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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mel will be out with your moneyin a minute. That's cash money. I don't want no check. I'll...

Mel will be out with your money
in a minute. That's cash money. I don't want no check. I'll see what I can do.
I can't promise you nothing. As long as it ain't no check.
I ain't got no use for a check. Listen, Ma.
I talked to Sturdyvant, and he said… Now I tried to talk him out of it, but he said the best he can do
is take $25 of your money and give it to Sylvester. Take what and do what? If I wanted the boy to have
$25 of my money, I'd give it to him. He's supposed to have his own money. He's supposed to get paid
like everybody else. You go on up there,
and you tell Sturdyvant that he better pay the boy his own money. -Yeah, I talked to him--
-[Ma Rainey] Talk to him again. Tell him if he don't
pay the boy his own money, he'll never make another record
of mine again. Tell him that. You supposed to be my manager.
Always talking about sticking together. Start sticking. -Get the boy his money!
-Okay. I'll see what I can do

Full Transcript

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Mel will be out with your money in a minute.
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That's cash money. I don't want no check.
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I'll see what I can do. I can't promise you nothing.
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As long as it ain't no check. I ain't got no use for a check.
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Listen, Ma. I talked to Sturdyvant, and he said…
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Now I tried to talk him out of it,
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but he said the best he can do is take $25 of your money
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and give it to Sylvester.
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Take what and do what?
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If I wanted the boy to have $25 of my money, I'd give it to him.
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He's supposed to have his own money.
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He's supposed to get paid like everybody else.
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You go on up there, and you tell Sturdyvant
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that he better pay the boy his own money.
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-Yeah, I talked to him-- -[Ma Rainey] Talk to him again.
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Tell him if he don't pay the boy his own money,
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he'll never make another record of mine again. Tell him that.
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You supposed to be my manager. Always talking about sticking together.
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Start sticking.
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-Get the boy his money! -Okay.
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I'll see what I can do.
Duration
59 seconds
Views
91
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:13
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
Production
Escape Artists,Mundy Lane Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.