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Saturday, September 25th:

Another heavenly day.

Yes.

It's always a heavenly day.

Every day is perfect.

Nothing but happiness.

Yes, happiness, happiness, happiness.

I have everything that any man or angel could desire.

Beautiful memories of the past. Pictures, toys...

Toys.

Children play with the dreams of tomorrow...

...and old men play with the memories of yesterday.

Broadway.

Broadway I can see it again.

The Broadway of 1907.

The Broadway that was waiting for me.

An innocent world believing in a golden future.

Full of peace and laughter and beautiful girls.

And here's the theater where my first Follies opened.

As I look at that theater now, it's all mine forever.

No taxes, no bills, and no competitors.

There they are. My first public.

The high and mighty, and the hoi polloi.

And here, they're all mine.

Eternal toys that never grow older.

Look at Mrs. Astor in her beautiful carriage with her famous horse.

Much more famous that night than Ziegfeld.

And didn't the horse know it.

And Diamond Jim Brady with no horse...

... but what a filly inside the car.

There they are, an old New York first-night audience...

... the judge and the jury. "What have you got, Mr. Ziegfeld?

Show us your magic, if you dare. Make us dream, if you can.

What have you got, Mr. Ziegfeld?"

Anna Held Hourglass Girls.

Thank you, Mrs. Astor.

I can pretend all my great stars never grew older...

... are still dancing and singing as they did years ago.

Marilyn Miller.

Fanny Brice.

Look at me, oh, look at me

Ho, I'm an Indian Aha, I'm an Indian

Will Rogers.

Well...

What will I talk about? I ain't got anything funny to say.

- All I know is what I read in the paper. - Eddie Cantor.

If you knew Susie Like I know Susie

Oh, oh, oh, what a girl

There's none so classy As this fair lassie

Oh, oh, holy Moses What a chassis

We went riding She didn't balk

Back from Yonkers I'm the one who had to walk

If you knew Susie Like I know Susie

Oh, oh, what a girl

I can hear the applause as if it hadn't disappeared into the past.

The New York night still burns for me...

... with the names I have branded into its sky.

Great shows that were part of the dreams of America.

How many millions of people today remember their courtships...

... their honeymoons, their anniversaries...

... their happiest moments in terms of a Ziegfeld show?

The world would never forget the Ziegfeld Follies.

Those were the good old days.

And yet, I wonder.

Are those days really over?

Just because I moved up here did the Follies have to die too?

Couldn't there be a new Follies?

No, no, I suppose not.

After all, how could there be a Ziegfeld Follies without Ziegfeld?

What I would give to be able to put on one more Follies.

Yes.

So many personalities down there to choose from.

Great personalities from my day, and great ones that have come up since.

How would I open?

Let's see.

I'd like a crayon and paper.

Thank you.

I think I'd open with a pink number.

Yes, a beautiful pink number...

...with a beautiful pink and white, blue-eyed girl.

Yes. And maybe to introduce the whole thing...

Well, who would be better than my old friend Fred Astaire?

A great star, Freddie.

I'd be taking no chances with him.

And I know Freddie would say something very nice about me.

What can I say about Ziegfeld?

Well, I can only tell you that as long as there's a dance...

...a song, a musical show and it's good...

...somewhere around or in it is Ziegfeld.

He never cared so much about villains, plots, stories.

The Follies never had a story.

The Ziegfeld Follies was itself a story of an era.

If it was gay, bright, beautiful...

...that's how Ziggy wanted it.

And, oh, I almost forgot:

The girls.

Ziggy was a specialist at glorifying girls.

That's one of the most important things about the Follies, you know.

So...

Here's to the beautiful ladies

Here's to those wonderful girls

Adeles and Mollys Lucilles and Pollys

You'll find them all In the Ziegfeld Follies

Here's to the silks and the satins

Here's to the diamonds and pearls

This is the mixture To start the picture

So bring on the beautiful girls

Here's to the silks and the satins

Here's to the diamonds and pearls

A sweet endeavor A joy forever

So bring on the beautiful girls

Here's to the beautiful ladies

Here's to those wonderful girls

Adeles and Mollys

Lucilles and Pollys

You'll find them all In the Ziegfeld Follies

Here's to the silks and the satins

Here's to the diamonds and pearls

A joy forever

A sweet endeavor

To bring on the beautiful girls

This is the mixture To start the picture

So bring on the beautiful girls

All this yap-yap-yap About glorifying dames

Leaves me like a cold potato

I'd much rather be With a handsome he

Like Van Johnson Who's a real tomato

For a date with Fred MacMurray You can bet your life I'd hurry

And a guy like Mischa Auer

Has me completely in his power

In fact most any man I've seen

Is the only man for me

Bring on those wonderful men

Bring me an elegant guy

A soldier or sailor A Gable or Taylor

A short or a tall one I just wanna call one

My own, private wonderful he

Bring what you can to me

Bring me a guy to pin up

Bring me a prince on a horse

A dark or a light one I just want to sight one

Who'll call me his missis And give with the kisses

I'm afraid I've a terrible yen

For those wonderful M-E-N

Amor, Amor

There must be someone for me But what's he waiting for?

No hope, no soap

If he don't appear I fear I'm at the end of my rope

Oh, bring on a male who ain't frail

Bring on a man from a cave

Someone to relax with And pay income tax with

And though he's from hunger I'm not getting younger

And I'd like to get on with my plan

To glorify the American man

I know the men are few

But what's a gal to do?

I'll get a man before I'm through

Hey, you in the third row:

Bring on those wonderful men

Could you tell me where the telephone is, please?

Oh, thank you.

Say, could you tell...?

- Number, please. - Oh, operator...

...I would like Plaza 5-5597, please.

- Plaza 5-5597? One moment, please. - That's right.

Thank you.

- Hello. - Oh, hello. Louis?

What number you want?

Plaza 5-5597.

Well, this is Morningside 3-3333.

- Oh, I'm terribly sorry. - Drop dead, will you?

Yeah. I'll do that.

- Operator. - Number, please.

Operator, you got me the wrong number.

I wanted Plaza 5-5597, and you got me...

One moment, please. I'll get you the Complaint Department.

You don't have to get me the Complaint...

- Hello, Complaint Department? - Complaint Department.

- Hello, Beth, how are you? - No, look, you...

- Boy, have I got a head. - Went to the Strand last night...

... and saw cute Van Johnson in 30 Seconds Over Japan.

Did you like that picture? I liked it.

When the airplanes went over...

A fellow had one leg. Handsome, brave...

Van Johnson is just divine.

Operator!

Number, please.

Operator, believe me when I tell you...

...you don't have to get me the Complaint Department.

I can spare that extra nickel. I just want Plaza 5-5597.

- Plaza 5-5597? - Yes, that's right.

- One moment, please. - Thank you.

Oh, hello. Louis?

When you hear the tone the time will be...

... exactly 33 and a third seconds past 10.

- Operator. - Number, please.

Operator, all I want is Plaza 5-5597.

Now, that's Louis Sebastian's cigar store.

It's right around the corner. I could walk there.

I don't want the world with a fence around it.

All I want is Plaza 5-5597.

Plaza 5-5597? One moment, please.

Thank you.

Hello, Louis?

Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you

Happy Birthday, dear Mr. Bushy Mendel Horgenforth III

No knife can cut our love in two

Good evening, friends

- Pardon me, sir. - Oh, I'm terribly sorry.

- Hi, operator? - Number, please.

Say, operator, I'd like to talk to Colonel Culpepper...

...at the Magnolia Manor Plantation in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Hello, Colonel Culpepper?

Oh, hi, Cul. Say, Cul, Willie Mae says...

...why don't y'all drop over for the weekend...

...and bring Mrs. Culpepper and all the kids with y'all.

- After all, y'all only live once. - Why, sure.

Well, so long, y'all.

It's been a real pleasure, sir.

Look, operator...

I'd kind of like Plaza 5-5597, please.

Why, sure enough, honey child.

Hello, Louis?

- Look, operator... - Number, please.

I would like Plaza 5-5597.

Will you spell it, please?

Plaza. P for Plaza.

L for Louis. A for annoying. Z for Xavier Cugat.

A for Anaheim, Azusa, Cucamonga 5-5597.

Westminister 2-2222?

- Operator. - Number, please. Number, please.

Operator. Ope...

Operator. Ope...

- Hello, operator. - Number, please.

I want to speak to Sir Geoffrey Kirsten...

...of the Frennessey Brandy Company, Cape Town, South Africa.

No, I don't know the number.

Oh, she don't know the number.

- Hello, Porky. - Hello, Por...

Hello. Hello, are you there?

Is that you, Gwendolyn, my darling?

Hello, Porky. You stink, you big baboon.

And that goes for you too, buster.

- Hello, operator. - Number, please. Number, please.

Operator, I would like to speak to Oogu...

...in Dumdum Proper, South Transylvania.

No, I don't know the number...

...and I don't know Mr. Oogu's first name.

All I know is Oogu. Just plain Oogu.

One moment, please.

Hello, Oogu speaking.

Look, Oogu, you won't remember me...

...but we met at a preview of Dorian Gray.

- Sure, sure. - Yeah.

Look, Oogu, I wonder if you would do me a favor.

Sure, any friend of a friend is a friend.

Oh, I'm glad you feel that way.

Look, Oogu...

...would you get me Plaza 5-55... - Sorry, your three minutes are up.

That'll be 94 dollars and 45 cents.

Keep moving. Watch your step there.

Step lively. Right this way, please. Step lively. Keep moving.

- Hey, excuse me. - Hey.

I beg your pardon.

Now, this property that we're gonna look at is worth $ 190,000.

He's asking 125.

We'll offer him...

...fifty-five...

We'll offer him 60 and settle for 75.

Nothing doing. Why don't you leave the bu...?

- Well, really. - I'm sorry. All right.

Why don't you leave the business things to me? I... I...

Excuse me, little girl... Madam.

Now, listen, I'll get it for 50,000. I'll save you 25.

Never mind. If it's worth 150,000, I'll give him 75.

No, $50,000. Now stop worrying about it, will you? I'm your lawyer.

You're my lawyer. It'll be like the last deal.

You were gonna save me 25,000 and I lost the whole deal.

I could have made 200,000.

You're my lawyer.

- Hey, what's the matter? - You're under arrest.

- It ain't lit. - I said you were under arrest.

- What for? - For expectorating in a subway.

Now I gotta take you to court and they'll fine you $2.

I didn't know what I was doing.

Can't we settle this out of court?

- I'll give you the 2 dollars. - Okay.

I've got it right here.

I haven't got it on me. He'll give you the 2 dollars.

- Give him the 2 dollars. - I will not.

Have you got any witnesses?

How do you know he expectorated on the floor?

- I saw him with my own eyes. - Stop arguing. What's 2 dollars?

Give him the 2 dollars. If we ain't uptown by 8:00...

...we'll lose the whole deal. - You won't lose a thing.

- I dare you to arrest my client. - Oh, a smart guy, eh?

Yes, I never lost a case in my life.

Well, we'll see about that. Come on with me.

- Pay him the 2 dollars. - I'll break you for this, officer.

Pay him the 2 dollars.

The court finds the defendant guilty of expectorating in the subway...

...and hereby fines the defendant two dollars, or 30 days in jail.

- All right. Pay him the 2 dollars. - Nothing doing.

We'll appeal.

- Oh, pay the 2 dollars. - No.

You're a businessman and you can't afford...

...to have a black mark against you.

- We'll take it to a higher court. - Take him away.

Oh, please. Pay the 2 dollars.

Don't worry. I'll have you out of here in 20 minutes.

How long have you been in here?

I'll bet you've got the same lawyer I've got.

Hello, Victor, how are you?

Where have you been?

I've been waiting here 12 days for you to get back in 20 minutes.

Oh, now, Victor, don't be so impatient.

I haven't much time. I am in a bit of a hurry.

But I couldn't help but drop by, and give you the good news.

Yes, the court has granted our motion for an appeal.

Look, "Whereas my client, Victor Moore...

...here and after known as the defendant...

...is being sued for committing a public nuisance"...

Never mind that stuff. Just pay them the 2 dollars.

I will not. I never lost a case in my life.

Say, what are you trying to do? Spoil my record?

No. All I'm trying to do is get out of jail.

Won't you please pay them the 2 dollars?

Nothing doing. You're going to appeal.

And by the way, I want you to know...

...that I kept the accounts absolutely straight.

- What do you mean, "accounts"? - It takes money to file an appeal.

- Well, pay the 2 dollars. - No, no. It's too late.

I've already filed my briefs. Now here are the accounts.

Never mind. How much did you spend?

Well, three stenographers for 10 days at 5 dollars a day.

A hundred and fifty dollars. That's for preparing the briefs.

Now, $ 10 a day for taking them to lunch.

What do you mean by taking stenographers...

...out to lunch on my money? - Don't tell me how to live my life.

Now then, $ 100 a day for three assistants.

- Five thousand to Walter Wilson. - For what?

- For an opinion. - What did Wilson say?

He said, "Pay them the 2 dollars."

Five thousand dollars to Barker, Barker, Barker and Barker.

- What did Barker, Barker, Barker and...? - And Barker?

- Barker. What did they say? - "Pay them the $2."

Five thousand to Jerry Geisler for an opinion.

- What did he say? - He said, "Pay them the $2."

Seems to be quite a difference of opinion.

Oh, wait. I'm not through yet.

Now, there's $250 to my nephew for an opinion.

A hundred and fifty to my niece for an opinion.

And $ 75 for my wife's opinion.

What are you bringing them in for? They're not lawyers.

Well, everybody's entitled to their opinion.

Now comes my opinion: $3000.

Oh, but we're gonna win this case. We got an ace in the hole.

- We got four witnesses. - What? We ain't got no witnesses.

Oh, yes, we have.

Two are coming from Chicago, and two from Detroit.

And that makes the total expense to date...

...$463,663.63.

For goodness sake, will you pay the 2 dollars.

It is the opinion of this court...

...that the decision of the lower court be reversed.

- Reversed. Didn't I tell you? - Is that good?

Silence.

As a result of the defendant's behavior in the subway...

...a deadly germ was spread...

...which caused the death of two citizens.

We therefore find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree.

And the defendant is hereby sentenced...

...to the punishment of death.

Your Honor, we appeal.

Pay them the 2 dollars. Give them each 2 dollars.

Victor, you have only a few hours left to live.

Nonsense.

I've got this case all sewed up.

You've got nothing to worry about.

I had the governor on the phone all afternoon...

...and the pardon will be here any minute.

What would you like for dinner, Victor?

This will be your last meal. You can order anything you want.

- I can have anything? - Anything.

- You take the order? - Yes, sir.

Well, I have an order of toast...

...dry toast. Not the thin Melba toast...

...thicker.

And a cup of cocoa...

...and some stewed prunes and cream.

No. Better leave out the cream.

That's fattening.

Oh, come on, Victor, cheer up. Have a cigar.

Didn't I tell you the governor would come through with a pardon?

Arnold never lost a case.

It's a good thing you had me as a lawyer...

...or you would have been a dead pigeon, sure.

You're a lucky man.

Yeah. I'm a lucky man. You ruined my business.

You wrecked my health. You spend all my money.

My wife left me because I'm an ex-convict.

My children are disgraced.

I'm a ruined man, and all because of you.

You're a lawyer.

- You're under arrest. - What, again? Hand it to him.

- Don't worry, they can't do this. - Please pay him the 2 dollars.

- I'll have you out in 20 minutes. - I wanted to pay them.

Don't do a thing, Victor, until you hear from me.

Maybe it was the music Or the glamorous sky of blue

Maybe it was the mood I was in

Or maybe it was really you Really you

This heart of mine

Was doing very well

The world was fine

As far as I could tell

And then quite suddenly I saw you

And I dreamed of gay amours

At dawn I'll wake up singing

Sentimental overtures

This heart of mine

Is gaily dancing now

I taste the wine

Of real romancing now

Somehow this crazy world Has taken on

A wonderful design

As long as life endures

It's yours, this heart of mine

This heart of mine Was doing very well

The world was fine As far as I could tell

And then quite suddenly I met you And I dreamed of gay amours

At dawn I woke up singing Sentimental overtures

This heart of mine Is gaily dancing now

I taste the wine Of real romancing now

Somehow this crazy world

Has taken on a wonderful design

As long as life endures It's yours, this heart of mine

Somehow this crazy world

Has taken on

A wonderful design

As long as life endures It's yours

This heart of mine

Hello, operator? I just dialed a number.

What? No outgoing calls?

I mailed you a check yesterday. You'll positively receive it tomorrow.

You'll leave the phone connected? Thank you.

Please get me that number.

Hello. Is this the butcher? This is Mrs. Ederman.

I got to have 2 pound lamb chops right away for dinner.

No meat? I mailed you a check yesterday.

You'll positively receive it tomorrow.

I'll get the lamb chops tomorrow. Thank you.

I mailed you... Oh, it's the door.

Come in.

- Mrs. Ederman? - Yeah.

- A cablegram. - A cablegram?

- Yeah, from... From Ireland. - Ireland? Let me see.

- Who do I know in Ireland? - I think you won the sweepstakes.

"Congratulations, your ticket number 44678...

...has been drawn in the Irish Sweepstakes."

Here. I got no change.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

I... I won. I won.

Well, somebody, I won. Oi, Monty, Monty.

Hello. I won. Oi, Ireland, what a marvelous city.

Is that you, Monty?

- Norma? Is dinner re...? - Monty. I love you. Monty, I love you.

What's the matter? You been untrue to me?

Yes. No. I mean, I just got a cable from Ireland.

- Monty, have I got a surprise for you. - What is it?

The ticket you bought on the sweepstakes?

- Yes. - Well, it won.

We won a steak?

- We... We won the sweepstakes? - Yeah.

A glass of water, please.

What do you mean, water? Champagne. We're rich.

All our troubles are over. Dance. Do something.

- Oi, Monty. - Hurrah. We're rich.

We're rich. We got...

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Monty, don't go crazy yet. Wait till we get the money.

I haven't gone crazy. Something terrible has happened.

What could be terrible when we won the sweepstakes?

I met the landlord in the hall and had to pay him the month's rent, $45.

So? We'll buy the house.

But you don't understand, I only had $42.50.

To make up the extra two dollars and a half, I gave the landlord the ticket.

So what?

- What did you say? - I gave the landlord the ticket.

- Monty, dear, you should drop dead. - I'll jump out the window.

Who stops you?

If he knows the ticket won, he won't give it back.

But if he don't know, we'll get it. Quick.

- He's out in the hall. - Get him.

- Get him. - Mr. Martin.

Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin.

Why, come in, Mr. Martin.

Funny, my wife was just talking about you.

- Hello, Mrs. Ederman. - Hello, Mr. Martin. Sit down.

- Thanks. - You look good.

You look absolutely wonderful.

Make yourself at home. Here. Take an apple.

- Thank you. - You know, Mr. Martin...

...my wife is so superstitious about that sweepstake ticket.

- Yeah. - If you let me have it back...

...l'll give you the 2.50 tomorrow.

If that's why you called me in, I'm going.

I've got the ticket here in my wallet and that's where it's gonna stay.

- No, no. Sit down. - You just arrived. Yes.

You know, you never come around to see us...

...and we're always so glad to see you.

Why don't you make yourself comfortable?

- Go on. Take off your coat. - All right.

Sure, take it off. It's hot in here, you know.

Oh, it's so wrinkled. I could press it for you.

Oh, thank you.

The pants is wrinkled too. I could press the whole suit in a jiffy.

- No, never mind. - Sure. Take off your pants.

Never mind the pants.

If it'll make you feel at home, I'll take off mine.

No, just press the coat.

Do you know that I have a feeling that this ticket's gonna win?

Pardon me. I don't feel so good.

Come in.

Here, Mr. Martin. Sit down again.

- Have an apple. - Oh, thanks.

Cablegram, Mrs. Ederman.

- Congratulations. - Thank you. Beat it.

- Why did he offer you congratulations? - A relative died.

- Oh, that's too bad. - Yeah, it's terrible, ain't it?

- Now I'm gonna press your coat. - Thank you.

Monty. Monty.

A London syndicate is offering us $25,000 for the ticket.

And we ain't got the ticket.

Talk. Talk.

- Talk, talk. Talk, talk. - Well, I...

Don't say a word. Don't say a word.

The trouble with you, you get too excited.

Don't get excited.

Don't get excited. Don't get excited.

Hold yourself together.

Don't go to pieces.

Hold yourself together.

- You all right? - Fine.

What will we do? What will we do?

Let's tell him the truth. Maybe he'll give us half the money.

Poison, he'll give us.

That's what's the trouble with you.

You get excited. You go to pieces.

I got an idea.

If we get excited, he'll get suspicious.

So we'll go in there, and we'll act very nonchalantly.

- You know, namby-pamby. - Pamby-namby?

See, like nothing happened. Wait, where's a cigarette?

Here. Here. Put a cigarette in there.

Now laugh. Laugh like you told me a funny story.

Like nothing happened. Laugh.

Oh, Monty.

That was the funniest story.

Tell it to him.

Mr. Martin, my wife is so in love with that sweepstake ticket.

Not that it means anything, just a whim.

Mr. Martin, if that ticket did win, what would you do?

I'd hop on a boat, go over to Ireland and collect the money.

Monty. Monty.

Monty, it didn't work.

We was too namby-pamby. Now what will we do?

Honesty is the best policy. Let's tell him the truth.

- There must be an easier way. - George Washington told the truth.

Did he win a sweepstakes?

Besides, this man is holding back our property.

- Here. Take this vase. - What for?

Just a light tap. Not hard. Just a little tap on his head.

- Don't break the vase. - Why should I hit him?

- Say he tried to kiss me. - Who would believe it?

I can dream, can't I? Wait.

I know how to get the ticket.

I'll flirt with him.

If I only had a sweater.

I'll take this.

I'll get that ticket or my middle name ain't Violet.

I'll captivate him.

- Am I captivating? - I never noticed it before.

Norma, I think you've got something there, but don't go too far.

No, just far enough to get the ticket.

What's the matter? Did you hurt yourself?

No.

You know, Mr. Martin...

...I find life just too dull for words.

- Ain't you? - What?

All my life. All my life...

...l've been languishing away in this terrible flat.

What's the matter? Is there something wrong with the plumbing?

No, it's not that. It's my husband.

He don't understand me.

Is that so? Well, do you know, Mrs. Ederman...

...you're looking very attractive. - You think so?

- Would you like to loll away the time? - Yes.

Shall I turn on the radio? And we'll dance?

- Yes. - And we'll have a good time?

- Can you do the jitterbug? - Well, I'll take a chance.

Spanish, Se�or Martin.

You know, my grandfather was a Spaniard.

So that's what you're up to, huh? The old Badger game.

You'll not get away with it. I'll have you arrested.

Oh, please don't do that, Mr. Martin. I might as well tell you the truth.

That ticket you've got won the sweepstakes...

...and they're offering $25,000 for it.

- You mean this ticket won? - It won.

You're right, Monty.

Honesty is the best policy.

Love can be a moment's madness

Love can be insane

Love can be a life Of sadness and pain

Love can be a summer shower

Love can be the sun

Love can be two hearts That flower as one

It can be fine and free

But it's true

It doesn't always happen to you

Love can be a dying amber

Love can be a flame

Love pledged in September

May be dead in December

You may not even remember It came

Oh, love can be a joy forever

Or an empty name

Love is almost never ever the same

Oh, love can be a cup of sorrow

Love can be a lie

Love can make you wake tomorrow And sigh

Love can be a snow-capped mountain

Love can be the truth

Love can be an endless Fountain of youth

It can be ecstasy

But that kind

Is not so very easy to find

Oh, love can be a tinkling cymbal

Love can be a dirge

Love may seem amusing

A spark constantly fusing

But it may end up by losing Its urge

Oh, love can be a sweet endeavor

Or a dirty shame

Love is almost never ever

The same

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In Limehouse Where Orientals love to play

In Limehouse Where you can hear those blues all day

And they seem all around

Like a long, long sigh

Queer sob sigh

"Oh, honey lamb," they seem to cry

Such a lovely sight

And everything was simply grand That is until last night

He pinched me He pinched me

He wouldn't let me be I think he did it just to make...

Last night down our alley came a toff

Nice old geezer with a nasty cough

Sees my missis, takes the lady off

In a very gentlemanly way

"Ma'am," says he, "I have some news to tell

Your rich uncle Tom of Camberwell

Has popped off And really now it ain't a sell

Left to you his little donkey shay"

"Wot cher," All the neighbors say

"Who you going to meet, Bill? Think you own the street, Bill?"

Laugh, I thought I would've died

Knocked him in the Old Kent Road

Oh, Limehouse kid Oh, oh, oh, Limehouse kid

Going the way That the rest of them did

Poor broken blossom And nobody's child

Haunting and taunting

You're just kind of wild, oh

Oh, Limehouse blues I've the real Limehouse blues

Learned from the willow Those sad China blues

Rings on your fingers

And tears for a crown

That is the story

Of old Chinatown

Rings on your fingers

And tears for a crown

That is the story

Of old Chinatown

We are here to interview a lady Known to you because of her ability

As the glamorous amorous lady They call...

She's expecting you, gentlemen. Won't you come in?

Now we don't mean Greta And we don't mean Bette-a

Or Loretta or The Song of Bernadette- a

We mean the fabulous "dabulous" lady They call...

The other gentlemen are here. Please come in.

- She's news - She's front-page stuff

- She's headlines - She's tops

And in advance The critics are all in accord

She's gonna win The next Academy Award

All her fans will be delighted Not to mention quite excited

At her personal appearance Presently

She's "stupendious," "tremendious" "Collosical," "terrifical"

She's got it But definitely

The glamorous amorous lady They call...

Fribbins, what is all this?

The gentlemen of the press, milady.

Darlings.

How utterly charming of you to have dropped in like this.

How delightfully informal of you to have dropped in like this.

I mean, how perfectly marvelous of you to have...

Well, you have dropped in, haven't you?

And I...

Well, gentlemen...

...you have caught me pitifully unprepared.

And now you may rise.

And now you may rise.

Come. Get up, get up, get up. Let's get on with this.

There. Now, that's better, isn't it?

Gentlemen of the press.

Members of the fourth estate, what can I do for you?

Tell me, pray do.

Oh, glamorous lady Oh, amorous lady

Oh, "hamorous" lady Here's to you

And humbly we're here to Quite mumbly we're here to

"Humdrumly" we're here To interview you

We're here to pry Into your private life

We're here to seek Your every secret

We're here to scoop a scoop Obviously

What is your next vehicle to be?

This is much too much.

A sort of a bit of a go and touch.

But confidentially, gentlemen, and this is off the record, of course.

Of course.

But about my next picture...

I'm faced with a curious problem.

Shall I always be dramatic?

Biographically emphatic?

Should I devote my life To the legitimate art?

Or should I do what I'd adore so?

Do my acting with my torso And give all the natives a start?

Must the roles I play be tragic?

Full of Oscar-winning magic?

Should I drain the cup of drama To its dregs?

Or do you think it is permissible

To be, for once, quite kissable

And give them a peep of my legs?

I'd like to be a pinup girl

A cheesecake girl too

And what is Ginger Rogers That I am not?

And what has Betty Grable got That I haven't got?

Oh, the cinema must exhibit me In roles that so inhibit me

I feel, well, I feel just like a soldier Out of step

Yes.

But would the episode outlive me?

Would my public quite forgive me?

If I tried to show the world I'm really hep?

Oh, but now, you darlings.

You adorable dear, dear boys.

I'm going to tell you all about my next picture.

What is my next picture?

No, don't tell me, don't tell me.

Excuse me, darling.

Madame Crematante.

Madame Crematante, gentlemen...

...will be a monumental biographical tribute...

...to a monumental biographical woman...

...who toiled, searched, starved...

...slaved, suffered...

...pioneered, so that the world...

...you and I...

...could reap the benefits of her magnificent discovery:

The safety pin.

The story starts in a dark, dank...

...dingy tenement in Amsterdam.

Holland, you know.

In the flat of a poor impoverished family...

...but of rather good antecedents.

Gretchen Crematante was a very brave and noble woman who...

...against the wishes of her father... The baron, you know.

- Married this young inventor who didn't have a sou, penniless.

- And there they were in Amsterdam - In Amsterdam?

Yes, there they were In a dark and dingy tenement flat

With no food and no heat And no money for to pay the rent

- But did they care? - No, they don't care

Madame Crematante She don't care

'Cause she seen the light Just the other day

Since then she been trying For to find a way

For to bring to the world a big invent

- And so she did - And so she did

Madame Crematante did

She toiled and strived And sweat and slaved

A- stretchin' her mind And beginnin' to rave

But the price she paid Was worth the pain

For on a cold and frosty morn

- Oh, no - The safety pin was born

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Halle, lu, lu, lu, lu, jah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Halle, lu, lu, lu, lu, jah

Shout hallelujah and a big amen

For the lady with the safety pin

She really rocks about and gives you What more do you want?

- Madame Crematante - Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Scream and shout Who cares what it's all about

Just as long as you're stompin' And jivin' and gassin' and gabbin'

And jammin' and jumpin' When you talk about the safety pin

Who's got the safety pin? Slip me the safety pin

- No doubt about it - No baby can do without

The safety pin The safety pin

The safety pin The safety pin

The safety pin Madame Crematante

She's a lady who was heaven-sent She's the lady with the big invent

- Safety pin - Madame Crematante

She's the lady with the big invent

Madame Crematante She's the lady with the big invent

Madame Crematante She's the lady with the big invent

Madame Crematante the big invent

How are you?

- Say, you're Fred Astaire. Hello. - That's right. Hello.

I'm sorry, I can't quite place you. What line of business are you in?

Well, I dance.

Oh, at home for the folks, picnics and that kind of thing?

- No, in public. - On street corners?

Oh, no. On the screen. Motion pictures.

You do go to pictures that have dancing in them, don't you?

I try to see them all. I go as often as I can.

Did you see a picture called Cover Girl?

Yes.

Well, who did all the dancing in that?

You're not Rita Hayworth?

No, I'm not, Ginger.

- Well, so long, Gene. - See you around.

- I've got a little number to do. - I've got a little number to do.

- You have? - Well, sure.

- Here? - Sure.

Say, why don't we just ad-lib a little something together then, huh?

- Whip it up here on the spot? - Throw it away.

Like the one we've been rehearsing for two weeks.

A Babbitt met a bromide On the avenue one day

And held a conversation In their own peculiar way

They both were solid citizens They both had been around

And as they spoke you clearly saw Their feet were on the ground

- Hello - How are you?

- How's the folks? - What's new?

- I'm great - That's good

- Knock wood - Well, well

- That's life - What do you know?

- How's the wife? - Gotta run

- Oh, my - Ta-ta

- Olive oil - Goodbye

Ten years went quickly by For both these "substiantial" men

And then it happened that one day They chanced to meet again

That they had both developed In 10 years there was no doubt

And so of course they had An awful lot to talk about

- Hello - How are you?

- How's the folks? - What's new?

- I'm great - That's good

- Knock wood - Well, well

- That's life - What do you know?

- How's the wife? - Gotta run

- Oh, my - Ta-ta

- Olive oil - Goodbye

Before they met again Some 20 years they had to wait

This time it happened up above Inside Saint Peter's gate

A harp each one was carrying And both were sprouting wings

And this what they said as They were strumming on the strings

- Hello - How are you?

- How's the folks? - What's new?

- I'm great - That's good

- Knock wood - Well, well

- That's life - What do you know?

- How's the wife? - Gotta fly

- Oh, my - Ta-ta

- Olive oil - Goodbye

The gleam of a blue-white moonlight

Makes diamonds of the stars In the sky

The gold of an autumn sunset Colors a cloud passing by

The night says goodbye To the morning

And a heart says hello to a heart

All of these wonderful things Shall endure

They're works of art

There's beauty everywhere

That everyone can share

A lovely world can be unfurled

To those who see and care

We search for beauty gay

Through every livelong day

And then someone comes into view

And suddenly you find it's true

That love is beauty too

And then someone comes into view

And suddenly you find it's true

That love is beauty too

And then someone comes into view

And suddenly you find it's true

That love is beauty too

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