Thursday, January 10, 2019

happy glasses; sinister gloves




Songs used in the 1993 Woody Allen movie, Manhattan Murder Mystery:

"I Happen To Like New York"
     by Cole Porter
     performed by Bobby Short

"The Best Things in Life Are Free"
     by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
     performed by Erroll Garner

"The Hallway"
     by Mikls Rzsa
     from the motion picture, Double Indemnity

"Der Fliegende Hollnder"
     by Richard Wagner
     performed by Chor and Orchester der Staatsoper Mnchen
     vocal performed by Hans Hotter
     conducted by Clemens Krauss



"Take Five"
     by Paul Desmond
     performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

"I'm In The Mood For Love"
     by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
     performed by Erroll Garner

"The Big Noise From Winnetka"
     by Bob Haggart, Ray Baudue, Gil Rodin & Bob Crosby
     performed by Bob Crosby, his Orchestra and the Bobcats



"Out of Nowhere"
     by John Green & Edward Heyman
     performed by Coleman Hawkins and His All-Star Jam Band

"Have You Met Miss Jones"
     by Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers
     performed by Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet

Overture from Guys and Dolls
     by Frank Loesser
     performed by the New Broadway Cast

"Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)"
     by Louis Prima



     performed by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

"Misty"
     by Erroll Garner
     performed by Erroll Garner

--------------------------- Most of these songs are only heard a little bit -- a few measures, or "bars," to lend atmosphere, or to bridge between scenes or announce a new scene...

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CAROL
What do you mean?

LARRY
Oh, my...

                          As he takes some more letters, Larry accidentally bumps a small porcelain statuette, and it falls on the floor and breaks.  He leans down to pick up the pieces.

LARRY
Jesus.  Oh, Christ!

CAROL
What are you do... Well, just... Clean it up, Larry.  Clean it up.

                             Larry stands up.

LARRY
What do you mean, clean it up?  What am I gonna do, vacuum?

CAROL
Put it under the rug, or something like that, okay?

LARRY
I can't.  It's a wall-to-wall carpet.  I broke his-his-his-his... porcelain...

                       He looks at the porcelain pieces in his hands.

CAROL
Well then glue it back to...

                                            She moves around the room.






LARRY
What do you mean, glue it?  What are you talking about?

CAROL
Oh, look.  Look.

LARRY
What?

CAROL
Look.

                       She shows him a pair of gloves she just picked up on a low table.

LARRY
So what?  Gloves.  I have gloves.  They keep my fingers warm.

CAROL
So?  I know.  I know, but do you keep yours out on the bureau in this kind of weather?  Huh?



LARRY
Let's get out of here, because this is a...

CAROL
I think something's very strange, here.  I mean, he left these out and ready.  I think the whole thing is really sinister.
                  
LARRY
It's in the eye of the beholder.  What you have... you've got to go to the eye doctor, get happy glasses.

                              He pushes her toward the exit of the room.

CAROL
What?

LARRY
Look, I'm gonna take the pieces with us, and we'll - we'll get rid of them.


EXT.  Club Twenty-One in NYC - Day





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