#belle #affairsoftheheart #poirottheincredibletheft In 1939 Gracie Fields, the 'Queen of Hearts', is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer. When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings for the troops despite poor health, to the dismay of her fussy husband, film director Monty Banks, an Italian, born Mario Bianchi. With Italy's entry into the war Monty is in danger of being interned so Gracie consents to his moving to America whilst she tours Canada, fund-raising for the war effort. She is accused of deserting the country which made her famous and booed offstage, though she later tours battlefields as a singer. With the war over she regains popularity, performing 'Take Me To Your Heart Again' at the London Palladium. Banks dies in 1950 and, though still a successful singer, Gracie never regains her pre-war iconic status. Starring: Jane Horrocks, Tom Hollander, Ellie Haddington.
00:20:48Hey, you don't need to worry about a hardy lass from the north.
00:20:51Yes, I do.
00:20:56Hey, come on.
00:20:58They say this war will be over by Christmas.
00:20:59We have to do this, Monty.
00:21:04We?
00:21:05You and me.
00:21:06We've got to stick at what we can do.
00:21:09This is what we are.
00:21:10This is what we're good at.
00:21:14I'm going to have to go back on.
00:21:20Eric!
00:21:21There's other people waiting to come on, you know.
00:21:23It's not just me.
00:21:25All right, then.
00:21:25What are we going to have?
00:21:26Come on.
00:21:27All right, lads.
00:21:37You're incorrigible.
00:21:38Don't encourage them.
00:21:39I think I'll keep this on for the moment.
00:21:50It's you.
00:21:51Is it me or is it right goud in here?
00:21:53It's you.
00:21:57Hey, one of the lads give me this.
00:21:59Merry Christmas, Monty.
00:22:01Come on.
00:22:03No catcher.
00:22:03Too weak even to pull a crack.
00:22:05Oh, shut up.
00:22:06Sorry to disturb you, Miss Fields.
00:22:12The lads in the bar sent me over.
00:22:13They're wondering if you'd join them.
00:22:15It'd be Christmas and all.
00:22:16She's eating her dinner.
00:22:18Eat your dinner.
00:22:19Get her some dinner to eat.
00:22:21After we've eaten, love.
00:22:22Then I'll come over.
00:22:23Thank you, Miss Fields.
00:22:32Not expecting a call, am I?
00:22:34No.
00:22:34It's for me.
00:22:35Stanley Lawyer.
00:22:37What does he want on Christmas Eve?
00:22:39Hello, Stan?
00:22:41Hi.
00:22:43How are you?
00:22:45Well, I don't know what I'm doing in France.
00:22:48Well, you're talking on the telethon.
00:22:50No, Grace.
00:22:52No, no, no.
00:22:53I am listening.
00:22:53Shall we do a funny one first?
00:23:09Yeah.
00:23:11Right, Chopin.
00:23:12Never cry so much in all me life.
00:23:13Oh.
00:23:14I like it.
00:23:17Yes, it could be very fun.
00:23:20Yes.
00:23:22I am listening.
00:23:24Yes.
00:23:26Let me call you.
00:23:27Yes.
00:23:28And, uh, how is your large friend?
00:23:31It sails in the sunset
00:23:34Way out on the sea
00:23:39Oh, can I, my love, one?
00:23:44Oh, say me to me
00:23:49Thank you very much, lads.
00:23:57I'm going to have to give this old throttle a rest, you know.
00:24:00I'm sending a letter
00:24:07A letter I hope he'll receive
00:24:17He'll get a lot of letters for bleak things
00:24:23From other girls and boys
00:24:27But I want my soldier, daddy
00:24:31He's better than all the toys
00:24:34And so I'm sending a letter
00:24:40To Santa Claus
00:24:45To bring daddy safely home to me
00:24:54Oh, say the voice
00:24:59Oh, say the voiced
00:25:08Like the Lord
00:25:10Sing человек
00:25:14plays
00:25:15When a son
00:25:19Full- pewno
00:25:21There you are.
00:25:48What happened to you?
00:25:50I lost my appetite.
00:25:53What are you doing?
00:25:56We're not leaving here till the day after tomorrow.
00:25:59I'm going back to America.
00:26:01America?
00:26:02What for?
00:26:03They've asked me to direct a picture.
00:26:05Laurel and Hardy.
00:26:07But there's a war on!
00:26:09Oh, okay.
00:26:10Is that why there are soldiers everywhere?
00:26:12Of course.
00:26:14And everywhere there's a soldier there's another song and another picture and another ruined dinner.
00:26:25Well, I'm telling you, there's no war in Hollywood.
00:26:28You can't go, Monty.
00:26:30Why not?
00:26:32Because you keep me going.
00:26:34I can't do this without you.
00:26:37You make me laugh.
00:26:39But it's more than that.
00:26:41You...
00:26:42You and me, we're...
00:26:44You know...
00:26:45What?
00:26:49You and me what?
00:26:52Go on, say it.
00:26:54Please say it.
00:26:55Because it is killing me to be here in love with you.
00:27:00Miss Fields!
00:27:02All right, lads.
00:27:04They shut the bar, Miss Fields.
00:27:0610 to 12 on Christmas Eve and they shut the bar.
00:27:08Then go to bed!
00:27:11We wanted to see Christmas Day in with a song.
00:27:14If they shut the bar, then you can all come back to my room!
00:27:30Come on!
00:27:35All right, then, what are we gonna have?
00:27:39Okay, God.
00:27:44I was so mad.
00:27:47I was so mad.
00:27:50If you were saying...
00:27:52Listen to me...
00:27:53I was so mad.
00:27:55Please don't...
00:27:57edit my phone...
00:27:59You...
00:28:00I was so mad.
00:28:02You...
00:28:04Please.
00:28:14Merry Christmas.
00:28:44Did they bring your case down yet?
00:29:02The convoy leaves at nine if you want to get out of here.
00:29:10You're right, you know, you're better off in Hollywood.
00:29:13This isn't your war.
00:29:17Anyway, it'll all be over soon.
00:29:20And I'll be straight on that boat to Capri.
00:29:22The first time I went to Capri, as a young man, there was a boy out swimming. And the boy started struggling. He got pulled down by the current. So his father dived in to save him. But it was no good. They both got pulled down.
00:29:40Imagine that, Grace. To try to save someone only to get dragged down with them.
00:29:47That's tragic.
00:29:54Well, it could have been, but the boy, he suddenly reappeared. The sea spat him up and he swam safely back to the shore.
00:30:01And the father?
00:30:02The father, he vanished.
00:30:04And then he, he appeared 50 hours down the beach. And he woke up to his son. And then he, he appeared 50 hours down the beach. And he woke up to his son.
00:30:19And he gave him the biggest bloody hiding you ever seen.
00:30:26Don't let me drown, Monty. Please don't let me drown.
00:30:33Don't let me drown, Monty. Please don't let me drown.
00:30:39Convoy to Calais is leaving now. Last chance to Calais, Mr. Banks.
00:30:58Hello, lads.
00:31:03What's brownie, Miss Fields? Can I take a picture?
00:31:10Of course you can have a picture. Come on. Come on.
00:31:13I never believe it's back home. You're keeping us going, Miss Fields.
00:31:16You shouldn't be here, Miss Fields.
00:31:18Why is that, then?
00:31:19You're a blinking film star.
00:31:20Film stars don't deserve to be in the cold and the mud. I think bombs dropped, Monty.
00:31:23I can think of plenty who do.
00:31:26Come on, lads. Let's show them.
00:31:28His brother's joined the army.
00:31:30And he's gone across to France with the biggest aspedestrate in the world.
00:31:35The girl says that's topping. Let's start the big advance with the biggest aspedestrate in the world.
00:31:50Then Goebbels saw him from afar and said to his old Frau,
00:31:54young Joe's got his blood up, so the war's all over now.
00:31:59Cos they're going to sprinkle the ground from the very highest down of the rivets of Australia!
00:32:07CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:32:12This one's from Mama. Her eyesight's getting even worse.
00:32:21I should send them to live in California, shouldn't I?
00:32:24That house of mine is sitting there empty.
00:32:26Yes, with its lovely swimming pool and sunny veranda.
00:32:29Listen to this.
00:32:30She says, Grace, these eyes of mine are going fast.
00:32:33I want to see you wed.
00:32:35Get out.
00:32:36Oh, really?
00:32:38Hold!
00:32:39Drop the vehicle!
00:32:40For God's sake, what now?
00:32:48Good afternoon, Miss Fields.
00:32:49I'm sorry to bother you.
00:32:50I'm afraid there's been a change of plan.
00:32:52You're going to have to turn back.
00:32:54What for?
00:32:55It's too late for a bloody encore.
00:32:56Mr. Basil Dean is recalling all ENSA artists back to Britain.
00:33:00He's what?
00:33:01He's what?
00:33:02Too dangerous?
00:33:03What does Basil Dean know sitting in his blinking office back at home?
00:33:06Joseph Goebbels is after you, for heaven's sake.
00:33:08It's there in black and white.
00:33:09In German?
00:33:10I don't understand German, and neither do you.
00:33:12I understand what the officer just told you.
00:33:14Gracie Fields has for England earned enough to buy a hundred new Spitfires.
00:33:17She is a war industry and shall be treated accordingly.
00:33:20Do I look like a war industry to you?
00:33:22Yes.
00:33:23What about the concerts they're cancelling?
00:33:25What about our lads?
00:33:27We can't let them down.
00:33:29Whatever happened to the show must go on!
00:33:31They'll have to wait.
00:33:32Well, we can always tour the factories back at home, can't we?
00:33:35No, we should be otherwise engaged.
00:33:37What are you mumbling about?
00:33:38Will you, Grace Stansfield, marry me, Mario Bianchi?
00:33:43You daft biker.
00:33:46What took you so long?
00:33:48I can't take you anywhere.
00:33:49You sure you're doing the right thing?
00:33:51I'll mount you shortly.
00:33:53Hold the cork still, and twist the bottle.
00:34:09You know what I'm talking about.
00:34:13All a bit sudden, wasn't it?
00:34:15You're a misery, Harry.
00:34:16Another career move, is it?
00:34:17Hollywood director.
00:34:18I wouldn't give a damn if he was a funeral director.
00:34:20Oh, well, the security in that.
00:34:22Hey, that's enough.
00:34:24There's a war on.
00:34:26Cheers.
00:34:27Cheers.
00:34:28Hey, I hear you've joined up.
00:34:30Irish Guards.
00:34:31Why not the Welsh ones?
00:34:33Irish Guards have got a better piano.
00:34:36Mrs Stansfield.
00:34:39You know she's doing Drury Lane again.
00:34:42With Molly Chevalier.
00:34:43You like him, don't you, Mrs Stansfield?
00:34:46I wish she'd sing in English.
00:34:48No offence, Monty.
00:34:50No, no offence taken.
00:34:52Soon you will be able to call me sir.
00:34:55Well, at least I'll see you wed before you ship me off to America.
00:34:58You know, it's for your own benefit.
00:35:00The doctor said the climate will do your eyes no end of good.
00:35:03The first thing I'm going to do is get myself a new stetson.
00:35:06You are not.
00:35:07I bloody am.
00:35:09Did you know, Monty, that's how we started courting Jenny and I?
00:35:12She saw me walking through Rochdale wearing a cowboy hat
00:35:15and a boat on the cargo ships for California.
00:35:18She thought I must be a film star.
00:35:21Santa Monica, Jenny, is the playground of the stars.
00:35:25The sunshine and the big house and the lovely swimming pool.
00:35:29Oh, I'm not going in no swimming pool.
00:35:32You used to swim in the canal, woman.
00:35:34Stick a couple of dead cats and an old bike in that pool,
00:35:37she'd be in it like a shock.
00:35:38You've had enough.
00:35:40I had enough 40 years ago.
00:35:42They all end up like their mothers, Monty.
00:35:45Hard luck, mate.
00:35:51We don't do that in Rochdale.
00:35:53Come on, Fred, we're going.
00:36:02Is this what you're looking for, Dad?
00:36:04Oh, there it is.
00:36:05Hey, don't tell your mother.
00:36:09Am I doing the right thing, Dad?
00:36:12You love him, don't you?
00:36:16Course.
00:36:17He's the right gent in that, Grace.
00:36:19You know, he asked my permission and everything.
00:36:21I said, you're mistaking me for the man in charge, eh, Monty?
00:36:24You'd better ask Jenny.
00:36:26Hey, you're not marrying him just because your ma told you to, are you?
00:36:29Of course not.
00:36:30I learned me lesson.
00:36:34Do you remember that game you all used to play
00:36:36when you were a nipper back in Rochdale?
00:36:38You used to grab the back of the tram and run hell for leather.
00:36:43It's a wonder we weren't all killed.
00:36:45Used to run and run and run faster and faster
00:36:49and wait until the last possible moment before you let go.
00:36:56Well, you know, it seems to me
00:36:58that you've never stopped running ever since.
00:37:03Fred, you and me, we're going now.
00:37:05I've just opened another bottle of champagne, love.
00:37:07I know what I said, leave them to it.
00:37:18I'll see you tomorrow, love.
00:37:20Come on, then, let's go.
00:37:22Come on.
00:37:37Come on, let's go.
00:37:38Come on, let's go.
00:37:39Come on.
00:37:40Let's go.
00:37:41Come on.
00:37:42She's so, so.
00:37:43Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
00:37:44Ha, ha, ha!
00:37:54Mrs. Bianchi, just five minutes for the egg, please.
00:37:59Who are you?
00:38:00I'm Mrs. Bianchi.
00:38:02I like it, Mrs. Bianchi.
00:38:04Grace Bianchi.
00:38:06But when is old Mrs. Bianchi?
00:38:08Oh, her.
00:38:10Hold on.
00:38:11I miss her.
00:38:14Ah, that's better.
00:38:22Ah, where is my newspaper, old Mrs. Bianchi?
00:38:34Ah, that's what I call service.
00:38:37Good God, did you see this?
00:38:39This is the hotel we stayed at in Ares, bombed. Seven people dead.
00:38:45What are the Germans doing bombing hotels? Innocent people.
00:38:49Obviously they thought you were still there.
00:38:51Maybe someone really is looking after you.
00:38:55For the moment you are safe here.
00:38:59They can't stop us, Monty.
00:39:01They can't stop us, Monty.
00:39:03Gorbals.
00:39:04Hitler.
00:39:05None of them.
00:39:07People, they can't stop us, Monty.
00:39:08I'm sorry.
00:39:09Yeah.
00:39:10Oh!
00:39:13Hello.
00:39:15It is?
00:39:16Well, thank you very much.
00:39:17Hello? It is?
00:39:25Well, thank you very much.
00:39:31Oh, I see.
00:39:34Right.
00:39:36Right.
00:39:38Well, thank you for warning us.
00:39:42I will, yes.
00:39:45Goodbye.
00:39:47What's wrong? Who was that?
00:39:50That was Lord Castleross on the phone, Monty.
00:39:52Ah, the old bargain.
00:39:55He's had a tip-off.
00:39:57Italy looks set to enter the war.
00:40:00Any day now.
00:40:03Mussolini with Hitler.
00:40:06Well, I will be the enemy, then.
00:40:11Don't worry.
00:40:13I'm Italian. I surrender.
00:40:14This is no time for jokes, Monty.
00:40:17If you stay in England, you'll be interned.
00:40:19What did I do?
00:40:21You're Italian.
00:40:23That's a crime, now.
00:40:25It will be, yes.
00:40:27You'll have to leave.
00:40:28I'm not leaving you.
00:40:29If I leave you to look after yourself, you'll work yourself to death.
00:40:34And what use would you be? Stuck in prison, eh?
00:40:36We could both go. Come with me to America.
00:40:39I can't.
00:40:41How would it look if I abandoned my country now?
00:40:44Why didn't you become an American citizen all those years ago?
00:40:46I didn't get around to it.
00:40:49None of us did.
00:40:53What a mess.
00:40:56I think there's someone I can talk to.
00:41:00Someone who can sort this out.
00:41:04Who? Who can you talk to?
00:41:06So how is the new boss?
00:41:13It's very kind to see my wife at such short notice.
00:41:17Well, she is a commander of the British Empire,
00:41:19which obviously counts for something in matters like this.
00:41:22Hey-up.
00:41:25We're going to Canada.
00:41:26Canada?
00:41:31I'll do a nationwide tour, and you'll be safe.
00:41:34So we'll stay together?
00:41:35You will stay and me playing poker in the wings?
00:41:38Churchill's sending me there to raise money for the war effort.
00:41:41Not lose it on cards.
00:41:42I never lose.
00:41:44When the doctor gave you 50-50 chance to live,
00:41:46I went to Ladbrokes, they gave me two to one.
00:41:48You made me very rich.
00:41:50You're a fool.
00:41:51You're wonderful.
00:41:52Gracie Fields crosses the Atlantic to Canada.
00:41:59A brave undertaking in these dark and troubled times.
00:42:06Oh, welcoming, Commitator Ziraj.
00:42:11Welcome to Canada, Miss Fields.
00:42:12I'm honored to be here.
00:42:14You are Mario Bianchi?
00:42:16I am.
00:42:17I must ask you to accompany me, please, sir.
00:42:19Accompany you? Okay.
00:42:20Where's the piano?
00:42:21I'm arresting you, Mr. Bianchi, on behalf of...
00:42:25Oh, hold on.
00:42:26This is my husband.
00:42:27Arrest him?
00:42:28Why, what's he done?
00:42:30Mussolini has formally declared war in Britain,
00:42:32and Mr. Bianchi is therefore an enemy alien.
00:42:35We're not here in Canada.
00:42:36He's not.
00:42:37We're an allied nation at war, Miss Fields.
00:42:39Italian nationals are to be interned.
00:42:41So I'm afraid you will have to come with me, Mr. Bianchi.
00:42:44Well, I'm coming too.
00:42:45Gracie.
00:42:45So that won't be necessary, Miss Fields.
00:42:47Oh, yes, it will.
00:42:48I've come here to do concerts at the behest of Winston Churchill,
00:42:51Prime Minister of England,
00:42:52and he made no mention of performing in prison.
00:42:54Miss Fields.
00:42:55If you arrest my husband, you arrest me,
00:42:58or you go and get your superior to sort this out.
00:43:00I'm very sorry about all of this, Miss Fields.
00:43:05There was never any question of Mr. Bianchi being arrested.
00:43:09A misunderstanding.
00:43:11So can we get on now?
00:43:13As per instructions,
00:43:14we are to guarantee your husband's safe passage to California.
00:43:18Please to accompany me on my tour.
00:43:20Once he has his American passport,
00:43:22then you will be free to travel together once more.
00:43:24This is completely unacceptable.
00:43:26My wife has been a very sick woman.
00:43:27She can't possibly do this alone.
00:43:28That's right.
00:43:29So the tour is cancelled.
00:43:30My wife is coming with me.
00:43:31Hold on, Monty.
00:43:32I'm...
00:43:38You should consider yourself fortunate, Mr. Bianchi,
00:43:42that special arrangements have been made for you.
00:43:45I'll let you say your farewells.
00:43:50He's assuming you're staying.
00:43:52I can't cancel all these shows, can I?
00:43:55You have to.
00:43:56You are coming with me to America,
00:43:58where everyone is welcome.
00:44:00You can't pull out of the tour.
00:44:02They need that money back at home.
00:44:04It's why I'm here.
00:44:05Yes.
00:44:06I thought we came to Canada so that we could be together.
00:44:09We did, but...
00:44:10But all you can think of is them, them, them.
00:44:12But you're not married to them.
00:44:13You're married to me.
00:44:14Come with me, Mrs. Bianchi.
00:44:25I can't let my country down.
00:44:27I can't forget all the love they've shown me.
00:44:30That isn't love.
00:44:32If that isn't love,
00:44:33then I don't know what is.
00:44:39No, maybe you don't.
00:44:40Goodbye, Gracie.
00:45:06Thanks, Guy.
00:45:26Thanks, Guy.
00:45:26Thanks, Guy.
00:45:28Now is the hour
00:45:47For me to say goodbye
00:45:52Soon I'll be sailing
00:45:59Far across the sea
00:46:05While I'm away
00:46:11Oh, please remember me
00:46:18When I return
00:46:23I'll find you waiting here
00:46:33Stupid bloody man
00:46:35Harry, where did you come from?
00:46:38That musical director
00:46:39Bloody rude he is
00:46:40He ridiculed my accent the whole time
00:46:42And what musical director?
00:46:45Harry, he's Welsh
00:46:46He's as Welsh as you are
00:46:48Well, what part of Wales is he from?
00:46:51Welsh Wales
00:46:52Just like you
00:46:53Well
00:46:54There's some parts of Wales
00:46:56That you might consider to be Welsh
00:46:58That I, as a Welsh man, wouldn't
00:47:00Not necessarily
00:47:02Oh, come here, you daft earpuff
00:47:04Oh, I'm sorry, Grace
00:47:07I'm a little bit uptight, you know
00:47:09To the piles again, see
00:47:11Oh, never mind your piles
00:47:13Whatever happened to the Irish Guards?
00:47:15Well, I've been transferred
00:47:16And I, thanks to you
00:47:16Word got through
00:47:18That your new accompanist
00:47:19Wasn't up to much
00:47:20So here I am
00:47:20And that piano they had in the Guards
00:47:23Was probably the best I've ever played
00:47:24So I hope you're happy with yourself
00:47:26No Monty
00:47:30No
00:47:32No Monty
00:47:34I'll be doing 34 concerts here in Canada
00:47:40And if they go well
00:47:41I'll be straight back for some more
00:47:42And all the proceeds will go to the Navy League?
00:47:45Every single penny
00:47:45I'll be stony brought by the end of it
00:47:47I can tell you
00:47:48Well, I can tell you, Miss Fields
00:47:49We are most pleased to have you here
00:47:51Bye, Gum
00:47:51I'm pleased to be here, love
00:47:52Do you think that Canadians
00:47:54Will have a problem
00:47:55Understanding your Cockney accent?
00:47:57Left the bloody hotel
00:47:59Without meeting you
00:47:59We just couldn't wait, you love
00:48:01If I could ask you
00:48:01This is Harry, my accompanist
00:48:03Harry, Miss Fields says
00:48:04That you've been her accompanist
00:48:05For ten years
00:48:06Oh, that's a lie
00:48:07I've been working for her
00:48:08For nine years, eleven months
00:48:09What are you laughing about?
00:48:12It's true
00:48:12I gather your husband
00:48:13Won't be joining you
00:48:14On the tour, Miss Fields
00:48:15No, I'll be meeting him
00:48:16In California
00:48:17When I've finished here
00:48:18What do you think of Vera Lynn?
00:48:20She's a bonny lass
00:48:21They've started calling her
00:48:22The Force's sweetheart
00:48:24Back in England
00:48:25Yes, well, she's a lovely young thing
00:48:26One last question
00:48:28Mr. Churchill recently announced
00:48:30That the Battle of Britain
00:48:31Has begun over the skies of England
00:48:33Do you have a message
00:48:34For everyone
00:48:35So many miles away back home
00:48:36Yes
00:48:37Tell them I'm working as hard as I can
00:48:39To raise money
00:48:39That will keep them safe
00:48:40And I'll be back with them
00:48:42As soon as humanly possible
00:48:43Miss Fields
00:48:44Some of the English papers
00:48:45Are suggesting it isn't patriotic
00:48:47For you to be here right now
00:48:49Doing concerts
00:48:49When people are dying back
00:48:51And eagerly
00:48:51Bye-bye
00:48:52Miss Fields
00:48:53Will that be all for today, ma'am?
00:49:04Yes, thank you, Guy
00:49:05He reminds me of that fellow
00:49:12Used to work for you
00:49:13Years ago, a big fellow
00:49:14I don't remember
00:49:16I don't remember
00:49:16Oh, I know
00:49:18You couldn't move for young men
00:49:19In them days
00:49:20Aye
00:49:20And all of them after one thing
00:49:22Really?
00:49:24Yes
00:49:25Miss Fields, I've got a song for you
00:49:28Miss Fields, please sing my song
00:49:31I had to hire that big fella
00:49:34To get out of the stage door
00:49:35Like an ape he was
00:49:37Like a gorilla
00:49:38Massive
00:49:39He only let you in
00:49:41Because he thought you were
00:49:41A messenger boy
00:49:42No, no
00:49:43Because
00:49:44Even he could see my genius
00:49:4717-year-old
00:49:49Scrawny
00:49:50With your thick spectacles
00:49:52And a song
00:49:53That you bought
00:49:54On the spot
00:49:55Oh, that's true
00:49:56I sang it that very night
00:49:59I hate you
00:50:03For the agony and pain
00:50:06That I've been through
00:50:09For the sorrow and the rain
00:50:12That's just what I mean
00:50:14When I say
00:50:16I hated you
00:50:18I despise
00:50:24Every little thing that you do
00:50:26You'll find out
00:50:28What I say is only too true
00:50:31Nobody knows
00:50:34How much I
00:50:36Hate you
00:50:38How could you write that, eh?
00:50:41When you're only 17?
00:50:42I would've told you
00:50:43Genius
00:50:44But how did you know about life?
00:50:48For them listening to songs, I suppose
00:50:50Same as me, then
00:50:52Just listening to songs
00:50:54And singing them back
00:50:54Over and over
00:50:56So you never had your heart broken?
00:51:06No
00:51:06Of course not
00:51:09I was only 17, wasn't I?
00:51:14We've sung about the lot of it, haven't we, Harry?
00:51:16Things that have never happened
00:51:19Places we've never even been
00:51:22I must've sung I Love You 100,000 times
00:51:26Or more
00:51:27It's what people want to hear
00:51:29Yes, it is, you're right
00:51:32It's what people want to hear
00:51:34So it's what we do
00:51:35Singing
00:51:36And making noises
00:51:38Have you ever been in love, Harry?
00:51:54I think it's, um
00:51:55I think it's time we went to bed
00:51:57Yes
00:52:00I suppose it is
00:52:02They're not so clever in Asia, sorry
00:52:13Are they, guy?
00:52:14No, ma'am
00:52:15How sad and disappointed I am
00:52:17That you, Gracie Fields
00:52:18Should run off with your wog husband
00:52:20In our hour of need
00:52:21He is a well-known fascist
00:52:23And I believe he was once a member
00:52:25Of Al Capone's gang
00:52:26He's not a wog, you silly fool
00:52:29He's a wop
00:52:30Some people
00:52:32They seem to know that in Cheam
00:52:34And Bognor
00:52:36And Stroud
00:52:37And Penzance
00:52:38Why don't they know it in Asia?
00:52:41They're going to throw rotten eggs
00:52:43At me in Reading
00:52:43And in Hitchin
00:52:46They're going to hang me
00:52:47From the highest
00:52:47Is that how you spell bow?
00:52:53No, ma'am
00:52:54And there's no why in Dago, either
00:52:57Three days now
00:53:06Three days
00:53:09Since I've had a satisfactory movement
00:53:11Good morning, Harry
00:53:12I got halfway through the stocks and shares
00:53:15Before I finally gave up
00:53:16Oh, no, I wouldn't look at that
00:53:18If I were you
00:53:19You're talking about your tea?
00:53:24Stuff and nonsense, all of it
00:53:25What the heck?
00:53:27Well, there, I told you not to read it
00:53:28Miss Gracie Fields has fled England
00:53:30With her Italian husband
00:53:31And an estimated £100,000 in cash
00:53:35And a further fortune in jewellery
00:53:38How ridiculous can you get?
00:53:41How can they print such rubbish?
00:53:43There's a war on, for heaven's sake
00:53:44What are you looking at me like that for?
00:53:48Well, did you?
00:53:50Of course I bloody didn't
00:53:51It's a damn lie
00:53:53Is it?
00:53:55Of course it is
00:53:56Well, I thought it was
00:53:57It's a load of rubbish
00:53:59And you know it
00:54:00It's obviously five or six next week
00:54:12See you
00:54:14Why have you run away from England?
00:54:27I've not run away from England
00:54:28I've come here to perform
00:54:30Is that your husband?
00:54:31No, he's not
00:54:31That's not her husband
00:54:32Has he gone back to Italy?
00:54:33I'm wearing a head in your jewels
00:54:35I'm wearing it
00:54:36It's all here
00:54:37On this finger
00:54:38That's all the jewelry I've got
00:54:39How much have you really smuggled out of Britain?
00:54:41I haven't smuggled anything out
00:54:42Are you aware of the fact the questions have been asked in Parliament, Miss Fields?
00:54:45They say you've smuggled out 10,000 pounds
00:54:46Why hasn't your husband been in prison?
00:54:48Because he's done nothing wrong
00:54:49Miss Fields
00:54:50And neither have I
00:54:51If I've done anything wrong
00:54:52Then I will go home and put it right when I've finished here
00:54:54But I'm here on a tour and I'm getting on with it
00:54:57Because there's people need a smile putting it back on their faces
00:54:59I don't need you lot of notice, but there's a war on
00:55:02That idea that you're here is your husband
00:55:04Miss Fields, Miss Fields, no question
00:55:07I don't speak to them, I have nothing to hide
00:55:09Your husband is a fascist
00:55:10Did you know that when you married him?
00:55:11He's no more of a fascist than me
00:55:13Are you a fascist?
00:55:14No, I mean he's no more of a fascist than me or the king of
00:55:17The king of England
00:55:18Old King Cole, I don't know
00:55:19Al Capone
00:55:20I said Old King Cole
00:55:22Your husband was a member of Al Capone's gang
00:55:24Were you aware of that?
00:55:25Al Capone?
00:55:26My husband was a Keystone cop
00:55:28I don't suppose you've ever been booed off before, have you?
00:55:40No, I haven't
00:55:41And I don't intend to start now
00:55:43Just think of the number of times you've stopped the applause with that errand boy whistle
00:55:46You know
00:55:47Every blink in time
00:55:49And we all told you, Archie, Bert, everyone
00:55:54Let the applause ride
00:55:55Because one day
00:55:57You know
00:55:58The applause might dry up if it's on the court
00:56:01Thanks, Harry
00:56:02I knew I could rely on you
00:56:04Ladies and gentlemen
00:56:05Next up on tonight's film
00:56:08All the way from England
00:56:09Britain, damn you
00:56:10Bracey Fields
00:56:12Hello, everybody
00:56:25What's the matter?
00:56:29Has someone died?
00:56:31Not yet
00:56:31I was going to sing
00:56:34He's dead
00:56:35But he won't lie down
00:56:36But I dare to cause offence
00:56:38Can you sing far, far away?
00:56:41I'm sorry, love
00:56:41I'm a bit deaf
00:56:42What was that?
00:56:43There will always be in England
00:56:45What are you saying?
00:56:45There will always be in England
00:56:47Let's hope so, love
00:56:48That's why I'm here
00:56:50Sing it
00:56:51Sing
00:56:51There will always be in England
00:56:53While there's a country lane
00:57:08Wherever there's a cottage small
00:57:12Beside a field of grain
00:57:16There will always be in England
00:57:20While there's a busy street
00:57:24Wherever there's a turning wheel
00:57:29A million marching feet
00:57:32Red, white, and blue
00:57:35What does it mean to you?
00:57:36Yes, yes
00:57:37Surely you're proud
00:57:38Shout it out loud
00:57:39Britain's awake
00:57:40The Empire too
00:57:42We can't defend on you
00:57:44Freedom remains
00:57:46These are the chains
00:57:47Nothing can free
00:57:48They'll always be in England
00:57:53You're home, you coward
00:57:54And England shall be free
00:57:57And it can be lost
00:58:00To you
00:58:03As England
00:58:05You're home, you coward
00:58:06And England shall be free
00:58:08And it can be lost
00:58:13To you
00:58:15As England
00:58:17Okay, so you put this in your newspaper
00:58:23Are you listening?
00:58:25I am not a British citizen
00:58:27And it is my own money
00:58:29My wife and I follow the usual procedure
00:58:34By making regular application
00:58:37For permission to take our money with us
00:58:40It is just because I am Italian
00:58:43That they are trying to make things
00:58:44Disagreeable for Miss Fields
00:58:46I wish they would cease
00:58:48She has been giving generously
00:58:50Of her time and talents
00:58:51If they bother us anymore
00:58:53I'm going to telephone to her
00:58:54To come home
00:58:55And live like a normal person
00:58:56Hello?
00:59:11Why the hell have you stuck your oar in?
00:59:13Gracie
00:59:14You've made the whole situation
00:59:15A hundred times worse
00:59:16Gracie, calm down
00:59:17All you've done is stir it up
00:59:19They would have let it go
00:59:20Believe it or not
00:59:21I won't stand by
00:59:21And see you humiliated
00:59:23By these idiots
00:59:23It's my business
00:59:25Don't interfere
00:59:25Gracie, I am your husband
00:59:27I can't ignore my wife
00:59:28Being called a traitor
00:59:29A traitor
00:59:30This is what they are calling you
00:59:32They're only calling me a traitor
00:59:33Because I married you
00:59:34Well, if that's how you feel
00:59:35Then maybe you should have thought twice
00:59:37About marrying a whop in the first place
00:59:38Why did you marry me?
00:59:40My mother told me to
00:59:41Maybe you should do what I tell you
00:59:42Well, maybe I don't want anyone
00:59:44Telling me what to do anymore
00:59:45No, you're right
00:59:46Maybe you don't
00:59:46You don't need me
00:59:47You don't need anyone
00:59:49You're on your own
00:59:50Oh
00:59:59And now, ladies and gentlemen
01:00:08Well, I have with me
01:00:10Miss Gracie Fields
01:00:12All the way from England
01:00:13Gracie, welcome to Iowa
01:00:15Gracious
01:00:16Is that where we are?
01:00:18It most certainly is
01:00:19So, you've been on tour
01:00:22For quite some time now
01:00:23How is it?
01:00:23It's been fantastic, Joe
01:00:25The people have been wonderful
01:00:26And the audiences are terrific
01:00:28Well, I am very pleased to hear that
01:00:30You're probably better off here in Iowa
01:00:32Because I believe
01:00:33That some of the newspapers
01:00:34Back in Britain
01:00:35Are calling you a traitor
01:00:36Actions speak louder than words
01:00:38I was always taught, Joe
01:00:39Which is why I'm here
01:00:41To raise awareness
01:00:42In the good old U.S. of A
01:00:43Because we need your help
01:00:45We're counting on it
01:00:46What kind of reception
01:00:48Do you expect
01:00:48When you return home?
01:00:50Well, I'm not going home yet
01:00:51I've got plenty more work
01:00:52To do here
01:00:52We've got concerts
01:00:54All over the place
01:00:55Here, there, and everywhere
01:00:56You must be a little scared
01:00:57To go back to Britain, huh?
01:00:59I don't think so
01:01:00I miss all those wonderful people
01:01:02Back at home
01:01:03I miss their love and devotion
01:01:05And I'll get back to them
01:01:07As soon as I can
01:01:07Scared?
01:01:10Why would I be scared?
01:01:11Well, I was thinking of the bombing
01:01:13Of your country, Miss Fields
01:01:14I'd be scared
01:01:15I'd be happier to be here
01:01:16Now, you're going to sing for us tonight
01:01:20Am I right?
01:01:21That's right, Joe
01:01:22I'm going to sing
01:01:23Looking on the Bright Side
01:01:24Ladies and gentlemen
01:01:25Miss Gracie Fields
01:01:27With Looking on the Bright Side
01:01:29And we're up here
01:01:31Gracie, thank you very much
01:01:32May I say
01:01:34That is quite an accent you have
01:01:35Thank you
01:01:36And may I say
01:01:37So do you
01:01:38I was expecting something
01:01:39A little more mid-Atlantic
01:01:40Mid-Atlantic
01:01:42In the middle of the ocean
01:01:44Drowning
01:01:47I'm looking
01:01:49On the bright side
01:01:51Though I'm walking
01:01:52In the shade
01:01:54Sticking out my chest
01:01:55Hoping for the best
01:01:57Looking on the bright side
01:01:59Of life
01:02:00I'm waiting
01:02:02For the right tide
01:02:04And if luck comes to my head
01:02:07Giving me a break
01:02:09I shall be awake
01:02:10Looking on the bright side
01:02:12Of life
01:02:14Today I'm in the shadow
01:02:17Tomorrow maybe
01:02:19Stop a minute will you
01:02:21The clouds will lift
01:02:23And let the sun
01:02:24Shift over to me
01:02:26Are you Gracie Fields?
01:02:28Yes love
01:02:28I am
01:02:29I'm looking
01:02:32On the bright side
01:02:34Though today's all care
01:02:36And strife
01:02:37I can wear a grin
01:02:38Kicking out my chin
01:02:40Looking on the bright side
01:02:42Of life
01:02:43I don't want to speak to anyone
01:03:05No one at all
01:03:07He's not
01:03:11Thank you
01:03:13Bye bye
01:03:15Ma'am
01:03:36Oh
01:03:41Nothing guy
01:03:43Good night
01:03:45Is that tea or coffee?
01:04:07I don't know
01:04:08I think it's today's tea
01:04:12That smells
01:04:12Of yesterday's coffee
01:04:13Or maybe vice versa
01:04:17Oh
01:04:20I can't live like this much longer
01:04:28No
01:04:30Neither can I
01:04:31A proper cup of coffee
01:04:33My own bed
01:04:35Or maybe even someone else's
01:04:38Is there something you're trying to tell me Harry?
01:04:44You're not courting at last are you?
01:04:47No I'm not
01:04:48I'm still only writing songs about it
01:04:51And I
01:04:51The thought of that made me unhappy this morning
01:04:55I just
01:04:58Don't want to let life pass me by
01:05:00What was that film called that you did?
01:05:15Which one?
01:05:17I don't know
01:05:18That's why I'm asking you
01:05:18What happened in it?
01:05:22I can't remember
01:05:23I think you saved the day
01:05:27I always saved the day
01:05:30Maybe there was a dog in it
01:05:34Keep smiling
01:05:36What happened in that one?
01:05:38I milked a cow
01:05:39I got chased by dogs
01:05:41I nearly drowned
01:05:42I did a tour with tramps
01:05:44Then I saved the day
01:05:46No no no
01:05:46It wasn't that one
01:05:47You were
01:05:50You did the Apache dance
01:05:54Queen of hearts
01:05:57Queen of hearts
01:05:58That's the first film Monty directed me in
01:06:15Silly beggar
01:06:16He put a pile of newspapers under my seat on the first morning
01:06:19Then he set failure to them
01:06:21I should have known
01:06:23Queen of hearts
01:06:27I like that one
01:06:28You got the fella at the end for once didn't you?
01:06:32You're
01:07:02Have me. I'll always cling to you. You'll have me. I'll always sing to you.
01:07:21Life gave us our awful blow, but my dear, we'll live to show the world what love can do.
01:07:32Gracie.
01:07:53Auntie.
01:07:56She's going to be in my new picture.
01:08:02It's called Honeymoon Merry-Go-Round.
01:08:06It's about a pair of newlyweds who try to have a nice romantic honeymoon and end up having a big fight instead.
01:08:12Oh, dear.
01:08:14Don't worry. It's a comedy.
01:08:16Doesn't sound so funny.
01:08:18Oh, it's funny. I wrote it myself.
01:08:22What happens in the end?
01:08:30I don't know yet.
01:08:34Did you get my card? I sent you a card.
01:08:36Our Gracie.
01:08:42I should have known you would never be my Gracie.
01:08:48I am your Gracie.
01:08:50Really, I am.
01:08:52Think how many of these you have given away over the years? Thousands.
01:08:58That's the last one.
01:09:00I'm going to pack it all in.
01:09:02Why?
01:09:06For you.
01:09:08Impossible.
01:09:10I can do it now.
01:09:12I know I can.
01:09:14I could never have thrown it all in before.
01:09:17I was too frightened.
01:09:19Running for me life.
01:09:21Couldn't stop.
01:09:23But I'm not frightened anymore.
01:09:26Gracie.
01:09:28Because I've got you.
01:09:33I don't have to be Gracie Fields.
01:09:35With you.
01:09:39I can just be me.
01:09:41Gracie, you said it yourself.
01:09:43This is what we do.
01:09:44This is who we are.
01:09:45If you stopped performing, you would die.
01:09:58There you go, Monty.
01:10:04You're Gracie.
01:10:08I love you, Monty.
01:10:11I want to be Mrs. Bianchi.
01:10:17Well...
01:10:18Please, just once.
01:10:22It's Bianchi.
01:10:28Hello.
01:10:38Well, I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be back now I've finished my little war job.
01:10:43It started so long ago, in France, then Canada, then I toured America for British war relief.
01:10:50Then it was Honolulu and the Fiji Islands, through to Australia and New Zealand.
01:10:55Through Borneo and New Guinea, before we joined the Americans.
01:10:59And then we did all through the Philippines and right up to Okinawa.
01:11:03I say I want to retire, but nobody takes any notice of me.
01:11:07But I suppose as long as my...
01:11:11Keeps working, I'll keep following it.
01:11:15Cheerio, everybody.
01:11:16And God bless all of you.
01:11:18Now the war is over, how does it feel to be back here at the London Palladium?
01:11:28Grand, lad.
01:11:29It feels grand.
01:11:30But you live on the Isle of Cadbury now?
01:11:32That's right.
01:11:33With my husband.
01:11:34Husband.
01:11:35Writer.
01:11:36Faithful retainer.
01:11:37Ten minutes.
01:11:38OK.
01:11:39I'll leave you to it now.
01:11:41Thank you, Miss Fields.
01:11:43Miss Fields?
01:11:44Yes, love?
01:11:45Do you, by any chance, remember getting stuck in the mud in northern France in November 1939?
01:11:54And a bunch of British soldiers helped push you out?
01:11:57Yes, I do.
01:11:58And a little lad asked me to sing Sally for him.
01:12:01That's right.
01:12:02I wonder what happened to him.
01:12:05Oh, don't you worry.
01:12:07He's fine.
01:12:31Will it be all right?
01:12:33You will be wonderful.
01:12:35You'll no doubt be pleased to know the train has successfully left the station.
01:12:47Oh, that's a weight off my mind.
01:12:50Harry, what are you talking about?
01:12:52He means he's just succeeded in moving his bowels.
01:12:55Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Gracie Fields!
01:13:00Come on, Harry, lad.
01:13:01Do your stuff.
01:13:05Take me to your heart again.
01:13:24Let's make a start again.
01:13:28Forgiving and forgetting.
01:13:29Take me to your heart again.
01:13:30And leave behind from them.
01:13:31A life of lonely gritting.
01:13:33Take me to your heart again.
01:13:35Take me to your heart again.
01:13:37And leave behind from them.
01:13:40A life of lonely gritting.
01:13:41Dearest, let's turn back the years.
01:13:56Let smiles come after tears.
01:14:00Like sunshine after rain.
01:14:01I'm yearning for you by night and by day.
01:14:15Pray, I'll soon hear you say I love you.
01:14:28Then we'll never part again.
01:14:34If you will take me to your heart again.
01:14:35If you will take me to your heart again.
01:14:47Honestly, I've let maravil intoorientation.
01:14:49I see you soon!
01:14:53My path got that night, I will never party.
