Singin' in the Rain Page #3

Morning, noon and nighttime too

All I do the whole day through

Is dream of you

It's the cat's meow!

All I do the whole day through

Is dream of you

- had to tell you how good you were.

- Excuse me.

Now that I know where you live,

I'd like to see you home.

- Listen, Mr. Lockwood...

- Say, who is this dame anyway?

Someone lofty and far above us all.

She couldn't learn anything from

the movies. She's a stage actress.

Here's one thing I've learned

from the movies!

- 'll kill her!

- Lina, she was aiming at me!

- You never looked lovelier.

- t was an accident.

It happens to me

five or six times a day.

Where is she?

Donnie?

Excuse me.

Where'd Miss Selden go?

She grabbed her things and bolted.

Anything I can do?

Sorry. I don't have time to find out.

Kathy!

Hey, Kathy!

Hey!

Keep that action going.

More steam in the kettle!

More action, boys.

A little more rhythm.

More steam and more water.

- Hi, Maxie.

Hi, Don.

- Good morning, fellas.

- Hiya, Don.

Did you read Variety today?

"First talking picture, The Jazz Singer.

All-time smash end of first week."

- All-time flop end of the second.

- We start today.

- Good luck.

- Thanks.

I'm now Count Pierre de Bataille,

known as the Duelling Cavalier.

- What's it about?

- t's a French Revolution story.

You're a French aristocrat.

She's a simple girl of the people

and won't even give you a tumble.

Well, it's a living.

Good morning.

Keep the background moving.

Hit him.

Come on. Knock him down!

Get up there and hit him again.

Hurry up!

Why bother to shoot this?

Release the old one under a new title.

You've seen one, you've seen them all.

- Why'd you say that?

- What's the matter?

That's what that Kathy Selden

said to me that night.

That's three weeks ago.

You still thinking about that?

- can't get her out of my mind.

- How could you?

She's the first dame who hasn't

fallen for you since you were 4.

She's on my conscience.

It's not your fault she lost her job.

- 've got to find her.

- You've been trying to.

Short of sending out

bloodhounds and a posse.

Come on, now.

Snap out of it.

You can't let this get you down.

You're Donald Lockwood.

Donald Lockwood's an actor, isn't he?

What's the first thing

an actor learns?

"The show must go on, come rain,

come shine, come snow, come sleet!"

Yeah.

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

Short people have long faces

Long people have short faces

Big people have little humor

Little people have no humor at all

In the words of that immortal bard

Samuel J. Snodgrass

As he was being led

To the guillotine

Make'em laugh

Make'em laugh

Don't you know everyone wants to laugh

Ha, ha

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 nothing to eat

Just slip on a banana peel

The world's at your feet

Make'em laugh

Make'em laugh

Make'em laugh

Make?...

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 till 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

Don't ya...

All the...

What?...

My Dad...

They'll be standing in lines

For those old honky-tonk monkeyshines

Make'em laugh

Make'em laugh

Don't you know everyone...

Make'em laugh

Make'em laugh

Make'em laugh

Make'em laugh

Make'em laugh

Make'em laugh

Ready, Don?

- All set.

- Here we go again.

- We have another smash on our hands.

- hope so.

You're darn tooting we have.

- Where's Lina?

- Here she is, Mr. Dexter.

Well! Here comes our

lovely leading lady now.

This wig weighs a ton.

What dope'd wear a thing like this?

Everybody wore them.

Then everybody was a dope.

- You look beautiful.

- You look great.

Let's get into the set.

Thanks, Joe.

I looked for you at Wally Ray's party.

Where were you?

I've been busy.

And I know what you've been busy at.

Looking for that girl.

- As a matter of fact, yes.

Why?

I've been worried about her.

You should've been worried about me.

I'm the one who got

the whipped cream in the kisser.

Yes, but you didn't

lose your job, and she did.

Darn tooting she did.

I arranged it.

What?

They weren't gonna fire her,

so I told them they better.

- Why...

- Don, now remember.

You're madly in love with her

and you have to overcome her shyness.

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?

Because 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!

You couldn't kiss me like that and

not mean it just a teensy-weensy bit.

Meet the world's greatest actor.

I'd rather kiss a tarantula!

- You don't mean that!

- don't?...

Joe, bring me a tarantula.

Now listen...

Stop that chitchat, you lovebirds.

Let's get another take.

Hold it.

- Hold it, Dexter!

Hello, Mr. Simpson.

We're really rolling.

Well, you can stop rolling at once.

All right, everybody! Save it!

Save it? Tell them to go home.

We're shutting down.

Don't stand there.

Tell them!

Go home until further notice!

What is this?

What's the matter?

The Jazz Singer,

that's what's the matter.

Oh, my darling little mammy

Down in Alabamy

This is no joke. It's a sensation.

The public's screaming for more.

- More what?

- Talking pictures.

- t's just a freak.

- We should have such a freak.

I said talking pictures were a menace,

but no one would listen.

We're going to make

The Duelling Cavalier into a talking picture.

That means I'm out of a job.

I can start suffering

and write that symphony.

We'll put you in as head

of the music department.

Thanks. I can stop suffering

and write that symphony.

Wait a second. Talking pictures!

You should wait...

Every studio's jumping

on the bandwagon.

All the theaters are putting in

sound equipment.

We know nothing about it.

What do you have to know?

You do what you always did.

You just add talking to it.

Believe me, it'll be a sensation.

"Lamont and Lockwood. They talk!"

Well, of course we talk.

Don't everybody?

I got a feeling

You're fooling

I got a feeling

You're havin' fun

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