1:18:00
Come in.
1:18:02
Where have you been?
You know l was waiting here, you silly
1:18:06
Larry, l brought up Mr. Stengel.
1:18:07
This is Larry Renault, Mr. Stengel.
Larry, this is Joe Stengel.
1:18:11
- How do you do, Mr. Stengel?
- Mr. Renault.
1:18:14
This is quite an occasion.
The meeting of two celebrities.
1:18:18
- We should have the newsreel men here.
- Yes.
1:18:21
Of course l didn't realize
it was a full-dress affair.
1:18:24
l just came as l was.
1:18:27
Mr. Renault has got a dinner date
with some of his Park Avenue friends.
1:18:32
You know, these big picture boys,
they're pretty social.
1:18:35
Yes. l've heard. Look, Mr. Renault.
1:18:38
l haven't got an awful lot of time.
1:18:39
Larry, suppose we get down
to brass tacks.
1:18:41
All right, my dear fellow.
1:18:43
Stengel, you're going
to produce this play...
1:18:47
and you want me to act in it?
1:18:49
- Well, l
- Larry, this is just getting acquainted.
1:18:51
He's just crazy to play the part.
1:18:53
Just a minute. Let's get this thing straight.
1:18:56
l understand from Mr. Kane here
that you wanted to know if l'd be willing...
1:19:01
to portray the beachcomber in this thing.
1:19:03
- Wait a minute. Not so fast there.
- Now, Larry.
1:19:06
ln the first place, if l consent
to play this part, and l don't say l will...
1:19:10
it will have to be built up.
1:19:12
Built up? The fellow's got one scene...
1:19:15
and they find him dead on the beach.
1:19:17
This isn't a play about spiritualism.
1:19:20
Don't forget, l'm Larry Renault.
1:19:22
- Larry, for heaven's sake!
- Shut up!
1:19:23
Now, listen, Stengel.
l'm a name, and l know it, and so do you.
1:19:28
And l'm not going on to play
second fiddle to any cheap English ham.
1:19:32
$8,000 a week. That's what l got,
and l was going to get $10,000...
1:19:36
till the talkies came in.
1:19:38
So don't think you're doing me a favor
by asking me to play in your ratty show...
1:19:43
because l'm doing you one.
1:19:45
l think maybe we're keeping you
from your dinner, Mr. Renault.
1:19:48
- Joe, he doesn't mean
- Yes, l do!
1:19:50
And just because it's Mr. Joe Stengel,
it don't mean a thing to me.
1:19:54
l'm still good, better than l ever was.
1:19:57
Good night, Mr. Renault.
1:19:59
Listen to me, old-timer.
l'm drunk, and l know l'm drunk...