:44:01
So what happens? Her father chokes
her mother to death. It could make ya cry.
:44:06
:44:08
Montague, if there's one thing
I know about, it's Mr John Q Public.
:44:11
He wants clean people on the screen
for his children to look at.
:44:15
Don't let the eggheads tell you he wants
high-class acting and fancy dialogue.
:44:19
Oscar, the phone.
:44:21
He wants to forget his troubles,
look at clean people, escape.
:44:24
He don't wanna see drunks, sex maniacs,
divorcees, communists, murderers.
:44:28
And no children of murderers.
He's got enough of that at home. Hello?
:44:32
Hello? Yeah, Mr Edwards
is right here. Put him on.
:44:35
- It's Harry, for you.
- You talk to him.
:44:37
Hello? Hello? I hear nothing.
:44:41
Hello, Harry? No, this is Oscar.
:44:44
Yeah, how are you, Harry?
:44:45
Fine, fine. Say, how is it out there?
:44:49
You don't say? Whaddaya know?
Nice day in California.
:44:52
Are you paying for
this call yourself, Oscar?
:44:55
Harry, the reason we called...
:44:57
What's new and all that, but also...
have you happened to see Maria lately?
:45:02
Oh, you just left her?
Oh, good, good. Say, how is she?
:45:07
Fine, fine. Say, Harry, something
kind of important has come up.
:45:11
I say, something kind of
important has come up.
:45:14
Yeah. That maybe
you should know about,
:45:17
but that maybe you should keep Maria
from knowing about right now.
:45:21
Yeah. Yeah, it's got to do
with Maria in a way.
:45:23
Her old man knocked off her old lady.
:45:25
Her father murdered her mother.
:45:28
What?
:45:30
I can't hear you, suddenly.
:45:33
What? What do you mean, you know?
:45:35
Does Maria know?
:45:37
How? The papers?
:45:39
Her brother sent a cable?
:45:41
Now, I hope Maria understands
that if the papers find out,
:45:44
it can not only ruin
the picture, but her also.
:45:48
She does? Harry says
Maria understands perfectly.
:45:51
And you too. This is no time
for you to be artistic.
:45:54
Remember, this is money out of
your pocket too, so take no chances.
:45:59
You do? Harry says he understands also.