:12:00
But I wanted my foot in the door,
and I got it in the door, but good.
:12:05
I learned a lot from that. When you
own the property, you're king.
:12:09
Without it, you're a peon.
:12:15
If the euphemism, "You live by
the press, and die by the press"...
:12:19
...ever fit anyone, it fit me.
:12:22
Who would've thought a journalist would
change the entire course of my life...
:12:26
...and also my career?
:12:27
On reflection, I don't know if
I should love him or hate him.
:12:31
Peter Bart, West Coast correspondent
for The New York Times...
:12:34
...wanted to write a story about me
in the Arts and Leisure section.
:12:38
Is this a joke, Peter? Come on.
He said, "This is not a joke.
:12:42
What's interesting about you,
and why you're worth writing about...
:12:45
...is you're beating these
big shots at their own game.
:12:49
You know, you could become the guy
you played, the next Thalberg."
:12:52
That's just what I want the audience
to see, Mr. Chaney...
:12:57
...the soul of a man that
God made different.
:13:01
If I was smart, I should have
retired after Peter's article.
:13:04
Instead, Greg Bautzer, the power
broker of the town, calls.
:13:08
"Pack. You're going to New York."
I can't, Greg, I got plans.
:13:12
"Break them. Charlie Bluhdorn bought
Paramount and wants to meet you.
:13:15
He read the article about you in
Sunday's New York Times.
:13:18
He's a doer, Bob. Not a talker.
:13:20
Now pack your bags."
And pack them I did.
:13:36
Within five minutes after meeting Charlie
Bluhdorn, I know this is no kibitzer.
:13:40
Before I finished trying to answer one
question, he was asking me more.
:13:44
With him was a guy named Marty Davis.
:13:47
He was responsible for the
conglomerate Gulf and Western.
:13:50
Buying this aging mountain
they call Paramount.
:13:53
There were eight major studios
at the time.
:13:57
Paramount? It was ninth.