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Photo of Julie Andrews and cast from My Fair Lady. In this scene, Eliza and her friends dream of a better life-"Wouldn't It Be Loverly?".

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Wouldn’t It Be Loverly (1958), by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for their Broadway play My Fair Lady

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly is sung by Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle and her street friends. It expresses Eliza’s wish for a better life.

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly [song lyrics]

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers,

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a wonderful Hollywood biography. It tells the story of the husband-and-wife ballroom dancing team Vernon and Irene Castle.

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Gaslight

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Gaslight (1944) starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury

In Gaslight, after her aunt is mysteriously killed, Paula (Ingrid Bergman) is sent to Italy to receive opera training. Being charmed by Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer) she falls in love and they move in together in London. Soon Paula begins to notice strange things happening, as Gregory is slowly manipulating her into believing she is insane.

Gaslight

Why Can’t the English Learn to Speak [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Why Can’t the English Learn to Speak? (1956), Music by Frederick Loewe, Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, performed by Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady

Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison): Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter,
Condemned by every syllable she utters
By right she should be taken out and hung,
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.
Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn): Aaoooww!

Why Can’t the English Learn to Speak [song lyrics]

Bring on those Wonderful Men [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Bring on those Wonderful Men, Music by Roger Edens, Lyrics by Earl K. Brent, Sung by Virginia O’Brien in Ziegfeld Follies

Bring on those Wonderful Men is a parody of Here’s to the Girls in Ziegfeld Follies. It’s a very funny song by Virginia O’Brien, in her trademark stone faced style.

Bring on those Wonderful Men [song lyrics]

Play a Simple Melody [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Play a Simple Melody (1914) by Irving Berlin

Play a Simple Melody is a song from the 1914 musical, Watch Your Step, words and music by Irving Berlin. The show was the first stage musical that Berlin wrote. The one song from it that is well-remembered today is Play a Simple Melody, one of the few true examples of counterpoint in American popular music. It’s a melody running against a second melody, each with independent lyrics.

Play a Simple Melody [song lyrics]

The Champ

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The Champ (1931) starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper

The Champ – the original father-son tale remains one of the all-time great tearjerkers. Wallace Beery plays the washed-up prizefighter making a ring comeback to provide for his son.

The Champ

Dead Weight [Columbo]

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Dead WeightColumbo season 1, originally aired October 27, 1971, starring Peter Falk, Eddie Albert, Suzanne Pleshette

In Dead Weight, an unreliable witness, along with the absence of a body and murder weapon, complicate a case against an American war hero (guest star Eddie Albert).

Dead Weight [Columbo]

Kansas City Confidential

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Kansas City Confidential (1952) starring John Payne, Preston Foster, Coleen Gray

Treachery and betrayal abound when an ex-con is accused of an armored-car robbery in this suspenseful film noir crime drama – Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential
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