1:53:00
Sit down, sweets, right there.
You sit down.
1:53:03
That theater's awfully cold, George.
1:53:05
- Better have more heat put in.
- Take care of that.
1:53:08
Remember that skating act from Camden?
1:53:10
They were there.
I wonder where they got the money.
1:53:13
Fagan, Feeny and Riley.
I remember them well.
1:53:15
Well, come on. Tell me.
How'd it go?
1:53:18
The audience loved it.
Every minute of it.
1:53:22
The sets were beautiful, George.
1:53:31
- Why so quiet, Sam?
- The toughest house I've ever seen.
1:53:35
The critics walked out
at the end of the second act.
1:53:44
Come on, Dad. Come on.
Let's have it.
1:53:48
Well, there's no use
beating around the bush.
1:53:51
Pretty bad, George.
1:53:53
Could've been a lot better.
1:53:56
All right, you write a bad play.
The only thing to do is forget about it.
1:54:00
Everybody's entitled to one failure.
1:54:03
Let's go to Delmonico's, have the party.
Just as if the show was a hit.
1:54:07
You take the girls on over there,
and I'll see you in about a half-hour.
1:54:11
I got some things
I want to talk over with Sam.
1:54:22
Those critics have been after me for years.
They'll gang up on me and do a good job.
1:54:27
But I'll beat them to it. I'll take an ad
in every paper alongside their reviews...
1:54:31
...telling the public we got the greatest show
in town, sold out for 10 weeks in advance.
1:54:38
It'll be my word against theirs.
1:54:40
- Georgie, you can't do that.
- Why not?
1:54:43
You got too big a reputation.
Listen, you can't disappoint the public.
1:54:48
We stuck our necks out,
we got clipped.
1:54:52
Georgie.
1:54:55
You can't do this.
You'll always regret it.
1:54:57
- Sit down and take this.
- We'll be sorry.