Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Oh, you wonderful girl
We've got it booked.
Everybody sing!
When we were in Europe, you haunted every theater...
Yankee takes the lead
Left foot. Right foot.
George, this isn't your party. Sit down and let him read his letter.
So long, Mary
Think of those billboards.
Strange surrounding. It took me longer.
- Mind if I change? - Oh, thank you.
Actors are considered a very bad risk by insurance companies.
That's what the daily papers say
We're coming over
How about opening this one? Let me help you.
You're wrong, Mary
Now look at that. Could you ask for anything more than that?
Why, we'll be like a carriage with only three wheels.
You know, watch them hatch and feed them and eat them.
You didn't? Then maybe you're not the showman you're cracked up to be.
Let's have a bite to eat, huh? I always eat after the last show.
- Georgie? - Yeah?
The drums rum-tumming everywhere
Pipperino, isn't she?
She's my Yankee Doodle joy
And we'll all feel gay When Johnny comes marching home
Think what it means for you to have a star like Templeton in your show.
You're lucky. You're a hit at the age of 13.
And you, master magician, you sit over there with the Cohans.
Have a cigar?
...the farm we Cohans had dreamed of when farmers were envying us.
Before we sign with Dietz and Goff, I made some change in the lyric...
Now you're making a great mistake, Fay.
Oh. I see.
Were you...? Were you nervous? Did you remember your lines?
"Stix," small towns, "nix," refuse, "hix," rube, "pix," pictures.
- On your way, wise guy. - Next.
Those critics have been after my blood for years.
Hey! It's a boy!
Mm-hm.
I have heard enough.
They were a great act.
That's right. I'll hold him while you hit him.
It's easy, very easy
He is a Yankee Doodle boy
In the city of Norfolk
But all the money in the Bank of England Couldn't pay
You're a grand old flag You're a high-flying flag
...just as she loved everybody and everything.
I mean, for Mr. George M. Cohan.
The mental strain, the trenches, the fighting, the marching.
The town was known for its spirited audiences even before it had a ball team.
For it is Mary...
With Abe's money and your brains, we'll be able to make a million.
"Dear Dad, this is your 62nd birthday, and God bless you.
If you watch every twist, every turn
Washington's a great town to walk in. I always get a kick out of it.
And style enough to kill
The drums rum-tumming everywhere
It plays one on one and segues into "Dixie."
Old
- Fine work, Georgie. - I'm proud of you.
Where shall I put the magician?
Colored gentlemen say "That lady certainly is a beaut"
Wait a minute, little girl.
That must be Cohan's alias.
We trouped through depression and inflation, the country's growing pains.
London Town We're bidding you adieu
That you will soon be there
...old theaters where nobody ever even heard of us.
Everybody knows that you and Nellie and Josie can get work anytime, anyplace. Heh.
Is it bright? Lots of color? I mean, will he like it?
You're the emblem of
George M. Cohan has invented the success story.
We gotta go to Dietz and Goff and sign those papers.
The way he plays the part, every kid will want to take a punch...
Don't forget, Jerry, you're on again at 4:15.
Till I heard a lovely voice
And insults for the gentlemen
- But, Mr. Cohan, I thought... Is he? - Drunk.
A mother isn't supposed to punish. She just gives her permission.
- Doesn't even give me a chance to lie about it. - Thirty-nine? I'm sorry, Mr. Cohan.
Which manager should I take you to see first?
Of course you're not jealous. Everybody knows that.
We'll be over We're coming over
Happy?
But it was Mary...
...when you had that musical all the time.
That I will soon be there
And say that you'll be there ere long
It may not be much. I'm not the dancer I used to be, but then who is?
- Hello, Cohan. - Mr. Albee.
What I want is a quiet, dignified musical play.
Nothing I can do could ever repay the debt.
Wildflower.
Thanks.
Who cares as long as we can knock The ax out of the Axis?
I can't go out there, not without rehearsal.
It's a malicious rumor to gyp the public.
You'll have the audience standing with excitement.
Oh, and things
Why do you do this to me?
What are you gonna do about tires if those give out?
- Call you a carriage? - If you will.
The public will believe me.
Jeepers creepers
Any faster
Oh, uh, Dad, I'm gonna be tied up in rehearsal for the next few months.
Dad was by himself on the farm and had grown very old.