Second Chorus (1940)
Burgess Meredith: Hank Taylor
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Quotes
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Danny O'Neill : [hiding himself] What'ya think you're doing under this bed?
Hank Taylor : Looking for a collar button.
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Hank Taylor : I'll buy you a cigar.
Lester Chisholm : I don't like cigars.
Hank Taylor : Don't you worry about it! I'll smoke it myself.
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Hank Taylor : That's a sordid little fellow, isn't he. Sordid little place. Must be a sordid life for such a lovely girl.
Ellen Miller : Well, there's nothing sordid about it - except the people we deal with.
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Danny O'Neill : Seven years ago I must have broken a mirror; because *that* walked in and became my roommate. I was only a simple Freshman at the time...
Ellen Miller : What are you now, a simple Sophomore?
Danny O'Neill : Oh, now, Miss Miller, you're being a bit unkind. After all, we've worked hard to stay in College this long.
Hank Taylor : He's right. Now, it's not easy for a couple of bright guys like us to go on flunking year after year.
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Ellen Miller : What in the world are you talking about?
Danny O'Neill : Well, it's like this, you see, as long as we can stay in College, the band makes us a very comfortable living.
Hank Taylor : That's right. Five, six thousand dollars a year. That's more than you can make on Wall Street!
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Ellen Miller : You really want me to work for you?
Danny O'Neill : Sure. Would you like to?
Hank Taylor : What's your salary?
Ellen Miller : 18 a week.
Hank Taylor : He'll double it.
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Hank Taylor : I'm much too busy to help Artie out. I'm working like a horse.
Danny O'Neill : Working?
Hank Taylor : Sure.
Danny O'Neill : Not with Dorsey?
Hank Taylor : No, no. He wouldn't change his style to suit me.
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Danny O'Neill : After I quit Whiteman...
Hank Taylor : You quit Whiteman?
Danny O'Neill : Sure. Too big a band for me. If I'd a stayed with him, I'd of lost my individuality. Same thing happened to Bix.
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Lester Chisholm : What would you suggest?
Danny O'Neill : Well, first of all, line up a number.
Lester Chisholm : That's a good idea; but, off hand, I can't think of...
Danny O'Neill : Oh, sure, you remember the "Rolling Back to Mammy on the Big River Blues".
Lester Chisholm : "Rolling Back to Mammy on the Big River Blues"?
Hank Taylor : That's it! He's got it!
Danny O'Neill : He's got it!
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Hank Taylor : I wonder what's going on out there?
Danny O'Neill : It sounds as if she's giving somebody an audition.
Hank Taylor : I never heard of Shaw with a mandolin section?
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Hank Taylor : Makes you feel good, doesn't it. You know, self sacrifice. Doing unto others.
Danny O'Neill : That's the life.
Hank Taylor : Yeah, but, a little self sacrifice goes a long way. We ought to think of our own careers, for a change. After all, we are the intimate friends of Shaw's backer.
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Danny O'Neill : She's being taken advantage of.
Hank Taylor : She seems to be liking it.
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Danny O'Neill : [at the piano] Listen to this. La-da-da-da-da. Da-da, Da-dah...
Hank Taylor : You're gonna like this Chis. This is back to the good earth. Full of sweep! Play that, Danny.
Lester Chisholm : I like that. What's it called?
Danny O'Neill : "Hoedown, the Bayou." You hear that? That's New Orleans.
Lester Chisholm : I visited there for three weeks. I don't recognize it.
Hank Taylor : You don't?
Danny O'Neill : Why, that's the spirit of New Orleans. I can almost smell the delta.
Hank Taylor : I *can* smell the delta. Can't you smell the delta?
Lester Chisholm : I have a slight cold.
Hank Taylor : Well, nothing that your mandolin won't cure. You pick this up, Chis, pick it up, boy.
Danny O'Neill : Hell, yeah! Come on, son. The train won't wait.
Hank Taylor : That's it! That's it! Now, we're sailin' up that river. On to Memphis. Chattanooga. Hold on, Chis!
Danny O'Neill : Hear them steamboat whistles blowin'? Tote that barge, pull that bale. There's a cabin in the cotton. Solid South! Solid North! Solid Jack!
Lester Chisholm : Solid Jack?
Hank Taylor : Right. Wagon wheels creakin' westward. Now, we're rollin' past that junction. On to Kansas! Cincinnati!
Lester Chisholm : Cincinnati! My home town.
Danny O'Neill : His home town! Your home town! Everybody's home town! Cincinnati!