Manhattan Idyl (Details)
citation: Collier's, April 5 1947, 119(14):20, 34-36
alias: None
teaser: The story of a summer evening — touched with magic
summary: Bored with nothing to read on a late-summer evening, Timberlake Ryan hustles his wife Eve out their apartment, into a cab, and to the Ambassador Hotel for dancing. They reminisce listening to the band, and dance to Remember the Dream, and Summertime.
The couple takes a trolley ride down Third Avenue, where Tim points out his favorite places, and fills Eve in on Hoot Gibson's exploits in episode fifteen of The Flame Riders. As they notice a fellow passenger listening to their conversation, Tim pretends to be a tourist, reading from a guide book.
At the end of the line , they walk toward to the
East River, above the Williamsburg Bridge. Alone, Tim imagines he and Eve
are the last people on earth, standing there to say goodbye for the human
race. They sit near the water, smoking cigarettes, watching the boats, listening
to the sounds. Eve thinks, I'm happy, … I'm married
to my husband; I'm in love with him, and I'm happy.
They take a taxi home, remembering this unplanned evening as one of the best of their lives.
words: 3,222
genre: Timberlake Ryan, Slice-of-Life
similar: I'm Mad at You, Breakfast in Bed, Long-Distance Call, The Little Courtesies, Week-End Genius, My Cigarette Loves Your Cigarette, One-Man Show, Sounds in the Night, Man of the Cocktail Hour, Tattletale Tape; You Haven't Changed a Bit, Sneak Preview, I Like It This Way, Husband at Home, Legal and Tender, Rainy Sunday, Expression of Love, Vive la Différence, Bedtime Story, Take One Rainy Night, Old Enough for Love, The Sunny Side of the Street, No Time for the Billiard Ballet
people: Timberlake Ryan, Eve Ryan, Ellery Harris
places: New York, NY: Beumont movie theater, Ambassador Hotel, Bellevue Hospital, Embassy movie theater, St Patrick's Cathedral, Wall Street, Flatiron Building, Rector's (Rector Gourmet), Tony Pastor's Music Hall, Diamond Jim Brady's, East River, Williamsburg Bridge, Avenue A
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