Let's Have Lunch

Hi there, Myrion
How's it hanging?
I've got a date with Sheldrake
I'm shooting a western down at Fox
How can you work with Darryl?
We should talk
Gotta run
Let's have lunch
Hi, Mr. Gillis
You look great
I'm up for an audition
Sheldrake is driving me insane
Don't forget me when you're casting
We should talk
Gotta run
Let's have lunch
Morning, Joanna
Hi there, Myrion
Who are you meeting.

You look great
Sheldrake, but do I need it?
I've spent the last month fasting
I'm handing in my second draft
I'm shooting a western down at Fox
I'd really love to read it
Don't forget me when you're casting
We should talk
We should talk
Gotta run
Gotta run
Let's have lunch
Let's have lunch
Yeh, I have an appoinment with Mr. Sheldrake
Name?

Gillis, Joseph Gillis
All right, sir, you know your way?
Yeah
We want the key to your car
You're way behind the payments.

Don't give us any fancy footwork....
Give us the keys
I only wish I could help. I loaned it to my accountant
He has an important client down in Palm Springs
Felt like shooting the breeze.

Are you telling us you walked here?
I believe in self-denial, I'm in training for the priesthood
Okay wise guy, three hundred bucks
Or we're taking the car
We have a court order
I love it when you talk dirty
Bless you, Joseph
That you, Sammy
How do you like my harem?
How come you get such lousy breaks?
One learns to grin and bear 'em
This is the biggest film ever made
What're you planning?
Temple Virgin
Handmaiden to Delilah
Let's have lunch, gotta run
You've got to find me a job, I'm way behind with my payments
I thought you were meant to be my agent, I need some work
I only wish I could help, this town is dead at the moment
There's been this slowdown in production....

Who is this jerk?
He's my wunderkind from Broadway,
Every major studio wants him
Playing one against the other....
What I need is three hundred bucks
Maybe what you need is a new agent
Hello, Artie
Joe, you bastard!
You never call me anymore
Found a cuter dancing partner how are things?
Not so great
Will this help? Twenty bucks?
Thanks! you're a pal!
Good morning, Mr. De Mille
Good morning, C.B.
This is Sheldrake, bring some water
Get me that shithead Nolan
Nolan, sweetheart, great to talk, this draft is so much brighter
You're the best, even so, I've hired another writer.

Mr.Gilis
Joe! What the fuck bring you here!
You wanted to see me
I did? What about?
"Based Loaded" It's an outline for a baseball picture
So, pitch
It's about a rookie shortstop. He's batting .347
The kid was once mixed up in a holdup
Now he's trying to go straight.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I think I have read this
Somebody, bring in whatever we've got on....
"Based Loaded"
......"Based Loaded"
They're pretty hot for it over at Twentieth
Good
But can you seeTy Power as a shortstop?
Let's have lunch
Here's that "Based Loaded" material, Mr. Sheldrake
I made a two-page synopsis for you,
But I wouldn't bother to read it.

Why not?
It's just a rehash of something
That wasn't very good to begin with
Meet Mr. Gillis, he wrote it
We should talk
This is Miss Kramer.

Schaefer, Betty Schaefer. And right now,
I'd like to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me
If I could be of any help...
I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis, I couldn't see the point of it
What sort of material do you suggest? James Joyce? Dostoyevsky?
I think pictures should at least try to say a little something
I see you're one of the message kids.
I expect you'll have turned down"Gone with the wind"
No, that was me
Gotta run.

And I guess I was disappointed
I've read some of your other works
And I thought you had some real talent.

Yeah, that was last year. This year I felt like eating.
Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis
Thank you, Miss Kramer.
Well, looks like Zanuck's got himself a baseball picture.
We should talk, gotta run, let's have lunch
You've got to give me some work, I'll take whatever's on offer
There must be some shit that needs a rewrite, throw it my way
I only wish I could help, there's no spare shit at the moment
Remember the greatest writers starved in Garrets
Didn't care about pay.

Are you trying to be funny
I believe in self-denial, give a man some moral backbone
Can you loan me three hundred bucks
I'm sorry, Gillis, Good-bye
I just love Hollywood
Morning, Joanna
Where've you been hiding?
Hi there, Lisa
How're you doing?
I hate this weather
You look great
RKO are O.K.
What are you doing?
You look great
This is the biggest film ever made.

I'm trying to make my mind up
Guess I was born to play her
What is my motivation?
You look great
They're taling nominations
You should go work for Warners'
Is your new script with Sheldrake?
I'm very close to Sheldrake
We shoot next month
Gotta run
Let's drive to Vegas this weekend
Let's have lunch
You look great
I'm handling in my second draft
It's between me and Dietrich
I've landed a big broadway show
I'm gonna work for Metro
Let's have lunch
Let's have lunch
Let's have lunch, this is the biggest film ever made
I'd really love to read it.

I'd know just how to light you
Let's have lunch
It won't work
Let's pencil Thursday morning
We should talk
Gotta run
Chorus
Let's have lunch
Hi! Good morning, aren't we lucky?
Going to work with Cukor
Paramount is paradise, movies from A to Zukor
We should talk, gotta run
Let's have lunch
We should talk
Gotta run
Gotta run
Let's have lunch
Come to get your knife back?
It's still there, right between my shoulder blades.