I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

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They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany,...

We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany,...

You can't always let people do their own thing.

You can't always let people do their own thing.

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never...

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the...

I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the...

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine...

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

That's great advertising when you can turn Chicago into a city you'd want to spend...

That's great advertising when you can turn Chicago into a city you'd want to spend...