- Title: V-7506
- Summary: SING WHILE YOU'RE ABLE: WITH PINKY TOMLIN. TOBY WING. H.C. BRADLEY. MONTE COLLINS. SAM WREN. SUZANNE KAAREN. BERT ROACH. PRINCE MICHAEL ROMANOFF. JIMMY NEWELL. THE THREE BRIAN SISTERS RITA, JANE & DOTTY. WHEN A RICH MAN AND HIS DAUGHTER HAVE CAR PROBLEMS IN THE SOUTH THEY ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVER WHITEY, A HILLBILLY SINGER, AND HIS CONSTANTLY GRINNING SIDEKICK, JOAN. THEY SIGN UP FOR RADIO, BUT THE FATHER'S BUSINESS MANAGER FEARS WHITEY WILL GET IN THE WAY OF HIS ROMANCE WITH HIS DAUGHTER. SHORTLY BEFORE HIS FIRST RADIO BROADCAST WHITEY IS KIDNAPPED BY THE BLIGHTER, BUT HE MANAGES TO ESCAPE. HE CATCHES COLD & LOSES HIS VOICE, BUT IN THE END HE'S BACK TO SINGING & WINS OVER THE HEART OF HIS BENEFACTOR.
- Description:01:00:50 - SECRETARY CALLING BOSS ON SPEAKER PHONE, BUSINESS MEN TALKING ON TELEPHONE. MEN TALKING IN OFFICE 01:01:48 - ELDERLY MAN SWITCHING ON RADIO CIRCA 1937, RADIO PROGRAM. MS TWO MEN LEANING ON RADIO CONSOLE. ELDERLY MAN WITH SMUG LOOK ON FACE. ONE MAN TURNS OFF RADIO, OTHER MAN UPSET. HEATED DISCUSSION, MAN WITH ARMS AKIMBO, THEN FOLDS ARMS MS ELDERLY MAN PUTTING ON HAT & TAPPING SIDE OF HAT. OTHER MAN DIALING ROTARY PHONE 01:03:43 - LADIES OF LEISURE IN BEDROOM, MAID PACKING SUITCASE, WOMAN IN ROBE RECLINING ON CHAISE LOUNGE. FRIEND TALKING ON TELEPHONE SITTING ON EDGE OF CHAISE LOUNGE 01:05:04 - CONVERTIBLE CIRCA 1937 GINGERLY MAKING IT'S WAY DOWN ROUGH DIRT ROAD. COMES TO A STOP, CU FATHER & DAUGHTER IN FRONT SEAT SOFTLY LUNGING FORWARD THEN BACK AGAIN. CAR PROBLEMS 01:05:23 - MS TRIO OF HILLBILLIES POKING THEIR HEADS OUT OF WINDOW WITH NO GLASS IN IT. WATCHING TWOSOME WITH CAR TROUBLE WALKING UP DIRT ROAD. HILLBILLIES DISAPPEAR FROM WINDOW & REAPPEAR HOLDING SHOTGUNS 01:05:46 - TWOSOME ENTER HOUSE, HILLBILLIES HOLD GUNS ON THEM COUPLE EXPLAINS THEY NEED A PHONE, HILLBILLIES HELP THEM GET CAR FIXED 01:06:55 - TRIO OF HILLBILLIES IN HUDDLE HAVING PRIVATE CONVERSATION. 01:07:01 - CUTS TO FATHER & DAUGHTER. FATHER SHRUGS SHOULDERS, DAUGHTER SHAKES HEAD AS IF THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT HILLBILLIES. HAGGLING OVER PRICE 01:07:55 - HILLBILLIES LEAVE ROOM, WEALTHY FATHER & DAUGHTER LET OUT HEARTY LAUGH 01:08:02 - FATHER & DAUGHTER COME OUT TO CAR, HEAR VOICE SINGING LEAVE IT UP TO UNCLE JAKE. CU WOMAN APPLYING LIPSTICK USING COMPACT MIRROR. FATHER HOLDING GLOVED HAND UP & MAKING SSSHHH SOUND TO DAUGHTER 01:08:53 - CU MECHANIC UNDER CAR SLIDES OUT, WEARING JUGHEAD HAT BEANIE FATHER GIVES HIM A CONTRACT TO SIGN ON THE SPOT, DAUGHTER ACTING STAND OFFISH 01:10:03 - FATHER & DAUGHTER LEAVE IN FIXED CAR, MECHANIC KICKS FEET TOGETHER, YELLS YOOHOO, SKIPS DOWN ROAD, ECSTATIC AT HIS LUCK. KICKS HIS SHOE OFF 01:10:30 - DAUGHTER GRABS BRIEFCASE FROM BACK SEAT, PUTS PAPERS IN, PUTS IN BACK SEAT. 01:11:12 - HILLBILLIES PUSHING RUN DOWN TRUCK OUT OF BARN. THREE GIRLS DRESSED IN SAME DRESS COME OUT OF FARM HOUSE CARRYING SUITCASES & INSTRUMENT CASE, GUITAR CASE, PUT LUGGAGE IN TRUCK. GIRLS SAD MECHANIC WHITEY IS LEAVING FOR THE CITY 01:12:09 - THE THREE BRIAN SISTERS: HE'LL ALWAYS BE A COUNTRY BOY AT HEART 01:13:08 - CU COW WITH ONE HORN. CU ROOSTER. HILLBILLY UNLOADING OLD TIRES OUT OF CAR, EGGS & HEN HILLBILLY PUMPING AIR IN TIRE. GETTING TRUCK ROAD READY. CU HILLBILLY PUTTING CHUNK OF CHEWING TOBACCO IN HIS MOUTH. THREE HILLBILLIES IN BACK SEAT OF TRUCK, THREE GIRLS IN FRONT, ALL SINGING WHITEY GETS IN & DRIVES TRUCK AWAY 01:16:14 - 1930s BUS PASSES, INTERIOR OF BUS, PASSENGER EATING SANDWICH. BUS PULLS INTO GAS STATION, FATHER & DAUGHTER RISE TO GET ON BUS, RUN INTO WHITEY ON ROUTE TO "THE BIG CITY". BUS GETS HELD UP BY PASSENGER, TELLS EVERYONE TO GET OFF BUS, WHITEY HIDES ON BUS, SURPRISES THIEF FROM BEHIND, THEY WRESTLE ON THE GROUND FOR GUN. MS TRIO OF PASSENGERS ROOTING FOR THE GOOD GUY USING FISTS IN "GET HIM" GESTURE. GOOD GUY WINS FIGHT, KNOCKS OUT THIEF, PUT HIM ON THE BUS TO TAKE HIM IN 01:19:39 - BELLHOP ASKING MEN IN WAITING ROOM IF THEY'RE WHITEY MORGAN. WHITEY ENTERS IN DISHEVELED STATE AFTER FIGHTING THIEF 01:20:11 - UNIDENTIFIED RADIO CROONER - ONE GIRL IN MY ARMS 01:20:31 - CU MAN GETTING READY TO SNEEZE, SNEEZES INTO HANDKERCHIEF 01:21:09 - CU RADIO ENGINEER WEARING HEADPHONES WINCES AT SOUND OF SNEEZE 01:21:18 - WHITEY'S BIG CHANCE TO SING ON THE RADIO IS LOST DUE TO LOSING HIS VOICE FROM COLD 01:22:35 - RADIO BROADCASTER ANNOUNCING CHANGE IN PROGRAM. NBC MICROPHONE 01:22:42 - CU WOMAN WEARING WHITE FUR COAT RISES NEXT TO HER FATHER, BOTH WEARING LOOK OF CONCERN. STAND UP & FROWN 01:22:47 - MAN BEING THROWN OUT OF RADIO STATION BY THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS. GETTING THE BUM'S RUSH 01:22:53 - ELDERLY MAN TURNS OFF RADIO, CONFUSED "I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THIS" BEFUDDLED 01:23:04 - CLEANING WOMAN LEADING WEALTHY WOMAN INTO ROOM CONCERNED ABOUT MAN WITH A COLD, PUTS HAND ON HIS FOREHEAD 01:23:32 - CU SICK MAN DELIRIOUS FROM COLD MOANS & GROANS PUTS HAND OVER HEAD 01:23:40 - DOCTOR & ASSISTANT IN OPERATING ROOM, DOCTOR GETTING READY TO EXAMINE PATIENT, SCRUBBING UP 01:24:02 - CU LITTLE BIRD IN CAGE. PANS APARTMENT. MS CONVALESCING MAN WHISTLING WITH GUITAR ON HIS LAP, STRUMMING HIS GUITAR. MAN TALKING TO HIS PET BIRD. SPINSTER MAID ENTERS & CHASTISES HIM TAKES BIRD CAGE DOWN & TAKES HIS GUITAR AWAY 01:24:53 - CU COUPLE RIDING IN CAR, WOMAN HOLDING BOUQUET OF FLOWERS 01:25:28 - CONVALESCING MAN IN ROBE READING BOOK, WOMAN ENTERS WITH FLOWERS FOR HIM. TAKING CARE OF HIM 01:25:58 - EXTERIOR RADIO SALES & SERVICE BUILDING 01:26:04 - CU RADIO. MS MAN SITTING IN CHAIR, ARM LEANING ON CHAIR, PENSIVE LOOK, LISTENING TO RADIO, TAPPING HAND ON LEG, ROOM FULL OF RADIOS. MAN TURNING DIFFERENT RADIOS ON & OFF 01:26:50 - MAN REALIZES THAT HE'S GOT HIS VOICE BACK, RUNNING THE VOCAL SCALES, PLEASED WITH HIMSELF 01:27:08 - PINKY TOMLIN: I'M GONNA SING WHILE I'M ABLE 01:28:14 - CU MAN KISSING CARDBOARD CUT OUT OF CIGARETTE GIRL 01:28:17 - CU OLD HAG CLEANING WOMAN CLAPPING AFTER HEARING IMPROMPTU SONG, PICKS UP HER MOP & BUCKET, ENTERS ROOM 01:28:25 - MANHATTAN NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, BUS & TRAINS SUPERIMPOSED, WARPED IMAGE OF SKYLINE 01:28:39 - FADE TO MAN BEING FITTED IN A DRESS SUIT, WOMAN PUTTING IN HER TWO CENTS WORTH. CARNATION IN LAPEL. FUR CLAD WEALTHY WOMEN FRIENDS CHATTING 01:30:43 - 1930s NIGHTLIFE MONTAGE, COUPLE IN CLUB, NEWS PAPER ARTICLE, SHOWGIRLS, ROCKETTES, COCKTAIL POURING OUT OF COCKTAIL SHAKER, COUPLES DANCING, BIG BAND PLAYING, GOSSIP ARTICLE FROM THE TATTLER, 01:31:27 - MAN TRYING TO MAKE A DATE WITH WOMAN, SHE GIVES HIM THE COLD SHOULDER, BUSY EVERY NIGHT. BUSY SOCIAL CALENDAR. SOCIALITE. MS MAN OPENS DOOR, EAVESDROPPING ON THEIR CONVERSATION. 01:32:22 - EAVESDROPPER MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS SNUBBED FRIEND, WEARING MISCHIEVOUS LOOK, HOLDS UP TWO COCKTAILS 01:32:39 - MS MAN FIXING HIS TIE IN BEDROOM MIRROR IS INTERRUPTED BY KNOCK ON THE DOOR, TWO MEN ENTER, SHAKE HANDS, CHAT. 01:33:40 - THREE MEN RIDING IN CONVERTIBLE, POV PASSING RAILROAD YARD, ONE MAN REALIZES HE'S BEEN KIDNAPPED BY TWO THUGS, PULLS BRAKE ON CAR, CAR COMING TO ABRUPT HALT ON BRIDGE, FIGHT ENSUES, THUG PUNCHES MAN, MAN GOES OVER RAIL INTO RIVER DOESN'T SURFACE, THUGS RIDE OFF 01:35:18 - LS RADIO TOWER RECEIVER WITH VISIBLE AIR WAVES FADES TO WOMAN ON LIVE RADIO PROGRAM 01:35:42 - MAN IN TELEPHONE BOOTH SMOKING CIGARETTE. CU PHONE RINGING 01:35:54 - CU MAN ACTING THEATRICAL, HANDS CLASPED, MAKES CRAZY SOUNDS, LEAPS OVER TO CABINET, REALIZES IT'S LOCKED, TURNS, HAND ON HIP SAYS "GIVE ME THAT KEY, YOU HOUSEWIFE", KEY THROWN TO HIM, UNLOCKS CABINET 01:36:39 - CU MAN HOLDING LIQUOR BOTTLE IN EACH HAND, POURS ONE BOTTLE INTO ANOTHER 01:36:46 - FRANTIC MAN SITTING AT HIS DESK FLANKED BY COUPLE, MAN STANDING SAYS "WELL, SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE", PICKS UP TELEPHONE, SAYS "GET ME THE POLICE" 01:37:01 - OLD HAG CLEANING WOMAN & MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM THUGS HAVING CONVERSATION, SHE LEAVES & RUNS INTO ANOTHER MAN, THEY HAVE A BIZARRE EXCHANGE & DEPART 01:38:50 - DOOR READS: "VAL BLODGETT AGENT, THEATER, RADIO" MAN STOPS IN FRONT OF DOOR, PULLS OUT BUSINESS CARD, LOOKS AT IT, KNOCKS ON DOOR, PUTS EAR TO DOOR LISTENING, GOES INSIDE, SECRETARY TYPING, PEOPLE IN OFFICE IGNORING VISITOR, MAN BRUSHES PAST HIM, BOSS & GIGGLING SECRETARY BEHIND HIS DESK ENJOYING THEMSELVES. SINGER TRYING TO GET AGENT TO REPRESENT HIM, SINGS "YOU'RE MY STRONGEST WEAKNESS" FOR AGENT BUT AGENT KEEPS KETTING INTERRUPTED BY PHONE CALLS & MOVERS BRINGING IN COUCH. BUSY NOISY OFFICE 01:42:10 - CU SECRETARY SEARCHING DESK DRAWERS FOR SOMETHING, CAN'T FIND IN DESK, SLAMMING DRAWERS. 01:42:49 - CU BACK OF MAN HAMMERING NAIL INTO WALL 01:43:05 - SINGER PLAYS "I'M GONNA SING WHILE I'M ABLE FOR BUSY AGENT, AGENT KEEPS GETTING PHONE CALLS. HANGS UP THE PHONE, GIVES SINGER A JOB, SINGER LEAVES 01:44:33 - SINGER LEAVES OFFICE, SHUTS DOOR, LEANS ON IT BREATHES SIGH OF RELIEF 01:44:45 - 1930s NIGHTCLUB, COSTUME PARTY, GUESTS ENTER BY SLIDING DOWN SLIDE INTO CLUB, NAMES ANNOUNCED 01:48:26 - PINKY TOMLIN: I'M GONNA SING WHILE I'M ABLE 01:49:45 - PINKY TOMLIN: LEAVE IT UP TO UNCLE JAKE GUESTS MAKE UP VERSES TO THE SONG, PICK WINNER 01:53:15 - SINGER & WOMAN OUTSIDE UNDER THE MOONLIGHT 01:53:40 - SUZANNE KAAREN & PINKY TOMLIN: YOU'RE MY STRONGEST WEAKNESS 01:55:55 - MS COUPLE ABOUT TO EMBRACE IS INTERRUPTED BY MAN LISTENING ON THE SIDELINES, ASKS WOMAN FOR A DANCE, THEY WALK AWAY 01:56:38 - SINGER OVERHEARS COUPLE TALKING ABOUT HIM, HE WALKS AWAY WITH HIS HEAD DOWN 01:57:12 - 1930s NIGHTLIFE MONTAGE, FIREWORKS, CLUB, NEWS PAPER HEADLINES, SPINNING NEWSPAPER HEADLINE, FLAPPERS DANCING, REVELLERS, HORSE RACE, 01:58:19 - GROUP OF WEALTHY MEN HAVING COCKTAILS, MAN WEARING SMOKING JACKET, DRINK IN HAND. MEN CHATTING 01 59 25 TELEPHONE RINGS, WEALTHY WOMAN IN HER BEDROOM CALLING SINGER, HE GETS UP COMPLETELY EXCITED, JUMPS OVER CHAIR, FALLS FLAT ON HIS FACE, NERVOUS ABOUT PHONE CALL, WON'T TALK TO WOMAN, HAS FRIEND MAKE EXCUSE FOR HIM 02:00:36 - PINKY TOMLIN: I'M JUST A COUNTRY BOY AT HEART 02:03:02 - WOMAN HONKING CAR HORN AT HILLBILLY'S HOUSE, WALKS TOWARD SINGER, HE RUNS AWAY, SHE CHASES AFTER HIM 02:03:41 - MS THREE HILLBILLIES & THREE LITTLE GIRLS DRESSED IN SAME DRESSES WATCHING STRANGE MATING RITUAL COUPLE EMERGES FROM BEHIND TREE, WALK ARM IN ARM
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1937
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-7506