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'Swounds I should take it,
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for it cannot be but I am pigeon-livered
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and lack gall to make oppression bitter,
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or ere this I should have fatted all the
region kites with this slave's offal.
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Bloody, bawdy villain!
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Remorseless, treacherous,
lecherous, kindless villain!
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O vengeance!
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Thank you, thank you.
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That was, of course,
a speech of Hamlet's
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from a play I was lucky enough
to perform in on several occasions,
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though not, as yet,
in the principal role.
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Our next tableau...
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...features someone
who has devoted herself
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to the musical life of this city.
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Amongst others,
she is patron of the Euterpe Club,
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of the Brooklyn Orchestra
for Distressed Gentlewomen,
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as well as, of course,
our very own Verdi Club.
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Let us journey back in time to 1850
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and the state of Alabama.
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America's greatest popular songwriter,
Stephen Foster,
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has run out of ideas.
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He's a desperate man.
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But wait. What is this?
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Now. That's it.
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More.
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It is the Angel of Inspiration
sent from on high.
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At last Stephen Foster
can write his song.
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♪ I came from Alabama
with my banjo on my knee
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♪ I'm goin' to Louisiana,
my true love for to see
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♪ Oh, Susanna!
Oh, don't you cry for me...
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- Hold her. Hold her!
- ♪ I came from Alabama
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♪ With my banjo on my knee
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Bravo! Bravo!
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The Angel of Inspiration,
featuring Madam Florence Foster Jenkins!
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It's going very, very, very well.
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I don't feel that I imbued
the moment of inspiration
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with the intensity it deserved,
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but it was a serviceable attempt.
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Better than serviceable. It was good.
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- My amulets, please.
- Armlets.
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Has the impending potato-salad
catastrophe been averted?
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Even as I speak, the chef has a team
out scouring Manhattan for chives.
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No chives. What next, I wonder!
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Unconscionable, but they tell me
there is a war on, Bunny.
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Valkyries on stage, please.
The overture has begun.
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What about the sandwiches?
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Ham and tomato, plain cucumber and
chicken with a hint of Dijon mustard.
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- Actually delicious.
- Excellent. How do I look?
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Wunderbar!
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Now, schnell, schnell. Go on, quickly.
You're a very naughty Valkyrie.
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We now come to the finale
of our evening.
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I should warn you
that the vision you're about to witness
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will be both shocking and terrifying.
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A battle is raging.
Volleys of arrows pierce the air.
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Shields clash
and swords do their terrible work.
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But swooping down from the clouds
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comes the most terrible spectre of all.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
the Verdi Club presents
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the Ride of the Valkyries!
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Oh! Oh, my God!
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Bravo!
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It is my pleasure to present you
with this small token of our esteem.
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Oh! Thank you. Shall I open it?
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Yes!
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Well, this is beautiful.
Thank you. Thank you all so very much.
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You know, years ago
when I founded the Verdi Club,
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I never could have imagined
that I would be here tonight,
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25 years on,
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with my beloved husband by my side.
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Music...
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Music has been, and is, my life.
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Music matters. Thank you.
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Bravo!
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And at this dark moment in our history,
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with our brave boys
fighting for civilisation itself,
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it matters more than ever.
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So I implore you to continue to support
the musical life of this city.
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- Good evening, Madam Florence.
- Hello, Kitty.
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- How did it go?
- Very, very well, thank you.
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And now, my bunny, you must sleep.
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I don't want this day to end.
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I know, I know.
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Shut your eyes.
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Only if you recite for me.
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Very well.
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Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.
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Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
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Or bends with the remover to remove:
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O no.
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Thank you, Kitty.
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- Goodnight, Mr Bayfield.
- Goodnight.
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A taxi if I may. Thank you.
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- Thank you very much.
- Goodnight, sir.
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Welcome home, darling.
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- I'm a tad drunk.
- Oh. Lucky you.
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- How was Florence?
- Magnificent.
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And you?
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I would say
I gave an adequate performance.
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I wish I could have come.
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- How was Augustus's play?
- Oh, terrible.
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Finish it. I'm teaching first thing.
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The oculist with bad breath and two left
hands, both of which tend to wander.
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- I love you, St Clair.
- Hmm. With knobs on.
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Good morning, Miss Rabbit.
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Have you seen the reviews, Whitey?
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Carlton Smith in the Musical Courier
says it was the event of the season.
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Well, it jolly well was. Now...
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No. Put it on the table. I'm getting up.
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Bunny, that's not a good idea.
Last night...
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On the table. Please.
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We have to plan the Verdi lunch.
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Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no.
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You can't put Mrs James O'Flaherty
next to the baroness.
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She slurps her soup.
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Then let's serve smoked trout,
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because I doubt that even Mrs O'Flaherty
could slurp a trout.
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The Verdi luncheon always begins
with a soup. You know that.
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How could we not begin with a soup?
There would be a riot.
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In that case, let us put her
over here on the card table
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between Mr and Mrs Levi.
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- Perfect.
- No.
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Mrs O'Flaherty
isn't keen on the... Jews.
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We'll put her between Prince Galitzer
and Mrs Oscar Garmunder.
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- No.
- Yes. They're both deaf as posts.
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- No!
- Yes!
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Maestro Toscanini is here.
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Oh.
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Charlie, cup of coffee?
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Do show him in, Kitty, please.
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- Please come in.
- Thank you so much.
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Arturo. What a wonderful surprise.
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You don't mind me visiting unannounced?
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Oh, no. La mia casa è la tua casa.
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Ah.
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- I have a little gift.
- Oh.
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My recording of the Bell Song
with Lily Pons.
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Oh, Arturo, how very thoughtful of you.
Thank you.
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You know, we are so looking forward
to that concert.
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- Are the preparations going well?
- Very well.
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Though there are some financial matters
that remain... problematico.
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Hmm.
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Madam Florence, without your help,
there will be no concert.
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How much did he want?
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A thousand. But he gave me a record.
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♪ Filles des Parias
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♪ Elle court sur la mousse
Et ne se souvient pas
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♪ Le long des lauriers roses
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♪ Rêvant de douces choses
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♪ Elle passe sans bruit
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♪ Et riant a la nuit
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Bravo! Bravo!
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I haven't heard a voice that good
since Caruso.
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- Extraordinary little thing, isn't she?
- Hmm.
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Can you imagine
what that must feel like?
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To hold nearly 3,000 people
in the cup of your hand.
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- Hmm.
- To share such profound communion.
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Hmm.
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Did you see Carlo Edwards from the Met?
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- No.
- Well, he was seated to our right.
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I gather he's coaching again.
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Oh, is he now, Bunny?
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I would like to take
some more lessons with him.
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Then I shall phone him
first thing in the morning.
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- I shall need a pianist.
- Yes.
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Someone young. Someone... with passion.
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- Oh, my hat.
- Not passionate enough?
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He's raping my ears.
Make him stop, make him stop.
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Thank you!
Thank you very much, Mr Zeigler.
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Thank you, Mr Zeigler! Thank you!
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Very good. We'll... We'll be in touch.
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Thank you again.
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Gentlemen, the chairs are not
for practical use. You have been told.
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- Cosmé McMoon?
- That's me, sir.
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Come.
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Sorry.
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- What should I play?
- Well, I really don't mind.
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As long as it's not too loud.
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- What loveliness.
- Hmm.
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What is he playing?
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Some Saint-Saëns bullshit.
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Yeah.
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You know...
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You know, when I was...
when I was 16 years old,
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my father told me that if I didn't
give up music and marry a dull banker,
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he'd cut me off.
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That's true.
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Sorry. It's OK, continue, Mr McMoon.
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Course, he didn't understand musicians.
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We'd rather go without bread
than Mozart, wouldn't we?
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It's not even a choice for us.
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Course, he did cut me off,
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but I got myself
a little apartment in Philly
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and I made a living
teaching piano to children.
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And we'd play The Swan and...
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That was my favourite.
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Wow. Great story.
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Yeah, it is, isn't it?
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Course, he came round eventually
and then I was back in the will.
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Yes.
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Well, I must say,
I think you're absolutely ideal.
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Did I mention that I also compose?
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- And he also composes.
- Yes, I'm sure he does.
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Well, you know, there are
some other candidates to hear, Bunny.
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- Hmm?
- Some more.
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- Do you know any of them?
- I do.
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They're all rather... heavy-handed,
I'm afraid.
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The son of a bitch.
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Madam Florence regrets she is unable
to hear any more candidates today.
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- It's unbelievable.
- I trained at Juilliard...
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I am so very sorry.
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- Why?
- You're not her type.
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Now, I must warn you, I work very hard.
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I study an hour every day.
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Sometimes two.
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And my father didn't leave me
as much money as everybody thinks,
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so I couldn't pay you
more than a hundred and fifty.
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- A month?
- A week.
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I'm not destitute.
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A few pointers
as to how Madam Florence does things.
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You will note that she carries a leather
briefcase with her at all times.
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You are not to touch that briefcase
or to enquire as to its contents.
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Right.
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In the hall, Madam Florence
keeps a collection of chairs
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in which people of note have expired.
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- They're not for practical use.
- I understand.
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She abhors all pointed objects,
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so don't smoke in her presence or
hand her a knife or anything like that.
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- Are you fond of sandwiches?
- Yes.
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Good, good. Madam Florence
is inordinately fond of sandwiches.
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And potato salad as well.
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When we throw parties,
we make mountains of the stuff.
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It would serve you
to consume both with enthusiasm.
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- I shall.
- Good morning, Patrick.
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So, here is a week in advance
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and a teeny bit extra for a new shirt.
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Thank you.
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If you can forgive Madam Florence
her little eccentricities,
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you will find her to be
a most generous and delightful person.
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Ours is a very happy world.
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Welcome, Mr McMoon.
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Tomorrow morning at nine. Don't be late.
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- I won't, sir.
- Good.
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Taxi! Taxi!
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- Good morning.
- Good morning.
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- Mr McMoon is here.
- Oh, do come in, Mr McMoon.
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This is the talented young man
I was telling you about.
248
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- How do you do, Mr McMoon?
- My vocal coach.
249
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Maestro Carlo Edwards, assistant
conductor at the Metropolitan Opera.
250
00:21:05.210 --> 00:21:09.670
How do you do, sir? I saw you conduct
La Bohème last season.
251
00:21:09.751 --> 00:21:11.791
Oh, no, please don't remind me.
252
00:21:11.876 --> 00:21:14.626
Carlo!
253
00:21:15.501 --> 00:21:17.671
He's kidding. He's kidding.
254
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I've learned everything.
255
00:21:20.168 --> 00:21:23.748
- I'm virtually off score.
- Good. Then let's get started.
256
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Here we are. The Bell Song.
257
00:21:28.835 --> 00:21:33.705
Oh. Isn't it a little early
in the morning for Lakmé, Carlo?
258
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Not for a singer of your ability.
259
00:21:39.376 --> 00:21:41.666
Whenever you're ready, Mr McMoon.
260
00:21:50.418 --> 00:21:52.088
No. No, uh, no.
261
00:21:52.168 --> 00:21:56.378
A little more allegretto, please,
if you don't mind, Mr McMoon.
262
00:21:57.835 --> 00:21:59.335
Sorry.
263
00:22:19.876 --> 00:22:21.996
Raise the soft palate.
264
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Good.
265
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Use the air.
266
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On the breath.
267
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Project forward.
268
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Bella.
269
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♪ Où va la jeune Indoue
270
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- ♪ Fille des Parias
- Think of the mask, Florence.
271
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♪ Quand la lune se joue
272
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La squillo.
273
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♪ Dans les grands mimosas
274
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The voice is in the mask.
275
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♪ Quand la lune se joue
276
00:23:44.585 --> 00:23:50.165
♪ Dans les grands mimosas
277
00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:54.790
♪ Le long des lauriers roses
278
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Yes.
279
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- ♪ Rêvant de douces choses
- Yes, yes.
280
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♪ Elle passe sans bruit
281
00:24:08.043 --> 00:24:14.673
♪ Et riant à la nuit
282
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Stop there.
283
00:24:28.751 --> 00:24:31.591
There's work to be done.
284
00:24:36.626 --> 00:24:39.376
But you've never sounded better.
285
00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:42.090
Oh!
286
00:24:42.168 --> 00:24:43.208
Hear, hear.
287
00:24:43.293 --> 00:24:48.673
Maestro, it is true that a lot of
singers my age are on the decline,
288
00:24:48.751 --> 00:24:50.671
but I seem to just get
better and better.
289
00:24:50.751 --> 00:24:54.171
I know.
It's hard to believe, isn't it?
290
00:24:54.251 --> 00:24:56.671
Well, I am so blessed.
291
00:24:57.835 --> 00:25:02.335
There is no one quite like you.
292
00:25:07.793 --> 00:25:09.543
Onwards!
293
00:25:13.626 --> 00:25:15.876
I thought you were off score.
294
00:25:19.335 --> 00:25:22.245
- Did you enjoy the class?
- Very much so.
295
00:25:22.335 --> 00:25:25.285
- Yes, she's remarkable, isn't she?
- She is.
296
00:25:27.418 --> 00:25:29.628
I thought you played very nicely.
297
00:25:29.710 --> 00:25:31.250
Thank you.
298
00:25:32.251 --> 00:25:34.211
Good. Same time tomorrow, then.
299
00:25:34.293 --> 00:25:35.713
- Yes.
- Yeah.
300
00:25:35.793 --> 00:25:37.383
- Goodbye.
- Bye.
301
00:26:12.543 --> 00:26:14.423
- Oh!
- Oh, sorry.
302
00:26:14.501 --> 00:26:16.041
Excuse me.
303
00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.960
- Morning.
- Morning, Mr Bayfield.
304
00:26:30.251 --> 00:26:32.631
Find a breath, Florence.
305
00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:41.840
Afternoon, Mr Bayfield.
306
00:26:41.918 --> 00:26:42.918
Good.
307
00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:48.710
Appoggio.
308
00:26:48.793 --> 00:26:51.713
Lean into it.
309
00:26:51.793 --> 00:26:54.503
Expand your diaphragm, Florence.
310
00:26:57.168 --> 00:26:59.538
Breathe. Breathe, Florence.
311
00:26:59.626 --> 00:27:00.626
Good.
312
00:27:02.501 --> 00:27:03.841
Good.
313
00:27:03.918 --> 00:27:06.628
Good.
314
00:27:08.126 --> 00:27:13.496
♪ Faint melodies bring back old days
315
00:27:13.585 --> 00:27:16.415
Soar like a bird.
316
00:27:16.501 --> 00:27:22.251
♪ Faintly the old music box plays
317
00:27:22.335 --> 00:27:23.625
Wonderful.
318
00:27:35.710 --> 00:27:39.380
One word. Authenticity.
319
00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:43.420
Maestro, do you think
I'm ready... for a concert?
320
00:27:44.376 --> 00:27:46.536
You'll never be more ready.
321
00:27:46.626 --> 00:27:49.496
You have been absent from the stage
for far too long, Bunny.
322
00:27:50.210 --> 00:27:52.880
Mr McMoon? Do you think I'm ready?
323
00:27:55.085 --> 00:27:56.245
Sure.
324
00:27:56.335 --> 00:27:59.535
And perhaps I shall perform a monologue.
325
00:28:01.710 --> 00:28:04.130
Or not. Or not.
326
00:28:04.210 --> 00:28:06.960
I shall start to make arrangements.
327
00:28:07.043 --> 00:28:10.753
Obviously I'll do my utmost
to attend the concert,
328
00:28:10.835 --> 00:28:13.285
but I'll be away in Florida
at some point.
329
00:28:13.376 --> 00:28:16.036
Oh, right. When?
330
00:28:16.126 --> 00:28:18.786
Let me know when you've fixed a date.
331
00:28:18.876 --> 00:28:20.626
One other thing.
332
00:28:20.710 --> 00:28:23.670
Since I've been working so intensively
with Florence,
333
00:28:23.751 --> 00:28:26.001
I've rather neglected my other students.
334
00:28:26.085 --> 00:28:29.495
It might be best
if we were discreet about these classes.
335
00:28:29.585 --> 00:28:34.585
I'd be mortified if Madam Florence
become the focus of any envy.
336
00:28:36.043 --> 00:28:37.633
Well, thank you so very, very much.
337
00:28:39.751 --> 00:28:42.251
Oh, she spoils me.
338
00:28:43.918 --> 00:28:46.378
But then she spoils us all.
339
00:28:47.001 --> 00:28:48.671
Doesn't she?
340
00:28:51.376 --> 00:28:53.746
- Enjoy Florida.
- I will.
341
00:29:00.751 --> 00:29:01.921
Mr McMoon.
342
00:29:02.001 --> 00:29:04.631
- Could we speak, Mr Bayfield?
- Yes, of course. What is it?
343
00:29:04.710 --> 00:29:10.170
Well, uh, I thought I was being hired
to accompany Madam Florence's lessons.
344
00:29:10.251 --> 00:29:11.881
Hm-hm.
345
00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:15.000
I'll be honest with you, Mr Bayfield,
I think Madam Florence
346
00:29:15.085 --> 00:29:20.245
might need a little more preparation
before she sings in public.
347
00:29:20.335 --> 00:29:22.665
- We've been rehearsing for a month.
- Well, I know.
348
00:29:22.751 --> 00:29:27.841
But from time to time,
she can be a little...
349
00:29:27.918 --> 00:29:30.498
- Hmm?
- ..flat.
350
00:29:31.210 --> 00:29:35.340
- Flat?
- A tad. Well, just a tad.
351
00:29:35.418 --> 00:29:37.458
Carlo Edwards
didn't mention any flatness,
352
00:29:37.543 --> 00:29:39.463
and he is the leading vocal coach
in the city.
353
00:29:39.543 --> 00:29:42.423
Jeez, Mr Bayfield, we can't be talking
about the same singer.
354
00:29:42.501 --> 00:29:44.711
I mean, her vocal cords,
they don't phonate freely.
355
00:29:44.793 --> 00:29:46.133
Her phrasing is haphazard.
356
00:29:46.210 --> 00:29:51.000
As for her subglottal pressure...
it defies medical science.
357
00:29:51.085 --> 00:29:53.285
Is her instrument quite what it was?
Perhaps not.
358
00:29:53.376 --> 00:29:56.126
But as Beethoven said,
a few wrong notes may be forgiven,
359
00:29:56.210 --> 00:29:58.420
but singing without feeling cannot.
360
00:29:58.501 --> 00:30:03.291
Mr Bayfield, is there any way I could do
the lessons but not the concerts?
361
00:30:03.376 --> 00:30:06.336
- No, I'm afraid not.
- But I have my reputation to think of.
362
00:30:06.418 --> 00:30:08.708
Oh, really? And what reputation is that?
363
00:30:08.793 --> 00:30:12.673
If you want to go back to playing
for tips in a steakhouse, be my guest.
364
00:30:13.835 --> 00:30:16.745
Oh, Cosmé, Florence is very fond of you,
365
00:30:16.835 --> 00:30:19.705
she's paying you well and she knows,
well, she knows everyone.
366
00:30:19.793 --> 00:30:21.133
But, Mr Bayfield...
367
00:30:21.210 --> 00:30:24.460
And she has sung
in dozens of sell-out concerts.
368
00:30:24.543 --> 00:30:27.043
She has a magnetism
that her followers adore.
369
00:30:27.126 --> 00:30:32.536
I understand that, but what if less
educated members of the public show up?
370
00:30:32.626 --> 00:30:34.996
No, you're right, we must exclude
the hoodlum element
371
00:30:35.085 --> 00:30:37.705
and ensure that only
true music lovers gain entry.
372
00:30:37.793 --> 00:30:41.423
These events take
all kinds of careful preparation.
373
00:30:58.043 --> 00:31:01.593
So, five down and two to go.
374
00:31:01.668 --> 00:31:04.458
And have you attended
one of Madam Florence's concerts before?
375
00:31:04.543 --> 00:31:06.503
No, but I heard all about her.
376
00:31:06.585 --> 00:31:09.785
Well, I'm afraid we're giving priority
to Verdi Club members at the moment.
377
00:31:09.876 --> 00:31:11.666
But I came all the way from Brooklyn.
378
00:31:11.751 --> 00:31:13.591
I'm so sorry. Next, please.
379
00:31:13.668 --> 00:31:15.878
Not a music lover.
380
00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:18.090
You take over. Two dollars a pop.
381
00:31:19.001 --> 00:31:21.291
Mr Stark, how very nice.
382
00:31:21.376 --> 00:31:22.746
That's Mr Bayfield.
383
00:31:22.835 --> 00:31:24.955
Yes, thank you for calling back.
The poster.
384
00:31:25.043 --> 00:31:27.213
"President and founder,
Florence Foster Jenkins",
385
00:31:27.293 --> 00:31:28.673
that should be larger, 28 point.
386
00:31:28.751 --> 00:31:32.341
If asked, your favourite composers
are Mozart, Verdi and Beethoven.
387
00:31:32.418 --> 00:31:36.248
Phineas, try to get this
through your fat head.
388
00:31:36.335 --> 00:31:41.585
I am not interested
in your bullshit music club, OK?
389
00:31:41.668 --> 00:31:43.628
Agnes, please.
390
00:31:43.710 --> 00:31:44.750
My God.
391
00:31:44.835 --> 00:31:50.205
June 4th, Saturday night at 8pm.
Oh, I do so hope you can be there.
392
00:31:50.293 --> 00:31:53.843
Well, unfortunately we are rehearsing.
393
00:31:53.918 --> 00:31:57.918
- Oh, on Saturday night?
- Well, we rehearse all the time.
394
00:31:59.293 --> 00:32:02.423
Oh, my God.
It's Toscanini, the conductor.
395
00:32:02.501 --> 00:32:07.291
Hmm, I thought it was Toscanini,
the anchovy paste salesman. Huh?
396
00:32:07.376 --> 00:32:09.626
Finally, the line below that
should read:
397
00:32:09.710 --> 00:32:14.210
"Directed by St Clair Bayfield,
eminent actor and monologist."
398
00:32:15.876 --> 00:32:16.876
"Eminent", yes.
399
00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:18.960
Kisses for Mommy.
400
00:32:20.043 --> 00:32:22.423
Kiss monster.
401
00:32:22.501 --> 00:32:25.541
Thank you, Mr Lipshitz.
Thank you very much.
402
00:32:25.626 --> 00:32:28.666
St Clair, who is that vulgar woman?
403
00:32:28.751 --> 00:32:32.131
- The new Mrs Stark, I imagine.
- What happened to the last one?
404
00:32:32.210 --> 00:32:34.540
- Who is that man, anyway?
- Phineas?
405
00:32:34.626 --> 00:32:36.496
- Hmm.
- He sells meat in cans.
406
00:32:36.585 --> 00:32:39.835
- Very wealthy. Very generous.
- Oh.
407
00:32:39.918 --> 00:32:41.878
I understand Agnes isn't a member.
408
00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:44.340
She's new to the world
of classical music.
409
00:32:44.418 --> 00:32:47.668
But she's very keen to learn.
410
00:32:47.751 --> 00:32:50.921
Well, in that case,
I think we can make an exception.
411
00:32:51.001 --> 00:32:53.841
- Four dollars, please.
- Thank you so much.
412
00:32:53.918 --> 00:32:59.128
A whole world of pleasure
awaits you, Mrs Stark.
413
00:32:59.210 --> 00:33:01.920
Well, you can never have
too much pleasure.
414
00:33:03.126 --> 00:33:04.336
Right?
415
00:33:06.210 --> 00:33:08.210
Oh, right.
416
00:33:08.293 --> 00:33:12.463
So, that is two tickets for the Levis
and a dollar change.
417
00:33:12.543 --> 00:33:13.843
- Thank you.
- Now, then.
418
00:33:13.918 --> 00:33:17.878
Oh, Mr Bayfield. I am so excited.
419
00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:20.590
Well, we all are.
I have put you in row E, Mrs Vanderbilt.
420
00:33:20.668 --> 00:33:23.998
E for elegance. Four dollars if I may.
421
00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:26.670
- Excuse me.
- Thank you.
422
00:33:30.126 --> 00:33:34.496
They're getting through the potato salad
like gannets. Is there any more?
423
00:33:34.585 --> 00:33:35.875
Let me check.
424
00:33:37.918 --> 00:33:40.208
How's it going, Kitty?
Are we running low?
425
00:33:40.293 --> 00:33:42.883
I think we should be fine, Mr Bayfield.
426
00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:46.130
- Very good. I'll take that.
- Thank you, Mr Bayfield.
427
00:33:51.918 --> 00:33:54.628
There's an Earl Wilson here.
428
00:33:57.585 --> 00:33:59.955
Send him in. Thank you, Kitty.
429
00:34:01.710 --> 00:34:03.290
Through there.
430
00:34:04.085 --> 00:34:07.125
- Earl Wilson of the New York Post.
- How do you do, Mr Bayfield?
431
00:34:07.210 --> 00:34:09.750
How do you do?
I read your column. It's great fun.
432
00:34:09.835 --> 00:34:11.785
- Thank you.
- What brings you here?
433
00:34:11.876 --> 00:34:14.416
I was hoping
I could get a ticket for the concert.
434
00:34:14.501 --> 00:34:16.251
Oh, well, I'm afraid we're all sold out.
435
00:34:16.335 --> 00:34:19.245
Oh? Carlton Smith
from the Musical Courier has got one.
436
00:34:19.335 --> 00:34:21.335
So has Stubbs from World Bugle.
437
00:34:21.418 --> 00:34:22.498
I'm not sure it's an event
438
00:34:22.585 --> 00:34:24.955
that would interest the readers
of the New York Post.
439
00:34:25.043 --> 00:34:28.213
My editor would disagree. There's
quite a buzz around town about it.
440
00:34:28.293 --> 00:34:30.253
He sent me down here himself.
441
00:34:30.335 --> 00:34:32.375
So, can I get that ticket?
442
00:34:33.835 --> 00:34:35.705
Why not?
443
00:34:35.793 --> 00:34:37.213
Thank you.
444
00:34:48.543 --> 00:34:50.383
Voilà.
445
00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:52.040
I just need the ticket.
446
00:34:52.126 --> 00:34:54.246
It's both or neither, Mr Wilson.
447
00:34:54.335 --> 00:34:56.035
Then I'll trouble you no more.
448
00:34:56.126 --> 00:34:58.166
- Good evening.
- Good evening.
449
00:35:07.376 --> 00:35:09.246
Yes.
450
00:35:09.335 --> 00:35:11.705
Darling. Augustus is here.
451
00:35:11.793 --> 00:35:13.843
Ah, what a surprise.
452
00:35:13.918 --> 00:35:16.538
- How are you, Augustus?
- Couldn't be better.
453
00:35:16.626 --> 00:35:18.706
I hear your play was a triumph.
454
00:35:18.793 --> 00:35:22.173
I am a second-rate playwright
and we all know that.
455
00:35:22.251 --> 00:35:26.091
But I'm a first-rate friend, the latter
outweighing the former, I feel.
456
00:35:26.168 --> 00:35:28.088
With knobs on.
457
00:35:28.168 --> 00:35:31.538
- So, is it really true?
- What's that?
458
00:35:31.626 --> 00:35:34.536
Madam Florence
is taking to the stage once more?
459
00:35:34.626 --> 00:35:37.536
- Yes.
- Ah, it's been too long.
460
00:35:37.626 --> 00:35:40.916
- How much are tickets?
- I'm afraid we've already sold out.
461
00:35:41.001 --> 00:35:43.041
- You can't be sold out.
- I'm so sorry.
462
00:35:43.126 --> 00:35:48.036
- St Clair, don't be a silly arse.
- Yes, don't be a silly arse, St Clair.
463
00:35:48.126 --> 00:35:50.086
The concert is for true music lovers,
464
00:35:50.168 --> 00:35:52.788
not mockers and scoffers
like you and your artistic friends.
465
00:35:52.876 --> 00:35:55.666
When have I ever mocked or scoffed?
466
00:35:57.043 --> 00:36:00.253
The lady is an eloquent lesson
in fidelity and courage,
467
00:36:00.335 --> 00:36:02.915
and that's why we love her.
468
00:36:03.001 --> 00:36:06.381
Please, St Clair.
Do you want to see a grown man cry?
469
00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:08.880
Be a sport, darling,
and I'll make it up to you.
470
00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:10.880
- No, I'm sorry.
- Please.
471
00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:13.000
No. Non. Nyet.
472
00:36:16.043 --> 00:36:17.093
Tickets, please.
473
00:36:17.168 --> 00:36:18.878
Thank you. Tickets, please.
474
00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:20.460
You're very lucky to be here.
475
00:36:20.543 --> 00:36:22.633
You've made promises
and I'm holding you to them.
476
00:36:22.710 --> 00:36:24.500
I've brought some friends. Music lovers.
477
00:36:24.585 --> 00:36:28.125
We'll see. I'm watching them carefully.
478
00:36:28.210 --> 00:36:30.380
Carlton Smith. And Mr Stubbs.
479
00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:33.210
We're greatly honoured.
I hope you enjoy the evening.
480
00:36:33.293 --> 00:36:35.463
- We will, St Clair.
- Fingers crossed.
481
00:36:36.626 --> 00:36:40.626
Tell the ushers that absolutely no one
gets in without a ticket. No exceptions.
482
00:36:40.710 --> 00:36:45.090
And if Earl Wilson turns up from the
Post, they politely show him the door.
483
00:36:46.293 --> 00:36:47.793
Mr and Mrs Stark. How very nice.
484
00:36:47.876 --> 00:36:51.496
Will you forgive me?
I have an important nose to powder.
485
00:36:51.585 --> 00:36:52.875
This is beautiful, isn't it?
486
00:36:54.835 --> 00:36:56.035
Oh, God.
487
00:36:58.751 --> 00:37:00.921
- All set?
- I guess.
488
00:37:01.001 --> 00:37:04.251
They are going to adore you.
You have my word.
489
00:37:17.085 --> 00:37:19.375
Too many? Too many feathers you think?
490
00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:21.920
The perfect number of feathers.
Restrained and elegant.
491
00:37:22.001 --> 00:37:24.881
- I'm so nervous, Whitey.
- Oh, don't be.
492
00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:27.790
- Are you nervous, Mr McMoon?
- Somewhat.
493
00:37:27.876 --> 00:37:29.456
You have a full and very warm house
494
00:37:29.543 --> 00:37:33.463
and you are both
going to be sensational.
495
00:37:33.543 --> 00:37:34.963
Ready?
496
00:37:35.043 --> 00:37:36.593
Hm-hm. Yes.
497
00:37:36.668 --> 00:37:37.878
Break a leg.
498
00:37:40.918 --> 00:37:42.378
House lights, please.
499
00:37:44.876 --> 00:37:49.336
This is what we live for, isn't it?
500
00:37:53.543 --> 00:37:56.093
This moment.
501
00:38:05.710 --> 00:38:07.210
Oh, my God.
502
00:38:26.168 --> 00:38:31.458
♪ O noble sir
How far you err
503
00:38:31.543 --> 00:38:35.633
♪ You're really not discreet
504
00:38:36.126 --> 00:38:40.206
♪ Therefore my advice
is that you look twice
505
00:38:40.293 --> 00:38:44.713
♪ When judging those you meet
506
00:38:44.793 --> 00:38:48.633
♪ My little white hands are fine
507
00:38:48.710 --> 00:38:50.420
♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha!
508
00:38:50.501 --> 00:38:54.251
♪ My foot with its contour divine
509
00:38:54.335 --> 00:38:55.785
♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha!
510
00:38:55.876 --> 00:38:59.456
♪ My speech so disarming
511
00:38:59.543 --> 00:39:04.253
♪ My waistline so slim and charming
512
00:39:04.335 --> 00:39:09.585
♪ No lady's maid could be
full of so much grace, you see
513
00:39:09.668 --> 00:39:14.788
♪ No lady's maid could be
full of so much grace, you see
514
00:39:14.876 --> 00:39:19.086
♪ Now you must own to your mistake
515
00:39:19.168 --> 00:39:25.588
♪ Your blunder almost takes the cake
516
00:39:25.668 --> 00:39:27.338
♪ Oh, how funny
517
00:39:27.418 --> 00:39:29.288
♪ Ah, ha, ha!
518
00:39:29.376 --> 00:39:31.956
- ♪ You amuse me
- For God's sake, woman, keep quiet.
519
00:39:32.043 --> 00:39:34.753
♪ If I laugh so! Ah, ha, ha
520
00:39:34.835 --> 00:39:36.085
♪ Pray excuse me
521
00:39:36.168 --> 00:39:40.378
- ♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha!
- Quiet. Shh!
522
00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:42.920
♪ Ah, ha, ha! You amuse me
523
00:39:43.001 --> 00:39:46.211
♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha!
524
00:39:46.293 --> 00:39:48.463
Be quiet.
525
00:39:48.543 --> 00:39:51.213
- Is she unwell, Mr Stark?
- A coughing fit.
526
00:39:52.085 --> 00:39:55.285
She needs fresh air.
This way, Mrs Stark.
527
00:39:58.751 --> 00:40:02.211
♪ So look through your glasses
and see...
528
00:40:02.293 --> 00:40:04.343
- ♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha!
- That's it. Shh.
529
00:40:04.418 --> 00:40:07.878
- ♪ My costume, my air of grandee
- Control yourself, Agnes.
530
00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:09.920
♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha!
531
00:40:10.668 --> 00:40:14.038
♪ Your love is short-sighted
532
00:40:14.126 --> 00:40:17.666
- ♪ Alas, you're benighted
- Shh!
533
00:40:17.751 --> 00:40:20.541
- I am so sorry, Mr Bayfield.
- Not at all, not at all.
534
00:40:20.626 --> 00:40:23.086
I wish you a speedy recovery, Mrs Stark.
535
00:40:23.168 --> 00:40:26.708
She is the worst goddamn singer
in the entire world!
536
00:40:26.793 --> 00:40:28.793
Honey, must you always embarrass me?
537
00:40:28.876 --> 00:40:32.666
♪ You seem to see her everywhere
538
00:40:32.751 --> 00:40:39.461
♪ It's very droll, I do declare
539
00:40:39.543 --> 00:40:42.753
♪ Oh how funny! Ah, ha, ha!
540
00:40:42.835 --> 00:40:45.495
♪ You amuse me! Ah, ha, ha!
541
00:40:45.585 --> 00:40:48.535
♪ Should I laugh so! Ah, ha, ha
542
00:40:48.626 --> 00:40:52.836
♪ Pray excuse me!
Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
543
00:40:52.918 --> 00:40:55.588
♪ Oh how funny! Ah, ha, ha!
544
00:40:55.876 --> 00:40:58.746
♪ You amuse me! Ah, ha, ha!
545
00:40:58.835 --> 00:41:02.455
♪ Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
546
00:41:02.543 --> 00:41:04.713
♪ Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
547
00:41:04.793 --> 00:41:07.503
♪ Ha! Ha!
548
00:41:07.585 --> 00:41:10.955
♪ Ha, ha, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
549
00:41:11.043 --> 00:41:13.173
♪ Ha, ah, ha, ha, ha, ha!
550
00:41:13.251 --> 00:41:14.341
♪ Ha!
551
00:41:14.418 --> 00:41:16.838
♪ Ha, ha, ah, ah, ah,
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
552
00:41:16.918 --> 00:41:19.498
♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
553
00:41:19.585 --> 00:41:21.875
♪ Ha, ha
554
00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:27.500
♪ Ha, ha!
555
00:41:30.043 --> 00:41:33.343
Bravo, Madam Florence! Bravo!
556
00:41:33.418 --> 00:41:35.498
Bravo! Encore!
557
00:41:36.751 --> 00:41:38.381
Bravo!
558
00:41:40.585 --> 00:41:42.245
Bravo!
559
00:41:42.335 --> 00:41:43.915
Bravo!
560
00:41:44.001 --> 00:41:46.381
- Bravo, Madam Florence!
- Alright, sit down.
561
00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:50.500
St Clair, congratulations.
What a wonderful evening.
562
00:41:50.585 --> 00:41:52.245
- Thank you, madam.
- Oh, Mr Bayfield.
563
00:41:52.335 --> 00:41:56.375
I don't hear very well, but I just think
Madam Florence is magical.
564
00:41:56.460 --> 00:42:01.340
Well, I know how very grateful she is
for your friendship and your support.
565
00:42:01.418 --> 00:42:04.088
- That little McMoon.
- I'm so very sorry. Just one moment.
566
00:42:04.168 --> 00:42:06.748
- What a find.
- St Clair, a delightful evening.
567
00:42:06.835 --> 00:42:09.415
The Donohughes, how nice to see you.
Mr and Mrs Wallace.
568
00:42:09.501 --> 00:42:11.381
It was spectacular.
569
00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:14.880
- Darling, the Fledermaus was thrilling.
- You were magnificent.
570
00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:17.290
- Absolutely thrilling.
- Is everything alright?
571
00:42:17.376 --> 00:42:20.996
I don't...
I don't feel very well, Whitey.
572
00:42:21.085 --> 00:42:23.415
Let's get you home.
573
00:42:27.251 --> 00:42:31.671
Dr Hertz is in Washington,
but he sent his colleague Dr Hermann.
574
00:42:38.793 --> 00:42:40.503
If I may, please.
575
00:42:50.835 --> 00:42:53.035
I didn't have time
to look at your medical notes.
576
00:42:53.126 --> 00:42:56.036
The scarring is from syphilis.
577
00:42:56.126 --> 00:42:58.746
When did you contract the disease?
578
00:42:59.835 --> 00:43:01.875
On my wedding night.
579
00:43:02.626 --> 00:43:07.416
My first husband,
Dr Frank Thornton Jenkins.
580
00:43:09.793 --> 00:43:11.503
Something of an alley cat.
581
00:43:12.793 --> 00:43:15.793
- How old were you?
- 18.
582
00:43:15.876 --> 00:43:19.456
- Where did the chancre first appear?
- It was on my left hand, right here.
583
00:43:19.543 --> 00:43:25.343
- Are you taking any medication?
- Just mercury and arsenic, of course.
584
00:43:25.418 --> 00:43:27.588
- Any other symptoms?
- No.
585
00:43:27.668 --> 00:43:31.838
She has seizures from time to time,
when she has overexerted herself.
586
00:43:31.918 --> 00:43:33.338
I see.
587
00:43:33.418 --> 00:43:36.128
Well, there is a murmur
and some palpitations
588
00:43:36.210 --> 00:43:40.170
but no indication the disease
is entering the tertiary phase.
589
00:43:40.251 --> 00:43:43.791
The two and a half hours of coloratura
you performed this evening
590
00:43:43.876 --> 00:43:46.666
might account for the tiredness.
591
00:43:46.751 --> 00:43:50.751
Bed rest until your strength returns.
592
00:43:51.293 --> 00:43:53.793
I'll speak to Dr Hertz and let him know.
593
00:43:53.876 --> 00:43:55.206
Thank you, Doctor.
594
00:43:56.876 --> 00:43:57.996
Thank you.
595
00:43:59.793 --> 00:44:04.293
I've known patients survive 20 years
with syphilis but never nearly 50.
596
00:44:04.376 --> 00:44:06.876
I'm amazed. What is her secret?
597
00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:09.540
Music. She lives for music.
598
00:44:09.626 --> 00:44:12.586
And no doubt your love
has proved to be a panacea too.
599
00:44:12.668 --> 00:44:14.498
We were fortunate
to have found each other.
600
00:44:14.585 --> 00:44:18.785
Clearly. I don't mean to pry,
Mr Bayfield, but how is your own health?
601
00:44:20.126 --> 00:44:22.246
Florence and I have always abstained.
602
00:44:22.335 --> 00:44:23.785
Very wise.
603
00:44:23.876 --> 00:44:26.746
I have several patients
who observe the five-year rule,
604
00:44:26.835 --> 00:44:29.125
but it's no sure prophylactic.
605
00:44:29.210 --> 00:44:32.590
Well, from the start, Florence felt
that my health was paramount.
606
00:44:32.668 --> 00:44:37.838
Excitement stimulates the disease.
She needs rest, Mr Bayfield.
607
00:44:38.793 --> 00:44:40.343
Rest.
608
00:45:01.210 --> 00:45:02.790
Rest, my love.
609
00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:11.540
I can't help wondering
what my life would have been like
610
00:45:11.626 --> 00:45:14.036
if I'd never met Frank Jenkins.
611
00:45:14.126 --> 00:45:17.496
Well, he's in his grave now. Forget him.
612
00:45:20.293 --> 00:45:24.963
But I could've...
could've given you a child.
613
00:45:29.585 --> 00:45:31.535
We could've been a family.
614
00:45:31.626 --> 00:45:33.456
We are a family.
615
00:45:34.918 --> 00:45:40.168
A great and devoted family.
United by our love of music.
616
00:45:43.876 --> 00:45:45.706
Are we not happy?
617
00:45:48.918 --> 00:45:50.998
Hmm?
618
00:45:51.085 --> 00:45:53.205
Shut your eyes. I'll recite for you.
619
00:45:55.918 --> 00:45:57.628
Bright star!...
620
00:45:59.876 --> 00:46:04.786
...would I... were steadfast
as thou art -
621
00:46:05.918 --> 00:46:09.208
Not in lone splendour
hung aloft the night,
622
00:46:09.418 --> 00:46:12.538
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
623
00:46:12.626 --> 00:46:15.836
- Like Nature's patient, sleep...
- I think I'll read.
624
00:46:21.543 --> 00:46:24.133
- Well, goodnight, my love.
- Night-night.
625
00:46:35.626 --> 00:46:38.126
"..recital at the Ritz-Carlton."
626
00:46:38.210 --> 00:46:40.590
"And the consensus was
that she'd never sung better."
627
00:46:40.668 --> 00:46:42.998
"Her grace and brilliant personality
628
00:46:43.085 --> 00:46:46.165
only added
to the remarkable quality of her voice."
629
00:46:46.251 --> 00:46:49.341
"By the end of her performance,
the stage was a bower of blooms
630
00:46:49.418 --> 00:46:53.378
and Madam Jenkins retired
to affectionate applause."
631
00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:56.790
Make that "thunderous applause".
632
00:46:56.876 --> 00:46:58.286
Alright.
633
00:47:03.793 --> 00:47:05.543
Oh, everybody, look who's here!
634
00:47:05.626 --> 00:47:07.496
Bravo! Bravo!
635
00:47:11.251 --> 00:47:13.791
Darling.
636
00:47:13.876 --> 00:47:15.586
- Um...
- Oh, you don't mind?
637
00:47:15.668 --> 00:47:18.248
I invited the showgirl.
She is simply adorable.
638
00:47:18.793 --> 00:47:21.633
Darling, the concert was wonderful.
How is Florence?
639
00:47:21.710 --> 00:47:23.590
She's absolutely...
640
00:47:25.501 --> 00:47:29.091
Well, I couldn't not invite him.
Would you like a drink?
641
00:47:30.293 --> 00:47:31.463
- In a minute.
- Oh.
642
00:47:31.543 --> 00:47:33.253
Hey, how about one more?
643
00:47:35.210 --> 00:47:37.340
- Cosmé.
- Good evening, Mr Bayfield.
644
00:47:37.418 --> 00:47:38.878
Cigarette?
645
00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:41.670
No, thank you.
I hope you don't mind me being here.
646
00:47:41.751 --> 00:47:47.501
Your friend Kathleen
was most insistent that I stop by.
647
00:47:47.585 --> 00:47:50.085
Really? Well, you're very welcome.
You have a drink?
648
00:47:50.168 --> 00:47:52.208
Hmm.
649
00:47:54.085 --> 00:47:55.875
- Maybe I should get home.
- No, no, no.
650
00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:58.790
- You stay where you are.
- This is all a little awkward.
651
00:47:58.876 --> 00:48:03.286
I mean, I... thought
you and Madam Florence were married.
652
00:48:03.376 --> 00:48:04.746
We are.
653
00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:09.210
But you live here with Kathleen.
654
00:48:09.293 --> 00:48:12.673
Is she... your sister?
655
00:48:12.751 --> 00:48:15.251
- No, she's my girlfriend.
- Oh.
656
00:48:15.335 --> 00:48:17.455
- It's a little complicated.
- Yes, it is.
657
00:48:17.543 --> 00:48:20.543
But, Cosmé,
you have nothing to worry about.
658
00:48:20.626 --> 00:48:23.126
Florence and I have an understanding.
659
00:48:23.210 --> 00:48:27.540
Madam Florence...
she knows about Kathleen?
660
00:48:27.626 --> 00:48:32.536
Well, she understands
that love takes many forms.
661
00:48:32.626 --> 00:48:33.626
Oh.
662
00:48:33.710 --> 00:48:38.290
Believe me, there's no shortage of love
between any of us.
663
00:48:38.376 --> 00:48:41.166
Surely you can see
I'm devoted to Florence.
664
00:48:41.251 --> 00:48:44.421
Our marriage is a thing of the spirit.
665
00:48:44.501 --> 00:48:46.341
It transcends this realm. It's...
666
00:48:47.043 --> 00:48:48.213
Yes?
667
00:48:48.668 --> 00:48:52.418
- Yes.
- I'm very fond of you, Cosmé.
668
00:48:53.710 --> 00:48:55.790
I think of you as a chum.
669
00:48:55.876 --> 00:48:59.126
Oh! That's kind of you, Mr Bayfield.
670
00:48:59.210 --> 00:49:00.670
Hmm.
671
00:49:01.501 --> 00:49:05.291
Seeing as we're talking
in a familiar fashion,
672
00:49:05.376 --> 00:49:10.996
could I possibly ask what it is Madam
Florence carries in that briefcase?
673
00:49:11.085 --> 00:49:12.875
- No.
- No?
674
00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:15.750
Now, what do you say we grab ourselves
a couple of Manhattans
675
00:49:15.835 --> 00:49:18.125
and go and join the hepcats?
676
00:49:18.210 --> 00:49:19.420
OK.
677
00:49:19.501 --> 00:49:20.841
Come on.
678
00:49:23.126 --> 00:49:25.036
- Good evening.
- Hello.
679
00:49:25.126 --> 00:49:26.376
Hmm.
680
00:49:26.460 --> 00:49:27.460
Hi.
681
00:49:27.543 --> 00:49:30.543
Mr Corbin's friends
are all so personable.
682
00:49:30.626 --> 00:49:32.036
Yes, I bet.
683
00:49:32.126 --> 00:49:35.036
Here we are. To a friendship.
684
00:49:35.126 --> 00:49:36.956
In one. Go.
685
00:49:39.001 --> 00:49:41.461
Hey, Mr Bayfield, I wanna see you dance.
686
00:49:43.876 --> 00:49:46.286
No, no, no, no, no.
My dancing days are done.
687
00:49:46.376 --> 00:49:49.166
Dance, St Clair, dance.
I wanna see you dance.
688
00:49:49.251 --> 00:49:51.671
- No, I really... No. No.
- Come on!
689
00:49:51.751 --> 00:49:53.591
Go!
690
00:50:15.001 --> 00:50:16.001
Whoo!
691
00:50:38.501 --> 00:50:39.841
Whoo!
692
00:50:43.085 --> 00:50:44.955
Whoo!
693
00:51:06.376 --> 00:51:08.916
St Clair? Are you there?
694
00:51:12.835 --> 00:51:14.995
St Clair! Wake up!
695
00:51:17.710 --> 00:51:21.170
♪ I've got something
I want to show you!
696
00:51:27.251 --> 00:51:29.711
St Clair, are you in there?
697
00:51:32.751 --> 00:51:34.001
Oh, golly.
698
00:51:34.085 --> 00:51:36.995
Mr Bayfield, wake up. Mr...
Madam Florence is here.
699
00:51:37.085 --> 00:51:38.585
- What?
- That's her at the door.
700
00:51:38.668 --> 00:51:42.088
I can hear you in there.
701
00:51:42.168 --> 00:51:43.878
Wake up, wake up, wake up. Wake up!
702
00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:46.460
- What's the matter?
- It's Florence, she's here. Stall her.
703
00:51:46.543 --> 00:51:48.133
- What?
- Stall her, stall her.
704
00:51:48.210 --> 00:51:49.960
- Get out of bed. Out of bed. Up.
- What?
705
00:51:56.043 --> 00:51:57.963
St Clair, are you there?
706
00:51:58.043 --> 00:52:01.383
Um, just a moment, Madam Florence.
707
00:52:02.876 --> 00:52:07.416
- Who is that?
- It's me, Mr McMoon. How are you?
708
00:52:07.501 --> 00:52:10.131
Mr McMoon?
What are you doing here?
709
00:52:10.210 --> 00:52:12.460
Open the door at once!
710
00:52:14.210 --> 00:52:16.250
Goodness me.
711
00:52:16.335 --> 00:52:17.665
Oh!
712
00:52:17.751 --> 00:52:21.961
Oh! Where... Where is Mr Bay... field?
713
00:52:25.460 --> 00:52:28.000
Oh, my hat!
714
00:52:28.085 --> 00:52:31.875
- St Clair!
- Madam Florence, please, please...
715
00:52:33.876 --> 00:52:36.996
- Whitey?
- Bunny. How very, very nice.
716
00:52:37.085 --> 00:52:40.125
I was just reading
a little early Austen. Quite fun.
717
00:52:40.210 --> 00:52:42.130
May I offer you some tea?
718
00:52:42.210 --> 00:52:45.460
What is going on? Why is Mr McMoon
here?
719
00:52:45.543 --> 00:52:48.003
He lost his house key,
so I put him up for the night.
720
00:52:48.085 --> 00:52:50.495
Oh. But what about the mess?
721
00:52:51.418 --> 00:52:53.628
- There's a mess?
- Oh!
722
00:52:57.960 --> 00:52:59.710
Good God.
723
00:53:00.626 --> 00:53:05.416
When I said "help yourself
to a nightcap", I meant one.
724
00:53:05.501 --> 00:53:07.001
Just look at the place!
725
00:53:08.085 --> 00:53:10.665
Look what he's done, Bunny.
Aren't you going to chastise him?
726
00:53:10.751 --> 00:53:14.501
Well, I... I am very disappointed
in you, Mr McMoon.
727
00:53:14.585 --> 00:53:18.415
I do not approve of drinking.
What got into you?
728
00:53:18.501 --> 00:53:21.251
I'm very sorry.
729
00:53:21.335 --> 00:53:23.535
Never again, Mr McMoon. You understand?
730
00:53:24.751 --> 00:53:26.091
- Reviews.
- What? Oh!
731
00:53:26.168 --> 00:53:28.248
- What do they say?
- They're simply marvellous.
732
00:53:28.335 --> 00:53:32.125
Come, come, come.
That's what I... I wanted to... Look.
733
00:53:32.210 --> 00:53:35.000
Page seven. Here, here, down below.
734
00:53:35.085 --> 00:53:36.785
Oh, da, da, da, da, da da...
735
00:53:36.876 --> 00:53:40.246
"And the consensus was
that she'd never sung better."
736
00:53:40.335 --> 00:53:42.835
"Her grace and brilliant personality
737
00:53:42.918 --> 00:53:46.338
only added
to the remarkable quality of her voice."
738
00:53:46.418 --> 00:53:49.038
"By the end of her performance,
the stage was a...
739
00:53:50.043 --> 00:53:55.843
...bower of blooms and Madam Jenkins
retired to thunderous applause."
740
00:53:55.918 --> 00:53:58.998
Bravo, Bunny. Bravo! Bravissima!
741
00:54:00.001 --> 00:54:01.091
Oh, shh.
742
00:54:01.168 --> 00:54:06.288
And I've had a simply darling idea
for the Christmas gift for the members.
743
00:54:06.376 --> 00:54:09.536
- We're booked for eleven o'clock...
- Booked for?
744
00:54:09.626 --> 00:54:11.536
- It's a surprise.
- Ooh.
745
00:54:11.626 --> 00:54:15.666
So continue your ablutions, quickly.
Got a cab waiting downstairs.
746
00:54:15.751 --> 00:54:18.921
And bring McMoon with you.
I've been looking for him all morning.
747
00:54:19.001 --> 00:54:20.711
- I shall.
- Just hurry.
748
00:54:20.793 --> 00:54:23.713
Yes, yes. There in a demisemiquaver.
749
00:54:28.626 --> 00:54:29.626
She's gone.
750
00:54:29.710 --> 00:54:32.250
- This is just ridiculous.
- I am very, very sorry.
751
00:54:32.335 --> 00:54:35.955
I shouldn't have to hide in my own home.
It's humiliating. And there are rules.
752
00:54:36.085 --> 00:54:38.835
- I think she was just overexcited.
- Well, you are to speak to her.
753
00:54:38.918 --> 00:54:40.128
Yes, that's a very good idea.
754
00:54:40.210 --> 00:54:43.040
I shall say, "Florence, although
you pay the rent on my apartment,
755
00:54:43.126 --> 00:54:45.996
- would you mind not visiting?"
- Oh, shut up.
756
00:54:46.085 --> 00:54:48.665
I won't go on living like this.
Do you understand?
757
00:54:56.501 --> 00:54:58.381
What am I doing here?
758
00:55:00.835 --> 00:55:05.745
I'm willing to share you, St Clair,
but... I need some dignity.
759
00:55:06.710 --> 00:55:09.250
Of course, of course, of course.
760
00:55:11.418 --> 00:55:13.088
I'm so sorry.
761
00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:17.460
I'll make sure it doesn't happen again.
I don't know how.
762
00:55:18.835 --> 00:55:22.125
Why don't we go away for a few days,
yes? Golf? Hamptons?
763
00:55:22.210 --> 00:55:23.630
Good idea?
764
00:55:26.043 --> 00:55:27.173
Yes.
765
00:55:30.793 --> 00:55:32.093
There you go.
766
00:55:32.168 --> 00:55:34.088
Oh, good Lord.
767
00:55:38.585 --> 00:55:41.995
Here we are! Oh!
768
00:55:42.085 --> 00:55:45.335
Here...
We're going to make a recording.
769
00:55:45.418 --> 00:55:48.378
And give a copy to the members
for Christmas.
770
00:55:48.460 --> 00:55:51.590
- I'm so excited!
- It's a wonderful idea, Bunny.
771
00:55:51.668 --> 00:55:54.878
But Dr Hermann was
very, very specific about excitement.
772
00:55:54.960 --> 00:55:57.460
- Oh, phooey.
- So I think it'd...
773
00:55:57.543 --> 00:55:58.883
- Come along.
- Come on.
774
00:56:00.501 --> 00:56:01.791
Come on, come on, come on.
775
00:56:01.876 --> 00:56:05.126
♪ Like a bird on the wing
776
00:56:05.210 --> 00:56:08.170
♪ Like a bird
777
00:56:08.251 --> 00:56:11.001
♪ Like a bird
778
00:56:17.293 --> 00:56:19.753
♪ Like a bird
779
00:56:31.585 --> 00:56:33.955
Bravo! It was wonderful, Bunny.
780
00:56:40.585 --> 00:56:42.625
Oh! Flipping hell!
781
00:56:42.710 --> 00:56:45.380
Kathleen, try this one.
I did suggest it earlier.
782
00:56:45.460 --> 00:56:47.460
It's a little shorter
and a little easier.
783
00:56:47.543 --> 00:56:50.003
- Yes, I like this one, darling.
- And slightly to the left.
784
00:56:50.085 --> 00:56:52.835
And swing
as though it's through molasses.
785
00:56:54.668 --> 00:56:56.538
Oh, yes!
786
00:56:56.626 --> 00:56:57.626
Yes!
787
00:57:27.210 --> 00:57:30.460
You're listening to "The Firestone Hour"
with me, Richard Crooks,
788
00:57:30.543 --> 00:57:32.923
on the NBC Radio Network.
789
00:57:33.001 --> 00:57:37.131
We have a caller on line one,
Mrs Edna Hoffman of New Jersey.
790
00:57:37.210 --> 00:57:38.630
Go ahead, Edna.
791
00:57:38.710 --> 00:57:42.210
Mr Crooks,
would you play Brahms's "Lullaby"?
792
00:57:42.293 --> 00:57:45.043
I'd love to. For anyone in particular?
793
00:57:45.126 --> 00:57:51.376
My son Samuel. He's a flight navigator.
He's missing in action over Germany.
794
00:57:52.460 --> 00:57:55.960
- Oh, my.
- Our hearts go out to you today, Edna.
795
00:57:56.043 --> 00:57:59.383
And we'll all be thinking of Samuel.
796
00:58:03.293 --> 00:58:06.713
Jimmy, I'd like you to have this
hand-delivered for me.
797
00:58:06.793 --> 00:58:09.213
- And I'm gonna grab one of these cabs.
- Sure.
798
00:58:36.543 --> 00:58:38.923
Hey, McMoon, you got a visitor!
799
00:58:39.001 --> 00:58:40.131
Alright!
800
00:58:40.210 --> 00:58:45.460
Thank you very much. I hope
I'm not disturbing you, Mr McMoon.
801
00:58:46.085 --> 00:58:48.455
Oh! Madam Florence.
802
00:58:48.543 --> 00:58:52.043
I was out and about and I suddenly
realised I was in your neighbourhood.
803
00:58:52.126 --> 00:58:54.876
- What a happy coincidence.
- Indeed.
804
00:58:54.960 --> 00:58:58.210
- Is Mr Bayfield with you?
- No.
805
00:58:58.293 --> 00:59:02.213
- May I come in?
- Sure.
806
00:59:04.876 --> 00:59:07.666
I've brought you our recording.
807
00:59:07.751 --> 00:59:12.001
Gee. Thank you, Madam Florence.
808
00:59:12.085 --> 00:59:13.585
You're very welcome.
809
00:59:13.668 --> 00:59:16.748
You haven't done your dishes, Mr McMoon.
810
00:59:18.418 --> 00:59:21.088
Would you like me to do them for you?
811
00:59:21.168 --> 00:59:24.128
No, you don't need to do that,
Madam Florence.
812
00:59:24.210 --> 00:59:27.790
Well, they'll not wash themselves,
will they? I'll make you a deal.
813
00:59:27.876 --> 00:59:32.626
I'll wash your dishes
if you play something for me.
814
00:59:32.710 --> 00:59:33.880
How about that?
815
00:59:33.960 --> 00:59:39.500
- Madam Florence, I can...
- Do we have a deal, Mr McMoon?
816
00:59:39.585 --> 00:59:42.415
What shall I play?
817
00:59:42.501 --> 00:59:44.091
Anything you like.
818
00:59:56.543 --> 00:59:58.543
That's such a pretty melody.
819
01:00:00.126 --> 01:00:01.456
Is it yours?
820
01:00:02.293 --> 01:00:04.423
- Yes.
- Oh.
821
01:00:13.793 --> 01:00:17.213
You inspire me.
I shall write some lyrics for you.
822
01:00:17.293 --> 01:00:19.343
Oh, wonderful.
823
01:00:19.418 --> 01:00:23.338
♪ There's a bird in the... in the trees
824
01:00:25.126 --> 01:00:30.246
Madam Florence, do you mind if I ask
how you met Mr Bayfield?
825
01:00:30.335 --> 01:00:31.915
Oh, well...
826
01:00:33.085 --> 01:00:37.625
I was performing in a musicale
at the Waldorf, 1919.
827
01:00:37.710 --> 01:00:40.960
And I was wearing a violet velvet gown.
828
01:00:41.876 --> 01:00:44.456
I looked out at the audience
and I saw a man
829
01:00:44.543 --> 01:00:48.923
with the most beautiful smile
I'd ever seen.
830
01:00:51.668 --> 01:00:56.288
He had an aristocratic bearing
and that was that.
831
01:00:56.376 --> 01:00:58.956
Of course, his grandfather
was an earl, you know.
832
01:00:59.043 --> 01:01:02.633
Doesn't that make him an earl too?
833
01:01:02.710 --> 01:01:05.290
Well, he wasn't on the legitimate line.
834
01:01:05.376 --> 01:01:07.246
Nothing for him in England.
835
01:01:07.335 --> 01:01:11.085
So he came here and became an actor.
836
01:01:13.001 --> 01:01:18.251
He wasn't always successful.
Had to hide the reviews occasionally.
837
01:01:19.376 --> 01:01:22.246
- You play so beautifully, Mr McMoon.
- Ah!
838
01:01:23.460 --> 01:01:27.380
You know, I played for the president,
when I was eight years old.
839
01:01:28.626 --> 01:01:30.956
- Really?
- Yes, I played at the White House.
840
01:01:31.043 --> 01:01:34.093
- Really?
- Little Miss Foster, they called me.
841
01:01:34.168 --> 01:01:38.668
And I had very high hopes
of becoming a concert pianist mys...
842
01:01:38.751 --> 01:01:43.921
But then when the nerves were damaged
in my left hand, that was not to be.
843
01:01:44.001 --> 01:01:47.671
That's too bad.
What happened to your hand?
844
01:01:47.751 --> 01:01:50.881
Oh, it was just a...
845
01:01:56.335 --> 01:01:58.085
I'm...
846
01:01:58.168 --> 01:01:59.708
I'm s... I'm sorry.
847
01:02:01.210 --> 01:02:03.960
- I'm a silly woman.
- No.
848
01:02:04.668 --> 01:02:06.668
Would you like a glass of water?
849
01:02:22.543 --> 01:02:28.463
When Mr Bayfield is away playing golf,
the days can seem awfully long.
850
01:02:32.043 --> 01:02:36.843
I understand that he needs his... sport.
851
01:02:36.918 --> 01:02:40.248
But I miss him. I...
852
01:02:45.751 --> 01:02:47.961
I miss him terribly.
853
01:02:49.085 --> 01:02:50.665
- He'll be back soon.
- Hmm.
854
01:02:50.751 --> 01:02:55.171
Madam Florence,... he's devoted to you.
855
01:02:57.543 --> 01:02:59.753
He told me so.
856
01:02:59.835 --> 01:03:01.085
Oh.
857
01:03:02.168 --> 01:03:03.628
Oh.
858
01:03:03.710 --> 01:03:04.710
Are you OK?
859
01:03:04.793 --> 01:03:07.343
Well, it's just
the change in temperature, you know.
860
01:03:07.418 --> 01:03:11.338
It can be very painful, so... Oh.
861
01:03:11.418 --> 01:03:15.088
Do you know the Prelude in E minor?
Chopin?
862
01:03:15.168 --> 01:03:16.708
Hmm.
863
01:03:16.793 --> 01:03:18.633
Oh, gosh.
864
01:03:21.751 --> 01:03:23.881
- That one?
- Hmm.
865
01:03:37.543 --> 01:03:38.843
That's it.
866
01:04:57.043 --> 01:04:59.253
- Drink?
- Rather.
867
01:04:59.335 --> 01:05:01.495
Let me just take your bags, madam.
868
01:05:01.585 --> 01:05:04.125
And may I say
what lovely legs you have, madam.
869
01:05:11.793 --> 01:05:15.423
♪ I am singing
870
01:05:15.501 --> 01:05:18.961
♪ Like a bird on the wing
871
01:05:19.043 --> 01:05:20.503
♪ Like a bird
872
01:05:20.585 --> 01:05:22.745
- St Clair, come in here.
- Yeah, one moment.
873
01:05:22.835 --> 01:05:25.835
- ♪ Like a bird
- St Clair!
874
01:05:28.793 --> 01:05:30.213
What?
875
01:05:30.960 --> 01:05:33.590
♪ Like a bird
876
01:05:39.460 --> 01:05:41.750
How did she get on the radio?
877
01:05:45.085 --> 01:05:47.085
That was Florence Foster Jenkins
878
01:05:47.168 --> 01:05:49.498
singing "Like A Bird" by Cosmé McMoon.
879
01:05:49.585 --> 01:05:52.085
We're getting quite a few calls
on that one.
880
01:05:52.168 --> 01:05:54.748
We have Ed calling
from the military hospital...
881
01:05:54.835 --> 01:05:57.375
- How did Richard Crooks get...
- Ed, you're on the air.
882
01:05:57.460 --> 01:06:00.670
Mr Crooks, the guys here,
we all love that record.
883
01:06:00.751 --> 01:06:03.881
I lost my left leg and half my face
at Guadalcanal,
884
01:06:03.960 --> 01:06:06.340
but that dame's got me feeling happy
to be alive.
885
01:06:06.418 --> 01:06:09.918
Could you play it again? And please
tell us where we could find her record.
886
01:06:10.126 --> 01:06:13.496
I don't think it's for sale.
It's a private recording.
887
01:06:13.585 --> 01:06:16.535
Oh, thank goodness you're here,
Mr Bayfield.
888
01:06:16.626 --> 01:06:18.836
Things have been going crazy.
889
01:06:18.918 --> 01:06:21.038
It's difficult when you're away.
890
01:06:21.835 --> 01:06:24.705
Yes, I'm very sorry, Kitty.
Tell me this.
891
01:06:24.793 --> 01:06:28.093
- How did Richard Crooks get the record?
- She gave it to him.
892
01:06:28.168 --> 01:06:30.288
He's been playing it all weekend.
893
01:06:30.376 --> 01:06:34.036
The phone's been ringing off the hook
with people wanting a copy.
894
01:06:34.126 --> 01:06:35.786
Cole Porter called.
895
01:06:35.876 --> 01:06:38.836
It put Madam Florence
into one of her excited moods.
896
01:06:38.918 --> 01:06:40.248
I'll talk to her.
897
01:06:40.335 --> 01:06:42.785
She's not here. She's at a meeting.
898
01:06:44.626 --> 01:06:46.786
- With?
- Mr Totten.
899
01:06:47.710 --> 01:06:49.170
Thank you very much. Thank you.
900
01:07:03.251 --> 01:07:06.711
- A-ha.
- Ah, Mr Bayfield, how good to see you.
901
01:07:06.793 --> 01:07:09.383
And you, Mr Totten.
Is Madam Florence here?
902
01:07:09.460 --> 01:07:12.920
- She's in the hall.
- Ah. Thank you.
903
01:07:13.001 --> 01:07:14.961
- You have a moment?
- Yes, in a jiffy.
904
01:07:30.876 --> 01:07:32.786
Do I see a pair of rabbit ears?
905
01:07:32.876 --> 01:07:36.916
- Oh, Whitey.
- Bunny.
906
01:07:38.626 --> 01:07:40.536
How was the golf?
907
01:07:40.626 --> 01:07:43.086
It was nice enough, thank you.
908
01:07:45.335 --> 01:07:47.205
Good.
909
01:07:52.418 --> 01:07:54.668
This is my favourite place
in the whole world.
910
01:07:54.751 --> 01:07:56.211
Hm-hm.
911
01:07:57.335 --> 01:07:59.375
And I'm going to sing here.
912
01:08:01.335 --> 01:08:03.705
- Uh-huh?
- I've booked the hall.
913
01:08:03.793 --> 01:08:05.463
For October 25th.
914
01:08:06.460 --> 01:08:11.170
And I'm going to give
a thousand tickets away to the soldiers,
915
01:08:11.251 --> 01:08:14.501
because we must support our boys.
916
01:08:17.210 --> 01:08:19.170
Well...
917
01:08:20.501 --> 01:08:24.421
I applaud your courage. And...
918
01:08:26.085 --> 01:08:31.205
And no one would enjoy seeing you
triumph here more than I, obviously.
919
01:08:31.293 --> 01:08:35.463
But this place is just...
it's so big, you know.
920
01:08:35.543 --> 01:08:38.133
It's nearly a thousand,
three thousand people.
921
01:08:38.210 --> 01:08:41.960
Well, Lily Pons's voice filled it.
She's just a little bird.
922
01:08:42.043 --> 01:08:45.543
Yes, but she's a young woman
with a young woman's strength and...
923
01:08:45.626 --> 01:08:47.876
and perfect technique,
and it's... it's...
924
01:08:51.418 --> 01:08:55.538
- My technique isn't perfect?
- No, it is, it is, it is, but I...
925
01:08:56.376 --> 01:08:59.166
I just think
this might be too much for you.
926
01:09:01.168 --> 01:09:04.338
Well, if Mr Churchill
had adopted that attitude,
927
01:09:04.418 --> 01:09:08.288
why, Herr Hitler would be standing
on the balcony of Buckingham Palace
928
01:09:08.376 --> 01:09:11.586
howling like a Doberman as we speak.
929
01:09:11.668 --> 01:09:13.708
You're not strong enough, Bunny.
930
01:09:17.835 --> 01:09:19.995
What if it... kills you?
931
01:09:20.085 --> 01:09:22.955
Oh, then I shall die happy.
932
01:09:25.168 --> 01:09:29.208
Death has been my constant companion
for almost 50 years.
933
01:09:29.293 --> 01:09:35.343
I've lived day to day never knowing
if my body, if it'll succumb and my...
934
01:09:35.418 --> 01:09:38.288
my... my... my reason desert me.
935
01:09:39.835 --> 01:09:43.785
But I've fought and I've fought
and I've fought.
936
01:09:46.418 --> 01:09:48.128
And I'm still here.
937
01:09:49.501 --> 01:09:52.381
And I'm going to sing here.
938
01:09:53.626 --> 01:09:55.666
But have I not stood by you?
939
01:09:58.918 --> 01:10:01.418
If you truly love me...
940
01:10:02.293 --> 01:10:04.673
...you'll let me sing here.
941
01:10:20.335 --> 01:10:23.205
It was a lovely weekend.
942
01:10:25.626 --> 01:10:28.666
It was, it was, it was.
We must... We must do it again.
943
01:10:28.751 --> 01:10:30.881
Yes, we must.
944
01:10:32.960 --> 01:10:35.710
Darling, please don't look
so out of sorts.
945
01:10:35.793 --> 01:10:37.173
Sorry.
946
01:10:38.668 --> 01:10:42.838
- She might change her mind, you know.
- No, I very much doubt that.
947
01:10:42.918 --> 01:10:44.958
Well, let's just try
and be happy tonight, eh?
948
01:10:45.043 --> 01:10:48.543
- And I'm trying.
- Yes, you certainly are.
949
01:10:48.626 --> 01:10:52.376
You see, I just feel
that if we had not gone away,
950
01:10:52.460 --> 01:10:55.920
none of this would have ever happened.
It's completely my fault, so...
951
01:10:58.710 --> 01:11:01.380
Hey, guys, you're not gonna
believe this. You gotta hear this.
952
01:11:01.460 --> 01:11:04.340
- Play it, guys.
- Guys, wait till you hear this.
953
01:11:11.710 --> 01:11:13.460
Oh, my God!
954
01:11:13.543 --> 01:11:15.963
It's Florence. They've got her record.
955
01:11:20.251 --> 01:11:22.631
- Scum.
- Darling, ignore them.
956
01:11:22.710 --> 01:11:25.210
- I will not ignore them.
- This is our night out, St Clair.
957
01:11:25.293 --> 01:11:27.963
So you think I should just sit here
and have a jolly drink with you
958
01:11:28.043 --> 01:11:30.503
while human vermin
laughs at my wife?
959
01:11:30.585 --> 01:11:31.705
Is that what you think?
960
01:11:31.793 --> 01:11:35.673
You will sit down or, so help me God,
I will leave you. Do you understand?
961
01:11:40.210 --> 01:11:44.090
Excuse me, excuse me.
You have absolutely no right to this.
962
01:11:44.168 --> 01:11:46.248
- This is a private recording!
- That's our record!
963
01:11:46.335 --> 01:11:48.085
It is not yours!
964
01:11:48.168 --> 01:11:50.498
Take your filthy
philistine hands off me.
965
01:11:50.585 --> 01:11:53.665
Give it to me or I will call the police.
Give it to me now.
966
01:11:53.751 --> 01:11:56.841
You dropped your mouchoir,
Mr Fancy-Pants.
967
01:11:58.835 --> 01:12:00.705
Beat it, you hefty old sap.
968
01:12:16.960 --> 01:12:18.090
Kathleen! Wait!
969
01:12:36.293 --> 01:12:40.793
I cannot play Carnegie Hall
with Madam Florence.
970
01:12:41.960 --> 01:12:47.000
Maybe you could speak to Mr Totten,
tell him it's not such a great idea.
971
01:12:47.085 --> 01:12:49.085
- Surely he'd understand.
- It's too late.
972
01:12:49.168 --> 01:12:52.378
She's given a thousand tickets
to the War Veterans Association.
973
01:12:52.460 --> 01:12:53.960
Well, I...
974
01:12:54.043 --> 01:12:55.673
What did Kathleen say?
975
01:12:55.751 --> 01:12:57.131
Kathleen...
976
01:12:59.043 --> 01:13:00.543
...has left me.
977
01:13:01.418 --> 01:13:02.918
Oh.
978
01:13:03.543 --> 01:13:05.383
Jeez, I'm so sorry. That's awful.
979
01:13:06.168 --> 01:13:09.378
Please, Cosmé, will you do it?
980
01:13:09.460 --> 01:13:13.840
Mr Bayfield, I am a serious pianist.
981
01:13:13.918 --> 01:13:16.208
I have ambition. I...
982
01:13:16.293 --> 01:13:19.253
Oh, you think that I didn't
have ambition? I was a good actor.
983
01:13:19.335 --> 01:13:22.785
But I was never going to be
a great actor.
984
01:13:22.876 --> 01:13:26.036
It was very, very hard
to admit that to myself.
985
01:13:26.126 --> 01:13:31.206
But once I had, I felt free
from the tyranny of ambition.
986
01:13:31.293 --> 01:13:33.213
I started to live.
987
01:13:33.293 --> 01:13:36.673
Is ours not a happy world, Cosmé?
Do we not have fun?
988
01:13:36.751 --> 01:13:38.091
Please, Mr Bayfield.
989
01:13:38.168 --> 01:13:41.998
You see, we have to help her because
without loyalty, there's nothing.
990
01:13:42.085 --> 01:13:45.625
- We'll be murdered out there!
- You think that I'm not aware of that?
991
01:13:45.710 --> 01:13:49.670
For 25 years, I have kept
the mockers and scoffers at bay.
992
01:13:49.751 --> 01:13:52.341
I'm very well aware
of what they might do.
993
01:13:52.418 --> 01:13:54.958
But Florence has been my life.
994
01:13:56.418 --> 01:13:58.128
I love her and...
995
01:13:59.043 --> 01:14:01.543
I think you love her too.
996
01:14:01.626 --> 01:14:02.786
Hmm?
997
01:14:02.876 --> 01:14:05.416
Singing at Carnegie Hall is her dream.
998
01:14:07.085 --> 01:14:09.125
And I'm going to give it to her.
999
01:14:10.501 --> 01:14:12.711
The only question now
is whether you will stand
1000
01:14:12.793 --> 01:14:16.043
by your patron and friend
in her hour of need,
1001
01:14:16.126 --> 01:14:19.376
or whether you will focus
on your ambition.
1002
01:14:24.085 --> 01:14:25.375
Please, Cosmé.
1003
01:14:26.751 --> 01:14:29.001
Will you play for your friend?
1004
01:14:31.251 --> 01:14:32.751
OK.
1005
01:14:32.835 --> 01:14:34.625
Thank you.
1006
01:14:34.710 --> 01:14:36.290
Oh, golly. Oh, golly gosh.
1007
01:14:36.376 --> 01:14:38.246
Come on,
you're gonna play at Carnegie Hall.
1008
01:14:38.335 --> 01:14:41.955
- How many people can say that?
- Oh, boy, we're gonna die out there.
1009
01:14:58.668 --> 01:15:00.498
Hey, Tallulah, up here!
1010
01:15:01.918 --> 01:15:05.168
It's Cole Porter. And Tallulah Bankhead.
1011
01:15:05.876 --> 01:15:09.206
Tallulah! Up here! We love you!
1012
01:15:09.293 --> 01:15:11.503
Miss Bankhead, Mr Porter.
What an honour.
1013
01:15:11.585 --> 01:15:13.455
- Hi.
- Tallulah!
1014
01:15:14.668 --> 01:15:17.128
Don't let anyone in who's drunk.
1015
01:15:17.210 --> 01:15:20.040
- They're all drunk.
- Me included.
1016
01:15:20.126 --> 01:15:22.286
From the diaphragm, Bunny.
1017
01:15:22.376 --> 01:15:24.626
And again, lower.
From the diaphragm, Bunny.
1018
01:15:24.710 --> 01:15:27.130
Ha. Blow the candles out. Ha!
1019
01:15:27.210 --> 01:15:28.750
- Ha!
- Hate the candles.
1020
01:15:28.835 --> 01:15:30.625
- Ha!
- I don't have...
1021
01:15:30.710 --> 01:15:32.340
- Where is Cosmé?
- He will be here.
1022
01:15:32.418 --> 01:15:34.878
- He's very, very, very late.
- Bunny, you must relax.
1023
01:15:34.960 --> 01:15:36.840
- What if he's dead?
- He has never been late.
1024
01:15:36.918 --> 01:15:40.838
Oh, here he is. Oh, my goodness me.
1025
01:15:42.043 --> 01:15:43.253
Oh, Colonel.
1026
01:15:43.335 --> 01:15:45.625
Could I speak
to Madam Florence for a moment?
1027
01:15:45.710 --> 01:15:47.500
Of course. Please.
1028
01:15:47.585 --> 01:15:49.085
- Bunny, it's the colonel.
- Yes.
1029
01:15:49.168 --> 01:15:53.378
Ah, Colonel.
I hope the house is warming up nicely.
1030
01:15:53.460 --> 01:15:57.540
It sure is, Madam Florence. I'm not
surprised. You're the talk of the town.
1031
01:15:57.626 --> 01:16:00.916
- She sold out faster than Sinatra.
- I don't doubt it.
1032
01:16:01.001 --> 01:16:02.501
On behalf of the Marine Corps,
1033
01:16:02.585 --> 01:16:05.455
I just wanted to say thank you so much
for the free tickets.
1034
01:16:05.543 --> 01:16:07.003
The boys are very grateful.
1035
01:16:07.085 --> 01:16:10.665
Given the sacrifices you have made,
it's the very least I can do.
1036
01:16:10.751 --> 01:16:12.631
Some things are worth dying for.
1037
01:16:14.126 --> 01:16:17.456
Hmm. You take the words
right out of my mouth.
1038
01:16:17.543 --> 01:16:20.173
Colonel, you'll forgive me.
I must prepare.
1039
01:16:20.251 --> 01:16:23.921
- Of course. Break a leg.
- Thank you so much.
1040
01:16:24.001 --> 01:16:25.671
- Oh.
- That's what you say, isn't it?
1041
01:16:25.751 --> 01:16:28.171
Yes. Yes, of course. I'll try.
1042
01:16:29.168 --> 01:16:32.208
Thank you, Colonel. Thank you.
Those were kind words.
1043
01:16:32.293 --> 01:16:35.003
Now, we are ten minutes away
from going on stage.
1044
01:16:35.085 --> 01:16:38.535
- Bunny, you must relax.
- Where is he? Where is Cosmé?
1045
01:16:38.626 --> 01:16:39.836
Cosmé?
1046
01:16:47.168 --> 01:16:49.338
Hey!
1047
01:16:50.835 --> 01:16:53.375
Tallulah!
1048
01:16:54.418 --> 01:16:56.538
Don't look at him!
Look at me, Tallulah!
1049
01:16:56.626 --> 01:16:59.786
Whoa, yeah, baby!
1050
01:17:18.335 --> 01:17:19.745
Somewhere I'm sure...
1051
01:17:19.835 --> 01:17:22.205
Are we supposed to be here?
1052
01:17:27.626 --> 01:17:30.786
Where is that silly, silly boy?
1053
01:17:30.876 --> 01:17:32.706
I don't have an answer, Bunny.
I wish I did.
1054
01:17:32.793 --> 01:17:35.713
We know the traffic is terrible
and I'm sure he'll be here any moment.
1055
01:17:35.793 --> 01:17:38.423
Here! My briefcase.
I want you to keep it close.
1056
01:17:38.501 --> 01:17:41.291
- Half the audience is drunk.
- You were told about the soldiers.
1057
01:17:41.376 --> 01:17:43.416
- What did you expect?
- But this is Carnegie Hall.
1058
01:17:43.501 --> 01:17:46.211
- You took the money, though, I notice.
- Listen! They're hoodlums.
1059
01:17:46.293 --> 01:17:49.883
Hoodlums! Hoodlums as you call them,
Mr Totten,
1060
01:17:49.960 --> 01:17:52.880
who have been risking their lives
for our country
1061
01:17:52.960 --> 01:17:55.710
and I would be grateful if you show them
the respect they deserve.
1062
01:17:55.793 --> 01:17:58.463
Madam Florence, they're tearing
the place apart. You must go on.
1063
01:17:58.543 --> 01:18:02.543
- My pianist hasn't shown.
- Then you will have to sing a cappella.
1064
01:18:02.626 --> 01:18:05.416
Cosmé! Where have you been?
1065
01:18:06.210 --> 01:18:11.500
I got jumped by a bunch of sailors.
They were most disrespectful.
1066
01:18:11.585 --> 01:18:13.955
Let's straighten you up.
Five minutes, please, Mr Totten.
1067
01:18:14.043 --> 01:18:16.753
- Not a second longer. Please.
- Shh!
1068
01:18:16.835 --> 01:18:20.285
- On the left, babes.
- Left? You know I like the right side.
1069
01:18:20.376 --> 01:18:22.086
Oh.
1070
01:18:22.168 --> 01:18:24.708
- Oh, for God's sake, Agnes.
- Hello, honey.
1071
01:18:24.793 --> 01:18:26.673
- Would you look at that!
- Cover yourself up!
1072
01:18:26.751 --> 01:18:29.211
- Marry me, blondie!
- Over here! Here!
1073
01:18:35.043 --> 01:18:37.503
- Oh, nuts.
- Give me some fries with that shake!
1074
01:18:37.585 --> 01:18:39.375
Oh, baby!
1075
01:18:39.460 --> 01:18:40.750
Oh, baby!
1076
01:18:42.793 --> 01:18:45.593
- What?
- Behave yourself.
1077
01:18:45.668 --> 01:18:47.788
Alright, alright.
1078
01:18:47.876 --> 01:18:50.376
You've seen everything
you're gonna see. Sit down.
1079
01:18:51.210 --> 01:18:53.290
Oh, God, what a grouch.
1080
01:18:54.001 --> 01:18:56.171
- Read your programme.
- Hey.
1081
01:18:56.251 --> 01:18:58.171
- Read your programme.
- Yeah, alright.
1082
01:19:05.251 --> 01:19:07.791
Well, it's quite a house, Bunny.
1083
01:19:07.876 --> 01:19:10.496
I spy Cole Porter
in the front row no less.
1084
01:19:10.585 --> 01:19:11.955
Cole Porter?
1085
01:19:12.043 --> 01:19:15.713
- Tallulah Bankhead is here.
- Oh, my hat.
1086
01:19:17.543 --> 01:19:21.253
What have I done? I can't do it, Whitey.
1087
01:19:21.335 --> 01:19:23.455
- I can't go on that stage.
- Oh! Sit.
1088
01:19:23.543 --> 01:19:25.923
- I can't. I've made a terrible mistake.
- Sit.
1089
01:19:26.001 --> 01:19:28.091
- She has to go on.
- A moment, please, Mr Totten.
1090
01:19:28.168 --> 01:19:30.668
- No, no, no!
- Thank you. Goodbye.
1091
01:19:30.751 --> 01:19:35.291
Listen to me, Bunny. Listen. Those men
out there, they've seen horrors.
1092
01:19:35.376 --> 01:19:37.916
Their bodies have been smashed,
their minds torn to shreds.
1093
01:19:38.001 --> 01:19:42.001
They need joy. They need... music.
1094
01:19:42.085 --> 01:19:46.205
You can heal them, Bunny.
That is your purpose. Believe it.
1095
01:19:47.251 --> 01:19:48.791
Believe.
1096
01:19:50.293 --> 01:19:52.293
- But I'm afraid.
- Don't be. Don't be.
1097
01:19:52.376 --> 01:19:54.416
They're going to love you.
1098
01:19:59.085 --> 01:20:01.035
You'll be great, Madam Florence.
1099
01:20:03.960 --> 01:20:06.210
We can do it.
1100
01:20:09.793 --> 01:20:11.383
Hmm.
1101
01:20:13.751 --> 01:20:16.751
- Jenny. May I have my briefcase?
- Thank you.
1102
01:20:18.335 --> 01:20:20.085
And a pen, anyone?
1103
01:20:20.168 --> 01:20:22.708
Madam Florence, you must go on now.
1104
01:20:22.793 --> 01:20:26.543
I'm adding a codicil to my will.
1105
01:20:28.293 --> 01:20:32.673
Because I would like you to have
a little something when I die, Cosmé.
1106
01:20:34.876 --> 01:20:37.496
Thank you, Madam Florence.
1107
01:20:39.043 --> 01:20:43.253
Mr Totten, would you mind
witnessing right here?
1108
01:20:44.001 --> 01:20:45.381
Right here.
1109
01:20:48.335 --> 01:20:53.285
- Oh, thank you very much.
- Not at all. Now will you please go on?
1110
01:20:57.001 --> 01:20:58.171
Jenny.
1111
01:20:59.335 --> 01:21:00.705
Ready?
1112
01:21:03.376 --> 01:21:06.086
House lights down, please, Mr Totten.
1113
01:21:06.168 --> 01:21:09.628
Now, then, Little Miss Foster,
make me proud.
1114
01:21:16.168 --> 01:21:18.088
Shh!
1115
01:21:37.335 --> 01:21:39.335
Go ahead, go ahead.
1116
01:22:17.085 --> 01:22:19.665
♪ Valse caressante
1117
01:22:20.293 --> 01:22:23.093
♪ Verse anciente
1118
01:22:23.168 --> 01:22:29.418
♪ Calls up the joys of les nuits d'antan
1119
01:22:31.710 --> 01:22:36.750
♪ Song that sings in my ear
when I'm in your arms
1120
01:22:44.335 --> 01:22:47.665
Good work, Mr Bayfield.
1121
01:22:47.751 --> 01:22:50.881
- Get her off!
- Somebody call the cops!
1122
01:22:50.960 --> 01:22:53.170
Stop singing!
1123
01:22:54.043 --> 01:22:55.463
Wait, wait, wait.
1124
01:22:55.543 --> 01:22:57.213
It's a joke!
1125
01:22:57.293 --> 01:22:59.793
Get off! You're garbage!
1126
01:22:59.876 --> 01:23:03.166
Hey. Hey!
1127
01:23:03.251 --> 01:23:07.381
Give the dame a break!
She's singing her heart out.
1128
01:23:07.460 --> 01:23:11.960
Yeah, and her heart
sounds like a dyin' cat!
1129
01:23:12.043 --> 01:23:14.963
- A cat dyin'?
- Hey, she can't sing!
1130
01:23:15.043 --> 01:23:19.133
You kiss your mother with that mouth?
Sit your ass down. Shame on you!
1131
01:23:19.210 --> 01:23:22.960
Shame on all of you!
You better cheer, assholes.
1132
01:23:23.043 --> 01:23:26.423
- Cheer! Cheer! Bravo!
- Yeah, come on.
1133
01:23:26.585 --> 01:23:28.585
Bravo, Madam Florence! Bravo!
1134
01:23:32.460 --> 01:23:33.630
Clap. Clap!
1135
01:23:33.710 --> 01:23:37.290
Get up on your feet. Bravo! Come on!
1136
01:23:37.376 --> 01:23:38.916
Cheer!
1137
01:23:44.168 --> 01:23:45.378
Sing, Madam Florence!
1138
01:23:45.460 --> 01:23:46.960
- You're beautiful.
- Enough.
1139
01:23:47.043 --> 01:23:50.173
I love you. Sing!
1140
01:23:50.251 --> 01:23:52.791
Bravo! Bravo!
1141
01:24:06.918 --> 01:24:10.588
Sing! Sing! Sing! Sing!
1142
01:24:11.335 --> 01:24:14.415
Sing! Sing, Madam Florence, sing!
1143
01:24:14.501 --> 01:24:16.381
- Sing!
- Sing, Florence!
1144
01:24:16.460 --> 01:24:17.630
Sing, Bunny, sing!
1145
01:24:24.876 --> 01:24:28.036
♪ Valse caressante
1146
01:24:28.126 --> 01:24:31.586
♪ Verse anciente
1147
01:24:31.668 --> 01:24:38.088
♪ Calls up the joys of les nuits d'antan
1148
01:24:38.710 --> 01:24:43.750
♪ Song we sang on the night
when I'm in your arms
1149
01:24:44.585 --> 01:24:50.335
♪ Air that captured my ear
that will ever charm
1150
01:24:50.418 --> 01:24:53.918
♪ Melodies
1151
01:24:54.626 --> 01:24:57.916
- She's worse than my mother.
- ♪ On the breeze
1152
01:24:58.001 --> 01:25:05.251
♪ Bring back sweet old memories
1153
01:25:06.543 --> 01:25:09.673
♪ Valse caressante
1154
01:25:10.585 --> 01:25:14.455
♪ Verse charmante
1155
01:25:14.543 --> 01:25:20.173
♪ How the music we used to know
1156
01:25:20.251 --> 01:25:27.421
♪ Brings back the memories of long ago
1157
01:25:38.293 --> 01:25:41.133
- Mr Wilson, are you leaving already?
- Here you are, sir.
1158
01:25:41.210 --> 01:25:43.790
- She's only just started.
- I've heard enough. Thank you.
1159
01:25:43.876 --> 01:25:46.956
Oh, she just needed a little warming up,
that's all. Listen to her.
1160
01:25:47.043 --> 01:25:48.043
And your coat, sir.
1161
01:25:48.126 --> 01:25:50.086
I have never seen such a pathetic,
1162
01:25:50.168 --> 01:25:53.788
vainglorious display of egotism
in my life.
1163
01:25:53.876 --> 01:25:58.336
That you encouraged Mrs Jenkins
to make a spectacle of herself
1164
01:25:58.418 --> 01:26:00.878
is quite simply unforgivable.
1165
01:26:00.960 --> 01:26:04.840
- Will you be writing something?
- Yes, and it will be the truth.
1166
01:26:04.918 --> 01:26:07.458
Isn't the truth that a lot of
hurt people are having some fun?
1167
01:26:07.543 --> 01:26:10.133
- Did you not notice?
- Music is important.
1168
01:26:10.210 --> 01:26:11.880
- It should not be mocked.
- How dare you?
1169
01:26:11.960 --> 01:26:14.540
She has done more for the musical life
of this city than anyone.
1170
01:26:14.626 --> 01:26:17.286
- And that includes you.
- Do you mind?
1171
01:26:21.793 --> 01:26:23.843
You're nothing but a jumped-up hack.
1172
01:26:23.918 --> 01:26:27.708
Name your price, Wilson.
What is it? 100? Is it 200?
1173
01:26:27.793 --> 01:26:30.043
- $300, that's my final offer.
- You're insane.
1174
01:26:30.126 --> 01:26:32.086
500.
1175
01:26:34.293 --> 01:26:36.133
Listen! Listen to them, hack!
1176
01:26:36.210 --> 01:26:40.380
♪ Figlia mia non è
1177
01:26:40.460 --> 01:26:42.880
♪ Figlia mia non è
1178
01:27:00.043 --> 01:27:04.843
♪ Figlia mia non è
1179
01:27:04.918 --> 01:27:08.088
♪ Figlia mia non è
1180
01:27:14.418 --> 01:27:15.668
♪ Ciel!
1181
01:27:16.543 --> 01:27:17.883
♪ Ciel!
1182
01:27:18.418 --> 01:27:23.628
♪ L'orren do mio voto
1183
01:27:25.335 --> 01:27:27.875
♪ Ah! Ascolta, o ciel
1184
01:27:41.710 --> 01:27:44.380
Yeah!
1185
01:27:44.876 --> 01:27:48.916
- Congratulations, Madam Florence.
- Oh, thank you, Kitty.
1186
01:27:49.001 --> 01:27:53.461
- The phone hasn't stopped ringing.
- Oh, hasn't it?
1187
01:27:53.543 --> 01:27:56.593
Now, you are pooped, Bunny. Straight
to bed or I shall be very, very cross.
1188
01:27:56.668 --> 01:27:58.208
Oh, yes, alright.
1189
01:27:58.293 --> 01:28:01.043
Well, Mr McMoon, we did it.
1190
01:28:01.126 --> 01:28:03.416
We did it.
1191
01:28:03.501 --> 01:28:05.671
- And goodnight.
- Goodnight.
1192
01:28:05.751 --> 01:28:08.791
- And you'll come kiss me goodnight?
- Of course I will, yes.
1193
01:28:10.960 --> 01:28:12.170
Come.
1194
01:28:24.585 --> 01:28:27.955
Oh! I played Carnegie Hall.
1195
01:28:28.876 --> 01:28:30.166
I...
1196
01:28:32.710 --> 01:28:34.340
God darn it, Mr Bayfield,
1197
01:28:34.418 --> 01:28:38.588
Cosmé McMoon from San Antonio, Texas,
played Carnegie Hall.
1198
01:28:38.668 --> 01:28:43.128
And he was brilliant.
Utterly, utterly brilliant.
1199
01:28:45.376 --> 01:28:47.956
- We did it.
- Yes, I think we did.
1200
01:28:49.376 --> 01:28:50.876
Mud in your eye.
1201
01:28:59.376 --> 01:29:02.536
- Thank you, Mr Bayfield.
- Hmm?
1202
01:29:02.626 --> 01:29:04.916
Thank you for everything.
1203
01:29:06.001 --> 01:29:08.251
Oh, no, don't thank me.
1204
01:29:08.335 --> 01:29:11.785
No, I... I had the night of my life.
1205
01:29:15.210 --> 01:29:16.750
Down in one. Go!
1206
01:29:24.168 --> 01:29:26.708
Kitty. Would you mind
bringing a blanket?
1207
01:29:26.793 --> 01:29:29.543
- Mr McMoon is staying the night.
- Of course.
1208
01:29:29.626 --> 01:29:32.036
Madam Florence is already asleep.
1209
01:29:32.960 --> 01:29:34.960
Oh.
1210
01:29:35.043 --> 01:29:40.423
- Oh, good, good. I'll get on, then.
- Goodnight, Mr Bayfield.
1211
01:29:52.251 --> 01:29:54.381
Kitty said you were asleep.
1212
01:29:55.668 --> 01:29:57.418
No.
1213
01:29:57.501 --> 01:30:00.251
You will buy the papers
in the morning, won't you?
1214
01:30:00.918 --> 01:30:02.668
Yes, of course, of course.
1215
01:30:05.668 --> 01:30:07.418
Stay the night.
1216
01:30:18.751 --> 01:30:21.131
I love you so, St Clair.
1217
01:30:22.210 --> 01:30:25.630
I love you, my bunny rabbit.
1218
01:30:37.085 --> 01:30:39.205
- Hey, Georgie boy, catch!
- Wahey!
1219
01:31:06.960 --> 01:31:09.250
Wake up. Wake up.
1220
01:31:10.335 --> 01:31:11.535
Cosmé.
1221
01:31:23.335 --> 01:31:25.335
The Post, please. Thank you.
1222
01:31:31.793 --> 01:31:32.793
Oh, God.
1223
01:31:35.001 --> 01:31:39.711
She must never see this. I'd like every
copy of the Post that you have, please.
1224
01:31:39.793 --> 01:31:42.963
- But I got regular customers.
- I'm sure they'll manage.
1225
01:31:43.043 --> 01:31:44.043
I think so too.
1226
01:31:44.085 --> 01:31:46.585
I'd also like the Bugle, the News
and the Correspondent.
1227
01:31:47.376 --> 01:31:49.206
- Thank you, sir.
- Thank you.
1228
01:31:53.710 --> 01:31:57.750
"Madam Jenkins's performance
conquers Carnegie Hall."
1229
01:31:57.835 --> 01:31:58.875
Oh, my hat!
1230
01:31:58.960 --> 01:32:01.670
"Only the night before at Carnegie Hall,
1231
01:32:01.751 --> 01:32:06.341
Sinatra entertained
3,000 of his bobbysox followers."
1232
01:32:06.418 --> 01:32:09.918
The piece was spiteful,
vicious and wholly inaccurate
1233
01:32:10.001 --> 01:32:11.921
and it has caused a great deal of upset.
1234
01:32:15.835 --> 01:32:17.585
Do I need to remind you
that Madam Florence
1235
01:32:17.668 --> 01:32:20.038
is a very close personal friend
of Arturo Toscanini's?
1236
01:32:20.126 --> 01:32:24.126
It would be such a pity if the Post
were excluded from Carnegie Hall.
1237
01:32:26.501 --> 01:32:30.091
Thank you for your understanding,
Mr Thackrey. Thank you so much.
1238
01:32:30.668 --> 01:32:31.668
Thank you.
1239
01:32:31.751 --> 01:32:34.461
I bought up every copy of the Post
within two blocks.
1240
01:32:34.543 --> 01:32:36.003
Well done, and I very much doubt
1241
01:32:36.085 --> 01:32:38.785
that the piece will be
in the afternoon edition, so...
1242
01:32:38.876 --> 01:32:40.456
a few more hours
and we're in the clear.
1243
01:32:40.543 --> 01:32:41.963
St Clair!
1244
01:32:42.043 --> 01:32:45.133
"Madam Jenkins wore
a series of extraordinary costumes
1245
01:32:45.210 --> 01:32:47.250
of great elegance and beauty."
1246
01:32:47.335 --> 01:32:51.705
Whitey, Whitey. Read the thing
about the simultaneous something.
1247
01:32:51.793 --> 01:32:55.593
- "Even their simultaneous reflexes...
- Sinatra fans.
1248
01:32:55.668 --> 01:33:00.088
...were as nothing compared
to the applause and community spirit
1249
01:33:00.168 --> 01:33:02.088
afforded Madam Jenkins."
1250
01:33:02.168 --> 01:33:05.378
- Oh, bravo, Bunny.
- And all the reviews are just terrific.
1251
01:33:05.460 --> 01:33:06.960
But no Post?
1252
01:33:07.043 --> 01:33:09.343
I don't think they covered the concert.
1253
01:33:09.418 --> 01:33:12.208
Oh, the Post
always covers Carnegie Hall.
1254
01:33:13.210 --> 01:33:15.250
Well, then, I shall find a copy.
1255
01:33:15.335 --> 01:33:18.285
Now, are you sure you should be
getting up? You must be so tired.
1256
01:33:18.376 --> 01:33:21.666
The baroness and some of the others
are gathering for lunch downstairs.
1257
01:33:21.751 --> 01:33:23.921
I'm going to join them.
1258
01:33:24.001 --> 01:33:25.921
Now, Florence,
that's really not a good idea.
1259
01:33:27.126 --> 01:33:30.536
What on earth
is the matter with you today?
1260
01:33:31.876 --> 01:33:35.376
Well, after the first half,
I was pooped.
1261
01:33:35.460 --> 01:33:37.130
- Oh!
- Well...
1262
01:33:37.210 --> 01:33:41.880
Your voice was as fresh as the morning
dew till the very last, Florence.
1263
01:33:41.960 --> 01:33:43.540
Hear, hear.
1264
01:33:43.626 --> 01:33:46.666
I don't remember
such a wonderful night.
1265
01:33:48.960 --> 01:33:52.840
And, you know, people were fighting
for tickets outside.
1266
01:33:52.918 --> 01:33:56.588
- Why, I was offered $20 for mine.
- What?
1267
01:33:57.376 --> 01:34:00.996
- That's a great deal of money.
- I know the reason why.
1268
01:34:04.585 --> 01:34:06.035
Excuse me.
1269
01:34:06.126 --> 01:34:09.496
What was the high point of the evening
for you, Mr Bayfield?
1270
01:34:11.001 --> 01:34:12.921
I'm sorry, Baroness, what did you say?
1271
01:34:13.001 --> 01:34:15.841
What was the high point of the evening
for you?
1272
01:34:15.918 --> 01:34:17.588
Well, there were so many.
1273
01:34:17.668 --> 01:34:21.168
No, it was your
Queen of the Night aria, Florence.
1274
01:34:21.251 --> 01:34:24.381
- Oh, yes.
- Yes.
1275
01:34:24.460 --> 01:34:28.540
It's an emergency.
My boss has no paper this morning.
1276
01:34:28.626 --> 01:34:30.706
- I'm sorry, this one's mine.
- But...
1277
01:34:30.793 --> 01:34:32.293
No, you can't have it.
1278
01:34:34.376 --> 01:34:36.536
Excuse me, ladies.
1279
01:34:36.626 --> 01:34:41.166
- Mr McMoon, has he got a sweetheart?
- I really don't know.
1280
01:34:42.335 --> 01:34:44.245
I realise this is absurd,
1281
01:34:44.335 --> 01:34:47.415
but is there any way we could persuade
you to part with your newspaper?
1282
01:34:47.501 --> 01:34:49.171
Well, no, you couldn't.
This one's mine.
1283
01:34:49.251 --> 01:34:51.001
How much?
1284
01:34:51.085 --> 01:34:53.165
What is going on?
I'm not taking your money.
1285
01:34:53.251 --> 01:34:54.291
50 bucks?
1286
01:34:57.543 --> 01:35:00.793
- Well, if you insist.
- Thank you so very much.
1287
01:35:00.876 --> 01:35:02.916
It's very, very nice of you.
Get rid of it.
1288
01:35:03.001 --> 01:35:05.041
Anyway,
she's old enough to be his aunt.
1289
01:35:05.126 --> 01:35:08.536
I don't know. I really don't know.
1290
01:35:08.626 --> 01:35:11.996
- Where's Florence?
- She's gone to powder her nose.
1291
01:35:12.085 --> 01:35:14.665
A-ha. Thank you.
1292
01:35:14.751 --> 01:35:19.041
She's gone to powder her nose,
Mr Bayfield.
1293
01:35:19.126 --> 01:35:21.836
Oh, quite. Quite.
1294
01:35:21.918 --> 01:35:24.958
- Silly of me.
- My great niece isn't married.
1295
01:35:25.043 --> 01:35:27.843
- You mean the podiatrist?
- What, with the lovely hands?
1296
01:35:33.876 --> 01:35:36.836
- Madam Florence? It's you!
- Oh!
1297
01:35:36.918 --> 01:35:38.998
We saw your show at Carnegie Hall
last night.
1298
01:35:39.085 --> 01:35:41.535
- It was wonderful.
- Thank you. Thank you very much.
1299
01:35:41.626 --> 01:35:45.166
- We've never laughed so hard.
- My ribs are still aching.
1300
01:35:45.251 --> 01:35:48.041
You have an enormous comic talent,
Mrs Foster Jenkins.
1301
01:35:48.126 --> 01:35:49.786
It was so funny.
1302
01:35:49.876 --> 01:35:53.416
Oh, thank you very much.
Um... Um...
1303
01:35:53.501 --> 01:35:57.341
I must be on... Good afternoon to you.
1304
01:35:57.418 --> 01:35:59.458
And don't pay any attention
to that review.
1305
01:35:59.543 --> 01:36:02.383
That hack knows absolutely nothing.
1306
01:36:09.210 --> 01:36:12.210
Well, my second cousin twice removed
has been married twice before
1307
01:36:12.293 --> 01:36:14.423
and both times
it was a complete disaster.
1308
01:36:15.085 --> 01:36:16.785
But you're not putting her forward.
1309
01:36:16.876 --> 01:36:19.536
Is everything alright, Mr Bayfield?
1310
01:36:19.626 --> 01:36:23.336
I think I just need a little air.
Excuse me, ladies.
1311
01:36:24.543 --> 01:36:27.713
- The Post, please.
- Oh, sorry, lady, all sold out.
1312
01:36:28.710 --> 01:36:32.710
- Already? How come?
- You won't believe it.
1313
01:36:32.793 --> 01:36:35.843
This guy comes by this morning,
takes all the copies I got.
1314
01:36:35.918 --> 01:36:38.248
An Englishman.
1315
01:36:38.335 --> 01:36:39.835
What did he look like?
1316
01:36:39.918 --> 01:36:43.338
Oh, tall. You know, your gentleman type.
1317
01:36:43.418 --> 01:36:45.838
- Why did he buy all of them?
- I don't know.
1318
01:36:45.918 --> 01:36:49.288
20 bucks he gives me.
Then he dumps them in the trash.
1319
01:37:09.335 --> 01:37:10.835
708, please.
1320
01:37:58.251 --> 01:38:00.091
Watch where you're going!
1321
01:38:11.293 --> 01:38:14.383
Oh. Sir! Sir!
1322
01:38:15.001 --> 01:38:17.291
Madam, are you alright?
1323
01:38:17.376 --> 01:38:18.746
Bunny. Bunny.
1324
01:38:19.376 --> 01:38:22.626
Bunny, it's me, it's Whitey.
Get a doctor. Quickly. Quickly.
1325
01:38:22.710 --> 01:38:25.590
My darling, it's me. It's me.
1326
01:38:25.668 --> 01:38:28.088
It's me, my precious.
I'm going to turn you over.
1327
01:38:28.835 --> 01:38:32.165
Speak to me, Bunny. Please.
1328
01:38:32.251 --> 01:38:33.881
Please, my darling.
1329
01:38:33.960 --> 01:38:35.500
Where's the doctor?
1330
01:39:26.293 --> 01:39:27.463
Bunny.
1331
01:39:28.668 --> 01:39:29.998
Bunny.
1332
01:39:30.626 --> 01:39:31.996
It's me.
1333
01:39:35.501 --> 01:39:37.711
Bunny.
1334
01:39:37.793 --> 01:39:40.093
I'm here. Can you hear me?
1335
01:39:46.085 --> 01:39:47.665
No, no.
1336
01:39:47.751 --> 01:39:50.631
No, shh, shh. Shh, shh.
Shush, my love. Shh, shh.
1337
01:39:50.710 --> 01:39:52.540
Shh, shh. Shh, shh.
1338
01:39:55.585 --> 01:39:59.585
Rest, my beautiful. Rest.
1339
01:40:07.668 --> 01:40:11.708
Was everyone laughing at me
the whole time?
1340
01:40:12.793 --> 01:40:15.253
I was never laughing at you.
1341
01:40:17.168 --> 01:40:20.668
Yours is the truest voice
I have ever heard.
1342
01:40:39.460 --> 01:40:42.670
- ♪ When I have sung my songs
- Listen...
1343
01:40:42.751 --> 01:40:45.341
♪ To you
1344
01:40:45.418 --> 01:40:49.878
♪ I'll sing no more...
1345
01:40:50.668 --> 01:40:51.668
Listen.
1346
01:40:51.751 --> 01:40:56.791
♪ 'Twould be a sacrilege to sing
1347
01:40:56.876 --> 01:41:01.746
♪ At another door
1348
01:41:02.668 --> 01:41:06.128
♪ We've worked so hard
1349
01:41:06.710 --> 01:41:08.540
♪ To hold our dreams...
1350
01:41:08.626 --> 01:41:11.376
I love you, my bunny.
1351
01:41:11.460 --> 01:41:15.960
♪ Just you and I
1352
01:41:17.751 --> 01:41:22.211
♪ I could not share them all again
1353
01:41:22.293 --> 01:41:25.343
♪ I'd rather die
1354
01:41:25.418 --> 01:41:28.458
♪ With just the thought
1355
01:41:28.543 --> 01:41:34.343
♪ That I had loved so well...
1356
01:41:34.418 --> 01:41:36.958
The audience, they were applauding.
1357
01:41:40.793 --> 01:41:42.093
And cheering.
1358
01:41:43.793 --> 01:41:49.343
♪ That I could never sing again
1359
01:41:51.043 --> 01:41:56.343
♪ No, I could never
1360
01:41:57.251 --> 01:42:04.381
♪ Never sing again
1361
01:42:06.876 --> 01:42:12.376
♪ Except
1362
01:42:12.460 --> 01:42:18.420
♪ To you
1363
01:42:37.210 --> 01:42:40.840
People may say I couldn't sing,
1364
01:42:40.918 --> 01:42:45.588
but no one can say I didn't sing.
1365
01:42:54.668 --> 01:42:56.378
Bravo, my love.
1366
01:42:59.335 --> 01:43:00.705
Bravo.
1367
01:43:51.710 --> 01:43:54.210
♪ Like a bird
1368
01:44:00.835 --> 01:44:03.495
♪ Like a bird
1369
01:44:14.751 --> 01:44:17.421
- Do you wanna try another take?
- Well, I don't see why.
1370
01:44:17.501 --> 01:44:19.631
That seemed perfect to me.
1371
01:44:22.210 --> 01:44:26.750
♪ Faint melodies bring back old days
1372
01:44:29.668 --> 01:44:34.708
♪ Faintly the old music box plays
1373
01:44:48.668 --> 01:44:52.498
♪ Lords and ladies to and fro
1374
01:44:52.585 --> 01:44:57.165
♪ By candlelight in stately dance
1375
01:44:57.251 --> 01:45:01.841
♪ Now turn with coy and smiling glance
1376
01:45:01.918 --> 01:45:06.588
♪ Now glide, now curtsy low
1376
01:45:07.305 --> 01:45:13.620
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