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