:03:01
Here you are. Mr. Steele, could I keep
the book till you come out?
:03:05
I only have a few pages to go.
:03:08
-Sure, take your time.
-Thanks.
:03:12
-Good evening, Mr. Steele.
-Evening.
:03:13
-Remember, she's your audience.
-Say that again...
:03:16
...l'll get another agent.
How are you, Charlie?
:03:19
-Let's sit at the other end.
-What's wrong with right here?
:03:23
-How are you, noble prince?
-Right well, thespian. Greg?
:03:28
Gin and tonic.
What do you fellows want?
:03:31
-A stinger.
-Glass of milk.
:03:33
And a brandy f or Mr. Waterman.
:03:35
-Are you dining here or browsing?
-How's everything, Paul?
:03:39
Just like show business,
there is no business. Ex cuse me.
:03:43
-Who's producing this?
-Bert Brody. Lloyd's directing.
:03:47
You've got to work. You've
been out of circulation too long.
:03:51
I need money,
you need the 10 percent.
:03:53
For me, you don't have to go to work.
I've got my apartment, car, ulcers.
:03:58
-Gasoline doesn't cost much.
-I won't do something I don't like.
:04:02
-Dix, how many times must I tell you--?
-lt's just another picture.
:04:07
Can you really be choosy? You haven't
had a hit since bef ore the war.
:04:13
Everybody makes flops ex cept you.
You've remade the same picture...
:04:17
...f or 20 years.
You're a popcorn salesman.
:04:20
That's right. So are you.
The difference is, I don't fight it.
:04:25
-One day I'll write something good.
-Althea Bruce will do it.
:04:28
-Althea Bruce--
-You just have to f ollow the book.
:04:32
-Remind me to buy you a new tie.
-Hi, kiddies!
:04:35
What a picture I made!
Just back f rom the preview.
:04:38
-Pasadena's out of its mind about it.
-Hello, Junior.
:04:42
-No one walked out!
-Don't you shake hands with an actor?
:04:45
You call this an actor?
:04:47
He hasn't remembered a line
f or 10 years.
:04:50
Made your f ather-in-law
a couple of million.
:04:53
-Pop made a star out of a drunkard.
-That is a menace.
:04:56
Movie idol of the Roaring '20s.
:04:59
Look at him.
Gazing into his crystal ball!