
Cafe Society
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(2.40 / 5 votes)When the sun starts to dip
on the Hollywood hills,
the light often takes on the saturated
loveliness of color by Technicolor.
in the late 1930's,
said to be fabulous, were.
An the cocktail and dinner gatherings,
saw the film colony's creme de la creme
draining high balls, exchanging rumors,
making deals and trading gossip.
No 'A' list affair was complete
without the presence of Phil Stern,
one of the town's most high powered agents,
and his lovely wife, Karen.
Brilliant and dynamic,
Stern could invariably be found holding court.
I saw Paul Muni on stage in New York
and I was the first one to determine
that he could do films.
I have...I pegged it. I saw him...
that he would be a film actor.
And you had the idea?
I knew that he would make the transition.
What...what was his quality?
Watch...watch the spilling, please.
It's a good party, Phil,
what can I tell ya!
Excuse me.
Yes?
Telephone call, Mr.Stern.
Oh! For me?
I gotta take this.
I'm expecting a call from Ginger Rogers.
I told her that I could be reached here.
She is not happy with her
representation, so who knows?
Charmed luck!
Phil Stern, here.
Phil, it's Rose.
Rose?
Your sister.
How did you find me here?
Your housekeeper gave me the number.
What's wrong?
Bobby quit, Marty's jewelry business.
And he's coming to Hollywood.
I was hoping that you could find
something for him in your agency.
Who?
Bobby.
My son.
Your nephew.
Phil?
We're talking to Warner Brothers the next summer,
if they wind up the rights for the book.
And, Bette Davis would be perfect.
When we get the rights
to the book, we'll talk.
But Phil, until that happens...try not to
write the deal like lighting a wet match.
OK, let me just get off this call.
Get off the phone, we'll sit down.
Uh, huh...hello? Huh?
Hmm, yes?
And he doesn't know a soul out there.
So what the hell is he
comin' out here for?
I mean, I don't know
what I can do for him,
meanwhile, this call is
costing you a fortune.
Look,
I...I gotta go.
Ginger Rogers is trying
to get in touch with me.
Two weeks later,
a cab from the train station
pulled up in Hollywood
at the Ali Baba Motel.
And emerging from it, was a young man
hoping to make a life for himself.
This was Robert Jacob Dorfman.
Bobby Dorfman, from the Bronx,
away from home for the first time.
The son of the poor jeweler, Marty Dorfman,
and his beleaguered wife, Rose.
His parents bickered on all subjects.
Particularly Phil Stern.
He is not a Jewish man.
And what are you?
You are no example.
You don't pray. You don't fast.
And you don't have
a traditional Jewish head.
You're stupid!
Then there was the middle sister,
Evelyn, the school teacher,
married to Leonard, the intellectual,
the professor, the Communist.
Religion is the opium of the people.
A ponderer of big questions.
A mensch.
A match made in heaven for Evelyn.
Finally, there was the
eldest brother, Ben.
Simply put, Ben was a gangster.
Bobby loved his brother
and chose to see Ben's lively-hood
as the restaurant's supply business.
But while Ben serviced
bars and nightclubs,
there was a darker
aspect to his life.
And so, on a sun drenched
day on Wilshire Boulevard,
Bobby Dorfman approaches the
office of his Uncle Phil Stern.
Hmm, Hi, I'm here to see Phil Stern.
You have an appointment?
I do.
I'm..ah, Bobby Dorfman, his nephew.
He is actually in a conference at the moment.
Why don't you have a seat.
Of course!
Mr.Dorfman?
Oh, yes?
Mr.Stern will not be available today.
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