I Can Take Care of Myself story

ahp5x31 · 1960-05-15

Bert Haber is a piano player in a club, and friends with singer Georgia. When gangster "Little Dandy" harasses Georgia, she pours a drink over his head, humiliating him. The next day a detective informs Bert that Georgia has been killed and questions him, discovering that Bert knows enough to have Little Dandy arrested. However, the "detective" is one of Little Dandy's goons, and takes Bert away. Directed by: Alan Crosland, Jr. Story by: Fred McMorrow, Thomas Grant.

12 total · 5 major · 7 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
coping with the death of a friend	major	Bert was upset to hear about Georgia's gruesome murder.
friendship	major	Bert stood up for his stage partner and friend, Georgia, and paid the price for it in the end.
murder	major	Bert was informed that his fellow nightclub performer Georgia had been tormented, killed, perhaps dismembered, and dumped in an alleyway. The story ended with the implication that Bert was about to meet with a similar fate.
organized crime	major	The story concerns a nightclub piano player who finds himself in hot water with a local gangster.
unrequited love	major	Little Dandy Dorf didn't take it well when Gloria rebuffed his romantic overtures.
coping with unwelcome romantic attention	minor	Georgia repaid the gangster Little Dandy Dorf's unrequited amorous advances by spilling a drink over his head in front of various nightclub patrons.
embarrassment	minor	The gangster Little Dandy Dorf evidently had Gloria killed for making a fool of him by spilling a drink over his head in public.
law enforcement	minor	One of Little Dandy Dorf's henchmen posed as a police detective in order to trick Bert to take a ride with him.
music	minor	Bert played piano at the club. Georgia sand on stage at the nightclub.
romantic jealousy	minor	The viewer is made to entertain that Bert's actions stemmed from jealousy over Georgia. He stepped in to protect her from Dandy's advances.