Dinner at Eight
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1:22:01
l never worked so hard in my life
to put anybody over as l did you.

1:22:06
You think l told you
all the things that l tried?

1:22:08
No! Because l couldn't come to you
and tell you what they said.

1:22:12
l felt too sorry for you.
1:22:15
You were sorry for me?
1:22:17
Vaudeville.
1:22:18
Every time l walked into a booking office,
they leaned back and they roared.

1:22:22
They called me
''Mac, the Grave Snatcher.''

1:22:24
Last night, l sent another telegram
to the Coast.

1:22:27
l knew it was no use, but l sent it anyway.
1:22:31
You want to see the answer?
1:22:33
No.
1:22:35
''Thank you. When we're in the market
for bit players, we will let you know.''

1:22:41
You're trying to throw a scare into me.
1:22:43
Oh, no.
1:22:45
l'm just telling you the truth.
1:22:48
You know, you never were an actor.
1:22:51
You did have looks, but they're gone now.
1:22:54
You don't have to take my word for it.
1:22:56
Just look in any mirror. They don't lie.
1:23:00
Take a good look.
1:23:04
Look at those pouches under your eyes.
Look at those creases.

1:23:08
You sag like an old woman.
1:23:11
Get a load of yourself.
1:23:16
Wait till you start tramping around
the offices, looking for a job...

1:23:19
because no agent's going to handle you.
1:23:21
Sitting in those anterooms hour after
hour, giving your name to office boys...

1:23:26
that never even heard of you.
1:23:29
You're through, Renault.
1:23:31
You're through in pictures and plays
and vaudeville...

1:23:35
and radio and everything.
1:23:38
You're a corpse, and you don't know it.
1:23:41
Go get yourself buried.

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