Scum of the Earth

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Come on, Sandy.

I promised Lang these pictures tomorrow.

We'll be here all night

trying to get this thing finished.

Keep your shirt on, buster.

I'll keep my shirt on. You

just take yours off.

I've got to get the lines

out of my body.

Ha! Don't worry, baby.

I'll get the lines out for ya.

Comin'.

Do I have to pose with that ape again?

Well, it's what Lang wants.

Well, he knows he's gonna

have to pay me more for this job.

- He knows.

- Well, I still don't like it.

He knows that, too.

She knows I mean it, huh, Harmon?

Hey, them were some pretty good pictures

you made that day.

Well, the best sellers we ever had.

Sandra got a 100-buck bonus.

Just remember you got one coming.

One of these days, I'm gonna spill

the beans on this little deal.

What beans?

Pictures of you from every angle?

Or maybe the pictures of Ajax here

whaling the tar out of you.

I'll even give you some prints.

You can use them for evidence.

You no good, rotten...

Shut up, you!

Come on, come on, let's get going.

- Want me to help?

- No!

No, I can do it myself.

OK, Ajax, come on. Help me move

that stuff back over there, will ya?

And look out for the booze.

OK, now, Sandy. Sit down.

Let's make this nice and easy.

Drape it over here.

Bring it across the back.

I want you to bring your arms up.

OK.

OK, now, Sandy. Let's start off with, uh,

you know, nice and easy,

with an art pose or two.

Give me the hands behind your head.

That's right. Give me the hands behind.

Straighten up your back, honey.

Pull your shoulders back.

That's a girl. Come on, now.

Give me a nice smile.

Come on, come on. That's it. Now hold it.

Now, let's have, um...

Oh, how about "hands at

the glory of sun" bit.

Put your hands up.

Up.

Ajax, tilt that light up

a little bit, will ya?

Yeah, that's perfect.

OK... Come on, Sandy.

Let's cooperate a little, huh?

Now you're really a beautiful girl,

so let's look that way.

Come on, stretch a little.

That's it. That's it.

Harmon, you're really a great photographer.

Why don't you give this up

and try and do something decent?

Why don't you?

You know why.

I'm in this up to my... eyeballs.

Yup. Me too, Sandy.

You know, uh, I'm sorry what I said before.

You know I like you, but...

Oh, what the hell.

Come on! Let's move!

- Or I call Mr. Lang, huh?

- Drop dead, you creep.

OK, Sandy. Come on.

Let's shoot something interesting.

You know, the stuff that sells?

More of those?

Oh, for...

All right.

But remember, I'm not double-jointed.

Yeah, but the...

The high school kids who buy these pictures

think you are.

Let's try anyway-

Tell you what, why don't you try

a different angle?

Yeah, that's a good angle.

But I wanna see it from the other side.

Ah, that's, uh...

that... that's beautiful.

Now hold it.

OK. Just one more.

Anybody got any ideas?

Say, now that's an idea.

Wow!

Wait till Lang sees this one.

Keep that ape away from me!

Harmon? Harmon!

Oh, come on, Sandy. Just a cuddle. You

said you'd do it. Let's get it over with.

No, not with him! He...

He what that you don't know

plenty about already?

No! No!

Stop it, you gorilla!

Ah, shut up. You know you love me.

Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop it! Stop it!

Harmon! Stop him!

Can't you see what he's doing?

I can see.

All right, Harmon. Let's go to work.

Print up 100 of this one.

And this one.

And this one.

And get rid of the rest of 'em.

What's the matter, Sandra?

You got a problem?

Yes, the usual one.

You've certainly seen enough of me by now.

I'm about due for retirement.

Well, let's see.

Sandra, my dear, your, uh...

your modeling has been fairly successful.

Our payroll record shows that

including what you've received today,

you have an income,

and please, report it

to the Internal Revenue Department,

of nearly $9,000 this year.

Well, you ask Larry.

He says my pictures are

getting hard to sell.

Yes, my dear.

I tend to agree with that.

Uh, I think Sandra is right, Mr. Lang.

We ought to let her get out.

Well, well!

I didn't know we had

a personal interest in this.

Sandra, my dear,

we've, uh, talked about this

many times before,

and, uh, this time,

I think you've made your point.

You mean I can get out?

Uh, as a model, yes.

But you wouldn't wanna give up

all of this nice money, would you?

Harmon, say hello

to our new recruiting agent.

Yes, Sandra, my dear.

Your new job will be to find us

new, fresh talent.

Ajax will help you.

Ajax has an eye for beauty.

An eye isn't all he has. I want out.

Let me finish, please.

You'll be paid well for your new work.

Our salesmen have been promised

a continuous flow of product.

So, if you're unable

to find us new, fresh talent,

you'll have to do the modeling yourself.

During the recruitment period,

it might prove helpful

if you pose with the new girl.

Sort of get her over her

initial embarrassment.

But understand this.

If you don't secure us

the new, fresh talent,

we're going to have to have

a broader variety of poses

if you're to do the modeling yourself.

I'll bring her up,

but you're gonna have to sell her.

I can't do any more. She's a sweet kid.

Yeah, yeah. She may be,

but, uh, Ajax told Lang, and Lang told me,

and I'm telling you.

This is the girl we want.

Now I just do my job, you do yours.

And remember this,

this is one way to keep Ajax away from you.

Kim, this is Harmon.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Yeah, she's a young beauty, all right.

Harmon, Kim hasn't done

very much modeling before.

I told her it didn't matter.

No, no. That doesn't matter.

We're just looking for a fresh, uh...

a fresh face.

Well, I don't really know

what this is all about.

What kind of modeling is this?

Well, you folks probably wanna talk

about this privately.

- Kim, I'll wait in your house for you, all right?

- OK.

Well?

Is there anything else?

Mmm-hmm.

You'll do just fine.

Mr. Harmon,

I really don't think I can do this.

Oh, no. Now you let me decide that, huh?

Uh, come around here. Let me see your legs.

My legs?

You know, your legs, gams, stems.

Your lower extremities? Legs.

Nothing to be ashamed of.

Even some of my best friends have legs.

Look, I don't know if this is right.

What's this all about?

OK, OK. I'm sorry if I

gave you the wrong idea.

Look, here's the deal. I

have this job to shoot.

It's a glamour photograph of shoes

and legs are important.

Now, this job should take, 0h,

about an hour, and it pays $50 in cash.

Now may I please see

whether you have legs or two fence posts

so I can tell whether

I even need you for the job?

- $50?

- In cash.

OK...

Let's make pictures.

OK, now, Kim, hold it.

That's it. Don't smile. OK.

That's it, Kim.

OK, now. Let's have, uh...

let's see. Just one more.

How about the leg up on the chair there?

Put it up.

- Like this?

- Yeah, that's right.

Point your toes.

OK.

Now hold it.

That's the girl.

Well, that's it for the night.

You know, Kim?

You're a very pretty girl.

And for being so nice and a good girl,

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