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00:02:09Make mine a scotch and soda double. What about you? I'll have a root beer. Root beer? Well, it's your
00:02:14liver, my friend.
00:02:23Night desk?
00:02:26About that shooting. The guy that was shot, his name is Leonard Moss. M-O-S-S. As in Sam,
00:02:32yeah. Hold it. Let's have another same thing. He was in a crap game. Uh, hold it. Hey, you all
00:02:40right? I just never saw a stiff before. No? Well, I always thought newspaper reporters.
00:02:44This is my first day.
00:03:15One dice hustler shoots one dice hustler shoots another dice hustler. One dice hustler shoots another dice hustler. So what?
00:03:19They don't seem to have the murders these days like they used to. Different class of people, I guess.
00:03:26What's the matter?
00:03:26with this crate. That thing ain't worked in ten years. I, I don't suppose there's any
00:03:32connection, but we haven't had a real good juicy murder story in this town
00:03:36since the Democrats got hold of the country. Back under the Republicans.
00:03:45Well, how do you like that?
00:03:47Huh. Ten years? That's more like fifteen.
00:03:55Mine in May, his in June, she forgot mighty soon.
00:04:081927. Remember that? Yeah.
00:04:22There they go in their joy, happy girl, lucky boy, and here am I, broken hearted.
00:04:36That's what I mean. That's the song they sang for Roxy Hart. And was that a story?
00:04:42What was? Roxy.
00:04:48Customers. All right, I'll get them, I'll get them.
00:04:52Hello, boys. Charge your glasses, gentlemen. To Roxy Hart, the prettiest woman ever tried
00:04:58for murder in Cook County. Okay, partner. To Roxy Hart. To Roxy Hart.
00:05:06Well, what about her? You remember that story? Yeah, some of it.
00:05:131926, 27, 28. The bad old days. When everything went, and everything was big.
00:05:19Big money, big crooks, big murders, big stories. Keep cool with Coolidge. Keep cockeyed with Capone.
00:05:24Keep Daffy with Daddy Brownie. This seems to call for a spot of music. And serve everybody around on me.
00:05:32What about Roxy Hart? Roxy Hart. The Teapot Dome. The 18th Amendment. The Monkey Trial.
00:05:40Carl Wanderer. Texas Guinan. Mayor Thompson. The Black Bottom. The Black Bottom.
00:05:48Paul Mills. Judd Gray and Ruth Snyder. I want to hear what you got to say about Roxy Hart.
00:05:56Why not? That was the best of them all. That was all of them rolled into one.
00:06:03Fifteen years ago. And I remember it like it was yesterday. That first flash of a shooting.
00:06:16The police? This is Finnegan, the charge at 1442 South Melrose.
00:06:21Somebody just shot somebody in apartment six.
00:06:26And I make this statement voluntarily and of my own free will.
00:06:32Freely and gladly.
00:06:34I fired five shots into the man.
00:06:37Smack him to him.
00:06:39Killing him instantly.
00:06:41Like a dog.
00:06:44Cheerful little assassin.
00:06:46Assassin? Is it assassination to shoot a burglar?
00:06:49What would you do if you came home and found somebody banging on the bedroom door?
00:06:54Check on the wife.
00:06:55But she wasn't here, I tell you.
00:06:57Wasn't nobody here.
00:06:58I come home from the pool room and...
00:07:00You know, I'm the best hooker player down there.
00:07:02Yeah. And as I...
00:07:03Come on, come on, sign it. He ain't trying the case. He's just a reporter.
00:07:08Not bad, huh?
00:07:09One hour and we got the guy in a signed confession.
00:07:12Last week, a jury thanked a man for killing a burglar.
00:07:15This week, they're giving a Huffmobile.
00:07:17Where do you think the madam could be?
00:07:19The what?
00:07:21The wife.
00:07:22The movies, maybe.
00:07:23Come on, let's go outside and have a talk with the prosecutor.
00:07:26Say, is he trying to insinuate something?
00:07:31How do you look at this thing?
00:07:33That's my wife. She's artistic.
00:07:37I never see anything that reminded me less of Whistler's mother.
00:07:47Everybody through with this?
00:07:48It's all yours, Doctor.
00:07:50I believe that if everybody would love everybody else...
00:07:53Okay, Billy Sundy, let's go.
00:07:57Yeah, well, that's about all it is, I'm afraid.
00:08:00Routine 12B.
00:08:02Yeah, Joe the Jerk, defend the little nest,
00:08:05while Miss Flapper wife is out mooning over John Gilbert.
00:08:10Okay, Tommy, see you later.
00:08:34Hey, I'm afraid I'll have a couple of words with you.
00:08:38It's all I want.
00:08:39I'll bring it.
00:08:41Go.
00:08:41Hey, cut it out, will ya?
00:08:43I only want to say a word.
00:08:44Hey, I'm afraid to get out of the room here.
00:08:45Oh, no.
00:08:49Will you cut it out?
00:08:52I'm not a copper.
00:08:54What are you?
00:08:55I'm a newspaper man.
00:09:01Don't fall.
00:09:03Don't fall.
00:09:06Oh, no.
00:09:08There's a copy, lady.
00:09:10You want me to call him or not?
00:09:12What do you want?
00:09:13I want the story.
00:09:13I want you to tell me what really happened in here.
00:09:15You heard him, I was...
00:09:16Now, don't give me that.
00:09:17You weren't skinning around the outside of this building just for your health.
00:09:20Come on, let's have it.
00:09:21You let me go.
00:09:27You plugged him, didn't you?
00:09:29You batty.
00:09:30Come on, what are you scared of?
00:09:32They won't do anything to you.
00:09:33This county never does anything to a dame.
00:09:35Cook County is the most gallant county in the whole country.
00:09:38Why, a pretty murderer since it's safe here.
00:09:41She is in her mother's arms.
00:09:43What do you want me to do?
00:09:46Say I shot him when I didn't?
00:09:48Oh, no, you're not.
00:09:48Come here.
00:09:49Come here.
00:09:49Don't cut it out, will you?
00:09:51You do that again, I'll break your arm.
00:09:54Ah, ah, ah, ah.
00:09:55Ah, no more billy goats either.
00:09:59Oh, please let me go.
00:10:00I didn't do it.
00:10:00I swear I didn't.
00:10:01He shot him.
00:10:02Yeah, but why did he shoot him?
00:10:03Because he busted in and caught you.
00:10:04Oh, he didn't have to bust in.
00:10:06The door was open.
00:10:06Oh, mercy me.
00:10:08Mercy me.
00:10:08Bring the body back in the parlor.
00:10:13Oh, no.
00:10:14Get out of here.
00:10:14Get out of here.
00:10:15Well, you know, look, honey.
00:10:15You and me has got to have a nice little talk.
00:10:18Look, honey sucker, you get right in there, and Daddy will be back in just a few minutes.
00:10:26We met this gentleman downstairs.
00:10:28He says he knows the step.
00:10:30Who are you?
00:10:31Uh, he claimed Benham at your service.
00:10:34Uh, Benham and Casely.
00:10:36Theatrical booking agents.
00:10:37That is, or that was my partner, the late Mr. Casely.
00:10:41I don't want to seem crude, but I'd like somebody to make up their mind about these remains.
00:10:45He was no midget, remember?
00:10:47You'll positively identify this man?
00:10:49Uh, gladly, uh, that is, naturally.
00:10:51Take it away.
00:10:52Just ring twice, any time.
00:10:54Service with a smile.
00:10:56Now, what do you know about this?
00:10:57Very little, I'm afraid.
00:10:58I didn't even know that Roxy was married.
00:11:00Roxy?
00:11:00Mrs. Ott.
00:11:01She was a client of ours in a way of speaking, though we were never able to place her.
00:11:05What particular talent was she peddling?
00:11:08She described herself, I believe, as, as a dancer.
00:11:11I don't believe it.
00:11:13She wouldn't lie to me like that.
00:11:15Well, she was here washing the dishes all the time.
00:11:19My dear fellow, it's a matter of record.
00:11:20She's been on our doorstep, or rather, Mr. Casely's, for weeks.
00:11:23Only this afternoon she insisted on another audition.
00:11:26And she told me she'd never seen him before.
00:11:29Never seen him before in her life.
00:11:31A complete stranger.
00:11:32She, uh, liked Mr. Casely?
00:11:34Well, let her say, rather, that Mrs. Ott was ambitious and female.
00:11:39A coquette.
00:11:40The word is nicely chosen.
00:11:42Mr. Casely was responsive to her appeal.
00:11:45Fred was a man who was always sensitive to a well-turned ankle.
00:11:48A wolf?
00:11:52Demortious, nil, nice, I bonum.
00:11:54Yeah, a wolf.
00:11:56But why?
00:11:57Is, is Roxy the one that planted?
00:12:00She is!
00:12:01Why should I try to protect her?
00:12:03Why should I take the rap when all the time she was lying to me?
00:12:06I bring her to Chicago.
00:12:08I get her a job.
00:12:09And this is what she does to me.
00:12:11Why, I wasn't even in the room.
00:12:12I was coming up them stairs, went bang, bang, bang, bang.
00:12:16And there she was with the rod in her hand.
00:12:18And him folding up right there.
00:12:20He, he, he, he, he.
00:12:22Well, this is a little more like it.
00:12:24And all the time I'm trying to believe her.
00:12:26I'm trying to make myself believe her.
00:12:28Because I wanted to believe her.
00:12:29Where is she now?
00:12:30On the roof, hiding.
00:12:32Excuse me.
00:12:33Downstairs, cover the building.
00:12:34You come with me.
00:12:38On the heart story.
00:12:39A perfectly lovely situation has developed.
00:12:42Joe the Jerk has now pinned it on the little woman.
00:12:45I want to issue a statement.
00:12:46Oh, hold it, Tommy.
00:12:47You're not going to change your mind again, I hope.
00:12:50Why, you liar.
00:12:51I didn't do it.
00:12:52Be out of here.
00:12:54Hold it, Tommy.
00:12:56They're coming through the walls.
00:12:59Boy, a Tisbus is odd.
00:13:02Take it easy.
00:13:02Take it easy.
00:13:03Take it easy, will you, honey?
00:13:05You don't want to damage your defense.
00:13:12Nothing doing down here.
00:13:13All right, help the sergeant up here.
00:13:14I'll watch the fire escape.
00:13:16Okay.
00:13:18Keep this wire open, Tommy.
00:13:19Say any clauses coming.
00:13:21Wait till I get my hands on that dirty ball crosser.
00:13:23I'll give him the...
00:13:23Will you pipe down?
00:13:24Here's your lead.
00:13:25Roxy Hart, the prettiest woman ever charged with murder in this county,
00:13:29has just surrendered to a representative of the Gazette.
00:13:32Whilst the constabulary...
00:13:33All you got to do is to sign this.
00:13:35My buddy, the cops are still on the roof.
00:13:37Do you hear what he said?
00:13:38What?
00:13:41You really think I'm so, um, pretty, like you said?
00:13:45Honey, you are a gardener, hollyhocks.
00:13:47How old are you, dear?
00:13:50Eighteen.
00:13:52Roxy is 23 and red-headed.
00:13:54Listen, old boy.
00:13:55Let me get the girls signed up before those monkeys get back down here.
00:13:57All right, shake it up.
00:13:58Hold it, Tommy.
00:13:59What's that?
00:14:00All you got to do, my dear, is to sign this contract.
00:14:05What contract?
00:14:06This is just a blank piece of paper.
00:14:08Not even any fine print on it.
00:14:09I'm going to fill that in later.
00:14:10Cabarets, person appearance, everything.
00:14:12Will you clean up?
00:14:13Uh, let's go if you swing.
00:14:15What is this?
00:14:16The insane asylum?
00:14:18You're beginning to give me the creeps.
00:14:21You're not going to swing.
00:14:23Women don't swing in this county.
00:14:25And will you stop saying swing?
00:14:28Listen, Roxy, you are a very lucky girl.
00:14:31Today you are nobody, and who cares?
00:14:33Tomorrow money couldn't buy the publicity you'll have.
00:14:36Column after column of it.
00:14:37Pictures, measurements.
00:14:39What you eat, what you drink, how you feel when you get up in the morning.
00:14:42Advice to young girls.
00:14:43On the radio.
00:14:44Everybody in the country will know you.
00:14:45They'll fight to see you, like when you cross the sidewalk from the patrol wagon to the courtroom door.
00:14:51They want your autograph.
00:14:52They'll grab your clothes for souvenirs.
00:14:54They want to kiss you so they can tell their grandchildren.
00:14:56A million dollar production, and you're the star.
00:14:58I'm telling you, honey, you'll be right up there with Peaches Browning, William Jennings Bryan, Queen Marie, Mara Ferguson.
00:15:04Mutt and Jeff.
00:15:05Red Grange, Ruth Snyder, Amy Semple McPherson, Barney Google.
00:15:09Don't you understand, dear, this is Chicago, the city of opportunity.
00:15:14And that city only awaits one word from you, to be at your feet.
00:15:21Well, maybe I'm crazy.
00:15:25Listen, you female chum.
00:15:26Let me out of here, please.
00:15:27Are you going to throw away a venetable fortune?
00:15:29And how am I going to spend that fortune in a cemetery?
00:15:31You won't have to, I tell you.
00:15:33Who's going to stop it, you?
00:15:34Billy Flynn.
00:15:38Billy Flynn?
00:15:39You mean the great mouthpiece?
00:15:40Get Billy Flynn, and you can write your own ticket.
00:15:42Yes, and use it.
00:15:43The streets of the city are congested with women that Billy has saved from their just desserts.
00:15:48Well, do you think he'd take me?
00:15:51Honey, Willie would take an ape woman if there was enough publicity in it.
00:15:55Yeah, he's good looking, too, isn't he?
00:15:57Sex appeal rises from him like a cloud of steam.
00:16:01But you don't think there'd be any chance?
00:16:02Honey, I keep telling you, this county wouldn't hang Lucretia Borgia.
00:16:07I wouldn't want to get in any jam, you know.
00:16:08It's money from Oma, dear.
00:16:10That's the only way to describe it.
00:16:12And you don't think that, well, all this you said about my career, you don't think I could have it
00:16:17if I was innocent?
00:16:18Oh, Roxy, Roxy, please.
00:16:20Will you?
00:16:23Well, then, of course.
00:16:26Naturally, I want to do everything, everything I can for my career.
00:16:33All right, honey.
00:16:34What's her name?
00:16:35Roxy?
00:16:35All right, Roxy, give it to us big mouth.
00:16:37Give it plenty of teeth.
00:16:38The old spider faces.
00:16:40Let's fine, hold it.
00:16:41Go.
00:16:42Wonderful, wonderful.
00:16:43Now, let's see.
00:16:44If I'd notice in time, I'd have got her myself.
00:16:48Uh-huh.
00:16:48This'll be a nifty, though.
00:16:49All right, hand up.
00:16:50That's fine.
00:16:50You got her in focus, boys?
00:16:51Get the orchard in.
00:16:52Ah, this is wonderful, wonderful, love it.
00:16:55Is that her?
00:16:56Yeah.
00:16:57Pip, huh?
00:16:58Wonderful, wonderful.
00:16:59She's just a girl.
00:17:00Like me.
00:17:03How's that?
00:17:04I thought she'd be older and more sinful looking.
00:17:08She's...
00:17:09Where's the husband?
00:17:10What's his name?
00:17:11She's beautiful.
00:17:12Now, listen.
00:17:12I don't want any of this to get in the newspapers.
00:17:15I want the whole thing kept perfectly quiet.
00:17:17Sure, sure.
00:17:18You're too smart a guy.
00:17:19Step right over here.
00:17:20Oh, no.
00:17:20You ain't gonna drag me into this.
00:17:22You're already drugged, you dope.
00:17:23Now, stop stalling and get over there.
00:17:24We gotta catch the male edition.
00:17:26I won't do it.
00:17:27There you are.
00:17:28No spirit of cooperation.
00:17:29Oh, listen, Amos.
00:17:30You want people to think you're a yellow dog and ran out on your wife?
00:17:33A low, dirty bum?
00:17:34What else is he?
00:17:36Get in there and show the world you're gonna stand by her through thick and thin.
00:17:39The old bulldog spirit for the woman I love.
00:17:42How about it, kid?
00:17:42Why, with a man like you would have said, a woman could fight the whole world.
00:17:46Lefty.
00:17:48Well, naturally, if I thought...
00:17:49That a boy.
00:17:50We'll send you a copy to hang in your den with the rest of your trophies.
00:17:53What about the stiff?
00:17:55The corpse?
00:17:55No corpse is gonna pose with me, especially that, and you can just count me out.
00:17:58Get back, honey.
00:17:59The stiff is gone.
00:18:01It's enough with that.
00:18:02We don't need the stiff.
00:18:04Hey, Fido, lay down.
00:18:05Play dead.
00:18:06Here?
00:18:06Yeah.
00:18:07You, right over here now.
00:18:09Try and run loose and that's fine.
00:18:11Beautiful.
00:18:12Beautiful.
00:18:15Come on, everybody.
00:18:16Big smile.
00:18:17Beautiful.
00:18:18How's this pose?
00:18:19Is this a good one?
00:18:20The knees, babe.
00:18:22How about profile?
00:18:24I hate to lose any part of that kisser, but let me see.
00:18:27Good.
00:18:28You're asking his forgiveness.
00:18:30Who's asking whose forgiveness?
00:18:31Look, Roxy, cooperate.
00:18:33The knees, the knees.
00:18:35I don't know what I want to get mixed up in this thing for.
00:18:37Look, you move out of there and I'll bet you won't still help me.
00:18:39I'll hit you such a rough.
00:18:41You, Roxy, you're begging his forgiveness.
00:18:43Husband, you're smiling sweetly.
00:18:46Counselor, cook official.
00:18:47That's it.
00:18:48Hold it, everybody.
00:18:49The knees, Roxy, the knees.
00:18:54That's the way it started.
00:18:56Small, but brother how it grew.
00:18:59In one week, Roxy Hart was the best-known dame in the United States.
00:19:02Her fame covered this whole country like the morning dew.
00:19:06Like the dew.
00:19:07The prettiest woman ever charged with murder in the history of Chicago.
00:19:11Pretty soft, huh?
00:19:12That's the way it looked, yeah.
00:19:14Like a setup, a pushover.
00:19:16No risk, no danger, no chance of a conviction.
00:19:20That's the way it looked then.
00:19:22That's what she thought.
00:19:23Do you seriously think Billy Flynn is going to waste his time on every two-bit scuffle that gets into
00:19:29the papers?
00:19:30Two-bit scuffle, eight pictures and nine columns in two days, I guess that ain't the bee's knees.
00:19:35My dear girl, do you realize that during my first week here, I had a total of 15 pictures, 27
00:19:41and a half columns, and an editorial denouncing me?
00:19:45Please, you're so awful, it's all I can do to keep my mind on you.
00:19:48Children!
00:19:49Hear you talk, you think you were the queen of the jail.
00:19:51Well, permit me to remind you, Miss Sloppy, your whole case is a very low-class affair, whereas my friend
00:19:59was in the social register.
00:20:02On a pass?
00:20:03In my opinion, Mrs. Hart, you're a very ordinary bum, and you might as well face it.
00:20:08Bum?
00:20:09I'll bum you!
00:20:18Oh!
00:20:19Oh!
00:20:19Oh!
00:20:20Oh!
00:20:20Oh!
00:20:20Oh!
00:20:21Oh!
00:20:21Oh!
00:20:29Children!
00:20:36You girls have got to stop this squabbling!
00:20:47Let's see, where was I?
00:20:59All together, Mr. Benham and I managed to raise $1,400 off the furniture.
00:21:04Never mind how. Just count it out.
00:21:06Then there's $500 from the savings and $500 from Roxy's life insurance.
00:21:10That's $2,400.
00:21:11$300 that I borrowed and $700 from the building and loan.
00:21:15That's $3,400.
00:21:16And that's all.
00:21:17All?
00:21:18All so far.
00:21:19I figured I could pay you, say, $20 a week.
00:21:21I could give you interest, maybe double interest.
00:21:23Now, just a minute, Hart.
00:21:24When you came to me and said, Mr. Flynn, will you take this case, did I say, is she innocent
00:21:29or is she guilty?
00:21:30No.
00:21:30I said nothing like that.
00:21:32I simply said, if you got $5,000, didn't I?
00:21:34That's right.
00:21:35You've been perfectly fair with me.
00:21:36All right.
00:21:36Then I expect you to be fair with me.
00:21:38What about her father and mother?
00:21:40You tried them?
00:21:40Well, I don't think they got much.
00:21:42Well, whatever they've got, they'll give to save their daughter, their little baby, won't they?
00:21:45Well, I don't know.
00:21:47You don't know?
00:21:48My, Hart, that's the most cold-blooded thing I've ever heard a man say.
00:21:51Do we even question the willingness of a father and mother to come to the aid of their child?
00:21:55Fletcher of their flesh, bone of their bone?
00:21:57Well, I didn't mean that they...
00:21:58Now, where are they?
00:21:59Get them on the phone right now.
00:22:00They live down in the country.
00:22:01Well, call them.
00:22:02It's long distance.
00:22:03Well, put it on the bill.
00:22:04Call them.
00:22:05Will you get me Mr. Magnus J. Wadsworth in Zanesboro?
00:22:08Why, the best friend that any of us can have in this world may turn against us and become
00:22:12our enemy.
00:22:12Our son, our daughter, that we have reared with loving care may prove ungrateful.
00:22:17Those we have trusted with our happiness or good name may prove traitorous to that faith.
00:22:21But when all others have fled, when riches have taken wing and reputation fallen to pieces,
00:22:26there still remains one absolutely unselfish friend in this selfish world.
00:22:30One who will never desert us.
00:22:32One who will never prove ungrateful nor treacherous.
00:22:35That's a mad dog, Edith.
00:22:38That's right it is.
00:22:40I was thinking it was, uh...
00:22:42Mr. Wadsworth?
00:22:42This is Amos.
00:22:44Roxy's in some terrible trouble.
00:22:46What?
00:22:47Yes.
00:22:48Yes.
00:22:50No.
00:22:51And if we don't do something pretty quick...
00:22:53Do what?
00:22:55I said they're liable to...
00:22:58hang her.
00:22:59Good.
00:23:17They're going to hang Roxy.
00:23:19What did I tell you?
00:23:23Now let's get this straight, Tootsie.
00:23:24I haven't committed myself on this proposition yet.
00:23:27Maybe I'll be able to handle it, maybe not.
00:23:29It all depends on developments.
00:23:30But I'm going to give you a few tips now, just in case.
00:23:33Well...
00:23:35Maybe I shouldn't say this, but I didn't do it.
00:23:40You didn't do it?
00:23:41Oh, well, then I'm not sure that I'm the man for the job.
00:23:44Now if you're guilty...
00:23:45Please, please, I'm sorry I mentioned it.
00:23:46Oh, that's all right.
00:23:47I'll keep it in mind in case of emergency.
00:23:49But for the present, we'll proceed along the customary lines.
00:23:52Now, what we've got to do first is to go out for sympathy.
00:23:56Through the newspapers.
00:23:57The story of your life starts tomorrow in the Herald.
00:23:59From kindergarten to jail.
00:24:01What?
00:24:01My secretary is writing it this afternoon.
00:24:04Signed with your name, of course.
00:24:05An authoress.
00:24:07Beautiful southern home.
00:24:09Every luxury and refinement.
00:24:11Magnolias.
00:24:12Colored mammy.
00:24:13The whole treatment.
00:24:14Educated in private schools.
00:24:16Sheltered like a little flower.
00:24:18And then ruined.
00:24:19Parents dead.
00:24:20Fortune swept away.
00:24:22A runaway marriage.
00:24:23And heartbreak.
00:24:24You're a lovely, innocent child.
00:24:26Bewildered by what has happened.
00:24:27Young, full of life.
00:24:29And lonely.
00:24:30Caught to the mad world of a great city.
00:24:32Music, lights, wine.
00:24:34The black bottom.
00:24:36Like a moth to the flame.
00:24:37And now the cold gray dawn.
00:24:41Mad world ceased.
00:24:43Butterfly crushed on the wheel.
00:24:45And what's left?
00:24:46Regret.
00:24:47That's the important thing.
00:24:48Regret.
00:24:49You'd give your life this very minute to bring him back.
00:24:52Well, why'd I do it?
00:24:53Was I drunk or crazy?
00:24:54All you can remember is a fearful quarrel.
00:24:56And then he threatened you.
00:24:58My honor?
00:24:59No, no.
00:24:59We don't want to fall back on that unless we have to.
00:25:01He threatened to kill you.
00:25:02Later we'll work out why.
00:25:04You can see him coming toward you now.
00:25:06With an awful look in his eyes.
00:25:07A wild look.
00:25:08And get this.
00:25:10You'll both grab for the gun.
00:25:11See?
00:25:12Self-defense.
00:25:13Whatever we'll work in later.
00:25:14That's there from the start.
00:25:17And everything went purple.
00:25:19Purple?
00:25:21Black?
00:25:22White?
00:25:23Red?
00:25:24Purple's good.
00:25:24It's new.
00:25:25As you both grabbed for the gun, everything went purple.
00:25:29I like that.
00:25:30The reporter's downstairs, Judy.
00:25:31Okay, okay.
00:25:31Holy Moses.
00:25:32Haven't you got something else you could wear?
00:25:34Now, what's wrong with this?
00:25:35Well, for a clip joint, it's great.
00:25:37But you've got to remember what I said, you're dope.
00:25:39Regret.
00:25:39Remorse.
00:25:40Unhappiness.
00:25:41No matter what happens.
00:25:42There can never be any more life gave to your happiness for you.
00:25:45You'll never smile again.
00:25:46You understand?
00:25:47I got it.
00:25:48Well, don't forget it.
00:25:50Bird brain.
00:25:52Miss Martin.
00:25:53Get me that black dress.
00:25:54The one with the sunflower on the stomach.
00:26:04How is she today?
00:26:06Poor child.
00:26:07She's holding up magnificently, poor bewildered kid.
00:26:10Right now, she can hardly realize what's happened.
00:26:14Mr. Callahan, I've just seen Finnegan, the janitor.
00:26:17What janitor?
00:26:18At the apartment house.
00:26:20And from what he says, she didn't do it.
00:26:22Shh, shh, shh, shh.
00:26:22Are you, are you nuts?
00:26:24What are you trying to do, kill the story?
00:26:27Listen, you, I suppose, should be a newspaper man, not a detective.
00:26:31You understand?
00:26:31You, I suppose, should build up a story, not tear it down.
00:26:35Give me that.
00:26:37Never scare me like that again.
00:26:39Gentlemen, Mrs. Hart.
00:26:41Let's go out.
00:27:10Roxy, dear.
00:27:11This is Mary Sunshine, the famous feature writer.
00:27:16And these are some gentlemen of the press.
00:27:18How are you, Mrs. Horace?
00:27:19So glad to meet you.
00:27:20How do you do?
00:27:20Boy!
00:27:21Oh, you poor child.
00:27:23Come sit over here.
00:27:26We all understand.
00:27:28I'm going to leave you now, Roxy,
00:27:29so that Miss Sunshine and the boys can interview you
00:27:31without being disturbed.
00:27:32Just answer their questions frankly
00:27:34and don't forget what I told you.
00:27:36Yes, Daddy.
00:27:38Just a frightened kid, that's all.
00:27:40Goodbye, Mary.
00:27:41Goodbye, boys.
00:27:42Goodbye.
00:27:44Goodbye, Jake.
00:27:45Goodbye, Willie.
00:27:49Excuse me.
00:27:50Yes, yes, of course.
00:27:54What's that?
00:27:55A dinner from the Ritz, Madame.
00:27:57There's two more outside,
00:27:58but just from restaurants.
00:28:00No other hotels.
00:28:04Listen to this.
00:28:06My heart and hand are at your feet.
00:28:08With you, my life would be complete.
00:28:10Yours with pleasure and unknown admirer.
00:28:14Isn't that lovely?
00:28:16Probably from Lord Byron.
00:28:18Then why doesn't he sign it?
00:28:20But Mr. Flynn...
00:28:21Now, wait a minute.
00:28:22You get the dough
00:28:23and I'll get you a pass
00:28:24and not before.
00:28:31But what kind of a jail is it
00:28:33that everybody in the world
00:28:34can get into the wife
00:28:36but the husband?
00:28:39Everybody's been so lovely.
00:28:41You know, I haven't had each
00:28:41jail stop once.
00:28:43Just what did happen, Mrs. Hart.
00:28:45How's that?
00:28:46Tell us in your own words why.
00:28:52Well...
00:28:53All I can remember is a dreadful quarrel
00:28:55and then a threat.
00:28:57I can see him coming toward me now
00:28:59with that awful look on his eye.
00:29:01A wild look.
00:29:02Oh, look, alligator pear.
00:29:04Gee, that fellow certainly
00:29:05doesn't give up, don't he?
00:29:06He was bearing down on you
00:29:08with that wild look.
00:29:09And then what?
00:29:11And then...
00:29:13we both grabbed for the gun.
00:29:15Now get that straight,
00:29:16we both grabbed for it.
00:29:17And then?
00:29:18And then...
00:29:20everything went purple.
00:29:23Purple?
00:29:24A purple...
00:29:25flash.
00:29:28Light or dark?
00:29:30Pardon?
00:29:32I say light purple like
00:29:34uh, lavender
00:29:35or dark purple like violet?
00:29:43Violet.
00:29:45In other words,
00:29:46self-defense.
00:29:47You can bet your sweet life it was.
00:29:48They'll all be so glad
00:29:50to know you can eat.
00:29:53It's choking me every mouthful,
00:29:54but I feel it's my duty.
00:29:57Oh, it is, it is.
00:29:59You've got to keep up your strength.
00:30:01I can't sleep at night either.
00:30:03All night long I just walk up and down,
00:30:04tossing the floor.
00:30:05You recall nothing specific
00:30:08during this uh,
00:30:10purple patch?
00:30:11How could I?
00:30:12Must have been mad.
00:30:12Insane.
00:30:13Oh dear.
00:30:14Oh no, not for the asylum, understand.
00:30:15Over with.
00:30:16Right away.
00:30:17Sane before and sane after.
00:30:19With a little teensy,
00:30:20weensy spot of insanity
00:30:22right in the middle, is that it?
00:30:23That's it.
00:30:24Shoot me the jam, Sam.
00:30:25Is it true, Mrs. Hart,
00:30:26you were swept off your feet by jazz?
00:30:28Yeah.
00:30:28What about that black bottom?
00:30:30Well.
00:30:32You're good at it, ain't you?
00:30:33Hm.
00:30:34I ain't had no complaints yet.
00:30:35How about a little sample?
00:30:37Now?
00:30:37Sure, why not?
00:30:39Sure, Roxy.
00:30:39Come on, this boy.
00:30:40Give, Roxy.
00:30:41Boy.
00:30:43Oh, you're really
00:30:44the nuttiest guy I ever saw.
00:30:46Why don't you, Mrs. Hart?
00:30:47It might take your thoughts
00:30:48off your tragedy.
00:30:49Do a few steps for us.
00:30:51You don't think it might be what you call
00:30:54out of place?
00:30:56Certainly not.
00:30:57Do you think we'd ask you
00:30:58if it would be?
00:31:01Well.
00:31:06I don't know if I ought.
00:31:27I don't know if it would be.
00:31:30Yes, sir.
00:31:36Well, that's what we're talking about.
00:31:38I don't know if I'd be a part of this,
00:31:39I'm not sure if the things were
00:31:39Well, no, no.
00:31:41No, no, no.
00:31:42I can't do that.
00:31:44I don't know if I can't do that.
00:31:46Oh, no.
00:31:52Get away, get away!
00:31:55Who wants to see any pictures of you anyway?
00:31:57But I'm the husband, ain't I?
00:31:59I don't believe it.
00:32:04Well, her's my big black mouth.
00:32:42Mrs. Hart, I think you're just wonderful.
00:32:45What?
00:32:46I know you didn't do it, I just know it.
00:32:47Oh, you're a sweetie pie to say that.
00:32:49But if you print it, I'll wrap a chair around your neck.
00:33:07Kinda liked her, huh?
00:33:10Kinda liked her?
00:33:11That's putting it feebly.
00:33:14I couldn't sleep for thinking about her.
00:33:16Go on, I wanna hear some more.
00:33:26Oil for the lamps of China, gentlemen.
00:33:34A month later.
00:33:50Chicago, Chicago, that toddler town.
00:34:02What I'm saying.
00:34:02It's gonna be a good thing.
00:34:03But it's gonna happen.
00:34:03You're a good girl.
00:34:03Chasley, they're good.
00:34:04You're good.
00:34:05I'm a good girl.
00:34:06You're a good girl.
00:34:07I'm a good girl.
00:34:08You better get over myateurs.
00:34:10I'm a good girl.
00:34:22You better get over my girl.
00:34:24Let's go.
00:34:38won't you tell us just uh how you happen to take up banditry miss baxter did you suffer from an
00:34:45inferiority complex hello miss sunshine later mrs hart or would you describe yourself as a thrill
00:34:52player oh mr callahan i got a scoop for you i'm thinking of going on a hunger strike okay kid
00:35:02happy hiccups what about the guy who was with you they got him outside maybe you'd like to go out
00:35:06and take a little peek at you want to come roxy i'm awfully worried roxy you're worried
00:35:23listen my lawyer goes out of town on a vacation my agent whatever you want you can't find him
00:35:28so in 10 days only one little script of a story and little pictures and now this you can figure
00:35:33for yourself how i feel it's not that did you see that editorial in the ledger this morning
00:35:38about me it said why is it that men could be hanged in this county but not women
00:35:43it was called we demand equal rights for women say that's swell roxy please this is serious
00:35:50this case isn't going to be like the others everybody is getting sore the mayor the newspapers
00:35:54the preachers the women's clubs everybody it never was like that before yes sweet
00:36:01don't you understand they're going to try to make you pay the penalty
00:36:07i never thought of anybody really worrying about me before
00:36:12anything happen to you roxy i don't know what i'd do
00:36:26how old are you 25
00:36:40well
00:36:40listen sweetie pie i'll tell you a secret
00:36:44any old time they go and gets too tough all i have to do is just say one word and
00:36:47i'm out
00:36:47just one word that's all so you don't even worry
00:36:50i'm so happy is there anything i can do for you
00:36:53yeah go find that benham that agent guy and tell him i want some action
00:36:56right away yeah a proposition like this you got to keep it boiling something new all the time
00:37:00when you got your whole future tied up in it you gotta grab it by the horn and hit it
00:37:04while it's hot
00:37:06hit it while it's hot
00:37:08grab it by the horn
00:37:09hit it while it's hot
00:37:10grab it by the horn
00:37:12hit it while it's hot
00:37:13hit it while it's hot
00:37:14hit it while it's hot
00:37:18hit it while it's hot
00:37:32hit it and press it it whileãy beat the horn
00:37:46Let's go.
00:38:10Well, sir, if you thought Roxy got a build-up, you should have seen two-gun Gerties.
00:38:15Things moved fast in those days.
00:38:17Almost before you knew it, J. Edgar Hoover couldn't have found Roxy's name in the papers.
00:38:21Two-gun Gertie, two-gun Gertie, two-gun Gertie.
00:38:22That's all the papers could think about.
00:38:24But, gentlemen, class will always tell.
00:38:28Roxy, Christ to earth, will always rise again.
00:38:30Just when the hour was darkest, one obscurity seemed to have settled down permanently over that brave little jailbird.
00:38:36Up she zoomed again like a rocket.
00:38:39Like a rocket.
00:38:40Back to page one in every sheet in town.
00:38:42With one little twist of the wrist, one simple girlish idea, the queen of them all once more resumed her
00:38:48throne.
00:38:48Walk-a-bye, baby, on the tree.
00:38:53Toggle, big toggle.
00:38:55That's hot in town, hot in town.
00:38:57When the wind blows, the cradle will roll.
00:39:03Big toggle, big toggle.
00:39:04When the bar breaks, the cradle will roll.
00:39:10That's hot in town.
00:39:11And down will come, baby, cradle and roll.
00:39:20Slowly, my dear, slowly.
00:39:22Yes, Daddy.
00:39:24Perhaps you'd better call me something else.
00:39:26Yes, Daddy.
00:39:34Boy.
00:39:47Oh, you poor, dear child.
00:39:59Thank you so much.
00:40:01I'm such a bother these days.
00:40:05Comfortable, my dear?
00:40:06Yes, Dad.
00:40:08Dear Mr. Flynn.
00:40:09Game, little woman.
00:40:10I've never seen anything like it.
00:40:12Isn't it gorgeous?
00:40:13Aren't you glad?
00:40:15Glad?
00:40:16Glad?
00:40:18To have your child born here?
00:40:21No, no, dear.
00:40:22You promised me not to get upset again.
00:40:23Oh, what a story.
00:40:25What a tragedy.
00:40:26When is it to be, dear?
00:40:29Oh.
00:40:38Not till summer.
00:40:40June.
00:40:44Harrison's trying to postpone the trial, you know, till after election.
00:40:47For myself, it don't matter, but for the little one.
00:40:50Fat lot Harrison cares about that.
00:40:55Hello, Mr. Callahan.
00:40:57We'll make him care.
00:40:58I'll see to that.
00:40:59I'll call every woman's club in the city.
00:41:01Every mother's and teacher's association.
00:41:03Oh, Mr. Callahan.
00:41:04Hmm?
00:41:05I think Miss Baxter's trying to attract your attention.
00:41:09We'll start a petition.
00:41:10Get thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of names.
00:41:13Swell.
00:41:13Well, a great idea.
00:41:14Boy.
00:41:15Demanding that bail be granted so an innocent bail can be born in God's great outdoors.
00:41:19You mean in a what?
00:41:20No, not bail for immediate trial.
00:41:23Oh, swell, Mary.
00:41:24Jake.
00:41:25Yeah?
00:41:25I think Miss Baxter wishes to speak with you.
00:41:28She probably has a scoop for you.
00:41:32Hiya, Gertie.
00:41:33Just a minute.
00:41:34Who is that dame?
00:41:35Scram, sister.
00:41:36What's this, Gertie?
00:41:37This is private.
00:41:38Scott.
00:41:43Oh, poor Miss Baxter.
00:41:45She seems to live such a lonely life.
00:41:48I've got it.
00:41:48Oh, I've got it.
00:41:50Yeah?
00:41:50We'll demand that the trial start on Mother's Day.
00:41:52Wonderful, Mary.
00:41:53Magnificent.
00:41:54Well, idea.
00:41:55But I'm the father, don't you understand?
00:41:57I'm the father.
00:41:59Ain't there any room at all for the father?
00:42:02How many people did the state charge with the shooting of Casely?
00:42:04One.
00:42:05How many did the grand jury indict?
00:42:07One.
00:42:08How many are named in the charge?
00:42:10One.
00:42:11And how can the state try to?
00:42:12That's a mighty pretty question, all right, counselor.
00:42:15Don't you worry, my dear.
00:42:16The American public will fight to the death for you and you, wee one.
00:42:19But what will we beat the rap?
00:42:21That's a rancid test.
00:42:22Every true woman in the country will be with you spiritually, Mrs. Hart.
00:42:25Motherhood itself will be at stake.
00:42:28You've been so kind, Miss Sunshine.
00:42:31If it's a girl, I'd like to name it after you.
00:42:35Oh, you darling.
00:42:37Oh, that's just too sweet.
00:42:39And if it's a boy, after you, Jake.
00:42:43No, not me, honey.
00:42:44Thanks, just the same.
00:42:45You slip it to Billy here.
00:42:47Well, I appreciate the honor, naturally.
00:42:49But I happen to be married and happily and would like to remain so.
00:42:52Mr. Flynn, Mr. Hart's outside making quite a fuss.
00:42:55Well, he's got a crust.
00:42:56He says he wants to make it up with her.
00:42:57Over my dead body.
00:42:59He turned on her and he's got to stay turned on her.
00:43:01He can't switch back and forth like that.
00:43:03Why, he'll never get a defense set.
00:43:04Shall I tell him to throw him out?
00:43:05No, I'll see him.
00:43:06Why, we can't allow him to have any sympathy at all.
00:43:08He's got to be the heavy throughout.
00:43:10I'll have to get him to divorce you.
00:43:13If you don't lay off me, sir, help me.
00:43:14I just want to give you a cigar, that's all.
00:43:16Look, from you, I wouldn't take Clara Bow.
00:43:18Be with you a minute, baby boy.
00:43:20Take your time.
00:43:20Well, Mr. Flynn, guess the cigar's around me this time.
00:43:23Well, Hart, I congratulate you.
00:43:25Thanks, old man.
00:43:26That's the way to take it.
00:43:27Be a good sport about it.
00:43:29Kim is quite a surprise, too, you know.
00:43:30Well, what does that matter?
00:43:31The whole affair was obviously somewhat awkward.
00:43:34But you're the man of the world, aren't you?
00:43:35Yes, but what do you mean, be a good sport?
00:43:39Exactly.
00:43:40Now, I'm a bit older than you are, Hart.
00:43:42Sit down.
00:43:43You know, I've seen such situations arise before.
00:43:46And the only way to take them is philosophically.
00:43:48Just laugh it off, that's all.
00:43:49Laugh?
00:43:50Yes, no matter what they say to you, just laugh at them.
00:43:54Laugh and the world laughs with you.
00:43:56Weep and you'll look like a chump.
00:43:58Maybe I better hold on to this for a little while yet.
00:44:01What's the matter?
00:44:02Maybe I ain't as big a chump as I look.
00:44:05Hart, you're not going to be a cad.
00:44:06Who says I ain't?
00:44:07Nobody can't make a fool out of me, you know.
00:44:09You'll amaze me.
00:44:10You talk as if you're going to divorce her.
00:44:12And maybe that ain't all.
00:44:14What do you mean?
00:44:15You think you're so smart, the both of you.
00:44:18But I know what you're figuring.
00:44:20You're figuring if the going gets too tough,
00:44:21you're going to call in Finnegan.
00:44:22And he'll clear her and hang it on me.
00:44:25Well, you ain't.
00:44:26And you know why you ain't?
00:44:27Because Finnegan is dead.
00:44:29Yeah, last week he had another stroke and he's dead.
00:44:33Finnegan, who is Finnegan?
00:44:34Not is, was.
00:44:35Who was Finnegan?
00:44:36Just tell her that, Mr. Wise Guy.
00:44:37See what she says.
00:44:40He's dead.
00:44:42Finnegan is dead.
00:44:50Is that the way them big shot lawyers go at a case?
00:44:54That's the way Mr. Billy Flynn went at one.
00:44:56You'd think they'd throw him out of the courts.
00:44:59They did.
00:45:00Skullduggery in the first degree.
00:45:02All right, go on, Homer.
00:45:03I want to hear what you've got to say about the trial.
00:45:10The day of the big game dawned crisp and clear.
00:45:15This account of the Roxy Hart trial, ladies and gentlemen,
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00:45:32Your play-by-play announcer for the trial
00:45:34will be that veteran crime expert of the Daily Gazette,
00:45:37Mr. Jake Callaghan.
00:45:38Take it away, Jake Callaghan.
00:45:40Now, uh, at that point, you weep.
00:45:44I just wept.
00:45:45Oh, then weep again!
00:45:46And every other time I say so.
00:45:49You may not know much law,
00:45:51but I do know juries,
00:45:52and that's all we need.
00:45:57Where was I?
00:45:59Hmm.
00:46:00My innocent, unborn babe.
00:46:02Yeah.
00:46:03I'll not you throw your head back.
00:46:04Nobly.
00:46:09Good.
00:46:10But don't look at the jury on that.
00:46:11Just forget him.
00:46:12Seek the eyes of your husband.
00:46:14He has divorced me and cast me aside.
00:46:18But he is still the father of my child.
00:46:21And the man I really love.
00:46:22And the man I really love.
00:46:24Well, you don't have to get out on the floor.
00:46:26You said slump, didn't you?
00:46:27But gently, delicately, like a lady.
00:46:30You were going on like a sea lion.
00:46:33I'm going on a cross-examination.
00:46:35He better watch his step, that Harrison.
00:46:36If he starts calling me names...
00:46:37You'll cry!
00:46:38I'll crown him.
00:46:39Now listen.
00:46:40No matter what he says, or how mad he gets,
00:46:43you'll shrink.
00:46:43Shrink!
00:46:44Shrink!
00:46:47And cower.
00:46:49And cry.
00:46:52With a little flutter.
00:46:56Until the jury wants to rise up and tear him limb from limb.
00:46:59And never forget, always you're frightened, and helpless, and demure.
00:47:06Demure, I said.
00:47:09Don't you know what demure means?
00:47:11Certainly.
00:47:13What?
00:47:16What?
00:47:17Demure means shy, timid, modest.
00:47:27His honor's here, Counselor.
00:47:32Now don't get excited.
00:47:33I'm not excited.
00:47:36Demure gotcha.
00:47:37Turn around.
00:47:39Here are your flowers.
00:47:40Take it easy.
00:47:46And now, folks, it looks like, yes, it is.
00:47:48Here she comes now.
00:47:50Roxy Hart, that game little sharpshooter.
00:47:52Boy.
00:47:53All right, Roxy, let's see you kissing.
00:47:54Come here and take them all in time.
00:47:56Hey, Bill.
00:47:56What's with the geraniums?
00:47:59Okay, here we go.
00:48:00Open.
00:48:01Press.
00:48:02Back, Donald.
00:48:05Darling, we're all for you.
00:48:06You've got to come through.
00:48:07Listen, you.
00:48:08This dame is alone.
00:48:09Desert of a signal for Lorna.
00:48:10Cut out this food till she's free.
00:48:12All right, Bill.
00:48:12Hold it.
00:48:13Open.
00:48:14Flash.
00:48:14Fine.
00:48:15Fine.
00:48:15Roxy, will you say a word or two to America?
00:48:18Hello, America.
00:48:19Hello, Mom.
00:48:20I'm...
00:48:20Mrs. Hart and I have nothing to say except that win or lose,
00:48:24we expect to play the game fair and square
00:48:26and let the court decide on the plain unvarnished facts.
00:48:30That's fine.
00:48:31That, ladies and gentlemen, was Roxy Hart and Billy Flynn,
00:48:34her simple barefoot mouthpiece.
00:48:36And now, here comes Judge Canton.
00:48:51The Honorable Court is in session.
00:48:54Now, folks, the preliminaries are over and we have a jury.
00:48:58A blue ribbon jury.
00:48:59Men of property.
00:49:00Brokers or better.
00:49:01And they haven't had their eyes off Roxy since they sat down.
00:49:21Amos Hart, take the stand.
00:49:33All right, take a shot.
00:49:34Will you hold still a minute and just hold it?
00:49:35Okay.
00:49:36Hold it.
00:49:37Open.
00:49:38Flash.
00:49:39That did it.
00:49:40All right, fellas.
00:49:40Break it up.
00:49:46You're trying to figure out that's more American code control.
00:49:48Hold you not much truth?
00:49:48I do.
00:50:05Will your honor kindly request the jury to give some small attention to the witness during this testimony?
00:50:11Hey, hey, hey.
00:50:13Certainly, certainly.
00:50:15Pay attention to the witness, gentlemen.
00:50:21What's your name?
00:50:22Amos Hart.
00:50:23What is your relationship to the defendant, Roxy Hart?
00:50:26She used to be my wife.
00:50:28Mr. Hart, will you tell the court, in your own words, what, if anything, happened in the apartment occupied by
00:50:34you and your ex-wife on the evening of September 5th?
00:50:37Well, sir, on the evening of September 5th, I arrived at my home, 1442 South Belrose, apartment 6th, from the
00:50:44pool room where I hang out at 1726 South Hoffman Boulevard at 717 o'clock p.m.
00:50:50And what did you find, Mr. Hart?
00:50:53I found Mrs. Hart shooting a man.
00:50:55Hold it.
00:50:56Hold it.
00:50:57Nice big smile.
00:50:58All right.
00:50:58Nice draw.
00:50:59Everybody ready?
00:51:00All right.
00:51:00Hold it.
00:51:00Open.
00:51:02Flash.
00:51:03That did it.
00:51:04All right.
00:51:04Break it up, fellas.
00:51:06Why don't you sit down right now and write a nice long letter to Dr. Habakkuk Twist and tell him
00:51:12about your gallstones.
00:51:14Tell us the details, Mr. Hart.
00:51:16Well, sir, I come up the stairs and blam, I heard this pistol shot in my apartment.
00:51:21So I bust in and there she was, banging away at this Casely fella.
00:51:25Bang, bang, bang, bang.
00:51:28Bang?
00:51:29No, sir.
00:51:30Just four bangs and the one I heard on the stairs.
00:51:32Five bangs altogether.
00:51:33Well, how do you like that?
00:51:36Did she speak?
00:51:37Was she saying anything?
00:51:38Yes, sir.
00:51:39She kept saying, take that, you cur, and that, and that.
00:51:43Can you beat it?
00:51:44I never said cur in my life.
00:51:46Your Honor, I protest against these interruptions.
00:51:48The defendant will keep quiet.
00:51:50Please.
00:51:55Did you say anything?
00:51:57Yes, sir.
00:51:58I said, Roxy, you ought not to be shooting that man like that.
00:52:02In other words, you protested.
00:52:04Yes, sir.
00:52:05And that was about what time?
00:52:077.19.
00:52:087.20, wasn't it?
00:52:10He said 7.19.
00:52:12I must insist, Your Honor, the counsel for the defense.
00:52:15And I am just as insistent, Your Honor, that this witness give a good performance.
00:52:19Gentlemen, gentlemen.
00:52:20I resent that implication.
00:52:21Oh, if the witness needs more rehearsal, I am...
00:52:23Take that back.
00:52:24Gentlemen, gentlemen.
00:52:27Your witness.
00:52:42When did you file suit for divorce, Mr. Hart?
00:52:44October the 15th.
00:52:46Was there any particular reason for your filing suit on this exact date?
00:52:49Well, sir, the papers came out with a story that...
00:52:53Well, the statement that...
00:52:55Well, there was going to be a little stranger.
00:52:58Mr. Hart, is this grounds for divorce?
00:53:01A little too much of a stranger.
00:53:03But they couldn't put anything over on you, eh?
00:53:05I'll say they couldn't.
00:53:07Had your wife apprised you of her condition prior to said statement?
00:53:11How's that?
00:53:12Had your wife told you of this...
00:53:15This stranger?
00:53:17No, sir.
00:53:18Neither one of them.
00:53:23Now, tell us, Mr. Hart, do you expect this jury to believe that, with all due respect to the press,
00:53:30that our courts would grant you a divorce merely on a newspaper story?
00:53:34No, sir.
00:53:35I had a statement that she'd made and signed herself, all about her and this...
00:53:38Where did you get the statement?
00:53:40From him.
00:53:40I protest, Your Honor.
00:53:43So, the state prosecutor gave you a statement that enabled you to cast aside the woman that you had sworn
00:53:49to love and cherish, or better or worse.
00:53:52And what, Mr. Hart, did you give the state prosecutor in return?
00:53:56This is too much.
00:53:57I resent these infamous allegations.
00:53:59A deal was made.
00:54:01Take that back.
00:54:01I repeat, a thieves' bargain was made.
00:54:04A forward statement.
00:54:06In exchange for this man's lying testimony.
00:54:09Why, you cheap, double-crossing shyster.
00:54:12No man can call me that and live.
00:54:14Come on, Mike.
00:54:15Come on, Mike.
00:54:20Now come on.
00:54:27Out the grass!
00:54:29I did it.
00:54:29Break it up, fellas.
00:54:57Listen, Mr. Flynn.
00:54:59A photo finish may be good enough for you,
00:55:01but for me, anything less than eight lengths is too close.
00:55:04That's a hanging district attorney out there.
00:55:06I tell you, there is no occasion whatever for alarm.
00:55:09All we need is one juror,
00:55:10and already I've got that number one guy,
00:55:12that big Irish foreman right there.
00:55:14The worst we can get is a hung jury.
00:55:18Or a hung Roxy.
00:55:21That's not good enough.
00:55:22So far, I've been doing exactly what Jake and that agent said,
00:55:25let you carry the ball, but I don't like that DA.
00:55:27I'm scared of him.
00:55:28Oh, listen, listen. Give me time, will you?
00:55:31Listen, Mr. Flynn.
00:55:32The way I'm beginning to feel about my neck,
00:55:34I want you to get a fella in here by the name of Finnegan,
00:55:36Michael Finnegan, and get him in here fast,
00:55:38because we need him, and I ain't kidding.
00:55:40Finnegan? Finnegan?
00:55:41Finnegan, the janitor, put him on his stand
00:55:43and ask him who he sold his gun to.
00:55:44Ask him what Amy said on that very morning.
00:55:46Ask him, ask him.
00:55:46Mr. Flynn, not a chance, buddy.
00:55:49But it's important, I tell you.
00:55:51Can't see anybody now.
00:55:52Roxy!
00:55:53Are you a lover or a newspaper man?
00:55:55We got the biggest story of this century right in our midst.
00:55:58Listen, if this game swings,
00:55:59it'll be a story you can tell your grandchildren about.
00:56:01Are you cool?
00:56:02Finnegan could tell him that that very morning...
00:56:04Roxy!
00:56:05We can't get Finnegan.
00:56:08Of course you can.
00:56:11What do you mean?
00:56:14He's dead.
00:56:17Dead?
00:56:18Ah, no, he can't be.
00:56:20He's dead.
00:56:20He's been dead for two weeks.
00:56:22We gotta do it my way.
00:56:24He can't be!
00:56:25He can't do that to me!
00:56:27I've been depending on him!
00:56:29He heard him say it!
00:56:30He sold him the gun!
00:56:30He's the only one who...
00:56:32Listen, I didn't do it.
00:56:33I never had anything to do with him.
00:56:34He was drunk, but I could've got him out.
00:56:36I could've handled him.
00:56:37He didn't have to shoot him.
00:56:38Finnegan can tell him, don't you?
00:56:39Roxy!
00:56:42It's important, Roxy.
00:56:43I talked to that janitor.
00:56:44I interviewed him.
00:56:45Finnegan?
00:56:46You did?
00:56:47Let him in, Mike.
00:56:48Mr. Howard,
00:56:50on the day after the killing of Fred Casely,
00:56:52did you have a conversation with one Michael Finnegan,
00:56:55janitor of the apartment house in which the Harts lived?
00:56:57Yes, sir.
00:56:58Tell us what was said.
00:57:00When I talked to him...
00:57:01Your Honor, I object to the witness answering this question
00:57:03on the grounds that it would be purely hearsay.
00:57:05Why wasn't this man Finnegan brought here himself
00:57:07to tell what he knows?
00:57:09Well, he's dead, Your Honor.
00:57:10He died two weeks ago.
00:57:11Was there any other witness to the conversation?
00:57:13No, sir.
00:57:14Objection sustained.
00:57:16You mean I can't tell you something...
00:57:18I object, Your Honor, to any further remarks for this witness.
00:57:20The witness will leave the stand.
00:57:21But this is important.
00:57:23It has an important bearing on...
00:57:24Such testimony is inadmissible.
00:57:26Leave the stand at once, sir.
00:57:29Step down, Mr. Howard.
00:57:32The jury will disregard everything that was said by the witness.
00:57:43You see, in New York, or Los Angeles, or some other sissy town, that'd be the end of it.
00:57:48Nothing but law.
00:57:49But in Chicago, the law doesn't count.
00:57:52It's justice we're after.
00:57:53What do you say, kid?
00:57:56I'm scared.
00:57:58I'm scared.
00:57:58You can do it, you know.
00:58:01They're gonna hang me.
00:58:04Roxy.
00:58:05You know who's sitting out front there.
00:58:07I don't care. I'm scared.
00:58:10Siegfeld.
00:58:11I don't care.
00:58:14Who?
00:58:16Siegfeld, the greatest musical producer in the world.
00:58:21No kid.
00:58:27Mrs. Hart.
00:58:29Take the stand.
00:58:35All right. All right.
00:58:37Hold it.
00:58:37Hold it, Roxy.
00:58:38Let's take a nice one now.
00:58:39Big smile, honey.
00:58:40That's it.
00:58:41Open.
00:58:42Flash.
00:58:43That did it.
00:58:43All right, fellas. Bring it up.
00:58:45Oh, I got a fifth.
00:58:56What?
00:58:56You seem to want to get a good cause of it.
00:58:57You shall see I've said the morning to get a good cause of it.
00:58:58You know the truth?
00:58:59Yeah, I do.
00:59:11No drugs.
00:59:12No surgery.
00:59:13No down payment.
00:59:17Where do you live, Mrs. Hart?
00:59:19County Jail.
00:59:21When did you first meet Fred Casely?
00:59:24ten minutes past five january the eighth where at a bus stop tell the jury the circumstances
00:59:34well it was raining and i was standing there with my girlfriend mr casey drove up in his
00:59:38coop and he says it's a nice day for ducks and we said yes both of you
00:59:45she said it first and then i said it and then he said could he drive us somewhere and
00:59:52well you know how crowded the buses are so you said yes she said it first then i said it
01:00:00and so
01:00:01he drove you home yes sir how did mr casey conduct himself during this drive unusually friendly in
01:00:08any way oh no sir he's a perfect gent in every sense of the word all he said was when
01:00:14i like to
01:00:14have a screen test when was the next time you saw him the next day it rained again would you
01:00:23say then
01:00:24that uh casey was now pursuing you i'll say other than these innocent rides home in the rain did you
01:00:31ever have any social engagements with this man casely yes sir once and that was the policeman's
01:00:39ball he asked you to go to this ball and you consented although you were married roxy yes sir
01:00:49you believe in the sacredness of the marriage tie don't you i object your honor what the witness
01:00:53believes is immaterial you know that the marriage tie is sacred don't you oh yes sir that's what i kept
01:01:01telling him all along tell us then why you went to the policeman's ball that night with this man casely
01:01:08oh i don't know so many things happen you don't know why i wouldn't have if my mr hart and
01:01:18me hadn't
01:01:19quarreled that morning oh roxy and who was to blame me i guess it seemed like i just couldn't stop
01:01:30pestering him pestering him what about because i wanted a home a real home with little kitties
01:01:38that's why hold it hold it hold it hold it hold it that's it fix it getting a little closer
01:01:43bill that's it talking to the kiddies i said hold it open flash that did it all right break it
01:01:49up fellas
01:01:52now uh what happened at the policeman's ball
01:01:57he gave me a drink really what kind of a drink oh i don't know it just tasted bad nasty
01:02:12if that's what whiskey is
01:02:14that is just the kind of loose talk that's giving whiskey a bad name did casely misunderstand your uh
01:02:24ambition to put your talents on the stage oh yes indeed sir roxy hart the state charges you with the
01:02:32murder of fred casely guilty or not guilty not guilty oh not guilty not guilty i may have killed him
01:02:41yes but not murder oh not that
01:02:48do you remember friday september the fifth yes sir
01:02:55tell the jury now in your own way the happenings of that day in the late afternoon
01:03:01now take your time and speak clearly
01:03:14well that afternoon at mr casey's request i went to his office and gave an audition for a mr marcus
01:03:20what kind of an audition my dear i did the black hula the black hula it's a mixture of the
01:03:26hula hula
01:03:26and the black bottom i invented it myself that's enough continue so when i finished mr marcus turned
01:03:34to mr casey and said are you kidding and walked out go on so i took the cottage grove car
01:03:40to south
01:03:41melrose and stopped at a grocer's to buy some baking powder for some biscuits for breakfast he loved my
01:03:45biscuits and this was about what time 6 11 p.m so i was singing about my housework when the
01:03:54doorbell rang
01:03:54and thinking it was my girlfriend irma never mind what you thought i went to the door and who do
01:04:00you
01:04:00think it was casely it wasn't his uncle and oh was he intoxicated so i said go away mr casely
01:04:09you are
01:04:10intoxicated but do you think you pay attention to that he entered he forced his way into my present
01:04:18no no no no be strong my dear bear up so i said you've certainly got to cross mr casely
01:04:23and please
01:04:24beat it because how do you think this is going to look to my to my husband and he still
01:04:30wouldn't go
01:04:31oh he was really cropped i mean intoxicated well why didn't you scream oh i was ashamed for the
01:04:39neighbors to know you know how you'd feel but i kept saying to him we could easily get an awful
01:04:46jam here
01:04:47so finally he said if i just take one drink with him he'd beat it so i did and then
01:04:52oh he was really
01:04:54simply insane about me you know but you oh i loved my husband i really did
01:05:05and when you told him that what did he say nothing he just grabbed me and where were you at
01:05:12this time
01:05:14uh standing by the pianola show the jury
01:05:21take it easy here and casey on the floor uh by the door roxy tell the jury
01:05:32what happened next well it just happened that mr hart's revolver was laying on the telephone
01:05:38table and mr casey made a grab for it and i said cut that out mr casey and i knocked
01:05:43it out of his
01:05:43hand it fell on the floor and we both grabbed for it we both grabbed for it yes i got
01:05:50it and then he
01:05:52started for me i can see him now with that awful look in his eye a wild look what kind
01:05:57of a look
01:05:57described it to the audience to the jury oh it was terrible angry like a crazy man did you think
01:06:03he might kill you oh yes sir i know once he got that gun it was his life then or
01:06:07yours oh yes sir
01:06:08but he still kept coming toward me on and on with that awful look that wild look
01:06:14and then i shut my eyes go on roxy and then i fired in defense of your life
01:06:22my life my life yes but not just mine hold it hold it hold it all right get in a
01:06:33little closer
01:06:34that's right all right everybody hold it open flash that did it back it up do you suffer from
01:06:41spots before the eyes now here's where you weep
01:06:47you may take her life gentlemen as the state asks but that won't bring casey back
01:06:55and for what purpose
01:07:22to protect society do you fear that weeping girl
01:07:31do you no do you no for her reformation she learned her lesson gentlemen in those dark hours
01:07:42alone in herself for punishment great heavens gentlemen hasn't she been punished enough
01:07:49no none of these but to satisfy the greedy ambition of the prosecution prosecution oh persecution
01:07:58you are asked for a life gentlemen by one who would climb to fame on dead bodies
01:08:04we cannot give her happiness no it is too late for that betrayed crushed we only let her pick up
01:08:10the broken fragments of her life
01:08:12the tangled threads we can give her another chance quiet
01:08:17and then she can admit it gentlemen if you convict this delicate child it will be like taking these fragile
01:08:25flowers
01:08:26and crushing them into dead and broken blossoms
01:08:31No! No!
01:08:33Oh, no!
01:08:39Stand back, gentlemen!
01:08:45The defense rests, Your Honor.
01:08:48Hold it! Hold it, Bill!
01:08:49That's fine. A little this way.
01:08:51That's right, Bill. All right, now, everybody, hold it!
01:08:54Open! Flash!
01:08:55That did it!
01:08:59They're ready, boys!
01:09:01Come here!
01:09:19Boy!
01:09:54The defendant, please rise.
01:09:58We, the jury, find the defendant.
01:10:02Mm-hmm.
01:10:17Hey, you, Roxy Hart!
01:10:19Brawler, brawler! Roxy Hart!
01:10:21Set on the river, and a brawler, brawler!
01:10:23Let's do it!
01:10:41Thank you, thank you, thank you, all of my dear, dear friends.
01:10:47No.
01:10:56If a man comes into your home, you've got a right to protect your home, haven't you?
01:11:00Sure, sure.
01:11:02All I know is, the judge said, bring you in.
01:11:05You tell him all about it.
01:11:06But if you find a man in your home, you've got a right to do it!
01:11:09Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Take it out!
01:11:12Jake! Jake! Hey, wait a minute, Jake!
01:11:14I'm sorry, kid, it's all over!
01:11:17Your yesterday news!
01:11:19Did you shoot Casely?
01:11:21Yes, but I could...
01:11:22Then have no fear!
01:11:23Justice will prevail if we have to take your case to the Supreme Court of the United States.
01:11:28The whole thing is persecution.
01:11:30A deal was made!
01:11:31Open! Flash!
01:11:33That did it!
01:11:34Well, for crying out loud.
01:11:36Oh, Roxy, I can't tell you how happy I am.
01:11:39They never even let me thank them.
01:11:41They didn't come in for so long.
01:11:43Oh, darling, you're free now, you know.
01:11:45We can go out, we can have dinner together, see a show, beat together, dance together.
01:11:50Mrs. Hart, I just want to congratulate you.
01:11:52Oh, thank you, thank you.
01:11:54I don't want to be too forward, but could I give you a lift somewhere in my Packard?
01:11:59Packard?
01:12:00Roxy.
01:12:08What a dame!
01:12:09What a dame!
01:12:11What a dame!
01:12:12So that was Roxy, gents.
01:12:14And the bad old days.
01:12:17Drink her down!
01:12:19The bad old days!
01:12:23What a dame!
01:12:24What a dame!
01:12:26Hey, Homer!
01:12:28Okay!
01:12:30Good night, gentlemen!
01:12:34Thanks a lot!
01:12:36Roxy Hart!
01:12:37And thank you, too!
01:12:39What a dame!
01:12:41Good night to you, Mr. O'Malley.
01:12:43Good night.
01:12:50You still got that Packard?
01:12:52No.
01:12:53Gone, huh?
01:12:551929 and everything with it.
01:12:58Gee, that's too bad.
01:13:00Awful!
01:13:00A nice big car like that!
01:13:10My supplies!
01:13:12The wife's sore?
01:13:14Well, you said you'd pick her up two hours ago, you know.
01:13:16Did I?
01:13:17Well, I'll see you tomorrow.
01:13:22Good evening, Mrs. Howard.
01:13:24Hi!
01:13:24Hi!
01:13:26Hi!
01:13:26Hi!
01:13:28Hi!
01:13:28Hi!
01:13:30Hi!
01:13:31Hi!
01:13:31My clerk!
01:13:36Hi!
01:13:38Hi!
01:13:40Hi!
01:13:41Hi!
01:13:42I didn't want to go!
01:13:42Yes, dear!
01:13:42Hi!
01:13:45Hi!
01:13:47Hi!
01:13:50Hi!
01:13:51Hi!
01:14:02The End
01:14:28The End
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