Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Quick, Georgie!
Gee, it's a wonderful feeling having your name written to music.
Don't forget
Nelson monument. It's a good thing I wasn't born an Englishman.
I'd like to be shown
Foy, Foy, Eddie Foy.
We've been dating.
There you are, Sam.
Now, don't you upstage your mother, or I'll whale the tar out of you.
My mother's name was Mary
I won't go to the boat with you.
I inherited that, got that from my father.
I’m a Yankee Doodle dandy
- Reckon you'll like it - If you should strike it
...who, in the long run, wouldn't rather be a great guy than a great actor.
Eddie Foy.
Say, listen, young fella, my name's Eddie Foy.
Can we have a picture of you tearing up your contract?
- Well, really, I... - I never saw Dietz drunk before.
That's Yankee Doodle on the end A wonderful position
...may be too long for a billboard.
He got me a seat up in the gallery.
But what are you all so surprised about?
"Over There" was just as powerful a weapon as any cannon...
Your father could do a buck-and-wing when he was 60 years old.
Gentlemen of the press, I presume?
Good-bye, Georgie.
When Dietz heard the music, he said to heck with his wife's money, he's gonna use his own.
Sam says it's a great part, no other actor in the world but you could do it.
G-A-N spells Harrigan
Mm-hm.
Oh, buried.
I could wave a flag, they said. Nothing else.
For it was Mary
...the dawn of a new nation.
Glory, glory, hallelujah
A second round of champagne on me, if you had any.
He's got no ear for music. I'm the senior partner.
- Hello, dear. - Hello, Mom. Hi, darling.
Under December or May skies
His truth goes marching on
Colored gentlemen say "That lady certainly is a beaut"
We toured the kerosene circuit in a tank show...
She's supposed to sing "The Wedding of the Lily and the Rose."
Come on, we've gotta get off to the Lyceum. We've got to see Fay Templeton.
So long, Mary
But here's a little present for you and mother.
I know a dollar-a-year man who'll take care of you.
Vesta Victoria, Eddie Foy, Warren Volk, Charlie Case...
Tell your sweetheart not to pine
- No, no, no. - Shut up.
There's one thing in our favor. Erlanger's on our side.
Cozy and warm
It's great to shake hands with a mob
I'd hate to meet a Mary...
Yes, sir! And the other 21 and a half hours, I pattern myself after dad.
- The famous jockey. - Yeah. Come on, partner.
You read it, Sam. These aren't my reading glasses. What's it say?
I was a pretty cocky kid those days.
And put it all on Yankee Doodle Johnny Jones is up
Yeah.
I'm not interested in Mr. Cohan or his plays.
Madame Bartholdi, champagne for everybody!
You know, most actors give their whole lives to their profession, not once scoring a hit.
Nobody was more expectant than he was...
Mary
You'll look awful pretty peeling potatoes.
Maybe I have overdone it a little.
Excuse me for breaking in on you like this, Miss Templeton...
In the opinion of people we respect, it is a bad play.
For some reason, they teamed me with a donkey.
Nah, I'm tired of picking her up.
Hello, Mr. Cohan.
Why, I was told you knew all the answers.
I was valet for Mr. Teddy Roosevelt.
Oh, he's been through the mill. Small-time and big-time vaudeville, rep shows.
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up You simply have to win
...and I thank you.
Think fast. It's due in 10 minutes."
They're good writers. Nothing I could do to improve their stuff.
Albee, Coster, Beale, and Proctor...
...but there was one challenge I hadn't met.
The only contract we've ever had.
Give me time to work on that one.
Yankee Doodle Do or die
Oh, George, I didn't know you could yodel.
While strolling through the park one day
Mm-hm. Always worried about me, aren't you? Ever think about yourself?
Now, if you'll take a tip from me, Fay, you'll do just what I'm doing.
George M. Cohan. C-O-H-A-N.
- Did you get up on that number? - Yes. It's a lovely song, George.
You've got a list like who's who here. There's everybody but Hirohito.
There you are. What did I tell you?
- Oh, here you are! I've been looking for you. - What?
1891 found our fortunes flat as a pancake.
I'm the senior partner. I'll do the throwing out.
We just thought we'd rest a few more weeks.
Sit down and rest.
What's the matter? Can't he raise a family and be a stage manager too?
Oh.
Heh. In Buffalo, they say I have a nice little voice.
We're through with you
He gave them seven kids.
- It was a good old song in its day. - Yes, sir, it was...
Anything about a Yankee That's awful neat
It seems it always happens.
Hmm. Been sick or in Europe?
Your own son almost murdered in cold blood.
Occupation: actor, author, composer, and producer.
I've never seen the guy. Got his name all over the place. Look at that.
Good luck, honey.
Not the hand! He plays the violin.
It's a good idea. You get tired resting too long.
It didn't mean anything anymore with Dad, Mom and Josie gone.
Come here. Look at that. Funny, isn't it'?
This is better than being on next to closing.
- How do you do, Mr. Albee? - Good evening.
Let's see what the inscription says.
Or a glint of the truth That the boys cannot print
Come along with me
"So long, Mary"
There's your introduction. Go on.
Mm-hm.
Everybody's done that. You don't want to be just an imitator, do you?
- Jive talk. - Oh.
From now on, it's just you alone, son.
What's my partner's name? Ha-ha-ha!
- Who sang it? - Oh, was it a theme song or something?
Mrs. Cohan. Mr. Cohan. Good night.