Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

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