Enter Laughing

Wannabe actor David (Reni Santoni) rings girlfriend Wanda (Janet Margolin) from the Manhattan machine shop where he works with Marvin (Michael J. Pollard) and for Foreman (Jack Gilford), circa 1938, in Carl Reiner's Enter Laughing, 1967.

The Bronx, 1938, his parents (Shelley Winters, David Opatoshu) waiting up, aspiring actor David (Reni Santoni) returns from his first evening rehearsal, over-selling his opportunity, in Carl Reiner's Enter Laughing, 1967.

Director and co-writer Carl Reiner's lively opening sequence, hero David (Reni Santoni) with parents (Shelley Winters, David Opatoshu) catching an IRT train in the Bronx, 1938, Tyrone Power and Ronald Colman indirectly featured, in Enter Laughing, 1967, co-starring Jose Ferrer.

David (Reni Santoni) received by Pike (Richard Deacon) at the audition for down and out actor Marlowe (Jose Ferrer, his first scene), his daughter Angela (Elaine May) at least equally wacky, another candidate being director Carl Reiner's son Rob, in Enter Laughing, 1967.