Approved | 1h 13min | Drama, Musical | September 1938 (USA)
A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.
Directors: William L. Nolte (as William Nolte), Ralph Cooper (uncredited)
Writers: Phil Dunham, Ralph Cooper
Stars: Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Laurence Criner
A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.
Directors: William L. Nolte (as William Nolte), Ralph Cooper (uncredited)
Writers: Phil Dunham, Ralph Cooper
Stars: Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, Laurence Criner
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00:12:20What can you do?
00:12:22The, uh, show just broke, gentlemen.
00:12:28Good night.
00:12:51Good house for the opening night.
00:12:53Isn't she beautiful?
00:12:55And can she sing?
00:12:57Why, she's a whole show.
00:13:00Come on, it's late.
00:13:01Let's go.
00:13:02Come on, it's late.
00:13:03Let's go.
00:13:25It's a surprise from Duke.
00:13:28With his usual car.
00:13:30Ain't Duke a prince?
00:13:31Ella's a Duke at top.
00:13:33He's giving me a chance to do a number next week,
00:13:35and I sure have been rehearsing hard.
00:13:37You've been holding out on me, huh?
00:13:39You know better than that.
00:13:40Well, come on, let's see it.
00:13:42Well, here goes.
00:13:43♪♪
00:13:57Ella?
00:13:58Ella?
00:14:06Ella, I want to speak to Ethel.
00:14:08I'm practically gone.
00:14:15Duke, darling, what's the matter?
00:14:17Oh, I guess I've been kind of selfish,
00:14:20keeping you on this small-time stuff
00:14:22when you belong on Broadway.
00:14:24Dear, you'll be a dreamer all your life,
00:14:26and I wouldn't have you different.
00:14:28But don't you know that if Broadway is for us,
00:14:30we'll get there.
00:14:32Marshall, a talent scout for an eastern booking circuit,
00:14:34has been watching you.
00:14:36He thinks you've got what it takes.
00:14:38Ethel, we show people live and strive for one goal,
00:14:42a big stamp.
00:14:43And when opportunity knocks,
00:14:45we've got to answer.
00:14:47It's your chance, kid.
00:14:48Take it.
00:14:49Without you, Duke...
00:14:50Don't say it, honey.
00:14:51I'll never tell you anything that isn't right.
00:14:54Because, well, you remember.
00:15:25Here are the reports, Mr. Mason.
00:15:27Thanks.
00:15:31Oh, hello, Mr. Davis.
00:15:33Hello, Gladys.
00:15:35Hiya, Mr. Mason.
00:15:36Well, Duke, you broke the season's house records.
00:15:38That's fine.
00:15:40How about Ethel?
00:15:41Have you made up your mind yet?
00:15:43Sure, but she hasn't made up hers.
00:15:45I've been arguing with her for the past two weeks.
00:15:48She just laughs at the idea of our splitting,
00:15:50says it's ridiculous.
00:15:52Sometimes the surgeon has to cut deep and hurt,
00:15:55but it's for the patient's good.
00:16:23New York tradition.
00:16:25The bronze nightingale.
00:16:27A new star is born.
00:16:29Publicity.
00:16:30Glamour.
00:16:31Gay as...
00:16:33Sometimes the surgeon has to cut deep and hurt,
00:16:37but it's for the patient's good.
00:16:53Oh...
00:17:07Gee, it's been a swell two weeks.
00:17:09I'm so glad for Duke's sake.
00:17:12Is the night over?
00:17:14Yes, Duke, come on in.
00:17:17We've just about finished packing.
00:17:21I'm so glad you've given up that silly idea of our separating.
00:17:25Why, I just couldn't stand it.
00:17:27You couldn't stand it?
00:17:28Suppose you think of me for a change.
00:17:30Remember that?
00:17:32Our contract.
00:17:33Now listen, Ethel, I've tried to reason with you
00:17:35for the past two weeks.
00:17:36Tried to be kind, but you wouldn't listen.
00:17:38Now I'll tell you something.
00:17:39I can make myself a piece of money out of that.
00:17:42Here, take a look.
00:17:44$5,000.
00:17:46Sure, I can cash in on this contract,
00:17:48and I need the dough.
00:17:50Oh, that's all I mean to you.
00:17:54Dollars and cents.
00:17:57I don't think I ever knew you until now.
00:18:02Laughs on me, I guess.
00:18:08Here, you forget.
00:18:10My part of the contract.
00:18:12Now you can collect.
00:18:14Well, I'm glad you decided to be sensible.
00:18:17I'll be seeing you sometime.
00:18:20Lots of luck.
00:18:31Laughs
00:18:47Laughs
00:19:04And she never knew me, until now.
00:19:17Laughs
00:19:33Ethel!
00:19:34Ethel!
00:19:47Ethel!
00:20:06Duke!
00:20:11You're a great guy.
00:20:13But I'm not going to let you get away with this.
00:20:15It's the best thing for her, Ethel.
00:20:17Best thing?
00:20:18I'm going right back and tell her the truth.
00:20:21Listen, Ella.
00:20:22You've got to promise not to say a word.
00:20:26Because, well...
00:20:30You remember.
00:20:46Ethel.
00:20:48What?
00:21:16Hold the door.
00:21:17Come in.
00:21:19Where do you go next week?
00:21:21Say, you'll pay the last half of this when it happens.
00:21:23And that's a season's work these days.
00:21:27Where do we go next week?
00:21:29Yes?
00:21:30Good morning, Mr. Lake.
00:21:32Remember me?
00:21:33I'm Duke Davis.
00:21:34I used to do a single for you.
00:21:35So did a lot of other hams.
00:21:37No, I don't remember you.
00:21:40It has been a long time.
00:21:42But say, I've got a brand new act.
00:21:43Oh, sure, I know.
00:21:45New gags, classy songs, swell wardrobe.
00:21:48I hear that every day.
00:21:49I know it by heart.
00:21:50It's got whiskers on it.
00:21:52Nothing for you.
00:21:54I guess you heard that before.
00:21:56Anyway, in case you don't know it,
00:21:58Waterville's as dead as the last year's woman's hat.
00:22:01But all I'm looking for is girl acts for the picture houses.
00:22:05Well, that's great, Mr. Lake.
00:22:07You know, I'm a producer.
00:22:08And that would be right up my alley.
00:22:10And the alley's so full of producers,
00:22:12the health department's kicking.
00:22:14Say, I do remember you.
00:22:16You and that Andrews dame.
00:22:18She was a good meal ticket for you once.
00:22:20Ought to be a better one now.
00:22:22She's a big time hit.
00:22:24Why don't you hang a touch on her?
00:22:26I'm thinking of doing the same to you, my love.
00:23:14Oh.
00:23:45There you are, Mr. Mason.
00:23:47A brand new show.
00:23:48I just finished writing it.
00:23:49I hope you've got something here, my boy.
00:23:51It's a wow.
00:23:52It's got everything.
00:23:54Heard from Ethel?
00:23:55No.
00:23:56But look.
00:23:57I can use my old people.
00:23:59They know my work, and I know what they can do.
00:24:02Of course, you'll have to stake me.
00:24:04I'm broke.
00:24:05If you're as good as you say you are,
00:24:07I'll give you a raise.
00:24:08I'll give you a raise.
00:24:09I'll give you a raise.
00:24:10I'll give you a raise.
00:24:11I'll give you a raise.
00:24:12I'm broke.
00:24:13If you're as good as you used to be,
00:24:15will you manage to put on your show?
00:24:31That's swell, kids.
00:24:32That'll be all today, 10 o'clock in the morning.
00:24:35Wait a minute.
00:24:36And that don't mean 10.30 or 5 after.
00:24:40It means 10.
00:24:41All right, drizzle puss.
00:24:44How's it shaping up for you, Sam?
00:24:46It's a lily.
00:24:47But Duke, you always put on your show.
00:24:50I hope so.
00:25:11You don't have to say it, Mr. Mason.
00:25:13I know.
00:25:14The show did a nosedive.
00:25:15Breaks of our game, my boy.
00:25:17But I know where it's weak.
00:25:18Say, a couple of new specialties,
00:25:20and tighten up on that comedy.
00:25:21Well, I can doctor up this show,
00:25:23and two shakes of a pawn broke his head.
00:25:25I'm sorry, Duke.
00:25:26But my bankroll just can't stand any more strain.
00:25:31Well, that's that.
00:25:35Anyway, thanks for giving me a break.
00:25:38I'm sorry.
00:25:40Sorry for the flop.
00:25:41Forget it, Duke.
00:25:57What did the boss say?
00:25:59Ah, Duke.
00:26:00We'll show him.
00:26:01This ain't the only circuit.
00:26:03No, Sam.
00:26:04Get yourself a job.
00:26:06You can handle a stage better than any man I know.
00:26:09I ain't gonna leave you.
00:26:11Yes, you are.
00:26:12Because I can't pay you.
00:26:15Here.
00:26:18I'm splitting the bankroll with you.
00:26:27Good luck, Sam.
00:26:40Good evening.
00:26:41Good evening.
00:27:09Oh, if I live and breathe and goggle my tonsils.
00:27:34Duke Davis.
00:27:35Dr. Durando.
00:27:36The old boy himself.
00:27:37How are you?
00:27:38I'm admiring the crest.
00:27:39Favored by fame and followed by fortune.
00:27:41And how is the bright star of the theatrical premament.
00:27:45The scintillating, shimmering satellite.
00:27:47Save it, Doc.
00:27:48What are you peddling these days?
00:27:50Peddling?
00:27:51A vile word, my boy.
00:27:52I am engaged in revealing to suffering humanity.
00:27:55This peerless remedy.
00:27:57This amazing healer.
00:27:59Dr. Durando's universal elixir.
00:28:02That's fine.
00:28:03Sit down.
00:28:08How's business?
00:28:09Ah, marvelous.
00:28:10Stupendous.
00:28:11Colossal.
00:28:12I might even add that business is fair.
00:28:16Ham and eggs.
00:28:17Turn my eggs over, please.
00:28:20Miss.
00:28:22Nothing doing, mister.
00:28:24This is no drugstore.
00:28:26You've stuck us for plenty already.
00:28:29Money talks from now on.
00:28:32Order of ham and eggs.
00:28:33Over.
00:28:37Duke, how about making that order double?
00:28:41Sure.
00:28:43Duplicate the order, young woman.
00:28:45And keep my eggs honest.
00:28:47Looking me in the face.
00:28:49Another order, ham man.
00:28:51Sunday up.
00:29:11Finished, doc?
00:29:12Alas, yes.
00:29:42Duke, a thousand thanks.
00:29:50Perhaps you will accept a slight return for your hospitality.
00:29:53That's all right, doc.
00:29:54You know you're welcome.
00:29:56Come clean now.
00:29:57Up against it?
00:29:58Well, now, I am suffering a temporary setback.
00:30:01But come over to my headquarters.
00:30:04And we will discuss matters at length.
00:30:06Oh, well.
00:30:09Have you the time?
00:30:15I understand.
00:30:16Come on, doc.
00:30:18No, Duke.
00:30:19I haven't been north of Alabama in two or three years.
00:30:22That's why I haven't seen you before, doc.
00:30:24Oh, Duke, I want you to meet Prince Alagazu, my faithful companion.
00:30:28Dippy Dodds.
00:30:29Hiya.
00:30:30Yes, sir.
00:30:31Mr. Davis, how are you?
00:30:32Oh, so you know the prince.
00:30:33Dippy was property man on one of the Toby shows I was with.
00:30:36Yes, sir.
00:30:37I had a job in them days.
00:30:40Excuse me, doc.
00:30:41When does I eat, or does I?
00:30:43Tush, tush, my boy.
00:30:44Always thinking of your stomach.
00:30:47Yes, sir.
00:30:48Thinking.
00:30:50Step right inside, Duke.
00:30:52Step right in.
00:30:53Thanks, doc.
00:30:55Here.
00:30:56Here's 15 cents.
00:30:57Here.
00:30:58Go and get yourself a good meal.
00:31:00Say, doc.
00:31:01You didn't rob a bank, did you?
00:31:03Run along, boy.
00:31:04You annoy me.
00:31:05Here's Mr. Davis.
00:31:09Make yourself comfortable, Duke.
00:31:11Thanks, doc.
00:31:12I was just looking things over.
00:31:15Nothing like having a place of your own, is it?
00:31:18Home, sweet home.
00:31:20Sit down, Duke.
00:31:21Sit down.
00:31:26Get thee from behind me, Satan.
00:31:30As you have doubtlessly observed, financial stringency does exist.
00:31:35In fact, I'm disposing of the remnants of my stock to keep this inner man alive.
00:31:42So you're broke.
00:31:43Well, no, not exactly.
00:31:46Only a very, very small matter separates me from a cool million.
00:31:52Yeah?
00:31:53What is that?
00:31:54$15.
00:31:56Listen, doc.
00:31:58Cut out the act.
00:31:59Give me the lowdown.
00:32:00What's put you behind the eight ball?
00:32:02Well, now, the wholesale house has cut off my credit.
00:32:05Business...
00:32:06Has been rotten.
00:32:07Exactly.
00:32:08The suckers, that is, the customers, don't fall like they used to.
00:32:12Uh-huh.
00:32:13Still giving them that same old spiel and expect them to form a line with their money in their hands.
00:32:18Well, now, I guess that's about it.
00:32:20But it's a good spiel.
00:32:22It always was.
00:32:23That's out now.
00:32:24What you've got to do is entertain them.
00:32:26Give them something for nothing.
00:32:27Oh, no, no.
00:32:28No, no, Duke.
00:32:30That's against all my principles.
00:32:32But, uh, elucidate.
00:32:34What you need is showmanship.
00:32:36And that means Duke Davis.
00:32:38I'll bring your show up to the minute.
00:32:40How about it?
00:32:42Son, we're partners.
00:32:4550-50.
00:32:47Ah, this speaks of brighter and better days for old Doc Durando.
00:32:54First of all, I talk about the customers.
00:32:57Forget the medicine.
00:32:59Something like this.
00:33:01Ladies and gentlemen.
00:33:04It gives me great pleasure to announce the return of famous Dr. Durando to your thriving community.
00:33:10He brings you the benefits of a lifelong dedication to the study of the alleviation of human suffering.
00:33:16The doctor's happiness, naturally, is your happiness.
00:33:19Isn't that so, Doctor?
00:33:21Oh, yes.
00:33:22Yes, indeed.
00:33:23Very sure.
00:33:24But, my friends, in order to be happy, you must be healthy.
00:33:28Ain't that the truth.
00:33:30Mister, I've got a powerful misery in my left shoulder.
00:33:33Oh, a very serious condition.
00:33:36But the doctor's universal elixir will make you a healthy man.
00:33:40Have no fear.
00:33:41Step right this way.
00:33:42Yes, sir.
00:33:46Now, before I tell you of this wonderful discovery,
00:33:50this universal elixir, let us have music.
00:33:53Professor.
00:33:56Ladies and gentlemen, Professor Duckbill, Wizard of the Strings, will now entertain.
00:34:01Strike it up, Professor.
00:34:20Looks like business is going to be good.
00:34:43Sheriff, I ain't going to stand for it.
00:34:52Them fellows take all the money out of town.
00:34:54I don't see what I can do about it, Lodge.
00:34:56He's paid his license.
00:34:58That's so.
00:34:59But, Sheriff, I ain't going to put any pressure on you.
00:35:01But just remember, it ain't far to election.
00:35:03That's all.
00:35:05That's all.
00:35:23Yes, indeedy, yes, indeed.
00:35:27Good day.
00:35:32Ain't the inch big, gotta be amsgree.
00:35:35Your sappy's fixed.
00:35:37Very well, your highness.
00:35:40The prince hopes that you will all get what is coming to you.
00:35:44I sure hope we don't get what's coming to us.
00:35:46Have no fear.
00:35:47There'll be plenty for all.
00:35:49And now let me tell you of this wonderful elixir,
00:35:51compounded of rare herbs gathered from the ends of the earth,
00:35:54from the icy wastes of the polar regions,
00:35:56the blazing heat of the Sahara Desert, regardless of cost.
00:36:00A pack of lies.
00:36:02I don't believe a word of it.
00:36:04Come on, Sheriff, I'll show him.
00:36:06Those are strong words, sir.
00:36:08Are you prepared to back him up?
00:36:10I sure am.
00:36:11As a respectable druggist, I...
00:36:13Ah, just as I thought.
00:36:16Friend, this man sells you a bottle of medicine, charges you a dollar.
00:36:20Maybe he cures you, and maybe he doesn't.
00:36:23Ain't so.
00:36:24I know this stuff ain't no good.
00:36:25You hold your lip, Lodge Smithers.
00:36:28I drunk two bottles of your medicine for my sciatica,
00:36:31and I'm paining yet.
00:36:33That wasn't for drinking.
00:36:34It is for rubbing.
00:36:41Thank you, lady, thank you.
00:36:42But, Nina, go on.
00:36:43I see you get my point.
00:36:44There is no guarantee that what this man sells you
00:36:46and takes your good money for will cure your ailments.
00:36:49Now then, if you are suffering from sciatica,
00:36:51cold in the head, headache, or any other of the ailments
00:36:53that might come to plague you,
00:36:55just see what one bottle, one bottle, mind you,
00:36:57of Dr. Durando's marvelous universal elixir will do for you.
00:37:01Hold on a minute.
00:37:02Will that stuff grow hair?
00:37:04Grow hair, sir? I'm glad you brought that up.
00:37:06I ask you to look at the good doctor
00:37:07and notice that luxuriant growth of hair.
00:37:10Why, four years ago, the doctor fell ill
00:37:12with symphalitosis of the metatarsal,
00:37:14a very dangerous disease,
00:37:16and all of his hair fell out.
00:37:18But thanks to the universal elixir...
00:37:20But why go on?
00:37:21Why go on, doctor?
00:37:22Show them what universal elixir has done for you.
00:37:49I knew it, I knew it.
00:37:51It's a fake.
00:37:52Now, Sheriff, do your duty.
00:37:54I'll give you just five minutes to be one mile out of town.
00:37:59Doctor, we're leaving.
00:38:00So I anticipated.
00:38:02Joe, Joe!
00:38:04You do those chairs. Start packing.
00:38:07Dibby, hook up the car.
00:38:22Well, it looks like old man Jinx
00:38:24is with me permanently.
00:38:26Don't let a little thing like that get you.
00:38:28Why, when I really bear down,
00:38:30we'll be selling more stuff
00:38:31than any medicine show in the business.
00:38:33No, Duke, it ain't no use.
00:38:35Forget it, Doc.
00:38:37I've got more ideas than a clock has ticks.
00:38:40And the first idea is, in the future,
00:38:42we're going to glue that wig on.
00:38:44Tight.
00:38:45For Pete's sake.
00:38:47Hayden!
00:38:49Imp of darkness and demon of disaster.
00:38:55Smells like the coffee's ready.
00:38:57Now for the eats.
00:39:16Say, Joe, here's a good spot
00:39:18to turn off the main drag,
00:39:20because them folks back there are sure hostile.
00:39:22Looks kind of rough to me.
00:39:24Yes, but I ain't taking no chances.
00:39:26Okay by me.
00:39:46Suffering catfish, Doc.
00:39:48The place is on fire.
00:39:50Here, look at this.
00:39:52Put your foot up here, Doc.
00:39:53Let me get that out for you.
00:39:55Get me some water here.
00:39:57Get me some water.
00:39:59Doc, the water thing ain't working.
00:40:01What, no water?
00:40:02No, Doc.
00:40:03Get me some water.
00:40:05Get me some water.
00:40:07Get me some water.
00:40:09Get me some water.
00:40:11Get me some water.
00:40:13Get me some water.
00:40:14Get some blankets.
00:40:16Quick, quick, Doc.
00:40:18Jiffy! Joe!
00:40:20Jiffy! Jiffy!
00:40:33Jiffy! Jiffy! Joe!
00:40:45Jiffy!
00:40:47Jiffy! Jiffy! Jiffy!
00:40:51Jiffy! Jiffy! Jiffy!
00:41:03Get out of here. Let's get out of here.
00:41:06Come on. Come on.
00:41:14We're going to sail now.
00:41:45As long as life lasts, let's be true to one another.
00:41:54Did I steer you right?
00:41:55She's got it now, Chief.
00:41:56For our heartstrings with sad melody.
00:42:04True love will guide us through stormy weather.
00:42:12Everyone should be true to his own.
00:42:16Let's make sure before this chance has flown.
00:42:20We won't disagree on anything.
00:42:25Just get along together like a romance in the spring.
00:42:33Our love boat must not be lost on its crew.
00:42:43Don't let our love song turn into a blues.
00:42:54Everyone should be true to his own.
00:43:00Let's make sure before this chance has flown.
00:43:06We won't disagree on anything.
00:43:11Just get along together like a romance in the spring.
00:43:18Our love boat must not be lost on its crew.
00:43:27Don't let our love song turn into a blues.
00:43:50I like her and Broadway will more than like her.
00:43:53She'll wow them at your sensory club.
00:43:55Bring her up to my office in the morning.
00:44:18That a girl, Ethel.
00:44:20I knew you'd do it.
00:44:26Thank you, folks.
00:44:27Thank you, thank you.
00:44:28And now, folks, I wonder if you'd mind stepping down a little bit closer.
00:44:32So I won't have to.
00:44:33Not too close, lady.
00:44:34The kerosene from the lamp is leaking and is liable to get on your clothes.
00:44:38Friends, I'm here to introduce Dr. Durendo's universal elixir.
00:44:42It's as simple as that.
00:44:44It's to clean your liver.
00:44:46It's to prevent anemia.
00:44:48It's to cleanse the body.
00:44:50Dr. Durendo's universal elixir.
00:44:52Dr. Durando's universal elixir.
00:44:54The average adult, by adult I mean a person
00:44:57who has stopped growing at both ends
00:44:59and started in the middle.
00:45:00The minute a man like that gets sick, he runs to a doctor.
00:45:05And the doctor tells him, which reminds me,
00:45:08I had a patient come to me, a little fellow with a glass eye.
00:45:11He didn't tell me it was a glass eye, of course.
00:45:13It happened to come out during the conversation.
00:45:17Maybe a corn.
00:45:19Aha, you see it.
00:45:20He didn't.
00:45:21Anyway, this man went to another doctor,
00:45:23a foreigner, an alienist.
00:45:25This doctor told him, you are not going to get well.
00:45:28But to make sure you're not going to get well,
00:45:31I will call in another doctor.
00:45:33Now, the other doctor told him that he
00:45:36was threatened with paralysis.
00:45:39Why do you laugh, brother?
00:45:40Don't you realize it's an awful thing to be paralyzed?
00:45:42Sure is.
00:45:43You feel so rotten in the morning.
00:45:45I don't know you, my friend,
00:45:46but I think you show poor taste to laugh
00:45:48at so serious a subject.
00:45:50Anyway, this man finally came to us,
00:45:52and Dr. Durando, whom I shall introduce presently,
00:45:55diagnosed his case as stomach trouble.
00:45:57Friends, do you realize that the death rate
00:45:59on stomach trouble a year averages one death per person?
00:46:04Ah, you may laugh, but that's a fact.
00:46:07Dr. Durando put this man on a milk diet
00:46:09until he was strong enough to take his medication.
00:46:12And that man would be alive today if he hadn't died.
00:46:15Oh, no, my friend,
00:46:17if he hadn't held out the Saturday night's paycheck
00:46:20on his wife.
00:46:22Now, before I go on with my talk,
00:46:24I have a treat for you.
00:46:25I should like to introduce the Durando and Davis
00:46:28world-famous quartet, the Cats and the Fiddle.
00:46:31Come along and swing it for them, boys.
00:46:34That's it.
00:46:36He's a man that smoked that jack
00:46:39That jack would take you for a ride
00:46:42Once if he's still alive
00:46:45When you smoke that killing jack
00:46:48It would make you very tall
00:46:50It seems as if you're gonna fall
00:46:53Knock yourself to the floor
00:46:56He's a man that smoked that jack
00:46:59That jack would take you for a ride
00:47:02Once if he's still alive
00:47:05When you smoke that killing jack
00:47:08It would make you very tall
00:47:11It seems as if you're gonna fall
00:47:14Knock yourself to the floor
00:47:17He's a man that smoked that jack
00:47:20That jack would take you for a ride
00:47:23Once if he's still alive
00:47:26When you smoke that killing jack
00:47:29That jack would take you for a ride
00:47:32Once if he's still alive
00:47:35When you smoke that killing jack
00:47:38It would make you very tall
00:47:41It seems as if you're gonna fall
00:47:44Knock yourself to the floor
00:47:47He's a man that smoked that jack
00:47:50That jack would take you for a ride
00:47:53Once if he's still alive
00:47:56Dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey
00:47:59Dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey
00:48:02Dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey
00:48:05Dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey
00:48:08Dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey
00:48:11Dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey
00:48:14Dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey
00:48:17Dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey
00:48:20Dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey, dewey
00:48:23Not a day, not a day, not a day
00:48:26Not a day, not a day, not a day
00:48:28To be a sad man, not a bad man
00:48:31Everything would seem so funny
00:48:34Sometimes you think you're so fuzzy
00:48:37Yeah, to be a man, to look right
00:48:40When you're a high man
00:48:42Sad man, you're in the sky
00:48:44Man, you're not a rich man
00:48:47You're being so mellow, like a cello
00:48:50When you smoke that killing time
00:49:00Duke sure knows how to get them, don't he?
00:49:02You tell him, me.
00:49:09And now, for the real treat of the evening,
00:49:11it gives me a great deal of pleasure
00:49:13to introduce Dr. Durando,
00:49:15the discoverer of universal elixir,
00:49:18himself in person, Dr. Durando.
00:49:32Yes, it's a man that has done more for mankind
00:49:34with his universal elixir
00:49:36than all the doctors in the world put together.
00:49:39What he has done to others, he can do to you.
00:49:43The doctor will sit by my side
00:49:45to verify any and all statements that I may make.
00:49:48Is that so, doctor?
00:49:49Oh, yes. Yes, indeed.
00:49:51Friends, as I look over your smiling faces,
00:49:54the thought comes to me
00:49:56that a lot of those smiles may be covering up
00:49:58sickness and suffering.
00:50:00Maybe some of you are suffering with rheumatism.
00:50:03Here are some copper neutralizing rings, guaranteed.
00:50:07You do guarantee them, don't you, doctor?
00:50:09Oh, yes, indeed.
00:50:10Guaranteed to keep away rheumatism.
00:50:12Just think, friends, we are giving away free
00:50:14these marvelous manifestations of modern science.
00:50:18And here, here are some chestnuts.
00:50:20All the way from the land of the East Indies,
00:50:23the land of mystic and magic.
00:50:26Put one of these in your hip pocket
00:50:28and you'll never be bothered with sciatica.
00:50:31Mister, I haven't got a hip pocket.
00:50:34A healthy lady like you will never be bothered with sciatica.
00:50:43And these chestnuts, too, are free,
00:50:45with every bottle of Dr. Durando's Universal Elixir
00:50:47at one dollar a bottle.
00:50:49Neighbors, we only have a limited supply.
00:50:51You won't all be able to get a bottle.
00:50:53We haven't got them.
00:50:55Ouch, my corn.
00:50:57Give a bottle to the lady with the corns.
00:50:59I said give.
00:51:01It's free to you, madam.
00:51:03Now I tell you what I'm going to do.
00:51:06When I ring this bell, the sale will start.
00:51:09When I ring it again, the sale will stop.
00:51:11Not another bottle will be sold.
00:51:14All right, folks, have your dollars ready.
00:51:18All right, here you are.
00:51:20Here's your neutralizer and a yeast and a chestnut.
00:51:22Take your time now, folks.
00:51:23Take your time. Don't rush.
00:51:24There's enough for everybody.
00:51:26All right, don't rush now. Don't rush.
00:51:29Those who suffer from indigestion, gas,
00:51:32sour stomach, cramps, sciatica, lumbago,
00:51:35rheumatism, gout, swollen joints,
00:51:37mumps, dandruff, fallen arches,
00:51:39or if any of your family or livestock are sick,
00:51:43universal elixir will cure them.
00:51:46I don't care what the matter is.
00:51:48One bottle will put new life and vigor
00:51:51into those old bodies of yours.
00:51:53Give me two bottles.
00:51:54Two bottles sold to Methuselah.
00:51:56No, Dippy, I'm sorry, sir.
00:51:59Only one bottle of this precious elixir to a person.
00:52:04Now, folks, time's up.
00:52:06Time's up.
00:52:07Say, give me a bottle.
00:52:08All right, folks, always willing to be right with you here.
00:52:11Say, I've already bought that bottle.
00:52:13Had my money out and everything.
00:52:15I'm sorry, neighbor, but the bell just rang.
00:52:18But he passed me off. I had my money out.
00:52:20I came on paper to get a bottle of medicine.
00:52:22Come on, Doc, let me have a bottle.
00:52:24I'm sorry, folks,
00:52:25but if I let that man have a bottle after the bell rang,
00:52:28everybody will want one.
00:52:33Brothers, you're making it tough on me.
00:52:35The only bottles I have left
00:52:36are those set aside for our next town, Centerville.
00:52:43Let me have a word with the good doctor.
00:52:48It's a sellout, Doc.
00:52:49We can peddle all we got.
00:52:53The doctor has agreed to my suggestion.
00:52:55And to show you our hearts are in the right place.
00:52:58Joe.
00:52:59Yes, sir.
00:53:00Break out that lot for Centerville
00:53:01and start selling again.
00:53:05I don't want to leave your town with any hard feelings.
00:53:08Don't rush.
00:53:09There'll be elixir for all.
00:53:11And remember,
00:53:12a dollar spent now means hundreds saved later.
00:53:15Don't miss this wonderful opportunity.
00:53:17You'll never regret it.
00:53:19You'll never miss the money.
00:53:20What is money compared to health?
00:53:25Hey, give me another bottle.
00:53:26Scram, you bought five bottles already.
00:53:29That's enticing.
00:53:30Give me one.
00:53:55Ah, Duke.
00:53:56I've been thinking
00:53:57perchance we should invade the Metropolis.
00:53:59No, Doc.
00:54:00They've forgotten more tricks than we'll ever learn.
00:54:03Doing all right as we are, aren't we?
00:54:05Ah, yes, indeed.
00:54:07That vision of prophecy was mine
00:54:08when we encountered each other only a short year or so ago.
00:54:12Ah, how time has flown on golden wings.
00:54:15And tonight,
00:54:16we have reached the pinnacle of our success.
00:54:19That's a good line you sling, Doc.
00:54:22Station WEDK, New York City,
00:54:24now brings you your nightly hotshots
00:54:26from the hotspot by your spotter.
00:54:28Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
00:54:30This is a spotter with a spotter news.
00:54:32Hottest hotspot, Ferdy's Fenton Century Club,
00:54:34has cooled off after the first presentation of a new review
00:54:37featuring the erstwhile bronze nightingale,
00:54:40Ethel Andrews,
00:54:41who still wobbles a swell pair of pipes,
00:54:43but is nixed when it comes to filling the heavy spot
00:54:45in a Broadway biggie.
00:54:47Some of the blame, on the other hand,
00:54:50Some of the blame, or maybe all of it,
00:54:52pins on Fenton for trying to rush the gal
00:54:54from sticks to steeples in a few weeks.
00:54:56And one marshal who authorized this one
00:54:59should be forced to eat raw the egg.
00:55:01Look, Mr. Fenton, I can dope this show.
00:55:03Not on my money.
00:55:04I must have been doped when I let you talk me into it.
00:55:07That girl's a specialty, not a star.
00:55:09Well, why not go back to her first setup?
00:55:11Remember when you first saw her in Philadelphia?
00:55:13Fill her as a single.
00:55:15Remember her rave notices?
00:55:16Remember the variety?
00:55:17Yes, I remember.
00:55:18And I'm thinking about what variety will do to me now.
00:55:21As a producer, Marshal,
00:55:23you're a good agent.
00:55:27Back to the sticks.
00:55:28I'm through.
00:55:34From pinnacle to pit,
00:55:36a bottomless pit.
00:55:38That's me.
00:55:39Don Dorando's wonderful discovery
00:55:42is headed for a drain pipe instead of strain tripe.
00:55:45And all because of that devilish device.
00:55:48That broadcasting apparatus.
00:55:50Why, I've a mind to bust it.
00:55:52You understand, Doc, don't you?
00:55:56Say, Duke, can I drive you down to the station?
00:55:59No, Dippy, thanks.
00:56:00I'd rather walk.
00:56:02I want to be by myself.
00:56:04Well, so long, fellas.
00:56:08Oh, so that does mean something to you.
00:56:13Where we heading, honey?
00:56:14South?
00:56:15No, we're moving to another apartment.
00:56:18We can't afford all this now.
00:56:20A fortune teller told me once that I was a cyclist.
00:56:25A what?
00:56:26Somebody who can see things that some people can't.
00:56:29Oh, you mean a cyclist.
00:56:32Somebody who can see things that some people can't.
00:56:35Oh, you mean a psychic.
00:56:37That's it, a cyclist.
00:56:39Well, I've been having notions about somebody down South.
00:56:43And I'm trying to forget the South.
00:56:45You're kidding yourself, honey.
00:56:47Anyway, Duke's down there and I've got a hunch he's in trouble.
00:56:51Maybe he's broke.
00:56:52Not much.
00:56:53You're forgetting a little matter of $5,000 he sold me for.
00:56:58Now you listen to me.
00:56:59I've been hiding a lie and it's time somebody came clean.
00:57:02If Duke won't, I will.
00:57:04And I don't want to hear anything about it.
00:57:05You're going to hear what I've got to say and it's all about him.
00:57:08Duke Davis double-crossed himself for you.
00:57:10He wrote that $5,000 check and didn't take a dime from Marshall.
00:57:14He thought he was standing in your way.
00:57:19Ella, we're not moving.
00:57:21We're sending the trunks to Pennsylvania Station.
00:57:24We're heading South.
00:57:27There's the baggage smasher.
00:57:33Gosh!
00:57:34Maybe I am a cyclist.
00:57:36We were just talking about you.
00:57:38Well, am I invited in?
00:57:47Duke, I just found out what you did for me.
00:57:49And I just found out what they did to you.
00:57:51All I want is 15 minutes with that Fenton fellow.
00:57:55Forget him, Duke.
00:57:56You can't hurt him.
00:57:57It wasn't his fault.
00:57:58Hurt him?
00:57:59I'm going to do him good.
00:58:01And you're going to wow him at that Century Club.
00:58:04Nothing can stop us now.
00:58:09And here's another bit of news from a local hot spot.
00:58:12Ferdie Fenton, whose last Century Club show went sour on him,
00:58:16wasted no time in calling in a doctor.
00:58:18One Duke Davis.
00:58:20A newcomer from the sticks.
00:58:22The medicine is said to be new faces, novel ideas, and...
00:58:26Well, Ferdie, you're either a genius or a glutton for punishment.
00:58:30Anyway, good luck with your new...
00:58:32Ladies and gentlemen,
00:58:35it gives me great pleasure to announce the return to your thriving community
00:58:39of this famous attraction featuring the Bronze Nightingale.
00:58:44On the inside, folks, on the inside,
00:58:47a sight of a lifetime, guaranteed satisfaction,
00:58:50are your money cheerfully refunded.
00:58:52Come one, come all, come big, come small.
00:58:55The big show, the free show.
00:58:57The little ladies will pass among you with harmony and dances.
00:59:01They will do you so much good.
00:59:05Harlem
00:59:07Harlem
00:59:12Harlem
00:59:14Harlem is Harlem town
00:59:19Life is a rhapsody
00:59:23With a tune you can sing
00:59:27There's a song in everything
00:59:31Harlem is harmony
00:59:36Harlem is living good life
00:59:41Don't have to knock on wood
00:59:45When you seem to be wrong
00:59:49Find a friendship in a song
00:59:53Harlem is harmony
00:59:57Have you got a little heart
01:00:01Or an old banjo
01:00:05You can strum a little, hum a little as you go
01:00:13Have you got a little love
01:00:17You can spread it around
01:00:22A little need will help somebody when you're gone
01:00:30Harlem is harmony
01:00:34Love is the melody
01:00:38When my gal looks at me
01:00:41Gets my hallelujah key
01:00:46Harlem is harmony
01:00:50Harlem is harmony
01:00:54Harlem is harmony
01:01:20Harlem is harmony
01:01:51Harlem
01:01:53Harlem
01:01:55Harlem
01:02:20Harlem
01:02:50Harlem
01:03:20Harlem
01:03:50Harlem
01:03:52Harlem
01:03:54Harlem
01:04:21Coops and the Buns
01:04:23Have a night a week
01:04:25To put their heads together
01:04:27Cheek to cheek
01:04:28Boy, black and tan
01:04:30Swingin' high and low
01:04:32There's an evening swing
01:04:33Goin' to Galvin
01:04:35Things get good
01:04:36About half past two
01:04:37Kickin' the heels together
01:04:39To the Susie Q
01:04:40Boy, that's one night
01:04:42We ain't blue
01:04:44There's an evening swing
01:04:46Hot bands playin'
01:04:48Georgia swing
01:04:50Lordy, how they really ride
01:04:52Harlem, Central up and down
01:04:55Cold
01:04:56Swingin' high and wild
01:04:58Big shots and doctors
01:05:00Breakin' them down
01:05:01Boot blastin' voters
01:05:03Truckin' to town
01:05:04You see those cats
01:05:05They keep the gong around
01:05:07There's an evening swing
01:05:09Goin' to Balboa
01:05:19Boom, boom, boom, boom
01:05:30Boom, boom, boom, boom
01:05:33Hot bands playin'
01:05:34Georgia swing
01:05:35Lordy, how they really ride
01:05:38Harlem, Central up and down
01:05:40Cold
01:05:41Swingin' high and wild
01:05:43Big shots and doctors
01:05:45Breakin' them down
01:05:46Boot blastin' voters
01:05:48Truckin' to town
01:05:49You see those cats
01:05:50They keep the gong around
01:05:58Evenin' swing
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01:09:59Evenin' swing
01:10:00Evenin' swing
01:10:01Evenin' swing
01:10:02Evenin' swing
01:10:03Evenin' swing
01:10:04Evenin' swing
01:10:05Evenin' swing
01:10:06Evenin' swing
01:10:07Evenin' swing
01:10:08Evenin' swing
01:10:09Evenin' swing
01:10:10We'll get it
01:10:16You and I have made a small beginning
01:10:22Don't know what our fate is gonna be
01:10:27Chances are we'll get what we're deserving
01:10:34We will be the tops
01:10:37Just wait and see
01:10:43I know you remember all I've told you
01:10:49We'll see our dream soon
01:10:54You'll remember
01:11:00We'll work hard together while we're dreaming
01:11:06Our plans have a meaning
01:11:10I know you remember
01:11:16She certainly needed Duke.
01:11:18Yes, and he needed her.
01:11:21We'll have more than need
01:11:25Don't care what people say
01:11:31We stay together
01:11:39You believe me win or lose
01:11:43I'm with you
01:11:46My love is yours too
01:11:52I know you remember
01:12:01We'll see our dream soon
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01:14:21We'll see our dreams soon
01:14:26We'll stay together
01:14:33You remember when I lose
01:14:37I'm with you
01:14:40My love is yours too
01:14:46I know you remember
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