A New Leaf

New York playboy heir Henry (Walter Matthau) is more concerned about his bounced check for his club dues than with the bigger message from his financial adviser (William Redfield), early in writer, director and lead actress Elaine May's A New Leaf, 1971.

Encouraged by his enterprising valet (George Rose), broke playboy Henry (Walter Matthau) closes in on meek mega-rich botanist Henrietta (writer and director Elaine May), whom he needs to marry on a deadline, in A New Leaf, 1971.

At tea in the Hamptons, bankrupt heir Henry (Walter Matthau), desperate to marry money before a looming deadline, seeks info from friend Bo (Graham Jarvis) about bookish Henrietta (Elaine May, also the writer and director), in A New Leaf, 1971.

Careless and now destitute playboy heir Henry (Walter Matthau) visits his former guardian, nutty uncle Harry (James Coco), seeking financing for his plan to marry money in a hurry, in writer, director and co-star Elaine May's A New Leaf, 1971.