A Star Is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor romantic drama film produced by David O. Selznick and directed by William A. Wellman, with a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell. It stars Janet Gaynor as an aspiring Hollywood actress, and Fredric March as an aging movie star who helps launch her career. Other members of the cast include Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, and Lionel Stander.
Contemporary reviews were very positive. Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times called the film "one of the year's best shows" as well as "good entertainment by any standards, including the artistic, and convincing proof that Hollywood need not travel to Ruritania for its plots; there is drama aplenty in its own backyard."
At the 10th Academy Awards, A Star is Born was nominated in seven categories, winning in one. Wellman won the award for original story, the only Oscar he was to win during his career. W. Howard Greene received an honorary Academy Award for the film's color photography; this award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.
Contemporary reviews were very positive. Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times called the film "one of the year's best shows" as well as "good entertainment by any standards, including the artistic, and convincing proof that Hollywood need not travel to Ruritania for its plots; there is drama aplenty in its own backyard."
At the 10th Academy Awards, A Star is Born was nominated in seven categories, winning in one. Wellman won the award for original story, the only Oscar he was to win during his career. W. Howard Greene received an honorary Academy Award for the film's color photography; this award was recommended by a committee of leading cinematographers after viewing all the color pictures made during the year.
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00:01:46 [Nanny:] Well, home from the movies at last.
00:01:49 [Mama:] Looks like it, Aunt Maddy.
00:01:51 [Mama:] Hi, Dad.
00:01:52 [Dad:] Hello, son.
00:01:54 Well, daughter, how was the moving picture tonight?
00:01:57 [Mama:] Mmm, lovely.
00:01:59 Mice, that's what it was. Just a lot of mice.
00:02:02 There wasn't anybody killed in the whole thing.
00:02:04 Oh, well, then I'll stick to these. These don't talk.
00:02:07 That big cluck Norman Maine was in the picture tonight.
00:02:10 Never does anything but kiss a lot of girls.
00:02:12 Norman Maine is one of the best actors in pictures.
00:02:14 You and your movies, that's all you think about.
00:02:17 You shouldn't be allowed to go to him at all if you're asking me.
00:02:20 Too bad I was so busy in the kitchen.
00:02:23 I didn't hear anybody asking you.
00:02:26 Hello, Granny.
00:02:27 Hello, darling.
00:02:28 And of course no one ever listens to me.
00:02:30 They do if they're within ten miles of you.
00:02:32 Gathering around picture shows.
00:02:34 House all cluttered up with movie magazines.
00:02:36 And the other day I caught her talking to a horse with a Swedish accent.
00:02:39 Us, sis.
00:02:41 We're only young ones, you know.
00:02:45 Ah, Hollywood.
00:02:49 You'd better be getting yourself a good husband and stop moaning about Hollywood.
00:02:52 Do you know what she wants to do?
00:02:54 She wants to go to Hollywood.
00:02:57 I've known it all along.
00:02:59 I've seen her making faces in the mirror and talking to herself.
00:03:02 That's what comes of your movies.
00:03:05 Why, what would you do if you did go to Hollywood?
00:03:09 I'd be an actress.
00:03:11 I would, I tell you. I've always known I could.
00:03:14 Guys, wouldn't it be wonderful to have a movie star in the family?
00:03:17 Oh, Miss Blodgett, may I have your autograph?
00:03:19 You may not know it, darling, but you're practically on your way to bed.
00:03:22 Oh, Miss Blodgett, you're my favorite actress.
00:03:24 Won't you tell me the secret of your success?
00:03:26 Oh, let me alone.
00:03:28 I asked her what's come over you.
00:03:30 I'll tell you what's come over her.
00:03:32 She's just a silly little girl whose head has been turned by the movies.
00:03:35 And the sooner she forgets the whole thing, the better off she'll be.
00:03:38 Why will I be better off?
00:03:40 What's wrong with wanting to get out and make something of myself?
00:03:42 What do you do that's so much better?
00:03:44 Just because you're satisfied to sit here all your life, you think you can laugh at me?
00:03:48 Well, someday you won't laugh at me.
00:03:50 I'm going out and have a real life.
00:03:51 I'm going to be somebody.
00:03:54 [door opens]
00:03:56 You know, if it was spring, I'd say give her a good dose of sulfur and molasses.
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00:04:06 Hm. I thought I'd find you.
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00:04:09 Oh, stop that. Now stop crying. That isn't going to do you a bit good.
00:04:13 Oh, I'm crying because Aunt Maddie and Alec make me so mad.
00:04:16 Oh, Alec and Aunt Maddie. Fiddlesticks.
00:04:19 They're not important.
00:04:21 You're the only one that counts.
00:04:23 Esther, everyone in this world who has ever dreamed about better things has been laughed at.
00:04:29 Don't you know that?
00:04:30 Oh, I suppose I do, but...
00:04:32 But there's a difference between dreaming and doing.
00:04:35 The dreamers just sit around and moon about how wonderful it would be if only things were different.
00:04:41 And the years roll on and they grow old.
00:04:45 And by and by they forget everything, even about their dreams.
00:04:49 Oh, I don't want to be like that. I want to be somebody.
00:04:52 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You want to be somebody.
00:04:55 But you want it to be easy.
00:04:56 Oh, you modern girls give me a pain.
00:04:59 When I wanted something better, I came across those plains in a prairie schooner with your grandfather.
00:05:05 Oh, everyone laughed at us as they did at all the other pioneers.
00:05:09 They said this country would never be anything but a wilderness.
00:05:12 We didn't believe that.
00:05:14 We were going to make a new country.
00:05:17 Besides, we wanted to see our dreams come true.
00:05:22 Oh, Granny, it must have been wonderful.
00:05:24 It was wonderful.
00:05:26 But don't you think for one single minute that it was easy, Esther Blodgett.
00:05:30 We burned in summer and we froze in winter.
00:05:33 But we kept right on going and we didn't complain.
00:05:36 Because we were doing what we wanted to do.
00:05:39 Can you understand that?
00:05:41 Yes, I can.
00:05:46 Could you do it?
00:05:48 Could you do it even if it broke your heart?
00:05:51 Because remember, Esther, for every dream of yours you make come true, you'll pay the price in heartbreak.
00:05:58 Oh, I know what I'm talking about.
00:06:03 You may not believe it, but I was a young girl once.
00:06:07 A very pretty young girl.
00:06:09 A lot prettier than you are.
00:06:12 And I was in love with your grandfather.
00:06:15 And when some Indian devil put a bullet through him,
00:06:18 that is, it had gone right straight through my heart, too.
00:06:22 But I remembered all he taught me, and I went right on.
00:06:26 I buried him out there in that wilderness with my own hands.
00:06:30 And I went right on that same day.
00:06:33 And I kept right on going, even when your mother was gone.
00:06:38 Oh, Granny, I want to make it worthwhile.
00:06:43 Oh, let me.
00:06:45 You know, Esther, there'll always be a wilderness to conquer.
00:06:52 Maybe Hollywood's your wilderness now.
00:06:55 From all I hear, it sounds like it.
00:06:59 But if you've got one drop of my blood in your veins,
00:07:02 you won't let Matty or any of her kind break your heart.
00:07:06 You'll go right out there and break it yourself.
00:07:10 That's your right.
00:07:13 Here. Oh, here, here. Stop that nonsense.
00:07:17 Here. Take this and go to your Hollywood.
00:07:20 Oh, I can't take your money.
00:07:22 - Why not? - It's your savings.
00:07:24 Well, I was only saving up for my funeral.
00:07:26 Now I don't think I'm ever going to die.
00:07:28 Oh, Granny, how can I ever thank you?
00:07:31 By giving me your word of honor that you'll never tell a living soul where you got that money.
00:07:36 - I promise. - Remember, if you do,
00:07:39 I'll have you arrested for robbing me.
00:07:42 Hey, hey, hey, hey. Here we are.
00:07:52 - Can I help you, Granny? - Oh, I can make it, dear.
00:07:55 Oh. Oh!
00:07:57 - Oh, my, it's cold. - What do you mean?
00:07:59 I kissed Dad goodbye. Just a little kiss. He didn't even wake up.
00:08:02 I bet you didn't try that on your Aunt Matty.
00:08:04 Oh, Aunt Matty. Think of her face when you tell her.
00:08:07 I am thinking about it. I've waited for that chance for 30 years.
00:08:12 - Here she is, girl. - Oh, thank you, Granny.
00:08:15 Hello, son.
00:08:17 Huh? Well...
00:08:19 Well, come on, come on. Here, here's your prairie school.
00:08:26 [bell ringing]
00:08:28 - All aboard. - Oh, Granny.
00:08:40 Come on, come on, go on, go on.
00:08:44 - Goodbye, Granny. - Goodbye.
00:08:49 I'll be waiting for you in those movie pictures.
00:08:52 Don't tell Matty. You know, my eyes are not as good as they used to be.
00:08:56 But my ears are all right. So you remember, talk up good and loud.
00:09:01 - All aboard. - Goodbye.
00:09:06 Bye.
00:09:09 Goodbye, Granny.
00:09:12 Goodbye.
00:09:19 Do you want to go home now?
00:09:22 I don't want to, but I will.
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00:11:24 [Door buzzer]
00:11:25 Good afternoon.
00:11:29 Day, week, or month?
00:11:32 Well, it's a little hard to say. You see, I'm going into the movies.
00:11:36 Well, you better take it for a week. It'll break your jump to Beverly Hills.
00:11:39 Are all the studios really near here?
00:11:42 All except Gohmert Brevis.
00:11:45 I suppose the best way to get a job is to go straight to the studios, isn't it?
00:11:49 Mm-hmm.
00:11:50 I haven't any illusions, you know. I'm perfectly willing to begin with,
00:11:52 oh, a little bit of a part, or even as an extra.
00:11:55 Six dollars, please, in advance.
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00:12:46 I beg your pardon.
00:12:48 I'd like to register for extra work.
00:12:51 How long have you been in Hollywood?
00:12:53 Well, it's about a month now.
00:12:56 We haven't put anyone on our books for over two years.
00:12:59 Come here.
00:13:02 I'd like to show you something.
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00:13:11 [Indistinct voices]
00:13:19 Every time you see one of those little lights flash, it's somebody asking for a job.
00:13:23 Every time you hear them say, "Try later," it means there isn't any job.
00:13:26 You can't keep the girls to switch for it long. They go crazy.
00:13:31 Every one of those little lights thought it was going to be a star.
00:13:35 Still want to go in the movies?
00:13:38 You know what your chances are?
00:13:45 One in a hundred thousand.
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00:13:55 But maybe...
00:13:56 I'm that one.
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00:14:10 Any phone calls for me, Mr. Randall?
00:14:12 Oh, no.
00:14:15 Jesse Lasky and Sammy Goldwyn must be writing letters instead.
00:14:19 How was the luck today?
00:14:22 There wasn't any.
00:14:23 Maybe you don't go at it in the right way.
00:14:26 Now take Danny McGuire here. He knows the ropes. Don't you, Danny?
00:14:30 Sure. I've had him around my neck for years.
00:14:32 [Buzzer]
00:14:35 What?
00:14:38 Oh, Miss Blodgett. Danny McGuire, our new tenant.
00:14:41 How do you do?
00:14:43 Mr. McGuire is a big director.
00:14:46 Oh.
00:14:49 Are you really?
00:14:52 Oh, could you possibly use me in a picture, Mr. McGuire?
00:14:56 Of course, I haven't had much experience, but I don't think that really matters if you're willing.
00:15:01 And I really feel that...
00:15:02 Now listen, lady.
00:15:03 In the first place, I'm not a director. I'm an assistant director.
00:15:07 In the second place, if I had any jobs to give away, I'd confer one on myself.
00:15:12 And in the third place, you should have stayed back home in the first place.
00:15:16 Oh, now look what you've done.
00:15:23 Hey, wait a minute!
00:15:24 Hey, don't be that way!
00:15:27 Don't do that.
00:15:30 Gosh, I didn't mean to get tough, but...
00:15:34 That guy thinks he's being kidded when...
00:15:37 ...somebody asks him for a job and...
00:15:41 ...he hasn't got one for himself.
00:15:43 After all, I'm not a big enough shot to hurt your feelings.
00:15:49 I'm sorry.
00:15:51 It wasn't just that, it was a lot of things.
00:15:54 Looking for a job every day and never getting any nearer to it.
00:15:57 I guess I was beginning to get a little scared.
00:15:59 I know.
00:16:01 Lady, do I know.
00:16:03 Well, there's only one thing to do for that feeling when you're tired and sunk and down to your last nickel.
00:16:09 Come on and I'll buy you a drink.
00:16:11 Well, it's not as bad as down to the last nickel.
00:16:13 I've still got eleven dollars left.
00:16:15 Eleven dollars?
00:16:17 You're gonna buy me a drink.
00:16:19 Come on.
00:16:20 That's right, George.
00:16:27 There's nothing like a little rum to take away that milk flavor.
00:16:32 I beg your pardon.
00:16:33 Certainly.
00:16:34 And when I sign my contract, the first thing I'm gonna do is see that you direct every picture I'm in.
00:16:48 That's my pal.
00:16:49 Of course, I'm gonna be perfectly nice about it, but...
00:16:53 ...I'll just insist that you sign my contract.
00:16:56 I'll sign it.
00:16:57 Of course, I'm gonna be perfectly nice about it, but...
00:16:59 ...I'll just insist.
00:17:01 Now that's the way to talk.
00:17:06 Don't let 'em lick you.
00:17:07 Oh, I should say they can't lick me.
00:17:09 If they try anything like that, what?
00:17:11 I just won't sign.
00:17:14 Now that's right.
00:17:16 What have you got to lose?
00:17:18 Another one of these and we'll open our own studio.
00:17:22 [Ding]
00:17:23 Bill rendered, $24.
00:17:31 Passed due.
00:17:32 Remit without further delay.
00:17:35 Me.
00:17:37 [Sigh]
00:17:45 My little kid, she'll pay the bill.
00:17:48 She gets a couple of lucky gifts.
00:17:51 [Sigh]
00:17:52 Now, the fifth race.
00:18:10 Fifth race.
00:18:11 Try again, try again.
00:18:12 Who's ready to try again?
00:18:14 [Indistinct chatter]
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00:18:23 Hey, the program's gonna be swell tonight.
00:18:34 Now you take this fella Beethoven.
00:18:36 I'm a pushover for him.
00:18:38 And Chopin?
00:18:39 Well, he's not so dusty either.
00:18:41 But I kinda wished that once in a while that...
00:18:43 ...play something you could sorta go out whistling, you know, like...
00:18:46 ♪ Blu-dun, la-sa-do ♪
00:18:48 ♪ Blu-dun ♪
00:18:49 [Sigh]
00:18:50 Well, there's a tune.
00:18:53 Hey, why don't you throw your hat in the air or something, can't you?
00:18:56 This is a celebration.
00:18:57 My job starts tomorrow.
00:18:58 I know it does and I think it's swell, Danny.
00:19:01 Gee, I wish you were in on it too.
00:19:04 But oh no, it would have to be a war picture.
00:19:07 One of those big novelty numbers.
00:19:08 A war picture without any beautiful women at the front.
00:19:11 Oh well, something will happen soon.
00:19:13 Maybe.
00:19:14 Why don't you go home, kid?
00:19:18 Oh Danny, I can't do that.
00:19:20 I came here and I've got to stay.
00:19:23 Well now, if it's on account of money, I can...
00:19:25 Oh thank you, you've given me enough already.
00:19:27 Anyhow, this is no time to be worrying.
00:19:29 This is a party.
00:19:30 [Chuckles]
00:19:31 Look at all the people.
00:19:34 Everybody in the world.
00:19:36 Look.
00:19:38 That's me in the name.
00:19:47 Uh-huh, and he seems to have had that one extra cocktail.
00:19:51 Oh, thank you.
00:20:01 Sit down, you dope.
00:20:05 That's for the orchestra leader.
00:20:07 Oh, now, now.
00:20:15 Come on, Tom.
00:20:17 Oh, Mr. Maine.
00:20:19 Mr. Maine.
00:20:20 Put your arm around Miss Regis.
00:20:22 I don't know if this is the Hollywood Bowl.
00:20:25 Oh, afraid of crowds.
00:20:27 Go on, go on, get out of here.
00:20:29 What's the matter?
00:20:30 You getting too big to bother with photographers?
00:20:32 Don't want any pictures taken now.
00:20:35 Oh, is that so?
00:20:36 Well, suppose I take it anyway.
00:20:38 Well, shove that brownie number two of yours down your throat.
00:20:41 Thank you, Mr. Maine.
00:20:42 Stop it, stop it.
00:20:43 Stop it, stop it.
00:20:44 Oh, you're so stupid.
00:20:46 Go, go, go.
00:20:47 Stop it, stop it.
00:20:48 Go, go, go.
00:20:49 Take it easy, Mr. Maine.
00:20:52 Calm down.
00:20:53 Normie, come back and sit down.
00:20:57 Everybody's laughing at you.
00:20:59 All right, all right.
00:21:06 Bye, Norman.
00:21:07 Is he always like that?
00:21:11 I suppose he has to sleep sometimes.
00:21:14 Oh, and he's so wonderful on the screen.
00:21:17 Shh.
00:21:18 Shh.
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00:21:48 Come in.
00:21:49 Hello, Danny.
00:21:52 What's the matter?
00:21:54 Well, believe it or not, I got a job for you.
00:21:57 Danny, that's wonderful.
00:21:59 When do I go to the studio?
00:22:01 Well, you don't exactly go to the studio.
00:22:04 Oh, it's on location.
00:22:05 Well, it's not exactly on location.
00:22:07 But of course, I have any makeup.
00:22:08 Will you tell me what to get and sort of help me put it on?
00:22:11 Well, you don't exactly need any makeup.
00:22:13 You see, it's not really a picture job.
00:22:15 It's, it's, well, it's being a waitress.
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00:22:20 Oh.
00:22:21 Well, it's kind of a picture job if you look at it, right?
00:22:26 You said it was a waitress.
00:22:28 Well, it's waitressing for Casey Burke, the big director over at our studio.
00:22:32 He's giving a party tonight to kind of celebrate on account of finishing the picture.
00:22:36 And, and he wanted me to get him an extra waitress, and it's $5.
00:22:40 And I thought of you right away, Esther.
00:22:43 That was awfully sweet of you, Danny.
00:22:45 Well, well, there's going to be a lot of big people at Burke's house tonight,
00:22:49 and I'll bet you there's any number of big directors.
00:22:52 And if you're there, maybe they'll notice you.
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00:22:57 I could make them notice me.
00:22:58 Sure you could, Esther.
00:22:59 It's your chance.
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00:23:02 My chance.
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00:23:04 All right, Daddy, I'll do it.
00:23:06 Oh, oh, but I can't.
00:23:07 I haven't got the right things to wear.
00:23:09 To wear?
00:23:10 Oh, oh, here.
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00:23:14 Now, you don't think the wardrobe department's right next to my office for nothing, do you?
00:23:19 A perfect fit.
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00:23:36 Did you get to the preview last night?
00:23:38 I did.
00:23:42 Would you like a little hors d'oeuvres?
00:23:46 They are very nice.
00:23:49 Oh, thanks.
00:23:50 What did you think of the picture?
00:23:52 They should have saved it for Thanksgiving.
00:23:54 What a turkey.
00:23:55 Oh.
00:23:56 [laughter]
00:24:02 Will you have some hors d'oeuvres?
00:24:03 You do like hors d'oeuvres, don't you?
00:24:05 I don't think there's anything so enjoyable as hors d'oeuvres before supper.
00:24:09 And these are really delightful.
00:24:23 And at the finish, the kid turns around and sings the lullaby to its mother.
00:24:26 Pardon the big voice, but would you like a little hors d'oeuvres?
00:24:32 They say they're the best in town.
00:24:36 Don't tell me.
00:24:37 I know.
00:24:38 Mae West.
00:24:39 That's a great twist.
00:24:40 But where are you going to find a two-month-old baby that can sing?
00:24:46 Hello, Oliver.
00:24:47 Oh, hello, Casey.
00:24:48 You want to fire me now?
00:24:49 Wait till you see the picture.
00:24:51 I'm not a director anymore.
00:24:52 I'm a male nurse.
00:24:54 What's the matter with the picture?
00:24:56 Guy by the name of Norman Maine.
00:24:58 His work is beginning to interfere with his drinking.
00:25:03 Oliver, don't tell me I'm to direct his next picture, too.
00:25:06 You were my favorite producer.
00:25:09 Now, wait a minute.
00:25:10 You just go right on with your directing.
00:25:12 I'll take care of these stars.
00:25:14 I know how to handle them.
00:25:15 I had a serious talk with Norman after that Hollywood Bowl occurrence,
00:25:18 and you don't have to worry any more about his behavior.
00:25:21 Excuse me, Mr. Niles.
00:25:22 Mr. Libby of your publicity department is on the telephone.
00:25:25 He says it's most important, sir.
00:25:27 It's about Mr. Maine.
00:25:28 Thank you.
00:25:32 Oh, it's probably just some little thing.
00:25:34 Of course, Oliver.
00:25:36 I'll turn on the radio and see if they've called out the National Guard yet.
00:25:41 Hello, Libby.
00:25:42 What's the good word?
00:25:43 Mr. Norman Maine, America's Prince Charming,
00:25:47 was apprehended driving an ambulance down Wilshire Boulevard
00:25:51 with a siren going full blast.
00:25:53 He explained he was a tree surgeon on a maternity case.
00:25:57 Well, will it be in the papers?
00:25:59 No, it won't be in the papers.
00:26:01 But that's a nice, expensive hobby of yours,
00:26:04 keeping Mr. Maine's informal entertainments out of the public press.
00:26:09 Oh, that's fine work, Libby.
00:26:11 Try and see that no one gets to Norman.
00:26:13 He's probably home sleeping it off.
00:26:15 Oliver, why can't you forget those dopes at the studio for one night?
00:26:20 Business, business all the time.
00:26:22 I don't know what's going to become of you.
00:26:26 Norman, why didn't you call for me?
00:26:30 All right, darling, why didn't I call for you?
00:26:32 In case you've forgotten, I was supposed to come here with you.
00:26:35 Oh, that's all right. I got here without any trouble.
00:26:38 The only reason I don't slap your face.
00:26:40 Yes, darling, I know.
00:26:42 Hello, John.
00:26:43 Oh, hello, Mary.
00:26:44 What's the matter with Oliver? He looks as if he'd had bad news.
00:26:48 Hello.
00:26:49 Hello, Mary.
00:26:51 What's the matter, old boy?
00:26:53 Maybe I'm wrong.
00:26:54 I guess I've been drinking too much lately.
00:26:56 Oh, you ought to cut it down. It's bad stuff.
00:26:58 Scotch and soda.
00:27:05 Come on, come on, come on.
00:27:07 The word you know is pronounced "when."
00:27:10 Bad dialogue, Oliver.
00:27:12 You'd rather not watch this.
00:27:14 You know best.
00:27:16 Soda.
00:27:19 Thank you.
00:27:25 Go ahead and say it.
00:27:26 I've got it coming to me.
00:27:28 Don't make it tougher on me, Norman.
00:27:30 I don't want to stand here and preach, but take a look at my side of it.
00:27:33 I'm trying to make pictures with you.
00:27:35 I know, I know.
00:27:36 Costs are going up and the grosses are going down.
00:27:38 No, it isn't that.
00:27:39 I've made lots of money with you, and I can afford to take a loss.
00:27:42 But I hate to see you going the way of so many others.
00:27:44 Why don't you get Lloyd's to insure you against me?
00:27:47 You can't get insurance against a man forgetting who he is.
00:27:50 You're a great star, Norman, but there's nobody so big that he can afford to have people refuse to work with him.
00:27:54 Who doesn't want to work with me?
00:27:56 Shh, quiet.
00:27:57 Listen, I know plenty of people who do.
00:27:59 Yes, and so do I.
00:28:00 But your real friends can't stand seeing you start to fall apart.
00:28:03 What do you mean by that?
00:28:04 The first signs are always the same.
00:28:06 Not being able to remember your lines.
00:28:08 Cameraman struggling to cover your hangovers.
00:28:10 And all because you have to have a good time every day and every night.
00:28:13 Listen, I've warned you for a long time, Norman.
00:28:15 Okay, Oliver, you're a swell guy.
00:28:16 You won't lose any money on me, I promise you that.
00:28:18 I'll be ready for the curtains when the time comes.
00:28:23 And when it does, here's my epithet.
00:28:30 And now I think I'll, um, have a little drink.
00:28:37 Scotch and soda.
00:28:43 Scotch and soda.
00:28:46 Oh.
00:28:51 Come on, come on, come on.
00:28:57 A little soda.
00:28:59 Caviar?
00:29:00 No, thank you.
00:29:01 Yes, uh, pardon me.
00:29:06 Lovely, lovely.
00:29:08 No, I mean the caviar.
00:29:11 No, don't go away.
00:29:12 I'm starving.
00:29:14 Really.
00:29:17 Which would you take?
00:29:19 Well, I don't know.
00:29:20 You don't know?
00:29:21 I don't know either.
00:29:22 It's hard to choose.
00:29:24 I think I'll take caviar.
00:29:26 Mr. Maine doesn't care for any more.
00:29:29 Do you, Normie?
00:29:31 No.
00:29:33 No, Normie doesn't care for any more.
00:29:38 I think I shall get very drunk indeed.
00:29:47 Scotch and soda.
00:29:49 Sorry, I have something.
00:30:07 Oh.
00:30:08 Mind if I help?
00:30:15 Won't they miss you?
00:30:16 Oh, no, no.
00:30:17 They'll just look under the table, and when they see I'm not there, they'll forget the whole matter.
00:30:24 Hey, what, uh, what's your name?
00:30:28 Esther Blodgett.
00:30:29 My name's Maine.
00:30:30 I know.
00:30:31 You do?
00:30:32 Ah.
00:30:36 What's so funny?
00:30:38 I was just thinking about all your fans and how surprised they'd be to see you here helping me put plates away.
00:30:43 Oh, they don't know my finer side.
00:30:46 They'd be pretty envious of me meeting you this way in person.
00:30:49 Oh, I do, too.
00:30:51 Well, tell me, are, uh, are you disappointed?
00:30:55 Yes.
00:30:58 Now you've done it.
00:31:00 Oh, never mind that.
00:31:01 That makes the room look lived in.
00:31:05 Tell me, uh, why, why, why are you disappointed?
00:31:09 I was sitting behind you at the Hollywood Bowl the night you didn't want to be photographed.
00:31:16 Well, I'm told I crept into many a heart that night.
00:31:22 I can never explain this.
00:31:24 You know, you have very pretty hair.
00:31:25 You'd better get out of here.
00:31:27 And a sensitive mouth, and a charming little--
00:31:30 Tell me precisely why you're here instead of with the rest of the guests.
00:31:33 I'm just trying to be helpful.
00:31:35 I see.
00:31:36 Are you sure there's no other attraction?
00:31:38 Well, it might be that my old mania for putting plates away is coming back on me.
00:31:43 It's rather odd.
00:31:44 I always know where I can find you, if there's a pretty girl around.
00:31:47 It's not only odd.
00:31:48 It's embarrassing.
00:31:49 You're being deliberately insulting, Norman.
00:31:51 I put up with this for long enough.
00:31:52 Now, now, now, now, dear, don't lose your temper.
00:31:54 Remember, we must try to keep the voice low.
00:31:57 I know you'll excuse us if we go on with our work.
00:32:01 [clattering]
00:32:03 [clattering]
00:32:11 Now see what you've done.
00:32:16 [whistles]
00:32:23 Come here.
00:32:24 Help me up.
00:32:26 Are you hurt?
00:32:28 No, no, no more than usual.
00:32:31 Come on, the wolves are on us.
00:32:32 We've got to get out of here.
00:32:33 No, I can't.
00:32:34 The dishes aren't finished.
00:32:35 Oh, yes, they are.
00:32:36 [clattering]
00:32:38 [whistles]
00:32:45 Well, I bet I know what you're going to say now.
00:32:52 What?
00:32:54 Good night.
00:32:55 Good night and thanks.
00:32:58 Hey, wait a minute.
00:32:59 Wait a minute.
00:33:01 Hey, you realize that all I found out about you
00:33:05 is that you're foolish enough to want to go into pictures?
00:33:08 But why is it foolish?
00:33:09 Look at you.
00:33:10 Yeah, that's what I mean.
00:33:13 No, I'd-- I'd rather like to go into this matter
00:33:17 a little more thoroughly.
00:33:19 Well, that's awfully nice of you.
00:33:21 Why, uh-- why don't we, uh, go on up to my place
00:33:26 and, uh, talk it over?
00:33:28 Oh, no.
00:33:29 Thank you very much, but I really must say good night.
00:33:34 Good night.
00:33:36 But you're not angry.
00:33:38 No, no.
00:33:39 I'm hungry.
00:33:41 Well, why don't you go and get something to eat?
00:33:46 Good night, Miss Blodgett.
00:33:48 Good night, Mr. Maine.
00:33:51 Wait a minute.
00:33:53 See this.
00:33:54 The least I can do is to see you to your door.
00:33:59 Will I see you again?
00:34:01 I hope so.
00:34:04 Has anyone ever told you that you're lovely?
00:34:08 Well, now you know.
00:34:11 Thank you.
00:34:17 This, uh-- this is hard to say, but I--
00:34:21 I want to say it anyway.
00:34:24 You know, I'm a-- I'm a screen.
00:34:26 I'm a-- you know, in private life, I'm a--
00:34:32 well, you know.
00:34:34 But whatever I do, I--
00:34:37 I still respect lovely things.
00:34:41 And you're lovely.
00:34:44 You understand?
00:34:47 Yes, I-- I think I do.
00:34:49 And it-- it doesn't that bump on the head that's doing this.
00:34:52 Well, I'm glad.
00:34:53 Good night.
00:35:01 Good night.
00:35:02 Hey!
00:35:09 You mind if I take just one more look?
00:35:12 Go away.
00:35:22 Quite impossible.
00:35:24 I wouldn't even consider it.
00:35:26 Oh, no, no.
00:35:37 Hello?
00:35:39 Who is it?
00:35:40 Who?
00:35:41 Norman?
00:35:43 What have you done now?
00:35:45 You're not in jail, are you?
00:35:48 Oh.
00:35:49 Yes, I see.
00:35:53 Oh, it's that again.
00:35:55 I see.
00:35:57 She's beautiful.
00:35:58 Yeah, I know.
00:35:59 You want me to give her a screen test.
00:36:01 Yeah, certainly.
00:36:03 She's got wonderful possibilities.
00:36:05 Oh, you know she's got something.
00:36:08 And you knew all the other ones had something, too.
00:36:10 Oh, no.
00:36:14 I tell you, Oliver, she's got that sincerity and-- and honestness and a--
00:36:19 a-- a sincerity and honestness that-- that makes great actresses.
00:36:24 You--
00:36:26 Oliver, I am so sure of this girl that I want to take the test with her myself.
00:36:32 [sighs]
00:36:35 Listen, Oliver, you've worked hard.
00:36:37 You're entitled to a break.
00:36:39 You get--
00:36:41 [whistles]
00:36:46 Yes, I heard you.
00:36:48 Anything.
00:36:49 Anything.
00:36:50 Yes.
00:36:51 Yes.
00:36:52 Yeah.
00:36:53 Oliver, look, you-- you try to get a little sleep now, old man.
00:36:57 You--
00:36:58 All right.
00:36:59 All right, boy.
00:37:00 Good-- good night.
00:37:01 [laughs]
00:37:02 [inaudible]
00:37:05 Now, telephone.
00:37:06 [inaudible]
00:37:07 Telephone book.
00:37:15 Telephone book.
00:37:16 [whistles]
00:37:20 What is it?
00:37:22 What's that telephone book?
00:37:24 You--
00:37:25 Hey, Oliver, telephone book!
00:37:28 [singing]
00:37:31 [singing]
00:37:35 [singing]
00:37:39 [singing]
00:37:43 [singing]
00:37:46 [singing]
00:37:49 [inaudible]
00:37:52 [inaudible]
00:37:55 [inaudible]
00:38:06 [inaudible]
00:38:09 [inaudible]
00:38:12 [inaudible]
00:38:21 [inaudible]
00:38:32 [inaudible]
00:38:35 [inaudible]
00:38:40 [inaudible]
00:38:41 (paper rustling)
00:38:44 (knocking)
00:38:54 Yes?
00:38:55 - Telephone.
00:38:57 - For me?
00:38:58 - Some drunk trying to be funny, says he's Norman Maine.
00:39:02 - Oh, oh, thanks, I'll be right down.
00:39:07 Miss Blodgett, would you give him a message for me?
00:39:11 Tell him it's three o'clock in the morning!
00:39:15 (sighs)
00:39:17 - Hello?
00:39:39 - What?
00:39:39 - Oh.
00:39:42 Oh!
00:39:46 Oh, yes, yes, I'll be there.
00:39:48 Oh, thank you.
00:39:51 (knocking)
00:39:56 (knocking)
00:39:59 - Oh, oh.
00:39:59 - Danny, what do you think?
00:40:01 I'm gonna take a test tomorrow
00:40:02 and Norman Maine's helping me do it.
00:40:04 - I'm taking one too.
00:40:06 Garbo's assisting me.
00:40:09 - Hmm.
00:40:14 (knocking)
00:40:16 (door slams)
00:40:24 (groans)
00:40:28 (men chattering)
00:40:38 - Move that gobo in!
00:40:39 - But it's still coming out broad!
00:40:41 - No, it'll be icky!
00:40:42 Is this light too hot for you, Haley?
00:40:44 - No, it's just a little bit.
00:40:44 - Okay, put that on your back leg.
00:40:46 - Put a gobo on that 90!
00:40:48 - Bring it down a little.
00:40:50 That's it.
00:40:51 Now, put it.
00:40:55 Pull down on that 150.
00:41:00 Pull down on that 150.
00:41:06 Okay.
00:41:13 - Put it here.
00:41:14 - Put it.
00:41:15 - Put it right here.
00:41:16 - All right.
00:41:17 - Bring me an apple bottle.
00:41:22 - Listen, gentlemen, please, if you don't mind.
00:41:26 This is, this is just a test.
00:41:29 - Ready, Mr. Burke?
00:41:30 - All ready, Mr. Burke.
00:41:31 - Ready, Mr. Burke.
00:41:32 - Ready now, Mr. Burke.
00:41:32 - All ready, Mr. Burke.
00:41:34 - Ready now, Mr. Burke.
00:41:35 - All ready, Mr. Burke.
00:41:36 - We're ready, Mr. Burke.
00:41:38 All right, let's take it.
00:41:42 - Quiet!
00:41:43 - Quiet!
00:41:44 - Quiet!
00:41:45 - Quiet!
00:41:46 - Quiet!
00:41:46 - Quiet!
00:41:47 - Quiet!
00:41:48 - Ready, Norman?
00:41:50 - Yeah.
00:41:51 - You ready, Miss, what's your name?
00:41:55 - He'll soon know your name, Esther.
00:41:58 The whole world's going to know it.
00:42:00 - But I'm so scared.
00:42:01 Maybe I better not try it today.
00:42:03 - Oh, come on, now, don't be foolish.
00:42:04 They all had to go through this.
00:42:05 Harlow, Lombard, Myrna Loy.
00:42:08 And now, Esther Blodgett.
00:42:11 - All right, I'm ready.
00:42:13 - This is a take, Groonam.
00:42:17 Quiet.
00:42:18 - A.
00:42:19 - I may as well tell you that my whole organization
00:42:28 thinks I've gone a little nuts to sign you.
00:42:31 Maybe they're right, I've been nuts before.
00:42:34 You see, all the experts seem to think
00:42:36 that your type is a little mild for present day taste.
00:42:39 But I rather believe that tastes change, like eyebrows.
00:42:42 And I think that also like eyebrows,
00:42:43 tastes are going back to the natural.
00:42:45 You look like a nice girl.
00:42:47 I think I'm going to like you.
00:42:51 That's not important.
00:42:54 I think the public will like you.
00:42:55 That is important.
00:42:57 - Yes, I see what you mean.
00:42:58 I mean, I know it is.
00:43:00 - Well, I don't think it's going to be easy.
00:43:02 Nothing you really want is ever given away free.
00:43:05 You have to pay for it.
00:43:06 And usually with your heart.
00:43:09 - Someone else told me that once.
00:43:11 - But you still have to work it out for yourself.
00:43:15 Oh, well, all this is just a long way of saying
00:43:17 I'm glad you're with us and good luck to you.
00:43:19 And now I'm going to turn you over
00:43:20 to our demon press agent, Libby.
00:43:22 Don't let him frighten you.
00:43:23 He has a heart of gold, only harder.
00:43:26 And for the love of Pete,
00:43:29 learn to close your mouth and keep it closed.
00:43:31 Even in your love scenes.
00:43:33 (footsteps)
00:43:36 - Are you a Russian?
00:43:47 - No, I was born in Fillmore, North Dakota.
00:43:49 - Oh, no.
00:43:50 Prey saw a light of day in a mountain cabin,
00:43:55 a trapper's hut, high up in the Rockies.
00:43:59 Go on.
00:44:02 - Well, I always wanted to be an actress.
00:44:05 - Dreamed of footlights as lonely kitty.
00:44:08 Are you sure there's no Russian in your family?
00:44:12 - Positive.
00:44:13 - That's a shame.
00:44:14 Well, what does your father do?
00:44:16 - He's a farmer.
00:44:17 - Yeah.
00:44:18 Social register-eyed father, fed up with hypocrisies
00:44:23 of 400, sought wilderness for consolation.
00:44:26 There amidst the mountain flowers,
00:44:30 he raised another blossom, his lovely little daughter.
00:44:34 What's your name?
00:44:36 - Esther Victoria Blodgett.
00:44:38 - Greatly appreciating your attention to this matter,
00:44:46 very truly.
00:44:47 - Do you know what her name is?
00:44:49 Esther Victoria Blodgett.
00:44:52 - Hey, we'll have to do something about that right away.
00:44:59 - Esther Victoria Blodgett.
00:45:02 - Well, that Blodgett's definitely out.
00:45:05 Let's see, Esther Victoria, Victoria.
00:45:08 Vicky, how about Vicky?
00:45:09 - Oh, I think that's terribly cute.
00:45:11 - Let's see, Vicky, Vicky what?
00:45:12 - Vicky Vicky, pronounced Vicky, Vicky.
00:45:16 - See Esther, bestest Esther, destest Fester.
00:45:22 - Oh, that's very pretty.
00:45:24 - Jester, Hester, dester, Lester, Vicky Lester.
00:45:28 - Oh, I like that.
00:45:30 - Say it.
00:45:31 - Vicky Lester.
00:45:31 - Say it again.
00:45:32 - Vicky Lester.
00:45:33 - Say it again.
00:45:34 - Vicky Lester.
00:45:35 - Say it.
00:45:36 - Vicky Lester.
00:45:36 - Say Vicky Lester.
00:45:37 - Vicky Lester.
00:45:38 - Vicky Lester.
00:45:39 - Vicky Lester.
00:45:40 - Vicky Lester.
00:45:41 - Flash, Oliver Niles Studio discovers new starlet,
00:45:48 a cinderella of the Rockies.
00:45:50 Her name is Vicky Lester.
00:45:52 Those who have peeked tell me she couldn't be more da voon.
00:45:56 The face of an angel and such natural talents.
00:45:58 Her voice is a symphony.
00:46:00 Her very walk, they tell me, is enough to drive men mad.
00:46:03 - Not that way.
00:46:07 - Get the lead out of your feet.
00:46:10 Lift 'em up.
00:46:11 That's better.
00:46:20 It's terrible, but it's better.
00:46:21 - The quality of mercy is not strained.
00:46:25 It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
00:46:27 - Cease.
00:46:28 Through the mouth, my child, through the mouth.
00:46:31 The nose is for smelling roses.
00:46:34 Proceed.
00:46:36 - Does she have to look surprised all the time?
00:46:43 Anyway, it's just a rough sketch.
00:46:51 - Pretty small mouth, eh?
00:46:53 (pen clicking)
00:46:55 Oh, well.
00:46:59 - Give her that Crawford smear.
00:47:01 This'll give her that Vicky, nyah.
00:47:12 We're on the wrong track.
00:47:21 She still looks surprised.
00:47:22 - Listen, drunk people.
00:47:29 We're shooting on the set this morning,
00:47:30 not in the commissary.
00:47:32 Now come on, snap into it.
00:47:33 - Acme Trucking Company?
00:47:40 No, Mr. Smith is not in.
00:47:49 - Good morning.
00:47:50 What can I bring you, Mr. Maine?
00:47:51 - That just shows how long you've been here.
00:47:54 - Naval bless you.
00:47:55 How soon are you and I gonna be married, huh?
00:47:58 - I don't know.
00:48:00 You'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:01 - Acme Trucking Company?
00:48:03 No, Mr. Smythe is not in.
00:48:06 - Oh, I see.
00:48:07 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:08 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:10 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:11 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:12 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:13 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:14 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:15 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:16 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:17 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:18 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:19 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:20 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:21 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:22 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:23 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:24 - I'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:25 - Acme Trucking Company?
00:48:27 No, Mr. Smythe is not in.
00:48:29 No, Mr. Smythe is not in.
00:48:31 No, Mr. Smythe is not in.
00:48:33 No, Mr. Smythe is not in.
00:48:35 No, Mr. Smythe is not in.
00:48:37 No, Mr. Smythe is not in.
00:48:39 No, Mr. Smythe is not in.
00:48:41 No, Mr. Smythe is not in.
00:48:43 - Acme?
00:48:44 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:48:46 No, Mr. Smythe ain't in.
00:48:48 No, Mr. Smythe ain't in.
00:48:50 - Acme?
00:48:51 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:48:52 - Acme?
00:48:53 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:48:54 - Acme?
00:48:55 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:48:56 - Acme?
00:48:57 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:48:58 - Acme?
00:48:59 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:00 - Acme?
00:49:01 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:02 - Acme?
00:49:03 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:04 - Acme?
00:49:05 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:06 - Acme?
00:49:07 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:08 - Acme?
00:49:09 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:10 - Acme?
00:49:11 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:12 - Acme?
00:49:13 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:14 - Acme?
00:49:15 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:16 - Acme?
00:49:17 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:18 - Acme?
00:49:19 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:20 - Acme?
00:49:21 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:22 - Acme?
00:49:23 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:24 - Acme?
00:49:25 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:26 - Acme?
00:49:27 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:28 - Acme?
00:49:29 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:30 - Acme?
00:49:31 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:32 - Acme?
00:49:33 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:34 - Acme?
00:49:35 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:36 - Acme?
00:49:37 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:38 - Acme?
00:49:39 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:40 - Acme?
00:49:41 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:42 - Acme?
00:49:43 No, Smythe ain't in.
00:49:45 - Come on.
00:49:46 - Had you been through the whole casting directory...
00:49:52 - I work day and night, Mr. Niles.
00:49:53 - And I work with her, Oliver.
00:49:54 - And I can be mean or nasty or anything you want, Mr. Niles.
00:49:57 - If she clicks, Oliver, you've got a star overnight.
00:49:59 - Okay.
00:50:03 - Okay.
00:50:04 - Okay.
00:50:05 - Okay.
00:50:07 - Okay.
00:50:09 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:10 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:11 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:12 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:13 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:14 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:15 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:16 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:17 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:18 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:19 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:20 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:21 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:22 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:23 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:24 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:25 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:26 - I'm sorry, Mr. Niles.
00:50:27 (audience applauding)
00:50:30 (dramatic music)
00:50:33 - Wait till you hear them at the end of the picture.
00:50:44 (dramatic music)
00:50:47 (dramatic music)
00:50:50 - Do you think we were noticed?
00:51:14 - By no one.
00:51:15 - You're much too busy playing at croquet.
00:51:18 I've loved you all my life.
00:51:22 - But we only met two days ago.
00:51:25 - That's when my life began.
00:51:28 (dramatic music)
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00:51:38 (dramatic music)
00:51:41 (dramatic music)
00:51:44 (train rumbling)
00:51:47 (train rumbling)
00:51:50 (audience laughing)
00:51:51 - Ain't she cute?
00:51:52 You know, I think she's the same type I am, don't you?
00:51:54 - I think she's sweet.
00:51:55 - Well, has Vicki left this picture all right?
00:51:57 - I think she was much better than he was.
00:51:59 These producers are so horribly dumb.
00:52:01 They won't know how good she is.
00:52:02 - Well, maybe it's because she's a good girl.
00:52:06 - Oh, Maine's not so bad,
00:52:07 but it's Vicki Lester they'll go to see.
00:52:09 - Isn't she darling?
00:52:10 I think she's the most precious little thing I've ever seen.
00:52:14 - It's a knockout, Libby.
00:52:15 - You might mention that when you write your review.
00:52:17 - That Lester kid's a goldmine.
00:52:19 - Didn't you like Norman Maine?
00:52:21 - Was he in it?
00:52:22 (chuckles)
00:52:24 Libby, I'm afraid we have another hit.
00:52:26 - It's in the bag.
00:52:27 Neatly tied up with beautiful pink ribbons.
00:52:30 - Say, where are Norman and Vicki?
00:52:31 - I don't know, I thought you had 'em.
00:52:33 - I wish they'd come.
00:52:34 We're having a party at the Trocadero's.
00:52:37 - Isn't it thrilling running away from people?
00:52:40 - Norman, it's so exciting.
00:52:42 - So new.
00:52:43 A star is born.
00:52:45 Come on, let's go inside.
00:52:55 - It's wonderful, isn't it?
00:52:57 A crazy quilt.
00:52:59 - Norman, it's a carpet that's spread for you.
00:53:03 It's all yours from now on, you know?
00:53:08 Come, Lester, you're a success.
00:53:11 You'll have everything in the world you want.
00:53:16 I hope it'll make you happy.
00:53:19 - Hasn't it you?
00:53:23 But then there was one thing I never had.
00:53:26 Lots of times I told myself I'd found it,
00:53:29 but I always knew I was lying.
00:53:32 Still, I never stopped looking for it.
00:53:36 - Maybe it'll come.
00:53:38 - Oh, I think it has come, Esther.
00:53:42 I only wish it weren't too late.
00:53:45 - Oh, but it's not too late.
00:53:47 - Oh, you can't throw away your life
00:53:49 the way I've thrown away mine
00:53:52 and have anything left that's good enough now.
00:53:55 - You can.
00:53:57 Norman, you can.
00:53:59 - You mustn't tell me that, Esther.
00:54:03 I'm so afraid that I'll believe it.
00:54:07 (crowd cheering)
00:54:18 (crowd cheering)
00:54:21 - Get him, Garcia.
00:54:27 Shoot your right.
00:54:29 Swell, isn't it?
00:54:30 - Lovely.
00:54:31 - Watch Garcia get him.
00:54:32 - Got you, hit me, Garcia!
00:54:33 Shoot your right!
00:54:35 - He's down!
00:54:41 Garcia got him!
00:54:42 Garcia got him!
00:54:43 - He did, didn't he?
00:54:44 - Yeah, but he'll be up, though.
00:54:45 You like it?
00:54:46 - Sure I do.
00:54:47 - You like me?
00:54:48 - Sure I do.
00:54:49 - That reminds me, will you marry me?
00:54:52 - No, thank you.
00:54:53 - You will.
00:54:54 Come on, Garcia, finish him!
00:54:55 Why won't you marry me?
00:54:56 - Well, he's not dependable.
00:54:57 - Hey, shoot your right!
00:54:58 - Throw away your money.
00:54:59 - Break him up in there, break him up.
00:55:00 - And you drink so much.
00:55:02 - Well, suppose I quit drinking.
00:55:05 - Yes.
00:55:06 - Come on, Garcia, shoot the right in there, the right!
00:55:08 Suppose I save my money.
00:55:09 - Yes.
00:55:10 - There he goes, let him have it!
00:55:11 Suppose I became absolutely dependable
00:55:13 and all the catering--
00:55:14 - Yes.
00:55:16 (crowd cheering)
00:55:19 - Hey, Garcia, he's got him!
00:55:24 He's got him!
00:55:25 - He certainly did.
00:55:27 (crowd chattering)
00:55:30 (dramatic music)
00:55:33 - Gee, that was a beautiful fight.
00:55:39 - Norman.
00:55:40 - What, dear?
00:55:41 - Would you go back to me if I said I'd marry you?
00:55:43 - Oh, certainly not.
00:55:44 I was just supposing.
00:55:46 - We're going to be married.
00:55:53 I guess I didn't read that line right.
00:55:56 I'll try it again.
00:55:58 We are going to be married.
00:56:00 - Both of us.
00:56:01 - Yeah, to each other.
00:56:02 What do you think of that?
00:56:04 - When, where?
00:56:05 - Well, we thought we'd elope in the conventional manner.
00:56:09 - What's the matter?
00:56:12 - He's trying to decide whether it's good for the studio.
00:56:15 - Is it?
00:56:16 - It is.
00:56:17 - And bless you, my children, when's it going to happen?
00:56:20 - Oh, we thought we'd just sneak out sometime.
00:56:22 - We're not telling anyone but you.
00:56:24 - Listen to this.
00:56:25 The Squeen's ideal romance blossomed
00:56:27 into breathtaking reality today
00:56:29 when Vicki Lester and Norman Maine,
00:56:31 America's dream lovers,
00:56:32 slipped quietly through the portals of holy matrimony.
00:56:36 How does it sound?
00:56:37 - Horrible.
00:56:38 - But you see, we're going to elope.
00:56:40 - Sure you are.
00:56:41 It'll be the biggest elopement this town ever saw.
00:56:43 We'll get a tie-up with the army.
00:56:45 Have you escorted all the way down to Yuma
00:56:47 by 20 of their new bombing planes.
00:56:49 - Is he going with us?
00:56:51 - Don't you think we can work this thing out better alone?
00:56:54 No sense in bothering the happy couple with all the details.
00:56:57 I'll see to it that you get a carbon copy of the whole layout.
00:57:00 - I can hardly wait.
00:57:01 I'm sorry, we didn't realize that we were in the way.
00:57:05 While you're settling the details,
00:57:06 you don't mind if I take this woman out and buy her a ring?
00:57:09 - Sure, go ahead.
00:57:10 - I want everything legal.
00:57:12 That's a charming match.
00:57:15 A nice girl like Vicky,
00:57:17 and public nuisance number one.
00:57:19 - Now wait a minute, Libby.
00:57:20 Norman's all right.
00:57:21 And if you'll pardon my pointing,
00:57:22 Vicky's business is her own.
00:57:23 It doesn't require any comments.
00:57:25 - I wasn't making any comments.
00:57:26 I just said it was a rotten shame.
00:57:28 - Then go ahead and plan the elopement.
00:57:29 - Oh, that elopement stuff is out.
00:57:31 You can't get any scope in that.
00:57:33 We're going to have a wedding.
00:57:35 - Well, we have it.
00:57:36 - Customary place, I believe, is a church.
00:57:38 - Nah, it's been done.
00:57:40 This has got to be something big.
00:57:43 The beach, I can visualize it.
00:57:46 The bridesmaids in bathing suits.
00:57:48 20,000 Santa Monica school children
00:57:51 spelling out the word love.
00:57:53 It's a novelty, but is it big enough?
00:57:59 Why not the city hall?
00:58:01 A police escort of every motorcycle cop in town.
00:58:04 Sirens screaming, confetti pouring out of buildings
00:58:07 like the Lindbergh reception in New York,
00:58:09 only on a big scale.
00:58:11 What's the matter?
00:58:14 Isn't it big enough?
00:58:16 - And now, if any man can show just cause
00:58:19 why these two may not be lawfully joined together,
00:58:21 let him now speak or else hereafter forever hold his peace.
00:58:25 Do you, Alfred Henkel,
00:58:27 take this woman as your lawful wedded wife?
00:58:30 Will you love, comfort, honor,
00:58:31 and keep her in sickness and health
00:58:33 as long as you both shall live?
00:58:35 - I will.
00:58:36 - Do you, Esther Blodgett,
00:58:37 take this man as your lawful wedded husband?
00:58:39 Will you obey, serve, love, honor,
00:58:41 and keep him in sickness and health
00:58:43 as long as you both shall live?
00:58:45 - I will.
00:58:46 - Place the ring on her finger.
00:58:48 - Uh-huh.
00:58:49 - Hurry, please.
00:58:50 - Uh-huh.
00:58:51 - Now, by virtues of the power invested in me,
00:58:55 as Justice of the Peace of San Bardo Township,
00:58:58 County of Los Angeles,
00:58:59 I pronounce you man and wife.
00:59:05 (clapping)
00:59:07 - Quiet!
00:59:09 - And now I must exercise my prerogative of office.
00:59:17 I hope you'll be very happy, Mrs. Henkel.
00:59:21 - Thank you.
00:59:22 - Thank you, sir.
00:59:24 - Oh, Danny. - Thank you very much.
00:59:25 - Now, if you'll please sign the license.
00:59:28 - Oh, yes.
00:59:29 - You know, Mrs. Henkel,
00:59:30 I can't help but believe I've seen you somewhere before.
00:59:33 - Oh, really?
00:59:34 Well, I believe this is the first time
00:59:37 I've ever been in San Bardo.
00:59:39 - You know, your face is familiar, too.
00:59:41 - Really? - Thank you very much.
00:59:42 - Here's your receipt. - Thank you, sir.
00:59:44 - Goodbye. - Goodbye.
00:59:46 - Goodbye. - See you again.
00:59:47 - Goodbye. - No, I mean I'll see you.
00:59:50 - I think he got by with it.
00:59:52 - But it was close.
00:59:53 That JP was just beginning to remember where he'd seen it.
00:59:56 - Well, anyway, we got away from Libby.
00:59:59 - I'm sure he'll be back soon.
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01:00:36 - People versus Porky Washington, who is charged with violating section 600...
01:00:43 - Young man, you're in contempt of court.
01:00:45 - Operator, get me the Los Angeles Tribune.
01:00:47 - I've a good mind to put you under arrest.
01:00:49 - Wait till I make this call.
01:00:51 You wait, too.
01:00:52 Tribune, give me the city desk.
01:00:55 Johnny, this is Matt Libby.
01:00:57 I got a flash for you.
01:00:59 Norman Maine and Vicky Lester were married at 2.30 this afternoon.
01:01:02 - Vicky Lester?
01:01:04 Court recessed.
01:01:05 - Go away!
01:01:07 - Get out of here!
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01:02:22 - Wahoo!
01:02:32 - Wahoo?
01:02:34 I don't want to sound immodest, but I think I've stripped a gear.
01:02:38 - Well, sit down, won't you, and let's get acquainted.
01:02:40 We'll probably be seeing quite a bit of each other from now on.
01:02:43 - Might just as well break the ice now as later.
01:02:46 Now we're old friends.
01:02:55 Say, have I got time for a shower before dinner?
01:02:58 - Plenty, if you can find a shower.
01:03:00 - I never can remember where that thing is.
01:03:02 Does it pull out or slide under?
01:03:04 - Here, I think I can find it.
01:03:06 Nope, it's the linen closet.
01:03:08 Here it is.
01:03:09 - Nice work.
01:03:11 - Oh, half the time those things are just luck.
01:03:13 Now I'll see if I can disinfect this steak.
01:03:16 - Esther, there's no soap.
01:03:30 - Here.
01:03:31 - Thank you.
01:03:33 Oh, and Esther.
01:03:35 - Yes, dear?
01:03:36 - I'll need a washcloth.
01:03:39 - How do you fix the cigarettes?
01:03:41 - You know I never smoke underwater.
01:03:44 - Hey, what do I do to make this thing work?
01:03:50 - Pull that gadget at the top and pray for rain.
01:03:54 - Well, I can't reach it.
01:03:57 I can't get my hands up.
01:03:59 - If you've gone in there with your arms down,
01:04:01 you'll never get your bath, unless you're a contortionist.
01:04:04 - Yeah, well, I'm not a contortionist,
01:04:06 and don't throw that up to me now.
01:04:08 - You knew it when you married me.
01:04:11 Will you close this door, please?
01:04:14 Thank you.
01:04:20 - Norman!
01:04:32 Norman, here comes the call.
01:04:34 - You got a...
01:04:35 Huh?
01:04:36 - Here, quick.
01:04:37 Go out and stop them and ask for help.
01:04:39 - Oh, I'll catch cold.
01:04:41 - Oh, you'll get warm again.
01:04:43 - They'll recognize me.
01:04:44 - Now, you keep your face down.
01:04:45 Go on, there may not be another call for weeks.
01:04:48 - All right.
01:04:49 (whistles)
01:04:51 - Uh, howdy, partner.
01:04:53 - Howdy.
01:04:54 - Stuck?
01:04:55 - Yeah, how'd you guess it?
01:04:57 Can you get us some help?
01:04:58 - Well, I reckon not.
01:05:00 You know, it's a long way to town.
01:05:01 We're pretty busy down at the place.
01:05:02 - Well, I gotta get out of here.
01:05:03 I've got my wife with me.
01:05:05 - Doesn't she like the country?
01:05:06 - No.
01:05:07 No, and we're short of food.
01:05:08 - Well, there's a lot of game in them woods.
01:05:10 - Yeah, well, my wife can't shoot.
01:05:12 - Well, you're sure up against it.
01:05:13 Sorry I can't do anything for you.
01:05:15 - Wait, listen, I'll be frank with you.
01:05:17 I'm Norman Maine.
01:05:18 - Who?
01:05:19 - Norman Maine.
01:05:20 - Well, my name's Judd Baker.
01:05:22 Glad to have met you.
01:05:23 - Well, so long.
01:05:24 (engine rumbling)
01:05:25 - Hey, wait a minute.
01:05:26 Wait a minute, listen, you don't...
01:05:28 - So you're Norman Maine.
01:05:35 (door thudding)
01:05:38 (gentle music)
01:05:41 - I got my prestige to look out for.
01:05:51 I'm supposed to be the best publicity man in the racket,
01:05:54 and they laugh themselves sick
01:05:55 when I even try to get a decent mention of Maine.
01:05:58 - Yes, I know how sensitive you are, Libby,
01:05:59 and I don't like to see your feelings hurt.
01:06:01 - Thanks, boss.
01:06:02 Now, Vicki, there's a dish for free space,
01:06:05 but if Maine swam across the Pacific,
01:06:07 the papers would keep it a secret.
01:06:09 Well, the exhibitors don't like him,
01:06:13 the critics don't like him,
01:06:14 the public don't like him, and I don't like him.
01:06:18 Who likes him?
01:06:19 (dramatic music)
01:06:22 - Oh, but darling,
01:06:28 this is almost too much of a surprise.
01:06:30 And there I was in my touching innocence,
01:06:32 thinking we were going to live at the beach house.
01:06:34 - Oh, we'll still keep the place at Malibu,
01:06:36 but this is special.
01:06:37 This is our castle.
01:06:38 It used to be in the air, you know?
01:06:39 We'll never use any ugly words like contracts
01:06:41 and pictures and careers.
01:06:43 When we come in those gates,
01:06:45 we'll check the studio outside.
01:06:47 Come on, I got another little surprise for you.
01:06:50 (gentle music)
01:06:54 (dramatic music)
01:06:57 - Oh, Norman, it's lovely.
01:07:09 - So are you, lovely.
01:07:11 The whole world's lovely.
01:07:14 - Hey, hold it!
01:07:19 (dramatic music)
01:07:22 - That's it.
01:07:25 Caption, their honeymoon never ends.
01:07:29 All right, let's get some pictures.
01:07:31 Now, if the bride will sit here
01:07:33 and the grooms stand behind her,
01:07:35 we'll have something unique.
01:07:37 Now let's go after something different.
01:07:42 You sit down and she'll stand up.
01:07:45 - Pretty radical, isn't it?
01:07:46 - Yeah, but in a nice way.
01:07:49 - Okay, I don't fire.
01:07:51 Caption, their honeymoon begins anew.
01:07:55 - Ah, the producer.
01:07:58 - Caption, their honeymoon ceases abruptly.
01:08:01 Hello, Oliver, glad to see you.
01:08:02 - Oh, I'm glad you're back.
01:08:03 - Thank you.
01:08:04 - Vicky, how well you're looking.
01:08:05 - Hello, Oliver.
01:08:06 - Am I interrupting?
01:08:07 - Yes, thank you.
01:08:08 - Just want a couple more pictures.
01:08:09 - That's enough of both of them.
01:08:10 What they're asking for is exclusives of Miss Lester, alone.
01:08:14 - Oh, I see.
01:08:15 Well, come on, Oliver, let you and me get exclusives.
01:08:18 - See you later, Vicky.
01:08:19 - Oh, don't worry, Otto,
01:08:20 my camera-smashing days are over.
01:08:22 - Yeah, they ain't your only days that are over.
01:08:25 Oh, hold that, Miss Lester.
01:08:27 Gorgeous.
01:08:29 - Well, Oliver, how's the dividend situation?
01:08:33 - Very pleasant.
01:08:34 I think we'll show two million on the next quarter.
01:08:36 - Oh, smart move of mine to sell my stock, eh?
01:08:39 Oh, well, when you need money, you need it.
01:08:41 - Well, some people save up for just such an event.
01:08:43 It is bound to be a rainy day occasionally.
01:08:45 - Yeah, but as a citizen of California,
01:08:47 I've always refused to admit that.
01:08:48 - Yes, I know, but still, it does rain.
01:08:50 - Well, anyway, you can thank me
01:08:51 for some of those dividends of yours.
01:08:53 - Mm-hmm.
01:08:54 - Well, can't you?
01:08:56 - Oh, sure, sure.
01:08:57 - That was a little too quick, Oliver.
01:09:00 Might have been Enchanted Hour was a smash hit, wasn't it?
01:09:03 - Well, it made Vicky a star overnight.
01:09:05 - Yes, it should have.
01:09:06 What about me?
01:09:07 - Oh, let's talk about business at the office, Norman.
01:09:10 Beautiful pool you have here.
01:09:12 - Beautiful.
01:09:13 - Oh, now, let's talk about it here.
01:09:15 Didn't they like me?
01:09:16 - Well, maybe the pot wasn't just right.
01:09:18 - It was the best pot of the year.
01:09:20 Look, Oliver.
01:09:22 You think I'm slipping?
01:09:25 - Can you take it?
01:09:26 - Yeah, go ahead.
01:09:27 - The tense is wrong.
01:09:29 You're not slipping.
01:09:30 You've slipped.
01:09:31 - Oh, my.
01:09:34 My fan mail's still big.
01:09:36 - Norman, Norman, fans will write to anybody for a photograph.
01:09:39 It only costs three cents for a stamp,
01:09:41 and that makes photographs cheaper than wallpaper.
01:09:43 But every 25 cents they pay for a theater ticket
01:09:45 buys them the right to be a critic.
01:09:47 And your last few performances, Norman,
01:09:49 have not pleased your critics.
01:09:51 - You remember I told you I'd be ready for the curtains
01:09:59 when the time came?
01:10:00 Here it is.
01:10:03 Let's call off the contract, no hard feelings.
01:10:09 - We're not quitting, either of us.
01:10:11 There's no explaining these things.
01:10:13 We've all seen how the public turns.
01:10:15 Maybe we can turn them back.
01:10:16 I've got a swell script lined up for you.
01:10:18 - About, about Esther.
01:10:21 If you think that I'm going to get in her way...
01:10:25 - Well, as a matter of fact, as it happens,
01:10:27 there's no part in this story for her.
01:10:29 I'd more or less planned to star her in a picture of her own
01:10:31 with, uh, with that young Pemberton opposite her.
01:10:34 He's coming along nicely.
01:10:38 - Good for young Pemberton.
01:10:39 All right, Oliver.
01:10:43 We'll make a try at it.
01:10:45 Let's hope it's not too late.
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01:11:12 - No argument.
01:11:14 I'll buy those.
01:11:17 - Huh.
01:11:18 The screen's most finished actor.
01:11:20 I'll say he's finished.
01:11:22 He keeps them away in droves.
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01:12:07 [phone ringing]
01:12:12 - Hello?
01:12:13 No.
01:12:15 Oh, Miss Lester isn't home, is ya?
01:12:17 No, I'm not the butler.
01:12:22 But I can take a message just as well as he can, honest.
01:12:25 - Oh, is that you, Norman?
01:12:27 Swell.
01:12:28 Listen, Norman.
01:12:29 This is Artie Carver.
01:12:31 Hiya, kid.
01:12:32 Swell.
01:12:34 Say, I hear you're through with Oliver Niles.
01:12:37 Is that on the level?
01:12:38 - Oh, please, Artie.
01:12:39 I'm not news anymore.
01:12:41 Forget it.
01:12:42 - Say, what kind of a settlement did you make on your contract?
01:12:45 Give me a figure so I can do a story on it.
01:12:47 - There was no money involved.
01:12:49 We just called it quits.
01:12:51 - Okay, okay.
01:12:52 I'll fill in my own figure.
01:12:54 Say, by the way, I've been trying to get an interview with Vicki for two weeks,
01:12:58 but she's always busy.
01:13:00 How about you giving an old pal a break by speaking to her for me?
01:13:04 - Sure, I'll ask her.
01:13:06 - Swell.
01:13:07 So long.
01:13:08 [chuckles]
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01:13:20 - I didn't mean to be late, darling, but Casey wanted me--
01:13:22 - It's all right.
01:13:23 You're here now.
01:13:25 - What's new today?
01:13:27 - Nothing.
01:13:28 Haven't been out of the house.
01:13:30 - Let's go somewhere tonight.
01:13:32 - No, no.
01:13:33 You're tired.
01:13:34 We'll stay in.
01:13:35 - I'm not tired, really.
01:13:37 - Oh, yes, you are.
01:13:39 You've got a hard day ahead of you.
01:13:41 Anyway, I see so little of you, I'd like to have you to myself.
01:13:44 - Oh, but it's a servant's night out.
01:13:45 We haven't anything--
01:13:46 - Yes, we have.
01:13:47 I fixed a little snack with my own lily-white hands.
01:13:51 I, uh, am learning to cook in my spare time.
01:13:55 - Then I think I'll marry you.
01:13:57 - Oh, I get it.
01:13:59 You want to make an honest cook of me.
01:14:02 Comes in on wheels in this joint.
01:14:06 (soft music)
01:14:09 - There you are.
01:14:26 How's it look?
01:14:28 - Wonderful.
01:14:30 - Huh?
01:14:31 That's what I thought.
01:14:34 Now then, don't be formal, just pitch in.
01:14:37 Here you are.
01:14:41 - I'm afraid my mouth's not quite big enough.
01:14:55 - I'll, uh, I'll measure it next time.
01:14:57 I'll make them to size.
01:14:59 - A little hard to lift, too.
01:15:03 - In fact, I think I'll take those measurements right now.
01:15:08 That's what I wait for.
01:15:19 All day.
01:15:20 - That's why I rush home without even changing my costume.
01:15:24 - We're forgetting that we're hungry.
01:15:31 Would you like a sandwich?
01:15:33 - Thank you, I still have a little work on this one.
01:15:37 Norman, will you unhook my dress?
01:15:48 I can't breathe.
01:15:50 - You know, all the time I thought it was the kiss
01:15:54 that made you breathless.
01:15:56 A lot of hooks, huh?
01:15:57 Why don't you have a zipper?
01:15:59 - That's a good idea.
01:16:01 - You got it?
01:16:03 - Oh, yes.
01:16:04 - Don't look now, but, uh,
01:16:16 I think that guy on your left is in love with you.
01:16:20 - I hope so.
01:16:23 (phone ringing)
01:16:25 - It's the doorbell.
01:16:36 - Is it?
01:16:37 Maybe they'll go away.
01:16:39 - Oh, they never do at a time like this.
01:16:42 Come here.
01:16:43 Just a minute, dear.
01:16:45 I'll be right back.
01:16:48 - Does Vicki Lester live here?
01:16:50 - Yes, I got a package for her.
01:16:52 - I'll sign for her.
01:16:53 - Who are you?
01:16:54 - I'm her husband.
01:16:56 - Oh, sure.
01:16:57 Sign right here, Mr. Lester.
01:16:59 - It's a package for you.
01:17:01 - Thank you.
01:17:02 - You're welcome.
01:17:03 - I'll sign for it.
01:17:04 - Thank you.
01:17:05 - You're welcome.
01:17:06 - I'll sign for it.
01:17:07 - Thank you.
01:17:08 - You're welcome.
01:17:09 - I'll sign for it.
01:17:10 - Thank you.
01:17:11 - You're welcome.
01:17:12 - I'll sign for it.
01:17:13 - Thank you.
01:17:14 - You're welcome.
01:17:15 - I'll sign for it.
01:17:16 - Thank you.
01:17:17 - You're welcome.
01:17:18 - I'll sign for it.
01:17:19 - Thank you.
01:17:20 - You're welcome.
01:17:21 - I'll sign for it.
01:17:22 - Thank you.
01:17:23 - You're welcome.
01:17:24 - I'll sign for it.
01:17:25 - Thank you.
01:17:26 - I'll sign for it.
01:17:27 - Thank you.
01:17:28 - It's a package for you.
01:17:29 Oh, and by the way, I forgot to tell you, they want you for a benefit to Shrine Auditorium
01:17:36 next Wednesday night.
01:17:37 I told them I'd ask you.
01:17:38 And, uh...
01:17:39 - Oh, darling, I don't want to hear about that now.
01:17:40 - Well, you better wait till I finish before I forget them all.
01:17:48 The Academy Dinner Secretary phoned.
01:17:50 She wants to know if you want a table reserved for you.
01:17:53 Uh... oh, yes, Artie Carver called and asked if I'd use my influence with you to get him
01:18:00 an interview.
01:18:01 I told him I'd try.
01:18:02 Uh, that was all, I think.
01:18:03 - Oh, Norman, let's don't talk about those things now.
01:18:04 We're forgetting the wonderful food you prepared.
01:18:05 - Oh, I'm...
01:18:06 I'm not very hungry now.
01:18:07 I think I'll, uh...
01:18:08 I'll fix me a little drink, hmm?
01:18:09 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:18:10 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:18:11 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:18:12 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:18:13 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:18:14 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:18:15 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:18:42 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:18:49 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:18:58 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:19:04 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:19:10 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:19:17 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:19:26 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:19:32 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:19:38 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:19:45 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:19:52 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:19:59 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:00 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:01 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:02 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:03 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:04 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:05 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:06 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:07 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:08 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:09 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:10 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:11 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:12 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:13 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:14 - Oh, Norman, I'm sure you'll be fine.
01:20:19 - Ladies and gentlemen, when something like this happens to you and you try to tell how
01:20:25 you feel about it, you find that out of all the words in the world, there are only two
01:20:32 that really mean anything.
01:20:34 Thank you.
01:20:36 All I can do is to say them to you from my heart.
01:20:40 All I can do is to keep on saying them.
01:20:42 - Hooray!
01:20:43 That's fine.
01:20:44 - All the same.
01:20:45 - That's a very pretty speech, my dear.
01:20:47 - Just a moment.
01:20:48 - Very pretty.
01:20:49 You said the right thing.
01:20:50 I want to be the very first one to congratulate you on that valuable little piece of brick
01:20:57 of rag.
01:20:58 Now I want to make a speech.
01:21:00 Gentlemen of the Academy and fellow suckers, I got one of those once for a best performance.
01:21:07 They don't mean a thing.
01:21:08 People get them every year.
01:21:10 What I want's a special award, something nobody else can get.
01:21:14 I want a statue for the worst performance of the year.
01:21:18 In fact, I want three statues for the three worst performances of the year because I've
01:21:25 earned them.
01:21:26 And every single one of you that saw those last masterpieces of mine knows that I've
01:21:32 earned them.
01:21:33 - Libby, start the music.
01:21:36 - What I'm here to find out is do I get them or do I get them?
01:21:41 Now answer yes or no.
01:21:43 - Come on, darling.
01:21:53 Let's go and sit down.
01:21:55 - Come on, Norman.
01:21:56 Sit with us.
01:21:57 - Glad to see you, Norman.
01:21:58 - Hello, Norman.
01:21:59 - Hello, Norman.
01:22:00 - Hello, Norman.
01:22:01 How are you?
01:22:02 - Fine, Oliver.
01:22:03 - My dear, do let me congratulate you.
01:22:04 You must be terribly proud and happy tonight.
01:22:05 - Thank you.
01:22:06 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:07 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:08 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:09 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:10 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:11 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:12 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:13 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:14 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:15 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:16 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:17 - I'm so glad you're here.
01:22:18 - Do let me congratulate you.
01:22:19 You must be terribly proud and happy tonight.
01:22:20 - Thank you.
01:22:21 - Thank you.
01:22:22 Somebody give me a drink.
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01:23:02 - Oliver, nice of you to come to my dressing room.
01:23:05 - Vicky, how are you?
01:23:06 - I missed you, everyone's missed you.
01:23:07 Have a nice trip?
01:23:08 - Well, a three month tour of the theater circuit
01:23:10 scarcely comes under the head of pleasure,
01:23:12 but the way they're screaming for your pictures
01:23:14 all over the country.
01:23:15 Miss Lester, if I may talk sharp, you are a knockout.
01:23:18 - Thank you, it's good to hear that.
01:23:20 (dramatic music)
01:23:23 - You've been crying.
01:23:24 (dramatic music)
01:23:26 - A little.
01:23:27 (dramatic music)
01:23:28 - How's Norman?
01:23:29 (dramatic music)
01:23:32 (dramatic music)
01:23:33 - He?
01:23:34 (dramatic music)
01:23:35 Well, he's trying awfully hard, Oliver.
01:23:38 - Letting Norman leave this studio
01:23:39 was the hardest thing I ever did.
01:23:41 (dramatic music)
01:23:42 There was nothing else I could do.
01:23:44 - I know.
01:23:45 - Has he been, is he all right?
01:23:48 - He's gone to his sanitarium.
01:23:51 He really wants to stop drinking.
01:23:54 And I think he could only--
01:23:57 - Well, perhaps if he could start working again,
01:24:00 there would be some encouragement.
01:24:02 (dramatic music)
01:24:04 - Oliver, could you, could you do that?
01:24:07 - Yes.
01:24:08 - Oh, thank you.
01:24:10 But he mustn't ever know I told you.
01:24:12 - He won't know.
01:24:13 - He won't know, and you mustn't worry.
01:24:15 I want you to keep up your good work in this picture.
01:24:18 - I'll try, Oliver.
01:24:19 That's the one thing I can do for you.
01:24:22 (dramatic music)
01:24:25 (dramatic music)
01:24:28 - If you'll just sit here, Mr. Niles,
01:24:30 I'll have Mr. Main brought down.
01:24:32 - Thank you.
01:24:33 Brought down.
01:24:36 Hmm.
01:24:39 (door creaking)
01:24:42 - Hello, Oliver.
01:24:51 Welcome to Liberty Hall.
01:24:53 - Hello, Norman.
01:24:54 - Hello.
01:24:55 Oh, oh, Mr. Niles isn't slipping me a case of scotch cuddles.
01:25:00 This is just a handshake.
01:25:02 - This is cuddles, Oliver, my social secretary.
01:25:05 We, we go everywhere together.
01:25:07 - How are you feeling, Norman?
01:25:08 - Fine.
01:25:09 Getting along remarkably well, Cuddles tells me.
01:25:11 He says you ought to see some of the boys.
01:25:13 (whistling)
01:25:14 (laughing)
01:25:15 Let's sit down.
01:25:16 Yeah.
01:25:18 Cuddles, we, we really don't need you.
01:25:22 Touching, isn't it?
01:25:25 (laughing)
01:25:26 Can't bear to have me out of his sight.
01:25:27 - Are you comfortable here, Norman?
01:25:28 - Comfortable, it's positively luxurious.
01:25:31 They, they even have iron bars in the windows
01:25:34 to keep out the draft.
01:25:35 (laughing)
01:25:36 - How much longer are you going to be here?
01:25:37 - Oh, well, I'm really cured now.
01:25:39 I'm just staying on for an extra week or two
01:25:42 to get in good shape, you know.
01:25:44 After all, in no, no particular hurry
01:25:48 to return to the cameras.
01:25:50 - That's what I wanted to talk to you about.
01:25:53 I've got a script with a fine part for you in it.
01:25:56 - Gee, Oliver, that's great.
01:26:01 That's great.
01:26:02 Who, who plays opposite me?
01:26:06 - Well, it is not exactly the lead.
01:26:09 Young Pemberton's doing that.
01:26:11 But I tell you frankly,
01:26:12 I consider your part better than the lead.
01:26:14 - Oh, I see.
01:26:18 It's better than, than the lead.
01:26:20 - Well, of course, it isn't terribly long,
01:26:22 but it's one of those parts that makes an impression on you.
01:26:25 They'll be thinking about you all through the picture.
01:26:27 - Mm-hmm.
01:26:28 Well, the thing is, Oliver,
01:26:30 I'm pretty well set at another studio.
01:26:33 I'm not at liberty at the moment to tell you which one.
01:26:37 You know yourself how those things are.
01:26:39 - Of course.
01:26:40 - But it's a big picture.
01:26:41 It's one of the biggest of the year.
01:26:42 And the part.
01:26:43 Every act in Hollywood will give his teeth to play.
01:26:46 - Well, that's fine, Norman.
01:26:48 Naturally, that will tie you up for a while.
01:26:50 But we won't get to this picture for some time.
01:26:52 And perhaps if you want to consider it for later on,
01:26:54 we'll be--
01:26:55 - Well, I tell you, Oliver, you'd better not count on me.
01:26:57 See, I've got several pictures lined up after this one.
01:27:01 And they're talking to me about England.
01:27:03 You know, they're doing some very interesting things over there.
01:27:06 - Mm-hmm.
01:27:07 - Hey.
01:27:08 - What is it, Cuddles?
01:27:09 Speak right out.
01:27:10 We all love you.
01:27:11 - Your dinner.
01:27:12 - Oh.
01:27:13 Yeah, we dine at 5.30 here.
01:27:15 Makes the nights longer.
01:27:17 - Well, goodbye, Norman.
01:27:20 I'm glad to see you're getting along so well.
01:27:22 - I'll be out in no time.
01:27:24 I'll have to introduce myself all over to a lot of people.
01:27:27 They won't know me when I'm not drinking.
01:27:30 - Goodbye.
01:27:31 - Goodbye, Norman.
01:27:32 - Thanks for dropping in.
01:27:33 - That's fine.
01:27:34 - Yeah.
01:27:36 - Well, Cuddles?
01:27:38 Alone at last, eh?
01:27:41 [trumpet fanfare]
01:27:51 [crowd murmuring]
01:28:01 [crowd murmuring]
01:28:11 [trumpet fanfare]
01:28:19 [footsteps]
01:28:25 - Oh, Bert?
01:28:26 Sam?
01:28:27 How are you, Marion?
01:28:28 - Oh, uh, hello.
01:28:29 - Hello.
01:28:30 - Hello, Normie.
01:28:32 Glad to see you.
01:28:36 How I hate to run into these has-beens.
01:28:41 They give me the creeps.
01:28:43 - Me too.
01:28:44 - He was good while he had it.
01:28:46 And he had it quite a while.
01:28:49 - Hello.
01:28:50 - Hello, Mr. Maine.
01:28:51 I haven't seen you in a long time.
01:28:53 - Oh, I've been resting.
01:28:54 Ginger ale, please.
01:28:56 - Ginger ale and what?
01:28:58 - Ginger ale and...
01:28:59 and ginger ale.
01:29:01 - A new leaf?
01:29:02 - A whole new book.
01:29:04 Thank you.
01:29:06 - Scotch straight.
01:29:11 - Hello, Libby.
01:29:12 - Why, it's Mr. America of yesteryear.
01:29:16 Do they let you wander about now without a keeper?
01:29:19 - Oh, sure, I'm a trustee now.
01:29:22 Didn't expect to find you at Santa Anita.
01:29:25 What do they do with the actors while you're away?
01:29:28 - Oh, they cut 'em into slices and fry 'em with eggs.
01:29:32 I suppose you'll be here all the time,
01:29:40 now that you've retired from the hurly-burly of the silver screen.
01:29:45 - Well, we're living down in Malibu now,
01:29:48 and pretty lonesome with Esther away working all day.
01:29:52 - Well, I wouldn't squawk about that if I were you.
01:29:55 It's nice to have somebody in the family making a living.
01:29:58 - Oh, wait a minute, Libby.
01:30:00 I don't want to forget that we're friends.
01:30:03 - Friends, my eye.
01:30:04 Say, listen, I got you out of jams because I had to.
01:30:07 It was my job, not because I was your friend.
01:30:10 I don't like you, and I never have liked you.
01:30:12 Nothing made me happier than to see all those cute little pranks of yours
01:30:16 finally catch up with you and land you on your celebrated face.
01:30:20 - Pretty work, Libby.
01:30:21 Always wait 'til they're down, then kick 'em.
01:30:25 - I don't feel sorry for you.
01:30:27 You fixed yourself nice and comfortable.
01:30:29 You can live off your wife now.
01:30:30 She'll buy you drinks and put up with you, even though nobody else will.
01:30:34 - Oh!
01:30:37 - It hurts!
01:30:38 - Get up, you.
01:30:41 - Oh, no, he's got to be kidding.
01:30:43 - We're drunk again.
01:30:44 - Come on, Trunk.
01:30:45 - Wait a minute, wait a minute.
01:30:46 - Come on outside for you, Wanda.
01:30:48 - I'm Norman Maine.
01:30:49 - Well, it's not my fault.
01:30:50 - Oh, don't bother to talk some out.
01:30:51 He's harmless.
01:30:52 - All right, Mr. Libby, if you say so.
01:30:54 - Sure, let him go.
01:30:55 What can he do?
01:30:56 He can't fight any better than he can act.
01:30:57 - It's Norman Maine.
01:30:58 - Oh, he's drunk again.
01:30:59 - Oh, he's been drunk for years.
01:31:01 (crowd chattering)
01:31:17 - Give me a scotch.
01:31:18 Double.
01:31:19 Leave the bottle here.
01:31:30 - Vicki, you'll be ill.
01:31:31 Why don't you try to get a little sleep?
01:31:33 - But he's been gone four days.
01:31:34 Four days and not a word.
01:31:36 Oliver, I can't.
01:31:42 I just can't.
01:31:43 - Hello?
01:31:47 No, this is Oliver Niles speaking.
01:31:49 What?
01:31:50 Where?
01:31:51 Thank you.
01:31:54 - What is it?
01:31:55 - Nothing, nothing.
01:31:56 - Oliver, tell me.
01:31:57 - He's in the night court.
01:31:58 He's been arrested on a drunk charge.
01:31:59 He's all right.
01:32:00 He isn't hurt.
01:32:01 I'm going right down to get him out.
01:32:02 - I'm going with you.
01:32:03 - Vicki, it isn't any place for you.
01:32:04 And if it gets in the papers, they'll be--
01:32:05 - What do I care about the papers?
01:32:06 I'm going with you.
01:32:07 - Division 30, Municipal Court, County Los Angeles,
01:32:16 now in session.
01:32:17 The Honorable George J. Parrish presiding.
01:32:19 Be seated, please.
01:32:20 - Were you able to do anything?
01:32:23 - Judge wouldn't even see me.
01:32:25 - Ready, Your Honor.
01:32:26 - I want to advise you that you're entitled to be represented by a counsel,
01:32:33 to be confronted by the witnesses that may testify against you,
01:32:37 to compel witnesses to attend on your behalf to a public and speedy trial
01:32:41 by the court or by a jury, and the right to be admitted to bail.
01:32:44 - Call the first five.
01:32:46 - Gregory, Clarence, Payne, Rodriguez, Cuff.
01:32:49 Come on, boys, step in.
01:32:51 Go ahead.
01:32:52 Move along.
01:32:54 - William Gregory.
01:32:55 Plain drunk, picked up at Fifth and Town.
01:33:00 Asleep in the gutter.
01:33:01 14 similar offenses in the past six months.
01:33:03 - Still that is, Gregory.
01:33:04 How do you plead?
01:33:05 - I don't feel so good.
01:33:07 - I didn't ask you how you feel.
01:33:08 I asked you how you plead.
01:33:10 - Guilty, I guess.
01:33:11 - When did you get out the last time?
01:33:13 - The day before Christmas.
01:33:16 - Well, I'm sorry you'll have to miss New Year's,
01:33:18 but you'll be out in time for New Year's.
01:33:20 - I'm sorry, Your Honor.
01:33:21 - I'm sorry you'll have to miss New Year's,
01:33:23 but you'll be out in time for Washington's birthday in 60 days.
01:33:26 Milton Rails.
01:33:30 - Plain drunk, picked up on Brooklyn Avenue.
01:33:36 Given treatment at receiving hospital,
01:33:38 then removed to jail.
01:33:39 - How old are you, Rails?
01:33:41 - 17, sir.
01:33:43 - Did you take a good look at those men in the cell with you last night?
01:33:46 - Yes, sir.
01:33:48 - And have you taken a good look at yourself this morning?
01:33:50 - No, sir.
01:33:52 - I suggest that you do.
01:33:53 Five dollars and two days.
01:33:55 Sentence suspended.
01:33:58 - Oh, Judge.
01:34:00 - Alfred Henkel, more commonly known as Norman Maine.
01:34:04 - Drunk and disorderly.
01:34:06 Cracked car into tree at sunset in Coronado.
01:34:09 Evidently been drinking for days.
01:34:11 Resisted arrest and injured one of the resting officers.
01:34:14 - How do you plead?
01:34:16 - Guilty.
01:34:17 - You're Norman Maine, the actor, aren't you?
01:34:20 You've come pretty low, haven't you?
01:34:24 There isn't a man here who's had the advantages that you've had.
01:34:27 Look what you've done with him.
01:34:28 You're nothing but an irresponsible drunk,
01:34:30 driving about the streets with the power to inflict death or injury on innocent people.
01:34:35 I think we'd better deny you that power for a while.
01:34:38 90 days in the city jail.
01:34:40 - Please wait.
01:34:43 [footsteps]
01:34:46 - I'm his wife.
01:34:51 - Yes, I recognize you, Miss Lester.
01:34:54 - Please, Judge.
01:34:59 I promise you this won't happen again.
01:35:02 I'll be responsible for him.
01:35:05 If you just won't send him there.
01:35:08 - You realize that this man, when drunk, is obviously a menace to public safety?
01:35:14 And you realize too, Miss Lester,
01:35:17 the responsibility you'll be assuming to this court and to the Commonwealth.
01:35:21 - I do.
01:35:23 - Sentence suspended.
01:35:28 Prisoner remanded to custody of wife.
01:35:31 - Thank you.
01:35:33 - You can get him at the jail entrance, madam.
01:35:36 - Jose Rodriguez.
01:35:38 - Plain drunk. Picked up at First and Main. Second offense.
01:35:43 - How do you plead?
01:35:45 - I think I'm guilty, Your Honor.
01:35:47 - 60 days.
01:35:49 [music]
01:36:04 - See, I'm...I'm so tired.
01:36:06 - Hold it, Mr. Maine! Perfection!
01:36:08 - Oh, no, please.
01:36:09 - What about a statement for the press?
01:36:10 - Oh, no, please.
01:36:12 [music]
01:36:15 - He's still asleep. He's been asleep nearly all day.
01:36:30 - That's the best thing for him.
01:36:32 - It's awful to see this happen to someone you love.
01:36:35 And know in your heart that it can't get any better.
01:36:39 I only know that all I can do now is stay with him and try to help him.
01:36:43 - So will I.
01:36:45 And between us, we'll take care of him.
01:36:47 - You're very fond of him, aren't you, Oliver?
01:36:50 - Well, I'm very fond of both of them.
01:36:53 - Then I know you'll understand what I have to tell you.
01:36:56 And after what happened last night, I think you already know what it is.
01:37:01 - I can't do any more pictures.
01:37:03 I'm going away for good with Norman.
01:37:05 - You can't do that, Vicki.
01:37:06 You're at the very peak of your success, and you've worked so hard to achieve it.
01:37:10 - That's what's been wrong.
01:37:12 Oh, I've thought it all out.
01:37:14 Maybe if I hadn't been away from him so much,
01:37:17 last night and what went before it wouldn't have happened.
01:37:20 Oh, I know it's too late to think about that now,
01:37:23 but it may not be too late to go away with him and start over somewhere.
01:37:28 - It's your life you're giving up, Vicki.
01:37:30 - So I can try to give Norman back his.
01:37:35 Can you honestly tell me I'm wrong to do it?
01:37:40 - No, Vicki.
01:37:44 I cannot honestly tell you that.
01:37:46 - Then there'll be no more Vicki Lester.
01:37:58 Come on, walk to the door with me.
01:38:00 Goodbye, Vicki Lester.
01:38:15 You were a grand girl.
01:38:18 Good luck, Mrs. Norman Maine.
01:38:21 Goodbye.
01:38:24 [door opens]
01:38:26 [music]
01:38:28 [music]
01:38:30 [music]
01:38:33 [music]
01:38:36 [music]
01:38:38 [Music]
01:39:07 [Music]
01:39:35 [Music]
01:39:37 Hey, darling.
01:39:38 [Music]
01:39:41 This is May I'm coming in to apologize again.
01:39:43 [Music]
01:39:45 I'm sorry, dear, but it isn't you.
01:39:49 [Music]
01:39:50 What other troubles have you got?
01:39:52 [Music]
01:39:53 None.
01:39:54 [Music]
01:39:56 I was just playing a scene with myself.
01:39:58 [Music]
01:39:59 Now look, I'm just coming out of the jitters and you're just going into them.
01:40:03 [Music]
01:40:05 This is a swell household.
01:40:07 Isn't it?
01:40:08 I'll tell you what we'll do.
01:40:10 I'll promise to brace up if you go on the wagon.
01:40:13 [Music]
01:40:15 I guess I have been drinking too much.
01:40:19 You know what I'm going to do?
01:40:21 I'm going to be an athlete.
01:40:23 You mean with great big muscles and everything?
01:40:25 Well, roughly speaking, yeah.
01:40:28 Going to join the YMCA?
01:40:31 No, no, it costs too much.
01:40:33 I'm going wading out in our front yard.
01:40:35 Now?
01:40:36 Sure.
01:40:38 Would you like me to go with you?
01:40:40 Sure, if you'd like to.
01:40:43 No, I don't think I will.
01:40:45 It might spoil this beautiful natural way.
01:40:49 Yeah, I guess that's right.
01:40:50 But darling, look, could you have a hot tarty...
01:40:54 I mean some hot soup for me when I come back?
01:40:57 Some hot soup?
01:40:59 And I'll make some of those nice sandwiches.
01:41:01 No, do you have to?
01:41:03 [Laughter]
01:41:05 [Music]
01:41:13 Come on, darling.
01:41:16 I don't stay in too long.
01:41:19 [Music]
01:41:25 Hey!
01:41:28 Do you mind if I take just one more look?
01:41:32 [Music]
01:42:01 [Roaring]
01:42:27 [Music]
01:42:38 First drink of water he had in 20 years.
01:42:41 And then he had to get it by accident.
01:42:44 [Laughter]
01:42:47 Pardon?
01:42:49 How do you wire congratulations to the Pacific Ocean?
01:42:53 [Laughter]
01:42:59 There she is now!
01:43:00 Oh, you can't see her face!
01:43:04 Hello, Vicki.
01:43:06 [Music]
01:43:22 Get away, can't you?
01:43:24 Come on, Vicki, let's see your face.
01:43:25 Vicki, will you sign my book for me?
01:43:27 This is Norman Maine.
01:43:29 Don't you care, Vicki.
01:43:30 You get over it.
01:43:33 Stand back, can't you?
01:43:36 Don't you cry, dearie.
01:43:37 He wasn't so much.
01:43:39 [Screams]
01:43:42 [Music]
01:44:05 Do you mind if I take just one more look?
01:44:09 [Music]
01:44:32 Here are the paychecks for the servants, Graves.
01:44:34 You'll find a very nice bonus in each one.
01:44:37 Esther asked me to thank you for your kindness and service.
01:44:40 If there's anything I can do for the little lady, I should be glad to do it.
01:44:43 She would appreciate your attending to the closing of the Beverly Hills house.
01:44:46 Put down those trunks!
01:44:49 Put it down, I say!
01:44:53 Well, where is she?
01:44:54 In the bedroom.
01:44:55 Who are you?
01:44:56 I'm her grandmother.
01:44:58 Get off me, buddy.
01:45:00 [Music]
01:45:03 Esther, granny darling.
01:45:08 Oh, I'm so glad to see you.
01:45:09 What made you come?
01:45:10 Oh, I know when I'm needed.
01:45:13 Now get out of here.
01:45:14 Go on, get out of here, all of you.
01:45:15 I want to talk to my granddaughter alone.
01:45:18 I came just as quickly as I could.
01:45:20 But I'm going home.
01:45:21 I sent you a wire yesterday.
01:45:28 Sit down.
01:45:32 Is it true that you're going to quit the movies?
01:45:35 I never want to hear them again.
01:45:40 What are you running away from, my dear?
01:45:43 I'm not running away.
01:45:45 It's just that I can't go on.
01:45:46 My heart isn't in it anymore.
01:45:49 Once I told you if you get what you want, you have to give your heart in exchange.
01:45:54 And you said you were willing.
01:45:56 Do you remember?
01:45:57 I remember.
01:46:00 It seems to me that you've got more than you bargained for.
01:46:03 More fame, more success, even more personal happiness.
01:46:08 Maybe more unhappiness.
01:46:11 But you did make a bargain.
01:46:14 And now you're whining over it.
01:46:17 I don't think I'd feel so very proud of myself if I were you, Esther.
01:46:22 I'm not, granny.
01:46:23 My mind's made up.
01:46:25 Oh, then I'm sorry I gave you the money to come out here.
01:46:28 It's just waste--
01:46:29 Granny, I was proud of you, Esther.
01:46:32 I was proud to be the grandmother of Vicki Lester.
01:46:35 It gave me something to live for.
01:46:38 Now I haven't any.
01:46:42 I know.
01:46:43 Oh, I want to be strong, but I can't go on.
01:46:49 You must.
01:46:51 Tragedy is the test of courage.
01:46:53 If you can meet it bravely, it will leave you bigger than it found you.
01:46:57 If not, then you'll have to live all your life with a coward.
01:47:01 Because no matter where you may run, you can never run away from yourself.
01:47:07 I never knew Norman Maine.
01:47:10 He wrote me a very sweet letter when you were married.
01:47:14 He said you told him how much I meant to you.
01:47:17 And I know just how much you must have meant to him.
01:47:23 You know, Esther, I can't believe that wherever he is, he can be very happy,
01:47:29 knowing that his death broke the spirit of the little girl he praised me so highly for raising.
01:47:35 And I can't believe that he can be very proud,
01:47:39 knowing that all his great love did for you was to make you a quitter.
01:47:48 The car is ready, Miss Lester.
01:47:50 You have to go now to make the train.
01:47:58 Put the car back in the garage.
01:48:02 Isn't that great?
01:48:03 Yes, you're right.
01:48:09 The entire fiction industry has come to the Chinese theater for this opening tonight.
01:48:13 It is come to pay tribute to a great star on her long-awaited return to the screen
01:48:17 in what has been called her greatest performance.
01:48:20 It has come to pay tribute to the girl herself,
01:48:23 the girl who has won the heart of Hollywood,
01:48:25 the girl who has won the heart of the world, Miss Vicki Lester.
01:48:30 And if I'm not mistaken, Miss Lester's car has just driven up.
01:48:34 Yes, it is she.
01:48:50 I hope this doesn't scare you too much.
01:48:52 I scare very slowly, young man.
01:48:54 Just smile, folks, please.
01:49:01 They'll have your mug, I mean your face,
01:49:04 plastered across half the papers in the country tomorrow.
01:49:07 How do I look?
01:49:08 Oh, you look swell.
01:49:10 You're a liar, but I like you.
01:49:12 And here's Miss Lester's grandma.
01:49:14 Won't you say a few words to the radio audience, please?
01:49:16 Say something, laddie.
01:49:19 You know, we've got a thing like that back home where they all listen in on,
01:49:22 but we call it a party line.
01:49:25 Won't you say something, please? They're listening.
01:49:30 Maybe some of you people listening in dream about coming to Hollywood.
01:49:35 Maybe some of you get pretty discouraged.
01:49:38 Well, when you do, you just think about me.
01:49:42 It took me over 70--60 years to get here,
01:49:48 but here I am, and here I mean to stay.
01:49:53 Thank you very much.
01:49:57 [music]
01:50:06 Miss Lester.
01:50:11 This microphone is on an international hookup.
01:50:14 Throughout the world, your fans are hoping that you'll say a few words to them.
01:50:25 Hello, everybody.
01:50:27 This is Mrs. Norman Maine.
01:50:31 [applause]
01:50:35 [music]
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