Page 91 - KID ACT I 2019

BENNY
(Happy) You followed my career!

TALCOFF
Research Department. Let‘s see, first hit the Broadway stage tender age of nine with your dad- knew
your way around a one-liner, two step, and three part harmony right from the start. Biggest child star
in the country before the talkies. Hell, tail-end of Vaudeville you owned the Palace. Sold the place
out--38 weeks was it?

BENNY
Not only that, the Times said I was—

TALCOFF
Went on to movies, MGM musicals, then TV for 'bout a decade. Star of the longest-running show on
Broadway. Fifty years in the business- still the toast of the town on Channel Nine. Remarkable career.

BENNY
Could be a remarkable story.

TALCOFF
Then. Late Sixties was it? Something over the film version of your show- you walk away.
Poof. Disappear into thin air. Where‘d ya go?

N
(Moment) The phone rings.

TALCOFF
(Phone) Yes…? Of course. Could you hold a moment? (Benny) I'm sorry.

BENNY
Just lemme show ya a few—

TALCOFF
No, I get it, I get it. Biopic extravaganza. Sort of A Star is Born meets The George M. Cohan

Story. But where‘s the third reel?

91