Merrily We Roll Along

Hey.

Hey, let me tell you about my new...

-Know what I'm having? -What?

Not much fun.

-Party! -Oh, my God, look at him.

Hey, the party's outside.

Do you like the picture?

How about more champagne?

I wrote the screenplay for Frank's movie.

Your secret's safe with me.

Frank.

Oh, Tyler, I want you to meet Meg,

the star of my movie.

My old friend Tyler here is the man who invented

the telephone answering machine.

And people are living in fear I'll invent something else.

I drink.

No, what do you really do?

I really drink.

Don't you miss writing music?

That was the old Frank Shepard.

This guy's the American dream.

-Franklin. -Meg, this is Mary Flynn.

Mary is my deepest, closest, best friend in all the world.

Congratulations on the movie.

Your performance will stay with me for a long time.

We go way back.

But seldom forward.

Actually, Franklin gave me the novel you wrote,

and I read it over and over.

Well, didn't you get it the first time?

Hey, gang, we've got dancing outside!

Come on!

Honestly...

What?

-Congratulations! -Thank you.

Paramount!

No!

Here's to us.

Who's like us?

-Damn few. -Damn few.

Thanks, pal, for flying out.

Thanks, pal, for the ticket.

I got a letter from Frankie.

Well, at least my son writes to you.

Yeah, to thank me for coming to his graduation.

-He didn't invite me. -He didn't invite me either.

How is he anyway?

I mean, he asked the same thing about you.

- Frank, look, why don't the two of you... Frank!

-...finally get on... -I am beginning my broadcast.

Where Franklin Shepard goes, I go,

because that is where the A-list goes.

I just figured out what the "A" stands for.

Now, I heard a reliable rumor

that you're selling the Malibu house.

You don't want it. The place doesn't even have a pool.

No pool?

In my rat's hole in New York, the john is terminally busted,

and the kitchen should be condemned.

But no pool?

Trash it!

Let's have some coffee, Mary.

I never drink coffee.

Caffeine isn't good for you.

Look, I'm aware this was just a formula movie.

But my next picture, you wait.

I gave up waiting.