Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Take that up an octave.
We'll be over
Thanks, Sam. But I still think Mary should have sung it.
I'm gonna open it now, and I'm gonna read it.
- You're overage. Thirty-one's the limit now. - What's eight or nine years, more or less?
Well, don't toy with the kid at a time like this.
Good-bye, sir, and good luck to you.
Hasn't he got any sense at all? What's he trying to do, spoil our fun?
Not me. I don't hit hard enough to make an impression.
Come along with me away
All right, Miss.
Home
Oh, uh, like, uh, Little Nellie Kelly.
Why so quiet, Sam?
First time in my life, I'm speechless.
There's a feeling comes a-stealing And it sets my brain a-reeling
Oh, uh, Fay, uh, may I present Mr. Harris.
Miss Templeton, I can write a play without anything except a pencil.
You take the girls on over there, and I'll see you in about a half-hour.
We entertained the royalty But we were never flustered
...and the girl nurses him back to health.
When does he get time to practice?
- Harrigan - That's me
Oh, she's dying to play the part. But I haven't made up my mind yet.
Plain as any name can be
until I'm as well known as Hood's Sarsaparilla. We'll whip them to a standstill.
Yeah. A lot they know in Buffalo. In Buffalo they thought I was an old man.
And don't forget Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2:30 till 5.
Now you can start getting mad all over again...
Your show is no good for vaudeville...
Hmm? Just wait. She's wonderful, I think. Don't you think so?
Dad needed a new watch.
That the Yanks are coming
But with propriety
I'm gonna see to it that Miss Templeton gets your flowers.
She's a red-hot radiator
I don't have to. I can tell a trouper a mile away, right on sight.
I don't have to wait on them.
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy
Now, you should listen to this man.
Send the word, send the word To beware
Well, now, let's make plans.
Is that what you're crying about?
That the Yanks are coming
Thank you. That's very nice of you.
- She's gonna sing it. She will. - But she can't sing it.
Yankee Doodle Do or die
For it is Mary
"Cohan and Harris present George Washington, Jr.
- Your niece, perhaps? - No, she's just a kid with the show.
And that's for the record
I couldn't attend the opening because I was down the street...
Come on, Dad. Come on, let's have it.
Everybody's entitled to one failure.
"So long, Mary"
Oh, no, no!
- How do you do? - And, uh, Fay, this is Mr. Cohan.
She's his Yankee Doodle joy
Excuse me. Hey, Vance.
...that sounds so square...
Take a little time. Think it over.
Only 45 minutes from Broadway
If you watch every twist, every turn
The road to happiness is paved with heartaches and stones.
We have bet the whole caboodle on you Run, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up
So fatherly.
Were you ever in some big shows?
Glory, glory, hallelujah
I can supply it. The attraction inside is a whole lot bigger than I am.
If you think I'd put any of my wife's money into that trash, you're crazy.
Billie
"Yankee Doodle."
Heh. Well, there's no use beating around the bush.
This looks very interesting.
Finnegan, Feeney, and Riley. I remember them well.
- But I don't know. I miss that beard. - Uh-huh.
I'll be back in just a minute.
- Yes, that's right. - That's my birthday.
We kept hoping for 20 years that it might come true someday.
Who, me? Why, I've never been in a saloon in my life.
My country 'tis of thee
We may have to take hard knocks and make a lot of sacrifices...
What's going on here? Take your makeup off.
A good one, Dad.
- Don't you like it? - Oh, but your heart!
You get that curtain up. You can't ring down on a George M. Cohan song.
Now, remember, Jones, watch for the skyrocket.
See what happens because you wouldn't lay a hand on him all these years?
...well, we just couldn't afford the premium.
Think of the changes it brings
Must you give it to Dietz and Goff?
So long, Mary
...for my new show anywhere in New York.
Who is your friend when you find That you need a friend?
Every son of liberty
You get behind that curtain. Hurry up!
...on the Fourth of July.
- Double our salary? - You'll be with the best in the country.
I have nothing to do with Broadway.
There they are, going to the post All in good condition
You hear that, Sam? All three of them walking out on me.
- Good luck, Josie. - Thanks, Mom.
That's right.
Darling, how would you like a lifetime job of looking after?
I like it too, so I guess I'll pan it.
At the dancing you have yet to learn
...for the people, shall not perish...
Uh, Tony Pastor?
We'd won the World War.
With a prince And princess on my knee
Where'd you get those eyes?
May I have the honor of supping with you at Rex's tonight after the show...
Too big a reputation. You can't disappoint the public.
Democracy
A man may give his life to his country in many different ways, Mr. Cohan.
The Cohan Theater, the Astor, the Gaiety...
- I think we're in trouble. - Don't worry.
Steven T. Early, secretary to the president."
Well, that's true. He is the biggest thing on Broadway.
It's really a wonderful job
- This one will match your suit, Dad. - Somebody gave me that last year.
I'm crazy about Goff, but I haven't got any use for Dietz.
Society will say, "Marie"
Mmm. Raised in a vacuum bottle.
...and a heart full of confidence.
If you have to get back to town, Dr. Llewellyn, I'll be here all night.
So you've spent your life telling the other 47 states...
She was busy right then on a smaller production.
Mother and Josie threw out handbills.
Greatest man in the United States played by the greatest actor.
...but you've got to be young and tough for this army.
The beginning of the Horatio Alger Age.
Long before the fashions came
- Look at the size of that one. - Make a wish.