In this scene from Dead End (1937), Humphrey Bogart's character Baby Face Martin returns to his old neighborhood and reunites with Francey, the woman he once loved. Despite his success and wealth, Martin struggles to reconnect with Francey, who has changed and moved on with her new life. The scene illustrates the emotional complexity of revisiting one's past, where even genuine love and shared memories cannot easily bridge the gap created by time, personal transformation, and the natural progression of life. Martin's inability to fully reconnect with Francey, despite his desire to do so, demonstrates that some relationships are fundamentally altered by the passage of time and the choices people make.
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And we ever going to eat anymore?
You know there must be something in it.
Huh?
I mean to have a place to go to.
You sit in the same place every night and it's your own chair and not me.
I'll take mine on the double with music.
Well, you can have anything you want you can pay for. Have one thing one night, something else the next.
I'm getting sick of what I can pay for.
I can remember different.
You've changed more than your face, all right.
So, you're getting ready for a little woman and some kids, huh?
I got enough dough.
Well, I always say every sucker does what he wants.
That Francy and that guy they want to see Why do you have to bite them with a cheap little cheap little what?
Maybe I'm wrong.
We all make mistakes, boss.
It's why they put rubber on the ends of pencils.
Well, who's the important guy wants to see me? Oh, come on. Come on. I'm busy.
Francy. How do you know my name?
Who are you?
Oh, for the love of Marty.
Yeah.
How are you, Marty? You did something to your face.
Yeah, plastic they called it.
They They said you were out around Colorado, the newspapers. Yeah.
>> [clears throat] >> Didn't plan to see you.
No, don't.
What's the matter?
I ain't good enough for you.
Oh, no, it ain't that.
You know, Frencie, I never forgot you.
Oh, go on you with all your fancy dames.
Where do I come off? They don't mean nothing. Yeah, of course, girl. What's her name?
>> Nothing. She ain't got nothing. None of them have.
Remember that night on the roof?
Yeah.
I remember.
Sky was full of stars and I was full of dreamy ideas.
Yeah.
Me, too.
Couple of crazy kids we were.
We were going to get married.
I bought a ring at the five and dime store. Yeah. Only we didn't have money enough to buy the license. Remember?
Gee, it seems like yesterday. We were talking about it right here.
Yesterday, seems like a million years.
Listen, you got to take care of yourself. What are you doing here anyway? You got to get away. I don't want them to get you. What difference does it make where I go? They got the finger on me everywhere.
>> Oh, but they won't recognize you. They won't. Even I didn't.
>> Yeah, but you can't change these. Three times I bind them with acid and things.
It's no good.
I'm getting out of here.
I come back for you.
I wouldn't be good for you. I'll worry about that.
It's a dream.
I'm having a dream. What I've wanted for so long.
I'm tired. I'm sick. Can't you see it?
Look at me good. You've been looking at me like I used to be.
>> When you get a job They don't grow on trees.
Why don't you starve first?
>> WHY DON'T YOU?
WELL, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
I DON'T KNOW.
Here it's hot. Be careful where you spend it and keep your lips buttoned up.
I wouldn't tell on you, Marty, not if they tied me to wild horses, I wouldn't.
Honey, could you spare another 20 bucks?
I got a >> Okay, Marty, forget it. I was just All right, beat it.
For old time's sake, will you do me a favor?
Please.
Will you kiss me here?
Just for old time's sake.
Thanks.
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