[BETTY]
I read
One of your stories
Wasn't it Scribner's
Some magazine
Title -
Something with windows

[JOE]
It was "Blind Windows"
If that's what you mean

[BETTY]
That's right
I really liked it

[JOE]
I'm all warm and runny inside

[BETTY]
Let me pitch it to Sheldrake

[JOE]
I may be broke
But I still have my pride
[BETTY]
Come on
Get off your high horse
Writers with pride don't live in L.A
Silence
Exile and cunning
Those are the only cards you can play

[JOE]
Sheldrake won't buy this story
He likes trash with fairy lights
Jesus, think of the effort
Trying to get him to heighten his sights

[BETTY]
Every movie's a circus
Can't we discuss this
Schwab's Thursday night?

[JOE]
What for?
Nothing will happen
I gotta go now
Fight the good fight

[BETTY]
What's the rush?
[JOE]
See those gorillas?

[BETTY]
Yes, what about them?

[JOE]
Do me a terrific favor
Keep them amused while I escape

[BETTY]
If you're at Schwab's on Thursday

[JOE, spoken]
Done. Look, those guys are after my car. If I lose that in this town, it's like having my legs cut off

[BETTY, spoken]
Let's duck into the soundstage

[FIRST FINANCEMAN]
Come on, Gillis, give us the keys

[BETTY, spoken]
Shhh! Please be quiet, Mr. DeMille is shooting right over there

[FIRST FINANCEMAN, spoken]
So what?
[BETTY, spoken]
He's working on "Samson and Delilah" - they're doing a red-hot scene with Hedy Lamarr. You want to stay and watch?

[FIRST FINANCEMAN, spoken]
No

[SECOND FINANCEMAN, spoken]
Relax, we got five minutes