The Barkleys of Broadway Page #2

Synopsis: Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful (though argumentative) musical-comedy team, yet Dinah chafes as Galatea to her husband's Pygmalion. When serious playwright Jacques Barredout envisions her as a great dramatic actress, Dinah is not hard to persuade.
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Director(s): Charles Walters
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PASSED
Year:
1949
109 min
96 Views


- smuggle them under our coats, go home.

- We can't.

- This whole thing is for us.

- There must be a place we can be alone.

- Well, I know, but...

- Let's go out on the terrace.

Honey, there's snow out there.

I'll get your wrap. We'll have a picnic.

- Wonderful!

- Fine. Now you pile up your plate...

and follow me out there.

Bring a knife and fork.

I'll probably freeze to death.

May I be of some assistance,

Mrs. Barkley?

Thank you, yes.

- Would you mind holding that?

- Not at all.

We haven't met. I'm Jacques Barredout.

How do you do? Of course.

I should have recognized you

from your pictures.

I'm glad you didn't. They're frightful.

The only good one I have

is rather indecent, I'm afraid.

Taken on a bearskin rug

at the age of three months.

I have one of those, too.

- You do?

- Yes.

I'm quite an admirer of your plays.

I understand you're just finishing

a new one.

It's just about finishing me.

My most serious effort. I plan to direct it.

- How nice.

- I only hope it'll be half as successful...

as your little musical extravaganza.

I was there tonight.

- Well, the audience seemed to like it.

- Unfortunately, I did not.

- Well, at least you're honest.

- Now, don't be angry, please.

I don't care for musical comedy in general.

- But this one for a special reason.

- And what was that?

You.

You're wasted in musical comedy.

You could be a great tragic actress.

Monsieur Barredout,

you really don't mean that.

I do.

There was one moment in particular

I was moved to tears, the subway scene.

Shall we?

The subway scene!

And who knows?

Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse...

in this crass, modern, commercial theater

might have ended up in musical comedy...

just as you have done. Don't you see?

Oh, but it's so utterly silly of you

to compare me...

with those inspired immortals.

After all...

But you really did think

in the subway scene I had some of their...

Their quality. Mais oui.

How extraordinary.

Only a few minutes ago

I was talking to someone...

who didn't think

I had the emotional gift at all.

- He must be a complete idiot.

- Well, it's interesting to get both...

- Oh! Darling, where have you been?

- Siberia.

Bless you.

I got into the most interesting

conversation with Monsieur Barredout.

Allow me to present Monsieur Barredout.

Mr. Husband.

- Barkley's the name.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

- I was telling your wife...

- I'd seen your show tonight and I think...

- Don't tell him.

- Charming.

- Thanks.

And now, Mrs. Barkley,

I hope we meet again...

now that we have a bearskin rug

in common.

- Will you excuse me?

- Certainly.

- Au revoir.

- Au revoir.

Don't you think we ought to...

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Betty Comden

Betty Comden (born Basya Cohen, May 3, 1917 – November 23, 2006) was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green, called "the longest running creative partnership in theatre history", lasted for six decades, during which time they collaborated with other leading entertainment figures such as the famed "Freed Unit" at MGM, Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein, and wrote the musical comedy film Singin' in the Rain. more…

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