I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945)
1h 44min | Musical, Drama | 30 July 1945 (UK)
In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher convinces both songwriters and a music hall singer with his new ideas to make business, while fighting both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.
Director: Val Guest
Writers: Val Guest (screenplay), Edward Percy (additional dialogue)
Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver, Michael Rennie
1h 44min | Musical, Drama | 30 July 1945 (UK)
In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher convinces both songwriters and a music hall singer with his new ideas to make business, while fighting both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.
Director: Val Guest
Writers: Val Guest (screenplay), Edward Percy (additional dialogue)
Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver, Michael Rennie
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Short filmTranscript
00:00I've come to London to be a song publisher. I've got an idea to sell popular music for sixpence a copy.
00:06Sixpence?
00:07Why not? Music for the masses.
00:09Tough business, young man.
00:11I've got a little saved. I'm not afraid of work.
00:13Any idea what you're taking on?
00:15All I need is the luck. That's why I'm asking you for a song.
00:18Me?
00:19A LeBron song would give me a wonderful start.
00:21I'll help you if I can.
00:22That's all I need. Where can I find you?
00:24My place of business is Charing Cross Road.
00:26My office? Try the Excelsior, any morning after ten o'clock.
00:30Where's Eugene Stratton going?
00:32Singing one of my numbers, Dandy Coloured Coon.
00:34Sell on. Best of luck to you.
00:36There goes a great songwriter.
00:38Did you say we sold that song?
00:40Did we get any money for it?
00:41No.
00:42Well, then we haven't sold it.
00:43Well, money isn't everything.
00:44No, but it helps. Besides, why did you let him get away with the only copy of the song we had?
00:47Oh, that's nothing. I can put it down again.
00:49Well, that's very easy for you. You only write the words. I have to remember the dots.
00:53Here, gents, all the ladies' songs. Two bop songs for a tenner.
00:57Oh, Mr. Porter, goodbye.
00:58Oh, Mr. Porter.
00:59Two bop songs for a tenner.
01:00Poor old George. No wonder he didn't get any money.
01:02About to punch him right over the nose.
01:04Oh, wait, wait, wait. Just a minute.
01:05I have a certain amount of faith in human nature.
01:07Let's try kindness first. I'll tell him the facts.
01:10Oh, Mr. Porter. Mary, Mary. All the ladies' songs. Only a tenner.
01:13Here you are, Governor. Your favourite song for a tenner.
01:15And do you know why you can sell those for sixpence?
01:18Why? Because they're sixpence songs, that's why.
01:21No, because they're stolen property.
01:22Yeah, I never stole nothing in my life.
01:24No one's accusing you. You just don't know.
01:26You see, these songs belong to the men who wrote them and the publishers who bought them.
01:30Every time the publisher sells a copy, the writer makes a little money.
01:34But if you sell them, they starve.
01:36Ah, well, thanks for the tip. That's the last time I'll sell one of these.
01:39I knew you'd understand.
01:43You see, Matt, human nature is always underrated.
01:47From now on, I'm going to speak in exactly the same way to all the hawkers, and that will finish the fires.
01:52All the ladies' songs. Two bob songs for a tenner.
01:55Oh, Mr. Porter. Goodbye, Dolly Gray.
01:57Bye, that dirty little...