1 00:01:28,172 --> 00:01:29,757 'This is Bel Air. 2 00:01:29,882 --> 00:01:33,469 'The lush, luxurious retreat of the wealthy and powerful. 3 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:36,639 'If you work in the motion picture industry and are successful, 4 00:01:36,764 --> 00:01:41,143 'this well-tended suburb of Hollywood is where you will probably make your home. 5 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:44,021 'Failure is not permitted here. 6 00:01:44,146 --> 00:01:47,650 'Our story has to do with a 20th-century phenomenon. 7 00:01:47,775 --> 00:01:49,902 'Name: Charlie Castle. 8 00:01:50,027 --> 00:01:52,113 'Profession: movie star. 9 00:01:53,030 --> 00:01:55,116 'Problem: survival. 10 00:01:56,075 --> 00:01:59,120 'Charlie Castle is a man who sold out his dreams, 11 00:01:59,245 --> 00:02:01,622 'but he can't forget them.' 12 00:02:16,512 --> 00:02:19,014 Great, isn't he? What a guy. 13 00:02:19,140 --> 00:02:20,474 Tell him I'm here. 14 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:23,853 Sure, Patty, right away. I know he'll be glad to see you. 15 00:02:23,978 --> 00:02:25,187 Yeah... 16 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:32,987 Charles? 17 00:02:33,112 --> 00:02:34,405 Hold it. 18 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:38,159 - What's up, Buddy? - Patty Benedict's here. 19 00:02:41,912 --> 00:02:43,831 What, did she just walk in? 20 00:02:43,956 --> 00:02:46,667 I was told she was going to drop by here, I raced right over. 21 00:02:46,792 --> 00:02:49,128 - Patty Benedict. - Aargh! 22 00:02:49,253 --> 00:02:53,174 - You had me tied up in there, didn't you? - You came in too fast, sweetheart. 23 00:02:53,299 --> 00:02:55,342 What's Patty want, Charlie? 24 00:02:55,467 --> 00:02:57,678 Oh, Marion, separation. 25 00:02:57,803 --> 00:03:00,222 How does it get around? What did you tell her? 26 00:03:00,347 --> 00:03:03,893 Nothing. If I had, she wouldn't be here now. 27 00:03:04,018 --> 00:03:06,437 I work for the studio. I have to keep you out of trouble. 28 00:03:06,562 --> 00:03:07,855 Good. 29 00:03:08,898 --> 00:03:10,649 So get me out of this. 30 00:03:10,774 --> 00:03:13,235 - Play ball with her, huh? - Play ball? 31 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,404 I'd like to play ball with her head. 32 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:17,031 Take it easy, will you? 33 00:03:17,156 --> 00:03:19,617 Schmooze her a little. She's got 18 million readers. 34 00:03:19,742 --> 00:03:22,995 I'll have her out of here in five minutes flat. 35 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,664 Relax, Buddy. Stop worrying. 36 00:03:25,789 --> 00:03:28,500 I've handled this a hundred times. 37 00:03:28,626 --> 00:03:31,795 What a guy. You had me scared there for a minute. 38 00:03:36,091 --> 00:03:40,095 Patty, darling. How are you, sweetie? 39 00:03:40,221 --> 00:03:42,890 - Light my cigarette, Chuck. - Sure. 40 00:03:43,015 --> 00:03:46,060 What happened to you last night? I looked around and you'd gone. 41 00:03:46,185 --> 00:03:47,228 I asked Mike, but... 42 00:03:47,353 --> 00:03:49,271 Smiley Coy had somebody he wanted me to meet, 43 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:52,816 some of those strip-shirts from out of town. 44 00:03:52,942 --> 00:03:55,778 Who wants what from the lemonade stand? 45 00:03:55,903 --> 00:03:57,488 - Buddy? - No, no, thanks. 46 00:03:57,613 --> 00:03:59,657 I like the airiness of this room. 47 00:04:00,491 --> 00:04:03,744 - Oh, French paintings, dear one? - Yeah. 48 00:04:04,245 --> 00:04:05,913 Don't you buy American anymore? 49 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:09,041 Let nothing you dismay, sweetie, I don't know one painter from another. 50 00:04:09,166 --> 00:04:10,960 He doesn't know one painter from another. 51 00:04:11,085 --> 00:04:13,379 I wouldn't want my fans to think I'd gone arty. 52 00:04:13,504 --> 00:04:17,132 - They're Marion's hobby. - Yeah, they're his wife's hobby. 53 00:04:17,258 --> 00:04:19,176 How long do I know you, Chuck? 54 00:04:19,301 --> 00:04:21,553 Oh, a fat nine, ten years. 55 00:04:21,679 --> 00:04:24,098 When we first met, all you could talk about was the New Deal 56 00:04:24,223 --> 00:04:26,642 or the fair deal or some deal. 57 00:04:27,101 --> 00:04:28,435 I believed in it. 58 00:04:29,478 --> 00:04:31,272 What do you believe in now? 59 00:04:31,397 --> 00:04:33,691 Health, hard work, 60 00:04:33,816 --> 00:04:37,236 rare roast beef and good scripts. 61 00:04:37,820 --> 00:04:39,738 You're a lot smarter child than you used to be. 62 00:04:39,863 --> 00:04:41,282 I had to learn, Patricia. 63 00:04:41,407 --> 00:04:44,159 Charlie's slogan: "Got a message, send for Western Union." 64 00:04:44,285 --> 00:04:47,746 - I hear your new picture's good. - It'll pay a dividend. 65 00:04:47,871 --> 00:04:50,499 - What about your new contract? - What about it, Buddy? 66 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:51,959 The studio got the contracts all... 67 00:04:52,084 --> 00:04:55,337 Stanley Hoff told me last week, you were about to re-sign. 68 00:04:55,462 --> 00:04:58,799 He's the head of the studio. It doesn't cost him a thing to dream. 69 00:04:58,924 --> 00:05:02,553 - Are you and Stanley having a feud? - How could I feud with Uncle Hoff? 70 00:05:02,678 --> 00:05:05,806 - Mr. Hoff's been like a father to Charlie. - Why, sure. 71 00:05:05,931 --> 00:05:07,516 Chuck, I'm off to Metro. 72 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:11,312 But before I go, I want the truth about the separation rumors. 73 00:05:15,107 --> 00:05:18,193 She's always trying to tag me. The rumors are just that, rumors. 74 00:05:18,319 --> 00:05:19,945 - No basis. - But why in the world...? 75 00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:22,823 Marion took Billy to the beach because he's got a cold. 76 00:05:22,948 --> 00:05:24,366 I don't think I'd ever forgive you 77 00:05:24,491 --> 00:05:28,329 if someone else printed your divorce story before I did. 78 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:31,665 I hope you understand that. 79 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:34,251 He understands that. 80 00:05:35,336 --> 00:05:36,337 Do I? 81 00:05:37,504 --> 00:05:40,758 - What Charlie means by that is... - Shut up for five minutes. 82 00:05:40,883 --> 00:05:43,761 I want my gossip from the horse's mouth, not his tail. 83 00:05:43,886 --> 00:05:46,096 Come on, Patty, it's his living. 84 00:05:46,221 --> 00:05:48,640 Is it impossible for you to be democratic? 85 00:05:48,766 --> 00:05:49,850 Charlie! 86 00:05:53,604 --> 00:05:56,231 Fix yourself a drink, Buddy. 87 00:06:00,069 --> 00:06:03,238 Look, I don't want you to get stiff, take a chill. 88 00:06:05,157 --> 00:06:07,659 - How are you, Miss Benedict? - Fine, thank you, Nick. 89 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:12,039 Well, that's nice. I've got everything ready for your rub. 90 00:06:12,164 --> 00:06:13,957 Thanks, character. 91 00:06:14,083 --> 00:06:15,959 One thing I've never understood. 92 00:06:16,085 --> 00:06:20,464 Why did the studio give Bliss back his job after that scandalous mess? 93 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:25,969 Buddy Bliss is a first-rate publicity man. He's also a close personal friend. 94 00:06:26,095 --> 00:06:27,179 I know. 95 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:30,224 You were a character witness for him and you paid all his legal fees. 96 00:06:30,349 --> 00:06:33,644 I don't get your point, sweetie. Buddy went to jail for 10 months. 97 00:06:33,769 --> 00:06:35,896 Besides, it's all past and forgotten. 98 00:06:36,021 --> 00:06:38,565 It's not forgotten if I choose to revive it. 99 00:06:38,690 --> 00:06:40,609 Now, why would you want to do that? 100 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:43,904 Some of you forget that this town has got to keep its skirts clean. 101 00:06:44,029 --> 00:06:46,365 At the studio Christmas party, this idiot steals your car... 102 00:06:46,490 --> 00:06:49,326 - He borrowed my car. - He drives along half-drunk... 103 00:06:49,451 --> 00:06:51,829 He wasn't drunk, sweetie. That was cleared in court. 104 00:06:51,954 --> 00:06:53,831 The fact remains, he hit and ran. 105 00:06:53,956 --> 00:06:56,291 How friendly did you feel when Big Brains here 106 00:06:56,417 --> 00:06:59,837 ditched the car on your lawn and the police walked in Christmas Eve? 107 00:06:59,962 --> 00:07:01,463 - All he did... - Now, Patty. 108 00:07:01,588 --> 00:07:03,590 All he did, your dear friend, 109 00:07:03,715 --> 00:07:06,385 was to almost ruin a career right out of the storybooks. 110 00:07:06,510 --> 00:07:09,138 I thought we could be human enough to forgive that. 111 00:07:09,263 --> 00:07:11,849 Didn't he step up in time and take the blame? 112 00:07:12,641 --> 00:07:15,769 Well, I still think it was very poor public relations 113 00:07:15,894 --> 00:07:17,813 giving him his job back that way. 114 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:23,152 Patty... with all the headlines in this crazy, mixed-up world, 115 00:07:23,277 --> 00:07:26,655 why would you want to open up that tired old can of peas? 116 00:07:30,284 --> 00:07:31,827 I'll make a swap. 117 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:35,080 What about your marriage? 118 00:07:41,879 --> 00:07:43,839 Is this your answer? 119 00:07:46,967 --> 00:07:50,262 You've just done a very foolish thing, Chuck. 120 00:07:53,474 --> 00:07:57,394 Thanks for the visit. Be well and strong. God bless. 121 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,239 Hello. Am I interrupting anything important? 122 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:18,957 - Hello, Mrs. Castle. - Hello, Miss Benedict. 123 00:08:20,626 --> 00:08:21,960 Hi, honey. 124 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:27,633 I didn't know you were in the house. 125 00:08:27,758 --> 00:08:29,760 I just came into town to shop. 126 00:08:30,928 --> 00:08:32,971 - Hello, Marion. - Hi, Buddy. 127 00:08:34,598 --> 00:08:38,060 You know there's innate power in the world, Bud, needs publicity. 128 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:40,479 What laundries do to sheets and pillowcases. 129 00:08:40,604 --> 00:08:43,482 - Every month I buy a dozen. - Why don't you try the May Company? 130 00:08:43,607 --> 00:08:47,486 They sell a fine percale sheet at a really modest price. 131 00:08:47,611 --> 00:08:51,615 Tell me, Mrs. Castle, do you and Charlie still use a double bed? 132 00:08:51,740 --> 00:08:54,993 Or is that a foolish question, since you're separated now? 133 00:08:55,118 --> 00:08:57,538 You are separated, aren't you? 134 00:08:57,663 --> 00:09:00,624 Patty, you sure take the cake for persistence. 135 00:09:00,749 --> 00:09:04,211 We're all sensible, sophisticated people. There's no use wearing crepe. 136 00:09:04,336 --> 00:09:08,549 There were over 400,000 divorce cases in this country last year. 137 00:09:08,674 --> 00:09:11,051 It's getting as common as the ordinary head cold. 138 00:09:11,176 --> 00:09:13,428 You know, you may be right, Miss Benedict. 139 00:09:13,554 --> 00:09:15,264 However, I find it sad. 140 00:09:16,473 --> 00:09:18,725 And our personal life is not your affair. 141 00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:21,311 - And you're the child who'll tell me. - Marion... 142 00:09:21,436 --> 00:09:25,399 I’m the one in this town who's not afraid to tell you to mind your own business. 143 00:09:26,108 --> 00:09:29,278 All right, I’m glad we've come to an understanding. 144 00:09:29,403 --> 00:09:30,904 - Now, Patty... - No fuss, Chuck. 145 00:09:31,029 --> 00:09:33,532 I know when I've worn out my welcome. I'm aware of that. 146 00:09:33,657 --> 00:09:34,992 For Pete's sake! 147 00:09:35,117 --> 00:09:38,579 Ace, you'd better do something, or we'll all end up the creek. 148 00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:43,292 Look, angel, what do you think you're doing? 149 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:46,169 She doesn't play Madam Pry with me, not in my own house. 150 00:09:49,256 --> 00:09:50,507 Patty, wait! 151 00:09:51,508 --> 00:09:55,721 I’m in the movie business. I can't afford your acute attacks of integrity. 152 00:09:55,846 --> 00:09:58,056 Oh, the way you talk to her! 153 00:09:58,974 --> 00:10:00,851 - How's that? - Liquid honey. 154 00:10:00,976 --> 00:10:05,188 - Oh, I’m insincere with her. - Husband, be insincere with me. 155 00:10:05,314 --> 00:10:06,732 Patty's got 18 million readers. 156 00:10:06,857 --> 00:10:08,692 Why antagonize her? Where's the sense? 157 00:10:08,817 --> 00:10:11,486 From time to time, I believe in being completely senseless. 158 00:10:11,612 --> 00:10:13,530 I’m a woman, not a diplomat. 159 00:10:13,655 --> 00:10:16,491 The way you said "God bless" to that one! 160 00:10:16,617 --> 00:10:18,952 I should think it'd make you want to throw up. 161 00:10:19,077 --> 00:10:21,079 Of course, you're not sincere. 162 00:10:23,749 --> 00:10:25,500 How have you been? 163 00:10:26,335 --> 00:10:28,086 Fine. Just fine. 164 00:10:30,255 --> 00:10:33,008 You know, I’m beginning to like this picture. 165 00:10:33,884 --> 00:10:35,886 Could make the Olympic team. 166 00:10:39,473 --> 00:10:42,726 You're right about this Rouault guy. He broods. 167 00:10:42,851 --> 00:10:45,354 There's a certain quality. I don't know... 168 00:10:46,605 --> 00:10:50,025 I’ve been looking at it a lot the last few days. 169 00:10:50,901 --> 00:10:53,153 Sometimes, when I’m alone lately... 170 00:10:56,698 --> 00:10:59,743 An old clown waiting in the wings, waiting to go on. 171 00:10:59,868 --> 00:11:02,245 Cut a few capers, knock 'em dead. 172 00:11:03,872 --> 00:11:06,541 But he's done it a million times. 173 00:11:07,876 --> 00:11:10,337 Lt doesn't mean anything anymore. 174 00:11:16,968 --> 00:11:19,721 - Too fortissimo? - No. 175 00:11:24,810 --> 00:11:26,770 I’d buy it all back. 176 00:11:30,232 --> 00:11:35,195 How's Billy? I haven't seen him for two weeks. 177 00:11:35,821 --> 00:11:38,824 - Three weeks. - Okay, three weeks. 178 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:40,575 He has a cold. 179 00:11:42,327 --> 00:11:44,204 - Fever? - Uh-uh. 180 00:11:44,329 --> 00:11:48,792 But, you know, it hangs on. You just can't keep him out of the ocean. 181 00:11:53,130 --> 00:11:56,049 - ls it lonely at the beach? - Yes. 182 00:11:58,051 --> 00:12:02,597 - Very lonely? - Charlie, don't start this, please. 183 00:12:02,723 --> 00:12:04,558 Come back, angel, I can change. 184 00:12:04,683 --> 00:12:07,310 How can you change? You've been this way for so long. 185 00:12:07,436 --> 00:12:09,312 I can. You've got to believe me on this. 186 00:12:09,438 --> 00:12:12,065 I have believed you before this, any number of times. 187 00:12:12,190 --> 00:12:16,027 - You don't think those occasional girls... - Yes, I do think those occasional girls! 188 00:12:16,153 --> 00:12:17,571 Surprised? 189 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,489 Charlie! 190 00:12:19,614 --> 00:12:23,201 A man can live only one of two ways, either married or like a bachelor. 191 00:12:23,326 --> 00:12:27,873 What you want is the best of both! And that's not a marriage, not in my book. 192 00:12:31,626 --> 00:12:33,211 Charlie Cass... 193 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:36,006 He was a wonder. 194 00:12:36,757 --> 00:12:38,675 I was Mrs. Cass. 195 00:12:39,801 --> 00:12:42,304 Now you're Hoff's Mr. Castle. 196 00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:46,308 Oh, come on! I don't buy that. I don't belong to Stanley Hoff! 197 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:47,893 - No? - No! I’m a free agent! 198 00:12:48,018 --> 00:12:49,978 Are you going to sign his new contract? 199 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:52,898 Marion, I want you to come back home to me. 200 00:12:53,023 --> 00:12:54,691 - Just like that? - Yes. 201 00:12:54,816 --> 00:12:57,235 I’m far from perfect, but you're making a mistake 202 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,614 if you think you can face this big, wide world alone. 203 00:13:01,323 --> 00:13:05,368 Don't tell me you've got Billy, because he still eats a grape in four bites. 204 00:13:05,494 --> 00:13:07,078 Without me, you don't have a family. 205 00:13:07,204 --> 00:13:10,499 You don't even have a friend, unless it's Hank Teagle. 206 00:13:10,624 --> 00:13:13,210 Hank was my friend long before he was yours. 207 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,714 Hank asked me to marry him last night. 208 00:13:17,839 --> 00:13:19,174 And? 209 00:13:20,634 --> 00:13:22,969 What did you say? 210 00:13:23,094 --> 00:13:24,679 What could I say? 211 00:13:26,848 --> 00:13:28,558 He's got his nerve. 212 00:13:28,683 --> 00:13:31,728 - All he said was "if". - If? 213 00:13:31,853 --> 00:13:33,146 If, if, if! 214 00:13:33,271 --> 00:13:35,649 I tried to avoid this conversation, didn't I? 215 00:13:35,774 --> 00:13:39,152 Okay, you win. Famous husband remarks, "You win." 216 00:13:40,278 --> 00:13:42,322 Please, don't be such a housewife. 217 00:13:42,447 --> 00:13:45,867 Leave the lousy glasses alone! We pay somebody to do that! 218 00:13:45,992 --> 00:13:47,244 Russell! 219 00:13:58,171 --> 00:13:59,464 Look... 220 00:14:01,132 --> 00:14:04,135 The lousy strap's broken on my watch, too. 221 00:14:10,725 --> 00:14:13,228 I’ll be needing a check for Monday. 222 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:15,313 The bills are piling up. 223 00:14:16,815 --> 00:14:20,193 All right, I’ll have Harold send it from the office. 224 00:14:34,124 --> 00:14:36,543 Why, Mrs. Castle. I didn't hear you come in. 225 00:14:36,668 --> 00:14:39,045 - This is a real pleasure. - Thank you, Russell. 226 00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:41,339 Everything running all right? 227 00:14:41,464 --> 00:14:44,718 Smooth as silk, Mrs. Castle. Just fine. 228 00:14:44,843 --> 00:14:46,803 That's good. I’ll see you before I leave. 229 00:14:46,928 --> 00:14:48,138 Thank you. 230 00:14:49,097 --> 00:14:52,309 - Oh, would you mind taking this out? - Yes, ma'am. 231 00:14:58,356 --> 00:14:59,816 Charlie? 232 00:15:03,528 --> 00:15:05,488 Are you renewing with Hoff or not? 233 00:15:05,614 --> 00:15:07,824 Where does Hank get the nerve to propose to you? 234 00:15:07,949 --> 00:15:11,119 Forget about Hank. He's leaving for New York in two weeks. 235 00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:13,163 To find a 40-cent gin? 236 00:15:13,288 --> 00:15:16,583 He's writing a new novel. He's been on the wagon for weeks. 237 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:20,253 Look, you say you want me to come back to you. 238 00:15:20,378 --> 00:15:23,757 Well, believe me, I won't, not ever, if you sign that contract. 239 00:15:23,882 --> 00:15:25,133 Oh, that again! 240 00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:26,801 I never expected to see the day 241 00:15:26,927 --> 00:15:30,221 when a firm deal would give you chills and fever! 242 00:15:30,347 --> 00:15:33,141 Neither did I. I'm as human as the next one. 243 00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:35,393 It's a fabulous deal, but it's for seven years, 244 00:15:35,518 --> 00:15:37,395 and the life that goes with it. 245 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,148 Or should I say the death that goes with it? 246 00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:44,194 Look at yourself. You're half-dead right now. 247 00:15:44,319 --> 00:15:46,321 I haven't seen you sparkle in years. 248 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:49,532 You put on a show for other people, but I’m your wife, I know it. 249 00:15:50,158 --> 00:15:52,702 Charlie, my Charlie... 250 00:15:52,827 --> 00:15:57,415 What's happened to your mind, your spirit, your soul? 251 00:15:57,540 --> 00:15:59,834 Charlie Cass, the guy I married. 252 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:02,379 He was a tiger. He liked to argue. 253 00:16:02,712 --> 00:16:04,506 Because you believed in things, 254 00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:07,133 and what you believed in, you fought for. 255 00:16:07,258 --> 00:16:09,177 And that was Charlie Cass. 256 00:16:10,929 --> 00:16:12,806 What do you believe in now? 257 00:16:14,641 --> 00:16:17,686 What do you want? The wild-eyed kid I was, 258 00:16:17,811 --> 00:16:22,899 nursing a cup of coffee in Walgreens, yelling about the sad state of the theatre? 259 00:16:23,024 --> 00:16:25,735 I’ll tell you what I don't want. 260 00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:29,990 I don't want one of those witless, sold-out guys sitting around a gin table, 261 00:16:30,115 --> 00:16:32,158 swapping phone numbers and the latest dirt! 262 00:16:32,283 --> 00:16:33,660 Oh, how you talk. 263 00:16:33,785 --> 00:16:36,955 Charlie, I don't want you to sign that contract. 264 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,957 You've given the studio their pound of flesh. 265 00:16:39,082 --> 00:16:42,919 I’m Hoff-Federated's biggest star. I’m worth millions a year to them. 266 00:16:43,044 --> 00:16:46,715 - He won't let me go. You know why. - Tell him you're leaving Hollywood. 267 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,842 Promise never to make pictures for anyone else. 268 00:16:48,967 --> 00:16:51,094 Fine. What do I do? TV, a play? 269 00:16:51,219 --> 00:16:55,223 The theatre's a bleeding stump. You gotta wait years for one decent part. 270 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:58,685 And anyhow, what is all this arty bunk? 271 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:01,354 You know this industry is capable of turning out good pictures, 272 00:17:01,479 --> 00:17:03,148 pictures with guts and meaning. 273 00:17:03,273 --> 00:17:06,526 Sure, sure, and we know some of the men who do it. 274 00:17:06,651 --> 00:17:10,864 Stevens, Mankiewicz, Kazan, Huston, 275 00:17:10,989 --> 00:17:15,577 Wyler, Wilder, Stanley Kramer, but never Stanley Hoff! 276 00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:18,872 Never! Not once! Not for the life of him! 277 00:17:18,997 --> 00:17:21,499 Not for all the pompous press statements! 278 00:17:21,624 --> 00:17:25,879 Stanley Hoff will personally produce 'War and Peace' by Tolstoy! 279 00:17:26,004 --> 00:17:27,213 That'll be the day. 280 00:17:27,338 --> 00:17:30,008 Starring Charlie Castle with a bull whip in one hand... 281 00:17:30,133 --> 00:17:34,637 And...a bleached blonde in the other. 282 00:17:36,306 --> 00:17:39,267 Oh... Charlie. 283 00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:42,187 Come here, please. 284 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:48,777 Darling, there'll always be Stanley Hoffs in this world. 285 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:51,946 Not just in the movie industry, but everywhere. 286 00:17:52,781 --> 00:17:57,452 Always one who, just by his contempt for decency and human dignity, 287 00:17:57,577 --> 00:17:59,829 tries to drag you down with them. 288 00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:02,373 Charlie, no. 289 00:18:02,499 --> 00:18:08,046 I’m Hoff's prisoner and angel, and signing this contract is the ransom fee. 290 00:18:08,171 --> 00:18:10,715 I didn't have the nerve that night. 291 00:18:11,925 --> 00:18:15,386 - I made the wrong decision. - We made the wrong decision that night. 292 00:18:15,512 --> 00:18:19,390 - I should've swung the other way. - Darling, we both failed. 293 00:18:20,517 --> 00:18:23,895 I should've snapped out of my self-pity and shoved you. 294 00:18:24,896 --> 00:18:28,691 But we have a second chance. It's a gamble, I know. 295 00:18:28,817 --> 00:18:31,194 I know what Hoff can do if you refuse to sign. 296 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:35,365 - You think you know. - Charlie, he's only a man. 297 00:18:35,490 --> 00:18:38,618 He's not God, to strike us down in his wrath. 298 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,461 You really want to throw this away? 299 00:18:48,586 --> 00:18:52,215 I know I'm talking about your fabulous career and all that goes with it, 300 00:18:52,340 --> 00:18:55,468 but refuse him, Charlie, turn him down. 301 00:18:55,593 --> 00:18:57,053 Alright... 302 00:18:59,222 --> 00:19:00,682 ...l'll try. 303 00:19:02,058 --> 00:19:06,062 I haven't actually agreed to sign. I've been stalling for weeks, for months. 304 00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:10,150 And Nat's coming by. Maybe he can come up with a big idea. 305 00:19:10,275 --> 00:19:13,611 I’m very fond of Nat, he's good and kind. 306 00:19:13,736 --> 00:19:16,322 But you'll have to fight this one by yourself. 307 00:19:16,447 --> 00:19:19,159 - Lt may not work. - Lt's in your hands. 308 00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:27,876 We do love. I mean... 309 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:33,590 We do love each other, don't we? That's the thing, the big thing. 310 00:19:33,715 --> 00:19:35,383 I need you. 311 00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:38,595 I want you to tear Stanley Hoff apart, tiger. 312 00:19:42,557 --> 00:19:45,059 - Hi, Nicky. - Hello, Marion. 313 00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:48,021 Oh, er... I hope I'm not interrupting anything important. 314 00:19:48,146 --> 00:19:49,939 You are, but it's all right. 315 00:19:50,064 --> 00:19:52,442 Charlie... It's time for his rub, Marion. 316 00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:54,444 - Oh, that can wait. - No, it can't. 317 00:19:54,569 --> 00:19:56,279 He'll be right out, Nicky. 318 00:19:56,404 --> 00:19:59,532 Tiger, I want you in condition, in the pink. 319 00:20:00,116 --> 00:20:03,453 I have a million things to do, and a household to move by suppertime. 320 00:20:03,578 --> 00:20:05,288 - Household? - Sure. 321 00:20:05,413 --> 00:20:09,125 Me, Billy, the whole shebang. We're yours, aren't we? 322 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:23,598 I’ll call you later. 323 00:20:24,265 --> 00:20:26,100 See you later. 324 00:20:27,685 --> 00:20:28,978 Goodbye, Tiger. 325 00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:30,355 Goodbye. 326 00:20:35,026 --> 00:20:37,570 Eighth Avenue, Jacob's Beach. 327 00:20:38,821 --> 00:20:41,532 You and me, going to St. Nick's. 328 00:20:41,658 --> 00:20:42,951 Yeah, sure. 329 00:20:43,076 --> 00:20:45,078 Oh, there's your agent. 330 00:20:45,203 --> 00:20:48,248 Hey, Nat! What are you doing there, Nat, old kid? 331 00:20:48,373 --> 00:20:51,751 - Gentlemen! - What do you say, huh? 332 00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,924 - Charlie. - No, I’m greasy, you'll get all dirty. 333 00:20:58,049 --> 00:21:02,136 Say, Nat, when I’m through, how about me working that shoulder of yours? 334 00:21:02,262 --> 00:21:05,932 Nicky, you're a sweetheart, but the doctor says diathermy and shots. 335 00:21:06,057 --> 00:21:08,059 No friction. 336 00:21:08,184 --> 00:21:10,561 Ah, bursitis. 337 00:21:10,687 --> 00:21:13,856 What's the fashion in the industry? Ulcers. 338 00:21:13,982 --> 00:21:16,734 The rage. I get bursitis. 339 00:21:16,859 --> 00:21:21,447 But thank you, Nicky, you are a true gentleman for wanting to help. 340 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:24,575 Water when you're thirsty. 341 00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:30,707 Not to digress, I saw your business manager this morning. 342 00:21:30,832 --> 00:21:32,041 Harold? 343 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:35,128 He says you're being a bad boy. Checks he didn't approve. 344 00:21:35,253 --> 00:21:36,546 What am I supposed to do, 345 00:21:36,671 --> 00:21:39,257 ask Eisenhower if I can slip a hungry rider $200? 346 00:21:39,382 --> 00:21:41,217 That's the least of my problems. 347 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:44,595 Problems. Life is all problems. They work out. 348 00:21:44,721 --> 00:21:48,766 Well, I’ve got a honey for you, Nat. Marion's dead set against the contract. 349 00:21:48,891 --> 00:21:50,351 Her, I’m going to talk to. 350 00:21:50,852 --> 00:21:53,229 You don't have to tell the old man. 351 00:21:54,272 --> 00:21:58,443 You two are such sweet mortals. I know she's a little hectic. 352 00:21:58,568 --> 00:22:02,864 I don't want to sign it. I'm afraid if I do, it'll cost me my family. 353 00:22:02,989 --> 00:22:05,116 Look, Marion will cool down, Charlie. 354 00:22:05,241 --> 00:22:08,995 - I’ll talk to her and you'll sign the... - You don't hear one thing I say, do you? 355 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:10,538 - Nothing! - Darling, listen. 356 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:13,624 Listen? Why should I listen? You never listen to me! 357 00:22:18,713 --> 00:22:19,881 I’m listening now. 358 00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:22,008 I don't want to sign the contract! 359 00:22:23,009 --> 00:22:25,011 - You don't? - No, I don't. 360 00:22:26,054 --> 00:22:30,308 - I thought you agreed to sign it. - Listening doesn't mean agreement. 361 00:22:30,433 --> 00:22:33,853 I listen to Stanley, I listen to you, I listen till I'm blue in the face. 362 00:22:33,978 --> 00:22:36,439 But I did not agree to sign that contract. 363 00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:42,653 I can't keep doing those lousy pictures. 364 00:22:42,779 --> 00:22:46,824 But it's in the contract, black on white. You don't have to. 365 00:22:46,949 --> 00:22:50,953 I approve and make sure the scripts are good, before you even see them. 366 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:55,541 This is Charlie "Been-Around- A-Long-Time" Castle you're talking to. 367 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:58,211 Now, come on, give, think me a way out. 368 00:22:59,128 --> 00:23:02,340 Well, darling, first I ought to tell you 369 00:23:02,465 --> 00:23:05,760 Stanley had me in his office about the contract this morning 370 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:08,971 for two hours, Hail Columbia, 371 00:23:09,097 --> 00:23:12,141 which all leads to the fact that they're dropping in here. 372 00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:17,605 - Here? - Stanley Hoff and Smiley Coy. 373 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,608 - When? - Any minute now. 374 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:25,446 To invite you to the races, but it's going to be a showdown. 375 00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:27,448 Nick, the alcohol. 376 00:23:27,573 --> 00:23:30,326 Nat, you've got to get me out of this. 377 00:23:30,451 --> 00:23:34,080 Darling, I’m terribly worried. 378 00:23:34,205 --> 00:23:37,834 Everybody has got the delusion that you're very tough. 379 00:23:37,959 --> 00:23:40,211 They mix you up with the parts you play. 380 00:23:40,336 --> 00:23:43,047 But I know you better. 381 00:23:43,172 --> 00:23:45,842 You're a special, idealistic type. 382 00:23:45,967 --> 00:23:49,512 The only thing is, business and idealism, they don't mix. 383 00:23:49,637 --> 00:23:51,264 It's oil and water. 384 00:23:51,389 --> 00:23:54,934 A movie is not a movie to you, it's a gospel. 385 00:23:55,059 --> 00:23:58,229 But you're mistaken, dear sir and friend, in all... 386 00:23:58,354 --> 00:24:00,773 Nat, shut up! Please, shut up! 387 00:24:00,898 --> 00:24:03,526 Nicky, go up to the house. Go up to the house! 388 00:24:08,406 --> 00:24:10,908 ls there anything a Greek can do? 389 00:24:13,411 --> 00:24:17,206 Go up to the house, Nicky. Let me know when they get here. 390 00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:21,878 Thanks, character. 391 00:24:28,718 --> 00:24:31,846 Charlie, a few important words. 392 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:34,640 We are not in a bargaining position with Stanley, 393 00:24:34,765 --> 00:24:37,393 but I’d do anything you ask me, within my power, 394 00:24:37,518 --> 00:24:39,353 as the good Lord sits above. 395 00:24:39,479 --> 00:24:41,439 Just get me out of here, Nat. 396 00:24:41,564 --> 00:24:43,649 Stanley wouldn't let you go. 397 00:24:44,525 --> 00:24:48,070 Suppose I just tore up the contract, and we moved away? 398 00:24:48,196 --> 00:24:50,531 - What would he do? - Yes. What would he do? 399 00:24:52,366 --> 00:24:55,161 God forbid what he would do. 400 00:24:55,286 --> 00:24:58,956 Charlie, never underestimate a man because you don't like him. 401 00:24:59,081 --> 00:25:03,336 I know Stanley since before he had his fingers manicured every day. 402 00:25:03,461 --> 00:25:05,922 What he would do. 403 00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:09,717 We've got no choice, Charlie. 404 00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:13,888 You know what he's got on you. That thing we don't talk about? 405 00:25:15,515 --> 00:25:20,520 Darling... You sign, or you go to jail. 406 00:25:23,314 --> 00:25:26,901 They're here! Mr. Hoff and Smiley Coy! 407 00:25:35,284 --> 00:25:38,287 Every way is a way to die, huh? 408 00:25:38,412 --> 00:25:41,832 I’m older. Every way is a way to live. 409 00:25:43,626 --> 00:25:45,628 I hope you're right, Nat. 410 00:25:47,797 --> 00:25:51,300 Absolutely nothing. You know how it is, Mr. Hoff. 411 00:25:51,425 --> 00:25:54,303 Some fighters, they get punchy, they hear things, but not me. 412 00:25:54,428 --> 00:25:56,973 Nang-Nang-Nang! See you, Nick. 413 00:25:58,683 --> 00:26:00,017 A-ha! 414 00:26:01,519 --> 00:26:04,063 Two heads under one hat. What goes on here? 415 00:26:04,188 --> 00:26:07,191 How are you, Stanley? Smiley? 416 00:26:07,942 --> 00:26:10,611 Nat's in my hair so frequently, I don't say hello to him. 417 00:26:10,736 --> 00:26:12,530 I didn't expect to find you here, Nat. 418 00:26:12,655 --> 00:26:15,366 I just came in out of God's sunshine, that's all. 419 00:26:15,491 --> 00:26:19,078 - How'd you wake up this morning, kitty? - I didn't wake up, I came to. 420 00:26:19,203 --> 00:26:22,373 Fifteen minutes under a cold shower before I could remember my name. 421 00:26:22,498 --> 00:26:25,418 - Did you hear about Joe Ackerman? - No. What? 422 00:26:25,543 --> 00:26:26,752 Cancer. 423 00:26:26,877 --> 00:26:31,507 Oh, poor Joe, poor Martha. I saw them only yesterday. 424 00:26:31,632 --> 00:26:33,384 I’ll have to call there tonight. 425 00:26:33,509 --> 00:26:35,678 That's a wonderful robe. Where'd you get it? 426 00:26:35,803 --> 00:26:38,139 Oh, Nick Carroll's, I think. 427 00:26:39,223 --> 00:26:42,435 That's a pleasure to feel next to your skin. 428 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,021 - Smiley, you find me a few of those. - Will do. 429 00:26:45,146 --> 00:26:48,441 Charles, we request the pleasure of your company 430 00:26:48,566 --> 00:26:50,651 at the races this afternoon. 431 00:26:52,069 --> 00:26:54,614 I don't think I can make it, Stanley. 432 00:26:54,739 --> 00:26:57,199 I’m ready to bartend, union regulations permitting. 433 00:26:57,325 --> 00:26:58,659 Stanley? 434 00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:01,162 I’ll have a little sparkling water, please, Smiley. 435 00:27:01,287 --> 00:27:02,955 Don't be an old fossil, Charlie. 436 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,291 You'd enjoy the afternoon, and we'd appreciate your company. 437 00:27:05,416 --> 00:27:08,044 I’d like to, I really would, Stanley, 438 00:27:08,169 --> 00:27:11,881 but the fact is, some friends from out of town, friends of Marion... 439 00:27:12,006 --> 00:27:15,051 You know how Charlie is, always giving of himself. 440 00:27:15,176 --> 00:27:18,387 Marion, she's a wonderful girl. 441 00:27:19,263 --> 00:27:23,517 I hope for your reconciliation with her as if you both were my own family. 442 00:27:23,643 --> 00:27:25,102 Thank you very much. 443 00:27:26,187 --> 00:27:28,064 If we can express the divine will, 444 00:27:28,189 --> 00:27:31,567 and a happy marriage is certainly such an expression, 445 00:27:31,692 --> 00:27:35,154 then we are really beginning to live beyond our own selfish aims. 446 00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:36,906 That's very sweet of you, Stanley. 447 00:27:37,031 --> 00:27:40,910 Since we're here on a friendly conclave, how about the contract? 448 00:27:42,495 --> 00:27:46,374 - Come on, now, it's growing whiskers. - Well, I’m having trouble with it. 449 00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:50,628 Trouble? What sort of trouble? You tell me, I’ve got broad shoulders. 450 00:27:50,753 --> 00:27:53,798 Charlie, people can speak frankly to me. 451 00:27:53,923 --> 00:27:56,509 You're in a position which entitles you to make the highest demands, 452 00:27:56,634 --> 00:27:58,844 so, please, tell me your innermost thoughts. 453 00:27:58,969 --> 00:28:01,555 I don't want to sign the contract. 454 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:06,227 - Have you talked this over with Marion? - Yes. 455 00:28:15,528 --> 00:28:19,740 Well, you're still man and wife. Tree and bark. 456 00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:22,785 God's put that together, I can understand that. 457 00:28:23,786 --> 00:28:26,747 What does Marion want to see in the contract? 458 00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:29,333 Well, it... Lt isn't just Marion. 459 00:28:30,626 --> 00:28:32,378 We talked it over. 460 00:28:34,547 --> 00:28:36,716 I don't want to sign again. 461 00:28:36,841 --> 00:28:40,761 - Stanley, Charlie feels... - No, no. You let him answer. 462 00:28:42,138 --> 00:28:44,724 - Why? - Well, it's the whole thing, Stanley. 463 00:28:44,849 --> 00:28:49,228 The whole idea of signing for that length of time. 464 00:28:49,353 --> 00:28:52,523 Stanley, people can always speak frankly with you, 465 00:28:52,648 --> 00:28:54,775 and that's exactly what Charlie wants to do. 466 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:56,360 Charlie... 467 00:28:57,862 --> 00:29:00,740 What do you propose to do instead? 468 00:29:00,865 --> 00:29:03,492 Well, I want to leave Hollywood. 469 00:29:03,617 --> 00:29:08,289 I’ll sign anything guaranteeing you I’ll never make pictures again. 470 00:29:08,414 --> 00:29:12,001 I’ve got nothing against you or Hoff-Federated. It's just that... 471 00:29:13,043 --> 00:29:16,255 I’m tired. I want to go away. 472 00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:20,301 Sure, sure. I understand. 473 00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:28,225 I’ll tell you what, you go on a layoff. Six months, a year even. 474 00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:30,519 No, I want to go for good. 475 00:29:31,687 --> 00:29:33,230 Oh... 476 00:29:35,524 --> 00:29:37,109 Uh-oh... 477 00:29:39,153 --> 00:29:40,738 I see. 478 00:29:40,863 --> 00:29:44,408 Charlie Castle, I easily recall to mind 479 00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:46,869 our first meeting many, many years ago. 480 00:29:46,994 --> 00:29:48,954 You remember what I said at that time? 481 00:29:49,079 --> 00:29:51,123 Yes, some of the things. 482 00:29:51,248 --> 00:29:54,627 Please, you'll excuse me for speaking with my eyes closed 483 00:29:54,752 --> 00:29:56,712 but it helps me see better. 484 00:29:57,755 --> 00:30:03,719 "I see a raw youth filled with that special vitality of talent." 485 00:30:04,929 --> 00:30:07,723 I says, if memory serves: 486 00:30:07,848 --> 00:30:12,520 "Charlie Cass, you're going to be one of the biggest stars in this business. 487 00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:14,438 "Sure as there are little green apples, 488 00:30:14,563 --> 00:30:17,817 "you're going to run into many, many problems. 489 00:30:17,942 --> 00:30:20,694 "That's what I’m here for," I says. 490 00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:25,115 "My advice is free, given with pleasure. 491 00:30:26,742 --> 00:30:29,495 "I may not always be able to help, 492 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:32,540 "but probably more than not." 493 00:30:39,922 --> 00:30:41,799 Charlie Castle... 494 00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:46,220 ...you came to see me more than once. 495 00:30:47,221 --> 00:30:50,140 - True? - Yes, true, true. 496 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:55,229 Stanley, Charlie has always had great respect for your judgment. 497 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:57,314 Adulation, even. 498 00:30:58,148 --> 00:31:01,360 I’m skipping the years of coolness between us. 499 00:31:01,485 --> 00:31:05,281 You came to my office no more. The reason why, I never will understand. 500 00:31:05,406 --> 00:31:08,492 But nevertheless, I was there for you and yours, 501 00:31:08,617 --> 00:31:13,706 and the vexing problems that are so manifold in the heat and toil of the day. 502 00:31:13,831 --> 00:31:18,419 Then, on a certain night, in this very room, the law spelled scandal. 503 00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:21,297 I was there for you then, too. 504 00:31:21,422 --> 00:31:24,967 Charlie, I want to tell you a little story. 505 00:31:25,092 --> 00:31:29,013 Charles, I’d like to tell you a little story! Lt may concern you! 506 00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:38,522 For a number of years, the woman that was my wife... 507 00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:42,610 Certain facts came home to me. That was the year of the merger. 508 00:31:42,735 --> 00:31:45,029 These facts came up, as I said. 509 00:31:45,988 --> 00:31:47,156 My wife... 510 00:31:49,158 --> 00:31:50,701 ...drinking... 511 00:31:52,745 --> 00:31:54,872 ...certain scenes... 512 00:31:54,997 --> 00:31:57,708 ...a certain hotel room in New York City... 513 00:31:58,959 --> 00:32:00,836 ...attempted suicides. 514 00:32:01,712 --> 00:32:05,257 I was out of my mind. But we brought her back that time. 515 00:32:05,966 --> 00:32:09,470 Smiley was good enough to enter my employ the year before. 516 00:32:09,595 --> 00:32:12,681 Lt all added up to one fact! 517 00:32:12,806 --> 00:32:16,810 Psychoanalysis! Psychoanalysis! 518 00:32:16,936 --> 00:32:22,024 $30,000 or $40,000 down the drain in one year, but not begrudged. 519 00:32:23,484 --> 00:32:25,319 I thought to amuse her. 520 00:32:26,904 --> 00:32:29,531 I bought her a pleasure boat, the Alberta. 521 00:32:29,657 --> 00:32:31,617 Named after her, too. 522 00:32:33,494 --> 00:32:36,622 Nothing helped. Nothing. 523 00:32:38,540 --> 00:32:41,669 Then one day in my office, Frank Lubner was there, 524 00:32:41,794 --> 00:32:44,254 a pioneer in the industry, Smiley Coy... 525 00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:50,219 I drank a light scotch and soda, and I began to cry. 526 00:32:51,178 --> 00:32:53,889 And I haven't cried like that since I was a boy. 527 00:32:54,014 --> 00:32:58,602 Because I saw, through a revelation of pain, that my wife was determined 528 00:32:58,727 --> 00:33:02,314 in her innermost mind to destroy me and my career 529 00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:05,818 out of willful, malicious jealousy. 530 00:33:05,943 --> 00:33:08,195 You ask me why. I ask you why. 531 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:13,701 But from that day on, I realized one essential fact of life! 532 00:33:13,826 --> 00:33:16,203 The woman must stay out of the husband's work 533 00:33:16,328 --> 00:33:18,998 when he earns her bread and butter! 534 00:33:20,124 --> 00:33:21,500 Charlie... 535 00:33:26,422 --> 00:33:28,007 Oh, Charlie... 536 00:33:29,717 --> 00:33:35,681 The wife of a man in your position should have the regard 537 00:33:36,849 --> 00:33:40,894 and should have the respect to help him advance his career. 538 00:33:41,895 --> 00:33:43,355 Don't you think? 539 00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:50,988 Charlie, you can have anything I own. 540 00:33:53,741 --> 00:33:55,868 The pain of this moment... 541 00:33:57,870 --> 00:33:59,872 ...the memories. 542 00:34:01,582 --> 00:34:04,668 I understand how you feel. 543 00:34:09,006 --> 00:34:10,424 Gentlemen... 544 00:34:13,677 --> 00:34:15,262 ...l apologize. 545 00:34:17,765 --> 00:34:19,558 We understand, Stanley. 546 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:21,643 Hear me, Stanley. 547 00:34:21,769 --> 00:34:25,439 Charlie's main worry in the past, and it's a commendable thing in itself, 548 00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:27,066 he wants to make better pictures. 549 00:34:27,191 --> 00:34:29,693 I meant what I said. I'm not bargaining with you, Stanley. 550 00:34:29,818 --> 00:34:31,904 You're not in a bargaining position! 551 00:34:32,029 --> 00:34:34,031 But it's true, I can't force you to sign, can I? 552 00:34:34,156 --> 00:34:36,408 - That's just what you're trying to do! - Charlie, Stanley... 553 00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:37,785 Shut up, Nat! 554 00:34:40,329 --> 00:34:42,539 Oh, Charles, Charles, 555 00:34:42,664 --> 00:34:45,667 I’m going to have to take this very much amiss. 556 00:34:46,752 --> 00:34:49,505 I offer you my hand, and you spit in my face. 557 00:34:49,630 --> 00:34:51,173 No, no, Stanley, Charlie... 558 00:34:51,298 --> 00:34:54,468 Stanley, I want you to let me go. We don't like each other. 559 00:34:54,593 --> 00:34:56,678 I know that, you know it. 560 00:34:56,804 --> 00:35:00,349 I’ll promise you anything you want if you'll just let me go. 561 00:35:00,474 --> 00:35:02,142 Stanley, please, listen to him. 562 00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:05,020 He's asking this from the bottom of his soul... 563 00:35:05,145 --> 00:35:07,147 Shut up! 564 00:35:09,191 --> 00:35:12,194 Charles, I solemnly abjure realism. 565 00:35:13,862 --> 00:35:17,574 I need your physical presence on the lot. 566 00:35:17,699 --> 00:35:21,328 I need your body, not your goodwill. 567 00:35:22,371 --> 00:35:24,873 Now, Charlie, I want you to sign this paper 568 00:35:24,998 --> 00:35:28,127 with one of the pens that ended the Second World War. 569 00:35:28,252 --> 00:35:32,297 This was used by a great American, General Douglas MacArthur. 570 00:35:37,094 --> 00:35:38,512 Charles... 571 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,891 I can't tell you how many long months of constructive dreaming 572 00:35:43,016 --> 00:35:44,601 have gone in this moment, 573 00:35:44,726 --> 00:35:48,147 and I will let nobody, or nothing, stand in the way of that dream. 574 00:35:49,523 --> 00:35:51,859 I’m asking you for the last time... 575 00:35:53,402 --> 00:35:55,112 Please, let me go. 576 00:35:55,237 --> 00:35:57,781 I can't force you to sign, can I? 577 00:36:05,873 --> 00:36:07,416 Can I? 578 00:36:30,772 --> 00:36:32,357 Congratulations, kitty. 579 00:36:34,610 --> 00:36:36,653 The copy's Charlie's. 580 00:36:39,781 --> 00:36:42,117 I’ll keep the pen. 581 00:36:42,242 --> 00:36:46,955 It's my only proof that the war is over or that it was ever fought. 582 00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:51,543 Charles, we all love you! 583 00:36:52,502 --> 00:36:57,549 You're a great artist, so we must learn to expect these temperamental actions. 584 00:36:59,051 --> 00:37:02,512 From now on, Charlie, your problems are my problems. 585 00:37:02,638 --> 00:37:06,141 Never hesitate to call. Your slightest wish, your worries... 586 00:37:06,266 --> 00:37:08,852 What's with you tonight, kitty? 587 00:37:08,977 --> 00:37:11,563 A certain party finds itself very fascinated. 588 00:37:13,357 --> 00:37:17,569 Yeah, but like I said, I'm all tied up. 589 00:37:19,112 --> 00:37:20,572 Sure, kitty. 590 00:37:22,366 --> 00:37:27,204 - Nat, I’m driving by your office. - No, thank you, I’m going to Culver City. 591 00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:38,840 Goodbye, Nat. 592 00:37:40,676 --> 00:37:43,762 Darling, I know how you feel. 593 00:37:45,097 --> 00:37:46,765 The old man knows. 594 00:37:47,975 --> 00:37:52,187 He twisted my neck like I was a 10-cent rag doll. 595 00:37:52,312 --> 00:37:55,565 It's not so terrible as you're making out. 596 00:37:55,691 --> 00:37:57,985 Like I was a little rag doll. 597 00:37:59,027 --> 00:38:02,781 You're making a whole tzimmes out of a simple basic fact. 598 00:38:02,906 --> 00:38:05,367 Seven years of financial security. 599 00:38:06,743 --> 00:38:10,205 Darling, take the long view. 600 00:38:12,916 --> 00:38:16,253 Look...what could I do? 601 00:38:17,212 --> 00:38:18,422 Nat? 602 00:38:32,894 --> 00:38:34,438 See you, Nat. 603 00:38:37,941 --> 00:38:39,276 Hello? 604 00:38:41,236 --> 00:38:43,780 Sure, Marion. Right here. 605 00:39:07,304 --> 00:39:08,722 Hello, angel. 606 00:39:12,642 --> 00:39:14,311 Marion, wait... 607 00:39:15,228 --> 00:39:18,023 I think you ought to know, Hoff was here. 608 00:39:19,274 --> 00:39:21,193 I lost. 609 00:39:21,318 --> 00:39:23,320 Yes, I... 610 00:39:24,112 --> 00:39:25,405 Hello? 611 00:39:26,615 --> 00:39:27,741 Hello? 612 00:40:36,852 --> 00:40:39,813 Drinking by yourself, Charlie? Secret vices? 613 00:40:41,523 --> 00:40:45,485 Look what the wind blew in. Mrs. Bliss. 614 00:40:46,695 --> 00:40:50,073 Isn't Buddy here? His secretary said he was. 615 00:40:52,868 --> 00:40:57,080 - I need a drink, Charlie. - Help yourself. 616 00:41:07,048 --> 00:41:10,260 - Marion still at the beach? - Yeah. 617 00:41:15,765 --> 00:41:18,185 You should keep your door locked, Charlie. 618 00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:21,396 You could be kidnapped and held for a delicious ransom. 619 00:41:24,316 --> 00:41:28,862 I think I'll have some Tequila. Tequila always makes me frisky. 620 00:41:28,987 --> 00:41:31,615 You want some more Tequila, Charlie? 621 00:41:31,740 --> 00:41:35,160 - Where did you come from, frisky miss? - Lunch at Friscotti's. 622 00:41:35,285 --> 00:41:38,497 Oh, with that second-class neurotic, Walden? 623 00:41:38,622 --> 00:41:41,875 - How'd you know? - Oh, small town. 624 00:41:47,506 --> 00:41:49,132 My baby. 625 00:41:59,059 --> 00:42:00,685 Right here. 626 00:42:03,271 --> 00:42:05,857 You've cornered me at 20 different parties. 627 00:42:05,982 --> 00:42:08,985 Why do you always sniff me out when I’m drunk? 628 00:42:09,152 --> 00:42:13,365 - Are you drunk, Charlie? - Stewed to the gills. 629 00:42:13,490 --> 00:42:19,120 The red neon lights are on and the sky is full of drunken blackbirds. 630 00:42:20,330 --> 00:42:22,582 So drink your drink and get out of here. 631 00:42:25,293 --> 00:42:29,381 Why stand on formality, Charlie? I find you very attractive. 632 00:42:31,967 --> 00:42:33,927 You don't care what you do to your husband, do you? 633 00:42:34,052 --> 00:42:35,929 Do you? 634 00:42:37,973 --> 00:42:41,184 That hurts, boyfriend. You hurt me, darling. 635 00:42:41,309 --> 00:42:44,354 I’m a naughty girl. I wish I could say I didn't like it. 636 00:42:47,232 --> 00:42:48,733 Go home, Connie. 637 00:42:49,693 --> 00:42:51,236 Your mother wants you. 638 00:42:53,697 --> 00:42:58,493 Oh! Life's a sweet thing, isn't it, Charlie? 639 00:42:59,744 --> 00:43:02,163 That's something Buddy will never understand. 640 00:43:02,289 --> 00:43:03,832 Look, I like Buddy. 641 00:43:04,749 --> 00:43:07,127 Last year, I almost left Buddy. 642 00:43:08,837 --> 00:43:13,592 But then... that terrible thing came up, 643 00:43:13,717 --> 00:43:15,885 and, of course, I had to play my part, 644 00:43:16,011 --> 00:43:19,180 especially since it all got so involved. 645 00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:23,727 - What do you mean, "involved"? - Stop it, Charlie. 646 00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:27,606 Don't you think I know that Buddy went to prison for you? 647 00:43:27,731 --> 00:43:31,735 Don't you think I know that you killed that child in the auto accident 648 00:43:31,860 --> 00:43:33,278 not Buddy? 649 00:43:35,363 --> 00:43:37,490 Buddy told you that? 650 00:43:37,616 --> 00:43:39,868 You're the hero of the world to Buddy. 651 00:43:39,993 --> 00:43:43,496 He'd go to prison for you, but tell his wife? 652 00:43:44,122 --> 00:43:48,960 No, that handsome Smiley Coy called twice that night. 653 00:43:50,378 --> 00:43:53,840 He's very important. Now, why would he call Buddy? 654 00:43:53,965 --> 00:43:58,637 - So I just put two and two together... - And you got a crooked five. 655 00:43:59,804 --> 00:44:04,059 Get organized, Charlie. You're drunk. 656 00:44:04,184 --> 00:44:05,810 I know, I know. 657 00:44:05,935 --> 00:44:10,774 That's when I come around, and then there's me and what you said: 658 00:44:11,941 --> 00:44:16,321 "Red neon lights and a sky full of drunken blackbirds." 659 00:44:23,078 --> 00:44:25,330 This liquor's got me in a hurry. 660 00:44:28,416 --> 00:44:30,752 Don't fight it, darling. 661 00:44:32,462 --> 00:44:34,547 Get with it. 662 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:48,978 Hello? 663 00:45:01,074 --> 00:45:02,909 Gee, I don't know, Buddy. 664 00:45:03,743 --> 00:45:06,121 What makes you think that she'd be here? 665 00:45:10,250 --> 00:45:11,710 It's early yet. 666 00:45:12,502 --> 00:45:16,339 She could be out in a store somewhere squandering your loot. 667 00:45:19,676 --> 00:45:22,262 Don't just sit in the house, Ace. 668 00:45:23,054 --> 00:45:25,849 Get out, find yourself a bar, sauce up. 669 00:45:27,308 --> 00:45:28,560 Sure. 670 00:45:29,644 --> 00:45:33,231 That's Dr. Castle's prescription for the blue grumps anytime. 671 00:45:37,485 --> 00:45:39,946 No, wait, Buddy. No, you can't come here. 672 00:45:40,071 --> 00:45:44,075 I’m going out in about two minutes. I gotta see a fellow. 673 00:45:49,622 --> 00:45:52,959 Look, she'll probably walk in as soon as I hang up, 674 00:45:53,084 --> 00:45:54,961 which is going to be right now. 675 00:45:56,171 --> 00:45:58,006 No, don't thank me, Buddy. 676 00:45:59,424 --> 00:46:00,884 Yeah, I know. 677 00:46:01,718 --> 00:46:05,054 Oh, yes, I know, I know. I know I'm a swell guy! 678 00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:06,514 Get out of here! 679 00:46:11,144 --> 00:46:13,313 You hurt me again, darling. 680 00:46:14,397 --> 00:46:16,858 But you like that, don't you? 681 00:46:19,569 --> 00:46:20,904 There's a word for you. 682 00:46:21,905 --> 00:46:25,116 Why don't you say it, darling? 683 00:46:28,411 --> 00:46:31,122 - You'd better get out of here before I... - I know. 684 00:46:31,706 --> 00:46:33,124 I know, I know. 685 00:46:33,917 --> 00:46:35,627 Look, what are you? 686 00:46:37,879 --> 00:46:39,672 No, I mean, seriously. 687 00:46:40,673 --> 00:46:43,343 Just what do you believe in? What? 688 00:46:44,594 --> 00:46:48,515 Fun, Charlie, not gloomy thoughts. 689 00:46:49,933 --> 00:46:51,684 Perfume and staying young, 690 00:46:52,143 --> 00:46:55,730 and goodies of every sort and description, 691 00:46:57,106 --> 00:47:00,610 and secrets and locked doors, 692 00:47:00,735 --> 00:47:05,240 and enjoying the wildest things that come into my mind. 693 00:47:16,793 --> 00:47:20,922 Why don't you go home, Connie? Your mother's looking for you. 694 00:47:22,423 --> 00:47:26,219 I’ll go home, Charlie, in a little while. 695 00:47:26,344 --> 00:47:27,846 Ln a little while. 696 00:47:27,971 --> 00:47:31,641 You do that, you do that little thing, because I’ve got some big trouble. 697 00:47:32,183 --> 00:47:33,977 I don't need you for more trouble. 698 00:47:34,561 --> 00:47:38,189 I’m getting sloshed in my own mud and neon lights. 699 00:48:25,403 --> 00:48:27,405 - Hello, Marion. - Hi, Nicky. 700 00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:31,367 It's all right, but don't be too long. He has to have his lunch. 701 00:48:31,910 --> 00:48:34,829 - Billy, see you later. - Bye. 702 00:48:49,135 --> 00:48:52,013 - He got over his cold okay, huh? - Last week. 703 00:48:53,556 --> 00:48:56,851 - I called you six or seven times. - I know. 704 00:48:58,853 --> 00:49:00,563 You buried me deep, angel. 705 00:49:02,273 --> 00:49:04,025 Listen, would you do me a big favor? 706 00:49:04,150 --> 00:49:05,985 - What? - Come to dinner tonight. 707 00:49:06,569 --> 00:49:08,863 - You mean at the house? - Yeah. 708 00:49:10,698 --> 00:49:12,825 I have to do something for Buddy. 709 00:49:12,951 --> 00:49:15,411 He's been avoiding me since that Patty Benedict bit. 710 00:49:15,536 --> 00:49:18,456 He thinks he let me down or something. I don't know. 711 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,209 He's in trouble with the front office. 712 00:49:22,001 --> 00:49:24,629 Hank asked me to have dinner with him tonight. 713 00:49:26,798 --> 00:49:28,299 Well, bring him along. 714 00:49:28,883 --> 00:49:33,304 - I’ve invited the Blisses for 7:00. - All right, we'll be there at 6:30. 715 00:49:36,432 --> 00:49:39,978 Because I’m coming to dinner at the house, it doesn't mean anything. 716 00:49:40,603 --> 00:49:41,896 Natch. 717 00:49:45,566 --> 00:49:47,944 'All right, into your corner. 718 00:49:48,069 --> 00:49:50,071 'Three, four... 719 00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:53,491 '...five, six... 720 00:49:54,158 --> 00:49:57,078 '...seven, eight, nine. 721 00:50:08,881 --> 00:50:10,133 'Come on, break it up. 722 00:50:13,761 --> 00:50:14,721 'Break it up. 723 00:50:32,655 --> 00:50:34,615 'Nine, ten and you're out.' 724 00:50:56,929 --> 00:50:59,140 That was a great picture, huh, boy? 725 00:50:59,724 --> 00:51:02,393 Hey, Charlie, who was that guy? Was that Cass? 726 00:51:02,518 --> 00:51:04,771 Yeah. Ralph was referee, too, remember. 727 00:51:04,896 --> 00:51:07,857 Whose drink wants sweetening? Marion? Connie? 728 00:51:08,524 --> 00:51:10,318 Hank, why don't you break down? 729 00:51:10,443 --> 00:51:12,820 It's getting so I almost like this stuff. 730 00:51:12,945 --> 00:51:15,406 Hey, aren't we all going next door to Monty's party? 731 00:51:15,531 --> 00:51:18,326 Connie, you'll have to excuse me. I’ve got a rotten headache. 732 00:51:18,451 --> 00:51:20,203 Oh, what a shame. 733 00:51:20,328 --> 00:51:23,331 Yeah, you kids run along. Maybe we'll catch up with you later. 734 00:51:23,456 --> 00:51:24,957 Okay, handsome. 735 00:51:25,583 --> 00:51:28,127 - Shall we walk or drive? - Drive. 736 00:51:28,252 --> 00:51:31,380 Leave a lot of cars out front, and the drunks will be dropping in all night. 737 00:51:31,506 --> 00:51:34,467 - How old is that picture? - Eight, nine years. 738 00:51:34,592 --> 00:51:36,552 - Why? - Hey, you had a lot of steam. 739 00:51:36,677 --> 00:51:38,179 He certainly did. 740 00:51:39,138 --> 00:51:42,225 - See you later, faithless. - Faithless? 741 00:51:42,350 --> 00:51:43,851 Thanks, Charles. 742 00:51:44,310 --> 00:51:46,479 - Good night, Marion. - Good night, Connie. 743 00:51:47,105 --> 00:51:49,023 - Good night, Hank. - Good night. 744 00:51:52,110 --> 00:51:54,112 What did you think of the picture, Hank? 745 00:51:54,237 --> 00:51:57,365 I kept wondering what would've happened if you lost the big fight. 746 00:51:57,490 --> 00:52:01,619 Uncommercial. Kid still thinks he's writing for Mercury and the group, 747 00:52:01,744 --> 00:52:06,124 but it turned out to what Uncle Hoff described as "disaster". 748 00:52:06,290 --> 00:52:07,708 What did you think of it? 749 00:52:07,834 --> 00:52:10,711 I liked it the first time, in spite of the ending. 750 00:52:10,837 --> 00:52:14,006 Well, you grieve for the past like a weeping bird. 751 00:52:14,132 --> 00:52:15,675 When are you leaving, Hank? 752 00:52:16,676 --> 00:52:19,387 - I mean, leaving Hollywood. - Tuesday or Wednesday. 753 00:52:19,512 --> 00:52:23,182 I’d like to see you before you go. How about Monday? 754 00:52:23,307 --> 00:52:25,601 - Any time you say. - Okay, Monday. 755 00:52:28,396 --> 00:52:31,399 - What are you doing? - Hank's driving me back to the beach. 756 00:52:33,901 --> 00:52:37,780 Do you have to go now? I mean, it's early, 12:30 or so. 757 00:52:37,905 --> 00:52:39,991 Can't we sit down and talk or something? 758 00:52:40,116 --> 00:52:42,869 I’m sorry, Charlie, but you know where that leads. 759 00:52:42,994 --> 00:52:44,203 Darling... 760 00:52:45,580 --> 00:52:49,250 I thought maybe the three of us, we'd just sit around and yack it up a bit. 761 00:52:49,375 --> 00:52:50,585 Please, don't go. 762 00:52:50,710 --> 00:52:53,838 Look, if you want to yack it up, why don't you go over to Monty's? 763 00:52:53,963 --> 00:52:56,007 There's lots of bright types there for you. 764 00:52:56,132 --> 00:52:57,300 Take it easy, dear. 765 00:52:57,425 --> 00:52:59,010 Take it easy? That's where the trouble begins. 766 00:52:59,135 --> 00:53:02,305 - Come on, now, be yourself. - That's another local remark, 767 00:53:02,430 --> 00:53:05,057 which means, "Be just like me, don't be yourself." 768 00:53:05,183 --> 00:53:09,353 - Stay and have just one more drink. - I don't need another one, thanks. 769 00:53:09,478 --> 00:53:13,441 - Hank, how about another cup of coffee? - No thanks, Charlie, up to here. 770 00:53:14,192 --> 00:53:19,155 Listen, ever hear Smiley's story about the coffee bean and the water plant? 771 00:53:24,911 --> 00:53:26,537 Hank... 772 00:53:27,538 --> 00:53:31,292 Marion tells me that you asked her to marry you. 773 00:53:31,417 --> 00:53:32,585 Yes, I did. 774 00:53:33,127 --> 00:53:34,837 Let me get this straight. 775 00:53:34,962 --> 00:53:37,048 - Aren't you my friend? - Yes, Charlie... 776 00:53:37,173 --> 00:53:39,342 Then what is this routine? 777 00:53:41,802 --> 00:53:44,222 Marion makes me want to live. 778 00:53:44,347 --> 00:53:46,891 Most people affect me differently. 779 00:53:47,016 --> 00:53:50,228 Look, Charlie, I’m sorry you're unhappy, but you lost her years ago. 780 00:53:50,353 --> 00:53:52,063 Ln fairness, you can't blame me. 781 00:53:52,188 --> 00:53:55,066 I don't feel fair tonight. Where did you stash your angel wings? 782 00:53:55,191 --> 00:53:57,318 Who gave you the right to make such a decision? 783 00:53:57,443 --> 00:54:00,112 My only right is to make my own decisions. 784 00:54:00,696 --> 00:54:02,740 That speech is right off the couch. 785 00:54:03,866 --> 00:54:06,702 Get this straight, dreamboy. Marion isn't going to leave me. 786 00:54:06,827 --> 00:54:08,537 I make my own decisions, too. 787 00:54:08,663 --> 00:54:10,373 - Listen... - No, I want to go home. 788 00:54:10,498 --> 00:54:12,458 Marion, would you let me say 10 words? 789 00:54:12,583 --> 00:54:15,086 I think it'll be easier if I wait in the car. 790 00:54:30,768 --> 00:54:32,103 I’m sorry. 791 00:54:32,770 --> 00:54:36,315 Sometimes I rant and rave as though I had something against you. 792 00:54:37,775 --> 00:54:40,278 But you've been good to me, so good to me. 793 00:54:41,737 --> 00:54:43,572 You're only good to me. 794 00:54:50,371 --> 00:54:54,125 This is all a bleak, bitter dream, 795 00:54:54,250 --> 00:54:57,545 a real dish of doves. 796 00:54:59,171 --> 00:55:02,133 You come in here and throw this nest of naked pigeons in my face, 797 00:55:02,258 --> 00:55:04,468 what can I do, what can I say? 798 00:55:04,593 --> 00:55:06,053 There are only two ways to forget everything. 799 00:55:06,178 --> 00:55:09,098 You either get drunk, or you just stick a pencil in your eye. 800 00:55:09,223 --> 00:55:12,518 Charlie, I’m seeing a lawyer in the morning. 801 00:55:14,562 --> 00:55:16,731 Marion, please, don't leave me. 802 00:55:19,608 --> 00:55:21,527 I swear, I'm innocent, angel. 803 00:55:21,652 --> 00:55:25,614 I swear that while I'm charming the world with my light fantastic, 804 00:55:26,949 --> 00:55:29,243 I’m bleeding to death under my shirt. 805 00:55:33,414 --> 00:55:35,750 Can't you wait with the lawyer, angel? 806 00:55:38,336 --> 00:55:40,338 Am I the worst oaf in the world? 807 00:55:41,672 --> 00:55:43,299 The world's a big place. 808 00:55:44,342 --> 00:55:46,761 You're the worst one in my life. 809 00:56:06,989 --> 00:56:08,407 Thank you. 810 00:56:09,325 --> 00:56:11,619 Do want me to take you back? 811 00:56:13,871 --> 00:56:15,289 Oh, Hank... 812 00:56:16,374 --> 00:56:19,627 Marion, you know I love you. I'll do anything for your happiness. 813 00:56:19,752 --> 00:56:22,838 But please, stop playing both ends against the middle. 814 00:56:22,963 --> 00:56:24,507 I don't mean to. 815 00:56:25,549 --> 00:56:28,344 Then let's face the basic problem. 816 00:56:29,512 --> 00:56:31,555 Lt boils down to a simple fact. 817 00:56:32,890 --> 00:56:35,935 Either you still love him and you want to live with him, 818 00:56:36,060 --> 00:56:39,188 or you don't love him and you don't want to live with him. 819 00:56:41,273 --> 00:56:45,861 Charlie, please, don't worry. It'll all work out. 820 00:56:47,947 --> 00:56:50,991 - Nicky, do me a favor. - Sure, Charlie. 821 00:56:52,034 --> 00:56:54,495 Get me my robe and a blanket. 822 00:56:55,955 --> 00:56:59,625 - I don't want to sleep up there tonight. - Sure. 823 00:57:05,172 --> 00:57:06,715 Look, Charlie... 824 00:57:07,716 --> 00:57:09,385 If you're in trouble, 825 00:57:09,718 --> 00:57:13,764 if there's anything old Nick can do, anything. 826 00:57:14,723 --> 00:57:17,518 Anybody home? Nang-Nang-Nang! 827 00:57:17,643 --> 00:57:20,229 I don't hear a thing, not a thing. 828 00:57:20,354 --> 00:57:23,315 Where did you come from? Next door? 829 00:57:23,441 --> 00:57:26,485 Yeah. Monty Ritz. A real bash. 830 00:57:26,610 --> 00:57:30,197 - Funny, you couldn't hear it in here. - No, I had the door closed. 831 00:57:32,199 --> 00:57:35,578 - Lt sounds wild. - All the types. You know Monty. 832 00:57:35,703 --> 00:57:37,329 Busted with the girls? 833 00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:39,206 Everything. 834 00:57:40,749 --> 00:57:43,502 - How you feeling, kitty? - Blue. 835 00:57:43,627 --> 00:57:45,796 Like my dear baby's eyes. 836 00:57:46,672 --> 00:57:48,674 - What did you think of Tess? - Tess? 837 00:57:49,341 --> 00:57:52,928 - Last night. - Oh, the redhead. 838 00:57:53,053 --> 00:57:55,389 She was built, but... 839 00:57:55,514 --> 00:57:58,809 I don't know, I wasn't in the mood. I think I lost a fan. 840 00:57:59,602 --> 00:58:01,437 I came home and read for an hour. 841 00:58:01,562 --> 00:58:03,647 What are you reading? 842 00:58:03,772 --> 00:58:06,442 I don't remember from one day to another. 843 00:58:06,567 --> 00:58:09,528 I saw Tommy Murdock's new picture this afternoon. 844 00:58:09,653 --> 00:58:12,948 - Yeah, how was it? - Disaster. 845 00:58:14,617 --> 00:58:18,287 Cards or chess, or shall I take another $100 from you at Scrabble? 846 00:58:18,412 --> 00:58:20,414 No, let's sit this one out. 847 00:58:21,499 --> 00:58:23,751 What are you dreaming about? 848 00:58:23,876 --> 00:58:27,046 I’m homesick for the East, the four seasons. 849 00:58:29,006 --> 00:58:32,092 - How old are you, Smiley? - A million. 850 00:58:33,636 --> 00:58:35,638 But young enough, to my surprise, 851 00:58:35,763 --> 00:58:39,183 to still be losing my temper with a tramp like Dixie Evans. 852 00:58:41,477 --> 00:58:44,313 - What's wrong now? - Her mouth's too big. 853 00:58:45,856 --> 00:58:49,527 She's over at Monty's party, drunk. "There he is," she says. 854 00:58:49,652 --> 00:58:54,281 I turn around, and there she sits, cute as a skinned parboiled ham. 855 00:58:54,406 --> 00:58:58,160 "We know something, Smiley and me, don't we?" she says. 856 00:58:58,285 --> 00:59:00,621 I’ve been trying to get Marion to come back to me. 857 00:59:00,746 --> 00:59:02,206 - Yeah? - Yeah. 858 00:59:02,331 --> 00:59:04,041 That's all I need, for her to find out 859 00:59:04,166 --> 00:59:06,502 I had a girl in the car the night of the accident. 860 00:59:06,627 --> 00:59:09,171 Dixie's been hinting like that in quite a few spots. 861 00:59:09,296 --> 00:59:12,967 - You think she means any harm? - Who knows harm? 862 00:59:13,592 --> 00:59:15,886 She's always liked you, kitty. 863 00:59:16,011 --> 00:59:17,763 Call her up, have her come over. Laugh a little. 864 00:59:17,888 --> 00:59:22,685 You're worried? What are you worried about? You can do a thousand things. 865 00:59:22,810 --> 00:59:23,978 Name one. 866 00:59:24,103 --> 00:59:26,814 - Buy her off. - We did, with a contract. 867 00:59:26,939 --> 00:59:29,733 Oh, yes. She's dishonest. She won't stay bought. 868 00:59:30,985 --> 00:59:34,572 - Call her over, kitty. - All right. 869 00:59:37,658 --> 00:59:39,952 Anything for my art. 870 00:59:42,204 --> 00:59:44,582 Women, women, women. 871 00:59:44,707 --> 00:59:47,084 It's Monty's little girl singing. 872 00:59:47,209 --> 00:59:49,044 Nice voice. 873 00:59:49,169 --> 00:59:50,963 You should see her. 874 00:59:51,088 --> 00:59:53,507 - Cute, huh? - A barracuda. 875 00:59:54,967 --> 00:59:59,221 Hello? Miss Dixie Evans is there? 876 01:00:00,931 --> 01:00:04,602 Evans. Yes. Would you get her, please? 877 01:00:06,228 --> 01:00:08,856 Sounds like they're shooting off guns or something. 878 01:00:08,981 --> 01:00:10,482 Bongos. 879 01:00:11,567 --> 01:00:14,069 - A lot of women there? - Loaded. 880 01:00:15,321 --> 01:00:17,865 What do you think of women, kitty? 881 01:00:18,824 --> 01:00:21,869 There's room in the world for them. 882 01:00:21,994 --> 01:00:23,454 Dixie? 883 01:00:24,955 --> 01:00:27,166 I can't hear you. Who? 884 01:00:30,961 --> 01:00:34,757 Really? You're not ribbing me? 885 01:00:35,257 --> 01:00:37,051 Knock it off, will you, honey? 886 01:00:37,176 --> 01:00:40,387 No, not you, Charlie. There's somebody here with me. 887 01:00:40,512 --> 01:00:43,474 Sure, it's a great party. Where are you? 888 01:00:44,058 --> 01:00:46,018 There's so much noise here. 889 01:00:46,143 --> 01:00:48,437 - Would you please get him to stop? - It's all right. 890 01:00:48,562 --> 01:00:51,315 - No, I have a very important call. - It's all right, honey, he'll be quiet. 891 01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:56,320 Hello? Gee, Charlie, a swim in your pool now? 892 01:00:56,445 --> 01:00:57,946 Well, I’d love to. 893 01:00:58,072 --> 01:01:00,032 Listen, how do I get there? 894 01:01:00,157 --> 01:01:01,200 Yeah? 895 01:01:01,325 --> 01:01:03,994 Look, will you cut it out, please, honey? 896 01:01:04,119 --> 01:01:05,371 Huh? 897 01:01:06,163 --> 01:01:08,248 Look, I’ll take Monty's car. 898 01:01:08,374 --> 01:01:10,876 Yeah, you know I never walk anywhere. 899 01:01:11,001 --> 01:01:14,171 Yeah, right away. Pronto. I’d love to! 900 01:01:14,296 --> 01:01:17,049 Oh, of all the types! 901 01:01:18,842 --> 01:01:22,638 The first nice thing that's happened to me in a month of Tuesdays. 902 01:01:27,559 --> 01:01:28,644 Bye, honey. 903 01:01:28,769 --> 01:01:33,774 Careful what you say to Dixie, Charlie. Don't give her any more ammunition. 904 01:01:33,899 --> 01:01:36,068 Listen, have you offered to buy her contract up? 905 01:01:36,193 --> 01:01:39,822 - Two months ago. Nothing. - Two months? 906 01:01:39,947 --> 01:01:42,157 You mean, she's been blabbing that long? 907 01:01:42,282 --> 01:01:43,617 Longer. 908 01:01:44,451 --> 01:01:47,496 The stupid little tramp. Two bits worth of nothing with a little power. 909 01:01:47,621 --> 01:01:51,458 - She doesn't want more money? - She doesn't know what she wants. 910 01:01:51,583 --> 01:01:53,794 I’m betting even money, we have to get rid of her. 911 01:01:53,919 --> 01:01:55,587 Fine. How do you work that? 912 01:02:09,601 --> 01:02:11,812 - Goodnight, Charlie. - Goodnight. 913 01:02:15,774 --> 01:02:18,193 How do you work that? 914 01:02:18,318 --> 01:02:20,362 There's no standard procedure. 915 01:02:20,487 --> 01:02:22,489 What do you do, ship her East? 916 01:02:22,614 --> 01:02:26,410 Charlie, she's all mouth, all gab. 917 01:02:26,535 --> 01:02:30,080 So we've got to get it fixed she never opens her mouth again. 918 01:02:30,873 --> 01:02:33,584 Well, let's wait and see the developments. 919 01:02:33,709 --> 01:02:36,295 I think I can talk to her. 920 01:02:41,925 --> 01:02:43,302 I’m a little fuzzy tonight. 921 01:02:43,427 --> 01:02:47,681 You're saying funny things, Smiley, but I don't see you smiling. 922 01:02:47,806 --> 01:02:50,809 What do you mean, "she never opens her mouth again?" 923 01:02:50,934 --> 01:02:53,353 - That's it. - What's it? 924 01:02:54,730 --> 01:02:57,983 Charlie, she'll have to be removed. 925 01:02:58,108 --> 01:02:59,985 Removed? 926 01:03:00,110 --> 01:03:02,446 Sorry to throw the raw meat on the floor. 927 01:03:02,571 --> 01:03:06,950 A fact, like a rock, has certain dimensions and gravity. 928 01:03:07,075 --> 01:03:09,578 I’ve gone over all the choices, one by one. 929 01:03:11,622 --> 01:03:13,457 You'd make a great actor. 930 01:03:14,416 --> 01:03:17,711 - Life's a queer little man, kitty. - Yeah, kitty. 931 01:03:19,129 --> 01:03:22,633 - What does Stanley know about this? - Only what he wants to know. 932 01:03:22,758 --> 01:03:26,220 There's a reason he pays me £75,000 a year, kitty. 933 01:03:29,348 --> 01:03:33,977 - For a minute there, I thought... - Charlie, you're a fanciful type. 934 01:03:34,102 --> 01:03:37,523 Ln my end of the business, you have to know types. Take your type. 935 01:03:37,648 --> 01:03:40,984 The warrior minstrel with a forlorn hope. 936 01:03:42,319 --> 01:03:44,530 That's you, doll. 937 01:03:44,655 --> 01:03:46,615 That's Dixie. I’ll slide out the back way. 938 01:03:46,740 --> 01:03:49,785 "Warrior minstrel with the forlorn hope." Wait. 939 01:03:49,910 --> 01:03:51,578 What's that from? 940 01:03:51,703 --> 01:03:53,747 It's a phrase the Irish used to understand. 941 01:03:53,872 --> 01:03:57,709 You know me, I’m from those cynical Celts. 942 01:03:57,835 --> 01:03:59,962 Ideals, kitty? Nowadays? 943 01:04:01,797 --> 01:04:03,841 A lost crusade. 944 01:04:04,842 --> 01:04:07,886 Don't study life, Charlie. Get used to it. 945 01:04:08,011 --> 01:04:10,639 Hey, you changed the subject. 946 01:04:10,764 --> 01:04:13,684 You bothering to remember everything I said tonight? 947 01:04:14,268 --> 01:04:15,853 Pleasant dreams, kitty. 948 01:04:19,940 --> 01:04:21,233 Smiley, listen. 949 01:04:23,318 --> 01:04:24,736 Charlie? 950 01:04:28,448 --> 01:04:29,950 Charlie? 951 01:04:33,453 --> 01:04:36,039 The door wasn't locked, so I walked right in. 952 01:04:36,164 --> 01:04:38,458 Long time, no see, Charlie. 953 01:04:38,667 --> 01:04:41,169 Well, wash my mouth out with whiskey. 954 01:04:53,307 --> 01:04:55,225 I’m drinking brandy. 955 01:04:55,350 --> 01:04:58,687 If I take one more drink, I'll see a snake. 956 01:05:04,693 --> 01:05:06,862 Take a light one. Don't be silly. 957 01:05:06,987 --> 01:05:09,823 All right, you masochist. 958 01:05:11,491 --> 01:05:13,452 Give me a scotch and soda. 959 01:05:13,577 --> 01:05:14,912 I know. 960 01:05:20,500 --> 01:05:22,920 How did you know I was at Monty's party? 961 01:05:24,421 --> 01:05:25,964 Radar. 962 01:05:26,089 --> 01:05:27,633 Oh, you're a faker. 963 01:05:27,758 --> 01:05:30,260 You're very sweet, but I don't trust you. 964 01:05:32,095 --> 01:05:33,430 Listen... 965 01:05:33,555 --> 01:05:36,266 - Who's at home? - Only the crickets. 966 01:05:37,643 --> 01:05:39,061 Charlie... 967 01:05:39,186 --> 01:05:43,023 - Why don't you like me anymore? - I like you, Dixie. 968 01:05:43,148 --> 01:05:45,984 Oh, I haven't seen you since that very day 969 01:05:46,109 --> 01:05:49,237 I sat in this here chair with you and your agents. 970 01:05:49,363 --> 01:05:52,824 Then I shocked them when I asked for my contract. 971 01:05:52,950 --> 01:05:54,993 Old Nat's been around, honey. 972 01:05:55,118 --> 01:05:56,995 And that whole big studio, 973 01:05:57,120 --> 01:06:00,332 when I think of some of the things they do and say. 974 01:06:00,457 --> 01:06:02,042 Such as? 975 01:06:03,377 --> 01:06:06,505 You've got to be a girl with a good figure to know. 976 01:06:07,172 --> 01:06:10,509 And some of those guys on a rainy afternoon. 977 01:06:10,634 --> 01:06:12,803 I’d like to brain 'em. 978 01:06:15,138 --> 01:06:18,433 Did you know that I’m perfectly proportioned? 979 01:06:18,558 --> 01:06:20,268 - Well, aren't I? - Yes. 980 01:06:20,394 --> 01:06:23,605 Of course, I understand now that temperament is much more important 981 01:06:23,730 --> 01:06:25,399 than shape and size. 982 01:06:25,524 --> 01:06:27,693 But it's like I still won't get glasses. 983 01:06:27,818 --> 01:06:31,446 You know, I can't see across the street. But glasses are ugly, aren't they? 984 01:06:31,571 --> 01:06:33,240 Who wound me up? 985 01:06:33,365 --> 01:06:34,783 Come here. 986 01:06:36,159 --> 01:06:39,329 So why don't I see you more often in my young and thrilling life? 987 01:06:39,454 --> 01:06:42,541 Here, have a shot of Dr. Castle's pain killer. 988 01:06:43,625 --> 01:06:45,168 Snake oil. 989 01:06:47,170 --> 01:06:49,131 I don't care if I do see a snake. 990 01:06:50,215 --> 01:06:53,427 I’m sure I’d much rather see a snake than a Hollywood producer. 991 01:06:55,554 --> 01:06:58,306 Who invented soda? How do they make it? 992 01:06:58,432 --> 01:07:00,308 Ooh, what a weirdie! 993 01:07:00,976 --> 01:07:03,353 You're the only one who can call me that. 994 01:07:03,478 --> 01:07:05,230 I’ll tell you why. 995 01:07:05,355 --> 01:07:07,024 I like you, Charlie. 996 01:07:07,941 --> 01:07:10,777 You've been very kind and considerate to me. 997 01:07:10,902 --> 01:07:14,781 And that is a very special matter in my special memory box. 998 01:07:17,951 --> 01:07:21,413 I’m going to get a dog. A poodle. 999 01:07:23,081 --> 01:07:26,251 - Do you like poodles? - Big or little? 1000 01:07:26,376 --> 01:07:28,253 I’ll tell you why. 1001 01:07:29,588 --> 01:07:33,091 When I was 16, my family threw me out of the house. 1002 01:07:33,216 --> 01:07:35,093 That makes you very nervous. 1003 01:07:35,218 --> 01:07:38,263 I mean, a thing like that makes you very touchy. 1004 01:07:39,222 --> 01:07:41,391 They just kind of gave me up for lost. 1005 01:07:43,268 --> 01:07:48,398 To this very day, my mother can't tell my father that I send them money. 1006 01:07:48,523 --> 01:07:50,984 Catholics believe in large families. 1007 01:07:51,777 --> 01:07:54,488 But I’ll tell you what, I’m saving my money now. 1008 01:07:54,613 --> 01:07:57,365 I’m waiting for Mr. Right to come along. 1009 01:07:57,491 --> 01:07:59,576 If I ever meet the guy around here. 1010 01:08:00,660 --> 01:08:03,246 My name is mud in Hollywood. 1011 01:08:04,081 --> 01:08:07,417 - Hey, am I boring you? - No, honey, no. 1012 01:08:08,335 --> 01:08:10,253 I like to hear you talk honest. 1013 01:08:11,296 --> 01:08:13,799 I know what you're trying to do, Charlie. 1014 01:08:13,924 --> 01:08:15,133 What? 1015 01:08:15,884 --> 01:08:19,346 Make me forget about the swim you promised me. 1016 01:08:19,471 --> 01:08:22,432 They'd drown me if they could, that studio. 1017 01:08:23,225 --> 01:08:24,434 Why? 1018 01:08:25,852 --> 01:08:27,604 I needle them. 1019 01:08:27,729 --> 01:08:31,942 I keep hinting about your accident. Lt makes them nervous for a change. 1020 01:08:32,067 --> 01:08:36,488 You want to be careful. Hoff's a man with a crocodile's temper. 1021 01:08:37,864 --> 01:08:40,742 Don't tell me about Mr. Hoff. 1022 01:08:40,867 --> 01:08:44,913 Calling me a child one minute, and without even changing his face... 1023 01:08:47,124 --> 01:08:51,002 You don't see those people from the bottom like I do, Charlie. 1024 01:08:51,128 --> 01:08:54,131 - You're a successful self-made man. - Dixie... 1025 01:08:55,382 --> 01:08:58,343 Why don't you give me a break, please? 1026 01:08:58,468 --> 01:09:00,512 Sure, Charlie, dear. How? 1027 01:09:00,637 --> 01:09:04,057 Well, every time that you talk about the accident, you know... 1028 01:09:04,182 --> 01:09:07,227 Oh, Charlie, don't be like that! 1029 01:09:07,352 --> 01:09:10,063 You have nothing to be afraid of from me. 1030 01:09:10,188 --> 01:09:11,898 I don't talk in my sleep. 1031 01:09:13,441 --> 01:09:16,278 - So don't worry. - But I am worried, dimples. 1032 01:09:16,403 --> 01:09:18,405 Some night, you'll have a skinful and inadvertently... 1033 01:09:18,530 --> 01:09:20,157 But I’ve got a skinful now, 1034 01:09:20,282 --> 01:09:23,535 and I didn't tell you anything you didn't know already, did I? 1035 01:09:23,660 --> 01:09:27,455 Like about Sammy Burke for instance. Now, he took this girl... 1036 01:09:27,581 --> 01:09:28,874 Dixie! 1037 01:09:31,751 --> 01:09:33,295 You're telling me now. 1038 01:09:35,005 --> 01:09:37,757 That's because you asked me. 1039 01:09:38,675 --> 01:09:40,135 No, I didn't ask you. 1040 01:09:41,970 --> 01:09:47,475 I’m only giving you an example. Charlie, dear, I know where to stop. 1041 01:09:47,601 --> 01:09:50,896 But I don't see any reason to make it easy on them. 1042 01:09:52,105 --> 01:09:53,857 I hate them. 1043 01:09:53,982 --> 01:09:56,234 You know, it says "actress" on my contract, 1044 01:09:56,359 --> 01:09:58,695 but they hired me for my figure, not to act. 1045 01:09:58,820 --> 01:10:01,823 - But you've been acting. - Those bits? 1046 01:10:01,948 --> 01:10:06,036 Three cigarette girls in two whole years. You call that acting? 1047 01:10:06,953 --> 01:10:09,956 "Big part coming up. Testing you next week. 1048 01:10:10,081 --> 01:10:12,417 "Won't you come out to dinner?" 1049 01:10:12,542 --> 01:10:14,544 And next week never comes. 1050 01:10:15,670 --> 01:10:20,217 Charlie, they hire girls like me to entertain the visiting exhibitors. 1051 01:10:20,342 --> 01:10:23,053 We know how to dance and dress. 1052 01:10:23,178 --> 01:10:25,513 The clothes come out of Wardrobe. 1053 01:10:25,639 --> 01:10:27,599 It's cheaper than if they... 1054 01:10:29,809 --> 01:10:34,314 I’m a deductible item. They write me off the books! 1055 01:10:34,439 --> 01:10:36,858 Listen to uncle, collie dog. Why don't you go back... 1056 01:10:36,983 --> 01:10:38,860 That lousy studio! 1057 01:10:38,985 --> 01:10:42,280 They louse you up, and then they call you a louse! 1058 01:10:48,745 --> 01:10:50,747 Honest, Charlie... 1059 01:10:52,999 --> 01:10:55,377 Wouldn't you be mad? 1060 01:10:56,503 --> 01:10:58,171 Sure I would. 1061 01:10:59,589 --> 01:11:01,883 Well, there. See? 1062 01:11:09,683 --> 01:11:13,019 Look at this bit. It's what I learned. 1063 01:11:15,021 --> 01:11:16,690 Dearie... 1064 01:11:16,815 --> 01:11:19,943 where is zis swimming pool you promised me? 1065 01:11:21,194 --> 01:11:23,363 Here. Coming right up. 1066 01:11:23,488 --> 01:11:25,573 Filled with brandy. 1067 01:11:25,699 --> 01:11:30,745 Because the baby, she cannot be kept waiting. Oh! 1068 01:11:34,040 --> 01:11:36,960 Hey, is there somebody standing there? 1069 01:11:50,515 --> 01:11:52,350 This is my wife. 1070 01:11:53,935 --> 01:11:55,312 Miss Evans. 1071 01:11:55,437 --> 01:11:58,106 Er... pleased to meet you, Mrs. Castle. 1072 01:12:00,942 --> 01:12:03,778 Er... we were having a conversation. 1073 01:12:04,863 --> 01:12:07,991 Well, I’ve got to get back to Monty's party now, Charlie. 1074 01:12:08,867 --> 01:12:12,412 Thanks for the drink and the advice about my career. 1075 01:12:12,537 --> 01:12:15,332 Sure, Dixie. Thanks for coming over. 1076 01:12:19,210 --> 01:12:21,129 It's been very pleasant. 1077 01:12:22,172 --> 01:12:26,593 But, Charlie, I meant everything I said about the studio. 1078 01:12:28,345 --> 01:12:30,263 Goodnight, Mrs. Castle. 1079 01:12:32,849 --> 01:12:35,977 Lucky I didn't find Adam and Eve in the swimming pool. 1080 01:12:36,102 --> 01:12:39,689 - You're wrong, she's a little... - I don't care what she is. 1081 01:12:39,814 --> 01:12:44,319 I’m sorry, dear, but you're very wrong, and I’ll bet you $60 you're wrong. 1082 01:12:44,444 --> 01:12:45,820 Look. 1083 01:12:45,945 --> 01:12:49,449 I was getting ready to go to bed, and a certain matter came up... 1084 01:12:49,574 --> 01:12:53,036 Why my heart should be going a mile a minute, I don't know. 1085 01:12:53,953 --> 01:12:55,705 Call a cab, will you? 1086 01:12:57,499 --> 01:12:59,542 All right, I’ll call it myself. 1087 01:13:01,669 --> 01:13:02,879 Marion... 1088 01:13:05,048 --> 01:13:07,384 Can't you look at me and see the truth? 1089 01:13:07,509 --> 01:13:10,220 I arrived a little too soon. That's the truth. 1090 01:13:10,345 --> 01:13:14,516 I had Hank drive me back from Brentwood because I really thought you needed me. 1091 01:13:14,641 --> 01:13:17,685 I’m all kinds of a fool to give you a second thought, aren't I? 1092 01:13:17,811 --> 01:13:19,270 Yeah, yeah. 1093 01:13:20,105 --> 01:13:22,816 So what do you want from me? Bright dialogue? 1094 01:13:22,941 --> 01:13:25,443 Something brilliant and witty? 1095 01:13:28,238 --> 01:13:30,365 What's your hurry? 1096 01:13:31,324 --> 01:13:34,577 You can call a cab anytime. You've got all night to call a cab! 1097 01:13:35,412 --> 01:13:38,164 You're a great little one for dramatic exits. 1098 01:13:38,289 --> 01:13:42,127 But I think this is the end of the line. We've got to get it out on the table! 1099 01:13:42,252 --> 01:13:44,963 - Sit down. - No, thank you. 1100 01:13:45,088 --> 01:13:49,092 If you think I’m going to stay here and listen to you, you're mistaken. 1101 01:13:49,217 --> 01:13:51,886 - Shut up! - I’ve just about taken... 1102 01:13:53,096 --> 01:13:54,722 Let me talk. 1103 01:13:56,683 --> 01:14:01,062 Don't push me back into my usual position of self-justification. 1104 01:14:03,356 --> 01:14:07,318 For the time being, we'll throw away a bunch of rotten grapes that's me, 1105 01:14:07,444 --> 01:14:09,237 that you seem to feel is me, 1106 01:14:09,362 --> 01:14:12,198 though I must say, I think your judgment is lousy. 1107 01:14:12,323 --> 01:14:15,285 You swat the fly on my nose with a hammer! 1108 01:14:15,410 --> 01:14:16,453 Throw it away. 1109 01:14:16,578 --> 01:14:20,290 Yet every time we talk, it's about Charlie Castle! 1110 01:14:20,415 --> 01:14:26,754 Never once about his long-suffering, sickly wife, Marion. 1111 01:14:28,673 --> 01:14:31,176 Do you know where your fatal error lies? 1112 01:14:31,301 --> 01:14:33,845 You ought to know, so I’m going to tell you. 1113 01:14:33,970 --> 01:14:38,183 You're afflicted with a fine, fat case of merchant psychology. 1114 01:14:38,308 --> 01:14:41,811 You bargain and trifle with your own nature. That's your error. 1115 01:14:41,936 --> 01:14:46,149 Tonight, you're about to possibly destroy your life and certainly mine. 1116 01:14:47,150 --> 01:14:49,569 Didn't we pick each other out of millions? 1117 01:14:49,694 --> 01:14:53,031 Can this be bargained away by saying, like a merchant: 1118 01:14:53,156 --> 01:14:55,408 "Marion will be herself and love Charlie 1119 01:14:55,533 --> 01:14:59,704 "only if he meets a certain price and conditions"? 1120 01:15:02,916 --> 01:15:07,670 Where's the rich, full-hearted woman I know you to be? 1121 01:15:10,048 --> 01:15:13,301 I say no more bargains, no more conditions, 1122 01:15:13,426 --> 01:15:18,139 no more of this either-or, neither-nor whim that strangles us both. 1123 01:15:18,264 --> 01:15:22,268 I say no, and I say down with not being what we are! 1124 01:15:23,436 --> 01:15:25,063 You can talk. 1125 01:15:25,188 --> 01:15:27,273 You can talk. 1126 01:15:27,398 --> 01:15:30,777 How you can talk when you're Charlie Cass. 1127 01:15:31,569 --> 01:15:33,530 I’d like to beat you, beat you... 1128 01:15:33,655 --> 01:15:35,823 Marion, I need you. 1129 01:15:39,202 --> 01:15:40,578 I love you. 1130 01:15:42,956 --> 01:15:46,209 I promise you understanding, devotion, 1131 01:15:46,334 --> 01:15:48,378 anything I can give you. 1132 01:15:48,503 --> 01:15:51,881 Listen, if you leave me, cross your fingers as you go. 1133 01:15:52,006 --> 01:15:54,676 Ln fact, pray for me. 1134 01:15:57,345 --> 01:15:59,055 But if you stay, it's got to be real. 1135 01:15:59,180 --> 01:16:01,599 You've got to stop reaching for that doorknob. 1136 01:16:01,724 --> 01:16:05,770 You've got to love me that much more than you do yourself. 1137 01:16:33,423 --> 01:16:35,133 Thank you. 1138 01:16:37,302 --> 01:16:38,720 Charlie... 1139 01:16:41,556 --> 01:16:44,225 Do me a favor, will you? 1140 01:16:44,350 --> 01:16:46,894 Grow up before it's too late. 1141 01:16:59,991 --> 01:17:02,410 Just one more shot, Charlie. 1142 01:17:04,746 --> 01:17:07,707 - Be with you in a minute, Hankus. - All right. 1143 01:17:08,750 --> 01:17:12,045 - Yeah! Thanks, Charlie. - Thank you, honey. 1144 01:17:14,797 --> 01:17:18,426 So you're leaving us all. Going back to write the great American novel? 1145 01:17:18,551 --> 01:17:20,720 Hollywood's loss, New York's gain. 1146 01:17:20,845 --> 01:17:22,722 Lucky guy. I kind of envy you, Hank. 1147 01:17:22,847 --> 01:17:25,642 Well, there's still time. The Chief's a big train. 1148 01:17:25,767 --> 01:17:28,269 You want me to make reservations for you? 1149 01:17:28,394 --> 01:17:32,273 - What's the book is going to be about? - A man. An average man. 1150 01:17:32,398 --> 01:17:35,818 - A man very much like you. - Yes, that's very average. 1151 01:17:35,943 --> 01:17:38,404 Now, how could a man become a popular movie star 1152 01:17:38,529 --> 01:17:41,866 without reflecting the average in one way or another? 1153 01:17:42,617 --> 01:17:44,661 ls it really about a guy like me? 1154 01:17:45,912 --> 01:17:49,791 It's a fable, about moral values. 1155 01:17:49,916 --> 01:17:52,210 Success, happiness. 1156 01:17:53,586 --> 01:17:56,839 You don't think Marion is going to be happy here, do you? 1157 01:17:56,964 --> 01:17:58,925 No, I don't think she's going to be happy. 1158 01:17:59,050 --> 01:18:00,468 Why not? 1159 01:18:01,302 --> 01:18:04,263 Because you were an idealist, Charlie, and you sold out. 1160 01:18:04,389 --> 01:18:09,060 You joined Hoff, Coy and Company, and that left you half an idealist. 1161 01:18:09,185 --> 01:18:11,771 There's nothing more tortured on the face of this earth, 1162 01:18:11,896 --> 01:18:13,690 neither fish nor fowl. 1163 01:18:13,815 --> 01:18:17,360 A man who's sold out his dreams, but he can't forget. 1164 01:18:17,485 --> 01:18:21,614 Yeah, but there are reasons, pal. You don't have all the facts. 1165 01:18:21,739 --> 01:18:25,743 An Irishman wrote, I think I sent it to you once, The Quintessence of Ibsenism. 1166 01:18:25,868 --> 01:18:27,954 He said that there are three kinds of men. 1167 01:18:28,079 --> 01:18:31,833 First, the realist. Now, that's Coy. He's made his deal with the devil. 1168 01:18:31,958 --> 01:18:33,876 He wouldn't be any different. 1169 01:18:34,627 --> 01:18:39,090 Then there's the philistine, like Hoff, who couldn't be any different. 1170 01:18:39,215 --> 01:18:43,428 But they are what they are. They have their own integrity, they're incorruptible. 1171 01:18:43,553 --> 01:18:46,472 Then there's the third kind, the idealist. 1172 01:18:46,597 --> 01:18:48,725 That was you. 1173 01:18:48,850 --> 01:18:52,437 Half-idealism, Charlie, is the peritonitis of the soul. 1174 01:18:56,941 --> 01:19:00,236 Go write your book, Hank. Make it scandalous. 1175 01:19:00,361 --> 01:19:03,156 Wire me for money anytime you need it. 1176 01:19:03,281 --> 01:19:06,451 Somebody has to complete the work he was born to do. 1177 01:19:08,536 --> 01:19:12,623 - Naive, ain't I? - Yes, but it's one of your best qualities. 1178 01:19:13,541 --> 01:19:17,462 "Peritonitis of the soul." Those are the words you use above ground. 1179 01:19:20,256 --> 01:19:22,300 Goodbye, Hank. 1180 01:19:22,425 --> 01:19:23,843 Goodbye, Charlie. 1181 01:19:25,011 --> 01:19:27,346 Struggle, you may still win a blessing. 1182 01:19:36,397 --> 01:19:40,359 - Mr. Coy, he's been waiting for you. - Thank you, Russell. 1183 01:19:44,238 --> 01:19:45,907 Hey, kitty, what's up? 1184 01:19:46,032 --> 01:19:48,785 Where you been? I’ve been looking everywhere for you. 1185 01:19:48,910 --> 01:19:50,787 Oddly enough, I’ve been at the studio. 1186 01:19:50,912 --> 01:19:54,081 Some stills, and I wanted to say goodbye to a writer friend. 1187 01:19:54,207 --> 01:19:56,125 - Teagle? - Yeah. 1188 01:19:56,250 --> 01:20:00,254 I thought he went back to New York. I'm trying to remember his first name. 1189 01:20:00,379 --> 01:20:01,881 Horatio. 1190 01:20:02,006 --> 01:20:05,218 - What did he ever write for us? - Nothing that got on the screen. 1191 01:20:05,343 --> 01:20:08,763 Stanley could never understand what his scripts were about. 1192 01:20:12,558 --> 01:20:14,894 Charlie, something's come up, something hot. 1193 01:20:15,019 --> 01:20:18,606 - I told Nat I wouldn't do that musical! - Nothing to do with the musical. 1194 01:20:18,731 --> 01:20:21,275 Stanley blew his top with Dixie Evans. 1195 01:20:21,400 --> 01:20:24,237 He asked her to come in this afternoon and have a talk. 1196 01:20:24,362 --> 01:20:28,741 She showed up one hour late, drunk, lugging a dog on a leash. 1197 01:20:28,866 --> 01:20:30,743 A poodle? 1198 01:20:30,868 --> 01:20:34,705 The situation being serious enough, Stanley kept his temper. 1199 01:20:34,831 --> 01:20:36,707 He talked to her like a father. He said... 1200 01:20:36,833 --> 01:20:38,751 Let me tell you what he said. 1201 01:20:38,876 --> 01:20:40,920 He told her about his bootblack days in Bayonne. 1202 01:20:41,045 --> 01:20:43,756 Then he chimed softly the "uneasy lies the head" routine, 1203 01:20:43,881 --> 01:20:47,426 then, before you knew what was happening, he made with the tears. 1204 01:20:48,886 --> 01:20:52,098 - Then what happened? - She laughed in his face. 1205 01:20:52,223 --> 01:20:54,475 Told him the whole town knew about his crying. 1206 01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:57,103 Lt was time to change the act. 1207 01:20:58,062 --> 01:20:59,480 He hit her? 1208 01:20:59,605 --> 01:21:02,441 Knocked her down and kicked her black and blue. 1209 01:21:03,401 --> 01:21:08,239 May have broken one of her ribs. They taped her up in the infirmary. 1210 01:21:09,282 --> 01:21:13,494 Our story is that the dog, one of those great big monsters, 1211 01:21:13,619 --> 01:21:16,455 yanked on the leash and threw her to the floor. 1212 01:21:16,581 --> 01:21:19,458 She knows she can't make an assault story stick, but... 1213 01:21:20,293 --> 01:21:23,504 ...she says she's ready to spill your story to the press. 1214 01:21:23,629 --> 01:21:25,631 Particularly Patty Benedict. 1215 01:21:25,756 --> 01:21:29,802 ♪ That's love, that's love... ♪ 1216 01:21:35,391 --> 01:21:38,185 - Where is she? - That bar across from Schwab's. 1217 01:21:38,311 --> 01:21:40,897 A woman with six martinis can ruin a city. 1218 01:21:43,441 --> 01:21:47,278 - What are you smiling about? - Am I smiling? 1219 01:21:50,281 --> 01:21:54,785 Well... what's next on our sordid agenda? 1220 01:21:54,911 --> 01:21:57,371 Somebody's got to saddle the horse. 1221 01:21:59,081 --> 01:22:01,542 Get over there and get her out of that bar. 1222 01:22:01,667 --> 01:22:03,252 - Get her to where? - Her apartment. 1223 01:22:03,377 --> 01:22:06,047 - Why me? - You're the only one she'll go with. 1224 01:22:06,172 --> 01:22:07,840 Don't worry about the telephone. 1225 01:22:07,965 --> 01:22:10,843 We've taken care of that. It's been yanked. 1226 01:22:10,968 --> 01:22:13,763 Feed her some martinis. That'll keep her quiet. 1227 01:22:15,640 --> 01:22:19,810 - Suppose they don't? - They will. The gin's doctored. 1228 01:22:29,445 --> 01:22:32,990 Okay, she's on the floor. Now what do I do? 1229 01:22:33,115 --> 01:22:36,702 Leave the minute she passes out. From that moment on, you're in the clear. 1230 01:22:36,827 --> 01:22:38,579 Report back to the studio. 1231 01:22:38,704 --> 01:22:41,916 You've been there all day long making publicity stills. 1232 01:22:53,803 --> 01:22:55,054 Smiley... 1233 01:22:56,263 --> 01:23:00,810 Your words have hair on them. Your brain is full of lice. 1234 01:23:00,935 --> 01:23:03,604 Trust me, Charlie. There's no time to lose. 1235 01:23:03,729 --> 01:23:05,398 Just bear in mind one thing. 1236 01:23:05,523 --> 01:23:10,945 The day you first scheme, you marry that scheme and the scheme's children. 1237 01:23:11,070 --> 01:23:15,658 Everything you want this minute depends on a few drinks in a trollop's guts. 1238 01:23:16,575 --> 01:23:20,121 What do you think she is? A moth? A bug? 1239 01:23:20,246 --> 01:23:23,874 Speak easy. Keep flexible, kitty. 1240 01:23:24,834 --> 01:23:28,462 She'll go unremembered by the end of the week. 1241 01:23:31,674 --> 01:23:33,676 - Where's Stanley? - He doesn't know about this. 1242 01:23:33,801 --> 01:23:37,638 Then we'll have to tell him, won't we? You find him, Smiley. I’ll get back Nat. 1243 01:23:37,763 --> 01:23:39,598 There's no reason for them to be involved. 1244 01:23:39,724 --> 01:23:43,227 But there's plenty of reason for me to be involved even deeper than before? 1245 01:23:43,352 --> 01:23:46,856 I wouldn't do that, kitty. And don't raise your voice again. 1246 01:23:46,981 --> 01:23:48,649 Don't you remember? 1247 01:23:48,774 --> 01:23:51,444 I’m the "warrior minstrel with the forlorn hope". 1248 01:23:55,906 --> 01:23:58,492 - Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. - It's all right. 1249 01:23:58,617 --> 01:24:00,536 - Hello, Marion. - Hello, Smiley. 1250 01:24:00,661 --> 01:24:03,039 I’ll get my coat from the kitchen. 1251 01:24:05,624 --> 01:24:07,877 - What's she doing here? - Cheap serf labor. 1252 01:24:08,002 --> 01:24:10,838 - I pay her by the lifetime. - You were separated the other night. 1253 01:24:10,963 --> 01:24:14,008 I’m waiting. Take that library phone and get that weeper here. 1254 01:24:14,133 --> 01:24:17,053 Okay. If I can't count on you, I'll handle this myself. 1255 01:24:17,178 --> 01:24:21,307 Oh, no. Murder is indivisible. I’m finding that out, like chastity. 1256 01:24:21,432 --> 01:24:24,018 There's no such thing as a small amount. I’m finding that out too. 1257 01:24:24,143 --> 01:24:27,688 - Don't blow your wig, scholar. - Get me Stanley Hoff! 1258 01:24:28,606 --> 01:24:31,901 - All right, I’ll do it myself. - Don't be boyish, Charlie. 1259 01:24:32,026 --> 01:24:34,153 You think you can involve Stanley in a thing like this? 1260 01:24:34,278 --> 01:24:38,407 - He's already involved up to his neck. - Prove it. Try and prove it. 1261 01:24:39,283 --> 01:24:42,787 For your own sake, this is nobody else's business, not even your wife's. 1262 01:24:42,912 --> 01:24:45,331 Marion! Marion! 1263 01:24:45,456 --> 01:24:48,209 Smiley Coy wants to tell you something! 1264 01:24:48,334 --> 01:24:50,753 Kitty, I think you've really flipped. 1265 01:24:52,588 --> 01:24:56,050 - Marion, Charlie's drunk. - Go on, tell her, Smiley. 1266 01:24:56,175 --> 01:24:57,968 Go ahead and tell her! 1267 01:24:58,094 --> 01:25:01,138 Now, don't be impetuous, kitty. Watch your step. 1268 01:25:02,139 --> 01:25:04,809 Charlie's not sober enough to discuss the script today. 1269 01:25:04,934 --> 01:25:06,977 I have certain facts in my hands. 1270 01:25:07,103 --> 01:25:10,397 If they blow up, I’ve got bleeding stumps left not hands. 1271 01:25:10,523 --> 01:25:12,608 But you'll go, too. 1272 01:25:12,733 --> 01:25:14,777 This is Charlie Castle for Stanley Hoff. 1273 01:25:14,902 --> 01:25:17,822 - Charlie, what is it? - Are you going to tell her? 1274 01:25:17,947 --> 01:25:21,700 Marion, Charlie gets fanciful ideas about his friend. 1275 01:25:21,826 --> 01:25:26,997 He's actually accusing me of plotting the murder of a little studio bit player 1276 01:25:27,123 --> 01:25:30,543 who was with him in the car the night of the accident. 1277 01:25:33,045 --> 01:25:35,339 I’ll explain later, Marion. 1278 01:25:35,464 --> 01:25:38,926 Please, take the library phone and get Nat here right away. 1279 01:25:42,096 --> 01:25:44,640 Maybe you know what you're doing. 1280 01:25:44,765 --> 01:25:47,893 - I think I'll wait. - I know you'll wait. 1281 01:25:48,018 --> 01:25:50,062 You'll wait and wait and wait. 1282 01:25:51,272 --> 01:25:55,276 - You mishandle your friends, kitty. - You're not my friend. 1283 01:25:55,401 --> 01:25:57,862 That pathetic little girl is my friend. 1284 01:25:58,988 --> 01:26:03,909 - Lily? Uncle Hoff, if you please. - Could you come over right away? 1285 01:26:06,412 --> 01:26:10,583 I know I'm not only expressing my views, but yours as well. 1286 01:26:10,708 --> 01:26:14,170 As for your idea that Smiley Coy thought in terms of violence and crime, 1287 01:26:14,295 --> 01:26:17,882 with all due respect to what you thought, I can't give it credence. 1288 01:26:18,007 --> 01:26:21,218 You're saying Smiley didn't tell me anything. I just dreamed it up. 1289 01:26:21,343 --> 01:26:25,264 I wouldn't say you dream by day, but after a few drinks, isn't it possible? 1290 01:26:25,389 --> 01:26:27,808 What is possible is exactly what I said. 1291 01:26:28,934 --> 01:26:31,395 - Let me round out my thoughts. - Don't round them out. 1292 01:26:31,520 --> 01:26:33,355 - I may continue... - I don't want you to. 1293 01:26:33,480 --> 01:26:35,524 You're never told, the embroidery of your speech 1294 01:26:35,649 --> 01:26:39,320 is completely out of proportion to anything you have to say. 1295 01:26:39,445 --> 01:26:41,030 All right. 1296 01:26:44,992 --> 01:26:46,410 I’m listening. 1297 01:26:47,995 --> 01:26:50,331 What do you have to say? 1298 01:26:51,332 --> 01:26:54,293 He came here one hour ago. He said there was trouble. 1299 01:26:54,418 --> 01:26:57,671 - He then proposed that I... - He proposed nothing of the sort! 1300 01:26:57,796 --> 01:27:01,383 To say a man like Smiley Coy, a former major in the US Army Air Force, 1301 01:27:01,508 --> 01:27:03,510 a friend of many, I don't know where to begin, 1302 01:27:03,636 --> 01:27:06,680 the late Al Jolson, Jerome Kern, Bill O'Dwyer. 1303 01:27:06,805 --> 01:27:10,100 To say that this man plotted murder is to stagger reason. 1304 01:27:10,976 --> 01:27:13,145 You're wasting valuable time. 1305 01:27:13,270 --> 01:27:15,272 Stanley, you're 1,000% right. 1306 01:27:15,397 --> 01:27:18,359 Pneumonia is at the door, and we are talking about a headache. 1307 01:27:18,484 --> 01:27:19,860 What would you do in my place? 1308 01:27:19,985 --> 01:27:22,613 We have to convince this girl not to talk. 1309 01:27:22,738 --> 01:27:26,450 I agree with you, but you can't ask me to go into battle with my hands tied. 1310 01:27:26,575 --> 01:27:28,327 I’ve always been a simple man. 1311 01:27:28,452 --> 01:27:31,455 And I still make my breakfast on a roll, butter and a cup of coffee. 1312 01:27:31,580 --> 01:27:35,125 Mr. Hoff? Can't you stop talking about yourself? 1313 01:27:40,172 --> 01:27:42,800 Why does the woman have to be here? 1314 01:27:43,592 --> 01:27:45,761 The lady stays. 1315 01:27:46,887 --> 01:27:51,225 Stanley, I want to go to this girl myself and talk to her like a father. 1316 01:27:51,350 --> 01:27:53,894 See if we can't work out some feasible cash offer 1317 01:27:54,019 --> 01:27:55,437 out of my own pocket. 1318 01:27:55,562 --> 01:27:57,731 - We could split the difference. - It's too late. 1319 01:27:57,856 --> 01:28:00,901 This girl is without the fundamentals of an education and understanding. 1320 01:28:01,026 --> 01:28:06,282 What is the percentage for a few dollars to cut off our nose and bite our face? 1321 01:28:06,407 --> 01:28:08,575 When I say no, I mean no. 1322 01:28:08,701 --> 01:28:11,078 There are a few people in this town who've found that out. 1323 01:28:11,203 --> 01:28:13,580 - But the girl must... - All right, thank you very much. 1324 01:28:13,706 --> 01:28:18,627 Wait a minute. What did Smiley whisper into that phony tin trumpet? 1325 01:28:20,587 --> 01:28:22,214 You tell them, Smiley. 1326 01:28:22,339 --> 01:28:25,426 That she's still at the bar, being entertained by a friend of mine. 1327 01:28:25,551 --> 01:28:30,139 - If anything happens to her... - You're selling fish four days old, kitty. 1328 01:28:30,264 --> 01:28:33,309 She's with Monty Ritz. ls he a conspirator, too? 1329 01:28:33,434 --> 01:28:37,146 Why not? For all I know, you could have some blackmail on Monty, too. 1330 01:28:37,271 --> 01:28:39,565 We're talking about murder. 1331 01:28:42,151 --> 01:28:44,320 Your client has to learn how to talk. 1332 01:28:44,445 --> 01:28:46,905 We know who the expert is when it comes to murder. 1333 01:28:47,031 --> 01:28:49,908 A boy like you? Who are you? 1334 01:28:50,034 --> 01:28:53,162 Who are you? Some kind of special aristocracy 1335 01:28:53,287 --> 01:28:56,665 because the female public wants to make love with you? 1336 01:28:56,790 --> 01:29:00,377 Who are you, with your dirty, unmanicured fingernails? 1337 01:29:00,502 --> 01:29:05,132 And what are you without Hoff-Federated behind you? 1338 01:29:05,257 --> 01:29:09,928 I built the studio! I, with my brain and my hand! 1339 01:29:10,054 --> 01:29:13,349 I ripped it out of the world with my brains and my hands! 1340 01:29:13,474 --> 01:29:16,477 - And who are you? - No, this must stop! 1341 01:29:16,602 --> 01:29:18,771 Why do I have to listen to this miserable boy? 1342 01:29:18,896 --> 01:29:22,107 A man like myself, who's wined and dined with presidents and kings? 1343 01:29:22,232 --> 01:29:26,570 - Oh, my aching back! - Do I have to cater to this? 1344 01:29:26,695 --> 01:29:29,365 Well, I’ve had enough of your phony senatorial eloquence. 1345 01:29:29,490 --> 01:29:31,450 I’ll chop you down like firewood. 1346 01:29:31,575 --> 01:29:34,119 Lt is a bitter, miserable pity to have to talk to you. 1347 01:29:34,244 --> 01:29:37,206 - That's it. That's the deal. - Charlie, I beg of you, please! 1348 01:29:37,331 --> 01:29:39,541 We never have to talk to each other again. 1349 01:29:39,666 --> 01:29:42,419 Nat, you're my agent. From now on, it's you and him. 1350 01:29:42,544 --> 01:29:45,089 I never have to talk to him again. 1351 01:29:45,214 --> 01:29:48,217 - You'll drive me too far. - Will I? 1352 01:29:48,342 --> 01:29:50,344 What's your boiling point, Uncle Hoff? 1353 01:29:50,469 --> 01:29:53,972 Well, don't sulk, don't act bored, and please don't cry. 1354 01:29:54,098 --> 01:29:55,682 Charlie, I beg of you, please. 1355 01:29:55,808 --> 01:29:59,520 I’m deliberately tampering with your modest ego, Stanley, 1356 01:29:59,645 --> 01:30:02,439 because today I see what Stanley Shriner Hoff would do 1357 01:30:02,564 --> 01:30:04,733 to protect an investment: murder. 1358 01:30:04,858 --> 01:30:07,945 This man buries himself with his mouth. 1359 01:30:08,070 --> 01:30:10,531 Look at him. Get his act. 1360 01:30:10,656 --> 01:30:12,408 He's trying to play the crocodile. 1361 01:30:12,533 --> 01:30:15,786 And what is he? A little lizard under a rock. 1362 01:30:15,911 --> 01:30:18,288 Smiley, get together with the legal department in the morning 1363 01:30:18,414 --> 01:30:21,417 and comb through the Castle contract and find me an opening! 1364 01:30:21,542 --> 01:30:22,918 Stanley... 1365 01:30:24,128 --> 01:30:26,130 I think there's one other solution. 1366 01:30:26,255 --> 01:30:29,800 Yes, here it comes, the gimmick, the twist, the old switcheroo. 1367 01:30:29,925 --> 01:30:32,928 There's always a twist, sweetie. They always work in pairs. 1368 01:30:33,053 --> 01:30:35,639 There's an angle to this Dixie problem. 1369 01:30:35,764 --> 01:30:38,851 - Marion, it depends upon you. - What? 1370 01:30:38,976 --> 01:30:43,147 You and Charlie have been separated three times in the last two years. 1371 01:30:43,272 --> 01:30:45,357 Do you love him enough to make a sacrifice? 1372 01:30:45,482 --> 01:30:48,068 - Do I love him? - Let him finish, dear. 1373 01:30:48,193 --> 01:30:52,990 Dixie would marry Charlie in a minute. It'd be the fulfillment of all her dreams. 1374 01:30:53,115 --> 01:30:56,076 Community property laws automatically take care of you. 1375 01:30:56,201 --> 01:30:58,328 Half of everything Charlie owns belongs to you. 1376 01:30:58,454 --> 01:31:00,747 Gentlemen, I can't believe my ears! 1377 01:31:00,873 --> 01:31:05,627 Let him finish before you jump in where it doesn't concern you, Nat. 1378 01:31:06,587 --> 01:31:10,257 This woman has been having to do with a writer we had on the lot recently. 1379 01:31:10,382 --> 01:31:11,550 That isn't true. 1380 01:31:11,675 --> 01:31:13,969 From time to time, they had relations. 1381 01:31:14,094 --> 01:31:17,598 - That just isn't true! - Let me handle this. 1382 01:31:19,224 --> 01:31:22,436 - Of course, you have proof. - Records. 1383 01:31:23,395 --> 01:31:27,065 You have records of conversations I’ve had with Mr. Teagle in his office? 1384 01:31:27,191 --> 01:31:31,403 And tape recordings in his office and on his couch. 1385 01:31:31,528 --> 01:31:35,199 Who ordered such recordings to be made? 1386 01:31:35,324 --> 01:31:37,326 I couldn't say. That's out of my hands. 1387 01:31:37,451 --> 01:31:40,287 - Where are they? - Ln my car. 1388 01:31:42,623 --> 01:31:43,624 Get them. 1389 01:31:44,625 --> 01:31:46,460 Get them, Smiley. 1390 01:31:49,630 --> 01:31:51,048 Get them. 1391 01:31:56,220 --> 01:32:00,849 "Live and let live" has always been an important motto with me, Marion. 1392 01:32:02,643 --> 01:32:05,896 I have nothing against you personally, you understand. 1393 01:32:06,021 --> 01:32:09,608 But sometimes, for the good of the company, I’m forced to play a little rough. 1394 01:32:09,733 --> 01:32:11,568 Nat, a little sparkling water. 1395 01:32:19,201 --> 01:32:21,995 All right. All right! 1396 01:32:22,120 --> 01:32:25,624 My career is finished, and I’m willing, 1397 01:32:25,749 --> 01:32:31,171 namely because you're the meanest, dirtiest skunk God ever put breath into! 1398 01:32:32,464 --> 01:32:36,510 This is Mr. Hoff, a man that I fall down on my knees 1399 01:32:36,635 --> 01:32:40,931 and thank my maker that I don't have to play ball with him anymore! 1400 01:32:42,766 --> 01:32:46,270 Excuse me, Charlie, that I’m crying. 1401 01:32:50,816 --> 01:32:52,818 Don't worry, Marion. 1402 01:32:52,943 --> 01:32:54,361 Don't worry, Charlie. 1403 01:32:54,486 --> 01:32:59,032 Before I’ll get you in trouble, I’ll put my own head on the railroad tracks. 1404 01:33:06,873 --> 01:33:08,500 Charlie... 1405 01:33:09,960 --> 01:33:13,297 There's nothing to defend about those records. 1406 01:33:34,234 --> 01:33:36,028 It's late. 1407 01:33:36,153 --> 01:33:38,905 Don't you boys ever go home to dinner? 1408 01:33:40,032 --> 01:33:41,408 Do that. 1409 01:33:41,533 --> 01:33:44,620 Do that for me, Smiley. Take Hoff home. 1410 01:33:44,745 --> 01:33:46,622 Get him out of here. 1411 01:33:52,169 --> 01:33:53,712 Stay! 1412 01:33:58,175 --> 01:34:00,093 Oh, you're so lucky. 1413 01:34:00,218 --> 01:34:04,556 If this were a movie, you'd have been on the floor 10 times. 1414 01:34:10,646 --> 01:34:12,648 Just a small token. 1415 01:34:15,484 --> 01:34:17,069 I’ll break you. 1416 01:34:17,194 --> 01:34:19,780 I’ll break you like a... 1417 01:34:24,826 --> 01:34:26,244 No. 1418 01:34:28,205 --> 01:34:31,124 No, no, I’ll let the law do it for me. 1419 01:34:31,249 --> 01:34:35,003 I’ll let the law do it for me this time, and you lose everything. 1420 01:34:35,962 --> 01:34:40,759 You lose everything. This is a scandal and a disaster and a ruin. 1421 01:34:40,884 --> 01:34:42,969 The dead child's family and the insurance company 1422 01:34:43,095 --> 01:34:46,181 will take everything off your back in any court in the land. 1423 01:34:46,306 --> 01:34:49,518 The clothes off your back, off your child, and off that woman. 1424 01:34:49,643 --> 01:34:51,561 Everything goes, Charlie. 1425 01:34:51,687 --> 01:34:56,900 Everything goes, the house goes, the paintings go, and you! 1426 01:34:57,025 --> 01:34:58,652 Oh, you go! 1427 01:35:00,821 --> 01:35:02,114 Oh, no, Charles. 1428 01:35:03,156 --> 01:35:05,117 Oh, no. 1429 01:35:05,242 --> 01:35:08,245 You threw away a kingdom today. 1430 01:35:15,252 --> 01:35:16,753 Well? 1431 01:35:18,588 --> 01:35:21,299 - Go on. - Goodbye, kitty. 1432 01:35:21,425 --> 01:35:23,844 I’ll leave you to the wolves and the knives. 1433 01:35:23,969 --> 01:35:27,639 You no longer have me and the studio to handle the press for you. 1434 01:35:27,764 --> 01:35:29,266 You're through. 1435 01:35:29,391 --> 01:35:31,601 What I said still goes. If anything happens to her... 1436 01:35:31,727 --> 01:35:34,187 The studio has no further interest in that girl. 1437 01:35:37,566 --> 01:35:39,151 All quiet. 1438 01:35:39,860 --> 01:35:41,862 I need a tonic. 1439 01:35:48,785 --> 01:35:51,204 - You'll call? - Yes. 1440 01:35:54,499 --> 01:35:58,295 - You're sure? - Yes, I’m sure. 1441 01:36:11,516 --> 01:36:17,314 Why did I add this burden to that grotesque, devoted soul? 1442 01:36:20,025 --> 01:36:23,111 Did you ever notice he moves his lips when he reads? 1443 01:36:24,780 --> 01:36:26,615 Darling, here's Nicky. 1444 01:36:26,740 --> 01:36:30,202 Well, what do you say? Can I get you something? 1445 01:36:30,327 --> 01:36:32,078 Marion? Charlie? 1446 01:36:34,748 --> 01:36:36,208 Yeah, Nicko. 1447 01:36:39,669 --> 01:36:41,755 Go run a bath for me. 1448 01:36:41,880 --> 01:36:44,424 Good and hot. My back is stiff. 1449 01:36:44,549 --> 01:36:46,927 Don't worry, I’ll take care of that. 1450 01:36:50,347 --> 01:36:54,226 - That thing between you and Hank... - No, darling, I didn't. 1451 01:36:54,351 --> 01:36:56,686 Now, don't explain. I believe you. 1452 01:36:59,689 --> 01:37:01,441 Look how sweaty. 1453 01:37:03,819 --> 01:37:05,445 My hands. 1454 01:37:08,198 --> 01:37:10,617 Come here, angel. Sit here. 1455 01:37:18,834 --> 01:37:20,252 Well? 1456 01:37:22,087 --> 01:37:24,631 What do you think of today? 1457 01:37:24,756 --> 01:37:27,008 Think I can list all the possible roads ahead? 1458 01:37:27,133 --> 01:37:31,221 Don't bother. We won't silence that girl. It's become the cause of her life. 1459 01:37:32,180 --> 01:37:36,977 You see, everyone needs a cause to touch greatness. 1460 01:37:38,979 --> 01:37:41,231 Hank doesn't leave until tomorrow. 1461 01:37:42,315 --> 01:37:45,360 - Did you ever tell him about all this? - No. 1462 01:37:47,863 --> 01:37:51,491 Why don't we call him over? Hank knows how to fix. 1463 01:37:54,327 --> 01:37:55,912 All right. 1464 01:38:13,471 --> 01:38:15,265 Hello, Hank? 1465 01:38:15,390 --> 01:38:18,310 Look, dear, could you come over here right away? 1466 01:38:18,435 --> 01:38:21,104 Yes, we need your advice about something. 1467 01:38:21,229 --> 01:38:23,523 Yes, it's very important. 1468 01:38:23,648 --> 01:38:26,902 "The times beyond are cold and lonely. 1469 01:38:28,820 --> 01:38:30,864 "Far away as the stars." 1470 01:38:33,867 --> 01:38:35,869 But there were two of us. 1471 01:38:39,247 --> 01:38:43,418 Billy mustn't grow up to be a rich man's son. 1472 01:38:45,253 --> 01:38:48,048 - He won't. - They're usually made of sponge cake. 1473 01:38:48,173 --> 01:38:50,175 But he won't be. 1474 01:38:54,429 --> 01:38:58,892 You taught me so many things, darling, even how to listen to music. 1475 01:39:01,394 --> 01:39:04,397 - Play some music. - All right. 1476 01:39:05,732 --> 01:39:09,402 - What would you like to hear? - Something immortal. 1477 01:39:10,445 --> 01:39:12,989 I don't know, anything that's on the machine. 1478 01:39:19,829 --> 01:39:22,374 'I’ll never leave him, Hank. 1479 01:39:22,499 --> 01:39:25,877 'It's not just that I’m a wife of the old-fashioned school. 1480 01:39:26,002 --> 01:39:28,964 'I’m so deeply a part of his existence. 1481 01:39:29,089 --> 01:39:32,550 'No matter how many times I leave, I always go back. 1482 01:39:33,134 --> 01:39:34,761 'He's part of me. 1483 01:39:35,553 --> 01:39:39,015 'The most terrible things he can do to me are better than not having him.' 1484 01:40:00,495 --> 01:40:03,039 Lt wasn't what I expected to hear. 1485 01:40:16,803 --> 01:40:21,558 - ls it getting dark in here? - Yes, darling, it is. 1486 01:40:21,683 --> 01:40:23,727 I’ll turn on the lights. 1487 01:40:29,357 --> 01:40:30,817 Hello, Buddy. 1488 01:40:33,236 --> 01:40:34,696 Hiya, Buddy. 1489 01:40:38,992 --> 01:40:42,620 - What's the matter, kid? - You were my friend. 1490 01:40:43,705 --> 01:40:45,415 You were my friend. 1491 01:40:46,583 --> 01:40:48,251 I knew what she was. 1492 01:40:48,376 --> 01:40:50,587 Tore the heart out of me every time it happened. 1493 01:40:50,712 --> 01:40:53,006 You were my friend. 1494 01:40:53,131 --> 01:40:56,009 How could you... How could you do it? 1495 01:40:58,803 --> 01:41:00,889 You wanna hit me? 1496 01:41:03,224 --> 01:41:05,101 Please, hit me. 1497 01:41:07,270 --> 01:41:09,564 I know you're a better man than I am. 1498 01:41:09,689 --> 01:41:13,068 I mean, such a swell guy you were, Charles. 1499 01:41:14,069 --> 01:41:16,071 I always looked up to you. 1500 01:41:17,614 --> 01:41:21,159 But when she told me, she laughed in my face. 1501 01:41:25,872 --> 01:41:27,707 That's how I resign. 1502 01:41:54,150 --> 01:41:56,152 C.U.F. Castle. 1503 01:41:57,904 --> 01:42:01,741 He murdered Cass. I was there. I saw him do it. 1504 01:42:03,368 --> 01:42:05,411 Charlie, the bathtub's almost full. 1505 01:42:05,537 --> 01:42:09,374 I run out of big towels upstairs, so I'll get some from the cabana. 1506 01:42:16,923 --> 01:42:20,301 Did you ever know that all my life 1507 01:42:20,426 --> 01:42:23,555 I’ve yearned for people to bring out the best in me. 1508 01:42:25,765 --> 01:42:27,183 Marion. 1509 01:42:35,483 --> 01:42:37,819 All that embittered you. 1510 01:42:39,696 --> 01:42:41,823 I pledge you a better future. 1511 01:43:02,010 --> 01:43:03,553 Marion? 1512 01:43:10,393 --> 01:43:12,854 Have I told you today how much I love you? 1513 01:43:13,938 --> 01:43:15,356 I love you. 1514 01:43:16,191 --> 01:43:18,318 And I’m committed to you. 1515 01:43:18,443 --> 01:43:20,653 We won't talk about the past. 1516 01:43:38,046 --> 01:43:40,048 Telephone for you, Mrs. Castle. 1517 01:43:40,173 --> 01:43:43,051 - It's Billy, he's calling from the Stevens'. - Thank you, Russell. 1518 01:43:43,176 --> 01:43:45,178 There'll be four of us. Make a light supper. 1519 01:43:45,303 --> 01:43:46,930 Light supper for four, right. 1520 01:43:47,055 --> 01:43:50,058 And no parsley on anything. Mr. Castle doesn't like it. 1521 01:43:50,183 --> 01:43:51,601 Right. 1522 01:43:55,438 --> 01:43:58,149 Hello, darling. How are you? 1523 01:44:00,818 --> 01:44:03,238 Poor cowboys, what a shame. 1524 01:44:05,657 --> 01:44:07,659 Why don't you hit him back? 1525 01:44:08,534 --> 01:44:13,081 No, wait a minute, Billy, I was wrong. Don't hit him back. 1526 01:44:14,123 --> 01:44:18,211 Explain to him that, since he's bigger than you, it isn't fair. 1527 01:44:20,380 --> 01:44:22,715 Sure, I’ll pick you up after lunch tomorrow. 1528 01:44:22,840 --> 01:44:25,093 Now, don't forget to brush your teeth. 1529 01:44:26,302 --> 01:44:27,887 Good night, darling. 1530 01:44:28,012 --> 01:44:29,722 I just let myself in. 1531 01:44:29,847 --> 01:44:33,393 I’m sorry about what happened here this afternoon, Marion. Deeply sorry. 1532 01:44:33,518 --> 01:44:38,064 May I use your phone? Don't go, you'll be interested in what I've got to say. 1533 01:44:38,189 --> 01:44:42,026 Mr. Hoff is a very vain man. We have to cater to that sometimes. 1534 01:44:42,819 --> 01:44:45,780 Lily, put me through to the old man. It's important. 1535 01:44:45,905 --> 01:44:48,992 - Where's Charlie? - Taking a bath. What do you want? 1536 01:44:49,117 --> 01:44:50,827 You misunderstand, Marion. 1537 01:44:50,952 --> 01:44:54,289 I’m nothing more than a sort of memo pad for Mr. Hoff. 1538 01:44:54,414 --> 01:44:57,875 Stanley. The girl left the bar 10 minutes ago. 1539 01:44:58,001 --> 01:45:00,628 Tried to navigate across Sunset Boulevard. 1540 01:45:01,379 --> 01:45:04,507 Yeah, in all that heavy, home-going traffic. 1541 01:45:05,925 --> 01:45:07,552 That's the picture. 1542 01:45:08,553 --> 01:45:10,471 Killed instantly. 1543 01:45:11,222 --> 01:45:13,516 How do you like that for the luck of the Irish? 1544 01:45:13,641 --> 01:45:16,019 I’m here using Charlie's phone now. 1545 01:45:16,144 --> 01:45:18,563 Okay, I’ll be right back in. Bye. 1546 01:45:19,647 --> 01:45:22,650 - Marion, before you say anything... - What a happy coincidence. 1547 01:45:22,775 --> 01:45:25,028 Lt was a city bus that hit her. 1548 01:45:26,654 --> 01:45:28,573 - Changes everything, doesn't it? - Does it? 1549 01:45:28,698 --> 01:45:31,743 Not that Stanley's forgotten what happened here this afternoon. 1550 01:45:31,868 --> 01:45:35,413 Some sort of an apology should be arranged, carefully, of course. 1551 01:45:35,538 --> 01:45:37,165 Yours is just the level head to do it. 1552 01:45:37,290 --> 01:45:39,083 Don't you have a memory from one hour to the next? 1553 01:45:39,208 --> 01:45:40,835 Don't go dramatic on me, Marion. 1554 01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:44,505 Seven years is a long time. We've got a long row to hoe. 1555 01:45:44,630 --> 01:45:46,632 How does someone like you live? 1556 01:45:46,758 --> 01:45:50,053 This afternoon, you try to ruin a man who's 10 times your better. 1557 01:45:50,178 --> 01:45:51,596 And when you were finished, 1558 01:45:51,721 --> 01:45:55,475 you toted out of here in the footsteps of a thing not even fit to breathe. 1559 01:45:55,600 --> 01:45:57,977 Charlie, something must be wrong with that valve. 1560 01:45:58,102 --> 01:46:00,355 - What's going on? - ls that water? 1561 01:46:00,480 --> 01:46:02,648 Charlie, I think you let the tub run over. 1562 01:46:04,609 --> 01:46:06,736 - Charlie? - Nicky? 1563 01:46:06,861 --> 01:46:09,447 - Charlie! - There's water all over the hall. 1564 01:46:09,572 --> 01:46:12,283 He's trying to break the bathroom door down. 1565 01:46:12,408 --> 01:46:14,994 Charlie, open the door! 1566 01:46:15,119 --> 01:46:17,038 Smiley... 1567 01:46:17,163 --> 01:46:18,873 Charlie! 1568 01:46:31,761 --> 01:46:34,180 Get the water off! 1569 01:46:37,308 --> 01:46:38,601 Marion? Charlie? 1570 01:46:38,726 --> 01:46:40,978 Russell, what's happened? 1571 01:46:43,398 --> 01:46:45,441 I never in my life saw anything so wrong. 1572 01:46:45,566 --> 01:46:48,736 - What's happened? - I can't tell you what happened. 1573 01:46:48,861 --> 01:46:52,198 - Please, Mrs. Castle. Please! - Don't hold me! Let me go! 1574 01:46:52,323 --> 01:46:54,158 I’m sorry, but you can't come in. 1575 01:46:54,283 --> 01:46:58,246 Put me through to Eddie Fry. Break through. This is Smiley Coy. 1576 01:46:58,371 --> 01:47:00,206 Pull the plug, stupid! 1577 01:47:01,207 --> 01:47:05,503 Eddie, Smiley. Now, listen carefully, I don't want to repeat a word. 1578 01:47:05,628 --> 01:47:06,963 Listen! 1579 01:47:07,088 --> 01:47:09,465 Get Dr. Curley, get Stanley, 1580 01:47:09,590 --> 01:47:12,093 send them here to Charlie Castle's house right away. 1581 01:47:12,218 --> 01:47:14,929 You get here, and do your work. Here's your work. 1582 01:47:15,054 --> 01:47:17,682 Take this down word for word. 1583 01:47:17,807 --> 01:47:22,103 "Charlie Castle, renowned star of thirty Hoff-Federated Pictures... 1584 01:47:25,606 --> 01:47:30,778 "...died today of a heart attack in his Bel Air home at... 1585 01:47:32,613 --> 01:47:36,242 "...7:55 Pacific Daylight Time. 1586 01:47:37,410 --> 01:47:41,873 "At his bedside was his physician, Dr. Curley, 1587 01:47:41,998 --> 01:47:45,001 "his wife, Marion, his 7-year-old son, Billy, 1588 01:47:46,461 --> 01:47:50,882 "and his close friend and associate, Stanley Shriner Hoff." 1589 01:47:51,007 --> 01:47:54,093 Now get that out to the AP, UP, and the rest of the wire services. 1590 01:47:54,218 --> 01:47:55,803 Don't ask questions! 1591 01:47:55,928 --> 01:47:59,182 Bring a dozen studio cops. This place'll be a madhouse in a minute. 1592 01:47:59,307 --> 01:48:01,434 What? 1593 01:48:01,559 --> 01:48:04,562 Tell Stanley he slashed himself in three places. 1594 01:48:21,746 --> 01:48:25,041 Hey, Nick, snap out of it. 1595 01:48:25,166 --> 01:48:28,002 Go on, clean up. Change your clothes. There'll be a nice piece of... 1596 01:48:29,003 --> 01:48:30,421 Hey, Pop! 1597 01:48:31,255 --> 01:48:33,299 Punchy, I’m talking to you! 1598 01:48:34,383 --> 01:48:36,219 Come on, snap out of it. 1599 01:48:39,639 --> 01:48:41,891 You killed him. 1600 01:48:43,684 --> 01:48:46,437 The whole bunch of you. 1601 01:48:47,188 --> 01:48:48,940 You found him. 1602 01:48:50,691 --> 01:48:52,652 Killed him. 1603 01:48:54,445 --> 01:48:56,113 Go away. 1604 01:49:08,251 --> 01:49:10,670 It's all right, Hank. I’m all right. 1605 01:49:42,076 --> 01:49:45,037 Help her, Horatio. She doesn't like me. 1606 01:49:46,205 --> 01:49:48,708 Reporters, loads of them, will be here any minute. 1607 01:49:48,833 --> 01:49:50,501 I’ll talk to the reporters. 1608 01:49:50,626 --> 01:49:53,337 - That won't be unnecessary. I’ll be here. - That's why it's necessary. 1609 01:49:53,462 --> 01:49:56,549 This is no time to get contentious, kitty. 1610 01:49:56,674 --> 01:49:59,010 Your work is finished here. 1611 01:49:59,802 --> 01:50:03,556 There will be no photographers, no more lies, no display. 1612 01:50:03,681 --> 01:50:05,600 I’ll tell the story. 1613 01:50:07,101 --> 01:50:08,978 He killed himself. 1614 01:50:10,438 --> 01:50:13,149 Out of a pained and anguished love he had for others, 1615 01:50:13,274 --> 01:50:15,276 he gave up his salvation. 1616 01:50:16,777 --> 01:50:21,574 But no man had a greater reverence for life, a greater zest for living. 1617 01:50:22,450 --> 01:50:24,493 Yes, he was wrong. 1618 01:50:26,287 --> 01:50:29,498 But he just couldn't go on hurting those he loved. 1619 01:51:25,763 --> 01:51:27,098 Charlie. 1620 01:51:29,308 --> 01:51:30,810 Charlie. 1621 01:51:35,439 --> 01:51:36,941 Help. 1622 01:51:38,275 --> 01:51:39,485 Help! 1623 01:51:42,154 --> 01:51:43,656 Help. 1624 01:51:45,366 --> 01:51:46,784 Help. 1625 01:51:49,245 --> 01:51:50,454 Help! 1626 01:51:51,622 --> 01:51:52,748 Help! 1627 01:51:53,499 --> 01:51:54,709 Help! 1628 01:51:55,710 --> 01:51:57,128 Help! 1629 01:51:58,754 --> 01:52:00,256 Help! 1630 01:52:01,716 --> 01:52:03,300 Help! 1631 01:52:03,968 --> 01:52:05,136 Help!