Queen Kelly
[1932 version]
1
-Kronberg-
Capital of an ancient
Kingdom of Middle
Europe - -
2
Hiding behind its gray
walls strange secrets -
ruled from feudal days
by a violent dynasty -
the present ruler, a mad
Queen - -
3
- Regina V, last of her
line - - inheriting their
blood mania - - vain,
self-indulgent, cruel - -
knowing no law but
her own desires - -
4
- cherishing a morbid,
jealous passion for her
betrothed, the young
Prince Wolfram -
5
- Prince Wolfram - making
the most of his rare escapes
from a woman he does not
love.
6
"Come on, Wild Wolfram!
I've bet my nightie on you!"
7
"Come on, Fritz! She
hasn't got a nightie!"
8
The gates of the Royal
Palace - dawn -
9
"I'd ask you all to
breakfas' - - but
you've never been
presented to the
Queen!"
10
"Call me at twelve - -
I'm l-lunching with Her
Majesty - -"
11
"His Royal Highness,
Prince Wolfram -"
12
"Captain of the Queen's
guard - !"
13
"Knight of the Royal
Bed!"
14
"- and the Queen thinks
I'm safe in my own li'l
white bed!"
15
"Her Majesty - -
the Queen!"
16
"Really, my dear - you
act m-more like a
w-wife - !"
17
"- than a f-fiancee!"
18
"- and even that isn't
official - yet!"
19
"No? - I have a surprise
prepared for you -"
20
"- tonight!"
21
"And to make sure you'll
be in condition for my
surprise -"
22
"- we order - drill with
your squadron - in the
hot sun - from eight to
five - on the Kambach
road - !"
23
- the Kambach road in
springtime - - favorite
walk of the orphans of
the nearby Convent -
24
"Squadron - halt!"
25
- Patricia Kelly's father -
a wandering Irish artist -
had left her only his charm
and his temper - !
26
"You've lost your
er-er-what-nots -"
27 [each line added to title consecutively]
"Shameful!"
"Wicked girl!"
"She must be punished!"
"What will His Royal
Highness think?"
28
"This is shocking - we
must take the girls
back to the convent!"
29
"Eyes right!"
30
"Front!"
31
"New-mown hay - let's
make a wish!"
32
"Patricia Kelly -"
33
"- what excuse have
you to make for your
unseemly conduct?"
34
"He laughed in my
face -"
35
"And I lost -"
36
"- my temper!"
37
"Reverend Mother - what
would you have done - ?"
38
"- if your pants had
fallen down?"
39
"You will not leave the
convent walls for one
month. You will have
no supper tonight -"
40
"- instead you will kneel
before the cross -"
41
"- and pray to be
delivered from all
worldly thoughts."
42
"Holy Mother - -
forgive me - -"
43
"Please make my wish
come true - to see the
Prince again!"
44
"Please!"
45
"And now - you are to
know what my surprise
is."
46
"It must be unpleasant -
or you wouldn't be so
cheerful."
47
"It is my joyful privilege
to announce that the
marriage of - -"
48
"Her Majesty - Queen
Regina the Fifth -"
49
"- and His Royal Highness,
Prince Wolfram von
Hohenberg-Falsenheim -"
50
"- which was to have
been consummated
next autumn - - will
take place - -"
51
"- tomorrow."
52
"Long life and a prosperous
reign to Queen Regina and
her consort!"
53
Midnight.
54
"So wild Wolfram is tamed!
After tomorrow the Prince
Consort will spend his
evenings at home - - and
very busy, too!"
55
"Smell the new-mown
hay - - for the last
time!"
56
"Not the last time! - I
can't forget her - she
was too lovely -"
57
"- and I'm not going to
forget her! I'm going to
see her tonight!"
58
"Pardon, but I think your
Highness is crazy!"
59
"- bachelors don't visit
convents at midnight!"
60
"We'll only call and pay
our respects."
61
"But how the devil is
Your Highness going
to see her?"
62
"I don't know - but come
with me - - and you'll
find out!"
63
"You'll wake the
whole house!"
64
"Now that's an idea!"
65
"Remember if anything
happens - - I'm not
here!"
66
"Remember - if we're
caught - - I wasn't
here - -"
67
"Don't forget - this is
the Queen's palace!"
68
"I wish I could forget
it!"
69
"All the little girls and
all the little nuns are
safe!"
70
"You're not going to run
away - after I've burned
down a convent to see
you again!"
71
"Don't worry - no one
was hurt!"
72
"It was all your fault -
I had to see you again - !"
73
"- - I climbed - - very
dangerous - might have
broken my neck - !"
74
"- - thousands of
bedrooms - - my
head whirled - !"
75
"- a great idea - smoke
without fire - !"
76
"- wasn't that clever
of me - ?"
77
"- What will the Reverend
Mother say - ?"
78
"She might say it was
very naughty of you
to faint in my arms -"
79
"You must have a little
supper with me -- --
please!"
80
"I'm starving to death - !"
81
"- I was sent to bed
without any supper -"
82
"- I was punished -"
83
"For - for throwing -
things - at you!"
84
"I was helping you burn
down the convent!"
85
"To - the luckiest man
alive - myself!"
86
"- it's like - drinking
fireworks - !"
87
"Do you realize - I don't
even know your name."
88
"Kelly!"
89
"Kelly! What a charming
name!"
90
"Do you know mine?"
91
"Prince Wolfram!"
92
"Wild Wolfram!"
93
"Lots of girls have your
picture postcard under
their pillows!"
94
"Have you one?"
95
"Certainly not!"
96 [small text]
"- I have two!"
97
"I never thought - - I'd
be having supper with
the Prince - a nobody
like me!"
98
"Let's pretend - just for
tonight - that you are
the Queen."
99
"Queen Kelly!"
100
"I'm getting warm!"
101
"You have too many
clothes on -"
102
"Holy Mother of Patrick!
I'm in my night-shirt!"
103
"My clothes! I had them
with me - !"
104
"Have you ever loved
anyone, Kelly?"
105
"My beautiful wish will
soon be over -"
106
"- and I'll never see
you again -"
107
"I can't let you go,
Kelly -"
108
"This morning I made a
wish to see you again -
and now I want to see
you - forever -"
109
"I love you - tell me that
you love me -"
110
"I love you."
111
With my head upon your heart,
Hold me close and never wake me.
Sing me dead and kiss me dead.
Heart and soul and body - take me!
112
"You dare raise your
hand - against your
Queen!"
113
"Bringing this - woman -
here - - "
114
"- The night before
our marriage!"
115
"He's going - to marry -
you?"
116
"I am going to marry
him!"
117
"I'm sorry - "
118
"Your Majesty - may
I go now?"
119
"You will wait for me
in the outer hall!"
120
"Kelly!"
121
"Stand where you
are - "
122
"- or that girl will not
leave the palace alive!"
123
"Kelly, I can't help you
now - - but you must
believe me - - I love
you."
124
"I warn you - - don't
attempt to leave this
room."
125
"His Highness is not to
leave - - post guards
around his apartment!"
126
"You think you can
share the Queen's
bed - - "
127
"I'll share him with
no one!"
128
"He's mine - I tell
you - mine!"
129
MINE -
[wipe to:]
MINE -
[wipe to:]
MINE!
130
"Her Majesty, the Queen -
and the Grand Marshal!"
131
"I have come for
your apology - "
132
"- and your promise that
this ridiculous affair will
not interfere with our
marriage tomorrow."
133
"But Your Majesty - I
love Kelly. I want to
marry her!"
134
"You'll change your
mind - - in solitary
confinement - in the
military prison!"
135
The next morning.
136
"You can't be serious!
You never saw her -
till yesterday!"
137
"Sometimes a whole life
is lived in a day -"
138
"And if I can't have
Kelly - I've nothing
to live for!"
139
"Reverend Mother, I have
come for Miss Kelly."
140
"With my head upon
your heart,
Hold me close and
never wake me,"
141
"Sing me dead and
kiss me dead,"
142
"Heart and soul and body -
take me!
THE END
[1985 reconstructed version]
1
-Kronberg-
Capital of an ancient
Kingdom of Middle
Europe - -
2
Hiding behind its gray
walls strange secrets -
ruled from feudal days
by a violent dynasty -
the present ruler, a mad
Queen - -
3
- Regina V, last of her
line - - inheriting their
blood mania - - vain,
self-indulgent, cruel - -
knowing no law but
her own desires - -
4
- cherishing a morbid,
jealous passion for her
betrothed, the young
Prince Wolfram -
5
- Prince Wolfram - making
the most of his rare escapes
from a woman he does not
love.
6
"Come on, Wild Wolfram!
I've bet my nightie on you!"
7
"Come on, Fritz! She
hasn't got a nightie!"
8
The gates of the Royal
Palace - dawn -
9
"I'd ask you all to
breakfas' - - but
you've never been
presented to the
Queen!"
10
"Call me at twelve - -
I'm l-lunching with Her
Majesty - -"
11
"His Royal Highness,
Prince Wolfram -"
12
"Captain of the Queen's
guard - !"
13
"Knight of the Royal
Bed!"
14
"- and the Queen thinks
I'm safe in my own li'l
white bed!"
15
"Her Majesty - -
the Queen!"
16
"Really, my dear - you
act m-more like a
w-wife - !"
17
"- than a f-fiancee!"
18
"- and even that isn't
official - yet!"
19
"No? - I have a surprise
prepared for you -"
20
"- tonight!"
21
"And to make sure you'll
be in condition for my
surprise -"
22
"- we order - drill with
your squadron - in the
hot sun - from eight to
five - on the Kambach
road - !"
23
- the Kambach road in
springtime - - favorite
walk of the orphans of
the nearby Convent -
24
"Squadron - halt!"
25
- Patricia Kelly's father -
a wandering Irish artist -
had left her only his charm
and his temper - !
26
"You've lost your
er-er-what-nots -"
27 [each line added to title consecutively]
"Shameful!"
"Wicked girl!"
"She must be punished!"
"What will His Royal
Highness think?"
28
"This is shocking - we
must take the girls
back to the convent!"
29
"Eyes right!"
30
"Front!"
31
"New-mown hay - let's
make a wish!"
32
"Patricia Kelly -"
33
"- what excuse have
you to make for your
unseemly conduct?"
34
"He laughed in my
face -"
35
"And I lost -"
36
"- my temper!"
37
"Reverend Mother - what
would you have done - ?"
38
"- if your pants had
fallen down?"
39
"You will not leave the
convent walls for one
month. You will have
no supper tonight -"
40
"- instead you will kneel
before the cross -"
41
"- and pray to be
delivered from all
worldly thoughts."
42
"Holy Mother - -
forgive me - -"
43
"Please make my wish
come true - to see the
Prince again!"
44
"Please!"
45
"And now - you are to
know what my surprise
is."
46
"It must be unpleasant -
or you wouldn't be so
cheerful."
47
"It is my joyful privilege
to announce that the
marriage of - -"
48
"Her Majesty - Queen
Regina the Fifth -"
49
"- and His Royal Highness,
Prince Wolfram von
Hohenberg-Falsenheim -"
50
"- which was to have
been consummated
next autumn - - will
take place - -"
51
"- tomorrow."
52
"Long life and a prosperous
reign to Queen Regina and
her consort!"
53
Midnight.
54
"So wild Wolfram is tamed!
After tomorrow the Prince
Consort will spend his
evenings at home - - and
very busy, too!"
55
"Smell the new-mown
hay - - for the last
time!"
56
"Not the last time! - I
can't forget her - she
was too lovely -"
57
"- and I'm not going to
forget her! I'm going to
see her tonight!"
58
"Pardon, but I think your
Highness is crazy!"
59
"- bachelors don't visit
convents at midnight!"
60
"We'll only call and pay
our respects."
61
"But how the devil is
Your Highness going
to see her?"
62
"I don't know - but come
with me - - and you'll
find out!"
63
"You'll wake the
whole house!"
64
"Now that's an idea!"
65
"Remember if anything
happens - - I'm not
here!"
66
"Remember - if we're
caught - - I wasn't
here - -"
67
"Don't forget - this is
the Queen's palace!"
68
"I wish I could forget
it!"
69
"All the little girls and
all the little nuns are
safe!"
70
"You're not going to run
away - after I've burned
down a convent to see
you again!"
71
"Don't worry - no one
was hurt!"
72
"It was all your fault -
I had to see you again - !"
73
"- - I climbed - - very
dangerous - might have
broken my neck - !"
74
"- - thousands of
bedrooms - - my
head whirled - !"
75
"- a great idea - smoke
without fire - !"
76
"- wasn't that clever
of me - ?"
77
"- What will the Reverend
Mother say - ?"
78
"She might say it was
very naughty of you
to faint in my arms -"
79
"You must have a little
supper with me -- --
please!"
80
"I'm starving to death - !"
81
"- I was sent to bed
without any supper -"
82
"- I was punished -"
83
"For - for throwing -
things - at you!"
84
"I was helping you burn
down the convent!"
85
"To - the luckiest man
alive - myself!"
86
"- it's like - drinking
fireworks - !"
87
"Do you realize - I don't
even know your name."
88
"Kelly!"
89
"Kelly! What a charming
name!"
90
"Do you know mine?"
91
"Prince Wolfram!"
92
"Wild Wolfram!"
93
"Lots of girls have your
picture postcard under
their pillows!"
94
"Have you one?"
95
"Certainly not!"
96 [small text]
"- I have two!"
97
"I never thought - - I'd
be having supper with
the Prince - a nobody
like me!"
98
"Let's pretend - just for
tonight - that you are
the Queen."
99
"Queen Kelly!"
100
"I'm getting warm!"
101
"You have too many
clothes on -"
102
"Holy Mother of Patrick!
I'm in my night-shirt!"
103
"My clothes! I had them
with me - !"
104
"Have you ever loved
anyone, Kelly?"
105
"My beautiful wish will
soon be over -"
106
"- and I'll never see
you again -"
107
"I can't let you go,
Kelly -"
108
"This morning I made a
wish to see you again -
and now I want to see
you - forever -"
109
"I love you - tell me that
you love me -"
110
"I love you."
111
With my head upon your heart,
Hold me close and never wake me.
Sing me dead and kiss me dead.
Heart and soul and body - take me!
112
"You dare raise your
hand - against your
Queen!"
113
"Bringing this - woman -
here - - "
114
"- The night before
our marriage!"
115
"He's going - to marry -
you?"
116
"I am going to marry
him!"
117
"I'm sorry - "
118
"Your Majesty - may
I go now?"
119
"You will wait for me
in the outer hall!"
120
"Kelly!"
121
"Stand where you
are - "
122
"- or that girl will not
leave the palace alive!"
123
"Kelly, I can't help you
now - - but you must
believe me - - I love
you."
124
"I warn you - - don't
attempt to leave this
room."
125
"His Highness is not to
leave - - post guards
around his apartment!"
126
"You think you can
share the Queen's
bed - - "
127
"I'll share him with
no one!"
128
"He's mine - I tell
you - mine!"
129
MINE -
[wipe to:]
MINE -
[wipe to:]
MINE!
130
"Her Majesty, the Queen -
and the Grand Marshal!"
131
"I have come for
your apology - "
132
"- and your promise that
this ridiculous affair will
not interfere with our
marriage tomorrow."
133
"But Your Majesty - I
love Kelly. I want to
marry her!"
134
"You'll change your
mind - - in solitary
confinement - in the
military prison!"
135
[interpolated explanatory title]
Retrieved from the river, Kelly is
brought back to the convent. There,
a telegram waits for her.
136
The next morning.
137
"You can't be serious!
You never saw her -
till yesterday!"
138
"Sometimes a whole life
is lived in a day -"
139
"And if I can't have
Kelly - I've nothing
to live for!"
*******
[140 - 150: reconstructed and explanatory titles]
140
HIS BELONGINGS BROUGHT TO
TO HIM IN HIS CELL, THE
PRINCE FINDS KELLY'S BLACK
DRESS -
141
- A SERENADE -
142
Kelly is brought to the ship bound for
Dar-es-Salaam, German East
Africa -
143
On her arrival, she is met by Kali
Sana, her aunt's cook. Kali takes
Kelly to her new home -
144
"Home" - Poto-Poto Gasse #69
145
"This heah's the bestest place
which is" -
146
Coughdrops. Another employee of
the establishment -
147
- An unkempt and slaternly blonde
in a kimono, unmistakably a lady of
the horizontal profession -
148
"How is my aunt?"
149
"She's gettin' worse every minute!
- Just sent for the sky pilot!" -
150
Kelly is taken to her aunt.
*******
151
"- well - Jan -"
152
"- you old crocodile -
you sure musta
smelled it! -"
153
"- that you ever left your
stinkin' swamp! -"
154
"- why - what's up? -"
155
"- is the old buzzard
dead? -"
156
"- but it won't be
long now! -"
157
"- but your little 'Innocence'
jest blew in! -"
158
"- still got the convent
togs on! -"
159
"- sweet and clean -
as the day she was
born! -"
160
"- I take a schooner o'
lysol without chaser
on that! -"
161
"- Here's to crime! -"
162
"- and many of 'em! -"
163
"- Accipe soror viaticum
corporis domini nostri
Jesu Christi -"
164
"- My dear friends -"
165
"- You are about to enter
into a union which is
most sacred -"
166
"- And most serious! -"
167
"- Patricia Kelly - wilt thou
take Jan Vryheid - here
present - - for thy lawful
husband? -"
168
"- According to the rite
of our Holy Mother - -
The Church? -"
169
"- I just remind you - to
wait for me - - my lady
of the orchids - - wait
for me! -"
170
"- Wilt thou? -"
171
"- Wilt thou? -"
172
"- Jan Vryheid - wilt thou
take Patricia Kelly - here
present - - for thy lawful
wife? - -"
173
"- According to the rite
of our Holy Mother - -
The Church? -"
174
"- Ego conjungo vos in
matrimonium in nomine
patrist et fili et spiritus
sancti Amen -"
*******
175 [175 - 179: reconstructed and explanatory titles]
EPILOGUE
176
After the death of her aunt, Kitty
refuses to live with Jan. Promising
anything else, she is presented to the
clientele -
177
FOLKS - MEET THE NEW
MADAME AN' DON'T LAUGH.
LISTEN PUNKS! AN' McGIMPS -
FROM NOW ON YOU TAKE YOUR
ORDERS FROM HER!
178
SHE'LL DEAL OUT THE BOOZE!
COUNT THE TOWELS! TAKE IN
THE DOUGH! AN' EVERYTHIN'!
179
On his release from the prison, the
prince returns to the convent looking
for Kitty.
*******
180
"Reverend Mother, I have
come for Miss Kelly."
*******
181 [181 - 185: reconstructed and explanatory titles]
Deciding he must see Kitty once
again, Wolfram has himself
transferred to the Imperial
Schutztruppe. The unit, aboard the
battleship "Panther," is bound
for German East Africa.
182
Arriving in Dar-es-Salaam, he finds
Kitty as the madam of the now
prosperously lavish bordello. For her
regal bearing, her customers have
named her "Queen Kelly."
183
In a barroom fight over Kitty's
attention, Jan is killed. The prince
comes back and promises to marry
her.
184
It is announced that Queen Regina
has been assassinated and Wolfram
is called back to Cobourg-Nassau to
be its king. At the coronation-
wedding, Kitty exclaims -
185
"Majesty - me foot!
Just plain Queen Kelly."
THE END
*******
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