film?"
I looked at her. Looked at her again. I
didnt know what she was talking about.
"Theyre making a film at Universal
called Man of a Thousand Faces.
My friend Jimmy Cagney
is playing Lon Chaney.
Irving discovered him and made
him the biggest star in silent film.
He was only at the time. He was
even too young to sign the checks.
But not too young to run a studio."
Im thinking to myself, wow,
t
films. Its never sounded so evil. So sexy.
BEN
Well what number are you trying to reach?
VOICE
I dont know.
BEN
I think you got the wrong number, buddy.
VOICE
Do I?
BEN
(peeved)
Uh-huh. Look bro, my battery is running out.
Really wish I could chat, but I cant so, later.
VOICE
Wait, wait. Dont hang up.
BEN
(angrily)
Asshole, Cant talk.
VOICE
But your voice sounds so familiar.
Ben smiles.
BEN
Does
film.
It has solid box office potential.
He can do it.
You dont regret leaving him, do you?
One day you look up and realize that laughs are not enough.
I can handle him, Hal. ljust got tired of havingto allthe time.
Andthen, you know...I met you.
What are you doing home?
I quit.
No, Val, not again! You quit over nothing again?!
Not over nothing. I quit over abigthing.
They fired me. I thought tha
film The Fog
and that fog shifts it.
I thought, "Thats Hollywood -
fog moving fast."
But your fog is that speed.
Busy, busy, busy.
It could be late
to get in someones face somewhere.
It runs down the road, doesnt it?
Boom! Whoosh! Nyyyaoum!
Faster than the fucking taxis!
Of which there are five.
(Laughter, cheering and applause)
I dont know what thats about.
Youre a no-taxi city, arent you?
Five
Verbal Comedy : Dialogue is introduced
Sly humor
Rapid-fire(Fast-talking) humor
Screwball comedy emerged
Fast dialog with slapstick
Romantic conflicts : ‘Battle of the sexes’
Formulaic & flirty courtship romantic comedies
by the Rock Hudson/Doris Day films
Pillow Talk (1959)
->best classic, witty and light-hearted 50's sex comedy
Born Yesterday (1950)
by George Cu