De-Lovely
Hello, Cole.
l let myself in.
We're not late, are we? l hate to be late.
No, we're fine.
That sounded lovely.
l hate funeral music.
Though, under the circumstances,
l suppose l should say my prayers.
Why start now?
Exactly.
lf l believed in God,
he would be a song-and-dance man.
He would have to carry a tune.
Preferably one of mine.
Do you think he would like this?
In the still of the night
As I gaze from my window
At the moon in its flight
You wrote that about Linda, of course.
Did l?
Songs don't have to be about
someone, you know.
We should start.
l thought we had.
Cole, you have to play us into it.
lt's your life. Your music will be our guide.
Swell.
In the still of the night
As I gaze from my window
Oh, my God, that's me! l'm so young.
You satisfied?
He's very good.
He's not much of a singer.
You never were.
In the still of the night
The words, l can't hear the words.
While the world is in slumber
What's the matter, can't he take direction?
Cole, talk to me,
l'll pass your thoughts along.
He can't hear you.
ln a musical,
everyone works for the composer.
Times have changed. May l borrow this?
Times have changed
Never open with a ballad.
This isn't one of
those avant-garde things, is it?
lt's got to be entertaining, it's a musical.
And a love story, of course.
A little unconventional, but honest.
You're playing with my life.
lt's my show.
Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock
would land on them
In olden days
lt's your life, Cole.
Was looked on something shocking
Oh, my God.
lt's an opening number, of course.
lt's the Berlins.
lrving, Ellin.
lrving gave me my start.
This is my whole life.
There's Monty Woolley from Yale.
Look at Monty.
That costume is all wrong.
He never wore that.
That's all wrong. Change it.
And black's white today
And day's night today
L. B. Mayer and the gang from MGM.
The Hollywood years.
When folks who still can ride in jitneys
found out that Vanderbilts and Whitneys
lack baby clothes
Anything goes
Boris and Jack.
Bill Wrather.
Gerald, Sara, Honoria, where are the boys?
Boys.
Anything goes
Hi, Mom.
And every night, the set that's smart
is intruding on nudist parties in studios
Anything goes
Fantastic.
So though I'm not a great romancer
I know that you're bound to answer
when I propose
Anything goes
If saying your prayers you like,
If old chairs you like, if backstairs you like,
If love affairs you like
Stop, this is wrong for Linda.
She should sing a different part, stop.
ls it me?
No, dear.
lt's backstairs and love affairs.
lt's too early for complications.
We're gonna get ready for Paris.
lf you're not in Paris, l'll see you later.
Come on, move along.
You're doing beautifully.
But then, you always do.
Remember, it's your story, too.
lt's a love story.
-That's why l'm frightened.
-Don't be.
Have you ever seen a musical
without a happy ending?
All right, then.
We've just heard Anything Goes...
as if it's Cole's declaration of independence.
lndependence from whom?
Never mind.
Don't argue with the director, love.
Leave that to me.
He's very strict.
She can't hear you.
l know.
You're seeing Cole for the first time.
You start to move towards him...
because there's a spirit in his eye.
Go ahead.
Move slowly.
You'll be fine.
Weren't we fools to lose each other?
Weren't we fools to say goodbye?
God, she was beautiful.
She could stop your heart.
No, start it.
You chose another
So did I
If we'd realized
our love was worth defending
Then the story's broken threads
we might be mending
They're so good, it's a shame
more people aren't paying attention.
Cole can take care of that.
Which one is Cole Porter?
The one who's standing, who's being
so serious about being playful...
that's my husband Gerald.
And the one who's playing at not being
serious at all, that's Cole Porter.
-Has somebody died?
-l think it was us, Cole.
-Linda Lee.
-Sara Murphy.
-We met at Lady Mendel's.
-Yes, indeed.
ls that Linda Lee Thomas with Sara?
-l really couldn't say.
-No, it is, and just as they described her:
The most beautiful divorce in Paris.
My God, she's ravishing.
ls this gonna be another Porter fascination?
An obsession without preliminaries?
Obsessions don't have preliminaries.
-Will you join me?
-l'm a married man.
No, come on grab a chair.
under these deadbeats.
You begin.
I have heard, among this clan
You are called ''the forgotten man''
Well, did you ever?
Have you heard that Mimsie Starr
just got pinched in the Astor Bar?
Well, did you ever?
Take over.
-You're not gonna pinch her in the ass?
-l might.
Reggie's rather scatterbrained
He dove in when the pool was drained
Well, did you ever?
It's great, it's grand
It's wonderland
It's tops, it's first
It's DuPont, it's Hearst
What clothes, quel chic
What pearls, they're the peak
What glamor, what cheer
This will simply slay you, dear
Have you heard the coast of Maine
just got hit by a hurricane?
Well, did you ever?
Have you heard that poor dear Blanche
Got run down by an avalanche?
Well, did you ever?
What daiquiris
What sherry, please
What burgundy
What great Pommery
What brandy, wow
What whiskey, here's how
What gin and what beer
Will you sober up, my dear?
Have you heard, Professor Munch
ate his wife and divorced his lunch?
Well, did you ever?
Have you heard, it's in the stars
Next July, we collide with Mars?
Well, did you ever?
What a swell party
a swell party, a swellegant, elegant party
this is!
God, we're a hit!
Now we have a party.
-Shall we?
-Yes, let's.
My God.
Grace personified.
Was that me? Did l sweep you off your feet?
Because l hadn't intended
to do that for quite a while.
You really are smooth,
aren't you, Mr. Porter?
Never till now, Mrs. Thomas.
Your song was absolutely delirious.
Thank you. l'm never sure
if they get the joke.
-Especially when it's on them.
-Learn to trust your audience.
l trust it, l just wish l could expand it.
He seems a bit calculating, don't you think?
-Weren't you?
-Not entirely.
l said l was ambitious,
but l was anything but an opportunist.
After all, l spent 10 years in Paris...
just having fun.
What are we talking here, a love affair?
A business proposition...
or a social arrangement?
There was nothing arranged...
or negotiated about our relationship.
lt was...
our own.
What about these gloves? ls it really true...
that you only wear them once
and then you discard them?
Yes.
when you're finished?
l send them to a cousin in Louisville.
Not this one, all right? Let me keep this.
Look at that hand. You should never
cover your hands, they're beautiful.
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