A Star Is Born -HD (1937)

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00:01:47Well, home from the movies at last.
00:01:50Looks like it, Aunt Maddy.
00:01:52Hi, Dad.
00:01:53Hello, son.
00:01:55Well, daughter, how was the moving picture tonight?
00:01:58Mmm, lovely.
00:02:00Moist, that's what it was.
00:02:01Just a lot of moist.
00:02:02There wasn't anybody killed in the whole thing.
00:02:04Oh, well, then I'll stick to these.
00:02:06These don't talk.
00:02:07That big cluck Norman Maine was in the picture tonight.
00:02:10Never does anything but kiss a lot of girls.
00:02:12Norman Maine is one of the best actors in pictures.
00:02:15You and your movies.
00:02:16That's all you think about.
00:02:17You shouldn't be allowed to go to him at all,
00:02:19if you're asking me.
00:02:20Too bad I was so busy in the kitchen.
00:02:23I didn't hear anybody asking you.
00:02:26Hello, Granny.
00:02:27Hello, darling.
00:02:28Well, of course, no one ever listens to me.
00:02:30They do if they're within ten miles of you.
00:02:32Gathering around picture shows.
00:02:34House all cluttered up with movie magazines.
00:02:36And the other day I caught her talking to a horse
00:02:38with a Swedish accent.
00:02:39Oh, sis, we're only young ones, you know.
00:02:45Ah, Hollywood.
00:02:48You'd better be getting yourself a good husband
00:02:50and stop moaning about Hollywood.
00:02:52Do you know what she wants to do?
00:02:54She wants to go to Hollywood.
00:02:57I've known it all along.
00:02:59I've seen her making faces in the mirror
00:03:01and talking to herself.
00:03:02That's what comes of your movies.
00:03:05Why, what would you do if you did go to Hollywood?
00:03:09I'd be an actress.
00:03:11I would, I tell you.
00:03:12I've always known I could.
00:03:13Guys, wouldn't it be wonderful to have
00:03:15a movie star in the family?
00:03:16Oh, Miss Blodgett, may I have your autograph?
00:03:19You may not know it, darling,
00:03:20but you're practically on your way to bed.
00:03:22Oh, Miss Blodgett, you're my favorite actress.
00:03:24Won't you tell me the secret of your success?
00:03:26Oh, let me alone.
00:03:28I asked her what's come over you.
00:03:30I'll tell you what's come over her.
00:03:32She's just a silly little girl
00:03:33whose head has been turned by the movies.
00:03:35And the sooner she forgets the whole thing,
00:03:37the better off she'll be.
00:03:38Why will I be better off?
00:03:39What's wrong with wanting to get out
00:03:41and make something of myself?
00:03:42What do you do that's so much better?
00:03:44Just because you're satisfied to sit here all your life,
00:03:46you think you can laugh at me?
00:03:48Well, someday you won't laugh at me.
00:03:49I'm going out and have a real life.
00:03:51I'm going to be somebody.
00:03:57You know, if it was spring, I'd say give her
00:04:00a good dose of sulfur and molasses.
00:04:07Hmm.
00:04:08I thought I'd find you.
00:04:10Oh, stop that.
00:04:11Now stop crying.
00:04:12That isn't going to do you a bit good.
00:04:14Oh, I'm crying because Aunt Maddie and Alec
00:04:16make me so mad.
00:04:17Oh, Alec and Aunt Maddie.
00:04:19Fiddlesticks.
00:04:20They're not important.
00:04:22You're the only one that counts.
00:04:24Esther, everyone in this world who has ever dreamed
00:04:26about better things has been laughed at.
00:04:29Don't you know that?
00:04:30Oh, I suppose I do, but...
00:04:32But there's a difference between dreaming and doing.
00:04:35The dreamers just sit around and moon
00:04:37about how wonderful it would be
00:04:39if only things were different.
00:04:42And the years roll on and they grow old.
00:04:45And by and by, they forget everything,
00:04:47even about their dreams.
00:04:49Oh, I don't want to be like that.
00:04:51I want to be somebody.
00:04:52Oh, yeah.
00:04:53Oh, yeah.
00:04:54You want to be somebody.
00:04:55But you want it to be easy.
00:04:56Oh, you modern girls give me a pain.
00:04:59When I wanted something better,
00:05:01I came across those plains in a prairie schooner
00:05:04with your grandfather.
00:05:05Oh, everyone laughed at us as they did
00:05:08at all the other pioneers.
00:05:09They said this country would never be anything
00:05:11but a wilderness.
00:05:12We didn't believe that.
00:05:14We were going to make a new country.
00:05:16Besides, we wanted to see our dreams come true.
00:05:21Oh, Granny, it must have been wonderful.
00:05:24It was wonderful.
00:05:25But don't you think for one single minute
00:05:28that it was easy, Esther Blodgett.
00:05:30We burned in summer and we froze in winter.
00:05:33But we kept right on going and we didn't complain
00:05:36because we were doing what we wanted to do.
00:05:39Can you understand that?
00:05:42Yes, I can.
00:05:46Could you do it?
00:05:48Could you do it even if it broke your heart?
00:05:51Because remember, Esther, for every dream of yours
00:05:54you make come true, you'll pay the price in heartbreak.
00:06:00Oh, I know what I'm talking about.
00:06:03You may not believe it, but I was a young girl once.
00:06:07A very pretty young girl.
00:06:09A very pretty young girl.
00:06:11A lot prettier than you are.
00:06:14And I was in love with your grandfather.
00:06:16And when some Indian devil put a bullet through him,
00:06:19that is, it had gone right straight through my heart too.
00:06:23And I remembered all he taught me.
00:06:25And I went right on.
00:06:27I buried him out there in that wilderness with my own hands.
00:06:31And I went right on that same day.
00:06:34And I kept right on going.
00:06:37Even when your mother was born.
00:06:40Oh, Granny, I want to make it worthwhile.
00:06:48You know, Esther, there'll always be a wilderness to conquer.
00:06:52Maybe Hollywood's your wilderness now.
00:06:55From all I hear, it sounds like it.
00:06:59But if you've got one drop of my blood in your veins,
00:07:02you won't let Mattie or any of her kind break your heart.
00:07:06You'll go right out there and break it yourself.
00:07:09That's your right.
00:07:14Here.
00:07:15Oh, here, here.
00:07:16Stop that nonsense.
00:07:18Here.
00:07:19Take this and go to your Hollywood.
00:07:21Oh, I can't take your money.
00:07:23Well, why not?
00:07:24But you're saving.
00:07:25Well, I was only saving up for my funeral.
00:07:27Now I don't think I'm ever going to die.
00:07:29Oh, Granny, how can I ever thank you?
00:07:32By giving me your word of honor
00:07:34that you'll never tell a living soul where you got that money.
00:07:37I promise.
00:07:38Remember, if you do,
00:07:40I'll have you arrested for robbing me.
00:07:50Hey, hey, hey.
00:07:51Here we are.
00:07:53Can I help you, Granny?
00:07:54Oh, I can make it, dear.
00:07:56Oh.
00:07:57Oh.
00:07:58Oh, my, it's cold.
00:08:00No, I kissed Dad goodbye.
00:08:01Just a little kiss.
00:08:02He didn't even wake up.
00:08:03I bet you didn't try that on your Aunt Mattie.
00:08:05Oh, Aunt Mattie.
00:08:06Think of her face when you tell her.
00:08:08I am thinking about it.
00:08:09I've waited for that chance for 30 years.
00:08:12Here she is, girl.
00:08:14Oh, thank you, Granny.
00:08:15Hello, son.
00:08:17Huh?
00:08:18Huh?
00:08:20Well, come on, come on.
00:08:23Here, here's your prairie school.
00:08:33All aboard.
00:08:35Oh, Granny.
00:08:38Come on, come on, go on, go on.
00:08:42Goodbye, Granny.
00:08:44Goodbye.
00:08:45I've been waiting for you in those movie pictures.
00:08:48Don't tell Mattie.
00:08:49You know, my eyes are not as good as they used to be.
00:08:52But my ears are all right.
00:08:54So you remember, talk up good and loud.
00:08:58All aboard.
00:09:00Goodbye.
00:09:02Goodbye.
00:09:03Goodbye, Granny.
00:09:07Goodbye.
00:09:13Do you want to go home now?
00:09:16I don't want to.
00:09:18But I will.
00:09:19Do you want to go home now?
00:09:22I don't want to.
00:09:24But I will.
00:10:19Goodbye.
00:10:20Goodbye.
00:10:49Goodbye.
00:10:50Goodbye.
00:11:20Ahem.
00:11:27Good afternoon.
00:11:30Day, week, or month?
00:11:32Well, it's a little hard to say.
00:11:33You see, I'm going into the movies.
00:11:35Well, you better take it for a week.
00:11:37It'll break your junk to Beverly Hills.
00:11:39Are all the studios really near here?
00:11:42All except Go-Mart British.
00:11:44I suppose the best way to get a job
00:11:46is to go straight to the studios, isn't it?
00:11:48Mm-hmm.
00:11:49I haven't any illusions, you know.
00:11:50I'm perfectly willing to begin with a little bit of a part
00:11:53or even as an extra.
00:11:54$6, please, in advance.
00:11:57Oh.
00:12:18Oh.
00:12:46I beg your pardon.
00:12:47I'd like to register for extra work.
00:12:50How long have you been in Hollywood?
00:12:52Well, it's about a month now.
00:12:54We haven't put anyone on our books for over two years.
00:12:59Come here.
00:13:03I'd like to show you something.
00:13:05Casting.
00:13:06Try later.
00:13:07Central.
00:13:08Try later.
00:13:09Central casting.
00:13:10Try later.
00:13:11Central.
00:13:12Try later.
00:13:13Central casting.
00:13:14Try later.
00:13:15Every time you see one of those little lights flash,
00:13:17it's somebody asking for a job.
00:13:19Every time you hear them say, try later,
00:13:21it means there isn't any job.
00:13:25You can't keep the girls to switch for it long.
00:13:27They go crazy.
00:13:29Every one of those little lights thought
00:13:31it was going to be a stage.
00:13:33Every one of those little lights thought
00:13:35it was going to be a star.
00:13:37Still want to go in the movies?
00:13:43You know what your chances are?
00:13:46One in 100,000.
00:13:55But maybe I'm that one.
00:14:03Any phone calls for me, Mr. Randall?
00:14:06Oh, no.
00:14:08Jesse Lasky and Sammy Goldwyn must
00:14:10be writing letters instead.
00:14:14How was the luck today?
00:14:15There wasn't any.
00:14:17Maybe you don't go at it in the right way.
00:14:19Now take Danny McGuire here.
00:14:21He knows the ropes.
00:14:22Don't you, Danny?
00:14:23Sure.
00:14:24I've had them around my neck for years.
00:14:26Oh, Danny.
00:14:27Danny.
00:14:28Danny.
00:14:29Danny.
00:14:30Danny.
00:14:31Danny.
00:14:32Cheers.
00:14:37What?
00:14:38Oh, Miss Blodgett.
00:14:40Danny McGuire, our new tenant.
00:14:42How do you do?
00:14:43Mr. McGuire is a big director.
00:14:49Oh.
00:14:50Are you really?
00:14:53Oh, could you possibly use me in a picture, Mr. McGuire?
00:14:57Of course, I haven't had much experience,
00:14:59but I don't think that really matters if you're willing.
00:15:01And I really feel that...
00:15:02Now, listen, lady.
00:15:03In the first place, I'm not a director.
00:15:05I'm an assistant director.
00:15:07In the second place, if I had any jobs to give away,
00:15:10I'd confer one on myself.
00:15:12And in the third place, you should have stayed
00:15:14back home in the first place.
00:15:21Oh, now, look what you've done.
00:15:23Hey, wait a minute.
00:15:25Hey, don't be that way.
00:15:29Don't do that.
00:15:32Gosh, I didn't mean to get tough,
00:15:34but that guy thinks he's being kidded
00:15:37when somebody asks him for a job
00:15:40and he hasn't got one for himself.
00:15:46After all, I'm not a big enough shot to hurt your feelings.
00:15:50I'm sorry.
00:15:51It wasn't just that.
00:15:52It was a lot of things.
00:15:54Looking for a job every day
00:15:55and never getting any nearer to it.
00:15:57I guess I was beginning to get a little scared.
00:16:00I know.
00:16:01Lady, do I know.
00:16:03Well, there's only one thing to do
00:16:05for that feeling when you're tired and sunk
00:16:07and down to your last nickel.
00:16:09Come on, and I'll buy you a drink.
00:16:11Well, it's not as bad as down to the last nickel.
00:16:13I've still got $11 left.
00:16:15$11?
00:16:16You're gonna buy me a drink.
00:16:18Come on.
00:16:19That's right, George.
00:16:20There's nothing like a little rum
00:16:22to take away that milk flavor.
00:16:31I beg your pardon.
00:16:33Certainly.
00:16:49And when I sign my contract,
00:16:50the first thing I'm gonna do
00:16:51is see that you direct every picture I'm in.
00:16:53That's my pal.
00:16:56Of course, I'm gonna be perfectly nice about it,
00:16:58but I'll just insist.
00:17:02Now, that's the way to talk.
00:17:04Don't let them lick you.
00:17:06Oh, I should say they can't lick me.
00:17:08If they try anything like that, where I...
00:17:11I just ain't sorry.
00:17:13Now, that's right.
00:17:15What have you got to lose?
00:17:17Another one of these,
00:17:18and we'll open our own studio.
00:17:26Bill rendered, $24.
00:17:29Pass, too.
00:17:31Remit without further delay.
00:17:34Me.
00:17:35Me.
00:18:05There we go.
00:18:06The fifth race.
00:18:07Fifth race.
00:18:08Try again.
00:18:09Try again.
00:18:10Who's ready to try again?
00:18:30Hey, the program's gonna be swell tonight.
00:18:32Now, you take this back to the office.
00:18:34Now, you take this fellow Beethoven.
00:18:36I'm a pushover for him.
00:18:38And Chopin?
00:18:39Well, he's not so dusty, either.
00:18:41But I kind of wished that once in a while
00:18:43they'd play something you could sort of go out whistling.
00:18:45You know, like...
00:18:46Bluto, non sento.
00:18:48Bluto!
00:18:51Well, there's a tune.
00:18:53Hey, why don't you throw your hat in the air or something?
00:18:55Can't you?
00:18:56This is a celebration.
00:18:57My job starts tomorrow.
00:18:58I know it does, and I think it's swell, Danny.
00:19:01Gee, I wish you were in on it, too.
00:19:03But oh, no, it would have to be a war picture.
00:19:06One of those big novelty numbers.
00:19:08A war picture without any beautiful women at the front.
00:19:11Oh, well, something will happen soon.
00:19:13Maybe.
00:19:15Why don't you go home, kid?
00:19:18Oh, Danny, I can't do that.
00:19:20I came here, and I've got to stay.
00:19:22Well, now, if it's on account of money, I can look...
00:19:25Thank you.
00:19:26You've given me enough already.
00:19:27Anyhow, this is no time to be worrying.
00:19:29This is a party.
00:19:31Look at all the people.
00:19:33Everybody in the world.
00:19:37Look.
00:19:39That's Norman Maine.
00:19:47And he seems to have had that one extra cocktail.
00:19:51Oh, thank you.
00:19:55Sit down, you dope.
00:19:57That's for the orchestra leader.
00:20:07Oh, lie down.
00:20:08Come on, Norman.
00:20:10Oh, Mr. Maine.
00:20:12Mr. Maine.
00:20:13Put your arm around me.
00:20:15Come on.
00:20:16Come on.
00:20:17Come on.
00:20:18Come on.
00:20:19Mr. Maine.
00:20:20Put your arm around Miss Regis.
00:20:22I don't know if this is the Hollywood Bowl.
00:20:25Oh, afraid of crowds.
00:20:27Go on, go on.
00:20:28Get out of here.
00:20:29What's the matter?
00:20:30You getting too big to bother with photographers?
00:20:32Don't want any pictures taken now.
00:20:35Oh, is that so?
00:20:36Well, suppose I take it anyway.
00:20:38Well, shove that brownie number two of yours down your throat.
00:20:41Thank you, Mr. Maine.
00:20:42Norman, stop it.
00:20:43Stop it.
00:20:44Norman, stop it.
00:20:45Norman, stop it.
00:20:46Norman, stop it.
00:20:47Norman, stop it.
00:20:48Take it easy, Mr. Maine.
00:20:50Take it easy, Mr. Maine.
00:20:51Calm down.
00:20:53Norman, come back and sit down.
00:20:55Everybody's laughing at you.
00:21:03All right, Norman.
00:21:07Is he always like that?
00:21:09I suppose he has to sleep sometimes.
00:21:12Oh, and he's so wonderful on the screen.
00:21:16Shh.
00:21:17Shh.
00:21:47Come in.
00:21:50Hello, Danny.
00:21:52What's the matter?
00:21:53Well, believe it or not, I got a job for you.
00:21:57Danny, that's wonderful.
00:21:58When do I go to the studio?
00:22:00Well, you don't exactly go to the studio.
00:22:03Oh, it's on location.
00:22:04Well, it's not exactly on location.
00:22:06But of course, I have any makeup.
00:22:07Will you tell me what to get and sort of help me put it on?
00:22:10Well, you don't exactly need any makeup.
00:22:12You see, it's not really a picture job.
00:22:14It's, it's, well, it's being a photographer.
00:22:16Yes.
00:22:17Well, it's being a waitress.
00:22:21Oh.
00:22:23Well, it's kind of a picture job if you look at it, right?
00:22:27You said it was a waitress.
00:22:29Well, it's waitressing for Casey Burke,
00:22:31the big director over at our studio.
00:22:33He's giving a party tonight to kind of celebrate
00:22:35on account of finishing the picture.
00:22:37And, and he wanted me to get him an extra waitress.
00:22:40And it's $5.
00:22:41And I thought of you right away, Esther.
00:22:44Well, well, there's going to be a lot of big people
00:22:46at Burke's house tonight.
00:22:47And I'll bet you there's any number of big directors.
00:22:49And if you're there, maybe they'll notice you.
00:22:54I could make them notice me.
00:22:56Sure you could, Esther.
00:22:57It's your chance.
00:23:00My chance.
00:23:02All right, Daddy, I'll do it.
00:23:03Oh, oh, but I can't.
00:23:05I haven't got the right things to wear.
00:23:07To wear?
00:23:08Oh, oh, here.
00:23:09Now, you don't think the wardrobe department's
00:23:11right next to my office for nothing, do you?
00:23:14A perfect fit.
00:23:34Did you get to the preview last night?
00:23:36I did.
00:23:38Would you like a little hors d'oeuvres?
00:23:42They are very nice.
00:23:45Oh, thanks.
00:23:46Well, what did you think of the picture?
00:23:48They should have saved it for Thanksgiving.
00:23:50What a turkey.
00:23:51Oh.
00:23:52Ha, ha, ha.
00:23:58Will you have some hors d'oeuvres?
00:24:00You do like hors d'oeuvres, don't you?
00:24:02I don't think there's anything so enjoyable
00:24:04as hors d'oeuvres before supper.
00:24:06And these are really delightful.
00:24:20And at the finish, the kid turns around
00:24:22and sings the lullaby to its mother.
00:24:24Pardon it, big boy.
00:24:26But would you like a little hors d'oeuvres?
00:24:29They say they're the best.
00:24:32Don't tell me.
00:24:34I know.
00:24:35Mae West.
00:24:36That's a great twist.
00:24:37But where are you going to find a two-month-old baby
00:24:39that can sing?
00:24:43Hello, Oliver.
00:24:44Oh, hello, Casey.
00:24:45You want to fire me now?
00:24:46Wait till you see the picture.
00:24:48I'm not a director anymore.
00:24:49I'm a male nurse.
00:24:51What's the matter with the picture?
00:24:53Guy by the name of Norman Maine.
00:24:55His work is beginning to interfere with his drinking.
00:24:59Oliver, don't tell me I'm to direct
00:25:01his next picture, too.
00:25:02Mm-hmm.
00:25:04You were my favorite producer.
00:25:06Now, wait a minute.
00:25:07You just go right on with your directing.
00:25:09I'll take care of these stars.
00:25:10I know how to handle them.
00:25:12I had a serious talk with Norman
00:25:13after that Hollywood Bowl occurrence,
00:25:15and you don't have to worry any more about his behavior.
00:25:17Excuse me, Mr. Niles.
00:25:19Mr. Libby of your publicity department
00:25:21is on the telephone.
00:25:22He says it's most important, sir.
00:25:24It's about Mr. Maine.
00:25:26Mr. Maine?
00:25:27It's about Mr. Maine.
00:25:28Thank you.
00:25:32Oh, it's probably just some little thing.
00:25:34Mm-hmm.
00:25:35Of course, Oliver.
00:25:36I'll turn on the radio and see if they've called
00:25:38out the National Guard yet.
00:25:41Hello, Libby.
00:25:42What's the good word?
00:25:43Mr. Norman Maine, America's Prince Charming,
00:25:47was apprehended driving an ambulance
00:25:49down Wilshire Boulevard with a siren going full blast.
00:25:53He explained he was a tree surgeon
00:25:55on a maternity case.
00:25:57Well, will it be in the papers?
00:25:58No, it won't be in the papers,
00:26:00but that's a nice, expensive hobby of yours,
00:26:03keeping Mr. Maine's informal entertainments
00:26:06out of the public press.
00:26:08Oh, that's fine work, Libby.
00:26:10Try and see that no one gets to Norman.
00:26:12He's probably home sleeping it off.
00:26:14Oliver, why can't you forget those dopes
00:26:17at the studio for one night?
00:26:19Business, business all the time.
00:26:21I don't know what's going to become of you.
00:26:22Norman!
00:26:25Why didn't you call for me?
00:26:27Oh, my darling, why didn't I call for you?
00:26:30In case you've forgotten,
00:26:31I was supposed to come here with you.
00:26:33Oh, that?
00:26:34Oh, that's all right.
00:26:35I got here without any trouble.
00:26:36The only reason I don't slap your face.
00:26:38Yes, darling, I know.
00:26:40Hello, John.
00:26:41Oh, hello, man.
00:26:42What's the matter with Oliver?
00:26:43He looks as if he'd had bad news.
00:26:46Hello.
00:26:47Hello, man.
00:26:49What's the matter, old boy?
00:26:51Maybe I'm wrong.
00:26:52I guess I've been drinking too much lately.
00:26:54No, you ought to cut it down.
00:26:55It's bad stuff.
00:26:56Scotch and soda.
00:27:03Come on, come on, come on.
00:27:05The word, you know, is pronounced when.
00:27:07Oh, boy.
00:27:08Bad dialogue, Oliver.
00:27:10You'd rather not watch this.
00:27:12You know best.
00:27:14Soda.
00:27:17Thank you.
00:27:21Oh.
00:27:25Go ahead and say it.
00:27:26I've got it coming to me.
00:27:27Don't make it tougher on me, Norman.
00:27:29I don't want to stand here and preach.
00:27:31But take a look at my side of it.
00:27:32I'm trying to make pictures with you.
00:27:34I know, I know.
00:27:35Costs are going up and the grosses are going down.
00:27:37No, it isn't that.
00:27:38I've made lots of money with you.
00:27:40And I can afford to take a loss.
00:27:41But I hate to see you going the way of so many others.
00:27:43Why don't you get Lloyd's to insure you against me?
00:27:46You can't get insurance against a man forgetting who he is.
00:27:49You're a great star, Norman.
00:27:50But there's nobody so big that he can afford
00:27:52to have people refuse to work with him.
00:27:54Who doesn't want to work with me?
00:27:55Shh, quiet.
00:27:56Listen, I know plenty of people who do.
00:27:58Yes, and so do I.
00:27:59But your real friends can't stand seeing you start to fall apart.
00:28:02What do you mean by that?
00:28:03The first signs are always the same.
00:28:05Not being able to remember your lines.
00:28:07Cameraman struggling to cover your hangovers.
00:28:09And all because you have to have a good time.
00:28:11Every day and every night.
00:28:12Listen, I've warned you for a long time, Norman.
00:28:14Okay, Oliver.
00:28:15You're a swell guy.
00:28:16You won't lose any money on me.
00:28:17I promise you that.
00:28:18I'll be ready for the curtains when the time comes.
00:28:22And when it does, here's my epithet.
00:28:29And now I think I'll have a little drink.
00:28:37Scotch and soda.
00:28:43Scotch and soda.
00:28:48Come on, come on, come on.
00:28:54A little soda.
00:28:56Coffee off?
00:28:57No, thank you.
00:28:58Yes, pardon me.
00:29:03Lovely, lovely.
00:29:05No, I mean the caviar.
00:29:08No, don't go away.
00:29:09I'm starving.
00:29:11Really.
00:29:14Which would you take?
00:29:16I don't know.
00:29:17You don't know?
00:29:18I don't know either.
00:29:20It's hard to choose.
00:29:22I think I'll take caviar.
00:29:23Mr. Maine doesn't care for any more.
00:29:27Do you, Normie?
00:29:29No.
00:29:30No, Normie doesn't care for any more.
00:29:36I think I shall get very drunk indeed.
00:29:46Scotch and soda.
00:29:48Sorry, I have something.
00:30:05Oh.
00:30:06Mind if I help?
00:30:13Won't they miss you?
00:30:14Oh, no, no.
00:30:15They'll just look under the table,
00:30:16and when they see I'm not there,
00:30:18they'll forget the whole matter.
00:30:22Say, what, uh, what's your name?
00:30:26Esther Blodgett.
00:30:27My name's Maine.
00:30:28I know.
00:30:29You do?
00:30:30Ah.
00:30:34What's, what's so funny?
00:30:35I was just thinking about all your fans
00:30:37and how surprised they'd be to see you here
00:30:39helping me put plates away.
00:30:40Oh, they, they don't know my father.
00:30:42They'd be pretty envious of me
00:30:43meeting you this way in person.
00:30:45Oh, how do you do?
00:30:47Well, tell me, uh, uh,
00:30:48are, are you disappointed?
00:30:51Yes.
00:30:54Now you've done it.
00:30:56Oh, never mind that.
00:30:57That makes the room look lived in.
00:31:01Tell me, uh,
00:31:02why, why, why are you disappointed?
00:31:05I was sitting behind you
00:31:06at the Hollywood Bowl the night you,
00:31:08you, you, uh,
00:31:11I was sitting behind you
00:31:12at the Hollywood Bowl
00:31:13the night you didn't want to be photographed.
00:31:17Yeah.
00:31:19I'm told I crept into many a heart that night.
00:31:22Oh, I can never explain this.
00:31:24You know, you have very pretty hair.
00:31:26You'd better get out of here.
00:31:27And a sensitive mouth
00:31:29and a charming little dimple.
00:31:30So tell me why you're here
00:31:31instead of with the rest of the guests.
00:31:33I'm just trying to be helpful.
00:31:35I see.
00:31:36Are you sure there's no other attraction?
00:31:38Well, it might be
00:31:39that my old mania
00:31:40for putting plates away
00:31:41is coming back on me.
00:31:43It's rather odd
00:31:44I always know where I can find you
00:31:45if there's a pretty girl around.
00:31:47It's not only odd,
00:31:48it's embarrassing.
00:31:49You're being deliberately insulting, Norman.
00:31:51I've put up with this long enough.
00:31:52Now, now, now, do you,
00:31:53don't lose your temper.
00:31:54Remember, we must try
00:31:55to keep the voice low.
00:31:57I know you'll excuse us
00:31:58if we go on with our work.
00:32:08Now see what you've done.
00:32:18Come here.
00:32:19Help me up.
00:32:22Are you hurt?
00:32:24No, no, no more than usual.
00:32:26Come on, the wolves are on us.
00:32:27We've got to get out of here.
00:32:28Oh, I can't.
00:32:29The dishes aren't finished.
00:32:30Oh, yes, they are.
00:32:31Oh!
00:32:33Oh!
00:32:34Oh!
00:32:35Oh!
00:32:36Oh!
00:32:37Oh!
00:32:47Well,
00:32:50I bet I know
00:32:51what you're going to say now.
00:32:52What?
00:32:54Good night.
00:32:55Good night and thanks.
00:32:58Hey, wait a minute,
00:32:59wait a minute.
00:33:01Hey,
00:33:02you realize that
00:33:03all I found out about you
00:33:05is that you,
00:33:06foolish enough
00:33:07to want to go into pictures?
00:33:08But why is it foolish?
00:33:09Look at you.
00:33:10Yeah,
00:33:11that's what I mean.
00:33:13No, I'd,
00:33:15I'd rather like to
00:33:16go into this matter
00:33:17a little more thoroughly.
00:33:19Oh, that's awfully nice of you.
00:33:22Why,
00:33:24why don't we
00:33:25go on up to my place
00:33:26and talk it over?
00:33:28Oh, no,
00:33:29thank you very much,
00:33:30but
00:33:31I really must say good night.
00:33:34Good night.
00:33:36But you're not angry.
00:33:38No, no,
00:33:39I'm hungry.
00:33:41Well,
00:33:42why don't you go and get something to eat?
00:33:46Good night, Miss Blodgett.
00:33:48Good night, Mr. Maine.
00:33:51Wait a minute.
00:33:53Here,
00:33:54the least I can do
00:33:55is to see you to your door.
00:33:59Will I see you again?
00:34:01I hope so.
00:34:02Has anyone ever told you
00:34:03that you're lovely?
00:34:06Well, now you know.
00:34:08Thank you.
00:34:15This,
00:34:18this is hard to say,
00:34:19but I,
00:34:20I want to say it anyway.
00:34:23You know, I'm a,
00:34:24I'm a screen,
00:34:25I'm a,
00:34:26you know,
00:34:28in private life,
00:34:29I'm a,
00:34:30you know,
00:34:32but
00:34:33whatever I do,
00:34:34I,
00:34:35I still respect
00:34:36lovely things.
00:34:39And you're lovely.
00:34:42Do you understand?
00:34:44Yes,
00:34:45I think I do.
00:34:46And it,
00:34:47it isn't that bump on my head
00:34:48that's doing this.
00:34:49I'm glad.
00:34:50Good night.
00:34:52Good night.
00:34:57Hey!
00:34:59Do you mind if I take just
00:35:00one more look?
00:35:01Good night.
00:35:07Hey!
00:35:09Do you mind if I take just
00:35:11one more look?
00:35:20Go away.
00:35:22Quite impossible.
00:35:24I wouldn't even consider it.
00:35:26Oh, no, no.
00:35:31Hello?
00:35:33Who is it?
00:35:35Who?
00:35:36Norman?
00:35:38What have you done now?
00:35:40You're not in jail,
00:35:41are you?
00:35:43Oh!
00:35:46Yes, I see.
00:35:48Oh, it's that again.
00:35:50I see.
00:35:52She's beautiful.
00:35:53Yeah, I know.
00:35:54You want me to give her
00:35:55a screen test.
00:35:56Yeah, I know.
00:35:57You want me to give her
00:35:58a screen test.
00:35:59I know.
00:36:00You want me to give her
00:36:01a screen test.
00:36:02Yeah, certainly.
00:36:03She's got wonderful
00:36:04possibilities.
00:36:06Oh, you know she's got
00:36:07something.
00:36:09And you knew all the other
00:36:10ones had something, too.
00:36:13Oh, no.
00:36:15I tell you, Oliver,
00:36:16she's got that sincerity
00:36:17and, and honestness
00:36:18and a, uh,
00:36:20sincerity and
00:36:22honestness that, uh,
00:36:23that makes great
00:36:24actresses.
00:36:25You...
00:36:26Oliver, I am so
00:36:28sure of this girl
00:36:30that I want to take
00:36:31the test with her myself.
00:36:33Hmm.
00:36:35Listen, Oliver,
00:36:36you've worked hard.
00:36:37You're entitled
00:36:38to a break.
00:36:39You get...
00:36:41Whistle.
00:36:42Whistle.
00:36:44Whistle.
00:36:45Yes, I heard you.
00:36:47Anything.
00:36:48Anything.
00:36:49Yes.
00:36:51Yes.
00:36:52Yeah.
00:36:53Oliver, look,
00:36:54you, you try to get
00:36:55a little sleep now,
00:36:56old man.
00:36:58Right.
00:36:59All right, boy.
00:37:00Good, good night.
00:37:01Ha, ha, ha.
00:37:05Now, telephone.
00:37:06Wait a minute, huh?
00:37:13Telephone book.
00:37:15Telephone book.
00:37:17Whistle.
00:37:19Whistle.
00:37:20What is it?
00:37:22Telephone book.
00:37:23Telephone book.
00:37:25Hey, Oliver,
00:37:26telephone book!
00:37:27Whistle.
00:37:28Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
00:37:58All right, all set, all set, all set.
00:38:02All set.
00:38:05Press 0, 0, 1, 7, 4.
00:38:21All set.
00:38:28I don't want to go and find him.
00:38:57Some drunk, trying to be funny, says he's Norman Maine.
00:39:00Oh.
00:39:01Oh, thanks, I'll be right down.
00:39:06And Miss Blodgett, would you give him a message for me?
00:39:10Tell him it's 3 o'clock in the morning!
00:39:27Oh, yes, yes, I'll be there, oh, thank you.
00:39:57Daddy, what do you think?
00:40:02I'm going to take a test tomorrow and Norman Maine's helping me do it.
00:40:05I'm taking one, too.
00:40:08Garbo's assisting me.
00:40:27Move that Garbo in!
00:40:39Put a silk on that floor!
00:40:41No, the Yankees!
00:40:42Is this right, too hot for you, Haley?
00:40:44Okay, but put that on the back way.
00:40:45Put a double on that 90!
00:40:47Bring it down a little.
00:40:49That's it.
00:40:51Pull down on that 150!
00:41:00Pull down on that 150!
00:41:05Okay.
00:41:09Give me an apple bottle!
00:41:22Listen, gentlemen, please, if you don't mind, this is, this is just a test!
00:41:29Ready, Mr. Burke?
00:41:30Ready, Mr. Burke?
00:41:31Ready now, Mr. Burke?
00:41:32Ready now, Mr. Burke?
00:41:33Ready now, Mr. Burke?
00:41:34All ready, Mr. Burke?
00:41:35We're ready, Mr. Burke.
00:41:38All right, let's take it.
00:41:40Quiet!
00:41:41Quiet!
00:41:42Quiet!
00:41:43Quiet!
00:41:44Quiet!
00:41:45Quiet!
00:41:46Quiet!
00:41:47Quiet!
00:41:48Ready, Norman?
00:41:49Yeah.
00:41:50You ready, Miss, uh, what's your name?
00:41:54He'll soon know your name, Esther.
00:41:56The whole world's going to know it.
00:41:58But I'm so scared.
00:42:00Maybe I better not try it today.
00:42:02Oh, come on now, don't be foolish.
00:42:03They all had to go through this.
00:42:04Harlow, Lombard, Myrna Loy.
00:42:07And now, Esther Blodgett.
00:42:11All right.
00:42:12I'm ready.
00:42:14This is a take.
00:42:15Roll on.
00:42:16Quiet.
00:42:17Take.
00:42:26I may as well tell you that my whole organization thinks I've gone a little nuts to sign you.
00:42:31Maybe they're right.
00:42:32I've been nuts before.
00:42:33You see, all the experts seem to think that your type is a little mild for present-day taste.
00:42:38But I'd rather believe that tastes change, like eyebrows.
00:42:41And I think that also like eyebrows, tastes are going back to the natural.
00:42:44You look like a nice girl.
00:42:47I think I'm going to like you.
00:42:51That's not important.
00:42:53I think the public will like you.
00:42:54That is important.
00:42:55Oh, yes.
00:42:57I see what you mean.
00:42:58I mean, I know it is.
00:42:59Well, I don't think it's going to be easy.
00:43:01Nothing you really want is ever given away free.
00:43:03You have to pay for it.
00:43:05And usually with your heart.
00:43:08Someone else told me that once.
00:43:11But you still have to work it out for yourself.
00:43:14Oh, well, all this is just a long way of saying I'm glad you're with us and good luck to you.
00:43:18And now I'm going to turn you over to our demon press agent, Libby.
00:43:21Don't let him frighten you.
00:43:23He has a heart of gold.
00:43:24Only harder.
00:43:27And for the love of Pete, learn to close your mouth.
00:43:29And keep it closed.
00:43:30Even in your love scenes.
00:43:44Are you a Russian?
00:43:46No, I was born in Fillmore, North Dakota.
00:43:48Oh, no.
00:43:51Phrase saw a light of day in a mountain cabin.
00:43:54A trapper's hut high up in the Rockies.
00:43:58Go on.
00:44:00Well, I always wanted to be an actress.
00:44:03Dreamed of footlights as lonely kitty.
00:44:08Are you sure there's no Russian in your family?
00:44:10Positive.
00:44:11That's a shame.
00:44:12Well, what does your father do?
00:44:14He's a farmer.
00:44:15Yeah.
00:44:17Social registered father.
00:44:20Fed up with hypocrisies of 400.
00:44:23Sort wilderness for consolation.
00:44:26There amidst the mountain flowers, he raised another blossom.
00:44:30His lovely little daughter.
00:44:32What's your name?
00:44:34Esther Victoria Blodgett.
00:44:43Greatly appreciating your attention to this matter.
00:44:45Very truly.
00:44:46Do you know what her name is?
00:44:48Esther Victoria Blodgett.
00:44:52Hey, will that do?
00:44:54Hey, we'll have to do something about that right away.
00:44:58Esther Victoria Blodgett.
00:45:02Well, that Blodgett's definitely out.
00:45:04Let's see.
00:45:05Esther Victoria.
00:45:06Victoria.
00:45:07Vicky.
00:45:08How about Vicky?
00:45:09Oh, I think that's terribly cute.
00:45:10Let's see.
00:45:11Vicky what?
00:45:12Vicky, Vicky.
00:45:13Pronounced Vicky, Vicky.
00:45:17See, Esther, Besta, Sesta, Desta, Festa.
00:45:21Oh, that's very cute.
00:45:24Very pretty.
00:45:27Jester, Hester, Jester, Lester.
00:45:28Vicky Lester.
00:45:29Oh, I like that.
00:45:30Say it.
00:45:31Vicky Lester.
00:45:32Say it again.
00:45:33Vicky Lester.
00:45:34Say it again.
00:45:35Vicky Lester.
00:45:36Say it.
00:45:37Vicky Lester.
00:45:38Say Vicky Lester.
00:45:39Vicky Lester.
00:45:40Vicky Lester.
00:45:41Vicky Lester.
00:45:42Vicky Lester.
00:45:45Flash.
00:45:46Oliver Niles Studio discovers new starlet.
00:45:48A cinderella of the Rockies.
00:45:50Her name is Vicky Lester.
00:45:52Those who have peeked tell me she couldn't be more da voon.
00:45:55The face of an angel and such natural talents.
00:45:58Her voice is a symphony.
00:46:00Her very walk, they tell me, is enough to drive men mad.
00:46:06Not that way.
00:46:08Get the lead out of your feet.
00:46:10Lift them up.
00:46:18That's better.
00:46:19It's terrible, but it's better.
00:46:22The quality of mercy is not strained.
00:46:25It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
00:46:27Cease.
00:46:28Through the mouth, my child, through the mouth.
00:46:31The nose is for smelling roses.
00:46:34Proceed.
00:46:39Does she have to look surprised all the time?
00:46:48Anyway, it's just a rough sketch.
00:46:51Pretty small mouth, eh?
00:46:57Oh, well.
00:46:59Give her that Crawford smear.
00:47:09This'll give her that deeply...
00:47:11Nyah!
00:47:19We're on the wrong track.
00:47:21She still looks surprised.
00:47:27Listen, drunk people!
00:47:29We're shooting on the set this morning, not in the commissary!
00:47:32Now come on, snap into it!
00:47:37Acme Trucking Company?
00:47:40No, Mr. Smith is not in.
00:47:49Acme Trucking Company.
00:47:51No, Mr. Smith is not in.
00:48:04Good morning.
00:48:05What can I bring you, Mr. Maine?
00:48:07That just shows how long you've been here.
00:48:09Bravo, bless you.
00:48:11How soon are you and I going to be married?
00:48:13I don't know. You'll have to ask my mother.
00:48:26Acme Trucking Company?
00:48:28No, Mr. Smith is not in.
00:48:35Acme Trucking Company.
00:48:37No, Mr. Smith is not in.
00:48:44Acme? No, Smith ain't in.
00:48:58Acme Trucking Company.
00:49:00Will I speak to Mr. Smith, please?
00:49:01Mr. Smith is not...
00:49:03Oh, Norman!
00:49:04What's all this between you and Smith?
00:49:05I've got to pause. It's only one line, but it's in the picture.
00:49:08It's ambition that made you break that date with me last night.
00:49:11Well, I had to be here so early this morning, and...
00:49:13So did I.
00:49:15I had to stay up all night to make it.
00:49:18You've started your picture, haven't you?
00:49:20No, no, we're still in the testing stage.
00:49:22You can't seem to get the right girl for the lead.
00:49:25Gee, you think with all the girls there, I just...
00:49:28Yeah, I know, but this one's got to be different.
00:49:30She's got to be little and cute and sweet and intelligent.
00:49:36Now blow me down.
00:49:38What?
00:49:39Or close my tired old eyes.
00:49:41Well, what is it?
00:49:42Hold everything. Come on.
00:49:43Come on.
00:49:49And you've been through the whole casting directory.
00:49:51I work day and night, Mr. Niles.
00:49:52And I work with her, Oliver.
00:49:53And I can be mean or nasty or anything you want, Mr. Niles.
00:49:56If she clicks, Oliver, you've got a star overnight.
00:50:00Okay.
00:50:05All right.
00:50:35Wait till you hear them at the end of the picture.
00:51:06Do you think we were noticed?
00:51:07By no one.
00:51:08They're much too busy playing at croquet.
00:51:13I've loved you all my life.
00:51:15But we only met two days ago.
00:51:18That's when my life began.
00:51:36Hey, TQ. You know, I think she's the same type I am.
00:51:39Don't you?
00:51:40I think she's sweet.
00:51:41Well, as Mickey Lester's picture, all right.
00:51:43I think she was much better than he was.
00:51:45These producers are so horribly dumb.
00:51:47They won't know how good she is.
00:51:48Well, maybe it's because she's a good girl.
00:51:51Oh, come on.
00:51:52Come on.
00:51:53Come on.
00:51:54Come on.
00:51:55Come on.
00:51:56Come on.
00:51:57Come on.
00:51:58Come on.
00:51:59Come on.
00:52:00Come on.
00:52:01Come on.
00:52:02Come on.
00:52:03Come on.
00:52:05Oh, Maine's not so bad, but it's Mickey Lester they'll go to see.
00:52:08Isn't she, darling?
00:52:09I think she's the most precious little thing I've ever seen.
00:52:13It's a knockout, Libby.
00:52:14You might mention that when you write your review.
00:52:16That Lester kid's a gold mine.
00:52:18Didn't you like Norman Maine?
00:52:19Was he in it?
00:52:23Libby, I'm afraid we have another hit.
00:52:25It's in the bag.
00:52:26Neatly tied up with beautiful pink ribbons.
00:52:29Say, where are Norman and Vicky?
00:52:30I don't know.
00:52:31I thought you had them.
00:52:32I wish they'd come.
00:52:33We're having a party at the Trocadero.
00:52:38Isn't it thrilling running away from people?
00:52:40Norman, it's so exciting.
00:52:41It's so new.
00:52:43A star is born.
00:52:45Come on.
00:52:55It's wonderful, isn't it?
00:52:57A crazy quilt.
00:52:59Oh.
00:53:01It's a carpet that's spread for you.
00:53:05It's all yours from now on, you know?
00:53:08Come, Esther.
00:53:09You're a success.
00:53:12You have everything in the world you want.
00:53:16I hope it'll make you happy.
00:53:19Hadn't it used?
00:53:23But then there was one thing I never had.
00:53:26Lots of times I told myself I'd found it,
00:53:29but I always knew I was lying.
00:53:33Still, I never stopped looking for it.
00:53:36Maybe it'll come.
00:53:39Oh, I think it has come, Esther.
00:53:42I only wish it weren't too late.
00:53:45Oh, but it's not too late.
00:53:48Oh, you can't throw away your life the way I've thrown away mine
00:53:52and have anything left that's good enough now.
00:53:55You can.
00:53:58You mustn't tell me that, Esther.
00:54:01I'm so afraid that I'll believe it.
00:54:24Get up, Garcia.
00:54:25To your right.
00:54:27Shoot to your right.
00:54:28Swell, isn't it?
00:54:29Lovely.
00:54:30Watch Garcia again.
00:54:32Got you.
00:54:33Shoot to your right.
00:54:39He's down.
00:54:40Garcia got him.
00:54:41Garcia got him.
00:54:42He did, didn't he?
00:54:43Yeah, but he'll be up, though.
00:54:45You like it?
00:54:46Sure, I do.
00:54:47You like me?
00:54:48Sure, I do.
00:54:50That reminds me.
00:54:51Will you marry me?
00:54:52No, thank you.
00:54:53Come on, Garcia.
00:54:54Finish him.
00:54:55Why won't you marry him?
00:54:56You're not dependable.
00:54:57Hey, shoot to your right.
00:54:58Throw away your money.
00:54:59Break him up in there.
00:55:00You drink so much.
00:55:03Suppose I quit drinking.
00:55:05Yes.
00:55:06Come on, Garcia.
00:55:07Shoot to the right in there.
00:55:08To the right.
00:55:09Suppose I save my money.
00:55:10Yes.
00:55:11There he goes.
00:55:12Let him have it.
00:55:13Suppose I became absolutely dependable on all occasions.
00:55:14Yes.
00:55:23Hey, Garcia.
00:55:24He's got him.
00:55:25He certainly did.
00:55:36Gee, that was a beautiful fight.
00:55:38Norman.
00:55:39What, dear?
00:55:40Would you go back to me if I said I'd marry you?
00:55:42No, certainly not.
00:55:44I was just supposing.
00:55:50We're going to be married.
00:55:55I guess I didn't read that line right.
00:55:57I'll try it again.
00:55:58We are going to be married.
00:56:01Both of us.
00:56:02To each other.
00:56:03What do you think of that?
00:56:04When?
00:56:05Where?
00:56:06Well, we thought we'd elope in the conventional manner.
00:56:12What's the matter?
00:56:13He's trying to decide whether it's good for the studio.
00:56:16Is it?
00:56:17It is.
00:56:18And bless you, my children.
00:56:20When's it going to happen?
00:56:21Oh, we thought we'd just sneak out sometime.
00:56:22We're not telling anyone but you.
00:56:24Listen to this.
00:56:25The Squeen's ideal romance blossomed into breathtaking reality today
00:56:29when Vicki Lester and Norman Maine, America's dream lovers,
00:56:33slipped quietly through the portals of holy matrimony.
00:56:36How does it sound?
00:56:37Horrible.
00:56:38But you see, we're going to elope.
00:56:40Sure you are.
00:56:41It'll be the biggest elopement this town ever saw.
00:56:43We'll get a tie-up with the army.
00:56:45Have you escorted all the way down to Yuma by 20 of their new bombing planes.
00:56:49Is he going with us?
00:56:51Don't you think we can work this thing out better alone?
00:56:54No sense in bothering the happy couple with all the details.
00:56:57I'll see to it that you get a carbon copy of the whole layout.
00:57:00I can hardly wait.
00:57:01I'm sorry.
00:57:02We didn't realize that we were in the way.
00:57:04While you're settling the details,
00:57:06you don't mind if I take this woman out and buy her a ring?
00:57:08Sure, go ahead.
00:57:09We want everything legal.
00:57:12That's a charming match.
00:57:14A nice girl like Vicki.
00:57:16And public nuisance number one.
00:57:18Now wait a minute, Libby.
00:57:19Norman's all right.
00:57:20And if you'll pardon my pointing, Vicki's business is her own.
00:57:22It doesn't require any comments.
00:57:24I wasn't making any comments.
00:57:25I just said it was a rotten shame.
00:57:27Well, go ahead and plan the elopement.
00:57:28Oh, that elopement stuff is out.
00:57:30You can't get any scope in that.
00:57:32We're going to have a wedding.
00:57:34Well, we have it.
00:57:35Customary place, I believe, is a church.
00:57:37Nah, it's been done.
00:57:39This has got to be something big.
00:57:42The beach.
00:57:44I can visualize it.
00:57:45The bridesmaids in bathing suits.
00:57:4720,000 Santa Monica schoolchildren spelling out the word love.
00:57:55It's a novelty, but is it big enough?
00:57:58Why not the city hall?
00:58:00A police escort of every motorcycle cop in town.
00:58:03Sirens screaming, confetti pouring out of buildings like the Lindbergh reception in New York.
00:58:08Only on a big scale.
00:58:12What's the matter?
00:58:13Isn't it big enough?
00:58:16And now, if any man can show just cause why these two may not be lawfully joined together,
00:58:21let him now speak or else hereafter forever hold his peace.
00:58:25Do you, Alfred Henkel, take this woman as your lawful wedded wife?
00:58:29Will you love, comfort, honor, and keep her in sickness and health as long as you both shall live?
00:58:34I will.
00:58:35I beg your pardon.
00:58:36Do you, Esther Blodgett, take this man as your lawful wedded husband?
00:58:40Will you obey, serve, love, honor, and keep him in sickness and health as long as you both shall live?
00:58:45I will.
00:58:47Place the ring on her finger.
00:58:49A hurry, please.
00:58:54Now, by virtues of the power invested in me as Justice of the Peace of San Bardo Township, County of Los Angeles,
00:59:00I pronounce you man and wife.
00:59:08Quiet!
00:59:11And now I must exercise my prerogative of office.
00:59:17I hope you'll be very happy, Mrs. Henkel.
00:59:19Thank you.
00:59:21Thank you, sir.
00:59:22Oh, Danny.
00:59:23Thank you very much.
00:59:24Now, if you'll please sign the license.
00:59:26Oh, yes.
00:59:27You know, Mrs. Henkel, I can't help but believe I've seen you somewhere before.
00:59:32Oh, really?
00:59:33Well, I believe this is the first time I've ever been in San Bardo.
00:59:37You know, your face is familiar, too, Mr. Henkel.
00:59:39Really?
00:59:40There you are, sir.
00:59:41Thank you very much.
00:59:42Here's your receipt.
00:59:43Thank you.
00:59:44Goodbye.
00:59:45Goodbye.
00:59:46Goodbye.
00:59:47See you again.
00:59:48Yes, goodbye.
00:59:49No, I mean I'll see you.
00:59:51Yeah, I think he got by with it.
00:59:53But it was close.
00:59:54That JP was just beginning to remember where he'd seen her.
00:59:56Well, anyway, we got away from Libby.
01:00:00Hello, chutz.
01:00:02If you will be kind enough to glance between my shoulder blades,
01:00:06Mr. and Mrs. Henkel,
01:00:08you will find there a knife buried to the hilt.
01:00:11On the handle are your initials.
01:00:13Lovely to have seen you, Libby.
01:00:15Hold him, Danny.
01:00:26There go a couple of rats I raised from mice.
01:00:29Well, they got a right to get married, haven't they?
01:00:31I haven't got any right to double-cross the public.
01:00:34And I haven't done it yet.
01:00:36Fine.
01:00:38People versus Porky Washington,
01:00:40who is charged with violating section 600 of the...
01:00:42Young man, you're in contempt of court.
01:00:44Operator, get me the Los Angeles Tribune.
01:00:46I've a good mind to put you under arrest.
01:00:48Wait till I make the score.
01:00:50You wait, too.
01:00:52Tribune, give me the city desk.
01:00:54Johnny, this is Matt Libby.
01:00:56I got a flash for you.
01:00:58Norman Maine and Vicki Lester were married at 2.30 this afternoon.
01:01:02Vicki Lester?
01:01:03Court recessed.
01:01:05Let's get out of here.
01:01:35Oh, give me a horse, a great big horse, a great big buckaroo,
01:01:56and let me wahoo, wahoo, wahoo!
01:02:05Wahoo!
01:02:29Wahoo.
01:02:31Now, wahoo,
01:02:34I don't want to sound immodest, but I think I've stripped a gear.
01:02:38Well, sit down, won't you, and let's get acquainted.
01:02:40We'll probably be seeing quite a bit of each other from now on.
01:02:43Might just as well break the ice now as later.
01:02:52Now we're old friends.
01:02:55Say, have I got time for a shower before dinner?
01:02:58Plenty, if you can find a shower.
01:03:01I never can remember where that thing is. Does it pull out or slide under?
01:03:05Here, I think I can find it. Nope, it's the linen closet.
01:03:08Here it is.
01:03:10Nice work.
01:03:11Oh, half the time those things are just luck.
01:03:14I'll see if I can disinfect this steak.
01:03:27Hey, Esther, there's no soap.
01:03:29Here.
01:03:31Thank you.
01:03:34Oh, and Esther.
01:03:35Yes, dear?
01:03:36I'll need a washcloth.
01:03:38How do you fix the cigarettes?
01:03:40You know I never smoke underwater.
01:03:47What do I do to make this thing work?
01:03:50Pull that gadget at the top and pray for rain.
01:03:54Well, I can't reach it. I can't get my hands up.
01:03:59If you've gone in there with your arms down, you'll never get your bath.
01:04:02Unless you're a contortionist.
01:04:04Yeah, well, I'm not a contortionist, and don't throw that up to me now.
01:04:07You knew it when you married me.
01:04:10Will you close this door, please?
01:04:17Thank you.
01:04:23Oh! Ow!
01:04:30Norman! Norman, here comes the call.
01:04:33Huh?
01:04:34Here, quick.
01:04:35Quick what?
01:04:36Quick go out and stop them and ask for help.
01:04:38Oh, I'll catch cold.
01:04:40Oh, you'll get warm again.
01:04:42They'll recognize me.
01:04:43Now, you keep your face down. Go on. There may not be another call for a week.
01:04:51Howdy, partner.
01:04:52Howdy.
01:04:53Stuck?
01:04:54Yeah, how'd you guess it?
01:04:56Can you get us some help?
01:04:57Well, I reckon not.
01:04:59You know, it's a long way to town. We're pretty busy down at the place.
01:05:02Well, I gotta get out of here. I've got my wife with me.
01:05:05Doesn't she like the country?
01:05:06No. No, and we're short of food.
01:05:08Well, there's a lot of game in them woods.
01:05:10Yeah, well, my wife can't shoot.
01:05:12Well, you're sure up against it. Sorry I can't do anything for you.
01:05:15Wait, listen, I'll be frank with you. I'm Norman Maine.
01:05:18Who?
01:05:19Norman Maine.
01:05:20Well, my name is Judd Baker. Glad to have met you.
01:05:23Well, so long.
01:05:24Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Listen, you don't...
01:05:28So you're Norman Maine.
01:05:48I got my prestige to look out for.
01:05:51I'm supposed to be the best publicity man in the racket.
01:05:53And they laugh themselves sick when I even try to get a decent mention of Maine.
01:05:57Yes, I know how sensitive you are, Libby, and I don't like to see your feelings hurt.
01:06:00Thanks, boss. Now, Vicky, there's a dish for free space.
01:06:04But if Maine swam across the Pacific, the papers would keep it a secret.
01:06:08Well, the exhibitors don't like him.
01:06:12The critics don't like him. The public don't like him.
01:06:15And I don't like him. Who likes him?
01:06:19Oh, but darling, this is almost too much of a surprise.
01:06:22And there I was, in my touching innocence, thinking we were going to live at the beach house.
01:06:26Oh, we'll still keep the place at Malibu.
01:06:28But this is special. This is our castle. It used to be in the air, you know?
01:06:31We'll never use any ugly words like contracts and pictures and careers.
01:06:35When we come in those gates, we'll check the studio outside.
01:06:39Come on, I got another job to do.
01:06:41Well, I'll see you later.
01:06:43When we come in those gates, we'll check the studio outside.
01:06:47Come on, I got another little surprise for you.
01:07:06Oh, Norman, it's lovely.
01:07:09So are you, lovely.
01:07:12The whole world's lovely.
01:07:17Hey, hold it!
01:07:24That's it.
01:07:26Caption, their honeymoon never ends.
01:07:30All right, let's get some pictures.
01:07:32Now, if the bride will sit here, and the grooms stand behind her, we'll have something unique.
01:07:38Now let's go after something different.
01:07:40You sit down, and she'll stand up.
01:07:43Pretty radical, isn't it?
01:07:44Yeah, but in a nice way.
01:07:47Okay, I don't fire.
01:07:50Caption, their honeymoon begins anew.
01:07:54Ah, the producer.
01:07:57Caption, their honeymoon ceases abruptly.
01:07:59Hello, Oliver Gladsey.
01:08:00Oh, I'm glad you're back.
01:08:01Thank you.
01:08:02Vicki, how well you're looking.
01:08:03Hello, Oliver.
01:08:04Am I in the right place?
01:08:07Am I interrupting?
01:08:08Yes, thank you.
01:08:09Just want a couple more pictures.
01:08:10That's enough of both of them.
01:08:11What they're asking for is exclusives of Miss Lester.
01:08:14Alone.
01:08:15Oh, I see.
01:08:16Well, come on, Oliver, let you and me get exclusives.
01:08:18See you later, Vicki.
01:08:20Oh, don't worry, Otto.
01:08:21My camera-smashing days are over.
01:08:24Yeah, they ain't your only days that are over.
01:08:26Oh, hold that, Miss Lester.
01:08:29Gorgeous.
01:08:31Well, Oliver, how's the dividend situation?
01:08:34Very pleasant.
01:08:35Two million on the next quarter.
01:08:36Oh, good.
01:08:37Smart move of mine to sell my stock, eh?
01:08:40Oh, well, when you need money, you need it.
01:08:42Well, some people save up for just such an event.
01:08:44It is bound to be a rainy day occasionally.
01:08:46Yeah, but as a citizen of California, I've always refused to admit that.
01:08:49Yes, I know, but still, it does rain.
01:08:51Well, anyway, you can thank me for some of those dividends of yours.
01:08:53Mm-hmm.
01:08:55Well, can't you?
01:08:56Oh, sure, sure.
01:08:58That was a little too quick, Oliver.
01:09:01The matter of the enchanted hour was a smash hit, wasn't it?
01:09:04You made Vicky a star overnight.
01:09:05Yes, it should have.
01:09:07What about me?
01:09:08Oh, let's talk about business at the office, Norman.
01:09:11Beautiful pool you have here.
01:09:12Beautiful.
01:09:13Oh, now, let's talk about it here.
01:09:15Didn't they like me?
01:09:17Well, maybe the pot wasn't just right.
01:09:19That was the best part of the year.
01:09:21Look, Oliver, you think I'm slipping?
01:09:25Can you take it?
01:09:27Go ahead.
01:09:28The tense is wrong.
01:09:29You're not slipping.
01:09:31You've slipped.
01:09:32Oh, my...
01:09:34My fan mail's still big.
01:09:36Norman, Norman, fans are right to anybody for a photograph.
01:09:39It only costs three cents for a stamp,
01:09:41and that makes photographs cheaper than wallpaper.
01:09:43But every 25 cents they pay for a theater ticket
01:09:45buys them the right to be a critic.
01:09:47And your last few performances, Norman, have not pleased your critics.
01:09:54You remember I told you I'd, uh...
01:09:57be ready for the curtains when the time came?
01:10:01Well, here it is.
01:10:05Let's call off the contract. No hard feelings.
01:10:08We're not quitting, either of us.
01:10:10There's no explaining these things.
01:10:12We've all seen how the public turns.
01:10:14Maybe we can turn them back.
01:10:16I've got a swell script lined up for you.
01:10:18About... about Esther.
01:10:21Uh, if you think that I'm going to get in her way...
01:10:24Well, as a matter of fact, as it happens,
01:10:26there's no part in this story for her.
01:10:28I'd more or less planned to star her in a picture of her own.
01:10:31With, uh... with that young Pemberton opposite her.
01:10:34He's coming along nicely.
01:10:37Good for young Pemberton.
01:10:41All right, Oliver.
01:10:43We'll make a try at it.
01:10:45Let's hope it's not too late.
01:11:02No argument. I'll buy those.
01:11:07Ha! The screen's most finished actor.
01:11:10I'll say he's finished. He keeps them away in droves.
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01:12:11Hello?
01:12:13No. Oh, Miss Lester isn't home as yet.
01:12:18No, I'm not the butler.
01:12:21But I can take a message just as well as he can, honest.
01:12:24Oh, is that you, Norman?
01:12:26Swell! Listen, Norman.
01:12:28This is Artie Carver.
01:12:30Hiya, kid.
01:12:32Swell! Say, I hear you're through with Oliver Niles.
01:12:36Is that on the level?
01:12:38Oh, please, Artie. I'm not news anymore. Forget it.
01:12:41Say, what kind of a settlement did you make on your contract?
01:12:44Give me a figure so I can do a story on it.
01:12:47There was no money involved. We just called it quits.
01:12:50Okay, okay. I'll fill in my own figure.
01:12:53Say, by the way, I've been trying to get an interview with Vicki for two weeks,
01:12:57but she's always busy.
01:12:59How about you giving an old pal a break by speaking to her for me?
01:13:03Sure, I'll ask her.
01:13:05Swell! So long.
01:13:20I didn't mean to be late, darling, but Casey wanted...
01:13:22It's all right. You're here now.
01:13:25What's new today?
01:13:27Nothing. I haven't been out of the house.
01:13:30Let's go somewhere tonight.
01:13:32No, no. You're tired. We'll stay in.
01:13:35I'm not tired, really.
01:13:37Oh, yes, you are. You've got a hard day ahead of you.
01:13:40Anyway, I see so little of you, I'd like to have you to myself.
01:13:43Oh, but it's a servant's night out. We haven't anything to eat.
01:13:46Yes, we have. I fixed a little snack with my own lily-white hands.
01:13:50I'm learning to cook in my spare time.
01:13:54Then I think I'll marry you.
01:13:57Oh, I get it. You want to make an honest cook of me.
01:14:02Comes in on wheels in this joint.
01:14:05How's it look?
01:14:28Wonderful.
01:14:30That's what I thought.
01:14:33Now then, don't be formal. Just spit you in.
01:14:40Here you are.
01:14:51I'm afraid my mouth's not quite big enough.
01:14:55I'll measure it next time and make them to size.
01:14:59A little hard to lift, too.
01:15:03In fact, I think I'll take those measurements right now.
01:15:17That's what I wait for. All day.
01:15:21That's why I rush home without even changing my costume.
01:15:30We're forgetting that we're hungry. Would you like a sandwich?
01:15:34Thank you. I still have a little work on this one.
01:15:48Norman, will you unhook my dress? I can't breathe.
01:15:51You know, all the time I thought it was the kiss that made you breathless.
01:15:56A lot of hooks. Why don't you have a zipper?
01:15:59That's a good idea.
01:16:01You got it?
01:16:03Yes.
01:16:14Don't look now, but I think that guy on your left is in love with you.
01:16:20I hope so.
01:16:35It's the doorbell.
01:16:37Is it? Maybe they'll go away.
01:16:39No, they never do at a time like this.
01:16:43Come here. Just a minute, dear. I'll be right back.
01:16:49Does Becky Lester live here?
01:16:51Yes. I got a package for her.
01:16:53I'll sign for it.
01:16:54Who are you?
01:16:56I'm her husband.
01:16:57Oh, sure. Sign right here, Mr. Lester.
01:17:17It's a package for you.
01:17:19Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you.
01:17:22They want you for a benefit to Shrine Auditorium next Wednesday night.
01:17:28I told them I'd ask you.
01:17:30And, uh...
01:17:31Oh, darling, I don't want to hear about that now.
01:17:33Well, you better wait till I finish before I forget them all.
01:17:36Oh, yes. Artie Carver called and asked if I'd use my influence with you to get him an interview.
01:17:42I told him I'd try.
01:17:46That was all, I think.
01:17:49I'll see you later.
01:17:50Bye.
01:17:51Bye.
01:17:52Bye.
01:17:53Bye.
01:17:54Bye.
01:17:55Bye.
01:17:56Bye.
01:17:57Bye.
01:17:58Bye.
01:17:59Bye.
01:18:00Bye.
01:18:01Bye.
01:18:02Bye.
01:18:03Bye.
01:18:04Bye.
01:18:05That was all, I think.
01:18:06Oh, Norman, let's don't talk about those things now.
01:18:10We're forgetting the wonderful food you prepared.
01:18:13Oh, I'm... I'm not very hungry now.
01:18:16I think I'll, uh... I'll fix me a little drink, hmm?
01:18:22But, Norman...
01:18:29I wish Norman would come.
01:18:42Oh, stop worrying. And think how nice that statuette's going to look on your mantelpiece.
01:18:46Do you suppose anything's happened to him?
01:18:48Of course not. He's just been held up in traffic. You think about that statuette.
01:18:52And now we arrive at the climax of the annual dinner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
01:18:58The highest award within our power to bestow.
01:19:01We have already applauded with our hearts as well as our hands while awards have been given those gentlemen
01:19:07who during the past year have rendered distinguished service to the motion picture industry.
01:19:12We now pay honor to the ladies, or rather to one lady.
01:19:16We offer to her the Academy Award for the finest performance of the past year.
01:19:21She has already had the world's acclaim, but this is the tribute of her fellow workers, the men and women of this industry.
01:19:28It is not only my pleasure, but my privilege to present this award to the actress who created the unforgettable Anna
01:19:36Miss Vicki Lester.
01:19:58What more can we say, Miss Lester? This says it all for us.
01:20:05Ladies and gentlemen, when something like this happens to you and you try to tell how you feel about it,
01:20:26you find that out of all the words in the world, there are only two that really mean anything.
01:20:35Thank you. All I can do is to say them to you from my heart. All I can do is to keep on saying them.
01:20:43Hooray! That's fine. That's a very pretty speech, my dear. Very pretty.
01:20:49You said the right thing. I want to be the very first one to congratulate you on that valuable little piece of bric-a-brac.
01:20:58Now I want to make a speech. Gentlemen of the Academy and fellow suckers, I got one of those once for a best performance.
01:21:07They don't mean a thing. People get them every year. What I want is a special award, something nobody else can get.
01:21:14I want a statue for the worst performance of the year. In fact, I want three statues for the three worst performances of the year
01:21:25because I've earned them. And every single one of you that saw those last masterpieces of mine knows that I've earned them.
01:21:34Libby, start the music.
01:21:37What I'm here to find out is do I get them or do I get them? Now answer, yes or no.
01:21:45Norman, darling, let's go and sit down.
01:22:02Come on, Norman. Sit in the back.
01:22:05Glad to see you, Norman.
01:22:09Hello, Norman. How are you?
01:22:11Hi, Oliver.
01:22:13My dear, do let me congratulate you. You must be terribly proud and happy tonight.
01:22:18Thank you.
01:22:28Somebody give me a drink.
01:22:38Oliver, it's nice of you to come to my dressing room.
01:23:05Vicki, how are you?
01:23:06I missed you. Everyone's missed you.
01:23:08Well, a three-month tour of the theater circuit scarcely comes under the head of pleasure.
01:23:12But the way they're screaming for your pictures all over the country.
01:23:15Miss Lester, if I may talk sharp, you are a knockout.
01:23:19Thank you. It's good to hear that.
01:23:22You've been crying.
01:23:25A little.
01:23:28How's Norman?
01:23:32Well, he's trying awfully hard, Oliver.
01:23:36Letting Norman leave this studio was the hardest thing I ever did.
01:23:40There was nothing else I could do.
01:23:42I know.
01:23:44Has he been... Is he all right?
01:23:48He's gone to his sanitarium.
01:23:51He really wants to stop drinking.
01:23:54And I think he could only...
01:23:56Well, perhaps if he could start working again.
01:24:00It would be some encouragement.
01:24:03Oliver, could you... Could you do that?
01:24:07Yes.
01:24:08Oh, thank you.
01:24:10But he mustn't ever know I told you.
01:24:12He won't know, and you mustn't worry.
01:24:14I want you to keep up your good work in this picture.
01:24:16I'll try, Oliver.
01:24:18That's the one thing I can do for him.
01:24:26If you'll just sit here, Mr. Niles.
01:24:29I'll have Mr. Maine brought down.
01:24:31Thank you.
01:24:34Brought down.
01:24:48Hello, Oliver.
01:24:50Welcome to Liberty Hall.
01:24:52Hello, Norman.
01:24:54No, Mr. Niles isn't slipping me a case of scotch, Cuddles.
01:24:58This is just a handshake.
01:25:00This is Cuddles, Oliver, my social secretary.
01:25:03We go everywhere together.
01:25:05How are you feeling, Norman?
01:25:07Fine.
01:25:08Getting along remarkably well, Cuddles tells me.
01:25:10He says you ought to see some of the boys.
01:25:12Let's sit down.
01:25:16Cuddles, we really don't need you.
01:25:22Touching, isn't it?
01:25:24Can't bear to have me out of his sight.
01:25:26Are you comfortable here, Norman?
01:25:27Comfortable.
01:25:28It's positively luxurious.
01:25:30They even have iron bars in the windows to keep out the draft.
01:25:34How much longer are you going to be here?
01:25:36Oh, well, I'm really cured now.
01:25:38I'm just staying on for an extra week or two to get in good shape.
01:25:43After all, there's no particular hurry to return to the camera.
01:25:50That's what I wanted to talk to you about.
01:25:52I've got a script with a fine part for you in it.
01:25:57Hey, Oliver, that's great.
01:25:59That's great.
01:26:02Who, uh, who plays opposite me?
01:26:05Well, it is not exactly the lead.
01:26:08Young Pemberton's doing that.
01:26:10But I tell you frankly, I consider your part better than the lead.
01:26:14Oh, I see.
01:26:18I see.
01:26:19It's better than the lead.
01:26:22Well, of course, it isn't terribly long.
01:26:24But it's one of those parts that makes an impression on you.
01:26:26They'll be thinking about you all through the picture.
01:26:29Well, the thing is, Oliver, I'm pretty well set at another studio.
01:26:35I'm not at liberty at the moment to tell you which one.
01:26:38You know yourself how those things are.
01:26:40Of course.
01:26:41But it's a big picture.
01:26:42He's one of the biggest of the year.
01:26:43And the part.
01:26:45Every act in Hollywood will give his teeth to play.
01:26:48Well, that's fine, Norman.
01:26:49Naturally, that will tie you up for a while.
01:26:51But we won't get to this picture for some time.
01:26:53And perhaps if you want to consider it for later on, we'll be...
01:26:55Well, I tell you, Oliver, you'd better not count on me.
01:26:58See, I've got several pictures lined up after this one.
01:27:01Then they're talking to me about England.
01:27:04You know, they're doing some very interesting things over there.
01:27:07Hey.
01:27:09What is it, Cuddle?
01:27:10Speak right out.
01:27:11We all love you.
01:27:12Your dinner.
01:27:13Oh.
01:27:13Yeah, we dine at 5.30 here.
01:27:15Makes the nights longer.
01:27:18Well, goodbye, Norman.
01:27:20I'm glad to see you're getting along so well.
01:27:22I'll be out in no time.
01:27:24I'll have to introduce myself all over to a lot of people.
01:27:27They won't know me when I'm not drinking.
01:27:29Goodbye.
01:27:30Goodbye, Norman.
01:27:31Thanks for dropping in.
01:27:32That's fine.
01:27:34Well.
01:27:36Well, Cuddles.
01:27:39Alone at last, eh?
01:27:44Now, can I get you a box, please?
01:27:47You pronounce your happy birthday?
01:27:50Yes, I do.
01:27:52I want to really do.
01:27:54Here you go.
01:27:56Here you go.
01:27:58Now where were we?
01:28:00John highest rate car.
01:28:04Can I just get you a rose?
01:28:08Can I just get a car?
01:28:10Excuse me.
01:28:13How I hate to run into these has-beens, they give me the creeps.
01:28:43Me too.
01:28:45He was good while he had it, and he had it quite a while.
01:28:49Hello.
01:28:50Hello, Mr. Maine.
01:28:51I haven't seen you in a long time.
01:28:53No, I've been resting.
01:28:55Ginger ale, please.
01:28:57Ginger ale and what?
01:28:58Ginger ale and ginger ale.
01:29:01A new leaf?
01:29:02A whole new book.
01:29:04Thank you.
01:29:06Scotch straight.
01:29:08Hello, Libby.
01:29:11Hello, Libby.
01:29:13Why, it's Mr. America of yesteryear.
01:29:16Do they let you wander about now without a keeper?
01:29:20Oh, sure, I'm a trustee now.
01:29:23Didn't expect to find you at Santa Anita.
01:29:26What do they do with the actors while you're away?
01:29:29Oh, they cut them into slices and fry them with eggs.
01:29:33I suppose you'll be here all the time,
01:29:36now that you've retired from the hurly-burly of the silver screen.
01:29:41Well, we're living down in Malibu now,
01:29:44and pretty lonesome with Esther away working all day.
01:29:48Well, I wouldn't squawk about that if I were you.
01:29:52It's nice to have somebody in the family making a living.
01:29:55Oh, wait a minute, Libby.
01:29:58I don't want to forget that we're friends.
01:30:00Friends, my eye.
01:30:01Say, listen, I got you out of jams because I had to.
01:30:04It was my job, not because I was your friend.
01:30:07I don't like you, and I never have liked you.
01:30:09Nothing made me happier than to see
01:30:11all those cute little pranks of yours
01:30:13finally catch up with you and land you on your celebrated face.
01:30:17Pretty work, Libby.
01:30:19Always wait till they're down, then kick them.
01:30:22I don't feel sorry for you.
01:30:24You fixed yourself up.
01:30:26I don't feel sorry for you.
01:30:27You fixed yourself nice and comfortable.
01:30:29You can live off your wife now.
01:30:31She'll buy you drinks and put up with you
01:30:33even though nobody else will.
01:30:37Oh!
01:30:42Oh, no, he's got to go.
01:30:46Wait a minute.
01:30:47Come on, outside for you.
01:30:48I'm Norman Maine.
01:30:49That's not my fault.
01:30:50Oh, don't bother to torture him out.
01:30:52He's harmless.
01:30:53All right, Mr. Libby, if you say so.
01:30:54Sure, let him go.
01:30:55What can he do?
01:30:56He can't fight any better than he can act.
01:30:58It's Norman Maine.
01:30:59Oh, he's drunk again.
01:31:00Why, he's been drunk for years.
01:31:18Give me a scotch.
01:31:19Double.
01:31:22Leave the bottle here.
01:31:25I'll get it.
01:31:31Vicki, you'll be ill.
01:31:32Why don't you try to get a little sleep?
01:31:34But he's been gone four days.
01:31:35Four days and not a word.
01:31:42Oliver, I can't.
01:31:43I just can't.
01:31:47Hello?
01:31:48No, this is Oliver Niles speaking.
01:31:50What?
01:31:51Where?
01:31:53Thank you.
01:31:54What is it?
01:31:55Nothing, nothing.
01:31:56Oliver, tell me.
01:31:57He's in the night court.
01:31:58He's been arrested on a drunk charge.
01:31:59Now, he's all right.
01:32:00He isn't hurt.
01:32:01I'm going right down to get him out.
01:32:02I'm going with you.
01:32:03Vicki, it isn't any place for you.
01:32:04And if it gets in the papers, I'll be...
01:32:05What do I care about the papers?
01:32:06I'm going with you.
01:32:14Division 30, Municipal Court, County Los Angeles,
01:32:16now in session.
01:32:17The Honorable George J. Barris presiding.
01:32:19Be seated, please.
01:32:20Were you able to do anything?
01:32:21The judge wouldn't even see me.
01:32:23Ready, Your Honor.
01:32:29I want to advise you that you're entitled to be represented by counsel,
01:32:32to be confronted by the witnesses that may testify against you,
01:32:35to compel witnesses to attend on your behalf
01:32:38to a public and speedy trial by the court or by a jury,
01:32:41and the right to be admitted to bail.
01:32:43Call the first five.
01:32:44Gregory, Clarence, Payne, Rodriguez, Cuff.
01:32:47Gregory, Clarence, Payne, Rodriguez, Cuff.
01:32:50Come on, boys, get in here.
01:32:52Go ahead.
01:32:53Move along.
01:32:58William Gregory.
01:33:02Plain drunk.
01:33:03Picked up at Fifth and Town.
01:33:04Asleep in the gutter.
01:33:05Fourteen similar offenses in the past six months.
01:33:07Still that is, Gregory.
01:33:08How do you plead?
01:33:10I don't feel so good.
01:33:12I didn't ask you how you feel.
01:33:13I asked you how you plead.
01:33:15Forgive me, I can't speak.
01:33:16When did you get out the last time?
01:33:19The day before Christmas.
01:33:21I'm sorry you'll have to miss New Year's,
01:33:23but you'll be out in time for Washington's birthday in 60 days.
01:33:29Milton Rails.
01:33:34Plain drunk.
01:33:35Picked up on Brooklyn Avenue.
01:33:36Given treatment at receiving hospital,
01:33:38then removed to jail.
01:33:39How old are you, Rails?
01:33:41Seventeen, sir.
01:33:43Did you take a good look at those men in the cell with you last night?
01:33:47Yes, sir.
01:33:48And have you taken a good look at yourself this morning?
01:33:51No, sir.
01:33:52I suggest that you do.
01:33:54Five dollars and two days.
01:33:57Sentence suspended.
01:33:59Oh, Judge.
01:34:01Alfred Henkel.
01:34:02More commonly known as Norman Maine.
01:34:06Drunk and disorderly.
01:34:07Cracked car into tree at sunset in Coronado.
01:34:09Evidently been drinking for days.
01:34:11Resisted arrest and injured one of the arresting officers.
01:34:14How do you plead?
01:34:16Guilty.
01:34:17You're Norman Maine, the actor, aren't you?
01:34:22You've come pretty low, haven't you?
01:34:24There isn't a man here who's had the advantages that you've had.
01:34:27Look what you've done with him.
01:34:28You're nothing but an irresponsible drunk.
01:34:30Driving about the streets with the power to inflict death or injury on innocent people.
01:34:35I think we'd better deny you that power for a while.
01:34:38Ninety days in the city jail.
01:34:40Please wait.
01:34:50I'm his wife.
01:34:51Yes, I recognize you, Miss Lester.
01:34:57Please, Judge.
01:34:59I promise you this won't happen again.
01:35:02I'll be responsible for him.
01:35:05If you just won't send him there.
01:35:07You realize that this man, when drunk, is obviously a menace to public safety?
01:35:13And you realize, too, Miss Lester,
01:35:15the responsibility you'll be assuming to this court and to the Commonwealth.
01:35:19I do.
01:35:24Sentence suspended.
01:35:25Prisoner remanded to custody of wife.
01:35:28Thank you.
01:35:30You can get him at the jail entrance, madam.
01:35:32Jose Rodriguez.
01:35:35Plain drunk. Picked up at First and Main. Second offense.
01:35:39How do you plead?
01:35:41I think I'm guilty, Your Honor.
01:35:43Sixty days.
01:36:03Gee, I'm...
01:36:04I'm so tired.
01:36:05Hold him, Mr. Maine. Protect him.
01:36:07Oh, no, please.
01:36:08What about a statement for the press?
01:36:09Oh, no, please.
01:36:26He's still asleep.
01:36:27He's been asleep nearly all day.
01:36:29That's the best thing for him.
01:36:30Oh, it's awful to see this happen to someone you love.
01:36:34I know in your heart that it can't get any better.
01:36:38I only know that all I can do now is stay with him and try to help him.
01:36:42So will I.
01:36:44And between us, we'll take care of him.
01:36:46You're very fond of him, aren't you, Oliver?
01:36:49And I'm very fond of both of you.
01:36:52Then I know you'll understand what I have to tell you.
01:36:55And after what happened last night, I think you already know what it is.
01:36:58I can't do any more pictures.
01:37:00I'm going away for good with Norman.
01:37:02You can't do that, Mickey.
01:37:04You're at the very peak of your success,
01:37:06and you've worked so hard to achieve it.
01:37:08That's what's been wrong.
01:37:10I've thought it all out.
01:37:12Maybe if I hadn't been away from him so much,
01:37:15last night and what went before, it wouldn't have happened.
01:37:18I know it's too late to think about that now,
01:37:21but it may not be too late to go away with him and start over somewhere.
01:37:25It's your life you're giving up, Vicki.
01:37:28So I can try to give Norman back his.
01:37:34Can you honestly tell me I'm wrong to do it?
01:37:39No, Vicki.
01:37:41I cannot honestly tell you that.
01:37:46Then there'll be no more Vicki Lester.
01:37:50Come on, walk to the door with me.
01:38:07Goodbye, Vicki Lester.
01:38:09You were a grand girl.
01:38:12Good luck, Mrs. Norman Maine.
01:38:14Goodbye.
01:38:16Goodbye.
01:38:20Goodbye.
01:38:50Goodbye.
01:39:20Goodbye.
01:39:38Hey, darling.
01:39:42Mrs. Maine coming in to apologize again.
01:39:46I'm sorry, dear, but it isn't you.
01:39:50What other troubles have you got?
01:39:53None.
01:39:56I was just playing a scene with myself.
01:39:59Now look, I'm just coming out of the jitters and you're just going into them.
01:40:05This is a swell household.
01:40:07Isn't it?
01:40:09I'll tell you what we'll do.
01:40:11I'll promise to brace up if you'll go on the wagon.
01:40:15I guess I have been drinking too much.
01:40:17You know what I'm going to do?
01:40:19I'm going to be an athlete.
01:40:21You mean with great big muscles and everything?
01:40:24Well, roughly speaking, yeah.
01:40:26Going to join the YMCA?
01:40:29No, that would cost too much.
01:40:31I'm going wading off in our front yard.
01:40:33Now?
01:40:34Sure.
01:40:36Would you like me to go with you?
01:40:38Sure, if you'd like to.
01:40:40Normie, I don't think I will.
01:40:43It might spoil this beautiful natural beauty.
01:40:45It might spoil this beautiful natural way.
01:40:48Yeah, I guess that's right.
01:40:50But darling, look, could you have a hot tarty...
01:40:54I mean some hot soup for me when I come back?
01:40:57Some hot soup.
01:40:59And I'll make some of those nice sandwiches.
01:41:01Normie, do you have to?
01:41:13Come on, darling.
01:41:16I don't stay in too long.
01:41:24Hey!
01:41:28Do you mind if I take just one more look?
01:41:45Normie!
01:42:15Normie!
01:42:39First drink of water he had in 20 years.
01:42:42And then he had to get it by accident.
01:42:46Pardon me.
01:42:48How do you wire congratulations to the Pacific Ocean?
01:42:58Vicki, look out!
01:43:00Oh, you can't see her face!
01:43:04Hello, Vicki.
01:43:15Get away, can't you?
01:43:17Come on, Vicki, let's see your face.
01:43:19Vicki, will you sign my book for me?
01:43:21This is Norman Maine.
01:43:23Don't you care, Vicki, you get over it.
01:43:27Stand back, can't you?
01:43:30Don't you cry, dearie, he wasn't so much.
01:43:45Do you mind if I take just one more look?
01:44:15Here are the paychecks for the servants, Graves.
01:44:17You'll find a very nice bonus in each one.
01:44:19Miss Lester asked me to thank you
01:44:21for your kindness and service.
01:44:23If there's anything I can do for the little lady,
01:44:25I should be glad to do it.
01:44:27She would appreciate your attending to the grave.
01:44:29I'm afraid I can't.
01:44:31I'm afraid I can't.
01:44:33I'm afraid I can't.
01:44:35I'm afraid I can't.
01:44:37I'm afraid I can't.
01:44:39I'm afraid I can't.
01:44:41I'm afraid I can't.
01:44:43I'm afraid I can't.
01:44:45Shall I take your goat to mother
01:44:47and put it for the closing of the Beverly Hills house?
01:44:49Put down those rags.
01:44:51Put it down, I say.
01:44:54Well, where is she?
01:44:56In the bedroom.
01:44:58Who are you?
01:45:00I'm her grandmother.
01:45:02Get out of the way.
01:45:04Lester, Granny Darling.
01:45:10Oh, I'm so glad to see you.
01:45:12What made you come?
01:45:13Now, get out of here! Go on, get out of here, all of you!
01:45:15I want to talk to my granddaughter alone!
01:45:18I came just as quickly as I could!
01:45:20But I'm going home! I sent you a wire yesterday!
01:45:24Hmph!
01:45:28Sit down!
01:45:33Is it true that you're going to quit the movies?
01:45:35I never want to hear them again!
01:45:40What are you running away from, Elizabeth?
01:45:43I'm not running away!
01:45:45It's just that I can't go on, my heart isn't in it anymore!
01:45:49Once I told you, if you get what you want, you have to give your heart in exchange!
01:45:54And you said you were willing!
01:45:56Do you remember?
01:45:57I remember!
01:46:00It seems to me that you got more than you bargained for!
01:46:03More fame, more success!
01:46:05Even more personal happiness!
01:46:08Maybe, more unhappiness!
01:46:11But you did make a bargain!
01:46:14And now, you're whining over it!
01:46:17I don't think I'd feel so very proud of myself, if I were you, Esther!
01:46:22I'm not, Granny!
01:46:24My mind's made up!
01:46:25Oh, and I'm sorry I gave you the money to come out here, it was just wasteful!
01:46:28Oh, but Granny!
01:46:30I was proud of you, Esther!
01:46:32I was proud to be the grandmother of Vicki Lester!
01:46:35It gave me something to live for!
01:46:38Now, I haven't any!
01:46:42I know!
01:46:43Oh, I... I want to be strong, but I... I can't go on!
01:46:47I can't!
01:46:49You must!
01:46:51Tragedy is a test of courage!
01:46:53If you can meet it bravely, it will leave you bigger than it found you!
01:46:57If not, then you'll have to live all your life with a coward!
01:47:01Because no matter where you may run, you can never run away from yourself!
01:47:07I never knew Norman Maine!
01:47:10He wrote me a very sweet letter when you were married!
01:47:14He said you told him how much I meant to you!
01:47:17And I know just how much you must have meant to him!
01:47:23You know, Esther, I can't believe that wherever he is, he can be very happy,
01:47:29knowing that his death broke the spirit of the little girl he praised me so highly for raising!
01:47:35And I can't believe that he can be very proud,
01:47:39knowing that all his great love did for you was to make you a quitter!
01:47:48The car is ready, Miss Lester!
01:47:50We'll have to go now to make the train!
01:47:58Put the car back in the garage!
01:48:02Esther!
01:48:03Esther!
01:48:09The entire picture industry has come to the Chinese Theater for this opening tonight.
01:48:13It has come to pay tribute to a great star on her long-awaited return to the screen
01:48:17in what has been called her greatest performance.
01:48:20It has come to pay tribute to the girl herself,
01:48:23the girl who has won the heart of Hollywood,
01:48:25the girl who has won the heart of the world,
01:48:27Miss Vicki Lester!
01:48:30And if I'm not mistaken, Miss Lester's car has just driven up!
01:48:34Yes, it is she!
01:48:40I hope this doesn't scare you too much.
01:48:42I scare very slowly, young man.
01:48:44Sit tomorrow, folks, please.
01:48:51They'll have your mug, I mean your face,
01:48:54plastered across half the papers in the country tomorrow.
01:48:57How do I look?
01:48:59You look great.
01:49:01You look great.
01:49:03You look great.
01:49:05You look great.
01:49:07I'm going to the country tomorrow.
01:49:09How do I look?
01:49:10You look swell.
01:49:11You're a liar, but I like you.
01:49:13And here's Miss Lester's grandma.
01:49:15Won't you say a few words to the radio audience, please.
01:49:17Say something, laddy.
01:49:20You know, we've got a thing like that back home
01:49:22where they all listen in on, but we call it a party line!
01:49:26Won't you say something, please? They're listening.
01:49:31Maybe some of you people listening in, dream about coming to Hollywood.
01:49:36some of you get pretty discouraged.
01:49:38Well, when you do, you just think about me.
01:49:42It took me over 70, 60 years to get here,
01:49:48but here I am, and here I mean to stay.
01:49:52Thank you very much.
01:49:54Thank you very much.
01:50:06Miss Lester.
01:50:12This microphone is on an international hookup.
01:50:14Throughout the world, your fans are hoping
01:50:15that you'll say a few words to them.
01:50:24Hello, everybody.
01:50:27This is Mrs. Norman Maine.
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