Second Chorus (1940)
Charles Butterworth: Lester Chisholm
Quotes
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Lester Chisholm : [in a fake Russian accent] Vas good.
Danny O'Neill : Vas good? Vas per-fect.
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Hank Taylor : I'll buy you a cigar.
Lester Chisholm : I don't like cigars.
Hank Taylor : Don't you worry about it! I'll smoke it myself.
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Ellen Miller : Are you a musician, Mr. Chisholm?
Lester Chisholm : Oh, I should have been; but, I was forced to give it up. I said 'music,' and Father said 'bottlecaps.' Father won.
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Lester Chisholm : [referring to Artie's manager, Miss Miller] I can't tell you what a jewel you have in this little girl.
Artie Shaw : I'm finding out everyday.
Lester Chisholm : And what an inspiration. You know, Mother actually thinks that every girl who's attracted to me is after the Chisholm money.
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Lester Chisholm : Look at him. Centuries of Slavic violence have gone into that dance.
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Lester Chisholm : He's miles away. Perhaps dreaming of some little girl on the Steppes of Russia. You can tell by this face, he's loved and suffered.
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Artie Shaw : Miss Miller can tell you all about the band.
Lester Chisholm : Is Miss Miller hep - as you boys say?
Artie Shaw : Hep as they come.
Lester Chisholm : Fascinating, your swing jargon. I'm becoming hep to it myself.
Artie Shaw : Well, see you later, Mr. Chisholm.
Lester Chisholm : So long, gate - that's short for alligator.
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Lester Chisholm : Shall we continue, while we're in the groove.
[singing off key]
Lester Chisholm : Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee; Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song, List while I woo thee with soft melody...
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Lester Chisholm : I thought we might have a quiet evening of music - just you and I, alone. I always say there's nothing like duets to make a home a home.
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Lester Chisholm : What would you suggest?
Danny O'Neill : Well, first of all, line up a number.
Lester Chisholm : That's a good idea; but, off hand, I can't think of...
Danny O'Neill : Oh, sure, you remember the "Rolling Back to Mammy on the Big River Blues".
Lester Chisholm : "Rolling Back to Mammy on the Big River Blues"?
Hank Taylor : That's it! He's got it!
Danny O'Neill : He's got it!
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Danny O'Neill : [at the piano] Listen to this. La-da-da-da-da. Da-da, Da-dah...
Hank Taylor : You're gonna like this Chis. This is back to the good earth. Full of sweep! Play that, Danny.
Lester Chisholm : I like that. What's it called?
Danny O'Neill : "Hoedown, the Bayou." You hear that? That's New Orleans.
Lester Chisholm : I visited there for three weeks. I don't recognize it.
Hank Taylor : You don't?
Danny O'Neill : Why, that's the spirit of New Orleans. I can almost smell the delta.
Hank Taylor : I *can* smell the delta. Can't you smell the delta?
Lester Chisholm : I have a slight cold.
Hank Taylor : Well, nothing that your mandolin won't cure. You pick this up, Chis, pick it up, boy.
Danny O'Neill : Hell, yeah! Come on, son. The train won't wait.
Hank Taylor : That's it! That's it! Now, we're sailin' up that river. On to Memphis. Chattanooga. Hold on, Chis!
Danny O'Neill : Hear them steamboat whistles blowin'? Tote that barge, pull that bale. There's a cabin in the cotton. Solid South! Solid North! Solid Jack!
Lester Chisholm : Solid Jack?
Hank Taylor : Right. Wagon wheels creakin' westward. Now, we're rollin' past that junction. On to Kansas! Cincinnati!
Lester Chisholm : Cincinnati! My home town.
Danny O'Neill : His home town! Your home town! Everybody's home town! Cincinnati!