:18:01
That's what it says
on my Guild card.
:18:02
And you have written pictures,
haven't you?
:18:06
Sure have.
Want a list of my credits?
:18:09
I want to ask you something.
Come in here.
:18:12
Last one I wrote was about Okies
in the Dust Bowl.
:18:15
You'd never know it, because
when it reached the screen...
:18:17
the whole thing
played on a torpedo boat.
:18:29
Intimate, isn't it?
:18:34
The wind gets in that blasted pipe
organ. I ought to have it taken out.
:18:37
Or teach it a better tune.
:18:40
Young man, tell me something.
:18:42
How long is a movie script
these days? I mean how many pages?
:18:46
Depends on what it is,
a Donald Duck or a Joan of Arc.
:18:48
This is to be
a very important picture.
:18:50
I've written it myself.
Took me years.
:18:54
Looks like enough
for six important pictures.
:18:56
It's a story of Salome.
I think I'll have DeMille direct it.
:18:59
DeMille? Uh-huh.
:19:02
- We made many pictures together.
- And you'll play Salome.
:19:07
Who else?
:19:09
Only asking. I didn't know
you were planning a comeback.
:19:12
I hate that word! It's a return!
:19:15
A return to the millions who never
forgave me for deserting the screen.
:19:20
- Fair enough.
- Salome.
:19:22
What a woman. What a part!
:19:25
The princess
in love with a holy man.
:19:28
She dances
the dance of the seven veils.
:19:30
He rejects her, so she demands
his head on a golden tray...
:19:33
kissing his cold, dead lips.
:19:38
They'll love it in Pomona.
:19:40
They'll love it every place.
:19:42
Read it. Read the scene just before
she has him killed.
:19:44
Never let another writer read
your material. He may steal it.
:19:47
I'm not afraid. Read it.
Max, bring something to drink.
:19:52
Sit down.
Is there enough light?
:19:54
I've got 20-20 vision.
:19:57
I said sit down.