Let's Have Lunch

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