:04:00
Oh, is that so?
:04:02
I loaned it to a friend.
He took it down to Palm Springs.
:04:05
Had to get away for his health,
I suppose.
:04:07
If you don't believe me,
look in the garage.
:04:10
Sure, sure, we believe you.
Only now we want you to believe us!
:04:13
That car better be here tomorrow
or there's gonna be fireworks.
:04:18
- You say the cutest things.
- Ha.
:04:32
Well, I needed about $290...
:04:35
and I needed it real quick,
or I'd lose my car.
:04:38
It wasn't in Palm Springs,
and it wasn't in the garage.
:04:43
I was way ahead
of the finance company.
:04:45
I knew they'd be coming around,
and I wasn't taking any chances.
:04:49
So I kept it across the street in a
lot behind Rudy's Shoeshine Parlor.
:04:55
Rudy never asked any questions
about your finances.
:04:58
He'd just look at your heels
and know the score.
:05:06
I had an original story
kicking around Paramount.
:05:09
My agent told me it was
dead as a doornail.
:05:12
But I knew a big shot over there
who 'd always liked me.
:05:15
The time had come to take
a little advantage of it.
:05:18
His name was Sheldrake.
:05:20
He was a smart producer
with a set of ulcers to prove it.
:05:27
All right, Gillis, you've got five
minutes. What's your story about?
:05:30
It's about a baseball player,
a rookie shortstop batting 347.
:05:33
- Uh-huh.
- Poor kid was mixed up in a holdup.
:05:36
But he's trying to go straight.
Except some gamblers won't let him.
:05:39
So they tell the kid he's got to
throw the World Series or else, huh?
:05:43
More or less, except for the end.
I've got a gimmick that's real good.
:05:45
Uh-huh. You got a title?
:05:47
Bases Loaded.
There's a 40-page outline.
:05:49
Call Readers Department. Find out
what they have on Bases Loaded.
:05:54
They're pretty hot about it over at
Twentieth, except Zanuck's all wet.
:05:58
Can you see Ty Power as a shortstop?