Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler): Now that we have had the rice and flowers
The knot is tied
I can visualize such happy hours
Right by your side
Billy Lawler (Dick Powell): The honeymoon in store
Is one that you’ll adore
I’m gonna take you for a ride
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
42nd Street is the classic musical, starring Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers. “You’re going out there a nobody, but coming back as a star!”
Originally not meant as a Christmas song, Sleigh Ride has become identified with that winter holiday.
Semi-retired hard-boiled detective (Art Carney) is drawn back into action when his longtime partner is shot to death while searching for the kidnapped cat of a kooky Los Angeles woman (Lily Tomlin).
Ann Sothern:
What say, let’s be buddies
What say, let’s be pals
What say, let’s be buddies
And keep up each other’s morales
I may never shout it
But many’s the time I’m blue
What say, how’s about it
Can’t I be a buddy to you?
Stephen Boyd: What is a circus? What does it mean?
Is it a banjo? Or a tambourine?
Is it a phony snake charmer routine?
Song lyrics to I’m Feelin’ Like a Million (1937) Music by Nacio Herb Brown, Lyrics by Arthur Freed, performed in Broadway Melody of 1938, performed by George Murphy and Eleanor Powell.
In Sherlock Jr., Buster Keaton stars as a movie theater projectionist who dreams of becoming a super-sleuth. In one sequence, he literally steps into the screen and brings his fantasies to life.
