[JOE]
Hi there, Myron
[MYRON]
How's it hanging?
[JOE]
I've got a date with Sheldrake
[MYRON]
I'm shooting a Western down at Fox
[JOE]
How can you work with Darryl?
[MYRON]
We should talk
[JOE]
Gotta run
[BOTH]
Let's have lunch
[MARY]
Hi, Mr. Gillis
[JOE]
You look great!
[MARY]
I'm up for an audition
[JOE]
Sheldrake is driving me insane
[MARY]
Don't forget me when you're casting
[JOE]
We should talk
[MARY]
Gotta run
[BOTH]
Let's have lunch [JOE]
Morning, Joanna [MARY]
Hi, there Myron [JOANNA]
Who are you meeting? [MYRON]
You look great [JOE]
Sheldrake, but do I need it [MARY]
I've spent the last month fasting [JOANNA]
I'm handing in my second draft [MYRON]
I'm shooting a Western down at Fox [JOE]
I'd really love to read it [MARY]
Don't forget me when you're casting [JOANNA]
We should talk [MYRON]
We should talk [JOE]
Gotta run [MARY]
Gotta run [ALL FOUR]
Let's have lunch
[JOE, spoken]
Yeah, I had an appointment with Mr. Sheldrake
[JONES, spoken]
Name?
[JOE, spoken]
Gillis. Joseph Gillis
[JONES, spoken]
All right, sir, you know your way?
[JOE, spoken]
Yeah
[FIRST FINANCEMAN]
We want the keys to your car
[SECOND FINANCEMAN]
You're way behind with the payments
[FIRST FINANCEMAN]
Don't give us any fancy footwork
[SECOND FINANCEMAN]
Give us the keys
[JOE]
I only wish I could help
I loaned it to my accountant
He has an important client down in Palm Springs
Felt like shooting the breeze
[FIRST FINANCEMAN]
Are you telling us you walked here?
[JOE]
I believe in self-denial
I'm in training for the priesthood
[SECOND FINANCEMAN]
O.K., wise guy, three hundred bucks
[FIRST FINANCEMAN]
Or we're taking the car
[SECOND FINANCEMAN]
We have a court order
[JOE]
I love it when you talk dirty
[SAMMY]
Bless you, Joseph
[JOE]
That you, Sammy?
[SAMMY]
How do you like my harem?
[JOE]
How come you get such lousy breaks?
[SAMMY]
One learns to grin and bear 'em
[GIRLS]
This is the biggest film ever made
[JOE]
What're you playing?
[ANITA]
Temple virgin
[DAWN]
Handmaiden to Delilah
[JOE]
Let's have lunch
Gotta run
You've got to find me a job
I'm way behind with my payments
I thought you were meant to be my agent
I need some work
[MORINO]
I only wish I could help
This town is dead at the moment
There's been this slowdown in production
[JOE]
Who is this jerk?
[MORINO]
He's my wunderkind from Broadway
Every major studio wants him
[YOUNGER MAN]
Playing one against the other
[JOE]
What I need is three hundred bucks
[MORINO]
Maybe what you need is a new agent
[JOE]
Hello, Artie
[ARTIE]
Joe, you ba*tard!
[JOE]
You never call me any more
[ARTIE]
Found a cuter dancing partner
How are things?
[JOE]
Not so great
[ARTIE]
Will this help?
Twenty bucks?
[JOE]
Thanks, you're a pal
[ALL, spoken]
Good morning, Mr. DeMille
[SHELDRAKE]
This is Sheldrake
Bring some water
Get me that sh**head Nolan
Nolan, sweetheart
Great to talk
This draft is so much brighter
You're the best
Even so
I've hired another writer
[SECRETARY, spoken]
Mr. Gillis
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
Joe! What the f** brings you here?
[JOE, spoken]
You wanted to see me
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
I did? What about?
[JOE, spoken]
"Bases Loaded." It's an outline for a baseball picture
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
So, pitch
[JOE, spoken]
It's about a rookie shortstop. He's batting .347. The kid was once mixed up in a holdup. Now he's trying to go straight
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I think I have read this
Somebody, bring in what we've got on...
[JOE, spoken]
"Bases Loaded."
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
..."Bases Loaded."
[JOE, spoken]
They're pretty hot for it over at Twentieth
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
Good!
[JOE, spoken]
But can you see Ty Power as a shortstop?
[ENSEMBLE]
Let's have lunch
[BETTY, spoken]
Here's that "Bases Loaded" material, Mr. Sheldrake
I made a two-page synopsis for you, but I wouldn't bother to read it
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
Why not?
[BETTY, spoken]
It's just a rehash of something that wasn't very good to begin with
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
Meet Mr. Gillis. He wrote it
[ENSEMBLE]
We should talk
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
This is Miss Kramer
[BETTY, spoken]
Schaefer. Betty Schaefer. And right now, I'd like to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me
[JOE, spoken]
If I could be of any help...
[BETTY, spoken]
I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis, I couldn't see the point of it
[JOE, spoken]
What sort of material do you suggest? James Joyce? Dostoyevsky?
[BETTY, spoken]
I think pictures should at least try to say a little something
[JOE, spoken]
I see you're one of the message kids
I expect you'd have turned down "Gone With the Wind"
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
No, that was me
[ENSEMBLE]
Gotta run
[BETTY, spoken]
And I guess I was disappointed
I've read some of your other work and I thought you had some real talent
[JOE, spoken]
Yeah, that was last year. This year I felt like eating
[BETTY, spoken]
Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis
[SHELDRAKE, spoken]
Thank you, Miss Kramer
Well, looks like Zanuck's got himself a baseball picture
[ENSEMBLE]
We should talk
Gotta run
Let's have lunch
[JOE]
You've got to give me some work
I'll take whatever's on offer
There must be some sh** that needs a rewrite
Throw it my way
[SHELDRAKE]
I only wish I could help
There's no spare sh** at the moment
Remember the greatest writers starved in garretts
Didn't care about pay
[JOE]
Are you trying to be funny?
[SHELDRAKE]
I believe in self-denial
Gives a man some moral backbone
[JOE]
Can you loan me three hundred bucks?
[SHELDRAKE]
I'm sorry, Gillis. Good-bye
[JOE]
I just love Hollywood
[MORINO]
Let's pencil Thursday morning [MYRON]
Morning, Joanna [CLIFF]
Where've you been hiding? [SAMMY]
Hi there, Lisa [MYRON]
How're you doing? [KATHERINE]
I hate this weather [CLIFF]
You look great [LIZ]
RKO are ok! [MARY]
What're you doing? [JOANNA]
You look great [GIRLS]
This is the biggest film ever made [CLIFF]
I'm trying to make my mind up [MARY]
Guess I was born to play her [DAWN]
What is my motivation? [JOANNA]
You look great [SAMMY]
They're talking nominations [LIZ]
You should go work for Warners [MYRON]
Is your new script with Sheldrake? [MORINO]
I'm very close to Sheldrake [ARTIE]
We shoot next month [SAMMY, SANDY, ARTIE, MORINO, MYRON]
Gotta run [JOHN]
Let's drive to Vegas this weekend [KATHERINE, JOANNA]
Let's have lunch [ANITA]
You look great [JOANNA]
I'm handing in my second draft [MARY]
It's between me and Dietrich [KATHERINE]
I've landed a big Broadway show [ADAM]
I'm gonna work for Metro [CLIFF]
Let's have lunch [MARY]
Let's have lunch [GIRLS]
Let's have lunch, this is the biggest film ever made [MYRON]
I'd really love to read it [CLIFF]
I'd know just how to light you [JOHN]
Let's have lunch [JOHN/LISA]
It won't work [MORINO]
Let's pencil Thursday morning [GROUP 1]
We should talk
[GROUP 2]
Gotta run
[ALL]
Let's have lunch!
Hi, good morning
Aren't we lucky?
Going to work with Cukor
Paramount is paradise
Movies from A to Zukor
We should talk, gotta run
[GROUP 1]
Let's have lunch
[GROUP 2]
We should talk
[GROUP 1]
Gotta run
[GROUP 2]
Gotta run
[ALL]
Let's have lunch!
[JOE, spoken, to BETTY]
Come to get your knife back? It's still right there, right between my shoulder blades