:08:00
... but folks knew more were coming.
:08:03
They were optimistic,
happy and expectant.
:08:07
The beginning of the Horatio Alger age.
:08:27
My father played in a variety theater,
breaking in a single.
:08:30
No one was more expectant than he was,
unless it was Mother.
:08:34
She was busy on a smaller production.
:09:26
- Message come yet?
- No word, Jerry.
:09:28
- Take a bow.
- I can't. I gotta get out.
:09:30
- Watch that border!
- I gotta find out what's happening.
:09:34
Oh, for heaven's sake, Jerry.
:09:36
Take up number three.
You're on. Go ahead. Lights up.
:09:40
- Bye, Sally.
- You can't run through the streets in that.
:09:44
- They'll put you in jail.
- They'll have to catch me.
:09:46
- Don't forget, you're on again at 4:15.
- Don't worry, I'll be back.
:09:50
- These things take hours sometimes.
- My wife never held up a show in her life.