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Here's a coffee, Bernie.

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Coffee, Mr Cook?

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Let's discuss it. Don't pout as if
I'd just taken away your tricycle.

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I'm not pouting. I just disagree.

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But Frank Elgin?
Let the doorman read for the part!

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Phil, we've been in rehearsal
for five days.

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Our leading man was dreadful. Maybe
I was the wrong director for him.

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We let him go yesterday.
We do not have a replacement.

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We open in Boston on the 28th.
We are in trouble.

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- I can do without the sarcasm.
- Let me audition him for you.

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Phil, there's no harm
in giving the man a reading.

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I agree with you, but when
I wanted to read Ray Watson,

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that was a waste of time,
and he's a better actor than Elgin.

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A lot of guys can act or sing better,
but nobody can do both as well.

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- What about Billy Hertz?
- He's pompous.

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This isn't <i>Student Prince</i>
or <i>Blossom Time.</i>

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The guy has to act while he's singing
and sing while he's acting.

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In <i>Lonesome Town</i>, Elgin played
a part like this. He was magnificent.

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- Ask Henry. He played the piano.
- When?

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- Eight years ago.
- He didn't fall off bar stools then.

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- He hasn't had a drink in ages.
- To a drunk, ten minutes is ages.

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- I just want you to listen to him!
- All right, go ahead!

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Larry?

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- As soon as Elgin comes in...
- He's here.

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I didn't want to interrupt.

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Send him in.
Now, Cookie, no cracks, please.

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- What are you auditioning, owls?
- Hello, Frank. Bernie Dodd.

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- How do you do?
- Our producer, Mr Cook.

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- Hello. How are you?
- Paul Unger and Henry Johnson.

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- Hey, Henry!
- It's been a long time.

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I told him to write his own music.
You took my advice, huh?

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- How's the family?
- Fine.

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- Is your boy in high school?
- The Air Force.

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- No!
- Yes, he is.

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Let's get started.
I've got a luncheon date.

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This is an offbeat show, a
dramatisation of <i>The Land Around Us.</i>

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- You remember the book?
- Sure.

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The boys have done
an exciting musical adaptation.

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The music is part of the fabric,
woven in and out.

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Keep the seats from getting dusty,
give them something different.

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Yeah. Would you read
a couple of scenes for Mr Cook?

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- There's one in the first act...
- Excuse me.

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You were speaking of <i>Lonesome Town.</i>

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Frank could do the Pitchman number.
That'd show Phil everything.

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- All right.
- If I remember it. You sure you do?

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I should. Eight performances a week
for a year and a half.

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- Describe the number to Mr Cook.
- OK.

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It wasn't much, really.

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I played one of those pitchmen,
sort of a fanciful character.

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Instead of selling a patent medicine,
I was selling a philosophy,

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a sunshine salesman.

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The scene was a New York
street corner, under a lamppost.

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I had a... Is it OK
if I use this for a minute?

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- Use anything you like.
- Thanks.

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- When I made my entrance...
- OK, I get it. Get on with it.

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I was carrying an imaginary valise,
one of those pitchman's outfits.

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OK, Henry.

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And then a crowd of sourpusses
began to gather round.

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A left-handed Indian, this kid.

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Friends, I have here in this valise

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nostrums, cure-alls, panaceas,
unguents, oils and healing waters.

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What did you say, son?
You say the valise is empty?

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Son, this valise is loaded.

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You're just looking at it,
and your windows are foggy.

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What did you say?
You can't see nothing?

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There's no trick in believing in
what you see.

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The trick is believing in
what you can't see.

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You've got to visualise
the indiscernible.

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Every item in this valise belongs
to you as well as it does to me.

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What's that you say, Officer?
Have I got a licence?

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Just the greatest licence
in the world, poetic licence.

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You been listening to my pitch?

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We're going to the station house?

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You got a desk sergeant
who's a little cantankerous?

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Here's how we'll handle his case.

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Share it among you, friends.
Tell them where you got it.

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- You have a good beat for a writer.
- Fine, Frank.

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You ought to hear it with
an orchestra. It's good and lousy.

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- Wait outside for a second.
- I'm a little in the dark.

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Is it a musical spot,
a small part or what?

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It's the lead, Frank. The whole show
is built around this character.

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Well, didn't it speak for itself?

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He's probably been doing that
at dinner parties for ten years.

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Did it prove he's worth
risking $200,000 on?

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Did it prove he can carry a show?

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Be sensible. That guy's been
in the pickle since you were a kid.

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Someone took a chance with Laurette
Taylor in <i>The Glass Menagerie.</i>

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Bernie, what are you trying to prove?
We've got a good book, good music.

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Why can't you be satisfied
with a reliable, sober actor?

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He'll give you
a reliable, sober performance.

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That's not what people pay to see.

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- You fought me over Danelli.
- I think you were wrong.

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Instead of teaching an actor to box,

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you teach a punch-drunk fighter
to act.

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- He gave you a great performance.
- He gave us trouble, too.

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If there was a fight at the Garden,
he wouldn't show up.

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With Elgin, you'll get something
that happens once in 20 years.

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I'll get it out of him.

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- You're good, but not that good.
- People have always said that to me.

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So now you're going to show them,
every one of them.

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Directing doesn't satisfy you.

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You want to take a corpse
and breathe life into it.

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Maybe I'm crazy.
Doesn't this worry you guys?

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- Not if it doesn't worry Bernie.
- He's too old for the part.

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Hairpieces will make him look
ten years younger.

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All right. Could we look for
someone else while he's rehearsing?

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No, we don't let him go
without real cause,

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a binge, or if he can't retain lines.

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Give him a run-of-the-play contract.

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- Wait a minute!
- I need his complete confidence.

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No! I'll take a $40,000 loss before I
give him a run-of-the-play contract.

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- OK, two weeks. Agreed, Paul? Henry?
- OK with me.

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Frank? Frank Elgin?

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- Elgin left.
- What do you mean?

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- He left.
- Where? Coffee? What?

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He just walked out. He didn't say.

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Try the nearest bar.

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- Mr Elgin in?
- No, he's not.

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Mrs Elgin? I'd like to talk
to Frank. I'm Bernie Dodd.

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I don't know when Frank will be back.

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Mind if I wait?

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- Would you like some coffee?
- No, thanks.

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- Did Frank say when he'd be back?
- He didn't say where he was going.

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- Didn't he say he had an audition?
- No.

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I looked around after it was over,
but he'd gone.

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- Will he do?
- That all depends.

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If you're wondering if you can get
Frank for very little money, you can.

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It doesn't depend on that.
Does he still drink?

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Just what did you think
I would answer to that?

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- Touché.
- What?

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- Touché. In French, that means...
- Everybody knows what it means.

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You're even younger than I thought.

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You try to look like an old lady.
You shouldn't do your hair like that.

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Some women pay too much attention to
themselves and some don't pay enough.

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That's quite a pearl of wisdom.
May I quote you?

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- How long have you been married?
- Ten years.

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- Did you meet in a show?
- Look, Mr Dodd...

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- Were you ever an actress?
- Not me, thank you.

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I'm just a girl from the country.

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The theatre and its people have
always been a complete mystery to me.

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They still are.

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Dreiser, Balzac, Montaigne.
Who reads these books?

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I do.

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I'm afraid to ask if you enjoy them.
Montaigne's too polite for me.

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- That doesn't surprise me.
- Frank's old recordings?

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Some new. There's one on the machine
he did last week.

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A man with his talent.
It's degrading.

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So is not eating.

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Why didn't you wait?

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I figured the boat had sailed.
The producer didn't like me.

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Since when does a producer
have to love an actor?

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I can't go to battle unless
everybody is rooting for me.

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- Cook thinks you're a drinker.
- Not on a show.

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Not according to Maxwell.
You worked for him in '46.

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After a couple of months,
he had to replace you.

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00:17:04,584 --> 00:17:08,203
While I was playing in that show,
our son died.

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00:17:08,421 --> 00:17:13,583
What about this show? I need an actor
who can stay sober and learn lines.

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Are you that actor or not?
Make up your mind.

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00:17:17,305 --> 00:17:21,849
Give me time. Cook wasn't
the only reason I left the theatre.

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I wouldn't take a part like this
without talking it over with Georgie.

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- I'll be back in ten minutes.
- He's afraid of the responsibility.

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00:17:33,363 --> 00:17:36,199
But the gamble's all on my side!

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It's not a question of being afraid
of the responsibility.

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The part's the whole show.
You said so yourself.

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You're opening in Boston the 28th.

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I don't think I could learn
the lines. You need Walter Huston.

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00:17:53,633 --> 00:17:58,795
It's bad enough to go to Hollywood
to cast. You suggest I go to heaven?

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00:17:59,014 --> 00:18:02,549
- You can do it, Frank.
- Why are you so sure?

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When I was a hat-check boy,
you, Lunt and Jolson were my heroes.

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- I know everything you've done.
- You exaggerate to make your point.

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- Are you for him or against him?
- I'm his wife.

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I want honesty from both of you.
Flattery is cheap.

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00:18:20,702 --> 00:18:23,574
How about a little costly truth?

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00:18:24,789 --> 00:18:30,959
I'm not blind to Frank's condition.
This room tells me what he is.

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I'm not one of those nice people
who buys you a drink and that's it.

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I won't leave you on a limb. We'll
work together and worry together.

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But if you do me dirt, just once,
no pity, not a drop of pity.

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No pity. I like that.
Now he knows what to expect.

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- What contract do you offer?
- Standard two-week contract.

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- You could let Frank out any time?
- Exactly.

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He won't have confidence with
a two-week clause. Would you?

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I have nothing in my mind
except for Frank to play this part.

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00:19:07,832 --> 00:19:09,873
That's sentiment again.

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I come here with the best intentions.
Suddenly I find I'm victimising you.

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- Did I bring you a basket of snakes?
- It's not the two-weeks clause.

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00:19:20,845 --> 00:19:23,966
I don't want to bite off
more than I can chew.

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00:19:24,182 --> 00:19:30,435
We're in Boston for two weeks.
We can stay out until you're perfect.

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- Would you do that?
- I'd insist on it.

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00:19:34,985 --> 00:19:40,146
Talk it over with your agent.
Call the office by 3 p.m., no later.

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00:19:42,784 --> 00:19:44,825
Need a $20 bill?

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00:19:51,835 --> 00:19:53,875
You need it.

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00:19:56,965 --> 00:20:00,750
Why did you make that crack
about responsibility?

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00:20:05,515 --> 00:20:09,431
Why didn't you tell me
about that audition?

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00:20:09,644 --> 00:20:13,773
Because I wasn't sure
whether I could make it.

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00:20:13,982 --> 00:20:18,111
I must have walked up and down
47th Street a dozen times.

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00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:22,864
- Don't keep things from me.
- I can't do it, can I?

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00:20:23,074 --> 00:20:27,536
Of course you can. You've got to try.
It's a perfect opportunity.

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00:20:27,746 --> 00:20:33,417
If I do take it, Georgie,
I'll need you every step of the way.

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00:20:33,627 --> 00:20:37,328
I don't have any appointments,
Frank, all winter.

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00:20:37,547 --> 00:20:41,676
- I wish it were a run-of-the-play...
- Why didn't you tell him?

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00:20:41,885 --> 00:20:46,215
I didn't want to antagonise him.
I have to work with him.

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00:20:46,431 --> 00:20:52,102
You'll never get a better deal,
so take it and do your level best.

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00:20:54,231 --> 00:20:57,398
Wait a minute. The two-weeks clause.

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00:20:57,609 --> 00:21:03,814
They can give me notice any time,
but I can give them notice, too.

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00:21:04,032 --> 00:21:09,620
- I can walk out any time I want.
- You mean you can quit, Frank.

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00:21:09,829 --> 00:21:12,701
Not the way you mean it.

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00:21:12,916 --> 00:21:18,077
If the show doesn't pan out, I don't
want to come to New York in a turkey.

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00:21:18,296 --> 00:21:22,212
Maybe this time, it will work out.
Bernie likes me.

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00:21:22,425 --> 00:21:27,385
Henry Johnson's pulling for me.
It's Cook I got to worry about.

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00:21:29,140 --> 00:21:31,846
We've been having trouble, Joe.

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00:21:32,060 --> 00:21:36,972
Instead of fields of wheat,
we got stubble rotting in the dust.

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00:21:37,190 --> 00:21:41,485
I've talked it over with Stella.
We're leaving.

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00:21:41,695 --> 00:21:45,029
What are we waiting for?
Let's push on.

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00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,112
- How about you, Joe?
- I'm staying.

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00:21:48,326 --> 00:21:52,028
They say when a man falls
from a great height,

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his whole life flashes by.

219
00:21:54,499 --> 00:21:58,545
In one split second,
he sees himself for what he is.

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00:21:58,753 --> 00:22:02,883
You don't have to plummet like a
hailstone to face that split second.

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00:22:03,091 --> 00:22:05,464
Mean it, Frank.

222
00:22:05,677 --> 00:22:09,261
...plummet like a hailstone
to face that split second.

223
00:22:09,472 --> 00:22:15,144
It can come to you as it did
to me today. As you stand...

224
00:22:15,353 --> 00:22:18,439
- What is it?
- "...in a smouldering field."

225
00:22:18,648 --> 00:22:24,023
As you stand in a smouldering field
and see your hopes go up in smoke.

226
00:22:24,237 --> 00:22:28,366
This is the most important
decision in the man's life.

227
00:22:28,575 --> 00:22:32,704
It sounds like he's deciding
what to have for breakfast!

228
00:22:32,913 --> 00:22:35,239
That goes for the rest of you, too.

229
00:22:35,457 --> 00:22:39,408
I'm sorry, but I'm still
fighting these words.

230
00:22:39,628 --> 00:22:43,757
We've been in rehearsal ten days.
Let's take it from...

231
00:22:43,965 --> 00:22:47,051
- Bernie.
- It can't be that late.

232
00:22:48,595 --> 00:22:52,297
Where does it go? Knock off.
Same time tomorrow.

233
00:22:52,515 --> 00:22:54,556
We'll start with this scene.

234
00:22:54,768 --> 00:22:57,011
- See you tomorrow.
- Good night.

235
00:22:57,229 --> 00:23:00,100
- Do you need me for anything?
- No.

236
00:23:00,315 --> 00:23:04,444
- You want me to turn off the border?
- Yeah. Good night.

237
00:23:07,322 --> 00:23:13,408
I'm sorry about the words.
I've had a lot of things on my mind.

238
00:23:13,620 --> 00:23:15,661
I know you have.

239
00:23:15,872 --> 00:23:20,619
Every time I give a direction,
you're off in space somewhere.

240
00:23:20,835 --> 00:23:25,795
You can be great, but it demands
your concentration and energy.

241
00:23:26,007 --> 00:23:29,591
I know. I keep telling myself that.

242
00:23:29,803 --> 00:23:33,932
After rehearsal,
I go home to study and...

243
00:23:34,140 --> 00:23:37,392
You've got headaches enough.
Good night.

244
00:23:37,602 --> 00:23:42,977
- Frank? Having trouble at home?
- No, nothing like that.

245
00:23:45,569 --> 00:23:51,572
- Don't you believe me?
- Everyone has trouble at home.

246
00:23:51,783 --> 00:23:55,698
The ones who deny it
are those that have too much of it.

247
00:23:55,912 --> 00:23:59,496
I denied it for five years
with the former Mrs Dodd.

248
00:23:59,708 --> 00:24:03,291
I never had the impression
that you were married.

249
00:24:03,503 --> 00:24:09,128
Neither did my wife.
That was my trouble. What's yours?

250
00:24:11,803 --> 00:24:15,588
It's nothing important.
I'll see you in the morning.

251
00:24:15,807 --> 00:24:19,936
- Does she want you to play the part?
- She's all for it.

252
00:24:20,145 --> 00:24:22,601
The day I met her,

253
00:24:22,814 --> 00:24:27,976
she seemed a little difficult
about terms, rather domineering.

254
00:24:28,195 --> 00:24:31,446
- She wasn't always like that.
- I know.

255
00:24:31,656 --> 00:24:35,358
They start out as Juliets
and wind up as Lady Macbeths.

256
00:24:35,577 --> 00:24:40,738
When I first met her, she was as fine
a person as you've ever seen.

257
00:24:40,957 --> 00:24:44,043
She had background and breeding.

258
00:24:44,252 --> 00:24:49,959
She had a nobility about her that
made me feel proud to be with her.

259
00:24:51,635 --> 00:24:56,796
I was a good deal older than she was,
but it didn't seem to matter.

260
00:24:57,015 --> 00:24:59,684
She wasn't a flighty kid.

261
00:24:59,893 --> 00:25:04,022
She had a poise and dignity
that was ageless.

262
00:25:05,190 --> 00:25:09,319
Those first few years,
I never knew a better life.

263
00:25:11,071 --> 00:25:15,200
A wife who was everything
I'd been looking for.

264
00:25:15,408 --> 00:25:18,494
A son who was smart, healthy.

265
00:25:22,207 --> 00:25:25,209
Then our son died.

266
00:25:25,418 --> 00:25:29,002
I came home from the theatre
one night a couple of months later.

267
00:25:29,214 --> 00:25:36,262
This kid, I don't think she ever
had a real drink in her life before.

268
00:25:36,471 --> 00:25:40,933
There she is, stretched out
across the bed, dead drunk,

269
00:25:41,142 --> 00:25:44,014
her wrists cut and bleeding.

270
00:25:49,150 --> 00:25:54,312
She was jealous that I had my work,
something to live for.

271
00:25:54,531 --> 00:25:56,774
She felt she had nothing.

272
00:25:59,411 --> 00:26:03,540
Inside of a year,
she was a hopeless drunkard.

273
00:26:05,458 --> 00:26:09,160
In an effort to give her
some purpose in life,

274
00:26:09,379 --> 00:26:12,666
I made her feel that
I needed her in my work.

275
00:26:12,883 --> 00:26:18,470
I let her pick the songs I should
record, the shows I ought to do.

276
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:24,885
She started taking over everything.
She became very possessive.

277
00:26:25,103 --> 00:26:30,478
She wanted to make the decisions,
had to be with me all the time.

278
00:26:30,692 --> 00:26:35,853
Whenever I was away, she acted
as if I'd run off with another woman.

279
00:26:36,072 --> 00:26:39,158
She had fits of depression.

280
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:46,281
One time she set fire
to a hotel suite.

281
00:26:46,499 --> 00:26:48,789
That's when I hit the bottle.

282
00:26:52,589 --> 00:26:59,043
- Does she still drink?
- No. She stopped when I began.

283
00:27:01,264 --> 00:27:07,469
That figures. You were the weak one
now. That's what she wanted.

284
00:27:10,815 --> 00:27:15,977
- Do you have to bring her to Boston?
- I couldn't leave her alone.

285
00:27:16,196 --> 00:27:20,942
You thought it was funny I didn't
hang around after the audition.

286
00:27:21,159 --> 00:27:24,446
If I'd taken this part
without talking to her,

287
00:27:24,663 --> 00:27:27,202
I don't know what would've happened.

288
00:27:27,415 --> 00:27:30,501
I had to make believe
that I was afraid.

289
00:27:30,710 --> 00:27:36,086
That left it open for her
to convince me, like it was her idea.

290
00:27:37,926 --> 00:27:41,711
They can get awful bent out of shape,
can't they?

291
00:27:41,930 --> 00:27:48,550
My wife was so twisted she said to
me, "I hope your next play's a flop,

292
00:27:48,770 --> 00:27:53,931
"so the world can see I love you
even though you're a failure."

293
00:28:05,370 --> 00:28:06,699
Georgie?

294
00:28:08,498 --> 00:28:12,627
Just coming from a movie,
thought you might be through.

295
00:28:12,836 --> 00:28:17,166
- Your timing was perfect, Mrs Elgin.
- I have a knack that way.

296
00:28:17,382 --> 00:28:21,511
Good evening, Mr Dodd.
How is my husband doing?

297
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,635
In my less than humble opinion,
he's a natural.

298
00:28:25,849 --> 00:28:29,349
Don't let him kid you, honey.
I was floundering.

299
00:28:29,561 --> 00:28:35,766
We'll have to rehearse those cues.
Thank her for the words I did know.

300
00:28:35,984 --> 00:28:38,191
Thanks.

301
00:28:38,403 --> 00:28:41,903
- Did I intrude?
- No, we're just breaking up.

302
00:28:42,115 --> 00:28:45,615
I don't like to be obtrusive
when Frank's working,

303
00:28:45,827 --> 00:28:48,284
unless he needs my help.

304
00:28:48,496 --> 00:28:51,582
- You're sure I'm not in the way?
- No.

305
00:28:51,791 --> 00:28:56,869
We're just closing up shop,
giving it back to the theatre ghosts.

306
00:29:10,227 --> 00:29:15,898
There's nothing quite so mysterious
and silent as a dark theatre.

307
00:29:16,107 --> 00:29:18,148
A night without a star.

308
00:29:21,696 --> 00:29:27,902
- Why don't we get some coffee?
- Georgie? She makes the decisions.

309
00:29:28,119 --> 00:29:30,789
Is that true, Mrs Elgin?

310
00:29:30,997 --> 00:29:35,328
To the extent that Frank's brought
out the mother in me, yes.

311
00:29:35,544 --> 00:29:41,298
I'd like some coffee, and I'd like
to get to know Mr Dodd better.

312
00:29:41,508 --> 00:29:44,379
I'd like to get to know you better.

313
00:29:44,594 --> 00:29:46,635
Shall we go along?

314
00:29:49,641 --> 00:29:53,225
Yes, the theatre is mysterious.

315
00:29:59,025 --> 00:30:01,066
It sure is.

316
00:30:23,216 --> 00:30:26,633
Hi, Charlie. Excuse me a minute.

317
00:30:28,430 --> 00:30:34,101
No, thanks, never use them. Are you
really satisfied with Frank's work?

318
00:30:34,311 --> 00:30:38,012
I'll be happy when he gets
the part out of his hands.

319
00:30:38,231 --> 00:30:40,901
He has his worries with those lines.

320
00:30:41,109 --> 00:30:44,479
I'd appreciate it
if you didn't add to them.

321
00:30:44,696 --> 00:30:49,655
He seems to be more concerned
about you than the audience.

322
00:30:49,868 --> 00:30:53,569
You mean he's too focused
on my reaction?

323
00:30:53,788 --> 00:30:56,031
That's one way of putting it.

324
00:30:56,249 --> 00:31:00,497
You could help by being careful
of what you do and say.

325
00:31:00,712 --> 00:31:05,256
I try to be careful, but being
an actor's wife is not easy.

326
00:31:05,467 --> 00:31:09,051
If I tell him he's magnificent,
he says I'm not honest.

327
00:31:09,262 --> 00:31:13,391
- If not, he says I don't love him.
- He's good but can be better.

328
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,729
- Is that what the critics will say?
- Are you a critic or a wife?

329
00:31:17,938 --> 00:31:21,521
I try in my small way to help.

330
00:31:21,733 --> 00:31:26,277
That's what my ex-wife used to
keep reminding me, tearfully.

331
00:31:26,488 --> 00:31:30,617
She had a theory that behind
every great man was a great woman.

332
00:31:30,825 --> 00:31:33,662
She was convinced that she was great

333
00:31:33,870 --> 00:31:37,999
and that all I needed
was guidance on her part.

334
00:31:38,208 --> 00:31:41,044
She worked hard at it. Too hard.

335
00:31:41,253 --> 00:31:44,753
It doesn't prove her theory
was completely wrong.

336
00:31:44,965 --> 00:31:48,833
One could go through history
and find a few good examples.

337
00:31:49,052 --> 00:31:53,680
It's a pity that Leonardo da Vinci
never had a wife to guide him.

338
00:31:53,890 --> 00:31:56,976
He might have really got somewhere.

339
00:32:01,857 --> 00:32:07,444
You know who that was? Charlie Blair.
You remember him. He was...

340
00:32:25,422 --> 00:32:29,123
<i>Here's another oldie.
It's on the hit parade again.</i>

341
00:32:29,342 --> 00:32:33,922
<i>Let's listen to the original
recording made by Frank Elgin.</i>

342
00:32:34,139 --> 00:32:37,591
<i>He's backed up
by Jimmy Bolton's Orchestra.</i>

343
00:32:37,809 --> 00:32:39,850
<i>See if you remember it.</i>

344
00:34:43,768 --> 00:34:45,809
- Was that OK, Jimmy?
- Good.

345
00:34:46,021 --> 00:34:48,061
Harry, you want to buy that one?

346
00:34:48,273 --> 00:34:52,188
Sure will. I'll give you
the playback in a second.

347
00:34:52,402 --> 00:34:54,894
Take five, boys.

348
00:34:56,907 --> 00:35:01,783
You pretty near broke me up
with your bad beat. How'd it sound?

349
00:35:01,995 --> 00:35:04,452
- It's a lovely tune.
- And the singer?

350
00:35:04,664 --> 00:35:09,707
- He has a pleasant voice.
- If you were my agent, we'd starve!

351
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,162
I've got a hair appointment.

352
00:35:12,380 --> 00:35:16,082
- You're not taking him.
- It's Sally's day off.

353
00:35:16,301 --> 00:35:20,430
Oh, no. He'll grow up to be
a hairdresser. I'll take him.

354
00:35:20,639 --> 00:35:23,594
To the Lambs' Club to play pool?

355
00:35:23,808 --> 00:35:28,353
It's better than teaching him how to
set a wave. I'll take him to the zoo.

356
00:35:28,563 --> 00:35:32,313
And bring him home full of peanuts,
ice cream and chocolate?

357
00:35:32,526 --> 00:35:36,655
Johnny, tell this lady to run along.
This is strictly stag.

358
00:35:36,863 --> 00:35:40,150
- Strictly stag.
- He's your responsibility.

359
00:35:40,367 --> 00:35:45,528
If he gets a stomach ache in
the night, that's strictly stag, too.

360
00:35:45,747 --> 00:35:47,373
Goodbye.

361
00:35:51,628 --> 00:35:54,085
Isn't Mommy a doll?

362
00:35:56,258 --> 00:35:59,295
Bye, hon.

363
00:35:59,511 --> 00:36:03,095
- Peanuts!
- Yeah. First we'll hear this playback.

364
00:36:03,306 --> 00:36:07,435
- Then Charlie wants some pictures.
- Take two of the chorus.

365
00:36:28,164 --> 00:36:34,880
Can I get one shot of you looking at
the trademark for the album cover?

366
00:36:35,088 --> 00:36:38,672
Make it fast. I got a date
with my friend here.

367
00:36:38,884 --> 00:36:43,214
I think it would be better
without the hat. Right.

368
00:36:43,430 --> 00:36:46,099
Put your hands on the record.

369
00:36:49,644 --> 00:36:55,897
Put the right one at the bottom, too.
That's perfect. Just hold it.

370
00:36:56,109 --> 00:36:59,194
Hold it. Hold it.

371
00:37:03,325 --> 00:37:05,365
Johnny!

372
00:37:18,006 --> 00:37:21,293
The men for the trunk
are downstairs...

373
00:38:07,847 --> 00:38:14,053
- When did you get these, Frank?
- Last night, after you fell asleep.

374
00:38:14,271 --> 00:38:19,432
I went out and got a paper and...
What's the difference?

375
00:38:19,651 --> 00:38:23,566
- I got a good night's sleep.
- No more, Frank.

376
00:38:25,991 --> 00:38:31,781
I'll get you some sleeping pills.
One a night can't hurt.

377
00:38:31,997 --> 00:38:35,912
I'm not sure I'm going to Boston.

378
00:38:40,046 --> 00:38:43,962
What's the use? I'll never
go through with this show.

379
00:38:44,175 --> 00:38:47,094
I'll mess it up,
like everything else.

380
00:38:47,304 --> 00:38:51,005
- That day was an accident.
- That's what the paper said.

381
00:38:51,224 --> 00:38:56,183
- He was my responsibility that day.
- Frank, stop it! Stop!

382
00:39:04,362 --> 00:39:08,990
- Have you told Dodd about this?
- No. Don't you tell him either.

383
00:39:09,201 --> 00:39:14,539
I won't, but I think maybe
you should. It might help.

384
00:39:14,748 --> 00:39:20,538
Nobody is going to have any respect.
He'd tell Cook. He'd fire me.

385
00:39:20,754 --> 00:39:24,040
Who'd risk $200,000
on a guy that irresponsible?

386
00:39:24,257 --> 00:39:29,419
Let's say you were responsible.
You've got to prove to yourself...

387
00:39:29,638 --> 00:39:34,550
You don't know what it's like
to stand on that stage all alone.

388
00:39:34,768 --> 00:39:37,521
If I'm no good, the show's no good.

389
00:39:37,729 --> 00:39:43,768
I've got the future of 100 people
in my hand. This hand.

390
00:39:48,365 --> 00:39:51,651
- Elgin, trunk for Boston?
- Come in.

391
00:39:53,578 --> 00:39:55,619
- Theatre or hotel?
- Theatre.

392
00:39:55,830 --> 00:39:58,749
- No...
- Everything's packed. It's ready.

393
00:39:58,959 --> 00:40:03,420
"THE LAND AROUND US"
THEATRE

394
00:40:14,266 --> 00:40:16,722
<i>Joe's nothing but a dreamer.</i>

395
00:40:16,935 --> 00:40:21,064
<i>Let him show you
what he's been dreaming about.</i>

396
00:40:21,273 --> 00:40:24,061
<i>That's fair enough. Come on, Phil.</i>

397
00:42:57,512 --> 00:43:01,013
How do they expect me
to make these fast changes?

398
00:43:01,224 --> 00:43:05,140
- Haven't I done it right?
- Yes, but I want you out front.

399
00:43:05,353 --> 00:43:09,186
- Give me the dicky!
- You're doing wonderfully.

400
00:43:09,399 --> 00:43:15,320
I am not! Why don't they get me
a dresser? They could afford a dozen.

401
00:43:15,530 --> 00:43:18,069
- Do you want me to talk to Cook?
- Yes.

402
00:43:18,283 --> 00:43:22,993
Tell him to stop that understudy
hovering there like a vulture.

403
00:43:23,205 --> 00:43:26,290
- If you talked to Mr Dodd...
- You talk to him.

404
00:43:26,499 --> 00:43:30,629
Tell him to keep that guy out front.
Get me some new tissue.

405
00:43:30,837 --> 00:43:33,163
I will, right after rehearsal.

406
00:43:33,381 --> 00:43:38,543
- I'm sorry I stepped on your line.
- Think nothing of it.

407
00:43:38,762 --> 00:43:43,721
- I was so nervous.
- What about? It's just another show.

408
00:43:43,934 --> 00:43:47,019
Where would you find
a star as sweet as that?

409
00:43:47,229 --> 00:43:49,898
What a wonderful guy.

410
00:43:50,106 --> 00:43:55,149
I'd like to hold the orchestra
for about a half-hour longer.

411
00:43:55,362 --> 00:44:01,282
- Can't you do it in the morning?
- Can I take the doohickeys off?

412
00:44:01,493 --> 00:44:04,162
- Yeah, go ahead.
- There we are.

413
00:44:04,371 --> 00:44:07,657
- See you tomorrow.
- Paul mentioned something to me.

414
00:44:07,874 --> 00:44:10,960
- Eleanor is way overboard.
- I know she is.

415
00:44:11,169 --> 00:44:15,085
- I wasn't thinking about Eleanor.
- Don't you think I know?

416
00:44:15,298 --> 00:44:19,629
- I have some notes.
- We'll go over them tomorrow.

417
00:44:19,844 --> 00:44:24,472
Give the company a one o'clock call.
I'm going out for some fresh air.

418
00:44:24,683 --> 00:44:29,310
Then we'll discuss that spot.
Larry, hold Frank and Helen.

419
00:44:29,521 --> 00:44:34,682
Run the scene in front of the church.
Find out what caused the mix-up.

420
00:44:48,915 --> 00:44:53,246
You talked about the scenery
but not about our real problem.

421
00:44:53,461 --> 00:44:55,502
Elgin was terrible.

422
00:44:55,714 --> 00:45:00,507
That's why you go out of town.
Actors improve. The scenery can't.

423
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,590
If he spoke the script,
I never heard it.

424
00:45:03,805 --> 00:45:07,934
He trips on a rug, there's no chair,
the door won't open.

425
00:45:08,143 --> 00:45:10,183
What do you expect of him?

426
00:45:11,813 --> 00:45:15,942
Besides, his wife was backstage
during the performance.

427
00:45:16,151 --> 00:45:19,852
- She's enough to upset anyone.
- What are you going to do?

428
00:45:20,071 --> 00:45:24,651
- Lower the boom on her.
- He's your problem. I got my own.

429
00:45:24,868 --> 00:45:28,452
The union insists I take on
three more stagehands.

430
00:45:28,663 --> 00:45:33,825
Mr Cook, excuse me.
May I ask you something?

431
00:45:34,044 --> 00:45:38,707
- Do you think Frank needs a dresser?
- No, but I suppose you do.

432
00:45:38,924 --> 00:45:45,045
Well, those two fast changes.
It's a very large part, after all.

433
00:45:45,263 --> 00:45:50,935
Bernie, every time you nod your head
like that, it costs us $200.

434
00:45:51,144 --> 00:45:54,645
You're going to nod us
out of business.

435
00:45:56,024 --> 00:45:58,943
Don't worry. We'll get him a dresser.

436
00:45:59,152 --> 00:46:05,357
Mr Cook is almost what the bad fairy
promised Frank at his cradle.

437
00:46:05,575 --> 00:46:10,737
He's not too bad.
Gruff, but with a heart of stone.

438
00:46:17,170 --> 00:46:19,211
You smoke too much.

439
00:46:19,422 --> 00:46:23,552
That's obvious.
A whole pack since 10.30.

440
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:26,003
Careful you don't catch cold.

441
00:46:26,221 --> 00:46:31,809
After every first dress rehearsal,
I always hope to catch pneumonia.

442
00:46:32,018 --> 00:46:38,105
It never works. Oh, for the peaceful
quiet of an oxygen tent.

443
00:46:38,316 --> 00:46:45,364
Mr Dodd, who is that tall, gloomy man
that hangs around backstage?

444
00:46:45,574 --> 00:46:47,614
Lucas, is that the name?

445
00:46:47,826 --> 00:46:53,414
Yes. General understudy.
Not much personality but competent.

446
00:46:53,623 --> 00:46:58,167
Well, excuse me for saying this,
but must he stay backstage?

447
00:46:58,378 --> 00:47:00,419
It seems to bother Frank.

448
00:47:00,630 --> 00:47:03,300
I'll watch him.

449
00:47:03,508 --> 00:47:08,467
Is Frank that insecure?
He's working well, in good humour.

450
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:12,548
Don't you know what hides
behind that good humour?

451
00:47:12,767 --> 00:47:15,010
Certain men are very strange.

452
00:47:15,228 --> 00:47:18,729
Business couldn't be better,
wife and kids are fine,

453
00:47:18,940 --> 00:47:21,397
jokes with the boys at the club.

454
00:47:21,610 --> 00:47:25,655
The next day, he's hung himself
from the chandelier.

455
00:47:25,864 --> 00:47:29,779
Is that supposed to be
a picture of Frank?

456
00:47:29,993 --> 00:47:32,034
Yes and no.

457
00:47:32,245 --> 00:47:38,664
Frank doesn't like to make a remark
that might lose him people's regard.

458
00:47:38,877 --> 00:47:43,836
If anything has to be said
that might cause antagonism,

459
00:47:44,049 --> 00:47:46,173
well, that's my job.

460
00:47:54,601 --> 00:47:58,386
I hate to say this,
but I hired a good performer.

461
00:47:58,605 --> 00:48:02,770
I may want him without
his sisters, cousins and aunts.

462
00:48:02,984 --> 00:48:09,699
I never meant to interfere. I was
just offering myself as a liaison...

463
00:48:09,908 --> 00:48:13,159
I have no problems with Frank.
Don't make any.

464
00:48:13,370 --> 00:48:16,870
Before this is over,
you may face a couple of beauties.

465
00:48:17,082 --> 00:48:20,666
- Is that a threat?
- No.

466
00:48:20,877 --> 00:48:25,836
It's just a simple statement
based on experience.

467
00:48:26,049 --> 00:48:30,178
Whether you like it or not,
Frank's weak. He's a leaner.

468
00:48:30,387 --> 00:48:33,970
I happen to be the one he leans on.

469
00:48:34,182 --> 00:48:36,555
A good, strong helpmate.

470
00:48:36,768 --> 00:48:41,312
You and your strength might be
the very reason he is weak.

471
00:48:41,523 --> 00:48:44,192
I don't like strong women.

472
00:48:44,401 --> 00:48:47,818
I'm not here to audition for you.

473
00:48:48,029 --> 00:48:51,115
I'm here for the same reason you are,

474
00:48:51,324 --> 00:48:55,952
to do everything in my power
to make him a success in this.

475
00:48:56,162 --> 00:49:01,953
I want to see Frank stand on his own
two feet for very personal reasons.

476
00:49:02,168 --> 00:49:07,544
Then don't overplay your hand. Frank
can go anywhere, right to the top.

477
00:49:07,757 --> 00:49:12,385
Or he may go back to
that smelly room, and you with him!

478
00:49:17,309 --> 00:49:22,470
I got that line straightened out.
Helen was throwing me the wrong cue.

479
00:49:22,689 --> 00:49:24,730
I'm glad you got it fixed.

480
00:49:24,941 --> 00:49:29,900
Frank, I noticed the understudy
backstage. Does that bother you?

481
00:49:30,113 --> 00:49:35,784
No, never even noticed. How else
is he going to learn his business?

482
00:49:40,957 --> 00:49:44,541
- Is that you, Georgie?
- Yes.

483
00:49:44,753 --> 00:49:48,170
- Are you coming in?
- In a minute.

484
00:49:48,381 --> 00:49:51,467
I want to get a breath of fresh air.

485
00:49:51,676 --> 00:49:58,391
I can't come out. I'm still soggy.
What did they say about the dresser?

486
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:00,640
You'll get him.

487
00:50:00,852 --> 00:50:07,567
It looks like they've got a little
respect for the old man after all.

488
00:50:07,776 --> 00:50:11,691
Yes, they have respect for you.

489
00:50:11,905 --> 00:50:13,945
I'll be out in a second.

490
00:50:33,969 --> 00:50:38,715
- It's a different kind of a show.
- Yes, but I'm enjoying it.

491
00:50:38,932 --> 00:50:43,559
It's a beautiful production.
I bet the costumes cost $50,000.

492
00:50:43,770 --> 00:50:46,642
I think it's the most exciting thing!

493
00:50:46,857 --> 00:50:50,772
- Where did you get it?
- From George, for my birthday.

494
00:50:50,986 --> 00:50:56,823
You've seen him before, years ago,
in that show in Central Park.

495
00:50:57,033 --> 00:51:01,661
- Was he the same one?
- So easy-going and likeable.

496
00:51:19,472 --> 00:51:23,056
- Are you catching cold?
- That's all I need.

497
00:51:23,268 --> 00:51:26,186
You're smoking too much. Go to sleep.

498
00:51:26,396 --> 00:51:31,771
- I want to see the review first.
- You can see it at breakfast.

499
00:51:31,985 --> 00:51:38,190
I can't sleep. What time do they
deliver the paper? In the afternoon?

500
00:51:38,408 --> 00:51:41,992
I don't know why they picked
this place to open in.

501
00:51:42,204 --> 00:51:45,787
It's like getting locked
in a deep freeze.

502
00:51:50,420 --> 00:51:52,461
Just came in, Mr Elgin.

503
00:52:27,791 --> 00:52:30,662
I'll get you another sleeping pill.

504
00:52:46,101 --> 00:52:50,016
- Hello.
- I didn't think I'd be waking you.

505
00:52:50,230 --> 00:52:54,311
The only important ones
are the New York notices.

506
00:52:54,526 --> 00:52:59,687
Yeah, I don't worry about
these out-of-town critics.

507
00:52:59,906 --> 00:53:01,947
They don't bother me.

508
00:53:04,995 --> 00:53:09,622
Georgie was a little upset,
but I reminded her of <i>Lonesome Town.</i>

509
00:53:09,833 --> 00:53:14,875
The Philadelphia critics murdered us,
but in New York we were a smash.

510
00:53:15,088 --> 00:53:20,961
We've got five weeks. Opening night
in New York, it'll be great.

511
00:53:21,177 --> 00:53:26,173
<i>But let's not kid ourselves.
It'll take an awful lot of work.</i>

512
00:53:26,391 --> 00:53:30,306
You've got a big day tomorrow,
a rehearsal, a performance

513
00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:34,851
and production stills after that,
so get all the rest you can.

514
00:53:35,066 --> 00:53:37,107
<i>- OK.</i>
- Good night.

515
00:53:43,366 --> 00:53:47,317
The dame in this paper
puts her finger right on it.

516
00:53:47,537 --> 00:53:53,208
She says, "Elgin lacks authority
in a role that cries for it."

517
00:53:53,418 --> 00:53:58,579
- No authority. That's it.
- You know why he lacks authority?

518
00:53:58,798 --> 00:54:05,004
Because his wife has too much of it.
She's got to go back to New York.

519
00:54:05,222 --> 00:54:09,137
We ought to make it
transportation for two.

520
00:54:09,351 --> 00:54:13,978
If you don't like what I'm doing,
make it transportation for three.

521
00:54:18,652 --> 00:54:23,398
Now, we were discussing that scene
in front of the town hall.

522
00:54:23,615 --> 00:54:28,776
We go past the climax. Let's cut
the scene here tomorrow night.

523
00:54:33,625 --> 00:54:38,786
- Over a little more. That's it.
- Everybody out front, keep quiet.

524
00:54:39,005 --> 00:54:43,051
Sit down and keep quiet
or you'll be here all night.

525
00:54:43,260 --> 00:54:45,300
Settle down.

526
00:54:45,512 --> 00:54:48,004
All right, here we go.

527
00:54:48,223 --> 00:54:51,308
Stay! Hold it!

528
00:54:51,518 --> 00:54:55,433
- OK, go ahead.
- Hold it. Thank you.

529
00:54:55,647 --> 00:55:00,109
Hold those positions.
I want to change one thing here.

530
00:55:00,318 --> 00:55:04,981
While Frank is speaking,
I want you to look directly at him.

531
00:55:05,198 --> 00:55:10,869
And no movement, nothing that will
distract the audience from him.

532
00:55:11,079 --> 00:55:14,579
He's got to be
the centre of attention.

533
00:55:14,791 --> 00:55:19,419
You really think
it would be better that way?

534
00:55:19,629 --> 00:55:25,087
I thought it would be kind of nice
and natural if I was in the crowd.

535
00:55:25,302 --> 00:55:29,051
No, it's all wrong.
The words lose importance.

536
00:55:29,264 --> 00:55:33,808
He's asking these people
to have faith in him, to trust him.

537
00:55:34,019 --> 00:55:40,734
He's accepting responsibility for
their future. It's got to be important.

538
00:55:40,942 --> 00:55:45,652
We'll rehearse it tomorrow.
I just wanted to tell you about it.

539
00:55:45,864 --> 00:55:50,823
We've got one more shot where
you're here looking at the poster.

540
00:55:53,079 --> 00:55:55,120
Yell when you're ready.

541
00:55:56,208 --> 00:55:58,664
Turn your head towards the poster.

542
00:55:58,877 --> 00:56:02,329
- Would you look at the poster?
- Yeah, sure.

543
00:56:02,547 --> 00:56:05,798
WANTED FOR MURDER

544
00:56:06,009 --> 00:56:09,212
- Hold it.
<i>- Put your hands on the record.</i>

545
00:56:09,429 --> 00:56:11,470
<i>Hold it.</i>

546
00:56:16,645 --> 00:56:21,391
- Frank, what's the matter?
- I got a cold.

547
00:56:21,608 --> 00:56:25,737
I've got some stuff in the room.
I'll be right back.

548
00:56:33,537 --> 00:56:35,577
- All finished?
- No.

549
00:56:48,552 --> 00:56:51,257
Frank, I don't like that cough syrup.

550
00:56:51,471 --> 00:56:58,091
- Why not? It's a buck a bottle.
- You can read labels.

551
00:56:58,311 --> 00:57:04,516
It's 22% alcohol. I'll get you
some lemon and honey in the morning.

552
00:57:06,361 --> 00:57:08,900
Cook didn't come back after the show.

553
00:57:09,114 --> 00:57:11,154
No, he didn't.

554
00:57:11,366 --> 00:57:16,409
I'm glad I got that two-weeks clause.
I can quit any time I want.

555
00:57:16,621 --> 00:57:19,160
Why should I care? They don't.

556
00:57:19,374 --> 00:57:22,661
The producer doesn't come back
after the show...

557
00:57:22,878 --> 00:57:25,963
- Leave the bottle.
- I need it for my cough.

558
00:57:26,172 --> 00:57:29,258
- Leave it here.
- But I need it.

559
00:57:34,514 --> 00:57:37,600
George, I need it.

560
00:57:57,454 --> 00:58:01,583
- Frank's on stage.
- I know. I want to talk to you.

561
00:58:03,210 --> 00:58:07,339
Last time we talked, Mr Dodd,
you reduced me to tears.

562
00:58:07,547 --> 00:58:12,839
I promise you it won't happen again.
In fact, I'm glad you're here.

563
00:58:13,053 --> 00:58:18,012
You ought to know he's getting a cold
and shouldn't be kept up late.

564
00:58:18,225 --> 00:58:21,096
- We need stills. How's his spirit?
- Low.

565
00:58:21,311 --> 00:58:23,850
- Why?
- Ask the Boston critics.

566
00:58:24,064 --> 00:58:27,765
I've spent between
10 and 15 hours a day with Frank.

567
00:58:27,984 --> 00:58:31,271
Nothing bothers him
except through your mouth.

568
00:58:31,488 --> 00:58:33,528
We've been through that.

569
00:58:33,740 --> 00:58:39,862
Either he laughs and makes bad jokes
or sits in silence and rots inside.

570
00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:44,209
Either way, for your edification,
he's heading for a bender.

571
00:58:44,417 --> 00:58:49,164
Why do women always think they
understand men better than men do?

572
00:58:49,381 --> 00:58:52,252
Maybe because they live with them.

573
00:58:52,467 --> 00:58:56,003
You'll have him full of whisky
before morning.

574
00:58:56,221 --> 00:59:00,433
He's getting a cold. That's a reason
to jump down the well.

575
00:59:00,642 --> 00:59:06,432
Why work so hard? You handle him,
and now you're trying to handle me!

576
00:59:06,648 --> 00:59:11,276
And don't think I couldn't,
after handling a cunning drunkard.

577
00:59:11,486 --> 00:59:16,694
If you loved this man, you could
never call him a cunning drunkard.

578
00:59:16,908 --> 00:59:19,447
I have a greater love for the truth.

579
00:59:19,661 --> 00:59:22,746
I'm a drunkard's wife.
That's the truth.

580
00:59:22,956 --> 00:59:27,418
Stop looking at everything
as if it were a musical comedy!

581
00:59:27,627 --> 00:59:30,166
I find you slightly grotesque.

582
00:59:30,380 --> 00:59:34,710
You came here to tell me
something. What is it?

583
00:59:34,926 --> 00:59:40,088
Cook's got a replacement for Frank
and a lot of money to protect.

584
00:59:40,307 --> 00:59:44,092
I think Frank will improve.
Cook thinks he won't.

585
00:59:44,311 --> 00:59:49,686
- Well, he won't unless you leave.
- You'll be sorry. He'll be helpless.

586
00:59:49,900 --> 00:59:55,061
- I'll help him.
- You wouldn't know where to begin!

587
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:59,065
I'll begin by not calling him
a cunning drunkard.

588
00:59:59,284 --> 01:00:03,413
I'll give him confidence
by rejoicing in his talents

589
01:00:03,622 --> 01:00:06,789
instead of reminding him
of his weaknesses.

590
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:10,203
I'll let him face a decision
without fear.

591
01:00:10,420 --> 01:00:12,959
I won't stifle him with bitterness.

592
01:00:13,173 --> 01:00:17,302
I might bend the truth, but I'll get
a performance out of him.

593
01:00:17,510 --> 01:00:23,016
That's the difference. You want him
to become the actor he once was.

594
01:00:23,225 --> 01:00:29,228
I'm his wife. I want him once more
as the man he once was,

595
01:00:29,439 --> 01:00:35,644
able to face responsibility, and you
don't do that by bending the truth!

596
01:00:35,862 --> 01:00:39,446
You don't do it by stripping him
of self-respect.

597
01:00:39,658 --> 01:00:42,197
I'll fight you for this man.

598
01:00:42,410 --> 01:00:45,329
Not too hard. I may let you have him.

599
01:00:45,539 --> 01:00:50,118
Oh, no. You want him wholly
and utterly dependent.

600
01:00:50,335 --> 01:00:55,496
You realised, with all your fine
breeding, you were a failure.

601
01:00:55,715 --> 01:01:00,877
It gave you a feeling of power
to control someone else's life.

602
01:01:01,096 --> 01:01:06,257
Worse, you do it in the name of love.
You're as phoney as an opera soprano.

603
01:01:09,646 --> 01:01:14,226
Did I forget to tell you I'm proud?

604
01:01:15,902 --> 01:01:22,617
Make up your mind. Either you go
to New York alone, or you both go.

605
01:01:27,205 --> 01:01:31,334
I'll go, on one condition.

606
01:01:33,628 --> 01:01:38,256
Let me tell Frank in my own way,
in my own time.

607
01:01:40,093 --> 01:01:44,222
As long as you're on that train
by tomorrow night.

608
01:01:47,893 --> 01:01:51,393
- The traffic's a little heavy!
- Finished?

609
01:01:51,605 --> 01:01:53,645
Got it all wrapped up.

610
01:01:56,776 --> 01:02:03,491
Frank, I'd like to run through that
new scene after the matinée tomorrow.

611
01:02:03,700 --> 01:02:05,741
- You tired?
- Me?

612
01:02:05,952 --> 01:02:10,699
How can you be tired playing a part
you've waited for all your life?

613
01:02:10,916 --> 01:02:15,377
- Your energy was low again tonight.
- I know. It's this cold.

614
01:02:15,587 --> 01:02:18,672
- Are you sure it's not nerves?
- Are you kidding?

615
01:02:18,882 --> 01:02:22,797
- Tell him what's bothering you.
- What's bothering me?

616
01:02:23,011 --> 01:02:26,595
- Cook and the notices, for instance.
- Oh, that.

617
01:02:26,806 --> 01:02:29,974
I just wondered why
he didn't come backstage.

618
01:02:30,185 --> 01:02:34,515
Is he mad or something?
Those weren't exactly money notices.

619
01:02:34,731 --> 01:02:41,779
Mr Dodd believes in you. I can't
help you if you're worried. He can.

620
01:02:41,988 --> 01:02:44,029
But I'm not worried.

621
01:02:44,241 --> 01:02:47,112
Did you not tell me ten minutes ago

622
01:02:47,327 --> 01:02:50,412
that you wanted
to hand in your notice?

623
01:02:50,622 --> 01:02:52,865
I was just ribbing you, honey.

624
01:02:53,083 --> 01:02:58,291
You got to be careful around here.
You can't open your mouth.

625
01:02:58,505 --> 01:03:03,666
- Your wife's returning to New York.
- I said nothing of the sort.

626
01:03:09,349 --> 01:03:13,514
- What do you mean, New York?
- We can talk about it later.

627
01:03:13,728 --> 01:03:16,814
Would you leave us alone, Mrs Elgin?

628
01:03:28,326 --> 01:03:30,569
Let's get one thing straight.

629
01:03:32,163 --> 01:03:34,833
- What is that?
- It's cough syrup.

630
01:03:35,041 --> 01:03:39,170
Pine, tar, cherries,
a whole bush in a bottle.

631
01:03:39,379 --> 01:03:44,540
- This stuff is 22% alcohol.
- Alcohol?

632
01:03:44,759 --> 01:03:48,046
I told Georgie to get something
to loosen my throat.

633
01:03:48,263 --> 01:03:52,807
- Don't you know what these can do?
- She didn't look at the label.

634
01:03:53,018 --> 01:03:56,518
Maybe she did. She's jealous
of the show and of me.

635
01:03:56,730 --> 01:04:00,230
This is how far she'd go.
She'd even kick you off the wagon.

636
01:04:00,442 --> 01:04:04,571
- I know she's high-strung...
- I want her back in New York.

637
01:04:04,779 --> 01:04:09,526
We've got hard work ahead. I haven't
time for frustrated females.

638
01:04:12,829 --> 01:04:18,037
Go back to the hotel and get some
sleep. I want you fresh tomorrow.

639
01:04:24,549 --> 01:04:30,754
Mrs Elgin, Frank knows
exactly how I feel.

640
01:04:30,972 --> 01:04:35,635
He appreciates what has to be done.
See you tomorrow, Frank.

641
01:04:41,316 --> 01:04:44,816
He can be pretty arrogant
and insulting.

642
01:04:45,028 --> 01:04:48,315
He had no right
to treat you like that.

643
01:04:48,532 --> 01:04:50,572
Did you tell him that?

644
01:04:54,037 --> 01:04:59,708
I poured it in the sink. If you
don't believe me, go and smell it.

645
01:05:03,421 --> 01:05:06,708
- Where's the other bottle?
- What other bottle?

646
01:05:06,925 --> 01:05:10,377
I'm tired. Where's
the other bottle of syrup?

647
01:05:10,595 --> 01:05:16,267
I didn't buy another bottle. I wish
you'd take my word for something.

648
01:05:16,476 --> 01:05:20,391
Never mind. I give up.
I'm not going to look.

649
01:05:25,026 --> 01:05:30,402
- I apologise. He had no right...
- Stop putting on a front.

650
01:05:30,615 --> 01:05:35,777
- Who's putting on a front?
- You are! You lie, you lie, you lie!

651
01:05:41,710 --> 01:05:46,040
- Are you going back to New York?
- I don't know why not.

652
01:05:46,256 --> 01:05:48,499
You want to leave me, don't you?

653
01:05:48,717 --> 01:05:53,878
At the moment, I want you to get
dressed so we can get out of here.

654
01:05:54,097 --> 01:05:57,966
Who's in New York? Who's the guy
you want to get back to?

655
01:05:58,184 --> 01:06:02,230
I'm going to hit you
with the first thing I pick up!

656
01:06:02,439 --> 01:06:06,140
- Now get dressed!
- If you're in such a hurry, go on.

657
01:06:06,359 --> 01:06:09,445
I'll take a walk,
get something to eat.

658
01:06:09,654 --> 01:06:14,198
- It won't do your cold any good.
- Let them worry about it.

659
01:06:14,341 --> 01:06:18,470
- Do you want me to go?
- Yes, if you're in such a hurry.

660
01:06:18,679 --> 01:06:23,306
Have you got the key to the room?
I'll get one from the hotel.

661
01:06:23,517 --> 01:06:29,307
Don't wake me up when you come in.
I may be having a happy dream!

662
01:07:04,558 --> 01:07:07,015
- 65, 75.
- That's for you.

663
01:07:07,227 --> 01:07:09,268
Thanks.

664
01:07:10,898 --> 01:07:12,523
Do you like me?

665
01:07:12,733 --> 01:07:16,434
You're one of the most likeable guys
I've ever seen.

666
01:07:16,653 --> 01:07:20,782
- Jackie, sing something!
- I'll sing if you'll be quiet.

667
01:07:20,991 --> 01:07:24,491
- Yeah, <i>Love And Learn.</i>
- All right, simmer down.

668
01:07:24,703 --> 01:07:26,744
It's my turn to holler.

669
01:08:34,565 --> 01:08:36,938
Go, dad, go!

670
01:08:45,117 --> 01:08:46,945
What about this guy?

671
01:09:03,051 --> 01:09:05,294
Take me home, dad.

672
01:09:40,714 --> 01:09:43,586
Hey, aren't you Frank Elgin?

673
01:09:47,471 --> 01:09:52,217
I used to be. Not a word
or I'll tell them you're Harpo Marx.

674
01:09:52,434 --> 01:09:56,136
<i>- The Pump Song!</i>
- I'm tired. Dance a while.

675
01:09:56,355 --> 01:09:58,894
Order up. Buy something already.

676
01:10:01,568 --> 01:10:04,570
- I'm sorry.
- It's all right. Another?

677
01:10:04,780 --> 01:10:07,651
Yeah. Give me a double.

678
01:10:09,910 --> 01:10:15,581
Pour, pour. Go ahead, fill it up.
Sorry about that drink.

679
01:10:15,791 --> 01:10:21,166
It's all right. Could have happened
to anybody. Just an accident.

680
01:10:21,380 --> 01:10:23,420
Yeah. Just an accident.

681
01:10:25,759 --> 01:10:31,549
That's what the papers said.
It could have happened to anybody.

682
01:10:31,765 --> 01:10:33,806
It was just an accident.

683
01:11:18,729 --> 01:11:21,268
- Come in.
- Morning.

684
01:11:21,482 --> 01:11:23,559
- Morning.
- How's it going?

685
01:11:23,775 --> 01:11:26,445
- We got out 23 minutes.
- That's fine.

686
01:11:26,653 --> 01:11:30,782
If we cut that chorus in half,
what will that give us?

687
01:11:30,991 --> 01:11:35,120
- Another seven minutes.
- Good. That's where we need it.

688
01:11:35,329 --> 01:11:37,369
Hello? Yeah.

689
01:11:39,583 --> 01:11:41,624
What? When?

690
01:11:43,754 --> 01:11:47,669
- Oh, no.
- I think you'd better come down.

691
01:11:47,883 --> 01:11:49,924
I'll wait for you.

692
01:11:52,596 --> 01:11:56,132
- Here's his keys, his belt.
- I know, I know.

693
01:11:56,350 --> 01:12:00,051
75, 85, 90.

694
01:12:01,480 --> 01:12:03,936
Here's your five dollars.

695
01:12:08,070 --> 01:12:13,658
You promised me a couple of problems.
I see you made good your threat.

696
01:12:13,867 --> 01:12:16,739
I didn't threaten you. I warned you.

697
01:12:18,372 --> 01:12:21,658
When he hadn't come in,
why didn't you call me?

698
01:12:21,875 --> 01:12:26,622
- Suppose he had been with a woman?
- You're being evasive.

699
01:12:35,055 --> 01:12:37,096
Sit down, Frank.

700
01:12:45,899 --> 01:12:48,438
Get me some water, Georgie.

701
01:12:53,323 --> 01:12:58,485
What happened, Frank? Sit up!
Don't act as though I'm beating you.

702
01:12:58,704 --> 01:13:01,575
- I'm sorry.
- What happened?

703
01:13:01,790 --> 01:13:05,456
- I don't know.
- What happened after I left you?

704
01:13:05,669 --> 01:13:08,754
- Georgie and I had a fight.
- I thought so.

705
01:13:08,964 --> 01:13:11,836
- I don't know...
- She picked a fine time.

706
01:13:12,050 --> 01:13:15,551
- It wasn't her fault.
- Stop protecting her!

707
01:13:15,762 --> 01:13:19,892
- She's weak, she's so weak.
- She's driven you to drink!

708
01:13:20,100 --> 01:13:23,719
You could be magnificent.
She goes back to New York.

709
01:13:23,937 --> 01:13:28,684
- I don't know what she'd do.
- She goes back this morning.

710
01:13:28,901 --> 01:13:31,060
- She's weak.
- I'll talk to her.

711
01:13:31,278 --> 01:13:33,735
If we go on, you move in with me.

712
01:13:33,947 --> 01:13:37,234
- Cook doesn't want me.
- I'm not sure I want you!

713
01:13:37,451 --> 01:13:41,402
Whatever you say. You decide.

714
01:13:47,127 --> 01:13:49,168
Frank...

715
01:13:55,135 --> 01:13:59,264
Frank stays, you go. The management
will pay your expenses.

716
01:13:59,473 --> 01:14:04,052
Frank may follow you, I'm not sure.
He's moving in with me.

717
01:14:04,269 --> 01:14:09,941
Crisp as lettuce, aren't you?
Do you want me to go, Frank?

718
01:14:18,075 --> 01:14:20,115
I'll go and pack.

719
01:14:20,327 --> 01:14:25,833
Tell Frank he has nothing to worry
about. He thinks you may go drastic.

720
01:14:26,041 --> 01:14:29,209
- It's happened before, I understand.
- What?

721
01:14:29,419 --> 01:14:32,291
Phoney suicide attempts.

722
01:14:32,506 --> 01:14:35,923
Mr Dodd, when I was a child,

723
01:14:36,135 --> 01:14:41,094
the town idiot insisted that
elephant tusks came from piano keys,

724
01:14:41,306 --> 01:14:44,012
but he had nothing on you.

725
01:14:47,271 --> 01:14:50,854
Suicide attempts
are Frank's department.

726
01:15:06,039 --> 01:15:10,833
Show me your wrists, Frank.
Show me your wrists!

727
01:15:42,326 --> 01:15:47,487
- Did you set fire to a hotel suite?
- He told you that?

728
01:15:51,502 --> 01:15:53,958
Was I a hopeless drunk?

729
01:15:54,171 --> 01:15:59,000
Did I have fits of depression?
Was I possessive?

730
01:15:59,218 --> 01:16:04,889
Did I have to have a nurse
watch me when he was on stage?

731
01:16:05,098 --> 01:16:07,970
Didn't you recognise any of it?

732
01:16:09,228 --> 01:16:13,357
That was his big speech in one of
the plays you admired him in

733
01:16:13,565 --> 01:16:16,437
when you were a hat-check boy.

734
01:16:29,665 --> 01:16:36,036
Larry...do you think the understudy
can play the matinée?

735
01:16:38,006 --> 01:16:40,676
Yeah, I think so.

736
01:16:40,884 --> 01:16:45,631
Pay the fine. This is a receipt
for his coat, wallet and the rest.

737
01:16:45,848 --> 01:16:48,933
Take him back to the hotel.

738
01:16:49,143 --> 01:16:53,889
Wait. If they see him in the lobby,
it'll be all over the papers.

739
01:16:54,106 --> 01:16:58,235
Take him to the theatre
and let him sleep it off there.

740
01:17:02,614 --> 01:17:04,655
- Georgie...
- Go on, Frank.

741
01:17:04,867 --> 01:17:08,284
I won't leave without seeing you.

742
01:17:08,495 --> 01:17:11,367
Tell Cook I'll be along in a few minutes.

743
01:17:22,843 --> 01:17:26,972
- May I smoke?
- May you smoke?

744
01:17:27,181 --> 01:17:31,310
What is that supposed to be?
Homage to a lady?

745
01:17:31,518 --> 01:17:36,146
It'll never make me forgive you
for what you've said and done.

746
01:17:38,275 --> 01:17:43,271
I'm not asking for forgiveness.
I want information.

747
01:17:43,489 --> 01:17:49,492
- What made Frank go to pieces?
- The responsibility became too much.

748
01:17:49,703 --> 01:17:53,832
- Why the lying, why the cunning?
- He hates himself.

749
01:17:54,041 --> 01:17:59,629
Consequently, he'll do or say
anything to be liked by others.

750
01:17:59,838 --> 01:18:02,377
People like Frank ought to have
two votes.

751
01:18:02,591 --> 01:18:06,043
Then they could vote
Democrat and Republican.

752
01:18:06,261 --> 01:18:08,302
Everybody would love them.

753
01:18:08,514 --> 01:18:15,229
- Was he always like that?
- No. No, he drank a little.

754
01:18:15,437 --> 01:18:17,478
He wasn't too dependable,

755
01:18:17,689 --> 01:18:23,895
but it was only a pathetic hint of
frailty in a wonderful, glowing man.

756
01:18:26,240 --> 01:18:30,986
That appeals to a lot of us.
It did to me. I was so young.

757
01:18:31,203 --> 01:18:36,993
His weaknesses seemed touching and
sweet. They made me love him more.

758
01:18:40,295 --> 01:18:46,382
One day, he was walking with our son.
He let go of his hand.

759
01:18:46,593 --> 01:18:51,968
There was traffic. He looked
the other way. The boy was killed.

760
01:18:54,685 --> 01:18:58,636
Ever since then, Frank has acted
like a murderer.

761
01:18:58,856 --> 01:19:02,985
Guilt and repentance
and all that goes with it.

762
01:19:03,193 --> 01:19:09,398
But worse than that, he's shunned
any responsibility like the plague.

763
01:19:12,119 --> 01:19:14,990
It covered a pretty wide range.

764
01:19:15,205 --> 01:19:20,793
Everything from not wanting
any more children to...

765
01:19:21,003 --> 01:19:27,208
It must sound ludicrous to anyone
who hasn't lived through it.

766
01:19:27,426 --> 01:19:33,097
It got to the point that he wouldn't
pick out a coat or suit by himself.

767
01:19:39,229 --> 01:19:42,931
I don't know where to begin
to apologise, Mrs Elgin.

768
01:19:43,150 --> 01:19:47,279
You can begin
by not calling me Mrs Elgin.

769
01:19:47,488 --> 01:19:52,151
- And you never left him?
- Twice left, twice returned.

770
01:19:52,367 --> 01:19:57,410
He's a helpless child.
Anyone taking a cab to New York?

771
01:19:57,623 --> 01:20:00,079
If he's as helpless as you say...

772
01:20:00,292 --> 01:20:03,744
He's not helpless now.
He has you, Mr Dodd.

773
01:20:03,962 --> 01:20:08,376
You're the only one that can
handle him. I didn't know it before.

774
01:20:08,592 --> 01:20:13,054
- Then you've learned something.
- The man has to be watched.

775
01:20:13,263 --> 01:20:17,891
You take the job with waving banners
and ten hours later hand it back!

776
01:20:18,101 --> 01:20:24,307
He has to be watched? He has to be
nursed and guarded, but not by me!

777
01:20:24,525 --> 01:20:28,654
I'm going back to New York,
to the comfort of a quiet room.

778
01:20:28,862 --> 01:20:31,734
I won't have to wonder where he is.

779
01:20:31,949 --> 01:20:35,319
He'll be in the strong hands
of Bernie Dodd!

780
01:20:35,536 --> 01:20:40,163
Can you stand him on his feet?
That's where my prayers have gone.

781
01:20:40,374 --> 01:20:44,289
To see that holy hour
when he can stand alone again.

782
01:20:44,503 --> 01:20:46,746
I might forgive you, Mr Dodd,

783
01:20:46,964 --> 01:20:50,879
if you can keep him up long enough
for me to get out from under.

784
01:20:51,093 --> 01:20:55,637
All I want is my own name and
a job to buy sugar for my coffee.

785
01:20:55,848 --> 01:21:01,353
You can't believe that a woman
is crazy-out-of-her-mind

786
01:21:01,562 --> 01:21:04,433
to live alone in one room,
by herself!

787
01:21:04,648 --> 01:21:08,729
- Listen to me!
- Why are you holding me?

788
01:21:27,463 --> 01:21:32,090
How could you be so angry
at someone you didn't even know?

789
01:21:35,804 --> 01:21:37,845
Maybe I really wasn't.

790
01:21:39,475 --> 01:21:44,850
Maybe I screamed at you to keep
myself at an angry distance.

791
01:21:45,063 --> 01:21:50,225
No one has looked at me
as a woman for years and years.

792
01:21:52,488 --> 01:21:56,071
I never knew there was such a woman.

793
01:21:56,283 --> 01:21:59,155
Loyal, steadfast.

794
01:22:00,829 --> 01:22:03,368
And when I found her...

795
01:22:09,171 --> 01:22:14,130
Now I need your answer.
Do you think Frank can make it?

796
01:22:16,678 --> 01:22:19,764
I don't know.

797
01:22:19,973 --> 01:22:25,135
But if he doesn't go through with
this show, he'll never work again.

798
01:22:25,354 --> 01:22:29,483
- I'm sure of that.
- You'll be taking a big chance.

799
01:22:32,027 --> 01:22:35,112
They're the only ones worth taking.

800
01:22:36,824 --> 01:22:41,570
But I can't unless you stay.
Will you?

801
01:22:45,165 --> 01:22:46,993
Yes.

802
01:22:55,926 --> 01:22:57,967
You kissed me.

803
01:23:00,472 --> 01:23:03,973
Don't let it give you
any ideas, Mr Dodd.

804
01:23:07,771 --> 01:23:09,729
No, Mrs Elgin.

805
01:23:24,204 --> 01:23:28,250
It's more thoughtful. He's trying
to figure out an approach...

806
01:23:28,459 --> 01:23:30,499
- Did you see Cook?
- No.

807
01:23:30,711 --> 01:23:32,751
He's talking to Watson.

808
01:23:32,963 --> 01:23:35,004
I haven't got time now.

809
01:23:38,635 --> 01:23:42,337
I've been with the understudy.
Do you want to listen?

810
01:23:42,556 --> 01:23:44,217
Not now.

811
01:23:50,731 --> 01:23:55,109
- How do you feel?
- OK. Larry got me some coffee.

812
01:23:55,319 --> 01:23:57,359
I'll be out in a minute.

813
01:23:57,571 --> 01:24:02,567
You don't have to get out.
All you have to do is get some sleep.

814
01:24:02,785 --> 01:24:05,323
The understudy will want to get in.

815
01:24:05,537 --> 01:24:10,165
I listened to him. He's no good.
You'll have to play the matinée.

816
01:24:10,375 --> 01:24:13,461
Oh, no. Don't stick your neck out.

817
01:24:15,339 --> 01:24:20,417
I'm in no mood to cut my throat
in public. The understudy stinks.

818
01:24:20,636 --> 01:24:24,634
It's not just the matinée.
You've got to replace me.

819
01:24:24,848 --> 01:24:28,135
When you took this job,
I promised you no pity.

820
01:24:28,352 --> 01:24:32,682
I don't expect any.
I'm only warning you. Get rid of me.

821
01:24:32,898 --> 01:24:35,141
Let me go back to New York.

822
01:24:36,819 --> 01:24:41,980
So you can tell the boys you quit
because the part wasn't big enough?

823
01:24:42,199 --> 01:24:47,574
Oh, no. If you leave this show,
it'll only be for one reason.

824
01:24:47,788 --> 01:24:52,747
Because I fire you for being
an unreliable, slobbering drunk.

825
01:24:52,960 --> 01:24:57,872
I know a lot of people who hire
actors. That's what I'll tell them.

826
01:24:58,090 --> 01:25:00,498
It's not just this performance.

827
01:25:00,717 --> 01:25:05,795
I can do a show for you. I've gone on
when I can hardly stand up.

828
01:25:06,014 --> 01:25:09,100
It's not when I'm out there
that it's bad.

829
01:25:09,309 --> 01:25:14,019
This is a matinée in Boston. If I do
this in New York, where are you?

830
01:25:14,231 --> 01:25:17,648
- Where are you?
- You talk as if I do it on purpose.

831
01:25:17,860 --> 01:25:20,731
I can't help it, Bernie.

832
01:25:22,948 --> 01:25:27,944
In between shows and at night,
when I start thinking about it...

833
01:25:28,162 --> 01:25:32,706
You mean the accident?
Georgie told me about it.

834
01:25:32,916 --> 01:25:37,045
- It hasn't been easy.
- Why didn't you tell me about it?

835
01:25:37,254 --> 01:25:40,339
- I don't know.
- You knew I wouldn't buy it.

836
01:25:40,549 --> 01:25:44,251
I don't buy it. A crazy wife.
Yes, you knew I had one.

837
01:25:44,470 --> 01:25:47,341
- It was an accident.
- It was a crutch.

838
01:25:47,556 --> 01:25:52,515
You were getting older, beginning
to slip. You looked for excuses.

839
01:25:52,728 --> 01:25:54,768
The accident was an excuse.

840
01:25:54,980 --> 01:26:00,355
Everybody expects a guy to take that
pretty hard. You used it to the hilt.

841
01:26:00,569 --> 01:26:04,021
- No, Bernie.
- I'm right, and you know it.

842
01:26:05,365 --> 01:26:10,657
You're sure of yourself. You don't
know what it means to be afraid.

843
01:26:10,871 --> 01:26:12,912
You're on top of the heap.

844
01:26:13,123 --> 01:26:17,751
Everything's good for you, but wait
till you've had a couple of flops

845
01:26:17,961 --> 01:26:20,418
and people stop talking about you.

846
01:26:20,631 --> 01:26:23,716
You'll get afraid
and look for excuses.

847
01:26:23,926 --> 01:26:26,844
I'm not blaming you. Just stop lying.

848
01:26:27,054 --> 01:26:31,183
Sure, everybody thought
it was because of the accident.

849
01:26:31,391 --> 01:26:36,553
That's what I wanted them to think,
because I was afraid.

850
01:26:36,772 --> 01:26:42,147
Even when I was the biggest, I was
afraid. I've always been afraid.

851
01:26:42,361 --> 01:26:49,076
I don't know why. It was good to find
a respectable excuse for failure.

852
01:26:49,284 --> 01:26:54,243
I could drink a little more.
Nobody blamed me.

853
01:26:54,456 --> 01:26:57,328
No, they blamed it on the accident.

854
01:26:59,461 --> 01:27:02,547
After I'd milked every tear out of it,

855
01:27:02,756 --> 01:27:06,043
I cut my wrists,
not deep enough to die,

856
01:27:06,260 --> 01:27:11,219
just enough to bleed myself back
into the centre of attention.

857
01:27:11,431 --> 01:27:15,015
Everybody felt sorry for me again.

858
01:27:15,227 --> 01:27:21,432
They understood. Everybody
was talking about me and my tragedy.

859
01:27:21,650 --> 01:27:23,893
That's the way I wanted it.

860
01:27:24,111 --> 01:27:29,272
To keep it that way, I lied.
God, how I lied!

861
01:27:29,491 --> 01:27:32,908
I even lied about Georgie!

862
01:27:36,790 --> 01:27:42,129
You were so right, Bernie.
I keep thinking about it.

863
01:27:42,337 --> 01:27:46,467
Not about the accident,
but how I used it.

864
01:27:48,260 --> 01:27:52,722
- Get some rest.
- I'll keep on thinking about it.

865
01:27:52,931 --> 01:27:58,093
You better not take a chance on me.
You better get rid of me.

866
01:28:09,615 --> 01:28:11,443
- Bernie...
- Shh.

867
01:28:12,743 --> 01:28:16,444
<i>- He's got to sleep.
- I don't care if he hears me.</i>

868
01:28:16,663 --> 01:28:19,535
<i>I talked to Ray Watson in California.</i>

869
01:28:19,750 --> 01:28:23,451
<i>He can be here in the morning.
I said I'd call him back.</i>

870
01:28:23,670 --> 01:28:27,087
<i>- Frank's going to play it.
- Wait a minute.</i>

871
01:28:27,299 --> 01:28:31,428
<i>Don't protect this guy any longer!
I'm calling Ray Watson.</i>

872
01:28:31,637 --> 01:28:35,766
<i>If you do, tell him to bring
a director along with him.</i>

873
01:28:53,575 --> 01:28:56,910
THE LAND AROUND US

874
01:29:04,378 --> 01:29:10,049
All that valley needs is a few
friends to treat it kindly for once,

875
01:29:10,259 --> 01:29:14,756
to loan it a plough, some seeds,
plenty of care.

876
01:29:14,972 --> 01:29:17,012
It'll pay us back.

877
01:29:17,224 --> 01:29:21,970
I know it, Joe, but the others
will take a lot of convincing.

878
01:29:40,873 --> 01:29:44,243
- Western Union.
- Yes, come in.

879
01:29:46,086 --> 01:29:49,788
- How's it going, Ralph?
- Fine, Mr Dodd.

880
01:29:50,007 --> 01:29:54,337
Mr Frank's a big man.
Positive honour to work for him.

881
01:29:55,471 --> 01:29:59,172
- Have you been out front?
- Yeah.

882
01:29:59,391 --> 01:30:03,520
Opening night in New York.
The world's most useless man.

883
01:30:03,729 --> 01:30:08,392
- How's Frank?
- OK. How's it been back here?

884
01:30:08,609 --> 01:30:12,738
He was a little uneasy
with the curtain going up so late.

885
01:30:12,946 --> 01:30:16,233
If the first few rows
had the balcony's manners,

886
01:30:16,450 --> 01:30:19,321
what a wonderful world this would be.

887
01:30:19,536 --> 01:30:22,823
It was sweet of you
to send these wires.

888
01:30:23,040 --> 01:30:26,540
- Who told you?
- I guessed. How many did you send?

889
01:30:26,752 --> 01:30:30,252
- Nine or ten. You?
- Five or six.

890
01:30:30,464 --> 01:30:32,623
Where did you get the names?

891
01:30:32,841 --> 01:30:34,882
The Lambs' Club.

892
01:30:37,805 --> 01:30:42,017
Good, good.
Why don't you go out front?

893
01:30:42,226 --> 01:30:48,063
Not me. I don't sit with the critics.
I hear very well right from here.

894
01:30:48,273 --> 01:30:51,560
That's the advantage
of an on-stage dressing room.

895
01:30:51,777 --> 01:30:53,817
Keep quiet!

896
01:30:55,405 --> 01:30:57,446
That's the disadvantage.

897
01:31:01,829 --> 01:31:07,749
Larry's right. From now on,
it's his show. I'm just a visitor.

898
01:31:07,960 --> 01:31:12,089
- Depressed, aren't you?
- Depressed and mean.

899
01:31:13,882 --> 01:31:20,087
It's been a long nine weeks.
A job is home to a homeless man.

900
01:31:22,015 --> 01:31:24,056
Now the job is finished.

901
01:31:27,229 --> 01:31:29,270
Where do I go from here?

902
01:31:32,943 --> 01:31:38,104
Georgie, five weeks ago
I kissed a woman, a married woman.

903
01:31:41,410 --> 01:31:45,539
Now I know I love her.
I don't know where to turn.

904
01:31:48,083 --> 01:31:51,916
- Close to you like this...
- Bernie...

905
01:31:54,047 --> 01:31:56,088
I waited.

906
01:31:56,300 --> 01:31:58,969
- Are you going to leave him?
- Bernie...

907
01:31:59,178 --> 01:32:03,591
You told me you prayed to see him on
his feet again so you could get out.

908
01:32:03,807 --> 01:32:06,346
Let me show you something.

909
01:33:25,931 --> 01:33:30,060
Looks to me like he's made it.
What about you?

910
01:33:30,269 --> 01:33:34,398
- Are you leaving him?
- Don't you think that can wait?

911
01:33:34,606 --> 01:33:39,234
No, it's been on my mind
since that morning in Boston.

912
01:33:39,444 --> 01:33:41,983
If I could make you understand...

913
01:33:42,197 --> 01:33:45,283
Not now, Bernie. Not now.

914
01:33:51,123 --> 01:33:56,082
First-act curtain. I've got to make
the dressing room tour.

915
01:33:59,256 --> 01:34:02,543
<i>- I thought you were out front.
- Just came back.</i>

916
01:34:02,759 --> 01:34:05,002
<i>You hit it tonight. It's good.</i>

917
01:34:06,388 --> 01:34:11,550
I can handle this. Go have a smoke.
You know something, that's work.

918
01:34:11,768 --> 01:34:13,809
It sounded wonderful back here.

919
01:34:14,021 --> 01:34:17,557
I messed up a couple of spots.
Nobody noticed.

920
01:34:17,774 --> 01:34:22,936
- You'd better touch up the grey.
- Make me look two weeks younger.

921
01:34:30,746 --> 01:34:35,041
- How do you feel?
- Good. How are they liking it?

922
01:34:35,250 --> 01:34:39,379
I only know what I read
in the papers. They came in late.

923
01:34:39,588 --> 01:34:43,207
- As long as they don't leave early.
- Frank...

924
01:34:43,425 --> 01:34:47,341
A lot of things are said
in the heat of the day.

925
01:34:47,554 --> 01:34:49,595
Accept my apologies.

926
01:34:49,807 --> 01:34:55,478
Those things can happen. Naturally,
you include my wife in your apology.

927
01:34:55,687 --> 01:34:59,354
Of course. That includes you, too.

928
01:34:59,566 --> 01:35:05,072
Then start by taking your hat off.
You're not at a smoker, Mr Cook.

929
01:35:08,492 --> 01:35:14,080
This is the first kind word you've
had for us. I think I know why.

930
01:35:14,289 --> 01:35:18,418
You'd like me to sign a contract
before the papers come out

931
01:35:18,627 --> 01:35:22,329
so you can get me
for half what I'm worth.

932
01:35:22,548 --> 01:35:25,087
You'll just have to take my word.

933
01:35:25,300 --> 01:35:29,002
I have been thinking
of contractual arrangements,

934
01:35:29,221 --> 01:35:31,760
but that's not why I came back.

935
01:35:31,974 --> 01:35:36,684
I'm having some people for supper,
and I just wanted to invite you.

936
01:35:36,895 --> 01:35:39,103
And you, Mrs Elgin.

937
01:35:39,314 --> 01:35:43,230
Thanks. I'll drop by
if I'm not too tired.

938
01:35:43,443 --> 01:35:46,778
- Good. Hope to see you.
- Yeah.

939
01:35:49,992 --> 01:35:53,278
Excuse me, Mrs Elgin.
We'll be looking for you.

940
01:35:53,495 --> 01:35:55,536
Thank you.

941
01:36:12,681 --> 01:36:16,383
- Fine performance.
- Thank you. They got you trapped!

942
01:36:16,602 --> 01:36:19,271
- Don't learn the piano.
- Just <i>Chopsticks.</i>

943
01:36:19,480 --> 01:36:21,936
- Great performance.
- Thank you.

944
01:36:23,150 --> 01:36:27,979
- Have you seen Georgie anywhere?
- She was here a minute ago.

945
01:36:42,544 --> 01:36:46,413
There you are, dear.
I only lost about half of it.

946
01:36:56,892 --> 01:37:01,851
Now is as good a time as any
to say thanks to both of you.

947
01:37:02,064 --> 01:37:03,393
For what?

948
01:37:03,607 --> 01:37:07,736
If it hadn't been for you,
Ray Watson would be here now,

949
01:37:07,945 --> 01:37:09,985
looking for a coffee spoon.

950
01:37:10,197 --> 01:37:14,860
Frank, there are as many reasons
for drinking as there are drinkers.

951
01:37:15,077 --> 01:37:18,778
There are only two reasons
why a drinker stops.

952
01:37:18,997 --> 01:37:23,495
He dies or decides to quit
all by himself.

953
01:37:26,130 --> 01:37:28,170
I'm not sure I have.

954
01:37:28,382 --> 01:37:32,333
I faced a crisis up in Boston
and got away with it.

955
01:37:32,553 --> 01:37:38,758
Just about anybody can face a crisis.
It's everyday living that's rough.

956
01:37:40,519 --> 01:37:46,274
I'm not sure I can lick it,
but I think I got a chance.

957
01:37:50,404 --> 01:37:53,489
The point is, Georgie, what about us?

958
01:37:55,117 --> 01:37:57,739
Don't go, Bernie. You're involved.

959
01:37:57,953 --> 01:38:03,114
There's only one thing more obvious
than two people gazing at each other,

960
01:38:03,333 --> 01:38:06,750
and that's two people avoiding it.

961
01:38:06,962 --> 01:38:11,091
Frank, I didn't want to bring up
any of this tonight.

962
01:38:11,300 --> 01:38:14,586
But you did, so let's have
the whole truth.

963
01:38:14,803 --> 01:38:18,304
I married you for happiness.
Yours and mine.

964
01:38:18,515 --> 01:38:22,431
If necessary, I'll leave you
for the same reason.

965
01:38:22,644 --> 01:38:26,061
I can't guarantee you that happiness.

966
01:38:26,273 --> 01:38:32,478
The rest of the whole truth is that
it was as much my fault as yours.

967
01:38:32,696 --> 01:38:36,695
Bernie accused me of wanting you
completely dependent,

968
01:38:36,909 --> 01:38:39,994
of wanting to control your life.

969
01:38:40,204 --> 01:38:45,579
I denied it, of course, but I think
there's an element of truth there.

970
01:38:45,793 --> 01:38:49,922
I don't want to run that risk again.

971
01:38:50,130 --> 01:38:52,171
No, you're right.

972
01:38:52,382 --> 01:38:55,883
This is something
I've got to work out for myself,

973
01:38:56,094 --> 01:38:58,135
with you or without you.

974
01:38:58,347 --> 01:39:03,508
Whether the show is a hit
or a flop is beside the point.

975
01:39:03,727 --> 01:39:08,474
I've got to find myself,
whether it's in one room or five.

976
01:39:10,192 --> 01:39:16,397
I don't think there's any point in us
torturing each other any longer.

977
01:39:16,615 --> 01:39:19,487
You two talk it over. I'll go home.

978
01:39:20,828 --> 01:39:24,328
But, Georgie, don't dismiss
what we had together.

979
01:39:24,540 --> 01:39:27,376
I gave you ten of the roughest years

980
01:39:27,584 --> 01:39:31,535
anybody ever spent outside
of a concentration camp.

981
01:39:31,755 --> 01:39:34,627
It could be more of the same.

982
01:39:42,516 --> 01:39:48,935
That was quite a little speech.
I'm still giving a performance.

983
01:39:49,148 --> 01:39:55,768
This time there's a difference.
At least I know it's a performance.

984
01:40:15,757 --> 01:40:19,258
I know it's gratifying
to be wanted and needed,

985
01:40:19,470 --> 01:40:22,756
but not for every minute
of every day.

986
01:40:22,973 --> 01:40:28,134
Remember that for years he's been
a leaner. You said so yourself.

987
01:40:52,878 --> 01:40:58,039
- Pretty tune, isn't it? Remember it?
- Yes. Yes, I do.

988
01:41:00,427 --> 01:41:02,966
I made a record of it once.

989
01:42:00,362 --> 01:42:03,068
Bernie, I...

990
01:42:03,282 --> 01:42:05,951
I'm always running out of cigarettes.

991
01:42:06,160 --> 01:42:10,075
- You smoke too much.
- And you're impertinent.

992
01:42:13,417 --> 01:42:17,879
But you're loyal and steadfast
and devoted.

993
01:42:19,965 --> 01:42:22,006
I like that in a woman.

994
01:42:47,075 --> 01:42:51,205
- Have you seen Frank anywhere?
- He just left, Mrs Elgin.

995
01:42:53,832 --> 01:42:55,873
- Here you are.
- About time!

996
01:42:56,084 --> 01:42:58,754
- How are they?
- I didn't read them.

997
01:43:08,555 --> 01:43:12,175
- Here's <i>The Times</i> and <i>Tribune.</i>
- Thanks, Larry.

998
01:44:07,156 --> 01:44:08,689
Subtitles: Julia Watts