Scenes with P. T. Barnum
10 scenes
Well, Mr. Barnum. This...is...to making dreams come true.
P. T. Barnum Thank you, Jenny. It's two hours to curtains.
I've given you the world, haven't I?
P. T. Barnum I, I should go. I have become a distraction. I'm sorry, Jenny. You should finish your tour without me.
P. T. Barnum The itinerary is well in hand.
P. T. Barnum What do you mean?
I'm just another one of your acts.
P. T. Barnum Jenny.
P. T. Barnum Jenny, Jenny, please. You have to finish the tour.
P. T. Barnum It will ruin me.
When you're careless with other people, Mr. Barnum... you bring ruin upon yourself.
I have risked everything.
P. T. Barnum Well, so did I.
And seems we've both lost.
You are the American. I believe I might have heard of you.
P. T. Barnum Oh, well, If you've heard of me all the way over here, I must have been doing something right.
That, or something very wrong.
P. T. Barnum In the world of publicity there is hardly any difference.
I believe those are the words of a scoundrel, Mr Barnum.
P. T. Barnum A showman, Miss Lind, just a showman. The best on my side of the Atlantic.
P. T. Barnum Hey sweetie, who's that young man over there?
Oh that's Phillip Carlyle. A bit of a scandal, they say. His last play was a hit in London.
P. T. Barnum Play? Pay good money to watch people stand around and talk for two hours and they call me a conman.
I can’t just run off and join the circus.
P. T. Barnum Why not? I mean you clearly have a flair for show business.
P. T. Barnum Mm-hmm.
P. T. Barnum Because I just invented it.
You’re risking everything you’ve built.
P. T. Barnum Well how do you think I built it...
Mr. Barnum, I can not just run off and enter into the circus.
P. T. Barnum Why not? Sounds thrilling, isn't it?
Let's just say that I find it much more comfortable...admiring your show from afar.
P. T. Barnum Comfort, the enemy of progress.
Do you understand that just associating with you could cost me my inheritance?
P. T. Barnum Oh, it could cost you more than that. You'd be risking everything. But, on the other hand, well, you just might find yourself a free man.
Sir, it looks like you have yourself a junior partner.
P. T. Barnum What I have is an overcompensated apprentice.
P. T. Barnum Jenny, this is my wife Charity and our girls.
Of course, and I've heard so much about you. And your father tells me you are a fan of the ballet.
CB Caroline Barnum
Yes, I'm studying ballet.
CB Caroline Barnum
Of course I am.
P. T. Barnum Of course she is.
And what about you, Helen?
HB Helen Barnum
You look like a princess, ma'am.
P. T. Barnum This isn't the life I promised you.
But I have everything I want.
P. T. Barnum What about the magic?
What do you call those two girls?
P. T. Barnum Charity? Oh God, Charity. I am...
I don't wanna talk to you.
P. T. Barnum Nothing happened. This is ridiculous.
Oh, sure. Nothing happened. It's on the cover of every paper in New York.
P. T. Barnum Because she orchestrated the photo. I'm not in love with her.
Of course you're not. Not with her, not with me, not with anyone. Just you and your show.
P. T. Barnum What are you doing?
P. T. Barnum This is your home.
The bank... They're evicting us. Why didn't you ask me before? I would've said yes. I never minded the risk, but we always did it together.
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