Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000
Downloaded from
YTS.MX
2
00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000
Official YIFY movies site:
YTS.MX
3
00:00:38,255 --> 00:00:42,694
>> WHERE DID THIS STORY GO, AND
4
00:00:42,738 --> 00:00:45,915
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED HERE?
THIS IS A HUGE STORY.
5
00:00:45,958 --> 00:00:49,745
HOW DID THIS STORY DIE, AND, IF
IT DID DIE, WHO BURIED IT?
6
00:00:49,788 --> 00:00:54,576
>> THESE LOVELY GIRLS -- AND YOU
HAVE THE FINEST OF THEM -- GREET
7
00:00:54,619 --> 00:00:57,492
YOU.
AND AS TO SHOW YOU HOW WE FEEL
8
00:00:57,535 --> 00:01:01,235
ABOUT YOU AND THE KIND OF A GOOD
TIME THAT'S AHEAD OF YOU,
9
00:01:01,278 --> 00:01:05,804
STARTING TONIGHT...
>> IF THEY HAD ANY IDEA OF THE
10
00:01:05,848 --> 00:01:10,766
RAMIFICATIONS AND THE RIPPLE
EFFECT THAT THAT HAD ON HER, IT
11
00:01:10,809 --> 00:01:14,857
CHANGED HER LIFE, MY
GRANDMOTHER'S LIFE, MINE.
12
00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:18,078
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HER LIFE
WOULD HAVE GONE HAD IT NOT BEEN
13
00:01:18,121 --> 00:01:20,210
FOR THAT NIGHT.
>> YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN TAKING
14
00:01:20,254 --> 00:01:24,736
"NO" FOR AN ANSWER, DO YOU?
DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT,
15
00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:26,129
MR. POWELL.
YOU SCARE ME.
16
00:01:26,173 --> 00:01:29,567
>> "SHE'S A TRAMP."
THE WHOLE VOCABULARY OF BAD
17
00:01:29,611 --> 00:01:33,919
WOMAN -- "SLUT," "TART,"
"TRAMP," EVERYTHING -- CAME UP
18
00:01:33,963 --> 00:01:39,229
IMMEDIATELY IF ANYBODY MENTIONED
SHE WAS RAPED.
19
00:01:39,273 --> 00:01:42,624
>> FIRST, I WAS STUNNED.
I HAVE READ A LOT ABOUT LEGAL
20
00:01:42,667 --> 00:01:45,496
CASES OVER THE YEARS.
I HAD NEVER HEARD OF HER, AND I
21
00:01:45,540 --> 00:01:48,369
WAS ACTUALLY QUITE SCANDALIZED
THAT, NUMBER ONE, THIS HAD
22
00:01:48,412 --> 00:01:51,285
HAPPENED TO HER, AND, NUMBER
TWO, WAS THAT WHY WASN'T ANYBODY
23
00:01:51,328 --> 00:01:53,765
TALKING ABOUT IT?
WHY ARE WE SWEEPING THIS UNDER
24
00:01:53,809 --> 00:01:57,073
THE CARPET?
25
00:02:06,909 --> 00:02:08,476
>> AAH!
26
00:02:14,003 --> 00:02:17,659
>> I WAS ON DEADLINE FOR MY
SECOND BOOK, AND I WAS AT THE
27
00:02:17,702 --> 00:02:21,402
PART WHERE JEAN HARLOW IS DYING.
IT WAS THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE
28
00:02:21,445 --> 00:02:24,970
1937.
>> LOOK AT THAT DRIVE.
29
00:02:25,014 --> 00:02:29,149
ALL OF 200 YARDS.
>> AND IT'S A HUGE STORY.
30
00:02:29,192 --> 00:02:32,456
26-YEAR-OLD, AT HOME, DYING.
NOBODY KNOWS WHY, NOBODY KNOWS
31
00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:35,329
HOW.
MEANWHILE, THE KING OF ENGLAND
32
00:02:35,372 --> 00:02:38,375
IS ABDICATING HIS THRONE TO
MARRY AN AMERICAN DIVORCéE, SO
33
00:02:38,419 --> 00:02:41,073
HERE WE HAVE TWO HISTORIC
STORIES, AND, SUDDENLY,
34
00:02:41,117 --> 00:02:43,946
SOMETHING'S PUSHING BOTH OF THEM
OFF THE FRONT PAGES.
35
00:02:43,989 --> 00:02:46,644
AN UNDERAGE DANCER NAMED
PATRICIA DOUGLAS GOES PUBLIC
36
00:02:46,688 --> 00:02:51,040
WITH SHOCKING CHARGES AGAINST
MGM, ACCUSING THEM OF RAPE --
37
00:02:51,083 --> 00:02:54,478
THAT SHE HAD BEEN RAPED AT AN
MGM SALES CONVENTION PARTY THAT
38
00:02:54,522 --> 00:02:58,265
SHE HAD BEEN LURED INTO UNDER
FALSE PRETENSES.
39
00:02:58,308 --> 00:03:01,050
NOW, I KIND OF PRIDE MYSELF OF
HAVING HEARD ABOUT EVERYTHING
40
00:03:01,093 --> 00:03:03,008
PERTAINING TO MGM, BECAUSE
THAT'S MY JOB.
41
00:03:03,052 --> 00:03:04,706
I'M WRITING A BOOK ABOUT
JEAN HARLOW.
42
00:03:04,749 --> 00:03:06,969
I OUGHT TO KNOW EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOING ON AT MGM.
43
00:03:07,012 --> 00:03:10,233
I'VE NEVER HEARDOF
PATRICIA DOUGLAS, NEVER HEARD
44
00:03:10,277 --> 00:03:13,976
HER NAME MENTIONED, NEVER SEEN
HER NAME IN ANY OF THE REFERENCE
45
00:03:14,019 --> 00:03:18,546
SOURCES -- ANY.
THE EDITOR OF MY BOOK WAS
46
00:03:18,589 --> 00:03:20,852
JACKIE ONASSIS.
WE WENT OUT TO LUNCH, AND SHE
47
00:03:20,896 --> 00:03:23,072
SAID, "IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN DOING?"
48
00:03:23,115 --> 00:03:26,380
AND I SAID, "THERE'S A STORY
THAT I CAME ACROSS WHEN I WAS
49
00:03:26,423 --> 00:03:28,991
DOING THE HARLOW BOOK, AND THIS
IS WHAT IT IS."
50
00:03:29,034 --> 00:03:31,646
AND I TOLD HER ABOUT ALL THESE
HEADLINES I'D FOUND -- "WILD
51
00:03:31,689 --> 00:03:34,779
PARTY HOSTED BY MGM FOR ITS
SALESMEN."
52
00:03:34,823 --> 00:03:38,435
PATRICIA DOUGLAS CHARGES ONE OF
THEM, DAVID ROSS, WITH RAPE,
53
00:03:38,479 --> 00:03:41,873
THEN TAKES HER CASE ALL THE WAY
UP TO FEDERAL COURT.
54
00:03:41,917 --> 00:03:43,658
THAT DIDN'T COMPUTE.
55
00:03:43,701 --> 00:03:47,139
AND WHY HAS THIS NEVER APPEARED
ANYWHERE SINCE 1937?
56
00:03:47,183 --> 00:03:51,318
"AM I CRAZY, OR IS THIS A HUGE
STORY THAT NO ONE'S EVER TOLD?"
57
00:03:51,361 --> 00:03:55,191
AND JACKIE SAID, "WELL, IF
ANYONE CAN FIND WHAT HAPPENED TO
58
00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:57,889
HER, DAVID, IT'S YOU."
AND WHEN YOU'RE GIVEN THAT KIND
59
00:03:57,933 --> 00:04:00,152
OF MANDATE FROM THAT KIND OF
PERSON, HOW DO YOU WALK AWAY
60
00:04:00,196 --> 00:04:07,072
FROM IT?
61
00:04:07,116 --> 00:04:10,162
AT THE TIME THE PATRICIA DOUGLAS
STORY WENT PUBLIC,
62
00:04:10,206 --> 00:04:13,557
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER WAS HOME TO
HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST STARS.
63
00:04:13,601 --> 00:04:15,385
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE
COMES THE THRILL OF THE
64
00:04:15,429 --> 00:04:17,822
EVENING -- MR. CLARK GABLE.
>> THANK YOU.
65
00:04:17,866 --> 00:04:20,303
>> OH, AND WHAT A LOVELY,
LOVELY, BEAUTIFUL CREATURE IS
66
00:04:20,347 --> 00:04:22,131
JEAN HARLOW.
>> THANK YOU.
67
00:04:22,174 --> 00:04:24,612
>> THAT, OF COURSE, IS
JOAN CRAWFORD, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
68
00:04:24,655 --> 00:04:26,962
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS FROM
69
00:04:27,005 --> 00:04:29,225
THE CHEERING THAT IT'S
MISS NORMA SHEARER.
70
00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:30,879
>> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE
EVERYBODY IN IT.
71
00:04:30,922 --> 00:04:33,055
I THINK THEY'RE ALL MARVELOUS.
>> NOW, FRIENDS, THE EXCITEMENT
72
00:04:33,098 --> 00:04:35,710
BREAKS ALL BOUNDS, AS THE
ENTHUSIASTIC SPECTATORS DASH
73
00:04:35,753 --> 00:04:38,234
FORWARD TO GREET AND ACCLAIM
THEIR FAVORITE STARS.
74
00:04:38,278 --> 00:04:42,064
>> MGM HAD ITS OWN POLICE FORCE,
GRADE SCHOOL, PRIVATE RAILROAD,
75
00:04:42,107 --> 00:04:44,371
AND ACTING ACADEMY.
>> OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
76
00:04:44,414 --> 00:04:46,329
IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE KISS IS
AWFUL.
77
00:04:46,373 --> 00:04:48,418
YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL NOT TO
BUMP NOSES.
78
00:04:48,462 --> 00:04:51,116
>> PRESIDING OVER IT ALL WAS THE
MOST POWERFUL MAN IN HOLLYWOOD
79
00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,293
AND THE HIGHEST-PAID MAN IN
AMERICA.
80
00:04:53,336 --> 00:04:56,121
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MR. LOUIS B. MAYER.
81
00:04:56,165 --> 00:04:59,342
>> IT WAS LIKE
"THE WIZARD OF OZ."
82
00:04:59,386 --> 00:05:02,563
YOU KNOW, IT'S NO WONDER THEY
MADE THE MOVIE, BECAUSE
83
00:05:02,606 --> 00:05:04,956
LOUIS B. MAYER WASTHE
WIZARD OF OZ.
84
00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,829
HE MADE EVERYTHING WORK.
85
00:05:07,872 --> 00:05:10,527
>> OUR FANS ARE ENTITLED TO THE
BEST.
86
00:05:10,571 --> 00:05:15,967
I'M THANKFUL THAT WE CAN SUPPLY
WHAT WE CONSIDER FINE PICTURES.
87
00:05:16,011 --> 00:05:18,622
>> METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER -- OH,
88
00:05:18,666 --> 00:05:23,279
OH, WHAT A LION.
89
00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:26,804
>> SO, HERE WE ARE AT THE
AMBASSADOR HOTEL, AT THE VERY
90
00:05:26,848 --> 00:05:31,243
SPOT WHERE THE 282 MGM
CONVENTIONEERS ARRIVED IN 1937.
91
00:05:31,287 --> 00:05:33,724
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
GREAT DEPRESSION, MGM HAD JUST
92
00:05:33,768 --> 00:05:36,684
POSTED RECORD PROFITS, THANKS TO
ITS SALES FORCE, WHO SOLD THE
93
00:05:36,727 --> 00:05:39,295
STUDIO'S MOVIES TO THEATERS
ACROSS THE U.S.
94
00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:42,211
AND NOW THESE SALESMEN ARE
GETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
95
00:05:42,254 --> 00:05:45,606
FANTASY FACTORY, AND THEY'RE
BEING WELCOMED INTO THIS WORLD.
96
00:05:45,649 --> 00:05:48,609
THEY'RE BEING PICKED UP AT THE
TRAIN STATION IN A PRIVATE
97
00:05:48,652 --> 00:05:50,915
RAILCAR AND THEN TAKEN BY
MOTORCADE TO THE
98
00:05:50,959 --> 00:05:54,223
AMBASSADOR HOTEL, RENTED OUT IN
ITS ENTIRETY FOR THEM.
99
00:05:54,266 --> 00:05:56,660
THEN THEY'RE BEING ESCORTED BY
MOTORCYCLE POLICE TO MGM, THE
100
00:05:56,704 --> 00:05:58,967
GREATEST FILM STUDIO IN THE
WORLD.
101
00:05:59,010 --> 00:06:01,012
AND THEY'RE BEING TOLD, "WE'RE
THE GREATEST FILM STUDIO, AND
102
00:06:01,056 --> 00:06:03,232
YOU'RE THE GREATEST FILM SALES
FORCE."
103
00:06:03,275 --> 00:06:07,192
SO THEY'RE LIKE PART OF THE
ROYAL FAMILY, AND THAT'S
104
00:06:07,236 --> 00:06:09,847
INTENTIONAL.
THAT'S WHAT MGM WANTS THEM TO
105
00:06:09,891 --> 00:06:12,372
THINK.
BUT WHAT IT FEEDS INTO IS THIS
106
00:06:12,415 --> 00:06:15,679
IDEA THAT "WE'RE ABOVE THE LAW.
WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT."
107
00:06:15,723 --> 00:06:18,856
IN 1937, IF YOU SAID TO SOMEONE,
108
00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:22,077
"I'M GOING ON A CONVENTION,"
WHAT IT'S BASICALLY SAYING IS,
109
00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,427
"I GET TO GO WILD.
I GET TO LEAVE MY HOME
110
00:06:24,471 --> 00:06:27,387
COMMUNITY, LEAVE THE SOCIAL
CONSTRICTIONS IN THAT HOME
111
00:06:27,430 --> 00:06:31,478
COMMUNITY, AND I GET TO HAVE FUN
SPONSORED BY MY EMPLOYER."
112
00:06:31,521 --> 00:06:35,090
>> YOU HAVE A NICE TRIP UP?
>> ALL THE BOYS HAD A GOOD TIME.
113
00:06:35,133 --> 00:06:37,266
IN FACT, WE RUN OUT OF SCOTCH
LAST NIGHT.
114
00:06:37,309 --> 00:06:39,660
>> THAT'S THE SETTING FOR THIS
CONVENTION, BECAUSE
115
00:06:39,703 --> 00:06:42,402
LOUIS B. MAYER SAYS TO THEM,
"THANK YOU."
116
00:06:42,445 --> 00:06:46,188
>> AND THAT'S TO SHOW YOU HOW WE
FEEL ABOUT YOU AND THE KIND OF A
117
00:06:46,231 --> 00:06:50,279
GOOD TIME THAT'S AHEAD OF YOU,
STARTING TONIGHT AT THE FAMOUS
118
00:06:50,322 --> 00:06:53,587
COCOANUT GROVE.
>> "I'M GOING TO TREAT YOU LIKE
119
00:06:53,630 --> 00:06:55,415
KINGS.
I'M GOING TO WINE YOU AND DINE
120
00:06:55,458 --> 00:06:57,721
YOU AND MAKE YOU FEEL AS
IMPORTANT AS YOU ARE TO THIS
121
00:06:57,765 --> 00:06:59,462
STUDIO.
WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA.
122
00:06:59,506 --> 00:07:05,555
ANYTHING YOU WANT."
>> ANYTHING YOU WANT.
123
00:07:05,599 --> 00:07:09,864
>> AT 16, I WENT TO WORK FOR
MGM, AND I CONSIDERED IT WAS A
124
00:07:09,907 --> 00:07:11,343
WINDFALL.
125
00:07:11,387 --> 00:07:15,696
THERE WAS AN AIR -- A CONSTANT
AIR -- OF BEING PURSUED.
126
00:07:15,739 --> 00:07:19,613
ALL THE MEN TENDED TO TRY TO
BREAK WOMEN DOWN.
127
00:07:19,656 --> 00:07:24,269
THESE WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE MEN.
TWICE I WAS ASKED TO GO TO BE
128
00:07:24,313 --> 00:07:28,448
INTERVIEWED, AND THE GUY GOT UP
AND SAID, "WELL, LET'S SEE YOUR
129
00:07:28,491 --> 00:07:30,537
LEGS."
>> NOW RAISE THEM UP A LITTLE.
130
00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:33,627
OH, DON'T MIND ME.
I JUST WANT TO SEE IF YOU'RE THE
131
00:07:33,670 --> 00:07:36,194
RIGHT TYPE.
>> AND YOU'D PULL UP YOUR SKIRT,
132
00:07:36,238 --> 00:07:38,109
AND HE'D SAY, "TURN AROUND,
HONEY.
133
00:07:38,153 --> 00:07:40,503
PULL IT UP HIGHER."
>> AW, BRING THEM UP A LITTLE
134
00:07:40,547 --> 00:07:43,332
HIGHER.
UP, UP. YEAH. AHH.
135
00:07:43,375 --> 00:07:45,943
>> AND THEN HE'D SAY, "LET'S SEE
HOW YOU FEEL."
136
00:07:45,987 --> 00:07:48,555
AND THEN HE'D WALK AROUND THE
DESK AND GRAB YOU.
137
00:07:48,598 --> 00:07:53,124
>> YOU KNOW, UH, I KIND OF LIKE
YOU MYSELF.
138
00:07:53,168 --> 00:07:56,476
>> YOU COULDN'T GO TO THE
CITIZEN-NEWSAND SAY, "YOU
139
00:07:56,519 --> 00:08:00,131
KNOW, MR. SO-AND-SO DID THIS TO
ME AT MGM."
140
00:08:00,175 --> 00:08:04,309
NO WAY, BECAUSE THE STUDIOS
OWNED HOLLYWOOD.
141
00:08:04,353 --> 00:08:07,791
I MEAN, THIS IS NO EXAGGERATION.
IT WAS ONE OF THE LAWS I LEARNED
142
00:08:07,835 --> 00:08:10,968
VERY EARLY ON.
EVEN THE ADULTS WERE AFRAID.
143
00:08:11,012 --> 00:08:14,494
EVERYBODY SEEMED TO BE AFRAID OF
SOMETHING, EXCEPT THE MEN
144
00:08:14,537 --> 00:08:17,105
THAT WERE PURSUING
GIRLS, YOU KNOW.
145
00:08:17,148 --> 00:08:19,629
THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT
NOBODY SEEMED TO HAVE ANY
146
00:08:19,673 --> 00:08:23,938
COMPUNCTION ABOUT.
>> EDDIE MANNIX, LOUIS B. MAYER.
147
00:08:23,981 --> 00:08:26,984
THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON
THERE.
148
00:08:32,207 --> 00:08:34,601
>> WHERE WE ARE NOW IS THE
HAL ROACH RANCH.
149
00:08:34,644 --> 00:08:37,691
>> SO, WHERE WE'RE WALKING ON
NOW WAS A 10-ACRE RANCH?
150
00:08:37,734 --> 00:08:41,172
I MEAN, THIS PLEASANT, SWEET ROW
OF HOUSES -- SUBURBIA?
151
00:08:41,216 --> 00:08:43,871
>> EXCEPT IT DIDN'T LOOK
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
152
00:08:43,914 --> 00:08:46,787
>> MGM PRODUCER HAL ROACH OWNED
THE RANCH WHERE THE CONVENTION
153
00:08:46,830 --> 00:08:49,354
PARTY TOOK PLACE.
I ASKED RICHARD BANN, A
154
00:08:49,398 --> 00:08:53,358
HAL ROACH HISTORIAN, TO SHOW ME
AROUND THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
155
00:08:53,402 --> 00:08:55,535
IF YOU WERE WORKING HERE -- IF
YOU WERE LAUREL AND HARDY OR
156
00:08:55,578 --> 00:08:57,624
OUR GANG -- BECAUSE THIS IS
WHERE HAL ROACH MADE ALL THEIR
157
00:08:57,667 --> 00:09:01,410
MOVIES, NO PHONES, NO PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
158
00:09:01,453 --> 00:09:03,630
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE
HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN TAKEN
159
00:09:03,673 --> 00:09:06,546
HERE.
>> RIGHT.
160
00:09:06,589 --> 00:09:11,899
>> AND THIS IS WHERE SHE CLAIMED
SHE WAS RAPED -- IN THIS FIELD,
161
00:09:11,942 --> 00:09:15,467
WHERE HE DRAGGED HER TO A PARKED
CAR AND RAPED HER.
162
00:09:15,511 --> 00:09:18,601
AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
FRESHLY TILLED SOIL IN HER
163
00:09:18,645 --> 00:09:20,603
ACCOUNT OF THE EVENT, SO IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN --
164
00:09:20,647 --> 00:09:22,562
>> THE PARTY WOULD HAVE BEEN UP
AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.
165
00:09:22,605 --> 00:09:24,564
THE BIG BARN WOULD HAVE BEEN
WHERE THE --
166
00:09:24,607 --> 00:09:27,392
>> THAT'S WHERE THE PARTY --
THEY SAID IT WAS HELD IN A BARN.
167
00:09:27,436 --> 00:09:30,395
SO, THEY WOULD HAVE PARKED THEIR
CARS HERE, GONE UP TO THE PARTY,
168
00:09:30,439 --> 00:09:34,008
WHICH WAS HELD IN THE BARN.
THE GIRLS -- THESE DANCERS THAT
169
00:09:34,051 --> 00:09:36,880
THEY BROUGHT IN FOR A "MOVIE
CALL" -- THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN UP
170
00:09:36,924 --> 00:09:39,187
THERE WAITING IN THE BARN FOR
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
171
00:09:39,230 --> 00:09:40,667
>> AND THEY DID FILM HERE ALL
THE TIME.
172
00:09:40,710 --> 00:09:42,451
>> SO IF YOU GOT A CALL SAYING
YOU WERE SHOOTING AT THE
173
00:09:42,494 --> 00:09:43,974
ROACH RANCH, THAT WAS COMPLETELY
LEGITIMATE.
174
00:09:44,018 --> 00:09:47,195
>> YES.
>> GO HOME! GO HOME!
175
00:09:47,238 --> 00:09:49,763
DID YOU HEAR ME?
I SAID, "GO HOME."
176
00:09:49,806 --> 00:09:51,895
>> ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER
ARTICLES, THE DANDRIDGE SISTERS
177
00:09:51,939 --> 00:09:54,506
WERE THERE AS ENTERTAINMENT.
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE, ONLY 13 YEARS
178
00:09:54,550 --> 00:09:58,772
OLD AT THE TIME...
179
00:09:58,815 --> 00:10:00,687
LAUREL AND HARDY WERE THERE AS
ENTERTAINMENT.
180
00:10:00,730 --> 00:10:06,606
THIS WAS A BIG EVENT.
181
00:10:06,649 --> 00:10:11,567
500 CASES OF SCOTCH AND
CHAMPAGNE FOR 282 MEN?
182
00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:15,049
NO WONDER THE NEWSPAPERS CALLED
IT A DRUNKEN ORGY.
183
00:10:15,092 --> 00:10:18,139
>> YES, IT IS DISILLUSIONING.
184
00:10:18,182 --> 00:10:21,621
>> I REMEMBER TWO WORDS THAT I
LEARNED, AND ONE OF THEM WAS
185
00:10:21,664 --> 00:10:26,321
"RAPE," WHICH WAS AN EXTREME
DISASTER.
186
00:10:26,364 --> 00:10:29,324
AND THE OTHER ONE THAT USUALLY
WAS IN THE SAME CONVERSATION WAS
187
00:10:29,367 --> 00:10:30,630
"TART."
188
00:10:30,673 --> 00:10:33,458
"WELL, SHE'S A TART.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
189
00:10:33,502 --> 00:10:36,418
SHE'S A TRAMP."
THE WHOLE VOCABULARY OF BAD
190
00:10:36,461 --> 00:10:40,204
WOMAN -- "SLUT," "TART,"
"TRAMP," EVERYTHING -- CAME UP
191
00:10:40,248 --> 00:10:44,687
IMMEDIATELY IF ANYBODY MENTIONED
SHE WAS RAPED.
192
00:10:44,731 --> 00:10:47,821
>> I'VE BEEN WATCHING ALL THESE
MOVIES FROM PATRICIA DOUGLAS'
193
00:10:47,864 --> 00:10:50,867
DAY, AND RAPE ABSOLUTELY DOES
NOT EXIST.
194
00:10:50,911 --> 00:10:52,956
EITHER SHEPASSES OUT JUST IN
TIME...
195
00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,264
>> >> ...OR HEPASSES OUT JUST IN
196
00:10:56,307 --> 00:11:01,182
TIME.
OR THERE'S A HANDY WEAPON NEARBY
197
00:11:01,225 --> 00:11:08,450
FOR THAT "JUST IN THE NICK OF
TIME" ESCAPE.
198
00:11:08,493 --> 00:11:11,322
YOU WOULD THINK RAPE WOULD BE NO
LAUGHING MATTER, BUT THE PLACE
199
00:11:11,366 --> 00:11:15,065
YOU SEE IT MOST IS CARTOONS.
SOME CREEP'S ALWAYS AFTER POOR
200
00:11:24,379 --> 00:11:28,078
>> NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!
>> I HAVE YOU IN ME HANDS.
201
00:11:28,122 --> 00:11:30,254
>> LET ME ALONE!
>> AH.
202
00:11:30,298 --> 00:11:31,821
>> STOP IT! HELP!
>> LET GO!
203
00:11:31,865 --> 00:11:35,172
>> LET ME ALONE, YOU BIG BRUTE,
YOU!
204
00:11:35,216 --> 00:11:37,609
>> DROP THAT GIRL!
>> OKAY.
205
00:11:37,653 --> 00:11:41,875
>> OUCH!
WISE GUY!
206
00:11:41,918 --> 00:11:44,181
>> "THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE"
IS THIS HUGE EXCEPTION.
207
00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:46,749
BASED ON THE NOVEL "SANCTUARY"
BY WILLIAM FAULKNER AND RELEASED
208
00:11:46,793 --> 00:11:49,839
IN 1933, "THE STORY OF
TEMPLE DRAKE" IS ABOUT A SPOILED
209
00:11:49,883 --> 00:11:52,886
SOUTHERN BELLE WHO REALLY GETS
RAPED.
210
00:12:03,897 --> 00:12:06,943
>> AAH!
>> AND EVEN THOUGH SHE GOES
211
00:12:06,987 --> 00:12:10,207
PUBLIC IN COURT, TEMPLE DRAKE'S
CARRIED OFF TO A HAPPY ENDING.
212
00:12:10,251 --> 00:12:18,781
>> BE PROUD OF HER, JUDGE.
I AM.
213
00:12:18,825 --> 00:12:21,958
>> "THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE"
IS AN INTENSE MOVIE, WHICH IS
214
00:12:22,002 --> 00:12:25,179
WHY SO FEW PEOPLE GOT TO SEE IT.
EVEN THOUGH THE RAPE SCENE WAS
215
00:12:25,222 --> 00:12:28,225
PAINSTAKINGLY STORYBOARDED IN
ADVANCE, THE FILM WAS BANNED AND
216
00:12:28,269 --> 00:12:35,058
BARELY SEEN.
EVEN TODAY, SEVEN DECADES LATER,
217
00:12:35,102 --> 00:12:42,849
IT'S UNAVAILABLE ON TV, VHS, OR
DVD.
218
00:12:42,892 --> 00:12:46,113
MGM WAS METICULOUS ABOUT PURGING
ITS FILES, BUT SOME STUFF ENDED
219
00:12:46,156 --> 00:12:48,768
UP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SO I
220
00:12:48,811 --> 00:12:51,640
CALLED NED COMSTOCK IN
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, AND IN DEEP
221
00:12:51,683 --> 00:12:53,598
STORAGE HE FOUND A
PATRICIA DOUGLAS FILE.
222
00:12:53,642 --> 00:12:55,209
HAS ANYBODY EVER LOOKED AT THIS
FILE?
223
00:12:55,252 --> 00:12:58,429
>> NOT THIS PARTICULAR FILE,
THAT I KNOW OF.
224
00:12:58,473 --> 00:13:03,870
>> WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
>> THIS IS THE CALL SHEET FOR
225
00:13:03,913 --> 00:13:06,437
120 GIRLS.
>> HMM.
226
00:13:06,481 --> 00:13:11,094
>> "MAY 5, 1937."
4:00 P.M. WAS THE CALL TIME.
227
00:13:11,138 --> 00:13:13,793
"WHERE TO REPORT -- THE RANCH."
IT'S JUST LIKE IT'S A MOVIE
228
00:13:13,836 --> 00:13:17,057
CALL.
THERE SHE IS.
229
00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:18,885
GIRL 27 -- PATRICIA DOUGLAS.
230
00:13:23,541 --> 00:13:26,762
AND THIS, THEY TYPED IT UP,
AND SHE'S STILL GIRL 27, BUT
231
00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:29,286
IT'S IN CAPS, UNDERLINED --
"PAT DOUGLAS."
232
00:13:29,330 --> 00:13:32,812
>> PAT.
>> THIS IS FROM WESTERN COSTUME,
233
00:13:32,855 --> 00:13:35,858
WHICH WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO
PARAMOUNT AND WHERE YOU'D GO TO
234
00:13:35,902 --> 00:13:40,950
BE COSTUMED FOR A FILM.
"PAT DOUGLAS -- ONE BROWN FELT
235
00:13:40,994 --> 00:13:45,563
LARGE COWBOY HAT, ONE SUEDETTE
SKIRT, ONE PAIR OF BLACK
236
00:13:45,607 --> 00:13:47,957
SIDE-SEAM BOOTS."
SO, THEY'RE DRESSING THESE
237
00:13:48,001 --> 00:13:50,960
DANCERS LIKE BETTY BOOP.
>> AAH! OH!
238
00:13:51,004 --> 00:13:53,702
>> THEY'D BE LIKE HOSTESSES FOR
THE CONVENTIONEERS?
239
00:13:53,745 --> 00:13:55,617
>> EVIDENTLY, BUT THEY DIDN'T
KNOW IT.
240
00:13:55,660 --> 00:13:58,228
THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY
WERE IN SOME SORT OF WESTERN
241
00:13:58,272 --> 00:14:00,143
MUSICAL.
YEAH, THESE GIRLS WOULD GET
242
00:14:00,187 --> 00:14:02,450
CALLED BY THE CASTING DIRECTORS
AND GO FROM STUDIO TO STUDIO TO
243
00:14:02,493 --> 00:14:04,844
STUDIO, WHATEVER THE CALL WAS,
AND I DON'T THINK THEY PAID A
244
00:14:04,887 --> 00:14:06,715
WHOLE LOT OF ATTENTION TO WHAT
THEY WERE DOING.
245
00:14:06,758 --> 00:14:08,760
THEY DID THEIR MUSICAL NUMBER,
AND THEY WERE DONE.
246
00:14:08,804 --> 00:14:12,068
>> RIGHT.
>> THIS IS A LIST OF THE PEOPLE
247
00:14:12,112 --> 00:14:15,202
WHO WORKED AT THE PARTY.
L.A. POLICE, STATE POLICE,
248
00:14:15,245 --> 00:14:17,944
CULVER CITY POLICE, AND "OUR OWN
POLICE AND WATCHMEN."
249
00:14:17,987 --> 00:14:20,816
SO YOU HAD POLICEMEN FROM FOUR
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
250
00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:23,863
YOU HAVE THE LOS ANGELES CITY
POLICE, THE CALIFORNIA STATE
251
00:14:23,906 --> 00:14:26,996
POLICE, THE CULVER CITY POLICE,
AND THE MGM INTERNAL STUDIO
252
00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,347
POLICE, AND NOBODY EVER FILES A
REPORT THAT THIS GIRL HAS BEEN
253
00:14:30,391 --> 00:14:34,874
RAPED.
THIS IS A QUESTIONNAIRE.
254
00:14:34,917 --> 00:14:38,747
THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT THEY GAVE
TO THE 119 OTHERGIRLS.
255
00:14:38,790 --> 00:14:40,488
"WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
WHAT IS YOUR AGE?
256
00:14:40,531 --> 00:14:43,012
DO YOU KNOW PATRICIA DOUGLAS?
WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET HER?
257
00:14:43,056 --> 00:14:46,059
STATE IN DETAIL WHAT YOU KNOW
ABOUT PATRICIA DOUGLAS' PAST
258
00:14:46,102 --> 00:14:48,888
REPUTATION FOR MORALITY.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
259
00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:51,368
PATRICIA DOUGLAS INTOXICATED
BEFORE OR AFTER THE PARTY?"
260
00:14:51,412 --> 00:14:53,893
THEY NEED THESE PEOPLE TO TOW
THE PARTY LINE.
261
00:14:53,936 --> 00:14:57,113
THEY NEED THEM TO SAY THAT SHE
WAS A TRAMP AND SHE WAS A DRUNK
262
00:14:57,157 --> 00:14:59,811
AND, THEREFORE, SHE COULDN'T
POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RAPED,
263
00:14:59,855 --> 00:15:03,598
BECAUSE TRAMPS CAN'T GET RAPED,
IN TERMS OF THE 1937 MIND-SET.
264
00:15:03,641 --> 00:15:06,818
THIS IS THE PINKERTON DETECTIVE
AGENCY REPORT.
265
00:15:06,862 --> 00:15:09,996
THE SAME DAY PATRICIA DOUGLAS
GOES PUBLIC, THEIR SURVEILLANCE
266
00:15:10,039 --> 00:15:13,260
OF HER -- THEY'RE WATCHING HER,
THEY'RE ASKING PEOPLE QUESTIONS
267
00:15:13,303 --> 00:15:16,350
ABOUT HER, THEY'RE STANDING
OUTSIDE HER HOUSE ALL DAY,
268
00:15:16,393 --> 00:15:18,439
THEY'RE SEEING WHO'S GOING IN,
WHO'S GOING OUT, WHERE SHE'S
269
00:15:18,482 --> 00:15:20,876
GOING.
"SAY, 'PATRICIA DOUGLAS IS A
270
00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,965
DRINKER.
HER CHARACTER IS QUESTIONABLE.'"
271
00:15:23,009 --> 00:15:25,446
I MEAN, THIS IS CHARACTER
ASSASSINATION.
272
00:15:25,489 --> 00:15:27,927
LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER FROM THE
DESK OF HAL ROACH.
273
00:15:27,970 --> 00:15:30,799
DR. B. DAKIN "TREATED DOUGLAS
FOR G.U."
274
00:15:30,842 --> 00:15:35,586
"G.U." IS "GENITAL-URINARY," AND
THAT WAS A DISCREET TERM, AT THE
275
00:15:35,630 --> 00:15:38,328
TIME, FOR V.D. --
SPECIFICALLY, GONORRHEA.
276
00:15:38,372 --> 00:15:41,027
HAL ROACH OWNED THE RANCH WHERE
THE PARTY TOOK PLACE.
277
00:15:41,070 --> 00:15:43,943
NOW HE WANTS HIS DOCTOR TO SAY
PATRICIA DOUGLAS HAD V.D.,
278
00:15:43,986 --> 00:15:46,815
BECAUSE IF PATRICIA DOUGLAS HAD
V.D., SHE WAS SEXUALLY ACTIVE.
279
00:15:46,858 --> 00:15:49,557
AND IF SHE WAS SEXUALLY ACTIVE,
SHE WAS A SLUT.
280
00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,776
NOWHERE IN THIS FILE DOES IT SAY
SHE WASN'T RAPED.
281
00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:53,996
THERE'S NOTHING HERE WHERE
THEY'RE SAYING THAT HER
282
00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:55,693
CONTENTION ISN'T TRUE.
283
00:15:55,737 --> 00:16:01,090
WHAT'S HERE IS, "WE HAVE TO MAKE
HER LOOK IMMORAL, BECAUSE IF SHE
284
00:16:01,134 --> 00:16:03,963
IS IMMORAL, SHE IS NOT RAPABLE."
285
00:16:04,006 --> 00:16:06,008
>> HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO FIND
HER?
286
00:16:06,052 --> 00:16:08,228
>> YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE SHE CAME
TO A BAD END.
287
00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:13,276
FROM WHAT WE'VE JUST SEEN, MGM
WENT ALL OUT TO DESTROY HER.
288
00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,583
>> I DO BELIEVE HER.
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE HER.
289
00:16:15,626 --> 00:16:17,498
I THINK YOU'VE GOT AN ASSAULT
AND BATTERY.
290
00:16:17,541 --> 00:16:19,326
IT'S A CLASSIC
ASSAULT-AND-BATTERY CASE.
291
00:16:19,369 --> 00:16:22,807
>> I HAVE READ A LOT ABOUT LEGAL
CASES OVER THE YEARS.
292
00:16:22,851 --> 00:16:25,636
I'D NEVER HEARD OF
PATRICIA DOUGLAS, SO I DID A
293
00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,552
LITTLE RESEARCH.
IN FACT, I EVEN EMPLOYED SOME OF
294
00:16:28,596 --> 00:16:31,860
THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL RESEARCH
CAPABILITIES AND COULD FIND
295
00:16:31,903 --> 00:16:35,995
NOTHING ABOUT HER.
SHE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY HIDDEN.
296
00:16:36,038 --> 00:16:38,258
SHE WAS OFF THE LEGAL RADAR
SCREEN.
297
00:16:38,301 --> 00:16:41,304
>> MICHAEL TAITELMAN'S LAW FIRM
HANDLES HIGH-PROFILE HOLLYWOOD
298
00:16:41,348 --> 00:16:44,220
CASES, AND GRETA VAN SUSTEREN
ANALYZES THEM FOR THE FOX NEWS
299
00:16:44,264 --> 00:16:45,656
CHANNEL.
300
00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:48,137
I GAVE THEM BOTH THE
PATRICIA DOUGLAS COURT FILES,
301
00:16:48,181 --> 00:16:51,401
WHICH HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE
1937.
302
00:16:51,445 --> 00:16:55,623
>> AS A LAWYER ADVISING SOMEONE
ABOUT WHETHER TO BRING A CASE
303
00:16:55,666 --> 00:16:58,321
LIKE THAT, YOU TELL YOUR CLIENT
WHAT TO EXPECT.
304
00:16:58,365 --> 00:17:01,063
I WOULD HOPE THAT HERLAWYER
TOLD HER IT WOULD BE VERY
305
00:17:01,107 --> 00:17:04,371
DIFFICULT, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A
LOT OF COURAGE, YOU'RE GOING TO
306
00:17:04,414 --> 00:17:07,896
BE RAKED OVER THE COALS, YOU'RE
GOING TO BE PORTRAYED AS SOMEONE
307
00:17:07,939 --> 00:17:10,507
YOU'RE NOT, AND DO YOU STILL
WANT TO DO IT?
308
00:17:10,551 --> 00:17:13,945
I THINK THE MERE FACT THAT SHE
WENT FORWARD, ESPECIALLY IN THAT
309
00:17:13,989 --> 00:17:16,861
DAY AND AGE, SAYS A LOT ABOUT
HER CHARACTER.
310
00:17:16,905 --> 00:17:19,690
>> WHAT'S FASCINATING ABOUT THIS
WOMAN IS THAT SHE WAS BRINGING A
311
00:17:19,734 --> 00:17:22,693
FEDERAL LAWSUIT -- A
CIVIL-RIGHTS CLAIM -- PERHAPS
312
00:17:22,737 --> 00:17:26,871
THE FIRST ONE -- FOR A GROUP OF
WOMEN WHO WERE TRICKED INTO
313
00:17:26,915 --> 00:17:31,050
ATTENDING A PARTY AND TRICKED
INTO BEING PUT IN A VERY
314
00:17:31,093 --> 00:17:34,705
DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND THEN
SHE WAS RAPED.
315
00:17:34,749 --> 00:17:37,708
>> THE PEOPLE WERE SUED.
DAVID ROSS WAS NEVER SERVED.
316
00:17:37,752 --> 00:17:40,146
AGAIN, I FIND THAT HARD TO
BELIEVE.
317
00:17:40,189 --> 00:17:45,716
TO SERVE A GUY WHO IS WORKING
FOR MGM, AND PRESUMABLY WORKING
318
00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,893
AT MGM IN ILLINOIS, SHOULD NOT
BE TOO HARD.
319
00:17:48,937 --> 00:17:50,895
I MEAN, THERE ARE PROCESS
SERVERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
320
00:17:50,939 --> 00:17:53,028
YOU SEND THE PAPERS TO THE
PROCESS SERVER, AND YOU TELL THE
321
00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:55,117
PROCESS SERVER TO FIND THE GUY.
322
00:17:55,161 --> 00:17:59,165
>> I MEAN, IN MY WILDEST DREAMS,
THE IDEA THAT THE D.A. WOULD NOT
323
00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:02,733
HAVE DISQUALIFIED HIMSELF, IN
LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT HE WAS
324
00:18:02,777 --> 00:18:05,519
GETTING SUBSTANTIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MGM TO HIS
325
00:18:05,562 --> 00:18:08,739
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN -- TODAY,
WE'D BE IN HIS FRONT YARD.
326
00:18:08,783 --> 00:18:10,785
EVERY TIME HE WALKED OUT, WE'D
STICK A MICROPHONE IN HIS FACE
327
00:18:10,828 --> 00:18:14,571
AND SAY, "HOW IN THE WORLD CAN
YOU POSSIBLY GIVE THIS WOMAN A
328
00:18:14,615 --> 00:18:18,401
FAIR SHAKE WHEN YOU'VE GOT MGM
STUFFING CASH IN YOUR POCKET
329
00:18:18,445 --> 00:18:20,534
FOR YOUR ELECTION?"
>> WOULD I HAVE TAKEN THE CASE
330
00:18:20,577 --> 00:18:21,709
THEN?
331
00:18:21,752 --> 00:18:23,798
WHO KNOWS?
THERE'S A LOT THAT I IMAGINE
332
00:18:23,841 --> 00:18:26,801
PEOPLE WOULD THINK ABOUT IN
DECIDING TO GO UP AGAINST THE
333
00:18:26,844 --> 00:18:30,500
GOLIATH, MGM.
>> A CRIME WAS COMMITTED AGAINST
334
00:18:30,544 --> 00:18:33,677
HER, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
EVERYBODY RUNS.
335
00:18:33,721 --> 00:18:36,724
NO ONE WILL HELP HER.
THE LAW WON'T HELP HER.
336
00:18:36,767 --> 00:18:39,596
THE D.A. WON'T HELP HER.
MGM WON'T HELP HER.
337
00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,946
THE DOCTOR WHO EXAMINED HER
WOULDN'T HELP HER.
338
00:18:41,990 --> 00:18:47,822
WHAT I FIND DISTURBING -- I CAN
THINK OF NO REASON -- NONE,
339
00:18:47,865 --> 00:18:49,824
ZERO, EVEN THOUGH I'M A
CRIMINAL-DEFENSE ATTORNEY --
340
00:18:49,867 --> 00:18:55,308
NO REASON AT ALL TO PUBLISH
HER NAME, HER PICTURE, HER
341
00:18:55,351 --> 00:18:59,616
ADDRESS, AND REFER TO
MGM STUDIO, WHO IS FINANCING
342
00:18:59,660 --> 00:19:02,837
THIS 5-DAY EXTRAVAGANZA -- THIS
DRUNKEN BRAWL FOR ITS
343
00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,449
SALESPEOPLE -- REFER TO THEM AS
A LOCAL STUDIO.
344
00:19:06,493 --> 00:19:09,757
IF THAT DOESN'T TELL YOU, RIGHT
FROM THE GET-GO, THE SORT OF
345
00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,978
COMMUNITY SENTIMENT ABOUT THESE
CASES BACK IN THE LATE '30s, I
346
00:19:14,022 --> 00:19:16,720
DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES.
>> MGM HAD ONE OF ITS EMPLOYEES
347
00:19:16,764 --> 00:19:20,333
ACCUSED OF RAPING THIS WOMAN AND
THE OTHERS ACCUSED OF
348
00:19:20,376 --> 00:19:23,640
PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME TO
BRING THESE PEOPLE TO THIS
349
00:19:23,684 --> 00:19:27,775
PLACE, SO OF COURSE MGM HAD A
HUGE INTEREST IN HAVING THIS
350
00:19:27,818 --> 00:19:32,040
CASE GO AWAY.
>> SO, I DISCOVERED THE
351
00:19:32,083 --> 00:19:35,304
PATRICIA DOUGLAS CASE INSPIRED
ANOTHER GIRL TO COME FORWARD WHO
352
00:19:35,348 --> 00:19:37,654
ALSO SAID SHE HAD BEEN RAPED.
353
00:19:37,698 --> 00:19:40,701
HER NAME WAS ELOISE SPANN, AND
SHE WAS A CONTRACT PLAYER AT
354
00:19:40,744 --> 00:19:43,878
MGM.
SHE WAS A SINGER, 19 YEARS OLD.
355
00:19:43,921 --> 00:19:47,011
CAME FORWARD AND ACCUSED AN MGM
EXECUTIVE OF RAPING HER.
356
00:19:47,055 --> 00:19:50,189
SHE BECAME PREGNANT.
SHE HAD TO HAVE AN ABORTION.
357
00:19:50,232 --> 00:19:53,104
SHE HAD BEEN A VIRGIN.
SHE WENT TO THE SAME LAWYER THAT
358
00:19:53,148 --> 00:19:56,673
REPRESENTED PATRICIA DOUGLAS AND
THEN SAW EVERYTHING UNFOLD
359
00:19:56,717 --> 00:19:59,285
EXACTLY AS IT HAD FOR
PATRICIA DOUGLAS.
360
00:19:59,328 --> 00:20:02,375
ACCORDING TO THE COURT RECORDS,
THIS HOUSE IS WHERE ELOISE SPANN
361
00:20:02,418 --> 00:20:06,683
WAS RAPED.
>> MOM NEVER TALKED ABOUT THIS,
362
00:20:06,727 --> 00:20:10,252
IS WHAT'S SO AMAZING TO ME.
WHEN YOU CALLED, I HAD MIXED
363
00:20:10,296 --> 00:20:13,864
FEELINGS.
EXCUSE ME.
364
00:20:13,908 --> 00:20:18,478
WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A NICE
STORY, AND THIS IS SOMEONE THAT
365
00:20:18,521 --> 00:20:20,915
YOU LOVE.
>> JACK TERRY IS THE SON OF
366
00:20:20,958 --> 00:20:22,699
ELOISE SPANN.
WHEN I FOUND HIM, HE KNEW
367
00:20:22,743 --> 00:20:25,049
NOTHING ABOUT HER CASE.
368
00:20:28,575 --> 00:20:31,230
>> VERY PROUD OF WHAT SHE DID,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE THOUGHT
369
00:20:31,273 --> 00:20:33,971
SHE COULD WIN OR NOT, BUT THAT
DOESN'T MAKE A HILL OF BEANS.
370
00:20:34,015 --> 00:20:36,452
SHE WENT AFTER HIM.
>> AND THIS, AT THE TIME, WOULD
371
00:20:36,496 --> 00:20:39,238
HAVE BEEN THE ULTIMATE
HUMILIATION.
372
00:20:39,281 --> 00:20:41,979
A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE ATTACK,
MISS SPANN TESTIFIED IT WAS
373
00:20:42,023 --> 00:20:44,852
NECESSARY FOR HER TO UNDERGO AN
OPERATION TO AVOID BECOMING A
374
00:20:44,895 --> 00:20:51,641
MOTHER.
>> MY MOTHER NEVER FELT WELL.
375
00:20:51,685 --> 00:20:55,384
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FROM
THE ABORTION THAT SHE HAD
376
00:20:55,428 --> 00:20:58,039
THROUGH THIS GENTLEMAN, BECAUSE
I'D COME HOME FROM SCHOOL -- I
377
00:20:58,082 --> 00:21:01,825
GOT OFF THE BUS, AND MOM WOULD
BE ON THE COUCH OR MOM WOULD BE
378
00:21:01,869 --> 00:21:04,263
IN BED.
A LOT OF OUR DINNERS WERE
379
00:21:04,306 --> 00:21:06,743
SCRAMBLED EGGS AND TOAST.
>> WHEN I FIRST CALLED YOU, YOU
380
00:21:06,787 --> 00:21:08,745
SAID, "MY MOTHER DIED OF A
RESPIRATORY PROBLEM."
381
00:21:08,789 --> 00:21:10,921
AND I HAD HAD HER DEATH
CERTIFICATE, AND I DIDN'T WANT
382
00:21:10,965 --> 00:21:14,708
TO SAY ANYTHING, BECAUSE...
>> SHE KILLED HERSELF.
383
00:21:14,751 --> 00:21:17,276
>> THIS IS THE CORONER'S REPORT.
>> SHE HUNG HERSELF.
384
00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:19,539
>> AND YOUR FATHER WAS TRYING TO
GET THE DOOR OPEN.
385
00:21:19,582 --> 00:21:23,107
>> I DIDN'T GET INTO IT.
I -- YOU LOSE YOUR MOTHER, AND
386
00:21:23,151 --> 00:21:25,936
YOU ONLY WANT TO KNOW SO MUCH,
AND THEN YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW
387
00:21:25,980 --> 00:21:28,112
ANY MORE.
MY WIFE AND I ARE RELIGIOUS
388
00:21:28,156 --> 00:21:34,118
PEOPLE, AND WE JUST HOPE, WHEN
THEY GO BEFORE THE BIG GUY...
389
00:21:34,162 --> 00:21:36,338
THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE
FOR THIS NONSENSE, BECAUSE WHAT
390
00:21:36,382 --> 00:21:41,865
THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE RUINED,
HARMED, KILLED...
391
00:21:41,909 --> 00:21:46,043
TOO MANY PEOPLE.
SHE NEVER WOULD SING.
392
00:21:46,087 --> 00:21:50,961
I WILL HEAR HER VOICE FOR THE
FIRST TIME...
393
00:21:51,005 --> 00:21:56,750
SOON -- TODAY.
AND I DON'T -- I-I'M -- I'M
394
00:21:56,793 --> 00:22:01,145
REALLY ANXIOUS.
>> JACK'S WATCHING AN OLD MOVIE
395
00:22:01,189 --> 00:22:02,973
OF HIS MOTHER SINGING.
396
00:22:08,370 --> 00:22:11,330
I WISH EVERYONE ELSE COULD WATCH
IT, TOO, BUT WHEN THEY HEARD
397
00:22:11,373 --> 00:22:14,550
ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THE STUDIO
WHICH OWNS ALL HER FILMS REFUSED
398
00:22:14,594 --> 00:22:17,988
TO RELEASE ANY FOOTAGE OF
ELOISE SPANN.
399
00:22:24,865 --> 00:22:27,346
KNOWING ABOUT ELOISE SPANN'S
SUICIDE, I WAS SURE
400
00:22:27,389 --> 00:22:30,784
PATRICIA DOUGLAS HAD MET AN
EQUALLY TRAGIC FATE.
401
00:22:30,827 --> 00:22:34,353
WOMEN WHO WERE THE EPICENTER OF
A HOLLYWOOD SCANDAL DIDN'T LIVE
402
00:22:34,396 --> 00:22:35,571
TO A RIPE OLD AGE.
403
00:22:35,615 --> 00:22:37,181
OTHERWISE, WE WOULD HAVE HEARD
FROM HER.
404
00:22:37,225 --> 00:22:40,010
SOMEONE WOULD HAVE FOUND HER OR
SHE WOULD HAVE FOUND SOMEONE AND
405
00:22:40,054 --> 00:22:42,491
SAID, "THIS IS MY STORY.
I NEED TO TELL THIS STORY."
406
00:22:42,535 --> 00:22:45,407
SO THE IDEA THAT SHE WOULD BE A
WOMAN IN HER MID-80s THAT WAS
407
00:22:45,451 --> 00:22:48,671
STILL ALIVE AND JUST SITTING
THERE, WAITING, HAD NEVER
408
00:22:48,715 --> 00:22:57,158
ENTERED MY MIND.
>> I WAS...FURIOUS WHEN I HEARD
409
00:22:57,201 --> 00:23:01,467
FROM DAVID.
IMAGINE, 65 YEARS, NOBODY
410
00:23:01,510 --> 00:23:05,209
KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG.
411
00:23:05,253 --> 00:23:10,432
AND HERE COMES SOME YOUNG FELLA,
OUT OF THE BLUE, AND WANTS TO
412
00:23:10,476 --> 00:23:15,481
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE CASE.
SO, I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE
413
00:23:15,524 --> 00:23:19,441
STORY BEING TOLD.
I KEPT IT A SECRET 65 YEARS.
414
00:23:19,485 --> 00:23:25,186
WHY NOT GO -- DIE WITH IT?
WHO WOULD CARE?
415
00:23:29,756 --> 00:23:33,107
MY FAMILY ALWAYS CALLED ME
"BABY," I GUESS BECAUSE I WAS
416
00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:36,458
THE BABY OF THE FAMILY.
>> FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS, SHE
417
00:23:36,502 --> 00:23:38,155
HUNG UP ON ME.
>> YOU'RE BRINGING BACK
418
00:23:38,199 --> 00:23:41,245
MEMORIES, SEE, AND I DON'T LIKE
THEM.
419
00:23:41,289 --> 00:23:45,946
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
>> WE NEED IT ON RECORD, IS WHY
420
00:23:45,989 --> 00:23:49,515
WE'RE DISCUSSING IT NOW.
421
00:23:49,558 --> 00:23:52,909
TALK IS CHEAP.
422
00:23:52,953 --> 00:23:56,086
>> SHE WON'T MEET OR MENTION
MGM's WILD PARTY, BUT, WITH HER
423
00:23:56,130 --> 00:23:59,176
PERMISSION, I'M TAPING OUR
CALLS, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SHE
424
00:23:59,220 --> 00:24:02,223
DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW IT, THIS
LITTLE OLD LADY IS THE KEY
425
00:24:02,266 --> 00:24:05,966
PLAYER IN BOTH MGM's MOST
SHOCKING SCANDAL AND THE BIGGEST
426
00:24:06,009 --> 00:24:09,752
COVER-UP IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY.
>> WANT PATRICIA DOUGLAS ON THIS
427
00:24:09,796 --> 00:24:11,493
SHOW?
I WOULD KILL TO HAVE
428
00:24:11,537 --> 00:24:15,366
PATRICIA DOUGLAS ON MY SHOW.
I WOULD KILL TO FIND OUT WHAT
429
00:24:15,410 --> 00:24:17,804
HER EXPERIENCE WAS -- NOT THE
RAPE, NOT THE SORDID, UGLY
430
00:24:17,847 --> 00:24:21,372
DETAILS, BUT THE SYSTEM, THE
CORRUPTION.
431
00:24:21,416 --> 00:24:24,811
>> I BELIEVE MY MOTHER WAS
MARRIED EIGHT TIMES.
432
00:24:24,854 --> 00:24:29,250
SHE WAS A YOUNG DESIGNER.
SHE DESIGNED GOWNS FOR
433
00:24:29,293 --> 00:24:32,253
ACTRESSES, AND SHE HAD HER OWN
SHOP.
434
00:24:32,296 --> 00:24:35,909
SHE WORKED FOR THE STUDIOS.
SHE WAS A TINY WOMAN, BUT WHEN
435
00:24:35,952 --> 00:24:38,999
SHE PUT ON HEELS, SHE WAS THE
RIGHT HEIGHT.
436
00:24:39,042 --> 00:24:44,874
AND SHE HAD A WALK, WITH SO MUCH
POISE, THAT CLOTHES WERE MADE
437
00:24:44,918 --> 00:24:47,616
FOR HER.
AND SHE WAS JUST A JOY TO WATCH.
438
00:24:47,660 --> 00:24:50,967
I LOVED TO WALK BEHIND HER,
BECAUSE EVERYBODY WOULD WALK
439
00:24:51,011 --> 00:24:54,623
PAST AND NOT LOOK AT HER, AND
THE MINUTE SHE PASSED, ALL THE
440
00:24:54,667 --> 00:25:00,629
HEADS WOULD TURN TO LOOK AT HER.
I NEVER GAVE MYSELF A THOUGHT --
441
00:25:00,673 --> 00:25:03,545
JUST PRIDE IN HER.
AND THEN SHE KIND OF
442
00:25:03,589 --> 00:25:06,983
DISAPPEARED.
>> ALL SHE HAD WAS A MOTHER.
443
00:25:07,027 --> 00:25:09,725
THE FATHER WAS LONG GONE OUT OF
HER LIFE, AND SHE NEVER HAD
444
00:25:09,769 --> 00:25:12,815
SIBLINGS.
>> NEVER, EVER WAS I NURTURED.
445
00:25:12,859 --> 00:25:16,993
I THINK MY MOTHER WAS THE TYPE
THAT WANTED A CHILD AND WHEN SHE
446
00:25:17,037 --> 00:25:20,519
HAD THEM AND THE CUTENESS WORE
OFF, THEN IT WAS LIKE A TOY
447
00:25:20,562 --> 00:25:26,525
YOU'D GET TIRED OF.
I USED TO GO TO THE MOVIES...
448
00:25:26,568 --> 00:25:30,398
FOR HAVING PEOPLE AROUND ME,
BECAUSE, IN MY FAMILY, I WAS
449
00:25:30,441 --> 00:25:35,621
SUCH A LONER, I WAS IGNORED.
I WAS JUST THERE.
450
00:25:35,664 --> 00:25:39,450
SO, AT LEAST, IN A MOVIE, EVEN
THOUGH I DIDN'T LIKE THE
451
00:25:39,494 --> 00:25:44,412
PICTURE, THERE WERE PEOPLE
AROUND ME, AND I FELT LOVED.
452
00:25:44,455 --> 00:25:47,328
>> SO, DID YOU HAVE CLOSE
FRIENDS?
453
00:25:47,371 --> 00:25:51,680
>> NO.
I DO NOT MAKE FRIENDS EASILY.
454
00:25:51,724 --> 00:25:55,989
I DON'T EXPOSE MYSELF -- GIVE
THEM A CHANCE TO HURT ME.
455
00:25:56,032 --> 00:26:00,689
NOBODY GETS THAT CHANCE, BECAUSE
I DON'T GET THAT CLOSE TO THEM.
456
00:26:00,733 --> 00:26:03,910
YOU WANT THE TRUTH?
>> YEAH, I WANT THE TRUTH.
457
00:26:03,953 --> 00:26:07,653
>> I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING.
I'M NOT IMPRESSED BY WHAT WE'RE
458
00:26:07,696 --> 00:26:17,053
DOING.
>> HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
459
00:26:17,097 --> 00:26:21,580
>> NO, I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN
LOVE, AND I HAVE NEVER KNOWN
460
00:26:21,623 --> 00:26:26,541
WHAT IT IS TO LOVE SOMEBODY.
>> AND DO YOU THINK THAT WAS
461
00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:30,284
TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU BY WHAT
HAPPENED AT THE MGM PARTY?
462
00:26:30,327 --> 00:26:34,767
>> OH, I THINK THAT WAS TAKEN
AWAY FROM ME BECAUSE I BELIEVE,
463
00:26:34,810 --> 00:26:39,423
NO MATTER HOW MUCH I FEEL
TOWARDS A MAN, I STILL DON'T
464
00:26:39,467 --> 00:26:46,343
TRUST.
DOING EXTRA WORK IN THE MOVIES
465
00:26:46,387 --> 00:26:51,435
WAS NOT A THRILL FOR ME.
IT MEANT NOTHING.
466
00:26:51,479 --> 00:26:57,703
I WAS QUITE POPULAR WITH DANCE
DIRECTORS BECAUSE I WAS A VERY
467
00:26:57,746 --> 00:27:01,010
QUICK LEARNER.
ONCE I WOULD LEARN THE STEP, I
468
00:27:01,054 --> 00:27:05,101
COULD HELP TEACH THE OTHER
DANCERS.
469
00:27:05,145 --> 00:27:07,930
>> AND HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU
STARTED DOING THAT?
470
00:27:07,974 --> 00:27:14,154
>> I'D SAY AROUND 14, 15.
>> THESE ARE UNDERAGE GIRLS.
471
00:27:14,197 --> 00:27:18,288
THEY WERE NOT 21.
UNDER THE LAW, THEY'RE KIDS.
472
00:27:18,332 --> 00:27:21,552
>> A LOT OF YOUNG GIRLS WERE
CHORUS GIRLS AND DANCERS, AND
473
00:27:21,596 --> 00:27:24,904
THE DANCERS WERE FAIR GAME.
THERE WERE MORE YOUNG WOMEN
474
00:27:24,947 --> 00:27:27,863
BROUGHT IN DURING THE MUSICAL
PERIOD WHO WERE REALLY, REALLY
475
00:27:27,907 --> 00:27:29,952
VULNERABLE.
476
00:27:29,996 --> 00:27:32,433
>> THESE GIRLS -- AND THAT'S
WHAT MOST OF THEM WERE --
477
00:27:32,476 --> 00:27:35,697
UNDERAGE GIRLS -- WOULD WORK
HALF NAKED AMONG ALL-MALE CREWS.
478
00:27:35,741 --> 00:27:38,482
AND IN THOSE DAYS, A GIRL WHO
HAD RHYTHM, WHO KNEW HOW TO MOVE
479
00:27:38,526 --> 00:27:41,703
HER BODY, WAS CONSIDERED
SEXUALLY AWARE AND THUS SEXUALLY
480
00:27:41,747 --> 00:27:44,488
AVAILABLE.
>> AND YOU'RE ALWAYS KIND OF
481
00:27:44,532 --> 00:27:48,971
BEING PURSUED ON THE SET.
THAT'S WHY I HATED THE SET,
482
00:27:49,015 --> 00:27:51,974
BECAUSE YOU WERE SO VULNERABLE
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF
483
00:27:52,018 --> 00:27:54,803
OBSCENITIES.
THEY WERE FAIR GAME.
484
00:27:54,847 --> 00:27:58,502
IT WAS JUST OPEN SEASON ALL THE
TIME.
485
00:27:58,546 --> 00:28:01,201
>> AS FAR AS SEX WAS CONCERNED,
THAT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED TO ME.
486
00:28:01,244 --> 00:28:07,120
WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT SEX.
IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP.
487
00:28:07,163 --> 00:28:11,341
IT WAS NEVER, EVER BROUGHT UP.
MY MOTHER WAS TOO BUSY, I GUESS,
488
00:28:11,385 --> 00:28:14,431
GETTING MARRIED.
SHE SEEMED TO BE VERY ADEPT AT
489
00:28:14,475 --> 00:28:16,869
IT.
>> THAT'S IT, GET THEM UP, GET
490
00:28:16,912 --> 00:28:19,349
THEM UP, GET THEM UP.
GOOD. REST.
491
00:28:19,393 --> 00:28:22,657
FINE. THAT'S FINE.
THAT'S FINE.
492
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:28,010
>> ALL THE GIRLS WHO WORKED AS
DANCERS IN HOLLYWOOD -- ALL THEY
493
00:28:28,054 --> 00:28:31,405
DID WAS WORK IN THESE NUMBERS,
THESE EXTRAVAGANZAS THAT WERE
494
00:28:31,448 --> 00:28:34,800
FULL OF FANTASY AND MUSIC AND
DANCE AND, HENCE, ROMANCE.
495
00:28:34,843 --> 00:28:39,239
THE IDEA THAT EVERYTHING WAS
ABOUT ROMANCE IS A WONDERFUL,
496
00:28:39,282 --> 00:28:44,766
ROMANTIC NOTION, BUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE EYES YOU
497
00:28:44,810 --> 00:28:47,856
AND ROMANCE ISN'T ON HIS MIND?
YOUR MOTHER HASN'T TOLD YOU A
498
00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:49,771
THING.
ALL SHE'S TOLD YOU IS, "DANCE,
499
00:28:49,815 --> 00:28:52,295
FIND ROMANCE.
IF HE PROPOSES, SAY YES."
500
00:28:52,339 --> 00:28:54,994
BUT WHAT IF HE PROPOSITIONS?
WHAT IF HE DOESN'T PROPOSE?
501
00:28:55,037 --> 00:28:57,561
AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
OR WHAT IF HE DOESN'T EVEN
502
00:28:57,605 --> 00:28:59,433
PROPOSITION?
WHAT IF HE JUST TAKES YOU AND
503
00:28:59,476 --> 00:29:01,478
GRABS YOU AND DRAGS YOU OUT TO A
CAR?
504
00:29:01,522 --> 00:29:03,959
AND THAT HAPPENS, AND THAT'S
WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT.
505
00:29:04,003 --> 00:29:08,181
THIS IS THE STORY OF SOMEONE
THAT THAT HAPPENED TO.
506
00:29:08,224 --> 00:29:13,708
>> I NEVER THOUGHT OF BEING AN
ACTRESS OR BEING A STAR.
507
00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:18,887
>> AND DID YOU LIKE TO DANCE?
>> YEAH, I LIKED TO DANCE.
508
00:29:18,931 --> 00:29:22,804
I LOVED TO DANCE.
>> WE HAD THESE 3- OR 4-HOUR
509
00:29:22,848 --> 00:29:26,460
PHONE CONVERSATIONS, AND HER TV
IS ALWAYS ON IN THE BACKGROUND.
510
00:29:26,503 --> 00:29:28,592
AND I ASKED HER ONCE, "WHAT ARE
YOU WATCHING?"
511
00:29:28,636 --> 00:29:32,292
AND SHE SAID, "MTV.
I LOVE TO SEE THESE KIDS DANCE."
512
00:29:32,335 --> 00:29:34,685
AND I SAID, "WHAT KIND OF A
DANCER WERE YOU?"
513
00:29:34,729 --> 00:29:38,820
AND WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT, SHE
SAID, "I MOVED JUST LIKE JLo."
514
00:30:20,906 --> 00:30:25,867
SHE MOVED JUST LIKE JLo, BUT
AFTER 1937, PATRICIA DOUGLAS
515
00:30:25,911 --> 00:30:31,133
NEVER DANCED AGAIN.
>> I WAS SHOCKED BY THE
516
00:30:31,177 --> 00:30:36,225
HYPOCRISY OF STARS THAT
EVERYBODY BELIEVED IN.
517
00:30:36,269 --> 00:30:41,056
EXAMPLE -- LORETTA YOUNG, WHEN
SHE HAD THE BABY BY CLARK GABLE,
518
00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:44,581
SAID SHE ADOPTED IT.
AS THE BABY MATURED AND GOT
519
00:30:44,625 --> 00:30:48,281
OLDER, IT WAS THE SPITTING IMAGE
OF HER.
520
00:30:48,324 --> 00:30:51,675
THERE'S NO WAY SHE COULD DENY
IT, AND SHE DENIED IT TILL HER
521
00:30:51,719 --> 00:30:57,464
DEATHBED TO THAT POOR GIRL THAT
SHE WASN'T HER MOTHER.
522
00:30:57,507 --> 00:30:59,814
>> LORETTA YOUNG GETS PREGNANT
BY CLARK GABLE.
523
00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:02,773
HE'S MARRIED, SHE'S A STAUNCH
CATHOLIC, SO WHEN RUMORS START
524
00:31:02,817 --> 00:31:05,341
FLYING, SHE STAGES A PRESS
CONFERENCE IN HER BEDROOM.
525
00:31:05,385 --> 00:31:08,736
EVEN THOUGH SHE'S EIGHT MONTHS
PREGNANT, SHE SWEARS IT'S JUST A
526
00:31:08,779 --> 00:31:11,304
STOMACH AILMENT.
AND WHEN A BABY GIRL IS BORN,
527
00:31:11,347 --> 00:31:14,698
SHE DEPOSITS IT IN AN ORPHANAGE,
WAITS 18 MONTHS, THEN ANNOUNCES
528
00:31:14,742 --> 00:31:17,484
SHE'S ADOPTING A LITTLE GIRL --
HERLITTLE GIRL, WHICH EVERYONE
529
00:31:17,527 --> 00:31:20,313
IN HOLLYWOOD KNEW, BUT NO ONE
DARED TO SAY ALOUD.
530
00:31:20,356 --> 00:31:23,229
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
PATRICIA FIXATED ON THIS STORY
531
00:31:23,272 --> 00:31:26,710
UNTIL I WENT THROUGH THE
NEWSPAPERS FROM 1937.
532
00:31:26,754 --> 00:31:29,670
AND WHILE SHE'S ON ALL THE FRONT
PAGES, BURIED INSIDE IS
533
00:31:29,713 --> 00:31:32,281
LORETTA YOUNG'S ADOPTION
ANNOUNCEMENT.
534
00:31:32,325 --> 00:31:35,545
SO WHILE A RAPE VICTIM'S
CRUCIFIED IN THE PRESS, A MOVIE
535
00:31:35,589 --> 00:31:38,722
STAR GETS TOTALLY PROTECTED.
536
00:31:38,766 --> 00:31:41,812
>> MY NAME IS JUDY LEWIS, AND
I'M THE DAUGHTER OF
537
00:31:41,856 --> 00:31:44,206
LORETTA YOUNG AND CLARK GABLE.
538
00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:49,385
MY MOTHER SAID SHE ADOPTED ME.
AND, OF COURSE, SHE DIDN'T ADOPT
539
00:31:49,429 --> 00:31:51,735
ME, BECAUSE I WAS HER NATURAL
DAUGHTER.
540
00:31:51,779 --> 00:31:54,651
SHE WASN'T FOOLING ANYBODY,
REALLY.
541
00:31:54,695 --> 00:31:59,047
HOLLYWOOD KNEW THE TRUE STORY.
I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T.
542
00:31:59,091 --> 00:32:02,921
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, I
ALWAYS HAD A FEELING THAT THERE
543
00:32:02,964 --> 00:32:07,795
WAS SOMETHING NOT QUITE RIGHT
ABOUT ME...
544
00:32:07,838 --> 00:32:11,538
BECAUSE I WAS BORN WITH MY
FATHER'S ENORMOUS EARS.
545
00:32:11,581 --> 00:32:16,586
AND THEY WERE ENORMOUS.
THEY STUCK STRAIGHT OUT.
546
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:21,200
AND MY MOTHER HAD ME IN BONNETS
ALL THE TIME.
547
00:32:21,243 --> 00:32:25,247
I COULDN'T GO OUTSIDE IN PUBLIC
WITHOUT WEARING THESE BONNETS,
548
00:32:25,291 --> 00:32:28,990
AND I HATED THEM.
SO, WHEN I WAS 7, I HAD MY EARS
549
00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:33,125
OPERATED ON, AND I HAD THEM
PINNED BACK, SO I NO LONGER HAVE
550
00:32:33,168 --> 00:32:36,955
MY FATHER'S DUMBO EARS.
I WENT TO AN ALL-GIRLS HIGH
551
00:32:36,998 --> 00:32:39,870
SCHOOL.
I HAD A FRIEND IN CLASS WITH ME,
552
00:32:39,914 --> 00:32:43,962
AND SHE SAID, "JUDY, HOW COME
YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR MOTHER WHEN
553
00:32:44,005 --> 00:32:47,443
YOU'RE ADOPTED?"
SHE SAYS, "I'M ADOPTED, AND I
554
00:32:47,487 --> 00:32:50,272
DON'T LOOK LIKE MY MOTHER."
SO, OF COURSE, I WENT HOME, AND
555
00:32:50,316 --> 00:32:54,624
I SAID, "MOM, HOW COME I LOOK
LIKE YOU WHEN I'M ADOPTED?"
556
00:32:54,668 --> 00:32:58,802
AND MY MOTHER -- WITHOUT A
SECOND'S BREATH, SHE SAID, "OH,
557
00:32:58,846 --> 00:33:02,545
WELL, HONEY, WE LIVE IN THE SAME
HOUSE TOGETHER, AND YOU HAVE MY
558
00:33:02,589 --> 00:33:06,549
MANNERISMS, AND IT'S VERY
NATURAL THAT YOU, YOU KNOW," AND
559
00:33:06,593 --> 00:33:10,118
OFF IT WENT.
AND I LEARNED ABOUT MY TRUE
560
00:33:10,162 --> 00:33:12,120
PARENTAGE A WEEK BEFORE I WAS
MARRIED.
561
00:33:12,164 --> 00:33:16,472
I CALLED THE PRIEST WHO WAS
GOING TO MARRY US, AND I SAID TO
562
00:33:16,516 --> 00:33:20,607
HIM, "I'VE JUST HEARD THE MOST
INCREDIBLE STORY THAT
563
00:33:20,650 --> 00:33:24,176
CLARK GABLE IS MY FATHER, AND
I'M GOING TO CONFRONT MY
564
00:33:24,219 --> 00:33:26,656
MOTHER."
AND HE SAID, "DON'T.
565
00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:29,659
SHE WON'T TELL YOU."
AND I DIDN'T.
566
00:33:29,703 --> 00:33:34,273
WHEN I FINALLY CONFRONTED MY
MOTHER, YEARS LATER, SHE THREW
567
00:33:34,316 --> 00:33:36,753
UP.
SHE VOMITED.
568
00:33:36,797 --> 00:33:39,887
SHE SAID, "OH, WELL, YOU'RE
JUST A WALKING MORTAL SIN,"
569
00:33:39,930 --> 00:33:43,978
WHICH WAS A LITTLE SHOCKING TO
ME AT THE TIME, NEEDLESS TO SAY.
570
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:49,679
MY MOTHER ASKED ME TO KEEP HER
SECRET FROM MY DAUGHTER.
571
00:33:49,723 --> 00:33:56,164
SO, SHE'S ASKING ME TO CARRY A
LIE AND A SECRET DOWN TO THE
572
00:33:56,208 --> 00:33:59,907
THIRD GENERATION, WHICH I
ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO DO.
573
00:33:59,950 --> 00:34:02,518
I'VE NEVER LIED TO MY DAUGHTER
ABOUT ANYTHING.
574
00:34:02,562 --> 00:34:07,697
WHEN I CAN SAY PUBLICLY, "I AM
THE DAUGHTER OF LORETTA YOUNG
575
00:34:07,741 --> 00:34:12,050
AND CLARK GABLE," I'M WHOLE.
I'M PRESENT.
576
00:34:12,093 --> 00:34:18,491
I'M -- I'M HERE, YOU KNOW?
AND IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL.
577
00:34:18,534 --> 00:34:23,104
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT LIFE FOR
ME.
578
00:34:23,148 --> 00:34:27,369
>> I'M GETTING AWAY FROM IT,
WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU.
579
00:34:27,413 --> 00:34:30,372
>> YOU DID TALK ABOUT HOW
DAVID ROSS WAS PESTERING YOU ALL
580
00:34:30,416 --> 00:34:31,895
NIGHT.
HE WANTED YOU TO TEACH HIM THE
581
00:34:31,939 --> 00:34:34,550
SHAG.
>> OR WAS IT TRUCKING?
582
00:34:34,594 --> 00:34:38,598
>> TRUCKING. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
>> HE KEPT ASKING ME TO TEACH
583
00:34:38,641 --> 00:34:42,689
HIM HOW TO TRUCK.
THAT WAS THE DANCE AT THE TIME.
584
00:35:40,007 --> 00:35:42,314
KEPT ASKING YOU TO TEACH HIM HOW
TO DANCE, YOU REALIZED HE
585
00:35:42,357 --> 00:35:44,751
THOUGHT YOU WERE THERE TO BE HIS
GIRL.
586
00:35:44,794 --> 00:35:48,842
>> I DON'T THINK I REALIZED IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I WAS NAIVE
587
00:35:48,885 --> 00:35:51,192
OR DUMB.
REALLY, FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK I
588
00:35:51,236 --> 00:35:55,153
GAVE IT ANY THOUGHT BECAUSE I'M
NOT A SUSPICIOUS NATURE.
589
00:35:55,196 --> 00:35:58,852
NEVER ENTERED MY MIND, ANYBODY
WOULD DO ME ANY HARM.
590
00:35:58,895 --> 00:36:03,509
WHETHER IT WAS A SETUP OR A
PARTY OR ANYTHING, I DON'T THINK
591
00:36:03,552 --> 00:36:07,208
IT EVER ENTERED MY MIND.
BUT HE WAS ALL HANDS.
592
00:36:07,252 --> 00:36:12,909
WE'D CALL IT "COPPING A FEEL,"
WAS THE WORD THAT WAS USED FOR
593
00:36:12,953 --> 00:36:18,915
ANY EXCUSE TO BRUSH UP AGAINST
YOU, TO PUT HIS ARM ALL THE WAY
594
00:36:18,959 --> 00:36:24,007
AROUND YOU OR ANYWHERE WHERE HE
COULD TOUCH SOME PART OF YOU,
595
00:36:24,051 --> 00:36:26,184
WHICH WAS VERY DISGUSTING.
596
00:36:26,227 --> 00:36:32,233
"SLIMY" IS THE ONLY WORD I COULD
THINK OF TO DESCRIBE THE MAN'S
597
00:36:32,277 --> 00:36:35,149
LOOKS.
I HATE TO COMPARE HIM TO A
598
00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:38,152
PEKINGESE, BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE
BEST.
599
00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:44,767
HE HAD BULGING EYES -- VERY BIG,
BULGING EYES -- THAT ALMOST
600
00:36:44,811 --> 00:36:48,206
DOMINATED HIS FACE.
>> DAVID ROSS WAS NEVER SERVED,
601
00:36:48,249 --> 00:36:50,817
AND, AGAIN, I FIND THAT HARD TO
BELIEVE.
602
00:36:50,860 --> 00:36:53,385
>> HE'S ONE OF THE LUCKIEST GUYS
IN THE WORLD.
603
00:36:53,428 --> 00:36:57,258
NEVER SERVED WITH THIS, NEVER
CHARGED WITH THIS.
604
00:36:57,302 --> 00:37:00,740
NOW, HE HAD TO LIVE WITH IT, AND
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE LIVED WITH
605
00:37:00,783 --> 00:37:04,700
IT, BUT AT LEAST HE DIDN'T GO TO
PRISON FOREVER AND HE DIDN'T
606
00:37:04,744 --> 00:37:07,660
HAVE TO PAY FINANCIAL DAMAGES
FOR DOING IT.
607
00:37:07,703 --> 00:37:12,491
>> THE ONLY THING I CAN REMEMBER
IS THIS DAVID ROSS' FACE.
608
00:37:12,534 --> 00:37:15,711
OF COURSE, IT WAS IN MY
NIGHTMARE FOR MANY YEARS.
609
00:37:15,755 --> 00:37:20,629
I COULD NOT GET HIM OFF MY MIND
AND WHAT HE HAD DONE TO ME.
610
00:37:20,673 --> 00:37:25,112
HE TOOK MY INNOCENCE.
YOU CAN NEVER GET THAT BACK.
611
00:37:25,155 --> 00:37:29,943
>> YOU WERE A VIRGIN?
612
00:37:29,986 --> 00:37:33,642
I DON'T LIKE TO BRING IT UP.
>> BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
613
00:37:33,686 --> 00:37:36,341
STORY, BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT HE TOOK YOUR INNOCENCE.
614
00:37:36,384 --> 00:37:40,736
HE TOOK IT ON EVERY LEVEL.
YOU WERE A VIRGIN.
615
00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:45,611
>> YEP.
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ANYMORE.
616
00:37:50,224 --> 00:37:52,270
>> AAH!
>> THESE LOVELY GIRLS...
617
00:37:52,313 --> 00:37:54,097
ANYTHING YOU WANT.
>> NO!
618
00:37:54,141 --> 00:37:55,664
>> DON'T TOUCH ME!
>> AAH!
619
00:37:55,708 --> 00:38:01,409
>> AAH!
>> AAH!
620
00:38:01,453 --> 00:38:06,109
>> NO! KEEP AWAY FROM ME!
>> LET ME OUT OF HERE!
621
00:38:06,153 --> 00:38:07,894
>> DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT,
MR. POWELL.
622
00:38:07,937 --> 00:38:09,287
YOU SCARE ME.
>> HELP!
623
00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:14,727
>> LET GO!
>> DON'T!
624
00:38:14,770 --> 00:38:17,556
>> AAH!
>> GET AWAY FROM ME!
625
00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:24,432
>> DON'T TOUCH ME!
>> THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER
626
00:38:24,476 --> 00:38:30,960
IS BEING IN A SMALL HOSPITAL --
ONE STORY -- IT'S JUST A TINY
627
00:38:31,004 --> 00:38:35,530
PLACE -- AND BEING GIVEN A
DOUCHE.
628
00:38:35,574 --> 00:38:40,318
AND THE WAY I REMEMBER THAT IS
BECAUSE THEY USED COLD WATER,
629
00:38:40,361 --> 00:38:41,841
WHICH IS NOT VERY PLEASANT.
630
00:38:41,884 --> 00:38:44,147
>> WHEN SHE WENT TO THE
HOSPITAL, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD
631
00:38:44,191 --> 00:38:46,628
A DOCTOR CLEANSE HER AND THEN
ATTEMPT TO DO AN EXAMINATION --
632
00:38:46,672 --> 00:38:49,979
A DOCTOR WHOSE ENTIRE BUSINESS
WAS DEPENDENT ON MGM -- SO THE
633
00:38:50,023 --> 00:38:52,112
FIX LOOKED IN AT THE
EXAMINATION.
634
00:38:52,155 --> 00:38:56,377
>> AND, OF COURSE, AT THE TIME,
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WOULD
635
00:38:56,421 --> 00:39:00,425
ERASE ALL EVIDENCE, BECAUSE I
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THINGS LIKE
636
00:39:00,468 --> 00:39:05,212
THAT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING RIGHT
637
00:39:05,255 --> 00:39:07,867
NOW.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER SEEING
638
00:39:07,910 --> 00:39:12,132
YOURSELF ON THE FRONT PAGE?
>> I REMEMBER THE HEADLINES.
639
00:39:12,175 --> 00:39:14,830
>> HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
HEADLINES?
640
00:39:14,874 --> 00:39:20,749
>> HUMILIATED.
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ANYMORE.
641
00:39:20,793 --> 00:39:24,971
CAN I STOP?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
642
00:39:25,014 --> 00:39:28,714
>> HE HEARD SOMEONE CRYING AND
SCREAMING IN THE BUSHES, AND HE
643
00:39:28,757 --> 00:39:32,674
WENT, AND THEY ARRANGED FOR AN
AMBULANCE TO COME.
644
00:39:32,718 --> 00:39:35,285
>> CLEMENT SOTH WAS THE PARKING
ATTENDANT WHO HEARD PATRICIA
645
00:39:35,329 --> 00:39:37,592
SCREAMING, THEN SAW DAVID ROSS
RUN AWAY.
646
00:39:37,636 --> 00:39:39,681
ON THE WITNESS STAND,
CLEMENT SOTH CHANGED HIS
647
00:39:39,725 --> 00:39:42,945
TESTIMONY, SAYING HE DIDN'T
RECOGNIZE ROSS.
648
00:39:42,989 --> 00:39:44,991
I TRACKED DOWN CLEMENT SOTH'S
DAUGHTERS.
649
00:39:45,034 --> 00:39:47,167
AT FIRST, THEY SAID THEY KNEW
NOTHING.
650
00:39:47,210 --> 00:39:49,865
THEN, 10 MINUTES LATER, THEY
CALLED BACK WITH THE TRUTH.
651
00:39:49,909 --> 00:39:54,392
>> DADDY TESTIFIED AT A TRIAL,
DOING MGM A FAVOR, AND WHAT HE
652
00:39:54,435 --> 00:39:57,960
WAS TO GET IN RETURN WAS A
LIFETIME JOB AT MGM.
653
00:39:58,004 --> 00:40:04,663
>> HE HAD TO PERJURE HIMSELF, SO
WHEN YOU DO THAT, THAT NEVER
654
00:40:04,706 --> 00:40:07,535
LEAVES YOU.
I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
655
00:40:07,579 --> 00:40:10,843
>> HE HAD ONLY DISDAIN FOR MOST
OF THE STARS OF THE TIME AND
656
00:40:10,886 --> 00:40:13,106
CERTAINLY FOR THE HEADS OF THE
STUDIO.
657
00:40:13,149 --> 00:40:16,544
I MEAN, LOUIS B. MAYER WAS JUST
NO GOOD AS FAR AS HE WAS
658
00:40:16,588 --> 00:40:19,155
CONCERNED.
>> BUT HE HAD A FAMILY THAT HE
659
00:40:19,199 --> 00:40:21,462
HAD TO SUPPORT.
>> WHO'S TO SAY THAT ANY OF US
660
00:40:21,506 --> 00:40:23,725
WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT?
I MEAN, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW
661
00:40:23,769 --> 00:40:27,903
WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE.
IT'S EASY TO SAY FROM HINDSIGHT.
662
00:40:27,947 --> 00:40:32,342
BUT AT THE TIME, WHO KNOWS?
>> BECAUSE ONE LITTLE TESTIMONY
663
00:40:32,386 --> 00:40:36,434
IS NOT GONNA TOUCH THOSE BIG
STUDIO PEOPLE, IT WOULDN'T HAVE
664
00:40:36,477 --> 00:40:39,741
CHANGED ANYTHING.
THEY WOULD HAVE WIGGLED OUT.
665
00:40:39,785 --> 00:40:43,397
THERE ARE SO MANY WOMEN THAT
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO.
666
00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:46,095
IT AFFECTS THEIR WHOLE LIFE
FOREVER.
667
00:40:46,139 --> 00:40:50,622
AND SO IF WE CAN HELP ONE WOMAN,
THEN IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO
668
00:40:50,665 --> 00:40:53,799
DO.
AND THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO DO
669
00:40:53,842 --> 00:41:00,501
THIS.
>> HERE WE ARE AT THE GOLD COAST
670
00:41:00,545 --> 00:41:02,938
HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS, AND I AM
SUPPOSED TO MEET
671
00:41:02,982 --> 00:41:05,941
PATRICIA DOUGLAS TONIGHT.
HER APARTMENT'S RIGHT AROUND THE
672
00:41:05,985 --> 00:41:09,379
CORNER, AND THAT'S WHY SHE
WANTED ME TO STAY HERE.
673
00:41:09,423 --> 00:41:13,514
THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME, AND,
UM...I'VE WAITED A LONG TIME FOR
674
00:41:13,558 --> 00:41:14,515
THIS.
675
00:41:16,125 --> 00:41:21,566
IT'S 8:40 NOW, AND SHE SAID, "DO
NOT COME OVER BEFORE 9:00."
676
00:41:21,609 --> 00:41:25,787
I'M NERVOUS.
IF THIS GOES WELL, IT BEGINS.
677
00:41:25,831 --> 00:41:31,401
IF IT DOESN'T GO WELL, IT ENDS.
I'M JUST SITTING HERE WAITING
678
00:41:31,445 --> 00:41:37,886
BECAUSE I CAN'T CONCENTRATE ON
ANYTHING ELSE.
679
00:41:37,930 --> 00:41:41,499
SHE DOES NOT LIKE A MAN WHO
WEARS JEANS, SO YOU DON'T SEE
680
00:41:41,542 --> 00:41:44,980
ANY JEANS ON ME TONIGHT.
SHE ALSO SAID HER FAVORITE LOOK
681
00:41:45,024 --> 00:41:48,897
ON A GENTLEMAN IS A VICUÑA COAT,
AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS
682
00:41:48,941 --> 00:41:52,510
TALKING ABOUT, AND THEN I
REMEMBERED THERE WAS A SCENE IN
683
00:41:52,553 --> 00:41:55,164
"SUNSET BOULEVARD" WHERE
GLORIA SWANSON TAKES
684
00:41:55,208 --> 00:41:57,558
WILLIAM HOLDEN SHOPPING.
>> NOW WE NEED A TOPCOAT.
685
00:41:57,602 --> 00:41:59,342
LET ME SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN
CAMEL'S HAIR.
686
00:41:59,386 --> 00:42:01,823
>> HERE ARE SOME CAMEL'S HAIR.
BUT I'D LIKE YOU JUST TO FEEL
687
00:42:01,867 --> 00:42:03,042
THIS.
IT'S VICUÑA.
688
00:42:03,085 --> 00:42:04,652
OF COURSE, IT'S A LITTLE MORE
EXPENSIVE.
689
00:42:04,696 --> 00:42:07,655
>> THE CAMEL'S HAIR WILL DO.
>> THE SALESMAN SORT OF LEANS IN
690
00:42:07,699 --> 00:42:10,179
WITH A LEER AND SAYS...
>> WELL, AS LONG AS THE LADY'S
691
00:42:10,223 --> 00:42:12,791
PAYING FOR IT, WHY NOT TAKE THE
VICUÑA?
692
00:42:12,834 --> 00:42:16,577
>> "SUNSET BOULEVARD" WAS MADE
693
00:42:16,621 --> 00:42:20,755
IN 1950, SO THAT LOOK IS ABOUT
50 YEARS OLD.
694
00:42:20,799 --> 00:42:24,890
I THINK SHE'S ACTUALLY LISTED IN
695
00:42:24,933 --> 00:42:28,937
THE PHONE BOOK.
SHE'S LISTED IN THE PHONE BOOK.
696
00:42:28,981 --> 00:42:33,638
JUST HER FIRST INITIAL, "P," BUT
SHE'S LISTED IN THE PHONE BOOK.
697
00:42:33,681 --> 00:42:36,249
I LOOKED FOR HER FOR SO LONG,
AND AFTER ALL THAT -- BUT YOU
698
00:42:36,292 --> 00:42:39,992
WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE KNOWN HER
LAST NAME.
699
00:42:40,035 --> 00:42:47,347
I'M RAMBLING.
THERE'S SO MUCH AT STAKE.
700
00:42:47,390 --> 00:42:50,568
THERE'S SO MUCH -- YOUR FIRST
MEETING, IT'S LIKE --
701
00:42:50,611 --> 00:42:56,182
HELLO?
702
00:42:56,225 --> 00:42:59,664
SHE...PANICKED.
SHE COULDN'T DO IT.
703
00:42:59,707 --> 00:43:01,404
SHE CALLED ME ON THE HOTEL
PHONE.
704
00:43:01,448 --> 00:43:04,059
I KNEW IT WAS HER BECAUSE
EVERYBODY ELSE -- NOBODY KNOWS
705
00:43:04,103 --> 00:43:05,800
I'M HERE.
THEY'D CALL ON MY CELL.
706
00:43:05,844 --> 00:43:08,586
SHE WOULDN'T CALL ON MY CELL
BECAUSE IT'S A LONG-DISTANCE
707
00:43:08,629 --> 00:43:10,762
CALL AND SHE WON'T MAKE A
LONG-DISTANCE CALL.
708
00:43:10,805 --> 00:43:13,416
SHE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
AND SHE WAS REALLY UPSET.
709
00:43:13,460 --> 00:43:15,897
SHE FELT TERRIBLE.
SHE JUST SAID, "I CAN'T.
710
00:43:15,941 --> 00:43:18,944
I'M SO SORRY. I CAN'T."
I JUST KEPT SAYING, "IT'S OKAY.
711
00:43:18,987 --> 00:43:24,079
IT'S OKAY. THERE'S NO RUSH."
AND ALL I'M THINKING IS, "IF YOU
712
00:43:24,123 --> 00:43:28,040
GO, THIS STORY GOES WITH YOU."
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU'RE
713
00:43:28,083 --> 00:43:31,173
THINKING, "THIS POOR WOMAN.
LEAVE HER ALONE, DAVID.
714
00:43:31,217 --> 00:43:33,828
LEAVE HER ALONE.
LET HER DIE WITH HER SECRET."
715
00:43:33,872 --> 00:43:37,049
BUT YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS
LIKE IN 1937, AND YOU THINK,
716
00:43:37,092 --> 00:43:39,355
"WELL, THAT HAS TO BE
CHARACTEROLOGICAL.
717
00:43:39,399 --> 00:43:43,446
THAT'S HER PERSONALITY.
THAT CAN'T HAVE CHANGED."
718
00:43:43,490 --> 00:43:47,407
MAYBE THIS IS A TEST ON HER PART
TO SEE IF I'LL GIVE UP AND GO
719
00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:51,629
AWAY, AND WHEN SHE SEES THAT I
WON'T, MAYBE NEXT TIME THAT'LL
720
00:43:51,672 --> 00:43:57,373
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SHE STILL HAS A CHANCE TO FIND
721
00:43:57,417 --> 00:44:01,029
VINDICATION.
AND AS LONG AS SHE HAS THAT
722
00:44:01,073 --> 00:44:11,649
CHANCE, THEN I'LL BE THERE.
WHAT WILL I DO NOW?
723
00:44:11,692 --> 00:44:13,651
I-I DON'T KNOW.
724
00:44:17,350 --> 00:44:21,354
THE COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR --
TEMPERATURE DROPPED 35 DEGREES
725
00:44:21,397 --> 00:44:25,097
SINCE I LANDED LAST NIGHT.
BUT I'M HERE 'CAUSE I FINALLY
726
00:44:25,140 --> 00:44:27,142
FOUND DAVID ROSS.
727
00:44:27,186 --> 00:44:30,189
HE HAD NO SIBLINGS AND NO
CHILDREN, AND THERE'S NOBODY
728
00:44:30,232 --> 00:44:35,455
LEFT WHO CAN EVEN RECALL HIM.
THIS GUY GOT AWAY WITH RAPE,
729
00:44:35,498 --> 00:44:38,153
WENT BACK TO CHICAGO, KEPT HIS
JOB AT MGM.
730
00:44:38,197 --> 00:44:41,809
I DIDN'T TELL HER I WAS COMING,
BUT I KNOW SHE'LL WANT EVERY
731
00:44:41,853 --> 00:44:45,944
DETAIL BECAUSE IT REALLY CLOSES
THE CHAPTER.
732
00:44:45,987 --> 00:44:53,386
HERE HE IS, DEAD AND BURIED.
AND THERE'S THE PROOF.
733
00:44:53,429 --> 00:44:55,649
>> YOU WANT ME TO LOOK AT YOU,
DAVID?
734
00:44:55,693 --> 00:45:04,397
OKAY.
MY NAME IS PATRICIA DOUGLAS.
735
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:08,706
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO
TRY TO REMEMBER THESE THINGS.
736
00:45:08,749 --> 00:45:13,667
THEY'VE BEEN BURIED SO MANY
YEARS -- BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 65
737
00:45:13,711 --> 00:45:17,889
YEARS -- AND TO TRY, WHEN
THEY'RE BURIED SO DEEP, TO BRING
738
00:45:17,932 --> 00:45:22,894
THEM OUT...
MAYBE IT'LL HELP YOUNG PEOPLE
739
00:45:22,937 --> 00:45:25,200
NOT TO BE TRUSTING.
I DON'T KNOW.
740
00:45:25,244 --> 00:45:27,246
I HOPE SO.
741
00:45:32,773 --> 00:45:37,082
>> THIS IS THE PART OF LAS VEGAS
THAT YOU DON'T SEE, RIGHT IN THE
742
00:45:37,125 --> 00:45:45,003
SHADOW OF THE STRIP.
THIS IS PATRICIA'S APARTMENT.
743
00:45:45,046 --> 00:45:47,875
SHE SLEEPS IN HER BEDROOM, WAKES
UP AT 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON,
744
00:45:47,919 --> 00:45:50,791
MOVES FROM HER BEDROOM TO HER
COUCH, SITS DOWN ON HER COUCH,
745
00:45:50,835 --> 00:45:53,751
TURNS ON THE TELEVISION, WATCHES
TELEVISION UNTIL 4:00 IN THE
746
00:45:53,794 --> 00:45:56,623
MORNING, GETS UP FROM THE COUCH,
AND THEN GOES BACK INTO HER
747
00:45:56,666 --> 00:45:59,887
BEDROOM, AND THAT'S HER LIFE.
>> IT ISN'T THAT I MIND LIVING
748
00:45:59,931 --> 00:46:03,717
ALONE, BECAUSE I'M A LONER, AS
YOU NO DOUBT HAVE KNOWN FROM MY
749
00:46:03,761 --> 00:46:09,679
STORY NOW THAT, UH...
I ENJOY BEING ALONE.
750
00:46:09,723 --> 00:46:12,465
>> HER FAVORITE SHOW IS
"THE SOPRANOS," WHICH I DON'T
751
00:46:12,508 --> 00:46:16,034
THINK SHE REALIZES SHE PROBABLY
RELATES TO BECAUSE HER OWN
752
00:46:16,077 --> 00:46:20,473
EXPERIENCE AT MGM AND WHAT THEY
DID TO HER WAS ALMOST LIKE THE
753
00:46:20,516 --> 00:46:24,129
MAFIA SWINGING INTO ACTION.
>> JAMES GANDOLFINI -- SUCH A
754
00:46:24,172 --> 00:46:26,914
WONDERFUL ACTOR, SUCH A
COMPELLING FORCE.
755
00:46:26,958 --> 00:46:30,439
>> SHE DOESN'T LEAVE HER
APARTMENT, AND THE ONLY TIME
756
00:46:30,483 --> 00:46:33,442
SHE'LL LEAVE IS FOR A DOCTOR'S
APPOINTMENT.
757
00:46:33,486 --> 00:46:38,752
>> I'M VERY PRIVATE.
I DON'T EXPOSE MYSELF -- GIVE
758
00:46:38,796 --> 00:46:41,799
THEM A CHANCE TO HURT ME.
>> I'LL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST
759
00:46:41,842 --> 00:46:45,454
TIME I WENT INTO THAT APARTMENT.
I WAS SO NERVOUS.
760
00:46:45,498 --> 00:46:48,283
>> HE WAS SO FORMAL.
HE WAS SO SWEET.
761
00:46:48,327 --> 00:46:52,766
>> I REMEMBER I OPENED THE DOOR,
AND THE BACK OF THE COUCH FACED
762
00:46:52,810 --> 00:47:02,297
ME.
>> I WAS SO NASTY TO HIM.
763
00:47:02,341 --> 00:47:04,952
>> AND I SAW THIS FIGURE WITH
HER BACK TO ME, SITTING ON THE
764
00:47:04,996 --> 00:47:08,477
COUCH.
>> I WAS SO NASTY TO HIM...
765
00:47:08,521 --> 00:47:12,090
'CAUSE HE INVADED MY PRIVACY
THAT I THOUGHT WAS SO SECURE.
766
00:47:12,133 --> 00:47:15,528
>> AND SHE WAS JUST SITTING
THERE, AND I KNOCKED ON THE
767
00:47:15,571 --> 00:47:18,705
DOOR, AND SHE SAID, "COME IN."
SHE HAD THIS GREAT, LOW,
768
00:47:18,748 --> 00:47:22,665
GRAVELLY VOICE.
>> SO I HANG UP ON HIM.
769
00:47:22,709 --> 00:47:27,757
BUT HE PERSISTED, THANK GOD.
>> AND I WALKED AROUND LIKE
770
00:47:27,801 --> 00:47:31,500
THIS, AND I THOUGHT...
"WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DO?"
771
00:47:31,544 --> 00:47:33,633
AND I JUST -- I JUST --
IMPULSIVELY, I JUST SORT OF
772
00:47:33,676 --> 00:47:35,983
THREW MY ARMS AROUND HER AND
HUGGED HER, AND I SAID, "I'M
773
00:47:36,027 --> 00:47:38,377
REALLY GLAD TO MEET YOU," AND I
THINK SHE WAS TAKEN ABACK.
774
00:47:38,420 --> 00:47:42,511
SHE WENT LIKE THIS A LITTLE,
BUT...THEN SHE SETTLED INTO IT.
775
00:47:42,555 --> 00:47:46,559
>> HE COURTED ME.
HE SENT ME FLOWERS.
776
00:47:46,602 --> 00:47:51,694
UH --
>> AT FIRST, SHE WAS SO HARD AND
777
00:47:51,738 --> 00:47:56,874
TOUGH AND SHELLACKED, AND THEN I
KNEW IT WAS A VENEER, BUT TO GET
778
00:47:56,917 --> 00:48:01,226
INSIDE OF IT AND TO SEE THIS
PERSON BLOOM AND SO MUCH LOVE
779
00:48:01,269 --> 00:48:06,361
INSIDE OF HER THAT SHE WAS
AFRAID TO GIVE...
780
00:48:06,405 --> 00:48:08,450
>> BLESS YOUR HEART.
>> SHE ATE TERRIBLY.
781
00:48:08,494 --> 00:48:11,453
I MEAN, HER DIET -- I DON'T EVEN
KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE HER DIET.
782
00:48:11,497 --> 00:48:14,369
SHE BASICALLY DIDN'T EAT, AND
SHE ALWAYS USED TO SAY, "HOW CAN
783
00:48:14,413 --> 00:48:16,502
I BE SUCH A FAT OLD BROAD AND
NEVER EAT?"
784
00:48:16,545 --> 00:48:22,203
>> HE'S GOT SOME BAD FAULTS.
HE'S BOSSY.
785
00:48:22,247 --> 00:48:26,251
AND HE LIKES HIS OWN WAY.
AND HE'S PRETTY ADAMANT ABOUT
786
00:48:26,294 --> 00:48:29,732
THAT -- GETTING THAT -- TOO.
BUT THEN SO AM I.
787
00:48:29,776 --> 00:48:32,910
>> I GO TO KFC BECAUSE SHE SAYS
THAT'S THE BEST COLESLAW SHE'S
788
00:48:32,953 --> 00:48:35,042
EVER EATEN.
SHE SAID, "YOU CAN'T GET BETTER
789
00:48:35,086 --> 00:48:37,218
COLESLAW ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
THAN AT KFC."
790
00:48:37,262 --> 00:48:39,742
SO I SAID, "WELL, WOULD YOU LIKE
ME TO GET YOU SOME?"
791
00:48:39,786 --> 00:48:42,441
AND SHE SAID, "OH, WOULD YOU?"
AND I SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW I
792
00:48:42,484 --> 00:48:44,922
WOULD."
>> I HAVE MY WAY, AND I MAKE HIM
793
00:48:44,965 --> 00:48:47,925
THINK IT'S HIS.
YOU KNOW, WE WOMEN CAN DO THOSE
794
00:48:47,968 --> 00:48:51,015
THINGS.
>> I STARTED TO CLEAN TOILETS,
795
00:48:51,058 --> 00:48:54,540
AND I SAID TO HER, "THIS GIVES
YOU AN IDEA OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT
796
00:48:54,583 --> 00:48:57,760
YOU, THAT I'M SITTING HERE
SCRUBBING YOUR TOILET."
797
00:48:57,804 --> 00:49:03,723
>> IF YOU'D SEEN HOW I FOUGHT
HIM...
798
00:49:03,766 --> 00:49:07,074
AND LOOK WHAT I WOULD HAVE LOST.
>> I GUESS I LOVE HER.
799
00:49:07,118 --> 00:49:11,122
I MEAN, SHE'S -- SHE -- WHEN YOU
CARE ABOUT SOMEONE, YOU WANT TO
800
00:49:11,165 --> 00:49:13,907
DO ANYTHING YOU CAN FOR THEM
THAT THEY WANT.
801
00:49:13,951 --> 00:49:18,129
>> YOU'LL NEVER MEET ANYBODY
LIKE HIM EVER.
802
00:49:18,172 --> 00:49:21,436
I WISH WE COULD DO HIS STORY.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S SKIP ME.
803
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:23,917
>> NO.
>> THIS IS YOU. IT'S YOUR SHOW.
804
00:49:23,961 --> 00:49:31,664
>> WE'RE OVER NOW WITH ME.
WHAT'S THROWING THE SHADOW HERE?
805
00:49:31,707 --> 00:49:33,971
>> DON'T WORRY.
YOU'RE NOT THE CAMERAMAN.
806
00:49:34,014 --> 00:49:35,929
YOU'RE THE STAR.
DON'T YOU WORRY.
807
00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:38,714
>> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S DIFFERENT.
>> DON'T YOU WORRY.
808
00:49:38,758 --> 00:49:44,982
SHE'S GOT YOU LIT.
>> IT'S NOT ON ME? WHY NOT?
809
00:49:45,025 --> 00:49:49,638
>> OH, LOOK -- NOW SHE'S
MARLENE DIETRICH.
810
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:59,953
>> THE BATTLE'S NOT OVER, AND
UNTIL I AM VINDICATED PUBLICLY,
811
00:49:59,997 --> 00:50:06,916
WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE TRUE
STORY OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED...
812
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:10,311
I WON'T BE.
THE DOORS ARE OPEN NOW, AND THE
813
00:50:10,355 --> 00:50:15,099
GLOVES ARE OFF.
IF I HAVE TO FIGHT, I'LL FIGHT.
814
00:50:15,142 --> 00:50:18,885
IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE ME TO COURT
IN A WHEELCHAIR OR ON A
815
00:50:18,928 --> 00:50:21,540
STRETCHER, I'LL GO.
816
00:50:24,064 --> 00:50:30,201
I WAS CALLED...BY THE STUDIO.
>> METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER -- OH,
817
00:50:30,244 --> 00:50:33,639
OH, WHAT A LION.
>> AND I WAS TOLD TO REPORT TO
818
00:50:33,682 --> 00:50:38,035
WESTERN COSTUME COMPANY BECAUSE
I WOULD NEED A COSTUME FOR THE
819
00:50:38,078 --> 00:50:41,038
FILM THEY WERE DOING.
AND THAT WAS THE WORDS THAT WERE
820
00:50:41,081 --> 00:50:43,866
USED -- "THIS FILM THEY WERE
DOING."
821
00:50:43,910 --> 00:50:46,043
>> SNAP INTO IT, GIRLS.
YOU'RE FIVE MINUTES LATE NOW.
822
00:50:46,086 --> 00:50:49,176
>> I DIDN'T NOTICE THERE WEREN'T
CAMERAS.
823
00:50:49,220 --> 00:50:55,791
I WAS TRUSTING. I WAS DUMB.
I'D NEVER BEEN AROUND BAD
824
00:50:55,835 --> 00:51:01,014
PEOPLE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW ONE
WHEN I SAW ONE.
825
00:51:01,058 --> 00:51:06,367
I'VE ALWAYS...BEEN FORTUNATE
ENOUGH THAT I COULD TRUST
826
00:51:06,411 --> 00:51:13,548
ANYBODY.
BUT YOU COULDN'T TRUST THIS MAN.
827
00:51:18,249 --> 00:51:25,038
SLIME.
PURE SLIME.
828
00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:28,607
HE WANTED ME TO TEACH HIM TO
DANCE.
829
00:51:28,650 --> 00:51:30,652
I DIDN'T WANT ANY PART OF HIM.
830
00:51:33,481 --> 00:51:39,400
AND WE GOT BACK TO THE TABLE,
AND THERE WAS...
831
00:51:39,444 --> 00:51:46,668
PITCHERS -- PITCHERS.
ONE OF THEM HAD SOMETHING BUBBLY
832
00:51:46,712 --> 00:51:51,238
IN IT...
AND THE OTHER ONE HAD A TERRIBLE
833
00:51:51,282 --> 00:51:55,590
ODOR, AND THEY SAID THAT WAS
SCOTCH...
834
00:51:55,634 --> 00:51:57,592
>> IN FACT, WE RUN OUT OF SCOTCH
LAST NIGHT.
835
00:51:57,636 --> 00:52:01,727
>> ...AND THAT THE OTHER ONE WAS
CHAMPAGNE.
836
00:52:01,770 --> 00:52:04,121
>> CHAMPAGNE, CHAMPAGNE, AND
MORE CHAMPAGNE!
837
00:52:04,164 --> 00:52:08,386
>> THE ONLY WAY I'D EVER SEEN
CHAMPAGNE WAS IN A MOVIE, WHERE
838
00:52:08,429 --> 00:52:11,084
THEY POP IT AND IT FOAMS ALL
OVER.
839
00:52:11,128 --> 00:52:15,132
AND TO SEE IT IN A REGULAR
840
00:52:15,175 --> 00:52:20,180
PITCHER WAS SUCH A COMEDOWN,
MENTALLY, FOR THE WAY I HAD IT
841
00:52:20,224 --> 00:52:27,666
PICTURED.
AND THEY SAID, "DO YOU WANT TO
842
00:52:27,709 --> 00:52:29,972
TASTE IT?"
AND I SAID, "NO. NO.
843
00:52:30,016 --> 00:52:33,324
I DON'T DRINK."
AND THAT OTHER ONE THAT SMELLED
844
00:52:33,367 --> 00:52:36,065
SO AWFUL -- "WELL, THAT'S
SCOTCH."
845
00:52:36,109 --> 00:52:40,418
"WELL, HOW CAN ANYBODY DRINK
SOMETHING THAT SMELLS THAT BAD?"
846
00:52:40,461 --> 00:52:43,769
"WELL, IT'S DELICIOUS.
TASTE IT."
847
00:52:43,812 --> 00:52:48,643
"NO, I DON'T WANT TO TASTE IT."
SO, WHEN I WOULDN'T DRINK, THEY
848
00:52:48,687 --> 00:52:53,474
POURED SOME CHAMPAGNE AND SOME
SCOTCH INTO A GLASS, AND ONE OF
849
00:52:53,518 --> 00:52:59,567
THEM HELD MY NOSE AND THE OTHER
ONE POURED THE LIQUOR ALL OVER
850
00:52:59,611 --> 00:53:07,184
ME AND DOWN MY THROAT...
AND ALMOST THE WHOLE GLASS.
851
00:53:07,227 --> 00:53:12,406
SO, RIGHT AWAY I HAD TO GO
OUTSIDE TO VOMIT, AND I COULD
852
00:53:12,450 --> 00:53:20,762
HARDLY WALK.
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ANYMORE.
853
00:53:31,251 --> 00:53:35,864
I WANT TO REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE
I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT IT
854
00:53:35,908 --> 00:53:41,305
FEELS LIKE TO BE VIOLATED.
AND THEN, IN OTHER WAYS, I DON'T
855
00:53:41,348 --> 00:53:45,309
WANT THEM TO KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S A
HORRIBLE FEELING.
856
00:53:45,352 --> 00:53:51,271
>> NO. LEAVE ME ALONE.
>> AND WHEN ROSS WAS -- I'M
857
00:53:51,315 --> 00:53:54,231
SORRY.
I HAVE TO USE THE WORD
858
00:53:54,274 --> 00:54:00,889
"ATTACKING."
I CANNOT USE THE OTHER WORD.
859
00:54:00,933 --> 00:54:09,158
HE'D SAID THAT...
HE WANTED TO DESTROY ME.
860
00:54:09,202 --> 00:54:16,078
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULD WANT
TO DESTROY ME.
861
00:54:16,122 --> 00:54:25,000
OH, I'M GETTING COLD CHILLS.
862
00:54:25,044 --> 00:54:27,046
OH, GOD, I'M COLD.
863
00:54:32,399 --> 00:54:36,621
HE WAS SLAPPING ME IN THE
FACE...
864
00:54:36,664 --> 00:54:40,320
TO KEEP ME AWAKE...
'CAUSE HE WANTED ME TO
865
00:54:40,364 --> 00:54:44,846
COOPERATE, AND I WAS FIGHTING
HIM.
866
00:54:44,890 --> 00:54:48,981
I WAS SCREAMING, "I HAVE BEEN
ATTACKED!
867
00:54:49,024 --> 00:54:56,118
I HAVE BEEN ATTACKED!"
AND THEN SOMEONE -- I THINK IT
868
00:54:56,162 --> 00:55:01,123
WAS THE...
MAN IN CHARGE OF THE PARKING
869
00:55:01,167 --> 00:55:07,304
LOT -- CALLED TO ME.
THEY BROUGHT ME HOME IN AN
870
00:55:07,347 --> 00:55:12,047
AMBULANCE, AND I WENT TO SLEEP,
AND I DIDN'T WAKE UP UNTIL...
871
00:55:12,091 --> 00:55:17,183
THE NEXT AFTERNOON.
MY EYES SWELLED UP, AND BESIDES
872
00:55:17,226 --> 00:55:22,710
THAT, I WAS EXTREMELY SORE,
LADYLIKE, IN MY EXTREMITIES, IS
873
00:55:22,754 --> 00:55:27,324
THE ONLY WAY I CAN THINK OF TO
SAY IT.
874
00:55:27,367 --> 00:55:31,806
AND THEN MY FAMILY -- I DON'T
KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T MENTION IT.
875
00:55:31,850 --> 00:55:35,375
THE PICTURES IN THE PAPER WERE
NEVER MENTIONED.
876
00:55:35,419 --> 00:55:42,208
HOW DID I FEEL? WAS I SORE?
DO I -- IS THERE ANYTHING I NEED
877
00:55:42,251 --> 00:55:46,255
TO MAKE ME FEEL -- NOTHING.
A HUG WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE, I
878
00:55:46,299 --> 00:55:51,652
IMAGINE, BUT I NEVER GOT THAT.
IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED.
879
00:55:51,696 --> 00:55:55,787
IT NEVER HAPPENED.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN FIGURE
880
00:55:55,830 --> 00:55:59,007
OUT.
THE WAY MY FAMILY HANDLED IT WAS
881
00:55:59,051 --> 00:56:04,012
TO IGNORE IT.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
882
00:56:04,056 --> 00:56:09,017
I DID WANT HIM PUNISHED.
I COULD NOT GET HIM OFF MY MIND
883
00:56:09,061 --> 00:56:16,634
BECAUSE HE TOOK MY INNOCENCE,
BECAUSE I WAS A VIRGIN, AND HE
884
00:56:16,677 --> 00:56:24,555
LEFT ME...
WITH HORRENDOUS MEMORIES OF MY
885
00:56:24,598 --> 00:56:30,517
FIRST TIME.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT
886
00:56:30,561 --> 00:56:35,217
AFFECTED THE REST OF MY LIFE
PHYSICALLY.
887
00:56:35,261 --> 00:56:41,485
I WAS A FRIGID...WOMAN, AND I
NEVER CHANGED.
888
00:56:43,748 --> 00:56:51,930
IT WAS A PACKED COURTROOM.
THIS DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID TO
889
00:56:51,973 --> 00:56:58,327
THE JURY AND THE COURTROOM,
"LOOK AT HER," AND HE SAID IT
890
00:56:58,371 --> 00:57:00,504
WITH SUCH DISGUST.
891
00:57:00,547 --> 00:57:06,640
"LOOK AT HER.
WHO WOULD WANT HER?"
892
00:57:06,684 --> 00:57:12,472
AND IT CHANGED MY ENTIRE LIFE.
AND I OFTEN WONDER IF THAT
893
00:57:12,516 --> 00:57:17,869
MAN -- IF IT EVER BOTHERED HIM
THAT HE HAD DONE THAT TO ANOTHER
894
00:57:17,912 --> 00:57:22,047
HUMAN BEING OR IF HE REALIZED
WHAT HE HAD DONE.
895
00:57:22,090 --> 00:57:24,876
>> AND THEN WHEN YOU LEAVE THE
COURTROOM, REPORTERS PUSH YOU UP
896
00:57:24,919 --> 00:57:27,444
AGAINST DAVID ROSS, WHO'S SHOWN
UP WITH LOUIS B. MAYER'S
897
00:57:27,487 --> 00:57:31,448
PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO CALL YOUR
CHARGES "ABSURD AND RIDICULOUS."
898
00:57:31,491 --> 00:57:37,758
>> OH, IT WAS SO HORRENDOUS.
I BELIEVE I JUST GAVE UP.
899
00:57:37,802 --> 00:57:41,240
I DIDN'T LIKE MY LIFE, AND I
WANTED TO GET OUT OF IT.
900
00:57:41,283 --> 00:57:45,766
>> AND THEN YOU HAVE A VAGUE
MEMORY OF TRYING TO JUMP OUT THE
901
00:57:45,810 --> 00:57:49,509
WINDOW.
>> I REMEMBER SEEING A WINDOW AT
902
00:57:49,553 --> 00:57:53,644
THE END OF THE CORRIDOR -- WE
WERE WAY UP HIGH -- AND RUNNING
903
00:57:53,687 --> 00:57:57,430
TOWARDS IT.
THAT'S ALL I CAN REMEMBER.
904
00:57:57,474 --> 00:58:03,262
I JUST WANTED TO GET IT OVER
WITH, WHATEVER IT TOOK.
905
00:58:03,305 --> 00:58:06,918
MY OWN DAUGHTER, MY
GRANDCHILDREN HAVE NO IDEA.
906
00:58:06,961 --> 00:58:14,316
THEY'RE GONNA BE ASTOUNDED TO
FIND OUT THAT I WAS IN THIS...
907
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:21,846
"SCANDAL" 65 YEARS AGO.
BUT I'D LIKE THEM TO KNOW IT,
908
00:58:21,889 --> 00:58:27,721
BUT ONLY UNDER THE CONDITION
THAT THEY KNEW...
909
00:58:27,765 --> 00:58:33,335
THAT I REALLY WAS A NICE PERSON.
I WASN'T THIS DIRTY WOMAN.
910
00:58:33,379 --> 00:58:36,513
I WASN'T AN EASY WOMAN.
>> A RAPE VICTIM IS LOOKED UPON
911
00:58:36,556 --> 00:58:39,820
AS SOMEONE WHO BROUGHT IT ON
HERSELF, AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES
912
00:58:39,864 --> 00:58:43,563
IT SO DIFFERENT FROM OTHER
CRIMES, IS THE WOMAN FEELS
913
00:58:43,607 --> 00:58:47,306
DIRTY.
SHE FEELS CHEAP, TRASH.
914
00:58:47,349 --> 00:58:52,485
>> I THOUGHT, "WELL, IF I HAD A
CHILD, I COULD GIVE MY LOVE SO
915
00:58:52,529 --> 00:58:55,053
FREELY AND IT WOULD BE
RECIPROCATED.
916
00:58:55,096 --> 00:58:58,839
THERE WOULD BE NO JUDGING ME.
THEY WOULDN'T -- THEY WOULD
917
00:58:58,883 --> 00:59:02,843
THINK I WAS WONDERFUL NO MATTER
WHO I WAS OR WHAT I LOOKED LIKE
918
00:59:02,887 --> 00:59:04,932
OR WHAT I DID OR WHAT I HAD
DONE.
919
00:59:04,976 --> 00:59:07,021
IT WOULD BE MINE."
920
00:59:07,065 --> 00:59:10,459
>> WHEN I WAS ABOUT 2, I HAD A
RUPTURED APPENDIX, AND I WAS IN
921
00:59:10,503 --> 00:59:13,158
THE HOSPITAL A LONG TIME.
IT WAS VERY UPSETTING
922
00:59:13,201 --> 00:59:16,553
EMOTIONALLY, AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE
HAVING THAT KIND OF EMOTION.
923
00:59:16,596 --> 00:59:19,686
WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL,
SHE SENT ME TO LIVE WITH MY
924
00:59:19,730 --> 00:59:23,690
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, AND I DON'T
REMEMBER SEEING HER FOR YEARS.
925
00:59:23,734 --> 00:59:28,347
SHE SLEPT ALL DAY, AND THEN SHE
ATE A BIG DINNER AND WATCHED TV
926
00:59:28,390 --> 00:59:31,524
AND THEN STAYED UP ALL NIGHT
LONG.
927
00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:34,701
I DIDN'T EXPECT HER TO IRON MY
CLOTHES OR COOK A MEAL OR GO TO
928
00:59:34,745 --> 00:59:39,053
MY SCHOOL OR TALK TO MY TEACHERS
OR...ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
929
00:59:39,097 --> 00:59:41,447
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE DID.
I GUESS SHE WAS ASLEEP.
930
00:59:41,490 --> 00:59:47,714
>> I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT'S...
WELL, LET'S SAY WE DON'T GET
931
00:59:47,758 --> 00:59:50,848
ALONG.
SHE GETS ALONG WITH ME FOR HER
932
00:59:50,891 --> 00:59:55,330
FRIENDS' SAKE, I THINK, SO THAT
WHEN THEY SAY, "MY MOTHER," THEN
933
00:59:55,374 --> 00:59:59,160
SHE CAN BE ABLE TO DO IT, TOO.
BUT OTHERWISE, THERE'S NO
934
00:59:59,204 --> 01:00:02,207
CLOSENESS THERE.
>> I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY SHE
935
01:00:02,250 --> 01:00:06,559
COULDN'T SEEM TO LEAVE THE HOUSE
AND SHE NEVER HAD ANY FRIENDS.
936
01:00:06,603 --> 01:00:10,737
>> BECAUSE I WAS SO ALONE.
>> DID YOUR MOTHER EVER TALK TO
937
01:00:10,781 --> 01:00:13,131
YOU ABOUT SEX?
>> OH, NO.
938
01:00:13,174 --> 01:00:17,048
NO.
>> AS FAR AS SEX WAS CONCERNED,
939
01:00:17,091 --> 01:00:21,922
THAT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED TO ME.
I NEVER HAD A MOTHER-DAUGHTER
940
01:00:21,966 --> 01:00:23,750
TALK.
I NEVER HAD THAT.
941
01:00:23,794 --> 01:00:28,712
SO I MARRIED A MAN AND USED THE
EXPRESSION "AS A STUD."
942
01:00:28,755 --> 01:00:32,237
I HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER OUT
OF IT.
943
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:36,763
HE WASN'T WORTHY...
AND SHE'S JUST LIKE HIM.
944
01:00:36,807 --> 01:00:42,464
>> SHE WAS STIFLED EMOTIONALLY,
AND THEN PHYSICALLY SHE STIFLED
945
01:00:42,508 --> 01:00:46,207
HERSELF.
>> MY SECOND HUSBAND -- I THINK
946
01:00:46,251 --> 01:00:51,038
I KNEW HIM NO MORE THAN THREE
WEEKS, MAYBE TWO.
947
01:00:51,082 --> 01:00:58,393
HE HAD NEVER BEEN MARRIED, AND
BECAUSE OF MY LOW SELF-ESTEEM,
948
01:00:58,437 --> 01:01:01,745
HE WAS A CHALLENGE.
>> I ONLY LIVED WITH MY MOTHER
949
01:01:01,788 --> 01:01:09,404
BY HERSELF, WITH A HUSBAND, A
STEPFATHER, ONCE, JUST FOR A
950
01:01:09,448 --> 01:01:12,712
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
IT WAS WHEN I WAS 9.
951
01:01:12,756 --> 01:01:18,152
>> AND THEN MY LAST HUSBAND --
HE MARRIED ME WHEN HE WASN'T
952
01:01:18,196 --> 01:01:21,808
DIVORCED AND TOLD ME HE WAS
DIVORCED.
953
01:01:21,852 --> 01:01:25,116
>> HE WAS KIND OF SCARY.
>> BECAUSE THEY WANTED SEX, AND
954
01:01:25,159 --> 01:01:29,163
THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD GET IT
WAS TO MARRY ME.
955
01:01:29,207 --> 01:01:33,559
SO THEY BECAME BIGAMISTS.
TWO OF THEM BECAME BIGAMISTS
956
01:01:33,602 --> 01:01:37,737
JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SEX.
>> HE WAS MEAN.
957
01:01:37,781 --> 01:01:43,090
HE WAS...DEVIOUS.
HE'D DO THINGS...
958
01:01:43,134 --> 01:01:47,355
BEHIND HER BACK.
HE'D TAKE A BATH WITH ME, AND I
959
01:01:47,399 --> 01:01:50,010
WAS SCARED NOT TO DO WHAT HE
SAID.
960
01:01:50,054 --> 01:01:56,060
AND...HE WANTED ME TO DO THINGS
TO HIM, AND...
961
01:01:56,103 --> 01:01:59,019
YOU KNOW, IT WAS OUR LITTLE
SECRET, OF COURSE -- YOU KNOW,
962
01:01:59,063 --> 01:02:02,414
THAT OLD DEAL.
BUT I JUST HAD A FEELING THAT I
963
01:02:02,457 --> 01:02:06,940
WAS ALMOST BEING...
PUT OUT AS A SACRIFICE TO KEEP
964
01:02:06,984 --> 01:02:10,117
HIS INTEREST IN HER, IN BEING
THERE.
965
01:02:10,161 --> 01:02:12,554
>> SO I NEVER DATED AGAIN, AND I
BLEW IT.
966
01:02:12,598 --> 01:02:18,952
I WAS ABOUT 35.
BUT YOU CAN NEVER MISS WHAT
967
01:02:18,996 --> 01:02:22,216
YOU'VE NEVER HAD.
>> ALL I EVER WANTED, I REMEMBER
968
01:02:22,260 --> 01:02:25,002
GROWING UP, WAS TO HAVE A REAL
FAMILY.
969
01:02:25,045 --> 01:02:28,614
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN THE TYPICAL
MOTHER, STAY-AT-HOME MOM --
970
01:02:28,657 --> 01:02:33,750
BROWNIES, GIRL SCOUTS, ROOM
MOTHER -- FOR MY FOUR KIDS.
971
01:02:33,793 --> 01:02:38,058
COME ON THROUGH.
YOU'RE A GOOD GIRL.
972
01:02:38,102 --> 01:02:40,017
THIS ONE SUCKED MY THUMB ALL THE
WAY TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER SHE
973
01:02:40,060 --> 01:02:42,062
WAS BORN.
974
01:02:42,106 --> 01:02:45,892
THEIR STALLS ARE ALWAYS OPEN.
DOORS ARE NEVER SHUT.
975
01:02:45,936 --> 01:02:51,245
I THINK THEY'RE HAPPY HORSES.
I WENT TO VISIT MY MOTHER ONE
976
01:02:51,289 --> 01:02:55,119
TIME, TO LAS VEGAS, AND MY
DAUGHTER WAS WITH ME, AND SHE
977
01:02:55,162 --> 01:02:58,818
HAD MENTIONED IN A TELEPHONE
CONVERSATION, "YOU DON'T KNOW
978
01:02:58,862 --> 01:03:02,430
ME."
SO, VERY INNOCENTLY AND VERY
979
01:03:02,474 --> 01:03:07,174
CALMLY OVER DINNER, I SAID, "SO,
MOM, TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF.
980
01:03:07,218 --> 01:03:11,222
WHAT WAS YOUR CHILDHOOD LIKE?"
AND, I MEAN, YOU COULD ALMOST
981
01:03:11,265 --> 01:03:14,834
SEE THE HAIR ON HER NECK GO UP.
SHE JUST STARTED BREATHING HEAVY
982
01:03:14,878 --> 01:03:18,011
AND GOT ALL FLUSTERED AND,
"WHAT, ARE YOU INTERROGATING
983
01:03:18,055 --> 01:03:20,100
ME?"
AND THEN I SAID TO MY DAUGHTER
984
01:03:20,144 --> 01:03:24,583
LATER, "DOES THAT GIVE YOU ANY
IDEA...
985
01:03:24,626 --> 01:03:27,586
OF THE WAY I GREW UP, MY
CHILDHOOD?"
986
01:03:27,629 --> 01:03:31,111
SHE SAYS, "THAT'S JUST BIZARRE."
987
01:03:31,155 --> 01:03:33,635
>> SHE TOOK ME TO MY FIRST GAY
BAR WHEN I WAS 19.
988
01:03:33,679 --> 01:03:35,986
WHEN I FINALLY TOLD HER, SHE'S
LIKE, "OH, GOD!
989
01:03:36,029 --> 01:03:38,771
THANK GOD ONE OF YOU IS!
GRANDMA ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE A
990
01:03:38,815 --> 01:03:40,817
QUEEN."
991
01:03:40,860 --> 01:03:44,951
>> I DON'T WANT MY GRANDCHILDREN
TO BE EMBARRASSED BECAUSE THEY
992
01:03:44,995 --> 01:03:48,476
DON'T KNOW THE REAL STORY.
THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
993
01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:51,305
>> EVERYTHING WAS A SECRET.
WE NEVER KNEW ANYTHING.
994
01:03:51,349 --> 01:03:56,920
>> SO, I'D LIKE THEM TO KNOW THE
WHOLE STORY.
995
01:03:56,963 --> 01:03:58,704
>> NO, THAT WAS WHAT SHE TOLD
ME.
996
01:03:58,747 --> 01:04:00,880
>> MOM, YOU LOOK GORGEOUS.
>> BYE. LOVE YOU.
997
01:04:00,924 --> 01:04:02,926
>> LOVE YOU, TOO.
998
01:04:06,451 --> 01:04:10,672
>> YOU WERE SAYING TO THIS DAY
YOU CAN'T WATCH A MOVIE WHERE
999
01:04:10,716 --> 01:04:15,982
THERE'S A RAPE.
>> IT CONJURES UP MEMORIES.
1000
01:04:16,026 --> 01:04:18,071
>> FIVE DECADES AFTER
PATRICIA DOUGLAS IS RAPED,
1001
01:04:18,115 --> 01:04:21,118
"THE ACCUSED" IS RELEASED.
HERE'S A MOVIE ABOUT A RAPE
1002
01:04:21,161 --> 01:04:24,338
VICTIM WHO TAKES HER CASE TO
COURT AND WINS.
1003
01:04:24,382 --> 01:04:27,646
>> THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT
THIS MOVIE IS THAT IT FORCES YOU
1004
01:04:27,689 --> 01:04:29,866
TO SEE THE HUMAN UGLINESS IN ALL
OF US.
1005
01:04:29,909 --> 01:04:33,173
>> ONE ACTRESS WINS AN OSCAR.
THE OTHER ACTRESS GOES PUBLIC
1006
01:04:33,217 --> 01:04:35,436
WITH THE FACT THAT SHE HAS BEEN
RAPED.
1007
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:39,049
>> I WOULDN'T ALLOW THE AUDIENCE
TO GO TO THIS FILM AND SAY,
1008
01:04:39,092 --> 01:04:42,574
"WELL, THIS IS JUST A MOVIE.
THIS DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN."
1009
01:04:42,617 --> 01:04:46,143
NO, I'M HERE TO SAY THAT IT DOES
HAPPEN AND IT REALLY DOES HAPPEN
1010
01:04:46,186 --> 01:04:49,798
TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD,
AND I THINK IT AFFECTED ME
1011
01:04:49,842 --> 01:04:53,541
GREATLY AND I THINK IT WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT ME THE REST
1012
01:04:53,585 --> 01:04:56,980
OF MY LIFE.
>> BUT I CANNOT WATCH...
1013
01:04:57,023 --> 01:05:02,333
ANY MOVIE WHERE THEY SHOW AN
ACTUAL PERSON BEING ATTACKED,
1014
01:05:02,376 --> 01:05:06,728
AND BY THAT, I MEAN A PHYSICAL
ATTACK...
1015
01:05:06,772 --> 01:05:10,210
INVOLVING SEX.
I CANNOT WATCH...
1016
01:05:10,254 --> 01:05:14,562
TO THIS DAY.
AND, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN 65
1017
01:05:14,606 --> 01:05:19,567
YEARS.
>> SO, AFTER THE GRAND JURY SETS
1018
01:05:19,611 --> 01:05:23,223
DAVID ROSS FREE, YOU FILE A
FEDERAL RAPE CASE -- APPARENTLY
1019
01:05:23,267 --> 01:05:25,922
THE FIRST ONE EVER.
THEN NOTHING HAPPENS.
1020
01:05:25,965 --> 01:05:28,272
WHY DID THIS LANDMARK CASE GO
AWAY?
1021
01:05:28,315 --> 01:05:34,017
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
THAT IS COMPLETELY VAGUE.
1022
01:05:34,060 --> 01:05:37,672
>> THE WAY IT ULTIMATELY ENDED,
TO ME, SUGGESTS THAT SOMETHING
1023
01:05:37,716 --> 01:05:40,240
OCCURRED -- SOMETHING THAT WAS
NOT RIGHT.
1024
01:05:40,284 --> 01:05:42,242
>> NO, I WENT TO THE LAWYER HE
TOLD ME.
1025
01:05:42,286 --> 01:05:44,941
I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE NAME.
>> WILLIAM J.F. BROWN.
1026
01:05:44,984 --> 01:05:47,769
>> MY NAME IS KELLY BROWN.
MY FATHER WENT INTO HIS OWN
1027
01:05:47,813 --> 01:05:51,034
PRACTICE, CRIMINAL LAW, WHICH HE
THOROUGHLY ENJOYED, AND DID THAT
1028
01:05:51,077 --> 01:05:53,079
TILL HIS RETIREMENT.
1029
01:05:53,123 --> 01:05:57,692
>> THIS CASE WAS DISMISSED IN
STATE COURT, WAS REFILED IN
1030
01:05:57,736 --> 01:06:01,000
FEDERAL COURT.
IT SAT FOR THREE YEARS AND WAS
1031
01:06:01,044 --> 01:06:04,264
DISMISSED BY THE COURT FOR LACK
OF PROSECUTION.
1032
01:06:04,308 --> 01:06:08,268
>> HE WAS VERY FLAMBOYANT IN THE
L.A. LIFESTYLE AND ALWAYS SMOKED
1033
01:06:08,312 --> 01:06:11,097
A CIGAR.
>> IN THIS INSTANCE, THERE'S A
1034
01:06:11,141 --> 01:06:15,536
DOCUMENT DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1940,
WHICH REFERENCES A FEBRUARY 5,
1035
01:06:15,580 --> 01:06:19,671
1940, CASE HAVING BEEN CALLED
FOR THE THIRD TIME AND NO ONE
1036
01:06:19,714 --> 01:06:21,760
SHOWED.
>> I WOULD GO DOWNTOWN WITH HIM
1037
01:06:21,803 --> 01:06:23,414
A LOT.
HE'D LIKE TO TAKE ME TO COURT.
1038
01:06:23,457 --> 01:06:27,984
>> HER LAWYER DID NOT SHOW IN
FEDERAL COURT ON THREE
1039
01:06:28,027 --> 01:06:30,725
OCCASIONS.
>> BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT
1040
01:06:30,769 --> 01:06:34,077
KIND OF TURNED ME OFF TO THE
LAW, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT, THAT
1041
01:06:34,120 --> 01:06:37,558
IT WAS JUST A LOT OF DEALS BEING
MADE, AND, I THINK, MORE SO IN
1042
01:06:37,602 --> 01:06:39,691
THOSE DAYS.
>> THE ONLY REASON YOU DON'T
1043
01:06:39,734 --> 01:06:42,476
SHOW UP AT A TRIAL CALL IS IF
YOU'VE SETTLED THE CASE AND
1044
01:06:42,520 --> 01:06:45,088
YOU'VE GOT A SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT DONE, LET'S SAY, AND
1045
01:06:45,131 --> 01:06:48,134
YOU DON'T CARE THAT THE CASE IS
GONNA GET DISMISSED BECAUSE IT'S
1046
01:06:48,178 --> 01:06:50,658
BEEN RESOLVED.
BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
1047
01:06:50,702 --> 01:06:54,358
THERE WAS NO SETTLEMENT, AND SO
IF THERE WAS NO SETTLEMENT AND
1048
01:06:54,401 --> 01:06:57,926
THIS CASE WAS PENDING IN FEDERAL
COURT...
1049
01:06:57,970 --> 01:07:01,060
THEY PUNKED IT.
>> IT WOULD BE A LITTLE HARDER
1050
01:07:01,104 --> 01:07:04,846
TO GET AWAY WITH THOSE THINGS IN
OUR DECADES THAN IT WAS THEN.
1051
01:07:04,890 --> 01:07:07,371
>> FOR THE LAWYER TO HAVE
DROPPED THE BALL AND TO HAVE
1052
01:07:07,414 --> 01:07:09,851
ALLOWED THE CASE TO BE
DISMISSED -- I MEAN, I THINK
1053
01:07:09,895 --> 01:07:12,071
THAT IS MALPRACTICE.
>> THE LAWYER'S BEHAVIOR IS
1054
01:07:12,115 --> 01:07:14,073
DEPLORABLE.
THE LAWYER SHOULD BE ARRESTED.
1055
01:07:14,117 --> 01:07:17,468
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS
LAWYER THAT REPRESENTED HER
1056
01:07:17,511 --> 01:07:20,688
ULTIMATELY RAN FOR THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY OF L.A. COUNTY.
1057
01:07:20,732 --> 01:07:24,083
>> HE RAN FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
>> AND I DON'T THINK YOU WIN AN
1058
01:07:24,127 --> 01:07:27,391
ELECTION IN THE 1930s FOR THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF L.A. COUNTY
1059
01:07:27,434 --> 01:07:30,829
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MGM, THE
BIGGEST EMPLOYER IN L.A. COUNTY.
1060
01:07:30,872 --> 01:07:33,701
>> IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE MGM HAD
A LOCK -- A LOCK ON THE
1061
01:07:33,745 --> 01:07:36,182
COMMUNITY.
>> THE MOVIE INDUSTRY WAS HUGE
1062
01:07:36,226 --> 01:07:39,533
IN THOSE DAYS, AND...
1063
01:07:39,577 --> 01:07:43,885
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE IN BED WITH
A LOT OF THE CITY OFFICIALS.
1064
01:07:43,929 --> 01:07:46,888
>> IN BOTH THE STATE CASE AND
THE FEDERAL CASE, THE FIRST
1065
01:07:46,932 --> 01:07:49,804
ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS THE
APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN AD
1066
01:07:49,848 --> 01:07:52,633
LITEM -- HER MOTHER.
SO, MILDRED MITCHELL ESSENTIALLY
1067
01:07:52,677 --> 01:07:55,419
CONTROLLED THE LITIGATION AND
MADE DECISIONS IN THE
1068
01:07:55,462 --> 01:07:57,769
LITIGATION.
>> NOT ONLY DID HER MOTHER HAVE
1069
01:07:57,812 --> 01:08:00,989
A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PURSUE THE
CLAIM FOR HER AS THE GUARDIAN,
1070
01:08:01,033 --> 01:08:03,905
AS HER MOTHER, BUT YOU WOULD
THINK SHE WOULD ALSO HAVE A
1071
01:08:03,949 --> 01:08:05,864
MORAL OBLIGATION.
THIS IS YOUR KID.
1072
01:08:05,907 --> 01:08:07,909
THIS IS YOUR DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS RAPED.
1073
01:08:07,953 --> 01:08:10,912
>> THE MOTHER...
PULLED THE PLUG.
1074
01:08:10,956 --> 01:08:12,653
>> AND HER MOTHER SOLD HER OUT.
1075
01:08:15,482 --> 01:08:19,269
>> PATRICIA DOUGLAS TOOK A RISK,
AND SHE REALLY, ESPECIALLY IN
1076
01:08:19,312 --> 01:08:23,099
THAT DAY AND AGE, STEPPED UP TO
GET THIS OUT THERE, TO STOP IT
1077
01:08:23,142 --> 01:08:27,015
FROM HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE,
TO VINDICATE HER RIGHTS, AND TO
1078
01:08:27,059 --> 01:08:29,540
HAVE HER MOTHER AND HER
LAWYER -- TO HAVE IT UNFOLD THE
1079
01:08:29,583 --> 01:08:32,673
WAY IT UNFOLDED IS A MISCARRIAGE
OF JUSTICE.
1080
01:08:32,717 --> 01:08:35,981
>> IT'S HARD TO EVEN THINK OF A
SORT OF DAVID AND GOLIATH STORY
1081
01:08:36,024 --> 01:08:39,115
MORE THAN THIS ONE, EXCEPT FOR
IN THE END, DAVID DIDN'T WIN
1082
01:08:39,158 --> 01:08:41,204
THIS.
PATRICIA DOUGLAS DIDN'T WIN THIS
1083
01:08:41,247 --> 01:08:44,424
CASE IN THE END.
MGM SUCCESSFULLY DID.
1084
01:08:44,468 --> 01:08:47,079
THEY HAD THE D.A.
THEY HAD THE NEWSPAPER.
1085
01:08:47,123 --> 01:08:50,735
THEY HAD THE ONE WITNESS WHO
COULD CORROBORATE -- SUDDENLY HE
1086
01:08:50,778 --> 01:08:54,391
CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID AT
FIRST, AND SUDDENLY HE'S GIVEN
1087
01:08:54,434 --> 01:08:58,134
THIS GREAT JOB AT MGM FOREVER.
THEY HAD THE DOCTOR, THEY HAD
1088
01:08:58,177 --> 01:09:00,527
THE HOSPITAL, THEY HAD HER
LAWYER.
1089
01:09:00,571 --> 01:09:04,183
MGM EVEN HAD HER OWN MOTHER.
THE FIX WAS IN.
1090
01:09:04,227 --> 01:09:07,578
>> MILDRED MITCHELL USED HER
HUSH MONEY TO BUY A LIQUOR
1091
01:09:07,621 --> 01:09:10,972
STORE, HORSES, FURS, AND A
YOUNGER HUSBAND WHO ABANDONED
1092
01:09:11,016 --> 01:09:14,541
HER AND TOOK IT ALL WITH HIM.
>> HE WALKED OUT WITH EVERYTHING
1093
01:09:14,585 --> 01:09:17,065
MY GRANDMOTHER HAD AND LEFT HER
WAY IN DEBT.
1094
01:09:17,109 --> 01:09:20,330
>> EXCEPT FOR HER THREE BRIEF
MARRIAGES, PATRICIA DOUGLAS
1095
01:09:20,373 --> 01:09:23,028
LIVED HER ENTIRE ADULT LIFE WITH
HER MOTHER.
1096
01:09:23,071 --> 01:09:26,640
SHE SWORE SHE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT
MILDRED MITCHELL'S BETRAYAL, BUT
1097
01:09:26,684 --> 01:09:30,078
I SENSED ON SOME LEVEL SHE'D
ALWAYS KNOWN THE TRUTH AND WAS
1098
01:09:30,122 --> 01:09:32,429
PUNISHING BOTH HER MOTHER AND
HERSELF.
1099
01:09:32,472 --> 01:09:37,173
>> I NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT.
IT WAS LIKE A SYMBIOTIC
1100
01:09:37,216 --> 01:09:40,219
LOVE-HATE THING.
SHE COULDN'T LEAVE HER MOTHER,
1101
01:09:40,263 --> 01:09:42,308
BUT SHE WAS MEAN AND ANGRY AT
HER ALL THE TIME.
1102
01:09:42,352 --> 01:09:48,532
MY MOTHER SAID ONE TIME, ABOUT
10, 15 YEARS AGO, "YOU JUST
1103
01:09:48,575 --> 01:09:53,189
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONE ON."
AND I SAID, "WELL, DON'T YOU
1104
01:09:53,232 --> 01:09:56,583
THINK WHATEVER IT WAS, IT'S TIME
TO LET IT GO?"
1105
01:09:56,627 --> 01:09:59,325
I SAID, "MY GOD, YOU'RE 75 YEARS
OLD.
1106
01:09:59,369 --> 01:10:03,199
SHE'S 95. LET IT GO."
"OH, WELL, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW."
1107
01:10:03,242 --> 01:10:06,027
>> THERE'S NO QUESTION
MILDRED MITCHELL FELT GUILTY.
1108
01:10:06,071 --> 01:10:09,292
SHE WENT FROM TOTALLY NEGLECTING
HER DAUGHTER TO WAITING ON HER
1109
01:10:09,335 --> 01:10:12,556
HAND AND FOOT.
>> SHE WAS ALWAYS ACTING LIKE
1110
01:10:12,599 --> 01:10:17,082
SHE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THE
BABY, MAKING SPECIAL MEALS.
1111
01:10:17,125 --> 01:10:21,695
I MEAN, SHE DID EVERYTHING.
AND MY MOTHER WAS JUST NASTY TO
1112
01:10:21,739 --> 01:10:24,698
HER.
>> WE DIDN'T GET REAL CLOSE TILL
1113
01:10:24,742 --> 01:10:27,875
SHE GOT HELPLESS AND I TOOK CARE
OF HER.
1114
01:10:27,919 --> 01:10:31,531
THEN I FELT NEEDED.
I'D SAY THE LAST 10 YEARS OF HER
1115
01:10:31,575 --> 01:10:37,233
LIFE IS THE ONLY TIME I COULD
SAY I REALLY LOVED MY MOTHER.
1116
01:10:37,276 --> 01:10:44,936
I HAVEN'T TOLD THIS TO ANYBODY.
>> AND DO YOU FEEL VINDICATED
1117
01:10:44,979 --> 01:10:49,375
NOW?
>> NO.
1118
01:10:49,419 --> 01:10:53,727
>> WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE YOU
FEEL VINDICATED?
1119
01:10:53,771 --> 01:11:02,562
>> WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE ME
FEEL VINDICATED?
1120
01:11:02,606 --> 01:11:07,306
I WANT IT IN BLACK AND WHITE.
>> 66 YEARS AFTER FIRST SEEKING
1121
01:11:07,350 --> 01:11:09,917
JUSTICE, PATRICIA DOUGLAS
AGREED TO COME FORWARD ONCE
1122
01:11:09,961 --> 01:11:11,963
AGAIN WITH HER STORY.
1123
01:11:12,006 --> 01:11:16,272
>> VANITY FAIRMAGAZINE CALLED
ME AND ASSIGNED ME TO PHOTOGRAPH
1124
01:11:16,315 --> 01:11:19,362
PATRICIA DOUGLAS FOR THEIR
HOLLYWOOD ISSUE.
1125
01:11:19,405 --> 01:11:21,712
SHE WAS A BIT OVERWHELMED.
I SHOWED UP WITH THREE PHOTO
1126
01:11:21,755 --> 01:11:24,192
ASSISTANTS AND SOMEBODY TO DO
HER HAIR AND MAKEUP, AND SHE
1127
01:11:24,236 --> 01:11:26,282
AVOIDED DIRECT EYE CONTACT.
1128
01:11:26,325 --> 01:11:30,634
SHE WAS DEFINITELY IN THIS KIND
OF CAVE SITUATION, AND, LIKE
1129
01:11:30,677 --> 01:11:35,160
WHEN YOU ENTER THE CAVE OF SOME
KIND OF CAGED ANIMAL, SHE WAS
1130
01:11:35,203 --> 01:11:39,077
VERY PROTECTIVE OF HER SPACE.
PATRICIA SAT IN THE SAME PLACE
1131
01:11:39,120 --> 01:11:42,341
ON THE SAME COUCH EVERY DAY.
THAT WAS KIND OF HER THRONE.
1132
01:11:42,385 --> 01:11:45,823
YOU SEE HER MEDICATIONS AND YOU
SEE HER CALENDAR, WHICH SHE'S
1133
01:11:45,866 --> 01:11:49,305
FILLED IN WITH ALL KINDS OF
NOTES ABOUT TALKING TO DAVID AND
1134
01:11:49,348 --> 01:11:52,960
ALL THESE KIND OF PERSONAL ITEMS
THAT ARE KIND OF HER LIFELINE TO
1135
01:11:53,004 --> 01:11:56,573
THE REAL WORLD.
1136
01:11:56,616 --> 01:12:01,795
>> I READ THE ARTICLE.
I CALLED HER, AND I SAID, "I AM
1137
01:12:01,839 --> 01:12:05,451
SO PROUD OF YOU.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THE STRENGTH
1138
01:12:05,495 --> 01:12:10,064
AND COURAGE THAT YOU HAVE AND
THAT YOU HAD TO DO THAT AND TO
1139
01:12:10,108 --> 01:12:13,764
FOLLOW THROUGH LIKE THAT.
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.
1140
01:12:13,807 --> 01:12:18,682
IT WAS JUST AMAZING."
AND I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW WHY
1141
01:12:18,725 --> 01:12:22,120
YOU EVER WOULD NOT HAVE TOLD ME
AND SHARED THAT WITH ME."
1142
01:12:22,163 --> 01:12:26,472
I SAID, "I JUST -- I AM JUST
REALLY PROUD OF YOU."
1143
01:12:26,516 --> 01:12:31,390
AND I GOT NOTHING BUT SILENCE.
I MEAN, SHE WASN'T EVEN GONNA
1144
01:12:31,434 --> 01:12:35,046
RESPOND TO THAT.
AND...
1145
01:12:35,089 --> 01:12:37,744
SHE NEVER DID TALK ABOUT IT TO
ME.
1146
01:12:37,788 --> 01:12:43,271
>> I WAS THINKING THAT I'M
ALMOST 85...
1147
01:12:43,315 --> 01:12:48,364
AND I REALLY SHOULD...
START THINKING ABOUT DYING.
1148
01:12:48,407 --> 01:12:51,584
>> I CALLED THE HOSPITAL, AND I
SAID, "I UNDERSTAND MY MOTHER IS
1149
01:12:51,628 --> 01:12:54,195
IN THE HOSPITAL."
AND THEY SAID, "YES, SHE'S BEEN
1150
01:12:54,239 --> 01:12:59,679
HERE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS."
AND I SAID, "I HAD NO IDEA."
1151
01:12:59,723 --> 01:13:04,684
AND I SAID, "HOW IS SHE DOING?"
AND THEY SAID, "SHE'S NOT DOING
1152
01:13:04,728 --> 01:13:06,947
WELL."
AND I SAID, "DO YOU THINK I
1153
01:13:06,991 --> 01:13:09,167
SHOULD COME?"
SHE SAYS, "YEAH, YOU BETTER
1154
01:13:09,210 --> 01:13:12,388
HURRY."
>> HOW COULD I HELP BUT DO GOOD
1155
01:13:12,431 --> 01:13:17,436
IF I EXPOSED WHAT THEY DID AND
THAT I CHANGED IT IN MY OWN
1156
01:13:17,480 --> 01:13:22,876
LITTLE WAY...
THAT I'M PART OF THAT?
1157
01:13:22,920 --> 01:13:32,843
I'D LIKE TO BE PROUD.
AND NOW I'M NEAR TO TEARS.
1158
01:13:32,886 --> 01:13:37,587
>> AND I TALKED TO HER, AND I
SAID, "I'M HERE," AND...
1159
01:13:37,630 --> 01:13:43,027
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WOULDN'T OR
COULDN'T TALK TO ME, BUT SHE
1160
01:13:43,070 --> 01:13:47,118
DIDN'T LOOK AT ME.
SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
1161
01:13:47,161 --> 01:13:51,731
AND SO I GUESS I WANTED TO THINK
SHE COULDN'T.
1162
01:13:51,775 --> 01:13:56,127
SO I JUST TOLD HER, YOU KNOW,
"GO TOWARD THE LIGHT AND GO BE
1163
01:13:56,170 --> 01:13:59,522
WITH YOUR MOTHER."
>> PATRICIA DOUGLAS DIED LATER
1164
01:13:59,565 --> 01:14:03,874
THAT NIGHT.
SHE WAS 86 YEARS OLD.
1165
01:14:03,917 --> 01:14:05,963
>> IT WAS HER WISHES TO BE
CREMATED.
1166
01:14:06,006 --> 01:14:09,488
WE SAID, "WE WANT HER CREMATED."
"DO YOU WANT TO BUY THIS URN OR
1167
01:14:09,532 --> 01:14:12,012
THAT URN?"
I SAID, "I DON'T WANT TO BUY AN
1168
01:14:12,056 --> 01:14:13,971
URN.
I DON'T WANT THESE ASHES.
1169
01:14:14,014 --> 01:14:16,277
MY MOTHER IS GONE.
SHE IS NOT HERE."
1170
01:14:16,321 --> 01:14:19,803
IT'S LIKE, "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
DO WITH THIS CAR AFTER YOU'VE
1171
01:14:19,846 --> 01:14:23,328
JUNKED IT?"
AND I SAID, "JUST A CARDBOARD
1172
01:14:23,371 --> 01:14:26,374
BOX," SO HE SHOWED ME A
CARDBOARD BOX FOR $25, AND I
1173
01:14:26,418 --> 01:14:29,769
SAID, "THAT'S RIDICULOUS."
I SAID, "I CAN GO TO THE GROCERY
1174
01:14:29,813 --> 01:14:32,859
STORE AND GET A CARDBOARD BOX.
THESE ARE ASHES WE'RE TALKING
1175
01:14:32,903 --> 01:14:35,775
ABOUT."
AND, I MEAN, THEY JUST WERE
1176
01:14:35,819 --> 01:14:38,125
APPALLED.
>> I CALLED THE NEW YORK TIMES
1177
01:14:38,169 --> 01:14:41,433
TO LET THEM KNOW SHE WAS GONE,
AND THEY REFUSED TO RUN AN
1178
01:14:41,477 --> 01:14:44,131
OBITUARY.
HERE'S THE E-MAIL THEY SENT ME.
1179
01:14:44,175 --> 01:14:47,439
"DAVID, WE DID NOT RUN A
PATRICIA DOUGLAS OBITUARY.
1180
01:14:47,483 --> 01:14:50,137
HER STORY IS COMPELLING, AND YOU
TOLD IT.
1181
01:14:50,181 --> 01:14:52,923
FOR AN OBITUARY, WE NEED
SOMETHING MORE -- A SIGNIFICANT
1182
01:14:52,966 --> 01:14:55,795
LEGAL RULING THAT GREW OUT OF
HER CASE, A NEWS PICK OF SOME
1183
01:14:55,839 --> 01:14:57,623
SORT.
SHE WAS A WRONGED WOMAN WHO
1184
01:14:57,667 --> 01:15:00,800
NEVER GOT HER DAY IN COURT AND
VANISHED FROM THE SCENE UNTIL
1185
01:15:00,844 --> 01:15:03,324
YOU FOUND HER.
THAT STORY IS NOT AN OBITUARY."
1186
01:15:03,368 --> 01:15:05,501
>> NOBODY KNEW WHO
PATRICIA DOUGLAS WAS BECAUSE
1187
01:15:05,544 --> 01:15:08,242
EVERYONE DID EVERYTHING HE OR
SHE POSSIBLY COULD TO MAKE SURE
1188
01:15:08,286 --> 01:15:10,157
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO
PATRICIA DOUGLAS WAS.
1189
01:15:10,201 --> 01:15:13,596
THERE'S A HUGE PART OF ME THAT
DOESN'T SEE HER AS A TRAGIC
1190
01:15:13,639 --> 01:15:16,642
VICTIM BUT AS A HERO.
SHE HAD GUTS. SHE WAS TOUGH.
1191
01:15:16,686 --> 01:15:19,819
SHE WAS WILLING TO FIGHT.
SHE WAS A KID, BUT SHE WAS
1192
01:15:19,863 --> 01:15:22,518
WILLING TO STILL TAKE ON THE
ESTABLISHMENT.
1193
01:15:22,561 --> 01:15:29,786
>> THAT'S MY VINDICATION...
IS THE TRUTH.
1194
01:15:29,829 --> 01:15:35,269
THE TRUTH ALWAYS WINS.
IT COMES OUT NO MATTER WHAT, NO
1195
01:15:35,313 --> 01:15:40,448
MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR HOW MANY
YEARS GO BY OR HOW YOU LIE OR BE
1196
01:15:40,492 --> 01:15:44,191
LIED AGAINST.
THE TRUTH'S GONNA OUT.
1197
01:15:44,235 --> 01:15:47,499
AND I GUESS THAT'S MY
VINDICATION.
1198
01:15:56,421 --> 01:15:59,293
Captions by VITAC --
www.vitac.com
101280
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.