1
00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:08,142
Miss Davis?

2
00:00:08,176 --> 00:00:09,410
Buzz Gimple.

3
00:00:09,443 --> 00:00:12,080
May I say what an honor
it is to meet you?

4
00:00:12,113 --> 00:00:14,182
I see Sid's got himself
a Boy Friday.

5
00:00:14,215 --> 00:00:15,583
I approve.

6
00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:18,352
Oh, I'm not Sid's secretary.
I'm your agent.

7
00:00:18,386 --> 00:00:22,190
I will be personally looking
after your day-to-day concerns.

8
00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:27,261
How old are you?

9
00:00:27,295 --> 00:00:28,729
Almost 23.

10
00:00:28,762 --> 00:00:30,198
Almost?
Mm-hmm.

11
00:00:30,231 --> 00:00:32,333
MARTY:
Joanie!

12
00:00:32,366 --> 00:00:33,734
You look ravishing.
Oh. (laughs)

13
00:00:33,767 --> 00:00:35,369
You know the team.

14
00:00:35,403 --> 00:00:37,438
Yes.
Would you care
for something to drink?

15
00:00:37,471 --> 00:00:39,773
Oh, no thank you. I'd like
to get right down to business.

16
00:00:39,807 --> 00:00:40,941
Please sit down.

17
00:00:40,974 --> 00:00:44,011
Marty, I would like

18
00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:48,116
to take the twins to Greece
and Italy this year.

19
00:00:48,149 --> 00:00:51,919
Every young person should
experience ancient antiquities.

20
00:00:51,952 --> 00:00:54,255
So when do you think would be
a good time to schedule that?

21
00:00:54,288 --> 00:00:56,090
Well, probably not August.

22
00:00:56,124 --> 00:00:58,126
Gets pretty hot in Greece
in August.

23
00:00:58,159 --> 00:01:00,694
Right, boys?

24
00:01:00,728 --> 00:01:02,963
Well, no. I-I...

25
00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:05,766
I don't know what kind of offers
have been coming in,

26
00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:07,768
so I thought
we might review them

27
00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:10,438
and, uh, then I could plan
accordingly.

28
00:01:10,471 --> 00:01:12,206
BETTE:
Nothing?

29
00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,975
At the moment,
but we're gonna change that.

30
00:01:15,008 --> 00:01:16,710
I wouldn't think
I need to mention

31
00:01:16,744 --> 00:01:19,547
that I am opening a
picture very soon.

32
00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:21,249
Yeah.

33
00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:23,917
What I'd like to do is
maybe secure a few things

34
00:01:23,951 --> 00:01:26,053
before the movie opens.

35
00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:28,989
A guest spot on Perry Mason,
or, you know,

36
00:01:29,022 --> 00:01:31,725
dinner theater has become
very chic again.

37
00:01:31,759 --> 00:01:34,562
MARTY: There hasn't been
any offers, Joan.

38
00:01:34,595 --> 00:01:36,764
Well, how is that possible?

39
00:01:36,797 --> 00:01:38,799
I'm headlining

40
00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:41,669
a major motion picture
which opens in

41
00:01:41,702 --> 00:01:46,174
400 theaters nationwide
in just a few weeks' time.

42
00:01:46,207 --> 00:01:48,776
And we're very excited
about that. Aren't we, fellas?

43
00:01:51,145 --> 00:01:53,414
I did my part, Marty.

44
00:01:53,447 --> 00:01:55,316
I got myself

45
00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:56,984
back in the game.

46
00:01:57,017 --> 00:01:58,619
I found the project,

47
00:01:58,652 --> 00:02:00,988
I put up with
that awful woman for months.

48
00:02:01,021 --> 00:02:03,324
And while I was
suffering all that,

49
00:02:03,357 --> 00:02:08,829
what was William Morris
doing for me?

50
00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,931
The landscape
hasn't changed, Joan.

51
00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:13,467
There's just not a lot out there
for a mature actress.

52
00:02:13,501 --> 00:02:16,670
BETTE: You've heard
the picture's stinko.

53
00:02:16,704 --> 00:02:18,539
You can't pay attention
to the tongue wagging

54
00:02:18,572 --> 00:02:19,973
that goes on in this town.

55
00:02:20,007 --> 00:02:21,442
They're always rooting
for failure.

56
00:02:21,475 --> 00:02:23,277
What have they
been saying?

57
00:02:23,311 --> 00:02:26,380
Well...

58
00:02:26,414 --> 00:02:29,883
word around town is
you and Crawford won't be able

59
00:02:29,917 --> 00:02:32,220
to get arrested
after the movie opens.

60
00:02:32,253 --> 00:02:35,656
They're saying you've thrown
what's left of your careers

61
00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:38,326
down the toilet
by doing a "B" movie.

62
00:02:40,861 --> 00:02:42,830
I see.

63
00:02:42,863 --> 00:02:46,467
That explains why I've been
shunted to the junior leagues.

64
00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:48,035
No offense.

65
00:02:48,068 --> 00:02:50,070
None taken.

66
00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:52,806
Don't give up
the ghost, Miss Davis.

67
00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,477
Worst case, the movie bombs
and people forget all about it.

68
00:02:56,510 --> 00:02:58,979
You'll be back.

69
00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:00,681
JOAN:
Well, I'm sure

70
00:03:00,714 --> 00:03:03,050
once the picture opens,
there'll be no end of offers.

71
00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:05,185
And we'll be here to field them.

72
00:03:07,788 --> 00:03:10,157
Fuck you, Marty.

73
00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,825
If I have to

74
00:03:11,859 --> 00:03:15,229
find my own projects
and wait for you

75
00:03:15,263 --> 00:03:18,065
to field offers
instead of drumming them up,

76
00:03:18,098 --> 00:03:20,501
I don't see the point
in having an agent,

77
00:03:20,534 --> 00:03:23,203
or a room full
of fucking agents.

78
00:03:23,237 --> 00:03:24,805
You're all fired!

79
00:03:28,909 --> 00:03:31,211
(thunder rumbling softly)

80
00:03:38,819 --> 00:03:40,388
Hey, Buzz.

81
00:03:40,421 --> 00:03:42,189
Looks like you
lost a client.

82
00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:44,191
Somebody die?
Not a person.

83
00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:47,295
Just your credibility.
Page seven.

84
00:03:47,328 --> 00:03:49,763
BETTE:
"Mother of three,

85
00:03:49,797 --> 00:03:52,433
"30 years experience
in motion pictures,

86
00:03:52,466 --> 00:03:55,736
"wants steady employment
in Hollywood.

87
00:03:55,769 --> 00:03:58,238
References upon request."

88
00:04:00,308 --> 00:04:03,110
*

89
00:04:34,342 --> 00:04:36,344
*

90
00:05:03,704 --> 00:05:06,707
(seagulls chirping,
waves crashing)

91
00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:27,828
JOAN:
You must listen.

92
00:05:27,861 --> 00:05:30,398
I made you waste...

93
00:05:30,431 --> 00:05:33,567
your whole life...

94
00:05:33,601 --> 00:05:36,370
thinking you'd crippled me.

95
00:05:36,404 --> 00:05:37,638
(projector clicks off)

96
00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:38,739
(clears throat)

97
00:05:38,772 --> 00:05:40,541
It's seamless, Mike.

98
00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:43,143
I can't see where the beach ends
and the soundstage begins.

99
00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:44,244
Thanks, honey.

100
00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:45,679
What do we
think, Skipper?

101
00:05:45,713 --> 00:05:47,915
Yeah. Lock the picture, Mike.

102
00:05:47,948 --> 00:05:49,683
Make sure the optical print
is ready

103
00:05:49,717 --> 00:05:51,184
for the sneak preview
on Saturday.

104
00:05:51,218 --> 00:05:53,086
Do we know where
that's happening yet?

105
00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,689
It's either Pedro or Long Beach.

106
00:05:55,723 --> 00:05:57,157
Sure that's
far enough away?

107
00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:59,993
Well, I figure
they're both ports.

108
00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:02,095
I can always hop on a freighter
and make my escape.

109
00:06:02,129 --> 00:06:04,331
Is the picture
still running?

110
00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:07,468
Because you two both sound
like a couple of old biddies.

111
00:06:10,404 --> 00:06:12,773
PAULINE: Why is everyone acting
like it's a failure

112
00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:14,207
when it hasn't
even opened yet?

113
00:06:14,241 --> 00:06:15,576
ROBERT:
You hear that whistling sound?

114
00:06:15,609 --> 00:06:16,910
It's a bomb falling.

115
00:06:16,944 --> 00:06:18,846
It's gonna land in 400 theaters,
all at the same time.

116
00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:20,113
I don't agree.

117
00:06:20,147 --> 00:06:21,615
You know who goes
to the movies nowadays?

118
00:06:21,649 --> 00:06:23,050
Kids and teenagers.

119
00:06:23,083 --> 00:06:24,885
I mean, nobody
under the age of 35

120
00:06:24,918 --> 00:06:26,587
even knows
who these women are.

121
00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:28,021
You're wrong
there, Bob.

122
00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:30,458
This is where television
actually helps us.

123
00:06:30,491 --> 00:06:32,259
Kids today-- they grew up

124
00:06:32,292 --> 00:06:35,262
watching old Crawford and Davis
movies on Sunday afternoons.

125
00:06:35,295 --> 00:06:36,764
They know who they are.

126
00:06:36,797 --> 00:06:39,032
And don't you forget,
they said the same thing

127
00:06:39,066 --> 00:06:40,968
about Gloria Swanson
ten years ago.

128
00:06:41,001 --> 00:06:42,703
Sunset Boulevard
had Bill Holden.

129
00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:44,137
It's not the same thing at all.

130
00:06:45,439 --> 00:06:46,807
What you got there?

131
00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:49,477
It's a script.
Oh, honey,

132
00:06:49,510 --> 00:06:51,278
I can't even think
about the next thing right now.

133
00:06:51,311 --> 00:06:53,781
No, no, no, of course not.

134
00:06:53,814 --> 00:06:56,817
Hell, I'm not even convinced
there's gonna be a next thing.

135
00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:59,453
So, you coming to the public
execution on Saturday?

136
00:06:59,487 --> 00:07:01,722
Oh, I wouldn't miss it.

137
00:07:01,755 --> 00:07:03,457
I don't say this
often enough, Pauline.

138
00:07:03,491 --> 00:07:05,893
I couldn't have done it
without you.

139
00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:09,096
Correct on both counts.

140
00:07:09,129 --> 00:07:10,964
Go on, get drunk.

141
00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:15,803
ROBERT: Harriet, we may
have to sell the house.

142
00:07:15,836 --> 00:07:17,805
What, are you worried
about the picture?

143
00:07:17,838 --> 00:07:20,107
I think I may have
misjudged the moment.

144
00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:22,142
You know, I wanted
to get it done,

145
00:07:22,175 --> 00:07:25,012
I wanted a measure of
control, but now we're...

146
00:07:25,045 --> 00:07:27,314
We're in hoc up to our eyeballs.

147
00:07:27,347 --> 00:07:29,683
If Baby Jan goes down,
so do we.

148
00:07:29,717 --> 00:07:31,151
Is it not good?

149
00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:33,420
Honestly, I can't tell anymore.

150
00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:35,022
Well, we knew it was
a gamble from the start.

151
00:07:35,055 --> 00:07:37,424
If we have to sell the house,
we'll sell the house.

152
00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:39,026
Yeah, what about the kids?

153
00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:40,594
We'll sell them, too.

154
00:07:40,628 --> 00:07:42,796
But I think we'll get
more for the house.

155
00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:44,197
(laughs)

156
00:07:44,231 --> 00:07:46,934
You don't have to go down
with the ship, you know.

157
00:07:46,967 --> 00:07:48,669
If you divorce me
before Saturday,

158
00:07:48,702 --> 00:07:50,137
you might still get something.

159
00:07:50,170 --> 00:07:51,872
Oh, I'm no fool.

160
00:07:51,905 --> 00:07:54,007
I'll wait until your next
hit before I divorce you.

161
00:07:54,041 --> 00:07:55,208
(laughs) I see.

162
00:07:55,242 --> 00:07:56,544
So you'll stick around
for worse,

163
00:07:56,577 --> 00:07:57,778
but if better comes along,

164
00:07:57,811 --> 00:07:59,379
you're on the phone
to the lawyer?

165
00:08:03,551 --> 00:08:05,519
Try not to worry so much.

166
00:08:05,553 --> 00:08:09,122
You know that you always get
like this before a preview.

167
00:08:09,156 --> 00:08:12,025
(rain falling)

168
00:08:12,059 --> 00:08:14,061
*

169
00:08:17,197 --> 00:08:23,503
* When you're young
and so in love as we *

170
00:08:23,537 --> 00:08:25,172
* And bewildered *
(doorbell rings)

171
00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:28,141
* By the world we see *

172
00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:29,309
(vacuum stops)

173
00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:32,479
* Why do people hurt us so? *

174
00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:35,482
* Only those in love
would know... *

175
00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:36,917
Mamacita.

176
00:08:36,950 --> 00:08:38,185
Miss Crawford is out.

177
00:08:38,218 --> 00:08:40,387
That's good.
May I come in?

178
00:08:40,420 --> 00:08:44,191
* What a town without pity
can do... *

179
00:08:44,224 --> 00:08:45,826
PAULINE:
It's called The Black Slipper.

180
00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:47,661
It's written just for Joan.

181
00:08:47,695 --> 00:08:50,864
She'd play a choreographer
falsely accused

182
00:08:50,898 --> 00:08:53,533
of shoving a principal dancer
off a catwalk.

183
00:08:53,567 --> 00:08:55,502
She gets locked up
for murder,

184
00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,871
pushed around by some
hard-bitten convict broads.

185
00:08:57,905 --> 00:09:01,609
Then she's proven innocent
and whisked from her cell

186
00:09:01,642 --> 00:09:05,378
to dance the dead girl's
role on stage.

187
00:09:07,581 --> 00:09:10,417
It's a story about
the irrepressible human sprit.

188
00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:14,454
You want to leave the
script for Miss Crawford?

189
00:09:16,757 --> 00:09:19,292
You're Joan's right-hand lady.

190
00:09:19,326 --> 00:09:22,763
I know what that means because
I'm a right-hand lady, too.

191
00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:25,966
You know better than anybody
how to get Joan on board.

192
00:09:25,999 --> 00:09:27,701
I want

193
00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:30,470
your advice
on how to do that for this.

194
00:09:30,503 --> 00:09:33,206
I see.

195
00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,208
Mr. Aldrich will direct?

196
00:09:35,242 --> 00:09:37,310
No.

197
00:09:37,344 --> 00:09:39,112
Who is involved?

198
00:09:39,146 --> 00:09:41,982
Me. I wrote it.

199
00:09:42,015 --> 00:09:43,583
And I want to direct.

200
00:09:43,617 --> 00:09:45,585
Look, I realize

201
00:09:45,619 --> 00:09:48,889
there is not exactly
a robust tradition

202
00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,824
of women directors
for me to build on.

203
00:09:50,858 --> 00:09:52,760
Only a handful of gals
have gotten studios

204
00:09:52,793 --> 00:09:54,695
to trust that they could
handle a picture.

205
00:09:57,130 --> 00:09:58,565
You think I'm crazy?

206
00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:02,169
I think this is
a marvelous idea.

207
00:10:02,202 --> 00:10:03,804
You do?

208
00:10:03,837 --> 00:10:05,238
This is America.

209
00:10:05,272 --> 00:10:07,007
No one can tell you
you're crazy.

210
00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:11,845
In Werdohl, you know how you
must live when you are born.

211
00:10:11,879 --> 00:10:13,947
Born to a shoemaker,
you must make shoes.

212
00:10:13,981 --> 00:10:16,149
Born a girl,
you must be a mother.

213
00:10:16,183 --> 00:10:18,351
Here, you decide.

214
00:10:18,385 --> 00:10:21,822
There is opportunity to
become anything you want.

215
00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:24,457
I will make your
case with Miss Joan.

216
00:10:28,561 --> 00:10:30,563
(gentle piano music playing)

217
00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:34,868
Miss Crawford!

218
00:10:34,902 --> 00:10:36,536
You're in early this evening.
Yes.

219
00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:38,638
And looking
particularly stunning.

220
00:10:38,672 --> 00:10:40,107
Oh, why, thank you, Philip.
(chuckles)

221
00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:42,776
Yes, we're motoring on
to Long Beach this evening

222
00:10:42,810 --> 00:10:45,012
to catch a new motion picture.
Oh.

223
00:10:45,045 --> 00:10:47,715
Oh, does Baby Doll
premiere tonight?

224
00:10:47,748 --> 00:10:48,882
Baby Jane.

225
00:10:48,916 --> 00:10:50,350
No, and it's not
a premiere.

226
00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:52,619
It's merely a preview.

227
00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:55,288
But the stars will be in
attendance. How thrilling.

228
00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:57,958
Well, I'm afraid
my costar

229
00:10:57,991 --> 00:11:00,360
felt it more urgent
to travel to Maine

230
00:11:00,393 --> 00:11:02,129
to visit her daughter.

231
00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:05,232
I actually think
Miss Davis smelled failure

232
00:11:05,265 --> 00:11:07,534
in the air and ran away,
but not me.

233
00:11:07,567 --> 00:11:09,036
Win, lose or draw,

234
00:11:09,069 --> 00:11:12,339
I'll always show up on time,
hit my mark

235
00:11:12,372 --> 00:11:15,175
and promote the product,
whether it's Pepsi-Cola

236
00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:16,844
or a new motion picture.

237
00:11:16,877 --> 00:11:18,846
Michael will be your waiter
this evening.

238
00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:24,718
JOAN:
Are they still watching?

239
00:11:24,752 --> 00:11:26,854
MAMACITA:
Is who still watching?

240
00:11:26,887 --> 00:11:28,588
(whispers):
Everybody.

241
00:11:31,124 --> 00:11:32,860
Yes.

242
00:11:32,893 --> 00:11:35,095
They smell blood
in the water.

243
00:11:35,128 --> 00:11:36,196
They are smiling.

244
00:11:36,229 --> 00:11:38,231
Well, of course
they're smiling.

245
00:11:38,265 --> 00:11:41,935
"Why, I can smile and murder
whiles I smile."

246
00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:46,673
(laughs)

247
00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:49,042
Jackals.

248
00:11:49,076 --> 00:11:51,611
It's just like 1937
all over again.

249
00:11:51,644 --> 00:11:53,080
When Hitler took Austria.

250
00:11:53,113 --> 00:11:55,749
No, when they labeled me
box office poison.

251
00:11:55,783 --> 00:11:59,519
(whispers): I couldn't get
arrested in this goddamn town.

252
00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:03,123
But I was a young woman then.

253
00:12:03,156 --> 00:12:06,626
I still had time to claw my way
back to the top.

254
00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:08,395
But not now.

255
00:12:08,428 --> 00:12:11,231
Baby Jane was
my last chance.

256
00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:12,632
Maybe not.

257
00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:14,134
I read
a beautiful script today

258
00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:16,303
with a wonderful role for you.

259
00:12:16,336 --> 00:12:18,438
Pauline dropped it off
at the house.

260
00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:20,774
Who is Pauline?

261
00:12:20,808 --> 00:12:23,276
You've met her over 50 times.
She works for Mr. Aldrich.

262
00:12:23,310 --> 00:12:26,113
Bob has a new script.

263
00:12:26,146 --> 00:12:27,981
Well, why didn't you tell me?

264
00:12:28,015 --> 00:12:29,549
Not Mr. Aldrich.

265
00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:31,751
Miss Pauline--
she wrote this script.

266
00:12:31,785 --> 00:12:34,287
But Bob will direct it.
No.

267
00:12:34,321 --> 00:12:36,389
She would also direct
the picture.

268
00:12:36,423 --> 00:12:38,058
And you would star.

269
00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:40,393
Oh, Christ.

270
00:12:40,427 --> 00:12:42,462
A woman director.

271
00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:45,298
(chuckles)
Well, it really is over.

272
00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:49,102
(taps glass)

273
00:12:58,445 --> 00:13:00,347
ROBERT:
Please tell me these canisters

274
00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:02,515
are marked correctly.

275
00:13:02,549 --> 00:13:04,117
At the preview for
Kiss Me Deadly,

276
00:13:04,151 --> 00:13:05,919
the canisters got switched.

277
00:13:05,953 --> 00:13:07,955
The atomic bomb went off
in the second act.

278
00:13:07,988 --> 00:13:10,323
I hear this one
bombs in the first.

279
00:13:10,357 --> 00:13:12,392
Just eat your
goddamned sandwich.

280
00:13:24,504 --> 00:13:27,674
Well, it's time to face
the music, Mamacita.

281
00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:32,345
(lively orchestral music
playing)

282
00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,636
All right, Blanche Hudson!

283
00:13:56,669 --> 00:14:00,473
Miss big, fat movie star!

284
00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:03,410
Miss rotten, stinking actress!

285
00:14:03,443 --> 00:14:05,212
Blanche.

286
00:14:05,245 --> 00:14:07,881
You aren't ever
gonna sell this house.

287
00:14:07,915 --> 00:14:11,218
And you aren't ever gonna
leave it either.

288
00:14:11,251 --> 00:14:13,853
(dramatic orchestral music
playing)

289
00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:20,360
(crowd gasps)

290
00:14:20,393 --> 00:14:21,261
(screams)

291
00:14:21,294 --> 00:14:24,264
(orchestral music swells)

292
00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:26,266
(laughing)

293
00:14:26,299 --> 00:14:28,335
(laughing)

294
00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:29,802
(Blanche crying)

295
00:14:31,804 --> 00:14:33,806
(dramatic orchestral music
playing)

296
00:14:35,909 --> 00:14:37,978
(crowd cheering)

297
00:14:54,627 --> 00:14:56,463
JOAN:
Mamacita, they loved it.

298
00:14:56,496 --> 00:14:58,731
They loved you,
Miss Joan.

299
00:14:58,765 --> 00:15:00,467
ROBERT: You know, Warner
is gonna have trouble

300
00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:02,602
hiding the profits
on this one.

301
00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:04,671
Mm... Bob.

302
00:15:06,139 --> 00:15:08,141
WOMAN: It's Joan
Crawford! (gasps)

303
00:15:08,175 --> 00:15:10,910
(crowd murmuring excitedly)

304
00:15:10,944 --> 00:15:14,047
Oh. Oh.

305
00:15:14,081 --> 00:15:17,884
(laughs)
Thank you.

306
00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,419
JOAN:
Did you enjoy the film?

307
00:15:19,452 --> 00:15:20,954
(laughs):
Did you?

308
00:15:20,988 --> 00:15:23,590
Oh, thank you for coming.

309
00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:27,460
(mouthing)

310
00:15:44,044 --> 00:15:46,513
(band playing upbeat pop music)

311
00:15:46,546 --> 00:15:50,483
* What ever happened
to Baby Jane? *

312
00:15:50,517 --> 00:15:52,085
* She could dance *

313
00:15:52,119 --> 00:15:53,820
* She could sing *

314
00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:56,756
* Make the biggest theater
ring *

315
00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,159
* Jane could do most anything *

316
00:15:59,192 --> 00:16:01,828
* What ever happened
to Baby Jane? *

317
00:16:04,131 --> 00:16:07,334
* What ever happened
to Baby Jane? *

318
00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:11,171
* When she'd walk
down the street *

319
00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:13,640
* All the world was lying
at her feet *

320
00:16:13,673 --> 00:16:15,942
* There was no one
half as sweet *

321
00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:19,412
* What ever happened
to Baby Jane? *

322
00:16:21,348 --> 00:16:25,052
* I see her old movies on TV *

323
00:16:25,085 --> 00:16:28,221
* And they are always
a thrill to me *

324
00:16:28,255 --> 00:16:31,491
* My daddy says I can be
just like her *

325
00:16:31,524 --> 00:16:35,495
* How I wish, I wish, I wish,
I wish I were *

326
00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:38,065
* What ever happened
to Baby Jane? *

327
00:16:38,098 --> 00:16:39,732
(applause)

328
00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:43,203
* To her smile,
her golden hair *

329
00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:45,472
* Why must everything
be so unfair? *

330
00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:47,874
* Is there no one
left to care? *

331
00:16:47,907 --> 00:16:51,178
* What happened to Baby Jane? *

332
00:16:51,211 --> 00:16:53,213
* What really happened
to Baby Jane? *

333
00:16:53,246 --> 00:16:55,215
Enjoy the show.
It's a lot of fun.

334
00:16:55,248 --> 00:16:57,550
Yeah, nothing more fun
than a hit.

335
00:16:57,584 --> 00:17:00,087
* To Baby Jane? *

336
00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,089
(song ends)

337
00:17:02,122 --> 00:17:04,124
(applause)

338
00:17:08,295 --> 00:17:10,097
JOAN:
Oh, Christ.

339
00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:11,931
Miss Crawford

340
00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:14,534
is such a sweetly smiling fraud

341
00:17:14,567 --> 00:17:17,537
that one feels
virtually nothing for her.

342
00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:20,507
No wonder her crazy sister
finds her a deadly bore.

343
00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:22,709
That's what you get for reading
The New York Times.

344
00:17:22,742 --> 00:17:24,411
It's one review, Joan.

345
00:17:24,444 --> 00:17:26,346
The notices have been
uniformly good.

346
00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:28,415
Oh, good.
Oh, there've been raves.

347
00:17:28,448 --> 00:17:30,283
But they're all about her.

348
00:17:30,317 --> 00:17:32,952
Listen.

349
00:17:32,985 --> 00:17:34,921
"A brilliant tour-de-force."

350
00:17:34,954 --> 00:17:37,090
"A brave and
naked portrayal."

351
00:17:37,124 --> 00:17:40,593
"You won't be able to take
your eyes off Miss Davis."

352
00:17:40,627 --> 00:17:42,095
She has the critics,
so what?

353
00:17:42,129 --> 00:17:43,630
You have the audience.

354
00:17:43,663 --> 00:17:46,566
You're the one they're
rooting for, not her.

355
00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:48,468
You know, I-I really

356
00:17:48,501 --> 00:17:50,903
thought this film was
going to be a flop.

357
00:17:50,937 --> 00:17:52,972
I really did, Hedda.

358
00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:55,442
And I thought, "Well,
this is going to kill me."

359
00:17:55,475 --> 00:17:58,111
But now I wish it had
because this is even worse.

360
00:17:58,145 --> 00:18:00,880
It's like I wasn't even
in the goddamned picture.

361
00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:03,450
And now there's talk
of Oscar nominations.

362
00:18:03,483 --> 00:18:06,119
She'll get a nomination,
but so will you.

363
00:18:06,153 --> 00:18:08,621
Oh, you can't really
believe that.

364
00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:11,324
They wouldn't dare
nominate her and not you.

365
00:18:11,358 --> 00:18:13,593
Yes, all right,
she plays a lunatic,

366
00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:15,462
but you play a cripple.

367
00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:21,601
JACK: Bobby, my boy,
we're breaking records!

368
00:18:21,634 --> 00:18:24,070
Yeah, the picture's
doing pretty good.
Pretty good?

369
00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,673
Baby Jane is the number one
picture in America.

370
00:18:26,706 --> 00:18:29,742
Well, actually, it's more like
number eight so far this year.

371
00:18:29,776 --> 00:18:32,279
No. For what we spent on it,
it's number one.

372
00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,581
(both laugh)
Come on, sit down.

373
00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:37,150
All right, so what's this
I hear from your agent, huh?

374
00:18:37,184 --> 00:18:38,785
I sent you half
a dozen scripts.

375
00:18:38,818 --> 00:18:40,287
You don't like
any of them?

376
00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,655
They're all Baby Jane
all over again.

377
00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:44,791
Well, that's 'cause you
hit on a winning formula.

378
00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:46,793
It's not a formula, Jack;
it was one movie.

379
00:18:46,826 --> 00:18:49,329
Which nearly killed me being
locked up with those two dames.

380
00:18:49,362 --> 00:18:51,331
I want to do something a lot
less dangerous, you know?

381
00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:54,367
Like a, uh,
like a war picture or a Western.

382
00:18:54,401 --> 00:18:55,768
No. Let's leave
the war pictures

383
00:18:55,802 --> 00:18:57,704
and the Westerns
to John Ford, okay?

384
00:18:57,737 --> 00:18:59,439
When it comes
to two broads

385
00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:00,840
beating the hell
out of each other,

386
00:19:00,873 --> 00:19:02,342
that's where
you really shine.

387
00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:03,676
No, Jack.

388
00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:05,312
No more "B" horror movies.

389
00:19:05,345 --> 00:19:07,947
I'm capable
of so much more.

390
00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,617
I'm back now. I want to show
people what I can really do.

391
00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:13,119
Wh-What, like your
Oscar-winning masterpiece?

392
00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:15,888
Why not?

393
00:19:15,922 --> 00:19:17,790
Well...

394
00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:19,992
How about because that's
never gonna happen?

395
00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:21,961
I mean, what
do you think,

396
00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:24,231
you're like a big star
director all of a sudden, Bob?

397
00:19:24,264 --> 00:19:25,498
I mean, no offense,

398
00:19:25,532 --> 00:19:27,334
but you're a journeyman.

399
00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:28,901
Strictly "B" list.

400
00:19:28,935 --> 00:19:31,170
Don't start getting
ideas in your head

401
00:19:31,204 --> 00:19:32,639
that you're like
Michelangelo.

402
00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:33,973
You know, you're the wop

403
00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:36,509
working in the
fucking tile factory.

404
00:19:36,543 --> 00:19:38,345
We need tiles.

405
00:19:38,378 --> 00:19:40,146
Yeah, well, even the schmuck
in the tile factory

406
00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:41,381
has dreams, Jack.

407
00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:45,852
Dreams are delusions.

408
00:19:45,885 --> 00:19:48,187
And right now,
you're delusional.

409
00:19:50,623 --> 00:19:52,759
The next script I give you,
you're gonna do.

410
00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:58,097
Well, thank you for
the opportunity of Baby Jane.

411
00:19:58,130 --> 00:20:00,267
I really appreciate it,
Jack.

412
00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:03,736
But I'm done with horror
and aging actresses.

413
00:20:03,770 --> 00:20:05,238
I'm not gonna say yes
to anything

414
00:20:05,272 --> 00:20:07,240
that doesn't challenge me.

415
00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:10,577
Okay.

416
00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:12,211
Fine.

417
00:20:12,245 --> 00:20:14,046
Go get challenged.

418
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,616
But when your next
movie is a bomb,

419
00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:18,351
or the one after that,

420
00:20:18,385 --> 00:20:20,753
you'll be back.

421
00:20:21,921 --> 00:20:23,556
And you know what?

422
00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:25,525
I'll probably
take your call.

423
00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:28,395
Do you know why?

424
00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:30,830
'Cause I got a soft spot
for losers, Bobby.

425
00:20:33,132 --> 00:20:35,101
A soft spot.

426
00:20:35,134 --> 00:20:37,504
You'll be back.

427
00:20:41,641 --> 00:20:43,042
(knocking on door)

428
00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:45,077
Come in.

429
00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:48,214
Miss Pauline.

430
00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:50,583
Oh. Pauline, hello.

431
00:20:50,617 --> 00:20:52,752
No, Mamacita,
please stay.

432
00:20:52,785 --> 00:20:55,221
This pile is for charity.

433
00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:57,056
But all of that,

434
00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:59,559
I want you to hang back up
in the closet, please.

435
00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:01,093
A little early
spring cleaning?

436
00:21:01,127 --> 00:21:03,262
Thank you for
coming to see me.

437
00:21:03,296 --> 00:21:04,897
Thank you for asking.

438
00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:07,934
And congratulations,
by the way, on Baby Jane.

439
00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:10,437
You couldn't pay
for better reviews.

440
00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:13,740
I let the fans tell me
when a picture is successful,

441
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:15,141
not the critics.

442
00:21:16,776 --> 00:21:20,413
Pauline, I want to thank you
for passing this along to me.

443
00:21:20,447 --> 00:21:22,449
I did you the courtesy
of not reading it.

444
00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:25,151
I see no reason
to venture an opinion

445
00:21:25,184 --> 00:21:27,820
on something I have
no intention of doing.

446
00:21:27,854 --> 00:21:32,459
Well, I wish you
would reconsider.

447
00:21:32,492 --> 00:21:34,794
I know that
it's unorthodox,

448
00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:38,097
the idea of a woman director,
but it's not unprecedented.

449
00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,366
Think of the women

450
00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:41,434
who ruled the silent era.

451
00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:44,337
Where are they now?

452
00:21:44,371 --> 00:21:46,305
What do you guess prevented

453
00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:48,608
the next great wave
of women directors?

454
00:21:48,641 --> 00:21:50,610
I don't know.

455
00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:52,545
Well, I do. I was there.

456
00:21:52,579 --> 00:21:54,046
Money.

457
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,349
Money came along.

458
00:21:56,383 --> 00:21:59,185
Silents were
low-cost, low-risk.

459
00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:01,488
A producer might shrug
at the idea

460
00:22:01,521 --> 00:22:03,990
of an ingénue
or girl editor

461
00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:06,058
taking a turn behind the camera,

462
00:22:06,092 --> 00:22:08,561
but when the studios
came to power,

463
00:22:08,595 --> 00:22:11,731
they moved women
to the feminine work.

464
00:22:11,764 --> 00:22:15,334
Costumes, continuity.

465
00:22:15,368 --> 00:22:17,570
Directors needed stamina,

466
00:22:17,604 --> 00:22:20,973
leadership,
fiscal responsibility,

467
00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:23,009
so men were given the bullhorn.

468
00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:26,312
And I can't say that we are
any worse off for it.

469
00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,915
M-Miss Crawford.

470
00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:31,250
I just need
my first bite.

471
00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:33,886
Men, they will hire
based on potential,

472
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,623
but women, we need experience.

473
00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:42,562
I'm not turning you down
because you're a woman.

474
00:22:44,764 --> 00:22:47,600
I'm turning you down
because you're a nobody.

475
00:22:47,634 --> 00:22:52,171
And at this late stage
of my career,

476
00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:54,240
I don't have the luxury

477
00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:58,945
of putting myself
in the hands of a nobody.

478
00:22:58,978 --> 00:23:03,950
I have very few chances left.

479
00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:08,455
And my last chance is not
going to be your first.

480
00:23:08,488 --> 00:23:10,490
I hope you understand that.

481
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,162
I'm sorry I took up your time.

482
00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:20,467
Pauline.

483
00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:22,435
You should consider
yourself lucky.

484
00:23:22,469 --> 00:23:25,572
You get to work with the best
Hollywood has to offer.

485
00:23:25,605 --> 00:23:29,408
I mean, if you're seen
grabbing for too much,

486
00:23:29,442 --> 00:23:31,444
you may appear ungrateful.

487
00:23:31,478 --> 00:23:34,280
I appreciate that advice.

488
00:23:42,622 --> 00:23:44,791
OLIVIA:
It was a sensation.

489
00:23:44,824 --> 00:23:46,826
You have to understand
that women's movies

490
00:23:46,859 --> 00:23:50,296
had been out of vogue
for quite some time.

491
00:23:50,329 --> 00:23:52,632
I think the biggest moneymaker

492
00:23:52,665 --> 00:23:55,401
that year was
Lawrence of Arabia.

493
00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:58,104
I don't think there was even
a girl camel in that one.

494
00:23:58,137 --> 00:23:59,438
(chuckles)

495
00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:02,942
So with two women stars
of our era

496
00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:05,945
to suddenly have
the most successful picture

497
00:24:05,978 --> 00:24:09,482
in the theaters
among young people, well,

498
00:24:09,516 --> 00:24:11,951
we thought it signaled
a sea change.

499
00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:14,153
We had thought we'd
all start working again.
Mm-hmm.

500
00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:15,822
That there'd be a flood
of women's pictures.

501
00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:17,256
It didn't turn
out that way.

502
00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:18,758
Sure as hell didn't.

503
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,593
The studios thought
it was a fluke.

504
00:24:20,627 --> 00:24:22,929
They always think it's a fluke
when a picture carried

505
00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:25,665
by the girls succeeds
at the box office.

506
00:24:25,698 --> 00:24:27,299
And they so often do.

507
00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,502
Baby Jane was hot.

508
00:24:29,536 --> 00:24:32,038
But Joan felt left out
in the cold.

509
00:24:32,071 --> 00:24:34,507
She did what actors have done
since Euripides--

510
00:24:34,541 --> 00:24:36,509
she started hitting the bottle.

511
00:24:36,543 --> 00:24:37,844
ADAM: So you're saying,
on the record,

512
00:24:37,877 --> 00:24:39,478
that Joan Crawford
was an alcoholic?

513
00:24:39,512 --> 00:24:42,348
Oh, I'm not saying it, honey.

514
00:24:42,381 --> 00:24:44,383
Joan herself said it.

515
00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:47,219
Quote, "The twin curses
of being a star

516
00:24:47,253 --> 00:24:49,221
are alcoholism and loneliness."

517
00:24:49,255 --> 00:24:50,489
End quote.

518
00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:53,826
Can you explain
that sentiment to me?

519
00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:56,529
Well, the highs
you experience being a star,

520
00:24:56,563 --> 00:24:58,898
they're incredible.

521
00:24:58,931 --> 00:25:02,068
When you're in a role,
you get to fall in love.

522
00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:03,502
You get to be

523
00:25:03,536 --> 00:25:05,137
glamorous.

524
00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:08,708
You can tell people
how you feel deep down inside.

525
00:25:08,741 --> 00:25:10,843
Oh, it's a constant high.

526
00:25:10,877 --> 00:25:14,080
And then, when you don't
have a job, a success,

527
00:25:14,113 --> 00:25:17,416
or someone else
is riding high,

528
00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:20,086
it gets very, very quiet.

529
00:25:22,088 --> 00:25:25,391
You can hear
the voices of doubt.

530
00:25:25,424 --> 00:25:29,562
Pick up a bottle, and suddenly
the party starts all over again.

531
00:25:29,596 --> 00:25:31,598
Pain goes away.

532
00:25:31,631 --> 00:25:33,633
(doorbell rings)

533
00:25:35,702 --> 00:25:37,036
Get her.

534
00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:41,874
(liquid pouring)

535
00:25:44,443 --> 00:25:46,045
Well, look who's here.

536
00:25:46,078 --> 00:25:48,047
If it isn't Jack Warn...
What is this shit

537
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,216
about you not wanting
to promote the picture?

538
00:25:50,249 --> 00:25:52,251
Jesus Christ, Joan.

539
00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:54,253
I already have
a cross-country tour announced

540
00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:55,722
for the two of you.

541
00:25:55,755 --> 00:25:57,456
I'm not traveling
with that woman.

542
00:25:57,489 --> 00:25:58,758
(groans)

543
00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:02,361
Besides, why should
I promote your picture

544
00:26:02,394 --> 00:26:04,296
when you won't return the favor?

545
00:26:04,330 --> 00:26:07,366
I know you have
been out there

546
00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:11,237
actively campaigning for Davis
for Best Actress.

547
00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:13,539
Yeah, I have. And I've been
doing the same for you.

548
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:14,907
(scoffs)
You got to get over this.

549
00:26:14,941 --> 00:26:17,243
This is one of
the biggest successes

550
00:26:17,276 --> 00:26:18,711
you've had in years.

551
00:26:18,745 --> 00:26:20,379
And instead of
going out there

552
00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:22,548
and promoting it
and making it bigger,

553
00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:23,750
what are you doing?

554
00:26:23,783 --> 00:26:24,984
You're sitting around here
getting pickled.

555
00:26:25,017 --> 00:26:26,886
I'm not pickled.

556
00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:28,287
Like a herring.

557
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,056
It's 11:00 in the morning.

558
00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:31,991
Look, Jack...
(groans)

559
00:26:32,024 --> 00:26:33,993
I need your support.
Jesus.

560
00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:35,895
I mean, come on.

561
00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:37,964
I mean, if she gets
nominated and I don't...
Honey...

562
00:26:37,997 --> 00:26:39,966
...I don't know
what I'm gonna do about it.

563
00:26:39,999 --> 00:26:42,635
I mean, I need you to push
just as hard for me...
Okay. All right.

564
00:26:42,669 --> 00:26:45,137
...as you are for her.
Come on. Even harder.
Okay. Come on. Stop it.

565
00:26:45,171 --> 00:26:48,641
Stop it. Stop it.
Stop it. Stop. Stop it.
Shut up, you asshole.

566
00:26:48,675 --> 00:26:51,577
What?!
It wasn't cute
when you were 45,

567
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,412
and it sure as hell
isn't cute now.

568
00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:55,447
So stop it.

569
00:26:56,515 --> 00:26:58,484
You know what?
What?

570
00:26:58,517 --> 00:27:00,987
You were never in my corner.

571
00:27:01,020 --> 00:27:03,255
All these years,
you always thought

572
00:27:03,289 --> 00:27:06,325
Davis had more talent
than I did.

573
00:27:06,358 --> 00:27:08,260
She does.

574
00:27:08,294 --> 00:27:11,263
She can act rings around you.

575
00:27:11,297 --> 00:27:14,500
But your ass is nice and your
tits aren't sagging, so...

576
00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:16,468
Get out of my house.
Okay.

577
00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:20,606
You don't want to do
this tour, that's fine.

578
00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:23,810
But when those nominations
come out, I want you

579
00:27:23,843 --> 00:27:26,212
to be shaking hands
and sucking cocks,

580
00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:28,147
even if you yourself
are not nominated.

581
00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:29,716
Every statue
that this picture wins

582
00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:32,719
brings another million dollars
into our pockets.

583
00:27:32,752 --> 00:27:35,855
And you have a piece
of the picture.

584
00:27:35,888 --> 00:27:38,991
It is your goddamn
fiduciary responsibility.

585
00:27:39,025 --> 00:27:40,392
(sighs)

586
00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:42,829
Asshole!
(door opens)

587
00:27:42,862 --> 00:27:44,831
OLIVIA: Poor Joan.
(door closes)

588
00:27:44,864 --> 00:27:47,734
I sometimes feel that
she had more trouble

589
00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:51,637
dealing with success
than she did failure.

590
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:56,142
Bette, on the other hand, well,
she hadn't had a hit in years.

591
00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:57,877
After all that time
in the desert,

592
00:27:57,910 --> 00:28:01,380
she wasn't about to let this one
go without enjoying it.

593
00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:03,415
(crowd cheering,
Bette speaks indistinctly)

594
00:28:08,287 --> 00:28:10,089
MAN: Hey, Bette!
Where's your sister?

595
00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:11,590
Where's Joan Crawford?

596
00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:14,193
On the beach. Dead!

597
00:28:14,226 --> 00:28:16,195
(laughter)

598
00:28:16,228 --> 00:28:19,065
OLIVIA: For the first time ever,
Bette seemed to enjoy

599
00:28:19,098 --> 00:28:21,067
her public;
she seemed to embrace

600
00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:23,069
the idea of being a star.

601
00:28:23,102 --> 00:28:26,672
And she was gonna hold on
to that feeling for dear life,

602
00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:28,574
because she knew
it might never come again.

603
00:28:28,607 --> 00:28:30,109
JACK PAAR:
So what's it like

604
00:28:30,142 --> 00:28:32,078
to be the cat's pajamas?

605
00:28:32,111 --> 00:28:33,545
(laughter)

606
00:28:33,579 --> 00:28:36,382
Is that what the kids
are calling it now?

607
00:28:36,415 --> 00:28:39,085
I hear that you and your costar
are more popular

608
00:28:39,118 --> 00:28:41,888
with the Brylcreem
and acne set than Fabian.

609
00:28:41,921 --> 00:28:43,289
If that's so,

610
00:28:43,322 --> 00:28:45,724
I would suggest they
send all their fan mail

611
00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:47,226
to Mr. Jack Warner,

612
00:28:47,259 --> 00:28:48,761
care of Warner Brothers
Studios.

613
00:28:48,795 --> 00:28:50,930
He didn't want to make
this picture, you know.

614
00:28:50,963 --> 00:28:53,132
You know what
his initial reaction was?

615
00:28:53,165 --> 00:28:54,266
No, what?

616
00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:56,135
He said he wouldn't
put up a nickel

617
00:28:56,168 --> 00:28:58,404
for us "two old broads."
No.

618
00:28:58,437 --> 00:28:59,405
(laughter)
BETTE: Yes. Can you imagine?

619
00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:00,406
I mean, really.

620
00:29:00,439 --> 00:29:01,808
I guess we showed him there's

621
00:29:01,841 --> 00:29:05,144
still a lot of life left
in these two old broads.

622
00:29:05,177 --> 00:29:06,813
(laughs)
(laughter, applause)

623
00:29:10,983 --> 00:29:12,985
(phone ringing)

624
00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:17,556
Hello?

625
00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:20,759
Hello?

626
00:29:20,793 --> 00:29:22,728
Oh.

627
00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:26,165
So you finally deigned
to pick up, huh?

628
00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:27,934
I had just walked in the-- Joan?

629
00:29:27,967 --> 00:29:29,168
Please stop

630
00:29:29,201 --> 00:29:33,005
referring to me as an old broad,

631
00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:34,773
or I'll have to consult
my lawyer.

632
00:29:34,807 --> 00:29:35,942
It's slander.

633
00:29:35,975 --> 00:29:39,111
And it impairs my ability to

634
00:29:39,145 --> 00:29:40,947
secure future work.

635
00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:45,284
The only thing impairing your
ability is a fifth of vodka.

636
00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:47,286
This is sad, Joan.
I'm sad for you.

637
00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:49,155
For me?
BETTE: Yes.

638
00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:51,590
Jesus Christ,
we're a goddamned bona fide hit,

639
00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:53,926
and you're incapable
of enjoying it.

640
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,262
Well, it looks like you've been
enjoying it enough for

641
00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:57,429
the both of us.

642
00:29:57,463 --> 00:29:59,698
Half the success belongs to you.

643
00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:01,767
Well, then I'd appreciate it

644
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,770
if you would enjoy it
half as much.

645
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,339
(line clicks, dial tone hums)

646
00:30:07,373 --> 00:30:09,375
(sighs)

647
00:30:13,913 --> 00:30:16,148
Pathetic old drunk.

648
00:30:41,107 --> 00:30:44,510
Sinatra's comedic contributions
to the Western.

649
00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:46,578
He wants to rewrite
half of my goddamn lines.

650
00:30:46,612 --> 00:30:47,813
Well, maybe you got

651
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:49,748
to snap your fingers
to get the jokes.

652
00:30:49,781 --> 00:30:51,750
Oh, I hope his limo
gets lost in the Mojave.

653
00:30:51,783 --> 00:30:54,186
Take a break.

654
00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:03,362
"The Black Slipper."

655
00:31:03,395 --> 00:31:05,264
I wrote it for Joan.

656
00:31:05,297 --> 00:31:07,533
When the hell did you find
the time to do that?

657
00:31:07,566 --> 00:31:10,269
Well, if it's something
you care about,

658
00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:11,938
you get up early, right?

659
00:31:11,971 --> 00:31:13,272
I didn't know you were a writer.

660
00:31:13,305 --> 00:31:14,606
I'm also a director.

661
00:31:15,807 --> 00:31:17,343
At least, I think I am.

662
00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:18,577
No, I-I am.

663
00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:20,712
Uh, Pauline, I'm lost.

664
00:31:20,746 --> 00:31:23,715
I wrote it to give myself
a picture to direct, Bob.

665
00:31:23,749 --> 00:31:25,884
You said you
couldn't have done

666
00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:27,186
Baby Jane without me.

667
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,921
That is what you said.
Well, I know how to cast,

668
00:31:28,955 --> 00:31:30,889
I know how to prep, I know
how to handle the studio.

669
00:31:30,923 --> 00:31:31,924
And I am good.

670
00:31:31,958 --> 00:31:33,759
I've been there
every day.

671
00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:36,862
I've managed more disasters than
the Army Corps of Engineers.

672
00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:38,564
Of course, I realize
there are things

673
00:31:38,597 --> 00:31:40,766
that I do need to learn
about the camera...

674
00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:43,369
Easy, partner.
You don't have to convince me.

675
00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:45,704
You're good on story.
You have an impeccable eye.

676
00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:47,373
And you handled
those two old broads

677
00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:48,607
like a lion tamer.

678
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,476
Thank you.

679
00:31:50,509 --> 00:31:52,911
Anything else you can
pick up in a textbook.

680
00:31:52,945 --> 00:31:54,913
So then you will read it

681
00:31:54,947 --> 00:31:56,382
and you would consider
producing?

682
00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:58,450
(chuckles)
Why do you sound so surprised?

683
00:31:58,484 --> 00:32:00,953
Because some men
find it off-putting,

684
00:32:00,987 --> 00:32:03,222
imagining a woman in charge.

685
00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:05,457
Really? What men?

686
00:32:05,491 --> 00:32:07,493
Oh, your friends
at the old folks' home?

687
00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:10,396
It's a new world, Pauline.

688
00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:13,099
Thank you, Bob.

689
00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:15,734
I will not forget this.

690
00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:18,404
Well, since
you're in charge now,

691
00:32:18,437 --> 00:32:20,139
why don't I let you

692
00:32:20,172 --> 00:32:23,675
tell Sinatra
where he can put this?

693
00:32:23,709 --> 00:32:25,911
(sighs)

694
00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,479
Boss.

695
00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:36,922
You don't trust women
very much, do you?

696
00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:38,757
Why don't you
trust people?!

697
00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:41,293
No, no! Go back to
your-your fancy party!

698
00:32:41,327 --> 00:32:43,262
I don't need you!
Go on! Get out!

699
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:45,097
(keys jangling)

700
00:32:45,131 --> 00:32:47,699
It's all right, Sergeant.

701
00:32:47,733 --> 00:32:50,002
I think I just lost a client,
that's all.

702
00:32:50,036 --> 00:32:52,604
Good night, toughy.

703
00:32:52,638 --> 00:32:54,106
DIRECTOR: And cut!
(bell rings)

704
00:32:54,140 --> 00:32:55,441
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
Okay, that's lunch!

705
00:32:55,474 --> 00:32:56,608
One hour!
Cigarette?

706
00:32:56,642 --> 00:32:58,177
Thank you.
What a gentleman.

707
00:32:58,210 --> 00:33:00,179
I liked that. How did you
think it went? Are you happy?

708
00:33:00,212 --> 00:33:02,481
MICHAEL PARKS: I am happy.
Mm.

709
00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:07,353
What is this big fish
doing in my little pond?

710
00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:10,022
Bette, how you doing?
I'm doing television.

711
00:33:10,056 --> 00:33:13,359
I want you to take me out to
a fancy, expensive restaurant.

712
00:33:13,392 --> 00:33:14,993
You got it.

713
00:33:15,027 --> 00:33:16,828
I want you to have this.

714
00:33:16,862 --> 00:33:18,630
Open it.

715
00:33:18,664 --> 00:33:20,366
(box rattles)

716
00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:22,168
(chuckles)

717
00:33:22,201 --> 00:33:25,904
It's the one millionth
ticket sold for Baby Jane,

718
00:33:25,937 --> 00:33:27,539
or that's what
they told me.

719
00:33:27,573 --> 00:33:31,009
Oh, how nice. I hope
I don't have to pawn it.

720
00:33:31,043 --> 00:33:32,478
Yeah. I saw
your Variety ad.

721
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:33,912
Oh, that was just a joke.

722
00:33:33,945 --> 00:33:35,814
Yeah, I know that's how
people are taking it,

723
00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:37,683
but I know better.

724
00:33:37,716 --> 00:33:39,418
All right, I admit,
I was in a panic.

725
00:33:39,451 --> 00:33:41,253
Everyone thought Baby Jane
was going to bomb.

726
00:33:41,287 --> 00:33:43,222
And it didn't.
No, it didn't.

727
00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:46,058
And I'm still not
getting any offers.

728
00:33:46,092 --> 00:33:47,993
What are you talking about?
You're doing Perry Mason.

729
00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:49,027
It's television.

730
00:33:49,061 --> 00:33:50,529
There's no shame
in doing television.

731
00:33:50,562 --> 00:33:52,831
Says the man who just signed
Sinatra and Dean Martin

732
00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:55,334
to a multimillion-dollar
Western romp.

733
00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:56,768
Yeah, you're right.

734
00:33:56,802 --> 00:33:58,504
It's disgraceful
how you and Joan

735
00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:00,606
aren't getting the credit
you deserve.

736
00:34:00,639 --> 00:34:03,342
You should both be
up to your necks in offers.

737
00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:06,512
Well, this town has always
been a boys' club,

738
00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:08,347
and the boys are not polite.

739
00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:11,016
They're not going to hold
the door open for me.

740
00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:12,618
I'm gonna have to kick it open,
the way I always have.

741
00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:14,453
(chuckles)

742
00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:17,856
I found a script.

743
00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:19,758
I want you to direct.

744
00:34:21,327 --> 00:34:22,961
It's about two sisters...

745
00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:24,963
Bette, no, I'm not going
another 12 rounds with you two.

746
00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:27,633
(laughs) Crawford's not getting
anywhere near this one.

747
00:34:27,666 --> 00:34:29,301
So who do you see
for your costar?

748
00:34:29,335 --> 00:34:30,936
Me.

749
00:34:30,969 --> 00:34:33,472
I play both parts.
They're twins.

750
00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:35,607
Didn't you do that already?
'46. A Stolen Life.

751
00:34:35,641 --> 00:34:37,443
But the technology
has so improved.

752
00:34:37,476 --> 00:34:39,044
And so have I.

753
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:40,612
We shouldn't be repeating
ourselves, Bette.

754
00:34:40,646 --> 00:34:42,648
I don't think that's a good move
for either of us.

755
00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:48,620
I understand. Completely.

756
00:34:48,654 --> 00:34:51,223
Don't give it
a second thought.

757
00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:52,958
I'm really pleased for you, Bob,

758
00:34:52,991 --> 00:34:54,626
that you've turned
everything around,

759
00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:56,128
and I'm so happy

760
00:34:56,162 --> 00:34:59,898
that someone is getting credit
for our success.

761
00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:03,269
And now you can
go off and make

762
00:35:03,302 --> 00:35:06,305
a big Western with the boys.

763
00:35:06,338 --> 00:35:09,575
And I have my little ashtray.

764
00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:11,977
Oh, come on, Bette. You're
gonna get more than an ashtray.

765
00:35:12,010 --> 00:35:14,180
We both know you're gonna be
nominated for another Oscar.

766
00:35:14,213 --> 00:35:15,514
What if I lose?

767
00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:16,882
You won't lose.

768
00:35:18,184 --> 00:35:20,919
A nomination
is not gonna be enough

769
00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,754
to turn this around for me, Bob.

770
00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:25,257
I've just proven that
I can still open a picture.

771
00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:28,260
If the offers
aren't coming in now...

772
00:35:28,294 --> 00:35:30,028
Yeah, but they
will come in.

773
00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:32,030
And if they don't,
I promise you,

774
00:35:32,063 --> 00:35:35,000
I will personally write you
another big fat fucking hit.

775
00:35:35,033 --> 00:35:36,935
Yeah.

776
00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,770
That's what Mankiewicz
said, too,

777
00:35:38,804 --> 00:35:41,207
right after I lost
for All About Eve.

778
00:35:43,209 --> 00:35:45,211
I'm still waiting.

779
00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:01,560
(whispers):
Wait.

780
00:36:02,594 --> 00:36:03,995
That's it.
Oh, wow!

781
00:36:04,029 --> 00:36:05,331
There it is.

782
00:36:05,364 --> 00:36:06,898
Frank,

783
00:36:06,932 --> 00:36:08,800
some of these costuming ideas,
I don't think

784
00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:10,902
they're very practical
in this context.

785
00:36:10,936 --> 00:36:14,072
You got cream suede boots,
uh, linen pants, gold ascot...

786
00:36:14,105 --> 00:36:15,641
Gold silk ascot.

787
00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,509
Yeah, well, yeah,
a top hat and tux

788
00:36:17,543 --> 00:36:19,678
for the act three brawl--
I mean, come on,

789
00:36:19,711 --> 00:36:21,413
this is the Wild West,
it's Galveston.

790
00:36:21,447 --> 00:36:23,382
(chuckles) You know,
I mean, think of the dust.

791
00:36:23,415 --> 00:36:25,751
There's chaw spit flying
all over the place.

792
00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:27,753
I mean, there's horseshit
on the streets.

793
00:36:27,786 --> 00:36:29,588
Zack Thomas doesn't
walk in horseshit.

794
00:36:29,621 --> 00:36:31,690
Yeah, and what about,
look, page 33.

795
00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:35,227
You got Fifi shining your shoes,
and you want Anita Ekberg

796
00:36:35,261 --> 00:36:36,528
to give you a shave on page 108?

797
00:36:36,562 --> 00:36:39,231
Bob... go to the club
and get a drink.

798
00:36:39,265 --> 00:36:41,433
I hear a heart attack coming on.

799
00:36:41,467 --> 00:36:44,503
Zack Thomas is intent

800
00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:48,106
on recouping his $100,000
from Joe Jarrett.

801
00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:49,541
That is the picture.

802
00:36:49,575 --> 00:36:52,278
Now, if every time we see Zack,
he's getting a foot rub,

803
00:36:52,311 --> 00:36:54,413
how's the audience gonna
understand his ambition?

804
00:36:54,446 --> 00:36:55,914
People know what I want,

805
00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:57,949
and they know
I don't sweat gettin' it.

806
00:36:57,983 --> 00:36:59,718
Match me.

807
00:37:11,463 --> 00:37:12,764
VICTOR:
Zack,

808
00:37:12,798 --> 00:37:14,199
what are we gonna
do about Jarrett

809
00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:15,367
and his gambling boat now?

810
00:37:15,401 --> 00:37:17,202
Well, you don't leave me
much choice.

811
00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:19,605
He now has the dock rights,
thanks to you.

812
00:37:19,638 --> 00:37:21,307
But don't worry
about it, Harv,

813
00:37:21,340 --> 00:37:23,575
opening night
will be closing night.

814
00:37:23,609 --> 00:37:25,711
Certainly hope so.

815
00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:28,414
Sometimes think I don't have
the intestinal fortitude

816
00:37:28,447 --> 00:37:30,716
for this job.

817
00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:32,984
The word is "guts," Harv.

818
00:37:33,018 --> 00:37:34,653
ROBERT:
Cut, cut.

819
00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:36,221
Frank, you're looking
straight down the camera.

820
00:37:36,254 --> 00:37:37,756
I'm pretending it's a mirror.
Well, that's fine,

821
00:37:37,789 --> 00:37:40,392
but just look to one side.
No.

822
00:37:40,426 --> 00:37:42,994
You go see a Sinatra comedy,
you want to see his baby blues.

823
00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:45,130
You're not Sinatra, you're
Zack Thomas, and this isn't

824
00:37:45,163 --> 00:37:46,732
center stage
at the Sands.

825
00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:49,000
It's a saloon
in Galveston.

826
00:37:49,034 --> 00:37:52,270
Frank, listen, we have an
opportunity here to make

827
00:37:52,304 --> 00:37:54,005
a picture
that's saying something

828
00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:56,975
about the rivalry and greed that
civilized the American West.

829
00:37:57,008 --> 00:37:58,444
It's saying nothing
but tits and fistfights

830
00:37:58,477 --> 00:38:00,245
and me looking like
a real cool daddy.

831
00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:01,847
Come on!
Okay, okay.

832
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,815
I'm not gonna argue with you.

833
00:38:03,849 --> 00:38:06,418
Let's go back to, uh, um, "You
don't leave me much choice."

834
00:38:06,452 --> 00:38:08,086
Got it.

835
00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,356
Okay, let's roll.

836
00:38:10,389 --> 00:38:12,190
Rolling.

837
00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:17,262
And... action.

838
00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:20,031
(burps quietly)

839
00:38:20,065 --> 00:38:21,700
How can I concentrate

840
00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:23,769
with this beluga whale
belching next to me?

841
00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:25,771
Oh, that's... it's
a character choice,

842
00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:27,473
Mr. Sinatra.
Who asked you?! Huh?

843
00:38:27,506 --> 00:38:28,940
Okay, come on,
come on.

844
00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:30,842
Let's concentrate.
Let's go again.

845
00:38:30,876 --> 00:38:32,844
We're still rolling.
Come on.

846
00:38:32,878 --> 00:38:34,279
(clears throat)

847
00:38:34,312 --> 00:38:37,315
Okay, going again.
And... action.

848
00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:41,720
ADELL: "You don't
leave me much choice."
I know the line,

849
00:38:41,753 --> 00:38:44,289
you stupid bitch!
ROBERT: All right, all right,
that's out of bounds.

850
00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:45,857
Out of bounds?!

851
00:38:45,891 --> 00:38:47,859
Who the fuck do you think
you are, out of bounds?!

852
00:38:47,893 --> 00:38:49,160
You're nobody.

853
00:38:49,194 --> 00:38:51,196
I ought to have you
decapitated and buried

854
00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:53,799
in the fucking desert,
you sweaty, four-eyed ape.

855
00:38:53,832 --> 00:38:56,001
They won't even mark
your grave with an "X."

856
00:38:56,034 --> 00:38:58,069
And no one'll notice
you're gone!

857
00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:06,578
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
And that's lunch!

858
00:39:06,612 --> 00:39:08,346
One hour!
(bell rings)

859
00:39:09,381 --> 00:39:11,182
Warner wants to see you.

860
00:39:11,216 --> 00:39:13,385
Yeah, why does that sound
like a relief?

861
00:39:13,419 --> 00:39:14,820
(sighs)

862
00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:16,722
Here. Sinatra's changes.

863
00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:18,757
Just put them
in some kind of order.

864
00:39:21,026 --> 00:39:22,360
I'm sorry, honey.
You okay?

865
00:39:22,394 --> 00:39:23,829
Yeah.

866
00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:25,764
(typewriter clacking)

867
00:39:27,265 --> 00:39:28,233
(Robert clears throat)

868
00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:29,234
(bell dings)

869
00:39:29,267 --> 00:39:30,902
Couch.

870
00:39:35,073 --> 00:39:37,042
Don't be nervous, Bob.

871
00:39:37,075 --> 00:39:38,610
I asked you here

872
00:39:38,644 --> 00:39:40,278
because...

873
00:39:40,311 --> 00:39:42,914
I didn't like the way
we left things last time.

874
00:39:42,948 --> 00:39:45,083
I wanted to apologize

875
00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:47,052
for my harsh and
insulting language.

876
00:39:47,085 --> 00:39:48,854
I'm sorry.

877
00:39:48,887 --> 00:39:51,189
I was hurt,
I felt rejected,

878
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:52,858
and I lashed out.

879
00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:54,426
It's all right.

880
00:39:54,460 --> 00:39:56,127
No. It's not.

881
00:39:56,161 --> 00:39:58,430
Just because I
made Bob Aldrich

882
00:39:58,464 --> 00:40:01,433
doesn't mean that he has
to obey my every command.

883
00:40:01,467 --> 00:40:03,569
You're not a poodle.

884
00:40:03,602 --> 00:40:04,903
Are you, Bob?

885
00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:06,404
You're your own man.

886
00:40:07,639 --> 00:40:10,075
Well, thanks for that.
I appreciate it.

887
00:40:10,108 --> 00:40:12,243
Well, I hope we can
still be friends.

888
00:40:12,277 --> 00:40:14,412
Yeah, sure. Why not?

889
00:40:16,281 --> 00:40:18,083
So...

890
00:40:18,116 --> 00:40:20,218
I hear the Sinatra
dailies are unwatchable.

891
00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:21,587
Uh, we'll get there.

892
00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:22,954
Yeah?

893
00:40:22,988 --> 00:40:24,790
I also hear
that he's treating you

894
00:40:24,823 --> 00:40:26,892
like a halfwit toilet attendant.

895
00:40:26,925 --> 00:40:28,960
Well, I wouldn't say we've, uh,

896
00:40:28,994 --> 00:40:31,396
we've hit a groove
of mutual respect. (chuckles)

897
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:32,898
Come on, Bobby.

898
00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:34,432
You can't hide from old Jack.

899
00:40:34,466 --> 00:40:36,134
I can hear it in your voice.

900
00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:37,803
Your sphincter's clenching up.

901
00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:39,605
Which is exactly what
I told you would happen.

902
00:40:39,638 --> 00:40:40,939
I know you're getting

903
00:40:40,972 --> 00:40:43,241
some kind of grim
satisfaction out of this,

904
00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:44,676
but I slaved over that script.

905
00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:46,011
I slaved over it.

906
00:40:46,044 --> 00:40:47,345
And this...

907
00:40:47,378 --> 00:40:49,915
suntanned man-child
is mutilating it.

908
00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:51,349
Yeah. Yeah.

909
00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:54,419
No, I've-I've heard.
I've heard.

910
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:56,321
What's this?

911
00:40:56,354 --> 00:40:58,957
That's a gift
for my good friend Bob.

912
00:40:58,990 --> 00:41:00,258
Fresh, un-mutilated properties.

913
00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:03,495
Further tales
of old hags.

914
00:41:03,529 --> 00:41:05,697
No, no, no.
Now, listen.

915
00:41:05,731 --> 00:41:07,699
Pick one, bring it to Bette.

916
00:41:07,733 --> 00:41:10,101
As a bonus,
I will release

917
00:41:10,135 --> 00:41:12,370
your dog-shit Sinatra Western.

918
00:41:12,403 --> 00:41:14,405
Who else would do that for you?

919
00:41:16,708 --> 00:41:18,209
All right, come on.

920
00:41:18,243 --> 00:41:20,211
Run along, now.
I got writing to do.

921
00:41:20,245 --> 00:41:22,548
I'm working on my
autobiography.

922
00:41:22,581 --> 00:41:24,149
What do you think
I should call it?

923
00:41:24,182 --> 00:41:26,284
I'm thinking of
Life of a Showman.

924
00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:28,554
Yeah, that's great. Mm-hmm.
That's good,
right? Yeah.

925
00:41:28,587 --> 00:41:31,557
Oh, also, good
luck on Monday.

926
00:41:31,590 --> 00:41:33,525
I mean, in general,
for Baby Jane.

927
00:41:33,559 --> 00:41:37,028
It's sure to pick up a few nods,
but I want you to be prepared

928
00:41:37,062 --> 00:41:39,130
for the possibility
that you'll be left out.

929
00:41:39,164 --> 00:41:41,132
But don't take it
personally.

930
00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:43,401
You're just not the type that
your peer group acknowledges.

931
00:41:44,703 --> 00:41:46,905
I'll see you later.

932
00:41:46,938 --> 00:41:49,307
Can I ask you
something, Jack?

933
00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:50,842
Yes, of course.

934
00:41:50,876 --> 00:41:52,510
Be straight with me.

935
00:41:52,544 --> 00:41:55,647
Never any other
way, Bob.

936
00:41:55,681 --> 00:41:59,084
Do you think I have
the potential for greatness?

937
00:42:00,251 --> 00:42:01,553
(knocks on desk)

938
00:42:01,587 --> 00:42:03,021
No.

939
00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:11,630
(sighs)

940
00:42:13,565 --> 00:42:14,866
(sighs)

941
00:42:17,703 --> 00:42:19,237
Honey, get Frank.

942
00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:21,506
He took a jet
to New York, Pop.

943
00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:22,674
What?

944
00:42:22,708 --> 00:42:24,710
H-He said to
shoot around him.

945
00:42:32,618 --> 00:42:34,720
What is this, Bob?

946
00:42:34,753 --> 00:42:36,221
Sinatra's notes,
which I invite you

947
00:42:36,254 --> 00:42:37,789
to stuff into
a Molotov cocktail.

948
00:42:37,823 --> 00:42:39,357
No, this was my script.

949
00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:41,259
I worked on this
for months,

950
00:42:41,292 --> 00:42:43,595
and you used it for scrap paper.

951
00:42:43,629 --> 00:42:45,196
You even read it?

952
00:42:45,230 --> 00:42:46,732
Well, I-I needed something
to write on, Pauline.

953
00:42:46,765 --> 00:42:48,433
It's not like I tossed it out.

954
00:42:48,466 --> 00:42:51,436
No, you just told me to "stuff
it into a Molotov cocktail."

955
00:42:51,469 --> 00:42:52,604
Pauline!

956
00:42:54,005 --> 00:42:56,441
I'm drowning here.
I'm underwater.

957
00:42:56,474 --> 00:42:58,877
And you're asking me
to move a mountain for you.

958
00:42:58,910 --> 00:43:01,146
Even if you didn't pick
the shittiest time possible,

959
00:43:01,179 --> 00:43:03,214
I'm not a miracle worker.

960
00:43:03,248 --> 00:43:04,883
No one is gonna let
a woman direct a picture.

961
00:43:04,916 --> 00:43:06,551
You're in fantasyland.

962
00:43:06,584 --> 00:43:09,154
Now, if you want to come back
to the real world

963
00:43:09,187 --> 00:43:10,956
and keep working for me
as my assistant, good.

964
00:43:10,989 --> 00:43:12,157
If not, take a walk.

965
00:43:12,190 --> 00:43:14,225
Because I don't have
time or energy

966
00:43:14,259 --> 00:43:17,462
to coddle a middle-aged
boy singer and you, too!

967
00:43:21,667 --> 00:43:23,669
*

968
00:43:37,548 --> 00:43:39,284
MAMACITA:
One slice each--

969
00:43:39,317 --> 00:43:41,486
apple, pecan
and whipped cream.

970
00:43:41,519 --> 00:43:43,021
With two Pepsi-Colas.

971
00:43:43,054 --> 00:43:46,157
Well, no time like the present
to develop diabetes.

972
00:43:46,191 --> 00:43:47,793
Miss Joan forbids sweets.

973
00:43:47,826 --> 00:43:49,995
She says sugar is
a dangerous food.

974
00:43:50,028 --> 00:43:52,430
I take my thrills where I can.

975
00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:53,799
Bring the
bill to me.

976
00:43:53,832 --> 00:43:55,433
You don't have
to treat, Mamacita.

977
00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:57,736
I don't need consolation.

978
00:43:59,504 --> 00:44:03,541
My mother wasted her entire life
bringing us pot roasts on trays

979
00:44:03,574 --> 00:44:05,677
and ironing
my father's boxer shorts.

980
00:44:05,711 --> 00:44:07,946
Not that there's anything wrong
with domestic work.

981
00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:11,616
I only mean that...
Joan is right.

982
00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:14,285
I've got a good thing
going with Bob.

983
00:44:14,319 --> 00:44:16,221
I can't throw it away
on a pipe dream.

984
00:44:16,254 --> 00:44:18,023
I've got to live
in the real world.

985
00:44:18,056 --> 00:44:20,325
But the real world is changing.

986
00:44:20,358 --> 00:44:23,328
Mornings when Miss Joan
has a hangover,

987
00:44:23,361 --> 00:44:25,030
I take the twins to the library.

988
00:44:25,063 --> 00:44:26,497
I'm a new citizen.

989
00:44:26,531 --> 00:44:28,800
I learn about my country
in the Reference Room.

990
00:44:28,834 --> 00:44:31,202
I read the Almanac,
the Atlas,

991
00:44:31,236 --> 00:44:33,171
the Census Report.

992
00:44:33,204 --> 00:44:35,640
You didn't tear these
out of a library book, did you?

993
00:44:35,673 --> 00:44:37,709
This is
the United States sex ratio.

994
00:44:37,743 --> 00:44:41,980
Look here. In 1910, there are
how many more men than women?

995
00:44:42,013 --> 00:44:42,981
2.7 million.

996
00:44:43,014 --> 00:44:44,149
In 1940?

997
00:44:44,182 --> 00:44:46,151
Zero-point-five.

998
00:44:46,184 --> 00:44:49,721
And now we outnumber them
by more than one million.

999
00:44:49,755 --> 00:44:52,758
Mm-hmm. Should someone tell
the men they're going extinct?

1000
00:44:52,791 --> 00:44:54,192
Not extinct.

1001
00:44:54,225 --> 00:44:56,661
Minority.
Men were first to immigrate.

1002
00:44:56,694 --> 00:44:59,831
On frontier, only men,
like bathhouse.

1003
00:44:59,865 --> 00:45:01,666
That explains
big 1910 number.

1004
00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:03,001
However,

1005
00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:06,204
men have shorter lives,
because they are less strong.

1006
00:45:06,237 --> 00:45:08,006
And many die in war.

1007
00:45:08,039 --> 00:45:09,640
That explains the decline.

1008
00:45:11,943 --> 00:45:13,544
Census projections.

1009
00:45:13,578 --> 00:45:17,548
By 1970, there will be
six million more women than men.

1010
00:45:17,582 --> 00:45:19,417
52% of total population.

1011
00:45:19,450 --> 00:45:21,419
Do you know what this means?

1012
00:45:21,452 --> 00:45:23,254
A lot of lonely gals.

1013
00:45:23,288 --> 00:45:24,790
Studios will have obligations

1014
00:45:24,823 --> 00:45:26,958
to make half of stories
about women,

1015
00:45:26,992 --> 00:45:29,694
by women, for women.

1016
00:45:29,727 --> 00:45:31,763
It only makes economic sense.

1017
00:45:31,797 --> 00:45:34,565
Keep your head up.

1018
00:45:34,599 --> 00:45:36,835
Your day is coming.

1019
00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:42,307
Mamacita.

1020
00:45:44,342 --> 00:45:47,245
You're a real
big-picture thinker.

1021
00:45:52,984 --> 00:45:55,353
(phone line beeping)

1022
00:45:57,155 --> 00:45:59,157
(beeping continues)

1023
00:46:10,936 --> 00:46:13,171
(dial tone humming)

1024
00:46:29,687 --> 00:46:32,657
(phone line beeping in distance)

1025
00:46:32,690 --> 00:46:34,459
Mamacita?

1026
00:46:34,492 --> 00:46:36,461
(beeping phone line
grows louder)

1027
00:46:41,032 --> 00:46:43,468
(beeping continues)

1028
00:46:45,536 --> 00:46:48,173
(phone line beeping in distance)

1029
00:46:59,650 --> 00:47:02,020
(beeping phone line
grows louder)

1030
00:47:12,864 --> 00:47:14,699
(beeping continues)

1031
00:47:17,335 --> 00:47:19,804
Hmm.

1032
00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:21,239
MAMACITA: Miss Joan.
(gasps) Oh.

1033
00:47:21,272 --> 00:47:22,707
(phone clatters)

1034
00:47:22,740 --> 00:47:25,810
Oh, you startled me, Mamacita.

1035
00:47:25,843 --> 00:47:29,647
What's going on?
I asked you to wake me at 5:30.

1036
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:33,484
They're announcing
the Oscar nominations today.

1037
00:47:33,518 --> 00:47:34,852
Miss Joan.

1038
00:47:36,554 --> 00:47:38,623
I want you to sit down.

1039
00:47:41,859 --> 00:47:44,162
*

1040
00:47:44,195 --> 00:47:46,864
(Joan screaming)

1041
00:49:09,147 --> 00:49:11,149
Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH