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00:00:00This is New York, as enchanting and imaginative as it be, as romantic as moonlight on the
00:00:12ocean, as beautiful as Heine's sculpture, as ugly as its poverty-ridden slums, as warm
00:00:20and tender as a mother's love, as cold and impersonal as a prisoner's number.
00:00:27This is magnetic Manhattan, drawing to its shores thousands from east and west, north
00:00:34and south, and far and near, some old, some young, some happy, some sad, some hopeful,
00:00:42some disillusioned, but all seeking a way of life.
00:00:48This is the story of fools lost in sin, caught in the panorama of this chaotic magnet is
00:00:56one William Burton, alias Dollar Bill.
00:01:06Hey Robert, Robert! Wake up there! Hey! Go on and sleep.
00:01:26Come on, let's go.
00:01:56It's money at Tropical Park, first away at 1.15 and a half, the winner post 4, barmaid,
00:02:0511.20, 5.30, 4.40, second post 12, checkmate, 6.80, 4.60.
00:02:17You will always find me by that door, knocking on that door up there, the door across the
00:02:23hall by the stairs? Yes, ma'am.
00:02:25And this is the room, and there's your bed. Do you think you'll like it?
00:02:31Yes, ma'am, it's right nice down here. Yeah, well, we ain't had no complaints lately.
00:02:37Course, we ain't had no famous people like you, and you might be a bit particular.
00:02:42No, ma'am, I reckon I'll stay. I reckon that'll be $3.50.
00:02:46What is this?
00:02:48Mr. Lee, Mr. Isaiah Lee from Alabama, who will pay his rent.
00:02:56Brother Isaiah will be living here by himself.
00:03:00I'm quite glad to make your acquaintance. I'm right fond of company.
00:03:04Ah, if you but knew it, you're moving into some real fair company.
00:03:11Why, that's Mr. Dollar Bill, who right now is not answered by his real name.
00:03:18He's a promoter. He's disclosing a big deal, ain't you, Bill?
00:03:25And that stiff laying there is the no-writing-est writer you'll ever meet in New York.
00:03:32So you see, Georgia, you have some real celebrities to live with.
00:03:37Oh, I ain't from Georgia. I'm from Alabama.
00:03:40Well, all right, Alabama. Then make yourself at home.
00:03:43And through that door there, you'll find a right smart toilet and washroom
00:03:47in case you might want to tidy up a bit.
00:03:50Oh, yes, ma'am. Thanks an awful lot. I like to kind of wash my feet.
00:03:54Oh, yes, you do that. I'm sure Mr. Bill would appreciate it.
00:03:58The apostles always washed their feet after a long journey.
00:04:02It sure helps a man to... Oh, I'm sorry, ma'am.
00:04:05It sure helps a man to wash his feet when he's tired.
00:04:08Mr. George Washington Reed from Alabama.
00:04:11This is a real drag.
00:04:14Maybe I should have asked him for his record.
00:04:17The next time I'll ask you for your personal okay.
00:04:21You're pushing me around, Happy, and I don't like it.
00:04:24I'm like you. I like a winner.
00:04:28So?
00:04:30I'm laying all my bets on a number one winner.
00:04:34He won't last long. He'll go fast.
00:04:37A real turkey.
00:04:40Leading with his chin.
00:04:43You're wrong. He's looking for a job.
00:04:46A working square.
00:04:49Scared, maybe, but still in there with his goose up.
00:04:52He's still a turkey leading with his chin.
00:04:55All right, but he's not a has-been.
00:04:58And why don't you get wise to yourself and find a job?
00:05:01You don't tell me how to live.
00:05:04And you don't tell me who to rent to.
00:05:07I'd like to push this whole crummy joint down your throat.
00:05:11And why don't you try?
00:05:34Bubbling B.
00:05:373840, 1960, 520.
00:05:40Second post, 12, kiss me.
00:05:43480, 260.
00:05:46Third post, 6, auto boy returns 490 to show.
00:05:49Buddy Brigham was up on the winner.
00:05:52That last minute scratch in the first was Katie Mae.
00:05:55Post time for the second, a 12,000.
00:05:58That last minute scratch in the first was Katie Mae.
00:06:01Post time for the second, a tropical of 145.
00:06:04That Buddy Brigham is some jockey to watch.
00:06:07His last four...
00:06:10Oh, boy.
00:06:13Oh, boy.
00:06:16Boy, my feet sure feel better.
00:06:19You got nice hot water.
00:06:22Huh?
00:06:23Hot water's nice.
00:06:25Yeah, hot water's nice.
00:06:28You got nice hot water.
00:06:31Huh?
00:06:32Hot water's nice.
00:06:34Yeah, hot water's nice.
00:06:37You got nice hot water.
00:06:40Huh?
00:06:41Hot water's nice.
00:06:53Is he sick?
00:06:55No, dead.
00:06:56Dead?
00:06:57Yeah, dead.
00:07:00You like the joke, don't you?
00:07:11Oh, I'm sorry.
00:07:12I didn't mean to be rough.
00:07:15That's his, and I don't like nobody to touch it, see?
00:07:18Oh, I'm awful sorry.
00:07:19I didn't mean no harm.
00:07:22Oh, it's OK.
00:07:24Can we forget it?
00:07:25Sure.
00:07:28That's his life.
00:07:29You break that, and you'll break his heart.
00:07:32Oh, I'm sorry.
00:07:33I didn't mean to be rough.
00:07:34That's his, and I don't like nobody to touch it, see?
00:07:36Oh, I'm awful sorry.
00:07:37I didn't mean no harm.
00:07:39Oh, it's OK.
00:07:40You break that, and you'll break his heart.
00:07:42Sure.
00:07:44Is he a great writer?
00:07:46Sure, great.
00:07:47Only the squares in this town don't dig his stuff.
00:07:52What you mean by squares, Mr. Bill?
00:07:55Oh, it's OK.
00:07:56You'll learn.
00:08:02How's about that box there?
00:08:03Can you play it?
00:08:04Oh, yes.
00:08:05I used to play for parties down in Monroe County.
00:08:08Yeah?
00:08:09What you playing?
00:08:10Oh, nothing special.
00:08:11I sort of made it up as the wind along.
00:08:14Oh?
00:08:15Knock out a note.
00:08:16Huh?
00:08:17Go on.
00:08:18Play something.
00:08:19Oh.
00:08:20It might wake him up.
00:08:22Good.
00:08:23Something should wake him up.
00:08:24Play one of those songs you made up in Alabama.
00:08:27OK.
00:08:28If you say it's all right, Mr. Bill.
00:08:30Don't call me Mr. Bill.
00:08:32Just call me Bill.
00:08:34Yes, sir.
00:08:39Well, I woke up this morning, but lonesome is man in time.
00:08:57Yes, I woke up this morning, but lonesome is man in time.
00:09:09Because my baby's got another lover, and she's put her daddy down.
00:09:20Don't leave me, baby.
00:09:24Don't leave me feeling sad.
00:09:31Don't leave me, baby.
00:09:36Don't leave me feeling sad.
00:09:43Because I swear your style of loving is the best that I ever, ever had.
00:09:55You got me cute the way I'd known that long ago.
00:10:01But why you'd want to hurt me, I will never, never know.
00:10:06I'm lonesome, baby.
00:10:10Lonesome as a man can be.
00:10:16And if you don't come back to daddy, he'll drown his body in the deep blue sea.
00:10:24Not bad, Alabama.
00:10:26Not bad.
00:10:27Who is your friend?
00:10:28Ours, you mean.
00:10:29We inherited him.
00:10:30He just dropped in from Alabama to give us a concert.
00:10:33Decided that he likes the quarter so well, he's going to stay.
00:10:36Alabama shake hands with Mr. Robbins.
00:10:38He might put you in his next book.
00:10:40I'm glad to meet you, sir.
00:10:43I hope you ain't mad about the noise.
00:10:46Mr. Billy had told me I could play.
00:10:48It's all right, Mr. Robbins.
00:10:50It's all right, son.
00:10:51What did you say your name was?
00:10:53Isaiah.
00:10:55Isaiah Washington Reed.
00:10:57OK, Isaiah.
00:10:59Yeah.
00:11:00Incidentally, Happy stopped in while you were sleeping.
00:11:02Says she's sick of your sleeping blues, they're getting her down.
00:11:05And if you don't like the new rumor, you can move.
00:11:08I know.
00:11:09You paid up in advance.
00:11:10I know.
00:11:11I know.
00:11:12I hope you don't mind me, Mr. Robbins.
00:11:15It's all right, son.
00:11:17What did Katie Mae do?
00:11:19Katie Mae.
00:11:20Squat.
00:11:21And top flight run out of the money.
00:11:23Hey, y'all know Katie Mae?
00:11:26Oh, yes.
00:11:27Yes, sure.
00:11:28She's an old friend of ours.
00:11:29Well, I heard she was up there.
00:11:31She's from down home, you know.
00:11:32Well, now, you don't say.
00:11:34Sure.
00:11:35Her mama used to teach me in Sunday school.
00:11:38See there, right there.
00:11:39That's Katie Mae.
00:11:40That's Katie Mae.
00:11:41That's Katie Mae.
00:11:42That's Katie Mae.
00:11:43That's Katie Mae.
00:11:44That's Katie Mae.
00:11:45That's Katie Mae.
00:11:46See there, Robbins?
00:11:47I told you Katie Mae was good for something.
00:11:49Hey, y'all know where she is?
00:11:51I want to see her.
00:11:52Well, when you find her, let Mr. Bill know.
00:11:55I'm sure he wants to see her.
00:12:04Well, I got money for coffee and in the morning,
00:12:07we'll eat steak.
00:12:08Oh, y'all talk about eating sure makes me hungry.
00:12:11Hey, my mom fixed me a whole shoebox full of fried chicken
00:12:15and sweet potato biscuits to bring with me.
00:12:18I think I got one wing left.
00:12:21Yeah, here it is, this paper bag.
00:12:23I think it is.
00:12:25Yeah, I got one wing and two biscuits.
00:12:29I was saving it just in case I got hungry.
00:12:32But, uh, y'all are my new friends now,
00:12:36and I want you to taste some of my mom's food.
00:12:40All right, my boy.
00:12:42That's very nice of you.
00:12:43Mr. Bill and I sure appreciate it.
00:12:46What you see has been so long since we
00:12:48had good old Alabama cooking.
00:12:50We were afraid it might upset our digestive tract.
00:12:53So suppose you taste it.
00:12:55Well, you're welcome to it.
00:12:57That's nice.
00:12:58Thanks.
00:12:59Well, I want to eat in the lunchroom anyhow.
00:13:01I like eating in the lunchroom.
00:13:03That's an idea.
00:13:04Suppose you run along and eat in the lunchroom
00:13:07and shake some of that dust off your feet.
00:13:09Uh, here you go.
00:13:12I wash my feet, they're clean.
00:13:14Oh, cut out the chatter, Alabama.
00:13:16Come on, play us a number.
00:13:18I'd be right glad to oblige.
00:13:20You, uh, you like my playing, Mr. Bill?
00:13:22Oh, I like it.
00:13:23Alabama, I think you got something.
00:13:25And now you're a music critic.
00:13:27Shut up, Bob.
00:13:28Go on and play, Alabama.
00:13:29Alabama.
00:13:38Betty bought her to do it.
00:13:40If she didn't want to do it, why did she do it then?
00:13:44Yes, I got her number, and it don't add up to one.
00:13:49Yes, I got her number, and it don't add up to one.
00:13:53She just don't love me.
00:13:55She doesn't love having fun.
00:13:56All right, you stumbled bum.
00:13:57Cut out this racket.
00:14:04Why do you play with that crumb?
00:14:06I could choke her.
00:14:07Hold tight, Bill.
00:14:08Hang on to your sense of humor.
00:14:10Hang on.
00:14:11Well, I guess I'll go get me something to eat.
00:14:17Would you like to go with me, Mr. Bill?
00:14:19I'm going to look for a job.
00:14:22How about you, Mr. Roberts?
00:14:23No, thanks, Ike.
00:14:24I got some riding to do.
00:14:28I'll be back soon as I find a job.
00:14:30Come back anyway.
00:14:35Say, Bill, I got a new idea for a story.
00:14:38Boy, it's a honey.
00:14:40A young fella started off with a pushcart.
00:14:4215 years later, he was traveling around the world in his own yacht.
00:14:46He married a-
00:14:47Shut up!
00:14:48Shut up, you fool.
00:14:50Shut up!
00:14:51You sit there babbling like an imbecile,
00:14:53talking about a story that nobody's going to buy,
00:14:56while the whole world spits in your face,
00:14:59you dumb turkey.
00:15:02Go ahead.
00:15:03Sit there.
00:15:04Peck away on that stinking typewriter till you rot.
00:15:07Sit here and take the insult from that broken-down crumb upstairs.
00:15:11Go ahead.
00:15:12Sit here in this jungle like an animal
00:15:16while the whole world steps on you.
00:15:19Well, nobody steps on Dollar Bill.
00:15:21Take it easy, Bill.
00:15:22There's nobody stepping on you.
00:15:23No more, there ain't.
00:15:25Hold on, Bill.
00:15:27Your luck's bad now, but it'll change.
00:15:29You bet it'll change,
00:15:30because I'm going to change it.
00:15:32I'm going to get on top.
00:15:34Yeah.
00:15:35Check that light out there on top of the bank.
00:15:37See that light?
00:15:38High on top, giving out with the flash.
00:15:41That's me.
00:15:42I belong on top.
00:15:44Up there looking down, not down here looking up.
00:15:47When you're up there, you don't get stepped on.
00:15:50I don't think anybody's stepping on you, Bill.
00:15:53Who asked you to say that?
00:15:57Where are you going?
00:16:00To get that yacht.
00:16:01What do you think?
00:16:17How much, Barkeep?
00:16:19Three-sixty, Mr. George.
00:16:25Keep the change.
00:16:26Thank you, Mr. George.
00:16:29Some looker, eh, boy?
00:16:30You tellin' me.
00:16:38Ain't that the guy that works at the two-spot?
00:16:40Yeah, man.
00:16:41That's really him.
00:16:42That's him.
00:16:43That's him.
00:16:44That's him.
00:16:45He works at the two-spot?
00:16:46Yeah, man.
00:16:47That's Regina.
00:16:48The one and only.
00:16:49Can you imagine?
00:16:50Some guys get all the love.
00:16:52Forget it, Mac.
00:16:53He's a B-29 gal.
00:16:54Built like a feedwood.
00:16:55She ain't on your time.
00:16:57Who's that stud with her?
00:16:58You don't know him?
00:16:59No.
00:17:00Man, that's Big Bear George from Chicago.
00:17:02And I do mean bad.
00:17:03See?
00:17:04What did I tell you?
00:17:05Big time.
00:17:06Big George is known for his five kicks.
00:17:15Hey, man.
00:17:16Didn't I tell you to cut out that dancin' in there?
00:17:19I'm a dancin' man.
00:17:20Oh.
00:17:21Come on.
00:17:22Well, now.
00:17:41Ain't this a treat?
00:17:47What you know, Dollar Bill?
00:17:50Don't tell me you've spoken.
00:17:51Hey Roy, look who's here. Dollar Bill. And he's gonna buy a beer.
00:17:58Hey Pat, give Dollar Bill a beer. Even I can buy a glass of blood.
00:18:04Now give me a drink. And the next time, remember, I'll tell you what I'm drinking.
00:18:23I'm sorry, Dollar, the boss says I gotta collect first.
00:18:26Give me a drink. All right, Dollar, all right.
00:18:35Leave the bottle.
00:18:52Hey Dollar, you forgot to pay me.
00:18:56Yeah.
00:18:59Bill, don't kill him. Leave him alone. I'll pay you.
00:19:11How much does he owe you?
00:19:13A dollar twenty's his bill.
00:19:20Thanks.
00:20:20Thanks.
00:20:49Thanks.
00:21:03I prayed for your book to be blessed. It fell real big, Mr. Roberts.
00:21:10If I don't have better luck with this chapter, I'll be praying with you.
00:21:17Did you get that yacht?
00:21:18Drop dead, will you?
00:21:20Don't rush me. I'm on my way.
00:21:24Hey, Mr. Bill, you know what? I got a job down at the lunchroom, washing dishes.
00:21:30Oh, that's nice.
00:21:50What do you want here?
00:21:51Oh, please don't be angry.
00:21:53What do you want?
00:21:54I wanted to know if you were hurt.
00:21:56No, I'm not hurt. How'd you get here?
00:21:59Well, I followed you. I thought I could get a chance to talk to you.
00:22:03Who is it, Bill?
00:22:04Some girl who paid my check at the bar.
00:22:07My name's Etta. Etta Mason.
00:22:10How do you do, Miss Mason? My name is Roberts. That's Mr. Lee over there. Mr. Isaiah Washington Lee.
00:22:17I see you already know Mr. Dollar Bill.
00:22:19Yes.
00:22:20And she paid your check for you. Boy, you did get that yacht.
00:22:25Shut up there yapping, Roberts. Listen, little girl. You paid my check. Nobody asked you to.
00:22:31And I thank you. Now will you go home?
00:22:34Wait a minute, Bill. That's not a nice way to treat a lady after she paid your check for you.
00:22:40That's all right, Mr. Roberts. Maybe I shouldn't have come. I just thought that maybe I could...
00:22:47I thanked you at the bar, and I'm thanking you again. What more do you want?
00:22:54Nothing.
00:23:02What was the thing yesterday?
00:23:05Uh, $2.60 and I had $2.61.
00:23:08Can you imagine that? I'm going to stop playing those play-ticket numbers.
00:23:14Honey, I told my old man last night, if he don't get a hit today, he better look for a new pad,
00:23:22playing all his money on single action.
00:23:24What's it like?
00:23:26Well, all I know is you lay one and you pick one. If you're right, you collect eight.
00:23:32If you're like me, you're wrong, and the answer is no.
00:23:36Good morning, Gertie. A letter from Mr. Roberts.
00:23:39Another rejection slip.
00:23:43Put this dollar on the first figure, okay?
00:23:56Good morning.
00:23:57Oh, good morning.
00:23:59I hope I'm not intruding.
00:24:01Of course not. This is a surprise.
00:24:03Well, after last night, I didn't know it.
00:24:05You mustn't mind, Bill. He wasn't himself last night.
00:24:09Oh, won't you sit down and rest a while?
00:24:12He'll be back soon.
00:24:14Oh, the boy's out.
00:24:16Oh, set your packages on the table and make yourself comfortable.
00:24:19Oh, I fixed a little something for you, fellas.
00:24:22Boy, ham and egg sandwiches, cake and coffee.
00:24:27Say, listen, little lady, who are you, Bill Red Riding Hood, or am I dreaming?
00:24:32Oh, I just thought we could all have breakfast together.
00:24:34Wait a minute. Let's get something straight.
00:24:37Last night, you pay a check for a crazy guy named Bill.
00:24:40Then you come here and get chased home.
00:24:42Tonight, you're back with a fee for the wolves who threw you out.
00:24:46Mr. Roberts, you make me seem awful.
00:24:48Awful? Why, you're wonderful.
00:24:51I just thought we could all have breakfast together,
00:24:53and I'd get a chance to explain to Bill why I interfered last night.
00:24:56And he had to be out.
00:24:58Well, you just sit right there and tell me all about it.
00:25:01Honey, because I want to know.
00:25:03Suppose you and I eat, because the coffee's getting cold.
00:25:06We'll save something for them.
00:25:08Uh, when did Dollar Bill meet you?
00:25:10He didn't.
00:25:11What do you mean, he didn't?
00:25:12He doesn't know me.
00:25:14You mean last night was the first time you saw him?
00:25:16Oh, I saw him. That is, I knew him.
00:25:19But he didn't know me.
00:25:20Wait a minute.
00:25:22This thing is getting more and more complicated.
00:25:25Now, won't you go over it again for me?
00:25:27You see, it's like this.
00:25:29About three years ago, when I was 15,
00:25:33Bill used to visit someone in my block.
00:25:35We kids just admire how he dressed.
00:25:37The pretty clothes he wore.
00:25:39When he was laughing and happy,
00:25:41he'd start and give all us kids a dollar apiece.
00:25:44I know. He had a whim.
00:25:47The old folks used to talk about him.
00:25:49Said he was a gambler.
00:25:51But he gave them money, too.
00:25:53That's Bill.
00:25:54When he's happy, he wants everybody to be happy.
00:25:59My mother was very strict.
00:26:01One day, when Bill gave all us kids a dollar,
00:26:04I took mine and bought flowers for Mother.
00:26:07I'll always remember it.
00:26:10It was the last time I saw her smile.
00:26:12Poor kid. I'm sorry.
00:26:17She was so happy.
00:26:19Said I was a good girl.
00:26:21You are.
00:26:22You must have had a fine mother.
00:26:25Ma worked hard.
00:26:27She did the best she could.
00:26:29There was only us two.
00:26:31What happened to your father?
00:26:32I don't remember him.
00:26:34He and my mother didn't stay together.
00:26:36Who do you live with now?
00:26:37With Mrs. Anderson.
00:26:39She was a friend of Mother's.
00:26:40Does she take care of you?
00:26:42Oh, she tries.
00:26:43But I get around.
00:26:45I know how to take care of myself.
00:26:47Do you think it's wise to fall for Bill?
00:26:50He's pretty fast company, you know.
00:26:52Just like sticking your hand in a bag of loose needles.
00:26:57I don't mean Bill is not a good guy.
00:26:59They don't get along.
00:27:01I know.
00:27:02Now he's a little mad at the world.
00:27:05But he's fine.
00:27:07Do you really like him?
00:27:09I don't know.
00:27:10I suppose so.
00:27:11What do you do?
00:27:13I call myself a writer.
00:27:15You see that machine over there?
00:27:18I write.
00:27:20But no one seems to like it but Bill.
00:27:22He thinks I'm wonderful.
00:27:24Are you?
00:27:26Well, they don't like my story.
00:27:30Have you written many stories?
00:27:32Oh, you see that box over there?
00:27:34It's full of them.
00:27:35And a rejection slip with each one.
00:27:38Oh, I'd like to read some of your stories sometime.
00:27:41You're welcome.
00:27:42Anytime you come.
00:27:43Thanks.
00:27:44Well, that was a nice breakfast.
00:27:46I'll tell the boys they don't know what they missed.
00:27:49We'll just cover this over and save it for them.
00:27:52What time is it?
00:27:54Oh, the clock over the bank says 10.30.
00:27:56Well, I'd better hurry or I'll be late for work.
00:27:59Where do you work?
00:28:0023rd Street, the garment sector.
00:28:02I do piecework, operator on dresses.
00:28:04Do you like it?
00:28:05Oh, it's all right.
00:28:06I make a good dollar.
00:28:08Oh, I'm sorry, but I must go now.
00:28:10Well, I'll tell Bill you were here.
00:28:12Come back tonight, won't you?
00:28:13He'll take care of the little sneakers.
00:28:16Goodbye.
00:28:25All right, bad boy.
00:28:26You get me that rod and the juice.
00:28:29You got it?
00:28:30Yeah.
00:28:33Got the stuff?
00:28:34Here's the stuff.
00:28:35And if you move it fast, there's more where it comes from.
00:28:38I'll get it moved fast.
00:28:40Don't worry.
00:28:41Thanks.
00:28:42So long.
00:28:43So long, boy.
00:28:45See you.
00:28:49OK, bad boy.
00:28:55Hello, Grandma.
00:28:56What's new?
00:28:57I should ask you how.
00:28:58You get around, don't you?
00:28:59Ah, you know all the pretty people.
00:29:01Who's your friend?
00:29:02Oh, Regina.
00:29:03I want you to meet Dollar Bill, a great guy.
00:29:06Hello, Bill.
00:29:07How are you?
00:29:08Swell.
00:29:09Are you as fine as you look?
00:29:10How are you feeling?
00:29:11Well, that you'll have to find out.
00:29:13Hey, Pat.
00:29:14Give the ladies a drink.
00:29:15Regina's bad boy George's heartbeat.
00:29:18You know him?
00:29:19Yes.
00:29:20But he never told me about you.
00:29:22Where does he hide you?
00:29:23The club two spot.
00:29:24She works there.
00:29:25Well, real class.
00:29:27You're not bad yourself.
00:29:28Where does one find you?
00:29:30You don't have to hang me on a line, baby.
00:29:32I'll buy the scotch anyway.
00:29:34It's no line.
00:29:35You're my type, champ.
00:29:37Did you say champ?
00:29:38A chump.
00:29:42Oh, pardon me just a moment.
00:29:53Excuse me, darling.
00:29:54I want to run and pound on my nose.
00:29:58Did you get it?
00:29:59Sure.
00:30:00You're lucky, you know.
00:30:01Knife is right behind you, look.
00:30:03Perfect.
00:30:04Not a flaw.
00:30:05Yeah, let's see.
00:30:10Get a load of that.
00:30:15How much?
00:30:16Two Cs.
00:30:17Two Cs.
00:30:18That's right.
00:30:19That's right.
00:30:20That's right.
00:30:21That's a lot of gold.
00:30:22That's a lot of rock.
00:30:25I haven't got that much.
00:30:26You haven't?
00:30:27How much you got?
00:30:29A C6 pitch.
00:30:31175, huh?
00:30:33OK, the rock's a little hard.
00:30:35I want to unload it.
00:30:36I'll take it.
00:30:37OK.
00:30:43And I tell her about working all night and about the bugs I got to serve.
00:30:48You know what she says?
00:30:49People don't bug you.
00:30:50You bug yourself.
00:30:52I'll have another drink.
00:30:53Wait, let me finish this.
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00:32:46Jill?
00:32:47Where have you been, Jill?
00:32:48Hugging the world, baby.
00:32:50Hugging the world.
00:32:51Bob made me stay until you came.
00:32:54He wanted me to be here when I told you the good news.
00:32:57You told me?
00:32:58What news?
00:32:59Guess.
00:33:00Guess.
00:33:01Oh, don't tell me, Alabama, I know.
00:33:02You're the biggest square that ever left the cotton
00:33:04fields of Alabama.
00:33:05Jill, you been drinking.
00:33:08Now, how do you know?
00:33:10I met Josh White today.
00:33:11And he's going to give me lessons.
00:33:13Well, can you imagine that?
00:33:14He met Josh White today, well I met Regina today, and she's going to give me lessons.
00:33:21Hey, Angel Faye, buy yourself a new dress, like Regina.
00:33:26Regina's got a new dress, Regina's got class, Regina's got everything.
00:33:34I'd better go now, Bob.
00:33:38That's all right, I'll talk with him.
00:33:41Shut up, you talk to me.
00:33:45Who are you to talk to me?
00:33:48I'm sick of all your yapping.
00:33:51I'm sick of this whole crummy joint.
00:33:53I'm getting out.
00:33:55I'm going to move up where people got class.
00:33:58Yeah, class, that's what I need, that's me.
00:34:01Class, I've got to breathe.
00:34:10Class.
00:34:16On your way down, stop in the jungle.
00:34:19Your friends will still be here.
00:34:28And here's five C's.
00:34:30You'll share the drop last night.
00:34:32Got your gun on you?
00:34:34No, you know what happened on that.
00:34:35Yeah.
00:34:37I'll take this rod for the night, just in case.
00:34:41Tommy, now you want to dig me the night's layout again so there won't be any slip-ups.
00:34:45Okay, now get this.
00:34:48You keep the motor of the car running by the warehouse curb.
00:34:51We'll load the furs.
00:34:53When I slam your car door, wheel away, but fast.
00:34:58Get the stuff to our regular stash.
00:35:01Boys there will unload.
00:35:03And don't be careless.
00:35:05This is a hundred grand haul.
00:35:08If then don't pop a bad boy, I'll deliver.
00:35:31Hollywood wants me.
00:35:32Broadway needs me.
00:35:34But Harlem's got me.
00:35:35Harlem ain't got you.
00:35:37I got you.
00:35:40I ain't got you with these.
00:35:42I ain't got you with those.
00:35:43I got you with my this and this and this and a toe.
00:35:51When you're feeling low and you don't know what to do.
00:35:56When you're feeling low and you don't know what to do.
00:36:02Just stay in the groove.
00:36:04Let nothing bother you.
00:36:08I may be small, but baby, have no fear.
00:36:13I may be small, but baby, have no fear.
00:36:19I can climb a hill without shifting gears.
00:36:25I ain't good-looking and I don't have waist-long hair.
00:36:30I ain't good-looking and I don't have waist-long hair.
00:36:36But my mama gave me something would take me anywhere.
00:36:42It's a rocking chair to rock.
00:36:43A rubber ball to roll.
00:36:45Takes a long stall.
00:36:46Daddy satisfied my soul.
00:36:48Baby rocks me with that teddy roll.
00:36:53My baby rocks me with that teddy roll.
00:36:59Do you want to jump, children?
00:37:01Yeah!
00:37:02Do you want to jump, children?
00:37:04Yeah!
00:37:05Do you want to jump, children?
00:37:07Yeah!
00:37:08Do you want to jump, children?
00:37:10Yeah!
00:37:11Do you want to jump, children?
00:37:13Yeah!
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00:40:20You've gotten straight.
00:40:21Only you're too hot right now.
00:40:24I've got to keep you where I can find you.
00:40:27You're still wet behind the ears.
00:40:31Maybe I can dry them up a bit.
00:40:33Don't do me no favors.
00:40:35I'll remember that.
00:40:37Now you can go.
00:40:39Just a minute.
00:40:41Let me give you a little tip.
00:40:43Stay away from Regina.
00:40:45You tell Regina to stay away from me.
00:40:48Darling, pay our number.
00:40:57Any time for you.
00:40:59I can't forget you.
00:41:24I can't forget the very first time that we met.
00:41:33How you just came along and made my life a song.
00:41:42That keeps ringing, keeps me singing.
00:41:47For the things you do to me.
00:42:01When you are near, I find that gloom must disappear.
00:42:09You bring me happiness along with your caress.
00:42:17How a man can never stand by the things you do to me.
00:42:28Yes, I've had my sorrow.
00:42:32But now from you I borrow the thrill that will make my life complete.
00:42:46Please don't abuse them.
00:42:53Please don't abuse them.
00:42:57I couldn't lose them.
00:43:01Such precious gifts from you, my sweet.
00:43:10So now I know to me you bring a certain gloom.
00:43:18Tell me you alone must have my heart to own.
00:43:26I surrender to the tender little things you do to me.
00:43:36The things you do to me.
00:43:48I surrender to the tender little things you do to me.
00:44:09Come.
00:44:11Come on, baby, let's go.
00:44:39Hello, gang.
00:44:40What are you doing in the jungle?
00:44:42Hello, Bill.
00:44:43How are you?
00:44:44Gee, Mr. Bill, it's good to see you.
00:44:46Gee, gee, you sure are looking fine.
00:44:48Thanks, Alabama.
00:44:49Hello, Angel Faye.
00:44:50How you doing?
00:44:51The boys think you're all right?
00:44:52Oh, I'm all right, Bill.
00:44:53How have you been?
00:44:54Oh, never better.
00:44:55Oh, excuse me, honey.
00:44:56Uh, meet Etta.
00:44:57Etta, meet Regina.
00:44:58How are you, Bill?
00:44:59Oh, I'm all right, Bill.
00:45:00How have you been?
00:45:01Oh, never better.
00:45:02Oh, excuse me, honey.
00:45:03Uh, meet Etta.
00:45:04Etta, meet Regina.
00:45:05How are you, Bill?
00:45:06Oh, I'm all right, Bill.
00:45:07How have you been?
00:45:08How are you, my dear?
00:45:10How do you do?
00:45:11And this is my pal, Bob, the writer.
00:45:14What great.
00:45:15So you're Bob.
00:45:17I've been anxious to meet you.
00:45:19Bill talks about you all the time.
00:45:21He thinks you're tough.
00:45:22Oh, you mustn't listen to Bill.
00:45:24He's partial.
00:45:25Never mind jiving, Bob.
00:45:27Meet Alabama there.
00:45:28Alabama, this is Regina.
00:45:29She's come down to hear you play.
00:45:31I'm right glad to meet you, ma'am.
00:45:33Hello, Alabama.
00:45:35Bill tells me you're good.
00:45:37Yes.
00:45:38Am I?
00:45:39Uh, thanks.
00:45:40Oh, man, you all them things.
00:45:42Get your box down and tune it up.
00:45:44OK.
00:45:50Oh, don't let me break up your checker game.
00:45:52Who's winning?
00:45:53Bob.
00:45:54He's got a tricky system.
00:45:56Always gets to the king's row first.
00:45:59Isn't that the general idea?
00:46:03You're speaking about checkers?
00:46:06Of course, dear.
00:46:08I play the game, too.
00:46:10I bet you know every move.
00:46:13I usually win.
00:46:16Say, Alabama, play that new number of yours for Bill.
00:46:20Yeah, let's see if you feel good.
00:46:22Mr. Josh White taught me a new number.
00:46:24Well, let's hear it.
00:46:25Well, I don't know it so good.
00:46:27But you want me to play one of your oldies?
00:46:29Oh, sure.
00:46:30Play your old favorite.
00:46:34Well, I went down the road to see my gal.
00:46:38Caught her loving up my best pal.
00:46:40Said she didn't want to do it.
00:46:42Said she didn't want to do it.
00:46:44If she didn't want to do it, why did she do it then?
00:46:49Yes, I got her number, and it don't add up to one.
00:46:53Yes, I got her number, and it don't add up to one.
00:46:58She just don't love me.
00:46:59She just loves having fun.
00:47:02You fool me, baby, you won't see me no more.
00:47:07You fool me, baby, and you won't see me no more.
00:47:11Because what I saw last night drove me away from your door.
00:47:16You're no good, baby, you're no good to me.
00:47:20You're no good, baby, you're no good to me.
00:47:25You're no good, baby, so stay away from me.
00:47:30You're all gone, Alabama.
00:47:32Play us another.
00:47:33You really are good, Alabama.
00:47:34I wish I had time for more.
00:47:36Oh, yeah, that's right.
00:47:37You've got to get to the club, haven't you?
00:47:39Can Alabama come too?
00:47:41You can play a number for the customers.
00:47:43Mm.
00:47:44Sure, great.
00:47:45Get under your coat, Alabama.
00:47:46You go and play.
00:47:49It's been swell meeting you.
00:47:51Won't you come too?
00:47:52Some other time.
00:47:53We'll let Alabama represent us.
00:47:58Goodbye, dear.
00:48:00Too bad you can't come.
00:48:03Oh, that's all right.
00:48:05I've already heard you sing.
00:48:08Come on, darling.
00:48:09I'll be late.
00:48:14Knock them dead, Alabama.
00:48:16Good luck, Alabama.
00:48:18So long, Auntie Faith.
00:48:19So long, Bob.
00:48:22Bill.
00:48:23Hello, Auntie Faith.
00:48:24Where are the boys?
00:48:25Oh, Alabama went to rehearsal, and Bob asked me to wait here
00:48:28while he went downtown.
00:48:30Oh, I see.
00:48:33Well, now, Auntie, in that case, take this money
00:48:36and give it to Bob.
00:48:37Tell him it's for his and Alabama's rent.
00:48:40I'll put it here on the table.
00:48:46Aren't you going to wait?
00:48:51No, I've got to get to the track.
00:48:55We don't see much of you anymore.
00:48:58How are you doing?
00:49:02I'm doing all right.
00:49:04How are you doing?
00:49:10How are you doing?
00:49:16Oh, no.
00:49:19Oh, no.
00:49:22Oh, no.
00:49:25Oh, no.
00:49:28Oh, no.
00:49:44Have you lost your mind?
00:49:50You're slipping handsome.
00:50:08I've got a sneaking suspicion Eugene is standing you up.
00:50:12And I've got a sneaking suspicion you're right.
00:50:15Don't let that get you down, darling.
00:50:18You don't ring no bells in my heart.
00:50:20I'm always around you.
00:50:22Yeah.
00:50:23You know, you're smoking my eyes, baby.
00:50:25No, it's not mine.
00:50:28This ring you sold me is a fake.
00:50:29The jeweler says it's worthless.
00:50:30Oh, you're crazy.
00:50:32Look, I want my money back.
00:50:33Get out of my face.
00:50:34Don't you see me talking to ladies?
00:50:35Look, you give me my money?
00:50:36Get out of here.
00:50:49Give us a drink.
00:50:50And I've told you before to keep those thumbs away from me
00:50:53when I'm with ladies.
00:50:54I didn't know you was going to bother me.
00:50:55That's all right.
00:50:56Give us all a drink here.
00:50:57I'll have a beer.
00:50:58Oh no.
00:50:59What happened?
00:51:00Oh no, the spot saw me.
00:51:04You see, I was going to tell you.
00:51:07It's all over.
00:51:08All right.
00:51:09I'll have one too.
00:51:10Here it is.
00:51:11Take care.
00:51:13Thank you.
00:51:14Come on, then.
00:51:15You should know better.
00:51:16When I get you, I'll romp through it.
00:51:18Let's go.
00:51:19Let's go.
00:51:20I'll have a beer.
00:51:21Take two.
00:51:22Take three.
00:51:23I've had enough.
00:51:24Come on.
00:51:25Let's go.
00:51:26Believe it or not, fellas, this is going to make his fish happy.
00:51:29Come on, Pat.
00:51:30Give everybody a drink.
00:51:31Let's have some champagne.
00:51:34How about some champagne, old man?
00:51:35Coming right up, Mr. Jones.
00:51:37How many bottles more?
00:51:38How many bottles?
00:51:39Serve everybody.
00:51:40We'll count the bottles later.
00:51:42We're going to have a real celebration.
00:51:43Go drink that beer, Coopery.
00:51:45Champagne.
00:51:46There you go.
00:51:47Here you go.
00:51:56Can you imagine that?
00:51:57I pass up two summers on a piccolo to sport him a beer,
00:52:00and he walks out leaving.
00:52:04Hey, man, what are you trying to do?
00:52:06Break up the jukebox?
00:52:07Yeah.
00:52:08Well, I'll give you your money back.
00:52:09Well, hand it here.
00:52:13Keep the dime, man.
00:52:15Don't get mad at Coopery, honey, when you can
00:52:17drink champagne in his honor.
00:52:19Yes, how about that one?
00:52:21Yeah, that's cold enough.
00:52:24Hey, Bill!
00:52:25Watch it!
00:52:26Stop!
00:52:39Are you hurt, Bill?
00:52:40Hang on.
00:52:41I'm going to get a doctor.
00:52:42You don't have time.
00:52:54This calls for a celebration.
00:52:57Just think, Bob.
00:52:58You've got a real television celebrity.
00:53:00Or a roommate.
00:53:01Don't you see my chest stuck out?
00:53:03Well, I don't start really till next week.
00:53:06But you've got a signed contract.
00:53:08You're in.
00:53:09Won't Bill be happy when he hears this?
00:53:12Start at the beginning, Alabama, and tell us
00:53:14just what the man said.
00:53:16Well, I'll tell you what he said.
00:53:19Start at the beginning, Alabama, and tell us
00:53:21just what the man said.
00:53:23Well, he said at first that the man who pays
00:53:26for the program or something, a show,
00:53:28something like that, he said that that man
00:53:30thinks I'm good.
00:53:31He likes my playing.
00:53:32And he's going to give me $200 a week for 16 weeks.
00:53:37And then he said I'd get more.
00:53:39Boy, $3,200 for 16 weeks.
00:53:44Alabama, you are a celebrity.
00:53:48Oh.
00:54:14Go ahead, Alabama.
00:54:15Finish telling us what the man said.
00:54:17That's all he said.
00:54:18When's your first program?
00:54:19Well, he said I'd start a week from today, I think.
00:54:22Let's drink to Alabama's success.
00:54:30Bill.
00:54:33Bill.
00:54:35Bill.
00:54:37What happened?
00:54:40I don't know, Angie.
00:54:44I had to come back.
00:54:46To the jungle.
00:55:00And now, ladies and gentlemen, we bring
00:55:02our television audience our newest talent discovery,
00:55:07Alabama Ike and his guitar.
00:55:17Well, I woke up this morning the lonesomest man in town.
00:55:30Yes, I woke up this morning the lonesomest man in town.
00:55:39Because my baby's got another lover,
00:55:43and she's put her daddy down.
00:55:50Don't leave me, baby.
00:55:53Don't leave me feeling sad.
00:56:00Don't leave me, baby.
00:56:05Don't leave me, baby.
00:56:09Don't leave me feeling sad.
00:56:16Because I swear your style of loving
00:56:21is the best that I have ever had.
00:56:28You've got peculiar ways.
00:56:31I know that long ago.
00:56:34But why you'd want to hurt me, I will never, never know.
00:56:39I'm lonesome, baby.
00:56:43Lonesome as a man can be.
00:56:49And if you don't come back to daddy,
00:56:52he'll drown his body in the deep blue sea.
00:57:01Thank you.
00:57:12You know how they went wild over your second number?
00:57:15Yeah, they did seem to like that one.
00:57:17And the one you dedicate to Bill was beautiful.
00:57:19That's a swell of you, Alabama.
00:57:21Bill would have loved that.
00:57:24Oh, you went over great.
00:57:26Josh White would have been proud of you tonight.
00:57:28Oh, I thought he was going to be there.
00:57:30Oh, I forgot to tell you.
00:57:31He sent me a telegram for the show.
00:57:33Here it is.
00:57:37You read it.
00:57:42Congratulations and welcome to the telewave.
00:57:45Sorry I can't be with you, but we'll dig your show from Boston.
00:57:48Signed, Josh White.
00:57:50What do you mean, he'd dig my show?
00:57:53That means he'll see you on television from Boston.
00:57:55Oh, I bet he did too.
00:57:58Here's my boy.
00:58:00Oh, Alabama, you were so good.
00:58:03I could just hug you.
00:58:05Oh, you might think I was trying to get a little fresh.
00:58:08I saw you just plain nice,
00:58:12and I went to the corner bar,
00:58:14and they let me sit on a stool.
00:58:17And I saw you in that big boat,
00:58:19and I guess I acted kind of foolish-like,
00:58:22because I said out loud,
00:58:25and everybody looked at me and laughed.
00:58:28Lady, I didn't know you went for the blues.
00:58:31I thought you was on the bebop kid.
00:58:33Well, here's something else you don't know.
00:58:35I have a bottle of wine upstairs,
00:58:37and I've been keeping it for years and years,
00:58:41and I said I wouldn't open it
00:58:43until there was a cause for a real celebration,
00:58:46and this is it.
00:58:48Alabama, you are a celebrity.
00:58:52Any time you can cut through Goody's heart,
00:58:54you are a success.
00:58:56A bottle of wine, Edda.
00:58:57Turn on the radio.
00:58:58This is an occasion.
00:59:04Yes, ladies and gentlemen,
00:59:05you're still tuned in to Bill Owens'
00:59:07Saturday night bop barrage,
00:59:09and every Saturday at this time,
00:59:10we bring you some highlights in the news of the people,
00:59:13the great people, our people.
00:59:15And tonight, we take great pride
00:59:17in bringing you this choice bit.
00:59:19Harry Levi Jackson, that hard-running Negro halfback,
00:59:22was elected to be captain of the Yale,
00:59:24yes, I said Yale, football team for 1949.
00:59:27How about that?
00:59:31Last Friday, William Burton Brown,
00:59:33more infamously known around this concrete jungle
00:59:36as Dollar Bill,
00:59:38received in full his final payment.
00:59:41Just follow me.
00:59:43Mr. Roberts, there's a gentleman here to see you.
00:59:47How do you do?
00:59:48I'm Bill Chase,
00:59:49the editor of the Harlem Herald.
00:59:50How do you do?
00:59:51Glad to meet you.
00:59:52How do you do?
00:59:53This is Miss Vance, Miss Gibson,
00:59:56and my roommate, Mr. Lee.
00:59:58Ah, Mr. Lee.
00:59:59I'm glad to know you.
01:00:00I saw you last night on television,
01:00:01and you were wonderful.
01:00:02Thank you.
01:00:03Allow me to congratulate you.
01:00:04Won't you sit down?
01:00:05No, thank you.
01:00:06I really can't stay.
01:00:07I'll tell you what brought me here.
01:00:09My paper just learned that this notorious
01:00:11unknown character, Dollar Bill,
01:00:13who was still last week, you know, in that gun raid.
01:00:15Don't you tell that lie.
01:00:17Bill wasn't killed in no gun battle.
01:00:20The man walked up behind his back,
01:00:22the yellow dog,
01:00:24and Bill had to shoot in self-defense.
01:00:27I'm very sorry, Mrs. Vance.
01:00:29Perhaps I was mistaken.
01:00:30You sure was.
01:00:31What I was about to say, Mr. Roberts,
01:00:33is that I understand that you knew him very well.
01:00:36He was my best friend.
01:00:37I also understand that you're a writer.
01:00:39For 25 years.
01:00:41Well, here's what I'd like.
01:00:43I'd like to have you do a series of articles for my paper
01:00:46on your experiences with Dollar Bill as a friend.
01:00:49You might call it Dollar Bill as I knew him.
01:00:52Human interest stuff, you know.
01:00:54Mr. Chase, Dollar Bill was a fine boy who got bad grades.
01:01:00Because I admired the good in him,
01:01:04and because I knew him better than he did himself at times.
01:01:08Because of this,
01:01:10what I might write would fall far short
01:01:13of what your sensational paper would expect.
01:01:17You see, Mr. Chase,
01:01:19I knew what he wanted in life.
01:01:23Mr. Roberts, you're my man.
01:01:25That's just the way I hoped that you would feel about this.
01:01:28I also understand that Dollar Bill called this place the jungle.
01:01:32Don't you call my house no jungle.
01:01:34This is a respectable house.
01:01:36I'm sorry again, Mrs. Vance.
01:01:38I didn't really mean to offend you.
01:01:40What I would like to tell you, though,
01:01:42I'd like to have you do this series of features,
01:01:45but you need not answer my question right now.
01:01:47You need not write about Bill.
01:01:49Write about Harlem, the people here, the streets.
01:01:53You've got my card.
01:01:54Call me at your convenience.
01:01:55Thanks.
01:01:56I'll come to see you, Mr. Chase.
01:01:57Thank you very much, Mr. Roberts.
01:01:59Goodbye, all.
01:02:00Thank you, Mr. Chase.
01:02:01And I'll show you out, jungle.
01:02:06Oh, Bob, I'm so happy to hear about your success.
01:02:11Isn't it wonderful?
01:02:13Well, it looks like I'll be needing a secretary.
01:02:16I think you'll make Ike a good manager.
01:02:19How about it, Ike?
01:02:20Well, I'd appreciate it very much, Miss Etta,
01:02:24if you want to do it.
01:02:26Well, I don't know how to thank you, boys.
01:02:30I only wish there were four of us to share all of this success.
01:02:34That's life, Etta.
01:02:37For every ending, there's a beginning.