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Rhapsody in Blue Page #9
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Poppa knew that.
The last thing he said was,
"it should have been Julie."
It should have been
Julie. It still can be.
I want you to come back.
Please, you must.
George,
please don't go on.
Oh, Herb. Herb!
Yes, Julie?
George, this is Herb
Stone, the orchestra leader.
Of course.
Herb, this is-
George Gershwin. How nice to meet you.
You see, George...
Herb and I are engaged to be married.
Julie, I-
Thank you,
Mr. Gershwin.
Julie, this is a-
Congratulations.
Good night, Julie.
Julie, darling, what'd
you tell him that for?
I'm sorry, Herb.
I had to tell him
something to make him go.
George Gershwin.
And you don't
love him?
I never said that.
Summertime
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich
And your ma
is good-lookin'
So hush, little baby
Don't you cry
One of these
mornin's
You're gonna rise up
singin'
Then you'll spread
your wings
And you'll take
the sky
But till that mornin'
There's a-nothin'
can harm you
With daddy and mammy
Standin' by
Most of the audience
loved it.
Tell me the worst. What
did the critics say?
Some of them said
it wasn't opera.
Why wasn't it opera? Just
because ordinary people liked it?
Others said
it wasn't Gershwin.
After spending two of the
hardest years of my life.
If that isn't
Gershwin, what is?
In all the years we've
been together, George,
I've been right,
now and then,
I was wrong.
This time,
you've done it, my boy.
You've made opera
entertaining.
The nearer we get
to the coast,
The faster
the train goes.
Speed-
How I love it.
Listen
to the wheels, Ira.
Got to make time.
Got to make time.
Folks
with plenty of plenty
Keep their locks
on the door
The porter, sir.
What critic said Porgy
and Bess was too highbrow?
Come in.
Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah!
I thought we lost you at Albuquerque.
I had to autograph some
blankets. Here's the telegram.
From Los Angeles.
"We wish you
to perform
"An all-Gershwin
concert
"February 10.
The Los Angeles
Philharmonic."
That's the chance
I've been waiting for.
Play good, George, and
I'll get a job in pictures.
Good night, Ira.
Happy dreams,
Oscar.
Think about
that concert.
The difference between an
Is the difference
between talent and genius.
Got to
make time. Got to make time.
Got to make time.
Got to make time.
Got to make time.
Got to make time...
Georgie, what is it?
What's happened?
My fingers
wouldn't obey.
But you've only played
it a hundred times.
And then the pain
between my eyes,
Like a knife.
Oscar, talk to the crowd.
Hold them off
until we get out.
George.
Georgie.
You're coming home
with me.
Come. We'll go home.
Ira, what's happening to my boy?
Please
don't worry, Momma.
No, you can't talk to him
now. He's resting, Momma.
But it isn't right for
me to be so far away
When my George
is ill.
Ira, I'm coming out
by plane.
No, Momma, please. We'll have him
back in New York in a few weeks,
And then we'll all
be together again.
All right. I'll
call you tomorrow.
Ira...
Take care of him.
Good night.
Good night, Momma.
Ira, these lyrics
are wonderful.
They are good,
aren't they?
They practically
sing themselves.
You could use your voice, too, you know.
When George is finished playing,
Maybe he'll go over it with you.
I'm getting
scared, Oscar.
I think it's a nervous breakdown.
You exaggerate, Ira.
You think so?
No, I don't.
Is there something
I can do, Georgie?
I've just got
a headache.
Maybe it's us. Maybe
we get on your nerves.
It's this stabbing pain in my head.
I'm sick,
that's all.
Hold my hand,
Ira... tight.
It eases the pain.
Yes, Georgie.
Your kid brother
is giving you
A lot of trouble,
isn't he?
Let's forget
all this work.
Somebody else
can finish it.
6 months' rest
is what you need.
I'd blow up
in a thousand pieces
If I didn't work
for that long.
You'll blow up anyway if
you don't quit for a while.
I can't help it.
Work is a compulsion. It's an obsession.
And there's so much
I want to do.
What are you trying to prove,
Georgie? You've already-
Don't you see, Ira?
It's only
with my music
That I can prove
my right to live.
I must write...
And I can't even hear
it inside me anymore.
Hello?
New York?
Just a moment, please.
George...
It's Julie.
Julie.
Talk to her, George.
Julie?
Oh, Julie.
Just your voice.
I've been so lonely.
George,
please let me come out.
I can't bear to be so far away when
you're ill. I can take the next plane.
Meet me, darling.
We mustn't waste a minute.
George, do you hear me?
Yes, darling.
You're right.
I need you.
Come out here, and we'll make
up for all the lost years.
Remember? I have the longest
lifeline you ever saw.
Hurry, darling.
Hurry.
Tinker, wake up.
Wake up, Tinker.
You can't sleep now.
Julie is coming.
Wake up, Tinker.
Good news from Julie?
She's coming out here. George, I don't-
I'm all right. My headache
is gone, and I can play.
Don't overdo it, Georgie.
Take it easy, fella.
Why should I take it easy?
I feel wonderful.
Now we can finish
the score of the picture
And get on
with something else.
I'd like to try a ballet. Or maybe
a string quartet. Or better yet...
I'd like to set the
Gettysburg Address to music.
Lee, darling,
Julie is coming.
So that's it.
How do you feel?
I'm hungry.
How about some food?
I'll get you some
right away.
I'm hungry,
too, lee,
But I got to
catch a plane.
What for?
I'm broadcasting our
concerto in new york.
Oscar...
Yes?
Remember, it's a very important piece.
Be sure and give
our love to Momma.
I will.
Lots of luck,
Oscar.
Thanks.
Take care
of yourself, George.
Steve, do you know
the lyrics?
I've been working
with Ira.
Fine. Then let's
make music.
And drove
the shadows away
And brought
my sunniest day
One magic moment
And my heart
seemed to know
That love said hello
Though not a word
was spoken
One look, and I forgot
the gloom of the past
One look, and I had
found my future at last
One look, and I had
found a world
Completely new
When love walked in
With you
George! George!
This is Walter Damrosch speaking.
Ladies and gentlemen,
We have interrupted
the concerto
To tell you that its
composer, George Gershwin,
Has just passed away
in California.
We will continue
the Concerto in F.
George Gershwin
will live
As long as there is joy,
As long as there is music
in the world.
Lucky to be so in love
with the world
And because the world
was so in love with him.
He had the happy faculty
of enjoying all his talents,
And through them,
he gave voice
To the America he knew
and loved so well.
We rejoice that through
his imperishable harmonies,
George Gershwin
will forever sing to us.
We weep that in passing,
He left so many songs
unsung.
And now the orchestra, with
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