Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

...or one to be prouder of.
Double R-I
...Harry Lauter, at 2500 bucks a week.
Wait till George gets here. Where's George?
Society will say
Don't forget to come back home
You know, when Dad died, with him went the last link with The Four Cohans.
Oh, it's your song. You wrote it.
The only reason I ever go near a theater is to get out of the night air.
Go and get it. Say.
Name
Such excitement, at your age.
Is there a part in your play for a bicycle rider?
...but when I heard you was coming, I thought...
Who calls herself Marie
We'll whisper of how you're yearning
H-A
...not knowing a word that was said onstage.
Come on, kids. Time's a-wasting.
To mingle with the old-time throng
I wrote a play called Popularity.
That's a soft audience. Got any open time?
Even in the kitchen, you sound like a tetrazzini.
...and I thank you.
Four weeks guaranteed at $300 a week and top billing.
Your future what?
- He's just written a big hit. - One hit.
Well, it's the best material we could find, what with priorities and all.
All right, not on the hand.
You've got something on the leading lady. You got the best song.
You're opening a theater in Philadelphia on July 4th?
- You know what happens next? - I won't be in the theater to find out.
The president of the U.S. requests that you call upon him...
I am that Yankee Doodle boy.
Have your houses mortgaged Hock your watches, pawn your rings
Send the word, send the word Over there
If any of the Cohans ask you how you like their act, just tell them it was fair.
- That bothers me. - Here.
There, there, there, now. Henry's not really a bad boy.
He is the man Who owns Broadway
You'd find us wherever new states sprouted on the prairie.
That'll do it. Look what I got him, Georgie.
So Yankee Doodle's gonna be The boy they have to beat
If you've got any squawks, unload them on me. I'm the one that started all this.
My mother thanks you, My Father Thanks You My Sister Thanks You and I Thank you
Fun? I'm having a wonderful time.
Now I will take it to Klaw and Erlanger. They don't always think of box office.
From this day on, you and I are partners...
Well...
Sure. He's made trouble in every theater this side of San Francisco.
But you can't do that. You can't put an actor out to grass. Fresh air kills him.
Your wrinkles. What happened to your wrinkles?
He'll be through in a minute.
Now, the big scene is where the hero saves the girl from a burning forest fire.
The home of the free and the brave
This medal is for people who've given their lives for their country or done something big.
Mr. Teddy used to sing it in his bathtub.
Long before the fashions came
Oh, it'll run a lot smoother on the rims.
- Make your wish. - I have.
Dandy. "Yankee Doodle Dandy."
That's tearing them out of their chairs.
Book, music and lyrics, all by George M. Cohan.
One success followed another...
...the Bijou, on the Fourth of July.
I always thought George M.'s sister was the loveliest dancer I'd ever seen.
You're cute!
If you want to take a trip The surest of sure things
Hurry up!
No music, no gags, no flag-waving.
- And not bad music, either, huh? - Nope, it isn't.
I will if she's still speaking to us.
Send the word, send the word Over there
- Never could do anything wrong in Boston. - Ha-ha-ha!
The toughest house I've ever seen.
...to offer us third or fourth billing after my performance tonight?
At the dancing you have yet to learn
I love to listen to the Dixie strain I long to see the girl I left behind me
Plain as any name can be
She can do four years for us.
We'll find the blighter who's to blame And clear the name of Little Johnny Jones
Is a name that a shame Never has been connected with
And say that you'll be there ere long
- He's gone to third from second place - Looks like he's thrown the race
Maybe so, but not for me, Mr. Erlanger.
- How is he? - Resting quietly.
I will give you a check to bind the deal.
Keep your eye on the grand old flag
We'll take it back from Hitler And put ants in his Ja-pants
He'll never win, he'll never win The other nags are closing in
He may be a flash in the pan for all we know.
I'm gonna write you the most terrific wedding march ever put on paper.
Maybe you didn't like Harrigan because I haven't got a voice.
Being versatile, I was playing my mother's father.
Where else could a plain guy like me come in and talk things over with the head man?
Buffalo is such a beautiful city.
The government needs paper.
Sam H. Harris. Shake.
Nah. It's only got high blood pressure.
My heart is every bit as good as it ever was.
They kept putting new stars on the flag...
But nobody wants Georgie.
- Cohan. - Cohen?
Send the word, send the word Over there
It's a wonderful song, George, best you've ever done. It'll live for years.
Georgie, those boys did you a great favor...
You can work it off. The show is ready to go into rehearsal.
We'll whisper of how you're yearning
Strange that I should find you here. Hello, Mary.
Could've been a lot better.
The star that's got the big show down the street with a chorus of 70.
Well, the way I figure, it's a fine tribute to Georgie's acting.
We can't... We can't do that.
You and mother have always given me more love and understanding...
And you're a farmer only three weeks.
...but I can guarantee you some laughs.
By trade I am a dancing master
One Cohan from four Cohans leaves nothing.
...on my dressing room door. That's the law of the theater.
Thank you.
I'm sorry. You should've stopped me.
...but that's the general idea.
- Sit down, Nellie. Sit down. - All right.
All we'd like to do now is spend the rest of our days here on this farm.