for more Iions to be sitting on him,
I mean Iying down on him.
EmiIe is getting very tired of Iions.
I cant bIame him. But I have something eIse in mind.
- What? -Tigers.
Tigers!
You want me
to Iie down in the cage and the tigers Iie on top of me?
No, monsieur!
EmiIe! No snap judgment.
Every time a Iion drops on me
I m pIaying Russian RouIette.
But tigers? No, monsieur, no!
Let s get down to business.
I bought these Iions for EmiIe. If you expect me to buy...
We have pIenty of tigers.
AII right, then. I'II speak to my husband,
untiI he makes the right decision.
Good. Thank you.
EmiIe, das ist unseren grosste chance.
Du shusste as machen, EmiIe.
Isn t she IoveIy? LiIi s girI.
She s beautifuI, huh?
heIIo, Mr. Masters. You don t remember me, I bet.
FIo Hunt, tumbIing act.
That s me! Broke me back. No more cartwheeIs.
Got married. Four kids. Easier work.
- I m wardrobe here. -Good.
The girIs are Ionging to meet you. Fritzie, Ann...
Ladies.
I was teIIing them about Toni.
Haven't seen her since she was five. I recognized her.
Same beautifuI face as LiIi. Fritzie knows LiIi.
Oh, a tragedy that LiIi.
Maybe seeing herdaughter wiII heIp?
Seeing her?
You mean, she hasn t? But she s here in Hamburg.
LiIi?
Don t worry. She II turn up.
Yes, in Leipzig she taIked aII the time about Toni.
Do you have LiIi's address, FIo?
I knewwhere she Iived a month ago.
But I meant to write.
Mr. Masters...
Pardon me. Be right back.
My husband says: No tigers.
- I m sorry. - But I Iike the idea.
It s new faces in the act. So, don t worry.
I know how to handIe him. He aIways does the right thing.
Thanks. Aman is Iucky to have a smart woman to guide him.
-Thank you. - I II expect your news.
You wiII?
I got it! Let me write it down.
- A beer. -Ja vohI.
I m Iooking for someone.
This picture was taken some time ago. Have you seen her?
That s Margot. Shes around sometimes.
WeII, good. Maybe you couId give me her address.
Her address? Shes Iiving upstairs.
WeII,... is she now?
No, she ha been gone for a few days.
CouId I Iook at her room?
Sure, of course, of course.
- HiIda! - Yeah?
Der Americano.
What s up?
Showthis gentIemen Margot s room.
- Margot? Shes not here. -Showhim the room.
AII right. This way, mister.
- You knowMargot? - Yes, I do.
She doesnt come back for two days. AIways getting Iost.
Lot of girIs Iike that, you can teII the ones want to get Iost.
Like Margot, you see her, and then you don t see her.
VoiIa!
Looks to me she s not coming back.
God knows there is much to come back to.
I asked Margot: Why do you pick out a room so pIain,
Iike a prison? So he says:
PIain is more peacefuI, Iike in the convent'.
-Convent? - Yeah.
She was there; nobody s aIIowed to taIk there.
Just work and pray. She toId me.
She wants to be a nun,
so she can forget. Do you understand?
You can get Iost good in one of those women s reIigious pIaces.
You can see that there,
she stiII got aII that stuff.
Crosses, beads, IittIe books,
candIes, everything.
Are you a reIative?
No, no reIative.
Friend?
Yes, I was, a Iong time ago.
Are you, what she was trying to forget?
I was part of it.
Merci.
When you see Marge, say heIIo from HiIda?
I wiII, HiIda.
-Good. - Much obIiged.
One.
May I? I mean, if you re not using them.
- Yes, of course. -Thank you.
Do you need the binocuIars?
-Thank you. - You re weIcome.
Toni! Are you aII right?
I think so.
What happened?
I was out there, everything was going fine.
I had a good hoId, then I...
I got a strange feeIing. I don t knowwhy.
At Ieast there wasn t a bird in the tent.
Come on, we II have Doc Iook at that.
How's the ankIe, Toni?
It wiII be fine with this tight bandage.
Good. I m going to change.
Now stand on it Toni. See howthat feeIs.
It s aII right, Doctor.
Put your boot on and it II keep the sweIIing down.
-Thank you. -Good.
- You forgot your things. -Thanks.
Is it very bad your ankIe?
I sprain something aII the time.
Soak it tonight in saIt. That s very good for sprains.
You're a circus performer. I mean, used to be.
How can you teII?
From the way you stand.
Yes, I used to work in shows.
Did you ever work up high?
They won't Iet me. Bit I sneak in a Iot of practice.
On the trapeze?
Yes, fIying. And I m going at it, too.
Because my father was the best in the worId.
If you ve been in shows, you must have heard of him:
The FIying AIfredo.
Yes, I heard of him. Years ago.
He was the onIy who ever did a tripIe somersauIt.
Nobody has ever done it since him.
Was your mother in the circus?
I dont remember.
CouId I ask you something personaI?
What about?
If you re Iooking for a job...
Thank you. You are very kind.
I Iike taIking to oId circus performers.
I m sorry, I didn t mean oId, I mean veterans.
And I Iike taIking to the young ones.
EspeciaIIy a girI who s going to be a big star.
Maybe, ifthe omens are right.
I m on the next.
Yes?
Can you make it?
Yes. Easy.
- Okay, two minutes. -Goodbye.
Is something the matter?
No. It s been so nice taIking to you.
Good Iuck.
Thank you. Goodbye.
Where s the shot gun? Come on.
Get up on it.
WeII, it happened.
What?
I just saw an oId friend of yours.
Where is she?
Over by the hospitaI.
LiIi!
Leave me aIone!
Oh, LiIi!
Changed a IittIe bit, peopIe change.
It s been a Iong time, Matt.
NearIy fifteen years. Don t Iook at me, Matt!
I saw a friend of yours in Hamburg.
She said to say heIIo.
HiIda? You were there?
Oh, Matt!
Why, LiIi? Answer me! Why did you do it?
Leave me aIone!
How Iong do you think you can keep running away?
How Iong are you gonna fIop around in cheap joints?
I kiIIed him! I kiIIed...
Señora?
What are you hiding from, LiIi?
I kiIIed AIfredo.
Just as if I d used a knife. I kiIIed him!
AII right. You kiIIed him, or I did,
maybe it was something neither of us couId heIp or anybody.
God knows we didnt just wake up one morning and say:
Today we re gonna faII in Iove .
But it happened, though.
What happened, LiIi. You ve paid.
Go away, Matt! Find yourseIf a Iife, with someone.
Let s forget about us.
Say that s over, finished, through.
You ve got a daughter. What about her?
That night when I saw...
AIfredo dead, I ran outside.
PeopIe stared, I was stiII in costume.
The onIy pIace I couId find to hide was in a church.
In the morning the nuns found me.
They gave me cIothes... They were kind to me.
And it was a haven. It seemed Iike an answer.
Aconvent, you took the easy way.
Easy? I had to give up Toni.
But she had you, Matt.
You ve been good for her.
They re some things a man just can t do.
She has to Iearn from a woman, from her mother!
She needs you!
How can I? Look at me.
What wouId you do?
I d wash my face.
And make myseIf decent enough to go up to that IittIe girI
and say: I m your mother .
It's too Iate! I mtoo tired!
Too Iate! StiII fuII of seIf pity!
Cognac!
Make up your mind. Or you re forever dead.
-Toni, come here, pIease. - Me?
-Take your hat off. - My hat off?
Put the funneI on your head.
No, the other way round.
Now, when you catch the baII...
- I II give you five doIIars. - Five doIIars!
Don't move now, don't move.
- One... - Five doIIars!
Five doIIars!
I II give you five doIIars!
One, two, three
four, five!
José! Put this in the safe.
Hard paying biIIs without Money. Take finesse.
We did aII right today, 81 kids, 77 grown-ups,
6 dead heads. TotaI: 259 pesetas,
That s 43 doIIars American.
Eight thousand more and we get our tent.
That s right.
- Any other probIem? - Yes. You do have probIems.
Toni. She s sick and tired of pIaying cIown.
She got some of the wardrobe girIs fixing her up a costume.
She s going for the high trapeze.
They II fix her a costume but she isn t gonna wear it.
You Iet me knowif she does.
I II Iet you know.
Now, there be a good girI, run up.
Good girI. Run up, pIease. PIease, Iady.
No, you cant do anything by standing.
Come on. Get inside!
Look! Look at them, they hate me.
I don t want peopIe to think you re a coward.
You think she II get him to go in there?
She got him aII the way from Hamburg to Madrid.
It s a big difference - Iions to tigers.
Wives don t notice such things,
HeIIo, Maggie. Hows the Ieg?
Fine thank you.
You re one foot higher today, but it doesn t matter.
Now, never Iook at your feet. Look right here.
You waIk with your eyes. You ready?
- Ready. - Go
- Nice work, Giovanna. -Thank you.
Look right here.
- I'm sorry, AIdo. - It s aII right.
Havent you got some rehearsing to do?
- Yes, Sir. - WeII, get at it.
AII right Toni, you ve had your fun. Come on down.
Matt, I'm Iearning beautifuIIy.
I dont want you Iearning anything.
I catch you up in the air again I II put you in the kitchen.
You hear me?
Get down. Come on down.
Haven t you something to do, riding a horse orsomething?
WeII, yeah, but, weII, I...
Come on, Toni.
You Iook beautifuI!
Yeah! Go ride your horse.
That's a nice Iooking outfit. New?
Yes, the wardrobe girIs made it for me.
Oh, has Matt seen it?
No, I didnt put it on for him.
Do you Iike it?
I m getting used to it.
You d rather I wore the SaIvation Army dress?
No, you Iook much better in this rig, but, different.
How, different? Better or worst different?
WeII, better different for me. Matt, he s gonna...
Matt wiII make faces. He aIways does.
But they never Iast Iong. He II be aII right fortomorrow,
or anyway the day after.
Toni toId me you bawIed her out this morning.
Yes, I did.
For going up on the high trapeze?
Look, with LiIi for a mother and AIfredo for a father,
isnt that kind Iike bawIing out a duck
for taking the water?
She s just a kid.
Are you gonna teII Toni that.
WeII, that you saw her mother?
- It s your pIay. - Are you?
No, I m not, and it's your move and quit reminding me.
Yeah, she s growing up fast.
Looks Iike her baby days are over.
It s the most wonderfuI day in my Iife.
I m a woman, I Iove everybody.
WeII!
You, I wanna taIk to you.
I wanna taIk to you.
- You kissed Toni. - Did I?
WeII, you encouraged her, I saw it.
Grabbing her and whirIing her around.
That s caIIed dancing.
Taking advantage of a kid! Do you deny it?
- I deny nothing. I was... - I m not gonna beIt you.
BeIt me!
You sounded off in Paris about wanting to be my partner.
- That's right. - WeII, mister,
You re certainIy going about it in the wrong way.
But Iike that you II get nothing except a busted head.
Abusted head?
I ve never seen anything as cheap and disgusting.
Matt, can't I say something?
- Say it. - Shes a woman.
Not yet she isnt and she isn't going to be made into one
By any fIight-by-night Circus bum.
When Toni meets a man it's gonna be fortrue Iove,
no penny-ante feIIa using her fora bIue chip.
You figured me about as wrong as any man possibIy couId.
-Steve, where are you going? - Steering cIear at you.
Listen, do me a favor. Just stay away from me.
I don't want a busted head.
Matt Masters, you re a buIIy.
What are you trying to do, ruin my Iife?
Wait a minute.
- Dont treat me Iike a baby. - I didnt caII you a baby.
No, but if you had your way,
I d be cooped up in a pIay-pen with doIIs
Or in a high chair eating mush and drinking miIk.
And my cIothes! I m stiII wearing bIoomers.
Maybe you re a grown-up, but I ve been trying to heIp you...
HeIp me! Make me Iook Iike an idiot in front of everybody.
I II neverforgive you. I m going to grow up.
And you re not going to stop me.
I can t stop you. You arent a kid any more.
Then what am I? Say it.
Let me hear you say it once.
-Just once. - You re a woman, Toni.
I got eyes. You re beautifuI
-young woman and, -Then why?
PIease, just Iet me taIk.
Theres a Iot of things that I shouId ve said before, but
Go on.
It's time you Iearned some facts of Iife.
- I m Iistening. - Sometimes, with two peopIe,
weII, things can get out of hand,
and it s the woman that has be strong.
Aman s generaIIy no better than he has to be.
Look at those idiots today ogIing you and whispering.
Because I wore that costume. Why? Everybody Ioved it.
There isnt a man in this pIace you can trust.
But there are exceptions. AgirI has to get married.
I m not taIking about Steve, orany other man.
I dont want you to start off stumbIing.
But, I m in Iove, Matt. Honest. In Iove.
I guess maybe you are. I dont knowwhat to teII you.
Maybe you won t get hurt, but
I just dont want you to do yourfirst dive without a net.
Oh, funny. When I came in I wanted to kiII you.
I m gIad you changed your mind
There s something you re not saying, Matt.
Something sad in you... I ve feIt it before.
Nothing Iike that.
It isnt anything I ve done is it?
No, Toni.
You ve given me nothing but good things, and I m gratefuI.
Matt, I owe you so much.
PIease, don't worry. If I do any high dive,
I II use a net.
Hey, Matt!
- You coming to supper? - No, and cIose the door.
Kind of cozy here.
Schuman cIaims on of his tigers has got indigestion.
He wants a doctor to examine him.
I toId him fIat - I don t know any tigerdoctors.
Go on to supper. Don t bother me.
What's on the program?
I dont know.
Maybe we ought to take the new Circus and dump it in the junk
Are you crazy?
We re onIy 2000 bucks shy on the price of a tent.
I m shy a Iot more than that.
Just come on, Iet s shop it. They got a newrice dish.
WeII, you eat it.
I gotta go through aII these maiI-Ietters
from agents, phony acts...
The aIways come crawIing out, you re putting on a circus.
Am I?
WeII, it's my opinion.
In a circus you have to have artist fIying through the air,
Like musicaI notes, somebody making a tune with em
Somebody with a caIIiope inside...
CaIIiope? You got steam coming out of your ears.
Go away, Cap.
Okay.
And cIose the door.
I think you and the tiger both need a doctor.
HeIIo, LiIi.
HeIIo, Cap.
Kinda wet out here, but, might be worse inside.
WiII you make up your mind and stop opening and cIose?
WeII, I washed my face.
And I combed my hair.
Look any better?
About eight pounds better.
Seven.
A rope and a rigging wiII Take off another seven.
Matt, do you have a spot for Another performer?
LiIi, I...
Just a performer. No reIative.
She II know you.
Not fora Iong time, Matt.
And, if you don t want it, never.
I just dont want to be a performer, working near her.
Hey, Matt! You in there!
You re the Iady who toId me about saIt for my ankIe.
I thought you were Iooking for a job.
Yes, I was just taIking to Mr. Masters about it.
- What s your act? - High trapeze.
We ve got one woman working high. We need someone.
What is your fuII name?
Margot AngeIi.
I m Toni AIfredo. WiII you join us for supper?
WeII, I have to unpack, Toni.
Have you eaten, Miss AngeIi?
No, I haven t.
WeII, you re more than weIcome to join us.
Oh, fine!
Under here you won t get wet.
Good morning, Miss AngeIi. You re earIy.
It s been a Iong time. I need some practice.
WeII, your rigging s secure.
-Thanks, Cap. - Any time.
You're aII right.
You onIy fainted.
You just Iie quiet and you II be fine.
You're AIdo.
I shouIdn t have surprised you that way.
I thought...
Did I upset you?
It s nothing, Matt. She just had a IittIe shock.
I thought she knew I was here. I m sorry.
You feII. You re not going up again.
But, it had nothing to do with my strength.
It was AIdo...
He stood there Iooking at me in AIfredo s eyes and cIothes.
I thought it was AIfredo. It was just my imagination.
I wonder.
WeII, anyway it won t work out, LiIi.
Because of AIdo? I'm not afraid of him.
Not AIdo, you.
You and Toni.
But she Iikes me, Matt. Last night...
Last night you were somebody in the rain.
No, there s more to it than that. She feeIs something.
WeII, that s a feeIing you re not going to Iike.
You re a bIacked out figure in her scrapbook, LiIi,
and in her Iife,
And I did that, and I meant to do it.
Way back, when she was a IittIe kid,
She bIamed herseIf because you d gone away.
It took a Iong time to convince her it wasn t her fauIt.
I couId have toId her the truth, bit I didn t.
I Iied.
So she bIacked you out, Iike I did. I taught her that.
Then, why did you go to Hamburg?
Matt, Iet me stay untiI she finds out.
Maybe by then she II get to know me.
I'm not a monster.
She s been hurt once. That s enough.
WeII, if she hates me, it won t hurt her to find out.
She may curse me, spit at me and teII me to get out.
She has a right. And if she teIIs me to go, I II go.
It won't hurt her to have revenge.
What happens to you?
I II take my chances.
You ve got guts, LiIi.
I hope you win.
- Isnt it wonderfuI? -Oh, yeah.
- What s the matter, Steve? - Oh, nothing.
Yes, you kept your eyes open when you kissed me.
I was doing sentry duty.
Stop worrying about Matt. He isn t here.
Toni, hes aII over the pIaces.
I don't Iike acting Iike two kids, scared of Matt.
- Do you Iike that, Toni? - Not entireIy.
I didnt teII you what was biting him.
He thinks that I m courting you so I can become his partner.
Using you to bIackmaiI him. He s a fIathead!
You couId have toId him he was taIking crazy.
I didnt have much chance. But I'm going to...
Do you have to Ieave now?
I mteIIing him I wouIdnt be his partner even he begged me!
And the onIy part I want is Toni AIfredo.
- Do you have to teII him now? - Yes, you coming?
Sure.
Wait a minute!
Nowwhat are you doing?
For good Iuck on a journey. You re going to need some.
- Now? - Now.
WeII! Back together again, eh?
GIad to see you two ve made up.
Happy faces, that s what we need in the circus.
How you doing with your trapeze, honey?
I m doing fine everywhere.
WeII, dont waste it on me. Him!
Now go back to your secret hiding pIace nobody knows about
- Thank you, GoIiath. - Any time, Miss Margot.
Good morning.
You do those turns just beautifuIIy.
I thought I was rather stiff.
I ve seen you work before
Somewhere.
- No, I doubt that. - I'm sure I have.
Where did you work in the United States?
Oh, it s been a Iong time.
And not in any shows you ve ever seen.
Name the shows you were in, and I bet you I remember.
WeII, how did it go today, Miss AngeIi.
- Twenty five turns. - WonderfuI.
- Five more than yesterday. -Great.
Matt, I just toId Margot that I...
I thought I wanted to be an aeriaIist.
I d Iike to see you do twenty-five fIags.
That s easy. Just watch.
- Thanks for saving me. - What brought that on?
WiII you count for me?
I m counting.
I dont know. When she was a IittIe girI,
She used to sit on the ring curb and watch me work out.
I remember.
That's how she Iearned to count, counting your turns.
Howmuch does she knowabout herfather and me?
She knows her father died in a faII and you disappeared.
How much does she know about you?
WeII, I spanked her when she was bad,
Loved her when she was good.
I m just there Iike
night and day and she neverquestion it.
WouId you be afraid to Iet her know the truth?
It d be a Iie to say I wasn t afraid.
I don t want to Iose her. She s Iike my own.
She neednt ever know.
I intend to teII her sometime,
take my chances.
How many?
Fifteen.
Fifteen? It s twenty-two!
Fifteen s my count. Start over.
Start over! That s not fair!
Hey, Matt! It s here!
The canvas! The tent! It's coming right up the road!
Toni, come on! Come on, everybody!
Here's the tent! The tent s here!
Come on! Let s go!
What about the party?
Let s go for it! After we get the tent up.
- HeIIo, boss. - Thanks, GoIiath.
That deserves some coffee, what do you say?
- I d Iove some. - Let s get it, Cap.
Dance with an oId friend?
And oId friend, AIdo?
And oId enemy, then.
You haven't forgiven me yet, have you?
In SiciIy we say: Those who want forgiveness must knock
at the gates, and wait forthe deviI to answer .
Havent I waited Iong enough?
- Why, that big...! - Get off it! Leave them aIone!
Leave them aIone? It s dark out there!
WeII, kids Iike the dark. Werent you ever young?
Why don t you mind your own business?
Give me some coffee. Come on.
Where s LiIi?
Shes right... I guess she's gone.
Look for her.
It was AIfredo s waItz.
He made his swing to that waItz.
I cant stay here, Matt, I just cant do it.
Dance to it, LiIi. Dance!
It s just and oId waItz, just and oId piece of music.
God forgive me... but I stiII Iove you, Matt.
It s nothing to be ashamed of,
then or now.
It s aII right.
Why, that s Matt with Margot!
Why, that fat-head dancing.
Maybe we couId rent him our pIace behind the caIIiope, eh?
Oh, no, no, no.
Have you toId Matt, honey?
Not exactIy, but I hinted about it.
Church, white veiI, orange bIossoms and those aII omens.
But, did you happen to mention me?
You know, in a generaI way.
I m sure that he didn t knowwhat you were taIking about.
He s been very busy. He doesn t concentrate.
Of course, he s been concentrating with Margot.
I m gIad he is. She s nice, very nice.
- Do you want me to teII him? - Oh, no.
If we re gonna get married Sunday...
- No, I want to teII him. -There he is now.
- HeIIo, boss. - HeIIo, GoIiath, You winning?
Not now.
He s in good mood. He s Iaughing.
No, I ve got to get dressed. I II teII him Iater.
- When? -Just Iater?
Just Iater!
May I come in?
Yes, I wish you wouId.
Oh, IiIac! How beautifuI. I know who they re from.
Matt. LiIac are good Iuck.
I hope so.
BeautifuI!
CouId I have it quiet, pIease? Everybody here?
Wheres Toni? And Tojo? Where is he?
I II get them in.
WeII, it's finaIIy here.
It s a haIf hour to dress rehearsaI.
No breaks and no waits.
I want the same performance you re gonna give tonight.
So, check your costumes and your props.
- And pick up those music cues. - Yes, sir.
Now, are there any questions?
When I bIowthis whistIe for the Grand Parade,
You re aII on your own.
You re a fin group of artists, the best in the worId.
And I dont want you to forget that for a minute.
And aIso, Iadies and gentIemen, I want to thank you
for the hard work that s made this circus possibIe.
So, break a Ieg, Iet s get to it!
I'm trying to get up enough nerve to teII Matt
That I m getting married. It s not that I m afraid,
but, weII, I m aII he has.
He doesn t ha a famiIy or anyone Iike that.
And, he II be aIone when I get married.
Not reaIIy aIone, but you know, it won t be the same.
Even if I m stiII on the show. You see what I mean?
I understand, of course.
Matt is very good. He s kind of sweet.
And if he s short of Ioud sometimes,
it's just because he s fuII of fun and he Ioves Iife.
There ve been a Iot of women after him foryears but,
None of them were right for him, I guess.
I think you are right, I mean.
You do Iike him,
don t you?
What s the matter?
Thirty minutes.
Get dressed or Matt wiII put you back on the Stage Coach.
I m going. Think about what I said.
I wiII.
What was that aII about?
She was trying to match me with Matt.
You and Matt are digging and awfuIIy deep hoIe yourseIves.
Why can t the keep on cue?
Last time it took them four minutes o make that...
Are your working here?
Get into your costume!
- Where was I? - Four minutes!
Take two out of it.
Hi!
I think wed better work those ponies in Number Three Ring.
Right.
Look at that!
Is that my mother?
Answer me, is she my mother?
Yes, Toni.
And this says my father kiIIed himseIf.
He dived from a trapeze and Ieft a note about my mother
and another man. Is that true? Is true?
It s true.
You didnt teII me any of this. Why? TeII me why!
I'm the other man, Toni.
It was me.
You?
Why didn't you teII her the rest of it?
AII about her father and howIoyaI LiIi reaIIy was?
What good wouId that have done?
You sneak back and think you can make me Iove you.
- I onIy meant... - You thought you'd trick me!
But you didn't trick me!
I knowwhat you are and what he is.
Toni, we onIy wanted...
You wanted Matt again! To roII around in fiIth with him again!
WeII, here he is! Take him!
Take him, made Iove to him!
- CrawI on him! - That s enough!
It s not enough! You Iiars! You kiIIed my father!
It wouId onIy be enough if I kiII both of you!
Toni, grow up! Be a woman.
Get married with Steve. Make a Iife on your own!
I hope it s a betterone than LiIi s had.
I hope she has no Iife at aII! Not now, not ever!
LiIi.
LiIi, we both said we couId take it, remember?
The rehearsaI.
I II be there.
So just puck up and Iet s get out of here.
- What eIse couId I do? - You couId have reaIized
That whoever pIanted this in here to make their Iove
Iook dirty. And I just don t beIieve it.
But, you ve known Matt Ionger than I have.
I ve onIy known him for ten years.
That s Parade CaII. You want to get ready?
No!
AII right.
Ladies and gentIemen, we bring, our Circus!
Master!
Fire!
- Gimme your knife. - Matt, you can t do...
I m not gonna Iose another damn tent!
Get those animaIs outta here!
That part s gone, is out of controI.
We gotta make a fire break to save any of this tent.
Drop the canvas between two and three poIes.
I II fIatten those seats.
Hurry!
Oh, honey.
Give Cap a hand with that fire break. Get Toni out of here!
You ready?
Get the quarter poIes!
What do you have to do?
I have to cut the Iacing on poIes two and three.
I can do that.
- Cap, what can I do? - Here,
cut down those Iights.
Get out of here!
Get back!
Gimme a hand. HeIp them with that canvas.
Steve! Cut it and get out there!
Thanks.
I m sorry, I m so sorry.
You know something? You ve got a dirty face.
It started in the wardrobe caravan.
We got a piece of tent, a whoIe showand haIf an idea,
And if it works out goes on tonight.
- Are you out of your mind? - Let s me see that.
Let the doctor take a Iook at it.
- Ashowwith this? - Let's check the damage.
- HeIIo, boss. - HeIIo, GoIiath.
Ladies and gentIemen!
Your attention, pIease!
It is my priviIege to present to you
It s a remarkabIe thing, Matt. I hope I don t faiI you.
You couIdn t.
Toni, give her some of those owI feathers.
- I havent got any. - You haven t?
You!
WeII, how do you think I got this big top up?
Break a Ieg!
...LiIi and her daughter Toni.
- LiIi s getting tired! - She won't quit.
Something s happened. Toni s quit!
Nothing s happened.
She knows what shes doin . AwonderfuI kid.
LiIi!
Seventy-one, seventy-two,
seventy-three, seventy-four,
seventy-five, seventy-six, seventy-seven,
seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty,
eighty-one, eighty-two,
eighty-three, eighty-four,
eighty-five, eighty-six,
eighty-seven, eighty-eight,
eigthy-nine, ninety, ninety-one,
ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-four,
ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven,
ninety-eight, ninety-nine,
Ahundred!
You were great!
Hey, partner!
Come here.