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Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
this station has the honor to present...
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...a weekly report on the New York scene
by Alexander Woollcott, The Town Crier.
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This is Woollcott speaking.
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This evening, instead of reporting to you
on the new plays along Broadway...
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...I want to say a word about
the swarm of young hopefuls...
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...who arrive in New York each year...
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...determined to make good on the stage
if it takes a leg.
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I have here over 1000 letters
from such young people...
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...asking what to do, where to start.
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Every one of these people...
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...thinks that he has more talent
than 90 percent of the actors on Broadway.
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Broadway. They call it
"The Great White Way."
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But it shines with a radianceno electrical company can inspire.
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It comes from the likes of you.
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One word of advice,take what you can get.
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Grab the chances as they come along.
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Act in hallways, sing in doorways...
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... and if you have to, dance in cellars.
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Hello, everybody. How do you do?
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We're gonna do a song and a dance
and all for you.
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Never seen a better crowd at any place.
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We just wanna see you
have a smile on your face.
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So here comes our bag of tricks.
We turn on the show.
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Drop the nickel in, Nicky,
and here we go.
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Hey! Hey!
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New York, New YorkFascinating city
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Magic castles rising in the air
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Wall Street, BroadwayGuys are sittin' pretty
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Every window hides a millionaire
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So when defeatists holler"There's no chance"
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Just tell them thisBut with a dirty glance
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Once Mr. WoolworthDidn't have a dime
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And Irving BerlinDidn't have a rhyme
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And Thomas DeweyDidn't have a crime
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But anything can happen in New York
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Once RockefellerDidn't have that oil
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And TiffanyHe didn't have a pearl
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And ZiegfeldDidn't even have a girl
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But anything can happen in New York
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You, too, can be that big ball of fire
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You, too, can have your nameIn Who's Who
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You, too, can climb up higher and higherUntil you reach that Rainbow Room
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The Wall Street bankersDidn't have a trust
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The AutomatIt didn't have a crust
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The Hall Of FameIt didn't have a bust
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But even you can be one in New York
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Yes, sirYou can be one in New York
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You, too, can be that big ball of fire
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You, too, can start from scratchAnd get rich
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You, too, can climb up higher and higher
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Like Lord & Taylor, Bonwit TellerGimbel, Macy, Rockefeller
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You can even be an Abercrombie Fitch
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Once Mr. MorganDidn't have a yacht
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And Joe DiMaggioDidn't have a swat
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The pot of goldDidn't have a pot
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But anything can happen in NewDon't mean innuendo
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We mean only in New York
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Yes, sir! Hey, hey, hey!
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That's the show! Hey, hey!
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Hey, that's us. Feed the little kitty, folks.
We take anything.
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Hey, all the way.
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Well, Nick, you got the armored car
outside for us tonight?
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- Boys, I've got bad news for you.
- What's the matter?
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I want you to resign.
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You mean,
you want us to quit working here?
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Oh, no, sir, Nick. We love you too much.
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We wouldn't let you sit in this cellar
all by yourself every night, would we?
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Then I got to fire you.
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- Fired?
- Why?
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Look, I got the business, yes?
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I got the wife, I got the three kids...
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...I got myself, I got you, yes?
- Yeah.
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But I only got three customers
eating my spaghetti.
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So, I've got to go out of business.
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That's too bad, Nick.
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Don't worry, Nick.
Spaghetti will come back someday.
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Hey, what's this? Five bucks.
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Wait a minute.
Who put this money in there?
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- Five dollars?
- Yeah.
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It couldn't be that icky from Waterbury,
could it?
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I don't get it.
She probably thought it was a buck.
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I'll have to give it back to her.
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Hey, you're not gonna cast that nice,
fresh folding money back on the waters.
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I hate to do it, fellas,
but things aren't that tough.
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And I better do it quick,
before my stomach talks to my willpower.
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Hey, wait a minute. Just let me hold it.
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Goodbye, Mr. Lincoln.
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Excuse me, lady,
but I think you made a mistake.
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- I found that in the kitty over there.
- Anything wrong with it?
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- It's a 5.
- The kitty says you take anything.
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You mean...?
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Gosh, that's an awful lot of admission
just to watch us...
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...when you can see the top shows
on Broadway for $4.40.
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I think your show is as good
as some I've seen on Broadway.
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You do? You do?
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Oh, gosh, thanks.
We kind of think we're pretty good too.
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The straw hats around here
won't even listen to us...
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...and the out-of-town trade
very seldom gets down this way.
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Where are you from?
What part of the country?
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- I was born in Wisconsin, but l...
- Wisconsin?
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Well, that's funny.
My mom was born in Wisconsin.
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- You like New York?
- I get tired of it sometimes...
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Wait til you start swinging out.
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You know something?
You talk just like my mom.
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She said that God made New York...
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...just so that the good people
would enjoy Wisconsin.
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Your mother
might have something there.
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No place like it.
That's what I tell her in every letter.
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Where else can a fellow
shoot out of a firetrap like this...
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...into a top spot on Broadway?
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Sure, it happens every day.
Fellow comes in, sees something he likes.
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Says, "That's it."
Your name goes up in lights.
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- You're a hit overnight.
- Really?
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- Sort of like Horatio Alger, isn't it?
- Yeah, yeah.
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Only it hasn't happened to us
like that yet.
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The roof caved in on us tonight.
This bin's gonna close up.
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But we're on the upbeat.
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When we become headliners, we'll send
you tickets, get your money's worth.
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- You do that. I'll give you my address.
- Swell.
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- There.
- Well, thank you very much.
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Miss Jones from Wisconsin.
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You've been darn swell to us.
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If you need a couple of fellows to
show you the city or anything like that...
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Well, here, I'll give you one of our cards.
There you are.
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Which of the Three Balls of Fire are you?
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I'm the one you can't get any insurance on.
Tommy Williams.
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You can phone me at Pitt-Astor Drugstore.
I'm there all the time.
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It's kind of like an actors' clearing-house.
I'd like to show it to you sometime.
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That's very nice, Tommy.
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- I'm much obliged.
- Why, not at all.
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You liked our act, didn't you?
You give a fella a lot of heart.
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You know, the last person that made me
feel this good was my mother.
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That's a nicer compliment than I paid you.
You'll hear from me.
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You just drop your hat
and I'll come running.
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Oh, and thanks again for this fiver.
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You know, you made Santa Claus
seem like a schoolboy.
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It won't seem so much when you split it
three ways and deduct the income tax.
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- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
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- Hello.
- Hello.
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- Hi, Tommy, Hammy.
- Hi, ladies.
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- Tommy, I got that part.
- Swell, Sally.
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- Wonderful.
- Great.
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- Hi, sexy boy.
- Oh, hello, fellas.
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- Been making the rounds?
- And how.
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- Anything new?
- Yeah, did you have any luck?
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I saw 14 producers,
but nobody's producing.
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Oh, dear. That's...
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Hi, Bert. Keep those sidewalks
hot enough nowadays, don't they?
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- Stop looking at that 85� dinner.
- Boys, what will it be?
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- Steak, medium.
- Chicken, fried.
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- Squab, broiled.
- Yeah, I know.
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- Three hams on rye and heavy on the ham.
- Oh, that's very funny.
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- There was a call for you guys.
- Call for us?
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- Yeah, the Thornton Reed office.
- Thornton Reed's office.
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- Thornton Reed?
- Easy, buddy.
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Don't you think it's too warm for jokes?
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I don't know, but she says Thornton Reed
Productions wants you before 6:00.
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How can we lose? We've been turned down
by every producer.
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Look here, Shorty, if this is a gag,
you've seen your last banana split.
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Hey, excuse me, ma'am.
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This may sound crazy to you,
but did you call us?
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Well, who are you?
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Well, we're the Three...
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- Balls of Fire.
- Balls of Fire.
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Right in there, please.
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Well, go ahead. It's only a doorknob.
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Well, hello.
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But, miss, I thought that you were...
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In Wisconsin?
I'm afraid not, not for 20 years.
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- But, Miss Jones, l...
- Hey, you're not Jonesy?
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Not the famous Jo... Holy...
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Well, aren't you going to sit down?
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Oh, yeah.
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And I was gonna show you New York.
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Maybe you will someday.
You know, I've never really seen it all.
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Now, boys, to get down to business.
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Mr. Reed is producing
a new musical revue.
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I have spoken to him about you.
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- About us?
- Thornton Reed?
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This is getting to be like
Alice in Wonderland.
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So if you'll be at the old Amsterdam
tomorrow morning at 11:00...
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...I may be able to get him
to watch your act.
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But please, you mustn't tell a soul.
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This is a very private audition.
Mr. Reed doesn't like actors.
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Well, do you think you can make it?
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- Make it?
- Right now, we've been there for hours.
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Hello. Oh, yes, Thornton.
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See you tomorrow morning
at the theater.
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- Thank you very much.
- Yes, Thornton.
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You don't know what you've done.
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What did you say, Thornton?
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I mean, what did you say, Thornton?
Oh, I don't know.
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I don't see any objection to Philadelphia.
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Read that, please. Read that.
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- Thanks very much. Goodbye.
- Bye.
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Sorry. Come on.
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- Hammy.
- Hiya, Jenny.
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You look as if you swallowed
the Academy Award.
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I'm really riding.
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Thornton Reed has just asked us
to come over to a little audition tomorrow...
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...at the old Amsterdam.
- Thornton Reed?
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Listen, you better come over.
You never can tell.
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- Thanks. That's one I owe you.
- But you better keep it quiet.
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- Don't forget kids, 11:00 sharp.
- Thanks, Tommy.
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That's all right. Shorty, remember those
ham sandwiches we ordered?
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Trade them in for top sirloins.
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- How do you want them?
- On a plate with a lot of potatoes.
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I'm not kidding. Tomorrow at the old
Amsterdam. Don't forget to tell Eddie.
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Keep this under your hats, kids.
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Thornton Reed's new musical,
the old Amsterdam, tomorrow.
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Actors working, yeah!
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Wait a minute, Shorty.
That's kind of quick, isn't it?
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- Pitt-Astor's super service.
- What did you do, send out for it?
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This is what I've been telling you
fellas about, eating acting.
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- Yes.
- Yeah.
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What's that?
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Excuse me, I'll be back in a minute.
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- Hey, you can't do that.
- Go away.
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- What are you crying about?
- None of your business.
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All right, come on, come on, break it up.
You've gotten your laugh.
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I don't think I like you.
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- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
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- Now that we know each other...
- But we don't.
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My name is Williams, Tommy Williams.
What's yours?
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It doesn't matter. I'm just a failure.
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Oh, well, I was a failure yesterday.
Now look at me today.
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You mean,
you even looked worse yesterday?
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I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.
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But I was a success yesterday.
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You mean,
you even looked better yesterday?
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Oh, I worked and I slaved.
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00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:36,628
There were only three words in the part,
but, oh, they were such beautiful words.
234
00:15:36,802 --> 00:15:38,326
"I love you"?
235
00:15:38,904 --> 00:15:40,462
No.
236
00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:47,744
"The telephone, madam."
237
00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:52,606
I never got past "the telephone."
238
00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:57,613
I just haven't got any talent.
239
00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:02,818
Well, you cry awfully pretty.
240
00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:08,559
- You think so?
- Yeah, no question.
241
00:16:08,734 --> 00:16:11,134
And I wouldn't worry
about three tired little words.
242
00:16:11,303 --> 00:16:13,430
You have talent.
Why, you're steaming with it.
243
00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:14,936
It's coming out all over you.
244
00:16:15,941 --> 00:16:18,603
And don't say you can't act,
because you can act.
245
00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:21,712
You're not unhappy,
you're only making yourself believe you are.
246
00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,611
And that's acting.
And that's why it's wonderful.
247
00:16:26,318 --> 00:16:28,878
You mean I don't really feel badly at all?
248
00:16:29,054 --> 00:16:31,545
Oh, of course, you do.
Of course, you do. Excuse me.
249
00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:35,216
But those are 14-karat tears
and you don't wanna waste them...
250
00:16:35,394 --> 00:16:39,524
...because someday, they'll come in awfully
handy at the curtain of the second act.
251
00:16:41,633 --> 00:16:44,329
But don't you have to feel better
to be able...?
252
00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:46,971
Sure you do,
but you don't want to let them touch you.
253
00:16:47,139 --> 00:16:51,098
Why, I'll bet right at this minute
you have more talent than Katharine Cornell.
254
00:16:51,276 --> 00:16:54,040
I'll bet at this minute
I've got more talent than Barrymore.
255
00:16:54,213 --> 00:16:56,738
That's what you've got
to keep dreaming and thinking.
256
00:16:56,915 --> 00:17:00,681
And when things get so bad
that you just wanna holler murder...
257
00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:03,185
...that's when you sell yourself
a bill of goods.
258
00:17:03,355 --> 00:17:06,256
And if you can do it then,
you can sell anybody.
259
00:17:12,131 --> 00:17:15,066
I guess I'm getting to be
quite a speechmaker.
260
00:17:15,801 --> 00:17:19,760
You know,
you don't talk like an actor at all.
261
00:17:19,938 --> 00:17:24,500
Oh, but I act like one.
You're through with that?
262
00:17:24,676 --> 00:17:26,701
- Oh, yeah, here.
- Thanks.
263
00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:30,906
Well, now that I've straightened
your life out, what's your name?
264
00:17:31,183 --> 00:17:34,277
- Penny.
- Penny, just like that?
265
00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:36,978
- No puns.
- All right, one-cent.
266
00:17:37,156 --> 00:17:39,624
- Where do you live?
- I live down that way.
267
00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:45,287
- Would a nickel swing it?
- No, but two might.
268
00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:47,489
All right, I'm declaring myself a partner.
269
00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:50,260
- Come on.
- All right.
270
00:17:53,205 --> 00:17:57,073
- Hey, where you going?
- I'm gonna fly this little sparrow home.
271
00:17:57,242 --> 00:18:01,702
Well, stay out of the stratosphere,
Cock Robin. We've got an act to rehearse.
272
00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:08,145
- You live far from the subway?
- I practically live in it.
273
00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,617
- Hiya, Mary.
- Hello, Penny.
274
00:18:09,788 --> 00:18:11,949
- Hello, Johnny. How's your mother?
- Much better.
275
00:18:12,124 --> 00:18:13,591
- Thanks for the cake.
- Okay.
276
00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:15,852
Well, here we are.
277
00:18:16,028 --> 00:18:19,293
- How are you on steps?
- Terrific.
278
00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,780
Hello, Papa. Papa.
279
00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:39,474
Oh, hello, dear. Oh, hello, hello.
280
00:18:39,651 --> 00:18:41,642
- Papa, this is Mr. Williams.
- How do you do?
281
00:18:41,820 --> 00:18:44,846
- How do you do? I hope we didn't interrupt.
- No, not at all.
282
00:18:45,023 --> 00:18:46,490
Barbara Jo is late again.
283
00:18:46,658 --> 00:18:49,058
Penny, if she comes,
you tell her she's a bad girl.
284
00:18:49,228 --> 00:18:53,665
You know, every time I have an orchestra
rehearsal for those children, why, I'm late.
285
00:18:53,832 --> 00:18:57,165
- Goodbye, young man. Glad to know you.
- Bye-bye, sir.
286
00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:59,668
- Oh, my.
- I hope I didn't drive him out.
287
00:18:59,838 --> 00:19:03,239
He was just afraid I was gonna ask him
if he collected from Mrs. Mulligan.
288
00:19:03,408 --> 00:19:05,569
He just won't ask for money.
289
00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:09,342
Boy, I'll bet this piano has played
a lot of empty stomach music.
290
00:19:09,515 --> 00:19:12,279
Yeah. Would you like a piece of cake?
291
00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:15,420
- Cake? Did you bake it?
- No, but I bought it.
292
00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:18,215
- Oh, bring it on then.
- All right.
293
00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:27,230
Where's Papa Morris? I'm late.
294
00:19:27,399 --> 00:19:29,629
Well, excuse me.
Are you taking a lesson?
295
00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:32,395
No, no, I'm just tuning the piano.
296
00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:34,562
You mean I won't be able
to take a lesson?
297
00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:38,141
You certainly won't. Where've you been?
This is the third time in a row...
298
00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:40,278
- It's wonderful, wait till you hear.
- What?
299
00:19:40,445 --> 00:19:43,107
They got the thing passed.
We're all going to the country.
300
00:19:43,282 --> 00:19:45,182
Two weeks, for free.
Isn't that marvelous?
301
00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:47,318
- All the kids?
- The whole settlement house.
302
00:19:47,486 --> 00:19:50,455
Mr. Stone just told me.
And I'm president of the whole thing.
303
00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:53,819
- Congratulations.
- This is Barbara Jo. This is Mr. Williams.
304
00:19:53,992 --> 00:19:57,484
- Pleased to meet you, Mr. Williams.
- Mr. Williams is an actor, you know.
305
00:19:57,663 --> 00:20:02,032
- A real actor? On the stage?
- Well, I...
306
00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:04,328
Here's your cake. Here, Barbara Jo.
307
00:20:04,503 --> 00:20:08,098
Gee, you don't look like an actor.
308
00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:11,735
That's what most of the producers think.
309
00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:14,537
- Won't you sit down, Mr. Williams?
- Thank you.
310
00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:20,109
You know, Mr. Williams, there's a couple
of things I don't understand about acting.
311
00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,716
Only a couple of things?
312
00:20:25,123 --> 00:20:26,385
When you're on the stage...
313
00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:28,651
...you have your arms around the girl
and say:
314
00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:31,591
"I love you more than
anything in the whole world."
315
00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:33,094
- Yeah?
- Do you really mean it?
316
00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:37,759
Well, that depends upon the girl.
317
00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,201
Yeah, I suppose so.
318
00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:45,809
But, gee, when Robert Taylor says it,
he makes me believe it.
319
00:20:45,978 --> 00:20:49,436
You know, Penny's gonna be an actress.
She's always acting.
320
00:20:49,615 --> 00:20:53,073
- Eat your cake, darling.
- Well, I am eating it.
321
00:20:55,687 --> 00:20:58,656
Oh, well, got to be going.
Big meeting tonight.
322
00:20:58,824 --> 00:21:01,088
Wait until the kids
find out they're really going.
323
00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:03,125
Some of them
never even seen the country.
324
00:21:03,295 --> 00:21:06,560
- Tell Papa I couldn't help it.
- I'll tell him, but you better practice.
325
00:21:06,732 --> 00:21:09,132
Why, Penny, you know I love to practice.
326
00:21:09,301 --> 00:21:12,134
Goodbye, Mr. Williams.
Sure like to see you act sometime.
327
00:21:12,304 --> 00:21:13,737
Well, thank you.
328
00:21:13,905 --> 00:21:15,463
Bye, Penny.
329
00:21:24,082 --> 00:21:25,709
- Won't you sit?
- Won't you sit?
330
00:21:30,389 --> 00:21:33,756
Here we are, just as if we had planned it.
331
00:21:33,925 --> 00:21:36,485
Yeah, you mean just as if we didn't.
332
00:21:40,499 --> 00:21:46,131
You know, I have a feeling that you're
gonna be that unknown quantity in my life.
333
00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:47,897
What's that?
334
00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:51,142
Something
that brings a fellow good luck.
335
00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:55,542
The springboard. The inspiration.
336
00:21:56,181 --> 00:21:59,275
The thing that everything adds up to.
337
00:21:59,451 --> 00:22:02,511
Gee, that's quite an assignment.
338
00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:07,387
Not with what you have.
339
00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:11,088
Just what have I, Mr. Williams?
340
00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:14,232
Well, it's a combination.
341
00:22:14,399 --> 00:22:19,564
A combination of something sweet
and warm.
342
00:22:22,107 --> 00:22:26,806
Plus a quality
that's far away from everybody.
343
00:22:26,978 --> 00:22:30,345
Reflection of talent, that's what it is.
344
00:22:31,216 --> 00:22:35,243
There's something special
lighting everything around you.
345
00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:39,516
- I didn't know I had that.
- Sure, that's what you have.
346
00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:41,625
And as soon as I see
Thornton tomorrow...
347
00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:44,455
...why, I'm gonna tell him
to take a good look at you.
348
00:22:44,629 --> 00:22:47,928
Before you know it, we'll be dancing
on top of the world, together.
349
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:52,628
Oh, gee, that would be fun,
if it ever came true.
350
00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:54,863
As soon as I get through
with the audition...
351
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:59,602
...why, I'll come back over here
and you'll see how true it is.
352
00:22:59,778 --> 00:23:01,507
Well, just so you won't get lost.
353
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,910
I'll be at the settlement house
filing envelopes.
354
00:23:04,082 --> 00:23:07,813
And you can park your dream boat
right outside the entrance.
355
00:23:09,888 --> 00:23:13,847
- Now, will you do something for me?
- Lf I can.
356
00:23:14,025 --> 00:23:17,552
- Will you sing me a song?
- How do you know I can?
357
00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:22,223
Because you sing when you talk,
when you walk.
358
00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:25,265
Why, you're eyes are...
Why, they're singing right now.
359
00:23:26,638 --> 00:23:28,333
They are?
360
00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:32,468
Well, I'll be darned.
361
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:47,859
When a girl meets boy
362
00:23:48,026 --> 00:23:54,488
Life can be a joy
363
00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:56,293
But the note they end on
364
00:23:56,468 --> 00:24:02,634
Will depend onLittle pleasures they will share
365
00:24:02,808 --> 00:24:09,304
So let us compare
366
00:24:11,183 --> 00:24:14,914
I like New York in June
367
00:24:15,086 --> 00:24:18,522
How about you?
368
00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:22,126
I like a Gershwin tune
369
00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:26,196
How about you?
370
00:24:26,364 --> 00:24:33,133
I love a firesideWhen a storm is due
371
00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:37,036
I like potato chipsMoonlight and motor trips
372
00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:41,111
How about you?
373
00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:47,650
I'm mad about good booksCan't get my fill
374
00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:54,122
And Franklin Roosevelt's looksGive me a thrill
375
00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:59,127
Holding hands in the movie showWhen all the lights are low
376
00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:04,360
May not be newBut I like it
377
00:25:04,536 --> 00:25:10,133
How about you?
378
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:14,809
I like Jack Benny's jokes
379
00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:18,108
To a degree
380
00:25:18,283 --> 00:25:21,741
I love the common folks
381
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,117
That includes me
382
00:25:25,624 --> 00:25:32,120
I like to window shop on 5th Avenue
383
00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:35,824
I like banana splitsLate supper at the Ritz
384
00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:39,198
How about you?
385
00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:46,368
I love to dream of fameMaybe I'll shine
386
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:52,347
I'd love to see your nameRight beside mine
387
00:25:52,517 --> 00:25:55,145
I can see we're in harmony
388
00:25:55,320 --> 00:26:00,223
Looks like we both agreeOn what to do
389
00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:02,519
- And I like it
- And I like it
390
00:26:02,694 --> 00:26:08,792
- How about you?
- How about you?
391
00:26:09,768 --> 00:26:12,999
I'm so delightedI've ignited the spark within you
392
00:26:13,171 --> 00:26:16,629
Let me continue to make it burn
393
00:26:16,808 --> 00:26:20,005
With you, I will be like a TrilbySo let's not dally
394
00:26:20,178 --> 00:26:23,409
Come on, SvengaliI've lots to learn
395
00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:28,178
When you're arisingStart exercising daily
396
00:26:28,353 --> 00:26:30,287
For exampleJust a sample
397
00:26:30,455 --> 00:26:33,652
Bend and touch the floorFifty times or more
398
00:26:33,825 --> 00:26:37,158
A fine startTo be a Bernhardt
399
00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:40,594
A dictionary's necessaryBut not for talking
400
00:26:40,765 --> 00:26:43,791
It's used for walkingThe Ziegfeld way
401
00:26:43,969 --> 00:26:47,598
Is this okay?
402
00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:51,037
That's the trickYou're catching on quickly
403
00:26:51,209 --> 00:26:52,540
Should I take a bow?
404
00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:54,372
Oh, let me show you how
405
00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:58,004
- Just like partners on the stage
- Yeah.
406
00:26:58,183 --> 00:27:03,951
If you can use a partnerI'm the right age
407
00:29:27,999 --> 00:29:29,694
Hey, don't go under there.
408
00:29:29,868 --> 00:29:32,666
The way our luck's been running,
I wish it was Friday the 13th.
409
00:29:32,837 --> 00:29:35,237
- Oh, no, you don't.
- Wait a minute, what's the idea?
410
00:29:35,406 --> 00:29:37,738
- This happens to be Friday.
- And the 13th.
411
00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:38,898
It is?
412
00:29:39,077 --> 00:29:40,476
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
413
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:44,544
Strange. Well, here we are.
Remember, this Thornton Reed is big-league.
414
00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:47,116
This is a private audition.
No mugging, no pressing.
415
00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:49,048
- Don't look anxious.
- All right.
416
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:54,183
Quiet! Quiet! Quiet!
417
00:29:55,026 --> 00:29:57,290
Look's like
somebody's been reading our mail.
418
00:29:57,462 --> 00:30:01,364
Easy, folks. Easy, folks. Do you realize
you're getting on Mr. Reed's nerves?
419
00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:04,593
Mason, where's the boy
with my sandwich?
420
00:30:04,769 --> 00:30:07,670
He'll be here.
I think he got lost in the crowd.
421
00:30:07,839 --> 00:30:11,172
- I can't even get a 10� sandwich.
- Thornton, remember your headache.
422
00:30:11,342 --> 00:30:14,072
Don't rub me down.
You're the cause of all this.
423
00:30:14,245 --> 00:30:17,043
You and your discoveries.
I don't want to discover anyone.
424
00:30:17,215 --> 00:30:19,683
I give you my word.
This time, I only told three boys.
425
00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:21,409
Where, in Yankee Stadium?
426
00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:24,384
This is wonderful.
Every actor in New York will love you.
427
00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:28,219
I don't want every actor in New York
to love me. I want my wife to love me.
428
00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:32,989
- Drink this.
- I don't want it, I want my sandwich. I'm...
429
00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:34,927
Mason, you've got to keep them back.
430
00:30:35,099 --> 00:30:37,260
- Please, please, please.
- I'm keeping them back.
431
00:30:37,435 --> 00:30:40,563
People, you must stop this nonsense.
432
00:30:40,738 --> 00:30:45,801
All I'm doing is a little intimate musical,
not the Passion play.
433
00:30:45,977 --> 00:30:50,539
- Quiet, quiet, quiet!
- Listen, we want to give everyone a chance.
434
00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:54,412
But unless you line up so I can see you,
I'll have to call the whole thing off.
435
00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:57,553
- Come on, Jenny. Let's get in.
- Get in, Helen.
436
00:30:57,722 --> 00:31:01,488
- Quit shoving back there, you pig.
- What's the big idea?
437
00:31:01,659 --> 00:31:05,060
Mr. Reed, you don't know us, but
we just closed the Tip-Top Inn in Albany.
438
00:31:05,230 --> 00:31:06,857
Yeah, we're the Four Hot Licks.
439
00:31:07,031 --> 00:31:08,020
- May...
- Ray...
440
00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:09,757
- Fay...
- And Kay.
441
00:31:09,934 --> 00:31:14,997
Oh, sextet from Madam Lucia
442
00:31:15,173 --> 00:31:18,802
Oh, sextetI love you, yeah
443
00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:21,673
Please, please, some other time.
444
00:31:21,846 --> 00:31:25,111
Mason, have them pass by in one line
so we could get through with this.
445
00:31:25,283 --> 00:31:26,545
Mr. Reed will see you.
446
00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:28,845
- Keep in one line, keep moving.
- No, I'm sorry.
447
00:31:29,020 --> 00:31:30,954
- Make it snappy.
- Yes, I could use you.
448
00:31:31,122 --> 00:31:33,113
- Yes, no, too small.
- Just keep on going.
449
00:31:33,291 --> 00:31:35,555
- No, too short. No, boys.
- No.
450
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,558
- What do you mean, no?
- But, Thornton...
451
00:31:37,729 --> 00:31:40,527
- I mean no, I can't use you.
- Well, how do you know?
452
00:31:40,698 --> 00:31:42,791
- How do l...?
- You haven't seen us do anything.
453
00:31:42,967 --> 00:31:46,334
We're the Three Balls of Fire.
Once we get started, you can't put us out.
454
00:31:46,504 --> 00:31:48,904
But I can put you out
before you get started. Mason.
455
00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:53,032
Thornton, wait. These are the boys I've
been telling you about. They're tremendous.
456
00:31:53,211 --> 00:31:55,441
In three years,
they'll be greater than Astaire.
457
00:31:55,613 --> 00:31:58,810
Then bring them back in three years.
I'm sorry, lad, some other time.
458
00:31:58,983 --> 00:32:01,144
- Not now, that's all. I'm sorry.
- Mr. Reed, l...
459
00:32:01,319 --> 00:32:02,650
All right, keep them going.
460
00:32:02,820 --> 00:32:05,015
- Just keep on going.
- No, no, no, I'm sorry.
461
00:32:05,189 --> 00:32:08,818
No, I can't use you.
No, no children. No, no children.
462
00:32:08,993 --> 00:32:12,656
Wait, wait,
don't send my brother to the chair.
463
00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:17,494
Don't let him burn.
Please, please, warden, please.
464
00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:21,400
Mr. Reed, I have some clippings here.
This is Maxine when she was a little girl...
465
00:32:21,572 --> 00:32:24,336
Mason, Mason.
466
00:32:25,143 --> 00:32:28,544
Maybe we ought to change our name
to the Three Puffs of Smoke.
467
00:32:28,713 --> 00:32:31,841
Private audition.
How do you like her, giving us that?
468
00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:35,918
It's not her fault.
It's those producers. They're all the same.
469
00:32:36,087 --> 00:32:41,525
Just send out nonchalantly for 1000 actors
every time they get lonesome.
470
00:32:41,859 --> 00:32:48,594
Well, I guess we're cooked, fellas.
Yep, on both sides.
471
00:32:48,766 --> 00:32:49,994
What do we do now, Tom?
472
00:32:50,168 --> 00:32:53,069
I've been pedaling that hocus-pocus
about talent and ambition.
473
00:32:53,237 --> 00:32:57,367
They don't want talent. They wouldn't know
talent if it was wrapped up in the mailbox.
474
00:32:57,542 --> 00:32:59,203
I guess it's back to the bulrushes.
475
00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:02,107
Maybe I don't belong in show business.
I don't know.
476
00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:06,710
It's all right, I'll do something else. Drive
a truck, dig ditches, sell shoes, anything.
477
00:33:06,884 --> 00:33:09,216
Take it easy, Tommy.
You know you're not serious.
478
00:33:09,387 --> 00:33:11,514
We'll be back
making the rounds again tomorrow.
479
00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:13,657
- Something will turn up.
- Not me, brother.
480
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:16,225
What are you trying to do,
split up the axis?
481
00:33:16,394 --> 00:33:18,362
How long you gonna go
through life singing?
482
00:33:18,529 --> 00:33:21,191
How long are you gonna
keep yourself in hock to producers?
483
00:33:21,366 --> 00:33:23,334
Until you become a producer yourself.
484
00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:26,698
Until you become a producer yourself.
That's very funny.
485
00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:28,862
Until you become a producer yourself.
486
00:33:32,910 --> 00:33:37,244
Sure. Why not?
487
00:33:38,383 --> 00:33:40,851
There's nothing magic to it.
488
00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:47,924
All you need is a little courage,
taste, money.
489
00:33:48,092 --> 00:33:51,220
Yeah, and we're loaded
with courage and taste.
490
00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:55,127
We've got lots of talent.
So why don't we sign ourselves up?
491
00:33:55,299 --> 00:33:59,395
Four months ago, when we came to this
city, we devoted our lives to the theater.
492
00:33:59,570 --> 00:34:01,504
Here comes the Gettysburg Address.
493
00:34:01,672 --> 00:34:04,004
We got the brush
from the New York producers.
494
00:34:04,175 --> 00:34:05,403
Living or dead.
495
00:34:05,576 --> 00:34:08,409
We've got a satchel full of talent
and no place to display it.
496
00:34:08,579 --> 00:34:10,342
So we'll build our own showcase.
497
00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:14,609
- Have you forgotten about money?
- Or are you planning to win a raffle?
498
00:34:15,553 --> 00:34:18,215
Money? Well, anybody can
put on a show with money.
499
00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:20,084
Let's not be corny about this thing.
500
00:34:20,258 --> 00:34:23,352
Oh, certainly, can't be corny,
so let's forget about money.
501
00:34:23,528 --> 00:34:25,086
What do we use instead?
502
00:34:26,931 --> 00:34:31,061
Well, anything. We can use...
503
00:34:31,602 --> 00:34:37,939
Well, you know... like a... a cause.
504
00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:40,734
- A what?
- A what?
505
00:34:40,945 --> 00:34:42,469
A cause.
506
00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:48,051
A great, big beautiful cause.
Something that'll tug at their heartstrings...
507
00:34:48,219 --> 00:34:51,347
...make them dig down in their jeans
and bring tears to their eyes.
508
00:34:51,522 --> 00:34:53,114
You better stop eating that salami.
509
00:34:53,291 --> 00:34:55,384
Don't you realize that America
is cause-crazy?
510
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,326
Why, they give shows for everybody.
China, the Red Cross, Bundles for Britain.
511
00:34:59,497 --> 00:35:01,863
There must be some place
they haven't thought of.
512
00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:03,762
Right here.
513
00:35:04,969 --> 00:35:06,561
Now you're talking.
514
00:35:06,737 --> 00:35:08,898
How about a cause for eatless actors?
515
00:35:09,073 --> 00:35:13,373
Actors? No, nobody cares about actors.
It's gotta be something solid.
516
00:35:13,544 --> 00:35:16,377
- Like widows, orphans, dogs.
- How about mailmen or motormen?
517
00:35:16,547 --> 00:35:19,072
- No, no, glamour.
- How about ball players?
518
00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:21,480
They've all got chicken farms.
519
00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:25,144
- Hey, I got it. I got it.
- Well, what is it?
520
00:35:25,323 --> 00:35:27,757
How about chorus girls?
521
00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:30,656
Well, how about them?
522
00:35:32,597 --> 00:35:38,035
I'm sorry, Hammy.
I guess I'm just blowing bubbles again.
523
00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:40,968
If only I hadn't written
that big buildup to Mom...
524
00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:43,801
...promised the city hall to everybody.
525
00:35:51,949 --> 00:35:53,712
Hey, where are you going?
526
00:35:53,885 --> 00:35:57,753
I'm gonna get a little air. I'm a little flat.
527
00:36:26,817 --> 00:36:28,751
What's your claim?
528
00:36:31,622 --> 00:36:35,581
Look, look,
things can't be as bad as all that.
529
00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:39,563
You don't know what happened.
530
00:36:40,097 --> 00:36:43,863
Something awful happened to me,
but I'm not crying, look.
531
00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,299
You're a boy.
532
00:36:48,639 --> 00:36:52,006
You know, you cry awfully pretty.
533
00:36:53,411 --> 00:36:57,609
- I do?
- Sure, you cry beautifully.
534
00:36:57,782 --> 00:37:01,946
Why, if I thought I looked that pretty,
I'd be crying my eyes out all the time.
535
00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:05,111
You know what?
I'm gonna make you my official crier.
536
00:37:07,191 --> 00:37:10,683
Well, and as soon as things get tough...
537
00:37:10,861 --> 00:37:13,591
...why, I'll give you the signal
and you can turn it on.
538
00:37:13,764 --> 00:37:17,825
Why, everybody can cry
if they're unhappy themselves.
539
00:37:18,002 --> 00:37:20,994
It's not me so much. I've seen it.
540
00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:25,905
But some of the other kids,
they never even been there.
541
00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:30,514
- And those old trustees...
- The who?
542
00:37:30,881 --> 00:37:32,371
The Board of Trustees.
543
00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:37,852
They promised we were going to the country
for two whole weeks.
544
00:37:38,022 --> 00:37:41,958
And now they tell us
they can't give us the money.
545
00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:46,786
Well, don't you worry about it.
You're still young.
546
00:37:46,964 --> 00:37:50,365
You have lots of time to go to the...
547
00:37:54,038 --> 00:37:58,031
Hey, what did you say?
548
00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:06,246
We were gonna see cows and brooks
and milk them and everything.
549
00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:09,352
You mean, they backed out on you?
550
00:38:10,688 --> 00:38:15,091
Why, I've never heard of such a thing.
Why, how dare they do that?
551
00:38:15,259 --> 00:38:18,456
- Come on, we'll go see about it right now.
- See about what?
552
00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:22,087
These kids have never seen the sunlight,
babbling brooks, blade of grass...
553
00:38:22,266 --> 00:38:24,166
...a bluebird flitting from tree to tree.
554
00:38:24,335 --> 00:38:27,236
What has happened to the milk
of human kindness? Where is he?
555
00:38:27,405 --> 00:38:29,930
- Where's who?
- The whatchamacallit, the number one guy.
556
00:38:30,107 --> 00:38:32,371
- The superintendent? He's inside.
- That's our man.
557
00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:34,773
Why, the idea of these people,
these children...
558
00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:39,115
So all you have to do is give us the word
and we're ready to go.
559
00:38:39,283 --> 00:38:40,682
I like your enthusiasm.
560
00:38:40,851 --> 00:38:43,285
I'm afraid it's a much bigger job
than you imagine.
561
00:38:43,454 --> 00:38:45,581
No, it isn't.
You see, Tommy's a professional.
562
00:38:45,756 --> 00:38:49,351
Yes, I know, but where are you
going to get all the talent?
563
00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:52,962
Talent?
Why, the world is riddled with talent.
564
00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:55,257
You can shake it out of trees.
It's right here.
565
00:38:55,433 --> 00:38:58,630
This girl right here, she's
the greatest singer of songs I ever heard.
566
00:38:58,803 --> 00:39:01,203
You've got the greatest crying act
in show business.
567
00:39:01,372 --> 00:39:02,964
And as for myself, well...
568
00:39:03,140 --> 00:39:06,576
And if that isn't enough, I can
walk into a drugstore on 44th street...
569
00:39:06,744 --> 00:39:09,474
...throw a rock, hit more talent
than on any Broadway show.
570
00:39:09,647 --> 00:39:11,842
Well, that takes care of the talent.
571
00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:14,484
Now, where do you propose
putting this show on?
572
00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:15,983
In the auditorium?
573
00:39:16,153 --> 00:39:18,621
They couldn't seat over
100 people there.
574
00:39:18,789 --> 00:39:22,020
No, this has gotta be big.
This isn't gonna be any amateur night.
575
00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:23,421
It's gotta be gigantic.
576
00:39:23,594 --> 00:39:26,961
Like the World Series or the Aquacade.
This is Rose Bowl stuff.
577
00:39:27,131 --> 00:39:29,463
Why, it looks as if
you'll need a whole city block.
578
00:39:29,633 --> 00:39:31,066
Yeah.
579
00:39:33,971 --> 00:39:38,965
City block. Yeah. Sure, that's it.
Right in the neighborhood.
580
00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:41,168
We'll rope it off.
Everybody will come to it.
581
00:39:41,345 --> 00:39:45,748
We give them a sample, then pass the hat.
With the money we take, we'll hire the hall.
582
00:39:45,916 --> 00:39:49,113
Put on a show for half a buck
that'll send those kids to the country.
583
00:39:49,286 --> 00:39:51,584
Well, I must admit
you have a wonderful platform.
584
00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:53,747
- Couldn't we, Mr. Stone?
- Please, please?
585
00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:57,451
Well, in the face of all this enthusiasm,
what can I say?
586
00:39:57,628 --> 00:40:02,065
But I'm not guaranteeing
that Mr. Busch will be swept off his feet.
587
00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:03,530
Mr. Busch? Who's Mr. Busch?
588
00:40:03,701 --> 00:40:08,570
The district leader. He's the only one
who can give you a permit for a block party.
589
00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:11,902
- Tough customer?
- A very tough customer.
590
00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:15,907
Come on, we'll go there, see if we
can cut him down to our size. Bye.
591
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,809
- Thank you.
- That's quite all right.
592
00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:23,648
So here's this character sitting there,
Simon J. Busch.
593
00:40:23,821 --> 00:40:25,152
Typical ward heeler.
594
00:40:25,322 --> 00:40:29,156
Heater sticking out the side of his mouth,
big black derby with heart to match.
595
00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:31,817
So I go to work on him. I say:
596
00:40:31,996 --> 00:40:37,730
"Mr. Busch, if you donate this city block,
it'll send you to Congress."
597
00:40:37,902 --> 00:40:39,563
He keeps on smoking.
598
00:40:39,737 --> 00:40:44,299
I try to appeal to his sense of chivalry.
He can't even spell it.
599
00:40:44,475 --> 00:40:48,639
I talk to him about his school days.
He never went.
600
00:40:48,813 --> 00:40:51,475
Things are desperate
and Barbara Jo was crying so hard...
601
00:40:51,649 --> 00:40:54,447
...she looks like a road show edition
of the Johnstown flood.
602
00:40:54,618 --> 00:40:57,348
So I slide right into the theme song.
603
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:03,450
"Mr. Busch, you're not gonna keep
these starving kiddies away...
604
00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:06,528
...from the babbling brooks,
and the birds that sing...
605
00:41:06,697 --> 00:41:09,188
...and the vitamins A, B, C, and D.
606
00:41:09,366 --> 00:41:13,234
You're not gonna be responsible
for young America growing up with rickets.
607
00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:15,998
Oh, no, not you, Mr. Busch.
608
00:41:16,173 --> 00:41:20,269
Not you. Not a man who reminds me
so much of Thomas Jefferson."
609
00:41:20,444 --> 00:41:22,344
Then I had tell him who Jefferson is.
610
00:41:22,513 --> 00:41:24,481
I tell you, he folded up
like a wet tent.
611
00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:27,378
He started to cry, tears came
as big as Ping-Pong balls.
612
00:41:27,551 --> 00:41:29,314
He just couldn't resist the cause.
613
00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:31,148
It's the sucker shot of the century.
614
00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:33,654
If we play our cards right,
use those kids right...
615
00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:37,760
...we'll land right in the middle of Broadway
with four-forty written all over us.
616
00:41:38,996 --> 00:41:43,456
And all the time, Mr. Busch just kept
sitting there, smoking that smelly old cigar.
617
00:41:43,634 --> 00:41:46,000
And just when I was sure
he was gonna say no...
618
00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:48,297
...Mr. Williams got right on top
of the desk...
619
00:41:48,472 --> 00:41:50,599
...and he told him
what wonderful kids we were.
620
00:41:50,774 --> 00:41:54,403
And if we didn't all get sunshine
and fresh air, we'd wind up with pickets.
621
00:41:54,578 --> 00:41:56,773
- With what?
- Pickets.
622
00:41:56,947 --> 00:41:58,244
Darling, you mean rickets.
623
00:41:58,415 --> 00:42:02,579
Well, anyway, he was wonderful,
and Mr. Busch finally said he'd go it.
624
00:42:02,753 --> 00:42:04,345
- And you know what, Penny?
- What?
625
00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:07,457
All I could think of was...
626
00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:12,860
...was Abraham Lincoln
freeing the slaves.
627
00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:14,956
I'm gonna tell him you said that.
628
00:42:15,132 --> 00:42:17,794
- He'll like that.
- Oh, I wish you would.
629
00:42:17,968 --> 00:42:20,801
- Gee, he's exceptional.
- Yeah.
630
00:42:20,971 --> 00:42:23,872
Too bad he isn't better-looking.
631
00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:29,069
Why, Barbara Jo, he's fine-looking.
He's got character in his face.
632
00:42:29,246 --> 00:42:33,182
You know he turned down an opportunity
in a Broadway show just to do this?
633
00:42:33,350 --> 00:42:34,783
- Honest?
- Yes.
634
00:42:34,952 --> 00:42:36,977
And you'll never know
what that meant to him.
635
00:42:37,154 --> 00:42:41,215
I couldn't have done it,
not even my three little words.
636
00:42:41,392 --> 00:42:46,227
Gosh, he never stops
to think of himself.
637
00:42:47,264 --> 00:42:48,595
But he'll be paid back.
638
00:42:50,334 --> 00:42:56,034
You know, Penny, if it was
anybody else but you, I'd be jealous.
639
00:42:58,075 --> 00:43:01,067
If it was anybody else but him,
you could have him.
640
00:43:24,635 --> 00:43:25,693
- Is it all right?
- Yeah.
641
00:43:25,869 --> 00:43:28,133
- Let's get it on the pole.
- Okay.
642
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:30,834
- How's that?
- Swell, Tony.
643
00:43:31,008 --> 00:43:32,771
The tempo's perfect. Just right.
644
00:43:32,943 --> 00:43:34,911
I know my dance all right.
Can I go now?
645
00:43:35,079 --> 00:43:36,876
Sure, Ronnie. Sign your name over here.
646
00:43:37,047 --> 00:43:40,107
- I'll have to take the children.
- Right. Thank you, Mrs. Crainen.
647
00:43:40,284 --> 00:43:42,684
- Come on, children.
- Jenny, give me that.
648
00:43:42,853 --> 00:43:44,912
Everybody, can I have
your attention please?
649
00:43:45,089 --> 00:43:46,886
After you get through with your work...
650
00:43:47,057 --> 00:43:50,254
...whether painting a sign,
practicing a song or dance, you can leave.
651
00:43:50,427 --> 00:43:53,089
Other performers are coming in.
They have to rehearse too.
652
00:43:53,263 --> 00:43:57,063
After your work, sign one of these cards
before you go out. Thanks, everybody.
653
00:43:57,234 --> 00:43:59,828
Oh, Penny, get your costume on.
We're gonna do our skit.
654
00:44:00,004 --> 00:44:02,097
- All right.
- Will you come and see my costume?
655
00:44:02,272 --> 00:44:03,466
I have no time now.
656
00:45:07,971 --> 00:45:11,304
All right, everybody,
let's have it quiet, please, quiet now!
657
00:45:11,475 --> 00:45:13,966
Everybody, take those signs
and banners and posters...
658
00:45:14,144 --> 00:45:15,611
...and put them in the anteroom.
659
00:45:15,779 --> 00:45:18,179
Move that piano here in this corner.
Hurry up, now!
660
00:45:18,348 --> 00:45:21,181
All the rest of you,
come on down here by the stand here.
661
00:45:21,351 --> 00:45:23,216
Come on, right up close to the platform.
662
00:45:23,387 --> 00:45:25,947
That's it. Now let me have
your attention please! Quiet!
663
00:45:26,123 --> 00:45:30,287
Now, look, we're gonna do the number first,
so all of you get in your aprons and overalls.
664
00:45:30,461 --> 00:45:33,555
Come on, now, let's move.
And don't forget, give us lots of zambo.
665
00:45:33,731 --> 00:45:35,358
Go ahead, take it, Johnny.
666
00:45:49,813 --> 00:45:54,614
When our grandmas and our grandpasWere just girls and boys
667
00:45:54,785 --> 00:45:59,313
They seemed to haveA lot more fun than we
668
00:46:00,557 --> 00:46:05,824
Their party clothes were calicoesAnd homemade corduroys
669
00:46:05,996 --> 00:46:11,263
And a big eventWas called a husking bee
670
00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:15,337
A banjo and a fiddleAnd a big old-fashioned barn
671
00:46:15,506 --> 00:46:19,067
Was all the preparation that they made
672
00:46:19,643 --> 00:46:23,943
And if they tell you otherwiseDismiss it as a yarn
673
00:46:24,114 --> 00:46:28,915
Refreshments were confined to lemonade
674
00:46:29,086 --> 00:46:34,820
Now, you may say it's cornyAnd I guess I must agree
675
00:46:35,192 --> 00:46:38,025
But it was good enough for grandma
676
00:46:38,195 --> 00:46:41,130
It was good enough for grandpa
677
00:46:41,298 --> 00:46:46,463
And it's good enough for me
678
00:46:47,070 --> 00:46:51,131
HoedownThe country's gone hoedown
679
00:46:51,308 --> 00:46:57,269
It's puttin' its toe downAnd kickin' its heel
680
00:46:57,447 --> 00:47:01,611
Hoedown is really a rare dance
681
00:47:01,785 --> 00:47:07,087
A pioneer square danceBut with a new deal
682
00:47:07,925 --> 00:47:13,022
One, twoSwing your partner lightly
683
00:47:13,197 --> 00:47:18,191
While you hold her ever so tightly
684
00:47:18,368 --> 00:47:22,464
HoedownAnd bring your best beau down
685
00:47:22,639 --> 00:47:28,168
We're facing a showdownAnd gotta make hay
686
00:47:28,345 --> 00:47:34,284
'Cause hoedown's on its way
687
00:47:36,553 --> 00:47:41,752
Stand in line and do the turkeyLike a Yankee Doodle Dandy
688
00:47:41,925 --> 00:47:44,416
When you turkey, do it jerky
689
00:47:44,595 --> 00:47:46,654
That's the trickNow you're hoein' on down
690
00:47:46,830 --> 00:47:51,927
Sashay, sashay, sashay aroundWhile you're hoein' on down
691
00:47:52,102 --> 00:47:57,062
Form a circle in the middleEverybody allemande
692
00:47:57,241 --> 00:48:01,905
Boys keep tempo with the fiddleAnd your gal in the calico gown
693
00:48:05,082 --> 00:48:07,516
Hoe on down with your calico gown
694
00:48:07,684 --> 00:48:11,415
Do-si-do aroundIt's very romantic
695
00:48:11,588 --> 00:48:12,816
Do-si-do
696
00:48:12,990 --> 00:48:16,858
Do-si-do some moreAnd maybe she'll fall
697
00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:20,295
Now it's time to do your honors
698
00:48:20,464 --> 00:48:22,796
Then when you've goneThrough your honors
699
00:48:22,966 --> 00:48:27,903
Promenade the hall
700
00:48:28,071 --> 00:48:32,064
HoedownThe country's gone hoedown
701
00:48:32,242 --> 00:48:38,272
Its puttin' its toe downAnd kickin' its heel
702
00:48:38,448 --> 00:48:42,282
Hoedown is really a rare dance
703
00:48:42,452 --> 00:48:47,549
A pioneer square danceBut with a new deal
704
00:48:48,592 --> 00:48:53,552
One, twoSwing your partner lightly
705
00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:58,326
While you hold her ever so tightly
706
00:48:58,502 --> 00:49:02,563
HoedownAnd bring your best beau down
707
00:49:02,739 --> 00:49:08,336
We're facing a showdownAnd gotta make hay
708
00:49:08,512 --> 00:49:12,881
'Cause hoedown's on its way
709
00:52:21,238 --> 00:52:22,535
Hey!
710
00:53:05,849 --> 00:53:09,410
HoedownAnd bring your best beau down
711
00:53:09,819 --> 00:53:14,483
We're facing a showdownAnd gotta make hay
712
00:53:15,025 --> 00:53:20,190
So hoedownShowdown
713
00:53:20,363 --> 00:53:27,360
Hoedown on its way
714
00:53:32,542 --> 00:53:35,010
- Mr. Stone, you sent for us?
- Yes, I did.
715
00:53:35,178 --> 00:53:37,703
I just received this letter
from the Board of Trustees.
716
00:53:37,881 --> 00:53:39,872
I'd like to read it to you.
717
00:53:40,717 --> 00:53:42,207
Oh, here we are.
718
00:53:42,385 --> 00:53:45,752
"We are sending you 20 refugee youngsters
from the British war relief...
719
00:53:45,922 --> 00:53:47,082
...on the Fourth of July.
720
00:53:47,257 --> 00:53:48,724
We want you to entertain them...
721
00:53:48,892 --> 00:53:51,759
...and show them what a real
American Fourth of July is like."
722
00:53:51,928 --> 00:53:53,725
This is a great honor for us.
723
00:53:53,897 --> 00:53:56,024
"A shortwave broadcast
has been arranged...
724
00:53:56,199 --> 00:53:59,259
...and the English children
will talk to their parents in London...
725
00:53:59,436 --> 00:54:02,064
...directly from the settlement house."
726
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:06,767
The only difficulty is that the broadcast
is scheduled for 3:00.
727
00:54:07,844 --> 00:54:11,211
But that's the time that the block party
is scheduled for.
728
00:54:11,381 --> 00:54:13,246
Yes, I know, and I'm very sorry, Tommy.
729
00:54:13,416 --> 00:54:17,250
But can't you postpone the block party
till the following week?
730
00:54:17,420 --> 00:54:20,150
- No, that's no good.
- We'll never get a permit again.
731
00:54:20,323 --> 00:54:23,121
Wait a minute.
You say they're gonna broadcast, huh?
732
00:54:23,994 --> 00:54:27,191
Well, why not hook up the broadcast
with the block party?
733
00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:30,629
From the sidewalks of New York,
straight to the Lambeth Walk, huh?
734
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:34,201
Tommy, that's an excellent idea.
I'll speak to the board about it.
735
00:54:34,371 --> 00:54:36,066
- But, Tommy...
- Wait a minute.
736
00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:37,797
- You do that, will you?
- I will.
737
00:54:37,974 --> 00:54:41,000
And I'll take care of everything.
Now, go on. Go on, now.
738
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:44,645
- I don't get it.
- Neither do I.
739
00:54:44,814 --> 00:54:47,874
Those Bundles from Britain will
be a fine act for us to follow.
740
00:54:48,051 --> 00:54:49,643
- I hope they're a sensation.
- What?
741
00:54:49,819 --> 00:54:50,808
- Don't you get it?
- No.
742
00:54:50,987 --> 00:54:53,251
Three Balls of Fire.
Flashlights, newsroom, radio.
743
00:54:53,423 --> 00:54:55,823
Kids torn from their mothers,
thrown into our laps...
744
00:54:55,992 --> 00:54:59,359
...and an international hookup.
- I never thought of the publicity angle.
745
00:54:59,529 --> 00:55:02,191
What a showcase.
This is the cause we've been looking for.
746
00:55:02,365 --> 00:55:05,562
We've been worrying about kids
that nobody cares about to the country.
747
00:55:05,735 --> 00:55:07,259
We don't need them anymore.
748
00:55:07,437 --> 00:55:11,339
Penny, it'll be no time until we'll be dancing
right up on top of the...
749
00:55:13,476 --> 00:55:15,501
Penny, what's the matter?
750
00:55:15,979 --> 00:55:19,847
Did you say we don't even need
those kids anymore?
751
00:55:25,322 --> 00:55:27,017
Penny...
752
00:55:30,794 --> 00:55:33,285
Why didn't you guys shut me up?
753
00:55:40,737 --> 00:55:42,534
Penny, I...
754
00:55:45,875 --> 00:55:47,467
If you'll only...
755
00:55:47,644 --> 00:55:50,340
What's the matter,
did you run out of speeches?
756
00:55:52,148 --> 00:55:54,844
You know, you make me
feel pretty awful.
757
00:55:55,018 --> 00:56:00,388
Well, you shouldn't.
You're getting everything you wanted.
758
00:56:00,557 --> 00:56:04,254
First, you wanted a cause.
Well, you got it.
759
00:56:04,427 --> 00:56:08,989
Then you wanted a showcase.
Well, you got that too.
760
00:56:09,165 --> 00:56:13,829
Then you wanted to get to Broadway.
Well, you're gonna get there.
761
00:56:14,003 --> 00:56:17,029
Of course, you may knock down
a few people and climb over them...
762
00:56:17,207 --> 00:56:19,334
...but you'll get there.
763
00:56:19,709 --> 00:56:22,701
You're gonna be a big success.
764
00:56:24,848 --> 00:56:27,817
You ought to be very happy.
765
00:56:28,218 --> 00:56:35,181
Penny. Gee, you said that
as if you hated me.
766
00:56:35,725 --> 00:56:39,889
That's silly. I don't hate you.
I think you're wonderful.
767
00:56:40,063 --> 00:56:45,262
- Your talent, your ambition...
- Well, then, what's the matter?
768
00:56:45,435 --> 00:56:47,232
Nothing.
769
00:56:47,837 --> 00:56:53,434
I just don't think
you're Abraham Lincoln anymore, that's all.
770
00:57:22,839 --> 00:57:24,431
Go on, there's your cue.
771
00:57:24,607 --> 00:57:27,508
No, no. This is your party.
772
00:57:33,216 --> 00:57:34,706
Ladies and gentlemen...
773
00:57:34,884 --> 00:57:38,217
...I think it's wonderful the way
you've turned out for our block party.
774
00:57:38,388 --> 00:57:42,188
The purpose of this was to give you
a sample of what you're gonna see later on.
775
00:57:42,358 --> 00:57:45,088
And of course, to collect enough money
to hire a theater.
776
00:57:45,261 --> 00:57:46,592
We're gonna pass the hat now.
777
00:57:46,763 --> 00:57:49,664
Everything we collect will go
towards putting on our big show.
778
00:57:49,833 --> 00:57:51,926
And we hope to raise enough money
from that...
779
00:57:52,101 --> 00:57:54,899
...to send the settlement house kids
to the country.
780
00:57:55,071 --> 00:57:59,974
And now, there's someone that
Mr. Stone feels that you ought to meet.
781
00:58:00,143 --> 00:58:02,976
And nothing would have been possible
without him.
782
00:58:03,146 --> 00:58:07,549
Ladies and gentlemen,
I give you Mr. Tommy Williams.
783
00:58:11,788 --> 00:58:14,279
You really gave me away.
784
00:58:15,191 --> 00:58:20,754
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.
Thank you very much.
785
00:58:20,930 --> 00:58:24,195
I, well...
786
00:58:24,367 --> 00:58:27,200
Well, in the face of all this,
there's just nothing I can say.
787
00:58:27,770 --> 00:58:29,863
For the first time in his life.
788
00:58:30,039 --> 00:58:32,439
Ladies and gentlemen,
we have a big surprise for you.
789
00:58:32,609 --> 00:58:34,042
As our special guest today...
790
00:58:34,210 --> 00:58:37,338
...we have a group of young people
all the way from London, England.
791
00:58:37,514 --> 00:58:40,540
In a few moments, their mothers
and fathers will be with us too...
792
00:58:40,717 --> 00:58:43,584
...by way of shortwave
transatlantic hookup.
793
00:58:43,753 --> 00:58:46,449
I now take great honor
in presenting to you at this time...
794
00:58:46,623 --> 00:58:49,057
...our little cousins from across the sea.
795
00:59:01,571 --> 00:59:05,337
- Hello. Hello, Mrs. Downing.
- Yes, this is Mrs. Downing.
796
00:59:05,508 --> 00:59:07,976
We have your daughter here.
All right, Elinor.
797
00:59:08,144 --> 00:59:13,138
- Hello? Mommy? Is that you?
- Hello, darling. Yes. How are you?
798
00:59:13,316 --> 00:59:17,514
Oh, splendid, Mommy.
I've gained 5 pounds.
799
00:59:17,687 --> 00:59:19,177
How's Daddy and Rex?
800
00:59:19,355 --> 00:59:22,085
Daddy's fine.Rex is wagging his tail right now.
801
00:59:22,258 --> 00:59:25,591
- How are you getting along, dear?
- Oh, hunky-dory.
802
00:59:25,762 --> 00:59:30,131
- What did you say?
- Hunky-dory. That's American for "okay."
803
00:59:30,300 --> 00:59:31,790
Okay, Elinor.
804
00:59:31,968 --> 00:59:35,369
Hello, Mr. Phillips. Come in, Mr. Phillips.
805
00:59:36,406 --> 00:59:40,035
- Hello?
- Hello, son. How are you, old boy?
806
00:59:40,209 --> 00:59:43,667
Fine. I... l...
807
00:59:43,846 --> 00:59:47,145
Is that all you have to say for yourself?How do you like America?
808
00:59:47,317 --> 00:59:51,219
Fine little place. Only they drive
on the wrong side of the road.
809
00:59:51,387 --> 00:59:53,855
Anything you want meto tell Grandmother?
810
00:59:54,023 --> 00:59:56,992
Oh, yes. Tell her to change the mark
on the kitchen wall.
811
00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:58,593
I've grown a whole inch taller.
812
00:59:58,761 --> 01:00:01,787
Good enough. Keep growing, Robert.We'll be seeing you soon.
813
01:00:01,965 --> 01:00:03,489
Righto, governor.
814
01:00:03,666 --> 01:00:06,726
Oh, tell Billy Hammond
I'm learning to roller skate.
815
01:00:06,903 --> 01:00:08,734
Thank you, Robert. That was swell.
816
01:00:08,905 --> 01:00:12,705
And now, London, I want to introduce
little Barbara Jo Conway...
817
01:00:12,875 --> 01:00:15,639
...who is acting as official hostess
to all your children...
818
01:00:15,812 --> 01:00:20,749
...at the Fourth of July celebration
down here on the East Side of New York.
819
01:00:20,917 --> 01:00:24,080
Hello? Hello, London? Can you hear me?
820
01:00:24,420 --> 01:00:26,547
Gosh, it's wonderful
to have your children here.
821
01:00:26,723 --> 01:00:28,452
We really wish you were here too.
822
01:00:28,625 --> 01:00:32,561
And now we've got a special song for you
and Penny Morris is gonna sing it for you.
823
01:00:32,729 --> 01:00:37,632
Really, folks, I wish you could see her.
She's beautiful.
824
01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:52,138
From the dark caf�s of Paris
825
01:00:52,315 --> 01:00:58,379
From the streets of Amsterdam
826
01:00:59,022 --> 01:01:05,518
From the homes of old Vienna
827
01:01:06,062 --> 01:01:12,558
To the shores of Uncle Sam
828
01:01:13,603 --> 01:01:20,600
Wherever freedom's hope is true
829
01:01:21,344 --> 01:01:28,341
Each heart cries out to you
830
01:01:32,288 --> 01:01:37,316
Don't give up, Tommy Atkins
831
01:01:37,493 --> 01:01:40,326
Be a stout fella
832
01:01:40,496 --> 01:01:45,524
Chin up! Cheerio! Carry on!
833
01:01:45,702 --> 01:01:51,265
Keep a stiff upper lipWhen you're in doubt, fella
834
01:01:51,441 --> 01:01:56,378
Chin up! Cheerio! Carry on!
835
01:01:56,546 --> 01:02:01,609
Oh, the sun's sure to smileOn your tight little isle
836
01:02:01,784 --> 01:02:06,949
So hang on to your witsAnd you'll turn the blitz on Fritz
837
01:02:07,123 --> 01:02:12,720
There's a whole world behind youShoutin', "Stout fella!"
838
01:02:12,895 --> 01:02:18,834
Chin up! Cheerio! Carry on!
839
01:02:26,342 --> 01:02:31,871
Don't give up, Tommy AtkinsBe a stout fella
840
01:02:32,048 --> 01:02:36,883
Chin up! Cheerio! Carry on!
841
01:02:37,053 --> 01:02:42,389
Keep a stiff upper lipWhen you're in doubt, fella
842
01:02:42,558 --> 01:02:47,291
Chin up! Cheerio! Carry on!
843
01:02:47,463 --> 01:02:52,457
Oh, the sun's sure to smileOn your tight little isle
844
01:02:52,635 --> 01:02:57,868
So hang on to your witsAnd you'll turn the blitz on Fritz
845
01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:03,376
There's a whole world behind youShoutin', "Stout fella!"
846
01:03:03,546 --> 01:03:08,506
Chin up! Cheerio! Carry on!
847
01:03:11,120 --> 01:03:16,683
Don't give up, Tommy AtkinsBe a stout fella
848
01:03:16,859 --> 01:03:21,523
Chin up! Cheerio! Carry on!
849
01:03:21,697 --> 01:03:27,260
Keep a stiff upper lipWhen you're in doubt, fella
850
01:03:27,436 --> 01:03:32,203
Chin up! Cheerio! Carry on!
851
01:03:32,375 --> 01:03:37,369
Oh, the sun's sure to smileOn your tight little isle
852
01:03:37,547 --> 01:03:42,575
So hang on to your witsAnd you'll turn the blitz on Fritz
853
01:03:42,752 --> 01:03:48,247
There's a whole world behind youShoutin', "Stout fella!"
854
01:03:48,424 --> 01:03:50,654
Chin up!
855
01:03:50,827 --> 01:03:53,557
Cheerio!
856
01:03:53,729 --> 01:03:58,257
Carry on!
857
01:04:04,273 --> 01:04:11,270
Carry on!
858
01:04:18,454 --> 01:04:20,445
I knew I never should have
opened this show.
859
01:04:20,623 --> 01:04:23,353
Thornton, don't let these
small-town critics get you down.
860
01:04:23,526 --> 01:04:26,359
Oh, a Boy Scout could tell
what's wrong with this turkey.
861
01:04:26,529 --> 01:04:28,258
It's tired, it's stale, it needs air.
862
01:04:28,431 --> 01:04:30,365
All we need is
a couple numbers and jokes.
863
01:04:30,533 --> 01:04:32,626
Jokes? I expected someone
to come out and say:
864
01:04:32,802 --> 01:04:34,929
"Who was that lady
I seen you with last night?"
865
01:04:35,104 --> 01:04:38,403
Mason, call New York.
Get Jonesy on the phone.
866
01:04:38,574 --> 01:04:40,064
I'll make a show of this yet.
867
01:04:40,243 --> 01:04:42,234
Get me New York, Plaza 66601.
868
01:04:42,411 --> 01:04:45,073
Say, how about changing the costumes
on that hotel number?
869
01:04:45,248 --> 01:04:48,684
Sure, only we'll change the costumes
and the music and the backdrop...
870
01:04:48,851 --> 01:04:51,183
...and the actors,
every mother's ham of them.
871
01:04:51,354 --> 01:04:54,187
- What are you gonna do, close?
- Thornton Reed never closes.
872
01:04:54,357 --> 01:04:58,453
- Hello? Hello, Jonesy?
- Give me that. Jonesy.
873
01:04:58,628 --> 01:05:03,429
Oh, yes, Thornton.
Yes, I've seen the notices. Yes, Thornton.
874
01:05:03,599 --> 01:05:07,057
We need a new first-act finale
and a new number in the second act.
875
01:05:07,236 --> 01:05:09,261
Call every agent in New York,
if you have to.
876
01:05:09,438 --> 01:05:11,338
But be here tomorrow night sure...
877
01:05:11,507 --> 01:05:14,738
...and bring some performers with you
that can sing and dance.
878
01:05:14,911 --> 01:05:19,280
Yes, and for the love of Philadelphia,
don't bring them in wheelchairs.
879
01:05:24,553 --> 01:05:29,320
Get Marelli. See if he can get
Lane and Abbot for Mr. Reed immediately.
880
01:05:44,073 --> 01:05:45,938
- Excuse me.
- Well, Tommy.
881
01:05:46,108 --> 01:05:48,076
Have you seen your pictures
in the papers?
882
01:05:48,244 --> 01:05:50,508
Yeah, say, how about that?
883
01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:54,741
- Look, look. Oh, I've got more too.
- I suppose you'll send them to your mother?
884
01:05:54,917 --> 01:05:57,351
Yeah, she'll think I'm running
for president.
885
01:05:57,987 --> 01:06:00,854
All hokum aside, Jonesy,
how did you like us last night?
886
01:06:02,258 --> 01:06:03,589
I was really impressed.
887
01:06:03,759 --> 01:06:05,750
Well, if you like us,
then we're on our way.
888
01:06:05,928 --> 01:06:08,863
We got $42 last night
and with your contribution, it makes 67.
889
01:06:09,031 --> 01:06:11,864
All we need is a theater.
You find out about the old Duchess?
890
01:06:12,034 --> 01:06:13,763
Yes, and Mr. Reed still owns it.
891
01:06:13,936 --> 01:06:16,871
But I'm afraid it won't be any good
to you, Tommy.
892
01:06:17,039 --> 01:06:19,530
- Why not?
- Well, it hasn't been occupied in years.
893
01:06:19,709 --> 01:06:21,540
Hasn't even any seats in it.
894
01:06:21,711 --> 01:06:23,508
Well, it has a stage, hasn't it?
895
01:06:23,679 --> 01:06:26,375
Yes, but it's a warehouse.
896
01:06:26,549 --> 01:06:30,041
Oh, we don't care. We'll take it.
Here, I got the bread right with me. Here.
897
01:06:30,219 --> 01:06:32,915
- Sixty-seven dollars.
- No, Tommy. I'd have to ask Mr. Reed.
898
01:06:33,089 --> 01:06:36,718
And I can't bother him now.
He's having so much trouble.
899
01:06:36,892 --> 01:06:40,191
Hello? Oh, hello, Marelli.
Did you get them?
900
01:06:40,796 --> 01:06:45,631
But Mr. Reed will give them 1500
and feature billing.
901
01:06:46,135 --> 01:06:49,332
All right, Marelli. Yes, I know you tried.
Thank you.
902
01:06:51,340 --> 01:06:53,865
Don't see why he wouldn't let us
have it for one night.
903
01:06:54,043 --> 01:06:55,408
We'd fix it up and everything.
904
01:06:55,978 --> 01:06:59,607
The Duchess? No, no, Tommy.
That's completely out of the question.
905
01:06:59,782 --> 01:07:04,549
Poor Thornton.
I don't know what I'm going to do.
906
01:07:05,187 --> 01:07:07,747
Look, you don't happen
to know of an act...
907
01:07:07,923 --> 01:07:12,519
...a good group that could be spotted
a couple of times in Mr. Reed's show?
908
01:07:12,695 --> 01:07:14,424
- Sure, I do.
- Who? Where?
909
01:07:14,597 --> 01:07:18,158
- Right here. The Three Balls of Fire.
- No, no, Tommy, I need a big act.
910
01:07:18,334 --> 01:07:21,167
Twelve, 15 people, and a singer.
911
01:07:21,337 --> 01:07:24,397
What about our group and Penny?
How about the act we did yesterday?
912
01:07:24,573 --> 01:07:27,508
- It stopped traffic. You said so yourself.
- I wonder...
913
01:07:27,676 --> 01:07:31,407
No, no, no. Thornton wouldn't...
914
01:07:32,148 --> 01:07:35,015
I don't know why not, though.
915
01:07:35,584 --> 01:07:39,645
Look, could you get that wonderful girl?
What's her name?
916
01:07:39,822 --> 01:07:41,915
- Penny. Penny Morris?
- Yes, could you get her?
917
01:07:42,091 --> 01:07:44,889
Your gang from the drugstore.
Get them together and rehearse.
918
01:07:45,061 --> 01:07:48,997
Do the number tomorrow afternoon at
a matinee exactly as you did it last night.
919
01:07:49,165 --> 01:07:52,657
You mean that...? You mean...?
You mean it? We're gonna...?!
920
01:07:52,835 --> 01:07:57,135
Yes, for Mr. Reed's show tomorrow
in Philadelphia.
921
01:07:57,306 --> 01:07:59,740
Tomorrow. Sure, why not?
922
01:07:59,909 --> 01:08:02,844
All right. Get them all together.
Be here in my office at 5:00.
923
01:08:03,012 --> 01:08:08,109
We're taking the 6:00 train for Philadelphia,
and may heaven have mercy on my soul.
924
01:08:08,284 --> 01:08:13,984
Six o'clock, 5:00.
We'll be here. Okay!
925
01:08:14,957 --> 01:08:17,755
All aboard for Philadelphia!
926
01:08:21,997 --> 01:08:24,693
Don't move! Stay where you are!
Stop me if I sound crazy...
927
01:08:24,867 --> 01:08:29,099
...but tonight, you, me, and all the kids from
the drugstore are leaving on the train...
928
01:08:29,271 --> 01:08:32,502
...and tomorrow in Philadelphia,
we open in Thornton Reed's new show!
929
01:08:36,145 --> 01:08:38,670
You think I'm crazy, but I'm not.
We're going tonight.
930
01:08:38,848 --> 01:08:41,681
No luck, eh? Hallelujah.
Truth will out, talent will tell!
931
01:08:41,851 --> 01:08:43,284
- Now, wait...?
- I can see it now.
932
01:08:43,452 --> 01:08:47,013
Tommy Williams, Penny Morris,
the Balls of Fire in lights as big as coconuts!
933
01:08:47,189 --> 01:08:51,285
Success! Success, in three easy lessons.
Now what do you think of Williams?
934
01:08:52,027 --> 01:08:54,860
- I think Williams is still Williams.
- What?!
935
01:08:55,030 --> 01:08:57,362
You're going to Philadelphia?
Without me, because...
936
01:08:57,533 --> 01:09:00,991
Without you? Penny, are you crazy?
This is it. What are you talking about?
937
01:09:01,170 --> 01:09:03,468
The same thing.
Those little kids we promised...
938
01:09:03,639 --> 01:09:05,800
That was before.
Thornton Reed, he's in trouble.
939
01:09:05,975 --> 01:09:08,375
If we can save this show,
we can land our own ticket.
940
01:09:08,544 --> 01:09:10,944
What about Hammy, Ray,
all the kids at the drugstore?
941
01:09:11,113 --> 01:09:13,343
They waited all their lives
for a shot like this.
942
01:09:13,516 --> 01:09:15,040
But Reed's got a million dollars.
943
01:09:15,217 --> 01:09:18,948
And you and I and Hammy and Ray
can hang on till we get another chance.
944
01:09:19,121 --> 01:09:22,579
- But, gosh, those little kids...
- No.
945
01:09:22,758 --> 01:09:23,986
Oh, Tommy, don't you see?
946
01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:26,958
It's not the two weeks in the country
that's gonna cure them.
947
01:09:27,129 --> 01:09:29,359
It's giving a kid something
he's dreamed about...
948
01:09:29,532 --> 01:09:32,797
...so maybe he won't feel like
there's nothing left to go on for later.
949
01:09:32,968 --> 01:09:36,028
Gosh, I wanna go to Philadelphia
just as much as you do.
950
01:09:36,205 --> 01:09:40,198
But if I did it, it would be just like stealing
their stockings off the Christmas tree.
951
01:09:40,376 --> 01:09:42,367
I can't do that. I just can't, that's all.
952
01:09:42,545 --> 01:09:44,012
You don't get the point at all.
953
01:09:44,180 --> 01:09:47,240
I'm talking about the lives and careers
of 15 people. Artists.
954
01:09:47,416 --> 01:09:50,476
I'm talking about Tommy Williams
and Penny Morris, the performers.
955
01:09:50,653 --> 01:09:53,213
That has nothing to do with kids
getting to the country.
956
01:09:53,389 --> 01:09:55,414
Let's get to be stars first
and then we can...
957
01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:58,492
Never mind, don't bother.
You haven't heard anything I've said.
958
01:09:58,661 --> 01:10:01,858
- Don't make me do anything I regret...
- Go on! Go to Philadelphia!
959
01:10:02,031 --> 01:10:03,589
I hope you stop the show!
960
01:10:03,766 --> 01:10:06,360
Well, all right, then.
961
01:10:08,771 --> 01:10:11,296
I'll get it fixed!
962
01:10:12,908 --> 01:10:17,572
Mr. Williams! Mr. Williams! Mr. Williams,
I've been looking for you all morning...
963
01:10:17,746 --> 01:10:20,579
- I'm sorry, I'm awfully busy.
- Please, it's awfully important.
964
01:10:20,749 --> 01:10:22,717
Everybody's waiting in the auditorium.
965
01:10:22,885 --> 01:10:25,217
Well, all right, hurry up,
I've got an appointment.
966
01:10:25,387 --> 01:10:27,184
Thanks a lot. It'll only take a minute.
967
01:10:32,361 --> 01:10:34,124
Hey, what's this all about?
968
01:10:35,864 --> 01:10:37,126
- What do you want?
- Come on.
969
01:10:37,299 --> 01:10:39,699
- Look, here he comes! Here he comes!
- Here he comes!
970
01:10:39,868 --> 01:10:41,699
- Yeah.
- Come on!
971
01:10:49,645 --> 01:10:52,614
Well, Mr. Williams,
all the kids and myself...
972
01:10:52,781 --> 01:10:55,011
...we had a meeting
of the executive committee...
973
01:10:55,184 --> 01:10:58,244
...and we were talking about how you
gave up a big Broadway show...
974
01:10:58,420 --> 01:11:02,584
...to do all this for us
and we weren't doing anything for you.
975
01:11:02,758 --> 01:11:05,192
Well, that's not right.
976
01:11:05,361 --> 01:11:08,922
There's been a lot of talk around this place
about getting us to the country.
977
01:11:09,098 --> 01:11:12,727
But nobody ever did anything about it
except you.
978
01:11:12,901 --> 01:11:16,667
You just walked right in
and didn't listen to anybody.
979
01:11:16,839 --> 01:11:22,368
And now we're going.
After all the promises, we're really going.
980
01:11:22,578 --> 01:11:28,107
Well, well, we just wanna say thank you.
981
01:11:28,284 --> 01:11:31,344
But with 50 kids to do it,
it would take an awful long time.
982
01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:33,010
We know you're a busy man.
983
01:11:33,188 --> 01:11:40,185
So we all chipped in and
bought you a present, and here it is.
984
01:12:00,115 --> 01:12:04,347
You shouldn't have.
You shouldn't have done this, because l...
985
01:12:04,520 --> 01:12:06,181
Don't you like it?
986
01:12:06,355 --> 01:12:09,051
Sure, sure I like it.
987
01:12:10,292 --> 01:12:17,130
It's swell. In fact, it's one of
the nicest presents I've ever seen.
988
01:12:17,900 --> 01:12:21,859
You shouldn't have spent the money
on me, though.
989
01:12:22,471 --> 01:12:26,635
But I'm glad you did,
because every time I look at this watch...
990
01:12:28,377 --> 01:12:30,368
...l'm gonna see every one of your faces...
991
01:12:30,546 --> 01:12:34,243
...and gonna remember
what a swell gang you are.
992
01:12:35,918 --> 01:12:39,479
Honest, you'll never know
what it means to me.
993
01:12:39,655 --> 01:12:45,616
All I can say is that
I haven't even started to earn it.
994
01:12:45,794 --> 01:12:47,625
But I will.
995
01:12:48,030 --> 01:12:50,260
And after it's all over with
and all through...
996
01:12:50,432 --> 01:12:54,994
...I hope that you'll be glad
that you gave it to me.
997
01:12:56,138 --> 01:12:58,368
And you don't have to worry
about the country...
998
01:12:58,540 --> 01:13:04,638
...because you're not only going,
but you're gonna go first class too.
999
01:13:16,024 --> 01:13:18,254
Penny. Penny.
1000
01:13:18,961 --> 01:13:21,088
- Hello, Mr. Stone.
- How do you do?
1001
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:26,425
Oh, excuse me. Is Penny here?
1002
01:13:26,602 --> 01:13:29,799
- I think she's up on the roof.
- Oh, thanks.
1003
01:13:42,584 --> 01:13:43,812
Penny...
1004
01:13:43,986 --> 01:13:46,682
You better hurry.
You're gonna miss that train.
1005
01:13:47,489 --> 01:13:51,152
I just have one more speech to make
and I have to make it.
1006
01:13:53,829 --> 01:13:55,922
You don't have to listen
if you don't want to.
1007
01:13:56,098 --> 01:13:58,293
Go ahead, I'm listening.
1008
01:14:01,837 --> 01:14:04,533
All my life, I've been rehearsing myself
to be a big man...
1009
01:14:04,706 --> 01:14:08,335
...and it's taken me just five minutes
to find out that I'm only a heel.
1010
01:14:08,877 --> 01:14:11,402
Bunch of little kids chip in
their nickels and dimes...
1011
01:14:11,580 --> 01:14:16,244
...to buy me a $5 watch
marked down to 3.50. There it is.
1012
01:14:17,019 --> 01:14:20,113
And I'm so ashamed at myself
that it took a bunch of 6-year-olds...
1013
01:14:20,289 --> 01:14:25,090
...to make me realize that there's more to
life than just a song, a dance and an encore.
1014
01:14:25,694 --> 01:14:30,427
And that there's more to people than just
sitting out front, being an audience.
1015
01:14:32,534 --> 01:14:37,062
Well, it's half past 1
and that's the end of my speech.
1016
01:14:37,239 --> 01:14:40,800
Oh, Tommy, that's a wonderful speech.
1017
01:14:42,744 --> 01:14:45,679
And life begins at half past 1.
1018
01:14:50,953 --> 01:14:55,219
Penny, I've got a couple of words
I wanna say to you...
1019
01:14:55,958 --> 01:14:58,654
...just this time, sitting down.
1020
01:15:00,762 --> 01:15:02,662
Only a couple?
1021
01:15:03,232 --> 01:15:06,099
Well, really three.
1022
01:15:07,302 --> 01:15:10,601
Well, go ahead and say them
and get them over with.
1023
01:15:13,208 --> 01:15:17,508
Oh, I could say "I love you"
just like all the rest of them.
1024
01:15:18,614 --> 01:15:20,878
That's still good, you know.
1025
01:15:21,049 --> 01:15:23,882
But it wouldn't tell you
what I really mean.
1026
01:15:24,486 --> 01:15:25,919
I'll settle for it.
1027
01:15:26,088 --> 01:15:29,421
Oh, no, you're not gonna talk me
out of my love scene.
1028
01:15:35,864 --> 01:15:37,297
Were you ever in a rainstorm...
1029
01:15:37,466 --> 01:15:41,300
...and you felt like you were the only person
in the world that wasn't getting wet?
1030
01:15:41,470 --> 01:15:43,734
Did you ever look up
and see a full moon and...
1031
01:15:43,906 --> 01:15:46,306
...well, it only looked like
a half a moon to you...
1032
01:15:46,475 --> 01:15:48,500
...because you were
looking at it all alone?
1033
01:15:49,578 --> 01:15:52,411
Penny, did you ever find someone and...
1034
01:15:53,615 --> 01:15:59,520
...and all of a sudden, you felt like
you were taking off, right out into space...
1035
01:15:59,688 --> 01:16:05,593
...like a propeller going round and round
and round, 30,000 revolutions a minute...
1036
01:16:05,761 --> 01:16:09,026
...and there wasn't any landing fields
left in the world?
1037
01:16:10,699 --> 01:16:13,224
I've had that feeling.
1038
01:16:13,402 --> 01:16:16,371
And it all started in a drugstore.
1039
01:16:19,074 --> 01:16:22,475
- Penny.
- Yeah?
1040
01:16:25,447 --> 01:16:26,846
Tommy.
1041
01:16:27,015 --> 01:16:30,678
Oh, isn't it wonderful what you can find
these days in drugstores?
1042
01:16:30,852 --> 01:16:32,945
- Yeah.
- Oh, gosh.
1043
01:16:37,893 --> 01:16:40,987
And that's about all there is to it.
1044
01:16:42,230 --> 01:16:49,227
I know, it even sounds crazy to me,
but that's the way it has to be.
1045
01:16:50,305 --> 01:16:53,502
Well, I guess I'll have to send
these railroad tickets back, then.
1046
01:16:54,776 --> 01:16:59,213
Gee, I hate to have you do that.
1047
01:17:00,082 --> 01:17:02,550
- Maybe if l...
- Tommy.
1048
01:17:04,553 --> 01:17:07,021
I hope you don't think we're ungrateful,
Miss Jones...
1049
01:17:07,189 --> 01:17:09,953
...because you've
been simply wonderful...
1050
01:17:10,525 --> 01:17:14,291
...but this is the way Tommy and I
have decided to do it.
1051
01:17:14,463 --> 01:17:16,431
Isn't it, Tommy?
1052
01:17:16,898 --> 01:17:22,336
Yeah, yeah, that's what we've decided.
1053
01:17:23,338 --> 01:17:27,138
You're giving up this great opportunity
to help a bunch of kids you hardly know.
1054
01:17:30,345 --> 01:17:32,905
Helping people's hard work, isn't it?
1055
01:17:33,081 --> 01:17:34,309
Don't you worry.
1056
01:17:34,483 --> 01:17:39,819
You'll find it's worthwhile at
the oddest times and the strangest places.
1057
01:17:43,392 --> 01:17:45,292
How soon can you get
your show together?
1058
01:17:47,629 --> 01:17:51,258
Our show? Oh, in about 10 days.
1059
01:17:51,433 --> 01:17:53,958
Yeah, our only problem
is getting a theater.
1060
01:17:54,136 --> 01:17:57,333
Well, there's no problem now.
1061
01:17:58,206 --> 01:18:01,232
- You mean we can have the old Duchess?
- Yes.
1062
01:18:01,410 --> 01:18:04,174
No, put your bread away.
If the theater's any good to you...
1063
01:18:04,346 --> 01:18:07,179
...you can have it as
Thornton's contribution to the cause.
1064
01:18:07,983 --> 01:18:09,416
He doesn't even have to know.
1065
01:18:09,584 --> 01:18:12,849
It's on Gilmore Street, about seven
blocks from the settlement house.
1066
01:18:13,021 --> 01:18:15,717
- How about that?
- It's wonderful, I don't know what to say.
1067
01:18:15,891 --> 01:18:17,188
Don't say anything.
1068
01:18:17,359 --> 01:18:19,623
Just get your show started
and make it good.
1069
01:18:19,795 --> 01:18:22,992
Thornton doesn't know it,
and he won't until I'm ready to tell him...
1070
01:18:23,165 --> 01:18:26,225
...but he's gonna see your show
in his theater from the front row.
1071
01:18:26,401 --> 01:18:28,062
- Oh, you see, Tommy?
- Yeah.
1072
01:18:28,236 --> 01:18:30,898
But Miss Jones,
won't Mr. Reed be angry?
1073
01:18:31,073 --> 01:18:33,667
Very likely.
That's why it's got to be good.
1074
01:18:33,842 --> 01:18:38,074
Otherwise, I'll find myself in the country
with the rest of the kids.
1075
01:19:33,435 --> 01:19:37,269
Gosh. Isn't it beautiful?
1076
01:19:38,907 --> 01:19:41,432
It's kind of run-down, isn't it?
1077
01:19:43,345 --> 01:19:45,176
It's wonderful.
1078
01:19:46,047 --> 01:19:49,881
Well, maybe after we clean it up
and brighten it a little...
1079
01:19:50,051 --> 01:19:54,215
...but right now,
it's giving me the creeps.
1080
01:19:54,389 --> 01:19:58,951
- It does?
- It's kind of like a haunted house.
1081
01:19:59,628 --> 01:20:02,620
Penny, every theater is a haunted house.
1082
01:20:03,799 --> 01:20:05,323
Ghosts with greasepaint...
1083
01:20:05,500 --> 01:20:09,095
...ghosts that sing and dance
and laugh and cry.
1084
01:20:09,838 --> 01:20:13,740
You should think of all the shows
that have been in this theatre.
1085
01:20:14,609 --> 01:20:20,479
Flops, successes, bad shows,
great shows.
1086
01:20:21,550 --> 01:20:24,383
You can't tell me that that ever dies.
1087
01:20:24,553 --> 01:20:30,514
It's all around us right now,
all the laughter and applause, cheers.
1088
01:20:31,259 --> 01:20:34,626
Why, it's on every inch
of this old stage up here.
1089
01:20:35,664 --> 01:20:39,395
- Do you see what I mean?
- Yeah, I see what you mean.
1090
01:20:39,568 --> 01:20:41,832
Then when new ones come along,
kids like us...
1091
01:20:42,003 --> 01:20:44,437
...that love the theatre
just as much as they did...
1092
01:20:44,606 --> 01:20:47,370
...they're glad and they're rooting for us.
1093
01:20:47,542 --> 01:20:51,103
They're saying, "This is your chance.
1094
01:20:51,279 --> 01:20:55,113
Go on out there, we've had ours,
now it's your turn.
1095
01:20:55,283 --> 01:20:57,808
There's your audience.
They're waiting for you."
1096
01:20:59,521 --> 01:21:02,081
Can't you just see it now?
1097
01:21:04,259 --> 01:21:05,954
Look.
1098
01:21:06,561 --> 01:21:10,827
The leader taps his stand with his stick.
The music starts.
1099
01:21:10,999 --> 01:21:13,365
The footlights gradually come up.
1100
01:21:13,535 --> 01:21:17,904
This is that one breathless moment when
everything in the world comes to a stop.
1101
01:21:18,406 --> 01:21:21,807
Over in the wings, the light man
at the board reaches for the switch.
1102
01:21:21,977 --> 01:21:26,107
Now the hands that pull the curtain
are on the rope, waiting for the cue.
1103
01:21:26,281 --> 01:21:29,182
The curtain rises slowly.
1104
01:21:29,918 --> 01:21:34,150
I never saw them, but I feel as though
I'd been here watching them every night.
1105
01:21:34,623 --> 01:21:37,888
Richard Mansfield in Cyrano de Bergerac.
1106
01:21:38,059 --> 01:21:41,790
I know just how he felt,
standing there, waiting for his cue.
1107
01:21:44,065 --> 01:21:47,364
Your nose is rather large.
1108
01:21:48,036 --> 01:21:52,029
- Have you quite finished, sir?
- I should say that is sufficient.
1109
01:21:52,207 --> 01:21:54,300
You humdrum dolt.
1110
01:21:54,476 --> 01:21:58,742
How dare you insult a splendid nose
with such meager, piddling words?
1111
01:21:58,914 --> 01:22:02,077
Let me show you what you might
have said had you had an ounce...
1112
01:22:02,250 --> 01:22:05,219
...yes, even an ounce of imagination
or wit.
1113
01:22:05,387 --> 01:22:08,288
To wit, insolent.
1114
01:22:09,190 --> 01:22:11,181
What do you do with that nose
when drinking?
1115
01:22:11,359 --> 01:22:15,125
Does it go above the glass or below
the glass, for surely, it does not fit inside.
1116
01:22:15,297 --> 01:22:18,528
Descriptive. It's a rock.
1117
01:22:19,601 --> 01:22:23,093
It's a mountain.
What am I saying, a mountain?
1118
01:22:24,673 --> 01:22:28,734
It's a peninsula. Eloquent.
1119
01:22:28,910 --> 01:22:35,577
What is that dazzling thing, sir?
Is it a torch? A bonfire? A volcano?
1120
01:22:35,750 --> 01:22:37,684
Stamp it out before it blinds my eyes.
1121
01:22:37,852 --> 01:22:42,414
- Buffoon.
- Who, me?
1122
01:22:43,058 --> 01:22:45,185
So be it.
1123
01:22:46,294 --> 01:22:50,355
Prepare to die exquisitely.
1124
01:22:50,532 --> 01:22:52,693
- Poet.
- Yes, poet.
1125
01:22:52,867 --> 01:22:58,237
Swordsman, take your choice.
No, wait. You shall have both.
1126
01:22:58,406 --> 01:23:02,638
For while I fight with you,
I shall compose a ballad...
1127
01:23:02,811 --> 01:23:09,717
...and with the last line of my poem,
my sword shall run you through.
1128
01:23:09,918 --> 01:23:12,751
Swiftly, my hat is tossed aside.
1129
01:23:12,921 --> 01:23:15,583
Slowly, my cloak is allowed to fallover my left free arm.
1130
01:23:15,757 --> 01:23:18,658
And to draw and we stand on guard.
1131
01:23:18,827 --> 01:23:24,356
Lunge, and my sword is met with yours.Dancers of steel that dazzle the eye.
1132
01:23:24,532 --> 01:23:26,762
Back you go, in time to my verse.
1133
01:23:26,935 --> 01:23:30,666
And then, when I have finished my song,you die.
1134
01:23:30,839 --> 01:23:34,104
Pray now, while you still have life.
1135
01:23:34,275 --> 01:23:36,835
Prince, pray, with your final sigh.
1136
01:23:37,012 --> 01:23:39,947
Stay, look sharp, I've run out of verse.
1137
01:23:40,115 --> 01:23:47,078
And now, as I finish my song,you die
1138
01:24:02,137 --> 01:24:07,700
For it is Mary, Mary
1139
01:24:07,876 --> 01:24:11,812
Plain as any name can be
1140
01:24:11,980 --> 01:24:14,972
But with propriety
1141
01:24:15,150 --> 01:24:21,282
Society will say "Marie"
1142
01:24:21,456 --> 01:24:26,587
But it was Mary, Mary
1143
01:24:26,761 --> 01:24:30,561
Long before the fashions came
1144
01:24:30,732 --> 01:24:37,604
And there is something thereThat sounds so square
1145
01:24:37,772 --> 01:24:42,471
It's a grand old name
1146
01:24:42,644 --> 01:24:47,843
But it was Mary, Mary
1147
01:24:48,016 --> 01:24:52,146
Long before the fashions came
1148
01:24:52,320 --> 01:24:56,120
And there is something there
1149
01:24:56,291 --> 01:25:00,057
That sounds so square
1150
01:25:00,228 --> 01:25:06,656
It's a grand old name
1151
01:25:14,776 --> 01:25:20,146
For she's my Daisy
1152
01:25:20,315 --> 01:25:23,250
My bonnie Daisy
1153
01:25:24,018 --> 01:25:26,384
She's as sweet as sugar candy
1154
01:25:26,554 --> 01:25:28,988
And she's very fond of Sandy
1155
01:25:29,157 --> 01:25:35,619
And I worry for my dearie
1156
01:25:35,797 --> 01:25:41,929
I would rather lose my kiltThan lose my Daisy
1157
01:25:47,675 --> 01:25:54,171
For I would rather lose my kiltThan lose my Daisy
1158
01:26:01,756 --> 01:26:06,557
Sure, I've got rings on my fingersAnd bells on my toes
1159
01:26:06,728 --> 01:26:10,664
Elephants to ride uponMy little Irish rose
1160
01:26:10,832 --> 01:26:14,393
So come to your nabobOn next Patrick's Day
1161
01:26:14,569 --> 01:26:18,061
Be Mistress Mumbo-JumboJij-Ji-Bo J. O'Shea
1162
01:26:18,239 --> 01:26:23,108
Sure, I've got rings on my fingersAnd bells on my toes
1163
01:26:23,278 --> 01:26:26,907
Elephants to ride uponMy little Irish rose
1164
01:26:27,081 --> 01:26:30,812
So come to your nabobOn next Patrick's Day
1165
01:26:30,985 --> 01:26:37,447
Be Mistress Mumbo-JumboJij-Ji-Bo J. O'Shea
1166
01:27:33,147 --> 01:27:39,643
I'm a Yankee Doodle DandyYankee Doodle do or die
1167
01:27:39,954 --> 01:27:46,450
A real live nephew of my Uncle SamI was born on the 4th of July
1168
01:27:46,828 --> 01:27:53,324
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheartShe's my Yankee Doodle joy
1169
01:27:54,335 --> 01:27:57,600
Yankee Doodle came to LondonJust to ride the ponies
1170
01:27:57,772 --> 01:28:01,208
Say, I am a Yankee Doodle Boy
1171
01:28:01,576 --> 01:28:08,072
He's a Yankee Doodle DandyA Yankee Doodle do or die
1172
01:28:08,416 --> 01:28:14,912
A real live nephew of his Uncle SamBorn on the 4th of July
1173
01:28:15,356 --> 01:28:19,315
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart
1174
01:28:19,494 --> 01:28:22,657
She's my Yankee Doodle joy
1175
01:28:23,131 --> 01:28:26,658
Yankee Doodle came to LondonJust to ride the ponies
1176
01:28:26,834 --> 01:28:32,636
I am a Yankee Doodle boy
1177
01:29:39,107 --> 01:29:42,508
- Come in.
- Oh, Tommy, they're beautiful.
1178
01:29:42,677 --> 01:29:45,942
- Maybe I should have got a dozen more.
- No, one would have been enough.
1179
01:29:46,114 --> 01:29:49,083
Once, you told me I was
gonna be dancing on top of the world...
1180
01:29:49,250 --> 01:29:53,880
...and tonight, I'm all filled up with things
I've been saving to say...
1181
01:29:54,055 --> 01:29:57,718
...but now that the time is here,
I guess I'll just go on and say them, huh?
1182
01:29:57,892 --> 01:30:00,793
But, Tommy... oh, no, don't go.
I want to thank you too.
1183
01:30:00,962 --> 01:30:03,453
You've done so much and...
1184
01:30:03,631 --> 01:30:06,099
...I guess I'll never be happier
than I am tonight.
1185
01:30:06,968 --> 01:30:12,497
- Hey, Tommy, your mother's here.
- Oh, Mom! How are you?
1186
01:30:12,673 --> 01:30:15,938
Wait a minute. What are you doing,
working your way through college?
1187
01:30:16,110 --> 01:30:18,908
I bought them all on the train.
I was saving them for you.
1188
01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:21,378
You've grown a little, haven't you?
1189
01:30:21,549 --> 01:30:23,744
Mom, I'd like you
to meet some of my friends.
1190
01:30:23,918 --> 01:30:27,615
No, no, no. Don't tell me.
This is Penny, of course.
1191
01:30:27,789 --> 01:30:30,553
I'm awful glad to meet you.
How'd you know it was me?
1192
01:30:30,725 --> 01:30:34,024
Tommy writes
such wonderful descriptions.
1193
01:30:34,195 --> 01:30:38,188
- And of course, this is Hammy.
- No, Mom, that's Ray.
1194
01:30:38,366 --> 01:30:40,334
In back of you, that's Hammy.
1195
01:30:40,501 --> 01:30:44,198
- Of course, the one with the blank verse.
- That's him.
1196
01:30:44,372 --> 01:30:46,067
- Fifteen minutes.
- I've got to go.
1197
01:30:46,240 --> 01:30:50,233
Excuse me. I'll see you after the show.
And here. This is for recognizing me.
1198
01:30:50,411 --> 01:30:53,175
You go on out and get your seat now.
See you after the show.
1199
01:30:53,347 --> 01:30:55,144
You come back, if you'll talk to me.
1200
01:30:55,316 --> 01:30:59,616
Here it is, son, this wonderful minute,
just as we talked about it so many times.
1201
01:30:59,787 --> 01:31:02,381
Yeah, sort of jumped up
on top of us, huh?
1202
01:31:02,557 --> 01:31:05,856
Yes, and the funniest thing is
I'm not the least bit nervous.
1203
01:31:06,027 --> 01:31:08,791
No, no, of course, you're not.
Of course, you're not. Here.
1204
01:31:08,963 --> 01:31:10,624
Give me a kiss for good luck, huh?
1205
01:31:10,798 --> 01:31:12,060
- You got your tickets?
- Yes.
1206
01:31:12,233 --> 01:31:14,497
- I'll see you after the show. Bye.
- All right.
1207
01:31:14,669 --> 01:31:16,603
Gosh, what a peach of a mom, huh?
1208
01:31:16,771 --> 01:31:20,400
- I wish Jonesy and Reed would get here.
- Don't worry, Jonesy won't let us down.
1209
01:31:20,575 --> 01:31:22,600
- You think he'll go for us?
- He'll go for us.
1210
01:31:22,777 --> 01:31:24,870
I hope they don't leave
before our big number.
1211
01:31:25,046 --> 01:31:29,005
With Jonesy on one side and mom on the
other, I'm taking the short end of the bet.
1212
01:31:29,183 --> 01:31:31,151
- Ten minutes.
- Hey, we'd better hurry.
1213
01:31:31,319 --> 01:31:34,311
I'm gonna go out front and
see the house, huh? Be right back.
1214
01:31:35,756 --> 01:31:40,250
- Mr. Williams, how do I look?
- You look swell, Barbara Jo.
1215
01:31:40,428 --> 01:31:42,589
- Good luck to you.
- Thanks.
1216
01:31:46,634 --> 01:31:51,401
Tommy Williams. My boy.
Acting since he was that high.
1217
01:31:53,007 --> 01:31:54,235
- Tommy. Hey, Tommy.
- Yeah?
1218
01:31:54,408 --> 01:31:58,037
- She's here. Jones.
- Oh, swell. Excuse me, Maria.
1219
01:31:58,212 --> 01:32:00,840
Jonesy, am I glad to see you.
Where is he?
1220
01:32:01,015 --> 01:32:02,676
- He's not here, Tommy.
- Not here?
1221
01:32:02,850 --> 01:32:04,283
I'm terribly sorry, Tommy.
1222
01:32:04,452 --> 01:32:06,682
Does that mean he's not coming?
You promised us...
1223
01:32:06,854 --> 01:32:09,687
I know I promised you, Tommy,
but I just couldn't ask him.
1224
01:32:09,857 --> 01:32:12,087
The poor guy is going crazy
in Philadelphia.
1225
01:32:12,260 --> 01:32:15,286
The show isn't doing any business.
They're rewriting, recasting.
1226
01:32:15,463 --> 01:32:17,488
On top of all that, he twisted his ankle.
1227
01:32:17,665 --> 01:32:19,929
I had to sneak out of town myself.
1228
01:32:20,101 --> 01:32:23,502
Never mind, we'll put the show on,
it'll be great and he'll hear about it.
1229
01:32:23,671 --> 01:32:25,195
- Won't he, Jonesy?
- Overture's in.
1230
01:32:25,373 --> 01:32:27,603
Come on, Tommy, you're gonna be late.
Hurry up.
1231
01:32:27,775 --> 01:32:31,006
Everybody, come here for a minute.
Come on around me.
1232
01:32:31,178 --> 01:32:33,738
Come on. Wait a minute.
I got something to tell you.
1233
01:32:33,915 --> 01:32:37,544
This is the first time in years that
the curtain's gone up in the old Duchess.
1234
01:32:37,718 --> 01:32:40,084
Let's make them glad
they didn't tear it down, huh?
1235
01:32:40,254 --> 01:32:42,984
What do you say?
Come on, places, everybody!
1236
01:32:59,907 --> 01:33:02,774
- Run for your lives!
- Stay where you are!
1237
01:33:02,944 --> 01:33:05,435
- Make a lot of noise!
- Keep still!
1238
01:33:05,613 --> 01:33:11,279
A bombshell just fell over Brazil
1239
01:33:11,786 --> 01:33:14,550
- Lay down your arms
- Run up your flags
1240
01:33:14,722 --> 01:33:17,190
You'll surrender to this jill
1241
01:33:17,358 --> 01:33:21,488
This bombshell that fell over Brazil
1242
01:33:23,130 --> 01:33:28,295
Her contributionTo the art of elocution
1243
01:33:28,469 --> 01:33:34,430
Is apt to start a revolutionAmong the ladies at the Ritz
1244
01:33:34,842 --> 01:33:40,371
In Rio de JaneiroWhen she sings "Mam�e Eu Quero"
1245
01:33:40,548 --> 01:33:46,919
Every local caballeroAdmits that it's a blitz
1246
01:33:47,254 --> 01:33:50,189
So give up the shipThrow in the sponge
1247
01:33:50,358 --> 01:33:53,020
Get ready for a great big thrill
1248
01:33:53,194 --> 01:33:58,461
For here comesThat bombshell from Brazil
1249
01:35:01,762 --> 01:35:03,195
Hey, Ma!
1250
01:35:06,067 --> 01:35:07,329
- How was it?
- Sensational.
1251
01:35:07,501 --> 01:35:10,493
- You murdered them.
- Come on, we only got a minute to change.
1252
01:35:10,671 --> 01:35:12,502
I was nervous.
I forgot the second chorus.
1253
01:35:12,840 --> 01:35:15,331
- You were great. Keep on being nervous.
- Don't forget...
1254
01:35:15,509 --> 01:35:18,307
- Who's Tommy Williams?
- I am.
1255
01:35:18,479 --> 01:35:21,812
I'm Inspector Moriarity.
Who are these two apples?
1256
01:35:21,982 --> 01:35:23,643
- They're my partners.
- Your partners?
1257
01:35:23,818 --> 01:35:25,251
What do you think you're doing?
1258
01:35:25,419 --> 01:35:28,183
We're in the middle of a number.
We're on stage in a minute.
1259
01:35:28,355 --> 01:35:30,380
- Come back around...
- Slow down, Mr. Ziegfeld.
1260
01:35:30,558 --> 01:35:32,822
- You ain't putting on any show.
- What do you mean?
1261
01:35:33,027 --> 01:35:34,824
- We're not putting on a show?
- Who says?
1262
01:35:34,995 --> 01:35:38,396
State of New York, City of New York,
board of health, and fire commission.
1263
01:35:38,566 --> 01:35:39,555
Shall I go on?
1264
01:35:39,734 --> 01:35:43,192
We're putting on a show. People
bought tickets. They're out in front now.
1265
01:35:43,370 --> 01:35:46,430
That's what I'm talking about.
You can't lock people in a firetrap.
1266
01:35:46,607 --> 01:35:48,575
This theatre's been condemned
for 15 years.
1267
01:35:48,743 --> 01:35:50,267
- I don't believe it.
- It's a plot.
1268
01:35:50,444 --> 01:35:54,312
Mr. Moriarity, you can't stop the show.
Please, don't stop it.
1269
01:35:54,482 --> 01:35:57,315
- Fifty little kids that never saw the sunlight.
- With rickets.
1270
01:35:57,485 --> 01:36:00,545
We've worked day and night like dogs,
like slaves. My mother, she...
1271
01:36:00,721 --> 01:36:03,189
I know all about the kids
and I've got a mother too...
1272
01:36:03,357 --> 01:36:07,919
...but if that audience isn't out of there in
15 minutes, I'll have to call the 8th Precinct.
1273
01:36:08,095 --> 01:36:11,861
- Mr. Moriarity, couldn't you...?
- I'm sorry, fellas, I know how you feel.
1274
01:36:12,032 --> 01:36:15,468
I almost was in a show myself once.
1275
01:36:29,483 --> 01:36:33,214
- Tommy. Tommy!
- Come in.
1276
01:36:33,387 --> 01:36:35,981
Come on. The orchestra's played
your cue three times.
1277
01:36:36,157 --> 01:36:38,216
Aren't you coming out on the stage?
1278
01:36:38,392 --> 01:36:43,830
Yeah, I'm coming out.
1279
01:36:43,998 --> 01:36:46,694
Bet I get a million laughs too.
1280
01:37:00,981 --> 01:37:02,846
Ladies and gentlemen...
1281
01:37:03,484 --> 01:37:08,717
...l'm terribly sorry,
but something unexpected has come up...
1282
01:37:08,889 --> 01:37:11,858
...and we will not be able
to continue the show.
1283
01:37:12,993 --> 01:37:18,397
It's some fire regulation or something
like that, something we knew nothing about.
1284
01:37:19,233 --> 01:37:23,795
And I'm awfully sorry that
we can't give the show...
1285
01:37:24,672 --> 01:37:29,632
...because it's really a wonderful show
and I'm sure that you would have all liked it.
1286
01:37:29,810 --> 01:37:35,214
Anyhow, we want to thank each and
every one of you for coming here...
1287
01:37:35,382 --> 01:37:38,977
...and having faith in us and trying to
help the send the kids to the country.
1288
01:37:40,154 --> 01:37:42,554
Everybody did their best.
1289
01:37:43,924 --> 01:37:49,226
So if you will stop by the box office
on your way out...
1290
01:37:49,463 --> 01:37:53,524
...why, your money will
be cheerfully refunded. Thank you.
1291
01:38:27,268 --> 01:38:30,897
Tommy, don't eat your heart out.
1292
01:38:31,071 --> 01:38:33,665
You did the best you could
and we're awful proud of you.
1293
01:38:33,841 --> 01:38:37,800
Yeah. Everybody did their best
and where did it get us?
1294
01:38:37,978 --> 01:38:39,570
Right out in left field.
1295
01:38:39,747 --> 01:38:42,580
No, don't help yourself,
help everybody else.
1296
01:38:42,750 --> 01:38:46,550
Be a Santa Claus, make sacrifices.
If you can do that for the rest of your life...
1297
01:38:46,720 --> 01:38:50,281
...you'll be a big success,
when you're about 165 years old.
1298
01:38:50,457 --> 01:38:52,584
- Tommy, you don't mean that.
- You can bet I do.
1299
01:38:52,760 --> 01:38:55,228
Where did it get us?
No money for the kids, no show...
1300
01:38:55,396 --> 01:38:58,092
...chance with Thornton Reed
blown right out of the window.
1301
01:38:58,265 --> 01:39:00,665
Tommy, you mustn't let it make you bitter,
please.
1302
01:39:00,834 --> 01:39:02,301
Faith, hope and charity.
1303
01:39:02,469 --> 01:39:06,098
Take those kids and wrap them in cellophane
and give them back to the Indians.
1304
01:39:06,273 --> 01:39:08,070
From now on, it's the old rules for me.
1305
01:39:08,242 --> 01:39:10,267
I'll get a chance again.
When I do, look out.
1306
01:39:10,444 --> 01:39:13,902
Because I'm gonna take anything
from anybody, at any time, any place.
1307
01:39:14,081 --> 01:39:16,174
- Tommy, l...
- No.
1308
01:39:30,331 --> 01:39:33,266
Mr. Williams.
They didn't take it. They didn't take it.
1309
01:39:33,434 --> 01:39:36,426
- Didn't take what?
- Come on, you tell him, Mr. Stone, tell him.
1310
01:39:36,603 --> 01:39:39,367
Tommy, it's amazing.
Everybody went right by the box office.
1311
01:39:39,540 --> 01:39:42,805
- They wouldn't take their money back.
- Some of them gave money besides.
1312
01:39:42,977 --> 01:39:45,946
Seven hundred and forty dollars.
1313
01:39:47,214 --> 01:39:50,081
Isn't it wonderful?
We got all the money to go to the country.
1314
01:39:50,250 --> 01:39:53,014
Now there's no need for putting
on a show at all.
1315
01:39:54,421 --> 01:39:59,620
Yeah. You're right.
1316
01:40:00,894 --> 01:40:03,829
There's no need in putting
a show on at all.
1317
01:40:04,565 --> 01:40:05,759
Tommy.
1318
01:40:09,303 --> 01:40:11,828
Mr. Stone, there's something
I'd like to say.
1319
01:40:12,006 --> 01:40:15,737
I know that the main purpose is getting
Barbara Jo and the kids to the country...
1320
01:40:15,909 --> 01:40:19,174
...but there's something else
that we have to take into consideration.
1321
01:40:19,346 --> 01:40:23,146
Tommy and his friends gave up
a lot more than most of you know about.
1322
01:40:23,317 --> 01:40:27,014
Getting this show on to them
is just as important as going to the country.
1323
01:40:27,187 --> 01:40:29,087
So I think that it would be fair...
1324
01:40:29,256 --> 01:40:32,657
...if we let him decide if he wants
to use this money to hire a theatre...
1325
01:40:32,826 --> 01:40:35,795
...and get his chance
to put the show on.
1326
01:40:35,963 --> 01:40:42,960
And they can go to the country later on,
maybe next year.
1327
01:40:43,737 --> 01:40:49,232
Well, I don't know what to say.
What do you think, Josephine?
1328
01:40:49,576 --> 01:40:53,979
Well, I suppose if it's fair.
1329
01:40:54,348 --> 01:40:58,409
Sure, we can go later on.
1330
01:41:02,222 --> 01:41:04,588
You'd give this to me?
1331
01:41:06,060 --> 01:41:09,120
Sure, if it's fair.
1332
01:41:13,834 --> 01:41:15,495
No, Jo.
1333
01:41:16,570 --> 01:41:20,529
You're not only going to the country,
but you're leaving tomorrow morning.
1334
01:41:20,707 --> 01:41:24,040
- Mr. Williams.
- Splendid.
1335
01:41:27,214 --> 01:41:31,742
Where are they? It's ridiculous, fantastic
fabulous. I absolutely can't believe it.
1336
01:41:31,919 --> 01:41:34,615
I want to find how anyone
could do a thing like this to me.
1337
01:41:34,788 --> 01:41:37,018
- Where are they?
- Thornton. It's Thornton.
1338
01:41:37,191 --> 01:41:42,094
- Mr. Reed? I thought he was in Philadelphia.
- Run, don't walk, to the nearest exit.
1339
01:41:42,396 --> 01:41:45,923
Who'd...? There you are!
1340
01:41:46,100 --> 01:41:48,967
I knew you had a hand in this fiasco.
1341
01:41:49,136 --> 01:41:51,297
Now, Thornton, don't get excited.
We only...
1342
01:41:51,472 --> 01:41:55,431
I've got a $ 100,000 turkey
in Philadelphia and what do I get?
1343
01:41:55,609 --> 01:41:59,238
Fire commission, board of health,
police department, warrants for my arrest!
1344
01:41:59,413 --> 01:42:03,747
Thornton, I'm terribly sorry, it's all my fault.
But there's no harm done.
1345
01:42:03,917 --> 01:42:07,683
No harm done? They bring me back to town
as though I were a criminal!
1346
01:42:07,855 --> 01:42:09,117
I thought they were crazy.
1347
01:42:09,289 --> 01:42:12,087
A show in my own theatre
and I don't even know it.
1348
01:42:12,426 --> 01:42:16,760
Thornton, unravel. There isn't any show
and there isn't going to be one.
1349
01:42:16,930 --> 01:42:18,227
Wait a minute, maybe...
1350
01:42:19,099 --> 01:42:23,058
Mr. Reed, will you listen to me
for just a minute?
1351
01:42:23,237 --> 01:42:25,262
Mr. Reed, I'm so glad you're here.
1352
01:42:25,439 --> 01:42:27,999
It's against the law
to put our show on for an audience.
1353
01:42:28,175 --> 01:42:31,440
There's no law against putting it on for you.
You didn't buy a ticket!
1354
01:42:31,612 --> 01:42:33,944
Now she wants to sell me a ticket!
1355
01:42:34,114 --> 01:42:35,638
- Mason?
- Yes, sir.
1356
01:42:35,816 --> 01:42:39,547
No, no, Mr. Reed, dear Mr. Reed,
we spent weeks and weeks.
1357
01:42:39,720 --> 01:42:42,780
We gave up everything.
All we want you to do is just sit down.
1358
01:42:42,956 --> 01:42:45,789
I've got trouble enough
without amateur...!
1359
01:42:46,393 --> 01:42:48,054
- Quick, Tommy, get them ready.
- Yeah.
1360
01:42:48,228 --> 01:42:51,664
Bring the curtain down. Mr. Morris, hurry.
Get the orchestra in the pit.
1361
01:42:51,999 --> 01:42:55,366
Please, just watch this one number,
especially Tommy Williams.
1362
01:42:55,536 --> 01:42:57,970
And I give you my word of honor,
it won't hurt a bit.
1363
01:42:58,138 --> 01:43:00,538
Come on, Daddy, the overture.
1364
01:43:06,947 --> 01:43:11,782
Here we are, six charactersDepressed and melancholy
1365
01:43:11,952 --> 01:43:16,753
Here we are, six charactersIn search of a finale
1366
01:43:16,924 --> 01:43:21,156
We've racked our brainsAnd taxed our minds
1367
01:43:21,328 --> 01:43:25,560
To find a trick that's new
1368
01:43:25,732 --> 01:43:32,729
But still we haven't gotThe slightest idea what to do
1369
01:43:34,041 --> 01:43:38,535
We might try a Russian balletBut a ballet might disclose
1370
01:43:38,712 --> 01:43:43,911
That I am more athleticThan aesthetic on my toes
1371
01:43:44,084 --> 01:43:48,180
Say, how about a circus?We could all go acrobatic
1372
01:43:48,355 --> 01:43:54,851
Now, here's a trick I learned in schoolTo strengthen my sciatic
1373
01:43:56,129 --> 01:44:02,398
We could all go South AmericanAnd cut a South American rug
1374
01:44:02,569 --> 01:44:07,097
But I'd never arriveI ain't hep to their jive
1375
01:44:07,274 --> 01:44:11,540
I'm just a Brooklyn jitterbug
1376
01:44:12,479 --> 01:44:17,314
Hold everything... I've got it, palsLet's do an aquacade
1377
01:44:17,484 --> 01:44:23,787
It's true that I can't swim a strokeBut you ought to see me wade
1378
01:44:24,491 --> 01:44:29,724
What's wrong with doing something old?Something tried and true
1379
01:44:29,896 --> 01:44:35,232
Well, how about a minstrel show?Does that appeal to you?
1380
01:44:35,402 --> 01:44:38,530
A good old-fashioned minstrel show
1381
01:44:38,705 --> 01:44:42,106
- That suits us
- Well, then let's go!
1382
01:44:42,276 --> 01:44:45,541
Go and tell New YorkTo grab a piece of cork
1383
01:44:45,712 --> 01:44:48,647
And join that blackout over Broadway
1384
01:44:49,416 --> 01:44:52,249
Everybody's gonna be dancin' on air
1385
01:44:52,419 --> 01:44:55,286
When they hear themPlaying "Swanee River" in Times Square
1386
01:44:55,455 --> 01:44:58,549
Every southern lassIs gonna cook with gas
1387
01:44:58,725 --> 01:45:01,717
And boy, that southern cookin's okay
1388
01:45:01,895 --> 01:45:08,061
And when you hear that moanOn the slide trombone
1389
01:45:08,235 --> 01:45:13,935
You'll wanna black upFor that blackout over Broadway
1390
01:45:14,641 --> 01:45:17,667
Go and tell the townThey ought to come on down
1391
01:45:17,844 --> 01:45:21,575
And join that blackout over Broadway
1392
01:45:21,748 --> 01:45:24,273
You'll see Andrew Jackson BrownStraight from the south
1393
01:45:24,451 --> 01:45:27,579
And if he don't entertain youYou can shut my mouth
1394
01:45:27,754 --> 01:45:30,587
There'll be so much funThat long before we're done
1395
01:45:30,757 --> 01:45:33,783
Those angels up in heaven will say
1396
01:45:33,960 --> 01:45:40,195
"Ain't got no time to stallSpread your wings, you all
1397
01:45:40,367 --> 01:45:45,361
And start to black upFor that blackout over Broadway"
1398
01:46:39,159 --> 01:46:42,390
Every southern lassIs gonna cook with gas
1399
01:46:42,562 --> 01:46:45,531
And boy, that southern cookin's okay
1400
01:46:45,699 --> 01:46:52,195
And when you hear that moanOn the slide trombone
1401
01:46:52,372 --> 01:46:58,868
You'll wanna black upFor that blackout over Broadway!
1402
01:46:59,579 --> 01:47:02,070
Gentlemen, be seated.
1403
01:47:07,821 --> 01:47:11,313
Mr. Tambo, Mr. TamboHow do you do?
1404
01:47:11,491 --> 01:47:14,255
And incidentally, how do you feel?
1405
01:47:14,428 --> 01:47:19,695
Well, now, I feels just like a stovepipeNothing else, buddy
1406
01:47:19,866 --> 01:47:21,629
You feels just like a stovepipe?
1407
01:47:21,802 --> 01:47:24,703
Yeah, sooty
1408
01:47:30,811 --> 01:47:34,577
Now, Mr. Bones, Mr. BonesIt's good to see you
1409
01:47:34,748 --> 01:47:37,808
And incidentally, Mr. BonesHow do you feel?
1410
01:47:37,984 --> 01:47:39,315
How does I feel?
1411
01:47:39,486 --> 01:47:42,387
Well, man, I feels just likeA fireplace here of late
1412
01:47:42,556 --> 01:47:44,524
You say you feels just like a fireplace?
1413
01:47:44,691 --> 01:47:47,353
I said it, I feels grate
1414
01:47:54,835 --> 01:47:58,464
We all expect some dancingWhen the minstrels come to town
1415
01:47:58,638 --> 01:48:01,539
So now may I present to you
1416
01:48:01,708 --> 01:48:06,441
Mr. Rufus Rastus Jefferson Davis Brown
1417
01:48:14,387 --> 01:48:20,883
By the light of the silvery moon
1418
01:48:21,294 --> 01:48:25,060
I want to spoonBy the light of the moon
1419
01:48:25,232 --> 01:48:29,999
To my honey, I'll croon love's tune
1420
01:48:30,170 --> 01:48:36,666
Honey moon, keep a-shinin' in JuneThe month of June
1421
01:48:37,043 --> 01:48:40,843
Your silvery beamsWill bring love's dreams
1422
01:48:41,014 --> 01:48:44,814
We'll be cuddlin' soonOh, make it soon
1423
01:48:44,985 --> 01:48:48,182
By the silvery moon
1424
01:49:04,971 --> 01:49:07,531
By the silvery moon
1425
01:49:11,144 --> 01:49:14,204
By the silvery moon
1426
01:49:18,385 --> 01:49:22,048
Oh, Mr. InterlocutorCould there be something wrong?
1427
01:49:22,222 --> 01:49:25,714
We are waiting justTo hear Mr. Tambo do his song
1428
01:49:25,892 --> 01:49:29,055
Mr. TamboDo you feel good and strong?
1429
01:49:29,229 --> 01:49:35,395
Then get right up and show the folksHow you can sing that song
1430
01:49:36,570 --> 01:49:40,529
I hear tell there's a strangerIn the Jones household
1431
01:49:40,707 --> 01:49:43,835
- Yes, sirree, yes, sirree
- That's what I'm told
1432
01:49:44,010 --> 01:49:47,707
I hear tell there's a new arrivalSix days old
1433
01:49:47,881 --> 01:49:50,645
- Yes, sirree, yes, sirree
- Worth his wait in gold
1434
01:49:50,817 --> 01:49:54,218
Come right inAnd meet the son
1435
01:49:54,387 --> 01:49:58,221
Christening's doneTime to have some fun
1436
01:49:58,391 --> 01:50:01,792
- Yes, sirree, yes, sirree
- Yes, sirree
1437
01:50:01,962 --> 01:50:04,192
Yes, sirree, yes, sirree
1438
01:50:04,364 --> 01:50:07,925
It's a big holiday everywhere
1439
01:50:08,101 --> 01:50:11,434
For the Jones familyHas a brand-new heir
1440
01:50:11,605 --> 01:50:14,870
He's a joy, heaven-sentAnd we proudly present
1441
01:50:15,041 --> 01:50:18,499
Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
1442
01:50:18,678 --> 01:50:22,045
When he grows upHe never will stray
1443
01:50:22,215 --> 01:50:25,616
With a nameLike the one that he's got today
1444
01:50:25,785 --> 01:50:28,117
When he walks down the streetFolks will say
1445
01:50:28,288 --> 01:50:33,225
"Pleased to meetMr. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones "
1446
01:50:33,393 --> 01:50:36,123
What a smileAnd how he shows it
1447
01:50:36,296 --> 01:50:40,198
He'll be happy all day long
1448
01:50:40,367 --> 01:50:43,234
What a nameI'll bet he knows it
1449
01:50:43,403 --> 01:50:47,339
With that handleHow can he go wrong?
1450
01:50:47,507 --> 01:50:50,567
And the folks in the town all agree
1451
01:50:50,744 --> 01:50:54,145
He'll be famousAs famous as he can be
1452
01:50:54,314 --> 01:50:57,806
How can he be a dudOr a stick-in-the-mud
1453
01:50:57,984 --> 01:51:01,943
When he's Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones?
1454
01:51:02,122 --> 01:51:04,955
Go to sleep, my baby
1455
01:51:05,125 --> 01:51:08,754
And maybe you'll balance the budgetBy and by
1456
01:51:08,928 --> 01:51:15,424
Oh, you're a lucky babyWith Franklin D. For your name
1457
01:51:15,602 --> 01:51:19,038
Mrs. Jones' baby boyIs a welcome resident
1458
01:51:19,205 --> 01:51:22,538
Give him a fishing rod for a toyHe's the future president
1459
01:51:22,709 --> 01:51:26,042
When this rascal goes to schoolABC's won't matter
1460
01:51:26,212 --> 01:51:29,375
Teach him plain old 'rithmeticAnd of course, some fireside chatter
1461
01:51:29,549 --> 01:51:36,352
My friends, my friendsLet's all shout hooray!
1462
01:51:36,523 --> 01:51:39,788
It's a big holiday everywhere
1463
01:51:39,959 --> 01:51:43,622
For the Jones familyHas a brand-new heir
1464
01:51:43,797 --> 01:51:47,255
We'll be proud to affirmWhen he serves his fourth term
1465
01:51:47,434 --> 01:51:48,833
- Just you wait and see
- Yeah!
1466
01:51:49,002 --> 01:51:50,560
- He'll make history
- Yeah!
1467
01:51:50,737 --> 01:51:57,734
'Cause he's Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones!
1468
01:52:02,982 --> 01:52:07,851
Oh, ring, ring the banjoFor Franklin Roosevelt Jones
1469
01:52:08,021 --> 01:52:11,218
But when you hear the banjo
1470
01:52:11,391 --> 01:52:17,330
It's played by Mr. Bones
1471
01:54:53,887 --> 01:54:57,186
Way down on the leveeIn old Alabamy
1472
01:54:57,357 --> 01:55:00,349
There's Daddy and MammyThere's Ephraim and Sammy
1473
01:55:00,526 --> 01:55:04,155
On a moonlight nightYou can find them all
1474
01:55:04,330 --> 01:55:07,322
While they are waitin'The banjos are syncopatin'
1475
01:55:07,500 --> 01:55:10,697
Oh, what's that they're sayin'?Oh, what's that they're sayin'?
1476
01:55:10,870 --> 01:55:13,805
While they keep playin'And hummin' and swayin'
1477
01:55:13,973 --> 01:55:20,037
It's the good ship Robert E. Lee
That's here to carry the cotton away
1478
01:55:20,213 --> 01:55:26,709
Watch them shufflin' alongSee them shufflin' along
1479
01:55:26,886 --> 01:55:30,322
Go take your best galYour real pal
1480
01:55:30,490 --> 01:55:33,618
Go down on the leveeI said to the levee
1481
01:55:33,793 --> 01:55:39,959
And we'll join that shufflin' throngHear that music and song
1482
01:55:40,133 --> 01:55:43,660
It's simply great, mateWaitin' on the levee
1483
01:55:43,836 --> 01:55:46,999
Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee!
1484
01:56:31,918 --> 01:56:34,113
We're babes on Broadway
1485
01:56:34,287 --> 01:56:39,589
We're goin' placesWhen our new faces appear
1486
01:56:39,759 --> 01:56:43,490
It's a wonderful streetFor babes like us to be on
1487
01:56:43,663 --> 01:56:47,429
We're here becauseWe want our names in neon
1488
01:56:47,600 --> 01:56:51,092
We left TopekaWe left Eureka
1489
01:56:51,270 --> 01:56:54,637
And came to seek a career
1490
01:56:54,807 --> 01:56:58,368
Oh, we're milkin' applauseInstead of milkin' a cow
1491
01:56:58,544 --> 01:57:03,982
'Cause we're babes on Broadway now!
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