Carrie

- Hello, Meeber. - Morning, Tom.

I wanna buy a ticket to Chicago.

- You going to Chicago? - Not me. Another one of my girls.

- Round trip? - No. One-way.

Goodbye, Mama.

- Goodbye, Papa. - Goodbye, Carrie.

- Say goodbye to sister Carrie. - Bye, Carrie.

Goodbye, Maudie. Remember the things we said.

All aboard.

Let me help you with that.

- Thank you. - Welcome.

Were you visiting in Columbia City?

- I live there. - No.

Why, you look like you just stepped right off Michigan Boulevard.

Did they tell you not to talk to strangers?

Everybody's a stranger till you meet them.

Almost got run over, didn't you?

Allow me to introduce myself. "Drouet". My father was French.

Charles S. Drouet. S for smiles. Charlie to his friends.

That's engraved. That's nothing. Forget it.

Rub your thumb over that. Go ahead.

Keep it. I got plenty of them.

Stick it in your bureau mirror with the dance programmes, picture postcards.

Hey, let me show you a trick I learned my first year on the road.

Minnie, my sister, went to Chicago without knowing a soul.

Then she met Sven. He's in the stockyards.

And they got married.

Now she's got a little boy and a flat with gas and running water.

- Did all right, huh? - Yes. You should see her letters.

And you're off to do the same, huh?

I can do better than Minnie. I went through school.

Yeah. And looking like you do ain't gonna hurt any.

South Chicago.

That's not us. That's the slums. It's South Chicago.

- It's where they told me to get off. - I don't know where you live.

Goodbye, Mr Drouet.

Here you are, Sven.

Hello, Gussie.

I walked home, La Salle Street.

If it was to save the fare, you shouldn't.

I told you you could take it out of the board money.

- You'll scrub the skin off. - I wish I could.

Minnie, I hate my job.

I could be there 100 years and never have anything to show for it.

I can't even buy a coat for winter.

I haven't got what to stake you. If you want a stake, you gotta work for it.

But no matter what you make, I gotta have $5 board money.

They're always stacked high in front of you. Keep it moving.

The light's so bad I can't see my fingers.

Do you want to give up your machine?

Take your foot off the pedal, you fool!

Hold it there. Don't try to get it out. Don't pull.

Turn that wheel slow.

All right. There it is. Just went through the nail.

Everybody back to your machines. Nothing serious.

Wash the dirt off that and take the day off.

- Stop at my desk on the way out. - Yes, sir.

It ain't a bad one, Carrie.

Here's a dollar. A whole day's pay. You can keep the change.

Sign this release. Make an X if you can't write.

I'll let you know when to come back.

- You don't know where I live. - I'll find out.

Hey, you, come over here.

- Have you got an apron? - Yes, sir.

Follow me.

Want me to take you home?

How can I go home? I'm fired. I've gotta find another job right away.

Thank you, Anna.

- He's coming right down. - Thank you.

Oh, I know my apples But, girlie, you're a peach

Oh, hello. Hello, Sally.

Skidoo. Where you been keeping yourself?

- At my sister's. - That a fact?

I've been thinking about you, Sally, but I've been busier than a scalded dog.

- My name's Carrie. Carrie Meeber. - Well, of course, Carrie.

- I just wanted to see if you knew. - Mr Drouet...

Charlie's the name, charm's the game. What's up?

Would there be work in your company?

- For you? - Yes. I lost my job this morning.

No, they don't hire girls.

I've been all over the city. I just can't find anything.

You look pretty whipped, Carrie.

This is not the girl that I saw on that train.

I've been working in a shoe factory.

I got my finger caught in the machine...

- You did? - I just don't know what to do.

Carrie, that's no work for you.

- Does it hurt? - Not very much.

Let me see it. Give me your hand. I wanna give you something.

- Here's $10. - Oh, no.

Take it. Buy yourself something nice to wear.

You look for a job like that, they'll hand you a broom.

- I could never pay it back. - Not if you don't take it, you can't.

- I'll take half. - Never take half.

This'll see you through till you get a job.

I've got some things to finish up here before we close.

Go home, wash your face. You got something else to wear?

- Yes. - Put it on. We'll see Chicago tonight.

Have you been to Fitzgerald's? I'm gonna buy you the best meal in town.

Meet me there at seven. It's on Adams. Everybody knows it.

Take a hack. Seven o'clock.

You won't be able to work at the machines.

Why weren't you more careful? What's Sven gonna say?

It's all right. He didn't dock me.

He gave me two weeks' salary in advance. Here.

- I'm gonna give this to Sven tonight. - Where'd you get that?

The boss gave it to me.

My things.

- Who brought them? - Anna Yankowski.

You were fired.

Who gave you the money, Carrie?

You're going home tomorrow, Carrie.

I didn't do anything wrong. It was a loan.

- From a man? - Yes.

Sven won't take that kind of money.

If you do, you'll regret it all your life.

Miss.

Oh, miss.

Out. Out, please.

- Can I help you? - I don't know.

- I'm supposed to meet someone. - Do you see him here?

No.

- He'll probably be in the restaurant. - There?

But I don't think I'd walk through the bar if I were you.

Oh, I'm sorry.

The entrance is right next door.

There you are.

Thank you.

A little thing like that kind of breaks the monotony.

I'm sorry, we do not seat unescorted ladies, miss.

I don't want to sit down. I want to leave a message.

Yes. What is it?

Well, would you tell Mr Drouet,...

...Mr Charlie Drouet, that I couldn't come?

That I can't meet him, and I couldn't wait to tell him.

And if you'll give this back to him.

- What is it, Louis? - I don't know.

- Who were you meeting? - Mr Drouet, Charlie Drouet.

- Let's see if he's here. - He isn't. I'm early.

Well, maybe he's early. He should be.

Shall we look?

Well, it would be better if I could just leave this.

- Were you going to have dinner here? - Yes, I was.

Well, why don't you wait?

- It's a very good restaurant. - I know.

- It looks it. - Carrie. Hello. You got here early.

- Good evening, Mr Hurstwood. - Mr Drouet, good evening.

Say, you've got a good memory for names.

I haven't been here in months.

Will you follow me?

Louis.

- A nice table for Mr Drouet. - Thank you.

This way, please.

Try to be a sensible girl.

Stop worrying. Put the money away.

It's just a loan from a friend. I'm not gonna give it another thought.

Buy yourself a little coat. You need a coat, don't you?

There you are. Pay me back when you get a job. Anything wrong with that?

Put that money away before the waiter picks it up.

Look out.

Now, then, that's settled.

You've been awfully nice, Mr Drouet.

Why not? Everybody gets a little help from somebody.

Some of the finest ladies in Chicago are right here.

Where do you think they get everything from? From their husbands. Or friends.

No.

The little one.

That's the first time you smiled.

Come on, let's enjoy this, will you?

- No, I didn't order any champagne. - The compliments of Mr Hurstwood.

Well, thank you. Thank you very much.

Now, isn't that nice?

There's another smile. I wish you could see it.

Here, look in the mirror. Do it again.

There you are, right up there. Those two windows. You see?

Now, why don't you come up and take one look?

- I don't think I better. - I'll have the cabby wait.

If you don't like it, you can come right back.

I think I'll take a streetcar.

To your sister's? You said they didn't want you.

You don't wanna go back to the farm?

You like Chicago. You wanna stay here, don't you?

It's a nice little flat.

It'll be empty for ten days. I'm going on the road.

I can just as easy catch the 11 o'clock to Edison tonight.

If you like it, move in. No board. Not a dime.

By the time I get back, you'll be fine. Maybe you'll have a place of your own.

Here's the key.

Now you're making sense.

- Thank you for everything. - It's nothing.

Now, you wait right here.

- Where are you going? - I gotta get my bag, don't I?

Well, I'm all packed. Why don't you take your hat off, make yourself cosy?

Hey, you're scared to death.

- Yes, I am. - What for?

I'll tell you what. Why don't I go out and get a couple of bottles of beer?

We'll play the graphophone, make you feel better, huh? What do you say?

All right. I'm going.

I just thought I'd take a later train, that's all.

No, I'm off.