0:00:05 > 0:00:09This programme contains some scenes of a sexual nature.
0:00:09 > 0:00:16# A little bit of love is a luxury That's what people say
0:00:16 > 0:00:21# And girls just long for a little bit of love
0:00:21 > 0:00:24# At the close of day
0:00:24 > 0:00:29# Now there's nothing like a little bit of loving
0:00:29 > 0:00:32# If you take it in a quiet sort of way
0:00:32 > 0:00:36# So just take my tip If you're going for a trip
0:00:36 > 0:00:40# Never mind what people say
0:00:40 > 0:00:45# A little of what you like I like, you like
0:00:45 > 0:00:48# It never does you any harm
0:00:48 > 0:00:52# And a little of what you like is bound to do you good
0:00:52 > 0:00:57# If you ever stayed the night, boys I bet you would holler, you would
0:00:57 > 0:01:01# Love is a funny feeling Feeling comes a-stealing
0:01:01 > 0:01:04# It makes the girls all love a man
0:01:04 > 0:01:08# And there's no use denying What is the use of lying?
0:01:08 > 0:01:12# That you like what I like A little love now and then. #
0:01:12 > 0:01:14APPLAUSE
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Ladies and gentlemen,
0:01:18 > 0:01:23the queen of the music halls - Miss Marie Lloyd.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Is everybody happy?
0:01:29 > 0:01:31You bet your life we are.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46(Stand up straight. Act sad.)
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Oh, dear child.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- How much?- Two shillings.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- Let's go buy some sweets, Tilly. - No, Freddie. I've got a better idea.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Go on, you've got five minutes.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30MUSIC-BOX STYLE MUSIC
0:03:11 > 0:03:15That's Little Tich, for obvious reasons.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- You here to audition?- Next!
0:03:17 > 0:03:19That's you, isn't it?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Yeah, I suppose.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26- This your first time?- Me? - You've never been on stage before, have you?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Course I have.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Bloody hell.- Name?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- Beg pardon?- Name?
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Name!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Not that difficult, is it?
0:03:58 > 0:04:04- IN POSH ACCENT:- No, I just happen to have not quite heard. Miss Bella Delamare.
0:04:04 > 0:04:10Illuminate my day with the lightness of your voice, little Miss Songbird.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- Beg pardon?- Sing. Sing! Sing!
0:04:25 > 0:04:30# The boy I love is up in the gallery
0:04:30 > 0:04:35# The boy I love is waving down at me
0:04:35 > 0:04:38# There he is, can't you see?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41# Waving his handkerchief
0:04:41 > 0:04:48# As merry as a robin that sings on a tree. #
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- Thank you.- Thank you for what? - Thank you for coming.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Good day. Next!
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Well?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Well, come on, Till. Tell me.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- How did you get on?- They loved me.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Well, who wouldn't, eh?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I just weren't what they were looking for.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25They're so used to the chaff that... that when the wheat turns up...
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Maybe I'm not as good as you think I am.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I should stick to curling feathers.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Oi! You never give up.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37As your best pal, I'm telling you. You give up, you've failed.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- Two shilling and sixpence? - Take it or leave it.- I'd have to leave it, Mr Belafonte.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45How dare you just walk out and leave me short of a girl?!
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- Two and six is more than enough for you to be standing on a stage and hoofing about a bit.- Go!
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Excuse me.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Mr Belafonte...- What?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I've seen the Dolly Sisters' act. I know what they do.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58- So?- I beg your pardon.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Miss Bella Delamare at your service.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06I'm a dancer. Now, it's not normally in my nature to talk disrespectful of my fellow artistes, but...
0:06:06 > 0:06:08What? What are you going on about?
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I'll bloody do it for two-and-a-half bob.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14You've just found yourself your missing Dolly Sister.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20# I was proposed to by Obadiah Binks
0:06:20 > 0:06:23# In a very gentlemanly way
0:06:23 > 0:06:27# I lent him all me money so that he could buy the ring
0:06:27 > 0:06:32# Punctually at 12 o'clock today
0:06:33 > 0:06:36# There was I, waiting at the church
0:06:36 > 0:06:40# Waiting at the church Waiting at the church
0:06:40 > 0:06:44# When I found he'd left me in the lurch
0:06:44 > 0:06:49# Lor', how he did upset me
0:06:49 > 0:06:52# All at once He sent me round a note
0:06:52 > 0:06:56# Here's the very note And this is what he wrote
0:06:56 > 0:07:00# He said, "I can't get away to marry you today
0:07:00 > 0:07:04# "My wife...won't let me!" #
0:07:04 > 0:07:08# There was I, waiting at the church
0:07:08 > 0:07:12# Waiting at the church Waiting at the church
0:07:12 > 0:07:16# When I found he'd left me in the lurch
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- # Lor', how it does upset me! # - Ooh!
0:07:19 > 0:07:24# All at once he sent me round a note
0:07:24 > 0:07:28# Here's the very note And this is what he wrote
0:07:28 > 0:07:32# He said, "I can't get away to marry you today
0:07:32 > 0:07:36# "My wife won't let me!" #
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- You little cow!- What did I do?! - You stole the limelight, when you're part of the chorus! It's not on!
0:08:05 > 0:08:10When you're part of the chorus, you play your part, just like everyone else.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Well, I don't want to be like everyone else.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Didn't let you down, did I, sir?
0:08:18 > 0:08:22What? Er...no, it was fine.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- You were brilliant! - Did you hear them all laughing?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- All eyes were on you. - Who wants to play the bridesmaid when you can play the bride?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Well, you were certainly the belle of the ball.- Ignore him.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- I'm Percy Courtenay.- Are you, indeed?
0:08:41 > 0:08:47And I just wondered if the belle of the ball would care for a little refreshment after such exertions?
0:08:48 > 0:08:53- So, have you been dancing on the halls for long, Miss Delamare? - No, Mr Courtenay. I'm a novice.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- I'd like to make a career out of it, but it's not easy.- You need to know the right people, don't you?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Like you, I suppose.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- What do you do, Mr Courtenay? - My profession?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Well, you're no drayman, are you, by the looks of those hands?
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- I invest on the market. - What, fruit and veg?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Stocks and shares.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25And you think I'm the type of girl that'll fall for a single rose?
0:09:26 > 0:09:32# The boy I love is up in the gallery
0:09:32 > 0:09:38# The boy I love is waving down at me There he is... #
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- She's got something.- Really?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Damned if I can see it.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48# ..Merry as a robin that sings on a tree. #
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Thank you.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00What do you think to the place?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03It's lovely here, innit?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04It is tonight.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Here, with you.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Flatterer!
0:10:08 > 0:10:12# ..There he is, can't you see? Waving his handkerchief... #
0:10:12 > 0:10:16She's got wit. Sparkle.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21# ..Merry as a robin that sings on a tree. #
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Give her five minutes on Monday night.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I'm glad you agreed to see me again, Miss Delamare.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- And I hope to see you a lot more often.- No, you won't.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Oh.- But you can see Miss Tilly Wood, if you like.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- Tilly who? - Bella Delamare's my stage name.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40I made it up. Nice, though, don't you think?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Sophisticated.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45You should call yourself something more...
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- memorable.- Like what?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- Something simple.- Charmed, I'm sure.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- Well, I ain't having Tilly Wood. - Why not? - She's far too common, isn't she?
0:10:55 > 0:10:57What name would you suggest?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02What about...
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Marie?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06What about Mah-ree?
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Marie. Yeah.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Marie what?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20# And amongst the boys I've got myself a lover
0:11:20 > 0:11:25# And since I got a lover Why, I don't care a fig
0:11:25 > 0:11:30# Cos the boy I love is up in the gallery
0:11:30 > 0:11:34# The boy I love is waving down at me
0:11:34 > 0:11:36# There he is, can't you see?
0:11:36 > 0:11:44# Waving his handkerchief As merry as a robin that sings on a tree. #
0:11:53 > 0:11:55More!
0:12:03 > 0:12:06No-one's ever given me a rose before, Freddie.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32So it's Marie Lloyd now, is it?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Yes, and don't she sing nice?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38I'll give you ten shillings a performance, and a regular spot.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- Monday night. - You've missed the boat. I'm already booked on a Monday,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- at the Royalty in Bethnal Green. - Shawcross?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- How much is he paying you? - 12 shillings and sixpence.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I'll give you 13.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- Er...I don't think she can let Mr Shawcross down. - No, he's a very important man.
0:12:57 > 0:12:5915 shillings and sixpence.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Done.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Magnificent!
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Clever girl. You shouldn't be allowed.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11There she is.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Miss Marie Lloyd of London. A common thief.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19- Who are you?- That song, it's mine. - Which song?- The only bleeding song in your act worth singing.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24- The Boy In The Gallery. I own the rights.- Oh, I had no idea.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- I bought the words and music from Hoxton Market. Honest.- You can't just sing somebody else's material.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31What did you pay for it? Two, three pounds?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33For a song like that?
0:13:33 > 0:13:37You need to keep up with the times, young man. That's a five-pound song.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Thank you.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I am slightly mollified.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Never say Miss Nelly Powers - songbird with a light comic patter -
0:13:53 > 0:13:57doesn't want to help those lower down the bill than herself.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I'm sure.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14That's your lot.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16We'll take all six.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18That'll be 18 pounds, sir.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Thank you.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30# My morning promenade Quite a fashion card on the promenade
0:14:30 > 0:14:35# Now, I don't mind nice boys staring hard If it satisfies their desire
0:14:35 > 0:14:39# Do you think my dress is a little bit, just a little bit
0:14:39 > 0:14:43# Not too much of it And if it shows my shape just a little bit
0:14:43 > 0:14:46# That's the little bit the boys admire. #
0:14:50 > 0:14:52It's very good.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- Really?- Mm.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Percy?
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- Good.- You didn't like it?
0:15:00 > 0:15:04It just needs to feel more...
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- You didn't like it. - You didn't seem...
0:15:06 > 0:15:11- relaxed.- It was good. It was good.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14You just need to give more.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Give more? What does "give more" mean?
0:15:17 > 0:15:21You need to let the audience know that you're enjoying yourself.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25You need to flirt with them.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- And then... Well, they can enjoy themselves.- Yeah.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43# Since Mother Eve in the garden long ago
0:15:43 > 0:15:47# Started a fashion Fashion's been a passion
0:15:47 > 0:15:50# Eve wore a costume we might describe as brief
0:15:50 > 0:15:54# Still, every season brought a change of leaf
0:15:54 > 0:15:57# She'd stare if she could come to town
0:15:57 > 0:16:02# Now what would Mother Eve think of my new Parisian gown?
0:16:02 > 0:16:08# When I take my morning promenade Quite a fashion card on the promenade
0:16:08 > 0:16:12# Now, I don't mind nice boys staring hard
0:16:12 > 0:16:16# If it satisfies their desire
0:16:16 > 0:16:20# Do you think my dress is a little bit, just a little bit
0:16:20 > 0:16:26# Not too much of it And if it shows my shape just a little bit
0:16:26 > 0:16:30# That's the little bit the boys admire
0:16:30 > 0:16:34# Fancy the girls in the prehistoric days
0:16:34 > 0:16:38# Each wore a bearskin to cover up their fair skin
0:16:38 > 0:16:40# Lately Salome has charmed us, to be sure
0:16:40 > 0:16:44# Wearing just a row of beads and not much more
0:16:44 > 0:16:47# Fancy me dressing like that, too!
0:16:47 > 0:16:52# I'm sure the Daily Mirror man would love an interview
0:16:52 > 0:16:59# When I take my morning promenade Quite a fashion card on the promenade
0:16:59 > 0:17:02# Now, I don't mind nice boys staring hard
0:17:02 > 0:17:06# If it satisfies their desire
0:17:06 > 0:17:11# Do you think my dress is a little bit, just a little bit
0:17:11 > 0:17:16# Not too much of it And if it shows my shape just a little bit
0:17:16 > 0:17:20# That's the little bit the boys admire. #
0:17:20 > 0:17:22APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:17:44 > 0:17:49"Marie Lloyd has an exceptionally quick ear for both pitch and rhythm."
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Let me see, Perce.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Perce!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57"Her step dancing is perfectly punctuated
0:17:57 > 0:18:01"with revealing displays of silk drawers, frilled below the knees.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05"She is much appreciated by both sexes."
0:18:05 > 0:18:07You're being admired, Tilly.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11It's Marie. Tilly's dead.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13They like me, don't they, Perce?
0:18:13 > 0:18:18One day I want to be top of the bill...Friday and Saturday nights.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I think they love me.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Who could blame them?
0:18:22 > 0:18:27So, Mr Percy Courtenay, where do we go from here?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23It's your fault.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26What are we going to do?
0:19:29 > 0:19:34My father used to say, "Where there's a problem, there's a solution."
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Girls have died doing that.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I've heard - don't think I haven't.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Well, maybe that wasn't the solution I had in mind.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46What you staring at?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- You.- Why, what's wrong with me?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Nothing.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51You're beautiful.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Make a wish and blow.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13You'll say yes, won't you?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29What's up with you?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Nothing's up with me! Except...
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- It's a big thing, ain't it, getting married?- Oh, my God.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42- Are you sure?- Course I'm sure.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- Ain't you going to congratulate me? - I dunno.- Why not?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48You tell me.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51I'm marrying him because I want to.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53It's as simple as that.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Mr Percy Courtenay.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I love him!
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- That's all that matters, then.- Yep. - Congratulations.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Look. Ain't it lovely?- Gorgeous.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17# Now I never was a one to go and skimp myself
0:21:17 > 0:21:22# Cos if I likes a thing, I likes it, that's enough
0:21:22 > 0:21:26# But there's lots of people say That if you likes a thing a lot
0:21:26 > 0:21:30# It will grow on you and all that sort of stuff
0:21:30 > 0:21:34# Now, I likes me drop of stout as well as anyone... #
0:21:34 > 0:21:36The bride and groom!
0:21:36 > 0:21:38# Although, don't you know it's supposed to make you fat
0:21:38 > 0:21:42# And there's many a lah-di-dah-di madam
0:21:42 > 0:21:44# Who wouldn't dare to touch it
0:21:44 > 0:21:47# Cos she says it spoils her figure The silly cat!
0:21:47 > 0:21:51# Well, I always hold with having it if you fancy it
0:21:51 > 0:21:56# If you fancy it, that's understood
0:21:56 > 0:21:58# And suppose it makes you fat
0:21:58 > 0:22:05# I don't worry over that Cos a little of what you fancy does you good
0:22:05 > 0:22:09# Now, once a year I likes a little holiday
0:22:09 > 0:22:14# And we always have one My old man and me
0:22:14 > 0:22:16# But the last time that we had one
0:22:16 > 0:22:18# He sprung up a new idea
0:22:18 > 0:22:22# When he saw the ladies bathing in the sea
0:22:22 > 0:22:26# He says, "Now what a man requires is a change in everything"
0:22:26 > 0:22:30# And how he ought to take his holidays alone
0:22:30 > 0:22:34# You know Away from everyday affairs
0:22:34 > 0:22:39# Very likely if you want a little fortnight on your own
0:22:39 > 0:22:44# Well, I always hold with having it if you fancy it
0:22:44 > 0:22:48# If you fancy it, that's understood
0:22:48 > 0:22:53# But if that's your blooming game I intend to do the same
0:22:53 > 0:22:57# Cos a little of what you fancy does you good...
0:22:57 > 0:23:01# And suppose it makes you fat I don't worry over that
0:23:01 > 0:23:05# Cos a little of what you fancy does you good. #
0:23:06 > 0:23:08You can't sing that to her!
0:23:08 > 0:23:10She fell asleep after the first verse.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I'm sending my audience to sleep!
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Oh, look.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22I think she's got my nose.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27- Oh, Percy, you shouldn't even joke about things like that. - You cheeky...!
0:23:27 > 0:23:33# If that's your blooming game I intend to do the same
0:23:33 > 0:23:37# Cos a little of what you fancy does you good
0:23:37 > 0:23:42# But if that's your blooming game I intend to do the same
0:23:42 > 0:23:46# Cos a little of what you fancy does you good. #
0:24:28 > 0:24:32# If I could pick up the Hackney Road and put it over there
0:24:32 > 0:24:35# I'd like to live in Paris all the time
0:24:35 > 0:24:40# I'd like to live in Paris all the time! #
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- I'd better go.- No, no, no, no. Just one last song.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Marie, I've booked a table at Romanov's. Come on.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Oh, come on, sing a song!
0:24:52 > 0:24:55One more, come on.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- Just one last song. You go ahead, I won't be long. - Right, same again for everyone?
0:25:03 > 0:25:07# Every little movement has a meaning of its own
0:25:07 > 0:25:11# Every little movement tells a tale
0:25:11 > 0:25:15# And when she walks in dainty hobbles... #
0:25:23 > 0:25:28# As I walk along the Bois de Boulogne With an independent air
0:25:28 > 0:25:33# You can hear the girls declare "He must be a millionaire!"
0:25:33 > 0:25:36# You can hear them sigh and wish to die You can see them wink the other eye
0:25:36 > 0:25:41# At the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo
0:25:41 > 0:25:45# As I walk along the Bois de Boulogne With an independent air
0:25:45 > 0:25:49# You can hear the girls declare "He must be a millionaire!"
0:25:49 > 0:25:53# You can hear them sigh and wish to die You can see them wink the other eye
0:25:53 > 0:25:57# At the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo. #
0:26:03 > 0:26:06DOOR CLOSES Good evening, sir.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- Good evening, madam.- Hello, Daisy.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Where've you been? I waited for you.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I couldn't get away.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51One song turned into another. You know how it is.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Gardenias?
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- What are you smelling of perfume for?- Do I?
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- Yeah, you do.- I'm tired.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I don't care if you're tired.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Where have you been, Percy?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- Nowhere. - Then why do you reek like...?- Look, I can go out if I want, can't I?
0:27:15 > 0:27:20- A few drinks at a gentleman's club. That's what gentlemen do. - What, when I'm paying for it?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Oh, lucky me. The famous Marie Lloyd pays for her husband to dine alone.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- Don't talk to me like that. - Shut up. I can talk to you any way I want.- No, you won't.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29I said shut it!
0:27:29 > 0:27:31I'm your husband.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Show me some respect.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36There's no excuse for it.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Ain't there?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40No, there ain't.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43I'm in charge.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Let's go to bed. I'm tired.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04# A little bit of love is a luxury
0:28:04 > 0:28:08# That's what people say
0:28:08 > 0:28:14# And girls just want a little bit of love
0:28:14 > 0:28:18# At the close of day
0:28:18 > 0:28:23# Now there's nothing like a little bit of loving
0:28:23 > 0:28:27# If you take it in a quiet sort of way
0:28:27 > 0:28:32# So just take my tip If you're asking for a bit
0:28:32 > 0:28:37# Never mind what people say
0:28:37 > 0:28:41# So just take my tip If you want a bit... #
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- Your usual table, Mr Lloyd? - Courtenay.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48The name is Courtenay.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Usual table.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06We fit in perfectly, don't we, Marie?
0:29:06 > 0:29:12- No-one would think you were common, would they? - Let's not cause a scene in public.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Where's Freddie?
0:29:17 > 0:29:22- He's not coming.- Why not? - Because I thought we would have a night on our own.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- Would you be so kind, Miss Lloyd? - Of course.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31Can we not have one meal without being followed by swarms of Marie Lloyd admirers?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- Thank you.- You're welcome.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53# Now there's nothing like a little bit of loving
0:29:53 > 0:29:56# If you take it in a quiet sort of way
0:29:56 > 0:30:02# So just take my tip If you're asking for a bit
0:30:02 > 0:30:06# Never mind what people say
0:30:06 > 0:30:11# So just take my tip If you're asking for a bit
0:30:11 > 0:30:16# Never mind what people say. #
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Tell me you love me, Freddie.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36I love you.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Then stop looking so cross.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Look, I don't want you going on stage drunk.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45I've got a natural tolerance to champagne. I was born to bathe in the stuff.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49- If he makes you unhappy... - I don't deserve to be unhappy, do I, Freddie?
0:30:50 > 0:30:54I'm not unhappy. I'm happy.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57I'm as happy as happy as happy.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Good.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15APPLAUSE
0:31:28 > 0:31:30LAUGHTER
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Hello, Mother.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Don't you "Hello, Mother" me! Where have you been, daughter?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40I've been peeping.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45Peeping? And what have you been peeping at, pray? As if we didn't know.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50I've been peeping at Little Boy Blue.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53And why have you been doing that, daughter?
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Because I'm Little Bo Peep, and every day, a-peeping I must go.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Oh, naughty, naughty!
0:32:03 > 0:32:07I don't like it here, Mother. It's far too cold.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12- SHE SQUEALS - Oh, what a terrible draught! I don't know where it's coming from,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15but I know where it's going!
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Say hello to your grandmother, daughter.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24My, what big eyes you've got, Grandmother!
0:32:24 > 0:32:28All the better to see you with, my child.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34My, what big ears you've got, Grandmother!
0:32:34 > 0:32:38All the better to hear you with, my child.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42My, what a big tongue you've got, Grandmother!
0:32:42 > 0:32:46All the better to eat you with, my dear. SHE SCREAMS
0:33:03 > 0:33:06My hero!
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Oh, my beloved.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Oh, my goodness!
0:33:14 > 0:33:1750 pounds? Christ, what's he been buying, the crown jewels?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Well, hats, shoes, jewellery, underwear.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- Your husband knows how to spend! - Swan & Lilley? That's a ladies' outfitters, ain't it?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Very select.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28So many pairs of silk stockings.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Finest silk. Only the best for Mr Courtenay, ma'am.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33But these bills do need settling.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Right. Follow me.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44Here you are. There's his suits for starters. Here are his shirts.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Here are his scarves, and down there, his shoes.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50And over here are his diamond tiepins and cufflinks.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54And if that don't cover it, he'll be home some time in the morning, I expect.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57I suggest you collar him for yourself.
0:33:57 > 0:34:03For a man with such fine taste, he always comes home smelling of cheap perfume.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Hey, er...one other thing.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Would you mind?
0:34:09 > 0:34:10For the missus.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Yeah, of course.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14It's, er, Queenie.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Much obliged.- Pleasure.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36# I'm Burlington Bertie I rise at 10.30
0:34:36 > 0:34:41# And Buckingham Palace I view
0:34:41 > 0:34:46# I stand in the yard while they're changing the guard
0:34:46 > 0:34:51# And the Queen shouts across, "Toodle-oo!"
0:34:51 > 0:34:56# The Prince of Wales' brother Along with some other
0:34:56 > 0:35:01# Slaps me on the back and says, "Come and see Mother!"
0:35:01 > 0:35:05# But I'm Bert, Bert
0:35:05 > 0:35:10# And Royalty hurt When they ask me to dine, I say no
0:35:11 > 0:35:17# I've just had a banana with Lady Diana
0:35:17 > 0:35:21# I'm Burlington Bertie from Bow
0:35:22 > 0:35:25# I'm Burlington Bertie from Bow
0:35:28 > 0:35:33# Burlington Bertie from Bow. #
0:35:35 > 0:35:38KNOCKING PERCY: I love you.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41I've only ever loved you.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Let's start again. Another chance.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49Look, I've been seeing someone tonight who can make you a real star.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54- I AM a real star.- Yeah, but only in this country. I'm talking about the world.- (It's all right.)
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Percy, go away.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- (It's all right, sweetheart.) - Open the door!
0:35:59 > 0:36:02It's all right, darling. OK.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05'Please, boys, come on, let me through.'
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Come on, please. Come on.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09We've got a show to do.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12THEY ALL SHOUT AT ONCE
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Leave the lady alone.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18We've got a show to do.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52I can't do it, Dan. Not tonight.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Course you can.- You must, Marie.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58How can I go on stage when they've all read about me in the papers?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01So what's the great Marie Lloyd going to do? Run away and hide?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Show 'em nothing can hurt you.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07When they see you've stopped smiling, they'll stop smiling.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Go on, Marie.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14APPLAUSE
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Ladies and gentlemen,
0:37:34 > 0:37:38I give you your own, your very own,
0:37:38 > 0:37:44the one and only... Miss Marie Lloyd!
0:37:44 > 0:37:46APPLAUSE
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Is everybody happy?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02SILENCE
0:38:02 > 0:38:06I said, is everybody happy?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08SILENCE
0:38:09 > 0:38:11I know what you're thinking.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Ain't it shocking? Ain't he a devil?
0:38:14 > 0:38:19How can he do this to Our Marie when she's such a lady?
0:38:19 > 0:38:25Well, there's only one thing I've got to say to my husband, Mr Percy Courtenay,
0:38:25 > 0:38:26and it goes like this.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34# Hold your hand out, naughty boy
0:38:34 > 0:38:39# Hold your hand out, naughty boy
0:38:39 > 0:38:43# Last night, in the pale moonlight
0:38:43 > 0:38:47# I saw you
0:38:48 > 0:38:52# With a nice girl in the park
0:38:52 > 0:38:57# You were strolling full of joy
0:38:57 > 0:39:02# And you told me you'd never kissed a girl before
0:39:02 > 0:39:08# Hold your hand out, naughty boy! #
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Milk or cream?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Cream.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Sugar?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Stop playing daft.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22- It's you who's being daft, dragging our names through the dirt. - Yeah? You love the publicity.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Not this sort.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28- Biscuit?- No. - Please yourself, I'm sure.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Look, Marie...
0:39:31 > 0:39:33I need you.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Why do you need me, Percy?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- Because...- Well?
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- I just do. - Well, give me one good reason.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- You know I love you.- Oh, do I?
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Of course I do. I married you, didn't I?
0:39:48 > 0:39:53And we know why, don't we? Cos I was your big investment.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Yeah, well, I've got nothing, Marie. Nothing.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Do you want to know why you've got nothing?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- He's got no money cos he gambled it all away.- Shut it!
0:40:01 > 0:40:04For a short time, though, you were lucky, weren't you?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- You had a winning smile and a winning hand.- Marie, please.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14What am I going to do?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Marie, help me.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18I don't give a raspberry tart.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- Raspberry tart...? - Fart!- Oh, good Lord.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Without me, you'd be nothing.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28No. Without me, you ARE nothing.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Some people have little or no decorum.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I've got bloody decorum.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46# And you told me you'd never kissed a girl before
0:40:46 > 0:40:52# Hold your hand out, naughty boy. #
0:41:05 > 0:41:11She has taken music hall to a new low, and to hear her talk of nothing but kissing and hugging and...
0:41:11 > 0:41:15and tipping the wink is nothing short of filth. She is a strumpet.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19She is an entertainer, and uses the milieu...
0:41:19 > 0:41:25- She has taken music hall to a new low, and in a Christian country, we must make a stand.- There she is!
0:41:26 > 0:41:31A Christian country, Miss Lloyd, with morals and...
0:41:31 > 0:41:36I don't give a damn what you and your high and mighty ladies of society say about me.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41In fact, keep on saying what you want, because the more things you say, the fuller the houses are.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45I think they're jealous. Their husbands obviously prefer you to them.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51CHATTER
0:41:53 > 0:41:55APPLAUSE
0:41:55 > 0:41:56APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:42:01 > 0:42:03PLAYS FANFARE
0:42:07 > 0:42:10BAND PLAYS: "Rule, Britannia"
0:42:10 > 0:42:12LAUGHTER
0:42:20 > 0:42:25I shall have the last laugh, Mr Belafonte, when I close your music hall down.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35The Vigilance Committee, Marie.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39- Mrs Chant has taken her case to the Vigilance Committee.- So what?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43If they rule that your act is immoral, they could close my hall down.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Immoral? What on Earth do you mean?
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- Lewd.- Oh, Mr Belafonte!
0:42:48 > 0:42:51I've never had a lewd thought in my life.
0:42:51 > 0:42:57You'll do your best to convince them otherwise, won't you, Marie? Promise?
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I might.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06# What a silly girl I am. #
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Terribly sorry I'm late, gentlemen.
0:43:10 > 0:43:15- Oh, Mrs Chant. Good day to you. - Miss Lloyd.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17How can I be of assistance?
0:43:17 > 0:43:22As you know, Miss Lloyd, your lyrics are causing a stir, and we have had complaints.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25Really? I can't think why.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30Would it be possible for you to tell me which particular lyric is causing offence?
0:43:30 > 0:43:33I merely aim to entertain, not to offend.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35Most of them.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Pray tell, Mrs Chant. Specifics.
0:43:37 > 0:43:43Well, what's that "a little of what you fancy" supposed to be about?
0:43:43 > 0:43:48It's always been a belief of mine that a little bit, not too much, of what one fancies is a good thing.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51My dear mother, for example, loves a dandelion and burdock,
0:43:51 > 0:43:54but I don't advise her to drink it by the gallon.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58- Very laudable. Would you please submit your song lyrics?- Here.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09"Do you think my dress is just a little bit"?
0:44:09 > 0:44:13People like to see a fine gown on a woman. Don't they?
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Quite.
0:44:16 > 0:44:21Er, there is the question of you showing off your...
0:44:21 > 0:44:22My drawers?
0:44:22 > 0:44:25In red, white and blue.
0:44:25 > 0:44:29It was the King's birthday. It was a special occasion.
0:44:29 > 0:44:34- Very patriotic, I'm sure. - It won't happen again.- I hope not.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38"She sits amongst the cabbages and peas"?
0:44:38 > 0:44:43An innocent song about a lady who sits in her vegetable garden.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47- How can it be anything more than innocent? - I think you know, Miss Lloyd.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51So do you suggest that I change the particular vegetable selected?
0:44:51 > 0:44:55There must be... must be one good substitute. Yeah.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59Very well. She sits amongst the cabbages and...
0:44:59 > 0:45:02- leeks?- Miss Lloyd!- What?!
0:45:06 > 0:45:09And there's the nub of it, gentlemen.
0:45:09 > 0:45:14Perhaps it's in the imagination of the audience and not in the intention of the performer.
0:45:14 > 0:45:19- Thank you, Miss Lloyd. You'll be informed of the committee's verdict. - Thank you, gentlemen.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21I'm sure you'll pass the right motion.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38# Up to the West End Right in the best end
0:45:38 > 0:45:43# Straight from the country came Miss Maudie Brown
0:45:43 > 0:45:47# Father a curate But couldn't endure it
0:45:47 > 0:45:51# That's why the lady's residing in town
0:45:51 > 0:45:54# 12 months ago her modest self
0:45:54 > 0:45:58# Felt quite sublime to sit on a fellow's knee
0:45:58 > 0:46:00# Who's been in all the grime
0:46:00 > 0:46:04# If you should want a kiss She'd droop her eyes like this
0:46:04 > 0:46:08# But now she droops them just one at a time
0:46:08 > 0:46:12# Every little movement has a meaning of its own
0:46:12 > 0:46:17# Every little movement tells a tale
0:46:17 > 0:46:21# And when she walks in dainty hobbles
0:46:21 > 0:46:25# At the back around here There's a kind of wibble-wobble
0:46:25 > 0:46:29# And she glides like this
0:46:29 > 0:46:33# And the Johnnies follow in her trail
0:46:33 > 0:46:37# Cos when she turns her head like so Something's going, don't you know?
0:46:37 > 0:46:40# Every little movement tells a tale
0:46:40 > 0:46:44# Cos when she turns her head like so
0:46:44 > 0:46:45# something's going, don't you know?
0:46:45 > 0:46:50# Every little movement tells a tale. #
0:46:50 > 0:46:52APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:47:04 > 0:47:06Evening, sir. All on your own tonight?
0:47:09 > 0:47:12All the lovely ladies to yourself, then.
0:47:12 > 0:47:17- You should be ashamed of yourself, charging a shilling to peep at these girls.- Who's it harming?
0:47:17 > 0:47:21- Well, it ain't harming your pocket! - You do well enough out of me.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25- But they don't! Hardly enough to feed their children. - If they don't like it...
0:47:25 > 0:47:30No wonder there's talks of strikes. Here you are, girls. Have a drink on me this evening, all right?
0:47:30 > 0:47:32- Thank you!- It's all right, darling.
0:47:32 > 0:47:36- Miss Marie Lloyd to the rescue again.- Get these people out of here, Freddie.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Come on, you lot. Ain't you got homes to go to?
0:47:45 > 0:47:48You're not frightened of anyone, are you?
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Well, I'm not frightened of Belafonte.
0:47:50 > 0:47:55But I am scared that you're not going to invite me over the road for a drink.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59- How about tonight?- Or maybe we should be getting home, eh?
0:47:59 > 0:48:03And maybe you should be minding your own business.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06I'd be delighted, Mr Hurley.
0:48:10 > 0:48:14- I'm only thinking of you. - You're not my moral guardian.
0:48:14 > 0:48:19- You know, I hate it when you're in one of these moods. - You hate me?- Your moods.
0:48:19 > 0:48:23- What moods?- When you're the only person in the world that matters.
0:48:23 > 0:48:27- What are you doing here, Freddie? - Sorting out your clothes.- You're here because I'm employing you.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29- No.- That's what you're doing here.
0:48:29 > 0:48:34- I've spent my whole life looking after you.- That's a lie.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36Be quiet.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40No, I've spent MY whole life looking after YOU.
0:48:40 > 0:48:45- You don't want me to be happy. - I don't want to see you making another mistake.- Well, go, then.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47- I don't need you.- You do.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50How dare you think I need you?!
0:48:50 > 0:48:52You want me to go?
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Yes. Go!
0:49:17 > 0:49:21# She's my lady love
0:49:21 > 0:49:26# She is my dove, my baby doll
0:49:26 > 0:49:31# She's no girl for sitting down to dream
0:49:31 > 0:49:36# She's the only queen Laguna knows
0:49:36 > 0:49:39# I know she likes me
0:49:39 > 0:49:44# I know she likes me Because she said so
0:49:44 > 0:49:49# She is the Lily of Laguna
0:49:49 > 0:49:54# She is my lily and my rose. #
0:49:54 > 0:49:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:50:06 > 0:50:10You meant what you were singing tonight, didn't you, Alec?
0:50:10 > 0:50:13I did.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15I could tell.
0:50:15 > 0:50:20- There was a sparkle in them eyes, and it weren't caused by the stage lamps, was it?- No.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23What caused it?
0:50:24 > 0:50:27You know what caused it.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30You did. As always.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35The things you say. Really?
0:50:44 > 0:50:46What's up, Alec?
0:50:46 > 0:50:48You make me shiver.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50When you hold my hand.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52You need a pair of gloves, darling.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54I'll buy you some from Simpsons.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56I don't need gloves to keep me warm.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00What do you need?
0:51:02 > 0:51:03Naughty!
0:51:03 > 0:51:07You're an old rooster, ain't you?
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Old faithful, more like.
0:51:12 > 0:51:16I could do with some of that right now.
0:51:16 > 0:51:18Me, too.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22Percy Courtenay said he would love me for ever.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27Don't let me down, Alec, eh?
0:51:28 > 0:51:30Never.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40Well, I'm sure we can come to an amicable arrangement, Miss Lloyd.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44Why does it need to be amicable? I'll give him £2,000 for three years.
0:51:44 > 0:51:49Miss Lloyd, these matters are complicated. There's the issue of custody, the house...
0:51:49 > 0:51:53Those are my terms. Take it or leave it.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Miss Lloyd, please. Stay.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00- I'll take it.- Oh.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Good day, sir.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10- She looks old.- Yeah.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12- And fat.- Oh.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20Still, nothing lasts for ever, does it?
0:52:28 > 0:52:31(Marie Lloyd does it again.)
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Oh!
0:52:39 > 0:52:42I love these slippers.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46- Oh, Alec, you are funny! How can anyone love slippers?- I don't know.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49I just do. They feel right.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52Just like you and me in this house together. That feels right, too.
0:52:52 > 0:52:56- Yeah.- We're going to have a lovely little life together.
0:52:56 > 0:52:57Little?
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Where's me champagne?
0:52:59 > 0:53:02I thought this morning...tea.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05- Tea's for old ladies. - We're not getting any younger.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08Alec, you were born 100!
0:53:09 > 0:53:11We could walk on the heath today.
0:53:11 > 0:53:15I thought that we could work on a double act.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18Eat your egg.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Fair deal for artistes!
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Fair deal for artistes!
0:53:36 > 0:53:38I want the world to know that I'm with you people.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41They can bully you, but they can't bully me.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44So together we shall be indestructible.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Fair deal for artistes!
0:53:46 > 0:53:49Fair deal for artistes!
0:53:49 > 0:53:53- What does Marie think she's doing, Alec?- She won't be talked out of it.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55You know this strike's spreading.
0:53:55 > 0:54:00- Two more halls in Shoreditch have gone dark. She's going to drive us out of business.- I know, sir, but...
0:54:00 > 0:54:05Look, what kind of man are you? She's your wife. Tell her! Make her obey you.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15He's blaming me for not controlling you.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18What does he think I am - your dog?
0:54:18 > 0:54:20I told him that's easier said than done.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24If it wasn't for me, those girls would be crushed, and back at work, humiliated.
0:54:24 > 0:54:29- Yeah, but you've made your point now, though, yeah? - It's not about making a point.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32- You'll run out of money at this rate.- It gives me pleasure.
0:54:32 > 0:54:36Yes, but are you doing good to make yourself feel better,
0:54:36 > 0:54:38with this strike?
0:54:38 > 0:54:40What do you suggest, then, Alec?
0:54:40 > 0:54:42That we cave in to Belafonte and his like?
0:54:42 > 0:54:45No, of course not.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18Tell... Ask Miss Lloyd to come and see me, would you?
0:55:21 > 0:55:26- One newspaper has called you a saint.- Oh, how nice of them!
0:55:27 > 0:55:33I'll pay you £100 a week if you break the strike and go back to work.
0:55:33 > 0:55:38- Don't talk silly. I'm not a blackleg, Arthur. - No, but you don't seem to mind
0:55:38 > 0:55:43- betraying those who helped you climb to the top in the beginning!- It's the public who make you a star, dear.
0:55:43 > 0:55:47And it's the managers who pay you handsomely for that privilege.
0:55:47 > 0:55:51- You only pay me what I'm worth. - And you are worth everything.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55But you shouldn't sully your professional reputation.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59Especially not when there's an invitation to perform before the King.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03We all want you topping the bill at the Royal Command, but...
0:56:03 > 0:56:07- Are you attempting to blackmail me, Mr Belafonte?- Not at all. I'm...
0:56:07 > 0:56:10I'm appealing to your better nature.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13I will not cave in to your demands.
0:56:13 > 0:56:18The public like me, and His Majesty, I am sure, is quite aware of that.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23I take it that's your last word on the matter?
0:56:29 > 0:56:35Minimum performance rates for all of you! Is everybody happy?
0:56:35 > 0:56:38ALL: You bet your life we are!
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Thank you, Arthur.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45All is forgiven.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50Forgiven, but never forgotten.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01I just think, as my wife...
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Oh, be quiet, Alec. Just be quiet.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06- I was merely pointing out... - I know, I know.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08I should be drinking tea.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Shall we go for a walk?
0:57:13 > 0:57:15No.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17Just trying to be pleasant.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21And as with everything else, you're failing, I'm afraid, Alec.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28You'll end up with no-one.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30APPLAUSE
0:58:55 > 0:58:56Freddie.
0:58:59 > 0:59:05- First little tiff, and you run off, never to be seen again.- Marie.- You said you'd always look after me.
0:59:06 > 0:59:10- I thought you... - I knew you'd be missing me.
0:59:16 > 0:59:18Hello.
0:59:25 > 0:59:28The famous Marie Lloyd.
0:59:28 > 0:59:30The famous jockey.
0:59:37 > 0:59:39Bernard Dillon, the Derby winner.
0:59:39 > 0:59:43- And what's he doing here? - Making a personal appearance. - HE LAUGHS
0:59:43 > 0:59:47- What?- You're a married woman - that's what.
1:00:00 > 1:00:04# If you'll be a sport And join the classy sort
1:00:04 > 1:00:09# You must copy country squires Chasing foxes in the shires
1:00:09 > 1:00:13# Fetch your hunting gear And chase the pretty deer
1:00:13 > 1:00:17# And try to attract the ladies' fair, from Petticoat Lane to Berkeley Square
1:00:19 > 1:00:22# Hunting after dark through the streets of London town
1:00:22 > 1:00:24# Yikes! A coy little maid I spy
1:00:24 > 1:00:26# And look how she winks the other eye
1:00:26 > 1:00:30# My, what shall I do all alone here in the park?
1:00:30 > 1:00:34# It's nearly ten And I'm scared of men hunting after dark. #
1:00:34 > 1:00:36You're so naughty!
1:00:39 > 1:00:44- So, where do we go afterwards? - Afterwards? This IS afterwards. It's past midnight.
1:00:44 > 1:00:47I thought you theatricals were always up all night.
1:00:47 > 1:00:51No, we need to keep our strength up, don't we, Alec? And I need my beauty sleep.
1:00:51 > 1:00:55You don't need any beauty sleep, Marie. Trust me.
1:01:06 > 1:01:08Night-night, Bernie.
1:01:08 > 1:01:11I don't want to hear any tales of naughtiness tomorrow.
1:01:13 > 1:01:17Think of me, won't you? Because I'll be thinking of you.
1:01:19 > 1:01:21Drive on.
1:01:25 > 1:01:26Oh, what now?
1:01:26 > 1:01:30Always having to draw attention to yourself. It's undignified.
1:01:30 > 1:01:33Undignified, is it? Oh, mister high and mighty.
1:01:33 > 1:01:36- What's dignified, then? You? - I know how to behave.
1:01:36 > 1:01:42- But you don't know how to have fun. And that's the difference. - You're a married woman.- Yes.
1:01:42 > 1:01:47- But I'm not dead. - You're starting to disgust people. Can you not see that?
1:01:47 > 1:01:50No, I disgust you. Everybody else loves me.
1:01:50 > 1:01:54- I wouldn't be so sure. - What, you think they love you?
1:01:54 > 1:01:58You think they're interested in what YOU do? No-one would have heard of you if it hadn't have been for me.
1:01:58 > 1:02:01For what it's worth, people HAD heard of me.
1:02:01 > 1:02:04They clap your act because you're married to me.
1:02:04 > 1:02:07They clap out of respect...for me.
1:02:07 > 1:02:10Maybe we are a mistake.
1:02:13 > 1:02:14Stop the carriage!
1:02:15 > 1:02:18Stop the carriage!
1:02:26 > 1:02:27Walk on.
1:02:43 > 1:02:46You are watching me tonight, aren't you, Bernard?
1:02:46 > 1:02:48I'll wait for you at Romanov's.
1:02:48 > 1:02:50Where's the champagne?
1:02:50 > 1:02:54Get another one from the bar, darling. Tell them it's for me.
1:02:57 > 1:02:59Kiss!
1:03:05 > 1:03:07You do like him, don't you, Freddie?
1:03:07 > 1:03:10Yeah.
1:03:10 > 1:03:13Why are they being so horrible about me in the papers?
1:03:13 > 1:03:16- Well...- Why?
1:03:16 > 1:03:18You're supposed to be married.
1:03:18 > 1:03:21Huh! Hardly. Alec Hurley was a little mistake.
1:03:21 > 1:03:24Surely I'm allowed to make a mistake?
1:03:24 > 1:03:27They like Alec. They haven't taken to Bernard.
1:03:27 > 1:03:31They don't know Bernard. They're being cruel about him to get at me.
1:03:31 > 1:03:35Still, you like him, Freddie, that's the main thing.
1:03:40 > 1:03:45How can there be a Royal Variety Performance without Marie Lloyd on the bill?
1:03:45 > 1:03:50- His Majesty doesn't want you. It's nothing to do with me.- Who's it to do with?- Take it up with the King.
1:03:50 > 1:03:53- Is it because of the strike? - Among other things.
1:03:53 > 1:03:56I was coming to the aid of my fellow performers.
1:03:56 > 1:04:00- I was being honourable. And for that I'm condemned?- It's not just the strike, though, is it?
1:04:00 > 1:04:04- Well, what else, then? What else can it possibly be? - You read the newspapers.
1:04:04 > 1:04:08- Idle tittle-tattle. - It's not, though, is it?
1:04:08 > 1:04:11I am the most famous music-hall singer in the country.
1:04:11 > 1:04:14They say he is young enough to be your son.
1:04:16 > 1:04:18They used to call me a saint.
1:04:18 > 1:04:21To perform before the King of our country,
1:04:21 > 1:04:26the artistes must have an untarnished reputation.
1:04:26 > 1:04:28And what reputation do I have?
1:04:31 > 1:04:35- Show me the list.- Does it matter?- I want to see the list of performers.
1:04:41 > 1:04:43Alec Hurley?
1:04:54 > 1:04:57# When I take my morning promenade
1:04:57 > 1:05:01# Quite a fashion card On the promenade
1:05:01 > 1:05:05# Now, I don't mind nice boys staring hard
1:05:05 > 1:05:10# If it satisfies their desire Do you think my dress... #
1:05:10 > 1:05:13- Alec Hurley?!- The King is an ass.
1:05:13 > 1:05:19If Alec Hurley is to perform before the King, I would refuse any invitation that came my way, anyhow.
1:05:19 > 1:05:21Exactly.
1:05:23 > 1:05:26My mother used to sing me this song when I was little.
1:05:29 > 1:05:33Here, do you think the King is jealous of me?
1:05:33 > 1:05:35I mean, I am more popular than he.
1:05:35 > 1:05:42I'm the queen of music halls. I am the people's queen!
1:05:45 > 1:05:52I am going to do a Marie Lloyd spectacular on the night of the Royal Command Performance.
1:05:52 > 1:05:54- I'll be there. - Everybody will be there!
1:06:01 > 1:06:03Listen up, people.
1:06:03 > 1:06:07On the night of the King's Royal Command Performance,
1:06:07 > 1:06:14Miss Marie Lloyd will be holding her own performance at the Pavilion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus.
1:06:14 > 1:06:17All right? Tickets on sale from Monday, at reasonable prices.
1:06:17 > 1:06:20Everyone is welcome.
1:06:20 > 1:06:25- OK? Is everybody happy? - ALL: You bet your life we are!
1:06:30 > 1:06:33Do you think I've gone too far?
1:06:33 > 1:06:38The Evening News says you're out of touch with ordinary people.
1:06:38 > 1:06:40The Daily Mirror calls you conceited.
1:06:40 > 1:06:44- People like Royalty, don't they? - It's not the King who's the problem.
1:06:44 > 1:06:47- It's living with Prince Charming here.- When it comes to it,
1:06:47 > 1:06:51the working classes are just as moral as anybody else, Marie.
1:06:52 > 1:06:55They liked Alec.
1:06:55 > 1:07:00And they like you for being you. Once they think you're someone different, you've lost them.
1:07:00 > 1:07:03- Well, I am different. I always have been.- But they mustn't think that.
1:07:03 > 1:07:07Once they think you're Lady Muck living with a bit of flash, you're done for.
1:07:07 > 1:07:12You need to show them that underneath all the diamonds and furs, you're still one of them.
1:07:16 > 1:07:19Ladies and gentlemen,
1:07:19 > 1:07:23Miss Marie Lloyd, queen of the halls,
1:07:23 > 1:07:26gives her own Command Performance.
1:07:37 > 1:07:41# We had to move away Cos the rent we couldn't pay
1:07:41 > 1:07:45# The moving van came round just after dark
1:07:45 > 1:07:50# There was me and my old man Shoving things inside the van
1:07:50 > 1:07:54# Which we'd often done before, let me remark
1:07:54 > 1:07:59# We packed all that we could pack In the van, and that's a fact
1:07:59 > 1:08:04# And we got inside all we could get inside
1:08:04 > 1:08:08# Then we packed all we could pack On the tailboard at the back
1:08:08 > 1:08:13# Till there wasn't any room for me to ride
1:08:13 > 1:08:18# And my old man said follow the van
1:08:18 > 1:08:22# And don't dilly-dally on the way
1:08:22 > 1:08:27# Off went the cart with me home packed in it
1:08:27 > 1:08:31# And I walked behind with me old cock linnet
1:08:31 > 1:08:36# But I dillied and dallied Dallied and dillied
1:08:36 > 1:08:40# I lost me way and don't know where to roam
1:08:40 > 1:08:45# Cos I just popped in to have a little drop of gin
1:08:45 > 1:08:49# And now I can't find my way home. #
1:08:49 > 1:08:54- Is everybody happy? - ALL: You bet your life we are!
1:08:54 > 1:08:57Course you are. You're having a better time than the King!
1:08:57 > 1:09:03# And my old man said follow the van
1:09:03 > 1:09:07# And don't dilly-dally on the way
1:09:07 > 1:09:12# Off went the cart with me home packed in it
1:09:12 > 1:09:16# And I walked behind with me old cock linnet
1:09:16 > 1:09:19# But I dillied and dallied
1:09:19 > 1:09:22# Dallied and dillied
1:09:22 > 1:09:25# I lost me way and don't know where to roam
1:09:25 > 1:09:28# And if someone could get me in it
1:09:28 > 1:09:34# I'd be in there with me linnet But I can't find my way home. #
1:09:52 > 1:09:58There he is. What did I tell you, Bernard? Marie Lloyd's back.
1:09:58 > 1:10:02- A triumph.- I was looking out for you. I couldn't see you.- I was a little late, so I was at the back.
1:10:02 > 1:10:05- Oh, you saw me?- Of course.
1:10:05 > 1:10:09- # I dillied and dallied... # - You can still hear them cheering! - We must celebrate.
1:10:09 > 1:10:11Book the biggest table at Romanov's.
1:10:11 > 1:10:14In fact, book the whole of Romanov's.
1:10:14 > 1:10:16I want everybody there.
1:10:16 > 1:10:18I'll, er, join you later.
1:10:19 > 1:10:25- What do you mean, Bernard? You're coming now, aren't you? - Yes. Well, later.
1:10:25 > 1:10:27I have to just...
1:10:27 > 1:10:32- Bit of business.- You mustn't let them see you drunk, you naughty boy.
1:10:32 > 1:10:34I need to go and see someone.
1:10:34 > 1:10:39- At this time of night? - Can I have some money? - What do you need money for?
1:10:39 > 1:10:44- You're happy to give everyone else money. Just not the man you're supposed to love.- But I do love you.
1:10:47 > 1:10:49Give me some money.
1:10:51 > 1:10:54- I will do.- Thank you.
1:10:54 > 1:10:57I'll try and see you later. If I can get away.
1:11:02 > 1:11:06# A little bit of love is a luxury
1:11:06 > 1:11:11# That's what people say
1:11:11 > 1:11:16# And girls just long for a little bit of love
1:11:16 > 1:11:20# At the close of day
1:11:20 > 1:11:25# Now there's nothing like a little bit of loving
1:11:25 > 1:11:29# If you take it in a quiet sort of way
1:11:29 > 1:11:33# So just take my tip
1:11:33 > 1:11:39# If you're asking for a bit Never mind what people say
1:11:39 > 1:11:42# So just take my tip
1:11:42 > 1:11:48# If you're asking for a bit Never mind what people say. #
1:11:48 > 1:11:50HE HUMS
1:12:08 > 1:12:10I'm famous!
1:12:19 > 1:12:22RATTLING
1:12:26 > 1:12:28(Bernard?)
1:12:30 > 1:12:32Why are you taking my things?
1:12:34 > 1:12:37You can't treat me like this, Bernard.
1:12:37 > 1:12:40- Come to bed. - No. I've come back to change.
1:12:44 > 1:12:46- Lend us some money. - Don't go out again.
1:12:46 > 1:12:48Please. Stay with me, please.
1:12:48 > 1:12:52Stop worrying. You know I always come home to you.
1:12:52 > 1:12:55Promise?
1:13:02 > 1:13:05Lend us some money.
1:13:05 > 1:13:07No.
1:13:09 > 1:13:13What did you make me do that for, you old cow?
1:13:13 > 1:13:16Look at my hand. I'm bleeding.
1:13:18 > 1:13:22- It hurt. It bloody hurt. - I'm so sorry.
1:13:22 > 1:13:25Look, lie down here with me.
1:13:25 > 1:13:28We'll make it better together.
1:13:28 > 1:13:30There, there.
1:13:30 > 1:13:33Marie'll take care of you.
1:13:33 > 1:13:36Marie always takes care of everybody, don't she?
1:13:41 > 1:13:45You're old, you're drunk and you're ugly.
1:14:53 > 1:14:58# I'm very fond of ruins And ruins I like to scan
1:14:58 > 1:15:03# You'd say I'm fond of ruins if you saw my old man
1:15:03 > 1:15:08# I went out in the country for a stroll the other day
1:15:08 > 1:15:12# Cos I like to study history and the pubs along the way
1:15:12 > 1:15:17# I came across an abbey that had tumbled all to bits
1:15:17 > 1:15:21# It seemed a relic of a bygone day
1:15:21 > 1:15:24# A gentleman said, "What is this?"
1:15:24 > 1:15:30# I said, "Excuse me, sir I'll tell you all about it, if I may
1:15:32 > 1:15:37# "It's a bit of a ruin that Cromwell knocked about a bit
1:15:37 > 1:15:42# "A bit of a ruin that Cromwell knocked about a bit
1:15:42 > 1:15:47# "In the gay old days There used to be some doings
1:15:47 > 1:15:52# "No wonder that the poor old abbey went to ruins
1:15:52 > 1:15:56# "And those that study history sing and shout a bit
1:15:56 > 1:16:00# "And you can bet your life there isn't a doubt of it
1:16:00 > 1:16:05# "Cos outside the Cromwell Arms last Sunday night
1:16:05 > 1:16:09# "I was one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit
1:16:09 > 1:16:14# "And those that study history sing and shout a bit
1:16:14 > 1:16:19# "And you can bet your life there isn't a doubt of it
1:16:19 > 1:16:24# "Cos outside the Cromwell Arms last Saturday night
1:16:24 > 1:16:28# "I was one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit." #
1:17:44 > 1:17:47Is everybody happy?
1:17:49 > 1:17:51You bet your life we are.
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