:57:04
I called your agent,
the Screenwriters' Guild.
:57:06
Your apartment gave me
a Crest View number.
:57:09
There was someone with an accent
growling: You weren't there,
:57:13
they never heard of you.
:57:15
Is that so?
What's the wonderful news?
:57:17
- Sheldrake likes the teacher angle.
- What teacher?
:57:20
"Dark Windows". He thinks
it could be made into something.
:57:24
- Where's the cash?
- Where's the story?
:57:27
I bluffed it out with a few notions.
:57:30
- But it needs work.
- I feared so.
:57:32
I've got 20 pages
and a good male character.
:57:35
Write plenty of background
so they'll need an extra director.
:57:38
Shut up.
If we could get a story...
:57:42
I've given up writing on spec.
:57:45
- But this is half sold.
- In fact, I've given up writing.
:57:49
- Mr Gillis, if you please?
- I'll be right there.
:57:54
The accent! This guy's in the pay
of a foreign government.
:57:58
- Check those studs and cufflinks.
- I must go.
:58:01
- Thanks for the interest in my career.
- It's not yours, it's mine.
:58:05
I'd hoped to get in on this deal.
:58:07
I don't want to be a reader.
I want to write.
:58:11
- I'm sorry if I crossed you up.
- You sure have.
:58:14
So long.
:58:26
- It took you hours.
- I ran into some people I know.
:58:30
- Where are my cigarettes?
- Where are your...?
:58:35
Norma, you're smoking too much.
:58:40
Whenever she suspected
I was getting bored,
:58:43
she'd put on a live show for me.
:58:45
The Norma Desmond Follies.
:58:48
Her first number was always
the Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty.