Scene 2
Inside the Sunset Theater an hour later. It is a small functional
movie house, and we can see only a section of it. ADELINE and BRADLEY sit
facing front, watching flickering images as though they were projected
in the audience. We hear faint voices of the film, Love on the Run.
It is a funny scene, and BRADLEY is eating it up. THREE or FOUR patrons
behind them are laughing out loud. Sitting to the side by herself is a
large-bosomed, golden-haired lady in her 60s, GOLDIE ASKENAZY. ADELINE
is smiling, but suddenly the smile fades and she begins to cry. The sounds
of both the film and the laughter fade, and the orchestra starts. A spot
shines on her as if blocking out the rest of the world.
ADELINE
Oh, Adeline Adams,
You're such a fool,
Thinking that life was like
Landscapes in golden frames.
Adeline Adams,
Oh, what a fool!
Filling fictitious dance cards
With imaginary names.
I wanted a world,
A world with two moons,
Of petit point flowers
And colored balloons.
I wanted a world
Of oceans and dawns,
Of sunlight on mountains
And shadows on lawns.
A world of blending,
A world of winning
Where every ending
Is like each beginning.
I wanted a world,
A world with a scrim,
Where somebody loves you
The way you love him.
Where somebody loves you
On soft afternoons---
Oh, what a world that was!
My world with two moons.
(During the final bars, she rises unsteadily. She clutches the
back of the seat in front of her, but unable to maintain her balance, she
keels over. A WOMAN screams.)
BLACKOUT
