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00:00:00This is New York, as enchanting and imaginative as a dream, as romantic as moonlight on the
00:00:12ocean, as beautiful as fine 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.
00:00:26This is magnetic Manhattan, drawing to its shores thousands from east and west, north
00:00:34and south, far and near, some old, some young, some happy, some sad, some hopeful, some disillusioned,
00:00:44but all seeking a way of life.
00:00:48This is the story of fools lost in sin.
00:00:52Caught in the panorama of this chaotic magnet is one William Burton, alias Dollar Bill.
00:01:02Hey, Robert.
00:01:04Robert!
00:01:05Wake up there!
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00:01:07Go on and sleep, then.
00:01:09Look up!
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00:01:15Hey, Robert!
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00:01:32it's muddy at tropical park
00:02:00first away at 1 15 and a half the winner post 4 bar made 11 25 30 440 second post 12 checkmate 680 460
00:02:12you will always find me by that door knocking on that door up there the door across the hall by the
00:02:23desk yes and this is the room and there's your bed do you think you like it yes it's right nice down
00:02:33here yeah well we ain't had no complaints lately of course we ain't had no famous people like you
00:02:39and you might be a bit particular no ma'am i reckon i'll stay well i reckon that'll be 350. what is
00:02:47there mr lee mr isaiah lee from alabama who will pay his rent brother isaiah will be living here by
00:02:59himself i'm quite glad to make your acquaintance i'm right fond of company ah if you but knew it you're
00:03:07moving into some real fast company why that's mr dollar bill who right now is not entering by his
00:03:16real name he's a promoter he's just closing a big deal ain't you bill and that's still laying there
00:03:27is a no writing it's writer you will ever meet in new york so you see georgia you have some real
00:03:35celebrities to live with oh i ain't from georgia i'm from alabama well all right alabama then make
00:03:42it up to home and through that door there you'll find a right smart toilet and washroom in case you
00:03:49might want to tidy up a bit oh yes sir ma'am thanks an awful lot i like to kind of wash my feet well
00:03:54we ask you do that i'm sure mr bill would appreciate it the apostles always want to see that's a long
00:04:01journey you'll have some answer oh i'm sorry ma'am it sure helps a man to wash his feet when it's tired
00:04:08all right mr george washington reed from alabama this is a real drag maybe i should have asked him for
00:04:16his wrestling the next time i'll ask you for your personal okay you're pushing me around happy and i
00:04:24don't like it i'm like you i like a winner so i'm laying all my bets on a number one winner he won't last
00:04:36long he'll go fast a real turkey leading with his chin you're wrong he's looking for a job
00:04:48a working square scared maybe but still in there with his duped up he's still a turkey leading with
00:04:55his chin all right but he's not a has-been and why don't you get wise yourself and find a job you don't
00:05:03tell me how to live and you don't tell me who to rent to i'd like to push this whole crummy joint down
00:05:11your throat and why don't you try
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00:05:46bubbling b 38 40 1965 20 second post 12 kiss me 480 260 third post six auto boy returns 490 to show
00:05:58buddy bregan was up on the winner that last minute scratch in the first was katie may post time for
00:06:03the second a tropical is 145. that buddy bregan is some jockey to watch his last four oh boy
00:06:22boy my feet show a few better you got nice hot water huh hot water's nice yeah hot water's nice
00:06:53is he sick no dead dead yeah dead
00:07:00you like the joke don't you
00:07:22oh i'm sorry i didn't mean to be rough that's his and i don't like nobody to touch it see i'm awful sorry i
00:07:30i didn't mean no harm oh it's okay can we forget it sure
00:07:36that's his life break that and you'll break his heart sure
00:07:44is he a great writer sure great only the squares in this town don't dig his stuff
00:07:50what do you mean by squares mr bill that's okay you'll learn
00:07:56that's about that box there can you play it oh yes i used to play for parties down in moncro county
00:08:09yeah what'd you play oh nothing special i sort of made it up as i went along
00:08:16i got enough huh go and play something oh it might wake him up
00:08:23good something should wake him up play one of those songs you made up in alabama
00:08:27okay if you say it's all right don't call me mr bill just call me bill yes
00:08:43well i woke up this morning
00:08:48the lonesomest man in town
00:08:52yes i woke up this morning
00:09:02the lonesomest man in town
00:09:09cause my baby's got another
00:09:13lover and she's put her daddy down
00:09:16the lonesomest man in town
00:09:21don't leave me baby don't leave me feelin' sad
00:09:32don't leave me baby don't leave me feelin' sad
00:09:39cause i swear your spell of lovin'
00:09:48is the best that i ever ever had
00:09:55you got peculiar way i know that long ago
00:10:01but why you'd wanna 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
00:10:19he'll run his money in the deep blue
00:10:29not bad alabama not bad
00:10:31who is your friend
00:10:33ours you mean we inherited him
00:10:35he just dropped in from alabama to give us a concert
00:10:38decided that he likes the quarter so well he's gonna stay
00:10:41alabama shake hands with mr roberts
00:10:43he might put you in his next book
00:10:45i'm right glad to meet you sir
00:10:48i i hope you ain't mad about the noise
00:10:51mr billiard told me i could play it's all right son
00:10:55what did you say your name was isaiah
00:10:57isaiah washington reed
00:11:00okay isaiah
00:11:02yeah incidentally happy stopped in while you were sleeping says she's sick of your sleeping blues
00:11:07they're getting her down and if you don't like the new rumor you can move
00:11:11i made it up in advance
00:11:14i know i know i hope you don't mind me mr roberts
00:11:19it's all right son we are just one happy family here
00:11:22what did katie may do katie may
00:11:28scratch and top flight run out of the money
00:11:32hey y'all know katie may
00:11:33oh yes yes sure she's no friend of ours well i heard she was up there she's from down home you know
00:11:40well now you don't say sure her mama used to teach me in sunday school see there roberts
00:11:47i told you katie may was good for something is y'all know where she is i want to see it
00:11:52well when you find her let mr bill know i'm sure he wants to see her
00:12:04well i got money for coffee and in tomorrow we'll eat steaks
00:12:08oh y'all talk about eating sure makes me hungry
00:12:12hey my mom fixed me a whole shoe box full of fried chicken 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 i think it is
00:12:25yeah i got one wing and two biscuits i was saving it just in case i got hungry
00:12:33but uh you're all my new friends now and i want you to taste some of my mom's food
00:12:41ike my boy it's very nice of you mr bill and i sure appreciate it
00:12:46but you see it's been so long since we had good old alabama cooking
00:12:50we're afraid it might upset i would have dished it perhaps so suppose you do
00:12:54well you're welcome to it that's nice thanks well i i want to eat in a lunch room anyhow
00:13:02i like eating lunch room that's an idea suppose you run along and eat in the lunch room
00:13:07and shake some of that dust off your feet
00:13:13i wash my feet they clean oh cut out the chat of alabama come on play us a number
00:13:18i'd be right glad to block you uh you like my name mr bill oh i like it alabama i think you got
00:13:25something and now you're a music critic shut up uh bony play alabama
00:13:38said he forced her to do it and she didn't want to do it why did you do it then
00:13:45yes 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
00:13:52she just don't love me she just loves having fun all right you stumble bum cut out this racket
00:14:05why do you play with that crumb i could choke her hold tight bill hang on to your sense of humor
00:14:11hang on well i guess i'll go get me something to eat and would you like to go with me mr bill
00:14:20i'm gonna look for a job how about you mr roberts no thanks ike i got some riding to do
00:14:28i'll be back soon as i find a job come back anyway
00:14:36say bill i got a new idea for a story oh it's a honey a young fella started off with a push cart
00:14:4315 years later he was traveling around the world in his own yacht he married and shut up shut up
00:14:50shut up you said they babbling like an imbecile talking about a story that nobody's gonna buy
00:14:57while the whole world spits in your face you dumb turkey go ahead
00:15:06peck away on that stinking typewriter till you rot sit here and take the himself from that broken down
00:15:11crumb upstairs go ahead sit here in this jungle like an animal while the whole world steps on you
00:15:19well nobody steps on dollar bill take it easy bill there's nobody stepping on you no more they
00:15:26hold on bill your looks bad now but it'll change you bet it'll change cause i'm gonna change
00:15:33i'm gonna get on top yeah back that light out there on top of the bank see that light high on top giving out
00:15:40with the flag that's me i belong on top up there looking down not down here looking up
00:15:48when you're up there you don't get stepped on i don't think anybody's stepping on your bill
00:15:54where are you going to get that yacht what do you think
00:16:06how much barkeep 360 mr george
00:16:26keep the change thank you mr george i'm looking hey boy
00:16:44ain't that the guy that works at the two spots yeah man that's regina the one and only can you imagine
00:16:49some guy's kicked all the luck forget it mac he's a b-29 gal and built like a feedwood
00:16:55she ain't on your time who's that stud with you don't know him no man that's big bear george from
00:17:00chicago and i do mean bad see what i tell you big time big george is known for his five
00:17:16uh
00:17:27hey man can i tell you to cut out that dancing it is dancing man
00:17:40well now ain't this a treat what you know dollar bill don't tell me you're spulting
00:17:53hey boy look who's here dollar bill and he's gonna buy a beer
00:17:58hey fat give dollar bill a beer even i can buy a glass of sud
00:18:18now give me a drink and the next time remember i'll tell you what i'm drinking
00:18:23i'm sorry doll the boss says i gotta collect first but what give me a drink all right all right
00:18:35leave the bar
00:18:45hey dolly you forgot to pay me
00:18:57yeah
00:18:59bill don't kill him
00:19:04okay
00:19:04okay
00:19:11how much does he owe you dollar 20 is his bill
00:19:20thanks
00:19:34okay
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00:21:00I pray for your book to be blessed to sell real big, Mr. Roberts.
00:21:09If 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.
00:21:21I'm on my way.
00:21:24Hey, Mr. Bill, you know what?
00:21:27I got a job down at the lunchroom, washing dishes.
00:21:31Yeah, that's nice.
00:21:32And he prayed for us.
00:21:34What 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.
00:21:58How'd you get here?
00:21:59Oh, I followed you.
00:22:01I 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.
00:22:08My name's Etta.
00:22:09Etta Mason.
00:22:10How do you do, Miss Mason?
00:22:12My name is Roberts.
00:22:13That's Mr. Lee over there.
00:22:15Mr. Izeville Washington Lee.
00:22:18I see you already know Mr. Dollarbill.
00:22:20Yes.
00:22:21And she paid your check for you.
00:22:23Boy, you did get that yacht.
00:22:25Shut up there yapping, Roberts.
00:22:27Listen, little girl.
00:22:28You paid my check.
00:22:29Nobody asked you to.
00:22:31And I thanked you.
00:22:32Now will you go home?
00:22:34Wait a minute, Bill.
00:22:36That's not a nice way to treat a lady if she paid your check for you.
00:22:40That's all right, Mr. Roberts.
00:22:43Maybe I shouldn't have come.
00:22:45I just thought that maybe I could...
00:22:47I thanked you at the bar.
00:22:48And I'm thanking you again.
00:22:50What more do you want?
00:22:54Nothing.
00:23:02What was the thing yesterday?
00:23:05Two six and I had two six to one.
00:23:08Can you imagine that?
00:23:09I'm going to stop playing those play-take-it numbers.
00:23:14Honey, I told my old man last night.
00:23:18If he don't get a hit today, he better look for a new pass.
00:23:22Playing all his money on single action.
00:23:24What's in life?
00:23:26Well, all I know is you lay one and you pick one.
00:23:29If you're right, you collect eight.
00:23:32If you like me, you're wrong.
00:23:34And the answer is no.
00:23:35Good morning, Gertie.
00:23:37A letter from Mr. Roberts.
00:23:39Another rejection slip.
00:23:43Put this dollar on the first figure, okay?
00:23:46Good morning.
00:23:57Oh, good morning.
00:23:59I hope I'm not ensued in.
00:24:01Of course not.
00:24:02This is a surprise.
00:24:03Well, after last night.
00:24:04I didn't know it.
00:24:05You mustn't mind, Bill.
00:24:07He wasn't himself last night.
00:24:09Well, won't you sit down and rest a while?
00:24:12He'll be back soon.
00:24:15Oh, the boys are out.
00:24:16Now, set your packages on the table and make yourself comfortable.
00:24:19Oh, I fixed a little something for you, fellas.
00:24:23Boy.
00:24:24Ham and egg sandwiches.
00:24:26Cake and coffee.
00:24:28Say, listen, little lady.
00:24:29Who are you?
00:24:30The Red Riding Hood?
00:24:31Or am I dreaming?
00:24:32Oh, I just thought we could all have breakfast together.
00:24:35Wait a minute.
00:24:35Let's get something straight.
00:24:37Last night, you pay a check for a crazy guy named Bill.
00:24:40Then you come in and get chased home.
00:24:43Tonight, you're blacked with a feast for the wolves who threw you out.
00:24:46Mr. Roberts, you make me seem awful.
00:24:49Awful?
00:24:50Why, you're wonderful.
00:24:51I just thought we could all have breakfast together.
00:24:54And I'd get a chance to explain to Bill why I interfered last night.
00:24:57And he had to be out.
00:24:59Well, you just sit right there and tell me all about it.
00:25:02Honey, because I want to know.
00:25:04Suppose you and I eat.
00:25:05Because the coffee's getting cold.
00:25:07We'll save something for them.
00:25:09Uh, when did Dollar Bill meet you?
00:25:11He didn't.
00:25:12What do you mean he didn't?
00:25:13He doesn't know me.
00:25:14You mean last night was the first time you saw him?
00:25:17Oh, I saw him.
00:25:18That is, I knew him.
00:25:20But he didn't know me.
00:25:21Wait a minute.
00:25:23This thing is getting more and more complicated.
00:25:26Now, won't you go over to Ganfoss?
00:25:28You see, it's like this.
00:25:30About three years ago, when I was 15, Bill used to visit someone in my block.
00:25:36We kids just admire how he dressed.
00:25:38The pretty clothes he wore.
00:25:40When he was laughing and happy, he'd stop and give all us kids a dollar apiece.
00:25:46I know.
00:25:47He had a win.
00:25:48The old folks used to talk about him.
00:25:51Said he was a gambler.
00:25:52But he gave them money, too.
00:25:54That's Bill.
00:25:55When he's happy, he wants everybody to be happy.
00:25:58My mother was very sick there.
00:26:01And one day, when Bill gave all us kids a dollar, I took mine and bought flowers for mother.
00:26:08I'll always remember it.
00:26:10It was the last time I saw her smile.
00:26:12Poor kid.
00:26:14I'm sorry.
00:26:15She was so happy.
00:26:20She said I was a good girl.
00:26:21You are?
00:26:22You must have had a fine mother.
00:26:26Mom worked hard.
00:26:27She did the best she could.
00:26:29It was only us, too.
00:26:31What happened to your father?
00:26:32Oh, I 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.
00:26:56Depends on the point of view.
00:26:57Oh, I don't mean Bill is not a fine fellow.
00:27:00Down underneath, they don't come any better.
00:27:02I know.
00:27:03Right now, he's a little bitter.
00:27:05Mad at the world.
00:27:06But he's swell.
00:27:08You really like him, though.
00:27:10Oh, I don't know.
00:27:11I suppose, though.
00:27:12What do you do?
00:27:13Oh, I call myself a writer.
00:27:16You see that machine over there?
00:27:19I write.
00:27:21But no one seems to like it but Bill.
00:27:23He thinks I'm wonderful.
00:27:24Are you?
00:27:25Well, they don't like my studies.
00:27:32You've written many stories?
00:27:33Oh, you see that box over there is full of them.
00:27:36And a rejection slip with each one.
00:27:39Oh, I'd like to read some of your stories sometime.
00:27:42You're welcome.
00:27:43Anytime you come.
00:27:44Thanks.
00:27:45Well, that was a nice break.
00:27:48I'll tell the boys they don't know what they meant.
00:27:50We'll just cover this over and save it for them.
00:27:54What time is it?
00:27:55Oh, the clock over the bank says 1030.
00:27:57Well, I'd better hurry or I'll be late to work.
00:28:00Where do you work?
00:28:0123rd Street, the garment sector.
00:28:03I do Peaceburg Operator Undresses.
00:28:05Do you like it?
00:28:06Oh, it's all right.
00:28:07I make a good dollar.
00:28:09Oh, 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?
00:28:14If you'll take care of the little sneakers.
00:28:17Goodbye.
00:28:17Goodbye.
00:28:27Hi, bad boy.
00:28:29You get me that rod?
00:28:30And the juice.
00:28:31Got it?
00:28:32Yeah.
00:28:35Got the stuff?
00:28:36Here's the stuff.
00:28:37And if you move it fast, there's more where it comes from.
00:28:41I'll get it moved fast.
00:28:42Don't worry.
00:28:43Thanks.
00:28:45So long.
00:28:46So long, boy.
00:28:47See ya.
00:28:51Okay, bad boy.
00:28:57Hello, grandma.
00:28:58What's new?
00:28:59I should ask you, how?
00:29:00You get around, you know?
00:29:01Oh, you know all the pretty people.
00:29:03Who's your friend?
00:29:04Oh, Regina.
00:29:05I want you to meet Dollar Bill, a great guy.
00:29:08Hello, Bill.
00:29:09How are you?
00:29:09Swell.
00:29:10Are you as fine as you look?
00:29:12No, you're kidding.
00:29:12Well, that you'll have to find out.
00:29:15Hey, Pat, give the ladies a drink.
00:29:17Regina's bad boy, George's heart beat.
00:29:20You know him?
00:29:21Yes.
00:29:22But he never told me about you.
00:29:24Where does he hide you?
00:29:25The Club 2 spot.
00:29:26She works there.
00:29:27Well, real class.
00:29:30You're not bad yourself.
00:29:31Where does one find you?
00:29:32You don't have to hang me on a line, baby.
00:29:35I'll buy the scotch anyway.
00:29:37It's no lying.
00:29:38You're my type, champ.
00:29:40Did you say champ?
00:29:41A chump.
00:29:44Oh, pardon me just a moment.
00:29:55Excuse me, darling.
00:29:56I want to run and pound on my nose.
00:30:00You get it?
00:30:01Sure.
00:30:02You're lucky, you know.
00:30:03Knife is rock I had in months.
00:30:05Perfect.
00:30:06Not a flaw.
00:30:07Yeah, let's see.
00:30:12Get a load of that.
00:30:16How much?
00:30:18Two seeds.
00:30:19Two seeds?
00:30:21That's right.
00:30:22That's a lot of gold.
00:30:23That's a lot of rock.
00:30:26I haven't got that much.
00:30:27Yeah, but how much you got?
00:30:30A C6-5.
00:30:32175, huh?
00:30:34Okay, the rock's a little hot.
00:30:35I want to unload it.
00:30:37I'll take it.
00:30:38Okay.
00:30:44And I tell her about working all night
00:30:46and about the bugs I got to serve.
00:30:48You know what she says?
00:30:50People don't bug you.
00:30:51You bug yourself.
00:30:53Oh, have another drink.
00:30:53Wait, let me think.
00:30:54Good job, baby.
00:30:56Oh, shit.
00:31:02Oh, shit.
00:32:03How many times did I tell you I don't allow no dancing in here?
00:32:09Man, I don't care what you don't allow.
00:32:11I don't put my nickel on that piccolo, so I'm going to dance anyhow.
00:32:13Says who?
00:32:14Says me.
00:32:15Now be nice to yourself because you'll make me mad.
00:32:17One, two, three, I'll be over there on you.
00:32:18Yeah, four, five, six, and you'll be off me too.
00:32:20Oh, yeah?
00:32:21Oh, yeah.
00:32:21Come on over.
00:32:25Come on.
00:32:26I'll be over ready.
00:32:28I'll just let you over.
00:32:30Oh, who wants to dance anyway, man?
00:32:32Well, this is a bar, not a dance song.
00:32:34Tell us a cool breeze.
00:32:35Maybe he don't know.
00:32:36I'm telling you, take it out of here.
00:32:38Go ahead, you bald-haired turkey.
00:32:46Dell, where you been, Dell?
00:32:49Hugging 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.
00:32:57Don't hold me.
00:32:58What news?
00:32:58Yeah.
00:32:59Yeah.
00:33:00Oh, don't tell me Alabama, I know.
00:33:02You're the biggest square that ever left the cotton fields of Alabama.
00:33:06Dell, you've been drinking.
00:33:08Now, how do you know?
00:33:10I met Josh White today, and he's going to give me lessons.
00:33:13Well, can you imagine that?
00:33:14He met Josh White today.
00:33:16Well, I met Regina today.
00:33:19And she's going to give me lessons.
00:33:21Hey, Angel Face, buy yourself a new dress, like Regina.
00:33:26Regina's got a new dress.
00:33:28Regina's got class.
00:33:30Regina's got everything.
00:33:34I'd better go now, Bob.
00:33:38That's all right.
00:33:39I'll talk with him.
00:33:41Shut up.
00:33:43You talk to me.
00:33:45Who are you to talk to me?
00:33:47I'm sick of you.
00:33:49I'm sick of all your yapping.
00:33:50I'm sick of this whole crummy joint.
00:33:53I'm getting out.
00:33:55I'm going to move up where people's got class.
00:33:58Yeah, class.
00:33:59That's what I need.
00:34:00That's me.
00:34:01Class.
00:34:02I've got to breathe.
00:34:10Class.
00:34:11On your way down, stop in the jungle.
00:34:19Your friends will still be here.
00:34:27And here's five C's.
00:34:30Your share of the drop last night.
00:34:32Got your gun on you?
00:34:33Oh, 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.
00:34:46You'll keep the motor of the car running by the warehouse curve.
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.
00:35:08Depends on Papa, bad boy.
00:35:10I'll deliver.
00:35:10Ah, Hollywood wants me.
00:35:33Broadway 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 little, little bit of 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.
00:36:06I may be small, but baby, I have no fear.
00:36:13I may be small, but baby, I have no fear.
00:36:19I can climb a hill without shifting gears.
00:36:23I 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 and roll.
00:36:45Takes a long, tall daddy status by my soul.
00:36:48Baby, rock me with that steady roll.
00:36:53My baby, rock me with that steady roll.
00:36:57Do you want a job, children?
00:37:01Yeah!
00:37:02Do you want a job, children?
00:37:04Yeah!
00:37:05Do you want a job, children?
00:37:07Yeah!
00:37:08Do you want a job, children?
00:37:10Yeah!
00:37:11Do you want a job, children?
00:37:13Yeah!
00:37:14Job, job, job, job.
00:37:46Hello?
00:38:04You don't say.
00:38:07You don't say.
00:38:09You don't say.
00:38:12Oh, that bad.
00:38:14He didn't say.
00:38:16By the way, Pat, you know you left me last night.
00:38:18That I did.
00:38:19Where did you go?
00:38:19Oh, man, I went to a party and had a ball.
00:38:21No kidding.
00:38:22Everybody was there.
00:38:23We played all kind of games.
00:38:24Well, what kind of games did you play?
00:38:26We played the Spindle Bottle, Post Office, all around the mall, very good.
00:38:30Fairies jumping out the well.
00:38:31Oh, wait a second.
00:38:31Now, that game, Fairies Jumping Out the Well, I never heard that before.
00:38:34How did that go?
00:38:34Oh, man.
00:38:35The boys get in one room.
00:38:37The girls get in the other.
00:38:38The boys have to leave their room to go kiss a girl.
00:38:40That's when you go a fairy jumping out the well.
00:38:42But if the girls show ugly to kiss, the boys have to give her a quarter.
00:38:47Your wife was there.
00:38:47She made $9.75.
00:38:50Well, wait a second.
00:38:51Now, now, now.
00:38:51Be careful, now, see.
00:38:53I'll send it all.
00:38:53Say, but do you know it builds on me?
00:38:55What?
00:38:55That a friend of his said, that his girlfriend said, that I said that you said.
00:38:57Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a second, Pat.
00:38:59Now, because that's what you're going to get in trouble, I guess.
00:39:00See, that's like spreading propaganda.
00:39:02See, you got to be careful.
00:39:02What to say to who?
00:39:03Oh, man.
00:39:03There you go using words you don't even know what they mean.
00:39:06Who don't know what they mean?
00:39:06Well, what is propaganda?
00:39:08Propaganda's false faith.
00:39:09We're getting on the end of gossiping something going in for.
00:39:11That ain't no propaganda.
00:39:13No, what is propaganda?
00:39:14Are you married?
00:39:15Of course I am.
00:39:15How long you been married?
00:39:16Five years.
00:39:17You got any children?
00:39:18No.
00:39:19Propaganda.
00:39:20What do you mean, propaganda?
00:39:22Your wife's the proper goose, but you ain't the propaganda.
00:39:26Oh, boy.
00:39:26What are you talking about?
00:39:36Tell Rocco to lay low.
00:39:44I'm getting away from the cops myself for a while.
00:39:47Well, listen now, George.
00:39:48What did you expect me to do with the cops on my tail?
00:39:51Get them off, wise guy.
00:39:53Get them off.
00:39:53They jumped me before I knew it.
00:39:55Then the traffic beat me.
00:39:56That's why I took the park.
00:39:57Tell it to them.
00:39:59You're getting your cut to get the stuff through.
00:40:01I'm doing the best I could.
00:40:02Your best stinks.
00:40:03I get a hundred grand worth of fur, safe than a cop.
00:40:08You let the cops cruise you.
00:40:10Do you think you could have gotten away?
00:40:12I'm asking the questions.
00:40:13And I'm giving you the answers.
00:40:15All right, you're cutting me out.
00:40:17Well, what are you waiting for?
00:40:19That's the first answer.
00:40:20You've gotten straight.
00:40:22Only you're too hot right now.
00:40:25I've got to keep you where I can find you.
00:40:28You're still wet behind the ears.
00:40:30Maybe I can dry them up a bit.
00:40:34Don't do me no favor.
00:40:37I'll remember that.
00:40:38Now you can go.
00:40:40Just a minute.
00:40:42Let me give you a little tip.
00:40:44Stay away from Regina.
00:40:46You tell Regina to stay away from me.
00:40:48Darling, pay our number.
00:40:59Anytime for you.
00:41:18I can't forget the very first time that we met.
00:41:34How you just came along and made my life a song that keeps ringing, keeps me singing, for the things you do to me.
00:41:53When you are near, I find that gloom must disappear.
00:42:07You bring me happiness, along with your career, how a man never stands by the things you do to me.
00:42:27Yes, I've had my sorrow, but now from you I borrow the thrill that will make my life complete.
00:42:48Please don't abuse them, I 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
00:43:17That tells me you alone must have my heart to own.
00:43:25I surrender to the tender little things you do to me.
00:43:48I surrender to the tender little things you do.
00:44:09I surrender to the tender little things you do to me.
00:44:15I surrender to the tender little thing.
00:44:18Come on, baby, let's go.
00:44:48Hello, gang, what's doing in the jungle?
00:44:51Hello, Bill, how are you?
00:44:53Gee, Mr. Bill, it's good to see you.
00:44:55Gee, gee, you sure looking fine.
00:44:57Thanks, Alabama.
00:44:58Hello, Angel Face.
00:44:59How you doing?
00:45:00The boys see you all right?
00:45:01Oh, I'm all right, Bill.
00:45:02How have you been?
00:45:03Oh, never better.
00:45:05Oh, excuse me, honey.
00:45:06Meet Etta.
00:45:07Etta, meet Regina.
00:45:09How are you, my dear?
00:45:11How do you do?
00:45:12And this is my pal, Bob, the writer.
00:45:15But great.
00:45:16So you're Bob.
00:45:18I've been anxious to meet you.
00:45:20Bill tells us about you all the time.
00:45:22He thinks you're tough.
00:45:23Oh, you mustn't listen to Bill.
00:45:25He's partial.
00:45:26Never mind jiving, Bob.
00:45:28Meet Alabama there.
00:45:29Alabama, this is Regina.
00:45:31She's come down to hear you play.
00:45:32I'm right glad to meet you, ma'am.
00:45:34Hello, Alabama.
00:45:36Bill tells me you're good.
00:45:38Yes, ma'am.
00:45:39Am I, uh, uh, thanks?
00:45:41Oh, man, you're all them things.
00:45:42Get your box down and tune it up.
00:45:44Okay.
00:45:48Oh, 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.
00:46:00Isn't that the general idea?
00:46:01You're speaking about checkers?
00:46:07Of course, dear.
00:46:08I play the game, too.
00:46:11And I bet you know every move.
00:46:14I usually win.
00:46:17Say, 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.
00:46:26Well, I don't know if it's so good, but, uh, you want me to play one of your oldies?
00:46:29Oh, sure.
00:46:30Play my old favorite.
00:46:31When I went down the road to see my gal, caught her loving up my best pal, said she didn't
00:46:42want to do it, said she didn't want to do it.
00:46:46If 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.
00:46:55Yes, I got her number, and it don't add up to one.
00:46:59She just don't love me.
00:47:01She just loves having fun.
00:47:04You fool me, baby.
00:47:05You won't see me no more.
00:47:08You fool me, baby, and you won't see me no more.
00:47:13Cause what I saw last night drove me away from your door.
00:47:16You're no good, baby.
00:47:19You're no good to me.
00:47:22You're no good, baby.
00:47:24You're no good to me.
00:47:27You're no good, baby, so stay away from me.
00:47:32You're real gone, Alabama.
00:47:34Play us another.
00:47:35You really are good, Alabama.
00:47:36I wish I had time for more.
00:47:38Oh, yeah, that's right.
00:47:39You've got to get to the club, haven't you?
00:47:41Can Alabama come, too?
00:47:43You can play a number for the customers.
00:47:45Sure, great.
00:47:47Get into your coat, Alabama.
00:47:48You're going, please.
00:47:51It's been swell meeting you.
00:47:52Won't you come, too?
00:47:54Some other time.
00:47:55We'll let Alabama represent us.
00:47:59Goodbye, dear.
00:48:00Too bad you can't come.
00:48:04That's all right.
00:48:06I've already heard you sing.
00:48:09Come on, darling.
00:48:10I'll be late.
00:48:10Knock them dead, Alabama.
00:48:17Good luck, Alabama.
00:48:19Come on, Angie Pace.
00:48:20Come on, Bob.
00:48:29Jill.
00:48:30Hello, Angie Pace.
00:48:31Where the boy?
00:48:32Oh, Alabama went to rehearsal.
00:48:33And Bob asked me to wait here while he went downtown.
00:48:37Oh, I see.
00:48:40Well, now, in that case, take this money and give it to Bob.
00:48:44Tell him it's for his and Alabama's rent.
00:48:47I'll put it here on the table.
00:48:52Aren't you going to wait?
00:48:56No, I've got to get to the track.
00:48:58We don't see much of you anymore.
00:49:03How are you doing?
00:49:07I'm doing all right.
00:49:09How are you doing?
00:49:10Well, now, I'm doing all right.
00:49:14We don't know.
00:49:16OK.
00:49:20I'm in that case.
00:49:27Oh, my God.
00:49:29Oh, my God.
00:49:31Oh, my God.
00:49:33Oh, my God.
00:49:34Oh, my God.
00:49:35Oh, my God.
00:49:37Oh, my God.
00:49:39Oh, my God.
00:49:39Oh, my God.
00:49:40Have you lost your mind?
00:50:06You're slipping handsome.
00:50:08I've got a sneaking suspicion.
00:50:10Regina's standing you up.
00:50:12And I've got a sneaking suspicion.
00:50:14You're right.
00:50:15Don't let that get you down, darling.
00:50:18She don't ring no bells in my heart.
00:50:20I'm always around, you know.
00:50:22Yeah.
00:50:23You know, you're smoking my eyes, baby.
00:50:25Nah, is that nice?
00:50:27Say, this ring has sold me the fake.
00:50:29The jewel would say 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, can you give me my money?
00:50:36Get out of here.
00:50:37Here.
00:50:52Give us a drink.
00:50:53And I've told you before to keep those crumbs away from me when I'm with ladies.
00:50:57I didn't know you were going to bother me.
00:50:58That's all right.
00:50:59Give us all a drink here.
00:51:00I'll have a beer.
00:51:01Oh, no.
00:51:02What happened?
00:51:03Oh, no.
00:51:04This poor saw me.
00:51:05Believe it or not, fellas, this is going to make his fish.
00:51:07Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:51:08Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:51:09Ha, ha, ha.
00:51:10Come on, Pat.
00:51:11Give everybody a drink.
00:51:12Let's have some champagne.
00:51:13I'll have a beer.
00:51:20Oh, no.
00:51:22What happened?
00:51:25Oh, no.
00:51:26This poor saw me.
00:51:27Believe it or not, fellas, this is going to make his fish.
00:51:31We're gone, Pat.
00:51:32Give everybody a drink.
00:51:33Let's have some champagne.
00:51:36How about some champagne, old man?
00:51:37Coming right up.
00:51:38How many bottles?
00:51:40How many bottles?
00:51:40Serve everybody.
00:51:41We'll count the bottles later.
00:51:44We're going to have a real celebration.
00:51:45Don't drink that beer, Coupé.
00:51:47Champagne.
00:51:47Can you imagine that?
00:51:58I pass up two numbers on the Piccolo to sport him a beer,
00:52:00and he walks out and leaves it.
00:52:05Hey, man, what are you trying to do?
00:52:06Break up the jukebox?
00:52:08Yeah.
00:52:08Well, I'll give you your money back.
00:52:10Well, hand it here.
00:52:11Keep the dime, man.
00:52:15Don't get mad at Cool Breeze, honey,
00:52:17when you can drink champagne in his arms.
00:52:19Yes, how about that one?
00:52:20Yeah, that's what you know.
00:52:23Nice friend, too, isn't it?
00:52:25Uh-huh.
00:52:27Hey, Bill!
00:52:28Watch it!
00:52:29Stop!
00:52:29I'm sorry, Bill.
00:52:30Hey, Walter, I'm going to do a doctor.
00:52:44Here I have time.
00:52:45This calls for a celebration.
00:53:05Just think, Bob, you've got a real television celebrity.
00:53:09Poor roommate.
00:53:10Don't you see my chest stuck out?
00:53:11Well, I don't start really till next week.
00:53:14But you've got to sign contract.
00:53:16You're in.
00:53:17Won't Bill be happy when he hears this?
00:53:19Start at the beginning, Alabama,
00:53:21and tell us just what the man said.
00:53:23Well, he said at first that the man who pays for the program
00:53:27or something, a show, something like that,
00:53:29he said that man thinks I'm good.
00:53:31He likes my plane,
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 celebrities.
00:53:46Alabama, you are celebrities.
00:54:14Hey, Alabama, you're just telling us what the man said.
00:54:17Well, that's all he's saying.
00:54:18When's your first program?
00:54:20Well, he's got to start from a week from the day, I think.
00:54:22Let's drink to Alabama's success.
00:54:30Bill.
00:54:33Bill.
00:54:35Bill.
00:54:38What happened?
00:54:40Hello, Angie.
00:54:41And now, ladies and gentlemen,
00:55:01we bring our television audience
00:55:03our newest talent discovery,
00:55:07Alabama Ike and his guitar.
00:55:11Well, I woke up this morning
00:55:23The lonesomest man in town
00:55:27Yes, I woke up this morning
00:55:34The lonesomest man in town
00:55:39Cause my baby's got another lover
00:55:47And she's put her daddy down
00:55:50Don't leave me, baby
00:55:57Don't leave me feeling sad
00:56:02Don't leave me, baby
00:56:08Don't leave me feeling sad
00:56:12Cause I swear your spell of love in you
00:56:21Is the best that I have ever had
00:56:25You've got pecuniary
00:56:30I know that long ago
00:56:33But why you'd want to hurt me
00:56:36I will never, never know
00:56:39Oh, I'm lonesome, baby
00:56:42Lonesome as a man can be
00:56:46And if you don't come back to daddy
00:56:52He'll drown his body in the deep blue sea
00:56:56And the one you dedicate to Bill was beautiful
00:57:18That's a swell of you, Alabama
00:57:20Bill would have loved that
00:57:22Oh, you went over three
00:57:25Josh 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 before the show
00:57:33Here it is
00:57:34Uh
00:57:35You read it
00:57:39Congratulations, and welcome to the Tellerways
00:57:45Sorry I can't be with you
00:57:46But we'll dig your show from Boston
00:57:48Signed, Josh White
00:57:49What do you mean, he dig my show?
00:57:53That means he'll see you on television from Boston
00:57:55Oh, I bet he did, too
00:57:57You are my boy
00:58:00Oh, Alabama, you were so good
00:58:04I could just hug you
00:58:05Or you might think I was trying to get a little fresh
00:58:08Uh
00:58:09I saw you just as plain like
00:58:12And I went to the corner bar
00:58:15And 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
00:58:24There's my Alabama
00:58:25And everybody looked at me and laughed
00:58:28Betty, I didn't know you went for the blues
00:58:31I thought you was on the bebop kick
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
00:58:39For 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
00:58:51Anytime you can cut through Gertie's heart
00:58:54You're a success
00:58:55A bottle of wine, Edda
00:58:57Turn on the radio
00:58:58This is an occasion
00:58:59Yes, ladies and gentlemen
00:59:05You're still tuned in to Bill Owens' Saturday Night's Box 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
00:59:14Our people
00:59:15And tonight we take great pride in bringing you this choice bit
00:59:18Today 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?
00:59:30And last Friday
00:59:32William Burton Brown
00:59:33More infamously known around this concrete jungle as Dollar Bill
00:59:37Received in full
00:59:39His final payment
00:59:40Just follow me
00:59:42Mr. Roberts
00:59:44There's a gentleman here to see you
00:59:46How do you do?
00:59:48Mr. Roberts, I'm Bill Chase
00:59:49The editor of the Harlan Herald
00:59:50How do you do?
00:59:51Good to meet you
00:59:51How do you do?
00:59:53This is Miss Zanz
00:59:54Miss Zanz
00:59:55Miss Gibson
00:59:56My 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
01:00:03I love you 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
01:00:08My papers just learned
01:00:10That this notorious under no character
01:00:12Dollar Bill
01:00:13Who was still left reaching on 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
01:00:23The yellow dog
01:00:24And Bill had to shoot in self-defense
01:00:27I'm very sorry, Miss Zanz
01:00:30Perhaps I was mistaken
01:00:31You sure was
01:00:32What I was about to say, Mr. Roberts
01:00:34Is that I understand that you knew him very well
01:00:36Was 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
01:00:50Dollar Bill as I knew him
01:00:52Human interest stuff, you know
01:00:54Mr. Chase
01:00:55Dollar Bill was a fine boy
01:00:58Who got bad breaks
01:00:59Because I admired the good in him
01:01:03And because I knew him better than he did himself at times
01:01:07Because of this
01:01:09What 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
01:01:22Mr. 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, Miss Zanz
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
01:01:48You need not write about Bill
01:01:49Write about Harlem
01:01:50The people here
01:01:51The streets
01:01:52You'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
01:01:58Robert
01:01:59Goodbye, all
01:02:00And I'll show you out
01:02:02Jungle
01:02:04Oh, Bob
01:02:07I'm so happy to hear about your success
01:02:10Isn't it wonderful?
01:02:13Well, it looks like I've been needing a secretary
01:02:15I think you'll make Ike a good manager
01:02:19How about it, Ike?
01:02:20Well, I'd appreciate it very much, Miss Edda
01:02:24If you want to do it
01:02:26Well, I don't know how to thank you, boys
01:02:28I only wish there were four of us
01:02:32Who share all of this success
01:02:34That's life, Edda
01:02:35For every ending
01:02:38There's a good one
01:02:41Good one
01:02:43It's a great one
01:02:44And I'm notksi
01:02:45This
01:02:45Weird
01:02:45It's a good one
01:02:49God
01:02:50Yeah
01:02:51Good one
01:02:51Good one
01:02:52Good one
01:02:52I'm not Alan
01:02:53It's a great