:27:02
There are other aspects,
of course.
:27:06
Monroe, tell me, what do
you think of the idea
:27:10
to make Manon with
a happy ending, huh?
:27:13
lt's been making money
without a happy ending
:27:16
for a century and a half.
:27:20
What about
the South American picture?
:27:23
We're going ahead with that.
:27:25
With the same budget?
:27:30
lt's out of proportion.
:27:33
With that budget,
we have no chance.
:27:36
What do you think, Mr. Marcus?
:27:44
Monroe is our
production genius.
:27:47
l count upon him
:27:50
and lean heavily
upon him.
:27:52
The balance sheet last year
showed a $27 million profit.
:27:59
lt's all due to him.
:28:07
You know who first told him
you were a genius?
:28:09
Guess.
:28:12
You.
:28:13
Right.
:28:16
Damn good of you, Pat.
:28:17
No, no.
:28:18
l admire a man, l say so.
:28:20
l want the whole world to know.
:28:23
Perhaps that's
because l'm lrish.
:28:25
The lrish are a very
warm-hearted people.
:28:27
The Greeks are warm, too.
:28:29
l mean, try to find me
a Greek Communist.
:28:31
You couldn't find one.
:28:33
But there's not a $2 million
gross in the country right now.
:28:36
Don't forget, we're in
the middle of a depression.
:28:38
l know that.
:28:39
l think we can count
on a million and a quarter
:28:43
from the road show,
:28:44
perhaps a million and a half,
:28:46
and a quarter of a million
abroad.
:28:48
But you have a budget
of a million, seven-five-o,
:28:52
and you say you expect
less than that in grosses?
:28:56
What about prints
and advertising?
:28:58
Distribution costs.