1 00:01:39,048 --> 00:01:40,878 Have a nice lunch. 2 00:01:56,533 --> 00:01:57,833 Excuse me. 3 00:01:58,001 --> 00:02:01,201 Just a moment, please. Rossiter Music Company. 4 00:02:01,371 --> 00:02:04,861 - Ms. LeBoy, it's for you. - Thank you. 5 00:02:05,241 --> 00:02:07,611 - Excuse me, miss. I brought a... - Hello. Ye... 6 00:02:07,777 --> 00:02:12,577 Yes. Yes, I heard your song and I like it very much. 7 00:02:13,750 --> 00:02:18,050 Could you come in, say, around 4:00? Fine. You're welcome. 8 00:02:18,221 --> 00:02:20,451 - Look, excuse me... - Just a moment, please. 9 00:02:24,761 --> 00:02:28,631 I asked... I'm sorry about that. 10 00:02:42,278 --> 00:02:43,968 - Sorry. - That's quite all right. 11 00:02:44,147 --> 00:02:46,167 I have a song that is just wonderful for you. 12 00:02:46,349 --> 00:02:49,249 I told Mr. Rossiter yours is the voice that can do it justice. 13 00:02:49,419 --> 00:02:51,679 I'll bet you tell that to all the customers. 14 00:02:51,855 --> 00:02:53,975 Of course I do, but in your case, it's true. 15 00:02:54,157 --> 00:02:55,777 All right, then. 16 00:03:02,031 --> 00:03:03,901 Shine on. 17 00:03:04,067 --> 00:03:09,027 Shine on Harvest moon up in the sky 18 00:03:09,205 --> 00:03:12,465 I ain't had no lovin' 19 00:03:12,642 --> 00:03:16,442 Since January, February, June or July. 20 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:21,313 Snow time ain't no time to stay. 21 00:03:21,484 --> 00:03:23,514 Outdoors and spoon. 22 00:03:23,686 --> 00:03:28,486 So shine on, shine on Harvest moon. 23 00:03:28,658 --> 00:03:33,248 For me and my gal. 24 00:03:33,630 --> 00:03:34,630 That's lunch. 25 00:03:34,998 --> 00:03:37,688 Let's eat someplace where they don't have any music. 26 00:03:54,384 --> 00:03:57,844 You may as well stand still. I can beat you to that door too. 27 00:04:01,557 --> 00:04:03,887 - Who are you? - Look, all I want is five minutes. 28 00:04:04,060 --> 00:04:07,150 - Read them. - What are these? 29 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:11,290 Song lyrics and poems and an operetta, and underneath that, two musical comedies. 30 00:04:11,467 --> 00:04:13,197 I want an opinion. 31 00:04:13,536 --> 00:04:15,056 - You want an opinion. - That's all. 32 00:04:15,872 --> 00:04:17,402 Well, I am going to give you one. 33 00:04:17,573 --> 00:04:21,133 You are, without a doubt, the most persistent young man that I've ever met. 34 00:04:22,045 --> 00:04:25,475 Now, get yourself a haircut, make an appointment, and come back. 35 00:04:25,848 --> 00:04:27,438 And for heaven's sake, wear a tie. 36 00:04:27,884 --> 00:04:29,854 Are you gonna publish my songs or my tie? 37 00:04:30,019 --> 00:04:32,489 Now, wait a minute. Do you know what this is? 38 00:04:32,655 --> 00:04:36,055 Four years of working nights after wrestling with crockery all day long... 39 00:04:36,225 --> 00:04:38,125 and nobody to tell me if they're good. 40 00:04:38,294 --> 00:04:40,764 Today, I made up my mind to find out. Please. 41 00:04:41,464 --> 00:04:42,834 But I just work here. 42 00:04:42,999 --> 00:04:44,859 Why don't you take these to Mr. Rossiter? 43 00:04:45,068 --> 00:04:47,798 I'm having a tough enough time. How could I see your boss? 44 00:04:47,971 --> 00:04:50,241 I'm very sorry, but this is my lunch hour and... 45 00:04:50,406 --> 00:04:51,426 Well, be my guest. 46 00:04:51,908 --> 00:04:54,778 Salami on pumpernickel, homemade pumpernickel. 47 00:04:54,944 --> 00:04:59,684 You couldn't do better at the Palmer House. Believe me, you'll enjoy them. 48 00:04:59,916 --> 00:05:04,676 I'll get you a drink. There. 49 00:05:24,107 --> 00:05:27,197 Are they all about William Howard Taft and the Statue of Liberty? 50 00:05:27,377 --> 00:05:28,377 Anything wrong? 51 00:05:28,544 --> 00:05:30,444 Don't you ever write about simple things? 52 00:05:30,613 --> 00:05:32,243 Things that you know and you feel? 53 00:05:32,415 --> 00:05:35,535 - You don't like them, huh? - I didn't say that. 54 00:05:35,718 --> 00:05:37,708 But I wouldn't wanna sit on a boy's lap... 55 00:05:37,887 --> 00:05:40,687 and have him sing about Washington crossing the Delaware. 56 00:05:41,524 --> 00:05:43,794 What's that got to do with it? 57 00:05:44,527 --> 00:05:46,717 Do you know why you write a popular song? 58 00:05:46,896 --> 00:05:47,896 Let me explain. 59 00:05:48,064 --> 00:05:51,434 Because most boys and girls don't know how to say "I love you." 60 00:05:51,601 --> 00:05:56,601 So you've got to say it for them, in 32 bars of music, no more, no less. 61 00:05:58,374 --> 00:05:59,674 Just like that. 62 00:05:59,842 --> 00:06:03,942 Who are you to make new rules? If a song is good, people will sing it, no matter what. 63 00:06:04,113 --> 00:06:07,213 - You asked for my opinion. - All right, so I made a mistake. 64 00:06:07,383 --> 00:06:09,853 You'd probably turn down "The Star-Spangled Banner"... 65 00:06:10,019 --> 00:06:14,979 if it didn't say "I love you by the dawn's early light." 66 00:06:15,892 --> 00:06:19,232 Two salami sandwiches down the drain. 67 00:06:24,434 --> 00:06:26,774 At least you've had your lunch. 68 00:06:29,739 --> 00:06:31,929 Thirty-two bars of music to say "I love you." 69 00:06:32,108 --> 00:06:34,368 What if I said, "I hate you"? They could shoot me? 70 00:06:34,544 --> 00:06:36,014 What am I talking to you for? 71 00:06:36,179 --> 00:06:39,439 You don't understand. Nobody understands. 72 00:06:39,615 --> 00:06:41,205 I hope I haven't discouraged you. 73 00:06:42,185 --> 00:06:44,645 What's four years' work? 74 00:06:53,062 --> 00:06:55,292 For that which we are about to receive... 75 00:06:55,465 --> 00:06:58,225 we thank the William Rossiter Music Company. 76 00:06:58,401 --> 00:07:00,561 - Oh, now, Father. - Well, it's true. 77 00:07:00,736 --> 00:07:05,136 My daughter earns as much at that great citadel of culture as I do teaching school. 78 00:07:05,308 --> 00:07:07,868 If it bothers you, Father, I'll have them cut my salary. 79 00:07:08,044 --> 00:07:09,274 That isn't what bothers me. 80 00:07:09,445 --> 00:07:11,775 It's the type of person you have to associate with. 81 00:07:11,948 --> 00:07:15,818 And the grossness of their nature will have weight to drag thee down. 82 00:07:15,985 --> 00:07:18,385 Father thinks they're not fit for a nice girl, dear. 83 00:07:18,554 --> 00:07:20,184 But he hasn't even met one of them. 84 00:07:20,356 --> 00:07:21,786 And if he did, he'd like them. 85 00:07:21,958 --> 00:07:24,788 They're sensitive musicians and composers and poets... 86 00:07:24,961 --> 00:07:27,331 in spite of what Father thinks. 87 00:07:27,964 --> 00:07:30,094 - I'll see who it is. - Oh, thanks. 88 00:07:30,266 --> 00:07:32,596 Your trouble is you shouldn't have had a daughter. 89 00:07:32,768 --> 00:07:34,628 You should have had a marble statue. 90 00:07:34,804 --> 00:07:39,264 Quite right, my dear. Only, we didn't know how to go about it. 91 00:07:40,076 --> 00:07:41,766 Coming. 92 00:07:46,849 --> 00:07:49,609 - A guy could freeze to death. - What are you doing here? 93 00:07:49,785 --> 00:07:51,975 I called your office. They gave me your address. 94 00:07:52,155 --> 00:07:53,275 Nice of them. 95 00:07:53,456 --> 00:07:57,116 You know, after I left you this morning, I got to thinking about what you said. 96 00:07:57,293 --> 00:07:59,353 - So I did it. - Did what? 97 00:07:59,529 --> 00:08:02,659 The lyric. You know, simple, what I feel. 98 00:08:02,832 --> 00:08:05,132 Here, read it, Ms. LeBoy. 99 00:08:05,568 --> 00:08:07,928 - What's your name? - Gus. Gus Kahn. 100 00:08:08,104 --> 00:08:10,374 Well, Mr. Kahn, we happen to be having our dinner. 101 00:08:10,540 --> 00:08:13,440 If you bring that to the office, I'll be happy to look at it. 102 00:08:13,609 --> 00:08:16,269 It's very cold and I walked a long way. Look at it now. 103 00:08:16,445 --> 00:08:19,875 - Who is it, dear? - Just a young man I met at the office. 104 00:08:20,049 --> 00:08:22,709 - Bring him into the dining room. - He has to leave, Mother. 105 00:08:22,885 --> 00:08:25,045 I don't have to leave. I'd like to come in. 106 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:28,875 - We'll be in in a minute. - All right, dear. 107 00:08:29,192 --> 00:08:30,392 Don't you ever wear a tie? 108 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,990 What's with you and ties? You'd think I was naked. 109 00:08:33,162 --> 00:08:35,492 Wait here. I'll get one of my father's. 110 00:08:38,301 --> 00:08:42,401 You and my mother are the same. Ties, ties. Worried about ties. 111 00:08:42,572 --> 00:08:45,012 Hold still. I'll put this on. 112 00:08:45,408 --> 00:08:47,138 You didn't have your hair cut either. 113 00:08:47,310 --> 00:08:49,710 Maybe you could get me one of your father's. 114 00:08:49,879 --> 00:08:50,879 Come on. 115 00:08:54,350 --> 00:08:56,910 This is Mr. Kahn. He's a lyric-writer. 116 00:08:57,086 --> 00:08:58,516 I am not a bit surprised. 117 00:08:58,688 --> 00:09:01,678 There is about him the unmistakable aura of the poet. 118 00:09:01,857 --> 00:09:04,047 - How do you do, Mr. Kahn? - How do you do? 119 00:09:04,227 --> 00:09:07,087 You'll excuse us... Oh, I suppose you've had your dinner? 120 00:09:07,463 --> 00:09:08,693 I could eat. 121 00:09:08,864 --> 00:09:12,134 Bring Omar Khayyám his loaf of bread and jug of wine. 122 00:09:12,301 --> 00:09:16,031 The name's Gus, and if it's all the same to you, I'll have soup. 123 00:09:16,205 --> 00:09:20,225 - Bring Gus his soup. - Why, yes. Yes, indeed. 124 00:09:20,409 --> 00:09:23,639 I had no idea Mr. Kahn was coming tonight. I'm a little embarrassed. 125 00:09:23,813 --> 00:09:26,613 Oh, think nothing of it, my dear. You're the only one who Is. 126 00:09:26,782 --> 00:09:29,752 - I hope I'm not busting in or anything. - No apologies, Mr. Kahn. 127 00:09:29,919 --> 00:09:32,679 - Genius is its own excuse. - Father, please. 128 00:09:32,855 --> 00:09:36,875 Tell me, what has the muse inspired you to today? 129 00:09:37,059 --> 00:09:40,859 If you mean what did I write, I just knocked out a love song. 130 00:09:43,099 --> 00:09:44,259 Beautifully put. 131 00:09:44,433 --> 00:09:46,063 Father, I've read Mr. Kahn's work. 132 00:09:46,235 --> 00:09:48,895 And if he's written a love song, I'm sure it is beautiful. 133 00:09:49,071 --> 00:09:53,031 I can't think of anything the world needs more than a new love lyric. 134 00:09:53,209 --> 00:09:56,799 After all, Shelley and Keats have been going downhill for some time... 135 00:09:56,979 --> 00:10:02,319 and who couldn't knock out something better than Elizabeth Barrett Browning's: 136 00:10:02,785 --> 00:10:06,185 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. 137 00:10:06,355 --> 00:10:09,475 I love thee to the depth And breadth and height. 138 00:10:09,659 --> 00:10:12,629 My soul can reach, When feeling out of sight. 139 00:10:12,795 --> 00:10:15,355 For the ends of being and ideal grace. 140 00:10:15,531 --> 00:10:22,131 I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. 141 00:10:22,805 --> 00:10:24,295 Could I have the rest of it? 142 00:10:25,141 --> 00:10:28,271 Wring out my tie, Mr. Kahn, and I'll continue. 143 00:10:29,178 --> 00:10:30,808 Gosh, I'm sorry. 144 00:10:31,847 --> 00:10:33,607 Oh, gosh. 145 00:10:34,550 --> 00:10:39,010 Gosh, l... Please, would you go on? 146 00:10:39,989 --> 00:10:43,319 I love thee freely, as men strive for right. 147 00:10:43,492 --> 00:10:46,622 I love thee purely, As they turn from praise. 148 00:10:46,796 --> 00:10:48,986 I love thee with a passion put to use. 149 00:10:49,165 --> 00:10:52,395 In my old griefs, And with my childhood's faith. 150 00:10:52,568 --> 00:10:55,588 I love thee with a... 151 00:10:58,974 --> 00:11:02,244 I love thee with a love I seemed to lose. 152 00:11:02,411 --> 00:11:06,181 With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath. 153 00:11:06,349 --> 00:11:10,219 Smiles, tears, of all my life; And, if God choose 154 00:11:10,386 --> 00:11:13,746 I shall but love thee better after death. 155 00:11:18,327 --> 00:11:20,017 Excuse me. 156 00:11:21,997 --> 00:11:23,397 Father. 157 00:11:25,368 --> 00:11:28,168 Mr. Kahn. Mr. Kahn, I want to apologize. 158 00:11:28,337 --> 00:11:30,067 What for? He's right. 159 00:11:30,239 --> 00:11:32,139 What's a mug like me doing with a pencil? 160 00:11:32,308 --> 00:11:34,898 But nobody expects you to write like that. 161 00:11:35,077 --> 00:11:37,167 Express yourself in your own way, Mr. Kahn. 162 00:11:37,346 --> 00:11:41,006 And if you can make others feel what you feel, that's poetry. 163 00:11:41,183 --> 00:11:42,913 Some people are meant to write poems. 164 00:11:43,085 --> 00:11:45,075 Some people are meant to move crockery. 165 00:11:45,254 --> 00:11:48,714 I wouldn't expect my horse to get up on the seat and start driving. 166 00:11:50,793 --> 00:11:52,893 Good night. I'm sorry if I've troubled you. 167 00:11:53,062 --> 00:11:56,002 Well, what about the lyric you walked through the snow with? 168 00:11:57,633 --> 00:11:59,623 Have yourself a laugh. 169 00:12:15,718 --> 00:12:19,588 "Gee, I wish that I had a girl like the other fellows have." 170 00:13:02,665 --> 00:13:04,095 Gracie, look at these figures. 171 00:13:04,266 --> 00:13:07,856 "Smiling Through," 450,000 copies already. 172 00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:11,557 It was an inspiration you had to let John McCormack introduce it. 173 00:13:11,740 --> 00:13:13,800 I wanna talk to you about something. 174 00:13:13,976 --> 00:13:17,666 You don't have to. Without a word, I'm raising your salary $5 a week. 175 00:13:17,847 --> 00:13:20,437 Get back to work on the two dogs we are trying to push. 176 00:13:20,616 --> 00:13:21,806 - Mr. Rossiter. - What? 177 00:13:21,984 --> 00:13:23,384 I've written a song. 178 00:13:24,286 --> 00:13:25,506 It happens every time. 179 00:13:25,688 --> 00:13:28,488 Every good demonstrator wants to be a bad songwriter. 180 00:13:28,657 --> 00:13:31,717 But this is a wonderful lyric I ran across, just crying for a tune. 181 00:13:31,894 --> 00:13:34,864 Better it should cry than me. No, Gracie, look. 182 00:13:35,030 --> 00:13:37,970 How many good songs do we have lying in the catalog... 183 00:13:38,133 --> 00:13:40,403 that die because they've not been plugged? 184 00:13:40,569 --> 00:13:43,659 And how many bad songs have you yourself helped to become hits? 185 00:13:43,839 --> 00:13:49,329 Now, Gracie, believe me, to me, you are a much greater artist than Victor Herbert. 186 00:13:49,512 --> 00:13:51,982 I'll make that a $ 10-a-week raise. 187 00:13:52,147 --> 00:13:56,777 - Don't you even wanna hear the song? - No. I might like it. 188 00:13:56,952 --> 00:14:00,752 Then I'll take it someplace else, because this song has to be published. 189 00:14:01,257 --> 00:14:04,557 But you can't go to another publisher while you work for me. 190 00:14:04,727 --> 00:14:07,487 I don't work for you anymore, Mr. Rossiter. 191 00:14:07,663 --> 00:14:09,133 Then you don't get that raise. 192 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,670 I'm sorry, Ms. LeBoy. I just can't do it. 193 00:14:19,842 --> 00:14:23,242 But you wouldn't have to pay us very much for the song. Say $ 10? 194 00:14:23,412 --> 00:14:25,812 You say it. Business is so bad, I can't say anything. 195 00:14:25,981 --> 00:14:28,351 We don't care. We'll work just for royalties. 196 00:14:28,517 --> 00:14:30,747 We'll work night and day and do our own plugging. 197 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,620 What's this "we"? Who's the silent partner in this deal? 198 00:14:33,789 --> 00:14:36,759 - Mr. Kahn, the lyricist. - Where is he, in hiding? 199 00:14:36,926 --> 00:14:40,186 I don't know. I haven't seen him since he gave me the lyric. 200 00:14:40,362 --> 00:14:42,522 That's why I've got to have this song published. 201 00:14:42,698 --> 00:14:44,288 I don't follow. 202 00:14:44,466 --> 00:14:46,986 Then I'd have reason to see him again. 203 00:14:50,205 --> 00:14:54,535 Mr. Townsend, would it cost me very much to have a few copies printed? 204 00:14:59,281 --> 00:15:01,721 - Go on, play the number. - Thank you. 205 00:15:01,884 --> 00:15:04,084 Oh, what can I lose? I'm in receivership now. 206 00:15:04,253 --> 00:15:06,983 Hurry, before they come and take the piano. 207 00:15:08,090 --> 00:15:11,420 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. 208 00:15:11,594 --> 00:15:14,324 I love thee to the depth And breadth and height. 209 00:15:14,496 --> 00:15:16,086 My soul can reach 210 00:15:16,265 --> 00:15:18,665 I love thee purely, As they turn from praise. 211 00:15:18,834 --> 00:15:21,894 I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs. 212 00:15:22,071 --> 00:15:23,271 Who is opening the door? 213 00:15:23,439 --> 00:15:24,929 And with my childhood's faith. 214 00:15:25,107 --> 00:15:26,767 Me. Like always. 215 00:15:26,942 --> 00:15:30,172 I love thee with a love I seemed to lose. 216 00:15:30,346 --> 00:15:33,366 With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath. 217 00:15:33,549 --> 00:15:34,609 Please come in. 218 00:15:34,783 --> 00:15:38,623 - Smile, tears... - Gus, it's for you. A girl. 219 00:15:38,787 --> 00:15:40,247 - Mr. Kahn. - Ms. LeBoy. 220 00:15:40,422 --> 00:15:44,122 Excuse me for being so forward, but I just had to come and congratulate you. 221 00:15:44,293 --> 00:15:46,493 - For what? - For this. 222 00:15:49,198 --> 00:15:52,928 - When did this happen? - I put a tune to it that same night. 223 00:15:54,536 --> 00:15:55,696 What'd you do that for? 224 00:15:55,871 --> 00:15:57,811 Let me see. 225 00:16:00,175 --> 00:16:06,765 "Lyrics by Gus Kahn." Gus, your name, printed. 226 00:16:06,949 --> 00:16:08,249 What's the matter? 227 00:16:08,417 --> 00:16:11,407 Couldn't your father have lived to see this? 228 00:16:11,587 --> 00:16:14,487 Ma, it's just a song. It's not the Declaration of Independence. 229 00:16:14,657 --> 00:16:15,947 How could you understand it? 230 00:16:16,125 --> 00:16:18,855 Five years old you were when we came to this country. 231 00:16:19,028 --> 00:16:23,618 But your father and I, how long we struggled with the language. 232 00:16:23,799 --> 00:16:26,269 Me, I'm still struggling. 233 00:16:26,435 --> 00:16:30,365 But my son, he makes a song out of it. 234 00:16:30,539 --> 00:16:34,269 Gee, if it means that much to you, I'm glad she did it. 235 00:16:34,443 --> 00:16:36,913 - Thanks, Ms. LeBoy. - Gus! 236 00:16:37,079 --> 00:16:40,139 This is the way how you treat a lady visitor? 237 00:16:40,315 --> 00:16:42,215 You should have some strudel with us. 238 00:16:42,384 --> 00:16:43,754 - Oh, yes. - Thank you very much. 239 00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:45,609 - Sit down. - And coffee. 240 00:16:45,788 --> 00:16:48,878 My mother makes the best strudel in town. 241 00:16:49,058 --> 00:16:51,218 You should excuse the dishes. 242 00:16:51,994 --> 00:16:56,434 But if a little bit is chipped off, he gets it free from the warehouse. 243 00:16:56,598 --> 00:16:59,118 Gus, I forgot, some more saucers we need. 244 00:16:59,301 --> 00:17:02,031 Okay, Ma. I'll chip some tomorrow. 245 00:17:02,371 --> 00:17:06,071 Mr. Kahn, you're not going back to the warehouse after writing a song like this. 246 00:17:06,241 --> 00:17:07,241 Well, why not? 247 00:17:07,409 --> 00:17:09,709 I promised the publisher we'd do our own plugging. 248 00:17:10,713 --> 00:17:13,183 - Plugging? - Get the song heard and played. 249 00:17:13,348 --> 00:17:15,838 It takes 24 hours a day, Mr. Kahn. 250 00:17:16,018 --> 00:17:17,948 You mean you want me to quit my job? 251 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:19,710 But this is your big chance. 252 00:17:19,888 --> 00:17:23,548 What if the song doesn't go over? Who's gonna help pay the rent? 253 00:17:23,726 --> 00:17:25,486 Listen to him with the rent. 254 00:17:25,661 --> 00:17:27,791 Who paid the rent while you were growing up? 255 00:17:27,963 --> 00:17:30,693 And what are your brothers, pushcart peddlers? 256 00:17:30,866 --> 00:17:32,986 Believe me, we won't starve. 257 00:17:33,168 --> 00:17:36,328 - And there'll always be strudel. - Yup. 258 00:17:36,505 --> 00:17:37,505 She's very sweet. 259 00:17:37,673 --> 00:17:40,573 She gets so excited. Ma, what are you excited about? 260 00:17:40,743 --> 00:17:43,973 When I walk down Michigan Boulevard, people should say: 261 00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:47,706 "There goes the mother of Gus Kahn, the songwriter." 262 00:17:47,883 --> 00:17:53,253 Not "The mother of Gus Kahn who chips dishes for Albert Pick and Company." 263 00:17:53,522 --> 00:17:55,852 Now what are you doing? 264 00:17:56,592 --> 00:17:58,862 - Please. - What's that for? 265 00:17:59,027 --> 00:18:02,287 I would like to buy the first one. 266 00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:07,656 Here. Mrs. Kahn, I'd love to play it for you sometime. 267 00:18:07,836 --> 00:18:10,526 What for? Gus didn't write the music. 268 00:18:14,243 --> 00:18:16,143 Come on, now. Everybody sing. 269 00:18:16,311 --> 00:18:20,481 Gee, I wish that I had a girl. 270 00:18:20,649 --> 00:18:26,089 Like the other fellows had. 271 00:18:26,255 --> 00:18:30,515 Someone to make a fuss over me. 272 00:18:30,926 --> 00:18:35,446 To cheer me up when I feel sad. 273 00:18:35,631 --> 00:18:40,091 On Wednesday night, I'm all alone. 274 00:18:40,269 --> 00:18:46,109 When I ought to be up At some sweetheart's home. 275 00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:51,002 And I'm lonesome Awful lonesome. 276 00:18:51,180 --> 00:18:56,450 Gee, I wish I had a girl. 277 00:18:56,618 --> 00:18:57,848 Follow the pointer! 278 00:19:39,361 --> 00:19:42,891 - How do you do, Mr. Kahn? - It's raining like a son of a gun. 279 00:19:44,733 --> 00:19:45,733 Where are the folks? 280 00:19:45,901 --> 00:19:49,361 Oh, they're out. They're both out. They'll be out for quite a while. 281 00:19:49,538 --> 00:19:52,098 Good, we can get right to work. And, boy, do we need it. 282 00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:55,214 We've written quite a few songs, but we've had only one hit. 283 00:19:55,377 --> 00:19:56,897 That's not exactly a career. 284 00:19:57,446 --> 00:20:00,506 It's nothing against you, but we've gotta dig a little harder. 285 00:20:00,682 --> 00:20:02,052 I've written two new lyrics. 286 00:20:02,217 --> 00:20:04,687 Take a look, one of them could be a real good song. 287 00:20:04,853 --> 00:20:08,353 - Do we have to start right away? - Sure. What else is there to do? 288 00:20:08,523 --> 00:20:10,513 - What could I have been thinking of? - What? 289 00:20:10,692 --> 00:20:12,352 Oh, nothing. 290 00:20:12,527 --> 00:20:14,997 All right. Sit down. Sit down. 291 00:20:15,163 --> 00:20:18,103 There's two of them. One, I like a little better than the other. 292 00:20:18,267 --> 00:20:19,557 Here's "Love in Springtime." 293 00:20:19,735 --> 00:20:23,395 And this one is "The Month of June is a Song of Love." 294 00:20:23,572 --> 00:20:25,542 You know, June is the month of love. 295 00:20:25,707 --> 00:20:29,667 Everybody... Everybody gets married in June, and that's the whole idea. 296 00:20:29,845 --> 00:20:32,135 Now, let's try the verse, huh? 297 00:20:32,314 --> 00:20:34,844 "Every lassie loves a laddie in the month of June." 298 00:20:35,017 --> 00:20:36,177 Yeah. 299 00:20:47,462 --> 00:20:50,522 Mind if I move these? They're in the way. 300 00:20:52,734 --> 00:20:55,434 All right, go ahead. The first two lines. 301 00:21:00,709 --> 00:21:02,769 Now, the third line is "Mid..." 302 00:21:02,945 --> 00:21:04,845 Why have you got it so dark in here? 303 00:21:05,013 --> 00:21:07,043 How do you expect us to work in the dark? 304 00:21:07,215 --> 00:21:08,735 Holy smoke. There, that's better. 305 00:21:08,917 --> 00:21:11,077 Go ahead. From the third line. "Mid the roses..." 306 00:21:11,253 --> 00:21:14,483 "Mid the roses, man proposes, for the world's in tune." 307 00:21:14,823 --> 00:21:17,823 From "mid the roses," right from there, from the third line. 308 00:21:17,993 --> 00:21:20,723 - "Mid the roses, man proposes..." - Yeah, right from there. 309 00:21:20,896 --> 00:21:22,956 Play it. See what you hear from that. 310 00:21:30,472 --> 00:21:34,702 - What is that? What do you got on? - Real perfume, Nuit d'Amour. 311 00:21:34,876 --> 00:21:36,206 Yeah. 312 00:21:41,783 --> 00:21:44,783 Awfully stuffy in here. Do you mind if I open a window? 313 00:21:48,557 --> 00:21:50,487 Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 314 00:21:50,659 --> 00:21:53,559 Gee, I had no idea it was blowing like that. 315 00:21:53,729 --> 00:21:57,169 Let's try it right from the top, huh? Right from the top. 316 00:21:58,867 --> 00:22:01,727 Good, good. Good. 317 00:22:05,374 --> 00:22:07,344 Gosh, that's good. 318 00:22:08,910 --> 00:22:11,710 That's wonderful. I wish your folks would go out every night. 319 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,580 We'd get a lot done. That's real good. 320 00:22:16,318 --> 00:22:17,978 Try it again. 321 00:23:00,395 --> 00:23:03,685 Oh, that's a beautiful melody, Mr. Van Alstyne. 322 00:23:04,032 --> 00:23:07,162 Here's the surprise. I've talked Bert into letting Gus do the lyric. 323 00:23:07,335 --> 00:23:10,025 - I like his work. - It'll be a great break for Gus. 324 00:23:10,205 --> 00:23:12,935 Bert works with none but the best. You know his hits: 325 00:23:13,108 --> 00:23:16,308 "Shade of the Old Apple Tree," "I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark." 326 00:23:16,478 --> 00:23:18,278 Let's not go through the whole catalog. 327 00:23:18,447 --> 00:23:21,007 I had a feeling he wasn't here just to tune the piano. 328 00:23:21,183 --> 00:23:24,283 - Now, Grace. - You think I'm holding Gus back. 329 00:23:25,420 --> 00:23:29,150 Yeah. Not only me, but the whole music business. 330 00:23:29,324 --> 00:23:32,894 After all, Grace, I deserve another hit. I've been publishing all your flops. 331 00:23:33,061 --> 00:23:36,161 You've made up your mind, even before you've heard my new tune? 332 00:23:36,331 --> 00:23:39,991 If I'd made up my mind sooner, I'd have saved myself a lot of money. 333 00:23:40,168 --> 00:23:43,328 You've got him as a husband. Why hang onto him as a partner? 334 00:23:43,505 --> 00:23:45,265 Mr. Kahn and I are not married. 335 00:23:45,807 --> 00:23:52,037 What? But I've seen you together for years. I took it for granted. 336 00:23:52,314 --> 00:23:54,844 Grace, do you mean to say he never even asked you? 337 00:23:55,016 --> 00:23:58,506 He's cleared his throat once or twice, but that's as far as he's gotten. 338 00:23:58,687 --> 00:24:01,247 Well, why don't we forget about the whole thing? 339 00:24:01,423 --> 00:24:03,583 I think Gus and Grace should stick together. 340 00:24:03,758 --> 00:24:06,688 I'll leave the music here. We can get hold of another lyricist. 341 00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:08,892 Mr. Van Alstyne... 342 00:24:09,064 --> 00:24:11,194 - Am I late, Fred? - No. Come in, Gus. Come in. 343 00:24:11,366 --> 00:24:14,556 - You know Bert Van Alstyne. - By reputation, and I wish I had it. 344 00:24:14,736 --> 00:24:16,926 Hello. Did you played the new tune for Fred? 345 00:24:17,105 --> 00:24:19,435 I'm a little anxious to hear it myself. 346 00:24:19,708 --> 00:24:22,728 - Well, so long, everybody. - Oh, just a minute. 347 00:24:22,911 --> 00:24:25,851 Mr. Van Alstyne has a beautiful tune he wants you to write up. 348 00:24:26,014 --> 00:24:28,744 Well, I'm flattered, but Ms. LeBoy and l... 349 00:24:28,917 --> 00:24:30,937 Oh, I think you should do it, Mr. Kahn. 350 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:32,979 We haven't been doing very well together. 351 00:24:33,155 --> 00:24:36,275 Well, now that's settled, when are you two boys gonna get to work? 352 00:24:36,458 --> 00:24:38,718 - Are you trying to get rid of me? - Don't be silly. 353 00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:41,364 Any lyricist in the world would jump at this chance. 354 00:24:41,696 --> 00:24:44,626 Well, how do you like that? That's gratitude. 355 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:49,359 I put on a tie for her, I quit my job, even cut my hair. We're partners. 356 00:24:49,538 --> 00:24:51,798 Now she wants to pawn me off on a new tune-writer. 357 00:24:51,973 --> 00:24:53,773 - All right, let's forget it. - No, wait. 358 00:24:53,942 --> 00:24:57,672 Mr. Kahn, we've got to stop fooling ourselves right here and now. 359 00:24:57,846 --> 00:25:01,536 My tunes aren't in the same class as your lyrics. Our first hit was an accident. 360 00:25:01,716 --> 00:25:03,236 You wouldn't know a good tune. 361 00:25:03,418 --> 00:25:05,608 - Don't pass up an opportunity... - Play the song. 362 00:25:05,787 --> 00:25:09,547 - Mr. Kahn... - Ms. LeBoy, I'll pick my own partners. 363 00:25:10,425 --> 00:25:12,145 Play the song. 364 00:25:13,528 --> 00:25:15,188 Yes, Mr. Kahn. 365 00:25:28,843 --> 00:25:30,873 Hang around. Tell her how good it is. 366 00:25:52,968 --> 00:25:54,028 This is good. 367 00:26:07,449 --> 00:26:10,149 Wonderful! Wonderful! That's the best thing you ever did. 368 00:26:10,318 --> 00:26:12,808 - Are you sure? - Sure? I'll leave it to the expert. 369 00:26:12,988 --> 00:26:14,418 You tell her. 370 00:26:14,589 --> 00:26:17,789 Well, frankly, it sounds a little reminiscent. 371 00:26:17,959 --> 00:26:19,619 What does he know? A few lucky hits. 372 00:26:19,794 --> 00:26:22,664 - Thirty million copies, is all. - I tell you, this is her. 373 00:26:22,831 --> 00:26:24,631 This is what she's like inside. 374 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:27,326 Do you think I've caught the real me? 375 00:26:27,502 --> 00:26:29,232 Couldn't be anybody else. 376 00:26:29,504 --> 00:26:32,414 Give me a pencil. Somebody give me a pencil. 377 00:26:32,574 --> 00:26:34,044 Play it again. 378 00:26:34,576 --> 00:26:39,096 Oh, wait. Wait till he leaves. He's liable to steal it. 379 00:26:39,547 --> 00:26:45,137 Goodbye, Fred. Mr. Kahn, Ms. LeBoy. Good luck with your lyric. 380 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,520 You're about to get yourself a song. 381 00:26:54,763 --> 00:26:59,723 Memories, memories. 382 00:26:59,901 --> 00:27:05,031 Dreams of love so true. 383 00:27:05,407 --> 00:27:09,867 O'er the sea of memory 384 00:27:10,278 --> 00:27:16,218 I'm drifting back to you. 385 00:27:18,620 --> 00:27:23,890 Childhood days, wild wood days. 386 00:27:24,059 --> 00:27:28,519 Among the birds and bees. 387 00:27:28,697 --> 00:27:32,957 You left me alone. 388 00:27:33,134 --> 00:27:38,304 But still you're my own. 389 00:27:38,473 --> 00:27:45,073 In my beautiful memories 390 00:27:56,591 --> 00:27:59,821 I'm very proud to introduce that beautiful song. 391 00:27:59,994 --> 00:28:01,934 I know you would like to meet its writers. 392 00:28:02,097 --> 00:28:07,687 Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the lyricist, Mr. Gus Kahn. 393 00:28:15,877 --> 00:28:20,277 And the composer, Mr. Egbert Van Alstyne. 394 00:28:24,819 --> 00:28:27,009 Meet the real me. 395 00:28:33,962 --> 00:28:36,262 Why make a fool of me in front of those people? 396 00:28:36,431 --> 00:28:39,831 - The song's a bit hit, isn't it? - I don't have to be tricked into success. 397 00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:42,831 If I can't make it on my own, what's the use of getting there? 398 00:28:43,004 --> 00:28:44,974 If that's all the thanks I get, Mr. Kahn... 399 00:28:45,140 --> 00:28:47,970 I wasn't looking for a new partner, or another girl. 400 00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:50,303 And now I guess I better start looking for both. 401 00:28:50,478 --> 00:28:52,638 If I've been your girl, I've never noticed it. 402 00:28:52,814 --> 00:28:54,784 Why, you're still calling me Ms. LeBoy. 403 00:28:54,949 --> 00:28:57,509 For years, you've been blowing cigar smoke in my face... 404 00:28:57,685 --> 00:29:00,205 acting like a truck driver and treating me like one. 405 00:29:00,388 --> 00:29:02,518 - What's that got to do with it? - It's all over. 406 00:29:02,690 --> 00:29:06,320 - I'm through with you and your songs. - Now, you listen here. 407 00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:09,594 You're the most ungrateful person I have ever met. 408 00:29:09,764 --> 00:29:12,294 Oh, but you're gonna be a big songwriter, Mr. Kahn. 409 00:29:12,467 --> 00:29:14,727 Don't let me stand in your way. 410 00:29:14,903 --> 00:29:17,633 You're not in my way at all, Grace. 411 00:29:18,673 --> 00:29:21,643 - Gus. - What? 412 00:29:21,810 --> 00:29:25,080 - You called me Grace. - I did? 413 00:29:25,246 --> 00:29:28,076 Well, you called me Gus. 414 00:29:29,384 --> 00:29:31,484 - You know what? - What? 415 00:29:31,653 --> 00:29:33,953 I guess we'll have to get married. 416 00:29:34,122 --> 00:29:35,752 Is that a proposal? 417 00:29:35,924 --> 00:29:38,724 What, you have to have it in writing? 418 00:29:39,260 --> 00:29:44,060 But you've never kissed me. You never even said you love me. 419 00:29:44,833 --> 00:29:49,703 Well, gosh, what do you want? Moon, June, love, dove. 420 00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:51,861 That's my business all day. 421 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:53,560 - Mr. Kahn. - Yeah? 422 00:29:53,741 --> 00:29:56,181 Let's get down to business. 423 00:30:33,815 --> 00:30:37,615 Come on in, Bert. Grace, you home? We've been looking all over for you. 424 00:30:37,785 --> 00:30:39,005 - Hello, Bert. - Hello, Grace. 425 00:30:39,187 --> 00:30:41,447 Dinner show's in a half-hour. We're gonna miss it. 426 00:30:41,623 --> 00:30:44,293 - Tony Jackson has a new piece. - They'll play it tonight. 427 00:30:44,459 --> 00:30:48,049 "Jelly Roll Rag." Change the melody, a good lyric, there may be a song in it. 428 00:30:48,229 --> 00:30:49,749 - Yeah. - I must tell you something. 429 00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:51,061 - So tell me. - Alone. 430 00:30:51,232 --> 00:30:52,462 - What? - Bert, do you mind? 431 00:30:52,634 --> 00:30:55,404 - Come on. We're gonna be late. - Gus, it's important. 432 00:30:55,570 --> 00:30:58,200 - Won't it keep? - Not if you keep pushing me this way. 433 00:30:58,373 --> 00:31:01,003 Pushing? Who's pushing? Let's go. 434 00:31:19,794 --> 00:31:22,464 Please, let's get out of here. It's so stuffy and smoky. 435 00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:25,120 This is the tune Tony wants us to fix up. 436 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,960 In the bridge, the middle part, if you can change that... 437 00:31:28,136 --> 00:31:30,096 I think I've got it, I think I've got it. 438 00:31:36,811 --> 00:31:38,401 Gus, I wanna tell you something. 439 00:31:38,580 --> 00:31:41,780 I've told you, when I'm looking at the ceiling, I'm working. 440 00:31:41,950 --> 00:31:44,750 You'll have to stop for one minute. This is important. 441 00:31:44,919 --> 00:31:46,649 It can't be more important than this. 442 00:31:47,655 --> 00:31:51,245 My dear husband, I'm gonna have a baby. 443 00:31:51,426 --> 00:31:53,616 - What? - I'm gonna have a baby. 444 00:31:53,795 --> 00:31:56,915 - What? - I'm pregnant! 445 00:32:04,472 --> 00:32:07,932 - Well, aren't you surprised? - No. 446 00:32:08,309 --> 00:32:11,279 Really? Gee, you think it'll look like me? 447 00:32:11,446 --> 00:32:14,346 Oh, no. It's gonna be a pretty baby. 448 00:32:17,118 --> 00:32:21,108 Bert. I've got it. I've got it! 449 00:32:21,289 --> 00:32:25,779 Everybody loves a baby That's why I'm in love with you. 450 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:30,160 Pretty baby, pretty baby. 451 00:32:30,331 --> 00:32:34,561 And I'd like to be your sister Brother, dad and mother too. 452 00:32:34,736 --> 00:32:38,756 Pretty baby, pretty baby. 453 00:32:38,940 --> 00:32:43,810 Won't you come and let me rock you In my cradle of love. 454 00:32:43,978 --> 00:32:47,308 And we'll cuddle all the time. 455 00:32:47,982 --> 00:32:53,352 Oh, I want a lovin' baby And it might as well be you. 456 00:32:53,521 --> 00:32:56,511 Pretty baby of mine. 457 00:33:01,396 --> 00:33:05,766 Pretty baby, pretty baby. 458 00:33:14,676 --> 00:33:19,666 Won't you come and let me rock you In my cradle of love. 459 00:33:19,847 --> 00:33:23,717 And we'll cuddle all the time. 460 00:33:24,318 --> 00:33:29,848 Oh, I want a lovin' baby And it might as well be you. 461 00:33:30,024 --> 00:33:34,554 Pretty baby of mine. 462 00:33:34,729 --> 00:33:36,659 Pretty baby of... 463 00:33:41,502 --> 00:33:42,942 How much are you paying? 464 00:33:43,104 --> 00:33:46,604 - Well, how much do you usually get? - How much do you usually pay? 465 00:33:46,774 --> 00:33:48,714 Thirty dollars a month. 466 00:33:48,876 --> 00:33:52,176 - I usually get 40. - That's what we pay. 467 00:33:52,814 --> 00:33:54,084 Is the work hard? 468 00:33:54,248 --> 00:33:57,878 You know, I'm not so young. I've got a touch of the lumbago too. 469 00:33:58,052 --> 00:33:59,052 How's your sinus? 470 00:33:59,587 --> 00:34:01,207 The work is very easy. 471 00:34:01,389 --> 00:34:03,759 We have a small place and we like simple cooking. 472 00:34:03,925 --> 00:34:05,615 Then why did your last maid quit? 473 00:34:05,893 --> 00:34:09,163 She married Jack the Ripper and couldn't handle both jobs. 474 00:34:09,997 --> 00:34:13,087 You know, I don't believe you ever had a maid. 475 00:34:13,701 --> 00:34:16,901 - What business are you in? - I'm a chicken-plucker. 476 00:34:17,105 --> 00:34:20,555 Gus, please. My husband is a songwriter. 477 00:34:20,742 --> 00:34:24,112 Haven't you heard "I Wish I had a Girl," "Memories" and "Pretty Baby"? 478 00:34:24,278 --> 00:34:26,798 I heard them. I didn't like them. 479 00:34:29,250 --> 00:34:31,410 You didn't like them? Grace, this is ridiculous. 480 00:34:31,586 --> 00:34:34,206 Wouldn't have her in the house if she worked for nothing. 481 00:34:34,388 --> 00:34:39,348 - Get her out before I lose my temper. - Well, guess I'd better stay. 482 00:34:39,527 --> 00:34:42,757 You're a nice woman, but him, somebody's got to watch. 483 00:34:42,930 --> 00:34:44,260 - Just a minute... - It's no use. 484 00:34:44,432 --> 00:34:46,332 I've made up my mind. Where's the kitchen? 485 00:34:46,501 --> 00:34:47,591 - It's over there. - Look... 486 00:34:47,769 --> 00:34:50,429 You can think you're the boss, I'll think I'm the boss... 487 00:34:50,605 --> 00:34:53,295 and you, you just have the baby. 488 00:34:57,712 --> 00:35:00,552 Well, I'm glad she's gonna let us do something. 489 00:35:00,882 --> 00:35:06,512 Gus, what is the matter with you? You've been growling like a bear lately. 490 00:35:07,155 --> 00:35:11,815 I don't know. I don't know, I... 491 00:35:14,162 --> 00:35:16,392 I'm going down and see Fred. 492 00:35:18,566 --> 00:35:21,826 - It's the song, isn't it? - Yeah. 493 00:35:22,003 --> 00:35:23,403 Now, you listen to me. 494 00:35:23,571 --> 00:35:26,541 "The One I Love" is the best thing you've ever done. 495 00:35:26,707 --> 00:35:28,497 Take this and show it to him again. 496 00:35:28,676 --> 00:35:31,576 If he still doesn't like it, I'll take it to another publisher. 497 00:35:31,746 --> 00:35:34,866 - But, honey, listen... - Let me do the worrying. 498 00:35:42,290 --> 00:35:45,920 - Grace thinks it's the best thing I've done. - She thinks everything's the best. 499 00:35:46,093 --> 00:35:49,593 Tell her to trust my judgment. I've done all right by you so far, haven't I? 500 00:35:49,764 --> 00:35:52,794 I've told her, Fred. She says she'll take it to another publisher. 501 00:35:52,967 --> 00:35:55,027 She'll take it? When do you start voting? 502 00:35:55,203 --> 00:35:58,173 Or hasn't Abraham Lincoln freed the husbands yet? 503 00:35:58,339 --> 00:36:00,599 Fred, I don't think any more of this than you do. 504 00:36:00,775 --> 00:36:03,205 - But I don't know, Grace... - Grace, Grace, Grace. 505 00:36:03,377 --> 00:36:05,437 Look, she got you away from Bert Van Alstyne. 506 00:36:05,613 --> 00:36:10,053 She found an ex-coalminer, Isham Jones, who writes music by the light of his hat... 507 00:36:10,218 --> 00:36:12,518 and now she wants to change publishers. 508 00:36:12,687 --> 00:36:16,377 She's only doing it for my good, she says. 509 00:36:16,557 --> 00:36:20,547 Gus, Grace is a wonderful woman. I love her almost as much as you do. 510 00:36:20,728 --> 00:36:25,358 But now that she's gonna become a mother, it's time she was told to stay out of music. 511 00:36:25,533 --> 00:36:28,403 You're right, Fred. You're absolutely right. 512 00:36:28,569 --> 00:36:31,399 - When are you gonna tell her? - Me? 513 00:36:31,572 --> 00:36:34,602 You paid for the license, you tell her. And right now. 514 00:36:34,775 --> 00:36:36,165 - Now? - Now. You wanna wait... 515 00:36:36,344 --> 00:36:39,714 until she becomes a grandmother? Go home and face her like a man. 516 00:36:39,881 --> 00:36:41,851 Now, look, Fred... 517 00:36:45,253 --> 00:36:46,723 - Here. - Another beer? 518 00:36:46,888 --> 00:36:50,258 No, no. Give me about that much courage. 519 00:36:55,930 --> 00:36:58,330 How can I make you understand that, in my thinking... 520 00:36:58,499 --> 00:37:00,469 a man's gotta be a man in his own house? 521 00:37:00,768 --> 00:37:02,328 Stop running my life. 522 00:37:02,503 --> 00:37:05,303 We're gonna have a family. That ought to be enough for you. 523 00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:08,373 Forget about "The One I Love." Forget about the music business. 524 00:37:08,542 --> 00:37:10,602 Stop trying to make me such a great success. 525 00:37:10,811 --> 00:37:13,251 I'm happy, happy the way I am. 526 00:37:13,547 --> 00:37:17,677 It wasn't so long ago I was pushing a crockery wagon. 527 00:37:18,853 --> 00:37:20,293 Well, that's just fine. 528 00:37:20,454 --> 00:37:23,914 Be sure you tell her all those things when she comes home. 529 00:37:27,695 --> 00:37:29,485 - Where is Mrs. Kahn? - Somebody phoned... 530 00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:32,434 and said a Sam Harris was hearing new songs, auditioning. 531 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,260 You weren't here, so she went downtown to see him herself. 532 00:37:35,436 --> 00:37:37,956 You let her, in her condition? Why didn't you stop her? 533 00:37:38,139 --> 00:37:39,569 Somebody has to pay my salary. 534 00:37:41,976 --> 00:37:45,906 - I need some coffee. - And so do I. Make enough for two. 535 00:37:46,547 --> 00:37:48,007 What...? 536 00:37:52,753 --> 00:37:55,813 Kick a little higher, girls. Now turn. 537 00:37:55,990 --> 00:37:57,790 - That's fine. - Thank you, girls. 538 00:37:57,959 --> 00:38:00,359 - Ten o'clock tomorrow morning. - You heard him, 10:00. 539 00:38:00,528 --> 00:38:02,088 And I want every girl on time. 540 00:38:02,263 --> 00:38:05,823 That guy's a slave driver. Work half the night, back at 10 in the morning. 541 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,730 It hardly pays to take my clothes off. 542 00:38:09,537 --> 00:38:13,337 This ending is very weak. Fill up the last four bars. 543 00:38:14,842 --> 00:38:17,242 - Save the house lights. - Save the house lights. 544 00:38:17,411 --> 00:38:20,941 - Bring me those sketches. - Jim, let's see the new sketches again. 545 00:38:21,248 --> 00:38:23,238 No, this clashes. You see what I mean? 546 00:38:23,417 --> 00:38:27,547 - No, this is more what I need... - Excuse me, please. Is Mr. Harris here? 547 00:38:27,722 --> 00:38:31,252 Excuse me, please. I would like to see Mr. Harris. 548 00:38:31,425 --> 00:38:33,715 You're seeing him. 549 00:38:33,894 --> 00:38:35,194 - Get on this. - How do you do? 550 00:38:35,363 --> 00:38:37,803 - I'd like to see the second act costumes. - Costumes... 551 00:38:37,965 --> 00:38:40,055 - How do you do? My name is Grace Kahn. - Hello. 552 00:38:40,234 --> 00:38:42,834 I heard about your audition. I've got a wonderful song. 553 00:38:43,004 --> 00:38:45,534 That was over hours ago. I've already selected a song. 554 00:38:45,706 --> 00:38:47,636 - No, no, honey... - That isn't fair. 555 00:38:47,808 --> 00:38:50,828 I didn't hear about it till a half-hour ago. I was home in bed. 556 00:38:51,012 --> 00:38:53,312 Look, the name of my song is "The One I Love." 557 00:38:53,481 --> 00:38:55,451 - I know when you hear it... - I told you... 558 00:38:55,616 --> 00:38:58,076 I've already selected the song. It's getting late. 559 00:38:58,252 --> 00:39:01,452 I've got a thousand things to do. I haven't got time to listen to it. 560 00:39:01,622 --> 00:39:03,592 I'm a very busy man. Oh, Joe, Joe, Harry... 561 00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:07,058 will you show the young lady the door? I'm very, very busy. 562 00:39:07,228 --> 00:39:11,388 You're busy? I'm plugging a song, keeping house, buying the groceries... 563 00:39:11,565 --> 00:39:15,465 I'm gonna have a baby. Top that. Take it easy, boys. 564 00:39:15,636 --> 00:39:21,336 We could be sued. All right, I'll listen to your song, Ms. Kahn. 565 00:39:21,809 --> 00:39:23,539 Mrs. Kahn, if you please. 566 00:39:23,978 --> 00:39:27,208 Oh, yes, yes, Mrs. Kahn. I'm sorry. 567 00:39:27,381 --> 00:39:32,581 Fred, will you help her out on the piano? Spotlight. 568 00:39:38,592 --> 00:39:40,862 The one I love. 569 00:39:41,028 --> 00:39:47,018 Belongs to somebody else. 570 00:39:47,835 --> 00:39:49,055 Mr. Harris. 571 00:39:49,904 --> 00:39:52,904 I'm listening. I always listen and walk around. 572 00:39:53,340 --> 00:39:55,240 Not with my husband's songs, you don't. 573 00:39:56,177 --> 00:39:58,577 You'll sit right down there and listen to every word. 574 00:39:58,746 --> 00:40:03,766 Oh, I'm sorry. For a minute, I thought this was my theater. 575 00:40:04,452 --> 00:40:07,052 All right, girls, later. 576 00:40:07,755 --> 00:40:12,715 Fred, please help the young lady do her song. Harry, Harry, a chair. 577 00:40:15,396 --> 00:40:18,056 The one I love. 578 00:40:18,232 --> 00:40:23,832 Belongs to somebody else. 579 00:40:24,772 --> 00:40:28,642 He means his tender songs. 580 00:40:28,809 --> 00:40:33,749 For somebody else. 581 00:40:34,548 --> 00:40:37,478 And even when I have. 582 00:40:37,651 --> 00:40:43,351 My arms around him 583 00:40:43,524 --> 00:40:47,294 I know his thoughts are strong. 584 00:40:47,461 --> 00:40:51,921 For somebody else. 585 00:40:53,334 --> 00:40:55,504 The hands I hold. 586 00:40:55,669 --> 00:41:01,469 Belong to somebody else 587 00:41:02,343 --> 00:41:06,143 I'll bet they're not so cold. 588 00:41:06,313 --> 00:41:11,113 To somebody else. 589 00:41:11,652 --> 00:41:17,652 It's tough to be alone on the shelf. 590 00:41:18,626 --> 00:41:25,186 It's worse to fall in love by yourself. 591 00:41:25,666 --> 00:41:28,656 The one I love. 592 00:41:28,836 --> 00:41:35,106 Belongs to somebody else. 593 00:41:35,276 --> 00:41:41,266 The one I love. 594 00:41:41,515 --> 00:41:45,135 Belongs. 595 00:41:45,319 --> 00:41:51,919 To somebody else. 596 00:42:02,169 --> 00:42:05,609 Lady, you just sold a song. That's perfect for the first-act finale. 597 00:42:05,773 --> 00:42:10,013 - Say, that girl has talent. - You don't know how much. 598 00:42:10,177 --> 00:42:12,767 For an encore, she may have twins. 599 00:42:36,337 --> 00:42:39,027 He's a beautiful baby, Mr. Kahn. 600 00:42:39,406 --> 00:42:42,466 They all look like that? Where's Grace? 601 00:42:42,643 --> 00:42:45,913 - You like to know how much he weighs? - Why, who's he fighting? 602 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,810 - Where's Grace? - Room 708. 603 00:42:47,982 --> 00:42:49,452 Thanks. 604 00:42:53,220 --> 00:42:55,450 - Gracie. - She's still under the anesthetic. 605 00:42:55,623 --> 00:42:58,353 Sweetheart? Hey. 606 00:42:59,126 --> 00:43:03,456 Hey. Sweetheart. Hey. 607 00:43:04,665 --> 00:43:08,225 The baby's a big hit. So's the song. 608 00:43:08,869 --> 00:43:11,459 Couldn't have managed either of them without you. 609 00:43:12,106 --> 00:43:16,406 Got something for you. Look. 610 00:43:16,877 --> 00:43:22,177 Hey. That's for you. Hey, sleepyhead. 611 00:43:24,218 --> 00:43:27,848 Take care of yourself, sweetheart. I love you very much. 612 00:43:29,156 --> 00:43:32,176 - Oh, nurse? - You'll have to leave now. 613 00:43:32,359 --> 00:43:35,019 Do you want me to tell her anything when she wakes up? 614 00:43:35,195 --> 00:43:39,785 Yeah. Tell her I dropped by. And the kid's all right too. 615 00:44:00,354 --> 00:44:03,624 You're nobody's sweetheart now. 616 00:44:03,791 --> 00:44:07,061 They don't baby you somehow. 617 00:44:07,227 --> 00:44:09,917 Fancy hose, silken gown. 618 00:44:10,097 --> 00:44:13,227 You'd be out of place In your own hometown. 619 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,490 When you walk down the avenue 620 00:44:16,670 --> 00:44:19,940 I just can't believe that it's you. 621 00:44:20,107 --> 00:44:23,197 Painted li'I lips Painted li'I eyes. 622 00:44:23,377 --> 00:44:26,037 Wearing a bird of paradise. 623 00:44:26,213 --> 00:44:29,013 It all seems wrong somehow. 624 00:44:29,183 --> 00:44:33,483 That you're nobody's sweetheart now. 625 00:44:44,832 --> 00:44:51,402 Nights are long since you went away. 626 00:44:52,706 --> 00:44:58,696 I think about you all through the day. 627 00:44:58,879 --> 00:45:05,409 My buddy, my buddy. 628 00:45:05,753 --> 00:45:08,123 Nobody. 629 00:45:08,288 --> 00:45:13,778 Quite so true. 630 00:45:21,568 --> 00:45:28,128 Toot, Toot, Tootsie, goodbye Toot, Toot, Tootsie, don't cry. 631 00:45:28,475 --> 00:45:33,165 The choo-choo train that Takes me away from you. 632 00:45:33,347 --> 00:45:35,437 No words can tell how sad it makes me. 633 00:45:35,616 --> 00:45:41,916 Kiss me, Tootsie, and then I'll do it over again. 634 00:45:42,089 --> 00:45:45,419 Watch for the mail I'll never fail. 635 00:45:45,592 --> 00:45:48,822 If you don't get a letter Then you know I'm in jail. 636 00:45:49,563 --> 00:45:56,093 Toot, Toot, Tootsie, don't cry Toot, Toot, Tootsie, goodbye! 637 00:46:01,742 --> 00:46:04,302 The armistice, the armistice! The war's over! 638 00:46:09,416 --> 00:46:14,006 Oh, I can't believe it. Oh, I don't believe it's over. 639 00:46:14,188 --> 00:46:16,918 Oh, I can't believe it. I can't believe it's over. 640 00:46:17,090 --> 00:46:20,580 I'm gonna go and sleep for a month. No, for a whole year, I'm gonna sleep. 641 00:46:21,929 --> 00:46:23,689 I'm gonna go somewhere where there's... 642 00:46:24,498 --> 00:46:28,298 Everybody loves a baby That's why I'm in love with you. 643 00:46:28,469 --> 00:46:30,399 Pretty baby - No. 644 00:46:30,571 --> 00:46:32,801 Pretty baby - Yes. 645 00:46:32,973 --> 00:46:34,533 Oh, I want a lovin' baby. 646 00:46:34,708 --> 00:46:37,298 - And it might as well be you. - Isn't that wonderful? 647 00:46:37,644 --> 00:46:41,744 - Pretty baby of mine. - I wonder which one of us it'll look like. 648 00:46:46,353 --> 00:46:48,983 - Any pains yet? - No. 649 00:46:49,156 --> 00:46:50,346 What are you doing to me? 650 00:46:50,524 --> 00:46:52,894 Six hours, I've been waiting here in agony. 651 00:46:53,060 --> 00:46:55,220 Gus, you're making yourself a nervous wreck. 652 00:46:55,395 --> 00:46:57,115 Do something else for a few hours. 653 00:46:57,297 --> 00:46:59,987 Well, I could have my appendix taken out while I'm waiting. 654 00:47:00,167 --> 00:47:02,997 Why don't you go down and have a drink with the boys, huh? 655 00:47:03,303 --> 00:47:04,463 Well, what about you? 656 00:47:04,638 --> 00:47:06,898 The doctor says the baby isn't due until midnight. 657 00:47:07,407 --> 00:47:10,097 Doctor says. What, is it coming in on the Broadway Limited? 658 00:47:10,277 --> 00:47:13,737 Will you please do as I say? Honest, I won't have it till you come back. 659 00:47:14,348 --> 00:47:16,678 - Promise? - Promise. 660 00:47:18,919 --> 00:47:23,149 Boy, you don't know what I've been going through all day. 661 00:47:23,323 --> 00:47:27,023 Gus, as soon as you feel any pains, hurry back. 662 00:47:36,470 --> 00:47:39,230 Hey, I'm beginning to feel pains. What time is it? 663 00:47:39,406 --> 00:47:41,766 My watch is worn out. Why don't you relax? 664 00:47:41,942 --> 00:47:43,572 Who's having this baby, you or me? 665 00:47:43,744 --> 00:47:47,654 Gus, listen to the melody again. Maybe it'll give you an idea. 666 00:47:51,919 --> 00:47:54,619 That's the best tune Isham Jones wrote, don't you think so? 667 00:47:55,222 --> 00:47:58,952 - What time is it? - Oh, will you listen? 668 00:48:02,195 --> 00:48:06,685 That's a good tune. Yeah, that's a good tune. 669 00:48:10,437 --> 00:48:14,457 How do the doctors know? Could be 10 months, 11. 670 00:48:15,309 --> 00:48:19,079 Poor Grace. How does she get into these things? 671 00:48:27,621 --> 00:48:29,591 Anna, are you sure he hasn't even called? 672 00:48:29,756 --> 00:48:32,916 Nope. Are you sure you're married to him? 673 00:48:33,093 --> 00:48:36,123 Come to think of it, I never have seen the license. 674 00:48:36,697 --> 00:48:39,357 - Anna, I'm worried. - The main thing is you're all right... 675 00:48:39,533 --> 00:48:41,803 and the baby's all right. 676 00:48:42,402 --> 00:48:45,172 I'll go call Fred Townsend again. 677 00:48:47,074 --> 00:48:48,774 Well, look who's here. 678 00:48:48,942 --> 00:48:51,672 What'd you come up for, take a bow? 679 00:48:52,813 --> 00:48:54,543 Honey, I'm sorry. 680 00:48:55,415 --> 00:48:58,315 - I'm sorry. - Say hello to Irene. 681 00:48:58,485 --> 00:49:00,775 Hello, Irene. I'm your father. 682 00:49:00,954 --> 00:49:02,654 Isn't she pretty? 683 00:49:03,156 --> 00:49:08,916 Honey, last night, you know, you told me to go out with the boys... 684 00:49:09,096 --> 00:49:13,426 and I went over to the club and, well, I got with Fred... 685 00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:18,040 and I was really worried about you. I kept asking every minute what time... 686 00:49:18,205 --> 00:49:20,995 and then we got on a tune, and... 687 00:49:21,508 --> 00:49:22,998 It's all right, Gus. 688 00:49:23,176 --> 00:49:27,266 Well, you know how I am. I get interested all of a sudden and... 689 00:49:27,748 --> 00:49:30,108 You don't have to explain. I understand. 690 00:49:30,584 --> 00:49:32,424 I'm really sorry. 691 00:49:32,586 --> 00:49:35,986 I think we got a good song. Wanna look at it? 692 00:49:37,524 --> 00:49:40,624 "Why do I do just as you say? 693 00:49:42,029 --> 00:49:46,129 Why must I just give you your way?" 694 00:49:49,069 --> 00:49:50,999 It's so scribbled, I can't read it. 695 00:49:52,439 --> 00:49:56,209 Why do I sigh? Why do I try to forget? 696 00:49:56,810 --> 00:50:00,870 It must have been that something lovers call fate. 697 00:50:01,048 --> 00:50:04,378 That kept on saying I had to wait. 698 00:50:06,053 --> 00:50:08,153 I saw them all. 699 00:50:08,822 --> 00:50:13,192 Just couldn't fall 'til we met. 700 00:50:14,861 --> 00:50:21,461 It had to be you It had to be you. 701 00:50:22,502 --> 00:50:28,962 I wandered around and finally found Somebody who. 702 00:50:29,443 --> 00:50:35,753 Could make me be true Could make me be blue. 703 00:50:36,583 --> 00:50:43,183 And even be glad just to be sad Thinking of you. 704 00:50:45,292 --> 00:50:51,752 Some others I've seen Might never be mean. 705 00:50:52,265 --> 00:50:56,825 Might never be cross Or try to be boss. 706 00:50:57,003 --> 00:50:59,473 But they wouldn't do. 707 00:51:00,707 --> 00:51:05,797 Nobody else gave me a thrill. 708 00:51:06,413 --> 00:51:12,353 With all your faults, I love you still. 709 00:51:13,887 --> 00:51:19,447 It had to be you Wonderful you. 710 00:51:20,427 --> 00:51:25,327 It had to be you. 711 00:51:31,970 --> 00:51:34,800 By the way, by the way. 712 00:51:34,973 --> 00:51:36,033 Take her hand. 713 00:51:36,208 --> 00:51:40,798 When we meet the preacher, I'll say. 714 00:51:40,979 --> 00:51:45,749 Yes, sir, that's my baby No, sir, don't mean maybe. 715 00:51:45,918 --> 00:51:49,048 Yes, sir, that's my baby now. 716 00:51:49,221 --> 00:51:55,521 Everybody hand in hand Swinging down the lane. 717 00:51:55,694 --> 00:52:01,634 Everybody feeling grand Swinging down the lane. 718 00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:08,300 That's the time I miss the bliss That we might have known. 719 00:52:08,807 --> 00:52:14,747 Nights like this When I'm all alone. 720 00:52:16,348 --> 00:52:17,908 Oh, not so hard. 721 00:52:18,083 --> 00:52:21,383 You should be very thankful, young lady, getting a bath every night. 722 00:52:21,553 --> 00:52:23,893 When I was your age, I got a bath only on Saturday. 723 00:52:24,056 --> 00:52:28,216 - Boy, were you lucky. - Donald, what are you sitting there moping? 724 00:52:28,393 --> 00:52:30,523 Promotion's tomorrow. You don't know your poem. 725 00:52:30,696 --> 00:52:32,656 - Now, come on, take it from the top. - Okay. 726 00:52:32,831 --> 00:52:35,661 Ay, tear that tattered ensign down! That long has waved on high. 727 00:52:35,834 --> 00:52:38,534 You're reading it like it's a label on a bottle of ketchup. 728 00:52:38,704 --> 00:52:41,574 Ay, tear her battered ensign down! 729 00:52:41,740 --> 00:52:45,300 And long has it waved on high On high. 730 00:52:45,477 --> 00:52:49,307 And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; 731 00:52:49,515 --> 00:52:50,565 Who asked you? 732 00:52:50,749 --> 00:52:52,509 I was just helping. 733 00:52:52,684 --> 00:52:54,654 Look, I'm big enough to recite my own poem. 734 00:52:54,820 --> 00:52:57,020 - I'm big enough to take my own bath. - Shut up. 735 00:52:57,322 --> 00:53:00,552 - That's right. You don't have to soap her. - Look, I pay all the bills. 736 00:53:00,726 --> 00:53:02,916 Let me make believe I'm a member of this family. 737 00:53:03,095 --> 00:53:04,285 Telephone, dear. 738 00:53:04,463 --> 00:53:06,563 How do these kids get so dirty? 739 00:53:06,732 --> 00:53:09,062 - It's New York calling. Florenz Ziegfeld. - Who? 740 00:53:09,234 --> 00:53:11,464 - Florenz Ziegfeld. - Ziegfeld? 741 00:53:11,637 --> 00:53:13,227 - Hello? - Hello, Gus. This is... 742 00:53:13,405 --> 00:53:14,735 - Hello? - Giddyup, boy. Come on. 743 00:53:14,907 --> 00:53:18,307 Hello, Mr. Ziegfeld. Yeah, yeah, this is Gus Kahn. 744 00:53:18,477 --> 00:53:20,497 Come on, boy. Giddyup, come on, boy. 745 00:53:20,712 --> 00:53:23,312 Yeah. All right. You want me to write a show for you? 746 00:53:23,482 --> 00:53:25,452 - Step on it. - Step on it? Donald, be quiet. 747 00:53:25,617 --> 00:53:26,637 - Get down. - Giddyup. 748 00:53:26,819 --> 00:53:28,149 - Donald, get down. - Giddyup. 749 00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:31,080 Just a minute, please. Donald, Donald, I mean it. Get down. 750 00:53:31,256 --> 00:53:33,846 Please stop pestering your father. He's talking business. 751 00:53:34,026 --> 00:53:35,026 Hello, I'm sorry. 752 00:53:35,194 --> 00:53:37,064 Wanna come to New York and do this show? 753 00:53:37,229 --> 00:53:41,169 Well, yes, I'm very flattered, Mr. Ziegfeld, but why do I have to go to New York? 754 00:53:41,333 --> 00:53:44,463 - I want Daddy to button me. - Come here, I'll button you. 755 00:53:44,636 --> 00:53:46,826 No, I was talking to my little girl. 756 00:53:47,005 --> 00:53:51,695 Look, I have a nice new house here and my wife likes me around. 757 00:53:51,877 --> 00:53:54,867 My kids are very happy. We're eating three square meals a day. 758 00:53:55,047 --> 00:53:56,637 Are things any better in New York? 759 00:53:56,815 --> 00:54:00,075 - This is the way I've always worked. - Mr. Ziegfeld, this is Grace Kahn. 760 00:54:00,252 --> 00:54:02,652 - May I ask who's starring in the show? - Eddie Cantor. 761 00:54:02,821 --> 00:54:05,521 - Oh, really? Who's the composer? - Walter Donaldson. 762 00:54:05,691 --> 00:54:06,921 Gus, it's Walter Donaldson. 763 00:54:07,092 --> 00:54:09,792 I wouldn't care if it was Beethoven unless he's in Chicago. 764 00:54:09,962 --> 00:54:11,692 - Hang up. - You're impossible. 765 00:54:11,864 --> 00:54:13,834 - Mr. Ziegfeld. - Who's Ludwig van Beethoven? 766 00:54:13,999 --> 00:54:17,699 - A piano player who looked like this: - I think it's a wonderful idea. Yes, I do. 767 00:54:17,870 --> 00:54:19,740 Gus, will you please be quiet? 768 00:54:19,905 --> 00:54:22,095 This is too good a chance for Gus to miss. 769 00:54:22,274 --> 00:54:23,274 - Will he do it? - Yes. 770 00:54:23,442 --> 00:54:25,412 - What are you doing? - He'll be in New York. 771 00:54:25,577 --> 00:54:28,047 - Grace, give me that. - Fine, we'll consider it closed. 772 00:54:28,213 --> 00:54:29,443 - Honey, I hurt you? - Mommy. 773 00:54:29,615 --> 00:54:32,905 - No, it's all right. - Anna. Anna. Quick. 774 00:54:33,085 --> 00:54:35,015 - What is it? What happened? - Daddy hit Mama. 775 00:54:35,187 --> 00:54:37,747 - It was an accident. - Right in the eye. 776 00:54:37,923 --> 00:54:40,413 - Dear? - Oh, go away. 777 00:54:40,592 --> 00:54:43,362 I was trying to help him, but he insists on being a problem. 778 00:54:43,528 --> 00:54:44,618 And he struck you? 779 00:54:44,796 --> 00:54:47,086 Ziegfeld offered him a show and he turned it down. 780 00:54:47,266 --> 00:54:48,526 - Please. - He turned it down? 781 00:54:48,700 --> 00:54:51,790 Please, let me make one decision. 782 00:54:51,970 --> 00:54:56,100 All right, make it. Stay in Chicago and be a big frog in a little puddle. 783 00:54:56,275 --> 00:54:58,635 A man with your talent. You should be ashamed. 784 00:54:58,810 --> 00:55:01,610 - Grace. - It would be so good for you to go away. 785 00:55:01,780 --> 00:55:04,680 A whole new life. Different people, different environment. 786 00:55:04,850 --> 00:55:07,220 - And different women? - You're not the type. 787 00:55:07,519 --> 00:55:08,649 Not the type. 788 00:55:09,655 --> 00:55:12,985 Someday, I'm gonna meet a girl who'll let me win an argument just once. 789 00:55:13,158 --> 00:55:14,388 And you watch out. 790 00:55:14,559 --> 00:55:17,819 I pity the poor girl. Come on, children, I'll put you to bed. 791 00:55:17,996 --> 00:55:20,926 Now, just a minute. I put them to bed every night. 792 00:55:21,099 --> 00:55:22,999 Get into the kitchen, check your cookbook. 793 00:55:23,168 --> 00:55:27,968 - Your potato pancakes tonight were terrible. - I suppose all your songs are hits. 794 00:55:28,373 --> 00:55:31,103 - If he starts anything, holler. - We will. 795 00:55:31,276 --> 00:55:34,006 Anna, let's start packing Mr. Kahn's things. 796 00:55:35,614 --> 00:55:37,384 Thanks for everything, dear God. 797 00:55:37,549 --> 00:55:39,709 And please forgive Daddy for hitting Mommy. 798 00:55:39,885 --> 00:55:43,335 - Right in the eye. - It was an accident. 799 00:55:43,522 --> 00:55:44,992 You get this through your heads. 800 00:55:45,157 --> 00:55:47,557 I wouldn't hit your mother, no matter what happened. 801 00:55:47,726 --> 00:55:51,526 - I happen to love Mama very much. - You never tell her you love her. 802 00:55:51,697 --> 00:55:54,097 You two. Come on. I'll tuck you in bed. 803 00:55:54,299 --> 00:55:57,199 I can get in myself, thank you. 804 00:55:58,370 --> 00:56:00,770 - Donald? - Good night. 805 00:56:00,973 --> 00:56:02,413 Good night. 806 00:56:05,310 --> 00:56:06,940 Good night. 807 00:56:07,946 --> 00:56:09,306 Honest to goodness, kids. 808 00:56:09,481 --> 00:56:12,581 There's nobody in the world that means more to me than your mother. 809 00:56:12,751 --> 00:56:15,851 - It's all right, Daddy. - We understand. 810 00:56:16,021 --> 00:56:20,421 - It was an accident when you hit her. - Right in the eye. 811 00:56:41,346 --> 00:56:43,306 Is this Walter Donaldson's apartment? 812 00:56:43,482 --> 00:56:46,922 - Go home. The party's over. - Oh, I'm Gus Kahn. 813 00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:52,320 You're kidding. Come in. 814 00:56:58,663 --> 00:57:02,123 Ought to be a better way of starting the day than waking up. 815 00:57:03,702 --> 00:57:07,002 Should have seen this place before the maid tidied it up. 816 00:57:07,372 --> 00:57:11,432 - Sit down. Had breakfast? - Had lunch. 817 00:57:11,610 --> 00:57:16,710 Oh, one of those. Pardon me while I fix myself something. 818 00:57:18,717 --> 00:57:22,677 My grandfather had a bottle of beer for breakfast every day of his life. 819 00:57:22,854 --> 00:57:25,414 Lived to the ripe old age of 28. 820 00:57:25,590 --> 00:57:27,320 Very funny. 821 00:57:27,492 --> 00:57:30,332 Hope we don't start work every day at 1:00 in the afternoon... 822 00:57:30,495 --> 00:57:33,255 with a stale glass of beer and a joke to match. 823 00:57:34,933 --> 00:57:39,563 If you're the eager-beaver type, I got a tune you can start working on right now. 824 00:57:42,541 --> 00:57:45,481 - Mind if I get dressed? - If you can handle it. 825 00:57:46,745 --> 00:57:50,735 Well, this is gonna be a beautiful collaboration, isn't it? 826 00:58:10,268 --> 00:58:11,568 You don't like me. 827 00:58:18,243 --> 00:58:21,583 - Hello. - Hello. 828 00:58:21,746 --> 00:58:24,536 - You here from last night? - No, from this afternoon. 829 00:58:25,350 --> 00:58:28,510 Well, party's starting early today, isn't it? 830 00:58:28,687 --> 00:58:32,207 - Walter. - Wait, you can't go in there. He's dressing. 831 00:58:32,924 --> 00:58:36,164 - Are you from out of town or something? - That you, Frankie? 832 00:58:36,595 --> 00:58:40,325 Yeah, honey. I'll wait out here with your scoutmaster. 833 00:58:40,832 --> 00:58:44,832 That's Gus Kahn from Chicago. He's the bard of the Corn Belt. 834 00:58:45,003 --> 00:58:46,873 Introduce yourself. 835 00:58:49,875 --> 00:58:51,665 Frankie Mason. 836 00:58:52,511 --> 00:58:55,741 Kiss it or shake it. I don't know what goes in Chicago. 837 00:58:58,884 --> 00:59:01,414 I haven't got much time. Got an important appointment. 838 00:59:01,586 --> 00:59:03,876 - Can I say something? - No. 839 00:59:04,356 --> 00:59:07,546 - I thought we were gonna work. - She'll hum you the tune on the way. 840 00:59:07,726 --> 00:59:09,686 - Come on. She knows it by heart. - I gotta... 841 00:59:09,861 --> 00:59:12,761 Just shut your eyes, honey, and let it happen. 842 00:59:46,731 --> 00:59:49,101 You and your jockey friends. 843 00:59:49,267 --> 00:59:52,597 Maybe it was the other jockey. They're all the same size. 844 00:59:52,904 --> 00:59:55,504 - Here, this ought to help you get even. - I'm not hungry. 845 00:59:55,674 --> 00:59:57,574 On the back, on the back. 846 00:59:57,809 --> 00:59:59,569 - Sam? - Yeah? 847 00:59:59,744 --> 01:00:02,374 - Put this on Our Fancy. - On the nose? 848 01:00:02,547 --> 01:00:05,307 - Where else? - Okay. 849 01:00:05,483 --> 01:00:09,393 It's sort of a going-away present. I'm leaving. 850 01:00:09,621 --> 01:00:13,081 Bye, Frankie. You better practice those two notes. 851 01:00:13,258 --> 01:00:17,658 Hey, Gus. Wait a minute. Gus, this is it. I can't let you go now. 852 01:00:17,829 --> 01:00:20,819 I've been looking for a partner who could work at the track. 853 01:00:20,999 --> 01:00:22,899 Well, get yourself a horse with a pencil. 854 01:00:23,068 --> 01:00:25,998 No, no. You're not gonna let a little thing... 855 01:00:26,171 --> 01:00:28,831 like the fact that we hate each other stand in our way? 856 01:00:29,007 --> 01:00:31,067 This is a business arrangement. How about it? 857 01:00:31,243 --> 01:00:36,703 Look, in Chicago, composers have a very quaint custom of working indoors at a piano. 858 01:00:36,881 --> 01:00:41,651 Well, it sounds radical, but for you, I'll give it a go. Deal? 859 01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:43,120 You're crazy. 860 01:00:48,460 --> 01:00:55,020 Nothing could be finer Than to be in Carolina in the morning. 861 01:00:55,533 --> 01:00:58,833 No one could be sweeter Than my sweetie when I meet her. 862 01:00:59,004 --> 01:01:02,414 In the morning. 863 01:01:02,574 --> 01:01:09,174 Where the morning glories Twine around the door. 864 01:01:09,381 --> 01:01:15,841 Whispering pretty stories I long to hear once more. 865 01:01:16,288 --> 01:01:19,448 Strolling with my girlie Where the dew is pearly early. 866 01:01:19,624 --> 01:01:23,324 In the morning. 867 01:01:23,495 --> 01:01:30,055 Butterflies all flutter up And kiss each little buttercup at dawning. 868 01:01:30,402 --> 01:01:34,172 If I had Aladdin's lamp For only a day 869 01:01:34,339 --> 01:01:37,969 I'd make a wish And here's what I'd say. 870 01:01:38,143 --> 01:01:41,413 Nothing could be finer Than to be in Carolina. 871 01:01:41,579 --> 01:01:45,709 In the morning. 872 01:01:45,884 --> 01:01:48,254 Let's go, kids. On your feet. 873 01:01:48,420 --> 01:01:51,880 What kind of a cockamamie lyric is "mo-ho-ho-rning"? 874 01:01:52,057 --> 01:01:54,987 Well, it fits the "no-ho-ho-hotes," doesn't it? 875 01:01:55,160 --> 01:01:58,690 - I'm not doing this song. - The queen has spoken. 876 01:01:59,431 --> 01:02:01,461 Now, now, let's not lose our tempers. 877 01:02:01,633 --> 01:02:05,573 My kind of audience isn't paying 6.60 to see a butterfly kiss a buttercup. 878 01:02:05,737 --> 01:02:08,797 Only Jolson can get by with a number like that. 879 01:02:08,973 --> 01:02:11,643 When I go down on one knee, I lose half my charm. 880 01:02:12,010 --> 01:02:13,440 - Can I say something? - No. 881 01:02:13,611 --> 01:02:15,481 Butterflies, buttercup. 882 01:02:15,647 --> 01:02:20,307 Honestly, Ziggie, are you going in for minstrel shows, after all these years? 883 01:02:20,485 --> 01:02:23,545 Gloria's right. This doesn't sound like her type of material. 884 01:02:23,722 --> 01:02:26,922 No wonder. She sang it with her clothes on. 885 01:02:27,192 --> 01:02:28,852 Well, I have a dinner engagement. 886 01:02:29,027 --> 01:02:32,617 - I do hope you boys don't mind if I leave. - It'd be a pleasure. 887 01:02:32,797 --> 01:02:35,127 Welcome to Broadway, Gus. 888 01:02:36,167 --> 01:02:39,897 Cockamamie, indeed. Come on, Gus. We'll talk it over down at the... 889 01:02:40,071 --> 01:02:42,841 Please, please. All I want is a one-way ticket to Chicago. 890 01:02:43,007 --> 01:02:46,367 Relax. You and Walter can come up with something much more sophisticated. 891 01:02:46,544 --> 01:02:50,344 I'm sorry, Mr. Ziegfeld, but New York is just too big a town for me. 892 01:02:52,283 --> 01:02:54,553 Never get another lyric-writer like him. 893 01:02:54,719 --> 01:02:58,419 Wrote the first chorus in 135 and three-fifths on a slow track. 894 01:02:58,590 --> 01:03:01,820 - Now can I say something? - Yeah. 895 01:03:01,993 --> 01:03:04,593 - I liked it. - She liked it. We're in. 896 01:03:04,763 --> 01:03:09,433 From the top, kids. One, two. One, two, three, four. 897 01:03:10,935 --> 01:03:12,925 I've been waiting for you. 898 01:03:13,104 --> 01:03:16,444 - What do you want, your knife back? - Don't run away, Gus. 899 01:03:16,608 --> 01:03:18,768 I wanted to let you in on the facts of life. 900 01:03:18,943 --> 01:03:20,383 I may scream. 901 01:03:20,545 --> 01:03:23,335 I happen to be the leading lady in the new Ziegfeld show. 902 01:03:23,515 --> 01:03:27,445 So my material has got to be great. That's why I fight so hard. 903 01:03:27,619 --> 01:03:30,489 Yeah, get yourself a new sparring partner. I'm on my way home. 904 01:03:30,655 --> 01:03:35,785 I want you. I think you're about the best lyricist there is. 905 01:03:35,960 --> 01:03:38,550 In the butterfly-and-buttercup set, you mean. 906 01:03:38,730 --> 01:03:45,330 Exactly. But you're on Broadway now. There isn't a morning glory for 15 miles. 907 01:03:45,503 --> 01:03:47,703 You have to write something sophisticated. 908 01:03:47,872 --> 01:03:52,282 And you can do it, once someone teaches you the meaning of the word. 909 01:03:52,911 --> 01:03:57,081 - You applying for the job? - If it's open. 910 01:03:57,916 --> 01:04:01,676 It's funny, you know. Someone once told me I wasn't the type. 911 01:04:02,654 --> 01:04:07,594 - I'd be too much trouble for you. - No, you have a talent that can help me. 912 01:04:07,759 --> 01:04:10,349 Nothing would be too much trouble. 913 01:04:11,162 --> 01:04:15,002 - Coming with me? - Thought you had a dinner date. 914 01:04:15,567 --> 01:04:18,157 I thought you were going to Chicago. 915 01:04:30,915 --> 01:04:33,105 - Hello? - Long-distance call. 916 01:04:33,284 --> 01:04:35,254 This is Mrs. Kahn. 917 01:04:35,720 --> 01:04:37,550 Who's calling? 918 01:04:37,956 --> 01:04:39,746 Oh, New York. 919 01:04:40,191 --> 01:04:42,891 What is it? Who's ringing the phone at 3:00 in the morning? 920 01:04:43,061 --> 01:04:46,961 It's Gus calling from New York. I hope everything's all right. Hello? 921 01:04:50,735 --> 01:04:53,595 - Hello? Hello? - Hello? 922 01:04:53,771 --> 01:04:55,641 - Is Mr. Kahn there? - Who? 923 01:04:55,807 --> 01:05:00,137 - Gus Kahn. - Oh, just a moment. 924 01:05:00,778 --> 01:05:04,868 Gus. Gus, baby. Your call to Chicago. 925 01:05:05,049 --> 01:05:07,069 Go on, go to bed. 926 01:05:07,719 --> 01:05:10,779 Could you hold it down a little bit? Could you be a little quiet? 927 01:05:10,955 --> 01:05:12,285 - Hello, Gus? - Grace. 928 01:05:12,457 --> 01:05:14,217 - What's the matter? - I had to call you. 929 01:05:14,392 --> 01:05:17,522 I pinned the Irishman down long enough to finish most of the score. 930 01:05:17,695 --> 01:05:20,455 - Did you call me for that? - I thought you'd like to hear it. 931 01:05:20,632 --> 01:05:23,002 - It's 3:00 in the morning. - It's 3:00 in Chicago. 932 01:05:23,167 --> 01:05:26,827 Well, tell her it's 4:00 here. A wonderful invention, the telephone. 933 01:05:27,005 --> 01:05:28,625 Well, it's worth staying awake for. 934 01:05:28,806 --> 01:05:30,166 - Gloria's gonna sing. - Who? 935 01:05:30,341 --> 01:05:32,101 - Gloria Knight. - Who's Gloria Knight? 936 01:05:32,277 --> 01:05:35,077 - Didn't I write to you about her? - You haven't written to me. 937 01:05:35,246 --> 01:05:38,766 Well, when I was gonna write, I was gonna tell you about her. Listen. 938 01:05:39,317 --> 01:05:40,317 Mrs. Kahn? 939 01:05:41,085 --> 01:05:43,515 I just want you to know you have a wonderful husband. 940 01:05:43,688 --> 01:05:46,918 And he's written a beautiful song for me. Play, Walter. 941 01:05:47,926 --> 01:05:50,486 - She's gonna love this. - Yeah. 942 01:05:54,599 --> 01:05:59,399 Love me or leave me And let me be lonely. 943 01:05:59,571 --> 01:06:04,371 You won't believe me And I love you only 944 01:06:04,542 --> 01:06:11,042 I'd rather be lonely than happy With somebody else. 945 01:06:13,985 --> 01:06:16,445 - You might find the nighttime. - "Love me or leave me"? 946 01:06:16,621 --> 01:06:19,111 The right time for kissing. 947 01:06:19,290 --> 01:06:24,020 But nighttime is my time For just reminiscing. 948 01:06:24,195 --> 01:06:30,785 Regretting instead of forgetting With somebody else. 949 01:06:32,870 --> 01:06:39,470 There'll be no one Unless that someone is you. 950 01:06:41,045 --> 01:06:47,635 I intend to be independently blue. 951 01:06:50,288 --> 01:06:55,228 I want your love But I don't want to borrow. 952 01:06:55,393 --> 01:07:00,393 To have it today And give back tomorrow. 953 01:07:00,732 --> 01:07:04,262 For my love is your love. 954 01:07:04,902 --> 01:07:11,502 There's no love for nobody else. 955 01:07:17,048 --> 01:07:19,948 You ever think your husband could write something like that? 956 01:07:20,118 --> 01:07:22,588 No, I didn't, baby. 957 01:07:22,754 --> 01:07:26,824 It's a whole new life here in New York. You were right. It's just what I needed. 958 01:07:27,692 --> 01:07:31,292 - How are the kids? - "How are the kids"? 959 01:07:32,430 --> 01:07:35,730 Donald recited "Old Ironsides" at school and the teacher said... 960 01:07:39,570 --> 01:07:42,330 Hello? Gu...? 961 01:07:59,991 --> 01:08:03,791 Love me or leave me And let me be lonely. 962 01:08:03,961 --> 01:08:07,951 You won't believe me And I love you only 963 01:08:08,132 --> 01:08:14,662 I'd rather be lonely than happy With somebody else. 964 01:08:16,674 --> 01:08:20,514 You might find the nighttime The right time for kissing. 965 01:08:20,678 --> 01:08:24,638 But nighttime is my time For just reminiscing. 966 01:08:24,816 --> 01:08:27,836 - Thanks, honey. - Regretting instead of forgetting. 967 01:08:28,019 --> 01:08:32,119 With somebody else - Grace. 968 01:08:32,557 --> 01:08:35,547 I come 800 miles and that's all I get? 969 01:08:35,727 --> 01:08:39,527 - Hey, Gus, who's the new blond? - Does Gloria know about this? 970 01:08:39,697 --> 01:08:41,027 This is my wife. 971 01:08:41,199 --> 01:08:43,599 - How do you do? - How do you do? 972 01:08:43,768 --> 01:08:46,128 - Bigmouth. - Well, I didn't say anything. 973 01:08:46,671 --> 01:08:48,941 Honey, you know how those chorus girls are. 974 01:08:49,107 --> 01:08:50,107 How are they, Gus? 975 01:08:50,274 --> 01:08:53,974 I want your love But I don't want to borrow. 976 01:08:54,145 --> 01:08:58,005 To have it today And give back tomorrow. 977 01:08:58,182 --> 01:09:00,622 For my love is your love. 978 01:09:00,785 --> 01:09:05,145 There's no love for nobody else. 979 01:09:16,300 --> 01:09:19,130 That's Gloria Knight, the girl who sang to you over the phone. 980 01:09:19,303 --> 01:09:21,503 I had to be nice to her... 981 01:09:21,672 --> 01:09:25,942 because you don't know how hard it was for us to get her to do our numbers. 982 01:09:26,110 --> 01:09:29,510 And she's a very big singer. She could be a big help to me. Us. 983 01:09:29,680 --> 01:09:31,840 Oh, I understand. 984 01:09:32,083 --> 01:09:33,683 You do? 985 01:09:35,787 --> 01:09:37,757 That why you came all the way from Chicago? 986 01:09:37,922 --> 01:09:40,652 - Don't be silly. - I don't think it's being silly. 987 01:09:40,825 --> 01:09:43,155 After all, I don't blame you for worrying. 988 01:09:43,327 --> 01:09:46,517 Here I am in New York, all alone, and different people... 989 01:09:46,697 --> 01:09:52,227 Gus, please. I wasn't worried at all. I just came to see the show, that's all. 990 01:09:55,940 --> 01:09:58,530 What am I, Jojo the Dog Face Boy or Peter the Hermit? 991 01:09:58,709 --> 01:10:01,869 Don't you think it's possible a pretty girl could make a pass at me? 992 01:10:02,046 --> 01:10:07,846 It's possible. But she wouldn't have gotten anyplace. Not with my Gus. 993 01:10:20,631 --> 01:10:23,531 - Gus, darling, the hook. - Again? 994 01:10:23,701 --> 01:10:26,101 This thing comes open at the strangest times. 995 01:10:26,270 --> 01:10:28,860 - Remember that night in Pittsburgh? - Oh, don't remind me. 996 01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:32,240 I thought I had it all fastened. What a second-act curtain. 997 01:10:35,346 --> 01:10:38,006 Oh, by the way, Gloria, this is my wife. 998 01:10:38,549 --> 01:10:39,809 How do you do, Ms. Knight? 999 01:10:39,984 --> 01:10:42,954 Well, Mrs. Kahn. I'm so sorry. 1000 01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:45,210 We've spoken over the telephone, haven't we? 1001 01:10:45,389 --> 01:10:47,979 No. No, I just sort of listened. 1002 01:10:50,428 --> 01:10:52,118 I better put on my winter underwear. 1003 01:10:52,296 --> 01:10:55,356 - Gus, you're wanted out front. Ziggie. - Thanks. 1004 01:10:55,533 --> 01:10:59,533 That means Ziegfeld. You'd be surprised how much I've learned. 1005 01:10:59,704 --> 01:11:03,574 You wait right here, young lady. I gotta talk to you. 1006 01:11:08,112 --> 01:11:11,382 - Mrs. Kahn. - Yes? 1007 01:11:11,549 --> 01:11:13,739 Will you come in for a second? 1008 01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:25,590 Won't you take off your boxing gloves and sit down? 1009 01:11:26,130 --> 01:11:27,720 Thank you. 1010 01:11:30,801 --> 01:11:33,241 You know, this is a new experience for me. 1011 01:11:33,404 --> 01:11:36,864 I've never talked to another man's wife without a lawyer in the room. 1012 01:11:37,842 --> 01:11:43,542 - What is there to talk about? - Don Juan out there, with the cigars. 1013 01:11:43,948 --> 01:11:46,678 He's putting on a big act for your benefit. 1014 01:11:46,851 --> 01:11:49,291 And I'm not going to let him get away with it. 1015 01:11:49,453 --> 01:11:52,423 - Is it an act? - I never hide my conquests, darling. 1016 01:11:52,590 --> 01:11:54,060 Only my defeats. 1017 01:11:54,225 --> 01:11:56,485 And believe me, this time, I was shut out. 1018 01:11:57,795 --> 01:12:00,225 At first, it was strictly business. 1019 01:12:00,464 --> 01:12:03,234 All of a sudden, I found myself falling for that sad-eyed... 1020 01:12:03,401 --> 01:12:05,101 old hound of a husband of yours. 1021 01:12:05,269 --> 01:12:07,459 So I tried to get into the Kennel Club. 1022 01:12:09,173 --> 01:12:11,373 Would you mind telling me what happened? 1023 01:12:11,542 --> 01:12:12,572 Nothing. 1024 01:12:13,077 --> 01:12:16,307 Absolutely, positively and humiliatingly nothing. 1025 01:12:17,214 --> 01:12:20,054 It was almost enough to make a girl wonder if she was... 1026 01:12:20,551 --> 01:12:22,921 - Cigarette? - No, thank you. 1027 01:12:23,087 --> 01:12:25,747 Do you know how many times he showed me pictures of you... 1028 01:12:25,923 --> 01:12:27,693 little Donald and little Irene? 1029 01:12:27,858 --> 01:12:30,948 Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! 1030 01:12:31,662 --> 01:12:33,862 After a while, I got to hate those kids. 1031 01:12:34,031 --> 01:12:37,301 They were a symbol of something that I'd never achieve. 1032 01:12:37,735 --> 01:12:40,095 And how he talked about the way you play the piano. 1033 01:12:41,105 --> 01:12:43,935 You must play a wonderful piano, Mrs. Kahn. 1034 01:12:48,946 --> 01:12:51,506 Thank you for being so honest, Ms. Knight. 1035 01:12:52,516 --> 01:12:55,946 But if I ever catch you with him again, I'm gonna scratch your eyes out. 1036 01:12:59,357 --> 01:13:00,787 Bye. 1037 01:13:11,969 --> 01:13:14,199 - What was that for? - That's for nothing. 1038 01:13:14,372 --> 01:13:18,002 Absolutely, positively and humiliatingly nothing. 1039 01:13:27,752 --> 01:13:31,482 Another bride, another June. 1040 01:13:31,655 --> 01:13:35,455 Another sunny honeymoon. 1041 01:13:35,626 --> 01:13:40,216 Another season, another reason For makin' 1042 01:13:40,698 --> 01:13:42,098 Whoopee. 1043 01:13:43,601 --> 01:13:47,401 A lot of shoes, a lot of rice. 1044 01:13:47,571 --> 01:13:51,101 The groom is nervous He answers twice. 1045 01:13:51,275 --> 01:13:55,965 It's really killing that he's so willing. 1046 01:13:56,781 --> 01:13:58,011 Whoopee. 1047 01:14:00,284 --> 01:14:04,124 Picture a little love nest. 1048 01:14:04,288 --> 01:14:07,278 Down where the roses cling. 1049 01:14:07,958 --> 01:14:11,918 And picture the same sweet love nest. 1050 01:14:12,730 --> 01:14:15,430 What a year can bring. 1051 01:14:15,599 --> 01:14:19,329 He's washing dishes and baby clothes. 1052 01:14:19,503 --> 01:14:23,343 He's so ambitious, he even sews. 1053 01:14:23,507 --> 01:14:27,527 So don't forget, folks That's what you get, folks. 1054 01:14:27,711 --> 01:14:30,701 - For makin' whoopee. - For makin' whoopee. 1055 01:14:31,782 --> 01:14:35,452 Another year, or maybe less. 1056 01:14:35,619 --> 01:14:39,449 - What's this I hear? - Well, can't you guess? 1057 01:14:39,623 --> 01:14:45,893 She feels neglected And he's suspected of makin' whoopee. 1058 01:14:46,063 --> 01:14:47,503 Shot with my own words. 1059 01:14:47,665 --> 01:14:51,495 She sits alone most every night. 1060 01:14:51,669 --> 01:14:54,869 He doesn't phone He doesn't write 1061 01:14:55,039 --> 01:14:56,099 I was busy. 1062 01:14:56,273 --> 01:14:57,543 He says he's busy. 1063 01:14:57,708 --> 01:15:01,738 But she says, "Is he?" He's makin' whoopee 1064 01:15:01,912 --> 01:15:04,512 - I have to work, don't I? - That's work? 1065 01:15:04,682 --> 01:15:11,282 He doesn't make much money Only 5000 per. 1066 01:15:12,323 --> 01:15:16,123 Some judge who thinks he's funny. 1067 01:15:16,293 --> 01:15:19,233 Says, "You pay 6 to her". 1068 01:15:19,597 --> 01:15:23,527 And then I say, "Judge, suppose I fail?" 1069 01:15:23,701 --> 01:15:27,661 The judge says, "Budge right into jail". 1070 01:15:27,838 --> 01:15:31,538 - You better keep her. - I think it's cheaper. 1071 01:15:31,709 --> 01:15:35,169 - Than makin' whoopee. - Than makin' whoopee. 1072 01:15:36,647 --> 01:15:40,667 - Come in. - Aren't you folks gonna have supper? 1073 01:15:41,552 --> 01:15:47,552 - We're makin' whoopee. - We're makin' whoopee. 1074 01:16:07,344 --> 01:16:10,754 No, no, Nora Nobody but you, dear. 1075 01:16:10,915 --> 01:16:14,475 You know, Nora Yours truly is true, dear. 1076 01:16:14,652 --> 01:16:17,822 And would I trade you for Venus? 1077 01:16:17,988 --> 01:16:20,288 No, no, Nora, no, no! 1078 01:16:20,457 --> 01:16:26,827 I saw your eyes Your wonderful eyes. 1079 01:16:27,364 --> 01:16:33,964 My heart has taught me their meaning. 1080 01:16:45,015 --> 01:16:50,575 If you like Ukulele Lady Ukulele Lady like a'you. 1081 01:16:50,754 --> 01:16:56,724 If you like to linger where it's shady Ukulele Lady linger too. 1082 01:16:56,894 --> 01:17:01,524 If you kiss Ukulele Lady While you promise ever to be true 1083 01:17:01,699 --> 01:17:03,559 Gus, been looking all over for you. 1084 01:17:03,734 --> 01:17:05,174 - Wonderful party. - Thanks, Fred. 1085 01:17:05,336 --> 01:17:07,626 I can't stay. My train leaves in half an hour. 1086 01:17:07,805 --> 01:17:10,035 I hate to see you go, but good luck in Hollywood. 1087 01:17:10,207 --> 01:17:12,867 Everybody's moving out there since pictures began to talk. 1088 01:17:13,043 --> 01:17:16,243 - Why don't you get in on the act? - I can't get this house on a train. 1089 01:17:16,413 --> 01:17:18,543 - Even Donaldson's coming West. - Yeah? 1090 01:17:18,716 --> 01:17:20,836 I gave him an advance on your new number. 1091 01:17:21,018 --> 01:17:22,208 Our new number? 1092 01:17:22,386 --> 01:17:26,516 Yeah, you know, the Italian-type song. You said you were nuts about it. 1093 01:17:26,690 --> 01:17:29,680 Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Italian-type song. Yeah. 1094 01:17:29,860 --> 01:17:33,320 - Bye. - So long. Take care. 1095 01:17:33,497 --> 01:17:36,857 If you like Ukulele Lady. 1096 01:17:37,134 --> 01:17:39,734 Ukulele Lady like a'you. 1097 01:17:41,005 --> 01:17:43,405 I still don't like it. 1098 01:17:46,377 --> 01:17:47,377 Oh, Walter. 1099 01:17:47,544 --> 01:17:50,274 Surprised to see so much liquor in your house. How come? 1100 01:17:50,447 --> 01:17:53,677 - Expecting to be bit by a snake? - I have been. 1101 01:17:54,118 --> 01:17:58,448 Come here. What's the Italian-type number? 1102 01:17:58,622 --> 01:18:01,522 - Oh, the Italian number. - Yeah. 1103 01:18:01,692 --> 01:18:04,022 You weren't to know until I got to Hollywood. 1104 01:18:04,194 --> 01:18:07,194 You took an advance from Fred on a number I never agreed to. 1105 01:18:07,398 --> 01:18:09,758 If you needed money, all you had to do was ask me. 1106 01:18:09,933 --> 01:18:12,333 Well, I didn't wanna be beholden to you, chief. 1107 01:18:12,503 --> 01:18:14,633 You're getting to be such a big man now. 1108 01:18:14,805 --> 01:18:16,465 How do you know I'll like this tune? 1109 01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:18,470 My tunes were good enough for you once. 1110 01:18:18,642 --> 01:18:20,272 Just put the words to it. 1111 01:18:20,444 --> 01:18:22,544 I never write up anything I don't believe in. 1112 01:18:22,713 --> 01:18:24,703 Is that statement for me or for posterity? 1113 01:18:24,882 --> 01:18:28,082 You could at least have let me hear the tune and decide if I like it. 1114 01:18:28,252 --> 01:18:30,982 Decide, Gus? Who decides, you or Grace? 1115 01:18:31,155 --> 01:18:33,615 Since you've been with Isham Jones and Dick Whiting... 1116 01:18:33,791 --> 01:18:35,951 did she tell you to get rid of little Walter? 1117 01:18:36,126 --> 01:18:39,246 I've taken an awful lot from you. I've had to follow you around... 1118 01:18:39,430 --> 01:18:42,230 waiting for you to get in the mood to sit down at a piano. 1119 01:18:42,399 --> 01:18:44,919 Many a time, I had to prop you up when I got you there. 1120 01:18:45,102 --> 01:18:48,802 Now, I'm not asking for gratitude, but keep my wife out of this. 1121 01:18:49,740 --> 01:18:53,070 As a matter of fact, it's a very good idea if we quit working together. 1122 01:18:53,243 --> 01:18:56,213 Well, thank you and good afternoon, Mr. Grace Kahn. 1123 01:18:56,380 --> 01:18:58,610 Why don't you take a walk and sober up? 1124 01:18:58,782 --> 01:19:02,582 Yeah, why don't you get a drink and get her to give you back your pants? 1125 01:19:33,417 --> 01:19:36,387 Well, I see by the tracks Papa Bear has come home. 1126 01:19:36,553 --> 01:19:40,153 Is she still here? Why do you think I stayed out half the night? 1127 01:19:40,324 --> 01:19:43,094 - Why didn't you tell her? - You don't get rid of me so easy. 1128 01:19:43,260 --> 01:19:45,290 I explained to her we couldn't afford a maid. 1129 01:19:45,462 --> 01:19:48,262 Do you think anybody who could afford a maid would hire me... 1130 01:19:48,432 --> 01:19:50,062 an old party with lumbago? 1131 01:19:50,534 --> 01:19:55,164 Anna, you know how things have been. I haven't even paid you for three months. 1132 01:19:55,372 --> 01:20:00,312 This isn't the kind of job you take for money. It's like being in the Army. 1133 01:20:00,477 --> 01:20:02,267 You'll owe me. 1134 01:20:03,547 --> 01:20:07,507 All right, if you're gonna stay, you're gonna stay. Where's my supper? 1135 01:20:07,684 --> 01:20:10,654 If you came home at a decent hour, you'd have it with the family. 1136 01:20:10,821 --> 01:20:13,651 - I don't cook three times a night. - What? 1137 01:20:14,892 --> 01:20:17,492 It's on the kitchen table, waiting. 1138 01:20:19,863 --> 01:20:23,063 Gus. Gus, why don't you call Fred Townsend? 1139 01:20:23,233 --> 01:20:24,533 What for? 1140 01:20:24,701 --> 01:20:26,791 Maybe he could get you something in Hollywood. 1141 01:20:27,504 --> 01:20:29,474 Honey, I don't go begging for favors. 1142 01:20:29,640 --> 01:20:32,510 If Fred wants me, he knows where he can find me. 1143 01:20:55,933 --> 01:20:59,773 Well, I thought it over. I'll do it. Ten dollars apiece. 1144 01:20:59,937 --> 01:21:02,527 I thought it over too. Three for 25. 1145 01:21:02,706 --> 01:21:05,536 - All right, in advance. - Okay. 1146 01:21:05,709 --> 01:21:07,299 Here's for six. 1147 01:21:07,478 --> 01:21:11,608 Hey, you think you could write a song for that tall dame? 1148 01:21:12,649 --> 01:21:13,649 I guess so. 1149 01:21:13,817 --> 01:21:18,477 Okay. Now, get out of here, genius. People think I write this stuff myself. 1150 01:21:21,825 --> 01:21:23,485 Gus, I've been so worried about you. 1151 01:21:23,660 --> 01:21:25,490 - Did I awaken you? - Where have you been? 1152 01:21:25,662 --> 01:21:30,222 I was downtown. I ran into a few guys who really appreciate my work. 1153 01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:32,870 - What are you doing? - Writing lyrics. 1154 01:21:33,036 --> 01:21:37,966 Nothing could be finer than to give The guy a shiner in the first round. 1155 01:21:38,141 --> 01:21:41,271 - What kind of a lyric is that? - It's a parody. 1156 01:21:41,445 --> 01:21:43,375 But you're making fun of your own songs. 1157 01:21:43,547 --> 01:21:46,777 Well, who has a better right? And $ 10 a funny. 1158 01:21:46,950 --> 01:21:48,980 Oh, I got one I want you to hear. 1159 01:21:49,152 --> 01:21:52,712 This one I think is really cute. Come here. Listen to this. 1160 01:21:52,890 --> 01:21:54,690 Two fellas go out on a blind date, see. 1161 01:21:54,858 --> 01:21:57,788 And this one guy gets a girl named Betty. Sit down, sit down. 1162 01:21:57,961 --> 01:22:01,591 I planned the name Betty because it's got a silly rhyme. 1163 01:22:01,765 --> 01:22:06,355 Anyhow, the minute he takes a look at this girl, this is what he says: 1164 01:22:08,171 --> 01:22:13,631 It had to be me That had to get you 1165 01:22:13,810 --> 01:22:17,370 I stand 5-foot-10 A man among men. 1166 01:22:17,548 --> 01:22:19,638 But you're 7'2". 1167 01:22:20,651 --> 01:22:26,111 I meet lots of girls When I make the rounds. 1168 01:22:26,290 --> 01:22:31,590 But none are like you Seven-foot-two, 70 pounds. 1169 01:22:32,996 --> 01:22:37,456 But you make me thrill And you always will. 1170 01:22:38,936 --> 01:22:42,596 I realize, Betty You look like spaghetti. 1171 01:22:42,773 --> 01:22:45,743 But what can I do? 1172 01:22:45,909 --> 01:22:49,709 It's your fingertips That I adore. 1173 01:22:49,880 --> 01:22:53,610 When you stand up They touch the floor. 1174 01:22:53,784 --> 01:22:58,244 It had to be you, wonderful you. 1175 01:22:58,422 --> 01:23:01,322 Seven-foot-two. 1176 01:23:04,161 --> 01:23:06,151 Don't you think that's funny? 1177 01:23:06,797 --> 01:23:08,787 You better get some sleep. 1178 01:23:23,113 --> 01:23:26,313 - Number, please. - Long distance, please. 1179 01:23:26,984 --> 01:23:29,384 - Hello. Yes, ma'am. - Hello? 1180 01:23:29,553 --> 01:23:31,893 Hello, I'd like to place a person-to-person call... 1181 01:23:32,055 --> 01:23:34,785 to Fred Townsend in Hollywood, California. 1182 01:23:37,494 --> 01:23:41,904 Hello? Who? Oh, just a minute. 1183 01:23:48,038 --> 01:23:51,838 When the concert's over, there's a phone call for you, long distance. 1184 01:23:52,009 --> 01:23:54,139 Long distance. I wonder who that could be. 1185 01:23:54,311 --> 01:23:56,871 - Where's it from? - Hollywood. 1186 01:23:57,047 --> 01:24:00,377 Maybe Rin Tin Tin needs a new theme song. 1187 01:24:01,718 --> 01:24:05,278 - Hollywood? Hello? - Hello, Gus, Fred Townsend. 1188 01:24:05,455 --> 01:24:06,815 - Hello, Fred. - Merry Christmas. 1189 01:24:06,990 --> 01:24:08,390 Merry Christmas to you too. 1190 01:24:08,558 --> 01:24:10,458 - Honey, it's Fred. - Merry Christmas, Fred. 1191 01:24:10,627 --> 01:24:12,087 - Grace is fine? - Yes, she's fine. 1192 01:24:12,262 --> 01:24:13,922 - How about the kids? - We're all fine. 1193 01:24:14,097 --> 01:24:18,157 Good. I wonder if you'd be interested in doing a picture. 1194 01:24:18,969 --> 01:24:23,029 Well, I don't know, Fred. I'm kept pretty busy here. 1195 01:24:23,206 --> 01:24:25,726 They want me in Hollywood. Fred's got a picture for me. 1196 01:24:25,909 --> 01:24:27,339 Oh, Gus. 1197 01:24:27,511 --> 01:24:32,411 Yeah. Yeah, well, as a favor to you, Fred, I'd do it, sure, but... 1198 01:24:32,582 --> 01:24:36,612 - The money's very good. - All right. All right. You got a deal. 1199 01:24:36,787 --> 01:24:38,147 - See you in a week. - Goodbye. 1200 01:24:38,321 --> 01:24:39,581 - Goodbye. - That's wonderful. 1201 01:24:39,756 --> 01:24:41,656 - Where are my cigars? - Get him a cigar. 1202 01:24:42,526 --> 01:24:45,686 - Think the whole family could go out? - I wouldn't go without you. 1203 01:24:45,862 --> 01:24:47,802 Did he say anything about transportation? 1204 01:24:47,964 --> 01:24:50,694 - No. - Well, who's gonna pay for the tickets? 1205 01:24:50,867 --> 01:24:54,057 - You should have asked him that. - Oh, honey, I couldn't do that. 1206 01:24:54,237 --> 01:24:57,037 We have to put up a front. We'll hit somebody for a loan. 1207 01:24:57,207 --> 01:25:00,337 Who? Everybody in Chicago's broke. 1208 01:25:00,510 --> 01:25:02,640 How about Bert? Bert Van Alstyne. 1209 01:25:02,813 --> 01:25:04,803 - He's in New York. - Here. 1210 01:25:05,782 --> 01:25:09,452 - What's that? - It's from not playing the stock market. 1211 01:25:09,619 --> 01:25:11,379 - Annie. - Oh, no. 1212 01:25:11,555 --> 01:25:17,315 Go on, take it. Who else would loan money to a songwriter? 1213 01:25:17,494 --> 01:25:19,964 And get me a lower berth. 1214 01:25:20,363 --> 01:25:22,853 - Anna... - Hey, are we going somewhere? 1215 01:25:23,033 --> 01:25:24,363 Where are we going? 1216 01:25:24,534 --> 01:25:28,034 You missed it. Daddy was talking to Uncle Fred all the way in Hollywood. 1217 01:25:28,205 --> 01:25:29,925 Daddy has a job out there. 1218 01:25:30,107 --> 01:25:33,507 You're so smart. I heard Mama talking to him last night. 1219 01:25:33,677 --> 01:25:35,297 Didn't I? 1220 01:25:35,879 --> 01:25:38,809 Well, didn't I? 1221 01:25:45,021 --> 01:25:46,751 Yes, Donald. 1222 01:25:51,962 --> 01:25:55,232 - Can we swim in the ocean, Mommy? - Yes, darling. 1223 01:25:59,703 --> 01:26:03,613 Gus, we have no secrets from Fred. 1224 01:26:03,774 --> 01:26:07,684 I simply told him the truth, that's all. You needed this. 1225 01:26:07,844 --> 01:26:10,144 Do I have to be wet-nursed through my whole life? 1226 01:26:10,313 --> 01:26:14,483 No, Gus. I just have a little less pride than you have. 1227 01:26:14,651 --> 01:26:17,881 Yeah, sure, sure. You have a little less pride. 1228 01:26:18,054 --> 01:26:20,114 A little more push too. 1229 01:26:20,557 --> 01:26:24,687 When I was on top, I never knew if I was writing the hits or you were making them. 1230 01:26:24,861 --> 01:26:27,131 For years, everybody's been saying the same thing. 1231 01:26:27,297 --> 01:26:28,727 What do you want me to do? 1232 01:26:28,899 --> 01:26:31,799 Stand on the sidelines and watch your talent dry up? 1233 01:26:31,968 --> 01:26:35,098 I'm your wife, Gus. I've got a right to help you. 1234 01:26:37,073 --> 01:26:40,633 Would it make you any happier if I collected an agent's commission? 1235 01:26:41,111 --> 01:26:43,271 There's such a thing as too much help. 1236 01:26:46,216 --> 01:26:48,576 I didn't know I was in the way. 1237 01:26:48,752 --> 01:26:52,552 I've gotten to depend upon you so much, I can't think for myself anymore. 1238 01:26:53,056 --> 01:26:55,176 Look what's happened to us. 1239 01:26:55,992 --> 01:26:58,432 Is the depression my fault too? 1240 01:26:58,595 --> 01:27:02,655 You pick my ties, my suits, my tune-writers. 1241 01:27:02,833 --> 01:27:05,503 You even order for me in a restaurant. 1242 01:27:06,636 --> 01:27:09,536 Well, from now on, just order for one. 1243 01:27:11,241 --> 01:27:12,831 Gus. 1244 01:27:20,851 --> 01:27:22,441 I'm leaving. 1245 01:27:24,521 --> 01:27:26,991 Take the kids out for a walk or something. 1246 01:27:30,527 --> 01:27:32,927 Aren't you going to say goodbye to them? 1247 01:27:33,964 --> 01:27:36,134 You'll think of something to tell them. 1248 01:27:37,634 --> 01:27:42,974 Yeah. That's one thing I'm good at. 1249 01:28:05,695 --> 01:28:08,385 - Stop it. Stop it. - What's the matter? 1250 01:28:08,565 --> 01:28:09,855 Isn't that Johann Strauss? 1251 01:28:10,033 --> 01:28:12,973 I don't see how it can be. I got paid for it last Thursday. 1252 01:28:13,136 --> 01:28:16,436 Johnny, why don't you try something of your own? 1253 01:28:16,606 --> 01:28:18,626 This is no time to be revolutionary. 1254 01:28:18,808 --> 01:28:20,938 We've gotta have a complete score in 10 days. 1255 01:28:21,111 --> 01:28:23,381 So we take a little of Strauss. 1256 01:28:25,515 --> 01:28:27,915 And we steal a little of this: 1257 01:28:29,286 --> 01:28:31,716 And we throw in a little of this: 1258 01:28:33,023 --> 01:28:36,653 And then some... and we got it. Listen. 1259 01:28:43,500 --> 01:28:46,530 You're a great tune-writer, how can you do a thing like this? 1260 01:28:46,703 --> 01:28:52,073 - I'll tell you in one word. Money. - Yeah. 1261 01:28:52,242 --> 01:28:55,642 Look, Gus, you've been fighting this for months, and what has it got you? 1262 01:28:55,812 --> 01:28:58,142 You've been thrown out of two studios already. 1263 01:28:58,315 --> 01:28:59,865 Believe me, you can't win. 1264 01:29:00,050 --> 01:29:02,250 There are only two kinds of people in this town: 1265 01:29:02,419 --> 01:29:05,119 The ones who eat at Romanoff's and the ones who serve them. 1266 01:29:05,288 --> 01:29:08,118 Stop rehearsing for a tray and let's give them what they want. 1267 01:29:08,291 --> 01:29:11,691 Okay, okay, I give up. Go ahead, play it. 1268 01:29:28,011 --> 01:29:30,881 I can't put my finger on it, but it just doesn't ring a bell. 1269 01:29:31,047 --> 01:29:34,677 I've got one outside on my bicycle. Should I bring it in? 1270 01:29:35,051 --> 01:29:37,321 I know you've been working 14 hours a day on this. 1271 01:29:37,487 --> 01:29:40,477 The bad stuff always comes twice as hard. 1272 01:29:41,024 --> 01:29:42,554 Well, that's that. 1273 01:29:42,726 --> 01:29:46,526 Gus, did I ever tell you how I first met you? 1274 01:29:47,831 --> 01:29:49,361 Met me? 1275 01:29:49,532 --> 01:29:53,402 Back in college, there was a beat-up phonograph in our fraternity house. 1276 01:29:53,570 --> 01:29:56,800 Nine out of 10 records we played were Gus Kahn songs. 1277 01:29:56,973 --> 01:29:58,203 That's how I first met you. 1278 01:30:00,210 --> 01:30:03,010 When all the smart boys in Hollywood said you were through... 1279 01:30:03,179 --> 01:30:04,979 I remembered that phonograph player. 1280 01:30:05,148 --> 01:30:08,118 Stop. I'm getting all choked up. 1281 01:30:08,284 --> 01:30:11,344 Thanks for the kind words, but it's no use. 1282 01:30:11,521 --> 01:30:14,051 I don't write what they're singing today. 1283 01:30:14,724 --> 01:30:17,194 Is it that you don't write it or you can't write it? 1284 01:30:17,360 --> 01:30:19,660 Maybe the smart boys are right. 1285 01:30:20,230 --> 01:30:24,890 Listen here, son. Don't you sit there and tell me I'm through. 1286 01:30:25,068 --> 01:30:27,558 This is Gus Kahn you're talking to. 1287 01:30:27,871 --> 01:30:30,101 I was writing hits when you were in kindergarten. 1288 01:30:30,273 --> 01:30:33,143 And I'm gonna go on writing them, but my way, not yours. 1289 01:30:33,309 --> 01:30:37,869 Look, don't fly off the handle, Gus. Times change, formulas change. 1290 01:30:38,048 --> 01:30:40,848 A man with your talent shouldn't let the parade pass him by. 1291 01:30:41,017 --> 01:30:43,037 I don't want any part of this parade. 1292 01:30:43,219 --> 01:30:46,919 It was my own fault for trying to copy it. I don't copy anybody. They copy me. 1293 01:30:47,090 --> 01:30:48,560 I don't write by formula. 1294 01:30:48,725 --> 01:30:51,885 To me, a song isn't just words set to music. 1295 01:30:52,062 --> 01:30:56,062 It's something from the heart that's real and honest and says something. 1296 01:30:56,232 --> 01:31:02,262 - Not silly sounds... and: - Oh, now, Gus... 1297 01:31:03,473 --> 01:31:05,273 I'm through. Go get yourself a parrot. 1298 01:31:10,847 --> 01:31:11,867 What got into him? 1299 01:31:14,784 --> 01:31:17,694 Better find a parrot who plays the piano. 1300 01:31:22,792 --> 01:31:24,562 Gus! 1301 01:31:34,504 --> 01:31:38,774 - Hello. - Grace. Hello. 1302 01:31:38,942 --> 01:31:43,402 - You look pretty good. - I'll get him in the next round. 1303 01:31:43,580 --> 01:31:47,680 - Would you mind if I kissed you? - Come here. 1304 01:31:54,791 --> 01:31:56,381 Well, what do you think of me? 1305 01:31:57,127 --> 01:32:01,687 I finally did something all by myself. No help from anybody. 1306 01:32:02,031 --> 01:32:05,331 - I knew I had a talent. - Stop. Stop it. 1307 01:32:05,502 --> 01:32:09,232 I had to come 2000 miles to find out I'm washed up. 1308 01:32:09,572 --> 01:32:11,902 You know, when they brought me to this hospital... 1309 01:32:12,075 --> 01:32:15,525 it was the first time in two years I had my name in Variety. 1310 01:32:16,579 --> 01:32:18,909 I couldn't even get in the Brown Derby. 1311 01:32:19,415 --> 01:32:22,845 When I was younger, I didn't mind if people pushed me around. 1312 01:32:23,019 --> 01:32:29,079 I had to struggle, because I never knew what success was really like. 1313 01:32:29,592 --> 01:32:33,362 But once you've lived on the top of the world... 1314 01:32:34,364 --> 01:32:36,594 it's no fun anymore at the bottom. 1315 01:32:36,766 --> 01:32:39,026 Gus, I'm ashamed of you. 1316 01:32:39,202 --> 01:32:41,972 I'm ashamed because you're forgetting who you are... 1317 01:32:42,138 --> 01:32:46,728 and what you've done and what you're going to do. 1318 01:32:49,212 --> 01:32:51,812 Who pulled the blinds down? 1319 01:32:54,384 --> 01:32:57,954 This is the town where they'd ask Shakespeare, "What have you done lately?" 1320 01:32:58,121 --> 01:33:00,991 But you write one hit and you're back up on top. 1321 01:33:01,157 --> 01:33:05,717 - I don't write their kind of songs. I can't. - Well, I should hope not. 1322 01:33:06,863 --> 01:33:09,893 First thing I have to do is get you out and put you to work. 1323 01:33:10,066 --> 01:33:12,966 I can't let you lie here feeling sorry for yourself. 1324 01:33:17,907 --> 01:33:20,667 - You know something? - What? 1325 01:33:21,911 --> 01:33:25,511 When you first walked in, I thought I was sick. 1326 01:33:29,686 --> 01:33:32,846 - You'll have to leave. It's his bath now. - All right. 1327 01:33:33,022 --> 01:33:37,192 - Isn't she pretty? - Of course. This is Hollywood, isn't it? 1328 01:33:39,662 --> 01:33:42,192 - Oh, honey. - What? 1329 01:33:42,365 --> 01:33:46,125 You remember the backstage that time at Whoopee? 1330 01:33:46,536 --> 01:33:48,556 You mean Gloria Knight? 1331 01:33:49,472 --> 01:33:52,502 Big phony. Nothing happened. 1332 01:33:52,942 --> 01:33:55,842 I've been meaning to tell you that for a long time. 1333 01:33:56,112 --> 01:33:58,882 Oh, you took a load off my mind. 1334 01:34:03,820 --> 01:34:05,520 Thank you. 1335 01:34:08,057 --> 01:34:09,677 Isn't she pretty? 1336 01:34:10,860 --> 01:34:12,290 Well? 1337 01:34:16,432 --> 01:34:20,892 - How'd he take it? - Fine. 1338 01:34:21,070 --> 01:34:23,540 He's gonna be all right, Fred. 1339 01:34:24,540 --> 01:34:27,440 And he's gonna keep on writing songs. 1340 01:34:27,910 --> 01:34:30,340 But, Mrs. Kahn, I've warned you. If he works... 1341 01:34:30,513 --> 01:34:33,913 What do you think will happen to him if he doesn't work, doctor? 1342 01:34:34,484 --> 01:34:38,724 You know, there are some things in a man's heart that don't show up on a cardiogram. 1343 01:34:43,960 --> 01:34:49,490 Fred, is it all right for a girl my age to cry? 1344 01:34:49,666 --> 01:34:51,326 Sure. 1345 01:34:57,040 --> 01:35:01,410 - How's the new team coming along? - Great. He's teaching me quite a bit. 1346 01:35:09,452 --> 01:35:11,552 Wouldn't it sound better this way? 1347 01:35:14,857 --> 01:35:16,257 Sorry. 1348 01:35:18,027 --> 01:35:20,687 If that tune doesn't strike you, how about this one? 1349 01:35:25,201 --> 01:35:28,401 Crackerjack Song Service. If you don't hear what you want, just ask for it. 1350 01:35:39,615 --> 01:35:41,335 - Walter. - Hello, Grace. 1351 01:35:41,517 --> 01:35:43,577 I'm so glad to see you. 1352 01:35:43,753 --> 01:35:45,383 I thought you didn't approve of me. 1353 01:35:45,555 --> 01:35:48,715 Then why would I send for you? Come on in. 1354 01:35:48,891 --> 01:35:51,261 - You're sure it's all right? - Of course. 1355 01:35:55,498 --> 01:35:56,858 What's the trouble, money? 1356 01:35:57,033 --> 01:36:00,063 No. Money won't help Gus. 1357 01:36:00,236 --> 01:36:02,356 - He needs something only you can give. - What? 1358 01:36:02,538 --> 01:36:06,028 Another hit, Walter. That's the best medicine in the world. 1359 01:36:07,410 --> 01:36:11,850 Grace, how do you guarantee a hit? I might come up with nothing. I've done it before. 1360 01:36:12,014 --> 01:36:13,454 But that isn't important. 1361 01:36:13,616 --> 01:36:16,346 Gus has to feel that he's back with the boys on top. 1362 01:36:16,519 --> 01:36:18,509 He'll take it from there. 1363 01:36:19,088 --> 01:36:22,318 We stopped running as an entry a long time ago. 1364 01:36:22,492 --> 01:36:24,652 It'll be much easier for him with somebody else. 1365 01:36:24,827 --> 01:36:25,827 Here he comes. 1366 01:36:28,197 --> 01:36:31,757 - Well, if it isn't the smiling Irishman. - Hello, Gus. 1367 01:36:31,934 --> 01:36:35,464 I must be in pretty bad shape to drag you away from the track. 1368 01:36:35,638 --> 01:36:37,298 As a matter of fact, I was losing... 1369 01:36:37,473 --> 01:36:40,413 and I thought it was about time I dropped in and said hello. 1370 01:36:40,576 --> 01:36:45,876 - How are you, Gus? - Fine. Fine, I'm working. 1371 01:36:46,282 --> 01:36:49,842 Matter of fact, I'm working on a few tunes right now. 1372 01:36:50,019 --> 01:36:55,959 I found an up-and-coming young fellow with a lot of fresh new ideas. 1373 01:36:56,225 --> 01:37:00,455 We expect to have a few tunes out any day now and... 1374 01:37:05,568 --> 01:37:07,538 Why am I telling you the story of my life? 1375 01:37:07,837 --> 01:37:09,457 Visiting hours are over. 1376 01:37:11,374 --> 01:37:17,784 Gus, you kind of put me in a tough spot, because I came to ask a favor. 1377 01:37:18,981 --> 01:37:22,541 I haven't got it anymore, Walter. You caught me between millions. 1378 01:37:22,718 --> 01:37:26,478 No, it isn't money. It's something that only you can give me. 1379 01:37:26,656 --> 01:37:28,716 - What? - Another hit. 1380 01:37:28,891 --> 01:37:30,551 And I sure need one. 1381 01:37:30,726 --> 01:37:34,416 You won't have to chase me around anymore. I'm a new kind of guy. 1382 01:37:34,597 --> 01:37:39,157 I got a wonderful wife and a new home and I'd like to be able to afford them. 1383 01:37:39,335 --> 01:37:41,165 So... 1384 01:37:42,104 --> 01:37:46,204 if I bring you a note from my mother, could we work together again, chief? 1385 01:37:48,811 --> 01:37:50,041 What do you think, Grace? 1386 01:37:50,213 --> 01:37:54,483 Oh, it's up to you, Gus. I'm not running your life anymore. 1387 01:37:55,051 --> 01:37:59,181 - I finally got her trained. - Yeah. 1388 01:37:59,355 --> 01:38:01,145 It's a deal. 1389 01:38:02,091 --> 01:38:05,821 I don't know how word got around so fast, but I just got a call from Jerry Kern. 1390 01:38:05,995 --> 01:38:08,045 He wants to know how soon Gus can go to work. 1391 01:38:08,231 --> 01:38:10,861 Same from Harry Akst, same from Harry Warren... 1392 01:38:11,033 --> 01:38:14,333 and Isham Jones just airmailed a melody from Chicago. 1393 01:38:14,504 --> 01:38:17,704 - Well, that's wonderful. - You're a wonderful woman, Grace. 1394 01:38:17,874 --> 01:38:20,644 I should have married you the day you walked into my office. 1395 01:38:20,810 --> 01:38:22,780 I'd probably be president now. 1396 01:38:22,945 --> 01:38:26,175 No, on second thought, you'd probably be president. 1397 01:38:28,751 --> 01:38:29,751 Isn't it awful? 1398 01:38:29,919 --> 01:38:33,359 It's the simple tunes that drive you crazy. I'm stuck right in the middle. 1399 01:38:33,789 --> 01:38:35,449 Play it for me. 1400 01:38:42,265 --> 01:38:44,455 Why have you got it so dark in here? 1401 01:38:47,537 --> 01:38:51,367 - Where'd you get that dress? - It's an old one. 1402 01:38:51,541 --> 01:38:55,001 - I don't like it. - You always did like it. 1403 01:38:55,177 --> 01:38:57,077 Play it. Play it, will you? 1404 01:39:01,350 --> 01:39:03,220 Grace, please, play the melody. 1405 01:39:03,386 --> 01:39:05,976 I'm digging for a line and you're giving me arrangements. 1406 01:39:06,155 --> 01:39:08,555 - I'm sorry. - Whoever told you you could play piano? 1407 01:39:08,724 --> 01:39:11,324 - You did. - I was young then. 1408 01:39:11,494 --> 01:39:12,934 I'll try to do better. 1409 01:39:13,095 --> 01:39:15,855 - Where's my pencil? - Behind your ear. 1410 01:39:16,766 --> 01:39:18,626 All right, play, play. 1411 01:39:32,248 --> 01:39:37,018 Still I feel the thrill of your charms... 1412 01:39:37,453 --> 01:39:39,183 - Pretty. - What? 1413 01:39:39,355 --> 01:39:41,045 Your dress. 1414 01:39:41,524 --> 01:39:44,294 - How's my piano-playing? - Next week, Carnegie Hall. 1415 01:39:44,460 --> 01:39:47,830 - What are the words, Gus? - Take a look at them. 1416 01:39:49,665 --> 01:39:52,625 If you come out even, we've got a song. 1417 01:39:52,802 --> 01:39:55,432 "I'll See You in My Dreams." 1418 01:39:56,739 --> 01:39:58,369 Play it for me. 1419 01:40:03,546 --> 01:40:10,146 I'll see you in my dreams. 1420 01:40:12,054 --> 01:40:18,394 Hold you in my dreams. 1421 01:40:20,096 --> 01:40:26,696 Someone took you out of my arms. 1422 01:40:28,938 --> 01:40:31,868 Still I feel. 1423 01:40:32,041 --> 01:40:38,541 The thrill of your charms. 1424 01:40:39,382 --> 01:40:44,792 Lips that once were mine. 1425 01:40:46,055 --> 01:40:51,955 Tender eyes that shine. 1426 01:40:53,629 --> 01:40:56,659 They will light. 1427 01:40:56,832 --> 01:41:01,862 My way tonight 1428 01:41:02,938 --> 01:41:07,398 I'll see you in. 1429 01:41:07,576 --> 01:41:14,176 My dreams. 1430 01:41:49,285 --> 01:41:51,875 In the main ballroom, we can seat 300 guests. 1431 01:41:52,054 --> 01:41:54,024 - The table for the guest of honor... - Fine. 1432 01:41:54,190 --> 01:41:56,450 I don't want any fruit salad or chicken à la king. 1433 01:41:56,625 --> 01:41:59,815 These people are in the music business. With them, eating's a ritual. 1434 01:41:59,995 --> 01:42:02,325 I don't know why you're making these arrangements. 1435 01:42:02,498 --> 01:42:04,228 How am I going to get Gus to show up? 1436 01:42:04,400 --> 01:42:09,740 I don't know, I don't know. Say anything. Tell him the dinner's for Jerome Kern. 1437 01:42:09,905 --> 01:42:13,735 What'll I do when Gus finds out the surprise dinner is for him, that I tricked him? 1438 01:42:13,909 --> 01:42:17,109 Come on, Grace. He must've gotten to like it by now. 1439 01:42:17,279 --> 01:42:19,139 Leave the bottle. 1440 01:42:19,348 --> 01:42:22,718 I'm throwing caution to the wind. To the party. 1441 01:42:26,055 --> 01:42:27,199 - Good evening, sir. - Good evening. 1442 01:42:27,223 --> 01:42:28,223 Good evening. 1443 01:42:28,390 --> 01:42:31,450 - I never can get this tie straight. - Turn around. I'll fix it for you. 1444 01:42:31,627 --> 01:42:35,287 I could've gone to the ball game. Instead, you dress me up like a headwaiter. 1445 01:42:35,464 --> 01:42:36,934 - Will you stand still? - Grace. 1446 01:42:37,099 --> 01:42:38,859 - Hello, Walter. - Who's your little boy? 1447 01:42:39,034 --> 01:42:41,204 The same one I've been taking care of for years. 1448 01:42:41,370 --> 01:42:42,930 You're here on Jerome Kern night? 1449 01:42:43,105 --> 01:42:45,625 You never attend a testimonial for anyone but yourself. 1450 01:42:45,808 --> 01:42:48,298 Well, it got to be a long time between dinners. 1451 01:42:48,477 --> 01:42:49,807 - Gus. - Hi, John. 1452 01:42:49,979 --> 01:42:52,379 Don't believe what anyone tells you. You look lovely. 1453 01:42:52,548 --> 01:42:54,738 It took the family to get him into that suit. 1454 01:42:54,917 --> 01:42:58,437 Why make a big thing about a dinner? You'd think the guy needed the meal. 1455 01:42:58,621 --> 01:43:02,491 Everybody's here. George Gershwin, Sigmund Romberg, Vincent Youmans... 1456 01:43:02,658 --> 01:43:06,818 Yeah, come on. Let's go, Grace. They're waiting for the second team. 1457 01:43:25,748 --> 01:43:28,808 Don't look at me, it was Walter's idea. 1458 01:43:33,756 --> 01:43:35,916 I couldn't let you know it was for you, darling. 1459 01:43:36,091 --> 01:43:38,121 You'd still be running. 1460 01:44:07,623 --> 01:44:11,353 It's customary for the guest of honor to make a speech after dinner... 1461 01:44:11,527 --> 01:44:15,117 but this kid is liable to skip before the soup course. 1462 01:44:16,198 --> 01:44:18,598 Five years ago, the doctors were counting him out... 1463 01:44:18,767 --> 01:44:21,287 but he got up and walked away before they got to 10. 1464 01:44:23,505 --> 01:44:28,905 May I present the man that we're paying $ 15 a plate to honor, drinks extra... 1465 01:44:29,812 --> 01:44:32,442 my friend, Gus Kahn. 1466 01:44:45,761 --> 01:44:48,131 Thank you. Thank you very much. 1467 01:44:51,333 --> 01:44:56,103 I've had so much in my life for which to be grateful. 1468 01:44:57,473 --> 01:45:00,813 And one of the most... 1469 01:45:02,778 --> 01:45:05,338 Well, let me put it this way. 1470 01:45:06,382 --> 01:45:10,052 You all know I was practically raised on apple strudel. 1471 01:45:11,787 --> 01:45:16,847 But I have two extra-favorite Irish dishes. 1472 01:45:18,394 --> 01:45:23,564 Mulligan stew and Walter Donaldson. 1473 01:45:24,733 --> 01:45:28,463 Which brings up the question, what am I doing up here by myself? 1474 01:45:29,238 --> 01:45:33,468 It's a room filled with men I've had the privilege to work with... 1475 01:45:34,243 --> 01:45:37,343 and this dinner is really for all of you. 1476 01:45:38,881 --> 01:45:42,911 But most of all, it's for Grace. 1477 01:45:43,752 --> 01:45:49,382 I don't know quite how to say it, but without her, I... 1478 01:45:55,064 --> 01:45:58,364 You're not just gonna sit there and watch me hang, are you? 1479 01:46:09,578 --> 01:46:12,208 Without this little girl, I'm just a mug. 1480 01:46:12,982 --> 01:46:16,922 I tried it once. Fell flat on my back. 1481 01:46:17,619 --> 01:46:22,489 She taught me something many years ago that I'll never forget. 1482 01:46:23,125 --> 01:46:28,025 She said, "Young folks don't know how to say 'I love you'..." 1483 01:46:28,330 --> 01:46:33,500 so you say it for them, put it to 32 bars of music." 1484 01:46:35,938 --> 01:46:40,498 I guess I've written about a thousand of those "I love you" songs... 1485 01:46:41,777 --> 01:46:44,077 but never said it to my own girl. 1486 01:46:44,246 --> 01:46:48,476 - Except once, when she was under ether. - Oh, Gus. 1487 01:46:48,650 --> 01:46:52,920 What's there to be ashamed of? These are our friends. 1488 01:46:54,289 --> 01:47:00,249 Darling, if I never told it to you, it wasn't that I didn't mean it. 1489 01:47:01,096 --> 01:47:06,726 It's just that I could never believe that a face like this could say to a face like that... 1490 01:47:06,902 --> 01:47:09,602 "I love you" and get away with it. 1491 01:47:11,306 --> 01:47:16,566 But I loved you the first day I saw you. I love you now. 1492 01:47:17,246 --> 01:47:20,436 And God willing, I'll love you as long as I live. 1493 01:47:21,750 --> 01:47:26,780 - Gus, how about singing a song, huh? - Sing us the first one you ever wrote, huh? 1494 01:47:30,092 --> 01:47:36,192 You wouldn't believe it, but I really don't even remember it. 1495 01:47:36,365 --> 01:47:40,955 Honestly, I wrote the song, but I'm sure I don't remember all the words. 1496 01:47:41,136 --> 01:47:43,726 Will this help, Mr. Kahn? 1497 01:47:52,614 --> 01:47:55,284 Would you play it for me, Ms. LeBoy? 1498 01:48:06,195 --> 01:48:12,525 Gee, I wish that I had a girl. 1499 01:48:13,969 --> 01:48:17,559 Like the other fellows had. 1500 01:48:19,975 --> 01:48:24,665 Someone to make a fuss over me. 1501 01:48:25,447 --> 01:48:31,437 To cheer me up when I feel sad. 1502 01:48:31,620 --> 01:48:37,620 On Wednesday night, I'm all alone. 1503 01:48:37,793 --> 01:48:40,853 When I ought to be up. 1504 01:48:41,029 --> 01:48:44,799 At some sweetheart's home. 1505 01:48:46,602 --> 01:48:53,202 And I'm lonesome, awful lonesome. 1506 01:48:53,609 --> 01:48:55,909 Gee. 1507 01:48:56,845 --> 01:49:01,475 I wish I had. 1508 01:49:01,650 --> 01:49:06,590 A girl