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Hollywood, California,
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from Alexander Meyerheim.
Subject - my latest production.
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Gentlemen, while you sit back safely
in your air-conditioned offices,
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we here... in the trenches
are progressing brilliantly.
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As to your anxieties
about the script, dismiss them.
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I talked to the author in Paris.
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He assures me that he has
at this moment 138 glorious pages,
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which are even now being typed. I
plan tojoin him in Paris on Sunday.
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Period. Paragraph.
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Gentlemen, success is inevitable.
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An Alexander Meyerheim production
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of an original story and screenplay
by Richard Benson.
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- Richard Benson?
- You know him, my angel?
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Know him?
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I hate him! Richard Benson, phooey!
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It seems there are facets of him
you know even better than I do.
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I cannot imagine
when he finds time to write.
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Unfortunately, he had time
to write a script for me.
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The last ten pages were found
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floating off Malibu,
in a vodka bottle.
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Send the usual telegram to Benson.
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Richard assures me that for all
practical purposes he's on the wagon.