Gentleman's Agreement Page #6

Good night.

-Why don't you go home?

-I'm slowly going crazy.

Hi there!

Hello, Miss Dettrey.

How can you leave

with such energy and vitality...

...at the end of the day?

I'm bushed.

Getting the book to bed

gets worse every issue.

I didn't know you

called it the book around here.

We do. We're sophisticated

New Yorkers, Mr. Green.

Do you happen to be thirsty?

I do, and I want to hear

your life story.

I think this can be arranged,

if you play your cards right.

You know a nice bar?

This couldn't happen

to a nicer girl.

And that's how I got to be

fashion editor.

Hello,Jim. How are you?

Don't look now.

I think we've got visitors.

Just when I was getting

to the tender part, too.

Mind if I sit

with you charming people?

No. Sit down, Bert.

-Only got a minute. May I?

-Certainly.

You were having such fun,

I couldn't resist.

We just love to spread

merriment.

Our hearts are God's garden...

just occasional weeds.

Another issue gone to press.

I don't see how we do it.

We're just brilliant, Bert.

Every morning, I ask my mirror

who's the most brilliant of all.

What does it say?

That mirror ain't no gentleman.

Well, Green,

how's the series coming?

I'm still just

getting stuff together.

When I was stationed at Guam,

our C.O. talked to us about it.

Quite a liberal.

You were in public relations,

weren't you?

What makes you say that?

I don't know.

You just seem like a...

clever sort of a guy.

What makes you think

I wasn't a G.I.?

Huh?

Now, for goodness' sake, Green,

don't get me wrong.

Why, some of my best friends...

And some of

your other best friends...

...are Methodist,

but you never say it.

Now, look, Anne.

Skip it.

Flag a waiter, Phil,

and be a dear?

Well, if you'll excuse me,

I've got to run.

I'll be seeing you.

Little drip.

''Now, for goodness' sake,

Green...

...''don't get me wrong.''

Really believes it, too.

Disapproves of the poll tax

and Bilbo.

Comes right out and says so,

brave as anything.

He's just a drip, let's face it.

That imitation was wonderful.

Got a million of'em.

We're back to laughs, anyway.

I'm having people up

tomorrow night.

What about pressing

your black tie and coming up?

Sure. Like it fine.

Can I bring my girl?

Of course.

What'll you have, sir?

-More of the same.

-Thank you.

Wait here, will you?

I'll be right back.

Surprise.

That's what I call timing.

I saw your cab drive up.

I just couldn't wait.

Oh, brother.

Oh, it's nothing.

Little lady whips 'em up for me.

Been with the family

for generations.

Look at you.

First time I've seen you

in dinner clothes.

Good enough to eat with a spoon.

Come on, dear, let's go.

I told Ma about us.

Was she pleased?

She was delighted.

She got very emotional...

for Ma, anyway.

She broke one of her best dishes

and blamed it on Tommy.

I called my sisterJane

and blurted it out...

...and she squealed, ''Kathy!''

as if she'd given up all hope

anyone would ask me again.

She's aching to meet you.

They're giving a big party

for us next Saturday.

Won't we have to letJane

in on it?

I hadn't thought.

I hadn't, either, but won't we?

Your mother knows.

She had to,

but Jane and her husband don't.

If you want to keep a secret...

...But wouldn't it be sort of

exaggerated with my own sister?

Your sister-in-law, almost.

I do think it would be

inflexible of you.

I suppose it would,

inside the family.

They won't tell

anybody else, will they?

They'd never breathe it.

They want to fight this awful

thing as much as you and I do.

Darling, I'm going to be

the proudest girl on the block.

I don't have to kiss you

in public.

I've got a nice dark taxi

outside.

What are we waiting for?

Come on.

Don't just stand there.

She's awfully attractive,

isn't she?

She looks really beautiful.

She certainly does,

and she likes you a lot.

I'll scratch her eyes out

if she makes a play for you.

That's the way to talk.

Flash...You haven't got a thing

to worry about.

-Hello, Anne.

-Hello, Anne.

Can I get you something?

Food, drink...

...some certified checks,

spending money, an emerald?

It's a lovely party, Anne.

It'll be better

when it thins out.

I think I can get Sasha to play

and Ethel to sing.

Stick around.

Professor Lieberman

just came in.

Would you two like to meet him?

I should say so.

What does one say

to a world-renowned physicist?

Just ''Hello, toots.''

Come on.

He's a wonderful guy.

I'm not happy

till I'm out in my boat.

I bought a new one.

You ought to join me.

You look tired and drawn.

Say when.

Two people want

to meet you, but are scared.

They'll introduce themselves.

That will make them

open their mouths, anyway.

You're on your own, kids.

Fine friend.

Come on, Fred.

I want them to be alone.

This is my fiance Kathy Lacey.

I'm Phil Green.

John Minify has been

wanting to get us together.

Yes, yes.

Yes, he told me he did.

I'm doing a series for him

on anti-Semitism.

For or against?

Well, he thought

we might hash over some ideas.

What sort of ideas?

Palestine, for instance.

Zionism.

Which?

Palestine as a refuge...

...or Zionism as a movement

for a Jewish state?

The confusion between

the two, more than anything.

If we agree there's confusion,

we can talk.

We scientists love confusion...

...but right now, I'm starting

on a new crusade of my own.

I have no religion,

so I'm notJewish by religion.

Further, I'm a scientist,

so I must rely on science...

...which shows me

I'm notJewish by race...

...since there's no such thing

as a distinctJewish race.

There's not even a Jewish type.

Well, my crusade

will have a certain charm.

I will simply go forth

and state I'm not a Jew.

With my face,

that becomes not an evasion...

...but a new principle...

...a scientific principle.

-For a scientific age.

-Precisely.

There must be millions

of people nowadays...

...who are religious

only in the vaguest sense.

I've often wondered why

theJewish ones among them...

...still go on

calling themselves Jews.

Can you guess why, Mr. Green?

No, but I'd like to know.

Because the world still makes it

an advantage not to be one.

Thus, for many of us,

it becomes a matter of pride...

...to go on calling ourselves Jews.

So you see, I will have

to abandon my crusade...

...before it begins.

Only if there were

no anti-Semites...

...could I go on with it.

And now I would like to try...

...another little

scientific experiment.

I wonder if you would

leave me alone...

...with your

very beautiful fiance...

...while you went

and got me a plate of food?

Well...

...In the interest of science.

Anything for science, Professor.

I'm John Minify's niece

Kathy Lacey.

And a little onion.

There.

Now go play with that, Fred.

Thank you.

This is not my third trip.

It's for Professor Lieberman.

Who's counting?

Shall I fix him some caviar?

It's all deductible

from my income tax, dear.

I have to give parties to see

what the women are wearing.

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