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<i>(Indistinct singing</i>
<i>echoing)</i>

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(gasping)

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- (muffled applause)
- Woman: <i>We love you, Bessie!</i>

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Man:
<i>We love you, Bessie!</i>

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(Chatter)

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- Hey, Bessie...
- <i>(cheering continues)</i>

8
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- (chatter)
- Woman: <i>I love you! I love you so much!</i>

9
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- Bessie!
- <i>I love you so much!</i>

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<i>(Woman whispers)</i>
<i>Bessie...</i>

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<i>(voices echoing)</i>

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Man: <i>I love you, Bessie!</i>
<i>That was amazing!</i>

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(Door creaking)

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Hello?

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Girl:
<i>Mommy!</i>

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Where are you?!
(Crying)

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Where's my mama?

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<i>Mommy!</i>

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<i>I want her back!</i>
<i>I want my mama back!</i>

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<i>Where did she go?</i>

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- Woman: Mama ain't here to save you now.
- (Crying continues)

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Woman:
<i>Your mama dead.</i>

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- Girl: <i>Where's my mama?!</i>
- Woman: <i>It's your fault Mama dead.</i>

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- <i>Bessie.</i>
- Girl: <i>Where are you, Mom? Where are you?</i>

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Woman #2:
<i>Bessie!</i>

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<i>(Crying continues)</i>

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- <i>(music playing)</i>
- <i>(crowd cheering)</i>

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(overlapping voices)
You ain't part of the act.

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- <i>Whoo!</i>
- <i>Excuse me! Excuse me!</i>

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<i>Excuse me! I gotta get downstairs!</i>
<i>I gotta be changing!</i>

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Man: <i>Come on back here and put
on a good show for me tonight.</i>

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Woman: <i>I gotta change first.</i>
<i>Get on outta the way, Leroy!</i>

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Leroy:
<i>Tape. Let's roll tape...</i>

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<i>(Bessie laughing)</i>

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Man #2:
<i>Ooh, yeah, girl.</i>

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<i>(Both laughing)</i>

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- (man #2 moans)
- (kissing)

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(Bessie moans)

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Come here, girl.

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- Oh, yeah.
- (Both moaning)

41
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Ah, yeah.

42
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- Yeah.
- You like that?

43
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- Ooh.
- Yeah.

44
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Oh, that's nice.

45
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Just let me
put it in.

46
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No, I think it's just fine where it is.

47
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Oh, come on, baby.
Just a little bit.

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No, pap--
(cries out)

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Man #2:
<i>It's gonna feel real good to you.</i>

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- (Bessie grunts)
- (gasping, groaning)

51
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Don't mean I don't wanna
mess around a little bit.

52
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- I just didn't wanna do all of that.
- <i>(Distant applause)</i>

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- <i>(thuds)</i>
- Come on, now.

54
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It's just getting
good to me.

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- (Thuds)
- (man groans)

56
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What the hell
happened to you?

57
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- Clarence?
- I told you be here 9, 9:30.

58
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- What time is it?
- 11:00, hell!

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Come on,
go, go, go!

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Wait, wait, wait.
Give me this.

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<i>(Music playing)</i>

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Here, put this
on your head.

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Put that on
right now.

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There you go.

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Come on, let's go.

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Come on, now.

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That's good.
Just...

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<i>(crowd cheering,</i>
<i>whistling)</i>

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¶ Woke up this morning ¶

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¶ When chickens was crowing
for days... ¶

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<i>(overlapping voices)</i>
<i>Get her off the stage!</i>

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- <i>Good Lord!</i>
- <i>Just let her sing anyway.</i>

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- ¶ Looked on the right side of my pillow... ¶
- <i>Get off the stage!</i>

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- <i>(Jeering continues)</i>
- ¶ My man had gone away... ¶

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<i>(overlapping voices) I don't wanna hear this, man.</i>
<i>Go back inside.</i>

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<i>Oh, come on.</i>
<i>Just let the girl sing!</i>

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¶ By his pillow ¶

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¶ He left a note ¶

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¶ Reading,
"I'm sorry, Jane ¶

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¶ You got my goat ¶

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¶ No time to marry ¶

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- ¶ No time to settle down"... ¶
- <i>(crowd chattering)</i>

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- Get what everybody else gets.
- Well, we ain't everybody else.

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No, no, no.
You said $5, sir.

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A little something extra
for me and my sister.

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A dollar's good enough and a dollar's what you'll take.

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$2, sir,
for the both of us?

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- For a week's work?
- That's the deal.

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<i>(Birds chirping)</i>

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<i>(woman humming)</i>

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(humming continues)

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Woman:
<i>Can you see her this time?</i>

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- (Kissing) Hmm?
- <i>(Coins clink)</i>

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(kisses) You had a good week,
at least.

95
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I know washwomen
who make more.

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Don't be that way.

97
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Well, I'm tellin' ya,
Mama ain't satisfied.

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I'm gonna quit the 81.

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You not.

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Not if it means
quitting you.

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(Moans)

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- <i>(knocking on door)</i>
- (giggling)

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Woman #2: <i>Bessie,
you come out of there right now!</i>

104
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I told you about having
all those men in the room.

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Ain't no mens here,
Miss Taylor!

106
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- (Both laughing)
- Just us ladies, ma'am.

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<i>(Giggling)</i>

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Bessie: <i>Go on and take her her board.</i>
<i>She'll cool down.</i>

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- <i>(Coins clink)</i>
- Miss Taylor?

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Y'all are gonna have to take
that foolishness somewhere--

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- Okay.
- Miss Taylor: <i>This is not</i>

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<i>the only boardinghouse</i>
<i>in Atlanta.</i>

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<i>(Knocking)</i>
<i>Bessie!</i>

114
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Hey, look here, I'm coming
to work with you today.

115
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I gotta get me
a new act.

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- I like it.
- I like you.

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I like you, too.

118
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- (Giggling)
- <i>(knocking)</i>

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- <i>(music playing)</i>
- Miss Taylor: <i>Bessie!</i>

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Man:
<i>Good, Georgette.</i>

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<i>Mary Watson, if I have</i>
<i>to tell you to smile</i>

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one more time,
we having words.

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Francine, baby,
you're clomping around up there like a horse.

124
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A H-O-R-S-E.

125
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<i>Bessie, get down now.</i>
<i>Stop teasing.</i>

126
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- <i>It's not your rehearsal.</i>
- Hey, Mr. Scandrick.

127
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I've been working on
a little something.

128
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<i>Are you saying you wanna</i>
<i>be in my chorus line?</i>

129
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Yeah, come on, girls.
Let's show him.

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- And a...
- (piano playing)

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¶ Oh, I've got
what it takes ¶

132
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¶ But it breaks my heart
to give it away ¶

133
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¶ It's in demand ¶

134
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¶ They want it every day ¶

135
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¶ I've been saving it up-- ¶

136
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You just keep
right on saving it.

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- (Dancers laugh)
- You don't like it?

138
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It's all right, but it ain't
hitting on all the sixes.

139
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Now, if you done
messing up my rehearsal--

140
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What about the bag test,
James, hmm?

141
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Yeah, give her
the test.

142
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You must be
lighter than.

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(Dancers laughing)

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- (cheering)
- Man: <i>Whoo!</i>

145
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The top prize for tonight's raffle-- a gold tooth.

146
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That's right.

147
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Hold up them tickets.
Hold 'em up.

148
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<i>I know you got 'em.</i>
<i>I know you got 'em.</i>

149
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But first,
the Queen of Melody,

150
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the Empress of Rhythm.

151
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We're talking about
the real Mother of the Blues,

152
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Ma Rainey.

153
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- <i>(Music playing)</i>
- Ma: <i>This the real blues here.</i>

154
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<i>Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.</i>

155
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<i>(Cheering, applause)</i>

156
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¶ Ooh. ¶

157
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Audience:
¶ Ooh. ¶

158
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¶ Lord, you see me
weepin' ¶

159
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¶ And you hear me cry ¶

160
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Woman:
<i>Sing it, girl.</i>

161
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¶ Lord, you see me
weepin' ¶

162
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<i>¶ And you hear me cry ¶</i>

163
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¶ I ain't weepin'
'bout no money ¶

164
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¶ Just that man of mine ¶

165
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<i>¶ Lord, you see me</i>
<i>weepin' ¶</i>

166
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<i>¶ And you hear me cry... ¶</i>

167
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We got rehearsals
in the morning.

168
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- I could be sleeping or at least partying.
- Well, go on, then.

169
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- I just wanna meet her.
- You can meet her tomorrow.

170
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Man: <i>Mobile, Alabama,</i>
<i>we're on the road for a week,</i>

171
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<i>then Gainesville, Florida.</i>

172
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- <i>(Piano music playing)</i>
- Oh, slow, slow, slow, baby. Have mercy.

173
00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:03,330
Contract's only four nights,
then we can go on to--

174
00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:06,500
Why we backtracking to Mississippi
instead of going to 'Bama?

175
00:10:06,830 --> 00:10:08,170
Seem like we should
just go on from here,

176
00:10:08,540 --> 00:10:11,070
maybe do a longer run in Mobile,
even add Huntsville.

177
00:10:11,470 --> 00:10:14,070
Well, we'll be making it just in time for cotton season

178
00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:15,880
and catch everybody
with their pay, you know?

179
00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:20,080
- <i>(Distant piano music playing)</i>
- (train hissing)

180
00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:21,550
Oh, sh--

181
00:10:21,820 --> 00:10:24,380
(train whistle blows)

182
00:10:24,620 --> 00:10:27,150
Hey, get back here.

183
00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,220
Man: <i>Besides,
the harvest don't start in Florida</i>

184
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- <i>for another two weeks.</i>
- Mm-hmm.

185
00:10:32,030 --> 00:10:33,860
You've been using that goober oil like I told you?

186
00:10:34,060 --> 00:10:35,560
Yes, ma'am.

187
00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,360
Nice and soft.

188
00:10:37,630 --> 00:10:38,800
<i>Well, what about Tennessee?</i>

189
00:10:39,130 --> 00:10:42,130
You got Memphis,
you got Chattanoog-- oh!

190
00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:43,570
- <i>(Piano music stops)</i>
- How'd you get in here?

191
00:10:43,970 --> 00:10:46,540
- Can I join your show?
- You can see yourself out.

192
00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,540
Where you from?

193
00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:52,480
- Blue Goose Hollow.
- A who what?

194
00:10:52,710 --> 00:10:54,280
That a street name?

195
00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,380
Bessie: <i>Where I'm from,
they don't have no street names.</i>

196
00:10:56,750 --> 00:10:58,750
(Chuckles) That where your people from, too?

197
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They died a long time ago.

198
00:11:00,820 --> 00:11:02,720
Well, the loneliest thing
in the world

199
00:11:02,990 --> 00:11:04,260
is a motherless child.

200
00:11:04,590 --> 00:11:06,260
Well, I got two brothers
and my sister Viola--

201
00:11:06,530 --> 00:11:07,890
Well let me shave you dry.

202
00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,860
They don't amount
to much, do they?

203
00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:12,100
You on your own.

204
00:11:12,430 --> 00:11:13,670
- (Train rumbles)
- (crystals clinking)

205
00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,500
- Well, Miss Blue Goose...
- Clarence: <i>Bessie!</i>

206
00:11:16,940 --> 00:11:20,240
- I thank you for calling.
- Bessie! Bessie, get down from there.

207
00:11:20,740 --> 00:11:23,410
- Do I audition or--
- Ma: <i>I heard you in the show. I know you can sing.</i>

208
00:11:23,710 --> 00:11:25,850
So stay or jump, bitch.
(Chuckles)

209
00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,010
- Well, the train is--
- I don't give a damn about the train,

210
00:11:28,350 --> 00:11:30,950
a thunderstorm,
a shotgun or what.

211
00:11:31,250 --> 00:11:33,450
You just got to decide
for yourself.

212
00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,760
Hell, you got
the St. Louis blues,

213
00:11:36,090 --> 00:11:37,890
the Chicago blues,
the Gin House blues,

214
00:11:38,190 --> 00:11:40,290
the "my man
done left me" blues.

215
00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,300
They all the same song,
ain't they?

216
00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:44,330
With the same three chords.

217
00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:48,600
And you done heard 'em about a dozen
hundred times from a dozen hundred people.

218
00:11:48,940 --> 00:11:51,140
So what make folks
wanna hear from you?

219
00:11:52,810 --> 00:11:55,240
<i>So you got to put</i>
<i>something else in it.</i>

220
00:11:55,580 --> 00:11:59,710
The blues is not about
people knowing you.

221
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It's about
you knowing people.

222
00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:06,550
<i>(Train whistle blowing)</i>

223
00:12:06,750 --> 00:12:07,720
(patting)

224
00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:20,670
Who done that
to you, huh?

225
00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,970
Big old girl like you
letting folks beat on you.

226
00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,070
This look like
it might stay forever.

227
00:12:28,310 --> 00:12:30,810
<i>(Liquid pouring)</i>

228
00:12:31,150 --> 00:12:32,910
What you doing fanning yourself around here for?

229
00:12:33,250 --> 00:12:35,180
Shut the door good
on your way out.

230
00:12:36,450 --> 00:12:38,080
Where you going without my sugar, though?

231
00:12:44,990 --> 00:12:46,830
- Mm.
- Mm-hmm.

232
00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:48,760
What you grinning about,
Blue Goose?

233
00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,030
What you know about it?

234
00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:52,060
Same thing you know.

235
00:12:52,270 --> 00:12:54,500
(Chuckles)

236
00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,140
What's your name,
pretty lady?

237
00:12:57,340 --> 00:12:58,900
Bessie Smith.

238
00:12:59,140 --> 00:13:00,840
Miss Bessie Smith.

239
00:13:02,380 --> 00:13:03,710
<i>(Music playing)</i>

240
00:13:04,110 --> 00:13:06,180
- So, like we said--
- How many seats in the house?

241
00:13:06,450 --> 00:13:07,980
- 200.
- I counted 250.

242
00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,620
Ah, I meant 200 plus,
give or take.

243
00:13:11,890 --> 00:13:13,550
And you sure
eager to take.

244
00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,760
- She need to be here?
- Ma: She needs to understand

245
00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:17,620
why TOBA stands
for "Tough On Black Asses."

246
00:13:18,060 --> 00:13:21,760
Actually, it stands for Theater
Owners Booking Association, T-O-B--

247
00:13:22,060 --> 00:13:23,130
- What's the cover?
- <i>A nickel.</i>

248
00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,000
Hmm, newspaper ad
say a dime.

249
00:13:26,330 --> 00:13:28,330
- Well, we don't always--
- $12.50.

250
00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:31,070
- Pardon me?
- That's 10 cents times 250 seats.

251
00:13:31,370 --> 00:13:32,840
Our contract
is 50-50 per head.

252
00:13:33,140 --> 00:13:35,470
$12.50 in advance
every night.

253
00:13:35,810 --> 00:13:37,980
(Laughing)
We have no way of knowing

254
00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:39,710
how many people
are actually gonna show up.

255
00:13:39,980 --> 00:13:41,150
We'll refund
your no-shows.

256
00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,250
Bessie will be counting
the empty seats.

257
00:13:43,420 --> 00:13:45,220
$12.50.

258
00:13:48,690 --> 00:13:49,990
(Chuckling)

259
00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:51,860
Boy, aren't you getting
a hell of a deal?

260
00:13:53,190 --> 00:13:54,690
Now let's talk about
the bar.

261
00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:05,400
What you standing
way back here for?

262
00:14:05,610 --> 00:14:07,010
Keep on going.

263
00:14:11,180 --> 00:14:13,050
I ain't said stop.

264
00:14:17,050 --> 00:14:18,280
A little bit more.

265
00:14:21,220 --> 00:14:23,090
- Ma.
- <i>That's about right.</i>

266
00:14:24,090 --> 00:14:25,060
Now how that feel?

267
00:14:25,290 --> 00:14:26,930
Like I'm about to fall.

268
00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:29,200
That's how it should feel every night.

269
00:14:29,460 --> 00:14:31,200
If you're not
risking nothing,

270
00:14:31,430 --> 00:14:32,930
neither will they.

271
00:14:33,270 --> 00:14:36,300
Now where's that heifer
that stole your man?

272
00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,870
- Ain't nobody here.
- Pick somebody.

273
00:14:40,140 --> 00:14:42,040
Right there.
How about her?

274
00:14:42,310 --> 00:14:44,540
Three rows back
on the left.

275
00:14:48,050 --> 00:14:50,450
- Mm-mmm.
- Yeah.

276
00:14:51,950 --> 00:14:53,050
Yeah, that look
like her.

277
00:14:53,390 --> 00:14:54,790
And what you gotta
say to that bitch?

278
00:14:54,990 --> 00:14:56,420
<i>And right there.</i>

279
00:14:56,820 --> 00:15:00,160
Oh, there's that pinched-back
man that stole all your money.

280
00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,230
Yeah, that's him.

281
00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,470
Tell them about theyselves.
Go on, baby.

282
00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,640
- Bess? We're rehitching.
- Okay.

283
00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:16,240
<i>(Men shouting)</i>

284
00:15:38,670 --> 00:15:40,470
That mighty caboose
right there.

285
00:15:42,340 --> 00:15:44,970
<i>(Chatter)</i>

286
00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,650
- Man: <i>That was Bertha-- I mean, Miss Bessie Smith.</i>
- <i>(Piano playing)</i>

287
00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:01,650
- (scattered applause)
- Man: <i>Aw, come on now, be nice, be nice.</i>

288
00:16:01,990 --> 00:16:04,490
<i>We got your headliner</i>
<i>coming up.</i>

289
00:16:05,990 --> 00:16:07,530
Gin.

290
00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:11,900
I got that, Clive.

291
00:16:12,130 --> 00:16:13,900
<i>(Coins clink)</i>

292
00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:15,870
Gin'll make you crazy.

293
00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,840
Why don't you let me buy you a whiskey instead?

294
00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,810
That "stand and shout" shit
might work back home,

295
00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,050
but you got to bring some hoop-de-doo
to get these silly folk attention.

296
00:16:27,350 --> 00:16:28,950
Don't nobody care
what you think.

297
00:16:29,250 --> 00:16:30,920
You don't know nothin'
from nothin'.

298
00:16:31,250 --> 00:16:34,420
Oh, I ain't trying to fuss with you, gorgeous.

299
00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:35,990
Just 'cause you got
a little sport in your strut

300
00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:37,420
don't make you
no authority.

301
00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,990
I was just giving you
my opinion, that's all.

302
00:16:41,230 --> 00:16:42,700
I'm gonna see you
later tonight.

303
00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,500
- Not hardly.
- Yeah, you will.

304
00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:51,900
- <i>(Cheering, applause)</i>
- Hey.

305
00:16:52,110 --> 00:16:54,140
Say, you seen Ma?

306
00:16:54,510 --> 00:16:57,010
(Chuckles) You were just talking to her.

307
00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,350
<i>(Music playing)</i>

308
00:17:05,620 --> 00:17:08,220
¶ I went out last night ¶

309
00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,120
¶ With a crowd
of my friends ¶

310
00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:15,830
¶ Must have been women,
'cause I don't like no men ¶

311
00:17:16,130 --> 00:17:20,130
¶ Wear my clothes
just like a fan ¶

312
00:17:20,470 --> 00:17:24,540
¶ Talk to the gals
just like any old man ¶

313
00:17:24,770 --> 00:17:27,210
¶ They say I do it ¶

314
00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,580
¶ Ain't nobody caught me ¶

315
00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:34,410
¶ Sure got to
prove it on me... ¶

316
00:17:34,750 --> 00:17:36,850
Oh, wait a minute now,
wait a minute now.

317
00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,050
I see some of your eyes rolling,
trying to find my Johnson.

318
00:17:40,290 --> 00:17:41,790
That ain't ladylike.

319
00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:45,290
Trust me, mama,
I got everything you need.

320
00:17:45,460 --> 00:17:46,660
Ha!

321
00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:51,830
<i>(Audience shouting,</i>
<i>laughing)</i>

322
00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:54,170
¶ 'Cause they say I do it ¶

323
00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,240
¶ Ain't nobody caught me ¶

324
00:17:56,500 --> 00:18:01,040
¶ Sure got to
prove it on me ¶

325
00:18:01,340 --> 00:18:04,310
¶ Sure got
to prove it on me. ¶

326
00:18:04,510 --> 00:18:06,810
<i>(Cheering)</i>

327
00:18:12,150 --> 00:18:13,750
I almost got her
to go to bed with me.

328
00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:15,550
- (Laughter)
- Bessie: <i>You ain't almost nothing.</i>

329
00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,660
What?

330
00:18:17,990 --> 00:18:19,990
Oh, ain't no "almost"
right here, baby.

331
00:18:20,290 --> 00:18:22,090
- (Both moaning)
- All: Ooh-hoo!

332
00:18:22,330 --> 00:18:23,730
Ma get more tail
than me.

333
00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:25,700
<i>(All chuckling)</i>

334
00:18:25,970 --> 00:18:27,870
What you looking
'round for?

335
00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:29,370
Who gonna see ya?

336
00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,170
<i>And so what if they do?</i>

337
00:18:31,470 --> 00:18:33,910
They got to prove it
on you, baby.

338
00:18:34,110 --> 00:18:35,410
(Laughter)

339
00:18:35,710 --> 00:18:38,540
They got to prove it
on you, baby.

340
00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:42,510
(Knocking)

341
00:18:45,820 --> 00:18:46,990
- (laughter)
- Shit, like they doing something bad.

342
00:18:47,220 --> 00:18:49,690
What they doing, baby?

343
00:18:49,890 --> 00:18:51,690
Go on with that.

344
00:18:51,990 --> 00:18:53,430
Let the cards
do the talking.

345
00:18:53,730 --> 00:18:55,430
Let the cards do
the motherfucking talking.

346
00:18:55,730 --> 00:18:57,560
What the fuck
was she talking about?

347
00:18:59,170 --> 00:19:01,030
Take that bullshit on back
where you got it from.

348
00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,800
I told you,
you ain't ready for the big leagues.

349
00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:06,240
<i>(Laughter, chatter)</i>

350
00:19:13,410 --> 00:19:17,180
Oh!
(Laughing)

351
00:19:17,420 --> 00:19:19,750
<i>(music playing)</i>

352
00:19:25,090 --> 00:19:26,930
<i>(crowd cheering)</i>

353
00:19:31,530 --> 00:19:35,400
<i>¶ Lord, you see me</i>
<i>weepin' ¶</i>

354
00:19:35,670 --> 00:19:39,610
<i>¶ And you hear me cry ¶</i>

355
00:19:44,910 --> 00:19:49,150
¶ Lord, you see me
weepin' ¶

356
00:19:49,420 --> 00:19:53,250
¶ And you hear me cry ¶

357
00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:02,390
¶ I ain't weepin'
'bout no money ¶

358
00:20:02,630 --> 00:20:06,730
¶ Just that man
of mine ¶

359
00:20:11,370 --> 00:20:16,040
¶ Lord, this mean
old engineer ¶

360
00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,550
¶ Cruel as he could be ¶

361
00:20:25,150 --> 00:20:29,420
¶ This mean old engineer ¶

362
00:20:29,660 --> 00:20:33,590
¶ Cruel as he could be ¶

363
00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,800
(crowd cheering)

364
00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:41,970
Both:
¶ Took my man away ¶

365
00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:47,170
¶ And blowed the smoke
back at me ¶

366
00:20:47,410 --> 00:20:51,240
¶ Back at me ¶

367
00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:56,150
¶ I'm going down South ¶

368
00:20:56,420 --> 00:21:00,590
¶ Won't be back till fall ¶

369
00:21:00,820 --> 00:21:04,260
¶ Back till fall ¶

370
00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:07,890
¶ I'm going down South... ¶

371
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,290
Crowd: Yeah!

372
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,930
¶ Won't be back
till fall ¶

373
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:22,310
¶ If I don't find
my easy rider ¶

374
00:21:22,610 --> 00:21:26,280
¶ Ain't comin' back
at all ¶

375
00:21:26,610 --> 00:21:28,850
- Woman: <i>Bessie!</i>
- <i>(Crowd cheering)</i>

376
00:21:30,350 --> 00:21:35,120
¶ Yeah, if I don't find
my easy rider... ¶

377
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:40,630
- Come on, Bessie!
- ¶ Ain't comin' back at all ¶

378
00:21:40,860 --> 00:21:44,200
¶ Back at all. ¶

379
00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:45,700
(Cheering)

380
00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:53,410
Yeah, Bessie!

381
00:21:55,010 --> 00:21:56,280
Clarence:
<i>Yeah!</i>

382
00:21:56,580 --> 00:21:58,240
(Stammering)
You can't control that.

383
00:21:58,550 --> 00:22:00,150
- Her goddamn ego--
- Whoo-hoo hoo!

384
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,920
I ain't never
seen 'em like that!

385
00:22:03,150 --> 00:22:05,320
We sung that song.

386
00:22:05,590 --> 00:22:08,020
Yeah, I earned
this tonight.

387
00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:09,520
<i>(Laughing)</i>
<i>Oh, yeah.</i>

388
00:22:09,890 --> 00:22:11,320
<i>Come on, Ma,</i>
<i>you ain't gonna drink no co--</i>

389
00:22:11,660 --> 00:22:13,360
I know you ain't drinking
no corn with me.

390
00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:21,870
Remember what I told you
about the blues?

391
00:22:23,870 --> 00:22:26,970
About you knowing the people
and not the other way around?

392
00:22:27,170 --> 00:22:29,210
Yeah.

393
00:22:29,580 --> 00:22:32,340
I knowed everybody in there
and they knowed me.

394
00:22:32,580 --> 00:22:36,010
You sure love yourself.

395
00:22:36,450 --> 00:22:39,920
<i>I see that gin done finally made you blow your top, huh?</i>

396
00:22:43,060 --> 00:22:44,360
I did good.

397
00:22:44,690 --> 00:22:48,030
It's not a matter
of you doing good.

398
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:49,860
You're just busted 'cause they was yelling for me

399
00:22:50,130 --> 00:22:51,930
more than they was
yelling for you.

400
00:22:52,230 --> 00:22:54,900
You better turn
your damper down.

401
00:22:55,300 --> 00:22:58,040
- I ain't scared of you.
- I ain't never asked you to be.

402
00:22:58,310 --> 00:22:59,740
All I asked you for
was respect.

403
00:23:00,070 --> 00:23:02,670
Respect for yourself,
respect for these songs.

404
00:23:03,110 --> 00:23:04,980
I ain't see you respect all this
extra money I'm bringing in here.

405
00:23:05,310 --> 00:23:07,910
Oh, let me get you told,
little gal,

406
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,320
'cause I can see you ain't
learnt your lesson yet.

407
00:23:10,580 --> 00:23:12,480
It's my name
on this train,

408
00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:13,850
it's my name
on those flyers,

409
00:23:14,220 --> 00:23:17,060
and it is in my name
that everybody in this company

410
00:23:17,290 --> 00:23:18,590
takes to that stage.

411
00:23:18,930 --> 00:23:20,490
Now, until you can
get yourself together,

412
00:23:20,930 --> 00:23:24,200
you're going back to deucing,
'cause you ain't ready to headline.

413
00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:25,660
- Deucing?
- <i>Deucing.</i>

414
00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:27,470
No.

415
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,000
I ain't playing second
to nobody anymore.

416
00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:34,170
Best we shake hands
and go.

417
00:23:35,980 --> 00:23:37,810
<i>Well, Miss Blue Goose...</i>

418
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,310
take off
my goddamn shoes.

419
00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:03,870
What's wrong?
What happened?

420
00:24:04,270 --> 00:24:05,470
- Bessie: We're starting our own show.
- Our own show?

421
00:24:05,870 --> 00:24:06,970
- We're just getting started.
- I'm finished with starting.

422
00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:08,770
Wait, Bessie,
I'm gonna go talk to Ma.

423
00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:10,540
Hey, don't leave.
I'm coming!

424
00:24:12,380 --> 00:24:13,980
<i>(Chatter)</i>

425
00:24:14,450 --> 00:24:16,880
- Man: The 3:00 with service...
- Clarence: They're coming, all right?

426
00:24:23,620 --> 00:24:24,690
All right,
don't give me that face now.

427
00:24:24,990 --> 00:24:27,990
Just relax.
They're coming.

428
00:24:35,570 --> 00:24:36,700
(Man shouting)

429
00:24:36,970 --> 00:24:39,440
- Ha ha!
- Hey, man!

430
00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:41,870
- How you feeling?
- You all right?

431
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,450
Bobby, you know
I'd catch you.

432
00:24:46,750 --> 00:24:48,310
- (Laughing)
- Good to see you.

433
00:24:48,550 --> 00:24:50,880
So good to see you.

434
00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:53,090
Man:
<i>It's corn bread time.</i>

435
00:24:53,490 --> 00:24:55,490
The money gonna come in soon.
Thank y'all for heaven.

436
00:24:55,890 --> 00:24:57,460
Clarence: <i>Sure.
This ain't nothing like it used to be.</i>

437
00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,060
You want some more
of these greens?

438
00:24:59,390 --> 00:25:00,660
Clarence: <i>You know,</i>
<i>I ain't nervous yet.</i>

439
00:25:00,990 --> 00:25:02,430
You have to take
the show on the road.

440
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,730
Hip, too.
Get a piano on the ground floor.

441
00:25:05,030 --> 00:25:06,970
We're gonna take
good care of you.

442
00:25:07,270 --> 00:25:09,330
'Cause what we're doing
here, man, is

443
00:25:09,670 --> 00:25:11,200
we're bringing a little South to the North.

444
00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:14,010
A little taste of home for all these homesick Yankees.

445
00:25:14,370 --> 00:25:15,870
You know what I'm saying?
They ain't ready for it.

446
00:25:16,210 --> 00:25:17,180
They ain't ready for it,
but I'm telling you,

447
00:25:17,510 --> 00:25:19,540
Bessie's doing
big things, man, and...

448
00:25:19,850 --> 00:25:21,380
<i>you on bass,</i>
<i>you on horn.</i>

449
00:25:21,780 --> 00:25:26,350
Next, we have Doreen Dupree
from Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

450
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:30,920
Is that a real name
or a made-up one?

451
00:25:31,260 --> 00:25:33,090
- Hattiesburg is a real--
- Not Hattiesburg.

452
00:25:33,430 --> 00:25:34,890
I know where in the hell Hattiesburg is.

453
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,100
I'm talking about
"Doreen Dupree."

454
00:25:37,460 --> 00:25:39,500
That sound like some made-up,
store-bought shit to me.

455
00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:41,830
Don't that sound like some old vaudeville mess to you?

456
00:25:42,270 --> 00:25:44,440
Who mama and daddy gonna name
'em something go together like that?

457
00:25:44,770 --> 00:25:46,570
You pick that out of a magazine or something?

458
00:25:46,870 --> 00:25:48,240
It's on
my birth certificate.

459
00:25:48,610 --> 00:25:52,480
They have birth certificates
in Hattiesburg, Mississippi?

460
00:25:52,780 --> 00:25:54,010
And take that damn gum
out your mouth.

461
00:25:54,410 --> 00:25:57,150
Don't nobody wanna see you
up there chewing like a cow.

462
00:25:57,580 --> 00:26:01,090
- Where do I put it?
- Hold it in your damn hand, Hattiesburg.

463
00:26:04,090 --> 00:26:06,930
(Whispers)
Five, six, seven, eight.

464
00:26:07,230 --> 00:26:09,290
Wait, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa.

465
00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:11,530
What is that?

466
00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:13,270
Um, I'm dancing, ma'am.

467
00:26:13,630 --> 00:26:15,070
- <i>I wanna--</i>
- You better sing something first.

468
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,340
<i>(Stammering)</i>
<i>I don't know how to sing.</i>

469
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,910
You don't know
how to sing?

470
00:26:20,270 --> 00:26:22,510
You wanna be in my show,
you have to be able to sing,

471
00:26:22,810 --> 00:26:25,110
dance, and tell
a damn joke or two.

472
00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:29,550
(Clears throat)

473
00:26:29,850 --> 00:26:31,150
¶ Well, I woke up
this morning-- ¶

474
00:26:31,490 --> 00:26:34,290
That's enough.
Clarence, give her the bag test.

475
00:26:37,020 --> 00:26:38,460
What you grinning for?

476
00:26:38,660 --> 00:26:40,030
You failed.

477
00:26:40,430 --> 00:26:43,200
You must be darker than the bag to be in my show.

478
00:26:43,530 --> 00:26:45,360
Now get going with
your high-heeled ass.

479
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,070
- Next!
- Clarence: <i>Etta Johnson, Bell Buckle, Tennessee.</i>

480
00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:50,940
Bell Buckle?
Lord!

481
00:26:51,170 --> 00:26:53,240
No yellow bitches.

482
00:26:53,470 --> 00:26:55,170
- (Yelps)
- Next!

483
00:26:55,540 --> 00:26:58,980
- Next!
- What if I didn't pass your bag test?

484
00:26:59,380 --> 00:27:03,150
- I never give you no test.
- Oh, you test me... daily.

485
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,290
No, you--
you tell me.

486
00:27:08,490 --> 00:27:10,560
Come on, Lucy.

487
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,330
No.

488
00:27:13,530 --> 00:27:16,260
I wanna know.

489
00:27:16,530 --> 00:27:19,330
Would you still
love me?

490
00:27:19,570 --> 00:27:21,170
You'd still be you.

491
00:27:21,470 --> 00:27:23,170
And how would you
know that?

492
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,570
You know how I feel.

493
00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:30,540
Then I need you
to say it.

494
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:32,610
- You know.
- No, I don't know.

495
00:27:32,810 --> 00:27:34,250
You know.

496
00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:37,050
Then say it.

497
00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:40,820
It wouldn't matter.

498
00:27:41,090 --> 00:27:42,150
It wouldn't matter,
what?

499
00:27:42,490 --> 00:27:44,520
It wouldn't matter
about your color.

500
00:27:47,590 --> 00:27:49,260
And?

501
00:27:49,430 --> 00:27:51,230
And?

502
00:27:53,530 --> 00:27:54,930
You know what?

503
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,170
I cares for you.

504
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,080
(Chuckles)

505
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,180
You cares for me?

506
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,050
You cares for me.
Is that all?

507
00:28:13,290 --> 00:28:13,990
No, that ain't all.

508
00:28:14,350 --> 00:28:17,360
What-- why you
acting up today?

509
00:28:17,620 --> 00:28:20,230
I need you
to tell me something.

510
00:28:20,630 --> 00:28:24,360
- I'm gonna show you something instead.
- (Laughing)

511
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,100
Clarence: <i>You can make this bigger.</i>
<i>You know what I mean?</i>

512
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:30,970
<i>It's got to say,</i>
<i>"This is Bessie Smith,"</i>

513
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,540
<i>so make this bigger and this a little bit smaller like that.</i>

514
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,410
Now, that's what-- that's what I'm talkin' about,
right there.

515
00:28:39,610 --> 00:28:41,710
(Chatter)

516
00:28:46,050 --> 00:28:48,120
Clarence:
Come on. All right.

517
00:28:50,590 --> 00:28:51,990
Clarence:
<i>Open your eyes!</i>

518
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,030
- Hey now!
- Clarence: <i>That's right.</i>

519
00:28:57,330 --> 00:28:59,430
<i>Bessie Smith</i>
<i>and Her Down Home Trio.</i>

520
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,340
- Ho-ho, now!
- That's right.

521
00:29:04,740 --> 00:29:06,810
- ¶ I was with you, baby... ¶
- <i>(crowd cheering)</i>

522
00:29:07,110 --> 00:29:11,610
¶ When you didn't
have a dime ¶

523
00:29:16,250 --> 00:29:18,920
¶ I was with you,
baby ¶

524
00:29:19,190 --> 00:29:23,320
¶ When you didn't
have a dime ¶

525
00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:31,230
<i>¶ Now, since you got</i>
<i>plenty of money ¶</i>

526
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,770
¶ You have throwed
your good gal down... ¶

527
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,200
<i>(crowd cheering)</i>

528
00:29:41,140 --> 00:29:43,240
<i>(overlapping voices) This is A.R.</i>
<i>Knight from the "Chicago Defender,"</i>

529
00:29:43,610 --> 00:29:44,640
<i>and I'm here to tell you</i>
<i>that Bessie Smith</i>

530
00:29:45,010 --> 00:29:47,050
<i>is the locomotive</i>
<i>that shot out of Tennessee.</i>

531
00:29:47,450 --> 00:29:49,750
<i>This is W. Alexander</i>
<i>from the "Boston Guardian."</i>

532
00:29:50,050 --> 00:29:51,550
<i>Talk about</i>
<i>"Chattanooga Choo-Choo,"</i>

533
00:29:51,950 --> 00:29:54,490
<i>Bessie Smith is the biggest thing since Ma Rainey.</i>

534
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,560
<i>This is J. Anderson reporting for</i>
<i>the "New York Amsterdam News."</i>

535
00:29:58,020 --> 00:30:00,020
<i>If you haven't got your tickets, folks,</i>
<i>you're not gonna get 'em,</i>

536
00:30:00,330 --> 00:30:01,630
<i>'cause it's already</i>
<i>sold out.</i>

537
00:30:01,860 --> 00:30:03,330
<i>(Knocking on door)</i>

538
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,810
<i>(knocking continues)</i>

539
00:30:14,010 --> 00:30:15,510
Who is it?

540
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,380
Man: <i>I'm here to audition for Miss Bessie Smith.</i>

541
00:30:17,810 --> 00:30:19,810
I didn't ask you what you want,
I asked you who you are.

542
00:30:20,150 --> 00:30:22,150
Man: <i>Open the door and see me,
big man.</i>

543
00:30:33,730 --> 00:30:35,930
My name is Jack Gee, ma'am,
and I'm 32 years old

544
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,760
from Titustown, Virginia,
and I schooled till the 10th grade.

545
00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:40,730
I'm nobody's husband
and I'm nobody's daddy.

546
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:46,300
I make $13.75 a week working as a
security guard at the five and dime.

547
00:30:46,670 --> 00:30:49,240
Another $2.80 on the weekend at the Top Hat.

548
00:30:49,580 --> 00:30:50,680
<i>I got my own</i>
<i>two-bedroom apartment</i>

549
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,950
<i>and I drive a brand-new</i>
<i>1921 Davis Touring.</i>

550
00:30:54,350 --> 00:30:56,150
Now, I don't believe in church,
but I do believe in God,

551
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,150
and I know it to be
the God's honest truth

552
00:30:58,450 --> 00:30:59,750
that you're
the most beautiful woman

553
00:31:00,090 --> 00:31:05,590
ever sing the blues,
or any woman, period.

554
00:31:06,060 --> 00:31:08,960
And I'm very pleased to make your
acquaintance this fine afternoon.

555
00:31:09,230 --> 00:31:10,730
- Can you sing?
- Oh, yes.

556
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,530
- Can you dance?
- Oh, yes.

557
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,230
Auditions for the show
are over.

558
00:31:14,530 --> 00:31:16,630
I ain't auditioning
for no show.

559
00:31:16,940 --> 00:31:18,640
I'm auditioning
to be your man.

560
00:31:18,940 --> 00:31:20,610
(Scoffs)
You look a little small.

561
00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:23,140
- Baby, I'm built for speed.
- Really, now?

562
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,580
Well, maybe you only
auditions women.

563
00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:30,880
I auditions
whosoever I please.

564
00:31:31,220 --> 00:31:32,680
I can give it
as hard as I can take it,

565
00:31:32,950 --> 00:31:35,920
and I don't mind
going to jail.

566
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:52,500
- Jack: <i>Mm-mm-mm.</i>
- Woman: <i>¶ Whoa, gone away, baby ¶</i>

567
00:31:52,810 --> 00:31:55,910
<i>¶ Won't be back</i>
<i>till fall ¶</i>

568
00:31:56,140 --> 00:31:58,180
<i>¶ Lord, Lord, Lord ¶</i>

569
00:31:58,510 --> 00:32:02,280
<i>¶ Gone away, baby,</i>
<i>won't be back... ¶</i>

570
00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:04,480
Bottle of gin for the lady
and a glass for me.

571
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:12,520
<i>¶ If I find me</i>
<i>a good man ¶</i>

572
00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:16,160
<i>¶ I won't be</i>
<i>back at all... ¶</i>

573
00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:19,200
- (men chuckling)
- Oh, she fine. Man.

574
00:32:21,100 --> 00:32:22,500
Man:
<i>Watch this.</i>

575
00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:27,840
- The lady don't smoke.
- The hell she don't.

576
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,310
(Chuckles)

577
00:32:31,980 --> 00:32:33,580
So that's your man
or what?

578
00:32:33,850 --> 00:32:35,650
No, he's still auditioning.

579
00:32:35,850 --> 00:32:37,820
(Men laughing)

580
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,390
Can I have
this dance, baby?

581
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,450
Touch her hand, Charlie,
and draw back a nub.

582
00:32:42,690 --> 00:32:44,460
And what if I touch his?

583
00:32:44,790 --> 00:32:46,160
- (Knife clicks)
- (Bessie gasps)

584
00:32:46,460 --> 00:32:47,390
- <i>(women scream)</i>
- Ah!

585
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:54,430
Man:
<i>Hey! Yeah, come here!</i>

586
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,570
- Jack: Come on, girl.
- (Bessie laughing)

587
00:32:56,970 --> 00:32:58,540
- Let's go get 'em, okay?
- Get that motherfucker!

588
00:32:58,870 --> 00:33:00,970
- <i>(Tires screeching)</i>
- (Bessie laughing)

589
00:33:01,340 --> 00:33:03,210
- Chump!
- Bessie: <i>You were so brave, papa!</i>

590
00:33:03,510 --> 00:33:05,180
See how crazy I am
about you, girl!

591
00:33:07,980 --> 00:33:10,250
- Your audition ain't over yet.
- (Honking)

592
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:11,350
(women screaming)

593
00:33:11,650 --> 00:33:13,280
Keep your eyes
on the road.

594
00:33:13,650 --> 00:33:15,290
- <i>(Belt buckle clinking)</i>
- (chuckles)

595
00:33:15,590 --> 00:33:18,190
<i>¶ A good man</i>
<i>is hard to find ¶</i>

596
00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:21,530
<i>¶ You always get</i>
<i>the other kind ¶</i>

597
00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:25,060
<i>¶ Just when you think</i>
<i>that he's your pal... ¶</i>

598
00:33:25,330 --> 00:33:27,200
Say, we still
$15 short.

599
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,570
- 10 is what everybody gets.
- But we had a contract, sir.

600
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,740
Contract?
You must be one of them old country niggers.

601
00:33:33,010 --> 00:33:34,840
(Chuckling)
Contra--

602
00:33:35,110 --> 00:33:36,980
I'll cut you
every way but loose.

603
00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:40,180
<i>¶ Hug him in the morning,</i>
<i>kiss him every night ¶</i>

604
00:33:40,580 --> 00:33:41,880
<i>¶ Give him plenty of lovin',</i>
<i>you know what I mean ¶</i>

605
00:33:42,350 --> 00:33:45,320
<i>¶ And treat him right,</i>
<i>'cause a good man nowadays... ¶</i>

606
00:33:45,750 --> 00:33:47,550
Bessie: And remember when we
did that show at Don's place?

607
00:33:48,020 --> 00:33:49,520
- Clarence: Ah, you don't remember that.
- Bessie: Oh, lookit.

608
00:33:49,790 --> 00:33:51,620
Lookit, J.G.
That's our corner.

609
00:33:52,060 --> 00:33:54,590
- That's our corner.
- Clarence: A penny a song. (Laughs)

610
00:33:55,060 --> 00:33:56,960
- Woman: I love you, Bessie!
- You see that gin joint right there?

611
00:33:57,300 --> 00:33:59,030
That's where I made
my first whole dollar.

612
00:33:59,530 --> 00:34:02,500
- Spent it, too.
- <i>¶ Hug him in the morning, kiss him every night ¶</i>

613
00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:05,470
<i>¶ Give him plenty of lovin',</i>
<i>treat him right ¶</i>

614
00:34:05,870 --> 00:34:10,040
<i>¶ 'Cause a good man nowadays</i>
<i>is hard to find ¶</i>

615
00:34:10,380 --> 00:34:12,280
<i>¶ Ah, yes,</i>
<i>hard to find... ¶</i>

616
00:34:12,580 --> 00:34:14,280
- How y'all doing?
- Oh, my God.

617
00:34:14,580 --> 00:34:18,620
¶ A good man
is hard to find ¶

618
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,120
¶ You always get
another kind ¶

619
00:34:22,420 --> 00:34:25,490
<i>¶ So if your man</i>
<i>is nice ¶</i>

620
00:34:25,890 --> 00:34:29,130
- <i>¶ Take my advice...</i>
- Come over here right now.

621
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,400
- You know all them words?
- <i>Yeah.</i>

622
00:34:32,670 --> 00:34:33,970
You know
what you're singing?

623
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,500
Hold out your hand
right now.

624
00:34:44,340 --> 00:34:46,410
Keep singing.

625
00:34:46,750 --> 00:34:49,650
Make sure all
you're doing is singing.

626
00:34:52,850 --> 00:34:55,920
- Boy: <i>Come on, let's go.</i>
- (Children giggling)

627
00:34:59,460 --> 00:35:01,590
<i>(young Bessie crying)</i>

628
00:35:01,830 --> 00:35:04,500
Mommy. Where's my mama?

629
00:35:04,830 --> 00:35:09,030
<i>- (Child giggling)</i>
<i>- (crying continues)</i>

630
00:35:14,710 --> 00:35:16,410
Man: Welcome home.
Come on inside.

631
00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:18,980
- Man #2: Hey, hey!
- (Men laughing)

632
00:35:19,310 --> 00:35:21,650
Hey y'all. How you doing?
How you doing?

633
00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:47,640
Well, I guess you think
you're something.

634
00:35:50,180 --> 00:35:51,910
How are you?

635
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:53,680
You care?

636
00:35:54,050 --> 00:35:58,880
I think I'm gonna go show
Jack and Lucille around.

637
00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:13,500
That's your man?

638
00:36:16,370 --> 00:36:18,540
You got something
to eat?

639
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,110
- Drink?
- Oh, city gal, huh?

640
00:36:22,510 --> 00:36:25,940
Can't stand to be in regular
folks' houses no more.

641
00:36:33,550 --> 00:36:34,890
You still keeps
the food locked up.

642
00:36:35,090 --> 00:36:37,290
That's right.

643
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,220
Y'all was like
little rats.

644
00:36:40,590 --> 00:36:42,530
How else was I supposed to
keep the food in the house

645
00:36:42,860 --> 00:36:45,900
- and feed six people?
- Come here.

646
00:36:46,230 --> 00:36:48,700
Go get a case of Coca-Cola
and a lot of ice.

647
00:36:49,070 --> 00:36:52,040
As many potato chips
and peanuts as you can get.

648
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:55,910
Oh, golly. Mm.

649
00:36:56,210 --> 00:36:59,210
A whole case
of Coca-Cola.

650
00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:03,580
After 10 years,
ain't you a saint?

651
00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:11,390
Don't drink it all up.

652
00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:13,190
You're one to talk.

653
00:37:13,590 --> 00:37:14,960
Well, you're the one still
keeps the food locked up.

654
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:16,890
Don't look like you're
missing no meals.

655
00:37:17,230 --> 00:37:19,400
Well, I sure didn't
get 'em here, did I?

656
00:37:25,170 --> 00:37:28,170
I got some tickets
for the show tonight.

657
00:37:28,470 --> 00:37:29,540
You want to bring
the family...

658
00:37:29,810 --> 00:37:30,910
I got someplace
else to be.

659
00:37:46,190 --> 00:37:48,660
You been by
Mama's grave yet?

660
00:38:04,980 --> 00:38:07,810
Lucy: No street signs,
no lights, no nothing.

661
00:38:08,180 --> 00:38:09,810
Bessie: Told ya, Mama,
this is Blue Goose Hollow.

662
00:38:10,180 --> 00:38:12,020
I know this town better than J.G.'s ding-a-ling.

663
00:38:12,220 --> 00:38:14,190
(All laughing)

664
00:38:14,450 --> 00:38:16,120
Yeah, this is my town!

665
00:38:16,390 --> 00:38:18,820
Woman:
<i>Hey, Bessie! Hey.</i>

666
00:38:19,060 --> 00:38:22,030
<i>(Crowd cheering)</i>

667
00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:37,210
Woman: Oh, you remember.
I know you remember...

668
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:46,120
Woman: Easy, papa.
Leave room for the Holy Ghost, now.

669
00:38:46,420 --> 00:38:48,450
Man: Good times with you two.

670
00:38:48,820 --> 00:38:50,690
Woman #2: Girl,
you gotta get your man.

671
00:38:50,990 --> 00:38:53,490
- Hey.
- Leave them gals be.

672
00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:55,860
- Yeah.
- Get off of me.

673
00:38:56,230 --> 00:38:58,160
- What do you think this is?
- I said leave 'em be!

674
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,830
Shut up, fat bitch.

675
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:02,930
- What'd that fucker say to me?
- I said--

676
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:04,040
- (thuds)
- (man yells)

677
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,410
- (whistling)
- (cheering)

678
00:39:12,010 --> 00:39:14,450
- (applause)
- Don't nobody try her.

679
00:39:14,710 --> 00:39:17,520
She's in her gin, y'all.

680
00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:36,570
...your little dancer

681
00:39:36,870 --> 00:39:40,000
decided to come along
for the ride.

682
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:43,340
Y'all know how to ball!

683
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,310
And we're gonna
ball again tomorrow.

684
00:39:48,780 --> 00:39:51,320
- (Woman screaming)
- Man: Hey, get back here!

685
00:39:54,650 --> 00:39:56,450
Woman:
<i>Clarence, help us.</i>

686
00:39:59,090 --> 00:40:02,130
- Where's a doctor?
- Clarence: <i>Get somebody!</i>

687
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:07,060
- Get somebody! Hurry up.
- Baby, look at me. Look at me.

688
00:40:07,270 --> 00:40:08,670
<i>Oh, shit.</i>

689
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,370
<i>Help!</i>

690
00:40:10,570 --> 00:40:13,100
Help!

691
00:40:13,270 --> 00:40:14,070
Baby...

692
00:40:14,270 --> 00:40:15,770
<i>(shushing)</i>

693
00:40:16,110 --> 00:40:18,880
- Lucy: Bessie!
- Clarence: Hurry up!

694
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,410
Bessie!

695
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:24,250
- <i>Bessie! Bessie!</i>
- Mommy!

696
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:25,920
- <i>Bessie!</i>
- Mommy!

697
00:40:26,150 --> 00:40:29,150
- Bessie!
- No!

698
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:30,690
(Screaming)

699
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:36,960
Where's my mommy?

700
00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:40,930
Where's Mama?

701
00:40:41,170 --> 00:40:43,930
(Screaming, crying)

702
00:40:46,970 --> 00:40:50,410
Jack: <i>It's okay.</i>
<i>It's okay, baby.</i>

703
00:40:50,810 --> 00:40:52,880
- Baby, it's okay.
- Get off of me! Get off of me!

704
00:40:53,210 --> 00:40:55,050
- Get off of me!
- She's okay. She's okay.

705
00:40:57,380 --> 00:40:58,920
- Why did you--
- I'm right here, baby.

706
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,450
- You let her get me.
- I ain't going nowhere, I love you.

707
00:41:01,850 --> 00:41:03,590
Jack <i>You gotta let that heal.</i>
<i>You gotta let that heal.</i>

708
00:41:03,990 --> 00:41:05,990
- Bess, you gotta let that heal.
- We got a show to do.

709
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:06,990
Clarence: No, no,
ain't no show. Ain't no show.

710
00:41:07,190 --> 00:41:09,760
Lucy: Bess!

711
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,630
Jack: <i>Bess!</i>

712
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:12,860
Bess!

713
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,770
- Lucy: <i>Nurse!</i>
- Bess, what are you doing?

714
00:41:15,970 --> 00:41:17,330
(Chattering)

715
00:41:21,370 --> 00:41:23,010
<i>(crowd cheering)</i>

716
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,250
How much y'all pay
to get in here?

717
00:41:28,510 --> 00:41:31,920
- Crowd: 25 cents.
- 25 cent?

718
00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:35,790
Hmm, I wouldn't pay 25 cent
to go nowhere.

719
00:41:41,530 --> 00:41:44,230
Well, I guess I better
sing something, huh?

720
00:41:44,530 --> 00:41:47,930
'Cause y'all spent
all that money.

721
00:41:48,170 --> 00:41:51,140
<i>(Music playing)</i>

722
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:20,660
Man:
<i>"Dear Miss Smith,</i>

723
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:22,900
<i>my name is</i>
<i>Harry Herbert Pace,</i>

724
00:42:23,270 --> 00:42:25,540
<i>president of the newly formed</i>
<i>Black Swan Records</i>

725
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:28,070
<i>based in Harlem,</i>
<i>New York City.</i>

726
00:42:28,410 --> 00:42:29,740
<i>I'm a great admirer</i>
<i>of your work,</i>

727
00:42:30,010 --> 00:42:31,410
<i>having seen you perform</i>

728
00:42:31,740 --> 00:42:35,050
<i>at the Royal Theater</i>
<i>in Philadelphia.</i>

729
00:42:35,410 --> 00:42:38,180
<i>News of your great talent</i>
<i>continues to precede you</i>

730
00:42:38,550 --> 00:42:40,650
<i>and we would like to invite you</i>
<i>to an audition</i>

731
00:42:41,050 --> 00:42:43,250
<i>at our offices in Times Square,</i>
<i>New York City,</i>

732
00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:47,060
to be our first recording artist
signed to the Black Swan label!

733
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,030
- Hoo!
- Well, this is it.

734
00:42:49,430 --> 00:42:51,300
I always wanted to live in New York City,
you know.

735
00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:52,630
You're gonna be the biggest
thing since Mamie Smith.

736
00:42:53,030 --> 00:42:53,960
You know how many records
she sold last year?

737
00:42:54,300 --> 00:42:56,470
- Bessie: A million.
- A colored outfit?

738
00:42:56,770 --> 00:42:58,370
Ain't nobody heard of
no Black Swan.

739
00:42:58,740 --> 00:43:00,970
<i>What you need is a national label.</i>
<i>Big-time.</i>

740
00:43:01,370 --> 00:43:03,040
W.E.B. Du Bois' company
wants to record you, sis.

741
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:04,980
This is the big time!

742
00:43:05,380 --> 00:43:07,510
- So? I read his book.
- I doubt you read his book.

743
00:43:07,750 --> 00:43:09,350
I read the damn book.

744
00:43:09,780 --> 00:43:12,150
- What's that got to do with music?
- This is the big ticket.

745
00:43:12,550 --> 00:43:14,590
Bessie, this is what they're
calling Pan-Africanism.

746
00:43:14,890 --> 00:43:16,090
Well, what about
Pan-Americanism?

747
00:43:16,460 --> 00:43:18,660
Can she sell more tickets?
That's what I wanna know.

748
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:20,890
"The only genuine
colored records.

749
00:43:21,230 --> 00:43:23,390
The others are only
passing for colored."

750
00:43:23,730 --> 00:43:25,460
- That's their motto.
- I like that.

751
00:43:25,670 --> 00:43:26,930
I like it, too.

752
00:43:27,270 --> 00:43:30,470
"Yours in negritude,
Harry Herbert Pace."

753
00:43:30,740 --> 00:43:32,170
The fuck is negritude?

754
00:43:32,470 --> 00:43:35,070
That means they're real,
real black.

755
00:43:35,310 --> 00:43:36,740
My kind of people.

756
00:43:41,010 --> 00:43:42,980
Talk about passing.

757
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,380
Y'all is fried, dyed,
and laid to the side.

758
00:43:45,750 --> 00:43:47,750
Well, and we are very
excited to be here.

759
00:43:48,250 --> 00:43:50,520
- <i>Very excited.</i>
- We were surprised you could schedule the audition

760
00:43:50,860 --> 00:43:52,190
so quickly given your
busy tour schedule.

761
00:43:52,530 --> 00:43:55,760
We canceled the rest of
our tour to be here.

762
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:59,000
- Well, that's, uh--
- Well, y'all wanna hear me sing, right?

763
00:43:59,270 --> 00:44:01,570
Yes. Yes, yes,
of course.

764
00:44:01,870 --> 00:44:03,700
Is there anything else
that you need?

765
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,470
I need a little something
for this tea.

766
00:44:05,710 --> 00:44:08,210
Honey, sugar, milk?

767
00:44:08,510 --> 00:44:11,110
Splash of Old Tom
will be just fine.

768
00:44:11,340 --> 00:44:13,710
- "Old Tom"?
- Gin?

769
00:44:13,950 --> 00:44:15,750
I'm sorry, I-- I--

770
00:44:16,150 --> 00:44:19,620
I don't know that we have any
or where we could find any.

771
00:44:19,850 --> 00:44:21,990
You see, it's, ah...

772
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,050
- I mean, it's illegal.
- Never mind. It's okay.

773
00:44:24,290 --> 00:44:26,060
No, it ain't okay.

774
00:44:27,630 --> 00:44:31,100
You want her at her best,
then give her what she needs.

775
00:44:31,330 --> 00:44:33,030
Oh, it's okay, papa.

776
00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:38,500
(Vocalizing)

777
00:44:38,700 --> 00:44:40,100
¶ Oh... ¶

778
00:44:40,370 --> 00:44:43,510
(clears throat)
Hold up.

779
00:44:43,740 --> 00:44:44,610
Something ain't right.

780
00:44:44,810 --> 00:44:46,580
<i>¶ Oh-- ¶</i>

781
00:44:46,810 --> 00:44:49,510
Ahem--
(snorts)

782
00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:51,720
(retches)

783
00:44:55,350 --> 00:44:58,020
¶ I got a man I love ¶

784
00:44:59,930 --> 00:45:02,590
<i>¶ Why he had</i>
<i>to leave me? ¶</i>

785
00:45:02,860 --> 00:45:06,600
<i>¶ I got a man I love ¶</i>

786
00:45:06,870 --> 00:45:08,200
¶ Smart as he can be... ¶

787
00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:11,540
<i>(clears throat)</i>

788
00:45:13,970 --> 00:45:16,070
Dear Miss Smith,

789
00:45:16,380 --> 00:45:19,840
while we appreciate your
downhome sound,

790
00:45:20,150 --> 00:45:21,810
we do not feel
that it is a fit

791
00:45:22,050 --> 00:45:23,710
for Black Swan Records.

792
00:45:24,020 --> 00:45:25,320
We have chosen
to record instead

793
00:45:25,650 --> 00:45:28,620
<i>a young lady who</i>
<i>we unanimously agree</i>

794
00:45:28,890 --> 00:45:31,890
<i>has a more</i>
<i>compatible sound</i>

795
00:45:32,190 --> 00:45:33,720
<i>and is a bright,</i>
<i>shining example</i>

796
00:45:34,130 --> 00:45:36,390
<i>of the Harlem Renaissance</i>
<i>and an uplift to the race.</i>

797
00:45:36,660 --> 00:45:38,500
<i>We hope you can appreciate</i>

798
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,160
<i>the difficulty</i>
<i>of our decision</i>

799
00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:42,030
<i>and the choices</i>
<i>that must be made</i>

800
00:45:42,300 --> 00:45:44,270
<i>in the name of progress.</i>

801
00:45:44,570 --> 00:45:46,070
<i>We remain admirers</i>
<i>of your work</i>

802
00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:47,840
<i>and hope that you will</i>
<i>keep us in mind</i>

803
00:45:48,140 --> 00:45:49,210
<i>for your</i>
<i>future recordings.</i>

804
00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:51,310
Jack: <i>You let her go in there and make a damn fool</i>

805
00:45:51,710 --> 00:45:53,510
- <i>out of herself.</i>
- Pour me another glass of this corn.

806
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,210
- Ain't nobody crying.
- It was a good meeting, man.

807
00:45:55,510 --> 00:45:57,150
<i>Hey, baby, look here.</i>
<i>Never again.</i>

808
00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:58,980
Damn fools don't know nothing
about no talent.

809
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:00,720
I'm gonna get you
a real record deal!

810
00:46:01,050 --> 00:46:01,920
I said I don't wanna
hear no more about it.

811
00:46:02,250 --> 00:46:03,150
<i>What the hell you know</i>
<i>about anything?</i>

812
00:46:03,420 --> 00:46:04,590
We've been in
this business

813
00:46:04,990 --> 00:46:06,360
- before you were wiping your own ass.
- Look it here.

814
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,190
It's about damn time she started
taking advice from a nigger

815
00:46:09,500 --> 00:46:12,060
that don't wear no
stage makeup!

816
00:46:13,770 --> 00:46:15,300
Listen--

817
00:46:15,570 --> 00:46:16,930
Give me some more
of this!

818
00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:18,770
Give me some more
of all this stuff!

819
00:46:52,610 --> 00:46:53,800
It'll pass.

820
00:47:15,930 --> 00:47:16,790
...a couple of them
myself, too.

821
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:18,460
Are you sure?

822
00:47:18,660 --> 00:47:21,400
(Chattering)

823
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,730
(laughs)

824
00:47:23,970 --> 00:47:24,970
Jack: <i>Hey, Bessie.</i>

825
00:47:26,470 --> 00:47:28,240
This here Mr. Walker--
want to meet you.

826
00:47:29,780 --> 00:47:31,580
The hell you bring
him here for?

827
00:47:31,810 --> 00:47:33,040
<i>You remember him.</i>

828
00:47:33,350 --> 00:47:34,210
Brought him by a couple
of your shows.

829
00:47:34,580 --> 00:47:36,310
He wants to talk
to you about a record deal.

830
00:47:36,650 --> 00:47:38,280
- A real recording contract.
- Miss Smith,

831
00:47:38,650 --> 00:47:40,550
<i>I'd like to record</i>
<i>you for Columbia Records</i>

832
00:47:40,850 --> 00:47:42,290
<i>for our new</i>
<i>Race Records division.</i>

833
00:47:46,030 --> 00:47:48,430
What is a Race Record?
The one where they put a coon on the front?

834
00:47:48,660 --> 00:47:51,300
What? Um, no, ma'am.

835
00:47:51,660 --> 00:47:53,700
We at Columbia are taking
a different approach.

836
00:47:55,300 --> 00:47:57,430
I'm not interested
in your Race Records.

837
00:47:57,870 --> 00:48:01,710
And I'm not interested in wasting my
time singing no store-bought blues.

838
00:48:01,970 --> 00:48:03,140
<i>But we want your sound.</i>

839
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,340
We want
the Bessie Smith sound.

840
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:07,010
And it would be
your face on the ad,

841
00:48:07,450 --> 00:48:08,280
- nothing like those other records.
- I already sell out

842
00:48:08,550 --> 00:48:11,280
every show from
Philly to Chicago.

843
00:48:11,620 --> 00:48:13,280
Ain't nobody doing it
like I'm doing it.

844
00:48:13,620 --> 00:48:16,120
You'd attract
a broader audience.

845
00:48:16,460 --> 00:48:18,020
I've been doing
just fine without 'em.

846
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:19,760
I can offer you
50 dollars a side.

847
00:48:19,990 --> 00:48:21,590
No royalties, of course.

848
00:48:21,790 --> 00:48:23,490
(Scoffs)

849
00:48:35,010 --> 00:48:37,170
Don't play with me now.

850
00:48:43,580 --> 00:48:45,220
J.G.

851
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,990
Now, you want
what's in my jacket

852
00:48:55,190 --> 00:48:57,390
or in my pocket?

853
00:48:57,730 --> 00:49:00,930
(Scoffs) I already know what's in your pocket.

854
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:02,800
Maybe you do,
maybe you don't.

855
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:04,540
Now, what do you want?

856
00:49:04,740 --> 00:49:06,740
This or this?

857
00:49:07,010 --> 00:49:09,540
I want another velvet box.

858
00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:18,080
Marry me.

859
00:49:28,130 --> 00:49:29,790
You ou can't be
putting me upon no shelf.

860
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:32,160
I ain't no
henpecked man, either.

861
00:49:36,100 --> 00:49:37,200
Take the chance on me.

862
00:49:51,820 --> 00:49:53,380
Come here, girl.

863
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:00,660
Now, what's in
that other pocket?

864
00:50:00,860 --> 00:50:03,890
Oh. (Chuckles)

865
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:08,500
Uh, just
a recording contract

866
00:50:08,730 --> 00:50:10,370
from Columbia Records.

867
00:50:10,570 --> 00:50:12,970
<i>125 a side.</i>

868
00:50:13,310 --> 00:50:15,040
That's double
what that man said.

869
00:50:15,370 --> 00:50:17,910
That's 'cause I'm fighting
for you now, baby.

870
00:50:19,510 --> 00:50:21,210
Well, maybe we should
tell Clarence.

871
00:50:21,510 --> 00:50:24,680
Uh-uh. This here is
me and you now.

872
00:50:34,260 --> 00:50:35,490
Man:
<i>All set. Let 'em know.</i>

873
00:50:35,890 --> 00:50:37,890
Man #2:
<i>Let's hope she knows what she's doing.</i>

874
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:39,660
Man #3:
<i>They tell me she does.</i>

875
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,300
<i>Take a listen.</i>
<i>This always takes...</i>

876
00:50:42,570 --> 00:50:44,670
Everything all right,
Bessie?

877
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:45,900
Yeah, as soon as y'all
move this thing

878
00:50:46,170 --> 00:50:47,600
out the way,
I'm ready to go.

879
00:50:47,910 --> 00:50:49,370
Well, no, that's
the recording apparatus.

880
00:50:49,780 --> 00:50:51,710
- I know it's bigger than what--
- It's crowding me.

881
00:50:52,010 --> 00:50:53,580
(Stammering)
Well, we need it to--

882
00:50:53,910 --> 00:50:55,010
- I don't need it.
- Look, Bess, you got to--

883
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:58,720
Hey, hey.
I'll help her.

884
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:00,220
What's wrong?

885
00:51:02,420 --> 00:51:04,290
It's gonna be just like
the last time.

886
00:51:04,620 --> 00:51:07,390
- No, it's not.
- It ain't gonna go, J.G.

887
00:51:07,690 --> 00:51:08,890
It ain't gonna go, J.G.
I know it.

888
00:51:09,130 --> 00:51:10,260
I know how they do it.

889
00:51:10,700 --> 00:51:13,560
They act like they're your pal,
and then it all comes loose.

890
00:51:13,930 --> 00:51:16,100
You can't make no silk purse out of no sow's ear

891
00:51:16,470 --> 00:51:19,070
- just like Viola always said--
- Damn Viola.

892
00:51:19,300 --> 00:51:20,900
You hear me? Damn her.

893
00:51:21,110 --> 00:51:22,670
Damn Black Swan.

894
00:51:22,940 --> 00:51:24,810
Damn these crackers
in here.

895
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:27,080
Let's just go home.

896
00:51:29,820 --> 00:51:34,480
Okay, we're going.
We're going now. Right now.

897
00:51:34,750 --> 00:51:37,020
But sing one song,
honey.

898
00:51:37,260 --> 00:51:39,520
The way you like it.

899
00:51:39,830 --> 00:51:43,060
Don't sing it for me,
them, nobody.

900
00:51:43,330 --> 00:51:45,060
You sing it
for yourself.

901
00:51:48,100 --> 00:51:49,430
Now what you say?

902
00:51:57,180 --> 00:51:59,610
Mr. Walker:
<i>Okay, here we go, Bessie.</i>

903
00:52:00,010 --> 00:52:01,910
<i>Mr. Gee, if you could just</i>
<i>step away from the cone--</i>

904
00:52:02,150 --> 00:52:03,380
He's staying right here.

905
00:52:03,580 --> 00:52:06,350
Um, okay.

906
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:11,320
<i>(Music playing)</i>

907
00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:26,240
¶ Gee, but it's hard
to love someone ¶

908
00:52:26,540 --> 00:52:30,970
¶ When that someone
don't love you ¶

909
00:52:33,050 --> 00:52:38,420
¶ I'm so disgusted,
heartbroken, too ¶

910
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:42,890
¶ I've got those
downhearted blues ¶

911
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:49,330
¶ Once I was crazy
'bout a man ¶

912
00:52:49,660 --> 00:52:55,300
¶ Who mistreated me
all the time ¶

913
00:52:55,530 --> 00:52:57,670
¶ The next man I get ¶

914
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:02,810
¶ Has got to promise me
to be mine ¶

915
00:53:03,010 --> 00:53:07,180
¶ All mine ¶

916
00:53:07,410 --> 00:53:11,010
<i>¶ Trouble, trouble ¶</i>

917
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:15,590
<i>¶ I've had it all my days ¶</i>

918
00:53:19,220 --> 00:53:22,960
¶ Trouble, trouble ¶

919
00:53:23,230 --> 00:53:27,930
¶ I've had it all my days ¶

920
00:53:31,100 --> 00:53:32,870
<i>¶ It seems that trouble's ¶</i>

921
00:53:33,110 --> 00:53:34,370
I love you. You're mine.

922
00:53:34,710 --> 00:53:38,440
<i>¶ Going to follow me</i>
<i>to my grave ¶</i>

923
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:46,380
¶ I ain't never loved but ¶

924
00:53:46,620 --> 00:53:50,120
¶ Three mens in my life ¶

925
00:53:54,030 --> 00:53:57,490
¶ I ain't never loved but ¶

926
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:02,430
¶ Three mens in my life ¶

927
00:54:06,270 --> 00:54:09,770
<i>¶ My father, my brother ¶</i>

928
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:14,640
¶ The man that
wrecked my life ¶

929
00:54:17,420 --> 00:54:21,590
<i>¶ I got the world in a jug ¶</i>

930
00:54:21,890 --> 00:54:25,660
<i>¶ The stopper's in my hand ¶</i>

931
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:33,200
Recording: <i>¶ I got the world in a jug ¶</i>

932
00:54:33,500 --> 00:54:37,670
<i>¶ The stopper's</i>
<i>in my hand... ¶</i>

933
00:54:40,770 --> 00:54:42,910
Man: Put that
on top of that box.

934
00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:50,410
Hey.

935
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:55,620
Seems I done traced the lightning back to her source.

936
00:54:57,160 --> 00:55:00,220
Man:
<i>Hey, boss. One more.</i>

937
00:55:00,460 --> 00:55:01,860
What's your name?

938
00:55:04,460 --> 00:55:06,500
Ain't too smart to give out names in my business.

939
00:55:09,170 --> 00:55:12,500
Just call me your bootlegger.
And what do I call you?

940
00:55:12,770 --> 00:55:14,970
You don't know who I am?

941
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,810
Oh, I know
who you are.

942
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:23,310
But what do you want me
to call you?

943
00:55:26,290 --> 00:55:27,920
Oh, yes. Yeah!

944
00:55:28,190 --> 00:55:29,990
What the fuck
is your name?

945
00:55:30,290 --> 00:55:31,420
- Richard.
- Tell me your name.

946
00:55:31,720 --> 00:55:34,960
Richard, baby!
My name is Richard.

947
00:55:35,190 --> 00:55:40,700
Jack:
<i>Come on, baby.</i>

948
00:55:40,870 --> 00:55:42,470
Mm-hmm.

949
00:55:42,670 --> 00:55:43,670
Right here.

950
00:55:45,870 --> 00:55:49,170
(Chuckles)
Look good, huh?

951
00:55:50,710 --> 00:55:55,150
- (Both chuckle)
- Bessie: Yeah!

952
00:55:55,410 --> 00:55:58,250
Well, why is your
name on it?

953
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:00,380
Why is my name on it?

954
00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:02,150
<i>'Cause somebody somewhere</i>
<i>right now putting</i>

955
00:56:02,420 --> 00:56:03,720
a record on
listening to you.

956
00:56:04,020 --> 00:56:05,720
You're making money
while you sleep.

957
00:56:06,060 --> 00:56:08,530
<i>Ain't had to sing</i>
<i>a word this morning.</i>

958
00:56:09,590 --> 00:56:11,930
It is fine.

959
00:56:12,260 --> 00:56:14,200
- A whole train.
- Clarence: <i>It was my idea.</i>

960
00:56:14,530 --> 00:56:16,900
Told you six months ago
we should get a train.

961
00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:19,840
Look here,
we're saving money now.

962
00:56:20,270 --> 00:56:23,710
Ain't never have to go through
another third-rate backdoor again.

963
00:56:23,940 --> 00:56:24,870
That's what I told you!

964
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:27,780
Yeah, well, some are talkers
and some are doers.

965
00:56:29,610 --> 00:56:31,750
And, baby, I'm a doer.

966
00:56:33,090 --> 00:56:34,750
And I done done it.

967
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:37,420
"Jack Gee presents."

968
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:40,490
Jack Gee presents
the most demonstrating,

969
00:56:40,860 --> 00:56:43,890
syncopating, electrifying
woman in the world.

970
00:56:44,100 --> 00:56:46,160
<i>(Jack laughs)</i>

971
00:56:46,370 --> 00:56:47,600
<i>My girl.</i>

972
00:56:49,770 --> 00:56:51,970
<i>- (Music playing)</i>
<i>- (chattering)</i>

973
00:56:58,580 --> 00:57:00,980
- (cheering)
- Bessie: How y'all feeling tonight?

974
00:57:01,150 --> 00:57:02,650
Yeah!

975
00:57:04,780 --> 00:57:07,950
Come on, now. Yeah!

976
00:57:09,450 --> 00:57:11,590
(Chuckles)
Give a little bit.

977
00:57:14,430 --> 00:57:16,090
Oh, this reminds me
of church.

978
00:57:19,130 --> 00:57:23,200
What?
I think we might have to preach them blues tonight.

979
00:57:23,500 --> 00:57:25,600
- Yeah!
- <i>(Engines whirring)</i>

980
00:57:31,910 --> 00:57:33,880
Man: <i>Here, nigger,</i>
<i>nigger, nigger, nigger!</i>

981
00:57:34,180 --> 00:57:36,310
- Man #2: Nigger!
- Man #3: Hurry!

982
00:57:36,650 --> 00:57:37,310
Man #4: <i>Nigger, nigger,</i>
<i>nigger nigger!</i>

983
00:57:37,620 --> 00:57:39,980
Give it here,
give it here.

984
00:57:40,350 --> 00:57:41,920
<i>Come on, go around the side.</i>
<i>Go around the side.</i>

985
00:57:42,150 --> 00:57:43,450
<i>Come on, let's move it.</i>

986
00:57:43,820 --> 00:57:45,860
- Man: Bring it down!
- We gotta get out of here.

987
00:57:46,190 --> 00:57:48,430
- <i>(Hollering)</i>
- Man: <i>The Klan is here.</i>

988
00:57:48,690 --> 00:57:50,690
<i>The Ku Klux Klan is here!</i>

989
00:57:51,030 --> 00:57:52,530
- (Crowd chattering)
- <i>(men hollering)</i>

990
00:57:52,930 --> 00:57:54,030
- It's gonna be all right.
- Man: <i>Come on, niggers!</i>

991
00:57:55,670 --> 00:57:56,930
Man #2: <i>Come on, come on.</i>
<i>Let's get a move on.</i>

992
00:57:57,340 --> 00:57:59,840
Man #3: <i>You ain't singing</i>
<i>so pretty now, are you, nigger?</i>

993
00:58:00,140 --> 00:58:02,340
Man #2:
<i>Are you scared inside?</i>

994
00:58:02,540 --> 00:58:04,940
<i>I bet you are!</i>

995
00:58:05,340 --> 00:58:06,240
Man: Don't go out there, Bessie!
They're gonna kill you.

996
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:07,740
Woman:
Bessie, no!

997
00:58:07,980 --> 00:58:09,510
(Chatter continues)

998
00:58:15,390 --> 00:58:17,290
Get on out of here!

999
00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:18,620
What the hell
are you doing?

1000
00:58:18,860 --> 00:58:20,790
- Get back.
- Hey!

1001
00:58:21,130 --> 00:58:22,930
You better pick up
your sheets and run!

1002
00:58:23,230 --> 00:58:24,730
- (Gunshot)
- <i>(crowd screams)</i>

1003
00:58:26,700 --> 00:58:28,600
Get out of here.
I'm gonna get you!

1004
00:58:28,870 --> 00:58:30,170
Bessie:
<i>Get out of here!</i>

1005
00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:35,570
<i>We'll be back!</i>
<i>(Cackles)</i>

1006
00:58:37,210 --> 00:58:38,680
<i>We'll be back!</i>

1007
00:58:58,330 --> 00:59:02,070
¶ Down in Atlanta, GA ¶

1008
00:59:02,370 --> 00:59:06,000
¶ Under the viaduct
every day ¶

1009
00:59:07,610 --> 00:59:12,080
¶ Drinking liquor
and hollerin' hooray ¶

1010
00:59:12,410 --> 00:59:15,980
¶ Pianos playing
till the break of day ¶

1011
00:59:16,250 --> 00:59:19,380
¶ But as I turned my head ¶

1012
00:59:21,450 --> 00:59:25,120
¶ I loudly said ¶

1013
00:59:25,390 --> 00:59:27,260
¶ Preach them blues ¶

1014
00:59:27,530 --> 00:59:29,860
¶ Sing them blues ¶

1015
00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:34,530
¶ They certainly sound
good to me ¶

1016
00:59:34,900 --> 00:59:39,140
¶ I've been in love
for the last six months ¶

1017
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:43,470
¶ Ain't done worrying yet ¶

1018
00:59:43,810 --> 00:59:48,140
¶ Moan them blues,
holler them blues ¶

1019
00:59:48,410 --> 00:59:52,120
¶ Let me convert your soul ¶

1020
00:59:52,420 --> 00:59:54,950
¶ 'Cause just
a little spirit ¶

1021
00:59:55,220 --> 00:59:57,520
¶ Of the blues tonight ¶

1022
00:59:57,790 --> 00:59:59,290
¶ Let me tell you, girls ¶

1023
00:59:59,620 --> 01:00:02,630
¶ That your man ain't
treating you right ¶

1024
01:00:02,990 --> 01:00:06,700
¶ Going on down the line
a little further now ¶

1025
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:11,500
¶ There's many
a poor woman down ¶

1026
01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:15,910
¶ Read on down
to chapter nine ¶

1027
01:00:16,270 --> 01:00:20,210
¶ Woman must learn
how to take their time ¶

1028
01:00:20,510 --> 01:00:24,080
¶ Read on down
to chapter ten ¶

1029
01:00:24,450 --> 01:00:28,750
¶ Taking other women's men,
you are doing a sin ¶

1030
01:00:29,090 --> 01:00:33,620
¶ Sing 'em, sing 'em,
sing them blues ¶

1031
01:00:33,930 --> 01:00:38,030
¶ Let me convert
your soul... ¶

1032
01:00:52,610 --> 01:00:54,380
Here we go! Here we go!

1033
01:01:07,990 --> 01:01:10,530
Girl: Hey, Bessie!
We're praying for you!

1034
01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:13,560
(Cheering and shouting)

1035
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:21,000
<i>(cheers and shouts</i>
<i>continue)</i>

1036
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:38,550
(shouting)

1037
01:01:38,820 --> 01:01:40,190
Man: Thank you, Bessie!

1038
01:01:40,390 --> 01:01:41,890
<i>Thank you!</i>

1039
01:01:44,660 --> 01:01:46,530
Clarence: <i>Never thought it'd be like this.</i>

1040
01:01:49,030 --> 01:01:50,530
<i>You woke us up.</i>

1041
01:02:14,690 --> 01:02:16,760
(Mumbling)

1042
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:17,760
(whispering)

1043
01:02:17,960 --> 01:02:19,560
Hit it again.

1044
01:02:22,470 --> 01:02:25,170
Man: <i>New York is celebrated</i>
<i>for its transitory fads.</i>

1045
01:02:25,570 --> 01:02:28,870
<i>During the current season,</i>
<i>the Negro is in ascendency.</i>

1046
01:02:29,210 --> 01:02:30,510
Miss Smith, so wonderful
you could join us.

1047
01:02:30,810 --> 01:02:32,740
You're one of our
last guests to arrive.

1048
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:35,040
Edgar! Mr.
Van Vechten, 4th floor.

1049
01:02:37,750 --> 01:02:42,990
Soon, doubtless, the homely
Negro songs of lovesickness

1050
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:47,720
<i>known as "the blues"</i>
<i>will be better known</i>

1051
01:02:48,060 --> 01:02:50,530
<i>and appreciated by</i>
<i>white audiences.</i>

1052
01:02:50,830 --> 01:02:52,830
It's a little tight,
don't you think?

1053
01:02:57,840 --> 01:02:59,440
Bessie:
<i>Ooh, yeah!</i>

1054
01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:06,110
Man:
<i>Bessie Smith is here!</i>

1055
01:03:06,510 --> 01:03:09,510
Oh, you look fabulous!
I heard that you were wild.

1056
01:03:09,750 --> 01:03:11,580
Get the fuck off me.

1057
01:03:11,850 --> 01:03:13,050
Now, where's the good music,

1058
01:03:13,350 --> 01:03:14,750
the good food,
and the good liquor?

1059
01:03:14,950 --> 01:03:16,790
(Chattering)

1060
01:03:17,190 --> 01:03:20,160
Langston Hughes is the greatest Negro poet of our time.

1061
01:03:20,460 --> 01:03:23,260
Oh. Who's the best
regular poet?

1062
01:03:23,460 --> 01:03:25,230
(Laughing)

1063
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:27,400
Van Vechten: Langston,
how about a little poem?

1064
01:03:27,700 --> 01:03:28,430
Langston: I'm not feeling up to it.

1065
01:03:28,700 --> 01:03:29,730
Well, I'll sing
a note or two.

1066
01:03:30,030 --> 01:03:31,030
Ladies and gentlemen,
quiet, please.

1067
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:32,030
Go, girl.

1068
01:03:32,370 --> 01:03:35,100
Miss Smith. Miss Smith,
I should warn you.

1069
01:03:35,340 --> 01:03:37,140
This crowd isn't...

1070
01:03:39,010 --> 01:03:41,180
Van Vechten: <i>I have a treat.</i>
<i>I have a special treat.</i>

1071
01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:42,710
<i>The incomparable Bessie Smith</i>

1072
01:03:42,980 --> 01:03:45,550
is going to
sing us a song.

1073
01:03:45,780 --> 01:03:47,650
(Faint applause)

1074
01:03:51,620 --> 01:03:54,260
¶ Everybody's cryin' ¶

1075
01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:57,990
<i>¶ The workhouse blues,</i>
<i>all day ¶</i>

1076
01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:01,430
¶ Oh, Lord ¶

1077
01:04:01,630 --> 01:04:04,500
¶ Oh, Lord ¶

1078
01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:08,770
¶ The work is so hard ¶

1079
01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:12,180
¶ Thirty days is so long ¶

1080
01:04:12,380 --> 01:04:15,080
¶ Oh, Lord ¶

1081
01:04:16,350 --> 01:04:19,520
¶ I can't plough ¶

1082
01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:22,790
¶ I can't cook ¶

1083
01:04:23,150 --> 01:04:28,690
<i>¶ If I'd run away,</i>
<i>wouldn't that be good? ¶</i>

1084
01:04:28,990 --> 01:04:33,660
¶ Well, I'm goin'
to the nation ¶

1085
01:04:33,930 --> 01:04:39,100
¶ Goin' to the territor' ¶

1086
01:04:40,910 --> 01:04:45,340
<i>¶ The workhouse sits</i>
<i>way out a ¶</i>

1087
01:04:45,610 --> 01:04:50,110
¶ Long old lonesome road ¶

1088
01:04:51,850 --> 01:04:55,150
¶ I'm a hard-luck gal ¶

1089
01:04:55,450 --> 01:05:00,790
¶ Get the devil
everywhere I go... ¶

1090
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:02,890
Mmm.

1091
01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:07,630
Where the drinks at
around here?

1092
01:05:07,900 --> 01:05:09,870
Let me get
a little something.

1093
01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:15,270
You are a treasure.

1094
01:05:15,570 --> 01:05:18,610
That was so beautiful
and so soulful,

1095
01:05:18,940 --> 01:05:22,780
and, frankly,
exactly the kind of dusky pathos

1096
01:05:23,050 --> 01:05:23,880
that I'm looking to capture

1097
01:05:24,150 --> 01:05:24,880
for my new book
"Nigger Heaven"--

1098
01:05:25,220 --> 01:05:27,150
- Say what?
- "Nigger Heaven," it--

1099
01:05:30,460 --> 01:05:31,850
You know
the only difference

1100
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:33,260
between white folks
in the North

1101
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:34,690
and white folks
in the South?

1102
01:05:35,060 --> 01:05:37,260
White folks in the South
don't care how close you get

1103
01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:39,800
as long as you don't
get too big.

1104
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:43,400
And white folks in the North
don't care how big you get

1105
01:05:43,670 --> 01:05:46,270
as long as you don't
get too close.

1106
01:05:48,610 --> 01:05:51,610
(Chuckles)

1107
01:05:52,140 --> 01:05:54,410
- Man: <i>Are you all right?</i>
- Van Vechten: <i>If Bessie Smith is crude and primitive,</i>

1108
01:05:54,780 --> 01:05:57,350
<i>she reflects the true</i>
<i>folk spirit of her race.</i>

1109
01:06:13,930 --> 01:06:16,370
Man:
<i>Whoo-hoo!</i>

1110
01:06:16,600 --> 01:06:18,100
<i>Morning, Gee!</i>

1111
01:06:19,940 --> 01:06:21,500
I got something for you.

1112
01:06:27,380 --> 01:06:29,410
Got somebody I want
you to meet.

1113
01:06:29,650 --> 01:06:31,410
This here is Gertrude.

1114
01:06:31,720 --> 01:06:34,180
She's a singer.
Writes songs, too.

1115
01:06:38,660 --> 01:06:41,690
You know Claudine
dropped out in Cincinnati.

1116
01:06:41,890 --> 01:06:42,990
Got pregnant.

1117
01:06:43,330 --> 01:06:44,730
So I hired Gertrude
here to replace her.

1118
01:06:45,060 --> 01:06:47,130
What the fuck you showing her
to me for?

1119
01:06:48,330 --> 01:06:49,570
I don't know.

1120
01:06:49,900 --> 01:06:51,770
Thought maybe you might
have something to say.

1121
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:53,200
Sort of like "welcome."

1122
01:06:53,540 --> 01:06:56,070
What kind of fucked-up name
is Gertrude?

1123
01:06:56,410 --> 01:06:57,840
- You a half-breed?
- Excuse us, please.

1124
01:06:58,180 --> 01:07:00,140
Go on and get yourself
something to eat, baby.

1125
01:07:03,180 --> 01:07:04,150
What the hell
is wrong with you?

1126
01:07:04,420 --> 01:07:05,580
I know you got your
side pieces,

1127
01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:07,280
but why you gotta
rub 'em in my face?

1128
01:07:07,550 --> 01:07:08,320
I'm just trying
to build a--

1129
01:07:08,650 --> 01:07:09,650
You want me to
sniff her for you, too?

1130
01:07:09,990 --> 01:07:10,950
I'm just trying to build
a show here, Bessie.

1131
01:07:11,220 --> 01:07:13,590
You got her
wearing my things.

1132
01:07:13,890 --> 01:07:15,090
I know you think
<i>I'm big and ugly.</i>

1133
01:07:15,390 --> 01:07:16,530
You think I'm blind
and dumb, too?

1134
01:07:16,930 --> 01:07:19,730
It ain't-- it ain't like you
ain't been tipping out, too.

1135
01:07:20,030 --> 01:07:22,100
I know it.
Tell me different.

1136
01:07:33,850 --> 01:07:35,540
Look.

1137
01:07:35,850 --> 01:07:38,880
Baby, I promise.
Cross my heart.

1138
01:07:39,180 --> 01:07:41,350
I don't love
nobody else but you.

1139
01:07:41,690 --> 01:07:43,050
And you don't love
nobody else but me,

1140
01:07:43,420 --> 01:07:45,960
<i>so the rest really don't</i>
<i>matter now, do they?</i>

1141
01:07:47,630 --> 01:07:49,790
<i>You know I don't think</i>
<i>what you said.</i>

1142
01:07:50,960 --> 01:07:52,900
You're my fine woman.

1143
01:07:59,970 --> 01:08:01,100
Look.

1144
01:08:01,370 --> 01:08:04,440
Let's start over, huh?

1145
01:08:04,740 --> 01:08:07,410
Let's me and you both
clean house.

1146
01:08:12,980 --> 01:08:14,480
Come on.

1147
01:08:15,890 --> 01:08:17,890
Let's try.

1148
01:08:38,510 --> 01:08:40,210
They said you had
your own train.

1149
01:08:40,450 --> 01:08:42,110
I didn't believe 'em.

1150
01:08:42,310 --> 01:08:45,450
But goddamn, sis.

1151
01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:48,880
You a high post
now, huh?

1152
01:08:49,190 --> 01:08:51,290
You ain't tell me
about all this.

1153
01:08:53,320 --> 01:08:55,760
- You get that money I sent you?
- Oh, yeah.

1154
01:08:56,090 --> 01:08:58,630
I get them little wires
you've been sending.

1155
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:03,270
They're nice,
feeding four kids and all.

1156
01:09:16,980 --> 01:09:18,610
Okay, look.

1157
01:09:18,980 --> 01:09:23,290
I know you and I bump heads
most of the time,

1158
01:09:23,620 --> 01:09:26,160
but I'm just here
to show my support.

1159
01:09:29,390 --> 01:09:32,060
Mmm, real nice.

1160
01:09:32,330 --> 01:09:34,700
This is from Europe and...

1161
01:09:36,730 --> 01:09:38,330
what have you.

1162
01:09:48,250 --> 01:09:50,150
I got you something.

1163
01:09:51,850 --> 01:09:54,580
Probably not fancy enough
for you now, but...

1164
01:09:56,690 --> 01:09:58,150
I thought you'd like it.

1165
01:10:26,220 --> 01:10:27,050
I'm proud of you.

1166
01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:34,590
I'm so proud of you.

1167
01:10:47,470 --> 01:10:50,210
You gonna stay around
for a while?

1168
01:10:52,210 --> 01:10:53,710
Think Clarence could
get me tickets?

1169
01:10:55,980 --> 01:10:58,550
He's in the box office.

1170
01:11:04,460 --> 01:11:05,490
Thank you.

1171
01:11:43,830 --> 01:11:45,660
Bessie: Come on.
Come on and see.

1172
01:11:47,130 --> 01:11:47,860
Come on in here.

1173
01:11:49,130 --> 01:11:50,630
Come on.

1174
01:11:50,940 --> 01:11:52,330
- Come on, y'all.
- Get inside.

1175
01:11:52,600 --> 01:11:53,600
The paint already fading.

1176
01:11:53,870 --> 01:11:55,100
Bessie:
<i>Take a look around.</i>

1177
01:11:55,310 --> 01:11:56,770
(Chattering)

1178
01:11:57,010 --> 01:11:58,440
Man:
<i>Lord have mercy.</i>

1179
01:11:58,780 --> 01:12:00,580
Bessie: <i>Look around,</i>
<i>breathe it in.</i>

1180
01:12:00,880 --> 01:12:03,050
Lucy: <i>This is</i>
<i>something, Bessie.</i>

1181
01:12:03,310 --> 01:12:04,050
Smell different, don't it?

1182
01:12:04,280 --> 01:12:06,150
Listen here, Bessie.

1183
01:12:06,480 --> 01:12:08,120
We ain't talk about
getting no house.

1184
01:12:08,450 --> 01:12:10,150
I ain't see your name
on my bank book.

1185
01:12:12,690 --> 01:12:18,230
I mean,
I did it for us, papa.

1186
01:12:18,630 --> 01:12:20,900
- I knew you'd like it.
- Man: <i>How the upstairs look?</i>

1187
01:12:21,370 --> 01:12:24,530
But if you did it for us,
why all of them got to move in here for?

1188
01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:26,640
And especially
why is she here?

1189
01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:28,300
Baby, she's gonna be all the way back in the house.

1190
01:12:28,570 --> 01:12:29,870
You ain't hardly
gonna see her.

1191
01:12:30,310 --> 01:12:34,180
I don't know why certain people's got they lip turned up.

1192
01:12:34,410 --> 01:12:36,110
Must be smelling something.

1193
01:12:36,410 --> 01:12:38,550
Damn right,
I'm smelling something.

1194
01:12:38,850 --> 01:12:40,850
Must be a dead rat
in the wall.

1195
01:12:41,020 --> 01:12:42,280
Must be.

1196
01:12:42,490 --> 01:12:45,120
Baby, stop.

1197
01:12:45,390 --> 01:12:47,060
Why you ain't
ask me first?

1198
01:12:47,390 --> 01:12:50,290
- See if I was ready?
- Well, I'm ready.

1199
01:12:50,660 --> 01:12:53,330
I want a real family,
not no road family.

1200
01:12:53,660 --> 01:12:55,330
I want the whole thing,
you know?

1201
01:12:55,600 --> 01:12:57,100
A big house
and everybody in it.

1202
01:12:57,670 --> 01:13:01,070
Well, everybody ain't gonna be in it if you
don't start showing me some respect!

1203
01:13:06,510 --> 01:13:09,450
I'm gonna put a big piano
right here,

1204
01:13:09,780 --> 01:13:11,910
<i>a big dining room table</i>
<i>is gonna go here.</i>

1205
01:13:12,250 --> 01:13:14,480
I'm gonna get me a nice rug
for that parlor.

1206
01:13:14,790 --> 01:13:15,680
And I'm gonna get me
a baby, too,

1207
01:13:16,020 --> 01:13:16,850
and I'm gonna put him
right in there.

1208
01:13:17,120 --> 01:13:18,090
- A what?
- Come see the-- a baby.

1209
01:13:18,360 --> 01:13:20,260
Come on, see the kitchen.

1210
01:13:39,880 --> 01:13:41,740
Always a pleasure.

1211
01:13:45,980 --> 01:13:47,280
Bess?

1212
01:13:47,720 --> 01:13:50,490
You're gonna have to start delivering.
I'm a married woman now.

1213
01:13:50,790 --> 01:13:52,450
I can't keep doing
these pick-ups.

1214
01:13:52,660 --> 01:13:54,860
No problem, ma'am.

1215
01:13:55,090 --> 01:13:56,730
What do you want?

1216
01:13:57,090 --> 01:14:00,460
I'll follow you home just like this.
(Chuckles)

1217
01:14:00,930 --> 01:14:04,400
You trot yourself out there swinging and dangling.
See what happens.

1218
01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:06,640
Yeah, suits me fine.

1219
01:14:06,970 --> 01:14:09,540
I don't want you for
no customer anymore, nohow.

1220
01:14:09,740 --> 01:14:10,840
Why not?

1221
01:14:13,940 --> 01:14:16,980
Every man in your life
is a business relationship.

1222
01:14:17,350 --> 01:14:20,320
Your brother's your partner,
your man's your manager,

1223
01:14:20,620 --> 01:14:23,690
and your woman
is your dancer.

1224
01:14:23,950 --> 01:14:25,850
And you're my
bootlegger.

1225
01:14:28,660 --> 01:14:30,730
Not no more.

1226
01:14:31,100 --> 01:14:34,960
Matter of fact,
I'm giving you a full 100 % refund.

1227
01:14:41,770 --> 01:14:44,270
- Richard.
- Look...

1228
01:14:49,380 --> 01:14:50,980
I don't wanna be
in business with you.

1229
01:14:53,380 --> 01:14:55,720
I want to be
in love with you.

1230
01:15:04,560 --> 01:15:06,560
I'll take the shine.

1231
01:15:06,860 --> 01:15:10,530
Fine, take it.
I'm giving it to you.

1232
01:15:10,730 --> 01:15:12,730
Not selling it.

1233
01:15:19,340 --> 01:15:21,080
I oughta get home to J.G.

1234
01:15:22,310 --> 01:15:24,380
Bess.

1235
01:15:26,580 --> 01:15:27,320
You don't have to pay
for something

1236
01:15:27,650 --> 01:15:29,420
that I'm already
offering for free.

1237
01:15:35,530 --> 01:15:38,530
- <i>(Door opens)</i>
- I'm gonna spend it on you anyhow.

1238
01:15:38,730 --> 01:15:40,360
<i>(Door shuts)</i>

1239
01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:43,230
Shit.

1240
01:15:43,500 --> 01:15:45,730
<i>(Chatter, laughter)</i>

1241
01:15:48,070 --> 01:15:50,470
Bessie: Everybody!

1242
01:15:50,740 --> 01:15:53,580
I want you to meet
Jack, Jr.

1243
01:15:53,840 --> 01:15:56,680
Junior, this is my family.

1244
01:15:56,880 --> 01:15:58,910
Your new family.

1245
01:15:59,280 --> 01:16:02,420
That's your Uncle Clarence.
There's your Aunt Viola.

1246
01:16:06,290 --> 01:16:09,790
And this is your
new daddy, Jack.

1247
01:16:16,830 --> 01:16:19,770
<i>J.G., come meet your son, Jack, Jr.</i>

1248
01:16:32,420 --> 01:16:33,550
How old are you, boy?

1249
01:16:33,780 --> 01:16:35,920
Seven years old, sir.

1250
01:16:37,590 --> 01:16:38,790
Where are you from?

1251
01:16:40,820 --> 01:16:43,460
Shelby County
Children's Home, sir.

1252
01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:47,200
- An orphanage?
- Mm, mm, mm!

1253
01:16:47,530 --> 01:16:49,100
Jack, Jr:
<i>I don't know about that, sir,</i>

1254
01:16:49,430 --> 01:16:53,040
<i>but that's what</i>
<i>she told me to say.</i>

1255
01:16:54,770 --> 01:16:55,770
Well, what's your
real name?

1256
01:16:56,040 --> 01:16:58,640
My name is
Jack Gee, Jr., sir.

1257
01:16:58,940 --> 01:17:02,180
- Viola: Oh!
- (All laughing)

1258
01:17:22,170 --> 01:17:24,530
Come on over here
and give your daddy a hug.

1259
01:17:29,410 --> 01:17:30,670
Bessie: <i>Whoo!</i>

1260
01:17:30,910 --> 01:17:32,610
<i>Smells good in here.</i>

1261
01:17:32,910 --> 01:17:34,610
<i>Eat as much</i>
<i>as you want, Jack Jr.</i>

1262
01:17:34,910 --> 01:17:37,380
- Viola: <i>Mmm!</i>
- Happy Thanksgiving.

1263
01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:39,510
Jack: What you
looking at, Viola?

1264
01:17:39,750 --> 01:17:40,680
Come on, sit down here.

1265
01:17:40,920 --> 01:17:43,650
With that fork there.

1266
01:17:43,990 --> 01:17:46,020
- Know how to use a knife?
- Yes, sir.

1267
01:17:46,390 --> 01:17:48,020
Jack: <i>That piece of chicken right there.</i>

1268
01:17:48,230 --> 01:17:50,990
(Chattering)

1269
01:17:54,270 --> 01:17:56,300
Clarence: <i>You want some of this dressing here?</i>

1270
01:17:56,530 --> 01:18:00,270
(Chatter continues)

1271
01:18:06,610 --> 01:18:08,110
Clarence:
<i>Wait till I'm finished.</i>

1272
01:18:13,120 --> 01:18:16,350
<i>(Woman vocalizing)</i>

1273
01:18:30,370 --> 01:18:32,100
(giggling)

1274
01:18:34,540 --> 01:18:35,900
Come here!

1275
01:18:56,460 --> 01:18:59,430
Jack:
<i>Bessie, where you at, baby?</i>

1276
01:18:59,630 --> 01:19:00,730
<i>Put 'em up.</i>

1277
01:19:00,960 --> 01:19:01,960
Yeah, guard yourself. Bam!

1278
01:19:02,170 --> 01:19:03,030
I'll knock you out.

1279
01:19:03,300 --> 01:19:04,400
Guard that face.
Bam, bam!

1280
01:19:04,770 --> 01:19:06,230
Come one, you ain't gonna
whup nobody like that.

1281
01:19:06,600 --> 01:19:08,270
Now, you gotta get in there,
baby. Come on. Pop!

1282
01:19:08,570 --> 01:19:09,600
- Oh.
- There you go. Pop!

1283
01:19:09,910 --> 01:19:11,070
There you go.
Get in there on him.

1284
01:19:11,440 --> 01:19:12,910
You can't get him if you're afraid to take one.

1285
01:19:13,180 --> 01:19:14,880
Block him.
Block now. Block!

1286
01:19:15,150 --> 01:19:16,510
What you trying
to do, huh?

1287
01:19:16,780 --> 01:19:17,550
What you trying
to do?

1288
01:19:17,820 --> 01:19:19,680
Get him, Mama!
Yeah, get him!

1289
01:19:20,950 --> 01:19:22,950
You gonna beat
your old man, huh?

1290
01:19:50,850 --> 01:19:52,980
Louis and I
are getting married.

1291
01:19:55,120 --> 01:19:56,320
You and who?

1292
01:20:00,360 --> 01:20:02,190
I can't no more.

1293
01:20:06,660 --> 01:20:08,230
I want a family.

1294
01:20:09,730 --> 01:20:11,530
Like you.

1295
01:20:15,640 --> 01:20:18,140
Showbiz life
can't last forever.

1296
01:20:19,580 --> 01:20:22,510
I just want
a normal life.

1297
01:20:48,210 --> 01:20:49,870
Thank you.

1298
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:08,520
<i>(Applause)</i>

1299
01:21:15,130 --> 01:21:17,200
Woman #1:
<i>We love you, Bessie!</i>

1300
01:21:19,770 --> 01:21:21,070
Man #1:
<i>Love you, Bessie.</i>

1301
01:21:54,170 --> 01:21:57,770
¶ It's a long old road ¶

1302
01:21:59,340 --> 01:22:03,450
¶ But I'm gonna find
the end ¶

1303
01:22:08,090 --> 01:22:10,950
¶ A long old road ¶

1304
01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:14,260
¶ Mm-mm ¶

1305
01:22:14,490 --> 01:22:17,330
¶ Find the end ¶

1306
01:22:20,530 --> 01:22:23,530
¶ And when I get there... ¶

1307
01:22:27,270 --> 01:22:28,200
(humming)

1308
01:22:28,440 --> 01:22:30,310
¶ Shake hands ¶

1309
01:22:30,540 --> 01:22:32,510
¶ With a friend ¶

1310
01:23:18,020 --> 01:23:19,820
Come on, come on.

1311
01:23:20,090 --> 01:23:21,920
No, no, no,
you don't-- no.

1312
01:23:22,260 --> 01:23:24,160
- No, no, no.
- What the fuck is this shit?

1313
01:23:24,390 --> 01:23:25,690
Don't worry about it.

1314
01:23:25,930 --> 01:23:28,860
Bitch!
Jack, you fucker!

1315
01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:32,030
"The most beautiful
blues sensation"? Huh?

1316
01:23:32,370 --> 01:23:33,470
Jack: <i>The hell are you talking about?</i>

1317
01:23:33,870 --> 01:23:35,470
I'm talking about you backing
this bitch with my money!

1318
01:23:35,870 --> 01:23:37,710
- With what?
- <i>I can't believe you did this shit!</i>

1319
01:23:38,110 --> 01:23:39,670
- <i>I gotta see it on the street!</i>
- That's my money!

1320
01:23:40,010 --> 01:23:41,680
You're spending my money
on this bitch!

1321
01:23:41,910 --> 01:23:43,210
That's my goddamn money.

1322
01:23:43,410 --> 01:23:44,910
(Shouting)

1323
01:23:45,220 --> 01:23:46,580
- I made you!
- ...fucking money.

1324
01:23:46,780 --> 01:23:47,850
(Jack growls)

1325
01:23:48,120 --> 01:23:49,380
- (Bessie grunts)
- Huh?

1326
01:23:49,750 --> 01:23:52,350
- You promised me, Jack.
- You promised me, too!

1327
01:23:52,590 --> 01:23:54,990
You promised me, too!

1328
01:23:55,290 --> 01:23:57,030
Where you get
them earrings from, huh?

1329
01:23:57,360 --> 01:24:00,200
I know where.
That goddamn bootlegger.

1330
01:24:00,460 --> 01:24:02,660
- You--
- Don't touch me!

1331
01:24:02,930 --> 01:24:04,030
Don't you fucking touch me!

1332
01:24:04,300 --> 01:24:05,470
You want this bitch,
you eat her!

1333
01:24:05,770 --> 01:24:08,040
- You eat her.
- (Jack growls)

1334
01:24:09,570 --> 01:24:11,110
Crazy.

1335
01:24:11,410 --> 01:24:12,570
Where are you going?
You're leaving?

1336
01:24:12,780 --> 01:24:14,410
You're leaving?

1337
01:24:14,780 --> 01:24:16,910
You don't get to leave me!
I should've left your ass!

1338
01:24:17,250 --> 01:24:19,350
You got what you want.
You can have it.

1339
01:24:19,620 --> 01:24:22,750
- Get away.
- (Groans)

1340
01:24:29,660 --> 01:24:31,290
Jack!

1341
01:24:32,560 --> 01:24:33,500
Go!

1342
01:24:34,970 --> 01:24:36,630
You go!

1343
01:24:41,510 --> 01:24:43,910
Jack!

1344
01:24:44,140 --> 01:24:45,170
<i>(Car door slams)</i>

1345
01:24:45,480 --> 01:24:47,010
- Jack!
- <i>(Engine whirring)</i>

1346
01:24:47,180 --> 01:24:49,710
Jack!

1347
01:24:50,010 --> 01:24:51,480
- Bessie: <i>No!</i>
<i>- (Glass shattering)</i>

1348
01:24:51,920 --> 01:24:54,320
- <i>I can't stand it.</i>
- You want me to get your medicine?

1349
01:24:57,750 --> 01:24:58,820
What did you say to me?

1350
01:24:59,090 --> 01:25:01,460
Your medicine, honey.

1351
01:25:01,830 --> 01:25:04,660
Don't think I don't know
what you be saying about me.

1352
01:25:04,830 --> 01:25:06,060
Get out!

1353
01:25:06,430 --> 01:25:07,330
- Get out.
- We're not talking about--

1354
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:10,030
Get the fuck out
of my room!

1355
01:25:10,300 --> 01:25:11,900
<i>Get out of here, Viola!</i>

1356
01:25:12,200 --> 01:25:13,800
<i>The fuck is you</i>
<i>looking at? Go!</i>

1357
01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:16,100
<i>(Glass shatters)</i>

1358
01:25:16,470 --> 01:25:18,810
<i>- It ain't my fault!</i>
<i>- (Glass shatters)</i>

1359
01:25:19,010 --> 01:25:20,510
<i>I hate you.</i>

1360
01:25:20,680 --> 01:25:22,780
Go, go.

1361
01:25:23,110 --> 01:25:25,380
<i>You think I don't know?</i>
<i>Yeah, I know.</i>

1362
01:25:34,790 --> 01:25:35,560
Leave me alone.

1363
01:25:35,790 --> 01:25:37,160
(Muted footsteps)

1364
01:25:37,490 --> 01:25:38,330
Man: <i>Shh, shh, shh.</i>
<i>Come on, come on.</i>

1365
01:25:38,530 --> 01:25:39,590
<i>Hurry up.</i>

1366
01:25:39,800 --> 01:25:41,030
J.G.?

1367
01:25:41,300 --> 01:25:42,700
- Hey!
- <i>Let's go.</i>

1368
01:25:43,030 --> 01:25:45,030
- Who the hell are you?
- Jack, Jr: <i>Mama!</i>

1369
01:25:45,240 --> 01:25:46,030
What you doing in--

1370
01:25:46,300 --> 01:25:47,240
- Come on, boy.
- Jack!

1371
01:25:47,500 --> 01:25:49,270
- <i>Mama!</i>
- Junior! No!

1372
01:25:49,510 --> 01:25:51,270
<i>Mama! Mama, keep me!</i>

1373
01:25:51,580 --> 01:25:53,370
- Jack, don't you--
- Mama, keep me!

1374
01:25:57,810 --> 01:25:58,510
What you doing?

1375
01:25:58,820 --> 01:25:59,780
- That's my stuff.
- Mama!

1376
01:26:00,050 --> 01:26:00,980
Hurry up.
Get in there.

1377
01:26:01,220 --> 01:26:02,650
- (Shouting)
- Hey!

1378
01:26:02,990 --> 01:26:04,950
- I'll kill you.
- Get this shit off.

1379
01:26:05,220 --> 01:26:06,860
- (Grunting)
- Get off of me.

1380
01:26:07,090 --> 01:26:08,220
Get Junior in the car!

1381
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:10,560
Stealing my baby!
You're trying to kill me.

1382
01:26:10,860 --> 01:26:12,190
- Jack: Stop it, stop it!
- Mama!

1383
01:26:12,500 --> 01:26:13,360
You ain't fit
to be a mother!

1384
01:26:13,700 --> 01:26:15,030
Can't just leave him?
Just leave him, okay?

1385
01:26:15,370 --> 01:26:17,800
You're high, you're drunk.
You ain't fit!

1386
01:26:18,070 --> 01:26:19,100
You're just trying
to kill me!

1387
01:26:19,440 --> 01:26:21,000
You ain't gonna never
see Junior again!

1388
01:26:21,270 --> 01:26:22,940
You're a liar!
I'll kill you!

1389
01:26:23,170 --> 01:26:24,170
<i>I'll kill myself.</i>

1390
01:26:24,440 --> 01:26:26,270
- Go! Let's go!
- <i>No! Stop!</i>

1391
01:26:26,510 --> 01:26:28,040
Jack, Jr: <i>Mama!</i>

1392
01:26:28,280 --> 01:26:29,680
- Junior!
- Mama, keep me!

1393
01:26:29,880 --> 01:26:30,610
<i>Mama!</i>

1394
01:27:05,150 --> 01:27:06,920
You let him in.

1395
01:27:35,750 --> 01:27:38,580
<i>(Sobbing)</i>

1396
01:28:07,010 --> 01:28:09,380
Man on radio: <i>...to glimpse a small,</i>
<i>flickering hope.</i>

1397
01:28:09,610 --> 01:28:10,480
<i>General Motors,</i>

1398
01:28:10,810 --> 01:28:12,010
<i>that formidable</i>
<i>industrial titan,</i>

1399
01:28:12,380 --> 01:28:13,550
<i>has not only weathered</i>
<i>the Great Depression,</i>

1400
01:28:13,880 --> 01:28:15,750
<i>but has bested it</i>
<i>in a demonstration</i>

1401
01:28:16,120 --> 01:28:19,020
<i>of typically American</i>
<i>fortitude and ingenuity.</i>

1402
01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:20,920
<i>Where others are</i>
<i>shuttering their windows,</i>

1403
01:28:21,320 --> 01:28:23,460
<i>General Motors turns in</i>
<i>its second quarter of profits.</i>

1404
01:28:23,730 --> 01:28:26,490
<i>(Radio continues,</i>
<i>muted)</i>

1405
01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:34,640
<i>(children shouting)</i>

1406
01:28:56,030 --> 01:28:57,490
Hmm.

1407
01:29:17,550 --> 01:29:18,650
<i>(Radio play playing)</i>

1408
01:29:19,020 --> 01:29:20,920
Narrator: <i>...draws his</i>
<i>gleaming revolver,</i>

1409
01:29:21,280 --> 01:29:24,750
<i>its cold silvery glint</i>
<i>reflected in a dark puddle.</i>

1410
01:29:25,020 --> 01:29:27,760
<i>(Radio play continues)</i>

1411
01:29:46,480 --> 01:29:49,210
Hey, there's food here, now.

1412
01:29:49,480 --> 01:29:51,210
<i>You need to eat</i>
<i>something.</i>

1413
01:30:00,620 --> 01:30:03,460
<i>(Jazz music playing)</i>

1414
01:30:15,410 --> 01:30:16,600
Come on.

1415
01:30:20,310 --> 01:30:22,510
You have anybody
under that name?

1416
01:30:24,150 --> 01:30:25,310
No.

1417
01:30:25,580 --> 01:30:27,180
Yeah, yeah,
I'll take it.

1418
01:30:28,450 --> 01:30:29,650
Mm-hmm.

1419
01:30:33,190 --> 01:30:35,360
- <i>¶ Old, empty bed ¶</i>
- It's gonna be all right.

1420
01:30:35,630 --> 01:30:38,030
<i>¶ Springs hard as lead ¶</i>

1421
01:30:38,290 --> 01:30:40,130
<i>¶ Feel like old Ned ¶</i>

1422
01:30:40,360 --> 01:30:42,400
<i>¶ Wish I was dead ¶</i>

1423
01:30:42,670 --> 01:30:45,400
<i>¶ All my life through ¶</i>

1424
01:30:45,700 --> 01:30:49,640
<i>¶ I've been so</i>
<i>black and blue ¶</i>

1425
01:30:52,340 --> 01:30:57,410
<i>¶ I'm white inside ¶</i>

1426
01:30:57,710 --> 01:31:01,280
<i>¶ But that don't help</i>
<i>my case ¶</i>

1427
01:31:02,550 --> 01:31:07,060
<i>¶ 'Cause I can't hide ¶</i>

1428
01:31:07,460 --> 01:31:09,990
- <i>¶ What is in my face ¶</i>
- We're going on a trip.

1429
01:31:10,190 --> 01:31:15,200
<i>(Scatting)</i>

1430
01:31:15,470 --> 01:31:18,370
<i>¶ How will it end? ¶</i>

1431
01:31:18,700 --> 01:31:19,870
- <i>¶ Ain't got a friend ¶</i>
- You ready?

1432
01:31:20,170 --> 01:31:22,800
- Yeah.
- <i>¶ My only sin ¶</i>

1433
01:31:23,040 --> 01:31:25,040
<i>¶ Is in my skin ¶</i>

1434
01:31:25,480 --> 01:31:28,110
Clarence: <i>One last drive,
then we have to sell this, too.</i>

1435
01:31:28,480 --> 01:31:30,850
Recording: ¶ ...to be so black <i>and blue?
¶</i>

1436
01:32:01,950 --> 01:32:03,740
(Laughs)

1437
01:32:27,040 --> 01:32:28,240
Okay.

1438
01:32:29,610 --> 01:32:32,240
<i>(Chattering)</i>

1439
01:32:36,910 --> 01:32:39,250
Yeah, she just
needs some time.

1440
01:32:41,380 --> 01:32:43,220
Ma: <i>"Of the artists who have communicated the blues</i>

1441
01:32:43,620 --> 01:32:46,690
<i>to the more sophisticated</i>
<i>Negro and white public"--</i>

1442
01:32:47,090 --> 01:32:49,560
<i>What the hell does he know</i>
<i>about being sophisticated?</i>

1443
01:32:49,890 --> 01:32:52,130
<i>"I think Ethel Waters</i>
<i>is the best.</i>

1444
01:32:52,460 --> 01:32:55,830
In fact, to my mind,
Miss Waters is superior

1445
01:32:56,170 --> 01:32:59,500
to any other woman
stage singer of her race."

1446
01:32:59,770 --> 01:33:02,000
(Chuckles)
"Superior."

1447
01:33:02,440 --> 01:33:05,310
See how they love to instigate?
Set us up against each other?

1448
01:33:05,580 --> 01:33:08,340
Them's graveyard words.

1449
01:33:08,580 --> 01:33:10,010
Don't worry, honey.

1450
01:33:10,410 --> 01:33:13,150
No decent colored folk even read that silly magazine.

1451
01:33:13,420 --> 01:33:14,520
It ain't for us anyhow.

1452
01:33:14,780 --> 01:33:16,880
<i>"Nigger Heaven."</i>
<i>(Scoffs)</i>

1453
01:33:17,190 --> 01:33:18,750
<i>I'm thinking of writing</i>
<i>my own book.</i>

1454
01:33:18,960 --> 01:33:21,190
"Cracker Hell."

1455
01:33:22,830 --> 01:33:24,430
<i>If Vechten</i>
<i>is the nigger expert,</i>

1456
01:33:24,760 --> 01:33:27,030
then I'm damn sure
the cracker authority.

1457
01:33:29,200 --> 01:33:31,530
Come on, Ma.
It hurts too much to laugh.

1458
01:33:31,830 --> 01:33:32,870
<i>Yankee blacks</i>
<i>cut you up.</i>

1459
01:33:33,200 --> 01:33:35,400
<i>Yankee whites trying</i>
<i>to cut you down.</i>

1460
01:33:35,610 --> 01:33:36,640
<i>Hmm.</i>

1461
01:33:51,850 --> 01:33:53,690
J.G. took Junior.

1462
01:34:00,530 --> 01:34:02,660
And he's trying to...

1463
01:34:05,170 --> 01:34:08,040
- And he's...
- Shh.

1464
01:34:09,370 --> 01:34:12,340
You just take care
of you right now.

1465
01:34:12,580 --> 01:34:14,310
Get your head right.

1466
01:34:39,200 --> 01:34:41,840
Things never
turn out straight.

1467
01:34:42,240 --> 01:34:44,270
Well, you can't hit a straight lick with a crooked stick,

1468
01:34:44,570 --> 01:34:46,740
and you're about
as crooked as they come.

1469
01:34:53,580 --> 01:34:55,950
(Chattering)

1470
01:35:00,220 --> 01:35:02,820
Oh!

1471
01:35:03,190 --> 01:35:06,530
Now, this right here,
this used to be my favorite.

1472
01:35:06,860 --> 01:35:09,230
<i>See how it'd been</i>
<i>drawn up three sizes?</i>

1473
01:35:09,470 --> 01:35:11,300
You grew three sizes.

1474
01:35:11,600 --> 01:35:13,470
<i>Just like you</i>
<i>outgrowed your life.</i>

1475
01:35:13,800 --> 01:35:15,400
It was like you had
a hole in your stomach,

1476
01:35:15,640 --> 01:35:18,010
or maybe even a worm,

1477
01:35:18,440 --> 01:35:21,540
<i>and you weren't gonna stop till</i>
<i>you ate up everything around ya.</i>

1478
01:35:21,910 --> 01:35:23,710
<i>You got to fill that hole</i>
<i>yourself, sweetheart.</i>

1479
01:35:24,050 --> 01:35:25,980
Nothing or nobody else
will fill it.

1480
01:35:28,750 --> 01:35:29,920
Yeah.

1481
01:35:32,260 --> 01:35:33,090
(Chuckles)

1482
01:35:41,600 --> 01:35:44,000
<i>Uh-huh, yeah.</i>

1483
01:35:44,170 --> 01:35:45,470
Yeah.

1484
01:35:45,670 --> 01:35:48,400
They still fit.

1485
01:35:49,840 --> 01:35:51,040
Now...

1486
01:35:51,270 --> 01:35:53,870
You done heard the rest.

1487
01:35:54,140 --> 01:35:56,240
And I'm gonna
show you the best.

1488
01:35:56,510 --> 01:35:59,450
Ma gonna show ya
her black bottom.

1489
01:36:00,950 --> 01:36:02,320
¶ Don't you see the dance ¶

1490
01:36:02,650 --> 01:36:05,320
¶ They call your big
black bottom ¶

1491
01:36:05,620 --> 01:36:07,490
¶ It'll put you
in a trance ¶

1492
01:36:07,660 --> 01:36:08,820
¶ Ha ¶

1493
01:36:09,130 --> 01:36:12,060
¶ All the boys
in the neighborhood ¶

1494
01:36:12,430 --> 01:36:16,260
¶ They say my black bottom
is really good ¶

1495
01:36:16,630 --> 01:36:20,900
¶ Come on, let me show you,
do the big black bottom ¶

1496
01:36:21,170 --> 01:36:22,700
¶ I want to learn that dance ¶

1497
01:36:22,970 --> 01:36:24,040
Come on, Bess.
Come on. Get up.

1498
01:36:24,370 --> 01:36:28,040
¶ Early in the morning,
'bout the break of day ¶

1499
01:36:28,380 --> 01:36:32,080
¶ Grandpa told my grandma,
I heard him say ¶

1500
01:36:32,450 --> 01:36:36,350
¶ Come on and let me see
your big black bottom ¶

1501
01:36:36,650 --> 01:36:39,650
¶ I want to learn
that dance, oh ¶

1502
01:36:39,990 --> 01:36:42,760
All right now, Ma!
Come on now, honey.

1503
01:36:43,060 --> 01:36:45,590
You gettin' kind of
rough there, Ma.

1504
01:36:45,860 --> 01:36:48,500
Ah, too strong,
too strong!

1505
01:36:48,730 --> 01:36:50,630
Oh, baby, too strong.

1506
01:36:50,870 --> 01:36:52,370
Oh, I love you, baby.

1507
01:36:52,640 --> 01:36:53,900
<i>I love you, too, Ma.</i>

1508
01:36:54,170 --> 01:36:55,970
Rent shake this Saturday.

1509
01:36:57,810 --> 01:37:00,170
Rent shake this Saturday.
Bring what you can.

1510
01:37:00,510 --> 01:37:05,410
<i>- (Crowd chattering)</i>
<i>- (music playing)</i>

1511
01:37:05,650 --> 01:37:06,510
<i>(women scatting)</i>

1512
01:37:06,820 --> 01:37:08,220
Man:
<i>¶ Why I'm a ladies man ¶</i>

1513
01:37:08,550 --> 01:37:10,480
<i>¶ About the sweetest</i>
<i>in the land ¶</i>

1514
01:37:10,720 --> 01:37:13,520
<i>(singing continues)</i>

1515
01:37:13,990 --> 01:37:16,690
- Here you go.
- Hey, that's right, Gilbert. Don't be stingy now.

1516
01:37:17,060 --> 01:37:18,930
Hey, y'all, help yourself
to the kitchen, now.

1517
01:37:19,200 --> 01:37:20,630
Cooked up some good food.

1518
01:37:20,930 --> 01:37:24,330
- (Chattering)
- <i>(singing continues)</i>

1519
01:37:24,670 --> 01:37:26,170
Still got 'em
coming, too. Come on!

1520
01:37:33,710 --> 01:37:36,080
Hey, can I use this kitchen for a second, child,
if you don't mind?

1521
01:37:36,380 --> 01:37:37,850
Come on right back
and do as you please.

1522
01:37:46,790 --> 01:37:48,020
(Coins clinking)

1523
01:38:17,750 --> 01:38:20,690
And how are you gonna have a
rent shake without a bootlegger?

1524
01:38:21,920 --> 01:38:24,190
You ain't my bootlegger,
remember?

1525
01:38:25,660 --> 01:38:27,760
<i>¶ ...pretty papa ¶</i>

1526
01:38:28,030 --> 01:38:34,540
<i>¶ Falling on my knees ¶</i>

1527
01:38:34,870 --> 01:38:37,940
<i>¶ I ask,</i>
<i>if you ain't got nobody ¶</i>

1528
01:38:38,240 --> 01:38:42,410
<i>¶ Kind daddy,</i>
<i>take me please ¶</i>

1529
01:38:46,780 --> 01:38:49,150
You wanna know how to really
make some money nowadays?

1530
01:38:49,420 --> 01:38:51,590
<i>Now--</i>
<i>Now, I'm serious, now.</i>

1531
01:38:51,890 --> 01:38:53,120
<i>This is only</i>
<i>for grown folks, now.</i>

1532
01:38:53,520 --> 01:38:56,320
If you plan on going to church
this morning, stop me now.

1533
01:38:56,560 --> 01:38:58,260
Play the damn record.

1534
01:39:01,800 --> 01:39:04,600
<i>(Music playing)</i>

1535
01:39:08,100 --> 01:39:10,270
Woman:
<i>¶ I got a man I love ¶</i>

1536
01:39:10,540 --> 01:39:12,370
<i>¶ I got a man I like ¶</i>

1537
01:39:12,710 --> 01:39:14,340
<i>¶ Every time I fuck</i>
<i>them mens ¶</i>

1538
01:39:14,710 --> 01:39:16,740
<i>¶ I give em'</i>
<i>the doggone claps... ¶</i>

1539
01:39:17,050 --> 01:39:21,150
Oh. Oh, my Lord.
She's so nasty!

1540
01:39:21,320 --> 01:39:22,780
Mm-hmm.

1541
01:39:25,320 --> 01:39:28,490
<i>¶ But that's the kind</i>
<i>of pussy that-- ¶</i>

1542
01:39:28,790 --> 01:39:30,790
Oh, unh-uh,
that is too much.

1543
01:39:31,090 --> 01:39:32,230
Unh-uh, she is
just too rough.

1544
01:39:32,600 --> 01:39:34,600
These party records
going much further nowadays.

1545
01:39:34,830 --> 01:39:36,700
Mm-mm,
I can't go that far.

1546
01:39:37,070 --> 01:39:39,200
Well, you could always
dust something off,

1547
01:39:39,500 --> 01:39:41,670
do one of your
old numbers, you know?

1548
01:39:43,640 --> 01:39:45,370
¶ Rough cock, suck my cock ¶

1549
01:39:45,640 --> 01:39:46,710
¶ You can tuck my cock-- ¶

1550
01:39:47,110 --> 01:39:49,980
I ain't gonna suck, tuck,
or nothing else to nobody.

1551
01:39:51,580 --> 01:39:52,950
We can get close
to it, though.

1552
01:39:53,280 --> 01:39:55,780
<i>See, that's what I'm--</i>
<i>that's the spirit.</i>

1553
01:40:04,460 --> 01:40:08,200
¶ His frankfurters are,
oh, so sweet ¶

1554
01:40:08,500 --> 01:40:11,930
¶ How I like his
sausage meat ¶

1555
01:40:12,270 --> 01:40:18,210
¶ I can't do without
my kitchen man ¶

1556
01:40:20,880 --> 01:40:24,650
<i>¶ Oh, how that boy</i>
<i>can open clam ¶</i>

1557
01:40:24,980 --> 01:40:28,320
<i>¶ No one else</i>
<i>can touch my ham ¶</i>

1558
01:40:28,650 --> 01:40:34,190
¶ I can't do without
my kitchen man ¶

1559
01:40:39,060 --> 01:40:43,830
<i>(music playing)</i>

1560
01:40:44,070 --> 01:40:45,300
Gin with no ice, right?

1561
01:40:47,740 --> 01:40:49,270
You know,
when I saw your name on the sign out front,

1562
01:40:49,670 --> 01:40:52,170
I thought it had to be some
sort of mistake or an imposter.

1563
01:40:52,480 --> 01:40:54,070
I-- I can't believe
it's you.

1564
01:40:54,410 --> 01:40:56,980
It is such an honor
to meet you, Miss Smith.

1565
01:40:58,380 --> 01:41:01,820
Alhambra Ballroom,
7th Avenue, 126th Street,

1566
01:41:02,050 --> 01:41:05,550
Harlem, New York, 1927?

1567
01:41:05,860 --> 01:41:07,660
I stand by it.
You changed my life.

1568
01:41:07,920 --> 01:41:09,760
That was six years ago,
sugar.

1569
01:41:10,060 --> 01:41:11,690
Change doesn't last
that long.

1570
01:41:11,890 --> 01:41:13,390
Oh, but it does.

1571
01:41:13,730 --> 01:41:16,100
I'm sorry. I'm John Hammond,
by the way.

1572
01:41:16,430 --> 01:41:19,500
Bessie, I wanna produce
your comeback tour.

1573
01:41:19,900 --> 01:41:21,600
And this is only the beginning.
You see, I'm putting together

1574
01:41:21,940 --> 01:41:24,870
a concert, right,
from spirituals to swing.

1575
01:41:25,170 --> 01:41:26,340
Nothing but
the best musicians.

1576
01:41:26,680 --> 01:41:29,340
We've got Benny Goodman,
Fletcher Henderson,

1577
01:41:29,680 --> 01:41:31,250
a young girl named
Billie Holiday.

1578
01:41:31,610 --> 01:41:34,780
- She loves you so much--
- Hey, slow down, now.

1579
01:41:35,020 --> 01:41:37,280
Sorry, I get excited.

1580
01:41:37,720 --> 01:41:42,190
Gonna build a new venue specially
for it called the Cafe Society.

1581
01:41:42,460 --> 01:41:44,730
The first integrated
nightclub.

1582
01:41:45,030 --> 01:41:47,800
No color lines,
no balconies.

1583
01:41:48,100 --> 01:41:51,830
Everyone under one roof
just swingin'.

1584
01:41:52,070 --> 01:41:54,000
You're dreaming, John.

1585
01:41:54,270 --> 01:41:56,440
Will you dream it
with me?

1586
01:41:56,710 --> 01:41:58,040
Sing some of
that old stuff?

1587
01:41:58,370 --> 01:42:00,810
I'm going in a different
direction now.

1588
01:42:01,110 --> 01:42:02,880
You know, trying on
some new shoes.

1589
01:42:03,210 --> 01:42:04,140
Okay, well,
whatever you're thinking,

1590
01:42:04,410 --> 01:42:06,150
I just wanna be
a part of it.

1591
01:42:10,220 --> 01:42:11,720
We'll see.

1592
01:42:14,820 --> 01:42:18,160
Give me a call?
Throw me a line?

1593
01:42:18,460 --> 01:42:20,330
Just wanna be
a part of it, Bessie.

1594
01:42:21,830 --> 01:42:25,300
¶ Laugh, frown, laugh ¶

1595
01:42:25,740 --> 01:42:28,170
Bessie: <i>Okay, this one is good,</i>
<i>with the dancer girl.</i>

1596
01:42:28,470 --> 01:42:29,770
<i>Now, see, I like</i>
<i>this one here.</i>

1597
01:42:30,140 --> 01:42:33,740
- Look at this little smile.
- (Richard laughing)

1598
01:42:35,280 --> 01:42:38,110
Hammond: Calvin,
how are you? Nice to see you.

1599
01:42:38,480 --> 01:42:40,410
This is Bessie Smith,
who I was telling you about.

1600
01:42:44,090 --> 01:42:46,020
We got everything
you might need.

1601
01:42:46,320 --> 01:42:48,020
Not those old weights
and pulleys.

1602
01:42:48,260 --> 01:42:49,390
(Whispers)
Get tea.

1603
01:42:49,790 --> 01:42:52,590
- Nothing but the best.
- I see you got all the parts.

1604
01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:57,930
You got Buck Washington,
Chu Berry,

1605
01:42:58,200 --> 01:43:00,430
and this is
Benny Goodman.

1606
01:43:00,640 --> 01:43:02,340
Such an honor.

1607
01:43:05,270 --> 01:43:06,970
Well, well.

1608
01:43:13,380 --> 01:43:14,650
I didn't know
where you wanted to start,

1609
01:43:15,050 --> 01:43:19,450
so I put together every song
you ever wrote and then some.

1610
01:43:19,660 --> 01:43:22,020
(Chuckling)

1611
01:43:42,850 --> 01:43:46,010
<i>(music playing)</i>

1612
01:43:47,880 --> 01:43:51,950
<i>¶ It's a long, old road ¶</i>

1613
01:43:52,250 --> 01:43:56,260
<i>¶ But I'm gonna find</i>
<i>the end ¶</i>

1614
01:44:00,100 --> 01:44:04,100
<i>¶ It's a long, old road ¶</i>

1615
01:44:04,400 --> 01:44:08,540
<i>¶ But I'm gonna find</i>
<i>the end ¶</i>

1616
01:44:12,340 --> 01:44:15,210
<i>¶ And when I get there ¶</i>

1617
01:44:15,540 --> 01:44:20,250
<i>¶ I'm gonna shake hands</i>
<i>with a friend ¶</i>

1618
01:44:24,490 --> 01:44:28,220
¶ Weeping and crying ¶

1619
01:44:28,520 --> 01:44:33,160
¶ Tears falling
on the ground ¶

1620
01:44:36,730 --> 01:44:40,230
¶ Weeping and crying ¶

1621
01:44:40,540 --> 01:44:45,670
¶ Tears falling
on the ground ¶

1622
01:44:49,210 --> 01:44:52,880
¶ When I got to the end ¶

1623
01:44:53,120 --> 01:44:57,850
¶ I was so worried down ¶

1624
01:45:01,590 --> 01:45:05,530
<i>¶ It's a long, old road ¶</i>

1625
01:45:05,860 --> 01:45:10,230
<i>¶ But I'm gonna find</i>
<i>the end... ¶</i>

1626
01:46:08,990 --> 01:46:10,620
I do wanna know.

1627
01:46:12,700 --> 01:46:13,790
Know what?

1628
01:46:15,860 --> 01:46:19,170
What's over that next hill,
round the next corner.

1629
01:46:21,640 --> 01:46:24,470
Well, you can't
go back.

1630
01:46:28,380 --> 01:46:31,140
But you can stop.

1631
01:46:31,450 --> 01:46:34,510
- (Laughs)
- No, I can't stop.

1632
01:46:36,050 --> 01:46:38,290
Well, let's go.

1633
01:46:38,490 --> 01:46:40,490
Well, let's go.

1634
01:46:47,560 --> 01:46:49,630
<i>(Music playing)</i>

1635
01:46:57,310 --> 01:46:59,270
<i>25 cents? Ha!</i>

1636
01:46:59,580 --> 01:47:01,840
<i>No, no.</i>
<i>I wouldn't pay 25 cents</i>

1637
01:47:02,080 --> 01:47:03,680
<i>to go in nowhere!</i>

1638
01:47:03,910 --> 01:47:05,550
'Cause listen here...

1639
01:47:05,880 --> 01:47:09,180
<i>¶ Up in Harlem</i>
<i>every Saturday night ¶</i>

1640
01:47:09,520 --> 01:47:11,420
<i>¶ When the highbrows</i>
<i>get together ¶</i>

1641
01:47:11,690 --> 01:47:13,950
<i>¶ It's just too tight ¶</i>

1642
01:47:14,320 --> 01:47:18,730
<i>¶ They all congregate</i>
<i>at an all-night strut ¶</i>

1643
01:47:19,060 --> 01:47:23,200
<i>¶ And what they do is</i>
<i>tut, tut, tut ¶</i>

1644
01:47:23,530 --> 01:47:27,630
<i>¶ Oh, Hannah Brown</i>
<i>from cross town ¶</i>

1645
01:47:28,040 --> 01:47:31,840
<i>¶ Gets full of corn</i>
<i>and starts breaking 'em down ¶</i>

1646
01:47:32,110 --> 01:47:35,780
<i>¶ Just at the break of day ¶</i>

1647
01:47:36,080 --> 01:47:39,980
<i>¶ You can hear</i>
<i>old Hannah say ¶</i>

1648
01:47:40,350 --> 01:47:45,690
<i>¶ Give me a pigfoot</i>
<i>and a bottle of beer ¶</i>

1649
01:47:46,020 --> 01:47:49,820
<i>¶ Send me 'gain,</i>
<i>I don't care ¶</i>

1650
01:47:50,130 --> 01:47:53,490
<i>¶ I feel just like</i>
<i>I wanna clown ¶</i>

1651
01:47:53,800 --> 01:47:55,400
<i>¶ Give the piano player</i>
<i>a drink ¶</i>

1652
01:47:55,730 --> 01:47:57,830
<i>¶ Because he's</i>
<i>bringing me down ¶</i>

1653
01:47:58,100 --> 01:48:00,570
<i>¶ He's got rhythm, yeah ¶</i>

1654
01:48:00,870 --> 01:48:02,440
<i>¶ When he stomps his feet ¶</i>

1655
01:48:02,770 --> 01:48:07,440
<i>¶ He sends me</i>
<i>right off to sleep ¶</i>

1656
01:48:07,780 --> 01:48:11,750
<i>¶ Check all your razors</i>
<i>and your guns ¶</i>

1657
01:48:12,110 --> 01:48:15,550
<i>¶ We gonna be arrested</i>
<i>when the wagon comes ¶</i>

1658
01:48:15,920 --> 01:48:20,590
<i>¶ I want a pigfoot</i>
<i>and a bottle of beer ¶</i>

1659
01:48:20,920 --> 01:48:24,990
<i>¶ Send me 'cause</i>
<i>I don't care ¶</i>

1660
01:48:25,290 --> 01:48:28,660
<i>¶ Play me 'cause</i>
<i>I don't care ¶</i>

1661
01:49:18,280 --> 01:49:23,420
<i>¶ Gimme a pigfoot</i>
<i>and a bottle of beer ¶</i>

1662
01:49:23,720 --> 01:49:27,520
<i>¶ Send me 'gain,</i>
<i>I don't care ¶</i>

1663
01:49:27,860 --> 01:49:31,390
<i>¶ I feel just like</i>
<i>I wanna clown ¶</i>

1664
01:49:31,690 --> 01:49:33,390
<i>¶ Give the piano player</i>
<i>a drink ¶</i>

1665
01:49:33,730 --> 01:49:35,400
<i>¶ Because he's</i>
<i>bringing me down ¶</i>

1666
01:49:35,660 --> 01:49:38,430
<i>¶ He's got rhythm, yeah ¶</i>

1667
01:49:38,700 --> 01:49:40,170
<i>¶ When he stomps his feet ¶</i>

1668
01:49:40,500 --> 01:49:44,870
<i>¶ He sends me</i>
<i>right off to sleep ¶</i>

1669
01:49:45,210 --> 01:49:49,110
<i>¶ Check all your razors</i>
<i>and your guns ¶</i>

1670
01:49:49,510 --> 01:49:53,210
<i>¶ Do the shim-sham-shimmy</i>
<i>till the rising sun ¶</i>

1671
01:49:53,550 --> 01:49:58,420
<i>¶ Give me a reefer</i>
<i>and a gang o' gin ¶</i>

1672
01:49:58,720 --> 01:50:02,560
<i>¶ Play me 'cause</i>
<i>I'm in my sin ¶</i>

1673
01:50:02,890 --> 01:50:06,690
<i>¶ Play me 'cause</i>
<i>I'm full of gin. ¶</i>

1674
01:50:12,530 --> 01:50:15,270
<i>(Music playing)</i>

1674
01:50:16,305 --> 01:50:22,748
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