A Song Is Born Page #12

Synopsis: Gangster's moll Honey Swanson goes into hiding when her boyfriend is under investigation by the police. Where better to hide than a musical research institute staffed entirely by lonely bachelors? She gets more than she bargained for when the head of the institute Professor Hobart Frisbee starts to fall for her.
Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical
Director(s): Howard Hawks
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
APPROVED
Year:
1948
113 min
276 Views


Now repeat after me.

- I, Anthony Crow...

- I, Anthony Crow...

Louder, please.

- I, Anthony Crow...

- First class murderer.

- ... take thee, Honey Swanson...

- ... take thee, Honey Swanson...

Who hates and despises you, loathes you.

- ... to be my lawful wedded wife...

- ... to be my lawful wedded wife...

- ... for better or for worse...

- ... for better or for worse...

For worse.

...for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health...

...for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health...

I'm sick already.

- Now cut that out.

- What?

- Never mind. Go on.

- What'd you say?

Go ahead!

- Did you say something?

- No. It's that music in there.

...in sickness and in health...

- You just said that.

- What?

Shall I cut out that racket, boss?

Yeah, yeah, go ahead.

- Hey, where's he going?

- He's going to stop the music.

But he can't go. He's a witness.

He's got to remain here

through the entire ceremony.

Okay, Adams, forget it. Go ahead.

Now I forgot where I was.

Now I've got to start all over again.

This is going to take all day.

Begin where you left off.

- What did you say?

- Go ahead!

Not so loud! You hurt my ear.

- Now repeat after me. I, Anthony Crow...

- I, Anthony Crow...

Get his gun. Get his gun.

And do you Honey Swanson take this man

to be your lawful wedded husband,

to live...

No! No, I don't.

- Take their guns.

- Take their guns.

Take his gun away.

Hey, wait, I ain't finished yet.

I'm very glad of that.

Put up your hands, Mr. Crow. Put them up!

Now, Mr. Crow, we'll settle

our differences as man to man,

without the use of firearms.

Okay, Hobart.

Take it easy, Tony.

Atta boy, Frizzy, give it to him!

Sock him, Frizzy! Go on, hit him.

Atta boy! Give it to him!

Punch him! Give it to him!

Hit him hard! Hit him again!

Listen, you seven wise idiots.

It wouldn't work.

Remember, Frizzy, no women aboard.

Now, above all women,

you want to take a dizzy dame like me.

Now, if you will allow me,

I can cite many examples

of love stories from the operas

to prove the inevitability of this step.

Yes, I have proof even

from the older classics.

- From the laws of harmony.

- Yes, indeed.

And the laws of counterpoint.

The music of the masters

is sufficient.

- Yes, indeed.

- That hasn't anything to do with it.

Yes, it has.

Gentlemen, I know

when words cease to be of use,

there remains but one argument.

Come here, Miss Honey.

Oh, no, Frizzy, please.

On the book, please.

But, Frizzy. It isn't fair.

Isn't it?

No, it isn't fair.

My goodness!

Hobart, remember my advice on...

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