The Purple Rose of Cairo

408 00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:26,021 He has trouble with humans. 409 00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:29,191 Where do I have trouble with real people? 410 00:27:29,233 --> 00:27:31,443 You behave fine with Donald? 411 00:27:31,693 --> 00:27:36,698 -He won't speak to his son-in-law. -He never makes conversation. 412 00:27:36,907 --> 00:27:39,785 -He has to be drawn out. -I don't draw out. 413 00:27:40,035 --> 00:27:43,330 Like I said, he has trouble with live humans. 414 00:27:43,622 --> 00:27:46,416 Yes, RKO! 415 00:27:46,667 --> 00:27:49,628 I want to speak to Mr. Raoul Hirsch. 416 00:27:50,337 --> 00:27:52,256 Yes, Mr. Hirsch. 417 00:27:53,131 --> 00:27:56,552 He's the producer of The Purple Rose of Cairo. 418 00:27:57,094 --> 00:27:58,136 No, he's not. 419 00:27:58,428 --> 00:28:03,100 Just tell him I have a theater, and there's a crisis with his film. 420 00:28:03,267 --> 00:28:06,520 This is Mr. Hirsch. What's the problem? 421 00:28:07,312 --> 00:28:08,355 What? 422 00:28:08,605 --> 00:28:10,899 They're just sitting up there. 423 00:28:11,108 --> 00:28:14,862 Rita, the countess, Larry Wilde, the playboy. 424 00:28:15,112 --> 00:28:17,155 People want their money back. 425 00:28:17,447 --> 00:28:20,158 The theater is nine-tenths empty. 426 00:28:20,242 --> 00:28:21,660 Take a walk. 427 00:28:21,910 --> 00:28:23,871 Look, he just walked out! 428 00:28:24,162 --> 00:28:26,623 Baxter. The Communist is screaming... 429 00:28:26,874 --> 00:28:29,293 ...the priest is in reel two. 430 00:28:29,543 --> 00:28:33,130 How can he leave the screen? It's never happened. 431 00:28:33,338 --> 00:28:36,216 That doesn't mean it can't happen. 432 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:39,970 That's all you need. Hundreds of loose Tom Baxters. 433 00:28:40,262 --> 00:28:43,307 -Hundreds? -I advise you to control it fast. 434 00:28:43,515 --> 00:28:45,517 Your character on the run? 435 00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:50,314 Who knows what he'll do? Robbery. Murder. I see lawsuits. 436 00:28:50,564 --> 00:28:53,192 I'd charter a plane and go there. 437 00:28:54,318 --> 00:28:56,278 Get me Gil Shepherd. 438 00:28:56,320 --> 00:29:00,324 DINE and DANCE 439 00:29:01,992 --> 00:29:04,328 I'm not too light on my feet. 440 00:29:04,578 --> 00:29:06,705 You're a feather in my arms. 441 00:29:06,955 --> 00:29:10,501 Monk never took me dancing, not at all. 442 00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:12,294 Even if I begged. 443 00:29:12,377 --> 00:29:15,589 Really? So it's been bad for you? 444 00:29:15,839 --> 00:29:18,342 It's been hard for everyone. 445 00:29:18,425 --> 00:29:22,638 Living in a world with no jobs and wars. 446 00:29:22,888 --> 00:29:25,349 Have you heard of the Great War? 447 00:29:25,390 --> 00:29:27,601 Sorry. I missed it. 448 00:29:28,519 --> 00:29:33,440 People get old and sick and never find true love. 449 00:29:33,690 --> 00:29:35,984 Where I'm from, they don't disappoint. 450 00:29:36,193 --> 00:29:39,196 They're consistent and always reliable. 451 00:29:39,238 --> 00:29:43,951 -You don't find that in real life. -You have. 452 00:29:53,836 --> 00:29:57,005 Are you considering Lindbergh's life? 453 00:29:57,214 --> 00:29:59,550 Yes, but don't print that yet. 454 00:29:59,758 --> 00:30:02,261 You're great in Purple Rose of Cairo. 455 00:30:02,553 --> 00:30:07,933 Thanks. I was singled out by East Coast critics. 456 00:30:08,225 --> 00:30:11,061 The New York Times said I had almost... 457 00:30:11,270 --> 00:30:14,273 ...too smoldering a quality for comedy. 458 00:30:14,565 --> 00:30:17,651 How would you play Lindbergh? Like Tom? 459 00:30:17,901 --> 00:30:21,321 No. Tom was a change of pace for me... 460 00:30:21,405 --> 00:30:23,073 ...from earlier roles. 461 00:30:23,282 --> 00:30:26,702 I played Tom Baxter with a kind of a poetic... 462 00:30:26,952 --> 00:30:29,872 ...idealistic quality that just-- 463 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:34,418 Lindbergh was a loner. He was self-reliant. 464 00:30:34,626 --> 00:30:37,421 I have to use a dialogue coach. 465 00:30:37,462 --> 00:30:42,384 -Can I see you alone? Excuse me. -Sure. What's up? 466 00:30:42,593 --> 00:30:45,429 Baxter's come down off the screen. 467 00:30:45,679 --> 00:30:47,598 -What? -I spoke to Hirsch. 468 00:30:47,848 --> 00:30:49,349 Nobody knows how. 469 00:30:49,433 --> 00:30:51,393 It's not physically possible. 470 00:30:51,602 --> 00:30:54,396 -In Jersey it is. -I created him. 471 00:30:54,605 --> 00:30:58,317 I'd hate for anything to happen to your career... 472 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,819 -...now that it's moving. -Like what? 473 00:31:01,069 --> 00:31:03,447 There's a double of you on the loose. 474 00:31:03,697 --> 00:31:06,283 -Is he robbing and raping? -Is he? 475 00:31:06,325 --> 00:31:08,118 Who knows? 476 00:31:08,410 --> 00:31:11,538 The last thing we need is