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Percy Courtenay sees the young Marie Lloyd at a music hall. |
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Percy persuades Belafonte, manager of the music hall, to engage Marie. |
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Percy and Marie bargain over Marie's fee. |
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Marie has been singing a song that another singer owns the rights to. Percy buys the song. |
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Percy buys more songs for Marie. |
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Marie rehearses one of the songs in front of Percy and Freddie (her dresser). |
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It's not right. "You need to flirt with them," says Percy. |
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The reviews of Marie's performance are good. |
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Marie is pregnant. |
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Percy proposes marriage. |
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Marie prefers to stay at the pub, singing with her friends, than go home with Percy. |
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Percy finds other amusement for the evening. |
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Percy waits for Marie to return home. |
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"I'm your husband - show me some respect!" |
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"Usual table, Mr Lloyd?"
"Courtenay. The name is Courtenay!" |
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"We fit in perfectly, don't we Marie? No-one would think you were common." |
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"Can we not have one meal without being followed by swarms of Marie Lloyd admirers?!" |
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Marie: "You're dragging our names through the dirt."
Percy:
"You love the publicity."
Marie: "Not this sort."
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"You've got no money because you gambled it all away." |
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"What am I going to do? Marie, help me!" |
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"Without me, you'd be nothing." |
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"No. Without me, you are nothing." |
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Divorce. |