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Thank you.

Good morning, Miss Greenspan. Hi, Mark.

Morning. How was your run?

Oh, half my feet, but they're still talking to me.

Miss Greenspan?

After all these months, I still don't rate an Arlene.

Well, I'm a reasonable man.

Nice to see you, Arlene.

Without informality, the twain can never meet.

Kipling?

Greenspan. Have a nice day.

Whatever you do, don't stare.

I'm not the one who gushed all over Robert De Niro.

Hi, welcome to the St. Gregory.

Thank you.

A reservation in the name of Daniels. We just loved your last picture, Miss

Daniels. Oh, that's sweet of you. Thank you.

Excuse me, Miss Daniels. If it's not an imposition, could I have your autograph?

Thank you so much.

I'd like an autograph, but I'll settle for a kiss. Oh, Sal!

so much.

Hey, Freddie. Hi, Sal. Good to see you.

I was so afraid you wouldn't come.

And miss the main event?

No way.

She been behaving herself?

You know her.

She never fights out of her weight class.

You're all set.

Thank you. Oh, thank you.

I just wanted to tell you my wife went through a box of tissues watching you

other night.

And the critic said it was a comedy.

Enjoy your stay.

Thank you. Don't forget you have an interview in half an hour.

Why would I forget?

Hey, nothing like winning an Oscar to give you a glow.

Nope. The glow is because you're here.

You want to get married again?

Sure. I'll come out of retirement. We'll both get back in the ring.

Well, it never hurts to ask.

So you're going to be my best beau tomorrow night?

You don't think I'd let a second -rate contender have the honor, do you? I wish

you could be here for the interview.

The press have been terribly unkind lately.

I'm sorry. I wish I could, too. I've got to go down to Carmel.

I'm opening up another restaurant there, you know.

That's all right.

I'm a big girl.

Franny and I can take him on.

Hey.

You never lost a fight yet.

Take my word for it, Parker, it isn't worth the effort.

Now sit, sit.

It seems to me you were reading that the day we hired you.

What are you drinking?

Coffee.

Two Bloody Marys, please.

Now, I want you to know this, Parker. It's very, very important to me.

And to the company.

I know I can handle it, sir. Look, you get me off the hook.

And I will be very grateful, and from grateful is not that far from...

Promotion, Mr. Terrell? That's what dreams are made of.

I want you to know, Parker, that I am not copping out of my responsibility.

I have used every reasonable inducement. I have negotiated. I've been tactful.

I've done everything short of bribery.

Ah.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well... To success.

Success. And the key.

The key.

What if Miss Greenspan won't give it back?

Well, then you'll finally get a chance to finish War and Peace.

On the unemployment line.

That's a joke, Parker.

Just a joke.

But getting Arlene out of the suite is not.

Cheers.

I just feel so guilty.

Normally, I'd never miss one of his visits.

Don't worry. We'll give Mr. Bradshaw the full VIP treatment, won't we, Peter?

Oh, I'd love to help, but I've got a meeting across town, and later on,

I told you I was having dinner with an old buddy?

Oh, right.

He can be so delightful.

An absolute charmer. You know, he runs the best hotel in London.

Yes. Did I ever tell you that he and my husband escaped from a POW camp

together?

All the more reason to give him a hero's welcome.

Stephen said they played poker together in half the cellars of France before the

resistance smuggled them back to England. Oh, well, my dad and I used to

five -card stud all the time.

Whatever you do, Christine, don't play cards with Edmund Bradshaw.

I know Bradshaw will find plenty of things to keep you entertained.

Yes, could you give me Miss Greenspan's suite, please?

Thank you.

Miss Greenspan.

Stephen Parker here from Mr. Terrell's office.

Hi.

Mr. Bradshaw, welcome back.

I may not be staying, since no one appears to be expecting me. Perhaps I

find accommodation elsewhere, Mrs. Cabot. Oh, you remember me. I always

the little people.

I assume that Mrs. Cabot has arranged for my favorite suite.

Yes, everything's taken care of. I shall also require exclusive use of a

conference room. I need to talk to your chef. I have a special menu to give him.

I trust that my cigars are waiting for me?

Oh, Mr. Bradshaw, if I could just... You may not.

Kindly ring up Mrs. Cabot. Get this show on the road.

I'm afraid she's already on the road.

Christine Francis.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bradshaw.

Victoria not here?

Can I be spared no anguish?

Unfortunately, she couldn't miss her conference in Phoenix.

Send a telegram immediately.

Dear Victoria, miss you madly.

We'll struggle on.

Love, Stinky.

Where are the rest of my bags, boy?

Coming, sir. We had to fetch an extra trolley. From where?

The Himalayas?

Come, follow.

So, that's the great man?

Yes.

Innkeeper, author, critic, wit, confidant of royalty.

And the only man I know who struts sitting down.

No, you work with Howard.

He never mentioned you.

Yes, I kind of work behind the scenes.

Must be interesting, Mr... Parker.

Stephen J. Parker.

Arlene T.

Greenspan, but I never used the T.

A pleasure.

Well, you certainly have made this homey for a corporate suite.

Thank you.

A drink before you go behind the scenes again? No, thanks.

Care for a turtle?

What? Oh, thanks, but I'm allergic to chocolate.

Really?

My cousin Lenny had the same problem.

What did he do for it? Moved to Arizona.

You said that Howard had a message for me?

Hmm? Oh, yes, yes. It's about the key to the suite. He needs it.

Why? Did he lose his?

Well, the key is really symbolic, actually.

Of what?

Well, of comings and goings and new beginnings.

Oh, my God.

That's what I get paid for.

Oh, look, I'm really just trying to help, I think.

Can't we discuss this?

I may be able to fit you in sometime next year.

They've been waiting half an hour.

Who?

Jess. The newspaper interview.

Oh, yes.

Must have slipped my mind.

It sounded wonderful, didn't it?

Could you open this for me? It's stuck.

Do you want me to put it on?

What shall I tell them?

Oh, you're excited about the retrospective.

And you never felt better.

You might want to talk about the Kubrick film.

Yes. It's good.

That's what I'll tell them.

Do you think I need a touch of lipstick?

You look terrific.

So, you're saying the rumors are just rumors?

I don't exactly know what you're driving at, Roger.

You read the same papers I do, Miss Daniels.

The dinner party at Chasen's?

Here, let me freshen up.

What was that question again?

You have to forgive us. We just flew in from New York this morning.

Roger, I don't take drugs, if that's what you're getting at. And I'm

not an alcoholic.

I'm an actress.

On occasion, a pretty decent one.

Work is all the stimulation I need.

And why has your next picture been postponed three times?

I've been asking myself that very same question.

The director blames the producer, the producer blames the writer.

Frankly, I'm inclined to blame the weather.

But Franny's right, I am a little jet -lagged.

If you'll excuse me.

Thank you for your time, Miss Tender. You're very welcome.

Guess what's on TV tonight?

That picture you did with Brando?

Where are you going?

I'm out of cigarettes. I need some air. I wouldn't mind a walk myself. I'll just

get my coat.

And it probably wouldn't hurt to go over your speech a few times.

Jesse?

Jesse, where are you?

Jeff?

Miss Greenspan, Miss Greenspan, I understand exactly what you're going

Do you? Do you?

Evicting a woman who gave him the best years of her life.

A few good months, anyway.

And if Howard wants me to move, why doesn't he ask me himself? Well, he did.

Is that what he told you?

The creep. And of course you believed him. You haven't been working for him

long, have you?

No, and if I don't get that key back, I'm not going to be working for him much

longer. Great.

Then you can move to Arizona with my cousin Lenny.

Let me have another scotch, Doug, and hit the lady again.

I didn't know you'd be here.

And disappoint a beautiful lady like you.

Anybody ever tell you you look like, uh, what's -her -name?

You mean what's -her -name looks like me?

Oh, Sal.

You're the best friend I ever had.

I'm going to try much harder this time.

See? Sal knows just what's on your mind.

You're not Sal.

You wanted Sal. I gave you Sal. You want Jim, you got me. I mean, what's the

difference? I'm sorry.

Don't touch me!

Hey, relax.

We were having such a good time.

Don't stay there.

Please don't hurt me.

What the hell's wrong with you?

Hold on a second.

She ran into an old friend from New York, and she's fine.

Oh, great. As long as everything's all right.

Sorry to have been a bother.

Where are you? I found it on the phone.

Van Ness and Turk.

I'm on my way.

War on cholesterol.

Deadly. Oh, hi.

I really appreciate you.

Doesn't your wife care that you eat that junk?

Oh, I'm not married. Listen, I don't want you to think I'm unfeeling. What

your girlfriend think about it? About what? Your diet. If she really cared,

she'd make you give it up. Well, I did.

Gave it up? I gave her up.

Men are all alike.

You give them your best and they give you the boot.

We weren't really getting along very well. Who's fault is that?

He tells me, sweetheart.

I can't live without you.

I'm going to ask my wife for a divorce next week.

Next week was almost a year ago.

You know, we don't expect you to be out in the street.

It was his idea about the suite.

Gee, hon, it's all paid for by the company and no one ever uses it.

Uh, you know, I found a great little place for you.

Until you get yourself together.

I was always together.

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that you were anything but the most together person.

I never even saw it coming.

Last week it was love.

This week it's a... sneak attack.

He promised me the Greek Isles.

And he gives me...

Good morning, Mr. Bradshaw.

Pink champagne, Miss Francis.

I did not request the breakfast special.

I was most specific in my instruction.

Irish bacon, French eggs, English kippers.

All ruined by this pink soda.

George, bring a bottle of Moet 76, please. Now.

Is everything else to your satisfaction?

How can I be satisfied when my dear friend Victoria is absent?

No one to banter with, play poker with. No excuse to avoid working on my book.

Another book.

How exciting.

Yes, an expose of the hotel business.

I don't mind saying, Miss Francis, that I don't like what's happening.

With the exception of my own hotel and a few others, the days of mine host and

personal service are bygones.

I think you'll find that St. Gregory still cares.

I can see that you're one of those new young hoteliers, very naive.

Perfect casting, I'd say.

You're not bad in the star role yourself.

Did I detect a touché?

Just an exit line.

I have to get back to work.

And I'm sure you can't wait to start your chapter on the St. Gregory.

To write an account of this hotel hardly requires my spark of genius.

You're entitled to your opinion, Mr. Bradshaw. But from where I stand, your

spark seems to have developed a little ignition trouble.

Where's my jewelry case?

Someone stole it.

It's right here, darling.

Oh, that's not mine.

That's Mother's.

She'll be very angry if she catches me with it.

Jessie, your mother's not here.

Well, where is she? She said she was coming.

Jessie, your mother died ten years ago.

Maybe if I ask her nice, she'll let me wear her favorite brooch.

You have the tickets, don't you?

It's your retrospective. You don't need a ticket.

Hmm.

Sal's got his ticket, hasn't he?

I wonder why he pretended to be someone else.

I just don't understand him anymore.

Mr.

Parker asked me to speak to you.

He's very concerned.

About me or his job?

Miss Greenspan, or Arlene, this is a corporate suite.

Does this look like a corporate suite?

Well, how about I give you a run while you decide what you're going to do?

Oh, the Salvation Army drop box.

Just because Howard Terrell has his eye on a new pair of tap shoes doesn't mean

the old pumps are going to take this lying down, if you know what I mean.

Slow down, honey.

Nobody's going to take your plate away.

Stop.

Last night was wonderful.

That was your best bite and the best anniversary present you could have given

me.

What's wrong, darling?

I haven't had a fight in 20 years.

And we're not married anymore.

Of course not.

Just reminiscing.

Fran told me about the tests.

The make -up tests?

Oh, you mean the costume tests?

Oh, they'll never get this picture started if they keep on testing.

Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to test me.

We shouldn't get into this here.

No, you're damn right we shouldn't.

I should never have got into anything with you.

Let's go upstairs. I don't want to.

The tests don't...

Mrs. Francis, please.

Please. I don't intend to bite.

I just wanted to apologize for my hasty remarks over breakfast.

I'm sorry if I was a little hasty myself.

Well, since it's all tickety -boo, how about coming to work for me?

You're not serious.

If you only knew how refreshing it is to find someone who's not afraid of me.

I must have you. I'm very flattered, but I'm really very happy here.

I understand.

Working in Edmund Bradshaw's London hotel is the impossible dream.

I envy you, your great new adventure.

Mr. Bradshaw, we're from the Post.

And your first assignment is to get rid of these creatures.

Look, guys, I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait for Mr. Bradshaw's press

conference.

Stop that!

Oh, look out!

Quick, someone get a copy!

Hurry! Mr. Bradshaw, are you all right?

Consider my offer of employment withdrawn.

Oh!

As for initiative, Parker, the stuff that promotions are made of. Now look

happens. Back to square one.

Who is it?

Wilkins, it's me, Wobbit.

Yes? I know I haven't been fair to you. I've come to explain everything.

Hi.

Oh, hi, Mr. Parker.

Oh, hi, Miss Greenspan.

Okay. Explain.

I've tried to keep this from you.

My wife is a very sick woman.

If I ever left her, I think the shock would probably kill her.

I believe that you believe I should believe that.

Wilkins, please. We had something wonderful.

Do you understand why we can't be together anymore?

No. I thought you really loved me.

There's the door, Howard. Please use it. I'll use it when you use it. And I'll

use it when your dying wife shows up to help me pack.

In fact, I think I'll invite her over.

Arlene, I will say it one more time. I want you out of here.

That would cure your wife pretty good.

Oh, she's right. That could be a very bad career move.

Do me a favor. Wait outside.

Do me a favor and don't. He tries any funny stuff, I want a witness.

Oh, you want a witness?

Fine.

Parker, sit down.

Make yourself comfortable.

Put your feet up.

Not only have you got a witness, you've got a roommate.

Oh, but Mr. Terrell, I... Think of this as your new office.

What about my privacy? You can think of yourself as a corporation.

public. Fran?

Freddie? Are you going to help me?

Is anyone going to help me?

Fran is out.

Jessica,

you can't run away from it. What?

I've got this Alzheimer's thing.

And there's nothing to make it go away.

There's got to be something I can do. Some kind of treatment.

I'm missing something in my head!

Look.

I can't count it anymore.

I mean, is this ten cents or ten dollars?

I look, and I look, and all I see inside my head is...

Mr. Bradshaw, it's me, Christine.

I just wanted to stop by and check on you.

How are you feeling?

A million dollars.

Oh, that's wonderful.

I was so worried.

I'm suing this hotel for a million dollars.

What? But it was an accident.

I'm bored and lonely.

Why isn't Victoria here to play poker with me?

She'll be back in the morning.

I suppose I could teach you.

I don't think you really... I don't.

But you appear to be all I've got.

Afraid of a little game of chance, eh?

Careful, Mr. Bradshaw.

I used to give my dad a run for his money, and he was Dopey County poker

in Oklahoma.

Really?

I'm surprised you could see the cards.

What with all that dust.

You know something, Mr. Bradshaw?

Some people take everything with them when they travel, except their manners.

Oh, Miss Francis.

I do like you. How about a truce?

A friendly game, a five -card draw?

Mr. Bradshaw, get ready to lose your accent.

Long letter.

It's the third chapter of my book.

Really?

It was supposed to be called Prelude to Bliss, but I've changed it now to He

Gets His.

Sounds autobiographical.

If you mean me and Wabbit, you've got it. How did you and Wabbit become an

More like a short story.

It was your basic, naive receptionist meets fast -talking executive who sweeps

her off the jogging path and promises her love and security while failing to

mention previous involvement with a wife.

And Chapter 2?

He puts her up in fancy pad in the style to which she is totally unaccustomed,

while promises are made to detach himself from the other lady.

Let me guess the conclusion.

Wife tells Wabbit she has no intention of being written out unless she walks

with most of Wabbit's assets.

Wabbit, not wanting to file Chapter 11, decides to pass on the rest of the book.

You should be a writer.

Or at least a chapter.

How can you let it go on tonight?

Would you rather we call a press conference and tell the world?

Jessica Daniels has Alzheimer's disease and will be unable to appear tonight.

Or ever again.

Well, the world will find out about it fast enough if she gets up there and

blows it. Shh. Keep your voice down.

She's sleeping.

We rehearsed it over and over again.

It's the way we do everything.

Yeah, well, I used to do a lot of rehearsing, too.

And I still got knocked on my butt.

Well, then you go in there and you tell her that you can't go on tonight.

But remember, if you take this away from her, she has nothing.

What's the house limit?

Suppose we make the stakes more interesting. Say, my good behavior.

What are you talking about?

If I lose, I promise to be the personification of charm and grace.

I shall always treat you and your staff with the utmost courtesy.

Better start practicing your smile.

And of course, if you lose, you come to London to work for me.

It's a bet.

Read them and weep. Full boat, aces over queen.

Now, that's a damn good hand.

Regrettably inferior to a straight flush.

Not to worry, Miss Francis.

You'll find London marvellous for your complexion.

Well, I do have to get back to work.

I proposed a wager and I won.

I expect you to honour your obligation.

Aren't you taking this joke a little too seriously? We're playing for pennies.

Were we?

I suggest you tell that to Victoria when I inform her that you are now under

contract to me.

Here you go.

generals and executives have in common?

I beg your pardon?

They take charge.

They take the offensive.

Oh, Miss Greenspan.

Wait a minute.

Don't go trying to climb the corporate ladder on my rungs.

Oh, but I loved your rungs from the first moment I laid eyes on them. Oh,

you. You did?

Yes. But aren't I involved with another man? Not anymore.

Right in my hot little hands.

I've never won an Academy Award before.

Yes, you have, darling, and this is your retrospective. And you look every inch

the star.

Do I?

Yes. You can always depend on him to tell you right where it's at.

And do you want to know where it's at?

It's downstairs in the ballroom.

Shall we?

Parker, that better not be you.

Howard! Oh, how nice of you to bring me flowers.

They're not for you.

They're for Parker's funeral.

I know this is very awkward, sir, but I... I can explain. I'm sure you can.

I ask for initiative and you give me merger.

There really isn't... Anything more to say, you'll be packed and out in the

morning. Oh, and Parker...

Take the rest of the week off, and every week after that.

Oh, then I suppose there's no point in trying to explain.

No. That's what happens when you're caught sleeping on the job.

Oh, you really are an alley fighter. You meet Brother Jim's both sides of the

belt.

You murdered him, baby. You knocked him flat with a celestial bolt. Eight, nine,

ten, and out. Oh, darling.

You didn't fight fair, but you've seen your duty and you've done it.

Oh, darling.

Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Jessica Daniels.

Thank you very much for your warm and generous welcome.

You know, watching those clips tonight made me realize how fortunate I've been.

Film is a collaborative medium, and I've been lucky enough to have collaborated

with some of the best.

Because... Because...

Yes, a collaborative medium.

I especially want to thank you for all those film clips.

For everything.

For watching.

This honour.

And for being here.

Thank you so much.

for being here.

So, why didn't it work for us, really?

Because when your star was rising, mine was falling.

You make it sound so simple.

It was in those days.

My star is falling now, isn't it?

Are you kidding?

It's brighter than ever.

I love you so much.

Peter. Peter, can I talk to you? It'll have to be quick. I was due at the

Christopher brunch 20 minutes ago. It's about Edmund Bradshaw. I'll bet it is.

That's exactly it.

Bradshaw won the bet.

I mean, he won me at poker. When you're in that kind of game, it's important to

wear more clothes.

Peter, I'm serious. He's upstairs right now telling Mrs. Cabot that he expects

me to honor the wager and go to work with him. If you want to borrow my

umbrella, I have to warn you.

It leaks.

That's it? You know how Mrs. Cabot is indebted to him.

Don't you have anything else to say?

Well, pip -pip, Christine.

And tally -ho.

I guess that's everything.

I'll take him.

Be careful with Tweety.

Satisfied, Mr. Terrific?

What are you angry at me for? I didn't jump into bed with a total stranger.

Really? Isn't that what you always called your wife?

Now, let's not get into that.

I came to say goodbye and good luck.

Goodbye and good luck.

Do me one last favor.

Sure. Take Stephen back. He was just doing his job.

With his pants down?

Oh, what do you care anyway?

You can't be jealous.

Not if you don't love me anymore.

Besides, the only reason I'm going is because of him. So you see, you really

him. You know, you have a unique way of looking at things.

Isn't that what you used to like about me?

Is that what you like about Parker?

Don't be ridiculous.

He doesn't mean anything to me. I just wanted to get back at you.

Well, maybe I was a little hard on him.

Do you need any money or anything?

Thank you.

But I have had enough of your unintentional good intentions.

I'll never forget in one of my first films, Hitchcock hired me to do this...

this lady who...

What do the papers say?

Can I still go to the A parties, or do I have to turn in my answering machine?

You were terrific, Anne.

I wasn't.

He probably thought I was doing my Norman Maine impersonation.

Jessie, you were fine.

Really. A little stage fright, maybe.

Terminal stage fright.

How's that for a diagnosis?

Come on, Jessie.

I remember the Hitchcock part.

I played a catatonic.

Just sat in the chair and... dribbled all over myself.

I'd be perfect for the remake.

I gotta warn you, Sal.

This will get a whole lot worse.

This thing won't just kill her.

It'll kill you, too.

I've had a lot of tougher fights.

I

bought

Ken to Sam.

Hi, Steve.

How you doing there, fella?

Listen, I've been thinking.

You know, maybe I was a little too quick on the trigger about your old job. And

what I'm trying to say is you can have your old job back again. How about that?

Well, the deal was you get the key, I get a bump upstairs.

Yes, but there were others... I think I'd like to have Murphy's old office.

know, that one with all the windows? Oh, I like that one. It's got a nice view.

Parker.

Steve.

Now, listen to me. The deal didn't... foresee you being caught in, you know, a

compromising situation. Of course not.

That's where executive initiative came into play.

Put Miss Greenspan into a compromising situation, she wouldn't have a bed to

stand on, so to speak.

What, you mean the whole thing was an act?

What else?

That's damn clever.

Damn clever. Yes, well, all's fair in war and peace.

Here, I thought you might give that to your wife as a reference.

Oh, by the way, I'll remind Arlene to be discreet if she runs into Mrs. Terrell

at the company picnic.

We're going to miss you, Arlene.

Kind of feels like I'm leaving home.

I guess I am.

We'll always have a room for you if you need a place to hang your bird.

Thanks. When I hit it big, I'll always stay here when I'm passing through.

I was just upstairs. Are you really going to leave without me? Stephen, I

we met in the wrong book.

I don't get it.

What was that happening upstairs in your bed?

That was Howard's bed, not mine.

Well, is there any chance of us getting together on a neutral mattress?

All you corporate types have the same thing on your mind. Well, I was really

hoping that we would have a chance to work on chapter four together and the

of our lives.

And what's the ending?

They lived happily ever after?

Maybe. At least it's a good beginning.

Afraid I'd get lost?

Is that why you followed me?

Uh -huh.

Afraid I'd lose you.

There's a difference.

Maybe you already have.

Jessica, listen to me.

They used to call me the human punching bag, remember?

I'd take all they could dish out and I'd always come back punching.

That's what you've got to do right now.

Don't you think I've been trying?

Sometimes I don't even believe there's anything wrong.

I don't want your pity, sir.

What scares me is being alone.

I'll always be with you.

You'll never be alone.

Alone, up here.

It's Sunday.

See, there are things I know.

We used to stay in bed all day Sundays.

Bagels and lox.

New York Times.

And you never wore your pajamas. I love that.

Neither did you.

Jessica, I never stopped loving you.

All through the divorce and the hassles and all that garbage we put ourselves

through.

Let's give it one more shot.

Oh, Sal.

You don't need to make an honest woman out of me at this stage in my life.

I can love you anyway.

Realize, Christine, when you lose a wager, you have to honor the debt. Yes,

know that's true.

But I didn't realize he... Cheated.

What? Edmund Bradshaw is a scrupulously honest man in all matters but one.

He cheats at poker. My husband found him out years ago.

You mean he slipped himself that straight flush?

I tried to warn you about Stinky.

Obviously, the debt is canceled.

Well, then you're not angry.

Of course not.

You stood up to him.

He respected you for that, and so did I.

You know, he was kind of cute underneath it all.

He's also changed his mind about suing us for a million dollars.

Oh, great.

Well, all's well that ends well.

He's decided to make it two million.