Sunset Boulevard movie

Sunset Boulevard movie - DANCE SEQUENCE lyrics

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(A group of EXTRAS from Cecil B. DeMille's latest extravaganza 'Samson and Delilah' crosses the stage. JOE thinks he recognizes a man with a false beard and gold helmet who's accompanied by a gaggle of scantily-clad DANCING GIRLS: SAMMY. HE raises his hand in a priestly gesture.)<br>

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SAMMY<br>

Bless you, Joseph<br>

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JOE<br>

That you, Sammy?<br>

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SAMMY<br>

How do you like my harem?<br>

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JOE<br>

How come you get such lousy breaks?<br>

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JOE<br>

One learns to grin and bear 'em.<br>

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GIRLS<br>

This is the biggest film ever made<br>

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JOE<br>

What're you playing?<br>

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ANITA<br>

Temple Virgin<br>

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DAWN<br>

Handmaiden to Delilah<br>

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JOE<br>

Let's have lunch, gotta run.<br>

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(The FINANCEMEN, meanwhile, settle down to watch and wait. JOE moves swiftly towards a sharply-dressed middle-aged man, MORINO , his agent. MORINO is with a very much younger man and does his best to pretend not to notice JOE. When he realizes the encounter is unavoidable, HE makes a great show of pleasurable surprise and greets JOE with effusive bonhomie.)<br>

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JOE<br>

You've got to find me a job.<br>

I'm way behind with my payments<br>

I thought you were meant to be my agent<br>

I need some work<br>

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MORINO<br>

I only wish I could help<br>

this town is dead at the moment<br>

there's been this slowdown in production....<br>

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(JOE interrupts, indicating the YOUNGER MAN)<br>

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JOE<br>

Who is this jerk?<br>

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MORINO<br>

He's my wunderkind from Broadway.<br>

Every major studio wants him .<br>

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YOUNGER MAN<br>

Playing one against the other....<br>

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JOE<br>

What I need is three hundred bucks.<br>

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MORINO<br>

Maybe what you need is a new agent.<br>

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(JOE spots a friend of his, ARTIE GREEN, a fresh-faced assistant director in his mid-twenties)<br>

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JOE<br>

Hello, Artie<br>

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ARTIE<br>

Joe, you bastard!<br>

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JOE<br>

You never call me anymore.<br>

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ARTIE<br>

Found a cuter dancing partner <br>

How are things?<br>

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JOE<br>

Not so great.<br>

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ARTIE<br>

Will this help?<br>

Twenty bucks?<br>

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(ARTIE hands JOE a twenty dollar bill; JOE hesitates then accepts it.)<br>

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JOE<br>

Thanks, you're a pal.<br>

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ALL (Ad-Lib)<br>

Good morning, Mr. De Mille<br>

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MYRON<br>

Good morning, C.B.<br>

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(During this exchange, the lights have come up on SHELDRAKE's office. SHELDRAKE, a mournful, dyspeptic figure sits behind his desk, speaking into one of an array of phones.)<br>

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SHELDRAKE<br>

This is Sheldrake<br>

bring some water <br>

get me that shithead Nolan.<br>

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(HE puts down one phone and picks up another)<br>

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Nolan, sweetheart, <br>

great to talk <br>

This draft is so much brighter.<br>

You're the best<br>

even so <br>

I've hired another writer. <br>

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(HE puts the phone down as his SECRETARY shows JOE into the office, handing Sheldrake a tumbler of water as she does so. SHELDRAKE seems surprised to see JOE and makes some unconvincing stab at conviviality as HE shakes some bicarb into the water.)<br>

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SECRETARY<br>

Mr.Gillis<br>

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