:08:01
- It can't be done, Denham.
- What?
:08:03
It's got to be done.
Now, look here, Weston.
:08:05
Somebody's interfered
with every girl I try to hire.
:08:08
Now all the agents in town
have shut down on me. All but you.
:08:11
- You know I'm square.
- Everybody knows you're square.
:08:14
But you've got
a reputation for recklessness...
:08:16
...that can't be glossed over.
Then you're so secretive.
:08:19
You said it.
:08:20
Even skipper and mate don't
know where they're going, what.
:08:23
There you are.
I've got a conscience, Denham.
:08:26
I can't send a pretty girl
such as you ask on a job like this...
:08:29
...without telling her what to expect.
- What is she to expect?
:08:33
To go off on a trip
for no one knows how long...
:08:35
...to some spot
you don't even hint at...
:08:38
...the only woman on a ship with
the toughest mugs I ever looked at.
:08:45
I mean the crew.
:08:48
Good Lord, you talk as if
I never brought anybody back alive.
:08:51
The skipper and Driscoll
have stuck to me on two trips.
:08:54
- They look well enough.
- Sure, we're healthy.
:08:57
But it's a different thing
taking a girl into danger.
:09:00
I suppose there's no danger
in New York.
:09:02
Listen, there are dozens of girls
in this town...
:09:05
...that are in more danger
than they are with me.
:09:08
Yeah, but they know
that kind of danger.
:09:10
You never had a woman
in any of your pictures.
:09:13
- Why do you want one?
- Holy mackerel!
:09:15
Do you think I wanna haul
a woman around?
:09:17
- Then why?
- Because the public, bless them...
:09:20
...must have a pretty face.
:09:21
Sure, everybody likes romance.
:09:25
Isn't there any romance or adventure
without having a flapper in it?
:09:29
Well, Mr. Denham, why not take
a picture in a monastery?
:09:32
Makes me sore. I go out,
sweat blood to make a swell picture...
:09:35
...then the critics
and the exhibitors all say:
:09:38
"If this picture had love interest,
it would gross twice as much."
:09:41
The public wants a girl, and this time
I'm gonna give what they want.
:09:45
- Don't know where you'll get her.
- I've gotta get her, Weston.
:09:48
We've gotta leave by morning.
:09:49
- We've gotta be gone by daylight.
- Why?
:09:51
Well, there's a good reason.
:09:54
Everything I hear about it
makes me like it less.
:09:56
I'm glad I didn't get you a girl.
:09:58
You are, eh? Well, I'll show you.