:03:00
you'd know that
Star Reach was serialized in the Post...
:03:03
was Book of the Month and
MGM bought it from its galleys for a picture.
:03:06
Disaster is on the best-seller list
for 34 weeks...
:03:08
and Fox is shooting it right now.
:03:10
You must be very successful.
:03:11
- I'm King Midas.
- I'm delighted to hear that.
:03:14
I like to experiment in my work
now and then...
:03:16
and that can run into a little money.
:03:19
That whimper you just heard was my wallet.
:03:21
Maybe I picked the wrong architect.
:03:23
Maybe. How did you happen to pick me?
:03:26
I ran across this in a magazine
in a dentist office.
:03:31
And I liked it.
:03:32
Yeah.
:03:34
That's the only house I haven't wanted
to tear down and start all over again.
:03:38
I know what you mean.
:03:40
Someday I hope to get my publisher
to stop sending me galley proofs.
:03:45
Every time he does that,
I try to rewrite the whole stupid book.
:03:48
So, how do we go from here?
:03:52
First how much do you want to spend?
:03:55
Like to keep it under $100,000.
:03:58
We'll certainly do something with that.
:03:59
It depends on the kind of house you want,
and whether or not we can agree on it.
:04:03
- At $100,000, you'd disagree?
- It's possible.
:04:06
What are you,
one of these temperamental artists?
:04:08
If you want to call it that.
:04:09
The kind of house I design
won't advertise you, it'll advertise me.
:04:13
I can't afford to have a dull house
go up with my name on it.
:04:16
You ought to understand that.
Who gets the review, you or your editor?
:04:19
- More coffee?
- No, thank you.
:04:23
Good hips, that girl.
:04:25
All right, let's say our tastes agree,
now what?
:04:29
I want to see your lot, of course.
:04:32
But first I'd like to read your book,
Star Reach.
:04:35
My second one was better.
:04:36
But aren't first ones
usually autobiographical?
:04:38
Bright boy. You do read a little.
:04:40
Before I go to the drawing wood,
I must know everything about you.
:04:43
So far, all I know about you
is you like coffee and hips.
:04:47
There are some closets I don't want opened.
:04:49
I'm no stool pigeon.
:04:53
Suppose you think the book's lousy?
:04:55
Let's not look for trouble before we start.
:04:57
- There'll be plenty of that, anyway.
- Sounds like a kidney operation.