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How are you feeling now, Kitty?

I'm all right.

You lay down during the intermisson and I'll give you a couple of shots.

I'll lay down but I don't want any shots.

Nothing serious, I hope, Kitty.

No, it's nothing.

Kitty, Kitty.

There's more. The one and only. Take it easy, boys.

Hey, boys, don't forget. At the conclusion of tonight's performance...

Hey, is there a doctor in the house?

No foolin, boys. Is there a doctor in the house?

All right, What's the answer to that?

Is Dr. Leonard here? Is Dr. Leonard here?

Leonard! Leonard! Doctor Leonard!

Doctor Leonard.

Doctor Leonard.

What do you want?

Come backstage, doc. Make it snappy.

Hey doc, how did you ever get away from the office?

Right this way, doctor.

All of you on the other side of the stage.

I'll take you to the dressing room.

Stay in your pallet. No, no, right of center door.

That's right.

Oh, I don't get clothes.

Go on to your dressing-room, quick!

Something she ate?

No, she hasn't been feeling so good for a couple of days.

And then when we came off this number she got this telegram and passed out.

What's it all about?

It's from her husband.

He got sent up for croaking a big bum with an itch for Kitty.

Eddie was a swell fellow. But he didn't belong to this racket.

Crazy about Kitty. Jealous of everybody.

But that's no way to be in the Burlesque game.

No, I guess not. Gee, it's tough on Kitty, though.

Will she be able to go on again tonight, doc? No, sir.

Nor for many an acts to come.

Nor for many an acts to come. Send one of the boys across the street for my surgical bag, will you?

Send one of the boys across the street for my surgical bag, will you?

Sure. Is there anything very serious?

No, not if we work fast.

Hey, you. Come in here. I'll need you.

On stage everybody.

Step on it. Come on, get on there.

Hurry up, Joe. It's your entrance.

Well, Maude Adams?

How about getting out there and giving the cast a little of your time, eh?

What's the matter with you? You're not getting out there?

Kitty's got a baby.

Well I'll be. She's got a baby.

Kitty's got a baby. Kitty's got a baby.

Kitty's got a baby. Oh, Kitty's got a baby.

Kitty's got a baby. Kitty's got a baby.

What? Oh, boy!

Come on in, boys and girls, we got company.

Gee, Kitty, the baby looks great.

Oh, isn't it cute?

It looks just like Kitty.

Oh, what a beautiful baby!

Watch that left foot there, precious.

That's right. That's fine. That's momma's big girl.

Come in. Uncle Joe!

Well, how's my best girl today? Fine.

Now, Kitty, I got good news.

Just came from Maxmount's office

And you and the Highflying Company is all set.

Thirty weeks date, you open in Toledo.

Did you make it plain about my billing?

Oh, yeah. He came through without a squawk.

And as for you, Snoops, look what I got for you.

From one comic to another.

Mommy, look! Oh, Joe, that's swell.

Come on, little monkey, you run over there. Try'em on, see how they look.

Listen, Kitty, I've been thinking a lot lately about you.

What you two need is a man like me to take care of you.

Kitty Darling don't need any man to take care of her.

Ain't she getting along pretty well without one now?

If you'd leave it to me I'd buy a cosy little home some place for you, Nicky.

where she could grow up right.

A home for me, eh? You want lumps growing on me, I suppose.

No, Mr. King, I got plans. I'm headed straight for Broadway, the big time.

No foolin', Kitty. The kid deserves a better break.

Why, this burlesque racket is no place for her.

I can take plenty care of her, thanks.

Yeah, I know.

But she's getting to the age where she's learning things whether you like it or not.

Why, last night I overheard her trying to tell the one

that the girls brought back from the elf's backyard.

Look. Look.

You see what I mean?

Yes, maybe you're right. But, Joe, what can I do?

Listen, I got a cousin that'll send your kid to a nice school in Wisconsin. A convent.

Take April away from me? The Blessed Heart. She said it was great.

Oh, no, Joe. I couldn't. I couldn't. I'd die.

It's for her own good, Kitty. Honest.

She'd get an education.

Grow up at a nice place. Not in some lousy burlesque theater.

No sleeper jumps and none of the small town johns hanging around at nights.

And there'll be sisters there to teach her the word of God.

And she'd grow up in a nice place, grow up to be a lady.

not a cheap little tot. You want April to be a lady, don't you?

You bet she's gonna be a lady. I got plans for her.

Then you'd better send her to that convent.

Maybe I will. Maybe I will.

Let us contemplate in its mystery

how our Lord, Jesus Christ

being sentenced to die

bore with great patience the cross which was laid upon him

for his greater torment and ignominy.

And now, April, there's a little prayer that goes with this, dear.

It goes like this.

Oh, Holy Virgin, example of patience.

by the most painful carrying of the cross

on which thy son, our Lord Jesus Christ,

bore the heavy weight of our sins,

obtain for us of Him, by thy intersession,

courage and strength

to follow His steps

And bear our cross after Him to the end of our lives,

Amen.

I know he loves me, heaven knows why

And when he tells me he can't live without me

what wouldn't I do for that man?

He's not an angel or saint,

I know he loves me, heaven knows why

and when he tells me he can't live without me

what wouldn't I do for that man?

I'll never leave him alone, I'll make his troubles my own

With all his faults I know we'll get by

I'm just no good when his arms are about me

what wouldn't I do for that man?

what wouldn't I do for that man?

Give me air.

After that one I'd better get out of here while I'm still alive.

Come on, Hitch, stick around. It's early.

I can't, Peggy. Honest. Kitty'll be sore.

Anybody'd think she got a mortgage on you.

You see that rock?

As long as she keeps kicking in with little love tokens like that, sweetness,

I'm gonna keep right on being her wide-bedded boy.

Okay, big boy.

As long as she doesn't get wise that you're giving the runaround with every dame in the coop.

When she does, I'll get me a new mama, peaches.

And your name's right on top of the list.

Aw, baloney.

I loved that man from the start

and way down deep in my heart

I know he loves me, heaven knows why

and when he tells me he can't live without me

What wouldn't I do... Hello, beautiful!

Gee, you gave me a start. Ain't you home early?

Well, I dumped the gang, luscious.

Had to come home to my big blonde mama.

Oh, honey. My own sweet boy.

What's all that stuff? Forget-me-nots?

Just a lot of old letters and junk.

Hey, what john wrote your loads?

You ain't the first good-looking guy in my life.

But the last, eh?

Who's the dame? Give me that.

Wait a minute, can't you?

What's the rush?

Cute kid.

Sister? To my own darling mama.

Give me that. Hey!

What's that mean "To my own darling mama", eh?

You can read, can't you?

You mean to tell me this kid's yours?

Well, is it? Well, what if she is?

You've been holding out on me.

Shut up. You're all alike. Just a lot of dirty double-crossing broads.

How old is the kid?

Seventeen. Where's she at?

In school. In a convent.

That's a laugh. What for?

I got plans for her. I want her to have an education.

Yeah, but I always thought those joints were so expensive.

I manage to round up a coin every month.

So that's where all your spare cash goes.

No wonder you didn't have 100 bucks to loan me Monday.

But when I do have it to loan, what do you do with it?

Drop it in some bookie's lap.

Well, I'm not thinking of myself so much now, see?

But you oughta be sore if I go away.

Sure, you got a great career.

But it takes plenty of jack as well as talent to make the grade.

I got plenty of both, I guess.

Speaking of that, how about that act of ours you said the Keith Office was interested in?

There you are, you see?

That's gonna cost about $1200 to mount.

Classy looking props, three changes for you, orchestrations

and I'll bet you ain't got $1200.

Maybe not. But you said you'd help, remember?

Now, that ring I gave you.

I knew that was coming.

Hawk it, eh?

That's all the sentiment you got in ya.

Hawk that new overcoat you got me too, I suppose.

No, I want you to look nice.