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A lyricist moves to New York City aspiring to make it big on Tin Pan Alley.

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Table of Contents

Act II

Maxie
You’re thinking of Ruby Keeler in The Wild DuckThe Wild Duck.
Fred
Well, whoever it was. Oh, say! I was over to the tailor’s today. I’m getting a new suit. Miss Fletcher took me.
Turns away; suddenly remembers.
Maxie
That so?
Fred
It’s a blue search, with a hair-bone strip. He took my measures all over. Like I was a fighter. I’m thirty-eight inches around my chest, and thirty-three around my stomach, and⁠—I forget my thigh. Anyway, he’s got it all wrote down.
Maxie
I must get a copy.
Fred
June Moon
Maxie
There couldn’t be two.
Fred
She was just joking.
Maxie
I see.
Fred
They’ve given me a wonderful time, all right. They’ve introduced me to all the big stars! Gil Boag, and Earl Carroll, and Texas Guinan! I met Texas Guinan!
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