Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

It's not as unpleasant as you might imagine.
Disillusioned in Congress,
I need prosperity.
A snapshot from the Mankiewicz family album?
It's amazing what $10 million against him bought.
Herman Mankiewicz, New York playwright and drama critic?
I understand plenty. I'll take that bet.
and his royal habit of s'amus-ing himself
Narrator,
So even our preeminent dream factory…
- You've never seen it? - No, but George Bernard Shaw was right.
Guess who phoned with an offer to buy out RKO's investment
people think LL stands for luan loud
And you won't go to the press, because in California, that means Hearst.
Without a net.
You really will bet on anything.
Congratulations, Irving.
They both want something for nothing.
you were always his favorite dinner partner.
You're nothin' but a court jester.
Well…
- Ah. - Mank!
Come on, Mank. We need guys like you to keep people like Mayer honest.
This isn't Gower Gulch.
great, i'm in need of fellatio
Hey, Charlie.
You're right, of course.
Give me a sign, oh, Lord.
She made sure her daughters learned to sing and dance.
- When was that? - Over the weekend.
Especially now that Republicans seem bent on running Frank Merriam again.
Overturn their creaky wagon…
Mank, Mank.
Rejected, he flees to lotusland,
It's a lot to deal with, a loss like that.
Shell, is that you?
Oh.
What happened?
back from Irving's long convalescence in Europe.
Believe what you want, but say, you think you could spare…
I've finished my test for Heart of Darkness.
- Thank you, Mr. Hearst. - Norma.
My deadline is two weeks away and I intend...
You know better than anyone, not all characters are headliners.
They gave me a chance to direct.
It was never meant to be you.
screaming anti-Semitic slogans.
Well, what's at stake here?
she's a showgirl, beneath his social stratum,
But he loved moving pictures more than he loved anything.
I'll show you those horses we talked about.
Oh, little that, lesser Joe Conrad.
…and Orson Welles for Citizen Kane.
Didn't have to.
I hope, if this gets made,
If she continues to cooperate in this cheap ruse,
It's good, Mank. Damn good.
You may be, Mr. Barrymore,
He wants to turn private enterprise over to the state.
One, don't roll your eyes. Two, try not to fall asleep.
I'd refer you, for that, to the power of prayer.
And the triumph of the human spirit
We see through trees as an aide pushes this old man in a wheelchair
You hocked your jewels?
- I'm going to see my aunt. - Oh, that sounds like fun.
Busker reveling in sleight of hand.
Do you have to think about that?
My Latin grades were better than yours.
Ah… summer.
Mank.
which had long since ceased to listen to him…"
Sounds great.
Exactly what he would say.
Half, and only in the interim.
- Ah, a poem with a message. - That's just the first verse.
What's bothering you, then?
It's not from her husband.
They cleaned out the Washington and Culver gates like a dose of Ex-Lax.
Walter Winchell says Sinclair may run for governor next election.
a sequel.
take care of each other in tough ones.
My fault.
How's it gonna look if the GOP chairman himself
So, the fat's only starting to hit the fire.
I do have a message. You may tell him from me…
or Mary Pickford a virgin at 40.
There's enough Seconal in those bottles to bring down a bull elephant in heat.
Our Quixote looks into the mirror of his youth
Sinclair's run twice before and got, what, 2% of the vote?
You're not writing an opera.
We're with you, L.B.
- My sympathy and prayers. - I beg your pardon?
And I was completely mistaken.
Put aside gratitude, Mank.
Well, it's selling like crazy.
He never pays for anything.
Wait a minute. What?
She's very pretty.
we all know, is blind.
Yes. Hang on. He's right here.
- It's sort of a sore subject. - Really?
- Did you know the man? - Maybe.
- Hello. - Mank!
I don't know that writer.
Like a workforce for free?
win the presidency and bring about, get this…
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry. Instinct!
In recognition of the outstanding work you've done so far,
And honestly.
What I wouldn't give to see that in a tight sweater.
Do you want him to?
they pass a plate once the suckers are inside.
Could you effete political snobs please shut up and play?
The one thing you never ever talk about is Upton Sinclair.
He left here very upset, and he's got a pistol with him.
- I've never not been fired. - I don't get fired.
Mank, can I talk to you?
My movie star looks or my diplomat's charm?
a poor but somewhat talented magazine writer,
On that, you have the sacred word of L.B. Mayer.
He took the script?
from those who fear his worst side, but...
Why the wine and dine, Marion?
It's her as they imagine her, but it's him as you knew him.
- Do you want me to get... - No, no.