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(seagulls singing,
waves breaking)

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(bell rings)

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(indistinct conversations)

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OLIVIA de HAVILLAND: There was
never a rivalry like theirs.

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For almost half a century,
they hated each other,

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and we loved them for it.

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You know, Joan's real name
was Lucille LeSueur.

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Poor thing, she was raised
in total misery.

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I mean literally.

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Toilets washed before
come to Hollywood.

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At the height of depression...

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that's when
I started the first time

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she was the woman
every man wanted

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and every woman wanted to be.

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Many think of her

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like the biggest star
of all time.

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Now, my dear friend Bette...

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quite frankly, she

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was the greatest actress
Hollywood never knew.

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During the war,

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she played all the best roles,
and she played them with a...

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I-I don't know how to say this,

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but with a dangling intensity
that none of us,

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actor or actress,
would have dared.

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You know, they only did
a film together.

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And how it happened

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and what happened next,

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well...

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well, that was a story

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and a quarrel

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of biblical proportions.

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What was behind their quarrel?

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Why did they hate
so mutually?

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Feuds are never about hatred.

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Feuds are about pain.

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They talk about pain.

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Announcer: Please welcome
on stage, tonight's winner,

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Miss Marilyn Monroe!

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(sweeping orchestral music plays,
cheers and applause)

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I also have beautiful breasts

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but I don't throw them away
in everyone's face.

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Very good, darling.

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MARILYN (laughs):
Gee.

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Gosh, I'm just sure
didn't expect that.

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You know, I always said that,
if I were the star,

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it was because people
made me a star and...

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You know,
when I was a girl,

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I used to look in
the Hollywood sky and think,

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"Gosh, I just want to be
a movie star", you know?

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(Laughs)

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And now I am
a part of you.

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So thank you
so much.

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Gosh, I should try to
thank some people, huh?

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I'm so bad at
remember names.

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(car door closes)

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(the doorbell rings)

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Hedda Hopper for Joan.

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Miss Crawford
is busy.

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She had enough time
to sleep him.

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Announce me

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Can we do something?
about these lines?

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I'm afraid of being served
for Thanksgiving dinner.

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The best you can do
for that? High collars.

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turtle neck
for turkey neck.

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Christ, Nonah,
can't you give me a little hope?

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Ugh. You know
how is it.

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Men age, they have character.

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Women get old, they get lost.

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(knocks on the door)
What?

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I'm sorry, Miss Joan.

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Hedda Hopper
at the bottom.

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(quietly):
Oh Jesus.

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Hedda.
(Laughs)

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You know I never get
unexpected guests,

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not even my children.

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(both laugh)
But here you are.

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Well you missed
the globes last night

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before I can
get a quote.

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Did I?

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Mamacita? Coffee.

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Well, it was a
wonderful event.

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I appreciate it so much
the foreign press.

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They were so
very kind to me.

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I didn't come here to
the master key, Joan.

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From what I heard you tripped
get out of there in a drunken fit.

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JOAN:
I'm going to go inside.
MAN: Baby...

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Well you know how
reward dinners can be.

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Stop it!

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I had to eat something
who disagreed with me.

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Crow?

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(groans)

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HEDDA: must have been
quite annoying,

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watch the foreign press
like that all over Monroe.

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JOAN: Hedda, you know, when I'm
in public events like this,

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I only drink Pepsi-Cola.

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I am the brand
ambassador.

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I don't know why
you keep plugging away

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this shitty sugar water.

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The word is, since Al's death,

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the council does not pay
your bills more,

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and you have
sell your custom

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Billy Haines Furniture
piece by piece

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just to keep the lights on.

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You wouldn't print
these lies.

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I have to print something.

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All right.

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Then print this:

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Joan Crawford, after mourning

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the death of her husband,
the loved one

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Alfred Steele,

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is ready to get back to work.

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Oh, come on, Joan.

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Give me a quote.

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You know my readers
would be fascinated

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hearing the thoughts
of yesterday's girl

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about today.

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There can only be room
for a he girl.

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Is this correct?

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Well, men built the pedestal,
honey, not me.

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There is only room for
one goddess at a time.

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Well, men can have
built the pedestal,

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but it is the women who
keep getting rid of it

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until he comes
collapse.

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So what is it
will it be, darling?

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A quote about Monroe,

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or am I going to have to
write about how a valet

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I saw you stumble
in a Cadillac?

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All right.

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(Laughs)
Good.

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I think Marilyn Monroe
and vulgarity

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of his clothes and images

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is ruining this great industry
that I like

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People don't want to see the stars
like Monroe in pictures.

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They want their stars
be healthy,

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with good morals.

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Like me.

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That's not the only difference
between you and her.

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She gets roles.

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What is it about?

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This, my friend,

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is the Academy Award for
Best Actress I won in 1945

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for Mildred Pierce.

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And I would like another one.

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And do you know what I need,
Marty, to make this happen?

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A good scenario.

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I want to work
now that Al is dead.

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I want to work, Marty.

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I need to work.

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I sent you a great script
four months ago, Joan.

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You did it and you
were wonderful in it.
No.

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He was a pilot.

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I had to do
my own makeup,

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and it wasn't even
picked up from the series.

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Joan, how about this,

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let me read everything
it's over there,

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send to
the strong points.

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You go through the pile

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and find something
it excites you.

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*

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MARTY:
Joanie!

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JOAN:
I can't play
Elvis' grandmother.

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I won't do it

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Maybe you better send me
some other scripts.

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That's all I have, Joan.

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That's all they do.

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Marty

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I'm an actress, I want to act.

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I'm on top of my game
now.

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Then you need to find
a project yourself,

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Because the roles
just aren't out there.

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Can I help you?

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I need books.

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Was there a particular title
were you interested?

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Something with the ladies
on the cover.

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(door opens)

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(sighs)

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(the door closes)

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Oh, Mamacita. GOOD.

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That's all they had.

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I could try
Encino then.

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Unless you found
something you like.

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All written
for women seem to fall

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in just three categories:

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ingénues, mothers or gorgonians.

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So where does this leave you?

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We'll find something.

189
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No, no Mamacita
nothing sapphic.

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I met
the gardeners outside.

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They want to know when
they will be paid.

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We owe them two months.

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What did you tell them?

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That it was an honor to
prune Miss Crawford's bush

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and keep quiet.

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(sighs)

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These are lean times, Mamacita,

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but we will get through them.

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This one concerns a baby.

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What pile, “mothers”?

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(sighs)

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(bell rings)

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ROBERT ALDRICH:
And action!

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Cut! Cut! Plywood.

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You get them
plywood there...

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Plywood.
Plywood.
Plywood.

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00:11:19,579 --> 00:11:21,815
Dad, you need
in the control center, pronto.

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Plywood.
Plywood!

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If I do another
sandal saga,

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put a bullet in the head.

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Eva Braun is on the horn.

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I told him you were busy,
but she keeps calling back.

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Gretchen, my love.

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00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:42,402
How's my little strudel?

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00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:45,939
What? No, no, you can't
come here today.

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For what? Because my children are
work on set,

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that's why.

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And if the word came back
to my wife?

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Yeah.

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I'll call you back.

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Christ.

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She wants to be
in the movie now.

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Well, that's because
she knows the only time

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you really pay attention
to a woman when

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she is in front
of your camera.

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00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:11,598
This film we are
do, Pauline,

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it's a piece of shit.

228
00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:15,302
Hey, what about
this spy script?

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Oh no, Stinko.

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I know who did it
on page three.

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But... this one...

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This one has potential.

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Horror/thriller,
two wide,

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former movie stars.

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A cripple and her crazy sister

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to fight
in their home in Hollywood.

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(sighs):
A horror photo?

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Hitch just did it
with Psycho.

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Always collect

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But even better,
Baby Jane has a set.

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It's a very small cast.
You can have the final cut.

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You can produce it yourself.

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Face it, Bob, Ben-Hur
has already been done.

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Where did you get this?

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Oh, it came by courier,
special delivery.

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With that.

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Boy: Miss Crawford?

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Yes?

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Special delivery.

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(“Autumn Leaves”
by Nat King Cole playing)

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(engine starts)

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(car door closes, car leaves)

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*Falling leaves*

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*Drifts out the window*

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She's waiting for you.

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*Autumn leaves*

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*Red and gold*

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She is waiting for you
on the patio.

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*I see your lips*

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*Summer kisses*

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*Hands burned by the sun*

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*I used to hold*

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Joanie.

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Bob.

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Tea?
If we go
talk business,

266
00:14:10,017 --> 00:14:11,885
I'm going to need
a real drink.

267
00:14:11,919 --> 00:14:14,721
Sally, darling, will you
go home

268
00:14:14,754 --> 00:14:18,491
and see if Mamacita
need help?

269
00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,093
One of your fans?

270
00:14:20,127 --> 00:14:22,195
Well if they go
hang around all day,

271
00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:24,431
I'm going
put them to work.

272
00:14:26,433 --> 00:14:30,370
*Most importantly, my darling*

273
00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:33,806
So, shall we
take this photo?

274
00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:38,111
*Starts to fall*

275
00:14:38,145 --> 00:14:40,613
If you can satisfy
my requests.

276
00:14:40,647 --> 00:14:42,382
Can anyone, Joanie?

277
00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:44,084
We did well
last time.

278
00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:45,552
autumn leaves
made millions.

279
00:14:45,585 --> 00:14:46,886
He would have done
a million more

280
00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,021
if you had
your fucking big horse

281
00:14:48,055 --> 00:14:49,456
and leave me
screw you up a little.

282
00:14:49,489 --> 00:14:51,124
He would have done
$2 million more

283
00:14:51,158 --> 00:14:52,459
if you had me Brando.

284
00:14:52,492 --> 00:14:54,361
Now listen to me
in this photo.

285
00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:56,729
I will have you
the perfect costar.

286
00:14:56,763 --> 00:14:59,632
Who do you have
in mind?

287
00:14:59,666 --> 00:15:03,636
*Starts to fall. *

288
00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:17,484
MAN: I didn't know the boss
had turned to a widow,

289
00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:19,652
a kind of shine
spider widow.

290
00:15:19,686 --> 00:15:21,688
(applause)

291
00:15:31,698 --> 00:15:33,433
Cocktails, anyone?

292
00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:36,503
(laughing)

293
00:15:36,536 --> 00:15:38,105
No, thank you,
Mrs. Faulk.

294
00:15:38,138 --> 00:15:39,339
I don't believe
we will have some.

295
00:15:39,372 --> 00:15:40,807
MAN: They don't
serving cocktails

296
00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,476
between the fish
and the entrance, Maxine, darling.

297
00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:45,412
Woman: ruthlessly precise,
Mr. Shannon.

298
00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:47,014
MAN:
But when I asked you for one,

299
00:15:47,047 --> 00:15:49,482
you gave it to me
without any sign of reluctance.

300
00:15:49,516 --> 00:15:50,950
WOMEN:
Don't you make a big point

301
00:15:50,984 --> 00:15:52,285
on a small matter?

302
00:15:52,319 --> 00:15:53,820
MAN: Just the
in front, darling.

303
00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:55,155
I make a little point

304
00:15:55,188 --> 00:15:57,857
on a very
big material.

305
00:15:57,890 --> 00:16:00,760
Where did you learn how
light a match in the wind?

306
00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:02,029
WOMEN:
Oh, I learned a lot

307
00:16:02,062 --> 00:16:03,263
little things along the way.

308
00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:05,432
I only wish that I
learned from big.

309
00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:06,699
MAN:
Like what?

310
00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:08,801
WOMAN: How to help you,
Mr. Shannon.

311
00:16:08,835 --> 00:16:10,337
MAN: Now I know why
I came here

312
00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:11,671
WOMAN: So you can meet someone
who knows how

313
00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:12,939
light a match in the wind?

314
00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:15,975
(applause)

315
00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:23,550
*

316
00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,143
(knocking)
What?!

317
00:16:50,177 --> 00:16:52,379
There is a lady here to see you.

318
00:16:52,412 --> 00:16:53,546
Who is it?

319
00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:56,015
Joan Crawford.

320
00:16:57,117 --> 00:17:00,253
You're kidding me.

321
00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:01,588
Bette.

322
00:17:01,621 --> 00:17:03,190
Lucille, what the fuck

323
00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:04,191
take you to the theater?

324
00:17:04,224 --> 00:17:05,892
Well, you, of course.

325
00:17:05,925 --> 00:17:07,194
Oh, you were
Beautiful tonight.

326
00:17:07,227 --> 00:17:08,995
You lit the stage.

327
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:11,231
I can't believe you
didn't get better reviews.

328
00:17:11,264 --> 00:17:14,033
The New York critics, they
don't like us Hollywood people

329
00:17:14,067 --> 00:17:16,035
enter, take over
their city.

330
00:17:16,069 --> 00:17:18,071
I say fuck them.

331
00:17:18,105 --> 00:17:20,240
Hurry, Lucille,
I have a car waiting

332
00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:21,441
to take me to the country.

333
00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:24,711
Guess what, Bette.

334
00:17:24,744 --> 00:17:27,280
I finally found
the perfect project

335
00:17:27,314 --> 00:17:29,015
for both of us.

336
00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:31,718
It's always been my dream
work with you.

337
00:17:31,751 --> 00:17:33,886
Do you remember how
I begged Jack Warner

338
00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,022
put us together
to Ethan Frome?

339
00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:37,524
With Mr. Gary Cooper.

340
00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:39,126
You remember.

341
00:17:39,159 --> 00:17:41,060
You wanted to play pretty
young servant,

342
00:17:41,094 --> 00:17:43,029
and I had to play
a woman's old woman.

343
00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:44,030
Forget.

344
00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:47,267
But it's different.

345
00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:48,801
These are the parts
of a lifetime.

346
00:17:48,835 --> 00:17:50,103
No, thank you Lucille.

347
00:17:50,137 --> 00:17:51,938
I have plenty
better deals.

348
00:17:51,971 --> 00:17:53,906
(Laughs):
Bullshit.

349
00:17:53,940 --> 00:17:56,309
I know what kind
offers you have had.

350
00:17:56,343 --> 00:17:58,811
None, because
the same is true for me.

351
00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:01,281
They don't do
images of women more.

352
00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:03,216
Not the kind we did.

353
00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:04,417
It's all cyclical.

354
00:18:04,451 --> 00:18:05,418
They will come back
fashionable.

355
00:18:05,452 --> 00:18:07,120
But we won't.

356
00:18:07,154 --> 00:18:08,788
If something is
will happen,

357
00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:10,457
we have to get there.

358
00:18:10,490 --> 00:18:13,760
Nobody is looking
launch women our age.

359
00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:16,996
But together,

360
00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:19,599
they wouldn't dare
say no.

361
00:18:21,768 --> 00:18:24,304
We need each other, Bette.

362
00:18:25,972 --> 00:18:29,476
So what happened
to her anyway, baby Jane?

363
00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:33,446
Read it.
Find.

364
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:38,885
Oh, I offer you
the main role.

365
00:18:41,053 --> 00:18:42,455
The head?

366
00:18:45,158 --> 00:18:47,460
You can call it that.

367
00:19:00,573 --> 00:19:03,410
*In the evening*

368
00:19:06,313 --> 00:19:08,881
*In the evening, people*

369
00:19:08,915 --> 00:19:12,252
*When the sun goes down*

370
00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:17,890
* Don't feel your heart
powerful vacuum? *

371
00:19:17,924 --> 00:19:19,125
Thank you.

372
00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:21,127
*When your baby is not there*

373
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,830
B.D.

374
00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:25,865
*

375
00:20:06,072 --> 00:20:09,909
*If I could scream*

376
00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:13,780
*Just like a mountain jack*

377
00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:17,417
* Then I will go
path on the mountain *

378
00:20:17,450 --> 00:20:20,887
*And call back my baby*

379
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,891
* In the th... *

380
00:20:34,401 --> 00:20:35,802
* Evening... *

381
00:20:35,835 --> 00:20:37,637
*In the evening*

382
00:20:37,670 --> 00:20:40,640
*When the sun goes down*
(phone rings)

383
00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:43,376
(the recipient picks up)
BETTE:
Did you fuck Joan Crawford?

384
00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:45,812
No, I didn't fuck her.

385
00:20:45,845 --> 00:20:47,414
Not that I haven't had
ample opportunity.

386
00:20:47,447 --> 00:20:48,648
We all know
what a special relationship

387
00:20:48,681 --> 00:20:50,883
Joan has with her directors.

388
00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:51,884
Oh, come on, Bette.

389
00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:53,386
William Wyler?

390
00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:56,055
Oh, I see someone has been
a good little boy

391
00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:57,490
and does all his homework.

392
00:20:57,524 --> 00:21:00,159
Bette, listen, here's the deal.

393
00:21:00,192 --> 00:21:02,495
Crawford's name on the marquee
we get the distribution.

394
00:21:02,529 --> 00:21:04,897
I need her to get the picture
done, but I need you

395
00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:06,499
to make the photo awesome.

396
00:21:06,533 --> 00:21:07,834
Keep talking.

397
00:21:07,867 --> 00:21:08,835
Bette, listen,
I did my part

398
00:21:08,868 --> 00:21:10,136
steaming piles of shit,

399
00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:11,471
but from time to time
I have a chance

400
00:21:11,504 --> 00:21:12,905
work with an artist like you.

401
00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:14,741
Someone who is not afraid
jump off a cliff.

402
00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:17,344
Most people are terrified
go anywhere near the edge.

403
00:21:17,377 --> 00:21:18,811
Now it excites me.

404
00:21:18,845 --> 00:21:21,914
I am still a child.
Everything is possible

405
00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:23,683
Bette, I promise you
it's going to be

406
00:21:23,716 --> 00:21:26,118
the greatest horror film
never done.

407
00:21:26,152 --> 00:21:28,187
And Baby Jane is the biggest
part you will play

408
00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:29,789
since Margo Channing.

409
00:21:29,822 --> 00:21:31,658
Okay, answer this question,

410
00:21:31,691 --> 00:21:33,993
and don't lie...

411
00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:35,462
why this photo?

412
00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:39,966
Honestly?

413
00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:42,001
I am not offered
nothing else.

414
00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:44,671
(Laughs)

415
00:21:44,704 --> 00:21:48,174
You are too big
for Broadway, Bette.

416
00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:51,378
Come back to Hollywood
where you belong.

417
00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:56,649
I'll get back to you, Bob.

418
00:22:00,387 --> 00:22:02,389
(rain falling outside)

419
00:22:04,090 --> 00:22:06,759
(thunder rumbles)

420
00:22:14,434 --> 00:22:16,403
*

421
00:22:16,436 --> 00:22:18,438
(indistinct conversations)

422
00:22:22,409 --> 00:22:24,210
EXECUTIVE STUDIO:
It's a socko script, Bob,
just socko.

423
00:22:24,243 --> 00:22:26,879
We ran the numbers and
seems doable, very doable.

424
00:22:26,913 --> 00:22:28,080
Fantastic.

425
00:22:28,114 --> 00:22:29,416
We feel like
Crawford and Davis

426
00:22:29,449 --> 00:22:30,917
maybe a little
old.

427
00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:32,519
Why don't you just go
a little younger?

428
00:22:32,552 --> 00:22:34,387
How about Hepburn
in the role of Blanche?

429
00:22:34,421 --> 00:22:36,355
Well, Katherine Hepburn
the same age as Davis.

430
00:22:36,389 --> 00:22:37,857
I think she's a year older.

431
00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:40,560
Audrey Hepburn and
Doris Day as Baby Jane.

432
00:22:40,593 --> 00:22:42,328
EXECUTIVE STUDIO 2:
Are you kidding?

433
00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,431
We love Davis and
Crawford for this.
Oh, that's great.

434
00:22:44,464 --> 00:22:46,032
Now the character of
the sexy neighbor,

435
00:22:46,065 --> 00:22:47,500
have you thought about this?
Not really.

436
00:22:47,534 --> 00:22:49,769
I-it's a small part.
Yeah. Let's improve this.

437
00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:52,505
In fact, we want to say
story from his point of view.

438
00:22:52,539 --> 00:22:54,240
You know, like Hitchcock
done with the rear window.

439
00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:55,875
It's not really a story
about a sexy neighbor girl.

440
00:22:55,908 --> 00:22:57,510
We want to make it from her.

441
00:22:57,544 --> 00:22:58,945
We searched
something for Natalie Wood.

442
00:22:58,978 --> 00:23:00,212
EXECUTIVE STUDIO 3:
That won't work here, Bob.

443
00:23:00,246 --> 00:23:02,682
No, I wouldn't take
for an answer, Ed.

444
00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,250
These two women are legends.

445
00:23:04,283 --> 00:23:06,185
They have millions of fans
around the world

446
00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:07,787
who would pay well
just for luck

447
00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,556
to see them together on screen.

448
00:23:09,589 --> 00:23:12,058
I agree, but it's not Davis
and Crawford we don't want,

449
00:23:12,091 --> 00:23:13,593
It's you, Bob.

450
00:23:13,626 --> 00:23:15,762
They just don't want to
lie down with you.

451
00:23:15,795 --> 00:23:18,197
Not after Sodom.
No offense.

452
00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,600
Bromo.

453
00:23:25,304 --> 00:23:27,206
Do you want to fuck them?

454
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,275
I don't know.

455
00:23:29,308 --> 00:23:31,944
(Laughs) It’s a very
simple question, Bobby.

456
00:23:31,978 --> 00:23:34,914
Would you like to give one of these
mixes with hay?

457
00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:36,583
*Catch a shooting star...*
Do you want to fuck them?

458
00:23:36,616 --> 00:23:38,217
(laughs)
Yes.

459
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:39,486
What?

460
00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:42,622
(laughing):
Bullshit.

461
00:23:42,655 --> 00:23:44,657
No, Bobby.

462
00:23:44,691 --> 00:23:46,392
Pardon.

463
00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:48,895
So all the other studios passed
on this project, huh?

464
00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,963
And you come to me
as a last resort?

465
00:23:50,997 --> 00:23:52,999
I find this disrespectful.

466
00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:56,135
No not last,
Jack...inevitable.

467
00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:58,337
It's kismet that we
make the film here.

468
00:23:58,370 --> 00:24:00,673
Warner Brothers is the studio
where the two Davises

469
00:24:00,707 --> 00:24:03,510
and Crawford worked when they
were still under contract.

470
00:24:03,543 --> 00:24:05,244
It will be like coming home.

471
00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:06,746
You know, I can see
header lines.

472
00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,314
They are still big stars.

473
00:24:08,347 --> 00:24:09,916
Big has-beens, you mean.

474
00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:11,951
Okay, that's good.
That's enough, that's good.

475
00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:13,653
And big pains in the ass.

476
00:24:13,686 --> 00:24:15,287
These two women did
my life is hell

477
00:24:15,321 --> 00:24:16,689
when they worked for me

478
00:24:16,723 --> 00:24:18,791
because they thought
that I worked for them.

479
00:24:18,825 --> 00:24:19,992
(spanking)
Ooh.

480
00:24:21,861 --> 00:24:24,631
More benefits,
more benefits, more benefits.

481
00:24:24,664 --> 00:24:26,633
And still questioning
the material

482
00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:28,935
that I wanted them
to do, always.

483
00:24:28,968 --> 00:24:31,370
Oh, come on, Jack.
No, it's true.

484
00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:32,839
And you know what
the worst is?

485
00:24:32,872 --> 00:24:34,206
Ingratitude

486
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,209
I made goddesses, Bobby.

487
00:24:37,243 --> 00:24:38,811
I created goddesses.

488
00:24:38,845 --> 00:24:41,881
I was Zeus and they were
a couple of Aphrodites.

489
00:24:41,914 --> 00:24:43,282
But you know what happens
to Aphrodite

490
00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:45,151
when her breasts start to sag

491
00:24:45,184 --> 00:24:47,353
and his photos
start losing money?

492
00:24:47,386 --> 00:24:49,556
Or Venus, who should just watch
pretty and close her mouth,

493
00:24:49,589 --> 00:24:51,490
and she begins to have
an opinion on everything--

494
00:24:51,524 --> 00:24:53,292
do you know what happens to him?

495
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:55,461
Zeus takes a lightning bolt

496
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:58,030
and he throws it at her
the head and he splits it open.

497
00:24:58,064 --> 00:24:59,431
This is what is happening

498
00:25:01,601 --> 00:25:03,803
I need something for lunch.

499
00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:06,739
And my clothes.

500
00:25:06,773 --> 00:25:08,841
You have a fairly short
Damn memory, Bobby.

501
00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:11,578
What does that mean?

502
00:25:11,611 --> 00:25:15,181
That female dog Davis sued me in 1936
get out of his contract.

503
00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:16,816
She literally sued me.

504
00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:18,918
Bobby, I was so angry
about that,

505
00:25:18,951 --> 00:25:21,654
that I had an ulcer
and hemorrhoids from her.

506
00:25:21,688 --> 00:25:23,890
I still have them.
I'll show them to you.

507
00:25:24,724 --> 00:25:26,025
And you know what else is there?

508
00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:28,595
I won this costume,
I won it.

509
00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:30,262
And it was ordered
come back to work for me...

510
00:25:30,296 --> 00:25:32,364
She just wanted better parts,
Jack.

511
00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:33,666
A say in one's own destiny.

512
00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,267
Yeah, okay, okay.

513
00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:37,570
But because of his selfishness
and his head in a ball,

514
00:25:37,604 --> 00:25:41,273
the entire studio contract
the system has crashed!

515
00:25:41,307 --> 00:25:44,076
All because of her!

516
00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:46,613
She's the one who put the crack
in the lifting,

517
00:25:46,646 --> 00:25:48,380
and you want me
work with her again?

518
00:25:48,414 --> 00:25:49,949
Are you crazy?!

519
00:25:49,982 --> 00:25:51,417
Never!

520
00:25:51,450 --> 00:25:52,619
Never again.

521
00:25:52,652 --> 00:25:54,954
Never. This pussy!

522
00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:58,691
*Save it for a rainy day*

523
00:25:58,725 --> 00:26:02,629
* Save it
for a rainy day *

524
00:26:02,662 --> 00:26:05,898
His unemployment
is my long-simmering revenge.

525
00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:09,602
*Save it for a rainy day*

526
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,075
You are going
take my picture, Jack.

527
00:26:17,076 --> 00:26:18,544
I'm sorry?

528
00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:21,147
You need it.

529
00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:23,983
Television kicks your ass.

530
00:26:24,016 --> 00:26:26,886
Oh...
And the films you are
do, they are all bombs.

531
00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:29,622
Crowded skies? Bomb.
Bad title.

532
00:26:29,656 --> 00:26:33,092
Fever in the blood-- you
couldn't even give tickets.

533
00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:35,327
And you know why?
You don't have any stars.

534
00:26:35,361 --> 00:26:36,963
I have stars.

535
00:26:36,996 --> 00:26:39,298
I have a great script
that I wrote to myself,

536
00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:40,767
a script I believe in.

537
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,835
And I have a type

538
00:26:42,869 --> 00:26:46,438
TV doesn't do, Jack--
horror.

539
00:26:51,010 --> 00:26:53,612
Hmm.

540
00:26:55,214 --> 00:26:56,615
No.

541
00:26:56,649 --> 00:26:59,618
We got most of our funding
of seven arts.

542
00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:02,254
Yeah. Seven Arts, yeah, yeah.
I just need you to release
photography in your theaters.

543
00:27:02,288 --> 00:27:04,323
You will be the biggest
for-profit participant.

544
00:27:04,356 --> 00:27:06,826
Yeah.

545
00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:14,166
I'll pay you first.

546
00:27:18,871 --> 00:27:20,873
(camera shutter clicking)

547
00:27:20,907 --> 00:27:23,475
(photographers claim)

548
00:27:23,509 --> 00:27:25,611
JOURNALIST:
Miss Davis,

549
00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:27,613
how do you feel
about Baby Jane Hudson?

550
00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:29,148
We hear she's pretty mean.

551
00:27:29,181 --> 00:27:32,651
She's full of venom
and don't mince words.

552
00:27:32,685 --> 00:27:34,987
We have nothing in common.

553
00:27:35,021 --> 00:27:36,823
JOAN:
Who is wonderful
for me, Jimmy.

554
00:27:36,856 --> 00:27:39,859
Usually I play the female dog,
but this time,

555
00:27:39,892 --> 00:27:42,394
I can sit
and watches Bette do it.

556
00:27:42,428 --> 00:27:43,896
(laughing)

557
00:27:45,564 --> 00:27:48,534
I told you, together
they are an event.

558
00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:55,674
I can't believe
I let you talk to me about that.

559
00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:58,377
(Warner sighs)
Photographer: How about signing
contracts, ladies?

560
00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:03,315
Who do you think he'll take?
the chair on the left?

561
00:28:03,349 --> 00:28:04,550
What do you mean?

562
00:28:04,583 --> 00:28:05,985
Whoever gets there first
gets first place

563
00:28:06,018 --> 00:28:07,619
just below the caption
in tomorrow's newspaper.

564
00:28:09,455 --> 00:28:11,724
Why, thank you Lucille.

565
00:28:17,263 --> 00:28:18,931
How about a
with you two

566
00:28:18,965 --> 00:28:20,232
sign your contracts?

567
00:28:26,105 --> 00:28:27,539
Oh, man, that's awesome.

568
00:28:30,609 --> 00:28:32,611
*

569
00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:49,328
PHOTOGRAPHER:
And one more.

570
00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,702
Take the car, Mamacita.

571
00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:58,737
ROBERT: Joan, you don't have
sign the contract.

572
00:28:58,771 --> 00:29:01,707
JOAN: You know, I expected more
of you, Bob, I really did,

573
00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,142
but why I don't know.

574
00:29:03,175 --> 00:29:04,811
Starting with my not good father,

575
00:29:04,844 --> 00:29:07,313
who ran with a stripper
from Galveston,

576
00:29:07,346 --> 00:29:10,282
to Louis B. Mayer,
I was lied to

577
00:29:10,316 --> 00:29:13,652
and deceived
by men all my life.

578
00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:15,287
I don't know why you
should be different.

579
00:29:15,321 --> 00:29:16,755
What do you say
By the way, Joan?

580
00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:25,497
She has 600
more dollars per week

581
00:29:25,531 --> 00:29:27,499
in expenses that I am.

582
00:29:27,533 --> 00:29:29,902
Now I can't go
in this project

583
00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:32,571
feel resentful
for my costar.

584
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:34,440
Not after it was my idea

585
00:29:34,473 --> 00:29:36,775
throw this party
in the first place.

586
00:29:38,144 --> 00:29:40,679
I bet you never dealt
Kirk Douglas like this,

587
00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:42,281
Did you see the last sunset?

588
00:29:42,314 --> 00:29:44,650
That's an oversight, Joan.
I'll take care of it.

589
00:29:44,683 --> 00:29:47,019
I promise.

590
00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:54,861
You understand, don't you, Bob?

591
00:29:54,894 --> 00:29:58,831
It's not about the money.

592
00:30:00,666 --> 00:30:02,601
It's a question of trust.

593
00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:04,670
Of course.

594
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,583
I want $1500.

595
00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:27,359
JOAN BLONDELL:
The 1950s and early 1960s

596
00:30:27,393 --> 00:30:30,296
were difficult times
for all of us mature girls.

597
00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:32,999
The studio system
died long ago,

598
00:30:33,032 --> 00:30:34,733
and the only women who were
getting hired were--

599
00:30:34,766 --> 00:30:36,635
well, they had big chests
and small brains.

600
00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:38,304
(laughs)

601
00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,705
Say, did this documentary
will be on

602
00:30:39,738 --> 00:30:41,340
all of us or just Joanie?

603
00:30:41,373 --> 00:30:42,841
Is it like
Is this entertainment?

604
00:30:42,875 --> 00:30:44,343
ADAM:
Um, I'm not sure.

605
00:30:44,376 --> 00:30:46,979
Well, darling, I'm sure
the two people who see it

606
00:30:47,013 --> 00:30:48,881
go love it.

607
00:30:48,915 --> 00:30:51,083
Can anyone get this girl
a drink here?

608
00:30:51,117 --> 00:30:53,652
Thank you darling.
Well, what were we?
talk about?

609
00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:55,521
ADAM:
How difficult it was for women
in the 50s.

610
00:30:55,554 --> 00:30:57,689
Right. But not for Joan.

611
00:30:57,723 --> 00:30:59,225
Sensational.

612
00:30:59,258 --> 00:31:01,193
She was really something.

613
00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:04,863
She made it through this decade
like a freight train.

614
00:31:06,065 --> 00:31:08,901
THANKS.

615
00:31:08,935 --> 00:31:10,937
Hmm.

616
00:31:12,771 --> 00:31:16,075
Who cares if his costars were
younger and younger?

617
00:31:16,108 --> 00:31:17,709
She was still Joan.

618
00:31:17,743 --> 00:31:21,013
Still ambitious as hell.
And make hits

619
00:31:21,047 --> 00:31:24,883
until she has
the best offer of his career:

620
00:31:24,917 --> 00:31:26,252
A proposal from a widower,

621
00:31:26,285 --> 00:31:29,088
Al Steele, CEO of Pepsi-Cola,

622
00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:31,757
and one of the richest men
in the countryside.

623
00:31:31,790 --> 00:31:35,361
With all this money, after 40
years of working his ass off,

624
00:31:35,394 --> 00:31:37,629
and sweating on
every penny,

625
00:31:37,663 --> 00:31:40,466
she could finally expire
and live the high life.

626
00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:42,701
Al, you can kiss the bride.

627
00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:44,971
(laughs)
Come see mom.

628
00:31:45,004 --> 00:31:46,738
Oh yes!

629
00:31:46,772 --> 00:31:48,207
BLONDELL:
Bette...

630
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,476
well, she was
a different story.

631
00:31:50,509 --> 00:31:53,079
After all about Eve,
she was on top of the world.

632
00:31:53,112 --> 00:31:56,115
And she thought she would be
overwhelmed by offers,

633
00:31:56,148 --> 00:32:00,486
but his greatest comeback turned
in his greatest disappointment.

634
00:32:00,519 --> 00:32:03,255
So Bette decided to throw
herself in the role

635
00:32:03,289 --> 00:32:06,225
she was never right:
wife and mother.

636
00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:09,996
She Married Her All About Eve
costar, Gary Merrill.

637
00:32:10,029 --> 00:32:11,297
(door opening)

638
00:32:11,330 --> 00:32:15,101
Bette was to say the least...

639
00:32:15,134 --> 00:32:18,137
miscast.

640
00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:27,146
*

641
00:32:42,494 --> 00:32:45,664
Hello my wife

642
00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:50,169
Make yourself useful for once.

643
00:32:50,202 --> 00:32:54,273
So I read
about you and Crawford.

644
00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:56,275
Start shooting next week?

645
00:32:56,308 --> 00:32:59,111
Day five I can hit
she is right in the head.

646
00:32:59,145 --> 00:33:01,013
I can't wait

647
00:33:01,047 --> 00:33:02,381
So what brings you

648
00:33:02,414 --> 00:33:05,117
crawl back to Hollywood?

649
00:33:05,151 --> 00:33:07,986
Another guest shot
on the train car?

650
00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:09,855
Twilight Zone, actually.

651
00:33:09,888 --> 00:33:11,357
Oh. Well, that
should be easy for you.

652
00:33:11,390 --> 00:33:14,126
Our whole marriage
was a twilight zone.

653
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,195
You went to bed
with Margo Channing

654
00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:18,297
and you woke up with me.

655
00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:20,732
So why did we stop living
Still together?

656
00:33:22,068 --> 00:33:23,802
You wanted me
to fertilize your shirts

657
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,037
and greet you at the door

658
00:33:25,071 --> 00:33:26,538
with a martini
in hand and ask,

659
00:33:26,572 --> 00:33:28,740
“How was your day
at work, my darling?
Mmm.

660
00:33:28,774 --> 00:33:32,144
I'm the one who needed a wife.

661
00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:33,812
I brought you something.

662
00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:35,781
You wanted it
for a long time.

663
00:33:43,222 --> 00:33:45,191
(sighs)
It's here.

664
00:33:45,224 --> 00:33:47,226
It's all there.

665
00:33:49,395 --> 00:33:52,498
I gave you everything:
houses, children, bank accounts,

666
00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:54,666
even broken china.
Fucking asshole!

667
00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,335
Oh, admit it.
You don't want me

668
00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:58,070
but you can't stand
the idea of me being

669
00:33:58,104 --> 00:33:59,671
with someone else.
Who would have you,

670
00:33:59,705 --> 00:34:01,773
you are broken down has-been?
You viper.

671
00:34:01,807 --> 00:34:03,642
You're drunk.
Take one to know one.

672
00:34:05,644 --> 00:34:08,046
(both laughing)

673
00:34:22,794 --> 00:34:25,364
BLONDELL: You know
why did they really break up?

674
00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:27,533
Well it wasn't
his performance in bed.

675
00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:29,535
It was his stage performance.

676
00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:32,204
My god, was Gary stiff?

677
00:34:32,238 --> 00:34:35,073
Just when Bette realized it
the marriage was about to end,

678
00:34:35,107 --> 00:34:37,976
she took it on the road.

679
00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:40,246
GARY: "Let the lights
by Broadway Spangle

680
00:34:40,279 --> 00:34:42,281
"and splatter-- and the taxis

681
00:34:42,314 --> 00:34:44,483
"shake up the crowds
when the show is over.

682
00:34:44,516 --> 00:34:46,918
"Let the lights of Broadway
glitter. The girls wash

683
00:34:46,952 --> 00:34:49,555
"paint and go for
their midnight sandwiches--

684
00:34:49,588 --> 00:34:51,790
"let the morning dream
sun, late in the morning,

685
00:34:51,823 --> 00:34:53,559
"long after the
morning newspapers,

686
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:56,128
and dream as long as they want
in June somewhere..."

687
00:34:56,162 --> 00:34:58,297
BLONDELL: You know,
she kicked him off the tour.

688
00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:01,133
Her own husband. And replaced
him the next day

689
00:35:01,167 --> 00:35:02,668
with Barry Sullivan.

690
00:35:02,701 --> 00:35:06,104
*

691
00:35:06,138 --> 00:35:09,641
*I...*

692
00:35:09,675 --> 00:35:13,645
*Love everything*

693
00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:18,184
*The many charms that concern you*

694
00:35:22,654 --> 00:35:26,525
*Above all*

695
00:35:29,995 --> 00:35:33,699
*I want my arms*

696
00:35:33,732 --> 00:35:36,568
*About you*

697
00:35:40,906 --> 00:35:44,843
*Naughty naughty baby*

698
00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:47,145
*Come see mom*

699
00:35:47,179 --> 00:35:50,416
*Come and do it mom...*

700
00:35:53,185 --> 00:35:55,487
When Bette had to choose,

701
00:35:55,521 --> 00:35:59,057
she always chose
professional in the private.

702
00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:03,629
JOAN: She actually demanded
she coined the term "Oscar".

703
00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:05,063
Can you believe that?

704
00:36:05,096 --> 00:36:06,498
Back when she won the prize

705
00:36:06,532 --> 00:36:08,166
for Dangerous in '35,

706
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:09,568
she told the press that

707
00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:11,337
his bottom reminded him

708
00:36:11,370 --> 00:36:13,572
from her first husband's ass.

709
00:36:13,605 --> 00:36:14,806
His middle name was Oscar.

710
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,842
No one ever called him that.

711
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:19,478
(scoffs) It was just more
of his bullshit.

712
00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:22,481
His name was Harmon.
Everyone called him Ham.

713
00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:23,749
Joanie,

714
00:36:23,782 --> 00:36:26,017
do you have to keep doing this?

715
00:36:26,051 --> 00:36:28,587
What? It keeps my elbows flexible.

716
00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:31,590
I wasn't talking about that.
Do you realize the time

717
00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:34,260
we are in the car tonight,
throughout dinner, and now

718
00:36:34,293 --> 00:36:36,362
all you did was complain
about Bette Davis?

719
00:36:36,395 --> 00:36:37,996
Oh, that's not true.

720
00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:40,832
He is. And I'll be honest
I don't understand

721
00:36:40,866 --> 00:36:43,235
You have a lot in common.
More than two other people

722
00:36:43,269 --> 00:36:46,238
on the planet. Why
can't you just get along?

723
00:36:46,272 --> 00:36:49,575
Oh, you don't think I tried?

724
00:36:49,608 --> 00:36:52,077
Back when she won that Oscar,
I was the first person

725
00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:56,047
send a congratulatory note
and a bouquet.

726
00:36:56,081 --> 00:36:59,084
And you know
which I never heard back.

727
00:36:59,117 --> 00:37:00,919
Not a word. Radio silence.

728
00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:04,556
And this after having tried
fuck my boyfriend.

729
00:37:04,590 --> 00:37:07,225
Franchot was his costar
in this picture, you know.

730
00:37:07,259 --> 00:37:10,729
Yes, you talked about it at dinner.

731
00:37:10,762 --> 00:37:14,400
She knew he was mine. It's
why she tried to take him away.

732
00:37:14,433 --> 00:37:17,736
But he rejected her advances,
of course.

733
00:37:17,769 --> 00:37:19,137
Told me everything.

734
00:37:19,170 --> 00:37:21,973
So I married him,

735
00:37:22,007 --> 00:37:25,210
out of pure malice.

736
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:28,380
Do you realize
that Bette Davis is responsible

737
00:37:28,414 --> 00:37:31,216
for one of my failed marriages?

738
00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:33,218
Personally responsible.

739
00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:35,987
And yet you still wanted her
take this photo with you.

740
00:37:36,021 --> 00:37:38,156
I think it's because
you two survived it all

741
00:37:38,189 --> 00:37:40,326
and you realize that
you really should be friends.

742
00:37:40,359 --> 00:37:42,093
Friends?

743
00:37:42,127 --> 00:37:43,962
You think it's friendship

744
00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:45,263
I want her?

745
00:37:45,297 --> 00:37:46,565
Is this
you think?

746
00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:48,266
You are wrong. It's respect.

747
00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:51,136
It's the only thing I have
never wanted her.

748
00:37:51,169 --> 00:37:53,639
Or any of them, for that matter.

749
00:37:53,672 --> 00:37:56,074
And that's the only thing
I never had.

750
00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:59,244
It took me until Mildred Pierce

751
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:01,947
to be taken seriously
as an actress.

752
00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:04,082
And when I
won my Oscar,

753
00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:07,319
do you think i received
congratulatory notes

754
00:38:07,353 --> 00:38:09,788
or bouquets?
No.

755
00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:13,191
Mm. But I did it.

756
00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:14,960
Men.

757
00:38:14,993 --> 00:38:18,163
Men whose admiration
I already had

758
00:38:18,196 --> 00:38:21,533
and whose respect
I never wanted to.

759
00:38:21,567 --> 00:38:23,969
But not women.

760
00:38:24,002 --> 00:38:26,705
None of the female dogs
in this city.

761
00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:29,140
Least of all queen female dog,

762
00:38:29,174 --> 00:38:31,710
who always thought
she was better than me,

763
00:38:31,743 --> 00:38:35,414
more talented than me.

764
00:38:37,215 --> 00:38:38,850
You admire him

765
00:38:38,884 --> 00:38:41,219
(exhales)

766
00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:43,221
(Laughs)

767
00:38:43,254 --> 00:38:47,192
I admire his talent

768
00:38:47,225 --> 00:38:50,696
and his profession.

769
00:38:50,729 --> 00:38:54,466
And I will have his respect.

770
00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:58,069
Even if I have to kill
both of us to get it.

771
00:39:07,913 --> 00:39:09,915
*

772
00:39:30,636 --> 00:39:33,071
(alarm rings)

773
00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:45,717
(sighs)

774
00:40:00,131 --> 00:40:01,600
Keep practicing.

775
00:40:01,633 --> 00:40:03,334
Could be faster.

776
00:40:06,304 --> 00:40:08,740
(indistinct conversations)

777
00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:15,947
(indistinct conversations)

778
00:40:15,981 --> 00:40:18,717
(quietly):
Bowl. Bowl.

779
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:22,053
Billy, how are you?
this new baby?

780
00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:23,789
(Laughs)

781
00:40:23,822 --> 00:40:27,559
Fred! Oh, look
like you lost weight.

782
00:40:27,593 --> 00:40:29,728
Pablo.
Mom not so good.

783
00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:33,131
Pablo, how is your mother, my darling?

784
00:40:33,164 --> 00:40:36,167
Dave.

785
00:40:36,201 --> 00:40:37,803
(Laughs)
Miss Crawford.

786
00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:41,907
What a pleasure to see you again
after all these years.

787
00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:44,342
(Laughs)

788
00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:52,718
It's small.

789
00:40:57,188 --> 00:40:59,558
And dirty.

790
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,230
Okay, Mamacita,
let's go to work.

791
00:41:17,175 --> 00:41:18,544
Christ, she is again.

792
00:41:18,577 --> 00:41:20,211
Sucking to the fucking crew

793
00:41:20,245 --> 00:41:22,213
so she gets better lighting
and accessories.

794
00:41:22,247 --> 00:41:24,850
Maybe she's just
be nice, mom.

795
00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:45,403
(exhales)

796
00:42:10,428 --> 00:42:13,264
Before noon, Lucille?

797
00:42:14,265 --> 00:42:17,268
Enough for two?

798
00:42:33,451 --> 00:42:35,420
To us.

799
00:42:35,453 --> 00:42:37,689
Together at last.

800
00:42:37,723 --> 00:42:40,458
Finally.

801
00:42:47,232 --> 00:42:49,868
Nervous?

802
00:42:49,901 --> 00:42:51,269
Terrified

803
00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:53,705
I didn't do
a film in...

804
00:42:53,739 --> 00:42:54,973
Three years, Joan.

805
00:42:55,006 --> 00:42:56,341
You didn't work
in three years.

806
00:42:58,476 --> 00:43:01,479
(laughs)

807
00:43:04,482 --> 00:43:06,384
You know,

808
00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:09,487
when I rode on the field
this morning,

809
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,257
saw the crew
animated,

810
00:43:12,290 --> 00:43:15,661
sets under construction,
the smell of sawdust...

811
00:43:15,694 --> 00:43:20,065
It's magical
what we do, right?

812
00:43:20,098 --> 00:43:21,399
Okay,

813
00:43:21,432 --> 00:43:24,836
let's cut through
bullshit.

814
00:43:24,870 --> 00:43:26,672
I don't like you,
you don't love me

815
00:43:26,705 --> 00:43:28,640
But we need this image
work.

816
00:43:28,674 --> 00:43:31,409
Both of us. Everything I
ask is what you do

817
00:43:31,442 --> 00:43:33,278
your best work. To try.

818
00:43:33,311 --> 00:43:35,580
Because when
you are good, Joan,

819
00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:37,883
damn, you're good.

820
00:43:41,887 --> 00:43:45,090
Do you really think so?

821
00:43:45,123 --> 00:43:47,258
Oh, Christ, you are
don't go crying.

822
00:43:47,292 --> 00:43:49,661
Yes really
I think so.

823
00:43:49,695 --> 00:43:52,530
I always thought that way.

824
00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:57,803
Oh, one
last thing.

825
00:43:57,836 --> 00:44:00,839
Lose it
shoulder pads.

826
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,641
I beg your pardon?

827
00:44:03,675 --> 00:44:05,711
And reduce
on the lipstick.

828
00:44:05,744 --> 00:44:08,046
You play solitaire
who has not seen the sun

829
00:44:08,079 --> 00:44:10,515
for 20 years,
for Christ's sake.

830
00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:25,330
You have a perfect face for
the movies, Miss Crawford.

831
00:44:25,363 --> 00:44:27,799
There are no bad angles.

832
00:44:27,833 --> 00:44:30,235
Thanks Jimmy.

833
00:44:30,268 --> 00:44:32,237
(Aldrich and Bette
argue indiscriminately)

834
00:44:32,270 --> 00:44:34,873
Listen, just give me
a chance to talk to him.

835
00:44:34,906 --> 00:44:37,642
We can work
this release...

836
00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:40,678
Are you talking about me?

837
00:44:40,712 --> 00:44:42,680
No.

838
00:44:42,714 --> 00:44:44,850
Yeah. I'm just
offering ideas.

839
00:44:44,883 --> 00:44:46,852
Don't tell me
how to play my character

840
00:44:46,885 --> 00:44:48,720
before even shooting a scene.

841
00:44:48,754 --> 00:44:51,990
I did a lot
of hard work and preparation,

842
00:44:52,023 --> 00:44:54,259
and you just try
throw me away.

843
00:44:54,292 --> 00:44:55,660
I'm trying to help you.

844
00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:57,095
You want me to be bad,

845
00:44:57,128 --> 00:44:58,529
but I won't.

846
00:44:58,563 --> 00:45:02,100
My fans introduce themselves
to a photo of Joan Crawford

847
00:45:02,133 --> 00:45:05,036
expect to see Joan Crawford.

848
00:45:05,070 --> 00:45:06,704
It's not
a photo of Joan Crawford.

849
00:45:09,140 --> 00:45:11,109
Mr. Aldrich,

850
00:45:11,142 --> 00:45:14,345
can you please
escort Miss Davis

851
00:45:14,379 --> 00:45:15,680
return to his dressing room

852
00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:18,116
so she can work
about his character?

853
00:45:18,149 --> 00:45:21,853
Or should I get out of this
wheelchair and walk off the set?

854
00:45:21,887 --> 00:45:23,688
I'll take care of it. Bette, please.

855
00:45:23,721 --> 00:45:25,690
BETTE:
Have you seen it?

856
00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:27,759
She's ridiculous, Bob.
She has falsehoods

857
00:45:27,793 --> 00:45:29,895
on under there.
Betty,

858
00:45:29,928 --> 00:45:32,697
It's the first day, okay?

859
00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:35,533
May I remind you that I released
a second mortgage on my house

860
00:45:35,566 --> 00:45:37,969
take this photo? So don't
look at me like I don't care.

861
00:45:38,003 --> 00:45:41,106
I have to manage it
very carefully. She is nervous

862
00:45:41,139 --> 00:45:42,707
And we have a lot
work to do today.

863
00:45:42,740 --> 00:45:44,709
We haven't even decided
on your look again,

864
00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:46,611
and your first scene
is straight after lunch.

865
00:45:46,644 --> 00:45:48,613
I must understand well.

866
00:45:48,646 --> 00:45:52,017
GOOD. Handle it.

867
00:45:58,523 --> 00:46:01,359
(bell rings)

868
00:46:07,498 --> 00:46:08,599
(man coughs)

869
00:46:08,633 --> 00:46:10,501
Scene 11, take one.

870
00:46:17,943 --> 00:46:20,311
(sighs)

871
00:46:20,345 --> 00:46:22,180
Joan?

872
00:46:22,213 --> 00:46:25,450
Joan, now
in this scene,

873
00:46:25,483 --> 00:46:26,852
Blanche looks

874
00:46:26,885 --> 00:46:29,487
one of his first images on television.

875
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,389
There's your brand right there.

876
00:46:34,392 --> 00:46:36,194
All right.

877
00:46:36,227 --> 00:46:37,362
Ready?

878
00:46:37,395 --> 00:46:40,531
Yeah.

879
00:46:40,565 --> 00:46:42,533
The camera rolls.

880
00:46:42,567 --> 00:46:44,735
(howling)

881
00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:48,806
And the action.

882
00:46:52,810 --> 00:46:54,779
(woman on television):
Everything.

883
00:46:54,812 --> 00:46:57,182
We were going to get married.

884
00:46:59,918 --> 00:47:02,720
This girl, Dolly Merrick.

885
00:47:02,753 --> 00:47:06,391
Oh, Jack,
please try to understand.

886
00:47:06,424 --> 00:47:09,060
I married you because I was...

887
00:47:09,094 --> 00:47:12,230
We should have held
this shot a little longer.

888
00:47:12,263 --> 00:47:14,232
I told him that
when we rehearsed,

889
00:47:14,265 --> 00:47:16,534
also when we shot.

890
00:47:16,567 --> 00:47:19,670
But he didn't listen.

891
00:47:19,704 --> 00:47:22,673
I can't think of anything else.

892
00:47:22,707 --> 00:47:26,311
Again...

893
00:47:26,344 --> 00:47:30,548
it's a very good image.

894
00:47:30,581 --> 00:47:33,384
(camera buzzing)

895
00:47:33,418 --> 00:47:34,819
Cut.

896
00:47:34,852 --> 00:47:37,388
(Laughs)

897
00:47:37,422 --> 00:47:38,823
That's good work, Joan.

898
00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:41,092
Yeah?

899
00:47:41,126 --> 00:47:42,727
Oh yes.
(Laughs)

900
00:47:45,563 --> 00:47:47,532
Let's do another one, Bob.

901
00:47:47,565 --> 00:47:49,267
Right away.

902
00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:52,037
I'm just starting to warm up.

903
00:47:53,638 --> 00:47:55,273
(exhales)

904
00:47:55,306 --> 00:47:58,443
(howling)

905
00:47:58,476 --> 00:48:01,046
These are false.
I want her to look crazy.

906
00:48:04,149 --> 00:48:05,783
This one.

907
00:48:05,816 --> 00:48:07,685
Wigs

908
00:48:07,718 --> 00:48:09,420
Funny fact for you, Bette.

909
00:48:09,454 --> 00:48:10,888
Joan wore this one

910
00:48:10,922 --> 00:48:14,259
in the early 1930s
MGM melodrama.

911
00:48:14,292 --> 00:48:17,628
And looks,
it hasn't been touched since.

912
00:48:22,934 --> 00:48:25,236
*

913
00:48:32,143 --> 00:48:35,580
Clara Bow
beauty mark.

914
00:48:37,315 --> 00:48:39,650
(Laughs)

915
00:48:39,684 --> 00:48:41,252
(Laughs)
Mmm.

916
00:48:41,286 --> 00:48:44,789
My God, mother, is it
how do you really want to look?

917
00:48:47,025 --> 00:48:49,094
Wait.

918
00:48:51,029 --> 00:48:53,631
No, I just think there is

919
00:48:53,664 --> 00:48:56,334
too many words
in this section, Bob.

920
00:48:56,367 --> 00:48:58,769
I miss God
the silent images.

921
00:48:58,803 --> 00:49:01,506
(approaching footsteps)

922
00:49:02,540 --> 00:49:04,275
(whistles)

923
00:49:04,309 --> 00:49:06,677
*

924
00:49:11,649 --> 00:49:14,952
Christ!
She can't be serious.

925
00:49:14,986 --> 00:49:17,388
*

926
00:49:41,679 --> 00:49:44,482
Hello dad.

927
00:49:59,664 --> 00:50:01,666
(applause)

928
00:50:11,709 --> 00:50:13,578
Okay, okay!

929
00:50:13,611 --> 00:50:15,813
Everyone goes back to work!
Back to work.

930
00:50:15,846 --> 00:50:17,848
(howling)

931
00:50:20,118 --> 00:50:22,120
(door opens)

932
00:50:30,428 --> 00:50:31,796
(beep)

933
00:50:34,031 --> 00:50:36,767
ROBERT: Action.
BETTE: White,

934
00:50:36,801 --> 00:50:39,770
you never go
sell this house.

935
00:50:39,804 --> 00:50:43,108
And you are never
will leave him...

936
00:50:43,141 --> 00:50:45,243
neither.

937
00:50:45,276 --> 00:50:46,677
(beep)

938
00:50:46,711 --> 00:50:49,214
ROBERT:
And... action.

939
00:50:50,248 --> 00:50:52,717
White

940
00:50:52,750 --> 00:50:55,586
you're never going to sell
this house.

941
00:50:55,620 --> 00:50:57,388
And you are never
will leave it.

942
00:50:57,422 --> 00:50:59,056
Bob,

943
00:50:59,090 --> 00:51:02,560
isn't that the lighting?
unnecessarily harsh?

944
00:51:02,593 --> 00:51:05,796
Oh, we haven't balanced the
pictures again, Joan. Don't worry.

945
00:51:05,830 --> 00:51:07,732
Don't worry about that.

946
00:51:07,765 --> 00:51:09,134
White

947
00:51:09,167 --> 00:51:12,970
you never go
sell this house.

948
00:51:13,003 --> 00:51:17,242
And you are not
will never let him...

949
00:51:17,275 --> 00:51:19,244
neither.

950
00:51:19,277 --> 00:51:21,679
ROBERT:
Cut.

951
00:51:23,681 --> 00:51:25,082
(sniffles)

952
00:51:25,116 --> 00:51:27,518
(beep)

953
00:51:33,358 --> 00:51:35,660
(clap claps)

954
00:51:41,799 --> 00:51:44,302
ROBERT:
And the action.

955
00:51:44,335 --> 00:51:47,172
(sobbing)

956
00:52:00,651 --> 00:52:03,221
(beep)

957
00:52:06,457 --> 00:52:08,826
*

958
00:52:10,461 --> 00:52:12,830
*Hello little girl*

959
00:52:12,863 --> 00:52:16,033
* Comb your hair,
repair your makeup *

960
00:52:16,066 --> 00:52:20,805
*Soon he will open the door*

961
00:52:20,838 --> 00:52:23,808
*Don't think because*

962
00:52:23,841 --> 00:52:27,612
*There is a ring
on your finger *

963
00:52:27,645 --> 00:52:31,449
*You don't need to try anymore*

964
00:52:31,482 --> 00:52:33,684
*For wives*

965
00:52:33,718 --> 00:52:37,288
*Should still be in love, too*

966
00:52:37,322 --> 00:52:39,990
Welcome home
this constructed fear.

967
00:52:40,024 --> 00:52:41,392
Between.

968
00:52:41,426 --> 00:52:43,494
*He's coming home*

969
00:52:43,528 --> 00:52:45,830
*I'm warning you*

970
00:52:45,863 --> 00:52:48,666
Just the two of us?
The three of us.

971
00:52:48,699 --> 00:52:51,669
Oh, I didn't specify
in my invitation?

972
00:52:51,702 --> 00:52:55,072
I guess you expected it
of my legendary dinners.

973
00:52:55,105 --> 00:52:57,375
No, Gloria and Jimmy Stewart

974
00:52:57,408 --> 00:52:59,544
and the Fondas are Wednesday.

975
00:52:59,577 --> 00:53:01,846
Tonight it's just us girls.

976
00:53:01,879 --> 00:53:04,849
Please sit down.
The sofa is comfortable.

977
00:53:04,882 --> 00:53:08,719
*You can't watch it again*

978
00:53:08,753 --> 00:53:10,755
*

979
00:53:15,460 --> 00:53:18,563
Can I get you ladies
something to drink?

980
00:53:18,596 --> 00:53:20,398
Scotch.

981
00:53:20,431 --> 00:53:22,767
Just one drink.

982
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:24,935
I guess it's
not Pepsi-Cola.

983
00:53:24,969 --> 00:53:26,704
Vodka. 100 proofs.

984
00:53:26,737 --> 00:53:29,707
I say if you're going to drink,
drink something you like.

985
00:53:29,740 --> 00:53:31,108
I'll be right back.

986
00:53:31,141 --> 00:53:32,209
The dining room is that way.

987
00:53:32,243 --> 00:53:34,679
I hope you brought some girls
your appetites.

988
00:53:34,712 --> 00:53:37,047
*Ready*

989
00:53:37,081 --> 00:53:38,949
It's an ambush.

990
00:53:38,983 --> 00:53:40,385
She's out for blood.

991
00:53:40,418 --> 00:53:42,019
Are you going to give it to him?

992
00:53:42,052 --> 00:53:43,754
Are you?

993
00:53:45,623 --> 00:53:47,525
BETTE:
Fish Jell-O.

994
00:53:47,558 --> 00:53:50,361
Goody
No, it's an asp, darling.

995
00:53:50,395 --> 00:53:51,962
It's fury.

996
00:53:51,996 --> 00:53:53,564
I thought it would be
the perfect dish

997
00:53:53,598 --> 00:53:56,401
for our little tête-à-trois.

998
00:53:56,434 --> 00:53:58,903
Something substantial,

999
00:53:58,936 --> 00:54:00,738
but transparent.

1000
00:54:00,771 --> 00:54:02,407
*So alone*

1001
00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:03,974
Okay, ladies.

1002
00:54:04,008 --> 00:54:06,477
You know what I need
and you know what the fans want.

1003
00:54:06,511 --> 00:54:10,381
So don't hesitate to give up.

1004
00:54:10,415 --> 00:54:13,050
*Alone*

1005
00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:17,121
*Watching lovers pass by*

1006
00:54:17,154 --> 00:54:20,725
So who gets first place?

1007
00:54:20,758 --> 00:54:23,127
Oh, Bette, of course.
I mean, she plays

1008
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:25,095
the main role.
It only makes sense.

1009
00:54:25,129 --> 00:54:29,066
The two roles are
extremely important.

1010
00:54:29,099 --> 00:54:31,469
You know, Hedda,
I missed

1011
00:54:31,502 --> 00:54:34,071
working with Bette since 1944,

1012
00:54:34,104 --> 00:54:37,475
when I first went
at Warner Brothers.

1013
00:54:37,508 --> 00:54:40,911
And when I found whatever
Happened to baby Jane?

1014
00:54:40,945 --> 00:54:43,748
I sent it to Bob Aldrich
and told him

1015
00:54:43,781 --> 00:54:46,484
in unequivocal terms that

1016
00:54:46,517 --> 00:54:49,754
was for Bette
and me only.

1017
00:54:49,787 --> 00:54:53,958
I was delighted. Think about
Joan Crawford was

1018
00:54:53,991 --> 00:54:56,861
a big star when I arrived
freshly off the boat.

1019
00:54:56,894 --> 00:54:59,497
Such a beautiful thing to say.

1020
00:54:59,530 --> 00:55:01,499
Fascinating.

1021
00:55:01,532 --> 00:55:05,470
*I want to be wanted*

1022
00:55:05,503 --> 00:55:07,505
*I want someone*

1023
00:55:07,538 --> 00:55:09,940
Oh

1024
00:55:09,974 --> 00:55:13,544
Oh, it's lovely.
(Laughs)

1025
00:55:13,578 --> 00:55:16,046
What are you serving
for dessert?

1026
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:17,782
HEDDA:
We skip dessert.

1027
00:55:17,815 --> 00:55:21,185
I already have diabetes.

1028
00:55:21,218 --> 00:55:23,454
*I want to be wanted*

1029
00:55:23,488 --> 00:55:25,890
Dateline: Los Angeles.

1030
00:55:25,923 --> 00:55:29,860
Stars of the night sky
tend to stay in fixed orbits

1031
00:55:29,894 --> 00:55:32,229
and never interfere
with another.

1032
00:55:32,262 --> 00:55:35,666
Sometimes things work out
This way in Hollywood too.

1033
00:55:35,700 --> 00:55:38,002
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford,

1034
00:55:38,035 --> 00:55:40,004
stars of equal magnitude

1035
00:55:40,037 --> 00:55:43,841
who ruled in animated images
during the fabulous 30s,

1036
00:55:43,874 --> 00:55:45,843
never got to know each other.

1037
00:55:45,876 --> 00:55:49,013
Now in Indian summer
of their career,

1038
00:55:49,046 --> 00:55:51,416
they are about to.
(Dings typewriter)

1039
00:57:07,658 --> 00:57:09,660
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