- 4 months ago
A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.
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00:04:29Take it easy, bartender.
00:04:33Who do you think you're talking?
00:04:34What do you think is going to pull it out?
00:04:36A lot of bunch of wise guys around here.
00:04:39What are you coming out of?
00:04:40How are you going to make a big thing?
00:04:42You want it.
00:04:43My name is Dockery?
00:04:44My name is Dockery.
00:04:45My name is Dockery.
00:04:45Why don't you speak?
00:04:47You can't have God down with me.
00:04:50Take it easy.
00:04:51Who are you coming out of here?
00:04:53Why don't you try to do that?
00:04:54Get over here.
00:04:55Who are you?
00:04:56A bum on the bottom?
00:04:58You got me.
00:04:59Hold on.
00:05:00I just come down for a visit.
00:05:02That was the best thing.
00:05:04What the hell are you talking about?
00:05:07My name is Brennan.
00:05:09Brennan, who the hell is Brennan?
00:05:11Well, look at Dougherty.
00:05:13The greatest Larry's man ever was.
00:05:18The only friend I had was...
00:05:20Hey, howdy, howdy.
00:05:22How you doing, good?
00:05:23Pretty good.
00:05:24Yeah.
00:05:25Where were you working?
00:05:26On the railroad.
00:05:27Whereabouts?
00:05:28Jersey.
00:05:29Well, I thought you were going down Montaui's.
00:05:31Nah, I didn't get around.
00:05:32It's a rough camp down there anyway.
00:05:33So I hear, I've never been there.
00:05:35And this brewery roof.
00:05:36How's things going jizzy?
00:05:37Fair, fair.
00:05:38That's swell.
00:05:39They fit fairly good.
00:05:41How's the flap?
00:05:42Oh, it's pretty good.
00:05:44Most of them kind of rough.
00:05:45Yeah, I know, but this outfit gave clean sheets once a week.
00:05:48Yeah, I'm one of the ways you don't get sheets.
00:05:51Just don't get them at all, huh?
00:05:52That's right.
00:05:53You just get the old...
00:05:54You don't even...
00:05:55Well, you get one blanket.
00:05:57This beer fellow drinks, huh?
00:05:59I tell you, I'm drinking beer.
00:06:01Well...
00:06:02That's all I'm buying.
00:06:03That's quite all right, sir.
00:06:04I appreciate it.
00:06:05I'd rather drink wine, though, but...
00:06:07I'll settle for beer.
00:06:08So be it.
00:06:09Give us two beers, please.
00:06:17Appreciate it very much.
00:06:18You're welcome.
00:06:22Well, here's luck.
00:06:23Your health.
00:06:24Yeah, sure.
00:06:30What have you been doing?
00:06:31Uh, lately just bouncing around.
00:06:33Working railroads, too, but...
00:06:39Some of the boys are over there.
00:06:40Would you care to come over and join a party?
00:06:43That's one of those guys over there I think I, uh, worked with on a railroad once.
00:06:52You worked with all of them on the railroad?
00:06:53Yeah.
00:06:54You certainly did.
00:06:55I want to meet you.
00:06:56Yeah.
00:06:57Have a seat.
00:06:58Thanks.
00:06:59Quite all right.
00:07:00What did you do, just come in now?
00:07:01Yeah, I just, uh, came back from Jersey.
00:07:02Oh, you did?
00:07:03Yeah, I got in this morning.
00:07:04Have a seat.
00:07:05Have a seat.
00:07:06Have a seat.
00:07:07Yeah.
00:07:08Have a seat.
00:07:09Yeah.
00:07:10Have a seat.
00:07:11Thanks.
00:07:12Quite all right.
00:07:13You do, just come in now?
00:07:14Yeah, I just, uh, came back from Jersey.
00:07:15Oh, you did?
00:07:16Yeah, I got in this morning.
00:07:17Have a seat.
00:07:18Have a seat.
00:07:19Yeah.
00:07:20Hey, you guys are muscatel drinkers.
00:07:21That's right.
00:07:22I don't drink wine myself, but if you'll make it port, I'll buy a bottle.
00:07:26Yeah, that's right.
00:07:27Bring over a negative.
00:07:28Well, I'm fine.
00:07:29Shut up on the line.
00:07:30We'll make it port, but I don't drink that muscatel.
00:07:33That's all right.
00:07:34What was that old foreman's name out there?
00:07:36I mean, what section was that old ugly Mike gone out there?
00:07:39Oh, he was out in Utah then.
00:07:41Yeah, yeah.
00:07:42Remember he, uh, uh, remember he liked to got us all killed there one day when we were raising
00:07:49track?
00:07:50He wouldn't let me knock that jack down?
00:07:52Oh, I remember that, that time.
00:07:54Boy, we were lucky to get out of that alive.
00:07:56Sure were.
00:07:57Well, looks like it's here, fellas.
00:08:00But our friends here seem to be dry.
00:08:03You're looking at the driest, you're looking at the driest guy in the party, you rascal.
00:08:08I was waiting for you to spring a drink.
00:08:11I'm going to spring a drink around you, you rascal.
00:08:14Come on, break out now.
00:08:16I'm really waiting for you to spring.
00:08:18Well, you know what?
00:08:19Well.
00:08:20Well, here it is.
00:08:21It's nice meeting a grand way.
00:08:22Thanks for your kindness.
00:08:23You're more than welcome.
00:08:24Well, that's swell of you to say that.
00:08:25But we won't make no habit of it.
00:08:26I hope we won't go into a habit, you rascal.
00:08:27You know that.
00:08:28You know that we won't go into a habit.
00:08:29What do you say we have a smoke?
00:08:30That'd be an idea, too.
00:08:31It might be.
00:08:32This is one of the damnedest places ever I saw.
00:08:33Well, what the hell rapture you got against you, sir?
00:08:34You know that we won't go into a habit.
00:08:35You know that we won't go into a habit.
00:08:36You know that we won't go into a habit.
00:08:37What do you say we have a smoke?
00:08:40That'd be an idea, too.
00:08:57Might be.
00:08:58This is one of the damnedest places ever I saw.
00:09:01Well, what the hell raps have you got against this place here?
00:09:03I mean, what's wrong with this man?
00:09:05Well, I'm just a stranger, fella.
00:09:06I wouldn't doubt that, but I mean, what's the, what's the, what's the raps you've got against this man's town?
00:09:11I think this is one of the grandest towns in the country.
00:09:13You're going to sing?
00:09:14Yes.
00:09:15Make it easy for effort, anyway.
00:09:16Well, let me tell you something, fella.
00:09:18I, I, I bought the booze.
00:09:19I don't have to sing it, too.
00:09:20Yes, you did.
00:09:20You've been a gentleman and nobody can take that rap away from you.
00:09:24Nobody can take that rap away from you.
00:09:26But listen, come here.
00:09:28Go ahead, buddy.
00:09:29Go ahead.
00:09:30Hey, Jack.
00:09:33Hey, Phil, did you ever hear, hey, Phil, did you ever hear a real song?
00:09:38Oh, oh, I beg your pardon.
00:09:39If we can't be the same old sweethearts, why then we'll just be the same old friends.
00:09:51For I want someone like you just to tell my troubles to.
00:09:58What about you, Gorman?
00:10:00How's your, uh, railroad experience?
00:10:03Oh, Pency, New Haven.
00:10:07Well, I'm going to show up.
00:10:08Okay, Joe, we'll, I'll be around for a couple of days.
00:10:11Okay, I'll be right into you.
00:10:12Come on, Joe.
00:10:13Good luck, Joe.
00:10:15And, uh, what was that?
00:10:16You fancy in a New Haven boat?
00:10:18New Haven.
00:10:18Yeah.
00:10:18Were you up at, uh, were you up in Montaweese?
00:10:21I was in Montaweese.
00:10:22Well, I guess the deal is burnt up here, so I guess there's nothing left, so I'll be around.
00:10:26Okay.
00:10:26Okay.
00:10:27I'll see you around.
00:10:28That's all right, boy.
00:10:29Okay.
00:10:30Okay.
00:10:32Well, that's it.
00:10:36These guys sure took off, didn't they?
00:10:39Sure.
00:10:40I didn't see any more in evidence, so naturally, they're going to go.
00:10:44Anything for a drink, huh?
00:10:46Yeah, I reckon.
00:10:49Yeah, well.
00:10:50That's the way it goes.
00:10:52Well, it's a Bowery boy.
00:10:54What else is there around here?
00:10:57Well, what do you mean?
00:10:59I was thinking about, uh, most of the places you go, there's always a place you can get a day's labor.
00:11:05Down here, you can get a job dish washing, uh, for a day.
00:11:10That's what I need now, a day's work, not a full week's work.
00:11:15Well, plenty of jobs, according to all I hear, but you've got to be there when they're open, that's all.
00:11:21That's understanding.
00:11:22Well, look, I'll tell you, I left camp last night.
00:11:29I'm pretty well broke.
00:11:31You in a position to spring on here?
00:11:34I haven't got penny one on me.
00:11:37Sure wish we could figure out some way to get something.
00:11:39Well, look, what have you got in the keister?
00:11:43Oh, I've got clothes.
00:11:47Well, let's go down to Seams Market, we can rake up a few bucks down there.
00:11:50Well, that's just a name that they're getting this punch down here.
00:11:54Of course, some of the stuff's hot.
00:11:56That's all right.
00:11:58You know it?
00:11:58Yeah.
00:11:59I know a lot of the boys that buy it on there.
00:12:02You'll get a good price.
00:12:04Matter of fact, you'll do better than you want a lot of these sick man joints.
00:12:07I've got to have another drink.
00:12:09Yeah, we've got to have flop too.
00:12:11That's for sure.
00:12:13So, you want to try it?
00:12:15I guess we just as well.
00:12:17Well, nothing game, nothing flop.
00:12:19Where should we open this?
00:12:41Anywhere.
00:12:42Good a place as any.
00:12:45There ought to be enough for a drink.
00:12:47Well, I haven't got too much.
00:12:56What else you got?
00:12:57Not much.
00:12:59Here we are.
00:13:02Not that, my friend.
00:13:04Why not?
00:13:06I said no, and I mean no, and that's all there is to it.
00:13:09The pants will have to do.
00:13:17I didn't just go away.
00:13:24Heh, how are you?
00:13:26But you won't you?
00:13:33Why not?
00:13:35Good morning.
00:13:39They left it.
00:13:41Bye fire.
00:13:42Boy.
00:16:43Hello, Walter.
00:16:45Hello, Doc.
00:16:47Yeah, have you got a room?
00:16:49Good money?
00:16:51Well, I haven't got a nibble.
00:16:53No credit allowed.
00:16:55No credit allowed.
00:16:57No credit allowed.
00:16:59I got a sleep, Walter.
00:17:01No credit allowed.
00:17:03No credit allowed.
00:17:05No credit allowed.
00:17:07No credit allowed.
00:17:09No credit unless you have money.
00:17:11Oh, wait a minute.
00:17:13Oh, wait a minute.
00:17:15How's this?
00:17:17There's plenty in it.
00:17:19Well, okay.
00:17:21I'll give you room.
00:17:23Leave your suitcase there.
00:17:25Yeah, I will.
00:17:27Well, thank you.
00:17:29It's here.
00:17:31Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:17:33Oh, of course.
00:17:35Thanks.
00:17:37Thanks for the business.
00:17:39One flight after this break.
00:17:41Yeah, thanks.
00:17:43Thanks.
00:18:11Thanks.
00:18:41Thanks.
00:19:11Thanks.
00:19:41Thanks.
00:19:59Hey, you know where you can get a job on a truck?
00:20:01On the corner of Houston Street.
00:20:03Follow me.
00:20:11Thanks.
00:29:05Thank you, Frank.
00:29:06Any of the boys been around?
00:29:08No, sir. Not today.
00:29:10Have you seen anybody?
00:29:12No, sir.
00:29:14Well, let me have a muskie.
00:29:16I'll make a short one.
00:29:30Have you seen Phil?
00:29:32Not today.
00:29:36What's the best?
00:29:38Don't be kidding me.
00:29:40Come here.
00:29:42Good morning.
00:29:44Go then.
00:30:00It's gonna be good.
00:31:02Hello, boys.
00:31:06Who's winning the whole marble?
00:31:09The old man beat Ed.
00:31:11Beat me two games before.
00:31:14I thought you were the house champion.
00:31:16You usually take everybody's plays.
00:31:19Well, that happens, you know.
00:31:21Every day can be the same.
00:31:24By the way, have you heard from your family lately?
00:31:27I don't care for them.
00:31:29I don't depend on them, you see.
00:31:33I live under all men's pension.
00:31:36I sit here a couple of hours a day,
00:31:39then I go out and have my whatever I feel like I have,
00:31:43then sit down in the park,
00:31:46then come back again, you see.
00:31:48That's my life.
00:31:49Well, it sounded like a quiet one and a normal one.
00:31:57That would be what I'd want right now.
00:31:59Hello, Ray.
00:32:09Hello, Gorman.
00:32:10How are you?
00:32:11Oh, fair.
00:32:12How are you doing?
00:32:13Oh, pretty good.
00:32:16What are you doing today?
00:32:17Anything?
00:32:18Oh, I was lucky today, Gorman.
00:32:20I was up on the corner,
00:32:22got a job on a truck,
00:32:24made a few dollars.
00:32:26I can think of a whole lot more pleasant ways
00:32:28to make a buck than working.
00:32:29Well, that's the only way I know how to make it.
00:32:32How about a drink?
00:32:33A drink?
00:32:34Oh, no, I'm sitting here drinking this.
00:32:36I don't care for a drink.
00:32:39Well, what are you going to do tonight?
00:32:41One of the guys was telling me
00:32:42that the Valley Mission opens up here
00:32:45about 6.30, 6, something like that.
00:32:50A fella can go down there and wash and shave,
00:32:54get himself cleaned up,
00:32:56and attend service,
00:32:58and then they'll give him a place to sleep.
00:33:02I figured I'd go down there and do that.
00:33:04You know, it would keep me out of the gin mills
00:33:07because I don't want to drink anymore.
00:33:10Well, look, you made a day's pay.
00:33:14You've got the price of a flop in your pocket.
00:33:16Well, it isn't the price, Gorman.
00:33:18It isn't the price.
00:33:20Well, but if I walk over here
00:33:22and pay in for a night,
00:33:24I'd still be tempted
00:33:25until it's time to go to sleep, see?
00:33:29So I figured
00:33:30if I go on up there,
00:33:33then I'll be engaged
00:33:35until time to go to bed,
00:33:36and I won't be, you know,
00:33:39tempted to drink.
00:33:41Well, after all,
00:33:42a man's mind is his own.
00:33:43If you don't want a drink,
00:33:44you don't want a drink.
00:33:45I'll offer it to you again,
00:33:46and you say no, okay.
00:33:48Well, I'll tell you one thing, Gorman.
00:33:49I'd like to have the drink,
00:33:51but I don't want it.
00:33:52Well, pal,
00:33:53I'm going across the street
00:33:55to the confidence
00:33:56and poor two or three and me
00:33:58to carry me through the night.
00:34:01Two or three won't do you any good, boy.
00:34:03Oh, you'd be surprised,
00:34:05but it's going to be double.
00:34:07That figures.
00:34:08So I'll be seeing you, boy.
00:34:10Okay.
00:34:11Okay, Gorman.
00:34:11Take it easy.
00:34:12Take it easy.
00:34:26Take it easy.
00:34:56I am glad tonight
00:35:15to introduce to you
00:35:16our superintendent,
00:35:18the Reverend George L. Bolton.
00:35:20Reverend Bolton,
00:35:21may the Lord bless you.
00:35:26Gentlemen,
00:35:26for more than 28 years now,
00:35:31I have ministered,
00:35:35shall I say,
00:35:37on Skid Row,
00:35:40endeavoring to tell men
00:35:44that there are no hopeless cases with God.
00:35:49I think I know somewhat
00:35:54of the truth of that statement
00:35:56from personal experience
00:36:00because I am a product
00:36:03of a rescue mission
00:36:07located on Skid Row.
00:36:11I dare say there isn't a man here today
00:36:16who started out
00:36:18and to end up
00:36:20on the Bowery.
00:36:25The Bowery of New York.
00:36:28At least one newspaper man stated
00:36:33that it was the saddest
00:36:36and the maddest street in the world.
00:36:41Maybe that was an understatement.
00:36:44Truly, it is a tragic street.
00:36:48I again say I don't believe
00:36:52that ever a man,
00:36:55whether he be on Skid Row
00:36:57or otherwise,
00:36:59who started out
00:37:01with a life ambition
00:37:02to end up
00:37:03in a drunkard's grave.
00:37:06And yet that might happen
00:37:07to some person here
00:37:09this very day.
00:37:12It need not be so.
00:37:16God loves you, man.
00:37:17When you accept Christ
00:37:22you become in God's sight
00:37:24just as if
00:37:26you had never seen.
00:37:29Isn't that wonderful?
00:37:40Now, my friends,
00:37:42as our heads has bowed
00:37:43and as our eyes has closed,
00:37:46remember, sir,
00:37:46that this is God's invitation.
00:37:49The same that was given
00:37:50to this man
00:37:51so many years ago
00:37:53and so many hundreds
00:37:54that have passed through
00:37:55the doors of this place.
00:37:57It's not what I say.
00:37:58It's not what even
00:37:59the preachers said.
00:38:01But it's what you do
00:38:01tonight with Jesus.
00:38:03We ask you tonight
00:38:04to come.
00:38:05Come tonight.
00:38:06Kneel here at this altar
00:38:07and tell Jesus
00:38:09that you want him
00:38:10to be your Savior.
00:38:11Will you do it, sir?
00:38:12even as we close now
00:38:14in prayer.
00:38:16Yes, sir.
00:38:16I lost Jesus
00:38:1724 years ago
00:38:18and I've been a lost man
00:38:21ever since
00:38:21and I'm so glad
00:38:22I came here tonight.
00:38:24Amen for that testimony.
00:38:27Anyone else, man?
00:38:28Amen for that testimony.
00:38:40Let's go.
00:39:10What's the story here? What's the setup?
00:39:12Haven't you been here before?
00:39:13No, I've never been here before.
00:39:15Well, you have to sleep on the floor the first night.
00:39:17Too many men want beds.
00:39:19Sleep on the floor?
00:39:20Oh, yes.
00:39:21Too many men want beds.
00:39:22Well, there must be quite a few come in here.
00:39:24Oh, yes.
00:39:25You say the first night, you mean I can stay here more than one night?
00:39:28Oh, yes.
00:39:29Well, how long can you stay here?
00:39:31Well, if they assign you to bed upstairs, you're entitled to a week.
00:39:35A week?
00:39:36Oh, yes.
00:39:37Well, will you get a chance to get out during the daytime?
00:39:39We'll try to get any time.
00:39:40We'll have plenty of time to look for my seat.
00:40:09Good morning, everybody.
00:40:10Have a great day, everybody.
00:40:11Let's get out.
00:40:13Let's have a good night for all.
00:40:15Good night, everybody.
00:40:16Oh, have a good night.
00:40:17David Rashford has brought some fun?
00:40:18Oh, yes.
00:40:19All ours have there?
00:40:20Back in that extra 10 minutes to go.
00:40:21All right.
00:40:22Boy, there's a bad night.
00:40:23Oh, no have a aunt.
00:40:24Thank you guys.
00:40:25There you guys are.
00:40:26Very good.
00:40:28Have a good night and have somebody changed it.
00:40:30It's the only time we can change it here.
00:40:31Are we going have a good night before the holidays?
00:40:32Listen, fellas, I want to tell you something about what you have to do now while you're
00:40:47in here. You see, we're here to help you. We want to give you a bed. Before we can give
00:40:52you a bed, you've got between up and listening. You keep quiet till I get through, and then
00:40:55you can start. In the first place, you have to stay in here all night. You have to have
00:41:01a bath. You'll have to put your clothes in the fumigator. You have to wash your small
00:41:05clothes. You have to shave. All those things you have to do before you can have a bed,
00:41:09and then we'll give you a bed. Now listen, when you come in here, you leave the booze
00:41:14outside. Forget all about Sneaky Pete. He's the thing of the past with you. When you come
00:41:19in here, stay sober, because when you give the ticket, that's a contract that you're going
00:41:23to stay sober as long as you hold that ticket. The minute you come to the front door in the
00:41:28evening at 6 o'clock to come down here, the man will see whether you've had a drink
00:41:32or not. If you're under the influence of liquor, you cannot sleep in the dormitory. The dormitory
00:41:37is clean. The beds are clean. There's a shower up there and a place to shave. Everything
00:41:41is there for your use. But you can't get up there under the influence of liquor.
00:41:47dropping out.
00:42:10Take this. Oh, thanks. Don't get used to this. What time do we get up in the morning? 6 o'clock.
00:42:14We'll get used to this.
00:42:15What time do we get up in the morning?
00:42:16Six o'clock in the morning.
00:42:17Six o'clock now.
00:42:18Thanks.
00:42:19Okay, boy.
00:43:54I'll take it on and watch it.
00:43:56He's a man!
00:43:58He's a man!
00:44:00And he's a man.
00:44:02And he is his man.
00:44:06And he is his wife.
00:44:07And he is his mom, and he is his esse.
00:44:11I'll take it on and watch it.
00:44:13And he's on and watch it.
00:44:16And he's gone and watch it.
00:44:19I haven't done anything.
00:44:36What do you say, fellas?
00:44:37Hey.
00:44:38Oh, hello there.
00:44:39How's that, boy?
00:44:40Not so good.
00:44:41You can see that.
00:44:42You don't need to ask that question, do you?
00:44:44Well, uh, you didn't make it.
00:44:47You didn't make it.
00:44:48I couldn't take any more of that.
00:44:50I know.
00:44:51You can only stand so much, you know.
00:44:53I don't care how tough you are.
00:44:54You can't take a silver man, are you?
00:44:57No, sir.
00:44:58I don't know about you, fellas.
00:44:59I'm going to have a drink.
00:45:00Well, the older you get, boy, the faster you shrink.
00:45:03Get a glass of beer, please.
00:45:05Shut up.
00:45:06That was all right.
00:45:08I'm going to take this.
00:45:10Something's sick.
00:45:11Huh?
00:45:12I'm making out.
00:45:13Oh, you mind if I ever pass one to a cigarette?
00:45:15No, not at all.
00:45:17All right, look, I'll stand up myself.
00:45:21Can you stand up?
00:45:23Well, I hope so.
00:45:24I'm wearing a label, I don't know.
00:45:27Come on.
00:45:28All right, well, come on.
00:45:29Let's, let's get over here and stand up.
00:45:32I'll help you.
00:45:34Hey, Jimmy, you only met him tonight.
00:45:37There is the grandest night at Evel.
00:45:40We made new breath.
00:45:41Well, when you say so, that's it.
00:45:44When Collins gives him to pay you up.
00:45:45Hey, that is.
00:45:47Hey, that's a swellest night.
00:45:49All right, that's a great good night.
00:45:56And somebody talked me into taking a job on a newspaper.
00:46:00Well, I worked on the Washington Times and the Washington
00:46:03Herald.
00:46:04And meantime, I just get a yen.
00:46:07I wanted to study medicine.
00:46:08Well, I understood you were a pretty good physician.
00:46:15Sure, I graduated in medicine.
00:46:17And I got fired over the Wising Times.
00:46:20And I figured, well, I'll go somewhere where I can practice.
00:46:23Oh, yeah.
00:46:24I was a damn good surgeon.
00:46:25I was a damn good internist.
00:46:27I mean, I was a good doctor.
00:46:29I'll tell you one thing.
00:46:32You might been as good as you say.
00:46:36But me?
00:46:37I only care for one thing.
00:46:42He cut two knuckles on the Yankees.
00:46:45Yeah.
00:46:46Well, give us the old army.
00:46:48That's a straight game.
00:46:50Yes, Tommy, I will admit that.
00:46:52Do you remember that now?
00:46:53Yes, sir.
00:46:54I do.
00:46:55Say, by the way, Ray, where were you, where were you old anyway?
00:46:59I mean, what state you come from?
00:47:01You mean my originality?
00:47:04Well, your origin or what have you, you know?
00:47:07Well, I was born in Kentucky, raised in North Carolina.
00:47:14A twin brother of mine decided to join the army.
00:47:21I was a friend of his.
00:47:23I joined the army, too.
00:47:26I'm arguing with you on one point.
00:47:28Why?
00:47:29This is a reason.
00:47:30I gave him 15 cents to buy me.
00:47:32You'll buy me a band-aid bandage.
00:47:33You'll never think back.
00:47:34You're a runner.
00:47:35You see that leg?
00:47:36You see that over leg?
00:47:37That, to me, is the rousiest thing that I can do.
00:47:41Now, William, you find it nowhere, it's nowhere along the valley.
00:47:46No.
00:47:47You're entirely your opinion.
00:47:48But I want you to know one thing.
00:47:49That's about the lousiest thing that I can do.
00:47:50Now, William, you find it nowhere along the valley,
00:47:53nowhere along the valley.
00:47:54Nowhere along the valley.
00:47:55You're entirely your opinion, but I want you to know one thing.
00:47:58That's you to know one thing.
00:48:00That's about the lowest thing that a guy gets through it.
00:48:05Hold on.
00:48:14Hey, what a drink.
00:48:16I will you know, I will you know, let me get you.
00:48:19How are you going home?
00:48:21Hey, where did you come from?
00:48:24Well, I just thought in the chair.
00:48:26I can find my own chair.
00:48:28Yeah, where did you come from?
00:48:29I can find my own chair.
00:48:31You understand that?
00:48:32Yeah.
00:48:33I don't know.
00:48:35I just come around.
00:48:36Hey, Gorman.
00:48:37Gorman.
00:48:38We got to get a drink for this lady.
00:48:40Well, all right.
00:48:41We don't know where the bar is, don't you?
00:48:43I know where the bar is.
00:48:45All right, make tracks.
00:48:47Look, you're up there and get you what you're drinking.
00:48:51I want a gin.
00:48:53And I want gin.
00:48:54That police officer was a badge.
00:48:57Yes, sure.
00:48:58Suppose he would have said, well, come on with me.
00:49:00What could I do?
00:49:01He wouldn't have.
00:49:02I have a thing.
00:49:03What would I have to be?
00:49:04A gunman or something.
00:49:05You're a victim but.
00:49:06You're a victim but circumstances.
00:49:07That's certainly right.
00:49:08That's right.
00:49:09No.
00:49:10Oh, no.
00:49:11Oh, no.
00:49:12No one got it.
00:49:13The gentleman's a beer chaser.
00:49:14Who wanted a beer chaser, too?
00:49:16Anyway, if I didn't want to speak that man.
00:49:18Who are you chasing?
00:49:19Oh, that's all right.
00:49:21Well, anyway, anyway.
00:49:23You want to go with me?
00:49:28You want to go with me?
00:49:30You mean you take a broken, a broken guy like that?
00:49:36You want to go with me?
00:49:38I enter and enter all.
00:49:40That's right.
00:49:41Get rid of them.
00:49:42Then we'll be set.
00:49:44Well, all right.
00:49:45We're in.
00:49:46All right, I'll tell you what you do.
00:49:48You spend your 80 cents and go to sleep in a park somewhere.
00:49:51No.
00:49:52I don't care whether I go to sleep in a park or not.
00:49:55Yeah?
00:49:56Yeah.
00:49:57But I want to tell you what you're sleeping in.
00:49:59Yeah.
00:50:00It's none of your business.
00:50:02She's with me.
00:50:03I know.
00:50:04I want an address, I know.
00:50:06Somebody don't get my address.
00:50:08No.
00:50:09Nobody.
00:50:10No.
00:50:11I go with them.
00:50:12There's the honest.
00:50:13Boy, if I have to get up here and put you in a nose.
00:50:16That's mine.
00:50:17No, you're not going to get me.
00:50:18No.
00:50:19Well.
00:50:20That's for a bird.
00:50:21That's for a bird.
00:50:22That's for a bird.
00:50:23Look, baby.
00:50:24We are.
00:50:25Nice.
00:50:26Nice.
00:50:27You're hot.
00:50:28You're hot.
00:50:29You're hot.
00:50:30You're hot.
00:50:31Go ahead.
00:50:32Check it.
00:50:33Check it out.
00:50:34Check it right.
00:50:35Check it right.
00:50:36You're proud of you.
00:50:37Go ahead.
00:50:38It's up to you.
00:50:39It's up to you.
00:50:40Whatever you want to make.
00:50:41Whatever you want to do.
00:50:42Never jacked back.
00:50:43Never jacked back.
00:50:44Never jacked back with me.
00:50:45No.
00:50:46Don't.
00:50:47Don't.
00:50:48Don't tell me down here.
00:50:49Keep fendering down here.
00:50:50Keep fendering down here.
00:50:51Keep fendering down here.
00:50:52Peavy base.
00:50:53Peavy base.
00:50:54Peavy base.
00:50:55Hey, don't do it.
00:51:08Hey, don't do it.
00:51:09No road a date.
00:51:10Look to me like they did.
00:51:13Neither one of you knows where you are.
00:51:17Hey, listen, will you get out of here?
00:51:19Get out of here.
00:51:21Get out of here.
00:51:22Pick him up!
00:51:24Come on.
00:51:25Hey, come on.
00:51:28Hey!
00:51:28Get him out!
00:51:29Hey, come on!
00:51:30I love you.
00:51:32Come on, get him out.
00:51:32Don't give me a line.
00:51:34Hey!
00:51:35Hey!
00:51:36Hey!
00:51:36Hey!
00:51:37Hey!
00:51:38Hey!
00:51:39Hey!
00:51:39Take him out!
00:51:49Take him out!
00:51:50Take him out!
00:51:52Come back.
00:51:53Pick him out!
00:51:55Take him out!
00:51:56Get out of here!
00:55:09Now, you know I never stuck anybody on this bowery. I've been coming here for a long, long time.
00:55:15Have I ever hooked anybody here?
00:55:17Okay.
00:55:19Thank you, Walter.
00:55:26Thank you, Walter.
00:55:35So long, buddy.
00:55:36I'll see you.
00:55:37Hey, Phil.
00:55:38Hey, let's go.
00:55:44Gee, that looks right there.
00:55:46Let's get them.
00:55:47Get them.
00:55:48Get them.
00:55:49Get them.
00:55:50Get them.
00:55:52Get them.
00:55:54Hey, what's up, buddy.
00:55:56I've got to go.
00:55:57I'm going to go.
00:56:01I've got to go.
00:56:03I'll get it.
00:56:04I'm going to go.
00:56:35Well, looks like you had a pretty rugged night.
00:57:00You can say that again.
00:57:02How about a drink?
00:57:05Get that down your hatch.
00:57:24No thanks.
00:57:25Well, what's the matter?
00:57:27I just don't care for it.
00:57:29I've drank too much of that stuff.
00:57:31What's the trouble?
00:57:34Well, you know the story.
00:57:37I came in with money after working all summer.
00:57:41Yeah.
00:57:42Started drinking that mess.
00:57:45One thing led to another.
00:57:48Drank a lot, spent a lot.
00:57:51Wound up in the alley over there with nothing in the world.
00:57:54No clothes, no money, nothing.
00:57:56Well, probably some of your drinking companions hold you in there by your pockets.
00:58:00If they did, they didn't leave any pocket.
00:58:04Because I wasn't holding the thing.
00:58:07Well, that happened.
00:58:09What then?
00:58:09Well, I was just sitting here waiting to see if maybe one of the boys from the camp wouldn't come in.
00:58:16Like maybe buy a few dollars off of him and get cleaned up and go on out to Chicago.
00:58:21I'm disgusted with this place.
00:58:23I hear they're hiring men out there.
00:58:27I go out there and get a job and make my last stand out there.
00:58:35If I don't make it this time, I'm giving up.
00:58:38Well, how do you expect to get out there?
00:58:41Well...
00:58:42You haven't got any money?
00:58:44No, but if I get cleaned up, maybe I can get a day's work, you know, and...
00:58:48Then hitchhike, or maybe I'll ship up the line on the railroad and just walk on down the tracks instead of going to work.
00:58:59Ship out in the other direction until I get there.
00:59:02But I know one thing.
00:59:04There's no excuse for me to try to start just taking one or two of them.
00:59:09No good.
00:59:10That's the reason I refused that one there.
00:59:12From now on, I'm...
00:59:14not going to do it.
00:59:16We hope.
00:59:17Well...
00:59:19I'm not going to say I'm not going to do it.
00:59:23I'm going to try nothing.
00:59:24I've only said that a thousand times.
00:59:27You've got me by a couple of years.
00:59:29I've only said it about 800.
00:59:31Now, look.
00:59:32I don't...
00:59:33I'm not holding anything myself right now.
00:59:35I haven't even got a plug nickel.
00:59:37But...
00:59:37There's a buddy of mine supposed to be in here and give me some dough.
00:59:42If he does, he hasn't shown up yet.
00:59:44He's allowed about an hour overdue, but he always comes.
00:59:47Now, I'll guarantee that when I see him, you'll get enough to go on.
00:59:53Yeah, I know.
00:59:54I've heard those things before.
00:59:56Look, I don't hand Meraki out.
00:59:58When I tell a man something, I keep a word.
01:00:03My friend, I've heard that a many a time before.
01:00:06I'll be seeing you around.
01:00:07Okay.
01:00:08But a few minutes to drive for me.
01:00:09Let's go to the table.
01:00:18Let's go to the table.
01:00:26Good!
01:00:28Hey!
01:01:00Hey, what's the matter with you, anyway?
01:01:17You went out of that place like a turpentine cat.
01:01:20Oh, you know how it is, Gorman.
01:01:24I was trying to get a few bucks.
01:01:26Get myself back on my feet.
01:01:28I didn't see anybody in there I knew.
01:01:30So I figured there was as good a place as any to wait.
01:01:34You know, we try to help each other out down there when we've got it.
01:01:37I understand that.
01:01:39All right.
01:01:39I never ran into it myself.
01:01:40When you blew out of there, Obi blew in, and Obi was holding.
01:01:45Obi, that was that friend you were telling me about?
01:01:47That's right.
01:01:48He showed up, and he was carrying a bundle.
01:01:50So, I put the bite on Obi, and I got peaced off.
01:01:56Now, I'll divide the wealth with you.
01:01:58It's not much, but it might help.
01:02:01You'll share the wealth with me?
01:02:03I sure will.
01:02:04I'll go over here to Hellman's, and get a clean shirt and a clean pair of pants, and then I'll be able to get to work the game.
01:02:20That's okay, but get off this, Barry, and stay off the place.
01:02:24Well, I certainly appreciate this, Gorman.
01:02:27If I ever run into you again, I'll give it back.
01:02:31But if I don't, I'll pass it on to somebody else.
01:02:34Do what you please about that.
01:02:36We'll run into each other again.
01:02:38Thanks a million.
01:02:39Well, good luck to you, boy.
01:02:41Best to you.
01:02:41All right.
01:02:55By the way, have you seen Ray lately, Scotty?
01:03:02Yes, Ray this morning.
01:03:03Ray?
01:03:04Why, Ray this morning.
01:03:06Oh, that's right, too.
01:03:08All right, we picked Ray up in the alley this morning.
01:03:11Terrible shape.
01:03:13And we made a squeeze of heat, gave him a drink, tried to straighten him out a little, and we took him out, got him a cup of coffee.
01:03:21That's as true as you watch the way from the road.
01:03:23That's as true as you're there.
01:03:24He did that.
01:03:25That's right.
01:03:26Well, he was in here just a little while back.
01:03:29Yes.
01:03:29Yes, and he's all right now, too.
01:03:31I didn't think America would straighten out so far.
01:03:33Yes.
01:03:33I got him straight.
01:03:35I can get anybody straight.
01:03:36What you do for him, anyway?
01:03:38I dressed him up, put some money in his pockets.
01:03:42He don't brag either about what he does.
01:03:44No, I mean...
01:03:45Put him on the train.
01:03:47The boy's going to be all right.
01:03:49What do you mean by being all right?
01:03:50I know he's going to be all right.
01:03:51I got him a good job, and the kid's going to come through.
01:03:56He wanted to get off the barry, and I did the best I could to help.
01:04:01And that's all any man can do.
01:04:03Done what you've said.
01:04:03Let me tell you something.
01:04:05He'll be back.
01:04:35Let me tell you something.