Mama Morton Lines

"Not in memory do we recall so fiendish and horrible a double homicide."

Ah baby, you can't buy that kind of publicity. You took care of Mama, and Mama took care of you. I talked to Flynn. He set your trial date for March the 5th. March 7th you'll be acquitted. And March 8th - do you know what Mama's gonna do for you? She's gonna start you on a vaudeville tour.

The most me and Veronica made was three-fifty!

That was before Cicero, before Billy Flynn and before Mama

And how much will that cost?

You know how I feel about you. You're like family to me. I'll do it for fifty bucks

Who the hell do you think you are?

Roxie, Roxie, this here is Velma Kelly

Thanks a lot.
You're welcome

Roxie, relax. In this town, murder is a form of entertainment. Besides, in forty-seven years, Cook County ain't never hung a woman yet. So it's forty-seven to one, they won't hang you

There's always a first

Tell me Roxie - what do you figure on using for grounds? What are you gonna tell the jury?

You're talking to the wrong people

You see dearie, it's this way. Murder is like divorce. The reason don't count, it's the grounds. Temporary insanity. Self defence.

I've the tenderest heart in the world. Don't I, Mama?

You bet your ass you have, Velma

I have been on a lot of Vaudeville tours. What kind of dough are we talking about?

Well, I been talking to the boys at William Morris and due to your recent sensational activities I can get you twenty-five hundred

...Big Jim Colosimo's. Could you get me that?

Big Jim's! Well that's another story. That might take another phone call

So that's Velma Kelly.

Ain't she somethin'. She wears nothing but Black Narcissus Perfume and never makes her own bed. I take care of that for her.

You make her bed?

Well not exactly. You see, Velma pays me five bucks a week, then I pay the Hungarian 50 cents and she does it. Hey Katalin Hunyak, szeretnem ha megismerned Roxie Hart ot.

Not guilty.

That's all she ever says. Anyway, you know who's defending Velma don't ya?

Who?

Mr Billy Flynn! Best criminal lawyer in all of Chicago, that's who

How do you get Billy Flynn?

Well first you give me a hundred dollars, and then I make a phone call.

I see, and how much does he get?

Five thousand dollars

Five thousand dollars!

I'd be happy to make that phone call for you, dearie

And get this - you both reached for the gun. That's your grounds. Self-defence.

Mr Flynn, the reporters are here

"Roxie Rocks Chicago!"
"Fans Riot at Roxie Auction!"

"Roxie's Nighty raises 200 bucks!"

... everytime I hear that dumb blonde's name on the front page - it drives me nuts!

Baby, I've got some bad news

What do you mean?

I mean the tour. It's cancelled

Cancelled!

Well, you're name hasn't been in the papers for a long time. I been getting calls from the boys at William Morris all day. "We've lost interest." "We don't want her." "She's a bum." Do you know how it hurts Mama to hear that about someone she cares for?

Oh, sure.

All you read about today is the Hart kid.

"WITH HER BRAND NEW HUBBY NOWHERE IN SIGHT, I SIMPLY CANNOT DO IT ALONE!"

Well, here's the way I got the story. There's this Kitty something-or-other. I didn't catch her last name.

Anyway, she's some sort of heiress. Her folks are in pineapples, grapefruits, somethin' like that. Well she's been playing house in a Northside apartment with this guy named Harry. Harry spends all his time in bed - you know, a real mattress dancer. Last night, this Kitty dame comes home. Harry's already in bed. She goes to change. And when she returns, she notices something rather odd.

Very odd.

Extremely odd. Puzzled, she disappears for a second. When she returns she gently awakens Harry.

Go to hell! Go to hell all of you. I am not answering any more questions

Come on, Dearie. I'm gonna show you to your suite. You're gonna love it

Yuck yuck yuck (laugh)....

"I WAS A ONE ONCE
BUT NOW I'M A WE
'CAUSE I GOT MY BABY
MY DEAR LITTLE BABY
LOOK AT MY BABY AND ME"

I think it's sweet. First time we ever had one of our girls knocked up.

Hello Ladies! Hey, Diesel, get Roxie for me will ya?

Exit and return with Roxie during "When Velma takes the stand"

And I want my grand back, too!
No, No, No (end of scene)

I'm sorry Aaron. She still says no.

Uncle Sam .... mert artalan vagyok

She says Uncle Sam is just and fair and he wouldn't put her in jail because she is innocent. Aaron, I think she's telling the truth.

This is a court appointed thing. I don't get anything from this. Nothing!

Whaddya want from me. I've done my best.

Fogok tetszeni Uncle Sam-nek?

She says Uncle Sam will like her

Not Guilty

He's ready for you

Well here you go

Her attorney, Mr Flynn, hands her one.

That's my bit!

Shh. I wanna hear.

With rhinestone buckles!

Ahhhhhhh!

Velma, take it easy!

But those were my shoes and she stole 'em!

Well, you shouldn't have left them layin' around.

First she steals my publicity, my lawyer, my trial date and now my shoes!

Well, whaddya expect? She's a lowbrow. The whole world's gone lowbrow. Things ain't what they used to be.