:19:02
- We made many pictures together.
- And you'll play Salome.
:19:07
Who else?
:19:09
Only asking. I didn't know
you were planning a comeback.
:19:12
I hate that word! It's a return!
:19:15
A return to the millions who never
forgave me for deserting the screen.
:19:20
- Fair enough.
- Salome.
:19:22
What a woman. What a part!
:19:25
The princess
in love with a holy man.
:19:28
She dances
the dance of the seven veils.
:19:30
He rejects her, so she demands
his head on a golden tray...
:19:33
kissing his cold, dead lips.
:19:38
They'll love it in Pomona.
:19:40
They'll love it every place.
:19:42
Read it. Read the scene just before
she has him killed.
:19:44
Never let another writer read
your material. He may steal it.
:19:47
I'm not afraid. Read it.
Max, bring something to drink.
:19:52
Sit down.
Is there enough light?
:19:54
I've got 20-20 vision.
:19:57
I said sit down.
:20:03
Well, I had
no pressing engagement...
:20:06
except with those boys
from the finance office...
:20:09
and she'd mentioned
something to drink.
:20:11
Why not?
:20:14
Sometimes it's interesting to see
just how bad writing can be.
:20:19
This promised to go the limit.
:20:22
I wondered what a handwriting expert
would make of her childish scrawl.
:20:29
Max wheeled in some champagne
and some caviar.
:20:33
Later I found out that Max was the only
other person in that grim Sunset castle.
:20:39
And I found out
a few other things about him.
:20:42
As for her, she sat
coiled up like a watch spring...
:20:46
her cigarette clamped
in a curious holder.
:20:49
I could sense her eyes on me
from behind those dark glasses...
:20:53
defying me not to like
what I read.
:20:56
Or maybe begging me
in her own proud way to like it.