Words and Music (1948)

Tom Drake: Richard 'Dick' Rodgers

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• Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : That was really black Sunday for me. Shut out twice. Once because I was too young, once because I was too old.

• Lorenz 'Larry' Hart : Make yourself at home. You hungry? You want something to eat? How about some nuts?

  Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : Oh, no thanks.

  Lorenz 'Larry' Hart : Apples? Oranges?

  Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : No.

  Lorenz 'Larry' Hart : How about a piece of coffee cake?

  Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : No, I don't think so.

  Lorenz 'Larry' Hart : Corned beef sandwich? I'll send out and get a corned beef sandwich.

  Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : No, thanks very much.

  Lorenz 'Larry' Hart : Smoke? Cigar? Light ones? Dark ones?

• Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : Believe me, a tune without a lyric is a mighty lonesome thing.

• Herbert Fields : Oh, Dick, Dick! Mr. Kane just phoned.

  Lorenz 'Larry' Hart : Mr. Who?

  Herbert Fields : Mr. Kane! The Theatre Guild that they want us!

  Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : Who wants us?

  Herbert Fields : The Theatre Guild! They want us to do a show. The Garrick Gaieties!

• Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : Hello, darling. Have you heard the good news? We're a hit! We're in!

  Mrs. Hart : But, of course.

• Joyce Harmon : Your being in love with me is impossible. Believe me, it is.

  Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : Why?

  Joyce Harmon : Well, mathematics. I'm 33, you're 20.

  Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : What difference does that make?

  Joyce Harmon : Dick, when a woman's 33, the days are different, the weeks are different, the months are different. 10 years? That's a century.

• Dorothy Feiner : I'm having a birthday party in three weeks in Tarrytown. Would you like to come?

  Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : How old?

  Dorothy Feiner : 18.

  Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : Gee, I don't know. 18 year old girls are pretty old for me.

• Richard 'Dick' Rodgers : You've got to pull yourself together. You can't keep running around the world chasing rainbows!