[instrumental music]
♪ Singin' in the rain ♪
♪ Just singin' in the rain ♪
♪ What a glorious feelin' ♪
♪ We're happy again ♪
♪ We'll walk down the lane ♪
♪ With a happy refrain ♪
♪ And singin' just singin' in the rain ♪♪
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
(Dora) 'This is Dora Bailey, ladies and gentlemen'
'talking to you from the front'
'of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.'
'What a night, ladies and gentlemen!'
'What a night!'
Every star in Hollywood's heaven is here
to make Monumental Pictures' premiere
of "The Royal Rascal"
the outstanding event of 1927.
'Everyone is breathlessly awaiting the arrival'
'of Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood.'
'Ooh, look who's arriving now!'
'It's that famous Zip Girl of the screen'
'the darling of the flapper set'
'Zelda Zanders.'
[cheering]
Zelda! Oh, Zelda!
(Dora) 'With her new red-hot pash, J. Cumberland Spendrill III'
'that well-known eligible bachelor.'
Zelda's had so much unhappiness.
I hope this time it's really love.
And here comes that exotic star, Olga Mara.
[crowd gasping]
And her new husband, the Baron de la Bonnet de la Toulon.
They've been married two months already
but still as happy as newly-weds.
[car honks]
Well, well, well.
'It's Cosmo Brown!'
[crowd screaming]
Cosmo is Don Lockwood's best friend.
He plays the piano on the set for Don and Lina
to get them into those romantic moods.
Oh, oh, folks, this is it, this is it!
[crowd cheering]
The stars of tonight's picture
those romantic lovers of the screen
'Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont!'
'Ladies and gentlemen, when you look at this gorgeous couple'
'it's no wonder they're a household name'
'all over the world like bacon and eggs.'
Lockwood and Lamont.
[crowd cheering]
Don, you can tell me confidentially.
Are these rumors true that wedding bells are soon
to ring for you and Lina?
Well, Lina and I have no statement to make
at the present time, we're just good friends.
You've come a long way together, Don.
Won't you tell us how it all happened?
Well, Lina and I have made a number of pictures together..
Oh, no, no, Don.
I want your story from the beginning.
Oh, Dora, not in front of all these people.
[crowd cheering]
But, Don, the story of your success is an inspiration
to young people all over the world.
Please.
[crowd cheering]
Well, to begin with, any story of my career
would have to include my lifelong friend, Cosmo Brown!
We were kids together, grew up together, worked together.
Yes?
Well, Dora, I've had one motto which I've always lived by.
Dignity.
Always dignity.
This was instilled in me by mom and dad from the very beginning.
They sent me to the finest schools
including dancing school.
That's where I first met Cosmo.
And with him, I used to perform
for all of mum and dad's society friends.
[harmonica music]
They used to make such a fuss over me.
Then, if I was very good
I was allowed to accompany
mum and dad to the theater.
They brought me up on Shaw, Moliere
and the finest of the classics.
To this was added rigorous musical training
at the Conservatory of Fine Arts.
[instrumental music]
Then we rounded out our apprenticeship
at the most exclusive dramatics academy.
And at all times..
...the motto remained, dignity.
Always dignity.
In a few years, Cosmo and I were ready to embark
on dance concert tour.
We played the finest symphonic halls in the country.
♪ Fit as a fiddle and ready for love ♪
♪ I can jump over the moon up above ♪
♪ Fit as a fiddle and ready for love ♪
♪ Haven't a worry haven't a care ♪
♪ Feel like a feather that's floatin' on air ♪
♪ Fit as a fiddle and ready for love ♪
♪ Soon the church bells will be ringin' ♪
♪ And a march with ma and pa ♪
♪ All the church bells will be ringin' ♪
♪ With a hey-nonny-nonny and a hot-cha-cha ♪
♪ Hi-diddle-diddle my baby's okay ♪
♪ Ask me a riddle I'm happy to say ♪
♪ Fit as a fiddle and ready for love ♪♪
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
Audiences everywhere adored us.
[audience booing]
Finally, we decided to come to sunny California.
We were stranded, we were staying here resting up
when the offers from movie studios started pouring in.
We sorted them out and decided to favor Monumental Pictures.
(Dexter) 'Okay, Lina, you hate him, you're resisting him.'
'Keep that mood music going.'
Okay, now, Phil, you come in. Keep on grinding.
Now you see her, Phil. that's it!
Now here's the bit, Bert
where you get it on the jaw.
Cut! No, no! That wasn't right, Bert!
You were supposed to go head over heels over the bar
and crash into the glasses!
Try it again, okay, Bert? Bert?
Oh, that's swell, just swell!
Take him away, fellas. You'll be alright, Bert.
We've lost more darn stuntmen on this pictures.
It'll take hours to get a new one over from central casting!
Hey, Mr. Dexter, I think I can do that for ya.
- But you, you're a musician! - That's a moot point.
No kidding! What's your name?
Don Lockwood, sir, but the fellas all call me Donald.
Wise guy, huh? Okay, I'll try you.
Get this guy into Bert's suit!
And remember, Lockwood, you might be trading
that fiddle in for a harp!
(Dexter) 'Camera!'
Okay, Phil, come in! Now, you see him!
That's it. Now, here's where you get it right on the jaw!
[glass shattering]
Cut!
That was wonderful!
You got any more little chores you want done in this picture?
Plenty.
[instrumental music]
Okay.
[engine whirring]
[dramatic music]
[engine revving]
My roles in these films were urbane
sophisticated, suave.
[explosion]
And of course, all through those pictures
Lina was, as always, an inspiration to me.
Warm and helpful.
A real lady.
Hello, Miss Lamont. I'm Don Lockwood, the stuntman.
Gee, it was sure a thrill working with you, Miss Lamont.
(Dexter) 'Hey, Don.
Don, I want you to meet
the producer of the picture, Mr. R.F. Simpson.
- Hello. - How do you do, son?
I just saw some of the rushes for the picture
and asked Dexter here who the team of stuntmen were.
He told me they were all you.
I think you've got something, Don.
I'm going to put you and Lina together in a picture.
Come over to my office after lunch, we'll discuss a contract.
Thanks, Mr. Simpson!
Are you doing anything tonight, Miss Lamont?
Well, that's funny. I'm busy.
Well, Lina and I have had the same wonderful
relationship ever since.
But most important of all,
I continue living up to my motto.
Dignity.
Always dignity.
[crowd cheering]
Thank you, Don.
And I'm sure you and Lina will continue
making movie history tonight
in your greatest picture, "The Royal Rascal."
Get enough, boys?
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
She's so refined.
I think I'll kill myself.
[dramatic music]
[music continues]
[audience applauding]
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
We're pretty darn thrilled at your response
to "The Royal Rascal."
We had fun making it
and we hope you had fun seeing it tonight.
We screen actors aren't much good at speaking in public
so we'll just act out our thanks.
[audience applauding]
Ah, Diggory kid, it's a smash, eh, Mr. Simpson?
Don, Lina, you were gorgeous.
Yeah, Lina, you look pretty good for a girl.
For heaven's sake, what's the big idea?
Can't a girl get a word in edgewise?
After all, they're my public too!
Oh, Lina, the publicity department
Rod here thought it would be much better
if Don made all the speeches for the team.
Why?
Lina, you're a beautiful woman.
Audiences think you've got a voice to match.
The studio's gotta keep their stars
from looking ridiculous at any cost.
No one's got that much money.
What's wrong with the way I talk?
What's the big idea? Am I dumb or something?
No, no, it's just that Don's had so much more experience--
Next time, write me out a speech, I could memorize it.
Sure, why don't you go out now and recite
the Gettysburg Address?
What do you know about it.
You-you piano player. Are you anybody?
Donnie, how can you let him
talk to me like that, your fiancee?
My fian..
Now, Lina, you've been reading those fan magazines again.
Now, look, Lina, you shouldn't believe all that banana oil
that Dora Bailey and the columnists dish out.
Now try to get this straight. There is nothing between us.
There has never been anything between us. Just air.
Oh, Donnie, you don't mean that.
Come on, come on, we'll be late for R.F.'s party.
Uh, You better go in separate cars to break up the mobs, huh?
Come on, honey.
Ta-ta, Donnie! See you there!
Donnie. What's the matter with that girl?
Can't she take a gentle hint?
Well, haven't you heard? She's irresistible.
She told me so herself.
I can't get her out of my head.
This cooked-up romance, just for publicity.
The price of fame, Don. Now, you've got the glory.
You've gotta take the little heartaches that go with it.
Now, look at me.
I got no glory. I got no fame.
I got no big mansions. I got no money.
But I've got.. What have I got?
I don't know. What have you got?
I gotta get outta here.
[tires screeching]
Don't tell me. It's a flat tire.
I can't understand it.
This car hasn't given me a lick of
trouble in nearly six hours.
(female #1) 'Hey, there's Don Lockwood!'
- Hey, give me an autograph! - Hi, kids! Sure.
(male #1) 'I want a souvenir!'
- I want a souvenir too! - Hey!
Hey, you're playing rough there.
Hey, you're tearing my..
Hey, Cos, do something, call me a cab!
Okay, you're a cab.
Thanks a lot!
[instrumental music]
[screaming]
Lady, keep driving. They're after me.
Everything's alright, just keep going.
You get out of here or I'll call the police!
Oh, no, don't do that. Just a few blocks.
Don't hurt me!
Don't worry I'm not a criminal.
I don't care what..
You are a criminal! I've seen that face sometimes before.
You're a famous gangster, I've seen your picture
in the paper, oh, and the post office
with a lot of numbers on your chest.
Officer! Officer!
This man, he jumped into my car--
- Hey, it's Don Lockwood! - Don Lockwood?
How are you, Mr. Lockwood?
- Out for a joyride? - Just a lift, officer.
My car broke down, I got surrounded by..
You're a lucky little lady. Anything wrong?
- Why, no. - No, I should think not.
- Well, goodnight, Mr. Lockwood. - Goodnight, officer.
Well, thanks for saving my life.
- I'll get out now. - I'm driving to Beverly Hills.
Can I drop you someplace?
Well, I would like to get out of this ventilated suit
if you're going by Camden and Sunset.
Yes, I am.
I'd very much like to know whose hospitality I'm enjoying.
Selden. Kathy Selden.
Enchanted, Miss Selden. I'm sorry I frightened you.
I was getting a little too much love from my adoring fans.
Oh, that's what you were running away from.
They did that to you? That's terrible.
Yes, yes, it is, isn't it?
It is terrible.
Well, we movie stars get the glory.
I guess we have to take
the little heartaches that go with it.
People think we lead lives of glamour and romance
but we're really lonely.
Terribly lonely.
Uh, Mr. Lockwood, I really can't tell you how sorry
I am about taking you for a criminal before
but it was understandable under the circumstances.
- Sure. - I knew I'd seen you.
Which of my pictures have you seen?
I don't remember. I saw one once.
- You saw one once? - Yes, I think you were dueling.
And there was a girl, Lina Lamont.
Though I don't go to the movies much.
If you've seen one, you've seen them all.
- Uh, thank you. - Oh, no offense.
Movies are entertaining enough for the masses
but the personalities on the screen
just don't impress me.
I mean, they don't talk, they don't act.
They just make a lot of dumb show.
Well, you know.
Like that.
You mean, like what I do?
Well, yes.
Here we are, Sunset and Camden.
Wait a minute. You mean, I'm not an actor?
Pantomime on the screen isn't acting?
Of course not.
Acting means great parts
wonderful lines, speaking those glorious words.
- Words. - Shakespeare, Ibsen.
Tell me, what's your lofty mission in life
that lets you sneer at my humble profession?
Well, I'm an actress. On the stage.
Oh, on the stage.
Well, I'd like to see you act. What are you in right now?
I could brush up on my English
or, uh, bring along an interpreter
that is if they'd let in a movie actor.
Well, I'm not in a play right now, but I will be.
- I'm going to New York-- - Oh, you're going to New York.
And then someday we'll all hear of you, won't we?
Kathy Selden as Juliet, as Lady Macbeth, as King Lear.
You'll have to wear a beard for that one of course.
Oh, you can laugh if you want to, but at least the stage
is a dignified profession.
And what've you got to be so conceited about?
You're nothing but a shadow on film.
A shadow. You're not flesh and blood.
- Oh, no. - Stop!
What could I do to you? I'm only a shadow.
You keep away from me, just because you're a big movie star
wild party, swimming pools you expect every girl
to fall in a dead faint at your feet!
Well, don't you touch me!
Fear not, sweet lady. I will not molest you.
I am but a humble jester
and you, you are too far above me.
Farewell, Ethel Barrymore.
I must tear myself from your side.
[laughing]
[instrumental music]
Hello, is this R.F. Simpson's house?
Well, I'm one of the girls from the Coconut Grove.
Ah, yes, the floor show. Around the back, please.
Oh, I see. Thank you.
[instrumental music]
- Nice little party, R.F. - Thanks, Roscoe.
Mr. Brown, do you really think you could get me in the movies?
- Uh-oh, I should think so. - Really?
Oh, there's Don! I loved the picture tonight.
Don, how did you come by way of Australia?
Hello, Cos.
Now, listen, Cos, tell me the truth. Am I a good actor?
Well, as long as I'm working for Monumental Pictures
you're the greatest of 'em all.
Oh, no kidding, Cos. You're my pal.
- You can tell me. - What's the matter with you?
Of course you're good.
Well, maybe you better keep telling me from time to time.
- I feel a little shaken. - The new Don Lockwood.
- 'Don?' - Oh, hi, R.F.
Don, it's colossal. Where have you been?
We've been waiting for you. Have been holding the show for..
There you are, Donnie. Where you've been? I was lonely.
- Hello, Lina. - Okay, fellas, hold it.
Together again, like two little stars. Don and Lina.
No kidding, folks. Aren't they great?
[applauding]
Alright, open that screen.
A movie? We've just seen one.
You gotta show a movie at a party it's a Hollywood law.
Listen, everybody, I've got a few little
surprises for you tonight.
Alright, everyone, sit down, sit down.
Listen, this is going to hand you a lot of laughs.
There's a madman coming into my office now for months
and well, you got that gadget working, Sam?
(Sam) 'All set, Mr. Simpson.'
Okay, let her go.
Hello.
This is a demonstration of a talking picture.
Notice, it is a picture of me and I am talking.
Note how my lips and the sound issuing from them
are synchronized together in perfect unison.
Who's that?
Well, somebody talking behind that screen.
Come out from behind that screen, Mr. Simpson.
No, no, I'm right here.
My voice has been recorded on a record.
A talking picture.
Thank you. Goodbye.
- Well? - It's just a toy.
- It's a scream! - It's vulgar.
R.F., you think they'll ever really use it?
I doubt it, the Warner Brothers are making a whole
talking picture with this gadget "The Jazz Singer."
They'll lose their shirts. What do you think of it, Dexter?
It'll never amount to a thing.
Yeah, that's what they said that about horseless carriage.
Well, let's get on with the show, okay, boys.
Come on, my little starlets.
I have a delicious surprise. It's a very special cake.
I want you kiddies to have the first piece.
Well, if it isn't Ethel Barrymore.
[instrumental music]
I do hope you're gonna favor us with something special tonight.
- Please. - Say Hamlet's soliloquy.
Or the balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet."
Don't be shy, you'd make about the prettiest Juliet
that I've ever seen, really.
♪ All I do is dream of you the whole night through ♪
♪ With the dawn I still go on dreaming of you ♪
♪ You're every thought You're everything ♪
♪ You're every song I ever sing ♪
♪ Summer winter autumn and spring ♪
♪ And were there more than 24 hours a day ♪
♪ They'd be spent in sweet content dreaming away ♪
♪ When skies are gray when skies are blue ♪
♪ Morning noon and night time too ♪
♪ All I do the whole day through is dream of you ♪
[instrumental music]
♪ You're the cat's meow ♪
♪ All I do the whole day through is dream of you ♪♪
I've been trying to tell you how good you were.
- Excuse me. - No, no, don't go.
Now that I know where you live, I'd like to see you home.
- Now, listen, Mr. Lockwood-- - Say! Who is this dame anyway?
Oh, someone lofty and far above us all.
She couldn't learn anything from the movies.
She's an actress on the legitimate stage.
Here's one thing I've learned from the movies!
[screaming]
Lina, Lina, she was aiming at me!
- You've never looked lovelier. - It was just an accident.
Sure, it happens to me five or six times a day.
Where is she?
Donnie?
Oh, excuse me, uh.. Where'd Miss Selden go?
She just grabbed her things and bolted.
Anything I can do?
Sorry, I don't have time to find out.
Kathy! Hey, Kathy!
Hey!
[indistinct chatter]
More steam in the kettle.
A little more action, boys. A little more rhythm, boys.
More steam and more water in that kettle.
- Hiya, Maxie. - Hi, Don.
Good morning, fellas.
Oh, hi, Don, hey, did you read "Variety" today?
"First talking picture novelty, "The Jazz Singer,"
all-time smash in the first week."
All-time flop by end of the second.
Well, we start today.
- Good luck. - Thanks.
I am now Count Pierre de Battaille
better known as the Dueling Cavalier.
- Yeah, what's this one about? - It's French Revolution story.
Don't tell me, you're a French aristocrat
and she's a simple girl of the people
and she won't even give you a tumble.
Well, it's a living.
- Good morning. - Hi.
Hit him. Hit him. Come on.
Knock him down. Get up there and hit him again.
'Hurry up.'
Hey, why bother to shoot this picture?
Why don't you release the old one under a new title?
If you've seen one, you've seen them all.
- Hey, what'd you say that for? - What's the matter?
That's what that Kathy Selden said to me that night.
That's three weeks ago.
You're still thinking about that?
Well, I can't get her out of my mind.
How could you?
She's the first dame who hasn't fallen
for your line since you were four.
I guess she's on my conscience.
Well, It's not your fault she lost her job at the grove.
- Anyway, I've got to find her. - Well, you've been trying to.
Haven't you? Short of sending out bloodhounds and a posse.
- I suppose so. - Come on now.
Snap out of it. You can't let a little thing get you down.
Well, you're Don Lockwood, aren't you?
And Donald Lockwood's an actor, isn't he?
Well, what's the first thing an actor learns?
The show must go on!
Come rain, come shine, come snow, come sleet
the show must go on!
So, Ridi, Pagliacci, Ridi.
- Ridi, huh? - Yeah!
Don, the world's so full of a number of things.
I'm sure we should all be as happy as..
But are we? No. Definitely, no.
Positively, no! Decidedly, no! Uh-huh.
Short people have long faces
and long people have short faces.
Big people have little humor
and little people have no humor at all.
And in the words of that immortal bard
Samuel J. Snodgrass.
"As he was about to be led to the guillotine."
♪ Make 'em laugh make 'em laugh ♪
♪ Don't you know everyone wants to laugh ♪
♪ My dad said be an actor my son ♪
♪ But be a comical one ♪
♪ They'll be standin' in lines ♪
♪ For those old honky-tonk monkeyshines ♪
♪ Now you could study Shakespeare and be quite elite ♪
♪ And you could charm the critics ♪
♪ And have nothin' to eat ♪
♪ Just slip on a banana peel ♪
♪ The world's at your feet ♪
♪ Make 'em laugh make 'em laugh ♪
♪ Make 'em laugh ♪
♪ Don't you know everyone wants to laugh ♪
♪ My grandpa said go out and tell 'em a joke ♪
♪ But give it plenty of hoke ♪
♪ Make 'em roar make 'em scream ♪
♪ Take a fall butt a wall split a seam ♪
♪ You start off by pretending you're a dancer with grace ♪
♪ You wiggle 'til they're giggling all over the place ♪
♪ And then you get a great big custard pie in the face ♪
♪ Make 'em laugh make 'em laugh make 'em laugh ♪
♪ Make 'em laugh ♪
♪ Don't you.. all the.. ♪
♪ My dad.. ♪
♪ They'll be standin' in lines ♪
♪ For those old honky-tonk monkeyshines ♪
[instrumental music]
♪ Make 'em laugh make 'em laugh ♪
♪ Don't you know everyone ♪
♪ Make 'em laugh ♪
♪ Make 'em laugh make 'em laugh ♪
♪ Make 'em laugh ♪♪
- Ready, Don? - All set, Roscoe.
Well, here we go again, I think we have
another smash on our hands.
- I hope so. - You're darn tootin' we have.
- Where's Lina? - Here she is, Mr. Dexter.
Well, well, here comes our lovely leading lady now.
Gee, this wig weighs a ton.
What dope would wear a thing like this?
Everybody used to wear them, Lina.
Well, then everybody was a dope.
Honey, you look just beautiful.
Yes, you look great. Let's get into the set.
Thanks, Joe.
I looked for you the other night at Wally Ray's party.
- Where were you? - Oh, I've been busy.
And I know what you've been busy at lookin' for that girl.
- As a matter of fact, yes. - Why?
I've been worried about her.
Well, you should've been worried about me a little.
After all, I'm the one who got the whipped cream in the kisser.
Yes, but you didn't lose your job, and she did.
Darn tootin' she did. I arranged it.
What?
Well, they weren't gonna fire, so I called 'em up
and told them they'd better.
Oh, hi, Don, now, remember
You're madly in love with her
and you have to overcome her shyness and timidity.
Cosmo, mood music.
Roll 'em!
Okay, Don. Now enter.
You see her. Run to her!
Why, you rattlesnake, you. You got that poor kid fired.
That's not all I'm gonna do if I ever get my hands on her.
I never heard of anything so low.
Fine. Fine. Looks great.
What did you do it for?
'Cause you liked her. I could tell.
So that's it.
Believe me, I don't like her half as much as I hate you.
You reptile.
Sticks and stones may break my bones..
I'd like to break every bone in your body.
You and who else, you big lummox?
Now, kiss her, Don.
'That's it! More!'
'Great! Cut!'
Oh, Donnie, you couldn't kiss me like that
and not mean it just a teensy weensy bit.
Meet the greatest actor in the world.
I'd rather kiss a tarantula!
- But you don't mean that. - I don't..
Hey, Joe, bring me a tarantula. Now, listen, Lina..
Stop that chitchat, you lovebirds.
- Let's get another take. - 'Hold it!'
- Hold it, Dexter. - Hello, Mr. Simpson.
Oh, well, Mr. Simpson, we're really rolling.
Yeah, well you can stop rolling at once.
- Don, Lina. - Alright, everybody, save it!
Save it? Tell them to go home.
We're shutting down for a few weeks.
Well, don't just stand there, tell them!
Everybody go home until further notice!
- What is this? - Yeah, what's the matter, R.F.?
"The Jazz Singer," that's what's the matter, "The Jazz Singer."
♪ Oh my darlin' little mammy down in Alabamy.. ♪♪
Oh, this is no joke, Cosmo. It's a sensation.
The public is screaming for more.
- More what? - Talking pictures!
- Talking pictures. - Uh, it's just a freak.
Yeah, what a freak. We should've such a freak at this studio.
I told you talking pictures were a menace
but no one would listen to me.
Don, we're going to put our best feet forward.
We're going to make "The Dueling Cavalier"
into a talking picture.
Talking picture? Well, that means I'm out of a job.
At last, I can start suffering and write that symphony.
You're not out of a job we're putting you
in as head of the new music department.
Oh, Thanks, R.F., at last, I can stop suffering
and write that symphony.
Now, wait a second, Mr. Simpson.
Talking pictures, I think you should wait--
Every studio is jumping on the bandwagon, Dexter.
All the theaters are putting in sound equipment
and we don't wanna be left out of it.
Well, we don't know anything about this gadget.
What do you have to know? It's a picture.
You do what you always did.
- You just add talking to it. - Yeah?
Don, believe me, it will be a sensation.
Lamont and Lockwood, they talk.
Well, of course we talk. Don't everybody?
[dramatic music]
[vocalizing]
♪ Boo ♪
♪ I got a feelin' you're foolin' ♪
♪ I got a feelin' you're havin' fun ♪
♪ I'll get the go-by when you are done foolin' with me ♪
♪ It's a holiday, today's the wedding ♪
♪ Of the painted doll ♪
♪ It's a jolly day the news is spreading ♪
♪ Should I reveal exactly how I feel ♪
♪ Should I confess ♪
♪ I got a feelin' you're foolin' ♪
♪ I got a feelin' you're havin' fun ♪
♪ It's a holiday, today's the wedding.. ♪
♪ Should I reveal exactly how I feel ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Should I reveal ♪♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Beautiful girl you're a lovely picture ♪
♪ Beautiful girl you're a gorgeous picture ♪
♪ Of all that lies under the big blue skies ♪
♪ My heart cries ♪
Who's that little girl on his right? She looks familiar.
♪ You're a dazzling eyeful ♪
I just talked to you about her, I've featured her
before in lots of nightclub shows.
That's probably where I've seen her.
She'd be good in the part of Zelda's kid sister.
- That's a good idea. - Excuse me.
♪ There may be blondes and brunettes ♪
♪ That are hard to resist ♪
♪ You surpass them like a queen ♪
♪ You've got those lips that were meant to be kissed ♪
♪ And you're over sweet 16 ♪
♪ Oh beautiful girl ♪
♪ What a gorgeous creature ♪
♪ Beautiful girl ♪
♪ Let me call a preacher ♪
♪ What can I do ♪
♪ But give my heart to you ♪
♪ A beautiful girl is like a great work of art ♪
♪ She's stylish ♪
♪ She's chic ♪
♪ And she also is smart ♪♪
'For lounging in her boudoir'
'this simple plain pajama.'
'Her cloak is trimmed with monkey fur'
'to lend a dash of drama.'
'Anyone for tennis?'
'Well, this will make them cringe.'
'And you'll knock 'em dead at dinner'
'if your gown just drips with fringe.'
'You simply can't be too modest'
'at the beach or by the pool.'
'And in summertime it's organdy'
'that'll keep you fresh and cool.'
'You'd never guess what loud applause'
'this cunning hat receives.'
'And you'd never dream the things that you could hide'
'within these sleeves.'
'A string of pearls with a suit of tweed.'
'It started quite a riot.'
'And if you must wear fox to the opera'
'Dame Fashion says, "Dye it."'
'Black is best when you're in court.'
♪ The judge will be impressed ♪
♪ But white is right when you're a bride ♪
♪ And you want to be well-dressed ♪
♪ Beautiful girl ♪
♪ For you I've got a passion ♪
♪ Beautiful girl ♪
♪ You're my queen of fashion ♪
♪ I'm in a whirl ♪
♪ Over my beautiful ♪
♪ Girl ♪♪
- Well, that's stupendous! - Thanks.
Kathy, come here a minute, would you please?
This'll start a new trend in musical pictures.
Kathy, this is Mr. Simpson.
He's thinking about casting you as Zelda's kid sister.
Oh, that's wonderful, Mr. Simpson.
Hey, Kathy! That's Kathy Selden!
Well, thanks anyway. It was nice of you.
Oh, that's alright, Mr. Simpson.
But before Mr. Lockwood refreshes
your memory, you might as well know.
I'm the girl who hit Miss Lamont with a cake.
Believe me, it was meant for Mr. Lockwood!
Goodbye, Sid. I'm sorry. I should have told you.
Wait a minute. What's this about, R.F.?
Well, we were gonna use Miss Selden in Zelda's picture
but if it made you and Lina unhappy--
Unhappy, I think it's wonderful.
Sure, he's been looking for her for weeks.
Are you speaking for Lina also?
Now, look R.F., the owner of the Coconut Grove
may do what Lina tells him to
but you're the head of this studio.
Yes, I'm the head of this studio.
She's hired. But don't let Lina know she's on the lot.
That's settled. Take care of that, Phillips.
Well, thank you, Mr. Simpson.
Gee, I'm glad you turned up, we've been looking
inside every cake in town.
Is it alright for you to be seen publically with me?
You mean, lofty star with humble player?
Not exactly, but for lunch
don't you usually tear a pheasant with Miss Lamont?
Oh, now, look, Kathy all that stuff about
Lina and me is sheer publicity.
Oh? It certainly seems more than that.
From what I've read in the columns
and all those articles in the fan magazines--
Oh, you read the fan magazines.
Well, I-I pick them up in the beauty parlor
or the dentist's office just like anybody.
Honest?
Well, I buy four or five a month.
You buy four or..
Well, anyway, to get back to the main point
you and Miss Lamont do achieve
a kind of intimacy in all your pictures
Did you say all my pictures?
I guess now that I think of it, I've seen eight or nine of them.
Eight or nine, you know it seems to me I remember someone saying
"If you've seen one, you've seen 'em all."
I did say some awful things that night, didn't I?
No. I deserved them.
Of course, I must admit I was pretty much upset by them.
So upset that I haven't been able to think
of anything but you ever since.
Honest?
Honest.
Well, I've been pretty upset too.
Kathy, Kathy look.
Kathy, seeing you again, now that I..
Kathy, I'm trying to say something to you, but I..
I'm such a ham.
I guess I'm not able to without the proper setting.
- What do you mean? - Well..
Come here.
This is the proper setting.
Why, it's just an empty stage.
At first glance, yes. But wait a second.
A beautiful sunset.
Mist from the distant mountains.
Colored lights in a garden.
Milady is standing on her balcony
in a rose-trellised bower.
Flooded with moonlight.
We add 500,000 kilowatts of stardust.
A soft summer breeze.
And..
You sure look lovely in the moonlight, Kathy.
Now that you have the proper setting, can you say it?
I'll try.
♪ Life was a song ♪
♪ You came along ♪
♪ I've laid awake the whole night through ♪
♪ If I but dared ♪
♪ To think you cared ♪
♪ This is what I'd say to you ♪
♪ You were meant for me ♪
♪ And I was meant for you ♪
♪ Nature patterned you ♪
♪ And when she was done ♪
♪ You were all the sweet things ♪
♪ Rolled up in one ♪
♪ You're like a plaintive melody ♪
♪ That never lets me free ♪
♪ But I'm content ♪
♪ The angels must have sent you ♪
♪ And they meant you ♪
♪ Just for me ♪
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
♪ But I'm content ♪
♪ The angels must have sent you ♪
♪ And they meant you ♪
♪ Just for me ♪♪
[instrumental music]
Now.
Ta, te, ti, to, tu.
[squeaky voice] Ta, tay, tee, toe, too.
No, no, Miss Lamont. Round tones, round tones.
Now let me hear you read your line.
And I can't stand 'im.
And I can't stand him.
And I can't stand 'im.
Can't.
Ca-a-n't.
Can't. Can't.
Very good. Now.
Around the rocks the rugged rascal ran.
- Around the rocks the rugged-- - No, no, rocks, rocks.
Around the rocks the rugged rascal ran.
- Hi, Cos. - Oh, hey, Don.
- Shall I continue? - Yeah, go ahead.
- Don't mind me. - Now.
Sinful Caesar sipped his snifter
seized his knees and sneezed.
- Sinful Caesar snipped his-- - No, no, sipped his snifter.
- Sipped his snifter. - Oh, thank you.
Sinful Caesar sipped his snifter
seized his knees and sneezed.
- Marvelous, marvelous. - Wonderful.
Oh, here, here is a good one.
Chester chooses chestnuts
cheddar cheese with chewy chives.
He chews them and he chooses them.
He chooses them and he chews them, those chestnuts.
Cheddar cheese and chives in cheery, charming chunks.
- Wonderful! Do another one. - Oh, thank you.
Moses supposes his toeses are roses.
But Moses supposes erroneously.
Moses, he knowses his toeses aren't roses.
As Moses supposes his toeses to be.
Moses supposes his toeses are roses.
But Moses supposes erroneously.
But Moses, he knowses his toeses aren't roses.
As Moses supposes his toeses to be.
(both) Moses supposes his toeses are roses.
But Moses supposes erroneously.
- A Mose is a Mose. - A rose is a rose.
A toes is a toes.
♪ Hoop dee doo dee doodle ♪
♪ Moses supposes his toeses are roses ♪
♪ But Moses supposes erroneously ♪
♪ But Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses ♪
♪ As Moses supposes his toeses to be ♪
♪ Moses ♪
♪ He supposes his toeses are roses ♪
♪ Moses ♪
♪ Moses supposes erroneously ♪
♪ Moses knowses his toeses aren't roses ♪
♪ As Moses supposes his toeses to be ♪
♪ A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is ♪
♪ A rose is what Moses supposes his toes is ♪
♪ Couldn't be a lily or a taffy daffy dilly ♪
♪ It's gotta be a rose 'cause it rhymes with Mose ♪
♪ Moses ♪
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
♪ A ♪♪
Alright, here we go.
- Quiet! - 'Quiet!'
Roll 'em!
Oh, Pierre, you shouldn't have come.
She's gotta talk into the mic. I can't pick it up.
Cut!
- What's the matter, Dexter? - It's Lina.
Look, Lina, don't you remember? I told you.
There's a microphone right there in the bush.
- Yeah. - You have to talk into it.
I was talking, wasn't I, Miss Dinsmore?
Yes, my dear, but please remember, round tones.
Pierre, you shouldn't have come.
Yes, yes, my dear, that's much better, now.
Hold it a second!
Now, Lina, look.
Here's the mic, right here in the bush.
- Yeah. - Now, you talk towards it.
The sound goes through the cable to the box.
A man records it on a big record in wax.
But you have to talk into the mic first.
In the bush!
Now, try it again.
- Gee, this is dumb. - Oh, she'll get it, Dexter.
Look, Lina don't worry.
We're all a little nervous the first day.
Everything's gonna be okay.
Oh, by the way, Roscoe, you know the scene coming up where I say
Imperious Princess of the night?
I-I don't like those lines there.
Is-is it alright if I just say what I always do?
I-I love you, I love you, I love you?
Sure. Anyway it's comfortable.
But into the bush!
Okay, again! Quiet!
- Quiet! - Roll 'em!
Shouldn't have..
Flirting with danger..
Surely find you out..
Cut! Lina, we're missing every other word.
You've got to talk into the mic!
Well, I can't make love to a bush!
Alright, alright.
We'll have to think of something else.
What are you doing?
You're being wired for sound, dearie.
- What? - Now, Miss Lamont.
Watch out for those dentalized Ds and Ts and those flat As.
Oh, everybody's picking on me!
Okay, Lina, now look at this flower. See?
The mic is in there.
That's it.
Now the sound will run from it
through this wire onto the record.
It'll catch whatever you say.
Now, let's hear how it sounds, Lina.
Okay, quiet!
- 'Quiet!' - Roll 'em!
Oh, Pierre, you shouldn't have come.
You're flirting with danger. They will surely..
What's that noise?
The mic's pickin' up her heartbeat.
Swell.
Cut!
That's right. That should do it.
Now don't forget, Lina, the mic is on your shoulder.
And whatever you say goes through the wire onto the record
now please, Lina, talk into the mic.
Oh, and don't make any quick, jerky movements
or you might disconnect it.
Okay, let's go. Quiet.
- 'Quiet!' - 'Quiet.'
Roll 'em!
(Lina) 'Oh, Pierre, you shouldn't have come.'
'You're flirting with danger.'
What's this wire doing here? It's dangerous.
[screams]
You two would better not go into the theater together.
Yeah, Lina's probably waiting right inside the door.
- Oh, Kathy, how I wish-- - Don't worry, Don.
I'll be leading the cheering section in the balcony.
Good luck.
Mr. Lockwood.
[instrumental music]
What's that, the thunderstorm outside?
It's those pearls, Mr. Simpson.
I am the noblest lady of the court
second only to the queen
yet I am the saddest of the mortals in France.
Why, what is the matter, my lady?
I'm so downhearted, Theresa.
My father has me betrothed to the Baron de Lansfield.
And I can't stand 'im.
Oh, but he is such a catch.
While all the ladies of the court
wish they were in your pretty shoes.
My heart belongs to another.
Pierre de Battaille.
Ever since I met him, I can't get 'im outta my mind.
Sounds good and loud, huh?
[fading] Oh, Pierre, you shouldn't have come.
You're flirting with danger.
They will surely find you out.
Your head is much too valuable.
She never could remember where the microphone was, boss.
'Tis Cupid himself that called me here
and I smitten by his arrow..
[audience laughing]
The night is full of our enemies.
[audience laughing]
Hey, Lina, whatcha hittin' him with, a blackjack?
I love you.
- Oh, Pierre. - I love you.
I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you.
Did somebody get paid for writing that dialogue?
Sounds like a comedy inside.
- It's a Lockwood-Lamont talkie. - What?
This is terrible.
(male #2) 'Oh, yeah, no, no.. No, Come on.'
What's that?
The sound. It's out of synchronization!
- Well, tell them to fix it! - Yes, sir.
[audio out of sync] Yvonne, captured by Rouge Noir of the Purple Terror?
Oh! Oh, my sword!
I must fly to her side.
Yvonne, Yvonne, my own!
Pierre will save me! Pierre!
Pierre is miles away, you wench!
No, no, no!
Yes, yes, yes!
No, no, no!
Yes, yes, ye-e-s!
No-o-o. No-o-o. N-o-o!
This is a scream.
Give me pictures like "The Jazz Singer."
I love you! I love you! I love you, I love you..
We're ruined. We're all ruined.
You can't release this picture.
We've got to, we're booked to open
in six weeks all over the country.
But you, you're such big stars, we might get by.
(female #2) I never want to see Lockwood and Lamont again.
Wasn't that awful?
This is the worst picture ever made.
I liked it.
Well, take a last look at it.
It'll be up for auction in the morning.
Are you're out of your mind? Besides, it's Saturday.
No bank's gonna foreclose until Monday.
It wasn't so bad.
Well, that's what I've been telling him.
No, there's no use kidding myself.
Once they release "The Dueling Cavalier"
Lockwood and Lamont are through.
The picture's a museum piece. I'm a museum piece.
Well, things went wrong with the sound
if you just get to technical and straighten it out.
No, it wasn't that, now, look
this is sweet of both of you, but I..
Something happened to me tonight, I-I..
Well, everything you ever said about me is true, Kathy.
I'm no actor. I never was.
Just a lot of dumb show. I know that now.
Well, at least you're taking it lying down.
No, no kidding, Cos.
Well, did you ever see anything as idiotic
as me on that screen tonight?
- Yeah. - How about Lina?
Alright. I ran her a close second.
Maybe it was a photo finish. Anyway, I'm through, fellas.
- Don, you're not through! - Why, of course not.
Why, with your looks and your figure
you could drive an ice wagon or shine shoes.
- Block hats. - Sell pencils.
- Dig ditches. - Or worse still.
Go back into Vaudeville.
♪ Ta-dum ta-dum tum ♪
♪ Fit as a fiddle and ready for love ♪
♪ I could jump over the moon up above ♪
♪ Fit as a fiddle and ready for love ♪♪
Too bad I didn't do that in "Dueling Cavalier."
They might have liked it.
- Why don't you? - What?
- Make a musical. - Musical?
Sure. Make a musical. The new Don Lockwood.
He yodels. He jumps about to music.
Oh, the only trouble is that after they release
"Dueling Cavalier," nobody would come to see me jump off
the Woolworth Building into a damp rag.
Well, why don't you turn "The Dueling Cavalier"
into a musical?
- "Dueling Cavalier?" - Sure.
They've got six weeks before it's released.
Yeah, add some songs and dances, trim the bad scenes
add a couple of new ones.
And you got it.
- Hey, hey, I think it'll work. - Of course!
You know, it may be crazy, but we're gonna do it.
"The Dueling Cavalier" is now a musical.
- Hot dog! - Hallelujah!
Yippie! Fellas, I feel this is my lucky day. March 23rd.
- No, your lucky day's the 24th. - What do you mean "the 24th?"
It's 1:30 already. It's morning.
Yes, and what a lovely mornin'.
♪ Good mornin' ♪
♪ We've talked the whole night through ♪
♪ Good mornin' ♪
♪ Good mornin' to you ♪
♪ Good mornin' good mornin' ♪
♪ It's great to stay up late ♪
♪ Good mornin' good mornin' to you ♪
♪ When the band began to play ♪
♪ The stars were shining bright ♪
♪ Now the milkman's on his way ♪
♪ It's too late to say good night ♪
♪ So good mornin' good mornin' ♪
♪ Sunbeams will soon smile through ♪
♪ Good mornin' good mornin' to you ♪
♪ And you and you and you ♪
♪ Good mornin' good mornin' ♪
♪ We've gabbed the whole night through ♪
♪ Good mornin' good mornin' to you ♪
♪ Nothin' could be grander than to be in Louisiana ♪
♪ In the morning in the morning ♪
♪ It's great to stay up late ♪
♪ Good mornin' good mornin' to you ♪
♪ Might be just as zippy if we was in Mississippi ♪
♪ When we left the movie show ♪
♪ The future wasn't bright ♪
♪ But came the dawn the show goes on ♪
♪ And I don't wanna say good night ♪
♪ So say good mornin' ♪
♪ Good mornin' ♪
♪ Rainbows are shining through good mornin' ♪
♪ Good mornin' ♪
♪Bonjour ♪
♪ Bonsoir ♪
♪ Buenos dias ♪
♪ Muchas frias ♪
♪Buon giorno.. ♪
♪ Guten Morgen.. ♪
♪ Good morning to you ♪
[tapping]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
♪ Waka laka laka laka la ♪
♪ Ole ♪
♪ Toro ♪
♪ Bravo ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Hey ♪♪
[music continues]
[all laughing]
Hey, hey, we can't make this a musical.
What do you mean?
Lina.
- Lina. - Lina.
She can't act, she can't sing and she can't dance.
- A triple threat. - Yeah.
[laughs]
What's so funny?
I'm sorry. I was just thinking.
I think I liked her best when the sound went off and she said
"Yes, yes, yes!"
- "No, no, no!" - "Yes, yes, yes!"
"No, no.." Wait a minute.
I am just about to be brilliant.
Come here, Kathy. Come here.
Now sing. I said, sing.
♪ Good mornin' good mornin' ♪
Now, Don, keep your eyes riveted on my face.
♪ We talked the whole night through good mornin' ♪
♪ Good mornin' to you ♪
♪ Watch my mouth ♪
♪ Good mornin' good mornin' ♪
♪ It's great to stay up late good mornin' ♪
♪ Good mornin' to you ♪♪
Well? Convincing?
Enchanting. What?
Don't you get it? Use Kathy's voice.
Lina just moves her mouth, and Kathy's voice
comes over singing and talking for her.
That's wonderful.
Now, now, I couldn't let you do it, Kathy.
- Why not? - Because you wouldn't be seen.
You'd be throwing away your own career.
It has nothing to do with my career.
It's only for this one picture.
The important thing now is to save "The Dueling Cavalier"
save Lockwood and Lamont.
Yeah.
Well, well, alright, if it's only for this one picture, but..
- Do you think it'll get by? - Of course it will.
Sure, and it's simple to work the numbers.
Why, all you gotta do is dance around Lina
and teach her how to take a bow.
Alright, we'll go to R.F. and spring it on 'em in the morning.
- Don, you're a genius. - Mm.
I'm glad you thought of it.
Oh, Cosmo.
[both laughs]
[dramatic music]
Good night, Kathy. See you tomorrow.
Good night, Don. Take care of that throat.
You're a big singing star now, remember?
This California dew is just a little heavier
than usual tonight.
Really?
From where I stand, the sun is shining all over the place.
[music continues]
[engine revving]
♪ Du-du-du du du-du du-du du ♪
♪ I'm singin' in the rain ♪
♪ Just singin' in the rain ♪
♪ What a glorious feelin' ♪
♪ I'm happy again ♪
♪ I'm laughin' at clouds ♪
♪ So dark up above ♪
♪ The sun's in my heart ♪
♪ And I'm ready for love ♪
♪ Let the stormy clouds chase ♪
♪ Everyone from the place ♪
♪ Come on with the rain ♪
♪ I've a smile on my face ♪
♪ I walk down the lane ♪
♪ With a happy refrain ♪
♪ Just singin' ♪
♪ Singin' in the rain ♪
♪ Dancin' in the rain ♪
♪ Di-aa da da ♪
♪ I'm happy again ♪
[tapping]
♪ I'm singin' and dancin' in the rain ♪
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
♪ I'm dancin' ♪
♪ And singin' ♪
♪ In the rain ♪♪
Well, that's wonderful! That's wonderful! Now look.
We'll keep the whole thing secret until we're ready
to release, just in case it doesn't come off.
But I'm a little worried about Lina.
She doesn't like Miss Selden. There might be fireworks.
I guarantee you, Lina won't even know she's on the lot.
Okay. Boys, this is great.
"The Dueling Cavalier" can be saved.
Now, let's see. "The Dueling Cavalier" with music.
The title. The title's not right.
We need a musical title. Cosmo?
Hey, "The Dueling Mammy."
No.
I've got it.
No.
"The Dancing Cavalier."
That's it, Don. "The Dancing Cavalier."
Cosmo, remind me to make you a scriptwriter.
- Oh, thanks, R.F. Have a cigar. - Thanks.
Now what about the story?
We need modern musical numbers.
How's this? We throw a modern section into the picture.
The hero's a young hoofer in a Broadway show, right?
Now he sings and he dances, right?
But one night backstage, he's reading "A Tale of Two Cities"
in between numbers, see, and a sandbag falls
and hits him on the head and he dreams
he's back during The French Revolution, right?
Well, this way we get in the modern dancing numbers.
♪ Charleston Charleston ♪♪
But in the dream part
we can still use the costume stuff.
Sensational! Cosmo, remind me to give you a raise.
- Oh, R.F.. - Yes.
Gimme a raise.
[instrumental music]
♪ He holds her in his arms ♪
♪ Would you ♪
♪ He tells her of her charms ♪
♪ Would you ♪
♪ They met as you and I ♪
♪ And they were only friends ♪
♪ But before ♪
♪ The story ends ♪
♪ He'll kiss her with a sigh ♪
♪ Would you ♪
♪ And if the girl were I ♪
♪ Would you ♪
♪ And would you dare to say ♪
♪ Let's do the same as they ♪
♪ I would ♪
♪ Would you ♪
♪ And would you dare to say ♪
♪ Let's do the same as they ♪
♪ I would ♪
♪ Would you ♪♪
Perfect. That Selden girl is great.
As soon as the picture is released
I'm going to give her a big buildup.
- Swell! - How much is there left to do?
- Uh, one scene and a number. - What number?
Well, it's a new one, it's for the modern part of the picture.
It's called "Broadway Melody."
It's the story of a young hoofer who comes to New York.
First, we set the stage with a song.
'It goes like this.'
♪ Don't bring a frown to Old Broadway ♪
♪ Ah you gotta clown on Broadway ♪
♪ Your troubles there ♪
♪ They're out of style ♪
♪ For Broadway always wears a smile ♪
♪ A million lights ♪
♪ They flicker there ♪
♪ A million hearts beat quicker there ♪
♪ No skies of gray on that Great White Way ♪
♪ That's the Broadway ♪
♪ Melo-dy ♪
[instrumental music]
♪ Gotta dance ♪
[tapping]
♪ Gotta dance ♪
[music continues]
Shh!
♪ Gotta dance ♪
♪ Gotta dance gotta dance ♪
♪ Broadway rhythm it's got me ♪
♪ Everybody dance ♪
♪ Broadway rhythm it's got me ♪
♪ Everybody dance ♪
♪ Out on that gay White Way in each merry cafe ♪
♪ Orchestras play takin' your breath away ♪
♪ Broadway rhythm it's got me ♪
♪ Everybody sing and dance ♪
♪ Oh that Broadway rhythm ♪
♪ When I hear that happy beat ♪
♪ Feel like dancin' down the street ♪
♪ Wo-oo ♪
♪ That Broadway rhythm ♪
♪ Writhing beating ♪
♪ Rhythm ♪
♪ Gotta dance ♪
[instrumental music]
[coughing]
[music continues]
♪ When I hear that happy beat ♪
♪ Feel like dancin' down the street ♪
♪ When I hear that happy beat ♪
♪ Feel like dancin' down the street ♪
♪ When I hear that happy beat ♪
♪ Feel like dancing down the street ♪
[clapping]
[instrumental music]
[dramatic music]
[instrumental music]
[music continues]
[dramatic music]
♪ Gotta dance ♪
♪ Gotta dance gotta dance ♪
[instrumental music]
♪ That's the Broadway ♪
♪ Melo-dy ♪♪
Well, that's the idea of the number, R.F.
- What do you think of it? - I can't quite visualize it.
I'll have to see it on film first.
- On film it'll be better yet. - Now, get goin', fellas.
Don't forget, you've got to have that Selden girl
rerecord all of Lina's dialogues.
- It's all set up. - And remember.
Don't let Lina know about it.
All set in there?
Right.
Nothing can keep us apart.
Our love will last 'til the stars turn cold.
Alright, Kathy. Go ahead.
(Kathy) Nothing can keep us apart.
Our love will last 'til the stars turn cold.
That's great. Perfect. Cut.
'Til the stars turn cold.
- Oh, Kathy, I love you. - Don--
Kathy, I can't wait 'til this picture's finished.
No more secrecy.
I'm gonna let Lina know
and I'm gonna let everyone know.
Your fans will be bitterly disappointed.
From now on, there's only one fan I'm worrying about.
There! What did I tell you, Lina?
Thanks, Zelda. You're a real pal.
I want that girl off the lot at once.
She ain't gonna be my voice. Zelda told me everything.
Thanks, Zelda. You're a real pal.
Oh, any time, Don.
Now, look, Miss Lamont, Don and I--
Don? Don't you dare call him Don!
I was calling him Don before you were born!
I mean, I mean.. You were kissing him!
I was kissing her! I happen to be in love with her.
That's ridiculous.
Everybody knows you're in love with me.
Oh-oh. Now, look, Lina. Lina, try and understand this.
I'm going to marry her.
Silly boy. She ain't the marrying kind.
She's just a flirt, trying to get ahead by using you.
Well, I'll put a stop to that.
I'm gonna go up and see R.F. right now!
Uh, you're a little late, Lina, the picture's already finished.
Now, if this girl weren't in the picture
you would be finished too.
As far as I can see
she's the only one who's finished.
- Who will ever hear of her? - Everybody.
Why do you think Zelda's in such a sweat?
Because Kathy nearly stole the picture from her.
Sure, she's only doing you a favor
helping you in 'The Dancing Cavalier.'
And she's getting full
screen credit for it too.
You-you mean it's gonna say up on the screen
that I don't talk and sing for myself?
Of course, what do you think?
- Oh, th-they can't do that. - It's already done.
And there's a whole publicity campaign being planned.
Publicity?
They can't make a fool outta Lina Lamont!
They can't make a laughing stock outta Lina Lamont!
What do they think I am, dumb or something?
Well, I make more money than, than
than Calvin Coolidge..
...put together!
(Rod) '"Monumental Pictures wildly enthusiastic'
'over Lina's singing pipes and dancing stems."'
I never said that.
"Premiere tomorrow night to reveal
Lina Lamont big musical talent."
Oh, boss, you simply can't pull a switch
like this on the publicity department.
We were all prepared on the campaign for Kathy Selden.
Now you do this. At least keep us informed.
Now, wait a minute, fellas, I don't know anything
about this. I had nothing to do with it.
- Well, what are we gonna do? - 'Nothing.'
Absolutely nothing.
You wouldn't wanna call the papers
and say that Lina Lamont
is a big fat liar.
Lina, did you send this stuff out?
I gave an exclusive story to every paper in town.
Lina, you'll never get away with it.
Rod, call the papers back.
I wouldn't do that if I were you, R.F.
Don't tell me what to do, Lina.
What do you think I am, dumb or something?
I had my lawyer go over my contract.
- Contract? - Yeah.
And I control my publicity, not you.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
The studio's responsible
for every word printed about me.
If I don't like it, I can sue.
- What? - I can sue.
If you tell the papers about Kathy Selden
it would be detrimental
and deleterious to my career.
I could sue you for the whole studio.
Why, that's a lot of nonsense.
Says so right here.
Contract dated June 8, 1925.
Paragraph 34, subdivision letter A.
"The party of the first part.." That's me.
You win, Lina.
We better take Kathy Selden's
credit card off the screen.
Alright, alright, go ahead.
Let's just get this premiere over with.
Satisfied?
Uh, just one little thing more.
Yes, you want me to change the name of the studio
to Lamont Pictures Incorporated?
Oh, R.F., you're cute.
Now, I was just thinking
you've given this little girl a part in Zelda's picture
and you're gonna give her an even bigger one in the next?
So what?
So, if she's done such a grand job
doubling for my voice, don't you think
she oughta go on doing just that..
...and nothing else?
Lina, you're out of your mind.
After all I'm still more important
to the studio than she is.
Lina, I wouldn't do that to her in a million years.
Why, you'd be taking her career away from her.
People just don't do things like that.
People?
I ain't people.
I'm a..
"...A shimmering, glowing star
in the cinema firmament."
It says so. Right there.
[instrumental music]
Oh, Pierre. Pierre, my darling.
At last I've found you.
Oh, Pierre. Pierre, you're hurt.
Oh, speak to me, speak to me.
♪ I'll kiss her with a sigh ♪
♪ Would you would you ♪
♪ And if the girl were I ♪
♪ Would you would you ♪♪
Oh, Pierre, hold me in your arms always.
Lockwood's a sensation.
Yes, but Lamont. What a voice! Isn't she marvelous!
It's going over wonderfully, isn't it?
Yeah.
Our love will last
'til the stars turn cold.
♪ And would you dare to say ♪
♪ Let's do the same as they ♪
♪ I would ♪
♪ Would you ♪
♪ Would you ♪♪
[instrumental music]
[audience cheering]
- R.F., it's a real smash. - Congratulations, kids.
- We owe you a lot. - Thanks, Mr. Simpson.
- Kathy, we made it! - Don, it's a miracle!
It's great, Don, just great.
Oh, Lina, you were fabulous, you sang as well as Kathy Selden.
Yeah, and I'm gonna for a long time.
Hey, what do you mean by that?
I mean, she's gonna go
right on singing for me.
Listen, Lina.
I thought something was cooking beneath
those bleached curls of yours.
Now get this! Kathy has got a career of her own.
She only did this for the one picture.
That's what you think.
Come on, come on!
Lina's getting a little carried away, isn't she, boss?
- Yeah, yes, she is. - Listen, you boa constrictor.
Don't get any fancy ideas about the future. Tell her, R.F.
Never mind, R.F., listen to that applause out there
and wait 'til the money starts rolling in.
You are not gonna give all that up just because
some little nobody don't wanna be my voice.
She's got something there, boss. It's a gold mine.
Part of that choice is mine, Miss Lamont.
And I just won't do it.
You got a five year contract, honey.
You'll do what R.F. says.
Now, what's the matter, R.F., why don't you tell her off?
I don't know, I'm-I'm confused. This thing is so big--
Come on, they're tearing the house apart.
Go on, take a curtain call.
Simpson, I once gave you a cigar. Can I have it back?
Oh, now, wait a minute.
Listen to 'em! I'm an avalanche!
Oh, Selden, you're stuck!
R.F., if this happens, you'll get yourself
a new boy because I won't stand for it!
Who needs you?
They'd come to see me if I played opposite a monkey!
Just a minute, Lina, Don's a smash too.
I going to say a few words now, I'm still running the studio!
I'm not so sure!
You're the big Mr. Producer
always running things, running me.
Well, from now on, as far as I'm concerned
I'm running things.
Oh, Lina Lamont Pictures Incorporated, huh?
Yeah.
Lina, I think you've gone a little too far.
The speech, Don, they're yelling for a speech.
A speech.
Yeah, everybody's always making speeches for me.
Well, tonight I'm gonna do my own talking.
I'm gonna make the speech!
- No, no, you can't do that! - Wait a minute, Rod.
Wait a minute, this is Lina's big night
and she's entitled to do the talking.
- Right? - Right.
[audience clapping]
Ladies and gentlemen.
I can't tell you how thrilled we are at your reception
for 'The Dancing Cavalier'
our first musical picture together.
If we bring a little joy
into your humdrum lives
it makes us feel as though our hard work
ain't been in vain for nothin'.
Bless you all!
She didn't sound that way in the picture.
- Cut the talk, Lina. Sing! - 'Sing a song.'
- 'Sing us a song.' - 'Yeah.'
[indistinct chattering]
- 'Come on, Lina, sing.' - 'Sing.'
I got an idea. Come on.
Now, listen.
[indistinct chattering]
(Lina) 'What am I gonna do?'
What am I gonna do?
Lina, we've got it. It's perfect.
Rod, get a microphone and set up back of that curtain.
Kathy, come here.
Lina, Kathy will stand back from there and sing for you.
You mean, she'll be back of the curtain singing
and I'll be out in front doing..
Like in the picture?
- That's right. - What?
You gotta do it, Kathy. This thing is too big.
Of course she's gotta do it.
She's got a five year contract with me.
Get over to that microphone, Selden.
You heard him, Kathy, now do it!
I'll do it, Don. I'll do it.
But I never wanna see you again, on or off the screen.
Now, come on, Lina.
What are you going to sing, Miss Lamont?
Singing In The Rain.
"Singing In The Rain."
In, uh, what key?
(Kathy) 'A flat.'
"A flat."
In "A flat."
[instrumental music]
♪ I'm singin' in the rain ♪
♪ Just singin' in the rain ♪
♪ What a glorious feelin' ♪
♪ And I'm happy again ♪
♪ I'm laughin' at clouds ♪
♪ So dark up above ♪
♪ The sun's in my heart ♪
♪ And I'm ready for love ♪
♪ Let the stormy clouds chase ♪
♪ Everyone from the place ♪
♪ Come on with the rain ♪
♪ Di da da di ♪
♪ I've a smile on my face ♪
♪ I'll walk down the lane ♪
♪ With a happy refrain ♪
♪ I'm singin' just singin' ♪
♪ In the rain ♪
♪ I'm singin' in the rain ♪
♪ Just singin' in the rain ♪
♪ What a glorious feelin' ♪
♪ I'm happy again ♪
♪ I'm laughin' at clouds ♪
♪ So dark up above ♪
♪ The sun's in my heart ♪
♪ And I'm ready for love ♪
♪ Let the stormy clouds chase ♪♪
Ladies and gentlemen, stop that girl.
That girl running up the aisle! Stop her!
That's the girl whose voice you heard and loved tonight!
She's the real star of the picture. Kathy Selden!
[audience applauding]
Kathy.
♪ You are ♪
♪ My lucky star ♪
♪ I saw you ♪
♪ From afar ♪
♪ Two lovely eyes ♪
♪ At me they were gleaming ♪
♪ Beaming ♪
♪ I was starstruck ♪
♪ You're all ♪
♪ My lucky charms ♪
♪ I'm lucky ♪
♪ In your arms ♪
♪ You've opened heaven's portal ♪
♪ Here on Earth for this poor mortal ♪
♪ You are ♪
♪ My lucky ♪
♪ Charm ♪
♪ Aah aah ♪
♪ Aah ♪♪