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01:00:01 1.31 |
TEXTUAL NARRATION, TITLE CARD, "THIS STORY OF JEROME KERN..."
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01:00:22 22.04 |
TITLE CARD: "ON DECEMBER 27, 1927....THE OPENING OF HIS IMMORTAL 'SHOW BOAT'."
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01:00:33 33.27 |
HIGH ANGLE PAN OF ORCHESTRA PERFORMING IN PIT, RE-CREATION OF JEROME KERN CONDUCTING, ZOOM OUT TO STAGE AND CURTAIN OPENING, PERFORMERS IN COSTUMES, PLAY BEGINS
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01:00:59 59.05 |
CAST OF SHOW BOAT
COTTON BLOSSOM
(live)
OPENING SONG FROM PERFORMANCE OF SHOW BOAT, SUNG BY CHORUS
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01:02:32 152.5 |
MARCHING BAND ENTERS STAGE, CAPTAIN OF BOAT INTRODUCES PERFORMERS
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01:02:49 169.29 |
CAST OF SHOW BOAT
(live)
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01:03:19 199.86 |
TONY MARTIN
WHERE'S THE MATE FOR ME?
(live)
ACTORS PERFORMING NUMBERS FROM SHOW BOAT
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01:04:23 263.84 |
ACTORS PERFORM, SHOW BOAT
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01:04:46 286.7 |
KATHRYN GRAYSON, TONY MARTIN
MAKE BELIEVE
(live)
FROM SHOW BOAT
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01:07:36 456.6 |
PERFORMANCE FROM SHOW BOAT, GIRL IS CALLED BY MOTHER OFF STAGE, THE COUPLE ALMOST KISS AND SAY GOOD BYE
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01:07:58 478.34 |
MAN CLIMBS DOWN OFF PIER, PASSING WOMAN WITH PARASOL DROPS HER HANDKERCHIEF IN AN EFFORT TO MEET THE GOOD LOOKING MAN, HE IS NOT INTERESTED AND WALKS AWAY AFTER TIPPING HIS HAT
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01:08:31 511.78 |
VIRGINIA O'BRIEN AND CAST
LIFE UPON THE WICKED STAGE
(live)
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01:10:20 620.31 |
WS OF AUDIENCE APPLAUDING AT PLAY AND CONDUCTOR
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01:10:24 624.5 |
LENA HORNE
CAN'T HELP LOVIN' DAT MAN OF MINE
(live)
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01:13:33 813.77 |
APPLAUDING AUDIENCE
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01:13:37 817.08 |
LENA HORNE
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01:13:42 822.43 |
CALEB PETERSON
OL' MAN RIVER
(live)
WITH CHORUS
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01:15:45 945.48 |
AUDIENCE, STANDING OVATION, "BRAVO", POV BEHIND CAST, CURTAIN DROPS
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01:15:48 948.76 |
ROBERT WALKER, AS MILD JEROME KERN, AFTER THE PERFORMANCE BEING CONGRATULATED IN LOBBY OF THEATER, HE WALKS OUT TO SNOWY NIGHT
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01:16:19 979.4 |
SAD LOOKING JEROME KERN (WALKER) IN BACK OF CAR BEING DRIVEN BY CHAUFFEUR,
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01:16:45 1005.03 |
MS OF MAN REMINISCING IN BACK OF CAR
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01:17:06 1026.16 |
DRIVER WITH NEW YORK ACCENT TALKS TO HIS BOSS IN BACK SEAT
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01:17:24 1044.01 |
HOLLYWOOD SET OF NEW YORK STREET
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01:17:28 1048.86 |
MAN TALKS TO HIS DRIVER
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01:17:48 1068.4 |
SET OF CITY STREET AT NIGHT TRANSITIONS TO FLASHBACK OF DAYTIME SAME STREET IN THE PAST, NYC BROWNSTONES WITH STOOPS, BICYCLE SHOP ON CORNE WITH BIKES LINED UP
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01:17:56 1076.59 |
RE-CREATION OF 1890S NEW YORK CITY, MAN WALKS DOWN STREET, BOY PLAYS WITH HOOP, MAN TIPS HAT, MAN CLIMBS UP BROWNSTONE STAIRS
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01:18:24 1104.12 |
MAN IS LET IN TO BROWNSTONE BY MAID
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01:18:34 1114.86 |
LITTLE GIRL TALKS TO HOUSEKEEPER
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01:18:41 1121.96 |
MS OF ROBERT WALKER PLAYING JEROME KERN
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01:18:44 1124.34 |
HOUSKEEPER IS RUDE TO MAN, BUT LITTLE GIRL WITH BRAIDS IS NICE TO HIM AND HE IS ALLOWED TO GO IN, HE LEAVES HAT ON NEWEL POST
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01:19:18 1158.72 |
MAN FOLLOWS GIRL IN TO APARTMENT WHERE MAN IS EATING, VAN HELFIN
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01:19:37 1177.9 |
MS OF COMPOSER JEROME KERN PLAYED BY ROBERT WALKER
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01:19:42 1182.96 |
MS OF VAN HELFIN PLAYING COMPOSER JAMES HESSLER, TALKING AND EATING
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01:19:58 1198.31 |
COMPOSER ASKS MAN TO SIT AND EAT AS DAUGHTER AND HOUSEKEEPER WAIT
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01:20:25 1225.45 |
MS OF MAN IN THREE PIECE SUIT AT TABLE
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01:20:31 1231.78 |
CUTE LITTLE GIRL WITH SMOCKED DRESS
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01:20:33 1233.6 |
EATING DINNER, SERVING MASHED POTATOES, CUT TO COMPOSER TALKING ABOUT TRAVELING TO ENGLAND
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01:20:50 1250.75 |
CUTE GIRL AT DINNER TABLE, CUTS TO MEN AT TABLE
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01:21:05 1265.44 |
VISITOR (KERN) GETS UP TO LEAVE BUT COMPOSER (HEFLIN) ASKS HIM TO STAY
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01:21:27 1287.48 |
MS OF GIRL TALKING TO MAN, HE GIVES HER THE SHEET MUSIC
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01:21:47 1307.26 |
MAN FOLLOWS GIRL READING SHEET MUSIC TO PARLOR, SHE SITS AT PIANO AND PLAYS
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01:22:09 1329.42 |
MS OF MAN LEANING OVER LITTLE GIRL AT PIANO, HELPING HER PLAY
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01:22:21 1341.92 |
COMPOSER ENTERS AND GIVES ADVICE ON THE ORCHESTRATION OF THE SONG, HE SITS AT PIANO AND SWINGS HANDS WITH THE MUSIC, CONDUCTING IN HIS HEAD, WORKING ON MUSIC, CREATING THE SOUND, MEN SHAKES HANDS
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01:24:29 1469.38 |
TWO MEN WORK AT PIANO, CIGAR IN MOUTH
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01:24:40 1480.53 |
TWO MEN SMOKING AND DRINKING
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01:24:50 1490.15 |
LITTLE GIRL SLEEPS LEANING ON MAN
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01:25:00 1500.69 |
MOVERS CARRY OUT TRUNK FROM PARLOR, MEN TRY TO CLOSE ANOTHER TRUNK, MAN GIVES HUG TO LITTLE GIRL DRESSED IN COAT AND HAT, HE SWEEPS HER UP AND THEY SIT ON TRUCK TO CLOSE IT
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01:25:28 1528.79 |
MAN AND LITTLE GIRL LOOK AT EACH OTHER, HOUSEKEEPER SAYS GOODBYE, MAN SAYS "BON VOYAGE", THEY HUG
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01:25:48 1548.82 |
MOVERS TAKE TRUNK, MEN SAY GOOD BYE, CUTS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FRIENDS, TALKING ABOUT COMPOSING MUSIC
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01:27:13 1632.97 |
PEOPLE WAVE TO PASSENGERS LEAVING ON BOAT
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01:27:21 1641.81 |
POSTER FOR "IOLANTHE"BY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN, MEN LINE UP AT BOX OFFICE
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01:27:32 1652.44 |
MAN SWEEP NEAR SIGN FOR "THE GAIETIES"
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01:27:42 1662.6 |
ZOOM IN ON SIGN FOR "THE ARCADIANS" "A CHARLES FROHMAN PRODUCTION"
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01:27:54 1674 |
JEROME KERN PLAYED BY ROBERT WALKER ENTERS OFFICE OF CHARLES FROHMAN, HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO MALE SECRETARY AND IS REBUFFED
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01:28:39 1719.65 |
MEN EXIT OFFICE AND SHAKE HANDS
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01:28:51 1731.56 |
LARGE SHIP IN FOG
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01:28:59 1739.37 |
MEN ON DECK OF BOAT IN THE COLD AND WIND, SEA SICK
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01:29:10 1750.9 |
TITLE CARD "LONDON" SUPERIMPOSED
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01:29:17 1757.26 |
MAN ON LONDON STREET (RE-CREATION ON 1900 ENGLAND) STOPS TO TALK TO POSTMAN, LITTLE GIRL RUNS INTO HIS ARMS
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01:29:53 1793.82 |
MEN TALK AND DRINK IN PARLOR, CUTS BETWEEN KERN AND KESSLER CHARACTERS, INTERRUPTED BY DOORBELL AND TELEPHONE
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01:31:10 1870.36 |
HOUSEKEEPER GETS DOOR AND MAN ANSWERS PHONE, GIRL DOESN'T WANT HER LESSON, MAN TALKS ON EARLY PHONE
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01:31:44 1904.84 |
LITTLE GIRL WHINES AND COMPLAINS, SHE WANTS TO GO TO THE FAIR
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01:32:28 1948.44 |
RE-CREATION OF LONDON FAIR, CIRCA 1900
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01:32:58 1978.49 |
COMPOSER KERN LOOKS AT SWINGS AND GETS AN IDEA, MEN TALK ABOUT PRODUCTION NUMBER WITH SWINGS, ACTORS ROBERT WALKER AND VAN HEFLIN
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01:33:37 2017.53 |
SIGN FOR GEO. EDWARDS' NEW REVUE "LONDON GAIETIES"
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01:33:41 2021.91 |
APPLAUDING AUDIENCE
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01:33:45 2025.01 |
SHOW GIRL, PLAYED BY ANGELA LANDSBURY, IN SWING ON STAGE,
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01:33:55 2035.96 |
ANGELA LANDSBURY
HOW'D YOU LIKE TO SPOON WITH ME?
(live)
WITH CHORUS, MAN IN OUTRAGEOUS SUIT, DANCE NUMBER, CHORUS GIRLS IN SWINGS
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01:36:27 2187.17 |
SONG ENDS TO APPLAUSE, ANGELA LANDSBURY WALKS TO FRONT OF STAGE AND TOSSES A RED ROSE, CUT TO JEROME KERN CHARACTER CATCHING IT
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01:36:38 2198.13 |
MAN IN TUXEDO WALK UP TO THEATER BAR AND INTRODUCES HIMSELF, MISTAKEN IDENTITY, HE WALKS DOWN BAR TO FIND JEROME KERN CHARACTER
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01:37:26 2246.63 |
MS OF MEN TALKING AT BAR, KERN MAKES BELIEVE HE IS ENGLISH
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01:37:55 2275.95 |
TWO MEN ON BICYCLES IN ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE, THEY RIDE OVER STONE BRIDGE
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01:38:08 2288.16 |
MS OF TWO MEN ON BICYCLES, ONE WEARS IRISH TURTLENECK SWEATER AND CAP, MAN WHISTLES
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01:38:27 2307.45 |
MEN ON BIKES IN BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE, ONE GETS A FLAT, THEY STOP, ONE LEAVES WITH BOTH BIKES TO GET REPAIR
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01:38:56 2336.29 |
MAN STROLLS ALONG STONE WALL, ENTERS GATE TO HOUSE AND LOOKS IN WINDOW
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01:39:22 2362.86 |
MAN (KERN PLAYED BY ROBERT WALKER)ENTERS HOUSE AND KNOCKS ON OPEN DOOR, LOOKS AROUND, HE SITS AT PIANO AND PLAYS
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01:40:16 2416.98 |
WOMAN ENTERS ROOM WITH BASKET OF FLOWERS AND LARGE BRIMMED HAT, C 1900
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01:40:20 2420.75 |
MAN AT PIANO IS DUMBSTRUCK AND STANDS UP, "HOW DO YOU DO?"
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01:40:23 2423.62 |
MAN AND WOMAN TALK, CUTS BETWEEN BOTH, HE MISTAKES HER FOR HOUSEKEEPER "FOR A WORKING GIRL YOU'RE VERY PRETTY"
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01:41:12 2472.66 |
MAN SITS AT PIANO AND PLAYS FOR HER, SHE LISTENS AND TEASES HIM, CUTS BACK AND FORTH
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01:41:57 2517.33 |
HOUSEKEEPER INTERRUPTS THEM, MAN APOLOGIZES AND LEAVES, THEY SMILE AT EACH OTHER SAY GOODBYE
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01:42:31 2551.43 |
MAN LEAVES FRONT GARDEN, ALMOST TRIPS OVER GATE, CUT TO NAME OF MAILBOX "LEALE", WHICH HE WRITES DOWN
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01:42:45 2565.42 |
COMPOSERS AT WORK AT NIGHT IN PARLOR, KERN CHARACTER PLAYS PIANO, KESSLER CHARACTER READS SCORES, THEY TALK ABOUT LOVE AND GIRL HE MET
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01:43:53 2633.13 |
MS OF MAN AT PIANO, HE TURNS AND COMPOSES A SONG, TALKS THE LYRIC, ZOOM INTO SHEET MUSIC, "THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME"
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01:44:41 2681.29 |
PAN FROM MUSIC TO NOTE AND TICKETS
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01:44:53 2693.18 |
DOROTHY PATRICK, DUBBED BY RUTH CLARK
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME
(lip-sync)
BLONDE (DOROTHY PATRICK) AT PIANO PLAYS AND SINGS SONG, DUBBED BY RUTH CLARK
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01:45:42 2742.5 |
MAN IN RIVER, STANDS UP AND POLES BOAT UNDER STONE BRIDGE, GROUP OF SWANS, WOMAN IN PARASOL IN BOAT
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01:45:57 2758 |
MS OF MAN WITH POLE AND STRIPPED JACKET
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01:46:03 2763.18 |
BLONDE WOMAN LOUNGES WITH LACE PARASOL IN BOAT
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01:46:10 2770.06 |
COUPLE IN BOAT
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01:46:18 2778.71 |
COUPLE ON SHORE OF LAKE, SPREAD OUT PICNIC BLANKET
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01:46:32 2792.75 |
COUPLE ON PICNIC BLANKET, SWANS SWIM BY, MAN ASKS HER QUESTIONS ABOUT HER LIFE
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01:46:55 2815.78 |
BEAUTIFUL BLONDE TALKS ABOUT HER LIKES, CUTS TO MAN ASKING QUESTIONS, ASKS ABOUT MARRIAGE
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01:47:16 2836.2 |
MS OF COUPLE SITTING NEAR POND
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01:47:29 2849.91 |
MS WOMAN TALKING ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTS IN A MAN
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01:47:44 2864.19 |
COUPLE SITTING OUTSIDE TALKING, MAN GRABS PICNIC BASKET AND LEANS IN, DATE
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01:47:55 2875.32 |
CONFIDENT AND HAPPY JEROME KERN CHARACTER ENTERS ROOM, TALKS TO GRUMPY OLDER MAN, KESSLER CHARACTER, THEY TALK ABOUT ENGLISH HISTORY AND THE BRIDGES AND SWANS ON THE THAMES, TALKING ABOUT LOVE
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01:49:14 2953.98 |
MAN RUSHES DOWN STAIRS, GOOD NEWS ABOUT PHONE CALL
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01:49:20 2960.08 |
MS OF MEN TALKING ABOUT JOB OFFER TO WRITE SONGS, CUT TO KERN CHARACTER REACTING TO NEWS ABOUT LEAVING THE NEXT DAY
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01:49:56 2996 |
DISAPPOINTED MAN SITS DOWN
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01:50:17 3017.62 |
PROW OF SAILING SHIP
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01:50:20 3020.91 |
FORLORN MAN SMOKES ON DECK OF SHIP, HIS FRIEND TRIES TO MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER, CUTS TO MEN TALKING, LOVE VERSUS CAREER, TALK ABOUT LOVE AND MARRIAGE
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01:51:38 3098.86 |
MAN ARRIVES ON DECK TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT PRODUCING AMERICAN PLAY ON BROADWAY
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01:52:22 3142.57 |
KNICKERBOCKER THEATER MARQUEE "GIRL FROM UTAH"
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01:52:30 3150.18 |
DINAH SHORE
THEY DIDN'T BELEIVE ME
(live)
SINGING ON STAGE SET WITH PAINTED TREE
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01:54:08 3248.75 |
HIGH ANGLE OF AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
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01:54:13 3253.22 |
MEN SIT PIANO COMPOSING, DRINKING AND SMOKING
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01:54:48 3288.06 |
LITTLE GIRL COMES DOWN STAIRS, MEN HAVE WORKED ALL NIGHT
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01:55:07 3307.09 |
BLANK, END TAPE
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