Dance, Girl, Dance

I roll out the barrel &

I well have a barrel of fun &

I roll out the barrel &

j; We've got the blues on the run &

j zing, boom, tar-rar-rel &

j ring out a song of good cheer &

I now's the time to roll the barrel &

j for the gang's all here &

Don't let anyone out.

Cops.

Take it easy, folks. Don't anyone leave.

Stand where you are. Don't touch a thing.

Joe, hold the dealers and housemen. Let the others go.

- Okay. - Come along.

Let's get out of here.

All right, folks. Please go home quickly and quietly.

Sorry to spoil your fun, but this place is closed.

- Okay, girls, you're through. - We're not leaving until we get paid.

You'll have a long wait. Your boss just took a run-out powder.

- Go on, change your clothes. - Take your big paws off me.

Then beat it or I'll throw you all in the tank.

You can't do that, officer. We have nothing to do with the gambling.

But you knew it was going on and you didn't report it.

You're accessories. Come on.

We're not accessories any more than the people who come here.

We're just trying to earn our living, same as you are.

And we'd like to be paid before we leave.

Bravo.

The little lady's right, officer, and you know it.

How would you like to dance your feet off for a jaded public and not get paid?

Citizens of akron, I appeal to your well-known generosity.

Let's take up a collection for these innocent victims of a man's avarice.

I'll start it with $14.

Now, who's next? Thanks, officer. That's the old spirit.

I never expected to find you here, Mr. Harris.

Now, who else has some old spirit? Thank you, boys. Thank you.

How about the ladies? Thank you too.

Thank you, everybody. This is the finest demonstration of, uh -

of something or other that I've ever seen.

Maybe there's lots of things you haven't seen.

Maybe.

Thank you.

Thank you all. Thank you very much.

Come on, boys.

May I have this dance?

It's my favorite number.

Lose something, bubbles, dear?

What's the big rush?

Of course, I could go on forever, but the piccolo's a little dry.

You've got a funny face.

I mean, this is a funny place for your face.

Seemed a grand enough place when we landed it.

- Irish? - Once removed.

You know...

You look like a star, the one that keeps shining after all the others have quit.

You know, the morning star.

That's a very nice thing to say.

I'm a very nice fellow.

Well, then what are you doing in a place like this?

I'm having a swell time, and I'm going on having a swell time.

Miss Irish, this is a very special occasion.

I'm celebrating something.

Something important.

I don't think you are.

What?

Having a good time, even if you are celebrating.

There are celebrations and celebrations.

You wouldn't understand.

You have blue eyes.

I don't like girls with blue eyes.

Mind if I take over?

Hello, handsome. What goes on under your hat?

It was just telling me to find that gorgeous blonde.

I always was a mind reader.

- Good night, boys. - Good night.

Good night.

Bubbles just burns me.

She's got all the men she wants.

Did she have to run off with the one fella you really like?

Oh, forget it.

Anyway...

The only thing I really care about is dancing.

Well, he can't be so much or he wouldn't fall for her.

He doesn't like bubbles, not really.

Have it your own way.

Good night.

Shh. Sally's asleep.

So what?

Back kind of early, aren't you?

Oh, that guy.

He took me to the ritz bar.

Everything was going along swell,

when all of a sudden he spots this thing on the floor,

and he goes completely cuckoo.

He plants it on me and tells me to be good to it, and he walks out.

"Be good to ferdinand,” he says.

It's cute. You can have it.

I'll say one thing for you, pavlova.

You've certainly got ambition, even if it's dumb.

You know, I got ambition too.

Only I don't have to crack my joints to get where I'm going. I got brains.

Your brains told you how you're gonna get back to New York tomorrow?

Oh, yeah.

Gee, if only that guy tonight -

oh, well. Let's see, there's Jerry.

Oh, no, Jerry's out. Found out he had a wife.

Stu Martin.

Eh, I'd rather walk.

Sam. That's the traveling salesman that's so sweet on me.

He's got a honey of a roadster. He's starting east tomorrow.

Wouldn't there be room for Sally?

He's a fur salesman, not a mother.

All right, she can go, but don't blame me.

That guy's got more arms than an octopus.

- Nanette. - He's here.

Mr. Harris, your husband.

"Monsieur," I said. "Consider madame.

She bought a ticket for Reno. You can't come here."

- Where is he? - In there. In your boudoir, madame.

Don't go in, madame.

Remember, the lawyer told you not to see him before the divorce.

Jimmy.

You know you have no right to come here.

We're not supposed to be friendly for six weeks and a day.

Who says we're friendly?

What were you doing in the ritz bar, Elinor?

So you're going in for espionage.

You left ferdinand on the floor where he could be kicked around by anybody.

Oh, dear, did I? Where's he now? Did you bring him home?

No, I didn't. You don't deserve him, so I gave him away.

You didn't.

Oh, but, Jimmy, he was our -

our ferdinand.

- Do you remember the night we got him? - Sure, the club ferdinand.

You insisted on wearing that silly little short jacket.

Well, snow makes the air warmer. Always told you that.

Anyway, it was a beautiful night.

Jimmy, I...

Well, uh...

So long.

Have a good trip.

Oh, won't you have a drink before you go?

Certainly.

Nanette.

- Drinks, nanette. - The usual?

- Of course. - Yes, sir.

Well, this is cozy.

Yes.

Elinor?

Yes, Jimmy?

Promise me you'll be careful out there.

Those western horses are very dangerous.

I promise.

Your eyes are extraordinarily blue tonight.

Harris tire heir, valve-and-bearing heiress.

It ought to fit.

Maybe if we'd been plain Mr. and Mrs. Harris,

worrying about butcher's bills and...

If Harold could see us now.

He made me promise not to see you until after the...

- You know what I mean. - Puss in boots?

What is he anyway? Your lawyer or a suitor?

Now, let's not quarrel about that again, please.

By the way...

Who'd you say you gave my - gave ferdinand to?

Oh, some girl.

I must mean an awful lot to you.

Who started this Reno business anyway?

Who so generously supplied me with the grounds?

Add insanity to the list. I was nuts to come up here.

- Where's my hat? - Where it usually is, on the floor.

Goodbye. Have a nice six weeks with puss in boots.

He doesn't mean a thing to me. Don't call him that.

This is the happiest moment of my life.

Thanks for the hospitality.

But, Mr. Faber, they got such beautiful notices,

such talent, such, how you say, snap.

Everywhere, my girls are the sensation.

I think you make big mistake.

Well, goodbye, Mr. Faber.

I'm back.

So, you decided finally to come home again.

That's very nice of you. That's very lovely of you.

Now, madame, hitchhiking from akron in three days is pretty good.

I had to walk all the way from the Bronx.

I make you in charge of the troupe, and what happens?

First one comes back, then a couple more. A flea circus I run?

Isn't everyone back?

- Now all but bubbles. - But Sally was with her.

Bubbles' boyfriend put her in a train at ashtabula.

Now, who knows when bubbles will be back?

Without her, we might as well try to sell apples.

"Where's the hot one?" They ask.

What a life for an artist.

You, I could maybe teach.

But, no, a flesh peddler I must be.

A jellyfish salesman.

Don't worry, madame.

Someday, you'll be famous again. And I'll be your discovery.

I got an idea for a dance in akron.