well, what do you know ! joe gillis !
where have you been keeping that gorgeous face of yours?
i almost reported you to the bureau of missing persons. fans, you all know joe gillis, the well-known screen writer, opium smuggler and black dahlia suspect.
give me your coat.
you're going to stay, aren't you?
come on.
what is this - mink?
judas e. priest, who did you borrow that from? adolphe menjou?
say, you're not really smuggling opium these days, are you?
the greatest. they call me the elsa maxwell of the assistant directors. hey, easy on the punch bowl. budget only calls for three drinks per extra. fake the rest.
sure, this'll go on all night.
it just so happens we have a vacancy on the couch.
i'll have the bell-hop take care of your luggage.
just register here.
you know each other?
wait a minute. this is the woman i love. what's going on? who was loaded?
over by the rainbow room.
i said you could have my couch. i didn't say you could have my girl.
walking out on the mob. what's the big idea?
someone in the formal set, no doubt, with a ten-carat kidney stone.
unless you'd rather have sarah bernhardt.
could you write in plenty of back- ground action, so they'll need an extra assistant director?
the accent! i've got it: this guy is in the pay of a foreign government. get those studs. get those cuff-links.
babe, it's like that producer says: in life, you've got to take the bitter with the sour.