1 00:02:06,746 --> 00:02:09,841 Why Emmet Ray? Because he was interesting. 2 00:02:09,917 --> 00:02:12,579 To me, Emmet Ray was a fascinating character. 3 00:02:12,652 --> 00:02:15,213 I was a huge fan of his when I was younger. 4 00:02:15,289 --> 00:02:18,258 I thought he was an absolutely great guitar player... 5 00:02:18,327 --> 00:02:20,262 and he was funny. 6 00:02:20,330 --> 00:02:22,264 You know, or... 7 00:02:22,332 --> 00:02:25,392 if funny's the wrong word, then sort of pathetic in a way. 8 00:02:25,468 --> 00:02:29,131 He was flamboyant and he was, you know... 9 00:02:29,204 --> 00:02:31,436 boorish and obnoxious. 10 00:02:31,509 --> 00:02:35,000 Well, the problem is that there's just so little known about him. 11 00:02:35,078 --> 00:02:38,243 But we do know that he was a great guitar player. 12 00:02:38,316 --> 00:02:42,686 I'd say he was probably the second greatest guitar player in the world. 13 00:02:42,755 --> 00:02:44,689 Django Reinhardt was the best... 14 00:02:44,756 --> 00:02:47,455 and believe me, Emmet idolized Django. 15 00:02:47,529 --> 00:02:49,258 He was in awe of him. 16 00:02:49,330 --> 00:02:53,789 There's a story that says when he saw him playing in France, he fainted. 17 00:02:53,868 --> 00:02:59,330 He saw Django again at a restaurant in Germany, and he fainted again. 18 00:02:59,407 --> 00:03:01,069 It seems that every time... 19 00:03:01,143 --> 00:03:04,271 Django would always make him faint or he'd make him cry. 20 00:03:05,015 --> 00:03:08,574 Well, his relationship with Hattie is mostly what's known about him. 21 00:03:08,650 --> 00:03:11,621 There are a few Emmet Ray stories before that... 22 00:03:11,688 --> 00:03:14,589 but I have no idea whether they're true or not. 23 00:03:14,658 --> 00:03:17,458 First time anybody seemed to have heard of him was in Chicago. 24 00:03:17,529 --> 00:03:19,792 It was at this roadside joint. 25 00:03:23,936 --> 00:03:26,132 Good to see you tonight. 26 00:03:29,310 --> 00:03:31,303 - Where the hell is he? - I don't know. 27 00:03:31,380 --> 00:03:33,938 You gotta get him, Dan. He's layin' drunk somewhere. 28 00:03:34,015 --> 00:03:37,178 - He's probably in a poolroom. - Every night it's somethin' else. 29 00:03:37,252 --> 00:03:40,277 He's late. He gets drunk. He falls off the bandstand. 30 00:03:40,354 --> 00:03:43,449 - I told you not to hire this guy. - What time does Emmet Ray go on? 31 00:03:43,526 --> 00:03:46,086 Look at the crowd. Think they're here to see me? 32 00:03:46,161 --> 00:03:47,858 Relax. I'll find him. 33 00:03:47,931 --> 00:03:50,297 I'm gonna have to hold the show again. 34 00:03:50,366 --> 00:03:52,960 I'll kill this guy. I don't care what kind of artist he is. 35 00:03:53,035 --> 00:03:56,268 You take care of business. I'll find him. Just relax. 36 00:03:57,342 --> 00:03:59,539 Hey, good to see you again. 37 00:04:02,714 --> 00:04:04,308 That's 50 more you owe me. 38 00:04:04,384 --> 00:04:08,047 I'm not goin' out of town. Another one? 39 00:04:10,859 --> 00:04:13,052 I think you got some visitors. 40 00:04:15,029 --> 00:04:16,792 I'll be back. 41 00:04:20,669 --> 00:04:23,104 - What'd we get? - Here's your end. 42 00:04:28,678 --> 00:04:32,207 This is what you bring me, $30? It's almost midnight. $30? 43 00:04:32,284 --> 00:04:34,218 That's half, Emmet. That's all we made. 44 00:04:34,285 --> 00:04:37,416 I can't live on that. I got car payments, I got new shirts. 45 00:04:37,491 --> 00:04:40,549 I'm sorry. Business was slow. It's a Jewish holiday. 46 00:04:40,625 --> 00:04:44,653 And last night it was rainin', and the night before you got food poisonin'. 47 00:04:44,730 --> 00:04:47,790 - Because I drank that booze you made. - Listen, Emmet. 48 00:04:47,867 --> 00:04:51,201 I don't know how to tell you this, but while I was in bed... 49 00:04:51,272 --> 00:04:56,641 with one of the johns you sent me, he got very excited, and he... 50 00:04:56,710 --> 00:04:59,944 got a heart attack, and he dropped dead. 51 00:05:01,417 --> 00:05:04,444 - Which one? - The salesman from Detroit. 52 00:05:04,521 --> 00:05:08,183 - What did you do? - I took my clothes and I left. 53 00:05:08,257 --> 00:05:10,784 So there's nothin' to trace back to us? 54 00:05:10,860 --> 00:05:15,058 Then I was thinking that maybe he had one of your business cards. 55 00:05:16,134 --> 00:05:19,298 - Oh, my God. - A pimp doesn't need business cards! 56 00:05:19,372 --> 00:05:21,306 You're always tryin' to be too fancy. 57 00:05:21,374 --> 00:05:24,342 Emmet, let's go. You're supposed to be on stage. 58 00:05:24,410 --> 00:05:27,641 Every night you're either late, drunk, or you don't show up. 59 00:05:27,714 --> 00:05:29,944 What is it with you? 60 00:05:41,530 --> 00:05:44,864 How are you doin'? I'm on right now. 61 00:05:44,935 --> 00:05:47,527 Thanks for comin'. Put their tab on my bill. 62 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:52,172 I don't wanna embarrass you in front of friends, but boss said no more advances. 63 00:05:52,243 --> 00:05:55,441 Don't give me a song and dance. Just put their tab on my bill. 64 00:05:55,514 --> 00:05:57,243 Hi, guys. 65 00:08:22,786 --> 00:08:26,415 It's gonna be a lot of cats there. We always have fun at Don's. 66 00:08:26,490 --> 00:08:28,583 - Donald. - Well, Donald. 67 00:08:28,658 --> 00:08:30,592 - Watch out over there. - I got this, man. 68 00:08:30,661 --> 00:08:33,097 You take care of that. And don't forget to pass. 69 00:08:33,165 --> 00:08:36,292 - They caught him a couple of times. - Caught what? 70 00:08:36,367 --> 00:08:39,167 Mind your business. Watch the road. 71 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,570 What you got there, man? Is that a.45? 72 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,042 .45 what? Wait, wait. 73 00:08:45,345 --> 00:08:47,370 Better put that shit away. 74 00:08:47,447 --> 00:08:50,977 Hey, you wanna go to the dump, shoot some rats? Huh? 75 00:08:51,053 --> 00:08:53,316 - Shoot some what? - Rats. 76 00:08:53,388 --> 00:08:56,255 I do it all the time. It's a lot of fun. 77 00:08:56,325 --> 00:09:00,228 - A hepcat shootin' rats. - I don't think you need no more of this. 78 00:09:00,296 --> 00:09:04,994 There should be no other guns in this car besides my gun. 79 00:09:22,255 --> 00:09:24,689 Man, where'd you learn to play that thing like that? 80 00:09:24,758 --> 00:09:28,662 - I never heard guitar sound so good. - Yeah, I'm the greatest in the world. 81 00:09:28,731 --> 00:09:31,220 Well, you know, in France there's Django. 82 00:09:31,299 --> 00:09:35,326 Django? You know, he's comin' to America in the summer to record. 83 00:09:35,404 --> 00:09:38,636 - Yeah? - Yeah. Ever meet him? 84 00:09:38,708 --> 00:09:41,232 I could've once, in Europe. 85 00:09:41,311 --> 00:09:44,074 You know, really, our styles are just different. 86 00:09:44,148 --> 00:09:47,741 Nate Drummond prefers me. He says I'm miraculous. 87 00:09:47,816 --> 00:09:51,777 You're welcome to come here anytime. You know, we play here all the time. 88 00:09:51,856 --> 00:09:54,654 - And I make great chili. - Well, thank you. 89 00:10:12,814 --> 00:10:15,646 Say, man, we're about to hit it. Can we drop you somewhere? 90 00:10:15,716 --> 00:10:18,084 - I like the air. I'll walk. - You sure about that? 91 00:10:18,154 --> 00:10:20,087 Yeah. Thank you. 92 00:10:48,755 --> 00:10:51,658 Well, I heard stories that he was a kleptomaniac. 93 00:10:51,727 --> 00:10:55,664 I heard that once he stole an alarm clock from Hoagy Carmichael... 94 00:10:55,731 --> 00:10:58,529 and Hoagy overslept and he missed a record date. 95 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,192 What do you think? 96 00:11:00,269 --> 00:11:04,764 The only other story that I heard, other than Hattie, was this moon idea. 97 00:11:04,841 --> 00:11:08,334 He had this idea about this crescent moon. 98 00:11:08,412 --> 00:11:11,471 That he wanted to make an entrance on this big crescent moon. 99 00:11:11,547 --> 00:11:14,917 Well, the story is that it came to him, apparently... 100 00:11:14,986 --> 00:11:17,181 I guess, in a dream... 101 00:11:17,255 --> 00:11:19,749 that he'd build this moon thing with his own money. 102 00:11:19,826 --> 00:11:22,521 Because he thought that a star of his great stature... 103 00:11:22,595 --> 00:11:26,430 ought to be able to make a real big entrance with a moon. 104 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:27,613 Just try to visualize it. 105 00:11:27,614 --> 00:11:28,729 Just try to visualize it. 106 00:11:28,803 --> 00:11:32,000 You're lookin' up, and there it is. Gold, beautiful moon. 107 00:11:32,073 --> 00:11:35,339 I'm comin' down, and you guys are playin'. What do you think? 108 00:11:35,411 --> 00:11:38,573 It's a stupid idea. I told you. Would you let me take this shot? 109 00:11:38,646 --> 00:11:42,176 I didn't ask your opinion. I'm just tellin' you how it's gonna go. 110 00:11:52,329 --> 00:11:55,458 And then the jacket would match the moon... 111 00:11:55,534 --> 00:11:58,663 against a black velvet background. 112 00:11:58,738 --> 00:12:01,969 - What do you think? - It sounds okay to me. 113 00:12:02,041 --> 00:12:04,202 - Yeah. - It's fancy. 114 00:12:05,678 --> 00:12:08,410 I'm considered the best guitar player... 115 00:12:08,483 --> 00:12:10,451 maybe that ever lived. 116 00:12:12,019 --> 00:12:14,455 Certainly in this country. There's this... 117 00:12:14,523 --> 00:12:17,012 There's a gypsy in France... 118 00:12:17,091 --> 00:12:20,550 and he's the most beautiful thing I ever heard. 119 00:12:22,598 --> 00:12:24,192 Tonight's the night. 120 00:12:24,268 --> 00:12:27,998 Emmet, just as long as you're happy. That's the most important thing. 121 00:12:28,071 --> 00:12:29,664 It's really beautiful. 122 00:12:29,740 --> 00:12:32,538 It is really beautiful. It's like jewelry. 123 00:12:34,314 --> 00:12:38,146 Hey, I wanna just be alone with the moon for a minute, all right? 124 00:12:38,216 --> 00:12:41,186 You wanna be alone with the moon? Okay. 125 00:12:41,254 --> 00:12:44,188 Emmet, you know what you are? You're a genius. 126 00:12:59,808 --> 00:13:02,211 She's a knockout, ain't she? 127 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,008 Hope it's safe. 128 00:13:05,015 --> 00:13:08,145 Of course it's safe. Why wouldn't it be safe? 129 00:13:08,219 --> 00:13:12,485 It's a hell of a drop. A man can break his neck. 130 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:15,189 Really? 131 00:13:15,260 --> 00:13:19,289 And it starts to build and build in Emmet's mind. 132 00:13:19,366 --> 00:13:21,798 And by show time... 133 00:13:21,866 --> 00:13:25,133 he's numb with fear, he's petrified. 134 00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:28,140 And the audience is out there waiting for him... 135 00:13:28,208 --> 00:13:31,475 and he's backstage, meanwhile, drinking and drinking. 136 00:13:31,546 --> 00:13:35,177 When he's ready to go on, he's stiff as a board. 137 00:13:38,153 --> 00:13:40,589 - Snazzy! - Did you buy that off the rack? 138 00:13:42,326 --> 00:13:44,259 Look. The Big Dipper. 139 00:13:44,327 --> 00:13:48,286 - Emmet, your gun is bulging. - Do you think? 140 00:13:48,364 --> 00:13:50,389 What the hell you need it on stage for? 141 00:13:50,466 --> 00:13:52,459 I don't feel right without it. 142 00:13:52,537 --> 00:13:54,971 I'll give it back to you as soon as you're done. 143 00:13:55,039 --> 00:13:57,100 Show time! 144 00:14:14,264 --> 00:14:16,788 - You all right? - Emmet, be careful. 145 00:14:23,639 --> 00:14:24,903 You're on? 146 00:14:25,978 --> 00:14:28,001 Need a hand? 147 00:14:28,077 --> 00:14:29,809 Let's do it. 148 00:15:29,886 --> 00:15:34,255 Sooner or later, everybody's dreams go up in smoke. 149 00:15:34,988 --> 00:15:37,219 What about my dreams? 150 00:15:37,291 --> 00:15:39,556 I can't settle down, Ann. 151 00:15:39,628 --> 00:15:42,189 - We don't have to marry. - I can't. 152 00:15:42,265 --> 00:15:45,394 I gotta be free. I'm an artist. 153 00:15:45,469 --> 00:15:47,734 I thought you liked me. 154 00:15:49,106 --> 00:15:51,040 We have fun. 155 00:15:51,108 --> 00:15:55,102 I took you to the dump. I let you shoot my gun at some rats. 156 00:15:55,180 --> 00:15:58,584 Shootin' rats at the dump is not my idea of a good time. 157 00:15:58,652 --> 00:16:00,984 Why not? We brought sandwiches. 158 00:16:01,054 --> 00:16:04,752 And sittin' at the railroads watchin' trains, that's pretty strange too. 159 00:16:04,826 --> 00:16:08,558 See? That's what I mean. 160 00:16:08,630 --> 00:16:12,588 What I like to do, what you like to do, ain't the same thing. 161 00:16:12,666 --> 00:16:14,465 That's not it, Emmet. 162 00:16:14,536 --> 00:16:16,628 It's that you keep your feelings locked up... 163 00:16:16,705 --> 00:16:19,540 and you can't feel nothin' for anybody else. 164 00:16:19,610 --> 00:16:21,771 You say that like it's a bad thing. 165 00:16:21,846 --> 00:16:26,546 Some terrible things happen to people in love. I know. I've seen it. 166 00:16:26,618 --> 00:16:29,917 I enjoy the company of women. I love 'em. 167 00:16:29,988 --> 00:16:33,355 It's just that I don't need 'em. 168 00:16:33,425 --> 00:16:37,363 I guess, you know, that's the way it is when you're a true artist. 169 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:42,500 It doesn't mean we can't fool around. 170 00:16:42,569 --> 00:16:46,267 Oh, right. Or shoot rats or watch trains. 171 00:16:46,341 --> 00:16:50,539 I never met anybody that keeps their feelings so locked up. 172 00:16:50,612 --> 00:16:53,411 I let my feelin's come out in my music. 173 00:16:53,482 --> 00:16:57,886 Maybe if you let your feelings out in real life, your music would be better. 174 00:16:57,954 --> 00:16:59,614 Don't talk. 175 00:17:03,528 --> 00:17:06,156 Emmet met Hattie in New Jersey. 176 00:17:06,230 --> 00:17:09,257 The band was playing a resort hotel. 177 00:17:09,334 --> 00:17:12,064 On a day off, Emmet... 178 00:17:12,137 --> 00:17:15,869 and his drummer, Bill Shields... 179 00:17:15,942 --> 00:17:18,433 were doing their version of charm. 180 00:17:18,510 --> 00:17:21,572 They were trying to pick up girls on the boardwalk. 181 00:17:24,986 --> 00:17:27,715 This place is heaven on earth. Cotton candy, eight o'clock. 182 00:17:27,788 --> 00:17:29,380 Watch me work. 183 00:17:30,325 --> 00:17:32,817 Mary! Right? 184 00:17:32,895 --> 00:17:35,328 Why don't you drop dead, jerk? 185 00:17:35,397 --> 00:17:39,266 I thought you were someone I knew. Sometimes I hit with a... Mary! 186 00:17:39,335 --> 00:17:41,064 Martina. Mary Ann. 187 00:17:41,137 --> 00:17:43,039 Marge. Kate? 188 00:17:43,107 --> 00:17:46,337 Excuse me, miss. I'm a photography buff myself. 189 00:17:46,410 --> 00:17:49,505 I was thinkin' maybe we could get my friend to take a picture of us. 190 00:17:49,581 --> 00:17:51,516 Wait a minute. Time out. 191 00:17:51,584 --> 00:17:53,849 - Do you see this? - Oh, yeah. 192 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,786 Did you see? She looked right at me. She smiled. 193 00:17:56,856 --> 00:17:59,951 - That was a smile. - And she was lookin' right at me. 194 00:18:00,026 --> 00:18:01,492 Which one you want? 195 00:18:01,561 --> 00:18:03,392 The little one with the silly hat. 196 00:18:03,463 --> 00:18:05,397 She's more my size. I'll flip you. 197 00:18:05,466 --> 00:18:07,660 - I saw her first! - All right! 198 00:18:07,734 --> 00:18:10,204 You want the little one? Take the little one. 199 00:18:10,272 --> 00:18:12,297 I'll take the redhead. What difference does it make? 200 00:18:12,373 --> 00:18:15,811 They're gettin' away. There's nothin' wrong with the little one. 201 00:18:15,879 --> 00:18:18,746 The redhead's got nice legs and a nice chest. 202 00:18:18,815 --> 00:18:20,943 - I'll take the redhead. - The little one is cute. 203 00:18:21,018 --> 00:18:24,976 She has a nice face and those Cupid-bow lips I like, but I'll take the redhead. 204 00:18:25,054 --> 00:18:26,718 - You wanted the little one. - I changed my mind. 205 00:18:26,792 --> 00:18:28,383 I'll flip you. 206 00:18:30,596 --> 00:18:32,257 - Call. - Tails. 207 00:18:35,634 --> 00:18:37,866 - I got the little one. - We agree. 208 00:18:37,938 --> 00:18:40,337 - Now they gotta agree. - Come on. 209 00:18:41,842 --> 00:18:44,902 I'm telling you, you're gonna get on the Ferris wheel this time. 210 00:18:44,978 --> 00:18:48,780 Remember when you tried to go on? Last year we tried to get you up there. 211 00:18:48,851 --> 00:18:50,785 - Excuse me. - You were scared. 212 00:18:50,853 --> 00:18:54,153 Hi. You ladies from around here? 213 00:18:54,224 --> 00:18:56,384 Yeah, we work right near here. 214 00:18:56,458 --> 00:18:59,155 I'm Billy Shields. I'm a musician. 215 00:18:59,229 --> 00:19:02,221 He's with my quintet. I'm Emmet Ray. 216 00:19:02,299 --> 00:19:04,735 The Emmet Ray Hot Quintet. We're at the Lakeside Ballroom. 217 00:19:04,803 --> 00:19:08,828 It's our day off, so we were thinking maybe you could show us the sights. 218 00:19:08,905 --> 00:19:11,842 - You wanna go watch some trains? - What? 219 00:19:11,910 --> 00:19:14,938 He's kidding. Let's go for a drink. 220 00:19:16,449 --> 00:19:19,214 Ask him. I liked you instantly. I'm bein' honest. 221 00:19:19,286 --> 00:19:21,448 We flipped, he won, I got you. 222 00:19:21,523 --> 00:19:23,854 I'm Gracie MacRae. 223 00:19:23,924 --> 00:19:25,355 Billy Shields. 224 00:19:25,427 --> 00:19:29,523 And if I may say, you have the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen. 225 00:19:29,597 --> 00:19:31,965 This is my friend Hattie. 226 00:19:32,035 --> 00:19:34,229 Hattie, I'm Emmet Ray. 227 00:19:34,303 --> 00:19:37,671 I've got the quintet. You like jazz music, baby? 228 00:19:37,741 --> 00:19:40,539 How about we take a boat ride, huh? 229 00:19:40,611 --> 00:19:43,274 Well, sure. We'd love to. 230 00:19:43,349 --> 00:19:45,873 - We'll ride around the lake. - Great. 231 00:19:45,950 --> 00:19:48,885 What's your name? Don't be shy, darlin'. 232 00:19:48,953 --> 00:19:52,047 Hattie don't talk. She's mute. 233 00:19:54,194 --> 00:19:56,128 Wanna go take a boat ride? 234 00:20:17,087 --> 00:20:19,521 Don't overthrow it. Throw it down. 235 00:20:25,496 --> 00:20:27,931 That was a good try. Try it one more time. 236 00:20:29,267 --> 00:20:31,394 That was all right. Good try. 237 00:20:31,470 --> 00:20:33,403 Thanks for stickin' me with the dummy. 238 00:20:33,472 --> 00:20:37,409 - Stop whining. You wanted her. - Then I changed my mind. 239 00:20:37,478 --> 00:20:39,172 She seems like a nice girl. 240 00:20:39,246 --> 00:20:41,714 How could she seem like anything? She doesn't talk. 241 00:20:41,782 --> 00:20:44,684 This is my one day off. I want a talkin' girl. 242 00:20:44,753 --> 00:20:48,383 - I think she's a bit of a half-wit. - What do you mean? 243 00:20:48,458 --> 00:20:50,722 Gracie says she's not all there in the head. 244 00:20:50,794 --> 00:20:52,522 Well, that's great. 245 00:20:52,594 --> 00:20:55,428 A man like me, got ideas. 246 00:20:55,498 --> 00:20:57,659 Try to have a good time today, huh? 247 00:20:57,733 --> 00:21:00,363 You girls wanna go for a walk on the pier? 248 00:21:04,008 --> 00:21:06,000 You hungry? 249 00:21:07,712 --> 00:21:10,045 Is that a yes or a no? 250 00:21:10,116 --> 00:21:12,049 Yeah, me too. 251 00:21:15,322 --> 00:21:17,255 What? Huh? 252 00:21:24,399 --> 00:21:28,097 I can't read that. It's like a Chinaman. What do you want? 253 00:21:29,806 --> 00:21:33,243 Do you know how to write? Did you go to school? 254 00:21:35,577 --> 00:21:39,345 What is that? Is that a yes or a no? 255 00:21:41,618 --> 00:21:44,782 You're a hard-luck case. You an orphan? 256 00:21:45,957 --> 00:21:47,584 You don't know? 257 00:21:47,658 --> 00:21:49,889 Oh, this is great. This is great. 258 00:21:49,962 --> 00:21:52,896 I get a goddamn mute orphan half-wit. 259 00:21:52,965 --> 00:21:56,231 I get all the winners. Were you always like this, born like this? 260 00:21:56,302 --> 00:21:58,634 Or did somebody drop you on your head, or what? 261 00:21:58,705 --> 00:22:02,334 Gracie's hungry. Let's go get some clams or somethin'. 262 00:22:02,408 --> 00:22:04,137 Can we switch for a while? 263 00:22:04,211 --> 00:22:06,874 No. What's the matter with you? 264 00:22:09,417 --> 00:22:12,319 I was amazing the second I picked up the instrument. 265 00:22:12,388 --> 00:22:16,348 It's just in me someplace, like a gift of God. 266 00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:20,788 They said I'd have been great, whatever instrument I chose. 267 00:22:20,863 --> 00:22:23,731 But on guitar, nobody can touch me. 268 00:22:25,170 --> 00:22:27,266 Except this gypsy in France. 269 00:22:27,339 --> 00:22:31,172 But mostly, I'm untouchable. They want me to record. 270 00:22:31,242 --> 00:22:34,213 They do, but I don't know. 271 00:22:34,281 --> 00:22:37,411 Once you record, everybody can copy your stuff. 272 00:22:37,485 --> 00:22:39,420 They steal your ideas. 273 00:22:39,487 --> 00:22:43,652 Why do I wanna make something beautiful just to have some jerk copy it? 274 00:22:47,093 --> 00:22:50,463 You wanna come hear the show sometime? My guest? 275 00:22:50,532 --> 00:22:52,467 - Both of you. - Yeah. 276 00:22:53,536 --> 00:22:55,662 You'd appreciate it. You would. 277 00:22:55,737 --> 00:22:59,766 You'll see. I possess a great talent. 278 00:22:59,843 --> 00:23:03,438 You might be mute, but you're not deaf, right? 279 00:23:03,514 --> 00:23:06,178 And you don't have to be bright. Music's for everybody. 280 00:23:06,252 --> 00:23:08,344 The smart or the dumb. 281 00:23:12,158 --> 00:23:15,491 - How'd you lose your voice? - She don't know. 282 00:23:15,561 --> 00:23:18,360 It was somethin' when she was a kid, like a high fever. 283 00:23:18,433 --> 00:23:20,367 She doesn't remember. 284 00:23:21,703 --> 00:23:25,139 - Is she... - Yeah, but she's a good laundress. 285 00:23:30,612 --> 00:23:33,516 I've shot guys. That's right. 286 00:23:33,583 --> 00:23:37,177 Well, I had to. You know, it was them or me. 287 00:23:37,253 --> 00:23:39,723 I could tell you stories. 288 00:23:39,790 --> 00:23:42,656 What do you say we go to the dump, shoot some rats? 289 00:23:42,727 --> 00:23:44,320 What? 290 00:23:44,396 --> 00:23:46,557 Yeah, it'll be a ball. 291 00:23:46,633 --> 00:23:48,761 Emmet, please. Not now, huh? 292 00:23:48,835 --> 00:23:52,771 Well, it's my car, and I say we're stoppin' at the dump for ten minutes. 293 00:23:56,644 --> 00:23:59,042 - Uh, squeeze. - You call this fun? 294 00:23:59,112 --> 00:24:02,106 Don't jerk. Just squeeze. Line it up to your sights. 295 00:24:02,182 --> 00:24:04,911 He's gonna get away. Line it up in the sights. 296 00:24:04,984 --> 00:24:07,181 - Come on! It's cold! - In a minute. 297 00:24:07,255 --> 00:24:10,749 - Just do what I'm tellin' you to do! - Leave her alone already! 298 00:24:10,827 --> 00:24:12,761 There's nothin' to it. 299 00:24:17,268 --> 00:24:19,326 Did you see that? I got him! 300 00:24:19,403 --> 00:24:21,873 - You call this civil? - What are you doin'? 301 00:24:21,940 --> 00:24:25,340 - No more cheese for this little fella. - No, don't pick it up. 302 00:24:25,410 --> 00:24:27,812 These guys are diseased. You gotta put it down. 303 00:24:27,881 --> 00:24:30,679 Did you know that rats attack poor kids in their cribs? 304 00:24:30,750 --> 00:24:34,208 - I thought you'd enjoy this. - Are you crazy? 305 00:24:34,287 --> 00:24:36,015 So, what do you think? 306 00:24:36,088 --> 00:24:39,492 - You wanna come up to my room... - Do you think we could go out... 307 00:24:39,561 --> 00:24:42,154 - hear me play my guitar? - Alone sometime? 308 00:24:43,263 --> 00:24:45,529 Good. Come on. 309 00:24:50,441 --> 00:24:52,102 Come on in. 310 00:24:57,815 --> 00:25:00,306 That's my guitar. 311 00:25:00,385 --> 00:25:02,717 I'll play it for you soon. 312 00:25:02,788 --> 00:25:04,721 Like a drink? 313 00:25:07,761 --> 00:25:09,852 You know... 314 00:25:09,928 --> 00:25:12,864 I know we don't know each other... 315 00:25:12,932 --> 00:25:15,423 and we just met, but... 316 00:25:16,504 --> 00:25:19,370 I had a wonderful evening. 317 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,240 I don't need a genius to have a good time. 318 00:25:24,812 --> 00:25:28,079 You know, I'm a fast worker. 319 00:25:35,092 --> 00:25:37,524 You're not puttin' up much resistance. 320 00:25:39,230 --> 00:25:42,165 Lot of girls do... 321 00:25:42,233 --> 00:25:44,169 on a first date. 322 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,505 Hold on. Hold it. Time out. 323 00:25:50,576 --> 00:25:53,636 Just I'm gettin' a little razzled with your pace. 324 00:25:56,250 --> 00:25:58,184 You like me? 325 00:26:01,623 --> 00:26:03,886 Just expected more of a fight. 326 00:26:05,659 --> 00:26:09,257 This is... It's like shootin' fish in a barrel. 327 00:26:23,882 --> 00:26:25,873 Did you like that? 328 00:26:25,950 --> 00:26:27,886 I knew you would. 329 00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:31,719 They say I'm a wonderful lover. 330 00:26:33,058 --> 00:26:35,494 You got a terrific body. You really do. 331 00:26:35,563 --> 00:26:38,622 Round. I like round. And I don't mean fat. 332 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:40,861 You got some heft. 333 00:26:40,936 --> 00:26:44,532 Makes a fella feel like he's been someplace. 334 00:26:45,908 --> 00:26:48,467 Now get dressed. 335 00:26:48,543 --> 00:26:51,571 I'm tired. I gotta go to sleep. 336 00:26:51,648 --> 00:26:54,082 If I don't get my sleep, I'm cranky. 337 00:26:55,488 --> 00:26:59,946 I'd give you cab fare, but I don't assume it's a long walk home. 338 00:27:02,727 --> 00:27:05,058 First time I had sex, seven years old. 339 00:27:05,128 --> 00:27:07,793 The guitar. Right. 340 00:27:07,867 --> 00:27:10,266 Well, that's why we came up here. 341 00:27:11,336 --> 00:27:13,602 All right, you get dressed. 342 00:27:13,673 --> 00:27:16,937 I'm exhausted. What's your favorite song? 343 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:19,378 Oh, look who I'm askin'. 344 00:29:55,595 --> 00:29:57,529 I lived in Detroit... 345 00:29:57,597 --> 00:29:59,691 and Canada... 346 00:29:59,767 --> 00:30:01,702 and New York... 347 00:30:03,038 --> 00:30:04,800 St. Louis. 348 00:30:06,140 --> 00:30:09,010 My father was in the army. 349 00:30:09,078 --> 00:30:11,172 I never got along with him. 350 00:30:12,314 --> 00:30:14,512 He used to hit me with a belt. 351 00:30:16,586 --> 00:30:18,283 He's dead now. 352 00:30:19,790 --> 00:30:22,190 Got asphyxiated. 353 00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:30,099 I'm pretty sure my mother's dead too. 354 00:30:30,171 --> 00:30:32,263 She used to get spells. 355 00:30:33,572 --> 00:30:37,101 I don't know if her family put her away somewhere... 356 00:30:39,479 --> 00:30:42,178 or if she's dead. 357 00:30:42,251 --> 00:30:44,912 She used to foam at the mouth. 358 00:30:50,059 --> 00:30:52,859 She sang beautifully. 359 00:30:52,929 --> 00:30:55,455 The most beautiful music I ever heard. 360 00:30:59,971 --> 00:31:01,964 Except for this... 361 00:31:02,041 --> 00:31:04,635 gypsy guitar player in France. 362 00:31:06,678 --> 00:31:09,613 Can you believe I can't listen to him without cryin'? 363 00:31:58,272 --> 00:32:00,206 Give us a shot, would you? 364 00:32:08,786 --> 00:32:12,187 So I'm gonna be busy later. Somethin' came up. 365 00:32:14,460 --> 00:32:16,983 You just go get yourself home by yourself. 366 00:32:21,599 --> 00:32:24,196 Now wait. What was that look for? 367 00:32:24,271 --> 00:32:26,205 What did I do? 368 00:32:29,641 --> 00:32:31,576 I got business. 369 00:32:34,681 --> 00:32:37,276 We gotta spend every minute together? 370 00:32:42,024 --> 00:32:43,513 Look. 371 00:32:44,592 --> 00:32:47,291 You go get yourself a cab... 372 00:32:47,365 --> 00:32:49,298 and I'll see you tomorrow. 373 00:33:58,682 --> 00:34:00,615 Where the hell am I? 374 00:34:08,323 --> 00:34:10,259 Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania? 375 00:34:11,594 --> 00:34:15,828 I take one puff in New Jersey, I end up in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania? 376 00:34:15,901 --> 00:34:17,833 I gotta get a cab. 377 00:34:24,576 --> 00:34:27,706 I need a taxi! Can I get a cab? 378 00:34:29,415 --> 00:34:32,214 I'm sorry, Emmet. I had no choice. 379 00:34:32,286 --> 00:34:35,744 - We got a contract. - Look, I run a first- class hotel here. 380 00:34:35,825 --> 00:34:37,985 - This was an emergency. - Yeah, an emergency. 381 00:34:38,059 --> 00:34:40,187 What kind of emergency? 382 00:34:40,262 --> 00:34:42,198 - My father died. - Again? 383 00:34:42,265 --> 00:34:44,231 How many times can your father pass away? 384 00:34:44,298 --> 00:34:47,532 I'm gonna come clean with you. I got abducted and I was threatened. 385 00:34:47,605 --> 00:34:50,595 You were gone for four days. We had the police out. 386 00:34:50,673 --> 00:34:54,167 I'm tired of shootin' crap every night to see if my main attraction will show. 387 00:34:54,246 --> 00:34:55,770 It's over. 388 00:34:56,847 --> 00:34:59,943 Look, I gotta borrow a few bucks for cab fare. 389 00:35:00,019 --> 00:35:02,714 You're kidding. How much? 390 00:35:02,788 --> 00:35:05,224 Nine hundred dollars. 391 00:35:19,140 --> 00:35:22,269 What's the matter? Oh, I know this routine. 392 00:35:22,345 --> 00:35:25,802 Look, I'm a free agent. I do as I please. 393 00:35:25,882 --> 00:35:29,612 I might as well tell you. I quit the job. 394 00:35:29,685 --> 00:35:32,450 I told him to take that job and stick it. 395 00:35:34,992 --> 00:35:38,929 So the band's leavin' for Hollywood two weeks sooner than I thought. 396 00:35:40,132 --> 00:35:42,396 I didn't tell you about Hollywood. 397 00:35:45,639 --> 00:35:47,665 We're makin' a movie. 398 00:35:47,742 --> 00:35:51,198 Yeah. Just a little short one. 399 00:35:51,277 --> 00:35:54,737 Just a couple of minutes of me and the boys playin' that tune, "All Of Me." 400 00:35:54,817 --> 00:35:56,749 You know? Good. 401 00:35:58,321 --> 00:36:01,256 What are you lookin' at me like that for? What? 402 00:36:03,524 --> 00:36:07,156 Look, I got together with a couple of guys, we had a few drinks. 403 00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:10,395 One thing led to another... 404 00:36:10,467 --> 00:36:14,335 and the next thing I knew, I woke up out of town. 405 00:36:16,575 --> 00:36:20,170 Look, I don't have to account to you. All right? 406 00:36:20,247 --> 00:36:24,478 We're not married. I'm not the marryin' kind. 407 00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:26,486 I can't settle. 408 00:36:28,122 --> 00:36:30,385 Whole idea leaves me cold. 409 00:36:32,260 --> 00:36:34,818 So I thought I'd... 410 00:36:34,895 --> 00:36:37,024 I thought I'd... 411 00:36:37,099 --> 00:36:39,625 buy you some lunch... 412 00:36:39,701 --> 00:36:41,634 and say good-bye. 413 00:36:42,973 --> 00:36:47,238 And I'll be comin' through here again, I'm sure, sometime. 414 00:36:51,481 --> 00:36:54,146 But you really are a spoiled dope, you know? 415 00:36:54,220 --> 00:36:58,153 I take you out to buy you things or go to the movies, you're fine. 416 00:36:58,222 --> 00:37:00,955 But the minute somethin' doesn't go your way... 417 00:37:02,093 --> 00:37:05,087 I gotta go, and there's no way you can come with me. 418 00:37:05,165 --> 00:37:09,191 I mean, you got responsibilities. You got a job. 419 00:37:09,268 --> 00:37:11,203 You have... 420 00:37:11,271 --> 00:37:14,103 underwear and socks to wash. 421 00:37:14,173 --> 00:37:17,611 And I can't have my life cluttered. I'm an artist. 422 00:37:17,679 --> 00:37:19,738 A truly great artist. 423 00:37:19,814 --> 00:37:22,512 I need to be free... 424 00:37:22,586 --> 00:37:25,281 so I'm saying good-bye, okay? 425 00:37:29,794 --> 00:37:32,026 Look. How many fingers I got? 426 00:37:32,098 --> 00:37:33,655 Ten, right? 427 00:37:33,732 --> 00:37:37,260 Ten, nine, eight, seven, six. 428 00:37:39,472 --> 00:37:41,906 There's eleven. You see? 429 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,972 All right, look. If you come, it's not a free ride. 430 00:37:50,050 --> 00:37:52,812 I'm not a charity organization, all right? 431 00:37:52,885 --> 00:37:55,650 I don't know what I'm doin' here. 432 00:37:55,724 --> 00:37:58,819 Hey, if you come, you work. 433 00:38:24,356 --> 00:38:25,948 What's the matter? 434 00:38:27,161 --> 00:38:29,322 Nobody said it was gonna be a picnic. 435 00:38:29,397 --> 00:38:31,661 You know I can't risk my hands. 436 00:39:14,782 --> 00:39:17,445 Well, that might not be a bad idea. 437 00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:30,584 And now, folks, Chester Weems, a housepainter... 438 00:39:30,585 --> 00:39:32,603 And now, folks, Chester Weems, a housepainter... 439 00:39:32,672 --> 00:39:34,605 will play the saw. 440 00:39:58,334 --> 00:40:03,205 Fast falls the eventide 441 00:40:03,273 --> 00:40:07,174 The darkness deepens 442 00:40:07,243 --> 00:40:11,181 Lord with me abide 443 00:40:11,249 --> 00:40:13,741 The scarlet tanager. 444 00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:21,394 The barn owl. 445 00:40:35,111 --> 00:40:37,204 And you are? 446 00:40:37,279 --> 00:40:40,080 Homer P. Risley. 447 00:40:40,151 --> 00:40:42,311 What is your profession, Homer? 448 00:40:42,386 --> 00:40:45,320 Profession? I'm a birdseed salesman. 449 00:40:45,388 --> 00:40:48,551 - Oh, a traveling salesman. - That's right, you got it. 450 00:40:48,625 --> 00:40:51,857 And I see that your instrument is the guitar. 451 00:40:51,929 --> 00:40:54,957 Yeah, that's right. I've had a few lessons. 452 00:40:55,034 --> 00:40:58,628 No need to be nervous, Homer. This is a wonderful audience out here. 453 00:41:01,106 --> 00:41:04,076 Birdseed salesman, Homer Risley. 454 00:42:22,102 --> 00:42:25,936 Boy, those guys were ready to break out the tar and feathers, huh? 455 00:42:26,006 --> 00:42:28,943 Next time you're gonna hustle somebody, don't play so great. 456 00:42:30,011 --> 00:42:32,706 I can't remember the tunes if I play badly. 457 00:42:34,449 --> 00:42:37,247 I wonder if Django ever hustled any suckers. 458 00:42:39,088 --> 00:42:42,286 Look at her. She's frownin'. She doesn't like it. 459 00:42:42,359 --> 00:42:45,055 Well, they deserved it. They were jerks. 460 00:42:46,963 --> 00:42:49,560 She's too good-hearted. 461 00:42:49,636 --> 00:42:54,696 A genuinely sweet person. I like that, respect it. 462 00:42:54,772 --> 00:42:57,175 Won't get you anywhere in life. 463 00:43:00,681 --> 00:43:02,614 I had a dream last night. 464 00:43:04,084 --> 00:43:07,816 I had a dream we all went out to Hollywood... 465 00:43:07,889 --> 00:43:11,084 and I became discovered as a major star. 466 00:43:11,157 --> 00:43:13,889 You? A major star? 467 00:43:13,962 --> 00:43:15,793 You were dreamin'. 468 00:43:15,864 --> 00:43:18,129 Why not? I got a good face. 469 00:43:18,201 --> 00:43:21,500 We're in a short subject. We're the backup band. 470 00:43:21,571 --> 00:43:25,837 We're in the background, Emmet. We're lucky to be in focus. 471 00:43:25,908 --> 00:43:28,777 You can always get attention if you know how to do it. 472 00:43:28,846 --> 00:43:32,111 In this dream, I was standin' there surrounded... 473 00:43:32,183 --> 00:43:34,119 by gorgeous actresses. 474 00:43:35,555 --> 00:43:37,488 See? That she don't like. 475 00:43:37,555 --> 00:43:39,321 Relax. 476 00:43:39,394 --> 00:43:41,725 I'm with you now. 477 00:43:41,795 --> 00:43:45,526 I'm not one of these guys who turns his head every time some dame walks by. 478 00:43:45,599 --> 00:43:48,261 I've had plenty of beautiful women. 479 00:43:48,335 --> 00:43:50,965 And I always put 'em in their place. 480 00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:54,167 Yeah. "Love 'em and leave 'em," that's my motto. 481 00:43:54,242 --> 00:43:58,646 Love 'em and don't look back. I never once regretted. 482 00:43:58,714 --> 00:44:03,176 Not one time did I ever regret dumping a beautiful dame. 483 00:44:03,254 --> 00:44:04,845 You gotta keep your guard up. 484 00:44:04,921 --> 00:44:09,154 If you don't, them pretty ones get their worms in you, and then it's over. 485 00:44:09,227 --> 00:44:12,288 You're done. Particularly if you're an artist. 486 00:44:12,366 --> 00:44:15,562 I've seen too many guys cryin' in their beer. 487 00:44:15,635 --> 00:44:17,399 Me? 488 00:44:17,470 --> 00:44:19,404 I'm gonna be a star. 489 00:44:24,878 --> 00:44:26,572 All of me 490 00:44:26,646 --> 00:44:30,085 Why not take all of me 491 00:44:30,151 --> 00:44:31,846 Can't you see 492 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,824 I'm no good without you 493 00:44:35,891 --> 00:44:37,723 Take my lips 494 00:44:37,794 --> 00:44:41,195 I wanna lose them 495 00:44:41,264 --> 00:44:43,289 Take my arms 496 00:44:43,367 --> 00:44:46,767 I'll never use them 497 00:44:46,837 --> 00:44:48,897 Your good-bye 498 00:44:48,973 --> 00:44:52,433 Left me with eyes that cry 499 00:44:52,513 --> 00:44:54,207 How can I 500 00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:58,307 Go on, dear without you 501 00:44:58,382 --> 00:45:00,442 You took the part 502 00:45:00,519 --> 00:45:03,115 That once was my heart 503 00:45:03,190 --> 00:45:07,821 So why not take all of me 504 00:45:07,896 --> 00:45:10,364 The reason Emmet hated Hollywood so much... 505 00:45:10,432 --> 00:45:13,230 was because Hattie was discovered, not him. 506 00:45:13,301 --> 00:45:14,735 That was the truth of it. 507 00:45:14,804 --> 00:45:19,242 She was out there watching him film. Every day she would hang out on the set. 508 00:45:19,309 --> 00:45:22,903 And one day, for, you know, some crazy reason... 509 00:45:22,981 --> 00:45:28,078 a director, who happened to be working the same lot Emmet was on, noticed her. 510 00:45:28,153 --> 00:45:32,555 And the director thought, "This girl is a dead ringer for May Talmadge." 511 00:45:32,624 --> 00:45:35,526 He was making a movie with May Talmadge, who was a big star. 512 00:45:35,595 --> 00:45:40,532 And he thought Hattie is exactly what he wanted to play May Talmadge's sister. 513 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,397 And this is a 30- second part or something. 514 00:45:43,469 --> 00:45:46,463 When he found out that Hattie couldn't speak, it didn't make any difference... 515 00:45:46,541 --> 00:45:48,475 because the part had no dialogue. 516 00:45:48,544 --> 00:45:52,071 He just knew he had to have Hattie to play that part. 517 00:45:52,147 --> 00:45:55,013 Well, Emmet hated the whole idea. 518 00:46:11,001 --> 00:46:12,938 I can't believe you said yes. 519 00:46:13,005 --> 00:46:16,941 Did you nod that dopey face of yours? Do they know you can't speak? 520 00:46:18,444 --> 00:46:21,039 I don't get it. You're gonna embarrass me. 521 00:46:21,114 --> 00:46:24,174 Suddenly you're a movie actress. 522 00:46:24,252 --> 00:46:26,185 Don't make me laugh. 523 00:47:24,155 --> 00:47:26,850 Now, as the story goes... 524 00:47:26,924 --> 00:47:29,951 Hattie was playing this love scene with William Weston... 525 00:47:30,027 --> 00:47:33,792 this handsome older man who always kissed his leading ladies... 526 00:47:33,865 --> 00:47:36,129 so they said, with an open mouth. 527 00:47:36,199 --> 00:47:39,690 And he was kissing her, and they were doing take after take... 528 00:47:39,768 --> 00:47:42,933 and he was kissing her over and over with an open mouth. 529 00:47:43,005 --> 00:47:48,170 After 30 takes of getting kissed by this gorgeous leading man... 530 00:47:48,244 --> 00:47:51,112 Hattie went into a small coma. 531 00:47:55,285 --> 00:47:57,617 And that was the last time... 532 00:47:57,687 --> 00:48:00,211 Emmet ever set foot in Hollywood. 533 00:48:00,290 --> 00:48:04,090 Yeah, I remember Emmet and Hattie back East at that time. 534 00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:07,217 In fact, he had a good manager, this cat named Sid Bishop. 535 00:48:07,296 --> 00:48:09,924 Sid was really good to him, and he got him a lot of gigs. 536 00:48:09,999 --> 00:48:12,591 Emmet was doing really well, and that really wasn't easy. 537 00:48:12,666 --> 00:48:15,694 Back then, a lot of musicians were hurting from the Depression... 538 00:48:15,771 --> 00:48:18,431 and there wasn't a lot of work to go around. 539 00:48:18,508 --> 00:48:20,771 But Emmet even agreed at that time... 540 00:48:20,843 --> 00:48:23,675 to do a couple of sides for the Victor label. 541 00:48:23,745 --> 00:48:26,442 He did "Melancholy Baby," "Exactly Like You"... 542 00:48:26,514 --> 00:48:28,811 and "I'll See You In My Dreams." 543 00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:23,966 - What do you mean, I'm broke? - You give it away. 544 00:49:24,035 --> 00:49:26,469 You drink it up. You pick up checks. 545 00:49:26,539 --> 00:49:29,735 You lose it in poolrooms, and you're always buyin' Hattie presents. 546 00:49:29,810 --> 00:49:32,642 She's like a kid. She loves tearin' the paper off the box. 547 00:49:32,712 --> 00:49:34,303 You gotta go on a budget. 548 00:49:34,379 --> 00:49:36,405 I'll go on a budget if someone will straighten me out. 549 00:49:36,482 --> 00:49:38,473 A budget's not easy for a guy like you. 550 00:49:38,551 --> 00:49:41,987 - When I set my mind to somethin'... - You fight every good idea I have. 551 00:49:42,054 --> 00:49:44,282 I'll go on a budget. I'll be good. 552 00:49:44,355 --> 00:49:46,882 What do you spend on clothes a year? Do you have any idea? 553 00:49:46,959 --> 00:49:48,653 Want me to look like a bum? 554 00:49:48,726 --> 00:49:51,856 - What about rent? - I don't know. It's all hotels. 555 00:49:51,931 --> 00:49:54,592 - Any idea what you spend on food? - The booze gratis? 556 00:49:54,667 --> 00:49:59,127 Help yourself. Do you have any idea what you spend on food or entertainment? 557 00:49:59,204 --> 00:50:02,264 Do you have any investments, anything that'll throw off revenue? 558 00:50:02,338 --> 00:50:05,707 I got some savings, mostly from Hattie takin' in laundry. 559 00:50:05,777 --> 00:50:08,976 Emmet, we gotta look for places to cut down. 560 00:50:09,049 --> 00:50:12,208 I burned a hundred dollars once. A guy dared me. He was a four-flusher. 561 00:50:12,282 --> 00:50:14,341 He burned a fifty, I burned a hundred. 562 00:50:14,418 --> 00:50:18,046 He burned a twenty, I burned another hundred. I could cut that out. 563 00:50:18,122 --> 00:50:20,920 You wanna end up in the poorhouse when you're old? 564 00:50:20,991 --> 00:50:23,323 You ever see a poorhouse? 565 00:50:23,394 --> 00:50:26,522 From now on, your salary and expenses will come to me. 566 00:50:26,598 --> 00:50:28,962 I'm puttin' you on an allowance. 567 00:50:29,032 --> 00:50:31,051 Okay, that's it. The party's over. 568 00:50:31,052 --> 00:50:33,069 Okay, that's it. The party's over. 569 00:50:33,137 --> 00:50:37,539 You're spendin' too much, so now we've gotta go on a budget. 570 00:50:37,607 --> 00:50:41,442 Now, aside from food, what are your expenses? 571 00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:45,008 What about the doctor bills? You got a doctor? 572 00:50:45,081 --> 00:50:47,950 I bet you I get you a veterinarian who's cheaper. 573 00:50:48,019 --> 00:50:50,211 And this is goin' out. 574 00:50:51,386 --> 00:50:53,651 What are we? The electric company? 575 00:50:54,458 --> 00:50:57,185 We gotta save every penny. 576 00:50:58,362 --> 00:50:59,795 What is that? 577 00:51:05,468 --> 00:51:07,730 You remembered my birthday? 578 00:51:10,474 --> 00:51:12,407 We can't afford presents. 579 00:51:13,541 --> 00:51:16,602 That's gotta go back. It's gotta go back. 580 00:51:23,251 --> 00:51:25,777 These are the kid gloves I really wanted. 581 00:51:29,724 --> 00:51:32,421 Exactly the gloves I wanted, these are. 582 00:51:35,897 --> 00:51:38,420 You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna cut you a break. 583 00:51:38,500 --> 00:51:41,024 It's my birthday and... 584 00:51:41,101 --> 00:51:43,536 So I'm gonna let you give 'em to me. 585 00:51:47,743 --> 00:51:49,676 You made this yourself? 586 00:51:56,448 --> 00:51:58,714 Your writin' looks like a chicken. 587 00:51:59,854 --> 00:52:03,255 Let's see. "It's been almost a year... 588 00:52:03,325 --> 00:52:06,088 since we've been together." 589 00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:07,649 Ayear? 590 00:52:08,727 --> 00:52:11,219 Well, that's scary. 591 00:52:16,638 --> 00:52:18,695 What's this word here? 592 00:52:19,974 --> 00:52:22,406 Is that... Is that "love"? 593 00:52:25,077 --> 00:52:28,535 Oh, no. Don't go gettin' any big ideas here. 594 00:52:28,615 --> 00:52:30,047 Jesus. 595 00:52:32,486 --> 00:52:34,644 I must've ate somethin' bad. 596 00:52:37,323 --> 00:52:39,757 I'm feelin'... I'm gonna be sick. 597 00:52:46,497 --> 00:52:48,932 - Got somethin' for me today, Mr. Ray? - I don't. 598 00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:51,935 - Mr. Ray, it's me, Charlie. - I'm all tapped out. 599 00:52:52,003 --> 00:52:54,406 - You never let me down. - Look. 600 00:52:54,474 --> 00:52:57,532 I'd like to help you, but I'm on a budget. 601 00:52:57,608 --> 00:52:59,634 I haven't had a bowl of soup all day. 602 00:52:59,712 --> 00:53:02,144 What, you wanna make me feel bad? 603 00:53:03,882 --> 00:53:06,851 - That's all you get. - All right, thanks. 604 00:53:06,919 --> 00:53:09,079 Thanks, Mr. Ray. 605 00:53:09,155 --> 00:53:12,520 What's the urgency? I came here as quick as I could. 606 00:53:12,590 --> 00:53:16,252 - Would you look at this thing? - This is why I came quick to meet you? 607 00:53:16,326 --> 00:53:18,657 - He only wants 4,000 for it. - Yeah, so? 608 00:53:18,727 --> 00:53:20,390 Does it fit the budget? 609 00:53:20,464 --> 00:53:22,932 Are you kidding? We just sold one of your cars. 610 00:53:22,999 --> 00:53:25,869 I'm tryin' to unload the other one, not buy one. 611 00:53:25,938 --> 00:53:27,528 - If I cut down? - Cut down? 612 00:53:27,604 --> 00:53:31,132 - Where are you gonna get four grand? - I'll borrow the money and pay it off. 613 00:53:31,209 --> 00:53:34,609 No one will lend you that kind of money, and you'll be saddled with payments. 614 00:53:34,678 --> 00:53:36,874 - I want the car. - No, Emmet. 615 00:53:36,948 --> 00:53:39,040 Hattie will give up desserts. 616 00:53:39,115 --> 00:53:41,547 - I want the car. - It's out of the question. 617 00:53:41,616 --> 00:53:44,109 - I gotta have the car. - You don't have the money. 618 00:53:44,188 --> 00:53:47,783 - I gotta have the car. - There's no way! 619 00:53:47,858 --> 00:53:50,656 - We can't afford it. - Stop sayin' "we." 620 00:53:50,727 --> 00:53:53,060 If I want the car, I'm gonna get it. 621 00:53:53,130 --> 00:53:56,119 - Maybe someday, if it's in your budget. - Budget! Budget! 622 00:53:56,198 --> 00:53:59,636 You're suffocating me with the budget. I can't buy Hattie a birthday present. 623 00:53:59,704 --> 00:54:02,365 You can't buy champagne if you can only afford beer. 624 00:54:02,439 --> 00:54:04,635 I'm the best guitar player in the world! 625 00:54:04,709 --> 00:54:07,005 If I want the car, I should have it. 626 00:54:07,076 --> 00:54:08,188 He said it, but he didn't believe it. 627 00:54:08,189 --> 00:54:09,301 He said it, but he didn't believe it. 628 00:54:09,376 --> 00:54:13,108 I mean, in his soul, he worshipped Django Reinhardt. 629 00:54:13,181 --> 00:54:15,616 It was more than that. He was frozen by him. 630 00:54:15,685 --> 00:54:18,016 Django was like a god to him. 631 00:54:18,087 --> 00:54:20,885 I don't know if this is true, or just another Emmet Ray story... 632 00:54:20,957 --> 00:54:24,617 but Sid Bishop, who was trying to help him financially at the time... 633 00:54:24,692 --> 00:54:28,355 got him a job in this club, and one night, just before show time... 634 00:54:28,429 --> 00:54:31,832 one of the guys backstage decides to play a joke on him... 635 00:54:31,901 --> 00:54:33,959 and tells him this lie. 636 00:54:34,035 --> 00:54:36,230 Hey, Emmet! 637 00:54:36,304 --> 00:54:40,332 Emmet, you're not gonna believe it. Guess who's sittin' at the front table? 638 00:54:40,408 --> 00:54:42,875 Django Reinhardt. 639 00:54:42,944 --> 00:54:47,209 Are you kiddin' me? We should get him up on stage with you. 640 00:54:47,281 --> 00:54:49,444 Reinhardt. 641 00:54:49,517 --> 00:54:51,883 He's gonna show him up. 642 00:54:51,953 --> 00:54:54,581 - I'm gonna... - Come on. 643 00:54:54,656 --> 00:54:57,590 Emmet, we can get him up on stage with us. 644 00:55:01,329 --> 00:55:04,262 - Django Reinhardt's here. - Really? 645 00:55:10,773 --> 00:55:13,295 Hey, Django's not in the audience. 646 00:55:13,372 --> 00:55:16,536 The house is half-empty. There's just some guy that looks like Django. 647 00:55:16,609 --> 00:55:19,170 Let's see if he's got the nerve to come down. 648 00:55:19,245 --> 00:55:21,738 - Harry, let's go. - Emmet, we're on! 649 00:55:21,815 --> 00:55:23,908 We should do it anyway. 650 00:55:25,016 --> 00:55:28,316 Emmet, come on down. I'll wait for you. 651 00:55:28,387 --> 00:55:31,880 I'll take you to the front table myself. I'll introduce you to Django. 652 00:55:31,959 --> 00:55:33,984 Now, as the story goes... 653 00:55:34,061 --> 00:55:37,963 Emmet, as you know, was pathologically phobic about Django Reinhardt... 654 00:55:38,032 --> 00:55:40,726 so he tried to escape through the roof. 655 00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:42,791 He just figured, to hell with the job that night. 656 00:55:42,869 --> 00:55:46,963 But remember, this was a guy who had fainted twice... 657 00:55:47,038 --> 00:55:50,099 when he came face-to-face with Django Reinhardt in Europe. 658 00:55:50,176 --> 00:55:54,613 He's looking for a way out, and decides to jump to the building next door. 659 00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:58,809 Well, as fate would have it, he hits a weak spot in the roof... 660 00:55:58,882 --> 00:56:01,943 and crashes through into somebody's apartment. 661 00:56:02,019 --> 00:56:05,616 As it happened, the apartment was being used by some counterfeiters... 662 00:56:05,690 --> 00:56:09,056 who thought it was a raid when he came through the roof, and ran out. 663 00:57:18,395 --> 00:57:21,157 Well, Eddie Durham, the great jazz pioneer... 664 00:57:21,229 --> 00:57:24,097 met Emmet in Chicago in the 1930's. 665 00:57:24,167 --> 00:57:26,190 Here's what he said about him in his book. 666 00:57:26,268 --> 00:57:29,260 "I met Emmet in Chicago. It was the height of the Depression. 667 00:57:29,337 --> 00:57:33,775 Work was scarce. A lot of guys took on teaching music as a sideline. 668 00:57:33,843 --> 00:57:35,434 Emmet refused. 669 00:57:35,510 --> 00:57:39,275 At that time he was married to a woman named Blanche." 670 00:58:42,142 --> 00:58:44,303 - What are you doing? - What? 671 00:58:44,377 --> 00:58:45,006 Nothing. 672 00:58:45,007 --> 00:58:45,637 Nothing. 673 00:58:45,712 --> 00:58:48,111 Excuse me, darling. 674 00:58:48,181 --> 00:58:50,116 You were stealing that box. 675 00:58:50,184 --> 00:58:52,913 - No. - Oh, yes, you were. I saw you. 676 00:58:52,986 --> 00:58:55,319 Why? 677 00:58:55,389 --> 00:58:56,719 I don't know. 678 00:58:56,790 --> 00:58:58,915 You're a genius, you know? 679 00:58:58,991 --> 00:59:02,119 Eubie Blake thinks I'm the best guitar player in the whole world, bar none. 680 00:59:02,194 --> 00:59:04,526 - And he knows Django. - Truly? 681 00:59:04,596 --> 00:59:06,531 I'm Blanche Williams. 682 00:59:07,967 --> 00:59:11,164 - Are you gonna squeal on me? - "Squeal" on you? 683 00:59:14,137 --> 00:59:17,404 Gosh. Not only are you vain and egotistical... 684 00:59:17,476 --> 00:59:20,739 but you have genuine crudeness. 685 00:59:21,812 --> 00:59:23,747 I didn't want the goddamn thing. 686 00:59:25,582 --> 00:59:28,075 I won't squeal on you if you take me for a drive... 687 00:59:28,153 --> 00:59:31,211 in that sublime automobile of yours. 688 00:59:31,288 --> 00:59:32,756 Drive. 689 00:59:32,823 --> 00:59:34,451 Where? 690 00:59:34,526 --> 00:59:37,493 To the ends of the earth. Astonish me. 691 00:59:42,966 --> 00:59:44,663 It's fun, isn't it? 692 00:59:44,737 --> 00:59:46,929 Well, it's definitely different. 693 00:59:47,003 --> 00:59:49,668 Make sure you don't pull it. You squeeze it. 694 00:59:49,741 --> 00:59:51,672 Squeeze the trigger. 695 00:59:52,741 --> 00:59:55,769 - Do you do this often? - Every chance I get. 696 00:59:55,845 --> 00:59:58,006 Specifically, what's the thrill? 697 00:59:58,081 --> 01:00:01,314 Well, I'm not sure, really. There's one. 698 01:00:01,385 --> 01:00:04,182 And you got him! 699 01:00:04,254 --> 01:00:08,088 Do you get a bigger kick doing this or stealing small objects? 700 01:00:08,158 --> 01:00:10,283 You know what? I could really use a drink. 701 01:00:22,937 --> 01:00:25,963 I stop in here every time I come through Chicago. 702 01:00:26,041 --> 01:00:27,976 She makes great chili. 703 01:00:28,044 --> 01:00:30,637 You like chili? 704 01:00:30,713 --> 01:00:33,180 What do you think of when you play? 705 01:00:33,248 --> 01:00:35,309 What goes through your mind? 706 01:00:35,386 --> 01:00:37,317 What are your real feelings? 707 01:00:38,785 --> 01:00:41,346 I don't know. That I'm underpaid. 708 01:00:41,422 --> 01:00:43,753 I think about that sometimes. 709 01:00:43,824 --> 01:00:45,920 Tell me about the girl you lived with. 710 01:00:49,030 --> 01:00:51,659 She was nice, but I told her not to fall in love with me. 711 01:00:51,735 --> 01:00:53,668 It was very one-sided. 712 01:00:55,404 --> 01:00:57,803 She was nice, but I just cut out one night. 713 01:00:57,871 --> 01:01:00,237 She was asleep, I left 500 cash by the bed, got my stuff... 714 01:01:00,307 --> 01:01:02,243 and got outta there at 4:00 in the morning. 715 01:01:02,311 --> 01:01:03,867 I didn't want a scene. 716 01:01:03,945 --> 01:01:06,346 She must have really loved you. 717 01:01:06,415 --> 01:01:10,246 I didn't say it was an easy decision, but... 718 01:01:10,316 --> 01:01:12,253 I needed more than Hattie. 719 01:01:12,322 --> 01:01:15,015 - Do you miss her? - Not a bit. 720 01:01:15,088 --> 01:01:16,554 I did the right thing for me. 721 01:01:16,623 --> 01:01:18,784 Maybe I wouldn't have met you. 722 01:01:18,859 --> 01:01:22,224 Come on, Emmet. Join us, man. Cut loose with the fellas. 723 01:01:22,294 --> 01:01:24,628 - You know you want to. - Yeah? 724 01:01:24,698 --> 01:01:26,357 Please. 725 01:01:26,432 --> 01:01:29,266 Come. You'll enjoy this. I'm great. I really am. 726 01:02:06,672 --> 01:02:10,665 After-hours jam session. Chicago South Side. 727 01:02:10,743 --> 01:02:12,713 He's like a cat... 728 01:02:12,780 --> 01:02:17,110 feline with the guitar, which is his only, certainly deepest love. 729 01:02:17,181 --> 01:02:20,413 No, his only. The sound... 730 01:02:20,486 --> 01:02:22,576 the beat, the ideas. 731 01:02:22,652 --> 01:02:24,885 Where do they come from? 732 01:02:24,957 --> 01:02:27,390 Any woman would be second to his music. 733 01:02:27,459 --> 01:02:31,260 He wouldn't miss me any more than the woman he abruptly left. 734 01:02:31,330 --> 01:02:34,128 He could only feel pain for his music. 735 01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:37,396 Such is the ego of genius. 736 01:02:37,469 --> 01:02:39,402 Must get used to it. 737 01:02:42,439 --> 01:02:44,634 I used to have a stable of girls in this town. 738 01:02:44,708 --> 01:02:46,107 - No. - Yeah. 739 01:02:46,176 --> 01:02:49,145 I made some money, but... 740 01:02:49,213 --> 01:02:52,581 whores are unpredictable. 741 01:02:52,651 --> 01:02:54,583 - They're nuts. - Really? 742 01:02:54,652 --> 01:02:57,211 Yeah. But money's money. 743 01:02:57,286 --> 01:02:59,481 I mean, you pimped and you procured? 744 01:03:01,124 --> 01:03:03,253 I can't stand it. It's just too perfect. 745 01:03:03,328 --> 01:03:05,123 - I don't like that word. - Which? 746 01:03:05,195 --> 01:03:08,755 "Pimp." No, I was a manager. 747 01:03:08,832 --> 01:03:12,267 - What's too perfect? - That whole seamy world. 748 01:03:12,333 --> 01:03:17,203 The girls I came out with were whores too, only we called them debutantes. 749 01:03:17,273 --> 01:03:20,368 I lived in a whorehouse when I was 18 for six months. 750 01:03:20,443 --> 01:03:22,638 Didn't have a job and no money. 751 01:03:22,712 --> 01:03:25,647 The madam put me up. She was a friend of my mother's. 752 01:03:26,916 --> 01:03:28,850 I'm sure you learned a lot there. 753 01:03:30,219 --> 01:03:33,188 I don't know. It's like being a cook. 754 01:03:33,256 --> 01:03:36,383 - A cook? - You're in the kitchen all day. 755 01:03:36,458 --> 01:03:38,393 You don't want to look at the food. 756 01:03:40,397 --> 01:03:43,625 I'd love to be a whore for a year. Just a year. 757 01:03:43,699 --> 01:03:45,634 If you ever want a manager... 758 01:03:47,136 --> 01:03:49,534 Look. That's a beauty. 759 01:03:49,602 --> 01:03:52,505 What is this fascination with trains? 760 01:03:52,574 --> 01:03:54,509 What do you mean? 761 01:03:54,577 --> 01:03:58,877 Do you have the urge to go off, to ride to unknown destinations? 762 01:03:58,948 --> 01:04:00,414 For what point? 763 01:04:00,481 --> 01:04:04,645 Are you trying to recapture some intangible feeling from childhood... 764 01:04:04,718 --> 01:04:08,747 when you dreamt of glamorous cities just out of reach? 765 01:04:08,824 --> 01:04:12,419 I'm not trying to capture anything from childhood. It stank. 766 01:04:12,493 --> 01:04:15,791 Then I can only think it must be the power of the locomotive... 767 01:04:15,862 --> 01:04:20,130 the sheer, potent sexual energy that arouses your masculinity. 768 01:04:20,202 --> 01:04:25,106 The wheels, the hot furnace, the pistons pumping. 769 01:04:25,174 --> 01:04:27,867 You sound like you wanna go to bed with the train. 770 01:05:03,843 --> 01:05:05,775 He's impulsive and hot-tempered... 771 01:05:05,844 --> 01:05:10,282 yet he listens to the recordings of Django Reinhardt for hours and cries. 772 01:05:10,350 --> 01:05:13,684 He has never met this gypsy guitarist and never wants to. 773 01:05:13,754 --> 01:05:16,380 I think because he doesn't want to learn Django's mortal. 774 01:05:17,657 --> 01:05:19,591 He sleeps with the light on in the room... 775 01:05:19,658 --> 01:05:24,288 and last night he woke up screaming the name of his old girlfriend Hattie. 776 01:05:24,363 --> 01:05:26,524 Then he asked me to marry him. 777 01:05:49,420 --> 01:05:51,352 Get a load of those legs? 778 01:05:52,958 --> 01:05:55,016 Take your hat off. She grew up with a butler. 779 01:05:59,096 --> 01:06:01,654 It was very impulsive. 780 01:06:01,731 --> 01:06:04,859 And as soon as they were married, right from the start... 781 01:06:04,936 --> 01:06:07,426 it was very shaky. 782 01:06:07,504 --> 01:06:11,339 Why did he marry her so suddenly? I don't know. 783 01:06:11,408 --> 01:06:14,639 You know, they only had one thing in common: Clothes. 784 01:06:14,711 --> 01:06:16,734 They were like two peacocks. 785 01:06:16,813 --> 01:06:20,944 But there was always an unreal quality to the whole thing. 786 01:06:21,018 --> 01:06:24,009 Talk about doomed relationships. 787 01:06:24,088 --> 01:06:26,113 I feel like gettin' out. 788 01:06:26,189 --> 01:06:29,089 Me too, Emmet, but we're broke. 789 01:06:29,159 --> 01:06:31,650 He's gonna give me my job back! He said so. 790 01:06:31,729 --> 01:06:34,287 If you show up on time, and then not always drunk. 791 01:06:34,362 --> 01:06:36,298 Somethin' comes over me. I get cold sweats. 792 01:06:36,366 --> 01:06:38,300 You're not sorry we got married, are you? 793 01:06:38,368 --> 01:06:40,301 Of course not! You're a beautiful woman. 794 01:06:40,368 --> 01:06:43,532 - Do you love me? - What's this all about? 795 01:06:43,606 --> 01:06:46,734 I'm trying to analyze your feelings so I can write about them. 796 01:06:46,810 --> 01:06:49,902 I'm your husband. I'm not some goddamn book idea! 797 01:06:51,112 --> 01:06:53,843 Have you ever cried over the loss of anyone? 798 01:06:53,916 --> 01:06:56,679 - Your mother, your father? - Not in me. 799 01:06:56,751 --> 01:06:59,744 You let your insides get to you and you're finished. 800 01:06:59,822 --> 01:07:03,725 If you just let your feelings out, you might even play better. 801 01:07:03,793 --> 01:07:05,258 Richer. 802 01:07:05,326 --> 01:07:08,593 Someone else said that to me once. Everybody knows everything. 803 01:07:08,665 --> 01:07:12,030 I've been trying to analyze what separates your playing from Django's... 804 01:07:12,100 --> 01:07:14,434 and I say it's that his feelings are richer. 805 01:07:14,504 --> 01:07:18,131 He's not afraid to suffer in front of anybody. 806 01:07:18,205 --> 01:07:21,402 - He doesn't hold things in check... - Stop talking about Django! 807 01:07:21,476 --> 01:07:24,912 The guy haunts me. All right? Enough about Django. 808 01:07:42,897 --> 01:07:44,989 Yeah. 809 01:07:45,065 --> 01:07:48,033 - I want to see Mr. Bedloe. - Be back in a minute. 810 01:07:48,101 --> 01:07:50,033 Do you mind if I wait? 811 01:07:51,536 --> 01:07:53,473 Got an appointment? 812 01:07:53,540 --> 01:07:55,667 - May I? - Go ahead. 813 01:07:55,742 --> 01:07:57,175 Nope. 814 01:07:59,178 --> 01:08:01,477 - Who are you? - I work for him. 815 01:08:03,684 --> 01:08:05,616 I've seen you around. 816 01:08:07,053 --> 01:08:10,956 - You're his strong-arm man. - He don't need no help. 817 01:08:11,024 --> 01:08:13,854 I saw you beat somebody up in the alley last week. 818 01:08:16,461 --> 01:08:19,453 - You're the guitar player's wife. - That's right. 819 01:08:19,532 --> 01:08:21,523 - I noticed you too. - You did? 820 01:08:21,599 --> 01:08:23,535 Lots of times. 821 01:08:27,707 --> 01:08:29,732 Why does Mr. Bedloe need a bodyguard? 822 01:08:29,808 --> 01:08:32,242 You come here to ask for your husband's job back? 823 01:08:32,311 --> 01:08:35,176 Is it true Mr. Bedloe runs some rackets? 824 01:08:35,245 --> 01:08:37,977 Joe thinks the world of your husband's guitar playing. 825 01:08:38,050 --> 01:08:40,539 He thinks he's a genius, but... 826 01:08:40,616 --> 01:08:43,315 I mean, let's be honest. Either he comes in here late... 827 01:08:43,389 --> 01:08:45,514 or he comes in drunk or he don't come in at all... 828 01:08:45,589 --> 01:08:48,993 and that's no way to run a nightclub. 829 01:08:49,061 --> 01:08:51,755 I thinkJoe's cooled down. He was pretty hot the other night. 830 01:08:53,765 --> 01:08:57,564 I hope you don't mind me asking, but... 831 01:08:57,633 --> 01:08:59,797 you're wearing a gun, aren't you? 832 01:09:00,906 --> 01:09:02,337 Not me. 833 01:09:03,541 --> 01:09:05,474 Did you ever kill anyone? 834 01:09:15,786 --> 01:09:18,754 Don't tell me that you never noticed me staring at you. 835 01:09:18,821 --> 01:09:20,756 - No, I... - You come in here a couple of nights. 836 01:09:20,824 --> 01:09:23,122 I couldn't take my eyes off you. 837 01:09:23,193 --> 01:09:26,163 - Really? - I love that blue silk dress you wear. 838 01:09:27,664 --> 01:09:30,290 Oh, yes. That... Gee. 839 01:09:32,368 --> 01:09:34,302 It's warm in here. 840 01:09:36,940 --> 01:09:39,271 Morning, Mr. Bedloe. 841 01:09:39,342 --> 01:09:42,005 You're a smart girl. You come from a good home. 842 01:09:42,079 --> 01:09:45,411 What are you doin' with a drunken guitar player for a husband? 843 01:09:45,481 --> 01:09:48,382 Okay, he's a brilliant musician, but who can live with him? 844 01:09:48,451 --> 01:09:51,248 Not me. I'll bet it's no picnic for you. 845 01:09:51,319 --> 01:09:53,449 He wants me to tell you he's learned his lesson. 846 01:09:53,525 --> 01:09:55,457 Do you think I was born yesterday? 847 01:09:55,525 --> 01:10:00,292 - I know you think he's great. - Great? His playin' makes me cry. 848 01:10:00,364 --> 01:10:02,386 Does he bring in customers? Some. 849 01:10:02,463 --> 01:10:05,901 Mostly aficionados. When he shows up. 850 01:10:05,968 --> 01:10:09,302 We found him the other night staring at freight trains at 9:00. 851 01:10:09,373 --> 01:10:11,498 - He's gonna turn over a new leaf. - Right. 852 01:10:11,573 --> 01:10:13,199 He's through drinkin'. 853 01:10:13,274 --> 01:10:16,073 Right. All right, look. 854 01:10:16,144 --> 01:10:19,409 I'm a soft touch, but I don't like to be made a fool. 855 01:10:19,481 --> 01:10:24,439 Out of respect for you, who I like, I'm gonna give him one more shot. 856 01:10:24,518 --> 01:10:27,749 But if you want my advice, no genius is worth too much heartache. 857 01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:36,293 - How'd you do? - He's such a nice man. 858 01:10:36,363 --> 01:10:38,161 You wanna celebrate? 859 01:10:38,233 --> 01:10:41,200 - Celebrate? - Yeah, have a drink with me. 860 01:10:41,267 --> 01:10:42,794 Come on. 861 01:10:43,870 --> 01:10:46,204 Well, I guess. 862 01:10:46,272 --> 01:10:48,970 There are a few things I wouldn't mind finding out. 863 01:10:49,043 --> 01:10:52,532 I'm a writer, and extreme characters always fascinate me. 864 01:10:52,610 --> 01:10:54,546 I ain't so extreme. 865 01:10:54,615 --> 01:10:56,582 Everybody I ever rubbed out deserved it. 866 01:10:56,651 --> 01:10:59,244 "Rubbed out"? 867 01:10:59,320 --> 01:11:01,345 That's so colorful and... 868 01:11:01,422 --> 01:11:04,290 What goes through your mind when you're rubbing someone out? 869 01:11:04,359 --> 01:11:06,824 Through my mind? 870 01:11:06,892 --> 01:11:09,590 What do you think about when you pull the trigger? 871 01:11:09,662 --> 01:11:11,960 Well, I don't know. 872 01:11:12,031 --> 01:11:15,467 Yet you're able to just shoot someone. 873 01:11:15,536 --> 01:11:18,434 I don't want to shock you, but... 874 01:11:18,503 --> 01:11:20,493 it always came natural to me. 875 01:11:20,573 --> 01:11:21,802 Really? 876 01:11:21,876 --> 01:11:24,672 Ever since I was 15 and I first picked up a gun... 877 01:11:26,079 --> 01:11:29,309 I discovered that I had a knack for it. 878 01:11:29,381 --> 01:11:32,111 Fascinating. 879 01:11:32,184 --> 01:11:35,449 - What are you doing? - You have very soft hair. 880 01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:37,751 - Don't. - Why? 881 01:11:37,824 --> 01:11:39,451 I'm scared. 882 01:11:39,525 --> 01:11:41,616 Because I kill for a living. 883 01:11:44,429 --> 01:11:46,726 Because I find you attractive. 884 01:11:58,842 --> 01:12:02,801 Blanche was a writer. Some kind of a writer. 885 01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:05,611 Not famous or anything, but she was published. 886 01:12:05,684 --> 01:12:09,709 In fact, she wrote a story called... 887 01:12:09,786 --> 01:12:12,187 "Strutting and Fretting." 888 01:12:12,256 --> 01:12:16,420 And it's vaguely about some of the stormy times she and Emmet were having. 889 01:12:18,894 --> 01:12:21,491 Why am I bored with my husband? 890 01:12:21,567 --> 01:12:23,624 It's all so complicated. 891 01:12:23,701 --> 01:12:26,669 In the end, I married for the wrong reasons. 892 01:12:26,737 --> 01:12:30,034 And why Emmet rushed into marriage with me is a mystery. 893 01:12:32,909 --> 01:12:34,844 Five in the corner. 894 01:12:38,414 --> 01:12:41,406 - That's all she wrote. - Lucky shot. 895 01:12:41,483 --> 01:12:43,679 You couldn't make that shot again if you tried. 896 01:12:43,754 --> 01:12:46,722 Don't give me that. Just hand it over. 897 01:12:46,790 --> 01:12:48,849 I'm one of the two, three top pool players in the country. 898 01:12:48,925 --> 01:12:51,791 No shame in losin' to me. Thank you very much. 899 01:12:51,861 --> 01:12:54,557 - Come here. I want to talk to you. - Yeah. 900 01:12:54,633 --> 01:12:57,121 Look, we know each other, right? 901 01:12:57,198 --> 01:12:59,225 I don't like to cause any problems... 902 01:12:59,302 --> 01:13:01,532 so I wanted to give you a little tip. 903 01:13:01,605 --> 01:13:03,400 On a horse? Couple of beers. 904 01:13:03,472 --> 01:13:05,963 No, not on a horse. 905 01:13:06,042 --> 01:13:08,507 I want to give you a tip. 906 01:13:08,575 --> 01:13:10,512 Keep an eye on your wife. 907 01:13:10,581 --> 01:13:13,242 - What do you mean? - Just keep an eye on her. 908 01:13:13,315 --> 01:13:15,145 Why? 909 01:13:15,216 --> 01:13:18,652 Because she's been spendin' a lot of time with Al Torrio. 910 01:13:20,254 --> 01:13:21,779 Who? 911 01:13:21,857 --> 01:13:24,519 Al Torrio. The hood that hangs around Bedloe. 912 01:13:24,593 --> 01:13:27,323 The bodyguard? And Blanche? Are you nuts? 913 01:13:27,396 --> 01:13:30,227 - Just tellin' you what's goin' around. - What kind of mind you got? 914 01:13:30,297 --> 01:13:33,736 Blanche'd never make a fool outta me with some strong- arm stooge. 915 01:13:33,802 --> 01:13:35,734 - Where'd you hear this? - Here and there. 916 01:13:35,802 --> 01:13:38,931 That's why I'm telling you. I didn't think you'd want people laughin' at you. 917 01:13:39,008 --> 01:13:42,669 Laughin' at me? You know how rumors get started. 918 01:13:45,013 --> 01:13:49,211 Come on. This is what happens when you have a wife everybody's envious of. 919 01:13:49,283 --> 01:13:51,443 It's jealousy, but I'm not the jealous type. 920 01:13:51,518 --> 01:13:54,115 - They're tryin' to knock me down. - Hope you're right. 921 01:14:12,338 --> 01:14:15,431 I've heard stories about this from musicians... 922 01:14:15,507 --> 01:14:17,670 I've read about it, but I don't really know. 923 01:14:17,743 --> 01:14:19,041 I know that... 924 01:14:19,113 --> 01:14:22,945 apparently, Emmet tried to follow Blanche one day. 925 01:14:23,015 --> 01:14:26,348 I believe she told him she was going to the dentist or something... 926 01:14:26,418 --> 01:14:28,546 and he followed her. 927 01:15:11,063 --> 01:15:13,087 You gotta go home right away? 928 01:15:13,163 --> 01:15:15,562 I think Emmet's at the poolroom. 929 01:15:15,631 --> 01:15:17,568 Come on. Let's go for a drive. 930 01:15:22,641 --> 01:15:24,835 You know, I didn't care too much for that movie. 931 01:15:24,908 --> 01:15:26,932 - No? - I like Cagney. 932 01:15:27,009 --> 01:15:29,034 Guns, bullets, shootin', a little action. 933 01:15:30,581 --> 01:15:32,983 How does it feel when you actually kill? 934 01:15:33,051 --> 01:15:35,643 What goes through your mind? 935 01:15:35,719 --> 01:15:38,186 What do you gotta ask the questions for all the time? 936 01:15:38,255 --> 01:15:39,552 Because I wanna know. 937 01:15:40,325 --> 01:15:44,658 Emmet has a violent side, but it all turns to passion in his music. 938 01:15:44,728 --> 01:15:47,890 With you there's just not a shred of sublimation. 939 01:15:47,965 --> 01:15:49,899 It's incredible. 940 01:15:49,967 --> 01:15:52,060 Let me ask you one question. 941 01:15:52,135 --> 01:15:54,500 Who makes love to you better, me or him? 942 01:15:55,873 --> 01:15:58,339 Emmet is an artist, and because he's an artist... 943 01:15:58,406 --> 01:16:00,067 he needs no one. 944 01:16:00,844 --> 01:16:05,837 Even making love, he seems to exist in a world all of his own. 945 01:16:05,916 --> 01:16:10,409 With you I feel like I'm looking right into the heart of darkness. 946 01:16:10,485 --> 01:16:13,649 I become crazy when you touch me. 947 01:16:13,723 --> 01:16:14,954 Okay, so now Emmet is fuming. 948 01:16:14,955 --> 01:16:16,187 Okay, so now Emmet is fuming. 949 01:16:16,258 --> 01:16:18,819 I mean, he found out that Torrio and Blanche... 950 01:16:18,896 --> 01:16:21,657 have gone to bed with each other, that they're lovers. 951 01:16:21,729 --> 01:16:24,255 And he's consumed with rage. 952 01:16:24,332 --> 01:16:29,327 Now, just at that moment, Torrio decides to pull off the road... 953 01:16:29,405 --> 01:16:32,065 and go into a gas station to buy some cigarettes. 954 01:16:32,139 --> 01:16:35,302 And there's Emmet in the back of the car... 955 01:16:35,376 --> 01:16:38,242 and he's trying very hard to figure out who he wants to shoot. 956 01:16:38,311 --> 01:16:41,076 Does he want to shoot Blanche? Torrio? 957 01:16:41,148 --> 01:16:42,808 Should he shoot both of them together? 958 01:16:42,882 --> 01:16:45,045 He's working on this problem. 959 01:16:45,120 --> 01:16:49,146 They go into the store, and exactly at that moment... 960 01:16:49,222 --> 01:16:51,157 a holdup is taking place. 961 01:16:51,226 --> 01:16:55,754 Two guys come running out. They don't know what to do. 962 01:16:55,831 --> 01:16:58,229 All hell is breaking loose. There's gunshots. 963 01:16:58,299 --> 01:17:00,288 Instead of taking their car... 964 01:17:00,365 --> 01:17:03,928 Torrio's got a big car. They jump in that and pull off. 965 01:17:19,919 --> 01:17:21,977 Calling all cars. 966 01:17:46,045 --> 01:17:47,409 I'm Emmet Ray. 967 01:17:47,479 --> 01:17:49,915 I'm the greatest guitar player in the world. 968 01:17:49,983 --> 01:17:52,508 Except maybe this gypsy. 969 01:17:52,585 --> 01:17:56,247 Perhaps you heard my recording of "You Were Meant For Me," RCA Victor. 970 01:17:57,489 --> 01:18:00,684 You were meant for me 971 01:18:01,960 --> 01:18:03,010 That's not what I heard. 972 01:18:03,011 --> 01:18:04,061 That's not what I heard. 973 01:18:04,129 --> 01:18:06,462 But like all Emmet Ray stories... 974 01:18:06,531 --> 01:18:10,159 you never know what's made up, exaggerated, true. 975 01:18:10,234 --> 01:18:13,397 You never know what to believe. What I heard was this. 976 01:18:13,471 --> 01:18:16,439 I heard that when they pulled into the gas station... 977 01:18:16,506 --> 01:18:18,875 Blanche gets out to get some cigarettes... 978 01:18:18,945 --> 01:18:20,876 and that's when he confronted them. 979 01:18:22,345 --> 01:18:25,908 How could you? How could you cheat on me with a bum like that? 980 01:18:25,984 --> 01:18:27,006 Emmet, don't! 981 01:18:27,084 --> 01:18:29,246 Make a fool out of me in front of everybody! 982 01:18:29,321 --> 01:18:32,345 So I slept with him. But I was just researching a book! 983 01:18:32,421 --> 01:18:33,890 I loved you! 984 01:18:35,326 --> 01:18:37,259 Don't be crazy. Do something! 985 01:18:39,496 --> 01:18:43,023 I'm sorry. My tire blew out. 986 01:18:43,100 --> 01:18:47,432 Believe me, he never tried to kill himself, because Emmet Ray was... 987 01:18:47,503 --> 01:18:50,906 He had much too much ego for anything like that. 988 01:18:52,709 --> 01:18:54,733 A story that Eddie Condon tells about... 989 01:18:54,810 --> 01:18:57,246 And Eddie Condon definitely was not a reliable source... 990 01:18:57,314 --> 01:18:59,543 'cause he was a big embellisher himself. 991 01:18:59,615 --> 01:19:03,518 But the story Eddie Condon tells, I believe... 992 01:19:03,586 --> 01:19:06,348 is that Torrio was aware... 993 01:19:06,422 --> 01:19:10,256 that the fact that he was a gangster was a big turn- on for Blanche. 994 01:19:10,326 --> 01:19:11,371 And so he decided... 995 01:19:11,372 --> 01:19:12,417 And so he decided... 996 01:19:12,495 --> 01:19:15,588 that he would pull into this gas station... 997 01:19:15,665 --> 01:19:17,597 and he would stick it up. 998 01:19:23,004 --> 01:19:25,940 - Can I help you, sir? - Get your hands in the air, Pops. 999 01:19:26,008 --> 01:19:27,668 Give me everything in the register! 1000 01:19:27,743 --> 01:19:30,713 Emmet was so panicked by hearing gunshots... 1001 01:19:30,780 --> 01:19:33,748 he crept into the front seat and took off. 1002 01:19:33,815 --> 01:19:38,514 He didn't get more than 50 feet before he crashed into an oncoming car. 1003 01:19:38,586 --> 01:19:43,023 Now there's this terrible crash. Miraculously, no one is hurt. 1004 01:19:43,091 --> 01:19:46,790 And who gets out of the car but a group of musicians. 1005 01:19:46,862 --> 01:19:48,795 I can't remember who it was. 1006 01:19:48,863 --> 01:19:52,561 It was like Buck Clayton, Coleman Hawkins, Teddy Wilson or something. 1007 01:19:52,634 --> 01:19:56,730 But there, suddenly, standing in front of Emmet... 1008 01:19:56,805 --> 01:19:58,736 is Django Reinhardt. 1009 01:20:13,187 --> 01:20:15,781 I believe later that year... 1010 01:20:15,857 --> 01:20:18,381 Emmet turned up in New Jersey... 1011 01:20:18,458 --> 01:20:22,826 and made that recording he did of one of his own compositions. 1012 01:20:22,894 --> 01:20:24,625 "Unfaithful Woman." 1013 01:20:49,021 --> 01:20:50,715 Very good, everybody. 1014 01:20:50,789 --> 01:20:53,555 - Particularly me. - That was great. And me. 1015 01:20:53,627 --> 01:20:57,256 - Let's go get somethin' to eat. - Emmet, we're going to New York. 1016 01:20:57,330 --> 01:21:01,025 We're goin' to New York. The big money. 1017 01:21:01,099 --> 01:21:03,091 Can I get those cigarettes? 1018 01:21:03,168 --> 01:21:07,194 Em, I tell you, the music business really picked up, just like you said. 1019 01:21:07,270 --> 01:21:10,729 We got some dancers lined up for tonight, pretty ones. They are wild. 1020 01:22:01,258 --> 01:22:03,192 How are you? 1021 01:22:06,295 --> 01:22:08,230 You look healthy. 1022 01:22:12,168 --> 01:22:15,331 I'm in town makin' a record. 1023 01:22:15,404 --> 01:22:18,235 I wrote a beautiful tune. It's a classic. 1024 01:22:21,511 --> 01:22:23,445 I'm sorry I cut out on you like that. 1025 01:22:24,948 --> 01:22:27,314 It was time to move on. 1026 01:22:27,384 --> 01:22:29,874 I was fair. I told you not to fall in love with me. 1027 01:22:29,951 --> 01:22:32,442 It's nothin' personal. 1028 01:22:32,521 --> 01:22:34,579 It's just, I'm an artist. 1029 01:22:38,194 --> 01:22:40,925 I like women, but they gotta have their place. 1030 01:22:45,099 --> 01:22:46,693 You angry with me? 1031 01:22:48,870 --> 01:22:50,496 You have every right to be. 1032 01:22:50,571 --> 01:22:52,540 I don't hold it against you. 1033 01:22:53,709 --> 01:22:55,902 I even thought of you a couple of times. 1034 01:22:58,813 --> 01:23:01,336 My wife said... 1035 01:23:01,415 --> 01:23:03,406 I said your name once in my sleep. 1036 01:23:07,289 --> 01:23:09,223 Must have had a nightmare or somethin'. 1037 01:23:12,058 --> 01:23:13,720 Yeah. 1038 01:23:13,794 --> 01:23:17,822 I had a wife. She's gone now, and believe me, I don't miss her. 1039 01:23:17,898 --> 01:23:20,061 I don't mean to say I miss you either... 1040 01:23:20,136 --> 01:23:22,498 but I didn't have any bad feelings about you. 1041 01:23:26,372 --> 01:23:29,772 We got a real good contract at a club in New York for a year. Good dough. 1042 01:23:36,050 --> 01:23:39,143 Maybe you'd like to come. 1043 01:23:39,219 --> 01:23:40,684 You know? 1044 01:23:40,751 --> 01:23:43,347 I'm not makin' any promises, but... 1045 01:23:43,423 --> 01:23:45,822 I think you might have fun. 1046 01:23:45,890 --> 01:23:50,191 You'd be in New York with... 1047 01:23:50,262 --> 01:23:53,130 one of the two best guitar players in the world... 1048 01:23:54,934 --> 01:23:57,163 six best poker players. 1049 01:23:57,234 --> 01:23:59,169 Not countin' that. 1050 01:24:01,572 --> 01:24:03,508 We leave tomorrow, if you want. 1051 01:24:03,576 --> 01:24:05,476 If you don't, I understand. 1052 01:24:05,545 --> 01:24:09,003 You know? Then it'd be "It was nice seeing you again. 1053 01:24:09,082 --> 01:24:10,516 Good luck." 1054 01:24:13,085 --> 01:24:15,019 I never could get your handwritin'. 1055 01:24:25,264 --> 01:24:26,696 Happily? 1056 01:24:29,266 --> 01:24:30,699 Got kids? 1057 01:24:35,206 --> 01:24:36,640 Boy or girl? 1058 01:24:38,541 --> 01:24:40,567 Boy? 1059 01:24:40,644 --> 01:24:42,077 Girl? 1060 01:24:47,051 --> 01:24:48,984 It's just as well. 1061 01:24:50,454 --> 01:24:53,855 I wouldn't want to give you the wrong impression. You'd get attached to me. 1062 01:24:53,923 --> 01:24:56,357 And you know me. I can't take entanglements. 1063 01:25:00,130 --> 01:25:03,931 I gotta go. We're gonna take some chorus girls out tonight. 1064 01:25:04,001 --> 01:25:05,936 And I'm leavin' tomorrow. 1065 01:25:09,806 --> 01:25:11,739 Take it easy. 1066 01:26:09,064 --> 01:26:14,125 I'm the greatest solo instrumentalist on the guitar you'll ever hear. 1067 01:26:14,201 --> 01:26:15,134 Oh, yeah? 1068 01:26:15,203 --> 01:26:18,898 The public's just getting to know my name. Next year, I'll be in the money. 1069 01:26:20,943 --> 01:26:23,966 You're a real looker. You are a real looker. 1070 01:26:24,043 --> 01:26:27,275 - You're not that bad yourself. - I mean it! 1071 01:26:27,347 --> 01:26:30,747 Maybe that's why the men give me a lot of tips when I dance. 1072 01:26:30,816 --> 01:26:32,615 You wanna go watch trains? 1073 01:26:32,687 --> 01:26:34,152 What? 1074 01:26:34,220 --> 01:26:35,744 - Come on. - Trains? 1075 01:26:35,823 --> 01:26:37,313 Wait. Where are we going? 1076 01:26:37,391 --> 01:26:40,291 - Jesus. - Outta the way. 1077 01:26:40,360 --> 01:26:42,760 Grab my stuff. Jesus. 1078 01:26:42,827 --> 01:26:45,194 - Where are we going? - My cigarettes! 1079 01:26:45,264 --> 01:26:47,324 Where do you think you're taking me? 1080 01:26:50,636 --> 01:26:52,400 Where's my cigarettes? 1081 01:26:52,472 --> 01:26:54,440 Leave them alone. Let's just go. 1082 01:26:56,175 --> 01:26:59,044 Come on. Let's go watch trains. 1083 01:27:15,662 --> 01:27:18,926 You almost lost me there, you know. Did you see that? 1084 01:27:20,030 --> 01:27:22,557 Jesus. What are we doing here? 1085 01:27:22,634 --> 01:27:24,568 I like to sit out... 1086 01:27:25,838 --> 01:27:27,930 and look at the trains pass. 1087 01:27:28,006 --> 01:27:30,530 Yeah. To each his own, I say. 1088 01:27:30,606 --> 01:27:32,633 I mean, I don't understand it. 1089 01:27:32,711 --> 01:27:36,041 I can make my guitar sound like a train. 1090 01:27:36,112 --> 01:27:39,050 God! I mean, I'm a nice girl. 1091 01:27:39,117 --> 01:27:41,584 I don't understand why you'd bring me here. 1092 01:27:41,653 --> 01:27:46,022 I can make my guitar sound just like a train. 1093 01:27:46,090 --> 01:27:49,287 I got a warm room we can go to. 1094 01:27:49,360 --> 01:27:51,553 Come on. I'll take care of you. 1095 01:27:51,627 --> 01:27:54,689 Come on. It's nice. 1096 01:27:54,766 --> 01:27:59,669 Jesus, I don't understand why you would bring a nice girl like me out here. 1097 01:28:02,104 --> 01:28:04,130 I'm takin' requests. 1098 01:28:04,208 --> 01:28:06,142 Do you know "Sweet Sue"? 1099 01:29:44,638 --> 01:29:47,468 All right, are you finished? Can we go now? 1100 01:29:47,539 --> 01:29:50,738 I really have to pee, you know. I gotta go to the bathroom. 1101 01:29:52,379 --> 01:29:54,109 - What's the matter with you? - Go on. 1102 01:29:54,182 --> 01:29:55,512 - What? - Get outta here. 1103 01:29:55,582 --> 01:29:58,174 What? What are you talk... 1104 01:29:58,250 --> 01:30:00,776 - You dragged me out here. - Just leave me alone. 1105 01:30:00,853 --> 01:30:02,582 - What? - Leave me alone! 1106 01:30:02,654 --> 01:30:06,056 I don't need anybody! 1107 01:30:06,125 --> 01:30:09,685 - I made a mistake! - Yeah. I'll say. 1108 01:30:09,762 --> 01:30:11,195 I made mistake! 1109 01:30:39,458 --> 01:30:41,982 I have no idea what happened to Emmet Ray. 1110 01:30:42,059 --> 01:30:45,722 He just sort of disappeared, I guess. 1111 01:30:45,796 --> 01:30:48,526 He did make, though, in those last couple of years... 1112 01:30:48,599 --> 01:30:51,068 he made really his best recordings. 1113 01:30:51,135 --> 01:30:53,796 He never played more beautifully, more movingly. 1114 01:30:55,606 --> 01:30:58,039 Something just seemed to kind of open up in him. 1115 01:30:58,108 --> 01:31:00,976 It was amazing, because he was, finally... 1116 01:31:01,045 --> 01:31:03,274 every bit as good as Django Reinhardt. 1117 01:31:03,346 --> 01:31:07,374 And then he just, you know, seemed to fade away. 1118 01:31:07,451 --> 01:31:09,384 I mean, I have no idea. 1119 01:31:10,420 --> 01:31:12,388 Some people said he went to Europe. 1120 01:31:12,456 --> 01:31:17,121 And some people feel that he may have stopped playing altogether. 1121 01:31:17,195 --> 01:31:21,823 But we do have, fortunately, those last recordings he made. 1122 01:31:24,299 --> 01:31:27,600 And they're great. They're absolutely beautiful.