The Cotton Club

I know you love a bargain. 359 00:37:54,041 --> 00:37:56,461 That's fair. I heard. 360 00:37:58,712 --> 00:38:00,422 25. 361 00:38:01,882 --> 00:38:04,262 Sometimes you're a big man, Dutch. 362 00:38:04,718 --> 00:38:08,348 You know how I got that big? - How? 363 00:38:08,806 --> 00:38:10,806 I ate a pigeon every day. 364 00:39:06,530 --> 00:39:08,410 Did'ya see Dixie here? 365 00:39:17,041 --> 00:39:19,711 300 a week. - I thought you said 200. 366 00:39:20,169 --> 00:39:23,009 I could say 50 and you'd take it. 367 00:39:23,464 --> 00:39:27,094 Dutch, I appreciate it, but guns, knives, bombs... 368 00:39:27,551 --> 00:39:31,721 That's not my life. I play music. - I'm telling you 369 00:39:32,223 --> 00:39:35,733 you got a job. You got it? All I want you to do 370 00:39:36,227 --> 00:39:41,067 is to take Vera around. She can't stand Abbadabba, but she likes you. 371 00:39:43,818 --> 00:39:47,858 If I didn't like you, you'd be dead. Do you understand that? 372 00:39:50,574 --> 00:39:55,204 Sure I understand. It's nice to be liked. 373 00:40:01,085 --> 00:40:04,375 I gotta see you after the show. - No. 374 00:40:04,839 --> 00:40:06,799 Tomorrow! - No. 375 00:40:07,258 --> 00:40:11,008 You gotta! - Alright, I'll tell you what. 376 00:40:11,512 --> 00:40:15,222 I have a meeting at ten at the Abyssinian Church. Meet me there. 377 00:40:28,529 --> 00:40:32,579 I'm new. I'm trying to meet people. - Watch your act, nigger! 378 00:40:33,033 --> 00:40:34,913 You don't handle the merchandise. 379 00:40:39,290 --> 00:40:41,830 There's Gloria Swanson! 380 00:40:43,377 --> 00:40:45,797 You're my biggest star! 381 00:40:46,630 --> 00:40:48,760 You are a very beautiful person. 382 00:40:50,217 --> 00:40:55,097 You're more beautiful than I am. - You have a chance to be in pictures. 383 00:40:55,556 --> 00:40:58,056 You are gorgeous. 384 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:04,270 Well, I can't miss, can I? - Call me at the studio. Monday. 385 00:41:05,149 --> 00:41:07,689 Monday. - Yes. Goodbye. 386 00:41:11,739 --> 00:41:15,449 That was Gloria Swanson. - Right here she said it. 387 00:41:15,910 --> 00:41:20,370 Gloria Swanson says I'm gorgeous and I should have a big future. 388 00:41:22,833 --> 00:41:24,673 Hey, kid. 389 00:41:30,091 --> 00:41:32,221 Good show. See you tomorrow. 390 00:41:32,676 --> 00:41:35,806 Not tonight. - I don't take "no" for an answer. 391 00:41:36,263 --> 00:41:40,813 You have to this time. I've got a private life, you know. 392 00:42:14,051 --> 00:42:18,761 The only trouble with the nigger numbers racket is the risk. I like 393 00:42:19,265 --> 00:42:22,435 things you can fix, like a horse race. Or a politician. 394 00:42:22,893 --> 00:42:25,653 I think I can fix the number. - What, you kidding me? 395 00:42:26,147 --> 00:42:28,147 What have you been drinking? Dixie! 396 00:42:28,649 --> 00:42:33,109 Play that Beiderbecke tune for me. And see if the piano player knows it. 397 00:42:34,363 --> 00:42:37,373 Where do the numbers come from? - You know "Singing the Blues?" 398 00:42:41,495 --> 00:42:45,665 You take that thing everywhere? - Dutchman likes the sound of my horn. 399 00:42:46,417 --> 00:42:49,087 His master's voice. - Look who's talking. 400 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:51,760 But I'm getting my own nightclub. 401 00:42:52,256 --> 00:42:55,046 Think about it for a minute. 402 00:42:55,509 --> 00:42:57,679 That number comes in the 7th race. 403 00:43:01,599 --> 00:43:06,939 So I look at the payoff totals from the first six races and... 404 00:43:20,242 --> 00:43:22,452 What if I don't like the number? 405 00:43:22,953 --> 00:43:25,623 I place last minute bets. 406 00:43:26,123 --> 00:43:29,253 And that changes the last number to what I want. 407 00:43:29,710 --> 00:43:31,170 Any number! 408 00:43:33,380 --> 00:43:35,470 And you can figure it in your head? 409 00:43:35,966 --> 00:43:37,676 The one and only. 410 00:43:39,386 --> 00:43:41,466 They're fixing the world with math. 411 00:43:45,017 --> 00:43:49,897 You ever play the horses, Sol? - When I was a kid I raced rats. 412 00:43:50,397 --> 00:43:57,737 If you can do this, we can take over the whole Harlem numbers racket! 413 00:43:58,405 --> 00:44:02,115 The service is lousy here. Why don't you get me a gin, darling? 414 00:44:04,411 --> 00:44:06,661 You can own Harlem, lock, stock, and barrel. 415 00:44:08,833 --> 00:44:11,043 Bottoms up, Dutchess. 416 00:44:11,502 --> 00:44:13,962 I'm really sorry about that. 417 00:44:18,092 --> 00:44:22,052 I saw you spilling that drink. You ain't clumsy. I didn't like it. 418 00:44:22,555 --> 00:44:27,345 You ever do anything like that again, I mess up your face. You hear me? 419 00:44:28,519 --> 00:44:31,019 Yeah, yeah. I won't spill any more drinks. 420 00:44:37,778 --> 00:44:41,448 I want you to pick up my laundry. It's at the Chink's. 421 00:44:41,949 --> 00:44:43,119 Yeah. 422 00:44:46,871 --> 00:44:48,831 What's up? - Three bankers. 423 00:44:49,290 --> 00:44:53,380 15,000 fro...