Ida Tarbell Page #2
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IDA:
You might want to check your spelling.
“Parallel” is two l’s, one r. Even a
secretary knows that.
She walks off. Lowry stares at his text, frowns. She’s right.
HALLWAY -- FOLLOWING
A stencilled sign on a glass door reads: S.S. McClure.
Publisher. Ida approaches, gives a timid knock.
SAM MCCLURE (O.S.)
Not now, Phillips!
Ida knocks again, a little louder this time. Finally, a head
pokes out.
SAM MCCLURE:
Oh, for Christ’s sake, what is it now?
SAM MCCLURE is a compact ball of energy in his early 40’s. Of
Scots-Irish descent, with the red hair and fiery temperament
to match. He is impeccably well-dressed for a publisher. He
looks like what he is: a cyclone in a frock coat.
IDA:
Mr. McClure? I’m Ida Tarbell. We had an
appointment?
SAM MCCLURE:
(totally forgot)
Ah, Miss Tarbell! Of course! Welcome.
Please, come in.
She enters McClure’s office.
6.
INT. MCCLURE’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
The place is a chaos of books, magazines, unread manuscripts.
He deftly sweeps a bottle of Scotch under a coat.
SAM MCCLURE:
You must pardon our appearance, I’m afraid
we’re still moving in. Thank you for
coming, please have a seat. I trust you had
IDA:
Titusville. Pennsylvania.
SAM MCCLURE:
Pennsylvania? Good Baptist folk down there,
are they?
IDA:
Some of them. We’re Methodist.
(drily)
Less singing. More penance.
SAM MCCLURE:
(finding a file)
I read your CV, it’s very impressive. First
woman to graduate from Allegheny College.
Editor of the Chautauquan. Masters in
French literature from the Sorbonne.
IDA:
Pending...
SAM MCCLURE:
I see you’ve written well-reviewed bios on
Madame Roland, Napoleon and Abe Lincoln.
You’re quite ambitious, aren’t you?
IDA:
You mean “for a woman”?
SAM MCCLURE:
I meant...for a writer.
A beat. Ida takes the compliment as intended.
IDA:
Thank you.
SAM MCCLURE:
I read your piece in Scribner’s on Parisian
cobblestones, I thought it was brilliant.
Do you know why?
IDA:
(smiles)
You have a thing for French limestone?
7.
SAM MCCLURE:
I couldn’t care less about limestone. But
you made me care. And I’m still not sure
how you did it.
IDA:
Well, sometimes you just have to find the
right angle. The right way in.
SAM MCCLURE:
Exactly. But not everyone can do that.
Smoke?
IDA:
No, thank you.
McClure lights up a cheroot. Puffing furiously on it as he
paces around the room.
SAM MCCLURE:
We’re small, but we’re growing fast. Our
circulation right now is around 175,000. I
think we can get up to 250 by next year.
Have you read our magazine?
IDA:
Yes. I have.
SAM MCCLURE:
And..?
IDA:
You want my opinion of your magazine?
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