1:50:03
...and the Grand opera House in Chicago.
1:50:07
And all my plays and songs,
as long as they...
1:50:12
...or you and I, live."
1:50:19
These are not my reading glasses.
1:50:23
Why didn't somebody give me
some reading glasses for my birthday?
1:50:28
"Wish you all my love.
1:50:32
Your son and partner,
George."
1:50:39
Well, George, on behalf
of your mother and myself, l...
1:50:46
There she goes, stealing the scene again.
1:50:55
One success followed another.
But there was one challenge I hadn't met.
1:50:59
Critics said musicals and cheap
comedies were all I could write.
1:51:03
I'd wave a flag, they said.
Nothing else.
1:51:06
So I wrote a legitimate drama.
Very deep and very significant.
1:51:11
No music, no gags, no flag-waving.
1:51:15
I called it Popularity.
The title showed how hard I was hoping.
1:51:21
I couldn't attend the opening because I was
appearing in The Yankee Prince.
1:51:29
- Open it up.
- Keep it closed, Buck.
1:51:32
Cohan, you're surely not going
to your dressing room now.
1:51:35
- You're good for another five curtain calls.
- That's enough for tonight.
1:51:40
- Mr. Cohan, are you sure you're feeling well?
- I feel all right.
1:51:43
- Any news on Popularity?
- No, but they should be ringing down now.
1:51:47
You'd think Sam would let me know.
1:51:50
Well, it's a good sign. They probably
couldn't tear themselves away.
1:51:55
- What time is it?
- 7:30, sir.
1:51:57
- That clock right?
- Yes, sir.
1:51:59
Wonder what's keeping them.
They ought to be here by now.