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Sweet Smell of Success Page #25
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- 1957
- 96 min
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HUNSECKER:
But it's too late. I got him back
the job...
SIDNEY:
(impatiently)
No, that's the point - he won't
accept your favor! The manager
yes, but not the boy.
A pause. Hunsecker renumerates.
HUNSECKER:
Well he's got her in a tizzy, I'll
tell you that!
SIDNEY:
Sure, he steams her up - wants her
to stand on her own two feet and
all that jazz!
HUNSECKER:
And who's feet is she on now?
SIDNEY:
Presumably yours...
(a hasty addition)
That's according to St. Dallas.
HUNSECKER:
What's this boy got that Susie likes?
SIDNEY:
Integrity - acute, like indigestion.
HUNSECKER:
What does that mean - integrity?
SIDNEY:
(repeating as before)
A pocket fulla firecrackers -
looking for a match!
(grinning)
It's a new wrinkle to tell the
truth... I never thought I'd make a
killing on some guy's "integrity".
Hunsecker gives him certain slow begrudging admiration:
HUNSECKER:
Full of beans, ain't you? But you
know that you'll stand or fall by
what you're doing now...
SIDNEY:
(grins; confidently)
Calculated risk. Only we happen to
know, J.J., that you like me. I'm
your star pupil -- I reflect back
to you your own talent.
Hunsecker permits himself a faint smile. Burton is
approaching with script in hand.
HUNSECKER:
I wouldn't like to take a bite of
you; you're a cookie full of arsenic.
Sidney smirks. He turns away and goes off towards the
auditorium in the background.
Frank D'Angelo pays a taxi out of which he and Steve have
just emerged. Frank turns towards the boy, resuming a
conversation as they stroll across the sidewalk towards the
entrance of the theatre.
STEVE:
(depressed)
I still think he's responsible for
the smear.
D'ANGELO
Not that I'm convinced, but you'll
never prove it in a million years.
(gently)
Steve, you'll do what you want, but
it can't hurt; he offers you an
olive branch - so today like olives!
STEVE:
I guess you're right, but -
Steve completes the sentence with a slow shake of the head;
compromise is a gesture which he finds very difficult.
D'ANGELO
D'Angelo studies the boy with a paternal affection.
D'ANGELO
Steve, sometimes it's better not to
look at your own honesty; but to
look the other man in the face.
Not because you're my meal ticket -
which you are - but because I like
you and the boys, please take my
advice:
we -D'Angelo stops, halted by an expression which he sees in
Steve's face.
STEVE:
He is looking through the glass doors of the TV Theatre, no
longer listening to D'Angelo's words; his face has hardened
in anger.
From Steve's viewpoint. Sidney has come out of the curtained
entrance to the auditorium. CAMERA PULLS BACK to include
Steve in foreground. With a movement that suggests his
annoyance at discovering Sidney present, Steve jerks open
ANOTHER ANGLE:
Susan is waiting in the foyer. She is standing in a position
where she has not been able to see Steve until he enters;
now she moves forward to greet him. As soon as she is near
him, she speaks in a quiet, urgent manner:
SUSAN:
(in an undertone)
Steve, before we go in - I'd like
to...
But she, too, is halted as Steve lays a hand on her arm.
Seeing his look over her shoulder, she turns...
SIDNEY:
He is already strolling forward to join them. CAMERA PANS
with him to include Susie, Steve and D'Angelo.
SIDNEY:
Hey, Susie - This is a real
surprise -- not one but three.
J.J.'s just finishing up his
rehearsal.
STAGE:
Hunsecker comes forward to the front of the stage looking
towards...
STEVE, SUSAN, D'ANGELO AND SIDNEY
In the group that comes down the aisle of the empty theatre.
RESUME HUNSECKER
He studies them, then calls out:
HUNSECKER:
Looks like a wedding.
REVERSE ANGLE:
Hunsecker back to CAMERA in foreground; he begins to whistle
The Wedding March to the rhythm of Steve and Susan's walk.
STEVE:
He breaks the rhythm of his stride, his face rigid.
RESUME HUNSECKER
He descends to meet them; his manner is full of welcome.
REVERSE ANGLE:
Susan nervously makes the introduction - Steve is nervous;
D'Angelo hangs behind warily; Sidney is in background.
SUSAN:
Steve, you remember my brother...
STEVE & HUNSECKER
(together)
Of course.
Steve shakes the hand that the smiling Hunsecker gives.
HUNSECKER:
Well, son, looks like you went out
and bought yourself a packet of
trouble...
STEVE:
You've been very kind about it, Mr.
Hunsecker.
HUNSECKER:
Give Susie credit for that. I took
her word that there was nothing to
the smear. Matter of fact, I'll
have my say about smears on the
show today. That's why I'd like
YOUR personal assurance, too.
STEVE:
(quietly)
Mr. Hunsecker, there's nothing to
that smear. You have my sincere
word...
HUNSECKER:
(nodding judicially)
I'll by that, son. Now, you owe ME
a favor.
(pausing; to Susan)
Be good to my kid sister...
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