I see it! There he comes!
WELCOME TO RADFORD CENTER
1927.
Will Coolidge apply again?
CHAUTAUQUA
Will Dempsey beat Sharkey?
Will Babe Ruth score 60 home runs this year?
Lucky Lindy crossed the Atlantic. Janet Gaynor won the first Oscar.
Al Capone scared Chicago.
But the great event of the year...
... in thousands of cities like Radford Center, Iowa...
... was the itinerant Chautauqua troupe that was coming to town,
with its eloquent speakers and exciting artists.
There was a man holding the dizzying troupe together.
He was the director. He was wearing a white suit.
And when he got off that great train on a hot summer day,
the city has changed. In a way it came to life!
"How are you, boy?" "The whites are still here.
Let's do this...
- What's this for? -Use this badge
like a billboard, okay?
"Here's the payment, boy. "Do you have anything for her?"
- Do you have tickets for the show? -No, they are very expensive.
"Anyone can see Chautauqua. -We do not.
-I do not have time. -She says it's all silly.
Chautauqua is not silly, ma'am. It's a lifestyle.
Enjoy the Chautauqua guest week.
Damn it! And you did not even want to go!
-Where's Walter? -Do not know.
"Will you look for him, please?" "Of course.
-Where's Walter? "I do not know where you are now.
-But an hour ago... -And let's go...
Good question. That's a very interesting question.
Glad you asked that question.
It's the kind of question that needs to be asked.
Boss! Boss!
Now, that's boss, give me the chance to do something. Look...
"A manic-depressive duck." - Hey, Walt!
Is not that funny, Hale?
Do not you think this lovely girl should play the lead role?
Yes, she is special.
"Should we push her, boss?" Right on.
Thank you very much.
* CUTE ENCRENCAS, THE GIRLS * (1969)
Mr. Hale, I do not want to be pushy or anything like that, Mr. Hale.
But it would not be good if Lily Jeanne could...
head the leading role of children?
-Sr. Hale, it would be very good... "I do not think it's a problem."
AREAND - GREAT COOK - THE KITCHEN AND YOU
"You have not spent yet?" -No.
Come on, kids. I think it's here.
See if you do not forget.
See that college kids know where the convenience store is.
-The old man says... "You're welcome to come."
Check the electrical equipment.
Last year they turned off the wrong switch,
and the city stayed 11 hours in the dark.
-What... -Sorry.
Can I attend the lecture on French cuisine and cannibalism in the afternoon?
I'm interested in all kinds of cooking.
French cuisine is there, and cannibalism will be in the main tent.
Much pleasure.
Do not mess with the locals, boy.
Now, it's the boss. Do not forget that.
This is important. When it rains, get lots of old blankets
and put them in the drips... For the love of God!
This is not the way to do it. I show.
The boss says to remind you that daylight saving time...
are not written. It makes a huge mess...
Remember to put them an hour earlier, otherwise you will mix everything up.
Johnny! Call Hale. Tell him I have to talk to him.
"Hale, Charlene wants to talk to you. -Tell him I'll be right there.
Okay, that was wonderful.
You can sit down now. Go back there. The next one, please!
When you wore a tulip A beautiful yellow tulip
I wore a red rose
When you petted me
At that time the sky blessed me
A blessing that no one knows
You made my life happy.
Your lips are sweeter than liquor
When you wore the tulip
I wore a red rose
Thank you dear. It was great.
Stop that noise! They're going to wake the babies.
The next one, please!
Tell me when you're ready.
Do not be barking, dear.
How's it going, baby? Looks like everything's under control here.
-Looks... -Overloaded.
Just because I'm in charge, try to overwhelm me.
These are anti-union tendencies that come to the fore...
- in management. "I'm not anti-union.
All bosses are. It's part.
Do not look at me honeyed, boss. Work here, remember?
I remember many things.
So, note 10 for your good memory.
But what began was already over,
because we are on opposite sides of the negotiations, handsome.
I swear, if I do not get a helper...
I'll phone Chicago and... "Darling, you know me.
-In the twinkling of an eye. "I'll take care of everything."
God... she sings with such emotion, does not she?
Would you like to hear her recite "Rose"?
No one avoids tears when she recites "Rose."
No, that's good already. Thanks.
-You two. "My husband's on the committee,
and Mr. Hal knows Lily Jeanne. He said she's special.
Thank you. What would you like to do?
Can you play "Darktown Strutters Ball"? We only sang the chorus.
Can you repeat the last eight bars? That's when we started.
Her mother was a dancer.
and...
How wonderful! Where are your mother?
What's the matter with you?
Where are you going?
I have to get Carol at Chautauqua, Harry.
The Chautauqua...
-We have tickets. -You got ticket and everything!
Listen, how about later?
Why not come back? My wife thinks I'm at the committee meeting.
Well... I do not know...
But I will try.
Has Nita left yet?
He did not hand over her receipts.
What you are? Do you think you're too smart, or what?
Why such a smug look?
Tell me, what look is this?
It's dirty thoughts, boy.
That's why it has pimples.
Listen to me well...
This is the third time I've seen you eating, today.
Yesterday, ate four double burgers,
two chocolates, four soft drinks,
three pies and a banana split.
Do not think that it will lead me to bankruptcy,
because, from now on, I'm going to take an inventory twice a day.
And when I do, I'll count all the hamburgers, all the buns...
Is there anything you want to tell me?
Come on, say it!
Can I take a break to go see Chautauqua?
Fuck Chautauqua!
We still have many unique tickets for the weekend.
I also have problems with my shoulder.
Oh, and the cannibals complain that the mattresses are lumpy.
-I told them not to eat them. "It was a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Bix.
"You must be very proud of Carol. -Yes I have.
I can not believe it! That lady said...
who is the most talented child she's ever heard.
"You said Willy's good, too." -Of course.
-What's up there? -One dollar.
How nice...
But play the lead role!
It's the best thing that ever happened to us.
And to think I did not want to go!
I bet we're getting out of Radford Center now.
I know we're leaving. Let's go somewhere...
where it can become someone.
"Where are they going and when are they going?" "Well, I do not know when,
but perhaps New York or Chicago.
I'll cut your hair short and buy new clothes.
"Just because of the dance?" -You do not understand.
I mean, I'll admit it's not the Ziegfeld Follies.
But it's a start.
Methodists make biscuits better than Lutherans.
-Let me see. -Wait and see. All summer.
The whole city will see, because one day we will return here.
We'll be in transit, and everyone will come to the train station to see us.
And I'll have a long fur coat. For you, a Paris dress.
Paris, France.
I'll have long black gloves, everyone will bring flowers and I'll wait.
in the scenic car, that's where we'll be.
SINGERS OF THE MADRIGAL ARNAUD AREAND, Great Cook
TROUBLE OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL BALL
Goodbye, Mr. Hamilton. You made a great one Don Giovanni.
Until next year, Mr. Hayes! The Pagliacci were fabulous.
MS. O'Brien, those Aida numbers made me cry. Swear.
- Really works! - What?
My new way of decorating names.
There are so many people that I had to find a way to decorate all the names.
Is easy. Now I see people as various kinds of animals.
MS. O'Brien looks like a Baltimore sheep.
The O and the B, is O'Brien's O-B.
Hamilton looks like a leech, treacherous. Aaron Burr was a traitor.
Traitors are treacherous. Aaron Burr killed Hamilton.
Hayes looks like a mouse. Rats live on straw.
And you're a fool.
Ever since I woke up, my shoulder does not stop hurting. I just know...
-Alive! -Good morning everyone!
Good Morning?
Where's Clarence?
What do you need Clarence for?
He was supposed to look for my helmet.
- Screw the helmet! -Sr. Hale!
It's a no-brainer.
Good Morning! Good day sir!
-Good Morning. -Sra. Gilchnist, you look very pretty.
"We're very upset. -With what?
Lily Jeanne was going to be the protagonist.
"But it will only be a mouse." -Lt must be a mistake.
I've never heard of it.
You know I've been a great contributor to Chautauqua for years.
Since when I was a boy here in Radford Center,
and Redpath used to pass here. I remember them all. I...
But the girl and the boy of color...
I have nothing against people of color. There are no Klan followers here.
We have some Catholic families. We are liberal people. Is not it?
There is even a Jewish family. But this girl, Carol, and her mother...
- Let's check this out. -Yes, let's check this out.
I am very grateful.
The pain seems to have gone down a bit.
Yale! Call Clarence, the Rutgers and the boys for a game!
Fantastic!
-Hello boss! -Is that you.
-We would like to play the show. Wait there. We do not have time...
It does not matter. Sing a song, come on.
"How long will you stay here?" "We live here, sir.
PAYMENT
"Do you want to see a movie?" -It is closed.
I want to go to the bathroom.
Maybe we can buy anything here, with the dollar.
Sometimes my mother buys at cost for working here.
I always buy everything at cost.
They say how much it costs, I pay and I take it.
-You do not pay for what it costs. "That's silly!"
-My mother told me. -What nonsense.
"It's not silly, but business. "Then the business is silly. Let's go.
What do you want, boys?
-Good day sir. -Hello.
-We want to buy something. -Yes?
-How much do they have to spend? -One dollar.
One dollar?
Well... Let's take a look...
Do not talk about that silly cost price.
Since your mother works here, I have to sell everything at the price I buy.
Great.
Where is your mother, anyway? No Chautauqua?
You're listening to Gilbert and Solomon.
"Is this more than a dollar?" -A lot more.
-I have an idea. -What?
-What about fireworks? - July 4th is over.
But I'll make a good price for these.
Seeing them for less than they cost me.
-What will we do with them? "Keep it until next year."
Carol, I'm just trying to do you a favor because your mother works here.
For a meager dollar, I sell a whole box of fires.
But if you do not want them...
it does not hurt either.
We stay with them.
I do not want to tell you how much I paid for them.
They're practically stealing them.
But you are... You are good children.
Just one thing...
If they get caught up with them, do not tell anyone where they got them.
They are illegal.
-Thank you sir. -Bye.
Bye.
You! I want to talk to you!
I bet you would've heard me say "lunch."
Children of yesterday. Heirs of tomorrow.
Mary Artemesia Lathbury.
How are you, my darlings?
And what do you bring in this wonderful box?
Anything.
Look where you're going!
Nothing consumes a man faster than grief.
Nietzsche. Keep the change.
There is no change!
I'm Mr. Morality. -I know.
I'm sure you remember that I always sleep with four cushions.
No, but I'll fix it for you.
"Why do you sleep with four cushions?" I'm sitting down.
When I think of something immortal during sleep,
I'm in a better position to write.
You are a good man.
When I see a good man, I think of following him as an example.
When you see a bad man, examine your heart.
Confucius. You're a great man!
Good men are stars, planets of the decades...
where they live and illustrate their time.
Johnson. Without H.
He's a careful driver. I felt very safe with you.
From the nettle, dangerous, we reap the flower safely.
Shakespeare.
Besides being pretty, she's smart.
-Thanks. -You're welcome.
Let's go.
-Charge as if it were important. -And is.
It must seem insignificant.
If it sounds insignificant, someone will find it important.
Who would carry something insignificant as if it were important?
We have to get him to that dry, rotten trunk on the other side of the lake.
Tomorrow, we'll take you to the Willis Hood stables,
where nobody will touch him because all his horses died and then...
- Come on! - Come on!
"Come on, Clarence!"
- Come on! -Quickly!
Quickly! Come here! Come on, it's important! Quickly!
Let's go! We have a big problem.
It was a tight game. We were winning from 110 to 97.
Come on!
Quickly!
It's right here.
Hello kids.
What are you doing?
Anything.
Between here. I have something very interesting to see.
-What do we do with this? "We'll pick you up later."
Look at this...
Not bad. Not bad at all...
"I'm referring to the tent." -What's the booth?
It is empty. And this is how it will continue.
Unless it solves the problem we have with Miss Work.
She's full of soft talk.
Send her to the hotel before dinner. I talk to her.
Just one more thing...
The vocalist of the Bible group has laryngitis.
And the doctor...
forced him to a vow of silence. What are you going to do about it?
The Singers of the Bible
Excuse me, sir. The ticket?
Warranty Committee, boy.
Yes sir. Yes sir.
Thank you. Now, ladies and gentlemen, a legend of your own time.
To speak of immorality, the immortal Mr. Morality.
Thank you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and good afternoon.
You know... In Chautauqua, we used to say
that the greatest lesson we could give mature men and women was...
What if we both jumped over to the store?
I got a new box of drink. We could...
-Anda. Let's go back there. "So, Harry... I want to hear."
Ernest Hemingway, last year wrote the incredible novel...
about the postwar disillusionment, "The sun also rises"
and said: "" So far, on morale...
I only know what morality is, what makes us feel good later...
and what is immoral is what makes us feel bad afterwards "
Let's... Let's go back there for a bit.
My wife thinks I'm in a meeting.
We can all change. Change is the surest thing beyond death.
What you have been, little means.
What you are, is the essence.
Walt Whitman wrote: "I think...
Come on, my dear... You can come back later.
Please...
I watch them for a long, long time.
They do not suffer or complain about their condition.
They do not lie awake in the dark, weeping for their sins.
None of them went insane with the mania of possessing things.
Now I ask you, ladies and gentlemen,
we are really less than animals,
as Whitman says, or can we be more?
We can stop complaining, start the engine of new life...
and try to start again from nowhere?
I mean, start over from scratch!
Immorality is something that does not exist...
when we have become a moral force ourselves.
Come on, honey... Be kind. You're not right using this child.
"Let's use the mayor's daughter." - Let me handle this?
We have a big problem.
With the country boys. And believe me, it's something that can come out...
Ah, sorry. You are the boss. Forgot it.
Of course you're not acting as boss, boss. But it is, in fact, the boss.
If I acted as a boss, I'd tell her
what you, the boss, wants her, who is the maid, do.
Replace Carol with the mayor's daughter.
I'd rather quit doing this.
Are you resigning?
Wait there, boy! Paragraph 3...
subtitle 2 of my contract, under the conditions of employment,
says that the agreement between Chautauqua, now called producer,
and I, now called the artist, says that if I resign,
I have to provide a substitute for the Union and pay the expenses.
Charlie, do you have to quote this contract?
and I lose two weeks' salary!
Not me, sir. You will not hear this girl quitting!
Are you going to let a maid talk like that?
"Maybe I have to fire her." - Am I fired? In this paragraph,
subheading 3, says that they have to arrange a substitute for the Union,
paying me two weeks' salary...
and 1st class transportation back to Chicago!
I should not fire her. It will become more expensive!
"I did not fire her. -And for being so flawless...
can arrange another substitute pianist.
Because I'm going to stop being your helpful Ella Cinders.
Pursue me just because angario money for a strike fund.
Look what you've done.
Until it is replaced, paragraph 13, which is a matter of force majeure...
and incapacity, states that the artist, that is, I...
will be in charge of all the children's presentation.
So, my young man, Carol stays, and good-bye to the Gilchnist girl.
"How will you handle this?" -Good question. I know how to deal with it.
You'll see.
Listen, my dear... Well, honey, wrong.
-What do I do with my clothes washed? You can leave her there.
He told me to put the clothes here.
I heard...
You know, I have a mania for towels.
I had craze for blankets.
This was not a sincere smile.
What reasons do I have for a sincere smile?
There is nothing in the eye,
there is no earache, no cold, no pimples.
I do not even have a surrogate pianist.
-What is it? -Good...
a substitute pianist is someone who replaces the usual pianist,
in case the usual pianist is not available to work.
By the way he said, it seemed like an ordinary thing.
I already played in a band of guys.
He did not earn much, but he could not imagine how much fun it was.
"You do not make much money here either. "It makes no difference to me.
Not really...
"You get nothing." -I work for free.
Just to get into Chautauqua.
It is arranged.
You're too fast, my friend.
Sorry. I have all the time in the world.
"And all the money in the game, too." - We'll be here all week.
-A big 10. Next? -Cubro.
That is determination.
I want a letter, please. -A letter.
- And a four. I hope it helps. -Thank you. Enough.
-In. -Here it is.
"Four." -Again.
Hi, Nina. Happy 13.
I cover.
Payment 20. -Won!
-I'll stay here. -Good...
I'll be right back, buddy. Maybe we can raise the limit?
-Of course. -Great.
Here I will be. Can not wait.
Stop being stupid and listen to me. I've been trying to talk to you.
I've been very busy.
I'm on a break and I need to talk to you?
-Great. Let's go to my tent. -No, this is business talk.
It's not bed-talk.
They're coming!
"Spend a minute, my dear. - "Miss Honey", boss.
If you have a free time, why not help me?
Ladies First.
"I can not believe it came down so low!" -That said?
"You will not do well in this. "Be good at what, cutie?"
Do not come with a soft one. You know very well what I mean.
Are you sure you're feeling all right?
That's it, that's it... You have no feelings!
How can you have them and hire a child...
as your substitute pianist without paying you?
She should be hospitalized in an asylum.
You do not go around threatening a union delegate.
Listen, I do not know what you're talking about.
You forget that you hired the hotelier's daughter.
as his substitute pianist, with the generous salary of nothing?
Or maybe it's what everyone else does and then they have to drink
to forget the corrupt acts they practice against the working class.
Because she unionized.
And the union's minimum contract, as agreed...
... by the Association of Entrepreneurs and the Trade Union of Actors,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, enters...
It comes into force.
She is not a puppet. Her salary began this afternoon,
when hired under paragraph two
of the minimum contract rules, titled "" The rehearsals begin ""...
Could you shut up for a minute?
"I will not forget these bullies." "I swear, I did not hire you."
Maybe it was Johnny. I did not go.
I would never hire anyone without paying.
Is that what you want to talk to me about?
If it's over, I wanted to say one thing.
-Or, Walt, I'm sorry. I thought... "It does not matter. Forgets.
I would like to start negotiating with you on another subject.
Sit down.
-Because? -You ask a lot of questions.
Oh really. Why do I have to sit down?
You do not have to sit down.
Do you have to smoke that cigar?
It looks like a caricature of a capitalist.
No, I do not have to smoke. -Thanks.
You're welcome.
Let's start this work meeting, girl. Sit down.
Okay, so long as it's to negotiate.
It's to negotiate, yes.
-What's the first order? "I have some remarks to begin with.
-Say it. -The most important part...
... of labor relations is the spirit of cooperation...
-...between the parts. According? -According.
If it is for negotiations to be worth,
the relationship between the negotiating parties must be honest and intimate.
I've always liked you, Charlie. She's smart and not fake.
She always says what she thinks, she is beautiful and very funny.
Thanks.
So, what do we have at hand?
There is no reason why, with our solid foundation,
we can not start negotiating a number of things...
... that could be more meaningful...
...in all areas.
What do you mean?
That the relationship between the trading parties can best be served...
... by what is sometimes called "going to bed with one another."
What is your proposal...? I mean, what do you propose?
-Usa the daughter of the mayor. -That said?
"Use the mayor's daughter." "That's what it looked like.
You're a damn fool! -Wait!
What did he do to her?
Look at this!
-I think its better... "Shut up and give the cards."
-Damn it... - You're talking to a lady!
Let me out of here now!
Wait a second!
Sorry, but it's busy.
For a dollar, they are undoubtedly many fires.
IT IS...
-No. -It's just a little bit.
-No. -Come on, let me...
Do not.
For!
I swear, if I go, I tell your daughter what's between us.
-What do you think of that? "I'll kill you if you do."
-Is playing. -No, I'm not.
We do the following: I'll pay you.
What?
Exact.
I'm starting to pay you.
To pay me?
Is anyone here?
There is someone here?
I'll be right there.
-Well well... -Good Morning.
I was going to the country and decided to eat something.
Sometimes I get tired of making coffee in that room.
I believe so.
Tell me what poison you want.
What do you want?
Toast, coffee and some poorly pressed eggs.
"Bad past?" -Yes.
It's ok.
You know, I'm not usually behind the counter.
She's the Lady of the Stories, is not she?
By any chance, do you know of good stories about traveling clerks?
Stories are for kids.
One day, children have to learn, you know?
I think so.
You know, I found out...
... you never know where we're going to learn anything.
I'd be amazed, even in a little town like this,
with what can be learned.
Could you get me some cream for my coffee, please?
Of course.
"How are things, Mr. Wilby?" -It's all empty.
They're all in this damn Chautauqua.
Rats?
-Hello, Mrs. Bix. -Hello. It's a pleasure to see you.
-Thanks. How are you doing? -Good. How's Carol?
Well. She'll do well on paper.
"No, I asked how you behave. -Of course.
Carol is just like her mother. She is...
is always a good girl.
If you do not force the trade unionist to let the mayor's daughter...
... play the role of Alice, I mean, we'll be in a bad mood.
Was it also your shoulder that told you?
Just tell him. Do not accept her conversation anymore.
Tell her the other child is out and the mayor's daughter will do Alice.
How are you, tall, dark and obnoxious?
Want another negotiation session?
"Actually, I was-" -Forgets.
- Hey, Charlie. -We have a problem,
but the boss will tell you everything.
It's serious, but there is a simple way to solve all this. Tell him.
Why did not you tell me she was so good?
"It's a matter of principle. "The principles do not matter.
Talent is what matters. The girl is terrific.
No matter how much they say or what happens, the girl stays in the show.
Give letters.
Come on, give it.
Paid to see.
- It's 20. -Perhaps.
21!
And this...? Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Gentlemen!
-And it all. -Thank you very much.
Where did that ace come from?
I'm a lucky guy.
It seemed like a tricky move. What do you think?
Hang on. The game is not over yet, my friend.
Put down my arm.
It is with him that I give.
-Oh really? -Yes.
Wait... Wait... Stop.
We'll talk to him later.
They scared me!
My key, please...
I told you last week...
Oh, Mr. Drewcolt...
I'm looking forward to seeing you in some scenes of Romeo and Juliet.
I love Romeo and Juliet.
There is one thing you always wanted to know about them.
What, my dear?
Do you think Romeo and Juliet had relations before the wedding?
Only in the Des Moines company.
Sorry, Smith. It's going to have to be this way.
Stubborn as mules.
What's up?
A washed laundry bag for the swimming lady.
What happened?
There will be no Chautauqua for next year.
-Because? "The three grumpy bears..."
... give no guarantees.
No guarantees, there is Chautauqua.
This town sucks, is not it?
Mr. Hale? You gotta help me out of town!
-Sr. Hale? - Yeah, I'll think about your case.
Oh really? I could kiss him!
-Do not open. "I have to open it."
-Because? -Maybe it's for me.
-Hello. -Hello.
Have you met? This is Maude, our swimmer.
-It was her who received me. "I have to take Maude to the lake."
I do a lot of warm up.
-They offered a tank for the winter. -Oh really?
- No Varieties. But I will not accept it. -Because?
Six shows a day, swimming from side to side,
swimming on back, side, chest, australian crawl.
Maybe it just floated in the evening show.
"Betty, I have an offer. -Great. Who will I accompany?
This last layer of fat is like engine grease,
which is spread on the body to prevent moisture and cold from entering the skin
for as long as possible.
In my 14 hours and 21 minutes,
10 minutes less than the current record,
I froze as soon as I entered the water.
It was only when I reached the French coast that I realized that someone,
in trying to save some money, had covered me with goose fat.
Geese are the worst animals in the world.
Nothing you have to give is good for anything.
Some should ask why I did not notice...
... that was being covered by goose fat.
It was not my job.
Besides, it was cold.
In addition, he had goose fat from the start.
When I left for France,
was so busy to realize what direction France was heading,
who did not notice that they were covering me with goose fat!
I learned the lesson.
Be that as it may, for those planning longer dives,
believe me, the engine grease is a bit difficult to take off,
but it gives us better protection...
... that the fats of inferior animals.
The water was cold...
It was dark that early in the morning...
and 14 hours and 21 minutes ahead...
I never feed myself with anything that makes me swell...
... before my long journeys.
And a little chicken soup...
... not too hot...
... it's the only food I take...
... after being in the water for some time.
When I swam from Los Angeles to Catalina...
... two years ago, I just had some warm chicken soup,
which I swallowed a short distance from the stern.
I do not like noise while I eat.
And swimming backwards almost sitting, I go drinking.
Excuse me.
Excuse me, I said.
I can not believe. Is dead.
It's so strange to be here without him.
Well, Mr. Wilby was always very nice to me and to Carol...
I mean, for me and Carol.
Really was.
Was it an accident, guard?
If my wife finds out how much I've lost, she'll give me up.
Wilby was the one who lost the most.
He was always losing to that dealer.
The Chowder said he argued with this guy.
Harry and this kid got pissed all week.
Not because Harry was hanging on...
but because Harry thought the boy was cheating.
He told me this, and when he told the boy...
... who thought he cheated, he punched Harry.
Of course, I do some cheating, I will not lie to you. But I swear I did not kill him.
-Did you punch him? -Of course!
Listen, he grabbed my arm and punched me first, all of a sudden.
The Chowder never said that. No one said that.
-Walt, that's what happened. - It was a dirty game.
We will refund the money.
"I did not cheat all the time. -But we'll get the money back.
I never thought I'd allow such a con artist in Chautauqua.
Everyone who participated in this old game knows that he is a con man...
trying to fool the country boys.
Presumptuous boy of the great city.
You will be rich walking from city to city, in the Christian interior of the country.
That, let us spoil ourselves.
We'll see, man...
Listen, let me tell you... I swear I did not kill him.
"Hit him because you tried first." "You do not have to tell me anything.
"No, but not..." -No.
When it's judgment, you'll see, understand?
That's when you'll say what you did and what you did not do, did you understand?
After all, what have you to fear, boy?
-I do not... "Do not answer me.
You do not have to tell me anything anymore.
You have two minutes.
He was not worth anything, Walt.
You could tell from a distance.
There are a lot of guys who are not worth anything but would not kill them.
I'm very scared, Walt.
I may be in big trouble.
If you tell me what you're looking for, maybe I could help you.
- I'm looking for your football helmet. - My helmet?
You know, things are so well underway,
I thought maybe I could take a few days off
and go out and kick the old ball with the boys.
Here he is!
Because practically nobody in the city...
Come and see the show...
and our greatest attraction...
Senator William Anthony Cluster...
who could fill the tent tomorrow night...
and get us out of the hole, can not come to town.
"Is not it great?" Wait a minute... wait a minute...
Gilroy, Iowa. It was our next stop.
- What do you mean, "was"? -It was.
Preterite imperfect of "is". They canceled because of the murder.
Not much luck?
Listen, it's a complicated phase, Johnny...
... but it will pass. I can handle this.
-Oh? As? -Is easy. I'm going to kill myself.
Walt, who chooses to fight Dempsey and Sharkey?
Gene Tunney.
And sleep, say that is the end of disgust...
and the thousands of natural shocks to which the flesh is subjected.
It is a consummation to be devoutly desired.
Die.
To sleep.
- Sleep, maybe dream. "I was looking for him."
-What else is wrong? -I want to talk to you.
... what dreams can...
Ladies First.
I've been thinking.
Yes? On what?
Np who said that talent is important.
What did I say?
He said talent is what really counts.
He's the first director to say something positive about talent.
And he chose to deal with the company's rats.
It gives a very different image of you.
I like it. It is very stimulating.
Good thing there's something exciting around here.
I know.
Clarence was very unlucky,
but know that Mr. Wilby was not a good person.
I heard you talking to...
What is your name? Carol's mother.
They were...
They were screaming at each other.
It was enough to look at him to realize that he liked to torture people.
Ah yes?
Yes. I went to have coffee at his store.
The restaurant does not open so early, and I get tired of eating at how much, then...
Listen... Thank you, dear.
Mrs. Bix?
What happened, Mrs. Bix?
Feel good?
Beautiful night...
Excuse me. What was I going to say?
Well, I was thinking...
Why did you give me those tickets for free?
Because? For what purpose? Because I?
There was no reason. By chance, you were there.
We offer a lot of them.
Your daughter is very beautiful.
Chautauqua is a wonderful thing.
It's an opportunity to learn, you know?
I was thinking...
... well... that one day...
... I do not want Carol to be ashamed of me.
This is what I strive for.
"Is the store still open?" "How can I know?"
Well... It was just curiosity.
I do not ask for any reason.
"Is the store still open?" How can I know?
It was only a question. Forget.
Forget I did it.
Carol is very talented, Mrs. Bix.
There are many chances.
You're making a mistake. Everyone is wrong.
About what?
I heard that speaker saying that everyone can start over from scratch.
I just realized that's not true.
No, it's not true. Unless we want to cheat.
After all, what chance do I have? I'm here in Radford Center. End.
One can only sit.
Maybe it was different if I was in Davenport...
... or Jasper or Keokuk, or even Decatur.
Be there. End.
I mean, who has the opportunities?
Let's go to work...
... we get red hands and legs get tired.
Tell me, sir, let's get settled and go where?
You're making a mistake. Everyone is making mistakes.
You can always get out of the city, you know?
God, this is for laughing! With what?
I should take...
You should take Carol to where she could have a great teacher.
See, you have a good chance, Mrs. Bix.
Clarence does not have any.
Why not?
"The city has made a decision. -I do not want to know!
It's very hard, sir, but no one has a chance...
... because that's life!
Why are you telling me about him?
Glad they caught him. That's all I want to know about him.
Can I ask you a question, Mrs. Bix?
We live in a free country.
Do you really think Clarence killed him?
Just here between us.
Who do you think it was?
I do not know, Mrs. Bix.
But if someone did it in self-defense,
I know how to get you out of prison in no time.
In addition to getting you out of jail...
... I know of a way to make good money.
Good money.
If you look at the drawings, you will see that it says more than it seems.
It speaks of things that are current.
I just read the comics...
Maggie and Jiggs are a typical American couple.
She rules everything, and he hates returning home.
- I know, but I just read... - KILLER SHALL TALK TODAY.
"Happy Hooligan" is the typical poor American.
"It's a social protest. -Listening...
I understand, but... The reason...
Moon Mullins is the dream of living without doing anything.
KILLER CONFESSION AT NIGHT
Lord Plushbottom accuses the ruling class.
The only reason I read comics is because they are fun.
What can you expect from someone from Princeton?
You know the killer?
I think so.
Give me a clue. Are you one of us?
I can not say anything for a while.
Let's go...
-Who is it? -It's me. Abram.
Just a minute.
He is not.
I heard two voices.
Actually, I was talking to myself.
Let me tell you something.
I do not know what you think of laws, but I graduated in Economics and...
-One coffee? -No, thank you.
I spent 6 months in the Faculty of Law. I tell you then, Smile,
there is a crowd buying tickets to hear a killer confess.
I know. There will be 2,000 people.
If it is true, if they even know the killer
and Hale is exploiting the poor and unhappy creature...
whoever, for personal gain, and have not gone to the police,
can be arrested for covering, helping and hiding.
They will be considered accomplices. This is not good.
They can be sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of $ 5,000.
But if it is not true,
and Hale is the charlatan liar and conniving I think is...
... all the pennies they collected will be confiscated...
... as well as all the equipment,
and they will all go to jail for fraud. So? What do you think?
Think about it...
Smile.
And you too, Rasputin.
THE KILLER WILL SPEAK!
You do not mind if we take the homicide after the confession, right?
Or are you planning a trial here tonight?
Good evening. Good evening. It's a beautiful night, is not it?
For what?
Excuse me.
Where's the killer, boss?
I would love to meet you. You know, I...
I met lots of rotten people.
It may sound silly, but I've never been face to face with a...
killer, as far as I know.
There was Mrs. Boyle, my 4th grade teacher.
It was bad and ugly. A real killer.
And he was also picky.
"The killer has not yet appeared. "Is the murderer on the loose?"
Beautiful... We just needed another homicide.
It's not that kind of killer.
When you taste the blood, I... you...
"Kind of killer"?
You mean there are several types?
Are there good killers and bad killers?
Those we love and those we hate?
A killer we like, but not to marry our sister?
Can I give the band rest?
"They played a lot. "When does the killer come?"
Or is the band supposed to take the people out there to see the hanging?
-Thank God! -There's a...
... fabulous night.
- The killer has attacked again! -The killer is her.
Try to make her sober. I'll stop them from asking for the money back.
But...
Well. Let's start the...
leave her sober...
So, smartass?
The university is you.
What do you do when your girl gets so drunk?
I've never been so lucky.
Wait a second! Wait, do not...
Do not leave me alone with her! She can...
turn against me.
We, at Chautauqua, are proud of all who are with us.
Not only the speakers and the artists who have seen on stage...
... but of people like the....
Our college students here.
And Betty Smith at the piano.
TO PRAY
Well... It's like this...
IT IS...
That's it.
Come on...
Let's go...
...over there.
Come on...
Damn, I love this song!
I'll get her to her feet!
Listen. Hearing this?
How about something like a 15 part harmony?
15? There are only four of us.
All.
Everything is behind the feet of blackberries...
Oh my God...
Here we go, behind the blackberry feet...
Hang on... I'll seat you there.
Feet of blackberries.
Good assassin...
Who are you?
I'm one of the good guys.
Go back there and help Johnny.
Arriving at Radford Center, I met three young people...
or rather, they crossed with me. Come on guys!
Yes, you. Come on!
Go to the tent to tell Charlene to bring Carol and Willy.
What happened, boss?
If you have nothing to do but listen, I can explain.
Is that a proposal?
Here they are! Cathy, Leonard and Bill.
I do not like to eat while I sleep.
Take...
You know...
that when drinking water while eating...
My father wore a glass of hot gin,
dissolve with a sugar bar and put a hair on top.
"I'd rather be drunk." "It should not be funny to be fat.
Poor fat guys.
Poor, poor thing...
Dad...
I think I'm going to faint.
Mrs. Bix? Mrs. Bix, you have to be sober.
I can not hear you. I'm fainting.
It's your only chance, I assure you.
Bring a bucket of water.
The city is here in weight, Mrs. Bix.
Where are you going?
Improvise until they are ready to speak.
"Throw it, boy. Make yourself comfortable. -Thanks.
I think he did not like to hear me sing, but it does not hurt either...
because, in fact, I've always been a better dancer...
than a singer.
Play her.
Thanks.
Carol? Willy?
Do you remember Carol and Willy in our play?
The person in charge is Charlene, the Lady of Stories.
Compared to you, Rasputin is St. Francis of Assisi.
Thanks.
Using the mother of this poor child!
Charlene, Carol and Willy are going to sing.
With you, Mr. Hale.
I have to get Mrs. Bix was sober.
There are few chances.
This girl is much better than Lily Jeanne.
Do not laugh. They will see your tongue split.
Want to see the kids doing a number alone?
- It's getting better, now. -You're starting to wake up.
Breathe deeply. Breathe deeply.
-How is she? -Break out.
She's almost done.
-Almost. "I have to give the money back."
"How much time do we have left?" "About a chorus and a half."
-She's still fainting. "They'll hang Nathan Hale."
Do not let her go, people.
Charlene is also a great artist by herself.
Thanks. Get your paws off me, dimples.
Charlene would like to sing a song we did on the train.
Why do not we sing it together?
I have to go back there.
If I leave the stage, I quit.
Show these nice people how they play.
That's right... Come on...
They smiled at the audience. Up... That...
Wait, I do not! No, no...
Mrs. Bix?
-Give him more. Maybe it works. -I can not...
But I...
It is better not. I do not even know how strong I am.
-I can...? -L'd love to.
Accompany children to the children's tent.
I hope you will notice my hatred.
Well I told you. I quit!
Well, my people...
Looks like I can not tie you up any more.
As the ice cream man said when the truck broke down:
"I can not deliver."
But I promise...
I...
I killed Harry Wilby...
in self-defense.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
For the year, you will have a show of your own, and I will go with it.
"I would go everywhere with him." -You're the best director on the circuit.
It's probably Mr. Chautauqua. You know how to use everything and anything else.
He's a bastard. It's immoral.
I tell you, there was not a single dry eye in the room.
We have the guarantee for next year. No doubt. He is phenomenal!
Wicked, bad, ugly.
Like Mrs. Boyle, my 4th grade teacher. He is...
perverse Where is he? Where is it?
-Who? -Hale. Hale. Where's Hale?
You're going to miss the train.
He hoped to get her to change her mind.
You said you fired me, and it's true.
"I wish it were not." "Do not think, handsome.
All right, girl.
Listen, I know it sounds like I was using Mrs. Bix.
How can you say that?
It was the only way to have a fair trial here.
The guard admitted him this morning, and so did the mayor.
-My hero... "They would have hanged her."
Perhaps.
There is none, Charlie.
That poor woman...
It is no longer.
Between us, I gave him the senator's payment.
They can get out of the city after the trial.
-Truth? "And I would lie to you?"
Yes!
What are you going to do, Charlie?
I have several plans.
Summer has just begun and...
I know it was my fault that he quit, and everything.
But you helped me last night. I could not have done it without you.
Another gold star for my memory book.
But I still quit.
I'm not listening.
No, but I do.
Why do not you forget all this and you catch the train, girl?
"Here you come, with softly spoken. -No, I'm calling you to reason.
I'm determined.
I know I'm going to jump...
... without the proverbial network...
... and the tree rocks a lot...
... but that's the way it has to be.
I...
I've checked the union contract you're always quoting...
... and you have to pay your ticket. In addition to his replacement.
First class.
So I'd like to give some money to you.
Just to give you some help, just for the expenses.
It's yours. Come on, take it.
Please.
See you later.
What did I do?
-Is playing... -Three 100-note notes.
Where is she?
I'd hate to leave someone like this here at Radford Center.
* This is almost the end of our story,
and it was almost the end of Chautauqua as well.
In 1934, the great brown shack of Chautauqua...
... was folded and last saved.
The Chautauqua train left the city and never came back.
Victim of radio, phonograph, talking movies, automobile,
asphalt roads and sophistication.
The Chautauqua is gone, but something has remained,
something more than a memory,
because no one who saw a Chautauqua
you can never forget your excitement, fun and joy.
In his day, it was the most American thing in America,
and it is not we who say it. It was President Roosevelt who said so.
Nowadays, we just say that was the end.