1 00:00:32,346 --> 00:00:35,315 [ Applause ] 2 00:00:35,382 --> 00:00:38,647 ## 3 00:00:38,719 --> 00:00:42,553 # Toot-Toot-Tootsie good-bye # 4 00:00:42,622 --> 00:00:46,114 # Toot-Toot-Tootsie don't cry # 5 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,955 # The little choo-choo train that takes me # 6 00:00:50,030 --> 00:00:53,522 # Away from you, You don't know just how sad it makes me # 7 00:00:53,567 --> 00:00:57,435 # Kiss me Tootsie and then # 8 00:00:57,504 --> 00:01:00,701 # Do it over again # 9 00:01:00,774 --> 00:01:04,505 # Watch for the mail I'll never fail # 10 00:01:04,578 --> 00:01:08,571 # lf you don't get a letter then you know I'm in jail Hey, hey # 11 00:01:08,648 --> 00:01:11,742 # Don't cry, Tootsie Don't cry # 12 00:01:11,818 --> 00:01:15,345 # Kiss me, Tootsie Good-bye # 13 00:01:15,422 --> 00:01:19,085 ## [ Whistling ] 14 00:01:51,391 --> 00:01:54,519 # Get hot Don't cry, Tootsie Don't cry # 15 00:01:55,796 --> 00:02:00,859 # Good-bye, Tootsie Oh, good-bye ## 16 00:02:00,934 --> 00:02:03,630 I'm an artist, and I won't change a word of my play... 17 00:02:03,703 --> 00:02:05,762 to pander to some commercial Broadway audience! 18 00:02:05,839 --> 00:02:08,933 I'm not arguing with you! Do you see me arguing? 19 00:02:09,009 --> 00:02:12,638 Your play is great as is. It's real. It makes a point. It's confrontational. 20 00:02:12,712 --> 00:02:16,170 - Then why won't you produce it? - Because I cannot afford another failure. 21 00:02:16,416 --> 00:02:19,510 - David, the play's too heavy. - But not everybody writes to distract. 22 00:02:19,586 --> 00:02:22,419 - [ Groans ] - It's the theater's duty not just to entertain... 23 00:02:22,489 --> 00:02:24,980 - but to transform men's souls. - Oh, come on. 24 00:02:25,058 --> 00:02:28,459 You're not at one of your sidewalk cafes in Greenwich Village. This is Broadway. 25 00:02:28,528 --> 00:02:31,224 - You said you believed in my play! - What do you want me to say? 26 00:02:31,465 --> 00:02:34,730 I'm tapped out. Maybe if we got some big-time director interested... 27 00:02:34,801 --> 00:02:37,998 - I could scare up backers-- - No, no, no. I'm directing this play. 28 00:02:38,071 --> 00:02:41,131 Ohh, will you listen to this guy? Where's your track record? 29 00:02:41,208 --> 00:02:43,904 I won't see my work mangled again. I've been through this twice before. 30 00:02:43,977 --> 00:02:46,912 Two powerful scripts, could have been tremendous successes... 31 00:02:46,980 --> 00:02:51,508 and I had to watch actors change my dialogue and directors misinterpret everything! 32 00:02:51,585 --> 00:02:53,519 I know. I know. You're an artist. 33 00:02:53,587 --> 00:02:58,524 Let me tell you, kid, that's the real world out there, and it's a lot rougher than you think. 34 00:02:59,893 --> 00:03:03,727 # Ma He's makin' eyes at me # 35 00:03:03,797 --> 00:03:07,699 # Ma He's awful nice to me # 36 00:03:07,767 --> 00:03:12,500 # Ma, he's almost breakin' my heart # 37 00:03:12,539 --> 00:03:15,838 What are you waitin' for? Kill them! 38 00:03:17,844 --> 00:03:19,971 Come on. Let's go get somethin' to eat. 39 00:03:20,046 --> 00:03:22,981 - I feel like eatin' ribs. - That's a good idea. 40 00:03:23,049 --> 00:03:27,577 I gotta go shoot crap at Tommy's. He's got a game at the Ansonia. I gotta go. 41 00:03:27,654 --> 00:03:31,249 Somebody's got to let Mr. Valenti know what's going on. He's at the Three Deuces. 42 00:03:31,491 --> 00:03:35,018 - Why don't you go tell him? - I promised Bobby Doyle. I can't do nothin'. 43 00:03:35,095 --> 00:03:40,055 - I gotta shoot a game. - What's a matter, Cheech? Don't you wanna baby-sit his girl? 44 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:42,193 His girlfriend's a pain in my ass. 45 00:03:42,269 --> 00:03:46,171 # You gotta see Mama every night # 46 00:03:46,239 --> 00:03:49,675 # Or you can't see Mama at all # 47 00:03:49,743 --> 00:03:53,543 # You gotta kiss Mama Treat her right # 48 00:03:53,613 --> 00:03:57,208 # Or she won't be home when you call # 49 00:03:57,284 --> 00:04:00,811 # Now if you want my company # 50 00:04:00,887 --> 00:04:03,788 - Here, doll, take care of this hat. - # You can't fifty-fifty me # 51 00:04:03,857 --> 00:04:07,054 - Mr. V. here? - Yeah, right this way. 52 00:04:07,127 --> 00:04:11,086 -Nice crowd. -Yeah, we're packin' 'em in every night. 53 00:04:11,164 --> 00:04:15,328 - Right here. - # Monday night I sat alone # 54 00:04:15,569 --> 00:04:19,266 # Tuesday night you didn't phone # 55 00:04:19,339 --> 00:04:23,537 # Wednesday night you didn't call # 56 00:04:23,610 --> 00:04:27,706 - Done. - Now that's a load off my mind. How many? 57 00:04:27,781 --> 00:04:31,217 - Four. - This means we ain't heard the last. 58 00:04:31,284 --> 00:04:34,913 You know Kustabeck's gonna have a fit, but he'll run scared. 59 00:04:34,955 --> 00:04:37,753 - Maybe. - Listen, a deal's a deal. 60 00:04:37,824 --> 00:04:43,126 - We got midtown. I mean, eh... Mr. Valenti does. - [ Whistling ] 61 00:04:43,196 --> 00:04:45,994 # I don't want that kind of a sheik # 62 00:04:46,066 --> 00:04:48,660 # Who does his sheiking once a week # 63 00:04:48,735 --> 00:04:53,832 # You gotta see Mama every night # 64 00:04:53,907 --> 00:04:56,842 # Or you can't see # 65 00:04:56,910 --> 00:05:04,749 # You can't see Mama at all ## 66 00:05:05,619 --> 00:05:07,917 Not at all. 67 00:05:07,988 --> 00:05:10,684 [ Applause ] 68 00:05:10,757 --> 00:05:13,817 I'm fed up! I'm fed up, do you hear me? 69 00:05:13,893 --> 00:05:18,091 You can push your torpedoes around all you want, but I've had it up to here! 70 00:05:18,164 --> 00:05:20,962 - What is it now? - I am not sharing a dressing room. 71 00:05:21,001 --> 00:05:25,836 I am tired of getting bumped into and stepped on. None of these bimbos knows how to dance. 72 00:05:25,872 --> 00:05:28,636 - Bimbos! - They're the best line in New York. 73 00:05:28,708 --> 00:05:30,835 - Bullshit! Bullshit! - Oh, knock it off. 74 00:05:30,910 --> 00:05:33,378 - Hey, clam up over there. Olive, come on. - What? 75 00:05:33,613 --> 00:05:36,605 - Olive, it's our anniversary. - It's not our anniversary. 76 00:05:36,683 --> 00:05:39,117 -You're getting senile. -It's September 28. Six months to today. 77 00:05:39,185 --> 00:05:41,119 - So? - I remember it like it was yesterday... 78 00:05:41,187 --> 00:05:43,883 'cause that's the morning we broke Joey Benjamin's legs. 79 00:05:43,957 --> 00:05:46,653 - Six months? Six months! - Yeah. Six months. 80 00:05:46,693 --> 00:05:50,789 - And I'm still stuck in this crummy rat trap! - Olive. I brought you somethin'. 81 00:05:50,864 --> 00:05:52,661 - What is it? - Open it. 82 00:05:52,699 --> 00:05:56,897 - No, you open it. Can't you see I'm dressing? - I'll open it. Here. Hey. 83 00:05:56,970 --> 00:05:59,905 - What is it? - Pearls! What the hell do you think they are? 84 00:05:59,939 --> 00:06:02,066 - Pearls are white. - These are black pearls. 85 00:06:02,142 --> 00:06:05,942 Don't give me that! I never heard of black pearls. 86 00:06:06,012 --> 00:06:08,640 Just 'cause you never heard of somethin' don't mean it don't exist. 87 00:06:08,715 --> 00:06:12,651 What do you think I am? Some kind of chump? They're black, for God's sake. 88 00:06:12,719 --> 00:06:17,213 - They probably came from defective oysters. - The pearls ain't sick. 89 00:06:17,290 --> 00:06:20,987 Black pearls, they're supposed-- What? They're supposed to be black! 90 00:06:21,061 --> 00:06:24,758 - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Don't be that way. You know I'm nuts about you. 91 00:06:24,831 --> 00:06:29,200 If you're nuts about me, Nickie, why don't you get me out of this lousy chorus line? 92 00:06:29,269 --> 00:06:32,864 I came to New York to be an actress. That's where my gifts are. 93 00:06:32,939 --> 00:06:36,773 You will, baby. You'll be a great actress. A promise is a promise. 94 00:06:36,843 --> 00:06:41,041 - Yeah, l-- - Come on. Get yourself dressed. I'm takin' you to Harlem. 95 00:06:41,114 --> 00:06:44,709 - The Cotton Club? - Yeah, baby. [ Chuckles ] 96 00:06:44,784 --> 00:06:47,981 [ David ] I'm telling you, they read my play, they love it. But they're afraid of it. 97 00:06:48,054 --> 00:06:50,318 - [ Man ] It's irrelevant. - It's not irrelevant! 98 00:06:50,390 --> 00:06:53,325 The point I'm making is that... 99 00:06:53,393 --> 00:06:57,921 no truly great artist has ever been appreciated in his lifetime. 100 00:06:57,997 --> 00:06:59,965 - Not one? - No, no. 101 00:06:59,999 --> 00:07:05,266 - Flender. - Take, uh, uh... Van Gogh or Edgar Allen Poe. 102 00:07:05,338 --> 00:07:09,240 Poe died poor and freezing with his cat curled on his feet. 103 00:07:09,309 --> 00:07:12,870 David, don't give up on it. Maybe it'll be produced posthumously. 104 00:07:12,946 --> 00:07:16,905 You know, l-l-l have never had a play produced-- That's right. 105 00:07:16,983 --> 00:07:21,079 - And I've written one play every year for the past 20 years. - That's because you're a genius. 106 00:07:21,154 --> 00:07:24,920 The proof is that both common people and intellectuals find your work completely incoherent. 107 00:07:24,991 --> 00:07:28,290 - It means you're a genius. - We all have our moments of doubt. 108 00:07:28,361 --> 00:07:34,266 I paint a canvas every week, take one look at it and slash it with a razor. 109 00:07:34,300 --> 00:07:38,134 - Well, in your case that's a good idea. - I have faith in your plays. 110 00:07:38,171 --> 00:07:41,971 - She has faith in my plays because she loves me. - Also because you're a genius. 111 00:07:42,041 --> 00:07:44,976 Ten years ago, l-l-l kidnapped this woman from a very beautiful... 112 00:07:45,044 --> 00:07:48,309 middle-class life in Pittsburgh, and I made her life miserable ever since. 113 00:07:48,381 --> 00:07:51,373 Hey, Ellen, as long as he's a good man, keep him. 114 00:07:51,451 --> 00:07:55,319 You know, I think the mistake we women make is we fall in love with the artist-- 115 00:07:55,355 --> 00:07:57,323 - Hey, you guys, are you listening? - Yes, yes. 116 00:07:57,357 --> 00:08:00,019 - We fall in love with the artist, not the man. - I don't think that's a mistake. 117 00:08:00,093 --> 00:08:02,527 - How is that a mistake? - [ Woman ] The artist makes the man. 118 00:08:02,762 --> 00:08:06,789 She's right. You can't separate 'em. No, look. Say there was a burning building... 119 00:08:06,866 --> 00:08:10,165 and you could rush in, and you could save only one thing: 120 00:08:10,203 --> 00:08:15,300 either the last known copy of Shakespeare's plays or some anonymous human being. 121 00:08:15,341 --> 00:08:17,400 - You cannot-- - What would you do? 122 00:08:17,477 --> 00:08:19,968 - You cannot deprive the world of those plays. - Correct. 123 00:08:20,046 --> 00:08:22,446 - Phone call, David. - [ Girl ] It's an inanimate object. 124 00:08:22,515 --> 00:08:27,282 It's not an inanimate object! It's art! Art is life! It lives! 125 00:08:27,353 --> 00:08:30,288 We got the money. We can do the play. 126 00:08:30,323 --> 00:08:33,019 What? When? How? 127 00:08:33,092 --> 00:08:36,061 A single backer goin' for the whole show. 128 00:08:36,129 --> 00:08:39,326 An old acquaintance. I'm up at the Cotton Club. I ran into him. 129 00:08:39,399 --> 00:08:42,835 - And no hitches? - Well, uh-- 130 00:08:42,869 --> 00:08:47,101 We'll meet tomorrow and discuss it, all right? Luxor Baths. Noon. 131 00:08:48,942 --> 00:08:53,311 Are you nuts? You think I'm gonna let some amateur play the lead in my play? 132 00:08:53,379 --> 00:08:56,007 Did I say "lead"? Did I say "lead," Mr. Genius? 133 00:08:56,049 --> 00:08:59,177 - Some guy's girlfriend 'cause he's puttin' up the money? - Did I say "lead"? 134 00:08:59,252 --> 00:09:02,187 I said a part, a role. I thought maybe Dr. Philips. 135 00:09:02,222 --> 00:09:05,350 - The psychiatrist? It's a key role. - What key role? 136 00:09:05,391 --> 00:09:08,554 - It's a small part. Key role! - Who is this woman anyway? 137 00:09:08,628 --> 00:09:12,257 Olive Neal? I don't even know what she looks like, much less can she act. 138 00:09:12,332 --> 00:09:15,301 He says she's the stuff that stars are made of. 139 00:09:15,368 --> 00:09:18,269 That's 'cause he's in love with her. And who is he anyway? 140 00:09:18,338 --> 00:09:22,832 - His name is Nick Valenti. - How-How-- How do I know that name? What's he do? 141 00:09:22,909 --> 00:09:26,276 - Ah, he's got his finger in a number of pies. - I don't like the sound of this. 142 00:09:26,346 --> 00:09:29,406 - Look, you wanna get your play on or not? - I gotta meet her first. 143 00:09:29,482 --> 00:09:31,575 - So you'll meet her. - I'm conflicted. 144 00:09:31,651 --> 00:09:35,382 -You'll meet her. That's all I'm saying. -The psychiatrist is not small. 145 00:09:35,421 --> 00:09:40,381 It's not the lead. It's-- It's a small part. Who do you see in the lead? 146 00:09:40,426 --> 00:09:43,259 - I don't know. - What about Helen Sinclair? 147 00:09:43,329 --> 00:09:47,231 Oh, sure. I mean, she'd be great. But can we get her? 148 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:50,064 Why can't we get her? She's been in nothin' but flops the past three years. 149 00:09:50,136 --> 00:09:52,070 Yeah, but she's a major actress. 150 00:09:52,105 --> 00:09:54,266 [ Chuckles ] Was. 151 00:09:54,340 --> 00:09:57,207 She'd be great. I mean, really, she's brilliant. 152 00:09:57,277 --> 00:10:00,542 - She possess the necessary fire. For the part, she'd be great. - You really think so? 153 00:10:00,613 --> 00:10:03,309 - I'm glad you think so. - Think we can get her? 154 00:10:03,383 --> 00:10:07,285 - I sent the script to her agent, Sidney Loomis. - You did? 155 00:10:07,353 --> 00:10:10,982 - Did I do wrong? Did I do wrong? - No, no. 156 00:10:11,057 --> 00:10:13,685 - Did I do wrong not checking with you first? - Not at all. 157 00:10:13,927 --> 00:10:16,623 - If so, I stand corrected. I mean that. - No, really. 158 00:10:16,663 --> 00:10:20,360 - Helen Sinclair... really. - Get it out. 159 00:10:20,433 --> 00:10:23,994 - She's great. - Well, all we can do is hope for the best. 160 00:10:24,070 --> 00:10:27,164 You must be joking! 161 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:32,234 You want me to play some frumpy housewife who gets dumped for a flapper? 162 00:10:32,312 --> 00:10:36,442 Don't you remember who I am? Don't you know who you represent? 163 00:10:36,482 --> 00:10:40,475 - I'm Helen Sinclair! - Definitely! You are definitely Helen Sinclair. 164 00:10:40,553 --> 00:10:45,217 I look at you and I say Helen Sinclair! But who better to play that role? 165 00:10:45,291 --> 00:10:48,055 - Under whose direction? Some novice! - He's the author. 166 00:10:48,127 --> 00:10:51,722 - Of two flops. - Julian says it was the directors that messed up those projects. 167 00:10:51,965 --> 00:10:57,494 Julian Marx! I do plays put on by Belasco or Sam Harris. 168 00:10:57,570 --> 00:11:01,006 Not some Yiddish pants salesman turned producer. 169 00:11:01,074 --> 00:11:05,340 My ex-husband used to say, "lf you're gonna go down, go down with the best of them." 170 00:11:05,411 --> 00:11:09,108 - Which ex-husband? - Oh, I don't know which ex-husband. The one with the moustache. 171 00:11:09,182 --> 00:11:12,481 Listen to me. Authors are very often the best directors of their own works. 172 00:11:12,552 --> 00:11:15,680 She's dowdy! Sid, the ingenue has all the hot lines. 173 00:11:15,755 --> 00:11:18,349 Even the female psychiatrist is a better role. 174 00:11:18,424 --> 00:11:21,393 But the role of Sylvia Poston is the lead. 175 00:11:21,461 --> 00:11:26,330 Sylvia Poston. Even the name reeks of Orbach's! 176 00:11:26,366 --> 00:11:30,063 I do Electra! I do Lady Macbeth! 177 00:11:30,136 --> 00:11:35,403 I do plays by Noel and Phil Barry or at least Max Anderson. 178 00:11:35,475 --> 00:11:40,105 Helen, listen to me. This is a major part in a serious play. 179 00:11:40,179 --> 00:11:43,671 And let's face it, Helen. You have not been in a hit in a long time. 180 00:11:43,716 --> 00:11:47,743 - In a long, long, long time. - I'm still a star! 181 00:11:49,188 --> 00:11:52,123 I never play frumps or virgins. 182 00:11:52,191 --> 00:11:54,557 You're a star because you're great, and you are a great star. 183 00:11:54,594 --> 00:11:56,562 - But let me tell you somethin'. - [ Bell Rings ] 184 00:11:56,596 --> 00:11:58,564 In the last couple of years... 185 00:11:58,598 --> 00:12:01,294 you're better known as an adulteress and a drunk-- I say this in all due respect. 186 00:12:01,367 --> 00:12:03,733 I haven't had a drink since New Year's Eve. 187 00:12:03,770 --> 00:12:05,738 - We're talkin' Chinese New Year's. - Naturally. 188 00:12:05,772 --> 00:12:08,366 Still, that's two days, Sid. You know how long that is for me? 189 00:12:08,441 --> 00:12:11,001 - What is it, Josette? - [ Woman ] Some flowers. 190 00:12:11,077 --> 00:12:13,045 Well, bring them here, will you? 191 00:12:13,079 --> 00:12:16,276 The offers are not pourin' in like they used to. 192 00:12:16,349 --> 00:12:18,783 They're from David Shayne. 193 00:12:19,018 --> 00:12:22,647 "As a small artist to a greater one. That you merely consider my play... 194 00:12:22,722 --> 00:12:26,214 is all the fulfillment I require. 195 00:12:26,259 --> 00:12:28,227 Hmm. 196 00:12:30,129 --> 00:12:35,066 - What's he like? - I hear he's terrific. A genius ready to emerge. 197 00:12:35,134 --> 00:12:38,399 - I have to be billed over the title. - Where else? 198 00:12:38,471 --> 00:12:43,033 - Approval of the leading man. The star's dressing room. - This is not even a question. 199 00:12:43,109 --> 00:12:45,509 Approval of all photos of me. 200 00:12:45,578 --> 00:12:48,103 Oh, it's still not a very glamorous role. 201 00:12:48,147 --> 00:12:52,049 But maybe I could meet with David. Maybe we could go over the script. 202 00:12:52,118 --> 00:12:56,077 Maybe there's a few ways we could find to brighten her up. Hmm? 203 00:12:56,122 --> 00:12:58,215 Why am I nervous? 204 00:12:59,492 --> 00:13:03,428 - That was sad. Clara Bow had it rough. - She's a doll. 205 00:13:03,463 --> 00:13:07,422 - I'd do anything to be in a movie. - You're pretty enough. 206 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:10,867 Do you think you could ever speak to Mr. Valenti? 207 00:13:11,104 --> 00:13:13,664 - Mr. Valenti knows everybody. He'll do the right thing. - That's right. 208 00:13:13,739 --> 00:13:17,334 I hear he's gonna make Olive Neal a Broadway star. [ Screams ] 209 00:13:17,410 --> 00:13:21,244 [ Gunshots ] 210 00:13:24,617 --> 00:13:27,279 Go, go, go! 211 00:13:27,353 --> 00:13:29,719 Where'd it happen? 212 00:13:29,789 --> 00:13:33,281 Who'd they get? Oh, Jesus! 213 00:13:33,326 --> 00:13:36,523 All right, I'm gonna be at Olive's for about an hour. 214 00:13:36,596 --> 00:13:39,827 You get some more guys downstairs and call me back on the Masucci thing. 215 00:13:39,899 --> 00:13:43,096 -This is for Leo Kustabeck, you hear me? -[ Olive ] Hey! 216 00:13:43,169 --> 00:13:47,105 - You said this was the lead. It's a smaller part. - All right. 217 00:13:47,173 --> 00:13:49,801 - I got no time now. - It's a smaller part. I don't believe it. 218 00:13:49,876 --> 00:13:52,811 - They just got Vinny and Sal outside a movie house. - I counted the lines. 219 00:13:52,845 --> 00:13:56,713 - Sylvia Poston is the lead. I'm just backing her up. - You hear what I said? 220 00:13:56,782 --> 00:14:01,310 - I'm tired of backing people up. I wanna be the lead. - Julian says you're a doctor. 221 00:14:01,354 --> 00:14:05,154 - A doctor. I don't wanna be a doctor. I wanna be the lead. - A head doctor. It's a big part. 222 00:14:05,191 --> 00:14:07,853 A head doctor, but it ain't the lead. 223 00:14:07,894 --> 00:14:10,556 - So don't try and snow me. - You'd squawk if they hung you with a new rope. 224 00:14:10,630 --> 00:14:13,622 - I know a lead when I see a lead, and this ain't the lead. - [ Phone Ringing ] 225 00:14:13,699 --> 00:14:17,328 - A lead is on every single page. A lead has lots of scenes. - Hello? Oh, Vito. 226 00:14:17,403 --> 00:14:22,204 - Ya heard? Get everybody together at the garage. - I don't get to kiss nobody. 227 00:14:22,275 --> 00:14:25,210 - No, I want it done today! What is it with you? - Hey! 228 00:14:25,278 --> 00:14:29,442 - You wanna take your business outta here? We got guests! - Call me back. 229 00:14:29,515 --> 00:14:32,678 - I got trouble here. - I don't care about your trouble. 230 00:14:32,752 --> 00:14:35,346 - What am I supposed to do? Just foot the bills around here? - I don't care. 231 00:14:35,421 --> 00:14:40,552 - And I want my say with this Broadway big shot too. - Okay, just don't embarrass me. 232 00:14:40,626 --> 00:14:44,221 - I'm lookin' out for your interests, okay? - [ Woman ] Miss Olive? 233 00:14:44,297 --> 00:14:48,563 - There's a Mr. Marx and-- - I know, I know. Send 'em in, Venus. 234 00:14:48,634 --> 00:14:50,864 - Listen. When they get here... - What? 235 00:14:50,937 --> 00:14:54,236 - charm 'em a little, baby. - You're the one that needs charm lessons. 236 00:14:54,307 --> 00:14:57,504 - I told them you're a great actress. - I am a great actress. 237 00:14:57,577 --> 00:15:00,671 Nick Valenti! Say hello to David Shayne. 238 00:15:00,713 --> 00:15:03,273 - [ Valenti ] David, how are you? - Hello. I'm Olive. 239 00:15:03,349 --> 00:15:05,374 - This is Olive Neal. - Charmed, charmed, charmed. 240 00:15:05,418 --> 00:15:08,444 - Come on in. Come on. - Come on in. 241 00:15:08,521 --> 00:15:11,490 - Hey, Dave, she read your play. She thinks it's great. - Yes, I read your play. 242 00:15:11,557 --> 00:15:14,355 It's thrilling, turbulent, a page turner. 243 00:15:14,427 --> 00:15:16,987 Charmed, charmed, charmed, charmed. 244 00:15:17,230 --> 00:15:19,494 She's a great little actress. Just needs a break. 245 00:15:19,565 --> 00:15:22,500 - What have you been in, Miss, uh-- - Olive. Olive. Olive. 246 00:15:22,568 --> 00:15:24,593 - Call me Olive, honey. - You smoke? - No. 247 00:15:24,670 --> 00:15:27,400 - Olive, ah, your-- well, your experience? - I love the play. 248 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,874 - Well, l, uh-- - Oh, she ain't got no experience. 249 00:15:29,942 --> 00:15:32,342 - I do too. I have too. - She's a natural. 250 00:15:32,411 --> 00:15:34,436 - I have experience. - They ain't talkin' dancin', Olive. 251 00:15:34,513 --> 00:15:37,914 - He doesn't know what he's talkin' about. - You don't mean dancin', do you? 252 00:15:37,984 --> 00:15:42,683 She used to wiggle at this joint in Hoboken. Pick up quarters off the tabletops with her-- 253 00:15:42,755 --> 00:15:45,986 - Hey! Butt out, why don't ya! They're talkin' to me! - I'm tryin' to break the ice. 254 00:15:46,225 --> 00:15:49,251 - Who wants a drink? - I'll have a double anything. Be great. 255 00:15:49,328 --> 00:15:51,558 - [ Marx ] No, I have an ulcer. - Venus, a double whiskey. 256 00:15:51,631 --> 00:15:55,260 - Make it two, Venus. - Do you want the blue stuff or the green? 257 00:15:55,334 --> 00:15:58,895 - The imported, dummy. - Oh, you mean from the clean bathtub. 258 00:15:58,971 --> 00:16:00,734 Mm-hmm. 259 00:16:02,308 --> 00:16:06,335 - So you never acted before? - Honey, honey. Yes, I have acted. 260 00:16:06,412 --> 00:16:11,008 I have acted. I've acted a lot. I was in a musical revue. Can you light this for me? 261 00:16:11,250 --> 00:16:14,811 Geez. No manners. No gentleman. 262 00:16:16,255 --> 00:16:18,917 Yeah, I did a musical revue in Wichita. 263 00:16:18,991 --> 00:16:22,791 Maybe you heard of it. It was called Leave A Specimen. I had two songs. 264 00:16:22,862 --> 00:16:25,990 - [ Phone Ringing ] - Two numbers. Two thrilling, show-stopping numbers. 265 00:16:26,065 --> 00:16:28,829 I'm actually feeling a little sick, really. 266 00:16:28,901 --> 00:16:31,369 I'm actually feeling a little faint. Can we sit down? 267 00:16:31,437 --> 00:16:37,342 So, one thing I was wonderin' is who's gonna be playing the part of Sylvia Poston? 268 00:16:37,410 --> 00:16:39,708 [ Chuckles ] Only Helen Sinclair. 269 00:16:39,779 --> 00:16:43,977 Helen Sinclair? [ Laughs ] I never heard of her. 270 00:16:44,016 --> 00:16:48,646 - Uh, you follow the theater? - What are you trying to insinuate? 271 00:16:48,721 --> 00:16:50,655 Hey, don't gimme that shit! 272 00:16:50,723 --> 00:16:55,422 You tell Masucci he don't play ball, I'll come down there, I'll chop his fuckin' legs off! 273 00:16:55,494 --> 00:16:59,055 Don't you pay any attention to Nick. He's in one of his depressed moods. 274 00:16:59,298 --> 00:17:03,496 I'll cut his throat. I'll come down there, I'll pull his guts out through his windpipe! 275 00:17:03,569 --> 00:17:05,696 - Ya hear me? - What'd ya do? Walk up? 276 00:17:05,771 --> 00:17:07,705 - No! - You're sweating like a pig. 277 00:17:07,773 --> 00:17:11,834 - I have a bit of a blood sugar situation now and again. - Blood sugar? 278 00:17:11,911 --> 00:17:15,608 - What is that? - Olive, you-- you like the play? 279 00:17:15,681 --> 00:17:19,378 - Mmm. It's sad. - Well, it's a tragedy. 280 00:17:19,418 --> 00:17:23,445 I'll say, but I got some ideas how we can goose it up. 281 00:17:23,522 --> 00:17:26,116 - Ideas? - Mm-hmm. I go to the movies all the time. 282 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:31,353 - I got a million clever ideas. - You burn it down, Cheech! Burn it down, I said. 283 00:17:31,430 --> 00:17:34,831 - I want it to look like arson! - I got a crick. 284 00:17:34,900 --> 00:17:36,765 - When? - A crick? 285 00:17:36,836 --> 00:17:41,364 Everything's tight. I think maybe we should go. 286 00:17:41,407 --> 00:17:44,035 Oh, no, no, no. Don't go. 287 00:17:44,110 --> 00:17:46,840 Hey, Venus, let's go with that hooch! 288 00:17:46,912 --> 00:17:50,370 Uh, uh, Olive, when did you get interested in acting? 289 00:17:50,449 --> 00:17:54,977 Hey, listen, you think I came to this town to swing it around in a chorus line? 290 00:17:55,054 --> 00:17:59,081 Tits and ass. Tits and ass. That's all they care about. Thank you. 291 00:17:59,158 --> 00:18:02,150 Hey, didn't I tell you to make "horse durves"? 292 00:18:02,395 --> 00:18:05,796 I don't make nothin' out of horses, especially "horse durves..." 293 00:18:05,865 --> 00:18:08,493 'cause I don't know what they are, and neither do you! 294 00:18:08,567 --> 00:18:12,628 Oh, ain't you the big mouth since you hit your number. 295 00:18:12,705 --> 00:18:17,938 - And I said the imported stuff. - The imported stuff ate through the bottle. It's gone ! 296 00:18:18,010 --> 00:18:21,070 A likely story. It's very hard to get good help these days. 297 00:18:21,147 --> 00:18:24,014 - Sorry you guys had to hear that. - I'm feeling fairly dizzy. 298 00:18:24,083 --> 00:18:28,884 - Some problems with the firm. - Really? What type of firm is it, Nick? 299 00:18:28,954 --> 00:18:32,754 - [ Chuckles ] - It's a "don't stick your nose in other people's business... 300 00:18:32,792 --> 00:18:35,590 - and it won't get broken type of firm. - Yeah. 301 00:18:35,628 --> 00:18:38,893 - [ Panting ] I see, I see. Thank you. - That's what kind of firm. 302 00:18:38,964 --> 00:18:42,127 I'm feeling a bit unstable. I think maybe I'll go... 303 00:18:42,201 --> 00:18:45,693 and check into a sanitarium and get the help that I need. 304 00:18:45,771 --> 00:18:49,571 - And we'll talk later because it's been good. Hasn't it, Julian? - Yeah. 305 00:18:49,642 --> 00:18:51,576 - Oh, yeah. - It's been good. 306 00:18:51,644 --> 00:18:54,909 - This is gonna be a big event on Broadway. - Thank you. 307 00:18:54,980 --> 00:18:57,881 Absolutely not! No! 308 00:18:57,950 --> 00:19:00,976 - You'll work with her, mold her. It'll be a challenge. - Out of the question! 309 00:19:01,053 --> 00:19:04,113 She'll win an award. It'll be a great show business anecdote. 310 00:19:04,190 --> 00:19:08,490 - It will not happen! - A tribute to you as a director. You use your actors like clay. 311 00:19:08,561 --> 00:19:11,223 Julian, have you lost all reason? 312 00:19:11,464 --> 00:19:15,662 Do you believe that that woman could play a psychiatrist? That woman? That thing? 313 00:19:15,734 --> 00:19:17,668 - Her voice, her grasp. - All right. 314 00:19:17,736 --> 00:19:22,639 - She's the woman who picks quarters off tabletops with-- - Let me level with you. 315 00:19:22,675 --> 00:19:25,610 This is a dog-eat-dog world, not an ideal world. 316 00:19:25,678 --> 00:19:28,647 If you wanna get your play on, you're gonna have to make a few concessions. 317 00:19:28,714 --> 00:19:31,774 Life is not perfect. Plus, it is short. 318 00:19:31,851 --> 00:19:36,220 If you can't figure that out, you might as well pack up right now and go back to Pittsburgh. 319 00:19:41,227 --> 00:19:45,596 - [ David Screaming ] I sold out! I sold out. - [ Ellen Gasping ] 320 00:19:45,664 --> 00:19:47,859 - I sold out. - David. 321 00:19:47,933 --> 00:19:51,198 [ Panting ] 322 00:19:51,270 --> 00:19:53,864 - [ Gasps ] - What's wrong? 323 00:19:53,939 --> 00:19:55,998 - [ Screaming ] I'm a whore! - Oh, my God! 324 00:19:56,075 --> 00:19:59,169 - I'm a prostitute! I'm a whore! - David, pull yourself together. 325 00:19:59,245 --> 00:20:00,906 - They'll call the police. - [ Panting ] 326 00:20:00,980 --> 00:20:03,540 David. Oh, my God! You look horrible. 327 00:20:03,616 --> 00:20:05,277 Oh, I feel sick. 328 00:20:05,518 --> 00:20:09,887 Please, you'll wake the Finkelsteins. You want an aspirin? 329 00:20:09,955 --> 00:20:14,085 - David. David. - Oh, my God! My art! My work! 330 00:20:14,159 --> 00:20:17,060 - What's wrong with you? - Do I want success that badly? 331 00:20:17,129 --> 00:20:21,156 - David. Come back to bed. - The answer's yes. The answer's yes. 332 00:20:21,233 --> 00:20:25,294 - Please come back to bed. - When offered to have my play backed by a hoodlum, I said yes. 333 00:20:25,538 --> 00:20:29,201 - Please come back to bed. - It's a deal with the devil, and the penalty is... 334 00:20:29,275 --> 00:20:33,177 - his girlfriend plays a part. - Who are you calling at 3:00 a.m.? 335 00:20:33,245 --> 00:20:37,079 [ David ] Hello, Julian? It's David. Who do you see in the male lead? 336 00:20:37,149 --> 00:20:39,811 Oh, kid. 337 00:20:39,885 --> 00:20:42,046 [ Groans ] It's 3:00 a.m. 338 00:20:42,087 --> 00:20:45,284 - I see Warner Purcell. - Nah, too fat. 339 00:20:45,524 --> 00:20:49,893 You seen him lately? Nah, the man's a compulsive eater. 340 00:20:49,962 --> 00:20:51,896 Doesn't matter. I talked to his agent... 341 00:20:51,931 --> 00:20:53,899 and he's been on a new diet for four months. He looks fine. 342 00:20:53,933 --> 00:20:56,663 I want him for Lieutenant Masters. Then maybe I can live with all this. 343 00:20:56,735 --> 00:20:58,794 I can live with these compromises. 344 00:20:58,871 --> 00:21:03,001 I'll have Warner Purcell and Helen Sinclair, and then I can live with that gun moll! 345 00:21:03,075 --> 00:21:05,942 No, not Warner, kid. No. 346 00:21:05,978 --> 00:21:08,310 I had him in Nuns Aplenty. 347 00:21:08,547 --> 00:21:12,779 He'll turn over a new leaf. Then he'll get insecure; he'll start eating. 348 00:21:12,851 --> 00:21:17,049 By the time we get to Boston, he'll be as big as my sister-in-law's ass. 349 00:21:17,122 --> 00:21:21,252 No! No more compromises! It is my play, and I want him! 350 00:21:21,327 --> 00:21:24,956 I want him, and I want him, and that's it. I'm not a whore! 351 00:21:25,030 --> 00:21:28,193 - David, David, David! - [ Sighs ] I'm all right. 352 00:21:28,267 --> 00:21:31,896 [ Nick ] Olive starts rehearsal for a show next week. 353 00:21:31,971 --> 00:21:34,098 - I want you to stay with her. - [ Cheech ] Yeah. 354 00:21:34,139 --> 00:21:37,131 I want you to make sure they treat her right up there. 355 00:21:37,209 --> 00:21:40,076 Those theater characters I don't trust 'em. 356 00:21:40,145 --> 00:21:44,138 The show's costing me a bundle, and I'm gonna get my money's worth. 357 00:21:44,216 --> 00:21:47,185 - She wants to be a star. - Yeah. Yeah. 358 00:21:47,252 --> 00:21:50,244 - And I promised her. - Mr. V., look, it's not that I don't wanna do it-- 359 00:21:50,289 --> 00:21:54,692 Cheech, I'm giving you an order. What do you do? 360 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,785 I know. 361 00:21:56,862 --> 00:21:58,989 [ David ] Monday, September 10. 362 00:21:59,064 --> 00:22:02,591 Today rehearsals began, and I've decided to keep a journal. 363 00:22:02,668 --> 00:22:05,296 Perhaps my experience will be of value to others... 364 00:22:05,337 --> 00:22:09,671 just as I pore over with relish the notes of my idols: Chekov and Strindberg. 365 00:22:09,742 --> 00:22:13,007 Rehearsals began promptly at 10:00 a.m. 366 00:22:13,078 --> 00:22:16,946 Warner Purcell was first to arrive full of bonhomie and good humor. 367 00:22:17,016 --> 00:22:20,816 - Good morning! - Warner Purcell. Hello, I'm David Shayne. 368 00:22:20,886 --> 00:22:23,753 - Oh, David, how marvelous to meet you. Well done. - Thank you. 369 00:22:23,822 --> 00:22:26,882 - It's a wonderful play. Some lovely speeches. - I'm honored you're doing it. 370 00:22:26,959 --> 00:22:28,984 - It's my pleasure. - Our stage manager, Mitch. 371 00:22:29,061 --> 00:22:31,791 - Mitchell Sabine. I'm here if you need anything. - Mitchell, nice to meet you. 372 00:22:31,864 --> 00:22:34,059 - That's fine. - And you're gonna be in dressing room two. 373 00:22:34,133 --> 00:22:36,294 - Lovely. - And this is my assistant, Lorna. 374 00:22:36,368 --> 00:22:38,996 - Pleased to meet you. - Lorna, nice to meet you. 375 00:22:39,071 --> 00:22:42,165 We have coffee and Danish, some smoked salmon. 376 00:22:42,241 --> 00:22:46,439 Um, Mitchell, would it be frightfully tiresome if I just had hot water and lemon? 377 00:22:46,679 --> 00:22:48,670 - Not at all. - Thank you. 378 00:22:48,747 --> 00:22:51,238 - And of course you know Julian Marx. - Oh, Julian, yes. 379 00:22:51,316 --> 00:22:53,841 - Our swords have crossed. - Warner, you look wonderful. 380 00:22:53,886 --> 00:22:56,013 - And yourself. - [ Woman Giggling ] 381 00:22:56,088 --> 00:22:59,057 [ David ] Eden Brent, who plays the other woman, arrived second. 382 00:22:59,091 --> 00:23:01,150 She has a wonderful vivacity. 383 00:23:01,226 --> 00:23:05,026 [ Giggles ] Good morning! Good morning! Don't get up. Don't get up. 384 00:23:05,064 --> 00:23:08,227 - I have first-day-rehearsal presents for everybody. - How thoughtful. 385 00:23:08,267 --> 00:23:13,102 It's nothing. Just some soap and some potpourri and incense for you, I think. 386 00:23:13,172 --> 00:23:16,335 - Now, have you met Mr. Woofles? - No. No. 387 00:23:16,408 --> 00:23:19,775 - Oh, don't pull such a sour face. - Hello, Mr. Woofles. 388 00:23:19,845 --> 00:23:21,779 Oh, be careful. She's a Chihuahua... 389 00:23:21,847 --> 00:23:25,908 but there's a pinch of Doberman in her so sometimes she goes for your throat. 390 00:23:25,984 --> 00:23:28,111 - Just kidding. - [ Laughs ] 391 00:23:28,187 --> 00:23:31,782 - I think you've met everyone here. Lorna. - We talked on the telephone. 392 00:23:31,857 --> 00:23:34,690 I don't know if you've met our Lieutenant Masters, Warner Purcell. 393 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,160 - Oh, pleased to meet you. - How was your crossing? 394 00:23:37,229 --> 00:23:40,926 - Well, I came over five years ago, but it was lovely. - [ Giggles ] 395 00:23:40,999 --> 00:23:44,059 Now, my darling, do you want some milk or something to eat? 396 00:23:44,136 --> 00:23:48,266 - I'll get her a saucer. - You don't have to bother with that because I breast-feed her. 397 00:23:48,340 --> 00:23:52,037 - Just kidding, everybody. - [ Laughing ] 398 00:23:52,111 --> 00:23:54,306 - Please. - Julian, nice to see you. 399 00:23:54,379 --> 00:23:56,813 - How are you? - Mr. Marx. - Yes, of course. 400 00:23:56,882 --> 00:23:59,510 I'm in the middle, yes? 401 00:23:59,752 --> 00:24:02,414 - [ David ] Should we take the dog-- - No, no, no, no, no. 402 00:24:02,488 --> 00:24:05,286 It's my baby. [ Giggles ] 403 00:24:05,357 --> 00:24:09,293 [ David ] Olive Neal entered, naturally, with the force of a hurricane. 404 00:24:09,328 --> 00:24:13,731 - Hey, you gonna hover over me like dead meat? - Mr. V. says I stay close. 405 00:24:13,799 --> 00:24:15,733 We've been drivin' around for 15 minutes. 406 00:24:15,801 --> 00:24:19,532 I told ya he said the Belasco, not the Morosco, you cementhead! 407 00:24:19,772 --> 00:24:21,137 - Hello, Olive. - Hello. 408 00:24:21,206 --> 00:24:24,403 - Everyone, this is Dr. Philips. Olive Neal. - Hi, nice to meet you. 409 00:24:24,476 --> 00:24:25,966 - You know Julian. - Yes. 410 00:24:26,044 --> 00:24:28,035 - My assistant, Lorna. - Hi. 411 00:24:28,113 --> 00:24:30,240 - Eden Brent, Kristen. - Ah, cute dog. 412 00:24:30,315 --> 00:24:32,909 - Warner Purcell. Lieutenant Masters. - Charmed, charmed, charmed. 413 00:24:32,985 --> 00:24:35,419 - Stage manager Mitch. - Mitch, hi, hi, hi, hi. 414 00:24:35,487 --> 00:24:38,251 - And you are? - I'm with her. 415 00:24:38,323 --> 00:24:41,315 - He's with me. Yeah. - Okay. Okay. 416 00:24:41,393 --> 00:24:44,794 Well, um, we're just gonna rehearse for a while, so-- 417 00:24:44,830 --> 00:24:46,798 Yeah. Where she goes, I go. 418 00:24:46,832 --> 00:24:49,824 All right, buster, why don't you park yourself in the back row of the theater... 419 00:24:49,902 --> 00:24:51,836 and try not to snore. 420 00:24:51,904 --> 00:24:54,372 Um, l-- 421 00:24:54,439 --> 00:24:57,431 - What? - I don't like other people watching rehearsals... 422 00:24:57,509 --> 00:25:01,309 - generally as a rule because the actors are very sensitive. - What'd you say? 423 00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:04,816 - I-l don't like-- - Hey, hey, who are you? Who are you? 424 00:25:04,850 --> 00:25:06,841 - Whoa, whoa. Easy. - I'm the director. 425 00:25:06,885 --> 00:25:08,318 - Who is this? - Wait a minute. 426 00:25:08,387 --> 00:25:11,288 - I'm the director of the play. - Wait a minute, Mr., uh-- 427 00:25:11,323 --> 00:25:14,224 - Cheech. The name's Cheech. - Mr. Cheech, first of all-- 428 00:25:14,293 --> 00:25:16,989 - No, not Mr. Cheech. Ya hear me? - Yeah. 429 00:25:17,062 --> 00:25:19,997 - Cheech. Simple. Cheech. - Cheech. 430 00:25:20,065 --> 00:25:24,365 Now, why don't you just take a seat in the back and we'll-- Yeah, go ahead. 431 00:25:24,403 --> 00:25:26,997 - That's it. - I find this very problematic. 432 00:25:27,072 --> 00:25:29,233 - I'll be over there. - He'll be unobtrusive, believe me. 433 00:25:29,308 --> 00:25:32,971 He's not gonna bother anybody. He just wants to watch. 434 00:25:33,045 --> 00:25:36,014 He's my bodyguard. [ Giggles ] 435 00:25:36,081 --> 00:25:38,481 - Hi. - Hello. 436 00:25:38,550 --> 00:25:43,078 - Sorry I'm late. I'm usually highly professional. - Oh, I'm sure. 437 00:25:43,155 --> 00:25:47,353 - This is for you. - Oh, talcum powder. My favorite. 438 00:25:47,392 --> 00:25:51,158 - Thank you. You're a doll. - Oh, no, you're a doll. 439 00:25:51,196 --> 00:25:54,962 [ David ] Helen Sinclair came a half hour late, but she had a good excuse. 440 00:25:55,033 --> 00:25:58,594 Please forgive me. My pedicurist had a stroke. 441 00:25:58,837 --> 00:26:02,295 She fell forward onto the orange stick and plunged it into my toe. 442 00:26:02,374 --> 00:26:05,241 - It required bandaging. - Oh, my poor darling. 443 00:26:05,310 --> 00:26:07,870 Oh, it's so good to see you. 444 00:26:07,913 --> 00:26:10,575 - We all know and admire Helen Sinclair. - [ Warner ] We're old friends. 445 00:26:10,649 --> 00:26:13,413 - Thank you so much. - Miss Sinclair, this is Mitch. 446 00:26:13,485 --> 00:26:18,548 Oh, yes, yes. Oh, my goodness' sake. I can't believe I'm here. 447 00:26:18,624 --> 00:26:22,560 Oh-ho, look at this. Look at this. Would you look? 448 00:26:22,594 --> 00:26:25,290 Oh, this old theater. 449 00:26:27,032 --> 00:26:29,057 This church. 450 00:26:30,168 --> 00:26:32,568 So replete with memories. 451 00:26:32,638 --> 00:26:36,005 So full of ghosts. 452 00:26:36,074 --> 00:26:38,406 Mrs. Alving. 453 00:26:38,477 --> 00:26:40,445 Uncle Vanya. 454 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,914 There's Cordelia. 455 00:26:44,616 --> 00:26:47,107 Here's Ophelia. 456 00:26:48,654 --> 00:26:50,986 Clytemenstra! 457 00:26:52,557 --> 00:26:55,025 Each performance a birth. 458 00:26:56,128 --> 00:26:58,426 Each curtain... 459 00:26:58,497 --> 00:27:00,556 a death. 460 00:27:00,632 --> 00:27:03,328 [ Mr. Woofles Barking ] 461 00:27:03,402 --> 00:27:05,597 Was that a mutt? 462 00:27:05,671 --> 00:27:08,299 [ Mitch ] Yes, Miss Sinclair. 463 00:27:08,373 --> 00:27:12,503 - I hate mutts! - [ Barking Continues ] 464 00:27:12,577 --> 00:27:15,569 [ David ] I didn't want to overwhelm any of the actors on the first day... 465 00:27:15,647 --> 00:27:18,275 so all we did was read through the play. 466 00:27:18,350 --> 00:27:20,545 I can't live like this. 467 00:27:20,619 --> 00:27:24,077 The same routine over and over and over. 468 00:27:24,156 --> 00:27:26,522 The days blend together like melted celluloid. 469 00:27:26,591 --> 00:27:30,152 Like a film whose images become distorted and meaningless. 470 00:27:30,228 --> 00:27:33,459 I want a divorce, Sylvia. I've said it in a thousand subtle ways... 471 00:27:33,532 --> 00:27:36,592 hoping you would realize, but you refuse to see it. 472 00:27:36,668 --> 00:27:39,637 As a little girl, I swore one day... 473 00:27:39,705 --> 00:27:43,038 I would have a necklace made from the Milky Way. 474 00:27:43,108 --> 00:27:48,444 Oh, Kristen, Kristen, if only humans weren't cursed with the power of memory. 475 00:27:48,513 --> 00:27:52,176 [ Olive Reading Flatly ] Dreams are only disguised feelings. 476 00:27:52,250 --> 00:27:56,550 The more we bring these painful experiences to the fore... 477 00:27:56,621 --> 00:27:59,488 the easier they become to deal with. 478 00:27:59,558 --> 00:28:02,118 - What's the "fore"? - The fore. The foreground. 479 00:28:02,194 --> 00:28:04,287 - [ Warner ] ls it-- Could l? - [ David ] Please. 480 00:28:04,363 --> 00:28:08,299 It's a golf term, when you yell, "fore" when you're coming forward. 481 00:28:08,367 --> 00:28:12,133 - [ Helen ] I didn't realize that. - So you're telling me she's talking about golf? 482 00:28:12,204 --> 00:28:13,466 - Continue! - What? 483 00:28:13,538 --> 00:28:16,166 [ Helen ] Oh, yes, okay. Doctor... 484 00:28:16,208 --> 00:28:19,439 am I unattractive, worn out? 485 00:28:19,511 --> 00:28:23,641 Spent? Broken? Desiccated? Old? 486 00:28:23,715 --> 00:28:27,981 [ Olive ] Come, come, Mrs. Poston. You're being mas-- 487 00:28:29,287 --> 00:28:31,187 - Mas-- - [ David ] Masochistic. 488 00:28:31,256 --> 00:28:36,159 - Masochistic? - Yes, masochism is someone who enjoys pain. 489 00:28:36,228 --> 00:28:39,129 - [ Warner ] As opposed to sadism. - Enjoys pain? 490 00:28:39,197 --> 00:28:41,324 What is she, retarded? 491 00:28:41,366 --> 00:28:44,460 - I don't fuckin' believe this! - Continue. 492 00:28:44,536 --> 00:28:47,767 [ David ] After the rehearsal, I felt exhilarated. 493 00:28:48,006 --> 00:28:50,497 Helen Sinclair suggested we go for a drink to unwind. 494 00:28:50,542 --> 00:28:54,808 She said she knew of a little out-of-the-way speakeasy where we could talk. 495 00:28:55,047 --> 00:28:57,515 - It was wonderful to see old, uh-- - Wasn't it? 496 00:28:57,582 --> 00:29:01,040 - Warner. Yes. - Warner, yeah. He looks so slim. 497 00:29:01,086 --> 00:29:04,214 - He's on a new diet. - Who is she? Oh, I need a drink. 498 00:29:04,289 --> 00:29:06,416 Olive. [ Chuckles ] Yes. I'm sorry about Olive. 499 00:29:06,491 --> 00:29:09,221 I do apologize. We needed her to raise the money. 500 00:29:09,294 --> 00:29:11,626 It must be difficult getting a work like this on. 501 00:29:11,696 --> 00:29:14,164 It's a sad reality of the marketplace, I'll tell ya. 502 00:29:14,232 --> 00:29:16,666 - We've never really had a chance to talk. - No. 503 00:29:16,735 --> 00:29:20,330 - Hi, folks. What can I get you? - Two martinis, please, very dry. 504 00:29:20,405 --> 00:29:23,738 - How'd you know what I drank? - Oh, you want one too? 505 00:29:23,775 --> 00:29:25,766 - Three. - Three martinis. 506 00:29:25,844 --> 00:29:29,336 Uh, I can't judge my own writing, but I must say... 507 00:29:29,414 --> 00:29:33,578 that just from today's reading, I can tell how brilliant you're going to be in this role. 508 00:29:33,652 --> 00:29:35,517 - It's a wonderful play. - Thank you. 509 00:29:35,587 --> 00:29:39,648 No, no, I mean it. It's so rare that anything is really about something. 510 00:29:39,724 --> 00:29:42,659 You know-- Well, there's Max Anderson and Gene O'Neill. 511 00:29:42,727 --> 00:29:45,252 - That's about it. - You just named my two living gods. 512 00:29:45,297 --> 00:29:48,266 I was a little reluctant at first to play the part. 513 00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:52,600 The character is so-- She's so, um... uh, colorless. 514 00:29:52,671 --> 00:29:54,332 Colorless, yes. Well, that's the idea-- 515 00:29:54,406 --> 00:29:56,397 - Then I realized what you were going for. - You did? 516 00:29:56,475 --> 00:29:58,636 How profound, how complex, her inner life really is. 517 00:29:58,710 --> 00:30:01,178 I tried to give her some contradictions. 518 00:30:01,246 --> 00:30:03,214 I was worried. 519 00:30:03,281 --> 00:30:07,274 I'm used to playing more overtly heroic women. 520 00:30:07,319 --> 00:30:10,117 Less tentative. More alluring. 521 00:30:10,188 --> 00:30:12,588 Certainly not frigid. 522 00:30:12,657 --> 00:30:17,890 No, yes, yes. Well, Sylvia Poston is a mass of neuroses. 523 00:30:18,130 --> 00:30:22,191 In spite of the fact that I could really find nothing at all in the play to brighten her up... 524 00:30:22,267 --> 00:30:25,395 - no real passion, no seductiveness... - Nothing? 525 00:30:25,470 --> 00:30:27,768 I still think that she's worth playing. 526 00:30:27,839 --> 00:30:31,900 We could work it over, and a touch here or there could be changed to make sure you're... 527 00:30:32,144 --> 00:30:35,238 - No, no, no, no. I wouldn't dream of you... - comfortable. 528 00:30:35,313 --> 00:30:37,838 changing a word of your work for me. 529 00:30:37,916 --> 00:30:43,115 God, who am l, some vain Broadway legend? 530 00:30:43,188 --> 00:30:46,919 You... you're a budding Chekhov. 531 00:30:50,195 --> 00:30:55,223 I'm not saying I'll distort the play. I'm just saying I'll reread it with that in mind. 532 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:58,360 I mean, after all, Miss Sinclair-- Helen. May I call you Helen? 533 00:30:58,436 --> 00:31:00,563 - Yes. - Helen... 534 00:31:00,639 --> 00:31:03,767 your instincts as an actress are impeccable. 535 00:31:03,842 --> 00:31:08,575 And I want the character to have dimension. I don't mean for her to be a drone. 536 00:31:09,681 --> 00:31:12,844 - You see through me, don't you? - Me? 537 00:31:12,884 --> 00:31:15,216 You're clever. 538 00:31:15,287 --> 00:31:17,517 You're brilliant. 539 00:31:17,556 --> 00:31:20,184 What insight into women. 540 00:31:20,258 --> 00:31:22,317 Don't deny it. 541 00:31:27,365 --> 00:31:30,425 I don't see why she has to be frigid. 542 00:31:34,873 --> 00:31:38,206 [ Nick ] Hey, how ya doin', doll? How'd it go? 543 00:31:38,243 --> 00:31:40,541 [ Olive ] Ah, they're all so stuck up. 544 00:31:40,612 --> 00:31:43,479 - Yeah? Anybody botherin' her? - No. 545 00:31:43,548 --> 00:31:46,381 They expect me to memorize all these lines. 546 00:31:46,418 --> 00:31:50,218 - Well, that's what you wanted, isn't it? To be an actress? - I know, I know, I know. 547 00:31:50,255 --> 00:31:53,816 - I got a headache. - Cheech'll help you practice after we eat. 548 00:31:53,892 --> 00:31:57,487 - Me? - The girl's got stuff to memorize, all right? 549 00:31:57,562 --> 00:32:00,827 - Yeah, but, Nick-- - Go sit in the tub, honey. Go ahead. 550 00:32:00,899 --> 00:32:04,630 I'm takin' you out to Delmonico's. You want sirloin or a lobster? 551 00:32:04,703 --> 00:32:08,366 - One of each. - Listen, Nick, I'm not too good at this memorizing, and I got a date-- 552 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:12,308 All right, all right, knock it off. I got a little errand for you to run. 553 00:32:12,377 --> 00:32:17,212 - What kind of errand? - A message for Charlie Masucci, and we ain't got a lot of time. 554 00:32:18,350 --> 00:32:33,220 ## 555 00:32:36,334 --> 00:32:40,896 # Up a lazy river where the old mill run # 556 00:32:40,939 --> 00:32:45,774 # Meets lazy, lazy river in the noonday sun # 557 00:32:45,810 --> 00:32:50,543 # Linger in the shade of a kind old tree # 558 00:32:50,615 --> 00:32:53,413 # Throw away your troubles Dream a dream-- # 559 00:32:56,321 --> 00:32:59,882 - # Up a lazy river where the robin's song # - [ Water Splashing ] 560 00:32:59,958 --> 00:33:02,051 # Awakes a bright new morning-- ## 561 00:33:02,294 --> 00:33:04,660 Can't you see... 562 00:33:04,696 --> 00:33:07,893 you're living out the exact same pattern... 563 00:33:07,966 --> 00:33:10,662 your mother lived out with your father? 564 00:33:10,735 --> 00:33:13,829 I am? Pray tell. 565 00:33:13,905 --> 00:33:17,272 In some way, you're trying to relive it, 566 00:33:17,342 --> 00:33:21,403 and in the process of reliving it, correct it. 567 00:33:21,479 --> 00:33:24,971 As if that were possible. Ha! 568 00:33:25,050 --> 00:33:28,281 -It don't say "Ha." -I know it don't say "Ha." I added that. 569 00:33:28,353 --> 00:33:31,550 - What do ya mean you added that? Are you allowed to do that? - We're allowed to add things. 570 00:33:31,623 --> 00:33:34,023 - How could you add something? You can't do that. - You're allowed! 571 00:33:34,092 --> 00:33:36,526 - It's called ad-libbing. - You can't do that! 572 00:33:36,594 --> 00:33:39,961 I can do that. What do you know? You don't know nothin'. Shut up and read. 573 00:33:40,031 --> 00:33:43,626 - I think the whole thing stinks. - I think you're a degenerate zombie. Shut up and read! 574 00:33:43,702 --> 00:33:46,398 - You better shut up! Just shut up! - You shut up and read. 575 00:33:46,471 --> 00:33:49,406 - You shut up! - You're lucky you're Nick's girl. 576 00:33:49,474 --> 00:33:51,408 You're lucky you're an idiot. 577 00:33:51,476 --> 00:33:56,345 What endeavors you... to concoct a theory so tenuous? 578 00:33:56,381 --> 00:33:58,110 Mmm-mmm-mm. 579 00:33:58,350 --> 00:34:02,343 I sure pities the poor folks who gonna have to pay to see this play. 580 00:34:04,522 --> 00:34:08,458 - What ya thinking? - Oh, just about Eugene O'Neill and Max Anderson, you know. 581 00:34:08,526 --> 00:34:11,927 Yeah. You've been rewriting all night and it's only just the first day. 582 00:34:11,996 --> 00:34:14,362 - Is that a bad sign? - No. I just think that I might have made... 583 00:34:14,432 --> 00:34:16,798 the character of Sylvia Poston a bit too antiseptic. 584 00:34:16,868 --> 00:34:18,927 - She's gotta have a sexual side to her. - No. 585 00:34:19,003 --> 00:34:23,406 - I think she's the best female character you've written in a long time. - Says who? 586 00:34:23,475 --> 00:34:26,842 David, you know you always have problems getting into the female mind. 587 00:34:26,911 --> 00:34:30,870 - I know that you think that. - You've said so yourself before. We've had this discussion. 588 00:34:30,949 --> 00:34:35,545 All your friends are men. You-- You've always had problems writing for women. 589 00:34:35,620 --> 00:34:38,418 Witness your relationship with your mother, your grandmother... 590 00:34:38,490 --> 00:34:41,584 - your two aunts, your sister-- - I think I try to factor that into my work. 591 00:34:41,659 --> 00:34:43,593 But to be honest with you... 592 00:34:43,661 --> 00:34:45,595 at this moment, I don't think you really understand my work at all. 593 00:34:45,663 --> 00:34:47,722 - Oh! Don't be so defensive. - I'm not being defensive. 594 00:34:47,799 --> 00:34:51,735 Perhaps my opinions just aren't intellectual enough for you. Maybe they're just not-- 595 00:34:51,803 --> 00:34:55,967 That's a horrible thing to say. When you have a good idea, I listen to it. I'm responsive. 596 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,498 - In this case, I think you're wrong. That's about it. - When am I right? 597 00:34:59,577 --> 00:35:03,013 You're right about other things, but not about Sylvia Poston and her sexuality. 598 00:35:03,081 --> 00:35:06,642 [ David ] September 17. The first week is behind me now... 599 00:35:06,718 --> 00:35:10,552 and apart from a few minor incidents, things seemed to go okay. 600 00:35:10,588 --> 00:35:13,056 There was that moment between Helen and Eden. 601 00:35:13,124 --> 00:35:17,026 I can't do that speech if she's going to be fidgeting around upstage! 602 00:35:17,095 --> 00:35:19,689 - Well, that's why I think I should sit. I'll sit. - Oh, God! 603 00:35:19,764 --> 00:35:23,393 Sylvia would never ask her to sit in her own house. She despises her! 604 00:35:23,468 --> 00:35:27,131 She doesn't want me to sit. She doesn't want me to stand. I guess I could squat. 605 00:35:27,172 --> 00:35:30,403 David, do you realize you're asking an audience to believe that my husband... 606 00:35:30,442 --> 00:35:32,433 would leave me for this woman? 607 00:35:32,510 --> 00:35:36,412 - Come along. - Excuse me. Excuse me, but I think it's made very clear... 608 00:35:36,481 --> 00:35:39,211 in the speech about erotic attraction, why he does that. 609 00:35:39,451 --> 00:35:41,919 You fool! He's thinking of me when he does that speech. Don't you know anything? 610 00:35:41,953 --> 00:35:44,421 - Only the part about the liver spots. - Listen. 611 00:35:44,489 --> 00:35:48,448 How long has it been since you've had a real hemorrhage? 612 00:35:48,493 --> 00:35:52,520 David, I wonder if now would be a moment to do my soliloquy from Act ll? 613 00:35:52,597 --> 00:35:57,625 - [ Crying ] Did you hear what she-- - Please. Aspirin! 614 00:35:57,669 --> 00:36:01,435 [ David ] All right, yes, why don't we? And, Eden, just take five. 615 00:36:01,473 --> 00:36:04,169 - I need an aspirin! - [ Crying Continues ] 616 00:36:04,242 --> 00:36:07,177 [ David ] Mitch. 617 00:36:07,212 --> 00:36:10,807 [ David ] Then there was the time when I tried to cut one of Olive's speeches. 618 00:36:10,882 --> 00:36:14,943 - I like that speech, and I already got it memorized. - But it's superfluous. 619 00:36:15,019 --> 00:36:17,749 - It's-- What is it? - Well, I've overwritten it. 620 00:36:17,822 --> 00:36:22,156 We know how you feel about Sylvia's breakdown when you talk with the good doctor. 621 00:36:22,227 --> 00:36:25,025 So it's my fault. Um, the performance is fine. 622 00:36:25,096 --> 00:36:28,190 But, um... I like to say it. 623 00:36:28,266 --> 00:36:30,757 - We-- We don't need it. - Hey! 624 00:36:30,835 --> 00:36:33,861 Are you tryin' to make my part smaller? 625 00:36:33,938 --> 00:36:36,498 - No, no, every-- - My part's small enough as it is! 626 00:36:36,574 --> 00:36:40,169 Every play needs some cuts, and the size of the role is not the important thing. 627 00:36:40,245 --> 00:36:43,840 Did you hear what she said? She doesn't want her speech taken away from her! 628 00:36:43,915 --> 00:36:48,477 - Look, look, Mr. Cheech, I've about-- - I'd rather be shootin' crap myself... 629 00:36:48,553 --> 00:36:53,149 but Mr. V. told me that she's gotta be up there a lot! 630 00:36:53,224 --> 00:36:55,852 - I wrote this play, and I'm directing this play! - I don't care. 631 00:36:55,927 --> 00:36:59,886 You wanna get slapped here or do you want me to take you outside and we'll straighten this out? 632 00:36:59,964 --> 00:37:02,660 It's up to you. 633 00:37:05,904 --> 00:37:09,670 [ David ] Warner Purcell remains good-spirited and a joy to work with. 634 00:37:09,741 --> 00:37:15,077 And what discipline. Although, I notice he no longer has just a cup of hot water and lemon. 635 00:37:17,315 --> 00:37:21,251 [ Eden ] lf you start it off at that level-- 636 00:37:21,319 --> 00:37:26,052 Well, what are we going to do about that canine-loving ingenue? 637 00:37:26,090 --> 00:37:29,025 - Did you cast her because you thought she was attractive? - She's pretty... 638 00:37:29,093 --> 00:37:32,722 but more importantly, she has a certain perkiness that the character requires. 639 00:37:32,797 --> 00:37:36,699 She's perky. She makes you wanna sneak up behind her with a pillow and suffocate her. 640 00:37:36,768 --> 00:37:39,134 - It's a beautiful apartment. - Josette. 641 00:37:39,203 --> 00:37:42,036 - My beaker of martinis. - Your taste is exquisite. 642 00:37:42,073 --> 00:37:46,533 My taste is superb. My eyes are exquisite. 643 00:37:46,611 --> 00:37:48,738 What justifiable confidence. 644 00:37:48,780 --> 00:37:52,341 - I think at some point you're going to have to fire Olive. - I'm afraid that's not possible. 645 00:37:52,584 --> 00:37:57,146 Oh, how can you take her butchering your poetry? I know I couldn't stand it. 646 00:37:57,221 --> 00:38:01,317 No one in his right mind is going to believe she's a doctor, not even a veterinarian. 647 00:38:01,559 --> 00:38:04,619 - [ Chuckles ] - I understand, but it's a compromise I have to live with... 648 00:38:04,696 --> 00:38:07,096 and if I want the play to open, I have to find a way to live with it. 649 00:38:07,165 --> 00:38:09,690 I plan on reducing the scope of her role if her bodyguard will let me. 650 00:38:09,767 --> 00:38:11,701 Can you believe that character? 651 00:38:11,769 --> 00:38:14,863 Imagine, traveling with your own private Neanderthal. 652 00:38:14,939 --> 00:38:17,874 - I wasn't aware that you opened The Master Builder. - Oh, well. 653 00:38:17,942 --> 00:38:21,173 I had forgotten that you won that drama award. 654 00:38:21,245 --> 00:38:24,112 - Here's to your play. - Oh, thank you. Our play. 655 00:38:24,148 --> 00:38:27,982 To an ideal world with no compromise. 656 00:38:32,290 --> 00:38:35,259 Oh, my gosh, look at this view! 657 00:38:35,326 --> 00:38:40,059 A million blinking lights. A million broken hearts. 658 00:38:40,131 --> 00:38:42,656 - You know what's down there? - What? 659 00:38:42,734 --> 00:38:45,794 - Broadway. - Ah. That's your street. 660 00:38:45,870 --> 00:38:50,933 Mm-hmm. Yes, that's my street, but I'd like to give it to you. 661 00:38:51,009 --> 00:38:54,968 - That is, if you want it. - Who wouldn't want it? 662 00:38:55,046 --> 00:38:58,812 I want you to write a play for me. Oh, I mean when all this is over. 663 00:38:58,850 --> 00:39:02,650 - Really? - Your next play, I want you to create a vehicle for Helen Sinclair. 664 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:05,917 - I'm honored. - But it must have size... 665 00:39:05,990 --> 00:39:08,117 an important woman. 666 00:39:08,192 --> 00:39:11,855 - A Borgia. A Curie. You name it. - Yes! 667 00:39:11,929 --> 00:39:14,864 - I'll dedicate myself to it. - Oh, and while you're at it... 668 00:39:14,932 --> 00:39:18,197 if you could just have a look at that scene in Act ll. 669 00:39:18,236 --> 00:39:22,434 If she succeeds in seducing the Lieutenant instead of being rejected a second time... 670 00:39:22,674 --> 00:39:27,839 - it could add some variation to the character. - Yes, that's a wonderful idea. 671 00:39:27,879 --> 00:39:30,370 The heart is "labyrinthinine..." 672 00:39:30,448 --> 00:39:34,782 a maze beset with brutal pitfalls and mean obstacles. 673 00:39:34,852 --> 00:39:39,255 David, I can't say that line. It doesn't make sense. It's stupid. I don't get it. 674 00:39:39,323 --> 00:39:42,986 - It's just a stylish way of expressing a particular idea. - Idea? What idea? 675 00:39:43,061 --> 00:39:45,188 The agony of love. The difficulty of relating. 676 00:39:45,229 --> 00:39:47,925 - Why do you have to make it so hard to say? - Just say the line. 677 00:39:47,999 --> 00:39:50,991 - No, I can't say it. It's a mouthful of "ghibberish." - Gibberish! 678 00:39:51,035 --> 00:39:53,833 - I can't say it, and I will not say it. - Just do the line. 679 00:39:53,905 --> 00:39:55,839 No! I'm not making a fool of myself. 680 00:39:55,907 --> 00:39:57,841 [ Cheech ] She's right, it stinks. 681 00:39:57,909 --> 00:40:00,343 Oh-ho, Jesus, another party heard from. 682 00:40:00,378 --> 00:40:03,040 It's a stupid way of talkin', and nobody talks like that. 683 00:40:03,114 --> 00:40:05,480 - I don't believe this is happening. - Frankenstein is right. 684 00:40:05,717 --> 00:40:07,708 When I want your opinion, I will ask for it. 685 00:40:07,752 --> 00:40:10,482 I can't stand to listen to this garbage. Every day I sit back there... 686 00:40:10,722 --> 00:40:12,485 and I hear the same bullshit over and over again. 687 00:40:12,724 --> 00:40:14,487 Then leave. No one asked you here. 688 00:40:14,726 --> 00:40:16,387 [ Helen ] Oh, David, take it easy. 689 00:40:16,427 --> 00:40:18,827 Where did you study play writing? Was it Sing Sing? 690 00:40:18,896 --> 00:40:21,228 "A maze beset by brutal pitfalls--" 691 00:40:21,265 --> 00:40:23,859 Hey, Olive, I memorized it, and I'm tellin' ya... 692 00:40:23,935 --> 00:40:27,371 it comes to me all the time, and it stinks on fuckin' hot ice! 693 00:40:27,438 --> 00:40:30,407 - That's it. I quit. This is crazy. - [ Warner ] David. 694 00:40:30,475 --> 00:40:34,172 - Oh, please, I have a little hangover! - I am famished. 695 00:40:34,245 --> 00:40:37,305 Everyone, everyone, why don't we take lunch? An hour? 696 00:40:37,381 --> 00:40:40,248 - [ Mr. Woofles Barking ] - You don't wanna say the goddamned line... 697 00:40:40,284 --> 00:40:43,515 - don't say the goddamned line! - Oh, look at you, Mr. Temperamental. 698 00:40:43,755 --> 00:40:47,350 [ Helen ] lf that rat on a leash barks one more time-- 699 00:40:47,425 --> 00:40:50,326 -He sounds melancholy. Is he melancholy? -You can trim the line. 700 00:40:50,394 --> 00:40:53,852 - Because she can't handle it? - Because you said yourself you were having trouble with it. 701 00:40:53,931 --> 00:40:56,161 - So you agree with the gorilla? - David, for Christ sake! It's one line! 702 00:40:56,234 --> 00:40:58,429 - It's not going to wreck the scene. - That's not the point! 703 00:40:58,469 --> 00:41:01,927 Suddenly I'm taking suggestions from a strong-arm man with an l.Q. of minus 50. 704 00:41:02,006 --> 00:41:03,974 I've had it! 705 00:41:04,008 --> 00:41:07,307 - David, for goodness' sake. Come on. - Look who's here. 706 00:41:07,378 --> 00:41:10,211 Oh, God! Get my rifle! 707 00:41:10,281 --> 00:41:13,808 I guess I'm just hypersensitive because maybe deep down, I agree with the goon. 708 00:41:13,885 --> 00:41:18,288 - Maybe it is a turgid line. I don't know. My nerves are shot. - No. Just calm yourself. 709 00:41:18,322 --> 00:41:23,021 Helen, the play is not working. It's not working, and it's in my writing. It's not just Olive. 710 00:41:23,094 --> 00:41:27,292 That's the reason we have rehearsal. That's the reason we go out of town. 711 00:41:29,267 --> 00:41:32,759 You have such a wonderful attitude. I'm so lucky. 712 00:41:32,837 --> 00:41:35,465 The best part of this project every day is that I get to come to work... 713 00:41:35,540 --> 00:41:38,441 and see you and be with you and work with you. 714 00:41:38,509 --> 00:41:43,003 - I don't mean to spoil the day. - Then let's not. 715 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,379 Sit down here. I'm going to show you something. 716 00:41:46,450 --> 00:41:48,350 Okay. 717 00:41:49,420 --> 00:41:52,287 This is my favorite spot in the park. 718 00:41:54,292 --> 00:41:57,523 And in winter, when it's covered with snow... 719 00:41:57,595 --> 00:42:02,294 at about 4:30 in the afternoon, when it's just getting dark and the lights come on... 720 00:42:02,333 --> 00:42:04,301 it's all misty. 721 00:42:04,368 --> 00:42:09,271 And you can just see the silhouettes of the Manhattan skyline through the trees. 722 00:42:09,340 --> 00:42:11,831 And it's magical. 723 00:42:11,909 --> 00:42:14,241 It's magical. 724 00:42:15,980 --> 00:42:18,574 Helen, I think I'm falling in love with you. 725 00:42:18,816 --> 00:42:20,613 Don't. 726 00:42:20,852 --> 00:42:24,845 - I don't know if I can help it. - David, please, we must be strong. 727 00:42:24,922 --> 00:42:28,483 I've kept a check on my feelings for so long, but there's so much that I want to say. 728 00:42:28,559 --> 00:42:31,153 - What are words? - Oh, gosh. 729 00:42:31,229 --> 00:42:34,494 David, everything meaningful is in some unexplainable form. 730 00:42:34,565 --> 00:42:38,831 It's-- It's more primordial than mere language. 731 00:42:38,903 --> 00:42:41,269 - I'm not sure I follow that one. - Oh, be silent. 732 00:42:41,339 --> 00:42:43,307 - Be silent. - Helen-- 733 00:42:43,374 --> 00:42:46,468 No, let's just sit here holding our thoughts. 734 00:42:46,544 --> 00:42:49,377 Not revealing them. Be still. 735 00:42:49,447 --> 00:42:54,214 Let the birds have their song. Let ours for now remain unsung. 736 00:42:54,285 --> 00:42:56,412 You're amazing. 737 00:42:56,487 --> 00:43:00,389 ## [ "Ain't Misbehavin"' ] 738 00:43:03,561 --> 00:43:05,256 Stop it. Stop it. 739 00:43:05,329 --> 00:43:08,059 - I'm not in the mood! - What do you mean you're not in the mood? 740 00:43:08,132 --> 00:43:10,327 Honey, you better get in the mood, 'cause he's payin' the rent. 741 00:43:10,401 --> 00:43:14,235 Shut up, Venus! Just what I said: I'm not in the mood. 742 00:43:14,305 --> 00:43:18,901 - Do I have to be in the mood every time you are? - Stop puttin' on the airs. 743 00:43:18,943 --> 00:43:22,242 - I'm not puttin' on airs. - I never knew you when you wasn't ready for a little action. 744 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:26,239 Well, today, I'm not ready for action. I'm tired. Rehearsal is hard. 745 00:43:26,317 --> 00:43:29,377 - Get your motor goin'. - No! 746 00:43:29,453 --> 00:43:32,581 - Hey, I brought you somethin'. - What? 747 00:43:32,657 --> 00:43:35,888 - Huh? - Hmm. 748 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:37,928 What do ya say? Come on. 749 00:43:37,962 --> 00:43:41,022 - Nickie. - Oh, I got a great bottle of French wine. 750 00:43:41,098 --> 00:43:43,066 Joey Foster made it himself. 751 00:43:43,134 --> 00:43:45,602 Pasadena. I'm pooped. 752 00:43:45,636 --> 00:43:48,002 # Let's misbehave # 753 00:43:48,072 --> 00:43:51,235 # There's something wild about you, child-- ## 754 00:43:51,275 --> 00:43:53,641 [ David ] Today, Ellen came to watch rehearsal. 755 00:43:53,711 --> 00:43:57,374 She was very excited to meet the cast, especially Warner Purcell. 756 00:43:57,448 --> 00:44:02,181 - Warner, Warner, Warner. This is Ellen. My girlfriend. - Oh! Pleased to meet you. 757 00:44:02,253 --> 00:44:06,053 - You should be very proud. He has a rare talent. - Yes, he does. 758 00:44:06,123 --> 00:44:08,990 [ David ] The morning proceeded very smoothly for the first half hour. 759 00:44:09,026 --> 00:44:10,994 And then another incident occurred. 760 00:44:11,062 --> 00:44:15,089 The heart obeys its own rules. Ha! 761 00:44:15,166 --> 00:44:19,626 As a doctor, your respect for rationalities is not very profound. 762 00:44:19,704 --> 00:44:21,638 - David, l-- David, can l-- - [ David ] Yes? 763 00:44:21,706 --> 00:44:25,472 I don't understand the character here. Suddenly, she's too wise. 764 00:44:25,543 --> 00:44:29,707 And, David, I don't know why she's telling her to dump her fiance. 765 00:44:29,947 --> 00:44:32,313 - She's caught up with the Lieutenant. - The Lieutenant? 766 00:44:32,350 --> 00:44:35,080 But it's as if she's just mouthing the playwright's philosophy. 767 00:44:35,152 --> 00:44:38,349 - Why would she just up and leave Tom? - Because she's impulsive. 768 00:44:38,389 --> 00:44:41,950 - It doesn't feel right. - Well, yeah, and I don't understand, you know... 769 00:44:42,026 --> 00:44:45,325 if I'm a doctor, how come I'm giving her such bad advice? 770 00:44:45,363 --> 00:44:47,490 - It's not bad advice. - It is bad advice. 771 00:44:47,565 --> 00:44:51,524 But, David, you see, in Act l, she says that Tom changed her life. 772 00:44:51,602 --> 00:44:55,163 - Yes, but she's recklessly driven to the Lieutenant. - It doesn't make sense. 773 00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:57,537 - Just give it a chance. - There's something contradictory about it. 774 00:44:57,608 --> 00:44:59,974 - Just give it a chance. - It's just bad writing. 775 00:45:00,044 --> 00:45:02,672 [ Cheech ] I'll tell ya what's wrong. 776 00:45:02,747 --> 00:45:05,409 - Oh, Christ! Julian? - Now let's wait a minute. 777 00:45:05,483 --> 00:45:09,317 - Let's not get into a situation here. - She shouldn't leave the guy. 778 00:45:09,387 --> 00:45:11,514 She should stick with him. 779 00:45:11,589 --> 00:45:15,719 Then when the Lieutenant has that fight with his wife and walks out, he should notice her. 780 00:45:15,793 --> 00:45:18,455 That way, it won't be boring. 781 00:45:26,737 --> 00:45:30,173 Somebody say something! 782 00:45:30,207 --> 00:45:33,699 - I think it's a good idea. - [ Julian ] It's not a bad one. 783 00:45:33,778 --> 00:45:36,008 - You're kidding. - Oh, no. 784 00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,241 It's, uh-- It really isn't. 785 00:45:38,315 --> 00:45:41,284 [ Warner ] Personally, I like it. I think it's very dramatic. 786 00:45:41,352 --> 00:45:44,344 Ellen, do you see what I'm up against? Do you see what I have to put up with? 787 00:45:44,422 --> 00:45:47,323 - I think he has an interesting concept. - What? 788 00:45:47,391 --> 00:45:49,586 Not to say that-- 789 00:45:49,660 --> 00:45:52,151 - She doesn't leave the Lieutenant. - Right. 790 00:45:52,229 --> 00:45:54,254 - She doesn't leave her fiance. - Right. 791 00:45:54,331 --> 00:45:57,630 We lose that scene, and suddenly a lot of good possibilities open up. 792 00:45:57,701 --> 00:46:00,568 - [ Cheech ] It's a helluva lot better than what you got. - I actually like it. 793 00:46:00,638 --> 00:46:03,129 - You're taking his side? - It's not a question of sides. 794 00:46:03,207 --> 00:46:06,574 - David, she's right. The play always bogged down there. - Try it. 795 00:46:06,610 --> 00:46:10,569 - That's why the actors always looked so uncomfortable. - I can't make those changes. 796 00:46:10,614 --> 00:46:15,051 - Why not? H-H-How do they meet again? - Because the-- 797 00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:19,453 The Lieutenant notices her, right? And then, he goes after her. 798 00:46:19,490 --> 00:46:23,449 I mean, that's the way it would happen in real life. He goes after her. Come on. 799 00:46:23,527 --> 00:46:27,725 You can't force it, kid. I mean, if it's meant to go in a whole other direction-- 800 00:46:27,798 --> 00:46:31,256 - I quit! - Oh, don't be so egotistical. 801 00:46:31,335 --> 00:46:33,496 - I'm outta here. - Egotistical? Why? Because I protect my play? 802 00:46:33,571 --> 00:46:37,098 - Protect it against what? A good idea? - Oh, thank you for the support. 803 00:46:37,141 --> 00:46:40,338 - No, no, I quit! That's it. Good-bye. - I'm gonna go shoot crap. 804 00:46:40,411 --> 00:46:42,606 - That's it. I quit. - Wait a minute. 805 00:46:42,646 --> 00:46:45,615 [ Julian ] David. David! 806 00:46:45,649 --> 00:46:47,844 - I'm gonna go shoot crap. - David. 807 00:46:48,085 --> 00:46:51,282 - [ Mr. Woofles Barking ] - Mommy's coming. 808 00:46:51,355 --> 00:46:56,315 If an artist can, it gives us all a much better chance, and he is an artist. 809 00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:59,761 - Is that why he's getting all hot and bothered all the time? - Artists are very emotional. 810 00:46:59,830 --> 00:47:02,594 - Artists are emotional, are they? - Yes, they are. 811 00:47:02,633 --> 00:47:05,431 Hey, I've been meaning to ask ya... 812 00:47:05,503 --> 00:47:10,270 is it my imagination or are you always... Iookin' my way? 813 00:47:10,341 --> 00:47:13,310 - You're a very observant girl. Yes, I have been looking at you. - Thank you. 814 00:47:13,344 --> 00:47:16,336 Yeah, well, I notice somethin'. I notice you have... 815 00:47:16,380 --> 00:47:19,645 a really big appetite. 816 00:47:19,717 --> 00:47:23,153 - Yes, I do have a big appetite. - Yeah, I noticed that, but-- 817 00:47:23,220 --> 00:47:25,279 - Where's your baby-sitter? - What, Cheech? 818 00:47:25,356 --> 00:47:28,325 - Yes. - Ah, you don't have to worry about Cheech. He took off. 819 00:47:28,392 --> 00:47:32,419 - Did he? - A minute there's a chance, he runs off to play craps. 820 00:47:32,496 --> 00:47:35,897 - Takes about two hours. - Well, listen, now that you've been let off the leash... 821 00:47:36,133 --> 00:47:38,601 - Yeah? - why don't we go in... 822 00:47:38,669 --> 00:47:41,934 - and get to know each other a bit better? - Okay. 823 00:47:42,173 --> 00:47:44,698 That might be pleasant. [ Giggles ] 824 00:47:49,713 --> 00:47:51,374 - [ Giggles ] - Well. 825 00:47:51,448 --> 00:47:53,382 - Hi. - Hi. 826 00:47:53,450 --> 00:47:55,645 Hi. 827 00:47:58,355 --> 00:48:00,915 - You're a very attr-- Wait just a minute. - What? What? What? 828 00:48:02,526 --> 00:48:04,790 - Before we start-- - Yeah? 829 00:48:04,862 --> 00:48:07,160 - What? Oh. - Just a-- 830 00:48:07,231 --> 00:48:10,257 A little poultry. [ Giggles ] Okay. 831 00:48:10,334 --> 00:48:12,268 - All right. Let's go. - All right. 832 00:48:12,336 --> 00:48:14,827 You do have a big appetite. [ Giggles ] 833 00:48:14,905 --> 00:48:18,363 - Pull yourself together. So he came up with a good idea. - [ Sighs ] 834 00:48:18,409 --> 00:48:20,843 - Helen, not you too? - If you did follow his suggestion... 835 00:48:20,911 --> 00:48:24,176 you'd be able to put in that new scene in Act Ill that you've always wanted to. 836 00:48:24,248 --> 00:48:28,184 - Yes, but it'd-- - And that, that casts a whole new light... 837 00:48:28,252 --> 00:48:30,652 on my relationship with my husband. Yes! 838 00:48:30,721 --> 00:48:33,349 So you're saying you want me to change it? 839 00:48:33,424 --> 00:48:36,825 At the risk of seeing you upset on your birthday. 840 00:48:36,894 --> 00:48:39,556 - How did you know it was my birthday? - Happy birthday. 841 00:48:39,630 --> 00:48:42,827 - Helen! Ohh. - Open it. 842 00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:45,494 Gosh! 843 00:48:45,569 --> 00:48:48,868 Oh, gosh. Really. It's-- 844 00:48:48,939 --> 00:48:51,669 Don't get too excited. I didn't buy it. 845 00:48:51,742 --> 00:48:54,711 Cole Porter gave it to me. It's one of many. 846 00:48:54,778 --> 00:48:57,372 - Now I'm gonna have to take up smoking. - Hmm. 847 00:48:57,448 --> 00:49:00,508 Have a good time tonight with your girlfriend. I'm sure she's taking you out. 848 00:49:00,584 --> 00:49:04,680 - Yes, with the Marxes. - Yes, well... make a birthday wish. 849 00:49:04,755 --> 00:49:09,556 - I have. - I hope you get everything in life that you want. 850 00:49:09,627 --> 00:49:11,561 Helen, have you thought about what I said before... 851 00:49:11,595 --> 00:49:13,825 - about the way I feel? - Don't speak. 852 00:49:15,032 --> 00:49:18,365 - But I want to express-- - Don't speak. Don't. 853 00:49:19,937 --> 00:49:21,871 - Just a few things I want to tell you. - Don't speak. 854 00:49:21,939 --> 00:49:24,874 - When we first met-- [ Muffled ] - No, no. Don't speak. 855 00:49:24,942 --> 00:49:28,002 Please don't speak. Please don't speak. 856 00:49:28,245 --> 00:49:30,975 No! No! No! Go! 857 00:49:31,048 --> 00:49:34,882 Go, gentle Scorpio, go! 858 00:49:34,952 --> 00:49:39,321 Your Pisces wishes you every happy return. 859 00:49:40,024 --> 00:49:42,322 - Just one-- - Don't speak! 860 00:49:42,393 --> 00:49:44,623 ## 861 00:49:44,695 --> 00:49:48,654 - [ Sighs ] - Wow, a wallet! 862 00:49:48,699 --> 00:49:51,691 - That's appropriate. - It was the nicest one I saw by far. 863 00:49:51,769 --> 00:49:55,034 - The piping. That's real leather. - Places to put stuff in there. 864 00:49:55,272 --> 00:49:57,069 - You like it? - It's amazing. Beautiful. 865 00:49:57,308 --> 00:49:59,299 - You like it? - Yes, really. 866 00:49:59,343 --> 00:50:03,302 - Now all I need is some money, and it'll hold its shape. - You will prosper, my friend. 867 00:50:03,347 --> 00:50:06,544 - I promise. [ Chuckles ] Am I right, Hilda? - No, I love it. 868 00:50:06,617 --> 00:50:09,984 - Can I pick 'em or can I pick 'em? - Oh, you sure can, Julian. 869 00:50:10,054 --> 00:50:13,046 - Happy birthday. - Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for spending it with me. 870 00:50:13,290 --> 00:50:15,622 - Oh, it's wonderful. - Hilda, touch glasses there. 871 00:50:19,063 --> 00:50:22,624 Hey, look who's here with his girlfriend. 872 00:50:22,700 --> 00:50:25,965 - [ Ellen ] Oh, no. - I owe that big Gorgonzola an apology. 873 00:50:26,036 --> 00:50:30,632 What are you talking about? Now that he's drunk, he's gonna apologize to everyone. Strangers. 874 00:50:30,674 --> 00:50:34,940 [ David ] Today at rehearsal, he came up with that little suggestion, and I overreacted. 875 00:50:35,012 --> 00:50:38,812 I let my ego get in the way of the work, and I feel I owe him an apology. 876 00:50:38,882 --> 00:50:42,409 - Ah, you're all right. You handled it very well. - I'll be right back. 877 00:50:50,427 --> 00:50:53,658 I take it all back. It was a good suggestion, and I apologize. 878 00:50:53,731 --> 00:50:55,722 - Say hello to Violet. - Hi, Violet. 879 00:50:55,799 --> 00:50:58,461 - Hi, nice to meet you. Who's this, Cheech? - He's a writer. 880 00:50:58,535 --> 00:51:02,403 - I'm a struggling writer. - You wanna know what the problem with your story is? 881 00:51:02,473 --> 00:51:06,534 - What's the problem? Are you gonna do some more rewrites? - Sit down. Take a load off your feet. 882 00:51:06,577 --> 00:51:10,343 - Moe, go on. Come here. Get him a beer. - Why not? 883 00:51:10,381 --> 00:51:12,372 - [ Violet ] He's a writer? - Yeah. 884 00:51:12,416 --> 00:51:15,715 - I didn't know you knew writers. - Do me a favor. Shut up. 885 00:51:15,786 --> 00:51:17,720 Don't tell me to shut up. 886 00:51:17,755 --> 00:51:20,121 All right, number one. 887 00:51:20,357 --> 00:51:23,485 See, I don't believe she loves the guy right from the start. 888 00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:27,018 She's too on, uh, top of him all the time. That's not love. 889 00:51:27,097 --> 00:51:30,897 That's like keeping somebody in prison. But if you changed it, right? 890 00:51:30,968 --> 00:51:33,766 And she left him, then she would feel so bad about it... 891 00:51:33,837 --> 00:51:37,705 - that she would have the nervous breakdown and go nuts. - [ Music Stops, Applause ] 892 00:51:37,775 --> 00:51:40,539 - How ya doin', Cheech? - Tulio, listen, I gotta see you later. 893 00:51:40,611 --> 00:51:44,069 - I wanna get down on the Cardinals for the doubleheader, all right? - You got it. 894 00:51:44,148 --> 00:51:48,414 - Them birds look good. - Teach your friend some manners and get him outta here. 895 00:51:48,452 --> 00:51:50,943 - All right, so-- - You were-- You were talking about-- 896 00:51:51,021 --> 00:51:53,615 Right, all right. So, now... 897 00:51:53,690 --> 00:51:57,751 if the doctor feels what Sylvia's feelin'-- That's her name, Sylvia. 898 00:51:57,828 --> 00:52:00,160 - There's a Sylvia in my neighborhood. - Oh, yeah? 899 00:52:00,397 --> 00:52:03,662 -Yeah. What was her name? Sylvia Pincus. -Sylvia Pincus. 900 00:52:03,734 --> 00:52:06,498 Sylvia Pincus. Big, fat Jewish broad, had a little tiny husband. 901 00:52:06,570 --> 00:52:09,403 She chopped him up with an ax and mailed his pieces all over the country. 902 00:52:09,473 --> 00:52:11,805 I don't know what she was tryin' to prove. 903 00:52:11,875 --> 00:52:13,809 That's disgusting. You gotta tell that story in front of me? 904 00:52:13,877 --> 00:52:15,504 - Relax. - You know I got a weak stomach. 905 00:52:15,579 --> 00:52:18,047 - You were tellin' me about the play a minute ago. - Don't interrupt me. 906 00:52:18,115 --> 00:52:21,050 - You were sayin' about Sylvia? - Right. So if the doctor feels what Sylvia's feelin'-- 907 00:52:21,118 --> 00:52:23,109 - Uh-huh. - Know what I mean? 908 00:52:23,187 --> 00:52:26,156 Yeah. She identifies with her patient, a bit. 909 00:52:26,190 --> 00:52:29,990 Right. This way when she gets jealous, it makes sense. 910 00:52:30,027 --> 00:52:31,961 - Right. - Uh-huh. 911 00:52:32,029 --> 00:52:34,827 There's gotta be a time when the Lieutenant has it out with the doctor. 912 00:52:34,898 --> 00:52:36,832 Why isn't that in there? 913 00:52:36,900 --> 00:52:39,027 You're talking about a whole different direction for the play. 914 00:52:39,102 --> 00:52:41,036 Definitely. 915 00:52:42,773 --> 00:52:44,707 Think about it. 916 00:52:44,775 --> 00:52:48,541 How would the audience know Sylvia was feeling guilty? lf-- 917 00:52:48,612 --> 00:52:50,773 Oh. I don't know. 918 00:52:50,848 --> 00:52:52,816 Wait a minute. Yeah. Wait. 919 00:52:52,850 --> 00:52:56,809 You could work it out with maybe you-- you hear what she's thinkin'. 920 00:52:56,854 --> 00:52:59,789 -You mean she speaks her thoughts aloud? -Sure, why not? It's a play anyhow. 921 00:52:59,857 --> 00:53:02,951 It don't have to be real, but it'll be stronger. 922 00:53:02,993 --> 00:53:06,793 You think about that. And you, don't interrupt me no more. 923 00:53:06,864 --> 00:53:08,798 I'm sorry. 924 00:53:10,567 --> 00:53:15,163 So how come you had so much to say to that Valenti goon? 925 00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:17,707 No, nothing. I was just thanking him for his ideas. 926 00:53:17,741 --> 00:53:21,802 - What ideas? He only had the one suggestion, didn't he? - Yeah. 927 00:53:21,879 --> 00:53:24,848 - That was just it. - So do you like your wallet? 928 00:53:24,882 --> 00:53:26,850 - What? - The wallet. 929 00:53:26,884 --> 00:53:29,182 - Oh, yes, yes, it's terrific. - Are you sure? 930 00:53:29,219 --> 00:53:32,746 Oh, it's very exciting. I love leatherette. Always have loved it. 931 00:53:32,823 --> 00:53:35,155 Boy, are you loaded. 932 00:53:35,225 --> 00:53:37,216 - Yeah. - Happy birthday. 933 00:53:37,294 --> 00:53:39,228 Thanks. 934 00:53:41,565 --> 00:53:46,502 [ David ] September 24. I gave the cast the rewrites. Everyone seemed pleased. 935 00:53:46,570 --> 00:53:49,266 - [ Helen ] These are brilliant! Oh! - [ Warner ] They are. 936 00:53:49,506 --> 00:53:51,497 Now Sylvia's not so passive. 937 00:53:51,575 --> 00:53:55,534 She uses her wiles to trap the Lieutenant, and that's what causes her guilt! 938 00:53:55,612 --> 00:53:58,046 [ Warner ] The whole thing is motivated. It drives on. Wonderful. 939 00:53:58,115 --> 00:54:01,642 - [ Olive ] You mean I gotta memorize all new lines? - [ Helen ] They're wonderful! 940 00:54:01,718 --> 00:54:05,950 - How did you come up with such divine changes? - They're not really mine-- 941 00:54:06,023 --> 00:54:09,959 - Oh, no? Whose are they, God's? - [ Laughing ] 942 00:54:10,027 --> 00:54:13,758 - Well, they are mine in the sense that they're mine-- - Your modesty becomes you. 943 00:54:13,830 --> 00:54:15,991 But let's face it; you are a major talent. 944 00:54:16,066 --> 00:54:18,125 A major new voice in the theater. 945 00:54:18,201 --> 00:54:21,728 The word genius gets thrown around so frequently in this business... 946 00:54:21,772 --> 00:54:24,206 - but, darling, if the shoe fits-- - Congratulations. 947 00:54:24,274 --> 00:54:28,210 - It finally has balls. - Now, if we can do something about Act Ill... 948 00:54:28,278 --> 00:54:30,678 we got a big, fat hit on our hands. 949 00:54:30,747 --> 00:54:34,581 - [ Warner ] Three cheers for the writer! Hip-hip-- - [ Cast ] Hooray! 950 00:54:34,618 --> 00:54:37,815 [ David ] I stayed up all night working on the third act. 951 00:54:37,888 --> 00:54:39,822 I admit it came rather hard... 952 00:54:39,890 --> 00:54:43,121 and before I handed in the pages, I sent them over to Cheech to read. 953 00:54:43,193 --> 00:54:45,923 He suggested I come down to his office. 954 00:54:50,067 --> 00:54:52,661 - You missed the idea. - I did? 955 00:54:52,736 --> 00:54:55,296 Yeah, you did. Plus, nobody talks like that. 956 00:54:55,372 --> 00:54:58,808 - You got that problem. You don't write like people talk. - I take poetic license. 957 00:54:58,875 --> 00:55:03,574 Poetic license, bullshit. People believe what they see when the actors sound real. 958 00:55:03,647 --> 00:55:06,616 - Come here. Let me show you. - What are you doing? 959 00:55:06,683 --> 00:55:08,674 - What does it look like I'm doin'? - You're gonna write it? 960 00:55:08,752 --> 00:55:12,950 What am l? A fuckin' idiot? They taught me how to write in school before I burned it down. 961 00:55:12,990 --> 00:55:17,120 - You burned down your school? - Yeah, it was Lincoln's birthday. There was nobody there. 962 00:55:17,194 --> 00:55:20,220 - If you actually write-- - Look, I know how people talk, all right? 963 00:55:20,297 --> 00:55:22,265 Go shoot a rack, and let me do this. 964 00:55:22,299 --> 00:55:25,097 But if you actually write it, then I'm not-- 965 00:55:25,168 --> 00:55:27,659 - Don't worry about it. I ain't gonna tell anybody. - No? 966 00:55:27,738 --> 00:55:30,673 No. I saw you playin' the big shot. I know what it's all about. 967 00:55:30,741 --> 00:55:33,141 Where I come from, nobody squeals. 968 00:55:38,849 --> 00:55:41,010 Go shoot a rack. 969 00:55:41,084 --> 00:55:43,416 Stop starin' at me. 970 00:55:43,654 --> 00:55:47,613 [ Helen ] What dialogue! This is better than O'Neill! 971 00:55:47,691 --> 00:55:49,181 Max Anderson will never touch you! 972 00:55:49,259 --> 00:55:51,193 So you liked it. 973 00:55:51,261 --> 00:55:55,061 It's so full of passion! It's so full of life! 974 00:55:55,132 --> 00:55:59,125 - I hoped it would lift the story. - What a difference between this and your first draft. 975 00:55:59,202 --> 00:56:04,162 You hadn't found yourself yet. The idea was there, but it hadn't crystallized. 976 00:56:04,241 --> 00:56:07,039 You needed to hear it on its feet, and now this. 977 00:56:07,110 --> 00:56:10,136 It's no longer tepid and cerebral. 978 00:56:10,180 --> 00:56:14,014 It's full of life! It's full of passion! 979 00:56:14,084 --> 00:56:18,111 It reeks with humid sexuality! It's carnivorous at last! 980 00:56:18,188 --> 00:56:22,716 - You thought my first draft was cerebral and tepid? - Only the plot and dialogue. 981 00:56:22,793 --> 00:56:26,820 - But this-- - Was-Was-Was there nothing in the original draft... 982 00:56:26,897 --> 00:56:28,865 that you feel is worth saving? 983 00:56:28,899 --> 00:56:32,164 The stage directions were lucid. Best I've ever seen. 984 00:56:32,202 --> 00:56:34,898 - And the color of the binder. Good choice. - Thank you. 985 00:56:34,971 --> 00:56:37,030 I always had a flare for stage directions. 986 00:56:37,107 --> 00:56:41,339 I went back and reread your earlier plays. They suffered from the same problem. 987 00:56:41,378 --> 00:56:45,075 - [ Sighs ] - Good ideas, but too contrived, no real guts. 988 00:56:45,148 --> 00:56:47,139 It's like you finally happened. 989 00:56:47,217 --> 00:56:49,481 - Helen, I have a confession to make. - Yes? 990 00:56:49,720 --> 00:56:52,052 [ Inhales Deeply ] 991 00:56:52,122 --> 00:56:54,420 - I-- - Don't speak! 992 00:56:54,491 --> 00:56:57,221 No, no, don't speak. I know you wanna deprecate yourself. 993 00:56:57,294 --> 00:57:01,697 I know you do, but you're going to take this town by storm. 994 00:57:05,936 --> 00:57:08,063 I didn't... 995 00:57:09,339 --> 00:57:12,035 realize what an inspiration... 996 00:57:12,075 --> 00:57:14,373 you've been to my writing. 997 00:57:14,444 --> 00:57:16,935 Oh, David. 998 00:57:16,980 --> 00:57:19,278 Dear, dear David. 999 00:57:19,349 --> 00:57:22,375 Pungent, seething artist. 1000 00:57:22,419 --> 00:57:25,252 The cocoon has opened. 1001 00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:33,960 I would give my body freely to the man who wrote those words. 1002 00:57:34,030 --> 00:57:38,057 Those glorious, powerful words. 1003 00:57:38,135 --> 00:57:40,069 - Helen-- - No, don't speak. 1004 00:57:40,137 --> 00:57:43,436 - [ Mumbling ] - Don't speak. Don't speak. No. Silence. Silence. 1005 00:57:43,507 --> 00:57:46,374 - Don't speak. - [ Mumbles ] Please. 1006 00:57:49,746 --> 00:57:53,204 [ David ] September 28. The play is working much better now. 1007 00:57:53,283 --> 00:57:57,219 Helen has been getting on more pleasantly with Eden, and I believe she likes Mr. Woofles. 1008 00:57:57,287 --> 00:58:00,916 - [ Barking ] - Back! Back! Back! Back! 1009 00:58:00,957 --> 00:58:04,791 [ David ] Warner Purcell and Olive seem to always be exchanging coy glances. 1010 00:58:04,828 --> 00:58:08,286 I don't know if it's my imagination, but he seems to have put on a little weight. 1011 00:58:08,365 --> 00:58:14,167 Perhaps the tension of our upcoming Boston opening has caused him to cheat on his diet. 1012 00:58:14,237 --> 00:58:16,432 [ David ] Can we go from "God of our fathers"? 1013 00:58:19,976 --> 00:58:22,308 Take it from "God of our fathers." 1014 00:58:28,285 --> 00:58:33,587 [ Ellen ] Oh! God of our fathers, help me! Help me! 1015 00:58:33,824 --> 00:58:37,920 I was thinkin' about when Sylvia's in the crazy house-- 1016 00:58:37,994 --> 00:58:39,928 - Sanitarium. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1017 00:58:39,996 --> 00:58:42,829 - She gets the D.T.s, and she sees things. - She hallucinates. 1018 00:58:42,866 --> 00:58:46,529 - No, she sees things. You know, like visions. - Like what kind of visions? 1019 00:58:46,603 --> 00:58:50,937 - Like her dead husband, and then they have that talk. - The one in the third act? 1020 00:58:51,007 --> 00:58:54,374 That's right. She couldn't face up to him when he was alive. 1021 00:58:54,444 --> 00:58:57,971 That's great. That's great. That's great. 1022 00:58:58,048 --> 00:59:00,380 - It is great. - Why didn't I think of that? 1023 00:59:01,451 --> 00:59:03,419 Joe, gimme a beer. 1024 00:59:11,294 --> 00:59:14,320 That's great. It's all great. 1025 00:59:14,397 --> 00:59:16,365 What's the matter? 1026 00:59:16,399 --> 00:59:18,560 Nothin'. I just gotta take a break for a minute. 1027 00:59:18,635 --> 00:59:20,967 - You wanna take a break? - Yeah. 1028 00:59:21,037 --> 00:59:24,973 - All right. - Got a cramp. 1029 00:59:25,041 --> 00:59:27,032 [ Billiard Balls Clacking ] 1030 00:59:28,144 --> 00:59:30,339 Man. 1031 00:59:30,380 --> 00:59:33,577 [ Sighs ] It's a nice-- nice spot. 1032 00:59:33,650 --> 00:59:35,584 - Come here a long time. - Yeah? 1033 00:59:35,652 --> 00:59:38,314 - Yeah. - You from around here? You live around here? 1034 00:59:38,388 --> 00:59:41,619 - New York, born and raised. West 45th Street. - Mmm. 1035 00:59:44,427 --> 00:59:47,225 - Got a big family? - No. 1036 00:59:47,297 --> 00:59:49,993 Got a sister who lives in Jersey. 1037 00:59:50,066 --> 00:59:52,967 I had a brother, but he got killed. 1038 00:59:53,036 --> 00:59:56,096 - I'm sorry. - It's all right. 1039 00:59:56,172 --> 01:00:00,871 He welshed on some Shylocks. They took him out to Canarsie, shot him through the head. 1040 01:00:00,944 --> 01:00:02,912 Your brother? 1041 01:00:06,283 --> 01:00:09,275 How'd you get into your line of work? 1042 01:00:09,352 --> 01:00:11,286 - My line of work? - Yeah. 1043 01:00:11,354 --> 01:00:13,584 My father. Was he tough. 1044 01:00:15,392 --> 01:00:18,122 You ever think about doin' anything else? 1045 01:00:18,194 --> 01:00:20,128 - Like what? - Like writing. 1046 01:00:20,196 --> 01:00:22,130 - Writing. - Yeah. 1047 01:00:22,198 --> 01:00:24,666 - Come on, I've been collecting for the Mob since I was 16. - You have a huge gift. 1048 01:00:24,901 --> 01:00:29,304 - Yeah. - No, I'm serious. Really, it's-- it's uncanny. 1049 01:00:29,372 --> 01:00:32,967 - I mean, your instincts. Dramatic instincts. - Listen to me. 1050 01:00:33,043 --> 01:00:36,012 - Your play was very good. Your play was very good. - Really enviable. 1051 01:00:36,079 --> 01:00:39,242 You just didn't use your head. Sometimes people don't think. 1052 01:00:41,051 --> 01:00:43,212 Well, sure, for you it's simple, you know? 1053 01:00:43,286 --> 01:00:48,223 To someone who can draw, it all seems logical, but for someone who can't-- 1054 01:00:48,291 --> 01:00:51,283 I studied playwriting with every teacher. I read every book. 1055 01:00:51,361 --> 01:00:53,295 Let me tell you about teachers. I hate teachers. 1056 01:00:53,363 --> 01:00:56,628 Those blue-haired bitches used to whack us with rulers. Forget teachers. 1057 01:00:56,666 --> 01:01:00,329 - There was a boy I knew when I was growing up, and he played accordion. - Yeah? 1058 01:01:00,403 --> 01:01:04,203 I loved accordion. And I practiced and practiced, and I got fluent. 1059 01:01:04,274 --> 01:01:08,301 Yet he would squeeze one single note, and the sound of it would make you cry. 1060 01:01:08,378 --> 01:01:11,108 -I used to want to dance. You know that? -Make you cry. 1061 01:01:11,181 --> 01:01:15,447 - I mean it. You ever see George Raft dance? - Oh, yeah. 1062 01:01:22,459 --> 01:01:24,393 - So-- - What? 1063 01:01:24,461 --> 01:01:29,057 Mr. Marx says that you, uh, actually rubbed a few people out. Is that true? 1064 01:01:29,132 --> 01:01:31,623 - What is this, the third degree? - Not at all. 1065 01:01:31,701 --> 01:01:34,499 - Then why you sayin' that for? - I'm just really-- 1066 01:01:34,537 --> 01:01:37,028 The truth is I'm fascinated. 1067 01:01:37,073 --> 01:01:40,201 - I took care of a few guys. - Why? 1068 01:01:40,276 --> 01:01:42,210 Why, why? I don't know why. 1069 01:01:42,278 --> 01:01:45,213 They cheated Mr. V. They went back on a debt. I'll tell you one thing. 1070 01:01:45,281 --> 01:01:48,216 I never rubbed out a guy who didn't deserve it. 1071 01:01:50,987 --> 01:01:56,391 Uh, so what does it actually feel like when you actually... 1072 01:01:56,459 --> 01:01:58,552 - What? - k-kill a man? 1073 01:01:58,628 --> 01:02:00,755 - It feels okay. - It feels okay? 1074 01:02:00,997 --> 01:02:04,057 - Yeah. - Even the first time? 1075 01:02:04,134 --> 01:02:07,194 First time? First time was a punk in prison. 1076 01:02:07,270 --> 01:02:10,637 He squealed on me, and I stuck an ice pick in his back. 1077 01:02:10,707 --> 01:02:12,698 - An ice pick? - An ice pick, yeah. 1078 01:02:12,776 --> 01:02:17,076 Had to do it over and over, 40 times. It was a mess. Forget about it. 1079 01:02:19,482 --> 01:02:23,009 ## [ Narrating ] October 1. Helen Sinclair gave a party. 1080 01:02:23,053 --> 01:02:25,715 It was like being in a dream. Maxwell Anderson was there... 1081 01:02:25,789 --> 01:02:28,587 and George S. Kaufman and Gertrude Lawrence. 1082 01:02:28,658 --> 01:02:32,253 [ Helen ] Darling, I want you to meet my playwright, David Shayne. 1083 01:02:32,328 --> 01:02:36,025 [ Lord Chafee ] Oh, you have quite a find here, darling. Word's all over the streets. 1084 01:02:36,099 --> 01:02:39,068 Oh, well, Helen's made me out to be quite a hero. You're too kind. 1085 01:02:39,135 --> 01:02:41,296 No, I'm not kind. Helen will vouch for that. 1086 01:02:41,371 --> 01:02:44,101 But I read your play, and it's nothing short of marvelous. 1087 01:02:44,174 --> 01:02:46,438 I let him read the rewrite, not the eunuch version. 1088 01:02:46,509 --> 01:02:51,139 - My tongue is hanging out to present it on the London stage. - London? 1089 01:02:51,214 --> 01:02:55,082 Look at his face, Helen. You're going to be the toast of Broadway. 1090 01:02:55,151 --> 01:02:57,142 Why not the West End, hmm? 1091 01:02:57,220 --> 01:03:00,621 -Well, I'm so glad you enjoyed the show. -It was extraordinary. 1092 01:03:00,690 --> 01:03:03,284 What's this I hear about Helen's latest? ls that true? 1093 01:03:03,359 --> 01:03:06,760 - Oh, yes. He's creating a vehicle for Helen for next season. - Really? 1094 01:03:06,830 --> 01:03:10,630 It's a little idea she's wanted to do for years. She plays Jesus' mother. 1095 01:03:10,700 --> 01:03:12,634 - Oh! - It's a whole Oedipal thing: 1096 01:03:12,702 --> 01:03:16,103 He loves her, wants to do in the father. Well, you can see the complications. 1097 01:03:16,172 --> 01:03:19,141 - Of course. - Of course, we're talking to lra Gershwin... 1098 01:03:19,175 --> 01:03:22,633 about a modern musical version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. 1099 01:03:22,712 --> 01:03:27,479 - Quasimodo Jones. - Helen has such a-a-a-- a new vitality. 1100 01:03:27,550 --> 01:03:31,577 - Even her face looks so smooth. - I know. The monkey glands are working. 1101 01:03:36,493 --> 01:03:39,462 Can you leave your purse here, or is it-- 1102 01:03:39,496 --> 01:03:42,522 - Why did you close the door? - I've wanted to be alone with you... 1103 01:03:42,599 --> 01:03:44,692 since this boring party began. 1104 01:03:44,767 --> 01:03:48,703 This party, boring? This party's magnificent! It's glorious! 1105 01:03:48,771 --> 01:03:51,501 Make love to me. 1106 01:03:51,574 --> 01:03:53,804 Here? Now? 1107 01:03:53,843 --> 01:03:58,405 - I see no reason to wait. - Jerome Kern is on the other side of the door. 1108 01:03:58,481 --> 01:04:00,813 Yes, he's a wonderful composer. You'll have to meet him. 1109 01:04:00,884 --> 01:04:04,320 Now hang up your pants. 1110 01:04:04,354 --> 01:04:07,585 I feel good today. You know, I went to 34th Street. I got this new dress. 1111 01:04:07,657 --> 01:04:09,591 - You like it? - It's very nice. 1112 01:04:09,659 --> 01:04:12,492 - Isn't it? I think we should go dancin' tonight. - We're gonna go dancin'. 1113 01:04:12,529 --> 01:04:14,497 - I gotta take care of some business. - Business now? 1114 01:04:14,531 --> 01:04:17,523 - Oh, come on. - I'll take you dancin' in a minute. Just stay there. 1115 01:04:17,567 --> 01:04:19,535 All right. 1116 01:04:26,709 --> 01:04:30,577 - Hey, I wanna talk to you. - Hi, Cheech! What are you doing here? 1117 01:04:30,647 --> 01:04:34,413 Listen, usually I wouldn't give you no warning, but you're a good actor. 1118 01:04:34,484 --> 01:04:37,612 You're doin' a good job, and it'll be a big problem if you're not around. 1119 01:04:37,687 --> 01:04:41,589 But I'm tellin' you right now: lf you go near Nick Valenti's girl one more time... 1120 01:04:41,658 --> 01:04:45,424 I'm gonna stick my gun in your mouth and blow a hole in the top of your head. 1121 01:04:45,495 --> 01:04:49,158 - All right? - Cheech, it's so funny how you've misconstrued the situation. 1122 01:04:49,232 --> 01:04:52,531 Listen to me. I said don't give me no shit now, you hear? 1123 01:04:52,569 --> 01:04:54,833 - All right, all right. - I know what's goin' on. 1124 01:04:54,904 --> 01:04:56,838 - I understand, Mr. Cheech. - You understand? 1125 01:04:56,906 --> 01:05:00,273 - I do understand, yes. - Next time I come back angry. You hear what I said? 1126 01:05:00,343 --> 01:05:03,278 - Yes, I understand. - And next time you go near her, you're a dead man. 1127 01:05:03,346 --> 01:05:06,281 - Point taken. Thank you, thank you. - Now get out of here. 1128 01:05:17,193 --> 01:05:20,458 Mmm! Waiter! Waiter. 1129 01:05:20,530 --> 01:05:24,899 Could you bring me some more potatoes, please? And I'll have the pork loin now. Lovely. 1130 01:05:24,968 --> 01:05:28,426 Thank you. Oh, and one more thing. 1131 01:05:28,504 --> 01:05:33,441 I'll have the cheese platter now as well. Yes, and could you save me the Nesselrode pie? 1132 01:05:33,509 --> 01:05:35,409 Lovely. Thank you. 1133 01:05:37,547 --> 01:05:40,607 [ Narrating ] October 12. We opened in Boston. 1134 01:05:40,683 --> 01:05:43,345 Ellen came up for it. Mr. Valenti was there. 1135 01:05:43,419 --> 01:05:46,616 It went well, although my heart's in my mouth every time Olive speaks. 1136 01:05:46,689 --> 01:05:51,422 Don't tell me you still think the world revolves around-- 1137 01:05:51,494 --> 01:05:53,826 - [ Whispering ] "You"! - You. 1138 01:05:53,896 --> 01:05:56,831 I saw Max Gordon in the lobby. He loved it! 1139 01:05:56,899 --> 01:06:00,960 - [ General Chatter ] - David, did you know that I have a train to catch? 1140 01:06:01,037 --> 01:06:05,337 - Hey, Dave, how was l? - Wonderful. You finished that whole speech this time. 1141 01:06:05,408 --> 01:06:07,467 - Yeah, I did, didn't l? - And much improved. 1142 01:06:07,543 --> 01:06:11,502 You know, Olive was good. She still needs work, but-- Hey, Charlie, how are ya? 1143 01:06:11,581 --> 01:06:13,515 [ David ] The first act seems to be working well. 1144 01:06:13,583 --> 01:06:18,384 - I got some flowers for ya. - Oh, a hundred orchids! They could only be from Billy Rose. 1145 01:06:18,454 --> 01:06:22,686 Yes. They are! They're from Billy. Oh, they're beautiful. 1146 01:06:22,759 --> 01:06:25,455 And you! Oh! Fabulous. 1147 01:06:25,528 --> 01:06:29,055 Oh, thank you so much. So sweet of you. [ Kissing ] 1148 01:06:29,299 --> 01:06:32,860 Listen, let me go and get changed, and then I'll meet you at the Lobster Grill. 1149 01:06:32,935 --> 01:06:35,699 Could you order me the shore dinner as an appetizer? 1150 01:06:35,772 --> 01:06:37,706 And I'll have roast beef as the main course. 1151 01:06:37,774 --> 01:06:41,608 - How come you didn't call me over the weekend? - Oh, you were great. 1152 01:06:41,644 --> 01:06:44,374 - I was busy, my dear. I'm busy now. - Oh, really? 1153 01:06:44,447 --> 01:06:47,439 - Excuse me. Could I just have a word with you? - No, my friends are up from town. 1154 01:06:47,517 --> 01:06:51,510 - We're just going to eat, and I've got to get changed. - You don't mind if we talk. 1155 01:06:51,587 --> 01:06:53,646 - We'll wait for you. - We'll just be a second. 1156 01:06:53,723 --> 01:06:58,353 - Oh, well, I'll be with you in two seconds. - Bye. 1157 01:06:58,428 --> 01:07:03,991 - I can't be here. I mustn't-- - When I saw you on stage, doing that big speech... 1158 01:07:04,033 --> 01:07:08,060 - Olive, I'm very tempted. You're a gorgeous girl. - you were so, so sexy. 1159 01:07:08,304 --> 01:07:11,330 - I mustn't be seen with you. - What the hell is this? A corset? Get it off. 1160 01:07:11,407 --> 01:07:13,841 - Don't! - What, what, what? What are you so nervous about? 1161 01:07:13,910 --> 01:07:17,971 - I can't be seen with you. He threatened to kill me. - Who threatened to kill you? 1162 01:07:18,047 --> 01:07:21,847 - Cheech. - Cheech threatened to kill you? 1163 01:07:21,884 --> 01:07:24,876 Well, how do ya like that? He finally got wise. 1164 01:07:24,954 --> 01:07:28,014 You know what? I wouldn't let it worry you if I were you. 1165 01:07:28,057 --> 01:07:31,720 You're not the type to let some strong-arm gorilla push you around. 1166 01:07:31,794 --> 01:07:35,753 Olive, essentially, I'm an actor. I take on certain roles that require of me-- 1167 01:07:35,832 --> 01:07:39,734 You weren't just an actor when you were taking my underwear off. You were a big shot. 1168 01:07:39,802 --> 01:07:43,829 You were sayin' to me, "Olive, I have big plans for you. I want you to star with me. 1169 01:07:43,906 --> 01:07:46,670 - Stop it. Listen, Olive-- - I make my own rules. 1170 01:07:46,743 --> 01:07:48,870 All this is true, but we must be realistic. 1171 01:07:48,911 --> 01:07:53,610 - Realistic? - God, I'm starving! Do you have a sticky bun or-- 1172 01:07:53,683 --> 01:07:56,413 [ Knock At Door ] Open up. It's me, Nick. 1173 01:07:56,486 --> 01:07:58,750 Nick? Nick Valenti? 1174 01:07:58,788 --> 01:08:03,851 - I'm dressing. - Ah, c'mon. I ain't gonna see noplace I ain't been before. 1175 01:08:03,926 --> 01:08:07,555 - [ Knocking ] - I'm coming, I'm coming. Hold your water. 1176 01:08:08,931 --> 01:08:11,399 - Hi, baby. - Ah, there you are. 1177 01:08:11,434 --> 01:08:14,164 - You were swell in the show tonight, Olive. - Well, thank you. 1178 01:08:14,404 --> 01:08:16,167 - I thought so. Wasn't she, boys? - Oh, yeah. 1179 01:08:16,406 --> 01:08:18,704 - What a thrill. - Come on. Get yourself dressed. 1180 01:08:18,775 --> 01:08:22,677 - We got time to grab a drink before I drive back to New York. - Well, I don't know. 1181 01:08:22,745 --> 01:08:25,646 - Not tonight, Nickie. I'm a little bit tired. - Come on, come on. 1182 01:08:25,715 --> 01:08:27,842 You been puttin' me off for weeks now. 1183 01:08:27,917 --> 01:08:31,546 - I'm a little bit tired. - Since when you too tired to shovel in a little booze? 1184 01:08:31,621 --> 01:08:34,613 What a marvelous audience. I thought the show went quite well, don't you? 1185 01:08:34,690 --> 01:08:39,593 Oh, excuse me, Mr. Valenti. Darling, could you give me that cue a little quicker in Act ll? 1186 01:08:39,629 --> 01:08:42,723 You know the one where your character is quoting Hamlet? 1187 01:08:42,765 --> 01:08:45,928 Oh, well, you know, it's hard, 'cause I always forget the second part. 1188 01:08:45,968 --> 01:08:49,495 Yes, I know. It's "or not to be." Okay? 1189 01:08:49,572 --> 01:08:52,803 Because I can't come in until you finish your line, and I go "ooh." 1190 01:08:52,875 --> 01:08:56,106 - To be-- - Or not to be. 1191 01:08:56,145 --> 01:08:59,410 That's the way it goes. You're tired. You're not taking it in. 1192 01:08:59,482 --> 01:09:02,849 [ Laughing ] And did you notice the way the audience applauded your exit? 1193 01:09:02,919 --> 01:09:06,650 It'll go better next time if you make it through the doorway and not the upstage wall. 1194 01:09:06,722 --> 01:09:08,656 - [ Barking ] - Oh! 1195 01:09:09,992 --> 01:09:12,426 [ Olive ] Get the pooch outta here. 1196 01:09:12,462 --> 01:09:15,590 [ Eden ] Mr. Woofles. Oh, he smells something. 1197 01:09:15,665 --> 01:09:19,658 - You got somebody in there? - Yeah, right, I got somebody in there. 1198 01:09:19,735 --> 01:09:22,636 - Here, pooch, take a hike. - Come on, darling. Protecting Mommy. 1199 01:09:22,672 --> 01:09:25,232 - Bye-bye, bye-bye. - What's he barkin' at? 1200 01:09:25,475 --> 01:09:28,535 - I think you were talkin' about the broad. - All right, party's over. 1201 01:09:28,611 --> 01:09:30,977 Come on, guys. Get outta here. I gotta change. 1202 01:09:31,047 --> 01:09:33,811 Nickie, you too. One drink, all right? Let me change. 1203 01:09:33,883 --> 01:09:36,750 - So who's this Hamlet guy? - Come on. Outta here. 1204 01:09:36,819 --> 01:09:38,980 - Go on, go on. - Does he live around here? 1205 01:09:39,055 --> 01:09:42,456 Hamlet. That's really funny, honey. Bye. 1206 01:09:42,492 --> 01:09:44,551 [ Whispering ] Go on! Get outta here. They're gone. 1207 01:09:44,627 --> 01:09:47,221 Go on! Get outta here. They're gone. Get outta here. Go on, go on. 1208 01:09:47,463 --> 01:09:50,728 No, no, no! Not that way. The window, the window. 1209 01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:52,961 Go on. The window. 1210 01:09:53,002 --> 01:09:55,800 I'll be out in a minute, Nick. 1211 01:10:02,245 --> 01:10:05,578 -Oh, my goodness. Warner! Hello, Warner. -It was a lovely performance. 1212 01:10:05,648 --> 01:10:09,175 - Oh, thank you very much. That's sweet of you. - We enjoyed it so much. 1213 01:10:09,252 --> 01:10:11,982 - Oh, yes, well, did you like the play? - I loved the play. 1214 01:10:12,054 --> 01:10:14,887 - It's a smashing part. - The second act was wonderful. 1215 01:10:14,957 --> 01:10:17,687 - Beautiful scene. - It's lovely working with Helen, of course. 1216 01:10:17,727 --> 01:10:20,821 - She's so good. She's just lovely. - She just carries one through. 1217 01:10:20,863 --> 01:10:22,922 Could you possibly give me an autograph? 1218 01:10:22,999 --> 01:10:26,662 - I-l'd love to. I don't have a pen on me. - Oh, you don't? 1219 01:10:26,736 --> 01:10:30,866 It's her. That's what it is. I can't keep turnin' a blind eye. It's Olive. 1220 01:10:30,940 --> 01:10:32,908 She's better than when we started. 1221 01:10:32,975 --> 01:10:36,604 - Sure, she's better. That don't mean she's good enough. - Well, I mean, you know-- 1222 01:10:36,679 --> 01:10:38,943 - This is something that just bothers you. - Yeah. 1223 01:10:39,015 --> 01:10:43,076 - The critics-- Her notices were decent. - Decent ain't good enough. 1224 01:10:43,152 --> 01:10:48,920 - She's killin' my words. - Your words? Okay, she's weaker, but it doesn't matter. 1225 01:10:48,991 --> 01:10:52,518 - Weak? I think she's doin' more damage than you think. - What am I gonna do, fire her? 1226 01:10:52,595 --> 01:10:54,654 - I can't have her ruinin' my show. - Your show? 1227 01:10:54,730 --> 01:10:58,063 - What are you talkin' about? - All right, our show. 1228 01:10:58,100 --> 01:11:01,001 - I put a lot into this. It could be perfect. - Yeah, so did l... 1229 01:11:01,070 --> 01:11:03,004 but there's concessions we have to make. 1230 01:11:03,072 --> 01:11:06,041 - The show's a hit. - She's not the best we could do for the part. 1231 01:11:06,108 --> 01:11:09,771 - There's plenty other girls around. - What are we gonna do, Cheech? 1232 01:11:09,845 --> 01:11:12,575 She throws the whole thing out of whack. Can't you see it? 1233 01:11:12,648 --> 01:11:14,912 - The audience doesn't know the difference. - Oh, they know. 1234 01:11:14,984 --> 01:11:17,851 - They do not know. - They don't know how to say it, but they know. 1235 01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:21,617 Every time I hear that voice, it's like a knife in my fuckin' heart. She can't act! 1236 01:11:21,691 --> 01:11:23,625 - You listening to me? - Cheech, take a shower. 1237 01:11:23,693 --> 01:11:27,060 She makes stuff not work. Stuff she ain't even in comes out twisted. 1238 01:11:27,129 --> 01:11:30,895 - I can't fire her! You know this! - Don't yell at me. 1239 01:11:30,933 --> 01:11:33,561 I am not yelling at you, but you are too close to this. 1240 01:11:33,636 --> 01:11:35,365 Leave me alone. I got a fuckin' headache. 1241 01:11:35,605 --> 01:11:37,766 - Leave me alone. I got a headache. - You're being temperamental. 1242 01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:39,865 Very temperamental! 1243 01:11:39,942 --> 01:11:42,001 [ Narrating ] Fate acts in strange ways. 1244 01:11:42,078 --> 01:11:45,707 Everyone seems to be feeling the pressure of our upcoming New York opening. 1245 01:11:45,781 --> 01:11:50,241 Yesterday, Warner got into a fight with Eden, and the results proved Cheech right yet again. 1246 01:11:50,319 --> 01:11:54,085 There you are. Mr. Purcell, you have been stealing our dog yummies and eating them. 1247 01:11:54,123 --> 01:11:56,353 Absolutely not. That's an outrageous suggestion. 1248 01:11:56,592 --> 01:11:59,186 - Then let me see in your pockets. - Would I eat dog food? 1249 01:11:59,261 --> 01:12:02,788 You'd eat anything that didn't eat you first, you big fat pot of helium. 1250 01:12:02,832 --> 01:12:05,596 - This is the sort of food I eat: prime loin chop. - Let me see. 1251 01:12:05,668 --> 01:12:09,229 I do not steal from animals. Get out of my trousers, you horrid woman. 1252 01:12:09,305 --> 01:12:11,796 Look! Oh, thief, thief, thief! 1253 01:12:11,874 --> 01:12:14,104 It was you that drank her saucer of milk yesterday. 1254 01:12:14,143 --> 01:12:17,874 Ow! Ow! You fat hunk of blubber! 1255 01:12:17,947 --> 01:12:21,815 - She pushed me! - Ow, my hand! That's 'cause you were stealin' her dog food. 1256 01:12:21,884 --> 01:12:25,684 Somebody ought to stick a harpoon in you, you big whale. 1257 01:12:25,755 --> 01:12:28,315 - Ow. - I can get you a doctor. I can get you a doctor. 1258 01:12:28,357 --> 01:12:30,325 I guess this means you'll miss the matinee. 1259 01:12:30,359 --> 01:12:33,192 It's okay with me. One show a day is plenty. 1260 01:12:33,262 --> 01:12:35,753 To think I didn't believe you at first, you dear-- 1261 01:12:35,831 --> 01:12:40,632 I think I can say this in the company of-- in the company of all of you. 1262 01:12:40,670 --> 01:12:45,801 That a woman of your age should have leapt past the realm of such acute narcissism. 1263 01:12:54,383 --> 01:12:56,943 - What a difference with a real actress saying those lines! - All right. 1264 01:12:57,019 --> 01:13:00,250 - The whole play came to life! - Listen to me. 1265 01:13:00,322 --> 01:13:04,952 Don't get carried away. Don't get any ideas. Olive is going on. 1266 01:13:05,027 --> 01:13:09,054 We can get all the backing we need without Nick Valenti. Our notices are wonderful. 1267 01:13:09,131 --> 01:13:11,895 - People are standing-- - It's not the money. I told ya that. 1268 01:13:11,967 --> 01:13:15,926 We dump Olive, you, me, even the dog will wind up at the bottom of the Hudson. 1269 01:13:16,005 --> 01:13:20,339 It won't take that long. He'll kill us here in Boston. We'll be at the bottom of the Charles. 1270 01:13:20,376 --> 01:13:23,675 He was right. She wrecks the whole play. He noticed that. 1271 01:13:23,746 --> 01:13:28,012 - What are you talking about? - Nothing. It's just that she affects the whole play. 1272 01:13:29,418 --> 01:13:32,410 - [ David ] You were wonderful. - Yes, yes. Wonderful. 1273 01:13:32,488 --> 01:13:35,150 - [ Eden ] Have you seen Deliah with my robe? - Yes, she's coming. 1274 01:13:35,224 --> 01:13:37,988 - Listen. - [ Sighing ] 1275 01:13:38,060 --> 01:13:41,427 - One thing you don't do is welsh on Nick Valenti. - On Nick Valenti. 1276 01:13:41,497 --> 01:13:44,728 - In future productions, we can hire somebody else. - Shh-shh! 1277 01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:48,201 We can hire somebody else, but if she's okay to open in New York, she opens. 1278 01:13:48,270 --> 01:13:51,398 - I mean, the play must go on. I'll do anything-- - She affected the whole thing. 1279 01:14:00,149 --> 01:14:02,913 [ Helen ] I can't tell you how many times I've seen it. 1280 01:14:02,985 --> 01:14:04,953 A show comes into Boston... 1281 01:14:05,020 --> 01:14:09,957 crippled, limping, struggling, gasping for air, trying to find its own life... 1282 01:14:10,025 --> 01:14:14,962 and then, somewhere along the line, a miracle occurs. 1283 01:14:15,030 --> 01:14:17,055 A work of art is born. 1284 01:14:17,133 --> 01:14:20,899 - It's amazing how much better the show is working with Olive's understudy. - Mmm, Olive. 1285 01:14:20,936 --> 01:14:22,904 - The thing's breathing and living. - Yes, it's true. 1286 01:14:22,938 --> 01:14:26,533 She's drab, but it's still going to be a fine, fat hit. 1287 01:14:26,776 --> 01:14:29,142 - Mmm. - Here's to your future... 1288 01:14:29,178 --> 01:14:32,238 as the new white knight of the Great White Way. 1289 01:14:33,783 --> 01:14:37,947 - Cheers. - [ Coughing ] 1290 01:14:37,987 --> 01:14:42,117 - What is this stuff? - Paint remover. You can cut it with a little club soda. 1291 01:14:42,191 --> 01:14:44,125 - Oh, it's very smooth. - Yes. 1292 01:14:45,761 --> 01:14:47,558 See the little towns go by? 1293 01:14:49,999 --> 01:14:53,457 Helen, when I get back to New York, I'm gonna tell Ellen about us. 1294 01:14:53,536 --> 01:14:55,970 - Oh, David! - No, I've decided. 1295 01:14:56,005 --> 01:14:58,974 - Oh, are you sure? - You know how I feel about you. 1296 01:14:59,008 --> 01:15:03,570 Oh, David, you must be gentle. I-l-l've been hurt so many times before. 1297 01:15:03,813 --> 01:15:06,441 I know. I know. 1298 01:15:06,515 --> 01:15:09,484 You stand on the brink of greatness. 1299 01:15:09,552 --> 01:15:14,990 The world will open to you like an oyster. No. No, not like an oyster. 1300 01:15:15,057 --> 01:15:18,322 The world will open to you like a magnificent vagina. 1301 01:15:22,131 --> 01:15:24,224 You okay? You look a little flushed. 1302 01:15:24,300 --> 01:15:26,825 - I've just had a little too much-- - Is it something I said? 1303 01:15:26,869 --> 01:15:29,463 - No, just the paint remover. - Oh. 1304 01:15:29,538 --> 01:15:31,472 [ Sighs ] 1305 01:15:33,008 --> 01:15:35,841 Have you ever thought about whether, when you fall in love... 1306 01:15:35,878 --> 01:15:39,006 do you fall in love with the artist or the man? 1307 01:15:40,983 --> 01:15:43,247 What a strange question. 1308 01:15:43,319 --> 01:15:45,253 Yes, it is strange, but-- 1309 01:15:47,056 --> 01:15:51,959 I'm in love with you, Helen. I am, and the time has come for me to act on it. 1310 01:15:52,027 --> 01:15:55,053 Oh, the train is moving so fast. 1311 01:15:55,130 --> 01:15:58,588 Oh, David, it's so fast. Oh, hold me! 1312 01:15:58,834 --> 01:16:01,598 - Oh, hold me. No, no, don't speak. - Helen, I love you. 1313 01:16:01,837 --> 01:16:04,328 Don't speak. B-- Uh, please, don't speak. 1314 01:16:04,406 --> 01:16:07,204 - Don't speak. No. Don't speak. - [ Muffled ] 1315 01:16:07,276 --> 01:16:09,244 No, please. 1316 01:16:09,311 --> 01:16:13,839 - Are you having an affair with Helen Sinclair? - What? No! 1317 01:16:13,883 --> 01:16:15,851 - Don't lie to me. - What are you talking about? 1318 01:16:15,918 --> 01:16:19,251 You two are in every gossip column in town. You were all over Boston together. 1319 01:16:19,321 --> 01:16:21,255 - You know those columns. - All those late nights. 1320 01:16:21,323 --> 01:16:23,348 - I was working! - What about this? 1321 01:16:23,425 --> 01:16:27,156 - That's a cigarette case I found. I don't know where I found it. - "To Helen from Cole. 1322 01:16:27,229 --> 01:16:30,426 - Let's do it. - I remember now. I admired it, and she gave it to me. 1323 01:16:30,499 --> 01:16:33,491 -Why didn't you tell me? -Because there's nothing to tell, Ellen. 1324 01:16:33,569 --> 01:16:37,972 Now that you're on the eve of success, you want to dump me and go off with Helen Sinclair. 1325 01:16:38,040 --> 01:16:41,032 - That is ri-- That is ridiculous. - Are you sure? 1326 01:16:41,110 --> 01:16:43,340 You know how crazy you sound right now? 1327 01:16:43,412 --> 01:16:46,904 - You never encouraged me to stay in Boston. - I was submerged in my work. 1328 01:16:46,949 --> 01:16:50,043 The play's in trouble. I'm working. 1329 01:16:50,119 --> 01:16:52,212 Hey, it's me. It's David. 1330 01:16:52,288 --> 01:16:54,586 You know? David? Okay? 1331 01:16:56,458 --> 01:16:58,983 What an imagination on this girl. 1332 01:17:00,529 --> 01:17:04,158 [ David ] Listen, Flender, I'm completely mixed up. 1333 01:17:04,233 --> 01:17:07,532 Ellen, Ellen. I love Ellen. She's been with me the whole time. 1334 01:17:07,603 --> 01:17:10,128 Stuck by me. I knew she'd be happier back in Pittsburgh. 1335 01:17:10,205 --> 01:17:12,230 - We've had a great relationship. - Right. 1336 01:17:12,274 --> 01:17:15,437 - I love her dearly. And yet-- - Yeah. Yes. Get to the point. 1337 01:17:15,477 --> 01:17:18,674 What is the problem here? It's always been clear that you've loved Ellen. 1338 01:17:18,914 --> 01:17:22,475 I've become involved with Helen Sinclair, and I feel terrible. 1339 01:17:22,551 --> 01:17:27,454 But I can't help myself. She's so charismatic, and she's brilliant and beautiful. 1340 01:17:27,489 --> 01:17:30,583 I mean, a real artist, and-- and we speak the same language. 1341 01:17:30,659 --> 01:17:32,627 - You're wracked with guilt. - I'm wracked with guilt. 1342 01:17:32,661 --> 01:17:35,630 - You're wracked with guilt. You are wracked with guilt. - I don't know whether-- 1343 01:17:35,664 --> 01:17:40,158 - I can't sleep. - Guilt is petit bourgeois crap. 1344 01:17:40,235 --> 01:17:44,069 - An artist creates his own moral universe. - I know that. I know-- 1345 01:17:44,139 --> 01:17:48,075 Well? What is the problem then? I'm gonna give you some advice. 1346 01:17:48,143 --> 01:17:52,477 The same advice that was given to me many years ago when I had a very similar dilemma. 1347 01:17:52,548 --> 01:17:54,641 - Similar to mine. To-- - Yes. Yes. 1348 01:17:54,717 --> 01:17:56,685 What did you do? What? 1349 01:17:56,719 --> 01:17:59,483 You gotta do what you gotta do. 1350 01:18:02,291 --> 01:18:07,319 ## 1351 01:18:07,396 --> 01:18:09,694 # Hot ginger and dynamite # 1352 01:18:09,732 --> 01:18:11,666 # There's nothing but that at night # 1353 01:18:11,734 --> 01:18:13,759 # Back in Nagasaki where the fellas chew tobaccy # 1354 01:18:14,003 --> 01:18:16,233 # And the women wicky wacky woo # 1355 01:18:16,305 --> 01:18:19,069 - # The way they can entertain # - [ Nick ] She's great in the show, huh? 1356 01:18:19,141 --> 01:18:21,075 - # Would hurry a hurricane # - [ Marx ] Oh, the best. 1357 01:18:21,143 --> 01:18:23,202 - # Back in Nagasaki # - She'll take Broadway by storm. 1358 01:18:23,278 --> 01:18:27,339 - # And the women wicky wacky woo ## - The part is modest. Still-- 1359 01:18:27,416 --> 01:18:31,352 Listen, when she gets here, tell her you're gonna give her some new lines. 1360 01:18:31,420 --> 01:18:34,116 - You know, like we discussed. - Yeah. 1361 01:18:34,189 --> 01:18:37,556 Let me level with you, Mr. V. Do you mind if I call you Nick? 1362 01:18:37,626 --> 01:18:40,618 You see, Nick, you don't fiddle with a winning show. 1363 01:18:40,696 --> 01:18:43,563 Every script reaches a point where, in the professional judgment... 1364 01:18:43,632 --> 01:18:46,032 of the producer, the director, you're finished. 1365 01:18:46,068 --> 01:18:48,434 You can't distort the plot. [ Chuckles ] 1366 01:18:48,504 --> 01:18:52,235 Now, we're about ready to open. Changes could be harmful. 1367 01:18:52,307 --> 01:18:54,366 No, the show is basically frozen. 1368 01:18:56,512 --> 01:18:59,208 - Let's avoid confusion. - Sure. 1369 01:18:59,248 --> 01:19:01,216 She'll get some new fuckin' lines... 1370 01:19:01,250 --> 01:19:04,242 or I'll nail your kneecaps to the dance floor. 1371 01:19:06,655 --> 01:19:10,113 Imagine that director telling me I'm overacting in the first scene... 1372 01:19:10,192 --> 01:19:12,319 and I don't know what I'm saying. 1373 01:19:12,394 --> 01:19:16,194 You know what I'm doing, Cheech, is, I'm working on a superior laugh. Like: 1374 01:19:16,265 --> 01:19:19,530 Ha-ha-ha. Hee-hee-hee. [ Chuckles ] 1375 01:19:19,601 --> 01:19:24,334 I wanna throw that in when Sylvia threatens to leave, and then I burst into tears. 1376 01:19:24,406 --> 01:19:29,207 Well, you know, he says no, but what the hell kind of dull show is he putting on anyway? 1377 01:19:29,278 --> 01:19:32,714 - I don't know. - Where we goin'? I thought we were gonna go meet Nick. 1378 01:19:32,781 --> 01:19:35,375 [ Cheech ] We have to go pick up Nick. 1379 01:19:35,451 --> 01:19:39,148 We're gonna pick up Nick? You never said nothin' about picking him up. 1380 01:19:39,221 --> 01:19:42,588 - We just gotta meet him-- - I thought we were gonna meet him at the club. 1381 01:19:50,432 --> 01:19:55,165 How come I have to wear those dowdy, brown, ugly dresses? I don't understand-- 1382 01:19:55,237 --> 01:19:58,468 What are we doin' here? I thought we were goin' to see Nick. 1383 01:19:58,540 --> 01:20:00,508 Yeah, we are. Nick's got a surprise for ya. 1384 01:20:00,576 --> 01:20:03,136 - Nick's got a surprise for me? - Yeah, come on. 1385 01:20:03,212 --> 01:20:07,205 Come with me. You're gonna really like it. This cost Nick a lot of dough to-- 1386 01:20:07,282 --> 01:20:11,150 - To do this for you. Come on. - I don't-- I don't like this. 1387 01:20:11,220 --> 01:20:15,418 I don't like this, Cheech. I can't understand why Nick has a surprise for me in a warehouse. 1388 01:20:15,491 --> 01:20:17,550 He's not treatin' me like a lady. 1389 01:20:17,626 --> 01:20:21,528 -He's got a moonlight cruise. -A moonlight cruise? I don't understand. 1390 01:20:21,597 --> 01:20:24,122 - Just walk right over there. Go ahead. He's over there. - I don't-- 1391 01:20:24,166 --> 01:20:26,657 - Just walk over there. Olive! - Nickie? 1392 01:20:26,735 --> 01:20:30,364 - What? - I think you should know this. You're a horrible actress. 1393 01:20:30,439 --> 01:20:32,805 [ Screaming ] 1394 01:20:32,875 --> 01:20:34,775 - [ Water Splashing ] - # Everyone's in love # 1395 01:20:34,843 --> 01:20:39,507 - # Up a lazy river # - Thank God I don't have to hear that voice anymore. 1396 01:20:39,581 --> 01:20:41,606 # Up a lazy river ## 1397 01:20:41,683 --> 01:20:45,141 -[ Chattering ] -[ David ] October 25. We open tomorrow. 1398 01:20:45,187 --> 01:20:47,348 Olive did not show up for the run-through today. 1399 01:20:47,422 --> 01:20:49,356 We tried calling her, but there was no answer. 1400 01:20:49,424 --> 01:20:52,621 It's possible her understudy might have to do tomorrow's show. 1401 01:20:52,661 --> 01:20:55,630 - Listen to this. The whole thing's comin' to life. - Yeah. 1402 01:20:55,697 --> 01:21:00,191 - Maybe Olive's got stage fright. Maybe she won't show. - Not Olive. 1403 01:21:00,269 --> 01:21:02,737 That dame doesn't have a nerve in her body. 1404 01:21:02,804 --> 01:21:05,898 I don't think her spinal cord touches her brain. 1405 01:21:06,141 --> 01:21:08,769 - Oh, God. Listen to this. - Yeah. 1406 01:21:08,844 --> 01:21:11,870 It's wonderful. Where's Cheech? He'd know where she is. 1407 01:21:11,947 --> 01:21:15,644 - He didn't come around. - Look, I'm in love with the understudy. 1408 01:21:15,717 --> 01:21:18,208 - [ Chuckling ] - It's so natural. It's-- 1409 01:21:18,253 --> 01:21:20,221 - Julian? - Yeah? 1410 01:21:20,255 --> 01:21:22,723 - Did you hear about Olive? - Oh, what now? 1411 01:21:22,791 --> 01:21:24,725 She got bumped off. 1412 01:21:26,528 --> 01:21:28,962 - What? - Out at the docks. 1413 01:21:29,198 --> 01:21:31,428 A gangland hit. 1414 01:21:31,500 --> 01:21:34,560 - [ Door Slamming ] - I wanna talk to you. 1415 01:21:34,636 --> 01:21:36,729 - Me? - Yeah, you. 1416 01:21:36,805 --> 01:21:39,205 Hey, Joe. Get lost for a while. 1417 01:21:39,274 --> 01:21:41,799 How could you? How could you! 1418 01:21:41,877 --> 01:21:43,811 - Nobody's gonna ruin my play. - Oh-- Your play? 1419 01:21:43,879 --> 01:21:46,712 - That's the second time you called it your play. - All right, our play. 1420 01:21:46,782 --> 01:21:50,377 - Didn't it cut you up inside to hear her say it? Huh? - We would've survived it! 1421 01:21:50,452 --> 01:21:53,888 Survived it? ls that what you want? When we had a great thing, a thing of beauty? 1422 01:21:53,956 --> 01:21:56,390 But, Cheech! To... [ Whispering ] ...kill her! 1423 01:21:56,458 --> 01:21:58,983 - She was a tramp. - It's a free country. 1424 01:21:59,228 --> 01:22:01,560 - Then leave me alone. - No, I will not leave you alone. 1425 01:22:01,630 --> 01:22:05,930 Didn't anybody ever teach you that it's morally wrong, that it's a sin to-- 1426 01:22:06,001 --> 01:22:07,935 Who am I talking to? Jesus Christ! 1427 01:22:08,003 --> 01:22:10,938 - The part works better with the understudy. - That's not the point. 1428 01:22:11,006 --> 01:22:14,203 Let me see if I can explain this to you in a way you'll understand. 1429 01:22:14,243 --> 01:22:17,212 Let's say she was ruining the play-- which she was not. She was diminishing it. 1430 01:22:17,279 --> 01:22:20,009 - She was ruining it. - Let's say she was ruining the play. 1431 01:22:20,249 --> 01:22:22,911 - Does that mean that she deserves to die? - There was no way to fire her. 1432 01:22:22,985 --> 01:22:26,580 - What kind of inhuman monster are you? - I think you'd better leave. 1433 01:22:26,655 --> 01:22:28,919 I don't think I will. I think I'd better stay. 1434 01:22:28,957 --> 01:22:32,393 - You should be thanking me. We're both in this together. - No, we're not. 1435 01:22:32,427 --> 01:22:36,591 I didn't want her dead. See? You understand what I'm saying? I'm not in anything. 1436 01:22:36,665 --> 01:22:40,533 - You choose her over the show? - Of course I do! Yes! 1437 01:22:40,602 --> 01:22:44,231 You think it's right some tootsie walks in and messes up a beautiful thing like this? 1438 01:22:44,273 --> 01:22:46,969 - I wanted a great play as much as you did. - No, not as much. 1439 01:22:47,042 --> 01:22:49,476 - But you don't kill for it! - Yeah? Who says? 1440 01:22:49,544 --> 01:22:52,911 My father used to listen to the opera. He loved the opera. But if a guy stunk-- 1441 01:22:52,981 --> 01:22:55,745 - What, he killed him? - One time, in Palermo. 1442 01:22:58,920 --> 01:23:03,687 I'm an artist too, not great like you, but you know what? First I'm a human being. 1443 01:23:03,759 --> 01:23:07,286 - I'm a decent, moral human being. - What are you doin' with Helen Sinclair then? 1444 01:23:07,329 --> 01:23:10,526 - What has that got to do with it? How did you know? - Everybody in town knows. 1445 01:23:10,599 --> 01:23:13,067 Except maybe your girlfriend. Who you think you're foolin'? 1446 01:23:13,302 --> 01:23:16,738 I might not be perfect, but you're a killer! You're a degenerate animal! 1447 01:23:16,805 --> 01:23:19,968 You're a murderer! You b-- You belong in the electric chair! 1448 01:23:20,008 --> 01:23:22,670 Listen to me, you. You listen to me. 1449 01:23:22,744 --> 01:23:26,043 Nobody, nobody is gonna ruin my work, you hear me? 1450 01:23:26,281 --> 01:23:28,044 Nobody, huh? 1451 01:23:38,527 --> 01:23:41,496 I've fallen in love with Helen Sinclair... 1452 01:23:41,563 --> 01:23:45,499 and I lied to you about it the other day, which I'm sure that you probably knew. 1453 01:23:45,567 --> 01:23:48,866 I want to let you know I didn't mean for this to happen. It just happened. 1454 01:23:48,904 --> 01:23:50,895 I'm not surprised. She is extraordinary. 1455 01:23:50,972 --> 01:23:54,066 - So are you. It's me that's all screwed up. - I have a confession to make. 1456 01:23:54,309 --> 01:23:57,972 You knew the whole time, but you were too damn decent to confront me while I was-- 1457 01:23:58,046 --> 01:24:01,038 No, I've been seeing Sheldon Flender. 1458 01:24:01,116 --> 01:24:04,017 - Pa-Pa-Pardon me? - We've been having an affair. 1459 01:24:04,052 --> 01:24:07,886 - Did you say Sheldon Flender? - Yes, he's been in love with me for a long time. 1460 01:24:07,956 --> 01:24:10,948 Do you know his theory that art is relational, that it requires two-- 1461 01:24:11,026 --> 01:24:12,994 the artist and the audience? 1462 01:24:13,028 --> 01:24:15,053 - He feels that way about sex too. - About-- About sex? 1463 01:24:15,130 --> 01:24:18,361 Yes, between the two right people, it can become an art form. 1464 01:24:18,433 --> 01:24:22,597 Are you saying that you and Flender have raised intercourse to the level of an art form? 1465 01:24:22,671 --> 01:24:24,605 Not just intercourse. Foreplay too. 1466 01:24:24,673 --> 01:24:27,369 - My friend, the unproduced playwright? - He's been after me a long time. 1467 01:24:27,409 --> 01:24:31,675 You never seem to want to get married, and so, one night we went out, had a few drinks... 1468 01:24:31,747 --> 01:24:35,046 and started discussing art and literature and Freud and Nietzsche. 1469 01:24:35,083 --> 01:24:37,916 And in order to illustrate a point on Greek etymology... 1470 01:24:37,986 --> 01:24:39,920 I noticed he'd unbuttoned his fly-- 1471 01:24:39,988 --> 01:24:43,355 No, no, no, no! Please, please! I don't need to hear any more. 1472 01:24:43,392 --> 01:24:46,793 But he's a major talent. You've said so yourself a million times. 1473 01:24:46,862 --> 01:24:50,821 With an intellect that big, you tend to create your own moral universe. 1474 01:25:07,549 --> 01:25:09,483 [ Knocking ] 1475 01:25:13,054 --> 01:25:15,716 - I just wanted to wish you good luck. - Oh, darling. 1476 01:25:15,791 --> 01:25:18,919 You look pale. No, no, not to worry. 1477 01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:23,624 Soon this town will belong to you. We're having dinner Sunday night with Gene O'Neill. 1478 01:25:23,698 --> 01:25:27,691 He's heard that your writing is morbid and depressing. He's dying to meet you. 1479 01:25:27,769 --> 01:25:29,703 - Oh, here's that brush. - I know you'll be terrific tonight. 1480 01:25:29,771 --> 01:25:33,036 Oh! They're your words. 1481 01:25:33,108 --> 01:25:35,201 I'm just a vessel. 1482 01:25:35,444 --> 01:25:38,106 You fill me. 1483 01:25:38,146 --> 01:25:41,673 And this? This is just the beginning. 1484 01:25:41,750 --> 01:25:46,687 I've been discussing all kinds of new ideas for vehicles for me with my agent. 1485 01:25:46,755 --> 01:25:49,724 There's a variety of women I can play. As you get to know me... 1486 01:25:49,791 --> 01:25:52,487 you'll see there's no limit to my range. 1487 01:25:52,561 --> 01:25:55,792 They say that I can still play late twenties... 1488 01:25:55,831 --> 01:25:59,130 but I say no, no, thirty tops. 1489 01:25:59,167 --> 01:26:01,931 We'll go to my house in the Vineyard. It's quiet there. 1490 01:26:02,003 --> 01:26:04,597 You can write. I'll bring you coffee. 1491 01:26:04,639 --> 01:26:07,130 Listen, you better go. I-l-lt's 15 minutes to curtain. 1492 01:26:07,209 --> 01:26:09,700 I still haven't done my breathing exercises yet. 1493 01:26:09,778 --> 01:26:12,941 Y-Y-You-- Fate. Fate has thrown us together. 1494 01:26:14,950 --> 01:26:16,884 Merde. 1495 01:26:17,986 --> 01:26:19,920 [ Gasps, Sighs ] 1496 01:26:20,989 --> 01:26:23,514 [ Gasps, Sighs ] 1497 01:26:23,592 --> 01:26:27,688 [ Dramatic Panting ] 1498 01:26:33,502 --> 01:26:35,595 Take him. Take him! 1499 01:26:35,670 --> 01:26:39,037 Let him leave me bereft, without a penny. Go ahead. Take him. 1500 01:26:39,074 --> 01:26:42,601 But don't think it'll last forever. The same thing'll happen to you. 1501 01:26:42,677 --> 01:26:46,636 Sylvia, I don't know why you're so unhappy. 1502 01:26:46,715 --> 01:26:48,945 - Why you're such a deeply unhappy person... - Oh, God! 1503 01:26:49,017 --> 01:26:51,918 - but I want you to know that-- - Because you're taking my husband... 1504 01:26:51,987 --> 01:26:55,286 my life, the very core of my being, you stupid idiot! 1505 01:26:55,524 --> 01:26:57,992 - I didn't ever mean to hurt you. I-- - [ Footsteps ] 1506 01:26:58,059 --> 01:27:01,028 Oh, Edgar. 1507 01:27:01,062 --> 01:27:03,826 - I've just been speaking with Dr. Philips. - Yes. 1508 01:27:03,899 --> 01:27:08,836 Her explicit instructions are that we, none of us, leave the premises as of today. 1509 01:27:08,904 --> 01:27:11,304 - [ Horse Neighing ] - [ Nick ] How's she workin'? 1510 01:27:11,540 --> 01:27:13,303 [ Man ] Good. Good, boss. 1511 01:27:15,243 --> 01:27:17,211 Out this morning. 1512 01:27:18,680 --> 01:27:21,740 - Cheech. - What's up, Mr. V.? 1513 01:27:21,816 --> 01:27:26,219 Uh, nothin'. I just wanted to talk. 1514 01:27:26,288 --> 01:27:28,256 - Yeah? - I'm a little sad these days. 1515 01:27:28,290 --> 01:27:31,123 - Sure. Yeah. - You know how it is. 1516 01:27:36,765 --> 01:27:39,893 Curtain's gone up already. Poor kid. 1517 01:27:41,102 --> 01:27:43,070 Would've been a star, don't you think? 1518 01:27:43,104 --> 01:27:47,040 Yeah. It's all right. We'll take care of those Kustabeck guys. 1519 01:27:47,108 --> 01:27:50,908 - I wonder if it really was the Kustabecks. - Well, who else? 1520 01:27:50,979 --> 01:27:55,541 I don't know. But we got some tips... 1521 01:27:55,617 --> 01:27:58,347 - that Charlie K. had nothin' to do with this. - Really. 1522 01:27:58,587 --> 01:28:01,351 Yeah. Don't make no sense anyhow. 1523 01:28:01,590 --> 01:28:05,651 I mean, the way things were coolin' off and all. 1524 01:28:05,727 --> 01:28:08,321 I'll see what I can find out on the street, ya know? 1525 01:28:08,563 --> 01:28:12,055 - Where you rushin' off to? - Hey, you know, I told the guys in the show... 1526 01:28:12,133 --> 01:28:14,795 that l, uh, I'd stop by and wish 'em good luck. 1527 01:28:14,869 --> 01:28:17,702 - I got friendly with some of the stage hands. - Did you? 1528 01:28:17,772 --> 01:28:19,831 - Yeah. - That's unlike you. 1529 01:28:19,908 --> 01:28:21,842 - Why's that? - Unless they shoot crap. 1530 01:28:21,910 --> 01:28:25,175 No, you know, you see the same faces every day. You know. 1531 01:28:27,182 --> 01:28:31,278 Marty Bannister said he saw you pick up Olive the night she got it, Cheech. 1532 01:28:31,353 --> 01:28:34,288 - Me? - Didn't you tell me you didn't see her? 1533 01:28:34,322 --> 01:28:36,290 Me? Yeah, I said I did. 1534 01:28:36,324 --> 01:28:41,091 I picked her up, and I dropped her off a few blocks from the theater. Why? 1535 01:28:41,162 --> 01:28:44,131 - You had nothin' against Olive, did ya? - Olive? Naw. 1536 01:28:44,199 --> 01:28:47,225 - I like Olive. Why? - I mean, you got along well? 1537 01:28:47,302 --> 01:28:49,600 Olive and l, we got along good. You know, Olive. 1538 01:28:49,671 --> 01:28:51,605 Olive was good for a lot of laughs, right? 1539 01:28:51,640 --> 01:28:53,835 - Except for a few tiffs here and there? - Right. 1540 01:28:53,908 --> 01:28:55,899 Olive's-- You know. We got along. 1541 01:28:57,712 --> 01:29:00,647 How come you didn't bring her to me at the club, Cheech? 1542 01:29:00,682 --> 01:29:04,641 She said you changed your mind, that I should drop her off at the theater. 1543 01:29:04,686 --> 01:29:08,315 - The theater. At night? - Yeah. Yeah. 1544 01:29:08,356 --> 01:29:11,655 There was no preview that night, Cheech. No rehearsal. 1545 01:29:11,726 --> 01:29:13,990 Really? 1546 01:29:14,062 --> 01:29:17,225 How come you left her alone, Cheech? 1547 01:29:17,298 --> 01:29:19,994 - [ Laughs ] - And you didn't come to the club and tell me? 1548 01:29:20,068 --> 01:29:23,902 I'm gonna level with you, all right? I had a crap game. I didn't want to miss it. 1549 01:29:23,972 --> 01:29:26,270 - Mmm. - Yeah. 1550 01:29:26,341 --> 01:29:29,742 - Why you don't tell me? - You wanna lay off? I'm up to here in debts. 1551 01:29:29,811 --> 01:29:31,745 - I'm tryin' to get even. - Yeah? 1552 01:29:31,813 --> 01:29:34,976 Yeah. Dice ain't been too lucky for me. You know. You know how it is. 1553 01:29:35,016 --> 01:29:38,144 You keep tellin' me I gotta quit. Ya know, I should. 1554 01:29:38,219 --> 01:29:40,153 - Cheech-- - Listen, listen. 1555 01:29:40,188 --> 01:29:43,419 I told the guys I'd wish them good luck in the show. They're very superstitious. 1556 01:29:43,658 --> 01:29:46,684 I'm gonna find out who hit her, all right? I'll find out. 1557 01:29:46,761 --> 01:29:48,854 All right. I'll see ya later. 1558 01:29:53,968 --> 01:29:56,960 He did it, Nick. I don't know what his grudge was. 1559 01:29:57,038 --> 01:29:59,700 Maybe they were two-timin' ya. 1560 01:29:59,741 --> 01:30:02,266 - What are you sayin' to me? - Take it easy, Nick. 1561 01:30:02,343 --> 01:30:05,471 It's only a guess. But Marty Bannister saw them together... 1562 01:30:05,714 --> 01:30:08,148 and that pier is Cheech's favorite spot. 1563 01:30:08,216 --> 01:30:11,049 Can't you see he was lyin', Nickie? Did you see the look on his face? 1564 01:30:11,119 --> 01:30:15,317 - He was scared. - Look, Nick, I know you don't like to think it... 1565 01:30:15,390 --> 01:30:19,053 - but the gossip is, she was runnin' around on ya. - Don't say that! 1566 01:30:19,094 --> 01:30:21,892 - I'm only tryin' to help, Mr. V. - Nickie. 1567 01:30:21,963 --> 01:30:23,897 He's only tryin' to help. 1568 01:30:25,500 --> 01:30:27,434 Cheech and Olive. 1569 01:30:28,870 --> 01:30:30,929 Fix him. 1570 01:30:31,005 --> 01:30:34,702 Oh, it's goin' great. 1571 01:30:34,743 --> 01:30:38,941 Yeah, they're eating it up. Before, I could smell money. Now I can taste it. 1572 01:30:39,013 --> 01:30:41,413 - [ David ] Mmm, yeah. - Hey, what's the matter? 1573 01:30:41,483 --> 01:30:44,884 You look as though you're watchin' a turkey. It's just the opposite. 1574 01:30:44,919 --> 01:30:48,355 - Where's Ellen? - Oh, she was too nervous to come. 1575 01:30:48,423 --> 01:30:51,221 [ Warner ] This is Dr. Emilene Philips, a family friend. 1576 01:30:51,259 --> 01:30:53,386 - Hey. How's it goin'? - Cheech, how are ya? 1577 01:30:53,461 --> 01:30:57,056 Goin' great. Wonderful. You need to cheer him up. I don't know. 1578 01:30:57,132 --> 01:30:59,100 - What's the matter? - What do you want? 1579 01:30:59,134 --> 01:31:02,228 - It's goin' great, huh? - You killed Olive, Cheech. 1580 01:31:02,270 --> 01:31:04,363 For that I can never forgive you. 1581 01:31:04,439 --> 01:31:07,203 I don't care what kind of genius you are. 1582 01:31:07,275 --> 01:31:11,041 Listen to that audience. Huh? They got 'em right in the palm of their hand. 1583 01:31:11,112 --> 01:31:13,979 Hey, Cheech. It's over for you. You're finished. 1584 01:31:14,048 --> 01:31:15,982 [ Eden ] I had such a wonderful time. 1585 01:31:16,050 --> 01:31:20,350 [ Ellen ] I can't live like this, the same routine over and over. 1586 01:31:20,421 --> 01:31:24,289 You think the same thing's not gonna happen to you as happened to me? 1587 01:31:24,325 --> 01:31:27,317 You think you're not gonna be here sitting with a hole in your sweater... 1588 01:31:27,395 --> 01:31:29,329 and a drink in your hand someday? 1589 01:31:29,397 --> 01:31:32,889 - Just wait! - Cheech! You should be out front. 1590 01:31:32,967 --> 01:31:36,061 You're about to miss my great scene. Did you see the first part? 1591 01:31:36,137 --> 01:31:41,074 - How did it go? Do you think they like it? - [ Cheech ] Great, great. 1592 01:31:41,142 --> 01:31:45,442 - Where's Cheech? - Get the fuck outta here. Get outta here. 1593 01:31:45,513 --> 01:31:49,074 - Sucker. - [ Play Dialogue Continues lndistinctly ] 1594 01:31:51,486 --> 01:31:54,546 - You crapped out for the last time, Cheech. - [ Eden ] I think he's-- 1595 01:31:54,789 --> 01:31:57,917 I'm in the garden, Sylvia, tending roses. 1596 01:31:57,992 --> 01:32:01,120 [ Helen ] Oh, darling, if we just had a baby. 1597 01:32:01,196 --> 01:32:04,825 - That's all I think about. - [ Warner ] We've been through all this before. 1598 01:32:04,899 --> 01:32:08,062 [ Panting ] Cheech! Cheech. 1599 01:32:08,136 --> 01:32:10,297 David. 1600 01:32:10,338 --> 01:32:13,466 - [ Straining ] The last line... - Yes? 1601 01:32:13,541 --> 01:32:15,509 in the play. 1602 01:32:16,878 --> 01:32:20,143 Tell Sylvia Poston... 1603 01:32:22,150 --> 01:32:24,812 to say she's pregnant. 1604 01:32:26,454 --> 01:32:30,049 It'll be a great finish. 1605 01:32:30,124 --> 01:32:33,287 - Oh, God, that's so great. - No. Don't speak. 1606 01:32:34,963 --> 01:32:36,897 Don't speak. 1607 01:32:38,900 --> 01:32:46,102 ## 1608 01:32:46,174 --> 01:32:50,042 "A masterpiece." "A theatrical stunner." 1609 01:32:52,347 --> 01:32:55,282 "A work of art of the highest quality. 1610 01:32:55,350 --> 01:32:58,649 One of the greatest moments of this reviewer's experience was in Act Ill... 1611 01:32:58,887 --> 01:33:01,481 when the Lieutenant returns and confronts his mistress. 1612 01:33:01,556 --> 01:33:04,218 We hear distant gunshots, which get louder and louder... 1613 01:33:04,292 --> 01:33:09,025 bringing the Lieutenant's twisted military past and violent tendencies... 1614 01:33:09,097 --> 01:33:11,156 into bold bas-relief. 1615 01:33:11,232 --> 01:33:16,067 Writer-director David Shayne is the find of the decade. 1616 01:33:16,104 --> 01:33:19,562 - Where is David? - I don't know. I assumed he'd be here. 1617 01:33:35,290 --> 01:33:37,315 Flender! 1618 01:33:37,392 --> 01:33:40,054 Flender, wake up. It's David Shayne. 1619 01:33:40,128 --> 01:33:42,426 I need to talk to you. 1620 01:33:42,463 --> 01:33:45,990 Please, Flender. Flender! 1621 01:33:46,067 --> 01:33:49,434 Ha-ha! Look who's here. The big Broadway success. 1622 01:33:49,470 --> 01:33:51,597 I don't write hits. My plays are art. 1623 01:33:51,673 --> 01:33:54,403 - They're written specifically to go unproduced. - Is Ellen there? 1624 01:33:54,442 --> 01:33:56,501 - No, she's not here. - I think she is. 1625 01:33:56,577 --> 01:33:59,102 Congratulations on your hit, David. 1626 01:33:59,147 --> 01:34:02,241 - I always knew ya had it in you. - Yeah, well, you were wrong. 1627 01:34:02,283 --> 01:34:05,411 - I have to-- I have to ask you a question. - What? 1628 01:34:05,453 --> 01:34:08,115 Did you love me as the artist or as the man? 1629 01:34:08,189 --> 01:34:12,182 - Both. - Well, what if it turned out that I wasn't really an artist? 1630 01:34:12,260 --> 01:34:15,127 I could love a man if he's not a real artist... 1631 01:34:15,196 --> 01:34:18,029 but I couldn't love an artist if he's not a real man. 1632 01:34:18,099 --> 01:34:21,262 Th-This is all academic. She's with me now. You're with me now. 1633 01:34:21,336 --> 01:34:24,032 - Do you really want to be with Flender? - Yes. 1634 01:34:24,105 --> 01:34:27,074 - Hey! Flender is a great lover. - Ohh. 1635 01:34:27,141 --> 01:34:31,510 - Hey, I slept with Flender. He was just okay. - [ Ellen ] Really? 1636 01:34:31,579 --> 01:34:34,241 [ Flender ] Rita, please! What are you talking about? 1637 01:34:34,315 --> 01:34:36,249 That was years ago, during your free-love period. 1638 01:34:36,317 --> 01:34:39,309 [ Ellen ] I feel it's relational. For me, he's great. 1639 01:34:39,387 --> 01:34:42,618 Huh, interesting. Are you talking pure mechanics or what? 1640 01:34:42,690 --> 01:34:45,158 - His technique is prodigious. - [ Flender ] Prodigious? 1641 01:34:45,193 --> 01:34:49,459 - You're confusing sex and love. - No, for me, love is very deep. 1642 01:34:49,530 --> 01:34:51,464 Sex only has to go a few inches. 1643 01:34:51,499 --> 01:34:56,459 Y-You're all missing the point. The point is, I can give pleasure many times a day. 1644 01:34:56,537 --> 01:34:59,597 Oh, now really, Flender. What has quantity got to do with it? 1645 01:34:59,674 --> 01:35:02,472 - Quantity affects quality. - [ David ] Says who? 1646 01:35:02,510 --> 01:35:05,377 - Karl Marx. - [ Rita ] Oh, so now we're talking economics. 1647 01:35:05,446 --> 01:35:09,075 - Sex is economics. - Bullshit. Ellen, come down here. I wanna talk to you. 1648 01:35:09,150 --> 01:35:12,278 I love you. I wanna see you. Come down here. 1649 01:35:12,353 --> 01:35:15,322 - All right. - What do you mean "All right"? What about me? 1650 01:35:15,390 --> 01:35:18,359 You're great, Flender, but it's no use. I'll never get over David. 1651 01:35:18,393 --> 01:35:22,159 Couldn't you tell? Each time I climaxed, I'd scream, "David! David!" 1652 01:35:22,196 --> 01:35:24,289 I thought you were saying, "Do it! Do it!" 1653 01:35:24,365 --> 01:35:27,266 Flender, stop it. Leave 'em alone. 1654 01:35:27,335 --> 01:35:29,667 Can't you see they love each other? 1655 01:35:34,375 --> 01:35:37,469 I'm finished with it: living in the garrets... 1656 01:35:37,545 --> 01:35:41,481 eating cheese and drinking wine and analyzing art in coffee houses. 1657 01:35:41,549 --> 01:35:44,074 It's over. I love you. 1658 01:35:44,152 --> 01:35:47,178 - I want us to get married. We'll go back to Pittsburgh. - But you're a success. 1659 01:35:47,255 --> 01:35:50,053 - You have a hit. Why the sudden change? - We'll have kids. 1660 01:35:50,124 --> 01:35:53,491 - Because I've wasted too much time already. I love you. - But you're an artist. 1661 01:35:53,561 --> 01:35:55,529 No, I'm not. I'm not. 1662 01:35:55,596 --> 01:35:58,588 I'll explain it all to you on the train back to Pittsburgh. 1663 01:35:58,633 --> 01:36:02,091 There's two things of which I'm certain. One is that I love you. 1664 01:36:03,438 --> 01:36:05,565 Two is that I'm not an artist. 1665 01:36:06,607 --> 01:36:09,041 There, I said it, and I feel free. 1666 01:36:09,110 --> 01:36:11,044 I'm not an artist. 1667 01:36:17,418 --> 01:36:19,386 - Will you marry me? - Yes. 1668 01:37:37,732 --> 01:37:42,260 # We're all alone, no chaperone can get our number # 1669 01:37:42,336 --> 01:37:44,395 # The world's in slumber # 1670 01:37:44,472 --> 01:37:46,940 # Let's misbehave # 1671 01:37:47,175 --> 01:37:49,200 # There's something wild about you, child # 1672 01:37:49,277 --> 01:37:51,472 # That's so contagious # 1673 01:37:51,546 --> 01:37:53,741 # Let's be outrageous # 1674 01:37:53,814 --> 01:37:56,214 # Let's misbehave # 1675 01:37:56,284 --> 01:38:00,584 # When Adam won Eve's hand he wouldn't stand for teasin' # 1676 01:38:00,655 --> 01:38:05,524 # He didn't care about those apples out of season # 1677 01:38:05,560 --> 01:38:07,551 # They say that spring means just one thing # 1678 01:38:07,628 --> 01:38:09,721 # To little lovebirds # 1679 01:38:09,797 --> 01:38:11,924 # We're not above birds # 1680 01:38:12,166 --> 01:38:13,929 # Let's misbehave # 1681 01:38:26,914 --> 01:38:30,782 ## [ Singers Scatting ] 1682 01:38:34,922 --> 01:38:36,913 # Let's misbehave # 1683 01:38:36,991 --> 01:38:39,960 ## [ Scatting Continues ] 1684 01:38:43,197 --> 01:38:44,960 # Let's misbehave # 1685 01:38:45,199 --> 01:38:49,568 # lf you'd be just so sweet and only meet your fate, dear # 1686 01:38:49,604 --> 01:38:54,564 # 'Twould be the great event of 1928, dear # 1687 01:38:54,609 --> 01:38:58,739 ## [ Scatting ] 1688 01:39:03,718 --> 01:39:05,879 # Let's misbehave ##