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When you think of Paris, what comes to mind?

[sniffles] The Champs-Élysées, romance...

[inhales] ...cheese.

Well, it wasn't always like that.

For four years, the city of light went dark.

There was violence, swastikas in the street,

martial law, and...

And fear in people's eyes.

Then came liberation,

but how can you feel liberated when your city has been crushed? When there's no food or electricity, when...

When friends and neighbors are being betrayed

and guns are still firing in the night.

See, some things about the war...

it... [sighs]

Well, it just don't change overnight.

But it is from the ashes of war

that friends are made and new loves are found.

And that... Well, that's what it was like

on the day Jerry Mulligan decided to stay in Paris.

[chuckles softly] Oh, and, uh...

It starts like this.

[people clamoring]

[tense music]

[bright music]

[whooshing]

[calm music]

-Jerry, there you are. -Hey!

I got our tickets. We're going home!

Well, tick-tock, Mulligan. We're gonna miss the train.

[light music]

[man speaking in French]

[tense music]

[beggar] No!

[thuds]

[light music]

-Please. -[beggar] Merci.

[train whistles]

Ah, Paris!

We're home. [chuckles softly]

[light music]

[man whistles]

[man speaking in French]

[Lise] Oh, no, sir. Please don't!

-[men laughing] -[Lise shrieking]

Hey, what's going on?

[light music]

[soldier] Cheri.

[both chuckling]

[somber music]

[tense music]

[man] Collaborator!

[clamoring]

[indistinct shouting]

[clamoring continues]

[shouting continues]

[screams]

[tense music]

[bright music]

[speaks in French]

[somber music]

[train whistling]

[ticket rasping]

[bright music]

[upbeat piano music]

-[speaking in French] -[Adam chuckles]

At last, a fellow slaughterer of the French tongue.

[chuckles] Welcome, soldier.

Corporal Adam Hochberg, 2nd armored division,

at your service.

Lieutenant Jerry Mulligan, 4th infantry. Now, it's just Jerry.

Well, what can I get you, "Just Jerry"? Anything. Coffee?

[Adam] Woah, too early in the day for coffee.Have some... champagne.

[chuckles] Hey.

-This your cafe? -Might as well be. The Dutois gave me the run of the place.

Liberté...

Égalité...

[both] Fraternité!

[chuckles softly] So, when you, uh...

When are you shipping home?

That's just it. I missed my train. -[Jerry chuckles] -Ooh!

Kinda, sorta on purpose, huh?

Yeah. Yeah, me too. [chuckles, sniffs]

I sure as hell didn't see parading this

in front of the relatives.

Yeah, no parades for me either. Thanks.You wanna talk about it?

Yeah, sorry. I'm sorry.

It's just been lonely as hell around here, and frankly,I'm driving myself crazy with this damn concerto.

-[Adam chuckles] -You a composer?

[Adam] Well, not if this is any indication.

It sounded great.

Eh, something's missing. I can't put my finger on it. Hey, you an artist?

Yeah, starving. And homeless. Well, the Dutois got another petit alcove upstairs and they like to think of themselves as "art patrons,"

even though they haven't got a casserole to uriner in.

[chuckles]

When they found out I was studying with Nadia Boulanger... You, uh... You heard of her?

-Mm-hmm. -Yeah, I didn't think so.

Well, they stopped asking me for rent.

And if you were a Jew like me,

they probably wouldn't charge you. -Shit! -Yeah, Parisian guilt.

-Jesus. -Ah, exactly.

Hey, can I take a peek?

Yeah.

Woah. Hey, these are good.

You really are an artist.

-[Henri speaking in French] -Hey, Henri.Henri, English, please!

[Henri] Pour quoi?

Well, because our French sucks.

-[Jerry chuckles] -Jerry, Henri. Henri, Jerry.-How do you do? -A pleasure.

I like this one best. Is this Dunkirk?No, that's old. It's depressing.

Well, I love depressing.

Artists have a responsibility

to show the dark underbelly to life.

Don't listen to him. Paint what you love.

Make them pretty.

Oh. Hey, did you pop the question yet? Henri's trying to work up the nerve

to ask his girl to marry him.

No, no, no. I have decided to write her a letter. Why not just ask her, Henri?

Yeah, Henri. What's her name again?

[chuckles]

No, no, no. You are trying to "prick" me. Uh, "trick."

-"Prick" is something else. -[chuckles]

You Yankee cads are celebrated for stealing our women.I am not allowing her near you.

Now, have you finished my song? Let's get to work! "Chip chip!"Uh, "chop chop!"

I'm helping him with his nightclub act.

Henri's folks are in textiles the way Henry Ford is in cars.They don't know their only child

wants to be a song and dance man.

-Am a song and dance man! -[groans]

So he's going over to America to help run the US operations while secretly becoming a nightclub performer.

Won't they find out if you're successful?

[chuckles] Oh, he won't be.

-Play! -This is a first stab now.

Yes, it is brilliant, we know. He is a genius, your friend.

You grew up together?

Yeah, same synagogue and everything.

[foreboding music]

♪ Days can be sunny ♪

-♪ With never a sigh ♪ -[vocalizes]

♪ Don't need What money can buy ♪

Can we light up the accompaniment?

No, we cannot.

♪ Birds in the trees Sing their day full of song ♪♪ Why shouldn't we sing along? ♪

-It's like a funeral. -Kinda gloomy.

♪ I'm chipper all the day ♪

♪ Happy with my lot ♪

Happy? It doesn't sound that way.

♪ How do I get that way? ♪

Something, something, something.

[stark music]

♪ I got rhythm ♪

♪ I got music ♪

No, no, no.

♪ I got my gal ♪

♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪

-It's better in 4/4. -It is.

- ♪ I got daisies ♪ -[woman speaking in French] ♪ In green pastures ♪

-♪ I got my gal ♪ -[Jerry speaking in French]♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪

-That's great! -Quisling.

♪ Old man trouble ♪

♪ I don't mind him ♪

♪ You won't find him Around my door ♪

♪ I got starlight ♪

♪ I got sweet dreams ♪

Stop it!

♪ I got my gal ♪

♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪ [Henri] Adam, look! Look at their faces.

People need to laugh. Paris needs it.

Who says music needs to cheer people up?

[chuckles] I say it.

Oh, it's too easy to go for sentiment. God forbid we show the real world.

Uh, war, starvation, there's unemployment.

[both] ♪ Old man trouble ♪

♪ I don't mind him ♪

♪ You won't find him Around my door ♪

Philistines!

♪ I got starlight ♪ ♪ I got sweet dreams ♪

Eh, sellouts!

♪ I got my gal ♪

♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪[both] ♪ I got rhythm ♪

♪ I got music ♪

-[man] ♪ I got my gal ♪ -[women scatting]

♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪♪ I got daisies In green pastures ♪

♪ I got my gal ♪

♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪ And the day turned to night.

And somehow, in that little slip of time,

the three of us became...

[all] The Three Musketeers!

-[man] I got! -[all] ♪ Rhythm ♪

♪ I got music ♪

♪ I got my gal ♪

♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪♪ I got daisies In green pastures ♪

♪ I got my gal ♪

♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪ ♪ Old man trouble ♪

♪ I don't mind him ♪

♪ You won't find him Around my door ♪

-[explosion] -[all gasp, scream]

[power hums down]

[Mr. Dutois sighs]

Don't worry. It's only the electricity. [all sighs in relief]

[Adam] It's okay, it's okay. We'll take care of it. [Mr. Dutois] Adam...

[matches rasping]

-[rasping continues] -[man speaks in French]

[thumping]

[people murmuring]

[laughs]

[clinking]

[all whispering] ♪ I got rhythm ♪

♪ I got rhythm ♪

[giggles]

[lively music]

[all in French] Allez! Allez! Allez!

[all] ♪ I got rhythm ♪

♪ I got music ♪

♪ I got rhythm ♪

♪ I got music ♪

♪ I got my gal ♪

♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪ ♪ Old man trouble ♪

♪ I don't mind him ♪

♪ You won't find him ♪

♪ Around my door ♪

♪ I got starlight ♪

♪ I got sweet dreams ♪

♪ I got my gal ♪

♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪ ♪ Who could ask for anything ♪

♪ More, more, more ♪

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[foreboding music]

And the night evaporated into memory.

Light flooded in Paris.

Paris began to breathe freely again.

I kept working on my music day and night, but...

something wasn't right.

One morning, I took Jerry with me

to sketch the dancers at the ballet where I was accompanying classes.

And that's when... [chuckles]

Well, uh, you'll see.

[speaking in French]

Sorry, I've got no idea what you're saying.

-American. -Afraid so.

-Milo Davenport. -Jerry Mulligan.

-May I? -Yeah.

Oh... These really are rather good.

Where do you see the work going next?

The Louvre?

Confident, I see.

Or deluded.

Do you have representation?

-New to town. -Me too.

I'm having a little gathering this evening at the Ritz.

Might be worth your while. Eight-ish?

Thanks.

Nice meeting you.

-Mademoiselle Davenport. -Ah, Madame Baurel.

[smooching]

Don't you look, uh...

American?

Thank you, but I'd rather look French.

Yes, well...

I must get to my board meeting,

but Maestro Zlutoslavsky is expecting you.

But he knows I'm new to ballet?

He knows that your father's done business with my husband and that you might wish to make a donation.

Surely, he'll need more than a donation

if everything was being funded by the Nazis.

We must always look to the future.

I see. Of... Of course.

Come.

Maestro, my friend, Milo Davenport.

Ah.

I will see you after the audition. [light music]

Olga... [speaks in French]

Dancers,

we do audition variation now for Mr. Z.

[vocalizes]

[fingers snapping]

You!

You vanished!

[Lise] My grave apologies, madame.

Spare your breath.

But there were so many blockades.

I left work with more than enough time.

But you did not.

I do not wish to see you. Out of my sight.

Don't leave. Just stand there in the back.

[Adam] It's okay. Stay.

You are just too tall.

Go be... skyscraper somewhere.

[Adam] Go on in.

[light music]

[light music continues]

[applause]

[Milo] Brava, my goodness!

Thank you, dancers. We will be in contact.

[pants]

Thank you.

Adam.

Lise.

[smooches]

Wait!

What is your name, child?

Lise Dassin.

Dassin.

Where did you study?

In Monte Carlo.

Before the war.

Your mother is Arielle Dassin?

-Yes. -[Mr. Z] Wonderful dancer.

She must be so proud.

Please forgive me.

I must hurry back to work at the Galleries Lafayette. I'm so sorry.

We have your details?

Yes.

-Hang on! -Ooh! You hang on!

Maestro, forgive me for presuming,

but I would consider funding your entire season if you would perhaps indulge me in one tiny whim,

and that is to commission a short piece

for that lovely young girl.

What was her name?

[all] Lise Dassin.

So mysterious.

And who wrote that exquisite music? Is it famous?[Adam] From your mouth. I'm the culprit.

With a score by this talented young fellow,

Monsieur...

-Uh, Hochberg. Well, now... -Monsieur Hochberg, and designs by this noted American painter,

-Jerry... -Mulligan.

I'm afraid I have my own stable of designers. Oh, you mustn't keep artists in a stable.

They'll never get out of the hay.

[Jerry chuckles]

[clears throat] Never mind.

I specialize in the visual arts

and I must say, this young man's work...

I am sorry.

A short ballet is all I suggest,

celebrating French and American youth side-by-side

moving into the future together.

Brilliant, alive.

I can certainly invite Mademoiselle Dassin

and this gentleman.

But I must draw the line at designs. I'm very sorry. I gotta run. It was great meeting you all.

Don't forget tonight, 8:00.

I won't. Bye.

Don't say no, that's all I ask.

I'm not telling you what to do,

but you should at least see his work.

Did you see that? [chuckles softly]

The flower, the kiss...

and the way she looked at me.

No one in my whole life have ever...

God, I had a ballet to write.

[light music]

[upbeat music]

[bicycle bell ringing]

[upbeat music]

Oh, sorry!

[indistinct chatter]

Madame, we are expecting a new shipment any day now.

May I help you?

Congratulations, you got the job!

What?

They're creating a ballet for you.Monsieur, I'll find you another sales lady.

How? There are no other ladies for me.

-Amandine? -Yes!

Amandine, please speak to this customer.

Lise is giving her notice.

She's gonna be a star.

Sir, I'm afraid I cannot help you.Ah, but you can

because I need a small bottle of perfume for a very beautiful ballerina.

Do you chase all the girls across town?

No! You're the first girl I've ever chased anywhere.

Come on, what are the odds?

I see you my first day in Paris then again today. both of us in the same place at the same time.

You've got to admit...

Admit?

♪ I've got beginner's luck ♪ ♪ The first time I'm in love I'm in love with you ♪

♪ Gosh I'm lucky ♪

♪ I've got beginner's luck ♪

♪ There never was such a smile Or such eyes of blue ♪

- ♪ Gosh, I'm fortunate ♪ -But...

♪ This thing we've begun Is much more than a pastime ♪ ♪ For this time is the one ♪

♪ Where the first time Is the last time ♪

♪ I've got beginner's luck ♪

♪ Lucky through and through ♪

♪ For the first time That I'm in love ♪

♪ I'm in love with you ♪

Stop it.

[lively music]

-[gasps] -Sir.

[Lise] I'm so sorry.

[upbeat music]

Get off.

Oh, so, sir. Please don't.

[Lise] Oh! Stop it, sir!

[Lise speaking in French]

[clamoring]

[upbeat music]

[shrieks] Oh, no, sir, please!

[laughs]

-[Jerry gasps] -[manager] Police!

[indistinct chatter]

Incoming!

[indistinct chatter]

[chattering continues]

[Lise groans]

You are going to get me fired!

You're quitting.

Hi, I'm Jerry.

Meet me, Pont des Art.

Absolutely not.

I'll be there all afternoon. I'll see you there. Well, how can you be so sure?

♪ 'Cause I've got Beginner's luck ♪

♪ Lucky through and through ♪

♪ 'Cause the first time That I'm in love ♪

♪ The very first time That I'm in love ♪

♪ The first time That I'm in love ♪

♪ I'm in love with you ♪

[light music]

[indistinct chatter]

Congratulations, dear.

You are to become the newest prima ballerina

at the Ballet du Chatelet.

I am?

Don't draw attention.I heard it from maestro himself.

-A new work for you. -[chuckles]

But I did not let anyone know we are acquainted.

It would be incorrect to influence the outcome.

-Yes. -Let me take us to lunch.

I must give my notice.

Of course, yes.

Well, I know how much you have wanted this.

Oh, your mother would be pleased.

You will no longer be a shop girl in this unfortunate place.

And, needless to say, I am beside myself with joy.

I will see you at home.

No, no.

Good to see you as always, Mademoiselle Dassin.[Lise chuckles]

[lively music]

[chuckles]

[light music]

Dearest...

You will be pleased to know Lise has been hired by the ballet.

-She has? -[Mrs. Baurel] Yes.

Now, have you asked her?

-Mother. -[groans]

You are too old to be unmarried.

You are beginning to draw attention to us.

We can't afford such prying.

The war is over.

-The Nazis are gone. -[shushing]My god!

We must always appear blameless and correct in all things.This is also why we have walls, dear.

The walls have ears.

The world is filled with treachery.

I am writing my letter of proposal at this moment.

Letter, dear?

Mother, I am simply concerned

that Lise might not feel the same way about me. Oh, Lise clearly loves you.

And if you don't ask her soon, someone else will.

You will have missed your chance.

[light music]

"Dearest beloved..."

"Dearly belov..." No.

"Dear Lise..."

"Cher Maman..."

"Cherie..."

"You and Papa would both be so happy.""I would be so happy..."

"I have been hired to dance with the ballet."

"...to dance with you through this adventure we call life."

Oh, my Christ.

"I miss you...

with every fiber of my being.

I'm afraid you might never receive this."

[Henri] "I wish for you..."

"I wish you were here to help me make a difficult decision..." "...with all my heart..."

"...that I must choose between doing what is expected of me...and following my heart.

"...to choose me as your loving husband."

"I know Henri loves me...

and I love him, too."

"If you want, that is."

"But is this romantic love?

The kind you and Papa built your happiness upon."

"Oh, will you marry me, Lise? Oh, please, Lise. Please..."

No, no, no.

"If he should propose...

what do I do?

The Baurels have taken such good care of me

throughout the war.

And I suppose love grows."

[Henri] "Dear Lise.

True love comes but once in a person's life. I believe that together..."

But... maybe... [sighs]

♪ Some day he'll come along ♪

♪ The man I love ♪

♪ And he'll be big and strong ♪

♪ The man I love ♪

♪ And when he comes my way ♪

♪ I'll do my best To make him stay ♪

♪ He'll look at me and smile ♪

♪ I'll understand ♪

♪ And in a little while He'll take my hand ♪

♪ And though it seems absurd ♪

♪ I know we both Won't say a word ♪

♪ Maybe I shall meet him Sunday ♪

♪ Maybe Monday ♪

♪ Maybe not ♪

♪ Still I'm sure To meet him one day ♪♪ Maybe Tuesday will be My good news day ♪

♪ For me he'll do and dare ♪

♪ As ne'er before ♪

♪ Our hopes and fears We'll share ♪

♪ For evermore ♪

♪ And so all else above ♪

♪ I'm waiting for The man I love ♪

You had to love her.

She made you want to protect her.

And I thought, I'll dedicate this score to her.

She'll inspire me to discover whatever's been missing,

the ballet will inspire everyone to fall in love with her,

and she'll have me to thank.

She'll have to love me.

[scoffs]

[indistinct chatter]

[Jerry] Told ya.

I cannot accept this.

Why not? I bought it from the prettiest girl in the shop.

[scoffs]

Come on, don't go!

Oh, like all American man. You are too presumptuous. Like all French girls, you...

Nothing.

There couldn't be another girl like...

Say your name for me?

Lise.

Beautiful.

But sad.

No, it is not.

How about Lizzie?

Or Eliza.

-Liza... -I like my name.

-Liza's happier. -No, it is not.

Are you sure about that?

I drew this my first day here.

You like it?

[giggles softly]

I do not wish to be "drawed."

"Drawn." [chuckles]

And it's just a sketch.

I couldn't finish it

because I need to know you better.[scoffs]

Tell you what.

-Meet me here every day... -No.I'll help you with your English

and draw you until I get it right. No! I do not know you!

Who are you? You're a what? A soldier?

No.

I was.

But now, I'm an artist.

You are, too. And your mom, too. Is she famous?

Hey, what's wrong?

I can't meet you.

I have responsibilities.

Come on, it'll be fun. Everyone has responsibilities. Well, what are yours?

My work.

I stayed here in Paris for this.

Art is really important.

[scoffs] You think I don't know that?

I am French.

[chuckles]

Listen, you don't have to tell me

anything you don't want.

Plenty of people have things they like to keep to themselves.

Me?

I'll tell you something.

I'd like to forget every single thing

about that whole filthy war.

Oh...

[sighs]

[sighs] Me too.

-See? Put it behind us. -[sighs]

With me, you don't have to be that sad girl.

[Jerry] You can be Liza.

That brash, happy, crazy girl no one but us knows about. -[laughing] -What do you say?

You are a madman, aren't you?

Meet me here everyday for one hour.

-No. No! -Thirty minutes?

-Two minutes? -No, Jerry.

You remembered my name.

[Jerry] Now, come on!

We'll be those two crazy, happy fools down by the river. The hell with everyone else.

You'll have your life, I'll have mine.

Honor your responsibilities.

[giggles]

Then there'll be this.

Our little secret.

Pretend.

[sighs, chuckles] Come on.

Look!

♪ Moon shining on the river ♪♪ Come along, my Liza ♪

Lise.

♪ Breeze singing through the treetops ♪♪ Come along, my Liza ♪

Lise!

Not here.

Not with me.

♪ Something mighty sweet ♪

♪ I want to whisper Sweet and low ♪♪ That you ought to know My Liza ♪

Try it.

♪ I get lonesome, honey When I'm alone so long ♪ ♪ Don't make me wait Don't hesitate ♪

♪ Come and hear my song ♪

♪ Liza, Liza ♪

♪ Skies are gray ♪

♪ But if you smile on me ♪

♪ All the clouds'll roll away ♪

♪ Liza, Liza ♪

♪ Don't delay ♪

♪ Come, keep me company ♪

♪ And the clouds'll roll away ♪

♪ See the honeymoon A-shining down ♪

♪ We should make a date With Parson Brown ♪

♪ So, Liza, Liza ♪

♪ Name the day When you'll belong to me ♪

♪ And the clouds'll roll away ♪

Say yes.

No.

Then dance with me.

[bright music]

[bright music continues]

[Lise chuckles]

[Jerry sighs]

♪ See the honeymoon A-shining down ♪

♪ We should make a date With Parson Brown ♪

Say yes.

-Say you'll meet me right here. -Oh.Can't a man and a woman just be friends?

In America, they do it all the time.

I can be your friend.

But no more than that.

-You'll meet me? -Yes!

But you have to swear never to tell anyone.

I swear.

-Oh, Lise! -No...

Liza!

[bright music]

-[Jerry screams] -[water splashes]

Are you all right?

-Yes. -[Lise] Just friends, you said!

The French kiss their friends. Twice, in fact!

[Jerry] Tomorrow, same time, same place. Don't forget.

You swore! Don't you forget!

[upbeat music]

[water splashing]

[bright music]

[light music]

"Dear Lise..."

-Show me the letter! -Mother!

You clearly don't know how to conduct yourself

in matters of the heart. Give it to me.

Oh, and you and father are so warm and...

fun-worshipping.

Well, we have the occasional...

We have, uh...

This is not about your father and me, Henri.

[Mrs. Baurel] Now, dear, tell me.

Do your romantic interests lie beyond in the fairer sex?

Mother, please!

-[Mr. Baurel] Good evening! -Hello! [chuckles] And congratulations.Oh, yes. Did she tell you her news?

Yes, it will certainly be a change.

Yes, well...

Lise?

[Mrs. Baurel] Henri has something

he wishes to ask you.

Walk me through the garden.

We are both beside ourselves for you both.

What is it, Henri?

What is what?

You wanted to ask me.

Yes. [exhales]

About the ballet. I want to hear everything.

Oh, cheri, you seem nervous.

No, no, no. Happy.

And beside myself as well, look, I'm all the way over here. I'm so beside myself. [chuckles nervously]

-You seem... -No, I don't seem.

It's just... Well, I...

What?

Oh, I sound so selfish.

This doesn't mean I have to spend my life in Paris.

When you go to America to sing...

[shushes, chuckles]

If you decide for whatever reason, I mean...

Well, I could dance there.

I mean, I will.

You... will?

I mean, you... do?

-Do? -Want to?

-I do. -Yes?

[Lise] Yes, Henri, if you do.

I do, of course! Yes, I do!

-I do. -Yes, I do, too.

Oh, my darling, you have made me so happy.

I have?

I love you very much.

I love you, too. [chuckles nervously]

[laughs] You know something? You are positively glowing.

From the moment you came in, you seemed... transformed.

-I did. I... do? -[Henri] Yes.

Something marvelous has happened.

No.

[Henri] Yes, it's written all over your face. What?

The ballet.

[laughs] Yes!

Did something else happen?

No! My god.

Lise, don't curse!

I am teasing, just like Mother and Father.

"No cursing!"

-"No cursing." -[both chuckle] We must stop this foolishness. I'll be late for my rehearsal. Yes.

[both chuckle]

[light music]

♪ Life has just begun ♪

♪ Jack has found his Jill ♪

♪ Don't know what you've done ♪

♪ But I'm all a-thrill ♪

♪ How could words express Your divine appeal? ♪

♪ You can never guess ♪

♪ All the love I feel ♪

♪ From now on, Lady, I insist ♪

♪ For me, no other girls exist ♪

[all] ♪ 's wonderful ♪

♪ 's marvelous ♪

♪ She should care for me ♪

♪ 's awful nice ♪

♪ 's paradise ♪

♪ 's what I love to see ♪

♪ She makes she makes my life so glamorous ♪

♪ You can't blame me For feeling amorous ♪

♪ Oh,'s wonderful ♪

♪ 's marvelous ♪

♪ That she should care for me ♪

♪ 's wonderful ♪

♪ 's marvelous ♪

♪ She should care for me ♪

♪ 's awful nice ♪

♪ 's paradise ♪

♪ 's what I love to see ♪

♪ She makes my life So ting-a-ling ♪

♪ I'll even overlook Her English ♪

-♪ Oh,'s wonderful ♪ -♪ 's wonderful ♪

-♪ 's marvelous ♪ -♪ 's marvelous ♪

♪ That she should care for me ♪

What the hell are you guys doing in my song?

It's my song.

We all must be in love!

Yeah, Jerry's got himself an heiress. An heiress, no less.

And mine's accepted my proposal.

-Hey, that's great! -Congratulations!

I didn't even have to make it.

-What? -Really?

[Henri] What about you?

Yeah, you know, I met someone wonderful. But I ain't telling you bums who it is.

Oh, no, no.

♪ She's made my life So glamorous ♪ ♪ You can't blame me For feeling amorous ♪

♪ Oh,'s wonderful ♪

♪ 's marvelous ♪

♪ That she should care for me ♪

If you two...

If you can't be honest in life, how are you gonna be any kind of artist?

Who says I can't be honest?

I do! She accepted your proposal,

only you didn't have to make it?

Does she... Oh, god. [chuckles]

Does she know she said yes?

Well, I think so.

Oh, see, this is the problem with people like you. Hey, give him a break. He's happy.

Life and art are connected.

-Hey! -Yours are both bullshit.

-Enough already. -What is wrong

with wanting to be hopeful and in love?Exactly. Another round!

See, you, ugh... You don't get it.

If life is a work of art, then art is a life's work.

-[laughing] -Hey, what's her name?

You can tell us, can't you?

Well, you are a bad artist indeed. I mean, look at you. The hair, the clothes...

-You look like a refugee. -[chuckles]

I am a refugee!

Running from you.

You do look a little scroungy, pal. -I do? -Yeah.

Only an artist manqué thinks art must be tragic.Oh, god, is that right?

Well, you've seen so much of the world, Fauntleroy, why don't you tell us what you did during the war?

Oh, wouldn't you like to know.

-Cease fire. -[Adam] I would. It might surprise you what I have done. Oh, why don't you just admit that you took a pass on the whole nasty business?

Girls, girls, please! Why did you say that?

What?

"Girls."

He knows we're not really girls, Henri. Let's agree on the basics.

[chuckles]

It's just that...

my mother thinks that my romantic interests...

"lie beyond the fairer sex."

[laughs]

Well, you don't think that, do you?

Oh, I wouldn't let it sway my feeling about you one bit.

No, I would tell anyone who asks

that you are one of the most asinine, superficial people -I ever met. -Okay, I got to run.

Look, here's the proposal.

I was about to hand it to her when she beat me to the "pinch."[both] "Punch."

"Cher Maman..."

"Maman"? No, no, no.

"I must choose what is expected of me and following my heart."

I took her notebook.

"But is this romantic love?

The kind you and Papa built your happiness upon."

Hey, everybody wonders those kinds of things

before they got married.

Maybe she's not the right girl for you, Henri.

She's the only girl for me. You don't know her.Okay, okay, go.

Go to your fancy party, sell some paintings,I'll take it from here.

Listen.

Well, forget about her, okay?

She's not the kind of woman you forget.

She is...

an enigma.

[Adam] Yeah?

Sounds like a skin condition.

Now, come on. Let's rehearse your act,

It'll distract you. Oh, and by the way, I got us a little club in Montmartre two weeks from tonight. So cheer up!

Uh, another five rounds with fries, please.

Oh, and more good news, I got a commission.

Wait!

"I suppose love grows."

It does.

It will.

I'm sorry! You were saying? Montmartre? Wonderful.Mayonnaise, please. No ketchup.

Oh, yes, ketchup. Mayonnaise on fries? How do you say... in French? [imitates vomiting]

-[laughs] -Are you kidding me with that?

[indistinct conversation]

[light music]

[Jerry] Hello!

Swell digs you got here.

Thanks.

I brought you a little something.[Milo] Ooh, let me see.

Oh, nice composition, point of view.

It's a shame someone already painted it.

-What do you mean? -Cezanne got there first.

Find the voice of Jerry McMillan.

-It's Mulligan. -Cocteau said,

"Originality is trying to be everyone else and failing." Only you're too deft.

You're gonna have a harder time finding something you fail at. Cocteau said all that, huh?

But you might have this new ballet

to experiment with.

-I might? -If you play your cards right.I persuaded Zlutoslavsky to give you a shot

at designing the ballet.

-Oh, thank you! -Bring your ideas to rehearsal. -Jeez- -And don't play it so safe.

Take this hint of exuberance and explode it.

-Okay. -And don't act so humble.

People might start falling for the act.

Speaking of people, where is everyone?

Am I not enough for you?

Is that something about gallery representation?

Yes! I'm opening my own gallery

and looking for undiscovered geniuses

to feature in my gala.

I, for one, intend to take this city by force. I just came through a bit of that.

No matter how much cash you offer,

they still have such set ideas about

[imitating French accent] "ze correct way to do things." It's their country.

Didn't seem to mind letting the Nazis run it for a while. Not sure they had much choice.

Well, neither do I.

I'm compelled from within.

An instinctive hunger to make a contribution,

a difference, a niche for myself.

[Jerry] A name.

No, no, a home here in the city of love.

That's Rome.

Love, light. Same thing, wouldn't you say?I wouldn't know a thing about it.

But you're quite a pistol, Miss Davenport.

Oh, call me Milo.

Mm!

-You like music? -Nothing against it.

[Milo hums]

[record creaks]

[light music playing on record]

May I have this dance?

Yeah, listen, I...

Are you gonna break my heart, Jerry Milligan? Mulligan.

You say potato...

I've got a girlfriend.

You want another?

♪ Shall we dance Or keep on moping? ♪♪ Shall we dance And walk on air? ♪

♪ Shall we give in to despair ♪

♪ Or shall we dance With never a care ♪

You wanna meet Picasso?

♪ Life is short ♪ Camus?

♪ We're growing older ♪ Sartre?

♪ Don't you be ♪

You know those people?

♪ An also-ran ♪

♪ You better dance, little lady Dance little man ♪

♪ Dance whenever you can ♪

[Milo] Let's go to an opening.

What's my part of the deal?

Be nice to me and enjoy yourself.

Are you sure that's all?

I know you can't buy love.

Well, I think you can,

but I'm not looking to fall in love, Mr. Mulligan.-[Milo chuckles] -Hey, you got my name right!

Oh, I said it wrong to see if you have any spine.

I'm afraid I might.

♪ Drop that long face Come on, have your fling ♪♪ Why keep nursing the blues? ♪

♪ If you want this whole world On a string ♪

♪ Put on your dancing shoes Stop wasting time ♪

♪ Put on your dancing shoes ♪

♪ Watch your spirits climb ♪

[Jerry chuckles]

-[groans] -Hey!

Oh! What are you doing a week from tonight? That's the night I play poker with Picasso.

-Oh, ha-ha! -[both laugh]

Have you been to the Bal des Beaux Artes?

-What's that? -It's an annual costume ball.

Everyone behaves very badly and regrets it in the morning.

-[chuckles] -Some people regret it all year.

It's fabulous!

[Milo] ♪ Life is short ♪

♪ We're growing older ♪

♪ Let's not be an also-ran ♪

♪ You better dance, little lady Dance little man ♪

♪ Dance whenever you can ♪

[Milo] Come on!

[quirky music]

[all laugh]

[indistinct chatter]

[light music]

[Milo] Maestro!

It's upside down.

[rasping]

[upbeat music]

[all laughing, chattering]

[all] Milo!

Oh, yes!

[all] Yes!

[light music]

[tense music]

[Mr. Z claps]

[bright music]

-Lift! -Okay.

[Lise] No. It's too high.

It's too high, I...

[indistinct chatter]

-I'm so so... -Again, lift!

[Lise groans] I'm so sorry.

[Mr. Z] Get up!

-This is correct! -[Lise whimpers]

[foreboding music]

[melancholic music]

[calm music]

[bright music]

[tense music]

[all] Hey!

[woman] Woo-hoo!

The Game! Whoo!

-[all whoop] -[Milo] Here!

[all whoop]

[whooping continues]

[all] Hey!

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music continues]

[calm music]

[Mrs. Baurel] You're with the ballet?

Don't shoot! I'm the piano player. [chuckles softly]

If this is humor, I must ask you to resist. And no jazz, please,

Monsieur Baurel is unkindly disposed towards it.

Lise, you are acquainted with this personage?

[Adam] Hey, you.

So handsome, Adam. Look at you. Yes, well...

I, uh...

I didn't think I'd see you until later.

I was hoping we could, you know...

I don't know.

[Lise] What?

Go for a walk? I don't know. I'm blathering. Listen, I'm writing so many new themes for you.I hope you can keep up. [chuckles nervously]

I don't mean you aren't capable, you are.

-Is there something wrong? -No, no...

It's just...

Lise, I really...

I love... the way you dance.

Lise, no appearance from you

until after the dancers have finished.

[Lise] Yes, Madame.

Are they trotting you out like some prize pig? [Adam] Oh, my god.

[stammering] That's an American... Not as in pig as in like it is here.

Sorry?

You see, in America, a prize pig is... Oh, my god! -I have to go. -Go, good riddance.

I mean, good luck! Good luck!

Would you go already? Why don't you...? Would you...?

[chuckles nervously]

[groans]

Hey, you bum! What the hell are you doing here?You two are acquainted?

No, he's mistaken! We've never met.

Sure, when I'm George Gershwin.

Well, please remove yourself to the piano, Mr. Gershwin.

[Henri chuckles nervously]

Let me take your coat.

I live here! That is my mother!

Oh. Condolences.

Why are you here?

I told you, I got a commission.

You didn't say whom with.

No, I would never say "whom with."

It's lousy grammar.

-[Adam chuckles] -Will you stop smiling? They mustn't suspect anything about my musical pursuit. Hey, you've hired my friends to perform?

-[Mrs. Baurel] What friends? -No friends. Hello!

-You singing? -[Mrs. Baurel] Singing?

I should certainly hope not.

[Adam] Oh, you've heard him.

Henri, this is our guest of honor,

-Mademoiselle Davenport. -Enchanté.

And her consort, Monsieur Mulligan.

We know each other.

Ah.

Are you not well?

People are always confusing me with someone.

It makes my neck ache terribly.

Confusing you? With, uh...

Well, you're the one who is confused.

Please follow me. I'll show you to the coat room and bar.Oh, you keep the liquor in the closet?

[both chuckle]

Who the hell are these phonies?

They are my parents, thank you very much.

And they must not know my secret.

[both] Which one?

-My nightclub act! -Nightclub?

[Henri] Father! [chuckles]

This is... I'm sorry, your names? Oh, I'm Frick, he's Frack.

[laughs]

Will you excuse me while I show the Frick Fracks to the bar.-Hey, that's my design! -Ooh, that was my surprise!

And why I didn't tell you the party was for the ballet.

You've been hired.

Yes! These people are on the ballet board and they're welcoming me.

I want you to be celebrated as well. Yeah? Thank you! Jeez! [chuckles]

-I appreciate it. -You're welcome.

And what about the dancers?

They're performing a little excerpt of something.What about them?

-I don't know. -[both chuckle] I just got to get a drink. Excuse me.

[Milo] Ooh, could I have one, too?

The dancers are here?

[Adam] Yeah, what's wrong?

Didn't realize this thing was for the ballet!

Christ! I gotta get out of here!

-[Mrs. Baurel] Woah! -[Jerry] Sorry.

Your attention, please.

A tender hand of appreciation upon our guest of honor,

Mademoiselle Milo Davenport.

Who has brightened our future so at the Ballet du Chatelet

in her role as international...

dilettante.

-Oh. -[applauding]

Well, I'm speechless.

I'm truly honored to have even the smallest hand in a work by the inimitable Zlutoslavsky.

Where's Jerry?

-[Jerry] Oh, shit. -[Milo] Oh!

Well, my talented friend, Jerry Mulligan,

has created these daring...

new designs for the ballet

We are simply honored to have any part

in your storied institution.

Well, it is all beyond my most feverish dreams.

-I thank you. Thank you. -[all applauding]

[Mrs. Baurel] Please, take your seats.

I don't feel well. You don't wanna get it.

Maestro Zlutoslavsky has kindly agreed

to allow a performance of a work no longer in the repertoire,

one I loved in my youth.

How many of you recall the celestial ballets

of Ivor and Irina Popover?

[chuckles]

No one?

-Why are you so fidgety? -Am I? -[shushes] -[Adam] You're all over the... I give you now The Eclipse of Uranus.

[crowd applauding]

Hey, can you slide... Would you stop?

[indistinct whispering]

[tense music]

Is that all the dancers?

Uh, yeah.

Thank god!

[Jerry laughs]

-Please. -Sorry.

-[spits] -[shushes]

I'm so sorry.

What's the matter with you?

♪ I've got fidgety feet Fidgety feet, fidgety feet ♪ Respect, sir!

♪ Oh, what fidgety feet Fidgety feet, fidgety feet ♪ ♪ Say, mate Come and be my sway-mate ♪

♪ How can anyone resist That rhythmical beat ♪

♪ You will never go wrong Never go wrong, never go wrong ♪

♪ If you toddle along Toddle along, toddle along ♪

♪ All I need's a partner To make my life complete ♪

♪ Two more fidgety, fidgety ♪

[Adam] What the hell are you on?

[quirky music]

[Jerry chuckles]

Hello!

[clapping]

[all whoop]

[all laugh]

[upbeat music]

[all] ♪ I've got fidgety feet Fidgety feet, fidgety feet ♪

♪ Oh, what fidgety feet Fidgety feet, fidgety feet ♪

♪ Say, mate Come and be my sway-mate ♪

♪ How can anyone resist That rhythmical beat ♪

♪ You will never go wrong Never go wrong, never go wrong ♪

♪ If you toddle along Toddle along, toddle along ♪

♪ All I need's a partner To make my life complete ♪

♪ Two more fidgety, fidgety Fidgety, fidgety, fidgety ♪

♪ Feet ♪

[indistinct chattering]

[Mrs. Baurel] Oh, thank you.

Didier?

You despise this sort of music.

No, dear.

We agreed to say we disliked jazz

while under occupation.

But you seemed to believe every word you speak.

Oh, I, uh...

But I...

No, it...

Oh.

We have covered over so much, I...

I can't even find me.

Hello, everyone!

I am most especially honored to be able to present to you now

the newest star in our firmament,

the unforgettable Lise Dassin.

-[all applauding] -[Lise giggles]

[smooches]

[Mrs. Baurel] Monsieur Baurel and I cannot contain our joy

one minute longer.

We seize this moment to share with you

our blessed news.

Our dear son, Henri, and Lise

are promised to be wed.

[woman] Oh, my goodness! That's wonderful.

[gloomy music]

[stark music]

I wonder if you might play something a little more...

festive?

My themes are decay and the inevitability of death.

Now that jazz is no longer banned,

I would not have the faintest idea

where to go to listen.

Well, then, you must allow me and Jerry to take you both to hear some.

[Milo] Ooh, darling!

If I wanted to hear some good American jazz here in Paris,would you know where to send me?

Oh, yeah.

I know a guy playing tomorrow night, in fact. He puts on a really good act.

Oh, good, then.

[Milo] Thank you.

-Is something the matter? -No.

[chuckles softly] No.

If you'll excuse me a moment.

-[Jerry] Wait... -[Lise] No.

[chuckling] Hey.

Penny for your thoughts?

-You'd be overpaying. -[chuckles]

And not everything's for sale in this world. Excuse me!

Those are such lovely shoes.

Oh, you like? [chuckles, clears throat]

Are you one of those rare gents who likes to shop?

Jerry won't ever go with me.

[chuckles] I would be delighted. You would?

Well, you seem like you might be a lot more fun than the Americans I slum around with.

[both chuckles]

You and I are cut from the same expensive bit of cloth. Sometimes it's hard to know if people like you for you

or what you can do for them.

It helps if they have stood in your shoes.

Hmm, these might pinch.

[laughs]

[lively waltz playing]

Look me in the eye and tell me you love him.

Would you know the first thing about love, Jerry?

Every day, I've waited for you by the Seine.

I'm sorry for whatever I've done.

I don't want you to apologize.

You are one of a kind and I will always...

-care for you. -[sighs]

Care for.

Is that what Victor Hugo and Zola

and Flaubert wrote about?

My love, if you knew the first thing about them, you'd know they only wrote tragedies.

You gave me a lovely gift.

Those afternoons where I had no history, no past.

-But apparently, you do. -And so do you.

-I don't love her. -She seems to think you do.

-And perhaps you should. -Oh, no, it's all for show!

-I mean, I couldn't... -I don't want to know!

You deserve so much more than afternoons.

You deserve someone to love you for all time.

Henri loves me very much.

Yeah, the way I love my first puppy.

And I have obligations.

What obligations?

-I must honor them. -Tell me what they are. Not here, not now.

Meet me, then.

No, Jerry.

I need to understand.

[sobbing]

I am not a visitor in my own life.

I don't have this luxury.

Our love is not a luxury.

Go inside and be kind to that woman

who is clearly going out of her way

to give you what she thinks you want.

I don't care about any of that!

I don't want money or fame.

-I want you. -That's foolish.

You will go far with her.

[sobs]

[somber music]

You are all I've ever wanted...

and ever will.

I love you.

-Go inside, they're watching. -And you love me.

We have pretended too many things.

-Yes? -Yes, of course, I love you, but I am not free to love!

Oh, now, you're killing me here. Why?Let go!

We are both killed, then!

[Jerry] But why aren't you free?

Because life is not like your American movies. Why not? You love me.

You said you love me! You said it!

[somber music]

Well, it's been quite a night.

Are you pleased?

Are you?

Yes. [chuckles]

[smooches, chuckles]

[Henri] Is there anything you wish to tell me?

Do you worry what people would say?

About?

[sighs, chuckles] The two of us. [Henri] What about us?

Our differences.

Do you, is the question.

[somber music]

[Jerry] You're quite the success.

[Milo] Thank you.

Heady stuff.

I'll say.

Anything you'd like to discuss with me?

Nope.

You?

You worried what people think?

Me?

♪ Who cares what the public chatters? ♪

♪ Love's the only thing That matters ♪

-♪ Who cares if the sky ♪ -♪ Who cares ♪

-♪ Cares to fall ♪-♪ Who cares if the sky falls ♪

-♪ In the sea? ♪ -♪ In the sea? ♪

[Henri, Milo]♪ Who cares What headlines are shrieking? ♪

♪ Long as we two Are cheek-to-cheek-ing ♪

- ♪ Why should I care? ♪ - ♪ Why should I ♪

♪ Why should I care? ♪

-♪ Life is one long jubilee ♪ -♪ Life's a jubilee ♪ ♪ As long as I care for you ♪

♪ And you care for me ♪

[Jerry] You want a drink?

Can you see any chance for us, Jerry? My dear, I never want you to feel obliged

simply because my family made sacrifices.

I know this wasn't part of the deal.

Am I enough for you?

What about you?

My suave good looks and untamed talent

gonna be enough for you in the end?

-Ha-ha. -[both laugh]

Am I enough for you?

No one on Earth could love you as much as I.

I know that, Lise, if I know nothing else in life...

♪ For you, for me Forever more ♪

♪ It's bound to be Forever more ♪

[all] ♪ It's plain to see ♪

♪ We found By finding each other ♪

♪ The love we waited for ♪

♪ The love we waited for ♪

[Henri] Darling.

♪ I'm yours, you're mine ♪

♪ And in our hearts ♪

♪ The happy ending starts ♪

♪ What a lovely world This world will be ♪

♪ With a world of love In store ♪

♪ For you ♪

♪ For me ♪

♪ Forever more ♪

What's the matter?

[chuckles]

I'm happy!

Go to bed, my sweet.

[Jerry] Who are we fooling?

You deserve someone who worships you.

I do.

Don't you worry, I'll pull my funding from the ballet

if you walk out. [chuckles]

True.

You like to use your dough to keep everyone in line.Is that who you really wanna be?

I don't believe that's who I really am, oddly enough.

Well, sorry.

I think I'm going to make an early night of it.

Life without money is not romantic as in opera.It's stressful, I hear.

I'll manage.

[Milo] I didn't plan on...

I didn't plan on falling in love with you.

You did a lot to help me.

And I wish there was some way I could thank you.

-Yeah, we'll think of something. -[both chuckle]

[Jerry] You're a peach, Miss Davenport.

[melancholic music]

♪ They're writing songs Of love ♪

♪ But not for me ♪

♪ A lucky star's above ♪

-♪ But not for me ♪ -♪ Shall we dance ♪

-♪ To romance ♪ -♪ With love to lead the way ♪

♪ I've found more skies ♪

-♪ Of gray ♪ -♪ You'd better dance ♪ -♪ Than any Russian play ♪ -♪ With the lady ♪ -♪

Could guarantee ♪ -♪ Dance, little man ♪ ♪ Dance whenever you can ♪

♪ I was a fool to fall ♪

-♪ And get that way ♪ -♪ Who cares? ♪

[both] ♪ Heigh-ho, alas! ♪

-♪ And also, lack-a-day ♪ -♪ The lonely nights ♪ -♪ If you want this world ♪ -♪ Although I can't dismiss ♪

-♪ On a string ♪ -♪ The memory of our kiss ♪

♪ You'd better dance With the lady ♪

-♪ I guess she's not for me ♪ -♪ Dance whenever you can ♪

♪ It all began so well ♪

♪ But what an end ♪

♪ This is the time A fella needs a friend ♪

♪ When every happy plot ♪

♪ Ends in a marriage knot ♪

♪ But there's no knot ♪

♪ For me ♪

[church bell tolls]

[light music]

[all]♪ Come on, you children ♪

♪ Gather around ♪

♪ Gather around, you children ♪

♪ And we will lose that spirit ♪

♪ The spirit called the Voodoo ♪

♪ Voodoo ♪

♪ Voodoo ♪

[scatting]

[scatting continues]

[Henri laughs]

When we play Radio City Music Hall,

we're going to have separate dressing rooms.

Two dressers each,

many beautiful costumes,

and I will have 20 beautiful women to back me up.

Why? Can't you defend yourself?

[laughs] Stop making jokes.

Why do you want to take that beautiful girl to America

just when she's about to be a star here in Paris?

I don't believe I've ever heard you take an interest

in another human being's happiness.

Why start now?

I watch her everyday in rehearsals. She's the real thing. What the hell are you doing? She has a mind of her own. She's not a slave.

Oh, yeah? [chuckles]

From what I see, she bows and scrapes around you and your family.

Why is she so beholden to you? What are you talking about?

Yeah. [chuckles]

I, uh...

I got a ballet to finish.

So why I'm wasting my time here with you,

I really don't know.

All right.

Lise's father was in the employ of my family,

our butler when we would summer in Monte Carlo.

Her mother was with the ballet.

Go on.

When she retired, the Dassins returned to Alsace.

When the Maginot Line was crossed,

Lise was sent here, her parents intending to follow. Certainly, no one believed the Nazis would dare take Paris.

[scoffs]

No? [inhales sharply]

I bet a lot of that Vichyssoise crowd

at your parents party knew perfectly well what was coming and didn't mind so much.

Yes, you and your friend Jerry snickered at the formality of my family.

Perhaps you imagine that their morality consists of nothing but posing.

[scoffs]

[Henri] Through the Occupation, my family hid Lise in our home.They funneled a fortune into the Resistance

where I also worked day and night

to see that Lise was not the only one spared.

You?

My mother is obsessed with appearances

because she knows what can happen

when you are discovered doing what is right

by the wrong people.

[Henri] Or even by the right people

if it is not the right time.

No one can know any of this, please.

Uh...

Lise's parents?

They were arrested. Beyond that, we have no idea.

[exhales]

I got an idea.

You and your parents took a lot of risks,

-made a lot of sacrifices. -Correct.

All to protect a perfectly innocent person.

-Yes. -But now she has to sacrifice

-her happiness for you? -No, Lise loves me, and I her! In not the way people mean when they say that word!

She deserves real passion, Henri, real happiness.

I don't know what you are implying!

You've got charm and talent, my friend.And what you did during the war,

that decency and bravery?

Well, you're gonna have to stick to that road in peacetime

unless you wanna lose all that shine you've earned.

I'm giving it to you straight.

You take it or leave it.

[man] Places, please.

[upbeat music]

♪ Then send him to the Devil ♪

♪ Clap your hands Slap your thigh ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪

♪ Everybody come along And join the jubilee ♪

[crowd applauding]

I prayed you'd be here.

Milo and I are through.

Please don't start this again.

Lise, do you love Henri the way you love me?

[host] And now...

I need to understand.

Henri Baurel.

It's starting.

[Lise] Go.

♪ I'll build a stairway To paradise ♪

♪ With a new step every day ♪

♪ I'm going to get there At any price ♪

♪ Stand aside, I'm on my way ♪

♪ I've got the blues ♪

♪ And up above it's so fair ♪

♪ Shoes, go on And carry me there ♪

♪ I'll build a stairway To paradise ♪

♪ With a new step every day ♪

[chuckles]

[pants]

[Lise shrieks]

Eyes on the prize, buddy!

Think Radio City.

[lively music]

[vocalizing]

[vocalizing continues]

♪ All you preachers ♪

♪ Who delight in panning The dancing teachers ♪

♪ Let me tell you There are a lot of features ♪

♪ Of the dance That carry you through ♪

♪ The gates of Heaven ♪

♪ It's madness ♪

♪ To be always sitting around In sadness ♪ ♪ When you could be learning The steps of gladness ♪

♪ You'll be happy When you can do ♪

♪ Just six or seven ♪

♪ Begin today You'll find it nice ♪

♪ The quickest way to paradise ♪

♪ When you practice ♪

♪ Here's the thing to know ♪

♪ Simply say as you go ♪

What are you doing in my song?

I wrote it!

♪ On Monday, happy as a lark ♪

♪ You'll be getting started ♪

♪ When you learn To toe the mark ♪

♪ That's toe the mark ♪

[all] ♪ Toe the mark ♪

♪ On Tuesday, then You ought to show ♪ ♪ Both your little regals ♪

♪ How to do the heel and toe ♪

♪ That's the heel and toe ♪

[all] ♪ Heel and toe ♪

♪ On Wednesday Walk around the block ♪♪ And at every corner ♪

♪ Stop and do the eagle rock ♪

♪ That's the eagle rock ♪

[all] ♪ Eagle rock ♪

♪ On Thursday Whistle as you go ♪♪ On a journey off to Buffalo ♪

♪ On Friday Take a little stroll ♪ ♪ And do the Oceana roll ♪♪ Saturday then You let her go ♪

♪ When you do the toadolo ♪ [both] ♪ On Sunday I will guarantee ♪♪ That you can do the shivaree ♪♪ Shiva

ree, shivaree, shivaree ♪

All together now.

[all] ♪ Toe the mark Heel and toe ♪ ♪ Eagle rock, off to Buffalo ♪

♪ Oceana roll ♪

♪ Toadolo, Shivaree ♪

♪ There you go! ♪

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[all] ♪ I'll build a stairway To paradise ♪

♪ With a new step every day ♪

♪ I'm going to get there At any price ♪

♪ Stand aside, I'm on my way ♪

♪ I've got the blues ♪

♪ And up above it's so fair ♪

♪ Shoes, go on And carry me there ♪

♪ I'll build a stairway To paradise ♪

♪ With a new step every day ♪

♪ With a new step ♪

♪ Every day ♪

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[all] ♪ I'll build a stairway To paradise ♪

♪ With a new step every day ♪

♪ I'm going to get there At any price ♪

♪ Stand aside, I'm on my way ♪

♪ I've got the blues ♪

♪ And up above it's so fair ♪

♪ Shoes, go on And carry me there ♪

♪ I'll build a stairway To paradise ♪

♪ With a new step every day ♪

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Henri!

[Mrs. Baurel] You are making a fool of yourself!

Are you so contemptuous of our dignity and privacy

as a family?

Mother, Father, I have kept from you the truth of my desire. Not in front of all these strangers.

Is this why you suggested

I bring the Baurels here tonight? -No, hold on. -[Milo] I didn't know. Did you suggest this?

Yes, but I didn't know

she was asking for Henri's family.-Let me take us somewhere else. -No. I wish to go home now.

I'll escort you to your car.

Mother, Father, I'll be home.

Who could have thought

my own son was capable of such things?That was absolutely remarkable, you know!

Oh.

It would be a terrible waste

for you to spend your time in the fabric industry

when you have such talent!

Oh, uh... Well, yes!

Yes, of course! If only we'd known. But...

Now we do!

Yes, but I just want everything to stop changing so often and so swiftly.

Of course.

You understand?

Of course, Mother.

I always understand.

You do?

Yes.

Wonderful.

So... marvelous.

Truly.

And off we go, dear. Very quickly now, please.

You see, it all worked out.

So you did arrange this.

No, Lise, let me explain.

-Jerry, just leave her alone. -What? Get out of my way.[thuds]

I'm sorry, okay.

But Lise and I are in love.

You seem to forget that we are engaged.She doesn't need to be bought and sold

and treated like a doll like a mama's boy

who couldn't even bother to defend his own country.

[groans]

You know so much about other people!

You are so wrong, my friend.

Lise is the one I devote my life to.

Artists are supposed to see more,

understand more.

[chuckles]

What do you even know

about this woman you say you love?

Henri's no coward, kiddo.

He fought in the Resistance

and his family hid Lise during the war. She... She's a Jew.

Her parents were arrested by the Nazis,

Henri and her parents saved her life.

-Adam. -Mm!

Oh, yeah. Don't tell anyone.

Why didn't I see it?

Of course she didn't want to talk about it.

All those years in hiding.

I hated fighting.

Why I had to catch my buddy's brains in my lap,

I'll never know.

But if I don't fight now for the one person... The first and only person I ever loved.

Sorry, Henri, coward or no,

you're still a shit to let Lise marry you out of duty instead of love.

It's not good enough, buddy boy.

-[Jerry] She's... -Come, darling. I have a long day tomorrow

and the score still isn't finished. Yes.

Liza.

I'm begging you.

Don't.

[sighs]

[Jerry scoffs]

[sniffles]

Well, I always wanted to know who closed the bar

and now I know.

It's me. [chuckles]

So much we've had to endure.

Everyone, just...

Ugh, just being alive.

[Adam] It ain't what they told you

when you were a kid.

So much you can't ever change.

Wait.

You can.

You...

-That's what I've been missing! -What?That bloody frog was right all along!

-About what? -[Adam] About my music!

Uh, about art.

Life is already so dark.

If you've got the talent to make it brighter, give people joy and hope,

why would you withhold that? Oh, my god.

Oh, it's got to be a celebration.

This whole ballet, it...

Goddamn it.

I hate it when French people are right. [upbeat music]

Thank you.

[indistinct chatter]

Was gonna leave this outside her door, but...

I'll deliver them.

-Oh! -Ah!

Excuse me, I... [chuckles]

I gotta go stand in a hole in the ground.

What?

Uh, with the...

Oh. [chuckles]

Special delivery!

-Thank you. -I offered to bring them.

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[sighs]

[Milo] You know...

Jerry was never serious about me.

And he taught me something I didn't know.

He, um... [chuckles]

He gave me the truth,

which is something people in my position hear

all too often.

Money can't buy love.

[Milo] Love is given.

Well, as only the French would say

at such a happy moment,

merde!

It's going to be a fiasco!

Oh, it's good to be nervous. [chuckles]

It's not nerves.

I don't feel any freedom on stage,

no passion.

I have only felt that once in my life,

and I can't find it now.

Well, think of when you felt it.

And then you'll dance like the star you truly are.

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[all cheering]

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You were incredible.

-Thank you, Jerry. -You were! You were on fire!

-I'm so sorry. -[Lise] No.

I couldn't have danced the way I did tonight...

without imaging you out there with me.

-Really? -[clinking]

A toast to our generous benefactress,

Milo Davenport.

-[applauding] -Thank you.

Most people do what they're told.

But some obey higher laws and choose to do what's right.

To Madame, Monsieur, and Henri Baurel,

for keeping the flame of arts and freedom alive.

Through France's darkest hours.

-Bravo! -Bravo.

[all applauding]

Oh, I never want this night to end! [both chuckle]

-You seem a little... -No.

Are you sure?

[Milo] Having a change of heart?

-Maybe finding one. -Oh.

I really do love her, you know.

I know.

I just don't know what to do.

I think you do.

Call me in the morning.

Darling, let's take a drive.

-[Lise] Is everything all right? -Yes!

Yes.

One moment, then I'll change.

Adam!

You know, you made all this happen.

[chuckles] Well...

You did.

You are my American in Paris.

Well, I... I thank you. [chuckles softly]

[smooches]

Ah, Lise. [chuckles nervously]

You're making a mistake.

Love, true love, it's...

It's all that matters.

You know, duty, honor, forget it. But...

But love...

Well, love is even more important that art.

[chuckles softly]

Henri's waiting.

Uh, go. Go.

[woman] Goodnight, Adam.

Goodnight.

Congratulations.

You are the toast of Paris, you know. -Absolument! -What?

You're the toast of Paris.

I am?

[man] Says so in all the papers.Every last one.

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So that's how it happened, I guess.

And you know what?

I even got the girl.

Yeah, fooled you, didn't I?

It's true. I just...

I put her in the music.

You know, where she belongs.

For me, at least.

♪ Our romance won't end On a sorrowful note ♪ ♪ Though by tomorrow You're gone ♪

♪ The song has ended ♪

♪ But as the songwriter wrote ♪

♪ The melody lingers on ♪

♪ They may take you from me ♪

♪ I'll miss your fond caress ♪

♪ But though they take you From me ♪

♪ I'll still possess ♪

♪ The way you wear your hat ♪

♪ The way you sip your tea ♪

♪ The memory of all that ♪

[all]♪ No, no, they can't Take that away from me ♪

♪ The way your smile Just beams ♪

♪ The way you sing off key ♪

♪ The way you haunt my dreams ♪

[all]♪ No, no, they can't Take that away from me ♪

♪ We may never Never meet again ♪

♪ On that bumpy road to love ♪

♪ Still I'll always Always keep the memory of ♪

♪ The way she holds your knife ♪

♪ The way she danced Till three ♪

[all] ♪ The way She changed my life ♪

♪ No, no, they can't Take that away from me ♪

♪ No, they can't Take that away ♪

♪ They can't take that away ♪

♪ They can't Take that away from ♪

[sighs]

[panting] Jerry!

Lise!

Yes. [giggles]

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[all] ♪ Who could ask For anything more? ♪

♪ More, more, more ♪

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