We've been playing for 15 years. We had good times and bad, but we never made it. I was...
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Fletcher Henderson: We've been playing for 15 years. We had good times and bad, but we never made it. I was beginning to think no one ever would. Then I heard you boys tonight. I think you stand a chance.
Benny Goodman: Do ya?
Fletcher Henderson: You boys have the real feeling - like Oliver, Dodds, and Louis, all the boys from New Orleans. But you got something different, something new. That's why I think you might make it. And I want to help.
Benny Goodman: Do you mean that?
Fletcher Henderson: If you could use some arrangements, I could use the money.
Benny Goodman: Wonderful! Gee, this is a real break
Benny Goodman: Do ya?
Fletcher Henderson: You boys have the real feeling - like Oliver, Dodds, and Louis, all the boys from New Orleans. But you got something different, something new. That's why I think you might make it. And I want to help.
Benny Goodman: Do you mean that?
Fletcher Henderson: If you could use some arrangements, I could use the money.
Benny Goodman: Wonderful! Gee, this is a real break
Full Transcript
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We've been playing for 15 years
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We had good times and bad but we never made it
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I was beginning to think no one ever would
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Then I heard you boys tonight I think you stand a chance
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Do ya
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You boys have the real feeling
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like Oliver Dodds and Louis
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all the boys from New Orleans
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But you got something different something new
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That's why I think you might make it
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And I want to help Do you mean that
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If you could use some arrangements I could use the money
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Wonderful Gee this is a real break
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Movie Summary
The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
