1:01:00
I loved accordion. And I practiced
and practiced, and I got fluent.
1:01:04
Yet he would squeeze one single note,
and the sound of it would make you cry.
1:01:08
-I used to want to dance. You know that?
-Make you cry.
1:01:11
- I mean it.
You ever see George Raft dance?
- Oh, yeah.
1:01:22
- So--
- What?
1:01:24
Mr. Marx says that you, uh, actually
rubbed a few people out. Is that true?
1:01:29
- What is this, the third degree?
- Not at all.
1:01:31
- Then why you sayin' that for?
- I'm just really--
1:01:34
The truth is
I'm fascinated.
1:01:37
- I took care of a few guys.
- Why?
1:01:40
Why, why?
I don't know why.
1:01:42
They cheated Mr. V. They went back
on a debt. I'll tell you one thing.
1:01:45
I never rubbed out a guy
who didn't deserve it.
1:01:50
Uh, so what does it actually
feel like when you actually...
1:01:56
- What?
- k-kill a man?
1:01:58
- It feels okay.
- It feels okay?
1:02:00
- Yeah.
- Even the first time?
1:02:04
First time?
First time was a punk in prison.
1:02:07
He squealed on me, and I stuck
an ice pick in his back.
1:02:10
- An ice pick?
- An ice pick, yeah.
1:02:12
Had to do it over and over, 40 times.
It was a mess. Forget about it.
1:02:19
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[ Narrating ] October 1.
Helen Sinclair gave a party.
1:02:23
It was like being in a dream.
Maxwell Anderson was there...
1:02:25
and George S. Kaufman
and Gertrude Lawrence.
1:02:28
[ Helen ] Darling, I want you to meet
my playwright, David Shayne.
1:02:32
[ Lord Chafee ] Oh, you have
quite a find here, darling.
Word's all over the streets.
1:02:36
Oh, well, Helen's made me out to be
quite a hero. You're too kind.
1:02:39
No, I'm not kind.
Helen will vouch for that.
1:02:41
But I read your play,
and it's nothing short of marvelous.
1:02:44
I let him read the rewrite,
not the eunuch version.
1:02:46
- My tongue is hanging out to
present it on the London stage.
- London?
1:02:51
Look at his face, Helen. You're
going to be the toast of Broadway.
1:02:55
Why not the West End, hmm?
1:02:57
-Well, I'm so glad you enjoyed the show.
-It was extraordinary.