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

My thoughts all stray to you

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 green pears 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

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