Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

Van Heflin: James I. Hessler

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• James I. Hessler : Don't waste your time fussing with those wheezy little tunes - think big. Try to be somebody.

• James I. Hessler : I've given up arranging. I'm through dressing up silly little tunes for girls shows and beerhalls. I'm gonna write some real music for a change.

• James I. Hessler : The trouble with you songwriters is all you ever think about is making money.

• James I. Hessler : Go ahead! Go ahead! Eat up. Maybe it'll give you some gumption.

• James I. Hessler : What's your name again?

  Jerome Kern : Kern. Jerome Kern.

• James I. Hessler : It's Spring isn't it? Tomorrow morning I think I'm gonna give you a great, big dose of sulphur and molasses.

• James I. Hessler : You certainly are full of surprises. I thought you'd be up in the clouds!

  Jerome Kern : I feel like I've just been yanked out of the clouds.

• Jerome Kern : Jim, you know, for the first time in my life I'm lonely. Here I am on a ship full of people and with you, and I might as well be on a deserted island all by myself. Did you ever feel this way?

  James I. Hessler : Yes, once.

  Jerome Kern : What did you do about it?

  James I. Hessler : I married the girl.