Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Dorcas feigns a fainting spell and lures Stan into her hotel room. She suggests they have a Sazerac, a New Orleans cocktail made with either rye whiskey or cognac, together with water, sugar, bitters and absinthe.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Oliver and Dorcas get acquainted in the hotel room while Stan hides under the furniture. Susan worries that Chester may double-cross her, and Chester does seem to be plotting something.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Mary Lou and Oliver dance about the hotel room and are interrupted by her husband.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Oliver pretends that he's the Sheriff from Midvale County when he confronts Mary Lou's husband about the swindling of Mrs. Audrey Cowan. From under the chaise lounge, Stan saves the day.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Susan rehearses at the riverboat nightclub, singing “I've Gotta See for Myself” about “the will-o-the-wisp they call love.” A will-o-the wisp is something that is ghost-like and elusive. Vivian Blaine, who plays Susan Cowan, went on to star in the debut of Guys and Dolls on Broadway.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Stan loses at poker and is asked to play a role that he has misgivings about. However, with some coaching from Oliver, Stan admirably rises to the occasion.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Susan sings “The Moon Kissed the Mississippi” to Miss Emily, her supposedly rich aunt and potential investor in Mr. Bennett's show. The song was composed for the film by Lew Pollack and the lyrics are by Charles Newman.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
"Eleonora "Lele" Pons Maronese is a Venezuelan-American Internet celebrity, YouTuber, actress, singer, dancer, model, and former host of the Mexican TV series La Voz. In this short comedic film, she is having a pretty rough first day of college.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Lele and her classmates try all the tricks in the book to avoid taking a test, but their teacher is wise to their games, and, as it turns out, has a few tricks of her own up her sleeve.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Lele panics when one last crucial homework assignment is due. Might having a tutor help her? Or attending a student study group? Surely she can’t get away with not handing it in… but she is desperate enough to try!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Aubrey Plaza and David Letterman talk about both of their shows coming to an end. Now that her show Parks and Recreation is over, Aubrey in particular has some ideas about what she might pursue.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Aubrey surprises David Letterman when she reveals the story of the film she's in alongside Hollywood superstar Robert De Niro. The conversation then turns to drinking and the host talks candidly about his past.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
A 14-year-old Natalie Portman talks with David Letterman and Alec Baldwin about starring in R-rated movies and getting straight As in high school.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Movie star and straight A student Natalie Portman has homework to do just like any other schoolgirl, and reveals that she sometimes finds herself in the same kind of trouble as a normal teenager.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
This is Scottish singer-songwriter Luis Capaldi with “Someone You Loved" from his debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. Luis admits it took him six months to write the song, an emotional song about how difficult it is to lose someone you truly love.
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