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Who taught you
how to laugh, vivi?
You must have
had wonderful parents.
I had a wonderful mother.
If she'd been married
to anybody else but my father,
I had to teach myself to laugh.
I was pretty well cried-out
before I was 15.
I had to come here;
You didn't.
But you came,
and I'll be eternally grateful.
You've done more for me
than my doctors,
my pills, my everybody.
How can I thank you?
For the first time in my life,
somebody's made me feel
as if I had a purpose.
That's thanks enough.
Sunday, I'm going
to that little church in town,
try to take up
where I left off 15 years ago.
Oh, I just...
I just saw his face,
and I almost died.
I think the funniest thing is,
"so what are you
gonna do with it?"
May I get you something?
Oh, yes, I'd like some coffee
up in my room.
There was a long-distance call
for Mr. Leslie,
and I wanted to tell him
not to answer it,
at least not that night.
Funny how you get hunches
about some things.
Yes?
Oh, come on in.
- Vivi.
- Coffee?
No, thanks.
I'm afraid I'll have to go back.
You mean now?
Tonight?
Jim'll drive me
into Los Angeles.
I have to make a 6:00 plane
in the morning.
Oh, that's all right.
I understand.
Why don't you stay on?
I have the house till the 15th.
No, I'll go back with you.
On another plane, of course.
I hope we can do this again.
Maybe next year.
Vivi, you're the best companion
I've ever known.
And Lee was the best general,
Mr. Leslie,
but they paid off on grant.
Please, vivi.
It was wonderful,
really wonderful.
That's what makes
saying good-bye so much harder.
Yes, an engagement
starts out one thing
and ends up another, all right.
This I hadn't expected.
He'd given me
less than six weeks,
and I knew then
that I'd given him all my life.
Mrs. Leslie?
Mrs. Leslie?
Mrs. Leslie, Mrs. Leslie?
Yes?
a favor of you.
Nothing ventured;
Nothing gained.
The piano in the living room...
I was wondering if you'd mind
if I used it this afternoon.
Oh, that old thing?
It hasn't been used in so long.
I don't even know
whether it's in tune anymore.
But you're welcome to use it.
I didn't know
you were a musician, Mr. McKay.
I'm not,
but I can get an accompanist.
Oh, you sing?
I had no idea
you were in show business.
You don't seem like the type.
I dance.
Ballroom stuff,
anything to make
a couple of bucks.
Oh, well, dancing's nice too.
I used to love to dance.
Well, now we'll see
how this sounds.
I usually rehearse
at my partner's house,
but her mother's sick today.
If it's out of tune,
we can use the record player.
Sounds all right to me.
Sound okay for you?
My partner's no paderewski.
He won't mind.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Oh, don't you look nice,
miss roland?
You know Mr. McKay,
don't you?
Hi.
I did tell you to remind me
to meet you sometime, didn't I?
Now we've met again.
Aren't you going to be late
for your appointment,
miss roland?
- I'll get a cab at the corner.
- Maybe I can drop you off.
Oh, thanks,
but I'm going to Hollywood.
Well, I'm going
to Hollywood myself.
Come on, it's the least I can do
after this morning.
All right.
Why don't you
go through the kitchen?
It's shorter.
Good luck.
Thanks.
See you later.
TV center, you said?
Yes, please.
You doing a show there?
No, I'm auditioning.
Casland's starting a new series,
private eye stuff.
They're looking for a secretary.
Secretary?
Well, you know,
those private eye secretaries.
Well, here.
"She walked in,
and her hips moved like swans"
on a silver lake,
"her blue-black hair
gleaming like a raven's wing."
How about that?
That kind of secretary
you could be.
I'll buy a 21-inch set
if you get the part.
If I get the part?
I'd better get the part.
Thank you so much, Mr. McKay.
Let me know how you make out.
Good luck!
Hey, McKay.
Hey, Fred,
what are you doing around here?
Agents can't sell talent
to television?
And speaking of talent,
who was that?
She lives at my place.
It's a rooming house.
Yeah, sure.
What's her name?
Nadine roland.
Say, Fred, remember that act
I was telling you about?
We've got it in good shape now,
Nadine roland,
sure, used to hang around
with gillis kemp.
Real crazy dames, kid.
What happened to her?
Gilly's got a penthouse
on the strip.
Say, when do you think
you can have a look at it, Fred?
- At what?
- My act.
Oh, anytime you say, kid,
if you bring
the roland doll along.
Really?
How about this afternoon?
No, make it tonight.
Okay, there's a room
at the house we can use.
About 7:
30 okay?Yeah, 7:
30, 8:00.Just be sure roland's there.
Oh, she has an agent...
Harry willey.
Look, I ain't always an agent.
When the sun goes down,
believe it or not,
I turn into a man.
Okay.
Look, I'll phone the landlady.
If it's all right,
I'll call you.
I can't promise you nothin'.
Don't forget roland.
Oh, I have to get this part,
Mr. willey.
I've just got to.
It means so much.
You just relax, honey.
Relax.
You'll be fine.
We know you can act, don't we?
I'll be in the control booth
with Mr. casland.
- All right, miss roland.
- Stu harkness, please.
Miss roland,
this is stu harkness,
your leading man.
All right, now let's not worry
about your moves,
just the lines.
Stu, you're at the desk, please.
Miss roland,
you'll make an entrance.
All right, standby, everybody.
Stu, take it.
What's the deal on corpeau,
willey?
We'll talk about him later,
Mr. casland.
Let's look at miss roland
now, eh?
Was that a shot?
Nobody's popping champagne
this time of day, sweetheart.
The gringold mob,
they sent a torpedo
to rub you out.
Oh, big Joe,
you gotta get out of town.
Blow this berg
before they blast you.
- Have a close-up on the girl.
- Yes.
Sam, remind Maria
to get another note off
before I leave for the Springs.
When big Joe takes on a caper,
sweetheart,
he sticks till it's cracked
or it cracks him.
Look, big Joe,
I'm only a secretary,
but I got a nose for trouble.
Reminds me of that girl
who did the glomall commercials.
What was her name, Sam?
Oh, yeah, Farrell, that was it.
Did commercials
and drove a big convertible.
I traded in one
to race around town in.
I better call New York direct.
Mr. casland,
what about the girl?
She's not the type.
Cut it.
Okay, kids, thank you.
Wrap it up, Lloyd.
Casland,
you're missing a bet.
Roland looks the part.
She can play it, I tell you.
Tell her what you want.
Let her try it again.
If she had it,
it'd come through to me, willey.
I want a whole woman
for this part,
no starlet stuff,
all angles and chest, no heart.
Your girl's fluff.
That's all, just fluff.
Sam, get ahold
of that Farrell dame.
Maybe she can play it.
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