1 00:02:19,153 --> 00:02:22,120 Why Emmet Ray? Because he was interesting. 2 00:02:22,192 --> 00:02:24,746 To me, Emmet Ray was a fascinating character. 3 00:02:24,817 --> 00:02:27,272 I was a huge fan of his when I was younger. 4 00:02:27,345 --> 00:02:30,193 I thought he was an absolutely great guitar player... 5 00:02:30,259 --> 00:02:32,114 and he was funny. 6 00:02:32,179 --> 00:02:34,034 You know, or... 7 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:37,034 if funny's the wrong word, then sort of pathetic in a way. 8 00:02:37,107 --> 00:02:40,620 He was flamboyant and he was, you know... 9 00:02:40,691 --> 00:02:42,831 boorish and obnoxious. 10 00:02:42,901 --> 00:02:46,251 Well, the problem is that there's just so little known about him. 11 00:02:46,326 --> 00:02:49,359 But we do know that he was a great guitar player. 12 00:02:49,429 --> 00:02:53,619 I'd say he was probably the second greatest guitar player in the world. 13 00:02:53,685 --> 00:02:55,540 Django Reinhardt was the best... 14 00:02:55,606 --> 00:02:58,193 and believe me, Emmet idolized Django. 15 00:02:58,264 --> 00:02:59,923 He was in awe of him. 16 00:02:59,992 --> 00:03:04,269 There's a story that says when he saw him playing in France, he fainted. 17 00:03:04,344 --> 00:03:09,582 He saw Django again at a restaurant in Germany, and he fainted again. 18 00:03:09,657 --> 00:03:11,251 It seems that every time... 19 00:03:11,322 --> 00:03:14,321 Django would always make him faint or he'd make him cry. 20 00:03:15,034 --> 00:03:18,449 Well, his relationship with Hattie is mostly what's known about him. 21 00:03:18,522 --> 00:03:21,370 There are a few Emmet Ray stories before that... 22 00:03:21,434 --> 00:03:24,217 but I have no idea whether they're true or not. 23 00:03:24,283 --> 00:03:26,969 First time anybody seemed to have heard of him was in Chicago. 24 00:03:27,037 --> 00:03:29,208 It was at this roadside joint. 25 00:03:33,182 --> 00:03:35,287 Good to see you tonight. 26 00:03:38,335 --> 00:03:40,245 - Where the hell is he? - I don't know. 27 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:42,774 You gotta get him, Dan. He's layin' drunk somewhere. 28 00:03:42,847 --> 00:03:45,880 - He's probably in a poolroom. - Every night it's somethin' else. 29 00:03:45,951 --> 00:03:48,854 He's late. He gets drunk. He falls off the bandstand. 30 00:03:48,927 --> 00:03:51,895 - I told you not to hire this guy. - What time does Emmet Ray go on? 31 00:03:51,968 --> 00:03:54,424 Look at the crowd. Think they're here to see me? 32 00:03:54,497 --> 00:03:56,123 Relax. I'll find him. 33 00:03:56,193 --> 00:03:58,463 I'm gonna have to hold the show again. 34 00:03:58,530 --> 00:04:01,018 I'll kill this guy. I don't care what kind of artist he is. 35 00:04:01,090 --> 00:04:04,189 You take care of business. I'll find him. Just relax. 36 00:04:05,219 --> 00:04:07,325 Hey, good to see you again. 37 00:04:10,372 --> 00:04:11,899 That's 50 more you owe me. 38 00:04:11,972 --> 00:04:15,486 I'm not goin' out of town. Another one? 39 00:04:18,182 --> 00:04:20,286 I think you got some visitors. 40 00:04:22,181 --> 00:04:23,872 I'll be back. 41 00:04:27,591 --> 00:04:29,925 - What'd we get? - Here's your end. 42 00:04:35,271 --> 00:04:38,655 This is what you bring me, $30? It's almost midnight. $30? 43 00:04:38,729 --> 00:04:40,585 That's half, Emmet. That's all we made. 44 00:04:40,650 --> 00:04:43,651 I can't live on that. I got car payments, I got new shirts. 45 00:04:43,723 --> 00:04:46,657 I'm sorry. Business was slow. It's a Jewish holiday. 46 00:04:46,730 --> 00:04:50,593 And last night it was rainin', and the night before you got food poisonin'. 47 00:04:50,667 --> 00:04:53,602 - Because I drank that booze you made. - Listen, Emmet. 48 00:04:53,676 --> 00:04:56,872 I don't know how to tell you this, but while I was in bed... 49 00:04:56,940 --> 00:05:02,090 with one of the johns you sent me, he got very excited, and he... 50 00:05:02,156 --> 00:05:05,256 got a heart attack, and he dropped dead. 51 00:05:06,670 --> 00:05:09,573 - Which one? - The salesman from Detroit. 52 00:05:09,647 --> 00:05:13,160 - What did you do? - I took my clothes and I left. 53 00:05:13,231 --> 00:05:15,653 So there's nothin' to trace back to us? 54 00:05:15,727 --> 00:05:19,754 Then I was thinking that maybe he had one of your business cards. 55 00:05:20,784 --> 00:05:23,819 - Oh, my God. - A pimp doesn't need business cards! 56 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:25,744 You're always tryin' to be too fancy. 57 00:05:25,809 --> 00:05:28,656 Emmet, let's go. You're supposed to be on stage. 58 00:05:28,721 --> 00:05:31,820 Every night you're either late, drunk, or you don't show up. 59 00:05:31,890 --> 00:05:34,029 What is it with you? 60 00:05:45,141 --> 00:05:48,337 How are you doin'? I'm on right now. 61 00:05:48,405 --> 00:05:50,892 Thanks for comin'. Put their tab on my bill. 62 00:05:52,149 --> 00:05:55,347 I don't wanna embarrass you in front of friends, but boss said no more advances. 63 00:05:55,415 --> 00:05:58,481 Don't give me a song and dance. Just put their tab on my bill. 64 00:05:58,551 --> 00:06:00,210 Hi, guys. 65 00:08:19,792 --> 00:08:23,273 It's gonna be a lot of cats there. We always have fun at Don's. 66 00:08:23,345 --> 00:08:25,351 - Donald. - Well, Donald. 67 00:08:25,424 --> 00:08:27,279 - Watch out over there. - I got this, man. 68 00:08:27,345 --> 00:08:29,680 You take care of that. And don't forget to pass. 69 00:08:29,745 --> 00:08:32,745 - They caught him a couple of times. - Caught what? 70 00:08:32,817 --> 00:08:35,502 Mind your business. Watch the road. 71 00:08:35,572 --> 00:08:37,808 What you got there, man? Is that a.45? 72 00:08:37,875 --> 00:08:40,177 .45 what? Wait, wait. 73 00:08:41,428 --> 00:08:43,371 Better put that shit away. 74 00:08:43,444 --> 00:08:46,827 Hey, you wanna go to the dump, shoot some rats? Huh? 75 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:49,072 - Shoot some what? - Rats. 76 00:08:49,141 --> 00:08:51,891 I do it all the time. It's a lot of fun. 77 00:08:51,958 --> 00:08:55,700 - A hepcat shootin' rats. - I don't think you need no more of this. 78 00:08:55,765 --> 00:09:00,273 There should be no other guns in this car besides my gun. 79 00:09:16,825 --> 00:09:19,161 Man, where'd you learn to play that thing like that? 80 00:09:19,227 --> 00:09:22,970 - I never heard guitar sound so good. - Yeah, I'm the greatest in the world. 81 00:09:23,036 --> 00:09:25,425 Well, you know, in France there's Django. 82 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:29,362 Django? You know, he's comin' to America in the summer to record. 83 00:09:29,436 --> 00:09:32,535 - Yeah? - Yeah. Ever meet him? 84 00:09:32,604 --> 00:09:35,027 I could've once, in Europe. 85 00:09:35,102 --> 00:09:37,753 You know, really, our styles are just different. 86 00:09:37,822 --> 00:09:41,269 Nate Drummond prefers me. He says I'm miraculous. 87 00:09:41,341 --> 00:09:45,139 You're welcome to come here anytime. You know, we play here all the time. 88 00:09:45,214 --> 00:09:47,899 - And I make great chili. - Well, thank you. 89 00:10:05,314 --> 00:10:08,031 Say, man, we're about to hit it. Can we drop you somewhere? 90 00:10:08,098 --> 00:10:10,368 - I like the air. I'll walk. - You sure about that? 91 00:10:10,435 --> 00:10:12,290 Yeah. Thank you. 92 00:10:39,784 --> 00:10:42,567 Well, I heard stories that he was a kleptomaniac. 93 00:10:42,633 --> 00:10:46,408 I heard that once he stole an alarm clock from Hoagy Carmichael... 94 00:10:46,473 --> 00:10:49,158 and Hoagy overslept and he missed a record date. 95 00:10:49,226 --> 00:10:50,754 What do you think? 96 00:10:50,827 --> 00:10:55,137 The only other story that I heard, other than Hattie, was this moon idea. 97 00:10:55,211 --> 00:10:58,560 He had this idea about this crescent moon. 98 00:10:58,635 --> 00:11:01,570 That he wanted to make an entrance on this big crescent moon. 99 00:11:01,643 --> 00:11:04,874 Well, the story is that it came to him, apparently... 100 00:11:04,941 --> 00:11:07,047 I guess, in a dream... 101 00:11:07,118 --> 00:11:09,508 that he'd build this moon thing with his own money. 102 00:11:09,582 --> 00:11:12,168 Because he thought that a star of his great stature... 103 00:11:12,239 --> 00:11:15,916 ought to be able to make a real big entrance with a moon. 104 00:11:15,983 --> 00:11:17,029 Just try to visualize it. 105 00:11:17,053 --> 00:11:18,120 Just try to visualize it. 106 00:11:18,192 --> 00:11:21,258 You're lookin' up, and there it is. Gold, beautiful moon. 107 00:11:21,328 --> 00:11:24,459 I'm comin' down, and you guys are playin'. What do you think? 108 00:11:24,528 --> 00:11:27,562 It's a stupid idea. I told you. Would you let me take this shot? 109 00:11:27,632 --> 00:11:31,016 I didn't ask your opinion. I'm just tellin' you how it's gonna go. 110 00:11:40,755 --> 00:11:43,756 And then the jacket would match the moon... 111 00:11:43,829 --> 00:11:46,829 against a black velvet background. 112 00:11:46,901 --> 00:11:49,999 - What do you think? - It sounds okay to me. 113 00:11:50,068 --> 00:11:52,141 - Yeah. - It's fancy. 114 00:11:53,557 --> 00:11:56,176 I'm considered the best guitar player... 115 00:11:56,246 --> 00:11:58,134 maybe that ever lived. 116 00:11:59,639 --> 00:12:01,974 Certainly in this country. There's this... 117 00:12:02,039 --> 00:12:04,428 There's a gypsy in France... 118 00:12:04,503 --> 00:12:07,820 and he's the most beautiful thing I ever heard. 119 00:12:09,785 --> 00:12:11,312 Tonight's the night. 120 00:12:11,385 --> 00:12:14,962 Emmet, just as long as you're happy. That's the most important thing. 121 00:12:15,032 --> 00:12:16,560 It's really beautiful. 122 00:12:16,633 --> 00:12:19,317 It is really beautiful. It's like jewelry. 123 00:12:21,019 --> 00:12:24,696 Hey, I wanna just be alone with the moon for a minute, all right? 124 00:12:24,763 --> 00:12:27,610 You wanna be alone with the moon? Okay. 125 00:12:27,675 --> 00:12:30,491 Emmet, you know what you are? You're a genius. 126 00:12:45,471 --> 00:12:47,774 She's a knockout, ain't she? 127 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,498 Hope it's safe. 128 00:12:50,464 --> 00:12:53,464 Of course it's safe. Why wouldn't it be safe? 129 00:12:53,536 --> 00:12:57,627 It's a hell of a drop. A man can break his neck. 130 00:12:58,465 --> 00:13:00,222 Really? 131 00:13:00,290 --> 00:13:04,152 And it starts to build and build in Emmet's mind. 132 00:13:04,226 --> 00:13:06,560 And by show time... 133 00:13:06,625 --> 00:13:09,757 he's numb with fear, he's petrified. 134 00:13:09,826 --> 00:13:12,642 And the audience is out there waiting for him... 135 00:13:12,707 --> 00:13:15,840 and he's backstage, meanwhile, drinking and drinking. 136 00:13:15,909 --> 00:13:19,390 When he's ready to go on, he's stiff as a board. 137 00:13:22,245 --> 00:13:24,580 - Snazzy! - Did you buy that off the rack? 138 00:13:26,247 --> 00:13:28,102 Look. The Big Dipper. 139 00:13:28,167 --> 00:13:31,963 - Emmet, your gun is bulging. - Do you think? 140 00:13:32,038 --> 00:13:33,980 What the hell you need it on stage for? 141 00:13:34,054 --> 00:13:35,964 I don't feel right without it. 142 00:13:36,039 --> 00:13:38,374 I'll give it back to you as soon as you're done. 143 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,415 Show time! 144 00:13:56,875 --> 00:13:59,298 - You all right? - Emmet, be careful. 145 00:14:05,869 --> 00:14:07,079 You're on? 146 00:14:08,110 --> 00:14:10,051 Need a hand? 147 00:14:10,125 --> 00:14:11,784 Let's do it. 148 00:15:09,401 --> 00:15:13,592 Sooner or later, everybody's dreams go up in smoke. 149 00:15:14,296 --> 00:15:16,435 What about my dreams? 150 00:15:16,504 --> 00:15:18,676 I can't settle down, Ann. 151 00:15:18,745 --> 00:15:21,201 - We don't have to marry. - I can't. 152 00:15:21,274 --> 00:15:24,275 I gotta be free. I'm an artist. 153 00:15:24,347 --> 00:15:26,518 I thought you liked me. 154 00:15:27,836 --> 00:15:29,691 We have fun. 155 00:15:29,756 --> 00:15:33,586 I took you to the dump. I let you shoot my gun at some rats. 156 00:15:33,661 --> 00:15:36,924 Shootin' rats at the dump is not my idea of a good time. 157 00:15:36,990 --> 00:15:39,226 Why not? We brought sandwiches. 158 00:15:39,293 --> 00:15:42,840 And sittin' at the railroads watchin' trains, that's pretty strange too. 159 00:15:42,911 --> 00:15:46,490 See? That's what I mean. 160 00:15:46,559 --> 00:15:50,356 What I like to do, what you like to do, ain't the same thing. 161 00:15:50,431 --> 00:15:52,155 That's not it, Emmet. 162 00:15:52,223 --> 00:15:54,230 It's that you keep your feelings locked up... 163 00:15:54,303 --> 00:15:57,022 and you can't feel nothin' for anybody else. 164 00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:59,162 You say that like it's a bad thing. 165 00:15:59,234 --> 00:16:03,741 Some terrible things happen to people in love. I know. I've seen it. 166 00:16:03,810 --> 00:16:06,973 I enjoy the company of women. I love 'em. 167 00:16:07,041 --> 00:16:10,271 It's just that I don't need 'em. 168 00:16:10,338 --> 00:16:14,115 I guess, you know, that's the way it is when you're a true artist. 169 00:16:16,741 --> 00:16:19,042 It doesn't mean we can't fool around. 170 00:16:19,108 --> 00:16:22,655 Oh, right. Or shoot rats or watch trains. 171 00:16:22,726 --> 00:16:26,753 I never met anybody that keeps their feelings so locked up. 172 00:16:26,823 --> 00:16:29,506 I let my feelin's come out in my music. 173 00:16:29,574 --> 00:16:33,797 Maybe if you let your feelings out in real life, your music would be better. 174 00:16:33,862 --> 00:16:35,455 Don't talk. 175 00:16:39,208 --> 00:16:41,730 Emmet met Hattie in New Jersey. 176 00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:44,703 The band was playing a resort hotel. 177 00:16:44,777 --> 00:16:47,396 On a day off, Emmet... 178 00:16:47,466 --> 00:16:51,045 and his drummer, Bill Shields... 179 00:16:51,115 --> 00:16:53,504 were doing their version of charm. 180 00:16:53,579 --> 00:16:56,514 They were trying to pick up girls on the boardwalk. 181 00:16:59,787 --> 00:17:02,405 This place is heaven on earth. Cotton candy, eight o'clock. 182 00:17:02,475 --> 00:17:04,003 Watch me work. 183 00:17:04,908 --> 00:17:07,298 Mary! Right? 184 00:17:07,373 --> 00:17:09,707 Why don't you drop dead, jerk? 185 00:17:09,773 --> 00:17:13,484 I thought you were someone I knew. Sometimes I hit with a... Mary! 186 00:17:13,550 --> 00:17:15,209 Martina. Mary Ann. 187 00:17:15,279 --> 00:17:17,102 Marge. Kate? 188 00:17:17,167 --> 00:17:20,266 Excuse me, miss. I'm a photography buff myself. 189 00:17:20,336 --> 00:17:23,302 I was thinkin' maybe we could get my friend to take a picture of us. 190 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:25,232 Wait a minute. Time out. 191 00:17:25,297 --> 00:17:27,469 - Do you see this? - Oh, yeah. 192 00:17:27,537 --> 00:17:30,287 Did you see? She looked right at me. She smiled. 193 00:17:30,354 --> 00:17:33,321 - That was a smile. - And she was lookin' right at me. 194 00:17:33,393 --> 00:17:34,800 Which one you want? 195 00:17:34,866 --> 00:17:36,621 The little one with the silly hat. 196 00:17:36,689 --> 00:17:38,544 She's more my size. I'll flip you. 197 00:17:38,610 --> 00:17:40,716 - I saw her first! - All right! 198 00:17:40,787 --> 00:17:43,155 You want the little one? Take the little one. 199 00:17:43,220 --> 00:17:45,212 I'll take the redhead. What difference does it make? 200 00:17:45,236 --> 00:17:48,531 They're gettin' away. There's nothin' wrong with the little one. 201 00:17:48,596 --> 00:17:51,346 The redhead's got nice legs and a nice chest. 202 00:17:51,412 --> 00:17:53,453 - I'll take the redhead. - The little one is cute. 203 00:17:53,525 --> 00:17:57,323 She has a nice face and those Cupid-bow lips I like, but I'll take the redhead. 204 00:17:57,398 --> 00:17:59,039 - You wanted the little one. - I changed my mind. 205 00:17:59,063 --> 00:18:00,589 I'll flip you. 206 00:18:02,711 --> 00:18:04,304 - Call. - Tails. 207 00:18:07,544 --> 00:18:09,684 - I got the little one. - We agree. 208 00:18:09,753 --> 00:18:12,054 - Now they gotta agree. - Come on. 209 00:18:13,496 --> 00:18:16,431 I'm telling you, you're gonna get on the Ferris wheel this time. 210 00:18:16,504 --> 00:18:20,150 Remember when you tried to go on? Last year we tried to get you up there. 211 00:18:20,218 --> 00:18:22,073 - Excuse me. - You were scared. 212 00:18:22,138 --> 00:18:25,304 Hi. You ladies from around here? 213 00:18:25,372 --> 00:18:27,444 Yeah, we work right near here. 214 00:18:27,515 --> 00:18:30,101 I'm Billy Shields. I'm a musician. 215 00:18:30,172 --> 00:18:33,042 He's with my quintet. I'm Emmet Ray. 216 00:18:33,117 --> 00:18:35,452 The Emmet Ray Hot Quintet. We're at the Lakeside Ballroom. 217 00:18:35,517 --> 00:18:39,379 It's our day off, so we were thinking maybe you could show us the sights. 218 00:18:39,453 --> 00:18:42,268 - You wanna go watch some trains? - What? 219 00:18:42,333 --> 00:18:45,236 He's kidding. Let's go for a drink. 220 00:18:46,686 --> 00:18:49,338 Ask him. I liked you instantly. I'm bein' honest. 221 00:18:49,407 --> 00:18:51,480 We flipped, he won, I got you. 222 00:18:51,552 --> 00:18:53,789 I'm Gracie MacRae. 223 00:18:53,856 --> 00:18:55,230 Billy Shields. 224 00:18:55,297 --> 00:18:59,226 And if I may say, you have the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen. 225 00:18:59,297 --> 00:19:01,567 This is my friend Hattie. 226 00:19:01,634 --> 00:19:03,738 Hattie, I'm Emmet Ray. 227 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:07,038 I've got the quintet. You like jazz music, baby? 228 00:19:07,105 --> 00:19:09,790 How about we take a boat ride, huh? 229 00:19:09,859 --> 00:19:12,412 Well, sure. We'd love to. 230 00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:14,906 - We'll ride around the lake. - Great. 231 00:19:14,980 --> 00:19:17,794 What's your name? Don't be shy, darlin'. 232 00:19:17,859 --> 00:19:20,827 Hattie don't talk. She's mute. 233 00:19:22,886 --> 00:19:24,741 Wanna go take a boat ride? 234 00:19:44,841 --> 00:19:47,176 Don't overthrow it. Throw it down. 235 00:19:52,907 --> 00:19:55,241 That was a good try. Try it one more time. 236 00:19:56,522 --> 00:19:58,562 That was all right. Good try. 237 00:19:58,634 --> 00:20:00,489 Thanks for stickin' me with the dummy. 238 00:20:00,555 --> 00:20:04,330 - Stop whining. You wanted her. - Then I changed my mind. 239 00:20:04,396 --> 00:20:06,022 She seems like a nice girl. 240 00:20:06,093 --> 00:20:08,461 How could she seem like anything? She doesn't talk. 241 00:20:08,526 --> 00:20:11,308 This is my one day off. I want a talkin' girl. 242 00:20:11,374 --> 00:20:14,855 - I think she's a bit of a half-wit. - What do you mean? 243 00:20:14,927 --> 00:20:17,099 Gracie says she's not all there in the head. 244 00:20:17,168 --> 00:20:18,826 Well, that's great. 245 00:20:18,895 --> 00:20:21,612 A man like me, got ideas. 246 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:23,752 Try to have a good time today, huh? 247 00:20:23,824 --> 00:20:26,344 You girls wanna go for a walk on the pier? 248 00:20:29,841 --> 00:20:31,751 You hungry? 249 00:20:33,393 --> 00:20:35,629 Is that a yes or a no? 250 00:20:35,697 --> 00:20:37,553 Yeah, me too. 251 00:20:40,691 --> 00:20:42,546 What? Huh? 252 00:20:49,396 --> 00:20:52,943 I can't read that. It's like a Chinaman. What do you want? 253 00:20:54,582 --> 00:20:57,878 Do you know how to write? Did you go to school? 254 00:21:00,117 --> 00:21:03,730 What is that? Is that a yes or a no? 255 00:21:05,912 --> 00:21:08,946 You're a hard-luck case. You an orphan? 256 00:21:10,073 --> 00:21:11,634 You don't know? 257 00:21:11,704 --> 00:21:13,842 Oh, this is great. This is great. 258 00:21:13,912 --> 00:21:16,727 I get a goddamn mute orphan half-wit. 259 00:21:16,793 --> 00:21:19,925 I get all the winners. Were you always like this, born like this? 260 00:21:19,993 --> 00:21:22,231 Or did somebody drop you on your head, or what? 261 00:21:22,299 --> 00:21:25,779 Gracie's hungry. Let's go get some clams or somethin'. 262 00:21:25,850 --> 00:21:27,509 Can we switch for a while? 263 00:21:27,579 --> 00:21:30,133 No. What's the matter with you? 264 00:21:32,572 --> 00:21:35,355 I was amazing the second I picked up the instrument. 265 00:21:35,421 --> 00:21:39,217 It's just in me someplace, like a gift of God. 266 00:21:40,476 --> 00:21:43,477 They said I'd have been great, whatever instrument I chose. 267 00:21:43,549 --> 00:21:46,299 But on guitar, nobody can touch me. 268 00:21:47,679 --> 00:21:49,688 Except this gypsy in France. 269 00:21:49,759 --> 00:21:53,436 But mostly, I'm untouchable. They want me to record. 270 00:21:53,504 --> 00:21:56,352 They do, but I don't know. 271 00:21:56,417 --> 00:21:59,418 Once you record, everybody can copy your stuff. 272 00:21:59,489 --> 00:22:01,345 They steal your ideas. 273 00:22:01,410 --> 00:22:05,403 Why do I wanna make something beautiful just to have some jerk copy it? 274 00:22:08,705 --> 00:22:11,935 You wanna come hear the show sometime? My guest? 275 00:22:12,002 --> 00:22:13,858 - Both of you. - Yeah. 276 00:22:14,883 --> 00:22:16,922 You'd appreciate it. You would. 277 00:22:16,994 --> 00:22:20,858 You'll see. I possess a great talent. 278 00:22:20,932 --> 00:22:24,381 You might be mute, but you're not deaf, right? 279 00:22:24,454 --> 00:22:27,007 And you don't have to be bright. Music's for everybody. 280 00:22:27,078 --> 00:22:29,085 The smart or the dumb. 281 00:22:32,742 --> 00:22:35,940 - How'd you lose your voice? - She don't know. 282 00:22:36,007 --> 00:22:38,691 It was somethin' when she was a kid, like a high fever. 283 00:22:38,761 --> 00:22:40,616 She doesn't remember. 284 00:22:41,896 --> 00:22:45,192 - Is she... - Yeah, but she's a good laundress. 285 00:22:50,443 --> 00:22:53,226 I've shot guys. That's right. 286 00:22:53,291 --> 00:22:56,737 Well, I had to. You know, it was them or me. 287 00:22:56,810 --> 00:22:59,178 I could tell you stories. 288 00:22:59,242 --> 00:23:01,992 What do you say we go to the dump, shoot some rats? 289 00:23:02,060 --> 00:23:03,588 What? 290 00:23:03,661 --> 00:23:05,734 Yeah, it'll be a ball. 291 00:23:05,806 --> 00:23:07,846 Emmet, please. Not now, huh? 292 00:23:07,917 --> 00:23:11,693 Well, it's my car, and I say we're stoppin' at the dump for ten minutes. 293 00:23:15,407 --> 00:23:17,708 - Uh, squeeze. - You call this fun? 294 00:23:17,775 --> 00:23:20,645 Don't jerk. Just squeeze. Line it up to your sights. 295 00:23:20,718 --> 00:23:23,336 He's gonna get away. Line it up in the sights. 296 00:23:23,406 --> 00:23:25,512 - Come on! It's cold! - In a minute. 297 00:23:25,583 --> 00:23:28,933 - Just do what I'm tellin' you to do! - Leave her alone already! 298 00:23:29,008 --> 00:23:30,863 There's nothin' to it. 299 00:23:35,186 --> 00:23:37,161 Did you see that? I got him! 300 00:23:37,235 --> 00:23:39,602 - You call this civil? - What are you doin'? 301 00:23:39,666 --> 00:23:42,929 - No more cheese for this little fella. - No, don't pick it up. 302 00:23:42,996 --> 00:23:45,298 These guys are diseased. You gotta put it down. 303 00:23:45,364 --> 00:23:48,048 Did you know that rats attack poor kids in their cribs? 304 00:23:48,116 --> 00:23:51,432 - I thought you'd enjoy this. - Are you crazy? 305 00:23:51,508 --> 00:23:53,166 So, what do you think? 306 00:23:53,236 --> 00:23:56,499 - You wanna come up to my room... - Do you think we could go out... 307 00:23:56,565 --> 00:23:59,053 - hear me play my guitar? - Alone sometime? 308 00:24:00,117 --> 00:24:02,290 Good. Come on. 309 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,594 Come on in. 310 00:24:14,072 --> 00:24:16,461 That's my guitar. 311 00:24:16,536 --> 00:24:18,774 I'll play it for you soon. 312 00:24:18,842 --> 00:24:20,697 Like a drink? 313 00:24:23,611 --> 00:24:25,617 You know... 314 00:24:25,690 --> 00:24:28,505 I know we don't know each other... 315 00:24:28,571 --> 00:24:30,960 and we just met, but... 316 00:24:31,996 --> 00:24:34,746 I had a wonderful evening. 317 00:24:34,813 --> 00:24:37,496 I don't need a genius to have a good time. 318 00:24:39,964 --> 00:24:43,096 You know, I'm a fast worker. 319 00:24:49,823 --> 00:24:52,157 You're not puttin' up much resistance. 320 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:56,607 Lot of girls do... 321 00:24:56,673 --> 00:24:58,528 on a first date. 322 00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:04,604 Hold on. Hold it. Time out. 323 00:25:04,672 --> 00:25:07,608 Just I'm gettin' a little razzled with your pace. 324 00:25:10,114 --> 00:25:11,969 You like me? 325 00:25:15,267 --> 00:25:17,439 Just expected more of a fight. 326 00:25:19,140 --> 00:25:22,589 This is... It's like shootin' fish in a barrel. 327 00:25:36,614 --> 00:25:38,524 Did you like that? 328 00:25:38,599 --> 00:25:40,454 I knew you would. 329 00:25:41,959 --> 00:25:44,131 They say I'm a wonderful lover. 330 00:25:45,417 --> 00:25:47,752 You got a terrific body. You really do. 331 00:25:47,818 --> 00:25:50,753 Round. I like round. And I don't mean fat. 332 00:25:50,826 --> 00:25:52,899 You got some heft. 333 00:25:52,971 --> 00:25:56,418 Makes a fella feel like he's been someplace. 334 00:25:57,738 --> 00:26:00,194 Now get dressed. 335 00:26:00,267 --> 00:26:03,170 I'm tired. I gotta go to sleep. 336 00:26:03,244 --> 00:26:05,579 If I don't get my sleep, I'm cranky. 337 00:26:06,926 --> 00:26:11,202 I'd give you cab fare, but I don't assume it's a long walk home. 338 00:26:13,869 --> 00:26:16,107 First time I had sex, seven years old. 339 00:26:16,174 --> 00:26:18,728 The guitar. Right. 340 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,100 Well, that's why we came up here. 341 00:26:22,126 --> 00:26:24,298 All right, you get dressed. 342 00:26:24,366 --> 00:26:27,498 I'm exhausted. What's your favorite song? 343 00:26:27,568 --> 00:26:29,838 Oh, look who I'm askin'. 344 00:28:59,659 --> 00:29:01,513 I lived in Detroit... 345 00:29:01,578 --> 00:29:03,586 and Canada... 346 00:29:03,659 --> 00:29:05,514 and New York... 347 00:29:06,795 --> 00:29:08,486 St. Louis. 348 00:29:09,772 --> 00:29:12,523 My father was in the army. 349 00:29:12,590 --> 00:29:14,598 I never got along with him. 350 00:29:15,694 --> 00:29:17,800 He used to hit me with a belt. 351 00:29:19,790 --> 00:29:21,415 He's dead now. 352 00:29:22,862 --> 00:29:25,164 Got asphyxiated. 353 00:29:29,585 --> 00:29:32,748 I'm pretty sure my mother's dead too. 354 00:29:32,817 --> 00:29:34,824 She used to get spells. 355 00:29:36,081 --> 00:29:39,464 I don't know if her family put her away somewhere... 356 00:29:41,747 --> 00:29:44,334 or if she's dead. 357 00:29:44,404 --> 00:29:46,955 She used to foam at the mouth. 358 00:29:51,892 --> 00:29:54,576 She sang beautifully. 359 00:29:54,644 --> 00:29:57,067 The most beautiful music I ever heard. 360 00:30:01,398 --> 00:30:03,308 Except for this... 361 00:30:03,382 --> 00:30:05,871 gypsy guitar player in France. 362 00:30:07,831 --> 00:30:10,646 Can you believe I can't listen to him without cryin'? 363 00:30:57,312 --> 00:30:59,167 Give us a shot, would you? 364 00:31:07,393 --> 00:31:10,657 So I'm gonna be busy later. Somethin' came up. 365 00:31:12,835 --> 00:31:15,256 You just go get yourself home by yourself. 366 00:31:19,683 --> 00:31:22,172 Now wait. What was that look for? 367 00:31:22,244 --> 00:31:24,100 What did I do? 368 00:31:27,397 --> 00:31:29,251 I got business. 369 00:31:32,229 --> 00:31:34,717 We gotta spend every minute together? 370 00:31:39,272 --> 00:31:40,700 Look. 371 00:31:41,735 --> 00:31:44,322 You go get yourself a cab... 372 00:31:44,393 --> 00:31:46,248 and I'll see you tomorrow. 373 00:32:52,789 --> 00:32:54,644 Where the hell am I? 374 00:33:02,037 --> 00:33:03,892 Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania? 375 00:33:05,174 --> 00:33:09,234 I take one puff in New Jersey, I end up in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania? 376 00:33:09,304 --> 00:33:11,157 I gotta get a cab. 377 00:33:17,624 --> 00:33:20,625 I need a taxi! Can I get a cab? 378 00:33:22,266 --> 00:33:24,949 I'm sorry, Emmet. I had no choice. 379 00:33:25,018 --> 00:33:28,335 - We got a contract. - Look, I run a first-class hotel here. 380 00:33:28,411 --> 00:33:30,484 - This was an emergency. - Yeah, an emergency. 381 00:33:30,555 --> 00:33:32,596 What kind of emergency? 382 00:33:32,668 --> 00:33:34,523 - My father died. - Again? 383 00:33:34,588 --> 00:33:36,475 How many times can your father pass away? 384 00:33:36,539 --> 00:33:39,638 I'm gonna come clean with you. I got abducted and I was threatened. 385 00:33:39,708 --> 00:33:42,578 You were gone for four days. We had the police out. 386 00:33:42,652 --> 00:33:46,002 I'm tired of shootin' crap every night to see if my main attraction will show. 387 00:33:46,078 --> 00:33:47,540 It's over. 388 00:33:48,573 --> 00:33:51,542 Look, I gotta borrow a few bucks for cab fare. 389 00:33:51,615 --> 00:33:54,201 You're kidding. How much? 390 00:33:54,272 --> 00:33:56,607 Nine hundred dollars. 391 00:34:09,954 --> 00:34:12,954 What's the matter? Oh, I know this routine. 392 00:34:13,026 --> 00:34:16,342 Look, I'm a free agent. I do as I please. 393 00:34:16,418 --> 00:34:19,997 I might as well tell you. I quit the job. 394 00:34:20,067 --> 00:34:22,719 I told him to take that job and stick it. 395 00:34:25,157 --> 00:34:28,931 So the band's leavin' for Hollywood two weeks sooner than I thought. 396 00:34:30,085 --> 00:34:32,256 I didn't tell you about Hollywood. 397 00:34:35,367 --> 00:34:37,309 We're makin' a movie. 398 00:34:37,383 --> 00:34:40,699 Yeah. Just a little short one. 399 00:34:40,775 --> 00:34:44,092 Just a couple of minutes of me and the boys playin' that tune, "All Of Me." 400 00:34:44,168 --> 00:34:46,022 You know? Good. 401 00:34:47,528 --> 00:34:50,345 What are you lookin' at me like that for? What? 402 00:34:52,521 --> 00:34:56,002 Look, I got together with a couple of guys, we had a few drinks. 403 00:34:56,074 --> 00:34:59,108 One thing led to another... 404 00:34:59,178 --> 00:35:02,888 and the next thing I knew, I woke up out of town. 405 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:08,484 Look, I don't have to account to you. All right? 406 00:35:08,557 --> 00:35:12,616 We're not married. I'm not the marryin' kind. 407 00:35:12,685 --> 00:35:14,541 I can't settle. 408 00:35:16,110 --> 00:35:18,281 Whole idea leaves me cold. 409 00:35:20,078 --> 00:35:22,533 So I thought I'd... 410 00:35:22,606 --> 00:35:24,647 I thought I'd... 411 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,141 buy you some lunch... 412 00:35:27,215 --> 00:35:29,070 and say good-bye. 413 00:35:30,352 --> 00:35:34,444 And I'll be comin' through here again, I'm sure, sometime. 414 00:35:38,514 --> 00:35:41,068 But you really are a spoiled dope, you know? 415 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:44,913 I take you out to buy you things or go to the movies, you're fine. 416 00:35:44,979 --> 00:35:47,597 But the minute somethin' doesn't go your way... 417 00:35:48,690 --> 00:35:51,561 I gotta go, and there's no way you can come with me. 418 00:35:51,636 --> 00:35:55,498 I mean, you got responsibilities. You got a job. 419 00:35:55,572 --> 00:35:57,426 You have... 420 00:35:57,492 --> 00:36:00,209 underwear and socks to wash. 421 00:36:00,276 --> 00:36:03,573 And I can't have my life cluttered. I'm an artist. 422 00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:05,614 A truly great artist. 423 00:36:05,687 --> 00:36:08,273 I need to be free... 424 00:36:08,344 --> 00:36:10,928 so I'm saying good-bye, okay? 425 00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:17,395 Look. How many fingers I got? 426 00:36:17,464 --> 00:36:18,959 Ten, right? 427 00:36:19,033 --> 00:36:22,416 Ten, nine, eight, seven, six. 428 00:36:24,538 --> 00:36:26,873 There's eleven. You see? 429 00:36:32,219 --> 00:36:34,609 All right, look. If you come, it's not a free ride. 430 00:36:34,684 --> 00:36:37,333 I'm not a charity organization, all right? 431 00:36:37,403 --> 00:36:40,054 I don't know what I'm doin' here. 432 00:36:40,124 --> 00:36:43,092 Hey, if you come, you work. 433 00:37:07,584 --> 00:37:09,112 What's the matter? 434 00:37:10,273 --> 00:37:12,346 Nobody said it was gonna be a picnic. 435 00:37:12,418 --> 00:37:14,589 You know I can't risk my hands. 436 00:37:55,945 --> 00:37:58,498 Well, that might not be a bad idea. 437 00:38:09,165 --> 00:38:11,077 And now, folks, Chester Weems, a house-painter... 438 00:38:11,101 --> 00:38:13,035 And now, folks, Chester Weems, a house-painter... 439 00:38:13,101 --> 00:38:14,956 will play the saw. 440 00:38:37,714 --> 00:38:42,385 Fast falls the eventide 441 00:38:42,451 --> 00:38:46,192 The darkness deepens 442 00:38:46,258 --> 00:38:50,034 Lord with me abide 443 00:38:50,099 --> 00:38:52,489 The scarlet tanager. 444 00:38:57,972 --> 00:38:59,827 The barn owl. 445 00:39:12,983 --> 00:39:14,992 And you are? 446 00:39:15,064 --> 00:39:17,749 Homer P. Risley. 447 00:39:17,817 --> 00:39:19,890 What is your profession, Homer? 448 00:39:19,962 --> 00:39:22,775 Profession? I'm a birdseed salesman. 449 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,875 - Oh, a traveling salesman. - That's right, you got it. 450 00:39:25,945 --> 00:39:29,044 And I see that your instrument is the guitar. 451 00:39:29,114 --> 00:39:32,018 Yeah, that's right. I've had a few lessons. 452 00:39:32,092 --> 00:39:35,539 No need to be nervous, Homer. This is a wonderful audience out here. 453 00:39:37,914 --> 00:39:40,763 Birdseed salesman, Homer Risley. 454 00:40:55,592 --> 00:40:59,271 Boy, those guys were ready to break out the tar and feathers, huh? 455 00:40:59,338 --> 00:41:02,154 Next time you're gonna hustle somebody, don't play so great. 456 00:41:03,179 --> 00:41:05,764 I can't remember the tunes if I play badly. 457 00:41:07,435 --> 00:41:10,119 I wonder if Django ever hustled any suckers. 458 00:41:11,884 --> 00:41:14,952 Look at her. She's frownin'. She doesn't like it. 459 00:41:15,022 --> 00:41:17,607 Well, they deserved it. They were jerks. 460 00:41:19,437 --> 00:41:21,926 She's too good-hearted. 461 00:41:21,998 --> 00:41:26,854 A genuinely sweet person. I like that, respect it. 462 00:41:26,926 --> 00:41:29,230 Won't get you anywhere in life. 463 00:41:32,592 --> 00:41:34,447 I had a dream last night. 464 00:41:35,857 --> 00:41:39,435 I had a dream we all went out to Hollywood... 465 00:41:39,505 --> 00:41:42,571 and I became discovered as a major star. 466 00:41:42,641 --> 00:41:45,259 You? A major star? 467 00:41:45,329 --> 00:41:47,086 You were dreamin'. 468 00:41:47,154 --> 00:41:49,326 Why not? I got a good face. 469 00:41:49,395 --> 00:41:52,559 We're in a short subject. We're the backup band. 470 00:41:52,627 --> 00:41:56,719 We're in the background, Emmet. We're lucky to be in focus. 471 00:41:56,787 --> 00:41:59,538 You can always get attention if you know how to do it. 472 00:41:59,605 --> 00:42:02,737 In this dream, I was standin' there surrounded... 473 00:42:02,806 --> 00:42:04,661 by gorgeous actresses. 474 00:42:06,038 --> 00:42:07,893 See? That she don't like. 475 00:42:07,958 --> 00:42:09,649 Relax. 476 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:11,956 I'm with you now. 477 00:42:12,023 --> 00:42:15,601 I'm not one of these guys who turns his head every time some dame walks by. 478 00:42:15,671 --> 00:42:18,225 I've had plenty of beautiful women. 479 00:42:18,296 --> 00:42:20,816 And I always put 'em in their place. 480 00:42:20,888 --> 00:42:23,889 Yeah. "Love 'em and leave 'em," that's my motto. 481 00:42:23,961 --> 00:42:28,185 Love 'em and don't look back. I never once regretted. 482 00:42:28,250 --> 00:42:32,529 Not one time did I ever regret dumping a beautiful dame. 483 00:42:32,604 --> 00:42:34,130 You gotta keep your guard up. 484 00:42:34,203 --> 00:42:38,261 If you don't, them pretty ones get their worms in you, and then it's over. 485 00:42:38,331 --> 00:42:41,267 You're done. Particularly if you're an artist. 486 00:42:41,341 --> 00:42:44,408 I've seen too many guys cryin' in their beer. 487 00:42:44,478 --> 00:42:46,168 Me? 488 00:42:46,237 --> 00:42:48,091 I'm gonna be a star. 489 00:42:53,341 --> 00:42:54,967 All of me 490 00:42:55,038 --> 00:42:58,335 Why not take all of me 491 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,025 Can't you see 492 00:43:00,096 --> 00:43:03,838 I'm no good without you 493 00:43:03,903 --> 00:43:05,660 Take my lips 494 00:43:05,728 --> 00:43:08,990 I wanna lose them 495 00:43:09,056 --> 00:43:11,000 Take my arms 496 00:43:11,074 --> 00:43:14,335 I'll never use them 497 00:43:14,402 --> 00:43:16,378 Your good-bye 498 00:43:16,451 --> 00:43:19,768 Left me with eyes that cry 499 00:43:19,844 --> 00:43:21,470 How can I 500 00:43:21,540 --> 00:43:25,402 Go on, dear without you 501 00:43:25,475 --> 00:43:27,451 You took the part 502 00:43:27,525 --> 00:43:30,012 That once was my heart 503 00:43:30,084 --> 00:43:34,525 So why not take all of me 504 00:43:34,597 --> 00:43:36,965 The reason Emmet hated Hollywood so much... 505 00:43:37,030 --> 00:43:39,713 was because Hattie was discovered, not him. 506 00:43:39,781 --> 00:43:41,157 That was the truth of it. 507 00:43:41,223 --> 00:43:45,479 She was out there watching him film. Every day she would hang out on the set. 508 00:43:45,544 --> 00:43:48,992 And one day, for, you know, some crazy reason... 509 00:43:49,065 --> 00:43:53,953 a director, who happened to be working the same lot Emmet was on, noticed her. 510 00:43:54,025 --> 00:43:58,248 And the director thought, "This girl is a dead ringer for May Talmadge." 511 00:43:58,314 --> 00:44:01,096 He was making a movie with May Talmadge, who was a big star. 512 00:44:01,162 --> 00:44:05,897 And he thought Hattie is exactly what he wanted to play May Talmadge's sister. 513 00:44:05,962 --> 00:44:08,646 And this is a 30-second part or something. 514 00:44:08,715 --> 00:44:11,637 When he found out that Hattie couldn't speak, it didn't make any difference... 515 00:44:11,661 --> 00:44:13,516 because the part had no dialogue. 516 00:44:13,582 --> 00:44:16,964 He just knew he had to have Hattie to play that part. 517 00:44:17,037 --> 00:44:19,786 Well, Emmet hated the whole idea. 518 00:44:35,119 --> 00:44:36,975 I can't believe you said yes. 519 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:40,817 Did you nod that dopey face of yours? Do they know you can't speak? 520 00:44:42,257 --> 00:44:44,745 I don't get it. You're gonna embarrass me. 521 00:44:44,817 --> 00:44:47,752 Suddenly you're a movie actress. 522 00:44:47,826 --> 00:44:49,681 Don't make me laugh. 523 00:45:45,276 --> 00:45:47,862 Now, as the story goes... 524 00:45:47,932 --> 00:45:50,834 Hattie was playing this love scene with William Weston... 525 00:45:50,907 --> 00:45:54,520 this handsome older man who always kissed his leading ladies... 526 00:45:54,590 --> 00:45:56,760 so they said, with an open mouth. 527 00:45:56,828 --> 00:46:00,177 And he was kissing her, and they were doing take after take... 528 00:46:00,252 --> 00:46:03,285 and he was kissing her over and over with an open mouth. 529 00:46:03,355 --> 00:46:08,309 After 30 takes of getting kissed by this gorgeous leading man... 530 00:46:08,380 --> 00:46:11,129 Hattie went into a small coma. 531 00:46:15,132 --> 00:46:17,368 And that was the last time... 532 00:46:17,435 --> 00:46:19,856 Emmet ever set foot in Hollywood. 533 00:46:19,932 --> 00:46:23,577 Yeah, I remember Emmet and Hattie back East at that time. 534 00:46:23,644 --> 00:46:26,577 In fact, he had a good manager, this cat named Sid Bishop. 535 00:46:26,652 --> 00:46:29,171 Sid was really good to him, and he got him a lot of gigs. 536 00:46:29,243 --> 00:46:31,730 Emmet was doing really well, and that really wasn't easy. 537 00:46:31,802 --> 00:46:34,705 Back then, a lot of musicians were hurting from the Depression... 538 00:46:34,778 --> 00:46:37,332 and there wasn't a lot of work to go around. 539 00:46:37,403 --> 00:46:39,574 But Emmet even agreed at that time... 540 00:46:39,643 --> 00:46:42,360 to do a couple of sides for the Victor label. 541 00:46:42,427 --> 00:46:45,013 He did "Melancholy Baby," "Exactly Like You"... 542 00:46:45,082 --> 00:46:47,286 and "I'll See You In My Dreams." 543 00:47:37,433 --> 00:47:40,183 - What do you mean, I'm broke? - You give it away. 544 00:47:40,249 --> 00:47:42,582 You drink it up. You pick up checks. 545 00:47:42,649 --> 00:47:45,714 You lose it in poolrooms, and you're always buyin' Hattie presents. 546 00:47:45,784 --> 00:47:48,501 She's like a kid. She loves tearin' the paper off the box. 547 00:47:48,568 --> 00:47:50,095 You gotta go on a budget. 548 00:47:50,168 --> 00:47:52,160 I'll go on a budget if someone will straighten me out. 549 00:47:52,184 --> 00:47:54,094 A budget's not easy for a guy like you. 550 00:47:54,169 --> 00:47:57,464 - When I set my mind to somethin'... - You fight every good idea I have. 551 00:47:57,528 --> 00:47:59,666 I'll go on a budget. I'll be good. 552 00:47:59,736 --> 00:48:02,158 What do you spend on clothes a year? Do you have any idea? 553 00:48:02,232 --> 00:48:03,857 Want me to look like a bum? 554 00:48:03,928 --> 00:48:06,929 - What about rent? - I don't know. It's all hotels. 555 00:48:07,001 --> 00:48:09,554 - Any idea what you spend on food? - The booze gratis? 556 00:48:09,626 --> 00:48:13,901 Help yourself. Do you have any idea what you spend on food or entertainment? 557 00:48:13,975 --> 00:48:16,911 Do you have any investments, anything that'll throw off revenue? 558 00:48:16,983 --> 00:48:20,213 I got some savings, mostly from Hattie takin' in laundry. 559 00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,347 Emmet, we gotta look for places to cut down. 560 00:48:23,417 --> 00:48:26,449 I burned a hundred dollars once. A guy dared me. He was a four-flusher. 561 00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:28,493 He burned a fifty, I burned a hundred. 562 00:48:28,567 --> 00:48:32,048 He burned a twenty, I burned another hundred. I could cut that out. 563 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:34,804 You wanna end up in the poorhouse when you're old? 564 00:48:34,872 --> 00:48:37,108 You ever see a poorhouse? 565 00:48:37,176 --> 00:48:40,175 From now on, your salary and expenses will come to me. 566 00:48:40,247 --> 00:48:42,516 I'm puttin' you on an allowance. 567 00:48:42,583 --> 00:48:44,495 Okay, that's it. The party's over. 568 00:48:44,519 --> 00:48:46,454 Okay, that's it. The party's over. 569 00:48:46,519 --> 00:48:50,742 You're spendin' too much, so now we've gotta go on a budget. 570 00:48:50,807 --> 00:48:54,484 Now, aside from food, what are your expenses? 571 00:48:55,288 --> 00:48:57,905 What about the doctor bills? You got a doctor? 572 00:48:57,975 --> 00:49:00,725 I bet you I get you a veterinarian who's cheaper. 573 00:49:00,791 --> 00:49:02,894 And this is goin' out. 574 00:49:04,022 --> 00:49:06,193 What are we? The electric company? 575 00:49:06,967 --> 00:49:09,584 We gotta save every penny. 576 00:49:10,711 --> 00:49:12,086 What is that? 577 00:49:17,526 --> 00:49:19,698 You remembered my birthday? 578 00:49:22,327 --> 00:49:24,182 We can't afford presents. 579 00:49:25,271 --> 00:49:28,204 That's gotta go back. It's gotta go back. 580 00:49:34,582 --> 00:49:37,003 These are the kid gloves I really wanted. 581 00:49:40,790 --> 00:49:43,375 Exactly the gloves I wanted, these are. 582 00:49:46,709 --> 00:49:49,130 You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna cut you a break. 583 00:49:49,206 --> 00:49:51,628 It's my birthday and... 584 00:49:51,702 --> 00:49:54,035 So I'm gonna let you give 'em to me. 585 00:49:58,069 --> 00:49:59,924 You made this yourself? 586 00:50:06,420 --> 00:50:08,592 Your writin' looks like a chicken. 587 00:50:09,685 --> 00:50:12,948 Let's see. "It's been almost a year... 588 00:50:13,014 --> 00:50:15,664 since we've been together." 589 00:50:15,733 --> 00:50:17,161 A year? 590 00:50:18,197 --> 00:50:20,585 Well, that's scary. 591 00:50:25,781 --> 00:50:27,755 What's this word here? 592 00:50:28,980 --> 00:50:31,313 Is that... Is that "love"? 593 00:50:33,877 --> 00:50:37,193 Oh, no. Don't go gettin' any big ideas here. 594 00:50:37,269 --> 00:50:38,643 Jesus. 595 00:50:40,981 --> 00:50:43,051 I must've ate somethin' bad. 596 00:50:45,619 --> 00:50:47,954 I'm feelin'... I'm gonna be sick. 597 00:50:54,419 --> 00:50:56,753 - Got somethin' for me today, Mr. Ray? - I don't. 598 00:50:56,819 --> 00:50:59,634 - Mr. Ray, it's me, Charlie. - I'm all tapped out. 599 00:50:59,699 --> 00:51:02,003 - You never let me down. - Look. 600 00:51:02,069 --> 00:51:05,002 I'd like to help you, but I'm on a budget. 601 00:51:05,075 --> 00:51:07,018 I haven't had a bowl of soup all day. 602 00:51:07,092 --> 00:51:09,425 What, you wanna make me feel bad? 603 00:51:11,090 --> 00:51:13,938 - That's all you get. - All right, thanks. 604 00:51:14,003 --> 00:51:16,075 Thanks, Mr. Ray. 605 00:51:16,146 --> 00:51:19,376 What's the urgency? I came here as quick as I could. 606 00:51:19,443 --> 00:51:22,955 - Would you look at this thing? - This is why I came quick to meet you? 607 00:51:23,026 --> 00:51:25,262 - He only wants 4,000 for it. - Yeah, so? 608 00:51:25,329 --> 00:51:26,922 Does it fit the budget? 609 00:51:26,993 --> 00:51:29,361 Are you kidding? We just sold one of your cars. 610 00:51:29,426 --> 00:51:32,177 I'm tryin' to unload the other one, not buy one. 611 00:51:32,244 --> 00:51:33,769 - If I cut down? - Cut down? 612 00:51:33,842 --> 00:51:37,224 - Where are you gonna get four grand? - I'll borrow the money and pay it off. 613 00:51:37,298 --> 00:51:40,559 No one will lend you that kind of money, and you'll be saddled with payments. 614 00:51:40,626 --> 00:51:42,731 - I want the car. - No, Emmet. 615 00:51:42,802 --> 00:51:44,809 Hattie will give up desserts. 616 00:51:44,881 --> 00:51:47,215 - I want the car. - It's out of the question. 617 00:51:47,281 --> 00:51:49,671 - I gotta have the car. - You don't have the money. 618 00:51:49,746 --> 00:51:53,194 - I gotta have the car. - There's no way! 619 00:51:53,266 --> 00:51:55,950 - We can't afford it. - Stop sayin' "we." 620 00:51:56,018 --> 00:51:58,254 If I want the car, I'm gonna get it. 621 00:51:58,321 --> 00:52:01,191 - Maybe someday, if it's in your budget. - Budget! Budget! 622 00:52:01,266 --> 00:52:04,561 You're suffocating me with the budget. I can't buy Hattie a birthday present. 623 00:52:04,626 --> 00:52:07,179 You can't buy champagne if you can only afford beer. 624 00:52:07,250 --> 00:52:09,355 I'm the best guitar player in the world! 625 00:52:09,426 --> 00:52:11,629 If I want the car, I should have it. 626 00:52:11,697 --> 00:52:12,741 He said it, but he didn't believe it. 627 00:52:12,765 --> 00:52:13,879 He said it, but he didn't believe it. 628 00:52:13,903 --> 00:52:17,483 I mean, in his soul, he worshipped Django Reinhardt. 629 00:52:17,553 --> 00:52:19,888 It was more than that. He was frozen by him. 630 00:52:19,954 --> 00:52:22,190 Django was like a god to him. 631 00:52:22,258 --> 00:52:24,940 I don't know if this is true, or just another Emmet Ray story... 632 00:52:25,009 --> 00:52:28,520 but Sid Bishop, who was trying to help him financially at the time... 633 00:52:28,592 --> 00:52:32,105 got him a job in this club, and one night, just before show time... 634 00:52:32,176 --> 00:52:35,438 one of the guys backstage decides to play a joke on him... 635 00:52:35,505 --> 00:52:37,479 and tells him this lie. 636 00:52:37,552 --> 00:52:39,658 Hey, Emmet! 637 00:52:39,729 --> 00:52:43,591 Emmet, you're not gonna believe it. Guess who's sittin' at the front table? 638 00:52:43,664 --> 00:52:46,031 Django Reinhardt. 639 00:52:46,097 --> 00:52:50,188 Are you kiddin' me? We should get him up on stage with you. 640 00:52:50,257 --> 00:52:52,330 Reinhardt. 641 00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:54,669 He's gonna show him up. 642 00:52:54,736 --> 00:52:57,256 - I'm gonna... - Come on. 643 00:52:57,328 --> 00:53:00,144 Emmet, we can get him up on stage with us. 644 00:53:03,728 --> 00:53:06,542 - Django Reinhardt's here. - Really? 645 00:53:12,785 --> 00:53:15,206 Hey, Django's not in the audience. 646 00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:18,313 The house is half-empty. There's just some guy that looks like Django. 647 00:53:18,383 --> 00:53:20,839 Let's see if he's got the nerve to come down. 648 00:53:20,911 --> 00:53:23,300 - Harry, let's go. - Emmet, we're on! 649 00:53:23,375 --> 00:53:25,383 We should do it anyway. 650 00:53:26,446 --> 00:53:29,610 Emmet, come on down. I'll wait for you. 651 00:53:29,678 --> 00:53:33,028 I'll take you to the front table myself. I'll introduce you to Django. 652 00:53:33,104 --> 00:53:35,046 Now, as the story goes... 653 00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:38,862 Emmet, as you know, was pathologically phobic about Django Reinhardt... 654 00:53:38,928 --> 00:53:41,512 so he tried to escape through the roof. 655 00:53:41,583 --> 00:53:43,503 He just figured, to hell with the job that night. 656 00:53:43,567 --> 00:53:47,494 But remember, this was a guy who had fainted twice... 657 00:53:47,566 --> 00:53:50,501 when he came face-to-face with Django Reinhardt in Europe. 658 00:53:50,575 --> 00:53:54,829 He's looking for a way out, and decides to jump to the building next door. 659 00:53:54,893 --> 00:53:58,855 Well, as fate would have it, he hits a weak spot in the roof... 660 00:53:58,926 --> 00:54:01,861 and crashes through into somebody's apartment. 661 00:54:01,934 --> 00:54:05,382 As it happened, the apartment was being used by some counterfeiters... 662 00:54:05,454 --> 00:54:08,683 who thought it was a raid when he came through the roof, and ran out. 663 00:55:15,181 --> 00:55:17,831 Well, Eddie Durham, the great jazz pioneer... 664 00:55:17,900 --> 00:55:20,650 met Emmet in Chicago in the 1930's. 665 00:55:20,717 --> 00:55:22,658 Here's what he said about him in his book. 666 00:55:22,732 --> 00:55:25,601 "I met Emmet in Chicago. It was the height of the Depression. 667 00:55:25,675 --> 00:55:29,931 Work was scarce. A lot of guys took on teaching music as a sideline. 668 00:55:29,996 --> 00:55:31,523 Emmet refused. 669 00:55:31,596 --> 00:55:35,206 At that time he was married to a woman named Blanche." 670 00:56:35,499 --> 00:56:37,570 - What are you doing? - What? 671 00:56:37,641 --> 00:56:38,222 Nothing. 672 00:56:38,246 --> 00:56:38,850 Nothing. 673 00:56:38,922 --> 00:56:41,224 Excuse me, darling. 674 00:56:41,291 --> 00:56:43,146 You were stealing that box. 675 00:56:43,211 --> 00:56:45,828 - No. - Oh, yes, you were. I saw you. 676 00:56:45,898 --> 00:56:48,135 Why? 677 00:56:48,202 --> 00:56:49,478 I don't know. 678 00:56:49,546 --> 00:56:51,584 You're a genius, you know? 679 00:56:51,657 --> 00:56:54,657 Eubie Blake thinks I'm the best guitar player in the whole world, bar none. 680 00:56:54,729 --> 00:56:56,967 - And he knows Django. - Truly? 681 00:56:57,034 --> 00:56:58,888 I'm Blanche Williams. 682 00:57:00,267 --> 00:57:03,331 - Are you gonna squeal on me? - "Squeal" on you? 683 00:57:06,184 --> 00:57:09,316 Gosh. Not only are you vain and egotistical... 684 00:57:09,385 --> 00:57:12,516 but you have genuine crudeness. 685 00:57:13,545 --> 00:57:15,399 I didn't want the goddamn thing. 686 00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:19,549 I won't squeal on you if you take me for a drive... 687 00:57:19,624 --> 00:57:22,559 in that sublime automobile of yours. 688 00:57:22,632 --> 00:57:24,040 Drive. 689 00:57:24,104 --> 00:57:25,666 Where? 690 00:57:25,738 --> 00:57:28,584 To the ends of the earth. Astonish me. 691 00:57:33,833 --> 00:57:35,457 It's fun, isn't it? 692 00:57:35,528 --> 00:57:37,632 Well, it's definitely different. 693 00:57:37,703 --> 00:57:40,258 Make sure you don't pull it. You squeeze it. 694 00:57:40,329 --> 00:57:42,182 Squeeze the trigger. 695 00:57:43,207 --> 00:57:46,110 - Do you do this often? - Every chance I get. 696 00:57:46,183 --> 00:57:48,256 Specifically, what's the thrill? 697 00:57:48,328 --> 00:57:51,427 Well, I'm not sure, really. There's one. 698 00:57:51,496 --> 00:57:54,180 And you got him! 699 00:57:54,249 --> 00:57:57,925 Do you get a bigger kick doing this or stealing small objects? 700 00:57:57,992 --> 00:58:00,032 You know what? I could really use a drink. 701 00:58:12,166 --> 00:58:15,069 I stop in here every time I come through Chicago. 702 00:58:15,143 --> 00:58:16,998 She makes great chili. 703 00:58:17,063 --> 00:58:19,551 You like chili? 704 00:58:19,624 --> 00:58:21,990 What do you think of when you play? 705 00:58:22,055 --> 00:58:24,031 What goes through your mind? 706 00:58:24,105 --> 00:58:25,958 What are your real feelings? 707 00:58:27,366 --> 00:58:29,821 I don't know. That I'm underpaid. 708 00:58:29,894 --> 00:58:32,130 I think about that sometimes. 709 00:58:32,198 --> 00:58:34,207 Tell me about the girl you lived with. 710 00:58:37,190 --> 00:58:39,712 She was nice, but I told her not to fall in love with me. 711 00:58:39,784 --> 00:58:41,639 It was very one-sided. 712 00:58:43,303 --> 00:58:45,604 She was nice, but I just cut out one night. 713 00:58:45,670 --> 00:58:47,982 She was asleep, I left 500 cash by the bed, got my stuff... 714 00:58:48,006 --> 00:58:49,862 and got outta there at 4:00 in the morning. 715 00:58:49,927 --> 00:58:51,420 I didn't want a scene. 716 00:58:51,495 --> 00:58:53,796 She must have really loved you. 717 00:58:53,862 --> 00:58:57,538 I didn't say it was an easy decision, but... 718 00:58:57,605 --> 00:58:59,461 I needed more than Hattie. 719 00:58:59,527 --> 00:59:02,111 - Do you miss her? - Not a bit. 720 00:59:02,181 --> 00:59:03,588 I did the right thing for me. 721 00:59:03,654 --> 00:59:05,725 Maybe I wouldn't have met you. 722 00:59:05,797 --> 00:59:09,027 Come on, Emmet. Join us, man. Cut loose with the fellas. 723 00:59:09,094 --> 00:59:11,331 - You know you want to. - Yeah? 724 00:59:11,398 --> 00:59:12,990 Please. 725 00:59:13,062 --> 00:59:15,779 Come. You'll enjoy this. I'm great. I really am. 726 00:59:51,652 --> 00:59:55,483 After-hours jam session. Chicago South Side. 727 00:59:55,557 --> 00:59:57,445 He's like a cat... 728 00:59:57,510 --> 01:00:01,664 feline with the guitar, which is his only, certainly deepest love. 729 01:00:01,732 --> 01:00:04,831 No, his only. The sound... 730 01:00:04,901 --> 01:00:06,907 the beat, the ideas. 731 01:00:06,980 --> 01:00:09,120 Where do they come from? 732 01:00:09,189 --> 01:00:11,522 Any woman would be second to his music. 733 01:00:11,588 --> 01:00:15,233 He wouldn't miss me any more than the woman he abruptly left. 734 01:00:15,300 --> 01:00:17,983 He could only feel pain for his music. 735 01:00:18,052 --> 01:00:21,119 Such is the ego of genius. 736 01:00:21,189 --> 01:00:23,044 Must get used to it. 737 01:00:25,955 --> 01:00:28,061 I used to have a stable of girls in this town. 738 01:00:28,132 --> 01:00:29,473 - No. - Yeah. 739 01:00:29,539 --> 01:00:32,387 I made some money, but... 740 01:00:32,452 --> 01:00:35,680 whores are unpredictable. 741 01:00:35,748 --> 01:00:37,602 - They're nuts. - Really? 742 01:00:37,668 --> 01:00:40,121 Yeah. But money's money. 743 01:00:40,193 --> 01:00:42,299 I mean, you pimped and you procured? 744 01:00:43,875 --> 01:00:45,916 I can't stand it. It's just too perfect. 745 01:00:45,988 --> 01:00:47,710 - I don't like that word. - Which? 746 01:00:47,779 --> 01:00:51,194 "Pimp." No, I was a manager. 747 01:00:51,267 --> 01:00:54,562 - What's too perfect? - That whole seamy world. 748 01:00:54,627 --> 01:00:59,297 The girls I came out with were whores too, only we called them debutantes. 749 01:00:59,364 --> 01:01:02,330 I lived in a whorehouse when I was 18 for six months. 750 01:01:02,402 --> 01:01:04,507 Didn't have a job and no money. 751 01:01:04,578 --> 01:01:07,393 The madam put me up. She was a friend of my mother's. 752 01:01:08,611 --> 01:01:10,465 I'm sure you learned a lot there. 753 01:01:11,778 --> 01:01:14,626 I don't know. It's like being a cook. 754 01:01:14,691 --> 01:01:17,689 - A cook? - You're in the kitchen all day. 755 01:01:17,761 --> 01:01:19,617 You don't want to look at the food. 756 01:01:21,539 --> 01:01:24,637 I'd love to be a whore for a year. Just a year. 757 01:01:24,707 --> 01:01:26,562 If you ever want a manager... 758 01:01:28,001 --> 01:01:30,302 Look. That's a beauty. 759 01:01:30,368 --> 01:01:33,151 What is this fascination with trains? 760 01:01:33,217 --> 01:01:35,074 What do you mean? 761 01:01:35,139 --> 01:01:39,262 Do you have the urge to go off, to ride to unknown destinations? 762 01:01:39,330 --> 01:01:40,737 For what point? 763 01:01:40,802 --> 01:01:44,794 Are you trying to recapture some intangible feeling from childhood... 764 01:01:44,864 --> 01:01:48,727 when you dreamt of glamorous cities just out of reach? 765 01:01:48,802 --> 01:01:52,251 I'm not trying to capture anything from childhood. It stank. 766 01:01:52,321 --> 01:01:55,484 Then I can only think it must be the power of the locomotive... 767 01:01:55,552 --> 01:01:59,644 the sheer, potent sexual energy that arouses your masculinity. 768 01:01:59,713 --> 01:02:04,417 The wheels, the hot furnace, the pistons pumping. 769 01:02:04,482 --> 01:02:07,066 You sound like you wanna go to bed with the train. 770 01:02:41,568 --> 01:02:43,422 He's impulsive and hot-tempered... 771 01:02:43,488 --> 01:02:47,743 yet he listens to the recordings of Django Reinhardt for hours and cries. 772 01:02:47,808 --> 01:02:51,005 He has never met this gypsy guitarist and never wants to. 773 01:02:51,072 --> 01:02:53,592 I think because he doesn't want to learn Django's mortal. 774 01:02:54,817 --> 01:02:56,670 He sleeps with the light on in the room... 775 01:02:56,735 --> 01:03:01,175 and last night he woke up screaming the name of his old girlfriend Hattie. 776 01:03:01,247 --> 01:03:03,321 Then he asked me to marry him. 777 01:03:25,279 --> 01:03:27,133 Get a load of those legs? 778 01:03:28,671 --> 01:03:30,646 Take your hat off. She grew up with a butler. 779 01:03:34,559 --> 01:03:37,012 It was very impulsive. 780 01:03:37,085 --> 01:03:40,085 And as soon as they were married, right from the start... 781 01:03:40,159 --> 01:03:42,547 it was very shaky. 782 01:03:42,622 --> 01:03:46,299 Why did he marry her so suddenly? I don't know. 783 01:03:46,366 --> 01:03:49,465 You know, they only had one thing in common: Clothes. 784 01:03:49,534 --> 01:03:51,475 They were like two peacocks. 785 01:03:51,550 --> 01:03:55,511 But there was always an unreal quality to the whole thing. 786 01:03:55,582 --> 01:03:58,452 Talk about doomed relationships. 787 01:03:58,527 --> 01:04:00,468 I feel like gettin' out. 788 01:04:00,542 --> 01:04:03,324 Me too, Emmet, but we're broke. 789 01:04:03,391 --> 01:04:05,779 He's gonna give me my job back! He said so. 790 01:04:05,854 --> 01:04:08,309 If you show up on time, and then not always drunk. 791 01:04:08,381 --> 01:04:10,236 Somethin' comes over me. I get cold sweats. 792 01:04:10,301 --> 01:04:12,157 You're not sorry we got married, are you? 793 01:04:12,222 --> 01:04:14,076 Of course not! You're a beautiful woman. 794 01:04:14,141 --> 01:04:17,175 - Do you love me? - What's this all about? 795 01:04:17,246 --> 01:04:20,246 I'm trying to analyze your feelings so I can write about them. 796 01:04:20,318 --> 01:04:23,285 I'm your husband. I'm not some goddamn book idea! 797 01:04:24,445 --> 01:04:27,062 Have you ever cried over the loss of anyone? 798 01:04:27,132 --> 01:04:29,783 - Your mother, your father? - Not in me. 799 01:04:29,852 --> 01:04:32,723 You let your insides get to you and you're finished. 800 01:04:32,797 --> 01:04:36,540 If you just let your feelings out, you might even play better. 801 01:04:36,605 --> 01:04:38,011 Richer. 802 01:04:38,076 --> 01:04:41,208 Someone else said that to me once. Everybody knows everything. 803 01:04:41,277 --> 01:04:44,506 I've been trying to analyze what separates your playing from Django's... 804 01:04:44,573 --> 01:04:46,811 and I say it's that his feelings are richer. 805 01:04:46,878 --> 01:04:50,358 He's not afraid to suffer in front of anybody. 806 01:04:50,429 --> 01:04:53,493 - He doesn't hold things in check... - Stop talking about Django! 807 01:04:53,564 --> 01:04:56,859 The guy haunts me. All right? Enough about Django. 808 01:05:14,108 --> 01:05:16,116 Yeah. 809 01:05:16,189 --> 01:05:19,034 - I want to see Mr. Bedloe. - Be back in a minute. 810 01:05:19,099 --> 01:05:20,953 Do you mind if I wait? 811 01:05:22,394 --> 01:05:24,250 Got an appointment? 812 01:05:24,315 --> 01:05:26,355 - May I? - Go ahead. 813 01:05:26,427 --> 01:05:27,802 Nope. 814 01:05:29,722 --> 01:05:31,928 - Who are you? - I work for him. 815 01:05:34,044 --> 01:05:35,898 I've seen you around. 816 01:05:37,276 --> 01:05:41,018 - You're his strong-arm man. - He don't need no help. 817 01:05:41,083 --> 01:05:43,798 I saw you beat somebody up in the alley last week. 818 01:05:46,298 --> 01:05:49,168 - You're the guitar player's wife. - That's right. 819 01:05:49,242 --> 01:05:51,152 - I noticed you too. - You did? 820 01:05:51,225 --> 01:05:53,082 Lots of times. 821 01:05:57,083 --> 01:05:59,025 Why does Mr. Bedloe need a bodyguard? 822 01:05:59,098 --> 01:06:01,433 You come here to ask for your husband's job back? 823 01:06:01,499 --> 01:06:04,248 Is it true Mr. Bedloe runs some rackets? 824 01:06:04,314 --> 01:06:06,933 Joe thinks the world of your husband's guitar playing. 825 01:06:07,003 --> 01:06:09,389 He thinks he's a genius, but... 826 01:06:09,464 --> 01:06:12,051 I mean, let's be honest. Either he comes in here late... 827 01:06:12,122 --> 01:06:14,161 or he comes in drunk or he don't come in at all... 828 01:06:14,233 --> 01:06:17,497 and that's no way to run a nightclub. 829 01:06:17,563 --> 01:06:20,147 I think Joe's cooled down. He was pretty hot the other night. 830 01:06:22,074 --> 01:06:25,718 I hope you don't mind me asking, but... 831 01:06:25,785 --> 01:06:27,858 you're wearing a gun, aren't you? 832 01:06:28,922 --> 01:06:30,297 Not me. 833 01:06:31,450 --> 01:06:33,304 Did you ever kill anyone? 834 01:06:43,193 --> 01:06:46,041 Don't tell me that you never noticed me staring at you. 835 01:06:46,105 --> 01:06:48,001 - No, I... - You come in here a couple of nights. 836 01:06:48,025 --> 01:06:50,229 I couldn't take my eyes off you. 837 01:06:50,297 --> 01:06:53,145 - Really? - I love that blue silk dress you wear. 838 01:06:54,585 --> 01:06:57,105 Oh, yes. That... Gee. 839 01:06:59,097 --> 01:07:00,952 It's warm in here. 840 01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:05,717 Morning, Mr. Bedloe. 841 01:07:05,785 --> 01:07:08,338 You're a smart girl. You come from a good home. 842 01:07:08,409 --> 01:07:11,605 What are you doin' with a drunken guitar player for a husband? 843 01:07:11,672 --> 01:07:14,454 Okay, he's a brilliant musician, but who can live with him? 844 01:07:14,520 --> 01:07:17,204 Not me. I'll bet it's no picnic for you. 845 01:07:17,272 --> 01:07:19,313 He wants me to tell you he's learned his lesson. 846 01:07:19,386 --> 01:07:21,240 Do you think I was born yesterday? 847 01:07:21,305 --> 01:07:25,876 - I know you think he's great. - Great? His playin' makes me cry. 848 01:07:25,945 --> 01:07:27,885 Does he bring in customers? Some. 849 01:07:27,959 --> 01:07:31,256 Mostly aficionados. When he shows up. 850 01:07:31,320 --> 01:07:34,517 We found him the other night staring at freight trains at 9:00. 851 01:07:34,585 --> 01:07:36,624 - He's gonna turn over a new leaf. - Right. 852 01:07:36,696 --> 01:07:38,256 He's through drinkin'. 853 01:07:38,328 --> 01:07:41,011 Right. All right, look. 854 01:07:41,079 --> 01:07:44,212 I'm a soft touch, but I don't like to be made a fool. 855 01:07:44,281 --> 01:07:49,036 Out of respect for you, who I like, I'm gonna give him one more shot. 856 01:07:49,111 --> 01:07:52,209 But if you want my advice, no genius is worth too much heartache. 857 01:07:57,206 --> 01:08:00,404 - How'd you do? - He's such a nice man. 858 01:08:00,471 --> 01:08:02,194 You wanna celebrate? 859 01:08:02,263 --> 01:08:05,110 - Celebrate? - Yeah, have a drink with me. 860 01:08:05,174 --> 01:08:06,637 Come on. 861 01:08:07,670 --> 01:08:09,908 Well, I guess. 862 01:08:09,975 --> 01:08:12,561 There are a few things I wouldn't mind finding out. 863 01:08:12,631 --> 01:08:15,979 I'm a writer, and extreme characters always fascinate me. 864 01:08:16,054 --> 01:08:17,908 I ain't so extreme. 865 01:08:17,974 --> 01:08:19,861 Everybody I ever rubbed out deserved it. 866 01:08:19,927 --> 01:08:22,413 "Rubbed out"? 867 01:08:22,486 --> 01:08:24,429 That's so colorful and... 868 01:08:24,503 --> 01:08:27,253 What goes through your mind when you're rubbing someone out? 869 01:08:27,319 --> 01:08:29,685 Through my mind? 870 01:08:29,750 --> 01:08:32,336 What do you think about when you pull the trigger? 871 01:08:32,406 --> 01:08:34,610 Well, I don't know. 872 01:08:34,678 --> 01:08:37,973 Yet you're able to just shoot someone. 873 01:08:38,039 --> 01:08:40,819 I don't want to shock you, but... 874 01:08:40,885 --> 01:08:42,796 it always came natural to me. 875 01:08:42,870 --> 01:08:44,048 Really? 876 01:08:44,119 --> 01:08:46,802 Ever since I was 15 and I first picked up a gun... 877 01:08:48,149 --> 01:08:51,248 I discovered that I had a knack for it. 878 01:08:51,317 --> 01:08:53,935 Fascinating. 879 01:08:54,005 --> 01:08:57,138 - What are you doing? - You have very soft hair. 880 01:08:57,206 --> 01:08:59,344 - Don't. - Why? 881 01:08:59,414 --> 01:09:00,975 I'm scared. 882 01:09:01,046 --> 01:09:03,052 Because I kill for a living. 883 01:09:05,749 --> 01:09:07,953 Because I find you attractive. 884 01:09:19,573 --> 01:09:23,369 Blanche was a writer. Some kind of a writer. 885 01:09:23,444 --> 01:09:26,064 Not famous or anything, but she was published. 886 01:09:26,134 --> 01:09:29,995 In fact, she wrote a story called... 887 01:09:30,069 --> 01:09:32,371 "Strutting and Fretting." 888 01:09:32,437 --> 01:09:36,429 And it's vaguely about some of the stormy times she and Emmet were having. 889 01:09:38,803 --> 01:09:41,293 Why am I bored with my husband? 890 01:09:41,365 --> 01:09:43,339 It's all so complicated. 891 01:09:43,413 --> 01:09:46,259 In the end, I married for the wrong reasons. 892 01:09:46,324 --> 01:09:49,487 And why Emmet rushed into marriage with me is a mystery. 893 01:09:52,243 --> 01:09:54,099 Five in the corner. 894 01:09:57,524 --> 01:10:00,394 - That's all she wrote. - Lucky shot. 895 01:10:00,467 --> 01:10:02,572 You couldn't make that shot again if you tried. 896 01:10:02,643 --> 01:10:05,491 Don't give me that. Just hand it over. 897 01:10:05,556 --> 01:10:07,578 I'm one of the two, three top pool players in the country. 898 01:10:07,602 --> 01:10:10,353 No shame in losin' to me. Thank you very much. 899 01:10:10,420 --> 01:10:13,005 - Come here. I want to talk to you. - Yeah. 900 01:10:13,077 --> 01:10:15,465 Look, we know each other, right? 901 01:10:15,539 --> 01:10:17,481 I don't like to cause any problems... 902 01:10:17,555 --> 01:10:19,694 so I wanted to give you a little tip. 903 01:10:19,764 --> 01:10:21,486 On a horse? Couple of beers. 904 01:10:21,555 --> 01:10:23,944 No, not on a horse. 905 01:10:24,019 --> 01:10:26,385 I want to give you a tip. 906 01:10:26,450 --> 01:10:28,306 Keep an eye on your wife. 907 01:10:28,372 --> 01:10:30,924 - What do you mean? - Just keep an eye on her. 908 01:10:30,995 --> 01:10:32,750 Why? 909 01:10:32,818 --> 01:10:36,113 Because she's been spendin' a lot of time with Al Torrio. 910 01:10:37,650 --> 01:10:39,111 Who? 911 01:10:39,186 --> 01:10:41,741 Al Torrio. The hood that hangs around Bedloe. 912 01:10:41,812 --> 01:10:44,429 The bodyguard? And Blanche? Are you nuts? 913 01:10:44,499 --> 01:10:47,215 - Just tellin' you what's goin' around. - What kind of mind you got? 914 01:10:47,282 --> 01:10:50,579 Blanche'd never make a fool outta me with some strong-arm stooge. 915 01:10:50,643 --> 01:10:52,496 - Where'd you hear this? - Here and there. 916 01:10:52,561 --> 01:10:55,601 That's why I'm telling you. I didn't think you'd want people laughin' at you. 917 01:10:55,636 --> 01:10:59,148 Laughin' at me? You know how rumors get started. 918 01:11:01,394 --> 01:11:05,420 Come on. This is what happens when you have a wife everybody's envious of. 919 01:11:05,489 --> 01:11:07,562 It's jealousy, but I'm not the jealous type. 920 01:11:07,634 --> 01:11:10,123 - They're tryin' to knock me down. - Hope you're right. 921 01:11:27,601 --> 01:11:30,568 I've heard stories about this from musicians... 922 01:11:30,641 --> 01:11:32,715 I've read about it, but I don't really know. 923 01:11:32,785 --> 01:11:34,029 I know that... 924 01:11:34,098 --> 01:11:37,773 apparently, Emmet tried to follow Blanche one day. 925 01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:41,038 I believe she told him she was going to the dentist or something... 926 01:11:41,106 --> 01:11:43,146 and he followed her. 927 01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:25,862 You gotta go home right away? 928 01:12:25,936 --> 01:12:28,237 I think Emmet's at the poolroom. 929 01:12:28,303 --> 01:12:30,159 Come on. Let's go for a drive. 930 01:12:35,023 --> 01:12:37,129 You know, I didn't care too much for that movie. 931 01:12:37,200 --> 01:12:39,141 - No? - I like Cagney. 932 01:12:39,215 --> 01:12:41,156 Guns, bullets, shootin', a little action. 933 01:12:42,639 --> 01:12:44,942 How does it feel when you actually kill? 934 01:12:45,008 --> 01:12:47,495 What goes through your mind? 935 01:12:47,567 --> 01:12:49,934 What do you gotta ask the questions for all the time? 936 01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:51,243 Because I wanna know. 937 01:12:51,985 --> 01:12:56,140 Emmet has a violent side, but it all turns to passion in his music. 938 01:12:56,207 --> 01:12:59,241 With you there's just not a shred of sublimation. 939 01:12:59,312 --> 01:13:01,165 It's incredible. 940 01:13:01,230 --> 01:13:03,238 Let me ask you one question. 941 01:13:03,311 --> 01:13:05,579 Who makes love to you better, me or him? 942 01:13:06,895 --> 01:13:09,261 Emmet is an artist, and because he's an artist... 943 01:13:09,326 --> 01:13:10,919 he needs no one. 944 01:13:11,662 --> 01:13:16,451 Even making love, he seems to exist in a world all of his own. 945 01:13:16,527 --> 01:13:20,837 With you I feel like I'm looking right into the heart of darkness. 946 01:13:20,910 --> 01:13:23,945 I become crazy when you touch me. 947 01:13:24,016 --> 01:13:25,174 Okay, so now Emmet is fuming. 948 01:13:25,198 --> 01:13:26,378 Okay, so now Emmet is fuming. 949 01:13:26,446 --> 01:13:28,902 I mean, he found out that Torrio and Blanche... 950 01:13:28,975 --> 01:13:31,624 have gone to bed with each other, that they're lovers. 951 01:13:31,693 --> 01:13:34,115 And he's consumed with rage. 952 01:13:34,189 --> 01:13:38,980 Now, just at that moment, Torrio decides to pull off the road... 953 01:13:39,055 --> 01:13:41,607 and go into a gas station to buy some cigarettes. 954 01:13:41,678 --> 01:13:44,710 And there's Emmet in the back of the car... 955 01:13:44,781 --> 01:13:47,531 and he's trying very hard to figure out who he wants to shoot. 956 01:13:47,597 --> 01:13:50,248 Does he want to shoot Blanche? Torrio? 957 01:13:50,317 --> 01:13:51,910 Should he shoot both of them together? 958 01:13:51,981 --> 01:13:54,054 He's working on this problem. 959 01:13:54,125 --> 01:13:57,988 They go into the store, and exactly at that moment... 960 01:13:58,061 --> 01:13:59,915 a holdup is taking place. 961 01:13:59,981 --> 01:14:04,324 Two guys come running out. They don't know what to do. 962 01:14:04,397 --> 01:14:06,699 All hell is breaking loose. There's gunshots. 963 01:14:06,766 --> 01:14:08,675 Instead of taking their car... 964 01:14:08,749 --> 01:14:12,164 Torrio's got a big car. They jump in that and pull off. 965 01:14:27,500 --> 01:14:29,475 Calling all cars. 966 01:14:52,555 --> 01:14:53,865 I'm Emmet Ray. 967 01:14:53,932 --> 01:14:56,266 I'm the greatest guitar player in the world. 968 01:14:56,332 --> 01:14:58,754 Except maybe this gypsy. 969 01:14:58,828 --> 01:15:02,340 Perhaps you heard my recording of "You Were Meant For Me," RCA Victor. 970 01:15:03,531 --> 01:15:06,598 You were meant for me 971 01:15:07,820 --> 01:15:08,803 That's not what I heard. 972 01:15:08,827 --> 01:15:09,834 That's not what I heard. 973 01:15:09,899 --> 01:15:12,135 But like all Emmet Ray stories... 974 01:15:12,202 --> 01:15:15,682 you never know what's made up, exaggerated, true. 975 01:15:15,754 --> 01:15:18,787 You never know what to believe. What I heard was this. 976 01:15:18,858 --> 01:15:21,707 I heard that when they pulled into the gas station... 977 01:15:21,771 --> 01:15:24,041 Blanche gets out to get some cigarettes... 978 01:15:24,108 --> 01:15:25,961 and that's when he confronted them. 979 01:15:27,371 --> 01:15:30,786 How could you? How could you cheat on me with a bum like that? 980 01:15:30,859 --> 01:15:31,859 Emmet, don't! 981 01:15:31,915 --> 01:15:33,988 Make a fool out of me in front of everybody! 982 01:15:34,060 --> 01:15:36,960 So I slept with him. But I was just researching a book! 983 01:15:37,033 --> 01:15:38,441 I loved you! 984 01:15:39,818 --> 01:15:41,673 Don't be crazy. Do something! 985 01:15:43,817 --> 01:15:47,201 I'm sorry. My tire blew out. 986 01:15:47,274 --> 01:15:51,430 Believe me, he never tried to kill himself, because Emmet Ray was... 987 01:15:51,498 --> 01:15:54,760 He had much too much ego for anything like that. 988 01:15:56,490 --> 01:15:58,432 A story that Eddie Condon tells about... 989 01:15:58,506 --> 01:16:00,840 And Eddie Condon definitely was not a reliable source... 990 01:16:00,906 --> 01:16:03,044 'cause he was a big embellisher himself. 991 01:16:03,113 --> 01:16:06,856 But the story Eddie Condon tells, I believe... 992 01:16:06,921 --> 01:16:09,571 is that Torrio was aware... 993 01:16:09,642 --> 01:16:13,319 that the fact that he was a gangster was a big turn-on for Blanche. 994 01:16:13,386 --> 01:16:14,365 And so he decided... 995 01:16:14,389 --> 01:16:15,390 And so he decided... 996 01:16:15,464 --> 01:16:18,433 that he would pull into this gas station... 997 01:16:18,506 --> 01:16:20,360 and he would stick it up. 998 01:16:25,546 --> 01:16:28,360 - Can I help you, sir? - Get your hands in the air, Pops. 999 01:16:28,425 --> 01:16:30,018 Give me everything in the register! 1000 01:16:30,089 --> 01:16:32,938 Emmet was so panicked by hearing gunshots... 1001 01:16:33,002 --> 01:16:35,849 he crept into the front seat and took off. 1002 01:16:35,914 --> 01:16:40,420 He didn't get more than 50 feet before he crashed into an oncoming car. 1003 01:16:40,489 --> 01:16:44,744 Now there's this terrible crash. Miraculously, no one is hurt. 1004 01:16:44,809 --> 01:16:48,356 And who gets out of the car but a group of musicians. 1005 01:16:48,426 --> 01:16:50,281 I can't remember who it was. 1006 01:16:50,346 --> 01:16:53,890 It was like Buck Clayton, Coleman Hawkins, Teddy Wilson or something. 1007 01:16:53,960 --> 01:16:57,888 But there, suddenly, standing in front of Emmet... 1008 01:16:57,960 --> 01:16:59,813 is Django Reinhardt. 1009 01:17:13,672 --> 01:17:16,160 I believe later that year... 1010 01:17:16,233 --> 01:17:18,653 Emmet turned up in New Jersey... 1011 01:17:18,727 --> 01:17:22,917 and made that recording he did of one of his own compositions. 1012 01:17:22,983 --> 01:17:24,641 "Unfaithful Woman." 1013 01:17:48,039 --> 01:17:49,664 Very good, everybody. 1014 01:17:49,735 --> 01:17:52,387 - Particularly me. - That was great. And me. 1015 01:17:52,456 --> 01:17:55,936 - Let's go get somethin' to eat. - Emmet, we're going to New York. 1016 01:17:56,007 --> 01:17:59,552 We're goin' to New York. The big money. 1017 01:17:59,623 --> 01:18:01,533 Can I get those cigarettes? 1018 01:18:01,607 --> 01:18:05,469 Em, I tell you, the music business really picked up, just like you said. 1019 01:18:05,542 --> 01:18:08,858 We got some dancers lined up for tonight, pretty ones. They are wild. 1020 01:18:57,318 --> 01:18:59,171 How are you? 1021 01:19:02,149 --> 01:19:04,003 You look healthy. 1022 01:19:07,781 --> 01:19:10,814 I'm in town makin' a record. 1023 01:19:10,884 --> 01:19:13,600 I wrote a beautiful tune. It's a classic. 1024 01:19:16,741 --> 01:19:18,597 I'm sorry I cut out on you like that. 1025 01:19:20,037 --> 01:19:22,307 It was time to move on. 1026 01:19:22,374 --> 01:19:24,761 I was fair. I told you not to fall in love with me. 1027 01:19:24,835 --> 01:19:27,224 It's nothin' personal. 1028 01:19:27,300 --> 01:19:29,274 It's just, I'm an artist. 1029 01:19:32,741 --> 01:19:35,359 I like women, but they gotta have their place. 1030 01:19:39,363 --> 01:19:40,891 You angry with me? 1031 01:19:42,979 --> 01:19:44,540 You have every right to be. 1032 01:19:44,612 --> 01:19:46,499 I don't hold it against you. 1033 01:19:47,621 --> 01:19:49,725 I even thought of you a couple of times. 1034 01:19:52,515 --> 01:19:54,935 My wife said... 1035 01:19:55,011 --> 01:19:56,919 I said your name once in my sleep. 1036 01:20:00,645 --> 01:20:02,499 Must have had a nightmare or somethin'. 1037 01:20:05,218 --> 01:20:06,811 Yeah. 1038 01:20:06,882 --> 01:20:10,746 I had a wife. She's gone now, and believe me, I don't miss her. 1039 01:20:10,819 --> 01:20:12,892 I don't mean to say I miss you either... 1040 01:20:12,964 --> 01:20:15,232 but I didn't have any bad feelings about you. 1041 01:20:18,945 --> 01:20:22,207 We got a real good contract at a club in New York for a year. Good dough. 1042 01:20:28,226 --> 01:20:31,195 Maybe you'd like to come. 1043 01:20:31,267 --> 01:20:32,673 You know? 1044 01:20:32,738 --> 01:20:35,226 I'm not makin' any promises, but... 1045 01:20:35,298 --> 01:20:37,600 I think you might have fun. 1046 01:20:37,666 --> 01:20:41,790 You'd be in New York with... 1047 01:20:41,858 --> 01:20:44,607 one of the two best guitar players in the world... 1048 01:20:46,338 --> 01:20:48,476 six best poker players. 1049 01:20:48,545 --> 01:20:50,400 Not countin' that. 1050 01:20:52,705 --> 01:20:54,560 We leave tomorrow, if you want. 1051 01:20:54,625 --> 01:20:56,448 If you don't, I understand. 1052 01:20:56,514 --> 01:20:59,831 You know? Then it'd be "It was nice seeing you again. 1053 01:20:59,907 --> 01:21:01,282 Good luck." 1054 01:21:03,747 --> 01:21:05,601 I never could get your handwritin'. 1055 01:21:15,425 --> 01:21:16,799 Happily? 1056 01:21:19,264 --> 01:21:20,638 Got kids? 1057 01:21:24,962 --> 01:21:26,335 Boy or girl? 1058 01:21:28,160 --> 01:21:30,104 Boy? 1059 01:21:30,178 --> 01:21:31,551 Girl? 1060 01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:38,174 It's just as well. 1061 01:21:39,584 --> 01:21:42,846 I wouldn't want to give you the wrong impression. You'd get attached to me. 1062 01:21:42,912 --> 01:21:45,246 And you know me. I can't take entanglements. 1063 01:21:48,864 --> 01:21:52,509 I gotta go. We're gonna take some chorus girls out tonight. 1064 01:21:52,576 --> 01:21:54,432 And I'm leavin' tomorrow. 1065 01:21:58,144 --> 01:21:59,998 Take it easy. 1066 01:22:54,974 --> 01:22:59,830 I'm the greatest solo instrumentalist on the guitar you'll ever hear. 1067 01:22:59,903 --> 01:23:00,796 Oh, yeah? 1068 01:23:00,862 --> 01:23:04,407 The public's just getting to know my name. Next year, I'll be in the money. 1069 01:23:06,367 --> 01:23:09,267 You're a real looker. You are a real looker. 1070 01:23:09,341 --> 01:23:12,441 - You're not that bad yourself. - I mean it! 1071 01:23:12,510 --> 01:23:15,772 Maybe that's why the men give me a lot of tips when I dance. 1072 01:23:15,838 --> 01:23:17,561 You wanna go watch trains? 1073 01:23:17,630 --> 01:23:19,036 What? 1074 01:23:19,101 --> 01:23:20,563 - Come on. - Trains? 1075 01:23:20,638 --> 01:23:22,066 Wait. Where are we going? 1076 01:23:22,141 --> 01:23:24,923 - Jesus. - Outta the way. 1077 01:23:24,990 --> 01:23:27,290 Grab my stuff. Jesus. 1078 01:23:27,356 --> 01:23:29,626 - Where are we going? - My cigarettes! 1079 01:23:29,693 --> 01:23:31,669 Where do you think you're taking me? 1080 01:23:34,845 --> 01:23:36,537 Where's my cigarettes? 1081 01:23:36,606 --> 01:23:38,492 Leave them alone. Let's just go. 1082 01:23:40,158 --> 01:23:42,907 Come on. Let's go watch trains. 1083 01:23:58,845 --> 01:24:01,977 You almost lost me there, you know. Did you see that? 1084 01:24:03,036 --> 01:24:05,458 Jesus. What are we doing here? 1085 01:24:05,532 --> 01:24:07,387 I like to sit out... 1086 01:24:08,604 --> 01:24:10,611 and look at the trains pass. 1087 01:24:10,684 --> 01:24:13,106 Yeah. To each his own, I say. 1088 01:24:13,179 --> 01:24:15,122 I mean, I don't understand it. 1089 01:24:15,196 --> 01:24:18,391 I can make my guitar sound like a train. 1090 01:24:18,459 --> 01:24:21,275 God! I mean, I'm a nice girl. 1091 01:24:21,340 --> 01:24:23,707 I don't understand why you'd bring me here. 1092 01:24:23,773 --> 01:24:27,963 I can make my guitar sound just like a train. 1093 01:24:28,028 --> 01:24:31,094 I got a warm room we can go to. 1094 01:24:31,164 --> 01:24:33,268 Come on. I'll take care of you. 1095 01:24:33,339 --> 01:24:36,273 Come on. It's nice. 1096 01:24:36,347 --> 01:24:41,050 Jesus, I don't understand why you would bring a nice girl like me out here. 1097 01:24:43,386 --> 01:24:45,328 I'm takin' requests. 1098 01:24:45,403 --> 01:24:47,258 Do you know "Sweet Sue"? 1099 01:26:21,721 --> 01:26:24,436 All right, are you finished? Can we go now? 1100 01:26:24,504 --> 01:26:27,571 I really have to pee, you know. I gotta go to the bathroom. 1101 01:26:29,145 --> 01:26:30,803 - What's the matter with you? - Go on. 1102 01:26:30,873 --> 01:26:32,149 - What? - Get outta here. 1103 01:26:32,216 --> 01:26:34,703 What? What are you talk... 1104 01:26:34,776 --> 01:26:37,199 - You dragged me out here. - Just leave me alone. 1105 01:26:37,272 --> 01:26:38,931 - What? - Leave me alone! 1106 01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:42,262 I don't need anybody! 1107 01:26:42,328 --> 01:26:45,743 - I made a mistake! - Yeah. I'll say. 1108 01:26:45,816 --> 01:26:47,189 I made mistake! 1109 01:27:14,295 --> 01:27:16,717 I have no idea what happened to Emmet Ray. 1110 01:27:16,790 --> 01:27:20,303 He just sort of disappeared, I guess. 1111 01:27:20,374 --> 01:27:22,994 He did make, though, in those last couple of years... 1112 01:27:23,064 --> 01:27:25,430 he made really his best recordings. 1113 01:27:25,495 --> 01:27:28,048 He never played more beautifully, more movingly. 1114 01:27:29,782 --> 01:27:32,117 Something just seemed to kind of open up in him. 1115 01:27:32,183 --> 01:27:34,932 It was amazing, because he was, finally... 1116 01:27:34,998 --> 01:27:37,137 every bit as good as Django Reinhardt. 1117 01:27:37,206 --> 01:27:41,068 And then he just, you know, seemed to fade away. 1118 01:27:41,142 --> 01:27:42,997 I mean, I have no idea. 1119 01:27:43,990 --> 01:27:45,877 Some people said he went to Europe. 1120 01:27:45,942 --> 01:27:50,416 And some people feel that he may have stopped playing altogether. 1121 01:27:50,487 --> 01:27:54,926 But we do have, fortunately, those last recordings he made. 1122 01:27:57,302 --> 01:28:00,465 And they're great. They're absolutely beautiful.