1:51:03
I'd wave a flag, they said.
Nothing else.
1:51:06
So I wrote a legitimate drama.
Very deep and very significant.
1:51:11
No music, no gags, no flag-waving.
1:51:15
I called it Popularity.
The title showed how hard I was hoping.
1:51:21
I couldn't attend the opening because I was
appearing in The Yankee Prince.
1:51:29
- Open it up.
- Keep it closed, Buck.
1:51:32
Cohan, you're surely not going
to your dressing room now.
1:51:35
- You're good for another five curtain calls.
- That's enough for tonight.
1:51:40
- Mr. Cohan, are you sure you're feeling well?
- I feel all right.
1:51:43
- Any news on Popularity?
- No, but they should be ringing down now.
1:51:47
You'd think Sam would let me know.
1:51:50
Well, it's a good sign. They probably
couldn't tear themselves away.
1:51:55
- What time is it?
- 7:30, sir.
1:51:57
- That clock right?
- Yes, sir.
1:51:59
Wonder what's keeping them.
They ought to be here by now.
1:52:03
Maybe something's wrong.
1:52:04
Got the reports on the minstrel show.
1:52:07
- What'd we lose this week?
- Oh, 10,000, more or less.
1:52:10
- What's the total loss so far?
- A few dollars under 200,000.
1:52:14
That include the cost of the red ink?
Popularity better be a hit.
1:52:18
A lot of dough sunk into that too.
Eddie, find out what's keeping them.
1:52:23
- What did the papers say about the show?
- Here they are. Rave notices again.
1:52:28
Rave notices. That's bad.
1:52:30
The better notices you get,
the more it costs you.
1:52:34
All except the last act.
1:52:35
- Alexson suggests a new finish.
- Oh, I see, a new finish.
1:52:40
How about Saturday night?
1:52:43
- Close it?
- Close it.
1:52:45
Saturday night.
1:52:47
- Give the company two weeks' salary.
- All right.
1:52:50
- Well, good evening.
- Good evening.
1:52:53
- Hello, dear.
- Hello, Mom. Darling.
1:52:57
Well, Dad, I was worried about you.