All language subtitles for 2F8B86AC75E26313C5BBC5418981AA4A_eng (CAFE SOCIETY) (IND AND ARAB)

When the sun starts to
dip on the Hollywood hills,

the light often takes on the saturated
loveliness of color by Technicolor.

The homes of the movie
stars, 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...

long before anyone else knew
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.

There's a little bit of
a crisis thats come up.

Can you come back Friday?

Ah, that's...that's
three days away.

Yes, the nineteenth,

Thank you.

I'm sorry,

Mr.Stern had to
leave for Acapulco.

He said to tell you, it was a
promise to his wife on her birthday.

Christ! He went from
Chicago to Mexico on business!

I'm here 3 weeks, I
can't get near him!

It's MGM, it's Ginger
Rogers, it's Ronald Coleman...

That's why Phil
Stern's a big man.

He'll be back, so
make the best of it.

Here...your brother, he
came over for potato pancakes.

Take the phone.

Hey pal, you bored already?

I was there for 3 weeks,
that's why I'll never go back.

It's sunny and warm but it's not
New York. I do not know anybody here.

Here they call Danish sweet
rolls and serve coffee first,

the minute you sit down.
Even before the orange juice.

Let me give you some
phone numbers, ok? Hang on.

OK.

Toni White, Klondike 0079,

She knows a lotta girls.

Know you're shy. Can't
start a conversation.

Just pay him 20 bucks,

She knows you're cute.

Hey! I'm not paying. There's nothing
sexy about a commercial transaction.

No, you are right kid. It's the worst. But
some nights, it's the only game in town.

Good bye.

He's a good kid. He'll do okay.

Meanwhile the phony
brother is givin' a run around.

He is busy.

You don't know,
what it is to be busy.

The man eats with Fred
Astaire and Gary Cooper.

I'm impressed.

Here.

Good pancakes.
Buy yourself a hat.

What's this?

$1,500?

Hmm...going to
Florida for a few days.

I don't want this money, if
it came from anything fishy.

My partner and I are
maybe buying a nightclub.

Would it make you feel better if
I was in the night club business?

As...as long as it's
all above board...

When will you know? We've to
see if the owner is willing to sell.

We're trying to persuade him.

If asked politely,
people listen.

I'm at Ali Baba Motel.

It's on Grace and
Yucca. Yes, and ah...

it's Room 222, on
Bobby Dorfman, so yes.

10:15? Yeah. OK.

That's fine, 10:15,

yeah, I don't care.
No, of course not!

Blond, brunette...whatever
she like.

Ah, great, I will be waiting.

This is the room you want.

Your date got my
room, by mistake.

Oh, God! Sorry.

Come on in. Oh Sorry. Sorry, OK!

Jesus! What the hell did you do?

I'm sorry! I wrote
it down wrong.

You know, I live here,
so everyone has to know.

Do I look a working girl? Look
at yourself! Are you kidding me?

Where were you? I
am ready to go to sleep.

I know, I know. My car got a flat.
I'm sorry, I'm late. My name is Candy.

Delayed, you get
the wrong room...

I could use one. Yeah?

Alright, fine! Help yourself.

You know, I
usually don't do this.

Oh! Can you let you
in on a secret? What?

I've never taken money before,
so we're both in the same boat.

Wait a second! You
mean this is your first job?

Uh..hmm. It is.

So if I seem a
little disorganized...

My God! Toni sends you over
here! You're not even a pro!

Not yet!

You don't have any qualms
going down this road? Umm, huh.

I need a job.

My acting career is
not going anywhere.

OK! Yeah, but maybe, think.

I need the money.

Uh! You know what? You don't...

you don't have to sleep with
me, but I'll give you the money.

No, It's OK! I've
made up my mind.

No, I don't want it on my
conscience. It's too much for me.

It's alright, it's
alright. I'm willing!

Oh! Willing? Thank you very
much! It was like taking medicine?

No! No! You are not some
big fat shrieker! Thank you!

Hey! You are nervous and
now you are making me nervous.

I'm not nervous to goto bed... actually
I got out of a pretty hot romance, OK?

But I never paid anyone
to do it with me, before.

Incidentally, I need
the $20 in advance.

There is nothing sexy about the
two of us going through the motions!

Here, just take
the money and go.

Don't you wanna try me?

Listen, I'm so lonely
that I would have been

happy to talk but I'm
even too tired for that.

Am I not attractive?

You are okay. You are fine!
It's me, I get a headache.

Oh? And this town is full of
fantastic looking girls? Yeah!

They come from all over,
lookin' to get in movies. Yeah.

So, you don't wanna
go to bed with me? Yeah.

It's just that I'm not in
the mood, sorry. I lost it.

Oh Jesus! Don't
cry. Don't cry. Cmon!

Oh, come on! Cmon on! If
it's gonna kill you, lets go.

Cmon, we'll do it. All I ask
is that we turn the lights out.

You know what? I got a feelin',
this line of work is not right for you.

Hey look!

I came over here a little late,

OK, but its you who
is backing down.

Hey! Because you are making me tense.
Give me the bottle. I need another drink.

Maybe if we just took our
clothes off and got into bed?

What? No! I can't. It's too mechanical.
Here, just take the 20 bucks.

No! Forget it. I'll just go.
Sorry I screwed everything up.

No, I'm sorry too. 'Cause
this isn't really my style.

And don't be upset,
it's got nothing to do with

your looks. Don't take
it personally. Okay?

But you don't wanna do it? Oh, my God!
If it's so important to you, we'll do it!

Cmon! We'll do it! Let's go.

Come on. Okay.

Okay!

Here, take the money.

So what is your name? Cindy?

Its Candy.

Candy? Its Candy? Yeah.

It's that real...? What
is that? Candice?

No, not really.

But it's a sexy name,
don't you think?

It's okay..

My real name is Shirley.

Shirley Garfein.

You are a Jew?

Yeah. So?

A Jewish hooker!
Is this is a first.

Oh, don't act so shocked! I'm
not gonna make a career out of it!

Just take the 20, OK? And
please go. Just go. Thank you.

Oh! What's wrong? Please.

Nothing, I just
can't...let you in. Let's go.

But, please. Are you sure?

Very sure. It was nice to
meet you. Thank you so

much. Just don't talk to
anybody on your way out.

That's fine.

It's just down this hall. Great!

Come in. Come in.

Sorry been so hard to get to.

Hate to tell you, how hard its been going
through with Howard Hawks at Chicago.

Oh! That's okay, Uncle Phil.

Sit.

So...

what's the story?

Rose tells me you
wanna live out here?

Yes...yes,

I could not go on with my
father's business. Sorry...

It was stilt defying, I wanna do
something more interesting with my life.

Call for you, sir.
Hello? Yeah, hi Paul.

Yeah, its a mess down there. Adolphe Menjou
is threatening to walk off the picture.

I'll give you the
details at Jacks on

Friday. You will be at
the poker game, right?

OK, we'll talk then.

Yeah, yep. I'm
tied up right now.

Great.

You can't believe
last coupla weeks.

Oh, Christ! Ben, it's all about
ego! This whole town runs on ego.

Yeah. Hi, I'm Bobby. Ben is my
brother though, so its understandable.

So what the hell...

What can I do for
you? Adele calling...

Hold on...hello?

Oh, Jesus! What...?

Absolutely. Yes.

Lunch on Friday
at the Brown Derby.

Yeah. And bring Harry
because I believe Joel

McCrea would be the
perfect play to lead.

Absolutely. See you on Friday.

And don't cancel on me
with a cock-a-mame excuse.

What do you think
of Joel McCrea?

I think he's a great movie star.

What I like about
Joel McCrea is that he

can play drama and
give you the light touch.

Great range.

So...what are your plans? Are
you plannin' on staying out here?

Well, I thought maybe if
you know somethin' I could

get started here maybe. Maybe
something at your agency?

Here, like what?

I don't know. Like
something I can stay out here.

I kinda...I kinda of need a job.

We have nothing here at the moment, I
mean if you're talking about the mail room.

The Mail room, yeah so thats...

Yeah, sure, to maybe begin with.

If something comes up in the
mail room, I could let you know.

OK so...so there
nothing here, now then?

Unless...

put you working for me.

Come up with some
cock-a-meme title.

I always have
some errands to run.

Oh! I'll do anything.

You know anybody in town?

No. I don't.

Hotel life, it's worse, right?

Umm, Karen and I will
invite you over to dinner.

And we've these parties.

Sunday brunches. We'll invite
you. You meet some nice people.

Vonnie, come in here. Can you?

Check in with me each day and I
will have some odd jobs for you to do.

This is so nice
of you, Uncle Phil.

Stop with The Uncle. It's Phil.

You don't wanna
over-emphasize on empathism.

Vonnie, this is my
nephew...umm...

Bobby. Bobby...Bobby.

He just moved out here.

Maybe you can help him get
oriented. Show him the town?

Right now, he's at sea.

Absolutely.

Anytime this weekend.
Are you free Saturday?

Yes! Great. Hmm..umm. And...

Fantastic. Very
nice to meet you.

When you leave, I'll get
your information. Okay.

She was nice.

Dear Evelyn, just
a note to say hello.

I'd call more frequently but
between mom & dad, you and Ben,

the long distance calls are
probably bankrupting everybody.

Ben sent me a few
bucks, so I'm managing.

I gotta job with Uncle Phil.

Not much of a job, but
he's going to have me at

dinners and brunches, and
introduce me to contacts.

His secretary is going to
show me around, this weekend.

She is very pretty.

Dear Bobby,

It's raining here today.

Very pretty, but a
little melancholy.

Leonard says, its
the poignancy of life,

and not only do we have to
embrace its meaninglessness,

and celebrate life
because it has no meaning.

Its too deep for me, but
mom always boils it down to:

Live every day
like its your last.

And someday you will be right.

Hi, thank you so much
for driving. Of course.

So? So...

So where should we start?

I was thinking,
maybe the Beverly Hills

homes? The fancy,
spamshy movie stars homes?

Great! I'm game. Okay.

This is Spencer Tracy's
house. Wow! Hmm...

I think it's one of the
prettiest. But its not done out.

Yeah. Wait! Whose that one?

Well that I don't know.

Looks a bit pretentious,
don't you think?

Is it?

Well, to me, these all
seems like the Taj Mahal.

I know the feeling.

And here is where Joan
Crawford lives. Oh! My God!

It takes your breath away.
Right? Look at that car!

Know I met Ms.Crawford
once. Really?

She is a client of your uncle's.

What is she like? Beautiful.

I knew her, before she was a
movie star. She was larger than life.

I can imagine what it would
be like, to be larger than life.

Sure'd be fun for a while.

But I think I'd be
happier life-sized.

This is Robert Taylor's house.

OK, if you could chose one
house on the block to live in,

which would you pick?

I don't think I would
choose Beverly Hills.

No? Why...why not?

I love living by the
beach, you know...like

my apartment is a short ride to
the ocean. I get to stare it all day.

To be honest, I kinda
feel sorry for these people.

Needing to feel important
in these big houses.

I talk like this now.

But I'm same as every other girl in
town. All with same ambition, but...

What? You wanted
to be a movie star?

I loved acting, in school.

Where was school?

Nebraska.

I thought I come to Hollywood and live
in one of these house with swimming pool,

and hop nod with all the
glamorous types. Hmm.

Door openings. Hmm...

You know, you grow up and...

quickly realize that if you had half
a brain, what a silly life that can be.

Lovely, charming, and un-corrupted
by the values of the seductive city

that worshiped fame
and box office records,

Vonnie enchanted him,

although he was too scared
to ask, if she had a boyfriend.

As his philosophy maven
brother-in-law once said:

Some questions you don't
wanna know the answers to.

Meanwhile, he labored at the trivial
errands his uncle had him doing.

and was the only thought that she
would be free again the following Saturday

and he could see her

that gave him something
to look forward to.

Here you go, two
beers. Thank you sir.

Wow! That movie!

I loved it. Did you
like it? Yeah of course.

Barbara Stanwyck is
really one of my favorites.

This place is great!
And you were not kidding

when you said this
place wasn't a joint.

It's not the Brown
Derby or Chasen's,

where you have to make an
entrance, or sit at the right table,

next to Mr.Goldwyn
or James Cagney.

Have you ever heard
Mr.Goldwyn speak?

He sounds like a wad-will comic.

His accent is so
extreme, it's so hilarious.

And I didn't expect that.

What are you thinking?

Just the fact that...

you're very beautiful.

Thank you. Hmm.

Ah! I don't think its a
very good idea, actually.

No? I'm seeing someone.

Oh! I didn't...what's he like?

Doug is a journalist. Oh!

I just thought, since you had so
much free time in your hands...

He travels a lot.

And I really like spending time
with you, I hope its ok, you know...

you're very sweet. Have
you heard that before?

You have this deer in
the headlights quality...

Thank you.

Well, if I was your
boyfriend, I would not travel.

Or if I did, I would
take you with me.

I hope he knows how
to kiss you, all the rest...

That's between us.

I'm just looking out
for your best interests.

Thank you! I am.

What would I do
without you? I dunno.

Honey!

You know Karen. Actually
we never really met.

Phil speaks very highly of you.

Meaning to invite you to one of
our brunches for the longest of times.

Thank you very much. And I still
appreciate everything he's done for me.

I may have some good
news for you. Let's see.

You know, I thought I saw Joan...Joan
Blondell here. Is that possible?

She's around here somewhere.

I hear Louis is going
absolutely outta his mind...

because his new
picture is gonna bomb.

Look, Spencer's great.
Spencer's always great. Am I right?

They will never see
their money back.

Gentlemen, gentlemen.
Say hello to Bobby Dorfman.

Hi, how are you? Poor cheeks.

Mike was just saying, how bad
is the take on MGM's new film.

Howard, Rad, Steve!
Comon over here.

Is it not the best films you have
ever heard in your lifetime? Am I right?

Howard Fox, Bobby Dorfman.

Howard was the two time
Academy Award Winner.

Wow! Congratulations! Thank you.

You would have never
heard of me. I am a writer.

Rad Taylor, Bobby
Dorfman. Hi, Bobby.

Rad and Steve these are New
Yorkers, just like you. Nice to meet you.

Steve runs our New York
law firm. Nice to meet you.

Right, I do run the
New York law firm,

but I have a
question for you, Phil.

You said during this trip that I
could see Greta Garbo. Where is she?

Ah...she is impossible. Greta!?

Greta's gone somewhere,
thats where she is!

Bobby, who do you wanna
meet? Ah...Babe Ruth.

Ah, I mean present
company accepted.

I don't care how many men she
sleeps with, she will never get that part.

Have you seen her
in a bathing suit?

Huge thighs. They are
not Loui B Meyer thighs.

This is you faithful Hollywood
reporter calling like he said he would.

Yes...yes it's me.

I think you're actually lucky that your
boss doesn't invite you to these things.

It is...it is everything
that you can't stand.

It's all in-street talk and name
dropping and caddy back-stabbing.

Yeah, but there are a few faces
that you recognize from the screen.

Oh! Me?

I'm kinda half bored,
half fascinated.

But I would trade it for tacos
with you, at that little Mexican joint.

Hmm, yeah if we
were here together, we

would have a million
wicked laughs together.

Oh! No, no. Of course. Go.

I'll speak to you later. Yep.

If you look
closely. I'm in there.

These, these photos are incredible.
I recognize so many famous faces.

Keep going till you get to
an unknown 10 year old.

What? No! Is that you?

It's me, right next
to D.W.Griffith.

Oh, my Goodness!

I grew up in this town but thank
God, I married a confirmed New Yorker.

Oh yeah! Thats right, you lived in
New York. What did you do there?

I ran a modeling agency.

Oh really?

Hey! Are there more beautiful
girls in Hollywood or New York?

Why? Is that how y'all
decide where you will live?

No, no, no...I'm
just...just curious.

There is more out here.

I'm sure you will have no trouble
finding suitable companionship.

Unfortunately, the most beautiful
woman out here already has a boyfriend.

That's life!

That's why Rodgers
& Hart get rich.

I'm sorry, I think I'm drunk. I never mixed
champagne with bagels and locks before.

Welcome to Hollywood. Right!

What do you do?

Me? Well medial errands are my
specialty. But I don't see a future...

Steve. Hey! We met downstairs.

Absolutely. Bobby.

Here's a New Yorker suffering
from unrequited love. Hmm..uhmm.

It's true! Oh no!

Unrequited love kills more
people in a year than tuberculosis.

I believe that!

I am kidding. I
know, but it sounds...

If you ever find yourself back to
New York and you still broken hearted,

call us and I will introduce you to any
number of eligible young goddesses

who believe me, are
just as lonely as you,

despite their fabulous
measurements.

thank you, OK maybe
I'll take you up on that.

Listen, Bobby, if you
are bored out here, we

can always invite you
to a film we are screening

a film in which I have
wisely invested in next week.

I would love to go.

Does that sound good? Yes.
Of course. Thank you so much.

Bring your girlfriend, if you
pry her loose from her lover.

Marty? There you go!
I was looking for you.

I have some good news.

Vonnie, Hi. Hi.

You are free tonight?

I'm not.

You sure? I wanted to
take you out celebrate.

Celebrate what?
I got a promotion.

And a raise. I'm gonna
be reading scripts.

What!? That is fantastic! Yeah.

Wow! I'm so happy for you!

Thank you. I was hoping to take you out
for a screening. I got invited by some...

big producer.

Can I take a rain check?

Yes, of course! But I was
hoping on buying you champagne.

Hmm, how about
dinner on Wednesday?

Wednesday?

Yes OK.

Dinner it is.

That's great! I'll take
you out some place fancy.

Uh, then I gotta get dressed
up and the whole thing...

Maybe we stay at your
place? And I can cook for us.

Really? Well...you cook?

Well I don't make pheasant or
soufflГ© or anything like that, but...

I can manage
spaghetti and meatballs.

Yes! That's great. okay.

Well you can play me those jazz
records, I've been dying to hear.

Well you can play me those jazz
records, I've been dying to hear.

No! this is great. Well my mother
cooks spaghetti and meatballs.

When a Jew cooks,
it's always over cooked.

They wanna be sure
to kill all the germs, so...

I think, I'll prefer yours.

It was his first experience to a
private screening at a producer's home,

and it was a good movie.

And he wished Vonnie would
have been there to share.

But she had warned him from
start that she had a boyfriend.

Sorry I'm late. There was
traffic! Can you believe it?

Late or on time, you always
look beautiful to me. Thank you.

Can I have some white wine,
please. I'm sure its just the Kinder lite.

It is the light of the candles.

I made up my mind.

I'm gonna have a talk with Karen
as soon as she returns from Toronto.

Her mother is much better.

Are you sure, this is
really what you want?

I can't go sneaking around,

grabbing moments with
you in hotels and dark bars.

I'm in love with you.

You have been saying
that but I just don't

wanna feel like I've
broken up your marriage.

I wanna be honest,

Karen and I have a long
history and not a bad one.

Would I walk out on
her, hadn't I met you?

Probably not.

But I did meet you.

Of course I wanna be with you.
I just hate the duplicity of this.

I know, it's not fair
to you to live like this.

You been so
understanding about it.

Too understanding, really.

I love you, Vonnie.

My heart beats faster when
you say that to me, it does!

With excitement I
hope. Not anxiety.

Yes, with excitement.

I'm excited.

Dare I kiss you?

I dare you not.

Dear Bobby,

I understand you met
some girl, you're crazy about.

Your last letter said, she
had a boyfriend. A journalist.

My advice is to not give up.

Send her some
flowers and keep trying.

I know you said, she's not
the type that gets impressed

by presents but you know
women appreciate little gifts..

Just a word to the wise...

As for Ben, he is getting
involved in the nightclub business.

What does he know
of running a club?

I know, he's up to his
neck with union problems.

But so far, he's been
able to deal with them.

Ben Dorfman.
Benny to his friends.

Ten typewriters were
stolen over the weekend!

He was always in trouble with the
law. Even going back to school days.

He grew up in a Jewish neighborhood,
where most children got educated.

And became doctors or lawyers.

But not all. Some where though
Jews and picked the streets.

Harry Cantor owes me $6,000

You collect it for
me. I give you a third.

If you do it, this week... I take
you to Duffinetti for a nice steak.

He wasn't gonna struggle, like his father,
going through one menial job to another.

His friend Abe got 20 cents an hour
for lugging big crates of stationary.

He got 50 bucks for fixing up
some furs in the garment industry.

Tony Rondalino taught
them to holdup craps games.

Being illegally, when they took the
money, they couldn't go to the cops.

He split the money with Tony.

One night he was sitting
in his car with Tony.

He had enough to buy a car!

A guy came up,
calm as could be...

put his gun through the
window and killed Tony.

Education in the
streets, came violently.

Now, he and his partners
own the club 'The Hangover'.

He wore expensive suits,

but under those suits, he
was still Benny from the streets.

Well have a good trip.

I envy you. I miss New
York so much right now.

My business can't be without me
for too long or everyone falls apart.

I'm sure they do.

Good luck with
everything. Thank you.

She's coming over to
cook spaghetti this week.

I keep...I keep
deluding myself...

If I have the right wine, right
music, the right candlelight...

Oh, take it from me, she likes you if
she spends so much time with you.

Hope so. Steve and
I are rooting for you.

Thank you. Stay in touch.

You too.

Hello?

Hey Bobby! I wanted to tell
you that I can't make it tonight.

Something came up, its an
emergency. I have to re-schedule.

But I laid everything out. I
opened the wine to let it breathe.

Can I make it up to
you? I promise, I will.

Ok! Ow! Yeah, ok. Okay.

I got our anniversary present.

It's...look...

It's a letter written
and signed by

Rudolph Valentino.

It's paper.

Our first year's papers, so...

I found this amazing
memorabilia shop.

I can't do it, Vonnie.

Can't do what?

I can't leave Karen.

Bob, it was your idea...

I can't see you anymore.

No?

This is putting me
in an early grave.

I thought I could tell her...

But Christ! We've been married
for 25 years, we have kids.

You don't owe me
any explanation.

I can't lead a double
life. It's not fair to you.

Or to Karen, or to myself.

It's okay.

It's not that I do
not love you...

It's just that...the
situation is too difficult.

And its pointless to move on...

I...I understand. That's
what you gonna say, right?

Something like that.

Look, I know...

we can't just both...

forget that this all happened.

Your secret is safe with me, if
that's what you are worried about.

I would never tell anyone...

Oh, my gosh! Are you okay?

I'm probably too
late for dinner, right?

Dinner? Ah, well...

Are you okay?

What's wrong? I don't want
to impose on you like this.

I really don't wanna do that. No,
its no imposition. What's wrong?

I can't stop crying,
it's so stupid.

Well tell me what
happened? What happened?

My boyfriend just dumped me.

Oh! Oh! Sorry. Was that okay?

Yes, it's over. It's all over.

Oh! I'm so sorry. What happened?

I brought him an anniversary present, it
was our paper anniversary, so, one year...

Yeah, yeah... It was a
Valentino letter, it was beautiful...

it was a letter signed
and written by Valentino.

That's so nice.

He cannot leave his wife. And I
know that. I've known that. He can't.

Its just we can't go on forever, like
that. I did not know that he was married.

Can I have a glass of
white wine? Yes! Of course.

I mean, if it hasn't evaporated.
Its been breathing for hours.

Whoa! Sorry, that happens in this
motel. But it should be over soon.

God! I never suspected
he was married, although...

I am slow to pickup on anything.

You know, that is one of your
sweetest qualities, you are very naive.

Oh! Thank you.

Guess you must
have really loved him.

He was very wonderful.

Hmm...yeah, I'm sure.

I will forget about it. Yeah.

Yeah, I have to be honest...

I'm...I'm in two minds,

I feel sorry for you, but I'm also glad
you don't have a boyfriend anymore.

But by pure selfishness.

I have always known
how you felt about me,

and its been flattering.

I fell in love with you, the
first moment I laid eyes on you.

And I thought, you
were a movie star.

Honestly, I don't think I
will ever fall in love again.

No! Well it will
happen, you need time.

I'll get over this. I'm not
usually a fragile person,

I swear, it just that it took
me by surprise. It really did.

Ah! I guess there's always the risk, if
you get involved with a married man.

That's what my roommate said.

But he just overwhelmed me.

He's incredibly alive and...

very exciting.

Yeah! It's a very
imaginative gift, you got.

For a paper letter from Rudolph
Valentino. That is very charming.

I...I thought so. Yeah.

Maybe, next year, I'll be lucky
enough to get you a love letter

from your favorite
actress, Barbara Stanwyck.

That's sweet.

Maybe Vonnie was heart broken the
way things turned out with the affair,

but Bobby decidedly was not.

He took it upon himself
with great pleasure

to try and help her
forget of her former lover.

And try she did.

They spent weekends at the beach

and went to the movies
almost every night.

I'll be there. You go right
ahead Bill, I trust you.

They visited all the great
movie palaces in Hollywood,

which were grand and beautiful,

and not very expensive.

And as time passed,

Vonnie did start to succumb to
Bobby's charm and loving attention.

And what began originally
as as a casual friendship

blossomed into a
genuine romance.

Let's move to New York.

What?

Yeah. What I really would like to say
is: Marry me and lets move to New York.

It'll be great! We'll get a
spot in Greenwich Ville.

I will find work there
and I'll spoil you.

Yeah. I think it will be
great. Look, the truth is,

I've got dis-illusioned with
the whole scene out here.

I was like you, I dreamed of a house
with a swimming pool, exiting movie stars,

but really kinda of a boring,
nasty, doggy, dog industry.

Come on, lets get married and we'll
move to New York, it will be great!

Greenwich Village, that's where all
the poets and painters lived, right?

I can't promise we would ever be
rich, but I promise, we'll have each other.

And my brother, Ben, owns a
nightclub. And he has asked me to run it.

I do not know anything
about it, but Ben's a great guy.

And I'm a quick learner.

And at a night club isn't
like working in a drab office.

And even if you had a boyfriend, you
always had feelings for me underneath.

You have.

We'd make a great
team in New York.

It sounds exciting,
it really does. Yeah.

Come here.

Phil? What wrong? You
sounded so upset on the telephone.

You want a drink?

No, no thank you.
What's on your mind?

Just let me...
Yeah, sure...sure.

Are you...are you alright?

Why do you ask?

I don't know. Recently, you've been
smoking more and drinking more.

You...you have been
actually crotchety at work.

I'm not alright. I know.

Goodness, I hope...I
hope you're not ill.

I need to talk, Bobby...

with somebody I trust. Yes?

You can certainly
talk to me, if you like....

You are family. Yeah.

Yes, so whats the matter?

I've decided I'm gonna
leave my wife. Oh! Okay...

I've been back and
forth about this decision

many times but the
conclusion I come to:

I've fallen in love with another
woman and I can't live without her.

Oh! Wow! I'm no expert in this area.
But of course these things do happen.

Not to me, they don't.

I never cheated.

I never looked at another
woman in 25 years.

Jesus! You know
Karen, she's wonderful!

Yes, she is. She's wonderful!

Yeah, she is. I agree.

And then a year ago,

this dream, the angel...

dropped outta the sky.

I became hooked. Well, yeah...

I'm saying, these
platitudes, but...

but when it's right, I think you
just know it. I can vouch for that.

Yes, this is right. Yes.

This is right!

And this woman loves
you, I'm assuming?

I believe that she does.

Although I have jerked
her around for a year

telling her that I was
going to leave Karen,

then I couldn't and then
I would and then I didn't.

I can't tell her I'm
gonna do it again, not...

get her hopes up.

I just have to do it. Hope
she hasn't met someone else.

No, I'm sure if she
really loves you...

She is much younger than I am.

So what is age? Nothing really
anything if you are actually in love.

I am so consumed with guilt over Karen,
because she's done nothing to alienate me.

She is bright and
cheerful and loyal.

Her sex was always very
good. Oh! Nice...yeah.

But with this other
woman, it's fantastic!

That's good. That's
fantastic good, but...

I think people go through crises
and with time they come out ok.

I'm sure she will be fine.

Yes. Yeah.

Terribly well taken. Terribly.

Christ! She'll have
everything I'm worth! Thats...

Well listen, if there's anything
I can do for you...ever...

I just wanted to talk. Okay.

I've been carrying this knot
around my chest for a long time.

I'm sorry that you have been burdened
by that. You can always talk to me.

Thanks. Yeah.

So is it true? Hmm?

Maybe getting a little homesick?

Oh! Yes, I think I needed
to move away from

Manhattan to realize what
a New Yorker I'm at heart.

Do you mind if I...? No, no.

This is understandable.
People come out here all the time

decide life's not for them.

You have a girl
back in New York?

I'm hoping I will, I do and if it
works, you can take 10% for it.

For what?

For introducing me to Vonnie.

I think she's gonna marry me
and move to Manhattan with me.

Phil Stern could not
believe what he was hearing.

He had worried that Vonnie
had found someone else

but never dreamed
it was his nephew.

He had been taken with his
secretary from that first day.

Veronica Sybel.

I have an astroscreen
English lit and drama.

And yes, I can type.

He was smitten with her face,

and, she was captivated

by his charm and
take charge vitality.

And over the next months,
he over whelmed her,

took risks doing it.

I wanna send fifty roses.

That's right...yes fifty.

Fifty

fifty percent.

Yes, fifty red roses.

And I want the card to read...

Thanks for a fabulous weekend.

I told you you wouldn't
get seasick, with me there.

I love you. Philip.

Yeah, you know what? Make that
a hundred. A hundred red roses.

You are amazing.

No you are. Oh!
Thank you though.

I was in the mood. Really?

The thought of two of us in
some great village apartments...

Who would have thought
when I first came out here...

I know.

Everybody's lives
is so unpredictable.

It's funny,

my Uncle Phil, your
former employer,

who is so dynamic and always full
of confidence, actually confided in me.

He's...he's so hopelessly
miserable, lately.

Yeah! Apparently he
has been having an affair

with a woman who is
very much in love with...

He has been having trouble
bringing himself to leave his wife.

But apparently, he is in so
much love with this other person

that he has decided
to leave Karen

and plans to marry
this other woman.

And he has been
suffering so much

because he loves and respects his wife but
he cannot go on without this other woman.

Yeah? Yeah.

I didn't have the nerve to
ask if it was a movie star.

Yeah. What's...what's the
matter? He was leaving his wife...

Yeah.

Oh yeah! He has tried and backed
down a dozen times, but now he said,

he cannot live without this
other person, that's what he said.

So, theres no question though,
here, he's very much in love.

Hmm?

What are you
thinking? You seem...

seem so lost in thought.

I'm sorry. No, nothing.

What are you thinking?

Just nothing.

Oh no!

Oh no! I've made you
nervous with my babbling

about marriage and
us moving to New York.

Is that it?

I know.

That is quite a big thought.

It is.

Sorry.

You have a wonderful night.

Phil, we've gone over
this a million times.

What are you...things
have changed. What?

Can we go some place and talk?

Where? Our usual dark bar?
No! Absolutely not! I work here.

I told Karen.

That was a little presumptuous,
given the circumstance. Don't you think?

What do you mean?

Are you actually considering
moving to New York with my nephew?

Do you know about that?

Who told you?

No secret is safe
very long in this town.

Ours, was.

Don't tell me you
changed your mind?

Oh! Hi, Louis.

Any word on the MGM thing? Not yet.
But we should know by the end the week.

Let me get that. There
you go. Thank you.

I love you. Is all we meant
to each other, nothing?

No, I do not know what I think. I'm
terribly confused. Can you blame me?

No. I can't.

Maybe tell me, "Go to
Hell". I will understand, but...

I will kill myself, then you will
know where it's coming from.

First you're leaving, then you're
not, then you are, then you can't.

I never pushed you to leave her, in fact I
never even asked you to leave her over me.

And now you're
telling me, that you left?

What am I supposed
to do with that?

I know I've been wishy washy,
but the thought of losing...

Hi. It's is a white Ermine fur.

Oh! Can you imagine the studio
requires us to wear fur in this weather!

Here you go. That's
the one. Thank you.

I understand it hasn't been
easy. But if it is so hard,

why should we have to... Phil?

Yes? Hi!

You never got back to me
about Bill Powell. Oh! On what!?

William Powell in the
Paramount two. Oh! Right!

Yeah! I think he's gonna pass.
But I will give him a call tomorrow.

Vonnie! I don't want
you working here.

I want to marry you and take
care of you for the rest of your life.

I don't believe you
cooled on me so quickly!

And Christ sake! With
who? My nephew?

He's a nice kid, but
where the hell is he going?

You said it yourself that it's possible
to have feelings for two people.

You love him too?
I don't believe it.

Well believe it. I do.

You love me.

I don't know. I think so.

I'm not sure. I'm very mixed up.

Phil, we on for lunch,
Thursday? Absolutely. Sure. Sure.

I'll bring Judy Garland.
You will love this kid.

And I think we can
end up representing her.

Really? Ok we
will bring her along..

I met Judy over Billy
Wilder's party. So I know Judy.

See you Thursday.
See you Thursday.

I'm not gonna stand
here pleading. I love you.

I have loved you
for over a year.

I handled the best I could. Maybe
it was handled poorly at times.

But in the matters of heart,
people do foolish things.

Think of, of my offer. I
want you to be my wife. Now!

I will die if you say no.

Goin' home to talk to Karen.

I thought you told Karen?

I told her that I would be speaking
a very serious matter this evening.

Charlie, we need to talk to
you about that John Ford movie.

Vonnie was perplexed.

Two men were in love with her.

One a dynamic and
successful powerhouse.

The other, a younger man,
who clearly adored her.

She shared her problem
with a roommate, Rosalind,

who first came down
strongly in marrying Phil Stern,

but then wavered that she
found Bobby very likable

and passionately
in love with Vonnie.

Oh! Sorry, I thought everyone
on this floor had gone home.

Have a drink. That's ok.

Go ahead. We are family.
We can drink together.

Theres something the matter?

The part of the only
family left, I left Karen.

Did you? I hope it
wasn't too painful?

How are things going,
with you and Vonnie?

It's okay.

Although, she's got
a little nervous, lately.

Did she say anything?

No! She's been nervous to get
married, move to New York...it's been...

So, I don't push it..
Hmm. Umm, hmm

But although she loves
me, I know, she loves me,

and I truly believe she's
looking forward to marrying me,

because there were ever two
people meant for each other...

Cmon! Don't look so glum.

I'm sure your situation
will work itself out too.

Although I guess, it would have
been prudent before you talk to Karen.

Don't lecture me on
being prudent! Please!

I understand timing!
Timing is everything in life.

The worst mistake you can make
in business, is being pre-mature.

Oh! Yeah, I know
that... Just remember!

If you marry her, I'm
looking for my 10%.

Okay, it's a deal.

I don't wanna ask
you, who you are in love

with. I guess it's some
ravishing movie star?

No. She's not a movie star.

I'm not shallow.

I...I'm not seduced
by cheap glamor.

I value substance and character.
Who the hell do you think I am?

I wasn't implying anything like that. I
was just thought it might be Hedy Lamarr,

because how much she adores
you. What!? All of your clients do.

That's...that's what
makes you such a success.

That was a gift.
I had it framed.

It's a love letter from
Rudolph Valentino.

She gave me on our one year
anniversary. Which is paper.

Hi! What a surprise.
What are you doing here?

Are you going to marry
me, or my Uncle Phil?

I'm gonna marry Phil.

It's how nice to get
together for Seder.

I have to say, selfishly,

it's so nice that you're
back from Hollywood.

And we are all together again.

So much for your brother
taking him under his wing!

Phil is helping him. But
he didn't take to, out there.

I knew you hate it out there.

If only wish my brother,Phil was in
New York. So that he could come tonight.

I love to meet his new wife.

Wouldn't you, Martin?

I don't have to. You know
how I feel about your brother.

He is not a Jewish man!

What kinda man throws
out his wife after 25 years,

and run off with a 25
year-old secretary?

I hate to tell you, how many
go with their secretaries.

Bobby says she
was really beautiful.

So is looks everything!?

Where's character?
Where's loyalty?

You're not a beauty contest
winner but I stuck with you.

Enough wine for you.

Look is an emotion.

And emotions are not rational.

You fall in love. You fall.

You lose control.

Leonard... I have dated
many wonderful women,

but the minute I laid my eyes on your
daughter, I knew Evelyn was for me.

It was pure luck!

If my cab driver hadn't driven through
the plate glass roof of that restaurant,

I would never have met Leonard.

He was having coffee.
We barreled right under him.

I didn't spill.

Bobby, you met her.

Is she so fabulous?

She is very lovely.

She one of those stuck-up
Hollywood movie queens?

No, she's a very down to Earth
girl. You will probably like her.

I think she will
be good for Phil.

So, I think daddy is right.

A wife is not like a car. You just
don't trade or rent for the latest model.

Our next door neighbor just kicked
out his wife for a cheap stripper

and knocked her teeth out.

Hmm, he's a lunatic.

We live next door to a
crazy man. I'm scared of him.

He pushed Leonard.

He didn't push me.

He is a hot head, he bumped me.

I was trying to explain, he
was blocking our drive way.

Some people only
understand a punch in the nose.

That's not Leonard's style. Leonard
thinks everyone can be reasoned with.

But we have to accept the
premise of common humanity,

otherwise you are in
the jungle with beasts.

The idea is always in
getting the first punch.

there's no way
for the other guy.

How do you like working
for your big brother?

I am very lucky. Thank you.

When you came home, you
were a lost soul for a while.

Well I like working at
night club. It's very lively.

He took to it like fish
in water, you should

see him took the room,
everyone likes him.

Not like that first manager.

Deadbeat wound
up stealing for Neil.

He's not around anymore.

Bobby looked up his socialite friends,
Rad Taylor and her husband Steve.

They came to the club and spread the word
with the beautiful models she worked with.

She got Bobby to redecorate

and change the name of
the club, to more shshi....

The Tropic? I love it!

It sounds upscale,
international and hot.

I've you who to thank.

Soon 'The Tropic' was known as the
place to always find the driest Martinis

and the prettiest
women in Manhattan.

Beautiful girls attracted
celebrities and sports figures.

Socialites mingled
with politicians.

And with the smart
set came the Press

and an ever growing reputation.

And Bobby moved more and more
gracefully amongst the rich and famous.

He learned the ins and
outs of 'The CafГ© Society'

which included any
number of prominent

figures from New York's
glamorous underworld.

There were the Rhinebeck,
came home every

night, to order the
finest wines in the world.

They seemed like
an ideal couple.

Except that he was
sleeping with his wife's sister.

And there was no shortage of
Royalty from all over Europe.

Like, Count Henrick Van Goren
who played backgammon for millions.

And his wife,
Countess Van Goren,

who is actually Chickie Sherman
from Passaic, New Jersey.

And that ring on
Suzy Bancroft's finger

was a mere 41 carats.

And of course with the elite
came the tabloid scandals,

like Tom Price, the
Wall Street genius,

who married the much taller
automobile heiress Linda Ray Harmon.

He ran through a fortune on
race horses and show girls,

until one day, out hunting,

she mistook him for a deer.

And Bobby met them all and shook
their hands and joked with them,

and heard their sad
and happy stories,

over $1000 Magnums
Piper-Heidsieck.

And learned about life

and how in the end,
Rodgers & Hart had it right.

It is so beautiful out here. And
you two have been so great to me.

Oh please! Don't suddenly
be revoltingly sacrament.

You know, your wife
hates to show any emotion.

But your friendship has
meant so much to me...it has.

And Steve, you brought me
such a brilliant financial advisor.

I know you play up in the millions,
but I'll hold up on the league.

But at the rate I'm going, you may see
me apply for membership at your Golf Club..

To get into his club, you
gotta be a lawyer or a broker,

and you can't be uncircumcised.

Well, if for nothing else,
I owe you everything.

And I can never repay
you for introducing me

to the most
wonderful thing of all...

my wife.

Enter enqueue!

He was just gonna tell us again, how
lucky Gershwin tuned in, and you walked in.

Stop!

Hi darling. How's you martini?

Good! You caught
me talkin' about you.

Bobby had found a wife.

After sort of unsatisfying
flirtations and affairs

one night at the club,
in walked in a group.

And his eye was caught
on an elegant young blond.

That's Veronica Hayes.

She just got divorced.

Her husband left for her best
friend. It came as a shock to her.

My Goodness...

She's a great girl. Yeah?

We all felt so bad for her.

Maybe we can cheer her
up. You introduce me to her?

Hi. Veronica! You
look beautiful! You too.

Delighted to see you. You too.

I like you to meet Bobby
Dorfman. He runs the place.

I do. I do. Is this
your first time here?

Yes. yes. The papers are right,
It's got real electricity in here.

It does, right?

We are happy to
have you. Thank you.

Great! My
Goodness...she's single?

Beauty! Yes! Yes!
That's in a criminal sense.

So out on your way... Yes. Yes.

Excuse me. Excuse me?

What are you doing later?

Later?

There is no later! It's 1:30.

Yeah! I get off in half an hour.

I'm usually in pajamas by 2:00.

See...I love pajamas.

Ah! What side of
the bed do you like?

Slow down!

He is pushier than you. See?

My God! Come on, guys...cmon!

Hey! Do you like jazz music?

At 2:00 in the morning?

At any time in the morning.

Yeah! Your name is
Veronica, right? Yeah.

Anybody ever call
you Vonnie for short?

Not usually. No.

It's a pretty name...you
should. Thank you.

But...but do you
like jazz, then? Yes.

Yes? I love Jazz.

Well it's fate.
Yes, I would say.

Who doesn't love jazz?

I met one woman.

That's terrible. Yeah.

Oh! This is great. Hmm.

I love another
Scotch. Yeah. Sure.

To my one regret in life
that I can't play an instrument.

I knew a sedated
musician. Oh! Did you?

Yeah. Sax player,
very brilliant.

He played those sad
songs with so much feeling.

He could make you cry. Hmm.

That's a great gift.

I would have married him but
he was a dope addict. Really?

You see, I don't really
like dope. It messes you up.

I tried it a few times when
I was with him. Did you?

We even tried reefers
and I tried opium.

Look at you! What was the...I
can't hear. What was the effect?

Oh! No, I didn't like it. I'm
not an addicted personality.

It was good? It was good. Yeah.

But Mongols made me feel sexy.

The Mongols? The reefers.

But you called
them, what? He did.

So you married a musician? Hmm.

I married a stock broker. Hmm.

But you divorced though.

He divorced me because my
best friend was better in bed.

Was she? Yep. I guess.

Well you should have
saved some of the Mongols.

I learned too late grinding
late with a few drinks.

So what do you...what do you do?

I work at the City Hall
at the Mayor's Office.

Really...in what?
Public relations.

I hope you don't mind a
Democratic liberal? No, no.

My family are Democ...
We are Jews. Goes...

How quaint! Thank you.

Please write in my
rebellious streak.

You know in Oklahoma, we weren't even
allowed to mingle with Jews growing up.

Really! You guys
are money lenders.

No, we control
everything, actually.

I didn't even see a Jew
until I moved to New York.

No...no horns. No.

I find Jews exotic
and mysterious.

It wouldn't mind,
if you had horns.

You wouldn't? Nah.

Come on. Let's go. Let's
go to my house. What?

No! I'm not gonna
sleep with you. No?

No! Jew or no Jew, we just met.

Yeah, have one or more drinks.

No thank you. You'll
have to wait! My Goodness!

My God! It's true what they
say! You people are pushy.

Its part of the charm.

I had a great time
tonight. Yeah, me too.

Well good. You call me again?

Yes I will.

I'll call you tomorrow.

As it is tomorrow, I'll
call you in 15 minutes.

So you probably might head home.

Good night. Okay.

And all that season, they saw
one another every single day.

And it was a beautiful summer.

Thank you, Rad.
This is the last one.

Then one Saturday
afternoon, some months later,

she had an announcement...

I am pregnant. No.

Yes really. Are you crushed? No!

No, no. I'm not crushed
at all. It's wonderful.

What's our next move?

Why I would like to
have the baby. Okay.

Unless you don't want me to. We could
go down Mexico and get done safely.

Vonnie, we are not
going to Mexico but...

we are going to
Niagara Falls, anywhere.

Are you sure is this what
you want? Yes of course.

When we call the little one a bastard,
you don't want them right. Do you?

You called me Vonnie. Did I?

Yeah. You never call me that.

If I did, it's too
much champagne.

That's what you said your
old girlfriend was called?

Well...OK. Two Veronicas.

What do you want
me to say? I'm lucky.

Are you gonna marry me or not?

Yes! Yes of course. Ok! Good.

That's the right answer.

I'm having a baby! I love you.

The wedding,

which was a simple affair, and took
place in City Hall two months later

was a happy event.

But as Bobby's brother-in-law
said: Life has it's own agenda.

Yes, what do you
want? Ah! What!?

Could you just turn the
radio down, just a little?

I'm not asking you to turn it off,
but my wife gets these migraines.

Don't tell me how to play my radio.
Just your nose out of our business!

She rarely gets them.
Just every now and then.

I am just asking
if you can lower it.

Shes sick. Call your doctor!

Believe me! He did give her
something. Migraines are a terrible curse.

I work hard, I'm gonna listen to
my radio. You don't like it? Too bad!

You are not understanding.

I not asking you not to play it.
Modulate the sound just a little.

I don't wanna call the police.

You think I'm
afraid of the police?

I can play my radio!

What can I say? He's
got the law on his side.

I'm gonna have
brother Ben talk to him.

What!? Ben is a hothead.
I am not looking for trouble.

Promise me he will
not make it into a issue.

He makes this into an issue.

He needs somebody
to read his right act!

Let's drop it, Evelyn.
It's not that big a deal.

Yeah! You don't
have the migraines!

Bobby and Veronica
named the baby Susan.

And that fall found the
perfect house on the Hudson.

We called the police
and they spoke with him.

And last week, he was drunk,
and puts a dent in our car.

When Leonard speaks in him,
he threatens to beat him up.

He did?

I can talk to this character.

Leonard doesn't want trouble.

But I want someone to tell him,
we can't stand to this anymore.

And to stop making
our lives miserable.

He accuses us of
things we never done.

He threatened to shoot our dog.

He is a crazy man!

And my husband keeps deluding
himself that he will listen to reason,

meanwhile, it never stops! Whoo!

Threatens to shoot your dog?

I think he has got a gun.

There is a security
guard at a lumber yard.

Joe Wojehowitz.

Hey! You Joe Wojehowitz?
Who wants to know?

Are you Joe Wojehowitz?

Yeah. What?

Hey Joe! Get in the car. What!?

What are you doin'? Get
in the car. We wanna talk.

What are you talkin'
about? Get in the car!

What are you doing?
Get off! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Society was called, when Bobby
Dorfman was ridin' the thick of it.

There were these millionaire
playboys like Buddy Winslow Fain,

who bought anything he wanted,

from the high class models of
every cover on a magazine in town

to the best seats in
shows and sporting events.

Then there were the politicians,

who fixed your streets, your
parking tickets and your tax returns.

As long as the
contributions kept coming in.

There was Norton Lockerbee and his
underage fiancГ©, the dancer Cherry Grace.

And the Remsens,
about whom it was said

had stayed a week in Berlin
at the home of Adolf Hitler.

And of course, there are any
number of colorful associates of Ben's,

some of whom were destined to end
up on the front pages of the tabloids,

reeking blood on the side
walk due to cranial ventilation.

It seems Bobby knew
everyone in Manhattan society.

His wife Veronica
now rarely came in,

having succumb to
the joys of motherhood.

And then one evening,

in walked the past.

May I help you?

Yes. I understand my nephews
around here. They own the place.

Mr.Dorfman?

Bobby, yes. Or Ben.

Bobby is not there
but Ben is around.

You like to be seated? Please.

You like to be seated? Please.
Follow me. After you, dear. Thank you.

Had a very big deal today.

Champagne for the table!
Before they start drinking for real.

Of course. Fred, how
are you? Good to see you.

You remember Vonnie.
Lovely to see you again.

We are in town for a
few weeks. We'll catch up.

It's going to be a very good stock. I'm
tellin' you it's goin' through the roof.

Now is the time to get in on
it. But you didn't hear it here!

In here what? Exactly.

Thank you, Marvin.

There are some people to see
you. They say they know you.

Really?

Table 4.

OK. Everybody knows me.

Robert! How you doing?

You remember Vonnie? Hello.

And this is Gloria and Craig
Bennett. Hello. Good evening.

Have a seat. Join us.

Oh! I wish I could, but
I'm very busy tonight.

Woh! I can see!

This place has a reputation
all the way across the country.

Please. Join us.

Sit down for five minutes.
You're not gonna offend us.

Five minutes. Cmon.

Look at you. You look well.

He does look well.

Well we are celebrating because I just
made a deal for Irene Dunne at Universal.

Oh! I just love her.

How does she break?

She is great, honestly.

He has a great story on
Irene Dunne. Sorry, honey.

Tell her, tell her.
No, you tell her.

Ok! So we met Irene
first at the Coconut Grove.

We were with Errol Flynn and one
of his gorgeous young discoveries,

as he likes to call them.

And so...you know,

his reputation is not so great,

but we adore him, he's lovely.

He welcomed us off
in Catalina on his yacht,

and he couldn't have
been a more gracious host.

And Irene, is...

a bit...

gorgeous in person. Proper.

So, we were at Busby
Berkeley's party and,

she was asked to
have a puff of a cigar.

It was as if she was asked
to take her clothes off!

She was absolutely mortified.

And then Errol leans in and
introduces us to this teenage starlet.

And then she asks
if she is his daughter.

Without missing a beat,
Errol looks at her and says:

No...my granddaughter.

I died! Died!

And then in London,
he was mobbed.

I didn't know but he is a
great hero to the British.

I love London. I
could live there.

So damn civilized. Really?

I love it. But I love
Paris, more. Yes.

And Venice. We keep fowling
to get a place there. We do...

Bob Montgomery
and his wife had one.

Have you ever met them?

They are lovely. Just a
gorgeous, gorgeous couple.

Little Bobby...

Wow! You really
made it big, Robert.

I always knew you make
it one way or another.

I was breaking this kid as an agent
and he said he preferred New York.

Which I completely understand.

You know, you'll have to excuse
me. I didn't expect a madhouse tonight.

We will be in town, 4-5 weeks.

Oh! And congratulations
on becoming a young dad!

Aw! Absolutely!

Hey Frank, let me have a scotch.

Hey Bobby! How's your wife?

Oh! Good. She's fine, thank you.

Never see her around anymore.

You know, she's has become very
domestic, since our daughter came.

Yeah. That's what happens.

They become mothers,
and everything falls off.

If you know what
I mean. No, right.

Because of the hormones.

Sometimes they never come back.

Suddenly, it's diapers
all I see. Night. Night.

Listen.

If you say I told
you, I'll deny it.

But the District Attorney's Office
has had a serious discussion,

about your brother

...and his business friends.

Meaning?

I don't know yet,

but it's possible
things could get hot.

So, I'm just givin'
you a heads up.

Thank you. Can you
do something about it?

Can I help if we
had a clean Mayor?.

Alright so what
are they looking at?

Racketeering, extortion,
tax evasion... Hmm.

Maybe worse for Ben.

My advice to your brother:

is to go some place
for a while. Yeah.

He likes Havana.

Yeah, I'll definitely
tell him, thank you.

Yeah thank you for the heads-up.

Hey! Are you looking
for something?

Just you. Wanted to say hello.

Yah! Are you kidding me?

Meaning what?

Meaning, you should
listen to yourself?

You've become everything you
poked fun, that you couldn't stand.

Well you know...

time passes, life moves on.

People change.

Yes, but all that talk
of the simple life...

It would be comical
if you weren't so sad.

Well you are not necessarily
the same person either.

No, no...yes you're right.

Yeah, life moves on, people...

yeah, people grow.

Have lunch with me.

Right you can impress me with name dropping
and all the fancy parties you've to go to?

No, I'll behave myself and not
babble on like a Hollywood wife,

if you promise going easy
on me for running off with Phil.

Let's just...let's just turn back
the clock and take a walk..

You can do it.

Phil's on business and I
have a lotta time on my hands.

I'm dying to know,
what's going on with you.

I'll say, you are still

amazingly beautiful.

I haven't seen our next
door neighbor quite a while.

Maybe he's away.

He's always out watering
the lawn. It's getting brown.

And his mail is piling up.

You think somethings wrong?

You think he's on the floor
with a heart attack or somethin'?

Listen, count your blessing!
Serves him right if he drops dead.

Don't say that! Take that back.

Do I ask the police come check?

I wouldn't. It's
not our business.

Of course, it's our business.

People are responsible
for one another,

even the louse.

I go if I were you.

What's that supposed to mean?

Is there something
you're not tellin' me?

I'm worried, Leonard.

Why, Evelyn?

Oh God! I... Is there
something I don't know about?

I may have done something wrong.

What are you keeping from me?

When we saw Veronica
and Bobby's baby,

I told Ben that we were having a
lotta problems with our neighbor...

and the police were
not very helpful.

Ben?

I was scared of him, Leonard!

We have a child.

He was a volatile neighbor,

he was a drinker, he was nasty.

He constantly made trouble, he was a
security guard, so I know he owned a gun.

Who knows if he
fly off the handle!

What!? You didn't
have Ben threaten him?

Or, or, or hurt them?

I just asked Ben, if
he could talk to him.

You tried speaking to him.
but you're so mild mannered!

I thought Ben would tell him if
he didn't start behaving himself...

What Evelyn?

He would start
breaking his legs?

Has he broken his legs?

I just asked Ben to talk to him.

What!?

Ben is a thug.
Ben is a gangster.

So what did he do? Did
he put him in the hospital?

I do not know, Leonard.

And I don't wanna know.

It's wrong.

It's wrong.

Is it a proportionate response

that this guy is laying in
the hospital, all beat up?

It's delicious. Hmm.

And I love this place.

Reminds me of our little
Mexican joint. It's a dump!

It is.

I know it's not the Brown Derby,
you know. Or Busby Berkeley's party,

You are running
into Fred Astaire.

How's your wife. Tell
me about her. I'm curious.

Oh! She is lovely.

What's her name?

Veronica.

No it's not! It is.

Stop it! It's Veronica, she
pronounces it differently.

I'm flattered. I know...

life is a comedy

written by a sadistic
comedy writer though.

I loved you and you
decided to marry my uncle,

which makes
you...my aunt. Oh God!

Aunt Vonnie.

I think I still have a crush
on you, Aunt Vonnie.

I'm in here.

Hi! Hi.

What is that?

Flowers!? Yes, yes, yes.

I can't believe you got
me flowers. Why?Why?

What's the occasion!?
What's the occasion?

The occasion is that I haven't
got you flowers in a long time.

Well, you have been up mood
all weekend on flowers. Yeah.

Did your number just come in?
Or are you guilty of something?

Well look at that!

A husband can't get his wife wife
flowers without getting the 3rd Degree.

No. I love them. Ok.

Of course you can.

Ok. I love you.

Thank you.

With Phil busy, Bobby used every
excuse to spend time with Vonnie.

He took her to Manhattan,
showed her Coney Island.

And when she remembered
she still owed him that

dinner she never gotta
cook for him in Hollywood,

he arranged for her
to do it downtown.

I hope that it's perfect. I
make it the same every time,

but I've been going about it
for years now, I hope it's good.

Listen, I know it will be perfect.
If not we'll go back in the kitchen.

Oh! You cooked the whole thing!
You can put that Giacomo cheese on it.

I know it will be fine. In fact I've
known Pugioni for years, am I right?

Long time. How long, Vito?

A real long. A real long.

For me, it's a really long time. So good
that you finally made on your promise.

And cooked for
me. Good wine here.

Such a great idea.

Taste it. Ok.

You don't have to lie. But...

It was superb. Ok.

It was absolutely superb.

Vito, tell her.

Delicious. Thank you.
I'm not, would he lie?

Will I lie? I don't think so.

Where are we going next
now? I don't wanna go home yet.

Ah! Vito, anything?

The craps game in Brooklyn.

The craps game?
If you are lucky?

That's amazing!

Load the dice!

This is beginner's luck.
It was second in a row.

So I just keep going and going?

Yes, if you do one up...

New York really is fabulous.

I wouldn't know it either
way. I'm traveling quite a lot.

I know that. You've
mentioned that.

Why would you possible
choose anywhere else?

I know Hollywood is
occasionally exciting,

but nothing beats Broadway
or he cheesecake at Lindy's.

Come listen to you...

Drinking wine in Central
Park, and we haven't slept yet.

You really always had a
touch of a poet in you. Really?

Well, I'm really
not...like everybody.

What could I do?
I had to choose.

As my brother-law said:
Alternatives exclude.

Yeah, I loved you
and I loved Phil.

I was with him for
a year and a half

and you this...

awkward but adorable,

frantic,

young, romantic,
trying to find yourself.

And I had this big shot.

It was difficult.

I didn't know if it work
out, or we just both...

I just thought maybe

if you didn't make it the
way you wanna make

it, you would be resentful
and we be unhappy.

Who knows? I don't know.

You know, I never
stopped thinking about you.

Not...not for one day.

I still dream about you.

But...

I am Phil's wife.

He's been very good to me, he
loves me, changed his life for me.

I've been a good wife to him.

And yet you dream about me.

Well you're a happily
married man, with a child.

You said it yourself.
I know what I said.

But we are alone
in Central Park.

The light reflecting
off the building.

Satisfied?

As the investigation
of Ben proceeded,

there was no shortage
of evidence or informers,

and indictments followed,
including murder one.

I can't get my mind around it.
The whole thing is so horrible!

I am firmly against
all executions.

Thank God they never
found the the neighbor's body.

What difference
does that make? Oh!

We may not be criminally liable, but
we need to live with our conscience!

I only said Ben should
talk to him. Evelyn. Evelyn.

Don't be naive. You
wanted him threatened.

Warned!

I wanted him warned,
but... Evelyn, calm down!

What difference does that make?

You called your brother?

Leave me alone.

Somebody had to take
care of that crazy next door...

It was becoming intolerable.

You don't kill a man, Bobby,
because he plays his radio too loud.

Calm down! She did not realize and they had
more on Ben with or without your neighbor..

Well..that is a different issue.

Meanwhile, there is a
blood sin on our hands.

Oh Christ!

Don't get so biblical.

Evelyn, calm down.
Ok? Take an aspirin.

I'm gonna give you the name
of a very good criminal lawyer,

Jake Murray.

He's the best you can do. Hmm.

Thank you so much.

She is devastated. I think she's
gonna have a nervous breakdown.

Its driving me crazy.

As if I'm not upset enough.

Christ! What the hell did
you think, Rose? Everybody

seemed to know he was
involved in shady activities.

I don't believe
he killed anybody.

Father knew he was a
wheeler-dealer but when

the details come out,
it gets more worse.

What we need here is a great
criminal lawyer, and I know just the guy.

My old pal Peter Bryce.

What? But no Jake Murray?

Look! Bryce never loses. But if you
like Murray, we'll take him as well.

I don't know if Bryce
can get him to walk but

the trick now is to spare
him the electric chair.

The trial went as anticipated.

The evidence against Ben
Dorfman was overwhelming.

And he was found
guilty on all charges,

including murder
in the first degree.

Despite the efforts of
two high-priced lawyers,

he was sentenced to die in
the electric chair at Sing Sing.

This is father Brolian. He's guiding
me down the stand to Christianity.

Today, we discussed
the six Psalm.

O Lord! Do not
punish me in anger.

Do not chastise me
in anger, right father?

Ben, Ben, I'm flabbergasted!

You know, we didn't
have time for this bullshit,

but when the ends
near, you need somethin'.

Yeah! And you don't wanna be
buried as a Jew in a Jewish cemetery?

The Jewish religion
doesn't believe in an afterlife.

Right. I guess but I don't believe
what I am hearing from you.

I just have to know that all this just
doesn't end. You know what do I mean?

I need to believe that a
part of me keeps goin'.

We all gotta soul.

Right, Father?

First a murderer,

then he becomes a Christian.

What did I do to deserve this?

Which is worse?

He explained it to you.

The Jews don't
have an afterlife.

We are all afraid
of dying, Marty!

But we don't give up the
religion we are born into.

I'm not afraid to die.

You're too stupid to
appreciate the implications.

I didn't say I like the idea.

And I will resist death
with everything I have.

But when the Angel of Death
comes down to cut me down,

I'll go.

I'll protest.

I'll curse.

You hear me?

I will go under protest.

Protest to who?

What the hell are you gonna
do?? Write a letter to the Times?

I will protest in silence.

Because my whole
life, I pray and I pray

and there's never an answer!

What are you saying?

No answer, is also an answer.

Too bad the Jewish religion
doesn't have an afterlife.

They get a lot more customers.

In late July, Ben was
executed at Sing Sing.

He died a Christian and
he wanted to be cremated.

Ben had requested his ashes
be scattered in Manhattan.

And Bobby scattered them
outside an establishment

that had give Ben many
evenings of pleasure.

Bobby's friends, Rad
Taylor and her husband,

stepped up to help Bobby

and arranged financially for him
to take over the club and run it.

And the scandal of
the gangster charisma

actually increased the
publics fascination with it.

Certain investors asked
him to go out to California

and explore the idea of
opening a nightclub in Hollywood.

This time, he could afford to
stay at the same exclusive place

where Rad and Steve
always stopped at.

Of course, he looked up Vonnie.

This is exactly the table
where I took your hand,

and you told me you have a
journalist boyfriend named Doug.

Oh! I remember.

Remember that? Yes!

Wow! So you will be
opening a club here as well?

No, Hollywood already
has it's great clubs.

I don't wanna compete
with Coconut Grove.

Phil and I will be stopping in New York
for a brief time, on our way from London,

we are gonna spend a Christmas
weekend with Willie Wyler.

The boys wanna go to a New
Year's party in New Orleans.

I guess I won't be seeing you.

Maybe it's swell if we
don't...see each other.

It always...

stirs up feelings and...

and then I start dreaming...

You probably start dreaming.

And dreams are...

dreams.

I guess some
feelings don't ever die.

Is that good or bad?

And as a beautiful dusk
sky enveloped New York,

the year came to a close.

What do I look?

Hmm wow! beautiful.

Can you tell I'm pregnant?

No, no...not at all!

In fact, you have the same
girlish figure you always have.

Stop! That's true. It's true.

You help me? Sure.

Can I ask you a
question? Yeah sure.

You ever cheated on me?

Why do you ask me that? No! No!

I had a dream when
you were in Hollywood,

you slept with your old
girlfriend. Has my name...

Well, dreams are
dreams. Hmm? Yeah.

This is the happiest couple
that I know. They seriously are...

It's the perfect marriage.
Please tell us your secret.

What is your secret?

You tell them.

We share the same interests,

we like the same movies,

we both love children. Yeah?

Other people's children.
Other people's children!

Time flies, another milestone

on bewildering
journey leading where?

Where? Why? Hey!?

It's been an awful year.

Let's turn the
page, and move on.

You're right, you're right.

I was just pondering
the relentless of time.

Socrates said: The
unexamined life not worth living.

But the examined
one, is no bargain.

Turn it down! Turn it
down boys! Here we are!

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you. I love you.
Happy New Year to you too. I love you.

Happy New Year.
You too! Hi. Hi..

Come with us Bobby.
Happy New Year, Bobby!

You have a far up
look in your eye.

You right? Yeah.
What are you thinking?

Nothing, just that, ah..

nothing, the year is changing.

It is!

Happy New Year my love.

With you, every year is
new and happy for me.

Thank you, that's
very very sweet.

What are you thinking?

Nothing, I am fine.

Your eye looks so dreamy.

Do I? Hello! Hello!