Angels Over Broadway Page #2

How long are you gonna be in town?

Not very long.

Heres hoping you enjoy your brief stay.

Gene! So good to see you.

My beautiful.

lm so sorry l didnt get to see your play.

l heard it was charming.

Do come around sometime, Gene.

lm giving a little party Saturday--

Put your scissors away, Delilah,

my hairs all cut.

ls this stylish fellow my successor?

-Gene, youre drunk.

-Darling.

You understate the case by three bottles

and a thousand tears.

Avaunt.

What is the idea

of giving me a midgets coat?

Or is the management

handing out straitjackets...

...as it should?

Sorry, Mr. Gibbons, we have a new boy.

Just a second, please.

Mr. Gibbons coat, Frank, that brown one.

To whom it may concern.

lm in receipt of a communication.

This is to inform the police

that l have ended my own life.

-Vincent!

-Yes, Mr. Gibbons?

-Whose mantle is this?

-l dont know his name, sir.

Hes a stranger who came in a while ago.

A stranger out of the night.

Where is he roosting?

You can find anything you want

in New York...

...if you know where to look for it.

Romance. Adventure.

l know that goes on where youre from.

But in New York,

its with an all-star cast and a fast show.

Seven million people all on one skyrocket,

thats New York.

What do you say

we slip out and have a look?

Thanks.

Thanks very much,

but l have another engagement.

Come on, its early yet.

Your engagement will keep.

Lets have a little fun first,

what do you say?

Mr. Engle, l believe?

Yes.

How do you do?

My name is Gene Gibbons...

...the distinguished playwright.

l am glad to see you, Gene.

Wont you join us?

With pleasure.

Do not misunderstand the word

distinguished, Mr. Engle.

lt refers to my misdeeds.

Allow me to present Miss Nina Barona

of the Russian ballet.

Miss Barona, you are enchanting.

Whats your name, son?

Come on now, Gene. lm Bill OBrien.

To be sure, one of the OBriens.

Listen, Brien, will you do me a favor?

For old times sake.

l want to discuss a matter

of personal importance with Mr. Engle.

Always glad to do anything

to oblige my distinguished friends.

Come on, Nina.

We need a little privacy ourselves.

Lets go.

-How did you know my name?

-This letter, sir.

Fine, fine.

l no longer have to order drinks.

l just attract them.

He shall have liquor wherever he goes.

As l understand

from your communication, Mr. Engle...

...youre on the brink of self-destruction.

May l shake your hands, a brilliant idea.

l speak as one who has destroyed himself

a score of times.

l am, Mr. Engle...

...a veteran corpse.

We are all corpses here.

This rendezvous is one of the musical

graveyards of the town.

Caters to zombies

hopping around with dead hearts...

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