The Other Side of Midnight Page #5

I'll tell O'Brien to just write you

a check for this morning:

- What's your name?

- Douglas:
Larry Douglas:

Do you think you can remember that?

I'm gonna do

my level best to forget it:

[Chuckles]

Sensational:

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- Miss Alexander:

- Yeah:

Flowers for ya:

- Oh, Bill:

- Yes, ma'am:
There is a bill:

Fifteen dollars:
C: O: D:

Who are they from?

"From Eddie and the rest of

the Rickenbackers:"

- Welcome back:

- Thank you:

- How was Hollywood?

- No comment:

I had Annie pile up all your mail,

and those are your calls:

Oh, Mr.:
Fraser said would you meet him

for lunch at the Jefferson Club at 1:00:

Right:
What is this?

Oh, that's Mr.:
Douglas: He called

three times yesterday and twice this morning:

He sounds dishy:

Is he in the movie business?

No, he's in the monkey business:

Look, if this guy calls again-

Yes?

If he calls again, I'll talk to him:

And if he doesn't, I won't:

- Good day, Miss Alexander:

- Good day:

Mr.:
Fraser is waiting for you:

- [Indistinct]

- Hey, Cathy:

- Hello:

- Cathy Alexander, this is Captain Larry Douglas:

He'll be heading up

a recruiting program in Washington.

And the, uh, War Department's

assigned him to us for publicity:

- [Chuckles Nervously]

- Miss Alexander:

Bill has been telling me all about you:

Uh, a lot of medals

you have there, Captain:

Oh, these?

Uh, I won these at a carnival:

Carnival? [Chuckles]

I don't think so:

Captain Douglas was with the R: A: F:

He has six German aircraft to his credit:

Oh:

- Oh:

- Would it be all right if we sat down?

Oh, yeah:
We were just

starting to order drinks, Cathy:

- What would you like?

- Martini, please: Double, please:

Uh, double martini, please:

Captain Douglas was in Los Angeles

about the same time you were, Cathy:

I'm surprised

you didnt run into him:

- Oh, uh-

- Well, you've seen one uniform,

you've seen 'em all:

[Chuckles]

Ah, listen:

Will you two excuse me?

There's Senator Bert Elson, and he's, uh-

he's been avoiding me for two weeks:

Be right back:

[Sighs]

Thank you for not

blowing the whistle on me:

How could you know when you were being

so rotten to me that I'd turn out to be a client?

- Me rotten to you? What are-

- There's a price you have to pay for my silence:

Dinner at a restaurant

of your choice tonight:

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Are my medals cutting

into your b*obs?

Shakespeare or Marlowe?

Cathy, you have to know

how I feel about you.

Especially when we dance

so goddamn close:

Actually, maybe

we should just sit down:

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Excuse me:

[Sighs]

I don't know why you're so annoyed:

That's one of the nicest compliments

a man can pay a woman:

Strange, but I feel you're the only man

that can come up with it any time day or night:

- Only with you:

- [Chuckles] Oh, yeah:

What are you packing' there,

a Louisville Slugger?

Okay, Cathy:
You want to do funny lines?

I'll do funny lines with you:

Great:
But look: It's between those lines

where people like you and I live:

I mean, for Christ's sake, Cathy:

The world is gonna explode in maybe 10 minutes:

Now, what are we doing,

sitting here talking.

And holding hands

and giving each other the hurts?

Now, do you have

an intelligent answer to that question?

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- [Applause]

Larry, I look at you, and I see your medals,

and I know what you got them for:

- This one is, uh, Debbie in

Detroit and, uh, Fifi in Paris:

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Uh, Consuela in Madrid

and, um, Lulu in London:

And I guess I just don't want to be

another moose head on your wall, okay?

Because.

In spite of.

All the smart talk.

I guess I'm just

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:

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- I'm moral.

I'm silly.

And I'm scared:

So, if you don't love me, Larry.

Don't lay me:

It's incredible:

The first girl I was ever really honest with.

- And she turns out to be Heidi of the mountains:

- Ah-

- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:

- Cathy.

Never before in

my very faithless life.

Have I ever been so

out of my mind in love:

Cathy, I love you:

I really do:

Well, you can ask anyone:

You:
Sir:

- Uh, may I have a moment of your time?

- Yeah:

Would you please tell this girl

how much I love her?

- He loves you very much:

- Thank you, sir, and God bless you:

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- You can go now, sir: Thank you:

- Yeah:

- [Giggles]

- [Chuckles]

- Oh:
I see you're slumming it:

- [Chuckles]

Now, don't get the wrong impression:

It belongs to my uncle:

- He's with the State Department:

- Ah:

He's renting it to me:

He just married into the money:

- May I?

- No:

Well, uh, let me show you around:

- This, of course, is the living room:

- Mm-hmm:

Here we have the bar:

And this is the dining room:

And over here.

- Through this door, is the kitchen:

- Ah:

All the modern conveniences:

- Uh, and here is the, uh, terrace:

- Mm-hmm:

And, uh, over here, we-

Let me guess:

- The bedroom:

- The bedroom:

[Chuckles]

This, of course, is the bed,

as you can see:

Mm-hmm:

And this is the boy:

And there is the girl:

How will it all turn out?

Shouldn't there be applause

or something in here?

Later:

I guess it's time

to retire the trophy, huh?

Immediately:

[Man]

God knows youre fantastic, Noelle:

Thank you, monsieur:

The most sensational woman

to hit the boudoir since Madame Du Barry:

Oh la la la la:

Poor Correger:

A simple casting director:

He took you in, never realizing

it was you who were taking him in:

Mm-hmm:

Noelle, I've put you

in two of my films:

Modest parts, but a beginning, no?

And have I not shown you

my appreciation?

You have:

But now you're leaving me:

Because you're an actor who's no longer

making films:
Not because I don't love you:

- Would you, darling?

- Well, every actor goes through dull periods:

War hasn't helped:

But I'll make other films:

Oh, I'm sure you will, but, uh.

I am impatient:

I will send for my things:

Do you know where you're going?

I have an idea,

but I cannot say for certain:

Bye-bye, Philippe:

I love you:

Don't send anyone

for your belongings!

Send only a garbage truck!

Sleep with the Germans, Noelle!

- Sleep with Hitler!

- [Men Laughing]

- Hell make you a star! Hell give you Belgium!

- [Laughing]

With your bedroom talent,

he might even give you France!

- [Phone Rings]

- [Typing]

Mademoiselle Page,

how nice to see you again:

Uh, thank you, Miss Nelson:

I think that finally

I have, uh, news for you:

I'm most anxious to hear:

As you know,

with the Americans now in the war.

It is, uh, no small matter to get

such information into occupied France:

However, we Swedes,

as neutrals, have, uh-

As to the information

you requested.

On your fianc, Captain Douglas.

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