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( screeching )

( thunder crashing )

Baron!

Baron, you mustn't--

Baron!

( gasps )

( bird screeching )

( bird screeching )

( intercom buzzing )

( indistinct talking )

Man:

Uh-huh. Yeah, yeah.

Who the hell is he?

He doesn't mean five cents

at the box office.

Besides, I got

Byron Orlok.

Yeah, yep.

Anyone for a swim?

So he won an Oscar.

Who the hell

remembers it

besides him?

For that money

I could get Sandra Dee.

Huh? I discussed

it with Sam.

Well, he feels that Pat Boone's

wrong for the part.

You want to see those

dailies now, Mr. Smith?

In a minute.

Have him stand by, Ralph.

You were late.

Somebody kept me up

till 4:
00 in the morning.

Oh? Anyone I know?

How did you like it?

I liked it.

You did?

Mm-hmm.

I didn't.

But thanks.

Okay, okay, good-bye.

You smoke too much.

Tell them to send

that pic right out.

Byron, you see our ad

in the trades?

No.

Ralph, send that print

back to the exchange, would you?

This picture's

going to open up

In a hundred

theaters tomorrow.

Great film, eh, Jenny?

It's all right.

Gonna clean up.

Is this the new script?

Has everybody read this?

Sam?

This is a work of art.

Thank you

very much.

No,

I'm serious.

This is a very

important film.

This is

the kind of property

I'm going to be proud

to put my name on.

You writing

this down, ed?

It's a good script, Sam.

Don't you think so, Byron?

I'm not making any more films,

Marshall.

What?

What, Byron?

I'm retiring.

Since when?

What is this, a gag, Sam?

Hey, wait a minute,

wait a minute.

I put up front money

on this script.

Monday I sign a deal with AIP.

It's all based

on the understanding

That I got Byron Orlok.

I never signed any agreement

to that effect.

You never

signed anything

On the last

three pictures we made.

We shook hands.

Now, come on, what is it?

Is something troubling you?

I understand you didn't like

this last film we made.

Not at all.

I think Sammy directed it

very well.

That's why I let him write

this new script.

Haven't you read it?

This is a real new change

of pace for you.

Okay, everybody out.

Let me talk to Byron alone.

Please, Marshall, no scenes.

You owe me a minute, eh?

Come on, Sam.

Let me

fix this up.

Byron, old pal,

what's wrong?

This isn't like you.

What the hell

was that all about?

I Don't know.

He didn't like my script,

that's what it was all about.

Oh, stop being

such a paranoid.

What do you mean,

paranoid?

I sent him

my script yesterday

And today he retires

from pictures.

What am I supposed

to think?

I'm sure he hasn't

even read it.

I'm just afraid

it's much more serious.

What about your job?

He hasn't said a thing.

What if he goes

back to England?

He's always talking

about that.

Would you

go with him?

Would you like me

to stay?

That's up to you.

Marshall:

Don't feed me that!

I kept you alive

for the last three years!

He can fix anything.

You think you're bankable

with any of the majors?!

You think they'd know

how to put together

A package for you?

If it weren't for me,

The only place

you'd be playing

is in the wax museum!

Call me.

( crash )

There's goes

another ash tray.

Herr Michaels!

Your turn.

Okay, run those dailies now.

You want me to fix up

the mess you just made?

Get him back, boy director.

Go and talk to him, like you're

supposed to be so good,

'cause your next picture

just walked out the door!

That's why I will.

14, take five.

All right, and action.

Byron!

You didn't

say good-bye.

Stop it, Sammy.

Don't be his errand boy.

It nauseates me.

I didn't come out

here because...

I know you came

out to save your

own little opus.

Well, that's true.

Because without you,

there's no picture.

Rubbish. Anybody can

walk through the special

effects for you.

It's not that kind

of picture.

And there's nobody

else for it.

The part is you.

Sammy, you're

a sweet boy.

I'm not trying to be.

But you can't

possibly understand

What it feels

like to be me.

I'm an antique,

out of date.

All right, what are you

going to do?

Plant roses?

Actors Don't retire.

Six months and you'll

blow your brains out, Byron.

I'm an anachronism.

What does that mean?

Sammy, look around you.

The world belongs

to the young.

Make way for them.

Let them have it.

( hammer clicks )

I'll take it.

I've always wanted

a gun like this.

It's a beauty.

Yeah, it sure is.

Hey, you see?

That's Byron Orlok

over there.

Oh, yeah,

yeah, that's him.

You see a lot of movie

stars on the strip.

I thought

he looked familiar.

Okay, now, you want

the case, too?

Oh, yeah,

might as well.

Sure, why not?

It's only money.

Will you take a check?

Yeah, sure.

You've been in

before, Haven't you?

Sure. So's my dad,

lot of times.

Besides, you have

an honest face.

You want me to toss

in some ammunition?

Yeah, a couple extra

clips, if you could.

Okay, I can stamp

that for you.

That's okay.

How much altogether?

Comes to $249.60.

Okay.

Thanks a lot.

Here, Don't forget

your receipt.

Oh, thanks.

See you.

And then I'll tell

the hotel what time

we're checking out.

Good.

What a nice boy Sammy is.

He's the only one I feel

sorry about in all this.

He thought maybe you

didn't like his script.

Doesn't he know

I Haven't read it?

I told him that.

Good.

I couldn't tell

him why, though.

Oh, come now, Jenny.

I'm too old

for playacting.

It's no fun anymore.

How about a drink?

All right.

I think we should

celebrate my freedom.

( rockabilly playing )

( radio tuning static )

Hey, baby, it's the real

Don Steele show.

I got to get the devil

out of here.

I'm going to be out there

shoulder-to-shoulder,

Elbow-to-elbow, with the rest

of you thrill seekers.

Here I come ready or not.

And who's going

to sock it to us?

We're going to hock it and lock

it out there, right?

On 93 KAJ Boss radio.

And you know what happens

when delicious Don goes hog wild

On your receiver, right?

Thrill seekers of mine,

are you ready?

Thanks very much for saying what

have you, hey,

Dave Garroway, Johnny Ray,

Anita O'Day, Curtis Lemay

Sirhan may, x-Ray, el Rey

and a one-horse open sleigh.

Dennis Day, Marvin Gaye,

George day, Sammy Kaye,

Swinging with the car

in the next Lane,

If you love me,

you have to love my suit.

Can you dig it?

Here he comes.

Get ready to take

a trip along the strip with him.

I'm hip, can you dig it?

You better believe it! Bye!

( deejay chattering )

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,

go, go, go, go!

little Johnny probably

wants to shoot...

( dog barking )

...Just a moment

when we continue our news.

This week on

the Saturday night movie,

James Stewart, Lee Remick

and Ben Gazzara star

In Otto Preminger's

compelling production

Of anatomy of a murder.

Man:

You're guilty of murder--

premeditated and with vengeance.

That's first-degree murder

in any court of law.

Woman:

Here, I'll do that, dear.

The unwritten law's

a myth, lieutenant.

There is no such thing

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