The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) Movie Script

THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY
CAVENDISH IN
ROMEO AND JULIEIs Miss Cavendish
already back home?
Oh, you are the young one
journalist from the Tribune.
No, Miss Cavendish is not
not yet returned home.
Say, man, maybe you
can tell us about this rumor.
What rumor?
Well, the one about the withdrawal of
Miss Cavendish of the stage...
to let his daughter take his place.
Say, listen.
You two, young journalists, do you want
that I tell you something?
- Of course.
- Well, I'll tell you.
The Cavendishes do not
never retire.
The Cavendishes are eternal. They
continue to play until they die.
And when the Cavendishes die,
they go straight to heaven...
and start playing with them again
Cavendish who are already up there.
- Don't tell me that.
- Yes, I tell you.
Go down to the
scene on the street corner,
and you will see if Julie Cavendish
is going to retire!
Come on, Pete.
Miss Cavendish, could you sign this?
Miss Cavendish, Miss Cavendish...
I just heard on the news
that you were going to retire.
My retirement? Where could I
so retire?
Anything to say about your brother Tony?
About that scam on the coast.
I don't know anything about this.
Oh, would you mind?
Here's one for you.
Mom, you're going to leave
touring on the road this fall?
- Certainly.
- So you don't want to take care of yourself?
You know, Dr. Parker said that you don't
I don't have to go out at night for a while.
Dr. Parker is an old fart!
You know best.
Does Oscar know you're out?
Oscar Wolfe's problem is
take care of my tour, not my health.
Very well, but please
Please take care of yourself.
Very good, very good!
Look! Look at this!
[ THONY CAVENDISH
MAN AGAINST THE GODS]
Tony Cavendish! My son,
a Cavendish, in Hollywood!
Everything moves, everything is colorful.
This is all superb.
I wonder what
this journalist meant.
- Which journalist?
- No, nothing.
Where were you going with your fancy clothes?
I was going to a party
but I changed my mind.
I'm tired tonight.
What's up, audience?
wasn't it nice?
Oh, he was adorable.
I had 7 reminders.
Non, 8.
I always considered it to be a
bad evening unless 14 encores.
I know, Fanny, but it was you.
Oh, I guess it is
just because I'm tired,
but in one way or another
other, the pleasure seems to have disappeared.
I've been doing this for so long, Mother.
- Wait until you're my age.
- You love this, don't you, Mother?
And Gwen loves it.
But I'm just between
both now.
Between my mother and my daughter.
It's not fun to
look back or forward.
You are tired.
The way I feel
Tonight I would give up everything
for a man who would truly love me.
Who would offer me a home
happy and peaceful.
Well, my dear, you are here
leading American actress...
with me.
You have a daughter who will play her
first play next week...
with you...
and a brother who is almost as good
actor as his father Aubrey would have been...
if this meeting at
Hollywood hadn't ruined him.
You are part of a
great tradition, Julie.
You are a member of a royal family.
It's a little late to think about love.
It's never too late
late to talk about love.
It's too late to talk
of a peaceful and happy home.
Well, there's no harm in
wish from time to time
that ours looks like a
a little less like a madhouse.
What do you want to do with the rest of your life?
stay home and knit?
- I don't know how to knit.
- Or you want to end it like me,
still in performance,
always moving forward?
With a full heart
wonderful memories.
Memories of a great...
a great acting career.
A Cavendish.
A vote for Cavendish!
No, Miss Cavendish is not
not yet back from the theater.
Well, any minute now.
What? Yes, I'll tell him.
Yes, I will tell him.
- What is it, Della?
- I don't know.
This is something for Miss Julie.
New York called, a
maritime operator at 1 p.m.
A maritime operator,
what is this ?
This is when the call
comes from a ship at sea.
They tried to you
join all evening.
From an oar at sea?
Miss French wants you
spoke to his school on the 11th.
And there is a radio company that...
wants you to talk
for 15 minutes on the 9th.
The Evening Journal called again...
and the Postal Telegraph
wants you to call.
And Mr. Wolfe is coming tomorrow morning to the
subject of your new play.
- That will be all, Della.
- There were flowers and letters...
and here are the checks to
sign for these invoices.
Not now, Della, I
I'll deal with it later.
Studio Langhorn wants that
you do another session.
- That will be all, Della, please.
- Yes, Miss Julie.
- Here's a telegram for you.
- Oh thank you.
You see, Mother,
That's what I mean.
My poor darling.
- You'll feel better tomorrow morning, darling.
- Yes, of course, darling.
- Oh my God !
- What ?
This is from Tony, my
Dear little brother Tony.
Good God, something
Did something serious happen?
From what I can understand,
he seems to have killed someone.
Someone we know?
- De Dodge City.
- Dodge City, California?
Listen, he's on his way
and comes here. Listen:
Don't believe the story
possible from the Denning incident.
His injury is not fatal.
It takes more than that to kill a director.
Arrival in New York on Wednesday.
The California police have not
no authority outside the state.
Do not speak under any circumstances
pretext for journalists.
Zita Zadak on this train but
no problems so far
because I'm locked in the living room.
Love to all. Anyway,
He was a dirty dog. Tony.
Oh, good old Tony.
Zita Zadak
- Who is she?
- A movie actress, I guess.
Big skies.
Oh, my darling, Julie, you
Do you think it's serious?
No, Mother, of course not.
Now Tony will be okay
no problem. He always gets away with it.
Might as well prepare for the
storm when it comes.
That's all this little house has
need now, one more storm.
I still hope,
Julie, that Tony is fine.
Tony is fine, Mom.
Now please, why
don't you come up and get some sleep?
Yes... To bed, to bed!
"By knocking on doors, this
what is done cannot be undone!
To bed, to bed...
Hello.
No, Miss Cavendish is not here.
I don't know.
What ?
What ?
Is SS Chrstabella calling you?
I don't know any SS Christabella.
Who ?
From where?
South America?
Who? It's Miss Cavendish.
Who ?
Marshall ?
Gilmore Marshall.
Oh, but of course, of course.
Well, Gil!
What the hell?
Well, it's been years and years.
I know.
Well, uh... Eh
Well, how are you?
What are you doing on a boat?
called SS Christabella?
Oh... you're arriving tomorrow.
Oh...
What ?
Oh, that's very exciting.
Yes yes.
Yes, around noon tomorrow.
I was afraid you wouldn't
Don't remember me, Julia.
I'm glad it isn't.
Your beautiful roses have just arrived.
They are so beautiful.
Gil, can't you come?
before tomorrow afternoon?
Couldn't you swim or something?
You know how to swim very well, I remember that.
No, I'm afraid not.
But I want to see you tomorrow afternoon.
But of course. At 4 o'clock sharp.
It will really be me down there.
No, of course not.
No... oh, you'd be surprised.
Oh, I'm much younger than I used to be.
No, not a single silver hair.
Tell me, what about you?
Oh, I'm pretty much the same.
I've settled in a bit.
At least, I... I'd like to settle down.
Tell me, Julia,
Are you uh... Do you still perform on stage?
Why... why, what a question!
Don't you ever read the newspapers there?
Now, Gil, you must
tell me everything about you.
Oh no, not now, tomorrow at 4 p.m.
Yes...
Yes...
Yes...
So goodbye.
I'll take your roses to my room.
Goodbye my dear.
A table for two, waiter,
not too close to the music.
You don't play in
morning today, Julia?
Being a star, Oscar, they will wait for me.
That was a very good starter, Julie.
Dear little mother, you would not like
not go up and down?
You are particularly beautiful
today, if I may.
Oh, please, allow me, Oscar.
because it's the most day
suitable for a nice party.
At least from 4 p.m.
Hello dear.
You look horrible.
I know I have to take the plane,
Mother. I'm going upstairs and changing.
Ah, how beautiful it is, how
It's peaceful and charming...
Oh, peace, peace...
Go ahead, Oscar, it's magnificent.
A COD package, Miss Julie, $39.
CO.. what?
One package, $39.
What do I buy for $39?
All that for $39?
Who has $39 to spend?
Oscar, let me buy it.
Oh, Oscar, you are terrifying.
Julia, I'll cut this short. We
we have it now, let me see...
Oh, it's already 2:05 PM.
I want you in town, at my
office, you and Gwen, at 3 p.m. sharp.
Your office, I never go to yours
Office, Oscar, what do you mean?
Don't start screaming before
let me tell you. Now...
You remember: I said last night
that I was going to meet Mauritania ?
Well, it happened.
Sir John Clark-Morton.
Oh, the author, oh, send him back.
- Avoid authors who come by sea.
- An old Chinese proverb.
- Actually, avoid all authors.
- Let them eat cake.
If you, Camilles, would stay quiet
One minute, I'll tell you what it is.
Now this Clarke-Morton is
a new playwright and Englishman.
And nothing will satisfy him.
He wants to read his short story
play in front of the whole company.
Really ?
I never heard anything
such an idiot in my life.
But if you are really
Seriously, I'll go all the way.
But it can't be this afternoon.
Julia, since when have you
Didn't I ask for a favor?
This guy has a room whose
I dream of getting my hands on it.
- Oh, no...
- Please him a little...
and tell him how much he
is good. What do you say?
- Oh, Oscar, no.
- What do you say, Fanny?
Tell him to go throw himself in the lake.
But why does it have to be that
is it this afternoon?
Another afternoon, perhaps,
a less special afternoon.
But what is happening this
afternoon? Are you getting married or something?
I can't, that's all, I can't.
So you wouldn't even do that
for your poor old manager, eh?
You have a little date,
a tea, or planned to buy one
new hat, and compared to that,
Oscar doesn't matter...
Oscar, don't cry.
Your tears are unsettling me.
Well, too bad, too bad,
but next time you tell me
will ask for a service,
It is... it is... it is...
Oh, I'll do it anyway.
What do you do if
important this afternoon?
Well, I uh... I...
Don't pay attention to her,
Oscar. I'll make sure she's there.
- Mother, you just don't understand...
- Oscar has done a lot for you.
You win, Oscar. At 15
hours, Julie Cavendish will appear.
Fantastic. Now,
Don't forget, 3 p.m. sharp.
You and Gwen will arrive at my office. You
will start in exactly 20 minutes, right?
All right ?
We will be there, but I
could kill you for this.
Is that a manner of speaking!
Goodbye everyone, goodbye!
- Goodbye, Oscar.
- Goodbye, goodbye.
Now look at me.
So, Julie Cavendish,
What's all this mystery about?
what's this whole scene...
of renunciation, "I cannot
come this afternoon, I can't"?
What does this mean?
Gil is back.
Gil, what is it?
Gilmore Marshall. He sent me
flowers last night and a note.
So that's it, huh?
That would have been nice
to have this afternoon free.
Good God, is he coming here?
He said around 4 p.m.
Della will just have to send him back, that's all.
So he came back to New
York to spend his millions.
And I think that if that
had not been for me
you would have gone to South America
by abandoning your
career and everything else.
I wonder how he is now.
He may have become very charming.
South America, millions...
Probably a little gray hair.
Sounds romantic, huh?
No more romantic
now that it was years ago.
What a siege it was.
Yes, and what a demon you were, darling.
I had to be.
You certainly acted like a
mother would have done it in a melodrama.
I don't know how I found you
brought you to where you are today.
You were always on point
to run away in a whirlwind.
And when you finally have
married Rex Colbert, oh!
Mother, among all the beautiful
World, why did I marry Rex?
He was a bad singer.
- But with good manners.
- Yes.
He was the kind of man who
would kiss the hand without looking stupid.
I guess that's what he has
had to do when I needed him.
There is one thing you must
admit about Gil, Mother,
he would have been reliable.
Oh, when you get a little older, you
starting to think that maybe...
What is this?
what is this?
Oh, don't worry, darling.
But I'm curious to see it.
I had also planned
quite a staging.
I was going to wear my outfit
beige pink with a hat brim...
to appear dignified and melancholic,
a girly look, ... and a
not very provocative either...
Oh my God, oh my God...
Oh, honey, a little restraint...
You might as well
play this number for him tomorrow.
It's been many years.
What are a few more hours?
But I hate to disappoint Gil.
GOOD...
And I wanted so much to be
beautiful, joyful and glamorous...
Is that all?
It won't be very difficult, my dear.
Thank you, Mother.
- You are adorable.
- Yes.
- Am I an idiot?
- Yes.
Yes !
Oh, you look so gorgeous!
Ah, Gwen!
Is it this afternoon that you
go out to Westchester with Perry?
Yes, he will arrive any minute.
Well, honey...
You just can't go.
You'll just have to postpone it until later.
You have to come with me to Oscar's office.
listen to the author read the new play.
Mother, this is absurd.
You know I have this appointment
with Perry for a week.
I never met his mother.
She gives a tea just for
me and she receives all these people,
How can I?
- It can be another time.
- No, no, it's not possible now.
I talked about it with Oscar and it must
absolutely to be done this afternoon.
I promised.
Don't worry, Perry will understand.
Or I hope someone else will.
He chose a good day to
that man who sings.
[Loud stomping sounds]
What is this ?
Joe! Della!
[Loud stomping sounds]
I have never heard
such a commotion in my life.
Oh, Mother, it doesn't
can't already be Gil.
All right, everyone, shut up!
- Take everything to my room, Joe.
- Yes, sir. This way, boys.
Someone go quickly
lock the back door.
And you, look out this window
if there is a man there with
a long, ill-cut overcoat.
Well, how are you?
America's sweetheart?
Aren't you happy?
to see your little boy?
Tony, Tony, Tony !
Tony, will you explain this to me?
Miracle, how did you get here?
I'll tell you all about that in a minute.
Joe, give me 20 dollars.
Jerry brought me from Mineola.
Ten for each of the
boys. How many are there?
- Seven, sir. Six, not including me.
- That's about 90 dollars.
Remember, if any of these journalists
ask, you haven't seen me.
You never approached me,
you don't know anything about me
actually you don't know who i am.
Uh... you better not
say that. They wouldn't believe it!
Hello, little sister. Good!
Hey, uh... Give them the money, okay?
Here, Joe.
Tony, your arm!
It's nothing, I have it
hit too hard, that's all.
How did the fight start?
- Well, you see...
- Ah, that will be good.
- Tell us everything, Uncle Tony.
- Uncle? I'll strangle him.
Hello Dell, how are you?
Would you like to have a bite to eat with us?
Bring everything you have,
You want to, right, baby?
But first I must
take a hot bath.
Everyone come up
while I take a bath.
Look at me, Tony Cavendish, listen to me!
- What's wrong, Mom?
- How did you get here?
- You were in Dodge City yesterday...
- Of course, I flew in from Chicago.
On the plane, Mom, what a disappointment...
I couldn't take the
train, they watch the trains.
And I have to stay hidden
until I go to sea.
- Take the boat?
- Take the boat to where?
Europe, of course. I'll go to Aquitaine.
Oh, I hate pictures!
Come on, come on, I'm going to take a bath.
How did it start, tell me,
How did this fight begin?
Oh, that so-called director!
He's been thinking about it since we
We started shooting.
He put this girl in the picture
and when she stuck
against me, he got angry.
More Tony...
And what happened then?
Come on, we're here.
I'll tell you what happened.
When I was going to play a
desert scene, you see,
This guy, Denning, chose
the worst camel in the pack
and he said to me, "You ride that one."
I looked at him and said:
"You will assemble it yourself
and you will see if you like it."
He asked: "Who realizes
this movie, you or me?
I said, "You direct the movie,
but you don't lead me,
I'm done with this story, and you
You can take this as a souvenir of me.
I wouldn't be so worried
unless you kill him.
Who is this woman on the train?
Who is this Zickary-Zackory?
Just like the others
Tony's "Zickary-Zackories," Mother.
I'm late, I
I have to go. Goodbye you!
Hey, bye!
Who is this Zickary-Zackory?
Oh, Mom, she's Polish.
- Watch out for Polish women!
- Yeah.
Well, what a pleasure
to meet you here.
Hello Perry.
Well, I can't come.
What do you mean you can't come?
I have to go to Wolfe's office
to listen to a reading of a piece.
No way to go there
escape. I have to do it.
Don't tell me you
cancel our meeting...
just to go hear
someone read his play.
- What room, by the way?
- The room.
The play that will be in rehearsal tomorrow.
That's what Mom and I do.
Well, you read it.
1000 times. You read it to me.
But this is different.
The author himself will read it.
Oh, well, leave him alone, that idiot.
What matters to you?
Oh, Perry. I had terribly
want to accompany you.
I made a big deal, but
What else could I do?
You know, Gwen, this isn't the
first time you've done this to me.
Oh, Perry, don't be excessive.
You know, it's just because
of this new piece.
Yes, but there will always be
a new room, isn't it?
Well, I realize that
it's sometimes embarrassing,
but it is for me too.
Well, where does that leave us all?
two, I would like to know.
How will this all end?
Well, I don't know.
What needs to be addressed?
After all, you married the person
which one you prefer to be with...
more than anyone else in the world.
But where will you be half the time?
In rehearsal or something.
You are exaggerating.
rehearsals last 3 weeks.
All right, so what next? You
will be at the theater every night.
Your work will not begin
that when mine is finished.
You will have dinner at 6 p.m. I will not be
probably not even at home.
A little before midnight, you are
all ready to start.
While I have to be at
work early the next morning.
You wouldn't want me to be a
of these housewives, isn't it?
- Bridge, housework, and babies...
- Why not ?
What's wrong with that?
Because I can't
to be that kind of woman.
I'm an actress, Perry, an actress.
What does this mean?
Suppose you turn out to be too
good as your mother, or even better.
What will be left when it's all over?
Your name is on the neon signs of the facades,
but a fuse blows
and hop, where did you go?
Oh, I guess the world would fall apart
if you have not sold 100 shares
for 10 cents more than
what someone paid for them.
Listen, we can't compare.
the acting profession to business.
Oh really ?
I can tell you the names
of actors and actresses
from 300 hundred years ago.
Dozens of them.
Name me 2 agents of
17th century change!
Very well, I will give up my job,
I will follow you in
carrying a little Pekingese...
This is not a Pekingese!
Oh, Perry, how can you...
How can you...
Listen, Gwen, I...
Forgive me, darling.
It wasn't my fault.
Forgive me.
Oh, honey, it's just that
I'm really crazy about you.
I can't help myself
to want you all for myself.
Oh, we're two idiots.
- We've never had a fight before.
- And we won't do it again.
Nothing in the world
matter to me except you.
- We were crazy.
- You are all that matters to me.
Oh, Gwen darling, darling...
Come on, honey. It's late.
- What ?
- You're coming with me, aren't you?
- Perry.
- What ?
You didn't understand
a word about what I said.
I heard everything you said.
You didn't understand what
I said that too, didn't I?
Oh, it's like a bad dream.
I can't go. I have you
explained that I couldn't?
Oh yeah? Well, I
I have to go, of course.
And go ahead.
- Julie, are you ready?
- I'm coming.
Gwen, are you ready?
[Sings happily and loudly]
Bravo, Tony! Bravo!
If I don't rape any old women
Cavendish tradition,
Could I ask where my lunch is?
In fact, where the...
See you tomorrow !
Mr. Wolfe just called
from the office, Miss Julie.
Goodbye, dear mom.
Goodbye, you brute.
Allez, Gwen.
- I'm not coming.
- Gwen !
Could you please put
your hat and your coat.
I don't just mean
that I won't come now.
I will not participate in this play.
I will not participate in any more plays.
I'm done with the scene!
Before you started?
I'm not going to let the
scene ruin my whole life.
You mean... like you
Do you think she ruined mine?
- If you want.
- Oh Gwen, darling.
What do you want to have at the end of your life?
A full box
of stocks and bonds?
Or a heart full of wonderful memories?
Oh, my dear, you don't
I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm sick of all this.
I'm tired of being a Cavendish.
I want to be a human being.
- But you're a Cavendish.
- Then I don't want to be.
But you have to be.
Gwen, you can be the best
actress among us all.
All previous Cavendishes
were only stepping stones for you.
What is it, what is it?
I won't be a stepping stone for anyone.
And as for Aubrey Cavendish,
no one has ever been able to equal him.
That's what I mean!
What remains when it's all over?
Have your name registered
in the colorful neon lights
and then when the lights don't work
more, or something like that.
So where are you?
And you, the great Cavendish,
to which all the young girls of
This country thinks while falling asleep.
Because of you, none of the...
Oh, you know what I mean.
What have you done with your life?
Have you ever had children?
Do you know what it is?
to have a home and a husband?
You mentioned one of my secret dreams, Gwen.
I wish you had spared me.
Lunch !
I'm done with you all!
I'm going to be Mrs. Perry Stewart.
And whoever wants to become
A Cavendish is welcome!
Gwen !
Tony shouldn't make that noise.
He's only been here for 24 hours.
It is almost impossible to read anymore
quietly in this house.
I had to lock the
my bathroom door.
(Lines from Romeo and Juliet)
- Oh-oh, Mr. Tony !
- Sorry, doll.
(Lines from Romeo and Juliet)
Didn't I win fairly?
Very good, darling!
There you go, Mack, I'll be in
up in a few minutes.
Yes, Mr. Tony.
Oh, you should have seen your
father face 8 opponents.
Oh, what a swordsman he was.
What a master!
Aubrey and Fanny Cavendish
in 'A Trustworthy Gentleman'.
He turned around and the
was knocking on the stairs.
Then, up the ramp and in the blink of an eye
eye, he turned around and caught the one
who was coming behind him!
Push, poke, done!
This scene was, oh It needed a
bottle of calming ointment per week.
Oh, those were some great times, Fanny.
What a time.
Yes...
Say, where is Julie? What time?
It's getting late anyway!
She should arrive
from one minute to the next.
The morning is over.
It's a quarter past five.
Is she getting my
Passport or not? I have to get out of here.
You can't sail without it
passport, she should know that.
She doesn't get your passport back.
Who said you had to go to Europe?
- Why do it?
- A million reasons.
I want to. I want to leave.
You can take back your old one
and royal profession of actress. I'm done!
You've been saying that since you
embodied Little Lord Fauntleroy.
I mean it this time. It's
why I'm going abroad.
Give me 2 years in Munich
with my violin and this Ascher...
and I will show you this
that the scene means to me.
I can be a great musician.
Or I could leave in
India with Krishnamurti.
To study Hindu philosophy is
the only true thing in this world.
You only wear one
clothing: a long white dress.
And you don't eat
only one food: rice.
This should be relaxing.
The scene, ah!
I'll spend ten minutes
in Chartres Cathedral...
Now listen to me, listen to me.
You think you can fool me about the
reason why you are going to Europe...
speaking of cathedrals,
of violins and rice?
It's this Polish woman you're running away from!
Well, let's assume that's the case.
But I'm not afraid of her!
So what is it?
It's just... this breaking of promise...
- What a break of promise, darling?
- 200 000 $.
She wants two... It's for
that I have to stay locked up here.
You don't think I have
afraid of journalists, aren't you?
But if ever, ..., if they stick this on me
label, I will no longer be able to sail.
$200,000 for breach of promise?
Why wasn't I informed about this?
I guess I was too young.
- Well, you see, Fanny...
- Get away from me!
$200,000 for breach of promise?
Assault and battery on this director,
probably $100,000 more.
Well, it's worth it, I tell you.
What did you promise to
this movie actress...
which could be worth $200,000?
What...
[The phone rings]
A woman's voice?
No, but I prefer not to
take no risks.
[The phone rings again]
[The doorbell rings]
Who is it ?
[The bell rings
door insistently]
Oh, it's Julie, Julie, everything's fine.
Oh, hello, Julie.
Oh, I'm fed up
from your dear audience, Tony.
Have you won him over, Julie?
The entire population of New
York stands before the door
screaming to see the most
great American screen lover.
In the meantime, they take this
that luck grants them...
or a small piece of it.
My dear, your coat is torn.
Come sit down. You'd be exhausted.
for another performance...
My passport, do you have my passport?
Oh my God, what a day it has been.
Mother, how is Gwen?
Is she feeling better?
No, no, she's still sulking.
She didn't go out all day.
- Now look at me, Julie...
- Shut up, Tony.
- Did she eat anything?
- No, she wouldn't even swallow a tea.
Miss Julie, Mr. Cartwright called.
Mrs Blair's dinner has been postponed
- see you next Wednesday.
- Not now, Della, please.
The store called about your
fitting. Your dress won't be ready...
Let him be hanged! My
ship sets sail at midnight,
What did you do with my passport?
Tony, my love, Wolfe brings it.
Oh, really? Why?
didn't you say it?
- He will bring the money too.
- Thank you, Mom.
I paid for your reservation.
By the way, you forgot to tell me
that you were in the process of
fight you in the royal suite.
You didn't expect him to travel like this
a stowaway, anyway?
You got it all, Mom.
Oh, rent a ship from
war, if you wish.
But remember that I
I am a poor working girl...
Everything will be fine in a
months. That's why I want to leave.
Why does it have to be Europe?
What will you do once you get there?
He will eat rice and play the violin.
Well, I'm going to see Gwen.
Remember that no one
must know I'm in the house.
There are only about 10,000 people down there
who seem to have already understood your secret.
I'll attract them, okay.
But we'll have to go out for
catch the boat, right?
Oh no...
Oh no, everything is arranged.
They will push back Aquitania
to the door just for him.
Della, did he call?
Mr. Marshall called 8 times. The last
times he said he was coming right away.
Now why don't you lie down?
not to relax?
I'll bring you dinner on a tray.
- You have another performance tonight.
- I know, Della.
I'm going up to see Gwen.
Are you feeling better, honey?
Oh, Mother, I don't want to
act like a prima donna
but I'm living in hell, that's all.
I know, honey.
Great God, what is
What's all this darkness here?
You wouldn't see anything at 10 centimeters.
He didn't even call.
He could have at least called.
How do you know he didn't call?
Tony left the receiver off the hook
almost all day.
- So maybe he tried?
- Yes yes.
There you go, Gwen.
Oh, Mother, I love him so much.
There's nothing to cry about, darling.
No, you can love it and
marry her too, right?
You see, Gwen,
It's hard for us to realize this
you wouldn't want to continue.
Your mother and I got married
without ever thinking of giving up
more important things to achieve this.
- There is nothing more important.
- Oh, for heaven's sake.
Marriage is not a career, darling.
It's an incident.
Aubrey Cavendish and I got married
in the church of St. Mary Redcliffe,
in Bristol, England, in the early morning.
- Marriage stopped everything...
- I know.
I know, but I think I
I'm not like all of you.
You think you aren't, but you are.
Marry him if you love him, Gwen.
But don't give up
everything else for all that.
Perhaps the time will come when
you will hate him because of this.
Where would I hate Perry?
You just don't know
I don't know what you're talking about.
Oh, but if we know.
There are all kinds of things
which you will have to give up, darling.
Happy things and funny things.
Oh, more Gwen,
If only I could make you realize
that the pleasure that you
feel while doing your work
is greater than any
something else in the world.
Oh, I know, there is love.
But you can be the person
luckiest girl in the world, Gwen.
You can have both.
Don't make the mistake
to abandon one for the other.
- No children.
- Work! Playing is not nothing.
- What is playing compared to...
- Oh, that's all!
It's all work and all play,
meat and drinks,
and a home and children.
Oh, they will tell you that it is not
not what you want, Gwen,
but that's a lie.
They would give years
of their life to be in your place.
Do you think I could have
support these last two years
hobbling on this thing...
if I hadn't known I would go back?
Every night, when
I'm sitting here alone,
I'm really there, at the theater.
7:30 p.m., they enter through
the artists' entrance.
Say goodnight to the doorman.
By noting their lines,
looking in the mirror...
8:00 PM! The stagehands are setting up!
Come on, Miss Cavendish! Come on...
Foundation, lipstick, mascara...
15 minutes, Miss Cavendish!
My costume.
Miles, where's the rabbit's foot?
Opening, opening...
Good evening everyone! How
What's the audience like tonight? Shh...
The curtain rises, huge props...
Come in!
It's all this that allowed me to live...
these last two years.
And you were there for me.
Let's continue, let's continue...
let's continue!
O Mother!
Grandma, Grandma,
what's up?
- What's going on?
- Joe ! Joe !
I will do it, I will continue, Grandma,
I promise you I will continue!
- What happened?
- Send for the doctor.
- What's up, what's up?
- It's mom.
Well, do something,
Why are you all here?
- Shut up...
- Mom, mom, mom...
Oh, my poor mother...
Mom, come back to yourself, Mom.
Here you are again. Oh, Mom, are you okay, Mom?
Oh, Tony... Tony !
Oh mom...
Here, I'll take it off
your shoes, darling.
Here, Mom... Hold it for him
the head, hold his head.
Here, take a sip of this, Mom.
Of course, it will do you good, Mom.
Are you better now, Mom?
Take her over there, to the couch.
I'll take it, Joe, I'll take it.
Come now.
Make her lie down, put her head... here...
There you are, right here...
- Come on, darling.
- Go easy, lean on me.
You're doing very well, that's it.
And there you have it... Lift up his feet.
You're here... you're here, Mom.
Now go, get out
out of here, get out of here, keep going...
- It's all my fault!
- Bon sang, Gwen...
Get out, get out, whatever
what she needs is rest,
I'll take care of her.
There you go, Mom.
Do you feel better now?
I will never forgive myself for this.
Now Gwen, you must
stop blaming yourself.
- Ahhh...
- Well, how is mom?
Oh, she's fine. You know, it's funny.
What's so funny?
No way to have a moment
of calm in this house.
I guess the bull felt the
same thing in a china shop.
- Hello, hello...
- Oscar, what about my passport?
- That's what I came to talk about.
- What ?
It's not that easy, these guys...
Oscar, don't tell me that
you can't get it.
No, I'm not saying exactly.
that I can't get...
Oscar, 24 hours left
the house with that caged madman
and you will be able to order
straitjackets for two.
- Calm down, calm down...
- Oh, you promised me.
Has Oscar ever disappointed you?
we will have this passport, okay.
Finally I hope...
No is not an acceptable answer!
You must get that passport!
- Tony, you're being unreasonable!
- Throw me out, I'm being unreasonable!
But you haven't done anything so terrible.
You hit a director
and makes love to a Polish woman.
There is a good chance
that both recover.
You don't know what you're talking about.
You will know if it is terrible or not!
Oh...
- Why, if this woman...
- Oh, Tony, stop acting!
Now what can she do to you?
Now, stop talking and calm down.
Ha !
What can she do to me?
In what kind of situation
do you think i find myself?
Why do you think I did it?
all that way from California?
I have to get out of here, I'm telling you.
Zita is in town this time,
Do you know what that means?
You don't know this Polish tigress.
Well, I saw her pick up...
She's a killer.
She can shoot you in you
looking straight ahead. She's Polish!
She's crazy about me.
And she knows I'm done with her.
If you don't want this to happen to me
something, well, okay.
You are a lovely sister.
I'm just your brother, so
why should you care about me?
But I tell you now, if you
put me on the front page everywhere
you, and Gwen and all the
royal family will be there too!
Now if that's what you
want it, believe me, you will get it!
Thank you very much, Oscar,
for all this trouble.
Poor Tony. He has completely
l'attitude d'Hollywood.
I wonder what he's doing now.
He probably slit her throat.
- Well, Oscar, that's probably the case.
- No, no, no...
I'm going to see how Grandma is doing.
- What's wrong with your grandmother?
- She is sick.
- Is she sick?
- Oh yeah, she fainted.
Did she faint? She fainted?
fainted and you didn't tell me anything...
- I didn't have time...
- (Oscar in German)
I don't want you
come up there, Oscar,
She must remain calm,
she must not be disturbed
Now, remember.
Oh... Gil.
Oh, Gil...
We really need to forgive ourselves...
we are even more... more...
upset than usual this afternoon.
Something is wrong
no, can I help you?
- Oh, that's right.
- Maybe I shouldn't have come.
Oh no, I'm glad you came.
You are still healthy
witty, aren't you, Gil?
So solid, reliable and safe.
Oh my dear...
I wanted to be beautiful so much
for our first meeting.
I wanted to be so divinely
cool, so beautifully serene...
I had everything planned.
- Would you like to... go out and go back in?
- Hum ?
Exit and enter, then me
hold hands, like that.
And I'll say, 'Oh, Gil,
so it's really you...
after all these years.'
It seemed to last for centuries.
You haven't changed one iota.
Come over here.
Always the same.
The same slim, blonde girl
that I knew so well.
Tell me.
- Are you as famous as they say?
- Oh, probably.
But you are not either
unknown to the public, you too.
What did you find, radium or something else?
No, not radium, platinum.
Oh, only platinum, oh...
I bet you won some
millions and millions, right?
- Let me touch you.
- Oh, I did pretty well.
You are certainly at
peak of your art, isn't it?
No, just Zita.
I can't wait to leave the front page
newspapers these days
without seeing the story
of a family member.
Tony is the king of the moment.
Yes, I saw the crowd down there.
Tell me, what's going on?
to do? Try to escape?
Oh, this is really a terrible waste.
He wants to board the Aquitania tomorrow...
and we don't arrive
not get a passport.
Passport? Aquitania? Tonight?
Well, Gil...
You mean you know
someone who could...
Lohengrin 92097.
Oh !
- How soon can he come?
- Oh, right away, I think.
- Tell him to get ready.
- All right.
John, give me Moran.
You really mean
that you can do it?
Oh, if only you could.
Don't you know that there is no
nothing in the world that I don't...
Hello.
Julie, if you needed
I would go to the end of the...
Hello Moran, it's Marshall. Listen to me.
I want a passport in
emergency, for tonight's Aquitania.
That's right.
Meet me on the platform
Cunard in half an hour.
- Can he be there in half an hour?
- Yes, yes... Oh, 20 minutes.
I will give you the
info when I see you.
Tony, Tony !
Oh, Gil, that's wonderful of you.
You are one of those men
big-hearted, aren't you?
Tony, Tony !
We have it.
Hurry up, get dressed!
- What, the passport?
- Yes.
- Gil got it for you.
- Gil who?
It doesn't matter, too bad,
give him 50 dollars.
Hush, Mother.
- Joe, Joe !
- Yes sir?
- Is everything ready?
- Yes, it will be ready.
- All right, go ahead.
- Yes, sir.
Oh, sister, you're awesome. I
knew I could count on you.
Old friend.
Thank you very much, old lady.
Who is he anyway?
Is he always like this?
Oh...
Oh, sometimes families are...
It turns out that the mood is a little
heavier than usual today.
Julia...
The reason why I left
was that you could become an actress.
All that stuff about the Cavendishes,
and the scene that is your real life and...
the only way to be happy.
Well, you have everything you were looking for.
And now? Are you happy?
Happy ?
I don't know.
Well, of course not, Julia.
I've stayed away all these years
because I thought that at
the less you lived the life you wanted.
And now I come back
and I find you like this.
Yet, you should
to have everything in the world.
You should have it all to yourself.
Made for you by
someone who loves you.
Don't you know what he
you would need instead of that,
the kind of life you should have?
Well, you should be something
goes to a country house...
with a garden, and trees...
One way or another, you
look like a garden and trees.
- Oh, Gil...
- Julia, you...
I have a small apartment
in England, it's...
Oh, I can't describe it, I don't
I'm not good at this kind of thing.
Don't try. Let me imagine.
Or you could go...
Where could you go?
you would like, in Cairo...
in St. Moritz...
any place you want.
Well, my dear?
Oh, I'm so tired
to make decisions.
Julia...
what fools we have been.
Wait, let me think.
You've had too much time to think.
It's settled.
No, please...
I'm not sure what happened.
I can't think clearly.
I'll tell you what happened.
Something that should have happened a long time ago
Years ago, that's what happened.
I think you would do
better go now.
All right.
But I can come back, can't I?
Yes, tonight after the theater.
See you tonight.
- Joe, Joe, where is the...
- Tony, you're going to disturb Mother.
We have to get out, Joe!
Come on, tell those men to come up!
What's all this commotion?
Tony, how I wish
that you are out of this house...
I don't make a fuss,
You're the one making all the noise!
No one has been quieter
than me in this house...
- Blather, we can't sleep a wink!
- Mother, what are you doing here?
Everything's fine, right?
You haven't slept,
go back to bed.
Julia, put her to bed. I'll
get him some medicine.
Why all the excitement?
What does all this mean?
And there you are, Fanny, you are the little one
who is making his big comeback.
This isn't excitement... Gwen!
I can't go to bed,
not when Tony leaves.
- How long will it be until Tony is gone?
- I'll be gone in 30 seconds.
All aboard, stand up
hand... Hello, Gwen.
- Did you call me?
- Yes, take Mother by the arm.
- Lean on me, Mom...
- Leave me alone!
- I don't want...
- You shouldn't get up at all.
- Gwen, you're crying.
- No, I didn't cry.
- Tony, are you ready?
- What ?
Oh, one more day, that's all
what I could bear.
Now, Mom, you
you have to go back to bed.
Not until Tony is gone.
Right this minute
where he... Tony, are you coming?
- Everything is ready!
- Oh !
- The end of a perfect day.
-Joe !
Now, Tony, don't call
no taxi and come back.
Joe, send him back no matter what.
Tony...
Tony, aren't you going to say goodbye?
Tony... He didn't even say goodbye.
- Well, that's scandalous!
- Tony, wait for me.
Don't let him go... He's not
never gone like this before.
He didn't even look at me.
He didn't even...
said a word.
Ah, Tony...
Oh...
Oh, dear Mother, everything is fine
Well. He's not going to Arabia.
Don't make yourself sick, darling.
All aboard!
Last appearance.
-Tony !
- Well, do you like it?
Looks good to me, doesn't it, huh?
- Why are you all dressed up?
- To board a boat, of course.
- What is this?
- Why, of course...
My double rushes to the taxi
the crowd follows the taxi, which makes a
long run on 5th Avenue,
then I go down the stairs, go up in
my taxi, in 10 minutes I'll be on the platform.
- So !
- Oh, Tony !
Goodbye everyone! Goodbye, Mom.
The open sea, the salt, the wind
Arctic, I'm on my way!
Remember, the Cavendish tribe.
Oh, let's all go outside and ring the doorbell.
Oh, Miss Julie, you must
eat something.
It's late, you have to go to your show.
I know, now mom, you
promised me you'd go to bed.
I won't go, I won't go to bed.
What, Fanny is not at
bed? Julia, what are you thinking about?
- What? I tried to...
- You should be at the theater anyway.
You must see Ferenc
Molnr before continuing.
- What ?
- But Mom hasn't had dinner yet.
She doesn't need dinner.
She has to watch her weight.
Ohhh !
Someone !
What's the problem? What's going on?
Perry, get her out of here!
Take her before it's too late.
Take her to a place where she won't hear
never again the words "Scene" or "Cavendish".
- Take her!
-Julie !
I'm not going to marry him.
You don't want to marry him?
You don't want to marry him?
I'm not going to marry him
and ruin his whole life.
Ah, Gwen!
If you don't do it, you will
waste your whole life and for what?
This ?
So that in years
you find yourself here like me,
a madwoman within a
family of maniacs?
It doesn't mean anything, Gwen,
you must not do this.
You're going to marry Perry Stewart.
- No, I won't.
- Oh yes, you will.
You will do what I did not do.
They told me that I had to be
a Cavendish, oh yes, I was!
But you're going to marry her right away
now, tonight, tomorrow,
and I will be there with you, by your side,
crying with happiness as if it were me.
And why not?
Your turn has come for each of
you, why didn't I get mine?
I can go out and no one will stop me.
From now on, I will live!
You don't believe it,
but I'll show you!
I'm going to marry Gil Marshall. I'm going to
Egypt, Cairo and Constantinople.
What do you think about this?
If it is difficult to
realize, so I stop everything.
I will never play again.
I will never put them back
feet on the stage of my life.
I will never enter a theater again.
- I'm never...
- Miss Julie, it's 8 o'clock!
Oh my God, I'm late!
Come in.
- Oh, Oscar, my lamb.
- My dear.
You are a renegade.
Oh, that should do it.
should do it, you care so much for me.
The only man who occupies
your thoughts is this Mr. Whosis.
Straight from South America
he must come and ruin my business.
His boat is arriving tonight, right? He doesn't
could not sink or the equivalent.
Oscar, it's your fault. Why?
didn't you marry me?
Marry you? It's already
It's quite difficult to manage you.
I sympathize, Oscar.
Julia, what are you looking for?
becoming a millionaire's wife?
Gwen being a woman of the world,
all I need
is that Fanny marries
John D. Rockefeller when
my season will be over.
Oscar, that's what
I came to talk to you.
What, is Fanny marrying a Rockefeller?
The doctor called this morning. She
can no longer continue this tour.
Fanny ?
He says you have to cancel
in one way or another
other without her knowing it,
I knew it would be a
hard blow for you, dear Oscar.
I'll take care of it.
She won't suspect anything.
But Julia, you realize
what does that mean?
There will no longer be a Cavendish left on stage.
Yes I know but...
Oh Julia, listen, I have a
play ready for you...
- No, Oscar...
- I have a play, I'm so...
looking forward to producing it, Julia. I
I don't care how much it costs me.
No, Oscar, I hung up. I
I'm done with the actress forever.
I know, you're talking like that now.
You just finished a
big series, you're tired.
What will you do when you are rested?
What would I do? Well,
I'm going on my honeymoon.
What are you going to talk about alone with this guy?
Platinum mines?
Don't be absurd, I
I will talk about many things.
He is not interested in theater.
Imagines.
Well, there are many more
things in the world other than theater.
Yes, but not for you.
We will travel, we
will go to places...
with Music and
places, exciting places.
Well, I might as well see the world.
With him, you will need it.
- Oh, Oscar, you don't like Gil.
- No, no, not for you.
He's the kind of person who
will tell you that you wear too much makeup.
He will rule you.
Well, that might be rather nice.
after years spent at
mind my own business.
No, no, not for you.
You have been independent for too long.
You have to be the leader.
Oscar, you don't understand everything.
just not: I want to have fun.
Have fun?
It's the work that's fun.
You've had more fun in the last 20
years than any other woman.
You are the best actress
that we have in this country
and you stand there and tell me
that you want to have fun?
Oh, Oscar, I want some
peace and quiet.
- I want to relax.
- All right, go ahead.
Relax while you
could write a page of history.
Come on, get married.
But wait until 8 p.m....
and you will be no more
forced to go to the theater.
What you are going to do
bored with your project!
Oh... don't be ridiculous.
Della, are there any messages?
No, Miss Julie.
- Nobody called?
- Non.
- All day?
- All day long.
Oh...
Della, what time is it?
- Oh, about 8 p.m.
- Oh my goodness...
Forget it.
From the.
Come here.
What are you doing?
I'm making a rug with your old stockings.
Are there no more stockings? Oh my god!
I always wondered
what happened to old stockings.
- Isn't it pretty?
- Yes, it's lovely.
From the...
What's wrong with this place?
It looks so sad.
Flowers, that's it. We
We don't have any flowers here anymore.
Non.
- Hm, they don't come like they used to.
- Certainly not.
Well, we might have to buy some.
From the,
What do you think women who don't
aren't actresses doing their evenings?
Oh...
They're going to the theater, I guess, huh?
Looks nice, let me see.
Let me try,
Della, wait a minute.
- What are you doing now ?
- Now take this between your fingers.
There... now...
Now, pass your
needle in the next hole.
- That one?
- Yes, my dear.
- And now ?
- Grab the silk and pass it through.
Until the end, until the end.
- This way.
- Oh, that's funny.
- Now the next hole.
- Oh...
There, it's just a simple crochet stitch.
Crochet?
That's it... Do I crochet?
Take it off, take it off, please.
I never thought I would get to this point.
Oh, it's Mr. Marshall! Little
No matter, Della, I'm coming, I'm coming.
Oh, Gil, I thought that
you would never arrive!
Julie, I'm sorry, I am
so glad to see you too.
Oh, I have chocolate on my
hands, put down your coat.
I was looking forward to getting here, you know?
- You are simply magnificent.
- I've never seen you so beautiful in your life.
Come talk about yourself,
what you did and
everything that concerns you.
Radium mines... or
was it copper... I forgot...
Come on, tell me everything.
Well, the trip went
proceeded as usual,
quite warm at first, but cool
as we headed north.
How nice.
The journey lasts
usually 18 and a half days
but this time, thanks to the perfect weather,
It took us exactly 18 days.
18 days!
Oh, is it that far?
Julia, you'll love it there.
100 km from the nearest town.
You will not see any theater, any
illuminated panel on a stage door
from the beginning to the end of the year.
Wake up at 6 a.m., go to bed at 10 p.m.
Peace, quiet, no traffic,
no horn, no engine...
Nothing but vast solitude
of these formidable plains.
This sounds rather... relaxing.
Our nearest neighbor is 50 km away.
Mr. Zamarco, it is a
Spaniard of the highest rank.
You will see a lot of Zamarcos.
He married a girl from Kansas
City, the daughter of Julius Kranz.
The meat packer, you know.
Oh, Julius Kranz, yes...
She is a very beautiful woman.
And most entertaining.
They are staying at the Ritz.
I told them I'd go there
will take me a little later this evening.
- Tonight, Gil?
- Hmm-hmm.
She and you will have a lot
of common points.
- Really ?
- Yes, she plays the harp.
Oh...
Yes, really Julia, they are
good, solid and reliable people.
None of your...
I wonder what it is.
No one, I hope, during
our first evening together.
Hello, honey. Hi Oscar.
Hello, Gil... Or should I say Father?
- Darling,
- Do you like having so much free time?
So your boat didn't sink, huh?
Well, it's really nice to be
all together like this, aren't we?
Well, Gwen, people seem
okay for you to leave the scene.
Hein, Perry ?
Well, actually, I uh...
- Oh, Oscar, tell them.
- No, no, tell them yourself.
Oh, this is the most wonderful room,
the kind of role that
I always wanted to play.
You know, it's a lady wearing
her hair back like that
and she stands like this...
Anyway, Perry
goes on a business trip...
What the hell is she talking about?
She will tell you.
Oh, would the boyfriend have
A little overshadowed tonight, Mrs. Stewart?
Non...
It was just a shock for
him that the leopard shows him his thoughts.
But Perry, darling, you will be
absent for 5 whole weeks.
- Four.
- And the house works by itself...
and I won't have anything to do and...
I just can't
not refuse to play this piece.
Because if I'm good,
it will propel me where I need to be...
Well, anywhere. Oscar
says it can't last
more than 2 months maximum.
Oh, things are starting to
to clear up. So this is Oscar's play.
Oh, Oscar, aren't you
the most cunning of all?
Well, what is it?
Is there anything so surprising?
Last season, you and
Gwen was going to read the play for me.
Then Gwen got married,
Now you're the one leaving.
But you can still have
your part if you wish.
No, no, Julia is done with the scene.
Oh, Mother, you are happy, aren't you?
Of course, darling, well
sure I am, especially...
Julia, where is your mother?
Mom is on tour this
season. She plays here in Brooklyn.
On tour? Did you allow him?
She wouldn't want to
that it is otherwise.
Oh, it's a dog's life.
By the way, here are some
something that will interest you.
There was a troop on board
American theater.
They were stuck in Buenos Aires.
Poor devils, they...
they didn't even have enough
money to get home.
But we, uh... we
we gathered and followed them.
Yes, I guess I have become
a little sentimental because of you.
- I'm sure they must have enjoyed it.
- Oh, certainly.
It seems that the manager
left with the money.
You know how these guys are.
- My dear, yes.
- Oh, Oscar knows better than anyone.
You might think they
would be discouraged, but not at all.
They were carefree from
their arrival on the boat.
And finally, they turned out
be a pretty good troop.
- Well, some of them are married.
- Oh yeah, even actors get married, you know.
Oh, what's that noise?
[Noise in the stairs
+ doorbell]
Tony! You're back!
Hello my sister, how are you?
How are you, Gwen, Oscar?
Joe, you have meat for
the dogs? Take them.
How are you, my pretty? I
tells you everything in a minute.
All the fascinating events... Gunga...
(Incomprehensible mother tongue)
Hey, Toots, show him the way, will you?
Is he going to stay in the house?
Gunga saved my life in India
One more minute and the tiger would have had me.
What are you looking for in
bursting in like that?
Why didn't you warn us?
I couldn't talk about it, you know, it's
that's why I came via Canada.
- I landed in Canada.
- In Canada?
Hello Georges, how are you?
Good to see you, my boy.
Why Canada?
The Aalkanians and the Shlesingens
were going to declare war on each other.
I knew that if I left,
She would marry him and everything would be fine.
What is he talking about, or
Well, is he inventing?
Oh, it was reported in the newspapers.
Natalia broke off her engagement
with Rupert of Schlesingen.
- And the Albanians...
- Wait a moment, who is Natalia?
Natalia is the princess of Albania.
She is a nice child,
but I wasn't serious.
That's the problem with these
princesses, these protected lives...
you dance with them several times
times, and they want to run away with you.
Of course, when she broke up with
Rupert, the Prime Minister, summoned me...
Oh, I'm beginning to understand.
You have started a European war.
Oh no, I don't think they
will fight. No, she will recover.
Dis, Toots, que
How about a little meal?
That's a good idea. I
I'll take care of it right now.
Anyway, it's not for
That's what I came back to, Oscar, listen.
I was going around to buy myself
something to eat
and I happened to pass by
a small theater hidden in a courtyard.
There was a poster outside
and I started reading it.
I don't know, I had
a hunch and I went in.
- Was it good?
- Good, huh?
Good? It's the best show
that I have never seen in my life.
And I bought it.
You have to transfer them 3,000
$ tomorrow, in US dollars.
- Did you buy it?
- For what ?
To play in it, of course.
- Tony, are you going back on stage?
- Of course !
- What's so surprising about that?
- Wait, I'll show you, I'll show you.
Where the hell... Here it is.
Now here is the plan of the scene.
You can't get anything out of it, but I
I'll show you how it works.
What is this?
You neither enter nor exit in the sense
ordinary of the term, you slip...
- you slide down cables.
- Cables?
Swenger, the guy who does that in Koenisberg
fainted six times the first night.
Here comes the big kick.
Do you see where my finger is?
Yes.
Well, in this way we have
reduced our overhead costs by 14%.
Yes, but I think that this
would increase your depreciation.
This tips the whole thing over,
the audience becomes the actors, and
the actors become the audience.
- It teaches them a lesson.
- I'm telling you, it's a total knockout.
What's good about this room,
It takes two nights to do it.
- Two nights?
- Tony, you're crazy.
Wait a minute, you don't
I don't understand what it's about.
It is a modern version of the Passion Play .
And what role do you play?
The main role, of course.
Empty verses on a musical background...
Wait, I'll interpret it for you.
Is there a role for a woman in this?
Julia, I would like to talk to you.
The sacrificial moment is omnipresent.
It breaks your heart.
Julia, this kind of nonsense doesn't
You're not interested anymore, are you?
Imagine.
Take your things, darling.
I don't like being late.
Oh, not now, darling.
From time to time, when he comes down from
mountains, there is a breathtaking passage.
Hello ?
What ?
Oscar, this is for you.
Hello? Oh, be quiet, kids.
Quoi ? Mme Cavendish ?
Yes, yes, yes... Right away.
What is it, Oscar?
Your mother.
- We have to go to the theater.
- Tony, Gwen, hurry up.
I have never been so
proud of my life, I should say.
She was giving one of her
best performances.
Mr. Ferguson, what should we do?
Will Mrs. Cavendish be able to finish?
- I don't know...
- Should I call back as usual?
- Yes yes.
- All right.
There, there, are you okay now, Mom?
The music... the intermission
is almost finished.
Help me... Help me up.
No, I advise you
to stay calm.
Advice, advice...
Do you realize
that there is a show going on?
- Listen, Mom, take it easy...
- Please lie down, everything is fine.
Everything is fine, Mom, you
will start again tomorrow.
You can't continue tonight.
Better go out and tell them.
tickets will be refunded at the box office.
Lower the curtain.
Lower the curtain?
Are you crazy, Wolfe? Lower the curtain?
The Cavendishes do not
not lower the curtain.
We always finish a piece.
Oh, Julie, help me.
No, Mom, you don't
can't continue, no...
Kitty, take my costume!
Fanny, Fanny, my darling, don't try,
Kitty, bring me that dress.
Julie...
Everything is fine, dear mom,
I know the role perfectly.
We will finish the play.
She can take over the role, Mom.
Last act!
Everyone on
scene for the last act.
Oh, Gwen, go help Julie.
Mother, Miss Whitlow's first sentence is
Its so good to be home.
Yes, ... then you come in saying
"How sweet, darling."
And then: "Is there anyone there?"
at home apart from you?
No, no, "Who is here besides you?"
"Who is at home besides you? Yes.
Last act! Last act!
Ready, Mrs. Cavendish?
Yes yes...
I'm ready.
Mother, mother... Doctor, please...
Quick! Quick!
Oh, Grandma.
Oscar, she's gone.
The hardest worker of all.
Fanny... my daughter.
The curtain rises!
Go ahead, darling.
Julia...
I'm going back to South America...
alone.
But I want you to
know that I understand.
Your life is here and mine is there.
And we will never succeed.
I think you're right to stay.
And I'm proud of you, Julia.
I am proud of your family.
Bye.
God bless you.
- Very well, raise the curtain.
- Yes, Miss Cavendish.