:08:01
"The best I can. "
:08:03
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
:08:06
What can you give me for
shattered nerves? I got the jitters.
:08:10
If the gentleman has butterflies in
his stomach, I suggest a dash of rover.
:08:14
- Rover?
- Dog. Absinthe.
:08:19
It's very good for the nerves.
:08:23
- That's fine.
- Thank you.
:08:25
That's just what I needed.
:08:30
My name's Greene.
Mackley Q Greene.
:08:32
And a man more beset by trouble,
you'll never see. Again.
:08:35
I'm here in Lompoc
on a movie location.
:08:37
My director started on a bender last
night, and that's good for ten days.
:08:40
We got a 36-hour schedule
and a stinko script.
:08:43
It's a one-reeler, and it opens in
this very town the day after tomorrow.
:08:48
You're yelling
right down my alley.
:08:51
In the old Sennett days,
I used to direct Fatty Arbuckle,
:08:55
Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton
and the rest of 'em.
:08:58
I can't get the Celluloid
outta my blood.
:09:02
Nights, I used to tend bar.
:09:06
Would you entertain a proposition
to direct this picture?
:09:09
Take a gambler's chance
on a percentage of the profits?
:09:12
Um, um, yes, just a moment.
:09:17
Was I in here last night,
and did I spend a $20 bill?
:09:21
Yeah.
:09:23
Oh, boy! What a load
that is off my mind.
:09:28
I thought I'd lost it.
:09:30
Here you are.
Keep the change.
:09:33
I've got a script I've had
in mothballs for 20 years.
:09:36
I read it to Irving and Milton
who run the cinema here.
:09:42
They said to me, "Sousè, it's
better than 'Gone With the Wind'."
:09:48
- My car's outside. Let's get down on the set.
- Okay.
:09:53
I'll bring the glasses back later.