:08:13
Too bad you're just
getting over the flu, Ogden.
:08:15
I thought we might go on somewhere
this evening and take the ladies along.
:08:19
But then the night air
might be dangerous for you.
:08:22
Oh, I think if I wrap up well
it'll be all right.
:08:40
Where are the girls?
:08:42
I don't know. I think they went to the
ladies room as soon as you left.
:08:45
I must have inspired them
with the same idea.
:08:48
Let me tell you about
these ladies. Harvey.
:08:52
They are the daughters
of Russian aristocrats.
:08:55
Their titles are absolutely genuine.
:08:57
Their parents escaped to Shanghai
during the Russian Revolution.
:09:01
Shanghai was a nasty place
in those days.
:09:05
An international settlement
run by seven nations.
:09:09
Because they had no country,
their life was worthless.
:09:12
They could be robbed, murdered.
Nobody bothered.
:09:17
Countess Natascha,
the one sitting next to you...
:09:20
has had rather a sad life.
:09:23
She was the mistress
of a gangster at the age of 14.
:09:26
How did the others
manage to live?
:09:29
Many starved,
others committed suicide.
:09:33
Some of the women
worked in dance halls.
:09:35
The men had to compete
with the cheapest labour because
they couldn't leave the country.
:09:44
I think Harvey
is very good-looking.
:09:47
A lot of good that'll do you.
He's penniless.
:09:50
So what? Haven't you
any romance in your soul?
:09:53
Money makes me romantic.
:09:55
I thought Harvey
was the one with the dough.
:09:58
You have poor instincts, my dear.
It's the other one, Ogden Mears,
who has the money.