JOE

Hi there, Myron



MYRON

How's it hanging?



JOE

I've got a date with Sheldrake



MYRON

I'm shooting a Western down at Fox



JOE

How can you work with Darryl?



MYRON

We should talk



JOE

Gotta run



BOTH

Let's have lunch



MARY

Hi, Mr. Gillis



JOE

You look great!



MARY

I'm up for an audition



JOE

Sheldrake is driving me insane



MARY

Don't forget me when you're casting



JOE

We should talk



MARY

Gotta run



BOTH

Let's have lunch



JOE MARY

Morning, Joanna Hi there, Myron



JOANNA MYRON

Who are you meeting? You look great



JOE MARY

Sheldrake, but do I need it? I've spent the last month fasting



JOANNA MYRON

I'm handing in my second draft I'm shooting a Western down at Fox



JOE MARY

I'd really love to read it Don't forget me when you're casting



JOANNA MYRON

We should talk We should talk



JOE MARY

Gotta run Gotta run



BOTH BOTH

Let's have lunch Let's have lunch



JOE

Yeah, I have an appointment with Mr. Sheldrake.



JONES

Name?



JOE

Gillis. Joseph Gillis.



JONES

All right, sir, you know your way?



JOE

Yeah.



1ST FINANCEMAN

We want the keys to your car



2ND FINANCEMAN

You're way behind with the payments



1ST FINANCEMAN

Don't give us any fancy footwork...



2ND FINANCEMAN

Give us the keys.



JOE

I only wish I could help

I loaned it to my accountant

He has an important client down in Palm Springs

Felt like shooting the breeze



1ST FINANCEMAN

Are you telling us you walked here?



JOE

I believe in self-denial

I'm in training for the priesthood



2ND FINANCEMAN

O.K., wise guy, three hundred bucks.



1ST FINANCEMAN

Or we're taking the car.



2ND FINANCEMAN

We have a court order.



JOE

I love it when you talk dirty.



SAMMY

Bless you, Joseph



JOE

That you, Sammy?



SAMMY

How do you like my harem?



JOE

How come you get such lousy breaks?



SAMMY

One learns to grin and bear 'em



GIRLS

This is the biggest film ever made.



JOE

What're you playing?



ANITA

Temple virgin



DAWN

Handmaiden to Delilah



JOE

Let's have lunch

Gotta run



You've got to find me a job

I'm way behind with my payments

I thought you were meant to be my agent

I need some work



MORINO

I only wish I could help

This town is dead at the moment

There's been this slowdown in production...



JOE

Who is this jerk?



MORINO

He's my wunderkid from Broadway

Every major studio wants him



YOUNGER MAN

Playing one against the other...



JOE

What I need is three hundred bucks



MORINO

Maybe what you need is a new agent.



JOE

Hello, Artie



ARTIE

Joe, you bastard!



JOE

You never call me any more



ARTIE

Found a cuter dancing partner

How are things?



JOE

Not so great



ARTIE

Will this help?

Twenty bucks?



JOE

Thanks, you're a pal.



ALL

Good morning, Mr. DeMille.



MYRON

Good morning, C.B.



SHELDRAKE

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



SECRETARY

Mr. Gillis.



SHELDRAKE

Joe! What the f**k brings you here?



JOE

You wanted to see me.



SHELDRAKE

I did? What about?



JOE

"Bases Loaded." It's an outline for a baseball picture.



SHELDRAKE

So, pitch.



JOE

It's about a rookie shortstop. He's batting .347.

The kid was once mixed up in a holdup. Now he's trying to go straight.



SHELDRAKE

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I think I have read this.

Somebody, bring in what we've got on...



JOE

"Bases Loaded."



SHELDRAKE

..."Bases Loaded."



JOE

They're pretty hot for it over at Twentieth.



SHELDRAKE

Good!



JOE

But can you see Ty Power as a shortstop?



ENSEMBLE

Let's have lunch



BETTY

Here's that "Bases Loaded" materical, Mr. Sheldrake.

I made a two-page synopsis for you, but I wouldn't bother to read it.



SHELDRAKE

Why not?



BETTY

It's just a rehash of something that wasn't very good to begin with.



SHELDRAKE

Meet Mr. Gillis. He wrote it.



ENSEMBLE

We should talk



SHELDRAKE

This is Miss Kramer.



BETTY

Schaefer. Betty Schaefer. And right now, I'd like to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me.



JOE

If I could be of any help...



BETTY

I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis, I couldn't see the point of it.



JOE

What sort of material do you suggest? James Joyce? Dostoyevsky?



BETTY

I think pictures should at least try to say a little something.



JOE

I see you're one of the message kids.

I expect you'd have turned down "Gone With the Wind".



SHELDRAKE

No, that was me.



ENSEMBLE

Gotta run



BETTY

And I guess I was disappointed.

I've read some of your other work and I thought you had some real talent.



JOE

Yeah, that was last year. This year I felt like eating.



BETTY

Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis.



SHELDRAKE

Thank you, Miss Kramer.

Well, looks like Zanuck's got himself a baseball picture.



ENSEMBLE

We should talk

Gotta run

Let's have lunch



JOE

You've got to give me some work

I'll take whatever's on offer

There must be some shit that needs a rewrite

Throw it my way



SHELDRAKE

I only wish I could help

There's no spare shit at the moment

Remember the greatest writers starved in Garrets

Didn't care about pay



JOE

Are you trying to be funny?



SHELDRAKE

I believe in self-denial

Gives a man some moral backbone



JOE

Can you loan me three hundred bucks?



SHELDRAKE

I'm sorry, Gillis. Good-bye.



JOE

I just love Hollywood.



MYRON

Morning, Joanna CLIFF

Where've you been hiding? SAMMY

Hi there, Lisa MYRON

How're you doing? KATHERINE



I hate this weather CLIFF

You look great LIZ

RKO are O.K.!



MARY

What're you doing? JOANNA

You look great GIRLS

This is the biggest film ever made CLIFF

I'm trying to make my mind up MARY



Guess I was born to play her DAWN

What is my motivation?



JOANNA

You look great SAMMY

They're talking nominations LIZ

You should go work for Warners' MYRON

Is your new script with Sheldrake? MORINO



I'm very close to Sheldrake ARTIE

We shoot next month



SAMMY, SANDY, ARTIE, MORINO, MYRON

Gotta run



JOHN

Let's drive to Vegas this weekend



KATHERINE, JOANNA

Let's have lunch



ANITA

You look great JOANNA

I'm handing in my second draft MARY

It's between me and Dietrich KATHERINE

I've landed a big Broadway show ADAM



I'm gonna work for Metro CLIFF

Let's have lunch MARY

Let's have lunch



GIRLS

Let's have lunch, this is the biggest film ever made MYRON

I'd really love to read it CLIFF

I'd know just how to light you JOHN

Let's have lunch JOHN/LISA



It won't work MORINO

Let's pencil Thursday morning



GROUP 1

We should talk



GROUP 2

Gotta run



CHORUS

Let's have lunch!



Hi, good morning. Aren't we lucky?

Going to work with Cukor

Paramount is paradise

Movies from A to Zukor

We should talk, gotta run



GROUP 1

Let's have lunch



GROUP 2

We should talk



GROUP 1

Gotta run



GROUP 2

Gotta run



ALL

Let's have lunch!

Last Update: December, 24th 2013