The Marrying Man Page #9
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- Year:
- 1991
- 115 min
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where, you would imagine,
they lived happily-ever-after.
Truth? They drove straight to a walnut
grove in Culver City, California.
See, for the first time in his life,
Charley had plans.
This is it.
This is what?
This is ours.
I bought it. It'll be
finished in nine months.
- Charley, not another big house.
- Not a house.
A movie studio.
Pearl Productions.
I'm gonna make movies
just for you, baby!
Oh, Charley...
- what do you know about making movies?
- What's to know?
You buy a movie camera.
and America falls
in love with you...
just the way I did.
Pearl Studios cost 15 million bucks.
Lucky coincidence.
That's all the money Charley had left.
Nine months later,
a star was about to be born.
Except...
it came out a baby.
Unbelievable.
But it didn't stop production,
no siree.
Because with hard work
and perseverance...
they had another baby.
Finally, Charley found
A big-budget
musical extravaganza.
she was so excited...
she had twins.
Charley was never happier
in his life.
He had Vicki, a family, a home.
Only he didn't have the studio,
which went bankrupt.
There's an old saying
in Hollywood...
"You can't make hits
unless you make pictures."
Vicki got back
to her singing...
this time to support
the family.
Charley was finding out there were
not a lot ofjob opportunities...
for ex-millionaire,
playboy, toothpaste kings.
All the influential people
he had known...
guys he had picked up
countless tabs for...
now wouldn't give Charley
the time of day.
DAfter all the things you told me
dAnd the promises that you gave
As Vicki's star climbed
higher and higher...
Charley's crashed and burned.
riding the tail of a comet.
Tony and me were starring
with "La Hayworth."
Sammy had a hit musical
on Broadway.
And George had Cincinnati
in second place.
About a year passed,
and another of our brave comrades fell.
Tony Madden,
now MGM's biggest star...
was finally caught in that evil spider's
web that traps us all...marriage.
He not only got the girl,
he bought Lew Horner's house.
I'm telling ya, irony,
irony everywhere.
I wonder if she knows
it's a toupee.
- That's not his real hair?
- It is, but when it fell out...
he had it made into a toupee.
- Look at these fool guys.
Do you think they'll
make it as big as we did?
Nah, we're the last
of our breed.
Isn't one of your friends
missing, darling?
Charley Pearl and Vicki.
- They'll be here. Don't worry.
- I hope nothing's wrong.
Nah! Probably just stopped
off to have another kid.
Sorry I couldn't buy you
a new dress for the party.
Charley, I've only had this
a year and I've worn it twice.
I never thought a wife of mine
would wear costume jewelery.
It's not even good
costume jewelery.
You don't like this bracelet?
I love it!
Who cares? It looks better
than the real stuff anyway.
Let's not go.
It's gonna be boring,
the same jokes, songs...
the same faces.
I'm sick of these people.
These guys were more laughs
when they were bums.
We've missed the
last three parties.
You've gotta stop hiding
from your friends, Charley.
- They're your friends.
- I'm not hiding from my friends.
Okay. Never mind.
Let's go.
Wait, what did you mean,
"hiding from my friends"?
- Never mind!
- Hey, I want an answer to my question.
- Just let go of it.
- What did you mean?
- What did you mean by that?
- It doesn't matter, Charley!
You just...
you just had a little
run of bad luck.
"A run of bad luck"?
I've had a f***ing marathon!
- Why don't you go to
the party by yourself?
- No.
There'll be a lot
of successful people like you.
You can compare your reviews
in "Variety,"
how many times your names
have been in the columns.
Okay?
I didn't ask you to build
the studio, Charley.
I didn't say
"Make me a movie star."
I just wanted to sing,
that's all!
- Why didn't you stop me
from making an ass of myself?
- What?
What the hell did I know
about making movies?
- Huh?
- I don't believe this.
- A husband and wife are supposed
to look out for each other, right?
- Yes.
Why didn't you stop me
from writing all those checks...
for a lovesick sucker...
- which is what I am. Am I right?
- You're not.
I pulled you out of that place
in Vegas, didn't I?
forget, are you?
How you pulled me out of Vegas
and made me respectable.
Then I work my ass off,
gain a little self-respect
while bringing up your kids.
But you can't take that,
can you, Charley?
What do you want?
Me to stay at home?
I can be a wife!
I can be a bimbo!
It's your choice.
What do you want?
No, no, no.
I'm the bimbo here.
I mean, I'm a kept man.
- No, Charley.
- Do you know where this party is?
This is in the house
like a king once.
- It doesn't matter.
There are waiters making
more money at this party...
than I made all of last year.
I had my life going exactly
the way I wanted.
- Shh.
- That's what I gave up for you.
What did you say, Charley?
What you gave up for me?
Yeah, that's right.
Hey, where you going?
What you gave up for me,
Charley?
I don't need you.
And I never want
to see you again.
Ever!
You come back here.
Where do you think
you're going?
Come back and get in this car.
Do you hear me?
Come back, goddamn it.
You owe me the rest of your life!
What about my kids?
I'm not giving up my kids!
I don't want my kids to have
a revolving door as a father.
We have more anniversaries
than we do birthdays!
I'm a great father.
I love being a father.
Too bad you don't love
being a husband!
Look at me, Charley.
Look at me!
'Cause it's the last chance
you're ever gonna get.
Goddamn you, Bugsy Siegel.
I hope you burn in hell.
And they got divorced a third time.
And Bugsy Siegel burnt in hell.
Charley knew he'd blown it.
He never made it to the party.
In fact, as 1955 became 1956...
none of us heard from or even about...
Charley Pearl.
Vicki packed the kids in her van
and moved up to San Francisco.
I never told you?
That's where me and the guys found her.
What good is money if
your heart isn't light
She's singing with more...
heart.
Know what I mean?
Yeah. It's called loneliness.
When youth has its fling
- Jesus, I don't believe it.
- What?
- Charley. It's Charley.
- Holy Moses!
- You know what the odds
are on this happening?
- Even money.
We have the right
to laugh at them all
Come on.
Let's go.
Love is still king
Love is the thing
Charley.
- Charley, it's us.
- It's Tony.
Hey, fellas.
It's nice to see you.
Where you been, Charley?
I've been around.
- Around where?
- What've you been doing?
I got into this new business
they got up here.
What business?
- They're called computers.
- Schmuck.
Shh.
Hey, does Vicki
know you're here?
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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