All language subtitles for Till The Clouds Roll By (1946)pera

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♪ Come to us ♪

♪ We've waited so long
For you ♪

♪ Every day ♪

♪ We'll make a new song
For you ♪

♪ Come, come ♪

♪ To us ♪

♪ We love you so ♪

♪ We love you so ♪

♪ Here we all work
On the Mississippi ♪

♪ Here we all work
While the white men play ♪

♪ Loading up boats
With the bales of cotton ♪

♪ Getting no rest
Till the judgment day ♪

♪ Get yourself a brand-new gal ♪

♪ A loving baby
Who's the apple of your eye ♪

♪ Coal-black Rose
Or high-brown Sal ♪

♪ They all can cook asparagus
And chicken pie ♪

♪ Here we all work
On the Mississippi ♪

♪ Here we all work
While the white folks play ♪

♪ Loading up boats
With the bales of cotton ♪

♪ Getting no rest
Till the Judgment Day ♪

♪ What a pretty bevy ♪

♪ Ah, there
Ah, there ♪

♪ The fairest
Of the fair ♪

♪ To Southern beauty
Every beau must bow ♪

♪ How you love to flatter ♪

♪ You rogues
You rogues ♪

♪ Oh, goodness gracious
They're so flirtatious ♪

♪ You naughty fellows ♪

♪ Little women
Don't be timorous ♪

♪ Seem to think
you please us ♪

♪ You will find, acting thus ♪

♪ When you tease us so ♪

♪ Only makes a man more bold! ♪

♪ You're a reckless lot
We know ♪

♪ These are not
The days of old ♪

♪ See the showboat ♪

♪ That's old Captain Andy's
Cotton Blossom ♪

♪ Will you go? ♪

♪ Let me take you
To the show ♪

♪ 'Twill be delightful ♪

♪ But to rightfully accept ♪
I have to make mama ♪

♪ Get permission
From papa ♪

♪ Here comes Captain Andy ♪

Ah, I have got
such a wonderful show,

and the greatest of dramas
and jolly comedies.

Stephen Baker,
the handsomest leading man,

and beautiful Julie La Verne
as well!

All:
♪ Cotton Blossom ♪

♪ Cotton Blossom ♪

♪ Captain Andy's
Floating show ♪

♪ Thrills and laughter
Concert after ♪

♪ Everybody's sure to go ♪

♪ Cotton Blossom,
Cotton Blossom ♪

♪ Captain Andy's
Floating show ♪

♪ Thrills and laughter ♪

♪ Concert after ♪

♪ Get your girl and go ♪

♪ Who cares if my boat ♪

♪ Goes upstream ♪

♪ Or if the gale bids me go ♪

♪ With the river's flow? ♪

♪ I drift along
With my fancy ♪

♪ Sometimes
I thank my lucky stars ♪

♪ My heart is free ♪

♪ And other times
I wonder ♪

♪ Where's the mate
For me? ♪

Hello.

Oh, how do you do?
Are you an actress?

Oh, no, but-

But I'd give anything
if I could be.

Why?

Well, because you can
make believe

so many wonderful things

that never happen
in real life.

Well, if you like
to make believe one thing,

uh, why can't
we make believe

we know each other?

♪ The game of
Just supposing ♪

♪ Is the sweetest game
I know ♪

♪ Our dreams
Are more romantic ♪

♪ Than the world
We see ♪

♪ And if the things
We dream about ♪

♪ Don't happen
To be so ♪

♪ That's just
An unimportant technicality ♪

♪ Though the cold
And brutal fact is ♪

♪ You and I
Have never met ♪

♪ We need not mind
Convention's p's and q's ♪

♪ If we put our thoughts
In practice ♪

♪ We can banish
All regret ♪

♪ Imagining
Most anything ♪

♪ We choose ♪

♪ We could make believe ♪

♪ I love you ♪

♪ We could make believe ♪

♪ That you love me ♪

♪ Others find peace of mind ♪

♪ In pretending ♪

♪ Couldn't you? ♪

♪ Couldn't I? ♪

♪ Couldn't we? ♪

♪ Make believe
Our lips ♪

♪ Are blending ♪

♪ In a phantom kiss ♪

♪ Or two or three? ♪

♪ Might as well make believe ♪

♪ I love you ♪

♪ For to tell the truth ♪

♪ I ♪

♪ Do ♪

Magnolia?

Yes, Mother.

Goodbye.

I hope
I see you again.

♪ Life upon
The wicked stage ♪

♪ Ain't ever what
A girl supposes ♪

♪ Stage door Johnnies
Aren't raging over you ♪

♪ With gems and roses ♪

♪ When you let a feller
Hold your hand ♪

♪ Which means an extra beer
Or sandwich ♪

♪ Everybody whispers,
"Ain't her life a whirl?" ♪

♪ Though you're warned
Against a roué ♪

♪ Ruining your reputation ♪

♪ When you've played around
The one-night trade ♪

♪ Around the great
Big nation ♪

♪ Wild old men who give you
Jewels and sables ♪

♪ Only live
In Aesop's fables ♪

♪ Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothing for a girl ♪

♪ Though we've listened to you
Moan and grieve ♪

♪ You must pardon us
If we do not believe you ♪

♪ There is no doubt
You're crazy about ♪

♪ Your awful stage ♪

♪ Life upon
The wicked stage ♪

♪ Ain't ever
What a girl supposes ♪

♪ Stage door Johnnies
Aren't raging over you ♪

♪ With gems and roses ♪

♪ If some gentleman
Would talk with reason ♪

♪ I would cancel
All next season ♪

♪ Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothing ♪

♪ For a girl ♪

♪ Life upon the wicked stage ♪

♪ Ain't nothing
For a girl ♪

♪ Oh, listen, sister ♪

♪ I love my mister man ♪

♪ And I can't
Tell you why ♪

♪ There ain't no reason ♪

♪ For me to love that man ♪

♪ It must be something ♪

♪ That the angels done plan ♪

♪ Fish gotta swim ♪

♪ Birds gotta fly ♪

♪ I got to love one man ♪

♪ Till I die ♪

♪ Can't help
Loving that man of mine ♪

♪ Tell me he's lazy ♪

♪ Tell me he's slow ♪

♪ Tell me I'm crazy ♪

♪ Maybe I know ♪

♪ Can't help
Loving that man of mine ♪

♪ When he goes away ♪

♪ That's a rainy day ♪

♪ But when he comes back ♪

♪ That day is fine ♪

♪ The sun will shine ♪

♪ He can come home ♪

♪ As late as can be ♪

♪ Home without him ♪

♪ Ain't no home to me ♪

♪ Can't help ♪

♪ Loving that man ♪

♪ Of mine ♪

♪ Ol' Man River ♪

♪ That Ol' Man River ♪

♪ He must know something ♪

♪ But don't say nothing ♪

♪ He just keeps rolling ♪

♪ He keeps on
Rolling along ♪

♪ Long, old river ♪

♪ Forever keeps rolling ♪

♪ He don't plant taters ♪

♪ He don't plant cotton ♪

♪ And them that plants them ♪

♪ Is soon forgotten ♪

♪ But Ol' Man River ♪

♪ He just keeps
Rolling along ♪

♪ You and me
We sweat and strain ♪

♪ Body all aching
And a-racked with pain ♪

♪ Tote that barge
Lift that bale ♪

♪ Get a little drunk ♪

♪ And we land in jail ♪

♪ I gets weary ♪

♪ And sick of trying ♪

♪ I'm tired of living ♪

♪ And scared of dying ♪

♪ But Ol' Man River ♪

♪ He just keeps
Rolling along ♪

BRAVO!
Bravo!

It'll run over a year.
Well over a year.

It's all Jerome.
sensational!

Man 3:
Congratulations, Jerry!

It was great, Jerry.
Great.

That was a swell show,
Mr. Kern.

Oh, thank you,
Joe.

Where to?
The Waldorf, Mr. Kern?

Uh, what was
that, Joe?

That big shindig
they're throwing for you.

It's down at the Waldorf,
ain't it, Mr. Kern?

Yes.
Uh...

But first I'd
like to stop off

at the house
of an old friend-

Yes, sir.

uh, just for
a moment, Joe.

Turn right
at the next crossing.

It's not very far.

I'm looking for
an old brownstone house.

It was the home of
a very great and good friend.

Tonight, during the show,

I couldn't seem to
get him off my mind.

Yes, sir,
Mr. Kern.

And I'd like to be alone
for a few minutes, Joe,

before we go down to the Waldorf
and face that crowd.

Oh, I get you.
It's like a-

Like a minute of silence.
Something like that, huh?

Yes, Joe.
Something like that.

Uh, here.
Uh, stop here, Joe.

Here at the corner?

Uh, in front of
that radio shop.

Oh, there it is.
See?

You- you mean that-
That lodging house

sandwiched in there?
Mm-hm.

Well, of course, it didn't
have that "room to let" sign

in the window then,

but other than that,
it hasn't changed very much.

This street
has changed.

Changed quite a bit

since I first walked
down it, years ago.

Joe.

Uh, do you notice
this radio shop?

Well, that was a bicycle shop
the first time I ever saw it.

I remember the day very well.

It was spring.

And I might have been
any American kid

coming down that street.

I had a song under my arm,

my hopes were high,
and the world was wonderful.

I was ambitious,
and I was eager,

but I needed
a little help.

I'd been told that
the best man to give it to me

was a man
by the name of Hesler.

James Hesler.

Come in, come in.

You're an hour late already.
I suppose you realize that.

You can start on the upstairs
bedroom immediately.

Mrs. Muller, daddy wants
some more roast beef.

I'll be there in a second,
Mr. Hesler.

And see that you get
to their nests, young man.

He's not
the moth killer.

I'm a...songwriter.

A songwriter.
I see.

You entered
under false pretenses.

Well, it won't do you any good,
young man.

Mr. Hesler isn't seeing
songwriters anymore.

He's going in
for better things.

Maybe he should have
some roast beef.

He's very hungry-looking.
Shh!

Don't mention roast beef
in front of a songwriter.

Look how skinny
his neck is.

Oh, so it is. So it is.

You feel like you're going to
faint, don't you?

Hey, missus! Let's eat!
De- Dear.

Well, you can
come in for a while.

I can't have people
fainting in the house.

Not even songwriters.
Thank you.

Come in.
Come in.

Daddy, he's
starving to death.

Hello,
Mr. Hesler.

Uh, Mr. Max-
Yes, yes.

I know. I know.

Mr. Max Dreyfus
of the Harms Company sent you.

You've written
a little tune.

He thinks it has possibilities
if it's properly arranged.

I'm to help you
arrange it.

Look how skinny
his neck is, Daddy.

Well, he said that, uh-

He told you
that I was

the greatest
arranger in America,

and I should give you
a few lessons.

Well, my friend,
he's right.

There's only one catch:

I've given up arranging.

I'm through dressing up
silly little tunes

for girl shows
and beer halls.

I'm gonna write
some real music for a change.

Oh, here, missus, uh-

Um, uh, s-set
it down here.

The trouble with you
songwriters is

all you ever think about
is making money.

Here, sit down.
Have some roast beef.

Oh, uh,
no thank you.

Go ahead.
Sit down, sit down.

No, you never think
of doing anything big,

anything worthwhile,
like Brahms or Pucci-

Uh, no, uh-

No, don't-

Don't sit
down there, please.

That's Mrs. Hesler's place,
rest her soul.

We always keep it
set for her.

Oh, I'm sorry.
Here. Sit down here.

No, all you fellas
want to do

is write sugary
little tunes,

and make
a lot of money.

Did you ever hear
Beethoven's "Eroica"?

Or Mozart's
"Jupiter"?

Didn't they do
something to you?

Great heavens.

Doesn't genius touch
you fellas at all?

Daddy's a genius.

Yes, daddy's
a genius.

No, my friend.

In three weeks,
I'm going to England,

where I can work and have
some peace and quiet.

No mushy little melodies
to be fancied up

for public consumption.

I'm gonna write
a symphony.

Daddy's gonna write
an opera just for me.

Here, go ahead.
Go ahead, eat up.

Maybe it'll give you
some gumption.

Well, I'm terribly sorry,
Mr. Hesler.

I had a big lunch with
Mr. Dreyfus just before I left.

It was roast beef too.

Uh, well, I'd-
Oh, what's the matter?

Just because you're not hungry,
you don't have to go, do you?

Have some brandy with me.

Help me celebrate
my liberation from mediocrity.

Uh, missus.
Uh- Uh-

Get a couple of liqueur
glasses, will you?

Sally, will you show
Mr., uh-

The gentleman
into the parlor?

I'm going upstairs

and see if I can't find
that bottle of Napoleon.

Have you a song
in there?

Mm-hm.

I'm taking
piano lessons.

Daddy wants me to be
an opera singer when I grow up.

Why don't you
write an opera?

Well, Sally,

I'm afraid I only write
the silly little tunes.

Uh, you know,

the ones your father
doesn't like.

Let me see if
I can play your song.

Do you mind?

No, I wish you would.
It's very easy.

Here.

"Ka-la-"
"Ka-la-" Ka-"

What's the name
of the song?

"Kalua."

That's
a funny name.

Sounds like candy.
Like gumdrops.

Well, it's the name
of a very romantic beach

in Hawaii,
Sally.

Uh, no, that's B.
B natural.

Here, let me
show you.

Now, here's the melody.

It should be played
with clarinets.

No, no, no.
Now, wait a minute.

No, that's
not right.

You've got to use clarinets
to play the vamp.

Oh, I was, uh, thinking
of using brass there.

Brass? And spoil your finish?
Good heavens, man.

You've always got to save
the brass for the finish.

Oh. Well,
what do you think?

Think? I know.
This is a romantic song.

Sit down.
It's sentimental.

You've got to start the melody
off with your strings, divisi.

Here, I'll show you.

Start that vamp
again, Sally.

It's perfect
for clarinet, see?

Now, then the strings enter.
Divisi.

Don't you hear
how wonderful that is?

Now, then, add trombones.
Muted trombones.

That's great.
Can't you just hear that?

Sally?

No, no, no, no.
Wait a minute.

We ought to
add flutes there.

Light and easy.

Now, then,
add your brass.

Your strings too.

There, you see?
Isn't that easy?

That's a good
song too.

That's very good.

Th-th-that's yours?

Yes.
Oh.

That's ver-
That's all right.

What's your name,
again?

Kern.
Jerome Kern.

Well, I'm glad
to meet you, Kern.

Make yourself
at home.

And I did.

My life became a pattern
of notes and clefs,

tempos and modulations.

We worked hour after hour,
day after day.

It was the beginning
of a friendship.

It was the beginning
of a lot of things.

And now, not only did I have
a best friend,

I had a best girl:

Sally.

And what a girl.

Oh, those were
never-to-be-forgotten days,

and I hated
to think of them ending,

but at last, the time came when
Jim had to leave for England.

Oh. Here, Jim.
Let me help you.

Oh, it's those-

It's those symphonies
of yours.

They're as heavy
and bulky as lead.

Well, at least
they're not tinny,

like some tunes
I've heard.

Oh, Sally, honey.
Come here.

All right, here we go.
Fortissimo.

♪ Dum da da dum
da dum ♪

♪ Bum ♪

Got it.

Ah, you carry
a lot of weight, Sally.

It was easy.

Come along,
Sally.

At least we're not
gonna miss the boat.

Goodbye,
Mr. Kern.

Goodbye,
missus.

Goodbye, Sally.
Bon voyage.

What does that mean?

Happy journey.

Bye, Uncle Jerry.

Be a good boy.

Now, this will be
the end of it, boys.

Don't forget
to pack my song, Daddy.

No, no.
I'll get it.

She means
Kalua.

Well, that is
her song, Jim.

You know, if it hadn't
have been for Sally,

I wouldn't be here now.

Well, she's very fond
of you, Jerry.

I'm going to miss her.

I'm gonna miss
all of you.

Well...we may not
be gone so long.

It all depends on...

You won't mind living
here alone, will you?

Oh, no. No.
I'll get used to it.

Uh, Jim...

in case I don't
get a chance at the boat,

I just wanted to tell you that,
uh-

Oh, forget it.

I...
I like arranging,

now that I'm
through with it.

Glad to have been
some help.

No. It's
more than that.

It's been your kindness
and your home here.

Look, Jerry...

I just want you
to write some good music.

Some real music.

That's all the thanks
I want.

Don't-
Don't waste your time

fussing with those
wheezy little tunes.

Think big.
Try to be somebody.

I will, Jim.

I'll try to be
as big as I can.

Yeah. Good.

That's fine.

Well, we better
be on our way.

Oh, good heavens.
Sally's song.

You know, I'm so tickled
that she remembered that.

Remembered?

That's your song,
Jerry.

She couldn't forget.

I stood there

watching that boat
pull out of the harbor,

and I was lonelier than
I'd ever been in my life.

I walked through
the days that followed

from office to office,

theater to theater,

always getting
the same discouraging answer.

The big hits were all
English or European,

and the, uh-
ahem

local talent just
didn't seem to have a chance.

Broadway was closed
to an American.

From 23rd Street
to Times Square,

they were all playing
follow the leader.

And the leader
was Charles Frohman.

He's with Keller.

Cecil Keller,
the English composer.

Mr. Frohman's
not interested

in American songs
at the moment.

He's leaving for England
in a few weeks.

Good day.

Uh, how do you do?

My name is Kern.
Jerome Kern.

Oh, yes.
How do you do, sir?

I see you have
the deeds with you.

Mr. Frohman's
very anxious to see them.

Deeds?

You're the man from
the real-estate office,

aren't you?
No, I'm a songwriter.

Uh, these are
some of my songs.

Your name
isn't Kernan?

No, Kern.
Jerome Kern.

I'm sorry.

Mr. Frohman hasn't
a minute to waste.

I'm afraid
I must say good day.

Well, now, maybe if he'd
listen to one of my songs.

I have one that could be
made very English.

Good day, sir.

Goodbye,
Mr. Frohman.

Goodbye,
Mr. Keller.

I'll see you
in London soon.

I'll call you
when I get there.

Thank you.

I'll be waiting
for your call.

I made up my mind

that I was going to
try to write music

with an English accent.

So I sailed for London.

I wish I could say
with flags flying

and my courage high,

but the sea and I,
and the boat,

uh, didn't get along
too well together.

I was mighty glad
to see land again.

Uh, excuse me.

Uh, could you tell me
where Mr. Hesler lives?

Kesler?

We have a Westly,
and we have a Smith.

No, Hesler.
Uh, Mr. Jim Hesler.

Uncle Jerry!

Sally.

Oh, honey, it's
so good to see you.

We didn't know
you were coming.

Well, I didn't know
I was myself.

Daddy will be
so glad to see you.

Well, we live
right over there.

All right.

Oh, Sally, you're getting
prettier every day.

I have a new
music teacher.

Have you?
Yeah!

Well, the tables
are turned.

American songwriter
invades England.

That's pretty
good, Jerry.

Oh, it's daring.
Very original.

You're
thinking big, anyway.

It's a chance I'm taking, Jim.
Mm-hm.

Say, you've gotten
a little skinnier, haven't you?

Hm?

Oh. I haven't been
getting enough

roast beef lately,
I guess.

Jerry, I- I look at you
sitting there,

and it's just hard
for me to believe

you haven't been here
all the time.

Thanks, Jim.

It's, uh, sort of like
being home again.

How is the, uh, symphony
coming along? All right?

Oh, well, uh, yes.

I'm- I'm still
in the note-making stages.

Uh, of course, I always believe
in making plenty of notes.

It's, uh- It's kind of
like, uh, planting seed.

One day, they start
to grow.

And then
before you know it,

lo and behold,
your symphony's all written.

Uh-huh.
Simple and easy, hm?

Not as difficult as writing
those silly little tunes.

Well, no, it's-

It's the quiet here
that does it, Jerry.

The peace in this place
is just so...

...thick that you
can float on it.

There's a-

There's a
rustic, pastoral-

Wait a minute.
I'll answer that telephone.

Oh, the doorbell. Will you get
the, uh, door, please?

We've got to do
something about-

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, there's a- There's a
picturesque, pastoral- hello?

I'm so sorry that I am late,
but you know the trains...

Who? I can't quite-

My little girl,

she is waiting for
piano lessons, huh?

Oh, Mr. Edwardes!
Yeah, put him on.

Come, Sally. It's time
for your lesson.

Hello, George.
Fine.

I don't want a lesson.

Tomorrow? Be glad to.
I'm not gonna have...

For dinner. Good.
...a lesson today

All right.
I'll be there. Bye-bye.

George Edwardes.

The producer?

Yes. He wants me to come up
and sit in on a rehearsal

of a new show.

I don't want to take
any piano lesson.

Uncle Jerry's here.

You've got to talk
to your daughter.

I can't do a thing with her anymore.
Well-

This is Uncle Jerry's
first day here,

and I shouldn't be made
to take lessons,

should I?

Should I, Uncle Jerry?

Well, I-I think

you should have
one day off, maybe, hmm?

That's the end
of her.

There was
some hope for her

until her Uncle Jerry
arrived.

Now she's spoiled
for good and all.

Come. We'll get ourselves
a cup of tea.

You know, Sally,

I'm inclined to
agree with you.

I think Uncle Jerry's
arrival

does call for
a celebration.

Now, what'll it be?
London or the fair?

Oh, the fair,
Daddy.

Please, the fair!

All right.
The fair it is.

How do you do, milady?

How do you do?

Come and try
your weight...

Taffy! Taffy!

Oh, it could be wonderful.

Could be wonderful.

Oh, no. No, Jerry.

I don't want Sally
to go up on the swings,

not till she's older.

The whole stage full of swings,

and a boy and girl
in each swing,

and all of them singing.

Oh. Oh, you-

You mean
for a production number?

Yeah.

Yeah. That's not
a bad idea.

They could swing from the stage
right out over the audience

and back again.

Make a good
production number.

What, uh-? What song
would you use with it?

"Spoon With Me"
would be perfect.

"Spoon With me." That-
That sounds fine.

Suppose I take that up
to George Edwardes?

For the Gaiety?

Sure. I'm gonna have dinner
with him tomorrow night.

Aw, Jim.

♪ I don't know why ♪

♪ I am so very shy ♪

♪ I always was demure ♪

♪ I never knew ♪

♪ What silly lovers do ♪

♪ No flirting I'd endure ♪

♪ In all my life,
I never kissed a man ♪

♪ I never winked my eye ♪

♪ But now at last
I'm going to break the ice ♪

♪ So how'd you like to try? ♪

♪ How'd you like
To spoon with me? ♪

♪ I'd like to ♪

♪ How'd you like
To spoon with me? ♪

♪ Well, rather ♪

♪ Sit beneath an oak tree
Large and shady ♪

♪ Call me little
Tootsie-wootsie, baby ♪

♪ How'd you like
To hug and squeeze? ♪

♪ Indeed, I would ♪

♪ Dangle me
upon your knees? ♪

♪ Oh, if I could ♪

♪ How'd you like to be
My lovey-dovey? ♪

♪ How'd you like
To spoon with me? ♪

♪ What a daisy ♪

♪ How'd you like
To spoon with me? ♪

♪ It would be spiffy ♪

♪ How'd you like
To spoon with me? ♪

♪ In half a jiffy ♪

♪ Sit beneath an oak tree
Large and shady ♪

♪ Call me little
Tootsie-wootsie, baby ♪

♪ How'd you like
To hug and squeeze? ♪

♪ Now that you've asked me
Well, I guess ♪

♪ Dangle you
Upon my knees? ♪

♪ My answer
Will be yes ♪

♪ How'd you like to be
My lovey-dovey? ♪

♪ How'd you like to
How'd you like to ♪

♪ How'd you like to,
How'd you like to ♪

♪ How'd you like to ♪

♪ How'd you like
To spoon with me? ♪

?How'd you like
- To spoon with me??

♪ Rather ♪

Pardon me
for intruding,

but you've been pointed out
to me as the composer

of that delightful number
with the swings in it.

My name is Frohman.
Charles Frohman.

Mr. Kern, I want to
congratulate you.

Frohman.
I'm sorry, sir.

It- It isn't my number.
My name isn't Kern.

There's Mr. Kern, sir.
Down the bar a bit.

That gentleman there?

Why, he can't be
the composer.

It's him, sir,
sipping sherry.

And a very nice
gentleman

he is, too, sir,
for a musician.

Mr. Frohman, I have
something here

which I know
you'd like.

It's a beautiful number
with parasols.

With all sorts of parasols.
Thank you.

Mr. Kern?

Oh, Mr. Frohman,
how do you do?

I'm very glad
to know you.

Mr. Kern,
I want to tell you,

I think your swing
number is delightful.

It has such beautiful
English charm to it.

Really delightful.
Oh.

By Jove, Mr. Frohman,
that's-

That's rather
nice of you.

It's a pleasure
to know you, Mr. Kern.

You know,
you fellas over here

have a style
all your own,

as English as the scent
of the May blossoms.

Would you join me
in a glass of sherry?

Righto.

Miss...

I believe I'd give
that one up if I were you.

One song
at the Gaiety,

I think you can afford
to take a rest.

Oh, if I could
finish it,

I know I could
interest Frohman in it.

You ought to know
by now

that Charles Frohman
is only interested

in English music
and English composers.

If I only had a piano,

I know I could work this out
right now.

Flat.

Well, it looks like you do
have a little work to do.

That town we passed wasn't
very far back, was it?

No, not very.

Well, let me
take your bike,

and I'll go back and see
if I can buy a repair kit.

No. I think I'd better go.

I can talk with the, uh,
natives better than you can.

Well, let me do it.
I can use my accent on them.

That's just what
I was afraid of.

No. You wait here
and whistle yourself

a little tune
till I come back.

Uh, make sure you can
find this place again.

I'll find it!

I say, is anyone there?

Oh. How do you do?

Did Mr. Timkins send you?

Well, um, I was passing by
on my bike,

and I got a flat tire,
and, uh-

Oh, then you don't
work for Mr. Timkins.

No. No,
I happened to notice

your piano
through the window,

so I thought
I'd come in

and try out
a little tune.

I see. For a minute,

I thought you were
the piano tuner.

No.

Well, I'd better go
before the owners-

Um, what do you do here?

Gardening?
A little.

Oh. Well,
I don't know

whether anybody's
told you,

but for a working girl,
you're very pretty.

Thank you. You're
an American, aren't you?

Yes. Yes, I'm
a songwriter.

Uh, as a matter
of fact,

that song I was playing
as you came in is mine.

Do you like it?

Oh, uh,
you wrote it yourself?

Sure. Oh, I write
lots of songs.

Uh, maybe, um-

Maybe you've
heard this one.

Why, that's from
the Gaieties.

Everybody's
singing it.

Uh-huh.

Now, this is the one
I was working on.

That I'm gonna try to
place with the Gaiety too.

Of course.
I would if I were you.

Don't you believe
I wrote these songs?

Tell me, when you compose,
do you always

break into people's houses
to borrow their pianos?

Oh. All right,
I'll tell you what I'll do.

Uh, if I place this
with the Gaiety,

I'll send you tickets,

and you can come
and see for yourself.

Will you?

I'll tell you
when I get the tickets.

Oh, I-
I beg your pardon, miss.

But, uh, your mother
would like to speak to you.

She's in the upstairs
sitting room.

Thank you, Katy.
I'll be right up.

Ahem.

Well, I'm, uh...

terribly sorry.

But I still
wrote those songs.

And I'll still be
waiting for the tickets.

Will you?
Wonderful.

I-I-
I won't forget!

And you were the lad

who wasn't gonna
fall in love with anybody

for a long, long time.

Well, this girl
is different.

Sure. I know.

Oh, now, don't joke
about it. It's serious.

Don't you
believe me?

Yes, of course
I believe you.

Now, she really
is different.

I know, I know.

Her hair is like spun gold
shining in the sunlight-

Well, I don't know
about her hair.

She had a kerchief on.
But her eyes...

Her eyes were- Were like
pools in the starlight.

I see.

Even with
her working clothes on,

she's the prettiest girl
I've ever seen.

I'm sure
of it.

Seriously, Jim,
don't you believe me?

Yes. Yes, sure.
I believe you.

It's spring, isn't it?

Tomorrow morning,
I think I'm gonna give you

a great big dose
of sulfur and molasses.

Good night.

♪ How beautiful you are ♪

♪ They didn't believe me ♪

♪ They didn't believe me ♪

♪ Your lips, your eyes ♪

♪ Your cheeks, your hair ♪

♪ Are in a class
beyond compare ♪

♪ You're the loveliest girl ♪

♪ That one could see ♪

♪ And when I tell them ♪

♪ And I certainly am ♪

♪ Going to tell them ♪

♪ That I'm the man whose wife ♪

♪ One day you'll be ♪

♪ They'll never believe me ♪

♪ They'll never believe me ♪

♪ That from
This great big world ♪

♪ You've chosen me ♪

Jerry, isn't it lovely?

Oh, well,
I hadn't noticed.

Uh, when I look at you,

I can't seem to see
anything else.

Oh, writing songs again.

Perhaps we'd better stop
and have lunch.

All right.

You can move in
under those trees there.

Isn't it a beautiful day?

Beautiful.

Now, let's see.

You've seen Westminster Abbey
and the Tower of London.

And you've seen
Buckingham Palace

and Hampton Court.

Maybe there's something
I can tell you about this place.

Eva, uh,
let's, uh, drop

the history course
for a while.

Do you mind? Not that
it isn't interesting,

but, uh, well,
there are a few things

I'd like to know
about you too.

Well, all right. What would
you like to know about me?

Oh, just
the ordinary things.

Things you like,
and things you don't like.

Where you went to school,
who was your first beau.

And...oh, what you want
out of life.

Mmm, that's a tall order.
Where shall I start?

Uh, the things you like.

Oh, I- I guess I like
what everyone likes.

I like books, and, uh-
And picnics.

And dancing. And music.

What about musicians?

Oh, certainly
musicians.

And what do you want
out of life?

Oh, I guess, again,
what everyone wants:

happiness.

Have you ever
given any thought

to, uh, getting
married?

Why, of course.
Doesn't everyone?

Are you set on
any particular type of man?

Mmm, I have been
at different times.

When I was 16,
I desperately wanted to marry

the star cricket player
at Rugby.

And now?

Now? Oh, uh, now
I don't really know...

except that he must have
a sense of humor.

And he must be kind.

And he must be intelligent,
and good company.

And, of course, he...
must love me very much.

Well, I, uh-
I know somebody

with at least one of
those characteristics.

Someday, I'll tell you
all about it.

Oh, good afternoon,
good afternoon, good afternoon.

And how have you been
this afternoon?

Well, I'll tell you
how I've been.

Oh, that's okay.
Never mind, never mind.

You feel wonderful.
You feel great.

How could you be otherwise
after such a beautiful day?

Uh, tell me,
my friend,

how is your knowledge
of English history?

English history?

Did you know that
London happens to be

the largest city
in the world?

Yes, I know that.

Did you know that
within the county of London,

there are 14 road bridges
that cross the Thames?

Now, there's
the Waterloo. There's-

You don't say?

Sounds dull, huh?

Well, it's far
from dull, my friend,

when your history teacher
is as beautiful

as all the sirens
of history put together.

Did you know that all
the swans on the Thames

belong to
the King of England?

No. Fancy that.

And the male swan
is called a "cob."

Well, what does
that get you?

And did you know that when
you walk into Hampton Court,

you're walking right
straight into history?

Oh, my dear friend,
you have so many things

to learn about England.

Have you ever heard of
a man named Charles Frohman?

Frohman. Frohman. Well, now,
that's a familiar name.

The face escapes me.

How can you talk
about Frohman

when I'm talking
about love?

Oh, so that's
been the theme

of this little dissertation.
Yes.

Well, I'm glad
you informed me.

Oh, that's all right.

Because the next time
Frohman's office calls,

I'll tell him that you're
too busy to be bothered.

Yes, you tell them
that I'm too busy-

Did you say, "The next time
Frohman's office calls"?

That's what I said.

They've been
calling you all day.

But why should I
bore you

with such
trivial details?

Well, what did they want?

No, no, dear friend.
You return to your archives.

Why think of the future
when the past is so glorious?

Oh, come on now.
Quit clowning. What happened?

Mmm, nothing,
nothing.

Frohman just wants you
to write

four songs
for his new show.

If, of course, you can,
uh, spare the time.

Well, why didn't you
tell me about it?

Why didn't I tell you
about it?

Well, come on.
Let's get going.

There's no time. We've got
to do that on the ship.

On the what?

On the ship.

We're sailing with
Charles Frohman tomorrow.

We have to start rehearsal
in six weeks in New York.

Sailing.

Aw, Jim, I- I, uh...
Yeah?

Oh, nothing.

Look, Jerry...

this is the chance
you've been waiting for.

Well, you certainly are
full of surprises.

I thought you'd be
up in the clouds.

I feel like I've just been
yanked out of the clouds.

Jerry...aren't you
coming down for lunch?

Oh, uh...no, no, Jim.
I'm not very hungry.

Now, look. You've got
to snap out of this.

It isn't the end
of the world.

It's the beginning.

Here you are
on your way back home

with a Charles Frohman
contract in your pocket.

Why, you ought to
feel wonderful.

Huh. I know it. That's what
I keep telling myself.

You'll go back
to England.

If I just could have
seen her once more.

Jerry, it was all we could do
to catch the boat.

You couldn't
help that.

You talked to her
on the phone.

On the phone?
What can you say on the phone?

"Hello. It was nice seeing you.
Take care of yourself."

Oh, Jim, there were
so many things

that I wanted to say to her.

Now, look, Jerry, you've got to
think about your career.

Things are just
starting for you.

Yeah. You can say that
over and over again,

and you know what happens?
What?

Nothing.

Jim, you know, for the first
time in my life, I'm lonely.

Here I am on a ship
full of people, and with you...

and I might as well
be on a desert island

all by myself.

Did you ever
feel this way?

Yes, once.

What did you do
about it?

I married the girl.

Oh, hello, Mr. Frohman.

Hello there. I've been
looking for you two.

You weren't down
to breakfast.

Uh, no.
I, uh-

The first day out
is always a little rough.

Well, a good Englishman
should have his sea legs by now.

Come and have
lunch with me.

Uh, Mr. Frohman, there's
something I must tell you.

I'm not an Englishman.

Mr. Kern, there's
something I must tell you.

I never thought
that you were.

At least not after
the first 15 minutes.

Matter of fact,

I'm very proud
to be able to present

a new American composer
to Broadway.

Thank you,
Mr. Frohman.

I have a lot of faith
in you, Jerry.

Just received a wireless
from Julia Sanderson.

She's accepted the part
of The Girl From Utah.

Wonderful.

Now I've got to have
a great song for her.

If it's a love song...
he's got one.

♪ And when I told them ♪

♪ How wonderful you are ♪

♪ They didn't believe me ♪

♪ They didn't believe me ♪

♪ Your lips, your eyes,
Your teeth, your hair ♪

♪ Are in a class
Beyond compare ♪

♪ You're the handsomest boy ♪

♪ That one could see ♪

♪ And when I tell them ♪

♪ And I'm certainly
Gonna tell them ♪

♪ That you're the boy ♪

♪ Whose wife
One day I'll be ♪

♪ They'll never believe me ♪

♪ They'll never believe me ♪

♪ That from
This great big world ♪

♪ You've chosen me ♪

Here.

I've got the "Clouds" number

worked out pretty
well now, I think.

I never realized that
writing a complete score

was such a job
before.

Well, one good
all-night session

like this does wonders.

We could use
another week.

Hmm.
If we weren't

three weeks late
already.

I hope he likes it, Jim.

Frohman?
Crazy about it.

If he hasn't gone out
and bought himself

another show
while he's been waiting.

Good morning.

Sally, what are you doing up?

I'm gonna have
my breakfast.

Break- It isn't
morning already?

No, it
can't be.

Sally, you'll be
late for school.

I'm coming!

Say, Jim,
don't you think

I'd better call
Frohman's secretary

and get an appointment?

You better call him at home.
It's a little early.

Good morning.

Bryant 2446,
please.

Uh, do you think it's
in good enough condition

for him to hear?

Oh, yeah, sure.

It's in good shape
for a first draft.

Hello. Uh, this is Kern.
Jerry Kern.

Uh, Mr. Frohman
was expecting me

to call today
about an appoint-

He-he's leaving
for England?

Well, but he promised
that he was going to listen

to my show, Oh, Boy,
for his next produc-

Sails today?

Oh. All right.
Thanks.

Well, that's it.

He's going over
to buy himself

another English show.

Well, he can't.

No?

No, he can't. We've worked
like dogs on this score, Jim.

And I had
all my plans made too.

After he bought it,

I was gonna jump
the next boat for England.

I'd forgotten about
that young lady.

Wait a minute.

I've got an idea.

My passport
is still good.

Why don't I take the same boat
he's taking today?

Wonderful!
Get him onboard ship,

and he can't
get away from you.

That's right. Then I can
sell him the show.

Wonderful!

Then I can go
and see Eva.

Sure, sure.
You can get married.

Well, yes. Probably
have to ask her first.

That's an idea.

Well, I-I'll go and phone
the steamship company.

Right. I'll go pack.

Driver, you think you can
make it all right?

If we get a break
in traffic,

and the old engine
holds out.

Uncle Jerry!
Oh, Uncle Jerry!

Jerry, come on, now!

We've only got
a few minutes.

Jerry, do you want to
miss that boat?

Come on, here!

Charles Frohman.

It's like watching an era
crumble in front of you.

The theater's
going to miss him.

Yeah.

You were very lucky
to miss that boat, Jerry.

Seen Max around?
Oh, hello, Jim.

Victor. No. I think he went
over to Comstock and Elliot's.

What a terrible tragedy.

Yes, yes.
It's unbelievable.

Jerry and I were
just talking-

Oh, uh, Jerry,
you know

Victor Herbert,
don't you?

This is Jerry Kern,
Victor.

How do you do, Jerry?

It's a great honor
to meet you, Mr. Herbert.

Charlie Frohman
spoke of you quite often.

He had great hopes for you.
Mm-hm.

Well, he was
very kind.

He liked you,
but more important,

he respected you.

And it's easy
to see why.

You've got
a song to sing.

Thank you,
Mr. Herbert.

Look down
at that city, Jerry.

It's made up
of millions of people.

And music has played a part
in all their lives.

Lullabies...love songs...

hymns...anthems.

It must be pretty
wonderful, Mr. Herbert,

to realize that people
you don't even know

and never will know
are singing your songs,

and all of them
asking for more

of the Victor
Herbert music.

It makes me feel grateful,
Jerry, and very humble.

One of these days,

you'll find out yourself
how it feels.

What is it
my publishers call me?

"The Dean of
American music."

Hm.

Well, I think you're
going to be the next dean.

One thing I must admit, you've
got a better figure for it.

Oh, thank you.

Keep writing, boy.

Don't let anything
stop you.

Good night.

Good night,
Mr. Herbert.

Good night, Victor.

Good night, Jim.

Good evening,
Mr. Herbert.

Good evening.

It's a deal, gentlemen.
Congratulations.

Comstock and Elliot
are going to produce Oh, Boy.

Max just sent me over
with the check.

What's the matter?
Aren't you fellas happy?

Yeah, Ed,
we're happy. Thanks.

Turn out those lights
again, will you, Ed?

Well, there it is
in lights.

How does it feel?

Well, it feels pretty good,
if I could just get rid

of some of these
butterflies in my stomach.

How do you feel?

Well, I've got a little
butterfly trouble myself.

I suppose you think we're
standing in front of a theater

on 39th and Broadway.

No. What do you
take me for?

This isn't
39th and Broadway.

This is the top
of the world.

Pretty nice world,
isn't it?

Yeah, it's great.

It's wonderful
what a difference

seeing your name in lights
can make, isn't it?

Come on. We'd better go in,
or we'll miss the show.

♪ The rain comes
A-pitter-patter ♪

♪ And I'd like
To be safe in bed ♪

♪ Skies are weeping
While the world is sleeping ♪

♪ Trouble heaping
On our head ♪

♪ It is vain
To remain and chatter ♪

♪ And to wait
For a clearer sky ♪

♪ Helter skelter
I must fly for shelter ♪

♪ Till the clouds roll by ♪

♪ When the rain
Comes a-pitter-patter ♪

♪ Pitter-patter
Pitter-patter ♪

♪ And I'd like
To be safe in bed ♪

♪ Pitter-patter
Pitter-patter ♪

♪ Stars are weeping
While the world is sleeping ♪

♪ Trouble heaping on our head ♪

♪ It is vain
To remain and chatter ♪

♪ And to wait
For a clearer sky ♪

♪ Helter skelter
I must fly for shelter ♪

♪ Till the clouds roll by ♪

♪ Till the clouds roll by ♪

Well, this is it, Jerry.
You're in, my boy.

Listen to that applause.
It's for you.

Don't wake me up.

Don't anybody
wake me up.

Figured out how you're gonna
spend your money yet?

Well, for one thing,

I think I'll buy
an interest in Harms.

For another...

You think, uh-

You think you might, uh,
take a little ocean voyage?

Well...

Well, good luck.

I don't see how
she can possibly say no.

Well, that's what
I'm worried about.

I'm afraid she is
gonna say no, Jim.

You know, I can't
get her out of my mind.

She's...
Well, she's-

Yeah, I know.

I've been through
this before.

She's everything you've ever
dreamed of on this earth. Mm.

She's everything I've
ever dreamed of in heaven.

Oh, Jerry, let's
stop here, shall we?

All right.

Jerry.
Hm?

You know, you didn't
write very often.

Well, my letters weren't
very interesting, Eva,

so I tore them up.

As a matter of fact,

you didn't write
very often yourself.

A lady doesn't correspond
with a gentleman,

unless it's a reason
other than a personal one.

Oh, well, now, doesn't that
sound a little silly to you?

No. It- it sounds
altogether fitting and proper.

Oh.
Want to fight?

A lady doesn't fight.

Well, what does
a lady do?

Oh, you're impossible.

Well, you're right.
If I were you,

I'd have nothing
to do with me.

In fact,
if I were you,

when I ask you
to marry me,

I'd say no,
just on the grounds

that a lady
never says yes.

Now, see here! Are you
going to ask me to marry you?

Might, with a little
encouragement.

A lady doesn't-

In my country, if a lady
wants to be asked,

she has to be
encouraging.

In my country-
What in your country?

Well, there are proper ways

to go about such things in every country.
Oh.

Well, then let me
put it this way.

From the very first
moment I saw you,

when you walked in
from the garden...

I knew that out of all
the women in the world,

I'd finally found
the right one.

The only one.

I wanted
to tell you then.

I wanted to say,
"Hello, funny face.

"I don't know your name
or anything about you,

"but I've loved you
all my life.

"You were my first
schoolteacher,

"my first date,

"the first girl
I ever kissed,

and everything
in the world to me."

You see, I recognized
you immediately.

You thought all that?

That's right.

I stood there
thinking that,

wondering what you'd do
if I kissed you.

What would you
have done?

What would you
do now?

Will you
marry me, Eva?

Thank you so much.
I'd love to.

Hello, Mrs. Kern.

Hello, my darling.

They're here,
Daddy!

They're coming
up the steps!

Welcome home.

Jim!

Why, you old
fox!

You really
did it this time.

Nothing, my boy.
Nothing.

Just a little
gesture.

Jim, uh...

This is Eva.

Hello, Eva.

Hello.

Well, you've married

the nicest guy
in this world...

but the craziest.

Oh, now,
wait a minute.

Uh, I was keeping
that from her.

Isn't she
sensational, Jim?

Jerry.
Honey, turn around

and let him
look at you.

Oh, Jerry!

Look at that hair
and those eyes.

Have you ever seen
a woman like that

in your life
before?

Only once.

No, I- I hope
that both of you

have all the happiness
in this world.

Oh, thank you.
Oh, thank you, Jim.

I think we have
already.

Forgetting me
and the music!

Oh, Sally, yes.

I-I'm sorry,
dear. I-

Sally.

On behalf of
my father,

Jim Hesler,
and myself-

On behalf of my father,
Jim Hesler, and myself,

I wish to congratulate you.

I wish to
congratulate you

on the start
of your voyage

into the great
sea of life.

Oh, Sally.

Well, on behalf
of my wife and myself,

I thank you
very much.

I'll take it.
Hello, missus.

Hello, Mr. Kern.

Sally, it's so wonderful
to see you.

My, you have grown up,
haven't you?

Sally, this is
your Aunt Eva.

On behalf of
my father-

Thank you, Sally.

We're going to be real good
friends, aren't we?

Yes, I expect we are.

Well, uh,
what do you say?

Let's all go in, have something
to eat, shall we?

Aw, Jim, it's so good
to be home again.

Yes, it was good to be home.

I felt I had everything
in the world:

happiness, success,

and the wife
I had dreamed about.

I wanted to put it all
into music.

Eva's smile.
And her eyes.

And what it meant
to be with her.

And at last, it seemed to me
that the clouds had rolled by.

First, there was
Leave It To Jane.

[ORCHESTRA PLAYING
"LEAVE IT TO JANE"

♪ Leave it to Jane
Jane, Jane ♪

♪ I don't know why ♪

♪ You should make me
Plot and plan for you ♪

♪ She is the girl
With brains ♪

♪ I always try to do
Everything I can for you ♪

♪ No problem
You can wish on her ♪

♪ Gives her a strain ♪

♪ She'll tackle gaily
A score or more daily ♪

♪ If something
Is on your mind ♪

♪ And I can see that there is
Not a doubt of it ♪

♪ Comfort
You soon will find ♪

♪ Leave it to me
I will soon get you out of it ♪

♪ If you have
Started worrying ♪

♪ Kindly refrain ♪

♪ And just hand over
The whole thing to Jane ♪

Well, Jane, why don't you
tell us how you do it?

Yeah. Come on, Jane.
Tell us.

Oh, well, it's
really very simple.

I just study up on
the famous women of history.

You mean like
Lucrezia Borgia?

Well, no, not exactly.
Listen.

♪ In days of old
Beside the Nile ♪

♪ A famous queen
There dwelled ♪

♪ Her clothes were few
But full of style ♪

♪ Her figure slim
And svelte ♪

♪ On every man
That wandered by ♪

♪ She pulled
The Theda Bara eye ♪

♪ And everyone
Observed with awe ♪

♪ That her work was swift
But never raw ♪

♪ I'd be like
Cleopatterer ♪

♪ If I could have my way ♪

♪ Each man she met
She went and kissed ♪

♪ And she'd dozens
On her waiting list ♪

♪ I wish that
I had lived there ♪

♪ Beside the pyramid ♪

♪ For a girl today ♪

♪ Don't get the stuff
That Cleopatterer did ♪

♪ She danced new dances
Now and then ♪

♪ The sort
That make you blush ♪

♪ Each time she did them ♪

♪ Scores of men
Got injured in the rush ♪

♪ They'd stand there
Gaping in a line ♪

♪ And watch her
Agitate her spine ♪

♪ It simply used to
Knock them flat ♪

♪ When she went like this
And then like that ♪

♪ At dancing, Cleopatterer
Was always on the spot ♪

♪ She gave those poor
Egyptian ginks ♪

♪ Something else to watch
Beside the sphinx ♪

♪ Marc Antony admitted
That what first made him skid ♪

♪ Was the wibbly, wobbly
Wiggly dance ♪

♪ That Cleopatterer did ♪

♪ Leave it to Jane
Jane, Jane ♪

♪ She is the girl
With brains ♪

♪ No problem you can wish on her
Gives her a strain ♪

♪ She'll tackle gaily
A score or more daily ♪

♪ If something
Is on your mind ♪

♪ Comfort you soon will find ♪

♪ If you have started worrying
Kindly refrain ♪

♪ Don't you bother
To go to your father ♪

♪ Just leave it
To Jane, Jane, Jane ♪

♪ Jane, Jane ♪

♪ Turn the whole thing ♪

♪ Over to Jane ♪

Once again,

Broadway belonged
to the Americans.

To George M. Cohan,
Irving Berlin, George Gershwin,

Vincent Youmans,
Buddy De Sylva.

I was working
in mighty great company.

And in one of my own shows,
Sally, I was fortunate enough

to have the reigning queen
of the era,

the wistful, lovely,

unforgettable Marilyn Miller.

Marilyn was really great
in there.

I got a couple new
polo ponies, Marilyn.

Goodbye.

♪ Da-da-da
Da-da-da ♪

All right, Larry.
Thank you.

Hazel, my dress.

Oh, we're gonna have to
hurry. How's it going?

You look
beautiful, honey.

Really? I was never
so nervous in my life.

Did you
see me trip?

More flowers
from Mr. Ziegfeld.

Oh, how wonderful.

Huh. It says, "The first act
was a dream. Signed, Flo."

I wish he'd said
the second act.

Don't worry about
the second act.

The second was better than the first. Oh,
I know.

Thank you.

Hazel, is everything ready
for the quick change?

Everything's ready
in the stage dressing room.

All right.

There. Thank you.

Hazel, have you
got everything?

Yes. Everything's
here.

All right.
Let's go.

Good luck,
Miss Miller.

Thank you.

Good luck.

You're doing fine,
Miss Miller.

Back in one.

Keep it up,
Marilyn.

Keep your fingers
crossed, Jeremy.

You bet.

Oh, here you are,
Miss Miller.

Everything
is ready.

All right.
Th-thank you.

Here you are,
Miss Miller.

I got it nice
and warm for you.

What'll I do
with this?

Ah. Put it
right here.

You got everything now?
Yes.

Are you ready?
Yes.

♪ As I wash my dishes
I'll be following a plan ♪

♪ Till I see the brightness
In every pot and pan ♪

♪ I am sure this point of view
Will ease the daily grind ♪

♪ So I'll keep repeating ♪

♪ In my mind ♪

♪ Look for ♪

♪ The silver lining ♪

♪ Whene'er a cloud ♪

♪ Appears in the blue ♪

♪ Remember somewhere ♪

♪ The sun is shining ♪

♪ And so ♪

♪ The right thing to do ♪

♪ Is make it shine for you ♪

♪ A heart full ♪

♪ Of joy and gladness ♪

♪ Will always banish ♪

♪ Sadness and strife ♪

♪ So always look ♪

♪ For the silver lining ♪

♪ And try to find ♪

♪ The sunny side of life ♪

♪ La-da, da-da ♪

♪ La-da, da-da, dee ♪

♪ Da-da, da-dee ♪

♪ Da-dee, da-da, da-da ♪

♪ Da-dee, da-da, da-da ♪

♪ So always ♪

♪ Look for ♪

♪ The silver lining ♪

♪ And try to find ♪

♪ The sunny side ♪

♪ Of life ♪

I never thought

I'd ever keep a scrapbook.

But it was nice to know

that people were singing
my songs and asking for more.

Night Boat,
Good Morning, Dearie,

The Ziegfeld Follies.

Curtains went up
and curtains came down,

and I think I got to look
a little more like a musician.

Eva grew lovelier
with every passing year.

Our life was rich and full
and very satisfying.

And Jim and I?

Well...we grew
a little grayer,

a little more settled, perhaps.

He was still working
on his symphony...

or so he said.

But on the whole, the years
didn't change us much.

Oh, but they certainly
did change sally.

She was
quite a young lady now.

She'd been away at school.
In fact, many schools.

Well, Sally.

Hello.

Darling.

Well, Sally, I thought
you were at school.

Well, I-
I was.

Oh. What happened
this time?

I just can't stand
that school

anymore,
Uncle Jerry.

I've left, and-
And I'm not going back.

What does your father
say about that?

Well, h-he hasn't
said anything yet.

He- He doesn't
exactly know.

You see, I just left there
this morning,

and I came right out here
to talk to you.

Oh, Uncle Jerry,
I had to leave.

I hated it so much,

I couldn't eat
or sleep or anything.

This is the third school you've
left now, isn't it, Sally?

Yes.

Well, now, it seems to me
that you ought to be able

to make a go
of one of them.

Oh. I just don't seem
to fit in very well.

The kids all seem so-
Oh, I don't know.

All they're
interested in

are parties
and clothes.

They seem to think

that's all there is
to life.

Oh, Uncle Jerry,

I- I wish you'd talk
to Dad for me.

He'll- He'll
listen to you.

Well, Sally, you know
your father isn't well.

Then I ought
to be home,

where I can
take care of him.

You ought to be at school
completing your education.

You want to make something
of your life, don't you?

Oh, I've had
an education, and-

And now I want to get down
to something serious.

Oh, Uncle Jerry.
You- You did promise

you'd help me get
a start in the theater.

Uh-uh-uh. I said I'd help you
when you were ready.

Your father wants you
to complete

your schooling first, Sally,
and he's the boss.

Oh, Uncle Jerry, Dad's
forgotten what it's like

to be young
and feel like this,

but you haven't.

You haven't forgotten
what it's like

to stand on Broadway

and look up
at the lights and think...

"Someday I'll see
my name up there."

You remember that feeling,
don't you, Uncle Jerry?

Yes, Sally. I've got to
admit it, I do.

Well- Well, then,
that's more important

than school or-
Or anything else

in the world,
isn't it?

Isn't it,
Uncle Jerry?

It's the third
time, Jerry.

Yes, I know.

Maybe we shouldn't have
made her go back before.

After all, if she
hates it so much-

Oh, Jerry,
you can't keep on

running away from things
all your life.

It's time Sally
found that out.

Well...you can't live
another person's life

for them either, Jim.

It isn't fair.

Sally's grown up now,
and I think she ought to be

allowed to do
what she wants to do.

I want her to finish
her education.

Didn't get a chance
to finish mine.

I-I always said
that any kid of mine

was going to- To get
the right start in life.

Well, what's right
for one person

isn't always right
for another, Jim.

You know that.

Jerry, the trouble
with that girl is

she's just
plain stage-struck.

She comes by that
honestly enough, doesn't she?

Remember how we used
to pound the sidewalks

and knock on doors?

Nobody could stop us.

Goodness only knows
enough people tried to.

Remember how thrilled
we were

when we finally
realized we were in?

So, what right
have you or I

to interfere
with Sally?

Yeah.

Well, what- What are we
gonna do, Jerry?

I'd give her
a part in Sunny.

That's all cast.

The part of Gwen
hasn't been cast yet.

Gwen? Well, that's, uh...
That's only one line.

Gwen is going to
have a song.

The doctor's here,
Mr. Hesler.

Oh. Oh, fine, miss-

Uh, doctor, I'll be with you
upstairs in just a minute.

Good evening,
Mr. Kern.

Hello, doctor.

You know, when you...
You get to be my age,

you...start
collecting pills.

Well, I'll, uh...

Jerry, I hope
that works out all right.

♪ Who ♪

♪ Stole my heart away? ♪

♪ Who ♪

♪ Makes me dream
All day? ♪

♪ Dreams I know
Can never be true ♪

♪ Seems as though
I'll ever be blue ♪

♪ Who... ♪

Hello,
Mr. Hammerstein.

How are you?

Very well, Miss Miller.
And you?

Fine.
Hello, Oscar.

Jerry.

This is
a charming number.

I was just telling Jerry
how much I liked it,

and what a fine lyric
you've written.

Oh, thanks.

Um...

Jerry, I've just
been talking to

Mr. Dillingham,

and he thinks
that "Who" should be

a big
production number

instead of a solo,
and that,

of course, Marilyn
ought to sing it.

♪ Dreams I know ♪
Oh.

♪ Can never
Be true ♪

Well, then, of course,
we'll have to do it.

It, uh, puts me
in rather

a tough position,
though, Oscar.

After all...

I did write it
for Sally.

I know you did,
Jerry, but...

we'll give Sally
something else.

Oh, she's gonna be
awfully disappointed.

It's a wonderful song,
and I'd love to sing it, but...

I hate to take it
away from her.

Well, it's for the good
of the show, Marilyn.

I think
you're right, Oscar.

Have you thought,
though,

how you're gonna
tell Sally?

It's not gonna
be easy.

Oh, I thought you should
tell her, Jerry.

Oh. I was afraid
you would.

Well, after all,
you know her so well,

it shouldn't be
too difficult.

Well, it would be
a lot easier

if I didn't
know her so well.

W- Would you like me
to tell her?

I'm sure
she'll understand.

Would you do that,
Marilyn?

Certainly.
Ask her to meet me

in my dressing room,
and don't worry.

Thank you, darling.

But Uncle Jerry
wrote that song for me.

I know.
And I know

how disappointed
you must be too.

But, Sally, disappointments
are part of the theater,

and you've got to be able
to take them.

Well, the very same thing
happened to me

in my first show.

I had to give up
my song to the star.

I think I felt
pretty much

as you're
feeling right now.

Then I think it's
a pretty low, miserable trick

for you to pull
on someone else!

Sally, listen
to me a minute.

This is
your first show.

You're just starting.

Now there are gonna be
a good many songs

and a good many shows
for you.

It may be difficult
for you to understand now,

but one day,
you'll realize

you've got
to give and take,

whether you like it
or not.

I'll never take a song
away from anyone else.

Especially if it's
their first real chance.

Sally, please
don't put this

on a personal
basis.

I don't want to take
the song away from you-

Then why are you
doing it?

Mr. Dillingham thinks
it's best for the show.

And what's best
for the show

is more important than
what I want or you want

or any personal
feelings involved.

Don't you
see that, Sally?

Yes, I see it
all right!

You're trying to take
my song away from me,

and you aren't going to
get away with it.

Uncle Jerry wrote
that song for me,

and I'm going to
sing it.

I don't care whether
you are the star.

You're not gonna
take it away from me!

Sally.

She can't have
my song, Uncle Jerry!

Don't let her
talk you into it.

I don't care what happens!
She can't have my song!

I'm sorry, Jerry.

What is it, Sally?

Am I still in the show,
Uncle Jerry?

If you
want to be.

You won't have
a song though.

They took my song
away from me.

The song
you wrote for me.

Sally, there's
a little thing

called "for the good
of the show."

Apparently,
the show didn't seem

very important to you
this afternoon.

Not important?

You didn't care what
happened to the show,

just so long
as you got your way.

The theater doesn't work
that way, Sally.

Nothing works that way.

I learned
something today.

I suddenly realized

that you're not ready
for the theater yet.

Not ready?

No. All you
had to offer

is a small talent,
great deal of conceit,

in return for which
you want success.

Sally...

I've known you
and loved you

ever since you were
a little girl.

I couldn't love you
any more

if you were
my own child.

But I must
say this to you:

You're not gonna
get anywhere

in this life
by using people.

And until
you realize that,

you're not gonna have
the respect of anyone.

Sally, I...

I'm ashamed of you.

♪ Here you come ♪

♪ A-running back
Into my memory's eye ♪

♪ Little playmate
Once my gay mate ♪

♪ In a day gone by ♪

♪ Ragged dresses
Tangled tresses ♪

♪ Flying o'er the hill ♪

♪ Heaven bless us ♪

♪ You've no less a share
Of Jack than Jill ♪

♪ You funny
Little willo wispy ♪

♪ That describes her
To a T ♪

♪ She is full of fun ♪

♪ He named the lady
Perfectly ♪

♪ She is bright and sunny ♪

♪ Never comb
Your hair, Sunny ♪

♪ Leave the breezes
There, Sunny ♪

♪ Let your stocking
Fall down ♪

♪ For shocking the town ♪

♪ Is all that you do ♪

♪ Smiling all the while
Tomboy ♪

♪ Where'd you get
Your smile from, boy? ♪

♪ Little sunny girl
Be my honey girl ♪

♪ Sunny ♪

♪ Sunny ♪

♪ We're for you ♪

♪ Who ♪

♪ Stole my heart away? ♪

♪ Who ♪

♪ Makes me dream
All day? ♪

♪ Dreams I know
Can never come true ♪

♪ Seems as though
I'll ever be blue ♪

♪ Who ♪

♪ Means my happiness? ♪

♪ Who ♪

♪ Would I answer yes ♪

♪ To? ♪

♪ Well, you ought
To guess who ♪

♪ No one but you ♪

♪ Who's the one
You really care for? ♪

♪ The one you care for ♪

♪ Who can it be? ♪

♪ Who can it be?
Who can it be? ♪

♪ Who can it be? ♪
♪ Who can it be? ♪

♪ Who can it be? ♪

♪ You'll never guess ♪

♪ Who has stolen
My heart away ♪

♪ Who makes me
Dream all day? ♪

♪ Dreaming dreams I know
Can never come true ♪

♪ Seems as though
I'll ever be blue ♪

♪ Oh, who ♪

♪ Means my happiness? ♪

♪ Who ♪

♪ Would I answer yes to? ♪

♪ Well, you ought
To guess who ♪

♪ Who? ♪

♪ No one but you ♪

♪ Who's your honey, Sunny? ♪

♪ Who ♪

Hello.

Yes, Mrs. Muller.

Have you sent
for the doctor?

Is Sally there?

Oh...

Well, you be sure
he stays in bed, Mrs. Muller,

and I'll be
right over.

The doctor get here?

He's upstairs
in Mr. Hesler's room.

It's his heart.

I wouldn't stay
very long.

Mr. Hesler could use
a little rest.

Well,
good evening, Jim.

Hello, Jerry.

We missed you
at the theater tonight.

How are you?

Sally's gone, Jerry.

Yes, I know.
Mrs. Muller told me.

I-

She didn't come down
for dinner, so...

I went up to her room.

"Dear Daddy,
I'm going out on my own.

"Don't worry about me.

"Someday, you'll be
proud of me.

"I'll always love you.

P.S. Tell Uncle Jerry
I still love him."

It's all my fault, Jim.

I shouldn't have suggested
that she be in the show.

No, no, no, Jerry.
Sally is Sally.

It's time both of us
faced that.

Yes, I know.
But I think I hurt her.

Well, she's got
spunk, all right.

Jerry, she's young.

She's- She's way too young
to be out on her own.

Well, now, look, Jim,
don't you worry about this.

I'll bring her back.

I wish
you'd do that.

I promise you
I'll try my utmost.

Yeah, just as soon
as you can, will you?

Good night, Jim.

Uh, why don't you
get back into bed

and get some rest?

Yeah. Yeah.

I left no stone unturned
trying to find Sally.

Personal ads,
private detectives...

but the answer
was always the same.

No one had seen her.

It was a futile hunt.

I tried to
keep Jim's hopes alive, but...

I think he knew.

And then...

one night...

Please don't mention
that I telephoned.

I think,
Mr. Kern,

you'd better
go up right away.

He's been
asking for you.

Jim.

I, uh- I was
just driving by.

I thought I'd drop in
and say hello.

Yeah, I know.

You forget I've known you
a long time.

Feeling better,
aren't you?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine.
I feel fine-

Oh, that's good. All you
need now is a little rest.

Kind of quiet
around here now, isn't it?

Yes. Yes, it is.
But...

things will be
popping again

just as soon as
Sally comes back.

Have you heard
from her, Jerry?

No. No, not directly.

But I've got a couple
of very good leads.

I've got a hunch that
it won't be very long now.

Then I'm going to see
to one thing, Mr. Hesler.

You're gonna
finish that symphony.

I've kept you
from that too long now.

Oh, I forgot
about that symphony.

Forgot about it
years ago.

Well, what about
your notes?

I never made
any notes.

I was just...

posing, as usual.

You know,
I used to...

I used to go around

hollering about
being a genius.

You are a genius, Jim.

And you, with your...
wheezy little tunes...

You were writing
the real music.

The...

The folk music
of America.

Thanks, Jerry,

for letting me
kind of stick around.

No, wait a minute.

Let's get something
straight, Jim.

I didn't let you
hang around.

Why, if it hadn't
been for you

and your faith in me,

I would have quit
half a dozen times.

You know that.

And...

if we're gonna start
handing out bouquets...

I just want you to know

that I don't know
where to begin to thank you.

You're a great man,
Jerry.

It's been
a privilege...

getting in on that music.

And it's been
a lot of fun too-

Now, let's not talk
that way, Jim.

A couple of weeks,
you'll be back at that piano

screaming for more
and more brass.

Ah, Jerry.
I'm-

This looks like
the time for strings.

Jerry, i-if, uh-

I-

I want you to
look after Sally for me.

Jim, you're gonna
be all right.

So is Sally.

In a couple of weeks, why,
we'll be laughing about this.

Better?

Is he better?

Perhaps if I made
some coffee.

Don't bother.

Oh, no.

No, it can't be.

Mr. Kern had hardly
closed the door when he-

I was...

completely lost.

Completely...helpless.

Jim was gone
and...

I had failed him-

Was still failing him.

I'd lost a world
with Jim's passing,

and everywhere I walked,
I, uh, walked with ghosts...

reliving lost hours,
pacing a world of memories.

I couldn't even think
in terms of music.

I began to feel that I...

might never write again.

How long has this
been going on?

For weeks, Oscar.

Ever since Jim died.

He's a score to write,

and he hasn't done
one song.

That certainly doesn't
sound like Jerry.

He seems to have
completely lost heart.

Have you had
any word of Sally?

No, but...

he has every friend

he ever had
in show business looking.

Well, don't worry
about it.

She'll turn up.

It's Jerry
I'm worried most about.

You know, Oscar,

I believe he's
beginning to think he-

He can't write
music anymore.

It's heartbreaking
to watch him.

Well, I, uh...

I have a book here I'd
like him to take a look at.

I've been commissioned
to adapt it

and write the lyrics.

And I think Jerry's
the man to do the music.

I don't think
he'll do it, Oscar.

Well, that's hard
to believe.

There's never been a time,
as long as I've known Jerry,

when you couldn't
excite him with a good story.

There's never been a time
in his life like this.

But I'll-

But you can try.
I'll tell him you're here.

Hello.

How's it going,
dear?

Oh, fine,
darling. Fine.

I was just tinkering
a little bit with the melody,

but it's going to be
all right.

Of course it is.

My, it is raining,
isn't it?

Jerry, Oscar
Hammerstein's here.

Oscar? Oh, darling,
why didn't you tell me?

Oscar, come in.

Hello, Jerry.

My goodness,
it's good to see you.

Won't you sit down?

Sit down.
Thanks, Jerry.

Well, what's, uh-
What's new?

I'll tell you what
brought me out here, Jerry.

I came across
a novel

that I think's going to
make a great show.

Now, if you'll do
the music,

I'd like to do
the book.

Oscar, I, uh-
I'd love to.

I really would.
But, uh...

I have so many
commitments right now

that I don't
think it-

It wouldn't be
fair to you

or anyone concerned.

Suppose I leave
the book with you,

and you glance through it
when you have time.

Oh, it's
no use, Oscar.

Well, I'll
leave it anyhow.

See you next week.

Won't you stay
for dinner?

I'd certainly like to,
but I have to get back to town.

Bye, Eva.

I'll see you
to the door, Oscar.

Goodbye.
Bye.

I'll get it.

Hello.

This is
Mrs. Kern.

Oh. Just a moment,
Mr. Kelly.

Jerry, it's Arthur Kelly.
He's got news of Sally.

Hello, Arthur.

Yes.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Oh. In Memphis?

Uh, what was the name
of that club again?

Club Elite.
All this week.

Yes. Well,
I'll get right on it.

Thank you
very much, Arthur.

Sally is singing
at the Club Elite

in Memphis
all this week.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Shall I pack
a bag for you?

Yes, darling,
you do that.

And I'll call
and make a reservation.

♪ One more dance ♪

♪ In the arms of love ♪

♪ With sad eyes of autumn
I'm looking at spring ♪

♪ Asking a pretty thing ♪

♪ Just one more favor ♪

♪ One more glance ♪

♪ From that shy white dove ♪

♪ One more night
If you will ♪

♪ One more flight ♪

♪ One more thrill ♪

♪ One more dance
If you will ♪

♪ With me ♪

Will you dance
with me?

Oh, no, thank you.
No.

Go ahead and dance
with her, Charlie.

Dance with her,
Charlie.

Will you dance
with me?

I sure will, baby.

Watch this.

Ha, ha!
Sit down.

♪ Think of what
You're losing ♪

♪ By constantly
Refusing ♪

♪ To dance with me ♪

♪ You'd be the idol
Of France with me ♪

♪ And yet
You stand there ♪

♪ And shake
Your foolish head ♪

♪ Dramatically ♪

♪ While I wait here ♪

♪ So ecstatically ♪

♪ You just look
And say emphatically... ♪

♪ Not this season ♪

♪ There's a reason ♪

♪ I won't dance ♪

♪ Don't ask me ♪

♪ I won't dance
Don't ask me ♪

♪ I won't dance
Madame, with you ♪

♪ My heart won't let
My feet ♪

♪ Do things
They should do ♪

♪ You know what?
You're lovely ♪

♪ So what?
I'm lovely ♪

♪ But, oh, what ♪

♪ You do to me ♪

♪ I'm like an ocean wave
That's bumped on the shore ♪

♪ I feel so absolutely
Stumped on the floor ♪

♪ When you dance ♪

♪ You're charming,
And you're gentle ♪

♪ Especially when you
Do the Continental ♪

♪ But this feeling
Isn't purely mental ♪

♪ For heaven rest us ♪

♪ I'm not asbestos ♪

♪ And that's why
I won't dance ♪

♪ Why should I? ♪

♪ I won't dance
How could I? ♪

♪ I won't dance
Merci beaucoup ♪

♪ I know that music
Leads the way to romance ♪

♪ So if I hold you
In my arms ♪

♪ I won't dance ♪

Come in.

Sally.

Uncle Jerry!

Oh, Uncle Jerry,
I'm so glad to see you.

What are you doing here?

Well, I, uh- I was
out front watching the show.

Oh, did you see what we did
to your number?

Yes.
Oh.

I bet you'd like to
shoot me.

Not at all. As a matter
of fact, I liked it.

I wish that some
of the people

who think my music
is highbrow could have seen it.

Oh. I- I'm so excited,
I-I don't know what to do.

You look wonderful,
Uncle Jerry.

More handsome than ever.

How is Aunt Eva?

Oh, she's fine.
But of course, she misses you.

Oh, I-
I miss her too.

I miss you both.

I-is she with you?

You haven't told me yet
what you're doing here.

No, uh, your Aunt Eva
is in New York.

And I'm here
because somebody told me

I could find you here.

I've been looking for you
for a long time now, Sally.

Oh, Uncle Jerry,
you shouldn't have bothered.

I'm all right.
Oh, I'm sure you are.

But I promised your father
I'd look after you.

Sally, I want you to
come back to New York with me.

I can't,
Uncle Jerry. I-

I'd like to, but I can't.

When I-

When I heard
about my father, I-

I never realized he was
so ill, Uncle Jerry.

You know I never
would have left him.

I know that, Sally.

When I- When I
heard about him,

it was as though...

someone had forced me
to look into the mirror

for the first time.

I loved him very much,

and I knew I had
broken his heart.

I was spoiled
and selfish and...

I knew that I-

I could never have any respect
for myself again

unless I...

did what I said
I was going to do.

So you see, I can't
go back right now.

I'm making
my own way now, and...

I'm pretty good at it too.
Hm-hm.

Well, Sally, I-

I just don't
like the idea

of your being here
and all alone.

Oh, this is just
a stepping stone

from where
I've been to...

where I hope
I'm going.

I'm making
$50 a week now

because management
thinks I'm worth $50.

If I'm worth more,
I'll get more.

And if not...

I'll have to find it out
for myself.

And Uncle Jerry...

I'm not using anyone.

Five minutes, Miss Hesler.

Thank you, Jimmy.

You understand,
don't you, Uncle Jerry?

Well, Sally...
You know, darling,

I'd give anything in the world
if you'd let me help you.

But I must say that
I've never been

quite so proud
of anyone in my life

as I am of you
at this moment.

Good luck, darling.

Gradually, I felt

the old heartache
misting away,

and I was at peace.

The promise I had made Jim
had been fulfilled.

Sally was going to be
all right.

I, uh, walked along the river
that night,

with the river wind
in my face,

and the taste of it
on my lips...

and I...

stood there...

listening.

A sudden excitement
thrilling through me,

listening to
the sound of a river

that makes its way right
through the heart of America.

And the voice of that river
was the laughter and the tears

and the joys and the sorrows
and the hopes

of all America's people.

Well, Joe,
that's my story.

It's too bad
Mr. Hesler couldn't have

been there tonight,
Mr. Kern.

Oh, he was there, Joe.

He'll always be a part
of any music I ever write.

Whatever happened to
Miss Sally?

Well, I don't know
exactly.

She's on her own now.

Maybe I'm just getting
tired or something,

but ever since
Jim's been gone,

I-

I feel like everything
is sort of ending for me.

Maybe my music
is ending too, Joe.

Ending?
After that show tonight?

He-hey, I gotta get you
back to the Waldorf.

You got some bows
to take.

No, sir, Mr. Kern.

Your music ain't
ending for you.

In my opinion,
it's just the beginning.

♪ She didn't say yes
She didn't say no ♪

♪ She didn't say stay
She didn't say go ♪

♪ She wasn't so sure
That he'd be good ♪

♪ She wasn't even sure
That she'd be good ♪

♪ So what did she do?
I leave it to you ♪

♪ She did just what
You'd do too ♪

♪ Now laughing friends deride ♪

♪ Tears I cannot hide ♪

♪ So I smile and say ♪

♪ When a lovely flame dies ♪

♪ Smoke ♪

♪ Gets in your eyes ♪

♪ The last time I saw Paris ♪

♪ Her heart was warm and gay ♪

♪ I heard the laughter
Of her heart ♪

♪ In every street café ♪

♪ The last time I saw Paris ♪

♪ Her trees were dressed
For spring ♪

♪ And lovers walked
Beneath those trees ♪

♪ And birds found
Songs to sing ♪

♪ I dodged
The same old taxicabs ♪

♪ That I had dodged
For years ♪

♪ The chorus of
Their squeaky horns ♪

♪ Was music to my ears ♪

♪ The last time I saw Paris ♪

♪ Her heart was warm and gay ♪

♪ No matter
How they change her ♪

♪ I'll remember her ♪

♪ That way ♪

Do sit down,
Mr. Kern.

Uh, you sure
we won't be in the way?

Oh, certainly not.
Not at all.

Well, I can't get
over this, Mr. Arteed.

We certainly don't grow stages
like this on Broadway.

Darling, look at the size
of that orchestra.

Why, you have everything
in the world to work with here.

That's right,
Mr. Kern.

We've tried to give you
the best of everything.

Yeah.
Is that so?

Uh, what was the number
you were gonna do today?

Well, we found
an old song of yours

that you did first
in 1917 called

"The Land Where
Good Songs Go."

Oh-ho-ho. I'd almost
forgotten about that one.

We're using it as a frame
for some of your other songs.

Uh-huh. Uh, what star
is going to sing this?

Well- Well, Mr. Kern,
as a matter of fact,

we're trying out
a newcomer.

Oh, a newcomer.

This girl did a test
for us in New York,

and it impressed us,
so we flew her out here.

She hasn't
done much yet,

but we have
great hopes for her.

Quiet!
All right, girls...

We're ready.
Ready for a take.

All right.
Let's try one.

Places,
please!

Okay,
Charlie.

Hit
the lights!

Quiet!

Okay,
roll 'em.

Action!

♪ It's a land of flowers ♪

♪ And April showers ♪

♪ With sunshine
In between ♪

♪ With roses glowing ♪

♪ And rivers flowing ♪

♪ 'Mid rushes
Growing green ♪

♪ Where no one hurries... ♪

Like her, Mr. Kern?

Like her?
I love her.

I'd rather hear her sing
one of my songs

than anyone else
in the world.

Wouldn't you, Eva?

♪...And slow ♪

♪ It's a land of flowers ♪

♪ And I wish someday ♪

♪ I could find my way ♪

♪ To the land
Where the good songs go ♪

♪ Yesterdays ♪

♪ Days I knew as happy ♪

♪ Sweet sequestered days ♪

♪ Golden days ♪

♪ Olden days ♪

♪ Days of long ago ♪

♪ And far ♪

♪ Away ♪

♪ Long ago and far away ♪

♪ I dreamed a dream
One day ♪

♪ And now that dream
Is here beside me ♪

♪ Just one look ♪

♪ And then I knew ♪

♪ That all I longed for

♪ Long ago ♪

♪ Was you ♪

[ORCHESTRA PLAYS
"A FINE ROMANCE"

♪ A fine romance
My friend ♪

♪ This is a fine romance ♪

♪ With no kisses ♪

♪ I might as well play bridge
With my old-maid aunts ♪

♪ I haven't got a chance ♪

♪ This is a fine romance ♪

♪ You are ♪

♪ The promised kiss
Of springtime ♪

♪ That makes
The lonely winter ♪

♪ Seem long ♪

♪ You are ♪

♪ The breathless hush
Of evening ♪

♪ That trembles on the brink ♪

♪ Of a lovely song ♪

♪ You are the angel glow ♪

♪ That lights a star ♪

♪ The dearest things
I know ♪

♪ Are what you are ♪

♪ Someday ♪

♪ My happy arms
Will hold you ♪

♪ And someday ♪

♪ I'll know ♪

♪ That moment divine ♪

♪ When all the things ♪

♪ You are ♪

♪ Are mine ♪

♪ Why was I born? ♪

♪ Why am I living? ♪

♪ What do I get? ♪

♪ What am I giving? ♪

♪ Why do I want the things ♪

♪ I dare not hope for? ♪

♪ What can I hope for? ♪

♪ I wish ♪

♪ I knew ♪

♪ Why do I try ♪

♪ To draw you near me? ♪

♪ Why do I cry? ♪

♪ You'll never hear me ♪

♪ I'm a poor fool ♪

♪ But what can I do? ♪

♪ Why was I born ♪

♪ To love you? ♪

♪ Ol' Man River ♪

♪ That Ol' Man River ♪

♪ He must know somepin' ♪

♪ But he don't say nothin' ♪

♪ He just keeps rollin' ♪

♪ He keeps on rollin' along ♪

♪ He don't plant taters ♪

♪ And he don't plant cotton ♪

♪ And them what plants 'em ♪

♪ Is soon forgotten ♪

♪ But Ol' Man River ♪

♪ Just keeps rollin' along ♪

♪ You and me
We sweat and strain ♪

♪ Bodies all achin'
And racked with pain ♪

♪ Tote that barge
Lift that bale ♪

♪ Ya get a little drunk ♪

♪ And you land ♪

♪ In jail ♪

♪ I gets weary ♪

♪ And so sick of tryin' ♪

♪ I'm tired of livin' ♪

♪ But I'm feared of dyin' ♪

♪ And Ol' Man River ♪

♪ He just keeps rollin' ♪

♪ Along ♪

♪ And Ol' Man River ♪

♪ He just keeps rolling ♪

♪ Along ♪

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