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CRY-BABY -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY

[ALLISON] [sniffing]

Cry-Baby.

***

[Teardrops are Falling Playing] [WADE] [singing] Teardrops are falling
Teardrops are falling

[ALL PRISONERS] [singing] Cry, go on, cry
Cry, go on, cry

[WADE] [singing] Teardrops are falling
Out of my eyes
Teardrops are falling
I wonder why

Teardrops are falling

For you make me cry

[DUPREE] [singing] Yes, teardrops are falling
Falling from my eyes
Yes, yes, yes, you made me cry

When you went away
You stayed away so long
Come back, my dear

[WADE] [singing] My heart is aching
Almost breaking
If you hear me
Come back to me
Teardrops are falling

And you make
Me cry

[ALL] [singing] Cry don't cry

Cry don't cry
Cry don't cry
Cry don't cry

[WADE] Oooh

***

[ALLISON] [gulping tears]

[panting]

***

[band playing]

[SQUARES] [chattering]

[GANG WAR IN BALTIMORE]

[MALE ANNOUNCER] Call these Drapettes bold,
call them brazen, but whatever you do don't call them Square.
Yes, mothers, you should be worried.
Following last night's disturbance at Turkey Point
Cry-Baby Walker, convicted delinquent, had the nerve to announce his engagement

to fellow gang member and known hussy, Lenora Frigid,
mother-to-be of his child.

[LENORA] Cry-Baby is an orphan.
And he wants his baby to have a real family
for the family that he himself never had.

[MALE ANNOUNCER] Wade Walker, defiantly entering the Maryland Training School for Boys
has this to say:

[WADE] It feels good, man. I've never been so happy in my whole life.

[band playing]

[SQUARES] [chattering]

[SQUARES WELCOME HERE]

[MARYLAND RELIEF OFFICE]

[BALDWIN & GANG] [throwing tomatoes at Ramona, Belvedere, and Pepper]

[SQUARES] [screaming] [clamoring]

[band continues playing]

[MRS. VERNON WILLIAMS] Hurry, Allison, hide.

The newspapers have blown this completely out of proportion.

[ALLISON] He lied to me, Grandmother.
And the whole world knows that I'm just a Drape fool.

[MRS. VERNON WILLIAMS] Oh, heavy hangs the head
that last night wore the crown.

[band approaching]

[MRS. VERNON WILLIAMS] Allison.

[SQUARES] [clamoring]

[BALDWIN & GANG] [scatting] The naughty lady of Shady Lane
Has hit the town like a bomb

The back fence gossip ain't been this good

Since Mabel ran off with Tom

Our town was peaceful and quiet
Before she came on the scene
The lady has started a riot

Disturbing the suburban routine

[MRS. VERNON WILLIAMS] Allison Vernon-Williams, you don't have to decide today.
Give your heart some time to think.

[BALDWIN & GANG] [scatting] The naughty lady of Shady Lane
So delectable
Quite respectable
Me-oh-my-oh
What a girl

[SQUARES] [cheering]
[applauding]

[BALDWIN] Allison, would you sing with me today?

***

[Jailbird by Sonny Knight playing] Jailbird, Jailbird; Go around stealing cars
[clanging]
Jailbird, Jailbird

You'll end up behind iron bars

Jailbird, Jailbird
Your face was on the early news
Jailbird, Jailbird

[DUPREE] Hey, man, your old lady's on the radio.

There's trouble, Cry-Baby, big trouble.

[WADE] Allison!

***

[BALDWIN] There's a new place that's opening.
It's sort of wild, kind of cool.

It's called a theme park
and it's the first one in the state of Maryland.

[ALLISON] I'd be proud to, Baldwin.

Cry-Baby Walker, I hope you're happy with Lenora.

I only have one thing to say to you.
I think you're a liar and a cad,

and I spit on your tears.

[BALDWIN] I can sing better than Cry-Baby Walker
any day of the week.

***

[DUPREE] [switching stations]

[WADE] [growling]

[screaming]

[singing] Well, I'm in here 'cause I drive too fast
And I'm too young to have a criminal past

Some good behavior would be all right
But I don't seem to qualify
I'm just out for a little fun
But I'm guilty till I'm 21

I guess I'm doing time for being young

So cut these shackles off of me

[PRISONERS] [singing] Let me go, let me go

[WADE] [singing] This kind of suit don't set me free

[PRISONERS] [singing] Set me free, set me free

[WADE] [singing] Well, I can't live if I can't ride

[PRISONERS] [singing] Let me ride, let me ride

[WADE] [singing] And I want my baby by my side

[PRISONERS] [singing] I want my baby by my side

[WADE] [singing] I'm just out for a little fun
But I'm guilty till I'm 21
I guess I'm doing time for being young
Now, I can't let the right thing
Stand in my way
Someday, baby, I'll know better
But right now I'm making my pay

[PRISONERS] [hollering]

[WADE] [singing] What do I do, who do I thank?

[PRISONERS] [singing] What can I do? What can I do?

[WADE] [singing] To get me out of this stinking tank

[PRISONERS] [singing] Stinking tank; Stinking tank

[WADE] [singing] It's heartbreaking to be this age

[PRISONERS] [singing] Stuck in a cage; Stuck in a cage

[WADE] [singing] Locked in the prison of teenage rage

[PRISONERS] [singing] Stuck in a cage with a teenage rage

[PRISONERS] [clamoring]

[WADE] [singing] Well, I was out for a little fun
I guess I'm guilty till I'm 21
I must be doing time for being young

[PRISONERS] [singing] Stuck in a cage with a teenage rage

[WADE] [singing] I don't want to be doing time for being young

[GUARD] [putting handcuffs on Wade]

***

[people chattering]

[I'm a Bad Bad Girl by Little Esther playing] I'm a bad girl

[WANDA] Who the hell is this?

[MAGGIE]: This is Inga. She's from Sweden.
She's an exchange student.

And she's going to be staying with us for a while.

[HECTOR] Inga, this is our daughter, Wanda. Say hello.

[INGA] Ya?

[WANDA] [scoffs] I'm blowing this joint.

[WANDA'S FATHER] Well, Inga doesn't understand English very well.
Inga, say hello to Wanda.

[INGA] Ya?

[MAGGIE]: Say hello to our daughter.

[INGA] Ya?

[HECTOR] Uh, h-honey, why don't you come over and sit down?
Get to know one another.

Look at all the wonderful presents
she's brought us from her native land.

[MAGGIE]: Let's all put on a folk hat
and learn something about a foreign culture.

[HECTOR] Do we have a surprise for you. Don't we, Meg?

[MAGGIE]: We sure do.
All this silly trouble you've been having lately ...

Wanda, honey, you're going to Sweden,
this afternoon at 3:00.

[WANDA] You mean you swapped me?

For a milkmaid?

[HECTOR] Oh, honey, Inga's mater and pater will treat you

just like one of the family. Ya, Inga?

[INGA] Ya. Ya, Ya.

[WANDA] You want to learn about America, Inga?
In America, we like boys.

We like hot boys.
Boys with roaming hands and rushing fingers.

[MAGGIE] Wanda honey, want some Ovaltine?

[INGA] Ya. Ya, Ya.

[WANDA] Yeah, I'm just a bebop baby.
And I don't take nothing from no one.
See you later, Daddy-o's.
Have a cool Yule and a frantic First.

***

[people clamoring]

[Nosey Joe by Bullmoose Jackson playing] There's a man in town all the women know
He goes by the name of Nosey Joe

He don't care if they're married
He takes his pick
Long as they're women, he's ready to stick

His big nose in their business
His big nose in their business

[TOE-JOE] Hey, you goin' my way?

[WANDA] Oh, it's you.
You ever hear of something called a theme park?

[TOE-JOE] Yeah, there's a big opening over there today.

[WANDA] Well, that's where I'm going, stallion.

[TOE-JOE] Well, hop on in.
[laughing]

[Song playing] I'm tellin' you women, this ain't no jive
If you get too close this man will drive

[tires screeching]

***

[The Hole]

[people shouting]

[DUPREE] Hold on, homeboy.

Almost done.
I know it hurts,
but being this cool's always a pain.

[WADE] Ah, the pain ain't nothing, Dupree.
I've been hurt all my life, but real tears wash away.

Ow.
This one's for Allison and I want it to last forever.

[DUPREE] Oh.
There you go. It's a beauty.

[door clanking]

[DUPREE] You never have to cry again.

[door squeaking]

[GUARD] I heard talkin' in here.

W-what's that on your face, blubber-boy?
A booger?

[WADE] Are you blind? It's a lonely teardrop.

[GUARD] [chuckling] Now, ain't that cute?
It ought to go real good with your new haircut.
[laughs]

[WADE] I ain't gettin' no haircut.

[GUARD] You wanna bet?

You're next, sniffle-snot.
[laughing]
[continues laughing]

[door squeaking]

[DUPREE] [whispering] Cry-Baby, look! It's your only chance, man.

[WADE] Nobody's going to turn me Square, Dupree.
I want my girl,

I want my family, and I want my gang.
Thanks for the tattoo.

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