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It's A Wonderful Life

End of last part:

GEORGE: (unhappy) You know, your mother doesn't need to-- You know, I didn't come here to--

MARY: What did you come here for, then?

GEORGE: (annoyed) I don't know! You're supposed to beone with allanswers! You tell me!

MARY: (shouts) Oh, why don't you go home?!

GEORGE: I don't know why I came here infirst place! Good night!

MARY: Good night!

Act 1 - Part 4

[SOUND: PHONE RINGS]

MRS. HATCH: Mary! Telephone, Mary!

GEORGE:way you're shouting, you'd think that--

MRS. HATCH: Mary!

MARY: You'd think what?

MRS. HATCH: Mary!

MARY: All right, I'll get it! George, on your way out, would you mind turning offmusic?

GEORGE: I'd be very happy to!

[MUSIC: MUSIC STOPS]

GEORGE: "Buffalo Gals"! That'scrazy song!

[SOUND: MARY PICKS UPPHONE]

MARY: Hello? Sam?

SAM: (onphone) Mary! Hey, it's good to hear your voice!

MARY: How are you, Sam?

GEORGE: I forgot my hat!

MARY: I'm not surprised!

SAM: What?

MARY: Oh, I was just talking toan old friend of yours. George Bailey.

SAM: Old George?

MARY: Old George.

SAM: Well, put him on . I'll talk to him, too!

MARY: Waitsecond. George?

MRS. HATCH: He doesn't want to speak to George!

MARY: He does so. He asked for him.

GEORGE: (to Mary) Did you call me? Because if you did, I'm inhurry, I got--

MARY: Sam wants to talk to you.

GEORGE: Oh? (takesphone) Hi, Sam!

SAM: Hey, fine pal you are. Trying to take my girlfriend from me!

GEORGE: What do you mean? Nobody's trying to take anybody's girlfriend. Here, Mary, takephone--

SAM: No, no, wait, wait, George. I want to speak to you both. Tell Mary to get onextension telephone upstairs.

GEORGE: (to Mary) He says for you to get onextension phone upstairs.

MARY: I can't. Mother's onextension.

MRS. HATCH: I am not!

MARY: We can both hear on this phone, George. Just put your headlittle closer to mine.

GEORGE: What?

MARY: There, that's - that's better. (to Sam) Uh, we're - we're listening, Sam.

SAM: Well, I havebig opportunity coming up that's going to make us all rich. George, you remember that time you told me about making plastics out of soybeans?

GEORGE: Soybeans? Yeah, yeah... soybeans. Yeah.

SAM: Well, my father's checked into it, George, see? And now he's going to buildfactory! How do you like that?

GEORGE:factory, huh?

SAM: And here's the point, George. I may have a job for you, unless you still can't leave that old Building and Loan. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor, George!

Oh, Mary? Mary?

MARY: Well... Uh, I'm here.

SAM: You tell that guy I'm giving himchance of lifetime, you hear?chance of a lifetime!

MARY: (to George) He - he says it'schance oflifetime.

[SOUND: GEORGE DROPS THE PHONE]

GEORGE: Now you listen to me! I don't want any plastics and I don't want any ground floors, and I don't want to get married -- ever -- to anyone! Do you understand that?

MARY: (starts to cry)

GEORGE: I want to do what I want to do! And you're... and you're ... Oh, Mary, Mary ...

MARY: George, George, George!

GEORGE: Mary...

CLARENCE: Well, well. So George Bailey and Mary Hatch were--?

JOSEPH: Yes. George and Mary were married.

CLARENCE: Hmm.

JOSEPH: And they started off on their honeymoon in Ernie Bishop's taxicab.

[SOUND: MOTOR RUNNING]

ERNIE: Hey, where were you two going on your honeymoon?

GEORGE: We're gonna dolot of great things, Ernie!whole week in New York,whole week in Bermuda,highest hotel,oldest champagne,best music andprettiest wife!

ERNIE: Ha ha! So you're finally getting out of Bedford Falls! Then what?

GEORGE: (to Mary) Then what, honey?

MARY: After that, who cares?

GEORGE: That does it! Hey, you know, Mrs. Bailey, I haven't kissed you yet.

ERNIE: Hey, George, there's something funny going on over there! Look, look over there atbank! It looks likebank run!

GEORGE: Pull over thereminute, will ya, Ernie?

MARY: George, let's not stop. Please. Let's go straight totrain station.

[SOUND: CAR PULLS OVER ... STOPS ... CAR DOOR OPENS]

GEORGE: Now, waitminute. I had better see what it is. I'll be right back.

MARY: George, please! George!

[SOUND: APPLAUSE OF THEATRE AUDIENCE]

WILLIAM KEIGHLEY: And now, we begin Act Two of "It'sWonderful Life" starring Jimmy Stewart as George, Donna Reed as Mary, and Victor Moore as Clarence.

WILLIAM KEIGHLEY: Well, we're back in heaven again, whereSuperintendent of Angels is reviewinglife ofman named George Bailey. Clarence,apprentice angel, is very eager to begin his mission toEarth.

CLARENCE: Poor George Bailey! Oh, he's certainly in desperate trouble, Joseph. I'll go to him at once.

JOSEPH: Now, you sit down, Clarence, sit down. We're nowhere nearpoint where George Bailey is thinking of taking his life.

CLARENCE: We're not?

JOSEPH: Now, where were we? year is 1932. George and Mary had just started out on their honeymoon whencountry's economy suddenly became very bad. Inwaiting room ofBuilding and Loan,hundred scared people were trying to take their money out...

[SOUND: NOISE OFCROWD]

GEORGE: Hey, what's going on , Uncle Billy? What's happened? Why are all those people out there?

UNCLE BILLY: We havereally bad problem, George. bank calledhour ago and told us we had to pay all of our loan from them right away. I had to givebank all our cash.

GEORGE: Oh, nol!

UNCLE BILLY: whole town's gone crazy. Bank is insame trouble we are!

GEORGE: Our charter--!

UNCLE BILLY: What about our charter?

GEORGE: Our charter says we have to stay open till six p.m. ...the state can take away our license if we don't!

UNCLE BILLY: How can we stay open till six without any money? George, where're you going?

GEORGE: Out to talk to those people. Come on!

[SOUND: CROWD NOISE GETS LOUDER]

GEORGE: Now, please! Now, now, please, folks! Now, justminute! Justminute, now, please!

CHARLIE: Tell us about our money, George? Where's our money?

GEORGE: Now, please! Now, waitminute! Listen to me! Now, you're thinking aboutbuilding and loan all wrong. Your money's not here!

PEOPLE INCROWD: What?