Two Hearts in Wax Time (1935)
Syd Saylor: Mannequin Dresser
Quotes
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[first lines]
Joe - the Inebriated Custodian : [drunkenly singing 'I'm Always Chasing Rainbows' as he stumbles down the basement stairs by wear the window dressers are at work] I'm always chasing rainbows, doo doo doo doo-doo doo...
Mannequin Dresser : That's Joe, drunk again.
Joe - the Inebriated Custodian : ...I'm always chasing rainbows,
[stumbles into a male mannequin]
Joe - the Inebriated Custodian : oh, look out, look out - don't make a pass at me.
Mannequin Dresser : I'm gonna put a stop to that once and for all.
[approaches Joe and taps him on the shoulder with a mannequin arm]
Mannequin Dresser : Hey menace... how'd ya like to have somebody jerk your arm off?
Joe - the Inebriated Custodian : Haha, he couldn't take it. Haha.
[offering his bottle of liquor]
Joe - the Inebriated Custodian : Have a nip? Aged in cellophane.
Mannequin Dresser : Thanks, but I never drink when I'm working...
[points to a mannequin]
Mannequin Dresser : uh, Shirley would object.
Joe - the Inebriated Custodian : Haha, I'm not that drunk. Haha, that's a dummy.
Mannequin Dresser : Shh, if she hears you she'll be very insulted.
Joe - the Inebriated Custodian : You guys act like ya think they were human.
Mannequin Dresser : Were? Why, they are human! Why, if you only understood them, you'd realize they have feelings too - just the same as you have.
Mannequin Dresser : And they're just as smart.
Mannequin Dresser : [Approaches 'Shirley'] Ahem, Madame, you have an appointment in window two.
[applies fake tears to her face]
Mannequin Dresser : Aww look, she's cryin'.
Mannequin Dresser : It breaks her heart to leave her boyfriend, but that's alright honey; I'll place him in the window next to yours.
[they exit the room with the mannequin couple]
Joe - the Inebriated Custodian : [approaches another male mannequin and briefly examines him, realizing that he's facing/looking at another female mannequin in a negligee] Huh, maybe you are a human after all.
[the scene fades out]