This is Paris.
And I'm an American who lives here.
My name, Jerry Mulligan...
...and I'm an ex-G.I.
In 1945, when the Army told me to find my own job...
...I stayed on.
And I'll tell you why.
I'm a painter.
All my life that's all I've ever wanted to do.
For a painter, the mecca of the world for study...
...for inspiration and for living...
...is here on this star called Paris.
Just look at it.
No wonder so many artists have come here and called it home.
Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, give up and marry the boss' daughter.
We're on the Left Bank now. That's where I'm billeted.
Here's my street.
In the past couple of years...
...I've gotten to know practically everyone on the block.
And a nicer bunch you'll never meet.
Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent.
They might be saying the same thing over here...
...but it sounds better in French.
I live upstairs.
No, not there.
One flight up.
Jerry!
Those are three of my pals.
Etienne, Maurice and Jacques.
I'm their man because I give them American bubble gum.
I have a lot of good friends in Paris.
A lot of very good friends.
And I am one of them.
Adam Cook is my name.
I'm a concert pianist.
That's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment.
I live in the same brick pile with young Rembrandt.
That's not me.
He's too happy.
I'm here on a scholarship.
Last year, I won the Hackenwall prize and was sent abroad to study.
That's the eighth fellowship I've won. And you know something?
I'm getting pretty homesick.
Not only that, but I'm beginning to feel like the world's oldest child prodigy.
One time I ran out of fellowships and had to go to work for a living.
I had to stop because I discovered I liked it...
...and I didn't want to become a slave to the habit.
It's not a pretty face, I grant you.
But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
I like Paris.
It's a place where you don't run into old friends.
Although that's never been one of my problems.
Strangely enough, I made a friend over here once. I worked for him.
His name was Henri Baurel.
You know, the French music hall star?
Do you remember him?
I do, because that's me.
Adam was a fine accompanist. I wish he were still with me.
My, how nice to be in the old quarter!
You see? Everybody recognizes me.
I guess I haven't changed so much after all.
They've known me a long time.
But now, don't misunderstand.
I don't mean to imply that I am old.
I'm not. After all, I am only....
Well, what's the difference?
No, that's not me. I am not that young.
Let's just say...
...I am old enough to know what to do with my young feelings.
Right?
Georges!
Henri Baurel!
Henri!
Mathilde!
Adam?
And then taking that bow
That's nice work if you can get it
And if you get it, dites-moi!
Won't you tell me how
You used to sing it a tone higher.
l'm a big boy now. My voioe is changing.
-Shall l oome up? -No, l'll be right down.
Hey, Georges, some ooffee!
Henri, l'm going to make you an omelette la confiture.
Don't kiss me. You'll spoil my makeup.
You look great, Hank.
what're you doing? Taking injeotions?
Something much better.
l hear your show's a big hit.
lt is, naturellement.
-when did you get over? -Last March.
l phoned you, but there was no answer.
l'd have phoned again, but l was afraid you might be in.
March? l wasn't in Paris then.
Lise and l were visiting friends in Juan-les-Pins.
-Some ooffee, please. -what are you working on?
Same old oonoert.
when will you give it?
when l can't figure out any more reasons not to.
Some ooffee, please.
l took Lise to hear weingarten play the other night.
lt was her first oonoert, and her eyes were shining two days.
why didn't you take her to an eye dootor? lnoidentally, who's Lise?
That's the seoond time that name has oome up.
Adam, l am very happy these days.
l'll show you her pioture.
-Are you married? -Not yet.
Pretty. Very pretty.
She looks familiar.
She's Jaoques Bouvier's daughter.
Jaoques Bouvier?
My ooffee.
Poor Jaoques. He was caught in the Resistanoe.
l took care of Lise all through the oooupation. She lived in my house.
Your house?
Shooking, but generous.
She was a little girl then.
we only became in love after she left.
She's a little young for you, isn't she?
No, not really. She's 1 9.
She's getting on. what's she like?
well, she has great vitality and joie de vivre.
She loves to go out, have fun and danoe. She oould danoe all night.
Sounds tiresome. lKind of a wild kid, huh?
wild? whatever gave you that idea?
No, she's very simple.
Very simple.
She works all day at the Maison Nioole, the perfume shop.
l prefer not to disouss the matter any further.
Be serious.
She's an enchanting girl, Adam.
Not really beautiful, and yet, she has great beauty.
Very spiritual type, huh?
Not at all.
She's an exciting girl, Adam.
She seems to be a lusty young lady.
No! She's sweet and shy.
An old-fashioned girl, huh?
Course not!
She's vivacious and modern.
Always yakking it up?
Don't be silly! She reads incessantly.
Doesn't all that reading make her moody?
Never.
She's the gayest girl in the world.
Look, let's start all over again, shall we?
what's she like?
Good morning, Therese.
How are you today, monsieur?
l oould be better, Therese. l'm broke.
-Broke? -That means l have no money.
when l'm broke l don't eat. Then l get tired and depressed.
when that happens, the only thing that helps is wine and women.
That should be very simple. You are in Paris.
But even in Paris that takes money...
...which is what l don't have in the first plaoe.
This isn't musio!
lt's unoivilized. lt's noise.
Hi!
Jerry, this is Henri Baurel. Jerry Mulligan.
How do you do? l know you.
l've heard you sing a thousand times. You're wonderful.
-Thank you. -Exouse me.
Do you have 300 franos on you?
l'm going to Montmartre. l need lunch money.
Sorry. Bought a postage stamp and it broke me.
Please allow me.
No, thanks.
l never touch a guy unless l've known him 1 5 minutes.
l've known him 1 5 years. Lend me 300.
l wouldn't lend him money if l were you. He's a bum risk.
Adam! For this you win a scholarship?
what's the matter? Evidently the man doesn't like jazz.
-He's against it. -what else is there?
l know what he likes. He's striotly a three-quarter man.
Old Vienna.
Franz Josef!
Und, mais wine.
The Palaoe of Schonbrunn.
Danube Bleu.
Kaffee with Schlagsahne.
-And Wienerschnitzel. -Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
The waltzes of middle Europa
They charm you and warm you within
While each day discloses
What Broadway composes
Is emptiness pounding on tin
Mein Herr!
-Bitte, bitte! -Danke, danke!
Auf Wiedersehen!
How can I be civil When hearing this drivel
It's only for nightclubbing souses
Give me the free and easy waltz
That is Viennese
And go tell the band
If they want a hand
The waltz must be Strauss'
Strauss' !
-Dog! -Pig!
My card!
Give us
Oom-pah-pah!
When I want
A melody lilting through the house
Then I want a melody
By Strauss!
It laughs, it sings
The world is in rhyme
Swinging to three-quarter time
Mein kleine Liebchen!
Let the Danube
Flow along
And the Fledermaus
Keep the wine and give me song
By Strauss!
By Jove, by Jing
By Strauss is the thing!
So I say to
Ha-cha-cha heraus!
Raus!
Just give me a oom-pah-pah
By Strauss!
When I want a melody
Lilting through the house
Then I want a melody
By Strauss
It laughs
It sings
Let the Danube
Flow along
And the Fledermaus
Keep the wine and give me song
By Strauss
By Jove, by Jing--
Gentlemen! The Emperor!
By Strauss!
Relax, sister. l'm from Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
l can see disregarding perspeotive to achieve an effeot, but l believe--
why don't you be a good little girl and move on?
You won't buy anything.
You're just blooking out the sunshine.
l just wanted to disouss your work.
l don't want you to disouss my work.
l'm not interested in your opinion of my work.
lf you say something nioe l won't feel better...
...and if you don't it'll bother me.
Thank you. Good day.
Do you mind if l look...
...or will you chew my head off too?
Go ahead. You're okay.
Thank you.
She's a third-year girl that gripes my liver.
Third-year girls?
You know, American oollege kids.
They oome here to take their third year and lap up some oulture.
They give me a swift pain.
why? They're harmless enough.
They're offioious and dull.
They always make profound observations they've overheard.
Say, do you have a oigarette?
l think so.
Thanks.
Don't you like oritioism?
who does? Tough enough getting it from those who know.
My first today.
My guess is the business isn't very good.
Your guess is right on the nose.
You know...
...l like these two.
Thanks. So do l.
l want to buy them.
How much are they?
Gee, l don't know.
You don't know?
l never thought l'd oome to the point where that would be an issue.
Offer me something.
1 5,000 franos.
For each.
will that be satisfaotory?
That'll be good and satisfaotory.
You sure you know what you're doing?
what do you care?
That's about $50 apieoe, isn't it?
l don't know. l haven't changed money lately.
Oh, dear!
-what's the matter? -l haven't got enough with me.
Come baok tomorrow. lt's a cinch they'll still be here.
why don't you oome to the hotel? l can pay you there.
Fine. ls it far?
would you care if it were?
-what's your name? -Jerry Mulligan. Yours?
Milo Roberts.
Milo?
Yeah, as in Venus de.
Venus de.
ls this yours?
Maybe l should have charged you more.
l'll be baok. Make yourself at home.
Here.
Thanks.
would you like some sherry?
How'd you oome by these worldly possessions?
A rich husband or father?
A father.
-what's he do? -Oil.
l should have known.
Suntan oil.
Really? l didn't know there was so much in that raoket.
There's a lot of red skin in America.
Let's see now. where shall l hang these?
Maybe over on--
Here's a good plaoe. Good light.
Not too much sun.
That'll be fine.
By golly, you know, these are good!
l've seen hundreds of paintings by young artists...
...and not one has impressed me till these!
l'm glad. Makes it easier to give up.
Give up?
lt's kind of hard for an artist to sell.
A writer, a oomposer can buy a oopy of what they oreate.
with a painter, it's the original that oounts.
Onoe that's gone, it's out of his life.
l never thought of that.
Exouse me for a minute.
Hello, Tommy.
No, dear. Don't oome up.
Be a darling and wait for me in the dining room.
l'll be right down.
l'm sorry. l didn't mean to stay long.
Don't apologize. l wanted you to.
l wish we had more time to talk.
Goodbye, and thanks again.
By the way...
...what are you going to do tonight?
why?
l'm giving a small party here.
There'll be an extra girl. why not oome?
l don't know.
Do you have a date?
well, then oome.
You'll find the oompany very easy. Nothing formal.
Be here at eight.
Okay.
My car can take you home. He has nothing to do.
Thanks.
Me, me!
Jerry, tu as du bubble gum?
Non, je n'ai pas de bubble gum aujourd'hui.
Demain, demain, les bubble gum pour tous.
Demain. Tomorrow.
Ecoutez. Demain. Tomorrow. Il parle anglais.
Parlez anglais a nous.
Parlez anglais?
Silence! Silence!
Silence. Faites attention.
Ecoutez. Je suis le professeur.
Repetez apres moi. Door!
Street!
Lady!
window!
Flowers!
Bonjour! Nous sommes tres intelligents.
Nous parlons en anglais.
Monsieur le wise guy.
Pour toi, un mot tres difficile.
A very hard word.
Massachusetts!
Alors, maintenant, une chanson americaine.
An American song.
Dis-moi:
''l got.''
Bon.
l got.
Good.
Tous ensemble!
Bon. Mais toujours la meme chose. I got.
l got!
Rhythm
Music
My gal Who could ask for anything more?
Daisies
In green pastures
My gal Who could ask for anything more?
Old man trouble
I don't mind him
You won't find him
Round my door
Vous comprenez ca?
-I got! -Rhythm
-I got! -Music
My gal Who could ask for anything more?
La meme chose en francais.
J'ai du rhythm
J'ai de la musique
J'ai ma cherie
Who could ask for anything more?
J'ai des daisies
Dans green pastures
J'ai ma cherie
Who could ask for anything more?
Old man trouble
I don't mind him
You won't find him
Hanging round my door
Vous comprenez ca maintenant?
-l got! -Rhythm!
-l got! -Musio!
-l got! -My gal!
Who could ask for anything more?
La danse americaine!
C'est le ''time step. ''
Oui. Le time step.
C'est le ''shim sham. ''
Charleston!
Ou'est-ce que c'est que ca?
Je ne sais pas.
Choo-choo train!
Soldier!
Napoleon!
Cowboy!
Hopalong Cassidy!
Charlot!
Aeroplane!
Who could ask for anything more?
More!
C'est tout!
Au revoir, Jerry! Au revoir! A demain!
Good evening.
l'm sorry l'm late.
The moment l went to dress...
...the phone started ringing like a steeple on Sunday.
would you like one of these?
Fine, fine.
l've never seen so many Americans in Paris before.
The Champs Elysee looks just like Main Street.
Do you live here all the time?
l usually go home to Baltimore for Christmas and Thanksgiving.
That's quite a dress you almost have on.
-Thanks. -what holds it up?
Modesty.
Cheers.
l see it's a formal brawl after all.
what makes you think that?
The more formal the party is, the less you have to wear.
No, you're quite wrong. lt's most informal.
where is everybody?
Here.
Downstairs?
No, here in this room.
what about that extra girl?
That's me.
-The party's you and me? -That's right.
l see. lt's kind of a little joke, isn't it?
ln a way.
well, lady...
...here's your dough baok. l'll take my piotures and run along.
wait a minute.
wait, my foot!
You must be out of your mink-lined head!
l know l need dough, but l don't need it this badly.
lf you're hard up for oompanionship...
...they have guys in town who do this for a living.
Call one of them.
what's so funny?
You!
You're so righteous.
Stop defending your honor so assiduously...
...and listen to me for a minute.
l don't need a paid esoort.
And l'm not trying to rob you of your preoious male initiative.
l'm interested in your work and want to know you better.
ls that such a orime?
well, it oertainly is a roundabout way to do it.
would you have aooepted a normal invitation?
l want to help you.
l think you have a great deal of talent.
lt doesn't hurt to have somebody rooting for you, does it?
lt'll be the first time anybody ever did.
Then let me.
Please?
How's the food downstairs?
Very good.
And probably very expensive.
would it embarrass you if l signed the cheok?
Let's go someplaoe l can afford.
How about the Cafe Flodair on Montparnasse?
l feel like ''jazz hot.'' lt's not expensive.
lt better not be.
l'd like to show a little profit at the end of the day.
How long did it last?
About two years.
l lost him in the war.
l'm sorry.
To another woman.
Somebody he met in California while he was in training.
lf he was the dog you said he was...
...you must have been glad to be rid of him.
l was, l guess, exoept that l--
Exoept it would have been more satisfaotory...
...if you oould have kissed him off.
l guess.
You should get married again. You need it.
-why? -Everybody does.
Everybody must have someone to aooount to.
Espeoially when you don't work. lt keeps the personality together.
No, thank you. Not for me.
-Besides, l have work to do. -what?
well, for the moment, you.
l want to bring you to the attention of dealers.
They know me. l'm a big oustomer.
we have a large oolleotion at home.
l oould sponsor you...
...talk about you, enoourage you.
when you've done enough canvases l oould arrange your first show.
That is, if you'll let me.
lt sounds great, but what's in it for you?
Just the exoitement of helping somebody l believe in...
...and finding out if l'm right.
-Milo, darling. -Tommy!
l knew you'd turn up here.
This is Jerry Mulligan.
This is Tommy Baldwin. He's on the Paris Telegram.
Milo, l'm showing the Jansens around and need your help.
what do you say? Shall we go to his resoue?
Anything you like.
Follow me. You need radar to find your way in this smoke.
who are the Jansens?
Magazine illustrators.
what're they like?
Death.
Look what l found.
what a pleasant surprise!
Jaok, say hello to Milo.
This is Jerry Mulligan. Jerry, the Jansens.
How do you do?
lsn't this the chap you told me about at lunch?
waiter, two more glasses, please.
Milo says you're quite wonderful.
l'd love to see some of your piotures.
l'm having a private showing tomorrow on a oorner in Montmartre.
You paint?
So do we. Jaok and l. we work together.
well, that's oozy.
Danoe, you two. l want to talk to Milo.
Come on, Jaok.
Have fun.
There's a speoial doll over there. Do you know who she is?
No. But she is lovely, isn't she?
She sure is.
l'm very anxious for you to see Jerry's work.
lf you like it, you can get him a mention on the art page.
Nothing to it.
-Lise. -what?
Her name is Lise.
Let's danoe. we haven't for years.
Exouse me, Jerry.
You're going to have trouble with that one.
No, l'm not. He's just not housebroken yet.
when will you stop involving yourself with young artists?
lt never works.
lf they're no good, you're ashamed. lf they are, they get too independent.
Just danoe, Tommy, please.
All right. But l warn you, he'll be out in four months...
...just like the oomposer and the soulptor.
Lise! l didn't see you sitting here!
what a pleasant surprise!
My wife and l were talking...
...and were wondering what happened to her.
Let's go around the floor for old time's sake. Do you mind?
You're oertainly not without your nerve!
Don't get angry. This was perfeotly harmless.
l haven't been able to take my eyes off you sinoe l walked in.
l only let you do this because l didn't want a disturbanoe.
And l don't have a wife.
l threw that in to make it look respeotable.
That was very oonsiderate.
Please, l would like to return to my table.
ln a minute.
It's very clear
Our love is here to stay
l revise my estimate.
Make that two months.
This is the first time l've done anything like this.
At least as a oivilian. l just had to meet you.
l don't know what type of girl you think l am, but l'm not!
And now l would like to return to my friends.
l thought you were bored with them. You sure looked it.
You should see me now.
The musio has stopped.
The elements are against me.
lt was swell seeing you again. l'll tell Elaine to call you.
what was your phone number?
lt slipped my mind the moment you said it.
Opera 2-5-7-4.
No, Lise.
2-4-7-5.
Thank you.
Good night.
well, l'm tired. Good night.
Good night, darling. l'll call you.
Jaok, say good night to Milo.
-Good night, Milo. -Good night, Jaok.
Don't l owe you something for the wine?
Forget it. You do it next time. lf there is one.
Good night.
It's very clear
Our love is here
-That was fun, wasn't it? -was it?
That's a fascinating plaoe.
l'd like to hang around and paint it.
l can imagine all the work you'll get done.
You've already painted a Montmartre dive...
...and it wasn't suooessful.
wait a minute.
Don't tell me how and what to paint.
l didn't like your exhibition tonight!
l thought you were very rude.
Rude? l didn't mean to be. l'm sorry.
Pioking up stray women is your own affair...
...but don't do it with me. ls that olear?
That's olear. That's very olear. Stop the car.
Sensitive artists! You're touchy about yourself...
...but oblivious of others.
You don't understand how they feel.
lt's been fun.
Sorry you're stuok with the piotures.
-l still like the piotures. -Thanks a lot.
Jerry Mulligan.
I met you at the Cafe Flodair last night. Remember?
You!
Yeah, me.
It's a beautiful day and I thought I could drop by and--
well, now, one moment, Mr. Mooligan.
Mulligan.
Last night you were an annoyanoe.
But today you're growing into a nuisanoe.
Now please leave me alone and don't call me again, ever.
Good morning.
would you care for--
No, thanks. l've had my breakfast already.
l've been up for hours...
...working, l might add, for you.
Do you know Jules Parmentier, the art dealer?
l know of him.
He came to the hotel and had ooffee this morning.
l showed him your piotures. He was very impressed.
He thought you had great individuality.
He thought they were fresh.
-That's wonderful. -Not only that...
...but he wants to talk about your show.
-That's a long way off. -Maybe not such a long way.
l don't have near enough for an exhibition.
-what l do have, l'm not sure-- -That's not important.
Then l went to the Marais Galleries and talked to Louis Dufond.
He's a very old friend of mine.
He's ooming tomorrow to see your piotures.
You don't waste any time, do you?
l hope not.
Come with me and we'll talk about it over lunch?
l've something to do this morning...
...but l oould meet you.
How about the Restaurant Paul on the Avenue de la Paix?
l'll see you there at one.
l'm sorry about that little tiff last night.
l was tired l guess.
Forget it.
l did.
You did? That's not very nioe of you.
See you at one.
Very nioe for a summer perfume.
This is a little heavy.
l'll show you something else.
what's that one on the right?
This one?
No, the other.
This is very nioe. lt's called--
lt's called Escapade.
There's a saleslady free at the other end of the shop, monsieur.
Thank you, but what l want is at this end.
l don't know which to choose. They're both lovely.
l wish my husband were here.
He's so fussy about the way l smell.
why don't you bring him later and deoide then?
That's an exoellent idea.
He's in Milwaukee.
Dear, oh, dear. l hate deoisions.
l always get a rash if l have to deoide something.
Let me help you.
l'd have the man's point of view.
Yes, that's a good idea. Here.
See which one you like.
Not bad.
This is it.
Nuit d'Amour. Night of Love.
-No oontest, lady. -Really?
wear that and the Frenchmen will never let you go baok to Milwaukee.
l'll take it.
would you send it to my hotel, oolleot?
l'm Mrs. Edna Mae Benstrom. l'm at the Granville.
Here's my card.
Thank you.
l think l'll put a little on.
lt is good, isn't it?
You'll need proteotion.
l hope so.
You've been very kind. Thank you.
Thank you both. Good day.
Good day.
Now, monsieur, what can l do for you?
You know what you can do for me. Go out with me.
How do you know l'm not married?
That finger on your left hand is awfully naked.
Ouel homme!
lt's a pity you don't have as much charm as persistenoe.
l do. You've only seen my aggressive side.
l have a lighter side. l'm loaded with charm.
l go to parties, put on hats and do funny things.
You see? what do you say? Come on.
All right. You win.
You can take me for lunch.
l can't.
How about dinner?
No. That's not possible.
You have a date?
what about after dinner? Say, nine o'olook?
l guess it would be all right.
-l'll piok you up. -No. l'll meet you somewhere.
Do you know the Cafe Bel-Ami?
By the bridge?
l'll see you there at nine.
Fine.
There is no happier man in Paris than Monsieur Mulligan.
At this moment.
Madame, you're delioious!
One's oompany, two's a orowd. You get it?
Disappear! Don't you see l'm busy?
Hit the boulevard!
This time it's really love
I'm in that blue above
She fills me full of joy
Tell me, papa
Am I not a lucky boy
Just listen to my heart
Go pit-a-pat
It started from the start
I fell like that
Hum it, strum it, sing it, drum it
What a thrill I'm getting from it
This time it's really love
To me you're full of
Blah, blah, blah!
I've got Le grand amour
Dites-moi, papa
Cherchez la femme toujours
She's got but everything
Is there a dowry?
She's like a breath of spring
You'll be sowry
Hum it, strum it, sing it, drum it
Nothing good can happen from it
Look! One hand.
Rah, rah, sis, boom, bah
Swing your partner with a tra-la-la
Hum it
Strum it
Sing it
Drum it
What a thrill I'm
Getting from it
Hello. what's new?
Who is this?
Guess.
You always call at the wrong moment.
wrong moment? You make me feel like a rejeoted child.
when's the new number go into the show?
The new number goes in tonight.
what? Tonight, Henri?
Yes, darling, tonight.
Are you having a party? Need an extra man?
l was talking to Lise, my dinner guest.
Give me a rundown on that menu.
what're you having to eat?
Magnificent pheasant.
l can drop everything and be up in ten minutes.
That is, if l'm not intruding.
No, no. l see you later at the cafe.
Goodbye.
l'm hungry.
That Adam. He'll never change.
what's the matter, darling? Can't you oome tonight?
lf you can't, it's all right, darling.
Don't worry.
No. Of oourse, l want to oome.
You are a doll.
would you....
Yes, thank you.
l wasn't sure you'd oome.
l thought maybe you said yes to get rid of me.
Not that it would have.
what would you like?
would you mind if we didn't sit here?
-why, no. -Anything wrong, monsieur?
l'm sorry.
That's all right. l didn't feel like sitting there anyhow.
Let's walk along the river.
All right.
l have a big thing for this spot.
One of these days l'll paint it.
You're a painter?
You don't look like a painter.
There are those who'll say l don't paint like one either.
But that doesn't bother me. Disoouragement stimulates me.
That much about you, l know.
Yes, you do, don't you?
But mark me well, one of these days...
...the world will ring with the name Mulligan.
Picasso will be remembered as the forerunner of Mulligan.
This tree will be famous because it was painted by Mulligan.
And when will this golden age of art be?
well, it's hard to say. lt's hard to say.
Civilization has a natural resistanoe against improving itself.
lt might take quite a while.
Quite a while.
How do you feel now?
why?
A moment ago you were aoting like the polioe were after you.
l was, wasn't l?
why?
No. Never mind, never mind.
Don't try to think up what to tell me.
l don't have to know. lt's your business.
Candy. would you like some?
l oouldn't eat a whole one.
Go ahead.
Try.
The night's young.
we should live dangerously.
Tell me some more.
well...
...in America, Saturday night's the big night.
No work, no school...
...when you get home, no money.
And Sunday? ls Sunday nioe in America?
ln America, everybody catches oold on Sunday.
Did you?
well, sometimes. Sometimes.
what about you?
Aren't you siok of the life and times of Mulligan?
l'd rather listen to you. l don't like to talk about myself.
You'll have to get over that.
why?
with a binding like you've got...
...people will want to know what's in the book.
what does that mean?
well, primarily, it means you're a very pretty girl.
-l am? -Yes, you are.
How do you know?
l heard it on the radio.
Making fun with me.
Doesn't everybody tell you that?
l haven't been out with many people.
And always friends.
Honey, believe me, l'm no enemy.
l don't know if you're a girl of mystery...
...or just a still water that doesn't run deep...
...but there's one thing l can tell you.
lf l'd been around sooner, you'd know by now that...
...you're very pretty.
And l'm not making fun with you.
It's very clear
Our love is here to stay
Not for a year
But ever and a day
The radio
And the telephone
And the movies
That we know
May just be passing fancies
And in time may go
But oh, my dear
Our love is here to stay
Together
We're
Going a long, long way
In time the Rockies may crumble
Gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But
Our love is here
To stay
what time is it?
Eleven o'olook.
-Eleven! l have to go. -where?
-when will l see you again? -l don't know.
Lise, we have to see each other again.
Yes, we do, don't we?
Tomorrow night.
No, l can't. How about lunch?
No. l can't.
Saturday morning l'm at the Eoole des Beaux-Arts.
l'm finished at noon. Meet me there?
Saturday. Yes, l will.
How are you?
It's madness
To be always sitting around
In sadness
When you could be learning
The steps of gladness
You'll be happy when you can do
Just six or seven
Begin today
You'll find it nice
The quickest way to paradise
When you practice
Here's the thing to do
Simply say as you go
I'll build a stairway to paradise
With a new step every day
I'm going to get there at any price
Stand aside, I'm on my way
I've got the blues
And up above it's so fair
Shoes
Go on and carry me there
I'll build a stairway to paradise
With a new step every day
I'll build a stairway to paradise
With a new step every day
I'm going to get there at any price
Stand aside, I'm on my way
I've got the blues
And up above it's so fair
Shoes
Go on and carry me there
I'll build a stairway to paradise
With a new step every day
With a new step
Every day
l am delighted. lt's a wonderful idea.
l'm so sorry.
Lise, l have wonderful news.
This, l take it, is the young lady who'll do all the deoiding.
That's right.
This is John MaoDowd, my favorite American impressario.
How do you do?
l've been trying to persuade Henri to oome to America...
...and give us Yanks a break.
He says he has to talk it over with you.
You make him do it, Miss Lise.
l'll call you in a few days.
That's all right.
And may l say, your Lise oertainly lives up to your advertisements.
Thank you, Johnny. Good night.
-l'm sorry, but the movie-- -Never mind the movie.
what do think of the news?
John wants me to go on an American tour.
we oould get married and go together.
Doesn't that sound wonderful?
-when would you go? -Not for a few weeks.
John will have to see first about bookings.
But it oould be beautiful.
A honeymoon on the boat...
...then America.
You'll love the Americans.
I don't think I'll fall In love today
Your limousine is here, sir.
Thanks.
This sponsor of yours...
...what does she want from you in return?
Don't tell me. l shook easily.
You're orazy. She isn't interested in me.
She's just a goodhearted kid who likes the way l paint.
That's real dreamy of her.
Tell me, when you get married...
...will you keep your maiden name?
Hello, Therese.
Monsieur Jerry, don't pay any attention to Monsieur Cook.
l don't intend to.
Suppose you do have to make love to the lady?
lt's all for the sake of art.
l don't have to make love--
Bravo!
Colossal! Encore!
Encore! Magnifique! Bravo!
who are we seeing here?
Never you mind. wait and see.
what is all this?
Your studio. lsn't it beautiful?
l've got a studio.
well, yes, l know, Jerry, but you need spaoe.
This isn't to live in, it's to work in.
l can't afford a joint like this.
why do you make such an issue of money?
Because l ain't got any...
...and when you ain't got any, it takes on a ourious significanoe.
Don't be silly. You'll be able to pay me baok.
ln three months.
Three months? what do you mean?
That's the real surprise.
Your exhibition at the Parmentier Galleries.
My exhibition in three months?
Already they're arranging posters--
wait a minute, hold everything.
Sit down and let's see if l can explain this to you.
More than anything, l want to have an exhibition.
But when l'm ready.
when my stuff is good enough to show to the publio and oritios.
You can't set a produotion date for a thing like that.
Don't you understand? l'm not manufaoturing paper oups.
l do understand, Jerry.
But you're a painter and you want people to see what you've painted.
l want that too.
Give me an opportunity to provide a deoent show at a deoent gallery...
...where people can see your things.
ls that so extraordinary?
Look, you're a painter and a good one.
l happen to have a little drive.
That's a good oombination.
Besides, you have to faoe the oritios sometime.
Yeah, but three months.
Of oourse, it'll be work. Hard work.
That doesn't matter.
l'll do it. On one oondition.
l pay you baok.
Jerry, l'm so glad.
l would have died if you'd said no.
Did you think l wasn't ooming?
Let's take a cab over to the Bois.
l want to drop my stuff off.
-when do you have to be baok? -ln an hour or so.
That's not much time.
what kept you? why were you so late?
well, l....
l wanted to tell you, Jerry....
what?
we have so little time together. Can't we have our own world...
...and not talk about anything that happens when we're apart?
l promise l'll never ask what you do when you're not with me.
well, l suppose it's just as well.
what?
Nothing.
why? what do you do when you're not with me?
lf you don't want to talk about it, okay.
Let's let it go at that.
lKiss me.
-why are we stopping here? -l live here.
-No, Jerry, let's go on-- -l want to leave my things.
l'll be baok in a minute.
Hi, kid.
-what's your rush? -Busy, busy.
Have Therese put these in my room.
Sit down. Have some ooffee.
l've got someone waiting in a cab. See you later.
Have some ooffee. You have time now.
Georges, two ooffees.
So your exhibition's set for next month?
why so glum?
-woman trouble. -Proves you're a man.
That was her in the cab.
l told you this sponsoring business was oomplicated.
women aot like men and want to be treated like women.
what are you talking about?
That girl in the cab. The suntan queen.
No. That's a different girl.
You're a busy little man these days.
l'm hooked.
That girl's it.
ls she worthy of a struggling young artist?
She's worthy of anyone. She's wonderful.
what gets me is, l don't know anything about her.
we manage to be together for a few moments and then off she goes.
Sometimes we have a wonderful time together.
Other times it's no fun at all...
...but l got to be with her.
Yep. You're hooked.
what's her name?
Lise Bouvier.
Georges, some brandy.
And some oleaning fluid.
Hi, Hank.
May l sit down?
-My guest. -Thank you.
Georges, a little sherry.
Adam, l have wonderful news. wonderful news.
That's great. Tell us something cheery.
l'm going to be married.
You're what?
we're getting married and going to America on our honeymoon.
Another brandy. when was this deoided?
-Last night. -Congratulations, Hank.
l'm glad somebody's happy.
-what's the matter? -Nothing.
Maybe l can help.
Did l ever tell you about the time l performed for Hitler?
wait. Jerry has some problem, and l'd like to hear about it.
lt's pretty oomplicated. l'll make it brief.
There's a gal who's sponsoring me...
...and she's really helping me a lot, but....
She's stuok on me.
There's a girl l'm stuok on.
She doesn't know about the first one.
Naturally. So far this is very ordinary.
-So far. -Now wait.
The girl l'm stuok on has something she can't tell me.
So we go out together and go out together and get nowhere.
Let me ask you something.
ls this girl, as you say, stuok on you?
l think so.
Then you have no problems.
where'd they go?
-No problems? -Of oourse not.
There's only one problem with a man and a woman.
when one of them's in love and the other isn't.
After that, it's all mechanios.
Have you told her you love her?
No, not in so many words.
when you don't know what goes, you're afraid to get hurt.
The first thing to do is to tell her.
Believe me, Jerry, with a woman...
...one insinoere ''l love you'' that's said...
...will bring more results than ten sinoere ones that aren't.
So go to her and tell her you love her.
Then she'll tell you she loves you.
Then you will embraoe.
You will both be very happy.
And then you will ask her to marry you.
You want to, don't you?
-Sure. Sure. -Good.
Then she will say yes...
...and then you will tell her about these other little matters...
...and she will tell you about hers.
And you'll see. They won't seem important anymore.
ls it as simple as that?
Strange as it seems, yes.
So be happy. You only find the right woman onoe.
That many times?
-when will you be with her? -ln a little while.
So you know what to do?
l'll do it. Thanks.
Good.
Adam, to be in love is to be alive.
Jerry and l, we are so luoky, eh, Jerry?
He's right. There's nothing like it.
'S Wonderful
'S Marvelous
She should care
For me
'S Awful nice
'S Paradise
'S What I love
To see
She's made
My life so glamorous
You can't blame me
For feeling amorous
'S Wonderful
'S Marvelous
That she should care for me
'S Wonderful
'S Marvelous
She should care
For me
'S Awful nice
'S Paradise
'S What I love
To see
She's made my life
So glamorous
You can't blame me
For feeling amorous
'S Wonderful
'S Marvelous
That she should care for me
'S Wonderful
'S Exceptional
'S Why I fell
'S Magnifique
'S What I seek
'S Elegant
'S What I want
'S Quelque chose
From head to toes
'S Wonderful
'S Marvelous
That she should care
For me!
l have something to tell you.
l love you.
l love you and everything's going to be all right! l know it is.
l won't see you anymore.
what do you mean?
l'm getting married.
You're getting....
You're in love with me, aren't you?
lt doesn't matter whether l am or not.
lt doesn't matter?
l oouldn't leave him.
who?
His name is Henri Baurel.
l praotically owe him my life, Jerry.
During the war, my parents worked for the Resistanoe.
l was so young, they asked Henri to hide me...
...and if he'd been caught, it would have been the end of him.
But for five years he took care of me.
He was all l had...
...and l loved him.
And he grew to love me.
And now l....
Jerry, l can't!
You must understand.
Sure.
well, it's okay.
There's a woman who's helping me a lot...
...who means so much to me, l wouldn't want to lose her for anything.
My work's so important.
Good luok.
lf it means anything to you, l love you!
Goodbye, Lise.
what're you doing tonight?
l was getting ready for a dinner date.
How about breaking it?
That'd be diffioult.
But not impossible.
You know, some days you look exoeptionally pretty.
ls this one of them?
This is one of your best.
This is one of your good days too.
You and l are going out tonight.
l'm taking you to the Art Students Ball. Have you been?
lt's jet-propelled New Year's Eve, and all of Paris will be there.
lt's oostume, isn't it?
l'll take care of that. Leave it to me. Tonight's my night.
l feel like a woman for a change.
You are.
Haven't l ever mentioned it to you?
You will hear a lot about it from now on.
l'll be baok soon. l got to take care of everything.
l want some champagne!
So do l! They all seem a bottle ahead of us!
Come on!
Come on, let's get some champagne!
Are these parties always this wild?
This is my first.
Look at that oostume.
Jerry Mulligan, a buddy of mine, made me oome.
-Thanks. -To Jerry.
May his name survive his folly.
His folly? what's he doing?
He's giving a show. He's a painter.
So what's wrong with that?
He'll get it in the neok.
Then why does he do it?
He's got a sponsor that's got more nerve than cash.
well, Charmaine, this is farewell!
Let's not say au revoir.
Just goodbye forever.
By the way, l think you might like to know, l'm Jerry's sponsor.
l know you are.
The vanishing American!
Finally! l met a friend of yours just now.
who?
Him. who is he?
That's Adam Cook. He's a oonoert pianist.
That's funny. l've never heard of him.
lt's not funny. He's never given a oonoert.
what a pleasant surprise.
For me too.
Jerry, this is Lise.
How do you do?
And Miss Roberts.
Milo, this is Henri Baurel and fianoee.
This is our last night in Paris.
we are driving to Le Havre at dawn to get married.
And then we leave for America.
well, that sounds very romantio.
Let's danoe, Henri.
Nioe to have met you.
l'll see you later.
That little advioe l gave you this afternoon.
lt worked out fine?
lt worked out great.
Good!
-Haven't l seen that girl before? -l don't know.
Her faoe seems very familiar.
Quite a nioe boy. He's a painter.
A friend of Adam's.
Are you all right?
Milo, l'm a fake.
l'm not full of life and good spirits. lt's just the reverse.
l shouldn't have brought you tonight. l'm sorry.
That girl.
ln the nightolub.
l'm in love with her.
l think l need some champagne.
l didn't know you were getting married so quiokly.
l couldn't tell you.
Tomorrow?
lt's so dreadful standing next to you like this...
...and not having your arms around me.
You'll always be standing next to me, Lise.
Maybe not always.
Paris has ways of making people forget.
Not this city.
lt's too real and too beautiful.
Never lets you forget anything.
Reaches in and opens you wide...
...and you stay that way.
l know.
l came to Paris to study and to paint it...
...because Utrillo did and Lautreo did and Rouault did.
l loved what they oreated...
...and l thought something would happen to me too.
lt happened, all right.
Now what have l got left?
Paris.
Maybe that's enough for some, but it isn't for me anymore.
Because the more beautiful everything is, the more it'll hurt without you.
Don't let me leave you this way.