2:28:02
Well, well, well.
2:28:04
- So glad you could come.
- Thank you.
2:28:06
The guest of honour
has finally arrived.
2:28:08
- Yes.
- Do you know that the party
2:28:09
is only supposed
to last for three hours?
2:28:12
Only three hours.
2:28:14
Oh, yeah, well, OK.
I know I'm late, I'm sorry.
2:28:16
But instead of a lot of "Hello"s,
2:28:18
I'll just throw a couple of
quick "Hi, sweetie"s around.
2:28:20
Will that be all right?
2:28:22
- Well, that would make it faster.
- I see you finally made it.
2:28:25
- I finally made it.
- Now, these newspapermen
2:28:27
- are very important to your career.
- Very important.
2:28:28
- I want you to play it cool.
- I'll play it cool.
2:28:30
I want you to show them how happy
and thrilled you are to meet them.
2:28:33
And I want you to be
extra-specially sweet,
2:28:35
humble and nice, you got it?
2:28:37
Yeah. I'll be just as sweet and humble.
2:28:39
- Well, not too sweet, Stanley.
- No, I wasn't...
2:28:42
These people are used to
the soft sell
2:28:44
and the phony approach
to getting names in the papers.
2:28:47
So if I may suggest,
2:28:48
just be yourself:
Honest and sincere.
2:28:51
Honest and sincere.
2:28:54
He answers everything everyone...
2:28:56
Ellen's right, Harry.
If this kid gets the cutes, we're dead.
2:28:59
- Well, I won't get the cutes.
- Will you all stop worrying?
2:29:01
- Come on, Stanley.
- I won't get the cutes...
2:29:03
Oh, hiya, fellas. Vern, Dick, Joe.
2:29:06
Stanley, this is Vern Scott.
2:29:08
- I'm very...
- Richard Gehman, this is Stanley Belt.
2:29:10
- I'm very...
- Joe Finnegan, Stanley.
2:29:12
- Hi.
- Stanley,
2:29:14
these gentlemen write for
all the newspapers and magazines
2:29:16
- all over the world.
- Oh, yeah.
2:29:18
Sweet. Humble.
2:29:20
- Nice.
- Yeah, I remember.
2:29:22
Oh, you're the Mr Scott
that writes in the...
2:29:25
It's a wonderful, sweet paper,
the way you make your column.
2:29:30
- Too sweet.
- Too swe...
2:29:32
You're Richard Gehman,
that very famous...
2:29:34
And my heart is humble,
the way you write, lovely humble.
2:29:38
- Not that humble.
- Not that...
2:29:39
And Mr Finnegan,
I'd love to have golf.
2:29:41
Maybe one saccharine day
we could have lunch,
2:29:43
you and I, sweetie.
What do you say?
2:29:44
- Too nice.
- Too nice?
2:29:48
Stanley, these are sharp people.
2:29:51
- They know you're putting them on.
- Oh, no...
2:29:53
Relax.
2:29:58
There's Hedda.
She must have just come in.