My Sister Eileen Page #3

Miss Sherwood,

what do you think of yourself?

- I guess Im all right.

- No, Eileen. Ruth.

What do you think of yourself?

No. No matter what anybody says,

youve got to keep your head up high...

and say, Im great. Say it!

Im great

No.

Youve got to shout it out!

So the whole city can hear you.

From the Bronx to the Battery.

Shout!

Im great, but no one knows it

No one knows it

Thats much better.

So far

Thats fine.

But theyll get wise

And realise how wonderful you are

The public may acclaim us

Well be popular and famous

And anyone that pans us

Will be called an ignoramus

Were great, but no one knows it

But who cares about them

Can we be sure?

Theyll say that youre the crme de la crme

Well, I dont know what that means

But I agree with what you say

Were great, but no one knows it

But they will someday

Were great, but no one knows it

No one knows it so far

But theyll get wise

And realise how talented we are

The public will acclaim us

Well be popular and famous

And anyone who pans us

Will be called an ignoramus

Were great, but no one knows it

No one knows it, not yet

But they will even pay us

To endorse a cigarette

As we go by, theyll point us out

And even shout hurray!

Hurray! Were great, but no one knows it

But they will someday

- Wont you sit down?

- Thank you.

Thank...

Thank you. Thank you very much.

- Excuse me.

- Yes?

My name is Eileen Sherwood.

I read in Variety

that Mr. Wallace is casting a new show.

- Would it be possible for me to see...

- Im sorry...

but Mr. Wallace is only seeing people

by appointment.

- Do you think I could make an appointment?

- Im sorry. Thats impossible.

- You can send in the next.

- Thank you anyway.

- Carolyn Christy.

- Im sorry.

- Wont you step in now, please?

- Mr. Wallace, she isnt on the list.

Dont be so technical, Miss Stevenson.

Was America on Columbus map?

I would like to see Mr. Robert Baker, please.

Mr. Baker cant see anyone.

Hes just getting ready

to leave on his vacation.

On his vacation?

Cant I see him for just a minute?

Some of my stories were submitted to him...

by Mr. Stover of the Columbus Courier.

- I have a letter of introduction.

- Im sorry.

If you leave the letter

and your telephone number...

hell get in touch with you when he returns.

The phones not connected yet,

but llI leave the address.

There.

Thank you very much.

Keep smiling.

Now here are your tickets, Mr. Baker.

Your bags are in the taxi,

and your train leaves in 20 minutes.

- Good.

- Bye, Mr. Baker.

No tears, Judy.

George, I left the bar open. Be my guest.

- Thank you.

- Youre getting taller.

Dont you worry about a thing.

Have a wonderful time.

- Catch a lot of fish.

- I will.

- Have fun, Mr. Baker.

- I was hoping youd say that.

- Bye-bye.

- Bye-bye.

- Mr. Baker...

- Goodbye, dear.

- Im terribly sorry. I dont know you, do I?

- Dont mention it, Mr. Baker.

- Im Ruth Sherwood.

- It was nice kissing you.

- Mr. Baker, I know youre in a hurry.

- Yes, Im afraid I have to catch a train.

Excuse me, Jerry,

would you make it non-stop for me?

I guess you dont remember.

Im Ruth Sherwood.

- Yes.

- Bill Stover, of the Columbus Courier...

- he sent you some of my stories.

- Good. Yeah, Bill. How is old Bill?

- We were roommates in college.

- He told me.

- Hes fine.

- Good.

- Did you have a chance to read my stories?

- Your stories. Yes. Oh, yeah.

Yes, I thought youd be more of...

- the spinster type, sort of.

- Spinster?

Those love stories of yours

are pretty depressing.

What I mean is, all romance doesnt end

in epic tragedy necessarily.

The boy running off

and joining the Foreign Legion...

the girl setting fire to her hope chest.

Its the funniest thing...

I usually can figure out what a person is like

from the way they write.

But like you, you just dont seem to me

like a confirmed cynic.

We cynical spinsters

can be pretty deceptive sometimes.

Thank you, Jerry.

I didnt mean to offend you.

Offend me? Just because you say

I write like a frustrated old maid?

Id love to... Excuse me, go ahead.

Id love to discuss this thing

further with you, but I cant, you see.

And just to keep the record straight,

I didnt call you frustrated.

Thank you.

Look, dont get discouraged.

I think you write very well.

- Try writing something youre familiar with.

- With which Im familiar.

It was nice meeting you, Miss...

- Sherwood.

- Sherwood. Yes, of course.

Of course.

Grand Central.

- Good afternoon.

- Hello.

- Can I take your order?

- Yes. Id like a Coke, please.

- Its warm, isnt it?

- Awful.

Want some lime in this?

Lts good in the hot weather.

All right.

- Saw you in here this morning.

- You did?

- You havent been in before, have you?

- Thank you.

- No, I just got in town yesterday.

- You an actress?

No. Id like to be.

But I dont think its going to be very easy.

Ive already seen

three producers this morning.

Dont tell me they werent interested?

They were interested all right,

but not in my acting.

Yes, I see what you mean.

Maybe I could help you get started.

I dont know if you know it or not...

but this place is a real kind of hangout

for people in show business.

- Really?

- Sure.

If I keep my ears open,

I could pick up a lot of inside information...

about auditions and that kind of stuff.

- That would be just wonderful.

- I got it.

Why dont you come in here every day?

Say, for lunch. And llI keep you posted.

Foods excellent.

Every day we have a special.

- Thats certainly very nice of you, Mr...

- Lippencott. Frank Lippencott.

- Fountain manager.

- How do you do? Lm Eileen Sherwood.

I guess llI be seeing you

for lunch tomorrow, Mr. Lippencott.

- Do I pay here?

- Dont worry about it.

- Courtesy of the management.

- Thank you very much.

Remember now. Dont get discouraged.

Ill try not to. Thank you.

Im great, but no one knows it

No one knows it so far

Theyll get wise

And realise how talented we are

As we go by, theyll point us out

And even shout hurray

Well?

Were great

And no one knows it, but they will

Someday

- Good morning, Mr. Newbetter.

- Sorry.

The last few weeks,

I feel like Im living in my own little world.

Sending all these stories to myself.

I think llI call the next one Boomerang.

Cheer up, maybe the next one

wont come back.

Yeah, llI leave off the return address.

- Bad news?

- Not if you like to suffer.

Dont you worry.

Ive got a feeling that this is my lucky day.

If I knock on enough doors...

some producer has to let me

show him what I can do.

- Anything you want while Im uptown?

- Yeah.

- You can cash the last of the Mohicans.

- The last?

When this is gone, weve had it, honey.

$20 and two return tickets

to Columbus, Ohio.

Were not gonna use those tickets.

You just wait. The first thing you know,

youll sell a story...

Ill get a job and we can move out

of this terrible place.

You know, its starting again.

- What?

- The kitchen wall.

It keeps perspiring or something.

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