Beggars of Life (1928) Movie Script
Beggars of Life (1928)
Retranslation LU2022 (by Matduha)
BEGGARS OF LIFE
"Sir, could I get some breakfast?"
"I'm ready to work in exchange."
"Yeah. That's me."
"We weren't together..."
He adopted me from the orphanage two years ago."
"He was always after me, groping me with his filthy paws..."
"And then this morning..."
"You're not planning to just sit around here until we find him, are you?"
"Ever hopped a moving train before?"
"I can show you one heading east.
I'm going the other way."
"I don't know why I'm doing this..."
"Honestly, you're nothing to me... I don't see why I should help you."
"This freight will get you to Saint Paul before nightfall, if you're lucky..."
"Go on, kid, or it'll be going too fast for you!"
"Didn't you say you'd already jumped a moving train?"
"Hey, kid! This is my train."
"I hope you pull through."
"You need to eat. I don't want a sick girl on my hands."
"My little brother and I are trying to get home to see our mother, who's sick."
"That's where we'll be sleeping tonight."
"Reheated?"
"Thanks."
"Hungry?"
"Not really."
"Do you want to head somewhere in particular..."
I mean, after we split up."
"No. I've got nowhere to go."
"As for me, I'm heading for Canada. I have an uncle in Alberta."
"There's family land out there.
He told me he'd help me if I settled down."
"You might as well come with me.
The police probably won't come looking for you in Canada."
"I don't want to cause you any trouble."
"Don't worry about it."
"It's funny when you think about it, all those
millions of people in their cozy homes
with their feather beds, while we
just drift around like clouds."
"But basically
it's all the same.
Even them in their feather beds,
they're not satisfied either,
we're all beggars in life."
"Some beg
for this or that,
and I haven't found
what I want yet."
"I know what I want,
just a corner to be left alone,
"a corner to stay clean,"
"a home of my own."
"I've never had that..."
"and maybe I never will..."
"that's probably why
I want it so badly."
"Good night."
WANTED FOR MURDER
$1,000 REWARD
"I hope my limo doesn't take long. I've walked enough."
"The limo's all set.
Anything else you want?"
"Yeah, I'd like
a little breakfast."
"I don't like onions,
they give you bad breath."
"It's a jungle,
a camp of hobos."
"Don't get worked up, sonny,
it'll pass."
"Pull your cap down so it
hides your eyes and let me do the talking."
"Any chance of grabbing a bite?"
"In the little room of the gambling den,
That's where she parks
her behind all day
Hear the bells!
Hear the bells!
That's where she parks
her behind all day,
I wonder where
she parks it at night?
"Well I'll be! I've never seen such a
bunch of sorry bums!"
"Who are you?"
"Who's asking?"
"Easy, Bo, you're talking to the Arkansas Serpent."
"If you ask me, he looks more
like a toad.
"And you're talking to
Oklahoma Red, called Red!"
"Well, I don't particularly feel like killing anybody.
If the Serpent wants to settle down, I'll do the same."
"I got some hooch from the still three miles from here.
Help yourselves!"
"My brother doesn't want any, he's sick."
"Hey there, sweetheart!"
"I guess I know a girl when I see one."
"Come over here, darling..."
"Hey, wait! Do you know who that is?"
"Get lost! We don't want to get mixed up in murder business!"
"Oh, get off my back, all of you."
"There's only one train tonight.
If they don't climb aboard, they'll get caught..."
"We're all getting on that train.
If she comes, every cop in the country will be on our tails."
"She's coming with us."
"Oh no, no way!"
"I said: she's coming with us!"
"We're looking for a girl dressed as a man,
traveling with a dark-haired tramp."
"She's right here, boss!"
"Tramps are pouring in, that's what's happening!"
Search all the trains.
Looking for a girl dressed as a boy, accompanied by a young tramp -stop-
Wanted for murder.
"Come on, doll, don't be so exclusive."
"Why did I let him come along, according to you?
You believe in Santa Claus!"
"When I'm with a gang, it's my gang!"
"And if there's a doll in the gang, she's my doll.
"Gentlemen, we're going to hold a little trial,
to see whether this little sheikh deserves to live."
"I'm the judge! Order in the court!"
"What do you know about courts?"
"Nothing!"
"Perfect. You're the prosecutor."
"Hoppy, you're the defense attorney."
"Damn it, Red, I can't defend a bell."
"Oyez, oyez! This court is now in session."
"Let it be heard by the assembly that the court present here will rule with justice."
"With your disagreement, Your Honor..."
"Wait! Before we go any further, the court is going to sentence the defendant."
"Objection! That's not fair to my client."
"Careful there, Counsel, you're trying to influence the court."
"Do that again and you're disbarred, and you're struck off the rolls!"
"And stop scratching yourself in front of the court."
"It's the court that's flea-ridden."
"Bailiff! This mangy lawyer is scratching himself,"
and that's contempt of court.
Take him away!"
"The court will now pronounce sentence."
"The sheik loses his sweetheart to the court,"
and gets tossed overboard."
"Listen! I'm not asking for anything for myself. You can throw me overboard if you want."
"But she's just a kid, and she's never had a chance to be pretty!"
"If you've never done one decent thing, don't do this to her, let her go!"
"Hold on a minute!"
"Forget him. You're under the protection of the court now..."
"and oh my, how protective the court is going to be!"
"I demand the right to choose my own protector!"
"It'll be the Serpent. You're not fit to lick his boots."
"He'd have made mincemeat of you out there in the jungle."
"He'd have shot you down if you hadn't run off."
"Get up, Serpent! The lady wants a fight."
"Silence in the courtroom!"
"Back up! Everybody! Into the corner."
"You don't have the guts to shoot!"
"A whole bunch of cops are searching the train!"
"We're going about 60 km/h!"
"We'll be dead bums if we jump!"
"We'd better clear out."
They'll back up to look for those cars."
"With these wounded, we won't get far.
There's a shack at the bottom of the canyon where we can hide out."
"I think I'd better go find him something to eat."
"Will they really hang me if they catch me?"
"Yeah, and me too."
"Hey, Black guy, where's your hand? I'm scared!"
Two rear cars detached from Train No. 81 near the Eagle Quarry.
Girl and accomplice surely on board.
Railway police searching all trains, send men to comb the area.
"So we're still here, my little Tom Thumbs!"
"I brought a little present for our friend."
"I went through a half-dozen clotheslines
before I found something that would fit him."
"Every cop is looking for a girl dressed as a man."
"We'll step outside while the lady gets dressed.
And then I need to talk to you."
"The cops know you're with that girl.
Kid, if you were smart, you'd leave her in the lurch."
"Not so fast. I have two words for the lady."
"Listen, sweetheart, I have a Ford that can take us to Spargo while avoiding the cops.
take us to Spargo while avoiding the cops.
Once there, we can catch the Canadian Express."
"They'll never look for you in a car, especially dressed like that."
"Think it over! It's your only chance! If you stay here, you're finished, for sure!"
"I wouldn't leave without Jim!"
"If you care a little about him, you'll leave him here.
You don't want them to hang him, do you?"
"He may be right, Jim."
"Before I let you leave with him, I'm going to put a hole in his hide!"
"It's up to you, sweetheart. Are you coming with me or not?"
"I'll come if Jim says so..."
"but if he wants me to stay, you know where you can go."
"If you kill him, you'll have to kill me too."
"I'd rather the rope than leave with you!"
"I'd heard of it before, but I'd never actually seen it."
"It must be love!"
"I knew there was something
going on between you two."
"Yes, sir, it's love.
That's what it is!"
"Well, kids, if you'd rather die together
than be separated, I wash my hands of it."
rather than be separated,
I wash my hands of it."
I wash my hands of it."
"I've just got time for a little nap before
I climb into my Rolls to catch my train."
climb into my Rolls
to catch my train."
"It's been a rough night,
and the judge is tired."
"His fever has broken.
He's cool as
a cucumber."
"They did it.
I knew they would!"
"There's something in the way those kids look at each other that gets to me."
kids look at each other
that gets to me."
"A couple of young fools who want nothing but each other...
Well, maybe they ought to have it."
Well, maybe they
ought to have it."
"Do you think they'll
manage to get through?"
"Even if they do get through,
it won't end there."
"When you're wanted for murder,
the cops are after you until you're dead."
"until you're dead."
"The little girl's going to have a first-class funeral right under the cops' noses."
"How are you going to get out of there?"
"Don't worry about me.
My foot has never slipped."
"No, boss, I haven't seen any white girl
dressed as a boy, not once!"
"I fell asleep right away
in my corner!"
"There she is!"
"You know that without Oklahoma Red,
we wouldn't be here now,
on our way to Canada."
"After all, he wasn't such a bad guy."
"Oh! That guy was worthless.
He'd have torn your heart out
for a penny."
"This time my foot slipped."
Retranslation LU2022 (by Matduha)
BEGGARS OF LIFE
"Sir, could I get some breakfast?"
"I'm ready to work in exchange."
"Yeah. That's me."
"We weren't together..."
He adopted me from the orphanage two years ago."
"He was always after me, groping me with his filthy paws..."
"And then this morning..."
"You're not planning to just sit around here until we find him, are you?"
"Ever hopped a moving train before?"
"I can show you one heading east.
I'm going the other way."
"I don't know why I'm doing this..."
"Honestly, you're nothing to me... I don't see why I should help you."
"This freight will get you to Saint Paul before nightfall, if you're lucky..."
"Go on, kid, or it'll be going too fast for you!"
"Didn't you say you'd already jumped a moving train?"
"Hey, kid! This is my train."
"I hope you pull through."
"You need to eat. I don't want a sick girl on my hands."
"My little brother and I are trying to get home to see our mother, who's sick."
"That's where we'll be sleeping tonight."
"Reheated?"
"Thanks."
"Hungry?"
"Not really."
"Do you want to head somewhere in particular..."
I mean, after we split up."
"No. I've got nowhere to go."
"As for me, I'm heading for Canada. I have an uncle in Alberta."
"There's family land out there.
He told me he'd help me if I settled down."
"You might as well come with me.
The police probably won't come looking for you in Canada."
"I don't want to cause you any trouble."
"Don't worry about it."
"It's funny when you think about it, all those
millions of people in their cozy homes
with their feather beds, while we
just drift around like clouds."
"But basically
it's all the same.
Even them in their feather beds,
they're not satisfied either,
we're all beggars in life."
"Some beg
for this or that,
and I haven't found
what I want yet."
"I know what I want,
just a corner to be left alone,
"a corner to stay clean,"
"a home of my own."
"I've never had that..."
"and maybe I never will..."
"that's probably why
I want it so badly."
"Good night."
WANTED FOR MURDER
$1,000 REWARD
"I hope my limo doesn't take long. I've walked enough."
"The limo's all set.
Anything else you want?"
"Yeah, I'd like
a little breakfast."
"I don't like onions,
they give you bad breath."
"It's a jungle,
a camp of hobos."
"Don't get worked up, sonny,
it'll pass."
"Pull your cap down so it
hides your eyes and let me do the talking."
"Any chance of grabbing a bite?"
"In the little room of the gambling den,
That's where she parks
her behind all day
Hear the bells!
Hear the bells!
That's where she parks
her behind all day,
I wonder where
she parks it at night?
"Well I'll be! I've never seen such a
bunch of sorry bums!"
"Who are you?"
"Who's asking?"
"Easy, Bo, you're talking to the Arkansas Serpent."
"If you ask me, he looks more
like a toad.
"And you're talking to
Oklahoma Red, called Red!"
"Well, I don't particularly feel like killing anybody.
If the Serpent wants to settle down, I'll do the same."
"I got some hooch from the still three miles from here.
Help yourselves!"
"My brother doesn't want any, he's sick."
"Hey there, sweetheart!"
"I guess I know a girl when I see one."
"Come over here, darling..."
"Hey, wait! Do you know who that is?"
"Get lost! We don't want to get mixed up in murder business!"
"Oh, get off my back, all of you."
"There's only one train tonight.
If they don't climb aboard, they'll get caught..."
"We're all getting on that train.
If she comes, every cop in the country will be on our tails."
"She's coming with us."
"Oh no, no way!"
"I said: she's coming with us!"
"We're looking for a girl dressed as a man,
traveling with a dark-haired tramp."
"She's right here, boss!"
"Tramps are pouring in, that's what's happening!"
Search all the trains.
Looking for a girl dressed as a boy, accompanied by a young tramp -stop-
Wanted for murder.
"Come on, doll, don't be so exclusive."
"Why did I let him come along, according to you?
You believe in Santa Claus!"
"When I'm with a gang, it's my gang!"
"And if there's a doll in the gang, she's my doll.
"Gentlemen, we're going to hold a little trial,
to see whether this little sheikh deserves to live."
"I'm the judge! Order in the court!"
"What do you know about courts?"
"Nothing!"
"Perfect. You're the prosecutor."
"Hoppy, you're the defense attorney."
"Damn it, Red, I can't defend a bell."
"Oyez, oyez! This court is now in session."
"Let it be heard by the assembly that the court present here will rule with justice."
"With your disagreement, Your Honor..."
"Wait! Before we go any further, the court is going to sentence the defendant."
"Objection! That's not fair to my client."
"Careful there, Counsel, you're trying to influence the court."
"Do that again and you're disbarred, and you're struck off the rolls!"
"And stop scratching yourself in front of the court."
"It's the court that's flea-ridden."
"Bailiff! This mangy lawyer is scratching himself,"
and that's contempt of court.
Take him away!"
"The court will now pronounce sentence."
"The sheik loses his sweetheart to the court,"
and gets tossed overboard."
"Listen! I'm not asking for anything for myself. You can throw me overboard if you want."
"But she's just a kid, and she's never had a chance to be pretty!"
"If you've never done one decent thing, don't do this to her, let her go!"
"Hold on a minute!"
"Forget him. You're under the protection of the court now..."
"and oh my, how protective the court is going to be!"
"I demand the right to choose my own protector!"
"It'll be the Serpent. You're not fit to lick his boots."
"He'd have made mincemeat of you out there in the jungle."
"He'd have shot you down if you hadn't run off."
"Get up, Serpent! The lady wants a fight."
"Silence in the courtroom!"
"Back up! Everybody! Into the corner."
"You don't have the guts to shoot!"
"A whole bunch of cops are searching the train!"
"We're going about 60 km/h!"
"We'll be dead bums if we jump!"
"We'd better clear out."
They'll back up to look for those cars."
"With these wounded, we won't get far.
There's a shack at the bottom of the canyon where we can hide out."
"I think I'd better go find him something to eat."
"Will they really hang me if they catch me?"
"Yeah, and me too."
"Hey, Black guy, where's your hand? I'm scared!"
Two rear cars detached from Train No. 81 near the Eagle Quarry.
Girl and accomplice surely on board.
Railway police searching all trains, send men to comb the area.
"So we're still here, my little Tom Thumbs!"
"I brought a little present for our friend."
"I went through a half-dozen clotheslines
before I found something that would fit him."
"Every cop is looking for a girl dressed as a man."
"We'll step outside while the lady gets dressed.
And then I need to talk to you."
"The cops know you're with that girl.
Kid, if you were smart, you'd leave her in the lurch."
"Not so fast. I have two words for the lady."
"Listen, sweetheart, I have a Ford that can take us to Spargo while avoiding the cops.
take us to Spargo while avoiding the cops.
Once there, we can catch the Canadian Express."
"They'll never look for you in a car, especially dressed like that."
"Think it over! It's your only chance! If you stay here, you're finished, for sure!"
"I wouldn't leave without Jim!"
"If you care a little about him, you'll leave him here.
You don't want them to hang him, do you?"
"He may be right, Jim."
"Before I let you leave with him, I'm going to put a hole in his hide!"
"It's up to you, sweetheart. Are you coming with me or not?"
"I'll come if Jim says so..."
"but if he wants me to stay, you know where you can go."
"If you kill him, you'll have to kill me too."
"I'd rather the rope than leave with you!"
"I'd heard of it before, but I'd never actually seen it."
"It must be love!"
"I knew there was something
going on between you two."
"Yes, sir, it's love.
That's what it is!"
"Well, kids, if you'd rather die together
than be separated, I wash my hands of it."
rather than be separated,
I wash my hands of it."
I wash my hands of it."
"I've just got time for a little nap before
I climb into my Rolls to catch my train."
climb into my Rolls
to catch my train."
"It's been a rough night,
and the judge is tired."
"His fever has broken.
He's cool as
a cucumber."
"They did it.
I knew they would!"
"There's something in the way those kids look at each other that gets to me."
kids look at each other
that gets to me."
"A couple of young fools who want nothing but each other...
Well, maybe they ought to have it."
Well, maybe they
ought to have it."
"Do you think they'll
manage to get through?"
"Even if they do get through,
it won't end there."
"When you're wanted for murder,
the cops are after you until you're dead."
"until you're dead."
"The little girl's going to have a first-class funeral right under the cops' noses."
"How are you going to get out of there?"
"Don't worry about me.
My foot has never slipped."
"No, boss, I haven't seen any white girl
dressed as a boy, not once!"
"I fell asleep right away
in my corner!"
"There she is!"
"You know that without Oklahoma Red,
we wouldn't be here now,
on our way to Canada."
"After all, he wasn't such a bad guy."
"Oh! That guy was worthless.
He'd have torn your heart out
for a penny."
"This time my foot slipped."