Her father patronized her for the sake of calming his disturbed daughter, so that she would fall asleep.He sourly replies: "It might be nice, Mildred, if you left me alone once for just five minutes.When the time comes, I""ll get a job." She softens her insistence: "I know you will, Bert, I was just trying to help."A delivery man brings an oblong box to the door - in it is an expensive dress for their spoiled, ungrateful, unappreciative daughter Veda, bought with Mildred""s own money.The camera sweeps across the crowded stage, documenting he excitement and electricity of the assembled prospects.He adored New York City.He idolized it all out of proportion."" Uh, no, make that: ""He-he romanticized it all out of proportion."" Better.""To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.