Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

You have the leading part, yes.
It's so inspiring
...from the earth.
They tell me when he tries to sing, the orchestra puts up umbrellas.
And we won't come back Till it's over
Over there
All right. Come on. There's a piano in the private room.
- And the name, please? - Cohan. George M. Cohan.
The better notices you get on minstrel shows, the more it costs you.
Guys who had never been past the corner cigar store...
She wasn't gay or airy...
Go broke that she's a hot potato She's a red-hot radiator
Cohan may find out he isn't either one.
He ran away to the Civil War when he was 13.
If positions were reversed, he'd help you out. You know he would.
Only 45 minutes
That's my department.
- Close it? - Close it.
Asking impossible terms and conditions.
...but if they want our act, they'll have to take him too.
When they see it coming All them babies take a chill
...in The Yankee Prince.
Turkey? I hear it's pretty good.
Hmm.
Double R-I
And I read the critics... Pfft.
"Yankee Doodle Candy."
Mom's been working on the wedding dress for weeks.
The song is gone. Pull out the lights.
A real live nephew Of my Uncle Sam
Well, it was a wow. I haven't laughed so much in years.
Hurrah, hurrah
...some thug nation decides we're a pushover, all ready to be blackjacked.
Now, don't ask me why it is, but it happens every time the curtain goes up.
...and, well, we're just not ready to open.
- Must you give it? - Well, I don't know.
- I'm not in the parade. I want to get through. - Not a chance, brother.
And what's more, I phoned Sam right back and told him I'd play it.
You sit right here. You sit right here, and I will give you an idea of what I mean.
If the hoodlums don't get you, a committee of actors will.
...in a show called Peck's Bad Boy.
That's just some more of that Harris con.
- Thanks. Thanks very much. - Congratulations.
When I speak All the papers hold their deadlines
Mary
- You... You... - Heh-heh-heh. Oh!
Oh. What's your name, sir?
Like the wandering minstrel
I want to make sure that everybody knows it was written for me.
So prepare Say a prayer
- Here, chick, chick, chick. - Heh.
The land I love
George, I'm afraid your mother and I are breaking up the act before Josie is.
You're doing a George M. Cohan lyric to a George M. Cohan melody.
Yankee Doodle came to London Just to ride the ponies
Well, it's always been a dream of ours, Mary.
A George M....? Oh, I see.
When does he get time to practice?
Aren't you going roller-skating with that, tlick-tlick, Pipperino?
The Yanks are coming
That doggone town
...I want you to know I'm darn glad I did.
You're not gonna break up the act.
Now, watch carefully now.
It's pleasant at the White House But I'll tell you how I feel
There will be five more performances.
But I love the name Billie
Nice going.
His writing, his song, why, even his walk and his talk...
Don't print that Off the record
Where there's never a boast or brag
Oh, I know you can improve, if you want to.
Nellie.
- You approach her and very tactfully too. - Well, if it's tact that does it, it's done.
Cohan. George M. Cohan.
Here, chick, chick, chick.
We'll give your regards to Broadway
He doesn't get up that early.
- Music? - We promised Dietz and Goff.
Yankee Doodle came to London.
...the family of George M. Cohan, the new Broadway sensation."
Ten consecutive weeks in New York. That's the big time.
Well, if I said anything accidental to make you mad...
Good luck, kid.
I was born in Virginia
From now on I'm Peck's bad boy only from 8:30 till 11 in the evening.
Well, it's a good sign. They probably couldn't tear themselves away.
And quite often, he isn't the best judge of how much he has given.
- Maybe something wrong with Mom and Dad. - I've got reports on the minstrel show.
"George M. Cohan, the Alvin Theater, New York.
Naturally, they don't remember you. Nobody's got that good a memory.
Why, there's a moon out.
Well, that settled it.
The Irish are at the head of the parade.
Your songs were a symbol of the American spirit.
...and lose a little.
Remember me to Herald Square
...on the Fourth of July, what about George Washington Cohan?
You must be hungry after seven shows.
I said, "My mother thanks you...
- I hope you haven't outgrown the habit. - Not a chance.
Do you know what this is?
And then came your wire, and I was really worried.
...plain as any name can be.
Hey, George, there's a young lady, would like to talk to you.
Oh, no, no, no. Of course not.
...50 percent of me will always be here in this office.
Oh, pardon me.
- I gotta find out what's happening. - Oh, for heaven's sake, Jerry.
Well, hello there.
No, no, no. We've been billed as The Four Cohans.
We have no time to listen to that junk.
- Harrigan - That's me
Oh, yes, he's going to give work to the act any day now.
All right, not on the mouth. Come here.
- Watch that water! - Max, I gotta leave.
May I have your autograph, Mr. Cohan?
Courage, Emily, courage.
Oh, I like it. I like it because it's small.
There's no one can teach the same
Have I your permission?
I don't see how George does it at his age.
I didn't think you'd care If you should never see me again
Manhattan went wild with postwar hysteria.
...Mary...
Mm-hm. Ahem.
Jerry and I have seen a lot of chickens in train windows...
- Any messages come for me? - Not yet.
The booking office has been calling up all day...
How many curtain calls did you take tonight?
Hurrah, hurrah
So prepare Say a prayer
Oh, darling, that's a lovely watch. Heh.
We can pick it up on the way back.
I have slouched along the way
Just full of news, aren't you? Telling me all kinds of things, huh?