Five and Ten

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
What kind of woman are you to make a man forget his fianc?e?

Jennifer Rarick:
What kind of man are you to make a woman forget a man's fianc?e?

[Berry enters room]

Jennifer Rarick:
Berry!

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
So you would hold out on me, wouldn't you?

Jennifer Rarick:
Get out of here. Can't you see I'm not dressed?

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
That's all right. I don't mind. Not bad either, if I do say so.

Jennifer Rarick:
Have you gone mad?

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Something's come over me. Maybe that's it.

[Sounds of door locking]

Jennifer Rarick:
Berry...

[Berry laughs]

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
That's how I like to see you... all shaky... instead of that devilish look you usually have.

Jennifer Rarick:
I'm not shaking.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Says she - her knees knocking.

Jennifer Rarick:
They're not knocking.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
They're adorable knees, Jenny.

Jennifer Rarick:
What if somebody came in here?

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Not a chance... they're all dressing. They'll be busy for hours.

Jennifer Rarick:
Berry, please go.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
All right... I'll go. I'll go... whenever you say.

[They kiss]

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Want me to go now?

[Long pause]

Jennifer Rarick:
Yes...

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Liar...

[Returning from dressing]

Jennifer Rarick:
Thanks Berry. Now I know you love me.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
You're talking out of turn, young lady.

Jennifer Rarick:
I only thought so before, but now I know it... I'm terribly glad.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Do you wanna be spanked?

Jennifer Rarick:
Look at me, darling.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
I'll do no such thing.

Jennifer Rarick:
Deny it if you can...

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
I'm gonna get out of here before I'm *attacked*...

Jennifer Rarick:
Berry...

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Little devil. You made me fall in love with you.

John G. Rarick:
[Overheard from corridor] If I give you this money, what assurance have I that you'll keep your word?

Jennifer Rarick:
[Overheard from corridor] You give me one hundred thousand now, and the rest when I get the divorce. I'll take *your* word, Mr. Rarick.

John G. Rarick:
I've dealt with a lot of merchandise - this is the first time I've bought a husband.

Jennifer Rarick:
And it's the first time I've ever sold one.

[Jennifer enters and grabs the check]

Jennifer Rarick:
No you don't. You're not selling any husband to me!

Muriel Preston:
You want Berry, don't you?

Jennifer Rarick:
Not this way, no! I've tried it once, but I'm not trying to buy Berry again. He's not for sale.

Muriel Preston:
Oh... well I won't divorce him.

Jennifer Rarick:
You think I'm afraid of a scandal... Well I'm not!

John G. Rarick:
Jennifer!

Jennifer Rarick:
[to her father] I love Berry. He's all that matters to me...

Jennifer Rarick:
[Turns back to Muriel]... And you can't make me lose him again.

Muriel Preston:
Lose him [chuckles] . That's a little far fetched, isn't it? He's hardly yours to lose.

Jennifer Rarick:
Isn't he. He loves me. You *know* he loves me. No matter what you think, he's been fair to you. I've told Berry that I wouldn't see him again until you talked things fairly and gave him up. But I won't bother to be fair any longer.

Muriel Preston:
You're very foolish, my dear. Goodbye, Mr. Rarick. Perhaps you can make Jennifer realize that the only permanent hold on a man like Berry is a wedding ring.

Jennifer Rarick:
Is it? That's how well you know Berry!

Muriel Preston:
I know men, my dear, and Berry is no different from the rest.

Reporter on Train:
Will you remain in the five and ten cent store business, Mr. Rarick?

John G. Rarick:
Ha-ha. Well, I see no reason why I shouldn't. The business has been very profitable, so far. Of course, later on I may expand and put in a higher grade of merchandise. In that case, we'll charge fifteen cents. Ha-ha.

Jennifer Rarick:
Poppa, did you tell them to put my picture in the society column?

Mr. Brooks:
Is it your opinion that great wealth has a demoralizing influence on the family?

Mr. Brooks:
Demoralizing? Family? Oh, what nonsense. Take my son, for instance, he's exactly the same as I was at his age. Studious. Attentive to his business. My daughter, democratic, totally unspoiled. My wife, same sweet small town girl that she always was. Unselfish. Loyal to a fault almost. Oh, she's exactly the same today as she was then! Same loyalty, same regard for my welfare. Why, she's wrapped up in family and the children.

Jennifer Rarick:
No you don't. I've got to do some gold digging, first.

Jennifer Rarick:
Don't think, boy, it doesn't rest so well on your brow.

Jennifer Rarick:
You always say no when you mean yes.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Here, are you one of those women who fire a man with ambition?

Jennifer Rarick:
Of course, I am.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Then you and I, quit right now.

Jennifer Rarick:
Yeah?

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Oh yes, there's much too much fun in life to take these things seriously. Besides, one must have time for polo and, eh...

Jennifer Rarick:
Women?

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Women! Yes, women take a little time too. By the way, Rarick, how would you like to share a small part of my working hours?

Jennifer Rarick:
Not interested in part time boys.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Ah, dear, dear, I was afraid of that.

Jennifer Rarick:
I've got to have all - or nothing!

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
The spirit is willing, but, the flesh is weak.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Here, let's get out of this before she gets suspicious and comes around.

Jennifer Rarick:
Well, where would we go?

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
I know the very place! It's really just around the corner and it will only take us a moment to get there. The most marvelous music and wine that's guaranteed to make you...

Jennifer Rarick:
Yes?

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Well, it will make you.

Jennifer Rarick:
Well, I guess I'll be running along.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Well, I'll come with you.

Jennifer Rarick:
Oh, don't bother. Thanks for the cocktail.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
I'm just the same old Berry Rhodes again. A scoundrel among men and a rotter with women.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
I want to be myself for a bit. Couldn't you make use of an excellent rotter?

Jennifer Rarick:
Why, I've been looking all over for an excellent rotter.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Don't. Don't encourage me girl. It's hard enough now to stick to these things. My self-control positively amazes me.

Jennifer Rarick:
It amazes me too - Berry.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Look here, do you want to get out of her a respectable woman? I'm at the breaking point now. Look at my hand. [Shaking] Look at it.

Jennifer Rarick:
Oh, but, its such a nice hand.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Rarick, girl, you're about to be kissed.

Jennifer Rarick:
Oh, I'm shaking. [Kiss]

Leslie:
[At the swimming pool] Hello, Rarick! Good to see you. I can't shake hands with you, I'm all dripping. [to Berry and Muriel] So, you know Jennifer Rarick, don't you? She's a new patron at my home for wayward girls.

Muriel Preston:
Oh, really, how interesting. Come on, Berry, let's go for a swim.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Could I get a room there?

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
[Hugging Jennifer] Well, if I must be a hero, give me a little help, will you. Take some of these arms away from me. For heaven's sake, put some clothes on, I won't look. Well, this is a nice state of affairs. First of all you make me into a laborer and then you turn me into a gentleman. If this gets out, my reputations ruined.

Muriel Preston:
Just a minute, you don't seem to realize that Berry is engaged to me, Miss Rarick.

Jennifer Rarick:
Is he?

Muriel Preston:
Yes. And in our set it isn't very sporty to play around with a man who belongs to someone else. Of course, you wouldn't be expected to know that. You don't like to hear the truth, do you? Just because you bought yourself into a weekend, doesn't mean that you belong. Berry may step outside his own class, to play around. But, that's all it means.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
There's somebody here, isn't there?

Jennifer Rarick:
Well, there must be!

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
If there isn't, we're in a pickle!

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Has it ever occurred to you that the buffalo is practically extinct on Manhattan island?

Jennifer Rarick:
And the common titmouse, if allowed to multiply, could in no time obliterate the entire earth.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
How true.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
I'm not supposed to sleep in a case like this.

Jennifer Rarick:
No?

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
Oh, dear me, no. No, no. No! The gentleman on these occasions always sits by the bedside, to keep those coyotes away.

Jennifer Rarick:
Good night.

Bertram 'Berry' Rhodes:
I bet you do some fancy snoring.

Jennifer Rarick:
I've never had any complaints.