Bullets Over Broadway Page #4

"As a small artist to a greater one.

That you merely consider my play...

is all the fulfillment

I require.

Hmm.

- What's he like?

- I hear he's terrific.

A genius ready to emerge.

- I have to be billed over the title.

- Where else?

- Approval of the leading man.

The star's dressing room.

- This is not even a question.

Approval of

all photos of me.

Oh, it's still not

a very glamorous role.

But maybe I could meet with David.

Maybe we could go over the script.

Maybe there's a few ways

we could find to brighten her up. Hmm?

Why am I nervous?

- That was sad. Clara Bow had it rough.

- She's a doll.

- I'd do anything to be in a movie.

- You're pretty enough.

Do you think you could

ever speak to Mr. Valenti?

- Mr. Valenti knows everybody.

He'll do the right thing.

- That's right.

I hear he's gonna make Olive Neal

a Broadway star. [ Screams ]

[ Gunshots ]

Go, go, go!

Where'd it happen?

Who'd they get?

Oh, Jesus!

All right, I'm gonna be

at Olive's for about an hour.

You get some more guys downstairs

and call me back on the Masucci thing.

-This is for Leo Kustabeck, you hear me?

-[ Olive ] Hey!

- You said this was the lead.

It's a smaller part.

- All right.

- I got no time now.

- It's a smaller part.

I don't believe it.

- They just got Vinny and Sal

outside a movie house.

- I counted the lines.

- Sylvia Poston is the lead.

I'm just backing her up.

- You hear what I said?

- I'm tired of backing people up.

I wanna be the lead.

- Julian says you're a doctor.

- A doctor. I don't wanna be

a doctor. I wanna be the lead.

- A head doctor. It's a big part.

A head doctor,

but it ain't the lead.

- So don't try and snow me.

- You'd squawk if they

hung you with a new rope.

- I know a lead when I see a lead,

and this ain't the lead.

- [ Phone Ringing ]

- A lead is on every single page.

A lead has lots of scenes.

- Hello? Oh, Vito.

- Ya heard? Get everybody

together at the garage.

- I don't get to kiss nobody.

- No, I want it done today!

What is it with you?

- Hey!

- You wanna take your business

outta here? We got guests!

- Call me back.

- I got trouble here.

- I don't care about your trouble.

- What am I supposed to do?

Just foot the bills around here?

- I don't care.

- And I want my say with

this Broadway big shot too.

- Okay, just don't embarrass me.

- I'm lookin' out

for your interests, okay?

- [ Woman ] Miss Olive?

- There's a Mr. Marx and--

- I know, I know. Send 'em in, Venus.

- Listen. When they get here...

- What?

- charm 'em a little, baby.

- You're the one that

needs charm lessons.

- I told them you're a great actress.

- I am a great actress.

Nick Valenti!

Say hello to David Shayne.

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